[YLUG] LaTeX/GIMP presentation

[Zoe Stephenson]

Hi,
  In advance of the GIMP presentation, attendees wanting to bring
laptops to follow along should:

Install GIMP 
Install a TeX distribution - tetex is available on ubuntu dapper and
  should work for the template, but TeXLive is preferred
Verify that the attached LaTeX file will build with this command:

  latex ylugtemplate

Bring the laptop along to P/L001 at 7pm, along with a mouse to draw
with, and hopefully we'll get through the demo in around 40 minutes.

-- 
 -- zoe
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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
% This is a card template for a simple greeting card.  You fold the paper
% half and half again to get the card shape.  It lets you put material on
% all parts of the card.
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{vmargin}
\newlength{\border}\setlength{\border}{8mm}
\setmarginsrb{\border}{\border}{\border}{\border}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
%% Multiple fonts and font switches throughout the document need some
%% pretty robust knowledge.  We're using a simple hack to replace one
%% of the standard font shapes with another.
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pzc}
\newcommand{\chancery}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
%% We'd like to be able to calculate everything based on the current
%% text height and border width, but LaTeX throws a few barriers in
%% the way and it wouldn't be much fun.  So here's the calculation:
%%
%% whole page:
%% width: 210mm - 2*8mm -> 194mm
%% height: 297mm - 2*8mm -> 281mm
%% panels:
%% width: 210mm/2 - 2*8mm -> 105-16 -> 89mm
%% height: 297mm/2 - 2*8mm -> 148.5-16 -> 132.5mm
%% offsets into page:
%% x: 105mm
%% y: 148.5mm
%% except that because of the rotation, the y value is actually
%% y': 281mm being the height of the page minus the two borders
\setlength{\unitlength}{1mm}
%
% Four saveboxes are used, one for each panel
%
\newsavebox{\frontbox}
\newsavebox{\insideleftbox}
\newsavebox{\insiderightbox}
\newsavebox{\backbox}
%
% Paragraph layout will be under fine control, so no extra space
%
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}%
%
% Set up the front of the card
%
\begin{lrbox}{\frontbox}%
\begin{picture}(89,132.5)%
\put(0,0){%
\framebox(89,132.5){Front}%
}
\end{picture}%
\end{lrbox}%
%
% The next panel is the inside left, usually blank
%
\begin{lrbox}{\insideleftbox}%
\begin{picture}(89,132.5)%
\put(0,0){%
\framebox(89,132.5){Inside Left}%
}
\end{picture}%
\end{lrbox}%
%
% Inside right is where the greeting usually goes
%
\begin{lrbox}{\insiderightbox}%
\begin{picture}(89,132.5)%
\put(0,0){%
\framebox(89,132.5){Inside Right}%
}
\end{picture}%
\end{lrbox}%
%
% The back can be used for copyright details or whatever
%
\begin{lrbox}{\backbox}%
\begin{picture}(89,132.5)%
\put(0,0){%
\framebox(89,132.5){Back}%
}
\end{picture}%
\end{lrbox}%
%
% Finally, we put the panels into a whole page
%
\begin{picture}(194,281)%
\put(0,0){\usebox{\insideleftbox}}%
\put(105,0){\usebox{\insiderightbox}}%
\put(0,281){\rotatebox{180}{\usebox{\frontbox}}}%
\put(105,281){\rotatebox{180}{\usebox{\backbox}}}%
\end{picture}%
\end{document}