"README" file for files in  /pub/envchem on truth.chem.sfu.ca

The .zip archives contain sections of the text for a course in Environmental 
Chemistry.  They are offered to others as an example of a locally-produced
alternative to textbooks, and as a source for development of instructional
materials.  The material is copyrighted by the author.  Permission to use
this material or to incorporate substantial parts of it into instructional
material produced for local use is hereby granted on the condition that
the use is non-commercial and appropriate acknowledgement is given.

The files are in LaTeX source format.  LaTeX is a document preparation
system consisting of a collection of TeX macros.  It is described in
"LaTeX User's Guide & Reference Manual" by Leslie Lamport (Addison-Wesley).
In order to print the materials directly from these files, you must
have access to a TeX system and the appropriate DVI-to-output device
translator.  TeX is a markup-type mathematical typesetting system
that is widely available on virtually all major computing platforms.
Public-domain versions of TeX and LaTeX are available from numerous
archive servers.

Before running the LaTeX processor, make sure that the file
macros.ltx is present.  Some of the sets are divided into parts;
for example, there is toxic.ltx, toxic1.ltx, toxic2.ltx etc.
In a case such as this, run LaTeX on toxic.ltx; the \input commands
within this file will call the others of the series.  This file
also contains bibliographies in some cases.
These files use the standard fonts and .sty files present
on any TeX installation with one exception:  an additional
style file, fancy.sty, is required.  This is packaged with
the archive and would normally be placed in the TEXINPUT
subdirectory with the other .sty files.  

Users who are not familiar with TeX will likely need to seek
the assistance of a TeXpert before trying to print them.

TeX/LaTeX files are human-readable, and for the most part can be
converted to other word-processor formats by editing out the TeX
markup codes which begin with reverse slashes.  Dollar signs
surrounding characters denote "math mode".  Items such as \water
are substitution macros which are defined by a \newcommand in
macros.ltx or near the beginning of the file in which they are 
used.   Tables and equations will have to be wiped out
completely and re-entered manually.

Figures and illustrations are NOT included in this file.
TeX does not have a generally-workable facility for including
graphics in text files. We prepare our printing masters by pasting
graphics into the spaces provided for figures.
Many of the the illustrations have been copied from books and papers,
the author has not secured rights to use and distribute them, and they
do not exist in digital form anyway.  

In time, I hope to re-do most of the illustrations and place them in 
a separate archive.  Most of the existing home-made illustrations
are in MacDraw-Pro format.

For further information, please contact the author:

Stephen K. Lower
Dept of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC  V5A 1S6   Canada
(604)-291-3353
lower@sfu.ca