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Springer template problem
I have installed the Springer template for monograph svmono, following this article, using the command line interface in linux. But something strange happens. If I use latex, everything compiles fine, ...
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Issues when compiling TeX files with Vim and LaTeX-suite
I'm having problems compiling a TeX file with LaTeX-suite on Ubuntu.
In my .vimrc, I have the following lines :
filetype plugin on
set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*
filetype indent on
let ...
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Compiles to PDF but not DVI
I just installed TeX Live on Ubuntu 10.04 using the install-tl-unx.tar.gz package. However, when I tested the installation I noticed that it cannot compile to DVI but it can compile to PDF.
My ...
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Why does pdflatex produce bigger output files than latex+dvipdfm?
Consider this sample code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}
When I compile this with latex and then use dvipdfm, the output file is 7893 ...
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Is there any reason to compile to DVI rather than PDF these days?
I appreciate that in the past, latex was faster than pdflatex, but computer speeds being what they are nowadays, I can't see any difference in how quickly documents compile...
So, given that the end ...
