Category Archives: latex

Vim regex-fu for LaTeX

Posted on September 24, 2009 by robfelty

When writing a beamer presentation with LaTeX, I organize my presentation into sections and subsections. Frequently, the title of the first frame (slide) in a subsection has the same name as the subsection. Let’s say I start off with the … Continue reading →

Posted in latex, linguistics | Tagged regex, regular expressions, vim | 3 Comments

Blogging with LaTeX

Posted on August 18, 2009 by robfelty

The first question on reader’s mind must be — why use LaTeX to blog? Well, I have a pretty specific instance in mind, but I can imagine that others might be interested as well. This fall I am teaching a … Continue reading →

Posted in (x)html, latex, wiki/cms, wordpress | Tagged blog, plastex, xmlrpc | 2 Comments

Converting LaTeX to Microsoft Word with plasTeX and Open Office

Posted on March 29, 2009 by robfelty

Sample of LaTeX document converted to Word First of all, any LaTeX user might ask — why would I want to convert beautiful LaTeX into ugly Microsoft Word? The main reason is collaborators who want to use track changes. I … Continue reading →

Posted in (x)html, latex | Tagged plastex, word processing | 5 Comments

LaTeX utility scripts

Posted on December 4, 2008 by robfelty

Processing a LaTeX file usually takes several steps. At a bare minimum, it usually requires 2 runs through latex (or pdflatex). Two runs are necessary in order to get cross-references and the table of contents right. Since LaTeX processes a … Continue reading →

Posted in latex | Tagged bash, latex, make, pdflatex | 9 Comments

TeX Live 2008 — reasons to upgrade

Posted on November 6, 2008 by robfelty

New features in pgf/tikz TeX Live 2008 was finally released about a month ago. I am a member of TUG, so I should be getting a DVD of it sometime soon, but today I finally decided I couldn’t wait, and … Continue reading →

Posted in latex | 5 Comments