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Help file for DaTeX
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Version 3.10
© Vampire Products 1994
This product is FreeWare. You are free to copy it
providing all accompanying files are included and no
charge, other than to cover costs, is made.
0. Contents
-----------
1 What is DaTeX?
2 Starting DaTeX
3 Using DaTeX
3.1 The Control Window
3.1.1 Editing a TeX document
3.1.2 Viewing a DVI file
3.1.3 Printing the DVI file
3.1.4 Viewing the last log
3.1.5 Opening the directory viewer
3.1.6 Tidying the directory
3.1.7 Processing the document
3.2. The Choices window
3.2.1 The Save icon
3.2.2 The Apply icon
3.2.3 The Multi-task option
3.2.4 The Virtual option
3.2.5 Memory allocation
3.2.5.1 The sliding bar
3.2.5.2 The < and > arrows
3.2.5.3 The writable icon
3.2.6 The Auto Run option
3.2.7 The Auto Edit option
3.2.8 The Print to file option
3.2.9 The Printer menu icon
3.3 The Create as Window
3.3.1 Creating LaTeX documents
3.4 The Task Output Window
3.4.1 Pausing the task
3.4.2 Resuming the task
3.4.3 Killing the task
4 Printers
5 The DaTeX$Options system variable
6 ArMaTuReS support
7 Problems
7.1 !Virtual
7.2 DVI converter names
7.3 Task input
8 Acknowledgements
9 Disclaimer
10 Contacting me
1. What is DaTeX?
-----------------
DaTeX is a WIMP front-end to the ArmTeX suite of
programs ported by Mark Sinke. It assumes that you
already have ArmTeX installed and set up how you
like it.
So why should you use DaTeX if TeX already exists?
The answer to this is that it allows you to do
things that running TeX from the command line does
not letyou do easily.
1 - View the DVI file automatically when finished
processing.
2 - Multi-task whilst processing a document.
3 - Process the DVI file and send it to the
printer
4 - Easy creation of new TeX documents with a set
of customizable default files.
5 - Automatic re-processing of LaTeX documents
with cross-references when necessary.
6 - Support for Virtual (See problems below)
7 - Support for ArMaTuReS
N.B. DaTeX is heavily biased towards using LaTeX
since that is the format I use most often.
2. Starting DaTeX
-----------------
To start DaTeX double click on the !DaTeX icon in
the directory viewer. The application will load and
appear on the right side of the icon bar.
You can use some of the available options without
having TeX "visible" to the system but it isn't all
that useful. I suggest that you add the line
Filer_Run <your apps directory path>.!DaTeX
to the TeXPaths file, inserting the appropriate
path name to automatically load DaTeX when using
TeX.
3. Using DaTeX
--------------
To inform DaTeX which file to process drag either
the directory containing the TeX file, or the TeX
file itself to the DaTeX icon on the icon bar.
Double-clicking on TeX or LaTeX files will also
achieve the same effect but only if DaTeX is running.
What happens next depends on the options you have
selected (see Choices window below).
One of four things will happen :-
1 - The document will be processed
2 - The document will be loaded into an editor
3 - Both of the above
4 - The Control window will appear
The default is for the Control window to appear.
To process the current document either use the
Control window, or click the Left mouse button on
the DaTeX icon.
To view the DVI file either use the Control
window or click the Right mouse button on the DaTeX
icon.
When using the DaTeX icon, if the TeX file has been
updated it is automatically re-processed before
viewing.
3.1 The Control Window
----------------------
This is the main DaTeX control area. The current
document is displayed in the box.
This window is opened when the Control menu option
is selected or if no Auto options are set.
There are a number of available options :-
1 - Edit the document
2 - View the document
3 - Print the document
4 - View the last log for the document
5 - Open a directory viewer containing the
document
6 - Remove all the non-essential files from the
document directory
7 - Process the document
3.1.1 Editing a TeX document
----------------------------
When the Edit Document icon is selected, or if
the Auto Edit option is set, DaTeX will attempt to
load the the TeX file into an editor. If an editor
is already loaded it will pass it to that editor,
if not the default editor is loaded and the TeX
file is passed to that.
3.1.2 Viewing a DVI file
------------------------
If a DVI viewer is already loaded, DaTeX will
pass that the DVI file, otherwise the default
viewer will be loaded and the file passed to it.
If the View Document icon was selected, the current
DVI file will be viewed, however if the DaTeX icon
was clicked with the Right mouse button a check
will first be made to see if the TeX file has been
altered since the DVI file was created. If it has
been then the TeX file will be re-processed and the
resulting DVI will be viewed.
3.1.3 Printing the DVI file
---------------------------
If the Print Document icon is selected then the
DVI file will be passed to the currently selected
DVI converter (See Printers below). The resulting
file will then be sent to the !Printers application,
unless the Print to file option has been set (see
Choices window below).
DaTeX does not check whether the correct printer
type has been activated, it relies on the !Printers
application to do any necessary checks.
3.1.4 Viewing the last log
--------------------------
Whenever TeX processed a document it stores a
log of the files included and any errors that occur.
Choosing the View Last Log icon will load this into
a editor for perusal should you wish to refer to
something, e.g. how you corrected an error.
3.1.5 Opening the directory viewer
----------------------------------
Selecting the Open Directory icon will open the
directory viewer which contains the current TeX
document.
3.1.6 Tidying the directory
---------------------------
Selecting the Tidy Directory icon will remove the
TeX information files such as 'aux','log','toc',
from the current TeX documents directory.
3.1.7 Processing the document
-----------------------------
The bottom line of icons determine how TeX should
process the document. Choosing the LaTeX icon
processes the file as a LaTeX document, choosing
the SliTeX icon processes it as a SliTeX document,
etc.
This determines how the document will be processed
when clicking on the DaTeX icon.
3.2 The Choices window
----------------------
This window allows you to configure how DaTeX
works. It is opened by selecting the Choices menu
option. If the window is closed without selecting
the Save or Apply icons then any changes made are
discarded.
3.2.1 The Save icon
-------------------
Selecting the Save icon will close the Choices
window, save the current options as the default
options on start up, and apply the changes for the
rest of the session.
3.2.2 The Apply icon
--------------------
Selecting the Apply icon will close the Choices
window and apply the changes made to the rest of
the session.
3.2.3 The Multi-task option
---------------------------
If the Multi-task option is set then when
processing a TeX document it will be run in a
TaskWindow, allowing you to continue using the
desktop while it is running. You do not have to
have a TaskWindow providing editor loaded to use
this facility.
If this option is not selected then when processing
a TeX document it takes over control from the
desktop and only returns it when the processing is
complete.
This is faster than running in a TaskWindow.
3.2.4 The Virtual option
------------------------
If the Virtual option is set then DaTeX will
attempt to use the !Virtual application to enable
larger documents to be processed. When set the
amount of memory allocated is in terms of Mb of
disc swap space rather than Kb of RAM.
If this option is set then all processing will be
multi-taskin