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What are the reservation rules?
For detail click on this link to get all the detail about rules of reservation - http://www.indianrail.gov.in/reservation_Rules.html
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Can I book a ticket from for any destination from any station in India?
Yes, you can. In fact, you can book your ticket for any train on the Indian Railways network, from any originating station to any destination* at any of the Computerized Reservation Centre’s, across the country. With the networking of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Secunderabad and Chennai Passenger Reservation Systems, you can now book your onward and return journey tickets from any computerized Reservation Centre nearest to you – not just from major railway stations. This networking makes reservation of tickets faster and simpler.
* Reservations can be made subject to distance restrictions and availability of quotas.
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How many days in advance can I reserve my ticket?
You can reserve your ticket 60 days in advance, excluding the date of journey at the train Originating station. At intermediate stations where the train arrives the following day, Reservation can be done 60 days in advance. In the case of some intercity day express trains, the advance reservation period is less.
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How do I know the reservation status of my ticket?
The reservation status will be clearly indicated in your ticket. If your ticket is confirmed, your coach and berth numbers will be mentioned on your ticket in all classes other than First Class and AC First Class. For these, the word “Confirmed” will be printed alongside the class of travel. If your ticket is in RAC (Reservation against Cancellation)/Waitlisted status, the same will be mentioned on the ticket.
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Can I board the train with a RAC ticket?
You can board the train with an RAC ticket. You will be provided with sitting accommodation initially and allotted a berth (in case of passengers not turning up) in the train.
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How can I board a train in the reserved coach if I am not able to get a waitlisted ticket?
If you don’t have any ticket, you may approach the Train Superintendent/TTE after purchasing an unreserved ticket from the booking office. The TTE will allot the accommodation, subject to availability.
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How do I find out the current status of my unconfirmed ticket?
You can contact the Enquiry Counters at your nearest Computerized Reservation Centre or call 139 from your mobile, landline phone to The Interactive Voice Response System, available at major stations. Remember to always quote the 10 digit PNR Number indicated on the upper left hand corner of your ticket, to find out the current status. The current status of your ticket can also be obtained from the following http://www.indianrail.gov.in/pnr_Enq.html
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How does the Railway Automatic Telephone Enquiry System work?
The railway telephone enquiry system is automated telephone enquiry system, which gives you details of accommodation availability and the current status of your tickets. Dial 139 from any mobile, landline phone of any network to get detail.
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Monday 29 December 2014
Indian Railways Rules---http://erail.in/indian-railway-rules-faq
All about train ticket and berth status
http://trainman.in/pnr
All about train ticket and berth status
The advance booking for indian train ticket opens 60 days before the
date of journey. Tickets can be booked both offline at Passenger
Reservation System (PRS) or online using irctc website. Ticket booked
online can be an e-ticket ( which is a print-out / sms) or an i-ticket
wherein the PRS ticket is couriered to the passenger.
All the tickets issued have a unique 10-digit PNR (Passenger Name Record) which you should quote for any correspondence regarding your ticket / journey. The ticket also contains all the other journey details like train number, journey date, travel class, origin, destination, ticket status, berth details for confirmed tickets, passenger details etc. Maximum of six passengers can travel through one ticket. But just having a ticket does not guarantee that your journey is confirmed. It all depends on the ticket status. All the passengers in a ticket are assigned a ticket status which can be waiting (WL), RAC (a half berth), or confirmed (full berth). These are explained below in detail:
Waiting List (WL): If the passenger status is marked as WL followed by a number then the passenger has a waitlisted status. This can get confirm only if the passengers who have booked before you for the same journey cancel their ticket. For example if the status is GNWL 4 / WL 3 , then this means that you have a waiting list of 3 (the latter number) and your ticket will get confirmed only if 3 passengers who have booked before you for the same journey happen to cancel their journey. Similarly, GNWL/AVAILABLE means that current status of your ticket is CONFIRMED because some passengers who booked before you have cancelled their tickets. This status also gives some insight into the current ticket cancellation trends for this journey. For more on this, visit Trainman's trend analysis. In case the passenger status is waitlisted even after the chart preparation, then the passenger is not allotted any berth. If all the passengers on an e-ticket have waitlisted status after chart preparation, then the ticket gets automatically cancelled and the amount is refunded back to the user’s account. In this case, the passengers should NOT board the train. Waiting list can be of various types:
Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC): If a user has been issued an RAC ticket, then most likely his ticket will get confirmed by the time of chart preparation and he will get a berth. In case the ticket remains RAC even after chart preparation (if the coach number is preceded by R i.e. RB1, 31 means RAC seat no 31 in coach B1), then user is allotted a half berth (seat) i.e. two persons having RAC ticket status are allotted one side-lower berth. The TTE is obligated to allot berths which are cancelled after chart preparation to these RAC passengers.
Confirmed (CNF): In this case the passenger gets a full berth for the journey. In case of first AC (1A), the passenger may not get berth details even for confirmed ticket when ticket is issued. This is because the berth allotment for this class is done manually by the TTE on chart preparation.
All the tickets issued have a unique 10-digit PNR (Passenger Name Record) which you should quote for any correspondence regarding your ticket / journey. The ticket also contains all the other journey details like train number, journey date, travel class, origin, destination, ticket status, berth details for confirmed tickets, passenger details etc. Maximum of six passengers can travel through one ticket. But just having a ticket does not guarantee that your journey is confirmed. It all depends on the ticket status. All the passengers in a ticket are assigned a ticket status which can be waiting (WL), RAC (a half berth), or confirmed (full berth). These are explained below in detail:
Waiting List (WL): If the passenger status is marked as WL followed by a number then the passenger has a waitlisted status. This can get confirm only if the passengers who have booked before you for the same journey cancel their ticket. For example if the status is GNWL 4 / WL 3 , then this means that you have a waiting list of 3 (the latter number) and your ticket will get confirmed only if 3 passengers who have booked before you for the same journey happen to cancel their journey. Similarly, GNWL/AVAILABLE means that current status of your ticket is CONFIRMED because some passengers who booked before you have cancelled their tickets. This status also gives some insight into the current ticket cancellation trends for this journey. For more on this, visit Trainman's trend analysis. In case the passenger status is waitlisted even after the chart preparation, then the passenger is not allotted any berth. If all the passengers on an e-ticket have waitlisted status after chart preparation, then the ticket gets automatically cancelled and the amount is refunded back to the user’s account. In this case, the passengers should NOT board the train. Waiting list can be of various types:
- GNWL: General Waiting List (GNWL) waitlisted tickets are issued when the passenger begins his/her journey at the originating station of a route or stations close to the originating station. This is most common type of waiting list and has got the highest chances of confirmation.
