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diff --git a/info/digests/tex88/abs.bib b/info/digests/tex88/abs.bib new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a63d26035d --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/tex88/abs.bib @@ -0,0 +1,884 @@ +@string{texeter="\TeX: Applications, Uses, Methods"} + +@proceedings{TeX88, +title=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester} +price={\pounds39.95}, +isbn={0139122966}} + +@inproceedings{AH1, +title={An {Introduction} to {\TeX} for {New} {Users}}, +author={Alan Hoenig}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={1--8}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={This paper presents a brief overview of the \TeX\ +typesetting system. Amateurs, novices, and new users are +often slighted at meetings like this. This does them and +\TeX\ no good, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to +make brief remarks of an introductory nature about +\TeX{}. The remarks will be so brief that I cannot +possibly deliver a tutorial on the use of \TeX, but I will +instead strive for an overview, with special attention to +\TeX's idiosyncrasies. } +} + +@inproceedings{BNRG, +title={{\TeX} and good design -- are they compatible?}, +author={Bill Noble and Rachel Ganz}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={9--17}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={This paper is a highly personal view of style +filters. It describes the implementation of (and +rationale behind) a style filter called Var\TeX. Var\TeX\ +is an implementation of \TeX\ intended to enforce design +discipline on authors. +}} + +@inproceedings{MCCB, +title={Whither {\TeX}? {Why} {Has} {\TeX} {Not} {Taken} {Over} the +{World}\dots?}, +author={Malcolm Clark and Cathy Booth}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={19--36}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={\TeX\ is a high quality document preparation +system that predates the current interest in `desktop +publishing'. It is a highly flexible typesetting package +-- a markup language -- which has been implemented on a +wide variety of systems, and which uses a range of output +devices, including typesetters, laser printers and dot +matrix. +\par +This paper charts some of the relevant aspects of +the background and growth of \TeX\ from mainframes to +micros. It describes the original motivations behind \TeX, +and the mixed blessings of its public domain status in +relation to its current standing in the `desktop +publishing' arena. +\par +The elements of \TeX\ have found favour with developers of other text +processing systems. Several such advantages are +illustrated, together with some drawbacks, whether actual +or merely pre-supposed. Our intention is to draw an +up-to-date picture of \TeX\ and its influences, and give +an idea of its future directions in a world populated with +many tools for document preparation, maintenance, +formatting and mastering. +}} + +@inproceedings{LCKSK, +title={{\TeX} {Device} {Drivers} {Today}}, +author={Lance Carnes and William S Kaster}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={37}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={We discuss the state of \TeX\ device drivers +today, focusing on the capabilities that are available in +Personal \TeX, Inc.'s range of products. Opinions +regarding new features to be added will be entertained, +as well as opinions regarding old features that are +unusable and should be modified or deleted. +\par +Emphasis will be placed on \TeX\ screen previewers, +towards determining an absolute minimal set of core +features. +}} + +@inproceedings{JvK, +title={Quality printing of {\TeX} {DVI} files}, +author={Jan van Knippenberg}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={39--41}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Oc\'e has developed a laser printer, the Oc\'e +6750, based on the wellknown and proven engine of the +1900 copier family. The laser printer has a +resolution of 508dpi (20 dots/mm). The +printspeed is 23 pages per minute. +\par +The heavy duty engine guarantees a target load of 150,000 pages +per month. Paper input and output are as usual for the Oc\'e +copiers. Input is via two trays ($1600 + 600$) and output is to 20 +selectable bins of 100 sheets each. +\par +ODA is the first Open Systems standard to provide an information +architecture. ODA is a framework for products which communicate +and interwork using OSI standards like X-400 electronic mail +standards. The Oc\'e 6750 is an ODA-printer. +\par +Oc\'e has developed software to connect the Oc\'e 6750 laser printer +to a wide range of VAX/VMS computers. +The \TeX-dvi output files are converted to the ECMA/ODA +protocol of the Oc\'e 6750 printer. The software +furthermore contains a print symbiont. The symbiont +controls the printer controller and the conversion +program. Also