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  • I’ve been using Sphinx to auto-document some python code, but noticed that there isn’t a Textmate bundle solely for Sphinx. Not to worry though: there is a reStructuredText bundle which will give you some nice commands, and here is a ridiculously simple command to run ‘make html’ for some sphinx...

    A textmate command for sphinx

    Posted on May 7, 2011 | View Comments
    I’ve been using Sphinx to auto-document some python code, but noticed that there isn’t a Textmate bundle solely for Sphinx. Not to worry though: there is a reStructuredText bundle which will give you some nice commands, and here is a ridiculously simple command to run ‘make html’ for some sphinx...

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  • I’ve been posting a lot of LyX stuff recently, and here’s another: http://elyxer.nongnu.org/ eLyXer is a python app that converts a LyX file to a nicely formatted HTML page. The files I tested worked a treat, so very excited. To install this on a Mac, first get Macports if you...

    eLyXer: tex to HTML

    Posted on February 14, 2011 | View Comments
    I’ve been posting a lot of LyX stuff recently, and here’s another: http://elyxer.nongnu.org/ eLyXer is a python app that converts a LyX file to a nicely formatted HTML page. The files I tested worked a treat, so very excited. To install this on a Mac, first get Macports if you...

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  • To celebrate the release of LyX 1.6.6, I thought I’d upload an Oxford Thesis Template for mathematics/physics/engineering, based on K. Gillow’s excellent LaTeX class. While it’s tailored to Oxford, with a few modifications I’m sure it could be used for any thesis. To get it working, you’ll  have to copy...

    Oxford LyX Thesis Template

    Posted on May 31, 2010 | View Comments
    To celebrate the release of LyX 1.6.6, I thought I’d upload an Oxford Thesis Template for mathematics/physics/engineering, based on K. Gillow’s excellent LaTeX class. While it’s tailored to Oxford, with a few modifications I’m sure it could be used for any thesis. To get it working, you’ll  have to copy...

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  • To anyone doing an undergraduate degree in physics – download and learn to use these three programs: LyX: A frontend for LaTeX,  specially designed for people who don’t like LaTeX. You could consider it “training wheels for LaTeX”, but if you learn it well you’ll probably never need to learn...

    Physics report with LyX + JabRef + Inkscape

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | View Comments
    To anyone doing an undergraduate degree in physics – download and learn to use these three programs: LyX: A frontend for LaTeX,  specially designed for people who don’t like LaTeX. You could consider it “training wheels for LaTeX”, but if you learn it well you’ll probably never need to learn...

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  • In my honours at UWA (2008), I was the lone cowboy who decided to LyX instead of LaTeX. It saved me a shitload of time and LaTeX related anguish. As such, I thought I’d offer a UWA Thesis Template up to give a helping hand to anyone else who wants...

    UWA Physics LyX Thesis template

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | View Comments
    In my honours at UWA (2008), I was the lone cowboy who decided to LyX instead of LaTeX. It saved me a shitload of time and LaTeX related anguish. As such, I thought I’d offer a UWA Thesis Template up to give a helping hand to anyone else who wants...

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