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+ The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>
+
+ If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX,
+ this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a
+ LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book,
+ it should be sufficient in most cases.
+
+ To print the document, there are several possibilities:
+
+ a) Copy one of the ps files to your printer:
+
+ lshort.ps
+ lshort-book.ps A4/booklet/duplex
+
+ NOTE for Abt IIIB: you can print the booklet version to
+ the VPP printer with
+
+ vpp -dest=etzj61 lshort-book.ps
+ or
+ vpp -dest=etzd96 lshort-book.ps
+
+ b) Print the lshort2e.dvi file with a dvi-driver. (You need to
+ have the AMS math fonts installed your system. If you don't,
+ your dvi-driver will complain.)
+
+ c) Rebuild the whole document from scratch by LaTeXing
+ lshort2e.tex. (If you don't have the AMS classes installed, the
+ relevant parts of the document will be left out, but it
+ will format without problem. After latexing the document twice,
+ you should use makeindex to generate a new index file.
+
+ (to get the adobe euro symbol right you need to install the
+ ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe as described in
+ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/euro/latex/europs/README.europs)
+
+ The preformatted versions of the document are set for double sided
+ printing on A4 paper. If you want a single sided version, you need to
+ replace "twoside" by "oneside" in the parameters list of the
+ \documentclass command in lshort2e.tex. To produce a small booklet (A5)
+ you can use the pre generated ps file of you can use your dvi-driver to
+ shrink the output and then use pstops to paste the resulting pages
+ together in the right order.
+
+ To produce a A5 Booklet from source, I recommend the following procedure,
+ on the twoside lshort2e.dvi:
+
+ *) dvips -x800 -P?? -olshort.ps lshort.dvi
+ (?? is the name of the printer you want to print the booklet)
+
+ *) psbook lshort2e.ps out.ps
+
+ *) pstops "4:0L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+1L(27.8cm,13.3cm)" out.ps p1.ps
+ (p1.ps now contains the front pages)
+
+ *) pstops "4:2L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+3L(27.8cm,13.3cm)" out.ps p2.ps
+ (p2.ps contains the back pages)
+
+ If have a doublex(shoprtbind) Printer:
+
+ *) pstops "4:0L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+1L(27.8cm,13.3cm),2L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+3L(27.8cm,13.3cm)" out.ps lshort-book.ps
+
+ If you have postscript versions of the latex Fonts you can use
+ (make sure your printer has enough memmory for this)
+
+ *) dvips -Pcmz -olshort.ps lshort.dvi
+ *) psbook lshort.ps out.ps
+ *) pstops "4:0L@0.8(22.76cm,-0.6cm)+1L@0.8(22.76cm,13.45cm),3R@0.8(-1.38cm,16.25cm)+2R@0.8(-1.38cm,30.3cm)" out.ps lshort-book.ps
+
+
+ Cheers
+ Tobias Oetiker tobi@oetiker.ch
+
+PS: If you have any comment, or just find the book helpful,
+ please let me know.