available are a series of font tools for +generating \TeX\ pxl and tfm files with the Metafont +package and converting \TeX\ pxl files into the format +for the Oc\'e 6750 laser printer. }} + +@inproceedings{KGJS, +title={High {Quality} {DVI} {Drivers}}, +author={Klaus Guntermann and Joachim Schrod}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={43--60}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Document preparation with \TeX{} is done in two +steps -- first \TeX{} formats the document, afterwards a +\DVI{} driver creates the final output. While \TeX{} is +reliable and produces the same results in each +implementation, dvi drivers remain the critical part of +the document preparation process. To specify a high-quality +\DVI{} driver the circumstances of its usage must be +analysed. We identify four groups of persons +concerned with the handling of a driver: users, (\TeX{}) +system administrators, distributors, and +developers/maintainers. +\par +The demands on a dvi driver are mainly high reliability +(the device must remain in a consistent state), a uniform +user interface (previews and printer drivers should behave +similarly), and a standardized treatment of extensions +(e.g., handling of graphics inclusion). Other matters of +interest are available features, accuracy of output, +throughput, font handling, portability, and maintainability. +This analysis yields in criteria for the judgement of a +dvi driver's quality -- furthermore these criteria +constitute a contribution to the standardization process. +}} + +@inproceedings{TSTT, +title={An environment for {\TeX}-{Output} +with original {Monotype} {Fonts}}, +author={Thomas Stadler and Tibor Tscheke}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={61}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The paper will show what has to be done to use the +original Monotype fonts when working with \TeX. What +kinds of incompatibilities turn up when \TeX\ output is +to be processed on the Lasercomp, and in where do +the standard macro packages have to be changed? +\par +Integrating the Monotype Times in \TeX\ involved +the problem that the results can only be viewed after +processing on the Lasercomp. Visual control that late +makes it considerably more difficult to use \TeX\ as an +interactive means of typesetting. For this reason we made +Metafont produce typefaces with the width table of the +Times font, but of course, using the Computer +Modern sources. The resulting pk-files are +public domain. With these you can anticipate the exact +positions of line make-up and page make-up of the +Lasercomp on both screen and laserprinter: thus it is +possible to simulate Lasercomp output. +In addition we are planning to make characters and fonts +available that are missing in the \TeX\ character pool, +such as phonetics, gothic fonts and special characters for +various university faculties. +\par +We have put together font, tfm-files, macro +packages and special characters into a package wich is +easy to install and which enables an author to switch +from the Computer Modern environment to the +Monotype Times and back.} +} + +@inproceedings{RM, +title={The {Cambridge} {\TeX}-to-{Type} {Service}}, +author={Rod Mulvey}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={63}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Cambridge University Press has integrated \TeX\ +into its production of books and journals. This +integration has addressed all aspects of text preparation +that relate to writing, design, editing, typesetting and +generation of camera-ready copy. The Press has had to +examine the way that \TeX\ redefines the roles of author, +editor, designer and typesetter. This has resulted in a +new role for the DTP specialist working alongside the +designer and typesetter. +\par +Several benefits can result from authors having a direct +hand in the production of typeset pages leading to +reduced costs and faster turnaround, without a +corresponding drop in quality. Widespread experience +demonstrates that these benefits do not necessarily +follow just from a willingness to adopt DTP methods and +we have analysed why this is so within the context of the +large printer-publisher. This analysis and the resulting +\TeX-to-Type service will be described.