Tag: LaTeX

In LaTeX, the hyperref package can be challenging to work with. It is well known that the hyperref package must be loaded last, BUT when using the algorithm package as well things get tricky. algorithm must be loaded after hyperref BUT, doing the following error if figures are used at the same time with pdfTeX:

ERROR: pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{figure.1})

The solution is to load the float package (which is normally loaded by other more high-level packages) before hyperref like so:

\usepackage{amsmath,amsymb,graphicx,subfigure,etc.,etc.}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{algorithm}


The other solution is to not use pdfLaTeX, and use regular LaTeX instead.

Once you get through the process of writing your paper, getting it reviewed, making revisions, and finally getting that ACCEPT email in your inbox, the work isn’t done. You must prepare the figures in the paper so that they can be easily used by the IEEE to make a nice, high-quality, correctly laid-out, final print version of the article. This process could be quite complex and time consuming.

This post will cover some tips, tricks, and scripts to get your journal submission ready to go quickly and easily. The big challenges are:

• Getting all figures into single eps files
• Creating a list of figure captions

The good news is that both of these are delightfully quick if you’ve been using LaTeX to compose your article. Read on to find out how Continue reading “Preparing Final Submissions for IEEE Journal Articles” →

I’ve taken to writing all of my homework assignments for my (few remaining) classes in LaTeX, the markup language used by many to typeset scientific papers, theses, books, slides, posters, etc.

Why go through all this hassle for homeworks? Using LaTeX for homeworks
allows you to do lots of nice things like:

• Have your work neatly typeset
• Impress your professors who might recognize the fonts
• Include equations easily
• Put math right in the text
• Not ever have to mess with MS Word

Being able to include equations is especially nice. When I do math
homeworks I often find it simpler to do derivations in LaTeX rather than
scratching them out on the backs of poorly written papers. If I make a
mistake somewhere, I can quickly change all down-line equations with a
find-replace procedure instead of having to re-write or cross out large blocks
of scribbles.

The template I use is mostly the same for every class. Sometimes I add or
remove things for specific courses to make the professors happy. I’ve posted
that basic template below. Enjoy, and let me know if you if you make any
improvements!

hw_template.tex
hw_template.pdf

If you’re using LaTeX to write a document (article, thesis, grocery list, etc.), you can define your own custom commands to save you time and make your code look cleaner. At the beginning of your document include the line

\newcommand{\newtag}{whatever_you_want}

Now, if you type “\newtag” in your LaTeX code, it will be automatically substituted with “whatever_you_want” when the LaTeX is compiled! This is great, but you can do even more. Changing the syntax slightly, you can pass arguments to these macros so that they become little functions. For instance if you want a quicker way to make things bold, include

\newcommand{\bt}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

Now, if you type “\bt{x}”, you’ll get “\textbf{x}” which will be interpreted as x. In this syntax, the number in []’s is the number of arguments the macro should expect, and it is referenced as #1. You can also do this with multiple arguments like this

\newcommand{\vfrac}[2]{\ensuremath{\frac{#1}{#2}}}

When you call this you’d type \vfrac{a}{b} to make a fraction a/b. There will be a set of {} for each argument. In this command I also used the \ensuremath{} command. This command allows you to put ‘math’ commands into regular text or in equations, and is a big help when writing papers!

I hope this information helps you. Thanks to these guys for posting the info I finally found when I needed to find out.