At Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:27:50 +1000, marty wrote: > $author = "Angus Lees" ; > > At Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:39:31 +1000, marty wrote: > > > what tools are people using to create PDFs? > > > > i use pdftex (or rather, pdflatex). it usually produces pdf's of > > higher quality (conformance to pdf standard and general layout) than > > the adobe tools themselves. > > i never used latex before, any good tools or primers on it?
LyX is probably the best gui editor for producing TeX, but writing the source directly isn't that hard either. after you've installed the relevant TeX packages (probably something involving the string "tetex"), have a look for a document called "lshort.dvi" (or maybe .ps). if it wasn't installed do a web search for it (its "The Not So Short Guide to LaTeX2e"). that will give you the basics. for further stuff, start looking at individual installed packages (find a texmf/doc directory or use texdoctk (if available)), packages you don't have - but could if you wanted (on ctan.org), and maybe at the mailing lists on www.tug.org. and feel free to ask questions on the slug list too. -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
