On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Richard Lyons wrote:
Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
\def\yearly {12000}
and then have latex calculate from it to enter another figure, say
\monthly=\yearly / 12
hoping to get the f
Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:10:15PM +0100, Ari Constancio wrote:
On 9/2/07, Ari Constancio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online
resources. TeX/La
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:34:10AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 02 Sep 2007, Richard Lyons wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I had spotted that it was installed on mine too. texdoctk was new
> > to me, though. I had to install perl-tk and tetex-doc, but after that,
> > --wow! There is a lot of additio
On 02 Sep 2007, Richard Lyons wrote:
>
> Yes, I had spotted that it was installed on mine too. texdoctk was new
> to me, though. I had to install perl-tk and tetex-doc, but after that,
> --wow! There is a lot of additional information there!
>
> Thanks Douglas
>
Indeed. This amazingly usef
On Sunday 02 September 2007 13:26:18 Richard Lyons wrote:
>
> I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
> seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online
> resources. TeX/LaTeX seems unique in lacking a good online manual.
>
In the package tetex-doc yo
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 09:34:00AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:10:15PM +0100, Ari Constancio wrote:
> > On 9/2/07, Ari Constancio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
> > > > seen that recommendatio
* Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070902 06:35]:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 07:08:11AM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> If you do not have a copy of "A Guide to LaTeX" by Helmut Kopka &
>> Patrick W. Daly, you need to get a copy. It is by far the best LaTeX
>> book, and the only one you likel
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:10:15PM +0100, Ari Constancio wrote:
> On 9/2/07, Ari Constancio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
> > > seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online
> > > resources. TeX/LaTeX seem
The link is http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf
On 9/2/07, Ari Constancio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
> > seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online
> > resources. TeX/LaTeX seems unique in lackin
> I suppose I'll have to get a copy. This is not the first time I have
> seen that recommendation. It is just that I prefer to use online
> resources. TeX/LaTeX seems unique in lacking a good online manual.
Probably because there *is* a good online manual, called "The not so
Short Introduction
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 07:08:11AM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070901 06:21]:
> > Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
> > possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
> > \def\yearly {12000}
> > and then have la
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:17:53PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
> possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
http://www.tug.org/texlive/Contents/live/texmf-doc/doc/english/catalogue/bytopic.html#calculating
Perhaps you
* Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070901 06:21]:
> Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
> possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
> \def\yearly {12000}
> and then have latex calculate from it to enter another figure, say
> \monthly=\yearly / 12
Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
\def\yearly {12000}
and then have latex calculate from it to enter another figure, say
\monthly=\yearly / 12
hoping to get the figure '1000' printed in the document by in
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