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diff --git a/info/digests/tex-mag/v3.n4 b/info/digests/tex-mag/v3.n4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0fe8b35c21 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/tex-mag/v3.n4 @@ -0,0 +1,1120 @@ +******************************************************************************* +* * +* 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 4 * +* EEEEEEE A A Distribution: 1773 or so... * +* * +******************************************************************************* + +June 7, 1989 + +Contents +News + Announcing TeX-Euro ...............................................1 + Final call for participation: TeX89 ...............................2 + 8th Annual meeting of German TeX users ............................3 +Improved font selection in LaTeX ....................................4 +Introduction to LaTeX-help ..........................................5 +R\'eflexions sur le Congr\'es GUTenberg .............................6 + + + + + + + +__1 +********************************************************************** +* Announcing TeX-Euro * +********************************************************************** +By Joachim Lammarsch <RZ92@DHDURZ1> + +Dear TeX friends, + +to communicate with other TeX users there are a lot of possibilities: + +- TUGboat +- TeXhax +- UKTeX +- TeXmag + +These are all digests and the UKTeX is the only one which appears +weekly (TUGboat three or four times a year, TeXhax in uncertain +periods and TeXmag sporadicly). + +Three further lists are used in Europe (EARN): + +- GUT +- TEX_D-L +- TEX_D-PC + +These are lists, which distribute each note (mail) separately. The +languages which are used, are French and German. That's all I know. + +In my opinion no real European list exists distributing each note +(mail) separately and at once. Therefore I am trying to start a list +for use in whole Europe. The language should be different (not only +English, French or German). To my mind onyone should use the language +which is necessary to solve his problem. For example a Spanish TeX +user having a question concerning only Spanish affairs means it's only +about interest for Spanish people. Then he can (should) use his own +language. On the other side he can use the English language hoping for +more help. I suppose that most TeX users in Europe understand this +language. + +So we'll be able to use English as the only language, but considering +that Europe is a multilingual continent, we should also use the other +ones if it will be useful. + +I have named the list + + TEX-EURO + +and it is installed at the + + LISTSERV at DHDURZ1 + +To subscribing you should send the command + + SUB TEX-EURO your_name + +to your nearest listserver or to LISTSERV@DHDURZ1. + +The list is thought for use in Europe, but all TeX users outside are +invited to join to it, if they are interested in it. + +I hope that TEX-EURO is a possibility for all the TeX people in +Europe, all the European national groups to get in touch for better +cooperation. + +With kind regards +Joachim Lammarsch +(Chairman DANTE) + + + + + + + +__2 +********************************************************************** +* Final call for participation and registration form for TeX89 * +* 4th annual meeting of European TeX Users * +* Spetember 11-13, 1989, Karlsruhe, FRG * +********************************************************************** + +TeX89, the 4th European TeX Conference, will take place at the +University of Karlsruhe, FRG, from Monday, September 11, to Wednesday, +September 13, 1989. The conference is preceded and followed by two +days of workshops. The conference language is English. + +*Program* +The conference program is a mixture of talks and discussion groups. +So far, some twenty talks have been announced. They cover a wide range +of TeXnical topics, like teaching TeX, getting the TeX community +organized, TeX and standards, macro packages, LaTeX, TeX and the +production process, DVI drivers, and TeX and foreign languages. A +complete list of the speakers and their talks is enclosed. Further +announcement of talks, accompanied by a short abstract, will be +accepted till August 21. + +Various discussion groups will give everybody the opportunity to +participate actively in the conference. So far, four discussion +groups have been arranged. We are still looking for chairpersons +who want to initiate discussions on further topics. A discussion +chair should prepare a short, controversial statement to get the +discussion going, and should be willing to summarize the discussion +for the plenum. Discussion groups will probably be small, not more +than twenty people per group. If you have a proposal for a discussion +group, please indicate so on the registration form. + +There will be an exhibition of TeX-related products and books during +the conference. Anyone interested in exhibiting products should contact +Rainer Rupprecht (the address is on the registration form). + +The conference begins on Monday, September 11, at 10 am (registration +starting at 9 am) and closes on Wednesday, September 13, at 4 pm. + +*Workshops* +The two days before and after the conference are devoted to workshops. +Please find enclosed a list of the workshops with brief course +descriptions. We proudly announce that several distinguished TeX +specialists have committed themselves as lectures. + +Applicants should indicate on the registration form their level of +expertise and what they want to achieve in the workshop. The classes +can then better be tailored to their needs. + +In general we will limit enrollment to 15 applicants per workshops to +keep the groups operational. On the other hand, the workshops have to be +self-supporting. Hence, if less than ten people enroll for a workshop, +the workshop must be cancelled. + +Applicants will be notified on August 23 about acceptation or rejection. + +*Charges* +The conference fee is DM 280,--. The fee includes registration materials, +lunches, coffee breaks, social events (including a surprise excursion on +Tuesday afternoon), and a copy of the conference proceedings. Conference +registration must be accompanied by payment. + +The workshops are DM 100,-- per day. This only includes the classes and +teaching material the lecturers might provide. Please pay for workshops +only *after* your registration has been confirmed. + +*Accomodation* +Participants must make their own arrangements for accomodation. Please +contact + Verkehrsverein Karlsruhe e.V.\\ + Bahnhofsplatz 6\\ + 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG + +*Deadline* +The deadline for all registrations is August 21, 1989. + +*Talks* +>>Malcolm Clark + TeX and/or SGML +>>R. Olejniczak + TeXpic---design and implementation of a picture graphics language in + TeX \`a la pic +>>Bart Childs + The state of TUG, TeX, and a report on teaching TeX +>>Bart Childs and others + TeX environments +>>J. Schrod + Changebars without \special's +>>M. Rycko and B. Jackowski + Polish TeX is ready for use +>>F. Mittelbach and R. Schoepf + With LaTeX into the nineties--LaTeX limitations and how to get + around them +>>P. D. Bacsich + MoreMath--a new PostScript font of mathematical symbols +>>W. Antweiler + A TeX-REDUCE-interface (Poster talk) +>>E. Neuwirth + Combining databases and TeX for producing a textbook for + homoeopathic medicine +>>K. Neuwirth + TeX on the AMIGA--hands-on experiences +>>J. Lammarsch + Using LISTSERV at DHDURZ1 +>>J. Lammarsch + Getting organized in Germany +>>K. van der Laan + Getting organized in the Netherlands +>>R. Wonneberger + TeX in an IDP environment +>>A. Br\"uggemann-Klein + TeX and document design +>>M. Bryan + JLaTeX +>>N. Eiglsperger + A public domain driver for Digiset +>>D. Rogers + Electronic Publishing in the nineties + +*Discussion groups* +>>Document structures (LaTeX, SGML \ldots) +>>TeX and graphics (and fonts) +>>Getting information +>>TUG and national user groups + +*Workshops* +>>Plain TeX + Philip Taylor, RHBNC, University of London + September 9th/10th + Participants: 15--20 + +Philip Taylor is totally dedicated to Plain TeX, and spends a +considerable amount of time developing new macros to work within the +Plain environment. His course will cover all aspects of the TeX +language with the exception of output routines, but the emphasis of +the course is entirely under the control of those wishing to attend. +He is equally happy to teach Plain TeX for complete beginners, or +intermediate TeX for those wishing to extend their knowledge of the +language. As he feels it unlikely that any complete beginners would be +attending this conference, the initial refinement of the syllabus +includes material up to the level of (say), \halign (which is +remarkably easy to use if you design your own \halign's, rather than +trying to understand the examples in the book), but you are asked to +give brief details of your TeX experience and interests when signing +up for this course, so that the syllabus can be adjusted to be of +maximum interest and use to those attending. Please bring your own +copies of the TeXbook. + +>>LaTeX for beginners + Jost Krieger, Ruhr-Universit\"at Bochum + September 14th/15th + Participants: 10--15 + +Jost Krieger comes from a very active TeX community in Bochum, which +is particularly concerned with TeX in a German environment. The German +hyphenation patterns generated at Bochum are in widespread use. + +Jost himself is an experienced TeX and LaTeX teacher. His course +addresses LaTeX novices, either starting from scratch or switching +from plain TeX. + +Prerequisites: No previous knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed, but +it is necessary to be familiar with the basic notions behind using a +text editor on a mainframe or PC, since practical work plays an +important part in the course. Bring your own LaTeX manual. + + +>>Advanced macro writing and developing LaTeX styles + Joachim Schrod, Detig Schrod TeXsys and TH Darmstadt + September 14th/15th + Participants: 10--15 + +Joachim Schrod is both an experienced programmer and TeX macro +specialist, working on TeX portations, new members of the WEB language +family and macro development since 1981. He is contributing frequently +to TeXhax and TUGboat. He is the author of a highly portable driver +family, YADD (Yet Another DVI Driver family) and