M5751 Electronic Typesetting and Publishing with TeX

Faculty of Science
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
1/2. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Roman Plch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Bulant, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Lenka Viskotová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Roman Plch, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Timetable of Seminar Groups
M5751/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. R. Plch
M5751/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Bulant
M5751/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Viskotová
Prerequisites
M7541 Computer Science || M1141 Computer Science I || S5030 Intro to Computer Networks
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will learn the basics of electronic typesetting with the TeX system (the structure of a source file, font selection, tabular material, portable graphics, ...). The emphasis wil be given to the typesetting of mathematics. At the end students will learn the basics of electronic publishing on the Web.
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
  • RYBIČKA, Jiří. Latex pro začátečníky. 2. vyd. Brno: Konvoj, 1999, 190 s. ISBN 8085615746. 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
  • GRÄTZER, George A. Math into TeX : a simple introduction to AMS-LaTeX. Boston: Birkhäuser, 1993, 294 s. ISBN 0817636374. 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 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, 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!
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška s využitím projekce počítačového výstupu, cvičení u počítače v počítačové učebně.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.math.muni.cz/~plch/vyuka/vyuka.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, 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.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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