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Re: automatic document production (John Palmer) + 3. typesetting algorithms (=?iso-8859-2?q?Marx=20D=E1niel=20?=) + 4. bibtex question (David Wende) + 5. Re: bibtex question (Matej Cepl) + 6. modes.mf 3.5 available (Karl Berry) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 1 +Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:26:48 -0500 +From: Matej Cepl <ceplma00@yahoo.com> +To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: Re: automatic document production + +On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:47:19PM +0100, Peter Kravanja wrote: +> I'm facing the following problem. An association has about 700 +> members and keeps information about them (name, address, +> language skills, hobbies,...) in a database. Once a year this +> association wants to produce a book with all this information, +> to be published and distributed to the members. +> +> How can this be done in an efficient way? Does anyone know of +> some sort of interface between a database (which format??) and +> (La)TeX, so that with a few commands the relevant data gets +> extracted from the database and turned into a file that (La)TeX +> can process? + +It is originally written for LyX (LaTeX based WYSIWYM +wordprocessor), but it will most certainly work even for plain +LaTeX. Try LyXQueries.py and LyXEnvelope.py on +http://emptydog.com/geekland/gl_lyx.html . + + Happy TeXing! + + Matej + +-- +Matej Cepl, ceplma00@yahoo.com +138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 +. +We are told that [St. Anthony] once fell into dejection, finding +uninterrupted contemplation above his strength; but was taught to +apply himself at intervals to manual labour by a vision of an +angel who appeared platting mats of palm-tree leaves, then rising +to pray, and after some time sitting down again to work; and who +at length said to him, "Do thus, and thou shalt be saved." + -- Life of St. Anthony + +--__--__-- + +Message: 2 +Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:45:47 +0000 (GMT) +From: John Palmer <johnp@stx69.demon.co.uk> +To: <TeXhax@tex.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: automatic document production + +On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Peter Kravanja <Peter.Kravanja@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> + wrote: + +> I'm facing the following problem. An association has about 700 members and +> keeps information about them (name, address, language skills, hobbies,...) +> in a database. Once a year this association wants to produce a book with +> all this information, to be published and distributed to the members. +> +> How can this be done in an efficient way? Does anyone know of some sort of +> interface between a database (which format??) and (La)TeX, so that with a +> few commands the relevant data gets extracted from the database and turned +> into a file that (La)TeX can process? + +Your data-set is small, so you don't need the facilities that database +systems provide for indexing and rapidly searching large bodies of data. +Indeed you say that your intention is to print the whole set rather than +to select subsets. + +I would start with perl (http://www.cpan.org/) which will give you all the +facilities you need for transforming a list of members into LaTeX code. +Once you have that, you are quite likely not to need a real database +management system, since + --your data-set is rather small; + --you intend to process it as a whole rather than selectively. + +A DBMS does of course impose some discipline on the data which can make +the perl programming easier; but in this case the benefits wouldn't (imho) +justify spending a lot of effort, still less money, on acquiring a DBMS. + +Sorting the items into (alphabetical?) order can be done using either perl +facilities or a utility sort program, so you don't need a DBMS for that +either. + +If you really feel you need a DBMS there are public licence, open source +DBMS like MySql (http://www.mysql.org/) + +regards +John +-- +John Palmer +4 Horyford Close, Preston, Weymouth DT3 6DJ, England +telephone: +44 1305 832240 office, 835410 domestic (same address) +e-mail: johnp@bcs.org.uk (plain text preferred) +website: http://www.stx69.demon.co.uk/ + +--__--__-- + +Message: 3 +Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:36:40 +0100 +From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Marx=20D=E1niel=20?= <dmarx@drotposta.hu> +To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: typesetting algorithms + +Hello, + +Which package is the most useful for typesetting algorithms? I've seen the= + 'alg', 'algorithm' and 'program' packages, are there others for this = +purpose? Do journals have a preferred way of typesetting algorithms? + +Thanks, +Daniel Marx + +--__--__-- + +Message: 4 +From: David Wende <DWende@lynxpn.com> +To: "'texhax@tex.ac.uk'" <texhax@tex.ac.uk> +Subject: bibtex question +Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 08:46:28 +0200 + +Hello TEXHAX, + +Could someone please help. + +1) I wish to quote a chapter in a book, such that the output looks +something like: + +Chapter Author. Chapter Title. In: Book Author. Book Title. etc etc. + +2) How do I get bibtext to cite the reference in round braces () instead +of square braces []. + +Thanks + +David Wende +Manager Board Design +Lynx Photonic Networks + +Tel: (972) 3 9155000 +Direct: (972) 3 9155014 +Mobile: (972) 54 905822 +Fax: (972) 3 9033129 +email: dwende@lynxpn.com +http://www.lynxpn.com + +--__--__-- + +Message: 5 +Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:30:13 -0500 +From: Matej Cepl <ceplma00@yahoo.com> +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: Re: bibtex question + +On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 