davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (01/02/91)
Recently uploaded to atari.archive.umich.edu: TEX_DOCS.ZOO This is the file README.1st: --------------------------------- The files in this ZOO archive provide an introduction to TeX and LaTeX which may prove useful to the beginning user. ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. Run this through LaTeX. LAYOUT.TEX - Shows the page layout for LaTeX. Run it through LaTeX README.1ST - This file, information only. TEXINTRO.TEX - "A Gentle Introduction to TeX". Very nice intro. Run this through TeX. These items were in the DECUS TeX collection for the Fall of 1990. We use LaTeX quite a bit a work, and for a VMS system, the DECUS TeX collection is -quite- complete! Highly recommended. -- David Paschall-Zimbel, 28 December 1990 --------------------------------- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (01/02/91)
In article <1991Jan2.111541.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu>, davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes: > ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. > Run this through LaTeX. I have been notified that the file ESSENTIAL.TEX requires a style file for handouts called HNDOUT.STY. The DECUS TeX collection includes this style file, but I have no idea whether the Atari ST collection has this style file. I have uploaded the file HNDOUT.STY to the atari.archive server, so it should be available shortly. Sorry for any inconvenience. -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) (01/04/91)
In article <1991Jan2.111541.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes: (Sender was: news@cs.umn.edu) > The files in this ZOO archive provide an introduction to TeX and LaTeX which > may prove useful to the beginning user. > > ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. ^^^ And how am I supposed to read those... without having installed TEX allready? AAAAAaaaaaaah TschauTschau Bernd -- --------------------------------------------------------------- be@arium.stgt.sub.org | be@aragon.gtc.de | ud01@kauni2.bitnet (if all else fails try: ud01@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) ---------------------------------------------------------------
davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (01/04/91)
In article <8841628@arium.stgt.sub.org>, be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) writes: >> ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. > And how am I supposed to read those... > without having installed TEX allready? Repeat after me: "TeX and LaTeX source files (with the .tex file extender) are ASCII files." "TeX and LaTex device files (with the .dvi file extender) are BINARY files." "I can read TeX and LaTeX source files with any text editor (or even the SHOW option from the desktop). There is no reason to complain about TeX and LaTeX source files being unreadable." [Perhaps after repeating this mantra a hundred times it'll get through to people....] -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) (01/06/91)
In article <1991Jan4.115756.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu writes: (Sender was: news@cs.umn.edu) > In article <8841628@arium.stgt.sub.org>, be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) writes: > >> ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. > > > And how am I supposed to read those... > > without having installed TEX allready? > > "TeX and LaTeX source files (with the .tex file extender) are ASCII files." Bingo, you are right... But it definitly looks ugly and I hate to read it that way. How about uploading plain ASCII??? What use is all those typesetting-stuff, if you never use to read this AFTER you got everything up and working... TschauTschau Bernd -- --------------------------------------------------------------- be@arium.stgt.sub.org | be@aragon.gtc.de | ud01@kauni2.bitnet (if all else fails try: ud01@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) ---------------------------------------------------------------
david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) (01/08/91)
In article <0323228@arium.stgt.sub.org> be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) writes: >> "TeX and LaTeX source files (with the .tex file extender) are ASCII files." > >Bingo, you are right... But it definitly looks ugly and I hate to >read it that way. How about uploading plain ASCII??? What use is all >those typesetting-stuff, if you never use to read this AFTER you got >everything up and working... > I have ported dvi2tty to the ST, and I will be sending it to comp.binaries.atari.st as soon as I figure out how to. dvi2tty prints out a rough ASCII version of a .dvi file, for all you non-TeX users. That still won't help with .texinfo files, but you can use Emacs to read those. David -- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / David Megginson david@doe.utoronto.ca / / Centre for Medieval Studies meggin@vm.epas.utoronto.ca / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
roberson@aurs01.UUCP (Charles "Chip" Roberson) (01/08/91)
In article <0323228@arium.stgt.sub.org> be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) writes: >In article <1991Jan4.115756.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu > writes: >> In article <8841628@arium.stgt.sub.org>, be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) writes: >> ESSENTIAL.TEX - "Essential LaTeX". Contains VERY basic information. >> >> > And how am I supposed to read those... >> > without having installed TEX allready? >> >> "TeX and LaTeX source files (with the .tex file extender) are ASCII files." > >Bingo, you are right... But it definitly looks ugly and I hate to >read it that way. How about uploading plain ASCII??? What you need is the program called detex. I know it is available on Unix machines and it might be easy to port it to the ST. I don't know if it uses awk or anything like that or if it is pure C source code. Anyway, look in the various TeX archives for a program called detex. cheers, -chip * Work: 2912 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 850-5011 * (...!mcnc!aurgate!roberson) || (roberson%aurgate@mcnc.org) || * (71500.2056@CompuServe.com) || (Chip.Roberson@f112.n151.z1.fidonet.org) #include <disclaimer.h>