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From: Luis Cruz-Cruz <ccruz@bu.edu>
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Subject: Latex/Tex in the Linux
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:30:57 -0400
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Hi,

Since several people have asked me how to avoid the "shifting" of their
printouts after latex/tex on the Linux machines, I would like to summarize the
procedure below.

So, FYI:

1. Compile a latex/tex file:
	# latex file.tex
2. Examine on the screen (dont print, save paper) the outcome with: 
	# xdvi file.dvi
3. Convert to postscript by:
	# dvips file.dvi -t letter -o file.ps
4. If you want to convert to postscript only a range of pages (e.g. from page 3
    to page 7):
 	# dvips -p3 -l7 file.dvi -t letter -o file.ps
5. Examine (again) on the screen (dont print, save paper) with:
	# ghostview file.ps
6. Finally print:
	# lpr -h -Php4a file.ps

Use "lpr -h -s -Php4a file.ps" if the file is too big for the printer.

- Luis

p.s. if you have any style files that could be used by everyone, please let me
know and I'll put them in a public place.

p.p.s. there is a nice spell checker called "ispell" that does in-line
substitutions and can use in addition any given dictionary of words.