Ignore LaTeX temporaries in subversion (svn)

svn propset svn:ignore -F ~/tex/texignore .

*.aux
*.log
*.nav
*.toc
*.snm
*.blg
*.bbl

How I search my bib files

#!/bin/bash
bibtool -- "select{$*}" -i ~/mybibdir/*.bib

Now, I can issue command like (I use single quotes in the terminal to avoid the need for escaping)

$ bibsearch 'author "Brio"'
$ bibsearch 'title "MHD"'

beamer2handout converter

beamer2handout myslides.pdf
beamer2handout myslides.pdf 6up
beamer2handout myslides.pdf 4up otheroutputfile.pdf

If you would like to use it get beamer2handout here. The setup is as follows:

1. Save it in some convenient location
2. Make it executable: chmod u+x beamer2handout
3. Edit beamer2handout, specify your location of pdfnup

Block (un)commenting in NEdit

First, find in this file:

nedit.macroCommands: \

Next, look up the first Comments> line, and just above that, add:

        Comments>% Comment@LaTeX:::R: {\n\
                replace_in_selection("^.*$", "%&", "regex")\n\
        }\n\
        Comments>% Uncomment@LaTeX:::R: {\n\
                replace_in_selection("(^[ \\\\t]*%)(.*)$", "\\\\2", "regex")\n\
        }\n\

Or, including shortcut keys ([Shift]+[Ctrl]+C for commenting, [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[Alt]+C for uncommenting):

        Comments>% Comment@LaTeX:Shift+Ctrl+C:c:R: {\n\
                replace_in_selection("^.*$", "%&", "regex")\n\
        }\n\
        Comments>% Uncomment@LaTeX:Shift+Ctrl+Alt+C:u:R: {\n\
                replace_in_selection("(^[ \\\\t]*%)(.*)$", "\\\\2", "regex")\n\
        }\n\

Useful packages/commands/scripts

Theme uubeamer

Adding custom classes by hand

The more clean approach is described in the CTAN docs.

Useful commands/scripts

LateX picture to eps converter

#!/bin/bash -f
#!set -x
HEADER="\
\\documentclass{article} \n\
\\usepackage{epsfig,color,amsfonts,amssymb} \n\
\\\nonstopmode \n\
\\\begin{document} \n\
\\\titlepage \n\
\input{$1} \n\
\\\end{document} \n\
\004 \n\
"
echo -e $HEADER > TEMPFILE.tex
latex TEMPFILE.tex > /dev/null
dvips -E -q  -o $2 TEMPFILE.dvi
rm -f TEMPFILE TEMPFILE.tex TEMPFILE.dvi TEMPFILE.aux TEMPFILE.log

(Script by Yuri Kuznetsov.)

Other citation formats

Other expressions

• A priori (Latin) before (the fact), from the former. A priori knowledge is knowledge gained or justified by reason alone, without the direct or indirect influence of experience (here, experience usually means observation of the world through sense perception.) (WP)
• A posteriori (Latin) after (the fact). A posteriori knowledge is any other sort of knowledge; that is, knowledge the attainment or justification of which requires reference to experience.
• A fortiori (Latin). For a still stronger, more certain reason; "if you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am I"

Scientific Writing

Use LaTeX

Use BibTex

Often used abbreviations

• e.g. (Latin) exempli gratia, for example.
• i.e. (Latin) id est, that is; that is to say; in other words
• viz. (Latin) videlicet, contraction of videre licet, "it is permitted to see", That is; namely. Used to introduce examples, lists, or items.
• cf. (Latin) confer, compare.
• qed. (Latin) quod erat demonstrandum, which was to be demonstrated.