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+From: TeXhax-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk
+To: TeXhax Distribution: ;
+Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #01
+Reply-To: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk
+Errors-To: TeXhax-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk
+Distribution: world
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
+Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 11:28:27 +0000
+Message-ID: <905.760015707@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
+Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
+
+TeXhax Digest Monday, 31 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 01
+
+% 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:
+ TeXhax in '94 survey
+ TeX support for the Kannada language?
+ Color TeX
+ musictex sortindx in C?
+ flash card style?
+ Query: SUN, HP Deskjet driver
+ LaTeX style for manual?
+ Bold Greek Letters
+ WYSIWYG editor for TeX or LaTeX?
+ Word-for-Windows to LaTeX conversion
+ CTAN calling all LaTeX style writers!! Readme!
+ [comp.text.tex] emTeX 3.1415 beta-9 is now available
+ [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCING: TeXit 1.35
+ web2c 6.0 & friends available
+ Movement of german CTAN host
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott
+ Contributions: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk
+ Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
+ TeXhax-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 10:25:19 +0000
+From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.nott.ac.uk>
+Subject: TeXhax in '94 survey
+
+Thanks to all of you who sent in responses to my survey in the last
+issue, and for the various suggestions you made. I'll be analysing
+them soon, now the flow of responses has tailed off, and hope to
+publish the findings in the next issue.
+
+If you didn't see the questionnaire, you can fetch a copy of the last
+issue (V93 #17) from one of the anonymous ftp hosts in the CTAN
+(Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) -- see the details of how to do
+this in the trailer to this issue.
+
+~~David Osborne (TeXhax Digest moderator)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 11:30:07 -0600
+From: "T.N.K.Raju, MD 6-4183" <U40200@UICVM.EARN>
+Subject: TeX support for the Kannada language?
+
+Can anyone tell me if there is a program on Tex to write in
+Kannada, a South Indian language? If you know of other programs to write
+in this language on computer, please help.
+Tonse Raju, MD, Prof. Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1993 18:36:11 -0700
+From: "Carlos A. Felippa" <carlos@titan.colorado.edu>
+Subject: Color TeX
+
+Is there a version of TeX with the ability to include
+color information directly in an output PS or EPS file?
+
+Carlos Felippa
+Aerospace Engrg Sci
+University of Colorado at Boulder
+carlos@titan.colorado.edu
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 03 Jan 1994 12:56:48 -0800
+From: Steve Kelem <kelem@castor.xilinx.com>
+Subject: musictex sortindx in C?
+
+I have a copy of musictex that includes sortindx.for.
+1. Is this the latest copy of musictex?
+2. Has anyone translated sortindx.for into C?
+
+Thanks,
+/7\'7 Steve Kelem (408)879-5347 kelem@xilinx.com
+\\ ` Xilinx FAX: (408)559-7114
+// 2100 Logic Drive
+\\/.\ San Jose, California 95124
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 21:25:30 -0800
+From: Steve Kelem <kelem@castor.xilinx.com>
+Subject: flash card style?
+
+Has anyone made a flash card style for latex or tex? I tried, but can't get
+the order of output to come out right.
+
+Here's what I want to type:
+
+\input flash.sty
+\card{Front 1}{Back 1}
+\card{Front 2}{Back 2}
+\card{Front 3}{Back 3}
+...
+
+And I would like it to come out in columns so that the fronts are on one
+side, the backs on the other side of the page and then the page can be
+sliced up into 3x11 pieces like:
+
+Front 1 Front 12 Front 23 Back 23 Back 12 Back 1
+Front 2 Front 13 Front 24 Back 24 Back 13 Back 2
+...
+
+Front 11 Front 22 Front 33 Back 33 Back 22 Back 11
+
+When there's an exact multiple of 33, it works out ok. But when there are
+fewer, then the columns don't come out in the right places.
+
+I tried modifying the labels style, which I've included below.
