added helpers scripts to the repository

there are symlinks to these files in my ~/bin directory

diff --git a/new_tex_document b/new_tex_document
new file mode 100755 (executable)
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_tex_document
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new documents
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
+
+CURDIR=`pwd`
+
+if test $1
+then
+    cd $HOME/tex/latex_mako
+    git checkout-index -f --prefix=$CURDIR/$1/ paper_template/*
+    cd $CURDIR
+
+    # get rid of paper_template subdir
+    mv $1/paper_template/* $1
+    rm -rf $CURDIR/$1/paper_template
+
+    mv $1/text.tex $1/$1.tex
+else
+    echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
+fi

diff --git a/new_tex_letter b/new_tex_letter
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..9c70dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_tex_letter
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Helper script to export LaTeX templates for new letters
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
+# Released under the GPLv3 or later.
+
+CURDIR=`pwd`
+
+if test $1
+then
+    cd $HOME/tex/latex_mako
+    git checkout-index -f --prefix=$CURDIR/$1/ letter_template/*
+    cd $CURDIR
+
+    # get rid of paper_template subdir
+    mv $1/letter_template/* $1
+    rm -rf $CURDIR/$1/letter_template
+
+    mv $1/text.tex $1/$1.tex
+else
+    echo "specifiy a directory where the template should go";
+fi
+