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Thiele, Editor, TTN). +%% + +\documentstyle[twoside]{ttn3n4} %% Version 3.4, October 1994 + +% 1992.2.27: fix for underfull hboxes suggested by Phil Taylor (CJC) +\tolerance = 1817 \hbadness = \tolerance + +\begin{document} + +%% Cover 1: + +\pagestyle{empty} + +%% For camera copy file, replace this page with material from file +%% camera-copy-cover.tex + +{\Large + +\begin{flushleft} + Volume 3, Number 4 +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{-3.1pc} + +\begin{flushright} + October 1994 +\end{flushright} + +\vspace{6pc} + +\hrule height2pt + +\vspace{2pt} + +\hrule + +\vspace{3pt} + +\begin{center} + \Huge \TeX\ and TUG NEWS +\end{center} + +\hrule + +\vspace{2pt} + +\hrule height2pt + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushright} + for and by the \TeX\ community +\end{flushright} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + A Publication of the\\ + \TeX\ Users Group\\ +\vspace{3pc} + Electronic version +\end{center} + +} %% end of \Large + +\newpage + + +%% COVER 2 (editorial information): + +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont\TeX{} and TUG NEWS} +\end{center} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +{\small \baselineskip=10pt +\begin{center} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} + \begin{tabular}{||lp{9.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf Mission Statement} \\ [6pt] + \hline + \multicolumn{2}{||l||}{The \TUG\ (\tug) provides leadership:} \\ + 1. & to encourage and expand the use of \TeX, \MF, and related + systems \\ + 2. & to ensure the integrity and portability of \TeX, \MF, and + related systems \\ + 3. & to foster innovation in high-quality electronic document + preparation \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent \TTN\ is a newsletter for \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} users alike: +{\em a forum for exchanging information, tips and suggestions\/}; {\em +a regular means of communicating news items to one another\/}; {\em a +place where information about \TeX{} and TUG can be quickly +disseminated}. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +Throughout the newsletter ``\TeX'' is understood to mean \TeX, \LaTeX, +\AmSTeX, and other related programs and macros. \TTN\ is produced with +the standard \LaTeX{} distribution, and is to be as portable a document +as possible. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +The entire contents of this newsletter are being placed in the public +domain. The source file of this issue will be placed in the CTAN +archives ({\tt tex-archive/digests/ttn}. Copying and reprinting are +encouraged; however, an acknowledgement specifying \TTN\ as the source +would be appreciated. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +Submissions to \TTN\ should be short, the macros must work, and the +files {\bf must} run without special font or graphics requirements: +this is to be a {\em portable\/} newsletter (the new font selection +scheme has not yet been implemented). Correspondence may be sent via +e-mail to {\tt tug@tug.org} with the subject line {\tt NEWSLETTER}\@. +Advertisements are accepted in \ttn: contact the \tug\ office for +details. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{lll} + \bf \TUG & Phone: & +1 (805) 963-1338 \\ + P.O.\ Box 869 & \fax: & +1 (805) 963-8358 \\ + Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA & E-mail: & \tt tug@tug.org \\ + \end{tabular} + +\vspace{1pc} +\TeX{} is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society. +\end{center} +\par} %% end of \small \baselineskip=10pt + +\hrule + +\vspace{4pt} + +{\footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt +\noindent \TTN\ (ISSN 1065-240X) is published quarterly by the \TeX\ +Users Group, 735 State Street, P.O.\ Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, +U.S.A\@. The 1994 dues for individual members are \$60.00 for regular +members and \$30.00 for students. + +Second-class postage paid at Santa Barbara, CA, and additional mailing +offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to \TTN, \TeX\ Users Group, +P.O.\ Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, U.S.A. + +Membership in the \TeX\ Users Group is for the calendar year, and +includes all issues of {\sl TUGboat} and {\sl \TeX\ and TUG NEWS\/} +for the year in which membership begins or is renewed. Individual +membership is open only to named individuals, and carries with it such +rights and responsibilities as voting in the annual election. +\par} %% end of \footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt + +\newpage + + +%% Editorial (p.1): + +\pagestyle{myheadings} +\markboth{\TTN\quad Vol.\ 3, No.\ 4, 1994} + {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 3, No.\ 4, 1994} + +\setcounter{page}{1} %% to set first page of contents to p.1 + +\Section{Editorial} + +The last issue of the year! This issue of \ttn\ brings you lots of +news about \TeX\ and \tug. You'll find all the regular features, each +one with some new little gems to learn about: some new books from some +well-known figures from \dante\ are now available, and we have a list +of books in Russian! Jeremy's got a nice bunch of items in his column, +``Hey --- it works!'', including something I can hardly wait to try +out: ``Self-expanding acronyms''. The issue has a full load of reports +on meetings (pp.~15--18), and some important news from the annual +\tug\ meeting this past summer (pp.~21--23). On pp.~19--20 you'll find +information on the upcoming spring elections: five positions on the +board, and the position of president. And just before you get to the +annual index (pp.~27--28), Andrew's provided us with some more fun and +games on p.~26, to close out the year. + +I would like to thank Michel Goossens and Peter Flynn for their +additional assistance in getting this issue together. The delays, +however, are entirely my responsibility --- too many promises made on +too many fronts. + +\medskip + +\noindent Nothing like finishing the year with a big {\em mea +culpa\/}! In the July issue of \ttn, I put in a last-minute filler on +using \verb|\small| for acronyms and other all-caps items. Well, I +blew it from start to finish, and must apologise profusely to both +Phil Taylor and Barbara Beeton. See the correction notice on p.~11. + +Rule for editors: don't try and do something at the last minute +without having someone else check it! And speaking of editors \dots + +\begin{center} + *\quad *\quad* +\end{center} + +\noindent \dots\ this is my last issue as editor of \TTN. Starting +with volume~4 in 1995, your new editor will be Peter Flynn, who has +graciously agreed to carry \ttn\ onwards. While I have developed a +great affection for \ttn\ after three years and change, it's time for +me to move on to other areas of interest. And for \ttn, it's time for +our little newsletter to shake itself a bit, and look out at the \TeX\ +landscape with new interest and energy. I would like to thank everyone +who has contributed to the first three years; and I would like to +encourage even more people to join me in helping Peter take \ttn\ +forward for many more years.\footnote[1]{See also Peter's column, +p.~3.} + +\begin{flushright} + Christina Thiele\\ + Editor, \TTN +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.2-3): + +% this hack is to see if Phil spots the huge apostrophe :-) + +\Section{Typographers{\lower5pt\hbox{{\Huge'}}} Inn} + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Flynn \\ + University College Cork \\ + \tt pflynn@curia.ucc.ie +\end{flushright} + +\vspace{-1pc} + +\subsection*{The name of the beast} + +Phil Taylor has quite correctly pointed out that the apostrophe in the +title of this column has been misplaced: there is more than one +typographer in the \TeX\ community\dots although I had always thought +of the name more in terms of a pub sign like the ``Typographer's +Arms'', which would be singular. + +Phil suggests that ``inadequate proof reading is at least as universal +[as sloppy typography], and frequently even more disturbing'' and he's +quite right: I sometimes suspect some publishers of having given up on +proof reading altogether. + + +\subsection*{Paper sizes} + +Meanwhile, over on the {\tt typo-l} mailing list, there's been a long +debate about the \ae sthetics of paper sizes. Most {\sc dtp} is +centred around either US ``letter'' paper ($8\frac12''\times10''$) or +ISO A4 (210mm$\times$297mm), and neither seems to be entirely popular. + +The ``advantage'' claimed for the A~series was that their proportions +allow you to scale a document by halving or doubling the paper size to +get to the next one in the series (so A5 is 148mm$\times$210mm and A3 +is 297mm$\times$420mm). This has often struck me as spurious, as when +I want to produce a bigger or smaller version of something, I usually +redesign it to fit, rather than just expanding or contracting it. + +Several people voiced their support for US letter size, and Stephen +Harker from Monash University in Oz looked up Tschichold's ``golden +section'' values and found that this gave a page 26mm {\em narrower} +than A4 (which in turn is narrower than US letter). Gunnar Swanson in +Venice, CA, pointed out that ``ugly'' {\em vs.