- RLWL: Remote Location Waiting List (RLWL) means ticket is issued for intermediate stations (between the originating and terminating stations) because usually these are the most important towns or cities on that particular route. This type of tickets will be given a separate priority and confirmations will depend on the cancellations of a destination confirmed ticket. For this type of ticket there are less chances of confirmation.
- PQWL: A Pooled Quota Waiting List (PQWL) is shared by several small stations. Pooled Quotas normally operate only from the originating station of a route, and there is only one Pooled Quota for the entire run. The Pooled Quota is generally allotted for passengers travelling from the originating station to a station short of the terminating station, or from an intermediate station to the terminating station, or between two intermediate stations.
- RLGN: Remote Location General Waiting List (RLGN) is issued when a user books a ticket where WL quota is RLWL. This means after ticket booking RLWL gets named as RLGN.
- RSWL: Roadside Station Waiting List (RSWL) is allotted when berths or seats are booked by the originating station for journeys up to the road-side station and distance restrictions may not apply. This waiting list has also very less chances of confirmation.
- RQWL: If a ticket is to be booked from an intermediate station to another intermediate station, and if it is not covered by the general quota or by the remote location quotas or pooled quota, the request for the ticket may go into a Request Waiting List (RQWL).
- CKWL: For tatkal tickets, the waiting list issued is CKWL. If CKWL ticket goes up, it directly gets confirmed and doesn’t go through RAC status unlike GNWL. During chart preparation, general waiting list (GNWL) is preferred over tatkal waiting list (CKWL) therefore tatkal waitlisted tickets are less likely to get confirmed. Follow these tatkal booking tips to get a confirmed tatkal ticket.
Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC): If a user has been issued an RAC ticket, then most likely his ticket will get confirmed by the time of chart preparation and he will get a berth. In case the ticket remains RAC even after chart preparation (if the coach number is preceded by R i.e. RB1, 31 means RAC seat no 31 in coach B1), then user is allotted a half berth (seat) i.e. two persons having RAC ticket status are allotted one side-lower berth. The TTE is obligated to allot berths which are cancelled after chart preparation to these RAC passengers.
Confirmed (CNF): In this case the passenger gets a full berth for the journey. In case of first AC (1A), the passenger may not get berth details even for confirmed ticket when ticket is issued. This is because the berth allotment for this class is done manually by the TTE on chart preparation.
Friday 12 December 2014
Some steps to follow to get Aadhaar
Notification about e-mails offering online registration for Aadhaar
UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA PLANNING COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
It has come to our notice that certain agencies are circulating
e-mails offering online registration for Aadhaar. These e-mails also
suggest residents who have already received Aadhaar need to re-enrol.
The UIDAI would like to clarify for the benefit of general public the
following points:- Enrollment for Aadhaar is done at designated Aadhaar enrolment centres only. The resident needs to visit only these enrolment centres. The UIDAI does not currently offer online enrollment.
- The list of enrolment centres can be seen online at Where To Enroll
- Appointment for Aadhaar enrolment may be obtained online at the following link https://appointments.uidai.gov.in/ However, for actual enrolment process, physical presence of the resident is a must.
- There is no last date for enrolment. Residents can enroll anytime as per their convenience at the designated centres. Enrolment for Aadhaar is a continuous process with no last date.
- Sharing of bank related details is voluntary and not mandatory. In case a resident wishes to open a new bank account linked to resident's Aadhaar number or link an existing bank account with Aadhaar, then they may provide the relevant information on the enrolment form at the time of enrolment.
- Resident's data shared with UIDAI while enrolling is fully safe and it is not shared with anybody without resident's consent.
- The residents who have already received Aadhaar or enrolled for Aadhaar need not enroll again unless specifically advised in writing by the UIDAI.
- For more information you may log on to the official website of UIDAI at http://uidai.gov.in/
Issued in Public Interest
Some useful tips and tricks in LaTeX
Some useful tips and tricks in LaTeX.
Here are some useful tips and tricks in making your LaTeX document
look like you want it to. I've collected these mainly from
comp.text.tex, but some are from other sources. Note that the
authors' e-mail addresses are protected with a XYZZY
that must be removed.
If you don't find the answer to your problem here, the UK TeX Users Group maintains a
TeX FAQ. And if you're looking for general information about distributions and packages, you might want to search in the UK TeX archive.
Anyway, this is my own collected list:
Equations, math mode
- How to achieve bold and italics in math-mode
- How to make $x^i_j$ different from $x_j^i$
- Troubles using manual sizing of bracket symbols
- \prod and \int in \frac
- A wider hat than \widehat
- Aligning operators in a system of equations
- Binominal sign without AMSTeX
Figures
- Aligning eps figures at the center
- Troubles using the epsfig package
- How do I make the caption title bold
- Different font in caption
- Norwegian letters in gnuplot plots
- Placing figures HERE!
- Framing a Postscript file
- Centering of too wide figure
- Too many unprocessed floats
Fonts
- How can I get boldface greek letters
- Is there a font suitable for Lagrange?
