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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.7>
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<TeXmacs|1.0.7.12>
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<style|tmweb>
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<\body>
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<tmdoc-title|The GNU <TeXmacs> manual>
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<tmdoc-title|Frequently asked questions>
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<section*|Overview>
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<item>System Appearance and Behavior
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<\itemize-minus>
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<item><hlink|<TeXmacs> hangs when opening a document for a while and my
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disk is being filled with files|#sys-1>?
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<item><hlink|How can I see the <LaTeX> or <TeX> code corresponding to
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what I see on the screen|#sys-2>?
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<item><hlink|Why don't you use a common graphical user interface like
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GTK for your scrollbars, menus, and so on|#sys-3>?
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<item><hlink|Trying to start <TeXmacs> remotely over a ssh connection,
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I get an error, while <abbr|e.g.> xclock works without a
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problem|#sys-4>?
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<item><hlink|<TeXmacs> is unusually slow while editing|#sys-5>?
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</itemize-minus>
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<item>Windows/Cygwin specific
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<item>Windows and Cygwin specific
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<\itemize-minus>
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<item><hlink|What to do with Cygwin specific questions|#cygwin-1>?
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<item><hlink|How to associate .tm files with <TeXmacs>|#cygwin-2>?
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<item><hlink|How to get spell checking working|#cygwin-3>?
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<item><hlink|My Windows username contains spaces. Will this cause
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problems|#cygwin-4>?
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<item><hlink|What to do with Cygwin specific questions|#cygwin-1>?
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<item><hlink|How to associate .tm files with <TeXmacs> inside
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Cygwin|#cygwin-2>?
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<item><hlink|How to get spell checking working inside
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Cygwin|#cygwin-3>?
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</itemize-minus>
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<item>Usage
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<label|general-2>For what typical purposes do people use \ <TeXmacs>?
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<label|general-2>For what typical purposes do people use <TeXmacs>?
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</question>
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<\answer>
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\ <TeXmacs> can be used for
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<TeXmacs> can be used for
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<\itemize>
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<item>Books and Articles. They can be written fully within <TeXmacs>.
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software.
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<item>Webpages. For example the <TeXmacs> webpage is maintained as
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<TeXmacs> documents, which are exported to <name|HTML>.\
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<TeXmacs> documents, which are exported to <name|Html>.
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</itemize>
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</answer>
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</question>
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<\answer>
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<TeXmacs> can be easily installed on all major systems. There are
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<name|rpm> and Debian packages as well as binaries available for
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<name|Linux>. For Mac <name|OS X> there is a <name|Fink> package. For
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<name|MS Windows>, a <name|Cygwin> package is available.\
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Work is in progress to rewrite the graphical user interface of <TeXmacs>,
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so that it becomes more portable. Your
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<hlink|help|http://www.texmacs.org/Web/Contribute.html> might actually be
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very useful here.
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<TeXmacs> can be easily installed on all major systems, such as
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GNU/<name|Linux>, <name|MacOS> and <name|Windows>. There are <name|rpm>
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and Debian packages as well as binaries available for <name|Linux>. For
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Mac <name|OS X> there is a <name|Fink> package. For <name|MS Windows>, a
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<name|Cygwin> package is available.\
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<answer|A reasonably fast machine is recommended. Having said this, I
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(Andreas) am typing this on a Pentium III 450Mhz under Cygwin, and
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<TeXmacs> is still useable here, although not overly reactive. >
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<TeXmacs> is still useable here, although not overly reactive.>
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<\question>
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<label|general-5>I have already learned <TeX>/<LaTeX> and <name|Emacs>,
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<section*|System Appearance and Behavior>
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<\question>
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<label|sys-1><TeXmacs> hangs when opening a document for a while and my
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disk is being filled with files?
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</question>
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<answer|This behaviour is normal. <TeXmacs> calls <name|Metafont> in order
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to generate fonts which are not yet present. The first time you launch
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<TeXmacs>, many fonts may therefore have to be generated. In order to avoid
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this, you may download some <hlink|pregenerated
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fonts|http://www.texmacs.org/Download/Fonts.html>.>
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<\question>
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<label|sys-2>How can I see the <LaTeX> or <TeX> code corresponding to
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what I see on the screen?
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fully WYSIWYG. Conversion to <LaTeX> may only be useful, when transmitting
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an accepted paper to the publisher of a journal.>
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<\question>
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<label|sys-3>Why don't you use a common graphical user interface like GTK
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for your scrollbars, menus, and so on?
