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In <3231@creatures.cs.vt.edu> (comp.text.tex, 29 Jul 92 21:49:31 GMT),
Dennis Brueni <brueni@csgrad.cs.vt.edu> asked:
> Does someone have information on typesetting {\em entire} conference
> proceedings using \LaTeX?
>
> I am aware of proc.sty, acmproc.sty, decusproc.sty, etc, but these do not
> appear to address the same problem.  They are designed for typesetting
> articles for submission to conferences as {\em camera ready copy}.  I am
> looking for styles for doing the whole proceedings.  Thus I have
> requirements such as generating a table of contents of all articles in the
> proceedings, room for a foreword, continuous pagination, etc.

Here's where a little innovation comes to play.  The easiest way to do this
is to:
 (a) create a LaTeX-able "drafting" file for each paper/article {\em
without} the general preamble stuff, but with a title-like entry
(generally, you can get away with some variation on \chapter{Paper Title},
\author{Who Did It}, etc., as defined by the style.
 (b) create a "driver" file which includes the preamble and \input's the
various "drafting" files.
 (c) LaTeX the driver file and let it run.
 (d) LaTeX the driver file a second (and third, if necessary) time to
generate the necessary ancillaries, such as the toc.

Depending on the complexity of the style file and other used tools, you can
include BibTeX-able bibliographies for each article, a master Bibliography
section, with notes where cited, an Index section, etc.

Regards,   George
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