[olug] Abiword footnotes/Latex plug
Chris Garrity
m0ntar3 at cox.net
Sat May 4 00:10:16 UTC 2002
You're right about Miktex and it's mess, puts stuff everywhere --- just
uninstalled it and installed the one you suggested (works fine, will
see). Won't be dropping vim for UltraEdit anytime soon :-P
Jeremy Bettis wrote:
>I must disagree with you here, Miktex sucks big time. Use the win32
>version of web2c tex instead. The biggest reason for me is that miktex
>doesn't have an up to date version of pdftex and it requires you to have
>a bunch of registry settings.
>
>Web2c on the other hand just looks for the tex support files relative to
>the exe file, so all you need to change is the path and it's installed.
>
>It is on CTAN, here is one mirror: (there are others)
>http://www.agh.edu.pl/pub/tex/systems/win32/web2c/current/
>
>And actually, UltraEdit is a great editor for windows, and it's neither
>vi nor emacs.
>
>--
>Jeremy Bettis, Software Development Manager
>HKS Medical Information Systems, Inc.
>jeremyb at hksys.com
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chris Garrity [mailto:m0ntar3 at cox.net]
>>Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:02 PM
>>To: olug at olug.org
>>Subject: Re: [olug] Abiword footnotes/Latex plug
>>
>>For a Ph.D. thesis LaTeX should be a slam-dunk --- you could have the
>>document structure built in 1--2 days and then spend all your time on
>>it's content. I wouldn't even screw with a graphical LaTeX frontend,
>>just get Leslie Lamports LaTeX Guide and you'll LaTeX'ing in 1/2 day.
>>For Linux, use teTeX. For Windows: use MiKTeK. If you wan't to get
>>started in the lest amount of time, install MiKTeK and Gvim on Windows
>>and you be rolling (just learn how to use vim, or emacs, because these
>>are really your only two choices). Knowing vim, or emacs, is an
>>
>>
>absolute
>
>
>>prereq. (imo) for doing/knowing anything (relative) useful.
>>
>>http://www.miktex.org
>>http://www.vim.org
>>
>>
>>Tanya Loughead wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>More on the whole word processor debate:
>>>
>>>I suppose that which word processor one uses is related to the task
>>>
>>>
>at
>
>
>>one's
>>
>>
>>>hands.... {I'm writing my Ph.D. dissertation.}
>>>I was immediately attracted to Abi-Word because of its simplicity.
>>>
>>>
>(Not
>
>
>>>surprisingly) I come from using Microsoft word, and the AbiWord
>>>
>>>
>commands
>
>
>>are
>>
>>
>>>very similar. I tried to use StarOffice, but that program is so big,
>>>
>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>the possibility for problems and bugs is likewise "big." (I am still
>>>waiting for feedback from Sun on a major problem that I am having
>>>
>>>
>with
>
>
>>>StarOffice.)
>>>SO--
>>>Here's a question to everyone on the list: Given that one may only
>>>
>>>
>need
>
>
>>text
>>
>>
>>>capabilities, which Linux-based word processor do you find to be the
>>>
>>>
>>best?
>>
>>
>>>It seems that everyone is casting votes for LaTeX thus far.... is
>>>
>>>
>that
>
>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>general consensus?
>>>Thanks for the input,
>>>Tanya
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Dave Burchell [mailto:burchell at inebraska.com]
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:29 PM
>>>>To: olug at olug.org
>>>>Subject: Re: [olug] Abiword footnotes/Latex plug
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I second that endorsement of LaTeX. Plus, if you are not "geeky"
>>>>enough yet to learn all the LaTeX tricks, pick up LyX
>>>>(http://www.lyx.org), a swell WYSIWYM (what you see is what you
>>>>
>>>>
>mean)
>
>
>>>>word processor that acts as a front end for LaTeX. It is free and I
>>>>have found it to be easy to use, stable, and full of features (such
>>>>
>>>>
>as
>
>
>>>>tables, footnotes, end notes, tables of contents). And everything
>>>>
>>>>
>you
>
>
>>can
>>
>>
>>>>do with LaTeX you can do with LyX, because you can include LaTeX
>>>>snipits in
>>>>your LyX document.
>>>>
>>>>That said, I like keeping documents in XML rather than LaTeX if they
>>>>are to be exchanged with others and/or you want to publish the
>>>>documents in a variety of formats. I have an XML version of my
>>>>
>>>>
>resume,
>
>
>>>>for example, and I have a stylesheet that produces a fancy LaTeX
>>>>version of it, another for plain text, and another for HTML. I can
>>>>update the XML document, type "make", and generate text, HTML, dvi,
>>>>PostScript, and PDF versions, no sweat.
>>>>
>>>>Mike Hostetler says:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>As for me, I'm still just trying to get my word processor on
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>Red Hat up and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>running. Anyone know if there are footnote and thesaurus plugins
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>for
>
>
>>>>>>Abiword yet? I only heard that they were "on the way."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>I think they are to be implemented after tables are . . . so don't
>>>>>
>>>>>
>wait
>
>
>>>>>for them.
>>>>>
>>>>>This is a little geeky, too, but LaTeX rocks on things like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>footnotes,
>
>
>>>>>Works Cited, etc. The very intial curve is a little steep, but
>>>>>
>>>>>
>after
>
>
>>>>>that it's pretty easy. And all Linux distros come with it. To
>>>>>
>>>>>
>learn,
>
>
>>I
>>
>>
>>>>>just did a Google for "Latex tutorial" and read through the first
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>couple
>>
>>
>>>>>of hits.
>>>>>
>>>>>good luck,
>>>>>
>>>>>-- mikeh
>>>>>
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>>>>
>96.41'W
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>>>>
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