+
+Thanks for any help or pointers,
+/7\'7 Steve Kelem (408)879-5347 kelem@xilinx.com
+\\ ` Xilinx FAX: (408)559-7114
+// 2100 Logic Drive
+\\/.\ San Jose, California 95124
+
+
+% LABELS.TEX This can be used to produce mailing labels from a name
+% and address file. Format is 33 labels per 8-1/2 x 11 inch page.
+% Ted Shapin, December 18, 1986.
+
+% This output routine does a triple column page with no headers or footers.
+% Taken from the TeX book.
+
+\newdimen\fullhsize
+\fullhsize=8.5in
+\hsize=2.8in
+
+\def\fulline{\hbox to \fullhsize}
+% The following line indicates that we're working on the Left column
+\let\lr=L
+\def\frontcolumnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}
+\def\backcolumnbox{\leftline{\backbody}}
+\newbox\frontleftcolumn
+\newbox\frontmidcolumn
+\newbox\backbody
+\newbox\backleftcolumn
+\global\setbox\backleftcolumn=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 0pt}
+\newbox\backmidcolumn
+\global\setbox\backmidcolumn=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 2pt}
+\newbox\backrightcolumn
+\global\setbox\backrightcolumn=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 0pt}
+\output={\message{output}\if L\lr\message{LEFT}
+ \global\setbox\frontleftcolumn=\frontcolumnbox \global\let\lr=M
+ \global\setbox\backrightcolumn\backcolumnbox
+ \global\setbox\backmidcolumn\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 0pt}
+ \else\if M\lr\message{MID}
+ \global\setbox\frontmidcolumn=\frontcolumnbox \global\let\lr=R
+ \global\setbox\backmidcolumn\backcolumnbox
+ \else \message{RIGHT}\global\setbox\backleftcolumn\backcolumnbox
+ \tripleformat \global\let\lr=L\fi\fi
+% reset the backbody
+ \global\setbox\backbody=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 0pt}
+ \ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000 \message{\the\outputpenalty}
+ \else \message{\the\outputpenalty}
+ \if L\lr
+ \global\setbox\backleftcolumn=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 2pt}
+ \global\setbox\backmidcolumn=\vbox{\hrule width 3.6667in height 2pt}
+ \global\setbox\backrightcolumn=\backcolumnbox
+ %\tripleformat
+ \fi
+ \supereject
+ \if L\lr \else\null\vfill\eject\fi
+ \if L\lr \else\null\vfill\eject\fi
+ \fi}
+% \dosupereject\fi}
+
+% Format a triple-column document
+\def\tripleformat{\message{tripleoutput}\shipout\vbox{
+% The front page
+ \fulline{\box\frontleftcolumn\hfil\box\frontmidcolumn\hfil\frontcolumnbox}}
+ \advancepageno
+% The back page
+ \shipout\vbox{
+ \fulline{\box\backleftcolumn\hfil\box\backmidcolumn\hfil\backrightcolumn}}
+ \setbox\backbody=\vbox{}
+ \advancepageno
+}
+% This sets up to use the full page with no margins.
+
+\hoffset=-.75in \voffset=-.75in \vsize=11in \parindent=0pt
+\topskip=0pt \lineskip=0pt
+
+% This is used for each mailing label
+\raggedright
+\obeylines
+\parindent=0pt
+\def\L#1#2{\vbox to 1in{#1\vfil}%
+ \setbox\backbody=\vbox{\unvbox\backbody%
+ \vbox to 1in{#2\vfil}}%
+}
+
+% The input looks like this:
+
+% \L{T. Doe
+% The White House
+% Washington, D.C.}
+% \L{Ted Shapin
+% Beckman Instruments, Inc.
+% 2500 Harbor Blvd., X-11
+% Fullerton, CA. 92634}
+
+% Now read the mailing list
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 12:03:03 +0100
+From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl>
+Subject: Query: SUN, HP Deskjet driver
+
+ I have a SUN and an HP Deskjet printer. Does anyone know of a
+ driver for that printer which runs on the SUN?
