latex_notes.txt

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% Add line break with \\. To control additional space, for example:
\\[10pt]

% To control spacing after a command, it is recommended not to put a space at the end of
% the command itself, but instead always close a no-argument command with {}
% anyway. Use '\ ' to add a space if necessary. For example:
\newcommand{\libdde}{\texttt{libdde}}
The implementation is known as \libdde{}.
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31091/space-after-latex-commands

% Explicit space; prevent line break between words:
~

% Prevent extra space (full stop) after a period, use '\ '. Also note that a
% comma after the period prevents the spacing issue, although parentheses do
% not. If the character before the period is a capital letter, it is assumed to
% be an initial and the logic is circumvented. To force the extra space, use
% '\@.'. Note that question marks and exclamation points are treated the same
% as periods.
% http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tips_and_Tricks#id_est_and_exempli_gratia_.28i.e._and_e.g..29
% Examples:
I said hello to Ms.\ Smith.
I think I read this in eighth grade, i.e.\ 2000 or 2001.
We rode on the MTA\@.
There are many types of books (fiction, memoir, etc\@.) that could be listed.

% Comment out a block:
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{comment}
\end{comment}

% Inline math:
\(...\)     % Plain TeX (not recommended in LaTeX) is $...$
% Displayed math (separate from main text):
\[...\]     % Plain TeX (not recommended in LaTeX) is $$...$$

% Ellipses: do not use '...', this will be too tightly spaced. Use \ldots,
% which may require forced spaces before or after ('\ ').

% Hyphens and dashes:
Use - for hypenated words (daughter-in-law).
Use -- for en-dashes, used in ranges (pages 5--7).
Use --- for em-dashes, used as punctuation between phrases ("A specter is haunting Europe---the specter of Communism.")
Use math mode or $-5$ for a minus sign.

% Tilde:
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9363/how-does-one-insert-a-backslash-or-a-tilde-into-latex
% Easiest comprise:
$\sim$