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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2012-01-12 23:13:43 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2012-01-12 23:13:43 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README index 7290085d089..a905be1f761 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README @@ -1,70 +1,71 @@ + The Very Short Guide to LaTeX - The Very Short Guide to LaTeX + This is the 12 January 2012 revision of the Guide. It is designed for + printing on A4 paper, double-sided, and folding once to A5. -This is the 1 October 2009 revision of the Guide. It is designed for -printing on A4 paper, double-sided, and folding once to A5. + This revision corrects some minor typographical inconsistencies and + rephrases some descriptions for greater clarity. -This revision corrects some minor typographical inconsistencies and -rephrases some descriptions for greater clarity. + From the source comments: + This is the Very Short Guide to LaTeX, a 4pp folder designed as an + aide-memoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and + need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their + memories. It is not intended as a substitute for full documentation. - From the source comments: +Production notes - This is the Very Short Guide to LaTeX, a 4pp folder designed as an - aide-mémoire for people who have just done a course in LaTeX and - need something by them on their desk the next day to refresh their - memories. It is /not/ intended as a substitute for full documentation. + An earlier (Jan 2008) version was typeset on two A4 landscape pages + ready to print, but this restricted the ways people wanted to print it, + so this version is set as four normal A5 pages, leaving the imposition + up to your printer driver. - - Production notes - -An earlier (Jan 2008) version was typeset on two A4 landscape pages -ready to print, but this restricted the ways people wanted to print it, -so this version is set as four normal A5 pages, leaving the imposition -up to your printer driver. - -Adobe Acrobat 9, for example, can print the PDF two-sided, two-up, -landscape on A4 using the "Booklet Printing" option, and a ready-imposed -PDF generated this way is included below. A similar effect can be -achieved by preprocessing the PS output with the command - -pstops -pa4 -b "4:-3L(30cm,0)+0L(30cm,14.85cm),1L(30cm,0)+-2L(30cm,14.85cm)" \ + Adobe Acrobat, for example, can print the PDF two-sided, two-up, + landscape on A4 using the "Booklet Printing" option, and a + ready-imposed PDF generated this way is included below. A better result + can be achieved by preprocessing the PS output with the command +pstops -pa4 -b "4:-3L(21cm,0)+0L(21cm,14.85cm),1L(21cm,0)+-2L(21cm,14.85cm)" \ veryshortguide.ps | ps2pdf - veryshortguide-imposed.pdf - -The weird value of 30cm appears to be due to a bug in |pstops| (and in -|psbook|: it ought to have been possible to use |psbook| and |psnup| for -this, but that method does not allow for offsetting). -The page margins are set to 12mm, because many desktop inkjet printers -cannot print the bottom 12mm of a sheet; it was felt best to equalise -this all round, at the small expense of making the printable area -slightly smaller. + The page margins are set to 12mm, because many desktop inkjet printers + cannot print the bottom 12mm of a sheet; it was felt best to equalise + this all round, at the small expense of making the printable area + slightly smaller. -Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 + Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 -If you have been maintaining a mirror or other copy of this document, -please update it with this version and delete the previous files. + If you have been maintaining a mirror or other copy of this document, + please update it with this version and delete the previous files. +License - License + This is free documentation, issued under the [1]LaTeX Project Public + License. -This is free documentation, issued under the LaTeX Project Public -License <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html>. +Files + Source code + [2]veryshortguide.tex 22K LaTeX source + Output + [3]veryshortguide.pdf 646K PDF output + [4]veryshortguide-imposed.pdf 154K PDF output + [5]veryshortguide.dvi 30K DVI output + [6]veryshortguide.ps 1.2M PS output + Images + [7]menno-a.eps 444K Map (EPS) + [8]menno-a.jpg 30K Map (JPG) - Files -Source code -veryshortguide.tex 22K LaTeX source -Output -veryshortguide.pdf 480K PDF output -veryshortguide-imposed.pdf 312K PDF output -veryshortguide.dvi 30K DVI output -veryshortguide.ps 1.2M PS output -Images -menno-a.eps 444K Map (EPS) -menno-a.jpg 30K Map (JPG) + Peter Flynn -Peter Flynn +References + 1. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html + 2. veryshortguide.tex + 3. veryshortguide.pdf + 4. veryshortguide-imposed.pdf + 5. veryshortguide.dvi + 6. veryshortguide.ps + 7. menno-a.eps + 8. menno-a.jpg |