CSCI 3294 (Unix Power Tools):
Useful Links and Other Resources

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Useful links

• Tutorials:
  • Introduction to Linux: A Hands-On Guide. (Available in other formats from the Linux Documentation Project.)
  • The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use. (Available in other formats from the Linux Documentation Project.)
  • Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (a more administrator-oriented tutorial).

• Shells and shell scripts:
  • GNU Bash Reference Manual.
  • Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide. the Linux Documentation Project). (Available in other formats from the Linux Documentation Project.)

• Editors:
  • GNU Emacs Manual.
  • Xemacs home page.
  • Vim home page.
  • Another vim home page, by its principal author. In particular check out the links at the bottom of the page to his paper "Seven habits of effective text editing".

• TeX and LaTeX:
  • TeX Frequently Asked Questions (with links to many other resources).
  • The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2e (not so short, but widely recommended).
  • Formatting information: A beginner's introduction to typesetting with LaTeX (somewhat shorter browser-friendly introduction).
  • CTAN (TeX Archive) (where to download extra packages).
  • "Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient" (entertaining rant on why TeX and LaTeX are better).
  • Google's Usenet archives, specifically the group comp.text.tex .
  • TeX/LaTeX-friendly editors/environment (suggestions courtesy of alum Alex Kolliopoulos):
    • Kile
    • TeXnicCenter

• Make and makefiles:
  • GNU Make (reference manual).
• Regular expressions:
  • Learning to Use Regular Expressions (tutorial).

• The Linux Documentation Project.