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+*******************************************************************************
+* *
+* TTTTTTT X X M M GGGGGG A Mostly Unofficial *
+* T X X MM MM G Publication for Users *
+* T EEEEEEE XXX M M M M A G GG Of the TeX Computer *
+* T E X X M M M A A G G Typesetting System. *
+* T EEEE X X M M M AAAAA GGGGGG *
+* E A A Volume 3, Number 3 *
+* EEEEEEE A A Distribution: 1689 or so... *
+* *
+*******************************************************************************
+
+June 7, 1989
+
+Contents
+\footnote............................................................1
+Letters to the Editor................................................2
+News
+ Headlines...........................................................3
+ Nordic TeX Meeting..................................................4
+ Announcement of a Forthcoming Meeting on FONTS, DESIGN AND USE......5
+ TeX Users Group TeX courses 1989....................................6
+ TeX Users Group annual meeting: Ten years of TeX and Metafont.......7
+ Second Announcement and Registration Form: TeX89....................8
+DANTE --- Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX...................9
+Preliminary table of contents, TUGboat 10#2 July 1989...............10
+Report from the DVI Driver standards committee......................11
+PD version of TeX for MSDOS/PCDOS...................................12
+METAPLOT: a package for integrating line printer plots with TeX
+ using Metafont.............................................13
+RUMDJET -- A DVI Driver for the HP DeskJet..........................14
+Books on type: _An Atlas of Typeforms...............................15
+TeX mysteries and puzzles...........................................16
+A summary of TeX-related information of note........................17
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__1
+\footnote{Come together}
+
+One of the stunning things that one might notice from this issue of
+TeXMaG is that there is a large amount of activity of national TeX
+groups in Europe. Those of you who remember my last \footnote on
+TeX in Europe will doubtless be able to predict what comes next: I'm
+still jealous.
+
+It could be said that TUG is America's national group and we're just
+really nice guys for allowing all those foreigners in, but I don't
+think that is a satisfactory solution to my malaise. What I would
+like to see here in North America is a proliferation of regional TeX
+Users Groups. Certainly some of the functions of the national groups
+in Europe are unnecessary (e.g., developing protocols for TeX use in
+the local vernacular), but other functions can certainly come into
+play. Local help sessions would be helpful. Also, a local users group
+might be helpful in convincing local typesetters to support
+typesetting DVI output. A local users group might also be able to
+efficiently sponsor courses in TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont as well as
+other related topics.
+
+So let's hear from people from the U.S. about starting up local
+groups. I'm more than willing whatever support I can through TeXMaG
+to help get things started.
+
+---
+
+On a related note, here are a couple of not-so-new local TeX mailing
+lists on Bitnet. To subscribe to any of these lists, send the command
+ SUBS listname your name here
+to LISTSERV at the node indicated. For example, if I were to subscribe
+to GUT@FRULM11, I would send the command
+ SUBS GUT Don Hosek
+to LISTSERV@FRULM11
+
+GUT@FRULM11 French Language TeX discussion list.
+TEX_D-L@DEARN German Language TeX discussion list.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__2
+**********************************************************************
+* Letters to the Editor *
+**********************************************************************
+
+>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 89 13:05:29 -0400
+>From: bernsten@phoenix (Dan Bernstein)
+>Subject: Re: TeXMaG V3N2
+
+I respond to the message of Fritz Zaucker <F48@DHDURZ1> in V3N2.
+
+Mr. Zaucker wonders why TeX can't insert italic corrections for
+itself. This would be an easy extension, and TeX could do the job much
+more straightforwardly and reliably than my macros. However, a rule
+like that goes against the generality and beauty of TeX. If there were
+a sensible and simple way to specify such inter-font, general kerning
+rules, it would indeed be appropriate to add such capability to TeX.
+But I see no such general way, other than to allow arbitrarily
+specified kerns between characters from arbitrary fonts, which would
+require large and inefficient data structures, and destroy the
+integrity of each individual font.
+
+I have never had a problem using my macros; I haven't typed \/ in a
+long time. Who cares whether TeX can do it by itself?
+
+---Dan Bernstein, bernsten@phoenix.princeton.edu
+
+=====================================================================
+
+> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 89 11:39 EST
+> From: TEXAMPLE@VUVAXCOM.BITNET
+> Subject: HELP!??
+
+Dear Don Hosek,
+
+I know you are not really the person to ask this question, but having
+received the latest TeXMaG, with the TeX-related info at the end, I
+thought I would give it a try.
+
+I receive TeXhax on Bitnet.
+
+CORRECTION: make that I RECEIVED TeXhax on Bitnet.
+
+In the changeover of managing of TeXhax, a sizable piece of the bitnet
+distribution was screwed up. I received only issue 12.89 this year. I
+got confusing messages from my listserver telling me I was transferred
+to another one. At the new one I cannot even get a listing of TeXhax
+files or any information. Now I cannot seem to get the listing from
+the old listserver.
+
+When I did in October it was way behind and therefore useless.
+Glenn Vandenberg doesn't answer me. I am stuck. How can I get the
+first 20 issues of TeXhax on my own? Can I get them from Clarkson? If
+so, your info is not sufficient for me; what is the full address
+including username or whatever? or is SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU all I need?
+
+Through a special appeal to the editors of TeXhax, I have somehow been
+put directly on a distribution I think (I am not sure) since issue 20.
+
+How can TeXhax function so poorly? Who can I complain to? All I want
+is the possibility to get the back issues that have not been sent to
+me, and resume the past reliable reception.
+
+Is it hopeless? Have I been lucky that TeXMaG seems to have reached
+me? Or what? I cannot believe that there are not lots of other people
+in my same situation. What can we do?
+
+Thanks for whatever help you can give me.
+
+Frustrated in Philly
+Bob Jantzen Villanova University
+
+=====================================================================
+
+>Subject: Producing on-line and printed documentation
+>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 89 12:41:22 -0400
+>From: Stephen Gildea <gildea@BBN.COM>
+
+In TeXMaG V3N2, Hubert Partl asks about systems that allow the same
+source to produce both printed documents and on-line information
+files.
+
+The Free Software Foundation's TeXinfo provides this feature.
+Documents written for TeXinfo can be run through TeX to produce
+beautiful printed documents, or can be run through an Info formatter
+to produce a file that can be read with Info, a sophisticated
+documentation reader. Info is currently part of GNU Emacs, but will
+probably soon be available separately.
+
+From the manual, "TeXinfo files contain a stricly limited set of
+constructs for a TeX macro package quite different from plain TeX. The
+strict limits make it possible for TeXinfo files to be understood also
+by the texinfo program, which converts them into Info files."
+
+Information about TeXinfo can be obtained by sending mail to
+gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu or by writing to the Free Software Foundation,
+675 Mass Ave, Cambridge Massachusetts 02139.
+
+======================================================================
+
+> From: <msholind@sol.UVic.ca>
+> Date: 21 Apr 89 12:28 -0800
+> Subject: resume.tex
+
+I hope you can remember resume.tex. My question is how to separate
+lines inside the \tag...\endtag so it looks somewhat like the
+following
+
+ Heading
+
+ (date) first line
+ second line
+ third line
+
+or
+ Heading first line
+ second line
+ ...
+where each line is not long enough to fill the whole line.
+
+Any help which would point me in the right direction so I can solve
+this would be great, eh.
+
+ Murray Sholinder
+
+[Anyone care to offer some solutions?]]
+
+======================================================================== 121
+
+>Date: Wed 24 May 89 16:51:36-EST
+>From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.COM>
+
+A recommended book:
+ Raymond Seroul, Un petit Livre de TeX
+ InterEditions, Paris, 1989
+ 317 pages, in French
+ Includes a substantial glossary of control sequences, with
+ good explanations and references to more substantial coverage
+ in the text. TUG is investigating the possibility of having
+ it translated into English and publishing it.
+
+(I got a copy at the recent GUTenberg meeting in Paris. The topic of
+the meeting was "TeX and Graphics". Very interesting -- a short
+report will be in the "editorial comments" column of TUGboat 10#2.)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__3
+**********************************************************************
+* Headlines... *
+**********************************************************************
+
+-> Northlake Software has renamed and expanded their family of DVI
+ drivers for VAX/VMS systems. A recent relase stated:
+ T2 Family
+ T2 is our new name for a family of products that interface TeX to
+ a variety of output devices. T2 mimics the VMS PRINT command and
+ builds on this familiar foundation to give full control over the
+ appearance of the typeset document.
