Re: Latex -- Plz help
Shao Zhang wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I know that I should not fight the layout against latex. But I
> really like to do the following in latex for my resume.
> I tried to use the tabular environment and not very pleased with the
> outcome...
> I want to do something like this in latex:
>
> University Courses:
> First Year
> -Computing 1A(Functional Programming)
> -Computing 1B(Procefure Programming)
> -Higher Mathematics 1A
> -
>
> Work Experence:
> -Programmer
> at
> -Administrator
> at.
> -help desk at the university of
> New South Walesl
>and ..
>
> I use the following code in latex to produce the about format:
>
> \begine{supertabular}{ll}
> University Courses: \\
> &First Year \\
> &-\hspace{0.5cm} Computing 1A \\
> ..
>
> Work Experence: \\
> &-\hspace{0.5cm} Programmer at.. \\
>
> I cannot use the tabular with {lll} because I actually want the second
> and the third column overlap. Also, with the above code, latex does not
> automatically break the line for me it writes everything in one
> line
I didn't really figure out what you intend to do, but I think that
\multicolumn (with {lll}) should solve your problem. Please e-mail me
an example for more details (I'm not subscribed to the list any more for
the moment).
Mamoun
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Re: Slink install
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > ktb wrote: > > > > I have some more information. I tried installing again. the same thing > > happened. > > Everything unpacks ok until it reaches emacs20 this is what it says: > > Unpacking emacs20 > > dpkg: error processing ./emacs20.20.3-7.deb ( --install): error writing to > > the > > 'usr/share/emacs/20.3/leim/skk/skkdid.elc': No space left on device. > > dpkg-deb. subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe) > > 'No space left on device' = You've run out of space on the > partition you're installing to. Redo your partition config and > give plenty of room on the one that will hold '/usr'. You need space to unpack the packages, I had the same problem using apt, it was /var that got full. I've just done the installation in 4 ou 5 steps, selecting the packages to install so that some space is left on the partition. When I got stuck I just removed one of the packages and every thing went OK. I think I could probably try to mount a "big partition" on var or one the subdirectories used by apt. BTW why apt is using /var now? (I was using ftp) According to the installation instructions my /var is only 100MB and that revealed too small. Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: Backup using ZIP drive?
Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm currently thinking about choosing a way to back up my laptop. > An Iomega ZIP drive sounds like the best and least expensive solution. > Does the panel have any comments or other suggestions? > > Anthony If it's like mine, it's only 100 MB and that might be too limited if you don't want to spend your time swapping disks (it also makes automatic backup impossible). I don't know the prices but the reasonable choices seem to be tape or removable HD. Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Oups ! (followup to my previous mail)
please forget the part in my previous mail about Staroffice, I just discovered hat the package is just the installer, sorry ! Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Problems installing Staroffice
Hello again, I sent a mail earlier about upgrading from Hamm to Slink, some of the problems are now solved (dselect removed the installed packages, the new kernel is OK, etc.), but I have new problems. When I try to install Starffice I get the following message: can't find the StarOffice archives in /tmp. Did you place them in a different directory? Please give me another directory. giving the apt archive doesn't work. Any idea or do I have to mail the package maintainer? Also Xfree treats my backspace key as 'erase', I can probably change that with xmodmap but it doesn't seem like a 'clean' solution to me. Does anyone know where this comes from and how to do (I have a French keyboard and the appropriate XF86Config). Thanks, Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Upgrading from Hamm to Slink
Hello, I'm upgrading from Hamm to Slink, I didn' reboot yet but everything seems OK except for a few minor (?) problems: - I started upgrading with dselect/ftp then I downloaded apt and am actually using it. the problem is that I have a few packages left in "/var/cache/apt/archives", though I'm (almost) sure they're already installed. that makes my disk space full and I can't install anything new. Is it save to use dpkg --remove? Or what is going on? - I have a custom 2.0.36 kernel supporting aic7xxx, is it safe to replace it with the standard new one? - dselect is unable to configure jadetex because of TeX complaining about a "\&" unknown command when trying to compile the format file. - I've got my old kernel (costum 2.0.36) on a floppy, could it still rescue me if ever I have troubles rebooting? Thanks for your help, Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
How to force re-installing a package?
