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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.01 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.01 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..598245881a --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.01 @@ -0,0 +1,936 @@ +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. 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It should run +on any sensible UNIX machine although it was developed on System V Release 4. +The LaTeX style file is based on 2.09 of 7 Dec 1989 and may need some +tinkering for more recent versions - I haven't checked. + +If this looks useful then please mail me direct for the script plus supporting +files, examples and manual page. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 17:58:19 +0000 +From: Manuel Carriba <M.Carriba@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: TeX support for the Kannada language? + +Tonse Raju <U40200@UICVM.EARN> writes on Wed, 29 Dec 1993 11:30:07 -0600: + +> Can anyone tell me if there is a program on Tex to write in +> Kannada, a South Indian language? + +What you need is macro style file. Get the babel system in +CTAN:./tex-archive/language/babel. + +Copy the file 'skeleton.doc' and rename it to 'kannada.doc'. Then edit +the latter file translating all the language specific bits into the +Kannada language. In the original file they are in English. + +Once done, send a copy to the author of babel for inclusion in the next +release. + +Have fun! +Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 15:39:37 -0800 +From: pvt@klab.caltech.edu (Pravin V. Tulachan) +Subject: LaTeX on Solaris 2.X + +Does anyone know of a site that have Tex/LaTeX sources that have been compiled +to work under Solaris 2.X on Sparcstations. thanks +- --pravin + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 01:33:25 +0100 +From: Joerg R Gollnick <dusjrg@louise.frk.cdc.com> +Subject: METAFONT under NextStep + +> I wounder if anyone knows how to run METAFONT under NextStep. I am having +> a difficulty on producing any font. +> +> Does anyone have any idea of how to start ? +> +> Abdul Rayhan + +I don't know NextStep very well, but as far as I know there is a somewhat +"normal" UNIX system hidden behind the graphical user interface. I think +if your MetaFont package and how it is installed is like all the other +UNIX-based systems you should be able to "go down" to the UNIX level and +invoke your MetaFont using shell commands. What are the "README" or "INSTALL" +files saying which came along with the package ? (I have written some C-Shell +script to automate the boring font building process on my UNIX system...) + +May be there is a GUI shell for invoking TeX and MetaFont on your system as +part of the TeX/MetaFont package and you just haven't noticed that. (On my +Atari at home I have a nice graphical shell which was part of the package I +use.) + +May be the DVI driver you have to get on-screen previews has the ability to +build the missing font files used in your document but not on available (you +must have at least the TFM files for this to work). + +May be you will find on TeX/MetaFont providing internet sites GUI shells and +DVI driver capable of automated font building... + +Regards, +Joerg R. Gollnick + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 11:29:03 +0700 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: special's + +Hello TeX friends, +I have just observed strange behaviour. I was trying to fine tune the +positioning of my EPSF pictures. They needed a special postscript prolog, so I +used: + +\special{header=gnudict.pro} + +in the preamble of the LaTeX2e document (it was LaTeX2e as of Dec 1993). In +order not to spend much time on texing I put the each picture definition into +its own file and fine tuned one picture at a time. The picture started with + +\begin{figure}[p] + +and the document looked like: + +\documentclass[12pt]{article} +\usepackage{epsf} +\special{header=gnudict.pro} +\begin{document} +\input{myfig} +\end{document} +... the rest of the document commented out by the previous line + +The result was that the specials for EPSF inclusion worked but +\special{header=gnudict.pro} silently disappeared. Dvitype revealed that it +did not get into the dvi file. + +When I processed the whole text, all \special's were put into the dvi file as +expected. + +I have some explanation for that mystery. Please correct me, if I am wrong. + +When TeX encounters a \special, it makes a `whatsit' and puts it into MVL (The +TeXbook, pp. 228--229). Then LaTeX2e reads in the myfig.tex file which +contains only the definition of a figure. \end{document} then somehow invokes +the output routine. Now LaTeX2e finds a non-processed float which takes the +whole page. It sends the float to the dvi file but the `whatsit' remains in +the MVL. Then it should process the last unfinished page but there is no `ink' +on it, nothing to print, there is only the `whatsit'. Thence TeX or LaTeX2e +forgets about it and the `whatsit' is not written to the dvi file. + +I must admit that it took me a long time reading the documentation of DVIPS +and looking at \special's in epsf.sty and everything looked like unexplainable +mystery until I found the following sentence on p. 228 of The TeXbook: + +``Therefore it (=whatsit) is implicitely associated with a particular position +on the page, namely the reference point that would have been present if a box +of height, depth, and width zero hade appeared in place of the whatsit.'' + +Can someone explain whether this is caused by LaTeX2e or by TeX itself and +whether it is a bug or a feature? + +Oh! As I was writing this mail, it got into my mind to try the simple file + +\special{header=gnudict.pro} +\bye + +and run it through plain TeX. The dvi file contained the empty page but the +\special was there too! + +Regards + +,%%%/ /` / /| /%%% + / / |_/ /__/ ' | / + / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /\ | /| / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%% + / , / / /%%% / / /%%% / \ |/ |/ / /_/ / / / /%%% / + %%%% %%% %%% ' ' %%% ' ` ' ' %%% %%/ ' ' %%% ' + Zdenek Wagner______/ + +Some gateway between me and you may garble backslash. It will appear +on your screen as % due to problems with EBCDIC <--> ASCII conversion. +It has already been corrected on SOME gateways. + +The domain `.cs' does no longer exist and was replaced by `.cz'. +Valid addresses are: <wagner@csearn.bitnet> + <wagner@earn.cvut.cz> + ~~ + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 02 Mar 1994 15:17:44 -0500 +From: vanni@allegro.mit.edu (Giovanni Aliberti) +Subject: A simple Latex question (flushing text (right|left)) + + +I want LaTex to produce this (On the same line !!): + + XXX.... ....YYY + ^------------- Left margin Right margin -------------^ + +I tried using the following: + + XXX... \flushright{....YYY}\\ + +But it split the text across 2 lines. + +Any LaTeX buffs out there, that can suggest how to do it +in a simple way. + +thanks in advance !! + +- -vanni + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 16:12:00 +0000 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: A simple Latex question (flushing text (right|left)) + +You write [2 Mar 1994 15:17:44 EST]: + + > I want LaTex to produce this (On the same line !!): + > + > XXX.... ....YYY + > ^------------- Left margin Right margin -------------^ + > + > I tried using the following: + > + > XXX... \flushright{....YYY}\\ + > + > But it split the text across 2 lines. + +What about + +XXX\hfill YYY + +? + +(See the example in Lamport's LaTeX book, page 96). + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + mail: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk + http://www.nott.ac.uk/people/dao/David.html + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 14:26:31 -0600 +From: williamst@zeus.ncsc.navy.mil (Tom Williams) +Subject: TeX for the PC? + +Is there a version of TeX for the PC? Can I get it via anonymous ftp? + +Thanks for any info you can provide. + +Tom Williams +williamst@atcf.ncsc.navy.mil + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 08:27:33 +0000 +From: DEVANS@lynx.colorado.edu +Subject: MF fonts and Windows + +>Internal radiophysics.com LAN RFC 822 headers +>From evans Thu Mar 10 15:07:57 1994 +>Return-Path: <evans> +>Received: from saturn.RPI by jupiter.RPI (4.1/SMI-4.1) +> id AA21141; Thu, 10 Mar 94 15:07:56 MST +>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 15:07:56 MST +>From: evans +>Message-Id: <9403102207.AA21141@jupiter.RPI> +>To: <interput>"in%""texhax@tex.ac.uk""" +>Subject: MF fonts and Windows + +The facts: + +1. I am a writer; +2. I _really_ like TeX and MF, and in fact do all my serious writing on a PC +using TeX. When necessary, I design my own fonts in MF. I especially like +the cmtt fonts which, with good TeX macros, produce copy almost identical to +typewritten without my having to worry about the formatting details. This +makes life easy for both me and the for the editors who have to read my stuff. + +3. On the other hand, for short notes and letters, it's hard to beat a nice +Windows Word Processor. + +So this leads me directly to want MF fonts usable in Windows (both on the +screen and on 300 dpi laser output). + +I don't care if they are scalable (i.e. I'd be quite happy to choose from +a small fixed set of sizes produced by some sort of pk2fon program); if they +are scalable, I don't care if they are TT or PS as I run the current release +of ATM. (In principal, since both PS and MF use bezier curves, I suppose +it ought to be possible to take MF source and produce PS fonts, although I +wouldn't like the job of making such a program actually work.) I don't care +about the number of intervening stages and programs necessary to get from +PK to PS/TT/FON/whatever. What I would like to know is HOW to get there +from here. It's got to be possible, and I'm almost certain that the necessary +programs have to be available somewhere; it's just that I'haven't come across +them. + + +I will post a summary of any helpful replies I receive. +Thanks. + Doc Evans + + devans@lynx.colorado.edu + + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Jan 1994 15:46:04 +0100 +From: rcpt@urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ps2pk version 1.4 available + + Ps2pk 1.4 release + ----------------- + (Jan. 1994) + +Some time ago Norman Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu> sent me some patches so +that ps2pk can handle larger and more complicated fonts. Most of these +patches had to do with memory limitations in version 1.3. These +limitations and some other bugs are now removed. Here is a short +summary: + 1) Memory allocation made dynamically + 1.1 in computing runlengths (needed to build PK fonts) + 1.2 in scanning type1 fonts (to overcome `fixed' virtual memory) + 2) Problem with handling Lucida font (negative widths) solved + 3) Improved error handling in scanning AFM files + 4) Provided hooks to handle non 32-bit platforms + 5) Some cleanups + 6) Improved Makefiles. + +- -- Piet + +internet: rcpt@urc.tue.nl __o Piet Tutelaers +bitnet: rcpt@heitue5.BITNET _`\<,_ Computer Center Room RC 1.90 +phone: +31 (0)40 474541 (_)/ (_) Eindhoven University of Technology +fax: +31 (0)40 434438 Save nature P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, NL + +Version 1.4 of ps2pk is now available on: + ftp.urc.tue.nl (address: 131.155.2.79) + directory: /pub/tex + files: ps2pk14.readme ( 9k) + ps2pk14.tar.gz (237k) Sources + + For MSDOS people having difficulties in handling UNIX `.tar.gz' + format I have made some UNIX tools (only executables) available + in directories: + /pub/unixtools/dos + + See the system specific TARGZ file for some help. + + Ftp.urc.tue.nl can not handle E-mail requests. But sites are free + to put the ps2pk14 stuff on any server that can. + + I have made read-to-go 1.4 executables for MSDOS available in: + pub/tex/ps2pk14x/msdos/djgpp (created with DJGPP/gcc) + msdos/emx (created with EMX/gcc) + +The package is also available on any CTAN archive in: + fonts/utilities/ps2pk14.readme + fonts/utilities/ps2pk14.tar.gz + fonts/utilities/ps2pk14x + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 11:15:22 -0500 +From: zaccone@sol.cs.bucknell.edu (Rick Zaccone) +Subject: Excalibur 1.5 Available (Spelling Checker) + +Version 1.5 of Excalibur is now available from sol.cs.bucknell.edu in +pub/mac. I've also sent it to CTAN. Here's a copy of the README file +that comes with it. +- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This is release 1.5 of Excalibur. 1/14/94 + +Excalibur is a Macintosh spelling checker for LaTeX documents. You can +optionally turn off LaTeX parsing, so Excalibur is a good plain text +spelling checker too. + +Features include: + +- - Excalibur will offer suggestions for how to correct a word. + +- - Excalibur can spell check the clipboard. This makes it a good +spelling checker for any text based application such as Alpha, BBEdit, +or Eudora. + +- - You can teach it about new LaTeX commands and environments that +you define. + +- - Optionally spell checks text in the typewriter (\tt) font. + +- - You can create your own dictionaries. + +- - Works with Textures and OzTeX documents. It should work on any TEXT file. + +- - You will need System 6.0.4 or higher to run Excalibur. + +- - If you are running System 7 or greater, there is balloon help. + +- - Excalibur is free. + +- - British, Dutch, French, Germain, and Italian dictionaries are also +available. + +Version 1.5 changes: + +- - Added options that let the user choose how Excalibur should behave +when you launch it. You may choose to present an "open file" dialog, +open the clipboard if it has text, or do nothing. When the clipboard +option is checked, Excalibur will also open the clipboard when it +receives a resume event (if it contains text). + +- - Adjusted a few of the dialogs so that they all appear and behave +consistently. Hitting Return or Enter is the same as clicking the +default button. Command period is the same as cancel. + +- - Made some changes so that Excalibur's interactions with Alpha are +smoother. + +- - Fixed the Edit Commands dialog so that it is a bit more intuitive. + +- - Fixed the Edit Environments dialog so that you no longer enter the +number of arguments. Excalibur never used these values anyway. + +- - You can now drag Excalibur's windows to another monitor. + +- - Fixed a few minor bugs. + + +Rick Zaccone +zaccone@bucknell.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: 01 Feb 1994 16:13:28 +0100 +From: jv@inter.NL.net (Johan Vromans) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] European [Dutch] Ispell 3.1.00 mirror + dictionary +Keywords: ispell spelling checker + +Ispell 3.1.00 is being mirrored to ftp.NL.net, directory +pub/textproc/ispell. + +Also available is a dutch word list, based on the "Woordenboek der +Nederlandse Taal" a.k.a. "Het Groene Boekje" that uses ISO-8859-1 +(Latin-1) encoding, suitable for ispell. +It is in pub/textproc/dictionaries/dutch8.words.gz. + + ----------------- New address as of November 1, 1993 ------------------------- +Johan Vromans jv@nl.net Johan.Vromans@NL.net +Stichting NLnet Phone: +31 20 5924245 +Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Fax: +31 20 6655311 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 13:42:59 -0500 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: web2c 6.1 et al. available + +I've released version 6.1 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,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz + +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. + +There are no changes to the web files (that will be version 7.0); +web-6.1.tar.gz is only different in the name of its top-level directory. + +kb@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +lib is a collection of the basic tfm, tex, mf, and bibtex files + (in my opinion). Only change from 6.0 is to add the raw tfm's for Utopia. + +web2c: +* foo.bar found before foo.tex (found before foo). +* configure links sun.c to sun-sunview.c if SUNWIN is defined. +* -DLONG_64_BITS is supplied automatically (if appropriate). +* Various changes for configure --srcdir. +* Sample MakeTeX* scripts included. + +dvipsk: +* Don't complain if scaled fonts are close enough. +* Document -pp. + +There are no particular xdvik changes; just keeping up with the kpathsea +fixes. + +[FTP.nwc: 02 FEB 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, Barbara Burr, + and members of DANTE 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.dante.de 128.69.1.12 tex-archive + +Users of ftp.tex.ac.uk or ftp.dante.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/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/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 + [Basic set of bitmapped fonts generated by Metafont + using the CanonCX mode_def for write-black 300dpi devices. + + If using the web2c default search paths, + place this set of Computer Modern bitmapped fonts + in $(fontdir)/public/cm/pk/cx. + + These pk fonts are not strictly necessary; + dvips and xdvi can be used with a script called + `MakeTeXPK' to generate needed bitmapped fonts. + Use $(fontdir)/tmp/pk/cx as the temporary destination + directory for newly-generated 300dpi write-black fonts. + + The zip/unzip package is in + ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip.] + + ftp> get pk300w.zip + [Bitmapped fonts generated using the + RicohFourZeroEightZero mode_def; + pk300w (write-white) fonts are better with xdvi + at lower magnifications. + + If using the web2c default search paths, + place these in $(fontdir)/public/cm/pk/ricoh. + + If using MakeTeXPK to generate 300dpi write-white fonts, + use $(fontdir)/tmp/pk/ricoh as the temporary destination + directory for newly-generated 300dpi write-white fonts.] + + 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. If you have never set up these programs before, +compile web2c first (that is to say, the material in both web.tar.gz and +web2c.tar.gz, unpacked); begin by reading ./web2c-<version>/web2c/README +and ./web2c-<version>/web2c/INSTALL. Remember to set up your texmf +directory hierarchy before embarking on your compilation (see "For a +basic set of input files and fonts" above). + +All installation processes require careful attention to detail, and knowledge +of your system. "Make haste slowly", and you improve your chances of success. + + +How to make web2c, dvipsk, and xdvik in a single make: +- ----------------------------------------------------- +[Thanks to Martyn Johnson, Pierre MacKay, Jon Peatfield, and Andreas Schott + for their notes.] + +These three programs are not packaged together, because the latter two +are updated fairly frequently. But (thanks to Karl's work), the programs +can be made in a single make: + + Extract the three archives so that the following directories + are parallel to each other: + + ./dvipsk-<version> + ./web2c-<version> + ./xdvik-<version> + + Next: + + mv dvipsk-<version>/dvipsk web2c-<version> + + mv xdvik-<version>/xdvik web2c-<version> + + ./web2c-<version> should now contain four subdirectories: + dvipsk, kpathsea, web2c, and xdvik. + +The files remaining in ./dvipsk-<version> and ./xdvik-<version> +are identical in all three archives. If you wish, you can now +remove ./dvipsk-<version> and ./xdvik-<version>. If you wish to +retain the names and versions of the programs, you can create the +following symbolic links: + + ln -s web2c-<version> dvipsk-<version> + + ln -s web2c-<version> xdvik-<version> + +Be sure to read web2c-<version>/README, web2c-<version>/web2c/INSTALL, +web2c-<version>/dvipsk/INSTALL, and web2c-<version>/xdvik/INSTALL. + +Make sure that you have completed the instructions in the section above +called "For a basic set of input files and fonts". + +You are now ready to begin configuring and building the programs. + + + +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 us (address below). + +A distribution fee in the area of $210 for domestic U.S. sites covers +the expenses of putting together and maintaining the tape distribution, +equipment, and of providing information and installation-support +services. The University of Washington does not subsidize the Unix TeX +distribution and requires it to be self-sustaining. + +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: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 14:37:15 +0100 +From: Gerhard Wilhelms <Wilhelms%de.uni-augsburg@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> +Subject: Re: web2c 6.1 et al. available + +Karl Berry writes: +> I've released version 6.1 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,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz +> +> 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 + +The German CTAN site is now ftp.dante.de which is dedicated to TeX +and Metafont only. You could get everything from Stuttgart but you +have to share this FTP site with other users. + +[stuff deleted] + +Regards, + + Gerhard Wilhelms +_____________________________________________________________________ + University of Augsburg (Germany) + Department of Mathematics - Computer Science + Universitaetsstrasse 2 + D-86159 Augsburg Phone : +49 +821/598-2116 + Internet: Wilhelms@Uni-Augsburg.DE Fax : 598-2200 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 11:23:30 +0100 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: LaTeX2e version of artikel?, rapport?, boek TEST version available + + Hi, + + The NTG document styles artikel?, rapport? and boek have been + upgraded to document classes for LaTeX2e. + + A test version is available from LISTSERV@nic.surfnet.nl and + from CTAN in the directory + tex-archive/macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/ntgclass + (Note: today only on ftp.dante.de, within 24 hours also on the + other CTAN hosts) + + The distribution currently contains 3 files, ntgclass.dtx (the + source), ntgclass.ins (docstrip program to unpack) and + ntgclass.tex (some documentation). + + When you find any bugs, please reporet them to me. + + 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: 09 Feb 1994 13:09:43 +0100 +From: pliam@s2.ima.umn.edu (John Pliam) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] Graph-TeX 1.0beta available via ftp +Keywords: figures, graphs, directed graphs, texdraw + + Announcing Beta Release of Graph-TeX + ------------------------------------ + +Graph-TeX is a Perl script and library for typesetting directed and +undirected graphs. It takes as input a .gt file which resembles an array +environment (it even more closely resembles the commutative diagram +environment of XY-pic). Then it produces TeXdraw commands for inclusion +into an .tex file. + +Complicated graphs can be quickly typeset producing high quality results. +Features include: + + - TeX labels well placed with respect to the labeled object. + - Spade-like arrowheads which reduce the effect of postscript + inconsistencies (edge effects). + - Bezier-curved edges and loops on which arrows and labels follow the + tangent. + - Flexibility in redefining default attributes. + +Graph-TeX was designed to support graphs possessing symmetries such as +the Peterson graph or the Cayley graph of D_3. In these, the vertex +positions are not so easily described within an array environment. See +the manual for more details. + + -------------- + +To get the manual and source, ftp anonymously to ima.umn.edu, cd to +/pub/graphtex, and get graphtex1.0beta.tar.Z (in binary mode). While I +am seeking beta testers to find bugs, I am also interested in people's +opinions about the aesthetic quality of the results. + + John O. Pliam e-mail: pliam@ima.umn.edu + Institute for Mathematics and its Applications + University of Minnesota Phone: (612) 624-4353 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Feb 1994 13:10:07 +0100 +From: ryoung@utdallas.edu (Young U Ryu) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] gTeX 2.0 uploaded to ftp.shsu.edu (US CTAN host) + +I uploaded gTeX 2.0 to US CTAN host, e.g. ftp.shsu.edu. +Currently, it is available from: + + /incoming/gtex/... + +but, later it will be moved to: + + /tex-archive/system/msdos/gtex2 + +Young + +============================================= +The following is from 00readme + + gTeX 2.0 + + by + Young U. Ryu + + +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ + | All included in this distribution are distributed as they are. | + | I and all people involved in programs in this distribution | + | are not responsible any possible damages or losses, directly or | + | indirectly caused by any prorgram in this distribution. | + +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ + +gTeX 2.0 has the following: + + TeX 3.1415 (C version 6.0) + Metafont 2.71 (C version 6.0) + TeX Font Utils + TeX Dvi Utils + Makeindex 2.12 + BibTeX 0.99c (C version 6.0) + DVIWIN 2.81 + DVIPS 5.526 + MicroEmacs for Windows 3.12 + AMSPELL + +Included macros are: + + plain TeX + LaTeX 2.09 + NFSS2 with AmSLaTeX + LaTeX2e + AmSTeX + eplain (aka eTeX) + +Installation of executables (and required files) and macros +is simplified so that all you should do is to run a bunch of +batch files. + +TeX, Metafont, BibTeX, and Utility executables are created from +Karl Berry's Web & Web2c 6.0. Executables for DOS and Windows DOS +Box are generated by DJGPP/GCC 1.10. Executables for Windows/RSX +are generated by EMX/GCC 0.8g. + +Enjoy ... + +Young U. Ryu + +------------------------------ + +Date: 10 Feb 1994 15:17:02 +0100 +From: norm@ora.com (Norman Walsh) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCE: The CTAN Software Map + +Announcing the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network Software Map + +The CTAN map is a WWW interface to CTAN (i.e. clients like XMosaic can +traverse the map interactively). It is served from + + http://jasper.ora.com/ + +The map integrates a complete directory listing with David Jones' TeX index +and utility descriptions from my forthcoming book ``Making TeX Work''. +Keyword and date searches are also supported. + +This is an experimental project but I plan to update it on a regular basis +and I have plans for extending the software descriptions. Please remember, +however, that I have a real job too. + +Your comments and suggestions would be most appreciated. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 19:33:53 +0100 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: LaTeX2e -- Second Test Release Available + + + LaTeX2e -- Second Test Release Available + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + 14 February 1994 + + +The second test release of LaTeX is now available. Notes about this +release are at the end of this announcement. The first release +revealed a few serious bugs and several other areas which need +attention. Many people reported that documents and style files had +been processed by the new system without serious problems; this +includes one very important test -- the original text of `The LaTeX +Manual'! We can also report that this release has been tested with +all the files in the LaTeX 2.09 test suite and produces only +predictable differences in the output. + + +First, here is the original announcement +- ---------------------------------------- + +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! + + +Getting the second test release +- ------------------------------- +LaTeX2e can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + + +Bug reports +- ----------- +Please report any problems with LaTeX2e by using the report-generating +program latexbug.tex, included in the LaTeX2e distribution. Error +reports should be sent to the following e-mail address: + + latex-bugs@rus.uni-stuttgart.de + + +Help for style/package/class file maintainers +- --------------------------------------------- +We shall be producing a short document summarising the changes that +may be needed in order to turn a style file for old LaTeX into a class +or package file. To get the latest information on this subject or to +report problems, please send a message to the following address: + + bugs@minnie.ZDV.Uni-Mainz.de + +Please ensure that it starts with the following line *exactly*: + +>Category: latex-class-writing + +If you want a prompt and useful reply, please make your message as +short and precise as possible. + + +Notes on the second test release +- -------------------------------- + +- -- Only the straightforward bugs and the serious bugs found in the + first release have been fixed; other problems are still being + worked on. Some of the reports uncovered features of the original + LaTeX which some consider to be bugs; whether these should be + `fixed' is not always clear. + +- -- There are thus several areas, including things arising from bug + reports, on which we are still working. + +- -- The details of the distribution, unpacking etc are still under + development. + +- -- The details of the typography in the standard classes is not + finalised. + +- -- The precise functionality of the compatibility mode is not fixed. + +- -- Still no graphics package! + +Warning +- ------- +If you have installed the first release then you must remove it +completely and start again. This is because there are many small +differences, including new file names, and because the installation +procedure now behaves differently. + + +For the LaTeX3 Project +- ---------------------- +Johannes Braams +David Carlisle +Alan Jeffrey +Frank Mittelbach +Chris Rowley +Rainer Sch\"opf + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 11:30:07 +0000 +From: "Wayne G. Sullivan" <WSULIVAN@IRLEARN.UCD.IE> +Subject: web2c BIGTeX and METAFONT for DOS and Windows + +DJ Delorie's port of GNU C (djgpp available from oak.oakland.edu in +pub/msdos/djgpp : be sure to get the dj111m1, m2 ,m3; and from simtel20 +mirrors) make is straightforward to compile the web2c-6.1 on 386+ PC's +under DOS. Delorie's DOS extender will run under Windows 3.1, so the +EXEs can be used in a DOS Window. To save repeated effort in setting the +parameters, I have prepared "web2pc02.zip" which is available in the +web2c directory of CTAN. You need web2c-6.1 and web-6.1 as well. +CTAN directory: tex-archive/systems/unix/web2c + +If your system uses the sbTeX direstory structure, you can avail of the +compiled versions of TeX and METAFONT contained in systems/msdos/sbtex/ +sb39tm01.zip. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 15:52:10 -0500 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@edu.umb.cs> +Subject: dviljk 1.0, dvipsk 5.528a, and xdvik 1.7 available + +I've released version 1.0 of dviljk, a modified version of + Gustaf Neumann's dvi2xx driver (version 0.51a9) for HP LaserJet printers, +and also new versions of dvipsk + (my modified version of Tom Rokicki's dvips) +and xdvik + (ditto ditto Paul Vojta's xdvi). + +You can get them by ftp: + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk,dviljk}.tar.gz +Soon they should be on the ctan hosts as well, in tex-archive/dvi. + +Aside from kpathsea-ification and Autoconf-ization, dviljk also supports +the LaserJet 4 builtin fonts (thanks to Norm Walsh, who built the actual +TeX TFM's from HP TFM's). (The alpha9 version of the original dvi2xx +also does so, and Eberhard Mattes' dvi-to-lj driver will probably do so +also in the near future, so you aren't stuck with my idiosyncratic +software just to use the builtin fonts.) + +The external ls-R database below isn't optimal yet -- the list of font +directories still winds up being built, because of searches for +nonexistent vf files. I'll address this next time out. + + +Here's the NEWS for the other releases: + +kpathsea 1.7 +* Searches can use an externally-built ls-R ``database'', for speed. +* `VPATH = .' lines removed from generated Makefile, for broken Sun make. +* A path foo//tfm finds foo/tfm as well as foo/*/tfm. + +xdvik 1.7 (1 March 1994) +* Use DEFAULT_FIG_PATH, instead of DEFAULT_TEX_PATH (they are the same + by default, anyway). +* EPS displays take the magnification into account (thanks to Jon Peatfield). +* EPS displays support the angle option from psfig 1.10 (thanks to Uwe Bon). +* The Metafont mode for MakeTeXPK can be set via the command line, an X + resource, an environment variable, or at compile-time. +* Support for the SelFile widget (thanks to Jon Peatfield). +* XDVIFONTS only overrides font-related paths, not all paths. + +dvipsk 5.528a +* DVIPSFONTS only overrides font-related paths. +* By default, append mode to MakeTeXPK installation directory. +* Update for dvips 5.528. + + +Happy TeXing, +kb@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Mar 1994 14:57:49 +0100 +From: a.wevers@laguna.han.de +Subject: [comp.text.tex] Eddi4TeX 1.20 is ready + + Programpublication 'Eddi4TeX Version 1.2 dating 15.02.1994' + + Eddi4TeX - Editor and Shell for DOS and OS/2 + +(I am sorry for my poor english) + +During german TeX-meeting DANTE '94 in Muenster I presented the new version +of my program. In the following the features are listed briefly: + +- - the name is Eddi4TeX (say: Eddi-For-TeX) says a lot: an editor for working + with TeX with an integrated development environment +- - windows, several texts at a time +- - float-text: the text is wrapped automatically and the resulting paragraph + structure is saved in a TeX-fitting format, when loading a text, this + information still exists, the fraying out of texts belongs to history +* within the text commands, comments, braces and environment-borders are + stained to improve the readability of the text enormously +* Macros: macro-recorder, commandsequences, textblocks, interactivity, + decision, jumps +* using OS/2 macros can pause until erxternal programs are terminated, + the positioning of PM-Windows can be controlled, in the OS/2-version the + 640K-limit has fallen +* environmentvariable E4TOPT +* switching the menus and messages to english, an english version of the + helpfiles will follow if YOU show your interest in the program +- - search, search&replace, go to line, sorting, color-adjustment, backupfiles + temporaryfiles, screenprotector, ... +- - blockoperations for areas of text and columns of tables +- - online-helpsystem on the program (german only) +- - online-helpsystem including syntaxinformation on LaTeX (german only) +- - creating own helpfiles can be done comfortably using the included program +- - registrating any programs you want +- - analyse of the LOG-file, showing the errormessages, jumping to + errorpositions, works also in files via \input, several errors +- - related braces are blinking +- - analysing braces without parnters +- - 30-pages manual as DVI-file (german only) +* shareware-fullversion + +Changes on the installation description: + +- - please check [Options/Register/Help/Change/LaTeX & TeX] when using DEMO.RES + +- - trying to print the manual using publicTeX you have to copy some fonts to + different names (lcirclew10) + +Problems: + +- - if you should have any problems installing or using the program please do + NOT write public mails in any newsgroups, but try to contact me via e-mail + personally + +Availability: + +- - in a few days the program should be available from ftp.dante.de in + /pub/tex/systems/msdos/e4t under the name of E4T120.EXE + +- - BBS SkateBox + telefon : +49-5175-31324 limit : no limit on this login + online : 20.00-14.00 filearea : 0501 (directory /TeX/TeX-Soft) + emulation: ANSI file : !E4T120.EXE, selfextracting + username : TeXsauger size : 0.6 megabyte + password : TeX + +- - send a formatted disk including an international postal return coupon + address : Ulrich Jahnz + Alte Landwehr 2b + 38114 BRAUNSCHWEIG + GERMANY + e-mail : Ulrich_Jahnz@PE.MAUS.DE + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 18:40:52 +0700 +From: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl> +Subject: EuroTeX '94 + +Below I include an announcement about EuroTeX conference. +Would you be so kind as include it in the following +TeXhax issue. + +- --Wlodek. + + +Internet e-mail: matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl + + +============================================================================ +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX +============================================================================ + +Is North America too far / too expensive / too alien a culture? +Then come to EuroTeX '94, _the_ TeX conference of the year. +EuroTeX will take place at Sobieszewo on an idyllic island off +the coast of Gdansk in Poland. 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I guy +from France responded that he is working on programs (preparing pre-fonts?) +for all Indic languages so that one can convert fonts from one to the other +easily. At present he is working on Simhalese, it seems. Anyhow, things seem +to be happening! It would be quite a challenge. Thanks. Raju +> Just in case you didn't get it, this is from the most recent TeXhax +> +> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- +> TeXhax Digest Friday, 11 Mar 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 02 +> +> % 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 % +> +> Re: TeX support for the Kannada language? +> Subject: Re: TeX support for the Kannada language? +> +> Tonse Raju <U40200@UICVM.EARN> writes on Wed, 29 Dec 1993 11:30:07 -0600: +> +>> Can anyone tell me if there is a program on Tex to write in +>> Kannada, a South Indian language? +> +> What you need is macro style file. Get the babel system in +> CTAN:./tex-archive/language/babel. +> +> Copy the file 'skeleton.doc' and rename it to 'kannada.doc'. Then edit +> the latter file translating all the language specific bits into the +> Kannada language. In the original file they are in English. +> +> Once done, send a copy to the author of babel for inclusion in the next +> release. +> +> Have fun! +> Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 02:46:00 +0000 +From: Hari Krishna Tadepalli <tadepall@eecis.udel.edu> +Subject: Indian character design using METAFONT? + + +Hello, + +I am very new to this newsgroup and hence dont know if this is the right +group for posting my question. + + +I am interested in designing Metafont definitins for the character set +of an Indian language. In this context, are there any software tools +that can be used for working with the graphics involved in defining +the shapes of the characters ? + + +There is a certain software called 'fontogrpaher' which allows one to +efine one's own custom-fonts & outputs the postscript defintion of +the font set. This postscript output can be readily used in any postscript +application. Unfortunately, fontographer is available on IBM PCs at an +approximate cost of around $250. + + +I am interested in a software that can run on SUN machines under Unix, +can help me get Metafont output, and finally is available in the Public +Domain (this is very useful too !). + + +Many thanks to anyone who can give some information. + + + - Hari Tadepalli + CIS Grad Student + UD + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 11:10:26 -0500 +From: Lee Wittenberg <leew@pilot.njin.net> +Subject: Re: TeX for the PC? + +Tom Williams (williamst@atcf.ncsc.navy.mil) asks: + +> Is there a version of TeX for the PC? Can I get it via anonymous ftp? + +Eberhard Mattes's excellent emTeX implementation for the PC is +avaliable at the usual CTAN sites. + + -- Lee + +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Lee Wittenberg | Day breaks, it's said, +Computer Science Department | When night is ended. +Kean College of New Jersey | I stay in bed +Union, NJ 07083 | Until it's mended. +USA | + | -- Richard Armour +leew@pilot.njin.net | "Light Armour" (1954) +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 09:29:50 -1115 +From: Feisal Mohammed <feisal@ldc.uwi.tt> +Subject: Re: TeX on Solaris 2.X + +Pravin V. Tulachan <pvt@klab.caltech.edu> writes on Wed, 02 Feb 1994 + +> Does anyone know of a site that have Tex/LaTeX sources that have been +> compiled to work under Solaris 2.X on Sparcstations. + +It is not necessary to go to the trouble of recompiling for Solaris 2.X +for certain application programs. +I have found that TeX/LaTeX binaries compiled under SunOS 4.1.2 work +with Solaris 2.1 on a LX without problems. This I suspect will +also happen with SunOS 4.1.3 but I haven't tested it. + +- - Feisal Mohammed (feisal@ldc.uwi.tt) + + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:01:12 -0600 +From: miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) +Subject: Including code within a verbatim environment + +Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +the following + +\begin{verbatim} +\input code.c +\end{verbatim} + +Obviously, this won't work because "\input code.c" will be typeset as it +is. I don't want to put the \begin{verbatim}-\end{verbatim} in the actual +file code.c because it is a working piece of code. + +Any suggestions? + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Apr 1994 17:42:35 -0400 +From: Andreas Becker <100112.3363@CompuServe.COM> +Subject: Searching for CHEMTEX fonts + +I'm serarching for the location of the CHEMTEX font files. +Can someone tell me an adress of a ftp-server which contains +this files. + +Andreas Becker +( e-mail: 100112.3363@COMPUSERVE.COM ) + + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 14:12:01 -0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: Previewing on graphics screen + +We are producing some A5 catalogues in 32-page signatures. We use: +* LaTeX to typeset the catalogues +* dvibook to re-arrange into signatures +* dvidvi to get 2 A5s on one A4 for printing. +Thus, the dvi file used for printing is 2 stages removed from the dvi file +produced by the LaTeX run that typeset the catalogue. The catalogues are +hundreds of pages long, and the final output device's per-page cost is +high. + +Sometimes the final output device messes a particular page up. It is +desirable to reprint this particular page. But, by this time, the +page-numbering is somewhat convoluted. E.g., if one picks up a messed up +2-up page from a 32-page signature, the numbers printed on the sheet don't +give much indication of what one should put after "dvips -p " to reprint +that page. (The catalogues have some roman-numbered pages at the front, +which don't help.) It would be possible to work it out, but somewhat +tedious. + +A nice approach would be to find the messed-up page within the final "2-up +32-page signatures" on a graphics display, and to read off its "page-number +counted from start of final dvi file". This would then give a number to +put after "dvips -p =" to get the page printed. I know that DVItoVDU +displays "page number from start of dvi file". Is thre any other +"graphical previewing software" that also displays this information. (We +have a number of platforms available, so information about anything on any +platform is potentially relevant.) + +A nicer approach would be to find the messed-up page within the final "2-up +32-page signatures" on a graphics display, and to give a mouse-click to say +"send this page to my PostScript printer". Does anything like this exist +on any platform? + + David Rhead + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet or JANET: + 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@nodename + +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. + +Backnumbers of all the digests are stored in the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) and can be retrieved on the Internet by +anonymous ftp. +The hosts comprising CTAN include + ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) -- UK + ftp.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) -- USA + ftp.dante.de (129.69.1.12) -- Germany +Please use your nearest server, to keep network load down. + +TeXhax Digest issues are kept in + + tex-archive/digests/texhax/YEAR/texhax.ISSUE + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/texhax/92/texhax.20) + +Keyword-In-Context Indexes are kept in + + tex-archive/digests/indexes/texhaxYY.idx + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/indexes/texhax92.idx) + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 94 Issue 3] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..05a84d1474 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 @@ -0,0 +1,890 @@ +From: TeXhax-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #04 +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: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 16:16:31 +0100 +Message-ID: <27441.771693391@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 15 Jun 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 04 + + 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: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Previewing on graphics screen + Problems with dvipsk + Chinese under TeX/LaTeX + Floating point division and multiplication + CTAN archives + RE: CTAN archives + TEX on Solaris 2.3 + dvips + I need a gui for TeX + Re: I need a gui for TeX + eplain 2.6 available + CTAN site listing + EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + macros/latex* changes on CTAN + The new LaTeX + + +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: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 11:46:41 -0400 +From: jgealow@mtl.mit.edu (Jeffrey C. Gealow) +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:01:12 -0600 +> From: miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) +> Subject: Including code within a verbatim environment + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +> Obviously, this won't work because "\input code.c" will be typeset as it +> is. I don't want to put the \begin{verbatim}-\end{verbatim} in the actual +> file code.c because it is a working piece of code. + +> Any suggestions? + +A few years ago, I created a style file, listing.sty, to provide such a = + +facility. + + +Typical usage: + + +\documentstyle[listing]{report} + +\begin{document} + +\listing{code.c} % plain listing +\nlisting{more-code.c} % listing with line numbers + +\end{document} + + +Here is the style file (listing.sty): + +% listing.sty 29-Nov-90 JCG +% see The TeXbook, pp. 380-381, 391 + +\def\uncatcodespecials{\def\do##1{\catcode`##1=3D12 }\dospecials} + +% numbered listing +\def\nlisting#1{\par\begingroup\nsetupverbatim\input#1 \endgroup} +\newcount\lineno % the number of file lines listed +\def\nsetupverbatim{\tt \lineno=3D0 + \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf} + \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces + % \catcode`\`=3D\active = + + \catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \everypar{\advance\lineno by1 + \llap{\sevrm\the\lineno\ \ }\startbox}} +{\obeyspaces\global\let =3D\ } % let active space =3D control space + +% unnumbered listing +\def\listing#1{\par\begingroup\setupverbatim\input#1 \endgroup} +\def\setupverbatim{\tt \parindent=3D0pt + \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf} + \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces + % \catcode`\`=3D\active = + + \catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \everypar{\startbox}} +{\obeyspaces\global\let =3D\ } % let active space =3D control space + +\newdimen\w \setbox0=3D\hbox{\tt\space} \w=3D8\wd0 % tab amount +\def\startbox{\setbox0=3D\hbox\bgroup} +{\catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \gdef^^I{\leavevmode\egroup + \dimen0=3D\wd0 % the width so far, or since previous tab + \divide\dimen0 by\w + \multiply\dimen0 by\w % compute previous multiple of \w + \advance\dimen0 by\w % advance to next multiple of \w + \wd0=3D\dimen0 \box0 \startbox}} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 06:38:20 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +Eplain has a \listing command that takes a filename as an argument. +(ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/eplain.tar.gz, or unpacked in eplain/.) + +I'm sure LaTeX has something similar. +kb@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 19:20:17 -0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.imperial-software-tech.co.uk> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) writes: + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +% The following works, but it's rather hacky. + + +\documentstyle{article} +\def\loadcode{\begin{verbatim} \input{some-code}} + +\begin{document} +\loadcode +\end{verbatim} +\end{document} + +% Any neater suggestions? + + +% Jeremy C. Henty + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 08:40:50 -0400 +From: Lee Wittenberg <leew@pilot.njin.net> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +Buff Miner (miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu) asks: + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +> Obviously, this won't work because "\input code.c" will be typeset as it +> is. I don't want to put the \begin{verbatim}-\end{verbatim} in the actual +> file code.c because it is a working piece of code. + +> Any suggestions? + +The CTAN archives contain a verbatim.sty file that you can include in +your \documentstyle line: + + \documentstyle[verbatim...]