[lug] looking for TeX viewer/print

[D. Stimits]

"J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> > I'm using an html format resume, and am in a bit of a hurry to do some
> > printing. I have html2latex, and html2ps. The problem with html2ps is
> > that I can't get rid of its attempt to create an index type header line
> > on every page to url links...I don't want anything in the header/footer.
> 
> Why can't you just let your browser render the html page, and then select
> "file -> print"?

I can, but it screws up the format royally. What is displayed is far
from what prints, it is a quality issue.

> 
> Never heard of html2latex or html2ps.  I've only been interested in going
> the other way latex2html.
> 
> > The problem with the LaTeX version is that I apparently have nothing to
> > directly view the results, or print it.
> 
> Depends on what you want to do here?  If you have a LaTeX file it should
> be nothing more than pure ASCII text.  So in that sense you can view it
> and or print it with any ASCII editor.  Of course, that probably isn't
> what you have in mind, but it does let you verify what your source file
> looks like.

I need a WYSIWYG viewer, it is for a resume, my printer is nearly out of
ink, and generally does a poor job anyway.

> 
> To print a LaTeX file you first have to run it through the LaTeX processor
> to create a dvi file.  That is done by typing:
> 
>     latex yourfile.tex

Aha, yes, this should do, because as you mention below, I can view dvi.

> 
> You can then view the dvi file directly using xdvi or you can convert it
> to postscript using dvips.
> 
> > I have LyX, but the import of
> > LaTeX is greyed out, and not available.
> 
> I've only tinkered with LyX.  It seemed OK, ... maybe, but since I'd
> already invested some time in learning LaTeX it didn't do much for me.  My
> guess is that maybe Lyx doesn't think this is a real LaTeX file.  That is
> where taking a look with the ASCII pager or editor would be a good
> idea.  I think that you'd need at a minimum you'd need to see:
> 
>      \begin{document}
> 
>      The text of your document here.
> 
>      \end{document}
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> 
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