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Philip Sargent 2023-03-22 15:07:52 +00:00 committed by Wookey
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To add a new GPS tracklog or waypoint file:
0. Read the Handbook on this http://expo.survex.com/handbook/essentials.html
which may be more up to date than this README
on how to download essentials.gpx
1. Download the .gpx file(s) from your GPS. (On modern Garmin GPSes this is done
by connecting the GPS using a USB cable and then copying the relevant files

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<p><pre><code>pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape bierbook.tex
pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape seshbook.tex
</code></pre>
<p>
Due to the way LaTeX works out table column witdths, these commands may need to be run several times until a stable output is produced.
<p>
The design of these files is intended to confine all changes year to year to the names.txt and dates.txt files, thanks to LaTeX's capability to read an external file and iterate through line by line performing the same action for each name.
<p>Packages needed (LaTeX) are:
<pre>
geometry
fancyhdr
tikz
booktabs
tongtable
multirow
tocloft
yfonts
anyfontsize
ifthen
</pre>
On Debian/Ubuntu install:
<pre><code>sudo apt texlive-latex-extra</code></pre>
and run
<pre><code>make</code></pre>
<p>Links to:
<ul>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/Makefile">Makefile</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/bierbook.tex">bierbook.tex</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/seshbook.tex">seshbook.tex</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/bierbook-style.sty">bierbook-style.sty</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/dates.txt">dates.txt</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/names.txt">names.txt</a>
<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/readme.txt">readme.txt</a>
</ul>
<h4 id="gps">make_essentials.sh</h4>
<p>In :loser:/gpx/