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 TeX-documents are not What-you-see-is-what-you-get, but written in plain text, containing tags, commands and functions that instruct the TeX-engine how to lay out the text (or figures or anything else) on the page.
-A minimal TeX-document might look like this:
+A minimal TeX-document can be created on the commandline using this shell-snippet:
 <pre>
+cat > minimal.tex <<'EOF'
 \documentclass{article}
 \begin{document}
 Hello, Nix.
 \end{document}
+EOF
 </pre>
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 == Next steps ==
-Use Texlive packages. TODO
+From here on, we will assume that the "Full" scheme is installed.
-Use CTAN packages TODO
+Let's fetch an a little more complex example:
-Use home-made packages. TODO
+<code>curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latex3/latex2e/master/base/sample2e.tex</code>
+and process it
+<code>pdflatex sample2e</code>
+=== Using Texlive packages ===
+If you have installed the 'Full' scheme, all TeXLive packages should already be installed.
+=== Using CTAN packages ===
+If you want to use a CTAN-package that is not in TeXLive, you will have to adapt any of the
+derivations that you can find in these issues, e.g. [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/21334] (eqexam) or
+or [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/21577] (classico)
+or [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/54451] (res). Please note that the most common reason
+why packages are not in TeXLive is that they might be released under a non-free license.
+=== Using home-made packages ===
+You might want to review [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/17748]
 == Frequently asked questions FAQ ==