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diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2509f00a71 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #01 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 18:01:32 +0000 +Message-ID: <434.757965692@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 7 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 01 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Filename compatibility between Unix TeX and Mac Textures + AMS-TeX amsppt.sty + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sun, 02 Jan 1994 13:38:30 -0500 +From: shay <shay@masc7.chem.unc.edu> +Subject: Filename compatibility between Unix TeX and Mac Textures + +I use both unix La/TeX and TeXtures on a Mac. I'd like to be able to +move input files between the machines without having to edit pathnames +in \input and \epsfbox commands. Of course, unix uses / and the Mac +uses : in pathnames. I'd like to be able to say something like +\platform={unix or mac} in my main file and have a macro that handles +pathnames appropriately. Has anyone solved this problem? Thanks. + +Tom Shay +University of North Carolina +shay@masc7.chem.unc.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 10:59:45 +0000 +From: cseofoghlu@bodkin.ucg.ie +Subject: AMS-TeX amsppt.sty + +I have a question about the use of the AMS-TeX amsppt.sty option: + +We have Decus TeX (PD VMS 3.3) on out VMS (5.5-2) machine. +AMS-TeX is set up as VMS DCL command verb. + +When we try and use the amsppt style in AMS-TeX it gags on the i/p file: + +\documentstyle{amsappt} +\document +..... +..... +\enddocument + +The error message is: + This is TeX, Version 3.1 [PD VMS 3.3/DECUS] (preloaded format=plain 90.8.25) + ($1$DIA4:[CSE.0020201S.USERS.0000002E]ELLONE.TEX;33 + + AmS-TeX - Version 2.0 + + COPYRIGHT 1985, 1990 - AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY + Use of this macro package is not restricted provided + each use is acknowledged upon publication. + + (TEX_ROOT:[INPUTS]AMSPPT.STY;1 + ! Undefined control sequence. + l.109 \footmarkcount@ + \z@ + ? + +(If one proceeds it also gags on \tenpoint: + + ...more errors with footnote.... + + ! Undefined control sequence. + \tenpoint ...p 7\p@ plus3\p@ minus4\p@ \textfont@ + \rm \tenrm \textfont@ \it ... + l.487 \tenpoint +) + +Being more used to LaTeX I am baffled by this and would appreciate any help. +At first glance it seems the style file is incompatible with AMS-TeX, what +is much more likely, I feel, is that I am missing some definitions required +before I can use the style files. + +Another possibility is that this STY file is incorrect (possibly the +AMS-LaTeX version overwrote the AMS-TeX one?) I went to download a +new copy from the archive but the distribution does not indicate which +files are in the VMS backup archives, so I thought I'd ask first. + +(When investigating this problem I was confused by the difference +between AMS-TeX and AMS-LaTeX. I believe We are using the former. +From my reading of the documentation with AMS-LaTeX there is no +amsppt.sty file which could have overwritten the original.) + +Thanks, Micheal + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) + or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V93 #17 + +\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + 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) + + One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) + sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to **Nottingham** + (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + For general enquiries, and a free catalogue detailing other disk + formats, precompiled fonts and lots of other goodies, contact: + Eigen PD Software, P.O. Box 722, Swindon SN2 6YB (Phone: 0793-611270) + JANET: kellett@uk.ac.cran.rmcs Internet: kellett@rmcs.cran.ac.uk + + Also available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + JANET: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section POSTAGE RATES + Quarter-inch cartridges: + UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. + +\section POSTAL ADDRESSES + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + JANET: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + JANET: David.Osborne@uk.ac.nottingham + 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 + JANET: UKTuG-Enquiries@uk.ac.tex.ftp + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 1] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.02 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.02 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1492753955 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.02 @@ -0,0 +1,313 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #02 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 16:30:15 +0000 +Message-ID: <1029.758565015@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 14 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 02 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + ENDNOTE + problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX + LaTeX to RTF file conversion utility + Canon BJ200 dvi driver + dc fonts + DC TFM files + Re: DC TFM files + TeX output on high-resolution devices + {Announcements}: + Q&A panel session at UKTUG psfonts meeting + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 12:55:47 +0000 +From: M.Knott@lse.ac.uk +Subject: ENDNOTE + +Does any body have software to convert a bibtex *.bib file to ENDNOTE database +format, and vice-versa? + +------------------------------ + +Date: 10 Jan 1994 14:33:03 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX + +Can anyone get mfjob to work generating cmtt8 at 5pt? For me, it seems +undecided whether to work out 300*0.625=187.5 as 187 or 188. Consequently, it +correctly generates the font, but calls it cmtt8.188; then, dviscr refuses to +find the font as it is looking for cmtt8.187 presumably. When I put 188 in +the +font-sizes list, dviscr finds the font OK, but that is clearly no +solution in general, as +font-sizes would have to list all possible numbers! + +I find the font sizes used by LaTeX a pain. The ones I usually generate are +150,180,210,240,270,300,329,360,432,etc, but then LaTeX throws in odd ones +like cmtt8 at 5pt, which fits no particular pattern. Even worse, occasionally +we have to do magnification on a document, and this generates even odder +sizes, even when the font only exists in mf source at 10pt. Try xxx10 at 7pt +at magstep1. (Yes, I know LaTeX and magnification are incompatible, but that +is the point.) + +Mike Piff + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 15:42:49 +0000 +From: thdc68%teach@uk.ac.sheffield.dcs +Subject: LaTeX to RTF file conversion utility + +My name is Matthew Shaw and I am working on a program that you may be +interested in! The program converts a LaTeX (not TeX) source file +and converts it to a Rich Text Format (RTF) File that can be read by +Word for Windows, Lotus 123, Framework, Word Perfect etc. The +program is not yet complete but would you be interested in a copy +when it is ? + +Matthew Shaw +Department of Computer Science +The University of Sheffield, UK. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 18:31:31 +0000 +From: Archibald Neil W BSc 4 Mod Comp 93-94 <N.Archibald@uk.ac.teesside> +Subject: Canon BJ200 dvi driver + +Does anyone have or know of source for the above. It is essential that +I have the source and not an executable since it is for a linux (unix) system. + +Many thanx in advance + +Neil. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 13 Jan 1994 13:53:31 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: dc fonts + +I am not sure whether this is a latex3 problem or a CTAN one, so I am sending +to both (probably the same people). + +Has anyone questioned the logic in having dc fonts in latex, but their tfm +files not available on the archives (this right?) + +I was looking from the point of view of using emTeX and mfjob to generate +missing fonts. The natural way to do this is to hook up mfjob to the dvi +drivers so that they write a batch job for mfjob to generate missing fonts. +However, to do that they need a dvi file, and to get a dvi file TeX needs the +tfm file to be there. But to get the tfm file you need to generate the font... + +Could some kind soul donate the tfm files for dc fonts to CTAN? (Assuming +anyone uses dc fonts.) + +Mike + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:00:56 +0000 +From: dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk (Dean Ayres) +Subject: DC TFM files + +I've just placed a tar'd, gzip'd file dctfm.tar.gz in the +/incoming directory of CTAN host ftp.tex.ac.uk. + +I hope it's of use. + +Dean Ayres +AEA Technology + +<Dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk> + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Jan 1994 10:38:05 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: DC TFM files + +%>I've just placed a tar'd, gzip'd file dctfm.tar.gz in the +%>/incoming directory of CTAN host ftp.tex.ac.uk. +%> +%>I hope it's of use. + +It certainly is! I have just retrieved it and tested it with mfjob, and I can +now generate the fonts on demand. Thanks. + +I agree with your point in another e-mail that this *should* be on the +archive. In fact, the tfm files for cmr are there, even though they could be +generated, and indeed emTeX even includes lots of .pk files in its +distribution, but not the tfm and pk files for dc fonts. + +Perhaps these should be suggested as a "contribution" to emTeX (although they +are of wider use, but then it would be better to make them available this way +than not at all:-) +Mike + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 15:19:31 +0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: TeX output on high-resolution devices + +Could anyone supply a list of UK typesetting bureaux that will take a .dvi +file (which may involve Computer Modern) and produce a decent-quality +bromide that can be sent to a printer? + +Is it between ULCC and the the National Typesetting service at Oxford, or +are there other places that are set up to do this sort of thing? + + David Rhead + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 20:53:36 +0000 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk> +Subject: Q&A panel session at UKTUG psfonts meeting + +UKTUG POSTSCRIPT FONTS MEETING + +On 19 January 1994, there will be a UK TeX Users Group meeting on +PostScript fonts and TeX, held at Oxford University Press. + +As part of this meeting, there will be a question and answer panel on +any subject related to PostScript fonts and TeX. If you would like to +have a question answered, please send it (by Monday 17 January) to me +at: + + alanje@cogs.susx.ac.uk + +If you would like to attend the meeting, please email me for further +details. + +Alan Jeffrey (Programme Organizer) + +Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.susx.ac.uk +School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK + + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) + or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V93 #17 + +\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + 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) + + One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) + sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to **Nottingham** + (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + For general enquiries, and a free catalogue detailing other disk + formats, precompiled fonts and lots of other goodies, contact: + Eigen PD Software, P.O. Box 722, Swindon SN2 6YB (Phone: 0793-611270) + JANET: kellett@uk.ac.cran.rmcs Internet: kellett@rmcs.cran.ac.uk + + Also available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + JANET: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section POSTAGE RATES + Quarter-inch cartridges: + UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. + +\section POSTAL ADDRESSES + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + JANET: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + JANET: David.Osborne@uk.ac.nottingham + 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 + JANET: UKTuG-Enquiries@uk.ac.tex.ftp + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 2] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.03 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.03 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4a2a31886d --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.03 @@ -0,0 +1,378 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #03 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 18:20:32 +0000 +Message-ID: <266.759176432@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 21 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 03 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + RE: problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX & dc fonts + RE: problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX & dc fonts + Query: SUN, HP Deskjet driver + dcb8.mf at magstep half + Re: dcb8.mf at magstep half + dc fonts and LaTeX2e + Re: dc fonts and LaTeX2e + One for the gurus, I think.... + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 00:03:11 +0000 +From: Manuel Carriba <M.Carriba@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX & dc fonts + +Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.shef> writes: + +> Can anyone get mfjob to work generating cmtt8 at 5pt? For me, it seems +> undecided whether to work out 300*0.625=187.5 as 187 or 188. Consequently, it +> correctly generates the font, but calls it cmtt8.188; then, dviscr refuses to +> find the font as it is looking for cmtt8.187 presumably. + +To quote the emTeX FAQ of a similar problem: + + That's a rounding problem. As temporary fix, add the size of the + font as generated by MFjob to the list of font sizes searched by + the driver. For instance, if the driver wants cmr10<746.63959> + and MFjob puts the font into the 746dpi directory (instead of + 747dpi), use + + /fz:+746 + + (You might want to add that option it to the batch file or to the + configuration file.) + +> I was looking from the point of view of using emTeX and mfjob to generate +> missing fonts. The natural way to do this is to hook up mfjob to the dvi +> drivers so that they write a batch job for mfjob to generate missing fonts. +> However, to do that they need a dvi file, and to get a dvi file TeX needs the +> tfm file to be there. But to get the tfm file you need to generate the font... + +You can include in your MFJob batch file the line (see mfjob.doc): + + output=[c:\emtex\tfm] + +Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: 17 Jan 1994 09:33:58 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: problems with mfjob and dviscr in emTeX & dc fonts + +%> +%>> I was looking from the point of view of using emTeX and mfjob to generate +%>> missing fonts. The natural way to do this is to hook up mfjob to the dvi +%>> drivers so that they write a batch job for mfjob to generate missing fonts. +%>> However, to do that they need a dvi file, and to get a dvi file TeX needs the +%>> tfm file to be there. But to get the tfm file you need to generate the font... +%> +%>You can include in your MFJob batch file the line (see mfjob.doc): +%> +%> output=[c:\emtex\tfm] +%> +%>Manuel Carriba (M.Carriba@dcs.shef.ac.uk) +%> +Not if hanging mfjob off dviscr/dvihplj you can't! You can't even *generate* +the .dvi file without the .tfm file, so mfjob never gets a look in. + +Several kind souls did donate the .tfm files. In fact, you need to generate +at least one size of every dc font needed by LaTeX to get all of them, and +that is quite a lot. I think they need bundling with emTeX before they will +be widely used. + +I solved the other problem by going back to \dpi@r\@f.pk format. Your +solution would not work as it would involve other users having to add their +resolution to the fontsizes list. I have now removed the fontsizes list +completely. I cannot predict myself which sizes they are likely to require. +(This is on a Derwent copy of TeX that I look after for the maths school.) + +Mike + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 12:03:03 +0100 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: Query: SUN, HP Deskjet driver + + I have a SUN and an HP Deskjet printer. Does anyone know of a + driver for that printer which runs on the SUN? + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 17 Jan 1994 12:09:07 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: dcb8.mf at magstep half + +I get error messages when mfjob tries to generate this font; consequently, +mfjob fails. Any idea what is wrong? + +Mike Piff + +This is METAFONT (mf386), Version 2.71 [3c-beta1] (preloaded base=dxbase +93.9.10) 17 JAN 1994 12:03 +**&dxbase \mode=localfont; mag=1.09544; input dcb8 +(dcb8.mf (m:\mfinputs\dcb.mf (m:\mfinputs\dxroman.mf (m:\mfinputs\dxruwest.mf +[192] [193] [194] [195] [209] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202] +[203] [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] [210] [211] [212] [213] [214] [215] +[216] +! bad pos (breadth of current pen wider than pos width). +<to be read again> + ; +pos->...urrent pen wider than pos width)"; + fi.fi(x(SUFFIX2)r-x(SUFFIX2... +l.744 pos4(cap_hair,0) + ; pos5(cap_hair,0); + + [...more errors deleted...] + +> 0 WSW 1 (SSW) SSE ESE 2 3 ENE NNE 4 5 6 ENE 7 (ESE SSE) SSW 8 WSW 9 10 WNW +NN +W 11 0 (WNW) +! Strange path (turning number is zero). +<to be read again> + ; +l.750 & pulled_arc.e(3,4)&z4e--z5e; + % arc and right stem +The path doesn't have a counterclockwise orientation, +so I'll probably have trouble drawing it. +(See Chapter 27 of The METAFONTbook for more help.) + + [...more errors deleted...] + +[53] [54] [55] [56] [57]) (m:\mfinputs\dxrligtb.mf) ) ) ) +Font metrics written on dcb8.tfm. +Output written on dcb8.329gf (256 characters, 23968 bytes). + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 15:58:51 +1100 +From: ecsgrt%au.edu.latrobe.luxor@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay +Subject: Re: dcb8.mf at magstep half + +Mike Piff wrote: + +% I get error messages when mfjob tries to generate this font; consequently, +% mfjob fails. Any idea what is wrong? + +Nothing too serious, I expect. Fonts sometimes do this, at some +(unpredictable?) magnifications. + +% ! bad pos (breadth of current pen wider than pos width). + +This is a new one to me. Hopefully, it's a mere technicality, like: + +% ! Strange path (turning number is zero). + +This is a mildly common complaint; I haven't seen it degrade the +printed appearance of a font, though, so I just ignore it. + +% Font metrics written on dcb8.tfm. +% Output written on dcb8.329gf (256 characters, 23968 bytes). + +See, Metafont didn't stop, and you got your font, in one piece. + +How to make MFjob ignore the error status returned by Metafont? +Eberhard Mattes has thought of this. In MFJOB.DOC, he wrote: + + /i Ignore errors produced by METAFONT. + ... + When working at low resolutions, ..., errors like + `Strange path' or `Bad pos' will occur more frequently. + +Well, what do you know? (I didn't know that!) + +So, run MFjob with the /i option: + + mfjob /i jobfile + +Since MFjob (version 1.1l) is often called by the DVIDRV programs +(version 1.4s) for automatic fontmaking, add /i to the environment +variable MFJOBOPT: + + set MFJOBOPT=/i + +I use mf386, so I have: + + set MFJOBOPT=/i/3 + +Geoffrey Tobin + +------------------------------ + +Date: 17 Jan 1994 12:51:36 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: dc fonts and LaTeX2e + +Type 1 encoded LaTeX2e needs dcss8 at 5 points. However, mfjob chokes on this +with the following error message. What should I/LaTeX2e do? + +Mike Piff + [...METAFONT log deleted...] + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 14:19:00 +0000 +From: alanje@uk.ac.sussex.cogs +Subject: Re: dc fonts and LaTeX2e + +>Type 1 encoded LaTeX2e needs dcss8 at 5 points. However, mfjob chokes on this +>with the following error message. What should I/LaTeX2e do? + +This is a `feature' of the dc fonts, which they have in common with +the cm fonts. They tend to die at small resolutions. Usually the +best thing to do is make sure MF is running in non-stop mode, and +ignore any error messages! + +Alan. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 16:44:45 +0000 +From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax> +Subject: One for the gurus, I think.... + +According to _The TeXbook_, p.~214, \input is expandable: the expansion is +null, but ``TeX prepares to read from the specified file before looking +at any more tokens from its current source'' (loc. cit.) + +So, what might we expect from \expandafter \end \input foo ? + +In practice, the specified file is _not_ processed; _but_ the log +file shews it as having been opened and closed! (The same is true +if \end is replaced by \endinput). + +And what _does_ trigger the `read[ing] from the specified file', +as opposed to the `prepar[ing] to read'? + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) + or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V93 #17 + +\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + 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) + + One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) + sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to **Nottingham** + (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + Distribution currently being arranged; see announcement in later + issues of UKTeX. + + Also available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. 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I also have all +the lj_*.fli and ps_*.fli libraries and emtex knows the path to them. +The dvi file prints OK on a postscript printer using dvips v5.525. + +The error message from dviscr7 is: + + ' TeX output 1994.01.24:1416' + Loading font ptmrq scaled 1000 + + Warning 1205: font ptmrq [ptmrq<300>] not found + Enter new font name/size: + +I don't think the ptmrq font is in any of the ps_*.fli library files?? +Any help appreciated. + +Thanks + + Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, England + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 11:33:04 +0700 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: Re: One for the gurus, I think.... + +In UKTeX #003 Philip Taylor writes: + +> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 16:44:45 +0000 +> From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax> +> Subject: One for the gurus, I think.... +> +> According to _The TeXbook_, p.%214, \input is expandable: the expansion is +> null, but ``TeX prepares to read from the specified file before looking +> at any more tokens from its current source'' (loc. cit.) +> +> So, what might we expect from \expandafter \end \input foo ? +> +> In practice, the specified file is _not_ processed; _but_ the log +> file shews it as having been opened and closed! (The same is true +> if \end is replaced by \endinput). +> +> And what _does_ trigger the `read[ing] from the specified file', +> as opposed to the `prepar[ing] to read'? +> +> Philip Taylor, RHBNC + +As I remember from somewhere, \input works on line basis, i.e. TeX starts +reading the file when it has nothing to read on the current line. This would +explain the behaviour you describe. TeX opens the file, then executes \end and +never starts to read foo. It remembers that the file is open and therefore the +file is closed before TeX terminates. + +Unfortunately I cannot find it in the TeXbook. I only managed to find +information regarding \endinput on p.%47 just above Excercise%8.2. + +Zdenek Wagner + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 14:23:28 +0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: Setting family trees + +Does anyone know if there is a style file or macros for use with LaTeX which +will typeset family trees. I would be quite happy with left to right setting. +It is not vital that it should be top to bottom. + +Peter + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 10:18:57 +0000 +From: derek@mathematics-and-computer-science.leicester.ac.uk +Subject: query re LaTeX2e + +I need some help, I want to upgrade the VDM-SL macros to work under +LaTeX2e, this involves understanding NFSS2 -- is there an idiots guide +available? I have looked in the obvious places, generated both the +LaTeX2e and NFSS2 system, read the standard documentation, but I +am still non the wiser. Frinstance what is Cork encoding, do I need to +know, do I need to care, will I need to know about virtual fonts, which +way do I face when I mutter the special spell, what is the spell, is today +a blue ticket day etc. etc. etc. Note that references to non published books +are of no help (for the obvious reason)! Many thanks (p.s. I have ordered the +book on LaTeX2e, but it is not available until MARCH!) + +derek andrews +Smail: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science + University of Leicester + University Road + Leicester + LE1 7RH + UK +Tel: (+44) 533 523401 +Fax: (+44) 533 523604 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 21:28:00 +0000 +From: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk +Subject: fontinst v1.307 beta-release + +I'd like to announce the beta-release of the `fontinst' font +installation package. This package: + + * reads Adobe Font Metric files. + + * writes virtual fonts. + + * allows multiple `raw' PS fonts per virtual font (eg ff-ligatures + taken from an Expert set). + + * allows PostScript and Metafont fonts in the same virtual font (eg + Times math italic with symbols taken from CMMI). + + * can generate fonts in the TeX text encoding, Extended TeX text + (or `Cork') encoding, or TeX math encoding. + + * is written in TeX, so should run on any TeX platform with enough + memory. + +This package has been in alpha-test for about a year now, and is now +available for beta-test in the CTAN archives in the directory +fonts/utilities/fontinst. It is freeware. + +WARNING: The usual `features' of beta-test software may apply to this +product. Your mileage may vary. + +Alan. + +Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.susx.ac.uk +School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 06:45:43 -0500 +From: K Berry <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: web2c 6.0 & friends available + +I've released version 6.0 of web2c, a port of the basic TeX +project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix, +and my modified drivers (dvipsk and xdvik). + +You can get everything by ftp from: + + (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{lib,src,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz + +lib is a collection of the basic tfm, tex, mf, and bibtex files + (in my opinion). +src has additional documentation, sources for some of the things + in lib, and a few extra programs I find especially valuable. + +Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites (please try them first): + + (Texas) ftp.shsu.edu + (England) ftp.tex.ac.uk + (Germany) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de + +See the ftp retrieval instructions below for precise details. + +A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me (I'm sure +there will be plenty). If you want support, or if you cannot ftp, I +suggest contacting unixtex@u.washington.edu. + +One change worth emphasizing: the default paths have completely changed. +See the file kpathsea/HIER for a summary of this. The Makefile(s) and +kpathsea/paths.h.in do the actual definitions. + +By the way, the new version number is 6.0 because 5.8515 was just too +many decimal points (also running out of characters on my system V +filesystems). + +The next major feature I intend to implement is a runtime configuration +file (read by all three programs) to define paths. + +kb@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + +web2c: +Version 6.0 (24 January 1994) +* Default paths changed. +* Update for TeX 3.1415, etc. +* Change to use the kpathsea library, a la dvipsk and xdvik. + +* TeX's \openin command invokes MakeTeXTeX just like \input. + +* TeX & Metafont: + - 16-byte values can be dumped, thus allowing native `long' on the DEC Alpha. + - But 32-bit integers are used if sharable format files are desired, + even on 64-bit machines. + - Interrupts are accepted when waiting for input. + +* Online output support in Metafont for Regis terminals and the NeXT. +* gftopk can handle characters with up to 100,000 rows. +* vftovp's -charcode-format=ascii works properly. +* patgen doesn't give bizarre numeric output where it should be text. + +* configuration: + - -lX11 is used for OpenWindows. + - The MakeTeX... scripts are individually selectable by default, and + can always be invoked if certain environment variables are set. + - The subdirectory trick using st_nlink can be turned off. + +* Makefiles: + - man/Makefile doesn't remove itself at `clean'. + - {tex,mf}/clean-tr[ia]p doesn't reinstall a {tex,mf}d.h with the test + constants. + - web2c/Makefile removes lex and yacc output at `clean'. + - mkdirchain invoked as an absolute filename. + +* web2c: + - sync is no longer invoked; instead the Makefiles touch texd.h and + mfd.h after they are finished. + +dvipsk: +5.526a (24 January 1994) +* Extra :'s in config file paths incorporate the compile-time default, + and extra :'s in envvars incorporate the config file path. +* Default paths and config.ps changed. +* -v prints the version number and exits. +* magstep rounding consistent with xdvik. +* MakeTeXPK.in includes gsftopk support (disabled by default), and + allows user envvars to override the script's value. Some default + values substituted from the Makefile. +* Under -DSECURE, reading of absolute_p files is prohibited. + +xdvik: +1.5 (24 January 1994) +* Try again to make the signal handling more reliable on the Alpha. +* Debugging option for EPS previewing. +* Magstep rounding consistent with dvipsk. +* xdvi -version by itself doesn't provoke a usage message. +* Make j a synonym for j. + + + +[FTP.nwc: 24 January 1994 + + The most up-to-date copy of this file is available on ftp.cs.umb.edu + (158.121.104.33) in pub/tex/FTP.nwc. + + If the info below does not match up with what you find on the archives, + please let us know. 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We are grateful to the +computing center of the University of Stuttgart, especially Barbara +Burr and her crew, for having supplied the services to run the TeX +archive on one of their hosts and to DANTE and its members for +contributing the necessary funds through their membership fees. + +Note that ftp.uni-stuttgart will continue to offer access to the TeX +archive; users of that node will not notice any difference. + + + Rainer Schoepf + Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum + fuer Informationstechnik Berlin + Heilbronner Strasse 10 + D-10711 Berlin + Federal Republic of Germany + <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.d400.de> + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) + or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V93 #17 + +\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + 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) + + One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) + sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to **Nottingham** + (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + Distribution currently being arranged; see announcement in later + issues of UKTeX. + + Also available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + JANET: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section POSTAGE RATES + Quarter-inch cartridges: + UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. + +\section POSTAL ADDRESSES + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + JANET: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + JANET: David.Osborne@uk.ac.nottingham + 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 + JANET: UKTuG-Enquiries@uk.ac.tex.ftp + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 4] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.05 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.05 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..37d5f37cc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.05 @@ -0,0 +1,434 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #05 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 18:39:10 +0000 +Message-ID: <3526.760387150@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 4 Feb 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 05 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: Previewing TeX/Postscript + Re: query re LaTeX2e + Irritating problem with LPS20 postscript printer. + {Announcements}: + CTAN calling all LaTeX style writers!! Readme! + latex2e + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 20:09:55 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Previewing TeX/Postscript + +ZA9RA01 <W.Peel@manchester-metropolitan-university.ac.uk> writes: + + > I am trying to preview the output from the "simple" LaTeX input file + > listed below using DVISCR7. + > + > \documentstyle[nftimes]{article} + > \fontencoding{T1} + > \def\encodingdefault{T1} + > \begin{document} + > Hello World......... + > \end{document} + > + > I have EmTeX v3.141 [3c-beta8], NFSS2 and PSNFSS2. I also have all + > the lj_*.fli and ps_*.fli libraries and emtex knows the path to them. + > The dvi file prints OK on a postscript printer using dvips v5.525. + > + > The error message from dviscr7 is: + > + > ' TeX output 1994.01.24:1416' + > Loading font ptmrq scaled 1000 + > + > Warning 1205: font ptmrq [ptmrq<300>] not found + > Enter new font name/size: + > + > I don't think the ptmrq font is in any of the ps_*.fli library files?? + +the ps*fli libraries are OT1 encoding, I am afraid, so that the file +is called rptmr. just change to OT1 + +in practice, why not just preview the PostScript with ghostview under +Windows + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 20:09:55 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: query re LaTeX2e + +derek@mathematics-and-computer-science.leicester.ac.uk writes: + + > I need some help, I want to upgrade the VDM-SL macros to work under + > LaTeX2e, this involves understanding NFSS2 -- is there an idiots + > guide available? I have looked in the obvious places, generated + > both the LaTeX2e and NFSS2 system, read the standard documentation, + > but I am still non the wiser. + +The best answer is `join the UK TeX Users Group'. they are holding a 2 +day conference on LaTeX2e in March, where the authors will answer all +your questions. + +in practice, your VDM macros probably don't need much change. You very +likely use the same font setup as Object Z, so you may like to look +at the oz files in +ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/macros/latex2e/contrib/psnfss for an +example of NFSS2 maths font setups. I can answer questions about +details of that. + +The `features.tex' of LaTex2e is really quite detailed, in the +meanwhile + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 08:43:24 +0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: Irritating problem with LPS20 postscript printer. + +I am using dvips on a UNIX system and then printing the output on an +LPS20 printer (which prints duplex). + +I have a file which contains \framebox and \rule. When printed in +normal portrait everything is fine but if I use landscape the horizontal +lines disappear (the verticla ones are fine). + +I created a postscript file and printed it first in landscape and then +commented out the line which said landscape. The problem persisted. + +So I have the same code which produces different output according to the +page orientation. + +If I use the A3 tray the lines appear in both portrait and landscape but the +position on the page is of course incorrect. + +Does anyone know if this is a bug and is there a patch to cure it. + +Peter + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 20:01:32 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp +Subject: CTAN calling all LaTeX style writers!! Readme! + +As I am sure most people know, a new version of LaTeX (LaTeX2e) is now +in beta test, and will be released on the world in the spring. It will +have a support policy of regular 6 monthly updates. + +After consultation with the LaTeX2e project team, the CTAN sites have +decided to restructure the LaTeX area of the archives, to distinguish +clearly between material known to work with LaTeX2e, and untested or +imcompatible styles. We would also like to make it clear which +packages are actively supported and documented, and which are offered +`asis'. The final structure will therefore look like this: + macros + latex + core % supplied by LaTeX2e team + contrib + supported + other + latex209 + contrib + +Until the spring, this will be reversed, so that macros/latex will be +2.09, and macros/latex2e will be the beta release. + +Anything in latex/contrib/supported will be expected to conform to a +minimal standard of documentation and maintenance; material in +latex/contrib/other should have been tested with LaTex2e, but the +authors may not wish to promise support or documentation. It is +important to note that we are not making qualitative judgements -- we +will continue to hold whatever authors produce and place in the public +domain. + +A short guide to documentation and maintenance will be available +shortly. Tel us if you want your name on a list to receive it. + +The purpose of this note is to ask style authors to consider looking +again at their work, and checking that it works with LaTeX2e, maybe +updating it to use the new features if necessary. Let CTAN know +(ctan-mgr@shsu.edu), and your packages can be moved to the +latex2e/contrib/suported tree, so that users will have a good choice +of material at the start. + +If you haven't seen LaTeX2e, you can ftp it from ftp.tex.ac.uk, +ftp.shsu.edu or ftp.dante.edu, from /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core. +You can get full details of the new features in `The LaTeX Companion' +(Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, Addison Wesley 1994) + +Sebastian Rahtz + +for CTAN archivists + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 08:27:09 +0000 +From: Malcolm Clark <cudax@csv.warwick.ac.uk> +Subject: latex2e + + ******************************* + * LaTeX2e: The Conference * + ******************************* + ************ + Announcing the New Standard version of LaTeX + ******************************************** + +You've read the hype, you've ordered the book--- + --- haven't you? --- + ---now here's the chance to discover the real thing! + +For authors, publishers, support persons, ..., everyone--- + ---two days to discover what LaTeX2e can do for you + +All the New Features of LaTeX2e--- + The New Standard Version of LaTeX + ---Incorporating SliTeX and AMSLaTeX + ************ + + *** how to install it + + *** how to integrate your local styles + + *** how to use scalable fonts + + *** how to integrate graphics + + *** how to process existing documents + + *** how to use the new features + + *** how to write extension packages + + Presentations by members of the LaTeX3 project team + Featuring Frank Mittelbach, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, + Chris Rowley, Alan Jeffrey (at least) + +*************************************************************** +Booking Form + +I wish to attend the UKTUG's LaTeX2e conference on March 21st--22nd: + +Name: +Organisation: +Address: + + +Telephone: +Email: +Please specify any special dietary requirements: +Specify any changes to standard 1-night accommodation[2]: +Indicate whether you require a copy of `The \LaTeX\ Companion'[3]: + + Payment enclosed[1,4,9] +or purchase order number[5] + Signed: + Date: + +Notes +[1] Payment for the conference, all meals (including a conference dinner), + refreshments and accommodation for the night of Monday, March 21st, + will be \pounds89 for members of UKTUG (or other \TeX\ user groups) + and \pounds120 for non-members. +[2] Additional night's accommodation (bed and breakfast) can + be included at a cost of \pounds20 per night. + Indicate which additional nights you require + (if any). If you do not require accommodation for the night + of Monday, March 21st, deduct \pounds20 and note this. +[3] `The \LaTeX\ Companion', by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, + has recently been published by Addison Wesley. It is the main source of + documentation about \LaTeX2e. We hope to have this book + available to delegates at a discount from its normal price of + \pounds26.95. Please indicate whether you wish to take advantage of + this offer, which is available only to those attending + the conference. +[4] Sterling cheques should be made payable to `Warwick University'. +[5] A Purchase Order, with an order number, is an acceptable alternative + method of payment, but will attract a \pounds15 surcharge on the + amount due. +[6] If your cost is outside the range \pounds69--175, recalculate. +[7] Return the completed form to arrive by Tuesday March 1st, 1994. + We cannot guarantee enrollment after that date. If you are unable to + return the form by then, but are definitely coming, contact + the local organiser by email, telephone, fax or mail to secure a place. + For contact details, see below. +[8] If your requirements are not met by the options offered, + contact the local organizer. +[9] Note that VAT is not chargeable. +[10] A proper LaTeX-able version of the booking form is available from + the local organizer. + +Meeting duration +Conference registration will commence at 1000 on Monday 21st; +coffee will be available from 1030; the sessions will start at 1115. +The sessions will end at 1700 on Tuesday 22nd. + +Travel to Warwick University +There is an Inter-City rail service to Coventry, but from some +locations it may be easier to travel to Birmingham initially. + +Journey depart arrive +Euston to Coventry 0810 0920 + 0840 0950 + 0910 1025 +Manchester to Coventry 0718 0929 + 0818 1027 +Bristol (TM) to B'ham 0714 0854 Trains from Birmingham to Coventry + 0830 0954 are frequent and fast (journey time +Newcastle to B'ham 0640 0951 of 20--30 minutes, departing +York to B'ham 0742 0951 every 10 or 15 minutes). + +There will be a shuttle bus service running between 1000 and 1030 for delegates +arriving at Coventry Railway Station. The shuttle bus will also be available +on the 22nd to take delegates back to the station. + +A taxi from the station to the University costs about \pounds4. +Alternatively, buses (notably the X10, X12, 12 and 12A) run from +just outside the station to the University, taking about 15 minutes. +It is a de-regulated service and as such impossible to guess the +fare from day to day. It is usually about 50p. The 12 and 12A services +are `correct fare only', but no-one (except the driver) knows what +the correct fare is. + +The University is easily accessible by car, and +may be reached from the M1, M40, M42, M45, M6 and M69. +There is ample parking for private vehicles on campus. + +Birmingham airport is about 12 minutes from Coventry by +rail and is connected by a frequent and fast service. + +Payment Address +Please return the completed booking form, together +with your payment, to arrive before Tuesday March 1st, 1994, to: + +Malcolm Clark (lxii) +Computing Services Tel: 0203 523365 +University of Warwick Fax: 0203 523267 +Coventry CV4 7AL Email: m.clark@uk.ac.warwick (Janet) +UK m.clark@warwick.ac.uk (Internet) + + Enrol by March 1st, 1994 + + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) + or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V94 #01 + +\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + 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) + + One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) + sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to **Nottingham** + (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + Distribution currently being arranged; see announcement in later + issues of UKTeX. + + Also available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + JANET: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section POSTAGE RATES + Quarter-inch cartridges: + UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. + +\section POSTAL ADDRESSES + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + JANET: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + JANET: David.Osborne@uk.ac.nottingham + 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 + JANET: UKTuG-Enquiries@uk.ac.tex.ftp + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 5] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.06 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.06 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..37f179e09e --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.06 @@ -0,0 +1,583 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #06 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 18:21:29 +0000 +Message-ID: <313.760904489@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Thursday, 10 Feb 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 06 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: postscript fonts + Font substitution in dvips + {Announcements}: + web2c 6.1 et al. available + Re: web2c 6.1 et al. available + LaTeX2e version of artikel?, rapport?, boek TEST version available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: 07 Feb 1994 09:13:45 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: postscript fonts + +%>From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +%> +%>in practice, why not just preview the PostScript with ghostview under +%>Windows + +Isn't life too short? + +Also, this is a very buggy program. It often says it is unable to open drive +e umlaut, a grave or something of the kind. + +Mike + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 14:15:01 +0000 +From: john@maths.glasgow.ac.uk +Subject: Font substitution in dvips + +I have a problem with fonts such as lcircle10 and lcirclew10 using dvips +under DOS because of the usual 8 character filename restriction. + +I have a font.sub file which allows me to access these fonts using, say, +the emtex previewer and printer driver, but there does not appear to be an +analogous file that dvips uses. (I have tried inserting lines into +psfonts.map---the file that serves this purpose for Postscript fonts---but +this seems to make no difference). Can anybody help? + +John Nimmo + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 13:42:59 -0500 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: web2c 6.1 et al. available + +I've released version 6.1 of web2c, a port of the basic TeX +project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix, +and my modified drivers (dvipsk and