Electronic Submission Instructions

1. Use any word processor that you want to write up the report. However, you must use a word processor that will generate a Postscript (PS) file, an ASCII file, or a GIF image of each page. If you can't generate a PS file, an ASCII file, or a GIF image of a page, then you can't submit it using the technique described here. Your report can be either a single PS file or multiple files. You may want to experiment with a small test file before plunging in and doing the whole report on a word processor that's going to cause trouble.
2. If you have generated the PS file on something other than an Engineering Sun, you are responsible for figuring out how to upload it to your Sun account.
3. Here are some hints on producing GIF files:
   • You can convert an ASCII text file to GIF by using
     ~sjreeves/bin/text2gif infile outfile
     If the file requires multiple pages, it will generate files called outfile_1.gif, outfile_2.gif, etc.
   • You can save Matlab plots to PPM files by typing
     print -dppmraw outfile
     at the Matlab prompt and then using xv to convert it to GIF.
   • You can convert TIFF files to GIF using xv.
   • You can convert a PS file to GIF by using pstogif. To run this, type
     ~sjreeves/bin/pstogif file.ps file.gif
     If the file has multiple pages in it, it will generate files called file_1.gif, file_2.gif, etc.
   • If all else fails and you are able to display your report on a Sun, you can dump one page at a time by using the command
     ~sjreeves/bin/dumpgif outfile.gif
     and then clicking on the window you want to dump to a gif file. This command will only work if the window of interest does not overlap any other windows either on top or underneath.
   • You can also use xv to grab regions of the screen and manipulate them and save them as images.
4. When you have converted everything to GIF, rename your files (including Matlab plot files) so that they are in the order you want for your report. The naming convention should be projX_n.gif, where X is the project number and n is the page number. I will count off if you don't follow this instruction properly!
5. I would suggest that you page through your files using an image viewer to make sure everything is as you expect it to be. You can do this by typing
   xloadimage projX_*.gif
   You can advance through the images by pressing the space bar. (xv is not as good for this purpose, since it automatically downsizes images if they're larger than a screen.)
6. NOTE: Please use common sense in the size of each image. I will count off if any image dimension is greater than twice the corresponding screen dimension.
   NOTE2: I will count off heavily if you submit any image format other than GIF.
7. Make sure the font is large enough to read comfortably after the text has been converted to a bitmap.
8. To forward the files to me, type
   ~sjreeves/bin/submit_rpt X projX_*.gif
   exactly as shown but with the project number substituted for X. You will receive an email confirmation if the report is received satisfactorily.
9. The report will be graded, annotated, and returned to you via email. You will be notified by email how to set up your account to automatically receive your graded report. If you have already set up your account to receive your graded homework, you can ignore the email instructions.