I used gedit as Latex editor and it is working rather well. I use the external tools plugin to execute scripts like this.
#!/bin/sh DIR=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_DIR
cd $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_DIR
platex $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
dvipdfmx `echo $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME | sed 's/\\.tex$//'`
evince `echo $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME | sed 's/\\.tex$/.pdf/'`
it compiles the .tex file and generates a .pdf file.
It is always a burden to install all those package, which used to be in my ubuntu distribution , after upgrade or re installation of my Ubuntu. Generally even Upgrade from the Update Manager dis-activate third party repositories. So I propose a way to keep those package list and select them automatically as a form of backup.
He is my way :
# Backup your package list to your user directory.
* Use Synaptic and File > Save Markings,
or
* dpkg –get-selections > packages.txt
# Copy your /etc/apt/sources.list to your user directory.
# Backup your data to be safe.
Gloobus is an extension of Gnome designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file. Ever been annoyed by those tiny miniatures of your files that are helpless. Outraged by the fact that there’s no miniature for half of the file formats you’re using. Excruciated by the painful loading time to see if you’re dealing with the right file? Hail to Gloobus, for tis’ is the Holy Grail of preview! Designed as an extendable, standards-compliant previewer , so that it plays nice with Gnome and can be easily extended to support any kind of file, Gloobus enables instant previewing of your files, without even having to open them. Hit space, and BANG, here’s the content of your file, displayed as it would if it was opened.
Currently, Gloobus supports TXT , PDF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, MP3, OGG, MPG, WMV, XCF It has a sleek black interface which will put your files in focus.
The deb file installer is attached to this entry.
You can add the key with the following command. Exemple (key=C5E6A5ED249AD24C):
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C5E6A5ED249AD24C
GStreamer framework (bug fixes)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gstreamer-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
W32codecs:
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free
Openoffice:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Network Manager
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
VLC Player
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu jaunty main
gCDEmu (a Linux Virtual CD/DVD Drive, like Daemon Tools on Windows)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cdemu/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Swfdec & swfdec-mozilla (open-source flash player)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/swfdec-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
KDE 4
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu jaunty main
Mono
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mono-ubuntu/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Wine
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt jaunty main
Medibuntu
# Acrobat Reader
# Firmware for the ALSA sound system
# Google Earth
# DVD decryption
# MPlayer / MEncoder
# Non-free codecs and
# Skype
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free
Opera
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
Gnome Do
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main