}\ ``pleasing'' is not +the issue: it has more to do with how close a sheet is to an ideal, +with the bothersome sizes being those that are just a little bit off +the ideal, rather than those which are far from it. Mike Sofka from +Champaign, IL, recalled a study where subjects chose their most +pleasing rectangle, and these all came out to be wider than ``golden +section'' shapes. + +I'd be interested to know what people are actually doing about paper +sizes: are we now so stuck into ``standards'' that we only produce for +A4 or US letter, or are there still people out there using Bag Cap? + + +\subsection*{Boxed keycaps} + +The problem I posed earlier this year about getting the keycap macro +to steer clear of messing up the interline spacing drew some +interesting comments. Walter Steuber of Springfield, Pennsylvania, +pointed out that you can get around the problem by changing the source +code for {\tt lcircle.mf} to build corner curves in the same style as +the others, but without the extra space. His alternative was to use +\verb|\small| to smash the whitespace. Walter's revised {\tt +keycap.tex} is in \verb|ftp://www.ucc.ie/pub/tex| + + +\subsection*{\LaTeX\ blues} + +As a hardened plain-\TeX\ user, I have resisted with ease the +temptation to do much in \LaTeX, mainly because the abysmal default +styles were highly resistant to change, and any attempt at +redefinition usually resulted in spectacular crashes. Michel Goossens +and Sebastian Rahtz are responsible for persuading me that \LaTeX2e\ +makes it easier, and despite some unpleasant hiccups, I think they are +right. Most of my attempts have been for users who need to match a +publisher's spec for a book or an article: does anyone have style +files which parameterise all those things which you need for this +task? like the exact size and alignment of the title, author and +affiliation, the space between them, the running headlines and +footlines etc, none of which get much mention in the literature. + + +\subsection*{Movin' on} + +From January 1995, I shall be taking over the editorial reins of \ttn\ +from Christina Thiele. She has been saying for a while that she would +bow out after three years, and I think she has done a wonderful job in +that time. I just hope that I can be possessed of as good a sense of +humour and as good an eye for typos.\footnote[1]{Except my own typos! +--Ch.} + +When the editorship and future plans were discussed at the Santa +Barbara \tug\ meeting this summer, we decided to expand \ttn\ and look +again at the business of portability. Currently, everything published +in \ttn\ is in \LaTeX\ and uses Computer Modern, so the file copies on +the \ctan\ can be downloaded and processed by anyone running \TeX, +with no special requirements. I'm not making any change to that format +for the copies kept on the archive, but I'd be interested in your +views as readers about what you'd like \ttn\ to look like. There have +also been suggestions about changing the name and I'd like to know +what you think about that also. + +\newpage + + +%% `New Publications' column (Peter Schmitt) (pp.4-5): + +\begin{New Publications} + +< Peter Schmitt \\ +< |schmitt@awirap.bitnet| \\ +< |a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at| \\ + +\books + +> Luzia Dietsche & Joachim Lammarsch: + \LaTeX\ zum Loslegen -- Ein Soforthelfer f\"ur den Alltag + {\rm[}\LaTeX, ready to start---Instant help for every day{\rm]} + + Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 1994. + DM~39.00. \ISBN 3-540-56545-0. + + # This is an introduction to \LaTeX\ (2.09) based on courses which are + held regularly by the authors. + +> Friedhelm Sowa: + \TeX, \LaTeX\ und Graphik -- ein \"Uberblick \"uber die Verfahren + {\rm [}\TeX, \LaTeX\ and graphics -- a survey of the methods{\rm]} + + Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 1994. + DM~39.00. \ISBN 3-540-56468-3. + + # This book (by the author of {\tt BM2FONT}) is probably the first + book (in any language) devoted to the inclusion of graphics into + \TeX\ documents. It treats macro packages producing pictures, the + inclusion of bitmap graphics ({\tt BM2FONT}) and vector graphics + ({\tt hp2xx}), and the inclusion of graphics by dvi drivers (in + particular, PostScript by {\tt dvips}). + +\Articles +> George Gr\"atzer: + Advances in \TeX\ Implementations. + III. A New Version of \LaTeX, Finally + + Notices of the American Mathematical Society: + vol. 41, no. 6 (July/August 1994) + 611--615. + + # This is a short introduction to, and a first review of, \LaTeX2e. + + +%\newsletters +\Newsletters + +> Baskerville: + vol.\ 4, no.\ 4, Sept.\ 1994, 24pp. +% Official newsletter of the UK \TeX\ Users' Group. +% Six issues per year. +% Contact: uktug-enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +> MAPs: issue 94.2, 1994, 232pp. [Dutch-speaking user group, NTG + publication.] +% Official publication of the NTG. Contact: ntg@nic.surfnet.nl + + +> Die \TeX{}nische Kom\"odie: + 6. Jahrgang, \| + Heft~1/1994, Juli~1994, 68pp, + and Heft~2/1994, September~1994, 60pp. +% Official newsletter of DANTE, the German-speaking user group. +% Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung \TeX\ e.V. +% Four issues per year. +% Contact: |dante@dante.de|. + +> Zpravodaj {\rm[}``Bulletin''{\rm]}: + vol.\ 1, 1994. [Official publication of the Czech/Slovak {\small + CSTUG}.] +% Four issues per year. +% + +\end{New Publications} + + +%% Publications from CyrTUG: + +\subsection*{Russian books about \TeX} + +At the recent Euro\TeX'94 meeting in Gda\'nsk, Irina Makhovaya of +CyrTUG brought along several samples of recent publications in Russian +on \TeX. It seemed an excellent opportunity to gather that information +and present it here in \ttn. Thanks to both Irina and Michel Goossens, +who worked to put it together. + +\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=0pt + \item Michael Spivak, {\sl Voskhititel'nii \TeX}. Moscow: Mir + Publishers, 1993, 285 pp. [Russian translation of {\sl The + Joy of \TeX\/} by M.~Spivak.] + + The translator is Irina Makhovaya, the editor of the Russian + version is Andrei Khodulev. This is the first book about + \TeX\ in Russian (7,000 copies). + + \item Donald Knuth, {\sl Vsio pro \TeX}. Protvino: AO Rd\TeX, 1993, + 575 pp. [Russian translation of {\sl The \TeX book\/} by + Donald E.~Knuth.] + + The translator is Marina Lisina; the editors of the Russian + version are Stanislav Klimenko and Sergei Sokolov. This book + was published almost simultaneously with the Spivak book. + The translation was very hard work and successful (10,000 + copies). + + \item Marat Evgrafov, Leonid Evgrafov, {\sl \TeX: Rukovodstvo po + naboru i redaktirovaniiu mathematicheskikh tekstov}. Moscow: + Phismathlit, 1993, 80 pp. + + The first Russian book about \TeX\ that was written by + Russians (7,000 copies). + + \item Boris Shirokov, {\sl PC\TeX. Prostoi sposob iziaschnogo + oformleniia mathematicheskikh tekstov: uchebnoe posobie}. + Petrozavodsk: Petrozavodsk State University, 1994, 80 pp. + + This small manual talks about working with \TeX\ on IBM PC + compatible computers (not about PC\TeX!) (300 copies). + + \item Renat Zagretdinov et al., {\sl Izdatel'skaiia systema \LaTeX. + Kratkoe rukovodstvo}. Kazan: Kazan State University, 1994, 94 + pp. + + This manual is a short introduction to \LaTeX\ 2.09, with + some material added about the Russian version {\it + CyrTUG}-em\TeX; it also contains a glossary of \LaTeX\ + control sequences, etc. (1,000 copies). + + \item Sergei L'vovskii, {\sl Nabor i verstka v pakete \LaTeX}. + Moscow: Kosmosinform, 1994, 328 pp. + + The first complete description of \LaTeX\ 2.09 in Russian + (5,000 copies). + +\end{enumerate} + +\noindent Some of these books are available via CyrTUG. Please +send email to their contact address {\tt cyrtug@mir.msk.su}. + +\newpage + + + +%% Jeremy Gibbons' column ``Hey --- it works!'' (pp.6-10): + +\Section{``Hey --- it works!''} + +\begin{flushright} + Jeremy Gibbons \\ + University of Auckland \\ + \tt jeremy@cs.auckland.ac.nz +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Welcome once again to {\sl ``Hey~---~it works!''}, a column +devoted to tips and tricks for \AllTeX. I am always on the lookout for +interesting such articles (especially short ones). If you have solved +a \AllTeX{} problem in a novel way, please write it up and send it in! +No matter how trivial it seems to you, the chances are that it will be +just what someone else needs. + +In this issue we have two contributed pieces, and three responses to +an item of mine from the last issue. The contributed pieces are from +Michael Barr, on under- and over-brackets and -parentheses similar to +the under- and over-braces in plain~\TeX, and from John Langer, on +acronyms that automatically explain themselves on first use. + +We start with the responses generated by my item in the last issue, on +the macro that I use for generating the subsection headings in this +column. Evidently this item was not as elegant as it might have been! +Just for reference, here is my definition: +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{% + \subsection*{% + \hbox to \linewidth{% a box as wide as the page + #1% subsection title + \hfil% stretchy space + \llap{\normalsize% ignore width of tabular + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}} + #2% author's name and address + \end{tabular}}}}} +\end{verbatim} + +\begingroup + +\def\squashedsubsection#1#2#3#4{% + \hbox to \linewidth{{\large\bf#1}\hfil#2}\let\\\cr + \halign{\hbox to \linewidth{\hfil##}\cr#3\\\tt#4\\}} +\squashedsubsection{Squashed heads}{Kees van der Laan} + {Hunzeweg 57, 9893PB\\Garnwerd, The Netherlands}{cgl@rc.service.rug.nl} + +\noindent Kees van der Laan suggested an approach based on Knuth's +\verb"\beginchapter" macro from Appendix~E of the \TeX book. He +separates the author's name, affiliation and email address into three +arguments, and defines (in effect) +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\squashedsubsection#1#2#3#4{% + \hbox to \linewidth{{\large\bf#1}\hfil#2}\let\\\cr + \halign{\hbox to \linewidth{\hfil##}\cr#3\\\tt#4\\}} +\end{verbatim} +% +The title above was generated by +% +\begin{verbatim} +\squashedsubsection{Squashed heads}{Kees van der Laan} + {Hunzeweg 57, 9893PB\\Garnwerd, The Netherlands} + {cgl@rc.service.rug.nl} +\end{verbatim} + +\endgroup + +\begingroup + +\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{% + \subsection*{% + \hbox to \linewidth{% a box as wide as the page + \rlap{% + \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}l} + #1% subsection title + \end{tabular}}% + \hfil% stretchy space + \llap{\normalsize% ignore width of tabular + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}} + #2% author's name and address + \end{tabular}}}}} +\squashedsubsection{This is a better solution to the problem of\\addresses in headings} + {Michael Barr\\McGill University\\\tt barr@math.mcgill.ca} + +Michael Barr observed that my approach did not allow the title to +extend to more than one line. He suggested, in effect, placing +argument \verb"#1" in a tabular, just as I did with \verb"#2"; thus, +the line containing \verb"#1" in my definition should be replaced by +% +\begin{verbatim} + \rlap{% + \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}l} + #1% subsection title + \end{tabular}}% +\end{verbatim} +% +Then the first argument can contain occurrences of \verb"\\". The +above title was generated by +% +\begin{verbatim} +\squashedsubsection{This is a better solution to the problem of\\ + addresses in headings} + {Michael Barr\\McGill University\\\tt barr@math.mcgill.ca} +\end{verbatim} +% +It is not clear whether the author's name and address is better +aligned with the {\em first\/} or the {\em last\/} line of the title; +the latter takes more space, but avoids having different baselines on +the left and right of the page. This latter behaviour can be obtained +by replacing the \verb"[t]" within the \verb"\rlap" by \verb"[b]". + +\endgroup + +\begingroup + +\long\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{% + \subsection*{% + \raggedright + #1% + \unskip\nobreak\hfill\penalty50 \hskip1em + \mbox{}\nobreak\hfill + {\normalsize + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}}#2\end{tabular}}% + \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0}} +\squashedsubsection{This is a better solution to the problem of + addresses in headings, linebreaking the title automatically} + {Mike Piff\\University of Sheffield\\\tt M.Piff@shef.ac.uk} + +Mike Piff suggested a third way, based on Knuth's \verb"\signed" macro +from Chapter~14 of the \TeX book. He defines +% +\begin{verbatim} +\long\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{% + \subsection*{% + \raggedright + #1% + \unskip\nobreak\hfill\penalty50 \hskip1em + \mbox{}\nobreak\hfill + {\normalsize + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}}#2\end{tabular}}% + \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0}} +\end{verbatim} +% +This has the advantage of letting \TeX{} make the line breaks in the +title, so the first argument need have no \verb"\\"s (but on the other +hand, it does not allow the author's name to be aligned with the {\em +first\/} line of the title). The above title was generated by +% +\begin{verbatim} +\squashedsubsection{This is a better solution to the problem of + addresses in headings, linebreaking the title automatically} + {Mike Piff\\University of Sheffield\\\tt M.Piff@shef.ac.uk} +\end{verbatim} +% +With this solution, enough space is left for the whole width of the +author's address, even if the first line (the author's name) is +relatively short. An alternative might be to give the name as an +argument by itself, defining +% +\begin{verbatim} +\long\def\squashedsubsection#1#2#3{% + \subsection*{% + \raggedright + #1% + \unskip\nobreak\hfill\penalty50 \hskip1em + \mbox{}\nobreak\hfill + {\normalsize + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}} + #2\\\llap{\begin{tabular}{r@{}}#3\end{tabular}} + \end{tabular}}% + \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0}} +\end{verbatim} +% +This produces, for example, + +\long\def\squashedsubsection#1#2#3{% + \subsection*{% + \raggedright + #1% + \unskip\nobreak\hfill\penalty50 \hskip1em + \mbox{}\nobreak\hfill + {\normalsize + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}} + #2\\\llap{\begin{tabular}{r@{}}#3\end{tabular}} + \end{tabular}}% + \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0}} +\squashedsubsection{This is a better solution to the problem of + addresses in headings, linebreaking the title automatically} + {Mike Piff}{University of Sheffield\\\tt M.Piff@shef.ac.uk} + +Are there any more solutions to the problem out there? + +\endgroup + +\newpage + +\begingroup + +\squashedsubsection{Under- and over-brackets and parentheses} + {Michael Barr \\ + McGill University, Canada \\ + \tt barr@triples.Math.McGill.CA} + +A couple years ago, a question was posted on \verb"comp.text.tex" +about how to make under- and over- square brackets and parentheses +similar to under and over braces. It proved quite easy to modify those +macros; in one way, it was easier, since you do not need center +pieces. The curly parts for the braces can be used for the +parentheses, but you have to manufacture with rules the end pieces for +the brackets, since they are not provided in the standard fonts. Here +is the result, in a form that I have tested in both \LaTeX{} and +plain~\TeX. The results look a bit thick, but are exactly the same +thickness as with the braces. + +The code +% +\begin{verbatim} +$$ \overbrack{x+\cdots+x}^{k\rm\;times} \qquad + \underbrack{x+y+z}_{>\,0} \qquad + \overparen{x+\cdots+x}^{k\rm\;times} \qquad + \underparen{x+y+z}_{>\,0}$$ +\end{verbatim} +% +generates the following output: + +\catcode`\@=11 +\def\downparenfill{$\m@th\braceld\leaders\vrule\hfill\bracerd$} +\def\upparenfill{$\m@th\bracelu\leaders\vrule\hfill\braceru$} +\def\overparen#1{\mathop{\vbox{\ialign{##\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@} + \downparenfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + $\hfil\displaystyle{#1}\hfil$\crcr}}}\limits} +\def\underparen#1{\mathop{\vtop{\ialign{##\crcr + $\hfil\displaystyle{#1}\hfil$\crcr + \noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + \upparenfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@}}}}\limits} + +\newbox\brackd \newbox\bracku +\setbox\brackd=\hbox {\vrule height 0pt depth + 3pt width 1pt}\ht\brackd=0pt\dp\brackd=1pt +\setbox\bracku=\hbox {\vrule height 3pt depth + 0pt width 1pt}\ht\bracku=1pt\dp\bracku=0pt + +\def\downbrackfill + {$\m@th\copy\brackd\leaders\vrule\hfill\copy\brackd$} +\def\upbrackfill + {$\m@th\copy\bracku\leaders\vrule\hfill\copy\bracku$} +\def\overbrack#1{\mathop{\vbox{\ialign{##\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@} + \downbrackfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + $\hfil\displaystyle{\kern1pt#1\kern1pt}\hfil$\crcr}}}\limits} +\def\underbrack#1{\mathop{\vtop{\ialign{##\crcr + $\hfil\displaystyle{\kern1pt#1\kern1pt}\hfil$\crcr\noalign + {\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + \upbrackfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@}}}}\limits} + +\catcode`\@=12 +%%% Examples: + +$$ \overbrack{x+\cdots+x}^{k\rm\;times} \qquad + \underbrack{x+y+z}_{>\,0} \qquad + \overparen{x+\cdots+x}^{k\rm\;times} \qquad + \underparen{x+y+z}_{>\,0}$$ + +\begin{verbatim} +\catcode`\@=11 +\def\downparenfill{$\m@th\braceld\leaders\vrule\hfill\bracerd$} +\def\upparenfill{$\m@th\bracelu\leaders\vrule\hfill\braceru$} +\def\overparen#1{\mathop{\vbox{\ialign{##\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@} + \downparenfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + $\hfil\displaystyle{#1}\hfil$\crcr}}}\limits} +\def\underparen#1{\mathop{\vtop{\ialign{##\crcr + $\hfil\displaystyle{#1}\hfil$\crcr + \noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + \upparenfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@}}}}\limits} + +\newbox\brackd \newbox\bracku +\setbox\brackd=\hbox {\vrule height 0pt depth + 3pt width 1pt}\ht\brackd=0pt\dp\brackd=1pt +\setbox\bracku=\hbox {\vrule height 3pt depth + 0pt width 1pt}\ht\bracku=1pt\dp\bracku=0pt +\def\downbrackfill + {$\m@th\copy\brackd\leaders\vrule\hfill\copy\brackd$} +\def\upbrackfill + {$\m@th\copy\bracku\leaders\vrule\hfill\copy\bracku$} +\def\overbrack#1{\mathop{\vbox{\ialign{##\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@} + \downbrackfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + $\hfil\displaystyle{\kern1pt#1\kern1pt}\hfil$\crcr}}}\limits} +\def\underbrack#1{\mathop{\vtop{\ialign{##\crcr + $\hfil\displaystyle{\kern1pt#1\kern1pt}\hfil$\crcr\noalign + {\kern3\p@\nointerlineskip} + \upbrackfill\crcr\noalign{\kern3\p@}}}}\limits} +\catcode`\@=12 +\end{verbatim} + +\endgroup + +\begingroup + +\squashedsubsection{Self-expanding acronyms} + {John V. Langer \\ + The Aerospace Corporation, California \\ + \tt langer@aero.org} + +We compose technical documents that employ a large number of acronyms. +It is considered good form to explain the meaning of a given acronym +the first time it is used, then use the acronym without explanation +thereafter. With the marvels of electronic editing, paragraphs and +sections get moved around quickly making it easy to inadvertently have +an acronym employed before its definition is provided. A secondary +hazard is that one may, by accident or habit, wind up explaining the +acronym every time it is used, causing considerable annoyance to the +reader. To get around this, we came up with the following very simple +\LaTeX\ macro, best illustrated via example: +% +\begin{verbatim} +\newcommand{\gps} + {Global Positioning System (GPS)\renewcommand{\gps}{GPS}} +\end{verbatim} +% +This creates a macro called \verb"\gps" that will produce the lengthy +explanation the first time it is used and the shorter acronym in every +subsequent use. For example, +% +\begin{verbatim} +The \gps\ system is an extension of concepts first investigated +in the late 1960's, when \ldots. By late 1979, four Block I +\gps\ satellites had been deployed, and in 1993 a full +\gps\ constellation was deployed. +\end{verbatim} +% +produces +\begin{quotation} +\newcommand{\gps}{Global Positioning System (GPS)\renewcommand{\gps}{GPS}} +The \gps\ system is an extension of concepts first investigated +in the late 1960's, when \ldots. By late 1979, four Block I +\gps\ satellites had been deployed, and in 1993 a full +\gps\ constellation was deployed. +\end{quotation} + +\endgroup + +\newpage + + +%% Corrigenda (p.11): + +\Section{Corrigendum} + +In the last issue of \ttn, I had some space left over, so I thought I'd +pass on a very small tip (\ttn\ 3,3:7). Unfortunately, as a +last-minute add-on, I didn't bother to find someone to check what I'd +written. Big mistake. + +So if you'll go look at your previous issue, you will see that the +second \verb|\newcommand| instructs you to define a macro \verb|\tt|. +Well, if you do that, \LaTeX\ will come back with the remark \verb|! +Command name 'tt' already used.|. it should of course have been +\verb|\ttn|. A silly typo.