+
+ 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: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 19:22:21 -0500
+From: mauricio@beethoven.aero.ufl.edu
+Subject: LaTeX style for manual?
+
+ Many moons ago, I remember there was a place where you could get a
+copy of the comp.sys.tex FAQ and a collection of latex styles. Does anyone
+have the address? I am after a style for a manual. I would *like* it
+would have the name of the section and the name of the manual/authors
+alternating in the header of the page, between 2 dark lines, and the page
+number somewhere in the fotter, under another dark line.
+
+If there is *no* manual style available at all, how do I write my own? I
+should add I need to get this done pretty soon, so I would really
+appreciate replies with samples.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 09:41:34 -0500
+From: "Mark Weber, GSFC (301)286-0507" <SUMW@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov>
+Subject: Bold Greek Letters
+
+How can I create bold Greek letters (or any special math symbols) for use
+in titles or generally in bold texts? I am sure that this propblem has
+surfaced before and maybe someone can give me hints to possible solutions.
+
+Mark Weber
+Code 690
+NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
+Breenbelt, MD 20771
+USA
+e-mail: sumw@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 13:43:10 +0000
+From: sdm@ll.iac.es (Susana Delgado)
+Subject: WYSIWYG editor for TeX or LaTeX?
+
+ Has anybody knowledge about a WYSIWYG document editor that works with
+TeX or LaTeX format?. I've tried with doc from Interviews but the format
+it uses is not really LaTeX.
+
+Thanks in advance,
+
+Susana Delgado
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 15:15:23 -0600
+From: cross@seraph1.sewanee.edu (Clay C. Ross)
+Subject: Word-for-Windows to LaTeX conversion
+
+I am especially interested in any responses to the request for a WfW2LaTeX
+(Word for Windows to LaTeX) converter. I have a 500-page mathematics book
+in Word (5.0 on the Mac) that I have to convert to LaTeX {report} format.
+At this point the conversion is mostly manual and VERY slow. In theory, I
+can automatically convert Word formulas to plain TeX using MathType for
+Windows: I am told that MT will convert all of the formulas (or equations)
+in a document to plain TeX. This would make the conversion easy enough to
+do --- one document at a time, but I have not yet gotten to the appropriate
+Windows PC to install the necessary programs and have a try.
+
+Another problem that I have is that the manuscript contains pages of
+WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) Mathematica transactions (both Input
+and Output) whose format I wish to retain in LaTeX. What macros will I
+need? (I am one week into TeX, and this is hard for me.) The formatting was
+not hard to do in Word, but the LaTeX commands are beyond me.
+
+ Clay C. Ross (615) 598-1301
+ Mathematics & Computer Science
+ The University of the South
+ Sewanee, Tennessee 37383-1000
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 20:02:43 +0000
+From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz)
+Subject: CTAN calling all LaTeX style writers!! Readme!
+
+As I am sure most people know, a new version of LaTeX (LaTeX2e) is now
+in beta test, and will be released on the world in the spring. It will
+have a support policy of regular 6 monthly updates.
+
+After consultation with the LaTeX2e project team, the CTAN sites have
+decided to restructure the LaTeX area of the archives, to distinguish
+clearly between material known to work with LaTeX2e, and untested or
+imcompatible styles. We would also like to make it clear which
+packages are actively supported and documented, and which are offered
+`asis'. The final structure will therefore look like this:
+ macros
+ latex
+ core % supplied by LaTeX2e team
+ contrib
+ supported
+ other
+ latex209
+ contrib
+
+Until the spring, this will be reversed, so that macros/latex will be
+2.09, and macros/latex2e will be the beta release.
+
+Anything in latex/contrib/supported will be expected to conform to a
+minimal standard of documentation and maintenance; material in
+latex/contrib/other should have been tested with LaTex2e, but the
+authors may not wish to promise support or documentation. It is
+important to note that we are not making qualitative judgements -- we
+will continue to hold whatever authors produce and place in the public
+domain.
+
+A short guide to documentation and maintenance will be available
+shortly. Tel us if you want your name on a list to receive it.
+
+The purpose of this note is to ask style authors to consider looking
+again at their work, and checking that it works with LaTeX2e, maybe
+updating it to use the new features if necessary. Let CTAN know
+(ctan-mgr@shsu.edu), and your packages can be moved to the
+latex2e/contrib/suported tree, so that users will have a good choice
+of material at the start.
+
+If you haven't seen LaTeX2e, you can ftp it from ftp.tex.ac.uk,
+ftp.shsu.edu or ftp.dante.edu, from /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core.
+You can get full details of the new features in `The LaTeX Companion'
+(Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, Addison Wesley 1994)
+
+Sebastian Rahtz
+
+for CTAN archivists
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 31 Dec 1993 10:16:31 +0100
+From: mattes@iemars1.e-technik.uni-stuttgart.de (Eberhard Mattes)
+Subject: [comp.text.tex] emTeX 3.1415 beta-9 is now available
+
+Archive-Name: auto/comp.text.tex/emTeX-3-1415-beta-9-is-now-available
+
+emTeX beta 9 is now available:
+
+ ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/pub/tex/systems/msdos/emtex/betatest/texb9.zip
+
+It will soon be available from the other CTAN sites.
+
+Here's the list of changes, relative to beta 8:
+
+- - TeX 3.1415
+
+- - The standard-sized emTeX (tex.exe) now supports \charsubdef (-ml
+ command line option)
+
+- - The parameter stack size is now settable for the standard-sized
+ emTeX with the /ma# command line option (# in 60 through 1000), the
+ default value is 60
+
+- - Support for long file names under OS/2 has been added
+
+- - The method for file name truncation has been changed. The 5+3.3
+ rule is tried before the 8.3 rule.
+
+- - Files with names that contain two or more dots cannot be read and
+ written under DOS. This should solve the problem of
+ \include{chap1.tex} overwriting chap1.tex with chap1.tex.aux
+
+- - The default directory (\emtex\texinput, for instance) is no longer
+ searched in addition to the directories specified by an environment
+ variable (TEXINPUT, for instance)
+
+- - Directories can now be searched recursively. To search one level of
+ subdirectories, append ! to the path name, to search all levels of
+ subdirectories, append !! to the path name.
+
+- - A new environment variable, EMTEXDIR, can be used to change the path
+ name of the emTeX directory
+
+- - The EMTEXDRV environment variable and the /pv command line option
+ are no longer supported; use EMTEXDIR instead. For instance,
+ replace
+
+ set emtexdrv=c
+
+ with
+
+ set emtexdir=c:\emtex
+
+- - The TCP file (see the /c option) is now sought in \emtex\data (or in
+ the directories set by the TEXDATA environment variable).
+
+- - Loops which don't produce screen output can now be interrupted with
+ Ctrl-Break. This feature can be disabled by the /db command line
+ option (for machines which have problems with hooking interrupt 1C)
+
+- - The speed of screen output has been improved, especially when
+ running under GNU Emacs on OS/2
+
+- - Keyboard input now works under GNU Emacs on OS/2
+
+- --
+ Eberhard Mattes (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 31 Dec 1993 10:16:42 +0100
+From: <norm@ora.com>
+Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCING: TeXit 1.35
+
+Archive-Name: auto/comp.text.tex/ANNOUNCING-TeXit-1-35
+
+TeXit is my "do-it-all" Perl script for processing TeX (especially LaTeX)
+documents. This release should be available on all CTAN sites "real soon
+now" (I just uploaded it to ftp.shsu.edu this morning...) in the directory
+<ctanroot>/support/texit.
+
+Here's the top of the CHANGES file. If you have any questions or suggestions,
+don't hesitate to ask...