- How to produce a dropped capital
- Helvetica as standard font
- Norwegian letters in LaTeX input
- Is there an easy way to intall new fonts
- Calligraphic font
- How do I produce a plain tilde character
Page or text layout
- Breaking lines after /
- \marginpar without considering item as float
- Double line spacing
- List of tables and figures on the same page
- How to produce a "watermark"/EPS graphics behind text
- I need to have more space between my columns
- Formatting program languages
- Breaking name of URLs in sensible places
- How to produce a degree symbol
- I wish to have smaller text in tables
- I need to add a half line space
- Correct landscape output
Headers and footers
Chapters, sections and references
- Footnote in heading without entry in TOC
- Automatic list of symbols
- Reference format for sections
- Suppressing page breaks
- Extra space in section title
- Different numbering style in chapter and figure/table
- Prefix appendix with "appendix"
Tables
- How to set up 8 points text in a table
- Rotating tables
- Math column in table
- A pagewide table in twocolumn environment
BibTeX
Miscellaneous
- TeX directory structure
- CTAN via e-mail
- Extensions to Emacs and LaTeX
- LaTeX FAQ?
- [English useage] Correct punctuations with abbreviations
- How to print out several pages on one sheet
Literature
If you've got a problem, the solution is probably described
in one of these books.
Equations, math mode
How to achieve bold and italics in math-mode
Source: tim@XYZZYmaths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Q:
is there any way, using a bold AND italics font in math-mode?
A:
\usepackage{amsbsy} ... \[ \boldsymbol{\Gamma} = 3. \]Top of document
How to make $x^i_j$ different from $x_j^i$
Source: Mike Piff <M.Piff@XYZZYshef.ac.uk>
Discussion:
In some cases, it might be better to use $X^j\vphantom{X}_i$ and
$X_i\vphantom{X}^j$, respectively, so the subscript and superscript
will both know about the height and depth of the preceding character.
For an X, it may not make a big difference, but in other cases it
might.
MP:
Surely, as I mentioned in a separate, detached thread, it is
more logical to use
$X_i^{\phantom{i}j}$ and $X^j_{\phantom{j}i}$?
Are there any known bugs in this? (As for \vphantom?)
Do you have troubles using manual sizing of bracket symbols
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
[I have a problem] related to \bigg.....
A:
The LaTeX distribution contains a standard package, exscale.
after \usepackage{exscale} then \big and friends work as expected with
class options like 12pt, and size commands like \large.
\prod and \int in \frac
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
if i use a \prod or \int within a \frac{}{}
they end up very small with
the sub/superscripts alongside rather than above or below.
A:
\frac{\displaystyle \int_a^b dx f(x)}{\displaystyle \prod_{i=1}^{\infty} a_i}Top of document
A wider hat than \widehat
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
How do I get a wider hat (and tilde) than \widehat and \widetilde?
A:
If you use the amsfonts package (and the ams fonts) you get a wider
wide hat, but it is still not very wide. Alternatively (As you would
have known if you were a member of UKTeX as it was described in the
last Baskerville) The rather nice yhmath package of Yannis Haralambous
provides much bigger wide hats tildes and similar widgets.
Aligning operators in a system of equations
Source: David Kastrup <dak@XYZZYmailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Q:
What is the preferred way for aligning the operators in a system of
equations? I have tried various LaTeX and AMSTex environments such as
eqnarray and align but I can't find a good way of aligning systems of
equations (other than on the = sign) when coefficients are absent.
A:
Use the alignat environment with empty spacing between "equation
sets", namely, && instead of just & to separate alignment points.
Binominal sign without AMSTeX
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
As a matter of fact, I try to avoid plain TeX commands in LaTeX;
but I had to use \choose for binomial coefficients.
What is the LaTeX recommended command (if any :-) to use instead of
{a \choose b} ?
N.B.: I do NOT want to \usepackage{amstex} just to define \binom
(Companion, page 229).
A:
The recommended way is to go
\def\binom#1#2{{#1\choose#2}}
and then use \binom{a}{b}
oops! I meant to say of course
\providecommand{\binom}[2]{{#1\choose#2}}
As David Kastrup has pointed out earlier in this thread at a package
level LaTeX programmers do need to use TeX primitives. However the
important thing is *documents* there one should try to keep a
consistent and clean syntax.
Figures
Aligning eps figures at the center
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I need to put two eps files generated by matlab (similar figure) to
latex file. But the bounding boxes of these two is different so I have
trouble alligning them at the center. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!
A:
put each of the graphics inclusion commands inside a \parbox, the two
\parboxes will align on their centres unless you use the optional [t]
or [b] argument.
Troubles using the epsfig package
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
It seems that eps files are a bit easier to get in and are more easily
scaled with the graphicx package rather than with the standard package.
As for syntax which worked, here are a couple of variations:
... \usepackage{epsfig} ....
A:
The epsfig package really is not recommended for new documents.
It is there to give some kind of compatibility with the past, and with
the LaTeX Companion book which was printed before the graphics package
was finished.
Using \usepackage{graphics} or \includepackage{graphicx} will provide
an interface that is better documented and better tested.
How do I make the caption title bold
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
How do I make the "Figure xxx" in the Figure caption bold? Editor's specs
for a paper was, 12pt size with Figure captions 10pt (\small works OK here)
and the "Figure xxx" in bold.
A:
Have a look at the caption2 package on CTAN (ftp.cdrom.com or ftp.tex.ac.uk).
Different font in caption
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
In LaTeX, a \caption command within a figure environment will cause
the word "Figure" followed by an integer (followed by whatever
argument is given to \caption, as the caption's text) to be printed.
My question is, how does one *locally* alter the font size of the font
LaTeX uses for the word "Figure" and the following integer?
A:
Have a look at the caption package, available on CTAN (ftp.cdrom.com).
Norwegian letters in gnuplot plots
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
[description of trouble transferring Norwegian letters from gnuplot to LaTeX]
PS: I have tried the supposedly failproof {\aa} for å. Still no reaction.
PS: I have tried the supposedly failproof {\aa} for å. Still no reaction.
A:
Well å is supposed to turn itself into \aa, so both of these are equally
`supposedly failproof'
The problem is in fact your preamble, [...],
or rather a combination of your preamble and the stuff that gnupot added.