Hello, I've done a very stupid thing taht removed the /bin/cat binary, so I think I have to reinstall the textutils package (is there any other/better solution?), but can't do it since it is marked installed/up-to-date. How do I force dselect to reinstall it? Sorry for asking that question again, I saw the answer yesterday but I can't remember what it said and can't find the mail anymore. Thanks, Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: Latex / TeTex Local Guide
Johann Spies wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote: > > > I am just starting to play with LaTeX for the first time. According > > to the book "LaTeX A Document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport, > > there should be a document called the Local Guide distributed with > > the software. > > > > Where do I find it in the Debian Hamm distribution? > > > > $ locate guide | grep -i latex > > /usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/cfgguide.dvi > /usr/lib/texmf/doc/latex/base/clsguide.dvi [...] The local guide is intended to be site-specific, to tell people how to do and where to find various things. It usually does *not* come with the distribution, but should be written by the local maintainer. There is an example of the local guide, written by L. Lamport for *his* site. I didn't find it in Debian's TeTeX installation but I have it on another installation, I could send it to you if you're interested. I also wrote a local guide for our site, in French. I'll give the URL if you want to have a look. -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: Learning more/Linux programming books
Andreas Sliwka wrote: > > Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > I don't know, I think if there were a language to start newbies out on, > > it is perl. Don't have to worry about many of the things that other > > languages force upon you yet gives you a good gounding in how those other > > languages work. > > Heaven, no! > > I think its quite a sinn to give perl to a newbie, perl corrupts. I use > Perl since two years and I quite like it, but only because I can choose > to use either imperative or oop thinking in perl and I dont have to > every variable. > > And thats the reason why a newbie should start with a a structured > language like java (oop), pascal (imperative) or scheme > (functional/lists oriented), so she/he learns to order hers/his thoughts > and get a habit of problem solving. Perl gives you every opportunity to > everything in one or two or in any other way, and I don't think that > this is a good start in programming ... > > soryy, my 2 euros May I add my 2 euros as well, though I didn't read everything in this discussion? I think that OO analysis and design is fundamental for mastering OO programming. My prefered refernces are Meyer, Booch and Raumbaugh (OMT). I think I'd better hide under the table to avoid the flames :-). Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
UML Software for Linux
Hello, I'd like to know if there is any (free) software for UML under Linux. For the moment I'm using a commercial software under Windows. If there's no such software I think I'll propose it as a student project, but then I have a few question : 1) Would there be any legal/copyright problems (concerning UML) and how to deal with them? 2) Till now the student projects focused on teaching OO analysis and design and team work. I'd like to add to those "practical" considerations and I like the Debian policy. The problem is that I'm new to Debian, I know almost nothing about its development and still didn't have time to read the corresponding docs. Where should I start knowing that implementation will be the last thing we'll do? 3) Is there any French documentation for developers? I think that only a few students will be able to understand the English ones. 4) Any other idea or suggestion? Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
Peter Bartosch wrote: > > Hi! > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > it is the ID (only ?) which determines the boot in this case. > > in SCSI-cases true, it's the id which determines the boot-drive > normally you could only boot from drives with id 0 or 1 (i know this > correctly from DOS, but not from linux) > > IIRC this depends on the motherboard-bios which could only manage 2 > boot-drives Well, now it works, many thanks to all those who replied. Actually it is very simple when you know how to do it (and I was doing something so stupid I'm ashamed to talk about it :-) ). All I have to do is set my boot disk ID to 1 in the SCSI contoller utility and the disk options in lilo.conf. I was a bit confused because I have three or four kernel images. Now I have to re-install NT which apparently I have scratched. Thanks again to everyone, Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
Kent West wrote: > > At 05:36 PM 1/14/1999 -0600, Kent West wrote: > >Wait. Weren't both drives working before you ran LILO? If so, then the > >master/slave jumper should be okay. Above you say you "do have such a > >configuration". Do you mean you have an overlay, or do you mean you've "got > >2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, /dev/hda, > holds > >>Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux..."? > > > >If you've got an overlay, LILO wiped it out and it will have to be > reinstalled. > > After reading other posts, I've realized you have SCSI disks, not IDE, so > that eliminates the master/slave settings. I also thought the linux side > was working but the Windows side no longer was recognizable (which again > indicates to me an overlay problem). However, I'm just confused enough now > that it might be best if you start from scratch with a description of your > problem and how you got to this point and what type of hardware setup you > have, all in one posting where we can see it all at once. OK, here it is: I have 2 SCSI disks, with Windows NT on the first and Linux on the second. Windows NT is booting Ok (hopefully, I didn't retry for a while now but I don't see why it shouldn't). I usually boot Linux from floppy which is also OK. Now using the SCSI utility I set my boot disk ID to 1, then it apprently tries to boot from the second disk but it hangs after outputting LI. I added "disk" options in lilo.conf and tried to change boot and/or root to /dev/sdb* instead of /dev/sda*, but nothing seems to work. By the way /vmlinuz exists (it was symbolic link to the kernel in /boot, then I replaced it with a copy of the same image). Is this clear enough? Thanks for your help. Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: using xfig + latex
