How to get started with IPE

IPE is a vector graphics drawing application by Otfried Cheong tailored for creating mathematical figures. It supports LaTeX and you can even make full presentations with IPE. Here I collect a few useful links which will help you to get started. All included content is by me if not stated otherwise.

Installing IPE

Download IPE

Notes: you might need a LaTeX distribution, like MiKTeX. Or you can set online compilation in the IPE app in the menu `IPE/Help/Enable online compilation'. Or you can even use IPE online. To search for specific features you can use the IPE manual (by Otfried Cheong).

Rudimentary introductory tutorials

Introduction to drawing with IPE (by Gábor Damásdi, pdf)
Introduction to creating presentations with IPE (pdf)
Short introduction to IPE in Hungarian (pdf)

Note: remember that you are advised to save your work straight to a pdf file which can be opened with IPE later, just like the above linked pdfs.

When making your own presentations, you can use this Rényi Institute template or make your own one by modifying this: Rényi Institute presentation template for IPE slides

Some arbitrary presentations to get ideas what you can do (you can again open them in IPE): slides-1, slides-2

Better external tutorials

Ipe tutorial (by Algorithms Lab, online lecture recording)

Introduction to IPE by Borut Lužar (pdf)

Václav Blažej's videos:
Introduction to Ipe drawing editor - Tools, Properties, & Snapping
How to create these figures in Ipe drawing editor
How to make slides in Ipe drawing editor

Yet another short intro to IPE (by Algorithms and Complexity TU Wien), with many references, including An IPE Tutorial (by Soeren Nickel, pdf).

Making a presentation template in Ipe (by Oleg Soloviev)

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