{whatever} + +This style includes a \verbatiminput command that does what you want: + + \verbatiminput{code.c} + + -- Lee + +Lee Wittenberg | After they had explored all the suns in +Computer Science Department | the universe, and all the planets of all +Kean College of New Jersey | the suns, they realized that there was no +Union, NJ 07083 | other life in the universe, and that they +USA | were alone. And they were very happy, + | because then they knew it was up to them +leew@pilot.njin.net | to become all the things they had imagined + | they would find. + | -- Lanford Wilson + | "5th of July" (1978) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 11:18:31 +0700 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: Re: Previewing on graphics screen + +David Rhead <David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk> wrote: + +> We are producing some A5 catalogues in 32-page signatures. We use: +> * LaTeX to typeset the catalogues +> * dvibook to re-arrange into signatures +> * dvidvi to get 2 A5s on one A4 for printing. +> Thus, the dvi file used for printing is 2 stages removed from the dvi file +> produced by the LaTeX run that typeset the catalogue. The catalogues are +> hundreds of pages long, and the final output device's per-page cost is +> high. + +After this process you still have a legal dvi-file. Therefore you can use any +previewer to view it on screen. I know only emTeX drivers for MS-DOS (the same +will probably hold for OS/2) - the dviscr driver shows also the the physical +page number counted from start of final dvi filewhich should then be put after +"dvips -p ". you only have to increase the width of preview (switch /w 297mm, +or just for preview purpose I often use /w300mm) because the default is +usually the portrait orientation (can be specified in the configuration file). + +,%%%/ /` / /| /%%% + / / |_/ /__/ ' | / + / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /\ | /| / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%% + / , / / /%%% / / /%%% / \ |/ |/ / /_/ / / / /%%% / + %%%% %%% %%% ' ' %%% ' ` ' ' %%% %%/ ' ' %%% ' + Zdenek Wagner______/ + +Some gateway between me and you may garble backslash. It will appear +on your screen as % due to problems with EBCDIC <--> ASCII conversion. +It has already been corrected on SOME gateways. + +The domain `.cs' does no longer exist and was replaced by `.cz'. +Valid addresses are: <wagner@csearn.bitnet> + <wagner@earn.cvut.cz> + ~~ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:42:55 -0700 +From: swjackson@ucdavis.edu (Wayne Jackson 753-5636) +Subject: Problems with dvipsk + +Hi! + + Out of extreme exasperation, I'm finally calling on all of you +for help. I apparently installed LaTeX 2.09 and dvipsk 5.55a successfully +on a Sun SPARCstation 1 (this is my third or fourth attempt, each with +different difficulties). All of the problems I have had seem to branch +from not having the correct fonts, or incorrectly installing the right +fonts. In this case, Metafont can not seem to build a font from the fonts +already installed... + +First I constructed the .dvi file using latex (apparently with no problems, +and none mentioned in the .log file): + +- ---- +charles.RIBBIT? latex letter +This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) +(letter.tex +LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 March 1992> +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/letter.sty +Standard Document Style `letter' <25 Mar 92>. +) [1] ) +Output written on letter.dvi (1 page, 932 bytes). +Transcript written on letter.log. +- ---- + +Then I attempted using dvipsk at debugging level 15 to translate the .dvi +file to postscript and direct it to our Apple Postscript printer. The error +you see below resulted and absolutely nothing was printed. (Used level 15 +to show where basic input files and fonts under lib.tar.gz were installed). + +- ---- +charles.RIBBIT? dvips -d 15 letter +config path: .:~:/usr/local/lib/texmf/dvips +PK path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//pk// +TFM path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//tfm +VF path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//vf +pict path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex// +header path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/dvips:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//type1 +fig path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex// +Last resort sizes: 300 600 +This is dvipsk 5.55a Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software +input file letter.dvi output file |lpr swmem 3500000 +' TeX output 1994.04.27:1354' -> |lpr +bop at 43 +Scanning page 1 +Defining font () cmr10 at 10.9pt +dvips: Font cmr10 at 657 not found; scaling 300 instead. +dvips: Such scaling will generate extremely poor output. +Loading pk font at 10.9pt +dvips: ! Bad PK file : unexpected eof +- ---- + + Please, if you have encountered this problem yourself or have any +idea of how to rectify it, write me at swjackson@ucdavis.edu or +frog@charles.ucdavis.edu. I do not subscribe to the TeXhax mailing list, +so I can only be reached directly. I will repost the solution that works, +in case anyone else is having the same difficulty. + + Many thanx in advance for your help! + +- -Wayne Jackson + +PS: Below is the "letter.tex" file used in the examples above, in case + it sheds any clues on the problem. Please note that this is NOT the + only example or type of example that I tested. + +- ---- +\documentstyle[11pt]{letter} + %\address{PO BOX 72501 \\ + %Davis, CA 95617} +\signature{Wayne Jackson\\ + Manager, Computer and Electronic Music Studio} +\begin{document} +\begin{letter}{Beverly Parker, Department Book Keeper, \\ +Department of Music} + +\opening{Dear Beverly,} = + +Many thanks for handling the latest flush of orders submitted to Campus Purchasing. +Unfortunately, at this late date, I wish to submit one more order for items we forgot. +These items include cables, adapters, and in a few cases even software which +are vital to the correct operation of the studio. + +You will find purchase orders attached to this letter. +\closing{Yours sincerely,} +\end{letter} +\end{document} + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 15:42:55 +0000 +From: JOHANNES-IDSO <JOHANNES-IDSO@sfdh.sognhs.no> +Subject: Chinese under TeX/LaTeX + + +Can anyone tell me about typesetting Chinese under TeX +or LaTeX. Are there any style files for LaTeX? +Where do I start? + +Regards +Johannes Ids\o = + + +e-mail: johannes.idso@sfdh.sognhs.no + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 13:28:13 -0700 +From: wagman%mesa.hepnet@Csa4.LBL.Gov (Gary S. Wagman 510/486-6610) +Subject: Floating point division and multiplication + +Does anyone have macros to perform accurate floating point division and +multiplication? + +For example, if my \hsize is 9.5in and I will be using a PostScript \special +to reduce to the journal's width of 7.05in, I want to tell PostScript to +scale by 0.742105263 without having to calculate by hand because we have +various \hsize's and various journals. + +\dimen0 =3D 7.05in \divide \dimen0 by 9.5in results in 0.0pt + + +Gary Wagman +GSWagman@lbl.gov + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 12:05:33 -0700 +From: rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) +Subject: CTAN archives + +In the CTAN archives, each directory has a file, 00Contents, which +appears to be regenerated every night. It would be nice if all of the +directories of the CTAN archives didn't have their modified date +changed every night as a result of generating this 00Contents file. + +For example, when I connect to an archive that I haven't connected to +in a while, I do a "dir -t" to see which directories have recent +modified dates, which probably have something new in them that I might +be interested in. With the way things are with the CTAN archives I +can't do this. + +One suggestion for regenerating the 00Contents file is to send the +output of the "ls" command to /tmp/00Contents, and then use the Unix +diff or cmp command to see if it's different than the current one, and +if it is, then replace the current 00Contents file with the one in +/tmp. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 16:17:44 -0500 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: RE: CTAN archives + +On Thu, 2 Jun 94 12:05:33 -0700, rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) +posted: +> In the CTAN archives, each directory has a file, 00Contents, which appears +> to be regenerated every night. It would be nice if all of the directories +> of the CTAN archives didn't have their modified date changed every night as +> a result of generating this 00Contents file. + +Thanks for the suggestion. You are correct; as of right now, the +00Contents file is automatically generated each night on the CTAN hosts (in +SHSU's case, via a cron job immediately following the major mirroring run +of the evening). This is achieved with a somewhat ingenious "make" +approach developed by Sebastian Rahtz. + +I am forwarding this reply to the CTAN coordinating team for its +consideration. While this is a very valid issue, I want to ensure that any +changes along these lines are implemented across the board on each of the +hosts so that consistency can be maintained in terms of the files as well +as the process in which they are placed on the hosts. + +Regards and thanks for your interest in our services, George +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Sam Houston State University FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 16:00:45 +0000 +From: tessierf@UQSS.UQUEBEC.CA (Gilles Chrzaszcz) +Subject: TEX on Solaris 2.3 + +Hi, +Does anyone know the location of a precompiled version of TEX for +Solaris 2.3 or specific Makefiles for this environment with GNU-C. +I have tried compiling TEX using the ftp.shsu.edu kit without success. + +Could you send your answers directly to +francois_tessier@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca + +Thanks + +Francois Tessier +INRS-Urbanisation +3465 Durocher +Montr=E9al H2X 2C6 +Canada + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 16:55:15 -0500 +From: miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) +Subject: dvips + +I'm trying to install LaTeX2HTML on an IBM RS/6000. However the +documentation states that dvips version 5.516 or later is required. I've +searched all the archives I'm aware of an can only find dvips 5.55. Can +anyone out there tell me where I can find a newer version of dvips? + +Thanks in advance! + +Buff Miner + +William H. Miner, Jr. +Fusion Research Center and +Institute for Fusion Studies +The University of Texas at Austin phone: (512) 471-5548 +Austin, Texas 78712 FAX: (512) 471-6715 +miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu Internet + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 14:51:30 +0000 +From: wicks@cs.buffalo.edu (Richard B. Wicks) +Subject: I need a gui for TeX + + Somebody told me that there is a program called TexCad (or CadTex +or some combination thereof) that will interpret your TeX code as you type +it out and display it on an X11 window, is this true? + + Equation editing is far from being intrinsic to me and I would like +the aid of such a program in adjusting to the language. *ANY* imput would +be most helpful. + +thank you very much, +- -Richard Wicks + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Jun 1994 07:30:55 +0000 +From: zccz1121@rpool2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Tobias Ulmer) +Subject: Re: I need a gui for TeX +Keywords: TeX LaTeX DTP WYSIWYG GUI CAD + +In article <CrCBxw.ML7@acsu.buffalo.edu>, +Richard B. Wicks <wicks@cs.buffalo.edu> wrote: +> Somebody told me that there is a program called TexCad (or CadTex +>or some combination thereof) that will interpret your TeX code as you type +>it out and display it on an X11 window, is this true? +> +> Equation editing is far from being intrinsic to me and I would like +>the aid of such a program in adjusting to the language. *ANY* imput would +>be most helpful. + +Yes, there is a program called TeX-CAD (or texcad, or whatever), but it is +intended to serve an entirely different purpose: You can do drawings +(i.e. CAD: Computer Aided Design) consisting of some elementary tokens +provided by LaTeX (lines, circles, etc.) and then convert the results +into LaTeX code that can be included in your (LaTeX-) file. + +I suppose that instead of this you are looking for some program to have +the typeset formulas on your screen *immediately* after typing. +This is (for reasons on which I won't waste precious bandwidth explaining +here) not the philosophy of TeX or LaTeX. So you might consider to use +a wordprocessor (or DTP program, as they call it), that gives you that +feel of "What you see is what you get". + +On the other hand, there *are* some implementations of TeX or LaTeX +that indeed simplify (and therefore accelerate) that inherent editing - +compiling - viewing cycle such that from within your editor you can start +[La]TeX and the previewer with few keystrokes/mouse clicks. This depends +largely on what kind of machine you are using. + +Tobias Ulmer <zccz1121@rpool1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 10:34:02 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@edu.umb.cs> +Subject: eplain 2.6 available + +I have released Eplain version 2.6. It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{eplain/*,eplain.tar.gz} + +and soon from the ctan hosts in tex-archive/macros/eplain. + +Please send bug reports to tex-eplain@cs.umb.edu. You can join this +list by sending email to tex-eplain-request@cs.umb.edu containing a +single line +subscribe you@preferred.email.address + +Here is a summary of the most significant changes (from the file NEWS in +the distribution): + +* Indexing support (in conjunction with MakeIndex). +* Generalization of .toc files for lists of figures/tables, etc. + +Bug fixes: + +* \commdiag and other arrow macros work again. +* \eqalignno right-justifies the first column in \leftdisplays, as in + non-leftdisplays. + +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'. + +kb@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 13:33:07 -0500 +From: US CTAN Coordinator <ctan_us@pip.shsu.edu> +Subject: CTAN site listing + +To get a listing of CTAN sites and mirrors along with their root CTAN +directories, you can now use the finger utility to finger + ctan_us@ftp.SHSU.edu +As listings of participating sites change, this file will be updated +accordingly. I think I've covered all the bases, but I still may have +inadvertantly missed a mirror site or two. If I have missed a site +(heaven forbid!), please point it out to me at my usual address +<bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> and I will correct the listing. + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. CTAN Coordinator on ftp.SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +P. O. Box 2118 THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +Sam Houston State University Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Huntsville, TX 77341 FAX: (409) 294-3612 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 16:05:00 -0000 +From: EuroTeX94-PC@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +Dear Colleague --- + +Are you thinking of coming to EuroTeX '94? (dates and details are appended, +for those who have seen no previous announcement of this conference). If so, +would you like to present a paper? + + +The themes of this year's EuroTeX conference are + + Principles; + Practice; + Progress; + POLAND! + +and papers are now urgently being sought. We are hoping to follow the +example set at Prague in 1992 and Aston in 1993, by making the proceedings +available actually at the conference, and in order for this to be feasible, +it is necessary to establish some fairly strict guidelines for submission. + +Abstracts are wanted _now_, and must be submitted no later than Friday +10th June; the committee will acknowledge receipt of all abstracts, and +will let authors know whether or not the paper is accepted by no later +than Friday 24th June. One clear month will then be allowed for preparation +of the full-text papers, which must therefore be submitted no later than +Friday 22nd July, and these papers will then be passed on to referees who +are knowledgeable in the chosen subject area: the referee and author then +have one further month in which to agree and produce a `best possible' version +of the paper. The final version of the paper must be submitted by Friday +20th August. + +Papers may be prepared in either Plain TeX or LaTeX, and a copy of `EuroTeX.Sty' +will be sent to all who submit abstracts; this will be a direct derivative of +TUGproc.Sty, and authors wishing to make an early start on marking-up their text +may safely base their work on the current release of TUGproc. In order to +ensure a uniform appearance in the Proceedings, authors are urged _not_ to make +changes to the default fonts, leading, etc. + +If you would like to present a paper, please complete the e-form below, +and return it to the Programme Committee, EuroTeX '94: + +C/o Jola Szelatynska, University of Torun, Poland + E-mail: Jola Szelatynska <EuroTeX-Papers@Cc.Uni.Torun.Pl> + +Yes, I hope to attend EuroTeX '94 and would like to propose the following +paper(s); please add my name and address to your mailing list and keep me +posted of developments. + + +Name: _____________________________________________________________________ + +Address: __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + = + + __________________________________________________________________ + +E-mail: __________________________________________________________________ + +Phone: __________________________________________________________________ + +Fax: __________________________________________________________________ + + + +Title and brief abstract of paper: ________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +Expected duration including questions (max: 1 1/2 hours) __________________ + +(Please note that you may submit proposals for more than one paper; the + Programme Committee reserve the right to accept or reject individual papers, + and to accept papers but to reduce the time allowed from that requested). + + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +EuroTeX will take place at Sobieszewo on an idyllic island off the coast of +Gdansk in Poland. The conference will run from Monday September 26th to Friday +September 30th, and the _maximum_ cost (based on two persons sharing) will not +exceed $260-00 / sterling 175-00 / DM 450-00. Those arriving early on Monday +will be able to take part in a guided tour of the old town of Gdansk, whilst +Tuesday to Friday will be packed with talks and tutorials on TeX and related +topics. Subject to demand, there will also be a series of TeX-related courses +during the days following the conference proper. + +All delegates will be accommodated in a single building, and for the whole week +will be cut off from civilisation: no distractions, no need to leave the +island: everything will be provided. For those unable to sustain the pace, +quiet meditative walks along the shore searching for amber will provide the +ideal opportunity for therapeutic meditation. + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 13:41:43 -0400 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: macros/latex* changes on CTAN + +The release of LaTeX 2e as the officially supported version of LaTeX has +led to a change in directory naming on the CTAN hosts. The message +displayed upon cd'ing into selected directories in the CTAN macros +hierarchy is appended below my sig for reference. Briefly: + 1. macros/latex/ has been moved to macros/latex209/ + 2. macros/latex2e/ has been moved to macros/latex/ + 3. macros/latex/ has been linked to macros/latex2e/ + temporarily to facilitate version migration + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Sam Houston State University FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 USA + + + Effective Tuesday, June 7, 1994, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories + contain the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e --- the + presently-supported version of LaTeX (previously macros/latex2e/). + The macros/latex/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + base/ --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit. + packages/ --- officially provided and supported 2e extensions, + with each component in its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. + + The CTAN macros/latex209/ directories contain the distribution and + related files for LaTeX 2.09 (previously macros/latex/). + The macros/latex209/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + distribs/ --- the complete LaTeX 2.09 distribution kit, with each + component within its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2.09. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. Single files are retained + together in the misc/ subdirectory. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 19:55:20 +0200 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: The new LaTeX + + + The new LaTeX + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + June 1994 + + + +The LaTeX3 project team is pleased to announce the release of the new +standard version of LaTeX. It is upwardly compatible with existing +LaTeX documents, and contains new features including the long-awaited +graphics extensions. + +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 were several incompatible systems all claiming to +be LaTeX. = + + +The new LaTeX puts an end to this unsatisfactory situation -- it gives +access to all extensions such as SLiTeX, AmSLaTeX, and PSLaTeX, based +on a single format. This will end the proliferation of mutually +incompatible dialects of LaTeX. + +We have also introduced a small number of often-requested features +(such as more control over float placement) and an improved interface +for writers of document classes and packages. + +The new LaTeX 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. + +>From now on there will be a new distribution of LaTeX twice a year, in +June and December. + +The new LaTeX can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + + +The files in these directories require a somewhat long unpacking +process. 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If yes, how do I get to it? +Thanks --VPS + +* Virgil.Stokes@neuro.ki.se | * +* BMC, Neuroscience | Things of quality * +* Karolinska Institute | have no fear of time. * + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 11:36:38 +0000 +From: virsto@ki.se (Virgil Stokes neuro) +Subject: spell checker +Keywords: spell + +Can anyone recommend a spell checker (English) for TeX? +- --Thanks VPS + +------------------------------ + +Date: 01 Jul 1994 11:40:29 -0400 +From: Bruce Graham <100302.2570@compuserve.com> +Subject: Finding an editor + +As a technical translator in France, I have some customers working on LaTex +but they don't have a WP-type editor (e.g., with spelling check and bridge to +Macintosh Word). If anyone knows of an editor they can reccomend for the Mac, +I'd appreciate. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 09:38:01 +0100 +From: sdm@ll.iac.es (Susana Delgado) +Subject: proofreader for English Grammar ?? + +Do any of you know if there is a proofreader for English Grammar to +run on TeX or LaTeX? + +Thanks in advance, + +Susana Delgado + +------------------------------ + +Date: 15 Jul 1994 15:55:16 +0000 +From: bobcatp@solomon.technet.sg (Robert P Batzinger) +Subject: Spell checking + +Try using MicroSpell. It has a special TeX mode. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 16 Jul 1994 05:17:34 +0000 +From: smaddhi@icaen.uiowa.edu (Srinivas Maddhi) +Subject: Re: Spell checking + +In article <303im8$i6e@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, phyv030@wrzx12.rz.u +ni-wuerzburg.de (Richard Baumgartner) writes: + +>I would like to ask if there are some +>spell checking programs for latex available, + + +'ispell' available on Unix machines does a pretty good job. +It recognizes LaTex/Tex(?) commands and does not flag them +as errors. + +Option to add words to a personal dictionary is available +along with other standard options. + +Good Luck! + Srinivas Maddhi + (319)335-5725 + smaddhi@icaen.uiowa.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: 15 Jul 1994 18:27:44 +0000 +From: jareed@rodan.syr.edu (Judith Ann Reed) +Subject: Help with psfig and *.eps? + +Greetings. I'm in dire need of some quick help with what may be +trivial questions, and thank you in advance for whatever you can +offer. + +* We have an encapsulated postscript file that prints on our +postscript printers just fine (DEC lnxx series printers attached to +VAX VMS systems) and is also able to be previewed with ghostview and +DEC's CDA viewer, but that is absolutely impossible to include in a +TeX document for printing. + - Our version of psfig seems to be 1.1 on VMS - undoubtedly + antiquated - where can I get a newer version? + - Our TeX is 2.991, LaTeX is 2.09, on a VAX running VMS 5.5-2 + - I also tried it on an Alpha running OSF/1 v2.0, with + TeX v3.141, LaTex v2.09, psfig v1.8 - same results as VMS. + - When using psfig to include the .eps file for printing, + - we get a postscript output file with no complaints from TeX + - the file prints with no complaints from the printing software + - *** NOTHING COMES OUT OF THE PRINTER *** + - no error pages, no online msgs, nothing. + +Here is the TeX file I tried: + +\input psfig +\null\vskip 3 true in +\centerline{\psfig{figure=vcbf1.eps}} +\vskip 3 true in +\centerline{Figure 1} +\end + +and here is the LaTeX file I tried: + +\documentstyle[12pt,doublespace]{article} +\input psfig +\begin{document} +\begin{figure}[htb] +\vspace{-3.0cm} +\centerline{\psfig{figure=vcbf1.eps,height=8in,bbllx=80bp,bblly=300bp,bburx=550 +bp,bbury=700bp,clip=}} +\vspace{-3.0cm} +\caption{\label{Ffds}Predictions for $f_{D_s}$ obtained using +error limits.} +\end{figure} +\end{document} +\end + +The bounding box info seems correct, based on ghostview's image of the +.eps file. Nothing prints, however. + + Could someone please advise what to do to get this to work in TeX? + Psfig works on other *.eps files, just not this particular one. + I'd rather not upgrade TeX or LaTex if I don't have to, would be + happy to upgrade psfig if I knew where to find it for VMS and for + OSF/1. However, given that it fails with 2 versions of psfig, as + noted above, I don't think that's the problem. + +* Last question - where are some archive sources for TeX FAQs, this + group, TeX distributions? + + +Many thanks, anxiously awaiting help to help an anxious user!!!! + +Judith Reed +judith@suhep.phy.syr.edu +Syracuse University + +------------------------------ + +Date: 16 Jul 1994 06:23:16 +0000 +From: smaddhi@icaen.uiowa.edu (Srinivas Maddhi) +Subject: Re: Help with psfig and *.eps? +Keywords: psfig, epsf, postscript + +In article <306kf0$e2m@newstand.syr.edu>, jareed@rodan.syr.edu (Judith Ann Reed +) writes: +> ... +>* We have an encapsulated postscript file that prints on our +>postscript printers just fine (DEC lnxx series printers attached to +>VAX VMS systems) and is also able to be previewed with ghostview and +>DEC's CDA viewer, but that is absolutely impossible to include in a +>TeX document for printing. +>... +> +>* Last question - where are some archive sources for TeX FAQs, this +> group, TeX distributions? +>... +> + +Here are some points which might help suggest a solution: + Have you tried using epsf.sty ? + Could it be a dvips problem ? + +Latest official versions of Tex, LaTex, dvips, epsf, psfig etc. are +available at: + labrea.stanford.edu in pub/tex + ftp.cs.umb.edu + +Good Luck! + Srinivas Maddhi + (319)335-5725 + smaddhi@icaen.uiowa.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 16:21:23 +0100 +From: KNAPPEN%de.uni-mainz.kph.vkpmzd@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: Sauter fonts v2.1 available + +The Sauter package for the generation of Computer Modern fonts at arbitrary +sizes is now available at version 2.1 from the CTAN archive sites and their +mirrors. + +Updates to release 2.1 include: + +* A new formulae for the parameters sup1 and sup2. This fixes a bug, + causing superscripts being placed too low at larger sizes. Please + recompute the cmsy fonts for sizes >=11pt + +* Support for the wasy2 fonts by Roland Waldi + +* Support for the bbold and cspex fonts by Alan Jeffrey + +* Support for LaTeX2e and LaTeX2.09 (both old and new1 font selection) + +* Command files for UNIX, VMS and MS-DOS + +Send bugs, comments etc. to +knappen@vkpmzd.kph.uni-mainz.de + +- --J"org Knappen. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 12:33:32 +0700 +From: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl> +Subject: EuroTeX '94 (2nd) + +************************************************************************** +Principles EuroTeX '94 +Practice 26 September -- 30 September 1994 +Progress Gda\'nsk-Sobieszewo +Poland! ----------- +************************************************************************** + +Is North America too far / too expensive / too alien a culture? +Then come to EuroTeX, the TeX conference of the year! + +EuroTeX will take place at Sobieszewo (near Gda\'nsk, Poland) +from Monday September 26th to Friday September 30th, at a cost of + + DM 440-00 (based on two persons sharing) + DM 480-00 (single room) + +There is also a special _non-residential_ option for + + DM 200-00 + +That price includes the conference fee, the banquet, +and also lunch / refreshments with other texies +from Tuesday September 26th to Friday September 30th. + +Those arriving early on Monday will be able to take part in a +guided tour of the old town of Gda\'nsk, whilst Tuesday to Friday +will be packed with talks and tutorials on TeX and related +topics. The tour will start at 11 am. + +For details of how to register, please see the form +included below. There will be a parallel Maple European +conference at the same time and place. + +There are four main themes to the conference: Principles, +Practice, Progress, and Poland. A provisional programme [1] +is given below. Following the programme are details of proposed +tutorials and courses [2], information on the bursary +scheme for assisted places [3], and finally a booking form, [4] + + +[1] Provisional Programme (subject to minor review) + + Principles: + + -- Michel Goossens, + Simple colour design, and colour in LaTeX-2e + + -- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko, + Paths to METAFONT: avoiding pathless tracts + + -- Kees van der Laan, + BLUe's format: back to basics + + -- Klaus Lagally, + Bi-directional line breaking with TeX macros + + -- Bernd Raichle, + Sorting in TeX's mouth + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Atomic fonts and elctronic archiving of TeX documents + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Floatnotes permit naked graphics insertion + + -- Petr Sojka and Pavel Sevecek, + Hyphenation in TeX: Quo vadis? + + -- Philip Taylor, + Defensive programing in TeX: Towards a better class of macro + + +Practice: + + -- Andrey V. Astrelin, + Graphics in TeX + + -- Vladimir Batagelj, + Combining TeX and PostScript + + -- Janusz Bie\'n, + Polish texts in multilingual environments + + -- Lutz Birkhahn, + Tdb: An X11 TeX Debugger + + -- Michel Goossens, + Real life book production: lessons learned from "The LaTeX Companion" + + -- Karel Horak, + Printing big MetaFont pictures in an MS-DOS environment + + -- Olga Lapko, + MAKEFONT as part of CyrTug/emTeX package. + + -- Marion Neubauer, + WORD/WordPerfect to LaTeX conversion + + -- Eric Picheral, + Building and maintaining the Gutenberg archive + + -- Serguei A. Strelkov, + Development and standardisation of the Russian TeX + version CyrTUG/emTeX + + +Progress: + + -- Johannes Braams, + Document classes and packages for LaTeX-2e + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, + 4-TeX: A workbench for MS-DOS PCs + + -- Dag Langmuhr, + Creating document styles for LaTeX-2e + + -- J'"org Knappen: + Towards a 256-character IPA font + + -- Piotr Pianowski, + From PostScript to MetaFont and back + + -- Friedhelm Sowa, + Printing colour pictures + + -- Andrey F. Slepukhin, + A package for Church Slavonic typesetting + + -- Philip Taylor, + e-TeX & NTS: a progress report + + -- Jiri Zlatuska, + Surviving in a multilingual world with multiple font encodings + + +[2] Tutorials and Courses: + +The first of these will start on Friday September 30th, +but all courses/tutorials are provisional at this stage, and will take place +only if there is sufficient demand. +(Please note that tutorials basically provide an overview of the subject, + whilst courses goes into some detail). + + +Tutorials: (all one day in duration) + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, 4TeX: main features + + -- Kees van der Laan, Manmac BLUe's + + -- Marek Ry\'cko and Philip Taylor, Book Design & Typography + + +Courses: + + -- Johannes Braams, LaTeX-2e (2 days) + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, 4TeX: advanced features (1 day) + + -- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski, MetaFont Basics (3 days) + + -- Marek Ry\'cko and Philip Taylor, Advanced TeX and TeX Macros (3 days) + + +All tutorials are free: courses are charged `at cost': that is, +the fee is intended to no more than cover the cost of room hire, +equipment hire (where appropriate), and tutor's expenses. +At the moment we believe that courses will cost of the order +of DM 100 per day including accommodation; this will be reduced +to about DM 65 per day for those not needing accommodation. + + +[3] Bursaries + +As with the TUG meeting at Aston last year, and EuroTeX meeting at +Prague two years ago, it is hoped to be able to offer financial +assistance to delegates who would otherwise be unable to attend. +Delegates who will need assistance in order to be able to +attend should indicate in the space provided the minimum bursary +which would allow them to be able to attend, and should give clear +reasons why they are applying. All applications will be treated in the +strictest confidence. Delegates who are in no need of a bursary and +who are able to assist others less fortunate are urged to pledge a +donation in the space provided. + + +[4] Booking form -- please return to: + + EuroTeX E-mail: eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl + + W\l{}odek Bzyl, Fax: +48 58 41-49-14 + Instytut Matematyki, + Uniwersytet Gda\'nski + Wita Stwosza 57, + 80-952 Gda\'nsk, Poland + + Name: + Address: + + + E-mail: + Phone: + Fax: + +The conference fee covers the period from Monday morning (26 September) +to Friday morning (30 September) and a banquet on Tuesday evening. +The guided tour of the old town of Gda\'nsk is free, but is possible +only for those arriving on Monday before 11 am. + +Instructions on how to pay is attached below +(based on information from our bank, which advises SWIFT +to speed up the transfer). + +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Please pay to : POMORSKI BANK KREDYTOWY SA. I oddzial GDYNIA + SWIFT code : POMK PL PS GDY + Correspondent : (choose one bank from the list below or from + a bank of your choice which can guarantee + to be able to make SWIFT transfers to Poland) + In favour of : GUST Polska Grupa Uzytkownikow Systemu TeX + ACC. No. : 361811-102528-136 +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + The list of correspondents: + ------- + Barclays Bank (London), ING Bank (Amsterdam), + ABN-AMRO Bank (Amsterdam), Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (Stockholm), +Gotabank (Stockholm), Den Norske Bank (Oslo), Swiss Bank Corp. (Zurich), + Union Bank of Switzerland (Zurich), Dresdener Bank (Frankfurt), + Deutche Bank (Berlin), DG Bank (Frankfurt), Berliner Bank AG (Berlin), +Bank PKO SA Succursale de Paris, Banque National DE Paris S.A. (Paris), + Ljubljanska banka d.d. (Ljubljana). +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +[Please either complete (where appropriate) or strike through / delete + each of the following sections] + + +[A: Special needs] + +I have no special dietary needs / am a vegetarian / am a vegan / have + +other dietary needs: __________________________________________________ + + +I am fully mobile / need assistance with ______________________________ + + +_______________________________________________________________________ + + +I would like to share a room with _____________________________________ + + +(or) I would prefer a single room _____________________________________ + + + +[B: Tutorials/courses] + +(Please note that tutorials basically provide an overview of the subject, + whilst courses goes into some detail). + +Tutorials: (all one day in duration) + +____ Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, 4TeX: main features + +____ Kees van der Laan, Manmac BLUe's + +____ Marek Ry\'cko and Philip Taylor, Book Design & Typography + +____ other, please make suggestions + + +Courses: + +____ Johannes Braams, LaTeX-2e (2 days) + +____ Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, 4TeX: advanced features (1 day) + +____ Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski, MetaFont Basics (3 days) + +____ Marek Ry\'cko and Philip Taylor, Advanced TeX and TeX Macros (3 days) + +____ other, please make suggestions + + + +[C: Guided tour of the old town of Gda\'nsk] + +I would like / would not like to be shewn around the old town of Gda\'nsk + + + +[D: Bursary scheme] + +I would like to apply for not less than _____________ from Bursary Fund, + + +for the following reasons: ____________________________________________ + + +_______________________________________________________________________ + +(or) I would like to donate _______________________to the Bursary fund. + + + +Please note the following deadlines: + +Confirmed registration: 1 September 1994 (cancellation charged at 50\%); +Late registration: 15th September 1994 (no cancellation possible); + + + Yours, + + --W\l{}odek Bzyl + --Tomek Przechlewski + + Conference Organisers + +------------------------------ + +Date: 05 Jul 1994 09:39:29 +0200 +From: ralf@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Ralf Schlatterbeck) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCE: LaTeX to RTF translator +Keywords: RTF, LaTeX, Translation, Microsoft Word, Word for Windows + +Archive-Name: auto/comp.text.tex/ANNOUNCE-LaTeX-to-RTF-translator + +latex2rtf is a translator program that translates LaTeX text into the +RTF format used by several textprocessors, including Microsoft Word and +Word for Windows. It was written by Fernando Dorner and Andreas Granzer +in a one-semester course in our department. This is new software and as +such not very well tested. It works for us, however. If you find any +Bugs, or make any improvements to the code, please report them to the +address below. +This program should answer one of the frequently asked questions in this +group, namely how to translate from LaTeX to Microsoft Word. + +The sources can be obtained by anonymous ftp from +ftp.vmars.tuwien.ac.at +in the directory /pub/misc +in the file latex2rtf.1.0.tar.gz +you need the GNU gunzip program to uncompress the file. Sources can be +obtained from one of the GNU archives. +Alternatively you can specify the file name rtf2LaTeX.tar when +downloading via ftp and the tar-file will get decompressed before +transmission. + +- -- +Ralf Schlatterbeck +Treitlstr.3/182/1 email: ralf@vmars.tuwien.ac.at +A-1040 Wien Phone: +43/222/58801/8176 +Austria FAX: +43/222/569149 +- -- +Ralf Schlatterbeck +Treitlstr.3/182/1 email: ralf@vmars.tuwien.ac.at +A-1040 Wien Phone: +43/1/58801/8176 +Austria FAX: +43/1/569149 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 07 Jul 1994 09:48:55 +0200 +From: vannes@ecnsun.ecn.nl (Gerard van Nes) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] General Information >> 4allTeX CD-ROM << + + + ========================================= + General information >> 4allTeX CD-ROM << + ========================================= + + July 3th, 1994 + Updated mail + + +| (Changebar in the left margin indicates an update comparing with +| earlier mail) + + Below you will find the most important items concerning the + >>4allTeX CD-ROM<<. + + 1. Availability + -- ------------ + The 4allTeX CD-ROM was introduced on June 9th 1994 at the 13th local + NTG (Dutch TeX Users Group) meeting in the Netherlands (and exactly on + time!). + + 2. Contents + -- -------- + 4TeX is based on the famous, fast and well-known emTeX distribution. + Besides that, the 4allTeX (yes for all!!) contains all related + software as available as of April 1994. + So: + 1. It contains the latest 4TeX version (3.20; networkdrive independent). + 4TeX gives us a userfriendly interface with a large set of utilities. + 2. 4TeX contains the software in direct executable form. + 3. 4TeX supports 31 formats including big versions, TeX, LaTeX, Cyrillic, + Polish, Greek, texinfo, lollipop, latex2e (beta release) etc. + 4. 4TeX supports 59 printer drivers (including linotronics, matrix + printers, 300/600 dpi laserprinters, laserjets, fax etc), + 5. 4TeX supports graphics: both for previewing and printing. All + functionality of e.g. BM2FONT, GhostScript, HP2XX, TeXCAD, QFIG + are included, ready to use! + 6. 4TeX includes amSpell spell-checker for languages English (UK), + English (USA), Dutch, German, Franch, Spanish and Italian. + 7. 4TeX contains conversion utilities: WP to LaTeX/TeX, + MS-Word/Chiwriter/PC-Write/troff to LaTeX, detex, untex, etc. + 8. 4allTeX contains a huge set of fonts: Why waste your time generating + fonts (fax, 300dpi, 600dpi, etc)? They are available also for non-DOS + systems! + 9. 4allTeX contains a huge set of .sty .mf .pk .fli .tfm .bst .etc + files. + 10. 4TeX includes Metafont with automatic font generation. +| 11. 4TeX fully supports PostScript fonts, also with automatic font +| generation using PS2PK! + 12. With 4TeX you can view and print directly in e.g. Times. + 13. 4TeX contains dbase utilities, supports makeindex, etc. + 14. 4TeX uses default (you can change that in the 4TeX configuration file: + use your favourite editor) the integrated QEDIT editor (you can + even do block compilation: mark a small part of your (large) + document, and ONLY that part will be compiled and viewed! + 15. 4allTeX contains a huge set of documentation (> 150Mbyte), including + TeX/LaTeX/Metafont documentation and tutorials both for novices and + gurus, including: + . ALL MAPS issues (dutch and english articles; starting in 1988; about + 1600 pages with high density information, in a large set of PostScript + files) + . ALL TEXHAX issues (1986-1994) + . ALL TEX-NL issues (1989-1994) + . ALL TEX-MAG issues + . ALL UKTEX issues (1988-1994) + . A lot of tutorials in TeX/LaTeX source (also .dvi and .ps files + available) + . The `TeXbook' and the `Metafontbook' in TeX source. + . FAQ about TeX, PostScript, etc + . WEB/literate program related contributions + 16. 4allTeX contains `FUN' : chess (including chinese), bridge, music, + crossword, go, and more. + >>including<< ALL fonts) +| 17. 4allTeX contains French, Cyrillic and Polish packages. + 18. With 4TeX, it is very easy to generate completely new formats. + 19. 4allTeX contains a lot of .dvi and PostScript utilities + 20. 4allTeX contains GNUPLOT + 21. 4allTeX contains extensive bibliographies on TeX-related topics + + ====> It contains even more than that!!! + + Hard disk requirement for running 4TeX (processing all your documents): + less than 50k! + + The 4allTeX CD-ROM is the FIRST and (at least in the near future) the ONLY + CD-ROM with a: + >>>> ready-to-use MS-DOS TeX implementation <<<< + including a HUGE set of documentation. + + The 4allTeX CD-ROM contains a UNIQUE SET of TeX/LaTeX/etc software for + both MS-DOS and non MS-DOS users! + + Unbelievable but TRUE! + + 3. 