+ T2/jet Prints TeX output on Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers. The
+ current release is 1.0 and is currently in field test. Initial
+ release is scheduled in April.
+ T2/ln03 Prints TeX output on DEC LN03 printers. (Previously called
+ LNTeX.) The current release is 1.0.5. Version 1.1 is scheduled for
+ shipment May 30 and will include fixes to all known bugs, new
+ documentation, and other enhancements.
+ T2/script Prints TeX output on PostScript printers and
+ typesetters. It supports the full range of PostScript devices, and
+ allows access to the font and graphic capabilities inherent in the
+ PostScript language. The current release is 1.0 and is in field
+ test. Initial release is scheduled in May.
+ The address for Northlake software is:
+ Northlake Software
+ 812 SW Washington Street
+ Portland, Oregon 97205 (USA)
+ Phone: 503-228-3383
+ Fax: 503-228-5562
+
+-> Some more new versions of MFware have been released: MFT 1.1,
+ GFtoDVI 2.0, and GFtoPK 2.0. These are available for anonymous FTP
+ from Score.Stanford.Edu
+
+-> Score, the DECsystem-20 machine at Stanford that has been the home
+ of the "canonical" TeX source files since the beginning, will be
+ unplugged on 31 August 1989. Members of the TUG Board are
+ investigating possible alternative arrangements, at Stanford and
+ elsewhere, to try to avoid any disruption of service to TeX users.
+ Developments will be publicized in TeXMaG and in the other
+ TeX-related periodicals.
+
+-> The following new files are available from LISTSERV@DHDURZ1:
+ In TEXTOOLS FILELIST:
+ SUPERTAB STY - a new version
+ In TEX-PC FILELIST:
+ RUMDJET UUE - a driver for a HP DESKJET
+ RUMHELP UUE - a help text (in German)
+ CDVI12 UUE - a preview for a IBM PC
+
+ If the files are uuencoded, the programs to decode are available in
+ the TEXTOOLS FILELIST.
+
+-> In an effort to let the TeX community know what public domain TeX
+ resources are available, and how to get them, a regular column will
+ begin in an upcoming issue of TUGboat which will describe how you
+ can obtain a public domain copy of TeX for your computer. If you
+ have, or are aware of public domain copies of TeX that can be
+ requested, FTP'd, or in some other manner be obtained, please send
+ a note to:
+ Dean Guenther
+ WSUCSC
+ Pullman, WA. 99164-1220
+ USA
+
+ Bitnet: GUENTHER@WSUVM1
+ Internet: guenther@wsuvm1.wsu.edu
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__4
+**********************************************************************
+* NORDIC TeX Meeting *
+**********************************************************************
+
+ June 12th, 1989
+
+ To be held at
+ Lindstedtsv\"agen 25,
+ room D1,
+ Royal Institute of Technology,
+ Stockholm
+
+Program:
+
+TeX today and in the future. -- Niels Mortensen
+Back to international standards. -- Malcolm Clark
+Nordic national letters. -- Staffan Romberger
+Standard proposal (recommendations for TUG 89)
+TeX and graphics. -- Bj\o{}rn Larsen
+Integeration of Autocad in LaTeX. -- Anders Eriksson
+Graphics in TeXtures. -- Miro Sedlacek
+TeX on workstations (demo of the Publisher).
+Phototypesetting and high quality output. -- Peter Busk Laursen
+TeX and PostScript -- experiences. -- Jan M Rynning
+Panel discussion.
+Dinner at the KTH "V\"ardshus"
+
+Contact: Roswitha Graham
+ tel: 46 8 790 6525
+ fax: 46 8 25 10
+ tlx: 103 89 KTHB S
+ email: roswitha@admin.kth.se
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__5
+**********************************************************************
+* UKTUG *
+* The UK TeX Users Group *
+* Announcement of a Forthcoming Meeting on *
+* FONTS, DESIGN AND USE *
+* on Wednesday 5th July 1989 *
+* at Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. *
+**********************************************************************
+
+The main topic of this third one-day meeting of UKTUG will be "Fonts,
+Design and Use", with a programme of invited speakers. Anyone else
+wishing to contribute a talk on this topic should contact Peter Abbott
+at the address below. There will also be a session during the day to
+provide an update on the organisation and structure of UKTUG, together
+with an election of committee members.
+
+MEETING DETAILS:
+The meeting will be held in Room G17, Main Building, Aston University.
+It will commence at 11.30am, with coffee available from 11 o'clock.
+There will be breaks for lunch and tea -- it is expected that the
+meeting will finish around 4.30pm.
+
+DIRECTIONS:
+By train: To Birmingham New Street Station. After passing the ticket
+ barrier go up the escalator opposite, turn left and walk
+ through the shopping area, and down a ramp into Corporation
+ Street. Walk along Corporation Street (two underpasses) and
+ across the road where the QE II Law Courts are on the
+ right. At the end of the street (which turns back on itself
+ is a grassy bank on the right, and a subway. The fire
+ station (white tower with a defunct clock) and the campus
+ can be seen across the road to the right. Take the subway
+ to the University campus, and follow the signposts to the
+ Main Building.
+
+By car: From the M6 leave at junction 6, the A38(M). Follow the
+ signs to the end of the expressway (DO NOT follow the signs
+ to Aston -- this is a district of Birmingham, NOT the
+ University). At the end of the expressway move to the left
+ hand lane (do not go over the flyover). Drive past the fire
+ station and the first road, but turn into the slip road
+ signposted to the University car park. Park on the visitors
+ car park, and walk across the campus to the Main Building.
+
+Once at the Main Building, room G17 will be signposted from the
+entrance.
+
+BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS:
+There will be a charge for the meeting of 12.00 (pounds) to cover
+room hire and refreshments, including a buffet lunch. Please complete
+the booking form below, and send it together with your payment to:
+
+ Peter Abbott
+ UKTUG
+ Computing Service
+ Aston University
+ Aston Triangle
+ Birmingham Tel: (021) 359 5492
+ B4 7ET Janet: ABBOTTP@UK.AC.ASTON
+
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ UKTUG BOOKING FORM
+
+I wish to attend the third one-day UKTUG meeting at Aston University
+on 5th July 1989.
+
+Name: ________________________________________________________
+Organisation: ________________________________________________________
+Address: ________________________________________________________
+______________________________________________________________________
+______________________________________________________________________
+Telephone: ____________________ Email: ___________________________
+
+
+ Car parking space required: Yes/No
+ * 12 pounds payment enclosed: Yes/No
+ ** or 17 pounds purchase order number: _________________________
+
+ Signed: _________________________
+
+ Date: _________________________
+
+Notes:
+* Cheques should be made payable to UKTUG.
+** A Purchase Order, with an order number, is an acceptable
+ alternative method of payment, but will attract a 5 pounds
+ surcharge (total 17 pounds).
+
+Please send this completed booking form, together with your payment,
+to:
+ Peter Abbott
+ UKTUG
+ Computing Service
+ Aston University
+ Aston Triangle
+ Birmingham
+ B4 7ET
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__6
+**********************************************************************
+* TeX Users Group European TeX courses 1989 *
+**********************************************************************
+
+ Exeter University, England
+
+Intensive Beginning/Intermediate TeX 10th--14th July 1989
+Advanced TeX/Macro Writing 18th--22nd September 1989
+Beginning METAFONT 26th--29th September 1989
+
+All three courses are being run on behalf of the TeX Users Group.
+All courses will include a mixture of lectures and hands-on practical
+sessions, using networked IBM-PC compatibles with screen preview,
+connected to a laser printer. Instruction on use of the PCs and a
+text editor will be provided where necessary. For each course, the
+course fee and accommodation bookings have been combined to give one
+"package" if required. All bookings and payment are being handled
+within the U.K. (in pounds sterling). Details of the courses are given
+below. An email version of the registration form is also included.
+Anyone wishing more details, or a TeXed registration form, should
+contact either Cathy Booth <BOOTH.CM@UK.AC.EXETER> (outside the U.K.,
+<BOOTH.CM@EXETER.AC.UK>) or Clive Nicholas at the address below.
+
+*** Important Note:
+ Early booking for all courses is highly recommended, since if
+ insufficient registrations have been received *at least* three
+ weeks prior to the start of each course, then the relevant course
+ will probably be cancelled (see registration form below).
+
+Beginning/Intermediate TeX:
+This 5-day course is an introduction to TeX using the standard plain
+TeX macro package. It will be appropriate for those with little or no
+knowledge of using TeX. Each registrant will be given extensive course
+notes plus a copy of The TeXbook. Topics covered include: altering the
+default plain TeX page layout, dealing with TeX's error and warning
+messages, and the fundamental concepts of boxes and glue. Other topics
+will include accents and diacritical marks, the use of fonts in a
+variety of styles and sizes, the creation of simple macros, and text
+indentation. Page layout features like headers, footers and page
+numbering will also be included, using the output routine provided
+in plain TeX. Various methods of producing simple tables will be
+introduced. Instruction on TeX's mathematical capabilities will
+include the use of Greek letters, special symbols, fractions and
+delimiters -- using both display and text style maths -- as well as
+multi-line equation alignments. Pre-requisite: Familiarity with a
+text editor.
+
+Advanced TeX/Macro Writing
+This 5-day course is designed for *all* experienced TeX users.
+Following on from the Beginning/Intermediate TeX course, there will be
+more detailed explanations of the relationship of boxes and glue,
+using \hbox, \vbox and \vtop. Also ruled tables, using \halign. The
+course will discuss how to construct macros which are both elegant and
+useful, as well as how to avoid some of the more obvious pitfalls of
+the art. Consideration will also be given to the use of registers,
+grouping and conditional statements, as well as tools such as \let and
+\futurelet, \begingroup and \endgroup. It is hoped that participants
+will come along with lots of questions and home-grown macros
+(successful or otherwise), and be prepared to learn by discussion and
+"trial and error" as well as by example. Pre-requisites: A sound
+working knowledge of TeX (or LaTeX) -- at least equivalent to
+Beginning/Intermediate standard, coupled with day-to-day experience.
+Please bring your own well-thumbed copy of The TeXbook.
+
+Beginning METAFONT:
+This 4-day course presents the basics of METAFONT, a system for the
+design of alphabets. The course includes: basics (coordinate systems,
+control points, pens and curves), the organisation of Computer Modern
+fonts, METAFONT utilities, and an introduction to logo creation. After
+learning how to make logo characters, participants design and produce
+a logo of their own during hands-on sessions. The course will be
+presented by Doug Henderson -- the METAFONT coordinator for the TeX
+Users Group for the past three years -- who works at the University of
+California at Berkeley.
+
+
+------------------ cut here for registration form -----------------
+
+
+ TeX USERS GROUP
+ REGISTRATION FORM
+ EUROPEAN TeX COURSES 1989
+
+This registration form should be completed in block capitals, and
+returned with your payment to the address below. Please photocopy this
+form as necessary, and complete a separate copy for each participant
+on each course. Alternatively, a TeXed version of this form may be
+obtained either from Cathy Booth <BOOTH.CM@UK.AC.EXETER> (outside the
+U.K.: <BOOTH.CM@EXETER.AC.UK>) or from Clive Nicholas at the address
+below. Detailed course descriptions are given above.
+
+REGISTRATION FEES:
+The fee for each 5-day course is 360 pounds per person for those from
+academic organisations, and 420 pounds for commercial (non-academic)
+companies. For the 4-day METAFONT course the corresponding rates are
+300 pounds academic and 360 pounds non-academic. TUG Institutional
+Members will be eligible for a 10% discount on the course fee. Groups
+of 3 or more from one organisation attending the same course may also
+deduct 10% per person. Substitutions may be made at any time before
+the start of the course for no additional charge. Individual
+cancellations will however incur cancellation charges. If a complete
+course has to be cancelled by the TeX Users Group through lack of
+numbers, then payment will be refunded in full (including any
+accommodation fee).
+
+INDIVIDUAL CANCELLATIONS:
+80% of the registration fee is refundable if notification of
+cancellation is received or postmarked not less than two weeks prior
+to the starting date. Thereafter 50% is refundable. There is no refund
+for partial completion of the course.
+
+LATE REGISTRATION:
+Registration notification received or postmarked less than two weeks
+before the start of the course will incur a 5% late registration
+surcharge. Notification of late bookings by telephone to Exeter
+(0392) 411906 will be accepted up until the Friday before the course.
+
+ACCOMMODATION:
+On-campus accommodation in a hall of residence can be booked for
+25 pounds per night -- amounting to an additional 125 pounds for each
+5-day course, or 100 pounds for the 4-day course. This includes all
+meals, commencing with dinner on the evening preceding the course.
+Further accommodation, travel and course details will be circulated to
+all registrants a couple of weeks before the course start. Discounts
+do not apply to the accommodation charge.
+
+
+REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
+
+Name: _______________________________________________________________
+
+Employing Organisation: _____________________________________________
+
+Telephone: ___________________________ Institutional Member? Yes/No
+
+Address: __________________________________________________________
+
+_____________________________________________________________________
+
+_____________________________________________________________________
+
+
+Course Title: _______________________________________________________
+
+1 Course fee (5-day: 360/420; 4-day: 300/360) ________
+
+2 Institutional member discount (-10% of line 1) - ________
+
+3 Group discount (-10% of line 1) - ________
+
+4 Late registration surcharge (+5% of line 1) + ________
+
+5 TOTAL course fee (total of lines 1 to 4) ________
+
+6 Accommodation (5 nights: 125; 4 nights: 100) ________
+
+7 TOTAL REMITTANCE (total of lines 5 & 6) ________
+
+
+REMITTANCE DETAILS:
+Payment for the course fee and accommodation may be combined on one
+cheque. This must be in pounds sterling, made out to the "University
+of Exeter", and sent to:
+
+ Mr. Clive Nicholas
+ Continuing Education and Training Officer
+ University of Exeter
+ Cotley
+ Streatham Rise Telephone: (0392) 411906
+ Exeter EX4 4PE Fax: (0392) 263108
+ U.K. Janet email: NICHOLAS.CS@UK.AC.EXETER
+ Outside U.K.: NICHOLAS.CS@EXETER.AC.UK
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__7
+**********************************************************************
+* TeX Users Group annual meeting: *
+* Ten years of TeX and Metafont *
+**********************************************************************
+
+ Stanford University
+ August 20-23, 1989
+ Updated Program as of April 25, 1989
+
+Sunday -- August 20
+
+ 12:00 - 2:00P.M. Registration
+Font Forum
+ 1:00 - 1:30 Introduction to Metafont -- Doug Henderson
+ 1:30 - 2:00 From Character Set to Font -- Pierre MacKay
+ 2:00 - 2:30 Opening Pandora's Box -- Neenie Billawala
+ 2:30 - 3:00 Order into Chaos: Typesetting Factal Images
+ -- Alan Hoenig
+
+ 3:00 - 3:15 Break
+
+ 3:15 - 3:45 Design of Oriental Characters with Metafont
+ -- Don Hosek
+ 3:45 - 4:15 Thai Languages and Metafont
+ -- Bob Batzinger (Thailand)
+ 4:15 - 4:45 A Metafont-like System with PostScript Output
+ -- John Hobby
+ 4:45 - 5:15 Migration from Computer Modern Fonts to Times Fonts
+ -- Ralph Youngen, Daniel Latterner, and
+ William Woolf
+ 5:15 - 5:45 Fine Typesetting with TeX Using Native Autologic Fonts
+ -- Arvin Conrad
+ 7:00 - 10:00P.M. Dinner at the Sino Restaurant
+ Reservation required. Formerly known as the China
+ First restaurant
+
+Monday -- August 21
+
+ 7:45 - 9:30A.M. Registration
+ 8:00 - 8:30 Introduction to TeX and TeX Systems
+ (for New Members) -- Bart Childs and Alan Hoenig
+ 8:30 - 9:00 Introduction to TUG and TUG Officers and Staff
+
+Keynote Address
+ 9:00 - 11:30 The Errors of TeX -- Don Knuth
+
+ 11:30 - 1:00P.M. Lunch
+
+ 1:00 - 2:30 Elections/Business Meeting
+ 2:30 - 2:45 Break
+ 2:45 - 3:00 Report from the Driver Standards Committee
+ -- Robert McGaffey
+ 3:00 - 5:00 Output device manufacturer/exhibitor presentations:
+ ArborText, Inc.; Blue Sky Research;
+ Computer Composition Corp.;
+ K-Talk Communications; Kinch Computer Co.;
+ Micro Publishing Systems; Personal TeX;
+ TeXnology, Inc. (Tentative listing based on
+ previous participation. Representatives will be
+ available throughout the meeting. Exhibit rooms
+ will be open from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, until
+ 5:00 p.m., Wednesday.