xdvik). + +You can get everything by ftp from: + + (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{lib,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz + +Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites (please try them first): + + (Texas) ftp.shsu.edu + (England) ftp.tex.ac.uk + (Germany) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de + +See the ftp retrieval instructions below for precise details. + +A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me (I'm sure +there will be plenty). If you want support, or if you cannot ftp, I +suggest contacting unixtex@u.washington.edu. + +There are no changes to the web files (that will be version 7.0); +web-6.1.tar.gz is only different in the name of its top-level directory. + +kb@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +lib is a collection of the basic tfm, tex, mf, and bibtex files + (in my opinion). Only change from 6.0 is to add the raw tfm's for Utopia. + +web2c: +* foo.bar found before foo.tex (found before foo). +* configure links sun.c to sun-sunview.c if SUNWIN is defined. +* -DLONG_64_BITS is supplied automatically (if appropriate). +* Various changes for configure --srcdir. +* Sample MakeTeX* scripts included. + +dvipsk: +* Don't complain if scaled fonts are close enough. +* Document -pp. + +There are no particular xdvik changes; just keeping up with the kpathsea +fixes. + +[FTP.nwc: 02 FEB 1994 + + The most up-to-date copy of this file is available on ftp.cs.umb.edu + (158.121.104.33) in pub/tex/FTP.nwc. + + If the info below does not match up with what you find on the archives, + please let us know. Thanks! -- unixtex@u.washington.edu.] + +========================================================================= + TeX programs are user-supported: join the TeX Users Group (TUG) + and support the development of these programs. + For membership information, send mail to + tug@tug.org. +========================================================================= + + + FTP INSTRUCTIONS + +Most people who get in touch with the Unix TeX distribution at the Univ. +of Washington are aiming to install plain TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, plain +Metafont, a previewer that will work under the X windowing system, and a +PostScript device driver. While the ftp sites listed below have just +about everything useful for users of TeX on a variety of operating +systems, our retrieval instructions -- intended solely for users with +machines running Unix -- are limited to the programs mentioned above. + +The three ftp sites mentioned below are part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN). + + CTAN is the result of cooperative work among members of TUG, + DANTE [German-speaking TeX Users Group], and UKTUG [U.K. TeX + Users Group], under the leadership of George Greenwade, Chair + for TUG's Technical Working Group on TeX Archive Guidelines. + + Special thanks to George Greenwade for establishing the CTAN site + at Sam Houston State University (US); to Rainer Schoepf, Barbara Burr, + and members of DANTE for the CTAN site at the University of Stuttgart + (FRG); and to Sebastian Rahtz for the CTAN site at Aston University (UK). + These archives mirror each other meticulously. + +Please use the host nearest you: + + Host Internet address TeX root dir + ---- ---------------- ------------ + ftp.shsu.edu 192.92.115.10 tex-archive + ftp.tex.ac.uk 134.151.44.19 tex-archive + ftp.dante.de 128.69.1.12 tex-archive + +Users of ftp.tex.ac.uk or ftp.dante.de will be able to retrieve +the same tex-archive files, but site-specific files (i.e., the two +mentioned in the next paragraph) may be named differently. + +Upon logging on (to ftp.shsu.edu), retrieve and read + + README.archive-features and + README.site-commands + +to learn how to use the archive efficiently. + +We assume that you will have read these documents and will be able to +use the information in them to make retrieval more convenient for yourself. + + For example, by reading these files, you will learn that you will be + able to retrieve foo.tar.gz even if the file does not exist, because + the ftpd allows archiving and compressing files on the fly. + +In our instructions, the mode of compression used during retrieval is +gzip. All files ending in .gz are gzipped. + +We encourage you to retrieve and install GNU's gunzip utility, part of +the gzip package. Set "binary" by typing "bi" at your ftp prompt, and +retrieve the file + + ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip/gzip-<version>.tar + +It does a better job of compression than standard Unix compress; and it +is (as far as is known) patent-free. It is illegal to use Unix compress +for software on the net, because it infringes on a software patent. + + To inform yourself about the new software monopolies + in the U.S., send mail to the + League for Programming Freedom: + lpf@uunet.uu.net + + +For a basic set of input files and fonts: +- ---------------------------------------- + + ftp> cd tex-archive/systems/web2c + ftp> bi [for binary retrieval] + ftp> get lib.tar.gz + + This file contains a small collection of fonts (TFM files only), + (La)TeX macros, MF macros, and BibTeX files, enough to get + started. The AMS fonts and macros are included. + + It unpacks into a directory named `texmf', which you will want in + your equivalent of /usr/local/lib -- whatever you defined as your + $(datadir) in the Makefiles. + + The organization of the archive was debated at great length. We hope + it will be useful. If you don't like our organization, you should + move the files around as you see fit, not forgetting to redefine the + search paths and installation directories. The Makefiles, + kpathsea/HIER, kpathsea/paths.h.in, and web2c/README (``Directory + hierarchies'') have more tidbits of information. + + We advise unpacking this and deciding on your directory structure + *before* doing the compilations. + + +For web2c: +- --------- + + Special thanks here to Karl Berry, Unix System Coordinator for TUG. + He improves/develops/maintains web2c, modes.mf, dvipsk, and xdvik + (and other things not mentioned in this file). He also maintains + pub/tex on ftp.cs.umb.edu, which is the originating location for all + the files above and below. + + [still in tex-archive/systems/web2c] + + ftp> get web.tar.gz [Knuth's WEB sources for TeX, MF, & family: + unpacks into ./web2c-<version>] + + ftp> get web2c.tar.gz [WEB-to-C source: + unpacks into ./web2c-<version>] + + It is important to retrieve and unpack both web.tar.gz and web2c.tar.gz. + They unbundle into a single directory called ./web2c-<version>. + + The web2c software converts the WEB source files (in which TeX, + Metafont, & family are written) to C source. The input and font + files are needed to dump the format and base files required to run + plain TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont. + + + +For an X window system previewer (xdvik) +- ------------------------------- + and PostScript device driver (dvipsk): + ------------------------------------- + + ftp> cd ../../dviware/xdvik + ftp> get xdvik.tar.gz + [unpacks into ./xdvik-<version>] + + ftp> cd ../dvipsk + ftp> get dvipsk.tar.gz + [unpacks into dvipsk-<version>] + + ftp> cd ../../fonts/cm/pk + ftp> get pk300.zip + [Basic set of bitmapped fonts generated by Metafont + using the CanonCX mode_def for write-black 300dpi devices. + + If using the web2c default search paths, + place this set of Computer Modern bitmapped fonts + in $(fontdir)/public/cm/pk/cx. + + These pk fonts are not strictly necessary; + dvips and xdvi can be used with a script called + `MakeTeXPK' to generate needed bitmapped fonts. + Use $(fontdir)/tmp/pk/cx as the temporary destination + directory for newly-generated 300dpi write-black fonts. + + The zip/unzip package is in + ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip.] + + ftp> get pk300w.zip + [Bitmapped fonts generated using the + RicohFourZeroEightZero mode_def; + pk300w (write-white) fonts are better with xdvi + at lower magnifications. + + If using the web2c default search paths, + place these in $(fontdir)/public/cm/pk/ricoh. + + If using MakeTeXPK to generate 300dpi write-white fonts, + use $(fontdir)/tmp/pk/ricoh as the temporary destination + directory for newly-generated 300dpi write-white fonts.] + + ftp> quit [end ftp session] + +We believe this covers the retrieval of the essential files. + +Each of the three packages -- web2c, xdvik, dvipsk -- contains its own +installation instructions. If you have never set up these programs before, +compile web2c first (that is to say, the material in both web.tar.gz and +web2c.tar.gz, unpacked); begin by reading ./web2c-<version>/web2c/README +and ./web2c-<version>/web2c/INSTALL. Remember to set up your texmf +directory hierarchy before embarking on your compilation (see "For a +basic set of input files and fonts" above). + +All installation processes require careful attention to detail, and knowledge +of your system. "Make haste slowly", and you improve your chances of success. + + +How to make web2c, dvipsk, and xdvik in a single make: +- ----------------------------------------------------- +[Thanks to Martyn Johnson, Pierre MacKay, Jon Peatfield, and Andreas Schott + for their notes.] + +These three programs are not packaged together, because the latter two +are updated fairly frequently. But (thanks to Karl's work), the programs +can be made in a single make: + + Extract the three archives so that the following directories + are parallel to each other: + + ./dvipsk-<version> + ./web2c-<version> + ./xdvik-<version> + + Next: + + mv dvipsk-<version>/dvipsk web2c-<version> + + mv xdvik-<version>/xdvik web2c-<version> + + ./web2c-<version> should now contain four subdirectories: + dvipsk, kpathsea, web2c, and xdvik. + +The files remaining in ./dvipsk-<version> and ./xdvik-<version> +are identical in all three archives. If you wish, you can now +remove ./dvipsk-<version> and ./xdvik-<version>. If you wish to +retain the names and versions of the programs, you can create the +following symbolic links: + + ln -s web2c-<version> dvipsk-<version> + + ln -s web2c-<version> xdvik-<version> + +Be sure to read web2c-<version>/README, web2c-<version>/web2c/INSTALL, +web2c-<version>/dvipsk/INSTALL, and web2c-<version>/xdvik/INSTALL. + +Make sure that you have completed the instructions in the section above +called "For a basic set of input files and fonts". + +You are now ready to begin configuring and building the programs. + + + +Network users interested in TeX software will find much that is useful in +the following FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) documents on rtfm.mit.edu +(18.70.0.209) in ~pub/usenet/comp.text.tex: + + T,_L,_e.:_F_A_Q_w_A_[M] + (i.e., TeX, LaTeX, etc.: FAQ with Answers [Monthly]) + +There is also a supplement to the FAQ containing FTP locations; it's in +the same place on rtfm.mit.edu. + +A beautifully done index of macros for TeX and LaTeX is available on +theory.lcs.mit.edu (18.52.0.92) in ~/pub/tex/TeX-index. + +These files are all included in ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/src.tar.gz. + +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +If you are concerned about connect-time, search or retrieval problems, +or require help in building and installing the basic TeX/LaTeX and +Metafont programs on your machines, you may wish to consider ordering +a distribution tape from us (address below). + +A distribution fee in the area of $210 for domestic U.S. sites covers +the expenses of putting together and maintaining the tape distribution, +equipment, and of providing information and installation-support +services. The University of Washington does not subsidize the Unix TeX +distribution and requires it to be self-sustaining. + +E-mail queries concerning the distribution tape should be sent to: + + unixtex@u.washington.edu + +otherwise to: + + mackay@cs.washington.edu (Dr. Pierre A. MacKay). + +******************************************************************** +ALL services of the Unix TeX distribution are funded by tape orders. + Please do not be shy about asking us for information. + +Northwest Computing Support Center Email: unixtex@u.washington.edu +University of Washington, DR-10 Phone: 206 543-6259 M-F 8a-12n +Seattle WA 98195 USA +******************************************************************** + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 05 Feb 1994 14:37:15 +0100 +From: Gerhard Wilhelms <Wilhelms@uni-augsburg.de> +Subject: Re: web2c 6.1 et al. available + +Karl Berry writes: +> Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites (please try them first): +> +> (Texas) ftp.shsu.edu +> (England) ftp.tex.ac.uk +> (Germany) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de + +The German CTAN site is now ftp.dante.de which is dedicated to TeX +and Metafont only. You could get everything from Stuttgart but you +have to share this FTP site with other users. + +Regards, + + Gerhard Wilhelms + University of Augsburg (Germany) + Department of Mathematics - Computer Science + Universitaetsstrasse 2 + D-86159 Augsburg Phone : +49 +821/598-2116 + Internet: Wilhelms@Uni-Augsburg.DE Fax : 598-2200 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 11:23:30 +0100 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: LaTeX2e version of artikel?, rapport?, boek TEST version available + + Hi, + + The NTG document styles artikel?, rapport? and boek have been + upgraded to document classes for LaTeX2e. + + A test version is available from LISTSERV@nic.surfnet.nl and + from CTAN in the directory + tex-archive/macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/ntgclass + (Note: today only on ftp.dante.de, within 24 hours also on the + other CTAN hosts) + + The distribution currently contains 3 files, ntgclass.dtx (the + source), ntgclass.ins (docstrip program to unpack) and + ntgclass.tex (some documentation). + + When you find any bugs, please reporet them to me. + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@tex.ac.uk + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V94 #01 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. + +\section POSTAL ADDRESSES + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 6] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.07 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.07 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0ab96c0998 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.07 @@ -0,0 +1,378 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #07 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 18:10:06 +0000 +Message-ID: <2472.761595006@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Feb 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 07 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: postscript fonts + Type 1 PostScript fonts + LaTeX2e and packages/classes + {Announcements}: + LaTeX2e -- Second Test Release Available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 19:55:04 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: postscript fonts + +Mike Piff writes: + > %>in practice, why not just preview the PostScript with ghostview under + > %>Windows + > + > Isn't life too short? + > + > Also, this is a very buggy program. It often says it is unable to open drive + > e umlaut, a grave or something of the kind. + +how anyone can call GhostScript `very buggy' is beyond me. I use it +many times a day, and it is the most reliable PS interprete I possess. + +if you find ghostscript too slow, buy a faster computer! its *your* +time that costs real money; its a false economy scraping by with +low-end computers running DOS. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 08:52:21 +0000 +From: dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk (Dean Ayres) +Subject: Type 1 PostScript fonts + +I'm using TeX and dvips with GhostScript to print. The ghostscript fonts +aren't of good enough quality. Printing TeX output with the supplied +ghostscript fonts is like asking Monet to paint on newspaper :-( + +Can anyone recommend a (reasonably cheap?) supplier of Type 1 hinted +fonts? Addresses/telephone numbers welcome. + +Dean Ayres + +------------------------------ + +Date: 11 Feb 1994 12:28:08 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + +I should draw your attention to the fact that Joachim Schrod has been made +the moderator for the CTAN archive as far as LaTeX styles are concerned. It +is his avowed intention to *reject* any new style files that do not also +behave as LaTeX2e packages/classes. Thus the intention is to *force* +contributors to conform to LaTeX2e standards, despite the limitations of the +new system and the possibility that it might be superceded in a couple of +years time. + +The compatibility mode of LaTeX is thus only being supported nominally. You +have lost your freedom to continue using and enhancing this mode. + +I think this is a serious issue for LaTeX, and one that must be addressed +publicly. + +Mike Piff + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 19:33:53 +0100 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: LaTeX2e -- Second Test Release Available + + + LaTeX2e -- Second Test Release Available + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + 14 February 1994 + + +The second test release of LaTeX is now available. Notes about this +release are at the end of this announcement. The first release +revealed a few serious bugs and several other areas which need +attention. Many people reported that documents and style files had +been processed by the new system without serious problems; this +includes one very important test -- the original text of `The LaTeX +Manual'! We can also report that this release has been tested with +all the files in the LaTeX 2.09 test suite and produces only +predictable differences in the output. + + +First, here is the original announcement +- ---------------------------------------- + +LaTeX2e is the new standard version of LaTeX -- prepared and supported +by the LaTeX3 project team. It is upwardly compatible with LaTeX 2.09 +documents, but contains new features. + +Over the years many extensions of LaTeX have been developed. This is, +of course, a welcome development, since it shows that the LaTeX system +is in a healthy state. It has, however, had one unfortunate +consequence: there are now several incompatible systems, in the sense +of format (.fmt) files, all claiming to be LaTeX. Therefore, in order +to process documents coming from various places, a site maintainer +needs to provide several format files: LaTeX (with and without NFSS), +SLiTeX, AmSLaTeX, and so on. In addition, when looking at a source +file it is not always clear for which format the document was written. + +LaTeX2e puts an end to this unsatisfactory situation -- it will give +access to all such extensions based on a single format and thus end +the proliferation of mutually incompatible dialects of LaTeX 2.09. + +It uses an enhanced version (NFSS2) of the New Font Selection Scheme. +Files such as amstex.sty (formerly the AmSLaTeX format) or slides.sty +(formerly the SLiTeX format) will become extension packages, all +working with this single format. + +The introduction of this new version will also make it possible to add +a small number of often-requested features (such as extended versions +of \newcommand). + +To summarize: + + * Standardisation: a single format incorporating NFSS2, to replace + the present multiplicity of incompatible formats -- + NFSS, lfonts, pslfonts, etc. + +* Maintenance: a standardised system supported by a reliable + maintenance policy. + + +LaTeX2e adheres, as far as possible, to the following principles: + + * Unmodified version 2.09 document files can be processed with + LaTeX2e. + + * All new features of LaTeX2e conform to the conventions of version + 2.09, making it as easy as possible for current users to learn to + use them. + +LaTeX2e is described in a new edition of `LaTeX: A Document Preparation +System' by Leslie Lamport (to appear during 1994) and `The LaTeX +Companion' by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, both published by +Addison-Wesley. + +LaTeX2e will be distributed twice a year. This distribution is a +preliminary test release, and doesn't contain all of the files that +will be part of the full release. In particular, it does not contain +the planned extensions in the area of graphics inclusion. + +The first full release will be available in Spring 1994. + +This is a test release, so please get it and test it on as many +different systems as possible! + + +Getting the second test release +- ------------------------------- +LaTeX2e can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex2e/core + + +Bug reports +- ----------- +Please report any problems with LaTeX2e by using the report-generating +program latexbug.tex, included in the LaTeX2e distribution. Error +reports should be sent to the following e-mail address: + + latex-bugs@rus.uni-stuttgart.de + + +Help for style/package/class file maintainers +- --------------------------------------------- +We shall be producing a short document summarising the changes that +may be needed in order to turn a style file for old LaTeX into a class +or package file. To get the latest information on this subject or to +report problems, please send a message to the following address: + + bugs@minnie.ZDV.Uni-Mainz.de + +Please ensure that it starts with the following line *exactly*: + +>Category: latex-class-writing + +If you want a prompt and useful reply, please make your message as +short and precise as possible. + + +Notes on the second test release +- -------------------------------- + +- -- Only the straightforward bugs and the serious bugs found in the + first release have been fixed; other problems are still being + worked on. Some of the reports uncovered features of the original + LaTeX which some consider to be bugs; whether these should be + `fixed' is not always clear. + +- -- There are thus several areas, including things arising from bug + reports, on which we are still working. + +- -- The details of the distribution, unpacking etc are still under + development. + +- -- The details of the typography in the standard classes is not + finalised. + +- -- The precise functionality of the compatibility mode is not fixed. + +- -- Still no graphics package! + +Warning +- ------- +If you have installed the first release then you must remove it +completely and start again. This is because there are many small +differences, including new file names, and because the installation +procedure now behaves differently. + + +For the LaTeX3 Project +- ---------------------- +Johannes Braams +David Carlisle +Alan Jeffrey +Frank Mittelbach +Chris Rowley +Rainer Sch\"opf + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY + >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< + + *** Interactive and file transfer access *** + JANET: + uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091) + Username: public, Password: public + Internet: + tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For telnet access, login: public, password: public + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + + *** Mail server *** + Send mail to TeXserver@tex.ac.uk + with message body containing the word HELP + +\section FILES OF INTEREST + + [tex-archive]00readme.txt + [tex-archive]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) + [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) + +\section DIGESTS + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93] + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93] + Latest TeXhax: V94 #01 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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. 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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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 7] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.08 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.08 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..117446c762 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.08 @@ -0,0 +1,512 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #08 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 14:25:24 +0000 +Message-ID: <524.762186324@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 25 Feb 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 08 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + TeX for Windows + Re: Type 1 PostScript fonts + Re: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + Re: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + Re: postscript fonts + Rotating too wide for a4 portrait table into landscape + TeX memory limitations + PostScript virtual fonts + What is AUCTeX? + Postscript versions of LaTeX line and Circle fonts. + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 21:54:49 +0000 +From: Peter J Knaggs <vac9u045@computer-science.paisley.ac.uk> +Subject: TeX for Windows + +Here we go again, + +I have been quit happy using EmTeX for some time. Unfortunatly I have +now been forced into using Windows. As a resault I am no longer able +to use EmTeX, as the emx system that underpins EmTeX does not understand +how to use DPMI. Can anybody offer any advice on this problem? + +It should be noted that I am using Windows-NT at home, and Win32 in +the office. + +- -- +Peter J Knaggs Computing & Information Systems, University of Paisley, +pjk@cs.paisley.ac.uk High Street, Paisley, Scotland. +44 (0)41-848-3545 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 15:10:41 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Type 1 PostScript fonts + + > I'm using TeX and dvips with GhostScript to print. The ghostscript fonts + > aren't of good enough quality. Printing TeX output with the supplied + > ghostscript fonts is like asking Monet to paint on newspaper :-( + > + > Can anyone recommend a (reasonably cheap?) supplier of Type 1 hinted + > fonts? Addresses/telephone numbers welcome. + +three answers + a) buy a copy of ATM for Windows or Mac (free with many programs, and + OS/2). this gives you Times, Helvetica and Courier Type1 sources + b) use free fonts. Charter, Utopia, Nimbus etc. or the CM fonts - all + available in Type1 hinted format in the public domain (the + Paradissa collection) + c) whats expensive? how many do you need? you could buy all of + Lucida Bright, for instance for a few hundred pounds, which isnt + much in the circumstances. +I'd buy good quality fonts from the big names like Adobe or Monotype, +and just skip a few trips to the seaside to pay for them. + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 15:10:41 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + + > From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> + > Subject: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + > + > I should draw your attention to the fact that Joachim Schrod has been made + > the moderator for the CTAN archive as far as LaTeX styles are concerned. It + > is his avowed intention to *reject* any new style files that do not also + > behave as LaTeX2e packages/classes. Thus the intention is to *force* + > contributors to conform to LaTeX2e standards, despite the limitations of the + > new system and the possibility that it might be superceded in a couple of + > years time. + > + > The compatibility mode of LaTeX is thus only being supported nominally. You + > have lost your freedom to continue using and enhancing this mode. + +I dont know where to start with this hysterical outburst. Lets begin +by getting it straight what Joachim Schrod has agreed to do in CTAN: +we decided we wanted it clear which packages and classes were fully +documented, tested, and maintained, as opposed to being donated `as +is'. We have therefore split the contrib/ area for LaTeX2e into +`supported' and `other'. To make it quite clear for *users* of this +stuff, Joachim will issue guidelines for what it means to be +`supported'. Since this is contributed software for *LaTeX2e*, he +will naturally expect it to conform to 2e standards. I regard this as +being entirely reasonable and beyond dispute. + +Next, let's also get it clear that + + - LaTeX 209 style files will be accepted in CTAN in almost any + foreseeable future, and stored in the latex209 area + - packages/class which people wish to place in the public domain for 2e, but + do not wish to support or document to the standards, will simply + be placed in a different area from the `supported' one under 2e. + +Thirdly, lets look at CTAN policy (not formally stated, i admit), +which is that the author dictates what goes in the archive, and how +its arranged below our classification point. When LaTeX2e came out, I +asked the developers how they wanted it stored in CTAN, and after much +discussion, the scheme you see as macros/latex2e was decided on. I was +very pleased to see the establishment of a `moderated' area for +contributions, and very grateful to someone of Joachim's acuity for +looking after it. I was equally pleased to see the `other' area, which +could contain whatever authors wanted to place in the public domain. + + > I think this is a serious issue for LaTeX, and one that must be addressed + > publicly. + +I am always puzzled by people who think that LaTeX is a basic human +right. Its there because Lamport wrote it, and lets you use it for +nothing. Now he has allowed a team led by Frank Mittelbach to maintain +and enhance it, and gives his full blessing to LaTeX2e, which he will +describe in the forthcoming new edition of his book. I, and many many +other people, welcome LaTeX2e, and want to use it, and write public +domain packages/classes for it. + +When it comes down to it, LaTeX, and CTAN, and its contents, are +developed and maintained by voluntary effort for whoever wants to use +them. THEY DONT HAVE ANY WARRANTY! YOU HAVE NO FORMAL RIGHTS! + +So: write your own macro package; start your own archive; start an area +on CTAN of `rebel' packages; find funding to allow Frank Mittelbach +and others to work full-time on LaTeX3; try to buy the rights to +the `LaTeX' name from Lamport etc, and do what you want with it. More +action, less words! + +Sebastian Rahtz +(this is a private answer, not checked by other CTAN or UK TeX +Archive maintainers) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 17:14:04 +0100 +From: Joachim Schrod <schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de> +Subject: Re: LaTeX2e and packages/classes + +> Date: 11 Feb 1994 12:28:08 +> From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +> Subject: LaTeX2e and packages/classes +> +> I should draw your attention to the fact that Joachim Schrod has been made +> the moderator for the CTAN archive as far as LaTeX styles are concerned. + +This is not true. + +FYI: There are plans to make the CTAN area +macros/latex2e/contrib/supported/ moderated. As the name latex2e +implies already, this area is concerned with distributions for +LaTeX2e, not for 2.09-only stuff. (Of course, if packages work with +LaTeX2e _and_ with 2.09, it's even better.) + Most probably, I will be the moderator of this area. There will +be guidelines for submissions that concern the structure (not the +content) of any distribution unit (aka bundle) in this area. To +prevent false expectations: there are no plans for reviewing +submissions, like in comp.sources.reviewed -- we're more interested +to check a minimum level of completeness for a bundle, like in +comp.sources.misc. + +> It +> is his avowed intention to *reject* any new style files that do not also +> behave as LaTeX2e packages/classes. + +That's true, indeed. Of course, contributions to LaTeX2e should work +with LaTeX2e; I consider that an oxymoron. In LaTeX2e there is no +such thing as a style file, by the way. LaTeX 2.09 style files are +found in the CTAN area macros/latex/contrib/. + +Please note, that there's also the unmoderated +macros/latex2e/contrib/other/ CTAN area for further contributions to +LaTeX2e. As always, CTAN should be regarded as the definitive place +for TeX software; your distribution point of choice. + +> I think this is a serious issue for LaTeX + +I think so as well. I hope that a moderated area for LaTeX2e packages +and classes will raise the level of quality you can expect to get. I +hope that we're providing an enhanced service for the TeX user +community at large, eventually. Of course, if assessments will show +that this is not the case, decisions will have to be discussed again. + +Cheers, + Joachim + +PS: I would like to thank Klaus Guntermann who pointed out Mike Piff's + mail to me -- I've stopped wasting my time by reading his tirades + about those who try to work for the TeX community. + +Joachim Schrod Email: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de +Computer Science Department +Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 20:54:12 +0000 +From: Bob Margolis <R.J.Margolis@open.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: postscript fonts + +Far be it for me to disagree with Sebastian (but I'm going to). The marginal +cost of my time (to my institution) is ZERO. This may be +unpalatable/unsatisfactory and/or unThatcherite, but it is still true. + +However, faster machines cost money - real money- and to fail to understand thi +s +is false accounting too. + +Pace - I too find Ghostscript essentially bug free and I DO run a `slow' DOS +machine (albeit I have exclusive use of it which I wouldn't have with a `real +person's' machine. + +Bob M + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 10:55:37 +0000 +From: "John M. Simmie, University College, Galway, Ireland" <John.Simmie@UCG.IE> +Subject: Rotating too wide for a4 portrait table into landscape + +Is there a way of rotating just a table(s) into landscape within an +A4 portrait document --- via LaTeX? + +The table may occupy the whole page so we can workaround by printing +twice over but this is not desirable ... + +John Simmie + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 11:41:00 +0000 +From: QLTV41@upvax.ulst.ac.uk +Subject: TeX memory limitations + +I am using TeX to generate music output and am hitting a memory problem. Up +to about 2/3rds of a page of output things work fine, but when attempting +to do a full page, I crash out. + +I have looked at all the obvious system parameters, and the failure occurs +even when running under 'SYSTEM'. + +Can you help at all? + +The log file follows: + +************************************************ + +This is TeX, Vax/VMS Version 2.9 (preloaded format=plain 88.3.12) 23 FEB 1994 +11:24 +**music +($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]MUSIC.TEX;18 ($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]MUSICNFT.TEX;1 +Version 4.98 -- August 3rd, 1993) ($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]MUSICTEX.TEX;1 +Version 4.98 -- October 2nd, 1993) ($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]MUSICVBM.TEX;1 +\s@lopenum=\count94 +\the@pitch=\count95 +\b@eamlength=\dimen124 +) +($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]MUSICTRP.TEX;1) ($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]ZMACROS.TEX;1) +($1$DIA2:[QLTV.MUSIC]HEADER.TEX;1) +********** Shillinavogy ******************************************************* +bar 1 bar 2 bar 3 bar 4 bar 5 bar 6 bar 7 bar 8 bar 9 bar 10 bar 11 bar 12 +bar 13 bar 14 bar 15 bar 16 bar 17 +********** Gan Ainm *********************************************************** +bar 1 bar 2 bar 3 bar 4 bar 5 bar 6 bar 7 bar 8 bar 9 bar 10 bar 11 bar 12 +bar 13 bar 14 bar 15 bar 16 bar 17 bar 18 +********** Gan Ainm *********************************************************** +bar 1 bar 2 bar 3 bar 4 bar 5 bar 6 bar 7 bar 8 bar 9 bar 10 bar 11 bar 12 +bar 13 bar 14 +********** Gan Ainm *********************************************************** +bar 1 bar 2 bar 3 bar 4 bar 5 bar 6 bar 7 bar 8 bar 9 bar 10 +! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=65501]. +<recently read> } + +\h@dslur ...\ch@box =\hbox {\slurnorfont \char 31} + \ifdim \wd \ch@box >\y@v \... +<argument> ...@width {\hss \hdslur {1.4\qn@width } + \hss } +\xcharnote ...}\pl@base \raise \y@i \hbox to #1{#3 + \hss } +\alt@suite ->\relax \Xdfl {i{}} + \getn@i {i{}} +\xgetn@i ...n@iletter {#1}\else \getn@inonlet {#1} + \fi \global \n@raise =\z@ +\qu@z #1->\getn@i {#1} + \def \n@fon {\qu }\def \n@sym {\q@u }\g@qu +l.153 ...}{k}{m}{k}\rolls\Zlbb{l}{i}\rolls\Zud{<i} + \enotes +If you really absolutely need more capacity, +you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. + +No pages of output. + +********************************************************** + +Thanks for your time, + +Bernie Stocks + +Bernard Stocks Phones: +Computing Officer 0232 249670 +University of Ulster at Belfast 0232 365131 Ex 3277 +York Street Fax: +Belfast BT15 1ED 0232 321048 + +QLTV41@UK.AC.ULSTER.UPVAX B.Stocks@UK.AC.ULSTER : + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:11:32 +0000 +From: A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city +Subject: PostScript virtual fonts + +I'm interested in using Garamond with LaTeX. I see that the Archive +holds virtual font files for garamond under fonts/postscript +(pgm*.vf) + +At the UKTUG meeting on 19/1/94, we were told (and shown) how +different foundry's versions of the same typeface have large variations +[William Sharman's talk with reference to (incidentally) garamond]. +So my question is which foundary's version of Garamond was used +as the basis of the virtual font files in the Archive? + +The archive has the following pgm* files. Is the following interpretation +of the Karl Berry naming scheme right in this case? + +pgmb - garamond bold +pgmbi - garamond bold italic +pgml - garamond light +pgmlc - garamond light small caps +pgmli - garamond light italic +pgmlo - garamond light oblique + +AFL + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 13:02:21 +0000 +From: Nigel Chapman <N.Chapman@uk.ac.ucl.cs> +Subject: What is AUCTeX? + +I have seen people referring to this, and can gather that it's an emacs +mode for editing tex (or is it latex only?) source. Can someone tell +me, though, exactly what it offers? All the stuff in the archive is +gzipped and I don't want to get it all and unzip it only to find it's +not worth it. + +Two subjective questions I'd like opinions on: + +is AUCTeX (am I even spelling it right?) worth learning to use emacs +for (to a nearly 15years vi user)? + +is it the sort of thing that might make life easy for novice (student) +latex users? + +Thanks for any info & apologies for my ignorance. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 10:30:41 +0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: Postscript versions of LaTeX line and Circle fonts. + +I have received a letter asking if copies of Postscript versions of the +LaTeX Line and Circle fonts are available. + +1. Are they? +2. 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Unfortunatly I have + > now been forced into using Windows. As a resault I am no longer able + > to use EmTeX, as the emx system that underpins EmTeX does not understand + > how to use DPMI. Can anybody offer any advice on this problem? + +yes, check out CTAN:systems/msdos/dpmigcc, where you'll find a +replacement for emx which works with dpmi + + > It should be noted that I am using Windows-NT at home, and Win32 in + > the office. + +show off + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 12:02:10 +0100 +From: Michal Kubecek <KUBECEK@novell.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> +Subject: Re: TeX for Windows + +> I have been quit happy using EmTeX for some time. Unfortunatly I have +> now been forced into using Windows. As a resault I am no longer able +> to use EmTeX, as the emx system that underpins EmTeX does not understand +> how to use DPMI. Can anybody offer any advice on this problem? + + You can use emTeX under MS Windows. The only programs that cannot run + under Windows are TEX386.EXE and MF386.EXE. If you are using a version + for another processor (TEX.EXE, TEX186.EXE, TEX286.EXE or -- if you work + with large texts -- BIGTEX.EXE), you can run emTeX under Windows. + Of course, the compilation would be slower (as everything is under + Windows). + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 19:27:11 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Rotating too wide for a4 portrait table into landscape + +John Simmie writes + > Is there a way of rotating just a table(s) into landscape within an + > A4 portrait document --- via LaTeX? + +i'd recommend my `rotating' package which has this functionality + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 19:27:11 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: TeX memory limitations + +Bernie Stocks writes + > ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=65501]. + +you need a bigger TeX! no more, no less. if its under your control, +recompile it. if its not ... what TeX are you using? + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 19:27:11 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: PostScript virtual fonts + +A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city writes + > holds virtual font files for garamond under fonts/postscript + > (pgm*.vf) +................... + > So my question is which foundary's version of Garamond was used + > as the basis of the virtual font files in the Archive? + +they are Adobe Garamond + + > The archive has the following pgm* files. Is the following interpretation + > of the Karl Berry naming scheme right in this case? + +yes + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 19:27:11 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Postscript versions of LaTeX line and Circle fonts. + +Peter Abbott writes + > I have received a letter asking if copies of Postscript versions of the + > LaTeX Line and Circle fonts are available. + > + > 1. Are they? 2. If so are they Public Domain (I seem to remember + > TeXtures having postscript versions of fonts). + +yes; yes and no. you can buy them from Y&Y or Blue Sky, but there are +also the Paradissa versions in the public domain by Basil Malyshev. +they are good type1 fonts, but expert opinion suggests they are not as +perfect as the Blue Sky ones. for the line and circle fonts you +probably don't mind. on CTAN these fonts are in fonts/cm/ps-type1. + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 08:44:24 +0000 +From: uclkahg <uclkahg@ucl.ac.uk> +Subject: when is a .pfb file not a .pfb file? + +A while ago you were kind enough to offer to help with my PostScript +problems. $200 for Yannis Haralambous' ScholarTex package bought me the +fonts but no installation instructions ... + +I've made some progress. A recent hint on comp.text.tex alerted me to the +fact that PostScript (unlike DOS) is very fussy about upper-lower case. +Having changed the font name reference in psfonts.map from Ygrepla to +YgrePla (!), the LJ4 will now actually *print* the font it was already +downloading. HOWEVER ... + +It still hasn't got the information it needs to position the Greek accents +and breathings over their vowels; they are just strung out as separate +characters. It clearly needs, as far as I can make out from the dvips +manual (all that ptmr, rptmr stuff isn't exactly easy) a .vf file. + +But --- and I already knew this was a problem --- although I can generate +.tfm and .vpl files perfectly successfully with afm2tfm, for some reason the +program called vptovf whose job it is to make a .vf file simply won't work; +it flashes a continuous string of error messages about `character in line 1 +not in parentheses', and has to be put out of its misery with ^C. + +Yannis (who `knows nothing about DOS') generated his fonts with some kind of +Apple program. Are there different kinds of .pfb program, and have I got +the wrong kind? + +Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. + +Alan + + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + ~ Alan Griffiths `When two men are fighting, and the wife ~ + ~ Department of Greek & Latin of one of them puts out her hand and ~ + ~ University College London catches hold of the other man's genitals, ~ + ~ Gower Street you shall cut off her hand, and show her ~ + ~ London WC1E 6BT no mercy' ~ + ~ ~ + ~ e-mail: uclkahg@ucl.ac.uk Deuteronomy 25:11f ~ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 11:12:39 +0000 +From: uclkahg <uclkahg@ucl.ac.uk> +Subject: when is a .pfb file not a .pfb file? + +Further to my earlier message (and when I say earlier I *mean* earlier -- I +accidentally got up at 5.50 this morning, which may account for my talking +about .pfb's when I meant .afm's) ... + +I just may be a bit further along. + +In some kind of inspired desperation I actually let vptovf continue with its +frenzied error messages. After a minute and a half (on a 486-33) it +stopped, apparently having done its job. You mean programs are SUPPOSED to +behave like that??? I transferred the .vf and .tfm files as instructed by +Rokicki. This time, I thought, it might really work. + +And indeed the printed output is different. But it's still not right. The +accents and breathings now appear more convincing, but instead of being +situated over their proper letters they sit smugly over an extra vowel of +their own -- a Greek lc upsilon, in each case. And final sigmas still don't +appear as such. + +So the `virtual font' stuff still isn't working properly. Please God, don't +tell me I have to go into Re-Encoding ... + +Alan + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 10:29:24 +From: F.E.Burstall@maths.bath.ac.uk +Subject: Cork encoding... + +Dear All, + +I am sure that this must have the status of an FAQ but I have not +really found an answer yet so here goes: + +1. Why do I need Cork encoding? (I am not being rhetorical +here--this is just a naive question about how will it improve the +quality of my life.) + +2. What must I do to install it? For instance, must I replace +zillions of CM fonts, what must I put in psfonts.map so that dvips +handles postscript fonts with this encoding (and must I run afm2tfm +over all the postscript afms again...) + +Any help from the experts or pointers to other sources of info +gratefully received. + +Many thanks--Fran + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 16:52:34 +0000 +From: Dr RM Damerell <uhah208@pluto.ulcc.ac.uk> +Subject: Previewers (Was: Postscript fonts) + +In UKTEX 94#04, Sebastian Rahtz writes: + + > if you find ghostscript too slow, buy a faster computer! its *your* + > time that costs real money; its a false economy scraping by with + > low-end computers running DOS. + +No doubt it is a false economy, but every university in the UK has +been forced to practice false economies for at least the last 10 +years. We currently run the suntools previewer dvipage on a sun 3/60 +with these results: + +startup: 7 secs +goto page N: 1 sec +display: about 5/6 of an A4 page, easily legible down to 5 points. + +I was urged to try ghostscript/view; we dont have it so I tried on +somebody else's machine, a Sparc LX10 which is much faster. (Tex on +that machine went at least 15 times as fast as on the 3/60). +Ghostview on the LX10 was definitely slower than dvipage on the 3/60, +and even 12-point type was difficult to read. I know you can zoom, but +then you can only see a small part of the page. + +dvipage is not perfect: it only works on a Sun and it cannot handle +embedded graphics. Even with these defects, I think that it is much +better than any other previewer I have seen. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 17:07:30 +0000 +From: Jon Crowcroft <J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk> +Subject: yet another dvi previewer + +source of a handcrafted C language translation of the pascal +dvitty program for dvi previewing, is avaialble on: +cs.ucl.ac.uk +in +darpa/dviv.tar.Z + +its about 95% ok... + +anyone can take and modify...(i know someone else has done this, +but...i didn't when i did it:-) + +j. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 14:00:31 +0000 +From: Chris Rowley <C.A.Rowley@open.ac.uk> +Subject: Final announcement: UKTUG LaTeX2e Conference, Warwick, March 20--21 + +Book your place NOW for... + + ************************************************************ + The Conference :LaTeX2e: The Conference + ************************************************************ + * STOP PRESS: if you have already booked...GREAT--- * + * ---pass this on to someone else NOW--- * + * * + * if not, this is your LAST CHANCE--- * + * ---no need to pay NOW, but we do need to * + * know that you are comimg! * + ************************************************************ + + ******************************************** + Announcing the New Standard version of LaTeX + ******************************************** + +You've read the hype, you've ordered the book--- + --- haven't you? --- + ---now here's the chance to discover the real thing! + +For authors, publishers, support persons, ..., everyone--- + ---two days to discover what LaTeX2e can do for you + +All the New Features of LaTeX2e--- + The New Standard Version of LaTeX + ---Incorporating SliTeX and AMSLaTeX + ************ + + *** how to install it + + *** how to integrate your local styles + + *** how to use scalable fonts + + *** how to integrate graphics + + *** how to process existing documents + + *** how to use the new features + + *** how to write extension packages + + Presentations by members of the LaTeX3 project team--- + ---featuring Frank Mittelbach, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, + Sebastian Rahtz, Chris Rowley, Alan Jeffrey, Michel Goossens + +*************************************************************** +Booking Form + +I wish to attend the UKTUG's LaTeX2e conference on March 21st--22nd: + +Name: +Organisation: +Address: + + +Telephone: +Email: + +Please specify any special dietary requirements: +Specify any changes to standard 1-night accommodation[2]: +Indicate whether you require a copy of `The \LaTeX\ Companion'[3]: + + Payment enclosed[1,4,9] +or purchase order number[5] + + Signed: + Date: + +Notes +[1] Payment for the conference, all meals (including a conference dinner), + refreshments and accommodation for the night of Monday, March 21st, + will be \pounds89 for members of UKTUG (or other \TeX\ user groups) + and \pounds120 for non-members. +[2] Additional nights' accommodation (bed and breakfast) can + be included at a cost of \pounds20 per night. + Indicate which additional nights you require + (if any). 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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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 9] +*************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.10 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.10 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1674220eb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.10 @@ -0,0 +1,259 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #10 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 15:58:12 +0000 +Message-ID: <3298.763401492@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 11 Mar 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 10 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: when is a .pfb file not a .pfb file? + Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + Re: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + Float minor style + Query via FAX from Poland + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 20:02:44 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: when is a .pfb file not a .pfb file? + +> $200 for Yannis Haralambous' ScholarTex package bought me the +> fonts but no installation instructions ... + +put pressure on him + + > But --- and I already knew this was a problem --- although I can generate + > .tfm and .vpl files perfectly successfully with afm2tfm, for some reason the + > program called vptovf whose job it is to make a .vf file simply won't work; + > it flashes a continuous string of error messages about `character in line 1 + > not in parentheses', and has to be put out of its misery with ^C. + +you are doing something seriously wrong. what does the .vpl file you +are trying to convert look like? sounds as if you are working on +a binary file + + > And indeed the printed output is different. But it's still not right. The + > accents and breathings now appear more convincing, but instead of being + > situated over their proper letters they sit smugly over an extra vowel of + > their own -- a Greek lc upsilon, in each case. And final sigmas still don't + > appear as such. + > + > So the `virtual font' stuff still isn't working properly. Please God, don't + > tell me I have to go into Re-Encoding ... + +its impossible to say, withoit seeing your fonts , what happening. you +*must* press Yannis, if you paid him money, otherwise you'll end up +paying someone else to fix his problems. + +are you simply after Greek? there are plenty of other good Greek +fonts. i can help with Monotype Porson Greek if you need. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 14:34:40 +0000 +From: dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk (Dean Ayres) +Subject: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + +I've just purchased a copy of Apple Adobe Type Manager for the Mac, +with the aim of using the fonts with PSNFSS/ghostscript on a Sun. + +Unfortunately, they are in a Binary format. Is it possible to convert +them to the standard ASCII PFA format? + +Regards, + +Dean Ayres + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 13:14:54 +0000 +From: dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk (Dean Ayres) +Subject: Re: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + +I asked how to convert Macintosh format PostScript fonts (as supplied with +Adobe Type Manager) to pfa or pfb format for use in a TeX system. + +Sebastian Rahtz replied; +> ghostscript and dvips read binary pfb files ok; you just need to convert out +of +> Mac rubbish. check out t1tools somewhere on CTAN for various +> conversion tools. + +I looked in t1tools and also t1utils (both on CTAN). They convert between +pfa, pfb and ascii font formats, but don't 'convert out the Mac rubbish.' +Has anyone else had any luck with this? + +Dean Ayres + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1994 11:11:14 +0000 +From: David Lindsey <d.c.lindsey@aberdeen.ac.uk> +Subject: Float minor style + +The LaTeX Companion, section: 6.2, describes a minor style: 'float' by Anselm +Lingnau which provides facilities helping one cope with the rather wayward +behaviour of LaTeX floats. + +Can anyone tell me how to get hold of a copy of this? I've searched the +/pub/archive/macros hierarchy, not exhaustively but exhaustedly nonetheless. + + +David Lindsey (d.c.lindsey@abdn.ac.uk) +Aberdeen University Computing Centre + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 15:25:23 +0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: Query via FAX from Poland + + +Dear Colleague + +While brousing through Acorn Education Directory I found information which +indicates that you can name TeX on Archimedes. Because the main part of my +scientific output is written in TeX, LaTeX or AMSTeX I am familiar with +these programmes, but it would be nice if can copy with TeX on Archimedes +5000 computer I bought and and which stands at my home. If you see any +possibility to help me I will be delighted. If yes please write at address +above. + +Sincerely yours + +Rafal Kolodziej +Uniwersytet Warszawski +Email RAFALO@mimuw.edu.pl + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #01 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 10] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.11 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.11 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2343205c9f --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.11 @@ -0,0 +1,509 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #11 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 16:48:34 +0000 +Message-ID: <14507.764009314@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Mar 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 11 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + Re: Float minor style + Re: Query via FAX from Poland + BibTeX Problems + MusicTeX and OzTeX 1.6 + Re: Mac Type1 font to .pfb/.pfa format + FAX query on filters + + {Announcements}: + EuroTeX '94 + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 16:36:32 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts + +Dean Ayres writes: + + > I asked how to convert Macintosh format PostScript fonts (as supplied with + > Adobe Type Manager) to pfa or pfb format for use in a TeX system. + > + > Sebastian Rahtz replied; + > > ghostscript and dvips read binary pfb files ok; you just need to convert o +ut + > of + > > Mac rubbish. check out t1tools somewhere on CTAN for various + > > conversion tools. + > + > I looked in t1tools and also t1utils (both on CTAN). They convert between + > pfa, pfb and ascii font formats, but don't 'convert out the Mac rubbish.' + +t1utils/unpost is what i was thinking of. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 16:36:32 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Float minor style + +David Lindsey writes: + + > The LaTeX Companion, section: 6.2, describes a minor style: 'float' + > by Anselm Lingnau which provides facilities helping one cope with + > the rather wayward behaviour of LaTeX floats. + > + > Can anyone tell me how to get hold of a copy of this? I've searched the + > /pub/archive/macros hierarchy, not exhaustively but exhaustedly nonetheless. + +try harder. macros/latex/contrib/misc/float.doc + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 16:36:32 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Query via FAX from Poland + +Peter Abbott says: + + > scientific output is written in TeX, LaTeX or AMSTeX I am familiar with + > these programmes, but it would be nice if can copy with TeX on Archimedes + > 5000 computer I bought and and which stands at my home. If you see any + > possibility to help me I will be delighted. If yes please write at address + +there is an Archiedes TeX in the CTAN archives. how you transmit it to +Poland I am not sure + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 14:50:42 -0500 +From: nandu@cs.clemson.edu +Subject: BibTeX Problems + +Help!! I have two problems with bibtex. + +(1) I have built up a bibliographic database in BibTeX format. +Recently, BibTeX has started complaining that "exceeded string quota +4000". I have no clue what that means and would greatly appreciate if +someone could explain the cause and suggest a cure. + +(2) I would like to sort the references (using the plain style) and +in addition, would like to cluster references by year. For Example, I +would like something of this sort.... + +[???] Author1,.... \ + - all references of a particular year, +[????] Author 2,..... / references in alphabetical order + +[???] Author1,.... \ + - all references of a higher year, +[????] Author 2,..... / references in alphabetical order + +and so on. Is there a style file that I could use and is available +publicly? I would greatly appreciate answers to the above questions. + +Nandakumar Sankaran (nandu@cs.clemson.edu) (nsankar@hubcap.clemson.edu) +311-8 Old Greenville Hwy. Clemson SC 29631-1651 (803)653-7749 +G34 Jordan Hall Comp. Sci. Dept. Clemson Univ. SC 29634 (803)656-6979 + +There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in vaccum + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 21:20:52 +0000 +From: bayliss@tdc.dircon.co.uk (Euan Bayliss) +Subject: MusicTeX and OzTeX 1.6 + +Hi all - I am baffled!!!! + +I've got the files that make up MusicTeX and have uncompressed the file +which I received as a .tar.Z file - so I have all the files - but no +directory structure!!! + +So - has anyone out there set up and used this configuration and can they +offer me any tips. + +Yours bewildered but hopeful, + +Euan + + bayliss@tdc.dircon.co.uk aka Euan Bayliss......... + 1 Northstead Road, Tulse Hill, LONDON, England SW2 3JN + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 16:59:47 +0100 +From: Petr Sojka <sojka@daeron.ics.muni.cz> +Subject: Re: Mac Type1 font to .pfb/.pfa format + +: Subject: Re: Macintosh format PostScript Fonts +: +: I asked how to convert Macintosh format PostScript fonts (as supplied with +: Adobe Type Manager) to pfa or pfb format for use in a TeX system. +: +: Sebastian Rahtz replied; +: > ghostscript and dvips read binary pfb files ok; you just need to convert ou +t +: of +: > Mac rubbish. check out t1tools somewhere on CTAN for various +: > conversion tools. +: +: I looked in t1tools and also t1utils (both on CTAN). They convert between +: pfa, pfb and ascii font formats, but don't 'convert out the Mac rubbish.' +: Has anyone else had any luck with this? + +I went succesfully from Mac type1 font to PC/Un*x format +following instructions in : + + Subject: comp.fonts FAQ.3.MSDOS-information + Archive-name: fonts-faq/part4 + Subject: Chapter 3.5 + + Subject: 3.5. Converting Macintosh Type1 fonts to MS-DOS format + + Converting Macintosh Type1 fonts into PC Type1 fonts can be done + using purely free/shareware tools. I've outlined the procedure + below. Make sure you read the ``readme'' files that accompany many + fonts. Some font authors specifically deny permission to do + cross-platform conversions. + +In short, you have to StuffIt on Mac, +use unsiti on PC and then apply 2-3 public domain/shareware +utilities by norm walsh. + +Hope helps +Petr <sojka@muni.cz> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 08:47:34 +0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: FAX query on filters + +Following on our telephone conversation, I would be interested in obtaining +a filter for latex to Framemaker 4. The latter is usually in the format +call MIF format, or Maker Interchange Format. The filter exists for Unix +based systems, and presumably it is somehow and somewhere available for DOS +PC based systems and software. Any indications you could give would be +appreciated. + +The primary direction of tranlslation would be from latex to MIF (or Frame) +format. The reverse direction could be useful on occasion.) + +Yours sincerely + +Richard B Brinton + +Woods End Research Laboratory +UK Office +P O Box 79 +Stroud +Gloucestershire +GL5 3PU + +tel: 0453 763299 +fax: 0453 751473 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 19:40:00 +0000 +From: EuroTeX%Halina.Univ.Gda.Pl@tex.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94 + + +============================================================================ +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX +============================================================================ + +Is North America too far / too expensive / too alien a culture? +Then come to EuroTeX '94, _the_ TeX conference of the year. +EuroTeX will take place at Sobieszewo on an idyllic island off +the coast of Gdansk in Poland. The conference will run from Monday +September 26th to Friday September 30th, and the _maximum_ cost +(based on two persons sharing) will not exceed $260-00 / sterling +175-00 / DM 450-00. Those arriving early on Monday will be able +to take part in a guided tour of the old town of Gdansk, whilst +Tuesday to Thursday will be packed with talks and tutorials on TeX +and related topics. + +All delegates will be accommodated in a single building, and for +the whole week will be cut off from civilisation: no +distractions, no need to leave the island: everything will be +provided. For those unable to sustain the pace, quiet meditative +walks along the shore searching for amber will provide the ideal +opportunity for therapeutic meditation. + +Papers are solicited _now_, and early registration for the +conference is advised: with its Central European location and +idyllic setting, the conference is expected to attract many +delegates. If you are even _thinking_ of coming, then you are +urged to return the form below: we will then add you to the +mailing list and keep you posted about any changes in the +schedule. Please note the following deadlines: + +Abstracts for papers: no later than 1 May 1994; +Final papers: 15th August 1994; + +Provisional registration: 1 June 1994 (no charge for cancellation); +Confirmed registration: 1 September 199 (cancellation charged at 50%); +Late registration: 15th September 1994 (no cancellation possible); + +Bursaries: as with the combined EuroTeX/TUG meeting at Aston last year, +it is hoped to be able to offer financial assistance to delegates who +would otherwise be unable to attend; of course, we cannot be sure at +this stage that sponsors will be as generous as they were last year, +but intending delegates who will need assistance in order to be able to +attend should indicate in the space provided the _minimum_ bursary +which would allow them to be able to attend, and should give clear +reasons why they are applying. All applications will be treated in the +strictest confidence. Delegates who are in no need of a bursary and +who are able to assist others less fortunate are urged to pledge a +donation in the space provided. + +Tutorials and Courses: It is intended to offer both tutorials (which +will take place during the week of the conference proper), and courses +(which will take place during the week following the conference); +proposed topics include book design and LaTeX-2e, but no firm decisions +have yet been taken on topics, durations or costs. Further details +concerning this area will be circulated as soon as they are known, and +space has been provided on the provisional registration form (below) in +which both to indicate an interest in tutorials/courses and to suggest +possible topics. + + +- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +To the Conference Organisers, EuroTeX '94: +C/o W{\l}odek Bzyl, Department of Mathematics, University of Gdansk, Poland + E-mail: Wlodek Bzyl (Mathematics) <EuroTeX@Halina.Univ.Gda.Pl> + +Yes, I hope to attend EuroTeX '94! Please add my name and address to +your mailing list and keep me posted of developments. + +Name: _____________________________________________________________________ + +Address: __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + +E-mail: __________________________________________________________________ + +Phone: __________________________________________________________________ + +Fax: __________________________________________________________________ + + +[Please either complete (where appropriate) or strike through / delete + each of the following sections] + + +[1: proposed paper] + +I would like to present a paper entitled __________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +Expected duration including questions (max: 1 1/2 hours) __________________ + + + +[2: Special needs] + +I have no special dietary needs / am a vegetarian / am a vegan / have + +other dietary needs: ______________________________________________________ + + + +I am fully mobile / need assistance with __________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + + + +I would like to share a room with _________________________________________ + +(or) I would prefer a single room + + + +[3: Bursary scheme] + +I am able to cover my own conference expenses / am willing to donate ______ + +to the Bursary fund / would like to apply for not less than _______________ + +from the Bursary fund for the following reasons: __________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + + + + +[4: Tutorials/courses] + +(Note: `Tutorials' are usually of one day or less; `courses' are + usually of one day or more. Although no firm decisions have been + taken at this stage, it is possible that tutorials will be free of + charge whilst courses will be charged for. Every effort will be made + to ensure that even charged-for courses are affordable and in line + with local currency values.) + +I would be interested in attending a tutorial or course on one or more + +of the following subjects: _________________________________________________ + +____________________________________________________________________________ + +____________________________________________________________________________ + + +============================================================================ +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX +============================================================================ + + + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 11] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.12 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.12 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2b2c45b1a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.12 @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #12 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 15:17:30 +0000 +Message-ID: <724.764608650@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 25 Mar 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 12 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + TeX for OpenVMS AXP? + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 15:13:12 +0000 +From: John C Miller <ctsu@ox.ac.uk> +Subject: TeX for OpenVMS AXP? + +Peter; + can you advise me about availability of the TeX software on a VMS +Alpha machine (DEC 3000 model 800) and if available, how to get a copy and +any tools/packages etc required to make it work. (The VAX/VMS version you +supplied a few years back works very well!) + +Thanks, + +John C. Miller, Clinical Trials Service Unit, Oxford University, UK + ctsu@black.ox.ac.uk Tel +44-865-251937 FAX +44-865-58817 + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 12] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.13 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.13 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4fa001daae --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.13 @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #13 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 17:03:04 +0100 +Message-ID: <586.765129784@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Thursday, 31 Mar 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 13 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: TeX for OpenVMS AXP? + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 17:55:41 +0100 +From: KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE +Subject: Re: TeX for OpenVMS AXP? + +You can find a very fine distribution of VMS executables both for VAX and +AXP on the CTAN archive (ftp.tex.ac.uk) in tex-archive/systems/vms. The +files are archived and packed with the new ZIP which preserves VMS +attributes. + +The programmes come with full source and stand the canonical tests (there +was an older AXP TeX which didn't, this one you can easily recognise by the +huge size of the executable, 10 000+ blocks). + +Enjoy TeXing on the Alpha, + +Yours, J"org Knappen. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 13] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.14 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.14 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..118b1c6fb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.14 @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #14 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 17:51:31 +0100 +Message-ID: <8585.765823891@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 8 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 14 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Archive News}: + UK TeX Archive now back online + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 17:49:24 +0100 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.nott.ac.uk> +Subject: UK TeX Archive now back online + +There have been problems with accessing both of the machines holding +the UK TeX Archive in the last couple of weeks. First, the original +archive machine, tex.ac.uk, went down when a vital part of its innards +failed; this took engineers some time to diagnose. That machine runs +the primary DNS nameserver for the domain tex.ac.uk, so after a week, +the cached data in the secondary nameservers was timed out, resulting +in the name for the Sun archive, ftp.tex.ac.uk, to be unknown and +therefore inaccessible unless you happened to know its IP address +(134.151.79.32). + +Happily, the VAX was resurrected and all should now be functioning normally. +We've got a transition strategy for moving to the situation where the +Sun becomes *the* archive machine and will announce changes here as +they take place. However, you should even now consider the Sun to be +holding the latest, definitive copies of TeX software, as it's part of +the CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network), which aims to automatically +update a set of archive machines with identical, up-to-date files. +For details of the other CTAN machines, see the footer of this digest. + +~~David Osborne + (UK TeX Archive Group) + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 14] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..29bc8064ca --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.15 @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #15 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 18:06:38 +0100 +Message-ID: <22797.766429598@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 15 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 15 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + TEX for PDP11 + + {Announcements}: + CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:58:29 -0305 +From: olympiad%earn.irearn@earn-relay.ac.uk +Subject: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + +HELP + How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running + the VMS operating system ? Please help me. + + Best regards, + H. Dehghani + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:15:01 -0000 +From: P Taylor (Postmaster) <P.Taylor@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: HELP installing TeX on VAX/VMS? + +>> How can I install TeX software on VAX computer running +>> the VMS operating system ? Please help me. + +I have recently completed bootstrapping a complete TeX installation for VAX/VMS +using the most recent sources and think it is now sufficiently stable to allow +me to place a backup saveset in the CTAN archives. This should solve most of +your needs, but if you use PostScript you will need to bootstrap one of the +public domain DVI/PS systems as I use a proprietary (Arbortext) one which I am +not at liberty to distribute. + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:56:23 +0000 +From: ejw@atmospheric-physics.oxford.ac.uk +Subject: TEX for PDP11 + +Is there available a distribution of TEX for the PDP11 to run under +RSX11M-PLUS also a DVI driver for the HP LASERJET-PLUS for same. I +would be gratefulfor any help you can give me. +Jim Williamson, Department of Atmospheric Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, +Oxford, OX1 3PU. Tel (0865) 272906. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 20:11:12 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: CD ROM of 4AllTeX (for Dos users) soon available + +[ UK TeX users will be able to purchase this disk from the UK TeX + Users Group for the equivalent of $35. It will be available in early + June, but prospective buys should give their names to Sebastian Rahtz + (spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk) now, if possible. This will allow the UKTUG to + purchase a large enough stock. +] + ======================================== + ==== Announcement: 4allTeX CD-ROM ==== + ======================================== + + +4TeX: a TeX Workbench for MS-DOS PC's +===================================== +TeX and all its companions offer an enormous amount of possibilities. +This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that +almost anything is possible. The disadvantage is that you need detailed +knowledge of all related programs to fully exploit the possibilities. + +4TeX is an attempt to integrate all major TeX related programs in a +shell that shields you from the tedious and frustrating job of setting +environment variables and program parameters. + +In 4TeX all functions are available through simple menus, so profound +knowledge of all underlying programs is no longer required. + + +4allTeX: the NTG distribution set +================================= +At the end of 1993 the NTG (the Dutch language oriented TeX user group) +released the package 4allTeX. It consists of a set of 31 diskettes, on +which the most important TeX and LaTeX related packages are assembled +in well structured modules. The set is especially interesting to MS-DOS +users it contains the complete 4TeX workbench. +Others will also find it valuable because of the `public domain' system +independent parts of it. This includes of course TeX and LaTeX files, +but also PostScript fonts. + + +4allTeX: the NTG CD-ROM +======================= +To simplify the distribution of 4allTeX, a CD-ROM will be released in June! +This CD-ROM should enable you to set up a 4TeX system with minimal effort. + +Amongst others, the CD-ROM will contain: +- - - - a fully installed 4TeX 3.10 workbench, ready for use; +- - - - the complete 4allTeX distribution set; +- - - - the MAPS (NTG's `Minutes & APpendiceS', articles on TeX related topics) + of recent years in PostScript format; +- - - - all TEX-NL en UK-TEX mailing list discussions of recent years; +- - - - extra documentation, such as: + . `The TeXbook' and `The Metafont book' in TeX code, + . TeX, LaTeX and Metafont introductions, + . very extensive bibliographies on miscellaneous TeX related topics + in BiBTeX format, + . indexes to TeX macros and to files on the Comprehensive TeX Archive + Network; +- - - - extra programs, such as: + . GNUplot, + . GhostScript, + . dvi utilities, + . PostScript utilities, + . Polish and Cyrillic fonts, + . WEB: literate programming. + +>> The CD-ROM will include the updated documentation on 4TeX <<, +an A5 sized booklet of approx. 120 pages, that explains how 4TeX works +in depth. + +>> The CD will be produced in a limited edition, and no reprint is +scheduled as yet <<. Therefore it is wise to make reservations. For users +in The Netherlands and Belgium this is done by sending e-mail to the NTG +secretary (P.O. Box 394, NL-1740 AJ Schagen, The Netherlands) or the NTG +board (cgl@risc1.rug.nl), specifying how many CD-ROMs you want. +Those who pay >>>> before April 15 <<<< (postgiro 1306238, t.n.v. +penningmeester NTG, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, specifying `CD-ROM' +and the desired number) have first rights. Members of UKTUG see the +head of this message. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 15] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b44eeaf846 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #16 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 15:09:46 +0100 +Message-ID: <5335.767023786@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 22 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 16 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + \newmathalphabet problem in LaTeX + Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + RE: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 11:29:00 +0000 +From: "C.FORDE@UK.AC.QUB.V2" <CCG0661@v2.qub.ac.uk> +Subject: \newmathalphabet problem in LaTeX + +Peter, + +We at QUB are presently running TEX 3.14b. We have run into a problem +with the lines: +\newmathalphabet*{\mtf}{cmr}{b}{n} +\newmathalphabet*{\mtt}{cmtt}{m}{n} +which originated from Lucerne,Geneva. + +Here is the error message. + +$ latex fja361b.tex +This is Northlake Convergent TeX, V3.14b-1 (preloaded format=lplain 92.4.8) +(_DUB2:[CCG0661]FJA361B.TEX;1 +LaTeX Version 2.09 <14 January 1991> +(PACKDISK4:[QUBPACK.TEX.TEX3_14B.][INPUTS]ARTICLE.STY;1 +Document Style `article' <16 Mar 88>. +(PACKDISK4:[QUBPACK.TEX.TEX3_14B.][INPUTS]ART12.STY;1)) +! Undefined control sequence. +l.34 \newmathalphabet + *{\mbf}{cmr}{b}{n} +? h +The control sequence at the end of the top line +of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have +misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct +spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, +and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. + +? + + +Here is the section of the file giving the error. + +%define math alphabets for roman, boldface and teletype +\newcommand{\mrm}[1]{\mathrm{#1}} +\newmathalphabet*{\mbf}{cmr}{b}{n} +\newmathalphabet*{\mtt}{cmtt}{m}{n} + +%program names +\newcommand{\Py}{\mbox{\sc Pythia}} +\newcommand{\Je}{\mbox{\sc Jetset}} +\newcommand{\PyJe}{\mbox{\sc Pythia/Jetset}} +\newcommand{\JePy}{\mbox{\sc Jetset/Pythia}} + +%some frequent physics symbols +\newcommand{\alphas}{\alpha_{\mrm{s}}} +\newcommand{\alphaem}{\alpha_{\mrm{em}}} +\newcommand{\ssintw}{\sin^2 \! \theta_W} +\newcommand{\scostw}{\cos^2 \! \theta_W} +\newcommand{\pT}{p_{\perp}} +\newcommand{\pTmin}{p_{\perp\mrm{min}}} +\newcommand{\br}[1]{\overline{#1}} + + +Perhaps there are files in the archive which we need to pull over? +I cannot trace the \newmathalphabet* command in our guides. + +Colin + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 13:55:45 +0200 +From: paulr@info.win.tue.nl +Subject: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + +Hello, + +I would like to submit a paper to a journal called "Formal aspects of +computing". They say I need files fac.sty and facguide.tex, to be found on +the Aston Tex archive at tex.ac.uk on JANET, in directory +[TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS]. +I successfully made an anonymous ftp connection from my site +(wsinis12.info.win.tue.nl) to tex.ac.uk. Then a cd to directory TEX-ARCHIVE +succeeded, however, there was no subdirectory LATEX. +There was a directory TEX, but it didn't have a subdir CONTRIB. + +Question: How can I get files fac.sty and facguide.tex? + +Kind regards, Paul Rambags. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 13:44:25 -0000 +From: P Taylor (Postmaster) <P.Taylor@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + +>> Question: How can I get files fac.sty and facguide.tex? + +FTP to your nearest CTAN site (e.g. ftp.tex.ac.uk); +cd CTAN: +cd macros/latex/contrib/fac + +get what you need. + + ** Phil. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 16] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.17 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.17 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..229db415ae --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.17 @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #17 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 17:01:01 +0100 +Message-ID: <19649.767635261@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 29 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 17 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Bibcard + Recommended ink-jet printers? + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 10:28:13 +0100 +From: Billy Wu <S.C.Wu@geography.hull.ac.uk> +Subject: Bibcard + +Hi, + +I'm not a system manager but I want to install 'bibcard'. consequently, +I've encountered problems. + +I altered BINDIR and MANDIR in makefile to fit my directories. I did +'make' and 'make install' as suggested in 'readme' file. I didn't change +HELPPATH though. To be hnoest, I don't know how yet. + +I've got 'bibcard' at last. I thought it's been done but it's not. When I +typed in some test data and tried to saved the file, it gives 'bus error'. +This might be the problem of bibcard itself, but can you fix it for me? + +BTW, this operation takes up a lot of memory. My computer is going to +complain about it again. What a life. + +Regards, + + Billy S. C. Wu + School of Geography & Earth Resources Fax: - 44 - 482 - 466340 + University of Hull Phone: - 44 - 482 - 466332 + Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. Janet: S.C.Wu@uk.ac.hull.geography + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 15:26:16 +0100 +From: Adrian F Clark <alien@essex.ac.uk> +Subject: Recommended ink-jet printers? + +I'm thinking of getting an ink-jet printer to fulfill the dual roles +of TeX output device and hard-copy device for printing images. The +printer will be attached to a PC running Linux. The currently +favoured candidates are the HP deskjet 560C (600x300 dpi) and the +Canon BJ600 (360 dpi). Does anyone have any experience in driving +either of these from Linux? Could I use the colour capabilities in my +(La-)TeX documents? + +Any useful information gratefully received. + +..Adrian + + Dr Adrian F Clark <alien@essex.ac.uk> + PHONE: (+44) 206-872432 (direct) FAX: (+44) 206-872900 + Dept ESE, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, C04 3SQ, UK. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 17] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.18 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.18 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b26ad3bc70 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.18 @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #18 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 16:35:59 +0100 +Message-ID: <19679.768238559@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 6 May 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 18 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Wish to download EMTEX for MS-DOS + TeX for VAX/VMS? + Raising awareness + integral sign + dvidvi + MetaPost + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 19:52:00 +0530 +From: CHANDAN@tifrvax.tifr.res.in +Subject: Wish to download EMTEX for MS-DOS + + We had earlier used EMTEX and were conversant with it. We lost +the files in a disk crash. We therefore need to get a copy of EMTEX +for MS-DOS. we are not experts in ftp, file down load, etc. +we know how to login via ftp. We accessed tex.ac.uk but +could not make out which files to down load for EMTeX. +Have you deleted EMTEX from your archives? We find that +(from your help file) EMTEX could be obtained on 3 1/2 disks. +But we prefer to down load here via ftp. Please let us +know if this is possible; how to do it and WHICH FILES +we should down load. In case, EMTEX is not availble, please +advise (even in that case) which files we should down load +so as to have a working TEX system. We have a POSTSCRIPT laser +printer and EPSON LQ2500. We would need drivers for these +(dvi2ps and dvi2eps) + +Thanking you, +yours sincerely +Chandan Mazumdar +(e-mail address: chandan@tifrvax.bitnet) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 01 May 1994 17:07:58 -0305 +From: olympiad@IREARN.EARN +Subject: TeX for VAX/VMS? + +How can I install TeX on VAX/VMS by tex-archive ? Please help me. + + Best regards, + H. Dehghani + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 10:35:00 +0100 +From: R."R." Allan Reese <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.computer-centre> +Subject: Raising awareness + +I have a letter published in The Daily Telegraph today on the +subject of character sets and computers. My letter of course +named TeX. The Editor has unfortunately balked at the logo, +or at a name he didn't know, and has substituted "a character +text system" - whatever that means. + +- -- +(R.) Allan Reese Janet: r.a.reese@uk.ac.hull.ucc +Head of Applications Direct voice: +44 482 465296 +Computer Centre Voice messages: +44 482 465685 +Hull University Fax: +44 482 466441 +Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 03 May 1994 09:47:06 -0000 +From: N Mooljee <nkm@castle.edinburgh.ac.uk> +Subject: integral sign + +Can anyone advise me how to alter size of the integral sign INDEPENDENTLY +of the integrand in TeX/LateX ? + +Naresh Mooljee + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 10:31:46 -0000 +From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk +Subject: dvidvi + +There is a copy of dvidvi in the file dvidvi.sit.hqx + +in + +pub/archive/systems/mac/dvidvi.sit.hqx + +I have tried it with OzTeX 1.6 and cannot make it work. There are no instructio +ns. + +has anyone used it and made it wirk? If so please can you assist. + +Thanks + +peter + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 15:53:02 +0000 +From: ZA9RA01 <W.Peel@manchester-metropolitan-university.ac.uk> +Subject: MetaPost + +Does anyone know if there is likely to be in the near future a public +domain "interpreter/compiler" under DOS or Unix for the MetaPost +programming language. I have retrieved a copy of the user's manual +from netlib@research.att.com and would like to try it out. + +Thanks + + Bill Peel + + Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, England + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #02 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 18] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.19 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.19 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b908f0a597 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.19 @@ -0,0 +1,317 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #19 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 18:18:00 +0100 +Message-ID: <11159.769367880@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Thursday, 19 May 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 19 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + bitmap files + Re: Wish to download EMTEX for MS-DOS + Re: TeX for VAX/VMS? + Re: MetaPost + Plain TeX footnote problem + UKTUG OzTeX distribution + PDP11 TEX + Location of shortvrb.sty + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 14:26:36 +0000 +From: Barry.John.Good@brunel.ac.uk (Barry John Good) +Subject: bitmap files + +I have a client who wants to import bitmap graphics files +into a LaTeX document on a PC and print it on an HP Laser Jet +III or IV. + +Is there a driver that will do it? If not, what do you suggest +he should do? + +Barry Good + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 17:14:02 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Wish to download EMTEX for MS-DOS + + > We had earlier used EMTEX and were conversant with it. We lost + > the files in a disk crash. We therefore need to get a copy of EMTEX + > for MS-DOS. we are not experts in ftp, file down load, etc. + > we know how to login via ftp. We accessed tex.ac.uk but + > could not make out which files to down load for EMTeX. + +the machine has changed. ftp to ftp.tex.ac.uk, and do + cd ctan: + cd systems/msdos/emtex +and then get all the files in the directories disk1-disk6 + +dvips (dvi2ps is obsolete) is in systems/msdos/drivers/dvips + +please come back to me with any problems + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 17:14:02 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: TeX for VAX/VMS? + + > How can I install TeX on VAX/VMS by tex-archive ? Please help me. + +you use anonymous ftp to ftp.tex.ac.uk, go to pub/archive/systems/vms +and get 00readme.vmstex to read + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 17:14:02 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: MetaPost + + > Does anyone know if there is likely to be in the near future a public + > domain "interpreter/compiler" under DOS or Unix for the MetaPost + > programming language. I have retrieved a copy of the user's manual + > from netlib@research.att.com and would like to try it out. + +MetaPost exists, Unix only at present. If you are nice to them, AT&T +will let you have a copy under a free license (for educational use and +not to pass on). Contact the author, John Hobby + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 12:12:13 +0100 +From: Stephen Miller <stephen@vax.oxford.ac.uk> +Subject: Plain TeX footnote problem + +I use Plain TeX (as it suits what I do...) and I have the following code for +doing footnotes: + +% +%Setup font for footnote numbers both in text and in footnotes +% +\font\footnotenumberfont=agarexpreg at 7pt + +% +%Remember: using here small cap figures not correct superscripted figures +% +% +%Raise footnote numbers 1.25 x-height +% +\def\superscript#1{\raise1.25ex\hbox{\footnotenumberfont#1}} + +% +%Setup roman font for footnote text +% +\font\footnotetext=agarreg at 8pt + +% +%Footnote macro +% +\def\fn#1{\global\advance\footnotenumber by 1 + \footnote{\superscript{{\/\the\footnotenumber}}}{\footnotetext#1}} + +This suits (for now) -- but I cannot figure how to alter the baselineskip. + +Any help appreciated. + +stephen + +Stephen Miller National Academic Typesetting Service +stephen.miller@oucs.ox.ac.uk +Oxford University Computing Services +13 Banbury Road, Oxford, UK. OX2 6NN +Tel +44 (0)865 273200 / 273266 (direct) / 273275 (fax) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 10 May 1994 21:18:00 -0000 +From: jack@cee.heriot-watt.ac.uk (Jack Campin) +Subject: UKTUG OzTeX distribution + +> 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. + +Would it be possible for this to be extended to include the AMS fonts? +It's a royal pain trying to build these for OzTeX (I still haven't worked +out how to do it for my environment) and they must be one of the first +extras most users would want. + +- -- Jack Campin -- Room 1.36, Department of Computing & Electrical Engineering, + Mountbatten Building, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS +TEL: 031 449 5111 ext 4195 HOME: 031 556 5272 FAX: 031 451 3431 +INTERNET: jack@cee.hw.ac.uk BITNET: via UKACRL BANG!net: via mcsun & uknet + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 13:28:10 +0000 +From: ejw@atm.ox.ac.uk +Subject: PDP11 TEX + +Is there available a distribution of Tex for the PDP11 runing under +RSX11M-PLUS. Also a DVI driver for same for HP Laserjet Plus. I +would be grateful for your help. +Jim Williamson, Department of Atmospheric Physics, Oxford University. