- First clone this repo to your machine.
Follow the instructions on setting up MacTex and VSCode from this guide:
https://mathjiajia.github.io/vscode-and-latex/
- Download and install MacTex: Download link for Mac, note it's 4.96 Gb
- Search for and Install
LaTeX Workshop
Extension for VSCode - If setup is successful, you can start editing
dlc-link.tex
, and you can open the preview window to see your changes take place live (see guide screenshot) - It will recompile on every save
- Special Symbols (for example
~
$
%
etc.) have to be escaped using the\
character, see examples in current doc - Most symbols have prettier typefaces when inserted specially, see e.g.
tm
superscript inserted using\textsuperscript{TM}
, or take a look at these - Learn latex: https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes and https://wch.github.io/latexsheet/
ChatGPT
is really good at Latex
It can be tiresome to edit documents this way, but the result is totally worth it.