+
+$Id: CHANGES 1.6 1993/12/30 17:27:16 norm Exp $
+
+This file documents the changes to TeXit:
+
+Version 1.35:
+
+- - $DEFAULTLATEXFORMAT added to specify default LaTeX variant (it could be
+ a LaTeX file, a LaTeX+NFSS file, a LaTeX+NFSS2 file, an AMS LaTeX file,
+ or ...
+
+- - Added support for LaTeX2e
+
+- - Added an option to allow the TEXINPUTS path to be specified differently
+ for different formats. Right now, for example, TEXINPUTS2E will be used
+ in place of TEXINPUTS when formatting LaTeX2e documents.
+
+- - Running under X11, TeXit will change the title bar and the icon title
+ to reflect the action being performed. For long jobs, this makes it
+ easy to tell if the iconified TeXit process has finished. If you want
+ this functionality, you must set $SETXTITLE=1; in your .texitrc file.
+
+Version 1.34:
+
+- - Reorganized the initialization code for the format file names, printable
+ names, and parsing routines.
+
+- - Added support for finding the position of the first error in a TeX log.
+ The '%E' in a command (the editing command, for example) is replaced
+ by the name of the file containing the error and `%e' is replaced by the
+ line number of the error.
+
+- - TeXit verifies that TeX will be able to find the format file that you've
+ requested. This will help users with non-standard format file names track
+ down problems quickly.
+
+- - Parsing the LaTeX log has been extended to add dependencies for bibliography
+ style files and bibliography databases.
+
+- - The environment variables that contain the paths for searching for biblio
+ files and format files are stored in $ENV_TEXINPUTS, $ENV_BIBINPUTS, and
+ $ENV_TEXFMTS. These should be changed in your .texitrc file to reflect
+ the correct environment variables.
+
+- - The Local-Variables and other format-file clues no longer override the
+ values established by a % Format:, % Master:, or % Mode: line in the
+ document.
+
+- - Error messages for unrecognized warnings in LaTeX now use the format
+ "filename: line-number: warning" if the line number occurs in the
+ message, otherwise the format "filename: warning" is used.
+
+- - If you define $DEFAULT_PRINTER, it will be the default printer queue if
+ you do not specify one.
+
+- - Made STDOUT unbuffered
+
+- - Print %done message while parsing LOG file. For very large log files,
+ earlier versions of TeXit gave the impression that they were hung...
+
+- - If a raw input filename is given (one with no path component), then
+ TeXit will search for the file in the $ENV_TEXINPUTS path.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 06:45:43 -0500
+From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu>
+Subject: web2c 6.0 & friends available
+
+I've released version 6.0 of web2c, a port of the basic TeX
+project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix,
+and my modified drivers (dvipsk and xdvik).
+
+You can get everything by ftp from:
+
+ (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{lib,src,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz
+
+lib is a collection of the basic tfm, tex, mf, and bibtex files
+ (in my opinion).
+src has additional documentation, sources for some of the things
+ in lib, and a few extra programs I find especially valuable.
+
+Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites (please try them first):
+
+ (Texas) ftp.shsu.edu
+ (England) ftp.tex.ac.uk
+ (Germany) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
+
+See the ftp retrieval instructions below for precise details.
+
+A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me (I'm sure
+there will be plenty). If you want support, or if you cannot ftp, I
+suggest contacting unixtex@u.washington.edu.
+
+One change worth emphasizing: the default paths have completely changed.
+See the file kpathsea/HIER for a summary of this. The Makefile(s) and
+kpathsea/paths.h.in do the actual definitions.
+
+By the way, the new version number is 6.0 because 5.8515 was just too
+many decimal points (also running out of characters on my system V
+filesystems).
+
+The next major feature I intend to implement is a runtime configuration
+file (read by all three programs) to define paths.
+
+kb@cs.umb.edu
+Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+
+web2c:
+Version 6.0 (24 January 1994)
+* Default paths changed.