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 15:17:47 +0000 +From: ZA9RA01 <W.Peel@manchester-metropolitan-university.ac.uk> +Subject: Location of shortvrb.sty + +Can anyone tell me where to find shortvrb.sty so that I can run the +file TEST.TEX through my test installation of LaTeX2e and the +LaTeX2e Colour and Graphics Packages. + +Thanks + + Bill Peel + +Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street + | Manchester M1 5GD + | England + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 19] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.20 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.20 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3a1d63e4a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.20 @@ -0,0 +1,287 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #20 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:22:31 +0100 +Message-ID: <29744.770059351@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 27 May 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 20 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: bitmap files + Re: UKTUG OzTeX distribution + Re: PDP11 TEX + Re: Location of shortvrb.sty + Migrating from MS Word and MathType to TeX? + {Announcements}: + UK TUG meeting on LaTeX fonts and graphics + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 15:29:46 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: bitmap files + + > I have a client who wants to import bitmap graphics files + > into a LaTeX document on a PC and print it on an HP Laser Jet + > III or IV. + +a) what format graphics files? +b) driving the LaserJet in native mode or with a PostScript cartridge? + +The normal emTeX HPLJ driver is very good, and supports inclusion of +.pcx and .bmp graphics formats. will that do? + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 15:29:46 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: UKTUG OzTeX distribution + + > Would it be possible for this to be extended to include the AMS fonts? + > It's a royal pain trying to build these for OzTeX (I still haven't worked + > out how to do it for my environment) and they must be one of the first + > extras most users would want. + +one could argue about the last statement, but point taken. the AMs +fonts in Mac format are in the archive (fonts/ams/macintosh), and we +will try and get them on the OzTeX disks. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 15:29:46 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: PDP11 TEX + + > Is there available a distribution of Tex for the PDP11 runing under + > RSX11M-PLUS. Also a DVI driver for same for HP Laserjet Plus. I + > would be grateful for your help. + +goodness gracious. I don't know of one. if you have a C compiler, try +starting to compile the web2c setup, but I dont suppose it would be +easy. how about giving the machine to the Ashmolean museum instead? + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 15:29:46 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Location of shortvrb.sty + + > Can anyone tell me where to find shortvrb.sty so that I can run the + > file TEST.TEX through my test installation of LaTeX2e and the + > LaTeX2e Colour and Graphics Packages. + +its part of the `doc' package in LaTeX2e. When you install things, it +should have been created + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 11:22:06 +0000 +From: PPENDER@VAX1.MAY.IE +Subject: Migrating from MS Word and MathType to TeX? + + +I have a user using MS Word and MathType but he now finds he must send his +submissions in TeX. Anybody got any ideas?? + +Thanks ........ Paddy + +Computer Centre User Support | If `It can't be done' +St. Patrick's College | had dismayed the world's +Maynooth | leaders, we would still +Co. Kildare | be living in the Stone +IRELAND | Age. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 11:27:39 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: UK TUG meeting on LaTeX fonts and graphics + + (This document is also available by WWW as + http://pelican.cl.cam.ac.uk/people/rf/july.html) + +LaTeX fonts and graphics: a hands-on tutorial + +Two of the most important new features of LaTeX 2e are its support for +fonts and graphics: no longer does LaTeX have to mean Computer Modern with +picture mode. In this intensive one-day course, two of the authors of +LaTeX 2e will provide a tutorial in LaTeX 2e's fonts and graphics. Topics +will include: + + Processing LaTeX 2e documents. + Selecting new fonts. + Installing new fonts. + Including graphics. + Using colour. + +The tutorial will be aimed at: + + Authors who wish to learn the new LaTeX document commands. + Designers who wish to write document classes or packages using fonts, + graphics and colour. + System administrators who wish to install and maintain the new LaTeX + features. + +The tutorial will include sessions hands-on at a keyboard, and each +attendee will have access to a Unix workstation. The cost includes +handouts, lunch and refreshments. + +The time, the place + + The time: July 11, 1994 + The place: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory + The tutors: David Carlisle and Alan Jeffrey of the LaTeX 3 project. + The cost: (to UK TUG members), 50 pounds, or 40 pounds if you book by + June 11. (60 and 50 pounds to non-members; 10 pounds surcharge for + generating a proforma invoice against an official order.) + +Booking arrangements + +For further details, please contact: + +By snail mail: + Jonathan Fine, 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3HY, UK +Electronically: + Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> + +Booking forms can also be acquired electronically via ftp at +ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk:/users/rf/july-book.ps.gz (this file was generated for a +300dpi printer). + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 20] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.21 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.21 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e4ed00191 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.21 @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #21 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 18:25:48 +0100 +Message-ID: <12040.770664348@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 3 Jun 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 21 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + test for duplex postscript printer output <--- latex + Incorporating PS files ??? + 600 dpi fonts + {Announcements}: + EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 14:52:27 -0000 +From: "John M. Simmie, University College, Galway, Ireland" + <John.Simmie@ucg.ie> +Subject: test for duplex postscript printer output <--- latex + +A duplex Postscript printer is not producing in my opinion proper twosided +LaTeX output (out both horizontally and vertically by noticeable amounts) +- --- our computer services people are reluctant to investigate +and/or change the settings --- Is there a standard by which one can test +whether a Postscript printer is properly set up? + +- --- we're using DVIPS (vax/vms) to process the DVI files +- --- perfectly superposable output results on a simplex Postscript printer + under our control (dos/PcTex/emtex) + +Regards, John + ------------------------------------------------- + Dr. John M. Simmie + Chemistry Department Roinn na Ceimice + University College Col=E1iste na hOllscoile + Galway Gaillimh + Ireland Eire + Fax: (+353)-91-25700 F=F3n:(+353)-91-50388 + ------------------------------------------------- + +------------------------------ + +Date: 31 May 1994 16:55:53 +0000 +From: pgs1002@esc.cam.ac.uk (Paul Sjoerdsma) +Subject: Incorporating PS files ??? + +I'm using latex on a Unix (Sparc) box and I need to include postscript +files. Currently I'm using \epsfbox{file.ps} to include them and that +works ok. But I like to use captions. This isn't possible, as far as I +know, with epsf. I tried: + +\begin{figure} +\epsfbox{file.ps} +\caption{Caption} +\end{figure} + +but in this case, the boundingbox wasn't changed, which means that the +figure was put at the place specified in the postscript file, instead +of being changed by the epsf package. I hope this makes sense to +somebody. Is there a way of including captions around postscript files +within latex??? + +Thanks, +Paul + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 21:24:00 -0700 +From: Karsten Strobek <okoks@pc.ibt.dk> +Subject: 600 dpi fonts + +I would like to create some 600dpi fonts, so I can get a better quality when +I use postscript with my HP 4M printer. +If anyone can tell me how to do this (with MF?), I would be most greatful. +TIA. + +Cheers, + +Karsten Strobek + +Institute of Economics Phone: +45 35 32 30 25 +University of Copenhagen Fax: +45 35 32 30 00 +Studiestraede 6 Internet: Okoks@pc.ibt.dk +DK-1455 Copenhagen K +Denmark + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 14:53:23 -0000 +From: EuroTeX-Papers@Cc.Uni.Torun.Pl +Subject: EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + + +============================================================================ +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX +============================================================================ + +Dear Colleague --- + +Are you thinking of coming to EuroTeX '94? If so, would you like to present +a paper? The themes of this year's EuroTeX conference are + + Principles; + Practice; + Progress; + POLAND! + +and papers are now urgently being sought. We are hoping to follow the +example set at Prague in 1992 and Aston in 1993, by making the proceedings +available actually at the conference, and in order for this to be feasible, +it is necessary to establish some fairly strict guidelines for submission. + +Abstracts are wanted _now_, and must be submitted no later than Friday +10th June; the committee will acknowledge receipt of all abstracts, and +will let authors know whether or not the paper is accepted by no later +than Friday 24th June. One clear month will then be allowed for preparation +of the full-text papers, which must therefore be submitted no later than +Friday 22nd July, and these papers will then be passed on to referees who +are knowledgeable in the chosen subject area: the referee and author then +have one further month in which to agree and produce a `best possible' version +of the paper. The final version of the paper must be submitted by Friday +20th August. + +Papers may be prepared in either Plain TeX or LaTeX, and a copy of `EuroTeX.Sty +' +will be sent to all who submit abstracts; this will be a direct derivative of +TUGproc.Sty, and authors wishing to make an early start on marking-up their tex +t +may safely base their work on the current release of TUGproc. In order to +ensure a uniform appearance in the Proceedings, authors are urged _not_ to make +changes to the default fonts, leading, etc. + +If you would like to present a paper, please complete the e-form below, +and return it to the Programme Committee, EuroTeX '94: + +C/o Jola Szelatynska, University of Torun, Poland + E-mail: Jola Szelatynska <EuroTeX-Papers@Cc.Uni.Torun.Pl> + +Yes, I hope to attend EuroTeX '94 and would like to propose the following +paper(s); please add my name and address to your mailing list and keep me +posted of developments. + +Name: _____________________________________________________________________ + +Address: __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + +E-mail: __________________________________________________________________ + +Phone: __________________________________________________________________ + +Fax: __________________________________________________________________ + + + +Title and brief abstract of paper: ________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +Expected duration including questions (max: 1 1/2 hours) __________________ + +(Please note that you may submit proposals for more than one paper; the + Programme Committee reserve the right to accept or reject individual papers, + and to accept papers but to reduce the time allowed from that requested). + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 21] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.22 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.22 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a9fd791b87 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.22 @@ -0,0 +1,475 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #22 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 12:47:45 +0100 +Message-ID: <29585.771248865@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 10 Jun 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 22 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + TTF + Chemical drawings in LateX? + Re: Incorporating PS files ??? + Re: 600 dpi fonts + re: 600 dpi fonts + Displayed equation with labelled alternatives + tex and latex + LaTeX questions + multiple input directories + + {Announcements}: + macros/latex* changes on CTAN + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 12:09:02 -0000 +From: Kieran Parsons <kieran@comms-research.bristol.ac.uk> +Subject: TTF + +Could you please send me details of subsciption and the services provided by +UKTeX. + +Whilst I'm mailing - has anybody produced a conversion program from TeX fonts to +Windows 3.1 Truetype fonts (or have any idea how to do it) ? + +Thanks + + Kieran + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 11:31:45 -0400 +From: AHMED TAHRAOUI <cbar72@vms.strathclyde.ac.uk> +Subject: Chemical drawings in LateX? + +I would be eternally grateful if you can help me getting the files.sty +which would allow me to make chemical drawings. I tried the public domaine +but was unable to get any information. I am very familiar with latex and +my whole thesis has been typed using latex but cannot submit it right now +as I failed to complete my chemical drawings. + +Thank you very very much for your help. + + Yours sincerely + +Tahraoui + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 13:22:18 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: Incorporating PS files ??? + + > I'm using latex on a Unix (Sparc) box and I need to include postscript + > files. Currently I'm using \epsfbox{file.ps} to include them and that + > works ok. But I like to use captions. This isn't possible, as far as I + > know, with epsf. I tried: + > + > \begin{figure} + > \epsfbox{file.ps} + > \caption{Caption} + > \end{figure} + > + > but in this case, the boundingbox wasn't changed, which means that the + > figure was put at the place specified in the postscript file, instead + > of being changed by the epsf package. I hope this makes sense to + > somebody. Is there a way of including captions around postscript files + > within latex??? + +what you describe should work perfectly. the figure should be +translated on the page to the point where you instery, not as it was +when it was created. I suggest you have very badly behaved PostScript. +what generated it? + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 13:22:18 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: 600 dpi fonts + + > I would like to create some 600dpi fonts, so I can get a better + > quality when I use postscript with my HP 4M printer. If anyone can + > tell me how to do this (with MF?), I would be most greatful. TIA. + +if you have a standard Unix (web2c) setup or emtex with mfjob, just +changing the resolution should build fonts on the fly. eg + dvips -D600 foo.dvi +should force the system to do whats needed + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 09:22:24 -0000 +From: SJ.Cahill@ulster.ac.uk +Subject: re: 600 dpi fonts + +I generated my own 600 dpi fonts some two years ago for use with an +IBM 4029 Postscript laser printer. So far they have been used to +produce CRC for two books. If you want to see what they look like, +get a copy of "Digital and Microprocess or Engineering", Ellis +Horwood/Simon & Shuster, 2nd Ed., 1993; or "C for the Mi croprocessor +Engineer", Prentice-Hall, 1994. If Karsten wants a zipped copy of the +.fli library files, then send me eight formatted (please) +high-density 31/4" discs plus sufficient return postage. I will also +enclude details on how they were generated using metafont, together +with the appropriate auxillary files. + +Cheers, Sid + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 13:25:53 -0000 +From: David.Handscomb@comlab.oxford.ac.uk +Subject: Displayed equation with labelled alternatives + +Can anyone suggest an elegant way of setting displayed equations +like the following (in LaTeX or, failing that, in TeX)? + + / <expression_1> <condition_1> (<label_1>) + | + <l_h_s> = < + | + \ <expression_2> <condition_2> (<label_2>) + +Requirements: The labels to be vertically aligned with the +corresponding right-hand sides and horizontally flush with +the right margin; the remainder to be horizontally centered +on the page. The left brace to be of sufficient size to cover +the two (or possibly more) right-hand side expressions. + +Without the labels, this is easy. The problem is where one puts +the labels in the box hierarchy. [The author uses this construct +several times in a work - don't ask me why.] + +David Handscomb + +Numerical Analysis Group +Oxford University Computing Laboratory +Wolfson Building +Parks Road +Oxford OX1 3QD +ENGLAND + +tel. (national) 0865 273891 (international) +44 865 273891 +FAX (national) 0865 273839 (international) +44 865 273839 +E-mail dch@comlab.ox.ac.uk / na.handscomb@na-net.ornl.gov + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 17:27:16 +0100 +From: pettifer@trebor.phys.warwick.ac.uk +Subject: tex and latex + +Dear Mr. Abbott, + Following our telephone conversation this morning I would +like to summarise my problems. + 1) I have an alpa workstation running open vms 1.51h1 and I would like to +run latex using macros such as revtex. I have subscribed to deccampus so +that in principle all of decs layered products are available, although +I dont want to install things that we never use such as pascal, bliss +or c. We are exclusively fortran in our coding. Thus any installation of +tex or latex is best done with executables if possible. + 2) I have logged on to ftp.tex.ac.uk and spent quite a few hours searching +through the archives. Under tex-archive/systems/vms there is a readme. +vmstex by C Spieler, and I have tried to follow this. I have unzip working +but I cannot find initex or tex.exe files. + 3) Is it possible to find someone who has done what I want to do and +just copy the files from them? Or can you help? + Thanks + Robert Pettifer + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 10:11:41 +0000 +From: derek@mathematics-and-computer-science.leicester.ac.uk +Subject: LaTeX questions + +I need some help with (La)TeX and its TooLs: + +1. Are there any tools for managing BibTeX files? I would like + to sort, check for duplicate entries etc. etc. Note that I am not + a UNIX expert and suggestions to write things in AWK (is that short + for Awkward?) will be met with a large rasberry!. I am a dedicated + Macintosh/Textures User, but can use UNIX in a very (very) simple way if I + have to. Please note that the Bibliography file(s) are large (they won't Bib +TeX + on UNIX but will on my Mac!). + +2. Some time ago I asked for help with using a double-sided printer, the help + was very useful, but the need to use the printer went away and I forgot how + the problem can be solved. We now have a double-sided printer in the + department which I would like to use. (La)TeX seems to be very clever and + when you are doing twosided it doesn't seem to print totally blank pages -- + all very well unless you are using a double-sided printer! The LateX 3 people + might like to think about this, double sided printers are now becomming quite + common! Has anyone any straight forward fixes for ``twosided'' that works? + +3. I need to produce a document with \documentstyle[12pt,...]{book}, but + with the mathematics set in 11pt. HELP ...... What do I need to fix? (yes I + know I shouldn't do this, but the alternative is even worse...). + +4. I need to build some composite mathematical symbols using overprinting, an + + evening with three TeX books produced the following: + + \def\#1#2{% + \setbox0=\hbox{$#1$} + \dimen0=\the\wd0 + \divide\dimen0 by 2 + #1\kern-\dimen0\#2 + } + + There must be a better way! + +5. Does anyone know were the LaTeX macros for the Z specification language are + hidden on the archive? + +Many thanks for your help and attention! + +regards + +derek andrews +Smail: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science + University of Leicester + University Road + Leicester + LE1 7RH + UK +Tel: (+44) 533 523401 +Fax: (+44) 533 523604 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 11:09:52 +0000 +From: vogel@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Carl Vogel) +Subject: multiple input directories + +howdy. + +suppose you're editing a book, which is a consolidation +of papers which have appeared elsewhere. so, you've got +directories containing the skeleton file for each of +these papers -- something like main.tex in each of the +directories -- which may or may not each have different +bibliographic or other style specifications. but each +of those skelaton files is called main.tex, and a lot +of the files that those things input are called things like +intro.tex, defs.tex, discuss.tex... where the semantic +content is put into the directory name. suppose you've also +got something in each directory called newmain.tex which +inputs each file without naming style stuff. + +now, you're editing a book, so you want to just suck +in each of the papers into the unfied style of the book. +but, you want to do this by creating a new master file +that points to each of the newmain.tex files without having +symbolic links or copies of the files in the book directory. + +alrighty. so here's the problem -- if you do this, latex +looks for all the inputs in the directory that the book +file is located -- so even if you name the directory in the +input that picks up each newmain.tex, any figures, tables, +etc. that the files input by chapter/newmain.tex are unknown +to the system since they're not in the book directory. nor +do you want to go in hardcoding all of the directory specifications. +since the system isn't recursive in that fashion (i've just +picked up a file from directory-X, therefore look for any inputs +during the processing of that file in directory-X regardless of the +directory the output is being written to), you might be willing +to just change the directory more directly: + + \setinputdirctory{Chapter3} + \input{newmain} + + \setinputdirctory{Chapter4} + \input{newmain} + +and so on. so the question is this -- does anyone out there know +how to change the default input directory during document processing? +TEXINPUTS doesn't work because there's good reason to have duplicate +file names in across the various directories. i can't find anything +likely in the latex manual, and i don't own the texbook (which i +reckon is more likely....) + +any ideas? + +thankya + +carl + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 13:41:43 -0400 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: macros/latex* changes on CTAN + +The release of LaTeX 2e as the officially supported version of LaTeX has +led to a change in directory naming on the CTAN hosts. The message +displayed upon cd'ing into selected directories in the CTAN macros +hierarchy is appended below my sig for reference. Briefly: + 1. macros/latex/ has been moved to macros/latex209/ + 2. macros/latex2e/ has been moved to macros/latex/ + 3. macros/latex/ has been linked to macros/latex2e/ + temporarily to facilitate version migration + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Sam Houston State University FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 USA +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + Effective Tuesday, June 7, 1994, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories + contain the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e --- the + presently-supported version of LaTeX (previously macros/latex2e/). + The macros/latex/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + base/ --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit. + packages/ --- officially provided and supported 2e extensions, + with each component in its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. + + The CTAN macros/latex209/ directories contain the distribution and + related files for LaTeX 2.09 (previously macros/latex/). + The macros/latex209/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + distribs/ --- the complete LaTeX 2.09 distribution kit, with each + component within its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2.09. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. Single files are retained + together in the misc/ subdirectory. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 22] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.23 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.23 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ae460cc9ab --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.23 @@ -0,0 +1,548 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #23 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 10:24:19 +0100 +Message-ID: <11572.771931459@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Saturday, 18 Jun 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 23 + + ``The %UKTeX %Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + HP Deskjet driver for Unix? + RE: Displayed equation with labelled alternatives + LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + How to print side by side pages + Re: LaTeX questions + Cyrillic fonts in the TeX archive + {Announcements}: + The new LaTeX + Publishing on the Internet + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 14:16:05 -0000 +From: A.F.Lack@city.ac.uk +Subject: HP Deskjet driver for Unix? + +I'm looking for a driver for a printer driver for a DeskJet 500 +in source code which I can compile and install under Linux. The +only close thing I've come across in the Archive is dvi2pcl, which +didn't work too well (an understatement). + +Having used EmTeX's dvihplj I've been rather spoilt, but there's no +harm in asking! + +AFL + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 09:59:33 -0800 +From: Donald Arseneau <asnd@erich.triumf.ca> +Subject: RE: Displayed equation with labelled alternatives + +David.Handscomb@comlab.oxford.ac.uk wrote +>Can anyone suggest an elegant way of setting displayed equations +>like the following (in LaTeX or, failing that, in TeX)? +> +> / <expression_1> <condition_1> (<label_1>) +> | +> <l_h_s> = < +> | +> \ <expression_2> <condition_2> (<label_2>) + +There is cases.sty that does this. I think I sent it to CTAN sites. +I still have to check it out with LaTex2e also (like most of my styles) + +Donald Arseneau asnd@reg.triumf.ca + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 10:56:31 +0000 +From: ZA9RA01 <W.Peel@manchester-metropolitan-university.ac.uk> +Subject: LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + +I have been testing my LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e installation using the +supplied TEST0.TEX file and I get the LaTeX error message that \dag +and \ddag cannot be found in the T1 encoding. A simpler file +illustrating the error with the resulting log file are listed below. +Am I missing any/some TFM files (I have some but not all of the DC +fonts TFM files in my TFM search path)? + + +DAGS.TEX + \documentclass[a4paper]{article} + \usepackage{t1enc} + + \begin{document} + \section*{Where have the daggers gone} + \parskip=2pt\parindent 0pt + + This is a dagger \dag\ and this is a double dagger \ddag. + + \end{document} + +DAGS.LOG + +This is emTeX (tex386), Version 3.1415 [3c-beta11] (preloaded +format=latex 94.6.7) 13 JUN 1994 10:43 +**&latex2e dags +(dags.tex +LaTeX2e <1994/06/01> +(c:/emtex/ltx2einp/article.cls +Document Class: article 1994/06/02 v1.2s Standard LaTeX document class +(c:/emtex/ltx2einp/size10.clo +File: size10.clo 1994/06/02 v1.2s Standard LaTeX file (size option) +) +\c@part=\count82 +\c@section=\count83 +\c@subsection=\count84 +\c@subsubsection=\count85 +\c@paragraph=\count86 +\c@subparagraph=\count87 +\c@figure=\count88 +\c@table=\count89 +\abovecaptionskip=\skip41 +\belowcaptionskip=\skip42 +\bibindent=\dimen102 +) (c:/emtex/ltx2einp/t1enc.sty +Package: t1enc 1994/06/01 Standard LaTeX package +) (dags.aux) +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line +4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line +4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line +4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 4. +LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 4. + + +! LaTeX Error: command \dag undefined in encoding T1. + +See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. +Type H <return> for immediate help. + ... + +l.8 This is a dagger \dag + \ and this is a double dagger \ddag. +? + +! LaTeX Error: command \ddag undefined in encoding T1. + +See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. +Type H <return> for immediate help. + ... + +l.8 ...\ and this is a double dagger \ddag + . +? +[1 + +] (dags.aux) ) + +Output written on dags.dvi (1 page, 356 bytes). + + +Thanks + +Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street + | Manchester M1 5GD + | England + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 11:53:08 +0000 +From: Brendan Ruck <RUCKBM@pcmail.aston.ac.uk> +Subject: How to print side by side pages + +Hi, + +I'm producing my thesis at the moment and I wish to reduce the +amount of printing and paper I using. What I would like to do +is to put two pages of A4(portrait) onto a single sheet of +A4(landscape) side by side +ie. + ------- ------ ------- +| | | | | A | (Pages A and B should be +| A | + | B | -> | | rotated so that they +| | | | | B | can be read when the page is +| | | | | | is held in landscape.) + ------- ------ ------- + +How can this be achieved, using either dos or unix systems ??? + +Thanks + +Brendan Ruck (b.m.ruck@aston.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:58:05 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: LaTeX questions + + > I need some help with (La)TeX and its TooLs: + > + > 1. Are there any tools for managing BibTeX files? I would like + > to sort, check for duplicate entries etc. etc. Note that I am + > not a UNIX expert and suggestions to write things in AWK (is + > that short for Awkward?) will be met with a large rasberry!. I + > am a dedicated Macintosh/Textures User, but can use UNIX in a + +there are cures for this nowadays, quite painless + + > very (very) simple way if I have to. Please note that the + +check out CTAN:biblio/bibtex/utils. loads of stuff. try Beebe's +bibtools + + > 3. I need to produce a document with \documentstyle[12pt,...]{book}, but + > with the mathematics set in 11pt. HELP ...... What do I need to + > fix? (yes I know I shouldn't do this, but the alternative is + > even worse...). + +the `correct' answer is a package setting math sizes properly (cf +lucbr.sty in PSNFSS); the short answer is use a new envionment which +does a \small before each equation... + + > 4. I need to build some composite mathematical symbols using + > overprinting, an + +whats wrong with \rlap and \llap? + + > 5. Does anyone know were the LaTeX macros for the Z specification + > language are hidden on the archive? + +well, which ones? there are several. look for `oz' and `zed' in the +list of files. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 01:37:00 -0000 +From: llb@ukc.ac.uk +Subject: Cyrillic fonts in the TeX archive + +It appears that the Cyrillic fonts of the cmcyr family are only archived at +10-point size at Aston. Are the other sizes lurking somewhere less obvious or +can you direct me to another ftp archive that has them, please? Thanks + +Laurence Boyle + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 19:55:20 +0200 +From: schoepf@sc.zib-berlin.de +Subject: The new LaTeX + + + The new LaTeX + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + June 1994 + + + +The LaTeX3 project team is pleased to announce the release of the new +standard version of LaTeX. It is upwardly compatible with existing +LaTeX documents, and contains new features including the long-awaited +graphics extensions. + +Over the years many extensions of LaTeX have been developed. This is, +of course, a welcome development, since it shows that the LaTeX system +is in a healthy state. It has, however, had one unfortunate +consequence: there were several incompatible systems all claiming to +be LaTeX. + +The new LaTeX puts an end to this unsatisfactory situation -- it gives +access to all extensions such as SLiTeX, AmSLaTeX, and PSLaTeX, based +on a single format. This will end the proliferation of mutually +incompatible dialects of LaTeX. + +We have also introduced a small number of often-requested features +(such as more control over float placement) and an improved interface +for writers of document classes and packages. + +The new LaTeX is described in a new edition of `LaTeX: A Document +Preparation System' by Leslie Lamport (to appear during 1994) and `The +LaTeX Companion' by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, both published +by Addison-Wesley. + +>From now on there will be a new distribution of LaTeX twice a year, in +June and December. + +The new LaTeX can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + + +The files in these directories require a somewhat long unpacking +process. For those who prefer to skip this step, we provide a second +distribution in unpacked format in the following CTAN directories: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + + +Apologies and Thanks +- -------------------- +For obvious reasons, we have not been able to incorporate everyone's +suggestions for improvements or fixes to LaTeX. + +We are nevertheless very grateful to everyone who has made suggestions +and/or reported bugs and other problems with old versions and with the +beta-test versions. We hope that all of your reports have been +answered by one of us: if not, please let us know. We have given them +all serious consideration and, in many cases where we have not been +able to act on them now, we have added them to the list of things that +need further attention in the future. Also, of course, many of them +could be developed into useful LaTeX packages, by you! + + +For the LaTeX3 Project +- ---------------------- +Johannes Braams +David Carlisle +Michael Downes +Alan Jeffrey +Frank Mittelbach +Chris Rowley +Rainer Sch\"opf + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 17:23:15 +0100 +From: Roger Gawley <Roger.Gawley@durham.ac.uk> +Subject: Publishing on the Internet + + PUBLISHING on the INTERNET + + a one-day meeting of the British Computer Society + Electronic Publishing Specialist Group + + to be held at The Open University + Milton Keynes + + on Wednesday 6 July 1994 + from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. + + There is a rush to publish on the Internet. But can the Internet + really be used for publishing? And exactly what is the Internet + anyway? These questions will be answered at a one-day meeting of + the EPSG to be held in the main lecture theatre of the Open + University in Milton Keynes. + + Speakers will be: + + Ed Krol, University of Illinois + "Just what is the Internet?" + + Krol wrote the book. (The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog) + He will tell us what the Internet is and what it is not. + + Frances Blomeley, University of London + "The UK perspective" + + Frances' book is due out shortly. She will describe the Internet + as seen by a user in the UK. + + Jeff Pache, Institution of Electrical Engineeers + "Electronics Letters Online" + + Jeff is Electronic Products Manager for the IEE. He will describe + the work done the make Electronics Letters available online via + the Internet and dialup access. + + Charles Ashley, Learned Information + "Learned Information on the Web" + + Charles will describe the servers that make his information + available by Gopher and World Wide Web. + + David Pullinger, Institute of Physics Publishing + "Network Publishing: The Publisher's View" + + David will describe various electronic publishing projects + undertaken at IOPP. He promises to explain why Mosaic is not + ideal for this job. + + + Panel Session All Speakers + + "But is this Publishing?" + + The meeting will end with a panel session in which all the + speakers will take questions from the floor. + + + Registration and Rates + # = pounds sterling + BCS EPSG members #45 + 7.88 VAT + non-members #75 + 13.13 VAT + BCS EPSG Student members #25 + 4.38 VAT + Additional charge for invoicing #5 + 0.88 VAT + + Membership fees (to April 1995) + BCS members #20, others #30, + students (supply confirmation of student status) #5. + [You can join and pay the meeting cost at member rate. + Note that membership is not subject to VAT.] + + Please send details of name, address, organization, + telephone and email address: to: + + BCS EPSG Office, 30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield HD3 3AD + + Tel. 0484 519462; Fax 0484 451396; + Email bcsepsg@eps-edge.demon.co.uk + + Email registration is acceptable, but please indicate + whether hard-copy confirmation is following (with a cheque) + or if you wish to be invoiced (note extra #5 + VAT charge). + + Please also indicate if you have special dietary + requirements. Rates include morning coffee, lunch and tea. + + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #03 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 23] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.24 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.24 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e90adae7a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.24 @@ -0,0 +1,392 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #24 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 17:32:30 +0100 +Message-ID: <13080.773080350@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 1 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 24 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: HP Deskjet driver for Unix? + Re: LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + Re: How to print side by side pages + Re: How to print side by side pages + Re: Cyrillic fonts + Re: The new LaTeX + Adobe fonts- source, anyone? + tgrind + File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 13:17:17 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: HP Deskjet driver for Unix? + + > I'm looking for a driver for a printer driver for a DeskJet 500 + > in source code which I can compile and install under Linux. The + > only close thing I've come across in the Archive is dvi2pcl, which + > didn't work too well (an understatement). + +look at it from another direction. use dvips, and then GhostSCript to +drive the deskjet. i do all my printing to an HP LJIII with +GhostScript, its excellent and fast. + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 13:17:17 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + + > I have been testing my LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e installation using the + > supplied TEST0.TEX file and I get the LaTeX error message that \dag + > and \ddag cannot be found in the T1 encoding. A simpler file + > illustrating the error with the resulting log file are listed below. + > Am I missing any/some TFM files (I have some but not all of the DC + > fonts TFM files in my TFM search path)? + +\dag and \ddag dont exist in the T1 encoding; i guess i should have +warned you this would happen, but is normal and correct behaviour + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 13:17:17 +0000 +From: spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) +Subject: Re: How to print side by side pages + + > I'm producing my thesis at the moment and I wish to reduce the + > amount of printing and paper I using. What I would like to do + > is to put two pages of A4(portrait) onto a single sheet of + > A4(landscape) side by side + +get Angus Duggan's psutils package, and look at pstops (I assume you +are using a PostScript printer?) + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 09:42:54 +1030 +From: Tony Roberts <aroberts@zeus.usq.edu.au> +Subject: Re: How to print side by side pages + +> >I'm producing my thesis at the moment and I wish to reduce the +> >amount of printing and paper I using. What I would like to do +> >is to put two pages of A4(portrait) onto a single sheet of +> >A4(landscape) side by side +> >ie. +> > ------- ------ ------- +> >| | | | | A | (Pages A and B should be +> >| A | + | B | -> | | rotated so that they +> >| | | | | B | can be read when the page is +> >| | | | | | is held in landscape.) +> > ------- ------ ------- +> > +> >How can this be achieved, using either dos or unix systems ??? + +see the attached file which I call "a4l.sty" which does a convenient job. +The only thing you have to do is to scale any imported postscript figures +slightly differently (by 5/6 as pspicture does). Used with 10pt it +typesets nearly the same as 12pt A4, just that you get two fat columns. +View and print the document in landscape. + Tony + + Professor A.J. Roberts + Dept of Mathematics & Computing E-mail: aroberts@usq.edu.au + University of Southern Queensland Phone: (076) 312943 + Toowoomba, Queensland 4350 Fax: (076) 312721 + AUSTRALIA WWW: ftp://ftp.usq.edu.au/pub/aroberts +- -------------------- +\typeout{ A4 landscape size 9/9/93} +% my additions +\input{twocolumn.sty} +\topmargin -1cm +\textheight 16.5cm +\textwidth 27cm +\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.5pt} +\hoffset=-2.5cm +\pagestyle{headings} + +% allocates space and does special for a picture, invoked by +% \picture{ps filename}{vsize units} +\newcommand{\pspicture}[2]{{ +\dimen111=#2 \multiply\dimen111 by 5 \divide\dimen111 by 6 +\vspace{\dimen111} +\special{#1 0.816 0.816 scale} +}} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 18:23:00 +0000 +From: CSG0070@vax2.queens-belfast.ac.uk +Subject: Re: Cyrillic fonts in the TeX archive + +llb@ukc.ac.uk asks: +> It appears that the Cyrillic fonts of the cmcyr family are only archived at +> 10-point size at Aston. Are the other sizes lurking somewhere less obvious o +r +> can you direct me to another ftp archive that has them, please? Thanks + +> Laurence Boyle + +You could fetch tex-archive/fonts/cm/sauter/sauter-2.1.tar.gz from Aston. +This includes - among much else - Metafont source to generate cmcyr fonts +at any pointsize. + +Ciar\'an \'O Duibh\'in. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 19:57:00 -0500 +From: john@gagme.wwa.com (John T. Fontanilla) +Subject: Re: The new LaTeX + +In article <11572.771931459@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> you wrote: + +: >From now on there will be a new distribution of LaTeX twice a year, in +: June and December. + +: The new LaTeX can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + +: ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/base +: ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/base +: ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + + +: The files in these directories require a somewhat long unpacking +: process. For those who prefer to skip this step, we provide a second +: distribution in unpacked format in the following CTAN directories: + +: ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked +: ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked +: ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + +Hi, + Is 'base' the filename or the directory name? +John + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 15:53:16 -0000 +From: dean.ayres@aea.orgn.uk (Dean Ayres) +Subject: Adobe fonts- source, anyone? + +Hi, + +I want to get the suplementary font pack for the Adobe Type Manager. +Does anyone know of any UK suppliers? + +Best Wishes, + +Dean Ayres + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 11:22:30 +0100 +From: druid@caercn.dra.hmg.gb +Subject: tgrind + +Is tgrind still the best way to print source code? +I am interested, in particular in C++, Ada and C, +in that order. + +I am particularly interested because I cannot create +a procedure decl rule for tgrind which will reliably +find all procedure decls, and ONLY procedure decls. +My current problem is that, in C++, + +foo () + : bar { + +is seen as two nested procedures, not one. + +If tgrind is still the best thing around, then I will +extend its rule language to handle this construct correctly. +However, I don't want to do this if there is something +better out there. + +Comments? + + Mark. + +p.s., if you wish to reply directly, + please reply to an address below + as my mail headers get corrupt. +- -- +B1013, DRA Malvern, Internet: Mark.Templeton%hermes.dra.hmg.gb@relay.mod.uk +St Andrews Road, Janet : Mark.Templeton@uk.mod.hermes +Malvern, Worcs., Internal: druid@caercn +WR14 3PS, +United Kingdom, Phone: +44-684-892733 x2109 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:38:27 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + + +Has anyone else experienced file handle problems running the latest betatest +of emTeX on a Novell network? The problems we are experiencing are + +- -- TeX cannot open a TeX file in the current directory, even though it + could on the last run. + +- -- cannot write to xxx.log + +- -- cannot write to xxx.dvi + +- -- cannot open/write to xxx.aux + +Usually the first such error causes TeX to enter its infinite loop, and a +reboot is essential, as any other filename gives the same result. + +Note also that the problem occurs even when working on c: with megabytes +to spare, and neither temp nor tmp pointing at the network drives. + +When the problem occurs in a DOS shell from MS Windows, an attempt at exiting +from windows causes a shutdown, as DOS says it has run out of file handles. +We start with files=48 (+16) on our network. + +Any help would be much appreciated! + +Mike Piff + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + 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 #04 + +\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); due to currency + exchange, 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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 24] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.25 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.25 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f631e5c09b --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.25 @@ -0,0 +1,502 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #25 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 15:37:08 +0100 +Message-ID: <28509.773678228@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 8 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 25 + + ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary + service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + Helvetica fonts? + Re: Helvetica fonts? + Re: Making slides + NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk + Re: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk + {Announcements}: + Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 1 + Announcement of UKTUG AGM and elections + ANNOUNCEMENT: Move of UK CTAN node + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:38:27 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield> +Subject: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + +Has anyone else experienced file handle problems running the latest betatest +of emTeX on a Novell network? The problems we are experiencing are + +- -- TeX cannot open a TeX file in the current directory, even though it + could on the last run. + +- -- cannot write to xxx.log + +- -- cannot write to xxx.dvi + +- -- cannot open/write to xxx.aux + +Usually the first such error causes TeX to enter its infinite loop, and a +reboot is essential, as any other filename gives the same result. + +Note also that the problem occurs even when working on c: with megabytes +to spare, and neither temp nor tmp pointing at the network drives. + +When the problem occurs in a DOS shell from MS Windows, an attempt at exiting +from windows causes a shutdown, as DOS says it has run out of file handles. +We start with files=48 (+16) on our network. + +Any help would be much appreciated! + +Mike Piff + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +------------------------------ + +Date: 07 Jul 1994 15:51:32 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + +Not really a problem with emTeX after all, but with DOS. + +Some of my files contained the combination + +call xxx > nul + +where xxx might be an .exe file. n repetitions of that causes DOS to get +screwed up, in that it loses all its file handles, where n is as set in + +FILES=n + +in config.sys or its equivalent. Nothing will then work correctly! + +(EM says that OS/2 does not display this "feature".) + +Mike Piff + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 09:44:17 +0000 +From: tmw@festival.ed.ac.uk (Tom Wright) +Subject: Helvetica fonts? + +I'm trying to understand how to use helvetica fonts +for my chapter headings + +Can anybody help + +I have something called helvetica.sty from CTAN +but dont know how to use it? + +------------------------------ + +Date: 30 Jun 1994 10:55:26 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: Helvetica fonts? + +In article <Cs7F1x.IH2@festival.ed.ac.uk>, +Tom Wright <tmw@festival.ed.ac.uk> wrote: +>[...] +>I have something called helvetica.sty from CTAN +>but dont know how to use it? + +Where on CTAN did it come from? When? (there's been an upheaval of the +LaTeX-related macros recently) Which version of LaTeX are you using? + +The basic answer to your question is that you need + +a) a macro or two to request helvetica +b) some .tfm files to enable TeX to do the setting +c) some .vf files to enable the dvi->ps process to map the TeX + character set to the postscript one +d) a dvi->ps converter that can be persuaded to use resident fonts + +If you're using current LaTeX (2e), there's a canned solution for the +whole job on CTAN (macros/latex/packages/psnfss and +fonts/metrics/adobe/helvetic); if your site isn't up to date, you're +rather more completely on your own... +- -- +Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk +U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK +Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 14:40:42 +0000 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK> +Subject: Re: Making slides + +Richard Walker writes: + > What now are my options for slide-making using 2e? + > Do I have any, besides the standard slide style? + > (FoilTeX and tvz's seminar are not yet updated for 2e, + > as far as I can tell.) + +its pretty trivial to update seminar yourself. i did so in about 10 +minutes, but TvZ asks that people not distribute patched copies as he +wants to do it properly himself. well worth the effort, IMHO + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 13:52:15 -0000 +From: A.F.Lack@city.ac.uk +Subject: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk + +I used to mount the archive from ftp.tex.ac.uk:/work/ftp/pub/archive +but just lately this has stopped working. Showmount -d indicates +that the export directory is "/public/ctan/archive" but that has +as contents only one entry, "Archive directory", which is a symlink +to "../tex-archive". + +What is the correct mount point for the archive? + +Thanks, + +AFL + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 14:10:02 +0100 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk + +Andy, + +> I used to mount the archive from ftp.tex.ac.uk:/work/ftp/pub/archive +> but just lately this has stopped working. +> What is the correct mount point for the archive? + +There's an important announcement concerning the UK TeX Archive and +its relocation today from Aston to Cambridge. See below. + +~~David Osborne (UKTeX Digest editor) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 23:47:44 +0200 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 1 + + Hello, + + On CTAN, in the directory macros/latex/packages/babel the + latest version of babel, version 3.4 patch level 1 has been + made available. + This version of the babel system has been upgraded for use + with LaTeX2e. Yet it can (again) also be used with plain TeX. + Patch level 1 fixes a problem with \lefthyphenmin and + \righthyphenmin. They didn't get their proper values in the + earlier release. Also some incompatibilities with plain TeX + have been removed. + + Version 3.4 patch level 1 is not compatible with T1 output + encoding, some of the language specific files may give + unecpected results with T1. + + The support for typesetting in russian that was available in + versions 3.3 and earlier has (temporarily) been withdrawn in + versino 3.4. I need someone to help me with that. + + Happy TeXing, + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 10:25:55 -0000 +From: R A Bailey <maa01rab@scorpio.goldsmiths.ac.uk> +Subject: Announcement of UKTUG AGM and elections + + Annual General Meeting + +The Annual General Meeting of the UKTUG will be held on the +morning of Wednesday 19~October 1994 at the University of Warwick, +in the Staff Club `Quiet Room' in Rootes Building. + +The Constitution contains the following clauses: + +17. The annual general meeting of the UKTUG shall be held in the +United Kingdom not later than the last day of November in each year +on a date and at a time to be fixed by the Committee and notified +to members at least 35 days in advance for the following purposes--- + +(1) to receive from the Committee a report balance sheet and statement of +accounts for the preceding financial year + +(2) to fill the vacancies in the Committee and to appoint auditors for the +ensuing year + +(3) to decide on any motion which may be proposed to the meeting in the +manner provided below + +(4) to fix the entrance fee (if any) and annual subscription + +18. Any member desirous of proposing any motion at the +annual general meeting shall give notice in writing to the secretary not +later than 14 days before the date of such meeting + +23. No amendment (other than a motion for adjournment) shall be moved to any +motion proposed at any annual or special general meeting unless written notice +of the amendment shall have been sent to the secretary prior to the meeting + +I think that Clauses 17(3), 18 and 23 are self-explanatory. + +A draft agenda, covering items~(3) and~(4), will appear in Baskerville 4.4. +In the meantime, anyone wishing to propose any motion to the AGM must send +me, in writing, the text of the proposed motion and their own name and +address, to reach me by 5~October 1994. If there are any changes to the +draft agenda, the final agenda will be sent to members in the 14 days before +the AGM. + +As for vacancies on the Committee, C. A. Rowley will continue as Chair in +1994--94 and P. Abbott as Treasurer and Membership Secretary. +Clause 10 of the Constitution implies that at most 3 other +members of the present Committee may continue without being re-elected. +Thus Clause 9 implies that there are up to 7 vacancies to be filled. + +The following parts of Clause 10 describe the procedure for +filling these vacancies: + +(3) Any two members who are individuals may nominate any member or +members of the group who are individuals to fill any of the vacancies +by giving at least 7~days notice in writing to the secretary + +(4) If there are more nominations than vacancies then the membership +will be decided by an election by single transferable vote in which +every member of the UKTUG who is an individual and is present at the +annual general meeting shall be entitled but not obliged to vote + +Nominations for committee members in accordance with the above +sub-clauses are thus being sought. Written nominations for new committee +members should be sent to me, to reach me by 12~October 1994. +There is no official nomination form. If you like, you may use the +forms provided in Baskerville 4.3. Otherwise, what you send me should +contain, clearly and legibly, + + ---name and address of nominee + ---declaration that (s)he is willing to stand for this + office, signed by the nominee + ---name and address of the nominator + ---statement nominating the nominee, signed by the + nominator + ---name and address of seconder + ---statement in support of the nomination, signed by + the seconder. + +The nominee, nominator and seconder should all be members of the UKTUG, +and the last two should be different from each other. + +Once elected, the Committee appoints officers from its membership. +Your present secretary is retiring (forced to under Clause 10(1)) and +there is at present no Publicity person. Anyone with talents for either +of these jobs is strongly encouraged to stand for election to the Committee. + +In all the above, `in writing' means `on paper', not email. + +Please put `UKTUG' on the outside of the envelope when you send me any +of the above. Otherwise, people may find themselves elected to the +wrong committee. + +My address is + +Department of Mathematical Studies +Goldsmiths' College +New Cross +London SE14 6NW + +until 31 August 1994; and + +School of Mathematical Sciences +Queen Mary and Westfield College +Mile End Road +London E1 4NS + +from 1 September 1994. + +R. A. Bailey, Honorary Secretary, UK TeX Users' Group + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 10:25:07 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Move of UK CTAN node + +The UK node of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network changed its home +this morning (Friday 8 July, 1994), UK time -- it now resides on +machines at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. + +In parallel with the move, a number of new network names have been +generated, which distinguish the archive's different services. + +To access the new archive, please use: + + tex.ac.uk for email + www.tex.ac.uk for www + ftp.tex.ac.uk for FTP [128.232.1.87] + nfs.tex.ac.uk for NFS + gopher.tex.ac.uk for gopher + +The archive no longer provides: + + - a WAIS server, + - an NIFTP (UK JANET coloured-book file transfer) service + (coloured-book only sites within the UK should use the JANET + NIFTP/ftp gateway), + - public terminal access; browsing facilities are now only available + via WWW, ftp or gopher. The gopher service isn't quite what it + was, but we'll be working on that. + +The file system to mount on the new NFS service is + nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive + +ftp users should notice no change. Any shortcomings in any of the +services should be reported by email to ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk +- -- +Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk +U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK +Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive + >>> tex.ac.uk <<< + Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) + + ftp.tex.ac.uk -- anonymous ftp + (For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>) + gopher.tex.ac.uk -- Gopher access + www.tex.ac.uk -- World-Wide Web access + nfs.tex.ac.uk -- NFS access + +\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 #04 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 25] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.26 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.26 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..14fc0ef0b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.26 @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #26 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 14:36:04 +0100 +Message-ID: <23771.774279364@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 15 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 26 + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Re: LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + {Announcements}: + Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 2 + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:05:00 -0000 +From: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Alan Jeffrey) +Subject: Re: LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e + +Sebastian writes: + +> > I have been testing my LaTeX2e + PSNFSS2e installation using the +> > supplied TEST0.TEX file and I get the LaTeX error message that \dag +> > and \ddag cannot be found in the T1 encoding. A simpler file +> > illustrating the error with the resulting log file are listed below. +> > Am I missing any/some TFM files (I have some but not all of the DC +> > fonts TFM files in my TFM search path)? + +>\dag and \ddag dont exist in the T1 encoding; i guess i should have +>warned you this would happen, but is normal and correct behaviour + +This is actually a bug with the current release of 2e, and should be +fixed with the next patch level. Any document which processes in the +OT1 encoding should also process in the T1 encoding. Sorry about +this... + +Alan. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 23:08:55 +0200 +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl> +Subject: Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 2 + + Hello, + + On CTAN, in the directory macros/latex/packages/babel the + latest version of babel, version 3.4 patch level 2 has been + made available. + This version contains a few patches to make the documentation + run again, and to change language.dat to load only hyphen.tex + bu default. + The most important change is that the pattern loading code now + checks if the pattern file set the values vor \left- and + \righthyphenmin. If not defaults are provided. The values so + found are stored in \extras<language>. + The error messages have been rewritten to use the new LaTeX + error interface when that is available. + + This has been available on CTAN for a while now, I just forgot + to announce it. + + Happy TeXing, + + Johannes Braams + +PTT Research, P.O. box 421, +2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. +Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl +Fax : +31 70 3326477 + +------------------------------ + + 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 #04 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 26] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.27 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.27 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4d9d62b76c --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.27 @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #27 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 17:57:04 +0100 +Message-ID: <6374.774896224@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 22 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 27 + +Today's Topics: + {Questions & Answers}: + Multiple page postscrip include? + Re: Multiple page postscript files in LaTeX document + SetFigFont + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 08:14:10 +0000 +From: is@festival.ed.ac.uk (I Scott) +Subject: Multiple page postscrip include? + +Recently I've needed to include a several page poscript file inside a +LaTeX document, but haven't had much success. I am reasonably +experienced at including single encapsulated postscript files in LaTeX +documents, but have had no success with multiple page files. + +I need to include some publications within a thesis, and would prefer +that the entire document be formed as a single LaTeX file. + +Any help is appreciated. + +Thanks, Iain. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 18 Jul 1994 13:53:06 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: Multiple page postscript files in LaTeX document + +In article <Ct4nt5.EMz@festival.ed.ac.uk> (and earlier, in article +<Ct4MvM.CJG@festival.ed.ac.uk>), I Scott <is@festival.ed.ac.uk> wrote: +>Recently I've needed to include a multiple page postscript (could be +>eps) file in a LaTeX document. I'm reasonably experienced with single +>page eps & ps files, but have had success with multiple page files. + +I assume you're using dvips (most people are, but you don't say) + +The documentation explains how to include encapsulated PostScript, and +I had read it as saying that this is the *only* thing you can include. + +When I posted a response on exactly this subject on comp.text.tex last +week, saying exactly that, I was told that the documentation doesn't +*say* anywhere that it won't take any but encapsulated PostScript; but +rest assured that it won't. + +>I need to include some publications within a thesis, and would prefer +>that the entire document be formed as a single LaTeX file. + +You have the PostScript of the publications? Do you also have access +to the LaTeX original? If so, could you not hack that into your +document? If not, you're into either hacking single pages out of the +PostScript, or using some sort of psconcat program (of which I know of +none, but no doubt they exist somewhere or other...). +- -- +Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk +U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK +Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:50:44 +0000 +From: andrew@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Andrew Fordham) +Subject: SetFigFont + +I know I've asked this question here before, but why oh why oh why do +xfig figures exported as latex include \SetFigFont's which my latex2e +complains about? Am I missing a style file or something? +(N.B. I do not want to export things as eps and then \epsffile them as +I want to take advantage of some of latex's typesetting in the figure +itself) + + Andrew + +Andrew Fordham (Research Fellow) | University of Surrey +Social and Computer Sciences Research Group | Department of Sociology +Phone: +44 483 259292 (x3004) | Guildford +Email: A.Fordham@surrey.ac.uk | GU2 5XH, UK + +------------------------------ + + 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 #04 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 27] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.28 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.28 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a63b9d3ca6 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.28 @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #28 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 16:34:12 +0100 +Message-ID: <19998.775496052@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 29 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 28 + +Today's Topics: + Re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + Announcement: Lamport, 2nd edition available to UKTUG members + The announce: release of LexiTeX 2.0b + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:11:59 -0000 +From: Paul Doyle <Paul.Doyle@UCG.IE> +Subject: Re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware + +> Some of my files contained the combination +> +> call xxx > nul +> +> where xxx might be an .exe file. n repetitions of that causes DOS to get +> screwed up, in that it loses all its file handles, where n is as set in +> +> FILES=n + +Using > nul is only a problem if you're loading TSRs - the +file handles are released when the program exits. No exit, no +release. + +Paul. + + Paul Doyle . Computer Services . University College Galway . Ireland + = Paul.Doyle@ucg.ie . Phone <353>91 750321 . Fax <353>91 24710 = + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 13:00:57 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: Announcement: Lamport, 2nd edition available to UKTUG members + +A limited number of copies of Lamport's "LaTeX, a Document Preparation +System", 2nd edition, have been supplied to UKTUG members. If you are a +member of UKTUG, you too can send an order for the book to + + UKTeX User Group + c/o 1 Eymore Close + Selly Oak + Birmingham B29 4LB + +together with a cheque payable to UKTUG for 24.00 pounds + +This service is offered by Peter Abbott, who is UK TUG treasurer; he does +not hold stocks of books, they are despatched directly from Addison-Wesley +on receipt of an order from Peter. When books are ordered, Peter +appreciates notification of delivery as he withholds payment until he +knows that the goods have been delivered undamaged. + +This offer is *only* available to members of UKTUG (this is a condition +imposed on us by Addison-Wesley), I'm afraid. Since Peter also maintains +our membership records, it's not easy to pull the wool over his eyes... + +Those who are *not* UK TUG members are welcome to join to take advantage +of this offer -- mail UKTuG-Enquiries@tex.ac.uk, or pull a formatted +membership form by anon ftp from + ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk:/users/rf/uktug/membership.<r>ps.gz +where <r> is the resolution of your printer (300, 400 or 600). + +Bookshops may have copies by now, I'm told that the ISBN is 0-201-52983-1 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 08:21:33 -0000 +From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> +Subject: The announce: release of LexiTeX 2.0b + + +Announcing the release of LexiTeX 2.0b. LexiTeX is a LaTeX style +that permits the handling of citations in a way similar to BibTeX; +a list of citations can be maintained, and references in the text +can be by way of nickname references to the list. + +Differences between LexiTeX and BibTeX include: + + - LexiTeX citations must be written in a special syntax. + - Citations appear in the text or in footnotes, rather + than in an appended bibliography (although tables of + authorities can be generated); full citation cross-referencing + is supported. + - In-text citations appear in the document on the first pass + (tables of authorities require running makeindex and a second + pass). + - Citations may be entered directly into the document. + +Version 2.0b of LexiTeX has been placed in the /incoming +directory of ftp.tex.ac.uk. + +New features of this release include: + + - a list of citation declarations can be included at the + top of a document. + - the entire distribution is now in `doc' format, and the + documentation is much simplified and *much* improved. + - a bug that caused {\em supra} to be used instead of + {\em id.} under some conditions has been fixed. + +In this distribution, the manual is accurate, the code is +up to date (one minor bug fix is pending), and the code +commentary is in need of some revision. + +Further and better particulars are contained in the distribution. +Anyone with an interest in bibliography packages is encouraged to have +a look; comments are welcomed. + +Frank Bennett, Jr +Law Department +School of Oriental and African Studies +(University of London) +Thornhaugh Street +London WC1H 0XG +Tel: (071)323-6351 +Fax: (071)436-3844 +email: fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + + 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 #05 + +\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. 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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 28] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.29 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.29 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..18d320429b --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.29 @@ -0,0 +1,324 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #29 +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Content-ID: <1339.776107013.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 18:16:54 +0100 +Message-ID: <1340.776107014@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 5 Aug 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 29 + +Today's Topics: + Problems with LaTeX 2e + [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + Re: Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + PROBLEM !? importing matlab ps file into latex document + Style file for my thesis + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 13:32:44 -0000 +From: A.F.Lack@city.ac.uk +Subject: Problems with LaTeX 2e + +I have recently installed LaTeX 2e (version <1994/06/01> patch level 2). +When I try and format a document which works OK under LaTeX 2.09, +I see this error: + +[2] (unixbook.toc +! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. +<recently read> \egroup + +l.8 ...tect \numberline {3.1}Unix workstations}{4} + +? + +I have found that by deleting all the output files (.toc, .idx, .aux, +.lof etc) the document formats. But I need to run it through LaTeX +at least twice for the contents and tables to be incorperated into +the document! + +What am I doing wrong? + +AFL + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Aug 1994 20:56:17 +0000 +From: pevzner@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Boris Pevzner) +Subject: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + +I am looking for a bibliography database manager for either UNIX or +DOS or Windows that can: + +(1) import bibliography files in an arbitrary (but fixed, of course) format + according to a user-defined template + +(2) export bibliography files according to a user-defined template + (e.g. let me export files in BibTeX format) + +(3) search by the field(s) + +(4) be programmed to detect and merge duplicate entries + according to a "key" field + +Could you suggest any program (either free- or share-ware or commercially +available) that would come as close as possible to doing all this? +Or maybe someone has written an MS-Access application to do this? + + +Thanks, + +B. Pevzner +pevzner@mgm.mit.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1994 09:45:19 +0000 +From: fabrizio@dcs.gla.ac.uk +Subject: Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + +I have a problem that I have not been able to solve by reading the +LaTex Manual. How can I force a table of contents to have entries for +"preface", "bibliography" and "index" (e.g. like the table of contents +of the LaTeX manual itself has)? E.g. if I use the \chapter*{preface} +sectioning command, no entry for the TOC is generated; if I use +explicit commands such as \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}, it +works for the preface but it generates incorrect page numbers for the +index and bibliography (maybe I put the commands in the wrong place, +but it is not obvious to me where exactly I should put them). + +Please, answer by e-mail, as I do not read this group regularly. + +Thanks! Fabrizio Sebastiani + +| Fabrizio Sebastiani | E-mail : fabrizio@dcs.gla.ac.uk | +| Department of Computing Science | Talk : fabrizio@lanai.dcs.gla.ac.uk | +| University of Glasgow | Phone : +44 (0)41 339 8855 x6042 | +| Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland, UK | Fax : +44 (0)41 330 4913 | + +------------------------------ + +Date: 03 Aug 1994 11:53:17 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + +In article <9408030945.AA00644@lanai.dcs.gla.ac.uk>, + <fabrizio@dcs.gla.ac.uk> wrote: +>I have a problem that I have not been able to solve by reading the +>LaTex Manual. How can I force a table of contents to have entries for +>"preface", "bibliography" and "index" (e.g. like the table of contents +>of the LaTeX manual itself has)? E.g. if I use the \chapter*{preface} +>sectioning command, no entry for the TOC is generated; if I use +>explicit commands such as \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}, it +>works for the preface but it generates incorrect page numbers for the +>index and bibliography (maybe I put the commands in the wrong place, +>but it is not obvious to me where exactly I should put them). + +The problem is that \chapter performs \clearpage in report class, +\cleardoublepage in book class (you don't say which you're using). + +The safe way, therefore, is to say + + \clearpage % or \cleardoublepage + \addcontentsline... + \chapter*{Preface} % or bibliography or index + +You don't say where you're putting the \addcontentsline w.r.t. the +commands labelled, but the above technique will work consistently for +all cases. + +- -- +Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk +U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK +Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 03 Aug 1994 19:20:45 +0100 +From: cm7@ukc.ac.uk +Subject: PROBLEM !? importing matlab ps file into latex document + + +The problem is that I want to have on the same page +an imported ps graph and latex plain text. + +I used +\documentstyle[12pt,psfig]{article} +\begin{figure}[p] +\centerline{\fbox +{\psfig{figure=fname.ps,height=5.0in,width=6.0in}}} +\caption{I am the caption} +\label{aspmwhyc350} +\end{figure} + +and it was fine, but just for the graph. + +I tried to get encapsulated output from matlab... +to edit the ps file and change the BoundingBox... +use several parameters to place the figure on the page... +no use +the matlab ps was only there ovewriting anything else. + +is there a way to have on the same page the graph and the relevant text? + +Thanx in advance. + +Harry Manifavas (cm7@ukc.ac.uk) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 14:11:59 +0000 +From: annette@gryphon.mech.gla.ac.uk (Annette Karstensen) +Subject: Style file for my thesis + +I am using LaTeX on a SPARCstation 10 / Solaris 2.3 system, +to write my Ph.D Thesis. + +I am looking for a style file with implementation of the +British Standard (BS4821:1990). British Standard for +prensentaion of thesis. + +Annette + +| Annette Degn Karstensen | | +| Dept. of Mechanical Eng.| phone : +44-41-339-8855 ext 6478 | +| University of Glasgow | fax : +44-41-330-4343 | +| Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK | email : annette@mech.gla.ac.uk | + +------------------------------ + + 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 #05 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 29] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.30 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.30 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6cd9d25023 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.30 @@ -0,0 +1,491 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #30 +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: <10342.776710736.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 17:58:57 +0100 +Message-ID: <10343.776710737@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 12 Aug 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 30 + +Today's Topics: + Re: Problems with LaTeX 2e + Re: Problems with LaTeX 2e + BibTeX field size limits + Re: Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + Re: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + Re: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + Re: File handle problems in DOS (was in emTeX and Novell Netware + MuTeX - does it work? + LexiTeX / LexiBib release + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) 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: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 19:57:12 -0000 +From: R A Bailey <maa01rab@goldsmiths.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Problems with LaTeX 2e + +Whenever you install a new format file you can expect to have +to remake all the auxiliary files (*.aux, *.toc, *.lof, etc) +because those are written by each format in such a way that it +can read it itself. So the reported problem is neither nor +surprising nor a problem. +- -- +R. A. Bailey +Snail: Department of Mathematical Studies Tel: (+44) 81 692 7171 + Goldsmiths' College + New Cross Email: r.bailey@uk.ac.gold + London SE14 6NW + +Please note that I am moving to Queen Mary and Westfield College, +University of London, on 1 October 1994. After that date the +above address, eaddress and phone number will not find me. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 14:16:00 -0000 +From: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk (Alan Jeffrey) +Subject: Re: Problems with LaTeX 2e + +>>I have found that by deleting all the output files (.toc, .idx, .aux, +>>.lof etc) the document formats. But I need to run it through LaTeX +>>at least twice for the contents and tables to be incorperated into +>>the document! + +>>What am I doing wrong? + +Nothing! I'm afraid that .toc, .idx etc. files aren't compatible +between versions of LaTeX. You should regenerate the files. The good +news is you only need to do this once per document. + +Alan. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 20:05:55 -0000 +From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> +Subject: BibTeX field size limits + + +Does anyone know whether it is possible to expand the field size +limits in BibTeX? I am preparing an annotated bibliography of +Japanese commercial law cases, and the summary of facts for complex +cases may run beyond the normal limit of 3,000 characters. + +Cheers, +- ------------------- +Frank Bennett, Jr +Law Department +School of Oriental and African Studies +(University of London) +Thornhaugh Street +London WC1H 0XG +Tel: (071)323-6351 +Fax: (071)436-3844 +email: fbennett@uk.ac.ulcc.clus1 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 20:19:28 -0000 +From: R A Bailey <maa01rab@goldsmiths.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Q: preface & bibliography in table of contents ? + +The best way to get headings of funny `sections' like +prefaces in the the table of contents is to use the +counter secnumdepth described on pages 157 and 160 of the +Manual. I use + \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1} + \chapter{preface} +Of course, you have to set secnumdepth back to its usual value +(which is 2 in the standard styles, I think) before you do +any `section' which you want to be numbered. + +This is why it works. \chapter without the star does + (i) put something in the toc file + (ii) write the chapter title + (iii) if secnumdepth \geq 0 then increase the counter for the + chapter and write it out. + +The above behaviour is much more predictable than \addtocontents, +which, IMHO, should be avoided if at all possible. +- -- +R. A. Bailey +Snail: Department of Mathematical Studies Tel: (+44) 81 692 7171 + Goldsmiths' College + New Cross Email: r.bailey@uk.ac.gold + London SE14 6NW + +Please note that I am moving to Queen Mary and Westfield College, +University of London, on 1 October 1994. After that date the +above address, eaddress and phone number will not find me. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 09:13:23 +0100 +From: amillard@vax.oxford.ac.uk +Subject: Re: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + +B. Pevzner (pevzner@mgm.mit.edu) writes: + +>I am looking for a bibliography database manager for either UNIX or +>DOS or Windows that can: +> +>(1) import bibliography files in an arbitrary (but fixed, of course) format +> according to a user-defined template +> +>(2) export bibliography files according to a user-defined template +> (e.g. let me export files in BibTeX format) +> +>(3) search by the field(s) +> +>(4) be programmed to detect and merge duplicate entries +> according to a "key" field +> +>Could you suggest any program (either free- or share-ware or commercially +>available) that would come as close as possible to doing all this? +>Or maybe someone has written an MS-Access application to do this? +> +I use "Idealist" a free text database system available for DOS and Windows (I +have only used the Windows version) from +Blackwell Software +Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd. +Osney Mead +Oxford OX2 0EL +UK + +Fax: + International +44 865 791738 + UK 0865 791738 + +It certainly satisfies your requirements (1), (2) and (3), and it might be +possible to do (4), but there isn't a proper macro language, simply a facility +for attaching a series of commands to a button on the button bar. So this +might have to be done manually. +I had very few problem importing my files from LocoFile, and no problem geting +TeX output for the bibliography of my thesis (using Plain TeX, not BibTeX). +Length of text is no problem for Idealist, the wife of a colleague works for +Blackwell, and tells us that they store the entire text of books using their +mainframe verson. + +Andrew + +Dr. Andrew Millard +Research Laboratory for Archaeology Phone +44-865-283930 + and the History of Art, Fax +44-865-273932 +Oxford University, E-mail AMILLARD@VAX.OX.AC.UK +6, Keble Rd, +Oxford. OX1 3QJ +U.K. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 12:32:11 +0000 +From: Bernard Treves Brown <MCNBJTB@fs4.instrumentation.umist.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager + + +> Date: 02 Aug 1994 20:56:17 +0000 +> From: pevzner@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Boris Pevzner) +> Subject: [WANTED]: A Bibliography Database Manager +> +> I am looking for a bibliography database manager for either UNIX or +> DOS or Windows that can: +> +> (1) import bibliography files in an arbitrary (but fixed, of course) format +> according to a user-defined template +> +> (2) export bibliography files according to a user-defined template +> (e.g. let me export files in BibTeX format) +> +> (3) search by the field(s) +> +> (4) be programmed to detect and merge duplicate entries +> according to a "key" field +> +> Could you suggest any program (either free- or share-ware or commercially +> available) that would come as close as possible to doing all this? +> Or maybe someone has written an MS-Access application to do this? + +Papyrus from Research Software Design should be able to cope with all +the above. In practice, a number of people use it to generate references +for direct import into (La)TeX. I have written a few macros to aid +this process. However, I have read of people preparing BiBTeX files +with it. It will happily generate the appropriate TeX codes for +accents and the like. +Best Wishes, +Bernard Treves Brown + + +Bernard J. Treves Brown +Department of Instrumentation and Analytical Science +UMIST, Manchester. UK +Email: MCNBJTB@FS4.IN.UMIST.AC.UK +Tel: 061-200 4899 +Fax: 061-200 4911 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 08 Aug 1994 10:46:45 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: File handle problems in DOS (was in emTeX and Novell Netware + +%%>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:11:59 -0000 +%%>From: Paul Doyle <Paul.Doyle@UCG.IE> +%%>Subject: Re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware +%%> +%%>> Some of my files contained the combination +%%>> +%%>> call xxx > nul +%%>> +%%>> where xxx might be an .exe file. n repetitions of that causes DOS to get +%%>> screwed up, in that it loses all its file handles, where n is as set in +%%>> +%%>> FILES=n +%%> +%%>Using > nul is only a problem if you're loading TSRs - the +%%>file handles are released when the program exits. No exit, no +%%>release. +%%> +%%>Paul. +%%> + +Have you tried it? Here is an example to illustrate the problem. The +behaviour exhibited here should never happen, but it does! +(I assume that attrib is an external command in your version of MS-DOS. +chkdsk or mem work equally well, as does TeX. :-) + +rem ScrewUpDOS.bat +:loop +call attrib > nul +goto loop + + +Notice the File Creation Error messages after n repetitions in the loop. +Now break in and try running LaTeX, and you will see the weird error +messages my users were getting. + +Mike Piff + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %% +%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:05:33 +0000 +From: palmerj@westminster.ac.uk (Jake Palmer) +Subject: MuTeX - does it work? + +Does anyone have a working version of MuTeX? +(a deluge of negative answers will not be appreciated) + +In the one I've got there seems to be an error in +the metafont file noten16.mf in that the flags for +downward pointing stems are generated as invisible. +If your version of MuTeX produces flags for downward stems +please please e-mail me so I can find out what's wromg +with mine. + +Jake Palmer +Imaging Technology Research Group + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 22:45:13 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: LexiTeX / LexiBib release + +The following message was posted to the wrong list by mistake, and +Frank asked archive maintainers to forward it, having deleted his +own copy. (Not that I'm an active archive maintainer yet...) + +- ------- Forwarded Message + +From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> +Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 18:53:19 BST +Subject: LexiTeX / LexiBib release + +Two `doc' files have been placed in the UK CTAN `incoming' directory. +These are: + +lexibib-1.0c.doc: This is a BibTeX style that exports a *.bbl file +whose entries are in the format required by LexiTeX. This is a +bare-bones alpha release, which provides only incomplete support +for a few entry types (books, articles, and Japanese law cases). +A test database and a sample file are included. Apart from the +fact that there is no user documentation (yet), highlights of +the package are the modular design of functions, and fairly +clear documentation of how the sub-functions used to build +output in the entry-type functions operate. + +lexitex-2.0f.doc: This is a further upgrade of the LexiTeX style, +with the essential inner workings needed to cooperate with LexiBib. +An added, as yet undocumented feature is support for leading +volume numbers for multivolume works. The syntax for this is: + + \lexicite:1:{citenickname} + +Where `1' stands for whatever the volume designation is meant +to be. Any LexiBib book entry with a non-empty volume or +number field is open to the appending of a volume number with +\lexicite:?: syntax. + +Comments on these files will be most welcome. + +Enjoy! +- - ------------------- +Frank Bennett, Jr +Law Department +School of Oriental and African Studies +(University of London) +Thornhaugh Street +London WC1H 0XG +Tel: (071)323-6351 +Fax: (071)436-3844 +email: fbennett@uk.ac.ulcc.clus1 + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + +------------------------------ + + 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 #05 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 30] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.31 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.31 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..98c6285b32 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.31 @@ -0,0 +1,545 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #31 +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: <377.777548944.