LaTeX resources

LaTeXing in Microsoft Windows

• TeX system:
  • MikTeX, a free LaTeX system, recommended
  • The teTeX system contained in Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for Windows.
• Editor:
  • WinEdt, pretty good but not free
  • Texmaker, similar to WinEdt and is free, recommended
  • Emacs for Windows
  • Lyx, TeXmacs, two free WYSIWYG-tyle editors. They are developed for Linux systems, but now also available for Windows through Cygwin. You can either install Cygwin or download separate packages including cygwin utilities.
• Bib manager:
  • Endnote, commercial product, compatable with BibTeX using certain filters
  • Jabref, a Java bibtex manager, support pushing references to WinEdt, just as pushing references in Endnote to Microsoft Word, recommended
• TeX for Powerpoint:
  • Tex4PPT, good for inserting equations
  • TeXPPT, good for inserting inline math

LaTeXing in Mac OS

There are already many helpful websites about installing TeX on Mac OS X, for example,

• http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html
• http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/

my preferences are

• i-Installer, for TeX system and required utilities
• TeXshop, for Editor
• LaTeX Equation Editor for TeX in powerpoint