08:46:28AM +0200, David Wende wrote: +> 1) I wish to quote a chapter in a book, such that the output +> looks something like: +> +> Chapter Author. Chapter Title. In: Book Author. Book Title. +> etc etc. +> +> 2) How do I get bibtext to cite the reference in round braces +> () instead + +Use package natbib and read its manual (natbib.dvi). To explain +everything in mail would be too long. And BTW the program is +called BibTeX (no `t' in the end). + + Matej + +-- +Matej Cepl, ceplma00@yahoo.com +138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 + +My point was simply that such tax proposals [for Pigovian taxes +compensating for the transaction costs] are the stuff that dreams +are made of. In my youth it was said, that what was too silly to +be said may be sung. In modern economics it may be put into +mathematics. + -- Ronald Coase + Notes on the Problem of Social Cost + +--__--__-- + +Message: 6 +Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:08:32 -0500 +From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) +To: tex-fonts@math.utah.edu, texhax@tex.ac.uk, ctan-ann@tug.org +Subject: modes.mf 3.5 available + +I have released version 3.5 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from + + ftp://tug.org/tex/modes.mf + +and shortly from any CTAN site in /tex-archive/fonts/modes/modes-3.5.mf. +See http://www.ctan.org/ a list of CTAN mirrors and other information + +News: + +New epson-related modes for the old 9-pin series. +Various email addresses corrected. + +As always, thanks to the many contributors, and further additions and +improvements are welcome. Please send bug reports or suggestions to +tex-fonts@math.utah.edu (email tex-fonts-request to join). + +General information: + +modes.mf is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common +definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and +landscape mode. It uses up too much memory for the table sizes in the +original mf.web, so you either have to increase the sizes (has been done +in Web2c) or rename the file and remove unneeded modes. I don't +understand mf.web well enough to understand how to make the modes use +less memory; if some Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd like to hear it. + +If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the +existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition, +particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome. + +kb@tug.org + +mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS (406dpi) +mode_def agfatfzz = % AGFA P3400PS (400dpi) +mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga (100dpi) +mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 (723dpi) +mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 (1016dpi) +mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer (300dpi) +mode_def atarinf = % Atari previewer (95dpi) +mode_def atarins = % Atari previewer (96dpi) +mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen (101dpi) +mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph (118dpi) +mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex (360dpi) +mode_def bjtzzex = % Canon BubbleJet 200ex (360 dpi) +mode_def bjtzzs = % Canon BubbleJet 200 (720x360dpi) +mode_def bjtzzl = % BubbleJet 200 landscape (360x720 dpi) +mode_def boise = % HP 2680A (180dpi) +mode_def canonbjc = % Canon BJC-600 (360dpi) +mode_def canonex = % LaserWriter Pro 630 (600dpi) +mode_def canonlbp = % Symbolics LGP-10 (240dpi) +mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600 (1301x1569dpi) +mode_def cgl = % Compugraphic 8600 landscape (1569x1302dpi) +mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600 (1200dpi) +mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS (5333dpi) +mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX (300dpi) +mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc (70dpi) +mode_def newdd = % DataDisc (70x93dpi) +mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 (100dpi) +mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 (82dpi) +mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500 (300dpi) +mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 (600dpi) +mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover (384dpi) +mode_def eighthre = % EightThree (83dpi) +mode_def epscszz = % Epson Stylus Color 600 (720 dpi) +mode_def epsdrft = % Epson (120x72dpi) +mode_def epsdrftl = % Epson (72x120dpi) +mode_def epsfast = % Epson fast (60x72dpi) +mode_def epsfastl = % Epson fast landscape (72x60dpi) +mode_def epsmed = % Epson med MX/FX 9-pin (240x144dpi) +mode_def epsmedl = % Epson med MX/FX 9-pin landscape (144x240dpi) +mode_def epson = % Epson MX/FX 9-pin (240x216dpi) +mode_def epsonl = % Epson MX/FX 9-pin landscape (216x240dpi) +mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500 (300dpi) +mode_def epsonlo = % Epson (120x216dpi) +mode_def epsonlol = % Epson landscape (216x120dpi) +mode_def epsonsq = % Epson SQ 870 (360dpi) +mode_def epstypro = % Epson Stylus Pro (360dpi) +mode_def epstyplo = % Epson Stylus Pro (180dpi) +mode_def epstypmd = % Epson Stylus Pro (720x360dpi) +mode_def epswlo = % Epson low MX/FX 9-pin (120x144dpi) +mode_def epswlol = % Epson low MX/FX 9-pin landscape (144x120dpi) +mode_def esphi = % Epson Stylus Pro (720dpi) +mode_def epstylus = % Epson Stylus (360dpi) +mode_def fourfour = % FourFour (44dpi) +mode_def gtfax = % G3fax (204x196dpi) +mode_def gtfaxl = % G3fax landscape (196x204dpi) +mode_def gtfaxlo = % G3fax (204x98dpi) +mode_def gtfaxlol = % G3fax landscape (98x204dpi) +mode_def highfax = % G3fax (200dpi) +mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 (180dpi) +mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (240dpi) +mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (240dpi) +mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor (96x81dpi) +mode_def ibmegal = % IBM EGA monitor landscape (81x96dpi) +mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019 (300dpi) +mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30-39, 4250 (600dpi) +mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter (240x216dpi) +mode_def ibmppl = % IBM ProPrinter (216x240dpi) +mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display (118dpi) +mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) (240dpi) +mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812 (240dpi) +mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820 (240dpi) +mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen (100dpi) +mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen (87x65dpi) +mode_def ibmtosnl = % IBM 3179 screen landscape (65x87dpi) +mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor (110dpi) +mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX (9600dpi) +mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A (160x144dpi) +mode_def itohl = % CItoh 8510A landscape (144x160dpi) +mode_def itohtoz = % CItoh 310 (240x144dpi) +mode_def itohtozl = % CItoh 310 landscape (144x240dpi) +mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter (144dpi) +mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi (300dpi) +mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75 (144dpi) +mode_def lexmarkr = % Lexmark Optra R 4049 (1200dpi) +mode_def lexmarks = % Lexmark Optra S 1250/1650/2450 (1200dpi) +mode_def lexmarku = % Lexmark Optra R+ 4049 (600dpi) +mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 (635dpi) +mode_def linolttz = % Linotronic L-300 with RIP-50 (3386dpi) +mode_def linoone = % Linotronic [13]00 (1270dpi) +mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 (2540dpi) +mode_def ljfive = % HP LaserJet 5 (600dpi) +mode_def ljfivemp = % HP LaserJet 5MP (600 dpi) +mode_def ljfour = % HP LaserJet 4 (600dpi) +mode_def ljfzzz = % LaserJet 4000N, ProRes mode (1200dpi) +mode_def ljfzzzfr = % HP LaserJet 4000 FastRes (600dpi) +mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet (150dpi) +mode_def lmaster = % LaserMaster (1000dpi) +mode_def lnotr = % DEC LN03R Scriptprinter (300dpi) +mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01 (300dpi) +mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20 (300dpi) +mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500 (180dpi) +mode_def lqmed = % Epson LQ-500 (360x180dpi) +mode_def lqmedl = % Epson LQ-500 landscape (180x360dpi) +mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor (118x109dpi) +mode_def lwpro = % Apple LaserWriterPro 810 (800dpi) +mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1 (86dpi) +mode_def mactrue = % Mac screen (72dpi) +mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch (95dpi) +mode_def nec = % NEC (180dpi) +mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 (360dpi) +mode_def neclm = % NEC PC-PR406LM (320dpi) +mode_def nectzo = % NEC PC-PR201 series (160dpi) +mode_def nexthi = % NeXT Newgen (400dpi) +mode_def nextscrn = % NeXT monitor (100dpi) +mode_def nineone = % NineOne (91x91) (91dpi) +mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only (101dpi) +mode_def onetz = % OneTwoZero (120/120) (120dpi) +mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS (508dpi) +mode_def okidata = % Okidata (240x288dpi) +mode_def okidatal = % Okidata landscape (288x240dpi) +mode_def okifte = % Okidata 410e in 600DPI mode (600dpi) +mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns (118dpi) +mode_def pcprevw = % PC screen preview (118dpi) +mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi (300dpi) +mode_def phaserfs = % Tektronix Phaser 560 (1200dpi) +mode_def phasertf = % Tektronix Phaser 350 (600x300dpi) +mode_def pixpt = % one pixel per point (72.27dpi) +mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ (1200dpi) +mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) (300dpi) +mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725 (600dpi) +mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700 (600dpi) +mode_def qmstftf = % QMS 2425 (1200dpi) +mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser (300dpi) +mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216 (300dpi) +mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03 (300dpi) +mode_def ricohsp = % Ricoh sp10ps/lp7200-ux (600dpi) +mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter (400dpi) +mode_def starnlt = % Star NL-10 (240x216dpi) +mode_def starnltl = % Star NL-10 landscape (216x240dpi) +mode_def stylewri = % Apple StyleWriter (360dpi) +mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph (85dpi) +mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter (2400dpi) +mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ (180dpi) +mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter (1200dpi) +mode_def vs = % VAXstation monitor (78dpi) +mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P (1800dpi) +mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P (2400dpi) +mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P (1200dpi) +mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6 (600dpi) +mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600 (600dpi) +mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 (300dpi) +mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090/4700 (300dpi) +mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700 (300dpi) +mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700 (300dpi) + +--__--__-- + +About TeXhax... + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +office@tug.org, or write TeX Users Group, 1466 NW Front Avenue, +Suite 3141, Portland, OR 97209-2820 USA (phone: 1 503 223 9994, +fax: 1 503 223 3960). + +End of TeXhax Digest |