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+From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk
+To: UKTeX Distribution: ;
+Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #33
+Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk
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+Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 17:55:47 +0100
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+Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
+
+UKTeX Digest Friday, 2 Sep 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 33
+
+Today's Topics:
+ RE: psboxit macros
+ Postscript macros
+ Re: Postscript macros
+ Re: Postscript macros
+ Re: Postscript macros
+ Re: Postscript macros
+ temporary immortality offered
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: Peter Abbott (UK TeX Users Group) and
+ David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
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+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 12:47:15 -0500
+From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu>
+Subject: RE: psboxit macros
+
+In UKTeX Digest V94 #32 (Fri, 26 Aug 1994 15:45:44 +0100),
+joop@entropic.demon.co.uk (Joop Jansen) asked:
+> I read in the LaTeX companion that there should exist a macro package
+> psboxit which allows you to print text on a grey background. I have not
+> been able to find it however. Could anyone tell where it is?
+
+The file I believe being referred to is in
+ /tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/misc/psboxit.sty
+on the CTAN hosts (ftp.TeX.ac.uk, ftp.DANTE.de, ftp.SHSU.edu, and their
+mirrors). Definitely the same author and same filename identified in TLC.
+I'll admit that I haven't used this with 2e (yet), but it worked marvelously
+under 2.09. Also, unless there's something I've inadvertantly overlooked,
+the file doesn't appear to need any retrofitting to be compatible with 2e.
+
+For reference, you can always use the command
+ quote site index psboxit
+in an interactive ftp session on the CTAN hosts to get a listing of where
+all files with the (case insensitive) string "psboxit" reside. This
+command will NOT work if you use a hyphen as the first character of your
+password -- messages from the ftp server must be left turned on. Also,
+some ftp clients may not require the "quote" part of the example above;
+your mileage may vary. Obviously, replace "psboxit" with whatever it is
+you are looking for.
+
+Finally, to get a listing of the mirrors of the CTAN (now at 20 full or
+partial mirrors in 11 countries on 4 continents -- sorry for the plug; you
+don't know how good that feels to those of us involved with this monster!)
+you can "finger" the address
+ ctan_us@ftp.SHSU.edu
+and get a listing or you can retrieve the file tex-archive/CTAN.sites from
+one of the CTAN hosts.
+
+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
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 01 Sep 1994 14:34:59 +0000
+From: kgb@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Karl Glazebrook)
+Subject: Postscript macros
+
+Hi,
+
+I was wondering if any reader of this group can recommend
+a powerful macro package for including postscript figures?
+
+I am aware there are sveral packages around and have played
+with a few in the past, none of them being particularly
+satisfactory.
+
+What I am really after is a package which can cope with
+all kinds of perverse postscript files, not just encapsulated
+well structured one. You see I use various software packages, with
+all kinds of postscript drivers to produce figures. So
+I want something robust enough to allow me to flexibly handle
+anything called "postscript" which is thrown at me.
+
+Ideally it would also allow me to scale and rotate figures
+easily.
+
+I use the dvips (5.518) that comes with TeX C version 3.141
+though I would be prepared to switch.
+
+Karl, who is sick of scissors and sellotape.
+
+ email: kgb@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk WWW: http://cast0.ast.cam.ac.uk/~kgb/
+finger: kgb@jhereg.ast.cam.ac.uk body: Institute of Astronomy,Cambridge,UK
+ "UNIX, it's not just for breakfast anymore." --- Jeff Weisberg
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 01 Sep 1994 16:27:06 +0000
+From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
+Subject: Re: Postscript macros
+
+In article <344oqj$ve@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
+Karl Glazebrook <kgb@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
+>I was wondering if any reader of this group can recommend
+>a powerful macro package for including postscript figures?
+>
+>I am aware there are sveral packages around and have played
+>with a few in the past, none of them being particularly
+>satisfactory.
+>
+>What I am really after is a package which can cope with
+>all kinds of perverse postscript files, not just encapsulated
+>well structured one. You see I use various software packages, with
+>all kinds of postscript drivers to produce figures. So
+>I want something robust enough to allow me to flexibly handle
+>anything called "postscript" which is thrown at me.
+>
+>Ideally it would also allow me to scale and rotate figures
+>easily.
+
+You don't say what macros you want it to work with: I know about plain
+TeX (though I hardly ever use it), LaTeX2.09 (which I've pretty much
+given up) and LaTeX2e.
+
+You're probably asking more than the world can supply (since I
+occasionally receive `PostScript' which no _printer_ here can deal
+with, expecting that of a macro package is probably rather much), but
+the LaTeX2e graphics package seems pretty robust as these things go,
+and it does what you want. Of course, if the input isn't encapsulated
+PostScript, you have to tell the macros vital things like the actual
+size of the picture.
