For anyone interested , here is an introduction to Overleaf, the online, collaborative \LaTeX\ editor.
@derickflorian We have a chem student at the STEM group, going to try and introduce her to \LaTeX\ as it makes typesetting chemistry and documents so much easier.
@zleap I can imagine that would make everything a breeze after fumbling around for a little bit. The learning curve has been worth it so far for me!
I installed LiveTex so I could export LaTeX documents made in vs code. There were 4.4K packages it installed so I imagine there is something for every specialty. :)
@derickflorian TexLive is worth downloading for the package manuals.
You bet! I use it to produce nicely drawn circuit diagrams for my hardware class.
For anyone interested
CircuiTikz package
https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/CircuiTikz_package
Try doing all this in Word, I would rather jump off a cliff, than struggle
I need to get my head round Tikz, but at least we know it does the job really well.
@JensHannemann do you use the same package for the diagrams you make?
That’s so cool @zleap! That is something will be useful when I do take my circuit analysis classes down the road.
No problem, it is good to share these resources, especially if useful.
@zleap @derickflorian And if you’re obsessed with units (hey, I’m a metric expat living in a non-metric country), I recommend the siunitx package.
Ah yea I have a blog post somewhere showing how to write Greek characters using $\LaTeX\$
@derickflorian @zleap Yep, CircuiTikZ is where it’s at!
@zleap Since we're in the #fediverse, when you're ready to graduate to something more decentralized, I recommend #TexStudio combined with self-hosted #Git on #gitolite
I've had Overleaf go down hours before a grant deadline. My colleagues panicked, I had a copy of the proposal in my Git repo.
https://www.texstudio.org
https://gitolite.com/gitolite/index.html
Good point, I have JabRef but not tex studio installed, so should do that.
I have upgraded my account so should be able to push to github.
I don't do much that is mission critical, just personal documents, my CV etc.
As part of the Labs programme, I want to suggest they include gitlab integration, so we can link to other instances, partly as I maintaining a Debian presentation, so for the Debian people GitHub is depreciated over salsa.gitlab
@zleap I love their guides. I starting using #LaTeX on my Calc tests in the online course. I’m currently reading through their LaTex in 30 min guide now. Hopefully this video can teach me about the platform itself!
https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes