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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/info/digests/tex-implementors/031 b/info/digests/tex-implementors/031 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..467fe56f78 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/tex-implementors/031 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +Date: 9 August 91 Message No: 031 + +To: TeX implementors and distributors + +From: Barbara Beeton + +Subject: Quick update on e-math.ams.com + + +Within the past few weeks, the e-math archive at AMS has been completely +refreshed. Highlights of the update include: + + - AMS-TeX version 2.1 -- bug fixes and some minor enhancements + + The file ams/amstex/amstex.bug gives the detail of changes. + + - AMS-LaTeX version 1.1 -- bug fixes + + Current versions of the Mittelbach/Schoepf new font selection scheme + files are now posted, as well as the reference versions of latex.tex + and lplain.tex . + + The BibTeX style amslpha.bst is now a true "alpha" style, and + produces bibliographic input according to AMS style requirements. + + The file ams/amslatex/amslatex.bug gives the detail of changes. + + - AMSFonts version 2.1 -- substantial bug fixes, including elimination + of the problems that caused the ms* fonts to get different checksums + and .tfm dimensions at different resolutions. + + .mf sources for the AMSfonts are now packaged as a compressed tar + file, in ams/amsfonts-sources.tar.Z , in addition to the ordinary + ascii .mf files. + + .pk files are now available in resolutions of 180, 240 and 400dpi + in addition to the 118 and 300dpi available previously. + + - Author guidelines for submitting electronic manuscripts to the AMS + using AMS-LaTeX are new. + +A consistent change to all macro and text files originating at AMS +is the installation of new identification blocks, based on the BibTeX +format recommended by Nelson Beebe. + +I have received a note from Don Knuth concerning a bug (in Plain) +reported in June: + "... the correction will go in + officially in fall when I make the next update." + +I will be out of town from August 15-September 3, and from September 20- +October 16. (Among other commitments, I will be attending the TeX91 and +Gutenberg meetings in Paris.) I will not be accessible by e-mail during +that time, so any messages received then will wait until my return. + + +######################################################################## + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Character code reference +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +% Upper case letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ +% Lower case letters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz +% Digits: 0123456789 +% Square, curly, angle braces, parentheses: [] {} <> () +% Backslash, slash, vertical bar: \ / | +% Punctuation: . ? ! , : ; +% Underscore, hyphen, equals sign: _ - = +% Quotes--right left double: ' ` " +%"at", "number" "dollar", "percent", "and": @ # $ % & +% "hat", "star", "plus", "tilde": ^ * + ~ +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +[ end of message 031 ] |