<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >TeXing </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="From VMS to Linux HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Editing Files " HREF="editing-files.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Programming " HREF="programming.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >From VMS to Linux HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="editing-files.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="programming.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="TEXING" ></A >4. TeXing</H1 ><P >TeX and LaTeX are identical to their VMS counterparts---only quicker :-), but the tools to handle the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.dvi</TT > and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.ps</TT > files are superior:</P ><P > <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > to run a TeX file through TeX, do as usual: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tex file.tex</TT >; </P ></LI ><LI ><P > to turn a <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.dvi</TT > file into a <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.ps</TT > file, type <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >dvips -o filename.ps filename.dvi</TT >; </P ></LI ><LI ><P > to visualize a <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.dvi</TT > file, type within an X session: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >xdvi filename.dvi &</TT >. Click on the page to magnify. This program is smart: if you edit and run TeX producing newer versions of the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.dvi</TT > file, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >xdvi</TT > will update it automatically; </P ></LI ><LI ><P > to visualize a <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.ps</TT > file, type within an X session: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ghostview filename.ps &</TT >. Click on the page to magnify. The whole document or selected pages can be printed. A newer and better program is <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >gv</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > to print the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.ps</TT >: usually the command <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >lpr mypaper.ps</TT > will do, but if the PostScript printer is called, say, `ps' (ask your sysadm) you'll do: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >lpr -Pps mypaper.ps</TT >. For more information about print queues, go to Section <A HREF="advanced-topics.html#PRINT-QUEUES" >Section 8.4</A >. </P ></LI ></UL > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="editing-files.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="programming.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Editing Files</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Programming</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >