CSCI 3190 (Directed Study (Unix Power Tools)), Spring 2004:
Homework 6

Assigned:

March 30, 2004.

Due:

April 5, 2004, at 5pm.

Credit:

10 points.

Reading

Read about the following topics, either by skimming the mentioned online references or in another book or reference.

1. Basics of LaTeX. Covered in chapters 1, 2, and 6. The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e. You can skip section 2.5.

   If you think you may want to do more with LaTeX, this document is a good introduction to other features. Chapter 4 discusses using pdflatex and pdfscreen to create PDF documents and PowerPoint-like presentations. There are other approaches to doing both of these things; ask me if you are interested.

Programming Problems

Do the following almost-a-programming problem. Turn in the requested files by sending mail to to bmassing@cs.trinity.edu, with each of your files as an attachment. Please use a subject line such as ``homework 6'' or ``hw6''. You can do this assignment on any system that provides the needed functionality, but I will check it (by ``compiling'' your .tex source) on one of the department's RedHat 9 Linux machines, so you should probably make sure everything works in that environment before turning it in.

1. (10 points) Create a LaTeX document with the following:
   • Required: A title/author/date header with your name, the date you finish the assignment, and a title of your choice.

   • Required: A section called ``List Examples'' containing two lists (bulleted or numbered): a list of (some) things you learned from the reading and think you might find useful, and a list of (some) things you would like to be able to do in a document and don't (yet) know how to do with LaTeX.

   • Required: A section called ``Table Examples'' containing a table showing your schedule for this semester. Use the tabular environment; optionally, make the table a floating table.

   • Required: A section called ``Cross-Referencing Examples'' in which you use \ref commands to reference the above sections. (E.g., you want to end up with something such as ``My table example is in section X'', where X is whatever section it's in.)

   • Required: A section called ``Examples of Other Things'' containing at least one example of a mathematical formula, a graphical figure, or some other LaTeX feature you find interesting. You should be able to read about these in the ``not so short introduction'' document.

   • Optional: Anything else you think is interesting -- a table of contents, a list of figures, a bibliography, etc., etc. I will give extra points for anything that seems to go well beyond the minimum requirements.

   Turn in (by e-mail) (1) your .tex source and any other files needed to recreate your document (EPS figures, e.g.), and (2)  formatted output (PostScript or PDF).

   Hints: I recommend using the article style. You are welcome to cut and paste text from the sampler document linked from the sample programs page. This document also contains instructions for compiling, viewing, and printing LaTeX documents.