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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.01 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.01 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0fd47e4075 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.01 @@ -0,0 +1,358 @@ +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 6 Jan 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 001 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Re: epsf figure boxes + Page-selection on duplex PostScript printer + TeX for a 386 PC + Re: TFM to AFM + LaTeX for the Mac? + PLEASE note mispelled SUBSRIBE to SUBSCRIPE + Thanks + Size of foo after typesetting + Translators to TeX + Problem with Textures 1.2 + ASAETR, version 1.1 on FILESERV/Niord + Tib in LaTeX "root file + \include-d files" situation + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +------------------------------------------------------------ + +Date: 11 Dec 92 15:11:37 +0000 +From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk +Subject: Re: epsf figure boxes + + > + > Has any one gotten a nice boxed figure from epsf.sty ? + > I need also to just draw the borders of the eps inserted figure + > instead if waiting for the entire bit map to print. + +how about using psfig instead? i have taken James Darrell's psfig1.8 +and emended it to use the macros in epsf.tex wherever possible (it +\input s epsf.tex). this lets you use psfig syntax for just printing +the name of the figure instead of the contents. + +as for boxing it, i do (in LaTeX) + \framebox{\psfig{figure=foo.ps}} +- - how about + \framebox{epsffile{foo.ps}} +?? + +************ + > + > I am currently using SBTEX for the IBM PC but it is limited by the infamous + > 640K limit. hat I would like ideally is a public domain version compiled + > in flat memory (DOS-extended) mode. The next step would be a convenient + > place to find the source already in C form. + +the famous and widely used emTeX package has a 386 version which has +its own DOS extender, and will be just what you want (assuming you +have a 386 or better). you can get emTeX via ftp from any TeX archive + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:15:56 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> +Subject: Page-selection on duplex PostScript printer + +I don't think it is a particularly good idea to put the information +what to print on which side into the dvi file. In most of the cases, +the algorithm to accomplish this should be rather straightforward, +i.e. options given to the dvi translator at run time should do the +job. + +Wolfgang Ratzka + +X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +ratzka@vax1.rz.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de +Phone: +49 941 943 2085 +Paper mail: Wolfgang Ratzka \\ Institut f\"ur Theoretische Physik \\ + Lehrstuhl Prof. Weise \\ Universit\"at Regensburg \\ + W-8400 Regensburg \\ GERMANY + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:22:55 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> +Subject: TeX for a 386 PC + + I am not a regular so please be patient in explaining where this question + REALLY should have gone, and please reply directly yo me by email. + + I am currently using SBTEX for the IBM PC but it is limited by the infamous + 640K limit. hat I would like ideally is a public domain version compiled + in flat memory (DOS-extended) mode. The next step would be a convenient + place to find the source already in C form. + +Not PD but free of charge: emTeX is a rather complete package for PCs +(in fact the best one in the market) and with it there comes a +beta-Version of a 386-DOS-extender-TeX available. Sadly however it's +not compatible with DPMI, but only with VCPI. On the other hand it +also runs under OS/2 2.0. + +Where to get it: all major TeX-oriented ftp-sites should have it. + +Wolfgang Ratzka + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 11:14:34 -0500 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: TFM to AFM + +> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 14:59:33 -0700 +> From: Brett Perkes <bperkes@cases.cs.usu.edu> +> Subject: TFM to AFM +> +> I have been looking around for a TFM to AFM converter. I haven't been very +> successful. Does anyone know of such a utility or a possible round about +> way of achieving the same results? I would appreciate any help that can +> be given. + +TFMtoAFM comes with some software packages from Y&Y. It is, for example, +in the `Font Manipulation Package' along with AFMtoTFM, PFMtoAFM, AFMtoPFM, +SCRtoAFM, AFMtoSCR and more than a dozen other goodies. TFMtoAFM not +only generates the usual AFM file, but also inserts comments describing the +extra information found in TFM files (like how to make large delimiters out +of pieces) that is not normally found in AFM files. These comments are used +by AFMtoTFM. Hence AFMtoTFM can even make TFM files for math fonts! + +*********** +Disclaimer: respondent has connnections with Y&Y + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 10:41:46 -0800 +From: rbhumbla@ucsd.edu (Ravinder Bhumbla) +Subject: LaTeX for the Mac? + +anonymous ftp midway.uchicago.edu. The package is called OzTeX and is +public domain. + +Ravi + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 16:19:12 -0500 +From: Anita Zanolini Hoover <anita@ravel.udel.edu> +Subject: PLEASE note mispelled SUBSRIBE to SUBSCRIPE + +It was brought to my attention that SUBSCRIBE was mispelled for +the new e-mail discussion list, you should use + + To subscribe to this list, send the following two lines to + "listserv@ens.fr" on the Internet: + + SUBSCRIBE METAFONT $<$Your name and affiliation$>$ + SET METAFONT MAIL ACK + +Sorry for the mistake, please make note of it!!!! + +Thanks to Paul Howard for bringing this to my attention. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 08:49:44 -0600 +From: jhandler@penguin.ils.nwu.edu (Jonathan B. Handler) +Subject: Thanks + +to all of the nice folk that sent me info on LaTeX for +the mac. If anyone else was interested (and didn't +already know, OzTex is currently available (at least) at + + midway.uchicago.edu + +Thanks again, + +Jon + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 10:50:28 -0500 +From: pat@po.CWRU.Edu (Paul A. Thompson) +Subject: Size of foo after typesetting + +Friends: + I need help in deTeXting a problem in the TeX FM. I would like to +determine the size of a fragment like "foo" after typesetting. Reason: +I am using LaTeX to typeset a table. I wish to use vertical rules to +separate tables. I also want the column information to be almost tangent +to the vertical rules, much closer than the normal \tabcolsep allows. + +- - I have determined that I can use \tabcolsep to make a very small space + around the table entries, so that I get the spacing desired +- - However, unless I use the p{wd} construction in the + \begin{tabular}{p{1in}p{23pt}etc.etc.} construction, + I do not get the vertical rules lined up, but rather all jagged. +- - If I set the columns to have a length which is long enough to + typeset the longest string + a little, then things all work out. +- - So I need the length of the longest string + +If I could figure that out internally, this would save unending fudging and +adjusting (is there some term for the process of playing with parameters +until stuff comes out right - if not, I suggest the term "quidge"). On the +other hand, I may be squashing a sow bug with a large rock - is there an +easier way? Reply privately if possible. + +Paul Thompson, Ph.D. | Department of Psychiatry | (216) 844-7463 +Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH 44106 + +When I hear "family values," I reach for my revolver. - para. Hans Jonst + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 13:17:17 +0700 +From: "Z. Rubinstein" <RSMA407@HAIFAUVM.bitnet.washington.edu> +Subject: Translators to TeX + +Hello, +Does anyone know of translators from Microsoft Word to +TeX(or Latex etc.). +On the same subject does there exist an assembled list of +translators available today and the relevant addresses +from which to acquire them. +Thank you. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 12:18:38 -0500 +From: Leandros Perivolaropoulos <PH520013@BROWNVM.brown.edu> +Subject: Problem with Textures 1.2 + + I would appreciate your help in the following problem I have with + the program Textures 1.2 (TeX on the Mac). + I am using a DeskWriter C to print a document and the only way to + get the printout at the right size is to use a reduction at the + Page Setup of the File menu, by about 25%. Could ATM solve the problem? + How can I obtain ATM? This problem does not appear with other programs + like Word 4.0. + Thanks for your help. + Leandros + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 10:54:12 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: ASAETR, version 1.1 on FILESERV/Niord + +In <1992Dec22.180745.27490@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> (comp.text.tex, Tue, 22 +Dec 1992 18:07:45 GMT), mccauley@ecn.purdue.edu (Darrell McCauley) posted: +> Announcing ASAETR 1.1, a set of LaTeX and BibTeX styles (+ a font), with +> documentation, for authors associated with the American Society of +> Agricultural Engineers. This is the package described at my presentation at +> the 1992 International Winter Meeting of ASAE held in Nashville recently +> (ASAE Paper No. 92-3572). +> +> It is temporarily available via anonymous ftp from +> Name: pasture.ecn.purdue.edu +> Addresses: 128.46.161.85, 128.46.133.85, 128.46.129.85 +> Directory: pub/mccauley/tex/asaetr +> but I hope to update the version on shsu.edu soon. + +I have placed the files on Niord for your access. Attached for reference +is the description file. + +- -George +========= + ASAETR + ------ +The ASAETR package includes the a UUENCODEd ZIP archive containing the 11 +files for version 1.1 (22 December 1992) of James Darrell McCauley's ASAETR +file set. This package includes a set of LaTeX and BibTeX styles, with +documentation and samples, to make your articles look like those in +Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). +Also included are the metafont source file, precompiled PK (at 300dpi) +font, and TFM file for the font cmcscsl10. This is not official and not +(yet) an accepted way to submit articles to ASAE. + +The American Society of Agricultural Engineers editorial staff encourages +authors to submit electronic manuscripts in the following formats: +MacWrite, MS-Word, MS-Works (preferably Version 2.0), WordPerfect (Version +5.0 or later), and WriteNow. Though LaTeX is not an accepted format to +submit articles to ASAE, it does have utility when predicting page length +and appearance of an article that you submit. Predicting page length is +especially important when submitting "Technical Notes" (which cannot exceed +two pages) and when trying to avoid unnecessary page charges. + +You may retrieve the package of of 4 UUENCODEd files by including: + SENDME ASAETR +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +For users of anonymous ftp, the ZIP file is available from Niord.SHSU.edu +(192.92.115.8) in the directory [FILESERV.ASAETR] as ASAETR-1_1.ZIP; the +individual files are available in [FILESERV.ASAETR.ASAETR-1_1]. + +Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) +File Blocks Save file as: ASAETR.UUE + +ASAETR.UUE_1OF4 This file UUDECODEs to ASAETR-1_1.ZIP + through +ASAETR.UUE_4OF4 78 (each) + +Approximate total blocks in full ASAETR package = 311 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 23:15:20 +0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: Tib in LaTeX "root file + \include-d files" situation + +From browsing through James Alexander's documentation about Tib (a TeX +bibliographic preprocessor), I have the impression that Tib was designed +for production of fairly short documents (e.g., an article), rather than +for the production of long documents (e.g., a book). Have I got the right +impression? + +In particular: +* it looks as though one should go + tib book.tex + and get + book-t.tex + Having 2 big .tex files may be expensive in filestore. +* it is not clear to me what one is supposed to do if one is using + LaTeX's "root file + \include-d files" approach (typically with one + \include command per chapter). Can the Tib-ing be parcelled up into a + shell script that makes the whole process as painless as using BibTeX + would be? (E.g., would you have a Tib index for each chapter?) + +Does anyone have any experience that they'd like to share of using Tib in +the LaTeX "root file + \include-d files" situation? + +David Rhead + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) +in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 1] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.02 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.02 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..76db63b65c --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.02 @@ -0,0 +1,1576 @@ +TeXhax Digest Tuesday, 26 Jan 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 002 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Latex to Mac MS-Word? + psfig/epsfig to show eps preview bitmap icon + TEX DRAWING PACKAGES FOR DOS + ftp site for SliTeX + Re: Magic lines for TeX/Mf files + TeX for UNIX + Expanding user-defined macros for REVTeX compuscripts + Revised date/location: TeX for non-American languages; MF in theory an + ANNOUNCEMENT: TeX Users Group meeting, Aston, July 1993 + MS Windows LaTeX tools available on FILESERV/Niord + MeX 1.03 + TUGboat 13 #4 -- contents + Pandora LaTeX style file + New version of UCTHESIS (2.0) on FILESERV/Niord + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +------------------------------------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 18 Jan 92 20:22:15 -0500 +From: "Maria Siebes, BME" <siebes@hanna.eng.uiowa.edu> +Subject: Latex to Mac MS-Word? + +I am pretty new to the translation business, but one of my colleagues needs +help. He has a document (with many equations) in Latex and needs to convert it +to MS Word (running on a Macintosh) to be able to edit it. Does anyone out +there know of such a translator? +In general, is there a list of available translators and how to obtain them? +Thank you! + +------------------------------ + +Date: 07 Jan 93 00:18:10 -0500 +From: karron@karron.med.nyu.edu( (Dan Karron \(karron@nyu.edu\)) +Subject: psfig/epsfig to show eps preview bitmap icon + + +Anyone have a way to put up a bitmap icon instead of the full figure +for a draft preview mode for the various tex ps figure macros ? + +Is there a nice way to make a \system{"shell command here"} for TeX ? + +Cheers! + +Dan. +| karron@nyu.edu (e-mail alias ) Dan Karron, Ph.D.,Research Associate| +| Phone: 212 263 5210 Fax: 212 263 7190 New York University Medical Center | +| 560 First Avenue Digital Pager <1> 212 397 9330 | +| New York, New York 10016 <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> | +``ALMOST Done writing, back to doing it again!.'' + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 10:49:00 +0000 +From: ROUGH@manadon.ac.uk +Subject: TEX DRAWING PACKAGES FOR DOS + +Do versions of TeX drawing packages like TEXCAD or TEXDRAW which perform +bezier curve drawing exist for MSDOS? If so where can I find them? + +Thanks + +Alastair Rough + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 08:10:51 +From: JESUS RIVERO <rivero@ciens.ula.ve> +Subject: ftp site for SliTeX + +Could anybody tell at which ftp sites I can find SliTeX programs and fonts? +An e-mail answer will enough. +Tahnks in advance + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 09:21:39 -0700 +From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu> +Subject: Re: Magic lines for TeX/Mf files + +Dan Karron <karron@karron.med.nyu.edu> asks about magic byte values +for TeXware files. + +We have had the following in our UNIX systems' /etc/magic file for +some time now: + +#======================================================================= +# Local additions to the /etc/magic file +0 short 0x1b0c Tektronix graphics file +0 short 0xf702 TeX DVI (device-independent) file +0 short 0xf759 TeX PK packed font file +0 short 0xf783 TeX GF (generic font) file + +We no longer have .pxl files, so I didn't bother to make a magic entry +for them. The first 32-bit word of a .pxl file contains the decimal +value 1001, so a /etc/magic entry like + +0 long 0x000003e9 TeX PXL (pixel font) file + +should suffice. + +TeX source files are not easily identifiable because they can start +with anything at all. Only if users adopt a common convention like + +%% This is a -*-TeX-*- file + +could we have a /etc/magic entry like + +0 string %% TeX source file + +This still leaves open the problem of distinguishing plain TeX from +AmSTeX, LaTeX, SliTeX, AmSLaTeX, and LAmSTeX. I prefer to do that by +file extensions instead, and use .tex, .ltx, .stx, .alx, .lax +respectively. + +Regrettably, TeX/METAFONT .tfm files have no magic signature that can +be used to identify them (see TeX: The Program, Section 539ff, p. +216). I've always viewed this as a serious design flaw in TeX, +because it is hard for a DVI driver to be distinguish a TFM file from +random garbage. + +While a .tfm file does contain a checksum, it is a Metafont-generated +checksum of the font parameters, not the .tfm file contents. The DVI +driver can compare this against the font checksum recorded in the .dvi +file, and issue a warning if they do not match. + +The only other sanity check a DVI driver can make is that the first +word of a .tfm file contains a file length measured in 32-bit words +that should match the actual size of the file as returned by an +operating-system call. Even that is not reliable however, because +some operating systems pad binary files with NULs to disk block +boundaries. Worse, 8 parameters in the 12-word .tfm file header are +lengths of tables that are stored later on in the file, and file +corruption can lead to crashes of a driver when it gets an +unreasonable value for one of these lengths, and clobbers internal +arrays. + + +Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 +Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 581 4148 +Department of Mathematics, 105 JWB Internet: beebe@math.utah.edu +University of Utah +Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 07:20:03 +0000 +From: Julian Barquin <barquin@iit.upco.es> +Subject: TeX for UNIX + + Hello, + + We, at the Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica, Madrid, Spain, +have bought a SUN workstation. We need TeX ( and LaTeX ) able to run +in UNIX. Could, please, someone inform us about the cheapest way to +get it ? My e-mail is <barquin@iit.upco.es>. Thank you very much. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 09:29:57 -0500 +From: krommes@theory.pppl.gov (John Krommes) +Subject: Expanding user-defined macros for REVTeX compuscripts + +The widespread adoption of electronic submission of TeX files (more +precisely, LaTeX with \documentstyle{revtex}) to journals of the American +Physical Society (APS) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) poses an +interesting problem for the handling of user-defined macros. The present +rules for the ``REVTeX'' compuscript program state either that NO +user-defined macros (they call them ``type 1'') are allowed (APS), or that +only a very small number are allowed (AIP). It turns out that ``very small +number'' means 1 or 2 (according to Peggy Sutherland of the AIP), not the +possibly hundreds of macros that a reasonably-sized manuscript could +naturally entail. Furthermore, NO recursive math definitions are allowed. + +After detailed discussions with Christopher Hamlin of the APS and Peggy +Sutherland, I conclude that there appear to be two principal reasons for these +stringent restrictions: (1) personnel aren't trained yet to alter TeX macros if +necessary; (2) much more importantly, users may not be consistent in their use +of macros. For example, consider the fragment + + \def\lD{\lambda_{\rm D}} + . + . + . + The definition of~$\lD$ is ... For $\lambda_{\rm D} small... + +You are to imagine that the text fragments are buried deep inside the +manuscript. Now suppose that the journal editor decides to remove the \rm +from the definition of \lD to enforce a style rule of the journal. Simply +changing the one-line \def does NOT have the desired effect, since the +author sometimes typed out his original definition by hand. Thus, either +the editorial staff would have to proofread the entire paper (very costly), +or changes may have to be made at the proof stage. Neither possibility is +desirable. + +Although I think one can still argue that the proper solution is +to encourage REVTeX authors to use ``macro discipline,'' so that simple +changes can be made to the macro definitions rather than having someone +edit the entire file, the journals won't back down in the short term. +(Furthermore, at the AIP it's even worse: They don't even run TeX on the +REVTeX source that is submitted; they first translate it into their +in-house Xyvision language, then edit that as necessary. Am I alone in +thinking that this is ridiculous?) + +The journals, therefore, want a source file that has all user macros +expanded. They suggest doing this with an editor, but this is tedious and +error-prone for long, complicated documents. My alternative solution is to +expand the macros automatically. I have written a utility, with the +working name of XMACRO, that does so. + +XMACRO is an emulation of the higher-level (pre-stomach) operations of TeX +itself. It absorbs and tokenizes source code just as TeX does (respecting +all the rules about catcodes etc.), and expands macros as appropriate. +What's left is a stream of TeX primitives and possibly undefined macros. +However, instead of typesetting the primitives or complaining about +undefined macros, XMACRO just writes their names to the output file. The +effect is to generate a new TeX file that should be equivalent to the +original, but that has all user-defined macros expanded. This form should +satisfy the journals. + +For example, at the end of this message can be found listings of two short +input files, xsample.src and xsample.bbl, and the file xsample.tex that was +output by XMACRO. + +I am attempting to convince the REVTeX people to distribute this utility +along with the REVTeX release. There's nothing definite yet. Meanwhile, +as an experiment and debugging exercise that will run for ONE MONTH +beginning with the public release of this texhax announcement, users may +submit valid REVTeX files to me; they'll receive the expanded results back +shortly by email. The rules are: + + (1) Valid REVTeX 3.0 file only. This must be precisely as you would +submit it to the journal, except that your macro definitions shouldn't be +expanded. The file will first be run as-is through LaTeX. If LaTeX +detects an error, I will probably not attempt the XMACRO expansion. + + (2) One source file per document. (I.e., .bbl files must be +inserted manually.) This is in spite of the example at the end of this +message, which demonstrates that XMACRO can handle automatic insertion of +the .bbl file. + + (3) Please try to localize all user definitions to the start of the +file, before the \documentstyle command. + + (4) Send the file to krommes@princeton.edu as the text of a message +with the precise subject ``XMACRO request''. + + (5) EMAIL submissions ONLY. No disks! + +This experiment is intended to be a debugging exercise and to publicize the +existence of this utility. I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for errors in the expanded +file that is returned to you (although obviously I'd like to hear about +them), delays in publication, losses of promotions or Nobel prizes, etc! I +do certainly promise not to publish your manuscript under my name, release +it to anyone else, or to use any of its contents unethically in any way. +But you submit a manuscript to the experiment AT YOUR OWN RISK. If you're +uncomfortable with any aspect of this experiment, please don't participate. + +XMACRO presently expands the following primitives. (There are a few +obvious omissions such as \Afterassigmnent that will be added in the future.) + +\Advance +\Aftergroup +\Begingroup +\Bye +\Catcode +\Char +\Chardef +\Count +\Countdef +\Csname +\Def +\Divide +\Edef +\Else +\Endcsname +\Endgroup +\Endinput +\Expandafter +\Fi +\Futurelet +\Gdef +\Global +\If +\Ifcat +\Iffalse +\Ifnum +\Ifodd +\Iftrue +\Ifx +\Ignorespaces(*) +\Input +\Jobname(*) +\Let +\Long +\Lowercase +\Message +\Multiply +\Newcommand +\Noexpand +\Number +\Outer +\Par +\Relax(*) +\Renewcommand +\Romannumeral +\Show +\Showthe +\String +\The +\Toks +\Toksdef +\Undef +\Uppercase +\Xdef + +Note that these are in uppercase. In most cases, lower-case versions will +be expanded as well if you use the -t option. Exceptions that are expanded +only in upper case are indicated by (*). However, in some cases you might +want to use the -t option, but pass a few lower-case primitives unchanged +to the output file. To prevent XMACRO from expanding a primitive such as +\the, say ``\undef\the''. + +Suggestions are welcome. If you think this utility is a good idea, lobby +the APS and AIP: + + AIP (Christopher Hamlin): hamlin mis@aps.org + APS (Peggy Sutherland): peggys@aip.org + +Thanks for your help. + +- --- John + +krommes@princeton.edu | John A. Krommes + | Plasma Physics Laboratory +(Mail to krommes@princeton.edu is forwarded | P.O. Box 451 +to krommes@lyman.pppl.gov == 192.55.106.129) | Princeton, NJ 08543 + +(To ftp files, you must use lyman.pppl.gov.) | Phone: (609) 243--2606 + +=============================xsample.src====================================== +% XMACRO source file that demonstrates automatic expansion of TeX macros. + +% Invoke with: xmacro -t xsample +% (This file \Input's xsample.bbl) + +% The following should be in a macro file. +\let\^^M\ % See xsample.bbl for an occurrence of \^^M. + +% Simple substitution. +\def\A{Alfv\'en} + +% Simple symbols +\def\abar{{\overline\alpha}} +\def\Apar{A_\parallel} +\def\dss{\delta_{\text{s},s}} + +% Macros with arguments (and with pattern recognition). +\def\<#1>{\langle#1\rangle} +\def\M#1,#2{M^{#1}{}_{#2}} + +% Recursive math definitions. +\let\a\alpha +\def\meanA{\<\a>} + +% A convenience REVTeX macro. +\def\Eq#1{Eq.~(\ref{#1})} + +% The following two def'ns demonstrate one way to automate insertion of the +% .bbl file. +\def\bibliographystyle#1{} + +% Here, note the use of an inner level of grouping, as well as the use of +% the ## token. +\def\bibliography{\begin{references} + {\Def\begin##1##2{}\Def\end##1{} + \Input{\Jobname.bbl} + } + \end{references}} + +% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +\documentstyle[aps]{revtex} +\begin{document} + +\bibliographystyle{pf} + +See \Eq{a} below for a definition of the \A\ velocity. This sentence will have +to be broken in the \TeX\ file because of the macro expansion. An attempt +is made to do this gracefully. + +Here is a silly equation: +\begin{equation} + \abar = \dss\<\Apar> + \meanA + \M\a,\gamma +\label{a} +\end{equation} + +\bibliography + +\end{document} + +==============================xsample.bbl====================================== + +\begin{thebibliography}{10} + +\bibitem{PRL} +J.~A. Krommes, +\newblock ``Thermal fluctuations in gyrokinetic plasma at finite beta,'' Phys.\ + Rev.\ Lett., in press. + +\end{thebibliography} + +========================xsample.tex (output from XMACRO)======================= + +% --- Macros expanded with XMACRO (version 0.6, December 25, 1992) --- +% Copyright (C) by John A. Krommes/Princeton University (1992) +% Source file: "xsample.src" +% Output file: "xsample.tex" + +% XMACRO source file that demonstrates automatic expansion of TeX macros. + +% Invoke with: xmacro -t xsample +% (This file \Input's xsample.bbl) + +% The following should be in a macro file. +% See xsample.bbl for an occurrence of \^^M. + +% Simple substitution. + +% Simple symbols + +% Macros with arguments (and with pattern recognition). + +% Recursive math definitions. + +% A convenience REVTeX macro. + +% The following two def'ns demonstrate one way to automate insertion of the +% .bbl file. + +% Here, note the use of an inner level of grouping, as well as the use of +% the ## token. + +% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +\documentstyle [aps]{revtex} + \begin {document} + +See Eq.~(\ref {a}) below for a definition of the Alfv\'en\ velocity. This +sentence will have + to be broken in the \TeX \ file because of the macro expansion. An attempt + is made to do this gracefully. + +Here is a silly equation: + \begin {equation} + {\overline \alpha }= \delta _{\text {s},s}\langle A_\parallel \rangle + % +\langle \alpha \rangle + M^{\alpha }{}_{\gamma } +\label {a} + \end {equation} + +\begin {references} { + +\bibitem {PRL} + J.~A. Krommes, + \newblock ``Thermal fluctuations in gyrokinetic plasma at finite beta,'' +Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett., in press. + + + } \end {references} + +\end {document} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 15:02:15 +0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: Revised date/place: TeX for non-American languages; + MF in theory and practice. + +I am sorry to have to announce that the proposed UK-TuG Conference in Glasgow +will not be going ahead as planned, primarily for financial reasons. However, +the conference _will_ take place, but at an alternative venue and time which I +hope will prove attractive to you. The conference is now scheduled to take +place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (`The Country Campus of the +University of London') during Spring, when the campus is at its best and most +attractive. + +The actual dates are April 6th--8th, with the same programme as previously +announced; April 6th is reserved for travelling, registration and the +Conference dinner; April 7th will consist of a series of talks (with plenty of +time for discussion) from an internationally famous panel of invited speakers, +including Dominik Wujastyk (who together with Graham Toal is responsible for +the authoritative UK hyphenation patterns, and who is also a Sanskrit scholar), +Bernard Gaulle (until recently president of GUTenberg, the French-speaking TeX +Users' Group, and an authority on good French typographic practice), and Yannis +Haralambous (who is the author of ScholarTeX, and a renowned authority on +MetaFont). + +On April 8th, two concurrent MetaFont tutorials will take place, one on +MetaFont in Theory, led by Yannis, and one on MetaFont in Practice. The former +will be concerned with the design and implementation of new fonts through the +medium of MetaFont, whilst the second will be more practical and aimed at +answering questions such as ``how do I generate all the Computer Modern fonts +at 600 dpi for my new laser printer?''. + +Royal Holloway and Bedford New College is situated conveniently close to London +Heathrow Airport, and is also served by regular fast trains from London +Waterloo (circa 30 minutes). Accommodation will be en-suite, and all meals will +be included in the price. + +Further details (including price) will be issued as soon as the approximate +numbers are known; please send a message to the address below if you are +interested in attending this conference and wish to be kept informed. If you +have already let me know that you intended to attend the Glasgow conference, +please re-confirm for the RHBNC conference in order that I may accurately +record likely numbers. + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC + + P.Taylor@Uk.Ac.Rhbnc.Vax (Janet); + P.Taylor@Vax.Rhbnc.Ac.Uk (Internet). + +[If you have no e-mail access, the following alternatives are possible but + deprecated: + + Tel: +44 784 443172 + Fax: +44 784 434348 + Snail-mail: Philip Taylor; The Computer Centre; RHBNC; + University of London; Egham Hill; Egham; + Surrey; TW20 0EX; United Kingdom. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Jan 93 13:38:29 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: TeX Users Group meeting, Aston, July 1993 + +[NOTE: a TeX source follows at the end of this plain text +announcement. If you reproduce this announcement anywhere, please run +the TeX version. If you have the facilities to print the conference +logo (encapsulated PostScript, using psfig), contact the organisers +for a copy of the file] + +PLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE + +*************************************************************************** + + World Wide Window on TeX + + + 14th Annual TeX Users Group Meeting July 26th - 30th, 1993 + +*************************************************************************** + +Aston University in Birmingham (United Kingdom) will be the venue for +the 1993 TUG conference. Aston is the home of the `Aston Archive', +one of the largest collections of electronic TeX paraphernalia. This +is the first time that the annual meeting will have been held outside +of North America. + +The location of the conference at one centre of the electronic web and +its movement from North America encourage particular focus on the +`world-wide' aspects of TeX, LaTeX and METAFONT. The marked rise in +maturity of windowing systems (X Window system, Microsoft Windows, +Macintosh, Atari, Amiga, etc.) also allows us to exploit more +visually oriented methods in employing the TeX tools. It is hoped +that there will be a contribution to the conference from the Didot +project, further extending the range of topics to include digital +typography and font creation. + +The conference will feature the normal paper presentations. +Workshops, poster displays, courses, panels and `birds of a feather' +sessions will also form integral components. + +Contributions are urgently sought in the following subject areas: - +archives - electronic networks - formatting structured documents - +LaTeX3 - graphical user interfaces to TeXware - non-English issues - +non-Latin scripts - digital typography - editing structured documents +- - styles - other typesetting systems - document views - + + +Contributions: + +Proposals for full papers, workshops and poster sessions should be +sent to the programme co-ordinators as soon as possible: + + Chris Rowley Malcolm Clark + Parsifal College IRS + Open University University of Westminster + 527 Finchley Road 115 New Cavendish Street + London NW3 7BG London W1M 8JS +phone: +44 71 794 0575 +44 71 911 5000 ex 3622 +fax: +44 71 433 6196 +44 71 911 5093 +email: tug93-proposals@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk + +Deadline for paper proposals: February 26th, 1993 + + +Conference committee: + +Chairman: Peter Abbott +Administration: Maureen Campbell +Programme: Chris Rowley and Malcolm Clark +Editors: Sebastian Rahtz and Mimi Burbank +Courses organiser: Carol Hewlett +Publicity and demonstrations: Philip Taylor +Social programme: David Osborne + +Enquiries: + +Requests for further information (full details of costs, accommodation +options, conference registration forms, etc.), as well as requests +for space for demonstrations and displays, should all be sent to the +following address, as should completed forms and any other written +correspondence: + +Email Post +tug93-enquiries@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk Peter Abbott + Information Services + Aston University + Aston Triangle + Birmingham B4 7ET + United Kingdom + fax: +44 21 359 6158 + phone: +44 21 359 5492 + +Courses: + +There will be a selection of TeX Users Group courses organised in +conjunction with the meeting. Various workshops will also form a part +of the main conference. + +Social details: + +The conference will take place on the Aston University campus in +central Birmingham, with excellent travel connections. Birmingham is +situated very conveniently for access to all parts of England, +especially the Midlands areas including Stratford and Oxford, as well +as much of Wales. Participants will be given details of local events +and sightseeing suggestions, including a guide to the culinary treats +offered by Birmingham's multi-ethnic society. + +Social events will include dinners, receptions, and a mystery trip to +an unexpected face of Birmingham. Accompanying persons will be helped +to have a rewarding time in the area, and will also be offered a +beginners' course in TeX; this course is available as well to those +who would like a crash course in TeX prior to the conference proper. + +The approximate cost of attendance at the conference will be 100 +pounds, or 250 pounds including accommodation and meals. The normal +accommodation will be on campus in the University residences. Those +wishing to book outside hotel accommodation, or executive +accommodation on campus, will find details on the booking form. + +The normal accommodation provided will be on campus in the University +residences, but alternative arrangements (e.g. for executive +accommodation on campus, or hotel accommodation) are also possible; +full details of these and other options are given on the booking form +which is available upon request. + +Full computer facilities, including electronic mail and network +contacts, will be available to participants. The rich holdings of the +UK TeX Archive will, of course, be easily accessible. + + + +************************ +TO PRINT THE TEX VERSION, CUT FROM HERE DOWN AND PROCESS WITH TeX OR LaTeX: + +% This file should be processable by plain TeX or by LaTeX +\newif\ifislatex +\newif\ifusesPS +\usesPSfalse % if you don't use PostScript +%\usesPStrue % if you like PostScript and have the logo file + + +\def\Dot{~$\bullet$\ } +\def\MF{{\rm{\mf META}\-{\mf FONT}}} +\font\mf logo10 at 12pt + +\def\PlainTeXery{\message{Clever person! you use plain TeX!}% + \hsize6.3in\vsize9.7in\nopagenumbers + \def\LaTeX{{\rm L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\sc a}\kern-.15em + T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX}} + \ifusesPS + %%% change onlythe following three lines + %%% to reflect local font-naming conventions + \def\Palatino {psmpalr } + \def \PalatinoBold {psmpalb } + \def \PalatinoItalic {psmpali } + \font \rm = \Palatino scaled \magstep 1 + \font \it = \PalatinoItalic scaled \magstep 1 + \font \bf = \PalatinoBold scaled \magstep 1 + \font \big = \PalatinoBold scaled \magstep 1 + \font \bigger = \PalatinoBold scaled \magstep 3 + \font \sc = cmcsc10 scaled \magstep 1 + \font \tt = cmtt10 scaled \magstep 1 + \font \cmu = cmu10 scaled \magstep 1 + \else + \font\sc cmcsc10 at 12pt\font\tt cmtt10 at 12pt\let\cmu\it + \font\rm cmr12\font\bigger cmbx10 at17.28pt\font\big cmbx10 at12pt + \fi + \baselineskip = 14.4 pt + \islatexfalse\usesPSfalse\def\pounds{{\cmu \$}}\def\newpage{\vfill\eject} + \rm +} +\def\LaTeXery{\typeout{Clever person! you use LaTeX!}% + \ifusesPS \documentstyle[palatino,psfig,11pt]{article} + \textwidth6in\textheight10in + \else + \documentstyle[11pt]{article}\textwidth6.2in\textheight9.2in + \fi + \islatextrue\pagestyle{empty} + \oddsidemargin0in\topmargin-.7in\headsep0pt\headheight0pt + \def\big{\large\bf}\def\bigger{\LARGE\bf} + \begin{document} +} +\ifx\documentstyle\undefined + \PlainTeXery +\else + \LaTeXery +\fi +\parindent0pt +\parskip6pt +%----------------------------------------------------- +\ifusesPS + \centerline{\psfig{figure=t93logo.eps,height=1.8in}} +\else + \centerline{{\bigger World Wide Window on \TeX}} +\fi +\bigskip +\centerline{{\big 14th Annual \TeX\ Users Group Meeting +July 26th\thinspace --\thinspace 30th, 1993}} +\bigskip + +Aston University in Birmingham (United Kingdom) will be the venue for +the 1993 TUG conference. Aston is the home of the `Aston +Archive', one of the largest collections of electronic +\TeX\ paraphernalia. This is the first time that the annual +meeting will have been held outside of North America. + +The {\bf location} of the conference at one centre of the electronic +web and its movement from North America encourage particular focus on +the `world-wide' aspects of \TeX, \LaTeX\ and \MF{}\null. The marked rise +in maturity of windowing systems (X Window system, Microsoft Windows, +Macintosh, Atari, Amiga, etc.)\ also allows us to exploit more +visually oriented methods in employing the \TeX\ tools. It is hoped that +there will be a contribution to the conference from the Didot project, +further extending the range of topics to include digital typography +and font creation. + +The {\bf conference} will feature the normal paper presentations. +Workshops, poster displays, courses, panels and `birds of a feather' +sessions will also form integral components. + +{\bf Contributions} are urgently sought in the following subject +areas:\hfil\break +\ignorespaces\Dot archives\Dot electronic networks\Dot formatting structured +documents\Dot \LaTeX3\Dot graphical user interfaces to \TeX ware\Dot +non-English issues\Dot non-Latin scripts\Dot digital typography\Dot +editing structured documents\Dot styles\Dot other typesetting +systems\Dot document views\Dot + +\bigskip +\leftline{{\big Contributions:}} + +Proposals for full papers, workshops and poster sessions should be sent +to the programme co-ordinators as soon as possible: + +\smallskip + +\halign{#\hfil\qquad&#\hfil\qquad\qquad&#\hfil\cr +&Chris Rowley&Malcolm Clark\cr +&Parsifal College&IRS\cr +&Open University&University of Westminster\cr +&527 Finchley Road&115 New Cavendish Street\cr +&London NW3 7BG&London W1M 8JS\cr +phone:&+44 71 794 0575&+44 71 911 5000 ex 3622\cr +% email:&\tt c.a.rowley@open.ac.uk&\tt malcolmc@wmin.ac.uk\cr +fax:&+44 71 433 6196 &+44 71 911 5093\cr +email:&\qquad\rlap{\tt tug93-proposals@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk}\cr +} + +\medskip + +\leftline{{\big Deadline for paper proposals:\quad February 26th, 1993}} + +\medskip + +\centerline{{\it see over for more details}} +%%\hbox to\hsize{{\small Supplement to {\bf TUGboat} 13, no.\ 4, +%% December 1992}\hfil {\it see over for more details}} +\newpage + +\leftline{{\big Conference committee:}} +\medskip +\halign{#\hfil\quad&#\hfil\cr +\it Chairman: & Peter Abbott\cr +\it Administration: & Maureen Campbell\cr +\it Programme: & Chris Rowley and Malcolm Clark\cr +\it Editors: & Sebastian Rahtz and Mimi Burbank\cr +\it Courses organiser: & Carol Hewlett\cr +\it Publicity and demonstrations: & Philip Taylor \cr +\it Social programme: & David Osborne\cr +} + +\medskip + +\leftline{{\big Enquiries:}} Requests for further information +(full details of costs, accommodation options, conference registration forms, +etc.), as well as requests for space for demonstrations and displays, +should all be sent to the following address, as should completed forms and +any other written correspondence: + +\smallskip +\halign{#\hfil\quad&#\hfil\cr +{\it Email } & {\it Post } \cr +{\tt tug93-enquiries@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk} & Peter Abbott \cr +& Information Services \cr +& Aston University \cr +& Aston Triangle \cr +& Birmingham B4 7ET \cr +& United Kingdom\cr +& \rlap{{\it fax:}}\phantom{{\it phone:}}\quad +44 21 359 6158 \cr +& {\it phone:}\quad +44 21 359 5492 \cr +} + + +\medskip +\leftline{{\big Courses: }} +There will be a selection of \TeX\ Users Group courses organised in +conjunction with the meeting. Various workshops will also form a part +of the main conference. + +\medskip \leftline{{\big Social details: }} The conference will take +place on the Aston University campus in central Birmingham, with +excellent travel connections. Birmingham is situated very conveniently +for access to all parts of England, especially the Midlands areas +including Stratford and Oxford, as well as much of Wales. +Participants will be given details of local events and sightseeing +suggestions, including a guide to the culinary treats offered by +Birmingham's multi-ethnic society. + +Social events will include dinners, receptions, and a mystery trip +to an unexpected face of Birmingham. Accompanying persons will be +helped to have a rewarding time in the area, and will also be offered +a beginners' course in \TeX; this course is available as well to those +who would like a crash course in \TeX\ prior to +the conference proper. + +The approximate cost of attendance at the conference will be \pounds +100, or \pounds 250 including accommodation and meals. The normal +accommodation will be on campus in the University residences. Those +wishing to book outside hotel accommodation, or executive accommodation +on campus, will find details on the booking form. + +The normal accommodation provided will be on campus in the University +residences, but alternative arrangements (e.g. for executive +accommodation on campus, or hotel accommodation) are also possible; +full details of these and other options are given on the booking form +which is available upon request. + +Full computer facilities, including electronic mail and network +contacts, will be available to participants. The rich holdings of the +UK \TeX\ Archive will, of course, be easily accessible. + + +\ifislatex +\def\Action{\end{document}} +\else +\let\Action\bye +\fi +\Action + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 09:22:19 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: MS Windows LaTeX tools available on FILESERV/Niord + +Mike Reid <mfreid@hkuxa.hku.hk> has been working with me on correcting some +aspects of my VMS LATEX.HLP file for inclusion in the VMS Help Librarian. +The *real* meat of this announcement, though, is that Mike has ported this +file to a format compatible with Microsoft Windows (which is about the +nicest help utility around), as well as provided a few other utilities for +the Windows environment which may be of interest to users of LaTeX. +Attached are (1) Mike's announcement, (2) the FILESERV description file for +these packages, and (3) very brief information on how to retrieve the +updated VMS Help file. + +Regards and thanks to Mike for his efforts on these projects, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net + + +MS-Windows LaTeX Help and microEMACS Interface + +January 14, 1993. + +Michael F. Reid <mfreid@hkuxa.hku.hk> +>From April 1993 <mfr@phys.canterbury.ac.nz> + +I have uploaded: + LATEXHLP.ZIP A LaTeX help file for MicroSoft Windows + VMS2WINH.ZIP Conversion from VMS help to Windows Help + QH2WINH.ZIP Conversion from QHELP to Windows Help + MEWLTX10.ZIP microEMACS for Windows LaTeX interface +to Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8), directory [FILESERV.MSWIN-LATEX] + +The LaTeX help file is a translation of a VAX/VMS help file collated by +George Greenwade. The conversion program is in the VMS2WINH.ZIP file, in +case you want to recompile the file with your own additions. + +NOTE: You need the MicroSoft Help Compiler (HC) to recompile the help +file. This comes with many Windows programming toolkits. + +A conversion from QHELP (a DOS freeware help engine) to Windows help is +in the QH2WINH.ZIP file. This is similar to the vms2winh program, and is +posted here because I know Peter Flynn is working on a TeX help system +based on QHELP. + +##### LaTeX microEMACS Interface ##### + +The MEWLTX10.ZIP file contains code for a microEMACS for Windows +Interface. This allows you to insert LaTeX commands, insert template +files, run TeX processes, parse errors in log files, call up help, and +so on, using the menus. This is still under development, so I would +appreciate positive or negative comments. +*************************************************************************** + MSWIN-LATEX + ----------- +The MSWIN-LATEX package includes UUENCODEd ZIP archives containing Michael +Reid's LaTeX help file for MicroSoft Windows and microEMACS for MicroSoft +Windows LaTeX interface. + +To retrieve the 3 part distribution of the LaTeX help file, include: + SENDME MSWIN-LATEX.LATEXHLP* +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +To retrieve the 2 part distribution of the microEMACS for Windows LaTeX +interface, include: + SENDME MSWIN-LATEX.MEWLTX10* +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV. + +The ZIP files upon which this distribution is based, as well two other +utilities created by Reid are available for anonymous ftp retrieval on +Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in the directory [FILESERV.MSWIN-LATEX]: + LATEXHLP.ZIP A LaTeX help file for MicroSoft Windows + VMS2WINH.ZIP Conversion from VMS help to Windows Help + QH2WINH.ZIP Conversion from QHELP to Windows Help + MEWLTX10.ZIP microEMACS for Windows LaTeX interface + +The VMS help file is available from FILESERV (in 4 parts) by including: + SENDME VMS-LATEX-HELP +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV. The file LATEX.HLP (VMS Help +Librarian file) is available for anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord in +[FILESERV.VMS-LATEX-HELP]. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 13:07:37 +0700 +From: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl> +Subject: MeX 1.03 + +MeX, version 1.03 on halina.univ.gda.pl +======================================= + +What is MeX? + +The Mex package is an adaptation of PLAIN and LaTeX formats +to the Polish language and to the Polish printing customs. +MeX is bilingual. You can switch between languages with the +\language\english and \language\polish commands. + +The package contains: +- - the set of macro files, called MeX and LaMeX. These are + the Polish versions of the PLAIN and LaMeX formats, + respectively +- - hyphenation rules for the Polish language +- - METAFONT programs for the Polish letters and + quotation marks. + +The authors are: +- - formats: + Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski & Marek Ry\'cko +- - hyphenation patterns: + Hanna Ko\l{}odziejska & Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski & Marek Ry\'cko +- - fonts: + Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski & Marek Ry\'cko + consultant: Roman Tomaszewski + +Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko were awarded on +EuroTeX'92 with the Cathy Booth Prize for their work in +the developement of Polish TeX. + +W\l{}odek Bzyl +Instytut Matematyki +Uniwersytet Gda\'n{}ski +Wita Stwosza 57, FAX: (pl) 058 414 914 +80-952 Gda\'n{}sk, Poland Internet: matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl + +------------------------------ + +Date: 15 Jan 93 21:48:39 -0500 +From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: TUGboat 13 #4 -- contents + +The last 1992 issue of TUGboat is at the printer, and will soon +be ready for mailing. Attached is a list of the contents. + -- bb + -------------------- + +TUGboat vol. 13, no. 4, December 1992 +Contents + + 415 Addresses + +General Delivery + 417 Malcolm Clark Changing TeX? + 418 Barbara Beeton Editorial comments + 419 An interview with Donald Knuth, November 1991 + +Dreamboat + 425 Richard Palais Moving a fixed point + 433 Philip Taylor The future of TeX + +Software + 443 Nickolas J. Kelly and Christian H. Bischof + XBibTeX and friends + 447 Nigel Chapman Searching in a DVI file + 452 Hyphenation exception log + +Literate programming + 457 Bart Childs Errata: Literate Programming, A Practitioner's View + (TUGboat 13, no. 3, pp. 261-268) + +Philology + 457 Yannis Haralambous + Hyphenation patterns for ancient Greek and Latin + +Fonts + 470 Darko Zubrinic The exotic Croatian Glagolitic alphabet + 472 John Sauter Postnet codes using METAFONT + 476 Yannis Haralambous + A typewriter font for the Macintosh 8-bit font table + +Graphics + 477 Sebastian Rahtz and Leonor Barroca + Addendum: A style option for rotated objects in TeX + (TUGboat 13, no. 2, pp. 156-180) + 478 Ray Seyfarth Diag: a drawing preprocessor for LaTeX + +Book Reviews + 486 Victor Eijkhout + Wynter Snow, ``TeX for the Beginner'' + 487 George Greenwade + Arvind Borde, ``TeX by Example'' + 489 A.G.W. Cameron Andre Heck, ed., ``Desktop Publishing + in Astronomy & Space Sciences'' + +Typesetting on PCs + 490 Erich Neuwirth TeX implementations for IBM PCs: + comparative timings + +Warnings + 493 Frank Mittelbach + Where does this character come from? + Solution to the puzzle, TUGboat 13, no. 2, p. 190 + +Macros + 494 Victor Eijkhout The bag of tricks + 495 Jonathan Fine Too many errors + 496 Victor Eijkhout One error less + 497 Paul Anagnostopoulos + ZzTeX: A macro package for books + 505 Jonathan Fine The \noname macros -- A technical report + +LaTeX + 510 Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley and Michael Downes + Volunteer work for the LaTeX3 project + 516 Mike Piff Correction sheets in LaTeX + 518 Mike Piff Text merges in TeX and LaTeX + 524 Sebastian Rahtz A style file for printing sheets of labels + +Abstracts + 528 Cahiers GUTenberg #13 + +News & Announcements + 530 Calendar + 532 Call for Papers: Special Issue of ``Electronic Publishing: + Origination, Dissemination and Design'' on Active Documents + +Late-Breaking News + 533 Barbara Beeton Production notes + 534 Coming next issue + +TUG Business + 534 Institutional members + +Forms + 537 TUG membership application + +Advertisements + 536 Index of advertisers + 544 TeX consulting and production services + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 15:39:52 +0000 +From: Martin Ward <Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk> +Subject: Pandora LaTeX style file + +Enclosed is a style file for LaTeX which uses the Pandora and Euler fonts +instead of Computer Modern. I find the heavier weight of Pandora ideal for +screen previewing - you get a much more readable screen, with only slightly +fewer characters per page. Note that this requires the new font selection +scheme to be installed. + +Comments/enhancements are welcome. Has anyone created a caps/small caps +virtual font for Pandora? Or any other design sizes? + + Martin. + +JANET: Martin.Ward@uk.ac.durham Internet (eg US): Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk +or if that fails: Martin.Ward%uk.ac.durham@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk +or even: Martin.Ward%DURHAM.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU +BITNET: Martin.Ward%durham.ac.uk@UKACRL UUCP:...!uknet!durham!Martin.Ward + + +%% +\def\fileversion{1.0} +\def\filedate{93/01/18} +%% +%% COPYRIGHT 1993 Martin Ward, Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk +%% +%% DESCRIPTION: +%% Set text in pandora and maths in euler fonts where possible. +%% Uses the new font selection scheme. +%% +%% INSTALLATION: +%% Put this file where your TeX looks for inputs, under the name +%% pandora.sty. +%% +%% DOCUMENTATION: +%% Include pandora as a LaTeX style option. Most text will be set in +%% the pandora fonts (apart from caps/small caps, bold extended +%% slanted/italic and semibold condensed, which will appear in Computer +%% Modern). +%% Requires the new font selection scheme. +%% +%% COPYING: +%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +%% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +%% (at your option) any later version. +%% +%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +%% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +%% GNU General Public License for more details. +%% +%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +%% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +%% Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. +%% +%% CODE: +\@ifundefined{selectfont} + {\@latexerr{`pandora' style option could only be used + with the new font selection scheme}\@eha + \endinput}{} + +\input{amsfonts.sty} + +%% Please don't change the next lines unless you know exactly what you +%% are doing. +%% +%\def\default@shape{n} +%\def\default@series{m} +%\def\default@family{cmr} +\def\default@family{pnr} +%\def\default@errfont{cmsy10} +%% +%% Again, this is doubly dangerous bent. +%% +\fontfamily\default@family +\fontseries\default@series +\fontshape\default@shape + + + +\new@fontshape{pnr}{m}{n}{% + <5>pnr10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnr10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnr10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnr10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnr10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnr10% + <11>pnr10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnr10 at12pt% + <14>pnr10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnr10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnr10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnr10 at24.88pt}{} +\extra@def{pnr}{}{} +\new@fontshape{pnr}{m}{sl}{% + <5>pnsl10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnsl10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnsl10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnsl10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnsl10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnsl10% + <11>pnsl10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnsl10 at12pt% + <14>pnsl10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnsl10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnsl10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnsl10 at24.88pt}{} + +\subst@fontshape{pnr}{m}{it}{pnr}{m}{sl} + +% \new@fontshape{pnr}{m}{it}{% +% <5>pnsl10 at4.82pt% +% <6>pnsl10 at5.79pt% +% <7>pnsl10 at6.94pt% +% <8>pnsl10 at8.33pt% +% <9>pnsl10 at9.13pt% +% <10>pnsl10% +% <11>pnsl10 at10.95pt% +% <12>pnsl10 at12pt% +% <14>pnsl10 at14.4pt% +% <17>pnsl10 at17.28pt% +% <20>pnsl10 at20.74pt% +% <25>pnsl10 at24.88pt}{} + +% Hmmm... can't find a Pandora small caps, use cmsc for now: +\subst@fontshape{pnr}{m}{sc}{cmr}{m}{sc} + +% \new@fontshape{pnr}{m}{sc}{% +% <5>cmsl10 at4.82pt% +% <6>cmsl10 at5.79pt% +% <7>cmsl10 at6.94pt% +% <8>cmsl10 at8.33pt% +% <9>cmsl10 at9.13pt% +% <10>cmsl10% +% <11>cmsl10 at10.95pt% +% <12>cmsl10 at12pt% +% <14>cmsl10 at14.4pt% +% <17>cmsl10 at17.28pt% +% <20>cmsl10 at20.74pt% +% <25>cmsl10 at24.88pt}{} + +\new@fontshape{pnr}{b}{n}{% + <5>pnb10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnb10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnb10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnb10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnb10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnb10% + <11>pnb10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnb10 at12pt% + <14>pnb10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnb10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnb10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnb10 at24.88pt}{} + +%%%%%%%%% bold extended series +\subst@fontshape{pnr}{bx}{n}{pnr}{b}{n} +\subst@fontshape{pnr}{bx}{sl}{cmr}{bx}{sl} +\subst@fontshape{pnr}{bx}{it}{cmr}{bx}{sl} + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% +%% Sans serif font shapes +%% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\new@fontshape{pnss}{m}{n}{% + <5>pnss10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnss10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnss10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnss10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnss10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnss10% + <11>pnss10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnss10 at12pt% + <14>pnss10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnss10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnss10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnss10 at24.88pt}{} + +\subst@fontshape{pnss}{m}{it}{pnss}{m}{sl} + +\new@fontshape{pnss}{m}{sl}{% + <5>pnssi10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnssi10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnssi10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnssi10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnssi10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnssi10% + <11>pnssi10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnssi10 at12pt% + <14>pnssi10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnssi10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnssi10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnssi10 at24.88pt}{} + + +%%%%%%% Font/shape undefined, therefore substituted + +\subst@fontshape{pnss}{m}{sc}{cmr}{m}{sc} + +%%%%%%%% semibold condensed series +\subst@fontshape{pnss}{sbc}{n}{cmr}{sbc}{n} + +%%%%%%%%% bold extended series + +\new@fontshape{pnss}{bx}{n}{% + <5>pnssb10 at4.82pt% + <6>pnssb10 at5.79pt% + <7>pnssb10 at6.94pt% + <8>pnssb10 at8.33pt% + <9>pnssb10 at9.13pt% + <10>pnssb10% + <11>pnssb10 at10.95pt% + <12>pnssb10 at12pt% + <14>pnssb10 at14.4pt% + <17>pnssb10 at17.28pt% + <20>pnssb10 at20.74pt% + <25>pnssb10 at24.88pt}{} + + +\extra@def{pnss}{}{} + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% +%% Typewriter font shapes +%% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +\new@fontshape{pntt}{m}{n}{% + <5>pntt9 at4.82pt% + <6>pntt9 at5.79pt% + <7>pntt9 at6.94pt% + <8>pntt9 at8.33pt% + <9>pntt9% + <10>pntt9 at 10pt% + <11>pntt9 at10.95pt% + <12>pntt9 at12pt% + <14>pntt9 at14.4pt% + <17>pntt9 at17.28pt% + <20>pntt9 at20.74pt% + <25>pntt9 at24.88pt}{} + + +\subst@fontshape{pntt}{m}{it}{cmtt}{m}{it} + +\subst@fontshape{pntt}{m}{sl}{cmtt}{m}{sl} + +\subst@fontshape{pntt}{m}{sc}{cmtt}{m}{sc} + + +% From the Euler fonts designed by Hermann Zapf we need the families +% `euler cursive'. (Others will follow in the finial version of this +% option.) +\new@fontshape{eur}{m}{n}{% + <5>eurm5% + <6>eurm6% + <7>eurm7% + <8>eurm8% + <9>eurm9% + <10>eurm10% + <11>eurm10 at10.95pt% + <12>eurm10 at12pt% + <14>eurm10 at14.4pt% + <17>eurm10 at17.28pt% + <20>eurm10 at20.74pt% + <25>eurm10 at24.88pt}{} +% We will have to set a \verb+\skewchar+ but I don't know the right +% value. +\extra@def{eur}{\skewchar#1'177}{} +% +% Don Knuth re-designed some of the math extension symbols to blend +% better with the euler fonts. So we have a font called `Euler +% compatible extension font' available in 7 to 10pt. +\new@fontshape{euex}{m}{n}{% + <5>1euex7% + <6>1euex7% + <7>euex7% + <8>euex8% + <9>euex9% + <10>euex10% + <11>1euex10% + <12>1euex10% + <14>1euex10% + <17>1euex10% + <20>1euex10% + <25>1euex10}{} +% +\extra@def{euex}{}{} + +\new@mathversion\mv@euler +% Now we define the basic {\em math groups\/} for the new version, +% i.e.