Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 13:27:27 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: latex on fbsd Message-ID: <20190416132727.7af30132.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <7c7b8992-053a-b22f-da45-b6cfaf3b753b@dreamchaser.org> References: <7c7b8992-053a-b22f-da45-b6cfaf3b753b@dreamchaser.org>
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 20:27:24 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > I know next to nothing about latex but need to mark up a latex document. > I have a pdf output to work from, so I can use my trusty vi if necessary, > but am wondering if anyone has other suggestions. > > In searching I found references to TeXmaker, TeXStudio and TeXworks, but > I don't see any of those in the ports tree under textproc. The default LaTeX distribution form is TeXlive. This is what you should install first. If you need a WYSIWYG add-on, you can find tools like LyX or the different TeX<somethings> you mentioned above in the "editors" category of the ports tree. Depending on the kind and scope of your work, using "plain LaTeX" with your editor of choice, and then simply running the command "pdflatex filename.tex", could be the easiest thing - less overhead, less distraction, less stuff to manually adjust in the GUI. (I'm saying this as a person who does 99 % of all paperwork in "plain LaTeX", with the special case where LaTeX is generated automatically from special tools.) On the other hand, starting LaTeX with a WYSIWYG environment is nothing bad, as long as you don't look into the horror markup it often tends to generate... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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