+
+>I use the dvips (5.518) that comes with TeX C version 3.141
+>though I would be prepared to switch.
+
+It's not the most up to date, but then your TeX isn't either. dvips
+is one of many that the graphics package supports, and it's the one
+with the fullest feature set. You'll probably not have to change.
+- --
+Robin (Campaign for the Third Programme) 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: 01 Sep 1994 16:37:33 +0000
+From: maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson)
+Subject: Re: Postscript macros
+
+In article <344oqj$ve@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, kgb@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Karl Glazebr
+ook) writes:
+...
+> I was wondering if any reader of this group can recommend
+> a powerful macro package for including postscript figures?
+...
+> What I am really after is a package which can cope with
+> all kinds of perverse postscript files, not just encapsulated
+> well structured one. You see I use various software packages, with
+> all kinds of postscript drivers to produce figures.
+
+No powerful macro package can help you. At the end of the day
+all of them just emit a \special command which tells dvips to
+insert the PostScript file. The PostScript fundamentally has
+to be "clean" enough to run in the environment that the PostScript
+generated by dvips presents it with.
+
+I think your only hope is something that can take your PostScript
+and do a partial interpretation of it, and producing as output
+a "clean" PostScript program which generates the equivalent graphics
+primitives. I have a vague feeling that somebody once told me of
+such a beast, but I can't place the details at the moment. Can
+ghostscript be made to do anything of the sort, I wonder?
+
+- --
+Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk
+University of Cambridge Computer Lab
+Cambridge UK
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 02 Sep 1994 10:41:35 +0100
+From: "M.P.Ward" <Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk>
+Subject: Re: Postscript macros
+
+In article <34500d$4vp@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>,
+Martyn Johnson <maj@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
+>gb@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Karl Glazebrook) writes:
+>...
+>> What I am really after is a package which can cope with
+>> all kinds of perverse postscript files, not just encapsulated
+>> well structured one. You see I use various software packages, with
+>> all kinds of postscript drivers to produce figures.
+>
+>I think your only hope is something that can take your PostScript
+>and do a partial interpretation of it, and producing as output
+>a "clean" PostScript program which generates the equivalent graphics
+>primitives. I have a vague feeling that somebody once told me of
+>such a beast, but I can't place the details at the moment. Can
+>ghostscript be made to do anything of the sort, I wonder?
+
+Yes, ghostscript can! I have used it to interpret "perverse postscript
+files" which were too perverse for my printer. I used Ghostscript to
+interpret the file and generate a 300dpi pbm file (portable bitmap).
+The pbmplus package includes a program which turns a pbm file back into
+postscript. Of course, it generates nice encapsulated postscript
+(but resolution dependent, and HUGE!).
+
+Here's a perl script I call pstops (convert PostScript to PostScript!)
+which uses gohstscript and pbmtops:
+
+ Martin.
+
+JANET: Martin.Ward@uk.ac.durham Internet (eg US): Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk
+or if that fails: Martin.Ward%uk.ac.durham@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
+or even: Martin.Ward%DURHAM.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
+BITNET: Martin.Ward%durham.ac.uk@UKACRL UUCP:...!uknet!durham!Martin.Ward
+
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+# pstops file
+# Use GhostScript to convert a ps file to one or more pbm files.
+# Then use pnmtops to convert the result(s) back to PostScript.
+# Why? Because some stupid printers may not be able to handle
+# the original PostScript, but may be able to handle a huge bitmap.
+#
+
+($myname = $0) =~ s|(.*/)*||; # strip path component from name
+$Usage = "Usage: $myname input [output] \n";
+# Check one or two arguments:
+die $Usage if (($#ARGV < 0) || ($#ARGV > 1));
+
+$HOME = $ENV{'HOME'} || $ENV{'LOGDIR'} ||
+ (getpwuid($<))[7] || die "You're homeless!\n";
+$USER = $ENV{'USER'} || getlogin ||
+ (getpwuid($<))[0] || die "You're nameless!\n";
+
+$input = $ARGV[0];
+$input =~ s/\.ps$//;
+if ($#ARGV == 1) {
+ $output = $ARGV[1];
+} else {
+ $output .= "$input.psbit";
+}
+die "File `$input.ps' not found!\n" unless (-f "$input.ps");
+
+# Run ghostscript:
+open (GS, "|gs -dNODISPLAY");
+print GS <<END;
+(pstoppm.ps) run
+300 300 ppmsetdensity
+(./) ppmsetprefix
+($input) ppm1run
+quit
+END
+close (GS);
+
+print "\n\n";
+
+# Run pnmtops on the generated .ppm file(s) and delete them:
+@files = <$input.*ppm>;
+foreach $file (@files) {
+ print "Processing $file...\n";
+ ($num = $file) =~ s/^$input\.(.*)ppm$/$1/;
+ # add leading zeros to $num:
+ $num = sprintf("%03d", $num);
+ system "pnmtops -rle -scale .25 -width 9 -height 12 $file > $output$num";
+ unlink ($file);
+}
+
+# End of pstops
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 08:56:34 +0100
+From: Malcolm Clark <cudax@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
+Subject: temporary immortality offered
+
+i received the following from leslie lamport regarding
+typos in the 2e of the latex manual:
+
+> Thanks for the typo report. Yours is the first. I've been informed
+> that A-W is producing a second printing. To get typos corrected, I
+> need to provide them with the corrected pages by early September.
