CSE Computing Facilities

Index:

• Computing @ UB CSE
• Unix
• Emacs
• Vi
• LaTeX

1. Computing @ UB CSE:

   1. Kevin Cleary's Grad Student Orientation Presentation

   2. CSE IT Service Catalog
      • Despite its somewhat cryptic name, this is a useful local site provided by CSE Consulting, containing information on:
        • Help and Support
        • Accounts
        • Hardware Services
        • Software Services
        • Vendor Services

   3. CSE Web Development Support, including:

      1. How to Create Your CSE Home Page
      2. a template for CSE webpages
         • source file is at: /web/faculty/rapaport/501/Template.html

   4. Smith, Ken, "Home/Network Computing" [PDF]
      • Presentation to CSE 501, 5 Sep 2006

   5. Smith, Ken, "Introduction to CSE Facilities" [PDF]
      • Presentation to CSE 501, 5 Sep 2006

   6. How to Manage UBIT Email

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2. How do I use Unix?

   1. Smith, Ken (2010), "Introduction to UNIX" [PDF]
      • logging in
      • basic system architecture
      • getting help, intro to tcsh shell
      • basic Unix file maintenance, intro to emacs
      • I/O redirection
      • shell scripts

   2. CSE Solaris/UNIX Tutorial

   3. Stonebank, M. (2001), "UNIX Tutorial for Beginners"

   4. Bucknell University College of Engineering's "Sun/UNIX Documentation" website.
      • Although aimed primarily at the local environment at Bucknell, you'll find useful information on Unix at: "Using the [Unix] Command Line"

   5. Ray, Deborah S.; & Ray, Eric J. (2007), UNIX, 3rd Edition, (Visual QuickStart Guide) ( Peachpit Press) isbn 0321442458.

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3. How do I use Emacs/XEmacs?

   1. Prentice, Mike (2010), "Emacs for the Win: CSE 501 Technology Presentation"
      • [emacs .org file]
      • [plain .txt file]

   2. GNU Emacs Manual, 16th edition

   3. Ken Smith says: "Emacs has a built-in tutorial. If emacs starts up graphically, it's under the "Help" menu item. If emacs starts up in text mode, you can get to the tutorial by typing Control-h followed by 't' (emacs tells you exactly how to enter the tutorial if you start it up without providing a filename to edit and then read what it says on the screen)."

   4. Bucknell University College of Engineering's "Sun/UNIX Documentation" website.
      • Although aimed primarily at the local environment at Bucknell, you'll find useful information on emacs at: "The Emacs Editor"

   5. For XEmacs (preferred by many over Emacs), Prof. Stuart C. Shapiro recommends:
      1. "XEmacs", Wikipedia.

      2. XEmacs Documentation

      3. Waterson, Sarah (1998), "XEmacs Tutorial"

      4. "Tutorial: xemacs"

      5. ...or just Google "xemacs tutorial".

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4. How do I use Vi?
   1. Google "vi" for useful tutorials.

   2. On the relative merits of Vi vs. Emacs...
      1. Google "vi vs. emacs"

      2. And, on the lighter side, take a look at: "vi vs. emacs"

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5. How do I use LaTeX?
   
   1. The standard reference on LaTeX is:
      Lamport, Leslie (1996), LaTeX: A Document Preparation System; User's Guide and Reference Manual—2nd edition with corrections (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley), isbn 0-201-52983-1.

   2. The companion standard reference is:
      Mittelbach, Frank; Goossens, Michel, Braams, Johannes; Carlisle, David; Rowley, Chris; Detig, Christine; & Schrod, Joachim (2004), The LaTeX Companion, Second Edition (Boston: Addison-Wesley), isbn 0-201-36299-6

      which is not only an excellent source of information about LaTeX, but also contains a CD-ROM with a full implementation of LaTeX that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

   3. LaTeX: A document preparation system

   4. Or Google "latex tutorial".

   5. Bill Rapaport's LaTeX template