M5751 Electronic Typesetting and Publishing with TeX

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
1/2. 3 credit(s) (příf plus uk k 1 zk 2 plus 1 > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Roman Plch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
M7541 Computer Science || M1141 Introd. to Basic Computers
Before enrolling this course the students should go through M7541 or M1141.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 46 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/46, only registered: 0/46, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/46
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to: prepare the source documents in LaTeX system; create tables and figures and integrate them into the final document; typeset mathematical oriented texts; publish mathematical texts on the Web; create a presentation with mathematical text.
Syllabus
  • A short history of TeX and LaTeX.
  • The Structure of a LaTeX Document, source file, page layout.
  • Phrases and paragraps, list structures.
  • Tables, using fonts.
  • Higher mathematics, multiple-line equation structures, the theorem enviroment.
  • Portable graphics in LaTeX, using PostScript.
  • The Web and LaTeX, Portable Document Format, HTML.
Literature
  • LOMTATIDZE, Lenka and Roman PLCH. Sázíme v LaTeXu diplomovou práci z matematiky. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 122 pp. ISBN 80-210-3228-6. info
  • RYBIČKA, Jiří. LATEX pro začátečníky. 3. vyd. Brno: Konvoj, 2003, 238 s. ISBN 80-7302-049-1. info
  • GRÄTZER, George A. Math into TeX : a simple introduction to AMS-LaTeX. Boston: Birkhäuser, 1993, 294 s. ISBN 0817636374. info
  • LAMPORT, Leslie. LATEX :a document preparation system : user's guide and reference manual. 2nd ed. Boston, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1994, xvi, 272 s. ISBN 0-201-52983-1. info
  • GOOSSENS, Michel, Frank MITTELBACH and Sebastian RAHTZ. The LaTeX graphics companion :illustrating documents with TeX and PostScript. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1997, xxv, 554 s. ISBN 0-201-85469-4. info
  • GOOSSENS, Michel. The LaTeX web companion :intergating TeX, HTML and XML. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1999, xxii, 524. ISBN 0-201-43311-7. info
  • GOOSSENS, Michel, Frank MITTELBACH and Alexander SAMARIN. The LaTeX companion. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1994, 528 s. ISBN 0-201-54199-8. info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/PříF:M5751!
Teaching methods
lectures in a computer classroom
Assessment methods
Lectures with the use of computer projections, exercises in the computer classroom, regular practical tasks. Final written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.math.muni.cz/~plch/vyuka/tex/tex.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.