\ the groups 0 to 3. +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler{0} + {pnr}{m}{n} +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler{1} + {eur}{m}{n} +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler{2} + {cmsy}{m}{n} + +% We also add a special math group to the euler version which +% contains the redesigned math symbols. Since we don't assume that +% this version has to live in coexistance with the `normal' or `bold' +% version we don't add this group to the other versions. +\new@mathgroup\euex@group +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler\euex@group + {euex}{m}{n} +% +% To set up the math version properly we have to reset some +% \verb+\mathcode+s. We have to take, for example, digits in math +% from the math group number one, i.e.\ from the euler cursive font. +% If we do this globally switching back to, let's say, \LaTeX{}s +% normal version will produces an undesired effect: we will then get +% oldstyle numerals in math. +% +% We will leave this problem open at the moment until there is more +% experience with this new font selection scheme. After all, it does +% not seem a very good idea to use such incompatible math versions +% together in one document. +% +% So here we are, re-arranging some of the internal tables: +\mathcode`\0="7130 +\mathcode`\1="7131 +\mathcode`\2="7132 +\mathcode`\3="7133 +\mathcode`\4="7134 +\mathcode`\5="7135 +\mathcode`\6="7136 +\mathcode`\7="7137 +\mathcode`\8="7138 +\mathcode`\9="7139 +% +% And here are some example for using the symbols from the special +% extension font. We use \verb+\hexnumber@+ to get the unknown assignment to +% \verb+\euex@group+ as a hexadecimal number into the macro \verb+\@tempa+. +\edef\@tempa{\hexnumber@\euex@group} +\mathchardef\intop="1\@tempa 52 +\mathchardef\ointop="1\@tempa 48 +\mathchardef\sum="1\@tempa 50 +\mathchardef\prod="1\@tempa 51 +% +% Since numbers for footnotes are text numbers and not math +% formulas we prefere shapes comming from Concrete roman (like +% 12345) instead of $12345$. So we have to change the footnote mark +% generation to avoid using math mode. +\def\@makefnmark{\raise 1ex\hbox{\scriptsize\@thefnmark}} +% +% +\mathversion{euler} + + +%% switch to Pandora Roman family: +\family{pnr}\selectfont% +\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{pnr}% + +%% Make the msam and msbm fonts available to the "euler" math version: +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler\msa@group{msa}{m}{n}% +\define@mathgroup\mv@euler\msb@group{msb}{m}{n}% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 11:32:45 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: New version of UCTHESIS (2.0) on FILESERV/Niord + +In <1il0d5$9b6@agate.berkeley.edu> (comp.text.tex, 8 Jan 1993 22:49:09 GMT), +munson@acacia.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Ethan V. Munson) posted: +> Today, I submitted a new version of the files for the "ucthesis" style to +> the archive at niord.shsu.edu. A description of the style and of the +> recent changes follows. Because the style appears to no longer work with +> pre-Jan. 1992 versions of LaTeX, I suggested to the archive manager that +> the file be given a name like "ucthesis92.tar.Z". +> +> If other archives would like me to submit the file to them directly, I +> would be happy to do so. Please send me appropriate directions for +> submission. +>.... +%%% docstring = "This file is the main file for the ucthesis +%%% style, which is intended to meet the requirements +%%% for University of California Ph.D. dissertations. +%%% It is based on the standard report.sty as +%%% modified by Mittelbach and Schopf in Jan 1992. +%%% The primary differences are (1) the use of pseudo- +%%% double-spacing, except in certain special +%%% environments; and (2) the use of a 6 inch line +%%% with 4em paragraph indentation. +%%% +%%% I know of no bugs in this implementation, +%%% but would be happy to hear of any problems +%%% that arise with it. +%%% +%%% This version fixes a bug in the previous +%%% version of 20 Jun 1988. The bug was that +%%% "draft" optional mode didn't work because of +%%% problems in handling optional arguments. +%%% This file does not seem to work with earlier +%%% versions of LaTeX (pre-Jan 1992). + +I think I'm just about caught up with submissions and apologize for the +delay in getting this into a public area. I have placed the files so they +are accessible from FILESERV as well as from Niord. Also, the prior +version of ucthesis.sty (STY.UCTHESIS*) has been removed from our style +directory. The description file from FILESERV follows. + +Regards and my thanks to Ethan for this update, George + + UCTHESIS + -------- +The UCTHESIS package includes the LaTeX style files and options which are +consistent with the requirements for theses and dissertations at the +University of California. The files in this package supercede prior +versions of ucthesis.sty and are consistent with distributions of LaTeX +dated January 1992 or later. + +The package is provided as a 2 part UUENCODEd ZIP archive. To retrieve the +package via e-mail, include: + SENDME UCTHESIS +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +Anonymous ftp users may retrieve these files as a ZIP archive or as a +compressed Unix tar archive from Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in the +directory [FILESERV.UCTHESIS]. + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 2] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.03 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.03 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..192aaa6da8 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.03 @@ -0,0 +1,1065 @@ +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 10 Feb 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 003 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Double-column plain TeX macros + Boldface Lowercase Greek Characters + UnixTeX + Rotated tables and equations numbered by page numbers + Re: psfig/epsfig to show eps preview bitmap icon + substituting PS fonts for CM with dvitps; possible? + Gothic or Old English fonts + Simple TeX? + LaTeX macros for classified reports + DVIPS-program + New version of fancyheadings.sty (1.1) on FILESERV/Niord + modes.mf 0.12 available + New release of greektex + New release of greektex + OS/2 TeX-related packages added to FILESERV/Niord + List Of TeX-Related Tutorials + New version of footnpag. + TeX font naming scheme + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +------------------------------------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 12:23:30 -0700 +From: Carlos "A." Felippa <carlos@titan.Colorado.EDU> +Subject: Double-column plain TeX macros + +(This is a repost of my original request January 1992) +For double column A-size formatting in conjunction with plain.tex I am +presently using these simple-minded macros: + +% file doublecol.tex +% adapted from TUGBOAT and the TeXbook, 3/1986 +\newdimen\colwidth \newdimen\bigcolheight +\newdimen\pagewidth \pagewidth=\hsize +\newdimen\pageheight \pageheight=\vsize +\newdimen\ruleht \ruleht=.5pt +\colwidth=\hsize \divide\colwidth by2 \advance\colwidth by-13truept +\bigcolheight=\vsize \multiply\bigcolheight by2 +\advance\bigcolheight by 100pt +\def\fullline{\hbox to \pagewidth} +\def\onepageout#1{\shipout\vbox{ + \offinterlineskip + \vbox to 0pc{ \vskip-22.5pt\fullline{\vbox to8.5pt{} + \the\headline} \vfill} + \vbox to \pageheight{ + #1 % + \ifvoid\footins\else + \vskip\skip\footins \kern-3pt + \hrule height\ruleht width\pagewidth \kern-\ruleht \kern3pt + \unvbox\footins\fi + \boxmaxdepth=\maxdepth} + \vskip 14pt plus 2pt minus 2pt\fullline{\the\footline} } + \advancepageno + \ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000 \else\dosupereject\fi} +\output{\onepageout{\unvbox255}} +\newbox\partialpage +\newdimen\savesize +\def\begindoublecolumns{\begingroup\vbadness=10000 + \savesize=\vsize +\output={\global\setbox\partialpage=\vbox{\unvbox255}}\eject +\output={\doublecolumnout} \hsize=\colwidth \vsize=\bigcolheight +\advance\vsize by -2\ht\partialpage} +\def\enddoublecolumns{\output={\balancecolumns}\eject + \global\output={\onepageout{\unvbox255}} + \global\vsize=\savesize + \endgroup \pagegoal=\vsize} +\def\doublecolumnout{\dimen0=\pageheight + \advance\dimen0 by-\ht\partialpage \splittopskip=\topskip + \setbox0=\vsplit255 to\dimen0 + \setbox2=\vsplit255 to\dimen0 + \onepageout\pagesofar + \global\vsize=\bigcolheight + \unvbox255\penalty\outputpenalty} +\def\pagesofar{\unvbox\partialpage + \wd0=\hsize \wd2=\hsize \hbox to\pagewidth{\box0\hfil\box2}} +\def\balancecolumns{\setbox0=\vbox{\unvbox255} \dimen0=\ht0 + \advance\dimen0 by\topskip \advance\dimen0 by-\baselineskip + \divide\dimen0 by2 \splittopskip=\topskip + {\vbadness=10000\loop\global\setbox3=\copy0 + \global\setbox1=\vsplit3 to\dimen0 + \ifdim\ht3>\dimen0 \global\advance\dimen0 by1pt \repeat} + \setbox0=\vbox to \dimen0{\unvbox1} + \setbox2=\vbox to\dimen0{\unvbox3} + \global\output={\balancingerror} + \pagesofar} +\newhelp\balerrhelp{Please change the page into one that works} +\def\balancingerror{\errhelp=\balerrhelp + \errmessage{Page can't be balanced} + \onepageout{\unvbox255}} +% end doublecol.tex + +These macros allows changing from one to two-columns back and forth +using \begindoublecolumns ... \enddoublecolumns. +The main problem with this simple approach to column balancing +is that insertions such as topinsert, midinsert, pageinsert, +footnotes, etc. are not handled correctly. Thus it is of limited utility +for preparing two-column camera-ready technical papers, which require +substantial manual tweeking. + +Question: are there 2-col macros with a similar simplicity and +functionality, compatible with plain.tex, and which handle +insertions correctly? + +When I posed this question on Jan 1992 I got two replies, for which +I want the again thank the senders. One set of macros handled +insertions correctly but unfortunately did not allow 1-2-1 column +switchback, which is important in camera ready papers for placement +of wide Figures and Tables. The other reply included multicolumn +macros as part of a complex package and I was unable to work through it +to extract what I needed in a reasonable time. + +I believe such a macro set would be useful to many technical paper +writers; therefore I encourage wizards to post solutions within +the stated simplicity and functionality constraints. + +Thanks, + +Carlos A. Felippa +Professor of Aerospace Engineering +University of Colorado at Boulder +carlos@titan.colorado.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 15:36:14 -0700 +From: Brett Perkes <bperkes@cases.cs.usu.edu> +Subject: Boldface Lowercase Greek Characters + + +I have been trying to figure out how I can print Boldface Greek characters. +I have been able to print some of the upper case characters in bold but none +of the lowercases. Do I need the AMS fonts to do this? If so, can I use the +AMS fon in Plain TeX? + +If anyone has any help or suggestions please let me know. + +Thankyou, +Brett Perkes bperkes@cases.cs.usu.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 08:36:44 -0800 +From: mackay@cs.washington.edu (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: UnixTeX + +This message may be addressed to a minority of the readers of this +bulletin, but it is a significant and growing minority. + +I must regretfully announce that under present revenue projections, +UnixTeX is technically bankrupt, having drifted into default on +at least two occasions in the past six months. We have a grand +total of two orders for 1993. We will go on as long as we are +allowed to, but that may not be very long. + +UnixTeX is not supported by the University of Washington. Quite the +reverse. The University of Washington seizes a substantial percentage +of all UnixTeX income for ``overhead'', and since that ``overhead'' +must be paid before all other obligations, we will probably be shut +down absolutely when the next assessment for ``overhead'' comes due. + +At that time, all consultation services by email or by telephone will +cease, and all Unix-specific tape distributions will also cease. An +FTP archive of the UnixTeX distribution will be made available until +University of Washington accountants require its removal, but it will +be frozen in its present state. There will be no further upgrades or +corrections to this file. It may be that some site, possibly in +Europe, can take over the work of tape distribution, but that will be +out of our hands. + +For four years I have predicted at TUG meetings that free, +unrestricted FTP distribution of UnixTeX would lead to this result. A +few generous supporters, and an unexpected increase in tape orders +kept it from happening last year, but the crisis has been accelerated +this year by several major hardware failures. + +The nine-year old SUN-1 and eight-year old SUN-2 on which the +distribution was resident have become too unstable to be of any +further use. CPUs, disks, controllers and our last 9-track drive have +all failed. UnixTeX put together a SUN-3 server out of second-hand +and salvage parts, and this was the source of all tape distributions +for two years. But the cost of this new hardware eliminated any +balance that UnixTeX had in reserve. The 600 MB SMD disk on that +machine has now failed, and in the inauguration-day windstorm, a power +surge blew the formatting board on our last tape drive. + +The source of our financial problem lies in the fact that +four-fifths of the calls for compilation assistance and similar +support are now from sites which picked up the software by FTP. While +a handful of FTP users have been touchingly generous -- sending in +amounts from their own pockets, and while we acknowledge that many +have helped in other ways -- taking the time to summarize system-specific +problems encountered on varieties of machines we have no access to, the +majority of sites that retrieve UnixTeX via FTP benefit without cost +to themselves, from a service supported in the main by TeX users who +have absolutely no FTP access and who therefore must obtain the +distribution via tape orders. We strongly support the principles of +the Free Software Foundation; and as long as we are around, we shall +honor our association with those principles by continuing to make all +elements of the distribution available for FTP. But as the distribution's +survival rests with the ever-diminishing number of sites that order +the distribution on tapes directly from us, and not by FTP, we must warn +that the associated work of organization, documentation and first-level +consultancy is probably about to cease. + +We have two proposals for interim support in preparation now, but it +is all too likely that we will not be around even if those proposals +succeed. Supposing that we do get through the immediate crisis, +however, if UnixTeX is worth keeping alive, it will have to survive on +some sort of subscription system, like National Public Radio. It is +improper to solicit funds even for a non-profit activity over the +Internet, so we cannot do that here. It is, however, worth noting +that UnixTeX survived last year in part on some donations that were +made to the University of Washington and specifically earmarked for +the support of UnixTeX. It is our understanding that such donations +provide a tax exemption. + + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@max.u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:00:20 -0700 +From: thomas@von-neumann.MATH.ColoState.EDU (Jim Thomas) +Subject: Rotated tables and equations numbered by page numbers + +I would like to be able to include some tables, horizontally on a +page in a latex document. I would also like to be able to include +the caption horizontally and use a label. Can anyone tell me how +this can be done? Thank you. + +Also (this is a repeat question that I thought I might try one more +time), I would like to be able to number equations, theorems, figures, +etc as "chapter.page.number on the page". It's close. If you use +the pagenumber in there, most often the first equation on a page will +be numbered with the previous page number (and in the .aux file, it +does know what page it's one). Does anyone out there know how to +do this. Thank you. + +James Thomas, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:34:59 -0500 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: psfig/epsfig to show eps preview bitmap icon + +> Date: 07 Jan 93 00:18:10 -0500 +> From: karron@karron.med.nyu.edu( (Dan Karron \(karron@nyu.edu\)) +> Subject: psfig/epsfig to show eps preview bitmap icon + +> Anyone have a way to put up a bitmap icon instead of the full figure +> for a draft preview mode for the various tex ps figure macros ? + +> Is there a nice way to make a \system{"shell command here"} for TeX ? + +DVIWindo shows the preview (in either TIFF or EPSI) format when an inserted +EPS figure comes with a preview (for printing to PS printers it passes +through the actual EPS data, of course). + +To use EPSF.TEX and PSFIG.TEX, though, you need to get them to step +over the binary header when looking for the %%BoundingBox in the +case of TIFF format previews. Contact me for modifications that do this. + +Berthold. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 01 Feb 93 16:52:47 -0700 +From: jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu (Jerry) +Subject: substituting PS fonts for CM with dvitps; possible? + +Having generated a dvi file after including the following in the +preamble of a latex file: + +\font\hlv=psmhlv at 12pt +\font\hlvb=psmhlvb at 12pt +\font\hlvo=psmhlvo at 12pt +\font\hlvbo=psmhlvbo at 12pt + +I get incorrect font substitution by dvitps when trying to print it. +I believe the problem is missing .pk files, but I'm not sure what to +do since PS is Adobe proprietary. Has anyone had luck with +ghostscript from the FSF or should I use some other dvi to ps +software. I often see posted info about dvips, a PD or copylefted +program which sounds really good, but when I downloaded TeX from +washington.edu, all I saw was dvitps, which has been great, except I +couldn't get the full manual as several tex include/input files were +missing and the author does not respond to email. I would like to +install a more robust version if possible. I'm open to suggestions as +well as info on how difficult it would be to build dvips from scratch. +Note: I have the latest version of TeX and LaTeX, which were something +of pain to build, but it was worth it. + +There is often a delay when posting responses to this mailing list as +I only receive a digest every once in a while, so please email me +directly and I will post a summary. Muchas gracias (thank you in +Spanish). + +Thanks. -Jerry + + Jerry Graves + UTEP Math Sysadmin + jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu + PHONE/FAX (915) 747-6757/6502 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 Feb 93 17:09:31 -0500 +From: jsv@edu.duke.cs (Jeff Vitter) +Subject: Gothic or Old English fonts + +I'm trying to get access to Gothic or Old English fonts in TeX or postscript +(preferably TeX) in order to try to imitate Duke letterhead. +For example, the capital D in such a font should look something like this: + + * *** + **** **************** + ************************* + ************** **** + ** *** + * * *** + ** ** ***** + ** * ************ *** + *** * *** + ***** * *** + ****** * *** + * *** * *** + ** * *** + ** * ************* *** + ** ** **** + ** * *** + * * *** + * * *** + ** ** **** + ************************ * + ***** *************** + * ***** + * + *** + +The Macintosh font called "London" is an example of this kind of font. +Any info you have would be appreciated. Please send replies to +jsv@cs.duke.edu. I'll be happy to post a summary of replies. + -- Jeff + +Prof. Jeff Vitter email: jsv@cs.duke.edu +Chair, Dept. of C.S., Duke University phone: (919) 660-6548 +Durham, N.C.. 27708-0129 FAX: (919) 660-6502 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Feb 93 08:48:56 -0800 +From: Diane McIntyre <mcintyre@math.washington.edu> +Subject: Simple TeX? + +I have a request for information regarding the multiple forms of TeX +(LaTeX, Lams.TeX, and AMS.TeX) that would be beneficial for learning +disabled (dyslexia) TeX users? Or a suggestion for a manual or text that +would be "less complicated" to read? I've worked with TeX for 4 years now +and still find that many of my "problems" evolve around the complex nature +of the "beast". I have learned to keep my documents as simple as possible +and have developed a sample file for my own benefit, but would like to know +if there is additional information available. Any suggestions would be +beneficial. + +Thanks, Diane McIntyre +(mcintyre@math.washington.edu) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 14:02:46 -0500 +From: Jim Van Zandt <jrv@mbunix.mitre.org> +Subject: LaTeX macros for classified reports + +I'd like to be able to generate classified documents using LaTeX. In +the archives I have found only one relevant macro, secret.sty. It +addresses paragraph marking, notably for the continuation of a +paragraph onto the next page. I don't think its solution (putting the +paragraph marking in the left margin) is very attractive, and +fortunately we've been relieved of that requirement. + +However, secret.sty doesn't address {\em page} marking at all. Has +anyone developed macros to generate appropriate markings at beginning +of each paragraph, and also at the top and bottom of the page (but +perhaps not for the continuation of a paragraph)? Of course, the page +classification should be the highest of any of the classifications of +the paragraphs on the page, {\em including} any continuation from a +previous page, and any float (figure or table). + +Thanks. + + - Jim Van Zandt <jrv@mitre.org> + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Feb 93 15:25:18 +0000 +From: JOHANNES-IDSO@sfdh.sognhs.no +Subject: DVIPS-program + +Dear friends; +I know there is an excellent DVIPS-program made by a firm called +Radical Eye Software. +Can someone tell me where I can buy this program? + +- -- Johannes Idsoe -- +Sogn og Fjordane College +Norway + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 09:02:23 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: New version of fancyheadings.sty (1.1) on FILESERV/Niord + +In <00966A30.E83D3BE0.31388@SHSU.edu> (comp.text.tex, Mon, 18 Jan 1993 +11:39:08 GMT), Piet van Oostrum <piet@cs.ruu.nl> posted his newest version +(1.1; 23 September 1992) of fancyheadings.sty and its documentation. This +is the style I am constantly preaching about on the network to allow users +to customize page headers and page footers (with excellent examples!; +again, if you don't have this style, GET IT). As this version is not (more +correctly, does not appear to be) readily available on the standard +archives, I am attempting to post this to as wide an audience as possible. + +I have taken the liberty of placing the documentation file +(fancyheadings.doc, as posted to comp.text.tex) after the style file macros +with an \endinput (the idea is to keep the documentation within the style +itself for reference purposes). This combined file is now available at +SHSU and may be retrieved via e-mail by including: + SENDME STY.FANCYHEADINGS +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +The file is available for anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord.SHSU.edu +(192.92.115.8) in [FILESERV.STY]. Prior versions of the separated style +file and documentation file (both 1.0; March 1989) have been removed. + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 16:22:39 -0500 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: modes.mf 0.12 available + +I have released version 0.12 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf + +You can also get it by email from George Greenwade's (thanks, George!) +file server if you cannot ftp: mail fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of +`sendme modes'. + +This file is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common +definitions for write-white printers and `special' information. + +This version has several changes: +* New modes for the HP LaserJet IV, LaserMaster, Tektronix Phaser, DEC + monitors, and various Epson modes of operation. +* More documentation on the SparcPrinter. +* mode_write_white_setup_ removed from high-resolution mode_def's, as it + has no effect. + +Thanks to those who contributed to this version. As always, if you have +mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the existing +ones, please send them to me. + +karl@cs.umb.edu + + +mode_def AgfaFourZeroZero = % AGFA 400PS +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga +mode_def AtariNineFive = % Atari 95dpi previewer +mode_def AtariNineSix = % Atari 96x96 previewer +mode_def AtariSLMEightZeroFour = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer +mode_def AtariSMOneTwoFour = % Atari ST SM 124 screen +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 +mode_def ApsSixHi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A +mode_def CanonCX = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX +mode_def CanonLBPTen = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 +mode_def ChelgraphIBX = % Chelgraph IBX +mode_def CItohThreeOneZero = % CItoh 310 +mode_def CItohEightFiveOneZero = % CItoh 8510A +mode_def CompugraphicEightSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 8600 +mode_def CompugraphicNineSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 9600 +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS +mode_def DataDisc = % DataDisc +mode_def DataDiscNew = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio +mode_def DECsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 +mode_def DEClarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover +mode_def epsdraft = % Epson at 120x72dpi +mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroMed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroLo = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi +mode_def EpsonMXFX = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family +mode_def GThreefax = % 200 x 100dpi G3fax +mode_def HPDeskJet = % HP DeskJet 500 +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) +mode_def IBMD = % IBM 38xx (\#2) +mode_def IBMFourZeroTwoNine = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 +mode_def IBMFourTwoOneSix = % IBM 4216 +mode_def IBMProPrinter = % IBM ProPrinter +mode_def IBMSixOneFiveFour = % IBM 6154 display +mode_def IBMSixSixSevenZero = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) +mode_def IBMThreeOneSevenNine = % IBM 3179 screen +mode_def IBMThreeOneNineThree = % IBM 3193 screen +mode_def IBMThreeEightOneTwo = % IBM 3812 +mode_def IBMThreeEightTwoZero = % IBM 3820 +mode_def IBMEGA = % IBM EGA monitor +mode_def IBMVGA = % IBM VGA monitor +mode_def imagewriter = % Apple ImageWriter +mode_def laserjetIV = % 600dpi HP LaserJet IV +mode_def laserjetlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi +mode_def lasermaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster +mode_def LASevenFive = % DEC LA75 +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZeroLo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZero = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi +mode_def LinotypeThreeZeroZeroHi = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi +mode_def LNZeroOne = % DEC LN01 +mode_def LPSFourZero = % DEC LPS40 +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor +mode_def MacMagnified = % Mac screens at magstep 1 +mode_def MacTrueSize = % Mac screens at 72dpi +mode_def NCD = % NCD 19-inch +mode_def NEC = % NEC +mode_def NEChi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi +mode_def Newgen = % Newgen 400dpi +mode_def NeXTprinter = % NeXT 400dpi +mode_def NeXTscreen = % 100dpi NeXT monitor +mode_def OCESixSevenFiveZeroPS = % OCE 6750-PS +mode_def okidata = % Okidata +mode_def OneTwoZero = % e.g., high-resolution Suns +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi +mode_def PrintwareSevenTwoZeroIQ = % Printware 720IQ +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) +mode_def RicohFourZeroEightZero = % e.g., the TI Omnilaser +mode_def RicohLP = % e.g., the DEC LN03 +mode_def SparcPrinter = % Sun SPARCprinter +mode_def StarNLOneZero = % Star NL-10 +mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi +mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi +mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ +mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFiveZeroSixZeroW = % Varitype 5060W +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroLo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroHi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi +mode_def VarityperFourTwoZeroZero = % Varityper 4200 B-P +mode_def VarityperSixZeroZero = % Varityper Laser 600 +mode_def VAXstation = % VAXstation monitor +mode_def XeroxEightSevenNineZero = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def XeroxFourZeroFiveZero = % Xerox 4050 +mode_def XeroxNineSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 9700 +mode_def XeroxThreeSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 3700 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 11:59:58 -0800 +From: Yiannis Moschovakis <ynm@math.ucla.edu> +Subject: New release of greektex + +A new version of greektex has been posted in the following two sites: + + math.ucla.edu 128.97.4.254 + in the directory pub/moschovakis/greektex + + University of Stuttgart russoft server 129.69.1.12 + in the directory tex/languages/greek/moschovakis + +greektex is a package of public domain programs which make it easy to +use the well known Greek text fonts of Silvio Levy in Plain TeX or +LaTeX with the full functionality of these sets of macros, exactly as +we use them to process English files. In fact greektex understands +files with mixed Greek and English text, so that it is particularly +useful for the typesetting of Greek scientific class notes, articles +and books: these typically contain many English words---names, +references, scientific terms traditionally given in both Greek and +English when first introduced, etc. Greektex can be installed in any +system with a full TeX implemnetation and it contains all the necessary +programs for creating mixed Greek-English files (pleasantly) on a PC +with a VGA screen and (barely tolerably) on other machines. + +The most notable improvement over the first distribution of greektex +two years ago is that the new system has a classical (polytoniko) mode +in which classical Greek can be typeset with its full set of aspiration +marks, accents, etc. The modern (monotoniko) mode has also been +improved substantially, primarily by allowing friendlier typesetting of +accented capitals, the diairesis and the Greek quotation marks (which +have been added). The package includes a complete set of all preloaded +and loaded-on-demand LaTeX fonts at 300 DPI, including the "Greek +italic" font which now looks reasonably good. It also includes the +complete set of metafont files and scaling programs used to produce +these fonts, so that someone with a running version of METAFONT can +compile them at any pointsize and resolution. + +The starting point for greektex is the fact that English and Greek are +disjoint languages (no common letters in the internal coding), so their +union can be considered as a single language: there is no confusion in +hyphenation, for example, since no word is both Greek and English. The +system simply replaces the Computer Modern fonts CMR, CMBX, etc. used +by TeX by extended fonts GECMR, GECMBX, etc. which have exactly the +same letters coded in the first 128 ASCII characters but incorporate +the Greek letters in the high-bit ASCII characters >127. In doing this +you do not change at all the guts of format files, so that e.g. it is +easy to predict how greektex output of Greek LaTeX files will +look---exactly like LaTeX output, with Greek letters. There is a +conceptual simplicity to this, but also (and more to the point) it +makes it possible to use existing systems of macros (like LaTeX and its +many styles) on documents which contain mixed Greek and English with no +conflicts. The greektex version of LaTeX has complete LaTeX +functionality in the monononiko mode. + +The polytoniko mode requires the use of a set of macros which make some +characters active and allow the "friendly" entering of aspiration +marks, accents, etc. It also appears to enjoy complete LaTeX +functionality (as far as I have been able to test it), it can jandle +e.g. footnotes, tabbing, etc. It is clear, however, that reasonable +care must be exercised: one cannot enter math mode while the +\polytoniko command is in effect, for example, since the characters >, +<, = and " are active---and do not have their usual, math meaning. The +document greektex.doc explains in some detail the precautions needed to +insure (essentially) full LaTeX functionality in the polytoniko mode. + +It has been argued that one cannot build a fully hyphenating system with +both English and classical Greek using 256 character fonts, because the +128 high-bit characters left free after English is coded do not suffice +to code as ligatures all the combinations of letter+accent+aspiration +mark needed by classical Greek. greektex solves this problem by coding +the most commonly occuring combinations as ligatures and depending on the +TeX \accent primitive for the rest. This works much better than one +might think: + + greektex applies the hyphenation algorithm to + all words which do not have either + (1) an aspirated peripvmenh or + (2) an accented letter with an iota subscript. + +The words in category (1) have at most two syllables and rarely need to +be hyphenated, and there are just two few of those in category (2) to +cause any problem. Since Greek hyphenation is governed by flexible and +easy to code rules, it turns out that with this scheme, classical Greek +is hyphenated by greektex at least as successfully as TeX hyphenates +English. + +A complete description of the system is given in the README file +and the manual "greektex.doc" included in the package. What follows is +the INDEX of the package. + +INDEX of greektex----------------------------------------------------- + +(1) README General information and instructions for installing + the system. + +(2) greektex.doc The document describing how to use the system. + It also gives the credits for the public domain + programs used and distributed. + +(3) pkunzip.exe The program needed to uncompress zip files. + +(4) extkb.com Extended keyboard program for the PC. + +(5) vga_ligh.com Greek character set loaders for the PC with + vga_bold.com a VGA screen. + +(6) geinputs.zip The TeX input files needed by the system. + +(7) getfm.zip The tfm files for the English-Greek fonts. + +(8) gepk.zip The pk files for the English-Greek fonts. + +(9) gemf.zip The metafont files used to create the fonts, + with a brief instruction document gemf.doc and + and some batch files for compiling fonts in + additional pointsizes and resolutions. + +(10) filters.zip Two simple Greek-to-English and English-to-Greek + filters (written in C) which make it (just barely) + possible to create, read and convert files with + mixed Greek and English text in a monolingual + (English) environment. See l2g.c for explanation. + +(11) grsample.ps Postcript file of a 15 page excerpt from + a Set Theory book which illustrates + mathematical, monotoniko output (and + plugs the book). + +(12) polyton.gr Greek input file and Postcript file of a one + polyton.ps page sample which illustrates the method for + entering polytoniko and the output produced. + +IMPORTANT. If you are getting these files by ftp, make sure that (3) - +(10) are transmitted in binary mode. Files (3) - (5) and (9) - (12) are +not needed for installing and running greektex. + +Yiannis N. Moschovakis +Department of Mathematics +UCLA, L.A. CA 90024 +ynm@math.ucla.edu January 1993 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 14:37:19 +0000 +From: TEX@rmcs.cran.ac.uk +Subject: New release of greektex + +In a message dated Fri, 22 Jan 93 09:49:39 -0800 addressed to the +ELLHNIKA Distribution List for ???????? TeX Users <ELLHNIKA@EARN.DHDURZ1>, +Yiannis Moschovakis <ynm@EDU.UCLA.MATH> announced a new version of +greektex. + +In the UK TeX Archive at Aston University, Moschovakis' original INDEX +and README files have been renamed to 00CONTENTS.TXT and 00README.TXT +repsectively. The file pkunzip.exe has NOT been put into the archive, because +it was felt that anyone using the archive who was PC-based would already have a +suitable program for unzipping the files. Implementations of unzip for other +architectures also exist. + +All binary files are stored, as is necessary in this archive, as +variable-length records, without carriage control, and with a record length of +512 bytes. Access through NIFTP over Janet can transfer these files in binaary +mode to Vax and non-Vax alike; transfers to a Vax using /CODE=FAST wil result +in a file of the same format, which will need to be changed to fixed-length +records by means of the VMS CONVERT utility. Access by anonymous ftp over the +Internet, by non-Vaxen, will succeed; users of intelligent VMS-based +implementations of ftp, such as MultiNet's, will also have to apply the CONVERT +utility. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 11:48:22 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: OS/2 TeX-related packages added to FILESERV/Niord + +My thanks to Stefan A. Muehlenweg <muehlenw@samhh.hanse.de> for pointing +out the PM-TeX and EPMTeX packages for OS/2, which have been added to our +archives. These are imported from the OS/2 ftp archives at +ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. Attached are the description files. + +- --George + + PMTEX + ----- +The PMTEX package includes the files for Guillaume Schiltz's PM-TeX (v. +2.0; 5 December 1992). PM-TeX is A TeX-Shell for OS/2 Presentation-Manager +to control programs used everyday for the TeX typesetting system such as +editors, TeX-interpreters, previewer and printerdrivers. PM-TeX is +conceived to maintain the emTeX-programs but can easily be configured for +other TeX-systems. The configuration of TeX can be performed by using the +setting-windows of PM-TeX. PM-TeX opens for each program a new session to +which can be switched from the main menu. So concurrency and easy support +of full-screen sessions is given. DOS and OS/2 programs are supported. +DOS-Programs are executed in a DOS-window. + +The files are distributed in a 2-part UUENCODEd ZIP archive. To retrieve +these +files, include: + SENDME PMTEX +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +The ZIP file, PMTEX-2_0.ZIP is available for anonymous ftp retrieval from +Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in [FILESERV.PMTEX]. + +Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) +Files Blocks + +PMTEX.UUE_1OF2 79 Concatenate and UUDECODE to PMTEX.ZIP +PMTEX.UUE_2OF2 58 + + + EPMTEX + ------ +The EMPTEX package includes the files for Jon Hacker's EPMTeX (v 1.1; 23 +January 1993). EPMTeX is a TeX Macro Enhancements for EPM 5.51 under OS/2. +The E macro file tex.e when compiled with the IBM enhanced Editor +translator ETPM.EXE will add a TeX pull down menu to the EPM menu bar. +Menu items in the TeX pull down menu allow the user to TeX, preview +(portrait and landscape), and print (portrait and landscape) the TeX file +currently active in EPM. + +The files are distributed in a UUENCODEd ZIP archive. To retrieve this +file, include: + SENDME EPMTEX +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +The ZIP file, EPMTEX-1_1.ZIP is available for anonymous ftp retrieval from +Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in [FILESERV.EPMTEX]. + +File Blocks (1 Block = 512 bytes) + +EPMTEX.UUE 63 UUDECODEs to EPMTEX.ZIP + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Feb 93 13:13:55 +From: Tundra Tim Daneliuk <tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Subject: List Of TeX-Related Tutorials + +Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the +author of such a document and that document is freely available +(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the +information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the +next revision of this list. + +Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise +needs amending, please let me know. + +Thanks to all who have contributed. + +- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: <Title Of Document> +AUTHOR NAME: <Last Name, First Name> +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> +SIZE (BYTES): <Or Pages> +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: <One Line Please> +INTENDED AUDIENCE: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> +DISTRIBUTION SITE: <Primary ftp Site> +COMMENTS: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +- ------------------------ Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------- + +DOCUMENT NAME: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex +AUTHOR NAME: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: Not Available +SIZE (BYTES): ~40K +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and + AmSFonts; no (La)TeX expertise assumed. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: niord.shsu.edu: + [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX +COMMENTS: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly + AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the + context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. + + AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? + How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? + + New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection + Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? + How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts + for LaTeX? + + Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? + (Examples.) + + The questions are attempted to be answered from user's + point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: The Components Of TeX +AUTHOR NAME: Schrod, Joachim +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: xitijsch@ddathd21.bitnet +SIZE (BYTES): ~40K (In several files) +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Overview of the files and components of the TeX system. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Newcomers. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: ftp.uni-stuttgart.de: + /soft/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX/* +COMMENTS: Only 9 pages, but a great place to start. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: Essential LaTeX Mathematics +AUTHOR NAME: Carlisle, David +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +SIZE (BYTES): 18362 +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: tex.ac.uk +COMMENTS: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete + ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: A Gentle Introduction to TeX +AUTHOR NAME: Doob, Michael +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca +SIZE (BYTES): 198589 +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Introduction to plain tex. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Rank beginners. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) +COMMENTS: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX +AUTHOR NAME: Hirschhorn, Phil +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: psh@math.mit.edu +SIZE (PAGES): 25 +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of + LaTeX. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Intended for someone with at least some experience with + either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: Contact author via email. +COMMENTS: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with + AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: An Introduction To TeX And Friends +AUTHOR NAME: Maltby, Gavin +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za + maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za +SIZE (BYTES): 150405 +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers + text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a + reference work, for there are many commands not even + mentioned. Around 80 pages. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset + mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX +DISTRIBUTION SITE: To Be Determined +COMMENTS: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, + Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately + polished. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: Metafont For Beginners +AUTHOR NAME: Tobin, Geoffrey +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au +SIZE (BYTES): 15252 +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Moderately experienced TeX users +DISTRIBUTION SITE: niord.shsu.edu +COMMENTS: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +DOCUMENT NAME: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists +AUTHOR NAME: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank +AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +SIZE (BYTES): 835584 (tar file) +BRIEF DESCRIPTION: TeX macros extending Plain TeX +INTENDED AUDIENCE: Physicists and others who write technical documents. +DISTRIBUTION SITE: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +COMMENTS: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. + The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. + Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help + physicists make use of TeX effectively. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Regards, + +"Tundra" Tim Daneliuk +PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us +OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us +ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra +US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625 +MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Feb 93 21:18:11 +0100 +From: Joachim Schrod + <schrod%de.th-darmstadt.informatik.iti@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> +Subject: New version of footnpag. + +FYI: + +I uploaded a new version (2.2) of footnpag.sty to +ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (and to ftp.th-darmstadt.de, which happens to be +the reference site). + +footnpag is a LaTeX style option which enables the enumeration of +footnotes per page. With two small (documented) changes it runs under +Plain TeX as well. (It was first released in August 1987, this is the +fourth followup release.) It's supported by myself. + +Joachim + +Joachim Schrod Email: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Computer Science Department +Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany + + ``How do we persuade new users that spreading fonts across the page + like peanut butter across hot toast is not necessarily the route to + typographic excellence? -- Peter Flynn + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Feb 93 10:14:20 -0500 +From: Karl Berry <karl@claude.cs.umb.edu> +Subject: TeX font naming scheme + +I have released version 1.3 of ``my'' font naming scheme for TeX fonts. +You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/fontname.tar.Z. + +I will also send it to you by email if you cannot ftp. + +It is in Texinfo format, so you will need the TeX macros in +the file texinfo.tex (available with most GNU programs) to be able to +print it; the directory pub/tex/fontname has a texinfo.tex, as well as +all the individual files. + +The rest of that directory contains files showing the naming scheme +applied to Adobe, Linotype, Monotype, Computer Modern, and AMS fonts. + +The changes since version 1.2 are primarily just additional fonts, and a +few additional variants. + +I am happy to receive additions, criticisms, or other comments. + +karl@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 3] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.04 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.04 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c255a0f4fa --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.04 @@ -0,0 +1,991 @@ +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 24 Feb 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 004 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + DVIPS-program + dvips vs. dvitps + How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + Re: UnixTeX + Re: UnixTeX + Church's typefaces + Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely + List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 + TeX-related Gopher services + LexiTeX: citation macro package + web2c 5.851d available + Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 15:42:23 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> +Subject: DVIPS-program + +Jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu writes: + ... + install a more robust version if possible. I'm open to suggestions as + well as info on how difficult it would be to build dvips from scratch. + Note: I have the latest version of TeX and LaTeX, which were something + of pain to build, but it was worth it. + +Johannes Idsoe writes + Dear friends; + I know there is an excellent DVIPS-program made by a firm called + Radical Eye Software. + Can someone tell me where I can buy this program? + +dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major +TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing +one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building +TeX. + ___ Wolfgang Ratzka +| | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- +| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:58:08 -0700 +From: jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu (Jerry) +Subject: dvips vs. dvitps + +Wolfgang Ratzka on February 11 wrote: +- -> dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major +- -> TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing +- -> one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building +- -> TeX. + +OK. Querying an archive server produces an endless list of sites with +different sizes and modification dates. So which of the many +different free programs called dvips are you talking about, what is +the latest version, and where do I get it? How does it compare with +dvitps, which seems pretty nice, except the author + +Stephan v. Bechtolsheim +2119 Old Oak Drive +West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA +(317) 463 0162 + +svb@cs.purdue.edu + +does not respond to email, so I assume dvitps is no longer supported +nor widely used, even though it is what came with the latest versions +of TeX/LaTeX which I downloaded from washington.edu last summer. I +would have been plum happy with dvitps if I could have gotten a hard +copy of the manual, but it goes bust looking for nonexistant \include +files, and the author got my email but chose to ignore me, so I figure +dvitps is history, unless someone else has picked it up. + +- -Jerry + Jerry Graves + UTEP Math Sysadmin + jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu + PHONE/FAX (915) 747-6757/6502 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800 +From: wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN +Subject: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + +We create a big book with long articles and a little book with portions of the +long articles so our TeX file looks something like: + +\ifnum\BigBookOrLittleBook = 1 +This stuff is for the long article and goes into great detail. +\else +See our Big Book for details and formulae on this principle. +\fi +And this stuff goes in both books. + + +We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but +this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to +manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be +named: +\jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI + +Gary S. Wagman +Lawrence Berkeley Lab +Berkeley, CA + +(510)486-6610 +gswagman@lbl.gov +gswagman at lbl +lbl::gswagman + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 02:37:56 -0800 +From: vis!greg@UCSD.EDU +Subject: Re: UnixTeX + +The demise of UnixTeX would impoverish the whole community. Perhaps +we can generate some ideas as well as some funding. Here are some of +my ideas: + +Comparing UnixTeX to the GNU project, I am inclined to see two big +strategic pieces missing from UnixTeX: Cygnus (and similar +organizations) and really comprehensive distribution services, +especially on CDROM. + +Is it possible to create companies which provide TeX-related services +while improving TeX in the way that Cygnus Support et al do for GNU +software? Is there any advantage (Pierre's letter suggested some +major disadvantages) to having UnixTeX at the U. of Washington? +Pierre mentions that many FTP users call in with questions and +requests for help - those are potential customers for support +services. Charging for services is entirely consistent with Free +Software philosophy and benefits both service provider and customer. + +The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which, +ironically, contains TeX). I think that there would be a market for a +CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related +software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages +and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and +configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The +community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a +CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next +CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to +get the initial seed money to produce the disk? + +Has there been any attempt to get some donations from various laser +printer manufacturers to support bundling drivers for their printers +in the distribution? + +Finally, I haven't seen an order form for UnixTeX for awhile (maybe +because I've been off and on the list) and would like to see one. + +Thanks, + +_Greg + + +J. Greg Davidson Institute for Software Research and Development ++1 (619) 452-8059 6231 Branting Street San Diego, CA 92122 USA + +vis!greg@nosc.mil ucsd----+--vis +vis!greg@ucsd.edu nosc----| + + ***************************************************** + * Member of the League for Programming Freedom. * + * For more info, write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu * + ***************************************************** + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:04:09 +From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk +Subject: Re: UnixTeX + + > CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related + > software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages + > and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and + > configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The + > community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a + > CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next + > CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to + > get the initial seed money to produce the disk? + +a start has been made in this direction by Prime Time Freeware in +their next CDROM issue. On this will be included a mirror of the UK +TeX Archive as of December 1992. The directory structure of this +archive implements the current recommendations of the TUG working +party on archives, and the set includes all TeX packages, macros, +fonts, support programs etc which had been located at the time the +copy was made. It is not 100% complete or uptodate, but it is closer, I +believe, to the ideal state than any previous such collection. Within +the setup are included "shrink-wrapped" TeXs for sparc-based Unix, +DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Atari systems. + +there is an awful lot more to do to get the world's TeX archives in +synch, but its in hand, and the work includes worrying about workable +systems as well as source archives. + +the sales of the upcoming CD (it includes much else besides TeX) will +be of interest. my personal feeling is that TUG should try to raise +money for an annual issue of a dedicated CD, but in the meanwhile the +semi-commercial vendors are there! + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 14:32:13 -0600 +From: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx +Subject: Church's typefaces + +Anybody knows about TeX typefaces like the one used in catolic churchs? +It is a simple typeface, with straight lines and simple curves. + +Rafael Morales Gamboa +ITESM Campus Morelos +Cuernavaca, Mor. +MEXICO + +INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:59:33 -0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely + +%%% Dear Colleague + +%%% The UK TeX Users' Group is holding a conference during April 6th--8th +%%% which is hoped to be of interest to members of other national and +%%% international groups. I would be much obliged if you could publicise +%%% this conference within any groups with which you may be associated, +%%% either by re-distributing this message electronically or by printing +%%% and distributing it to your members by post. + +%%% Yours very sincerely, +%%% Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +\magnification \magstep 1 +\hsize = 210 true mm \vsize = 297 true mm +\hoffset = 1.0 true in \voffset = 1.0 true in +\advance \hsize by -2\hoffset +\advance \vsize by -2\voffset +\hoffset = 0.0 true in \voffset = 0.0 true in %%% Knuths crazy (1",1") origin +\parindent = 0.0 em +\parskip = 0.5 \baselineskip +\abovedisplayskip = 0 pt +\belowdisplayskip = 0 pt +\abovedisplayshortskip = 0 pt +\belowdisplayshortskip = 0 pt +\font \xviibf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 1 +\font \xxvbf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 3 +\font \CMU = cmu10 +\font \logo = logo10 +\font \xxvcmsy = cmsy10 scaled \magstep 4 +\font \xxvlogobf = logobf10 scaled \magstep 4 +\font \smallcaps = cmcsc10 +\def \newpage {\vfil \eject} +\def \MF {{\logo META}\-{\logo FONT}} +\let \MetaFont = \MF % {{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}} +\def \pagefill {\vskip 0 pt plus 1 filll} +\catcode `\< = \active +\catcode `\> = \active +\def \pounds {{\CMU \$}} +\def <#1>{\expandafter + \ifx \csname #1\endcsname \relax + {\it #1\/}% + \else \csname #1\endcsname + \fi + } +\expandafter +\def \csname UK-TuG\endcsname + {\begingroup + \lccode `\T = `\T + \lccode `\E = `\U + \lccode `\X = `\G + \def \kern {\dimen 0 = }% + {\smallcaps uk-\expandafter \lowercase \expandafter {\TeX}}% + \endgroup + } + +\begingroup +\parskip = 0 pt +\parindent = 0 pt +\baselineskip = 25 pt +\leftskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil +\rightskip = \leftskip +\parfillskip = 0 pt +\let \logo = \xxvlogobf +\obeylines +\xviibf U.K. <TeX> Users' Group Conference: April 6th--8th +\centerline {\vrule height 0.5 pt depth 0.5 pt width 0.3 \hsize} +\xxvbf <TeX> for non-American Languages +\xxvbf <MetaFont> in Theory and Practice +\endgroup + +\pagefill +\leavevmode \centerline {\xxvcmsy \char '175} +\pagefill + +The~U.K. <TeX> Users' Group (<UK-TuG>) are pleased to announce their first-ever +multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New +College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th +1993. The Conference, which has two themes --- <TeX>~for non-English +languages, and~<MetaFont> in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with +the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best. + +The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference +banquet; April~7th is devoted to <TeX>, and will include papers from +an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis +Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg +(the~French-speaking <TeX> Users' Group), and an~authority on good French +typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on <MetaFont> and exotic +fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar<TeX>'' package; and~Dominik is +co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns, +as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for +questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is <MetaFont> day: +there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled `<MetaFont> in Theory', +led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of fonts +through the medium of <MetaFont>, and~the second entitled `<MetaFont> in +Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the +use of <MetaFont> (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts +for a new laser printer) will be addressed. + +Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to +a~maximum of fifty persons; the~Conference fee (<pounds>80-00) includes the +Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th, +lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of +choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at <pounds>28-50 +per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second +and third days of the Conference. Early~booking is advised, as~this is +expected to be a~very popular event. To~reserve a~place for the Conference, +please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable +to {\it The U.K. <TeX> Users' Group\/}) or company order, to: + +\begingroup +\parindent = 2 em +\leavevmode +\parskip = 0 pt +\obeylines % +Philip Taylor, +The Computer Centre, +Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, +University of London, +Egham Hill, +Egham, +Surrey TW20 0EX, +England. +\endgroup + +\noindent +Please~reserve me a~place for the <UK-TuG> Conference at RHBNC on +April~6th--8th, 1993. I~have completed the booking form below +to indicate my exact requirements in terms of accommodation and +meals. I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation, +I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days +before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the +Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which +case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted. + +\pagefill + +\begingroup +\openup 0.9 \baselineskip +\vskip -\baselineskip +\tabskip = 0 pt +\halign to \hsize +\bgroup +\qquad # \hfil&\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil #\hfil &\tabskip = 0 pt \hfil #\cr +&&\cr +&Signed: \span \hrulefill \cr +Name:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Address:& \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr +E-mail address:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Facsimile number:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Telephone number:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Special dietary requirements:& \span \hrulefill \cr +\egroup +\endgroup + +\pagefill + +If <TeX>ing your own reservation form, please edit the alignment below to +remove any lines which you do not require, and amend the entries for sub-total, +V.A.T. and total to indicate the amounts applicable; if completing a +ready-printed form, simply score through any items not required and add +appropriate amounts to the sub-total, V.A.T. and total lines. + +$$\hbox to \hsize \bgroup \hss \vrule \hss \vbox \bgroup +\def \toprule {\noalign {\hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \midrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \botrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule}} +\def \blank {\noalign {\vskip \ht \strutbox \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \\{\hfil \break} +\let \par = \crcr +\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil +\obeylines % +\halign to \hsize % +\bgroup % +\vtop {\hsize = 0.8 \hsize \raggedright \strut#\strut}&<pounds>$\,$\hfil # +\toprule +Conference fee (inc.