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diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.43 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.43 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5dc8ce74cc --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.43 @@ -0,0 +1,331 @@ +(Message uktex/v94:43) +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #43 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Content-ID: <584.785179440.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 17:24:01 +0000 +Message-ID: <585.785179441@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 43 + +Today's Topics: + Excel Charts into LaTeX + dvican on UNIX + latex2e for dos + pfe as shell for latex? + latex to html + R.C. Reed: OzTeX + OzTeX + Short introduction to LaTeX 2e + lshort2e.tex Uploaded + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (UK TeX Users Group) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe uktex" or "unsubscribe uktex", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 21:16:38 +0000 +From: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) +Subject: Excel Charts into LaTeX + +I need to get some Excel 4.0 charts into LaTeX. +Is there a best way of doing this? +AT the moment I save them as postscript (either directly or via the +laserwriter filter), or pass them through MacDraw pro. +Anyone got better ways? + +thanks +tommy + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 17:03:17 +0000 +From: Anne Charles <acc@star.rl.ac.uk> +Subject: dvican on UNIX + +I am trying to get dvican to work on UNIX (Solaris) and have had several +problems: + +1. The makefile specifies a file fndfil which is not included in the beebe + package. (I did track it down and try it out, but that's another long + story.) However, it does not seem to be used in dvican. If I remove + it from the makefile, all compiles and links successfully. Why is it + specified in the makefile? + +2. Can dvican cope with TEXFONTS defined as a pathlist rather than just one + directory specification? + +3. Are there any plans to upgrade dvican? + +Thanks, + +Anne Charles + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 13:35:00 +0000 +From: msh@festival.ed.ac.uk (Mark Higgins) +Subject: latex2e for dos + +This is I hope the right place to ask this.. +Is LaTeX2e in the public domain ?? +if so where can I get a version (I need everything TeX,xdvi,dvips + the lot) that will run on a PC ? +I've looked in ftp.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/dos but I don't know +what I need to get a working copy. +I need simple instructions on how to get a copy as I know very little +about installing software !! +I am currenltly a LaTeX user but have moved job the people here use +something called word-perfect !! +can people e-mail me with answers +I have looked in the faq at ftp.tex.ac.uk but couldn't find an answer + +Thanks in advance + Mark msh@ed.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:37:41 +From: hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk (Hiang-Swee Chiang) +Subject: pfe as shell for latex? + +Hello everyone, + + Has anyone configure Professional File Editor (a very very good editor +and is free) as a shell for latex? + + I have recently just downloaded MicroEmacs for Windows as a shell for +latex. It is a very sophisticated and powerful editor I must admit. However, +from a Windows background, I find the editor very confusing with concepts +like buffer, region, yank, etc. + + Anyone who have configured PFE as a shell for latex, please share your +experience with others like me. Thank you very much. Please post or email +hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk + + +Regards, +Swee + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:13:46 +0000 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@shef.ac.uk> +Subject: latex to html + +Has anyone developed a latex to html converter that runs as a TeX +file, in the same way as docstrip does? This would be truly +portable, unlike latex2html which is perl. + +Mike Piff + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:15:32 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: R.C. Reed: OzTeX + +This is a technical query, and I'm forwarding it to UkTeX@tex.ac.uk, +which may be a better source of assistance (AFAIK none of us who +receive the ctan-uk stuff use Macs). + +You should note, however, that OzTeX 1.7 is a shareware version, +whereas I believe 1.42 was not; thus there is more to upgrading than +simply the effort involved. (Though if you were a member of UK TUG -- +see uktug-inquiries@tex.ac.uk, the shareware fee would be paid for you.) + +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 12:08 GMT +From: rcr10@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.C. Reed) +To: ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk +Subject: OzTeX + +Dear CTAN + +I have been trying to run OzTeX Version 1.42 on a PowerMac +and Laserwriter Pro 630. Although the version I have runs +on the new PowerMac, we have had some problems printing +to this printer. This has prompted me to look for the +latest version of OzTeX. However, I have two queries: + +1) If I make the effort to install the new version of + OzTeX (Version 1.7) is it known that the printer driver + will work for the Laserwriter Pro 630? Some-one must know + this. + +2) The appropriate files (in /ctan/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex) + have been coded, and have the .hqx extension. Sorry to be + ignorant, but what is this? What are the instructions + for decodeing these files? Are the instructions some-where + in the archive? If so, I couldn't find them after an hour + of trying this morning. + +I hope you won't mind answering my queries. + +Best regards + +Roger Reed +Dept of Materials Science +Univesity of Cambridge + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + +Replies to Roger Reed, please -- I'm not interested in Macs. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 16 Nov 1994 11:18:24 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Short introduction to LaTeX 2e + +I have installed Tobias' stuff as announced below + +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Subject: lshort2e.tex Uploaded + +Announcement: + +======================================================================== + Now available for CTAN:/pub/tex/info/lshort (i.e., + + A not very Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (58 Pages) +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + by Tobias Oetiker 16/11/1994 <oetiker@dmu.ac.uk> + + If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX, + this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a + LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book, + it should be sufficient in most cases. + + The document is provided in PS DVI and source form ... + + Enjoy! + + All the best + Tobi + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + +English-speaking LaTeX users of the world have good reason to be +grateful to Tobias for the work he's done (as should users whose +German speech is as dubious as mine ;-) + +Thanks, Tobi +- -- +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 + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive + >>> tex.ac.uk <<< + Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) + + tex.ac.uk -- mail + [user@tex.ac.uk] + + ftp.tex.ac.uk -- anonymous ftp + [username: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>] + + gopher.tex.ac.uk -- Gopher access + + 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 + Latest TeXhax: V94 #10 + +\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 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 + + 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 43] +**************************************** |