[colug-432] TeX

[Steve VanSlyck]

that will get it to the Kindle but it won't get it to the library. I really need to be able to transfer the document by using the send-to-kindle email address abd that requires certain formats specified by Amazon one of which is DOC

Don <donohio53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Works that way for me.  Just have to make sure the Kindle is in file
>storage mode, so the computer can see it a file storage.  Make sure
>both
>are on and plug the miniUSB into the port and then plug the USB into
>the
>computer port and it should see the Kindle as file storage and show up
>in
>your file listing in whatever file system you use..
>
>Don Baun
>
>
>On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Rick Hornsby
><richardjhornsby at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> With any generation, I thought you could use the USB cable to present
>the
>> Kindle as a mass storage device, drop the PDF onto it.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 13:02, Joshua Kramer <joskra42.list at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> Is this one of the first gen Kindles?  If it is second generation or
>> later, you can indeed send PDF's to it:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200375630
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck at spamcop.net>wrote:
>>
>>> yes I'm aware of that but it is not about creating a PDF but rather
>the
>>> fact that I need to file in word so that it can be loaded into my
>Kindle
>>> library.  I cannot send a PDF to my Kindle library and have it load
>in the
>>> Kindle
>>>
>>>
>>> Vince Herried <Vince at PlanetVince.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Kile a kde application creates pdf or ps files just fine.
>>>> I'm using it at the moment for a course I'm taking.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck at spamcop.net
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> also it's not possible to send a PDF to my Kindle I need to have
>it in
>>>>> in the Kindle library in order to do that I need to send it to the
>Kindle
>>>>> as it as a Word document
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick Hornsby <richardjhornsby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Feb 22, 2014, at 9:48, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck at spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hey guys.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I have a TeX file. Goal is to convert it to Word (DOC or
>possibly DOCX)
>>>>>>>  with all fonts embedded so I can send it to my Kindle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Is there anyone here who can do that for me? Much of the file
>is simple
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Times Roman (or some equivalent typeface) but there are some
>>>>>>>  mathematical symbols and such.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  And if so, can you tell me what you'll need (if anything) apart
>from the
>>>>>>>  TeX text file itself?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Disclaimer: I've worked very little with LaTeX documents.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems like a more direct conversion would be to PDF, which the
>Kindle supports easily.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not in front of a Linux box right now, but I can imagine with
>a fair degree of certai!
>>>>>>  nty
>>>>>> there is a tex2pdf or tex2ps converter in the repo of any major
>distro.  (ps2pdf would be the second step if going to postscript
>first).  This might help:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://tex2pdf.berlios.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure there is a way to convert to Word but ... ugh. 
>Proprietary, closed format, but maybe worst is the strong possibility
>of massive document formatting loss, etc.  I say this from experience
>with MSWord conversion nonsense over the years, and having dealt with
>stupidness taking the same PowerPoint file between Windows and OSX just
>this week, and finding inexplicable formatting differences.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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