\footnote[1]{I have committed better. When +we were working on the WSUIPA fonts, we were following Pullum and +Ladusaw's {\sl Phonetic Symbol Guide\/} for macro names. One +well-known symbol is the superscripted dotless question mark, +signifying an ``ejective''. In the interests of shortening some of +these control sequences, I simply used \verb|\eject|. I think it was +there for almost two weeks before I ran across it and froze! Now +wouldn't that have made an interesting bit of phonetic transcription +--- a few characters and then a page break, then a few more characters +and then another new page \dots~!} + +But my fingers were not content to stop there; they then proceeded to +put in a spacefactor of 10000, when it should only have been 1000. But +I'll let Phil explain what this is all about, after I extend my +apologies to him --- and to Barbara -- for having made such a mess of +such a simple item. Here's Phil's letter to the (chagrined) editor: + +\begin{quote} + \dots\ And whilst it is very kind of Barbara to credit me with + having first reported this as an error in the canonical definition + of \TeX, I would with the greatest respect add that in the original + bug report the suggested enhancement was of the form +% + \begin{verbatim} + ... \spacefactor = 1000 } + \end{verbatim} +% + The initial two spaces and assignment operator are undoubtedly + optional, but their omission renders the code impenetrable if not + completely opaque; the third space is absolutely vital to prevent a + following $<$digit$>$ from becoming elided with the previous + $<$number$>$. So whilst I am honoured to be acknowledged as the + identifier of that particular bug, I would not want to be blamed + for recommending such a cryptic and inadequate remedy. \\ + + Yours very sincerely, + + Philip Taylor, {\small RHBNC}. +\end{quote} + +\newpage + + +%% (La)TeX News (pp.12-14): + +%% -- 4allTeX CD-ROM second edition +%% -- BaKoMa Fonts Collection +%% -- Bibliographies now available +%% -- Fall releases from Karl Berry +%% -- News from vendors + +\Section{\AllTeX\ News} + + +\squashedsubsection{4all\TeX\ CD-ROM {\subsectionbit second\/} + edition} + {Frans Goddijn \\ + Meridian Foundation\\ + \tt goddijn@fgbbs.iaf.nl} + +When the \ntg\ supported the production of 600~copies of the 4allTeX +{\small CD-ROM}, they expected this stock to last for a while, as it +was much more than needed to provide \ntg\ members with this ``plug +and play'' engine. Nevertheless, the tiny \ntg\ organisation has +become almost overheated with sudden world-wide success: on average, +every half hour one copy was ordered, and now users are located in +more than 17~countries. Soon, obligations to partners who'd agreed to +order larger quantities made a second edition necessary. + +This edition is largely identical, but refined in detail. Wietse Dol +and Erik Frambach invested yet more time and energy in providing this +typesetting beast with still more attractive features. Of course, the +patch level~3 of \LaTeXe\ is available, and source code of several +utilities is now added to fill the CD to near its limit. + +And careful examination will find some hidden gems. I myself was {\em +very\/} pleased to discover a truly ``undocumented feature'' which +enables the user to fully use fonts available on cheap media like the +old CorelDraw! v3 CD that I legitimately use (others may have +different sources). With a simple selection in the {\tt makefont\/} +utility menu, 4all\TeX\ readily eats the {\tt .afm} and {\tt .pfb} +files and converts the fonts for use in \TeX\ documents. What's more, +it completely updates all those nasty font mapping files that must be +fine-tuned to get the device drivers and GhostScript to work +congruently. Computer Modern is fine, but I don't mind a few hundred +alternatives! + + +\squashedsubsection{BaKoMa Fonts Collection} + {Basil Malyshev \\ + \tt malyshev@mx.ihep.su} + +This is to announce the first part of the BaKoMa Fonts Collection. It +is a refinement of the CM part of the Type~1 PostScript renderings of +\TeX\ fonts, as compared to the Paradissa Collection, which appeared +about a year ago. + +The package includes 88 basic fonts of the Computer Modern font +family. The fonts are available in {\tt.atm}-compatible PostScript +Type-1 format ({\tt .pfb} + {\tt .afm} + {\tt .pfm}) and in TrueType +format ({\tt .ttf}). The font outlines were produced directly from +Knuth's \MF\ code by using original algorithms developed by the +collection's author. + +The BaKoMa collection can be found in {\tt fonts/postscript/bakoma} on +\ctan. The part of the old Paradissa Collection not covered by BaKoMa +(essentially the \LaTeX\ and Euler fonts, plus some Russian-specific +fonts) are available in {\tt fonts/postscript/paradissa}. + + +\squashedsubsection{Bibliographies now available} + {Nelson Beebe \\ + \tt beebe@math.utah.edu} + +\begin{description} + \item [toms.bib:] This is a complete \BibTeX\ bibliography of {\em + every\/} article published in {\small ACM} {\sl Transactions on + Mathematical Software\/} ({\small TOMS}) from 1974 to date. + + This collection began with the work of Rice and Hanson in Algorithm + 620 with the extensions of Hamilton, Morse, and Hopkins in 1985 and + 1990. It was supplemented with material gleaned from Internet + bibliography collections, notably the huge (100MB) collection of + computer science bibliographies on \verb|ftp.ira.uka.de|, the + {\small SIGGRAPH} collection on \verb|siggraph.org|, Aake + Bj{\"o}rck's \verb|habook.bib|, G.W.~Stewart's \verb|ref.bib|, the + {\small ACM} Computing Archive {\small CD-ROM}, and the {\small + IEEE INSPEC CD ROM}s. The data was converted to \BibTeX\ form and + with the help of \verb|bibsort -byvolume|, sorted into publication + order. + + Cross-references between all remarks and algorithms have been + added, in both directions, so that citation of just one of them + will automatically include the others when \BibTeX\ processes the + citation list. Because of the cross-references, {\tt toms.bib} also + contains entries for those algorithms published in {\sl Comm.\ + ACM\/} prior to 1975. + +\item [sgml.bib:] The file is a \BibTeX\ bibliography of publications + about {\small SGML}. There are 210 entries in the current version, + of which 197 have been added or changed since my return from the + \TeX\ User Group \tug'94 meeting in Santa Barbara, CA, in July. + + The updates have been collected from numerous sources, including + major Internet bibliography collections described briefly at the + end of the index file, and the {\small ACM} Computing Archive and + {\small IEEE INSPEC CD ROM}s. +\end{description} + +\noindent All files are available from the nearest \ctan\ site, in +{\tt /tex-archive/info/biblio}. + + +\squashedsubsection{Fall releases from Karl Berry}{} + +In September and October, Karl Berry released new versions of several +programs: + +\begin{description} +\item [dvipsk 5.58c] Changes include: + \verb|-mode| option to specify mode name. + +\item [kpathsea 2.4]\hskip-.5pc\footnote{Note: there is also a patch for + the current version of \verb|web2c|, to make it work with the + current version of \verb|kpathsea|.} Changes include: + extra \verb|:'s| in an \verb|envvar| value referring to the + \verb|texmf.cnf| value work; names like + \verb|dpi600|/\verb|cmr10.pk| can be found in \verb|ls-R|; + \verb|KPATHSEA_DEBUG| environment variable checked; + directories like \verb|pk/ljfour| directly under + \verb|$TEXMF/fonts| are found; + new standalone program, \verb|kpsexpand|, optionally compiled + and installed, to do variable expansion (not path searching); + debugging output written to \verb|stderr| instead of \verb|stdout|; + \verb|MakeTeXPK| sources \verb|$(psheaderdir)/MakeTeXPK.site| if it + exists. + +\item [xdvik 18d] Changes include: + new \verb|--with-ps={no,gs,dps,news}| configure options; + \verb|gs| is still the default; + \verb|SELFILE| support included by default; + support the `ps: $<$literal PostScript$>$' special; + support \verb|--help| (and \verb|-help| and \verb|+help|); + convert both 330 and 328 dpi to 329 (magstephalf); + checksum warnings omitted if either the font or dvi checksum is + zero. + +\item [dviljk 2.3] Changes include: + use \verb|perror| for non-existent input files. + +\item [modes.mf v.2.1:] Available from \ctan, in + \verb|/tex-archive/fonts/modes/|: + + \begin{quote} + ``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.'' + \end{quote} +\end{description} + + +\squashedsubsection{News from Vendors} + {Christina Thiele} + +\begin{itemize} +\item [$\bullet$] {\small PTI} is now offering PC\TeX\ for Windows or + {\small MS-DOS} with the new standard \LaTeX, \LaTeX2e. For + those who have PC\TeX\ and only want the \LaTeX\ upgrade, + they can send an e-mail message and then download the files + for free. They're also offering a number of add-on items for + \$29. In addition to single copy rates, there are discounts + available for upgrading 2--4 copies, and for 5 and up. As + well, {\small PTI} is also now offering departmental + licenses. For more information, call 1-800-808-7906 or + 1-415-388-8853; \fax\ is 1-415-388-8865; and e-mail is {\tt + pti@crl.com}. + +\item [$\bullet$] K-Talk Communications, Inc., announced the release + of two new product variations: Texport Lite, and Publishing + Companion Lite. The ``Lite'' software ``is intended for + students on limited budgets, small document conversions, less + technical projects, etc.'' The main differences are that + conversion of equations and tables is not fully available, + and both work on files under 64K. For information, call + 1-614-488-8818; \fax\ is 1-614-488-9505; e-mail is {\tt + ktalk@aol.com}. +\end{itemize} + +\newpage + + +%% Reports on Meetings (pp.15-18): + +\Section{Reports on Meetings} + +Michel Goossens, TUG's vice president, has been very fortunate this +year in being able to attend a number of \TeX\ conferences. He has +written extensive summaries and has made them available via \ctan, in +{\tt tex-archive/usergrps/info}. The following extracts give just a +hint of the flavour of three of these: \tug's annual meeting in Santa +Barbara (July), \Cyrtug's meeting in Dubna (early September), and the +Euro\TeX\ meeting in Gda\'nsk (late September). --Ed. + + +\subsection*{TUG'94 --- July 31--Aug.