Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class file:

*copyrightwanted = @true*

I changed it to false and got what I needed.

Thanks
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:21 AM, rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com wrote:

 On 02/05/2010 12:43 AM, John Adams wrote:

 Hi,

 I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
 I
 am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
 generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
 someone
 please tell me how to achieve this?



 I'm not sure exactly what copyright information this involves, since I
 don't know the siggraph class. But that line is presumably generated by the
 acmsiggraph.cls file itself. To remove it, you'd have to edit that file.

 Richard




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was more
like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which I
don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and that's
it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something like this:

*Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for
personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies
bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise,
to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior
specific permission and/or a fee.*

Is it still a problem?

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

 On Friday 05 February 2010 00:43:26 John Adams wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
 I
  am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of
 the
  generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
 someone
  please tell me how to achieve this?
 
  Thanks,
  John
 

 This isn't a technical response, but I suggest you verify that it's legal
 for
 you to remove the copyright information. As an author who makes a
 significant
 amount of his income selling books, the idea of people removing copyright
 information makes me very nervous.

 SteveT

 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Yes... Exactly... That is my situation. I am using a class file by siggraph
just to get the layout of the document and the document in no way contains
any information taken from information copyrighted by Siggraph. And yes,
that copyright information was added by Siggraph to protect my document. The
best analogy I can give perhaps is reusing a freely available template to
structure your own document.

Oh and by the way, thank you for your time,
John


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

 On Friday 05 February 2010 10:52:52 John Adams wrote:
  No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was
 more
  like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which
 I
  don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and
   that's it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something
   like this:
 
  *Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work
 for
  personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
  not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that
 copies
  bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy
   otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists,
   requires prior specific permission and/or a fee.*
 
  Is it still a problem?

 If I understand you correctly, no. As I understand the preceding, YOU
 authored
 all the content in this document. Siggraph wrote absolutely none of the
 document. As I understand the preceding, Siggraph simply, for some reason,
 added that copyright language in case YOU might want it, and they provided
 a
 switch (*copyrightwanted =) to remove it. If that's true, I personally
 would
 have no problem with your removing it, and although I'm not a lawyer I'd
 bet
 heavily that removing it is perfectly legal.

 SteveT

 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi Gunter,

Thanks for the information about the configuration file. Its much more
useful because now I don't have to worry about version conflicts.. Really
appreciate it.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.dewrote:

 On 2010-02-05, John Adams wrote:
  --001485f453f09f0cd7047edc5164
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

  Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class
 file:

  *copyrightwanted = @true*

  I changed it to false and got what I needed.

 It is generally a bad idea to change anything in a LaTeX document class
 file. Many class files have even a license that forbids this. The reason
 is that the author(s) want to make sure the class works as documented.

 The common method is to save a copy under a different name and configure
 it.

 If you are speaking about the \documentclass{siggraph},
 The siggraph Document Class Users’ Guide
 (found at www.cs.brown.edu/system/software/latex/doc/siggraph.pdf)
 describes an alternative way:

  4.4 Configuration file

  Individual users or sites may wish to modify the behavior of this class
  (for instance, to use a particular set of fonts.) Rather than having
  people hack the .cls file, which can lead to various incompatible
  versions at different sites, the class provides for a configuration
  file. After the class has finished loading, it will check to see if a
  siggraph.cfg file exists in the TEX search path. If so, it will be input.
  Any user---or site---specific modifications should be placed
  in this file. (See the copyright notice in the siggraph.dtx source file
  for information on distribution of configuration files.)


 Günter




How to span a table to two columns?

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I am using a two-column template. While reading a wiki page on tables, it
said that in order to span a table into two columns, I had to insert a
Table Wrap Float and gave a few options which I am not able to find in the
latest version. Can someone tell me how to span the table into two columns?

Also, is it possible to edit the source of the generated Latex? It shows me
the source at the bottom but doesn't let me edit it... Any ideas?

Thanks,
John


Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class file:

*copyrightwanted = @true*

I changed it to false and got what I needed.

Thanks
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:21 AM, rgheck rgh...@bobjweil.com wrote:

 On 02/05/2010 12:43 AM, John Adams wrote:

 Hi,

 I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
 I
 am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
 generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
 someone
 please tell me how to achieve this?



