Re: LaTeX Package documents?
Hello Christopher It does though, not seem asif any .dtx files are installed with the Debian LaTeX installation... Where could I find thes files, or at least the documentation for them? You should be able to find more than you want to read by pointing your web browser of choice to (assuming you have tetex-doc installed): /usr/share/doc/texmf/index.html or /usr/doc/texmf/index.html (if you are running slink) This is a sort of master index that links to a whole bunch of *.dvi.gz files. To read these files, either configure your browser to automatically view these files with xdvi, or just save the *.dvi.gz file to a temporary place, and then gunzip / view using xdvi. You could also print them using dvips. I am already using said index.html. It does not AFAIK have any links to these dvi's. I have also set it up to view dvi's and ps files that way, works quite nicely. I think these are the original .dtx files converted into *.dvi files for our convenience by the Debian developer who maintains tetex-doc. It does not seem to reside elsewhere either. For instance, the exscale package gives me the following results if I do a locate: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/docs/tex/ont344$ locate exscale /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/exscale.sty Thanks Neilen -- E-Mail: Neilen Marais [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10-Feb-2000 Time: 19:33:07 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: LaTeX Package documents?
I am already using said index.html. It does not AFAIK have any links to these dvi's. I have also set it up to view dvi's and ps files that way, works quite nicely. Try: $ dpkg -L tetex-doc | grep dvi I think these compose the bulk of the documentation for the tetex-doc package, although there is an exhaustive LaTeX reference manual in /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/latex2e-html/ as well as a bunch of text FAQ's and other reference materials. Is it possible you don't have tetex-doc installed? Also, the information I've been giving you applies to potato. It could be that the tetex-doc package isn't in (or isn't as exhaustive) in slink. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~/docs/tex/ont344$ locate exscale /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/exscale.sty $ dpkg -L tetex-doc | grep exscale This didn't return anything, so there isn't any documentation for this package in tetex-doc. Sometimes I wind up getting the source from CTAN just to get the *.dtx so I can create my own *.dvi / *.ps file for the package, but this is rare. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbankswww.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc
LaTeX Package documents?
Good day I am currently trying to learn how to use LaTeX, and have read the not so short introduction to LaTeX2e, and in one part they refer to packages, with documentation contained in some dtx file. eg exscale - ltexscale.dtx. It does though, not seem asif any .dtx files are installed with the Debian LaTeX installation... Where could I find thes files, or at least the documentation for them? BTW, what other freely avaliable documentation would be recommended for new LaTeX users? -- E-Mail: Neilen Marais [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 07-Feb-2000 Time: 12:04:14 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: LaTeX Package documents?
It does though, not seem asif any .dtx files are installed with the Debian LaTeX installation... Where could I find thes files, or at least the documentation for them? You should be able to find more than you want to read by pointing your web browser of choice to (assuming you have tetex-doc installed): /usr/share/doc/texmf/index.html or /usr/doc/texmf/index.html (if you are running slink) This is a sort of master index that links to a whole bunch of *.dvi.gz files. To read these files, either configure your browser to automatically view these files with xdvi, or just save the *.dvi.gz file to a temporary place, and then gunzip / view using xdvi. You could also print them using dvips. I think these are the original .dtx files converted into *.dvi files for our convenience by the Debian developer who maintains tetex-doc. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbankswww.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc
