CSE 1402 Prac Handout Template
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1. CSE 1402 Practical Session 7 Preparation A Product User Manual in ETEX School of Computer Science amp Software Engineering Monash University Clayton 3800 Australia September 3 2003 Student Handout Abstract Prac Session Objectives The student will further consolidate experience gained with using a IATEX template learn several new commands and will produce a user manual for a software tool developed for viewing nroff format files e Using and Compiling ATEX markup e Generating TEX PostScript and PDF output e Generating ATEX HTML output e Producing a structured ATEX document School of Computer Science amp Software Engineering 1 Reading Material No Marks 2 1 Reading Material No Marks If you did not do so for the previous three pracs download a copy of Tobias Oetiker s excellent ATEX tutorial which is posted at http www tug org begin html tutorials Please revise Chapter 1 through to Chapter 2 as you will find this useful for this practical session and also helpful for coming lectures Please read through the skeleton file template tex and look up the ATEX markup commands used in this file within the ATEX tutorial document and your lecture notes especially list environments 2 Preparation Tasks 0 5 Mark This practical session will involve further use of ATEX but also incorporates some further practice in the use of vi and RCS Assume the software tool you wrote a specification for l2. ast week has been altered to view nroff instead You will now prepare a user manual for nroff format file viewer Assume the tool has all of the relevant features which you defined in the specification you prepared in the preceding Prac This practical session demonstrates the importance of carefully writing specifications in practice you will need to use them in the production of other documents A feature you will incorporate into the viewer is the ability to view the formatted compiled nroff as well as the nroff source The viewer should include the ability to highlight nroff commands in different colours The viewer will support the following highlight colours e All layout markup commands in shades of green e All document content in black e Background in white You can assume the readers of the manual are novices and may not understand what nroff format files are used for and do not understand nroff syntax This needs to be explained briefly Make sure that the descriptions are simple and concise and do not confuse the reader assume the reader is a Year 11 student 1 Using gvim or vi produce a 1 400 word user manual for a viewer which can display nroff format files School of Computer Science amp Software Engineering 3 Lab Work Tasks 3 2 The body of the manual will describe the operating modes and features of the viewing tool The skeleton file for this document does not reflect the required structure of t
3. he document but contains some hints 3 This document will be the basis of your assessed work in the Lab Work therefore it is essential that you do this work thoroughly 4 Students with ATEX installed on their home systems are encouraged to attempt a compile under WinShe11 3 Lab Work Tasks 1 The Lab Work Tasks for Prac 7 will rely on the practice and notes you produce working through the Preparation Tasks Therefore the more effort you put into the preparation the better the grade you can produce in the Lab Work Tasks 2 Details of the Lab Work Tasks will be made available before the Prac in electronic form 3 Please show your tutor the work you did to complete the Preparation Tasks School of Computer Science amp Software Engineering 4 Revision Status 4 Revision Status Id Prac 7 Prep tex v 1 2 2003 09 03 01 43 02 carlo Exp carlo Log Prac 7 Prep tex v Revision 1 2 2003 09 03 01 43 02 carlo Revised layout and content School of Computer Science amp Software Engineering
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