 I'm not sure exactly what copyright information this involves, since I
 don't know the siggraph class. But that line is presumably generated by the
 acmsiggraph.cls file itself. To remove it, you'd have to edit that file.

 Richard




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was more
like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which I
don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and that's
it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something like this:

*Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for
personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies
bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise,
to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior
specific permission and/or a fee.*

Is it still a problem?

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

 On Friday 05 February 2010 00:43:26 John Adams wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
 I
  am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of
 the
  generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
 someone
  please tell me how to achieve this?
 
  Thanks,
  John
 

 This isn't a technical response, but I suggest you verify that it's legal
 for
 you to remove the copyright information. As an author who makes a
 significant
 amount of his income selling books, the idea of people removing copyright
 information makes me very nervous.

 SteveT

 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Yes... Exactly... That is my situation. I am using a class file by siggraph
just to get the layout of the document and the document in no way contains
any information taken from information copyrighted by Siggraph. And yes,
that copyright information was added by Siggraph to protect my document. The
best analogy I can give perhaps is reusing a freely available template to
structure your own document.

Oh and by the way, thank you for your time,
John


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:

 On Friday 05 February 2010 10:52:52 John Adams wrote:
  No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was
 more
  like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which
 I
  don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and
   that's it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something
   like this:
 
  *Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work
 for
  personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
  not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that
 copies
  bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy
   otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists,
   requires prior specific permission and/or a fee.*
 
  Is it still a problem?

 If I understand you correctly, no. As I understand the preceding, YOU
 authored
 all the content in this document. Siggraph wrote absolutely none of the
 document. As I understand the preceding, Siggraph simply, for some reason,
 added that copyright language in case YOU might want it, and they provided
 a
 switch (*copyrightwanted =) to remove it. If that's true, I personally
 would
 have no problem with your removing it, and although I'm not a lawyer I'd
 bet
 heavily that removing it is perfectly legal.

 SteveT

 Steve Litt
 Recession Relief Package
 http://www.recession-relief.US
 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt




Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi Gunter,

Thanks for the information about the configuration file. Its much more
useful because now I don't have to worry about version conflicts.. Really
appreciate it.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.dewrote:

 On 2010-02-05, John Adams wrote:
  --001485f453f09f0cd7047edc5164
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

  Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class
 file:

  *copyrightwanted = @true*

  I changed it to false and got what I needed.

 It is generally a bad idea to change anything in a LaTeX document class
 file. Many class files have even a license that forbids this. The reason
 is that the author(s) want to make sure the class works as documented.

 The common method is to save a copy under a different name and configure
 it.

 If you are speaking about the \documentclass{siggraph},
 The siggraph Document Class Users’ Guide
 (found at www.cs.brown.edu/system/software/latex/doc/siggraph.pdf)
 describes an alternative way:

  4.4 Configuration file

  Individual users or sites may wish to modify the behavior of this class
  (for instance, to use a particular set of fonts.) Rather than having
  people hack the .cls file, which can lead to various incompatible
  versions at different sites, the class provides for a configuration
  file. After the class has finished loading, it will check to see if a
  siggraph.cfg file exists in the TEX search path. If so, it will be input.
  Any user---or site---specific modifications should be placed
  in this file. (See the copyright notice in the siggraph.dtx source file
  for information on distribution of configuration files.)


 Günter




How to span a table to two columns?

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I am using a two-column template. While reading a wiki page on tables, it
said that in order to span a table into two columns, I had to insert a
Table Wrap Float and gave a few options which I am not able to find in the
latest version. Can someone tell me how to span the table into two columns?

Also, is it possible to edit the source of the generated Latex? It shows me
the source at the bottom but doesn't let me edit it... Any ideas?

Thanks,
John


Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class file:

*copyrightwanted = @true*

I changed it to false and got what I needed.

Thanks
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:21 AM, rgheck <rgh...@bobjweil.com> wrote:

> On 02/05/2010 12:43 AM, John Adams wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
>> I
>> am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
>> generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
>> someone
>> please tell me how to achieve this?
>>
>>
>>
> I'm not sure exactly what copyright information this involves, since I
> don't know the siggraph class. But that line is presumably generated by the
> acmsiggraph.cls file itself. To remove it, you'd have to edit that file.
>
> Richard
>
>


Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was more
like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which I
don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and that's
it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something like this:

*"Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for
personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies
bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise,
to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior
specific permission and/or a fee."*

Is it still a problem?