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</question>
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<\answer>
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When I (Joris) started to develop <TeXmacs> about four years ago, the
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common graphical user interfaces were not as good as nowadays. Moreover,
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I wanted the GUI to support some special features, like <TeX> fonts in
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the menus. Nevertheless, now that graphical user interfaces did become
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much better, I plan to switch to guile-gtk as soon as possible. Using
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Guile-gtk in combination with <TeXmacs> has three main advantages:
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<\enumerate>
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<item>One has full access to the GTK widget set, which includes menus,
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scrollable windows, file choosers, iconbars, etc.
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<item>Guile-gtk provides you with a very flexible and customizable way
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to use these widgets.
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<item>The incorporation of Guile-gtk in <TeXmacs> should be natural,
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since <TeXmacs> already supports the <name|Guile>/<name|Scheme>
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extension language.
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</enumerate>
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<label|sys-4>Trying to start <TeXmacs> remotely over a ssh connection, I
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get an error, while <abbr|e.g.> xclock works without a problem?
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<\answer>
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Graphics card drivers with poor 2D performance can slow <TeXmacs> down
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termendously.\
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tremendously.\
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If you are running TeXmacs under X on a system with an ATI graphics card
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and are using ATI's proprietary drivers (the driver called
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<verbatim|fglrx)>, you can achieve a significant speedup by\
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<verbatim|fglrx)>, you can achieve a significant speedup by
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<\itemize>
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<item><em|either> running an X server such as Xgl that performs 2D
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down even more, instead of speeding it up.
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</answer>
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<section*|Windows/Cygwin specific>
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<section*|Windows and Cygwin specific>
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<\question>
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<label|cygwin-4>My Windows username contains spaces. Will this cause
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problems?
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</question>
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<answer|It is strongly recommended to have a Windows username without
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spaces. Please make a new account, as simply changing the username could be
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insufficient.>
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<\question>
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<label|cygwin-1>What to do with Cygwin specific questions?
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<label|cygwin-2>How to associate .tm files with <TeXmacs>?
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<label|cygwin-2>How to associate .tm files with <TeXmacs> inside Cygwin?
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</question>
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<\answer>
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<label|cygwin-3>How to get spell checking working?
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<label|cygwin-3>How to get spell checking working inside Cygwin?
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</question>
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<\answer>
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</verbatim>
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</answer>
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<\question>
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<label|cygwin-4>My Windows username contains spaces. Will this cause
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problems?
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</question>
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<answer|It is strongly recommended to have a Windows username without
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spaces. Please make a new account, as simply changing the username could be
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insufficient.>
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<section*|Usage>
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<\question>
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<label|usage-4>How can I insert the number of pages?
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</question>
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<answer| Put a label on the last page of your document and use the
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<answer|Put a label on the last page of your document and use the
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<verbatim|pageref> primitive in order to produce the corresponding number.>
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<\question>
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</question>
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<\answer>
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Put your cursor right behind the image and press <key|backspace>. You
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will see the name of the image, followed by four other fields. The two
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fields after the name of the image are respectively its width and its
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height. You may for instance set the width to <verbatim|5cm> and the
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Put your cursor right behind the image and edit the fields in the lowest
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icon bar. You may for instance set the width to <verbatim|5cm> and the
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height to <verbatim|27mm>. When leaving the width open, it will
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automatically be determined as a function of the height (and vice versa).
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When leaving both fields open, the image will be reproduced at its
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<answer|This is because <TeXmacs> thinks, that the sentence ends after the
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dot in the abbreviation. To resolve this <em|a posteriori>, mark the
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abbreviation and press <shortcut|(make 'abbr)>. To care for this while
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writing: <shortcut|(make 'abbr)> <key|etc.> <key|[right]>.>
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writing: <shortcut|(make 'abbr)><key*|e t c . right>.>
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<\question>
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<label|typo-2>How to add unbreakable space?
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</question>
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<\answer>
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I recommand to convert the preamble to <TeXmacs> and to put the result in
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I recommend to convert the preamble to <TeXmacs> and to put the result in
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a <TeXmacs> style file. However, the result will probably be
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disappointing, because conversion between <TeX>/<LaTeX> and <TeXmacs> is
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not yet perfect and style files are particularly problematic. What you
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When you convert your book to <LaTeX>, you next use the editors style.
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Some layout will probably need to be redone at that stage, but this
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should actually be the work of the editor... Please look in the <TeXmacs>
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help for more information about convertions between <TeXmacs> and
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help for more information about conversions between <TeXmacs> and
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<LaTeX>.
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</answer>
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2002|Andreas Seidl|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2011|Andreas Seidl|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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