XLATEX(1) Xlatex Version 3.3c XLATEX(1)
august 24, 1994
SYNTAX
xlatex [Toolkit args] [control args] [document]
DESCRIPTION
Xlatex has been designed to simplify the use of text processing tools
relatives to TeX or LaTeX. It's a main board with command buttons to
initiate the work, changeable fields representing the working
environment and a scrollable input/output window receiving diagnostic
messages. Xlatex is NOT a new previewer nor a wysiwyg package: it's
just a fast and practice commands sequencer.
ARGUMENTS
document
absolute or relative path to the LaTeX document. The .tex suffix
may or may not be specified. By default document.tex is assumed.
CONTROL ARGUMENT
-gfont font
Generic font for the various fonts used in the design of xlatex.
See font resources below.
DEFAULT XLATEX WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Most of these defaults may be overriden by resources specification.
directory current working directory
document document.tex
text processor latex
previewer xdvi
driver dvips
drawing tool xfig
printer command lpr
printer station defined in the PRINTER environment variable
text editor defined in the EDITOR environment variable
THE XLATEX WINDOW
The xlatex window is divided in three parts:
- command buttons
- fields defining the working environment
- scrollable input/output window
command buttons
PROCESS submit the document to the text processor
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DRAW call a drawing tool
VIEW call the previewer
POSTSCRIPT
generate a PostScript document
PRINT popup a form which allow you to specify the printing command
and its optional arguments, the printer, the pages range and
the number of copies. By clicking in the OK button, the
dvips command is executed in pipe with the printer command.
STATUS show the printer queue.
EDIT invoke the text editor with the current document. If the
editeurAvecXterm resource has a true value, the editor is
invoked inside an xterm session.
QUIT quit the application.
fields defining the working environment
These fields can be modified at any time.
directory current working directory
document current document (the .tex doesn't appear)
previewer current previewer. Cliking inside popups a menu showing
a list of dvi previewers (see visionneurs resource) and
next a list of PostScript previewers (see visionneursPS
resource).
text processor
current text processor
drawing tool
current drawing tool.
editor current text editor.
scrolled input/output window
This window receives all the messages produced by the execution of
commands submited like latex and so on. You can type messages which
are send to the current executing command.
Note that the ^C and ^D sequences send the SIGINT and SIGTERM
respectively to the last submited text processor.
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NOTES
Commands linked with buttons are executed by execv (3) or execl (3).
Therefore, these commands can't be shell scripts.
ACCELERATORS
Available everywhere in the xlatex window, accelerators have the same
effect as command buttons. Here are the relationships between
accelerators and the command buttons:
Meta-t PROCESS (TeX)
Meta-f FIG
Meta-p PRINT
Meta-d DVIPS
Meta-v VIEW
Meta-s STATUS
Meta-e EDIT
Meta-q QUIT
RESSOURCES
Resources may figure in your X-defaults resources file, Xlatex is the
application name.
repertoireInitial
initial directory. If not specified, it's the current
working directory. It may be usefull to specify this
resource if you always invoke xlatex from a menu.
faconneur text processor (latex by default)
visionneurs
list of device-independent previewers (separated by a space
or comma). A default previewer can be set by preceding its
name by a wildcard character (*).
visionneursPS
list of PostScript previewers (separated by a space or
comma). A default previewer can be set by preceding its name
by a wildcard character (*).
editeur text editor (issued by default from the EDITOR environment
variable)
pilote PostScript driver command (dvips) by default)
impression
Postscript printer command piped with dvips (lpr by default)
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dessin drawing command (default xfig)
editeurAvecXterm
If True (the default), the text editor session will be
invoked under an xterm session (gnu-emacs doesn't require
this).
RESSOURCES EXAMPLES
Xlatex.visionneurs:*xdvi, texx
Xlatex.visionneursPS:ghostview, gs
bitmap standard resources can be applied to command buttons :
Xlatex*faconner.bitmap: xlatex.faconner
Xlatex*visionner.bitmap: xlatex.visionner
Xlatex*dessiner.bitmap: xlatex.dessiner
Xlatex*imprimer.bitmap: xlatex.imprimer
Xlatex*editer.bitmap: xlatex.editer
Xlatex*statut.bitmap: xlatex.statut
Xlatex*quitter.bitmap: xlatex.quitter
WIDGETS TREE
p.sp 0 Xlatex xlatex
Form form
Command editer
Command dessiner
Command faconner
Command visionner
Command postscript
Command imprimer
Command statut
Command quitter
Label repertoireLab
Text repertoire
Label dessinLab
Text dessin
Label documentLab
Text document
Label visionneursLab
MenuButton visionneurs
SimpleMenu menuVisionneurs
SmeBSB xdvi
SmeBSB texx
SmeLine separateur
SmeBSB ghostview
SmeBSB gs
Label faconneurLab
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Text faconneur
Label editeurLab
Text editeur
Label piloteLab
Text pilote
Text interaction
TransientShell popup
Form form
Label impressionLab
Text impression
Label imprimanteLab
Text imprimante
Toggle toutesTog
Label toutesLab
Toggle deTog
Label deLab
Text de
Label aLab
Text a
Command ok
Command annuler
Label copiesLab
Text copies
FILES
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xlatex
~/.Xdefaults
BUGS
When Xlatex exits, it sends SIGTERM signal to the process group of
which it's the leader. However if some of these process create a new
process group or session, this signal will be ineffective.
AUTHOR
Mario Dragone
IUP Vannes (France)
Send bugs and comments to:
dragone@iu-vannes.fr
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