\ 4} + +Santa Barbara: just the right combination of sunshine, temperature and +sea breeze. Some 120 \TeX{} enthusiasts, coming from many countries +and cultures, met to talk about and listen to presentations of the +latest developments in the area of high-quality typesetting --- and of +course to talk with one another. + +The formal theme of the conference was ``Innovation''. Malcolm Clark +and Sebastian Rahtz brought together a tremendous program that clearly +showed \TeX{} making inroads in many areas of book production, such as +colour support, more flexible page layouts, scholarly and non-Latin +alphabet editions. A number of groups are working on extending \TeX{} +or \LaTeX{} so that these tools better meet the demands of current +document handling and integrated more readily into electronic +distribution networks or databases. Several new approaches introduced +object-oriented programming techniques, and hence show that \TeX{} +forms an integral part of a modern computing development environment. + +Over 35 papers were presented, loosely grouped under such themes as +Publishing, Languages, Literature and Fonts; Colour and \LaTeX; Tools; +Futures; and Publishing and Design. The full story can be found in the +Proceedings issue of {\sl TUGboat\/}. In addition to all these formal +sessions, there were several highly successful Birds-of-a-Feather +(BoF) gatherings each day, some even running in parallel. + +As well as providing formal presentations, the conference organisers +also allowed for ample opportunities to talk informally, without +reference to glue, (coloured) boxes or other \TeX-speak: the Monday +evening barbuecue, the Tuesday afternoon left free for touring +downtown Santa Barbara (the campus is on the edge of town) or taking +in a boat cruise along the coast, and finally the Wednesday evening +banquet, which brought everyone together with their families to +socialize, and enjoy the good food, wine, and music. + +On Wednesday, the \tug\ business meeting went on for longer than +expected, as decisions taken by the Board of Directors for the coming +year were presented, explained, and discussed. These decisions are +presented elsewhere in this issue. The Knuth Scholar was also +announced: Shelly Lee Ames of the University of Manitoba, where she +works for the Canadian Mathematical Society (Soci\'et\'e +math\'ematique du Canada). + +The conference was brought to a close by Christina Thiele, but not +before Mimi Burbank, coordinator of next year's \tug\ meeting, gave us +a short outline of plans for the 1995 meeting in Florida. It was also +the occasion to honour the winners of the trophies for the best +papers, namely Alan Hoenig, Yannis Haralambous and Tom Rokicki. We +thank Nelson Beebe, who kindly donated the prizes. + +Special thanks are for their hard work are extended to John Berlin and +Janet Sullivan of the \tug\ office. Their kindness and helpfulness +were truly appreciated by all those present. Thanks once again to +John, and to Malcolm Clark, co-editors of {\sl The Tugly Telegraph\/}; +and to Katherine Butterfield, Suki Bhurgi, and Wendy McKay for helping +with staffing the on-campus \tug\ office. + +The organizers would like to publicly acknowledge the contributions +made by individuals, other user groups, and companies towards the +Bursary and Social Funds or who offered free copies of books or +software to the participants. In particular we would like to thank +\dante\ e.V., \GUTenberg, {\small UKTUG}, and \tug\, as well as +Addison-Wesley, O'Reilly \& Associates, and Prime Time Freeware. + +Finally, we would would like to mention the vendors: Addison-Wesley, +Blue Sky Research, Kinch Computer Co., Micro Programs, Inc., Quixote +Digital Typo\-graphy, Springer Verlag, and Y\&Y, who by their +continuing support contribute to the success of the Annual \tug\ +Conferences. + + +\subsection*{CyrTUG'94 --- Sept.\ 7--11} + +It had been almost five years since I was last in the capital of +Russia, and indeed a lot seemed to have changed during that +period. \Cyrtug's Executive Director, Irina Makhovaya, met me at +Shere\-me\-tievo airport, and for the next few days, was my gracious +host in Moscow. On Tuesday we all headed out for Dubna, some 120 km +north of Moscow, and on Wednesday the conference began. + +After the official opening, the scientific secretary of the Institute +at Dubna explained the importance of \TeX{} to the scientists in Dubna +as a means of communicating their results to the outside world. I +spoke a few words on behalf of \tug, congratulating \Cyrtug{} with the +organisation of their conference, and then gave a summary of the +presentations made at the \tug'94 conference in Santa Barbara in the +summer. + +Over the next three days, speakers talked about their experiences with +introducing and developing \TeX{} tools in their respective +institutes; the particular problems associated with the Cyrillic +alphabet and the design of Cyrillic fonts; the use of PostScript and +vector fonts; {\small WYSIWYG} approaches; graphics; journal +production; and issues of typography. The issue of dealing with +various coding-schemes currently in use for the Cyrillic alphabet led +to the formation of a three-member working group to come up with a +proposal to define a ``\Cyrtug{} standard encoding''. The +presentations came to an end with a question-and-answer session. + +In the Friday evening, there was a grand banquet, and after the ritual +series of toasts to a better future, friendship, more \TeX{} and less +approximate typography~\ldots~, we went all onto the dance floor and +to the tune of some typical (and some less-than-typical) modern +Russian tunes, transformed ourselves into \TeX{} rockers till the +music stopped at 11 o'clock and we all dispersed into subgroups to +continue our last evening together or, too tired to do anything +useful, just went to bed. + +The Saturday morning started with my \LaTeXe{} course that lasted to +approximately midday, when \Cyrtug's business meeting started. Evgeniy +Pankratiev (Moscow State University) was elected as new President of +\Cyrtug, succeeding Joseph Romanovsky of Sankt Petersburg. With the +new President in the chairman's seat the meeting then adopted the plan +for 1994/95 and declared the 1994 Conference closed, thanking the +participants for their support. + +During the flight back to Geneva, I reflected on my six-day stay in +Russia. I have visited Russia many times before, but things seem +different now, there is hope, people talk freely, they all feel they +are moving towards a better future, also financially, yet I think they +still have a long way to go. And it is precisely here that it should +be possible for us to help our colleagues and friends: e.g., develop +tools that are freely available, exchange publications, and so on. + + +\subsection*{Euro\TeX'94 ---Sept.\ 26--30} + +The conference took place in the Orle holiday center in Sobieszewo, a +resort on the Baltic some 20 km east of the city of Gda\'nsk --- and +only 100 m from the beach! {\small GUST}, the organizing committee for +the conference, provided a fully-equipped ``mini-office'' to +facilitate software and information exchange. + +Monday was given over to registration in the morning, and a bus tour +in the afternoon. About 60 participants from 15 different countries +attended; each person received a copy of the Proceedings (thanks to +the hard work of Tomek Przechlewski and W{\l}odek Bzyl), an extremely +useful typographic ruler, and the tradional mug, with the +specially-designed Euro\TeX94 logo. Very nice stylistic work, indeed! +The guided tour of Gda\'nsk showed us a city of some 400,000 +inhabitants with a proud cultural history and a promising future. + +The conference formally got underway on Tuesday with welcoming +speeches by the organisers, and then the papers began. There is +insufficient space here to do justice to all the presentations, so I +would urge you to pick up the full report ({\tt eurotex94.tex}) from +\ctan. Nevertheless, I would at least like to mention the names of the +presenters who brought us such a rich diversity of subject material to +enjoy: Vladimir Batagelj, Lutz Birkhahn, Johannes Braams, Wietse Dol +and Erik Frambach, Yannis Haralambous, Karel Hor\'ak, Bogus\l{}aw +Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko (awarded the {\em Best Paper\/} prize), +J\"org Knappen, Kees van der Laan, Dag Langmyhr, Klaus Lagally, Olga +Lapko, Marion Neubauer, \'Eric Picheral, Sebastian Rahtz, Bernd +Raichle, Peter Sojka, Friedhelm Sowa, Philip Taylor, Ji\v r\'\i\ +Zlatu\v{s}ka, and myself. In addition to the papers, Philip Taylor +and the $\varepsilon$\TeX{} and {\small NTS} team gave an overview of +the present status of these two projects. + +The traditional Euro\TeX{} banquet was a great success, with a lot of +atmosphere, champagne, wine, plenty of beer, good food, guitar playing +and singing by several of the participants. + +The conference was closed by W{\l}odek Bzyl and Philip Taylor of the +Organizing Committee, who announced the winners of the Best Paper +contest (see above), and the location for next year's Euro\TeX\ +conference: somewhere in the Netherlands. Several tutorials were also +held during the weekend, including a marathon 20 hours on advanced +\TeX\ macro writing. + +Yes, it was a good conference, and quite different from the 1994 \TUG\ +annual meeting, whose theme was ``innovation''. In Gda\'nsk, more +attention was given to practical issues of typesetting in multiple +languages and working with cheap printers and machines (hyphenation, +the use of \MF{}, {\small MS-DOS} related developments). I can only +congratulate the local organizers, especially W{\l}odek Bzyl and Tomek +Przechlewski, for their nice work.\footnote[1]{A copy of the 200-page +Proceedings of the Euro\TeX94 conference can be obtained by sending 15 +DM (postage included) to W{\l}odek Bzyl, Instytut Matematyki, +Uniwersytet Gda\'nski, Wita Stwosza 57, PL 80-952, Poland.} + +\vspace{2pc} +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{11.