This one is my resume into LaTex. LaTex is a markup language very convenient to build awesome documents as for example resumes or scientific papers.
In my case I have used TeXShop to work in Mac Os X. When this software is installed also are installed all libraries necessary to compile any 'tex' file.
It is possible work with this graphical tool but also It is possible improve a 'text' document with your favorite editor and compile directly from terminal.
In order to compile from terminal to get a PDF output it is necessary use:
$ pdflatex document.tex
A very flexible way is using Linux command lines to compile a LaTex project. This way has been chosen because I am starting to update my CV from a cloud server.
Firstly it is necessary install a TeX distribution. TeX Live is a TeX distribution to get up and running with the TeX document production system. To install it, once you're in the terminal, enter the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full
In order to compile the LaTex project would be simply using the command:
$ latext file.tex
However, there are many interesting options which should be reviewed using the "help" option:
$ latext --help
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Usage: pdftex [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS]
or: pdftex [OPTION]... \FIRST-LINE
or: pdftex [OPTION]... &FMT ARGS
Run pdfTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf.
Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as pdfTeX input, after TEXNAME is read.
If the first line of TEXNAME is %&FMT, and FMT is an existing .fmt file,
use it. Else use `NAME.fmt', where NAME is the program invocation name,
most commonly `pdftex'.
Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a backslash,
interpret all non-option arguments as a line of pdfTeX input.
Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a &, the
next word is taken as the FMT to read, overriding all else. Any
remaining arguments are processed as above.
If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.
-draftmode switch on draft mode (generates no output PDF)
-enc enable encTeX extensions such as \mubyte
-etex enable e-TeX extensions
[-no]-file-line-error disable/enable file:line:error style messages
-fmt=FMTNAME use FMTNAME instead of program name or a %& line
-halt-on-error stop processing at the first error
-ini be pdfinitex, for dumping formats; this is implicitly
true if the program name is `pdfinitex'
-interaction=STRING set interaction mode (STRING=batchmode/nonstopmode/
scrollmode/errorstopmode)
-ipc send DVI output to a socket as well as the usual
output file
-ipc-start as -ipc, and also start the server at the other end
-jobname=STRING set the job name to STRING
-kpathsea-debug=NUMBER set path searching debugging flags according to
the bits of NUMBER
[-no]-mktex=FMT disable/enable mktexFMT generation (FMT=tex/tfm/pk)
-mltex enable MLTeX extensions such as \charsubdef
-output-comment=STRING use STRING for DVI file comment instead of date
(no effect for PDF)
-output-directory=DIR use existing DIR as the directory to write files in
-output-format=FORMAT use FORMAT for job output; FORMAT is `dvi' or `pdf'
[-no]-parse-first-line disable/enable parsing of first line of input file
-progname=STRING set program (and fmt) name to STRING
-recorder enable filename recorder
[-no]-shell-escape disable/enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND}
-shell-restricted enable restricted \write18
-src-specials insert source specials into the DVI file
-src-specials=WHERE insert source specials in certain places of
the DVI file. WHERE is a comma-separated value
list: cr display hbox math par parend vbox
-synctex=NUMBER generate SyncTeX data for previewers if nonzero
-translate-file=TCXNAME use the TCX file TCXNAME
-8bit make all characters printable by default
-help display this help and exit
-version output version information and exit
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The last thing to take account is the marked syntax to write an awesome document. Learn to use this syntax practice and a good LaTex cheat sheet .