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Participants of TUG'94 or EuroTeX'94 + -- ------------ -- ------ -- ---------- + Don't forget to visit these two most important TeX meetings!! + - >> TUG'94 << + Almost a must for the averaged LaTeX/TeX user in the USA (and + outside!). The NTG president Johannes Braams will also visit this + meeting. Of course he will take some 4allTeX CD-ROM sets with him. + ====> Please contact him directly (j.l.braams@research.ptt.nl) for your + 4allTeX CD-ROM reservations! + - >> EuroTeX'94 << + The 4allTeX CD-ROM plus manual is free for the participants! +| ====> For participants who will need additional copies: please contact +| Erik Frambach (e.h.m.frambach@eco.rug.nl). + So take a few days break in Poland. There are a lot of very interested + lectures. And the conference fee including accomodation is very low!! + Presentation with tutorial and invited lectures will take place at + EuroTeX'94 by the authors Wietse Dol and Erik Frambach. + Meet the authors!! + + 8. 4TeX discussion list + -- ---- ---------- ---- + Yes there is already a lot of 4TeX support using the world-wide 4TeX + discussion list. + - How to subscribe: + send the one line message: + subscribe 4tex your_personal_name + to the listserv manager: + listserv@nic.surfnet.nl + - How to use: + send your questions/bugs/remarks/suggestions to: + 4tex@nic.surfnet.nl + +| - How to retrieve old e-mails +| All discussions will be archived. +| In order to receive a list of all archived files, send the one-line +| message: +| INDEX 4TEX +| to the listserv manager: +| listserv@nic.surfnet.nl +| In order to retrieve one of the monthly archieved e-mail file, send the +| one-line message (for month 05 in year 94): +| GET 4TEX LOG9405 +| to the listserv manager: +| listserv@nic.surfnet.nl + + The 4TeX authors Wietse Dol (w.dol@lei.agro.nl) and Erik Frambach + (e.h.m.frambach@eco.rug.nl) are monitoring this fast growing 4TeX + list! +| For very special requests/questions use: +| 4tex-support@eco.rug.nl + +| 9. The 4TeX manual +| -- --- ---- ------ +| The price of the 4TeX manual only (without the 4allTeX CD-ROM) is: +| In Holland/Belgium: f. 20,- (including shipping) +| Other countries : $ 15 (including shipping) + +| 10. 4allTeX FTP availability +| --- ------- --- ------------ +| On anonymous ftp-site: +| archive.cs.ruu.nl +| in directory: +| pub/TEX/MSDOS/4alltex +| you will find: +| - the 4alltex distribution version (an earlier version of 4TeX) in +| 30 files of 1.44 Mbyte. +| - updates of the 4allTeX CD-ROM. +| +| You will also find these files at the CTAN sites, directory; +| .../systems/msdos/4alltex + +| 11. Future improvements +| --- ------ ------------ +| Of course 4TeX is continuously under development. In a next release +| you can expect e,g.: +| - latest version of LaTeX2e +| - latest version of other (TeX-related) products +| - update dvi drivers (1.5b) +| - including new (your own) PS fonts into 4TeX with a simple menu (for +| compiling/viewing/printing) +| - and more +| If some esential packages / files are missing on the 4allTeX CD-ROM, +| please contact the authors on: 4tex-support@eco.rug.nl +| Some of the above extensions and further improvements will be +| available as additional installation files from the internet archives +| and from the Dutch FGBBS bulletin board service of NTG. + + Gerard van Nes + secretary Dutch TeX Users Group NTG + e-mail: vannes@ecn.nl + (e-mail NTG board: ntg@nic.surfnet.nl) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 10:25:07 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Move of UK CTAN node + +The UK node of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network changed its home +this morning (Friday 8 July, 1994), UK time -- it now resides on +machines at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. + +In parallel with the move, a number of new network names have been +generated, which distinguish the archive's different services. + +To access the new archive, please use: + + tex.ac.uk for email + www.tex.ac.uk for www + ftp.tex.ac.uk for FTP [128.232.1.87] + nfs.tex.ac.uk for NFS + gopher.tex.ac.uk for gopher + +The archive no longer provides: + + - a WAIS server, + - an NIFTP (UK JANET coloured-book file transfer) service + (coloured-book only sites within the UK should use the JANET + NIFTP/ftp gateway), + - public terminal access; browsing facilities are now only available + via WWW, ftp or gopher. The gopher service isn't quite what it + was, but we'll be working on that. + +The file system to mount on the new NFS service is + nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive + +ftp users should notice no change. Any shortcomings in any of the +services should be reported by email to ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk +- -- +Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk +U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK +Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html + +------------------------------ + +Date: 13 Jul 1994 16:13:31 +0200 +From: grif@tempest.ucr.edu (Michael Griffith) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCING SolarisTeX-0.1 + +In article <16FEBD662S85.SALZMAN@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu>, +Amy Parker <SALZMAN@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu> wrote: +>Is there a version of TeX that runs under Solaris 2.3? Where & how do +>I get it? + +ANNOUNCING SolarisTeX-0.1: + +This is my second version of Solaris binaries for TeX and friends. +It has been updated to include the newest version of LaTeX2e. Most +other things are unchanged from version 0.0. The binaries and instructions +are available on: + + ftp://cs.ucr.edu/pub/solaris/tex-binaries + +Please be sure to get the README file, as it provides some useful +information and answers some of the easier questions. If you don't +have X11R5, you will have to get a copy of my libraries from the same +location. + +Thanks to those who provided feedback on the first release. I am +using this information to make a better TeX system for my University +and the world. + +Michael A. Griffith (grif@cs.ucr.edu) +Department of Computer Science +University of California, Riverside + +------------------------------ + +Date: 15 Jul 1994 16:32:28 +0200 +From: ralf@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Ralf Schlatterbeck) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] Announce: First patch to latex2rtf +Keywords: LaTeX, RTF, Microsoft Word, latex2rtf, patch + +This is the announcement of the first patch to latex2rtf. A Bug with +SunOS 4.1.3 missing the declaration of fpos_t and fgetpos fsetpos was +corrected. Some bugs in the manpage were corrected, too. + +latex2rtf is a translator program that translates LaTeX text into the +RTF format used by several textprocessors, including Microsoft Word and +Word for Windows. It was written by Fernando Dorner and Andreas Granzer +in a one-semester course in our department. This is new software and as +such not very well tested. It works for us, however. If you find any +Bugs, or make any improvements to the code, please report them to the +address below. +This program should answer one of the frequently asked questions in this +group, namely how to translate from LaTeX to Microsoft Word. + +The sources can be obtained by anonymous ftp from +ftp.vmars.tuwien.ac.at +in the directory /pub/misc +in the file latex2rtf.1.1.tar.gz +you need the GNU gunzip program to uncompress the file. Sources can be +obtained from one of the GNU archives. +Alternatively you can specify the file name latex2rtf.1.1.tar when +downloading via ftp and the tar-file will get decompressed before +transmission. +The patch from version 1.0 can be found in the file latex2rtf.patch.1.0-1.1.gz + +Ralf Schlatterbeck +Treitlstr.3/182/1 email: ralf@vmars.tuwien.ac.at +A-1040 Wien Phone: +43/222/58801/8176 +Austria FAX: +43/222/569149 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 06:39:15 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@edu.umb.cs> +Subject: modes 2.0 available + +I have released version 2.0 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: 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. + +No new modes, but I've renamed all the modes so the primary names are <= +eight characters and all lowercase, and hence portable directory names. +This also saves a bit of memory, though not enough ... if you have the +table sizes from mf.web, modes.mf will eat up too much string space to +do any actual font generation. You can work around this by either +increasing the table sizes (as in web2c's mf.ch), or by removing +unneeded modes from modes.mf and renaming the file. I can't decipher the +Metafont source well enough to understand how to make the modes use less +memory; if some Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd very much like to hear it. + +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. + +kb@cs.umb.edu + +mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 +mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 +mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer +mode_def atarinf = % Atari 95dpi previewer +mode_def atarins = % Atari 96x96 previewer +mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi +mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A +mode_def canonex = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630 +mode_def canonlbp = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 +mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600 +mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600 +mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A +mode_def citohtoz = % CItoh 310 +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS +mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX +mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc +mode_def newdd = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio +mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 +mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 +mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500 +mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover +mode_def epsdraft = % Epson at 120x72dpi +mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi +mode_def epson = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family +mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500 +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi +mode_def gtfax = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax +mode_def gtfaxlo = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax +mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) +mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (\#2) +mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor +mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019 +mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 +mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter +mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display +mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) +mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812 +mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820 +mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen +mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen +mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor +mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX +mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter +mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi +mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75 +mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi +mode_def linoone = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi +mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi +mode_def ljfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4 +mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi +mode_def lmaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster +mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01 +mode_def lps = % DEC LPS40 +mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20 +mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi +mode_def lqmedres = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor +mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1 +mode_def mactrue = % Mac screens at 72dpi +mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch +mode_def nec = % NEC +mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi +mode_def nexthi = % NeXT 400dpi, Newgen +mode_def nextscrn = % 100dpi NeXT monitor +mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only +mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS +mode_def okidata = % Okidata +mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi +mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) +mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725 +mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700 +mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser +mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216 +mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03 +mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter +mode_def starnloz = % 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 vs = % VAXstation monitor +mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P +mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi +mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi +mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6 +mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600 +mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090 +mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700 +mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700 + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + subscribe texhax + unsubscribe texhax + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@TUG.org, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. 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Any suggestions would be appreciated. +My email address is : vaidya@acsu.buffalo.edu + +Thanks in advance. + +Durgesh. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 29 Jul 1994 11:48:15 +0000 +From: volker@yeti.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de (Volker Bosch) +Subject: Re: LaTeX to Microsoft Word + +Durgesh S (vaidya@acsu.buffalo.edu) wrote: + +: Is there a way of converting a LaTeX document to +: Microsoft Word? Any suggestions would be appreciated. +[...] + +Hallo, + +the only way I know, is to convert the LaTeX file into a RTF file. MS-Word +should be able to handle RTF-Files. + +I used the program TeX2RFT, which is availible by ftp. I've got it from +ftp.dante.de. You might find it on other ftp servers as well. + +In the august issue of the german computer magazine 'iX' (Heise Verlag +Hannover) you will find an article, describing programs to convert TeX files +(p. 74). + +- -- + +Viele Gruesse + + + Volker + +****************************************************************************** + EMail: volker@yeti.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de + snail-mail: Volker Bosch, Kaiserstrasse 49, 70599 Stuttgart (GERMANY) + (voice) Phone: +49 0711 685-7223 (office) + +------------------------------ + +Date: 06 Aug 1994 02:45:08 -0400 +From: Bruce Graham <100302.2570@compuserve.com> +Subject: Looking for Tex/LaTex Editor + +I am looking for a full-feature Tex/LaTex editor for Macintosh that would allow +me to transfer files to/from Microsoft Word. So far, I've only heard of +"Scientific Word" for Windows and a French product called "Mator Mac." +I work in the South of France as a technical translator and editor for +researchers wishing to publish in English and would appreciate any suggestions +about where I can purchase such an editor. + Bruce Graham - Marseille + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 16:37:25 +0800 +From: Chen Ke <chenke@pku.edu.cn> +Subject: Wanted help about previewing epf files. + +I just found my latex can't deal with eps file. That means latex did work +when a .eps file is inserted in the tex file though I have eps.sty in lib. +- ---------------- +pics82:/home/pics82/chen/Ideas>33>latex memo1.tex +This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) +(memo1.tex +LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 March 1992> +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.sty +Standard Document Style `article' <14 Jan 92>. +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/art11.sty)) +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/epsf.sty) (memo1.aux) +! Undefined control sequence. +l.51 \EPSfile + {file=eg1.ps,height=8cm,width=14cm}\\ +- -------------------------------- +As a result, I wonder whether some other files should be added to lib +so that latex can work to deal with inserting a .eps file in tex file. +Any other advice will be appreciated. + +Thanks in advance. + +Cheers, + +KE +chenke@pku.edu.cn or +chen@pics82.cis.pku.edu.cn + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 21:11:31 -0400 +From: Frank Marchese <MARCHESF@PACEVM.DAC.PACE.EDU> +Subject: Postscript converter + +I am a new user to LaTex and have a question. Is there +a LaTex to postscript or DVI to Postscript converter +that runs on Intel platforms? Please respond to +me directly...thanks in advance for any help that +can be given. +email: marchesf@pacevm.dac.pace.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:44:07 +0800 +From: Chen Ke <chenke@pku.edu.cn> +Subject: wanted help: Latex with epsf.sty + +I am a new netter and want to use type Latex to typeset a paper. +I have installed Tex 3.1415 in my machine(Tatung workstation compatible +with Sun SPARC classic). I found there is no epsf.sty in ~/tex/latex/base. +So I can't deal with .eps file using Latex. However, I have achieved an +"epsf.sty" from a friend of mine in Canada and put it in the aforementioned +directory. But it doesn't work as follows: + +- -------------------- +pics82:/home/pics82/chen/Ideas>33>latex memo1.tex +This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) +(memo1.tex +LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 March 1992> +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.sty +Standard Document Style `article' <14 Jan 92>. +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/art11.sty)) +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/epsf.sty) (memo1.aux) +! Undefined control sequence. +l.51 \EPSfile + {file=eg1.ps,height=8cm,width=14cm}\\ +- -------------------------------- + +As a result, I would appreciate it if you would give tips to deal +with this problem + +Best Regards, + +Ke Chen +chenke@pku.edu.cn + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 18:45:21 +0700 +From: david dureisseix <dureisse@romanee.ens-cachan.fr> +Subject: blackboard_font + + As I was used to write scientific texts with "Word" on +a MacIntosh, I have got several habits... + In particular tensors like stress and strain are denoted +by lowercase Greek letters \sigma and \varepsilon, with a +style named "relief" (en Francais dans le texte); it does +something like doubling drawings of letters. As I tried to +reproduce it with LaTeX, I installed Blackboard-bold font +(bbold.mf). But the characters are a bit rough to be used +frequently in the text. + Does someone know the name of a font more suited for my +purpose, i.e. that looks more like Word's one ? + + Thanks a lot. +- -- +David DUREISSEIX + LMT CACHAN fax : + 61 Av du Pdt Wilson tel : 47 40 22 25 + 94235 CACHAN CEDEX e-mail : dureisse@lmt.ens-cachan.fr + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 19:38:14 -0700 +From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Subject: Announcing patchlevel 18 of xdvi + +From: vojta@powdermilk.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Newsgroups: comp.text.tex +Subject: Announcing xdvi patchlevel 18 +Summary: +Followup-To: +Distribution: world +Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. +Keywords: + +OK, so this is a little late, but: + +This is to announce that patchlevel 18 for xdvi, a previewer for .dvi files +under the X Window System, has been released. This is a full release, +as opposed to a patch, due to the extent of the changes. It is available +via anonymous ftp from ftp.x.org in the file contrib/applications/xdvi.tar.Z +(and coming soon to a mirror site near you...). It is also available on +the R6 contrib tape. + +This version adds: + o Support for PostScript specials. + o Checking of checksums in the .dvi file vs. the .pk or .gf file. + o Non-square magnifying glasses. + +As was mentioned in the announcement of patch 17, it removes support for X10 +and for the pxl font format. + +- --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 15:22:43 -0700 +From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Subject: Announcing gsftopk 1.7 + +This is to announce the availability of Version 1.7 of gsftopk. +gsftopk is a package whose purpose is to allow use of PostScript<TM> fonts +with xdvi. It consists of: + + 1. A program called gsftopk.c which creates pk font files for the + PostScript fonts. The bitmaps are obtained from ghostscript. + 2. A script called xdvimakepk which is to be used in place of + MakeTeXPK in xdvi. + +The package requires the use of a dvips-style psfonts.map file. + +The package is available via anonymous ftp from math.berkeley.edu +in the file pub/Software/TeX/gsftopk.tar.Z. To upgrade from version +1.6 you may use pub/Software/TeX/gsftopk.patch7.Z instead. + +gsftopk is also released as a subpackage of xdvi. Version 1.7 of gsftopk +(or a later version) will be part of patchlevel 19 of xdvi. Patchlevel 18 +of xdvi includes only gsftopk 1.6. + +Version 1.7 adds the ability to do subdirectory searching, using the same +// semantics as the web2c release of TeX, et. al. + +- --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 18:26:50 +0100 +From: KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE +Subject: Announcement: Sauter tools Version 2.2 + +Today, the Version 2.2 of the Sauter parameter files have been installed +at the german CTAN site and should propagate to the other ones in the +next 24 hours. + +The Sauter tools allow you to generate any font out of the cm family at an +arbitrary design size by interpolating between the Knuthian parameters or +extrapolating them. The Sauter fonts can be used to replace any scaled +fonts used by LaTeX and plain TeX. + + +Version 2.2 contains mainly some bug fixes: + +c-cmb: now produces characters of the same width as in cmr +b-wasy: inputs c-cmmi instead of the outdated c-cmsy +b-bbold: now gets the right design_size into the tfm file +suatercm.fd: LaTeX2e support + +Thanks to all the people, who send in the bug reports and suggested fixes. + + +- --J"org Knappen. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 10 Aug 1994 20:39:59 +0000 +From: raman@crl.dec.com (TV Raman) +Subject: Online AsTeR Demo on the WWW (oral rendering of LaTex documents) + +AsTeR --Audio System For Technical Readings-- is a computing system that +exploits the display-independent nature of electronic information to orally +render technical documents marked up in La)TeX. + +You can experience an interactive demo of AsTeR on the World Wide Web at +http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/aster/demo.html + +This hypertext document presents a collection of math examples rendered in +audio by AsTeR and in Postscript by LaTeX/DVIPS. + +It aptly brings out the power of the Web in publishing multimedia documents: +none of my journal publications come with online demos. + +It also emphasizes the display-independent nature of electronic markup +documents; both the audio formatted version and the visually laid out +Postscript were generated from the same LaTeX source. + +- --Raman +email: <raman@crl.dec.com> +http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/raman.html + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + subscribe texhax + unsubscribe texhax + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@TUG.org, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. 