ReadMe.texmf

The .tex files in this directory compile properly using pdflatex on TeXLive 2010 for either Mac or Windows, using TeXLive
You will likely need the "full" distribution of TeXLive, as many obscure tex packages are used

-- Emacs with AucTeX defaults to plain LaTeX (generating a dvi file as output), you will need to have evaluated the command (setq TeX-PDF-mode t) at some point before compiling in order to make pdflatex be used instead.

-- Compilation of the LaTeX document requires LaTeX to have permissions to write to files outside of its own directory; in your texmf.cnf file, add the lines:
openout_any = a
shell_escape = t

to your local texmf.cnf configuration file.  On a standard MacTeX TeXLive distribution, this file is at 

/usr/local/texlive/[year]/texmf.cnf

while on a standard Windows 7 installation it is at 

C:\texlive\[year]\texmf.cnf

where [year] is, e.g., 2010 if you have TeXLive-2010 installed.

Depending on details of your installation, you may need to modify other security preferences as well.