From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB232F86B for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:42:35 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eA7DgYB13428 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:42:34 -0500 Received: from seralph10.essex.ac.uk (seralph10.essex.ac.uk [155.245.240.160]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eA7DgXD13418 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:42:33 -0500 Received: from so-15906-x0.essex.ac.uk ([155.245.117.224] helo=greatgreen) by seralph10.essex.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 13t91C-0005ps-00 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:42:30 +0000 Message-ID: <002801c048c0$4a925a80$e075f59b@essex.ac.uk> From: "Saqib Shaikh" To: Subject: writing pdf Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 13:40:25 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0025_01C048C0.48DDF3C0" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C048C0.48DDF3C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OK, I believe you wish to write PDF files. What you should do is read a = book I have written at: http://www.saqib-shaikh.freeserve.co.uk which teaches you all about LaTeX. Having read this, you should write = the document in LaTeX in a text editor such as Emacs, VIm, Jo, etc. = Then use latex filename.tex which will create filename.dvi then use=20 dvipdf filename.dvi filename.pdf which will give you the pdf file you wish, just like using acrobat = writer under mswindows. hope this helps saqib shaikh ------=_NextPart_000_0025_01C048C0.48DDF3C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
OK, I believe you wish to write PDF = files. =20 What you should do is read a book I have written at:
http://www.saqib-shaikh.= freeserve.co.uk
which teaches you all about = LaTeX.  Having=20 read this, you should write the document in LaTeX in a text editor such = as=20 Emacs, VIm, Jo, etc.  Then use
latex filename.tex
which will create = filename.dvi
then use
dvipdf filename.dvi = filename.pdf
which will give you the pdf file you = wish, just=20 like using acrobat writer under mswindows.
hope this helps
saqib shaikh
 
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