[LON-CAPA-admin] Generating pdf file

[Peter Riegler]

Hi,

in principle the following sequence should generate yourfile.pdf:
latex yourfile.tex
dvips yourfile.dvi
ps2pdf13 yourfile.ps

loncapa printout.pl, however, uses a couple of further options to 
reflect the choices you have selected for printing, etc. Specifically:
dvips $papera -h $extra_ps_header -Ppdf -G0 yourfile
where $papera and $extra_ps_header are perl variables reflecting your 
settings. I recommend to consult
man dvips
for more information on the options for dvips.

Hope this helps,

Peter


On 01.10.2010 15:20, hkng wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to make some small modifications to the tex file in prtspool dir.
> The file is generated by loncapa in the exam mode. What is the sequence
> of commands to generate the pdf file?
>
> Thanks,
> -hk

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