Your preamble says \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} which tells LaTeX you are
using T1 encoded fonts (and in particular tells LaTeX where to find
\aa).
Unfortunately the autogenerated code you showed had
\font\gnuplot=cmr10 at 10pt \gnuplot
which is a horrible TeX primitive font load, which slips into the old
TeX encoding without informing LaTeX of anything....
So solutions are to either just remove that all together, or
to put \fontencoding{OT1}\selectfont before the start of the gnuplot
stuff to tell LaTeX that you are using OT1 encoding at that point.
The inputenc based latin1 encoding should work unchanged with either
the T1 or OT1 font encoding. (As you are in Norway, in Iceland there
is the problem that the OT1 encoding misses thorn and eth.)
PS
I think you should report this as a bug to the maintainers of gnuplot.
I think you should report this as a bug to the maintainers of gnuplot.
Placing figures HERE!
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I want to stop my figures and tables from floating and in
th past I have used Here.sty, but for some reason it is giving me an
error with latex2e. Does anyone know if this useful style file has
been revamped per the latex2e conventions. Any pointers would be
greatly appreciated.
A:
I went off the idea of here.sty. It always was better really to set
the float placement parameters in a way such that the floats can be
set, rather than using the sledgehammer approach the here.sty used
to disable the entire mechanism.
So I got the ctan archives to delete here.sty (even the old version
that worked with 2.09) rather than do the update to 2e.
LaTeX now has a ! possibility and [!ht] probably does what you want
and has the big advantage of guaranteeing that floats stay in the
right order.
However if you are really keen on the [H] for HERE! from here.sty it
made its way into float.sty which was updated for the current LaTeX,
so you can use that. Look on ctan; `quote site index float' should find
it. Float package has some other nice features so you may want it even
if you don't use [H].
Framing a Postscript file
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I have used the lines below to include and frame a postscript image in my
latex2e document.
The result, however, is the image overlayed on the top left
corner of the box. In other words, the image does not get framed properly.
Can somebody give me an insight?
\fbox{\centerline{\includegraphics[angle=90,width=5.0in, height=3.0in]{xcon1.ps}}}
A:
The construction \fbox{\centerline{{..}} is wrong (but not the cause
of your problem) \centerline make a TeX box the full width of the
line, \fbox makes a box that is wider than that by 2 times (\fboxrule
+ \fboxsep) so the whole thing is wider than the textwidth and so
bound to make an overfull box that sticks out on the right.
The way to do make a full width frame with stuff centred in it is to
go
\noindent\framebox[\textwidth]{....}
If the image is not staying inside the box it means that the bounding
box in the original file is wrong, which is a *bug* in the software
that produced the PS file. You can give an alternative bounding box by
using the bb=1 2 3 4 key. What numbers you should use instead of
1 2 3 4
depend on the file you have. There exists software to calculate this,
or just print out your file xcon1.ps and measure the bottom left and
top right coordinates in inches, and multiply by 72 to get these
coordinates in points.
Centering of too wide figure
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYklopfer.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
Q:
I am using the graphicx package for including Figs:
\begin{figure}[htbp] \begin{center} \leavevmode \includegraphics[width=15cm]{somefig.eps} \caption{Somecaption} \label{fig:somefig} \end{center} \end{figure}
However, the Fig is slightly broader and doesn't fit into the default
margins. It is aligned with the left margin. Is there a way of placing
it in the center (without changing the text margins) ?
A:
> \begin{figure}[htbp] > \begin{center} > \leavevmode > > \includegraphics[width=15cm]{somefig.eps}
don't do that!
you ised to need \leavevmode in fromt of the old \psfig
command from the psfig
package due to a bug in its LaTeX support, but even there, it should
be *directly* in front of the command, not with a blank line between.
As you have it you have a `white' paragraph before the figure.
The simple rule is. Don't use \leavevmode in LaTeX documents, it
should never be needed.
To answer your question, make a list environment that sets the margins
appropriately, eg copy the quote environment, but change the signs so
the margins are decreased not increased.
Too many unprocessed floats
Q:
I get the error message `too many unprocessed floats'. What should
I do?
A:
LaTeX can only handle 18(?) floats before deciding how and where to
print them. There are at least two solutions. First, you can enter some text
between your floats. If that isn't an option, let LaTeX process it's
floats by forcing a new page with \clearpage.
Fonts
How can I get boldface greek letters
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
\newcommand[1]{\bm}{\mbox{\boldmath{$#1$}}}
I have used that command quite succesfully. There is one thing I wanted to
ask, namely how to get the sizes right when using bold greek in subscripts
or superscripts. How should the newcommand be defined that the sizes
would automatically be right ?
A:
The \boldsymbol command in the AMS LaTeX packages does work correctly
in sub and superscripts.
Is there a font suitable for Lagrange?
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
On different math. publications, there is a very pretty font, (somebody
told me, it is called like cal24 or something similar), but we don't
know now to put it in our LaTeX document.
A:
One such font is available through the \mathcal command or the \cal
switch. Another, which for some purposes (such as Lagrangian) looks
better, is the rsfs font, available on CTAN (ftp.tex.ac.uk or ftp.switch.ch),
along with the package mathrsfs which makes it available through the
\mathscr command.
How to produce a dropped capital
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
I wonder if there is a macro out there to produce 'dropcap' (very large
first capital letter of a paragraph, dropping) like those in newspaper
or magazines.
A:
Look for "drop.sty". Or dropcaps.sty. Or initials.sty.
As for the font, have a look at the yinit font:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage{drop} \font\largefont=yinitas \begin{document} \drop{D}OES THERE EXIST a field with 4 elements? \end{document}Or use
\font\capfont=cmbx12 at 24.87 pt % or yinit, or...? \newbox\capbox \newcount\capl \def\a{A} \def\docappar{\medbreak\noindent\setbox\capbox\hbox{\capfont\a\hskip0.15em}% \hangindent=\wd\capbox% \capl=\ht\capbox\divide\capl by\baselineskip\advance\capl by1\hangafter=-\capl% \hbox{\vbox to8pt{\hbox to0pt{\hss\box\capbox}\vss}}} \def\cappar{\afterassignment\docappar\noexpand\let\a } \cappar Once upon a time ...Top of document
Helvetica as standard font
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I am using LaTex Version 2.09 and i have to print a document in
HELVETICA. Is there a (easy) way to do this?