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf CTAN ftp sites} \\ [6pt] + \hline + \noalign{\vspace{2pt}} + ``\ctan''\ --- the Comprehensive \TeX\ Archive Network --- is + cited so often in this publication that it would be useful to + have the three basic archives listed in \ttn\ permanently. + This will not only save space in individual articles which + often include this information, but it will also put it in a + regular spot where you can always find it. \\ [4pt] +% + \hfil \tt ftp.dante.de \hfil \tt /tex-archive/ \\ + \hfil \tt ftp.shsu.edu \hfil \tt /tex-archive/ \\ + \hfil \tt ftp.tex.ac.uk \hfil \tt /tex-archive/ \\ [4pt] +% + To find a list of \ctan\ hosts, do + {\tt finger ctan@pip.shsu.edu}. \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Election material (pp.19-20): + +\Section{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 +$\ldots$ 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 {\tt usergrps/tug} +area of {\small 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 {\bf February 1, 1995}. + +Ballots will be mailed to all members early in March. Marked ballots +must be postmarked no later than {\bf May 9}, and received no later +than {\bf 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 variuos \TeX-related electronic lists. + +\begin{flushright} +Barbara Beeton\\ +for the Elections Committee +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% Nomination form (1 page): + +\newcommand{\SigRule}{\rule{4.5cm}{.5pt}} +\newcommand{\DateRule}{\rule{2.3cm}{.5pt}} +\newcommand{\CheckBox}% + {\leavevmode\vbox to 8.5pt{\hsize=10.5pt \hrule + \hbox to 10.5pt{\vrule height 8.5pt depth 2pt width.4pt \hfil + \vrule width.4pt} + \hrule}} + + +\Section{Nomination for 1995 TUG Election} + +\begingroup +\small +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. {\bf Type or print} names clearly, exactly as they +appear in the most recent TUG membership list or on a TUG mailing +label; new members should enter the name which they used on their +membership application form. Names that do not exactly match the TUG +records will not be accepted as valid. +\endgraf +\endgroup + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent The undersigned \tug\ members propose the nomination of: + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushleft} +\begin{tabular}{@{}ccc@{}} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\bf Name of nominee & (signature) & (date) \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\noindent for the position of (check one):\\ [4pt] +\CheckBox\ {\small\bf TUG President}\\ [4pt] +\CheckBox\ {\bf Member of the {\small\bf TUG} Board of Directors}\\ [4pt] +for a term beginning at the 1995 Annual Meeting, {\bf July 1995}. + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushleft} +\begin{tabular}{@{}ccc@{}} +\multicolumn{3}{c}{\large \bf Members supporting this nomination} \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\bf Nominated by & \bf Signature & \bf Date \\ +(please print) & & \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\SigRule & \SigRule & \DateRule \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\begingroup +\small +\noindent 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 {\bf 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. +\endgraf +\endgroup + +\vspace{1pc} + +{\parfillskip=\parindent +\TeX\ Users Group \hfil {\bf FAX: } 805-963-8358\endgraf} + +\indent {\bf Nominations for 1995 Election}\\ +\indent P.O.~Box 869\\ +\indent Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0869\\ +\indent U.S.A. + +\newpage + + +%% Board Activities (pp.21-23): + +\Section{Summary of Board Meeting, 29--31 July 1994} + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Flynn \\ + Secretary, \TeX\ Users Group +\end{flushright} + +\noindent The Board of Directors that you elect meets every year +before and during the Annual Meeting to discuss and decide matters of +policy. Board Meetings are open to all \tug\ members as observers, but +only the Directors can speak or vote. + +The last few years have been a mixture of difficult and productive +times for \tug. The Board is grateful for the services of its members, +the \tug\ office staff and the many volunteers who have worked hard +and long to promote the use and development of \TeX\ and its +associated applications. + +The main topics discussed at this year's meeting are summarised below. + + +\subsection*{Services to TUG members and to the \TeX\ community} + +The \tug\ office completed its first full year in the new location, +Santa Barbara. The move from Providence had been difficult, but the +Executive Director, Pat Monohon, said the new office was now providing +worldwide support 3\thinspace am--7\thinspace pm (Pacific), and most +of the backlog of paperwork had now been sorted out. + +\tug\ membership to date for 1994 was 2,117 (including 386 new +members): +% +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{lrlr} + United States & 1,057 & Middle East & 10 \\ + Europe & 773 & Central/South America & 8 \\ + Asia & 105 & Africa & 5 \\ + Canada & 95 & Mexico & 4 \\ + \multicolumn{4}{l}{Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific \qquad 60} \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} +% +The individual membership rate for 1995 was reduced by \$5 to \$55, +with the option of a \$40 rate for members who did not wish to receive +\TUB. Institutional membership categories have been simplified to only +one: \$350 for seven named individuals, and \$50 for each additional +person. Joint memberships are available with the {\small UKTUG} and +the \ntg, with a savings of 10\%. As well, the discount for members +was increased from 10\% to 20\%, effective immediately; and membership +numbers will be distributed via the 1995 renewal notices. A new +photocopying service of past \TUB\ articles will also be instituted, +pending final arrangements. + +Other issues related to the office included equipment upgrades, to +better serve office and member needs (some of the older 286s require a +friendly ``nudge'' in order to boot!); an Internet connection, +allowing ftp would be installed by late fall. + +With respect to the larger community, the work of George Greenwade and +others on the development of the \ctan\ archives was recognised. Also +at the more general level, \tug\ will continue to monitor the progress +of the {\small ISO} move to recognise ``Publicly Available +Specifications ({\small PAS}), with the possibility of seeing \TeX\ +adopted as a {\small PAS}. This would materially assist many +organizations who are bound to use only {\small ISO}-approved systems +to introduce \TeX. And finally, the president was requested to write a +letter of appreciation to Doug Henderson, who had provided much +support for \tug\ over the years, especially in the form of t-shirts +for \tug\ conferences, and who had now left the \TeX\ world to pursue +other interests. + + +\subsection*{Reports from committees} + +Many committees submitted reports on their activities: the Bursary +Fund, Vendors, the Knuth Scholarship, Elections, Conference Planning, +Publications and Documentation, as well as a report from the Technical +Council. + +The Bursary Committee requested that the contributors to this year's +fund, which made it possible for three people to attend the meeting in +Santa Barbara, be publicly acknowledged and thanked: +% +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{lrlr} + GUTenberg &1,000 & Members & 415 \\ + TUG & 500 & UK\TeX UG & 300 \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} +% +The board approved a budget allocation of \$2,000 for next year's +bursary fund. + +The Knuth Scholar for 1994 is Shelly Lee Ames of the University of +Manitoba, for the extent and quality of her work for the {\sl Canadian +Journal of Mathematics\/}. She now becomes a member of next year's +Scholarship Committee. + +The Elections Committee outlined the schedule for the election of a +new president and five positions on the board in the spring of +1995.\footnote[1]{See pp.~19--20 for instructions and nomination form +--Ed.} + +The Conference Planning Committee announced it had received only one +confirmed offer to host the 1996 \tug\ meeting, but that others were +pending. A final decision on the 1996 site should be made before the +end of the current calendar year. + +The Pubs/Docs Committee presented information on various issues that +had been occupying their time: info-sheets; agreement to allow authors +to circulate preprints of their \TUB\ articles; a request for funds to +allow for some colour inserts into the Proceedings issue of \TUB\ +(approved). + +Michael Ferguson, chair of the Technical Council, reported on +activities in the various \twg s, emphasising that ``the recipe for +the success of any \twg\ is to have an enthusiastic chair and a +community of interest.'' A list of all \twg s will be posted to \ctan\ +in the near future. + + +\subsection*{Relationships with other user groups in the \TeX\ field} + +Since 1989, representatives of the five biggest local user groups +(\dante\ [German-speaking], Nordic, \GUTenberg\ [French-speaking], +\ntg\ [Dutch-speaking] and {\small UKTUG}) have sat on \tug's Board. +As the number and size of local user groups has grown, it has become +increasingly difficult to provide an effective structural relationship +which allows \tug\ to honour its obligations to its own members as +well as to serve and assist developing groups of users elsewhere. In +the wake of the withdrawal of its representative by \dante, it was +decided that a new approach was needed. The \tug\ President, Christina +Thiele, was therefore mandated to consult with all the local user +groups and report at the 1995 meeting on suitable means for improving +representation and participation. It was agreed that, if possible, she +should travel to the upcoming Euro\TeX'94 meeting in Gda\'nsk, Poland. + +In the meantime, the Executive Committee will seek to reach agreements +for cooperation with all local user groups; such cooperation would +include providing two copies of \TUB\ and \ttn\ to each group, and +instituting joint membership discount rates. + + +\subsection*{Finances} + +The 1993 deficit, expected to be 30,000, was only 16,000, mainly +due to very firm budgetting efforts made by the office, in particular +by the Executive Director, Patricia Monohon. For the current year, the +prognosis is to reach a very small deficit, provided no unexpected +expenses arise. Finances are tight, but with staff cutbacks and other +reductions in operating expenses, we are managing to hold our own. + + +\subsection*{New addresses for member comments} + +During the business meeting at this summer's conference, there was a +suggestion made to start up an address for \tug\ members to send their +comments and suggestions to. The following addresses are now +available: either {\tt TUG-Suggest@SHSU.edu} or {\tt +TUG\_Suggest@SHSU.edu}. We'll see how they work and hopefully will be +able to report on the success of the new venture. + +\newpage + + +%% TUG Courses for 1995 (p.24): + +\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\ + 1995 Course Schedule} + +\begin{center} +\noindent\begin{tabular}{llll} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeXe} \\ +\quad Santa Barbara & Feb.