Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Mmm, this is rather strange, I cannot find a directory called /usr/ local/... Spotlight isn't finding beameruserguide.pdf I did use MacTex to install Thanks again Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type / usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Bjarnþór Many thanks for this, extremely useful. I am enjoying my new Mac, but some things are very different. Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 18:35, Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins wrote: In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type /usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Mmm, this is rather strange, I cannot find a directory called /usr/ local/... Spotlight isn't finding beameruserguide.pdf I did use MacTex to install Thanks again Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type / usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Bjarnþór Many thanks for this, extremely useful. I am enjoying my new Mac, but some things are very different. Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 18:35, Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins wrote: In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type /usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Mmm, this is rather strange, I cannot find a directory called /usr/ local/... Spotlight isn't finding "beameruserguide.pdf" I did use MacTex to install Thanks again Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Bennett
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type / usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is Tex documentation on Mac
Bjarnþór Many thanks for this, extremely useful. I am enjoying my new Mac, but some things are very different. Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 18:35, Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins wrote: In the FInder choose from the Go menu Go to Folder, In there type /usr og any directory you want to go to. Not all folders are visible int the Finder but it is possible to see all folders using this. Bjarnþór On 22.2.2008, at 17:30, Graham Smith wrote: Daniel, Thanks, I will bear this in mind, but I am still having problems finding my way around the Mac file structure Graham On 22 Feb 2008, at 16:26, Daniel Lohmann wrote: On 22.02.2008, at 14:13, Bennett Helm wrote: On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Graham Smith wrote: Silly question I know, but I'm new to the Mac and I am trying to find the documentation for the Beamer class. It depends on how you installed TeX. If you used MacTeX, it can be found at: /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/latex/beamer/doc/ beameruserguide.pdf Also how do I install extra classes. This all seemed failry obvious with MikTex on Windows but struggling to find my way around the Mac. The standard location is ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex. (Note that LyX won't recognize extra classes unless you have an appropriate .layout file.) Note that the beamer package contained in TeXLive 2007 is rather old. Unfortunately there seems not to be a simple package update option, like in MikTeX. I download the newest versions of beamer/ pgf and install them manually. It is not a big thing, though, you just have to use the shell to copy some files. Daniel -- Bjarnþór G. Kolbeins Deildarstjóri í STÆRÐFRÆÐI Fjölbrautaskóla Vesturlands á Akranesi vinnusími: 433-2500 heimasími: 431-2579 GSM: 860-2579 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
