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---+++ Basic operations

   1 Create and edit your .tex source file with [[emacs]].
   1 In a terminal window, compile the .tex source with the command =latex myfile.tex=
   1 To view the result use xdvi: =xdvi myfile.dvi=
   1 To create a pdf file, use dvips and pdf2pdf: 
      1 =dvips -t letter -o myfile.ps myfile.dvi=
      1 =ps2pdf myfile.ps=
   1 To view the result of that, use acroread: =acroread myfile.pdf &=

---+++ Customization

If you want to use style files which aren't already installed on the system (note that rtrees.sty, lingmacros.sty, and avm.sty are installed, but robbib.bst/robbib.sty currently aren't), do the following:

   1 Make a directory in your home directory called TEX: 
      1 =cd=
      1 =mkdir TEX=
   1 Add the following three lines to the file =.bashrc= in your home directory:
<verbatim>
         BSTINPUTS=/home/bender/TEX:
         TEXINPUTS=/home/bender/TEX:
         export BSTINPUTS TEXINPUTS
</verbatim> 
   1 Save any additional .bst or .sty files in ~/TEX.

---+++ Notes

See also: LatexUsageNotes

-- Main.EmilyBender - 21 Jan 2005

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