LaTeX 2e Basics

CSE470 Spring 2000

Software Engineering

B.J. Czerny

Updated by Prasad

Objectives• Learn how to create simple LaTeX2e

documents, including:– Creating and including figures– Referencing figures and sections– Inserting other tex files

• Learn how to generate a Postscript file

• Learn some advanced LaTeX features– Creating a Table of Contents– Creating Bibliography

A Simple Latex File

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\section{sample section}

Text goes here

\end{document}

Simple LateX file after compiling …

Sample LaTeX File\documentclass[11pt]{article}\usepackage{boxedminipage, doublespace,

psfig}\begin{document}\title{CSE470: Lab1}\author{Prasad}\date{1/12/2000}\maketitle\section{Introduction to Latex}

\label{s:IntroSection}Introduction to Latex goes here.\end{document}

Sample File Output

Including a PostScript Figure\begin{figure}[h]\begin{center}

\center{\psfig{figure=figname.ps}}\caption{\label{f:figexample} Example of a

figure.}

\end{center}\end{figure}

PostScript Figure Added

Cross-references (internal references)

• \label{key-string}– assigns the key key-string to the current

element of the document

• \ref{key-string}– inserts a string identifying that the element key-

string refers to

• \pageref{key-string}– inserts the number of the page that key-string is

on.

Cross-reference Example

Figure \ref{f:figexample} in Section \ref{s:IntroSection} is on page \pageref{f:figexample}.

Results in:Figure 1 in Section 1 is on page 1.

Including Other LaTeX Files

• LaTeX supports modularity– a single LaTeX document can consist of

multiple LaTeX files

• \input{latex-file}– Command to include other LaTeX files– LaTeX filename includes the .tex extension

Processing a LaTeX file

• latex latex-file.tex– generates latex-file.dvi

• xdvi latex-file.dvi– displays the dvi file for preview

Generating a PostScript File

• Dvips latex-file.dvi– generates latex-file.ps

• gv latex-file.ps– displays the postscript version of the document

• lpr -Pmountaind latex-file.ps– prints latex-file.ps to the ‘mountaind’ printer

Generating HTML or ASCII Output

• latex2html latex-file.tex

• dvi2tty latex-file.dvi > latex-file.txt– creates an ascii version of the latex-file

Table of Contents

• Contains titles of section units and the corresponding page number where the section starts

• \tableofcontents– cause LaTeX to generate a .toc file

• Must run LaTeX at least twice

Creating a Bibliography with BibTeX

• Must create a bibliography database– References.bib file– read by BibTeX

• Bibliographies can have different formats– e.g., Alphabetical, Numbered, etc.

• BibTeX formats entries based on the bibliography style chosen– e.g., Plain, Alpha, IEEE, ACM, etc.

BibTeX Entry• Entry Type: book, article, in proceeding, etc.• Keywork identifying publication• Series of Fields

– Author– Journal– Title, etc.

• Example: @book{pressman97,

title = {Software Engg, A practitioner’s Approach}, author = {Roger S.Pressman}, publisher = {McGraw-Hill}, year = {1997} }

Referencing a .bib Entry

• References.bib file must be included in LateX by using

\bibliography{References}

• Cite the reference by using:\cite{cite-key}

• Example:– In \cite{pressman97}, the characteristics of software

are discussed.– Result: In [1], the characteristics of software are

discussed.

Command Sequence

• latex latex-file.tex

• bibtex latex-file

• latex latex-file.tex

LaTeX Files

• Input source file: .tex

• TeX formatted output file: .dvi

• Others: .toc, .lof, .bib, .lot, .log, .aux

Document Classes

• Five standard document classes– article, report, book, slide, letter

• Classes can be further customized– Specify class options– Use additional packages

References

• The LaTeX Companion, Michael Goosens, et.al.

• On-line:– http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/S2000/Labs/Notes/Lab1/latex-index.html

– A Short Introduction to LaTeX– Essential LaTeX– A Gentle Introduction to TeX– http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/robertsa/LaTeX/latex2e.html