**************README FOR VIC'S LATEX STARTUP KIT **************

Unpack the tar file:

gunzip -c latex-starter-pack.tar.gz | tar -xvf -

This will create a directory called latex-starter-pack

You are now ready to work with latex.


To work with latex on goanna/yallara numbat under Xwindows:

1.  Use a text editor to prepare the files anna.tex, anna.bib

2.  To get the .dvi file

    latex anna
    bibtex anna            // prepares the bibliography
    latex anna
    latex anna             // to get references right.
                           // You often need to run latex twice

                           // generates anna.dvi

3.  To get the .pdf file
    xdvi anna                  // to preview on xterminal
    dvipdf anna                // generates anna.pdf

4.  Get postscript.  Old, but sometimes useful:
    dvips anna              to print on a postscript printer
    dvips -o anna.ps anna   to generate a postscript file
    gv anna.ps              to view a postscript file

5.  Cleaning up temproary files.  You may find sweep, which deletes
    all latex's temporary files, useful put it into .cshrc

    alias   sweep           "/bin/rm -f *.aux *.bbl *.bak *.dvi *.log *.blg"

% is the latex comment character.

More advanced
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The tex system is installed in /usr/local/stow/teTeX-3.0/pkg/teTeX

You should browse through the subdirectories here.

You may want to look at some of packages that have been commented
out of anna.tex.  I find them quite useful.  You can find more macro
packages in:

/usr/local/stow/teTeX-3.0/pkg/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex
A very useful file of templates for bibliography references is
xampl.bib

To create a picture for inclusion in a document use `xfig' and save as
a postscript or encapsulated postscript file.

To create a graph for inclusion in a document use `jgraph' or `gnuplot'.

Latex related aliases I find useful.

alias   dp      "dvips -f \!* | lp"
alias   dp2     "dvips -f \!* | mpage -2 -b A4 -dp | lp"
alias   dp4     "dvips -f \!* | mpage -4 -b A4 -dp | lp"
alias   dp8     "dvips -f \!* | mpage -8 -b A4 -dp | lp"
alias   sweep   "/bin/rm -f *.aux *.bbl *.bak *.dvi *.log *.blg"

mpage prints several pages on one sheet of paper.  dp2 is good for drafts
of papers.  dp8 is good for overheads.

Other Installations
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1. You can install latex into a cygwin system.  Make sure you install
   the Xwindows components of cygwin
2. You can install MiKTeX directly onto a windows PC