[comp.text] Help with LaTeX....

dlee@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Dik Lee) (11/04/87)

Is there any way in Latex to print algorithms nicely: must be able to
use tab to indent begin/end blocks appropriately; use bold font for key words
(begin/end, while, etc.), center the algorithm. The second requirement
would not allow verbatim environment, and the last one would
not allow tabbing environment. I think tabular is possible but too
difficult to use for this purpose. Any suggestion?

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bob@aargh.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (11/04/87)

In article <991@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> dlee@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Dik Lee) writes:
>Is there any way in Latex to print algorithms nicely...?

I am very pleased with tgrind.  Other than the fact that it makes TeX
rather than LaTeX from your code, what did it not do that you wanted
it to do for you?
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elwell@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Clayton Elwell) (11/05/87)

[Re: formatting algorithms]

Well, there are two approaches.  Part of the TeX system is a pair of
programs called "weave" and "tangle" which are specifically designed
to simplify the exposition of algorithms.  The only disadvantage is
that they are pretty specific to Pascal notation.

The second approach is 'tgrind', which is a table-driven pretty
printer that produces TeX output.  There should be a manual page on
Tut.

Feel free to come by CAE 246 and talk in person.  If I can look at
what you want to do, I can get a better idea of which approach would
be simpler.

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janum@iesd.dk (Henrik Janum) (04/27/89)

We are writing a manual in LaTeX and we want to include screen/keyboard
examples in the document. (Standard tty terminal --  WYSE 75)

Are there anyone out there who have done this before, if so HOW.
Could you send an example ?

   Thanks,


                                    -- Henrik Janum