Control Sequences Defined in mscsvita.tex


Top Matter

Each vita file should begin as follows:
%%$Author$
%%$Date$
%%$Revision$
\input mscsvita
%\sanserif
%\times
\name{NAME}
\phone{OFFICE_PHONE_NUMBER}
\email{EMAIL_ADDRESS}}
\beginvita
 

There may be additional information in the Author, Date and Revision comments. This is added by rcs. You should not tamper with these comments.

The two control sequences \sanserif and \times, which have been commented out above, select the font that is used for the vita. You may omit these comments, or you may uncomment at most one of them. The \sanserif font is a Computer Modern san-serif font. The \times font is the PostScript Times Roman font. The default font is Computer Modern Roman.

The line breaks in your source file will be obeyed most of the time. For the exceptions see \fill and \small below.


Main Headings

\head{HEADING}
 

Generates a heading in the font \headfont and sets the left indent to 20 points.


Subheadings

\subhead{HEADING}
 

Generates a heading in the font \subfont and sets the left indent to 40 points.


Sub-subheadings

\subsubhead{HEADING}
 

Generates a heading in the font \subsubfont and sets the left indent to 60 points.


Short Vitas

\iflongvita ... \fi
 

Causes the intervening material to be skipped when typesetting the short form of the vita.


Columns

\columns ... \endcolumns
 

The intervening lines are set in columns. Use an & to seperate the columns. Do not use \cr or \\ at the end of the lines. Alignment is handled automatically. It is OK to have only one column.


Filled Entries

\fill ... \endfill
 

Some sections of some vitas have entries that are too long to fit on a single line. The \fill goes after the (sub)heading and the \endfill goes at the end of the section, before the next (sub)heading.


Smaller Font

\small ... \endsmall
 

Sections bracketed by \small and \endsmall are set in a smaller font, and line filling is done. This is useful for lists of seminar talks or colloquia.


Publication List

\publist
 

Causes the file publist.tex to be \input to print the List of Publications. This is used within the vita file. The control sequence \beginvita must have appeared earlier in the file.


Bye

\bye
 

Every vita should end with \bye, which has been redefined so as to cause TeX to clean up properly.


Headings in the Publication List

%\pubhead{HEADING}
 

This can be used to insert headings into the Publication List, as in \pubhead{Submitted for Publication}. Do not forget the % sign. Do not leave blank lines after the %\pubhead.


For Publications Only

 
\pubsonly
 

Use this to typeset the list of publications if you have not used \beginvita.