[lug] looking for TeX viewer/print

[Todd Ruskell]

> 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.
>
My understanding of LaTex2e is that although the old LaTeX commands are
"outdated" they will still work.  At least, that's the experience I've
had.
> >
> > 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
>
> >
> > Q: should I put the appropriate aliases here as well?
> >

For a quick and dirty install, I usually do a "locate article.cls" and
stick additional class files wherever the article.cls file is.   The
downside of this approach is that your "non-standard" class or style files
will likely disappear with a new install or upgrade.  You should also be
able to specify an additional directory to search for class or style
files.  A quick browse through /usr/doc/texmf (on my debian system) hasn't
helped me find it quickly, but I'm sure it's in there.

> >   /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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