~all lectures and choice of tutorial, + \phantom {Conference fee (}conference dinner % + (April~6th), $2 \times \rm lunches$:& 80-00 +\blank +Accommodation April 6th:& 28-50 +Accommodation April 7th:& 28-50 +Accommodation April 8th:& 28-50 +\blank +Dinner April 7th:& 8-00 +Dinner April 8th:& 8-00 +\blank +Handling charge (only if payment does not accompany order):&5-00 +\midrule +Sub-total:& +V.A.T (@$\,$17.5\%):& +Total:& +\botrule +\egroup % +\egroup \hss \vrule \hss \egroup $$ +\end + +------------------------------ + +Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:30:20 +From: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us ("Tundra" Tim Daneliuk) +Subject: List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 + +List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 +============================================ + +(PLEASE NOTE: This release adds the 'Latest Version' field. I'd appreciate +it if the various authors could let me know what is current for each +of these documents.) + +Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the +author of such a document and that document is freely available +(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the +information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the +next revision of this list. + +Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise +needs amending, please let me know. + +Thanks to all who have contributed. + +- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: <Title Of Document> +Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date> +Author Name: <Last Name, First Name> +Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> +Size (Bytes): <Or Pages> +Brief Description: <One Line Please> +Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> +Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site> +Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +- ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------ + +Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex +Latest Version: +Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} +Author Email Address: Not Available +Size (Bytes): ~40K +Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and + amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed. +Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu: + [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX +Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly + AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the + context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. + + AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? + How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? + + New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection + Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? + How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts + for LaTeX? + + Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? + (Examples.) + + The questions are attempted to be answered from user's + point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros +Latest Version: +Author Name: Jones, David +Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu +Size (Bytes): 367136 +Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros. +Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX. +Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu: + pub/tex/TeX-index +Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all + publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX, + plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop, + etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly + 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.) + The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates + it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: The Components of TeX +Author Name: Joachim Schrod +Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB +Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX + get in contact with. +Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX + for a while and wonder what all those files are good for. +Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de: + pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z +Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Essential LaTeX Mathematics +Latest Version: +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 18362 +Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: tex.ac.uk +Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete + ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX +Latest Version: +Author Name: Doob, Michael +Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca +Size (Bytes): 198589 +Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex. +Intended Audience: Rank beginners. +Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) +Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX +Latest Version: +Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil +Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu +Size (Pytes): 25 +Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of + LaTeX. +Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with + either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. +Distribution Site: Contact author via email. +Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with + AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends +Latest Version: +Author Name: Maltby, Gavin +Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za + maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za +Size (Bytes): 150405 +Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers + text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a + reference work, for there are many commands not even + mentioned. Around 80 pages. +Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset + mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX +Distribution Site: To Be Determined +Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, + Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately + polished. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Metafont For Beginners +Latest Version: +Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey +Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au +Size (Bytes): 15252 +Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. +Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users +Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu +Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists +Latest Version: +Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank +Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file) +Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX +Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents. +Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. + The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. + Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help + physicists make use of TeX effectively. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Regards, + "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk + PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us + OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us + ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra + US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625 + MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 09:51:10 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: TeX-related Gopher services + +Norm Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu> has been developing an admirable gopher +service on ibis.cs.umass.edu (port 70) and Sebastian Rahtz +<spqr@minster.york.ac.uk> has undertaken the heroic efforts necesary to +create a usable gopher interface on ftp.tex.ac.uk (port 70) to the UK TeX +archives available from his site (an interface in addiition to ftp which I +hope to get fully installed to point at our archives as soon as everything +is in place on our new machine; must visit with Sebastian further about +this, as well as a few other topics). Possibly there are others focusing +on TeX-related items. + +Please allow me to add "my" gopher on Niord to this list (Niord.SHSU.edu, +port 70). I have a few items which are locally maintained, a few items +from Norm's host, and a link to Sebastian's host. + +Niord's root menu is: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Root gopher server: Niord.SHSU.edu + + 1. About the SHSU Gopher. + 2. All the Gopher Servers in the World/ + 3. Economics (SHSU Network Access Initiative Project)/ + 4. Internet Information/ + 5. LIBS -- Internet Library Access System <TEL> + 6. LaTeX3 Working Documents/ + 7. Minnesota Gopher (Mama Gopher; get *your own* clients here!)/ + 8. SAMINFO -- Sam Houston State University Information System <TEL> + --> 9. TeX-related Materials/ + 10. Thesaurus and Dictionaries/ + 11. USENET News (from Michigan State)/ + 12. Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)/ + 13. Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service; US)/ + 14. Weather Underground (University of Michigan) <TEL> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +and the menu associaed with item 9 is: + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + TeX-related Materials + + 1. Components of TeX/ + 2. EconBib (LaTeX/BibTeX styles for economics)/ + 3. Essential LaTeX/ + 4. FAQ Supplement for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/ + 5. FAQ for comp.fonts (text and WAIS indexed)/ + 6. FAQ for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/ + 7. LaTeX3 Working Documents/ + 8. Metafont for Beginners. + 9. NFSS in the Context of LaTeX. + 10. TeX Index (text and WAIS indexed)/ + 11. The Canonical list of MetaFont fonts. + 12. UK TeX Archive/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +Most of the items Tim included in yesterday's post listing the available +TeX tutorials are there, as well as the various FAQ's and David Jone's TeX +Index. In addition to the text of them, Norm has WAIS indexed(!) the FAQ's +and the TeX Index -- you can include a search word and you get the +information directly (many thanks, Norm!). + +If you are on the Internet and don't have access to a gopher client, you +really ought to get one -- item 7 on Niord's main menu points to the root +directory at Minnesota where these are available (or, preferably, use ftp +to boombox.micro.umn.edu). The clients are amazingly simple to build, +install, and use. + +Gopher is a truly amazing tool; with the extensions provided by Norm and +Sebastian, it becomes an invaluable TeX reference tool. We also support a +(highly overburdened on a far too small machine) public access gopher +client which you can use by telnet on Scrooge.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.7) -- +use the username "gopher" (all lowercase, without the quotes) if you'd like +to utilize it (but a client on your end is highly preferred for more than a +few reasons). + +Regards, George +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 10:35:00 +0000 +From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> +Subject: LexiTeX: citation macro package + +This is to announce a new macro package for typesetting citations. +I am a neophyte (TeX-age about six months), but I have sweat bullets +over this package, and learned a lot about TeX in the process of +putting it together. I hope that other find it useful. + +I call the package LexiTeX, because it was originally conceived +as a means of streamlining the typesetting of legal citations, because +but it should be of equal value for other types of writing as well, +with a tweak here and there. + +The essential features of LexiTeX are as follows: + + (1) Citations are entered as a set of arguments +to an initial declaration command (e.g. \newbook...). + + (2) The declaration command for a given type of +citation governs the typefaces used for setting the arguments +of the citation. Two typefaces (one standard, one specially +selected by \\...\\) are defined for each of the first three +arguments or parsed elements of citations (i.e. author, title, +cite-first-part). In most cases, the user therefore enters only +the argument text, without worrying about selecting the typeface +explicitly. + + (3) A nickname is assigned to each source when it is +first declared. This nickname is used thereafter to refer to +the source (i.e. \dickens). This will expand into a short-form +citation or cross-reference that accords with the style rules of +A Uniform System of Citation (i.e. {\em supra} note 10, {\em id.}, +et cetera). The document can therefore be freely edited without +fretting over cross-references. + + (4) Specific page numbers may be referred to, and these +will be incorporated into the citation in the proper style. +For example, \dickens+{23} will expand into something like +``{\sc C. Dickens}, {\em supra} note 10 at 23'', or {\em Id.} +at 23, depending on context. + + (5) Tables of cases, statutes, articles and books are +generated automatically, in the same typefaces used in the main +text. Most of TeX's special characters (i.e. \=, etc.) are +disabled during the file-write, and will not cause problems. + +If anyone is interested in taking a look at the LexiTeX manual +and playing with the package itself, I can post a uuencoded +encryption via email. + +Cheers, +Frank Bennett, Jr +SOAS Law Dept +University of London + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 18:50:40 -0500 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: web2c 5.851d available + +I have released a new version of web2c, the port of the basic TeX +project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix. You can get +it by ftp from: + + (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{web,web2c}.tar.Z + +Soon it will be available from: + + (California) ics.uci.edu:TeX/{web,web2c}.tar.Z + (Germany) ftp.th-darmstadt.de:pub/tex/src/web2c/{web,web2c}.tar.Z + +The master web files haven't changed, but the directory organization +has. It is therefore simplest to retrieve and unpack the new web.tar.Z; +otherwise, you will have to rearrange the web files yourself. + +A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me. + +I've also updated my modified xdvi and dvips which use the same path +searching code. They are on ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex also, as +dvipsk.tar.Z and xdvik.tar.Z. + +The web2c distribution contains only the basic TeX system programs -- no +fonts, no macros, etc. See the file FTP in the web2c distribution for +where to get these things. Also, the Northwest Computing Support Center +has a complete Unix TeX tape, and provides support services. + +NWCSC is supported only by the revenues from the preparation and +distribution of tapes, and is required to be fully self-supporting. It +receives no support from the University of Washington. I urge you to +order a tape or make a donation if you can, so that NWCSC can afford to +continue to organize and distribute Unix-flavored TeX. Email +elizabeth@u.washington.edu for details. + +Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +* A file `texfonts.map' allows arbitrary mapping of font names (as given + to, for instance, \font) to filenames. + +* Metafont & TeX: + - If a .tex, .tfm, or .mf file can't be found, MakeTeX{TeX,TFM,MF} is + invoked before giving up, as in dvips' MakeTeXPK. + - Sharable format/base files load faster on LittleEndian machines. + - TEXMFOUTPUT is only used for those files which can't be written in + the current directory, instead of all files after the first such. + Its usage is also reflected in the `... written on ...' messages at + the end of the run. + - If the DISPLAY environment variable is set, Metafont assumes you are + running under X11 for the purposes of online output (instead of + relying on the TERM or MFTERM envvar). + - Checks for write errors on DVI/GF output. + - Unusual glue values no longer make TeX dump core on some systems. + +* BibTeX: + - The cross-reference feature works as documented (I had foolishly + changed the default value of min_crossrefs to eliminate it). + - New option -min-crossrefs=<number> to change it dynamically. + - New option -verbose; without it, normal reportage is eliminated. + - Maximum number of .bib files increased to 100. + - Non-printable-ASCII characters in .bib files are preserved. + +* TeXware: + - tftopl adds a default extension `.tfm' to the input file if necessary. + +* web2c: + - Unsigned types are used where possible to represent Pascal + subranges. Among other things, this eliminates a system dependency + in creating format/base files (small_number was defined as `schar', + which varies between systems). + +* configuration: + - Unpacks into web2c-<version> instead of src-<version>.*. + - site.h merged into lib/c-auto.h.in and ./Makefile.in. + - sed is used instead of patch to make the ``small'' change files. + - sed is used instead of ed to make the trip/trap files. + - The configure script looks in more directories for the X libraries + and include files, and is generated from the latest version of Autoconf. + - mfware and texware directories merged into the others. + - The web2c version is defined in one place, so system information can + be added to the banners more easily. + +* Makefiles: + - Makefiles in subdirectories are created by configure. + - $(srcdir) (i.e., compiling in a different directory) is closer to working. + - Stamp files are not used at the top level, or for {tex,mf}/convert. + - New targets install-data and install-exec, to only install + architecture-(in)dependent files. + +* PROBLEMS.W2C has some notes on compiling and using these programs + under DOS, contributed by melvin@math.psu.edu. + +* The man pages have been significantly updated and improved by + beebe@math.utah.edu. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:55:25 +0000 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@mips.nott.ac.uk> +Subject: Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items + +Frank Buchholz <buchholz@lukas.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> has +contributed LaTeX and makeindex style files to add a list of +referenced pages to a bibliography. The README file follows. + +The files +README citesidx.isty citesidx.sty citesidx1.isty +can be found on the UK TeX Archive machines in + +tex.ac.uk:[tex-archive.macros.latex.styles.contrib.citesidx] +ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/macros/latex/styles/contrib/citesidx + +~~Dave + +======== +CITESIDX + +(Based on fancycites.sty and windex.tex) +Author: Frank Buchholz, Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 1992 +email: buchholz@lusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de + +Main purpose: + Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items. + This is done by using the index-facility. + + Am Ende der Literaturangaben wird jeweils eine Liste der Seiten + angef"ugt, auf denen zitiert wird. Diese Liste wird, ebenso wie der + Index, mit dem Programm "makeindex" erstellt. Daf"ur ben"otigt + "makeindex" die Datei "citesidx.isty". + +Files: + README This file + CITESIDX.STY Style-File used by LaTeX + CITESIDX.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex'. Every char-group + ( A, B, C, ... ) is started with a header. + If your makeindex-programm doesn't understand this, + use the following file instead. + CITESIDX1.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex' + +Documentation: + see CITESIDX.STY + +Usage: + latex <file> + bibtex <file> % if neccesary + makeindex -s makeindex.isty <file> + latex <file> + latex <file> + +Why use file CITESIDX.ISTY? + The program "makeindex" has to write entries like the following + \item \indexciteitem{<key>}{<pageno-list>} + into the *.ind-file if it recognizes entries like + \indexentry{<key>@\indexciteitem{<key>}}{<pageno>} + in the *.idx-file. The latter entries are produced by the + \cites-commands. + + Notice that the pageno-list is enclosed in brackets, because + the command \indexciteitem takes two parameters. + +Hint: + If you change file "makeindex.isty" to get an other index-layout or + if you like to use an other program than "makeindex" to produce the + file <name>.ind, take care that the page-list have to be enclosed in + brackets. + + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 4] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cfb1655948 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 @@ -0,0 +1,898 @@ +TeXhax Digest Thursday, 11 Mar 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 005 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + RE: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + Re: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + About dvitps + TeX / Mathematica + Macros for figures in LaTeX + LaTeX putting extra space between list items + Re: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + HypherTeX + Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX + C to TeX, anyone? + "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + new postings to e-MATH.ams.org + Eplain 2.3 available + The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 15:24:54 +0000 +From: TEX@rmcs.cran.ac.uk +Subject: RE: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + +In a posting to TeXhax of Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800, +wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN wrote: + +> We create a big book with long articles and a little book with portions of the +> long articles so our TeX file looks something like: +> +> \ifnum\BigBookOrLittleBook = 1 +> This stuff is for the long article and goes into great detail. +> \else +> See our Big Book for details and formulae on this principle. +> \fi +> And this stuff goes in both books. +> +> +> We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but +> this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to +> manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be +> named: +> \jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI +> +> Gary S. Wagman +> Lawrence Berkeley Lab +> Berkeley, CA + +Well, it would depend upon which implementation of TeX you might be +using. The PD VMS implementation of TeX 3.141 accepts a command-line +qualifier /OUTPUT= (or maybe it's /DVIFILE=) that would permit this +control *from outside TeX*. + +I believe it's the case that the output DVI file isn't opened until +something first needs to be shipped out to it (|ensure_dvi_open|) so you +could also redefine \jobname internally and thus cause the filename to +change that way. It ought to work OK, but I've never tried it. + +Brian {Hamilton Kelly} +JANET: tex@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs (or System@uk.ac.tex) +BITNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@ac.uk +INTERNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk +UUCP: {mcsun,uknet,uunet}!rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk!tex +Smail: School of Electrical Engineering & Science, Royal Military + College of Science, Shrivenham, SWINDON SN6 8LA, U.K. +Phone: Swindon (0793) 785252 (UK), +44-793-785252 (International) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 18:16:27 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@de.uni-regensburg.physik.rphs1> +Subject: Re: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + + We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but + this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to + manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be + named: + \jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI + +Why don't you simply use two different main files ???? + +Wolfgang Ratzka +| | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- +| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 00:31:34 -0500 +From: Jon Ahlquist <ahlquist@rossby.met.fsu.edu> +Subject: Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + +1) When using LaTeX's twocolumn mode, \pagestyle{empty} does not +seem to turn off page numbering. Am I doing something wrong, +or is this a bug/"feature" of twocolumn mode? + +2) Does anybody have an extension of \begin{eqnarray}\end{eqnarray} +that numbers equations and can line up more than one term in each row? +I would like to line up several terms in several equations +to show similarity of structure among the equations. + +Thanks. + +Jon Ahlquist, Dept. of Meteorology, Florida State University +ahlquist@met.fsu.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 04:31:37 -0500 +From: mycroft@edu.mit.ai.gnu +Subject: About dvitps + +(Someone mentioned `dvitps', so I thought I would add a bit or three.) + +I spent several hours bashing my head against the wall wondering why my +dvitps output looked horrible. I discovered that the transformation +matrix it uses to convert default units to (essentially) physical units +is hard-coded in each output file in *floating point* and rounded to 3 +decimal places. At even 300 dpi, rounding error is noticable, and the +bitmapped fonts start scaling inconsistently. This generates extremely +poor output. + +Being lazy, I switched to dvips, and haven't had any trouble since. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 25 Feb 1993 12:32:00 +0000 +From: JOHANNES-IDSO@no.sognhs.sfdh +Subject: TeX / Mathematica + +Dear friends; +I use Mathematica and TeX / Latex. +One problem with this combination is that MMa gives answers in +opposite order of what I want. +If the answer is a polynom MMa gives it for instance like: + +1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4 + +I want the answer in TeXform like + +x^4+x^3+x^2+1. + +Thus I have to turn it manually before I can use it in a book. + +I asked Wolfram Research about this thing and I got this very elegant +answer from Matthew Markert: + +.... On the other hand, one can temporarily disable sorting in Plus +and therby achieve the TeXForm one wants. The following code does +this. + +unbackwards] := +Block[{s}, + Unprotect]; + ClearAttributes]; + s = ToString]]]; + SetAttributes]; + Protect[Plus]; + s +] /; Head[p] === Plus + +Then unbackwards[1+x+x^2+x^3] + +produces {x^3} + {x^2} + x + 1 + +Note that ToString is used in this function to freeze the form. +If this is not done then once sorting is re-enabled, the terms will +go back to the old order. + +I hope this helps. + +- --Matthew Markert + +So now it is very easy. One can simply copy the answer from MMa and +paste it into the tex-document. + +I someone have useful tips about MMa and TeX I would be glad to hear. + +Johannes Idsoe +Sogndal, Norway. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 14:26:01 +From: anoop@parcom.ernet.in (Anoop Sarkar) +Subject: Macros for figures in LaTeX + +I would like to know if there are any macros available that will +allow me to draw and format diagrams such as trees and arcs (preferably +with arrows) within the 'math' or 'figure' environments. If such a +macro package is available, information as to where it can be found +will be greatly appreciated. + +Thanks, + +Anoop Sarkar +Centre for Development of Advanced Computing +Pune University Campus, Pune 411 007, India + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1993 17:32:27 -0800 +From: Peter "J." Scott <pjs@euclid.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> +Subject: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + +I'm doing nested lists that cover several pages in the LaTeX report style +that look something like: + +1 ONE + a EH + b BEE + c SEA +2 TWO + a EH + b BEE + c SEA +3 THREE + a EH + b BEE + c SEA + +etc. (They cover several pages because the a,b,c's are paragraphs.) +I want to discourage page breaks after the ONE, TWO, THREE lines, so I'm +coding this as: + +\raggedbottom +\begin{enumerate} +{\samepage +\item ONE +\begin{enumerate} +\nopagebreak[4] +\item EH +\nopagebreak[3] +\item BEE +\nopagebreak[2] +\item SEA +\end{enumerate} +\nopagebreak[1] +} +{\samepage +\item TWO +...etc... +\flushbottom + +Which is working well, except that LaTeX puts more vertical space after just +the EH paragraphs than it does after the others, on some pages. I thought +that the \raggedbottom would handle that. How do I fix this? + +Peter + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 11:57:24 -0800 +From: Peter "J." Scott <pjs@euclid.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> +Subject: Re: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + +I wrote: +> > I'm doing nested lists that cover several pages in the LaTeX report style +> > that look something like: +> > +> > 1 ONE +> > a EH +> > b BEE +> > c SEA +> > etc. (They cover several pages because the a,b,c's are paragraphs.) +> > I want to discourage page breaks after the ONE, TWO, THREE lines +[...] +> Experimentation has determined that LaTeX puts extra vertical space after +> items which happen to end at the right margin; but not why, nor how to +> fix it. Any ideas? + +dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David M. Jones) has provided me with a +working answer: + +> Try moving the \nopagebreak commands further back into the text. +> I.e., instead of typing +> +> foo foo foo.\nopagebreak[4] +> +> \item .... +> +> type +> +> foo foo \nopagebreak[4]foo. +> +> \item .... +> +> The problem is that the \nopagebreak command isn't quite transparent. +> It leaves an invisible something or the other (I forget what), which +> is ending up at the beginning of the next line of the paragraph, hence +> the extra vertical space when your paragraph completely fills a line. +> +> You can also have the same problem with commands like \index, \label, +> and the such. + +Peter J. Scott, Member of Technical Staff | pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov +Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech | SPAN: GROUCH::PJS + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 12:19:46 -0600 +From: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx +Subject: HypherTeX + +I am interested in TeX has a tool for writing hypertext. I know there exists +GNU texinfo. Has anyone notice of related information. + +Thank you. + +Rafael Morales Gamboa +ITESM Campus Morelos +Cuernavaca, Mor. +MEXICO + +INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 14:18:26 +0000 +From: "Jonathan Fine" <J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX + +I am co-ordinator for timing tests, for the LaTeX 3 project. +Although a certain amount can be done using only theoretical analysis +and a stopwatch, it would be nice to have a timer available. The +results I obtain will be of interest to *all* TeX programmers for +whom performance is an issue, and will be made freely available. + +The syntax I am looking for is that + \gettime \mymacro +will define \mymacro to be a fixed length sequence of digits, which +represents the time at the instant the macro \gettime is called. +More exactly, each computer has a clock that ticks, and \mymacro +should contain the number of ticks - modulo some large number - since +the tick count was last at zero. + +The implementation I am looking for is + % initialise + \newread \@timer + \openin \@timer special.dev \relax + + % read "special.dev" to get the time + \def\gettime #1 + { + \read\@timer to #1 + } +where "special.dev" is a logical device for MS-DOS. The idea is to +write a logical device such that when TeX \read's the 'file' +"special.dvs" it gets a line containing the timer count. + +I don't know if such a device can be constructed. The answer will +depend on the degree and nature of buffering used when TeX reads a +file. A cruder and easier alternative might be to create a file like +device which when opened writes the timer count to a file, which TeX +can then read in the usual manner. + +I would very much appreciate any help anyone can provide, to satisfy +this need. + + Jonathan Fine + 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3HY + Tel: 0223 215389 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 15:04:40 +From: anoop@parcom.ernet.in (Anoop Sarkar) +Subject: C to TeX, anyone? + +Is there a program available which will allow me to convert C source +code into a TeX file. There are C beautifiers which format C source +for troff; but is a C to TeX formatter available in the public domain? + +Thank you + +Anoop Sarkar +Centre for Development of Advanced Computing +Pune University Campus, Pune 411 007, India + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1993 16:41:44 +0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + +Outside the TeX community, personal bibliographic systems tend to be +proprietary things like ProCite, Library Master, EndNote, Papyrus and +Reference Manager (rather than the public-domain BibTeX and Tib). + +For a variety of reasons, I anticipate that inter-working with the +proprietary things will start to be more of a requirement for TeXies. Your +colleagues may have 10000 references in an EndNote database that you'd like +to access, your library may put you onto ProCite because that's what suits +them for downloading information, etc., etc. + +I've come across TeXies who use ProCite, Library Master and EndNote. + +Is there any reader who has practical experience of using Papyrus or +Reference Manager with LaTeX? If so, I'd be interested to hear about +"what you tell Papyrus [Reference Manager]" and "what you tell LaTeX" so as +to get them to work together sensibly. Specifically: +* Do you (a) assume that LaTeX is always dealing with a Papyrus + [Reference Manager] output file, or do you (b) try to arrange that the + Papyrus [Reference Manager] input file is acceptable as LaTeX input + (so that you can get equations etc. sorted out in your definitive + .tex file without involving Papyrus [Reference Manager], before using + Papyrus [Reference Manager] to give a derived .tex file in which + citations have been sorted out)? +* If (b), to what do you change Papyrus' usual %% delimiter [Reference + Manager's usual {} delimiters]. +* Have you managed to use Papyrus [Reference Manager] with the LaTeX + \cite{...} system rather than the Papyrus %%...%% system [Reference + Manager {} system]? I suppose this would mean having software of some + sort (I know not what: please tell me!) that inspects the .aux file, + finds what is cited, and then gets Papyrus [Reference Manager] to + produce the required reference-list. Overall, the question is "Have + you persuaded Papyrus [Reference Manager] (plus something else --- a + shell-script?) to take a .aux file as input (like BibTeX would) and + then to produce an output file that is similar to a BibTeX .bbl fle?" +* Have you had any success in the "root file + \include-d file" + situation? +I'd also be interested in any other details that you think any LaTeX-er who +is contemplating using Papyrus [Reference Manager] should know. + +If the "tricks of the trade" are too lengthy to go out as an item in a +future TeXhax, would anyone contemplate submitting an article to TUGboat +about them, or offering some notes as candidates for inclusion in archives +such as that at Aston? + +David Rhead + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1993 19:11:25 -0800 +From: vis!greg@UCSD.EDU +Subject: Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + +In my earlier message I said: + + The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which, + ironically, contains TeX). + +but I was mistaken: TeX is not on the Free Software Foundation's +CDROM. Thus, the opportunity for UnixTeX to offer a CDROM is even +greater, notwithstanding competition from semi-commercial vendors like +Prime Time Freeware. I suspect that if you gathered together all of +the free TeX-related tools, packages and documents you could put +together a very full CDROM. I doubt that I am even familiar with half +of the free TeX-related things that are available. Anyone planning on +putting together such a CDROM should publish a list of the intended +contents to TeXhax early in the game to allow us to make sure that it +is truly comprehensive. + +_Greg + + +J. Greg Davidson Institute for Software Research and Development ++1 (619) 452-8059 6231 Branting Street San Diego, CA 92122 USA + +vis!greg@nosc.mil ucsd----+--vis +vis!greg@ucsd.edu nosc----| + + ***************************************************** + * Member of the League for Programming Freedom. * + * For more info, write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu * + ***************************************************** + +------------------------------ + +Date: 10 Mar 1993 21:28:20 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster +Subject: Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + + > Prime Time Freeware. I suspect that if you gathered together all of + > the free TeX-related tools, packages and documents you could put + > together a very full CDROM. I doubt that I am even familiar with half + > of the free TeX-related things that are available. Anyone planning on + > putting together such a CDROM should publish a list of the intended + > contents to TeXhax early in the game to allow us to make sure that it + > is truly comprehensive. + +the Prime Time Freeware CD is a direct copy of the UK TeX Archive +taken in December 1992. Although there have been minor additions since +then, the archive contains all the packages known to mankind (ie +me....), based on looking at listings of SHSU, Ymir, Stuttgart, old +Aston, Jones' Index, as well as the obvious specialized archives like +the AMS, Utah etc. At a late stage, I added odds and ends PTF had +tracked down (various language support things). Since then, I have +been trying with George Greenwade to get this archive (duplicated at +Aston and SHSU) even better catalogued and up to date. To that aim, I +have generated a skeleton database listing the `packages' which +we stock. Most lack a description, author or date (not thats its +unknown, I just have not had a week to spare reading READMEs!). There +are 600 odd entries there now (and this excludes things like macro +files or style files for plain and LaTeX - the latter is covered by +Jones). + +Anyone interested in checking and expanding this list will find it as +ftp.tex.ac.uk:pub/archive/help/ctan/ctan.dat. It is NOT for really +general public consumption yet, but anyone is welcome to say what +they think, or offer me money to scan README files :-} + + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Feb 1993 17:48:27 -0500 +From: AMS Technical Support <tech-support@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: new postings to e-MATH.ams.org + +We have just updated all non-binary files in the AMS TeX archive +at e-math.ams.org . The motive for this update was to change our +address in the documentation on these files from + *math.ams.com +to *math.ams.org +(both the "math" and "e-math" nodes are involved.) + +Two files do contain "significant" updates: + ams/amstex/amsppt.sty + ams/amslatex/inputs/amssymb.sty + +This change also masks some important earlier postings; + ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.cyr (12 Nov 92) + ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.tex (12 Nov 92) + ams/amstex/amstex.bug (12 Nov 92) + ams/amstex/doc/amsppt.doc (12 Nov 92) + +If your copies of these files are earlier than these updates, it +is recommended that you replace them with the current versions. + +For other files, the present change makes no difference for most +purposes of actually using the files, so although uniformity among +distributed versions is a good thing, actually installing the new +versions is a matter of personal preference. + +The updated files will be installed shortly through routine updating +procedures at these major archive sites: + Aston (uk.ac.tex (JANET), and ftp.tex.ac.uk (Internet)) + SHSU (niord.shsu.edu) + Stuttgart (ftp.uni-stuttgart) + + +Technical Support +American Mathematical Society +Internet: TECH-SUPPORT@MATH.AMS.ORG + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1993 11:48:02 -0500 +From: Karl Berry <karl@claude.cs.umb.edu> +Subject: Eplain 2.3 available + +I have released Eplain version 2.3. It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{eplain/*,eplain.tar.Z} + ics.uci.edu:TeX/eplain/eplain-2.3.tar.Z + +You might also be able to get it by email from George Greenwade's file +server if you cannot ftp: mail fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of +something like `SENDME EPLAIN.EPLAIN_TEX'. + +I haven't yet implemented all the good ideas people have sent me +(generalizing toc files to other kinds of auxiliary files, indexing +commands, etc., etc.), but I did implement general cross-references, so +I figured a release would be worthwhile. + +Please send bug reports directly to me. + +Here is a summary of the most significant changes (from the file NEWS in +the distribution): + +For those who haven't previously heard of Eplain: it is a collection of +macros intended to provide relatively low-level capabilities, regardless +of how your document appears. For example, it has macros to do symbolic +cross-referencing, but not macros to produce a section heading. It also +has some definitions that make it easier to change the conventions of +plain TeX's output. For example, it lets you produce left-justified +math displays by simply saying `\leftdisplays'. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Mar 1993 09:06:28 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster +Subject: The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + + From: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) + Newsgroups: comp.text.tex + Date: 23 Feb 93 21:02:59 GMT + Reply-To: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) + Organization: Canta Forda Computer Lab, Pacifica, CA + + + The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + + Issue 2-1 of Prime Time Freeware (PTF) contains a snapshot of the UK TeX + Archive. The collection is stored in compressed tar format, and occupies + ~300 MB (~1 GB, uncompressed). As far as we know, this is the only CD-ROM + distribution of the archive; we hope the TeX community will find it useful. + + PTF is a semi-annual CD-ROM distribution of UNIX-related freeware source + code and documentation. Each issue consists of two ISO-9660 CD-ROMs and + an explanatory booklet. PTF 2-1 contains 1200 MB of compressed archives, + expanding to well over 3 GB of freeware. + + List price is $60 US, $50 for SUG and USENIX members. + California orders must include 7% to help with sales tax. + Domestic (USA) Shipping and Handling is $5 per order. + Foreign S/H is $10 per unit, limited to $25 per order. + We charge $10 per order to handle purchase orders. + + We accept Mastercard and Visa, postal money orders in US funds, and + checks in US funds THAT ARE PAYABLE THROUGH A US BANK. 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Box 1488, Pacifica, CA, 94044, USA | ptf@cfcl.com + rdm@cfcl.com +1 415-873-7841 (Voice/Fax) | +1 408-738-4832 (V), -2050 (F) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 18:09:13 +0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +The UK TeX Users' Group (UK-TuG) are pleased to announce a multi-day +conference, to be held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of +London) between April 6th--8th, 1993. The themes of the conference are ``TeX +for non-American languages'' and ``MetaFont in Theory and Practice''; the +speakers include Bernard Gaulle, Yannis Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. + +For \pounds 80-00, conference delegates will be entitled to participate in the +conference itself (including a full-day tutorial on one or other aspects of +MetaFont), the conference banquet, and lunch, coffee and tea on each day; +dinners and en-suite accommodation are also available. If you would like to +participate in this conference, please complete and return the application form +which appears elsewhere in this digest. Any questions should be addressed to +Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@Uk.Ac.Rhbnc.Vax>, but it should be noted that +he will be unable to answer e-mail during the period 7th--14th March. + +Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 17:52:24 +0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +\magnification \magstep 1 +\hsize = 210 true mm \vsize = 297 true mm +\hoffset = 1.0 true in \voffset = 1.0 true in +\advance \hsize by -2\hoffset +\advance \vsize by -2\voffset +\hoffset = 0.0 true in \voffset = 0.0 true in %%% Knuths crazy (1",1") origin +\parindent = 0.0 em +\parskip = 0.5 \baselineskip +\abovedisplayskip = 0 pt +\belowdisplayskip = 0 pt +\abovedisplayshortskip = 0 pt +\belowdisplayshortskip = 0 pt +\font \xviibf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 1 +\font \xxvbf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 3 +\font \CMU = cmu10 +\font \logo = logo10 +\font \xxvcmsy = cmsy10 scaled \magstep 4 +\font \xxvlogobf = logobf10 scaled \magstep 4 +\font \smallcaps = cmcsc10 +\def \newpage {\vfil \eject} +\def \MF {{\logo META}\-{\logo FONT}} +\let \MetaFont = \MF % {{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}} +\def \pagefill {\vskip 0 pt plus 1 filll} +\catcode `\< = \active +\catcode `\> = \active +\def \pounds {{\CMU \$}} +\def <#1>{\expandafter + \ifx \csname #1\endcsname \relax + {\it #1\/}% + \else \csname #1\endcsname + \fi + } +\expandafter +\def \csname UK-TuG\endcsname + {\begingroup + \lccode `\T = `\T + \lccode `\E = `\U + \lccode `\X = `\G + \def \kern {\dimen 0 = }% + {\smallcaps uk-\expandafter \lowercase \expandafter {\TeX}}% + \endgroup + } + +\begingroup +\parskip = 0 pt +\parindent = 0 pt +\baselineskip = 25 pt +\leftskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil +\rightskip = \leftskip +\parfillskip = 0 pt +\let \logo = \xxvlogobf +\obeylines +\xviibf U.K. <TeX> Users' Group Conference: April 6th--8th +\centerline {\vrule height 0.5 pt depth 0.5 pt width 0.3 \hsize} +\xxvbf <TeX> for non-American Languages +\xxvbf <MetaFont> in Theory and Practice +\endgroup + +\pagefill +\leavevmode \centerline {\xxvcmsy \char '175} +\pagefill + +The~U.K. <TeX> Users' Group (<UK-TuG>) are pleased to announce their first-ever +multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New +College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th +1993. The Conference, which has two themes --- <TeX>~for non-English +languages, and~<MetaFont> in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with +the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best. + +The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference +banquet; April~7th is devoted to <TeX>, and will include papers from +an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis +Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg +(the~French-speaking <TeX> Users' Group), and an~authority on good French +typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on <MetaFont> and exotic +fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar<TeX>'' package; and~Dominik is +co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns, +as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for +questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is <MetaFont> day: +there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled `<MetaFont> in Theory', +led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of +fonts through the medium of <MetaFont>, and~the second entitled `<MetaFont> in +Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the +use of <MetaFont> (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts +for a new laser printer) will be addressed. + +Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to +a~maximum of fifty persons; the~Conference fee (<pounds>80-00) includes the +Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th, +lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of +choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at <pounds>28-50 +per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second +and third days of the Conference. Early~booking is advised, as~this is +expected to be a~very popular event. To~reserve a~place for the Conference, +please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable +to {\it The U.K. <TeX> Users' Group\/}) or company order, to: + +\begingroup +\parindent = 2 em +\leavevmode +\parskip = 0 pt +\obeylines % +Philip Taylor, +The Computer Centre, +Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, +University of London, +Egham Hill, +Egham, +Surrey TW20 0EX, +England. +\endgroup + +\noindent +Please~reserve me a~place for the <UK-TuG> Conference at RHBNC on +April~6th--8th, 1993. I~have completed the booking form below +to indicate my exact requirements in terms of accommodation and +meals. I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation, +I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days +before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the +Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which +case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted. + +\pagefill + +\begingroup +\openup 0.9 \baselineskip +\vskip -\baselineskip +\tabskip = 0 pt +\halign to \hsize +\bgroup +\qquad # \hfil&\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil #\hfil &\tabskip = 0 pt \hfil #\cr +&&\cr +&Signed: \span \hrulefill \cr +Name:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Address:& \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr + & \span \hrulefill \cr +E-mail address:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Facsimile number:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Telephone number:& \span \hrulefill \cr +Special dietary requirements:& \span \hrulefill \cr +\egroup +\endgroup + +\pagefill + +If <TeX>ing your own reservation form, please edit the alignment below to +remove any lines which you do not require, and amend the entries for sub-total, +V.A.T. and total to indicate the amounts applicable; if completing a +ready-printed form, simply score through any items not required and add +appropriate amounts to the sub-total, V.A.T. and total lines. + +$$\hbox to \hsize \bgroup \hss \vrule \hss \vbox \bgroup +\def \toprule {\noalign {\hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \midrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \botrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule}} +\def \blank {\noalign {\vskip \ht \strutbox \vskip \dp \strutbox}} +\def \\{\hfil \break} +\let \par = \crcr +\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil +\obeylines % +\halign to \hsize % +\bgroup % +\vtop {\hsize = 0.8 \hsize \raggedright \strut#\strut}&<pounds>$\,$\hfil # +\toprule +Conference fee (inc.