Some Tips

File Sharing

• Map Network Drives (Windows ←/→ Windows): In Windows XP, you can map a drive letter to any shared resource on a network. This makes it faster and easier to access the resource, either through the Windows XP user interface, or from a command prompt. Each mapped drive has an icon in My Computer, and a listing in the left pane of Windows Explorer (and in My Computer if you use the Folders view). Windows provides several methods for mapping a drive. See "HOW TO: Connect and Disconnect a Network Drive in Windows XP" for details.
• Samba (Unix/Linux ←/→ Windows): Samba runs on Unix/Linux platforms, but speaks to Windows clients like a native. It allows a Unix/Linux system to move into a Windows "Network Neighborhood" without causing a stir. Windows users can happily access file and print services without knowing or caring that those services are being offered by a Unix host.

Unix and Linux Commands

• scp: secure copy (remote file copy program). scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh(1). For example, in host unix.cs.tamu.edu, I want to copy a file "assignment1.c" to directory /home/usr/swang2/ in another account "swang2" in host compute.cs.tamu.edu, then I type "scp assignment1.c swang2@compute.cs.tamu.edu:/home/usr/swang2/.", and then it require to input password. You don't need ftp or sftp. For detailed information, try "man scp" in command line.
• awk: see AWK Language Programming
  • print out the column: ping -s www.sina.com.cn 56 60 | awk '{FS="[ ,.,=]"} {print $16}'
  • print every line that is longer than 80 characters: awk 'length($0) > 80' filename

Fonts and Icons

• If you want to install any fancy font, copy the corresponding .ttf file to "Control Panel → Fonts" in Windows XP. Restart any program where you want to use this font and you will enjoy the fancy font.
• Check coolarchive.com, simplythebest.net, fontface.com for free fonts or icons

Latex

• Latex Editor: TeXnicCenter is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing TeX/LaTeX-documents on Microsoft Windows platforms. It provides a lot of enhanced features like structure parsing, project management, syntax highlighting, etc.
• LaTeX reference card
• LaTex Primer
• Put 2 figures side-by-side:

  \begin{figure}[h]
  \begin{minipage}{6.1cm}
  \centering
  \epsfig{file=randomization.eps, scale=0.3}
  \caption{Randomization} \label{fig:randomization}
  \end{minipage}
  \begin{minipage}{6.1cm}
  \centering
  \epsfig{file=transformation.eps, scale=0.3}
  \caption{Transformation} \label{fig:transformation}
  \end{minipage}
  \end{figure}

• Subfigure:

  \usepackage{subfigure}

  \begin{figure}[htbp]
   \begin{center}
   \mbox{
   \subfigure[Honda]{\scalebox{0.4}{\input{prelude.pstex_t}}} \quad
   \subfigure[Nissan]{\scalebox{0.4}{\input{FairladyZ.pstex_t}}} 
   }
   \caption{I like these!}
   \label{fig:my_car}
   \end{center}
  \end{figure}

• Set single space in double space mode

\def\baselinestretch{2} or \doublespacing
\usepackage{setspace}
...
\begin{spacing}{1}
...
\end{spacing}

File Conversion

• Print Color .eps Files in Windows XP
1. Use "Add Printer Wizard" to add a printer driver "Lexmark Color 4079 plus PS";
2. Go to "Printers and Faxes" and right click "Lexmark Color 4079 plus PS" to set "Printing Preferences". Click "Advanced" and set "Document Options → PostScript Options" as "Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)";
3. Then you can use it to print any image from Powerpoint or Word to a .ps file;
4. Use GSview option "PS to EPS" to convert it to a .eps file.
• Print .doc Files in .pdf Format in Windows XP
1. Use "Lexmark Color 4079 plus PS". First you have to set "Document Options → PostScript Options" back to "Optimize for Speed";
2. Then you can use it to print any file from Powerpoint or Word to a .ps file;
3. Use GSview option "convert ... → pdfwrite" to convert it to a pdf file.
• Online Document Conversion in CMU
• Extract pdf pages (Page 1 - 3)
1. texexec --pdfselect --paper=letter --selection=1:3 --result=out.pdf in.pdf
• Merge ps files into a single file (ps or pdf)
  1. pswrite: gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=file_all.ps file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps
  2. pdfwrite: gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=file_all.pdf file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps

HTML

• HTML Unicode table: asciitable.com.
• Unicode charts
• Include a page inside another page: You can use SSI (Server Side Include). Please check "Apache Tutorial: Introduction to Server Side Includes".