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koleygr
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Paradigm of LaTeX usage on Physics Notes

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To create notes of physics by using LaTeX or not, is not so easy. Using LaTeX, i have found that it can become easier if you learn some tikz.

Here i give a paradigm of usage of XeLaTeX and tikz to create some beautifull and usefull notes on physics.

The pdf is here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid= ... jJiMzIzNWI

and what you need to know of LaTeX is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/concentra ... ects=0&d=1
Using Kile 2.1.0 under Ubuntu software.
\XeLaTeX: XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)

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LaTeXguide.org • LaTeX-Cookbook.net • TikZ.org

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Johannes_B
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Paradigm of LaTeX usage on Physics Notes

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Hi, thanks for sharing your physics knowledge.
I think knowledge should be free and available for everybody.

Concerning your LaTeX-code: Judging from your code, I guess you started TeX a while back. Why do i state that? Your code is from a recent point of view in most cases horribly ugly and obsolete. The font switch for bold face \bf has been replaced by \bfseries twenty years ago.
Using package parskip (which is a good idea) and in the next instance messing it up again.

If you want, we can polish up the code. So a physics enthusiast can get a TeX enthusiast as soon as he sees the code ;-)
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
koleygr
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Paradigm of LaTeX usage on Physics Notes

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Johannes_B wrote:Hi, thanks for sharing your physics knowledge.
I think knowledge should be free and available for everybody.
Thank you... this is excactly my opinion too... My job is a physicist,
and i should like to sell knowledge but i prefer to share it.
Johannes_B wrote:Concerning your LaTeX-code: Judging from your code, I guess you started TeX a while back. Why do i state that? Your code is from a recent point of view in most cases horribly ugly and obsolete. The font switch for bold face \bf has been replaced by \bfseries twenty years ago.

I tried to make some more beautifull my code before uploading it...
But I suppose i failed.
i didn't know about bfsries but i don't think that this is a big problem... I m going to fix it... I don't know how to make my code more beautifull... but i will check here in the forum... I think i can find something.
Johannes_B wrote:Using package parskip (which is a good idea) and in the next instance messing it up again.
In this notes i don't realy need parskip package... There are no paragraphs... I just copied the commands from other notes that needed that
Johannes_B wrote:If you want, we can polish up the code. So a physics enthusiast can get a TeX enthusiast as soon as he sees the code ;-)
I will do my best... but it will take some time... I just posted because many physicists need some basic knowledge of latex and tikz to make their life easier. Of course my code is not the best paradigm... it just works :)
Using Kile 2.1.0 under Ubuntu software.
\XeLaTeX: XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
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