participant of the +DVI driver standards committee. + +His course addresses people having some experience with TeX and in +writing simple macros, probably often struggling with the unexpected +side effects caused by the non-modular structure of LaTeX. As LaTeX +style development is always (Plain) TeX macro development, the course +will first introduce you to the principles of the programming language +Plain TeX, namely dynamic/static binding, expansion, and interrupt +handling (output routines). Then the LaTeX programming interface is +presented, not formally specified, but as an informal description of +the most important macros for style development. + +The workshop is a mixture of lectures and hands-on practical sessions. + +Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of TeX and LaTeX is assumed. +Bring your own TeXbook! + + +>>Teaching TeX and LaTeX + Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark, Exeter University and Imperial + College + September 9th + Participants: 10--20 + +Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark need no introduction in this forum. +They did a superb job of organizing last year's conference in Exeter +and are well known for their zeal to give TeX the place in the world +it deserves. Cathy and Malcolm have both taught courses on behalf of +the TeX Users Group, TUG, as well as to others. Their longstanding +involvement with TeX and LaTeX makes them an experienced team to teach +the teachers. + +This one-day workshop consists of classroom lectures and discussions. + +Prerequisites: Some basic knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed. + + +>>Introduction to METAFONT + Don Hosek, Pitzer College + September 9th/10th + Participants: 10--15 + +Don Hosek of TeXmag fame is an active member of the TeX Users Group, +TUG, participating in the TUGboat editorial committee and the DVI +driver standards committee. In addition, he has been teaching courses +for TUG for some time now. + +The workshop will cover the basic concepts of METAFONT, beginning with +what it does and what good it is. Participants will become familiar +with using METAFONT to generate characters from existing METAFONT +programs and to develop characters and logos on their own. Topics will +include an explanation of METAFONT's mode\_def's, drawing shapes using +METAFONT's capabilities, an introduction to METAFONT's mathematical +abilities, and macros and variables in METAFONT. + +Prerequisites: No METAFONT knowledge is assumed. Experience with TeX +is recommended. Bring your own METAFONTbook. + +>>Typefaces: History and Use + Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein, Universit\"at Freiburg + September 14th/15th + Participants: 10--15 + +Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein is working on an interface between the +document designer and TeX. While studying document designers at work, +she got hooked on the beauty of typefaces. + +Topics covered by this workshop include terminology, the historical +development of type forms and their parallels in architecture, +classification schemes, tools for typeface recognition, readability, +effective use of typefaces, and typeface combinations. In the age of +PostScript, there is more to fonts than Computer Modern! + +Participants are provided with an annotated bibliography on type and +document design. + +Prerequisites: No TeX-related knowledge is assumed. Bring your +favorite and most hated type specimens. + +For more information contact: + Rainer Rupprecht + Rechenzentrum + Universit\"at Karlsruhe + Postfach 6800 + 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG + Telephone: (0721) 608-4031 + e-mail: RZ32 at DKAUNI2 (bitnet) + + + + + + + +__3 + 8th Annual Meeting of German TeX Users + October 11--13, 1989, Eichstaett, FRG + +%============================================================================= + +This year's Annual Meeting of German TeX Users will take place at the +Catholic University of Eichstaett from Wednesday, October 11, to +Friday, October 13, 1989. The conference will be organized by the +Computing Center of the Catholic University of Eichstaett and the +recently founded German TeX Users Group DANTE e.V. + +Starting with the general meeting of DANTE on Wednesday afternoon, +several tutorials on TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont will be organized on +Thursday; finally, papers and discussion groups on all TeX-related +problems will be scheduled on Thursday and Friday. + +If you are interested in participating in this conference and/or if +you plan to present a paper, please send the attached pre-registration +form to the address given below. Further questions or suggestions for +this meeting should be directed to Joachim Lammarsch +(rz92@dhdurz1.bitnet), the Chairman of DANTE, or to Dr. Wolfgang A. +Slaby (slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de) + +Please give copies of this form to your colleagues, as the mailing +list is incomplete. + + +============================================================================= + + 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users + Pre-Registration Form + +%============================================================================= + + +Name _______________________________________________________________________ + +Affiliation ________________________________________________________________ + ________________________________________________________________ + ________________________________________________________________ + ________________________________________________________________ + +Address ____________________________________________________________________ + ____________________________________________________________________ + ____________________________________________________________________ + ____________________________________________________________________ + +Telephone __________________________________________________________________ + +E-mail _____________________________________________________________________ + + + +Please tick where appropriate: + _ + |_| I plan to participate in the 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users + + _ + |_| I should like to present a paper; preliminary title: + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + (abstract of ca. 1 page is enclosed) + + _ + |_| I am interested in discussion groups on: + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + + _ + |_| I intend to participate in the exhibition with these products: + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + _____________________________________________________________________ + (exhibition area required: ..... qm) + + +Send to: Dr. Wolfgang A. Slaby + Catholic University Eichstaett + Computing Center + Ostenstr. 24 + D-8078 Eichstaett, F.R. Germany + Telephone: (08421) 20-214 + e-mail: slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de (DFN X.400) +Acknowledge-To: <RZ92@DHDURZ1> + + + + + + + +__4 +********************************************************************** +* Improved font selection in LaTeX * +********************************************************************** +By Rainer M. Schoepf <SCHOEPF@DMZNAT51> + +In recent TeXhax several people have asked how to change the font +selection mechanism of LaTeX to be more flexible, e.g., to typeset the +whole document in a sans serif typeface, with \bf switching to sans +serif bold, \it or \em to sans serif italic, using the Euler fonts or +DEK's concrete roman family, etc. + +We have implemented such a scheme which will be published in the +forthcoming issue of TUGboat. This scheme is not limited to LaTeX, +although we do not provide an interface to other macro packages +yet. + +Characteristics: + - Space requirements of about the same size as the original + lfonts.tex + - Takes about the same time to switch fonts as standard LaTeX + - Preloaded and load-on-demand fonts are treated exactly the same + way, even in math mode + +We are planning to make the relevant files available at the usual +places (Clarkson, etc.) in the near future. Interested parties (i.e. +server managers) should contact us and specify which format they +prefer (BITNET file transfer, UNIX or VMS shell archives). + +The code is documented with the `doc' option developed at Mainz, (cf. +TUGboat) which will be distributed via the same channels. + + Frank Mittelbach + Rainer Sch\"opf + +Reply to: <SCHOEPF@VIPMZL.PHYSIK.UNI-MAINZ.DE> (Internet) + or: <SCHOEPF@DMZNAT51.BITNET> (Bitnet/EARN) + + + + + + + +__5 +********************************************************************** +* Introduction to LaTeX-help * +********************************************************************** + +By Max Hailpern <mxh@sumex-aim.stanford.edu> + +All sites with LaTeX should have one or more LaTeX experts to help +users. Those experts communicate with each other about difficult +problems through various forums, including the TeXhax mailing list. + +Lately, many sites have installed LaTeX without having, acquiring, or +developing a LaTeX expert. Many simple LaTeX questions from those +sites have been posted directly to TeXhax, clogging it and prompting +redundant replies. + +Therefore, a number of TeXhax subscribers have formed a volunteer +LaTeX question answering corps. LaTeX users with questions should take +the following steps: + 1) Read the manual very carefully, including a careful check of the + index. Most questions are answered there. + 2) Check whether anyone locally can answer your question. Consider + not only paid systems staff but also more experienced users. + Similarly, if you paid a commercial company good money for LaTeX, + you should demand customer support from them--after all LaTeX is + available for free. + 3) See if you can work it out yourself, and in the process build + LaTeX expertise, by use of careful test cases, tracing mode, + examining the LaTeX source files, etc. Don't go crazy if you're a + non-programmer, but give it a shot. + 4) If all of the above fail, *don't* send mail to TeXhax. Instead, + send mail to LaTeX-help@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU. Your mail will + automatically be forwarded to a member of the volunteer corps, in + a round-robin rotation. You should hear back shortly, either with + a solution to your problem, a request for additional information, + or the remark that