Xtem (Version 8.26)

Documentation Running xtem

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Xtem is an X11 program that makes it easy to use TeX (incl. editing, previewing, printer selection, printing, spell checking etc.) with a minimum of unix knowledge and no knowledge of the specific installation.

Xtem provides for a simple and comfortable graphical user interface (GUI) to control the following T_EX and L^AT_EX facilities:

• file and directory selection, directory creation
• editor (xemacs, nedit, vi, emacs, ...) including additional windows for the L^AT_EX-syntax (using hypertext) and examples
• T_EX, L^AT_EX, ...
• previewer (xdvi, gv, ...)
• printing (including comfortable printer selection, ...)
• syntax and spelling check
• makeindex
• bibtex
• Online help is available for all the buttons and windows by simple mouse click.
• English or German language by choice, other languages may easily be adapted.

Syntax help to the L^AT_EX commands (including complete examples) are presented during editing. The user may easily select and save his preferences (such as editor, previewer etc.).

Documentation

• Online Help
• Man Pages: xtem(1)
• PDF files: in directory /net/appls/doc/xtem/:
  xtem_texmenu_eng.pdf (english) or
  xtem_texmenu_ger.pdf (german).
• Xtem Home

Running xtem

To start xtem type

% xtem [-l <language>] [<filename[.tex]>]

at the shell prompt. (This assumes that /net/appls/bin is in your search-path). The <language> entry can be:

german | deutsch
english (default!).