A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Hi,

The TeXstudio editor includes a comprehensive LaTeX reference guide in
HTML
(https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/blob/master/utilities/latexhelp.html).
I have converted it to Org with Pandoc (and then cleaned it up and fixed
some broken links). It can be downloaded here:
https://cloud.disroot.org/s/krGSf7TmFZRiyZL

I think it may be useful for a quick LaTeX query. You could even use
org-ql and define a function like this:

(require 'org-ql)
(defun my-latex-apropos ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((regexp (if (not (current-word t t))
		    (read-from-minibuffer "Find (regexp): ")
		  (read-from-minibuffer "Find: " (current-word t t)))))
    (org-ql-search
      "/path-to/latexreference.org"
      `(regexp ,regexp))))

Best regards,

Juan Manuel 

A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Emmanuel Charpentier]

"A quick LaTeX reference guide"...

Nice oxymoron !

--
Emmanuel Charpentier

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Tim Cross]

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> The TeXstudio editor includes a comprehensive LaTeX reference guide in
> HTML
> (https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/blob/master/utilities/latexhelp.html).
> I have converted it to Org with Pandoc (and then cleaned it up and fixed
> some broken links). It can be downloaded here:
> https://cloud.disroot.org/s/krGSf7TmFZRiyZL
>
> I think it may be useful for a quick LaTeX query. You could even use
> org-ql and define a function like this:
>
> (require 'org-ql)
> (defun my-latex-apropos ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((regexp (if (not (current-word t t))
> 		    (read-from-minibuffer "Find (regexp): ")
> 		  (read-from-minibuffer "Find: " (current-word t t)))))
>     (org-ql-search
>       "/path-to/latexreference.org"
>       `(regexp ,regexp))))
>
>

There is also a latex2e.info package 'out there'. I have it installed
from my Linux distro and find being able to run (info)Latex very useful
as a basic reference. 

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha Juan Manuel,

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> The TeXstudio editor includes a comprehensive LaTeX reference 
> guide in
> HTML
> (https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/blob/master/utilities/latexhelp.html).
> I have converted it to Org with Pandoc (and then cleaned it up 
> and fixed
> some broken links). It can be downloaded here:
> https://cloud.disroot.org/s/krGSf7TmFZRiyZL
>
> I think it may be useful for a quick LaTeX query. You could even 
> use
> org-ql and define a function like this:
>
> (require 'org-ql)
> (defun my-latex-apropos ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((regexp (if (not (current-word t t))
> 		    (read-from-minibuffer "Find (regexp): ")
> 		  (read-from-minibuffer "Find: " (current-word t t)))))
>     (org-ql-search
>       "/path-to/latexreference.org"
>       `(regexp ,regexp))))
>
> Best regards,
>
> Juan Manuel 

Such a handy utility!  Thanks for sharing.

All the best,
Tom

-- 
Thomas S. Dye
https://tsdye.online/tsdye

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On Oct 25, 2021, at 0:37, Emmanuel Charpentier <emm.charpentier@free.fr> wrote:
> 
> "A quick LaTeX reference guide"...
> 
> Nice oxymoron !

But it looks good in org-mode :-)
Thank you Juan !


-- 
Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune
https://mac4translators.blogspot.com
https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Eric S Fraga]

Thank you for this.  Very nice result.
-- 
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.60, Org release_9.5-163-g4eab5b
: Latest paper written in org: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05096

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Tim Cross writes:

> There is also a latex2e.info package 'out there'. I have it installed
> from my Linux distro and find being able to run (info)Latex very useful
> as a basic reference. 

Thank you very much for this information, I did not know it. I just saw
that there is a `latex2e-help-texinfo' package in my distro (Arch), not in
the official repositories but in the AUR. Very useful.

Best regards,

Juan Manuel 

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Eric S Fraga]

On Monday, 25 Oct 2021 at 11:35, Juan Manuel Macías wrote:
> Thank you very much for this information, I did not know it. I just saw
> that there is a `latex2e-help-texinfo' package in my distro (Arch), not in
> the official repositories but in the AUR. Very useful.

It's in CTAN, the official (?) LaTeX repository.

-- 
Professor Eric S Fraga 
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Latest paper (10 Sep 2021): doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111432

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[John Hendy]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 7:49 AM Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Monday, 25 Oct 2021 at 11:35, Juan Manuel Macías wrote:
> > Thank you very much for this information, I did not know it. I just saw
> > that there is a `latex2e-help-texinfo' package in my distro (Arch), not in
> > the official repositories but in the AUR. Very useful.
>
> It's in CTAN, the official (?) LaTeX repository.

As an arch user, just confirming. For what it's worth, the way to find
the package's "home base" is in the  upstream url, which is as Eric
says.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/latex2e-help-texinfo/
"""
Upstream URL: https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo
"""
>
> --
> Professor Eric S Fraga
> Fresa: https://tinyurl.com/5t8t5auv & doi:10.5281/zenodo.5045812
> PGP/GnuPG key: 8F5C 279D 3907 E14A 5C29  570D C891 93D8 FFFC F67D
>
> Latest paper (10 Sep 2021): doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111432
>

Re: A quick LaTeX reference guide in Org

[Juan Manuel Macías]

Eric S Fraga writes:

> It's in CTAN, the official (?) LaTeX repository.

I just saw it now there. CTAN is an infinite bazaar :-)

By the way, in CTAN there is also the /TeX for the Impatient/ book (I
love that title), which is a very good manual for programming at low
level in TeX/plainTeX: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/impatient (it's more
concise than Knuth's /TeX book/, which I bought on paper a long time
ago, for 'historical' reasons...)

Best regards,

Juan Manuel