it exceeded the volunteer's abilities and has + been forwarded to other experts, including further volunteers and + the TeXhax mailing list. If you don't hear anything after waiting + a reasonable period, write to + LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU with as much + information about your original mailing as you have, and I'll try + to track down how it got lost. + +Please do not abuse this service. We volunteers have lots of work of +our own to do, and will not continue volunteering if the burden is +excessive. Make sure you try steps 1-3 before step 4, and always be +eager to help others locally who are a step behind you. Also, join TUG +(the TeX Users' Group) if you haven't and avail yourself of their +classes and publications to develop in-house LaTeX expertise. + +If you have any questions or comments on this, please write to +LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU -- not directly to the +current person holding that position, as it may change. + + + + + + + +__6 +********************************************************************** +* R\'eflexions sur le Congr\`es GUTenberg * +* Paris, Mai 16--17, 1989 * +********************************************************************** +by Malcolm Clark <FPS@VAXA.IMPERIAL.AC.UK> + +The French TeX users group has been around for a few years, in an +"unofficial" form. Over the last year or so they have become +"official", much more active and they now organise an annual meeting. +The first well-publicised GUTenberg meeting was held in Paris last +year. I was impressed there by the attendence (well over 100), the +stamina (the room was tiny and without air-conditioning), and the +range of topics covered. There is, in any case, a tradition of TeX +activity in France--the second European TeX Conference was held in +Strasbourg, in 1986. + +This year's meeting was again in Paris, but used far larger rooms to +accommodate the 120-150 people who attended. Scanning down the list of +attendees, there are the usual academic and research organisations, +but also publishers, and the printing trade in general. This bodes +well for the future. The meeting was held over two days: the first day +was given over to two seminars--one on LaTeX (from Olivier Nicole and +Jacques Andr\'e), and the other on Metafont (Victor Ostromoukhov); +followed by the AGM. The second day was the conference proper. I +attended part of Victor's "Premiers pas en Metafont". As usual, I was +impressed by Victor's breadth and depth of Metafont-lore. And he +seemed to be getting something useful across to the forty or so would +be Metafont-ers. Since he used a Macintosh to demonstrate the points, +there was a reasonably quick interaction between intention and +realisation. I confess I didn't stay to all of this; my powers of +concentration are not great enough to follow a full day of technical +Metafont (far less in a foreign tongue). However, one quote from +Victor: + + <mathematical typesetting> -> <empty>|<TeX>} + <TeX> -> <TeX82><font support> + +That sums things up nicely I think. + +Bernard Gaulle, GUTenberg's President ran the AGM with great +efficiency and some humour. I particularly like the French style of +democracy (it runs: question: "anyone against?"; answer: "no"; +conclusion: "passed"; excellent). I won't plough through all the +bits of the AGM, except to note that the group is in excellent +financial health, that this is a year of anniversaries in France--200 +years since the Revolution, but also some others: 10 years of TUG, 50 +years of CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique), one of +the homes of TeX, and of course this is also the year of the 4th +European TeX Conference. The AGM honoured two people with "honorary +membership": Barbara Beeton and Raymond Seroul (the author of _Le +petit Livre de TeX_)). By way of recognition, they were each presented +with an edition of "Les bons Romans", published over a hyndred years +ago. Peter Abbott was also thanked for the help he has given in easing +"[les] perturbations EARN/Bitnet". I was particularly pleased to see +Barbara honoured and Peter thanked in this way. The whole TeX +community owes them much for their dedicated adherence to the cause, +and it was particularly refreshing and tactful that GUTenberg saw fit +to include them in this way. + +Besides this conference, GUTenberg produces its own journal, _Cahiers +GUTenberg_. The inaugural (or prototype) edition (confusingly numbered +"z\'ero") was available at last year's conference. The first and +second editions were out by this year's conference. Many of the talks +in the conference were also printed in the _Cahiers_ (which helped me +enormously). Although the group is "francophone", several articles are +in English. Allowing for the technical words which dictionaries never +seem to get right, it isn't too difficult to make sense out of the +papers/articles. The _Cahiers_ represent a major undertaking, in time, +effort, and in financial commitment (as I well know from my own +limited venture in TeXline). If the high standards already being +established are maintained, GUTenberg will have created something +which will be of great and