sidcode - Open Sourcehttps://sidcode.github.io/2015-01-10T16:42:14+00:00The LaTeX course of life2015-01-10T16:42:14+00:002015-01-10T16:42:14+00:00Siddhant Shrivastavatag:sidcode.github.io,2015-01-10:/letters/the-latex-course-of-life/<p>Summer internships’ deadlines knell by as I key this post. A common section in all application forms is the Curriculum Vitae/Résumé. Having made 2 versions of my résumé in Microsoft Word, the FOSS enthusiast in me felt the pinch. </p>
<h2>I decided- my résumé should be in LaTeX - the typesetting …</h2><p>Summer internships’ deadlines knell by as I key this post. A common section in all application forms is the Curriculum Vitae/Résumé. Having made 2 versions of my résumé in Microsoft Word, the FOSS enthusiast in me felt the pinch. </p>
<h2>I decided- my résumé should be in LaTeX - the typesetting framework based on Knuth’s TeX.</h2>
<p>Having just a theoretical knowledge of how LaTeX worked, I probed into the open-source community. Forked Debarghya Das’ résumé which I liked because of its brevity and summarization in just one page.</p>
<p>This exercise taught me the importance of documentation, yet again. I was not merely modifying someone’s LaTeX code. The documentation was edifying and I actually learnt a lot in the process.</p>
<p>Ok, enough said. I urge you to try out LaTeX if you haven’t already. It has a steep learning curve for certain - but I am sure the hacker in you will be happy to help you climb the TeXy mountain.</p>
<p>Alright, back to completing my application forms :) </p>Lessons from the Octopress Setup2014-06-11T23:37:37+00:002014-06-11T23:37:37+00:00Siddhant Shrivastavatag:sidcode.github.io,2014-06-11:/letters/lessons-from-the-octopress-setup/<p>This is my first post on this blog. I am learning to play with the various commands and get a knack of the basic publishing workflow.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>This is how syntax highlighting is done
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<p>After creating <code>.markdown</code> files, all one has to do is to push changes to the master branch …</p><p>This is my first post on this blog. I am learning to play with the various commands and get a knack of the basic publishing workflow.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>This is how syntax highlighting is done
</code></pre></div>
<p>After creating <code>.markdown</code> files, all one has to do is to push changes to the master branch of the remote repo:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">bundle</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">exec</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">rake</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">generate</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nv">bundle</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">exec</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">rake</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">deploy</span><span class="w"></span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>Git commands to be used:</p>
<p>To update the <code>source</code> branch with the latest changes (it is recommended to keep a backup)</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>git add .
git commit -m "source update #"
git push origin source
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<p>whereas to revert to the master branch, go to the _deploy directory, and run:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">git</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">pull</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">origin</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">master</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nv">bundle</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">exec</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">rake</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">deploy</span><span class="w"></span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>To-do:</p>
<ol>
<li>Add pages: about, travel, competitive programming, open source contributions, BITS work, SciTech News, etc.</li>
<li>Understand the different plugins that are available for the blog, and use some of them - like Google Analytics, g+ integration, etc.</li>
</ol>
<p>Finally, after posting couple of posts on Blogger and WordPress, I feel at home@Octopress.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>