+
+Orientation
+ 5:00 - 5:15 Things to do in and around Palo Alto -- Ginger Brower
+ 5:15 - 5:30 Organization of the Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions for
+ Sites (DG, CMS, MVS, CDC, UNIX, VMS, etc.)
+ to be held during and after the Wine & Cheese
+ 5:30 - ??? Wine & Cheese -- hosted by Personal TeX, Inc.
+
+
+Tuesday -- August 22
+
+TeX Training
+ 8:30 - 9:00A.M. Of the Computer Scientist, by the Computer
+ Scientist, for the Computer Scientist
+ -- Michael Doob (Canada)
+ 9:00 - 9:30 Mastering TeX with Templates -- Hope Hamilton
+ 9:30 -10:00 TeX and its Versatility in Office Production
+ -- Jo Ann Rattey-Hicks
+ 10:00 -10:30 TeX for the Word Processing Operator
+ -- Robin Kubek
+
+ 10:30 - 10:45 Break
+
+ 10:45 - 11:30 Site coordinators' status reports:
+ (Preliminary listing based on previous participation)
+ CDC Cyber -- Jim Fox
+ Data General & Cray -- Bart Childs
+ IBM MVS -- Craig Platt
+ IBM VM/CMS -- Dean Guenther
+ Small Systems -- Lance Carnes
+ VAX (VMS) -- David Kellerman
+ UNIX -- Pierre MacKay
+
+ 11:30 - 1:00P.M. Lunch
+
+General Applications
+ 1:00 - 1:30 TeX in M\'exico -- Max D\'\i az (M\'exico)
+ 1:30 - 2:00 TeX for 30,000 -- James Haskell, Wally Deschene and
+ Alan Stolleis
+ 2:00 - 2:30 TeX Enslaved -- Alan Wittbecker
+
+Graphics Applications
+ 2:30 - 3:00 Methodologies for Preparing and Integrating PostScript
+ Graphics -- Tom Renfrow
+ 3:00 - 3:40 TeXpic -- Design and Implementation of a Picture
+ Graphics Language in TeX \`a la {\sl pic} --
+ Rolf Olejniczak (West Germany)
+ 3:40 - 4:00 Break and organization of Topical Birds-of-a-Feather
+ (Topics to be decided at this time.)
+
+Database Applications
+ 4:00 - 4:30 TeX at Mathematical Reviews -- William Woolf and
+ Daniel Latterner
+ 4:30 - 5:00 Lexicography with TeX -- J\"orgen Pind (Iceland)
+ 5:00 - 5:40 Automated Database Publishing -- Two Case Studies
+ -- Alex Warman, Alun Vaughan, and Tim Kelly
+ (Australia)
+ 5:40 - ??? Topical Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (LaTeX,
+ graphics, fonts, etc.)
+ 6:30 - 8:00 10th Anniversary ``Mexican Fiesta'' Dinner
+ -- sponsored by the TeX Users Group
+ 8:00 - ??? Social Hour/Party Time -- hosted by ArborText
+
+
+Wednesday -- August 23
+
+Help Sessions
+ 8:30 - 9:30A.M. TeX Help Session -- Barbara Beeton
+ 9:30 -10:15 WEB Help Session -- Wayne Sewell
+ 10:15-10:30 Break
+
+General Information
+ 10:30 - 11:00 The State of TeX Users Groups in Europe
+ -- Malcolm Clark (England)
+ 11:00 - 11:30 Keeping an Archive Dust Free
+ -- Peter Abbott (England)
+
+ 11:30 - 1:00P.M. Lunch
+
+TeX Tools
+ 1:00 - 1:30 Recent Improvements of jTeX and jLaTeX
+ -- Hideki Isozaki (Japan)
+ 1:30 - 2:00 TeXreation -- Playing Games with TeX's Mind
+ -- Andrew Greene
+ 2:00 - 2:30 Indexing TeX's Commands -- Bill Cheswick
+ 2:30 - 3:00 DVI File Processing Programs -- Stephan von Bechtolsheim
+ " - " A Study in Producing Local Style Files for Letters and
+ Memos -- Steve Sydoriak
+
+ 3:00 - 3:15 Break
+
+ 3:15 - 3:45 Using WordPerfect 5.0 to Create TeX and LaTeX Documents
+ -- Anita Hoover
+ " " Inserts in Multiple Columns -- Gary Benson, Debi
+ Erpenbeck, and Janet Holmes
+ 3:45 - 4:15 TeX Macros for COBOL Syntax Diagrams
+ -- Mary McClure
+ 4:15 - 4:45 Coordinating a Procedural Language and Text Editor to
+ Create an Efficient and Workable PC Interface for TeX
+ -- Brad Halverson and Don Riley
+ 4:45 - 5:00 General wrap-up and closing -- Bart Childs et al.
+
+An IBM PC and an Apple Macintosh will be available so that member may
+exchange software.
+
+Program Coordinator:
+ Dean Guenther -- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
+Program Committee:
+ Hope Hamilton -- National Center for Atmospheric Research,
+ Boulder, Colorado
+ Doug Henderson -- University of California, Berkeley, California
+ Christina Thiele -- Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
+
+For more information and a registration form contact the TeX Users
+Group, <TUG@Seed.Ams.Com>.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__8
+**********************************************************************
+* Second Announcement and Registration Form *
+* TeX89 *
+* 4th Annual Meeting of European TeX Users *
+* September 11-13, 1989, Karlsruhe, FRG *
+**********************************************************************
+
+As announced before, TeX89, the 4th European TeX Conference, will take
+place at Karlsruhe University, FRG, from Monday, September 11, to
+Wednesday, September 13, 1989. The conference will be organized by
+Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein, Institut f\"ur Informatik, Universit\"at
+Freiburg, and Rainer Rupprecht, Rechenzentrum, Universit\"at
+Karlsruhe.
+
+Karlsruhe is a young town situated in the valley of the upper Rhine
+and surrounded by the wooded mountains of the Black Forest, the
+Palatinate, and Alsace. Some information about Karlsruhe and a
+registration card for the room reservation by the Karlsruhe tourist
+center are enclosed.
+
+So far, about 20 papers have been submitted. Main topics are:
+
+o Retrieving archived files
+o SGML and TeX/LaTeX
+o Fonts
+o LaTeX ...
+
+There is great interest to discuss special topics, so discussion
+groups will be scheduled as part of the conference. Highlights of the
+discussions will be presented to the general audience on the last day
+of the conference.
+
+Workshops before and after the conference will be announced
+separately.
+
+The conference fee is DM 280,--. The fee includes registration
+materials, lunches, social events and a copy of the conference
+proceedings. If paid before the July 1, the fee will be reduced to
+DM 250,--.
+
+If you have any questions or suggestions for the conference, don't
+hesitate to contact Rainer Rupprecht, Universit\"at Karlsruhe,
+Rechenzentrum, Am Zirkel 2, 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG; e-mail:
+RZ32@DKAUNI48 (bitnet); tel. (0721) 608-4031. Please give copies of
+this form to your colleagues, as the mailing list is incomplete.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ TeX89
+ Conference Registration Form
+
+ Name ________________________________________________________________
+ Affiliation _________________________________________________________
+ Address _____________________________________________________________
+ _____________________________________________________________
+ _____________________________________________________________
+ Telephone ___________________________________________________________
+ E-mail ______________________________________________________________
+
+ Please tick where appropriate:
+
+ ___ Conference fee DM 250.-- (DM 280.--
+ after July 1) is enclosed by check.
+ ___ Conference fee DM 250.-- (DM 280.--
+ after July 1) will be sent by check.
+ ___ Please invoice me, bank transfer will be done
+ immediately.
