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Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Philip G. Ratcliffe) + 3. Re: Primer (Tom Schneider) + 4. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Robin Fairbairns) + 5. case conversion (Michal Kaut) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 1 +Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:58:29 -0500 +To: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" <philip.ratcliffe@uninsubria.it> +From: Herbert Gintis <hgintis@attbi.com> +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP + +At 10:14 PM 2/13/2003 +0100, Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote: +>Your problem is that BibTeX simply runs out of memory and therefore stops +>reading the bib file at some random point. You need to run BibTeX8 (the +>so-called eight-bit version), which is more configurable and allows for a +>much larger database. +. +>If you are using MiKTeX or the like, then you should already have it and its +>documentation, otherwise you can downlaod from CTAN. +> +>One word of warning: if you are using a bst that orders alphabetically, you +>may find a slight difference in the output between the standard and the +>eight-bit versions. +> +>Cheers, Phil Ratcliffe + How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +and otherwise cryptic, sites. + +Herb + +Herbert Gintis +Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of +Massachusetts +External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM +15 Forbes Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-7756 +Fax: (011) 44 0 871 433 4050 +Recent papers are posted on my <http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gintis>web site. +Get Game Theory Evolving (Princeton, 2000) at +<http://www.isbn.nu/0691009430/amazon>Amazon.com. + Weakness Corrupts. Weakness masquerading as + moral superiority is beneath contempt. + +--__--__-- + +Message: 2 +From: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" <philipratcliffe@tiscali.it> +To: "Herbert Gintis" <hgintis@attbi.com> +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:56:52 +0100 + +> How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +> and otherwise cryptic, sites. + +Well, the CTAN archives is the obvious place to look: + +http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/alpha.html + +However, if you have MiKTeX, for example, you should already have everything +(and the documentation) and you can just substitute the comand BibTeX with +BibTeX8. If the default settings are still not sufficient, it is completely +configurable. + +Chees, Phil Ratcliffe + +--__--__-- + +Message: 3 +From: Tom Schneider <toms@ncifcrf.gov> +Subject: Re: Primer +To: Axel.NoSpam@gmx.de (Axel Kielhorn) +Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:16:33 -0500 (EST) + +Axel: + +Thanks for your notes. I would prefer to avoid adding fonts outside +the standard distribution for my papers because that forces others to +do the same. + +To recapitulate the problem: + +I have found that if I convert from ps to pdf: + +echo "quit" | gs -q -r2000x2000 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$name.pdf $name.ps + +the pdf looks horrible on the screen (Sun workstation, acrobat) but it +prints ok. + +So I have been using: + +\usepackage{pslatex} % Times New Roman Font +or +\usepackage{times} + +This displays well on the screen but when sent to our printer +it loses all the dashes! That is completely unacceptable. + +Isn't there a system that works well in all directions???? +This is frustrating. + +Tom + + Dr. Thomas D. Schneider + National Cancer Institute + Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology + Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 + toms@ncifcrf.gov + permanent email: toms@alum.mit.edu (use only if first address fails) + http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/ + +> Hi Tom! +> +> > Ah ha! I know that the pdf file is rather bad on the screen (though it +> > prints fine) but don't know why or what to do about it. +> > +> > > If you have control over your toolchain I suggest using the Type 1 +> > > version of the CM fonts. Depending on your TeX installation adding +> > > "-PCMPS" to your DVIPS options may be sufficient. +> > +> > It doesn't work: +> > +> > dvips: warning: no config file for `CMPS' +> +> Sorry, this was my fault. I am using some files not included in the +> standard distribution. You may have the fonts already installed, but +> with different support files. +> +> If not, you can get them from your nearest CTAN mirror, for me it is +> ftp.dante.de, for you that may be tug.ctan.org. The fonts will be at +> /tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky/cmps-unix.tar.gz +> (or similar, I have the CD here.) +> +> Put the pfb files into a directory searched by DVIPS (you sysadmin will +> know). +> +> There are several ways to treat the psfonts.cmz file: +> +> You can add the contents to the psfonts.map file, this file is read by +> DVIPS when it looks for fonts. +> +> You can rename the file to psfonts.CMPS and add the command +> "p +psfonts.CMPS" (without the quotes) to config.ps. This looks like the +> best idea when you always want to use the PS fonts, even for printing. +> +> You can rename the file to psfonts.CMPS and create a file called +> config.CMPS which consists only of one line: +> p +psfonts.CMPS +> This is what I did. To use the PS fonts you have to specify -PCMPS when +> invoking DVIPS. Without this option bitmaps will be used which may be +> neccesary for old printer with low memory. +> +> After installing the fonts you may have to call texhash to tell TeX +> about the changes, your administrator will know. +> +> > % dvips -v +> > This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) +> +> That is the same version I have. +> +> > I use ghostscript to convert to pdf, +> > +> > echo "quit" | gs -q -r2000x2000 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite +> > -sOutputFile=$name.pdf $name.ps +> +> You tell GhostScript to use 2000 DPI resolution but the fonts are +> already turned into bitmaps by DVIPS, normally at 300 DPI (laserwriter). +> When using PS fonts, you don't have to specify a resolution at all. +> +> > % gs -v +> > Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01 (2000-03-17) +> > Copyright (C) 2000 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. +> > +> > Do we need to upgrade? +> +> I have used the same version untill recently, it should do. +> +> I hope this helps, please feel free to ask more questions. +> +> Axel + +--__--__-- + +Message: 4 +To: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" <philip.ratcliffe@uninsubria.it> +cc: "Herbert Gintis" <hgintis@attbi.com>, texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:37:26 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> + +> > How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +> > and otherwise cryptic, sites. +> +> Well, the CTAN archives is the obvious place to look: +> +> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/alpha.html +> +> However, if you have MiKTeX, for example, you should already have everything +> (and the documentation) and you can just substitute the comand BibTeX with +> BibTeX8. If the default settings are still not sufficient, it is completely +> configurable. + +the sources, if that's the way you choose to go, are to be found on +ctan in + + biblio/bibtex/8-bit + +that directory is full of zip files with cryptic 8+3 filenames for +users subject to brain-dead operating systems. + +i don't see a bibtex8 in my current tetex distribution, and am in +between builds of tetex 2.0* so can't check that. + +--__--__-- + +Message: 5 +Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:44:43 +0100 +From: Michal Kaut <m_kaut@hotmail.com> +Organization: Molde College university +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: case conversion + +Hello, + +Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to +upper- or lower-case? +What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{} + +Thank you very much + +Michal Kaut + +--------------------------------------------------- +Michal Kaut +Bj=F8rsetsletta 2, N-6411 Molde, Norway +tel. +47 712 14 243 (office), +47 402 23 444 (mobile) +m_kaut@hotmail.com, alt.: michal.kaut@seznam.cz +http://www.iot.ntnu.no/~mkaut/personal.htm +--------------------------------------------------- + +--__--__-- + +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 |