Fall 2008
- Mon, Sep 8, 4pm, Math 101, Remote Connection, SSH, and VNC, by Joe McMahon
- Mon, Sep 15, 4pm, Math 102, An introduction to LaTeX and Beamer, by Kevin LaTourette
- Mon, Oct 13, 4pm, Math 101, Paradigm Shifts in Science Based Simulations, by Mac Hyman
For more details, and talks in past semesters, consult the
full schedule of talks.
Tentative talks:
- Math on a MAC
- How to deal with e-mail spam
- Scripting with Bash
- Power Point presentation using LaTeX
- GNU/Linux text editors
Interested in speaking?
Past topics can (and should) be repeated
occasionally. In addition,
here are some topics people might like to hear about:
- Femlab (PDE modeling environment)
- GAP (computer algebra software)
- Getting started with Maple (or Matlab, or Mathematica, ...)
- How to do math on a Mac
- How to filter e-mail spam
- HTML vs. XHTML (the new HTML standard)
- Octave (free Matlab-like system)
- PDAs (handheld personal digital assistants and much more)
- PHP (server-side webpage scripting)
- R (free statistics system)
- Remote access (SSH, VNC, dial-up, ...)
- Scientific WorkPlace (graphical front end to TeX)
- Setting up a dual boot system (DOS/Linux)
- TeX / LaTeX topics
- Using scanners efficiently
- Using the WINEDT editor (a front end to TeX, HTML)
- XML (extensible markup language)
- [your favorite topic here]
To give a talk, please contact
swig@math.arizona.edu.
How to use the man and info commands
Robert Lakatos • 2006
Command-specific help
Our Linux systems have built-in help for just about every command.
Some commands themselves provide help information. Try typing
the command all by itself, or appending -h or --help
or --usage.
(For example, dvips by itself tells you some information,
and dvips --help tells you even more information.)
In addition, there are the man and info help facilities.
The man facility
All commands have some kind of online documentation. You can access
this using the man command
- Open a new terminal window. Type the words man ls
.
- You can now view important information on the ls
command.
- You can scroll down the pages by pressing the spacebar or by using the up
and down arrow keys.
- For help, press H
- To quit, press Q
- To search for a menu item, press M
To do: include missing figures.
The info facility
Some commands are also documented inside the info
system. (The information here complements what is offered by the
man command.
- Open a new terminal window. Type the words info ls
.
- You can now view a manual with important information on the ls
command.
- You can scroll down the pages by pressing the spacebar or by
using the up and down arrow keys.
- For help, press H
- To quit, press Q
- To search for a menu item, press M
Robert Lakatos 2006
