Introduction to AmigaT sub E X
Amiga T{sub E}X is the Amiga's version of T{sub E}X, Donald Knuth's computer typesetting system, designed to take a text file and produce a printed manuscript. People who have used T{sub E}X on the IBM mainframe know that producing a final copy using the T{sub E}X system involves three independent steps. First, one uses an editor, e.g. XEDIT, to prepare the text file; next, one T{sub E}X's the file in order to produce a device independent (DVI) file; finally, one uses the program IMATEX to send the DVI file to a laser printer. Using T{sub E}X on a personal computer involves the same sequence of steps. In the cast of the Commodore Amiga, the editor is probably TxEd Plus and the T{sub E}X program will be Amiga T{sub E}X. One major difference between the IBM mainframe and the Amiga environment is that one does not have to print a T{sub E}X file in order to read it. One can instead use another program, Preview, to display the formatted file on the screen. In general, the output produced by T{sub E}X is far superior to that produced by a What You See Is What You Get'' word processor; that is especially true for technical documents. Also, because the files which T{sub E}X uses are plain text files, transporting such files from site to site or machine to machine is straightforward. For these reasons SLAC uses T{sub E}X to prepare most technical documents. The only disadvantage to using T{sub E}X is that learning to use all of the power at your command takes some time. Fortunately, most people don't want to use all this power, they just want to get their work done in as straightforward a manner as possible. Learning to do this is not so difficult, especially if one begins on a machine like the Amiga which can set up to provide a user-friendly interface to T{sub E}X. The aim of this document is to provide an introduction to the Amiga's T{sub E}X environment for the novice user.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 6037072
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-TN-91-1; ON: DE91008518
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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