[lug] looking for TeX viewer/print

D. Stimits stimits at idcomm.com
Mon Aug 27 18:46:48 MDT 2001


David wrote:
> 
> > > \documentstyle[line,margin,fancyheadings]{res}
> >
> > You are missing the resume document class (res.cls) file, and yes the
> > \documentstyle command is calling this class as you have surmised.
> 
> I am fairly sure that \documentstyle is *way* *way* out of date; it
> pre-dates LaTeX2e.  The correct command, especially for new users, is
> \documentclass; I changed to this years ago.  I think (not sure) that
> things like \usepackage{rotating} do not even work under the old
> system.
> 
> I have just looked in a 1993 LaTeX book that recommends changing from
> \documentstyle to \documentclass 8-)

Just to experiment, I modifed it to change from documentstyle to
documentclass, and it died. There might be other changes that have to
accompany going to documentclass syntax, but my RH 7.1 latex is unable
to handle it with just documentclass. My version:
> latex --version
TeX (Web2C 7.3.1) 3.14159
kpathsea version 3.3.1
Copyright (C) 1999 D.E. Knuth.

Interesting version.

> 
> > of the pieces are put together.  I can use the system out of the box if it
> > is configured correctly, but have never taken on the configuration of
> > LaTeX.  I don't imagine it is too mysterious, but I've just not taken the
> > time to figure it out.
> 
> I have installed LaTeX from ctan a couple of times and I am glad to
> say that I have forgotten how to do it.  It was quite complex and had
> more trip-wires than I wanted.  However, Dan might like to get
> involved in all that stuff.  Personally I am very grateful that RedHat
> does all the work for me.

I'll probably find out where to add my own stuff, like the res.cls, but
other than that I'm not too excited about configuration :P

> 
> >                         If I use any special style or class files, I
> > simply tend to copy them into the directory with my document source.
> 
> I have found it to be useful to be organised about this so that re-use
> is easier.  I have put my directory at the end of this posting; the
> contents are not at all important, the listing simply shows how many
> (common) files it is possible to generate.

I will go through the items below and see if I can figure out where it
is on my local system so I can add new items for global use.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> dajo
> 
> This comes from my README:
> 
> %%% ------------------------------ page 3 ------------------------------
> %%%  Node: README
> 
> -last-modification-date: "Mon Aug 27 16:58:38 2001"
> 
> Briefly:
> 
> testpieces: pieces of text that can be useful for assessing printer
> characteristics, etc.
> 
> lib/local: functions of general use; e.g., date to given formats.
> 
> lib/paper-tools: functions of general use in producing papers, loads local;
> e.g., cover, abstract, table of contents, in standard formats.
> 
> bibrefs: biliography stuff.
> 
> templates: for paper, memoranda; style files and top-level.tex files.
> 
> Q: should I put the appropriate aliases here as well?
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools:
>   total 28
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 bibrefs
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 lib
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      2587 Oct  4  2000 README
>   drwxr-xr-x    4 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 templates
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Jul  8 12:45 testpieces
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/bibrefs:
>   total 140
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   -r--r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen    124474 Oct  4  2000 miscellaneous.bib
>   -r--r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      3417 Oct  4  2000 sun.bib
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/lib:
>   total 48
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen     12992 Oct  4  2000 letter.sty
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      2988 Oct  4  2000 local.tex
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      7159 Oct  4  2000 paper-tools.tex
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      5142 Oct  4  2000 slides-landscape.sty
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      3502 Oct  4  2000 slides-portrait.sty
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/templates:
>   total 16
>   drwxr-xr-x    4 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 memorandum
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Aug 27 11:03 paper
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/templates/memorandum:
>   total 20
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    4 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      5339 Oct  4  2000 oneside.sty
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      3689 Oct  4  2000 top-level.tex
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/templates/paper:
>   total 20
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Aug 27 11:03 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    4 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      3814 Oct  4  2000 oneside.sty
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      4045 Oct  4  2000 top-level.tex
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      3977 Oct  4  2000 twoside.sty
> 
>   /home/dajo/local/textools/testpieces:
>   total 48
>   drwxr-xr-x    2 dajo     dajomen      4096 Jul  8 12:45 .
>   drwxr-xr-x    6 dajo     dajomen      4096 Oct  4  2000 ..
>   -r--r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen     20100 Oct  4  2000 numbers
>   -rw-r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen      1332 Jan 28  2001 pretty
>   -r--r--r--    1 dajo     dajomen     15237 Oct  4  2000 text.tex
> 
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