LaTeX and Friends

Dr M. R. C. van Dongen  is a permanent member of the academic staff of the Computer ScienceDepartment of University College, Cork, Ireland. He is an active member of com.text.tex.  His main research area is constraint satisfaction. He has been using LATEX since 1988. He uses LATEX and friends to produce his scientific publications, his lecture presentations, and lecture notes. He has a particular interest in integrating high-quality/ maintainable graphics in pdf documents. To this end he uses metapost and pgf/tikz. Some of his metapost work may be viewed on his website. Examples of his pgf/tikz work, including the source code, may be viewed in his book LATEX and Friends.

From the reviews: "The present book is composed of several parts covering introduction to LaTex: basic typesetting; tables, diagrams, and data plots; mathematics and algorithms; automation; and miscellaneous topics. The present book brings in a fresh flavor by 'avoiding the use of what is known in the LaTex community as 'verbatim' commands and environments, except when it comes to including, well, verbatim program listings'. The present book is a welcome addition to the previous set of excellent books ... ." (D. Subbaram Naidu, Amazon.com, January, 2014)

• Basics.- Introduction to LaTeX.- Basic Typesetting.- Running Text.- Lists.- Tables, Diagrams, and Data Plots.- Presenting External Pictures.- Presenting Diagrams with tikz..- Presenting Data with Tables.- Presenting Data with Plots.- Mathematics and Algorithms.- Mathematics.- Advanced Mathematics.- Algorithmas and Listings.- Automation.- Commands and Environments.- Option Parsing.- Branching.- Miscellany.- Beamer Presentations.- Writing Classes and Packages.-  Installing OpenType Fonts.- Installing LaTeX and Friends.- Resources.- References and Bibliography.- Indices.