>> >> At Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:27:50 +1000, marty wrote: >> > $author = "Angus Lees" ; >> > > At Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:39:31 +1000, marty wrote: >> > > > what tools are people using to create PDFs? >> > > >> > > i use pdftex (or rather, pdflatex). it usually produces pdf's of >> > > higher quality (conformance to pdf standard and general layout) than >> > > the adobe tools themselves. >> > >> > i never used latex before, any good tools or primers on it? >> >> LyX is probably the best gui editor for producing TeX, but writing the >> source directly isn't that hard either. >> >> after you've installed the relevant TeX packages (probably something >> involving the string "tetex"), have a look for a document called >> "lshort.dvi" (or maybe .ps). if it wasn't installed do a web search >> for it (its "The Not So Short Guide to LaTeX2e"). >> >> that will give you the basics. for further stuff, start looking at >> individual installed packages (find a texmf/doc directory or use >> texdoctk (if available)), packages you don't have - but could if you >> wanted (on ctan.org), and maybe at the mailing lists on www.tug.org. >> >> and feel free to ask questions on the slug list too. >> >> -- >> - Gus
And, if you are writing anything longer than a note to Mum, I recommend Emacs + Auctex + Reftex. Fantastic author support for longer documents. Cheers, Alan -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/~alant Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 419 638 170 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
