Skeleton for long/short 'special write-up' for Advanced Lab
LATEX source: besondere.tex
besondere.toc references created by LATEX (don't edit)
besondere.dvi LATEX output, is input for dvips/dvipdf.
[may be viewed with xdvi directly
besondere.ps postscript
besondere.pdf PDF file (ususally much smaller!)
*.aux, *.log temporary LATEX file (don't edit)
Figures used as examples *.eps, *.ps
Two were created with xfig (LINUX), sources *.fig (don't edit source,
open with xfig: > xfig nnn.fig
Sequence for crating document with LATEX:
1. edit file.tex (not too much at a time. Makes it easier to find and
correct errors
2. 'compile' LATEX [..] means: may be omitted
> latex file[.tex]
In case of (severe) errors, back to 1. and correct errors
If success:
3. compile once more (like 2.) for references (will appear as ?, if not
resolved)
4. generate postscript file
> dvips file[.dvi] [-o outputfile]
or PDF
> dvipdf file[.dvi] [-o outputfile]
5. View file on screen
> gv file[.ps]
If the text is not well centered on the page, edit
\hoffset= -20mm
\voffset= -25mm in .tex
PDF: open with acroread
If not yet done completely: back to 1.
You find a 46 page introduction here
Please read comments in the LATEX file, too (after %