Latex README

Latex is a ruby library and contains LaTeX text generation support for Ruby.
Its main class LatexFile contains:
- support for the subfigure environment => LatexFile.figures
- complex tables with nested headers and subheaders => LatexFile.table
- the method LatexFile.puts indents the given lines according to begin...end
  blocks.

The directory examples/ contains a demonstration of the table generating
features.

Requirements

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* Ruby 1.8

Install

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De-compress archive and enter its top directory.
Then type:

 ($ su)
  # ruby setup.rb

This simple step installs this program under the default
location of Ruby libraries.  You can also install files into
your favorite directory by supplying setup.rb some options.
Try "ruby setup.rb --help".

Alternatively you can use the remote installer RubyGems
[http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/] for installation.  Having RubyGems installed
on your system, just type:

 ($ su)
 # gem install latex --remote

Usage

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In order to get an overview of the features you can generate
the RDoc documentation and have a look at the examples/ directory.

License

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Ruby License

Christian Bang, cbang AT web.de