Numerical Plasma Simulation
Diploma Work
With a little work I have managed to get a PDF file from the LaTeX-Sources of my diploma work. In my view it is currently the best method, to get a really portable document from a TeX-file, which gains from all the possibilities, TeX offers. The PDF-file has all graphics in it, the links can be clicked and thumbnails show a miniaturized view of all pages. By the use of any progressive browser (such as Acrobat Reader 4.0 or 5.0 under Windows) it is possible, to view the document "seamless" in an net browser under Windows.
But beware: I had no time to translate the work into english, it is still written in german language.
My diploma work in PDF (complete with all pictures)
File size: approx. 3 MByte - some 7 min download time with a good ISDN connection, with a modem 10 - 60 min., depending on the speed (by the compression of the PDF-file, a 56kBit modem is not faster than ISDN).
Short form of my diploma work in PDF (the chapter "Ergebnisse der numerischen Simulation" with lots of pictures is missing)
File size: approx. 1 MByte - some 2 min download time with a good ISDN connection, with a modem 3 - 20 min., depending on the speed (by the compression of the PDF-file, a 56kBit modem is not faster than ISDN).
For the transformation, the PdfTeX-package was used. This package is part of the SuSE-Linux-Distribution. This version of TeX and LaTeX can directly output in PDF. The reader for the PD-format have most Unix-computers installed: GhostScript can also read PDF! Somehow more comfortable is the Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
Unfortunately, all diagramms made by IDL have been shortened a little bit: IDL puts the bounding box by output to postscript around the diagramm, not around the whole graphic. I have no way to get the diagrams converted to the PNG without loosing the parts outside the bounding box and not having to redising all pages.