Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

[Skip Tavakkolian]

i think i finally dialled it. see the attach comparison.

the changes are:

i'm using p9article.cls, modified:

changed:

\ProvidesClass{article} -> \ProvidesClass{p9article}

removed "date" from the maketitle definition

the rest is in the .tex file:

\documentclass[11pt]{p9article}
\textheight 230mm
\textwidth 150mm
\topmargin -15mm
\oddsidemargin 0mm
\evensidemargin 0mm
\setlength\parindent{0pt}  % no indentation on any paragraph start
\setlength\parskip{0.25\baselineskip}           % paragraphs are close
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{0.8}           % lines are closer
together in auth.ps
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}    % should be similar font to auth.ps

% the following two commands bring \section and \subsection closer to the text
% you may have to add a line for \subsubsection if you have such
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@} {3pt} {1pt}
{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection {subsection}{1}{\z@} {3pt}
{1pt} {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\makeatother

% the title text needs to match auth.ps, so these changes are required
\begin{document}
\title{\Large\textbf{Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow}}
\author{\large
    \begin{tabular}{c}
    \textsl{Andrey Mirtchovski}\\
    \textsl{Unidentified Location}\\
    \texttt{andrey@nothere.bg}\\
    \end{tabular}
}

% no page numbers in title
\maketitle\thispagestyle{empty}
% in fact, no page numbers anywhere
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{abstract}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\setlength\parskip{0.25\baselineskip}
The mating habits of insects are quite different from those of large mammals.
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
....


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Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

[Skip Tavakkolian]

what i wanted to post in my last message was:

> i think i finally dialled it. see the attach comparison.

margins don't seem to match up (i used acme.ps). e.g. this matches
the the paper better.

\topmargin -15mm

will there be printed material? a4 or letter size?

Re: Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

[andrey mirtchovski]

i tried with -15 and the text is higher (on both plan9 and osx'
preview). please note that acme.ps is formatted differently than
auth.ps (auth.ps being the paper we were supposed to match): for
example there is paragraph indentation and the top and bottom margins
are larger than auth.ps.

to add further to the confusion, /sys/doc/auth.ps differs visually
from the one that was given as a benchmark (no numbering in the second
one, for example)

anrey

On 11/7/06, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote:
> what i wanted to post in my last message was:
>
> > i think i finally dialled it. see the attach comparison.
>
> margins don't seem to match up (i used acme.ps). e.g. this matches
> the the paper better.
>
> \topmargin -15mm
>
> will there be printed material? a4 or letter size?
>
>

Re: Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

[Skip Tavakkolian]

> i tried with -15 and the text is higher (on both plan9 and osx'
> preview)

ok, for you, -12 ("we're supposed to haggle")

actually, that matches it pretty close.

Re: Re: Re: [9fans] mimicking Plan 9 paper style with LaTeX?

[andrey mirtchovski]

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i think i finally dialled it. see the attach comparison.

the changes are:

i'm using p9article.cls, modified:

changed:

\ProvidesClass{article} -> \ProvidesClass{p9article}

removed "date" from the maketitle definition

the rest is in the .tex file:

\documentclass[11pt]{p9article}
\textheight 230mm
\textwidth 150mm
\topmargin +5mm
\oddsidemargin 0mm
\evensidemargin 0mm
\setlength\parindent{0pt}  % no indentation on any paragraph start
\setlength\parskip{0.25\baselineskip}           % paragraphs are close
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{0.8}           % lines are closer
together in auth.ps
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}    % should be similar font to auth.ps

% the following two commands bring \section and \subsection closer to the text
% you may have to add a line for \subsubsection if you have such
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@} {3pt} {1pt}
{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection {subsection}{1}{\z@} {3pt}
{1pt} {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\makeatother

% the title text needs to match auth.ps, so these changes are required
\begin{document}
\title{\Large\textbf{Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow}}
\author{\large
    \begin{tabular}{c}
    \textsl{Andrey Mirtchovski}\\
    \textsl{Unidentified Location}\\
    \texttt{andrey@nothere.bg}\\
    \end{tabular}
}

% no page numbers in title
\maketitle\thispagestyle{empty}
% in fact, no page numbers anywhere
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{abstract}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\setlength\parskip{0.25\baselineskip}
The mating habits of insects are quite different from those of large mammals.
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
....

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