~all lectures and choice of tutorial, + \phantom {Conference fee (}conference dinner % + (April~6th), $2 \times \rm lunches$:& 80-00 +\blank +Accommodation April 6th:& 28-50 +Accommodation April 7th:& 28-50 +Accommodation April 8th:& 28-50 +\blank +Dinner April 7th:& 8-00 +Dinner April 8th:& 8-00 +\blank +Handling charge (only if payment does not accompany order):&5-00 +\midrule +Sub-total:& +V.A.T (@$\,$17.5\%):& +Total:& +\botrule +\egroup % +\egroup \hss \vrule \hss \egroup $$ +\end + + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 5] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.06 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.06 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d02d516f63 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.06 @@ -0,0 +1,940 @@ +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 7 Apr 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 006 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Re: extension of eqnarray* + Re: HypherTeX + Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + Re: C to TeX, anyone? (I will write it; suggestions wellcome) + heading and footnote in LaTeX + Re: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + MakeIndex + BibTeX help! + Long filenames for type1 fonts + Marginal asterisks in LaTeX + Latex for Mac ? + side margin changes after 1st page in LaTeX letters? + Hungarian accents and Hyphenation + Font shrinking with negative magsteps + fig2MF available on FILESERV/Niord + List Of TeX Tutorials + ANNOUNCEMENT: 'Computer Modern' Blackboard fonts available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: 11 Mar 1993 15:00:00 -0000 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@shef.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: extension of eqnarray* + +Jon Ahlquist asks for a multi-column extension of eqnarray: + + +I use the following to align at several points the way eqnarray* does, ie, +suitable for +a = b < c <= d +type alignments. + +I never use eqnarray (numbered), but I am sure that it can be done in a +similar way. + +\makeatletter +\def\Calc{\m@th\tabskip\@centering\def\\{\nonumber\@seqncr}% +$$\halign to\displaywidth\bgroup% + $\displaystyle{##}$\hfil&&\hskip 2\arraycolsep\hfil ${##}$\hfil + &\hskip 2\arraycolsep $\displaystyle{##}$\hfil\cr} +\def\endCalc{\nonumber\\\egroup$$\global\@ignoretrue} +\makeatother + +\begin{Calc} + a &=& b &<& c &\leq d&=&\\ + e &\leq& f &=&g +\end{Calc} + + +Mike +Dr M J Piff e-mail: +Department of Pure Mathematics +University of Sheffield M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk +Hicks Building PM1MJP@derwent.shef.ac.uk +Hounsfield Road +SHEFFIELD S3 7RH Telephone: SHEFFIELD (0742) 824431 +England + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 10:05:58 -0500 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: HypherTeX + +> I am interested in TeX has a tool for writing hypertext. +> I know there exists GNU texinfo. +> Has anyone notice of related information. + +DVIWindo supports hyper text linkage. You can define `buttons' and `marks' +using \special. If the user clicks on a button, viewing is transferred +to the corresponding mark. The right mouse button can be used to return. +Buttons can be highlighted using different fonts (bold), colored text, +colored rules, TIFF bitmap images, reverse video, whatever... + +DISCLAIMER: respondent has connections with Y&Y. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 19:52:51 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> +Subject: Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + +> 2) Does anybody have an extension of \begin{eqnarray}\end{eqnarray} +> that numbers equations and can line up more than one term in each row? +> I would like to line up several terms in several equations +> to show similarity of structure among the equations. + +There is equationarray.sty which should be availabel in the usual places. + + + ___ Wolfgang Ratzka +| | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- +| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 20:05:39 +0100 +From: Peer.Stritzinger@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE +Subject: Re: C to TeX, anyone? (I will write it; suggestions wellcome) + +I'm going to write a TeX macro package that allows you to +directly include your C source in the document. + +The features I want to include are: + +* Different styles (font etc.) can be specified for string + constants and comments. + +* Comments can be written in TeX using math and whatever you + like. Multi-line comments are formatted with margins + depending on the context. + +* Tabs are expanded. + +* I don't think the readability of a C-program improves if + the keywords of the language are highlighted, but if + someone tells me he would prefer this, it can be included + easily. + +Unfortunately I can't start writing this until at least the +end of May. The positive side is that I can consider +suggestions from the net. So if you have any features you +want included in this package feel free to contact me. + +- -- peer + +P.S.: The package will be free of course. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 10:40:58 +0700 +From: zheng@maths.uwa.oz.au (Wei Xing Zheng) +Subject: heading and footnote in LaTeX + +I am trying to use LaTeX to underline a whole heading +and to center the running head, e.g. to make a heading +like + +" + Time series analysis 3 +- ------------------------------------------------------- +" + +where "Time series analysis" is the running head and +"3" the page number. I have found that the commands +\pagestyle{myheadings} and \markright cannot work +desirably in this case. Is there any other way to make +a heading as above? Further, is it possible to use +LaTeX to overline a whole footnote, e.g. like + +" +- ------------------------------------------------------- +Time series analysis 3 +" + +Looking forward to a reply. Thanks. + +Wei X. Zheng +Dept. of Maths, University of Western Australia +E-mail: zheng@maths.uwa.edu.au + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 11:21:37 -0600 +From: Craig Stuart Niederberger <craign@mastermind.urol.bcm.tmc.edu> +Subject: Re: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + +Kudos to David Rhead for pointing out what to me has seemed to be +a persistent problem--TeX/LaTeX interface with personal bibliographic +systems. I use RefMan (Reference Manager) because I write medical +articles, and it allows direct importation of references from bibliographic +retrieval systems such as BRS Colleague. This has caused me some difficulty, +because I prefer to use LaTeX (for obvious reasons) in writing the +articles themselves. Right now, I am using my own, admittedly suboptimal +hack: + +I keep 2 sets of databases, my RefMan databases, and my BibTeX databases. +Article "codes" are consistent in both. (Ugly, because a numerical code +is assigned by RefMan such as 1423, which has nothing to do with the +content of the article. I would prefer "readable" codes such as +Goldman:CardDeath93 but I am too lazy to change my well over 1400 RefMan +articles, growing by leaps and bounds every day.) + +I have a journal style in RefMan, which I use to print out a transfer file +of articles (ASCII) that I select to port over to BibTeX. This style divides +the article information with colons (:). + +I wrote a simple C program to convert that ASCII file to BibTeX format. + +This way, I can still use the database retrieval features of RefMan to find +the article and then cite it in my LaTeX text, which is really handy. I +can also import articles into RefMan from say, BRS Colleague or Medline, +and then (sort of) directly transfer them to a BibTeX file. + +If anyone is interested in the C program, I'll give it to them. If anyone +has a better way of doing this with RefMan, PLEASE let me know. + +Craig + +Craig Niederberger M.D. Internet EMAIL: craign@bcm.tmc.edu +Department of Urology, Room 440E US Phone: 713-798-7267 +Baylor College of Medicine FAX: 713-798-5577 +One Baylor Plaza +Houston, Texas 77030-3498 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 11:14:25 -0600 +From: "Jerry Packard, U of Illinois" <JPACKARD@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> +Subject: MakeIndex + +Dear Helpful Persons: +Do you know where I might get a publicly-available version of MakeIndex +for LaTeX? +Thanks, J. Packard + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 16:44:07 -0500 +From: "Roberto R. Garcia" <STRG@MARIST.bitnet.washington.edu> +Subject: BibTeX help! + +Howdy!! + +After many hours of reasearch over the internet I have been +unsuccessful in finding any information on BibTeX. Maybe I didn't +look hard enough. Anyway, I would be very happy if someone could +explain what this is and if there exists a ny .EXE files that will +process .BIB files. Does this make sense? If not, ple ase set me +straight. + +THANKS A-LOT + +Roberto R. Garcia + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 18:11:29 -0800 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: Long filenames for type1 fonts + +#!/bin/sh +# +# As a service to those who need short file names, font +# files are commonly distributed with names that will fit +# into the Procrustean limits of MS-DOS. The naming convention, +# particularly for type1 outline fonts has been carefully +# worked out to give as much information as possible in a little +# space but, on a fully functional Unix system, it is a lot +# clearer to see exactly what the supplier/``foundry'' really +# calls the font. +# +# This script extracts the name from either a pfa file or an afm +# file, renames the short file with the full name and then +# links the old short name to the full name. (Have it both ways!) +# +# It is reasonably safe (barring system crashes) to run this +# script as part of a "for" or "foreach" loop, since the globbing +# is already done before the script starts working. +# +shortname=$1 +ext=`expr $shortname : '.*\.\(.*\)'` +fullname=`grep "FontName" $shortname | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d "/"` +echo "$shortname --> ${fullname}.$ext" +mv $shortname ${fullname}.$ext +ln -s ${fullname}.$ext $shortname +exit 0 + +END-of-SCRIPT + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 13:53:52 -0500 +From: sobota@nscvax.princeton.edu +Subject: Marginal asterisks in LaTeX + + +I am a novice LaTex user and I need some help. I need marignal +asterisks for la tex documents. I want to be able to turn asterisks on +and off with a command an d I want a specified footnote on each page +that contains one or more asterisks in the margin. For +instance after a command like: + +\asteriskson{the footnote goes here} + +Each line in the text that appears after this command would contain a +marginal asterisk in the right hand margin. Asterisks in the margin +adjacent to figures, table, equations, etc. are also required. Then a +command like: + +\asterisksoff + +would turn them of (no more asterisks would appear in the marginal column). + +The footnote would say something like: + +"Disclosure of information on lines specifically identified by an +asterisk (*) is not permitted" + +Does some macro to do this already exist? Is what I need properly +called a "macro"? How hard would it be to write one? Can anybody +help me? + +Tom Sobota +sobota@nscvax.princeton.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1993 17:11:05 -0800 +From: anz@vas.COM (Alex Zamfirescu) +Subject: Latex for Mac ? + +I would like to know if anyone out there has used +any Latex version on the Mac PowerBooks. +What is feasible on the PowerBook and where can +I get the software. + +Alex Zamfirescu + +Please reply to + +a.zamfirescu@ieee.org + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1993 15:33:59 -0400 +From: John Kohl <jtkohl@kolvir.blrc.ma.us> +Subject: side margin changes after 1st page in LaTeX letters? + +I'm trying to do some tweaking of the latex letter.sty margins to shift +the text for a letter to print on letterhead. The letterhead has stuff +at the top and along the left side. + +The first page should have the altered top and side margins; the +subsequent pages should have "normal" margins (to be printed on blank +paper). + +Any suggestions/pointers on how to do this? + +John Kohl +jtkohl@kolvir.blrc.ma.us + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:44:01 -0800 +From: Piter Verhas <verhas@a1.bpsof.bps.MTS.dec.com> +Subject: Hungarian accents and Hyphenation + +[This message is converted from WPS-PLUS to ASCII] + + + Using TeX for the Hungarian Language + Accented letters and hyphenation + Peter Verhas +1. Introduction +=============== + +All accented letters we use in Hungarian are handled by TeX without +modification thoguh it is inconvinient to type \' , \" or \H{} each time +for an accented letter. There are many conversion tools to ease the use +of the accented letters. These tools convert the extended character set +to the usual TeX notation. There is another approach to use accented +letter. This changes the fonts to have those accented letters in the font +file, and modifies plain.tex or latex.tex to have these characters (code +is larger than 127) catcode letter. + +The Hungarian hyphenation can also be handled by TeX without modification +since it has the \discretionary macro. Such hyphenations are common and +frequent in Hungarian. If consonants like sz (which sound like s in +English) or cs (which is something like tsch in the name Tschebishev) are +doubled have the form ssz or ccs, except when the hyphenation breaks +them. In such case they are sz-sz or cs-cs. Such hyphenation can NOT +automatic handled by hyphenation tables, and those tables that are in use +usually prevent hyphenation at such places. Typing the discretionary +macro for each such hyphenation is also very time and effort consuming. + +The solution that some of us use since few years, and which might be +interesting for Hungarian writing people from practical, and for others +from the intellectual point of view is a preprocessor that inserts these +discretionary hyphenations and does the conversion for the accented +letters. The program I would like to introduce does more in fact. + +2. HiOn, the Hungarian TeX preprocessor +======================================= + +HiOn is a TeX preprocessor that makes two major tasks: + +1.) It transforms Hungarian accented letters to their TeX notation. + +2.) It inserts the standard soft hyphenation string according to the +Hungarian grammar rules at all possible places. + +The first task ease the generation of the source files allowing user to +use the extended character set of his system (which can be IBM PC +character set, ISO Latin II or any user defined code table). + +The second prevents bad hyphenations or overfull, underfull hboxes +depending on the actual TeX setting. To do this HiOn implements a fast, +rule based hyphenation algorithm. This base algorithm is extended with an +exception dictionary since version 1.7, which is the current version. + +HiOn reads the source file (default extension is HUN) and generates a TeX +file (default extension is TEX). This way the TeX files act as temporary +files just like DVI files. The generated TeX does not contain 8 bit +characters (unless user requests special accented character handling) +which is transparent to all mailing systems and need not depend on +particular TeX macro set. + +This way HiOn can benefit TeX's discretionary capabilities for +hyphenating words which contain compound consonants. HiOn hyphenates +words like ``processzor'' correct to the form +``pro-ce\discretionary{ssz}{sz-}{sz}or'' which tells TeX to break the +word as + +o pro-cesszor + or +o procesz-szor. + +Such hyphenation rule can be found in German as well (ck hyphenated as +k-k). + +Using the expanded hyphenation rules introduced in version 1.1 HiOn can +hyphenate those verbs that have alternation prefix like ``megenni'' which +hyphenates as ``meg-enni''. HiOn checks the whole word not only the +prefix as the prefixes themselves do not guarantee being +verb-alternation-prefix. Therefore it knows ``el-ad\'o'' and also knows +``e-le-f\'ant''. HiOn also know by rules such weird hyphenations like + +o malac-s\'ag +o meg-gy\'urni +o megy-gyes. + +As introduced in version 1.7 HiOn uses an exception dictionary and +correctly hyphenates all compound words that appear in the Hungarian +dictionary: ``Magyar \'Ertelmez\H{}o K\'ezisz\'ot\'ar''. + +The exception dictionary has an ASCII and a compressed binary form. Using +the ASCII form users can extend the exception dictionary with words which +are not common but need hyphenation. A typical example is a long chemical +name. The binary form was designed and optimized for size and speed. On +special request HiOn converts the ASCII form to binary and this way the +extended dictionary can get into effect. + +HiOn is highly configurable, has approximately 30 options to tailor to +the actual needs. As version 1.7 HiOn should HYPHENATE ALL HUNGARIAN +WORDS CORRECT. Even if it failed in some cases users can include words in +the exception dictionary. + +HiOn was written and continuously developed during the last three years +in computer language C in a structured manner and compiles and has the +same behavior under MS-DOS, VMS and UNIX. + +HiOn as a shareware product is available in Hungary in source code and in +MS-DOS executable format with full documentation in Hungarian and +exception dictionary in ASCII and in binary format. + +NONPROFIT and EDUCATION usage of HiOn only requires registration. (Some +more minor requirements are included in the User's Guide.) + +PROFIT-ORIENTED usage of HiOn requires special agreement with the author. + +A book was already published prepared using HiOn V1.2 and some other +books are under publishing. There is one registered, profit-oriented user +of HiOn in Hungary. + +3. Conclusion + + With HiOn the usage of TeX (and LaTeX or any other macro package) was +tailored to the special needs of the Hungarian language and it has the +same felxibility and capability as in English. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 18:15:02 -0800 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: Font shrinking with negative magsteps + + +\documentstyle{article} +\pagestyle{empty} +\begin{document} +\begin{centering} +{\Large A table of negative magsteps}\\ +\end{centering} +\vspace {.25in} +\noindent The increasing availability of outline fonts, especially +those licensed for general use through the X Consortium +(Charter, Courier, Utopia), and the growing number of \TeX-related +utilities for printing and screen preview of documents using +these fonts, requires the use of some rather interesting magstep values. + +There is usually only one design size for an outline font, and the +\TeX{} user must depend on scaling for all point sizes, in the +hope that font hinting will supply some of the non-linear effects +which ought to distinguish a 5-point from a 10-point font. +A PostScript or Ghostscript engine will deal with the scaling +implicitly, but {\tt xdvi} and other display programs which depend on +rasterized font images need to have them supplied by some sort of +conversion program. The {\tt ps2pk} utility, available through a number +of servers on the internet, is a good tool for creating PK fonts +from type1 outlines. It comes with several associated programs, +including {\tt mag} which calculates appropriate dpi values at various +screen and printer resolutions. As long as your concern is +only with large fonts, this utility is very straightforward, but +when you need to create 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9-point images from +a 10-point design master, the values are a bit less obvious. +To shrink fonts you have to use negative magstep values and +fortunately the {\tt mag} program is designed to permit this. + +Here is a table of negative magsteps, for the full range +of sizes from 9-point down to 5-point. Values are given for the +true magstep series and also for integer pointsizes. +Arguments can be made for choosing either series. + + +$$ +\begin{tabular}{|c|c||c|c||c|} +\hline +\multicolumn{2}{|c||}{Magstep Series}&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Pointsize Series}\\ +\hline +magstep&300 dpi&magstep&300 dpi&pointsize \\ +value&value&value&value&reduction \\ +\hline +- -0.50&274&-0.58&270&$9/10$ \\ +\hline +- -1.00&250&-1.22&240&$8/10$ \\ +\hline +- -2.00&208&-1.95&210&$7/10$ \\ +\hline +- -3.00&174&-2.80&180&$6/10$ \\ +\hline +- -4.00&144&-3.80&150&$5/10$ \\ +\hline +\end{tabular} +$$ + +\noindent The next magstep, $-5.00$ would bring the values into complete +agreement, at a dpi value of 120, but 4-point fonts are not much use +for anything. Two additional values which have sometimes come in +useful are $-0.6 (-0.63)$ for an $8/9$ reduction, and $-0.8333 +(-0.85)$ for a $6/7$ reduction. The first value, incidentally, is +half a magstep, and the second is the reciprocal. + +\vspace{0.25in} +\begin{flushright} +Pierre Mackay \\ +mackay@cs.washington.edu \\ +\end{flushright} +\end{document} + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@max.u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 17:15:43 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: fig2MF available on FILESERV/Niord + +Anthony Starks <ajs@merck.com> kindly forwarded along his new version of +fig2MF (version 0.04; 16 March 1993). Attached is the description file for +your reference. + +Regards and thanks to Anthony for his submission, George + + FIG2MF + ------ + +The FIG2MF package contains a UUENCODEd ZIP archive of Anthony Starks' +fig2MF (version 0.04, 16 March 1993). This package translates the graphics +language Fig to METAFONT using the mfpic macros. With this tool, any +program that creates Fig code, such as xfig, can be used as font creation +tool. Included in the distribution are preliminary documentation, source +code, manual page (in TeX), required MF macros, and a testing script, along +with a variety of sample figures. + +To retrieve the one-part distribution via e-mail, include: + SENDME FIG2MF +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +The UUENCODEd file is 66 512-byte blocks in size. The ZIP archive is +available for anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in +[FILESERV.FIG2MF] as FIG2MF-0_04.ZIP. + +Files in FIG2MF.ZIP/FIG2MF-0_04.ZIP: + +Anthony Starks' fig2MF (version 0.04; 16 March 1993) tool for +convert Fig code to mfpic METAFONT code. + + Length Method Size Ratio Date Time Name ("^" ==> case + ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- conversion) + 0 Stored 0 0% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/ + 2117 Deflate 919 57% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/README + 9870 Deflate 3142 68% 03-16-93 16:42 fig2mf/fig2MF.c + 4122 Deflate 1712 58% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/fig2MFman.tex + 24650 Deflate 8238 67% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/graphbase.mf + 114 Deflate 99 13% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/tf + 3411 Deflate 1213 64% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/alltypes.fig + 3448 Deflate 577 83% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/balls.fig + 1297 Deflate 411 68% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/bean.fig + 1321 Deflate 257 81% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/book.fig + 362 Deflate 123 66% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/chase.fig + 2443 Deflate 955 61% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/face.fig + 9376 Deflate 1183 87% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/house.fig + 1316 Deflate 520 60% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/many.fig + 253 Deflate 103 59% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/mitsu.fig + 374 Deflate 131 65% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/parc-place.fig + 254 Deflate 101 60% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/plane.fig + 1918 Deflate 543 72% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/powells.fig + 478 Deflate 146 69% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/qd.fig + 1215 Deflate 229 81% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/shade.fig + 734 Deflate 221 70% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/thick.fig + 7273 Deflate 1064 85% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/type.fig + ------ ------ --- ------- + 76346 21887 71% 22 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 12:40:38 -0600 +From: Tundra Tim Daneliuk <tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Subject: List Of TeX Tutorials + +List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 03.26.93 +============================================ + +Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the +author of such a document and that document is freely available +(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the +information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the +next revision of this list. + +Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise +needs amending, please let me know. + +Thanks to all who have contributed. + +- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: <Title Of Document> +Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date> +Author Name: <Last Name, First Name> +Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> +Size (Bytes): <Or Pages> +Brief Description: <One Line Please> +Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> +Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site> +Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +- ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------ + +Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex +Latest Version: January 1993 +Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} +Author Email Address: Not Available +Size (Bytes): ~40K +Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and + amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed. +Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu: + [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX +Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly + AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the + context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. + + AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? + How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? + + New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection + Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? + How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts + for LaTeX? + + Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? + (Examples.) + + The questions are attempted to be answered from user's + point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros +Latest Version: +Author Name: Jones, David +Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu +Size (Bytes): 367136 +Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros. +Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX. +Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu: + pub/tex/TeX-index +Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all + publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX, + plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop, + etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly + 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.) + The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates + it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: The Components of TeX +Author Name: Joachim Schrod +Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB +Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX + get in contact with. +Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX + for a while and wonder what all those files are good for. +Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de: + pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z +Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: elm.tex (Essential LaTeX Mathematics) +Latest Version: (no version number - only one version) +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 18362 +Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk +Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete + ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX +Latest Version: +Author Name: Doob, Michael +Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca +Size (Bytes): 198589 +Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex. +Intended Audience: Rank beginners. +Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) +Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX +Latest Version: December 16,1992 +Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil +Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu +Size (Pytes): 25 +Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of + LaTeX. +Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with + either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. +Distribution Site: Contact author via email. +Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with + AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. Contains a template + file. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends +Latest Version: +Author Name: Maltby, Gavin +Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za + maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za +Size (Bytes): 150405 +Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers + text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a + reference work, for there are many commands not even + mentioned. Around 80 pages. +Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset + mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX +Distribution Site: To Be Determined +Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, + Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately + polished. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Metafont For Beginners +Latest Version: draft 2, Fri 23 Oct 1992. +Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey +Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au +Size (Bytes): 15252 +Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. +Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users +Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu +Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: symbols.tex +Latest Version: 2.00 +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 17594 +Brief Description: A listing of all the standard LaTeX math symbols and the + AMS symbols. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk, SHSU, stuttgart +Comments: If used with the NFSS, requires AMSFONTS2.1, and amssymb.sty. If + used without the NFSS, does not show the AMS Fonts. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists +Latest Version: +Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank +Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file) +Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX +Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents. +Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. + The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. + Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help + physicists make use of TeX effectively. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +Regards, + "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk + PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us + OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us + ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra + US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625 + MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 12:10:42 +0400 +From: gfrobert@fourier.grenet.fr (Gilles F. ROBERT) +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: 'Computer Modern' Blackboard fonts available + +Hi all, + +There has been one or two weeks ago a discussion on this list about 'bold +blackboard' fonts: which are available and what are they like. + +The answer has been (as far as I understood) + - the AMS fonts msbm (older version msym) are intended for use with Times +and aren't truly what a mathematician expects (the stress is on both stems +instead of being on only the left one). + - Alan Jeffrey's bbold fonts are sans-serif ones, with (almost) no +possibility of design variations for, say, a bold variant. +That was all, and in particular nothing for use with Computer Modern. + +I was already working at that time on the project of changing the codes of +romanu.mf, romanl.mf and other files to add a 'Blackboard' variant to +Computer Modern. + + IT IS NOW READY !!! + +The whole package contains five 'main' files: + - blbbase.mf (the 'base') contains the supplementary definitions needed +for double stems etc.. + - blbord.mf (the 'driver') is fairly simpleand only makes the necessary calls. + - blbordu.mf (based on romanu.mf): programs for uppercase letters. + - blbordl.mf (based on romanl.mf): programs for lowercase letters. + - blbordsp.mf (based on romand.mf and punct.mf): programs for the digits~1 +and~2 and for parentheses and brackets. + +There is also a whole lot of parameter files that are (almost) the same as +those provided by DEK. + +For most of them, the only differences are +- - change 'cmbase' for 'blbbase' on line~2 +- - change 'generate roman' for 'generate blbord' on last line +- - add two extra parameters (interspace# and cap_interspace#). + +Since I do not have (yet) any anon. ftp server here to put these files, I +can e-mail the files, but I would be very honoured if someone gave me an +address where to put all these things. + + _ _ +| Gilles F. ROBERT +| _ _ _ Institut Fourier, Mathematiques Pures +| | | B.P.74 +|_ _|_ _| 38402 St Martin d'Heres Cedex (FRANCE) + | \ + | \ e-mail : gfrobert@fourier.grenet.fr + + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 6] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.07 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.07 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ae58735533 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.07 @@ -0,0 +1,1245 @@ +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 21 Apr 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 007 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Re: heading and footnote in LaTeX + Concatenating token strings + Support for Kannada (Indian) language in TeX? + GhostScript + LaTeX page headers and footers + Some problems with \verb + LaTeX Tree Drawer? + LaTeX3 + sauter fonts 2.0 available + xdvik 0.29 available + dvipsk 5.515b available + fontname scheme 1.4 available + AdjKerns: announcing a new utility + Spidery WEB copyright restrictions lifted + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 11:58:27 +0200 +From: Piet van Oostrum <piet@nl.ruu.cs> +Subject: Re: heading and footnote in LaTeX + +This can be done with fancyheadings. + +How to get fancyheadings.doc and fancyheadings.sty from the archive at + Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University: + +NOTE: In the following I have assumed your mail address is john@highbrow.edu. + + Of course you must substitute your own address for this. This should be + a valid internet or uucp address. For bitnet users name@host.BITNET + usually works. + +by FTP: (please restrict access to weekends or evening/night (i.e. between +about 20.00 and 0900 UTC). + + ftp ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] + user name: anonymous or ftp + password: your own email address (e.g. john@highbrow.edu) + Don't forget to set binary mode if the file is a tar/arc/zoo archive, + compressed or in any other way contains binary data. + get pub/TEX/latexstyle/fancyheadings.doc + get pub/TEX/latexstyle/fancyheadings.sty + +(or first cd to the directory, and then get the local filename part, to +avoid "permission denied" on your system) + +by mail-server: + +send the following message to +mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (or uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!ruuinf!mail-server): + + begin + path john@highbrow.edu (PLEASE SUBSTITUTE *YOUR* ADDRESS) + send TEX/latexstyle/fancyheadings.doc + send TEX/latexstyle/fancyheadings.sty + end + +NOTE: *** PLEASE USE VALID INTERNET ADDRESSES IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE +ADDRESSES WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET *** + +The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your +message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you +first issue the request: + send HELP + +Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, +Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. +Telephone: +31 30 531806 Uucp: uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet +Telefax: +31 30 513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl (*`Pete') + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 22:45:55 -0700 +From: wagman%muse.hepnet@LBL.EARN +Subject: Concatenating token strings + +In the draft of Stephan von Bechtolsheim's new books, I found some clever (and +incomprehensible) code that appends tokens to an existing token string, so I +wrote the following: + +\newtoks\PhoneItems \PhoneItems = {} +\def\CollectInfo#1% +{% + \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter% + \PhoneItems\expandafter{\the\PhoneItems#1}% +} +\newcount\Pointer \Pointer = 0 +\advance\Pointer by 1 +\CollectInfo{\number\Pointer} +\advance\Pointer by 1 +\CollectInfo{\number\Pointer} +\advance\Pointer by 1 +\CollectInfo{\number\Pointer} +\the\PhoneItems +\end + +which prints "333" rather than "123" +I know that if I put the \advance\Pointer by 1 into the argument to +\CollectInfo, I will get the correct sequencing, but because of my actual +needs, I want to increment outside of the argument. So my question is how do I +force the expansion of \number\Pointer before \CollectInfo grabs the tokens? + +Thanks, + +Gary Wagman +wagman@lbl.gov +(510)486-6610 USA + +P.S. E-mail to Stephan (svb@cs.purdue.edu) was returned, so I cannot ask him +my question directly. Does anyone know where he is? + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 14:52:12 -0500 +From: "T.N.K.Raju, MD 6-4183" <U40200@UICVM.EARN> +Subject: Support for Kannada (Indian) language in TeX? + +I want to know if there is TeX program for writing in Kannada, a South Indian +language spoken by some 35 mil people! I understand that someone in U of C has +done this. Please help! Dr.Raju + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 14:47:24 -0600 +From: Brett Perkes <bperkes@cases.cs.usu.edu> +Subject: GhostScript + +I pretty new to the TeX world along with the typesetting industry so please +bear with my if I use the wrong terms. + +Some news about GhostScript has been floating around my office. +I have never heard of it, but many people say that it is a great tool. +I was wondering if anyone that has some information on Ghost Script +would please send it to me or let me know where I can get some info. + +If you would please reply directly to me. + +Thankyou, +Brett Perkes bperkes@cases.cs.usu.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: 17 Apr 1993 01:19:51 -0400 +From: Bill Denning <DENNING@DECUS.Org> +Subject: LaTeX page headers and footers + +In V93 #006 Wei Zheng writes: + +>>I am trying to use LaTeX to underline a whole heading +>>and to center the running head, e.g. to make a heading +>>like + +>>" +>> Time series analysis 3 +>>- ------------------------------------------------------- +>>" + +>>where "Time series analysis" is the running head and +>>"3" the page number. I have found that the commands +>>\pagestyle{myheadings} and \markright cannot work +>>desirably in this case. Is there any other way to make +>>a heading as above? Further, is it possible to use +>>LaTeX to overline a whole footnote, e.g. like + +>>" +>>- ------------------------------------------------------- +>>Time series analysis 3 +>>" + +I sent him a solution via Internet, and confirmed that he meant "page footer" +rather than "footnote". He verified that the solution below solves his needs. + +- -------------------------beginning of discussion----------------------------- + +It is fairly easy to accomplish what you want for the page header as well as +for the page footer. + +There is a public domain style file, headerfooter.sty, which is available from +the DECUS Library (Digital Equipment Computer Users Society) as part of the +DECUS TeX Collection. It is probably also available from various archives via +anonymous ftp, but I don't know where it is stored. + +Following this message are the following files: + +headerfooter.sty -- I made a modification to include footer overlines, which + the original author didn't implement. + +hf-example.sty -- A small style file containing a few margin settings, + macros, etc. + +hf.tex -- A LaTeX source code file that illustrates the use of headers and + footers, with and without underlines and overlines. + + +These files should have enough comments to be self explanatory, and there is +also some discussion in the output text of hf.tex. + +- ----------------------------end of discussion-------------------------------- + +- ------headerfooter.sty---------BEGINNING---------------clip here------------- + +% headerfooter.sty 10 Apr 93 + +\typeout{} +\typeout{Optional document style 'headerfooter' 10 Apr 93>.} +\typeout{} + +% Use with LaTeX version 2.09: +% \documentstyle[headerfooter]{article} + +% Copyright (c) 1987 by Stephen Gildea +% Permission to copy all or part of this work is granted, provided +% that the copies are not made or distributed for resale, and that +% the copyright notice and this notice are retained. +% +% THIS WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES NO +% WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE WORK, +% INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS +% FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + +% If you make any improvements, I'd like to hear about them. + +% Stephen Gildea +% MIT Earth Resources Lab +% Cambridge, Mass. 02139 +% mit-erl!gildea +% gildea@erl.mit.edu + +% Modified 10-April-1993 by + +% Bill Denning +% South Coast Consulting Service +% 315 West 34th Street +% Houston, Texas 77018 +% denning@decus.org + +% \pageheader{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT} +% \pagefooter{LEFT}{CENTER}{RIGHT} + +% There is no reason why these commands should not be available +% to the user. Of course, I did fancy up the interface a bit. +% By mit-erl!gildea 11 October 1986 +% minor changes 14 Oct 87 gildea +% added \pageheaderlinetrue feature 9 Dec 88 gildea +% added \pagefooterlinetrue feature 10 Apr 93 denning + +% All of these commands take three arguments, which are printed at +% the left, center, and right of each page. All three args must be +% provided even if some of them are empty. The odd and even +% variations are only useful if you are using the twoside option. + +% Example: \pagefooter{}{\thepage}{} + +% Say \pageheaderlinetrue if you want the header underlined. +% Say \pagefooterlinetrue if you want the footer overlined. + +\newif\ifpageheaderline \pageheaderlinefalse +\newif\ifpagefooterline \pagefooterlinefalse + +\newdimen\pageheaderlineskip \pageheaderlineskip=1.5pt +\newdimen\pagefooterlineskip \pagefooterlineskip=1.5pt + +\def\@headerline#1#2#3{% + \ifpageheaderline + \vbox{\hbox to \textwidth{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}% + \vskip\pageheaderlineskip \hrule}% + \else{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}\fi} + +\def\@footerline#1#2#3{% + \ifpagefooterline + \vbox{\hrule \vskip\pagefooterlineskip% + \hbox to \textwidth{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}}% + \else{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}\fi} + +\newcommand\oddpageheader[3]{\def\@oddhead{\@headerline{#1}{#2}{#3}}} + +\newcommand\evenpageheader[3]{\def\@evenhead{\@headerline{#1}{#2}{#3}}} + +%%%\newcommand\oddpagefooter[3]{\def\@oddfoot{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}} +\newcommand\oddpagefooter[3]{\def\@oddfoot{\@footerline{#1}{#2}{#3}}} + +%%%\newcommand\evenpagefooter[3]{\def\@evenfoot{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}} +} +\newcommand\evenpagefooter[3]{\def\@evenfoot{\@footerline{#1}{#2}{#3}}} + +\newcommand\pageheader[3]{% + \oddpageheader{#1}{#2}{#3}\evenpageheader{#1}{#2}{#3}} + +\newcommand\pagefooter[3]{% + \oddpagefooter{#1}{#2}{#3}\evenpagefooter{#1}{#2}{#3}} + +- ------headerfooter.sty------------END------------------clip here------------- + +- ------hf-example.sty-----------BEGINNING---------------clip here------------- + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% hf-example.sty modified 10-Apr-93 +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\typeout{} +\typeout{Optional document style `Example for TeXhax' <10 Apr 93>.} +\typeout{} + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Suppress paragraph indentation +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\parindent=0pt + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Prevent widows & orphans +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\clubpenalty=10000 +\widowpenalty=10000 + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Establish Margins +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.525in} % inner page margin is 1.525 inches +\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.225in} % outer page margin is 1.225 inches +\setlength{\textwidth}{5.75in} +\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.50in} +\setlength{\headsep}{0.30in} +\setlength{\textheight}{8.50in} +\raggedbottom + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Limit diagnostic output +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\showboxbreadth=0 +\showboxdepth=0 +\hbadness=10000 +\vbadness=10000 + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Simple macros +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\newcommand{\blankpage}{\newpage \ \newpage} +\newcommand{\forceodd}{\ifodd\arabic{page}\else\blankpage\fi} +\def\push{\noindent\hspace{4ex}} + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Define new commands containing text +% to be inserted later in the document. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\newcommand{\lefttext}[1]{\def\theleft{#1}} +\newcommand{\righttext}[1]{\def\theright{#1}} + +- ------hf-example.sty--------------END------------------clip here------------- + +- ------hf.tex-------------------BEGINNING---------------clip here------------- + +\documentstyle[twoside,headerfooter,hf-example]{article} + +\begin{document} + +\begin{large} + +\pagenumbering{roman} +\setcounter{page}{1} + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Establish initial page footers. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\evenpagefooter{}{\thepage}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{\thepage}{} + +This is a dummy first page that illustrates the use of centered roman page +numbers in the footer, and no page header. You might use this technique for +a table of contents, preface, etc. + +\newpage + +This is a dummy second page that illustrates the use of centered roman page +numbers in the footer, and no page header. + +\newpage + +\pagenumbering{arabic} +\setcounter{page}{1} + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Establish page headers and footers for text of document. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\evenpageheader{\thepage}{Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpageheader{}{Time Series Analysis}{\thepage} +\evenpagefooter{\thepage}{Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{Time Series Analysis}{\thepage} + +\pageheaderlinetrue % page header is underlined +\pagefooterlinefalse % page footer is plain + +This is a sample first text page that illustrates the use of arabic page +numbers and centered underlined normalsize Roman `Time Series Analysis' text in +the page header, and centered normalsize Roman `Time Series Analysis' text as +well as arabic page numbers in the page footer. Page numbers appear on the +right side of odd numbered pages. \\ + +You can specify different fonts within the headers and footers by including +standard \LaTeX{} type style directives such as \verb+\+sl or \verb+\+sc, as +well as different type sizes. Note that the type style and size directives +that are in effect for the document as a whole do not apply to the header and +footer. You can also adjust the horizontal spacing of text using commands such +as \verb+\+hspace. + +\newpage + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Change page headers to \large, and page footers to Small Caps. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\evenpageheader{\large\thepage}{\large Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpageheader{}{\large Time Series Analysis}{\large\thepage} +\evenpagefooter{\thepage}{\sc Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{\sc Time Series Analysis}{\thepage} + +\pagefooterlinetrue % page footer is overlined + +This is a sample second text page that illustrates the use of arabic page +numbers and centered underlined large Roman `Time Series Analysis' text in +the page header, and centered overlined normalsize Small Caps `Time Series +Analysis' text as well as arabic page numbers in the page footer. Page numbers +appear on the left side of even numbered pages. \\ + +\newpage + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Change page headers to Bold Faced Roman, and page footers to Slanted. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\evenpageheader{}{\bf\large Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpageheader{}{\bf\large Time Series Analysis}{} +\evenpagefooter{\thepage}{\sl Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{\sl Time Series Analysis}{\thepage} + +\pageheaderlinefalse % page header is plain + +This is a sample third text page that illustrates the use of centered large +Bold Faced Roman `Time Series Analysis' text in the page header without page +numbers, and centered overlined normalsize Slanted `Time Series Analysis' text +as well as arabic page numbers in the page footer. \\ + +\newpage + +% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% Change page headers to \Large Bold Faced Roman. Change page +% footers to Slanted text contained in \theleft and \theright +% with page numbers justified to the outer page margin. +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% +\evenpageheader{}{\Large\bf Time Series Analysis}{} +\oddpageheader{}{\Large\bf Time Series Analysis}{} +\evenpagefooter{\sl \thepage\push\theleft}{}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{}{\sl \theright\push\thepage} + +\pageheaderlinetrue % page header is underlined +\pagefooterlinefalse % page footer is plain + +\lefttext{Sample verso (left, even numbered page)} +\righttext{Sample recto (right, odd numbered page)} + +This is a sample fourth text page that illustrates the use of centered +underlined Large Bold Faced Roman `Time Series Analysis' text without page +numbers in the page header, and left justified arabic page numbers and +normalsize Slanted text represented by \verb+\+theleft in the page footer. The +\verb+\+push macro is used to adjust the horizontal spacing between the page +number and the text of the footer. + +\newpage + +This is a sample fifth text page that illustrates the use of centered +underlined Large Bold Faced Roman `Time Series Analysis' text without page +numbers in the page header, and right justified arabic page numbers and +normalsize Slanted text represented by \verb+\+theright in the page footer. +The \verb+\+push macro is used to adjust the horizontal spacing between the +text of the footer and the page number. + +\newpage + +\lefttext{Illustration for \TeX{}hax} +\righttext{Illustration for \TeX{}hax} + +As can be seen below, when the definitions of \verb+\+theleft and +\verb+\+theright are changed, the new text automatically appears in the footer +without having to change the values of \verb+\+evenpagefooter and +\verb+\+oddpagefooter. This can be very useful when you want to include text +such as chapter or subject titles in page headers or footers. \\ + +For example, you might want to implement a scheme such as the one shown below. + +The section title is initially defined to be the null string so that if a page +break occurs before a section no error will occur because of a non--existent +definition. \\ + +\begin{verbatim} +\evenpagefooter{\sl \thepage\push\uppercase{\chaptertitle}}{}{} +\oddpagefooter{}{}{\sl \sectiontitle\push\thepage} +% [...] +\def\chaptertitle{Title of Chapter} +\def\sectiontitle{} +\chapter{\chaptertitle} +% [...] +\def\sectiontitle{Title of Section} +\section{\sectiontitle} +% [...] +\end{verbatim} + +Note that the page headers and footers will not appear correctly on the last +page of the document unless you include a ``dummy" blank page at the end. To +do this, I use a simple macro \verb+\+blankpage, which is included in the file +{\em hf--example.sty}. Otherwise the last page returns to the default page +numbering scheme, which in this instance is \verb+\+pagestyle\{plain\}. \\ + +A \verb+\+newpage command at the end of the document will also ensure that the +headers and footers appear correctly. I also use \verb+\+blankpage for other +purposes, such as forcing a portion of a document to begin on a recto (odd +numbered page) using the \verb+\+forceodd macro.\\ + +The margin settings used in the style file mentioned above assume that you are +printing on U.S. standard 8$\frac{1}{2}${\tt "} x 11{\tt "} paper. If you +are using the European standard A--4 or some other size paper, you will likely +want to change these settings. + +\blankpage + +\end{large} + +\end{document} + +- ------hf.tex----------------------END------------------clip here------------- + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 14:41:58 +0100 +From: lhol@gmdzi.gmd.de (Leszek Holenderski) +Subject: Some problems with \verb + +Dear TeXperts, + +Can anybody explain me why the following input: + +\documentstyle{article} +\catcode`\"=\active \def"{\verb"} +\begin{document} +Just a test of "verb". +\end{document} + +gives the following error: + +This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 +(test.tex format file: LaTeX with English hyphenation +(/vol/tex/lib/inputs/article.sty +Document Style `article' <5 Feb 88> - GMD. +(/vol/tex/lib/inputs/art10.sty)) (test.aux)) +Runaway argument? +verb". \end{document} +! File ended while scanning use of \@tempa. + +??? + +Leszek (lhol@gmdzi.gmd.de) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 20:28:52 +From: anoop@parcom.ernet.in (Anoop Sarkar) +Subject: LaTeX Tree Drawer? + +Can anyone help me find where the implementation of the following +work is available. Information on any other ways to draw trees +in LaTeX directly (without using 'xfig', etc.) is also welcome. + +@Article{Swonk:TB12-2-286-289, + author = "Glenn L. Swonk", + title = "{{\LaTeX tree drawer}}", + journal = j-TUGboat, + year = "1991", + volume = "12", + number = "2", + pages = "286--289", + month = Jun, +} + +Access to the above via a mail-server is preferred to a connection +via ftp. + +Anoop Sarkar +Centre for Development of Advanced Computing +Pune University Campus, Pune 411 007, +India + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 13:39:38 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.ist.co.uk> +Subject: LaTeX3 + +I keep seeing vague references to LaTeX3, but I have no idea what it's about. +Does anyone have answers (however brief) to these questions? + + * When is it coming? + + * How can I get it when it does? + + * (Most importantly) What are the authors of LaTeX3 trying to do? + (in other words, what will be the significant changes?) + +Thanks in advance, + +Jeremy + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 11:27:16 -0400 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: sauter fonts 2.0 available + +I've updated my distribution of John Sauter's Metafont files +to make Computer Modern fonts at any point size. + +You can get version 2.0 by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/sauter.tar.z + +Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of +compress. See below for a blurb about gzip. + +This release makes the sauter fonts match the AMS ``extracm'' fonts +(cmbsy5-9, cmcsc8-9, cmex7-9, cmmib5-9). Thus, the TFM files do not +match those of previous release, hence the incremented major version number. + +For all of the standard Computer Modern fonts, these files produce the +same TFM files as Knuth's sources. So it is ok to call the output from +these `cm...'. + +Besides the Computer Modern and the Glonti/Samarin Cyrillic, the +distribution also includes Sauter parameter files for the LaTeX symbol +fonts, contributed by Friedrich Haubensak. + +The distribution includes an lfonts.tex for LaTeX and a MakeTeXPK for +dvips which take advantage of these fonts, as well as an NFSS fontdef.sau. + +Let me know if you have questions or suggestions. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +Distribution information: You can get LaTeX from +rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de and dvips from +labrea.stanford.edu:pub/dvips*. (Alternatively, you can get +ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/dvipsk.tar.z, which is a version of dvips I have +modified to use the same font searching code as TeX, the GNU font +utilities, and my modified xdvi.) + +Information about gzip: + +gzip is faster and compresses better than compress. In addition to its +technical virtues, it is not subject (so far) to any (alleged) software +patents. Here is an extract from the README file: + +> gzip is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under +> the terms of the GNU General Public License, a copy of which is +> provided under the name COPYING. The latest version of the gzip +> sources can always be found in prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/gzip-*.tar* +> or any of the prep mirror sites. An MSDOS lha self-extracting exe is in +> hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu:/tmp/gzip*.exe. + +Instead of prep, I suggest you get gzip from one of the following less +heavily loaded servers: + Asia: ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:/ftpsync/prep, + cair.kaist.ac.kr:/pub/gnu + Australia: archie.oz.au:/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet) + Europe: src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu, ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, + ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/gnu, nic.funet.fi:/pub/gnu, + ugle.unit.no, isy.liu.se, ftp.stacken.kth.se, ftp.win.tue.nl, + ftp.denet.dk, ftp.eunet.ch, nic.switch.ch:/mirror/gnu, + archive.eu.net, irisa.irisa.fr:/pub/gnu + United States: wuarchive.wustl.edu, ftp.cs.widener.edu, + uxc.cso.uiuc.edu, col.hp.com:/mirrors/gnu, + gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/GNU, ftp.uu.net:/systems/gnu + +For more information about software patents, +please email me or lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 11:26:28 -0400 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: xdvik 0.29 available + +I have released version 0.29 of xdvik, my modified version of Paul +Vojta's xdvi, a DVI previewer for the X window system. + +It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/xdvik.tar.z + +Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of +compress. + +My major modification is to use the same path searching algorithms as +Unix TeX (i.e., web2c), the GNU font utilities, and my modified dvips. + +In addition, the configuration process is (more or less) automatic, in +the GNU style. The Makefile uses the standard variable names and +targets in GNU makefiles. + +xdvik is based on patchlevel 11 of xdvi, i.e., the virtual support and +MakeTeXPK support is not present. I haven't updated it because I +personally don't need those features (I just generated bitmaps for the +PostScript fonts in the dvips encoding in the first place), and haven't +had time to update the distribution. + +This particular version has no major changes (see NEWS and ChangeLog in +the distribution for the minor ones); I am sending out this announcement +because of my switch from compress to gzip. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 11:26:51 -0400 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: dvipsk 5.515b available + +I have released version 5.515b of dvipsk, my modified version of Tom +Rokicki's dvips, a DVI-to-PostScript translator. + +It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/dvipsk.tar.z + +Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of +compress. + +My major modification is to use the same path searching algorithms as +Unix TeX (i.e., web2c), the GNU font utilities, and my modified xdvi. + +In addition, the configuration process is (more or less) automatic, in +the GNU style. The Makefile uses the standard variable names and +targets in GNU makefiles. + +The documentation is included in the GNU texinfo format (thanks +to zoo@cygnus.com for doing the initial conversion). + +This particular version has no major changes (see NEWS and ChangeLog in +the distribution for the minor ones); I am sending out this announcement +because of my switch from compress to gzip. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 11:27:51 -0400 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: fontname scheme 1.4 available + +I have released version 1.4 of ``my'' font naming scheme for TeX fonts. +You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/fontname.tar.z + +I will also send it to you by email if you cannot ftp. + +Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of +compress. + +The fontname document is in Texinfo format, so you will need the TeX +macros in the file texinfo.tex (available with most GNU programs) to be +able to print it; the directory pub/tex/fontname on the above machine +has a texinfo.tex, as well as a number of other files with name lists. + +The rest of that directory contains files showing the naming scheme +applied to Adobe, Monotype, Computer Modern, and other sources' fonts. + +The changes since version 1.3 are minimal: a couple of additional +typefaces, variants, and sources. + +I am happy to receive additions, criticisms, or other comments. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 03:06:56 +0200 +From: yannis@gat.citilille.fr (Yannis Haralambous) +Subject: AdjKerns: announcing a new utility + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +% % +% % +% The Birth of a Virtual Font -- The AdjKerns Utility % +% % +% % +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\documentstyle{article} +\title{The Birth of a Virtual Font\\ The {\tt AdjKerns} Utility} +\author{Yannis Haralambous} +\date{} +\begin{document} +\section{Introduction} + +Making a baby can be a difficult process: you need at least two +people (with the adequate tools) you need some favorable +circumstances, and you need motivation. + +What about virtual fonts? well, we have motivation enough: +several languages are not covered by DC fonts, in particular Welsh, +Esperanto, Maltese, many African languages (the glyphs for the +latter are included in Joerg Knappens FC fonts) etc. These +languages need virtual fonts to be typeset. The circumstances are +favorable enough. Up to now, though, we were missing one tool. + +Here is the problem: you want to substitute a character in the +DC font by some special character you need in your target language. +OK. How to construct the virtual representation for this character? +well, for that we have Eberhard Mattes' {\tt QDTeXVPL}. It will give us +the description of all characters we need. Now suppose you replace +an `A' with some accent, by an `E' with some other accent. What +about all the kerning pairs involving that `A' you took away? +And what all those new kerning pairs you need for the `E'? + +Do you want to replace the old kerning pairs by new ones, by +hand?? well, you can try; but if you ever attempt to take a +coffee break, then you will never be able to recognize again what +you have changed, and what remains to be changed. Not to mention +the nasty habit of PL files of having kerning pairs applying to +more than one characters. This optimizes parsing speed, but surely +makes it more difficult to make manual changes. + +The utility I'm presenting does all this automatically. It will +read a {\tt [V]PL} file and will +\begin{itemize} +\item remove all kerning pairs involving removed characters; +\item introduce kernng pairs for new characters; +\item add or remove ligatures. +\end{itemize} + +To illustrate the use of this program, I provide a real-world +example, namely a virtual font for Esperanto. You will follow the +whole process of giving birth to this font, starting by its +mother: the common {\tt dcr10} font. + +\section{How it works} + +{\tt AdjKerns} has been written in ANSI~C\footnote{Be aware! +its author is a lousy C programmer, so {\em don't} trust the +program as you trust \TeX. Keep a critical eye for possible +bugs, and report them!}. It should run everywhere; it has been +tested on a Macintosh (MPW~3.2 and Think C~5.0). + +The command line should look like this: + +\begin{verbatim} +AdjKerns [-c foo.kcf] [-o <something>] <input file> +\end{verbatim} + +The input file is a {\tt PL} or a {\tt VPL} file\footnote{If +you look closer you'll see that there is no big difference; +the latter has a few more possibilities, otherwise the +syntax is the same.}. Out of this file {\tt AdjKerns} will +read only the {\tt LIGTABLE}, the rest will remain untouched. + +The rules on how to modify the {\tt LIGTABLE} are read +from the configuration file {\tt foo.kcf}. This file is +optional; if you don't include any rules, then {\tt AdjKerns} +will just rewrite your {\tt [V]PL} file, by ignoring any +optimization attempts of the {\tt LIGTABLE}. The file will be +bigger, but the result will be the same; it will be easier to +modify, though. + +The {\tt-o} option specifies the output file. If no such is +specified, then the input file is overwritten (you don't need +that file anyway\ldots). + +Let's see now the syntax of the {\tt KCF} file. The following +lines are allowed: + +\verb=KERN <char> LIKE <char>= + +\verb=KERN <char> LEFT LIKE <char>= + +\verb=KERN <char> RIGHT LIKE <char>= + +\verb=KERN <char> LEFT LIKE <char> RIGHT LIKE <char>= + +\verb=UNKERN <char>= + +\verb=ADD <lig> <char> <char> -> <char>= + +\verb=ADD <lig> BOUNDARYCHAR <char> -> <char>= + +\verb=REMOVE <lig> <char> <char> -> <char>= + +\verb=REMOVE <lig> BOUNDARYCHAR <char> -> <char>= + +\verb=% comments, like in TeX= + +where {\tt <char>} means (like in a {\tt[V]PL} file, either +\verb=C= followed by a character, or \verb=D= followed by a +decimal number, or \verb=O= followed by an octal number, or +\verb=H= followed by a hexadecimal number. {\tt<lig>} means +one of the following: \verb=LIG=, \verb=/LIG=, \verb=LIG/=, +\verb=/LIG/=, \verb=/LIG>=, \verb=LIG/>=, \verb=/LIG/>=, +\verb=/LIG/>>=. + +Everytime you kern some letter, all previous kerning pairs +and ligatures are erased. By the {\tt UNKERN} command +you can erase these, without inserting a new character. +Commands are executed sequentially, and there is no +consistence test; so you can ask something and then +the opposite: nobody will complain. + +\section{An Example: Esperanto} + +Esperanto needs the following characters which are not +provided in the DC font: \^c, \^s, \^\j, \^g, \^h, \u u +(and the corresponding uppercase letters). Dirk Everdeen +which is an Esperanto guru (and has prepared a $\beta$ +version of Esperanto hyphenation patterns) asked me to use +the following input mechanism: these letters should be +accessed by ligatures {\tt cx}, {\tt sx}, {\tt jx}, +{\tt gx}, {\tt hx}, {\tt ux}, because the letter `x' is +not used in Esperanto. + +Since the ``phantom'' letter `x' comes {\em after} the +real letter, there is no problem with kerning (like in the +case of the input ligature {\tt ts} of the {\tt wncyr} fonts). +So this method could eventually be adopted as a standard +transliteration of Esperanto. But this is another +issue\footnote{To be solved by the Esperanto subgroup of +the Technical Working Group on Multiple Language +Coordination.}. + +Our problem now is to create a virtual font with these +letters, the right kerning pairs and the right ligatures. +I have chosen positions which would harm the least amount +of languages: only Turkish and Slovakian are excluded +when using this virtual font. + +How to call it? well, of course {\tt eocr10} since {\tt eo} +is the two-letter code for Esperanto. + +\subsection{First step: character description} + +How do we describe the accented characters? Let's use +Eberhard Mattes' {\tt QDTeXVPL}. For this we need a +configuration file, which will specify the positions +of new characters, and their descriptions in the form of +\TeX\ macros. Here is this file (let's call it +{\tt esperanto-wannabe.tex}): + +\begin{verbatim} +\font\f=dcr10 +\input qdtexvpl +\texvpl{^^ad}{\f\^s} +\texvpl{^^8d}{\f\^S} +\texvpl{^^a0}{\f\^c} +\texvpl{^^80}{\f\^C} +\texvpl{^^a8}{\f\^h} +\texvpl{^^88}{\f\^H} +\texvpl{^^a9}{\f\^\j} +\texvpl{^^89}{\f\^J} +\texvpl{^^a7}{\f\^g} +\texvpl{^^87}{\f\^G} +\texvpl{^^b8}{\f\u u} +\texvpl{^^98}{\f\u U} +\bye +\end{verbatim} + +The good thing is that we can quickly describe the characters +using \TeX\ macros, like \verb=\^=, \verb=\u=, \verb=\j=. +The bad thing is that this is all we can do. Fine tuning must +be done by hand. + +You run this file through \TeX\ and get file +{\tt espernato-wannabe.dvi}. Then you run {\tt QDTeXVPL} with +the followint command line: + +\begin{verbatim} +QDTeXVPL -d10.0 esperanto-wannabe.dvi esperanto-wannabe.vpl +\end{verbatim} + +Here is an extract of what we get: + +\begin{verbatim} +(MAPFONT D 16 + (FONTNAME dcr10) + (FONTCHECKSUM O 30523766474) + (FONTDSIZE R 10.000000)) +(CHARACTER O 255 + (CHARWD R 0.394347) + (CHARHT R 0.694275) + (CHARDP R 0.000000) + (MAP + (MOVERIGHT R -0.052765) + (SELECTFONT D 16) + (SETCHAR O 2) + (MOVERIGHT R -0.447113) + (SETCHAR C s))) +(CHARACTER O 215 + (CHARWD R 0.555420) + (CHARHT R 0.939255) + (CHARDP R 0.000000) + (MAP + (PUSH) + (MOVERIGHT R 0.027771) + (MOVEDOWN R -0.244980) + (SELECTFONT D 16) + (SETCHAR O 2) + (POP) + (SETCHAR C S))) +... +\end{verbatim} + +Now we have to replace these characters inside {\tt dcr10.pl} +and name the new file {\tt eocr10.vpl} (hopefully someday +somebody will find the time to write some utility to do this +automatically). + +\subsection{Second step: adjusting kerning pairs and ligatures} + +As you saw, we have modified character descriptions, but neither +kerning pairs, nor ligatures. This will be done by {\tt AdjKerns}. +Here is the necessary configuration file {\tt eo.kcf}: + +\begin{verbatim} +% Kerning and ligature configuration for +% Esperanto virtual fonts, based on DC +% Semi-official (not yet aproved by TWGMLC) +KERN H AD LIKE C s +KERN H 8D LIKE C S +KERN H A0 LIKE C c +KERN H 80 LIKE C C +KERN H A8 LIKE C h +KERN H 88 LIKE C H +KERN H A9 LIKE C j +KERN H 89 LIKE C J +KERN H A7 LIKE C g +KERN H 87 LIKE C G +KERN H B8 LIKE C u +KERN H 98 LIKE C U +ADD LIG C s C x -> H AD +ADD LIG C S C x -> H 8D +ADD LIG C S C X -> H 8D +ADD LIG C c C x -> H A0 +ADD LIG C C C x -> H 80 +ADD LIG C C C X -> H 80 +ADD LIG C h C x -> H A8 +ADD LIG C H C x -> H 88 +ADD LIG C H C X -> H 88 +ADD LIG C j C x -> H A9 +ADD LIG C J C x -> H 89 +ADD LIG C J C X -> H 89 +ADD LIG C g C x -> H A7 +ADD LIG C G C x -> H 87 +ADD LIG C G C X -> H 87 +ADD LIG C u C x -> H B8 +ADD LIG C U C x -> H 98 +ADD LIG C U C X -> H 98 +\end{verbatim} + +Note that we have included ligatures both for `Cx' and `CX' etc.: +the former will be used in text, the latter in titles. +Now we run {\tt AdjKerns}, with the following command line: + +\begin{verbatim} +AdjKerns -c eo.kcf eocr10.vpl +\end{verbatim} + +After some lines: + +\begin{verbatim} +************************************************************** + + This is program AdjKerns (= Adjust Kerning Pairs) + + Version beta-1 + written for you by a lousy C programmer + (Yannis Haralambous, 1993) + + It shall help you make efficient virtual fonts + This software belongs to the public domain + +************************************************************** +Loading input file preamble... +Reading kern and ligature data... +Reading lines from configuration file and executing them... +.............................. +Finished reading the configuration file +Writing down new lig/kern data... +Writing input file remaining data... +\end{verbatim} + +we get the expected result (our file {\tt eocr10.vpl} is +overwritten. + +\subsection{Final step: using the font} + +Once we have the {\tt VPL} file, we are done. Run {\tt VFtoVP} +and use the font. Here is a small text file to test the font +(file {\tt eotest.tex}): + +\begin{verbatim} +\magnification=1200 +\font\myfont=eocr10 +\myfont +Berto staras antaux la vendejo. Sxi estas rigardanta la +montran fenestregon. Si vidas multajn obiektojn. En la +montra fenestrego trovigxas skatoloj kai faruno. Sub +klosxo kusxas fromagxo, kiu havas multajn truojn. Ankaux +botelojn sxi estas vidanta. La boteloj, kiujn sxi estas +rigardanta, estas egale grandaj. En la mezo de la +fenestrego pendas afisxo, sur kiu estas skribita la +frazo: ,,Cxi tie oni parolas Esperanton``. La pordo +de la vendejo estas malfermita. En la vendejo en angulo +oni vidas barelon kun haringoj. Haringoj estas fisxoj. +La fromagxa klosxo estas farita el vitro. La posedanto +de la vendejo nun estas vendanta fumajxojn kaj cindrujon +al sinjoro. Berto demandas la vendistinon, cxu cxokolado +kaj dolcxajxoj estas haveblaj. La vendistino neas tion. +Ankaux teo, kafo kaj rizo ne plu estas haveblaj. Vino +estas trinkajxo. Berto volas acxeti unue fromagxon kaj +due haringojn. La acxetita fromagxo kostas unu marko. Nun +sxi estas portanta la acxetitan hejmen. +\end +\end{verbatim} + +taken from a Esperanto reader my mother had at school +(nice brown and thin ,,Nachkriegspapier``). + +\section{Go forth, etc. etc.} + +I am tempted to say ``Go forth and make masterpieces +of virtual fonts'', but I have a small request: if you +wish to make fonts for languages (Welsh, Maltese, etc.) +please contact the Technical Working Group on Multiple +Language Coordination first; it might very well be that +somebody is already preparing this language; and if not, +you may be that person. But in any case, we can share +our experiences to make {\em consistent} and +{\em compatible} \TeX\ Language Packages. + +\section{Availability} + +You will find all the mentionned files, as well as the +sources (and Macintosh-executables) of {\tt AdjKerns} +on {\tt spi.ens.fr}, directories +{\tt/pub/tex/yannis/adjkerns} and +{\tt/pub/tex/yannis/adjkerns/examples}. {\tt QDTeXVPL} can be +found in Stuttgart, directory +{\tt/soft/tex/fonts/utilities/qdtexvpl}. + +A \TeX\ Language Package for Esperanto is prepared +by the TWGMLC (Technical Working Group on Multiple +Language Coordination). + +\end{document} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:07:37 -0400 +From: norman@bellcore.com (Norman Ramsey) +Subject: Spidery WEB copyright restrictions lifted + +I am pleased to announce that at long last the restrictive copyright +on Spidery WEB has been eased. Spidery WEB may now be used freely for +any purpose, including writing software for profit. I am also pleased +to announce that I am no longer supporting Spidery WEB. (True de +facto for some time, but now true de jure.) Bug fixes and bug reports +should be sent to the copyright holders, ORA Corporation, E-mail +address spider-bugs@oracorp.com. The location at which Spidery WEB is +stored has also changed. Spidery WEB is available by anonymous ftp +from pip.shsu.edu:tex-archive/web/spiderweb. 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This +% style is available from many archives. +% You of course need METAFONT and GFTOPK to generate the pictures. +% (Ask your local wizard for help) +% DRAWING.MF will be generated when you run this file through +% LaTeX the first time. + +\section*{Introduction} +This contribution explains how to use \mf\ for simple drawings. To +make the text shorter, some commands are not described. The reader +is kindly asked to look into this source to see how it was done. + +Nobody can guarantee that \mf\ is exactly what you need. the +simple rules say: +\begin{itemize} +\item Use \TeX\ where \TeX\ is good. +\item Use \mf\ where \mf\ is good. +\item Use other tools where other tools are good. +\end{itemize} +Here you can see examples where \mf\ is good. + +\section*{Why not other packages?} +Though it might look strange I prefer explaining it here. The +selection of tools is more (or less) a matter of personal taste. +But there should be some reasoning behind it. If you want to make +simple drawings, you may choose either MFpic or a similar package +or directly \mf. In either case you must learn some new commands. +However, MFpic supports only a subset of \mf. Later, if you need +more complex pictures, you have to learn a new tool. With \mf\ +it's a bit easier. You just learn some more commands. + +It's not a good practice to reject everything what has been done. +you can find files with \mf\ macros which can be used in a similar +way as \LaTeX\ styles. This can make life much easier. + +\section*{Principle of \lmf\ pictures} +The principle is to make a new font where a picture is some +``character''. When we want to place the picture into the +document, we change the font and type appropriate character. If +the picture is too large or too complex, it is better to divide it +into several characters and overlay them with \verb|\llap| or +\verb|\rlap| commands or simply place the characters in the +correct order (we will see it later). + +[...] + + { Zdenek's complete contribution is stored + as /work/archive/documentation/wagner-drawing.tex + in the UK TeX Archive on ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + which is also mirrored to pip.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) + and ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) + --Ed. } + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:45:15 +0200 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: Re: Some problems with \verb + +Leszek Holenderski writes in TeXhax93/007: + > Dear TeXperts, + > + > Can anybody explain me why the following input: + > + > \documentstyle{article} + > \catcode`\"=\active \def"{\verb"} + > \begin{document} + > Just a test of "verb". + > \end{document} + > + > gives the following error: + > + > This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 + > (test.tex format file: LaTeX with English hyphenation + > (/vol/tex/lib/inputs/article.sty + > Document Style `article' <5 Feb 88> - GMD. + > (/vol/tex/lib/inputs/art10.sty)) (test.aux)) + > Runaway argument? + > verb". \end{document} + > ! File ended while scanning use of \@tempa. + > + > ??? + > + > Leszek (lhol@gmdzi.gmd.de) + +I doesn't happen for me, so your LaTeX is broken. (It is a modified +and out of date version anyway, as the messages show). + +Rainer Sch"opf +LaTeX 2.09 maintenance + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:56:16 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.ist.co.uk> +Subject: Re: Some problems with \verb + +> Can anybody explain me why the following input: +> +> \documentstyle{article} +> \catcode`\"=\active \def"{\verb"} +> \begin{document} +> Just a test of "verb". +> \end{document} +> +> gives the following error: +> +> [stuff deleted] +> +> ??? +> +> Leszek (lhol@gmdzi.gmd.de) + +I cut and pasted your code into a TeX file and it worked!? + +This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 +(scratch.tex +LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 Jan 1988> +(/usr/other/lib/tex/inputs/article.sty +Document Style `article' <5 Feb 88>. +(/usr/other/lib/tex/inputs/art10.sty)) (scratch.aux) [1] (scratch.aux) ) +Output written on scratch.dvi (1 page, 284 bytes). +Transcript written on scratch.log. + +Curiouser and curiouser. + +Jeremy + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:42:48 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.ist.co.uk> +Subject: Re: Concatenating token strings + +> how do I +> force the expansion of \number\Pointer before \CollectInfo grabs the tokens? +> +> Thanks, +> +> Gary Wagman +> wagman@lbl.gov +> (510)486-6610 USA + +This works: + + \newtoks\PhoneItems \PhoneItems = {} + + \def\CollectInfo#1{\PhoneItems\expandafter{\the\PhoneItems#1}} + \def\CollectexpandedInfo{\expandafter\CollectInfo\expandafter} + + \newcount\Pointer \Pointer = 0 + \advance\Pointer by 1 + \CollectexpandedInfo{\number\Pointer} + \advance\Pointer by 1 + \CollectexpandedInfo{\number\Pointer} + \advance\Pointer by 1 + \CollectexpandedInfo{\number\Pointer} + + \showthe\PhoneItems + +This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 +(scratch.tex +> 123. <-------------------------------- Voila! +l.13 \showthe\PhoneItems + +? + +Jeremy C. Henty + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 08:15:03 -0500 +From: "Michael D. Sofka" <mike@morgana.pubserv.com> +Subject: Information about VorTeX. + +I'm looking for information about a program called VorTeX. The +program is TeX built into a two-view (wysiwyg) style editor. The only +reference so far is: + + P. Chen, A Multiple Representation Paradigm for Document + Development, doctoral disertation, Univ. of California, + Berkeley, Calif., 1988. + +A recent [es]mail address for P. Chen would be a start. + +Thank You, + +Michael D. Sofka INTERNET: mike@pubserv.com +Publication Services, Inc. SPRINTNET: +1-518-456-5527 +Albany Research Center. KEYHOLE11: 42 42' 16" N, 73 54' 43" W +102 Steuben Dr., #11 +Guilderland, NY 12084, USA. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:35:52 -0400 +From: phares@math.ias.edu (Dorothea J. Phares) +Subject: Making an index in AMS-LaTeX or LaTeX + + April 29, 1993 + +I'm pretty new to AMS-LaTeX and LaTex, so please excuse +me if my request is not a very informed one. +(However, I've used plain TeX for about five years, +and AMS-TeX for about 3-1/2 years.) +I've used the idx.tex file to generate an index. +However, there is another file which is included with +the LaTeX distribution called makeindex.tex which +(when compiled and printed) gives instructions for +using a PROGRAM called MakeIndex. This program sounds +like it's much more sophisticated and powerful than +idx.tex. But I cannot find +the program anywhere. Does anyone know of this program? +I can't figure out why the instructions for the program would be +included and not the program (or style file, or whatever it +is) itself. +I'v even looked on several archives hoping to find it, +to no avail. +If anyone can help me, please respond directly to: + +phares@math.ias.edu + + Thanks so much, + + Dottie Phares + Secretary + School of Mathematics + Institute for Advanced Study + Princeton, NJ 08540 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 07:52:32 -0500 +From: John Yanos <MEDJOHN@MIZZOU1.bitnet> +Subject: citations + +I have a problem with bibliography citations in Latex. If I cite +multiple references to the same place they come out this: + +I know a lot[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], rather than + +I know a lot[1-9]. + +It seems this could be fixed by manipulating the bbl file by hand, but +that seems way too messy. There must be a macro to fix this? I was +disappointed that pctex didn't know how to do it. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 04 May 1993 10:47:47 +0800 +From: HRECLHW@hkucc.hku.hk +Subject: LaTeX output to HP DeskJet and style for curriculum vitae + +I would be most grateful if any of you could help out with the +following questions: + +1) What is the email address for any LATEX user group in +the USA? I am trying this address I got from a Latex book published +in 1990. Can LATEX documents (with graphic output generated by e.g. +GNUPLOT) be printed on a Hewlett Packard 500 deskjet (inkjet) +printer? If so, where could one get or purchase a copy of the HP +deskjet printer driver? I have been using Latex on a HP Laserjet 3 +printer in the department office and it works fine. However, I am +thinking of buying a deskjet printer for my own personal use. +Unfortunately, not many academics in HongKong use Latex, and those +who use it rely entirely on laserjet printers. + +2) Although Latex is admirably powerful in preparing technical +papers, I find it cumbersome to use it to prepare something simple +like a Curriculum Vitae - e.g. the usual 'Experience' section where +one would like to have something like: + +1987-90 Something here that may extend for several lines but + would like to have this block on the right typeset + and fully left and right justified. + +This can easily be done on a standard wordprocessor, but it is not +clear how one can use Latex efficiently for this. Using a tabular +environment is too clumsy for this. Whereas using a description +environment may not allow one to adjust the spacing between the left +and right blocks. Is there any 'clean' way to do this? + +Thank you in advance for your assistance. + + +Joseph Hun-wei Lee + Dept.of Civil and Structural Engineering + University of Hong Kong + Email: hreclhw@hkucc.bitnet + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 08:33:16 -0500 +From: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu (Ken Clark) +Subject: DVI to "conforming" PostScript + +I've got a 30+ page latex document I can convert +to dvi to postscript and print on my printer. However, +others need access to this document; and not all are able to +print it. The second line of the postscript file reads: + +% This file is a NONconforming PostScript file. + +Is there a way to convert this to a conforming postscript file? + +Thank you. + +Ken Clark + +Biomedical Computer Laboratory ph: 314-362-2135 +Washington University fx: 314-362-0234 +700 S. Euclid Ave. +St. Louis MO 63110 USA em: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Apr 1993 15:07:40 +0000 +From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk +Subject: TeX Users Group 1993 Annual Meeting, July 26--30th, Aston, UK + +************************************** +TeX Users Group 1993 Annual Meeting + +Aston University, Birmingham, UK + +July 26th -- 30th, 1993 +************************************** + +The committee of the TUG '93 conference would like to bring you up to +date with plans for this summer's big TeX meeting at Aston University, +Birmingham, UK. Booking forms were mailed to all TUG members in mid +March, and are now being sent to other user groups. Readers with +Internet access who have not received a form can fetch the file +"booking.tex" using ftp from directory pub/tug93 on ftp.TeX.ac.uk, or +may request it by email from tug93-enquiries@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk. + +IMPORTANT NOTE: we want to encourage a wide participation in this +meeting from all over the world, but we recognize that some people +from countries in economic difficulty will have have problems +obtaining finance. We have therefore set up a bursary fund, to which +anyone can apply for funding to help their attendance at Tug'93. If +you want to come, send in a booking form with a request for financial +help. We will consider all requests at the end of May, and will reply +in the first week of June to inform people of our decisions. If in +doubt, contact us for advise on what we can help with. + +The five magnificent days of TeX conference will include: + + - A first day which includes an introduction TeX to newcomers; bring your + partner and get them to learn your obsession! Plus tutorials and special + sessions for experienced users. + + - A day on typography and design, in conjunction with the DIDOT project. + + - A detailed workshop on LaTeX3. + + - A session on language and font issues. + + - A session on TeX standards and the future developments of TeX and + related software. + + - Discussions of TeX archives. + + - A `problem-solving' panel. + + - Birds-of-a-feather groups. + +Invited speakers include Christina Thiele, the TUG president, the President +of the German TeX User Group, DANTE, and Boguslav Jackowski, the +winner of the `best paper' award at recent conferences in Prague and +Karlsruhe. + +Some highlights from the accepted papers by speakers from around the world +are: + + - The Khmer Script tamed by the Lion (of TeX): Yannis Haralambous + + - Virtual fonts in a production environment: Michael Doob & Craig Platt + + - Readability of math typesetting: David Murphy + + - Russian TeX issues; Looking about and outlook: Irina A Makhovaya + + - Beginners Guide to DSSSL: Martin Bryan + + - A PostScript font installer written in TeX: Alan Jeffrey + + - A versatile TeX device driver: Minato Kawaguti + + - Typesetting Catalan TeXts with TeX: Gabriel Valiente Feruglio + + - Bibliography Prettyprinting and Syntax Checking: Nelson Beebe + + - Syntactic Sugar: Kees van der Laan + +There is a full week of varied TeX courses both before and after +the conference proper, of which full details can be found on the +booking form. + +Socially, we can promise delegates that there will be no dull moments +at TUG '93, with + + - A half-day trip to Shakespeare country, ending with a performance of King + Lear by the Royal Shakespeare Company + + - Evening trips to visit a Chocolate Experience or take part in a bowling + tournament + + - A TeX-related competition with prizes + + - Receptions and banquets + + - The TeX Users Group annual general meeting + +Booking forms returned by May 15th can save 15 pounds ($22.00), and guarantee +a place on the trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. + + +Sebastian Rahtz +spqr@minster.york.ac.uk + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 03 May 1993 15:59:02 +0200 +From: yannis <yannis@gat.citilille.fr> +Subject: TeX and Arabic script Conference Announcement + ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| | +| x x | +| xx xx xxx xxx | +| xx xxx x x | +| xx xx x | +| xx xx xxx xxx | +| x xxxxx xx xx xx x xx xx | +| xx x x xx xx xx xx xx x | +| xx xx x xx xx xx xx xx | +| x xx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx x xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx | +| x xx xx xx xxx | +| xx x x xx xx xxx | +| xxxxxx xxx xx x xx xx | +| x x xx xx xxx | +| x x xx | +| xx x | +| xx xx | +| xx xxx | +| xxxx | +| | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| tK walRat alK"t al`rby t_h wal.gat al_h.t al`rby | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + CONFERENCE ON ``TeX AND THE ARABIC SCRIPT'' + + JOURNEE THEMATIQUE SUR << TeX ET L'ECRITURE ARABE >> + ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | +L'Association Francophone des | The Frenchspeaking TeX Users Group +Utilisateurs de TeX (GUTenberg) et | (GUTenberg) and the National Institute +l'Institut National des Langues et | of Oriental Languages and Civilisations +Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) | of Paris (INALCO) are organizing a +organisent une journee thematique | one-day conference on the theme +sur | + | + << TeX et l'ecriture arabe >> | ``TeX and the Arabic script'' + | +qui aura lieu le | which will be held on + | + mardi 11 mai 1993 de 9h a 17h | Tuesday May 11, 1993, 9:00 -- 17:00 + | +aux Grands Salons de l'INALCO, 2 | at the ``Grands Salons'' of the +rue de Lille, Paris 7e, metro | INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, Paris 7e, +St Germain-des-Pres. | near to subway station St Germain- + | des-Pres. + | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | +Voici le programme preliminaire de | Follows a preliminary program of the +la conference : | conference: + | + 9h00 -- 12h30 | 9:00 -- 12:30 + | + +Ahmad Lakhdar-Ghazal : Le systeme ASV et introduction a l'informatique arabe +==================== ===================================================== + (The Arabic simplified vowelized system and introduction to Arabic + informatics) + +Michel Fanton : Codification et normalisation de l'arabe +============= ======================================== + (Codification and standardization of Arabic script) + +Salem Chaker & Abdellah ElMountassir : Graphie arabe de la langue berbere +==================================== ================================== + (Arabic script of the Berber language) + +Yannis Haralambous : Systemes TeX arabe et berbere dans le domaine public +================== ==================================================== + (Public domain Arabic and Berber TeX systems). + + + | + 12h30 -- 14h30 | 12:30 -- 14:30 + | + Pause de midi | Lunch break + | + 14h30 -- 17h00 | 14:30 -- 17:00 + | + +Klaus Lagally: ArabTeX, latest developments +============= ============================ + (ArabTeX, derniers developpements) + +Alaaddin Al-Dhahir: Calligraphic Techniques in Arabic Font Design +================== ============================================= + (Techniques calligraphiques pour le dessin de polices arabes) + +(sous reserve :) +Ahmed Banaye Yazdipour: ParsiTeX, a TeX implementation developped in Tehran +====================== =================================================== + (ParsiTeX, une implementation arabisee de TeX developpee a Teheran) + +Maurice Laugier : La composition arabe a l'Imprimerie Louis-Jean +=============== ============================================== + (Arabic typesetting at the Louis-Jean printing house) + +Yannis Haralambous : Al Amal, un systeme de composition du Coran, base sur TeX +================== ========================================================= + (Al Amal, a TeX system for typesetting the Holy Quran) + + | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | +La participation a la conference est | Participation to the Conference is +libre. Veuillez ---pour des raisons | free. For organisatory reasons, you +organisatoires--- vous inscrire en | are kindly requested to subscribe +envoyant un message a | yourself by sending a message to + + yannis@gat.citilille.fr + +Les comptes-rendus seront publies | The proceedings will be published as +sous forme de volume special des | a special volume of the ``Cahiers +<< Cahiers GUTenberg >>. | GUTenberg''. + | + Venez nombreux ! | Join us! + | ++---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 03 May 1993 13:12:44 -0400 +From: karl@cs.umb.edu +Subject: OpenWindows icons by Don Knuth available + +Don Knuth designed a bunch of icons for TeX system files for the +OpenWindows FileManager application. + +You can get them by ftp from ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/tex-icons.tar.z. (A +gzipped tar file.) + +He and TUG are registering them with Sun. +He plans to write an article for TUGboat describing them. + +Since I don't use OpenWindows or FileManager myself, I haven't done +anything with them beyond a casual glance. But if you have questions or +suggestions, feel free to ask. + +If you convert the icons to something useful for some other window +system, let me know. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:58:44 +0200 +From: Harald Schlangmann <schlangm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de> +Subject: TeXmenu 4.0 for NeXT + +FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE + +For more information: + + Harald Schlangmann + Tumblingerstrasse 17 Rgb + 8000 Muenchen 2, F. R. G. + e-mail: schlangm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (NeXTMail ok) + + + A N N O U N C I N G + + TeXmenu Version 4.0 + +TeXmenu SUMMARY: + +TeXmenu provides a unified NeXTSTEP front end for Donald Knuth's famous +typesetting system TeX. TeXmenu integrates all the tools needed to use TeX +in one application, i.e. you are no longer forced to handle various tools like +the editor, the previewer, utilities such as spell checkers, and TeX itself +from different applications. TeXmenu offers a powerful project management, +including structure recognition, file handling and project search, thus +providing a convenient way of handling larger multi-file documents. TeXmenu is +designed as an ``open'' application, i.e. it does not depend on any version +specific features of TeX, viewers, editors (and friends) and is widely +customizable. TeXmenu offers services so the user can keep in touch with it +from any other application, get help on LaTeX, translate his/her current +project, any file or even screen selections. When running TeX in the +background TeXmenu alerts the user when an error occurs and offers a +convenient way to jump between the error message and location of the error, as +well as letting the user continue the translation afterwards! + +Distribution is done shareware-like (i.e. you are allowed to copy a +unregistered version provided you're running it in demo-mode) but TeXmenu will +have some annoying ``features'' until you register your copy of it. Similarly, +TeXmenu comes ``shareware priced''. For those who want a good TeX front end +without paying anything for it, TeXmenu version 2.2 remains in the public +domain (although ``donations'' are still accepted). + + +LIST OF SOME NEW FEATURES IN TeXmenu 4.0: + + o Project groups, comparable to NeXTmail's mailboxes: TeXmenu does not + only maintain a global list, it allows you to define groups using + the new filetype ``texpg''. You may group your projects in categories + like Letters, Manuals, Thesis, Papers etc. + + o TeX Page Layout Panel: Interactively generates TeX/LaTeX macro + sequences for your preferred page layout, + + o additional service 'Include PS selection' (thanks Derek!), + + o the Watcher is now working similarly to NeXT's ProjectBuilder: + Click on *any* (LaTeX) warning or error message and the Watcher will + position you at the faulty position in the source-code, + + o same for TeXmenu's Project Find Panel, + + o new Inspectors and grouped Preferences, + + o automatic reparsing of project's structure, user definable interval, + + o drag&drop everywhere, + + o a lot faster VT100(tm) terminal emulation, + + o expanded generalized command execution scheme, you may even use + command line editors like vi for file viewing/editing, or xdvi + for previewing, + + o and *lots* of other fancy improvements. + + +TeXmenu PRICING: + + TeXmenu 4.0 is a free update for all registered TeXmenu 3.0 users! + + For further information, site license pricing, group discounts, and + information relating to payment see Licence.rtf in the demo + distribution or send mail to the address above. + + +FUTURE DEVELOPMENT (BLACK&WHITE): + + NeXTSTEP for Intel Processors will be supported as soon as the + developer environment is available. Further upgrades are planed. + There will be no extra charging on system change. Black hardware + will be supported at least as long as NeXT does with its OS. + + +GIVE IT A TRY! + + o Versions that require NeXTSTEP Release 3.0: + + TeXmenu4.0-English.tar (v4.0, English) + TeXmenu4.0-German.tar (v4.0, German) + TeXmenu4.0.tar (v4.0, English and German) + + o Versions that require NeXTSTEP Release 2.0: + + TeXmenu3.0-2.1.tar (v3.0, English and German) + TeXmenu2.2b.tar (v2.2, English and German, free) + + +TeXmenu 4.0 is available via anonymous ftp, mail server, or from the +address above: + + o Anonymous ftp: + + ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:/pub/next/Text/tex ***first address + ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de:/pub/NeXT/tex + sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions + cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions + + o Mail server: + + Send a message with body + + send next/submissions TeXmenu4.0-English.tar + + to archive-server@cc.purdue.edu. + +Munich (04.04.1993) -- Harald Schlangmann + +All trademarks are used for identification purposes only and are +the rights of their respective holders. + + +SUMMARY: + +TeXmenu version 4.0, available 04.15.1993, shareware priced + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 04 May 1993 00:14:14 -0700 +From: Donald Arseneau <asnd%TRIUMFCL.BITNET@SHSU.edu> +Subject: Announcing new style: shapepar.sty + +About a year ago I made a \diamondpar macro in response to someone's +repeated asking. At the time I hoped to make a \heartpar for Valentine's +day. It didn't get done, but now I have a *general* shaped-paragraph +style, that will do hearts, diamonds, squares, or anything else, in +LaTeX and Plain TeX. It differs from an ordinary \parshape command +because the size is adjusted automatically so that the entire shape +is filled with text. + +I have just sent the file to George Greenwade for inclusion in the +Shsu archives and the CTAN sites. (It is too long to post -- 800 lines). + +Enjoy. + +Donald Arseneau asnd@reg.triumf.ca + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +ftp.tex.ac.uk is also mirrored to pip.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) and +ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) as part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network, and may give better response for subscribers in the +USA and Europe, respectively. + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 8] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.09 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.09 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bda03a4166 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.09 @@ -0,0 +1,892 @@ +TeXhax Digest Thursday, 27 May 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 009 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + BibTeX + Re: DVI to "conforming" PostScript + TeX for Kannada language (South India) + RE: LaTeX output to HP Desk and style for curriculum vitae + Why do my macros work??? + Incompatibility between TeX--XeT and TeX + LaTeX verbatim + Font size for astronomical symbols + Bibliographic software + List Of TeX Tutorials As Of 5.18.93 + OzTeX 1.5 + MakeIndex 2.12 released + making pandora work with MF smode + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sat, 08 May 1993 10:36:52 -0400 +From: peters@sunhp.msrc.sunysb.edu (hpeters) +Subject: BibTeX + + +I am using LaTeX and BibTeX both on a Sun and on a Mac. Unfortunately, +the two BibTeX versions are not compatible, i.e. the ...sty files are +not exchangeable. On the Mac, I am running BibTeX 0.99c v 2.0 (Stanford +TeX project). The BibTeX on the Sun calls itself 0.99c, also, but ... + +What I need is a "natsci.sty" file for the Mac BibTeX (the one from +Unix definitly doesn't work). + +Does anybody have any suggestions? I'd sure appreciate them. + +Hartmut Peters +Marine Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA + +peters@sunhp.msrc.sunysb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 08 May 1993 12:56:45 -0500 +From: mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu +Subject: Re: DVI to "conforming" PostScript + + +Ken Clark writes: +> +> % This file is a NONconforming PostScript file. +> +> Is there a way to convert this to a conforming postscript file? + +I presume that you are using `dvitps'. If so, use the `-C' option, as +documented in the man page. + +I highly recommend `dvipsk', though--Karl Berry's version of `dvips'. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 08:56:58 -0500 +From: "T.N.K.Raju, MD 6-4183" <U40200@UICVM.EARN> +Subject: TeX for Kannada language (South India) + +I am very new to this e-mail and file transfer business; I am interested in +knowing if there is a Tex program for Kannada Language, a south Indian +language. I know that computer programs are apprently available for other +languages, such as Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu etc., but perhaps one for +Kannda must exist somewhere, particularly because Telugu is so close to +Kannda, that if you know one you can easily read the other. Please advice +how I could post notices using this or other systems. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 09:04:18 -0600 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: RE: LaTeX output to HP Desk and style for curriculum vitae + +Joseph Hun-wei Lee writes: + +<*> 2) Although Latex is admirably powerful in preparing technical +<*> papers, I find it cumbersome to use it to prepare something simple +<*> like a Curriculum Vitae - e.g. the usual 'Experience' section where +<*> one would like to have something like: +<*> +<*> 1987-90 Something here that may extend for several lines but +<*> would like to have this block on the right typeset +<*> and fully left and right justified. +<*> +<*> This can easily be done on a standard wordprocessor, but it is not +<*> clear how one can use Latex efficiently for this. Using a tabular +<*> environment is too clumsy for this. Whereas using a description +<*> environment may not allow one to adjust the spacing between the left +<*> and right blocks. Is there any 'clean' way to do this? +<*> +<*> Thank you in advance for your assistance. +<*> +<*> +<*> Joseph Hun-wei Lee +<*> Dept.of Civil and Structural Engineering +<*> University of Hong Kong +<*> Email: hreclhw@hkucc.bitnet + +The following solution is taken from the book written by David J. Buerger: +``LaTeX for Scientists and Engineers'', McGraw-Hill, 1990, ISBN 0-07-008845-4, +page 28--29. It is based upon definition of a custom description list which is +presented in a small example: + +\documentstyle[12pt]{article} +\newcommand{\explabel}[1]{\mbox{#1}\hfil} +\newenvironment{experience}[1]{% +\begin{list}{} + { + \let\makelabel\explabel + \settowidth{\labelwidth}{#1} + \setlength{\leftmargin}{1.1\labelwidth} + } + }{% +\end{list}} + +\begin{document} +\begin{experience}{19XX--XX} +\item[1987--90] +Something here that may extend for several lines but +would like to have this block on the right typeset +and fully left and right justified. +\item[1990--92] +Something here that may extend for several lines but +would like to have this block on the right typeset +and fully left and right justified. +\end{experience} +\end{document} + +The parameter of the ``experience'' environment specifies the widest item. You +can add some more extra characters, e.g. {19XX--XXmmm}, if you wish larger +space between the item and the rest of the text. You can also play with +setting the length of \leftmargin or you can change the typeface of the +``years'' if you redefine \explabel. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 09:05:10 -0600 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: Why do my macros work??? + +Dear TeXperts, + +some time ago I needed in a style file a great many macros of the form: + +\def\macro#1{\def\@macro#1{#1}} + +I did not want to type everything by hand and I needed to put the names of all +those macros into a list macro anyway. So I created the list macro as: + +\def\obj@macros{\do{firstmacro} \do{secondmacro} \do{thirdmacro}} + +By trial and error I designed: + +\def\obj@def#1{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{\@@def{@#1}}} +\def\@@def#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{#2}} + +At the proper moment I used: + +\let\do\obj@def \obj@macros + +This does exactly what I wanted but I do not understand why. Apparently the +second parameter of \@@def is not supplied when I call \obj@macros. + +Please do not tell me that it cannot work. I ran this style file more than +hundred times with different input data and I always got what I expected. The +only problem is that I do not understand it. + +Any explanation will be appreciated. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 17 May 1993 12:55:23 +0100 +From: Martyn Johnson <Martyn.Johnson@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Incompatibility between TeX--XeT and TeX + +The TeX community has been told that Peter Breitenlohner's TeX--XeT is +upwards compatible with TeX proper. Witness the footnote on TTN Vol 1 +No 4 p9 and the statement in the change file which says: + +> (3) therefore TeX--XeT is designed to be used instead of and not in +> addition to TeX and consequently the pool file name is not changed; + +I believe I have found a counterexample, which has caused me to have to +back off from installing TeX--XeT as a replacement for TeX. + +The problem arises because of the extra nodes which get inserted when +paragraphs are broken into lines. The particular case which is causing +trouble is when a formula is broken. A "\mathoff" is inserted before +the \rightskip glue of the first line and a "\mathon" at the beginning +of the next. These nodes are visible if you start unpicking the boxes. + +Consider the following example: + + \setbox0=\vbox{\hsize=3em\noindent$a+b+\penalty-9999c+d$} + \vbox{\unvbox0\setbox1=\lastbox\unskip\unpenalty\setbox1=\lastbox + \unhbox1\unskip\showthe\lastpenalty} + +In ordinary TeX, this shows the value -9999, since the last item on the +first line after the \rightskip glue has been removed with \unskip is +the penalty which caused the line break. TeX--XeT, on the other hand, +shows the value 0, since the penalty is obscured by the inserted +"\mathoff". + +Although this is a contrived example, the problem actually showed up in +some genuine macros. There are some macros for drawing rectangular +category-theory diagrams written by Paul Taylor which use the +technique of using penalty values to communicate information. In +TeX--XeT, these macros break badly, missing out large chunks of the +diagram. + +If this incompatibility cannot be mended, I believe that the claim of +compatibility will have to be withdrawn. This means that TeX--XeT will +have to use a different pool file name. + +I would of course much prefer the incompatibility to be corrected. I +have tried reporting the problem directly to Peter Breitenlohner but +have had no response yet. + +Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk +University of Cambridge Computer Lab +Cambridge UK + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 15:15:54 -0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: LaTeX verbatim + +I'm hacking a LaTeX style-file together for a design that has unindented +paragraphs separated by "a blank line". So I don't want gratuitous blank +lines appearing elsewhere, since it may leave the reader confused about +"Where are the paragraph divisions?". + +As shown in figure 5.3 in the LaTeX manual, list environments typically +start with \topsep + \parskip. The \parskip gives the effect I want to +avoid. I can usually avoid it by hacking together redefined environments. +E.g., a re-defined enumerate with \topsep set to -\parskip seems to be OK +(although there may well be more elegant ways to achieve what I want). + +However, my attempts to hack at verbatim have failed. + +Does anyone happen to have a re-definition of verbatim such that + text text text text + \begin{verbatim} + computerese computerese + \end{verbatim} + text text text text +will be typeset as + text text text text + computerese computerese + text text text text +and not as + text text text text + + computerese computerese + + text text text text + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 17:57:00 +0700 +From: U01105@CCSMVS.U-STRASBG.FR +Subject: Font size for astronomical symbols + +I was generously provided in the past with packages for printing +astronomical symbols in TeX. While they work well under PC-TeX, we have +trouble in implementing them under Unix. + +We got them as 240dpi and the system stubbornly asks them in 300dpi. + +Any hint how to turn this round? While the system takes the closest font +size in other cases, it obviously does not work for these symbols. + +Many thanks in advance for attention and assistance. +AH. + +Prof. Andre HECK -+- * Phone (direct) +33-88.35.82.22 +Observatoire Astronomique * Phone (Secretary) +33-88.35.82.18 +11, rue de l'Universite -+- * Fax (direct) +33-88.49.12.55 +F-67000 Strasbourg * -+- Fax (Secretary) +33-88.25.01.60 +France -+- * * Telex 890506 starobs f + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 09:55:54 -0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Bibliographic software + +Papyrus is a commercial bibliographic database management program, +produced by + Research Software Design, 2718 S. W. Kelly St, Suite 181, + Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. + E-mail: RSD@com.apple.applelink + UK agents: Paul Tharagonnet, European Scientific Software Company, + Britannia Centre, Point Pleasant, Tyne and Wear, NE28 6HQ. + Tel: 091-295 3000 +(I have no financial interest in either firm.) + +The following extract from the READ.ME file for PAPYRUS version 7.0.7 (May +1993) may be of interest. Note the 2 occurrences of "let us know"! + + ---------- +TeX +- --- +TeX has been added to the word processors fully supported by PAPYRUS. We +hope that you TeX users will let us know what you think of the various +choices we have made in our implementation. + +- -> Version 7.0.4 update <- +We have made some improvements to the way PAPYRUS outputs files for +TeX. Also, you can now use the TeX versions of accented letters within +author names. Let us know what else we can do better! + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 18:13:36 -0600 +From: Tundra Tim Daneliuk <tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Subject: List Of TeX Tutorials As Of 5.18.93 + +List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 05.18.93 +============================================ + +Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the +author of such a document and that document is freely available +(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the +information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the +next revision of this list. + +Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise +needs amending, please let me know. + +Thanks to all who have contributed. + +- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: <Title Of Document> +Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date> +Author Name: <Last Name, First Name> +Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> +Size (Bytes): <Or Pages> +Brief Description: <One Line Please> +Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> +Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site> +Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +- ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------- + +Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex +Latest Version: January 1993 +Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} +Author Email Address: Not Available +Size (Bytes): ~40K +Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and + amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed. +Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu: + [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX +Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly + AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the + context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. + + AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? + How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? + + New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection + Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? + How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts + for LaTeX? + + Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? + (Examples.) + + The questions are attempted to be answered from user's + point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros +Latest Version: +Author Name: Jones, David +Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu +Size (Bytes): 367136 +Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros. +Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX. +Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu: + pub/tex/TeX-index +Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all + publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX, + plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop, + etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly + 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.) + The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates + it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: The Components of TeX +Author Name: Joachim Schrod +Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB +Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX + get in contact with. +Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX + for a while and wonder what all those files are good for. +Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de: + pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z +Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: elm.tex (Essential LaTeX Mathematics) +Latest Version: (no version number - only one version) +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 18362 +Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk +Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete + ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX +Latest Version: +Author Name: Doob, Michael +Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca +Size (Bytes): 198589 +Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex. +Intended Audience: Rank beginners. +Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) +Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX +Latest Version: December 16,1992 +Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil +Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu +Size (Pages): 25 +Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of + LaTeX. +Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with + either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. +Distribution Site: Contact author via email or use one of the following: + pip.shsu.edu: tex-archive/documentation/amslatex-primer + ftp.tex.ac.uk: pub/archive/documentation/amslatex-primer + ftp.uni-stuttgart.de: soft/tex/documentation/amslatex-primer + (File Names: amshelp.tex, template.tex) + +Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with + AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. Contains a template + file. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends +Latest Version: +Author Name: Maltby, Gavin +Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za + maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za +Size (Bytes): 150405 +Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers + text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a + reference work, for there are many commands not even + mentioned. Around 80 pages. +Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset + mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX +Distribution Site: To Be Determined +Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, + Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately + polished. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Metafont For Beginners +Latest Version: draft 2, Fri 23 Oct 1992. +Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey +Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au +Size (Bytes): 15252 +Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. +Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users +Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu +Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: Simple drawings with METAFONT (drawing.tex) +Latest Version: April 1993 +Author Name: Wagner, Zdenek +Author Email Address: wagner@csearn.bitnet (preferred) + wagner@earn.cvut.cs +Size (Bytes): 29392 +Brief Description: Simple drawings with MF, inclusion into LaTeX documents +Intended Audience: Slightly advance, knowledge of METAFONTbook not needed +Distribution Site: cs.felk.cvut.cs, [pub.tex.doc]drawing.tex + (user anonymous, password anonymous) +Comments: The documents describes how to make simple drawings with METAFONT + and how to include them in the LaTeX document. The document is + available in the source form which must be run through METAFONT and + LaTeX and printed. The descrobtion is brief so that it is necessary + to look into the source code to see how it was done. To process the + document, ``verbatim.sty'' is required. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: symbols.tex +Latest Version: 2.00 +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 17594 +Brief Description: A listing of all the standard LaTeX math symbols and the + AMS symbols. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk, SHSU, stuttgart +Comments: If used with the NFSS, requires AMSFONTS2.1, and amssymb.sty. If + used without the NFSS, does not show the AMS Fonts. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists +Latest Version: +Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank +Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file) +Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX +Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents. +Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. + The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. + Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help + physicists make use of TeX effectively. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +Regards, + "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk + PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us + OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us + ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra + US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625 + MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 16:34:14 -0500 +From: akt150%au.edu.anu.cscgpo@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: OzTeX 1.5 + +OzTeX 1.5 is now available at the following ftp sites: + + rsphysse.anu.edu.au in pub/oztex/newoztex + ftp.tex.ac.uk in pub/archive/systems/mac/oztex + +(It should also be at midway.uchicago.edu in about a week.) +There's a lot of changes in version 1.5; here are the most significant ones: + +- - OzTeX now has a "big" TeX (32 bit halfwords). The values of + mem_max, mem_top, pool_size and font_mem_size can all exceed 64K. + Other TeX parameter limits have also been increased. + +- - Multiple folders for TeX input files and TFM files are allowed. + +- - OzTeX supports all types of printers (not just PostScript printers). + +- - Non-resident PostScript font files can be downloaded on demand. + +- - OzTeX supports background printing and typesetting. + +- - New keyboard short cuts make it easier to proofread a DVI file. + (E.g., you can hit the space bar to scroll forwards through a document.) + +- - The "OzTeX User Guide" has been updated and expanded. + +- - OzTeX is now shareware. + The shareware fee is AUS$30 for an individual and AUS$150 for a group + (US$30 and US$150 for people or groups outside Australia.) + Both fees are one-time-only payments, covering this release and all + future versions. The group fee covers all members of a user group, + university, company, etc. All earlier versions remain freeware. + More info about the shareware fee is in OzTeX's Help menu. + +Andrew Trevorrow +akt150@huxley.anu.edu.au + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 19:34:41 -0600 +From: Nelson H. F. Beebe"Nelson H. F. Beebe" + <beebe%edu.utah.math@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> +Subject: MakeIndex 2.12 released + +I have just released version 2.12 of MakeIndex. + +This version incorporates additions contributed by Julian F. Reschke +<julian@math.uni-muenster.de> for control of the form of page ranges, +plus new support added by me today for numerous C++ compilers. The +Makefiles have been substantially updated for enhanced portability, +and have been augmented by convenience targets for numerous operating +system and compiler combinations. + +Successful testing has been carried out today on a broad range of +systems listed in the src/README file, including MS DOS, VAX VMS, and +many UNIX variants. + +The new version can be found on ftp.math.utah.edu in the directory +pub/tex/pub/makeindex/2-12 in these files: + +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 132 May 26 19:27 00dir.cmd +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 577 May 26 19:27 00dir.lst +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 132 May 26 19:27 00tdir.cmd +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 585 May 26 19:27 00tdir.lst +lrwxrwxrwx 1 beebe staff 9 May 26 19:03 index -> 00dir.lst +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 446187 May 26 19:03 mi212.trz +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 11187 May 26 19:04 mi212.trz-lst +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 356389 May 26 19:24 mi212.zip +- -rw-r--r-- 1 beebe staff 12832 May 26 19:25 mi212.zip-lst + +The .trz file is a compressed UNIX tar file (== .tar.Z); the same +distribution is available in zip format in the .zip file. + +Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 +Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 581 4148 +Department of Mathematics, 105 JWB Internet: beebe@math.utah.edu +University of Utah +Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:56:07 -0700 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: making pandora work with MF smode + + +The standard mf source files for pandora cannot be used +with smode because they assume that the type of mode +is always numeric (smode defines the type of mode as string). + +The following very minor changes will make smode +work and will in no way alter the actual appearance +of the font. + +*****--------------------------------------------------------**** +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pandor.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:40 1990 +X--- ./pandor.mf Thu Apr 22 16:18:58 1993 +X*************** +X*** 311,318 **** +X z4r{upward} o_t_c cycle; +X ref1'=z1l{left} i_t z2l{downward} i_t z3l{right} i_t z4l{upward} i_t cycle +; +X +X! if mode<>proof:fill ref1; unfill ref1'; +X! else:pickup pencircle; draw ref1; draw ref1'; fi +X enddef; +X +X def o_t=..tension atleast circ1.. enddef; % outer curve tensions +X--- 311,321 ---- +X z4r{upward} o_t_c cycle; +X ref1'=z1l{left} i_t z2l{downward} i_t z3l{right} i_t z4l{upward} i_t cycle +; +X +X! if string mode: fill ref1; unfill ref1'; +X! else: +X! if mode<>proof: fill ref1; unfill ref1'; +X! else:pickup pencircle; draw ref1; draw ref1'; fi +X! fi +X enddef; +X +X def o_t=..tension atleast circ1.. enddef; % outer curve tensions +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnb10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:41 1990 +X--- ./pnb10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:53 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnr10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:41 1990 +X--- ./pnr10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:54 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnsl10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:42 1990 +X--- ./pnsl10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:54 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnss10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:42 1990 +X--- ./pnss10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:55 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnssb10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:42 1990 +X--- ./pnssb10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:56 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pnssi10.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:42 1990 +X--- ./pnssi10.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:57 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input rotext % Roman Text character set +X +X*** /usr2/local/lib/mf/inputs/pntt9.mf Thu Dec 27 20:30:42 1990 +X--- ./pntt9.mf Thu Apr 22 16:36:57 1993 +X*************** +X*** 192,198 **** +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X +X input tttext % Typewriter Text character set +X +X--- 192,201 ---- +X wanted[byte x]:=true; endfor % test these characters +X let iff=always_iff; % tests all chars in the file +X let show_character=draw_outlines; +X! if string mode: let show_character=fill_all; +X! else: +X! if (mode<>proof):let show_character=fill_all;fi +X! fi +X +X input tttext % Typewriter Text character set +X + + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. 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Conformance or non-conformance +will not preclude a file from being printed. It is very likely that there are +other problems with the file. + + Caesar Chavez + Xerox Corp. + El Segundo (CA, USA) + +>------- +> +>Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 08:33:16 -0500 +>From: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu (Ken Clark) +>Subject: DVI to "conforming" PostScript +> +>I've got a 30+ page latex document I can convert +>to dvi to postscript and print on my printer. However, +>others need access to this document; and not all are able to +>print it. The second line of the postscript file reads: +> +>% This file is a NONconforming PostScript file. +> +>Is there a way to convert this to a conforming postscript file? +> +>Thank you. +> +>Ken Clark +> +>Biomedical Computer Laboratory ph: 314-362-2135 +>Washington University fx: 314-362-0234 +>700 S. Euclid Ave. +>St. Louis MO 63110 USA em: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 15:18:41 -0000 +From: Ian.Collier@prg.oxford.ac.uk +Subject: Re: Why do my macros work??? + +On Fri, 14 May 1993 09:05:10 -0600, Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> said: + +>some time ago I needed in a style file a great many macros of the form: + +>\def\macro#1{\def\@macro#1{#1}} + +There is confusion with hash symbols here; from the rest of your article it +seems that the middle "#1" is extra, so that you meant: + +\def\macro#1{\def\@macro{#1}} + +However, this definition can be shortened to: + +\def\macro{\def\@macro} + +because when you type "\macro{some definition}", both the above macros will +expand to the same text, namely "\def\@macro{some definition}". In the +first example, the text between the braces is slurped up by \macro and put +right back in there, whereas in the second example this text is unaffected +by the definition, but remains in there until after "\macro" has been +changed to "\def\@macro". There is just one difference: "\macro x" will in +the first instance define \@macro to expand to "x", whereas it will generate +an error in the second instance. + +>By trial and error I designed: + +>\def\obj@def#1{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{\@@def{@#1}}} +>\def\@@def#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{#2}} + +>This does exactly what I wanted but I do not understand why. Apparently the +>second parameter of \@@def is not supplied when I call \obj@macros. + +The above should now explain why. You have done a similar trick as in the +second definition above, and defined "\obj@def{foo}" to expand to +"\def\foo{\@@def{@foo}}". This makes "\foo{bar}" expand first to +"\@@def{@foo}{bar}" and then to "\def\@foo{bar}". You could shorten your +\@@def further in a similar manner by omitting the #2 on the left and {#2} +on the right. + +Ian Collier + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 11:23:29 +0200 +From: Andre HECK <heck@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr> +Subject: Metafont DOS/Unix + +Could anyone tell me whether fonts generated by Metafont under DOS (for +instance with pcMF) would work under Unix? If not, could I be pointed +to a source for a Unix metafont? + +Many thanks in advance. +A. Heck. + +Prof. Andre HECK -+- * Phone (direct) +33-88.35.82.22 +Observatoire Astronomique * Phone (Secretary) +33-88.35.82.18 +11, rue de l'Universite -+- * Fax (direct) +33-88.49.12.55 +F-67000 Strasbourg * -+- Fax (Secretary) +33-88.25.01.60 +France -+- * * Telex 890506 starobs f + +Please note that the use (whenever possible) of the "direct" (private) +fax above might be more efficient than e-mail. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1993 11:30:21 -0000 +From: "Dr. Mark Edwin Hall" <fscimeh@chulkn.chula.ac.th> +Subject: METAPOST + +In his documentation on DVIPS, Tomas Rokicki mentions that it has +support for METAPOST. Could someone please explain briefly what +METAPOST is, and how I might be able to get a copy? Thanx. + +Mark Hall + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 14:49:45 +0100 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@mips.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: METAPOST + +"Dr. Mark Edwin Hall" writes [3 Jun 1993 11:30:21 -0000]: + + > In his documentation on DVIPS, Tomas Rokicki mentions that it has + > support for METAPOST. Could someone please explain briefly what + > METAPOST is, and how I might be able to get a copy? Thanx. + +METAPOST is a version of METAFONT developed by John Hobby to generate +PostScript output instead of the traditional bitmapped Generic Font +format, described in J.D.Hobby (1989), "A METAFONT-like System with +PostScript Output", TUGboat 10(4), 505--512. I have a vague +recollection that METAPOST has subsequently become available, but +can't find the announcement in my mail folders; you might like to mail +John <hobby@research.att.com> for more details. + +Some other references covering METAFONT and PostScript are + +Toby Thain (1992), "Packing METAFONTs into PostScript", TUGboat 13(1), +36--38. + +Shimon Yanai and Daniel Berry (1990), "Environment for Translating +METAFONT to PostScript", TUGboat 11(4), 525--541. + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1993 16:06:01 +0100 +From: macallstr@v1.ph.ox.ac.uk (John Macallister) +Subject: Latest complete TeX for VAX and Alpha VMS? + +Where can I obtain the latest (complete) version of TeX for + VAX and Alpha (if available) VMS? +Also does anyone know of an E-mail address for Maria Code? +John + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1993 17:59:03 +0700 +From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG@TECHNION.TECHNION.AC.IL> +Subject: Barcode font and OCR + +The barcode font by Dimitri Vulis is missing the header/trailer character +without which my TPS barcode optical character reader does not work. +Characters < and > were added so that for example <0123456789> is correctly +read. Note that < and > are the same barcode glyph. +Vulis's font with this small extension will be sent on request. + + Jacques Goldberg phr00jg@technion.technion.ac.il + +PS: the header/trailer character is +black_naro white_wide black_naro white_naro black_wide +white_naro black_wide white_naro black_naro white_naro +in Vulis's language, if you prefer to upgrade the font yourself. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 14:47:08 -0400 +From: Karl Berry <karl@edu.umb.cs> +Subject: fontname 1.5/utopia 1.0/modes 0.13/urwfonts 1.0 + +I've updated some of font-related TeX distributions. + +The font naming scheme (to version 1.5), +the Adobe Utopia and Bitstream Charter fonts (version 1.0), +modes.mf (version 0.13), +and a new distribution, the fonts URW donated to Ghostscript. + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{fontname,utopia,urwfonts.tar.z,modes.mf} + +Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of +compress. + +Adobe/Charter changes: match the latest dvips[k]. + + +Fontname changes: + +The changes since version 1.4 are minimal: a couple of additional +typefaces, variants, and sources. + +I also made two incompatible changes: 1) source `u' is now for URW instead +of `user'. The latter seemed of dubious utility, and URW has +contributed four fonts to the world (ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/urwfonts.tar.z). + +2) Plantin is now pn instead of pi. Apparently most people were using +pn anyway, and since it was free ... + + +modes.mf changes: + +New modes for the Canon EX, QMS 1700, LPS 20, and Xerox Docutech +devices, and a `null' mode to make only a TFM file. + + +As always, thanks to the contributors. + + +Let me know if you have questions or suggestions. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 15:51:39 -0500 +From: "Evan L. Antworth 214/709-3346" <evan.antworth@sil.org> +Subject: HyperBibTeX 0.9.7 + +HyperBibTeX + +HyperBibTeX is a Macintosh HyperCard application for managing +bibliography databases in a format compatible with BibTeX (as +defined in Lamport's LaTeX book and Patashnik's document +"BibTeXing"). A HyperBibTeX bibliography stack can be created +either by manually making new cards or by importing an existing +.BIB file. When you want to make a bibliography for a document, you +simply export selected cards from the stack to a .BIB file and +process it with BibTeX. + +HyperBibTeX's features include: + +* All fields of BibTeX's thirteen entry types (Book, Article, +Proceedings, etc.) are supported. In addition, there are built-in +fields for Annote, Keywords, Location, and ISBN. + +* Authority lists are kept for fields with repetitive +information (Author, Journal, Publisher, etc.). New data typed into +these fields are checked against the authority lists; or you can +fill in a field by simply clicking on an item from the appropriate +authority list. + +* Abbreviations are supported: they can be used in fields, are +verified by the authority lists, and are imported and exported. +Note however that concatenated abbreviations (introduced in version +0.99b of BibTeX) are not supported. + +* There are commands for systematically checking the validity +and integrity of the stack, including Check Keys, Find Duplicates, +and Verify Field. + +* A stack can be sorted on any of the major fields (Key, Entry +Type, Author, Journal, Year, etc.). + +* A stack can be searched using HyperCard s Find function. The +search can be limited to a selected field. + +* Cards can be marked (or unmarked) individually or by using +the Find function. You can then navigate just the marked cards in a +stack or export just the marked cards. + +* There are two special pop-up windoids: one for entering an +annotation (Annote field) and another for user-defined fields +(entered directly in BibTeX syntax). + +* There is an Index windoid that lists the Keys of the cards in +the stack (either all cards or just selected ones); clicking on a +card's Key in the windoid takes you to that card. + +HyperBibTeX requires HyperCard version 2; version 2.1 is recommended +because of its superior error handling. It should run fine under +system 6, but the Balloon Help facility requires system 7. It also +runs under HyperCard Player. + +HyperBibTeX version 0.9.7, released on 3-May-93, is an upgrade that +fixes various bugs (including a serious bug in version 0.9.5) and +adds a number of new improvements and features. If you are +presently using an older version of HyperBibTeX, I strongly +recommend that you upgrade to version 0.9.7. + +HyperBibTeX is freeware and is available by anonymous FTP from: + +mac.archive.umich.edu: +/mac/hypercard/organization/hyperbibtex0.97.sit.hqx + +sumex-aim.stanford.edu: +/info-mac/card/hyper-bib-tex-097.hqx + +midway.uchicago.edu +/pub/OzTeX/bibtex/hyperbibtex097.hqx + +Or you can order HyperBibTeX on diskette ($5 to addresses in the U.S., +$7 elsewhere) from: + +International Academic Bookstore +7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road +Dallas, TX 75236 +U.S.A. +Internet e-mail: academic.books@sil.org +phone: 214/709-2404 +fax: 214/709-2433 + +Send all correspondence about HyperBibTeX to: + +Evan Antworth +Academic Computing Department +Summer Institute of Linguistics +7500 W. 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Shudde" <0024P@NAVPGS.EARN> +Subject: METAFONT memory usage - position dependency + +Recently I ran into a curious Metafont situation. I had created a +series of 36 characters (all 40 pt in height) using the emTeX version +of Metafont (Version 2.0 [3a]). I then changed the size to 60 pt to +create a larger set, but got the dreaded, "METAFONT capacity exceeded, +sorry [main memory size=65531]," error message while the 29th +character was being generated. + +The program is set up so that each symbol is in a separate file which +starts with a <beginchar(...);> statement and ends with an <endchar;> +statement. A driver program sets up initial housekeeping and then +inputs each of the symbol files in turn. What I did next was add a +<showstats;> statement between each of the input statements, go back +to the 40 pt size, and rerun the program to generate the log file to +see which of the characters was chewing up memory and then try to +clean those particular files. I did what I thought was a pretty good +cleanup job, and then regenerated the characters again. To my dismay, +the new log file was identical to the old file---all of my cleanup had +done nothing! + +The next thing I thought of was to generate the offending characters +before any of the other characters with the hope that I might find +something that they had in common (or lacked in common). After +rerunning, I discovered from the log file that I had gained a little +memory. That is, after the 36th symbol was generated I had a little +bit more memory "untouched" than in the previous run. I repeated this +process several times, moving the input of files that seemed to cause +increased memory usage up to the top. Curiously enough, some of the +files that previously caused increased memory usage no longer did. +After about five such iterations it appeared that I had gained enough +memory to be able to generate the characters at 60 pt, and it turned +out that this was true. All 36 characters were created at 60 pt +without a hitch. + +Sorry that this has been so long winded, but my primary question is, +"why is total memory requirement of Metafont dependent upon the order +in which the characters are generated?" Also, why isn't the memory +between the <beginchar(...);> and <endchar;> reallocated to the memory +pool since, presumably, once you've generated a character you're +through with that section of code? (Or maybe there is a way to return +the memory to the unused memory pool that I'm not aware of.) Finally, +is there some better parameter to dump to the log file (incidently, +the "string usage" readout that comes with <showstats;> was identical +on all runs) than <showstats;>? Any and all comments will be much +appreciated. + +R. H. Shudde +Bitnet: 0024p@navpgs +Internet: 0024p@vm1.cc.nps.navy.mil + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 17:13:39 -0700 +From: Dean Guenther <GUENTHER@TIGGER.CSC.WSU.EDU> +Subject: New ftp procedures for VM/CMS TeX + +There are now new procedures to ftp VM/CMS TeX and utilities. You now log into +the anonymous account as follows: + + + FTP wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu + logon anonymous + cd tex.191 + +Dean Guenther Internet: guenther@tigger.csc.wsu.edu +Washington State University Bitnet: guenther@cougar +Pullman, WA. 99164-1220 AT&T: 509 335-0433 + fax: 509 335-0540 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 20:07:27 -0700 +From: "Ethan V. Munson" <munson@acacia.CS.Berkeley.EDU> +Subject: Why \markboth{}{} used in standard LaTeX report style? + +I'm the current maintainer of the ucthesis style (for University of +California dissertations), which is based closely on the standard +LaTeX report style. I asked this question of the comp.text.tex USENET +newsgroup but got no reply. So, I'm now trying TeXhax. + +One user of the ucthesis style wanted to put the text "Draft" on every +page and tried to use the \markboth command to do so. It didn't work +because the definition for \part invokes + + \markboth{}{} + +which overrode the user's \markboth. Is there an important reason why +the report style does this? It seems to me that the user is trying to +do something very reasonable and I don't see why it shouldn't be +possible. So, I'm sorely tempted to remove the \markboth from the +definition of \part in the ucthesis style. + +Thanks for your help, + +Ethan Munson +munson@cs.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 09:36:44 -0000 +From: Martin Ward <Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk> +Subject: QED command + +I recently decided I wanted a marker to denote the end of a proof. +Digging around in my style file archive I came up with a macro by +Paul Vojta (vojta@guinness.ias.edu) (vintage May 1990), based on +p. 106 of the TeXbook. I have modified this to work in three different +situations in LaTeX: + (1) At the end of a text paragraph + (2) Inside the LaTeX displayed equation brackets \[...\] + (3) After the last equation in a LaTeX eqnarray (just before the + \end{eqnarray} command). + +Below is an example file illustrating the three cases. + +Comments, criticism, bugs, fixes etc. are welcome. + + Martin. + +JANET: Martin.Ward@uk.ac.durham Internet (eg US): Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk +or if that fails: Martin.Ward%uk.ac.durham@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk +or even: Martin.Ward%DURHAM.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU +BITNET: Martin.Ward%durham.ac.uk@UKACRL UUCP:...!uknet!durham!Martin.Ward + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CUT HERE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% qed.sty: a LaTeX style for putting a symbol to mark the end of a proof. +%% Copyright 1993 Martin Ward +%% Email: Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk +%% or: Martin.Ward%DURHAM.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU +%% +%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +%% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +%% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +%% (at your option) any later version. +%% +%% This style file defines a command \qed which displays a "QED symbol" +%% (by default, a black rectangle) at the right margin. +%% It is designed to be placed at the end of a mathematical proof. +%% It works in three different situations: +%% (1) At the end of a text paragraph +%% (2) Inside the LaTeX displayed equation brackets \[...\] +%% (3) After the last equation in a LaTeX eqnarray (just before the +%% \end{eqnarray} command). +%% +%% In cases (1) and (3), no extra vertical space should appear. +%% In case (2) the vertical space after the equation is removed and +%% a new paragraph started (does anyone have a fix for this?) +%% Note: it doesn't work inside \begin{equation}...\end{equation}. +%% +%% If \[ \matrix ... \endmatrix \qed \] doesn't work, then try +%% \[ \qed \matrix ... \endmatrix \] The latter approach will always work, +%% although it is more wasteful of processing time. +%% +\def\qedsymbol{\vrule width.6em height.5em depth.1em\relax} +\def\qed{\ifx\\\@eqncr\let\next\eqnarrayqed\else + \ifmmode\let\next\eqnqed\else + \let\next\textqed\fi\fi\next} +\def\eqnqed#1\]{\belowdisplayskip\z@\belowdisplayshortskip\z@ + \postdisplaypenalty\@M\relax#1 + \]\par{\lineskip\z@\baselineskip\z@\vbox to\z@{\vss\noindent\textqed}}} +\def\textqed{{\unskip\nobreak\hfil\penalty50\hskip2em\null\nobreak\hfil + \qedsymbol\parfillskip\z@\finalhyphendemerits0\par}} +\def\eqnarrayqed{\\\noalign{\vspace{-\jot}% + {\lineskip\z@\baselineskip\z@% + \vbox to\z@{\vss\noindent\textqed}}% + \vspace{-\baselineskip}}} +\endinput +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CUT HERE TOO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\documentstyle[qed]{article} + +\begin{document} + +Some well-known facts: +\begin{eqnarray*} +1+1 &=& 2 \\ +2+2 &=& 4 +\qed +\end{eqnarray*} +This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph +of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a +paragraph of text. +This is an equation: +\[ +1+1=2\qed +\] +This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph +of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a +paragraph of text. +\qed +This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph +of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a paragraph of text. This is a +paragraph of text. + +\end{document} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 12:36:08 +0200 +From: sven@ling.gu.se (Sven Stroemqvist) +Subject: BIBTeX + +Hi, +is there a BIBTeX macro for the kind of +style sheet Lawrence Erlbaum Publ. requires? +Would anybody know? +regards, +Sven Stromqvist +Dept of linguistics +Univ of Goteborg, Sweden +sven@ling.gu.se + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 14:54:35 -0700 +From: pss@maxwell.esd.ray.com (Peter Simon x3726) +Subject: psnfss smallcaps problem + +Greetings, TeXnicians! + +I recently obtained the psnfss macros from ftp.shsu.edu and +am experiencing a problem with Small Caps versions of the +Postscript fonts: +After running psnfss.tex through LaTeX, I submitted the +resulting psnfss.dvi file to dvips, which complained that +font pplrc was missing. I checked, and both pplrc.tfm and +pplrc.vf were included in the distribution and correctly +installed. It seems that the problem is that there +is no entry for pplrc in the psfonts.map file which +is consulted by dvips for mapping short TeX names +to actual Postscript names. Looking further, +I found that there were {\em no} entries describing +any Small Caps versions of fonts. A bit more +investigation revealed to me that this is probably +because distinct Small Caps versions of fonts do not exist--- +they are created from other typefaces by performing +Postscript tricks with scaling. + +I don't know how to perform such a trick. Could someone +please tell me how, or better yet, send me the +entries from your psfonts.map file which describe the +Small Caps fonts, along with any Postscript code which +they invoke? (I presume the latter is to be placed +in the file texps.pro?) + +Thanks, + +Peter S. Simon +Raytheon ESD, Dept 9282 +6380 Hollister Ave. +Goleta, CA 93117, USA + +pss@coulomb.esd.ray.com + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 20:09:13 +0000 +From: mfchen@eagle.fsl.noaa.gov (MFChen) +Subject: Free tex and latex + +Where I can get free and easy-to-installed tex and latex? + +- -Nick + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 18:21:52 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: LaTeX3 public documents available + +***Documents related to the LaTeX3 project*** + +This collection of documents will contain papers from the core project +team and from other volunteers. Some will be progress reports, others +will be outlines of work which needs to be done and, as the project +develops, there will be definitive papers describing aspects of the +new system. + +All these documents are being made public to encourage you to find out +more about the project and to foster constructive comments and further +ideas. One of the files, LTX3PUB.BIB, contains a BibTeX-style list of +all the public LaTeX3 documents in the collection. Each file also has +a header containing bibliographic information. + +In addition to these documents, the collection will also contain style +files: some of these are needed only for particular documents as they +enable the author to describe a particular subject; but some will be +main styles and style options for whole classes of documents in the +collection. At present there is just one of these: L3MS001.STY (MS = +main style). This is the main style of all the documents currently in +the collection. It is an adaptation of the standard ARTICLE.STY; it +produces a cover sheet and running heads/foots using information +extracted from the file header. + +At present, in addition to l3ms001.sty, the following files are available: +==================================================================== + filename = "l3d001.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley", + doc-group = "Project core team", + title = "The {\LaTeX3} Project", + version = "1.02", + date = "02 April 1993", + time = "22:47:45 GMT", + status = "public, official", + abstract = "This is a brief sketch of the \LaTeX3 + Project: background, history, principles, + aims and functionality. + + The new version of \LaTeX{} is, like the + current version, a freely available system + for automated processing of structured + documents, formatting them to the highest + typographic standards by use of the \TeX{} + typesetting software. + + Although its uses include a very large + range of published documents, the + importance of its unsurpassed ability to + format mathematical formulas will not be + forgotten in producing the new version. + + It is being produced by an international + group of volunteers under the technical + direction of Frank Mittelbach.", + note = "submitted to the Euromath bulletin", +==================================================================== + filename = "l3d003.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley", + doc-group = "Project core team", + title = "{\LaTeX3} Projektwoche in Mainz", + version = "1.02", + date = "02 April 1993", + time = "22:47:23 GMT", + status = "public, official", +==================================================================== + filename = "l3d004.txt", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley", + doc-group = "Project core team", + title = "The {\LaTeX3} Project; Report 1991--92", + version = "1.00", + date = "01 April 1993", + time = "13:37:20 GMT", + status = "public, official", + abstract = "This report describes the current + activities of the \LaTeX3 project. + After a short project overview, the + major events of 1991 and 1992 are + described. Finally the project plan for + 1993 is presented. + ", + project-address = "LaTeX3 Project \\ + c/o Dr. Chris Rowley \\ + The Open University \\ + Parsifal College \\ + Finchley Road \\ + London NW3 7BG, England, UK", + project-tel = "+44 71 794 0575", + project-FAX = "+44 71 433 6196", + project-email = "LTX3-Mgr@SHSU.edu", + copyright = "Copyright (C) 1993 LaTeX3 Project + and Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley. + All rights reserved. + + Permission is granted to make and distribute + verbatim copies of this publication or of + coherent parts from this publication provided + this copyright notice and this permission + notice are preserved on all copies. + + Permission is granted to copy and distribute + translations of this publication or of + individual items from this publication into + another language provided that the translation + is approved by the original copyright holders. + + No other permissions to copy or distribute this + publication in any form are granted and in + particular no permission to copy parts of it + in such a way as to materially change its + meaning.", + generalinfo = "To subscribe to the LaTeX3 discussion list: + + Send mail to + + listserv@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de + + with the following line as the body of the + message (substituting your own name): + + subscribe LaTeX-L First-name Surname + + to find out about volunteer work, + look at the document in the file + VOL-TASK.TEX, which can be obtained + electronically." +==================================================================== + filename = "vt02d01.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Daniel Flipo", + doc-group = "Volunteer Task VT02", + title = "Validation of {\LaTeX}~2.09 + as part of the {\LaTeX3} project", + version = "1.02", + date = "25 March 1993", + time = "17:21:04 MET", + status = "public, contributed", + author-email = "flipo@alea.citilille.fr", + author-address = "Daniel Flipo, UFR de Math\'ematiques B\^at M2, + Universit\'e des Sciences et Technologies + F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex", + abstract = "This is both a call for volunteers to help + us in validating \LaTeX~2.09 (one of the + tasks of the \LaTeX3 project), and a brief + explanation of the kind of work to be done + in this area. ", + keywords = "Validation, LaTeX", +==================================================================== + filename = "vt05d01.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Ed Sznyter", + doc-group = "Volunteer task VT05", + title = "Research on Syntax for Tables", + version = "1.02", + date = "02 April 1993", + time = "22:48:49 GMT", + status = "public, contributed", + author-email = "ews@babel.babel.com", + abstract = "This is a preliminary overview of the direction + for further research on tables. Much research + remains to be done; in particular, the + bibliography needs to be expanded, especially + to include input from graphic designers and + SGML users. + + Commonly requested features are listed, but + more are needed. Because of limitations in + \TeX\ and the small systems it must run on, + many capabilities necessary for high-quality + typesetting are unmanageable or must be + relegated to optional substyles. Nonetheless, + this list should include even functions we can + not implement, if only to document the reasons.", + keywords = "Tables.Syntax", +==================================================================== + filename = "vt11d01.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Mike Piff", + doc-group = "Volunteer task VT11", + title = "Backus-Naur form in {\LaTeX3}", + version = "1.03", + date = "02 April 1993", + time = "22:49:47 GMT", + status = "public, contributed.", + author-email = "M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk", + author-address = "Department of Pure Mathematics \\ + University of Sheffield \\ + Hicks Building \\ + Hounsfield Road \\ + SHEFFIELD S3 7RH \\ + England", +==================================================================== + filename = "vt16d01.tex", + archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]", + author = "Rolf Lindgren", + doc-group = "Volunteer task VT16", + title = "Preliminary report on {\LaTeX} style + options to be converted to {\LaTeX3}", + version = "1.02", + date = "02 April 1993", + time = "22:53:48 GMT", + status = "Public, contributed.", + author-email = "rolfl@ulrik.uio.no", +==================================================================== + filename = "bnf.sty", + version = "1.05", + date = "09 Feb 1993", + time = "15:16:48 BST", + author = "Mike Piff", + address = "Dr M. J. Piff + University of Sheffield + Department of Pure Mathematics + Hicks Building + Hounsfield Road + SHEFFIELD S3 7RH + England", + codetable = "ISO/ASCII", + telephone = "+44 742 824431", + email = "M.Piff@shef.ac.uk (Janet)", + keywords = "Backus,Naur,syntax,grammar", + supported = "yes", + docstring = "A style option to LaTeX for producing + Backus-Naur Form syntax notation.", +==================================================================== + filename = "vol-task.tex", + version = "6.2a", + date = "30 April 1993", + time = "13:42:19.55 CDT", + list-manager = "George D. Greenwade", + address = "Department of Economics and Business Analysis + College of Business Administration + P. O. 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I am not +a root user but have enough filespace to try and install LaTeX +under my account on a SPARCstation IPX. Any suggestions will be +greatly appreciated. I have started by looking within ftp.uu.net +for information and I have never installed LaTeX, would this be +the best place to start? Many have tried to discourage me from +building LaTeX from scratch, since I have never done it. + +Thank you, + +- -Ivan Maldonado (ivan@clt13bi.der.edf.fr) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1993 16:24:34 +0100 +From: Richard Kaye <kaye@vax.ox.ac.uk> +Subject: problem with harvard.sty/latex + +PLEASE HELP! + +I am getting incomprehensible error messages from LaTeX, using harvard.sty. +The problem is when I use a cedilla in someone's name. It happens to be +a Polish cedilla-e, but the same problem happens if I try cedilla-c. + +It tells me I never defined \unbox (which is true, I didn't :-) and gets screwe +d +up with ## and #1. The following are the files produced from + + LATEX TEST + BIBTEX TEST + LATEX TEST + LATEX TEST + +The errors occur on the very last pass. Can anyone help please? Sorry there's +so much junk to follow, but I thought \tracingmacros=1 might help. + +Thanks for your help, Richard (Kaye) + +%=============================test.tex======================================= + +\documentstyle[harvard]{article} +\title{test} +\begin{document} +\bibliographystyle{dcu} +\tracingmacros=1 +\cite{WW:Bp} +\tracingmacros=0 +\bibliography{test} +\end{document} + +%=============================test.bib======================================= + +@ARTICLE{WW:Bp, + AUTHOR = {W{\c e}glorz, B.}, + TITLE = {On $\omega_{0}$-categoricity of powers}, + YEAR = 1969, + JOURNAL = {Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. S\'er. Sci. Math. Astron. + Phys.}, + VOLUME = 17, + PAGES = {195--199} } + +%=============================test.aux======================================= + +\relax +\bibstyle{dcu} +\citation{WW:Bp} +\bibdata{test} +\harvardcite{WW:Bp}{W{\pc e}glorz}{W{\pc e}glorz}{1969} + +%=============================test.bbl======================================= + +\begin{thebibliography}{xx} + +\harvarditem[W{\c e}glorz]{W{\c e}glorz}{1969}{WW:Bp} +W{\c e}glorz, B. (1969). +\newblock On $\omega_{0}$-categoricity of powers, {\em Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. + S\'er. Sci. Math. Astron. Phys.} {\bf 17}:~195--199. + +\end{thebibliography} + +%===LOG FILE==================test.lis======================================= + +This is TeX, Version 3.141 [OUCS VMS 3.4] (preloaded format=lplain 92.12.3) 2 +JUL 1993 16:11 +**test +(FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]TEST.TEX;7 +LaTeX Version 2.09 <18 March 1992> +(FS12:[OX_STD_TEX.TEX.INPUTS]ARTICLE.STY;5 +Standard Document Style `article' <14 Jan 92>. +(FS12:[OX_STD_TEX.TEX.INPUTS]ART10.STY;6) +\c@part=\count79 +\c@section=\count80 +\c@subsection=\count81 +\c@subsubsection=\count82 +\c@paragraph=\count83 +\c@subparagraph=\count84 +\c@figure=\count85 +\c@table=\count86 +) +(FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]HARVARD.STY;1 harvard bibliography,) +(FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]TEST.AUX;2) + +[...] +! Illegal parameter number in definition of \b@WW:Bp. +<to be read again> + \crcr +\oalign ...z@skip \lineskip .25ex\ialign {##\crcr + #1\crcr }} +\pc ...x \z@ \crcr \hidewidth \char 24\hidewidth } + }\fi +\bha@WW:Bp ->W{\pc e + }glorz +<argument> ...eb }{\csname bha@\@citeb \endcsname + } +\@ifundefined ...me #1\endcsname \relax #2\else #3 + \fi +[...] +l.6 \cite{WW:Bp} + +? +! Undefined control sequence. +<argument> \unbox + \z@ \crcr \hidewidth \char 24\hidewidth +\oalign ...skip \lineskip .25ex\ialign {##\crcr #1 + \crcr }} +\pc ...x \z@ \crcr \hidewidth \char 24\hidewidth } + }\fi +\bha@WW:Bp ->W{\pc e + }glorz +<argument> ...eb }{\csname bha@\@citeb \endcsname + } +\@ifundefined ...me #1\endcsname \relax #2\else #3 + \fi +[...] +l.6 \cite{WW:Bp} + +? + +\hidewidth ->\hskip \hideskip + +\hidewidth ->\hskip \hideskip +(FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]TEST.BBL;1) [1 + +] (FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]TEST.AUX;3) ) + +Output written on FS38:[KAYE.DUGALD.FINAL]TEST.DVI;3 (1 page, 680 bytes). + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1993 11:40:35 -0400 +From: Ali Taalebi <taalebi@gel.ulaval.ca> +Subject: latex for PC + +Where can find a Latex which can be run on a PC? + +Thanks. +Regrads, + + __ _ M. Ali Taalebinezhaad, + Email: taalebi@gel.ulaval.ca + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 10:11:41 -0400 +From: isaacsl@pluto.crd.ge.com (Lisa Isaacs) +Subject: LaTeX documentation: FTP site? + +All, + +I do not use LaTeX, but am a Systems Administrator whose users +do use LaTeX. We have recently had requests for copies of +documentation. I tried to ftp to librea.stanford.edu (which +was listed in the readme file in our LaTeX directory (which +I didn't install in the first place)), but I got an +"unknown host" error. + +Can anyone tell me where I can ftp a copy of the/some/any +documentation? + +Please respond in email as I don't read this group and am +not subscribed to the mailing list. + +Any help you can give me would be much appreciated! + +Thanks, + +Lisa M. Isaacs +Systems Administrator +General Electric CR & D +Phone: (518)387-7460 +Email: isaacsl@pluto.crd.ge.com + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 17:55:59 -0400 +From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> +Subject: re: Why \markboth{}{} used in standard LaTeX report style? + +Ethan V. Munson asks why \part in the standard report style invokes +\markboth{}{}, which wipes out a "Draft" header that a user was trying to +place on every page of a document produced with "ucthesis", which is based +on "report". + +The answer is obvious if viewed in the right context: In the "headings" page- +style, you really want this, since otherwise any chapter/section information +left over from the previous part might "leak over" into the new part - if, for +example, there is some information about the new part before a \chapter is +issued. The \markboth has no effect if the pagestyle is "plain" or "empty". + +Support for the "myheadings" style, which the user is presumably trying to +use, is somewhat shakey. There are a number of places in the standard styles, +mainly having to do with sectioning, in which the code just assumes that it +can play around with the headings and the page style as it wishes. This is +one of them. (Note that \chapter, \section, and \subsection also change the +page marks. This is done through a level of indirection using the \XXXmark +commands, which are no-ops in "myheadings". There should have been a +\partmark command defined and used the same way....) + +One quick hack solution would be to define "\setdraft" (or whatever you want +to call it) as "\markboth{Draft}{Draft}\def\markboth#1#2{}". + + -- Jerry + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 11:53:35 -0500 +From: robinson@atax.eng.uab.edu (John M. Robinson) +Subject: ? intro to Tex on DOS + +I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get started using Tex. +Accordingly, I would like to acquire a Tex interpreter for my +486 at home. + +Thanks +- -- +JOHN ROBINSON | Internet : robinson@atax.eng.uab.edu +University of Alabama at Birmingham | + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 23:30:54 -0500 +From: "Michael P. Chandler" <mpc1@Ra.MsState.Edu> +Subject: defining/specifying other fonts... + +someone sent me a latex file....after conversion how +can i specify..in either file..another font..?? + +please respond thru email : mpc1@ra.msstate.edu + +thanx in advance... + +below are clips of my frustration... + +mpc1% latex dc.tex +This is TeX, C Version 3.0 +Sorry, I can't find that format; will try the default. +I can't find the default format file! + +mpc1% xdvi dc.dvi & +[1] 712 +mpc1% Can't find font cmbx10. +Can't find font cmbx12. +Can't find font cmr12. +xdvi: Not all pixel files were found + +[1] Exit 1 xdvi dc.dvi + +mpc1% more dc.tex + +\documentstyle[12pt]{article} + +\setlength{\textwidth}{5.94in} +\setlength{\textheight}{8.9in} +\setlength{\topmargin}{-0.3in} +\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.25in} +\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.25in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0.4in} +\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} + + +\begin{document} + +\begin{center} +{\Large \bf Name header \\ Travel Authorization} +\end{center} + +\thispagestyle{empty} + +\noindent{\bf Date:}\\ +{\bf Requestor:}\\ +{\bf Authorized Signature:} (phone) +\vspace{.2in} + +\noindent{\bf Expense Code:} +\vspace{.2in} + +\noindent{\bf Travel Purpose:} +\vspace{.2in} + +\noindent{\bf Arrival Date and Time:}\\ +{\bf Departure Date and Time:} +\vspace{.5in} + +\noindent\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|c|c|c|} +\hline +&\multicolumn{1}{c|}{Name} +&\multicolumn{1}{c|}{Origin} + +[discontinued] + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 17:18:31 -0700 +From: gupta@uts.amdahl.com (Ajay Gupta) +Subject: problem while using dvi2ps + +Guys, I do not know if this is the right place, I am having the problem while +using the dvi2ps, while running the dvi2ps on an .dvi file , it gives me the +following error +dvi2ps: FATAL--no font lcmssb8.896 +or dvi2ps: FATAL--no font cmbx7.300 + +I could not find these font files anywhere I searched. +Any leads/pointers/help are highly appreciated. PLease email then at the +following address : + gupta@uts.amdahl.com + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 21:44:06 -0400 +From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@MIT.EDU> +Subject: xdvi with 600dpi fonts? + +Because we got new 600dpi printers at our site, we built 600dpi +fonts. However, they don't work very well with xdvi; scaling +600dpi fonts a factor of 6 to 8 seems to be a bit hard on the +program. Some characters are mangled, and it is not very readable. + +Has anyone gotten xdvi to produce good results with 600dpi fonts? +I was thinking that it might be best to build some pk files with +resolution close to that of an X display, say 75 to 100dpi. Has +anyone done that successfully? If so, what mf mode settings did +you use? + +Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help. + +- -Calvin +- -- +Calvin Clark <ckclark@MIT.EDU> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1993 11:57:17 -0400 +From: Debashis Bhattacharya <bhattach@test1.CE.YALE.EDU> +Subject: Funny problem with LaTeX + +When I try to use \sc inside \footnotesize, I get a funny error message, +viz., \\psc\viiipt=amcsc10 scaled 800 is not a loadable font. I do not +see why it tries to find amcsc10, when, by claims made in lfonts.tex, +all vestigates of AMR fonts should have been removed. + +Is this a known problem? If so, what is the solution? If not, anybody care +to solve this? + +Debashis Bhattacharya. +Yale University. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 16:23:06 +0200 +From: gunter@pastek.cray.com (Gunter ROTH) +Subject: what about fonts? + +Hello, +I am Gunter Roth and it is the first time +that I try to install a package like tex +or latex. So far, I installed tex and +latex version 3.1. Everything seems to work +fine. At least all my .tex files can +be compiled. I then installed xdvi and +here is my problem. +Who is creating the fonts for xdvi? +Which are the fonts tex is using and +in which way I can transform them to get +a font for xdvi. Furthermore, I want +to print my document out as a postscript file, +what are the next font conversions to do? +It would be great if you could help me +out with the fonts questions. +I hope to hear soon from you +Bye +Gunter Roth +e-mail: +gunter@pastek.cray.com + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 19:32:39 +0900 +From: dhlee@hyowon.pusan.ac.kr (Dohoon Lee ) +Subject: TeX capacity problem + +Hi, + +I try latex in PC, include main memory 8M. +But exceeding of Latex is broken with following error message. + + ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=600]. + < to be read again > + ... + .... + +What should I do ? +Please let me know to solve the problem. +Thanks in advance. + +DoeHoon Lee +Dept. of Com. Sci. +Pusan National Univ. +Pusan 609-735, KOREA +e-mail: dhlee@hyowon.pusan.ac.kr + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 17:08:58 -0400 +From: karron@mcard27.med.nyu.edu (Dan Karron karron@nyu.edu) +Subject: dvi driver for hpgl plotter + + +Does anyone have a driver for a hp E sized (E means BIG BIG BIG) +pen plotter ? + +Dan. +| karron@nyu.edu (e-mail alias ) Dan Karron, Ph.D.,Research Associate| +| Phone: 212 263 5210 Fax: 212 263 7190 New York University Medical Center | +| 560 First Avenue Digital Pager <1> 212 397 9330 | +| New York, New York 10016 <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> | + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Aug 1993 11:24:48 -0000 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Metafont with bbding10 and callig15 + + +Both bbding10.mf (dingbats font) and callig15 (calligraphic font) give +error messages when run through metafont. Some of the dingbats are +misformed, though I have not examined the callig font closely enough to +see whether the problems there are serious. + +Does anyone have enough knowledge of MF to know what is wrong here? + +Mike Piff + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1993 13:32:26 +0200 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: LaTeX2e -- A New Version of LaTeX + +The following announcement was made last week at the Annual meeting of +the TeX User's Group (TUG) at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. There +will be a new, standardised version of LaTeX (working name: LaTeX2e) +being released before the end of 1993. Not much has been said about +the new features; the perhaps most important point was that support +for PostScript fonts will be built in. + +The text below was converted automatically from LaTeX source format +into plain text by the dvidoc processor. + + + PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD + + + LaTeX2e -- A New Version of LaTeX + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + July 27, 1993 + + + +1 Reasons For LaTeX2e + +There are two primary reasons for introducing a new version of +LaTeX: + + * Standardisation: a single format incorporating NFSS2, to + replace present multiplicity of incompatible formats (NFSS, + lfonts, pslfonts, etc.) + + * Maintenance: a standardised system is essential to a + reliable maintenance policy. + +Note that LaTeX2e is only a ``working name''---thus this may +change. + + +2 Guiding Principles + +The following two guiding principles are to be followed: + + I Unmodified version 2.09 input files will produce the same + output with LaTeX2e as with version 2.09. + + II All new features of LaTeX2e will conform to the conventions + of version 2.09, making it as easy as possible for current + users to learn to use them. + + +3 Preamble Commands + +In order to distinguish old (2.09) documents from those using +facilities from the new version, LaTeX2e documents will use a +different command on the first line. + +\documentclass[options]{class} + + The \documentclass command specifies what kind of document +this is---for example, article, book, letter, slide. + +\includepackage[options]{package} + + Including a package adds new commands and/or redefines +existing commands to provide additional functionality. + +\documentstyle[options,dvidoc]{style} + + Invokes the LaTeX2.09 compatibility mode. + + +4 Documentation + +The new version will be described in a new edition of LaTeX: +A document preparation system by Leslie Lamport and in The +LaTeX Companion by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin (both to be +published by Addison-Wesley). The Companion will also contain a +complete description of NFSS2. + + +5 Distribution Policy + +Maintenace of the new system will be undertaken by the LaTeX3 +project team. + A complete distribution of all files, incorporating +corrections of errors, will be made available twice a year on +fixed dates. This will happen even if there were no changes to +the files, and hence only the release dates have to be updated. + We are currently looking into the possibility of additionally +distributing diff files. + +6 Error Reports + +Error reports can be made using a report generating program +latexbug.tex. This will be part of the main distribution. + Error reports will be accepted only if the version of LaTeX2e +that produces the error is not older than one year. Error +reports can be sent to the following mail address: + + latex-bugs@rus.uni-stuttgart.de + +or a postal address that is to be announced. + + + Rainer Schoepf + Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum + fuer Informationstechnik Berlin + Heilbronner Strasse 10 + D-10711 Berlin + Federal Republic of Germany + <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.d400.de> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1993 19:54:56 +0700 +From: Joachim Lammarsch <X92@vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de> +Subject: TeX Users Group Election + +Dear TUG members, + +the terms of all 15 members of the first elected Board of Directors +will expire on December 31, 1993. The election to choose the new +Board members will be held this fall, and nominations are invited. +Enclosed are two items: + + ttn2n1.sty + nom-form.tex + +This should be all that's needed to generate the nomination form. +It will also be available from TUG Office: + + TeX Users Group + Nominations for 1993 Election + P.O. Box 869 + Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0869 + U.S.A + +Kind regards +Joachim Lammarsch (TUG Elections Committee, Chair) + +PS.: Thanks to Barbara Beeton, who prepared the files. + + +%% [ the two files are separated by a row of *** ] +%% ************************************************************************ + +%% ttn2n1.sty + +%% IMPORTANT NOTICE: You *MUST* use this version 2.1 of tugnews.sty +%% dated Jan. 1993 in order to run vol.2, no.1 of +%% _TeX and TUG NEWS_. (Ch. Thiele, Editor, TTN). +%% + +\input report.sty %% default report style, 10pt font + +\typeout{Version 2.1 -- Jan. 93} + +\textwidth=29pc +\textheight=43pc +\voffset=-2pc +\overfullrule=0pt \hfuzz=5pt + +\font\Sectionfont=cmbxsl10 scaled \magstep2 %% \Large = 14.40pt +%% \Subsectionfont and \bsl aren't used in TTN 1,3: +%% \font\Subsectionfont=cmbxsl10 scaled \magstep1 %% \large = 12pt +\font\subsectionbit=cmbxti10 scaled\magstep1 %% bold italic 12pt +%% \font\bsl=cmbxsl10 %% bold slant 10pt +\font\unsl=cmu10 %% unslant 10pt for + %% upright pound sign +%test for nfss as suggested by Johannes Braams (cjc, 1992.10) + \ifx\undefined\selectfont + % If NFSS is not preloaded, do nothing. + \else + % If NFSS has been preloaded, we need the following: + % \font\tenmi=cmmi10 % or better yet: + \def\tenmi{\fontfamily{cmm}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{it}% + \fontsize{10}{12pt}\selectfont} + \fi + + +\newcommand{\Section}[1]{\section*{\centering% + \hrule\hrule \vskip.5pc + {\Sectionfont #1} + \vskip.5pc \hrule\hrule + \vskip1pc + } + } +%% The following macro hasn't been used since the prototype: +%% Reggie's \Subsection (6 MAY 91): %% 15 JAN 92: not used in 1,1 +%% \newcommand{\Subsection}[1]{\subsection*{\centering% +%% \centerline{\vrule width 6cm height .5pt} \vskip 6pt +%% {{\Subsectionfont #1}} +%% \centerline{\vrule width 6cm height .5pt} \vskip 6pt +%% } +%% } + + +%% 11 JAN 92: added \bibentry, a hanging indent biblio style (Ch.) +\newcommand{\bibentry}{\hangindent=\parindent + \hangafter=1 + \noindent \sloppy + \clubpenalty500 \widowpenalty500 + \frenchspacing + } + +%% 3 FEB 92: Jackie Damrau provided this: +\newenvironment{Address}{\begin{verse}}% + {\end{verse}} + + +%% Abbreviations and Logos (some copped from tugboat.cmn): + +%% for the METAFONT logo font: +\font\manual=manfnt %% logo10 +\def\MF{{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}} + +\def\PS{{\sc Post\-Script}} + +\def\TUG{\TeX{} Users Group} +\def\tug{{\small TUG}} %% added 30 SEP 92 (Ch.) +\def\TUB{{\sl TUGboat\/}} +\def\TTN{{\sl\TeX{} and TUG NEWS\/}} +\def\ttn{{\small TTN}} %% added 30 SEP 92 (Ch.) +\def\isbn{{\small ISBN}} %% added 30 SEP 92 (Ch.) +\def\issn{{\small ISSN}} %% added 30 SEP 92 (Ch.) +\def\nfss{{\small NFSS}} %% added 30 SEP 92 (Ch.) +\def\uk{{\small UK}} %% added 15 OCT 92 (Ch.) +\def\fax{{\small FAX}} %% added 15 OCT 92 (Ch.) + +\def\pounds{{\unsl\$}} %% added 15 OCT 92 (Ch.) + +\def\GUTenberg{{\small GUT}enberg} %% added 2 FEB 93 (Ch.) + + +%% 4 FEB 92: improved versions of LaTeX, and (La)TeX macros: + +\newcount\TestCount +\def\La{\TestCount=\the\fam \leavevmode L\raise.42ex + \hbox{$\fam\TestCount\scriptstyle\kern-.3em A$}} + +\def\LaTeX{\La\kern-.15em\TeX} + +\def\AllTeX{{(\La)\TeX}} + +\def\AmSTeX{{\the\textfont2 A}\kern-.1667em\lower.5ex\hbox + {\the\textfont2 M}\kern-.125em{\the\textfont2 S}-\TeX} + +\def\AmSLaTeX{{\the\textfont2 A}\kern-.1667em\lower.5ex\hbox + {\the\textfont2 M}\kern-.125em{\the\textfont2 S}-\LaTeX} + +\def\BibTeX{{\rm B\kern-.05em{\sc i\kern-.025emb}\kern-.08em\TeX}} + +\def\careof{\leavevmode\hbox{\raise.75ex\hbox{c}\kern-.15em + /\kern-.125em\smash{\lower.3ex\hbox{o}}} \ignorespaces} + +\def\ILaTeX{I\LaTeX} + +\def\TeCH{{\rm T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125em{\sf CH}}} + +\def\TeXline{{\TeX\kern-0.1em line}} + +%% 28 JAN 93: from Phil Taylor: + +\def \UK-TuG{UK-T\lower 0.5 ex \hbox {U}G} + + +%% Miscellaneous: + +\hyphenation{Karls-ruhe} + +\let\ts=\thinspace +\let\nl=\newline + + +%% CHANGES FROM ttn1-1.sty TO ttn1-2.sty: + +%% 25 MAY 92: changed \smc to \sc in \BiBTeX def'n (Ch.) +%% added \AmSLaTeX def'n (Ch.) +%% 14 JUN 92: added \TeXline def (Ch.) + +%% CHANGES from ttn1-2.sty TO ttn1-3.sty: +%% 10 SEP 92: Jackie added {ttnlist} + +%% ************************************************************************ + +\documentstyle[twoside]{ttn2n1} %% Version 2.1, Jan. 1993 +\pagestyle{empty} + +% 1992.2.27: fix for underfull hboxes suggested by Phil Taylor (CJC) +\tolerance = 1817 \hbadness = \tolerance + +\begin{document} + +%% For TTN 2,3 + +%% Election procedures (1+ page): + +\Section{1993 \TeX{} Users Group Election} + +The terms of all 15 members of the first elected Board of Directors +will expire on December 31, 1993. The election to choose the new +Board members will be held this fall, and nominations are invited. + +The Bylaws as amended July 25, 1993, provide that ``Any member may be +nominated for election to +the Board by submitting a nomination petition in accordance with the +TUG Election Procedures. Election of the directors shall be by written +mail ballot of the entire membership, carried out in accordance with +those same Procedures. Each director will hold office for a term of +three (3) years. Directors may be re-elected for successive terms.'' + +The name of any member may be placed in nomination for election to +this office by submission of a petition, signed by two other current +(1993) members, to the TUG office by the announced deadline. A +petition form is attached; additional forms may be obtained from the +TUG office. + +Along with a petition form, each candidate is asked to supply a +passport-size photograph, a short biography, and a statement of intent +to be included with the ballot; the biography and statement of intent +together may not exceed 400 words. + +The deadline for receipt at the TUG office of petitions and ballot +information is September 1, 1993. + +For this election only, the lengths of some terms will be altered +so that not all members of the Board are replaced at the same time, +but only one-third. For Board members elected this year, all terms +will begin January 1, 1994. Five members of the new Board will +have terms that end with the 1995 annual meeting, five with the 1996 +annual meeting, and five with the 1997 annual meeting. Thereafter, +all new terms will be for three years, from annual meeting to annual +meeting. All positions will be elected this year on the same basis, +and the members of each of the three groups chosen by lot by the +ballot counter. + +Ballots will be mailed to all members about 30 days after the close +of nominations. Marked ballots must be received no more than 6 weeks +following the mailing; the exact date will be noted on the ballots. + +Ballots will be counted by a disinterested party not part of the TUG +organization. The results of the election should be available by the +end of November. + +\begin{flushright} +Joachim Lammarsch\\ +for the Elections Committee +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + +%% Nomination form (1 page): + +\newcommand{\SigRule}{\rule{4.5cm}{.5pt}} +\newcommand{\DateRule}{\rule{2.3cm}{.5pt}} + +\Section{Nomination for\\ 1993 TUG Board of Directors Election} + +Only current (1993) TUG members are eligible to participate. The +signatures of two (2) members are required in addition to that of the +nominee. {\bf Type or print} names clearly, exactly as they appear in +the most recent TUG membership list or on a TUG mailing label; new +members should enter the name which they used on their membership +application form. Names that do not exactly match the TUG records will +not be accepted as valid. + +\vspace{2pc} + +\noindent The undersigned TUG members propose the nomination of: + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushleft} +\begin{tabular}{@{}ccc@{}} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\bf Name of nominee & (signature) & (date) \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent for the position of {\bf Member of the TUG Board of +Directors}, for a term beginning {\bf January 1, 1994}. + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{flushleft} +\begin{tabular}{@{}ccc@{}} +\multicolumn{3}{c}{\large \bf Members supporting this nomination} \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\bf Nominated by & \bf Signature & \bf Date \\ +(please print) & & \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent Return this petition to the TUG office (FAXed submissions +will also be accepted). +Petitions must be received in the TUG office no later than +{\bf September 1, 1993}. + +\vspace{2pc} + +{\parfillskip=\parindent +\TeX\ Users Group \hfil {\bf FAX: } 805-963-8358\endgraf} + +{\bf Nominations for 1993 Election} + +P.O.