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It was thought +that this error should be pointed out promptly, before the usual few +weeks elapse until the next issue. The correct address is shown in +the trailer below. Of course, everyone should be using domain names +and getting nameservers to look up the addresses, right? + +My thanks to Malcolm Clark <cudax@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, Martyn Johnson +<Martyn.Johnson@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> and Robin Fairbairns +<Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> for being so eagle-eyed, +and my apologies to anyone inconvenienced by the error. + +~~David Osborne (TeXhax Digest moderator) + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + subscribe texhax + unsubscribe texhax + +To obtain the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) lists for TeX, send a +message with no subject to fileserv@shsu.edu, consisting of +SENDME FAQ + +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. + +Backnumbers of all the digests are stored in the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) and can be retrieved on the Internet by +anonymous ftp. + +The hosts comprising CTAN include + ftp.dante.de (129.69.1.12) -- Germany + ftp.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) -- USA + ftp.tex.ac.uk (128.232.1.87) -- UK +Please use your nearest server, to keep network load down. +The file /tex-archive/CTAN.sites on each of these hosts gives a +list of other sites which maintain full or partial mirrors of the CTAN. + +TeXhax Digest issues are kept in + tex-archive/digests/texhax/YEAR/texhax.ISSUE + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/texhax/92/texhax.20) + +Keyword-In-Context Indexes are kept in + tex-archive/digests/indexes/texhaxYY.idx + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/indexes/texhax92.idx) + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 94 Issue 7] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.08 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.08 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..342833adb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.08 @@ -0,0 +1,579 @@ +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #08 +Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Content-ID: <6826.778956263.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Wed, 07 Sep 1994 17:44:24 +0100 +Message-ID: <6827.778956264@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 7 Sep 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 08 + +Today's Topics: + Translating TFM and GF or PK files into Metafont source? + Re: Announcement: Sauter tools Version 2.2 + PCTeX? + underlining + Graphics in LaTeX + Latex viewer for IBMPC +[comp.text.tex] mcite: Combining several BibTeX entries into one \bibitem + [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCING: Seminar Package for LaTeX2e + EuroTeX '94: bookings close on September 12th + modes 2.1 available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe texhax" or "unsubscribe texhax", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 13:35:19 +0200 +From: Andrzej Icha <icha@ocean.iopan.gda.pl> +Subject: Translating TFM and GF or PK files into Metafont source? + +Is there any possibility which can translate TFM and suitable +GF (or PK) files into METAFONT sourcefiles? +Thank you very much for any information. + +Andrzej Icha +Institute of Oceanology, PAS, Sopot, Poland +<icha@ocean.iopan.gda.pl> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 16:30:24 -0000 +From: DEVANS@lynx.colorado.edu +Subject: Re: Announcement: Sauter tools Version 2.2 + +>The Sauter tools allow you to generate any font out of the cm family at an +>arbitrary design size by interpolating between the Knuthian parameters or +>extrapolating them. The Sauter fonts can be used to replace any scaled +>fonts used by LaTeX and plain TeX. + +Can someone please explain to me in what way this is different/better from +simply letting MF build fonts. + +Thank you. + Doc Evans + +Doc Evans NQ0I/G4AMJ : devans@orion.colorado.edu + al019@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 16:56:10 -0400 +From: Wang Wei <wei@math.unc.edu> +Subject: PCTeX? + +Can anybody tell me if there is a software called PCTeX. I think +it might be a version of TeX or LaTeX for PC. + +Thanks, + +- --Wei + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1994 17:30:30 -0000 +From: DEVANS@lynx.colorado.edu +Subject: underlining + +I know that the TeXbook says that the best way to do underlining is to +build a new font, but for my purposes that seems like overkill. On the +other hand, all my simple macros to produce underlined text fail to +produce the correct results. What I want is something like: + \underline{This text should be underlined, but the space characters +contained in the text should be left without underlines} + +This seems like it ought to be simple, and it probably is, but I can't +get a macro to do what I want. Anyone out there who can give me some +help? + +Thanks + Doc Evans + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 04 Sep 1994 16:50:12 +0800 +From: chin1312@cs.cuhk.hk +Subject: Graphics in LaTeX + +Hello, + + I'm working on a project of LaTeX. I heard that LaTeX's graphics +command can't describe all graphics generated by xfig. Is that true? +Thanks. + + +Rgds +James + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +` James Ching CSC 4/4 ` ` +` Department of Computer Science ` ~{HK2;D\C;SPCN~} ` +` Email : chin1312@cs.cuhk.hk ` ~{5+R22;D\V;;nTZCNVP~} ` +` jamesching@cuhk.hk ` ` +` ` ` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 12:18:00 -0500 +From: brener@shadow.csc.lsu.edu (Dr. Nathan Brener) +Subject: Latex viewer for IBMPC + +Hi, would you tell me where can I find a shareware to display Latex file +on IBMPC. Thank you. + +Weian Deng + +------------------------------ + +Date: 19 Aug 1994 11:53:58 +0200 +From: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de (Thorsten Ohl) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] mcite: Combining several BibTeX entries into one \bibitem + +Last week I asked and only got `me too' responses. Thus I sat down +yesterday evening and wrote it myself (that's The True Trouble with +TeX: it's too much fun wasting your time by hacking up cutee little +macros :-). Anyway, you can get it from + + crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de:pub/ohl/mcite + +and (hopefully) soon from a CTAN site near you. + +This LaTeX2e package provides support for collapsing multiple +citations into one, as custumoary in physics journals. For example +\cite{foo1,*foo2,bar} will combine the BibTeX entries foo1 and foo2 +into a single \bibitem. Obviously, the non-trivial point is that it +works with BibTeX. See mcite.dtx for more detailed documentation. + +Enjoy, +- -Thorsten +- -- +/// Thorsten Ohl, TH Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany +//////////////// net: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de, ohl@gnu.ai.mit.edu +/// voice: +49-6151-16-3116, secretary: +49-6151-16-2072, fax: +49-6151-16-2421 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 29 Aug 1994 18:25:46 +0200 +From: tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCING: Seminar Package for LaTeX2e + +Hey netters, don't be fooled by LaTeX2e's slides class. +It is still lame, compared to the amazing Seminar package. + +V1.0 of seminar.sty works with LaTeX2e in compatibility +mode, but I have finally added a seminar.cls that works +in LaTeX2e's native mode. This is a minimal modification +of seminar.sty, not a new version. The new distribution +is called V1.0e. If you already have v1.0, the only +new files you need are + + seminar.cls semhelv.sty semlcmss.sty + +from + + Princeton.EDU:/pub/tvz/seminar/inputs + +You can also get the entire package (which still includes +seminar.sty and still works with LaTeX 2.09). + +Let me know about any problems. + +Thanks to Sebastian Rahtz for making the necessary changes. + +Tim +- --- +Timothy Van Zandt (609)258-4050 tvz@Princeton.EDU (NeXTMail) +Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 + +THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTARY READ-ME FOR V1.0e OF THE SEMINAR PACKAGE + +*********************************************************************** +**** "readme" file for the Seminar package, v1.0e, 94/08/24 **** +*********************************************************************** + +COPYRIGHT 1993, 1994 by Timothy Van Zandt, tvz@Princeton.EDU + +ABOUT V1.0e: + + V1.0e is identical to v1.0 of 93/04/01, except for a few changes + so that Seminar can work with NFSS2 and LaTeX2e: + + - semhelv.sty and semlcmss.sty have been modified to work + with NFSS2 and LaTeX2e (but they still work with NFSS). + + - seminar.cls has been added. This is a LaTeX2e document class, + derived from seminar.sty v1.0 by Sebastian Rahtz. + + If you already have have seminar.sty v1.0e, then all you need + are this read-me file plus these files from the inputs + directory: + + seminar.cls semhelv.sty semlcmss.sty + +USING SEMINAR WITH LATEX2E: + + !!! YOU MUST BE USING A LATEX2E RELEASED AFTER 19 FEBRUARY 1994 + + You can either use seminar.sty in compatibility mode: + \documentstyle{seminar} + Or use the seminar.cls document class: + \documentclass{seminar} + + Unless you are using other macros that only work in + compatibility mode, you might as well use the document class. + + You can use the following options with \documentclass{seminar}: + + article slidesonly notes notesonly notesonly* + noxcomment portrait a4 semhelv semlcmss semlayer + semrot semcolor slidesec + + NOTE: Use `a4', not `sem-a4'. + + `seminar.cls' is a minimal modification of seminar.sty. The + next release will take advantage of more of LaTeX2e's special + capabilities. + +Tim Van Zandt +tvz@princeton.edu +August 24, 1994 +- -- +Timothy Van Zandt (609)258-4050 tvz@Princeton.EDU (NeXTMail) +Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 18:22:10 -0000 +From: CHAA006@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94: bookings close on September 12th + +[Sent with apologies to those lists that prefer submissions + in their native language, such as GUTenberg and TeX-D-L.] + +====================================================== +EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 +======================================================= + +If you would like to participate in the most exciting +TeX users' meeting of 1994---Eurotex '94 in Gda\'nsk--- +then please don't forget that there are only two weeks +left in which to enroll. The final possible date for +applications is September 12th. + +The conference programme includes: + + -- Michel Goossens and Sebastian Rahtz + Simple colour design, and colour in LaTeX-2e + + -- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko, + Labyrinth of METAFONT paths in outline + + -- Kees van der Laan, + BLUe's format---the best of both worlds + + -- Klaus Lagally, + Bidirectional line breaking with TeX macros + + -- Bernd Raichle, + Sorting in TeX's mouth + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Atomic fonts and electronic archiving of TeX documents + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Occam's razor and macro management + + -- Petr Sojka and Pavel \v Seve\v cek, + Hyphenation in TeX---Quo vadis? + + -- Philip Taylor, + Defensive programing in TeX: Towards a better class of macro + + -- Andrey V. Astrelin, + Graphics in TeX + + -- Vladimir Batagelj, + Combining TeX and PostScript + + -- Janusz Bie\'n, + Polish texts in multilingual environments (a case study) + + -- Lutz Birkhahn, + Tdb: An X11 TeX Debugger + + -- Michel Goossens and Frank Mittelbach + Real life book production---lessons learned from "The LaTeX Companion" + + -- Karel Horak, + Fighting with big MetaFont pictures when printing them + reversely or landscape + + -- Olga Lapko, + MAKEFONT as part of CyrTug/emTeX package. + + -- Marion Neubauer, + Conversion from WORD/WordPerfect to LaTeX + + -- Eric Picheral, + Building and supporting the GUTenberg archive + + -- Johannes Braams, + Document classes and packages for LaTeX-2e + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, + 4TeX: A workbench for MS-DOS PCs + + -- Dag F. Langmyhr, + How to make your own document style in LaTeX-2e + + -- J\"org Knappen: + Towards a 256-character IPA font + + -- Friedhelm Sowa, + Printing colour pictures + + -- Andrey F. Slepukhin, + A package for Church Slavonic typesetting + + -- Philip Taylor, + e-TeX & NTS: a progress report + + -- Ji\v r\'\i{} Zlatu\v ska, + Surviving in a multi-lingual world with multiple font encodings + + -- Yannis Halarambous, + Typesetting the Hebrew Bible with TeX + + -- Yannis Halarambous, + \Omega, a TeX extension including unicode and + featuring Lex-like filtering processes + + For further details please contact: eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl, or get + via ftp from halina.univ.gda.pl:/gust/eurotex Programme and + tutorial information will be found in prog.txt, courses/tutorial + abstracts in tutor.txt, booking form in bform.txt and finally + some advice on how to get to Gda\'nsk in howtoget.txt + +Conference organizers + +W{\l}odek Bzyl, +Tomasz Przechlewski + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 06:43:59 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: modes 2.1 available + +I have released version 2.1 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf + +and shortly from the ctan sites in /tex-archive/fonts/modes/modes-2.1.mf. +finger ctan_us@ftp.shsu.edu for a list of all the CTAN sites and mirrors. + +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'. + +News: +No new modes, but I've added landscape definitions for all the devices +with meaningfully nonsquare aspect ratios, named as the primary device +with an `l' appended. Some primary names were changed to be shorter as +a result, but the old names are still there as synonyms. + +I've also been told that `ljfour' is suitable for the Apple Select 360, +and that the Xerox 4050 mode works for the Xerox 4700, so that +information is included. + + +It's generally of no use to mail me about devices not in modes.mf; +everything I know about is described therein. It also includes lots of +text about how to create a new mode_def, etc. + + +General information: +modes.mf is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common +definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and +landscape mode. It uses up too much memory for the table sizes in the +original mf.web, so you either have to increase the sizes (as in Web2c) +or rename the file and remove unneeded modes. I can't decipher mf.web +well enough to understand how to make the modes use less memory; if some +Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd very much like to hear it. + +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. + +kb@cs.umb.edu + +mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 +mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 +mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer +mode_def atarinf = % Atari 95dpi previewer +mode_def atarins = % Atari 96x96 previewer +mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi +mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A +mode_def canonex = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630 +mode_def canonlbp = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 +mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600 +mode_def cgl = % Compugraphic 8600 landscape +mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600 +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS +mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX +mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc +mode_def newdd = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio +mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 +mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 +mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500 +mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover +mode_def epsdrft = % Epson at 120x72dpi +mode_def epsdrftl = % Epson at 120x72dpi landscape +mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi +mode_def epsfastl = % Epson at 60x72dpi landscape +mode_def epson = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family +mode_def epsonl = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family landscape +mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500 +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi +mode_def epsonlol = % Epson at 120x216dpi landscape +mode_def gtfax = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax +mode_def gtfaxl = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax landscape +mode_def gtfaxlo = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax +mode_def gtfaxlol = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax landscape +mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) +mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (\#2) +mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor +mode_def ibmegal = % IBM EGA monitor landscape +mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019 +mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 +mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter +mode_def ibmppl = % IBM ProPrinter landscape +mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display +mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) +mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812 +mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820 +mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen +mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen +mode_def ibmtosnl = % IBM 3179 screen landscape +mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor +mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX +mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A +mode_def itohl = % CItoh 8510A landscape +mode_def itohtoz = % CItoh 310 +mode_def itohtozl = % CItoh 310 landscape +mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter +mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi +mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75 +mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi +mode_def linoone = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi +mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi +mode_def ljfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4 +mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi +mode_def lmaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster +mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01 +mode_def lps = % DEC LPS40 +mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20 +mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi +mode_def lqmed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi +mode_def lqmedl = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi landscape +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor +mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1 +mode_def mactrue = % Mac screens at 72dpi +mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch +mode_def nec = % NEC +mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi +mode_def nexthi = % NeXT 400dpi, Newgen +mode_def nextscrn = % 100dpi NeXT monitor +mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only +mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS +mode_def okidata = % Okidata +mode_def okidatal = % Okidata landscape +mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi +mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) +mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725 +mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700 +mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser +mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216 +mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03 +mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter +mode_def starnlt = % Star NL-10 +mode_def starnltl = % Star NL-10 landscape +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 vs = % VAXstation monitor +mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P +mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi +mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi +mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6 +mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600 +mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 +mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090/4700 +mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700 +mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700 + +------------------------------ + +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + containing either subscribe 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Many of them +were interesting and taught me things I did not know. However, only +one response was completely on point. My vote for TeXnician of the +month therefore goes to Jim Nearing (nearing@phyvax.ir.miami.edu) +for the following clever and concise pair of macros: + +% This underlining macro is implemented by tail recursion. +% If the terminal character is not found, it executes the desired +% process and \let's \next equal itself. It then calls \next. +% If the terminal token is found, it \let's \next equal \relax +% before calling \next. +% The first word is handled separately. +% +% Usage: \ul{whatever you like, it will continue the underlining +% even across line breaks}. +% +\newif\iffirstul + +\def\ullspecial#1 {\ifx\empty#1 \let\next=\relax \else + \iffirstul\firstulfalse\else% + \discretionary{}{}{\hbox{\ }}\fi% + \underbar{#1}\let\next=\ullspecial\fi \next} + +\def\ul#1{\firstultrue\ullspecial#1 \empty } + +The only thing to watch out for is that it does require that the +values of hyphenpenalty and exhyphenpenalty be sufficiently low to +permit line breaks to occur. If you desire to suppress hyphenated +line breaking, then the value should be set to some reasonably high +value, but not an impossibly high one. He suggests 1000 (as opposed +to the 10000 usually used to ban such breaking), and I have found +that that works well. Alternatively, one could simply alter the value +of these variables for the paragraph in which the underlined text +occurs. For most people, who desire the ordinary hyphenated line +breaking rules, the macro works wonderfully as it stands. + +Thank you again, Jim! + +Doc Evans NQ0I / G4AMJ : devans@orion.colorado.edu + al019@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 08:23:54 -0330 +From: MOHAMMAD GHODSI <ghodsi@IREARN.BITNET> +Subject: changing \hsize at page-break? + +Dear Friends, +I would like to typeset a long paragraph that goes into the next +page so that each page has different \hsize. How could I change +\hsize at the page break? + +Thanks. + + +----------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Mohammad Ghodsi, Assistant Prof. (o | + | Computer Engineering Department (o ^ ) | + | Sharif University of Technology ghodsi@irearn.bitnet | + | P.O. Box 11365-9517, Tehran, Iran Fax: +98 21 601-2983 | + +----------------------------------------------------------------+ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 13:07:40 +0100 +From: Bo Thide' <bt@irfu.se> +Subject: List processing TeX macro needed + +I am looking for a short and efficient soultion for the following +problem: + +>From a list of names, each delimited by a delimiter \mydelim, I want to +produce two "name boxes" to be used as output. In the case of three or +more names I want one long where all \delim's are replaced by a ',' +except for the last one which should be replaced by '{\rm and}', and one +short with the first name followed by '{\it et al}.'