lasting service to the whole TeX community. +My only minor criticism of the _Cahiers_ is the lack of consistency in +the provision of abstracts (a failing it shares with TUGboat). If +abstracts were included, it would be possible to prepare multilingual +translations which could be circulated more widely, alerting others to +the range and relevance of the material. + +The major theme of the Conference was "graphics"--a popular one these +days. Fortunately, thanks to Sebastian Rahtz' talks, I think I know a +little about the background here. Rather than report each talk in +detail, it is perhaps more productive to try to select some of the +major themes. After all, the text of most of the talks is available. +As usual, it is notable how far LaTeX dominates in Europe (or perhaps, +just outside the US). It is also notable that "standards", however +defined, keep cropping up: X-Windows, PostScript, TeX itself, PHIGS, +GKS, SGML, and even emacs. This seems particularly healthy, although +equally there are many forays into areas which are less portable. +Nevertheless, the apparent domination of C, as the implementation +language of choice, (with or without the spectre of Unix) would +indicate the possibility of transfering some of the applications to +other platforms. From the summaries, it is evident that one of the +great concerns is the use of PostScript, and the incorporation of +PostScript (and EPSF) files into (especially) LaTeX. Perhaps my +favourite paper was Maurice Laugier's. His was a very simple and +straightforward idea--namely that the pc's graphics characters may be +napped quite easily into rules, and that tables (and some diagrams) +may be prepared by this means, provided that a monospaced font is +adequate. + +A list of the talks, together with a brief summary (usually the +authors'/author's own) is included here. Some of the talks were in +English (a bold move for a francophone group), and some summaries +(notably that of Lance Carnes) were distributed in English and French. +Very tactful. + +o L'ann\'ee de tous les anniversaires --Bernard Gaulle + A welcome to GUTenberg, and an overview of the services and + facilities available to TeX users in France (and elesewhere); + touches on the public, private and commercial domains; addresses + GUTenberg's relationship with the rest of the world. + +o Xwindows, LaTeX, TeXdraw et Plot79, ou comment calculer, r\'ediger, + dessiner et imprimer plus ais\'ement --Nicolas Brouard + A workstation running under X-Windows offers a way of calculating, + writing and designing which is much simpler than with a "classic" + terminal. Two graphics tools, TeXDraw (a public analogue of + MacDraw) and PLOT79 (a 3D graphics system based on CORE), can + easily be employed with LaTeX. + +o TeX and Graphics: the state of the problem --Nelson Beebe + Inclusion of graphics in documents typset by TeX is not yet a + satisfactorily solved problem, and no final general solution is in + sight. This paper surveys alternatives for insertion of graphics + in TeX documents. It summarizes graphics primitives of several + modern software systems, and shows how TeX has seriously deficient + support for their direct incorporation in TeX itself. + +o L'environment de production de documents TeX \`a l'IRISA --Philippe + Louarn & Bertrand Decouty + The group consists of over 200 researchers, teachers and + engineers, who need to produce reports, articles, theses, books... + The objective was to provide a set of homogenous tools in a + heterogenous environment (Unix, VMS, workstations, pcs...). + Naturally, TeX was chosen as the fundamental tool. In graphics, + the two main avenues are through the incorportion of PostScript, + and by the use of eepic in the LaTeX picture environment. + +o Survey of TeX Graphics for the PC --Lance Carnes + This talk reviews the various graphics systems offerings for the + IBM pc and compatibles, and the ways these systems can be used in + conjunction with TeX; the use of PostScript, HP PCL and bitmap + files in conjunction with current TeX drivers; the use of output + from screen oriented drawing systems; and the conversion of + graphics files from one format to another, and scaling of images, + for inclusion in documents. + +o TeX et les graphiques dans l'environment Mac --Anestis Antoniadis + Painting and drawing are the two sides of the creation of graphics + on the Macintosh. Paint images (otherwise known as bitmaps) are + known to the Mac as a set of points on the screen. Draw images + (also known as vector drawings) are known to the Mac as objects + (rectangles, lines, circles, polygons) and are defined by their + mathematical attributes. As a consequence of the way in which they + are defined, they take full advantage of the resolution of + PostScript peripheral devices. The goal of this article is to give + an overview of the methods and software for the generation of + graphics on the Mac, and to discuss the insertion of such graphics + in documents prepared with TeXtures, one of the implementations of + TeX on the Macintosh. + +o Metafont et PostScript --Victor Ostromoukhov + Conversion between Metafont and PostScript is possible. What are + the