From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:06:42 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Updated assorted README files, adding asymptote/README. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afe3cc8d719850e9b8c66752ff4a8a76e6dc6ac8;p=course.git Updated assorted README files, adding asymptote/README. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 7a2efac..ba9a1be 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is an attempt at an organized, open source course website. The -idea is that a course website consists of a static HTML framework, and +This is an attempt at an organized, open source, course website. The +idea is that a course website consists of a static HTML framework and a bunch of content that is gradually filled in as the semester/quarter progresses. I've put the HTML framework in the HTML directory, along with some of the write-once-per-course content (e.g. Prof & TA info). @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ make sure all the files go to the right place, and I'd strongly recommend setting up a ssh-keyed login from your work machine to your hosted web account (see http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/#SSH ). -Not posted on the website but also important to the course are the -students' grades, which I keep in the grades directory. See the -README files in any of the subdirectories for more details on that -particular portion. +This project is versioned with Git (http://git-scm.com/). If you're new +to Git, you might want to take a look at my introductory pointers + http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/tools/#git diff --git a/announcements/README b/announcements/README index f3a7f7e..150e45f 100644 --- a/announcements/README +++ b/announcements/README @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ For example: atomgen -o atom.xml add -i atom.xml 'Feed purpose' \ http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/phys201 +I've written little scripts to simplify my more common calls to +atomgen, and these scripts live in the creatively-named `script' +subdirectory. You can send automatic emails to your students when you publish new announcements in the atom feed. The best way I have found to date diff --git a/asymptote/README b/asymptote/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..99a497d --- /dev/null +++ b/asymptote/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Asymptote is a vector-graphics language + http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/ +We use it from within LaTeX to generate most of the figures. + +In this directory are a few libraries to make it easier to draw nice +figures. Run + make view +to get an idea of what each library is capable of. diff --git a/latex/README b/latex/README index 6638893..3654c4e 100644 --- a/latex/README +++ b/latex/README @@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ source for other course documents. With these added to Makefile's `SUBDIRS', the source they contain is compiled and installed in their `INSTALL_DIR'. Take a look at syllabus/Makefile for the particulars, which are not too complicated. The directory `old-source' contains -the LaTeX source from previous courses, since so much of the layout -is standardized and much of the text is boilerplate. +the LaTeX source from previous courses, since so much of the layout is +standardized and much of the text is boilerplate. The directory +`notes' contains assorted howto notes, equation sheets, and other +information that I thought the students might find useful, but didn't +explicitly involve problems.