}} + +@inproceedings{GP, +title={Lino{\TeX}: {Professional} {Electronic} {Publishing}}, +author={Gerlinde Petersen}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={65--70}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={GESYCOM has developped a \TeX-driver for the +Linotype type setter LTC 300/500, which allows +professional publishing with high quality laser technology +and a resolution of 2540dpi. The basis of the driver +development was to avoid any restriction in the available +exposure device functions and technology. Moreover, all +the exposure functions should be supplied to the user with +special commands, (e.g. tint and pattern, transposed and +arbitrarily rotated or electronically modified blocks). +The PC-\TeX driver is available for MSDOS-PC's. The PC is +directly coupled to the Linotype Laser exposure device LTC +300/500 (without a PostScript Rip). Formatting via \TeX\ is +achieved by means of the Linotype font metric data for +approximately 2000 fonts. The \TeX\ mathematical fonts +were newly digitised from Linotype in the required \TeX\ +font structure. Preview is carried out for a number of +graphic cards using \TeX\ reference fonts and Linotype +metrics. Proof printing is carried out in the same way on +HP-Laserjet+ (compatible) laserprinters. With this +PC-\TeX-driver new possibilities of high quality output +with additional exposure functions is offered for +the users. The type setter industry, as the place of +production can take particular advantage of the +\TeX-typical formula composition. In the function of a +service industry a typesetting firm can secure for itself +an almost undeveloped sector of market. +}} + +@inproceedings{FJC, +title={The {Notation} and {Structure} +of {Mathematical} {Texts} and their {Representation} +within {Electronic} {Documentation} {Systems}}, +author={Francis J Cave}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={71}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The development of mathematical notation is +inextricably entwined with the development of mathematics +as a whole, viewed both as an area of scholarly study in +its own right and as a toolkit for scholars working in +other disciplines. It can be argued that advances in human +knowledge are impossible without suitable language for +articulating such knowledge, and the abstract concepts of +mathematics provide extreme examples of this. The paper +discusses the impact that electronic methods of +communications have on the use and development of +mathematical notation, which could have a significant +impact on future developments in mathematics as well as in +other fields. It considers how currently-available +systems for electronic document description perform in +recording and conveying the concepts that scholars wish to +share through the medium of the electronic document. } +} + +@inproceedings{JW, +title={{\TeX}-{Fonts} in {Image} {Generation} {Software}}, +author={J\"org Winckler}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={73--78}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={One problem in pseudorealistic computer graphics +is the provision of letters in two and three dimensions +which are both detailed and smooth. Metafont is a source +of two dimensional letters. The internal representation of +letters in Metafont uses B\'ezier splines. The great +advantage of splines is their independence of the image +resolution. We use the splines of Metafont to triangulate +the letters, while transforming their shapes into +design patches. These patches have abilities to describe +their own border curves. Design patches have been +implemented in the Vera-raytracing software for use in +CAD-systems. (Vera is a software product of the +Department of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe) +The design patches allow the generation of highly +smoothed free form surfaces without increasing the +rendering time for raytracing algorithms. We built three +dimensional letters with these design patches. In the +image generation, the design patch is refined into usual +triangles, which are scene adapted: letters which are `far +away' are refined into a small set of triangles, and +letters `close' to the eye point are refined into a larger +set of triangles guaranteeing smooth border curves for the +letter. }} + +@inproceedings{VO, +title={Metafont versus {PostScript}}, +author={Victor Ostromoukhov}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={79}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The problem of the inter-relationship between Metafont\ +and PostScript\ should be discussed in the context of wider +problem of communication between \TeX-based software and +PostScript-based printing equipment. +\par +In the present study, we examine the basic constraints +which should be imposed on Metafont sources in order to +translate them into proper PostScript outline font +descriptions. These constraints are: +\item{$\bullet$} to inhibit use of the +`unfill' and `undraw' primitives in the Metafont +sources +\item{$\bullet$} to avoid excessively long and +complicated constructions in the Metafont sources +\item{$\bullet$} to forsee and avoid curves that may be +ambiguously interpreted on the pixel grid by the +PostScript interpreter. +\par +The latter constraint, the most crucial one, is related to the famous `one-dot +problem', very difficult to resolve inside PostScript, +as recently discussed in TUGboat. +\par +The mechanism of translation of Metafont sources into +PostScript outline font descriptions will be illustrated +using the MacMetafont, the author's implementation of the +Metafont, and applied to the Computer Modern family.