Fixed formatting, added example of command structure
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## What even is \LaTeX?
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- 1978: Donald Knuth gets fed up by typographical errors in his documents and creates TeX
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- 1984: Leslie Lamport gets fed up with having to write bonkers TeX-commands and piles on a bunch of macros
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- 1978: Donald Knuth gets fed up by typographical errors in his documents and creates \TeX
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- 1984: Leslie Lamport gets fed up with having to write bonkers \TeX\ -commands and piles on a bunch of macros
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- 2025: We're here, still stuck with this ancient crap
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But actually, it is a pretty good **document preparation system**.
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- Setup for packages used in the document
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- Directives for the presentation of the types of content in the document
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\vspace{2em}
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> Tip: Make you preamble self-contained and portable
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## Basic structure of a \LaTeX\ command
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```latex
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\commandname[optionalarguments]{requriedarguments}
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```
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Examples:
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- `\usepackage[paper=a4paper]{geometry}`
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<!--- `\Delta` (produces the symbol: \(\Delta\) )-->
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- `\emph{Hello!}`
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## Part 1: Content
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Since content and presentation is mostly separate:
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Usually specified in the text with:
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```latex
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\begin{content-type}
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\begin{contenttype}
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... what you write goes here
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\end{content-type}
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\end{contenttype}
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```
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## Normal text: headings, paragraphs, lists
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- `enumerate`: numbered list
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- Can be nested
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> Tip: For better version control, stick to *one sentence, one line*
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\vspace{2em}
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> Tip: For better version control, stick to **one sentence, one line**
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## MATH
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- `\(...\)`: inline math
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- `\[...\]`: basically like `equation`
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We're talking inline \(F = ma\) versus full display:
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We're talking inline $F = ma$ versus full display:
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\[E = mc^2\].
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$$
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E = mc^2.
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$$
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## Figures and tables
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## Part 2: Presentation
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> I used to fight all the time with my typesetter about where
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> the images should be placed. Now I use \LaTeX and have accepted
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> the images should be placed. Now I use \LaTeX\ and have accepted
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> that I'll never win.
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. . .
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The \TeX typesetting engine is really powerful and will probably make
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The \TeX \ typesetting engine is really powerful and will probably make
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better choices than you.
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## Linebreaks and pagebreaks
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- Here, top, bottom and "special page"
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- Floats
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- They *float around* and cannot be broken up
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## Part 3: Custom commands
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- `\newcommand`: make a new one!
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- `\renewcommand`: change an existing one
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Some examples:
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