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Getting Started
Getting Help
Obtaining an Account on The Math Department's UNIX Computers
The Math Department's Servers
Locating a Terminal to Use
Connecting to The Math Department Computers from an ASCII Terminal
Logging In to a Sun Workstation
Logging Out
Introduction to UNIX
UNIX Conventions
Changing Your Password
The Concept of Files and Directories
Information about Files and Directories
File Permissions
Changing Permissions on Files and Directories
File Types
Creating Files and Directories
Renaming, Duplicating and Deleting Files and Directories
Viewing the Contents of Files on the Screen
Printing Files
On-line Help
Troubleshooting
Text Editing - The Basics of Emacs
How Emacs Treats Files
Getting Started
Editing Commands
Moving the Cursor
Deleting Text
Exiting Emacs
Troubleshooting
Getting Help
Electronic Mail - Elm, Pine, RMAIL
Mail Addresses
Math Department Mail Addresses
Mail Addresses on Campus
Mail Addresses off Campus
The Internet
Brief Introduction to Elm
Brief Introduction to Pine
Using RMAIL to Send a Message
Mailing Lists in the Math Department
Text Processing - Getting Started with LaTeX and runtex
Introduction to LaTeX
Typing Text and Formatting the Information
Using Runtex to Process a TeX File
Using Runtex to Preview a Document
Using runtex to Print a Document
Changing the Printing Defaults
Using Runtex with LaTeX AMSTeX AMSLaTeX BIBTeX etc.
Getting Started with Mathematica
How to Access Mathematica
Learning Mathematica
The World-Wide Web
What is Hypertext, Hypermedia, and HTML?
How to View a Document on the Web
Using Netscape
Specifying the URL
URL's to Explore
Weaving Your Own Web
References
About this document ...
Appendix B
Tim Kohl
September 2004
Mathematics and Statistics
Boston University