+ ___ I would like to contribute to or participate in discussion
+ groups on:
+ 1st choice _______________________________________________
+ __________________________________________________________
+ 2nd choice _______________________________________________
+ __________________________________________________________
+ 3rd choice _______________________________________________
+ __________________________________________________________
+
+Send to: Rainer Rupprecht
+ Rechenzentrum
+ Universit\"at Karlsruhe
+ Postfach 6980
+ 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG
+ Telephone: (0721) 608-4031
+ e-mail: RZ32@DKAUNI48 (bitnet)
+
+TeX89 -- We hope to see you in September
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__9
+**********************************************************************
+* DANTE --- Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX *
+**********************************************************************
+By Joachim Lammarsch <RZ92@DHDURZ1.BITNET>
+
+Last year, when I was in Exeter at the European TeX meeting, was the
+first time that the idea of a German TeX society came into my mind. I
+saw that the organisation and representation of the European TeX users
+was not very good. And the first step towards making it better, in my
+opinion, is to improve the organisation of the national groups.
+
+So because of that, in Freiburg at the German TeX meeting I made the
+proposal in my capacity as the coordinator of the German group to
+found a German TeX society, and asked for comments about that idea.
+The response has been so positive that I have gone on to prepare the
+foundation.
+
+On 14th of April 1989 in Heidelberg, it has come to fruition. DANTE,
+Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX, has been founded. I agree,
+the name is not from a German. But the French users group has taken
+the German GUTenberg, so we needed another well-known name. 17 persons
+were present to found the society, and after a discussion about the
+statutes the board was elected. For chairman of the society the
+persons present elected me. For vice chairwoman Mrs. Gabriele Kruljac,
+Max--Plank--Institut Stuttgart, for treasurer Mr. Friedhelm Sowa,
+Research Center of the University Duesseldorf, and for secretary Mrs.
+Luzia Dietsche, Research Center of the University Heidelberg, have
+been chosen.
+
+The principal aim of the society is to encourage advice and
+cooperation among German language TeX users. But this is not the only
+intention. The user group will examine proposals of members for new
+TeX software, if there are some. It will above all cooperate with
+other related national and international TeX groups. Besides, DANTE
+shall represent the interests of the German language TeX users to the
+TeX Users Group more than has happened up till now. Perhaps that will
+be done in team-work with other European TeX groups.
+
+Another activity will be the organisation of training and education.
+The first training course will perhaps be held at the next German TeX
+meeting. Last, but not least, a newspaper will be edited and
+published.
+
+Institutions as well as individuals can become members. Membership is
+possible for universities, publishers, software houses, computer
+companies, public authorities, private persons, students, etc. to name
+but a few. The dues for the various groups are graduated.
+
+The first general meeting will take place together with the German TeX
+meeting on 11th-13th October 1989 in Eichstaett. The first day of the
+meeting will be reserved for the members of DANTE; the other two days
+will be the same as normally happens at meetings.
+
+For more information about DANTE please contact:
+
+ DANTE -- Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX
+ Research Center of the University Heidelberg
+ Im Neuenheimer Feld 293
+ 6900 Heidelberg 1
+ West Germany
+ Bitnet: DANTE@DHDURZ1
+
+or
+
+ Joachim Lammarsch
+ Research Center of the University Heidelberg
+ Im Neuenheimer Feld 293
+ 6900 Heidelberg 1
+ West Germany
+ Bitnet: RZ92@DHDURZ1
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__10
+**********************************************************************
+* Preliminary table of contents, TUGboat 10#2, July 1989 *
+**********************************************************************
+
+General Delivery
+ Bart Childs From the President
+ Barbara Beeton Editorial comments
+ The TeX tests: Determining your level of knowledge
+
+Software
+ Michael Spivak, Michael Ballantyne and Yoke Lee
+ HI-TeX cutting & pasting
+
+Fonts
+ Georgia K.M. Tobin Another dingbat idea
+ Zalman Rubinstein Chess printing via Metafont and TeX
+ Don Hosek Guidelines for creating portable Metafont code
+
+Graphics
+ Phil Andrews Integration of TeX and graphics
+ at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
+ Patricia Wilcox MetaPlot: Machine-independent line graphics
+ for TeX
+
+Output Devices
+ Don Hosek TeX output devices -- Addenda
+ Tom Reid and Don Hosek
+ Report from the DVI driver standards committee
+
+Resources
+ Malcolm Clark TeXline: A newsletter of the TeX community
+ Don Hosek Announcing (belatedly) TeXMaG
+ Peter Abbott UKTeX and the Aston archive
+ Michael DeCorte The Clarkson archive server --
+ Update as of 1 May 1989
+ M. Edward Nieland The DECUS TeX collection
+
+Site Reports
+ Data General
+ Bart Childs Data General site report
+
+Typesetting on Personal Computers
+ Jon Radel ``Free'' TeX software for IBM PCs
+ Andrew Trevorrow Public domain TeX for the Mac
+
+Tutorials
+ Stephan v. Bechtolsheim \csname and \string
+
+Macros
+ David Salomon DDA methods in TeX
+ Brother Eric Vogel Printing Vietnamese characters by
+ adding diacritical marks
+
+LaTeX
+ Dezso Nagy A bar chart in LaTeX
+ Hubert Partl Producing on-line information files with LaTeX
+ Frank Mittelbach The doc-option
+ B. Hamilton Kelly The autodoc-option
+ Frank Mittelbach An environment for multicolumn output
+
+News & Announcements
+ Calendar
+ Joachim Lammarsch DANTE -- Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX
+ Nordic TeX meeting, 12 June 1989, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__11
+**********************************************************************
+* Report from the DVI Driver standards Committee *
+**********************************************************************
+
+By Tom Reid <X066TR@TAMVM1.BITNET>
+and Don Hosek <U33297@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
+
+The first few months of 1989 have shown a healthy increase in the
+discussion in the DVI driver standards discussion. For those people
+with network access, much has been done to provide for the
+dissemination of the information which has come through our hands.
+
+The group has a LISTSERV discussion group, DRIV-L, which is the
+primary means of communication between its members. The list is set up
+so that anyone who wants to contribute ideas may do so by sending mail
+to DRIV-L@TAMVM1 (Bitnet) or DRIV-L@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU (Internet). These
+notes will be automatically be distributed to the membership of the
+group.
+
+Archives of past discussions as well as papers on the topic and the
+current versions of standards documentation, programs, and macros are
+stored on the Clarkson archive in the dvi-standard group. Individuals
+with FTP access may obtain the files from sun.soe.clarkson.edu in the
+directory pub/dvi-standard. Those without FTP access may still obtain
+the files via e-mail using the same mechanism as is used by the LaTeX
+style collection, substituting dvi-standard for latex-style where
+appropriate. For example, to obtain the file driv-l.log8809 and a list
+of other files, one might send a message to
+archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu which looks like:
+ path fschwartz%hmcvax.bitnet@clvm.clarkson.edu
+ get dvi-standard driv-l.log8809
+ index dvi-standard
+By the TUG meeting in August, we hope to have much of the proposed
+standard documented and available from the archive.
+
+Bitnet users may also obtain log files from Listserv@tamvm1 by sending
+the command
+ get driv-l log{\it yymm}
+to Listserv@tamvm1 where yy is the last two digits of the year and mm
+is the month, expressed as a two digit number. For example, to obtain
+the log from September, 1988, one would send the command get driv-l
+log8809 to Listserv. Listserv commands should be sent either as the
+first line of a single-line mail message or as an interactive message
+(TELL on CMS, SEND on VMS).
+
+The remainder of this article outlines some preliminary results of
+the committee's work. Persons interested in implementing portions
+of this standard should contact check the Clarkson archive or contact
+Robert McGaffey <McGaffey@ORN.MFEnet> to obtain the most recent
+information on the standard.
+
+1. \special commands
+The committee has decided that the \special commands defined to date
+will be labeled as "experimental" and later classified as
+"production" after they've undergone sufficient testing to justify
+the reclassification. Experimental \special commands are distinguished
+by the prefix X_.
+
+Further work on the precise syntactical rules for \special are under
+development.
+
+1.1 Interface
+One of the early decisions of the committee was that \special will be
+treated as a primitive command which the end user should never need
+to type. Instead, \special should be accessed through a high level
+macro set. This has the additional advantage that users at beta test
+sites will usually not be affected by changes to the syntax or names
+of \special commands. This is important since when a \special changes
+status from "experimental" to "production," its name will change as
+noted above.
+
+The committee is developing macros for both plain TeX and LaTeX to
+interface with the developing standard. At the present time, only
+preliminary versions of these macros have been written, but a full
+macro set for both plain TeX and LaTeX should be be available by the
+publication time of this article.
