Learning Latex: A Starter Guide for the Struggling Coder

[NotaPhysicist]

I'm struggling with latex. I know HTML and can code in C, but for the life of me I need more examples.

Can someone point me to a reference that is less than a gazzillion pages long and longer than two pages of reference code. Just something to get me started on my way...

 

[phyzguy]

I use this:

 

[phyzguy]

Sorry, it was too big to upload. It's called lshort.pdf Here's the URL:

http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf

 

[Fredrik]

Do you need it for forum posts here, or to write articles and/or books? If it's just for forum posts, you only need to know a little. Just find a few posts that use some math, and click the quote button to see how they did it.

 

[MysticDude]

I found something that might help you. It is a .pdf file. Only 17 pages.

"ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/short-math-guide.pdf"[/URL]