A:
By far the easiest way is to first update your LaTeX (the version you
have must be dated at the very latest March 1992) and then go
\documentclass{article} \renewcommand\sfdefault{phv}% use helvetica for sans serif \renewcommand\familydefault{\sfdefault}% use sans serif by default \begin{document} hello \end{document}Top of document
Norwegian letters in LaTeX input
Q:
How do I make LaTeX accept Norwegian (or European) letters in my .tex-file?
A:
In your preamble, use
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}To make Emacs accept Norwegian letters, put in your .emacs
(standard-display-european t) (set-input-mode (car (current-input-mode)) (nth 1 (current-input-mode)) 0)Top of document
Is there an easy way to install new fonts
Source: tim@XYZZYmaths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Q:
I was wondering if some kind soul could let me know the *simplest* way to
actually install a new font for LaTeX under unix. I can find lots of
(presumably) nice fonts on the CTAN sites, but seemingly no concise
instructions on how to install them. I would imagine that I have to
put them in some directory, which is pointed to by one or more envirnonment
variables, and then TeX should call Metafont when needed. Or is there more
to it than this?
A:
It depends on what version of TeX/LaTeX you are using,
and also the format in which the fonts are given.
Assuming that the fonts are in *.mf format,
then all you probably need to do
is to create the appropriate .tfm file(s)
and leave it/them in an appropriate place,
eg where other .tfm files are.
Thus if your font is foo.mf you might say
% mf "\mode=cx;mag=1;input foo"
This should create foo.tfm and foo.*gf .
You can ignore the latter.
Now put foo.tfm in the same directory as other .tfm files.
LaTeX only needs the .tfm files,
but when you come to use dvips or xdvi
the PK files will be required.
These are usually made automagically
by running the script MakeTeXPK,
so you need do nothing.
One last point.
Some systems keep a "database", probably called ls-R,
to speed up looking for fonts, etc.
If yours does you may need to run some program to update "ls-R".
Calligraphic font
Source: mathnews@XYZZYgraves.maths.tcd.ie
Q:
Could anybody tell me how to type in LaTeX a calligraphic capital L, the
one used to designate L_k function spaces (\mathcal{L} is not
"calligraphic" enough...)
A:
Ralph Smith's rsfs fonts are very popular.
There is a package mathrsfs.sty to use them at the CTANs.
\documentclass{artilce} \usepackage{mathrsfs} ... \[ \mathscr{L}_k ... \]
Of course you need the rsfs fonts too,
also available at the CTANs eg
ftp ftp.tex.ac.uk ftp> quote site index rsfs
to find where they are.
How do I produce a plain tilde character?
Q:
How do I produce a plain tilde character?
A:
\textasciitilde
Page layout
Breaking lines after /
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
[the document text extended into the right margin]
.... sport/utility
A:
if you used sport\slash utility you would allow \TeX to break the line
after the /
\marginpar without considering item as float
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
What I want to do is to define a command like \marginpar that does the
job but that does not consider its items as floats. It should directly put
the item in the margin. I don't care if two items fall onto each other,
because I can solve that by hand.
A:
You need to use \vadjust (LaTeX purists will tell you at \vadjust is
a TeX primitive not a LaTeX command, but tell them it's OK to use
primitives as long as they are not called \over)
A simple version is
\newcommand{\mymarginpar}[1]{% \vadjust{\smash{\llap{\parbox[t]{\marginparwidth}{#1}\kern\marginparsep}}}}Top of document
Double line spacing
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
Hi! The LaTeX manual has succeeded in completely confusing me. I'd like
to make a double-spaced document (because my profs want it that way), and
the manual mentions that I should use the \baselinestretch command. How?
It's not very clear, but then i am only marginally experienced! Any help
on this would be much much appreciated. Thanks!
A:
You can use
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} % or 2, or whatever
If this is in your preamble, then it applies to the entire document
(also the captions and footnotes).
If you want just part of your document double-spaced, then you'd
better use the setspace package or, if you insist on using
\baselinestretch, you need to follow it by a \normalsize command
to update all the variables that depend on \baselinestretch.
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
What's the easiest way to change the line-spacing globally
in a TeX document? Also, what's the easiest way to do
this from a certain point on?
A:
The LaTeX Companion tells you to use
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.66}\normalsize
The figure 1.66 (and not 2) should give double spacing. The size changing
command is necessary for the \baselinestretch change to take effect.
Have a look also at the setspace package, available on CTAN (ftp.cdrom.com).
If you don't want captions and footnotes double spaced, this may be the way
to go.
List of tables and figures on the same page
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I would like to have both the List of Tables and the List of figures
on the *same* page, since they er both raher small.
A:
put each of them into a minipage environment, then you could have them
both on the same *line* if you wanted...
How to produce a "watermark"/EPS graphics behind text
Source: bernard@XYZZYmaggie.cs.mcgill.ca (Bernard DESRUISSEAUX)
Q:
How do I include an encapsulated postscript file so that the
graphics appear behind the text? (the formatting of the text
should *not* be affected by the graphics)
A:
This macro works with dvips.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Macro : \BackgroundEPS{filename}{tx}{ty}{s} %----------------------------------------------------------------------- % Description : Display an EPS file in the background of the % current page. %----------------------------------------------------------------------- % Author : Bernard Desruisseaux (bernard@XYZZYcs.mcgill.ca) %----------------------------------------------------------------------- % Usage : \BackgroundEPS{pic.eps}{80}{100}{2} % \BackgroundEPS{"`gunzip -c pic.eps.gz"}{80}{100}{2} % \BackgroundEPS{"`zcat pic.eps.Z"}{80}{100}{2} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\BackgroundEPS#1#2#3#4{% \special{ps: @beginspecial @setspecial initmatrix 0.9 setgray #2 #3 translate #4 dup scale} \special{ps: plotfile #1} \special{ps: @endspecial} }Top of document
I need to have more space between my columns
Source: tim@XYZZYmaths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Q:
I'm using the 11pt,twocolumn,landscape options to the book class; that is:
\documentclass[11pt,landscape,twocolumn]{book}I need to significantly increase the space between the two columns. Could someone please give me some pointers on how to do this?
