A General Purpose Guide for Using LaTeX for Academic Writing
Introduction
This guide is designed to provide a good starting point for those looking to use LaTeX for academic writing. It is not intended to be a comprehensive guide, but rather a general purpose guide that will provide a good foundation for those looking to use LaTeX for academic writing and the transition from other word processing software.
The guide is heavily influenced by the authors experience with LaTeX and the tools that they have found useful. It is intended to be a living document that will be updated as new tools and techniques are discovered. The guide is not intended to be a replacement for the official documentation, but rather a focused companion to it.
Check out my LaTeX package: Lua-Regression CTAN | Lua-Regression GitHub
A system for performing regression testing on CSV format data files in LaTeX, written purely in Lua for use with LuaLaTeX.
It includes the ability to fit polynomials of multiple orders to data, and plot the results using PGFPlots.
It offers some additional features such as the ability to generate confidence intervals and perform \(R^2\) tests on the data.
It is designed to perform similarly to the regplot function in Python's Seaborn library.
The sources that helped to create this guide are:
- The LaTeX Project
- Overleaf Documentation
- Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
- Unofficial PGFPlots guide
and other sources that will be referenced throughout the guide.
Other useful resources include:
- Learn LaTeX
- LaTeX Font Catalogue
- Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
- Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e
- Dr. Trefor Bazett YouTube Tutorials
- MLModern - A modern font for LaTeX that is similar to computer modern.
- NewComputerModern - A modern expanded font for LaTeX that is similar to computer modern. (Requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX)
- TeXnique - A fun online game to practice writing equations in LaTeX.
- Detexify - A tool to find the LaTeX command for the symbol you want to write.
A template for writing a thesis in LaTeX can be found here.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the authors:
George H. Allison (Email | LinkedIn)
Feedback and Development
This guide will be actively maintained for the foreseable future. If you have any feedback, please reach out or if the repository has been made public, please raise an issue or open a discussion on the repository.
If you would like to contribute to the development of this guide, please reach out to the authors. Contributions are welcome, and the authors will be happy to discuss any changes you would like to make.
Once the guide is made open-source Pull requests are welcome.
REFERENCES
2: Overleaf Documentation Link