LOPARIC Marko wrote: > > Hi! > > Do you know how to export xfig figures with latex commands and insert them > in latex files? I was unlucky with pictex, eepic and pstex_t. [...] I usually export them in encapsulated Postscript (.eps) and include them with \includegraphics from the graphicx package (which is marvelous, see its doc or the LaTeX comapanion). (mail me if you need more help). Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > It explains that your disks are scsi disks, where there is no master/slave > distinction. > > It ist not clear however what the BIOS thinks about the order of the > devices. The adaptec also has a setup program to specify what should be the > boot device. > > When you know what the BIOS recognizes as the first, second, ... drive you > can tell that LILO by the disk section: > > DISK=/dev/sda > bios=0x80 > DISK=/dev/sdb > bios=0x81 > > This is to correct LILO's guess that may well be different from the BIOS's > one (which could be the reason for a not-working LILO. I used the Adaptec setup to set my boot disk to 1 and I added the disk options to lilo.conf, but it still doesn't work. How do I get the right values for bios=? Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > Did you check the jumpersettings at the disks? > > > You have to tell a haddisk, whether it's a slave or the primary disk. > > > Only primary disks can be bootable. > > > > This is something I was wondering about (I'm new to PCs and Linux): > > BIOS doesn't show any information about master/slave disks. I played > > around with the setup but with no result. > > > > I've got an ASUSTEK P2B-S mothercard with Ultra-2 SCSI contoller (SCSI > > storage > > controller: Adaptec AIC-7890). (in some postings I saw a formatted > > description of the > > hardware configuration, is that obtained by a command or from some > > file?) > > Looks like you have a SCSI only system (no IDE), which is nice (wish I had > one). I believe SCSI cards have their own bios thing for booting, but > you'll need to look at the booting messages to figure out how to get into > it. On pc's, they are usually made with cheap parts, which means IDE. > IDE can only have 2 drives per ide interface (master and slave) (systems > now-a-days how two interfaces, making a max of 4 ide drives). SCSI > doesn't have any of these restrictions, but it probably won't show up in > your normal bios unless the scsi controller is built into the motherboard. That's right: I've got a SCSI control utility which I can run during startup, it allows me to determine the disk to boot from. I have Windows NT on disk 0 and Linux on disk 1, setting the id to 1 seems to start booting from the second hard disk but then it hangs after printing LI. I still don't know if the problem is due to my actual configuration: file systems are mounted from /dev/sdb* and I'm not quite sure if I have to and how to change this: I've tried various LILO configurations with /dev/sd[ab] for boot and root but none seems to work. *-- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No > The jumpersettings are hardware-settings. Take the harddisk out. Look at > it. Perhaps you can see > some small things, that can be moved. And an explanation to it printed > directly on the harddisk: Slave: one setting: Primary: another setting. > Usually it's easy. Yes I know that but does this apply to SCSI drives too? I was told that it is the ID (only ?) which determines the boot in this case. Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Andrew Ivanov wrote: > >> > If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue. > >> > >> Wouldnt it be the problem only when he was trying to boot to an OS that > is > located >beyong 1024th cylinder? > >> He's got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, > /dev/hda, > holds >Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux... > > > > > >I do have such a configuration and for the moment I'm not able to boot > from /dev/hdb >(Linux). I tried to swap the two disks from BIOS but it > >doesn't > >work, probably because the mounted disks are /dev/hdb*. Any idea? > > Did you check the jumpersettings at the disks? > You have to tell a haddisk, whether it's a slave or the primary disk. > Only primary disks can be bootable. This is something I was wondering about (I'm new to PCs and Linux): BIOS doesn't show any information about master/slave disks. I played around with the setup but with no result. I've got an ASUSTEK P2B-S mothercard with Ultra-2 SCSI contoller (SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7890). (in some postings I saw a formatted description of the hardware configuration, is that obtained by a command or from some file?) Here are relevant parts of files in my /proc directory: /proc/pci Bus 0, device 6, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7890/1 (rev 0). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=3 2. Min Gnt=39.Max Lat=25. I/O at 0xb000. Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xe180. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 2). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=136. Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 2). Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe400. /proc/scsi/scsi Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B Type: Direct-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-34560D Rev: DC1B Type: Direct-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 Does that explain anything? Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
Andrew Ivanov wrote: > > If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue. > > Wouldnt it be the problem only when he was trying to boot to an OS that is > located beyong 1024th cylinder? > He's got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, /dev/hda, > holds Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux... I do have such a configuration and for the moment I'm not able to boot from /dev/hdb (Linux). I tried to swap the two disks from BIOS but it doesn't work, probably because the mounted disks are /dev/hdb*. Any idea? Thanks, Mamoun -- Mamoun ALISSALI LIUM Tel: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 47 UNIVERSITE DU MAINEFax: (33-2) -02-43 83 38 68 Avenue Olivier MessiaenE-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9 http://www-ic2.univ-lemans.fr/~alissali