A:
\addtolength{\columnsep}{5mm}Top of document
Formatting program languages
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
I am looking for a style file which can format my C code without any
retyping or adding things to the original stuff. I have looked at
'ptogram.sty'. It is not the one I am after, since, first it is
more or less Pascal type, and secondly it needs key words to be typed as
commands.
A:
Have a look at the lgrind program, available on CTAN, which will turn
your source from any of a number of programming languages to LaTeX
pretty-printing code
Breaking name of URLs in sensible places
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
Does anybody know of a style file that can be
used with LaTeX so that it will break a
URL in sensible places.
A:
The name of the package is url, and it is available on CTAN (ftp.cdrom.com)
as
macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.styTop of document
How to produce a degree symbol
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
Hello there, I want to use a degree symbol with Latex2e and had simply
defined the command
\raisebox{0.5ex}{\tiny o}but when I try to place it in a figure caption it is not happy
A:
Most people use
\newcommand\degrees[1]{\ensuremath{#1^\circ}} ... \degrees{90}
You'd need \protect\tiny but it's better to use ^\circ anyway.
I wish to have smaller text in tables
Source: asnd@XYZZYerich.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Q:
Is there a way for the font size in figure and table captions to be
one step smaller than the rest of the text?
A:
Don't you want the whole table to be smaller?
\renewenvironment{table} {\@float{table}\small\linespread{1}} {\end@float}
etc. for figure figure* table*
Unfortunately, there is a (stupid!) explicit \normalsize in the definition of
\@caption, which you will have to remove:
\long\def\@caption#1[#2]#3{\par\addcontentsline{\csname ext@#1\endcsname}{#1}{\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}\begingroup \@parboxrestore %% \normalsize \@makecaption{\csname fnum@#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #3}\par \endgroup}Top of document
I need to add a half line space
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
How can I add a half line (space) in a table?
A:
use \\[5pt] to add 5pt extra space
Correct landscape output
Source: bil kleb <kleb@XYZZYab00.larc.nasa.gov>
Q:
Although I put the command:
\documentclass[11pt,landscape]{article}, my document still remains in
the portrait mode.
A:
it is unclear what you want: your subject line talks about slides,
but your example is for an article?
for slides, i use:
% file: slides.tex % xdvi -paper usr slides % to preview % dvips -t landscape slides % convert to postscript % ghostview -landscape -swap slides.ps % view postscript \documentclass[landscape]{slides} \begin{document} \begin{slide} Sample slide \end{slide} \end{document}for a landscape article i use:
% file: landart.tex % xdvi -paper usr landart % to preview % dvips -t landscape landart % convert to postscript % ghostview -landscape -swap landart.ps % view postscript \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{lscape}% part of d carlisle's graphics package \begin{document} \landscape % or \begin{landscape} ... \end{landscape} Text \end{document}Top of document
Headers and footers
I want a special header
Source: Piet van Oostrum <piet@XYZZYcs.ruu.nl>
Q:
I have a question (and a challenge) for all of the latex gurus out
there. I have a professor that wants to generating headings for his
latex documents that look like this:
Economics 309 H. Farber Spring 1997 Page 2 of 15
A:
Use the fancyhdr and lastpage packages
\usepackage{fancyhdr,lastpage} \pagestyle{fancy} \lhead{Economics 309\\Spring 1997} \rhead{H. Farber\\Page \thepage~of \pageref{Lastpage}}
That's it. Depending on your document, a \thispagestyle{fancy} may also be
needed for the first page.
Date in header
Source: Piet van Oostrum <piet@XYZZYcs.ruu.nl>
Q:
I'm trying to set my latex document so that the current date will appear
in the header of each page. The LaTeX manual has mentioned this is some
kind of \pagestyle{myheadings} with a \markboth{} somewhere in there,
but I'm not sure how to put it together to make it work.
A:
\markright{\today}or
\markboth{Some Title}{\today} or \markboth{\today}{Some Title}
For even more control, use the fancyhdr package.
Chapters, sections and references
Footnote in heading without entry in TOC
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
could anybody tell me how to make a footnote to the section heading
without placing it into the Table of content?
A:
\section[aaa]{aaa\footnote{bbb}}Top of document
Automatic list of symbols
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
Hi. Is there any automatic way of making list of symbols in
Latex2e. I appreciate any suggestions.
A:
A list of symbols (nomenclature, acronyms, abbreviations) can be generated
using
- losymbol.sty
- nomencl.sty
- acronym.sty
- abbrevs.sty (from macros/latex/contrib/supported/monster/)
There is also an abbrev.sty on Lamport's WWW page:
or use the following code (unfortunately, I don't remember who was the
author's name and therefore am unable to give him/her credit):
\ifx\documentclass\usepackage % true after \begin{document} \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=2cm \labelwidth\leftmargin\advance\labelwidth-\labelsep \def\makelabel##1{##1\hfil}} \def\EndThisFile{\end{list}} \renewcommand\newsymbol[4][]{\item[#2] #4} \renewcommand\otherdef[3][\relax]{\item[#2] #3} \index{ @Physical Symbols} \else \newcommand\newsymbol[4][]{\def#2{% \index{ @Physical Symbols!#1\protect#2@$#3$}% \ensuremath{#3}}} \newcommand\otherdef[3][\relax]{\ifx#1\relax\else\let#1#2\fi} \let\EndThisFile\relax \fi \newsymbol{\Cd}{C_D} {Depletion layer capacitance} \newsymbol{\Cm}{C_m} {MOS capacitance per unit area} \newsymbol{\Cox}{C_{ox}} {Oxide capacitance, $\Cox = \eSiO2/\dox$} \newsymbol{\Cs}{C_S} {Semiconductor capacitance per unit area} \otherdef[\CS]{\Cs} {Pipeline cell storage capacitor} \EndThisFileTop of document
Reference format for sections
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
(see 4.5.3)
Instead I would like to have
(see chapter 4, section 5.3)
but maybe not always.
