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However, this is only true if it is used correctly, that is, if the user abstains from constantly interfering with the typesetting rules in L AT EX, by, for example, untimely adding whitespace.

The result is usually elegant, because L AT EX is not a common word processor, but a real typesetting program, like the ones that are used to produce books.

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It's free (most importantly in the GNU sense, but also in the sense that you can use it without paying prohibitive prices for software).Those who are not familiar with Emacs should have a look at the built-in tutorial to learn to use it efficiently. For the purpose of the introduction class, we used Emacs, which has a nice color mode for L AT EX that helps avoiding typos in the commands. To edit a L AT EX file, you need some editor of your choice.For those who want to try it out under Windows, here is a link which describes a L AT EX installation using Miktex, Emacs, Auctex, Yap and GSview: L AT EX can also be used on systems other than Linux/Unix.Here is a little help to find things in KDE when you login the first time on the lab machines. I am assuming a Unix/Linux-type system such as the one we have in our computer lab.Recent versions of L AT EX are called latex2 e (latex 2.09 is obsolete).In order to see what the result looks like, you need an extra program, which is called a previewer ('pre' because you usually want to view the file before going on to print it).After compilation, the result cannot be modified directly anymore, but instead you have to modify the source file and re-run the compiler. One big difference between L AT EX and other mark-up languages (such as HTML) is that the result is not interpreted on the fly by some program which displays the formatted text, but instead you have to compile your source file to obtain the printable document.However, the program makes some decisions for you, according to the rules of typesetting that it knows about, and which are designed to make the final result look rather elegant: For example, it decides how much space to add at various points, where to start a new page.In a way, L AT EX can be thought of as a sort of mark-up language, in the sense that you write your text in a file, and add various commands which tell the computer how it should format it (bold, italics, etc.).However, like word processors, L AT EX is used to layout text.This means that what you actually see while you are inputting your text has almost nothing in common with the resulting printable document. First of all, L AT EX is not a WYSIWYG (' what you see is what you get') program such as M$-Word.

If I find better solutions for doing the computational linguistics stuff, in the future I may change this page, provided I find the time to do so. I am just mentioning here the packages I have personally used in papers I wrote over the course of my studies. Of course, what packages to use to do various things is very much a matter of personal taste.

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Finally, show how to use B IBT EX, since a bibliography necessarily complements any college assignment.In particular, go through examples on how to format trees, LFG-rules and AVMs, as well as on how to input the characters of the IPA, because this should be of interest to students in computational linguistics.Rather, give a list of references aimed at beginners, because when I started using L AT EX, I myself did not know where to start looking.Discuss only very simple examples, and refer the students to existing material for more details.Explain what the advantages of using L AT EX are, especially for students writing a term paper or a Master's thesis in computational linguistics.My idea was not to replace the many existing introductions to L AT EX on the web, but instead to This page is an English version of my notes for the L AT EX introduction class which I last gave on 23-24 July 2008, upon request from our department's student representatives.