[Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?

[Sudarshan Iyengar]

This group is really amazing... I believe i can learn quite a lot within a
short span of time.

thank you very much... I believe calling one by one's first name is a mark
of respect. Many don't like to called as sir.

i am sorry if i have offended him by calling his name...

-sudarshan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duvvuri Venu Gopal" <venugopal_duvvuri at rediffmail.com>
To: "TUGIndia Mailing List" <tugindia at tug.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?



On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 Sudarshan Iyengar wrote :
>Hello radhakrishnan,
>

CVR or Shri Radhakrishnan Sir is the guide to this whole list. Please
address him respectfully.

>Well sounds really interesting...:-)
>
>
>  I am new to latex and am yet to explore the comforts hidden.

One of the list members has already replied. Please visit www.tug.org.in and
down load the LaTeX primer (pdf format). Read it carefully. Most of your
doubts will be cleared.

Without any personal guidance from any body and with the help of the LaTeX
Primer and being a member of this list I learnt a lot of LaTeX. When I
started learning LaTeX the Primer is being written (only screen version is
available). Yes learning LaTeX is a bit hard as it is not WYSIWYG. I
struggled for 3 months. Now it is fun. I also started teaching LaTeX in BHU
for Research Scholars.

>
>My problem is just this...
>
>I would like to have something like
>
>a)    Karnataka
>
>b)    Tamil nadu
>
>c)    Andhra pradesh
>
>d)    Kerala
>
>I dont' want to type a,b,c,d i need autonumbering... how do i go about????

It is very simpele. In LaTeX use the enumerate environment like below :

\begin{enumerate}
\item Karnataka
\item Tamil Nadu
\item Andhra Pradesh
\item Kerala
\end{enumerate}

You can also use the package "enumerate" for better control of the above
sequences.

As your requirements/fancy's increase you have to use more and more
packages. For simple documents LaTeX will suffice.

Like Word there is no need to manually number the Chapters, Sections,
Equations, Tables, Figures etc. in LaTeX. All these are automatically
numbered serially.


You have to carefully study  books on LaTeX Freely Available on internet.

D. Venu Gopal
TeX user No. 4091


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