A list of LaTeX graphical editors
LaTeZ beamer - a presentation package
LaTeX to HTML tools comparison
Links to LaTeX resources, put together by University Of Cambridge Dept. Of Engineering
Basic Documentclass types reviewed
HOWTO: do figures side by side
LaTeX2HTML (what Python uses to generate the Library Reference HTML)
Adding a folder for latex to look for .sty files
Under unix, define the environmental variable TEXINPUTS to include the additional folder.
Example:
export TEXINPUTS=$HOME/Development/SubversionBased/latex/styles/:
Note the colon at the end, this is required for latex to also search in its "system" directories (something you really really want it to do. Trust me.)
Getting (Additional) Information on packages
Some (most?) modules have expanded documentation beyond what you might see in the LaTeX books. Often people on the web are told to use texinfo to find information on a certain package, however this is sub-optimal for OS X use (it requires X11 installed, etc.)
Instead, I suggest running dvipdft on the source file, like so
$ locate nomencl.dvi #the package I wanted to look up (with .dvi to eleminate some junk /opt/local/share/texmf/doc/latex/nomencl/nomencl.dvi $ dvipdft /opt/local/share/texmf/doc/latex/nomencl/nomencl.dvi
This will output a file named "nomencl.pdf" in the current working directory. You can then open this file up in Preview (or another pdf reader) and read the package's documentation.