For people who have to deal with scientific papers and publishing, with a lot of mathematical equations thrown into the mix, LaTeX text editors are pretty much the industry standard. Quite similar to HTML in its formatting, LaTeX is one of the most commonly used text editor in the academia. It definitely is not pronounced ‘ks’.Still don’t get what this is all about? In simple terms, LaTeX (pronounced Lay-tek), is a markup level text editing tool that separates the word formatting from the content entry task. (From The Rules for TeX): “The ‘X’ stands for the lower case Greek letter Chi (the upper-case Greek letter doesn’t look in the least like a letter “X”) and is pronounced by English-speakers either a bit like the ‘ch’ in the Scots word ‘loch’ ( in the IPA) or like ‘k’.It is definitely not to be pronounced in the same way as the rubber-tree gum.” “Lamport never recommended how one should pronounce LaTeX, but a lot of people pronounce it ‘Lay TeX’ or perhaps ‘Lah TeX’ (with TeX pronounced as the program itself see the rules for TeX).We found a whole web page of TeX Frequently Asked Questions. The pronunciation of “LaTeX” is more controversial than you might think. In addition, the TeXShop documentation page includes links to free LaTeX guides to help you get started. TeXShop is included in the MacTeX installer package so you don’t need to download it separately. Once you have opened the zip file and run the installer you can use TeXShop to create, edit, and typeset your documents. To get LaTeX for the Mac: go to the MacTeX distribution page and download the installer package.
To get LaTeX for the PC: go to and follow their download and installation instructions. There are free versions of LaTeX available online for both the PC and the Mac. PCTeX is a one-installation-does-it-all program, but it has a fee. Many campus computers have PCTeX installed on them. Installing LaTeX on your personal computer Each allows you to write in LaTeX and access your files from any computer with an Internet connection. You can create an account on Overleaf ( ) or ShareLaTeX ( ).
The LaTeX Project Home Page has additional information. Most mathematicians and many other people use LaTeX to typeset papers, exams, books, and more. LaTeX is a system for high-quality technical typesetting.
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