28aug10 How to use this directory with texWins. See Note [1]. Please note the difference between foo.txt and foo.tex. The former is a textfile readable by pcs. The latter is a LaTeX code file. See Note [2] LaTeX preambles: preamble.txt is what you paste into the left texWins window preamble.tex is what you submit (hit "Preview") to texWins preamble-annotated.txt says what each line means LaTeX examples: ex2.tex A complete .tex file with math but no pictures. ex2.pdf what LaTeX typesets the .tex into. ex2-annotated.tex with commentary at the bottom ex1picture.tex Be sure you upload optiverse-tiny.jpg to texWins before previewing this example on texWins. optiverse-tiny.jpg ex1picture.pdf what you should get back. texwins.png another picture you might try pasting into a shorter file Retrieved files from texWins: [Note 3.] texdoc.pdf the .pdf file displayed in the right window of texWins mywspace.txt just the body of the .tex file, without preambles mywspace.tex the entire .tex file for use in TeXShop, for instance. Notes: 1. Files in this directory are also useful for any LaTeX installation. 2. Every browser and desktop gui will open a .txt file to read it. Some web browsers and other common applications read text files only if they end in a .txt file extension. The text file to be processed by LaTeX needs the extension .tex. On math department macs, for instance, clicking on a .tex file will open it in TeXShop. To read such a file, copy it and change the extension to .txt. On pc's, use Wordpad set to .txt for editing such files ending in either .txt or .tex. 3. The name of the downloaded files are always the same. So copy and rename them before downloading more. The .txt file is useful for editing in Wordpad, for instance. The .tex file matches the file in the left window of texWins verbatim.