. + +======================================================================== + +Example 1: + +The list + +First A. Familyx \delim First B. Familyy \delim First C. Familyz + +shall be translated into + +First A. Familyx, First B. Familyy {\rm and} First C. Familyz + +and to + +First A. Familyx {\it et al}. + +======================================================================== + +Example 2: + +The list + +First A. Familyx \delim First B. Familyy + +shall be translated into + +First A. Familyx {\rm and} First B. Familyy + +both for the long and short output. + +======================================================================== + +In a way this is similar to what 'bibtex' handles so elegantly for +author lists. I thought this would be rather trivial in TeX, but +several days of studies of Knuth and von Bechtolsheim has not lead me +anywhere. + +I need to solve this problem quickly and would appreciate any help +or hints that you might have. + +Bo + + ^ ---Bo Thidi-----------------------------------Scientific Director--- + |I| Swedish Institute of Space Physics, S-755 91 Uppsala, Sweden + |R| Office Phone: (+46) 18-30 36 71 Office Fax: (+46) 18-40 31 00 + /|F|\ Home Phone: (+46) 18-52 79 11 Home Fax: (+46) 18-55 41 84 + ~~U~~ ---bt@hybrid.irfu.se---------------------------------------SM5DFW--- + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 21:13:42 +0700 +From: Napajit Singkorapoom <b92346@th.ac.ait.cs> +Subject: Page layout in LaTeX? + +I am a LaTeX beginner. I am using LaTeX for my report and I have some +questions would like to have your suggestions as follows; + +1) Using Letter size pape(8.5"X11"), one-sided output, how to set the +page layout as + + - 3 cm left margin + - 2 cm right margin + - 3 cm top margin + - 2.5 cm bottom margin + +2) the page number should be in the "top margin" at center position as + + -1- , -2- ,,,,,, + +3) equation numbers are according to the section numbers i.e., + + in section 2 , eq. no. should be 2.1, 2.2, .. + +Your promptly actions are highly appreciable. + +Thanking you, +Napajit. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:17:25 +0100 +From: Maes@elec.ucl.ac.be +Subject: Help needed to convert fonts + +I'm using Textures 1.6.2 on a Macintosh +and I'm also using TeX, Version 3.1415 on a Unix machine. + +I have bought the package Lucida from Blue Sky Research. +With this package, I got + - the Outline fonts + - the Screen fonts + - the AFM files + - the metrics files +for the macintosh. + +I would like to use these package on my Unix machine. + +So I have (for all the fonts) + +- - create the VPL files from the macintosh metrics document (with EdMetrics) +- - create the TFM and VF files from these VPL files (with vptovf) +- - create the PFA files from the outline fonts (with macfont) + +I have modified the file psfonts.map in such a manner that dvips +(dvipsk 5.58a) could deal with these files (tfm,vf and pfa) + +BUT after all these manipulations, I don't get the same results with +the macintosh and with the Unix machine. + +What's wrong ? + +Pascal Maes +UCL/FSA/ELEC +Place du Levant,3 +B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve +BELGIUM +email: Maes@elec.ucl.ac.be + +------------------------------ + +Date: 31 Aug 1994 17:03:08 +0200 +From: phil@coot.geog.ubc.ca (Phil Austin) +Subject: [sci.geo.meteorology] latex style for AMS conference preprints + +Steve Krueger has modified the AGU preprint style to produce +a two-column format suitable for AMS conference proceedings. + +The style file (amspp.sty) and example (rad-pp.tex) along with +a bib file are available from: + +ftp://leghorn.geog.ubc.ca/pub/jas.latex.dir + +Phil Austin INTERNET: phil@geog.ubc.ca +(604) 822-2175 FAX: (604) 822-6150 + +Atmospheric Sciences Programme +Geography #217 +University of British Columbia +1984 W Mall +Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 +CANADA + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Sep 1994 13:51:48 +0200 +From: tkiffe@math.tamu.edu (Tom Kiffe) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] ANNOUNCE CmacTeX2.2 (Macintosh) + +Version 2.2 of CMacTeX is now available on CTAN in the directory +tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex. It consists of TeX3.1415, Metafont2.71, +dvips, a previewer, a Postscript printing utility, and the usual font +utilities like gftopk, etc. + +The principal feature of the new version is use of Apple Events to +launch and execute the various subprograms. As a result, Version 2.2 +requires System 7. The popular editors, Alpha and BBEdit, can be +configured to completely control CMacTeX, i.e., it is possible to +launch TeX from your editor, have it process the file displayed in +your editor's front window, automatically switch to the previewer, and +if you are satisfied, have the editor launch dvips to convert the +dvi file into Postscript. CMacTeX can also talk with the editor. If +TeX encounters an error and you type an 'e' at the ? prompt, CMacTeX +will ask the editor to open the tex file and highlight the offending +line. + +As in earlier releases, most of CMacTeX is free. For further information +see the Readme files available on CTAN. + +Tom Kiffe + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 17:57:04 +0200 +From: georges@zeus.di.uoa.ariadne-t.gr (Giorgos Spiliotis) +Subject: New version of greektex available + +A new version of greektex has been posted in the following sites: + + CTAN sites eg. ftp.dante.de + in the directory pub/tex/language/greek/greektex + + zeus.di.uoa.ariadne-t.gr (143.233.122.1) + in the directory pub/greek/greektex/dos + + math.ucla.edu (128.97.4.254) + in the directory pub/moschovakis/greektex + +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, LaTeX +or AMS-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. It is very easy to install +greektex in any platform with a full TeX implementation. The system +is especially simple to use on a PC equipped with a VGA screen, for +which it provides a full bilingual keyboard system for entering (and +seeing on the screen) mixed English and modern (monotoniko) or classical +(polytoniko) Greek text. + +The heart of greektex is a set of "Greek-English" 256 character fonts +which extend the Computer Modern fonts of Knuth by a selection of the +Levy characters: For example, the first 128 characters of CLR10 are +exactly the characters of CMR10, while characters 128-255 are the Greek +"apla" (traditional) characters, as programmed by Levy. Each font is +named by replacing the CM prefix of the Knuth font it extends by CL, +e.g. CLTI10 is the extension of the English text italic font CMTI10, +etc. Using these fonts, it is easy to get Greek-English versions of +macro packages, basically by replacing each CM font by its CL extension +in the font definitions, and adding Greek hyphenation and a brief set of +macros to handle classical, polytoniko input. The package includes such +extensions for plain TeX, LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX, so that their format +files can be produced immediately by running initex on them. It also +provides 300 DPI compilations of the CL extensions for all preloaded +fonts of (classical) LaTeX, as well as a complete set of all the +metafont files and adaptations of the Sauter scaling programs needed to +compile the fonts in any resolution and point size. + +Those familiar with the first two versions of greektex (posted by +Moschovakis in 1991 and 1993) will be interested in the following new +features of this more complete system, prepared jointly by +Moschovakis and Spiliotis. + +(1) The fonts have been slightly improved and the internal coding of +some characters changed, to make the system compatible with more Greek +extended keyboard drivers and provide fuller coverage of classical +Greek. In addition, the fonts have been renamed, so that it is not +possible to print dvi files produced by earlier versions of greektex +using the new fonts, BUT: __monotoniko__ greektex files produced for +earlier versions can be reTeXed with the new version and they will print +exactly as before. + +(2) The polytoniko (classical) system is implemented by a new set of +macros, based on a very simple architecture which makes it very robust, +so that, in particular, it enjoys essentially full LaTeX functionality. +(Files with polytoniko input prepared for the second greektex version +cannot be handled by this version.) + +(3) This distribution includes an extended dual keyboard system, which +makes it possible to enter from the keyboard and see on the screen the +diairesis on cap Iota and cap Ypsilon and the anw teleia in monotoniko, +as well as all the accents, aspiration marks and the iota subscript in +polytoniko. The classical accent+stress "decoration" of each vowel +(excluding the modern oxeia) is easy to enter by escape sequences and it +shows on the screen clearly, immediately preceding the vowel. +Internally, each decoration is coded by a single byte, and this is the +key to the new, very robust implementation of polytoniko. + +(4) The files needed to compile a Greek-English format file for +AMS-LaTeX have been added. (To do this, you need, in addition, all the +AMS macro files and fonts required for AMS-LaTeX.) + +(5) A Greek bibtex and makeindex system has been added. They can +handle Greek bibliographies and indexes as well as special Greek +lexicographical ordering. + +A complete description of the system is given in the manual +"greektex.doc" and in the README file of the package, from which we copy +the INDEX. + + INDEX of the greektex distribution, July 1994. + +========== Files which are necessary to install and run greektex ======== + +Note: Some files come in two versions with different extensions, + .gr and .tex, e.g. geabbr.gr and geabbr.tex. Only those + with the extension .tex are used by greektex, but + they are hard to read; the .gr files are easy to read in + a DOS-bilingual keyboard, and they are TeX-equivalent to the + others, in most (but not all) platforms. + +(1) README This file. + +(2) pkunzip.exe The program needed to uncompress on the PC + the zip files of this distribution. + (This is a recent version of pkunzip; + older versions may not work with these + zip files.) + +(3) install.dos Installation instructions under DOS. + install.win Installation instructions under WINDOWS. + cpwin.tcp Code page file, needed for WINDOWS installation. + +(4) gedocs.zip greektex.doc The document describing how to use + the system. It also gives the credits for the + public domain programs used and distributed. + + greekdrv.doc The document explaining how to use the + the extended keyboard programs in (5). + + fsample.tex A small texfile which facilitates + printing (with latex) a coding table of a font. + +(5) gedos.zip DOS programs for creating Greek-English files. + gr.com, grx.com, vgagr.com, vgagrx.com, instgr.com. + +(6) geinputs.zip The TeX input files needed by the system. + geplain.tex, + gehyphen.tex, geletcat.tex, geabbr.tex, + gehyphen.gr, geletcat.gr, geabbr.gr + gelplain.tex, gelfonts.tex, + geamsla.tex, gelfonts.new, gefontdf.ori, + gegreek.sty, gegreek.gr + +(7) cltfm.zip The tfm files for the Greek-English fonts. + +(8) clpk.zip 300 DPI pk files for the Greek-English fonts. + Files are named in DOS convention, e.g. clr10.pk + +======================= Auxilliary programs ============================== + + +(9) clmf.zip The metafont files used to create the fonts, + with a brief instruction document clmf.doc + and some batch files for compiling fonts in + additional pointsizes and any resolution. + +(10) gkbibtex.zip Greek-English version of bibtex and accompanying + gkmkindx.zip makeindex program, for DOS. + +(11) gkconv.zip Programs for converting between different, common + coding systems for Greek with technical instructions + on the use of code pages. + +(12) greek202.zip A complete dual keyboard system, includes grx-vgagrx + and more. + +(13) 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 + environment. See l2g.c for explanation. + Also C-code for a filter g2h.c which converts .gr + files, with Greek to teX-equivalent .tex files + with hexadecimal coding of 8-bit characters. + +(14) palamas.gr Greek input file and Postscript file of a one + palamas.ps page document which illustrates the method for + preprint.ps entering polytoniko using grx.com and the output; + and a preprint of a publication which describes + greektex in some detail. + +==================================================================== + +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. + +As far as we know, all the programs in this package are in the public +domain and they are offered without any obligation or guarantee, with +the usual proviso that if you change any files you should also change +their names. + +For questions and comments, please send email to the author closest to +your site. + +Yiannis N. Moschovakis George Spiliotis +Department of Mathematics M.Sc. in Data Engineering +UCLA, L.A. CA 90024 Digeni 26-28 + Voula 16673 + Athens, Greece + +ynm@math.ucla.edu georges@di.uoa.ariadne-t.gr + +July 1994 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:20:42 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: kpathsea 2.2, dvipsk 5.58b, xdvik 18c, dviljk 2.2 available + +New versions of dvipsk/xdvik/dviljk are in the usual place: + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk,dviljk}.tar.gz + ... and CTAN and its mirrors; see the end of the message. +Please use the nearest site, to reduce the load on our Sparc 1. + +I think the same patch that John Interrante and others created for web2c +6.1 will work for this release (but I didn't actually try it); you can +get that as the file web2c.kpathsea-2.1.help from the above sites. +Naturally, I am working on the next release of web2c. It will be ready +no sooner than a month or two from now (and perhaps significantly +longer); it's no use to ask me precisely when, as I simply do not know. + +As always, thanks to the many people who contributed. I tried to note +names in the ChangeLog entries. + +Also as usual, I've tested these with gcc 2.5.8, using GNU make 3.71, on +several architectures: Linux 1.0.4, SunOS 4, Solaris 2.3, HP-UX 9, Alpha +OSF/1 1.3, RS/6000 AIX 3.2.4, Aviion DG/UX 5.4.2, SGI IRIX 4.0.5F, and +MIPS Ultrix 4.3. I used stock MIT X11R5 on all the machines for xdvik. +You can get GNU software from prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors, and you +can get MIT X from ftp.x.org and *its* mirrors. + +Here's the NEWS: + +dvipsk 5.58b +* config.$PRINTER is read even if -o or -f is specified, i.e., always. +* Paths in dvips config.$PRINTER files are not ignored (this was accidental!). +* Closing quote in \special{"..."} omitted from the output. +* --help and --version options supported. + +kpathsea 2.2 +* MakeTeXPK invoked for the any_glyph type; this is for xdvik. +* MakeTeXPK sources $(psheaderdir)/MakeTeXPK.site if it exists. +* pxlNNN/cmr10.pk searched for (as well as dpiNNN/cmr10.pk and cmr10.NNNpk) + +xdvik 18c +* Include SELFILE support by default. +* Support the `ps: <literal PostScript>' special. +* Support --help (and -help and +help). +* Convert both 330 and 328 dpi to 329 (magstephalf). +* Checksum warnings omitted if either the font or DVI checksum is zero. + +dviljk 2.2 +* Use perror for nonexistent input files. + +kb@cs.umb.edu +Help fight the new programming monopolies -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + + Here are the CTAN sites and their mirrors: +prompt$ finger ctan_us@ftp.shsu.edu +[...] +Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): + dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive + ftp.adfa.oz.au (Australia) /pub/tex/ctan + ftp.muni.cz (The Czech Republic) /pub/tex/CTAN + nic.switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex + ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands) /pub/tex-archive + +Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): + ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp (Japan) /CTAN + ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au (Australia) /tex-archive + ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA) /tex-archive + ftp.loria.fr (France) /pub/unix/tex/ctan + ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Germany) /pub/tex + ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Germany) /tex-archive (/pub/tex) + ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/TeX + ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore) /pub/zi/TeX + src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex + sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA) /pub/packages/TeX + wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA) /packages/TeX +Please send updates to this list to <CTAN-Mgr@SHSU.edu>. + +The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are: + ftp.dante.de (Germany) + -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- e-mail via ftpmail@dante.de + -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@dante.de> + ftp.shsu.edu (Texas, USA) + -- anonymous ftp and gopher /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- NFS mountable from ftp.SHSU.edu:/pub/ftp/tex-archive + -- e-mail via ftpmail@ftp.SHSU.edu + -- World Wide Web access on www.SHSU.edu + -- Administrator: <CTAN-Mgr@SHSU.edu> + ftp.tex.ac.uk (England) + -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk + -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive + -- World Wide Web access on www.tex.ac.uk + -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk> + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + containing either subscribe texhax + or unsubscribe texhax + +To obtain the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) lists for TeX, send a +message with no subject to fileserv@shsu.edu, consisting of +SENDME FAQ + +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. + +Backnumbers of all the digests are stored in the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) and can be retrieved on the Internet by +anonymous ftp. + +The hosts comprising CTAN include + ftp.dante.de (129.69.1.12) -- Germany + ftp.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) -- USA + ftp.tex.ac.uk (128.232.1.87) -- UK +Please use your nearest server, to keep network load down. +The file /tex-archive/CTAN.sites on each of these hosts gives a +list of other sites which maintain full or partial mirrors of the CTAN. + +TeXhax Digest issues are kept in + tex-archive/digests/texhax/YEAR/texhax.ISSUE + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/texhax/92/texhax.20) + +Keyword-In-Context Indexes are kept in + tex-archive/digests/indexes/texhaxYY.idx + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/indexes/texhax92.idx) + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 94 Issue 9] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.10 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.10 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bfc3a20b9e --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.10 @@ -0,0 +1,233 @@ +(Message texhax/v94:10) +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #10 +Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:20:14 +0000 +Message-ID: <11271.784567214@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Friday, 11 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 10 + +Today's Topics: + TeX for Alpha? + How to obtain new LaTeX? + Proposed merger of UKTeX with TeXhax + kpathsea 2.3/dvipsk 5.58c/xdvik 18d/dviljk 2.3 available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe texhax" or "unsubscribe texhax", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 16:31:59 +0100 +From: Julian Barquin Gil <barquin@iit.upco.es> +Subject: TeX for Alpha? + +I would very much appreciate any information on the way to +get public domain TeX and LaTeX for an alpha workstation. +It would be very useful to get a multilingual version. + + Thank you very much. Sincerely, + +Julian Barquin +Instituto de Investigacion Tecnologica +C/ Fernando el Catolico 63-D +28015 Madrid, Spain +Phone: +-34-1-5449088 +e-mai: barquin@iit.upco.es + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 09:55:17 +0800 +From: Hu Zejun <hzj@sentosa.sas.ntu.ac.sg> +Subject: How to obtain new LaTeX? + +Can you tell me how I can get new version for latex? + +Hu Zejun +School of Applied Science +Nanyang Technological University +Singapore + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:03:36 +0000 +From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Proposed merger of UKTeX with TeXhax + +It's proposed to merge the UKTeX Digest and TeXhax Digest to form +one TeX-oriented digest of e-mail questions, answers and announcements. + +Since the UK TeX Archive (formerly at Aston University, now located at +Cambridge University) has now become part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN), there's no longer any real need for a +UK-oriented TeX digest, for which UKTeX was set up in 1987. A single +digest for discussing all TeX matters simplifies the issue of "which +digest do I post to, or should I post to both?". The intention is to +merge the lists of subscribers at the end of this year and that after +that date, articles posted to UKTeX will continue to be accepted, but +will appear in TeXhax with articles posted to that digest. TeXhax +will continue, being the "senior" digest with the larger list of +subscribers. One difference between the digests is that UKTeX appears +weekly, while TeXhax appears much less frequently depending on number +of articles submitted. To begin with, at least, the plan is to post +the new TeXhax weekly. + +Comments are welcomed (directly to me, please) and I'll summarise any +responses to the digests in a few weeks. + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + <David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 03:40:51 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: kpathsea 2.3/dvipsk 5.58c/xdvik 18d/dviljk 2.3 available + +New versions of dvipsk/xdvik/dviljk are in the usual place: + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk,dviljk}.tar.gz + ... and CTAN and its mirrors; see the end of this message. +Please use the nearest site, to reduce the load on our Sparc 1. + +The patch that John Interrante and others created for web2c 6.1 for the +previous kpathsea release should basically work for this release; you +can get that as the file web2c.kpathsea-2.2.help from the above sites. +Naturally, I am working on the next release of web2c. It will be ready +no sooner than a month or two from now (and perhaps significantly +longer); it's no use to ask me precisely when, as I simply do not know. + +As always, thanks to the many people who contributed. I tried to record +names in the ChangeLog entries. + +Please report bugs to tex-k@cs.umb.edu. +Email tex-k-request@cs.umb.edu with a line containing + subscribe you@preferred.email.address +in the body of the message to join this mailing list. + +If you only want to see announcements, not bug reports and discussion, +subscribe to tex-archive@math.utah.edu instead. (Email +tex-archive-request@math.utah.edu to join that list.) + +kb@cs.umb.edu +Help fight the new programming monopolies -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +Here's the NEWS: + +kpathsea 2.3 +* Extra :'s in an envvar value referring to the texmf.cnf value work. +* Names like dpi600/cmr10.pk can be found in ls-R. +* KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment variable checked. +* Directories like pk/ljfour directly under $TEXMF/fonts are found. +* New standalone program, kpsexpand, optionally compiled and installed, + to do variable expansion (not path searching). +* Debugging output written to stderr instead of stdout. +* pxlNNN support removed; I never intended to support `pxl1500'. + +dvipsk 5.58c +* -o and -f once again do not read config.