A:
Something like this?
\documentclass{book} \makeatletter \def\breakref#1.#2\relax#3\relax{\def\xchap{#1}\def\xsec{#2}} \def\fullref#1{% \protected@edef\@tempa{\protect\breakref\ref{#1}\relax.\relax\relax}% \@tempa \protected@edef\xxchap{\thechapter}% \ifx\xchap\xxchap \sectionname~\xsec\ in this \chaptername \else \chaptername~\xchap, \sectionname~\xsec \fi} \providecommand\sectionname{section} \makeatother \begin{document} \chapter{aaa}\label{c1} \section{bbb}\label{s1} a full ref (\fullref{s1}) or normal ref (\ref{s1}) \chapter{aaa}\label{c2} \section{bbb}\label{s2} a full ref (\fullref{s1}) or normal ref (\ref{s1}) \end{document}Top of document
Suppressing page breaks
Source: asnd@XYZZYreg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Q:
I have the following code in a document I am writing.
These are:\nopagebreak \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
Where the \nopagebreak is I am getting a page break. How can I
suppress it?
A:
\nopagebreak does not suppress the page breaks that are deliberately
inserted around environments like {center}. You have three options:
Use {centering} rather than {center} which inserts no extra space and
does not add a page break point.
Use \centerline{ } rather than \begin{center}...\end{center} with
similar non-spacing.
Put \begin{samepage}...\end{samepage} around the whole mess.
Extra space in section title
Source: asnd@XYZZYreg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Q:
I am attempting to customise the \section and \subsection
commands using \renewcommand.
I want to be able to change the spacing between section no. and the
section titles.
A:
\renewcommand\section{% \def\@seccntformat##1{\csname the##1\endcsname\hspace{_____}} \@startsection{your}{parameters}{here}... } \renewcommand\subsection{% \def\@seccntformat##1{\csname the##1\endcsname\hspace{_____}} \@startsection{your}{parameters}{here}... }Top of document
Different numbering style in chapter and figure/table
Source: asnd@XYZZYreg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Q:
My thesis must have chapter numbers which occur in the text like so:
....as in Chapter~IV, we see that...
And yet still have figures, tables, equations, and everything else still be numbered in arabic, like so: Figure 4.3.
....as in Chapter~IV, we see that...
And yet still have figures, tables, equations, and everything else still be numbered in arabic, like so: Figure 4.3.
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
But then I noticed that the change occurs for Figures, Tables,
Equations, and everything which, of course, makes sense, but is not a
satisfactory solution to the problem.
A:
You are just about there. The problem is that tha table, figure, and section
numbering are defined in terms of \thechapter, so you automatically get the
same style of numbering:
\thefigure = \thechapter.\arabic{figure}Now you don't want the same style of numbering, so you can specify the style explicitly, different from \thechapter:
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}} \renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{section}} \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{table}} \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{figure}}Top of document
Prefix appendix with "appendix"
Source: asnd@XYZZYreg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Q:
I prefer an appendix heading to be like
Appendix A: The first appendix
Appendix A: The first appendix
A:
Assuming you don't have subsections in the appendix:
\appendix \renewcommand\thesection{Appendix \Alph{section}}
which puts "Appendix" also in all the \ref commands, or
\appendix \makeatletter \def\@seccntformat#1{Appendix\ \csname the#1\endcsname\quad} \makeatother
Both of these put Appendix before subsection numbers also, like Appendix A.2.
For subsections numbered without a name:
\appendix \makeatletter \def\@seccntformat#1{\csname Pref@#1\endcsname \csname the#1\endcsname\quad} \def\Pref@section{Appendix~} \makeatother
(better would be s sty or cls file that defined \appendix to do this.)
Tables
How to set up 8 points text in a table
Source: piet@XYZZYcs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
Q:
I am trying to latex an 8-pt file (a 5-page table of data), but it
insists on coming out as 10pt. I use the art8 and xarticle options, but
they don't seem to work. It appears to call art10.sty and art8.sty for
some reason, and to use art10? Can anyone help me figure out what I am
doing wrong? Various relevant info is listed below.
A:
xarticle and art8 are probably not compatible with a modern LaTex.
On the other hand if you only want to change the fontsize you can do so
with the \fontsize command.
If you have your table insize a float (table environment) you must do this
after the \begin{table}
\fontsize{8}{10pt}\selectfont
Q:
####The file starts with:
\documentstyle[art8,longtable,lscape,rotate_rokicki,fancyheadings]{xarticle}
A:
Make that:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{lscape} \usepackage{rotate_rokicki} \usepackage{fancyheadings}Top of document
Rotating tables
Source: piet@XYZZYcs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
Q:
Could someone point out the proper way to rotate a table in LaTeX. I have
the rotate macro from CTAN. When I try a ...
A:
Do you mean rotate.sty?
Q:
\setbox1=\hbox{ \begin{table} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{c|c}[hbt]
A:
(about the use of [hbt]): is this meant to be the optional parameter
for the table environment? It may help if you
start with reading the LaTeX doc. Besides that if
you leave out the p you may tempt LaTeX to do
some nasty things.
Q:
\end{tabular} \end{center} \end{table} }I get an error. Any help is greatly appreciated!
A:
You can't use a table environment in anything else.
