From 867920423b4e8b1f0ee6bdb640075ce606504209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Miller Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:34:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Oh yes, stuff. It comes back from ZE DEAD! --- .gitignore | 1 + README.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index e43b0f9..938fec3 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -1 +1,2 @@ .DS_Store +*.pdf diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1b0cf2 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# Calculus Equation Sheet + +> Because literally every equation sheet I got in college sucked, +> I made a better one. + +* Clean, concise layout. If you're not familiar with the mathematics, + this won't make a lick of sense - and it's not supposed to. +* Trig fits on just one page. +* Calc 101A fits on just one page (101B material forthcoming... when I + finally take that course!) + +# That's all nice, but... + +* I'm aware that it's rather incomplete +* I'll accept pull-requests to complete or correct it + +# But it's in this ancient format! + +Latex is not ancient! OK, so it is. How to get around this? + +* All you need is a working LaTeX distribution! So, MacTex (with + TeXLive) or some equivalent. Specifically: + * `latex` to convert LaTeX to dvi. I'm not exactly sure what dvi is, + but it's an intermediate step and I'm sticking with it. + * `dvips` to convert div to post-script. You could theoretically + take that post-script and load it into any PS-compatible printer + (most of the good ones are). But I'm a GUI-spoiled child, and I love + my portable document files - so the other two steps are for that. + * `ps2pdf` to convert the post-script to a PDF! +* If you're inherently lazy (like me), then you'll want working Ruby + 1.8.7 or better with the Rake command. + * Just run `rake` to build the PDF! + * Run `rake clean` to get rid of the intermediates! + +# In the future... + +* I'm planning to write some funny pre-processors to generate the + diagrams with controllable inputs. That'd be super-cool. +* I'm planning on continuing my education, at which point this little + resource will get updated and expanded. + +# Legal + +Licensed [FDOSL 0.1](http://fsdev.net/fdosl). Use for good and not evil, +please!