When: Saturday, 15th June
Time: 10am - 6pm
Where: UTS Broadway, Room 1.04.06
(http://www.slug.org.au/slugmeet.shtml but note different room)
Cost: free
Note: university exams will also be on this day, so please keep things
quiet.
This will be a day of talks on markup languages and associated
tools. The primary focus will be on LaTeX, DocBook and troff.
(Times are indicative only)
10am: Markup languages and why WYSIWYG is wrong
(or: Why UNIX never had a word processor)
10:30: Intro to LaTeX
11:15: Using LaTeX for graphics/layout/non-essay tasks
12:00: Intro to METAPOST (a TeX-related drawing language)
12:45: Lunch break
1:30: Intro to SGML/XML/DocBook and the Jade toolchain
2:15: Intro to XSL/XSLT
3:00: Intro to troff and pic
3:45: Q&A, discussion, examples, repeats, further explanations, etc
As usual, check http://www.slug.org.au/ before the event to check for
any last minute changes.
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