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Re: Where is the Local Guide to Latex?



> I have finally decided to learn Latex, so I bought Leslie Lamport's book
> and started reading ... but the first suggestion has been difficult to
> deal with. He suggests that there is a Local Guide to Latex that I should
> read to find out how to use the local implimentation

To LaTeX a file, type "latex file[.tex]". This creates the DeVice Independant
file, extention .dvi.

But it's much better to just do it from Emacs, using auctex.

>, like how to go from
> a .tex document to the printer.

First LaTeX it, to create the .dvi. Then for a postscript printer:
  dvips file
to print it directly to the printer, or
  dvips file -o
to create the .ps file.

> I have the tetex-doc package installed, and there is tons of stuff there,
> but I can't find anything that looks like it might be the guide.

I'm not sure. Maybe it's called "debian-user@lists.debian.org". I
cannot say I've found (or searched) that file myself, though.
(I learned LaTeX from the other people in the group at work).

> Anyone have a suggestion?

Ask me. Other than that, I don't know :(.

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