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote:

> On Friday 05 February 2010 00:43:26 John Adams wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class.
> I
> > am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of
> the
> > generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can
> someone
> > please tell me how to achieve this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
>
> This isn't a technical response, but I suggest you verify that it's legal
> for
> you to remove the copyright information. As an author who makes a
> significant
> amount of his income selling books, the idea of people removing copyright
> information makes me very nervous.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
> Recession Relief Package
> http://www.recession-relief.US
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
>
>


Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Yes... Exactly... That is my situation. I am using a class file by siggraph
just to get the layout of the document and the document in no way contains
any information taken from information copyrighted by Siggraph. And yes,
that copyright information was added by Siggraph to protect my document. The
best analogy I can give perhaps is reusing a freely available template to
structure your own document.

Oh and by the way, thank you for your time,
John


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>wrote:

> On Friday 05 February 2010 10:52:52 John Adams wrote:
> > No... I wasn't asking how to remove the copyright of Siggraph. It was
> more
> > like, it was putting a copyright for a document that I am authoring which
> I
> > don't really need for a class report. This is a one time document and
> >  that's it. In any case, the copyright that was being put goes something
> >  like this:
> >
> > *"Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work
> for
> > personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are
> > not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that
> copies
> > bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy
> >  otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists,
> >  requires prior specific permission and/or a fee."*
> >
> > Is it still a problem?
>
> If I understand you correctly, no. As I understand the preceding, YOU
> authored
> all the content in this document. Siggraph wrote absolutely none of the
> document. As I understand the preceding, Siggraph simply, for some reason,
> added that copyright language in case YOU might want it, and they provided
> a
> switch (*copyrightwanted =) to remove it. If that's true, I personally
> would
> have no problem with your removing it, and although I'm not a lawyer I'd
> bet
> heavily that removing it is perfectly legal.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
> Recession Relief Package
> http://www.recession-relief.US
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
>
>


Re: Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi Gunter,

Thanks for the information about the configuration file. Its much more
useful because now I don't have to worry about version conflicts.. Really
appreciate it.

Thanks,
John

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Guenter Milde <mi...@users.berlios.de>wrote:

> On 2010-02-05, John Adams wrote:
> > --001485f453f09f0cd7047edc5164
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> > Great! Thank You very much. There was a very simple line in that class
> file:
>
> > *copyrightwanted = @true*
>
> > I changed it to false and got what I needed.
>
> It is generally a bad idea to change anything in a LaTeX document class
> file. Many class files have even a license that forbids this. The reason
> is that the author(s) want to make sure the class works as documented.
>
> The common method is to save a copy under a different name and configure
> it.
>
> If you are speaking about the \documentclass{siggraph},
> The siggraph Document Class Users’ Guide
> (found at www.cs.brown.edu/system/software/latex/doc/siggraph.pdf)
> describes an alternative way:
>
>  4.4 Configuration file
>
>  Individual users or sites may wish to modify the behavior of this class
>  (for instance, to use a particular set of fonts.) Rather than having
>  people hack the .cls file, which can lead to various incompatible
>  versions at different sites, the class provides for a configuration
>  file. After the class has finished loading, it will check to see if a
>  siggraph.cfg file exists in the TEX search path. If so, it will be input.
>  Any user---or site---specific modifications should be placed
>  in this file. (See the copyright notice in the siggraph.dtx source file
>  for information on distribution of configuration files.)
>
>
> Günter
>
>


How to span a table to two columns?

2010-02-05 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I am using a two-column template. While reading a wiki page on tables, it
said that in order to span a table into two columns, I had to insert a
"Table Wrap Float" and gave a few options which I am not able to find in the
latest version. Can someone tell me how to span the table into two columns?

Also, is it possible to edit the source of the generated Latex? It shows me
the source at the bottom but doesn't let me edit it... Any ideas?

Thanks,
John


Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-04 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class. I
am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can someone
please tell me how to achieve this?

Thanks,
John


Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-04 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class. I
am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can someone
please tell me how to achieve this?

Thanks,
John


Removing Copyright information from the bottom of a layout file

2010-02-04 Thread John Adams
Hi,

I was trying to use the siggraph layout to prepare a report for my class. I
am trying to remove the Copyright information present at the bottom of the
generated pdf but can't find any associated text in the editor. Can someone
please tell me how to achieve this?

Thanks,
John