+* Update for TeX 3.1415, etc.
+* Change to use the kpathsea library, a la dvipsk and xdvik.
+
+* TeX's \openin command invokes MakeTeXTeX just like \input.
+
+* TeX & Metafont:
+ - 16-byte values can be dumped, thus allowing native `long' on the DEC Alpha.
+ - But 32-bit integers are used if sharable format files are desired,
+ even on 64-bit machines.
+ - Interrupts are accepted when waiting for input.
+
+* Online output support in Metafont for Regis terminals and the NeXT.
+* gftopk can handle characters with up to 100,000 rows.
+* vftovp's -charcode-format=ascii works properly.
+* patgen doesn't give bizarre numeric output where it should be text.
+
+* configuration:
+ - -lX11 is used for OpenWindows.
+ - The MakeTeX... scripts are individually selectable by default, and
+ can always be invoked if certain environment variables are set.
+ - The subdirectory trick using st_nlink can be turned off.
+
+* Makefiles:
+ - man/Makefile doesn't remove itself at `clean'.
+ - {tex,mf}/clean-tr[ia]p doesn't reinstall a {tex,mf}d.h with the test
+ constants.
+ - web2c/Makefile removes lex and yacc output at `clean'.
+ - mkdirchain invoked as an absolute filename.
+
+* web2c:
+ - sync is no longer invoked; instead the Makefiles touch texd.h and
+ mfd.h after they are finished.
+
+dvipsk:
+5.526a (24 January 1994)
+* Extra :'s in config file paths incorporate the compile-time default,
+ and extra :'s in envvars incorporate the config file path.
+* Default paths and config.ps changed.
+* -v prints the version number and exits.
+* magstep rounding consistent with xdvik.
+* MakeTeXPK.in includes gsftopk support (disabled by default), and
+ allows user envvars to override the script's value. Some default
+ values substituted from the Makefile.
+* Under -DSECURE, reading of absolute_p files is prohibited.
+
+xdvik:
+1.5 (24 January 1994)
+* Try again to make the signal handling more reliable on the Alpha.
+* Debugging option for EPS previewing.
+* Magstep rounding consistent with dvipsk.
+* xdvi -version by itself doesn't provoke a usage message.
+* Make j a synonym for j.
+
+
+
+[FTP.nwc: 24 January 1994
+
+ The most up-to-date copy of this file is available on ftp.cs.umb.edu
+ (158.121.104.33) in pub/tex/FTP.nwc.
+
+ If the info below does not match up with what you find on the archives,
+ please let us know. Thanks! -- unixtex@u.washington.edu.]
+
+=========================================================================
+ TeX programs are user-supported: join the TeX Users Group (TUG)
+ and support the development of these programs.
+ For membership information, send mail to
+ tug@tug.org.
+=========================================================================
+
+
+ FTP INSTRUCTIONS
+
+Most people who get in touch with the Unix TeX distribution at the Univ.
+of Washington are aiming to install plain TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, plain
+Metafont, a previewer that will work under the X windowing system, and a
+PostScript device driver. While the ftp sites listed below have just
+about everything useful for users of TeX on a variety of operating
+systems, our retrieval instructions -- intended solely for users with
+machines running Unix -- are limited to the programs mentioned above.
+
+The three ftp sites mentioned below are part of the Comprehensive TeX
+Archive Network (CTAN).
+
+ CTAN is the result of cooperative work among members of TUG,
+ DANTE [German-speaking TeX Users Group], and UKTUG [U.K. TeX
+ Users Group], under the leadership of George Greenwade, Chair
+ for TUG's Technical Working Group on TeX Archive Guidelines.
+
+ Special thanks to George Greenwade for establishing the CTAN site
+ at Sam Houston State University (US), to Rainer Schoepf for the
+ CTAN site at the University of Stuttgart (FRG), and to Sebastian Rahtz
+ for the CTAN site at Aston University (UK). These archives mirror
+ each other meticulously.
