LaTeX exercises

Doc/Tdoc/exercise.xml

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         </qandadiv>
       </qandaset>
     </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="tdocExerciseLatexElements">
+      <title>Important elements</title>
+
+      <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda" xml:id="tdocQandaLatexElements">
+        <qandadiv>
+          <qandaentry>
+            <question>
+              <para>Create an <classname>article</classname> document creating
+              separate sections each containing one of the following
+              items:</para>
+
+              <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>Nested lists and enumerations</para>
+                </listitem>
+
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>Complex table using sophisticated formatting possible
+                  spanning multiple pages (<classname>supertabular</classname>
+                  environment?)</para>
+                </listitem>
+
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>A figure based on either raster or symbolic
+                  format.</para>
+                </listitem>
+
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>Complex formula</para>
+                </listitem>
+              </itemizedlist>
+            </question>
+          </qandaentry>
+        </qandadiv>
+      </qandaset>
+    </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="tdocExerciseLatexMacro">
+      <title>Macro</title>
+
+      <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda" xml:id="tdocQandaLatexMacro">
+        <qandadiv>
+          <qandaentry>
+            <question>
+              <para>Create a user defined command <code>\mysalute</code>
+              expecting two parameters to be used in the following way:</para>
+
+              <programlisting language="tex">\mysalute{Mr.}{Jim Bean}</programlisting>
+
+              <para>The formatting expectation is:</para>
+
+              <blockquote>
+                <para>Mr Jim <emphasis role="bold">Bean</emphasis></para>
+              </blockquote>
+
+              <para>Mind the user's name to become boldface.</para>
+
+              <tip>
+                <para>Read about <code>\newcommand</code> optionally allowing
+                for parameters.</para>
+              </tip>
+            </question>
+
+            <answer>
+              <programlisting language="tex">\newcommand{\mysalute}[2]{Hello #1 \textbf{#2}}</programlisting>
+            </answer>
+          </qandaentry>
+        </qandadiv>
+      </qandaset>
+    </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="tdocExerciseLatexExampleDoc">
+      <title>Macro</title>
+
+      <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda" xml:id="tdocQandaLatexExampleDoc">
+        <qandadiv>
+          <qandaentry>
+            <question>
+              <para>Use one of your previous writings (e.g <quote
+              xml:lang="de">Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten</quote>) to create a
+              LaTeX document based on the following features:</para>
+
+              <itemizedlist>
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>Bibliography residing in an external BiBtex file
+                  </para>
+                </listitem>
+
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>Internal cross references implemented by
+                  <code>\label</code>, <code>\ref</code> and
+                  <code>\pageref</code>. You may want to define appropriate
+                  macros.</para>
+                </listitem>
+
+                <listitem>
+                  <para>An index containing an alphabetical list of words and
+                  expressions with the pages of the book upon which they are
+                  to be found.</para>
+
+                  <tip>
+                    <para>Use the <package>makeidx</package> package</para>
+                  </tip>
+                </listitem>
+              </itemizedlist>
+            </question>
+          </qandaentry>
+        </qandadiv>
+      </qandaset>
+    </section>
   </section>
 </chapter>