\ 6--10 + & \quad Santa Barbara & Jan.\ 30 -- Feb.\ 3 \\ [6pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip6pt} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Adv.\ \TeX\ and Macro Writing} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl \llap{*}Modifying \LaTeX\ + Style/Class Files} \\ +\quad Santa Barbara & Feb.\ 13--17 + & \quad Santa Barbara & [to be announced] \\ [6pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip6pt} +\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize + *If there is enough demand, this course will be + offered. Check with the \tug\ office.} \\ [6pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\cline{2-3} +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=0pt + \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes. + + \item Dates and locations subject to change. Direct course + inquiries to the \tug\ office. Anyone interested in courses + dealing with \TeX\ and {\small SGML} should contact the + office as well. + + \item \tug\ office: phone 805-963-1338\quad + \fax\ 805-963-8358\quad + {\tt tug@tug.org} +\end{itemize} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{center} + \large\bf On-Site \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ Courses from \TUG\ +\end{center} + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=0pt + \item Courses in \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, {\small SGML} and \TeX, + \PS, or \TeX{} for Publishers tailored to the needs of + your group + + \item Courses at every level from beginning to advanced + + \item Five full days of instruction at your site + + \item One-week course fee includes all instructor fees and expenses + plus textbooks and other materials for up to 15 students +\end{itemize} + +\vfill + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||ll||} \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf 1995 TTN + Schedule for Submissions} \\ [4pt] + \hline \mbox{\hspace{3.75cm}} & \\ [-6pt] + \qquad Jan.\ issue (1995) & \quad \bf Dec.\ 1st* \\ + \qquad April issue & \quad \bf Mar.\ 1st \\ [2pt] + \qquad July issue & \quad \bf June 1st \\ + \qquad Oct.\ issue & \quad \bf Sept.\ 1st \\ [2pt] + \hline + \noalign{\vskip2pt} + \multicolumn{2}{l}{*Due to the lateness of the current issue, this } \\ + \multicolumn{2}{l}{\p{*}deadline is ``flexible.''} \\ + \multicolumn{2}{l}{\empty} \\ [-6pt] + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\newpage + + +%% Upcoming Events (p.25): + +\Section{Upcoming Events} + +\begin{center} +{\tabcolsep4pt \setbox 0 = \hbox {\bf Spring 1994} +\dimen 0 = \hsize +\advance \dimen 0 by -6\tabcolsep +\advance \dimen 0 by -\wd 0 +\advance \dimen 0 by -4.5 cm +\begin{tabular}{p{\wd 0}p{4.5cm}p{\dimen 0}} +\hline +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 13--14 Oct. & {\small\bf DANTE} 11th meeting: \nl + Lindau (Harz), Germany. + & Helmut Kopka \nl + {\tt hk@linhp.gwdg.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 19~Oct. & {\small\bf UKTUG}: \nl + Annual General Meeting \nl + Univ.\ of Warwick. + & R.A.\ Bailey \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 14--15 Nov. + & {\small\bf CNRS}: + First 2 days of a 5-day seminar on + \LaTeX2e. \nl + Gif-sur-Yvette (near Paris), France. + & Christian Rolland -- CNRS \nl + Bureau de formation -- B\^at.\ 10B \nl + Av.\ de la Terrasse \nl + F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 17 Nov. & {\small\bf NTG} 14th Meeting:\nl + ``Publishing with \AllTeX''.\nl + Antwerp, Belgium. + & Gerard van Nes \nl + {\tt vannes@ecn.nl }\\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\mbox{\llap{\bf 1995\quad}}% +\bf 1--3 March & {\small\bf DANTE} 12th meeting: \nl + Gie\ss en, Germany. + & G\"unter Partosch \nl + {\tt Guenter.Partosch@} \nl + {\tt hrz.uni-giessen.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf May & {\small\bf TUG} 16th Annual Meeting:\nl + St.\ Petersburg Beach, Florida + & Mimi Burbank, coordinator \nl + {\tt tug95c@scri.fsu.edu} \\ +\noalign{\vskip8pt} +\hline +\hline +\end{tabular} +} +\end{center} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{11cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf TUGboat Delays} \\ [6pt] + \hline \hline + \mbox{\empty} \\ [-6pt] + {\sl TUGboat\/}'s second issue of 1995 has been delayed due + to an unfortunate combination of logistical and production + problems, including internal office moves by the editor, + enforced storage of all materials relating to issue \#2, as + well as unexpected difficulties in actual file processing. + {\sl TUGboat\/} 15, \#2 is now at the printer's. {\sl + TUGboat\/} \#3 (the proceedings issue) will follow shortly, + and \#4 is already in progress. \\ [6pt] +% + We offer our sincere apologies and regrets for these + delays; steps have already been taken to begin addressing + the various problems experienced this year. \\ [-6pt] + \mbox{\empty} \\ + \hline \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Fun and Games (p.26): + +\Section{Fun and Games} + +Andrew's anagrams from last issue were perhaps not as obscure as I'd +thought! Here are the answers \dots\ and a few more anagrams that +aren't so easy --- no hints this time as to what they +are!\footnote[1]{So how does Andrew do it? He's devised an Anagrams +program, of course! Shortly to become available as shareware for +Macs. Get in touch with Andrew at {\tt +atrevorr\@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au} if you want more details. -- +Ed.} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{tabular}{rlrl} + 1. & Barry Smith & 9. & Leslie Lamport \\ + 2. & Nelson Beebe & 10. & Yannis Haralambous \\ + 3. & Barbara Beeton & 11. & Christina Thiele \\ + 4. & Georgia Tobin & 12. & Anita Hoover \\ + 5. & Donald E.~Knuth & 13. & Roswitha Graham \\ + 6. & Frank Mittelbach & 14. & Luzia Dietsche \\ + 7. & Pat Monohon & 15. & Chris Rowley \\ + 8. & Tom Rokicki & 16. & Sebastian Rahtz \\ +\end{tabular} + +\vspace{2pc} +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{tabular}{llll} + 1. & computer sonatas expertly animated + & 6. & exit impotent father \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 2. & man on telepathic ox & 7. & both men take food \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 3. & keenest oxide homicide & 8. & chisel ears \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 4. & impudent inn escapades & 9. & wasted next gnu \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 5. & genteel bug rattler & 10. & evil elk bras \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\end{tabular} + +\newpage + + +%% Index for Volume 3 (pp.27-28): + +\begingroup +\newcommand{\indexletter}[1]{\begin{center} + \bf -- #1 -- + \end{center} + } + +\twocolumn[\Section{1994 TTN Index} + +All references show the {\bf volume},number:page; outside back cover +is noted as C4. + +\vspace{1pc} +] + +{\footnotesize \baselineskip=10pt + +\begin{list}{}{\itemsep=-1pt + \parsep=1pt + \leftmargin0pt + \listparindent=-12pt} + +\indexletter{B} +\item Books + \subitem Russian books about \TeX\ {\bf 3},4:5; + \subsubitem see also ``New Publications'' + + +\indexletter{C} +\item Corrigendum {\bf 3},4:11 (refers to {\bf 3},3:7) +\item 1994 Course Schedule {\bf 3},1:27; {\bf 3},2:26; {\bf 3},3:26; + \subitem {\bf 3},4:24 +\item CTAN ftp sites {\bf 3},4:18 + + +\indexletter{D} +\item Did you know \ldots~? {\bf 3},3:2 + +\indexletter{E} +\item Editorials {\bf 3},1:1; {\bf 3},2:1; {\bf 3},3:1; {\bf 3},4:1 +\item Eight Great Reasons to Join the \TeX\ + \subitem Users Group {\bf 3},1:C4 +\item Board Elections {\bf 3},2:25; {\bf 3},3:23; {\bf 3},4:19 + \subitem Nomination form {\bf 3},4:20 + +\indexletter{F} +\item Fun and Games {\bf 3},1:14; {\bf 3},2:28; {\bf 3},3:24, 28; + \subitem {\bf 3},4:26 + +\indexletter{H} +\item ``Hey --- it works!'' + \subitem A double summation sign {\bf 3},3:10 + \subitem A page-numbering scheme {\bf 3},3:8 + \subitem A style for dropped capitals {\bf 3},1:19 + \subitem Addresses in headings {\bf 3},3:9 + \subitem Italic correction everywhere {\bf 3},1:15 + \subitem Making tables by iteration {\bf 3},2:12 + \subitem Matrix icons via \LaTeX\ {\bf 3},3:11 + \subitem Non-nested braces {\bf 3},2:8 + \subitem Overlaying symbols {\bf 3},2:10 + \subitem Plain \TeX, Self-Prompting Label + \subsubitem Maker {\bf 3},1:17 + \subitem Self-expanding acronyms {\bf 3},4:6 + \subitem Squashed heads {\bf 3},4:6 + \subitem Under- and over-brackets and + \subsubitem parentheses {\bf 3},4:9 + + +\indexletter{I} +\item Index {\bf 3},4:27 + + +\indexletter{K} +\item Knuth Scholarship {\bf 3},1:25 + + +\indexletter{L} +\item \AllTeX\ News + \subitem Announcing Elsevier Science {\tt .sty} + \subsubitem files {\bf 3},1:12 + \subitem Announcing {\sl Serif} {\bf 3},2:14 + \subitem Arab\TeX\ v3.00 now available {\bf 3},1:12 + \subitem BaKoMa Fonts Collection {\bf 3},4:12 + \subitem Bibliographies now available {\bf 3},4:13 + \subitem Fall releases from Karl Berry {\bf 3},4:13 + \subitem French Style Files, v3.25 {\bf 3},1:13 + \subitem Fraktur German Gothic font {\bf 3},2:14 + \subitem German node of \ctan\ has moved {\bf 3},2:13 + \subitem New group forming {\bf 