From f868ed130b48508ce8e10c2fb3b96d97c67656e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:57:45 +0000 Subject: latex-veryshortguide (23jan13) git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@28917 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- .../doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README | 44 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README index a905be1f761..272ffbbc981 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-veryshortguide/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ The Very Short Guide to LaTeX - This is the 12 January 2012 revision of the Guide. It is designed for + This is the 22 January 2013 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. + rephrases some descriptions for greater clarity. The preformatted + version uses commercial typefaces: if you use CM or something else you + may have to rearrange the text a little, as space is very tight. 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 + 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. @@ -20,14 +22,18 @@ Production notes so this version is set as four normal A5 pages, leaving the imposition up to your printer driver. - Adobe Acrobat, for example, can print the PDF two-sided, two-up, + 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 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)" \ + 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)" \ 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 @@ -46,15 +52,13 @@ License Files Source code - [2]veryshortguide.tex 22K LaTeX source + [2]veryshortguide.tex 23K 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 + [3]veryshortguide.pdf 852K PDF output + [4]veryshortguide-imposed.pdf 178K PDF output Images - [7]menno-a.eps 444K Map (EPS) - [8]menno-a.jpg 30K Map (JPG) + [5]menno-a.eps 444K Map (EPS) + [6]menno-a.jpg 30K Map (JPG) Peter Flynn @@ -62,10 +66,8 @@ Files 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 + 2. file://localhost/home/peter/texmf/dev/veryshortguide/veryshortguide.tex + 3. file://localhost/home/peter/texmf/dev/veryshortguide/veryshortguide.pdf + 4. file://localhost/home/peter/texmf/dev/veryshortguide/veryshortguide-imposed.pdf + 5. file://localhost/home/peter/texmf/dev/veryshortguide/menno-a.eps + 6. file://localhost/home/peter/texmf/dev/veryshortguide/menno-a.jpg -- cgit v1.2.3