best techniques, and what are the constraints? (No written + contribution, but see his MacMetafont program.) + +o DDI: un environnement de travail pour la r\'ealisation de graphiques + scientifiques, techniques et fantaisies utilisables avec TeX + --Andr\'e Violante + DDI is a work environment for the creation of scientific, + technical and artistic graphics. The fundamental of the system is + the creation and use of graphic fonts. To use these, several tools + are available: design software (Designcad); a program to convert + Designcad files to Metafont; Metafont itself; GFtoPK; TeX; and a + suitable device driver. + +o texpic: design and implementation of a picture graphics language in + TeX \`a la pic --Rolf Olejniczak + texpic is a TeX implementation of a graphics language similar to + Kerhighan's troff preprocessor pic. The implmentation consists of + two parts, a set of elaborate TeX macros and a postprocessor for + drawing (in the dvi file). texpic objects and TeX or LaTeX + commands may be combined at will. texpic is written in C, and is + fully portable, to the extent that every TeX implementation, every + preview and every correctly written printer driver will work with + texpic. + + +o Traduction en TeX d'un fichier SGML avec r\'ecup\'eration des + graphiques et des tableaux --Maurice Laugier + The logic of SGML markup is close to that of LaTeX, and + translation from SGML to LaTeX can be realised quite simply. + However, the problem is rather different for graphics and tables. + This paper presents a way in which the PC graphics characters were + successfully mapped into LaTeX, easing the production of tables + and simple diagrams. + +o GITeX, PAPS: deux logiciels minipulant PostScript et LaTeX + --Christophe C\'erin + From PC-based graphics programs, PAPS (Programme d'Application + PostScript) transforms an image into a PostScript format. It will + also allow some manipulation of the graphics image. GITeX + (G\'en\'erateur d'Image TeX) is a program which allows a figure + environment to be constructed for inclusion of the PostScript into + a LaTeX file. + +o L'incorporation de graphiques dans INRSTeX --Michael Ferguson + The approach used in INRSTeX is to use the power of the printer to + create graphics, and not to introduce special characters. The + capability to generate graphics has been achieved for PostScript, + and for QMS graphics on a QUIC laser printer. The paper discusses + the role of the printer as well as the need for support software + to permit the incorporation of graphics produced by other systems. + The paper also discusses some of the limitations inherent in the + choice of graphics systems. + +Like most conferences, the most interesting and valuable discussions +take place in the corridors, over coffee, or at lunch. This tradition +was maintained here. The corridors were also used to display various +pieces of TeXware. The inclusion of a noticeboard for general +TeX-notices, trivial as it seems, was extremely useful. There was a +display of ArborText's Publisher (about the only place you don't see +Publisher these days is in the UK), and an extensive display of books, +where Raymond Seroul's book was selling well (on its first day of +publication). + +>>Conclusion +I was impressed. There can be no doubt about it, GUTenberg provides us +all with much to emulate. The strength and coherence of the group is +manifest. Taken purely at the national (or francophone) level, +GUTenberg is contributing massively to the strength of TeX. The +Cahiers are excellent, and looks capable of sustained quality. The +annual meeting is now well-established and imaginative. GUTenberg's +involvement with several French publishers must also be a good sign. + +GUTenberg is also keenly aware of other French speaking areas +(Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec) and of the advantages of international +electronic communication. And the committee ensured that the various +national representatives (myself, representing TUG and UKTUG; Joachim +Lammarsch, representing the German group, Dante; and Kees van der Laan +representing the Dutch group) had the opportunity to discuss how we +could cooperate for the common good. + +I am a shade worried by what I see as the determination to stay +outside the TUG orbit. Perhaps I am over-sensitive--being described +either as English or Anglo-Saxon does tend to make me a trifle +testy--but I have always thought of TUG as an international +organisation, not an American one. Others do not share this +perception. If our conclusion is that we are not getting what we need +out of TUG, the solution is in our own hands. We can influence the +organisations in which we participate. That's the key--participation. +TeX must be worth it. + +>>Joining GUTenberg; subscribing to the Cahiers +To join GUTenberg, you need only part with 200 FF. This has two +advantages (besides preparing you for 1992 and demonstrating your +adherance to the European ideal)--it enables you to pay a reduced fee +at the annual meeting and for the Cahiers. To obtain the Cahiers +costs a further 150 FF if you are a member, but 250 FF if you are not. +This year's conference cost 200 FF for