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The School has standardized on the TeXLive distribution. We have a complete installation, with all options and packages.
Here is a brief list of some of the programs and macro packages
for typesetting with TeX which are available on Linux. An
index of texlive documentation
and
available package documentation
are also available (on Linux).
For more general information, see the UK TeX Users Group TeX FAQ list.
Input and style filesAll standard input, style and format files for plain TeX, LaTeX and AmS-TeX have been set up.The TeX Catalogue Online provides a large list of TeX and LaTeX packages and tools.
Local templatesDon Taylor has provided the smslett document class for writing letters in LaTeX, using School letterhead.
The University crestDon Taylor also advises that to include the University crest in a plain TeX document, you should use
Your own files and file searchingThe preferred way to add your own style files, formats etc for TeX is to place them in appropriate subdirectories of the directory tree
The command kpsewhich e.g. kpsewhich file will show the full path (if one exists) which TeX will use if asked to input the named file: use this command to locate input files in the large directory tree which TeX uses as library.
EditorUse the texworks editor, to give you single-click pdftex or pdflatex processing, and highlighting of corresponding positions in the source tex file and the output PDF.Other editors e.g. nedit can also do TeX syntax highlighting.
DVI previewerUse the X Windows DVI previewer xdvi to preview a DVI file produced by TeX.
DVI-to-PostScript converterUse the dvips program to convert a DVI file to PostScript for printing.
Fontsxdvi and dvips both run Metafont automatically to create missing fonts. This may take some time and produce many messages when you first process a particular document.
WindowsWe have TeXLive installed on all Windows computers in the School.Some Windows users prefer the WinEdt editor (for which we have a site licence): it may be more powerful than texworks, but is more confusing and easily misconfigured.
MacOSXMost Mac users are happy with TeXShop which is based on the TeXLive distribution.
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