With the rotate package you can do the following:
\newsavebox{\rotbox} \begin{table}[hbtp] \sbox{\rotbox}{ \begin{tabular}{c|c} a & b \\ \end{tabular}} \sbox{\rotbox}{% \begin{minipage}{\wd\rotbox} \usebox{\rotbox} \caption{Test} \end{minipage}} \rotate[l]{\usebox{\rotbox}} \end{table}
The \wd\rotbox as the width of the minipage is only useful if the table is
wide enough, but I suppose if it wasn't there would be no reason to rotate
it.
Math column in table
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
Is it possible to have an entire column in math environment in a table?
I am creating a list of symbols and I need to put all the symbols in the
first column, preferably in math environment.
A:
use the array package, and a preamble of the form
\begin{tabular}{>{$}c<{$}cc}
to have one column of math and two coulms of text.
A pagewide table in twocolumn environment
Source: Alain Kessi <alain.kessi@XYZZYpsi.ch>
Q:
I want to insert a table which spans two columns on my twocolumn doc.
How can I do that? Thank you for your help.
A:
Both within LaTeX's \twocolumn and within the multicols environment defined
by the multicol package (often preferrable to \twocolumn, since it balances
the columns on the last page and lets you change between two- and one-column
modes without starting a new page), you can insert full-width floats by using
the starred form of the float environments: figure* and table*.
BibTeX
Suppress trailing period (.) after title
Source: boris@XYZZYplmsc.psu.edu (Boris A. Veytsman)
Q:
I'm using the unsrt.bst bib style file.
What I want to do is suppress the full-stop (period) that is placed
after the title of an article bibitem in the Bibliography output.
(I want to put titles in inverted commas, and have the full-stop come
before the `"', i.e. `."' and not `".').
A:
The custom-bib package from CTAN
(macros/latex/contrib/supported/custom-bib) allows you to create a
customized bst file very easily (it asks ytou a zillion questions
about the desired format and then produces a bst file accordingly)
Miscellaneous
TeX directory structure
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
Info on directory structure wanted!
A:
Look at the Tex Directory Structure documents in ctan archives in
/tex-archive/tds/*
If setting up a UNIX TeX installation, I strongly advise the tetex
distribution which will automatically unpack into a `tds' structure.
CTAN via e-mail
Source: David Carlisle <carlisle@XYZZYma.man.ac.uk>
Q:
I know that following CTAN ftp archives are available:
USA ftp.shsu.edu UK ftp.tex.ac.uk Germany ftp.dante.deIs above mentioned servers has mailserver-addresse ?
A:
The email server ftpmail@ftp.dante.de provides an ftp-like interface
through mail. Send a message containing just the
line `help' for details of use.
Extensions to Emacs and LaTeX
If you're using Emacs and LaTeX, the AUCTeX Emacs extension is
something for you. AUCTeX provides an integrated environment for
Emacs and LaTeX, with direct jump to source text in encountering
errors during compilation. It furhter provides viewing and
printing from inside Emacs. Take a look at
http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/
LaTeX FAQ?
Source: rf@XYZZYcl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Q:
Is there a LaTeX FAQ?
A:
You can view my (and my committee's)
efforts on CTAN in usergrps/uktug/faq, or (somewhat) `animated' at
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
[English useage] Correct punctuations with abbreviations
Source: real-address-in-sig@XYZZYastrid.u-net.com (Rebecca and Rowland)
Q:
Typographical conventions are not only dependent on the language and
the regions, but also on individual publishing house. For example,
Oxford adds a full point after abbreviations like Mr/Dr while
Cambridge doesn't. (IMHO, when an abbreviation comes after a letter, a
full point is put there, when it occurs betweeen letters, an
apostrophe is put there!!).
A:
The Oxford guide to English usage says this of abbreviations:
It is usual to indicate an abbreviation by placing a point (full stop)
after it, e.g.
H. G. Wells, five miles S. (= south), B.Litt., Kt., Sun. (= Sunday),
Jan. (=J anuary), p. 7 (= page 7).
However, no point in used:
- With a sequence of capitals alone, e.g. BBC... (and not, of course, with acronyms, e.g. Aslef, Naafi).
- With the numerical abbreviations 1st, 2nd, etc.
- C, F (of temperature), chemical symbols, and measures of length, weight, time, etc.
- Dr, Revd, Mr, Mrs, Mme, Mlle, St, Hants, Northants, p (= penny or pence)
- In words that are colloquial abbreviations, e.g. co-op, decaf, demi, recap, trad, vac.
How to print out several pages on one sheet
Source: Akim Demaille <demaille@XYZZYinf.enst.fr>
Q:
I would like to print a TeX dvi file in such a way that each printed page
contains 4 small pages of my document laid out in a 2 by 2 array. The
ideal would be to obtain a Postscript file with the document arranged
this way. I have been looking at the dvips documentation, but couldn't
find any clue. Can please anybody help?
A:
With dvips you can go up to 2 up, no more.
There are many tools which can help :
- psnup, which is a must
- mpage, which process either ASCII input or PS input, and does n-upping,
- a2ps, which uses dvips, psnup to do on the fly what you expect.
In fact you can hit:
a2ps -4 documentation.dvi.gz notes.txt manual.1 main.c -o file.ps
It does The Right Thing
ftp://www.inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/Top of document
Standard, should-be-in-the-bookshelf, LaTeX literature
Lamport, L.: LaTeX, a document preparation system. ISBN 0-201-52983-1, Addison-Wesley, 1994 Kopka, H. and P. W. Daly: A guide to LaTeX2e. ISBN 0-201-42777-X Addison-Wesly, 1995 Goossens, M., F. Mittelbach and A. Samarin: The LaTeX companion. ISBN 0-201-54199-8 Addison-Wesley, 1994Are you generating LaTeX documents and tables from data files, like me? If so, you will probably appreciate
Schwartz, R. L.: Learning Perl. ("The Llama book") ISBN 1-56592-042-2 O'Reilly, 1993 Wall, L., Christiansen, T. and Schwartz, R.L.: Programming Perl ("The Camel book") ISBN 1-56592-149-6 O'Reilly, 1996Top of document
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