[TriLUG] latex & thesis prep - what am i getting into?

[Douglas Kojetin]

thanks for all the replies!  while doing research about latex (how to 
use it, at least the very very very minimal basics), i also learned the 
difference between a 'thesis' and a 'dissertation' ... more lingo.

anywho, thanks to Ed to providing the sample latex files, etc from UNC!

jon --> i'm in the biochem department (and i'll go out on a limb and 
say i'm the first to use latex to write a thesis, at least in long, 
long while)

i'll be writing it primarily under OS X and partly under Linux ... so 
any tools you guys think would help me out ... please forward along!  
so far, i'm using NEDIT ... :)

also, if anyone from NCSU (presently or previously) has any sample 
latex files or style files i can look at to compare with what I already 
have (thanks again Ed!) ... please contact me!  it seems the statistics 
department (including biomath, etc) and computer science department 
uses it frequently ... so I may try to email the NCSU LUG for files too 
(sorry in advance if you get this information twice if you are 
subscribed to both)

doug