PSTricks

PSTricks is a set of macros that allow the inclusion of PostScript drawings directly inside TeX or LaTeX code.

For a short and extendable introduction, see Wiki page or the official PSTricks website. You can find everything, from documentations to great examples. You can also go directly to look at this manual.

This is a great tool for TeX users. Thank Long Chen for recommending this package!

Beamer: Introduction

Beamer is a LaTeX class for creating presentations. It works together with pdflatex and dvips. The name derives from the German word "Beamer", a pseudo-anglicism for video projector.

Beamer allows you to create slides featuring overlays, animation and so on in LaTeX. For LaTeX users, it is just great for presentation. Here is a not so short tutorial!

For installation, first you can get beamer(including xcolor and pgf) and guide from the Beamer official site.

1. Once you have them all downloaded, extract them and put them in the following directory: texmf/tex/latex/ (this directory may be in different place in different systems and you check this with admin).

2. For Unix/Linux users, just run "texhash" or "mktexlsr" to notice the MiKTex that you have new class files installed; For WinEdt users, Goto Accessories->MiKTex Options and click on "Refresh now" and then you are done.

3. For questions related to using Chinese charecters within Beamer, go to CTEX.

Enjoy!

Basic Research Skills

Haven't updated my blog for quite a while. I has been kept busy these days. But finally, I want to do some construction of the site in the summer break.

Yesterday, I came across this interesting website, which is course website for reseach skills. There are quite a lot interesting topics, like using library resources, typeseting papers, even finding advisors!