}} + +@inproceedings{RR, +title={Using {Menudriven} {\TeX} under {MVS}}, +author={Rainer Rupprecht}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={81--89}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={In this article, written for the 1988 European +\TeX\ Users Conference at Exeter it will be shown how to +use a full screen environment which makes the use of \TeX\ +easier; how to write it, and what the task of the \TeX\ +system maintainer will be. Within this article some other +facilities developed at the Computing Center, will be +mentioned. The help of those who have contributed to the +installation and running of \TeX\ on the current system +must be acknowledged, especially: +\item{$\bullet$} +Dietmar Heinrich: Menus development and \LaTeX\ +Styles +\item{$\bullet$} Martin Kerner: \TeX\ implementation, +CLISTS and Menus +\item{$\bullet$}Harald Meyer: Device driver, Graphics in +\TeX\ and Menus. +\par +All the menus, helps etc., are made in the German +language, but there should not be any problems to +translate them in foreign languages. All the menus and +their programming are created with the operating system +BS3000 (nearly compatible to MVS) using the PFD facilities +(like ISPF). In January 1989 it will be completely changed +to MVS and the ISPF facilities.} +} + +@inproceedings{GA, +title={Type and {Set}: {\TeX} as the {Engine} of a +{Friendly} {Publishing} {System}}, +author={Graham Asher}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={91--100}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The front end to Type and Set has two parts: a +style sheet editor which automatically writes out a large +and intricate macro package embodying the design of a +document; and a file conversion program which takes +documents created on a user's favourite word processor +and converts them into standard \TeX\ format. +\par +The back end is possibly the most interesting part of the +system, and was certainly the most difficult to write. It +is a page make up system called PAGE which takes the +galley dvi files produced at the \TeX\ stage, reads the +style sheet associated with the document, and pastes up +the material into pages, adding running headers, running +footers, folios and footnotes, and positioning spaces +left for figures. The document is globally optimised +using a system resembling the \TeX\ counting algorithm: +\TeX\ itself cannot optimise over an entire document, +which is one of the easons PAGE was preferred to an +output routine written in \TeX. +\par +Tables are created on the screen in semi-wysiwyg +form and converted into suitable Type and Set format by +Table.} +} + +@inproceedings{PJO, +title={Publishing `{Exotic}' {Documents} with {\ExoTeX}}, +author={Peter J. Olivier}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={115--121}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +exotex={\def\ExoTeX{E\kern-.12em\lower.5ex\hbox{X}\kern-.2em\lower.5ex + \hbox{O}\kern-.24em\TeX}} + +abstract={At the end of 1986, I had to look out for some +text processing software, in order to prepare +about 42 articles of a `Festschrift' for publication. The +contributions to this volume cover a wide range of +`exotic' philologies: Indo-European (comparative) +linguistics and related languages, such as Old Indic +(Vedic and Sanskrit) and many others, which normally are +transliterated by using the Latin alphabet, when either +no original character font is available or the citations +should also be read by scholars who are not familiar with +just these `exotic' scripts or whatever other reason. +Those languages make use of a great variety of +diacritical marks and/or even of letters of non-Latin +origin. \TeX\ provides a lot of accents, math accents and +symbols that are quite useful also for linguistic +disciplines, but there are many more characters, which +have to be created separately. I tried it my way by +writing macros which may eventually be helpful for +philologists dealing with `exotic' languages, to get +camera-ready copies of their articles within a very short +time, and to avoid painting `strange' accents and marks by +hand. This ExoTeX is still `under construction', and I +would be most grateful for any suggestions by \TeX nicians +and \TeX perts to make ExoTeX more elegant and +powerful.}} + +@inproceedings{HP, +title={German {\TeX}}, +author={Hubert Partl}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={123--132}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Although \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ have been designed +for American standards only, they are being used all over +the world and with a lot of different languages. This +article is intended to show an example of the problems +that arise when modifying \TeX\ or \LaTeX\ for easier +application with a language other than English. Hints are +added, how similar work might be performed for other +European languages, with special emphasis on compatibility +and portability problems.