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 10:49:05 +0100 +Message-ID: <378.777548945@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Monday, 22 Aug 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 31 + +Today's Topics: + Re: BibTeX field size limits + emtex + Re: emtex + Re: emtex + The status of the `uk.tex' newsgroup + Re: Where is vpage? + Where is vpage? + A puzzle: multline environments in amstex (from LaTeX2e) + EuroTeX '94: only two weeks left for registration! + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) 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: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 22:16:51 -0000 +From: kempson@snowyowl.com (Niel Kempson) +Subject: Re: BibTeX field size limits + +In UKTeX 94/30, Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> writes: + +> Does anyone know whether it is possible to expand the field size +> limits in BibTeX? I am preparing an annotated bibliography of +> Japanese commercial law cases, and the summary of facts for complex +> cases may run beyond the normal limit of 3,000 characters. + +It is very possible :-) I adapted my PC port of BibTeX to use Eberhard +Mattes's excellent EMX package and to take advantage of 32 bit virtual +memory under DOS and OS/2. The result is huge capacities if you have the +memory and/or disk space. The code should compile reasonably unscathed +under Unix or VAX/VMS too. + +The current version has an input buffer of 6,000 bytes and a string +pool size of 400,000 bytes but you can easily redefine this. A DOS or +OS/2 executable version is available from ftp.tex.ac.uk: + + tex-archive/biblio/bibtex/ms-dos/kempson/8bit-beta/bt301dos.zip + bt301os2.zip + +These archives contain only the executables: e-mail me if you need the +sources. + +Niel +- -- +Dr C Niel Kempson +Snowy Owl Systems Limited, +25 Whitethorn Drive, Cheltenham GL52 5LL, England +E-mail: kempson@snowyowl.com (Internet) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 17:30:44 +0000 +From: kruppd@westminster.ac.uk (Declan Kruppa) +Subject: emtex + +i would like to download emtex from ftp.tex.ac.uk so that i could +use latex on a pc and drive a hp laserjet printer + +could anyone tell me what i need to download, since it is so time +consuming and i have limited disk space i don't want to download lots of +superflous stuff, on logging into ftp.tex.ac.tex this information is +not given. am i right in saying that i need to download all the .lj files +which i assume are laserjet fonts. + +thanks for any help + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:49:10 +0000 +From: palmerj@westminster.ac.uk (Jake Palmer) +Subject: Re: emtex + +Declan Kruppa (kruppd@westminster.ac.uk) wrote: +: i would like to download emtex from ftp.tex.ac.uk so that i could +: use latex on a pc and drive a hp laserjet printer + +: could anyone tell me what i need to download, since it is so time +: consuming and i have limited disk space i don't want to download lots of +: superflous stuff, on logging into ftp.tex.ac.tex this information is +: not given. am i right in saying that i need to download all the .lj files +: which i assume are laserjet fonts. + +Declan, You will need to start off with disc1 and disc2, download the whole +of them (use dynamic zip file creation---"get" disc1.zip, etc.), then +you can delete a few of the files, e.g. tex for other processors than yours, +other printer drivers, etc. All the standard laserjet fonts will take +up 5-6Mb when decompressed---if you haven't got this much space then +download metafont: all of disc4 + mfware2 from disc5. This will +generate the fonts you actually use, but is quite a lot of hassle. +By the way I think the dvi drivers ore on disc3, if so you need this +as well. + +Incidentally, TeX won't work very well if you don't get the shift key +mended on your keyboard. + +Jake + +------------------------------ + +Date: 16 Aug 1994 10:05:38 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: emtex + +In article <CuL7B9.E28@westminster.ac.uk>, +Declan Kruppa <kruppd@westminster.ac.uk> wrote: +>i would like to download emtex from ftp.tex.ac.uk so that i could +>use latex on a pc and drive a hp laserjet printer +> +>could anyone tell me what i need to download, since it is so time +>consuming and i have limited disk space i don't want to download lots of +>superflous stuff, on logging into ftp.tex.ac.tex this information is +>not given. am i right in saying that i need to download all the .lj files +>which i assume are laserjet fonts. + +I can't find _any_ .lj files; which were you talking of? + +Anyway, having said that, the whole kit is packaged up neatly to take +account of the requirement to load it onto floppies. You need the +floppy-fulls from systems/msdos/emtex/disk* and those from +systems/msdos/emtex-fonts/lj_fonts/disk* + +I would also recommend taking the betatest stuff, particularly if +you've got a 386 or better with more than 640K memory. If you want to +run current LaTeX, you need a bigTeX, and tex386 is big regardless. + +There's lots of documentation (but remember that it appears both in +English and German -- if there's a .ger file that looks interesting, +chase up the corresponding .eng file; there are separate English and +German directories somewhere on the tree, too). + +Installation is easy if you've disc space to play with (I have). In +your situation, it'll be more time consuming, since you'll need to +establish which stuff you need and which you don't (I've 80 or more +executables in my emTeX directory of which I use about 10). + +emTeX could do with a configuration mechanism, but the chances seem +small. If you had a CD-ROM drive, I'm told that the 4all-TeX CD does +the necessary. + +One final point -- if you chose to join the UK TeX users' group (see +details at the end of the digest), you will be able to get a current +version on floppy for a moderate price, thus saving all the tedium of +acquiring the stuff by ftp (it _is_ tedious -- I pulled my copy by ftp +when the archive was still in Aston). +- -- +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: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 11:22:33 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk> +Subject: The status of the `uk.tex' newsgroup + +Long ago, when I set up a news server, uk.tex was a pseudo-group at every +site I knew of. I couldn't get a feed of it, and I implemented it as a +moderated group with moderator address uktex@tex.ac.uk, into which I fed +the incoming mail of the digest. + +Somehow, since then, the status has changed, apparently everywhere -- +there are irregular postings to the group, apparently treating it as a +low-volume version of comp.text.tex + +I feel that (in the presence of c.t.t) we really shouldn't continue with +the status quo. Either we do away with the mailing-list version and junk +the group altogether (relying on comp.text.tex as the source of all +wisdom), or -- as I would prefer -- we change the status of uk.tex to +moderated by a puckah newgroup message. + +My preferred course makes it possible for people who don't receive news in +their site to continue to receive UKTeX (and in particular, to have a +route through which they can make enquiries and receive answers thereto). + +If I don't hear an overwhelming flood of moans, I propose to initiate +discussion of the change by a thread in uk.net; mail me if you want to +moan, and I'll prepare a summary which I'll post here. + +Robin + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:58:25 -0000 +From: Steve Gaito <stg@oikos.warwick.ac.uk> +Subject: Where is vpage? + +Hello + +On page 89 of the LaTeX Companion it describes a package called vpage +by Volker Kuhlmann. I have tried to find this package in both the +latex2e and the latex209 subdirectories (& subsubdirectories) of the +CTAN archives (ftp.tex.ac.uk & ftp.uni-stuttgart.de) but I can not find +it.... where can it be found? + +- -- +Stephen Gaito, Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Mathematics Institute, + Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL --- + Phone: +44 (203) 524695 (from Aug 94: +44 (1203) 524695) + H Phone: +44 (203) 410480 (from Aug 94: +44 (1203) 410480) + Email: stg@oikos.warwick.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 14:31:14 +0100 +From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Where is vpage? + +Steve Gaito writes [17 Aug 1994 13:58:25 BST]: + + > On page 89 of the LaTeX Companion it describes a package called vpage + > by Volker Kuhlmann. I have tried to find this package in both the + > latex2e and the latex209 subdirectories (& subsubdirectories) of the + > CTAN archives (ftp.tex.ac.uk & ftp.uni-stuttgart.de) but I can not find + > it.... where can it be found? + +Well, using xarchie, I found a copy on sol.cs.ruu.nl in +pub/TEX/latexstyle/vpage.sty which is the one you're looking for -- +the version info says it's "Style `Vpage', V2.2, 18 June 1993". I +don't know why it's not on CTAN, though... using "quote site index +vpage" in ftp only found dviware/dvi2pcl/doodevpages.c. + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 14:20:15 -0000 +From: Steve Gaito <stg@oikos.warwick.ac.uk> +Subject: A puzzle: multline environments in amstex (from LaTeX2e) + +Hello + +Here is an interesting puzzle: + +A PUZZLE:---------------------------------------------------------------- + +Suppose that I am perverse enough to want to define the following: + +\newcommand{\BMLine}{\begin{multline}} +\newcommand{\EMLine}{\end{multline}} + +I then use it as for example + +\BMLine +x = 3 \\ + = 2 + 1 \\ + = 1 + 1 + 1 +\EMLine + +Does this work? + +NOTE: I am using the most recent LaTeX2e distribution (from ftp.tex.ac.uk) +and the amstex contained in latex2e/packages/amslatex. I am also +bending the rules by using the full LaTeX2e syntax (\documentclass{article} +\usepackage{amstex})... however (if I am correct) this does not effect the +answer... + +ANSWER:------------------------------------------------------------------- + +No. + +Deep inside the file amstex.sty one finds that \multline calls the macro +\collect@body which collects the body of the environment. The macro +\collect@body in turn calls the macro \collect@@body which actually +does the collection. The macro \collect@@body is defined as follows: + +\def\collect@@body#1\end#2{... + +This means that TeX MUST FIND the \end to be satisfied. Unfortunately +my perverse redirection makes \collect@@body find \EMLine and not \end. +The result is that TeX reads to the end of the paragraph and gives up! + +Note that the following code does work (without \usepackage{amstex}!) + +\newcommand{\BEqnAr}{\begin{eqnarray}} +\newcommand{\EEqnAr}{\end{eqnarray}} + +\BEqnAr +x &=& 3 \\ + &=& 2 + 1 \\ + &=& 1 + 1 + 1 +\EEqnAr + +Since the LaTeX2e eqnarray environment collects its body differently! + +A QUESTION:--------------------------------------------------------------- + +SHOULD ams-latex collect its environment bodies in this way? + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 12:23:31 -0000 +From: CHAA006@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94: only two weeks left for registration! + +======================================================= +EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 +======================================================= + +If you would like to participate in the most exciting +TeX users' meeting of 1994---Eurotex '94 in Gda\'nsk--- +then please don't forget that there are only two weeks +left in which to enroll. + +The conference programme includes: + + -- Michel Goossens, + Simple colour design, and colour in LaTeX-2e + + -- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko, + Labyrinth of METAFONT paths in outline + + -- Kees van der Laan, + BLUe's format: back to basics + + -- Klaus Lagally, + Bi-directional line breaking with TeX macros + + -- Bernd Raichle, + Sorting in TeX's mouth + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Atomic fonts and elctronic archiving of TeX documents + +- - -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Occam's razor and macro management + + -- Petr Sojka and Pavel \v Seve\v cek, + Hyphenation in TeX: Quo vadis? + + -- Philip Taylor, + Defensive programing in TeX: Towards a better class of macro + + -- Andrey V. Astrelin, + Graphics in TeX + + -- Vladimir Batagelj, + Combining TeX and PostScript + + -- Janusz Bie\'n, + Polish texts in multilingual environments + + -- Lutz Birkhahn, + Tdb: An X11 TeX Debugger + + -- Michel Goossens, + Real life book production: lessons learned from "The LaTeX Companion" + + -- Karel Horak, + Printing big MetaFont pictures in an MS-DOS environment + + -- Olga Lapko, + MAKEFONT as part of CyrTug/emTeX package. + + -- Marion Neubauer, + WORD/WordPerfect to LaTeX conversion + + -- Eric Picheral, + Building and maintaining the Gutenberg archive + + -- Serguei A. Strelkov, + Development and standardisation of the Russian TeX + version CyrTUG/emTeX + + -- Johannes Braams, + Document classes and packages for LaTeX-2e + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, + 4TeX: A workbench for MS-DOS PCs + + -- Dag Langmuhr, + Creating document styles for LaTeX-2e + + -- J\"org Knappen: + Towards a 256-character IPA font + + -- Piotr Pianowski, + From PostScript to MetaFont and back + + -- Friedhelm Sowa, + Printing colour pictures + + -- Andrey F. Slepukhin, + A package for Church Slavonic typesetting + + -- Philip Taylor, + e-TeX & NTS: a progress report + + -- Ji\v r\'\i{} Zlatu\v ska, + Surviving in a multilingual world with multiple font encodings + + For further details please contact: eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl, or get + via ftp from halina.univ.gda.pl:/gust/eurotex Programme and + tutorial information will be found in prog.txt, booking form in bform.txt + and finally some advice on how to get to Gda\'nsk in howtoget.txt + +Conference organizers + +W{\l}odek Bzyl, +Tomasz Przechlewski + +------------------------------ + + 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 #07 + +\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 + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + 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 31] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.32 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.32 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e38eaa622d --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.32 @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #32 +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: <392.777912343.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 15:45:44 +0100 +Message-ID: <393.777912344@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 26 Aug 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 32 + +Today's Topics: + Problems with AMS-Latex + Re: Problems with AMS-Latex + Re: Problems with AMS-Latex + psboxit macros + EuroTeX '94; only two weeks remain for registration + + +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: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 23:13:54 -0000 +From: pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk (Paul Brett) +Subject: Problems with AMS-Latex + +This is probably a daft question (I'm still new at LaTex), but here goes: + +I am running AMS-Latex, and wish to mark sections of a document only to +be printed in the draft versions. I had therefore placed the following +environment definitions: + +\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } +%\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{comment} }{ \end{comment} } + +Then any sections which should only be printed in the draft could be +marked by \begin{Draft} ... \end{Draft}. + +However, when I switch to 'final copy' mode (by moving the comment), I +get an error message: + + Runaway argument? + ! File ended while scanning use of \next. + <inserted text> + \par + ... + l.34 \input{p6} + +Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong? + +- -- +Paul Brett EMail : pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk +London, UK Voice : 081 810 7587 + PGP2.6 key available + +------------------------------ + +Date: 19 Aug 1994 23:59:33 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: Problems with AMS-Latex + +In article <777366191snx@tamara.demon.co.uk>, +Paul Brett <pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk> wrote: +>This is probably a daft question (I'm still new at LaTex), but here goes: +> +>I am running AMS-Latex, and wish to mark sections of a document only to +>be printed in the draft versions. I had therefore placed the following +>environment definitions: +> +>\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } +>%\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{comment} }{ \end{comment} } +> +>Then any sections which should only be printed in the draft could be +>marked by \begin{Draft} ... \end{Draft}. +> +>However, when I switch to 'final copy' mode (by moving the comment), I +>get an error message: +> +> Runaway argument? +> ! File ended while scanning use of \next. +>[...] + +I don't use AMSLaTeX, and have never examined its comment environment, +but the chances are that it's a verbatim-type thing. This means, in +effect, that you're putting a verbatim environment in the argument of +a macro (it's not as simple as that, but the effect is the same); TeX +never finds the \end{comment} and ends up trying to gobble every last +bit of your file as comment. + +Having told you what's wrong, I'm afraid I can't offer an alternative. +You'll likely need some internals sort of command, and (as I said) I +don't know AMSLaTeX. +- -- +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: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 10:17:57 -0000 +From: pbrett@tamara.demon.co.uk (Paul Brett) +Subject: Re: Problems with AMS-Latex + +Thanks for all your help. The final solution I found was simply to use +one of the following lines: + +%\newenvironment{Draft}{ \begin{quotation} \em}{ \end{quotation} } +\let\Draft=\comment \let\endDraft=\endcomment + +Paul Brett + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 08:20:23 -0000 +From: joop@entropic.demon.co.uk (Joop Jansen) +Subject: psboxit macros + +Hello, + +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? + +Best regards Joop Jansen +- -- +Entropic Research Laboratories, Inc +Sheraton House +Castle Park +Cambridge CB3 0AX, UK +E-mail: joop@entropic.com +Tel: +44-223-302651 +Fax: +44-223-324560 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:40:07 -0000 +From: CHAA006@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94; only two weeks remain for registration + + +======================================================= +EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 * EuroTeX '94 +======================================================= + +If you would like to participate in the most exciting +TeX users' meeting of 1994---Eurotex '94 in Gda\'nsk--- +then please don't forget that there are only two weeks +left in which to enroll. + +The conference programme includes: + + -- Michel Goossens, + Simple colour design, and colour in LaTeX-2e + + -- Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko, + Labyrinth of METAFONT paths in outline + + -- Kees van der Laan, + BLUe's format: back to basics + + -- Klaus Lagally, + Bi-directional line breaking with TeX macros + + -- Bernd Raichle, + Sorting in TeX's mouth + + -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Atomic fonts and elctronic archiving of TeX documents + +- -- Laurent Siebenmann, + Occam's razor and macro management + + -- Petr Sojka and Pavel \v Seve\v cek, + Hyphenation in TeX: Quo vadis? + + -- Philip Taylor, + Defensive programing in TeX: Towards a better class of macro + + -- Andrey V. Astrelin, + Graphics in TeX + + -- Vladimir Batagelj, + Combining TeX and PostScript + + -- Janusz Bie\'n, + Polish texts in multilingual environments + + -- Lutz Birkhahn, + Tdb: An X11 TeX Debugger + + -- Michel Goossens, + Real life book production: lessons learned from "The LaTeX Companion" + + -- Karel Horak, + Printing big MetaFont pictures in an MS-DOS environment + + -- Olga Lapko, + MAKEFONT as part of CyrTug/emTeX package. + + -- Marion Neubauer, + WORD/WordPerfect to LaTeX conversion + + -- Eric Picheral, + Building and maintaining the Gutenberg archive + + -- Serguei A. Strelkov, + Development and standardisation of the Russian TeX + version CyrTUG/emTeX + + -- Johannes Braams, + Document classes and packages for LaTeX-2e + + -- Erik Frambach and Wietse Dol, + 4TeX: A workbench for MS-DOS PCs + + -- Dag Langmuhr, + Creating document styles for LaTeX-2e + + -- J\"org Knappen: + Towards a 256-character IPA font + + -- Piotr Pianowski, + From PostScript to MetaFont and back + + -- Friedhelm Sowa, + Printing colour pictures + + -- Andrey F. Slepukhin, + A package for Church Slavonic typesetting + + -- Philip Taylor, + e-TeX & NTS: a progress report + + -- Ji\v r\'\i{} Zlatu\v ska, + Surviving in a multilingual world with multiple font encodings + + For further details please contact: eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl, or get + via ftp from halina.univ.gda.pl:/gust/eurotex Programme and + tutorial information will be found in prog.txt, booking form in bform.txt + and finally some advice on how to get to Gda\'nsk in howtoget.txt + +Conference organizers + +W{\l}odek Bzyl, +Tomasz Przechlewski + +------------------------------ + + 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 #07 + +\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 32] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.33 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.33 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..063399660b --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.33 @@ -0,0 +1,433 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #33 +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: <786.778524946.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 17:55:47 +0100 +Message-ID: <787.778524947@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +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) + Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe uktex" or "unsubscribe uktex", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +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] + + 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 #07 + +\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. 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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] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.34 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.34 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8c8774e6d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.34 @@ -0,0 +1,237 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #34 +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" +Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1994 17:10:42 +0100 +Message-ID: <14289.779127042@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 9 Sep 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 34 + +Today's Topics: + Re: Postscript macros + Re: Postscript macros + Re: Postscript macros + YINIT fonts + +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: 02 Sep 1994 13:10:09 +0000 +From: maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson) +Subject: Re: Postscript macros + +In article <346s0f$pfp@deneb.dur.ac.uk>, "M.P.Ward" <Martin.Ward@durham.ac.uk> +writes: +... +> 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!). + +Yes, that is indeed one possible approach, and is very close to what I +had in mind, but not exactly. The snag is that it goes one step too +far, and actually interprets the graphics primitives. So you are stuck +with ghostscript's rendering, which may not be as good as the printer +can do (especially if there is embedded text). + +What I'd like to be able to do is stop just short of the point at which +the graphics primitives are rendered into bitmaps, and emit clean +PostScript which will eventually be rendered into an equivalent image +when it gets to the printer. + +Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk +University of Cambridge Computer Lab +Cambridge UK + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 13:44:03 +0000 +From: bruce@liverpool.ac.uk (Bruce Stephens) +Subject: Re: Postscript macros + +>>>>> On 2 Sep 1994 13:10:09 GMT, maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson) said: + +> What I'd like to be able to do is stop just short of the point at +> which the graphics primitives are rendered into bitmaps, and emit +> clean PostScript which will eventually be rendered into an +> equivalent image when it gets to the printer. + +That would be nice, but I don't think there's anything out there to do +it yet. Ghostscript has another useful feature, however: it can turn +a (single page) postscript image into encapsulated postscript. + +Bruce Institute of Advanced Scientific Computation +bruce@liverpool.ac.uk University of Liverpool + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 09:26:41 +0100 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <Sebastian.Rahtz@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: Postscript macros + +further to the request to deal with horrible PostScript, there is a +scrip which comes with GhostScript 23 called, i think, ps2epsi, which +reads nasty PS and writes better PS. *not* a bitmap output, as in +Martin Ward's approach. Well worth a look. + +sebastian rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 12:24:15 +0000 +From: Bill Peel <W.Peel@mmu.ac.uk> +Subject: YINIT fonts + +Does anyone know where I can obtain the metafont file(s) to generate +the yinit font. From CTAN I have obtained the contents of the yinit +font directory under tex-archive\fonts\... but this contains +yinitas.mf and NOT yinit.mf. Yinitas seems to be a much larger font +than yinit (ca 40pt cf 10pt). + +I need it to print the Japanese-produced styus-e.dvi file which is a +guide to using macros and style files in LaTeX. + +Thanks + +Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street + | Manchester M1 5GD + | England + +------------------------------ + + 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 #08 + +\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. 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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 34] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.35 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.35 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..df1c291b6e --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.35 @@ -0,0 +1,591 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #35 +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: <317.779632807.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 13:40:15 +0100 +Message-ID: <318.779632815@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Thursday, 15 Sep 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 35 + +Today's Topics: + Garbage at start of printout + Re: Garbage at start of printout + Re: Garbage at start of printout + Re: Garbage at start of printout + "A.W. Bingham": emTeX + emTeX + BibTeX + Re: BibTeX + \Bbb font and LaTeX3 + Re: \Bbb font and LaTeX3 + AGM and committee elections: reminder + + +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]) + + E D I T O R ' S N O T E + + This week's issue appears a day early, + due to much-needed editorial holidays (vacation). + There will be no UKTeX Digest next week. + + --Ed. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: 10 Sep 1994 20:08:39 +0100 +From: mark@kram.org (Mark Turner) +Subject: Garbage at start of printout + +I've recently started dabbling with TeX and would like to print out my +efforts. The problem is that I get garbage instead of the first character +of my text. + +For example, using the following input file (test.tex).... + +- ---- test.tex ---- +%% Some comments. + +Here is my first \TeX\ sentence. + +\bye +- ---- end ---- + +....which tex turns into test.dvi, which dvips turns into test.ps, which +I throw at gs using the following command line.... + +gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bj10e -sOutputFile=test.bj test.ps + +....then piping test.ps through lpr, the printed output looks like.... + +- ---- output ---- +````````ere is my first TeX sentence. +- ---- end ---- + +BTW, the TeX does turn out "up and down-ish" as expected. + +The setup here is Linux and a Canon BJ-10sx. + +Any clues would be appreciated. + +Mark. + +Mark Turner mark@kram.org +mark@ibmpcug.co.uk, renrut@linux.phl.cursci.com, mark@renrut.dircon.co.uk. +Also markt@pipex.net but speaking for me rather than PIPEX in this message + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 20:11:27 -0000 +From: pla@sktb.demon.co.uk ("Paul L. Allen") +Subject: Re: Garbage at start of printout + +In article <34t07n$mbm@clio.kram.org> + mark@kram.org (Mark Turner) writes: + +> I've recently started dabbling with TeX and would like to print out my +> efforts. The problem is that I get garbage instead of the first character +[test file] + +> ....which tex turns into test.dvi, which dvips turns into test.ps, which +> I throw at gs using the following command line.... + +Gak! I have to use GhostScript on my machine when somebody sends me a PS +file and the result (after a l o n g wait) is crap... + +> gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=bj10e -sOutputFile=test.bj test.ps +> +> ....then piping test.ps through lpr, the printed output looks like.... +> +> ---- output ---- +> ````````ere is my first TeX sentence. +> ---- end ---- +> +> BTW, the TeX does turn out "up and down-ish" as expected. + +Looks like GS is even crappier than I thought. The \TeX\ in your input +file should indeed be printed `up and down-ish'. + +> The setup here is Linux and a Canon BJ-10sx. + +I'd try looking for a dvi-driver for the BJ-10sx. Unfortunately the +only one I know of is dvidot in the emTeX DOS distribution. Some day +Nelson Beebe may release version 3 of his drivers, until then you're stuck +with dvidot. + +- --Paul + +------------------------------ + +Date: 13 Sep 1994 09:08:22 +0100 +From: markt@pipex.net (Mark Turner) +Subject: Re: Garbage at start of printout + +In article <8E8rOCj030n@sktb.demon.co.uk>, +> +>I'd try looking for a dvi-driver for the BJ-10sx. Unfortunately the +>only one I know of is dvidot in the emTeX DOS distribution. Some day +>Nelson Beebe may release version 3 of his drivers, until then you're stuck +>with dvidot. + +DOS isn't an option I'm afraid, I don't run it on any of my machines. +I'll carry on looking for a driver, and maybe investigate writing a +filter to turn the first line back into something useful. + +Hmmm..... wonder what would happen if I put the beast into Epson mode and +tried to generate Epson compatible output from gs. I'll try that too. + +Mark. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 23:11:56 -0000 +From: pla@sktb.demon.co.uk ("Paul L. Allen") +Subject: Re: Garbage at start of printout + +In article <353mlm$bfg@pipe.pipex.net> + markt@pipex.net (Mark Turner) writes: + +> In article <8E8rOCj030n@sktb.demon.co.uk>, + +> >I'd try looking for a dvi-driver for the BJ-10sx. Unfortunately the +> >only one I know of is dvidot in the emTeX DOS distribution. + +> DOS isn't an option I'm afraid, I don't run it on any of my machines. + +Windows? emTeX runs under that too. + +> I'll carry on looking for a driver, and maybe investigate writing a +> filter to turn the first line back into something useful. + +I doubt it's just the first line though, I suspect you'll get random errors +all over the place... + +> Hmmm..... wonder what would happen if I put the beast into Epson mode and +> tried to generate Epson compatible output from gs. I'll try that too. + +It might work. It might not. You could treat yourself to a LaserJet - +plenty of drivers for them... + +- --Paul + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 09:46:54 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: "A.W. Bingham": emTeX + +This message was sent to me as the coordinator for UKTUG electronic +enquiries. Since I'm not at home (and hence don't have access to my +emTeX machine and its documentation), I wonder if anyone on the UKTeX +queries list can deal with it more immediately? + +As a general rule, I can't guarantee to answer questions about TeX +posted to uktug-enquiries -- it's best to use the UKTeX route, folks! + +R +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 09:32:05 +0100 (BST) +From: "A.W. Bingham" <awb1001@cus.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: emTeX +To: uktug-enquiries@tex.ac.uk + +Can anyone help? + +I've installed emTex onto my Pentium PC and have a couple of problems +which I cannot solve. + +1. I have installed the lj and ito font libraries. When I run: + dviscr @ito.cnf + I CAN view a dvi file. + + However, when I use the lj fonts and run: + dviscr @lj.cnf /ocr=1 /fl=-1 (i.e v.bat) + I CAN NOT view a dvi file. Instead the computer hangs and appears to + violate memory, forcing me to reboot. I've tried changing the arguments + to no avail. + +2. We have a Apple LaseWriter which can be configured to emulate a HP + LaserJet+. The printer is attached to the serial COM2 port. When I + try to print a dvi file using: + dvihplj @ito.cnf /po=com2 /ox+ + only the first page prints, after that I get nonense. The computer will + also again hang when I select the other fonts: + dvihplj @lj.cnf /po=com2 /xo+ + +Does anyone have any suggesting on how to fix these problems? + +Regards, +Andy Bingham +Scott Polar Research Institute + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 06:51:50 +0000 +From: virsto@ki.se (Virgil Stokes neuro) +Subject: BibTeX + +Does anyone have information on the actual running of BibTeX (vers. +0.99c) under DOS. I recently installed BibTeX; but find it rather awkward +to work with. First, I have not been able to find any documentation on +things like error messages, limitation (memory requirements), etc. +Second, when I try to use a style file ieee.bst (avaiable at CTAN) it +gives the following: + + This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (MS-DOS port by D. Vulis/J.Demel) + The top-level auxiliary file: c:\Y&YTEX\Latex\bibtest1. .aux + The style file: ieee.bst + Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 1000 + (That was a fatal error) + +What can be done (if anything) to solve this problem? + +- --Thanks (VPS) + +* Virgil.Stokes@neuro.ki.se | * +* BMC, Neuroscience | Things of quality * +* Karolinska Institute | have no fear of time. * + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Sep 1994 13:03:54 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: BibTeX + +In article <Cw3xqF.EyF@ki.se>, Virgil Stokes neuro <virsto@ki.se> wrote: +>Does anyone have information on the actual running of BibTeX (vers. +>0.99c) under DOS. I recently installed BibTeX; but find it rather awkward +>to work with. First, I have not been able to find any documentation on +>things like error messages, limitation (memory requirements), etc. +>Second, when I try to use a style file ieee.bst (avaiable at CTAN) it +>gives the following: +> +> This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (MS-DOS port by D. Vulis/J.Demel) +> The top-level auxiliary file: c:\Y&YTEX\Latex\bibtest1. .aux +> The style file: ieee.bst +> Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 1000 +> (That was a fatal error) +> +>What can be done (if anything) to solve this problem? + +I recommend at least trying the rather new emTeX betatest BibTeX, +which is available on ftp.tex.ac.uk:/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/ +betatest/bibtexb1.zip + +I haven't tried it myself, but the documentation does say (inter alia) + + - The maximum length if input lines (.aux file) has been increased + from 1000 to 2000 characters + + - The maximum number of wizard-defined functions has been increased + from 3000 to 5000 + +If you still have problems, look to see if your copy of ieee.bst has +proper line terminations in it. If BibTeX isn't seeing the end of +line, it may try and load the whole file into a buffer intended for +just one line. + +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: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 10:48:00 -0700 +From: Karsten Strobek <okoks@pc.ibt.dk> +Subject: \Bbb font and LaTeX3 + +Hi, +Do you still need AmSTeX to produce the \Bbb font, if you use LaTeX3 or can +you do without? +I am thinking about something like +$f\in{\Bbb R}^n$ +or someting like that. + +Cheers, + +Karsten Strobek + +Institute of Economics Phone: +45 35 32 30 25 +University of Copenhagen Fax: +45 35 32 30 00 +Studiestraede 6 Internet: Okoks@pc.ibt.dk +DK-1455 Copenhagen K +Denmark + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 09:49:10 +0100 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <Sebastian.Rahtz@CL.CAM.AC.UK> +Subject: Re: \Bbb font and LaTeX3 + +well, you'll need the AMS fonts installed at least. and latex2e by +default doesnt defined \Bbb. you'll need to install the amslatex +stuff, and use the `amsfonts' package + +sebastian + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 17:38:04 +0200 +From: bailey@bmve01.versailles.inra.fr (Rosemary Bailey) +Subject: AGM and committee elections: reminder + + + Final Announcement of Annual General Meeting + +The Annual General Meeting of the UKTUG will be held at 1030 on + Wednesday 19~October 1994 at the University of Warwick, +in the Staff Club `Quiet Room' in Rootes Building. + +A draft agenda for the meeting is in Baskerville 4.4. + +Lunch will be available after the AGM, and will be followed by an ordinary +meeting on {\it What's up doc?} Further details of the afternoon meeting, +including a booking form, are in Baskerville 4.4. + +There is no charge for the AGM itself, but members who wish to stay for the +afternoon meeting will have to pay. Non-members are not permitted to +participate in the AGM but are welcome to attend the afternoon meeting. + +All members of the UK TeX Users' Group are urged to attend the AGM. +Agenda item~11 specifically seeks your opinion on future meetings: +where? when? how often? what topics? talks or training? +regular or flexible schedule? The Committee +needs your input in order to plan the meetings that the membership wants. + +The Constitution contains the following clauses: + +17. The annual general meeting of the UKTUG shall be held in the +United Kingdom not later than the last day of November in each year +on a date and at a time to be fixed by the Committee and notified +to members at least 35 days in advance for the following purposes--- + +(1) to receive from the Committee a report balance sheet and statement of +accounts for the preceding financial year + +(2) to fill the vacancies in the Committee and to appoint auditors for the +ensuing year + +(3) to decide on any motion which may be proposed to the meeting in the +manner provided below + +(4) to fix the entrance fee (if any) and annual subscription + +18. Any member desirous of proposing any motion at the +annual general meeting shall give notice in writing to the secretary not +later than 14 days before the date of such meeting + +23. No amendment (other than a motion for adjournment) shall be moved to any +motion proposed at any annual or special general meeting unless written notice +of the amendment shall have been sent to the secretary prior to the meeting + +I think that Clauses 17(3), 18 and 23 are self-explanatory. + +Having seen the draft agenda in Baskerville, anyone wishing to propose +any other motion to the AGM must send me, in writing, the text of the +proposed motion and their own name and address, to reach me by +5~October 1994. If there are any changes to the draft agenda, +the final agenda will be sent to members in the 14 days before +the AGM. Anyone wishing, at that stage, to move +any amendment to any motion, must send me, in writing, the text of +the proposed amendment and their own name and address, to reach me +by 18 October 1994. + + +As for vacancies on the Committee, C. A. Rowley will continue as Chair in +1994--94 and P. Abbott as Treasurer and Membership Secretary. +M. Clark, J. Fine and A. S. A. Jeffrey are eligible and willing to continue +their Committee membership. C. Hewlett and R. Fairbairns must retire but are +eligible and willing to stand for re-election. +Thus there are up to 7 vacancies to be filled, and at least +5 nominations are needed from outside the present Committee. + + +The following parts of Clause 10 describe the procedure for +filling these vacancies: + +(3) Any two members who are individuals may nominate any member or +members of the group who are individuals to fill any of the vacancies +by giving at least 7~days notice in writing to the secretary + +(4) If there are more nominations than vacancies then the membership +will be decided by an election by single transferable vote in which +every member of the UKTUG who is an individual and is present at the +annual general meeting shall be entitled but not obliged to vote + +Nominations for committee members in accordance with the above +sub-clauses are thus being sought. 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Anyone with talents for either +of these jobs is strongly encouraged to stand for election to the Committee. + +In all the above, `in writing' means `on paper', not email. + +Please put `UKTUG' on the outside of the envelope when you send me any +of the above. Otherwise, people may find themselves elected to the +wrong committee. + +My address is + +School of Mathematical Sciences +Queen Mary and Westfield College +Mile End Road +London E1 4NS + + +R. A. Bailey, Honorary Secretary, UK TeX Users' Group + +------------------------------ + + 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 #08 + +\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 35] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.36 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.36 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d3c6ecefff --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.36 @@ -0,0 +1,345 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #36 +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: <1050.780943260.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 17:41:00 +0100 +Message-ID: <1051.780943260@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 30 Sep 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 36 + +Today's Topics: + LaTeX training + Problems building 600dpi HPLJ fonts with EmTeX + LaTeX: emphasis within emphasis + line-breaking in mathematical formuli + [Q] Increasing TeX parameters in unix TeX... + Re: [Q] Increasing TeX parameters in unix TeX... + + +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: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 15:04:49 -0000 +From: Andrew Carrick <uczpanc@ucl.ac.uk> +Subject: LaTeX training + +I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who runs training courses +for novices on LaTeX. Equally, anyone who has participated in a training +course and would recommend their people to us would be appreciated. Since we +are London based, the closer to central London the better. + +Appreciate your help. + +Andrew Carrick e-mail: a.carrick@ucl.ac.uk +UCL Press tel +44 71 380 7707 +Senior Editor - Science fax +44 71 413 8392 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 15:29:53 -0000 +From: FGG@wpo.nerc.ac.uk +Subject: Problems building 600dpi HPLJ fonts with EmTeX + +I have tried to remake all my fonts for our 600dpi HPLJ. +After changing MODES.MFJ I tried MFJOB, but I get errors trying to write +files. My *guess* is that the environment is set up wrong (I have no TeX +environmental variables set in this instance). Hints please. + +Thanks, + +Fergus + +British National Space Centre +F.Gallagher@nerc.ac.uk + +=========================================================================== +C:\EMTEX\MFJOB> mfjob all +This is METAFONT, Version 2.0 [3a] (no base preloaded) +**&plain \mode=hplaser; mag=1; input line10 +(\emtex\mfinput\line10.mf (\emtex\mfinput\line.mf +! I can't write on file `line10.300gf'. +Please type another file name for output +! Emergency stop. +endchar->...roofrule);fi.chardx:=w;shipit; + if.displaying>0:makebox(scr... +l.150 endchar + ; +! I can't write on file `line10.tfm'. +Please type another file name for font metrics +! Emergency stop. +endchar->...roofrule);fi.chardx:=w;shipit; + if.displaying>0:makebox(scr... +l.150 endchar + ; +Transcript written on line10.log. +MFjob -- Version 1.1f -- Copyright (c) 1989-1990 by Eberhard Mattes +*** Error returned by `mf.exe': 3 +=============================================================== + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:47:15 -0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: LaTeX: emphasis within emphasis + +The LaTeX standard classes implement \emph{...} and {\em...} as italic. +For `emphasis within emphasis', \emph{\emph{...}}, they revert to roman. + +In certain types of passage, this can have the unfortunate effect of making +the *most important* text look *completely unimportant*. E.g., + ... \emph{text text \emph{text text} text text} ... +looks the same to a reader as + ... \emph{text text} text text \emph{text text} ... + +I'm trying to produce a class file in which `emphasis within emphasis' is +implemented differently. My current thinking is to try and implement it as +underlined italic. (Yes, I know that the `Companion' says that +`underlining is considered bad practice in the publishing world'. But [1] +`emphasis within emphasis' only occurs rarely, so the underlining would +only occur rarely [2] my British Telecom bills, which look professionally +designed, use underlining for `emphasis within italic' and it looks OK to +me [3] I can't offhand think of another neat way of indicating `emphasis +within italic' -- e.g., \uppercase{...} wouldn't emphasise acronyms, since +they are already uppercase.) + +Unfortunately, I can't find a convenient bit of code to hack at. The +fragment I found in latex.ltx is + \DeclareRobustCommand\em + {\@nomath\em \ifdim \fontdimen\@ne\font >\z@ + \upshape \else \itshape \fi} + \DeclareTextFontCommand{\emph}{\em} +which doesn't seem obviously hackable into something I could stick in a +class file to make \emph{\emph{...}} give underlined italic. Donald +Arseneau's ulem package (`Companion', section 3.1.2) seems worth a look, in +case it would do what I want, but I can't find it in the Cambridge archive. + +Could anyone point me to some code fragments that, when hacked together, +would enable me to put a chunk of code in a class file such that: +* ordinary `emphasis' is mapped to italic, as in the standard classes +* `emphasis within emphasis' is mapped to `underlined italic'? +Better still, has anyone already produced such a chunk of code? + + +David Rhead +david.rhead@nottingham.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 14:26:00 -0000 +From: alanje@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Alan Jeffrey) +Subject: line-breaking in mathematical formuli + +>As I never want to allow a line break wthin a formula, I would like to +>change the definition of $ to include an mbox. +>I am using LaTeX, but a standard TeX approach might be more useful, +>because I could pass it on to some friends who use standard TeX. + +Use \binoppenalty=10000 and \relpenalty=10000. These are the +penalties for breaking around binary ops or relations, and setting +them to 10,000 disallows any line-breaking. Using \mbox isn't a great +idea since it removes any stretchiness of the math formula. + +Alan. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 23:25:33 +0100 +From: phy6tc@irc.leeds.ac.uk (Tim Collins) +Subject: [Q] Increasing TeX parameters in unix TeX... + +Hi! (Yes, it's me again!!!) + +How do I increase the size of TeX parameters under Unix? I have run +out of "strings"... that is I get a TeX errror... + +! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [number of strings=4463]. + +Can I change this parameter? If so where can I do it? + +I think we have a faily standard TeX setup here.... (I do hope +so!).... + +Cheers! +Tim. +P.S. I looked in the FAQ, it told me to look in "module 11". What on +earch is "module 11"?. + +Timothy L D Collins | phy6tc@gps.leeds.ac.uk +Physics Dept. | phy6tc@phys-irc.novell.leeds.ac.uk +University of Leeds, | +Leeds. | "Opinions expressed are just that: opinions!" + +------------------------------ + +Date: 28 Sep 1994 09:30:01 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: [Q] Increasing TeX parameters in unix TeX... + +In article <1994Sep27.222533.4300@leeds.ac.uk>, +Tim Collins <phy6tc@irc.leeds.ac.uk> wrote: +>Hi! (Yes, it's me again!!!) +> +>How do I increase the size of TeX parameters under Unix? I have run +>out of "strings"... that is I get a TeX errror... +> +>! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [number of strings=4463]. +> +>Can I change this parameter? If so where can I do it? +> +>I think we have a faily standard TeX setup here.... (I do hope +>so!).... + +You need to rebuild your TeX system from the sources. This is not +something for the faint-hearted, but if you know what you're doing +it's not too bad. + +What's the context of the problem? While it *is* possible to run out +of strings, it's fairly rare. Can you post the (end of the) .log file +(which would tell us how `standard' your setup is -- ours here allows +11K strings). + +>P.S. I looked in the FAQ, it told me to look in "module 11". What on +>earch is "module 11"?. + +Module 11 of the Web source for TeX. If you looked at it, you'ld +understand. + +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 #08 + +\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 36] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.37 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.37 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9ae09a9312 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.37 @@ -0,0 +1,533 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #37 +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: <521.781536586.