+
+Please use the host nearest you:
+
+ Host Internet address TeX root dir
+ ---- ---------------- ------------
+ ftp.shsu.edu 192.92.115.10 tex-archive
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk 134.151.44.19 tex-archive
+ ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 128.69.1.12 tex-archive
+
+Users of ftp.tex.ac.uk or ftp.uni-stuttgart.de will be able to retrieve
+the same tex-archive files, but site-specific files (i.e., the two
+mentioned in the next paragraph) may be named differently.
+
+Upon logging on (to ftp.shsu.edu), retrieve and read
+
+ README.archive-features and
+ README.site-commands
+
+to learn how to use the archive efficiently.
+
+We assume that you will have read these documents and will be able to
+use the information in them to make retrieval more convenient for yourself.
+
+ For example, by reading these files, you will learn that you will be
+ able to retrieve foo.tar.gz even if the file does not exist, because
+ the ftpd allows archiving and compressing files on the fly.
+
+In our instructions, the mode of compression used during retrieval is
+gzip. All files ending in .gz are gzipped.
+
+We encourage you to retrieve and install GNU's gunzip utility, part of
+the gzip package. Set "binary" by typing "bi" at your ftp prompt, and
+retrieve the file
+
+ ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip/gzip-<version>.tar
+
+It does a better job of compression than standard Unix compress; and it
+is (as far as is known) patent-free. It is illegal to use Unix compress
+for software on the net, because it infringes on a software patent.
+
+ To inform yourself about the new software monopolies
+ in the U.S., send mail to the
+ League for Programming Freedom:
+ lpf@uunet.uu.net
+
+
+For a basic set of input files and fonts:--------------------------------------
+- --
+
+ ftp> cd tex-archive/systems/unix/web2c
+ ftp> bi [for binary retrieval]
+ ftp> get lib.tar.gz
+
+ This file contains a small collection of fonts (TFM files only),
+ (La)TeX macros, MF macros, and BibTeX files, enough to get
+ started. The AMS fonts and macros are included.
+
+ It unpacks into a directory named `texmf', which you will want in
+ your equivalent of /usr/local/lib -- whatever you defined as your
+ $(datadir) in the Makefiles.
+
+ The organization of the archive was debated at great length. We hope
+ it will be useful. If you don't like our organization, you should
+ move the files around as you see fit, not forgetting to redefine the
+ search paths and installation directories. The Makefiles,
+ kpathsea/HIER, kpathsea/paths.h.in, and web2c/README (``Directory
+ hierarchies'') have more tidbits of information.
+
+ We advise unpacking this and deciding on your directory structure
+ *before* doing the compilations.
+
+
+For web2c:
+- ---------
+
+ Special thanks here to Karl Berry, Unix System Coordinator for TUG.
+ He improves/develops/maintains web2c, modes.mf, dvipsk, and xdvik
+ (and other things not mentioned in this file). He also maintains
+ pub/tex on ftp.cs.umb.edu, which is the originating location for all
+ the files above and below.
+
+ [still in tex-archive/systems/unix/web2c]
+
+ ftp> get web.tar.gz [Knuth's WEB sources for TeX, MF, & family:
+ unpacks into ./web2c-<version>]
+
+ ftp> get web2c.tar.gz [WEB-to-C source:
+ unpacks into ./web2c-<version>]
+
+ It is important to retrieve and unpack both web.tar.gz and web2c.tar.gz.
+ They unbundle into a single directory called ./web2c-<version>.
+
+ The web2c software converts the WEB source files (in which TeX,
+ Metafont, & family are written) to C source. The input and font
+ files are needed to dump the format and base files required to run
+ plain TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont.