} +} + +@inproceedings{SPQR, +title={A {Survey} of {Picture-Drawing} in {\LaTeX}}, +author={Sebastian P. Q. Rahtz}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={139}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The plain \TeX\ package does not attempt to +provide any tools for drawing, leaving the production of +graphics almost entirely to the special system; the +\LaTeX\ package does provide a `picture' environment, where +line drawings are created from characters in special +fonts, but the possibilities are quite limited and the +commands not easy to use. This paper attempts to outline +some of the methods used to get around this problem; +examples will be given for \LaTeX, but most are also +applicable to plain \TeX. It describes the different sorts +of drawing needed in a typical document -- half tones; +pure `art' (bitmaps); vector drawings; and analytical +graphics. It also describes solutions, ranging from +pasted-in photographs through MacDraw-like graphics +to \LaTeX\ `picture'. We will also describe drawing +tools in systems like The Publisher and +Interleaf. Nearly all the discussion will assume that a +`large' version of \TeX\ is available and that printing is +through a PostScript device: discussion of screen-based +drawing tools will be limited to the Macintosh and the Sun +workstation.} +} + +@inproceedings{BJTHMR, +title={With {\TeX} to the {Poles}}, +author={{Bogus\l aw} Jackowski and Tomasz {Ho\l dys} and Marek +Ry\'cko}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={133--137}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={As rumour says, Poles live somewhere near a Pole. +Which one? -- say East\dots\ Therefore it may sound odd +that they are eager to use \TeX\ to typeset texts written +in their strange language. Believe it or not -- this is +true. For strangers an attractive feature of \TeX\ is its +support for languages that use diacritical letters: basic +fonts include a large collection of special symbols (e.g., +cross `char32' to obtain Polish suppressed +`L' and `l', i.e., `\L' and `\l', and long Hungarian +umlaut `char125') and \TeX\ itself provides mechanisms +facilitating usage of these symbols (an accent +primitive, ligatures, implicit kerns, etc.). In practice, +however, \TeX\ turns out to be somewhat foreigner +unfriendly. The obstacles we have met seem to be common to +all \TeX\ users whose native languages contain diacritical +letters, Gariepy (1988) and Partl (1988). This encouraged +us to add our remarks -- maybe they will have an impact on +further development of \TeX's international standard?} +} + +@inproceedings{AH, +title={Including {Pictures} in {\TeX}}, +author={Alois Heinz}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={141--151}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={We describe different methods for including pictures into \TeX{} +documents. These methods are applicable on line graphics as +well as on raster graphics. We compare these methods under +different aspects, such as compatibility with printer +drivers, space efficiency and we try to give a complete +set of characteristics under which such methods can be +compared. We find out that some of the described methods +are better than others but, in general, the choice should +depend on the requirements of the kind of picture.} +} + +@inproceedings{SL, +title={{PRO\TeX}: Integration of {Text}, {Graphics} and {Images}}, +author={Susanne Lachmann}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +pages={153--158}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={We -- that is GESYCOM GmbH -- have been working on and with \TeX\ since 1984. +Our environment consists of various IBM compatible PCs with DOS, and our +favourite programming language is TURBO Pascal 5.0. We +mainly work on software solutions for the typesetting +industry, especially the development of connections +between different -- normally stand alone -- systems.