Blake Hannaford, University of Washington

Personal Collection of useful scripts and templates

These scripts are offered to the community for any non-commercial use.

Latex:

• Templates.tex. A file of latex hints and templates which should ease the initial latex learning curve.
• nsfpdf Shell script which creates high quality pdf files suitable for nsf fastlane.
• halfpage and qtrpage scripts which optimize the size of jpeg image files and converts them to .eps format for 1/2 or 1/4 page figures in latex. (may still need to adjust scalebox or width params). The resulting eps files are fairly small and fast without loosing visible image quality. Notes: may not be suitable for line-art images. Requires 'convert' package.
• sectex. Perl script which inserts comments into your latex source indicating figure and section numbers by each figure and section. If you change the document, you can run sectex again and comments will be changed.
• cleantex. Shell script which cleans up all the derf that latex leaves in your directories.
• coursetex. Coursetex is a perl based macro processor for latex files. It allows you to maintain multiple versions of the same document in a sigle file. For example, you can create lecture notes, slides, and course handouts, in a single document. Unlike other macro processors, coursetex has very small and simple commands.

Misc.

• deword. A small wrapper script for "antiword" (by Adri van Os) to allow Kmail to display MS-Word attachments with just one click of the mouse.