members and 400 FF for +non-members. Clearly membership pays for itself if you are +contemplating attending the conference and taking the journal. In +other words, joining GUTenberg and subscribing to the Cahiers costs +you a total of 350 FF (made payable to GUTenberg). Of course +Eurocheques are acceptable. + +Note that membership comes in several different categories: individual +membership is 200 FF; institutional membership on behalf of a +non-profit organisation is 700 FF; while institutional membership on +behalf of profit-making (as opposed to _profitable_?) organisation is +a hefty 1400FF. On the other hand, institutional membership does +allow you to nominate up to seven individuals. + +Send your money to: + GUTenberg + c/o IRISA + Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu + 35042 Rennes Cedex + France + + + + + + + +__7 +********************************************************************** +* 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 +address in question. For example, Uk.Ac.Aston is Aston.Ac.Uk to the +rest of the world. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Electronic magazines/newsletters/mailing lists + +*TeXMaG +TeXMaG is an independently published electronic magazine available +free of charge to all interested parties reachable by electronic +mail. 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Users without FTP access may request back + issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message + to <archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the form + path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU + get uktex uktex.YY.NNN + where YY is the year of the issue and NNN is the issue number. + Including a line "index uktex" in the message will return a list + of back issues available. + Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive. + DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see + below). + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Hardcopy magazines/newsletters + +*Les Cahiers GUTenberg +Cahiers GUTenberg is a quarterly production of GUTenberg, a TeX Users +Group concerned with special problems involved in typesetting French +with TeX (although the journal is not limited to that area). There +is a subscription fee of FF250 per year to receive this journal. 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A collection of LaTeX files is available for +FTP and mail access at sun.soe.clarkson.edu. To obtain files via +FTP, login to sun.soe.clarkson.edu as anonymous, password guest and go +to the directory pub/latex-style (where the files are). Mail access is +accomplished by sending a mail message to +<archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the first line containing +"path" followed by a network address FROM clarkson TO you, then file +requests with one or more files per line prefixed by "send latex-style". +For example, +path fschwartz%hmcvax.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu +send latex-style Readme Index +send latex-style resume.sty +Note that this syntax is different than that used by the server at +the University of Rochester. +Submissions should be sent to <mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> or +<archive-management@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> + +LISTSERV@DHDURZ1 has file archives of interest to TeX users. Included +are the Beebe drivers and contents of the LaTeX style collection, as +well as some TeX macros. Many files are available only in German. + +LISTSERV@TAMVM1 also has file archives that may be of interest to TeX +users on BITNET, including the files from the Score.Stanford.EDU FTP +directories and back issues of TeXHAX. For a list of files available, +send the following command to LISTSERV@TAMVM1: GET TeX FILELIST. +>>> THIS SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE. + +DECNET. There is a TeX file collection on DECnet accessible from +DECnet and SPAN. Available files include the Beebe DVI drivers, the +LaTeX style collection, and back issues of TeXhax, TeXMag, and UKTeX. +For more information, contact Marisa Luvisetto (DECNET: +<39947::luvisetto>, Bitnet: <LUVISETTO@IBOINFN.BITNET>) or Massimo +Calvani <fisica@astrpd.infn.it> U.S. Users should contact Ed Bell +<7388::Bell> + +JANET. Peter Abbott keeps an archive of TeX-related files available +for FTP (JANET only) and mail access. The archive is stored in +[tex-archive] on the system uk.ac.aston.tex. Mail access is achieved +by sending mail to <texserver@tex.aston.ac.uk>. For a help file +send a message to that address of the form: + --- + a return address to you from Aston + HELP +Note that all text MUST begin in column one. For Bitnet users, a +return address will take the form: <user%node@EARN-RELAY>. For +Internet users, the return address will be <user%host@NSFNET-RELAY>. + For more information send mail to Peter Abbott <Abbottp@Uk.Ac.Aston>. + +Special thanks to those who contributed to this issue, Tom Rokicki, +Richard Wooooooolf, and Rich Hosek. No thanks to Avis Rent-a-car and +the person who invented the goofy left turns in New Jersey. + +The now famous 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": ~ * + % |