+
+1.2 Scope
+\special commands have been broken down into six classes depending
+on what portion of the DVI output they would affect.
+Global: These \special commands affect the entire document. Examples
+ of this class of \special include commands for selecting duplex
+ printing or setting the printing orientation (portrait, landscape,
+ etc.).
+Page: These \special commands affect only the page on which they are
+ printed. Examples of this class include requests for feeding of
+ special paper from an auxiliary tray ({\it e.g.,\/} for a cover
+ sheet) or a single-page change in orientation.
+Box: These \special commands affect a block of output that is
+ enclosed in a TeX box (and thus is, by necessity on a single
+ page). For example, a command to rotate a block of text would fall
+ under this class.
+Delimited: These \special commands are those that affect a block of
+ output which is not necessarily enclosed by a TeX box or contained
+ entirely on a single page. For example, a \special command to set
+ color would fall into this class.
+Output generating: These \special commands are those which generate
+ self-contained output of some sort. For example, the X_vec
+ \special of Section 1.3 falls into this class.
+Attribute setting: These \special commands modify the next output
+ generating command which appears on the current page. If no output
+ generating command follows an attribute setting command, the
+ command is ignored and the DVI driver program should issue a
+ warning. An example of this class of commands would be the
+ X_linewidth \special described in Section 1.3.
+The remainder of this section will consist of additional notes on
+those classes of \special commands which need additional comment.
+
+Global specials
+Global specials, it has been decided, will be required to appear on
+the first page of the document. They will either be identified with
+a prefix (X_global:), delimited by a pair of \special commands
+(X_begin_globals ... X_end_globals) or some similar scheme.
+
+One issue that has not been decided is whether the first page
+containing the global \special commands should be the first page of
+text or a special page on its own. Having global options specified as
+part of the actual first page of text minimizes the impact on existing
+drivers. However, it does present some problems with existing macro
+packages in regard to ensuring that the options are output at the
+right place. This problem stems from the fact that the \special
+commands used to convey the options to the drivers are normally placed
+in the body of the document. Macro packages which place headline text
+or entirely separate title pages prior to writing the first part of
+the "body" of the document will cause text to appear in the DVI file
+before the global options. Headline text may or may not have any
+impact upon the global options, but separate title pages will prevent
+the global options from being on the first page of the DVI file. To
+get around this problem, the mechanism used for passing global
+information will need to "cooperate" with the output routine within
+the macro package.
+
+Requiring an entirely separate page at the start of the DVI file
+avoids the need for special interaction with the output routines of
+various macro packages. Instead of placing \special commands in the
+body of the first page, a separate macro is used which issues a
+separate \shipout containing the \special commands. This approach
+makes things easier for programs which sort or otherwise reorganize a
+DVI file since no culling of global options from the first text page
+is necessary. However, the separate page technique has an undesired
+effect: it produces a blank page on existing drivers which do not
+understand the options page.
+
+Box specials
+A box \special command, since it will always be entirely typeset on a
+single page, will be enclosed in a TeX box (\hbox or \vbox). In the
+DVI output, box structure is reflected by surrounding push and pop
+commands. For example, the TeX commands:
+ normal
+ \hbox{\special{abc} special}
+ text
+generate the following DVI code:
+ "normal"
+ push
+ right
+ xxx "abc"
+ "special"
+ pop
+ right
+ "text"
+A DVI driver can exploit this for a command such as X_rotate by
+maintaining on the DVI stack, values for items such as rotation_angle.
+
+Delimited specials
+The committee has not found an effective way to deal with open block
+\special commands yet. They will probably need to be issued in
+cooperation with the output routine, to insure that every delimited
+command is broken down into matching pairs of \special commands on
+each page within its bounds.
+
+This approach is necessary for two reasons:
+o If pages are reordered for any reason (e.g., reverse ordering for
+ laser printers which stack output face up) the driver should not
+ need to have to scan the entire file to insure that it does not
+ inadvertently break up a pair of \special commands producing a
+ delimited command.
+o Without special care being taken, an delimited command which spans
+ pages may inadvertently affect page headers and footers which are
+ typeset between the beginning and ending blocks.
+
+1.3 Graphics commands
+Three techniques for including graphics have been discussed. These
+are:
+1. Make graphics entirely with TeX primitives.
+2. Use METAFONT to build a graphic as a font.
+3. Allow the driver to include a device-specific graphic.
+
+Graphics by TeX
+Handling graphics entirely with TeX macros and primitives which use
+dots or characters from a special graphics font is a technique which
+has been in use for some time. The LaTeX picture environment and
+PiCTeX work in this way with the former assembling characters from a
+graphic font and the latter using closely spaced dots.
+
+In TUGboat 10(1), (This article also appeared in TeXhax.89.007) David
+F. Rogers proposed a series of TeX macros to provide plotting
+primitives; these macros would generally be used by TeX input
+generated by some graphics package. The macros which were proposed
+created graphics by closely spacing dots along each line in the same
+manner as PiCTeX.
+
+The problem posed by creating graphics in this manner is that TeX must
+store all of the graphic elements in memory at once for an entire page
+quickly exceeding TeX's capacity.
+
+To calculate the memory needs, the technique for positioning each dot
+was defined. This is:
+ \kern\DX \raise\Y \hbox{\DOT}%
+where \DX is a dimension register giving the displacement in the "x"
+direction from the previous point and \Y is a dimension register
+giving the displacement in the "y" direction from the reference point
+of the graph. \DOT defines the plotting symbol and \DX accounts for
+the width of this symbol.
+
+In memory, TeX saves \kern\DX in a kern node, the raised hbox in an
+hlist node, and the plotting symbol in a char_node. These take two
+words, seven words, and one word of memory, respectively, for a total
+of ten words per dot. A normal-size implementation of TeX with
+64k-words of memory allows about 6000 dots to be positioned before it
+runs out of memory (assuming that no other macros are loaded and
+neglecting other text on the page). Spacing the dots at 100 per inch,
+this gives about 60 inches which is not sufficient for many graphs.
+
+To enhance the capacity of this graphics technique, we decided to use
+a \special to add a vector drawing capability to TeX and DVI drivers
+and use the \special instead of closely-spaced dots. This changes the
+TeX command sequence to:
+ \kern\DX \raise\Y \hbox{%
+ \special{X_vec \number\XC \space
+ \number\YC}%
+where \XC and \YC are dimension registers giving the components of the
+vector. Component values in scaled points are likely to be six-digit
+numbers with an additional minus sign for negative numbers. Thus, an
+average length for the \special string is likely to be around 18
+characters. In memory, a \special is saved in a two-word whatsit node
+which points to the \special string. Thus the total memory needs,
+counting the kern and hlist nodes, will average 29 words per vector
+which allows roughly 2000 vectors. This may be sufficient for many
+graphs, but falls somewhat short for complex three-dimensional surface
+plots. (One sample 3D surface plot consisted of 13,000 vectors.)
+
+Two \special commands have been defined for graphics of this sort (and
+specialized commands for more complicated graphic elements will be
+defined in the future). The commands defined are:
+X\_linewidth n: Specify that the following vector is to be drawn with
+ a line width of n DVI units (scaled points for TeX). Vectors are
+ normally 1 point in width. If no vector follows the X_linewidth
+ \special on this page, the command is ignored and the DVI driver
+ program should issue a warning.
+X\_vec Dx, Dy: Draw a diagonal line from the current point to the
+ point which is offset by Dx and Dy from the current point. Dx and
+ Dy are specified in terms of DVI units.
+
+Graphics by METAFONT
+A different approach to graphics inclusion is to use METAFONT to
+produce the graphic as a character of a font and position it using
+TeX's normal character positioning capabilities. The advantage of this
+technique is that the graphic is in a format which many drivers will
+already accept.
+
+METAPLOT by Pat Wilcox (See the AmigaTeX notes of March 12, 1989 or
+TeXMaG V3N3 for information about this package.) is one example of a
+package which takes this approach.
+
+However, the technique has a number of drawbacks: Graphic fonts are
+resolution-dependent; a separate graphic font is needed for different
+resolution devices. METAFONT records changes in pixel values across a
+scan line when it builds a character. Thus, the memory needs depend
+upon the complexity of the graphic in addition to the size and
+resolution of the device. To circumvent this limitation, it is
+necessary to break the whole graphic into smaller pieces. It is
+important to ensure that the heights and widths of each piece are
+integral numbers of pixels to allow them to be reassembled without the
+alignment problems which occur for letters within words.
