General ⇒ How does he do this???

[bjorn victor]

Hi all,

I downloaded a file called LATEX for Complete Novices by Nicola L. C. Talbot.

(It can be found here: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/late ... ces_a4.pdf
Note that this will start a download!!)

All over the file there a colored words in the right margin to mark CODE, INPUT, OUTPUT, sometimes even with a nice limiting arrow. How does he do that???

I'm hoping someone can help me out with this...

Many thanks,

bjorn

[localghost]

I think she can explain best. Just take a look at the source code of this document. It is the first one in the LaTeX section on her personal web site [1]. Copy the relevant parts of the code and that's it.

[1] Dr. Nicola Talbot - LaTeX Related Information


Best regards
Thorsten

[bjorn victor]

I think she can explain best.

Oops... If she ever reads this: I apologize.

Thorsten: thank you!

Bjorn

[localghost]

[...] Oops... If she ever reads this: I apologize. [...]

The probability is quite high. She's a member of this board.

[bjorn victor]

Well, in that case I hope she does, because I will need her help...

1) the document class is called novices, so I guess she wrote it herself.
2) One of the things I'm looking for is called \begin{codeS}, but I cannot find any info on that commands in the preamble... I guess the info in the documentclass file?

Bjorn

[bjorn victor]

Hang on!! I found the .cls file! Looking into it now...

[bjorn victor]

no... I give up.

[localghost]

The codeS environment is defined in line 530 of the class file. Use the search function of your editor to find other relevant parts.

[nlct]

I think she can explain best.

Oops... If she ever reads this: I apologize.

Not to worry, it often happens.

Regards
Nicola Talbot