1. Get cvs - apt-get install cvs
2. pull down scigen using cvs
-cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.pdos.csail.mit.edu:/cvs login
-no pass
-cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.pdos.csail.mit.edu:/cvs co -P scigen
3. get latex - apt-get install texlive
4. install gnuplot and graphviz using synaptic
- run ./make-latex, possibly with --title or --author.
- enter 'R' at the prompts until it actually opens the file (fixed by removing figures)
- Save as whatever.ps (or use --file to save directly)
- ps2ascii whatever.ps > whatever.txt
- tada! a text file with random paper in it.
Alternatively:
- run ./make-latex --savedir "tmpdir" --title "mytitle" --author "Ben"
- cd to tmpdir
- latex texfile
- latex2rtf texfile
- Convert rtf to docx on windows using OLE perl module