$PRINTER, but a new option + -mode and a compile-time default specify the mode. +* \special{"...} was never supposed to have a closing quote, so don't omit it. + +xdvik 18d +* New --with-ps={no,gs,dps,news} configure options; gs is still the default. +* The file selection can be cancelled. +* No complaints about finding 249 dpi if looking for 250. + + +Here are the CTAN sites and their mirrors: + +prompt$ finger ctan_us@ftp.shsu.edu +[...] +Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): + dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive + ftp.adfa.oz.au (Australia) /pub/tex/ctan + ftp.muni.cz (The Czech Republic) /pub/tex/CTAN + nic.switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex + ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands) /pub/tex-archive + +Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): + ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp (Japan) /CTAN + ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au (Australia) /tex-archive + ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA) /tex-archive + ftp.loria.fr (France) /pub/unix/tex/ctan + ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Germany) /pub/tex + ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Germany) /tex-archive (/pub/tex) + ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/TeX + ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore) /pub/zi/TeX + src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex + sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA) /pub/packages/TeX + wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA) /packages/TeX +Please send updates to this list to <CTAN-Mgr@SHSU.edu>. + +The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are: + ftp.dante.de (Germany) + -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- e-mail via ftpmail@dante.de + -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@dante.de> + ftp.shsu.edu (Texas, USA) + -- anonymous ftp and gopher /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- NFS mountable from ftp.SHSU.edu:/pub/ftp/tex-archive + -- e-mail via ftpmail@ftp.SHSU.edu + -- World Wide Web access on www.SHSU.edu + -- Administrator: <CTAN-Mgr@SHSU.edu> + ftp.tex.ac.uk (England) + -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) + -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk + -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive + -- World Wide Web access on www.tex.ac.uk + -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk> + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + containing either subscribe texhax + or unsubscribe texhax + +To obtain the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) lists for TeX, send a +message with no subject to fileserv@shsu.edu, consisting of +SENDME FAQ + +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. + +Backnumbers of all the digests are stored in the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) and can be retrieved on the Internet by +anonymous ftp. + +The hosts comprising CTAN include + ftp.dante.de (129.69.1.12) -- Germany + ftp.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) -- USA + ftp.tex.ac.uk (128.232.1.87) -- UK +Please use your nearest server, to keep network load down. +The file /tex-archive/CTAN.sites on each of these hosts gives a +list of other sites which maintain full or partial mirrors of the CTAN. + +TeXhax Digest issues are kept in + tex-archive/digests/texhax/YEAR/texhax.ISSUE + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/texhax/92/texhax.20) + +Keyword-In-Context Indexes are kept in + tex-archive/digests/indexes/texhaxYY.idx + (e.g., /pub/archive/digests/indexes/texhax92.idx) + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 94 Issue 10] +***************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.11 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.11 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24b61d6cfd --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.11 @@ -0,0 +1,643 @@ +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #11 +Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Content-ID: <3553.787580673.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:24:34 +0000 +Message-ID: <3554.787580674@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Friday, 16 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 11 + +Today's Topics: + Problems installing TeX on AIX: no MetaFont + Questions about previewers and dvi drivers + MS-DOS DVI driver for Olivetti inkjet printer? + tugboat 15 #2 (june 1994) + TeXsis Version 2.16 Released + Short introduction to LaTeX 2e + lshort2e.tex Uploaded + TeX Users Group -- 1995 election announcement + kpathsea 2.5, dvipsk 5.58e, xdvik 18e, dviljk 2.4 + TeXhax/UKTeX merger opinions + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe texhax" or "unsubscribe texhax", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 11:44:00 -0000 +From: "Alex Nunes, CCS, Birkbeck" <a.nunes@ccs.bbk.ac.uk> +Subject: Problems installing TeX on AIX: no MetaFont + +This is a probably an FAQ, but anyway: + +I am trying to install TeX/LaTeX on an RS/6000 running AIX 3.2.2. + +I retrieved the TEX distribution from ftp.tex.ac.uk in the +systems/aix3.2 directory. I can successfully untar and compile. Once +I've compiled the executables I find a full tex and latex build but no +metafont. This is fairly useless because even though I can run all the +latex programs, when it comes to printing almost all the fonts are +missing and uncreatable without MF. When looking in the README file it +seems to imply that MF is part of this distribution. + +Am I missing something? + +Alex + +Alex Nunes +UNIX Support +Central Computing Services +Birkbeck College +University of London +Malet Street +LONDON WC1E 7HX + +email: alex@ccs.bbk.ac.uk (internet) + alex@uk.ac.bbk.ccs (some JANET sites) +WWW: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/People/Alex.html +Tel: 071 631 6337 (UK) + 004471 631 6337 (rest of the world) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 12:30:31 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.ist.co.uk> +Subject: Questions about previewers and dvi drivers + +Imperial Software Technology is developing a tool which +generates hardcopy using LaTeX and included PostScript. +Naturally we would like this output to work on as many TeX +systems as possible, so I would be grateful for answers to +a few questions. + + * What are the commonly used previewers and dvi drivers we should + aim to support? + * Do any of these programs not support either the "psfile=" or + "header=" specials? + * Is the LaTeX2e "graphics" package going to become the standard graphics + interface? Will other packages support its syntax for compatibility? + * According to the manual page, xdvi does not "as yet" support "header=" + specials. Will it? If so, how soon? + * What (if any) are the significant differences between xdvi and xdvik? + dvips and dvipsk? + +Please email responses. + +Thank you in advance, + +Jeremy C. Henty jch@ist.co.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 11:29:54 +0200 +From: Shlomo Reisner <reisner@mathcs2.haifa.ac.il> +Subject: MS-DOS DVI driver for Olivetti inkjet printer? + +A question: Does anyone know of a MSDOS dvi-driver for ink-injection +printer. I have an Olivetti 250JP - (emulation of HP DeskJet Plus). +Thanks for any information. +Shlomo Reisner +Dept of Mathematics +Univ. of Haifa, Israel. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Dec 1994 13:25:57 -0500 +From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: tugboat 15 #2 (june 1994) + +it is with pleasure and a great deal of relief that i announce that +the june issue of tugboat (15 #2) is now being printed, and should +be mailed to tug members in about a week. + +an unfortunate combination of logistical and production problems +have conspired to delay the issue, including internal office moves +by the editor, with storage of all materials related to the issue, +extended absences of the editor attending meetings and for other +reasons, and unexpected difficulties in actual file processing. +i am sincerely apologetic for the delays; steps are being taken +to address these problems to help avoid them in the future. + +serious production difficulties have also hampered preparation of +the proceedings issue (tugboat 15 #3). i received notification +earlier today from the proceedings editors that the bulk of the +camera copy has been shipped to me for final action. a few pages +remain to be processed into camera copy, and i expect to be able +to send that issue to the printer the week after next. (i shall +be attending a standards meeting next week, and my office is +being moved again next weekend, so nothing can happen during that +interval.) + +work is also proceeding on issue #4, and i intend to complete it +as soon as possible, although i cannot give an exact date just yet. +however, i believe that it will be possible to get the first 1995 +issue out by the end of march, the cover date. + +the table of contents for 15 #2 follows. + -- bb + -------------------- + +TUGboat 15, 2, June 1994 +Contents + + 87 Addresses + +General Delivery + 89 Christina Thiele + Opening words: + Meetings; ISO and de facto standards + 89 Barbara Beeton Editorial comments: + ``LaTeX2e'' is now just ``LaTeX''; New CTAN features; + Northwest Computing Support Center closed; + TeX output in audible form + 91 Michel Goossens WEPT: A Week on Electronic Publishing and Typography + +Dreamboat + 96 Philip Taylor Report of the 2nd meeting of the NTS group, + February 1994 + +Fonts + 97 Alan Hoenig {Meta}Font Forum redux + 98 R. Ramasubramanian, R.W.D. Nickalls and M.A. Reed + ASCII.sty: A new style-option and encoded font with + IBM graphics control characters for use with TeX + and LaTeX + +Book Reviews + 103 David M. Jones and David E. Wald + Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, and Alexander + Samarin, The LaTeX Companion + 106 Victor Eijkhout + Norman Walsh, Making TeX Work + 107 Jacques Andre + Christian Rolland, LaTeX guide pratique + +Typesetting on Personal Computers + 108 Alan Hoenig NextTeX: TeX plus the NextStep Operating System + +Macros + 110 Michael Downes Interaction tools: dialog.sty and menus.sty + +LaTeX + 131 Bernard Gaulle LaTeX V3: philology & typography, + reports to read, reports to do + 131 Claudio Beccari Tough table becomes easy with PiCTeX, + but it's even easier with LaTeX + +Letters + 132 Paul Anagnostopolous + On the review of TeX in Practice + +Abstracts + 133 Baskerville, Volume 4, Nos. 1--2 + 136 Cahiers GUTenberg Nos. 16 and 17 + 138 Die TeXnische Komoedie 1993, Heft 1--4 + +News & Announcements + 143 Calendar + 160 TUG'95 -- St. Petersburg, Florida + +Late-Breaking News + 148 Barbara Beeton Production notes + 149 Coming next issue + 150 Barbara Beeton Change in TUGboak policy + +TUG Business + 145 Meet the Board, Part II + Michael Ferguson; Peter Flynn; George Greenwade; + Yannis Haralambous; Nico Poppelier; Jon Radel; + Sebastian Rahtz + 151 Institutional members + +Forms + 155 TUG membership application + +Advertisements + 152 TeX consulting and production services + 154 Index of advertisers + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:52:54 -0500 +From: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu +Subject: TeXsis Version 2.16 Released + + TeXsis Version 2.16 Released + + The latest version (2.16) of the TeXsis macro package of TeX macros +for physicists is now available (as of 12 November 1994) via anonymous +ftp from lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu, in the directory /texsis. + +The most notable changes or additions are: + + * All bug fixes from patches to TeXsis 2.15 are included in TeXsis 2.16 + (they were all pretty minor). + + * The manual has been re-organized to make it clearer, and easier to + learn how to set up a complete document. + + * Figures and tables can be put at the _bottom_ of a page or column, + using \bottomfigure and \bottomtable, or \heavyfigure and \heavytable. + More generally, any sort of insertion may be put at the bottom of a + page or column with \bottominsert or \heavyinsert. + + * The double column macros have been completely re-written. They are + much improved, and support insertions at the bottom of columns, + including footnotes. The new macros can also be used by themsleves + with Plain TeX. + + * \NFootnote creates numbered footnotes. + + * The PhysRev.txs style file defines \PhysRevManuscript for papers + being submitted to the Physical Review, and \PhysRev and \PhysRevLett + to emulate the layouts of those journals. + + * The IEEE.txs and WorldSci.txs style files have been updated. + + * \ListFigureCaptions lets you print figure captions at the end of + the document. + + * Many other small additions and improvements. + +Those of you who have been using the beta version of 2.16 in the past +few months will find little changed, except that the manual has been +updated to match the changes to the macros. + + ---------- + + To make it easier for the casual reader of electronic preprints +("e-prints") to print a TeXsis document we have also put all of the core +TeXsis macros into one source file (called mtexsis.tex), with all the +comments and blank lines removed. A reader who does not have TeXsis on +his/her system can then simply get this file, add "\input mtexsis" to +the manuscript file, and print the paper with Plain TeX. You can make +your e-print manuscript files automatically load mtexsis.tex if it is +needed by adding the following line at the begining of the manuscript +file: + + \ifx\undefined\TeXsis \input mtexsis.tex\fi + +It is suggested that you try running such a manuscript through Plain TeX +with mtexsis.tex first to make sure that it works. + + ---------- + + As always, comments, suggestions, and bug reports are welcomed, and +can be sent to us at texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu. + + +Eric Myers <myers@vassar.edu> | +Departmenty of Physics and Astronomy | "Frankie say '\relax'" +Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York | + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:18:26 +0000 +From: Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk +Subject: Short introduction to LaTeX 2e + +I have installed Tobias' stuff as announced below + +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Subject: lshort2e.tex Uploaded + +Announcement: + +======================================================================== + Now available for CTAN:/pub/tex/info/lshort (i.e., + + A not very Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (58 Pages) +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + by Tobias Oetiker 16/11/1994 <oetiker@dmu.ac.uk> + + If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX, + this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a + LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book, + it should be sufficient in most cases. + + The document is provided in PS DVI and source form ... + + Enjoy! + + All the best + Tobi + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + +English-speaking LaTeX users of the world have good reason to be +grateful to Tobias for the work he's done (as should users whose +German speech is as dubious as mine ;-) + +Thanks, Tobi + +------------------------------ + +Date: 12 Dec 1994 18:45:42 -0500 +From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: TeX Users Group -- 1995 election announcement + + + + + ----------------------------- + 1995 TeX Users Group Election + ----------------------------- + +The terms of the TUG President and of 5 members of the Board of Directors +will expire as of the 1995 Annual Business Meeting, which will take +place in conjunction with the 16th Annual Meeting in July 1995. The +directors whose terms expire in 1995 are Barbara Beeton, Michael Doob, +Michel Goossens, and Tom Rokicki; a shortfall in the number of nominees +in the last election left one position unfilled. The election to choose +the new President and Board members will be held next Spring, and +nominations are invited. + +The Bylaws provide that ``Any member may be nominated for election to the +office of TUG President/to the Board by submitting a nomination petition +in accordance with the TUG Election Procedures. Election ... shall be +by written mail ballot of the entire membership, carried out in accordance +with those same Procedures.'' The term of office of the President is +two (2) years, and of a director, three (3) years. Incumbent officers +may be nominated for successive terms. + +The name of any member may be placed in nomination for election to one +of these offices by submission of a petition, signed by two other current +(1994 or 1995) members, to the TUG office at least 30 days prior to the +mailing of ballots. (A candidate's membership dues for 1995 will be +expected to be paid by the nomination deadline.) A petition form follows +this announcement; forms may also be obtained from the TUG office, and +electronically from the usergrps/tug area of CTAN. + +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 February 1, 1995. + +Ballots will be mailed to all members early in March. Marked ballots +must be postmarked no later than May 9, and received no later than +May 23. These deadlines 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 May, and will be announced in a future issue of this publication +as well as through various TeX-related electronic lists. + + Barbara Beeton + for the Elections Committee + + + -------------------------------- + Nomination for 1995 TUG Election + -------------------------------- + +Only current (1994 or 1995) TUG members are eligible to participate. +The signatures of two (2) members are required in addition to that of +the nominee. 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. + + --------------- + +The undersigned TUG members propose the nomination of: + + + +- ------------------------- ------------------------- --------------- + Name of nominee (signature) (date) + +for the position of (check one): + +[ ] TUG President +[ ] Member of the TUG Board of Directors + +for a term beginning at the 1995 Annual Meeting, July 1995. + + + Members supporting this nomination + + Nominated by Signature Date + (please print) + + +- ------------------------- ------------------------- --------------- + + +- ------------------------- ------------------------- --------------- + + +Return this petition to the TUG office (FAXed petition forms will be +accepted). Petitions and all required supplementary material (photograph, +biography and personal statement for inclusion on the ballot) must be +received in the TUG office no later than the deadline: + February 1, 1995 +It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that this deadline +is met. Under no circumstances will incomplete applications be accepted. +A candidate's membership dues for 1995 must also be paid by this deadline. + + +TeX Users Group +Nominations for 1995 Election +P.O.~Box 869 +Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0869 +U.S.A. + +FAX: 805-963-8358 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 19:07:09 -0500 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: kpathsea 2.5, dvipsk 5.58e, xdvik 18e, dviljk 2.4 + +New versions of dvipsk/xdvik/dviljk are in the usual place: + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk,dviljk}.tar.gz + ... and CTAN and its mirrors; see the end of this message. +Please use the nearest site, to reduce the load on our old Sparc 1. + +The biggest change is using Autoconf 2.1 to prepare the configure +scripts -- who knows what that's broken. Aside from that, it's just +minor bug fixes. + +The patch that John Interrante and others created for web2c 6.1 for the +previous kpathsea release should basically work for this release, except +for the configure scripts; you can get that as the file +web2c.kpathsea-2.4.help from the above sites. (Naturally, I am working +on the next release of web2c. It will be ready no sooner than a month +or two from now (and perhaps significantly longer); it's no use to ask +me precisely when, as I simply do not know.) I hope John (or someone) +can update the patch soon. + +As always, thanks to the many people who contributed. I tried to record +names in the ChangeLog entries. + +Please report bugs to tex-k@cs.umb.edu. +Email tex-k-request@cs.umb.edu with a line containing + subscribe you@your.email.address +in the body of the message to join this mailing list. + +If you only want to see announcements, not bug reports and discussion, +subscribe to tex-archive@math.utah.edu instead. 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There were two reservations expressed: + +- - frequency of the new TeXhax... weekly was felt by a couple of + people to be too often +- - one person requested that the digest be given a new name + +One of the advantages of increased frequency is that questions +can be answered and announcements made in a more timely fashion. +This has always been one of the "advantages" of the UKTeX Digest +which I'd like to carry over into the new, merged digest. +However, after we've had a few issues, if lots of people feel +strongly that a weekly digest is hitting their mailbox too often, +please let me know and we could move to, perhaps, two-weekly issues. + +As for names, well, I felt it would be less confusing to keep the +name of the "elder" publication, which is mentioned in many online +locations and Internet list-of-lists (e.g., Meckler's "On Internet 94"). + +If you have any views on any of this, please let me know. + +~~David Osborne (TeXhax Digest moderator) + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + containing either subscribe texhax + or unsubscribe texhax + +To obtain the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) lists for TeX, send a +message with no subject to fileserv@shsu.edu, consisting of +SENDME FAQ + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@TUG.org, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. 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