+>
+> As an incentive, assuming A-W has no objections, I intend to add to
+> the preface an acknowledgement of everyone who reports previously
+> unreported typos. So, please tell your colleagues, friends,
+> relatives, pen pals, and creditors that this is their chance for
+> immortality (of fairly short duration).
+>
+> From lamport@src.dec.com Tue Aug 9 15:38:01 1994
+
+malcolm clark
+
+------------------------------
+
+ UK TeX Archive
+ >>> tex.ac.uk <<<
+ Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
+
+ tex.ac.uk -- mail
+ [user@tex.ac.uk]
+
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+
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+
+ www.tex.ac.uk -- World-Wide Web access
+ [URL http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive]
+
+ nfs.tex.ac.uk -- NFS access
+ [nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive]
+
+\section Files of Interest
+
+ tex-archive/00Contents
+ tex-archive/CTAN.sites
+ tex-archive/FILES.bydate
+ tex-archive/FILES.byname
+ tex-archive/FILES.bysize
+ tex-archive/MAP
+ tex-archive/README.archive-features
+ tex-archive/README.site-commands
+ tex-archive/README.uploads
+
+\section Digests
+
+ This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory
+ tex-archive/digests/uktex/94
+ This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory
+ tex-archive/digests/texhax/94
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+
+\section Media Distributions
+ Postal addresses are given below.
+
+\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape
+ Our latest copy of May/June 1991 contains:
+ TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities
+ suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V
+ tar format, 1 file (36Mb)
+
+ Send One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format
+ (DC600A or DC6150) with envelope AND stamps for return
+ postage to David Osborne (address below); regret that due to currency
+ exchange difficulties, this service is offered only within the UK.
+
+\section TeX Implementations for Small Computers
+
+\subsection PC and Mac disks
+
+ From January 1994 the UK TeX Users' Group is distributing an
+ emTeX kit for PCs, and an OzTeX kit for Macintosh. The cost
+ covers copying and postage costs, and the shareware fee for
+ OzTeX. Each set costs \pounds30, and is available from
+ Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB.
+ Cheques must be payable to `UKTUG'. Please note that this
+ service **is available to UKTUG members only.**
+
+ Each set comes with an installation guide, and (at least)
+ full TeX and Metafont, a previewer, a PostScript driver, and
+ CM fonts. Two update disks a year will be sent out
+ automatically, with the current version of LaTeXe, and other
+ goodies. A subscription service will be available for
+ subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to
+ 3 disks a year with any material from the CTAN archives, but
+ this will be supplied `as is', without instructions.
+
+ OzTeX and emTeX are also available on disk from TeX Users Group;
+ mail TUG for details.
+
+\subsection TeX for the Atari ST
+
+ Enquiries for TeX for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to:
+ The Fast Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone
+ 0602 455250, fax 0602 455305. They also supply a variety of
+ TeX-related software in Atari format.
+
+ Enquiries for disks etc. can also be directed to:
+ The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD
+ Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk
+
+\section Postage Rates
+
+ Quarter-inch cartridges: UK: GBP 1.00, Europe: GBP 2.00.
+
+\section Postal Addresses
+
+ Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage.
+
+ Peter Abbott
+ 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB
+ Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk
+
+ David Osborne
+ Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
+ (for Unix cartridges ONLY -- MUST include stamps for return postage)
+ Internet: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk
+
+ TeX Users Group
+ P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA.
+ Internet: TUG@TUG.org
+
+\section UK TeX Users Group
+
+ Details available from
+ Jonathan Fine, 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3HY, UK
+ or from
+ Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@tex.ac.uk
+ or from
+ World-Wide Web server: http://www.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html
+
+\bye
+
+End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 33]
+****************************************