Date: 07 Jul 2000 11:03:08 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Banning <David@www3.pacific-pages.com> Subject: Re: way to pipe latex files to printer? Message-ID: <44aefu3rv7.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: Rahul Siddharthan's message of "Fri, 7 Jul 2000 07:32:43 %2B0530" References: <39652CDF.F03FDB72@www3.pacific-pages.com> <20000707073243.C12789@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > David Banning said on Jul 6, 2000 at 21:05:35: > > Is there a way to pipe a latex files directly to the printer? > > > > The way I do it now is; > > > > latex myfile.tex > > dvips myfile > > That's the only way to do it properly. If you want only a crude > representation I think there are programs that strip latex commands > and output the text (you'll lose the math, tables, etc of course); but > for properly typeset output, there are no shortcuts to latex. Also, > if you have cross-references and so on you may need to run latex > twice (and on rare occasions, three times). You can, in theory, set up a print filter that will recognize latex and run latex and dvips automatically. I seem to recall that apsfilter can set up such a filter for you, if you want, and I suspect that magicfilter can do so also. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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