ED W40
                          Processing TeX Documents
                                Wendy Plotkin
                                July 27, 1993
 
Preparing the document
 
1)  Xedit the document inserting the TeX formatting language.  Use
    examples of other documents in the TeX file (in my bottom
    drawer until I leave), and/or the TeX manual (in the bookcase).
 
    If the letter is to have TEI letterhead, then the first line
    of the letter should have the command:
 
                           \input teilet
 
         (n.b. If the above line shows a "cent" sign, it
               should be a backslash -- the reverse of a
               "/".)
 
    This is a driver file that draws on three other files (TEIDEFS
    TeX, TEIFOOT TeX, and TEIHEAD TeX) that include the
    TeX commands for the letterhead.
 
2) On the two "back" terminals in Room 168, the "¤" "‡" characters
are not transmitted correctly to the computer, and must be
redefined if TeX is to read them as brackets.  To do this,
 
     a) Go to the top of the document after you have typed it in.
     b) From the command line, type in
 
             Alt ¤ C0 * *
 
     c) Go again to the top of the document.
     d) From the command line, type in
             Alt ‡  D0 * *
     e) Save the document.
 
Processing the document
 
3) Bring up on the screen the filelist of the disk on which your
   letter is saved (usually, your A disk--thus "Filelist" is the
   command you would give).
 
4) In the prefix area of the TeX file you just prepared, type
   in
 
                         Tex /n
 
5) If there are any problems in processing, type Quit.
 
   a) Look at the new file that has been created -- with the
      Filetype of "Texlog" -- to figure out the problem.
 
   b) Correct the problems.
 
   c) The most common problems I have are
 
      i) Leaving out backslashes
     ii) Using $ to designate U.S. dollars.  Because $ is a TeX
         symbol, when you use it before a dollar amount, you
         must precede it with a backslash.
    iii) Forgetting to correct the ¤ ‡ bracket problem using the
         "alt" command above.
 
    d) Ed Garay is the Computer Center guru on TeX, and can help
       you if you have questions.  Also, you can send a note to
       Consult.
 
6) Once it has been processed, refresh the filelist to see what
new files have been created from the TeX processing.
 
    a) If you are processing a TeX file that is on a disk
       to which you only have R/O access, the new files
       will show up on your "A" disk, even if the TeX file
       itself is on another disk, such as the "C" or "D" disk.
 
The two new files showing up on the filelist will have the same
filename as your TeX file, but the filetypes "TEXLOG" and "DVI".  The
"TeXLog" if for your information if questions come up about processing,
but can be deleted if the letter is okay.  The DVI file is the
formatted file that is ready to be printed.  After you print out
the letter, you would only keep the DVI letter if you thought you
might wish to print out another with the *original* date on the
letter (normally, I don't keep it).  If you keep the TeX version
only, and process/print it at a later date, that date will show
up on the new version.
 
Printing the File
 
In the prefix area of the DVI file, type
 
           Printtex
 
and hit return.
 
This will result in the document being printed on the 8790 machine in the
basement in duplex.
 
If you wish to get it faster, give the command
 
           Printtex / (dest grc105
 
which will convert it to Postscript and print it out one-sided on the
2700 machine in the main computer room of GRC.
 
The only caution on the second method is that any Postscript file
takes up a lot of space.  If your A disk is close to capacity, you may
go over with the new file and abort the process (this is not very likely,
however).
 
Wendy Plotkin
July 27, 1993