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Srikrishna Doraiswamy | 11 Aug 2010 18:20
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Indian languages in Latex

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to typeset indian languages (I am
interested in sanskrit and tamil) using LaTeX. Is there a way where I can
type in english, and the typesetting can be done by LaTeX? For example, if I
were to write :
aham brahmAsmi
would it typeset as
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि ?

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P. P. Narayanaswami | 11 Aug 2010 19:39
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Re: Indian languages in Latex

There are several methods.
For Devanagari:
(1)  Using LateX:  

DevanagariTeX package enables you to typeset by first typing in English
a file with .dn extenstion (according to its convention),  and running it
through the "devnag" executable pre-processor  to convert the input (.dn  file)
into a .tex file , The .tex file can be processed by LaTeX.   The  Velthuis
fonts that come with the package are really nice.

2)  XeLaTeX

Type the devanagari text in any Unicode font already instaled in your
operating system, and run xelatex, to generate a PDF file.

(3)  Omega/Lambda -- which avoids the pre-processor stage.

For Tamil:

(1)  XeLaTeX works as above with Unicode fonts in tamil available in your
operating system.

(2) Omega/lambda for Tamil is a nice package

(3) You can type Tamil text in English according to ITRANS convention and create
a .itx file. Run it through  "itrans" executable pre-processor to get a .tex
file,  on which you can run LaTeX.  The Tamil fonts that are bundled with
ITRANS are "wntml" are acceptable, but not very nice.
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sengottu vel | 21 Aug 2010 06:14
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Using Tamil in latex

Dear Friends,

               I have started learning latex this week. I can use English in
latex very well including adding pictures,changing fonts  and their styles.
But i want to know how to get into the Tamil language. Please guide me how
to prepare a document in Tamil. If possible, friends any one please send me
a sample source file or the syntax. Which illustrates how to use Tamil in
latex.

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Umesh Mohan | 21 Aug 2010 07:19
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Re: Using Tamil in latex

On 21 August 2010 09:44, sengottu vel <sengottuvl@...> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
>               I have started learning latex this week. I can use English in
> latex very well including adding pictures,changing fonts  and their styles.
> But i want to know how to get into the Tamil language. Please guide me how
> to prepare a document in Tamil. If possible, friends any one please send me
> a sample source file or the syntax. Which illustrates how to use Tamil in
> latex.
>
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> with regards,
> T.Sengottuvel
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Hi.

Take a look at itrans in lang-indic package.

Attached is the sample "tamil.itx", the output "tamil.tex" and the
pdf output when "tamil.tex" was run through 'pdflatex'

Happy TeXing :-)

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inderjeet singh | 21 Aug 2010 12:17
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Making Stunning Presentations in LaTeX

Dear Friends,

I am LaTeX user and to a little extent a developer also. I just want
to know that can we make beamer presentations to be look more
stunning. Just give a look at http://prezi.com/.
If we can able to make such presentation in LaTeX then making
presentation will no longer remain a boring task. Can anybody is
having some sort of suggestions and ideas to this concept?
If yes please share them so that presentation can be made more
attractive in LaTeX.

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Anoop Sinha | 21 Aug 2010 17:44
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Re: Making Stunning Presentations in LaTeX

Interesting concept. I'd be interested in any free / open source
program that can do the same, not just LaTeX. In any case, I prefer
beamer to powerpoint.

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Anoop
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Anoop Sinha | 22 Aug 2010 12:23
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Changing the format of the chapter heading

Hello all.
I want my chapter heading to be like:

1. Introduction

instead of:

Chapter 1
Introduction

I tried doing this:

\renewcommand{\chaptername}{}

and I got:

1
Introduction

Looking forward to your replies.

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Manjusha Joshi | 23 Aug 2010 17:22
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[OT]scilab advanced workshop at Pune

Hello,

Scilab advanced workshop has been announced at

     http://fossme.bprim.org/workshop-scilab-advanced

Scilab is Free & open source software for Numerical computations.
www.scilab.org.

The workshop is mainly for College Maths teachers and research
students who have some
idea of Scilab/Matlab.
Topics like Modeling, file handling, toolboxes, how to write own
toolbox, Xcos/Scicos -simulator in Scilab, Graphics, Numerical
Analysis,
Linear Algebra, Differential equations using scilab will be discussed
and hands on sessions  will be there during the workshop.

Dates: 27th Sept-1st Oct.,2010
Venue: Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, Pune, India
 www.bprim.org.

Last date of registration: 27th August, 2010

Timing: 9.30 am - 5.30 pm

Workshop is supported by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
Govt. of India

Thanks,
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Radhakrishnan CV | 24 Aug 2010 06:21
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Re: Changing the format of the chapter heading

On 22-Aug-2010, at 3:53 PM, Anoop Sinha wrote:

> Hello all.
> I want my chapter heading to be like:
> 
> 1. Introduction

[...]

I think, titlesec package will be what you are looking for.

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Anoop Sinha | 24 Aug 2010 19:04
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Re: Changing the format of the chapter heading

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Radhakrishnan CV <cvr@...> wrote:

> I think, titlesec package will be what you are looking for.

Thank you, sir. The titlesec package worked like a charm.

Regards,

Anoop
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