+
+
+
+For an X window system previewer (xdvik)
+- -------------------------------
+ and PostScript device driver (dvipsk):
+ -------------------------------------
+
+ ftp> cd ../../dviware/xdvik
+ ftp> get xdvik.tar.gz
+ [unpacks into ./xdvik-<version>]
+
+ ftp> cd ../dvipsk
+ ftp> get dvipsk.tar.gz
+ [unpacks into dvipsk-<version>]
+
+ ftp> cd ../../fonts/cm/pk
+ ftp> get pk300.zip
+ [For write-black 300dpi devices.
+
+ The zip/unzip package is in
+ ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip.
+
+ These pk fonts are not strictly necessary;
+ dvips and xdvi can use a script `MakeTeXPK' that will
+ generate missing bitmapped fonts.]
+
+ ftp> get pk300w.zip
+ [pk300w (write-white) fonts are better with xdvi]
+
+ ftp> quit [end ftp session]
+
+
+We believe this covers the retrieval of the essential files.
+
+Each of the three packages -- web2c, xdvik, dvipsk, -- contains its own
+installation instructions. The first thing to compile is web2c (that is
+to say, both web.tar.gz and web2c.tar.gz, unpacked); begin by reading
+./web2c-<version>/web2c/README.
+
+If this is your first TeX installation, you may not find the process
+as easy as installing directly from our distribution tape, but ease is
+a matter of degree. All installation processes require careful attention
+to detail, and knowledge of your system. Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly),
+and you improve your chances of success.
+
+Those who purchase distribution tapes from us support this reply service,
+and receive installation help should they need it.
+
+- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Network users interested in TeX software will find much that is useful in
+the following FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) documents on rtfm.mit.edu
+(18.70.0.209) in ~pub/usenet/comp.text.tex:
+
+ T,_L,_e.:_F_A_Q_w_A_[M]
+ (i.e., TeX, LaTeX, etc.: FAQ with Answers [Monthly])
+
+There is also a supplement to the FAQ containing FTP locations; it's in
+the same place on rtfm.mit.edu.
+
+A beautifully done index of macros for TeX and LaTeX is available on
+theory.lcs.mit.edu (18.52.0.92) in ~/pub/tex/TeX-index.
+
+These files are all included in ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/src.tar.gz.
+
+- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+If you are concerned about connect-time, search or retrieval problems,
+or require help in building and installing the basic TeX/LaTeX and
+Metafont programs on your machines, you may wish to consider ordering a
+distribution tape from
+
+ Northwest Computing Support Center
+ DR-10, Thomson Hall 35
+ University of Washington
+ Seattle WA 98195
+
+ phone: (206) 543-6259
+
+A distribution fee in the area of $210 for domestic U.S. sites covers
+the expenses of putting together and maintaining the distribution, its
+equipment, and of providing information and installation-support
+services. The University of Washington does not subsidize the Unix TeX
+distribution.
+
+E-mail queries concerning the distribution tape should be sent to:
+
+ unixtex@u.washington.edu
+
+otherwise to:
+
+ mackay@cs.washington.edu (Dr. Pierre A. MacKay).
+
+********************************************************************
+All services of the Unix TeX distribution are funded by tape orders.
+ Please do not be shy about asking us for information.
+
+Northwest Computing Support Center Email: unixtex@u.washington.edu
+University of Washington, DR-10 Phone: 206 543-6259 M-F 8a-12n
+Seattle WA 98195 USA
+********************************************************************
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 12:56:49 +0100
+From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf)
+Subject: Movement of german CTAN host
+
+The german node of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) has
+moved from
+
+ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
+
+to
+
+ftp.dante.de
+
+The latter is a dedicated machine, kindly supplied by the Association
+of german speaking TeX users (DANTE e.V.). We are grateful to the
+computing center of the University of Stuttgart, especially Barbara
+Burr and her crew, for having supplied the services to run the TeX
+archive on one of their hosts and to DANTE and its members for
+contributing the necessary funds through their membership fees.
+
+Note that ftp.uni-stuttgart will continue to offer access to the TeX
+archive; users of that node will not notice any difference.
+
+
+ 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>
+
+------------------------------
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