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 14:29:47 +0100 +Message-ID: <523.781536587@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 7 Oct 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 37 + +Today's Topics: + Bib style using key as label? + Inserting space + using more than one bib file via bibtex + Re: using more than one bib file via bibtex + Re: using more than one bib file via bibtex + Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + Re: Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + Re: Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + Re: Problems building 600dpi HPLJ fonts with EmTeX + E-mail address + Problem with printing using Epson FX 80 + WANTED: TEXCAD for PC + Re: WANTED: TEXCAD for PC + Framemaker -> TeX + NFSSFONTS + +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: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 22:24:56 -0000 +From: Ajith.P.Madurapperuma@cm.cf.ac.uk (Ajith P Madurapperuma) +Subject: Bib style using key as label? + +I need to find a bibliography style file that would use the key as the label. + +For example a style file that would create a Bibliography entry that would use +ABB91(the given KEY) as the label. + +@article{ABB91, + author = {Abbas Abbas et. al.}, + journal = {In IMS91}, + key = {ABB91}, + title = {"Multidatabase Management in Pegasus"} +} + +ALPHA style does this for entries with one author, but when there are more than +one author it uses the first letters of each surname as the label. e.g. for the +entry +@article{AGR89, + author = {R. Agrawal and N.H. Gehani}, + journal = {Proceedings ACM SIGMOD}, + key = {AGR89}, + title = {ODE (Object Database and Environment): The language and the data mo +del}, + year = {1989} +} + +it creates as the label AG89. I need a style that would create AGR89 (the given +KEY) for this entry as well. + +I have tried to modify the alpha.bst file, but it looks very complicated for me +and I couldn't find any information on the language used other than bxtbst.doc. + +Hope someone knows a style file that would do this or if anybody can explain me +how and where to change the .bst file to do this. + +Sorry for the longness of the request. + +Thanx. + +Ajith +scmapm@cm.cf.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 17:41:00 -0000 +From: robertd@cogs.susx.ac.uk (Robert Davidge) +Subject: Inserting space + +I hope you cna help me. Our local texperts are proving silent on this question. + +We have at Sussex a thing called thesis.sty which we use for writing +theses, but the problem may occur in other latex styles. + +I am not a Texer so can not write in this language. + +The problem is to do with the list of figures. It seems to have a fixed +amount of space between the numbering and the caption. This works fine +until you have a chapter number > 9 and a figure no. > 9. Then ther +is no space left before your caption starts. + +AN EXAMPLE + + 1.1 The ...... + 2.10 The...... + 10.1 The ...... + 10.10The ...... + +I would not like to see the mess produced if you had more than 99 figures! + +many thanks for your attention + +Robert Davidge +Sussex University +School of Cognitive and Computer Sciences + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 18:28:52 +0000 +From: steven@phy.hw.ac.uk (Steve Hughes) +Subject: using more than one bib file via bibtex + +Does anyone know how to incorporate more than one bib file +in a large tex document, when using bibtex. ie- I want to have a seperate bib +file for each chapter but tex doesn't seem to liker that. +I'm sure there must be a way out of it as it seems a sensible +request. Thank you in advance + + __________________________________________________________________ +| | | +| Steve Hughes | | +| Physics Department, | Tel: +44 (0)31-451-3068 | +| Heriot-Watt University, | Fax: +44 (0)31-451-3136 | +| Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, | | +| Scotland. | Internet: steven@phy.hw.ac.uk | +|____________________________|_____________________________________| + +------------------------------ + +Date: 03 Oct 1994 09:35:27 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: using more than one bib file via bibtex + +In article <Cx2604.37o@cee.hw.ac.uk>, Steve Hughes <steven@phy.hw.ac.uk> wrote: +>Does anyone know how to incorporate more than one bib file +>in a large tex document, when using bibtex. ie- I want to have a seperate bib +>file for each chapter but tex doesn't seem to liker that. + +The chapterbib package, available on + ftp//ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/chapterbib.sty +may or may not help (it's supposed to, but I've never used it). Give +it a whirl... + +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: 07 Oct 1994 11:03:08 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henderson <J.R.Henderson@durham.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: using more than one bib file via bibtex + +Steve Hughes (steven@phy.hw.ac.uk) wrote: +: Does anyone know how to incorporate more than one bib file +: in a large tex document, when using bibtex. ie- I want to have a seperate bib +: file for each chapter but tex doesn't seem to liker that. + +I've used the bibunits.sty package to do something like this. + +In fact what I did was create a resume with separate sections for +"Publications" and "Presentations" - each of which produces a separate +"bibliography" from a separate bib file. Anal or what? :-) + +------------------------------ + +Date: 03 Oct 1994 15:21:12 +0000 +From: L.Aye@cs.bham.ac.uk (Leonard Aye) +Subject: Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + +I downloaded the entire contents of the gtex/ directory in +ftp.tex.ac.uk and followed the instrctions on installation after +reading README.DOC file. + +However, it doesn't mention where I should put the environment +varialbes, such as + +SET TEXINPUTS = .;C;/TEX/TEXINPUTS// +SET TEXFORMATS = .;C:/TEX/TEXFMTS// +etc. + +So, I put these instructions in the autoexec file and after starting +up I get 'Out of environment space' errrors. + +What am I doing wrong?? + +Any help appreciated. + +Len Aye + +Leonard Kyaw Soe Aung Aye |Internet: lka@cs.bham.ac.uk +School of Computer Science, |Janet: lka@uk.ac.bham.cs +The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, |tel: +44 (0)21 414-3705 +Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, England, UK |fax: +44 (0)21 414-4281 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 11:52:36 +0100 +From: phy6tc@irc.leeds.ac.uk (Tim Collins) +Subject: Re: Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + +Leonard Aye (L.Aye@cs.bham.ac.uk) wrote: + +> SET TEXINPUTS = .;C;/TEX/TEXINPUTS// +> SET TEXFORMATS = .;C:/TEX/TEXFMTS// +> etc. + +Yes, that's correct. + +> So, I put these instructions in the autoexec file and after starting +> up I get 'Out of environment space' errrors. + +Ok, edit your CONFIG.SYS, and include the line: + +SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /e:1024 /p + +Note, that I have assumed that COMMAND.COM is on the C drive, at the +top level. If it is anywhere else, addapt the line accoringly! + +> What am I doing wrong?? + +This specifies that 1024 bytes of memory should be allocated for the +environment and path variables. + +Timothy L D Collins | phy6tc@gps.leeds.ac.uk +Physics Dept. | phy6tc@phys-irc.novell.leeds.ac.uk +University of Leeds, | +Leeds. | "Opinions expressed are just that: opinions!" + +------------------------------ + +Date: 04 Oct 1994 17:01:33 +0100 +From: rubillon@rowan.coventry.ac.uk (JEAN MICHEL RUBILLON) +Subject: Re: Installing GTex on PC. Help!! + +The solution of your problem is quite simple. +Increase the environment space allocate for COMMAND.COM. +To do this add in your CONFIG.SYS file the line: +SHELL=c:\dos\command.com /e:720 +where 720 is the number of bytes for the environment. Adjust it to your +system's needs. + +hope that helps + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 13:13:41 -0100 +From: Fabricio Chalub Barbosa do Rosario <CHALUB@maracana.lci.ufrj.br> +Subject: Re: Problems building 600dpi HPLJ fonts with EmTeX + +> I have tried to remake all my fonts for our 600dpi HPLJ. +> After changing MODES.MFJ I tried MFJOB, but I get errors trying to write +> files. My *guess* is that the environment is set up wrong (I have no TeX +> environmental variables set in this instance). Hints please. + +I don't have a hplj yet, but I'm planning to aquire one in the future +so I've decided to start trying to produce 600dpi METAFONTs... So, I +changed the file LOCAL.MF and added another `def' named ``hpdouble'', +where the settings are the same of the ``hplaser'' just that the +resolution I set to 600dpi. I had to rebuild CM.BAS and PLAIN.BAS by +typing MF -i CM.INI and MF -i PLAIN.INI (MF -i is INITMF, just like +INITEX). + +Then I defined another variable (dlj) on MODES.MFJ where I tell MJob +to put the fonts in the directory \NEWFONTS\PIXEL.DLJ\$rDPI and the +TFM's on \NEWFONTS\PIXEL.DLJ\TFM. + +Then I fired MFJOB m=dlg all. And for the next few hours he ran MF +in all Computer Modern! I checked with PKEDIT one of that fonts and +it's really much bigger (on the screen) than those that were made +with 300dpi, so I think it worked out alright, but as I've said I +don't have (yet) a 600dpi laser printer (I have only an epson...). + +I'm sorry to give only a literal explanation without examples of the +files that were really modified, since I'm writing from the terminal +of my university and my TeX installation is at my home computer... + +[]'s! + + Fabricio Chalub, chalub@macarana.lci.ufrj.br + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 17:43:47 -0000 +From: cdimel@ic.ac.uk (C.D.Dimelow) +Subject: E-mail address + + I hope someone can help me. I've got a copy of maltby-intro.tex from +src.doc.ic.ac.uk, and need to contact the author, Gavin Maltby. If someone +could please E-mail me his address. + Thanks in advance, + + ____ + \ ~-_ From: Carl Dimelow, Dept. of Aeronautics, + \ ~. Imperial College, London, U.K. + \_____\___________________,-~~~~~~~`-.._ + / o O o o o o O O o o o o o o O o o ) Home Tel: +44 171 371 3998 + ~-.__ ___..----.. _.-~ E-mail: c.dimelow@ic.ac.uk + ~~~---~~___________)---------~~ or carl@zarquon.demon.co.uk + ==(__D or fe343@cleveland.Freenet.Edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 12:01:48 +0100 +From: Serene Lee <C.B.Lee@derby.ac.uk> +Subject: Problem with printing using Epson FX 80 + + In the past I used DeskJet printer for Tex output -- no problems + ever encountered. I now have an Epson FX 80 printer and I can't get any + printout! + Any help would be much appreciated!! + + Thank you. + + Serene Lee. + + Address: e-mail: C.B.Lee@derby.ac.uk + School of Mathematics and Computing + University of Derby + Kedleston Road + Derby DE22 1GB. + Tel: 0332 622 222 ext 1144 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 05 Oct 1994 18:35:52 +0000 +From: uc0g@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Rudolf Potucek) +Subject: WANTED: TEXCAD for PC + +About 2 years ago I worked with a very basic version of TEXCAD? which +was capable only of the most basic picture operations. Does anyone +still have this or something similar? + + I would very much appreciate any help as to obtaining this program. +Please e-mail to + + uc0g@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de + +Thanks, + Rudolf + ++-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ +| Rudolf Potucek jr. | If you notice strange abrasions | +| University of Karlsruhe | on your exit doors you might | +| | be working under just too | +| uc0g@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de | restrictive conditions ... | +| | Beware of overt vandalism! | ++-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 20:43:26 +0000 +From: pflynn@dxcern.cern.ch (Peter Flynn) +Subject: Re: WANTED: TEXCAD for PC + +In article <36urm8$pvq@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> uc0g@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe. +de (Rudolf Potucek) writes: + + About 2 years ago I worked with a very basic version of TEXCAD? which + was capable only of the most basic picture operations. Does anyone + still have this or something similar? + +It comes with emTeX. Get it from any of the CTAN archive sites. + +///Peter + +------------------------------ + +Date: 06 Oct 1994 10:16:26 +0000 +From: gbr@charm.sn2.ee.umist.ac.uk (Geoff Rubner) +Subject: Framemaker -> TeX + +We need to convert our FrameMaker files (postscript +or MIF) to TeX. + +Can anyone tell me if there are any filters to do this +job, or where I might look for one ... + +Thanks in advance, + +Geoff Rubner, +E.E.+E., UMIST. +Manchester, UK. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 09:56:33 -0400 +From: GORDONEVANS@delphi.com +Subject: NFSSFONTS + +Please can you help? +The new fon system NFSSFONT for Latex2e, is this only for use with postscript +printers or can it be used with non-postscript laser printers? If it can be +used with non-postscript laser printers, is there a package which will run on +dos based pc's that can be downloaded? + +Regards Gordon Evans + +------------------------------ + + 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 #08 + +\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. 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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 37] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.38 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.38 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b6a57a9663 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.38 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #38 +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" +Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 16:36:04 +0100 +Message-ID: <14216.781889764@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Tuesday, 11 Oct 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 38 + +Today's Topics: + UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + + +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: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:23:26 +0100 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + +Here is the programme for the afternoon meeting, following the UKTUG +AGM to be held in the Staff Club Quiet Room, University of Warwick, on +October 19th, 1994. The AGM is scheduled to start at 10.30 and finish +at 12.00, while the afternoon session will occupy the period from +12.00 to 5.00. + +There is no charge for the AGM itself, but members who wish to stay +for the afternoon meeting will have to pay. Non-members are not +permitted to participate in the AGM but are welcome to attend the +afternoon meeting. For members of the UK TeX Users Group, there is a +charge of \pounds 20, which includes a buffet lunch and afternoon +refreshments. For non-members, the charge is \pounds 30. Contact +Malcolm Clark, Computing Services, University of Warwick, Coventry +CV4~7AL, to book for the afternoon meeting. Further details of the +afternoon meeting, including a booking form, are in Baskerville 4.4. + +============================ + What's New in TeX + +Talks about recent developments in the TeX world. + +Philip Taylor: The NTS Project + + This is a project to investigate systems that might follow on where + TeX leaves off. It is a long-term project, and Philip will talk + about its aims and achievements so far. + +Jonathan Fine: Using TeX in Radical Ways + + Jonathan will talk about work he has in progress to use TeX as a + processor in ways Knuth never intended it for. + +Ulrich Janz: The eddi4tex TeX Environment + + Ulrich developed the eddi4tex environment as a user-friendly front- + end for using TeX under DOS, and this talk will outline its + capabilities. + +David Carlisle: Using Colour in LaTeX2e + + David wrote the LaTeX2e graphics package, which includes facilities + for dealing with colour; his talk will be based on one given at the + Santa Barbara meeting of TUG '94 + +Angus Duggan: Colour Separation and PostScript + + Angus has developed a program for colour separation of DVI files; + his talk is also based on one given at Santa Barbara + +Philip Taylor: The UK English Hyphenation Patterns + + Philip has taken over Dominik Wujastyk's work on these patterns; his + second talk of the afternoon will outline the mechanisms he is + establishing to maintain the patterns. + +LaTeX experts: LaTeX2e Panel Session + + The remaining time will be taken up with a question and answer + session, where those present can have their problems with LaTeX2e + explained, solved, or (at least) noted... + + Experts present will include Chris Rowley, David Carlisle, Sebastian + Rahtz and (subject to teaching commitments) Alan Jeffrey. + +------------------------------ + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 38] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.39 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.39 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..266a7f77c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.39 @@ -0,0 +1,546 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #39 +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" +Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 16:04:08 +0100 +Message-ID: <10703.782147048@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 14 Oct 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 39 + +Today's Topics: + Spelling checker for Unix at CTAN? + re: Inserting space + Re: Inserting space + Re:Inserting space + re: latex: emphasis within emphasis + Q: BibTeX and HTML + LaTeX 2e + Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + `PCL' fonts on the HP LaserJet 4 Plus + PC version of Latex? + Re: PC version of Latex? + help with dvidoc please + + +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: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 10:24:15 +0100 +From: "S.C.Wu" <S.C.Wu@geography.hull.ac.uk> +Subject: Spelling checker for Unix at CTAN? + +Is there a spelling checker on Unix especially for TeX file? The built-in +spell doesn't recognise '\end' even it is not a wrong spelling. + +Regards, + +_/_/ Billy Wu Janet: s.c.wu@geo.hull.ac.uk _/ +_/_/_/ School of Geog. & Earth Resource _/_/ +_/_/_/_/ University of Hull Fax: - 44 - 482 - 466 340 _/_/_/ +_/_/_/_/_/ Hull HU6 7RX Telephone: - 44 - 482 - 46 6065 _/_/_/_/ +_/_/_/_/_/_/ England, U.K. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 08 Oct 1994 09:40:03 -0400 +From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> +Subject: re: Inserting space + + [Robert Davidge asks:] + I hope you cna help me. Our local texperts are proving silent on this + question. + + We have at Sussex a thing called thesis.sty which we use for writing + theses, but the problem may occur in other latex styles. + + I am not a Texer so can not write in this language. + + The problem is to do with the list of figures. It seems to have a + fixed amount of space between the numbering and the caption. This + works fine until you have a chapter number > 9 and a figure no. > 9. + Then ther is no space left before your caption starts. + + AN EXAMPLE + + 1.1 The ...... + 2.10 The...... + 10.1 The ...... + 10.10The ...... + + I would not like to see the mess produced if you had more than 99 + figures! + +(You'd get an overfull hbox message, and the line would shift to the right, +with the number still butted up against the text.) + +In the standard styles, the formatting of a table of contents and list of +figures line is defined through commands with names like \l@section, +\l@chapter, \l@figure, and so on. The higher-level "\l@" commands often +have idiosyncratic special definitions, but most "\l@" commands - and most +likely all those that likely to have this problem - use a LaTeX internal +utility command called \@dottedtocline to do all the real work. Here are +some examples from the "book" style file: + +\def\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}} +\def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{3.8em}{3.2em}} +... +\def\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}} +\let\l@table\l@figure %i.e., make them the same + +The arguments provided to \@dottedtocline are: + + \@dottedtocline{LEVEL}{INDENT}{NUMWIDTH}{TITLE}{PAGE} + +The last two will actually be provided as arguments of the corresponding "\l@" +command. LEVEL is the nesting level (related to the tocdepth counter). +INDENT is the indentation of the first line of the entry from the left margin +of the containing environment. NUMWIDTH is the size you are concerned about: +The unit number will be left-justified in a box of this width, which will be +placed immediately to the left of the TITLE. (NUMWIDTH also sets the indenta- +tion for any subsequent lines in this entry, if you have a very long section +title. This actually isn't likely to happen except for figures - and even +then, it's usually a bad idea.) + +So: Take a look at your style file and search for definitions of the "\l@" +commands of interest. Increase the NUMWIDTH argument, and you should have +more room for all your various sections, subsections, and so on. Note that +you'll need to apply a little thought to what sizes you choose, since you +are controlling the indentation of the line, not "just" the size of the +box containing the number. + -- Jerry + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 05:43:54 -0400 +From: "B.J. Herbison" <bj@herbison.com> +Subject: Re: Inserting space + +> The problem is to do with the list of figures. It seems to have a fixed +> amount of space between the numbering and the caption. This works fine +> until you have a chapter number > 9 and a figure no. > 9. Then ther +> is no space left before your caption starts. +> AN EXAMPLE +> 10.10The ...... + +The spacing is controlled by the macro \l@figure in the style file. +In the versions of LaTeX I've used this is defined as a `dotted-line +contents macro' with three parameters, two of them for spacing. When +I ran into the same problem I just redefined \l@figure with larger +values for the spacing parameters. It was for a previous job so I +don't have the LaTeX anymore, but your local TeXperts should be able +to show you how to do it. + + B.J. + +B.J. Herbison Herbison Consulting Another Asylum +bj@herbison.com +1 508 534-1050 18 Drummer Lane + 42 29 30 N / 071 44 10 W Leominster, MA 01453 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 10:04:00 -0700 +From: "Wagner, Zdenek" <WAGNER@icpf.cas.cz> +Subject: Re:Inserting space + +Robert Davidge wrote: + +> We have at Sussex a thing called thesis.sty which we use for writing +> theses, but the problem may occur in other latex styles. +> +> I am not a Texer so can not write in this language. +> +> The problem is to do with the list of figures. It seems to have a fixed +> amount of space between the numbering and the caption. This works fine +> until you have a chapter number > 9 and a figure no. > 9. Then ther +> is no space left before your caption starts. +> +> AN EXAMPLE +> +> 1.1 The ...... +> 2.10 The...... +> 10.1 The ...... +> 10.10The ...... + +The processing of the list of figures ends up with the command +\l@figure which has to be defined in the style (actually is in +article.sty, book.sty, report.sty). Its default definition is: + +\newcommand\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}} + +The first argument of \@dottedtocline is used only in the table of +contents, so do not change its value. The second argument is the +total indentation and the third argument is the width of the box for +numbers. This is the value which you should increase. If you need +e.g. 3.5em, you have to redefine \l@figure (and similarly \l@table +for the list of tables) as: + +\renewcommand\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{3.5em}} + +Remember that commands containing ``@'' as a part of the name are +not allowed in the document. The easiest way is to make your own +style which may contain just the line given above, call it e.g. +mylof.sty and then use + +\documentstyle[mylof]{...} + +in LaTeX2.09, or + +\documentclass{...} +\usepackage{mylof} + +in LaTeX2e. + +Regards + +Zdenek Wagner + +Please, notice the new address: <wagner@icpf.cas.cz> + +The old addresses (i.e. <wagner@csearn.bitnet> and <wagner@earn.cvut.cz>) +will continue to work for some time... + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Oct 1994 10:46:56 -0400 +From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: re: latex: emphasis within emphasis + +in uktex 94 #36, you've brought up the problem that using ordinary +lightface type for emphasis within italic emphasis makes the "*most +important* text look *completely unimportant*". + +i can't give you a latex solution, but i have observed that in the +u.s. publication "national geographic", where captions for photographs +and other graphics are routinely set in italic, elements that would +be "emphasized" (latin botanical names, names of ships, et al.) are +sent in an unslanted italic, so the letterforms are not the same +as ordinary roman text. i can't tell you how long this practice +has been in effect, but i did check once, and believe that it +predates knuth's cmu* font. i believe that the fonts used in the +"geographic" were designed specifically for that publication, so +this is obviously quite intentional. if not necessarily entirely +traditional. this might be an idea you could use rather than +underlining. + -- bb + +------------------------------ + +Date: 11 Oct 1994 13:38:23 +0000 +From: okp@cs.tu-berlin.de (Oli Kai Paulus) +Subject: Q: BibTeX and HTML + +I want to use bibtex citations in a latex document (easy) and generate +a html document thereof (also easy) as follows (not so easy): + + - write the latex document and use a command \htmlcite + for citations + + - in the {dvi,ps} version the \htmlcite should be expanded + to some reference like [Tex94] with the corresponding + entry in the bibliography. That's plain bibtex. + + - in the html version, which is generated using some latex2html + program, the \htmlcite should be expanded to a reference + [Tex94], which is linked to the corresponding bibliography + entry. That's plain latex2html. + + - but: the entry in the bibliography should contain the URL of + the document and the URL should be sensitive, i.e. a link + to "itself" (the original version of the referenced document). + + +A quick and dirty solution to this is to put the URL in one of the +fields of a document's bibtex entry using a command from html.sty that +expands to a sensitve URL. + +A nicer solution would be to define an entry type HyperDoc for .bib files +that contains a field URL: which gets translated into some construct in +the corresponding .bbl file that can be processed appropriatly by +latex2html. Therefore you'd need a special bibtex style file. + +I could imagine I'm not the first to need this. Does anyone know of +a solution? Any help is greatly appreciated (please email to me or post +to comp.text.tex). + +Oli Kai Paulus email: okp@cs.tu-berlin.de +voice: +49.30.314-24944/73603 fax : +49.30.314-24929 +Project KIT-MIHMA * TU Berlin FR 5-12 * Franklin- 28/29 * 10587 Berlin + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 20:02:49 +0100 +From: Alun Moon <A.J.Moon@ncl.ac.uk> +Subject: LaTeX 2e + +I've heard bits about the latest version of LaTeX (2e I think). + +It sounds very good. + +How do I get hold of a personal copy to try out, so I can decide if its +going to be the thing I need to write my PhD thesis with. + +Alun Moon + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 10:20:21 -0000 +From: cmacleod@mcs.dund.ac.uk (Colin Macleod) +Subject: Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + +In article <14216.781889764@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.ukD> you wrote: +` Philip Taylor: The NTS Project + +` This is a project to investigate systems that might follow on where +` TeX leaves off. It is a long-term project, and Philip will talk +` about its aims and achievements so far. + +Is there any on-line or other info available about this project +for people who will not be able to come to this meeting ? + +Colin Macleod, Technical Officer, Phone: 0382-23181 x4839 +Dundee University Maths & Computer Science Dept. +23 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland. E-Mail: cmacleod@mcs.dundee.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 11:40:36 -0400 +From: joel@wmi.com (Joel Coltoff) +Subject: Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + +I just couldn't resist. I tried but alas I gave in. In the +true spirit of Oscar Wilde "The only way to get rid of a +temptation is to yield to it." + + +In article <14216.781889764@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> you write: +>Jonathan Fine: Using TeX in Radical Ways +> +> Jonathan will talk about work he has in progress to use TeX as a +> processor in ways Knuth never intended it for. +> + +The grammar in this sentence shows that someone, somewhere is +using English in ways that it was never intended for. If the +truth be known I'm more of the mindset of Clarence Darrow's +comment "Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom +are you going to speak it to?" + +Cheers, + - Joel + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 10:37:48 -0000 +From: howard s goodman <H.S.Goodman@cs.bham.ac.uk> +Subject: `PCL' fonts on the HP LaserJet 4 Plus + +My department has just bought an HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer. Besides +the `Standard 35' abominations (Times, Helvetica, Palatino etc.) it also +has a rather nice collection of internal scalable `PCL' typefaces, +including Univers, a Garamond, and a bootleg Optima called `Omega'. + +Now, I am told that there is no way that these `PCL' fonts can be +accessed from PostScript. Is this so, or has anyone succeeded in acces- +sing such fonts from TeX/dvips? If not, why oh why should manufacturers +of PostScript-compatible laser printers bother to include them? + +Thanks in advance for any information ... + ... howard. + ++-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ +| howard s goodman (research student) | school of computer science | +| h.s.goodman@cs.bham.ac.uk | university of birmingham | +| | birmingham - england - B15 2TT | ++-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+ + +------------------------------ + +Date: 13 Oct 1994 12:59:14 +0000 +From: hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk (H.S. Chiang) +Subject: PC version of Latex? + + Can some one tell me where I can get a PC version of Latex? + +Regards, +Swee + +------------------------------ + +Date: 13 Oct 1994 14:46:57 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: PC version of Latex? + +In article <37jav2$imj@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, +H.S. Chiang <hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk> wrote: +> Can some one tell me where I can get a PC version of Latex? + +ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/disk* + /betatest/texb12.zip, etc. + /emtex-fonts/<whatever>/disk* + /macros/latex/... + +A reasonable document about the process is to be found in + + /info/setting-up-emtex.tex + +(this is plain TeX). +- -- +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: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:25:54 +0000 +From: tmw@festival.ed.ac.uk (Tom Wright) +Subject: help with dvidoc please + + +Has anybody installed dvidoc + +I had a first go at installing it but +dont have the time to figure out how to run +and install it + +Where can i get pc from ? + + +the tex documents are wierd, i.e. no header. + +Tom Wright + +------------------------------ + + 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 #08 + +\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 39] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.40 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.40 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..786708d9fc --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.40 @@ -0,0 +1,445 @@ + msg part type/subtype size description + 40 text/plain 15K +Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:04:19 GMT +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; + +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #40 + +Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +part text/plain 15K +[7mPress <return> to show content...[mUKTeX Digest Friday, 28 Oct 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 40 + +Today's Topics: + Problem with Windows Ghost Script and BJ10sx with sheet feeder + Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX (UKTeX V94 #39) + **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + Re: **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + Re: **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + LaTeX style for IEE Colloquium + HP Laserjet 4P driver for OpenVMS? + Fonts and typographical changes in LaTeX + Re: Fonts and typographical changes in LaTeX + +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: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:21:00 +0000 +From: SWILCOX1@genvax.glam.ac.uk +Subject: Problem with Windows Ghost Script and BJ10sx with sheet feeder + +If anyone can provide an answer to this I would be very gratefull, + +I am running gswin 2.6 and when I print to the BJ10 with the mswinprn driver +I have no problems. However, it is very slow and I have been trying to use +the GhostScript in-built BJ10e driver, however, it does not work and causes +the printer to display an error. It appears thet the driver is not `aware' +of the sheet feeder. does anyone have any suggestions?? + +PS I know its not a directly TeX related question! + +Thanks in advance, + +Steve Wilcox +Dept of Mech and Manf Eng +Uni of Glamorgan +Mid Glamorgan +CF37 1DL +swilcox1@glam.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 01:03:36 +0100 +From: Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk +Subject: Re: UKTUG AGM afternoon programme: What's New in TeX + +cmacleod@mcs.dund.ac.uk (Colin Macleod) wrote: +>` Philip Taylor: The NTS Project +> +>` This is a project to investigate systems that might follow on where +>` TeX leaves off. It is a long-term project, and Philip will talk +>` about its aims and achievements so far. +> +>Is there any on-line or other info available about this project +>for people who will not be able to come to this meeting ? + +There's the NTS project FAQ on CTAN (e.g., ftp.tex.ac.uk) as file +tex-archive/info/NTS-FAQ; Philip also spoke at Santa Barbara, so that +there'll be a paper about NTS in the proceedings edition of TUGboat. + +joel@wmi.com (Joel Coltoff) wrote: +>>Jonathan Fine: Using TeX in Radical Ways +>> +>> Jonathan will talk about work he has in progress to use TeX as a +>> processor in ways Knuth never intended it for. +> +>The grammar in this sentence shows that someone, somewhere is +>using English in ways that it was never intended for. If the +>truth be known I'm more of the mindset of Clarence Darrow's +>comment "Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom +>are you going to speak it to?" + +Ho hum: nobody likes that sentence (not even me ;-). But if contorted +use of English was the greatest of my failings I'ld be a happier man +than I in fact am... + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 15:51:09 +0000 +From: M.S.Ashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Beeblebrox) +Subject: **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + +Has _anybody_ got the LaTeX distributed with slackware linux to produce a +pound sign with \pounds. I get a dollar sign, which makes invoices a bit +difficult. + +Help! + +I'm only a TeXnician, can a TeXpert tell me how to fix this ? + + M.S.Ashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk M.S.Ashton@csv.warwick.ac.uk + "I follow your steps in snow, the traces disappear. + We know what we've lost when it's gone, I'm wishing you were here." + +------------------------------ + +Date: 23 Oct 1994 16:31:43 +0000 +From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) +Subject: Re: **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + +M.S.Ashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Beeblebrox) writes: + +>Has _anybody_ got the LaTeX distributed with slackware linux to produce a +>pound sign with \pounds. I get a dollar sign, which makes invoices a bit +>difficult. + +This was a bug (or feature) of earlier releases of LaTeX2e. +It would go away if you got the most recent release from one of the 3 CTANs, +eg ftp.tex.ac.uk, in /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked +(or in packed version in .../latex/base), +and created a new format file +(there is a Makefile.unx so you can just say "make" +and then -- after putting in target directories in the Makefile -- +"make install"). +Nb You don't need to upgrade or change the basic tex programs in any way. + +If you don't want to do this +you can print any character in a font by eg \symbol{93}; +and you can print out the font to find where characters are +by "latex testfont" -- you will be asked what font you want. + +Timothy Murphy +e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie +tel: +353-1-2842366 +s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland + +------------------------------ + +Date: 23 Oct 1994 16:48:58 +0000 +From: xuuah@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Daniel Barlow) +Subject: Re: **UK**: Slackware LaTeX problems (pound sign) + +In article <1994Oct22.155109.16498@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, + M.S.Ashton@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Beeblebrox) writes: +>Has _anybody_ got the LaTeX distributed with slackware linux to produce a +>pound sign with \pounds. I get a dollar sign, which makes invoices a bit +>difficult. + +Don't know, but this is better anyway: +\catcode`#=\active +\def#{{\it\$}} + +Note for those without 8-bit clean news connections: the character +after \catcode` is the UK pound sign -- octal 243 (decimal 163) in the +ISO Latin 1 character set + +This means that you can *type* a pound sign and have it come out as +one when you print. For emacs you'll also need at least some of + +(load "iso-syntax") +(global-unset-key "\M-#") ; I want to print a pound sign, + ; not load calc ... +(set-input-mode (car (current-input-mode)) + (nth 1 (current-input-mode)) ; recognise high bit as Meta + 0) +(standard-display-european 1) + +in your .emacs + +Daniel + +------------------------------ + +Date: 24 Oct 1994 16:05:03 +0000 +From: ken@erg.abdn.ac.uk (Kenneth Ord) +Subject: LaTeX style for IEE Colloquium + +Does anyone know if there is a LaTeX style available for IEE +colloquium articles? + +Thanks in advance. + ______________________________ +Kenneth Ord / _____ _____ ___ \ +Electronics Research Group / | ___| | __ \ / _ \ \ +Department of Engineering | | | | | \ \ / / \_\ | +University of Aberdeen | __| |_____| |__/ /_/ /________ | +Aberdeen | |__ _____ _ ___ _____ __| | +Scotland | | | | | \ \ \ \ / / | + | | |___ | | \ \ \ \_/ / | +Tel : +44 (0)224 272813 \ |_____| |_| \_\ \___/ / +Fax : +44 (0)224 272497 \______________________________/ +Email: ken@erg.abdn.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 15:16:20 +0700 +From: Peter Eckel 25-Oct-1994 1519 <eckel@eddf10.enet.dec.com> +Subject: HP Laserjet 4P driver for OpenVMS? + +Hello, + +Does anyone know of a DVI driver for the HP Laserjet 4P under OpenVMS VAX? +Upgrading the printer to PostScript and unsing DVIPS is not an option at the +moment; furthermore I'd like to use the 600dpi mode of the printer, so a +Laserjet III driver would only be a temporary solution for me. + +Thanks in advance, + + Peter. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 25 Oct 1994 17:57:01 +0000 +From: cbar62@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("s.majeed") +Subject: Fonts and typographical changes in LaTeX + +I want to make somes changes to the source LaTeX style files for my thesis and +I am having a few problems. Can anyone help?? + +1) I would like the page numbers to have a frame-box around it. I +have added the command \fbox before \thepage in report.sty file but, +because I am using pagestyle{headings}, I find that when the page +number is printed at the botom of the page (eg at the beginning of a +new chapter) the \fbox command does not work. Can someone tell me +where I have omitted to use the \fbox command?? + +2) Where can I get new fonts to use in LaTeX?? I am thinking of +buying one from Linotype-Hell or Monotype and would appreciate advice +on the formats required. I would prefer to have one which is able to +be previewed before printing be cause there is a quota for free laser +printing here at the University. Does thi s mean it has to be in +ASCII?? + +I am using a Solaris 5.3 Workstation (Openwindows) connected to a +QMS-ps810 postcript printer ( I think it is a Hewlett-Packard). + +I'm not a computer whizz-kidd---I do not really have much computing +training but I can easily make changes and I am willing to spend a +great deal of time to g et these things to work. Reply direct if you +wish. Many thanks in advance.... + +Sohail Majeed +(aka Cae Lian Dar) +Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry +University of Strathclyde +Glasgow +G1 1XL + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Oct 1994 10:38:56 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: Fonts and typographical changes in LaTeX + +In article <38jgtd$bh3@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk>, +s.majeed <cbar62@ccsun.strath.ac.uk> wrote: +>1) I would like the page numbers to have a frame-box around it. I +>have added the command \fbox before \thepage in report.sty file but, +>because I am using \pagestyle{headings}, I find that when the page +>number is printed at the botom of the page (eg at the beginning of a +>new chapter) the \fbox command does not work. Can someone tell me +>where I have omitted to use the \fbox command?? + +One hopes you haven't hacked yourself a copy of report.sty (though +that's not really the point); these sorts of changes should be put in +a .sty file of your own, and included as in + + \documentstyle[...,yourown,...]{report} + +>2) Where can I get new fonts to use in LaTeX?? I am thinking of +>buying one from Linotype-Hell or Monotype and would appreciate advice +>on the formats required. I would prefer to have one which is able to +>be previewed before printing because there is a quota for free laser +>printing here at the University. Does this mean it has to be in +>ASCII?? + +In order to do this in a remotely sensible way, you need to use +LaTeX2e (which you obviously don't). Once you're using 2e, there's a +fontinst package which does the necessary for you. It's not +(particularly) for the faint-hearted, but it does work pretty well. + +Note that there's a CHEST deal on a decent subset of the Monotype +fonts CD, which you may be able to persuade your University to +subscribe to, at a useful saving of the contents of your pocket. + +Once you've got it, there's the question of preview... + +>I am using a Solaris 5.3 Workstation (Openwindows) connected to a +>QMS-ps810 postcript printer ( I think it is a Hewlett-Packard). + +I use ghostview on my PostScript output, but there really ought to be +some better one available to you -- ask around your place. + +>I'm not a computer whizz-kidd---I do not really have much computing +>training but I can easily make changes and I am willing to spend a +>great deal of time to get these things to work. Reply direct if you +>wish. Many thanks in advance.... + +Installing LaTeX2e is (imho) a doddle, but it does require disc space. + +Running fontinst is (as I said) non-trivial, but once you've got the +hang of it it's pretty mechanical. The big problem (imho) is choosing +the font you actually want to use (indeed, choosing a selection of +fonts that match -- a serifed family, an unserifed family, and a +monospaced family, all of which match each other, are needed. + +Best of luck + +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 #09 + +\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 40] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.41 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.41 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..db7864c0ec --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.41 @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +(Message uktex/v94:41) +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #41 +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" +Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 17:12:20 +0000 +Message-ID: <21116.783969140@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 4 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 41 + +Today's Topics: + re: HP Laserjet 4P driver for OpenVMS? + TrueType vs. METAFONT + EPSIG MM Meeting + + +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: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 17:35:05 -0400 +From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> +Subject: re: HP Laserjet 4P driver for OpenVMS? + +Peter Eckel asks for a HP Laserjet 4P driver that will work at 600dpi. + +Unless someone comes up with something better, I suggest modifying Nelson +Beebe's dvijep. Beebe's drivers support a wide variety of printers, and the +resolution they assume is configurable by just changing a #define in one of +the files. You would probably have to change a couple of other things - for +example, the commands generated to load fonts probably implicitly assume or +specify 300dpi - but it should be pretty simple; Beebe's code is well written +and easy to understand and modify. + -- Jerry + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:45:25 -0100 +From: Fabricio Chalub Barbosa do Rosario <CHALUB@maracana.lci.ufrj.br> +Subject: TrueType vs. METAFONT + + + One of the biggest problems with TeX is the size of its METAFONT +fonts. On my computer, I renderized a full set of Computer Modern for +a 300dpi Laser (which I do not have yet), and the PK total font size +grew up to 5000kb! Imagine then the total smash that will be when I +buy a 600 dpi!! Due to an obvious lack of disk space, I decided to +try another TeX package, PCTeXWIN, which uses TrueType fonts as a +replacement for the METAFONT fonts so well designed by Knuth on late +70, 80 and util 90! Actually, the size of the TTF is much smaller +than the PK's, but since I don't have a laser printer I cannot +determine whether type produces the best output. I think that +because the way METAFONT fonts are made, they are much, much better +than any TrueType version since TrueTypes are designed by hand and +their magnifications steps don't take care of details like serifs and +degrees of roundness etc, as METAFONT do. (I'm sorry, I don't +understand nothing of METAFONT nor TT, so excuse my mistakes). + + Anyone who has already tryed both versions can show me the best? + (tough MF seems to me to be the BEST ever!) + +[]'s Fabricio Chalub, chalub@lci.ufrj.br + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 08:04:20 +0000 +From: malcolm clark <cudax@csv.warwick.ac.uk> +Subject: EPSIG MM Meeting (fwd) + + + +malcolm clark tel: (+44) 01203 523365 +computing services fax: (+44) 01203 523267 +university of warwick url: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~cudax/egotrip.html +coventry, cv4 7al, uk email: m.clark@warwick.ac.uk + golden rule: whoever has the gold, rules + +- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- +Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 17:15:26 +0000 (GMT) +From: Les Carr <L.A.Carr@ecs.soton.ac.uk> +To: Malcolm Clark <cudax@csv.warwick.ac.uk> +Cc: Les Carr <lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk> +Subject: EPSIG MM Meeting + +Please can you forward a request to uktex to include the following announcement +: +Do suggest any changes that you see fit (e.g. should I include speaker names +or proposed subjects?) but please let me know so that I can make the changes +for other mailing lists as well. +- ----------------------------- cut here ------------------------------ + Multimedia: The Midas Touch? + + A one day seminar by the + BCS Electronic Publishing Specialist Group + in conjunction with + The University of Southampton + + to be held on + Thursday, November 24th + starting at 10:30am for 11:00am + Chilworth Manor Residential Conference Centre, + Chilworth, Southampton, Hampshire. + ---------------- + +Is multimedia the key to riches? What *really* constitutes multimedia and +where is it best applied? Are our computers actually ready for multimedia yet? +These are some of the questions which we hope will be answered at this +seminar. Speakers (who include researchers, book publishers, record producers +and electronic information publishers) will cover the technical requirements +for multimedia, the business requirements necessary to produce good multimedia +packages, and the use of multimedia in commerce, entertainment and education. + +Further details and a registration form are on the WWW at + http://diana.