Tools

Document Preparation

• Readers
  • PostScript Reader: Ghostscript / Ghostview
  • PDF reader:  Adobe Acrobat Reader
• LaTeX Software
  • Unix setup:
    • LaTeX base system for Windows: TEX User Group: freeware
    • LaTeX Editors: WinTEX 2000 (shareware), WinEdt (GREAT - shareware)
  • Windows setup (Already installed at Faculty):
    • LaTeX base system for Windows: MiKTex (freeware). This system comes with both a DVI viewer (Yap) and dvips conversion program.  Note: Use dvips -P cmz -t letter to use Type 1 (screen readable) fonts.
    • LaTeX Editors: lyx (WYSIWYG), emacs, pico, vi
    • BibTeX tools: tkbibtex
• LaTeX Documentation
  • LaTex Manual, LaTex Help
  • Short Latex tutorial
  • Longer introduction to Latex
  • Latex resources
  • More Latex resources
  • LaTex in 129 minutes
• LaTeX Example Files
  • Paper Files
    • paper.tex (E. Milios)
  • Thesis Files (Courtesy of Dr. Milios)
    • latex file for thesis in the Dalhousie FGS format thesis.tex
    • bibliography file for theses and papers paper.bib
    • For the cover page and signature page, use the Microsoft Word templates in the FGS web site
• LaTex Tutorials
  • Courtesy of Dr. Milios

Graphics

• Figure Preparation
  • On Unix or Windows: Dia - a Visio like freeware program that directly exports eps
  • On X windows: Xfig, Ipe
  • On Windows: Mayura Draw (Shareware)
• Plotting Packages
  • GNUPlot
  • CNUPlot FAQ page
• Making Screen Images
  • On Windows, Mac, and Unix: Captura (Freeware)
• Including Excel Charts in LaTex
  • On Windows: Excel/LaTex Guide