+
+Including device-dependent files
+With this approach, the DVI driver processes a special Graphics
+Description File (GDF) which, among other things, indicates the names
+and formats of separate graphic files in device-dependent format. A
+driver searches this list to find a file in a format appropriate for
+the device it supports. This allows a greatly simplified graphic files
+to be defined for previewing purposes while a detailed, higher
+resolution version is used when the DVI file is printed.
+
+GDF files are processed both by TeX and by the DVI driver. TeX \inputs
+the file and executes code at the start of the file. This code sets
+some dimension and box registers giving the size of the graphic then
+terminates with an \endinput to return control to the macro which did
+the \input. The portion of the GDF file following the \endinput is
+processed by the driver.
+
+The driver section of the file consists of a series of keywords which
+identify lines that apply to a particular graphics format, rotation,
+etc. The driver scans these lines searching for a format which it
+understands. Depending on the driver and the graphics format,
+additional lines may have to be searched for other attributes such as
+rotation. Eventually, the name of the graphics file to be included
+will be found and the driver will incorporate it into the output file.
+
+In TUGboat 10(1), Bart Childs, Alan Stolleis, and Don Berryman
+suggested another scheme for using \special for inclusion of
+device-dependent graphics files in "A portable graphics inclusion."
+
+2. Additional reference material
+In addition to the works mentioned in the Editor's note at the end
+of our last report, the following may also be of interest:
+
+Guntermann, Klaus and Joachim Schrod. "High quality DVI drivers"
+ Available from the Clarkson archive as the file
+ schrod-guntermann1.tex
+Hosek, Don. "Proposed DVI \special command standard" Available from
+ the Clarkson archive as the file hosek1.tex.
+
+In addition, anyone interested in implementing any portion of the
+developing standard should read the logs available from the Clarkson
+archive or Listserv@tamvm1.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__12
+**********************************************************************
+* PD version of TeX for MSDOS/PCDOS *
+**********************************************************************
+By Joachim Lammarsch <DANTE@DHDURZ1>
+
+At the LISTSERV@DHDURZ1 is a new filelist installed for the Public TeX
+of Klaus Thull, which he has announced in TUGboat 10(1).
+
+For this version of TeX on PC you need the WEB files and Turbo Pascal
+4.0 or newer. The PCHACKER GUIDE of Klaus is in German, the INST GUIDE
+is in English.
+
+To get a directory of the filelist you have to send to
+LISTSERV@DHDURZ1 the command
+
+ GET TEX-PUB FILELIST
+
+To get the files you have to send the command
+
+ GET fn ft TEX-PUB
+
+to the Listserv.
+
+For members of DANTE it is possible to get the files on diskettes. For
+more information about that ask
+
+ DANTE, Deitschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX e.V.
+ Im Neuenheimer Feld 293
+ 6900 Heidelberg 1
+ West Germany
+
+ DANTE@DHDURZ1
+
+With kind regards
+Joachim Lammarsch
+(Chairman DANTE)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__13
+**********************************************************************
+* METAPLOT: a package for integrating line printer plots with TeX *
+* using METAFONT *
+**********************************************************************
+by Pat Wilcox
+The Coolspring Banjo Works
+6617 Home Road
+Delaware, OH 43015
+
+[[Editor's note: This article is re-printed from the AmigaTeX
+newsletter.]]
+
+METAPLOT is a macro package that converts black and white line
+graphics to METAFONT input. METAPLOT macros digest plot commands and
+spit them out as a mosaic of puzzle pieces, which TeX can reassemble
+using ordinary typesetting commands. Using this scheme, you can
+publish TeX documents with diagrams as an integral part of the text,
+with no "special" or device-dependent commands.
+
+This all started when my husband the engineering consultant started
+in on a major contract to document a collection of Computer Aided
+Engineering programs. He got tired of changing the little typewriter
+keycaps with the Greek letters, just about the time I got fascinated
+with AmigaMETAFONT (I won't tell you what I was trying to do with
+it...) TeX could do all but the pictures, and we planned to use Aegis
+Draw 2000 to draw diagrams on the line plotter and paste them in.
+
+The Aegis Draw family is good about documenting the internal data
+structures of files. They manage device configurations as small ASCII
+files in a "plotters" subvolume, so that custom plotter configurations
+are easy to add. I stared at the Aegis plot file structure for a bit,
+then cooked up a new plotter called META. META is a very strange
+plotter with the property that any drawing sent to META emerges as a
+sequence of calls to the METAPLOT macros.
+
+Voila! Instant pictures. We're up to Figure 25 in the first document,
+and METAPLOT has most of the bugs shaken out, far as I can tell.
+(We're still working on performance tuning and frills.) The approach
+should work for anybody who has access to both TeX and METAFONT on any
+system. We had it running this morning with PersonalTeX and
+PersonalMETAFONT on an IBM PS/2 model 70.
+
+How do I generate input data for this marvel of modern engineering,
+you ask? If you have one of the Aegis Draw programs (upgrade to Draw
+2000, if you haven't already!), just select plotter META and you're on
+the air.
+
+If you have another CAD package, you're still OK as long as it allows
+output to some flavor of HP line plotter (which most of them do) and
+you can capture the line plotter commands to a file. We're working on
+a VGtoMF (vector graphics to METAFONT) preprocessing program which
+translates HPGL to META-plotter language, as well as scaling,
+rotating, and possibly windowing your plot. VGtoMF will probably
+change a lot in the next few months as we match its capabilities to
+your individual needs.
+
+Of course, there's always a trouble-maker around. Tom Rokicki has come
+up with the Gold Disk Professional Draw program, which refuses to
+admit that line plotters exist. We're working on that one, but it's
+going to be a non-trivial and non-general exercise in decoding the
+Gold Disk structured drawing file format. (Everybody call Gold Disk
+and say you need line plotter support!)
+
+METAPLOT is neat. It really works; if you need it, you need it badly;
+and I want everybody to have it. Alas, with two kids in college and no
+visible means of support, I can't just give it to you, but for $50.00
+(postpaid) you can become a certified METAPLOT Beta Test Site, with
+the META plotter driver, the plotmacs.mf package, and lots of
+individual attention to tailoring the VGtoMF preprocessor to work with
+your CAD package--with a free upgrade to the production versions of
+all of the above as soon as the dust settles.
+
+Available only from:
+Pat Wilcox
+The Coolspring Banjo Works
+6617 Home Road
+Delaware, OH 43015
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__14
+**********************************************************************
+* RUMDJET -- A DVI Driver for the HP DeskJet *
+**********************************************************************
+By Wolfgang Kaspar <Urz86@Dmswwu1a.Bitnet>
+ and H.-W. Kisker <Urz10@Dmswwu1a.Bitnet>
+Westf\"alische Wilhelms Universit\"at M\"unster
+Universit\"atsrechenzentrum
+April 1989
+
+RUMDJET (RUM = Rechenzentrum der Universit\"at M\"unster) is a DVI
+driver for the HP DeskJet printer. It is part of an extensive TeX
+toolkit which one of us (H.-W. Kisker) has developed during the last
+year for the IBM PC.
+
+The driver is a dedicated version for IBM PC compatible computers
+running MS-DOS. Although it is derived from Beebe's DVI driver family,
+no efforts have been made to achieve portability to other hardware or
+other operating systems.
+
+The state of the software is preliminary. The runtime behaviour is
+rather stable indeed, but the program is still under development.
+Above all the source code at the time is not up to our normal standard
+and will not be distributed by default. For those who are courageous
+enough to deal with more or less "writeonly" code, the sources are
+available on special request. The final version of the driver
+including the sources will be available together with the above
+mentioned TeX toolkit in a few months.
+
+Notes on Concepts and Facilties
+-------------------------------
+The HP DeskJet is a pleasingly silent printer which offers an
+excellent 300 dpi print quality at a very attractive price. We
+consider it as a low cost laser printer alternative for everybody's
+everyday use. The greatest disadvantage is that by default the printer
+comes without a single byte of RAM for downloading fonts. Even
+upgrading it with the maximum of two RAM cartridges will supply no
+more than 256 KB of font storage. For many documents this amount is
+far away from being sufficient. Therefore most of the print job has to
+be done in graphic mode. Unfortunately this brings two unpleasent
+aspects into account. First the driver has to manage a rather great
+bitmap (over 1 MB for a default DIN A4 page) and second printing in
+high resolution graphic mode is a very dull affair.
