<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="writer4latex-applications" indexer="include"> <title xml-lang="en-US">Applications</title> <filename>org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt/applications.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationDialog" id="bm_configurationdialog"/> <paragraph role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US">Configuration of applications</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Before you can use Writer4LaTeX you must configure it to use your LaTeX distribution as well as viewers for the different output formats.</paragraph> <section id="howtoget" xml-lang="en-US"> Select <emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Writer4LaTeX - Applications</emph> </section> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationAutoButton" id="bm_configurationautobutton"/> <paragraph role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Automatic Configuration</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If you click this button, Writer4LaTeX will try to locate the external programs and configure them. You will be presented with a short report of the results. Any applications that Writer4LaTeX cannot find for you must be configured manually.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationAutoButton" visibility="hidden">Click here to let Writer4LaTeX configure your external applications automatically</ahelp></paragraph> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationApplication" id="bm_configurationapplication"/> <paragraph role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Application</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Select the external application you wish to configure in the list.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The available applications are:</paragraph> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">PdfLaTeX: The pdflatex executable (used if you select PDF as your backend format)</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">LaTeX: The latex executable (used for other backend formats)</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Dvips: The DVI to PostScript converter dvips (used if you select PostScript as your backend format)</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">BibTeX: The bibtex executable (used if your document contains a bibliography)</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">MakeIndex: The makeindex executable (used if your document contains an alphabetical index)</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">DVI Viewer: Application to view DVI files</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">PDF Viewer: Application to view PDF files</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">PostScript Viewer: Application to view PostScript files</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationApplication" visibility="hidden">Select the external application you wish to configure here</ahelp></paragraph> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationExecutable" id="bm_configurationexecutable"/> <paragraph role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Executable</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Type the full path to the executable or click <emph>Browse</emph> to find the executable in your file system</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationExecutable" visibility="hidden">Type the full path to the executable here or find it using the Browse button</ahelp></paragraph> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationOptions" id="bm_configurationoptions"/> <paragraph role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Options</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Fill out any additional options here. Often you will only need the file name, which is denoted <emph>%s</emph>.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt:ConfigurationOptions" visibility="hidden">Fill out any additional options here, using %s to represent the file name</ahelp></paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>