From e79abe218840da591a1d832874ab09e7f857c6f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:18:20 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added item about characters with special meaning in LaTeX --- 002/codex-002.tex | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/002/codex-002.tex b/002/codex-002.tex index 773ca82..1e89bb1 100644 --- a/002/codex-002.tex +++ b/002/codex-002.tex @@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ As a big part of the reason I created this was to learn more about LaTeX, I'm ke \item You can also draw just using the \texttt{picture} environment. \footnote{There is a good tutorial at \href{https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Picture_environment}{\texttt{https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Picture\_environ \\ ment}}.} \item As with most things that *nix-based, there is usually more than one way to get to where you are going. Often, there are many ways, and they lead you down paths you hadn't even imagined. A little research goes a long way. (See the next two sections as examples of this. I had not even thought about this before I sat down to write this.) + + \item There are ten characters that have special meaning in \LaTeX{}. To typeset: \\ \tabto{3.5cm} \& \% \$ \# \_ \{ \} \\ \\ you have to prepend them with a backslash (\textbackslash). To write \textasciitilde, \textasciicircum, or \textbackslash, you have to use the macros \verb|\textasciitilde|, \verb|\textasciicircum|, and \verb|\textbackslash|. + \end{enumerate} \subsection{\LaTeX{} Without a GUI}