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gnome-panel needs to be restarted. In a terminal window, type: pkill gnome-panel If your toolbar doesn't restart, type: ps -ef | grep gnome-panel In the second column, there is a number. This is the process id (pid).
In the terminal window, type...

We have installed MathJax on www.math.ias.edu. http://www.mathjax.org/ MathJax allows you to display mathematics on a webpage using LaTeX code. To include MathJax on your School website, include the following in your html. This should...

• Set up Kile to tell LaTeX to add source info, i.e., set LaTeX build tools from Default to Modern: Settings -> Configure kile -> Build -> LaTeX -> "Modern" in the dropdown menu Click ForwardDVI in the list Select Embedded Viewer configuration...

• At the Main Menu, type S or select SETUP.
• Type L, for collectionLists
• Type A, for Add Cltn
• Nickname : Type a name for your IMAP folder list Server : mail.ias.edu/user=/ssl (where is your login name) Path : View :
• Type...

In order to use synctex, you need to load the module for texlive 2012. Our workstation build uses TL2007 by default.

In order to utilize it, type the following on a command line (or your login script):

module load texlive

If you type module...

Springdale Linux 8 comes with TeXLive 2018 (version 20180414) by default. In order to utilize TeXLive 2019 and newer, type the following on a command line:

module load texlive

If you type module list, you should see the following output:

...

You need to make sure the texlive packages are at the top of the path list.

Go to Edit->Preferences->Typesetting Under Paths for TeX and related programs, make sure that /usr/ias/texlive/2023/bin/x86_64-linux is listed at the top. If this is not...

Create a folder in your root directory called texmf. Then create the directories inside it: tex/latex. You can do it all with one command:

mkdir -p texmf/tex/latex.

Inside the latex directory, you can put your files (.tex, .sty, etc.) or
local...

You accidentally hit the key shortcut for expert mode, which is 'x'. Just hit 'x' again and the sidebar should reappear. If this doesn't work, try '0x'. Or try 'q' to quit xdvi. Then open it again with "xdvi -expertmode 4"

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