3},3:17 + \subitem New list for linguistics and \TeX\ {\bf 3},1:14 + \subitem New list of publications available {\bf 3},1:14 + \subitem New {\tt modes.mf} file v1.1 available {\bf 3},1:13 + \subitem New releases from Karl Berry {\bf 3},1:13; + \subsubitem {\bf 3},2:15; {\bf 3},4:13 + \subitem News from vendors {\bf 3},2:16; {\bf 3},3:17; {\bf 3},4:14 + \subitem NTG's CD of 4All\TeX\ {\bf 3},2:14 + \subitem {\tt RELABEL} on \ctan\ {\bf 3},3:16 + \subitem The new \LaTeX\ on \ctan\ {\bf 3},3:15 + \subitem TIQWAH {\bf 3},3:15 + \subitem {\sl TUGboat\/} tables of contents + \subsubitem on-line {\bf 3},2:13 + \subitem User group info on \ctan\ {\bf 3},3:16 + \subitem Where to announce new releases {\bf 3},2:15 +\item \LaTeX3 Project + \subitem Welcome to {\sl \LaTeX\ News} {\bf 3},3:13 + \subitem \LaTeX3 in '93 {\bf 3},1:7 +\item 4all\TeX\ CD-ROM {\em second\/} edition {\bf 3},4:12 + +\newpage + +\indexletter{N} +\item New Publications + \subitem Books {\bf 3},1:4; {\bf 3},2:6; {\bf 3},3:6; {\bf 3},4:4 + \subitem Articles {\bf 3},1:5; {\bf 3},2:7; {\bf 3},3:6; {\bf 3},4:4 + \subitem Newsletters{ \bf 3},1:6; {\bf 3},2:7; {\bf 3},3:7; {\bf 3},4:4 +\item Nomination form {\bf 3},4:20 + + +\indexletter{R} +\item Reports on Meetings + \subitem CyrTUG {\bf 3},3:20; {\bf 3},4:16 + \subitem DANTE'94 {\bf 3},3:18 + \subitem Euro\TeX'94 (Poland) {\bf 3},2:24; {\bf 3},4:17 + \subitem GUST (Bacho\TeX'94) {\bf 3},3:19 + \subitem GUTenberg {\bf 3},3:22 + \subitem Nordic Group {\bf 3},2:20; {\bf 3},3:20 + \subitem NTG {\bf 3},1:23; {\bf 3},3:22 + \subitem TUG'94 {\bf 3},1:24; {\bf 3},2:21; {\bf 3},2:C4; + {\bf 3},3:C4; + \subsubitem {\bf 3},4:15 + \subsubitem Prelim.\ Program {\bf 3},2:22 + \subitem UK \TeX\ Users' Group {\bf 3},1:23 + + +\indexletter{T} +\item Teaser {\bf 3},1:14; {\bf 3},2:28 +\item Tester {\bf 3},2:28; {\bf 3},3:24 +\item Tips {\bf 3},3:7; {\bf 3},4:11 +\item \ttn\ Schedule {\bf 3},1:1; {\bf 3},2:25; {\bf 3},3:7; + {\bf 3},4:24 +\item TUG Board Activities + \subitem Board meeting (summary) {\bf 3},4:21 + \subitem Getting \tug\ info from \ctan\ {\bf 3},3:25 + \subitem 1994 Knuth Scholarship {\bf 3},1:25 + \subitem New officers {\bf 3},2:25 + \subitem New faces on the board {\bf 3},3:25 + \subitem TUG Committees + \subsubitem Conf.\ Planning Committee {\bf 3},2:25 + \subsubitem Election Committee {\bf 3},4:20 +\item Typographer's Inn + \subitem Accent test {\bf 3},3:5 + \subitem Apology {\bf 3},2:5 + \subitem Books {\bf 3},2:4; {\bf 3}, 3:4 + \subitem Boxed keycaps {\bf 3},4:3 + \subitem Boxes {\bf 3},1:3 + \subitem Ditto marks {\bf 3},2:3 + \subitem DTP --- Framemaker {\bf 3},3:5 + \subitem The em-rule or dash {\bf 3},1:2 + \subitem Extended plain \TeX\ {\bf 3},1:2 + \subitem Footnotes {\bf 3},1:3 + \subitem Interletter spacing {\bf 3},1:3; {\bf 3},2:4 + \subitem Kerning test {\bf 3},3:5 + \subitem \LaTeX\ blues {\bf 3},4:3 + \subitem Mailbox {\bf 3},2:3 + \subitem Metafonts {\bf 3},3:5 + \subitem Movin' on {\bf 3},4:3 + \subitem The name of the beast {\bf 3},4:2 + \subitem Paper sizes {\bf 3},4:2 + \subitem {\sl Serif\/} Magazine {\bf 3},2:5 + \subitem Shady practice {\bf 3},2:3; {\bf 3},3:3 + \subitem Soapbox {\bf 3},3:3 + + +\indexletter{U} +\item Upcoming Events {\bf 3},1:28; {\bf 3},2:27; {\bf 3},3:27; + \subitem {\bf 3},4:25 +\item User Groups {\bf 3},3:16; {\bf 3},3,17 + \subitem see also ``New Publications'' (newsletters), ``Reports on + Meetings'' + + +\indexletter{V} +\item Vendors {\bf 3},2:16; {\bf 3},3:17; {\bf 3},4:14 + + +\indexletter{Y} +\item ``You Rang~\ldots~?'' + \subitem More about protecting ``fragile'' commands + \subsubitem {\bf 3},2:19 + \subitem {\tt report.sty}: breaking lines in the Table of + \subsubitem Contents {\bf 3},2:18 + \subitem The look of automatically-generated + \subsubitem numbers {\bf 3},2:17 +\end{list} +} + +\endgroup + +\onecolumn + +\newpage + + +%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents): + +\thispagestyle{empty} + +{\vsize=47pc \baselineskip=11.75pt +\mbox{\empty} +\vspace{-4pc} +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\ + \medskip + Table of Contents} +\end{center} + +\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn \\ + \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{2} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{New Publications \\ + \indent {\em Peter Schmitt}}{4} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Russian books about \TeX}{5} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''\\ + \indent {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Squashed heads + \quad {\em Kees van der Laan}}{6} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Squashed heads: a better solution \dots + \quad {\em Michael Barr}}{7} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Squashed heads: and yet another solution + \quad {\em Mike Piff}}{7} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Under- and over-brackets and + parentheses + \quad {\em Michael Barr}}{9} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Self-expanding acronyms + \quad {\em John V.\ Langer}}{10} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Corrigendum}{11} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News \\ + \indent \hskip-4pt 4all\TeX\ CD-ROM {\em second\/} edition \\ + \mbox{}\qquad\quad {\em Frans Goddijn}}{12} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad BaKoMa Fonts Collection \\ + \qquad {\em Basil Malyshev}}{12} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad Bibliographies now available \\ + \qquad {\em Nelson Beebe}}{13} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad Fall releases from Karl Berry \\ + \qquad {\em Karl Berry}}{13} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad News from vendors \\ + \qquad {\em Christina Thiele}}{14} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings \\ + \indent \tug'94}{15} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Cyr\tug' 94}{16} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Euro\TeX'94}{17} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\ctan\ ftp sites}{18} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{1995 \TeX\ Users Group Election}{19} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Nomination form}{20} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Summary of \tug\ Board Meeting}{21} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1995 Course Schedule}{24} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{25} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Fun and Games}{26} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{1994 TTN Index}{27} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\begin{center} + \bf Volume 3, No.\ 4, 1994 +\end{center} +\par} + +\newpage + +%% Cover 4 (TUG'95 promo): + +\thispagestyle{empty} + +\mbox{\empty} +\vspace{-5pc} + +\begin{center} + {\Large\bf TUG$\,$'95} \\ [10pt] + {\Large\sl --- St.\,Petersburg Beach, Florida --- } \\ [6pt] + {\Large\sl July 24--28, 1995} +\end{center} + +\noindent The \TeX\ Users Group is proud to announce that the {\bf +sixteenth} annual meeting will be held at the TradeWinds Hotel, in +St.\,Petersburg Beach, Florida, July 24--28, 1995. We would like to +extend a warm invitation to \TeX\ users around the world---come join +us at one of the largest and most beautiful resort beaches in Florida, +as we explore where \TeX\ is to be found and how its users are going +far beyond---or are diverging from---its initial mathematical context. + +The theme of the meeting will be ``Real World \TeX'' and we plan to +have demonstrations of pre- and post-processors, and the active +participation of developers and vendors, in hopes that {\bf you}, the +user, may discover ``hands-on'' just what can be done with \TeX, \MF, +\PS, and other utilities! + +Commercial users of \TeX\ are particularly encouraged to attend. The +meeting will feature papers of interest to publishers and \TeX\ +vendors, a panel discussion addressing commercial users' needs and +wants, and a gallery for displaying samples of \TeX\ work. + +There will be the usual courses associated with the meeting: {\em +Intensive Courses} in \LaTeXe\ and \TeX, PostScript, Graphics, and +perhaps other topics. The meeting itself will have excellent speakers, +panel discussions, workshops, poster displays, Birds-of-a-Feather +sessions (BoFs) and technical demonstrations. + +\vspace{6pt} +\hrule height1pt +\vspace{6pt} + +{\tabcolsep=4pt +\hskip-18pt\begin{tabular}{p{14pc}p{14pc}} + \multicolumn{2}{c}{\bf Getting Information} \\ [2pt] +% + \small \baselineskip=10.5pt + A preliminary schedule will be available in February of 1995, so be + sure to look for updates in \TTN\ and \TUB, on the World Wide + Web, at \verb+http://www.ucc.ie/info/TeX/tug/+\nl + \verb+tug95sched.html+, as well as on the CTAN archives in + \verb+tex-archive/usergrps/tug/+. \nl +% + \nl +% + Nearer the time of the conference, there will be an on-line form for + registration (\verb+tug95form.html+) located on the WWW cited above.\nl +% + \nl +% + Send suggestions and requests to\nl {\tt tug95c@scri.fsu.edu}. +% + & \small \baselineskip=10.5pt + The \tug95 committee will be working with individuals who wish to + share accommodations, to help defray expenses. The Bursary Fund + is also available to assist \TeX\ users who demonstrate need. All + members are encouraged to consider contributing to the fund. To + obtain more information about contributing to or applying for the + Bursary Fund, please contact the \tug\ office by email to + \verb+tug@tug.org+ or by post to the address to \TeX\ Users + Group, P.O.\ Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0869 USA. \\ +\end{tabular} +} + +\vspace{6pt} +\hrule height1pt + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{lcl} + \multicolumn{3}{c}{\bf Deadlines} \\ [2pt] + Submission of Abstracts & $\diamond$ & January 13, 1995\\ + Preliminary Papers Due & $\diamond$ & March 17, 1995\\ + Preprint Deadline & $\diamond$ & June 23, 1995\\ + Meeting Date & $\diamond$ & July 24--July 28, 1995\\ + Camera Ready Deadline & $\diamond$ & August 25, 1995 + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vspace{4pt} +\hrule height1pt + +\end{document} + +%% END OF FILE |