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| 2 | Duane M. Lee
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| 3 | RM 1333
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| 4 | RM Phone #: 854-6864
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| 5 | dmlee@astro.columbia.edu
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| 6 | Grad Student
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| 7 | Astronomy
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| 8 | 10/16/2006
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| 9 |
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| 10 | v1.0
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| 11 |
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| 12 | (Some contents are modified instructions via the Mathematica technical
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| 13 | support FAQS which can be located at:
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| 14 | http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/fonterrors.html)
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| 15 | ************************
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| 16 |
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| 17 | How to install mathematica fonts in your home directory
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| 18 | for use by Mathematica via cunix account?
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| 19 | -------------------------------------------------------
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| 20 | First, check to see that access to Mathematica is available:
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| 21 |
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| 22 | 1) To access mathematica from terminal command line (CL), type:
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| 23 |
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| 24 | ssh username@cunix.columbia.edu -X
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| 25 |
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| 26 | This will remotely login you into your university account for which
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| 27 | they possess a campus wide license for mathematica (the
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| 28 | astronomy/astrophysics depts. are NOT included in "campus wide" - at
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| 29 | least at the graduate level - I don't get either.) The "-X" allows you
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| 30 | to display an GUI version of the application you are calling. By the
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| 31 | way, a not very visually useful CL version of mathematica can be
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| 32 | access by typing the command "math" at the CL.
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| 33 |
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| 34 | 2) After entering the appropiate passwords, type:
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| 35 |
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| 36 | mathematica
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| 37 |
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| 38 | If you do not get a xset error referring to missing font sets, you are
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| 39 | good to go and you can proceed to "how to print out mathematica
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| 40 | notebooks (.nb) and sections thereof?". However, if this is not the
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| 41 | case read on.
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| 42 |
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| 43 | Downloading Fonts
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| 44 | -----------------
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| 45 | You need to go the mathematica website and download fonts for
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| 46 | unix, linux, mac, or pc. Here is the prescription for a linux machine
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| 47 | like the CWs in the CAL affiliated departments.
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| 48 |
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| 49 | Linux
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| 50 | ------
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| 51 | 3) Go to:
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| 52 |
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| 53 | http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/latestfonts.html
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| 54 |
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| 55 | 4) Please unpack the fonts. Under Linux, your standard CW home font directory is
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| 56 |
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| 57 | /usr/.fonts
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| 58 |
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| 59 | 5) You will need to create a Mathematica directory in the above the location and
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| 60 | place the fonts here. Please note that there will be Type1 and BDF subdirectories.
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| 61 | (Note: There are three fonts sets that included in the linux fonts
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| 62 | download however, there seems to be no use for the AFM set.)
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| 63 |
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| 64 | /usr/.fonts/Mathematica/Type1
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| 65 |
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| 66 | /usr/.fonts/Mathematica/BDF
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| 67 |
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| 68 | 6) In the above subdirectories, please make sure the file fonts.dir is here. If it
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| 69 | does not exist, please create the file, as follows (Note:'cd' into each filepath
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| 70 | listed above and use command below):
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| 71 |
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| 72 | mkfontdir
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| 73 |
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| 74 | 7) There are three ways to make the fonts available on your machine. First, we can
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| 75 | use the xset command.
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| 76 |
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| 77 | The following commands will add the corresponding directories to the font path
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| 78 | that X server uses.
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| 79 |
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| 80 | xset fp+ /usr/.fonts/Mathematica/Type1
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| 81 |
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| 82 | xset fp+ /usr/.fonts/Mathematica/BDF
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| 83 |
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| 84 | 8) Please then run the following, which will cause the X server to reread
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| 85 | font databases.
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| 86 |
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| 87 | xset fp rehash
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| 88 |
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| 89 | 9) From here restart Mathematica (see steps 1,2), and you should be good to go!
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| 90 |
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| 91 |
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| 92 | "How to print out mathematica notebooks (.nb) and sections thereof?".
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| 93 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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| 94 | 1a) First, if you can think of or know a way to print directly from the
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| 95 | remote cunix server to a department printer, disregard this improvised
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| 96 | version and contact me so that I can revise this help memo and junk
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| 97 | the process for a more direct method. (Note: I have found that
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| 98 | printing to a .ps file does not produce good results and I have not
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| 99 | found a way to print to a .pdf.)
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| 100 |
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| 101 | 1b) As for the ad hoc method, download the latest version of MathReader
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| 102 | for Mathematica at:
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| 103 |
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| 104 | http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathreader/linux.html
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| 105 |
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| 106 | Follow the instructions listed at the website above.
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| 107 |
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| 108 | 2) Once installed, you can create a simple .nb file from Mathematica and save to
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| 109 | you cunix user directory. (Note: I find it easiler to window (desktop view) the
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| 110 | process by having MathReader run in one window and Mathematica in another one.)
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| 111 |
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| 112 | 3) Then, one can set a "folder link" to the remote directory by going to the
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| 113 | menu tool bar and selecting:
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| 114 |
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| 115 | Places -> Connect to Server
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| 116 |
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| 117 | Service Type: ssh
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| 118 | Server: cunix.columbia.edu
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| 119 |
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| 120 | Optional information:
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| 121 | Port:
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| 122 | Folder: "whachamacallit" (or, whatever name you prefer)
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| 123 | User Name: "your cunix username"
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| 124 | Name to use for connection:
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| 125 |
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| 126 |
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| 127 | This should create a folder that accesses your cunix account after a
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| 128 | password entry.
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| 129 |
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| 130 | 4) From here, drag you created .nb file to your desktop and open the
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| 131 | file with MathReader.
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| 132 |
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| 133 | 5) Then, print the .nb file via a "lpr" printer that points to the your
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| 134 | default printer and its settings found by going to menu tool bar and selecting:
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| 135 |
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| 136 | System -> Administration -> Printing
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| 137 |
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| 138 | Select the printer option in the print screen in MathReader and print.
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| 139 | Ignoring error messages, close the error boxes and note that the printer icon
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| 140 | should appear in the menu tool bar (desktop) to confirm that the file is printing.
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| 141 |
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| 142 | 6) From here, pick up print out and enjoy the power of Mathematica!
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| 143 |
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| 144 |
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| 145 | For question, comments, or suggested corrections, please contact
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| 146 | someone else (just kidding!) - contact me at: dmlee@astro.columbia.edu
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| 147 | or call the office RM 1333 - 854-6864 and ask for Duane.
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| 148 |
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