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./mconfig && \
make -C builddir && \
sudo make -C builddir install
+
+## 2023-09-02
+
+It is time to shave the LaTeX yak again. Installed it with `texlive-latex-base`
+to start, we'll see if I need to add some more crud in later. Going to go
+through some guides for now.
+
+Going to note some things to remember. Skeleton of document:
+
+ \documentclass{article}
+ \begin{document}
+
+ Basic text.
+
+ \end{document}
+
+Math:
+
+ Inline math $y = 3 \sin x$ example.
+
+ Block equation:
+ \[
+ y = 3 \sin x
+ \]
+
+ With reference:
+ \begin{equation}\label{equa}
+ y' = 3 \cos x
+ \end{equation}
+ refer to it by label, e.g. equation (\ref{equa}).
+
+ More complicated: $x^2$ and $x^{2+\alpha}$ and $y_{n+1}$.
+
+Verbatim:
+
+ Verbatim text: \verb"$x^{2+\alpha}$". Delimiter can be anything ala sed,
+ \verb_%%&_ or \verb+$$+.
+
+ Must escape special characters \&, \$, \%, \_, \{, \}, and \#.
+
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ A whole verbatim region.
+
+ (defun square (x)
+ (* x x))
+ \end{verbatim}
+
+Comments:
+
+ Comments exist. % This is a comment.
+
+Type styles:
+
+ Shapes:
+ \textup{Upright}
+ \textit{Italic}
+ \textsl{Slanted}
+ \textsc{Small}
+
+ Series (weight):
+ \textmd{Medium}
+ \textbf{Boldface}
+
+ Families:
+ \textrm{Roman}
+ \textsf{Sans}
+ \texttt{Typewriter}
+
+Emphasis:
+
+ \emph{Never} do Foo!
+
+"Environments" are sections that are treated differently, made with `\begin{…}`
+and `\end{…}`.
+
+Lists:
+
+ Unordered list:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Foo
+ \item Bar
+ \item Baz
+ \end{itemize}
+
+ Ordered list:
+ \begin{enumerate}
+ \item One
+ \item Two
+ \item Three
+ \end{enumerate}
+
+ Customizable labels:
+ \begin{description}
+ \item[Rule 1.] Foo
+ \item[Rule 2.] Bar
+ \item[Rule 3.] Baz
+ \end{description}
+
+Sizes (note the brace comes BEFORE the command!):
+
+ {\Huge Huge}
+ {\huge huge}
+ {\LARGE LARGE}
+ {\Large Large}
+ {\large large}
+ {\normalsize normalsize}
+ {\small small}
+ {\footnotesize footnotesize}
+ {\scriptsize scriptsize}
+ {\tiny tiny}
+
+Centering:
+
+ \begin{center}
+ {\large\textbf{Assignment 1}}\\% The \\ linebreaks.
+ Steve Losh\\
+ BS521
+ \end{center}
+
+Example table.
+
+ \begin{tabular}{l|rc} % lrc = cols should be left, right, centered, pipe for vertical line
+ Name & Mark & Grade \\
+ \hline\hline
+ Foo & 99 & A+ \\
+ Bar & 51 & C \\
+ Baz & 5 & F
+ \end{tabular}
+
+Colspan with multicolumn command.
+
+ \begin{tabular}{|l||r|r|}
+ \hline
+ & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Grades} \\
+ \cline{2-3}
+ Name & Class 1 & Class 2 \\
+ \hline\hline
+ Foo & 99 & 88 \\
+ Bar & 51 & 65 \\
+ Baz & 5 & 58 \\
+ \hline
+ \end{tabular}
+
+Full example, with referencing and caption, e.g. `Table~\ref{tab:a} on page~\pageref{tab:a}`.
+
+ % b = try to put at Bottom. Also t top, h here, p separate page.
+ % Can do multiple in order of preference.
+ % [!t] ! = try harder
+ \begin{table}[b]
+ \begin{center}
+ \caption{An Example Table}
+ \label{tab:a}
+
+ \begin{tabular}{lr}
+ Name & Value \\
+ \hline
+ Foo & 1.0 \\
+ Bar & 15.9 \\
+ Baz & 6.2
+ \end{tabular}
+ % \caption{Caption at the end works too.}
+ \end{center}
+ \end{table}
+
+Sections:
+
+ \section{Some section} % includes numbering
+ \subsection{Some subsection}
+
+ \section*{Some section} % no numbering
+ \subsection*{Some subsection}
+
+Quotation marks (hilarious):
+
+ `Single quoted'
+ ``Double quoted''
+
+Change overall text size (simple):
+
+ \documentclass[11pt]{article} % only valid sizes are 10/11/12.
+
+Palatino instead of Computer Modern:
+
+ \usepackage{mathpazo}
+ \linespread{1.05} % needs more leading (space between lines)
+ \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+
+Vimtex stuff:
+
+* Close thing with `]]` in insert mode.
+
+Got about that far, which was enough to start my BIOSTAT-521 homework. Will dig
+in again later, but it's nice to be able to use it for something real to
+practice.
+
+Puttered around a bit looking at other fonts, but didn't find anything new or
+interesting.
+
+