TECHNOLOGY HELP

Using Linux

• Linux Tutorial from Czech Technical University (Section 9 is most useful)
• DOS to Linux
• Just type man command_name at a Linux/UNIX prompt.
• Good file editors:
  • emacs: Type man emacs to learn about this.
  • vim: Type man vim to learn about this.
  • pico: Type man pico to learn about this.

Making Webpages

• HTML Tutorial from Case Western
• HTML Tutorial from University of Toronto
• HTML Tag Summary from Case Western

Desktop Publishing with Latex

• About Latex
• Latex Tutorial from Cornell
• Latex Help
• Latex to PDF on a Unix (or Unix-like) machine (Method using pdflatex recommended)

C++

• A link to cplusplus.com.
• An online tutorial from cplusplus.com.
• An excellent book by Deitel and Deitel.

Matlab

• To run Matlab with its own GUI (pretty but slow), just type: matlab .
• To run Matlab without a GUI (fast), type: matlab -nojvm.
• Here are some great tutorials:
  • A tutorial from UNH.
  • A tutorial from The University of Utah.
  • A tutorial from The University of Florida.
  • A tutorial from The University of Michigan.
• Sometimes, you'll need a Unix style shell script to execute a Matlab script (program) non-interactively (i.e. the user does not have to intervene). Here is an example named hi.sh that runs the Matlab script hi.m non-interactively.

Maple

• To run Maple with its own GUI, type: xmaple. Even though the GUI version is slower than the non-GUI version, it's CPU-effort well spent since the various mathematical symbols are much easier to read in the GUI version.
• To run Maple without a GUI (use this if you are connecting remotely from a non Linux/Unix machine), type: maple.
• For a great tutorial, open Maple in the GUI mode, and click on Help.

Grace

• To run, type: xmgrace.
• For the manual, look at Grace Home. It includes a good tutorial.