How to contribute
Any improvements are welcome. If you are reading the material and you find an
error you can simply email a small note to the address below. This includes
typos, spelling errors, improvements to the web-pages, etc. If at all possible
edit the relevant tex file directly and email the result.
Where to submit
Instructions on dealing with tex files
1. Download all the tex files. They are contained in this
archive.
2. Unpack the the archive (on Windows and Mac this should be automatic).
3. Edit the tex file of the chapter you are interested in. Say algebra.tex
4. Run
latex algebra.tex, then
bibtex algebra and
then
latex algebra.tex twice.
5. Inspect the result and if OK then email algebra.tex to the address above.
Instructions on using the Makefile (slightly geeky)
Download and unpack the archive as above. Change directory to where you
unpacked the files and on the command line type
make pdfs
to automatically generate all the pdf files. Similarly, type
make dvis
to create the dvi files instead.
Instructions on using a version control system (for major geeks)
We are using the
git version control system. To clone the project type
git clone git://paard.math.columbia.edu/var/git/stacks
on the command line. This assumes that you have git installed. See
this file
for a git-howto. See
this page for the development history of the project.