On 11/03/2010 22:17, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Tim Allen wrote: >> On 11/03/10 18:52, Peter Harris wrote: >>> I have just used the synaptic package manager to download and >>> install texlive-math-extra. It does not appear in the applications >>> menu and I can't find a way of starting it. There is a folder in >>> /etc called texmf containing a number of folders and files. Can >>> anyone help please? >> >> $apt-file show texlive-math-extra >> lists /usr/bin/amstex - does that help? > > Perhaps a TeX user can suggest that GUI editor for LaTeX, what's it > called? Or it may help if you let us know what you were trying to > achieve; there are a few TeX users on the list. (I prefer troff > myself.) > > Ah, it's LyX I'm thinking of. http://www.lyx.org/ > > Cheers, > Ralph. > >
LyX is good, there's also a really good gedit plugin for writing LaTeX. It's a little more rustic than LyX, but good if you want finer control over the code. Alternatively, if compiling by hand it's a good idea to install rubber and get that to do a lot the hard work for you (integrating bibtex files etc.). -- Dan Wentworth http://www.phoenixdev.co.uk/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
