[nabs-l] idea for math and science documentation

[Greg]

Hello,
Where is a good place to find material on learning LaTex?  I am a computer 
engineering major at school and it is going to be heavily math oriented.

Thank you,
Greg Wocher
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] idea for math and science documentation


> Howdy folks,
> I personally have started using LaTeX extensively. I do my exams using
> it and the profs love it because if you run it through a pdf converter
> it looks just like what they're used to seeing. I use it for all my
> notes and what not because it provides a standard method for
> representing math and science material, which my degree is heavy on.
>
> As for reading it, I just read the LaTeX code. I think having to have a
> special reader such as a daisy reader or math player would introduce an
> extra pain in the ass factor for me honestly. The PDF's it generates are
> basically unreadable if they have math symbols, but I even found a way
> around that if I need text which has been type set but which is also
> accessible. I found that if you use plastex to convert to html, then it
> will use images for the equations and that. However, it will tag them
> using alt=, and the alt tag will contain the LaTeX code used to generate
> them. Very nice.
> -- 
> They say god has always been. Linux and I will now disprove that:
> $ ar m God
> ar: creating God
> There you have it. God was created by the ar program. Good news is, God
> really does exist!
> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>
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