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1	How to get started

Assume that you have a file, ``a.tex'', written in L^AT_EX, using the article, book or report style. Then, translation is achieved by issuing the command:

# hevea a.tex

Probably, you will get some warnings. If H^EV^EA does not crash, just ignore them for the moment (Section 4 explains how to correct errors).

If everything goes fine, this will produce a new file, ``a.html'', which you can visualize through a HTML browser. If a.tex contains math symbols you need to instruct your browser to use symbol fonts (see section C.2).

If you wish to experiment H^EV^EA on small L^AT_EX source fragments, then launch H^EV^EA without arguments. H^EV^EA will read its standard input and print the translation on its standard output. For instance:

# hevea
$x \in {\cal E}$
^D
<I>x</I> <FONT FACE=symbol>Î</FONT> <FONT COLOR=red><I>E</I></FONT>

You can find some more elaborate examples in the on-line documentation.