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ttf-arphic-uming
,ttf-wqy-microhei
,ttf-wqy-zenhei
,xfonts-wqy
andttf-opensymbol
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If you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can use Adobe Chinese fonts for free.
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To check Chinese fonts installed on your computer, you can use the command
fc-list :lang=zh-cn | sort
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To install extra …
TeXstudio, Bravo!
I have heard about TeXstudio for a long time. I tried it today on a Debian virtual machine. It works like a charm. I like the preview function a lot. Using inline preview, you can see compiled result while you are typing. It works even with user-defined commands. This is …
Set Line Space in LaTeX
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The
parskip
command makes a skip between paragraphs. The length of skip can be set using the command\setlength
, e.g.,\setlength{\parskip}{15pt plus 1pt minus 1pt}
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The command
\itemsep
sets the space between items in lists, e.g.,\begin{itemize} \itemsep = 0.8cm \item \end{itemize}
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The …
Scientific References
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JabRef
is an open-source cross-plotform software for managing scientific references.Mendeley
is a good cost-free cross-platform software for managing scientific references. It introduces the concept of social research. -
If you use bibtex in your LaTeX code, you have to compile your code using
pdflatex/latex
,bibtex
,pdflatex/latex
andpdflatex …
LaTeX for Chinese
xetex
is the state-of-art way for dealing with Chinese type setting. You can installxetex
on Debian series of Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) using the following command.
wajig install texlive-xetex
You can use command xelatex
to compile.
The utf-8 format is preferred.
There are 2 good ways …
LaTeX Commands for Compiling
- LaTeX
- If your LaTeX code contains only EPS figures, you can use the
latex
command (also OK to usepdflatex
) to compile your code. - If you use bibtex, you have to compile your code using commands
latex
,bibtex
,latex
andlatex
in sequence. - If you use the
psfrag
package to …
- If your LaTeX code contains only EPS figures, you can use the