Department of
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Project LaTeX Files and Instructions

Objective

One day you'll find out that overleaf is bullsh*t and useless without premium subscription. So, you need to learn how to use LaTeX in your local machine. This repo is a simple starter template for your project reports.

100% offline ✅

100% local machine ✅

100% free & open source ✅

For collabration, just use git alongside with your favourite IDE.

Setting Up LaTeX and VS Code locally

1. Install MiKTeX from miktex.org or latex-project.org

2. Install VS Code (if you prefer) from code.visualstudio.com

3. Install LaTeX Workshop extension in VS Code

4. If you are using a Windows machine, it doesn't come with Perl engine, so you need to install it from strawberryperl.com

Repo Usage

On the terminal

1. Clone this repo using git

git clone https://github.com/ADSJCET/LaTeX-SJCET-AD.git

2. Go to project folder

cd LaTeX-SJCET-AD

3. Open in VS Code(if installed)

code .

Now in VS Code

4. Select the src/<project_name>/thesis.tex file

5. Type Ctrl + Shift + P and search Build LaTeX

6. Enter & wait

Or just use the TEX extension from activity bar

7. If build is successfull, new thesis.pdf will be created/updated

Tips

• Read this blog to setup LaTeX in VS Code

• Install LaTeX Language Support extension for VS Code

• Install PDF Extension to view files easily inside VS code

• Read this file to cite research papers with bibTeX

Credits

• Rajat Sandeep
• Ajay T Shaju