getting started with TeX

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2 total messages Started by Thomas Carr Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:41

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Author: Thomas Carr
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:41

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Hi,

I wonder if someone might tell me how to get started using LaTeX.  I don't
want to know how to write a document but, rather, what software do I need?
I don't have the extended release so I don't have TeX on my system.  In the
recent thread about word processors (or lack thereof) it was mentioned that
there are some nice "viewers."  Anyway, what apps do I need to get hold of?

Thanks,

Tom
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Thomas W. Carr               
Northwestern Univ., Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics
tcarr@nwu.edu

Re: getting started with TeX

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Author: ns111310
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:55

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In article <1992Dec21.194153.15080@news.acns.nwu.edu>  
tcarr@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Thomas Carr) writes:
>I wonder if someone might tell me how to get started using LaTeX. I don't
> want to know how to write a document but, rather, what software do I  
need?
> I don't have the extended release so I don't have TeX on my system.  In  
the
> recent thread about word processors (or lack thereof) it was mentioned  
that
> there are some nice "viewers."  Anyway, what apps do I need to get hold  
of?
> Thomas W. Carr               
> Northwestern Univ., Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics
> tcarr@nwu.edu

Well, I think that you will need all the files listed in the NeXTTeX
package, which (may) be in /NextLibrary/Receipts but it may not be there.
You will need all the files in the following directorys to get TeX running
right on the NeXT:

/NextDeveloper/Demos/TeXview.app/*
/NextLibrary/Fonts/TeXFonts/*
/NextLibrary/TeX/*
as well as the following files:
/usr/bin/MakeTeXPK
/usr/bin/afm2tfm
/usr/bin/bibtex
/usr/bin/dvips
/usr/bin/dvitype
/usr/bin/gftodvi
/usr/bin/gftopk
/usr/bin/gftype
/usr/bin/inimf
/usr/bin/initex
/usr/bin/mft
/usr/bin/pktogf
/usr/bin/pktype
/usr/bin/pltotf
/usr/bin/tangle
/usr/bin/tftopl
/usr/bin/vftovp
/usr/bin/virmf
/usr/bin/virtex
/usr/bin/vptovf
/usr/bin/weave
/usr/tex/ntman.dvi

As for viewers, the TeXView.app is a *GREAT* viewer for .dvi files,
as this is what it is intended to do.
For editing and rendering, I thik that the absolute best app is TeXmenu
from Harald Schlangmann (schlangm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de)...
it is available on sonata in the /pub/next/submissions... IT IS NOT
FREE!!  Althought it is *REALLY* inexpensive ($20 student) and is 
a really great app.  I would (as soon as you get the affore mentioned
files) get this...  I think that the versions before 3.0 of the TeXmenu
app are free, but I know that 3.0 is not.  anyway, it is a great app,
and the only thing crippling about it before you register is this
"annoyance panel" (which really does get annoying, so REGISTER!)

good luck,

-nate sammons
 ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu

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