} +} + +@inproceedings{ABKDW, +title={Drawing {Trees} {Nicely} with {\TeX}}, +author={Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein and Derick Wood}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={185--206}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Various algorithms have been proposed for the +difficult problem of producing aesthetically +pleasing drawings of trees, see Reingold and Tilford +(1981), Wetherell and Shannon (1979), but implementations +only exist as `special purpose software', designed for +specialenvironments. Therefore, many users resort to the +drawing facilities available on most personal computers, +but the figures obtained in this way still look +`hand-drawn'; their quality is inferior to the quality +of the surrounding text that can be realized by today's +high quality text processing systems. +\par +In this paper we present an entirely new solution that +integrates a tree drawing algorithm into one of the best +text processing systems available. More precisely, we +present a \TeX{} macro package Tree\TeX{} that produces a +drawing of a tree from a purely logical description. Our +approach has three advantages. First, labels for nodes can +be handled in a reasonable way. On the one hand, the +tree drawing algorithm can compute the widths of +the labels and take them into account for +the positioning of the nodes; on the other hand, +all the textual parts of the document can be treated +uniformly. Second, Tree\TeX{} can be trivially +ported to any site running \TeX{}. Finally, +modularity in the description of a tree and \TeX{}'s macro +capabilities allow for libraries of subtrees and +tree classes. +\par +In addition, we have implemented an option that +produces drawings which make the structure of the trees +more obvious to the human eye, even though they may not be +as aesthetically pleasing. +}} + + +@inproceedings{FRDJDLS, +title={Sweet-te{X}, a {Report}}, +author={Frank R Drake and John Derrick and Laurent +Siebenmann}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={101--102}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Sweet-teX\ is a \TeX\ pre-processor, intended to +make the keyboard inputting of \TeX\ simpler; in +particular, easier for a secretary or mathematical typist +to use, without first having to learn much about \TeX. In +effect some sort of pre-processor is always going to be +used for the keyboard inputing of \TeX\ (be it the +crudest of mainframe editors). +\par + Sweet-teX\ aims to use all the facilities +of a good micro (such as the Macintosh), including +standard word-processor facilities, together with a +range of fonts, to allow the screen display to appear +closer to the final intention. As far as possible, each +command sequence and each symbol is input by a single +keystroke, with as much mnemonic aid as possible, and +will look on screen like the intended output. +This is of great advantage to beginners, who do not have +to learn command sequences, and to poor typists, who do +not have to press so many keys; its value to the fluent +typist who already knows \TeX\ must be judged by other +features. +\par +One of these is that a syntax-checker is provided which +checks such things as the balancing of entering and +leaving mathematics, \TeX-nical braces $\{$, $\}$, +and many other details, saving many \TeX\ errors. +\par +Another is that the screen display can be printed +in a way which leaves out or modifies the screen +symbols representing \TeX-nical input (such as +enter and leave mathematics, command \hbox{sequences} and +\TeX-nical braces), giving a pre-print which can be used +for proof-reading (or other purposes). A \TeX\ +pre-print becomes unnecessary except for particularly +awkward material. +\par +There are macro facilities which complement those in +\TeX{}. These include `variant tags' which give very +easy treatment of rarely met symbols, in a way which +will at least recognizable in the pre-print, and +correct in the final output (if \TeX\ has the symbol; +the \AmSTeX\ extra fonts are available). +The possibility of +resorting to \TeX\ itself is preserved for use in the most +difficult cases. +\par +There has been some evolution of Sweet-teX\ since its +public announcement in 1986. Its system of logical +formatting using `road-signs' is more complete, and +invisible character trickery is no longer necessary to +pass information from {\it MacWrite} to \TeX. +\par + Sweet-teX\ has +been in use in Leeds University Pure Mathematics +Department and some account of its use there will be +given, in particular the use of a TOPS network to +transfer \dvi\ files to an IBM PC clone to print on +an HP Laserjet.}} + +@inproceedings{RG, +title={{\TeX} in the {Mainframe} {World} -- the {Durham} +{Experience}}, +author={Roger Gawley}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={103--107}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={The original motivation for installing \TeX\ was +curiosity on the part of a couple of Computer Centre staff +members, but it became apparent that if we could get \TeX\ +working properly, it could displace all other mainframe +text processors allowing us to concentrate on one +language. As \TeX\ had been installed at the University of +Michigan, this was in principle simply a matter of +restoring a few files from the distribution tapes to get a +version fully customised to mts. (I have never seen a +Stanford distribution tape.) Reality was a little more +complicated.