Current version:

TeXLive2005

TeXLive2005 (fpTeX)

Main path:

/usr/share/texmf

P:\Application\TeXLive2005 (P:\Application\fpTeX)

Config file:

/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

P:\Application\TeXLive2005\texmf\web2c\texmf.cnf

Program path:

/usr/bin

P:\Application\TeXLive2005\bin\win32

Classes / Styles:

Distribution:

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex

Add ons:

/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex

User:

/u/user/texmf/tex/latex

Distribution:

P:\Application\TeXLive2005\texmf-dist/tex/latex

Add ons:

P:/Application/TeXLive2005/texmf-local/tex/latex

User:

/u/user/texmf/tex/latex

Fonts

Distribution:

/usr/local/teTeX/texmf/fonts

Add ons:

/usr/local/texmf-local/fonts

LaTeX input file

.tex .ltx

TeX formatted output file

.dvi

TeX transcript file

.log .texlog .lis .list

METAFONT sources file

.mf

Font definition file

.df

Font image file

.pk

Font metrics file

.tfm

String pool file

.pool .poo .pol

Format file

.fmt

LaTeX layout & structure file

.cls .clo .sty .dtx

LaTeX auxiliary file

.aux

Table of contents file

.toc

List of figures file

.lof

List of tables file

.lot

BIBTeX related files

.bbl .bib .blg .bst

Index and MakeIndex related files

.idx .ilg .ind .ist

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\documentclass{class-name} is the first command in every LaTeX-file.

\usepackage{graphicx,ngerman}

definition of some packages

\addtolength{\textheight}{2cm}

global definition for the whole document such as definition of margins or lengths

\begin{document}

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part of text

\end{document}