How To's and Help for Computer UsersThis page contains information about how to use computer software available in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. It contains links to documents available locally as well as links to other useful sites. Documentation is available for the following packages:
a2psa2ps quick reference i.e. everything I need know about a2ps. (only 1 page) GNU a2ps Complete documentation for a2ps. (everything there is to know in 101 pages.) ElmElm Users Guide What you really need to know to get started using Elm. The Elm Reference Guide Documenting every single command in elm. The Elm Alias System Users Guide What aliases are and how to use them in the Elm mail system. The Elm Filter System Guide What the filter program is, what it does, and how to use it. Elm Configuration Guide How to install and customize the Elm mail system. Elm Forms Mode Guide What form mode is and how to use it. HTMLWriting HTML Alan Levine of Maricopa Community Colleges kindly granted us permission to host a copy of this excellent set of lessons on writing html. HTML
Primer NCSA beginner's guide to html. LaTeXHypertext help for LaTeX An excelent on line reference for LaTeX, our local copy of the files from NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies. Comprehensive Styles and Packages documentation This is a master list of the documentation for packages and style files available with LaTeX on our system. It is a mess, but if you want to know how to use a package or style file (like minitoc, or curves.sty, or AMS-LaTeX, etc.) any documentaion we have is here -- somewhere! Lets save on printing costs. Master copies of the documents below can be checked out from Hum 360 for photocopying. Getting Started with LaTeX this serves as a local guide for the math department and in 4 pages covers just enough to get you started. Also available in LaTeX source format. Essential LaTeX ++ Jon Warbricks Essential LaTeX ++ is an accessable introduction to general typesetting. It provides fairly even coverage of everything in 25 pages. Weak on mathematical typesetting, but with an amusing "Horrible Mathematical Examples to Study" section. An introduction to TeX and friends by Gavin Maltby, Everything is covered adequately and mathematical typsetting is handled in detail. This reference explains LaTeX features rather than simply presenting examples. 75 pages. Also available in LaTeX source format. A LaTeX crib sheet this 16 page document lists every command available in LaTeX with a one or two line explanation. It has great tables for the special characters. Also available in LaTeX source format Part 1 and Part 2 . Other good sites for LaTeX informationUK TeX Users Group answers your questionsA classic FAQ. (La)Tex Navigator A (La)TeX Encylopedia from LORIA in France. Text Processing using LaTeX Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge A Guide to LaTex at the University of Alberta is a fine place to start. S-PLUSHypertext S-PLUS notes also available in postscript . The author Bill Venables recomends his book Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS as a more complete and uptodate source of information. S Poetry a guide to the elegance of S plus and the esthetics of S-PLUS programing. In adobe acrobate PDF format. (requires Acrobat Reader-- 439 pages.) S-PLUS Notes for Students a simpler intorduction for students. (35 pages.) Introductory Guide to Splus by B. Ripley, 45 pages. transfigTransfig Manual Transfig: Portable Figures for LaTeX. TeXA Gentle Introduction to TeX. Also available in TeX source format. Getting started with Plain Tex Comprehensive Tex and LaTeX documentation This is a master list of the documentation for macro packages available with TeX on our system. It is a mess, but if you want to know how to use a package of macros any documentaion we have is here -- somewhere! Other good sites for TeX informationUK TeX Users Group answers your questions Leaflet U36 Introduction to TeX from University of Cambridge xfigXFIG Version 3.2 Users Manual This is the online users guide that is designed for learning xfig. xfig man pageFacility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11. This is a postscript copy of the xfig man page. xvXV Manual On-Line this html documentation contains everything you need to know to run xv.
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