%Box 869 + +Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0869 + +U.S.A. + +\newpage + +\end{document} + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@math.ams.com, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. Box 869, Santa +Barbara, CA 93102, USA. + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +ftp.tex.ac.uk is also mirrored to pip.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) and +ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) as part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network, and may give better response for subscribers in the +USA and Europe, respectively. + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 12] +***************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.13 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.13 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..84e28db7b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.13 @@ -0,0 +1,410 @@ +TeXhax Digest Friday, 10 Sep 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 013 + +% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % +% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % + +Today's Topics: + Re: LaTeX documentation: FTP site? + Re: TeXhax Digest V93 #012 + DVI to (Acrobat) PDF driver + Latex on PC + re: Why \markboth{}{} used in standard LaTeX report style? + latex ISO CD template wanted + xdvik 1.1 & PostScript font bitmaps available + A raw encoding file for type1 text fonts + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:50:40 -0000 +From: Manuel Carriba <M.Carriba@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: LaTeX documentation: FTP site? + +Any TeX/LaTeX related documentation can be found in the +CTAN archives, i.e. pip.shsu.edu, ftp.tex.ac.uk, ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. + +You'll find them in the directory tex-archive/documents +Some FAQs and other helpfiles can be found in tex-archive/help + +Hope this helps :-D + +Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 12:13:21 -0400 +From: Lee Wittenberg <leew@pilot.njin.net> +Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V93 #012 + +In reply to the following messages: + + > Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1993 11:40:35 -0400 + > From: Ali Taalebi <taalebi@gel.ulaval.ca> + > Subject: latex for PC + > + > Where can find a Latex which can be run on a PC? + > + > ------------------------------ + > + > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 11:53:35 -0500 + > From: robinson@atax.eng.uab.edu (John M. Robinson) + > Subject: ? intro to Tex on DOS + > + > I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get started using Tex. + > Accordingly, I would like to acquire a Tex interpreter for my + > 486 at home. + +I would recommend the excellent emTeX implementation by Eberhard +Mattes. It is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.uni-stuttgart.de. +I believe it is also available from pip.shsu.edu, tex.ac.uk, and other +sites. + + -- Lee Wittenberg + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 11:22:21 -0500 +From: "Ed.Garay" <Ed.Garay@UIC.EDU> +Subject: DVI to (Acrobat) PDF driver + +Is anyone working on a DVI to PDF driver for DOS, Unix or OS/2? + +PDF is the Portable Document Format, the Adobe Acrobat file format, +based on the PostScript imaging model, that is capable of representing +any PostScript page. + +If we could get our TeX documents in PDF format, then we could use +one of the Acrobat viewers, like Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange, +to preview our documents with all the benefits of the Acrobat technology +(e.g. font metric emulation, zooming, panning, searching, post-it-like +annotations, etc). With Adobe Exchange, we could print PDF documents +on PostScript AND EVEN on non-PostScript printers. + +This, of course, assumes that Adobe Acrobat is going to take off, +which I believe it will, and that the Adobe Acrobat products are going +to be commonplace and not expensive. Today, you can get Acrobat Exchange +for Windows and the Mac for about $120, in the U.S. Acrobat Reader sells +for about $50. Acrobat Distiller, which converts PostScript to PDF, +sells for $600, but this wouldn't be needed if we had a DVI2PDF driver ;-) +Adobe says these products will run on Windows, Mac, DOS and Unix (and OS/2 +I hope), in that order. Also, last week I saw a thin (%180 page) PDF specs +book published by Adobe, at a local bookstore. + +I would really like to hear your thoughts on the merits of a DVI2PDF driver. +- --- Ed Garay + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 16:29:23 +0200 +From: Khaled Odeh <Khaled.Odeh@dma.univ-compiegne.fr> +Subject: Latex on PC + +Is Latex on PC exists in public domain. If yes, where can i find it. + + Khaled ODEH (University of Compiegne *France*) + Tel : (33) 44.23.44.23 Poste. 47.33 + E-mail : kodeh@dma.univ-compiegne.fr + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1993 16:44:12 -0700 +From: "Ethan V. Munson" <munson@acacia.CS.Berkeley.EDU> +Subject: re: Why \markboth{}{} used in standard LaTeX report style? + +In addition to Jerry Leichter's reply in the last issue of TeXhax, I +received some e-mail responses which suggested alternative +work-arounds for my problems with headings in the UCTHESIS style. + +The most useful came from Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk>, who +recommended that I use either headerfooter.sty or fancyheadings.sty. +I tried headerfooter.sty and had great success. For this, Mike has my +eternal gratitude and a standing offer of his choice of libation +should our paths ever cross. + +Jerry replied directly to my technical question. I was sorry to see +that a documented feature like the \pagestyle{myheadings} should be so +fragile. Since his answer didn't really solve my problem, he gets +only temporary gratitude but I'll be happy buy him his choice of +libation, too. + +Ethan Munson +munson@cs.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1993 15:03:08 +0200 +From: matsu@cso.ricoh.co.jp (Akio Matsubara) +Subject: latex ISO CD template wanted + +Dear everybody, + I am looking for a ISO Committe Draft template for LATEX. + Please reply if anyone has it. + +Thanks +Akio Matsubara +Ricoh Japan + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 18:01:35 -0400 +From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: xdvik 1.1 & PostScript font bitmaps available + +I've released new versions of: +* kpathsea -- my path searching library, +* xdvik -- my modified xdvi that uses it, and +* psfonts -- Ghostscript-generated bitmaps for the standard PostScript fonts. + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,psfonts}.tar.gz + +Please notice the `.gz' instead of `.z' or `.Z' -- the default gzip +extension was changed in response to a poll on the GNU newsgroups. + +I've stopped making the library available separately, since that was +causing maintenance hassles. The library is part of the xdvik distribution. + +I've established a mailing list, tex-k@cs.umb.edu, for bug reports and +discussions for the TeX-related stuff I maintain. I hope this will +provide for sharing of interim fixes, quicker help when I cannot respond +immediately, and so on. To join, email tex-k-request@cs.umb.edu with a +message whose body contains a line +subscribe your-preferred-email-address + +I expect to release a new version of dvipsk shortly, perhaps within a week +or two. web2c will follow as soon as possible. + +Here's the NEWS: + +kpathsea: +* Routines to look up TeX font files, default path specifications, etc. +* Sort-of pattern matching: /foo//bar matches subdirectories + /foo/a/bar, /foo/b/bar, /foo/a1/a2/bar, etc. +* $var and ${var} expansion. +* Support for MakeTeX... scripts. +* Support for fallback resolutions and font. +* Lazy evaluation of path elements. +* Some runtime debugging support. + +xdvik: +* Rewrite font finding routines to use the new kpathsea facilities. +* Update for xdvi patchlevel 17. + +psfonts: +* In Adobe StandardEncoding, and named with leading `r', for the new xdvik. +* TFM widths in the PK files match those in the TFM files. +* Umlaut character has been corrected (in the GS fonts). +* Encoding of psyr* (the symbol font) matches Adobe's. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Help fight the new programming monopolies -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1993 14:48:17 -0700 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: A raw encoding file for type1 text fonts + +Over the course of a rich discussion of virtual fonts, I have +finally come to understand and appreciate the full usefulness +of Tom Rokicki's careful distinction between input encoding +and output encoding in afm2tfm. In a virtual font environment +it answers several questions that have recently been raised about +the proper encoding of a {\em raw} tfm file. The raw tfm +should contain references to every simple (non-composite) +character in the actual list of glyphs, and it need not contain +anything else. Dozens of possible output encodings are +possible, among which DC will of course be a major player, +but all those reencodings will be easier and more portable +if there is only one {\em raw} encoding. The raw encoding should +provide for {\em every} simple character in the font, including +all the unmapped characters. Fortunately, the list of +unmapped characters is almost as consistent as Adobe Standard +Encoding at least in text fonts. I propose therefore +the following ASEX.enc (Adobe Standard Coding Extended) +to be used with the -p flag in afm2tfm. What is used for +the -t flag is wide open, but it can certainly include DC.enc + +There remains the question of what to do about the various +Superfont layouts: Courier in its most prolific version has +352 simple characters and the Monotype TimesNewRomanSF Superfont +has 337 simple characters. In the case of TimesNewRoman, the +excess is the result of combining the regular with the expert +font, and all that is needed is to code the expert part back +out into an expert raw TFM file. Then there are only 12 U&lc pairs +of additional simple characters. A similar approach can be taken +with Courier; many of the symbol characters, together with the +borders and dingbats do not belong in a tex encoding anyway. + +% ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +% +% This is ASEX encoding. (file ASEX.enc) +% +% Adobe Standard Encoding Extended. +% +% Creator: Pierre A. MacKay mackay@cs.washington.edu +% Creation Date: Thu Aug 31 08:56:22 PDT 1993 +% +% This is an input coding file for use with Radical Eye Software's +% afm2tfm. Use with the -p flag. This file should also be +% used with ps2pk to create a complete set of bitmapped +% characters. +% +% The sole purpose of this file is to ensure that all non-composite +% characters in the font are made available in the raw TFM. Therefore +% there are no ligatures or any other refinements. The raw TFM +% file contains no ligatures or kernings---nothing but character +% metrics. We retain Adobe Standard encoding for all mapped +% characters on the AFM file, and extend the list by adding +% the unmapped simple characters into the empty code positions +% from O 200 to O 240. It is assumed that the output coding used +% for the TeX tfm will be different from this ( -t flag in afm2tfm ). +% +% The extended part of this encoding is consistent with the general +% run of text fonts from Adobe, BitStream, DTC, Linotype, Monotype, +% URW and probably others as well. For SuperFont characters, see below. +% +% Jan Michael Rynnings has pointed out that a few very carefully designed +% fonts, e. g. Adobe Garamond and Adobe Caslon, treat all the accented +% characters as simple glyphs (must make for a huge pfa file), and that +% this input encoding would not recognize such refinements. True---but +% such fonts will be a tiny minority, and can be dealt with by +% special encoding files. +% +% Usage: +% afm2tfm <FontName>.afm -p ASEX.enc -t <XXX>.enc -v <vplname> <rawname> +% +/ASEXEncoding [ % now 256 chars follow +% +% The following will replace the characters from 0 to 32 in the raw encoding +% if you have access to a SuperFont. There is reason to hope that this +% set will be as stable as the unmapped set in current text fonts +% If you don't have a SuperFont, and have to create any of these as a +% composite, precede the name with a dot, as is done here for +% Scedilla and scedilla. The change in name keeps afm2tfm from thinking +% that the character already exists when it comes to evaluate the output +% (-t flag) encoding. +% +% 0x00 + /Aogonek /Eogonek /Iogonek /Kafii9170 /Lafii9170 /Lcaron /Nafii9170 /Rafii9170 + /Safii9170 /.Scedilla /Tafii9170 /Uogonek /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef + +% 0x10 + /aogonek /eogonek /iogonek /kafii9170 /lafii9170 /lcaron /nafii9170 /rafii9170 + /safii9170 /.scedilla /tafii9170 /uogonek /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef + +% 0x20 % Keep the space, for use as \boundarychar (Give it zero width in vpl) + /space /exclam /quotedb /numbersign + /dollar /percent /ampersand /quoteright + /parenleft /parenright /asterisk /plus /comma /hyphen /period /slash +% 0x30 + /zero /one /two /three /four /five /six /seven + /eight /nine /colon /semicolon /less /equal /greater /question +% 0x40 + /at /A /B /C /D /E /F /G /H /I /J /K /L /M /N /O +% 0x50 + /P /Q /R /S /T /U /V /W + /X /Y /Z /bracketleft /backslash /bracketright /asciicircum /underscore +% 0x60 + /quoteleft /a /b /c /d /e /f /g /h /i /j /k /l /m /n /o +% 0x70 + /p /q /r /s /t /u /v /w + /x /y /z /braceleft /bar /braceright /asciitilde /.notdef +% +% This is the Extension to Adobe Standard Encoding +% +% In as many of the next 32 positions as necessary, include +% all the unmapped simple (non-composite) characters. The +% inclusion of Ccedilla and ccedilla is problematic. These are +% composites in some schemes, simple in others. Best to +% include them here. Characters are entered in alphabetical order +% by name. If you need to create your own composite for Ccedilla +% ccedilla or Eth, precede the name with a dot as indicated above. +% +% 0x80 + /Ccedilla /Eth /Thorn /brokenbar /ccedilla /copyright /degree /divide + /eth /logicalnot /minus /mu /multiply /onehalf /onequarter /onesuperior +% 0x90 + /plusminus /registered /thorn /threequarters + /threesuperior /trademark /twosuperior /.notdef + /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef +% +% From here on the order is again Adobe Standard Encoding +% +% 0xA0 + /.notdef /exclamdown /cent /sterling /fraction /yen /florin /section + /currency /quotesingle /quotedblleft /guillemotleft + /guilsinglleft /guilsinglright /fi /fl +% 0xB0 + /.notdef /endash /dagger /daggerdbl /periodcentered /.notdef /paragraph /bullet + /quotesinglbase /quotedblbase /quotedblright /guillemotright + /ellipsis /perthousand /.notdef /questiondown +% 0xC0 + /.notdef /grave /acute /circumflex /tilde /macron /breve /dotaccent + /dieresis /.notdef /ring /cedilla /.notdef /hungarumlaut /ogonek /caron +% 0xD0 + /emdash /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef + /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef +% 0xE0 + /.notdef /AE /.notdef /ordfeminine /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef + /Lslash /Oslash /OE /ordmasculine /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef +% 0xF0 + /.notdef /ae /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /dotlessi /.notdef /.notdef + /lslash /oslash /oe /germandbls /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef +] def + +% --------------------END of ASEX.enc------------------------------------- + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. 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Horn) +Subject: Re: DVI to (Acrobat) PDF driver + +> Is anyone working on a DVI to PDF driver for DOS, Unix or OS/2? + +Yes, just use DVIWindo. Aside from being a previewer, it will print to +anything that has a Windows Printer driver, including the PDF driver. + +> PDF is the Portable Document Format, the Adobe Acrobat file format, +> based on the PostScript imaging model, that is capable of representing +> any PostScript page. + +> If we could get our TeX documents in PDF format, then we could use +> one of the Acrobat viewers, like Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange, +> to preview our documents with all the benefits of the Acrobat technology +> (e.g. font metric emulation, zooming, panning, searching, post-it-like +> annotations, etc). With Adobe Exchange, we could print PDF documents +> on PostScript AND EVEN on non-PostScript printers. + +Which is all very well if you are using plain text fonts. With TeX you +may find this approach somewhat problematic unless the recipients also +has all of the fonts called for in ATM compatible Adobe Type 1 format. +This is because (i) you need specialized math fonts for TeX, and +(ii) the encoding of fonts used with TeX is usually non standard. + +> This, of course, assumes that Adobe Acrobat is going to take off, +> which I believe it will, and that the Adobe Acrobat products are ... + +Well, as long as it only exists on one platform (Mac) it won't do +much for inter-platform interchange. It does exist for Windows also +now, but without Super ATM for Windows is somewhat limited. It also +needs an Adobe Windows Printer Driver for Windows to be really useful. + +> I would really like to hear your thoughts on the merits of a DVI2PDF driver. + +Well, you can try one now and see whether you like it! + +Just keep in mind that part of what Acrobat is supposed to do is solve a +problem to which we already have a solution when we use TeX, namely document +portability. You can move DVI files (or even TeX source) files between +many platforms and be able to preview and print them. + +Regards, Berthold. + +P.S. I have connections with Y&Y, the source for DVIWindo, DVIPSONE and fonts. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 08:53:29 -0400 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: A raw encoding file for type1 text fonts + +> Over the course of a rich discussion of virtual fonts, I have +> finally come to understand and appreciate the full usefulness +> of Tom Rokicki's careful distinction between input encoding +> and output encoding in afm2tfm. In a virtual font environment +> it answers several questions that have recently been raised about +> the proper encoding of a {\em raw} tfm file. The raw tfm +> should contain references to every simple (non-composite) +> character in the actual list of glyphs, and it need not contain +> anything else. + +I know this will start a flame war, but... + +The combination of (i) input encoding, (ii) output encoding, plus +(iii) virtual font permutation of numeric codes between 0 - 255 is +unneccessarily complex and confusing. A much simpler approach +just uses the idea of the encoding vector per se. That is, +a mapping from numeric codes (0 - 255) to glyph names. +DVI processors need the capability to reencode a font on the fly +anyway, and the encoding vector provides the mechanism. +Obviously, ONE mapping instead of THREE mappings in series is much +easier to understand and implement, and is in fact all that is needed. + +To be concrete, an encoding can be specified in a file +containing lines like the following: + + 32 space + 65 A + +etc. (or whatever equivalent way you want to use to define the +encoding). Such a file can be read by DVI file processors, as well as +programs that produce metric files in various formats, including +TFM for TeX, PFM for Windows, screen fonts for Mac etc. Nothing +could be simpler! + +While I am at it, it is also not necessary to force users to resort +to virtual fonts just because they want a different font layout, +or because they are using TrueType or Type 1 fonts! It IS possible +to make TFM files complete with proper ligature and kerning information, +WITHOUT virtual fonts. And it certainly is a lot less confusing. + +Virtual fonts have many interesting applications, but they are NOT needed +for reencoding, and in fact, in and of themselves are quite inadequate for +reencoding. The reason is that virtual fonts per se can only provide a +PERMUTATION of the encoding vector, since they ONLY deal with numeric +codes --- because VF, like TeX itself treat characters as numbers. +Hence unencoded characters CANNOT be made accessible by the VF mechanism +itself. Which is why all DVI drivers need in ADDITION a mechanism for +actually reencoding a font. And once you have THAT, you do not need +to use the numeric permutation of the VF to achieve reencoding! + +It is easy to be mislead by one particular implementation, which +(i) forces one to use VF whenever using anything but bitmapped CM fonts, +and which (ii) forces use of a complex sequence of three mappings rather than +simply the single overall encoding, and (iii) cannot create TFM files +complete with ligatures and kerning WITHOUT resorting to VF. + +Nothing could be more intuitive than the idea of the `encoding vector' + +Now for some minor details: + +> ...all the unmapped characters. Fortunately, the list of +> unmapped characters is almost as consistent as Adobe Standard +> Encoding at least in text fonts. I propose therefore... + +The set of available glyphs is only consistent amongst Adobe fonts +(which uses the same basic set of 228 glyphs for most text fonts). +Other vendors implement other sets of glyphs. Lucida Bright text fonts for +example have many additional glyphs not found in Adobe text fonts (for a +total of 247). An approach based on a fixed `input encoding' that may +not cover these extra characters is obviously inferior to one using a +single encoding vector. It also cannot cope with the case where there +are more than 256 glyphs in a font (Lucida Sans Linedraw has 400). + +> There remains the question of what to do about the various +> Superfont layouts: Courier in its most prolific version has +> 352 simple characters and the Monotype TimesNewRomanSF Superfont +> has 337 simple characters. In the case of TimesNewRoman, the +> excess is the result of combining the regular with the expert + +There are many fonts that have more than 256 characters, including some +of the Lucida family (Lucida UNICODE has over a thousand). You cannot +deal with all of these using a fixed `input encoding'. If, however, you +drop the idea of THREE sequential mappings and simple use the idea of an +encoding vector there is no issue here. You just specify what glyph +you want each number to call up. And your driver should allow you to +use the same basic font under two TFM names with different encoding. +Of course, without partial font downloading of Type 1 fonts (provided +only by DVIPSONE), working with these large fonts (like the IBM +version of Courier) can become quite unwieldy. + +% The sole purpose of this file is to ensure that all non-composite +% characters in the font are made available in the raw TFM. Therefore +% there are no ligatures or any other refinements. The raw TFM +% file contains no ligatures or kernings---nothing but character + +There is no need for separate `raw' TFM and another TFM for a font. +Why use two TFM files when one will do? One CAN construct a single +TFM file complete with ligatures and kerning based on any user specified +encoding, as already stated above. + +Also, if you take the `three mapping' approach, you want to make sure +that the composite characters ARE in the encoding. You do not want to +use TeX's \accent to construct composites. Nor should the virtual font +mechanism be used to construct composites that the font designer has +already created, presumably with careful attention to positioning, and in +some cases by actually designing separate glyphs (for example, shallower +accents for upper case characters than for lower case). + +Almost all text fonts have separate character programs for composite +characters, hence these are real characters in their own right. True, in +many cases these character programs do use either the `seac' Type 1 +operator, or `Subr' calls and hence similar shapes can be achieved by +combining the base and accent character with suitable positioning. However, +in some cases the rendering will not be as good at low resolution, and most +fonts treat at least Ccedilla, ccedilla, and Aring as complete separate +glyphs that cannot be achieved by overprinting (The reason is that one does +not want overlapping contours when the character is `stroked' instead of +`filled'). + +So if you are going to take this approach you'd want to include at least +the `standard' 58 composites in your `input encoding'. Of course, with +some fonts you then start to run out of space in the limited 0 - 255 +range. Which is another reason why the idea of just a single encoding +vector is much to be preferred to the `three map' approach. + +% /Aogonek /Eogonek /Iogonek /Kafii9170 /Lafii9170 /Lcaron /Nafii9170 /Rafii91 +70 +% /Safii9170 /.Scedilla /Tafii9170 /Uogonek /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notde +f + +% 0x10 +% /aogonek /eogonek /iogonek /kafii9170 /lafii9170 /lcaron /nafii9170 /rafii91 +70 +% /safii9170 /.scedilla /tafii9170 /uogonek /.notdef /.notdef /.notdef /.notde +f + +The names for basic characters (like `exclam') are pretty much generally +agreed upon (even to the point of accepting the misspelled `guillemot' for +`guillemet'!). However, when it comes to some of the above there is +absolutely no agreement, and you enter the arena of current corporate +warfare. It may make sense to use AFII glyph numbers for these characters, +as Adobe seems to suggest, or it may make sense to use UNICODE numbers as +MicroSoft seems to believe, or we may use the names used by Apple, etc. +Should it be Trightcommaaccent, Tcaron, Thacek, 0164 (hex), AFII100256, or +... ? + +Again, a fixed `input encoding' is guaranteed to loose out in the end +because of such incompatabilities. + +Anyway, these are minor issues. My main point is that designing a unique +`input encoding' is not a useful excercise since it is solving a problem +unqiue to one implementation which happens to use a complex system of three +mappings where one mapping (the encoding vector) is in fact all that is needed. + +Berthold. + +P.S. I put all the emphasized words in upper case just to irritate Don Hosek + +P.P.S. I have connections with Y&Y, which supplies Lucida fonts in Type 1 form. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 09:30:20 -0400 +From: gajoshi@cam.nist.gov (Ghanashyam_A._Joshi) +Subject: ASCII Typesetting from a LaTeX file + +Dear TeXhackers: + I need to use my file typeset in LaTeX and create an ASCII output +or text output which preserves the typesetting as far as possible. Can +you please URGENTLY send me suggestions on how this can be done using +any of the style-files of programs out there. Thanks. + +Ghanashyam Joshi + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 13:53:43 -0400 +From: Debashis Bhattacharya <bhattach@test1.CE.YALE.EDU> +Subject: TeX, LaTeX, etc. on IBM PC + +I am familiar with TeX on Unix systems. I wish to use it on an IBM PC. Are +all sources that I need (including fonts, web2c, various macros, some +previewer, postscript drivers, etc.) available in an organized manner from +one site? I have looked at various README files from ftp.uu.net and +labrea.stanford.edu and have not found my answer. + +Is it meaningful to use TeX under Windows, or should I stick to DOS? Are there +guidelines to take care of other similar (perhaps stupid) questions? + +Debashis Bhattacharya. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 00:49:54 -0000 +From: Chris Thompson <CET1@phx.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: On why LaTeX uses save stack while reading .aux + +The following came up in a thread "Managing Large LaTeX Files" on +comp.text.tex. I think the explanation may deserve recording in a +somewhat more durable medium, so I am posting it here as well. + +In article <...>, Werenfried Spit <SPIT@EVALUN11.BITNET> writes: +> In article <...>, kaye@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Richard Kaye) says: +> >Has anyone else had save stack overflow when LaTeX read the .aux files? +> > +> >[Will a TeX guru please explain it to me? I thought \global\def's could not +> >cause save stack overflow until I found this problem. If it's a general +> >problem, it seems a bit silly that LaTeX should try to input so much +> >information in this way.] +> > +> >I fixed it so that the data was read {\it outside} the group (as part of one +> +> Could someone explain it to me too? I'm even more puzzled after I tried +> out Richards solution and played a bit with it. When you put in +> your input file directly after the \documentstyle command the line +> \input \jobname.aux +> LaTeX reads the aux file without its memory getting overflowed; then +> at \begin{document} it reads the aux file again (as expected), but +> the memory doesn't overflow this time either. (If you leave out the +> \input \jobname.aux LaTeX only reads the aux file during \begin{document} +> and then chokes on an exceedence of the save size.) + +This was a hard one to track down. I could claim that it was all my fault... + +The entries on the save stack are not the result of the \global\@namedef, +which as suggested above never needs to use such a thing. They come from +the earlier \@ifundefined call in \newlabel. + +Change #337 in tex82.bug numbering, applied in TeX 2.9, changed the implicit +setting of an undefined control sequence referenced via \csname...\endcsname +to \relax (TeXbook, page 213) from being (sort of) global to being local to +the current group. Don made this change as a direct result of my posting to +TeXhax (year 1987, digest 103) pointing out that the TeXbook didn't correctly +describe what happened. + +The change was a potent source of new bugs, because TeX was not originally +designed to cope with token expansion have side-effects of modifying the +save stack (see in particular change #371 in tex82.bug). I have more than +once wondered whether I should have kept quiet about the whole business... + +In an ideal world, the problem wouldn't arise because the implicit setting +to \relax wouldn't occur at all (IMNSHO). But everything (especially LaTeX) +relies on it now, so it's (far) too late to change it. Something to be got +right in the next incarnation. + +Chris Thompson +Cambridge University Computing Service +Internet: cet1@phx.cam.ac.uk +JANET: cet1@uk.ac.cam.phx + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 14:03:55 -0800 +From: SYSTEM@SALK-SC2.SDSC.EDU +Subject: Tex Installation on Vax + +Help! I just received a request from a user to install TeX and +Latex on a 6220 Vax. Can you tell me where I might find documentation +on installing TeX on the VAX. + +Some have told me that TeX is old and why would I even bother. I suppose +you don't have the same opinions, could you explain why you like it. + +thanks, +diane burns-giles +system administrator + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 16:31:25 +0200 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: babel release + + Hi all, + + Today I put babel release 3.3.2 in the incoming directory of + ftp.tex.ac.uk and it has already found its way to its proper + place, pub/archive/languages/babel. It wil presumably also find + its way to the other CTAN hosts tonight. This release fixes a + number of bugs that crept into the jluy release, which was never + announced because of them. + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:38:57 -0400 +From: Karl Berry <karl@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: modes.mf 1.0 available + +I have released version 1.0 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf + +You can also get it by email from George Greenwade's (thanks, George!) +file server if you cannot ftp: mail fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of +`sendme modes'. + +This file is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common +definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and +landscape mode. + +This version has new modes for the HP ruggedwriter, the QMS 1725, and +8-character or less abbreviations for all modes. As always, thanks to +the contributors. + +If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the +existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition, +particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome. + +karl@cs.umb.edu + +mode_def AgfaFourZeroZero = % AGFA 400PS +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga +mode_def AtariNineFive = % Atari 95dpi previewer +mode_def AtariNineSix = % Atari 96x96 previewer +mode_def AtariSLMEightZeroFour = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer +mode_def AtariSMOneTwoFour = % Atari ST SM 124 screen +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 +mode_def ApsSixHi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A +mode_def CanonCX = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX +mode_def CanonEX = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630 +mode_def CanonLBPTen = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 +mode_def ChelgraphIBX = % Chelgraph IBX +mode_def CItohThreeOneZero = % CItoh 310 +mode_def CItohEightFiveOneZero = % CItoh 8510A +mode_def CompugraphicEightSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 8600 +mode_def CompugraphicNineSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 9600 +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS +mode_def DataDisc = % DataDisc +mode_def DataDiscNew = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio +mode_def DECsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 +mode_def DEClarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover +mode_def epsdraft = % Epson at 120x72dpi +mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroMed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroLo = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi +mode_def EpsonMXFX = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family +mode_def GThreefax = % 200 x 100dpi G3fax +mode_def HPDeskJet = % HP DeskJet 500 +mode_def HPLaserJetIIISi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi +mode_def HPrugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) +mode_def IBMD = % IBM 38xx (\#2) +mode_def IBMFourZeroTwoNine = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 +mode_def IBMFourTwoOneSix = % IBM 4216 +mode_def IBMProPrinter = % IBM ProPrinter +mode_def IBMSixOneFiveFour = % IBM 6154 display +mode_def IBMSixSixSevenZero = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) +mode_def IBMThreeOneSevenNine = % IBM 3179 screen +mode_def IBMThreeOneNineThree = % IBM 3193 screen +mode_def IBMThreeEightOneTwo = % IBM 3812 +mode_def IBMThreeEightTwoZero = % IBM 3820 +mode_def IBMEGA = % IBM EGA monitor +mode_def IBMVGA = % IBM VGA monitor +mode_def imagewriter = % Apple ImageWriter +mode_def laserjetfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4 +mode_def laserjetlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi +mode_def lasermaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster +mode_def LASevenFive = % DEC LA75 +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZeroLo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZero = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi +mode_def LinotypeThreeZeroZeroHi = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi +mode_def LNZeroOne = % DEC LN01 +mode_def LPSTwoZero = % DEC lps20 +mode_def LPSFourZero = % DEC LPS40 +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor +mode_def MacMagnified = % Mac screens at magstep 1 +mode_def MacTrueSize = % Mac screens at 72dpi +mode_def NCD = % NCD 19-inch +mode_def NEC = % NEC +mode_def NEChi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi +mode_def Newgen = % Newgen 400dpi +mode_def NeXTprinter = % NeXT 400dpi +mode_def NeXTscreen = % 100dpi NeXT monitor +mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only +mode_def OCESixSevenFiveZeroPS = % OCE 6750-PS +mode_def okidata = % Okidata +mode_def OneTwoZero = % e.g., high-resolution Suns +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi +mode_def PrintwareSevenTwoZeroIQ = % Printware 720IQ +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) +mode_def QMSOneSevenTwoFive = % QMS 1725 +mode_def QMSOneSevenZeroZero = % QMS 1700 +mode_def RicohFourZeroEightZero = % e.g., TI Omnilaser +mode_def RicohLP = % e.g., DEC LN03 +mode_def SparcPrinter = % Sun SPARCprinter +mode_def StarNLOneZero = % Star NL-10 +mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi +mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi +mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ +mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFiveZeroSixZeroW = % Varitype 5060W +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroLo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroHi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi +mode_def VarityperFourTwoZeroZero = % Varityper 4200 B-P +mode_def VarityperSixZeroZero = % Varityper Laser 600 +mode_def VAXstation = % VAXstation monitor +mode_def XeroxDocutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def XeroxEightSevenNineZero = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def XeroxFourZeroFiveZero = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090 +mode_def XeroxNineSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 9700 +mode_def XeroxThreeSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 3700 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:36:55 -0400 +From: Karl Berry <karl@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: xdvik 1.2, dvipsk 5.519a available + +I've released new versions of: +* kpathsea -- my path searching library, +* xdvik -- my modified xdvi that uses it, and +* dvipsk -- my modified dvips that uses it. + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk}.tar.gz + +I've established a mailing list, tex-k@cs.umb.edu, for bug reports and +discussions for the TeX-related stuff I maintain. I hope this will +provide for sharing of interim fixes, quicker help when I cannot respond +immediately, and so on. To join, email tex-k-request@cs.umb.edu with a +message whose body contains a line +subscribe your-preferred-email-address + +Next thing up is web2c. I don't expect to have something releasable for +a month at best (so please don't ask :-). + +As always, thanks to the many people who contributed. +Here's the NEWS: + +kpathsea 1.2 +* Running MakeTeXPK is tried before the fallback resolutions. +* The final bitmap name uses a variable spec, so DOS & OS/2 can get + dpi300/cmr10.pk. +* Document TeX-specific features. +* Dpi passed to MakeTeXPK via the envvar KPATHSEA_DPI instead of MAKETEX_DPI. + +xdvik 1.2 +* Remove unnecessary backslash-only lines from dependencies in Makefile. +* Make -DGREY and -DTEXXET the default. +* Runtime control of whether MakeTeXPK is invoked. +* Support for drawing EPS files (using Ghostscript). + +dvipsk 5.519a +* Document DVIPSMAKEPK and DVIPSSIZES. +* Remove unnecessary backslash-only lines from dependencies in Makefile. +* Use the envvar DVIPSHEADERS, and document it. +* Do not include the emtex fontlib support, as it likely does not work. +* Update for dvips 5.519. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Help fight the new programming monopolies -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@math.ams.com, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. 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The firm is Balboa Software, and the software is Library Master. +(I.e., Library Master is in some respects a potential proprietary +alternative to BibTeX. It has database-y things that BibTeX doesn't. +Conversely, BibTeX has some things that Library Master doesn't.) + +I say "potential alternative" because Library Master is currently aimed at +"wordprocessor users". I've had mail from Balboa's Harry Hahne to the +effect that they'd be interested in trying to do a (La)TeX option. + +Is there anyone in the Toronto area who'd be interested in collaborating +with them? E.g., get emTeX working on a Balboa PC, tell Balboa what +sort of interface would seem natural to TeX users? + +If so, please contact Harry Hahne and/or me. Harry can be mailed as +hahne@epas.utoronto.ca + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 09:06:34 -0000 +From: S.J.Bishop.topix01@oasis.icl.co.uk +Subject: Re: ASCII Typesetting from a LaTeX file + +I had good results with the dvi2tty program, which came with my +(1990 vintage) UNIX TeX distribution. It didn't need any +special style files, although I used a few minor tweaks to +please the corporate word processing system. Surprisingly +enough, I didn't need to set the document in a typewriter font +to get acceptable output. Stephen + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 13:04:25 +From: heitor@GPEB.UFSC.BR +Subject: Inserting graphics in LaTeX documents + +Hello all: + + Does anybody have some hint on how to insert in Latex documents, +graphic files in any well-known graphic format (e.g. .PCX, .GIF, etc...), +or from spreadsheet charts? I'm using PcTeX, running under DOS, and I noticed +that \special{... doesn't work at all. + Any help will be appreciated! + Thanks, + + Heitor S. Lopes + heitor@gpeb.ufsc.br + eel3hsl@ibm.ufsc.br + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 16:02:20 -0700 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: Re: Raw encoding for type1 text fonts (TeXhax93.014) + + +Wow!!! No need for an outright war though. I really rather +like the fact that my message generated some interest. + + > The combination of (i) input encoding, (ii) output encoding, plus + > (iii) virtual font permutation of numeric codes between 0 - 255 is + > unneccessarily complex and confusing. + +If a stable input coding is possible (which is to some extent brought +into question below), the confusion is minimised. That's the idea. + + > A much simpler approach just uses the idea of the encoding vector per + > se. That is, a mapping from numeric codes (0 - 255) to glyph names. + > DVI processors need the capability to reencode a font on the fly + > anyway, and the encoding vector provides the mechanism. + +In what {\em available} driver? I have the problem of trying to make a +variety of accented glyphs available in a variety of environments, +where even the assumption of VF capabilities is questionable, but +where it is at least possible to suggest to the user that an upgrade +to VF capability is a good idea. Alternatively the dvidvi tool makes +it possible to unravel the VF mappings so that a simple-minded driver +can handle them. + + > Obviously, ONE mapping instead of THREE mappings in series is much + > easier to understand and implement, and is in fact all that is needed. + +But tools to do this are not generally available, to the best of my knowledge. + + + > It IS possible to make TFM files complete with proper ligature and + > kerning information, WITHOUT virtual fonts. And it certainly is a lot + > less confusing. + +Yes, it is, in any number of ways---VPtoVF produces just such a +TFM, and if you have a way to avoid the VF file, I guess that's OK too. + + > Virtual fonts have many interesting applications, but they are NOT needed + > for reencoding, and in fact, in and of themselves are quite inadequate for + > reencoding. The reason is that virtual fonts per se can only provide a + > PERMUTATION of the encoding vector, since they ONLY deal with numeric + > codes --- because VF, like TeX itself treat characters as numbers. + > Hence unencoded characters CANNOT be made accessible by the VF mechanism + > itself. Which is why all DVI drivers need in ADDITION a mechanism for + > actually reencoding a font. And once you have THAT, you do not need + > to use the numeric permutation of the VF to achieve reencoding! + + > It is easy to be mislead by one particular implementation, which + > (i) forces one to use VF whenever using anything but bitmapped CM fonts, + > and which (ii) forces use of a complex sequence of three mappings rather th +an + > simply the single overall encoding, and (iii) cannot create TFM files + > complete with ligatures and kerning WITHOUT resorting to VF. + +This assumes that the only problem is remapping. It isn't. Let's +just take the simple problem of f-ligatures, which in many existing +fonts are split between regular and "expert" layouts (which does +lamentable things to TeX's ligature and hyphenation capabilities). +What VF allows is the ability to make up a tfm that will ultimately call out +characters from more than one file of glyphs, or to supplement +defective fonts (e.g. a font with lots of nice directional arrows, but +all pointing to the west half of the compass) by incorporating Postscript +adjustments. + + > The set of available glyphs is only consistent amongst Adobe fonts + > (which uses the same basic set of 228 glyphs for most text fonts). + > Other vendors implement other sets of glyphs. Lucida Bright text fonts for + > example have many additional glyphs not found in Adobe text fonts (for a + > total of 247). An approach based on a fixed `input encoding' that may + > not cover these extra characters is obviously inferior to one using a + > single encoding vector. It also cannot cope with the case where there + > are more than 256 glyphs in a font (Lucida Sans Linedraw has 400). + + > There are many fonts that have more than 256 characters, including some + > of the Lucida family (Lucida UNICODE has over a thousand). You cannot + > deal with all of these using a fixed `input encoding'. If, however, you + > drop the idea of THREE sequential mappings and simple use the idea of an + > encoding vector there is no issue here. You just specify what glyph + > you want each number to call up. And your driver should allow you to + > use the same basic font under two TFM names with different encoding. + > Of course, without partial font downloading of Type 1 fonts (provided + > only by DVIPSONE), working with these large fonts (like the IBM + > version of Courier) can become quite unwieldy. + +Especially in the case of METAFONT output, but not alone there, VF +techniques allow me to +"use the same basic font under two TFM names with different encoding." + That is one of the things I like best about +them. It is possible to make a single font up with different sets of +ligatures and even with looser or tighter kerning (and I do NOT mean +tracking). Unicode may have over a thousand registered glyphs, but it +happens to omit the couple of dozen that are used by orientalist scholars all +over the world for non latin-letter languages in transcription. One +of the chief reasons for working with VF was to supply these for +Turkish and for Arabic in Roman transcription. Since the Greek fonts +produced by all the major foundries I know of are aggressively +monotone (Monotype half-promises a Porson Greek, but the last time I +asked the promise was well into the future) VF is needed for Greek as +well. + + > There is no need for separate `raw' TFM and another TFM for a font. + > Why use two TFM files when one will do? One CAN construct a single + > TFM file complete with ligatures and kerning based on any user specified + > encoding, as already stated above. + +In the case of METAFONT output, the complete tfm as distributed can be +used as a raw TFM. That works because TeXText encoding is as +predictable as Adobe Standard Encoding. What raw fonts need is +predictable encoding. I suppose there may be other ways, but I have +found it serves very well to supply the needed accent composites even +for Computer Modern (or Concrete, or Pandora) by creating (e.g.) +cmr10.afm and running it through the afm2tfm and vptovf processes. +There may be a better way, but this uses existing tools and has the +virtue that the results can be made available to a wide variety of +users who need only to be sure that they have VF capabilities. + + > Also, if you take the `three mapping' approach, you want to make sure + > that the composite characters ARE in the encoding. You do not want to + > use TeX's \accent to construct composites. + +Granted---that is exactly the reason for working with VF and providing +preset and carefully adjusted composites. + + > Nor should the virtual font + > mechanism be used to construct composites that the font designer has + > already created, presumably with careful attention to positioning, and in + > some cases by actually designing separate glyphs (for example, shallower + > accents for upper case characters than for lower case). + +There are a few such fonts, and clearly Lucida should have been added +to the mention of Adobe Caslon and Garamond. But the majority, even +including some of the best classical designs, use composites. Should +the composite recipes in officially issued afm files be considered to +be barefaced lies? I agree entirely about the flatter accents for +Upper case, and in some conventions the Upper Case letters are +squatted down so that the accent does not project quite so alarmingly +over the type shoulder. For a given publication in a given font I am +prepared to work these refinements out even in a font that does not +otherwise have them. But then I have to use VF composites to create +the composite glyphs. To achieve this it is commonly necessary to +take the substrate letter from one font and the accent from another +(for example, a transformed copy of the substrate font). I regret +having to second-guess the designer but it is all part of the problem +created by the open-ended nature of accented character sets. Remember +that even Unicode lacks many accent combinations that are in +widespread international use for Arabic, Persian Turkish in Romanized +transcription. + + > Almost all text fonts have separate character programs for composite + > characters, hence these are real characters in their own right. True, in + > many cases these character programs do use either the `seac' Type 1 + > operator, or `Subr' calls and hence similar shapes can be achieved by + > combining the base and accent character with suitable positioning. However, + > in some cases the rendering will not be as good at low resolution, and most + > fonts treat at least Ccedilla, ccedilla, and Aring as complete separate + > glyphs that cannot be achieved by overprinting (The reason is that one does + > not want overlapping contours when the character is `stroked' instead of + > `filled'). + +I seem to remember that I recommended leaving the Ccedilla and ccedilla +as encoded simplex characters, even though about half the fonts I am +looking at treat them as composites. Aring is a composite in all the fonts +I presently have available to study, though I recognize that the taste +of the literate public most likely to use the letter disaproves of the +way an unadjusted Aring towers over the rest of a line. The last +point about stroked characters is an important one, and what it really +emphasizes is that if you genuinely care about the fonts you choose +you have to be prepared to treat them as individuals, and not try to +set them according to a Procrustean general coding. Hold on now---the +intent is not so much to fix input encoding into concrete as to +{\em stabilize} it so that output encoding can be fluid. + + > It may make sense to use AFII glyph numbers for these characters, + > as Adobe seems to suggest, or it may make sense to use UNICODE numbers as + > MicroSoft seems to believe, or we may use the names used by Apple, etc. + > Should it be Trightcommaaccent, Tcaron, Thacek, 0164 (hex), AFII100256, or + > ... ? + +Perhaps I should have left those out. Unicode would probably be the +best bet, but when is that likely to be generally recognized? + + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 21:55:45 +0630 +From: amit@cc.iitb.ernet.in +Subject: Macros for AMS-TeX? + +Can someone pass me some info about site(s) where I can find GOOD macro +compatible with AMS-TeX. Information about other macros with a wide ranging +facility for mathematical expression composition are also welcome. Please help. +The call is for David and Peter as well!! + +Amit Kumar Sinha <amit@cc.iitb.ernet.in> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 14:50:16 +0800 +From: Lo Wing Tai <b097766@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> +Subject: Postscript driver for HP9000/700 series workstations. + +We have dvios but the resolution from pk files are unacceptable. Does +anyone know other public domain or commercial available driver for TeX? + +Thanks, + +Dr. W. T. Lo +Department of Mathematics +The Chinese University of Hong Kong +Shatin, N.T. +Hong Kong + +email: wtlo@cuhk.hk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 11:35:43 -0700 +From: brian@aa.washington.edu +Subject: FTP site for TeX for OpenVMS + +I realize that UW is the UNIX site for TeX. Can you tell me the name +of an ftp site for TeX for VMS, specifically Alpha OpenVMS? + +Brian Leverson +e-mail: brian@aa.washington.edu +phone: (206)543-6736 +FAX: (206)543-0217 +mail: University of Washington + Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics, FS-10 + Guggenheim 318A + Seattle, WA 98195 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 14:35:13 +0100 +From: J.POTHARST@ELSEVIER.nl +Subject: Printing Sanskrit + +Can anyone please help with the following: + +I am looking for ways to print Sanskrit characters +("Devanagari") on a laserprinter from a PC, +ideally using Wordperfect. Interest includes also the +transliterated script (Latin characters with dots, +dashes, etc added). +I am very interested to hear on any fonts, programs +or other tools that are being used to produce texts +with these characters. +I've been told that a TeX version or application +from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) exists +that can produce Devanagari, but I don't have details. +Any further information on tools, organisations and +persons is highly appreciated. This question is +not related to, and does not serve, any commercial +purpose. + +Jan Potharst +j.potharst@elsevier.nl + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 18:27:21 -0400 +From: wkelly@utkvx.utk.edu +Subject: Spacing in Bibliography + +I am currently trying to make a bibliography list using BiBTeX to meet local +requirements for Senior Graduate Thesis. The Thesis have to be doubled space, +with no extra spacing between the bibliography entrees. I've tried modifying +\parskip, but to no avail. Everything works okay in the main text, it is just +the bibliography that adds the extra spacing. Any suggestions? + +Bill Kelly +Mathematics and Computer Science Dept. +Maryville College email: wkelly@utkvx.utk.edu +Maryville, TN 37801 (internet) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 13:15:01 -0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Metafont settings in DECUS distribution? + +A colleague got TeX-and-friends for VAX/VMS via DECUS. + +The DECUS suite includes .pk files. I guess that these were generated with +some Metafont settings intended for DEC's LN03. + +When my colleague uses these .pk files for output on our Hewlett-Packard +LaserJet IIISi, he gets output that (some say) seems "better" than the +output that other people get using the (CanonCX?) settings that, from +modes.mf, one might expect to do well on a IIISi. + +To consider using such .pk files on non-VMS systems, one would need to know +the relevant Metafont settings. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a +consensus about what should be done for an LN03 (assuming that LN03 is the +DECUS target printer). At Aston, [tex-archive.metafont.vms] suggests +blacker=0.2 (or 0.3, or 0.65) +fillin=-0.4 +o_correction=0.5 +while [tex-archive.metafont.contrib] suggests (for RicohLP=LN03) +blacker= 0.65 +fillin=-0.2 +o_correction=0.5 + +Does anyone know what Metafont settings were actually used to generate the +.pk files in the DECUS distribution? + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 18:26:39 -0500 +From: whw@uiuc.edu (Bill Weedon) +Subject: Flushing Inserts ('\midinsert', '\topinsert', etc.) + +Dear TeX Hackers, + +I am looking for a command to flush inserts created with either +'\midinsert' or '\topinsert' (call this new fictional command +'\flushinsert'). Here is my problem. I am writing a conference +paper in plain TeX and I have several figures (each enclosed in a +'\topinsert') near the end of the document. I am also using +BibTeX with the macro file 'btxmac.tex' to produce my reference +list. The editor of the conference proceedings wants the +reference list to start after the last figure, but not +necessarily on a new page. I would like to have a command +'\flushinsert' to flush the figures and start the reference list +afterwards. + +I have solved the problem temporarily by enclosing the last three +figures in a '\pageinsert' and doing a '\break' just before the +reference list. However, a more general solution to this +problem would be nice. I can make my document and figures +available, if necessary. + +As an aside, can someone please explain the functional +difference between '\break' in vertical mode and '\eject'? + +Thanks, +Bill + +Bill Weedon +Graduate Research Assistant +Electromagnetics Laboratory +ECE Department, M/C 702 Office: 217-333-1047 +University of Illinois FAX: 217-244-7345 +1406 West Green Street E-mail: whw@uiuc.edu +Urbana, IL 61801-2991 (Internet) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 16:28:00 +0000 +From: ajcarr@CCVAX.UCD.IE +Subject: Info needed on VF files (Q) + +If I use the NFSS2 nftimes style, I can get all my text typeset in Times +Roman, but the math (including variable names like `x') remain in cmmi. Is +it possible to design a TFM and a VF file which I can substitute for cmmi +which will use Times Italic for the letters and numbers, but cmmi for the +special symbols? + +I suppose that this is so obvious that someone would have done it long ago. + +Please respond direct, and I will summarise for the Digest if I get enough +responses. + +Thanks in advance. + +Alun + +A. J. Carr, Mech. Eng. Dept., UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland +Internet: ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1993 13:16:33 -0800 +From: "Ethan V. Munson" <munson@acacia.CS.Berkeley.EDU> +Subject: How do you single-space captions in a double-spaced document? + +Hi - + +I'm the person maintaining the UCTHESIS style for LaTeX. This style +approximates double-spacing by setting the \baselinestretch to 1.37. +However, certain elements of the document must be single-spaced. To +do this, the style uses the \ssp macro: + +\def\ssp{\def\baselinestretch{1.0}\large\normalsize} + +Here is an example of the \ssp macro being used to make tabular +environments be single-spaced: + +\def\tabular{\par\ssp\let\@halignto\@empty\@tabular} + +One document element I'd also like to be single-spaced is captions for +figures and tables, so the style includes the following code: + +\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{% + \vskip 10\p@ + \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{#1: #2}% + \ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize % IF longer than one line: + {\ssp#1: #2}\par % THEN set as ordinary paragraph. + \else % ELSE center. + \hbox to\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}% + \fi} + +But this does not work even though the 5th line clearly invokes the +\ssp macro. I've been able to use the \message macro to +check the value of \baselinestretch at every point in that line. The +value starts at 1.37, changes to 1.00 immediately after the \ssp +macro, and returns to 1.37 after the closing brace. I suspect that +there is something tricky about the way captions are handled because +they are in floats, but I am not able to figure it out. + +Can anyone help with this problem? + +Ethan Munson +munson@cs.berkeley.edu + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1993 18:52:16 -0800 +From: John O'Rourke <loyola@crl.com> +Subject: Converting troff to TeX? + +Anyone recall seeing something that reads troff and writes TeX? + +Regards, +John O'Rourke +loyola@crl.com + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 16:35:00 +1000 +From: H.LING@qut.edu.au +Subject: Virtual fonts, aliases problem in LaTeX and DVIPS. + +Hello TeX experts, + +Re: LaTeX, DVIPS fonts, aliases problem + +I would be most grateful if you could help me with the 2 problems below. + +My VAX VMS site has experienced peculiar problems with LaTeX and DVIPS +with regards to the new virtual fonts. + +Problem 1 +- --------- +Around 9/1992, I got all the TeX and DVIPS savesets from the ftp site +ymir.claremont.edu. I then installed them. The DVIPS is by Tomas Rokicki, +version 5490 and has the virtual fonts (e.g. ptmr.vf, ptmr.tfm and rptmr.tfm) +with it which I installed. + +Lately, some users been using postscript fonts such as times-roman and +helvetica. When they tried to do LaTeX, it complained bad fonts. WHY???? +Are my TeX and LaTeX too old? I have $set watch file/class=all on and +it was accessing the ptmri.tfm alright. + +See the trace below: + +bauple> latex vhhl +This is TeX, Version 3.14 [PD VMS 3.3a] (preloaded format=lplain 92.2.15) +(DSKC:[TEX.TESTING]VHHL.TEX;6 +LaTeX Version 2.09 <14 January 1992> +(TEX_ROOT:[INPUTS.LOCAL]QITDOC.STY;1 +Document Style 'qitdoc'. Version 0.05 --- 1988 May 27 +(TEX_ROOT:[INPUTS.LOCAL]QITDOC11.STY;1)) (DSKC:[TEX.TESTING]VHHL.AUX;2) +! Font \txxx=ptmri at 36.0pt not loadable: Bad metric (TFM) file. + +So I used AFM2TFM and then VPTOVF to regenerate the fonts which resolved the +problem. + +Problem 2 +- --------- +My users did not like to use aliases for fonts names. So, what I did was +to use the same conventional names as the alias name in the psfonts.map file +and using these long names in the AFM2TFM and VPTOVF commands. What this +means is that times-roman.tfm is not the old font but the virtual font. +Is there any implications for other programs? + +I found out my XDVI (pre 1989) did not like the new fonts and I read somewhere +that only XDVI 1.4 or later can handle virtual fonts. Is this correct? + +Thanks in advance, + +How-Hie Ling. +h.ling@qut.edu.au +Queensland Uni of Technology, +Brisbane, Australia + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 13:20:21 +0100 +From: "Nico A.F.M. Poppelier" <N.POPPELIER@ELSEVIER.nl> (Tel 31-20-5803482) +Subject: Elsevier Science announces availability of ESP-LaTeX + +Elsevier Science has the pleasure to announce the availability of their +ESP-LaTeX package from the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). + +In order to assist authors in preparing their papers for articles published +by Elsevier Science Publishers in such a way that their files can be used to +print the article, we have developed a LaTeX package ESP-LaTeX, consisting of +a document style `espart' and a booklet with instructions to authors. + +Authors are kindly requested to use the `espart' document style. This +document style, which produces a preprint-like output, enables the Publisher +to adapt the article to the layout and style of the journal in which the +article will appear (the Publisher will replaced `espart' by a +journal-specific production document style). + +The ESP-LaTeX package contains the following files. Please make sure that +you retrieve all these files. + +readme.esp Brief instructions. + +espart.sty The main document style. Copy this to the directory + where all other .sty files are. + +espart12.sty The pointsize-related definitions. Copy this to the + directory where all other .sty files are. + +The ESP-LaTeX package can be obtained using anonymous FTP from the +Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN): + +host names: CTAN directory: +- -------------------- ------------------------------------------ +ftp.uni-stuttgart.de /pub/tex/macros/latex/contrib/elsevier +ftp.tex.ac.uk /pub/archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsevier +ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsevier + +Questions concerning the LaTeX author-prepared article project and requests +for the booklet with instructions to authors should be directed to the +address on the inside cover of one of the journals participating in the +project. + +Nico Poppelier +Manager for the LaTeX author-prepared article project + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1993 15:40:51 +0100 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: New version of subeqnarray available shortly + + Hi, + + Today I have put a new version of the subeqnarray option in + the incoming directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk. I am sure it will + find its way to the proper place in CTAN shortly. + + The difference between this version, 2.0 and the previous one, + 1.1, is that it now checks if the user specified either one + (or both) of the options leqno and fleqn. + + Regards, + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 09:05:39 -0600 +From: "George D. 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Knuth Scholarship + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 13:05:35 -0800 +From: "Ethan V. Munson" <munson@acacia.CS.Berkeley.EDU> +Subject: Re: How do you single-space captions in a double-spaced document? + +Mike Piff came to my rescue for the second time with the following +observation: + +> I suspect that the answer is a simple one. +> +> Try {\ssp#1: #2\par} instead. (Set paragraph before forgetting single +> spacing.) + +The original line of code was: + + {\ssp#1: #2}\par + +Mike's suggestion solved the problem. + +Ethan Munson +munson@cs.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 17:39:41 -0500 +From: Bill Denning <DENNING@DECUS.Org> +Subject: Re: Metafont settings in DECUS distribution? + +David Rhead writes: + +>>A colleague got TeX-and-friends for VAX/VMS via DECUS. + +>>The DECUS suite includes .pk files. I guess that these were generated with +>>some Metafont settings intended for DEC's LN03. + +>>Does anyone know what Metafont settings were actually used to generate the +>>.pk files in the DECUS distribution? + +Try contacting the DECUS TeX Collection editor, Ted Nieland. If Ted can't help + +himself, he can probably refer you to the folks who did the port. + +ted@nieland.dayton.oh.us +nieland@decus.org + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 18:01:01 -0500 +From: Bill Denning <DENNING@DECUS.Org> +Subject: Abbreviation marks for feet and inches + +From time to time I need to write LaTeX documents that include measurements in +feet and inches. What I'm looking for is a method of using the ' and " marks +to abbreviate feet and inches. + +I've tried several simple macros, but with limited success. + +\newcommand{\inch}{{\tt "}} + +This does exactly what I want for inches, but I can't seem to get a similar +vertical mark for feet -- what I really would like is half of the " mark in the + +\tt font. {\tt '} and {\tt `} give "curled" marks, and \verb doesn't seem to +help either. + +As an alternative, I've also tried: + +\newcommand{\feet}{$^{^{\small\prime}}$} + +\newcommand{\inch}{\feet\feet} + +At least the marks are consistent with each other, but I'm not really satisfied +with the results. (Most of the time I use \large for the type size of my text. +) + +Can anyone make any other suggestions? + +Thanks for your help, Bill + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 18:50:58 -0500 +From: Bill Denning <DENNING@DECUS.Org> +Subject: Making large circles in LaTeX or PicTeX + +Does anyone have any experience in creating large circles in either PicTeX or +the LaTeX picture environment? As documented in Leslie Lamport's book, the +largest circle that can normally be made is approxmately 1/2 inch in diameter. + +On my system I can generate a circle of about 14 mm in diameter, but that's the + +upper limit. Any suggestions would be appreciated. + +Thanks, Bill + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 23:38:49 +0000 +From: Manuel Carriba <M.Carriba@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Inserting graphics in LaTeX documents + +Heitor S. Lopes (heitor@gpeb.ufsc.br) writes: + +> Does anybody have some hint on how to insert in Latex documents, +> graphic files in any well-known graphic format (e.g. .PCX, .GIF, etc...), +> or from spreadsheet charts? I'm using PcTeX, running under DOS, and I noticed +> that \special{... doesn't work at all. + +Switch to emTeX :-) It supports your desired graphic formats. + +Your nearest site is pip.shsu.edu:tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex + +Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 18:21:49 -0500 +From: Bill Denning <DENNING@DECUS.Org> +Subject: DVIJEP -j option for VAX/VMS systems + +I'm doing some work in LaTeX using the picture environment, and I want to do it +in landscape mode. PORTLAND.STY does the trick, and XDVI handles the output +nicely for screen display. However, when I convert it to print on my HP +LaserJet IIP using DVIJEP, all text wider than 7.50in gets truncated. + +I'm using the February, 1991 distribution of the DECUS TeX Collection for +VAX/VMS systems. I looked around in [TEX_SOURCE.DVI], and found that Nelson +Beebe mentions an update for DVIJEP in his message dated 26-May-1988, which is +contained in the file 00MAIL.16. + +There is also a file called DVIJEP.LANDSCAPEMODS, which is a mail message from +Julian Perry containing the source code modifications needed to implement the +- -j option for DVIJEP. The -j option is used to convert .DVI files that are +generated in landscape mode. + +Does anyone have an updated version of DVIJEP on a VAX/VMS system that allows +the use of the -j option? I need either object or executable code, as I don't +have a C compiler. An .EXE would need to be linked under VMS 5.4-2 or earlier. + +I do not have access to ftp. I believe that the VMSmail command SEND/FOREIGN +would work if the sender is using a MIME compliant mailer. + +Several sources in DECUS have been unable to help with this request. + +Thanks in advance, Bill + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1993 23:54:59 +0000 +From: Manuel Carriba <M.A.Carriba@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Searching for items in UK CTAN + +Dear all, + +I guess the UK node of the CTAN provides the facility to search for +the location of some specific files, directories or both if you don't +know exactly wehre they're placed in directory tree. + +Can someone tell me the commands or give a short explanation how +I can do this? It should work similar to archie's query. + +Cheers, + +Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1993 10:53:13 +0000 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Searching for items in UK CTAN + + > I guess the UK node of the CTAN provides the facility to search for + > the location of some specific files, directories or both if you don't + > know exactly wehre they're placed in directory tree. + > + > Can someone tell me the commands or give a short explanation how + +if you use ftp, the command + quote site index foo +searches the file list for the word "foo". is that what you mean + + > I can do this? It should work similar to archie's query. +"should" is a strong word. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 13:36:00 -0500 +From: wwetmore@amweld.org (William Wetmore, amweld sysop) +Subject: TeX + +I need to find out where to get TeX, which platforms it is +available for, etc... Now that we are on the Internet it seems +that our technical writers would like to use this system. +Thanks in advance for any info you can share with me. + +- ---- William Wetmore + American Welding Society, Miami, Florida + amweld.org + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 17:25:01 -0500 +From: Steven "M." Christensen <stevec@yoda.physics.unc.edu> +Subject: Solaris 2.X TeX etc. + + +Do you know if TeX and its related programs have been ported +to Sun Solaris 2.2 or better? + +Steve Christensen + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1993 10:34:42 +0000 +From: James Renshaw <jhr@mathematics.southampton.ac.uk> +Subject: TeX converters to Braille? + +We have a blind student in our department who currently converts all his +notes into Braille (including a lot of the mathematics). A number of my +collegues use TeX/LaTeX and we would like to save him some time and effort +by converting out lecture notes/tutorial sheets from TeX to Braille. I +have come a cross a LaTeX file called braille.sty together with the +relevant fonts which can output Braille as a sequence of dots but (1) it +can't cope with mathematics and (2) we need some hardware to convert the +dots to actual Braille. + +Does anybody have any suggestions as to how we might achieve this? + +Dr JH Renshaw | Tel : (0703) 593673 +Faculty of Mathematical Studies | Fax : (0703) 593939 +University of Southampton | E-mail : jhr@soton.ac.uk +Southampton SO9 5NH, ENGLAND | or : jhr@maths.soton.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1993 14:14:00 +0000 +From: AMG0199@vax2.queens-belfast.ac.uk +Subject: Invisible printing! + +I would like to set up an environment in LaTeX say + +\begin{invisible} ..... \end{invisible} + +such that all material contained within it is processed in the normal way +in terms of spacing and paging but at the print out stage blank characters +(invisible ink) are used. Presumably this will involve providing dummy +pixel files. Any advice will be welcome. + +(This may seem like a strange specification -- it has to do with lecture +notes being prepared with parts blanked out, later to be filled in by +students!) + +Tom Patterson +Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics +Queen's University of Belfast +uk.ac.qub.v2 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 12:34:06 +0000 +From: P.Taylor@rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: Report on the inaugural meeting of the NTS group, September 1993 + + +Report on the Inaugural Meeting of the NTS Core Group: September, 1993. +========================================================================= + +This is a report on the inaugural meeting of the NTS (`New Typesetting System') +project group, held during the autumn DANTE meeting at Kaiserslautern (Germany) + +on 23rd and 25th September, 1993. + +Present: Joachim Lammarsch (DANTE President, and instigator of the NTS project) +; + Philip Taylor (Technical co-ordinator, NTS project); + Marion Neubauer (minutes secretary); + Prof. Dr. Peter Breitenlohner, + Mariusz Olko, + Bernd Raichle, + Joachim Schrod, + Friedhelm Sowa. + +Background: Although the NTS project has been in existence for approximately +eighteen months, there has not previously been a face-to-face meeting of +members of the core group; at the Spring meeting of DANTE Rainer Sch\"opf +announced his resignation as technical co-ordinator, and Philip Taylor was +invited by Rainer and Joachim to take over as co-ordinator, which he agreed to +do. + +Joachim Lammarsch opened the Autumn meeting by reviewing the history of the +project and the rationale which lay behind its creation; each member of the +group then briefly reviewed his or her particular area of interest in the +project, after which the group received an extended presentation from Joachim +Schrod on one possible approach to the realisation of NTS. The members of the +group were broadly in support of the approach outlined by Joachim Schrod, and +it was \stress {agreed} that this should form the basis for discussions at the +meeting. + +The approach proposed by Joachim may be summarised as follows: {\TeX} in its +present form is not amenable to modification; the code, although highly +structured in some ways, is also painfully monolithic in others, and any +attempt to modify the present code in anything other than trivial ways is +almost certainly doomed to failure. Accordingly, before attempting to modify +{\TeX} in any way it is first necessary to re-implement it, the idea +behind such re-implementation being to eliminate the interdependencies of +the present version and to replace these with a truly modular structure, +allowing various elements of the typesetting process to be easily modified or +replaced. This re-implementation should be undertaken in a language suitable +for rapid prototyping, such as the Common Lisp Object System (`CLOS'). The +primary reason for the re-implementation is to provide modularisation with +specified internal interfaces and therby provide a test bed, firstly to ensure +that {\TeX} has been properly re-implemented and subsequently to allow the +investigation of new typesetting paradigms. + +Once a working test bed has been created, and compatibility with existing +{\TeX} demonstrated, a second re-implementation will be undertaken; this +re-implementation will have the same modular structure as the test bed but will +be implemented with efficiency rather than extensibility in mind, and will be +undertaken using a combination of literate programming and a widespread +language with a more traditional approach, such as `C++'. When this second +version has also been demonstrated to be compatible with {\TeX}, it will be +made available to implementors around the world, the idea being to encourage +people to migrate to NTS by demonstrating its complete compatibility with +{\TeX} (the test bed will also be made available if there is interest shewn +in its use). Thereafter new ideas and proposals will be investigated using the +test bed, and if found to be successful these will be re-implemented in the +distribution version. + +The main problem which the group identified with the approach outlined by +Joachim was simply one of resources: in order to accomplish two +re-implementations within a reasonable time-scale, it would be essential to use +paid labour, it being estimated that each re-implementation requires a +minimum of four man-months work to produce a prototype, and eight man-months to +reach the production stage. As this is far beyond the ability of members of the +group to contribute in the short term, it is clearly necessary to employ a +small team (of between two and four members) to carry out the re-implementations +under the guidance and supervision of one or more members of the core group. +Initial costings suggested that this could not be accomplished within the +present financial resources of the group, and accordingly it was \stress +{agreed} that Joachim Lammarsch should seek further financial support. +Subsequent investigations shewed that a quite significant reduction in costs +could be achieved if the programming team were sited in a central or eastern +European country, particularly if the members of the team were also residents +of the country; this approach is being investigated. + +As it was obvious that no immediate progress could be made with Joachim +Schrod's proposal, even though the group agreed that it represented an +excellent philosophical approach, it was also \stress {agreed} that the group +needed to identify some fallback approaches, which could (a)~be commenced +immediately, and (b)~would be of significant benefit to the {\TeX} community at +large. The group identified two such projects, these being (1)~the +specification of a canonical {\TeX} kit, and (2)~the implementation of an +extended {\TeX} (to be known as e-{\TeX}) based on the present WEB +implementation. It was also \stress {agreed} that Marek Ry\'cko \& Bogus{\l}aw +Jackowski would be asked if they were willing to co-ordinate the first of these +activities, and that Peter Breitenlohner would co-ordinate the second. + +The ideas behind the two proposals are as follows. + +(1)~The canonical {\TeX} kit: at the moment, the most that can be assumed of + any site offering {\TeX} is (a)~ini{\TeX}; (b)~plain {\TeX}; (c)~{\LaTeX}; + and (d)~at least sixteen Computer Modern fonts. Whilst these are adequate + for a restricted range of purposes, it is highly desirable when transferring + documents from another site to be able to assume the existence of a far + wider range of utilities. For example, it may be necessary to rely on + BibTeX, or on MakeIndex; it may be useful to be able to assume the existence + of BM2FONT; and so on. Rather than simply say ``all of these can be found + on the nearest CTAN archive'', it would be better if all implementations + contained a standard subset of the available tools. It is therefore the aim + of this project to identify what the elements of this subset should be, and + + then to liaise with developers and implementors to ensure that this subset + is available for, and distributed with, each {\TeX} implementation. + +(2)~Extended {\TeX} (e-{\TeX}): whilst the test bed and production system + approach is philosophically very sound, the reality at the moment is + that the group lacks the resources to bring it to fruition. None the + less, there are many areas in which a large group of existing {\TeX} + users believe that improvements could be made within the philosophical + constraints of the existing {\TeX} implementation. E-{\TeX} is an + attempt to satisfy their needs which could be accomplished without a + major investment of resources, and which can pursued without the need + for additional paid labour. + +Finally the group agreed to individually undertake particular responsibilities; +these are to be: + +Peter Breitenlohner: Remove any existing incompatibilities between +{\TeX}--{\XeT} and {\TeX}, with the idea of basing further e-{\TeX} +developments on {\TeX}--{\XeT}; liaise with Chris Thompson concerning +portability of the code; produce a catalogue of proposed extensions to +e-{\TeX}. + +Joachim Lammarsch: liaise with vendors and publishers in an attempt to raise +money for the implementation of NTS proper; arrange a further meeting of +interested parties; liaise with Eberhard Mattes concerning the present +constraints on the unbundling of em{\TeX}; negotiate with leading academics +concerning possible academic involvement in the project. + +Mariusz Olko: take responsibility for the multi-lingual aspects of e-{\TeX} and +NTS; discuss the possibility of siting the NTS programming team in Poland; +discuss the possibility of academic involvement with leading Polish academics. + +Bernd Raichle: endeavour to get {\TeX}--{\XeT} integrated into the standard +UNIX distribution; prepare a list of proposed extensions to e-{\TeX}; lead +discussions on NTS-L. + +Friedhelm Sowa: primary responsibility for finance; prepare proposals for a +unified user interface and for unification of the integration of graphics; +liaise with the Czech/Slovak groups concerning possible siting of the NTS +programming team in the Czech Republic or Slovakia; discuss possible academic +involvement with leading academics. + +Philip Taylor: Overall technical responsibility for all aspects of the project; +liaise with other potential NTS core group members; prepare and circulate a +summary of the decisions of this and future meetings. + + + Philip Taylor, + 09-NOV-1993 14:02:03 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 11:08:52 -0500 +From: kb@cs.umb.edu +Subject: modes.mf 1.1 available + +I have released version 1.1 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf + +You can also get it by email from George Greenwade's (thanks, George!) +file server if you cannot ftp: email fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of +`sendme modes'. + +This file is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common +definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and +landscape mode. + +The mode for the HP LaserJet 4 has completely new values, from +mbr@research.nj.nec.com; his seemed better tested than previous. + +The IBM 4019 is now a separate mode from the IBM 4216. + +This version again runs through TeX. + +As always, thanks to the contributors. + +If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the +existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition, +particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome. + +karl@cs.umb.edu + +mode_def AgfaFourZeroZero = % AGFA 400PS +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga +mode_def AtariNineFive = % Atari 95dpi previewer +mode_def AtariNineSix = % Atari 96x96 previewer +mode_def AtariSLMEightZeroFour = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer +mode_def AtariSMOneTwoFour = % Atari ST SM 124 screen +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 +mode_def ApsSixHi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A +mode_def CanonCX = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX +mode_def CanonEX = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630 +mode_def CanonLBPTen = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 +mode_def ChelgraphIBX = % Chelgraph IBX +mode_def CItohThreeOneZero = % CItoh 310 +mode_def CItohEightFiveOneZero = % CItoh 8510A +mode_def CompugraphicEightSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 8600 +mode_def CompugraphicNineSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 9600 +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS +mode_def DataDisc = % DataDisc +mode_def DataDiscNew = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio +mode_def DECsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 +mode_def DEClarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover +mode_def epsdraft = % Epson at 120x72dpi +mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroMed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi +mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroLo = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi +mode_def EpsonMXFX = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family +mode_def GThreefax = % 200 x 100dpi G3fax +mode_def HPDeskJet = % HP DeskJet 500 +mode_def HPLaserJetIIISi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi +mode_def HPrugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) +mode_def IBMD = % IBM 38xx (\#2) +mode_def IBMFourZeroTwoNine = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 +mode_def IBMFourTwoOneSix = % IBM 4216 +mode_def IBMFourZeroOneNine = % IBM 4019 +mode_def IBMProPrinter = % IBM ProPrinter +mode_def IBMSixOneFiveFour = % IBM 6154 display +mode_def IBMSixSixSevenZero = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) +mode_def IBMThreeOneSevenNine = % IBM 3179 screen +mode_def IBMThreeOneNineThree = % IBM 3193 screen +mode_def IBMThreeEightOneTwo = % IBM 3812 +mode_def IBMThreeEightTwoZero = % IBM 3820 +mode_def IBMEGA = % IBM EGA monitor +mode_def IBMVGA = % IBM VGA monitor +mode_def imagewriter = % Apple ImageWriter +mode_def laserjetfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4 +mode_def laserjetlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi +mode_def lasermaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster +mode_def LASevenFive = % DEC LA75 +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZeroLo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi +mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZero = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi +mode_def LinotypeThreeZeroZeroHi = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi +mode_def LNZeroOne = % DEC LN01 +mode_def LPSTwoZero = % DEC lps20 +mode_def LPSFourZero = % DEC LPS40 +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor +mode_def MacMagnified = % Mac screens at magstep 1 +mode_def MacTrueSize = % Mac screens at 72dpi +mode_def NCD = % NCD 19-inch +mode_def NEC = % NEC +mode_def NEChi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi +mode_def Newgen = % Newgen 400dpi +mode_def NeXTprinter = % NeXT 400dpi +mode_def NeXTscreen = % 100dpi NeXT monitor +mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only +mode_def OCESixSevenFiveZeroPS = % OCE 6750-PS +mode_def okidata = % Okidata +mode_def OneTwoZero = % e.g., high-resolution Suns +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi +mode_def PrintwareSevenTwoZeroIQ = % Printware 720IQ +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) +mode_def QMSOneSevenTwoFive = % QMS 1725 +mode_def QMSOneSevenZeroZero = % QMS 1700 +mode_def RicohFourZeroEightZero = % e.g., TI Omnilaser +mode_def RicohLP = % e.g., DEC LN03 +mode_def SparcPrinter = % Sun SPARCprinter +mode_def StarNLOneZero = % Star NL-10 +mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi +mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi +mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ +mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFiveZeroSixZeroW = % Varitype 5060W +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroLo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi +mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroHi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi +mode_def VarityperFourTwoZeroZero = % Varityper 4200 B-P +mode_def VarityperSixZeroZero = % Varityper Laser 600 +mode_def VAXstation = % VAXstation monitor +mode_def XeroxDocutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def XeroxEightSevenNineZero = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def XeroxFourZeroFiveZero = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090 +mode_def XeroxNineSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 9700 +mode_def XeroxThreeSevenZeroZero = % Xerox 3700 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Nov 1993 16:31:59 +0100 +From: gaulle@frors65.circe.fr (Bernard Gaulle) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] announcing the French Style Files distribution V3,25 + + I'm pleased to announce the availability of the so called +"French Style Files" distribution V3,25 on the French archives server of +GUTenberg at ftp.univ-rennes1.fr in directory pub/GUTenberg/french + + I recall that this package is intended for people willing to deal with +French documents or multi-lingual documents with TeX, LaTeX, etc... + + Below is the file giving the major changes since the last distributed +version V3,20 in may, 1993. + +Enjoy, + + --bg + + +% fichier Changements de la distribution << style french >> +=============================================================================== +Voici les principaux changements intervenus dans la distribution du +style french V3,25 du 25 novembre 1993 par rapport a la V3.20 du 11 mai 1993 : + +A NOTER que presque tous les fichiers ont ete modifies. + + Il s'agit d'une version consolidee permettant l'utilisation du +dispositif NFSS2 (New Font Selection Scheme version 2) qui sera introduit +a peu pres sous sa forme actuelle dans LaTeX2e. La prochaine distribution +des fichiers de francisation devrait etre relative a cette nouvelle version +de LaTeX. + +Ameliorations apportees : + - au niveau de la francisation : + - un mot suivi d'une \footnote peut desormais etre + divise en fin de ligne ; + - lettrines produites de facon plus rigoureuse ; + possibilite d'imposer le nombre de lignes ; + - mise en page du style letter ; + - ajout de \prefacename comme dans la distribution de Babel ; + - traitement des guillemets modifie (pour laisser la + possibilite a l'utilisateur de redefinir des macros + ayant des noms composes des caracteres < ou >) ; + - \begin{french} et \end{french} sont autorises avec LaTeX ; + - prise en compte de NFSS2 et de son << Encoding Scheme >> ; + - utilisation possible avec le moteur TeX--XeT ; + - la << contribution >> allemande a ete remise a jour par son + auteur, Marc Torzynski. + +Nouveaux outils proposes : + + - possibilite de preciser son clavier personnel (keyboard.dat) + en le chargeant par \documentstyle[keyboard,...]{...} + (ce dispositif est en beta-test) ; + particulierement utile dans le cas d'installation multi-utilisateurs + ou lorsque le << codepage >> est amene a etre change souvent. + + - mise en oeuvre de convertisseurs 7-bits <==> 8-bits a partir + du fichier keyboard.dat personnel (un compilateur C est necessaire + pour la generation de ces convertisseurs realises avec TeX et lex). + Est particulierement utile pour l'envoi de documents ASCII 7-bits + sur les reseaux. + +Corrections de bogues : + + - utilisation depuis plain TeX ; + - < et > dans le mode mathematique d'AmSLaTeX ; + - definition de \vert et de \bibcite etaient incorrectes ; + - \c est corrige comme dans la distribution de MlTeX ; + - elimination de blancs intempestifs a la suite de \endnonfrench + et \endguillemets ; + - \cite[X] n'imprimait pas X a la francaise ; + - \wrongtypedspaces pouvait etre utilise par erreur en francais. + +Contournements : + - de quelques problemes introduits par NFSS2 (\input non standard, + messages contenant des caracteres non proteges) ; + - de la methode utilisee dans seminar.sty (ou xcomment.sty) pour produire + uniquement des transparents (option slidesonly) ; + + La conformite des fichiers de la distribution est maintenant assuree +par la mise en place d'un << checksum >> qui a ete calcule par le programme +(du domaine public) de Robert M. Soloway. Ce code est inscrit dans tous les +fichiers ou cela s'est avere possible et utile. Vous pouvez donc verifier +la validite de vos fichiers en leur appliquant ce programme (avec l'option -v). +Vous devez obtenir le message : + << The checksum verification of the input file was successful. >> +Si vous obtenez le message : + << The checksum verification of the input file did not succeed. >> +alors cela signifie que vos fichiers ne sont pas d'origine. + + Des formulaires << d'installation correcte >> et << d'incidents >> +sont fournis pour etre completes et renvoyes a l'adresse indiquee. + +Mes remerciements vont a tous ceux qui ont signale des problemes ou +suggere des ameliorations. + + --bg + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Dec 1993 17:37:06 +0100 +From: geoff@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Geoff Kuenning) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] German dictionary available for ftp + +I have made a German dictionary for ispell available for ftp on +ftp.cs.ucla.edu, in the directory pub/ispell/languages/deutsch. The +dictionary was developed some time ago by Martin Schulz, who was +unable to distribute it. He passed it on to me with a request that I +make it available, and somehow I managed to lose track of his request. +I am embarrassed about how long it took me to rediscover it, but +"better late than never", so it's there for the taking. The files are +gzipped except for README/LIESMICH, which I have left uncompressed so +that you can easily view them. I suggest that you read one of these +files before retrieving any others. +- -- + Geoff Kuenning geoff@maui.cs.ucla.edu geoff@ITcorp.com + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1993 08:42:14 +0100 +From: Nico Poppelier <N.POPPELIER@elsevier.nl> +Subject: announcement Donald E. Knuth Scholarship + +At the 1993 TUG Annual Meeting the Board of Directors of the TeX Users Group +(TUG) has decided that, starting with the 1994 Scholarship, the Donald E. +Knuth Scholarship will be open to non-TUG members as well as to TUG members. +The same rules for the Scholarship competition will apply, and the current +committee will serve again for the 1994 Scholarship. + +Announcement of the next competition +- ------------------------------------ + +One Knuth Scholarship will be available for award next year. The competition +will be open to all TeX users holding support positions that are +secretarial, clerical or editorial in nature. It is therefore not intended +for those with a substantial training in technical, scientific or +mathematical subjects and, in particular, it is not open to anyone holding, +or studying for, a degree with a major or concentration in these areas. + +The award will consist of an expense-paid trip to the 1994 TUG Annual +Meeting at Santa Barbara, USA, and to the Scholar's choice from the short +courses offered in conjunction with that meeting, and TUG membership for +1993, if the Scholar is not a TUG member, or for 1994, if the Scholar is a +TUG member. A cap of $2000 has been set for the award; however, this does +not include the meeting or course registration fee, which will be waived. + +To enter the competition, applicants should submit to the Scholarship +Committee, by the deadline specified below, the input file and final TeX +output of a project that displays originality, knowledge of TeX, and good +TeXnique. + +The project as submitted should be compact in size. If it involves a large +document or a large number of documents then only a representative part +should be submitted, together with a description of the whole project. For +example, from a book just one or two chapters would be appropriate. + +The project may make use of a macro package, either a public one such as +LaTeX or one that has been developed locally; such a macro package should be +identified clearly. Such features as sophisticated use of math mode, of +macros that require more than ``filling in the blanks'', or creation and use +of new macros will be taken as illustrations of the applicant's knowledge. + +All macros created by the candidate should be well documented with clear +descriptions of how they should be used and an indication of how they work +internally. + +All associated style files, macro-package files, etc., should be supplied, +or a clear indication given of any widely available ones used (including +version numbers, dates, etc.); clear information should be provided +concerning the version of TeX used and about any other software (e.g. +particular printer drivers) required. Any nonstandard fonts should be +identified and provided in the form of .tfm and .pk files suitable for use +on a 300dpi laser printer. + +While the quality of the typographic design will not be an important +criterion of the judges, candidates are advised to ensure that their +printed output adheres to sound typographic standards; the reasons for +any unusual typographic features should be clearly explained. + +All files and documents comprising the project must be submitted on +paper; the input files should be provided in electronic form as well. +Suitable electronic media are IBM PC-compatible or Macintosh diskettes, +or a file sent by electronic mail. + +A brochure with additional information is available from the TUG office. To +obtain a copy, or to request instructions on e-mail submission, write to the +address at the end of this announcement, or send a message by e-mail to +TUG@tug.org with the subject ``Knuth Scholarship request''. + +Along with the project, each applicant should submit a letter stating +the following: +1. affirmation that he/she will be available to attend the 1994 TUG + Annual Meeting; +2. affirmation of willingness to participate on the committee to + select the next Scholar. + +Each applicant should also submit a `curriculum vitae' summarizing +relevant personal information, including: +1. statement of job title, with a brief description of duties and + responsibilities; +2. description of general post-secondary school education, TeX + education, identifying courses attended, manuals studied, personal + instruction from experienced TeX users, etc.; +3. description of TeX resources and support used by the + candidate in the preparation of the project. + +Neither the project nor the `curriculum vitae' should contain the +applicant's name or identify the applicant. These materials will be reviewed +by the committee without knowledge of applicants' identities. If, despite +these precautions, a candidate is identifiable to any judge, then that judge +will be required to make this fact known to the others and to the TUG board +members responsible for the conduct of the judging. + +The covering letter, `curriculum vitae', and all macro documentation that is +part of the project input should be in English. (English is not required for +the output of the project.) However, if English is not the applicant's +native language, that will not influence the decision of the committee. + +Selection of the Scholarship recipient will be based on the project +submitted. + +Schedule +- -------- + +The following schedule will apply (all dates are in 1994): + + March 7 Deadline for receipt of submissions + March 21--May 16 Judging period + May 23 Notification of winner + 31 July--4 August 1994 Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, USA + +The 1994 Scholarship Committee consists of +- - Chris Rowley, Open University, UK (Chair); +- - David Salomon, California State University, Northridge, USA; +- - Jenny Smith, Jon Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 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We have some ideas but +we'd like your suggestions for what you'd like to see in it, and what +you'd find interesting. + +Please spare a few minutes of your time to answer the following +questions and help us make TeXhax the publication you want it to be. +Send your replies to TeXhax-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +****************** +A. About TeXhax... + +1. TeXhax has traditionally been a "question and answer" digest of + mail messages. Do you like this format? + + YES / NO / NOT SURE + +2. If you answered "NO" or "NOT SURE" above, are questions best answered + in other places? + + YES / NO + +3. Do you like to see announcements of new TeX software and services + in TeXhax? + + YES / NO + +4. Would you like to see regular topic "columns", as in a magazine? + + YES / NO + +5. If you answered "YES", which of the following topics would you like + to see covered: + + News from the Archives YES / NO + Beginner's corner YES / NO + Expert's corner YES / NO + TUG News YES / NO + Announcements of meetings YES / NO + New publications YES / NO + TeX book reviews YES / NO + Other (please describe)... + +6. TeXhax currently appears at 2-weekly to monthly intervals, + depending on size of contents. Is this the right sort of frequency? + + YES / NO + +7. If you answered "NO", how often would you like to see it appear? + + WEEKLY / EVERY TWO WEEKS / MONTHLY + +****************** +B. About you... + +1. Are you a member of the TeX Users Group, or affiliated national + or language user group? + + YES / NO + +2. How do you currently receive TeXhax? + + a) Personally, via mail + + b) Read it in USENET newsgroup comp.text.tex + + c) Other + + MAIL / NEWS / OTHER + +3. Do you also read other electronic TeX-oriented media? + + a) UKTeX YES / NO + + b) Other (please describe)... YES / NO + +4. Do you think TeXhax overlaps with othe electronic TeX-oriented media? + + YES / NO + +5. Do you have an Internet connection? + + YES / NO + +****************** + +Thanks for your co-operation. + +David Osborne +(TeXhax Digest moderator) + +on behalf of +TUG Publications Committee + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1993 19:49:17 +0000 +From: KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.kph.uni-mainz.de +Subject: Re: Abbreviation marks for feet and inches + +Here are feet and inches (or minutes and seconds) +\def\feet{\'{}} +\def\inches{\H{}} + +- --J"org Knappen. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 15:46:33 +0000 +From: P.Taylor@rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: RE: Abbreviation marks for feet and inches + +>From time to time I need to write LaTeX documents that include measurements in +>feet and inches. What I'm looking for is a method of using the ' and " marks +>to abbreviate feet and inches. + +Maths mode is perfect: for example 1 foot four inches can be set as + + $1' 4''$ + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 13:27:13 +0000 +From: idb@cimio-limited.co.uk (Ian Bailey) +Subject: Word for Windows + +I wonder if anyone might be able to help me. + +I have several word-for-windows documents which I must now submit for +examination in LATEX format. Is there any software available to carry +out the conversion from WfW v.2.0 to a generic LATEX structure ? + +If anyone has such a product for distribution (or for sale, if it is within +the budget of a student), then could they please let me know. + + +Ian Bailey + +idb@cimio.co.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 19:11:21 -0500 +From: Ferose Lambay <fal@snail.cis.ufl.edu> +Subject: How to make Glossary during thesis writing + +Hello TeX-Hackers, + I have quite got in a fix, I want to know how to make a glossary +with the description of the items in it and placed at the end in an appendix. + The LaTex book by Lamport only mentions the command \glossary to be used +similar to \index, and says nothing how to use \description to describe the +\item to be glossarized. + So what I understood was only how to put \glossary next to the word to be +put into the glossary, but nothing about how to use \description or which +commands \makeglossary to be used whether in the TeX file or the document file + Kindly help and quote an example for the usage of the commands to +make a glossary with some text. + + Thanking you and wishing you all a Merry X'mas and +a Happy New TeX year. + Bye........ + ferose A. + University of Florida + USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 14:57:57 +0100 +From: Schoepf@sc.zib-berlin.de +Subject: LaTeX2e -- Preliminary Release Available + +It's not a bird, it's not plain, it's......... + + + + LaTeX2e -- Preliminary Release Available + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + 21 December 1993 + +The new release of LaTeX is now available for testing. + +LaTeX2e is the new standard version of LaTeX -- prepared and supported +by the LaTeX3 project team. It is upwardly compatible with LaTeX 2.09 +documents, but contains new features. + + +Over the years many extensions of LaTeX have been developed. This is, +of course, a welcome development, since it shows that the LaTeX system +is in a healthy state. It has, however, had one unfortunate +consequence: there are now several incompatible systems, in the sense +of format (.fmt) files, all claiming to be LaTeX. Therefore, in order +to process documents coming from various places, a site maintainer +needs to provide several format files: LaTeX (with and without NFSS), +SLiTeX, AmSLaTeX, and so on. In addition, when looking at a source +file it is not always clear for which format the document was written. + +LaTeX2e puts an end to this unsatisfactory situation---it will give +access to all such extensions based on a single format and thus end +the proliferation of mutually incompatible dialects of LaTeX 2.09. + +It uses an enhanced version (NFSS2) of the New Font Selection +Scheme. Files such as amstex.sty (formerly the AmSLaTeX format) or +slides.sty (formerly the SLiTeX format) will become extension +packages, all working with this single format. + +The introduction of this new version will also make it possible to add +a small number of often-requested features (such as extended versions +of \newcommand). + +To summarize: + + * Standardisation: a single format incorporating NFSS2, to replace the + present multiplicity of incompatible formats (NFSS, + lfonts, pslfonts, etc.) + * Maintenance: a standardised system supported by a reliable + maintenance policy. + + +LaTeX2e adheres, as far as possible, to the following principles: + + * Unmodified version 2.09 document files can be processed with + LaTeX2e. + + * All new features of LaTeX2e conform to the conventions of version + 2.09, making it as easy as possible for current users to learn to + use them. + +LaTeX2e is described in a new edition of `LaTeX: A Document Preparation +System' by Leslie Lamport (to appear during 1994) and `The LaTeX +Companion' by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, both published by +Addison-Wesley. + +LaTeX2e will be distributed twice a year. This distribution is a +preliminary test release, and doesn't contain all of the files that +will be part of the full release. In particular, it does not contain +the planned extensions in the area of graphics inclusion. + +The first full release will be available in Spring 1994. + +This is a test release, so please get it and test it on as many +different systems as possible! + + +LaTeX2e can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex2e-test + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex2e-test + ftp.uni-stuttgart.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex2e-test + +Please report any problems with LaTeX2e by using the report-generating +program latexbug.tex, included in the LaTeX2e distribution. Error +reports can be sent to the following mail address: + + latex-bugs@rus.uni-stuttgart.de + +Note that no one on the programming team will be reachable until +January 1994 (to give them a chance to see their families again). All +mail sent to the above address will be answered then. + + +Seasons greetings to you all! + + +For the LaTeX3 Project + +Johannes Braams +David Carlisle +Alan Jeffrey +Frank Mittelbach +Chris Rowley +Rainer Sch\"opf + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1993 11:12:41 -0500 +From: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@univ.gda.pl> +Subject: Bachotek '94 + +Dear David and Peter, + +We send you an official announcement of the 2nd GUST meeting, +which will be held in the coming year. + +Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! + +- --W{\l}odek Bzyl +- --Tomek Przechlewski +(editors of the GUST bulletin) + +***************************************************************** + 2nd General Meeting of the Polish + TeX Users Group (GUST) + Bacho\TeX '94 + +2nd general meeting of GUST will be held in Bachotek (Brodnica +Lake District) from 30.04 to 2.05 94. + +The deadline for submission of papers is March 1st 1994. +A correspondence and papers should be directed to + Hanna Ko{\l}odziejska, + International Computers Ltd Poland, + ul. Leszno 21, 01-199 Warszawa + POLAND + e-mail: hkolo@plearn.edu.pl + +****************************************************************** + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex.ftp + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@TUG.org, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, +CA 93102, USA. + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.79.28) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.79.32) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +ftp.tex.ac.uk is also mirrored to pip.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) and +ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) as part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network, and may give better response for subscribers in the +USA and Europe, respectively. + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 17] +***************************************** |