>>"Drake" == Drake Diedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Drake> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>> 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, like how to go from a .tex document to the
>> printer.
Drake> I've never seen such a file on any system with Latex.
I saw one on our campus' workstations. The file name is local.tex. But
obviously there's no file by this name in the Debian's tetex
distribution.
Drake> The impression I've gotten is that the sysadmin (you) has
Drake> to write it.
Yeah. This file is usually provided by the sysadmins, based on a
sample version by Leslie Lamport. Here is what the cover page of our
local guide looks like:
Using LaTex on the Berkeley Software Warehouse
Ethan Munson
based on a sample verion by
Leslie Lamport
The document basically contains some very basic stuff, such as how to
process .tex, and create the .dvi and .ps, how to preview and print,
just as Joost said. Then there's some introduction to document styles,
fonts, etc. Obviously, it is not that important that you cannot miss
it to learn Latex. So don't worry about this if you can't find one.
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