+
+Both problems can be solved by reducing the resolution to 150 or even
+100 dpi. RUMDJET offers this possibility as an option. For high
+quality output, however, the 300 dpi resolution is indispensable. This
+demands a careful handling of storage. The usual approach of swapping
+the bitmap to disk led to an unacceptable increase of processing time.
+Better results were obtained by dividing the page from top to bottom
+into several pieces which were processed and printed independently.
+The multiple reading of the DVI file can be almost neglected.
+
+Some other points concerning the driver software should be mentioned:
+ o RUMDJET does not need any swap space on disk. For us this point is
+ rather important. All of the university PCs are connected to a
+ campus network. Via the network, software including TeX can be
+ loaded, but there is no disk capacity to store private data. So
+ all the micro computers which are equiped just with a floppy disk
+ drive can run \TeX\ and RUMDJET, but cannot store a great bitmap.
+
+ o The output can be directed to a printer immediately. This helps to
+ avoid the creation of big printer output files. RUMDJET is able to
+ compute the next output part while the DeskJet is processing its
+ internal print buffer. So the printer is busy without any
+ interruption.
+
+ o An arbitrary number of arbitrary large fonts can be used in a
+ document. If the RAM-storage is not sufficient to hold a character
+ image, the image is read line by line into the current bitmap
+ immediately. The above mentioned toolkit contains a set of
+ programs to insert pictures created by normal PC software into a
+ TeX document. This is achieved by making a special font with
+ possibly very large characters of every picture. RUMDJET can
+ handle those fonts independent of their sizes.
+
+ o The output can be sent to a HP LaserJet of an arbitrary version as
+ well.
+
+ o For a quick look at the printed document the resolution can be
+ reduced to 150 or 100 dpi. This leads to a noticeable decrease of
+ printing time and printfile size.
+
+Implementation Efficiency
+-------------------------
+According to Beebe we measured the runtime for processing this
+document on a ACER 1100. The ACER 1100 is a 386 based micro computer
+running at 16 MHz. Here are the results:
+
+ Operation time size
+ (using PK fonts) (sec) (kbytes)
+ ----------------------------------------------
+ RUMDJET (300 dpi) 100 942
+ RUMDJET (150 dpi) 67 271
+ RUMDJET (100 dpi) 50 134
+ DVIJEP (300 dpi) 62 60
+ DVITOS (180 dpi) 176 827
+ ----------------------------------------------
+
+The values for DVIJEP and DVITOS have been added for comparison.
+
+
+Outlook
+-------
+The TeX toolkit for the PC which we mentioned above will be ready for
+distribution in the second part of 1989.
+
+It will consist of:
+ o the DVI driver RUMDJET for the HP DeskJet (300, 150 and 100 dpi),
+
+ o the DVI driver RUMNEC for the NEC P5/P6/P7 printer family (360 and
+ 180 dpi),
+
+ o the DVI driver RUMVIEW for a wide range of video cards including
+ those with 1024x768 pixel resolution,
+
+ o the Program ADI2PXL which converts Autodesk's ADI pixel file
+ format into TeX fonts,
+
+ o a set of conversion programs which converts the grafic output of
+ nearly every PC Program to ADI file format and
+
+ o a set of utility programs to manipulate ADI files and TeX fonts
+ including a font editor.
+
+The RUMDJET driver itself will be extended by several additional
+features for example the possibility to specify a list of pathnames
+for searching pixel or TFM files.
+
+Although we consider the released preliminary version of RUMDJET
+to be rather stable, we are of course highly interested in bugs or
+malefunctions which will show up during everyday use. Please don't
+hesitate to write us if you run into an error.
+
+
+Obtaining the Programm
+----------------------
+ o Get it from the file server listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet.
+
+ o Send one of the following formatted disks to the authors:
+
+ 3 1/2" 720 KB
+ 3 1/2" 1.44 MB
+ 5 1/4" 360 KB
+ 5 1/4" 1.2 MB
+
+
+Addresses of the authors
+------------------------
+Postal mail:
+ Wolfgang Kaspar H.-W. Kisker
+ University of M\"unster University of M\"unster
+ University Computing Center University Computing Center
+ Einsteinstra\ss e 60 Einsteinstra\ss e 60
+ D-4400 M\"unster D-4400 M\"unster
+ Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany
+E-mail:
+ urz86@dmswwu1a.bitnet urz10@dmswwu1a.bitnet
+phone:
+ 49 251 832473 49 251 832467
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__15
+**********************************************************************
+* Books on type: *
+* _An Atlas of Typeforms_ *
+**********************************************************************
+
+by Don Hosek <U33297@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
+
+Title: An Atlas of Typeforms
+Authors: James Sutton and Alan Bartram
+Publisher: Chartwell Books, Inc. (Secaucus, New Jersey)
+125pp., Folio
+
+I came across this book last December in the discount tables at
+Krochs & Brentano's on sale, so it may not be readily available. This
+is a pity since the book is a rather interesting survey of typefaces
+from the earliest Roman stone cuttings (the term "typefaces" is used
+somewhat loosely in the first part of the book which also discusses
+various medieval calligraphic styles as well) to modern typefaces.
+Since the book was written in 1968, there is no discussion of digital
+typefaces, but for a person interested in the development of the
+contemporary letterforms, this is a rather interesting work.
+
+One feature which makes this book particularly interesting are the
+large samples of entire typefaces representative of each type
+discussed. For example, in the section on Modern typefaces, a full set
+of Roman and Italic types is given in 24 or 30pt for each of Bauer
+Bodoni, Monotype 135 Bodoni, Ludwig & Mayer Firmin Didot, Berthold
+Walbaum, Monotype 374 Walbaum, Stevens Shanks Extended 3, and
+Stephenson Blake Modern 20. In addition their are samples of the
+letters "RQENbaegn" given as greatly enlarged samples so the
+characteristic features of the typeface might be examined more easily.
+It is highly instructive to compare the common features of one group
+of typefaces given in this manner to those of a different group (for
+example, comparing the Moderns and Old Styles) to better understand
+what distinguishes the two groups and binds the typefaces in the
+group together.
+
+The decorative typefaces grouped together near the end might
+certainly be interesting material for an ambitious Metafounder, and
+for anyone hoping to design their own alphabet on any model, this
+book would certainly be helpful in understanding why certain features
+of characters are the way they are.
+
+If I have any complaint against this book, it would be that the
+authors show too strong a preference towards sans-serif typefaces (or
+"grotesques" as they refer to them). The text, set in eight point
+Univers is made somewhat more difficult to read due to the choice of
+face (especially in the dim light of my home work area).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__16
+**********************************************************************
+* TeX mysteries and puzzles *
+**********************************************************************
+
+TeX mysteries and puzzles has returned with two new puzzles. The first
+is from Victor Eijkhout <U641000@HNYKUN11.BITNET>. He writes:
+
+ The following lay-out problem is too hard for me. It may not even
+ be solvable with TeX.
+
+ In advertising material you encounter, every once in a while, text
+ that has been "varioset" (this is the Dutch term). Meaning that it
+ is left and right justified, except on lines (about one in five
+ gives a pleasant visual effect) where the stretch is deemed too
+ large, there it is raggedright, with glue set at its natural
+ width. The difficulty with this problem is of course that glue is
+ proportional, whereas this is an all-or-nothing phenomenon.
+
+Does anybody have any possible solutions?
+
+The second puzzle comes from Rainer Schoepf <SCHOEPF@DMZNAT51> who
+would like someone to
+
+ Write a macro \futurelettwo thats acts as a \futurelet, but with
+ *two* assignments, i.e.
+ \futurelettwo <token1> <token2> <token3> <token4>
+ should behave as
+ \let <token1> <token3> \let <token2> <token4> <token3> <token4>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+__17
+**********************************************************************
+* A summary of TeX-related information of note *
+**********************************************************************
+
+Please note that all Janet addresses are given in the UK "backwards"
+format. Non-Janet users should reverse the address to reach the
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+rest of the world.
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+
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+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+
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