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lac/mmm.html +or can be obtained by emailing your details to bcsepsg@eps-edge.demon.co.uk +or FAXing your details to 01484 451396 +or posting your details to BCS EPSIG, 30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield, HD3 3AD + +------------------------------ + + 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 #09 + +\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 41] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.42 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.42 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7c6f237f88 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.42 @@ -0,0 +1,341 @@ +(Message uktex/v94:42) +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #42 +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" +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:14:46 +0000 +Message-ID: <10597.784566886@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 11 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 42 + +Today's Topics: + ftp site for TeX pk fonts (for UNIX system)? + Re: ftp site for TeX pk fonts (for UNIX system)? + LaTeX2e for MSDOS? + Shibi Eshkar: LateX2e + LateX2e + Re: LateX2e + Time delay in web2c-6.1 LaTeX2e + LOOKING for ``\multirow'' in TABULAR environment + [Q] Get MakeTeXPK to use /tmp + Proposed merger of UKTeX with TeXhax + Draft of typeset version of the FAQ + + +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, 31 Oct 1994 12:05:05 +0000 +From: yfcw29@castle.ed.ac.uk (Alice Holt) +Subject: ftp site for TeX pk fonts (for UNIX system)? + + +I need to get hold of some pk fonts for TeX on a UNIX (SunOS) system. +Could someone tell me the internet address of an FTP site that I +could use, and where to find them. + +Thanks in advance. + + +Tim Porter, +Forestry Commission, +Alice Holt Lodge. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 31 Oct 1994 14:02:58 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: ftp site for TeX pk fonts (for UNIX system)? + +In article <CyJDKL.I0r@festival.ed.ac.uk>, +Alice Holt <yfcw29@castle.ed.ac.uk> wrote: +>I need to get hold of some pk fonts for TeX on a UNIX (SunOS) system. +>Could someone tell me the internet address of an FTP site that I +>could use, and where to find them. + +As a general rule you can always get what's available from any CTAN +archive. In our case, the local one is ftp.tex.ac.uk (here in +Cambridge). + +There are some cm ones in tex-archive/fonts/cm/pk; there are .zip +files of sets at 120, 240 and 300 dpi, and at 300 dpi for a write- +white printer engine. + +(You're *much* better off building your own...) +- -- +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: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 19:54:00 +0000 +From: drg@cs.city.ac.uk (David Gilbert) +Subject: LaTeX2e for MSDOS? + +I use emtex on my PC, and would like to upgrade to latex2e, since this is +now the standard at my work. Is this available for MSDOS? + +David Gilbert + +D R Gilbert tel: +44-71-477-8444 (direct) +Department of Computer Science fax: +44-71-477-8587 +School of Informatics +City University email: drg@cs.city.ac.uk +Northampton Square uucp email: drg@citycs.uucp +London EC1V 0HB +UK + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 09:20:08 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Shibi Eshkar: LateX2e + +I received the following on the UKTUG enquiries mail address. Answers +please to M[sr] Eshkar, not to me (I know about LaTeX2e) +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Date: Thu, 10 Nov 94 10:11:24 +0200 +From: shibi@mri.elscint.co.il (Shibi Eshkar) +Message-Id: <9411100811.AA03700@mri.elscint.co.il> +To: uktug-enquiries@tex.ac.uk +Subject: LateX2e +Sender: shibi@mri.elscint.co.il + +Dear Sir or Madam, + I am a consultant to an Israeli Software house. They have received + a package called LateX2e, (Latex to Epsilon), and I have been trying + to install it. + We are using a SGI chal2 machine (OS Version 5.2), once I try to + unpack the files, using iniTex, I get the message "I cannot read + tex.pool". + I was wondering if you are familiar with this package ?, (it's + origins are from Germany I believe), or if you have information on + other packages who perform the same task). + Thank you for your reply, + Elisheva Eshkar + shibi@mri.elscint.co.il + (shibi@mri.elscint.co.il). + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 09:25:04 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: LateX2e + +> I am a consultant to an Israeli Software house. They have received +> a package called LateX2e, (Latex to Epsilon), + +No; a small (epsilon) improvement on LaTeX 2 + +> and I have been trying +> to install it. +> We are using a SGI chal2 machine (OS Version 5.2), once I try to +> unpack the files, using iniTex, I get the message "I cannot read +> tex.pool". + +This is due to incorrect installation of your TeX system. I'm afraid I +can't help you -- I've never installed TeX on Unix, and never used an +SGI machine at all. + +> I was wondering if you are familiar with this package ?, (it's +> origins are from Germany I believe), or if you have information on +> other packages who perform the same task). + +2e is now the only supported version of LaTeX. If you want LaTeX, +it's what you get. Its origins are the USA, Germany, Holland and the +UK (at least). + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 16:43:44 +0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Time delay in web2c-6.1 LaTeX2e + +If I put a simple LaTeX 2.09 test file + \documentstyle[11pt]{article} \begin{document} Text \end{document} +through LaTeX 2.09, it takes about 5 seconds from when I press [return] to +when I get my next prompt from the Unix shell. (The TeX was built from +web2c some years ago.) + +If I put the LaTeX2e equivalent + \documentclass[11pt]{article} \begin{document} Text \end{document} +through LaTeX 2e, it takes 15-to-20 seconds to do the same thing. The TeX, +LaTeX2e, etc., were built recently from Karl Berry's web2c-6.1, which gives +TeX version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) and LaTeX2e patch level 4. The C +compiler was gcc 2.5.8 with optimization turned on. As far as I know, +there are no relevant hardware differences (i.e., I think the web2c-6.1 +LaTeX 2.1 material is on the same disk as the LaTeX 2.09 material and can +be accessed as quickly). + +With the web2c-6.1 LaTeX2e, the time seems to be spent in initialization +somewhere. E.g., if I go + latex2e no-such-file +it takes about 15 seconds before I get told + I can't find file `no-such-file'. +If I go + latex2e test +where test.tex contains just + \documentclass[11pt]{article} \begin{document} Text \end{document} +it takes about 15 seconds between the + ... patch level 4 +and + ... article.cls +messages. + +The phenomemenon has been observed on a SUN and on an ICL DRS6000. It is +stopping us putting LaTeX2e into user service (since the users' perception +would be that "This so-called improvement actually makes things worse".) + +Can anyone offer any insight into why there might be this delay, and what +we can do to avoid it? + + David Rhead + +------------------------------ + +Date: 08 Nov 1994 10:07:32 +0000 +From: gabi@ani.univie.ac.at (Gabriele Kotsis) +Subject: LOOKING for ``\multirow'' in TABULAR environment + +Is there any possibility to produce a table like this in LaTeX: + +- ----------------------------- +| text | text | text | text | +- ----------------------------- +| text | | text | text | +- -------- text --------------- +| text | text | text | text | +- -------- text --------------- +| text | | text | text | +- ----------------------------- + +I.e. what I want to have is a command, that allows me to +produce text which expands over several rows, something +similar to a \multicolumn command. + +Any suggestions? + +Thanks a lot in advance, + + Gabriele Kotsis + +P.S. I am using LaTeX 2.09 (TeX 3.14) on a SUN workstation. + +P.P.S I do NOT want to install LaTeX2e! + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 10:08:19 +0000 +From: stopsdj@aston.ac.uk (David Stops) +Subject: [Q] Get MakeTeXPK to use /tmp + +When attempting to run xdvi (18d) I get the error message + + /usr/local/bin/MakeTeXPK: Could not mkdir /usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts/tmp/pk/cx + +Which is not surprising as /usr/local is a read only file system. + +What do I have to alter to get xdvi to write this information to /tmp + +thanks in advance + +David + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:03:36 +0000 +From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Proposed merger of UKTeX with TeXhax + +It's proposed to merge the UKTeX Digest and TeXhax Digest to form +one TeX-oriented digest of e-mail questions, answers and announcements. + +Since the UK TeX Archive (formerly at Aston University, now located at +Cambridge University) has now become part of the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN), there's no longer any real need for a +UK-oriented TeX digest, for which UKTeX was set up in 1987. A single +digest for discussing all TeX matters simplifies the issue of "which +digest do I post to, or should I post to both?". The intention is to +merge the lists of subscribers at the end of this year and that after +that date, articles posted to UKTeX will continue to be accepted, but +will appear in TeXhax with articles posted to that digest. TeXhax +will continue, being the "senior" digest with the larger list of +subscribers. One difference between the digests is that UKTeX appears +weekly, while TeXhax appears much less frequently depending on number +of articles submitted. To begin with, at least, the plan is to post +the new TeXhax weekly. + +Comments are welcomed (directly to me, please) and I'll summarise any +responses to the digests in a few weeks. + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + <David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 09:55:52 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Draft of typeset version of the FAQ + +The UKTUG committee is working on a new version of the TeX FAQ, for +publication in the UKTUG magazine Baskerville. + +I have just installed the current state of the work on ftp.tex.ac.uk +in tex-archive/usergrps/uktug/faq/ -- it should propagate to the other +CTAN sites soon (by the time this digest is published, at least). + +We would welcome any comments that interested parties may have to +make. In particular, additions to the list of `required questions' +(preferably with ready-supplied answers...) are solicited. + +There are one or two queries (the footnotes typeset in typewriter), +which remain to be answered. + +Interesting files are: + +*.tex,*.sty should enable you to typeset the document, if that's what +turns you on... Typesetting requires a current production LaTeX2e + +newfaq.dvi typeset to require current psnfss2e-style times and + helvetica fonts +newfaq-cm.dvi typeset in computer modern +newfaq.ps set for a 300dpi printer (the only remaining one I have + access to...) +required-questions questions that _I_ know remain to be answered +ChangeLog Well, you might find it interesting (I don't + particularly) + +A WWW version of the thing is available at URL +http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes + +We intend to make a plain text version to be fed back to Bobby +Bodenheimer; the effort proceeds with his blessing... + +Robin Fairbairns + +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 + +------------------------------ + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 42] +**************************************** 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] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.44 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.44 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c76699b62 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.44 @@ -0,0 +1,395 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #44 +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: <1883.785769865.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 13:24:27 +0000 +Message-ID: <1884.785769867@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 25 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 44 + +Today's Topics: + Re: latex2e for dos + Better way of including Ps file? + re: LOOKING for ``\multirow'' in TABULAR environment + Questions about dvi drivers and previewers + MusicTex - need help! + Re: pfe as shell for LaTeX + Wanted: TeX/LaTeX Installation and Training + Parskip into footnotes + + +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: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 16:57:14 +0000 +From: Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk +Subject: Re: latex2e for dos + +In article <CzD4ED.LsM@festival.ed.ac.uk>, +Mark Higgins <msh@festival.ed.ac.uk> wrote: +>This is I hope the right place to ask this.. + +Near enough. There is a corresponding mailing list which might have +got you a quicker answer -- uktex@tex.ac.uk + +>Is LaTeX2e in the public domain ?? + +It is, in the sense that you don't pay a fee to run it, and that the +source is available. + +>if so where can I get a version (I need everything TeX,xdvi,dvips +> the lot) that will run on a PC ? + +Are you talking about a PC running MS-DOG? If so, what X server are +you running? There _is_ an xdvi for PCs, but I've no idea what it's +capable of. + +If you're running MS-DOG or Windoze, the gtex distribution (on +ftp.tex.ac.uk:/tex-archive/systems/msdos/gtex) is well spoken of. + +I use emtex (.../emtex) which runs under MS-DOG or OS/2 out of the +box. If you go for that, upgrade *immediately* with the betatest +stuff if you've a 386 or better. The betatest tex386 runs with the +stuff in .../dpmigcc under Windoze, though I've never tried it. + +There's a previewer (not xdvi) with both of those versions. + +dvips is available from .../msdos/dviware/dvips + +>I need simple instructions on how to get a copy as I know very little +>about installing software !! + +All the things come with a fair bit of documentation. For emtex +there are, in addition, tex-archive/info/setting-up-emtex.tex and +installing-emtex.txt. No warranty expressed or implied... + +LaTeX2e is on tex-archive/macros/latex/base (you need the whole +directory). One thing there is emtex.txt, which is emtex-specific +installation instructions. + +>I have looked in the faq at ftp.tex.ac.uk but couldn't find an answer + +There's a new faq (work in progress, mind you) on +tex-archive/usergrps/uktug/faq/newfaq.ps (actually, there are several +formats there...). Some of this answer came from my sources of that +stuff. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 10:31:10 +0000 +From: "S.C. Billy Wu" <S.C.Wu@geo.hull.ac.uk> +Subject: Better way of including Ps file? + +Hi, + +In LaTeX older than 2.0e, it is always 'fun' to place a PS file in +proper postition in a document, using \special. Is ther any better way of +locating PS file in a document? + +Regards, + +_/_/ Billy Wu Janet: s.c.wu@geo.hull.ac.uk _/ +_/_/_/ School of Geog. & Earth Resource _/_/ +_/_/_/_/ University of Hull Fax: - 44 - 482 - 466 340 _/_/_/ +_/_/_/_/_/ Hull HU6 7RX Telephone: - 44 - 482 - 46 6065 _/_/_/_/ +_/_/_/_/_/_/ England, U.K. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 10:20:41 -0400 +From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> +Subject: re: LOOKING for ``\multirow'' in TABULAR environment + +Gabriele Kotsis asks for a way "to produce a table like this in LaTeX:" + + - ----------------------------- + | text | text | text | text | + - ----------------------------- + | text | | text | text | + - -------- text --------------- + | text | text | text | text | + - -------- text --------------- + | text | | text | text | + - ----------------------------- + +My multirow style file does exactly that. Available in the standard archives; +runs with either LaTeX Classic or LaTeX2e. + -- Jerry + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:04:17 +0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.ist.co.uk> +Subject: Questions about dvi drivers and previewers + +Imperial Software Technology is developing a tool which +generates hardcopy using LaTeX and included PostScript. +Naturally we would like this output to work on as many TeX +systems as possible, so I would be grateful for answers to +a few questions. + + * What are the commonly used previewers and dvi drivers we should + aim to support? + * Do any of these programs not support either the "psfile=" or + "header=" specials? + * Is the LaTeX2e "graphics" package going to become the standard graphics + interface? Will other packages support its syntax for compatibility? + * According to the manual page, xdvi does not "as yet" support "header=" + specials. Will it? If so, how soon? + * What (if any) are the significant differences between xdvi and xdvik? + dvips and dvipsk? + +Please email responses. + +Thank you in advance, + +Jeremy C. Henty jch@ist.co.uk + +------------------------------ + +Date: 21 Nov 1994 15:37:18 +0000 +From: zc7t1122@rpool2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Enno Baars) +Subject: MusicTex - need help! + +I'm having some real trouble using Daniel Taupin's MusicTex under LaTex and +I thought one of you could perhaps help me... + +As long as I just typeset music, there's no problem at all, but as soon +as I try to put any text into the document as well, LaTex screws up my +typeset music. +What I tried to do e.g. is this: + +\input musicnft +\documentstyle[bigmusic,musictex,german]{article} +\begin{document} +\section{Noten} +\subsection{Sopran-Solo und Chor} +\begin{music} +\parindent 2cm +\def\nbinstruments{1}\relax +\def\instrumenti{Sopran} +\generalmeter{\meterfrac 24}\relax +\debutmorceau +\normal +\temps\Notes\ibu0e2\qh0 e\tbu0\qh0 f\enotes\barre +.... +\finmorceau + +What happens is that LaTex screws up the first line of music after the +\section or \subsection command - the lines of the staff are too short, i.e. +the staff ends but there are still bars and notes displayed... +Further lines of music are generated correctly. +When I leave out the \section or \subsection commands, everything is +done correctly, too - but I'd really like to have headings above the score... + +If you have any ideas on how to solve this problem, please contact me +via e-mail, as I unfortunately do not have the time to read this group +regularly. + +Thanks, + Enno. +/-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ +| Enno Baars baars@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de | +| Student of Physics, 3rd year | +| University of Stuttgart, Germany | +\-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 13:19:25 +0000 +From: M.Piff@shef.ac.uk (Mike Piff) +Subject: Re: pfe as shell for LaTeX + +In article <585.785179441@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.ukD>hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk write +s: + +> Has anyone configure Professional File Editor (a very very good editor +>and is free) as a shell for latex? +> +> 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 +> + +Our computing services have installed this, but there appear to be problems +in adapting it for LaTeX or indeed any other programming language. As far +as I can see, it doesn't have a programming language built into it, which is +what you would need to program it for something else. + +Mike Piff + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 18:24:00 +0000 +From: Jonathan Fine <J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Wanted: TeX/LaTeX Installation and Training + +Here is the text of a letter I received today. +- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Photo-graphics + 184 High Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 8LA + Tel: 0404 44417 Fax: 0404 41539 + +{ 21st November 1994 + +Dear Mr Fine + +We are a trade typesetting house in urgent need of help in setting up +a TeX department, including the installation of software and training +of 2 member of staff. + +Are you able to put us in touch with someone in our area who could +help us, or recommend another means of getting training? + +I look forward to hearing from you. + +yours sincerely +Jon Hebert +- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If you are able to help yourself, or can recommend someone, please do +contact Mr Hebert directly. I have spoken to the production manager, +and their main requirement is to have sufficient skills to use clean +author supplied LaTeX for production, as an alternative to rekeying. +{ +I have also recommended that they join the UK TeX Users Group, and +sent them the forms! + +Jonathan Fine +203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3HY +Tel: 0223 215389 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 18:27:57 +0000 +From: cmaae47@cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) +Subject: Parskip into footnotes + +I am getting increasingly allergic to paragraph indents in text that +is broken up with many display items, such as technical documentation. + +The parskip package gets rid of most of these, but footnotes still come +a paragraph indent and no paragraph separation space - grrr + +Does anybody have a style file that addresses this ? + + Thomas +- -- +*** This is the operative statement, all previous statements are inoperative. +* email: cmaae47@ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) (uk.ac.ic on Janet) +* voice: +44 171 594 6904 (day) fax: +44 171 594 6958 +* snail: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine + +------------------------------ + + 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 44] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.45 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.45 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cb1f3675f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.45 @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #45 +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: <475.786380287.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1994 14:58:08 +0000 +Message-ID: <476.786380288@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 2 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 45 + +Today's Topics: + problem: tex omits every other word in wrapped lines + LaTeX Installation + Re: LaTeX Installation + + +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: 30 Nov 1994 21:13:06 +0000 +From: jerger@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Jerger) +Subject: problem: tex omits every other word in wrapped lines + +We have just installed TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1). We are +running SunOS 4.1.3u1. Everything is fine, except that in paragraphs +in which words are wrapped, the wrapped lines have every other word +omitted. The space is there for the word, but the text itself is +missing. For example: + +How it should look: + +This is a test paragraph. This sentence will wrap and will be missing +words. This sentence will be ok. + +How is really looks: + +This a paragraph. sentence wrap will missing +words. This sentence will be ok. + +Using dvitype, we have determined that an overflow is occuring (it +says so)....we had no problems compiling, so we have no clue where to +start looking for the problem. + +Here's how dvitype should look after the first word of the paragraph: + +166: push +level 1:(h=0,v=1441792,w=0,x=0,y=786432,z=0,hh=0,vv=91) +167: right3 1310720 h:=0+1310720=1310720, hh:=83 +171: setchar84 h:=1310720+473316=1784036, hh:=113 +172: setchar104 h:=1784036+364090=2148126, hh:=136 +173: setchar105 h:=2148126+182045=2330171, hh:=148 +174: setchar115 h:=2330171+258503=2588674, hh:=164 +175: w3 197495 h:=2588674+197495=2786169, hh:=176 +179: setchar115 h:=2786169+258503=3044672, hh:=192 +180: setchar104 h:=3044672+364090=3408762, hh:=215 +181: setchar111 h:=3408762+327681=3736443, hh:=236 +182: setchar117 h:=3736443+364090=4100533, hh:=259 +183: setchar108 h:=4100533+182045=4282578, hh:=271 +184: setchar100 h:=4282578+364090=4646668, hh:=294 +185: w0 197495 h:=4646668+197495=4844163, hh:=307 +186: setchar98 h:=4844163+364090=5208253, hh:=330 +187: right2 18205 h:=5208253+18205=5226458, hh:=331 + +How it really looks (using the old version of dvitype): + +166: push +level 1:(h=0,v=1441792,w=0,x=0,y=786432,z=0,hh=0,vv=91) +167: right3 1310720 h:=0+1310720=1310720, hh:=83 +171: setchar84 h:=1310720+473316=1784036, hh:=113 +172: setchar104 h:=1784036+364090=2148126, hh:=136 +173: setchar105 h:=2148126+182045=2330171, hh:=148 +174: setchar115 h:=2330171+258503=2588674, hh:=164 +175: w4 -2147265195 h:=2588674-2147265195=-2144676521, hh:=-135845 +warning: |h|>30785863! +180: setchar115 h:=-2144676521+258503=-2144418018, hh:=-135829 +181: setchar104 h:=-2144418018+364090=-2144053928, hh:=-135806 +182: setchar111 h:=-2144053928+327681=-2143726247, hh:=-135785 +183: setchar117 h:=-2143726247+364090=-2143362157, hh:=-135762 +184: setchar108 h:=-2143362157+182045=-2143180112, hh:=-135750 +185: setchar100 h:=-2143180112+364090=-2142816022, hh:=-135727 +186: w0 -2147265195 arithmetic overflow! parameter changed from +- -2147265195 to -4667625 h:=-2142816022-4667625=-2147483647, +hh:=-136021 warning: |h|>2144676521! +187: setchar98 h:=-2147483647+364090=-2147119557, hh:=-135998 + +I don't really know what these numbers mean, but the h: things +continue to be negative, yet words still keep appearing. They return +to normal for the second sentence of the paragraph (which didn't +wrap). Also, using the new dvitype, the hh: numbers alternate between +0 and -2147483648 throughout the entire file, and once the numbers get +screwed up, they remain so, even for the text that shows up correctly. + +Any help at all is greatly appreciated. + +Thanks! + + +- -- +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Mike Jerger, mjerger@uiuc.edu +System Administrator for the Cognitive Science Group, Beckman Institute +CCSO Site Consultant + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Dec 1994 09:55:41 +0000 +From: ajw29@cus.cam.ac.uk (A.J. Williamson) +Subject: LaTeX Installation + + +I would like to create a completely new installation of Tex, Latex, dvips etc +on a DEC ALPHA. +Can somebody advise me where I can find the latest versions of these products +so I can download them. + +Any suggestions gratefully recieved. + +ajw29@phy.cam.ac.uk + + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 02 Dec 1994 11:32:52 +0000 +From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) +Subject: Re: LaTeX Installation + +In article <3bmqut$bt7@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, +A.J. Williamson <ajw29@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote: +>I would like to create a completely new installation of Tex, Latex, +>dvips etc on a DEC ALPHA. Can somebody advise me where I can find +>the latest versions of these products so I can download them. + +You don't say which OS you're running. If it's OSF/1, try the web2c +distribution; I know it's buildable from that (though I've never done +it, I just use it). That'll get you the basic Knuthian system and the +utilities that go with it. (If it's VMS, the distribution is *old*, +and I know nothing about TeX for NT.) + +I would also recommend using dvipsk and xdvik to go with it, since +they use the same path-searching library. + +For LaTeX, I would recommend going straight to 2e for a new +installation. If you want to stick with the 2.09, you'll have to go +somewhere other than the archive (cus, which you posted from, stolidly +maintains several variously out-of-date versions, so you could try +there). The minimum installation (imo) is the LaTeX base and the +tools. A new release was due out yesterday, so perhaps by the time +you've got your executables built it'll be on the archive. + +Locations on the archive (ftp.tex.ac.uk, another Cambridge site) + +tex-archive/systems/web2c/ + dviware/xdvik/ + dvipsk/ + macros/latex/base + tools +- -- +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 45] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.46 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.46 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..97655882c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.46 @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #46 +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: <647.786996692.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 18:11:33 +0000 +Message-ID: <648.786996693@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 9 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 46 + +Today's Topics: + re: Parskip into footnotes + Wanted: New members for UK TeX Users Group + + +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: Sat, 03 Dec 1994 09:49:41 -0400 +From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com> +Subject: re: Parskip into footnotes + + Thomas Sippel writes: + I am getting increasingly allergic to paragraph indents in text that + is broken up with many display items, such as technical documentation. + + The parskip package gets rid of most of these, but footnotes still + come a paragraph indent and no paragraph separation space - grrr + + Does anybody have a style file that addresses this ? + +The parskip package is new to me. However, assuming it does the trick for all +other cases of concern, it's easy to change the way paragraphing is done in +footnotes. A footnote is typeset by the \@makefntext command. This command +is defined by the style file; it will be called in an enviroment where +\@parboxrestore has been called, so among other things both \parskip and +\parindent have been reset to 0 pt. + +Obligatory typesetting point: The way paragraphs are marked is inherently +part of the definition of the style. They are intentionally not settable +parameters of the standard styles. Once you start changing them, you are +designing your own style. Feel free, but be aware that you (a) will be +dealing with the *internals* of the style files; (b) are on your own as far +as typographical quality. + +Warning aside, here's the definition of \@makefntext that appears in the +three standard LaTeX styles (article, book, and report): + + \long\def\@makefntext#1{\parindent 1em\noindent + \hbox to 1.8em{\hss$^{\@thefnmark}$}#1} + +If you simple change this to leave \parindent alone, and instead change +\parskip, you should get the effect you want. The best way to do this +would be in a style file - just put exactly the editted text in your own +"fnparskip.sty" file, or add it to the end of the parskip.sty file you have +now. For simple testing, you can also place this definition in your document +preamble. In that case, put \makeatletter before it and \makeatother after. + + -- Jerry + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 07 Dec 1994 09:33:00 +0000 +From: Jonathan Fine <J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Wanted: New members for UK TeX Users Group + + +There are many good reasons for joining the UK TeX Users Group. +Here are two good reasons for joining before the end of the year. + +The first is that you will receive the last of issue of Baskerville +of 1994, which is devoted entirely to answering the 99 most +frequently answered questions about TeX. + +The second is that out of gratitude for your promptness, you will +save two pounds (out of twenty). And of course you will get the 6 +issues of Baskerville scheduled for 1995. + +And there's another reason for joining now. Early next year there +will be an important meeting: + + Portable Documents: Acrobat, SGML and TeX + Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street, London + January 19th 1995, 10am to 5pm + +cosponsored by the BCS Electronic Publishing Special Group. Members of +UKTUG (and BCS-EPSG) pay only forty pounds (saving ten) if they book +early. + +The moral of this message is to act now. Contact me and I'll put +the details and forms into the Royal Mail to you. If you give me the +name and address of someone who you think might be interested, I'll +send them to that person also. + +If this reads a little like an advertisment, it is because it is an +advertisment. But then again, I am: + Jonathan Fine + Publicity Officer + UK TeX Users Group +Mailing Address: 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3HY +Email: J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk + +------------------------------ + + 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 46] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.47 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.47 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..008ffa2ddd --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.47 @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #47 +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: <4245.787594990.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 16:23:12 +0000 +Message-ID: <4246.787594992@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 16 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 47 + +Today's Topics: + TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences + TeXhax/UKTeX merger opinions + Limited number of copies of the EuroTeX '94 Proceedings available + + +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: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 11:59:22 +0700 +From: pV@CC.Uniud.It +Subject: TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences + +Hello, + +I would like to know if there is a way, in TeX, to test for +the existence of a control sequence. + +What I want to do is to programmatically detect if a macro +has already been defined. + +I devised this (ugly) piece of code: + + \def\MYMACRO{anything} + \ifx\MYMACRO\UNDEFINED + The macro is {\it not\/} defined + \else + The macro {\it is\/} defined + \fi + +It works, provided that the dummy macro \UNDEFINED is +*really* undefined! + +There must be a more reliable (and elegant!) way to do the +same thing. Can you give me any hint? +Thanks in advance. + +Paolo Vicario +UNIX system manager +Universita` degli Studi di Udine - Centro di Calcolo +via Mantica 3 +I 33100 UDINE + +Tel. +39 432 556704 Internet: pv@cc.uniud.it +FAX +39 432 556729 DECnet: UDUNIV::PAOLO (37963::PAOLO) +Tlx. 450412 UNIVUD I + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:18:27 +0000 +From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: TeXhax/UKTeX merger opinions + +Following my note about merging the TeXhax and UKTeX Digests +(TeXhax V94 #10, UKTeX V94 #42), I received 12 responses, all +in favour of the merger. There were two reservations expressed: + +- - frequency of the new TeXhax... weekly was felt by a couple of + people to be too often +- - one person requested that the digest be given a new name + +One of the advantages of increased frequency is that questions +can be answered and announcements made in a more timely fashion. +This has always been one of the "advantages" of the UKTeX Digest +which I'd like to carry over into the new, merged digest. +However, after we've had a few issues, if lots of people feel +strongly that a weekly digest is hitting their mailbox too often, +please let me know and we could move to, perhaps, two-weekly issues. + +As for names, well, I felt it would be less confusing to keep the +name of the "elder" publication, which is mentioned in many online +locations and Internet list-of-lists (e.g., Meckler's "On Internet 94"). + +If you have any views on any of this, please let me know. + +~~David Osborne (TeXhax Digest moderator) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:20:39 -0000 +From: CHAA006@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: Limited number of copies of the EuroTeX '94 Proceedings available + +I have two copies of the 1994 EuroTeX proceedings for sale at DM15-00 plus +postage; if I receive more requests than I have copies, I will endeavour +to order further copies from Poland. + + Philip Taylor, RHBNC + +------------------------------ + + 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 #11 + +\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 47] +**************************************** diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.48 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.48 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5262151ca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.48 @@ -0,0 +1,313 @@ +From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #48 +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" +Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 14:19:48 +0000 +Message-ID: <7347.788192388@unicorn> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 23 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 48 + +Today's Topics: + Final issue of UKTeX + texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex + Re: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex + CTAN management problems (uploads) + Winter LaTeX Release + + +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: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 14:06:28 +0000 +From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Final issue of UKTeX + +As previously announced, this will be the final issue of the UKTeX Digest. + +With the welcome emergence of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network, +there's no longer any need for a UK-oriented digest, originally +created to announce developments of the UK TeX Archive which Peter +Abbott set up at Aston University. The digest was Peter's idea, +modelled on the TeXhax Digest, and he acted as editor/moderator for +the first few years of its existence. Looking back, I see I took over +the editing of the digest with the V90 #21 issue and that from the +beginning of 1987 to date, 336 digests were produced. + +However, don't despair! The intention is to merge UKTeX into TeXhax, +which will continue to act as a question, answer and announcement +forum for the global TeX community. The electronic distribution lists +of the two digests will be merged and, for a while at least, +contributions addressed to UKTeX will still be accepted but will +appear in TeXhax, starting early in 1995. Initially, it's intended to +produce TeXhax at weekly intervals, to maintain the timeliness of +UKTeX for announcements, but this frequency may be modified in the +light of experience, depending on the volume of contributions. + +So, my sincere thanks go to all those who have encouraged and +supported UKTeX in the past, particularly to Peter Abbott. I +encourage your support of the TeXhax Digest and welcome your +contributions to it in 1995 and beyond. + +~~David Osborne (UKTeX Digest editor) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 13:58:51 +0000 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk> +Subject: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex + +Could you clarify the connection between the above? You only mention +the first two in your note to uktex-digest, but is there a need for +these two now? I also don't understand the connection between +texhax-digest and comp.text.tex, and perhaps many others are in this +situation. Is the former meant to be the "best of" the latter? + +Please treat this as a note to uktex, even though sent to you +personally. I am in favour of merging all into comp.text.tex, +whatever that entails, but am prepared to accept that we might need a +comp.text.latex, comp.text.tex, comp.text.metafont, ... as the volume +on comp.text.tex is very high and it is difficult to read it all. + +Mike Piff + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:15:02 +0000 +From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: Re: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex + +> Could you clarify the connection between the above? + +There's little connection between TeXhax and UKTeX, other than the person +putting together the two digests. uk.tex was created because some people +at Cambridge wanted to read UKTeX but neither wanted to receive private +copies via mail nor to read the copies I post to comp.text.tex. There's no +connection between any of these and comp.text.tex + +> You only mention +> the first two in your note to uktex-digest, but is there a need for +> these two now? + +Several people without access to news (yes, there are such people) find +them useful. As do some people who choose not to read comp.text.tex + +> I also don't understand the connection between +> texhax-digest and comp.text.tex, and perhaps many others are in this +> situation. Is the former meant to be the "best of" the latter? + +There is no connection. I post TeXhax and UKTeX to c.t.t only as +additional distribution methods. TeXhax began years before c.t.t was +created and has never claimed to be an abstract of the newsgroup. + +> Please treat this as a note to uktex, even though sent to you +> personally. I am in favour of merging all into comp.text.tex, +> whatever that entails, but am prepared to accept that we might need a +> comp.text.latex, comp.text.tex, comp.text.metafont, ... as the volume +> on comp.text.tex is very high and it is difficult to read it all. + +I agree; I find it very difficult to find time to read all of c.t.t myself +(one good reason why TeXhax is not an abstract of the newsgroup) + +~~David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 16:38:38 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: CTAN management problems (uploads) + +In the recent past, it has become apparent that the canonical address +for notifying uploads (ctan-mgr@shsu.edu) is not working. + +For the time being, therefore, the CTAN management request that you +notify ctan@shsu.edu of any uploads. If you have made an upload in +the recent past and it hasn't appeared on the archives, please re-send +notification of your upload to ctan@shsu.edu + +I have changed the README.uploads file on ftp.tex.ac.uk to reflect +this change, and have agreed with Rainer Shoepf that he will do the +same for ftp.dante.de and ftp.shsu.edu. + +We hope that the problem will not persist, and we will change the +READMEs back again and will announce again in these forums when +service is restored to its usual state. + +R + +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: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 18:44:48 +0000 +From: David Carlisle <carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk> +Subject: Winter LaTeX Release + + + +The second full release of LaTeX2e was placed on the ctan archives on +December 17th. This release fixes problems reported since June and +incorporates the new `inputenc' package as a standard method of +supporting 8bit input. + +The document ltnews02.tex contains more details of the new features. +See also the www page: + + http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTAN/latex/ + +LaTeX is available from ctan hosts in the directory + + tex-archive/macros/latex/base + +A ready `unpacked' version is available in + + tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + +Note that this includes all the files in `base' so you do not need +both directories. + +Unfortunately a couple of small bugs are present in that release. +These are fixed in the file + tex-archive/macros/latex/base/ltpatch.ltx +that was placed on ftp.dante.de on 22nd December (and will arrive on +other ctan hosts overnight). + +If you have already installed LaTeX2e <1994/12/01>, simply obtain the +patch file and re-run initex on latex.ltx; this will update the +format to LaTeX2e <1994/12/01> patch level 1. If you have not +previously installed the December release, just follow the usual +installation procedure outlined in install.txt, and the patch will be +automatically applied. + +Two other files in the LaTeX distribution have been updated since +the initial December release. + +tex-archive/macros/latex/packages/tools/xspace.dtx + (% missing from two comment lines...) + +tex-archive/macros/latex/packages/amslatex/amstex.dtx + (Fix to AmsLaTeX's \dots ) + + +Merry Christmas + +David Carlisle + + LaTeX3 Project + + +------------------------------ + + 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 #11 + +\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 48] +**************************************** |