Community talk ⇒ Latex users in Hyderabad, India

[drpartha]

I am a mature user of Latex (on Linux platforms), based in Hyderabad , India. I am looking for people with similar intersts for exchanging experiences, problems, and solutions. I invite you get in toch with me at drpartha AT gmail DOT com, if you are somehwere around Hyderabad, India. You can get an idea baout my backgroubd, from ::
http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/myblogs.htm

partha

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Partha,

welcome to the board!

I've been in India several times, though not in Hyderabad. Only cities at the coast, when I was travelling with ships. The next TeX User Group meeting will be in Trivandrum, so this is perhaps another possibility.

Stefan

[drpartha]

I am happyt to see your message in the latex forum. I must thank you for creating and managing this extremely useful forum and community. I would love to meet you when you come to India next time. Give me an davanced notice (need this notice for booking train ticket). I have lived and worked in Trivandrum, although I find the India Tex Use Group to be not very friendly or helpful. Or you can also visit Hyderabad. You can even stay with me at my place (and clear my doubt and queries on Latex).

I have lived and worked in Germany, at the Tech Univ. Braunschweig. I visit Germany often because my daughter hs married a German from Stuttgart. I love Germany and the German people.

Have a nice day,

partha

[drpartha]

My latest project on Latex for Tamil is described at ::
http://profpartha.webs.com/kuralengtam.pdf

My other Latex stuff is at ::
http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/publ ... .htm#latex

Take a look, and send me your suggestions and comments.

Thanks,

partha

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I don't see Tamil in the PDF document yet.

I like you LaTeX page. It shows that you very much like it. Btw. if you would like to convice people to use LaTeX, some information here can help: Getting started with LaTeX.

Stefan

[drpartha]

//** I don't see Tamil in the PDF document yet. **//

You are right. What you saw is a "preview document".

I am now struggling with Xetex. I have a problem. The error I get is "package polyglossia not found". I use Xetext provided by Texlive 2009 which came bundled with my Suse 1.0 distro. I am now planning to install Texlive 2010 downloaded from Tex User Group. I will try and post the results on the web, if I succeed. Wish me good luck.

partha

[drpartha]

/**I like you LaTeX page. It shows that you very much like it.
Btw. if you would like to convice people to use LaTeX, some
information here can help: Getting started with LaTeX. **//

Thank you. Give me some suggestions to make it better and more
useful.

The "getting started with Latex" and your Latex beginners guide.
both from packt are priced publications. Linking to such sources
is a problem, because many people (including me) can't read it.

partha

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The "Getting started" article is freely available. Or was it not possible for you to open the page and read the text? I like free software and free support, so I do my efforts for it too. Though printed books aren't free. If you tell me a publisher who prints for free, I would go there.

Regarding TeX Live, the version 2011 will appear soon. But you don't need to wait, the version 2010 can be upgraded then.

Stefan

[drpartha]

Thank you. if getting started can be used for free, I ould like to uuse it myslf, and tell my students. Please give me the URl of that page.

Thanks,

partha

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It's the link I used above: here. Just scroll further. Getting started means, it shows an installation of LaTeX (TeX Live), but it begins with a talk about LaTeX and its pros and cons, subjects are

• How we can benefit - capabilities, strenghts, possibilities
• The virtues of open source - how LaTeX users can benefit from freely available sources
• Separation of form and content - the basic principle, supported by LaTeX
• Portability - use LaTeX's source, its implementation, and output on many operating systems
• Protection for your work - reliable file format, backwards compatibility, thoughts on virus threats and safe use in the future
• Comparing LaTeX to word processor software
• What are the challenges - especially looked at the learning curve

These thoughts may help in convincing potential users to start with LaTeX, I hope.

Stefan