{"id":53334,"date":"2020-02-05T11:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=53334"},"modified":"2020-02-05T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:28:48","slug":"latex-editor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/thesisguide\/latex-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Writing Your Thesis in LaTeX: Step 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Guide to Writing Your Thesis in LaTeX<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"latex\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-academics\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-80199\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-80199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/\">Undergraduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-80198\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-80198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/academics\/graduate\/\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Step 1: Install LaTeX and a LaTeX Aware Editor<\/h2>\n<p>LaTeX is <i>not<\/i> a word processor, it is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents, but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the content right.<\/p>\n<p>Because LaTeX source files are just ordinary text files, any text editor can be used to edit them, but it is important to have a LaTeX aware editor. A LaTeX aware editor can do things like syntax highlighting, spell checking, and automatic formatting. It can also run LaTeX on the source files, update the bibliography, then update the document in a viewer all at the click of a button.<\/p>\n<p>Below are links to what you need to get started on various operating systems. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latex-project.org\">LaTeX Project website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>Linux<\/h3>\n<p>Your system distribution or vendor has probably provided a LaTeX system. If not, check your usual software source for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/texlive\">texlive<\/a> package, or otherwise install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/texlive\">texlive<\/a> directly. All of the Linux systems in the ELE Department already have a complete LaTeX system installed.<\/p>\n<p>Two good editors for Linux are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xm1math.net\/texmaker\/\">Texmaker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texstudio.org\/\">TeXstudio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Mac OS<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/mactex\/\">MacTeX<\/a> is a full LaTeX system for MacOS which includes an editor.<\/p>\n<p>The editors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xm1math.net\/texmaker\/\">Texmaker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texstudio.org\/\">TeXstudio<\/a> can also be used.<\/p>\n<h3>Microsoft Windows<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/protext\/\">proTeXt<\/a> is a full LaTeX system for Windows, which includes <a href=\"http:\/\/miktex.org\/\">MikTeX<\/a> and an editor.  You can also install <a href=\"http:\/\/miktex.org\/\">MikTeX<\/a> directly with the editor of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous good editors for Windows, some of which are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texniccenter.org\/\">TeXnicCenter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xm1math.net\/texmaker\/\">Texmaker<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texstudio.org\/\">TeXstudio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guide to Writing Your Thesis in LaTeX Step 1: Install LaTeX and a LaTeX Aware Editor LaTeX is not a word processor, it is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents, but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. 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