.sty files (the optional
documentstyle parameters mentioned previously) which are only
available from SIPB, you must first set an environment variable to
let LaTeX know where to go to find these files. The command is:
attach sipb setenv TEXINPUTS .:/mit/sipb/lib/tex/macros/:
These lines can be placed in your .environment file. (See the
Athena document ``Essential Dotfiles.'' for more details). The
trailing colon is an important recent addition. It represents a blank
path entry, which LaTeX replaces with the default path entries.
You can process a LaTeX file by typing
latex filename.tex
where filename.tex is the name of your file that you want to process. LaTeX produces an output file named filename.dvi (a device independent file), which can be converted and printed on various types of printers.