DAMMIT JIM I'M A PHYSICIST NOT A TECHNICIAN

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anybody have any LaTeX recommendations for OSX?

i am just not smart enough to install LaTexIT. or, rather, i can get it going but i am waaaay too dumb to install pdftex and ghostscript on my own without help.

― vahid (vahid), Monday, 17 April 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

use emacs. or better yet, vi! LaTeX is for the weak!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 17 April 2006 13:42 (twenty years ago)

ghostscript totally has great step-by-steps for OSX online! If I can do it once you can do it.

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Install TeX and LaTeX (and the rest of that sort of shit: ghostscript, ImageMagick, etc.) using i-Installer. Get TeXShop if you want an editor. YAY.

― caek (caek), Monday, 17 April 2006 23:11 (twenty years ago)

If all you want to do is write equations in LaTeX and post them into other apps, then a full TeX/LaTeX install is probably overkill.

In fact, Geeta's advice might be the best -- if your app can incorporate LaTeX code then write what you need in vi or emacs and just paste it into your main file (I have only done this with xfig but I'm sure there are other apps that can execute LaTeX commands).

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

my app is acrobat and MS word ... so i think i need to be able to export to ... ?

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

i'm having trouble figuring out what's best here.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

all i want to do is neatly typeset equations. it would be a plus to be able to do worksheets in a style that will acclimate my kids to college materials.

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

TEXSHOP, DOOD.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)

OK, I haven't used LaTeXiT, but it looks like that's what you want. Follow Tombot's advice. Even I managed to install ghostscript on my PC laptop via cygwin, so you can do it too.

You could also track down a copy of Scientific Workplace AKA the program for science/math types who can't be bothered with LaTeX.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

Even I managed to install ghostscript on my PC laptop via cygwin, so you can do it too.

you can install ghostscript on OSX, I mean

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 04:44 (twenty years ago)

scientific workplace might be what i need. i'm sure markup text would be awesome but i don't think i have the time to learn it!

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

wait, fuck that. i can't be bothered with virtual PC either.

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 05:24 (twenty years ago)

whoa, GBX. texshop looks hott!!

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 05:26 (twenty years ago)

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