----------------------------- THE REVMEXAA(SC) LATEX MACROS ----------------------------- Version: 3.24 (14 Sep 2007) Author: William Henney (w.henney@astrosmo.unam.mx) Latest version available from: http://www.astrosmo.unam.mx/rmaa USAGE ----- There are three different types of conference contribution that can be typeset with this package. Each has an associated example LaTeX document, which should serve both as documentation and as a template for your own contribution. If you are unsure which sort of contribution you should be writing or how many pages you are allowed, please check with the organizers of your particular conference. 1. rm-extenso.tex - Full "in extenso" paper. Usually used for oral presentations. 2. rm-onepage.tex - Single-page, compact paper. Usually used for poster presentations. 3. rm-shortabstract.tex - Abstract only. Usually used when there are too many presentations for them all to be published "in extenso", or when the authors do not wish to write up a longer paper. Further details on the use of the macros are given in the "Guide for Authors", rmsc_authorguide.pdf VERSION 3.24 RELEASE NOTES -------------------------- The main change in this release is a reorganization to give separate packages for the Conference Series (rmsc3.24.tar.gz or rmsc3.24.zip) and the main journal (rmaa3.24.tar.gz or rmaa3.24.zip). A maximum of six keywords is now enforced. Exceeding this limit gives a LaTeX compilation error. There is also experimental support for BibTeX (see rmsc_authorguide.pdf). DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION ------------------------- The latest version of the macros can always be obtained from |http://www.astrosmo.unam.mx/rmaa|. There are three different packages, each designed for a different audience: authors of main journal papers (e.g., |rmaa3.24.tar.gz|), authors of contributions to conference proceedings (e.g., |rmsc3.24.tar.gz|), and editors of the main journal or conference proceedings (e.g., |rmaa_editor3.24.tar.gz|). Please make sure you have the right package. All packages are also provided in |.zip| format, chiefly for the convenience of MS Windows users. Once you have downloaded the relevant package archive file, move it to the directory (folder) where you wish to work and unpack the archive. The procedure to do this may vary between systems. From the command line on Unix, Linux, or Mac OS X, you can use something like |tar -zxf rmsc3.24.tar.gz|. To test that everything is working, you should compile the relevant example document: |rm-extenso.tex|, |rm-onepage.tex|, or |rm-shortabstract.tex|. You will need to invoke |latex| twice to get the cross references right. The procedure to view and print the document will vary between systems. On Unix, Linux, or Mac OS X, you can use |latex} and |dvips| to generate a postscript file (which can be converted to PDF via |ps2pdf|), or alternatively you can use |pdflatex| to generate a PDF file directly. Note that in the first case, any included graphics must be in EPS format, while in the second case, they must be in PDF, PNG, or JPG format. It is recommended that you omit the file extension from the filenames in the |\includegraphics| command, so that both |latex| and |pdflatex| can automatically find the correct figure file. Assuming that the example document compiled and printed correctly, you can now start writing your own paper, using the example document as a template. FILE MANIFEST for rmscN.MM.tar: ------------------------------- README.rmsc this file rmaa.cls LaTeX class file for typesetting RMAA articles rm-extenso.tex Example proceedings paper and tutorial rm-onepage.tex Example poster paper rm-shortabstract.tex Example short abstract rmsc_authorguide.pdf Guide for Conference Authors example-fig.eps Example figure example-badfig.eps Example of how not to do a figure example-fig.pdf Example figure example-badfig.pdf Example of how not to do a figure rmaa.bst Bibtex style file (experimental) GPL License for free re-distribution of macros