From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 14 8:46:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from studict.student.utwente.nl (studict.student.utwente.nl [130.89.220.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A2B37B50D for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:46:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from r.j.steehouder@student.utwente.nl) Received: from kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl (kabel203069.kabel.utwente.nl [130.89.203.69]) by studict.student.utwente.nl (8.9.3/MQT) with ESMTP id RAA20648; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:46:23 +0200 (METDST) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:47:04 +0200 (West-Europa (zomertijd)) From: Rogier Steehouder Reply-To: Rogier Steehouder To: Thierry Black Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: Thanks and another question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-Warning: UNAuthenticated Sender MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mail from Thierry Black, sent 13-04-2001: > Now I have a different one. does anyone here use unix scripting tools > to create documents, and then convert to ps? How does the process work in > general terms? I've heard of tools like Latex, but I can't seem to find much > good information. i guess I'm looking for a good starting point and maybe > some examples. Is this freebsd related? If there is a more appropirate > forum, please suggest. I use LaTeX frequently. As a physics student, I think LaTeX is the only writing tool that handles equations well. If you want to use it, install the teTeX port or package. It contains all the files you need. If I am not mistaken, it comes with dvips, to convert its .dvi files to postscript, and dvipdfm, to convert to pdf. It should also come with a complete manual (search for .dvi or .tex files). If you decide to use it frequently, I advise you to buy "LaTeX, a document preperation system" by Leslie Lamport (the guy who made LaTeX) and "The LaTeX companion" by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, which also handles many standard packages that can be used with LaTeX. with kind regards, Rogier Steehouder -- ___ _ -O_\ Rogier Steehouder // | / mailto:r.j.steehouder@student.utwente.nl //\ / \ http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.j.steehouder/ // \ --------------------------------------------------------- "Bet you can't put it through the eye." "Left or right?" - Femeref Archers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message