2016/LaTeX
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[edit] LaTeX the Hard Way: Things That Can, But Shouldn't, Be Done With LaTeX
| Date: October 26, 2016, at 7:00 PM |
| Presenters: Miguel Young de la Sota |
| Location: 4-149 |
| Abstract: LaTeX (and TeX, which it is built on) are "typesetting languages:" they abstract away the finer points of typesetting text, whilst remaining powerful enough to style complex documents, like books and academic papers. Most importantly, however, LaTeX is a Turing complete language through the use of macros.
In this this talk, I will discuss some of the finer points of LaTeX's syntax and macro system, how to write your own macros that generate macros that generate macros, and exciting things like \write18{}. I'll also discuss my personal macro package, texor, which contains some great examples of things that LaTeX should not be used for, such as dynamic font switching and procedural macro generation. |
