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LaTeX

To process the LaTeX file test.tex and then view it on the screen, use the following commands.

Note: The command "latex test" reads in the file "test.tex" and produces the file "latex.dvi". The command "xdvi test" displays the file "test.dvi"

To print the LaTeX file test.tex, first convert it to a dvi file, then convert it to postscript and finally print it. The following commands will print the file test.tex.

The command "dvips test" converts the file "test.dvi" to postscript and puts it in the file "test.ps". You can then print this file or use ghostview to display it on the screen.

To process the LaTeX file test.tex that contains a bibliograpy.

The tar file tex-examples.tar contains a template-simple.tex, template.tex and myBib.bib. After you download this tar file, type tar xvf tex-examples.tar. This will extract the files template-simple.tex, template.tex and myBib.bib.

The file template-simple.tex is a very simple latex template (contains a title, abstract, sections, lists and some simple mathematical).

The file template.tex and myBib.bib is a bit more sophisticated and contains a title, abstract, sections, subsections, lists, tables, some fonts, table of contents, bibliography and many LaTeX commands. [an error occurred while processing this directive]