Hello,
I am starting to write an academic paper and although I have some experience with latex, it was primarily about doing slides with the foils packages, so I have several questions:
1. When I start a paragraph in Winedt I notice, that the whole paragraph would be counted as a single line if I don't hit the return button at any point. I am OK with this, but I just wanted to have your advices about how you do it - do you start each sentence in a new line (in the editor) or do you hit the return key only when starting a new paragraph or environment.
2. I have heard several time that it's not a good idea to modify the page margins. Could somebody give me a small link where I could read the reasons, as well as the most reasonable way to do it, if I decide I want it.
3. What is the best document class for an academical paper? It's shouldn't be very long (about 25-30 pages). I'm currently using "article".
4. Is it ok from a typographical point of view, that some letters kind of merge. For example, when writing the combination "fi" in a section heading, the top part of the "f" is at the same time the dot of the "i".
Thank you very much in advance. As I wrote in 2., I would be glad to even just have a link, where I could read about my questions, since probably I'm not the first to ask them and don't want to waste your time.
Best regards,
Alexander
General ⇒ How many sentences on one line?
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How many sentences on one line?
2) Here you can find some reasons:
UK TeX FAQ - Changing margins in LaTeX.
In that page, at the bottom, you will find these useful links:
Packages to set up page designs.
How to set up page layout “by hand”
The geometry package facilitates changing the page layout. If you decide to use some of the document classes provided by the KOMA-Script bundle, then the typearea package can be useful.
3) Besides the standard LaTeX document classes (article,book, report) you could be interested in the document classes provided by the KOMA-Script bundle. The memoir class could be of interest also. It all depends on your needs.
4) If you want to prevent misplaced ligatures, you could try the delig package.
UK TeX FAQ - Changing margins in LaTeX.
In that page, at the bottom, you will find these useful links:
Packages to set up page designs.
How to set up page layout “by hand”
The geometry package facilitates changing the page layout. If you decide to use some of the document classes provided by the KOMA-Script bundle, then the typearea package can be useful.
3) Besides the standard LaTeX document classes (article,book, report) you could be interested in the document classes provided by the KOMA-Script bundle. The memoir class could be of interest also. It all depends on your needs.
4) If you want to prevent misplaced ligatures, you could try the delig package.
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Re: How many sentences on one line?
Dear gmedina,
Thank you very much for your useful advices, I will have a look at the packages that you suggested.
Thank you very much for your useful advices, I will have a look at the packages that you suggested.
Re: How many sentences on one line?
Concerning the third question, I would recommend the standard article class or its analog in the KOMA-script bundle, the scrartcl class. Anyway, if you are considering submit your paper for publication, I would directly choose the class developed by the publisher. Elsevier, Springer, IEEE, AMS,..., almost every international publisher has its own series of LaTeX classes and packages. For a more precise advise, it would be convenient to know the journal you are thinking about, if any.
Concerning the first question, I think that it has only a sense if your tex files have to be read by others (coauthors, technical staff of the journal...) If not, do what you find more comfortable. In the first case, I'd strongly recommend to limit lines to 75 or 80 characters. Not every editor may behave as Winedt. A long paragraph (a single line in Winedt) may be cut in an impredictable way by a different editor or in a different platform, or may not be properly rendered. I would also use only spaces, not tabs, for indenting code and environments.
Concerning the first question, I think that it has only a sense if your tex files have to be read by others (coauthors, technical staff of the journal...) If not, do what you find more comfortable. In the first case, I'd strongly recommend to limit lines to 75 or 80 characters. Not every editor may behave as Winedt. A long paragraph (a single line in Winedt) may be cut in an impredictable way by a different editor or in a different platform, or may not be properly rendered. I would also use only spaces, not tabs, for indenting code and environments.
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Re: How many sentences on one line?
Dear Juanjo,
My paper is just for a course I attend, so the tex version is intended only for me. Thank you for the advices. I am not yet familiar with the KOMA script bundle, so I guess, I'll stay with article. As for the sentences on a line - since I'm the only person to read the tex file, than I'll write each paragraph in a single line. Thnak you.
My paper is just for a course I attend, so the tex version is intended only for me. Thank you for the advices. I am not yet familiar with the KOMA script bundle, so I guess, I'll stay with article. As for the sentences on a line - since I'm the only person to read the tex file, than I'll write each paragraph in a single line. Thnak you.