}} + + +@inproceedings{PA, +title={{UK\TeX} and the {Aston} {Archive}}, +author={Peter Abbott}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={109--114}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={I propose to split my talk into two parts +\item{} UK\TeX: +I shall discuss its origin, the computing facilities used for this service, +give details of the current (June 30 1988) recipients and a suggestion for +future developments. +\item{} The Aston Archive: +I shall discuss the principles of the archive, the equipment and capacity +available, how to extract and contribute material, concluding with a +discussion on where to go from here. +}} + +@inproceedings{AH2, +title={Line-{Oriented} {Layout} with {\TeX}}, +author={Alan Hoenig}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={159--183}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={We speak of a line-oriented +layout when the design landmarks in documents are given in +terms of lines of the typeset document -- lines down from the +beginning of a paragraph, lines down from the top of the +page, and so on. \TeX\ design specifications are normally +made on the basis of units identifiable in the source +document file before any typesetting takes place. This +paper suggests several techniques for creating \TeX\ design +layout on a line-by-line basis. We will discuss three +examples: the use of \TeX\ in typesetting `windows' of +space entirely enclosed within paragraphs; the creation of +paragraph shapes for an arbitrary sequence of paragraphs; +and the creation of a macro to identify the typeset position +on the page. These are used to show how to design a +page-layout system that might be suitable for a small +newspaper or newsletter. This set of page layout macros +illustrates the ability to continue stories several pages +after they begin and to provide automatic forward and +backward page references to the beginning and ending +portions.}} + + +@inproceedings{ACNALO, +title={Electronic {Publishing} +and {Chemical} {Text} {Processing}}, +author={A C Norris and A L Oakley}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={207--225}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={There are impressive systems for the modelling and graphical display of chemical +molecules but systems for the computer-based typesetting of chemical structures +integrated with scientific text are less successful, especially where high +quality is to be combined with ease of use and low costs. This paper evaluates +strategies to meet these objectives and reports the results of interfacing an +interactive chemical structure editor with PostScript and +\TeX. }} + +@inproceedings{MR, +title={Chemical {Structure} {Formul\ae} and x/y {Diagrams} with +{\TeX}}, +author={Michael Ramek}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={227--258}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={\TeX\ offers excellent tools for mathematical +formul\ae\ but lacks corresponding commands for most +other fields of science. The purpose of this contribution +is to present the macros structure and diagram, and a set +of secondary macros which allow an easy (but not +unlimited) generation of chemical structure formul\ae\ +and x/y diagrams. Portability should be guaranteed, since +these macros are designed to work in the \plain\ +environment. No additional font tables are required; +instead the program converting the dvi file into the +actual print file must be able to handle rules correctly.}} + +@inproceedings{ROS, +title={Nontraditional {Uses} of {METAFONT}}, +author={Richard O. Simpson}, +booktitle=texeter, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +pages={259--271}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +abstract={Metafont can be used with \TeX\ for purposes +other than the production of ordinary alphabets or even sets of +special symbols. Using the \TeX\ system based on the IBM 6150 (RT), +the following functions have been implemented, employing Metafont in a +nontraditional fashion: + \item{} A plotting program, which graphs sets of numeric data as + x-y plots or bar charts. A Metafont program is +created to draw + the curves. + \item{} A conversion program which accepts the output of a + mouse-based drawing program (Gremlin), converting the drawing + commands into a Metafont program. + \item{} A conversion program which accepts the output of an + image processing program on the 6150 and converts + raster images directly into characters in pk style +\TeX\ fonts. In each case, the strategy is to produce a +font containing only a single (very large) character. The +character is not a letter or even a special symbol, but is +an entire picture (a graph, a drawing, or a bit image). +\TeX\ knows how to deal with characters in fonts +regardless of their size, and typesets them in the +ordinary way. The result is a very flexible system which +combines text, arbitrary data plots and drawings, and +images, in a very natural and straightforward way. }} |