Simple template system for conference paper. It includes a make file that can generate pdf files. It also allows you to write in markdown and then convert to latex. No more writing in latex!! It requires that you install pandoc document converter. Get it at http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/code.html
make clean Removes all pesky helper files that LaTeX creates. So you can check into the svn or git without so much versioning problems.
make pdf Generates a pdf-file from the latex document set in the make file.
make bib Recompiles the bib tex file.
make pandoc Removes all sub-tex files used as input in the main file. Converts all markdown text files into latex files. Makes a pdf of all files.