Basic operations

1. Create and edit your .tex source file with emacs .
2. In a terminal window, compile the .tex source with the command latex myfile.tex
3. To view the result use xdvi: xdvi myfile.dvi
4. To create a pdf file, use dvips and pdf2pdf:
   1. dvips -t letter -o myfile.ps myfile.dvi
   2. ps2pdf myfile.ps
5. To view the result of that, use acroread: acroread myfile.pdf &

Customization

If you want to use style files which aren't already installed on the system (note that rtrees.sty, lingmacros.sty, and avm.sty are installed, but robbib.bst/robbib.sty currently aren't), do the following:

1. Make a directory in your home directory called TEX:
   1. cd
   2. mkdir TEX
2. Add the following three lines to the file .bashrc in your home directory:

         BSTINPUTS=/home/bender/TEX:
         TEXINPUTS=/home/bender/TEX:
         export BSTINPUTS TEXINPUTS

1. Save any additional .bst or .sty files in ~/TEX.

Notes

See also: LatexUsageNotes

-- EmilyBender - 21 Jan 2005