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+From: texhax-request@tex.ac.uk
+Subject: TeXhax digest, Vol 2003 #3 - 5 msgs
+Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:45:09 +0000
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+TeXhax Digest ________________________________________ Volume 2003 : Number 3
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ 1. Re: case conversion (Robin Fairbairns)
+ 2. Re: case conversion (William Adams)
+ 3. March 2003 TUG news: 501(c)(3), election, annual conference, TUGboat (TUG board of directors)
+ 4. re-defining table (Michal Kaut)
+ 5. TUGboat 23-1 shipped today (Mimi Burbank)
+
+--__--__--
+
+Message: 1
+To: Michal Kaut <m_kaut@hotmail.com>
+cc: texhax@tex.ac.uk
+Subject: Re: case conversion
+Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:38:08 +0000
+From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk>
+
+> Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to
+> upper- or lower-case?
+> What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{}
+
+there are primitives with those names. they're not very satisfying in
+some cases (e.g., \uppercase won't convert \oe to \OE).
+
+the corresponding latex macros are \MakeUppercase and \MakeLowercase;
+these deal with issues like \oe<->\OE.
+
+david carlisle's textcase package adds various improvements (doesn't
+change case of maths for example).
+
+robin fairbairns
+
+http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
+
+--__--__--
+
+Message: 2
+Organization: Atlis Systems, Inc. (301) 578-4200 info@atlis.com
+Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:05:45 -0500
+Subject: Re: case conversion
+To: Michal Kaut <m_kaut@hotmail.com>
+From: William Adams <wadams@atlis.com>
+
+Michal asked:
+> Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to
+> upper- or lower-case?
+> What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{}
+
+Googling for ``latex macro uppercase lowercase''
+
+the ``I feel Lucky'' hit is:
+http://www.it.ms.unimelb.edu.au/tex/help/faq/uktug-faq/texfaq_15.html
+
+which has the following text:
+``LaTeX provides commands \MakeUppercase and \MakeLowercase
+ which fixes the latter problem. These commands are used
+ in the standard classes to produce upper case running heads
+ for chapters and sections.''
+
+and explains its failings / weaknesses.
+
+A more robust solution would be to use Omega and OTPs
+
+William
+
+--
+William Adams, publishing specialist
+voice - 717-731-6707 | Fax - 717-731-6708
+www.atlis.com
+
+--__--__--
+
+Message: 3
+Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:52:16 +0100
+From: board@tug.org (TUG board of directors)
+To: texhax@tex.ac.uk
+Subject: March 2003 TUG news: 501(c)(3), election, annual conference, TUGboat
+
+Dear TeX user,
+
+A few notable news items from the TeX Users Group.
+
+1) TUG GOES CHARITABLE! Our first news item has been in the works for
+many years: TUG has finally achieved full tax-exempt charitable status
+in the USA, known as 501(c)(3). This means that membership dues (less
+value of received benefits) and additional contributions to TUG are now
+tax-deductible, with the usual limitations and exceptions. Fine print
+on our web site and at the bottom of this email. Donations are happily
+accepted via the membership form :).
+
+We will be sending a separate email to all affected TUG members
+explaining the details and in a form suitable for tax documentation
+
+Kudos to our president, Mimi Jett, our office manager Robin Laakso, our
+lawyer Amy Silliman, and many others for bringing this to fruition.
+More information at http://tug.org/tax-exempt.
+
+2) TUG ELECTION RESULTS: One nomination was received for president: Karl
+Berry. The following nominations were received for the TUG board:
+Barbara Beeton, Cheryl Ponchin, Kaja Christiansen, Phil Taylor, Ross
+Moore, Samuel Rhoads, Stephanie Hogue, Sue DeMeritt. (In addition,
+Arthur Ogawa and Mike Sofka are continuing board members, whose terms
+expire in 2005.)
+
+Since there were fewer nominations than board positions, and only one
+candidate for president, there will be no actual ballot this year. The
+election results take effect after the 2003 annual meeting. Candidates'
+statements and other info at http://tug.org/election/2003/results.html.
+
+We'd especially like to welcome our new board member, Sam Rhoads.
+
+3) TUG 2003 CONFERENCE: The Silver Anniversary -- 25 years!-- of TeX
+The TeX Users Group 24th Annual Meeting and Conference is scheduled for
+July 20-24, 2003 at the Outrigger Waikoloa Beach Resort, Big Island,
+Hawaii. See http://tug.org/tug2003.
+
+Register by April 19th for special hotel rates:
+http://tug.org/tug2003/accommodation.html
+For sharing accommodations: http://tug.org/tug2003/sharing.html.
+
+Group travel discount rates may be available for flights via major US
+Gateways across the USA, if travel is booked with Protravel International
+Inc., agent Gina Robles <grobles@protravelinc.com>.
+
+3a) BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE CLASS on LaTeX: will take place just before
+the conference, from July 15-18 at the University of Hawaii at
+Hilo. Enrollment is limited to 12. The cost is $275 ($300 after April 1,
+so register now!). See https://www.tug.org/tug2003/latexclass.html for
+more information and the registration form. If you have any questions
+about the class, please email Sue Demeritt at susan.demeritt@tug.org.
+
+4) TUGboat Volume 22 Issue 3 (Sep 2001) was mailed around February 14.
+If you were a TUG member in 2001 and haven't received your copy, please
+let the office know (office@tug.org), so we can send you a copy right
+away :). 23(1), the proceedings for TUG 2002, will be the next issue
+mailed. 22(4), the last issue for the 2001 membership year, is also in
+process. Back issues of TUGboat are available from the TUG office.
+
+For reference, this newsletter is available online at
+http://tug.org/news/2003/03.txt.
+
+Respectfully submitted,
+the TUG board (board@tug.org)
+
+Postscript: here is the full text from our lawyer for the tax-exempt
+announcement.
+
+TUG has achieved tax-exempt charitable status in the United States,
+meaning that it is now a 501(c)(3) organization. This means that
+membership payments and additional contributions will now qualify for
+income tax charitable deduction, subject to certain limitations
+regarding the value of your membership benefits and materials.
+
+Please see http://tug.org/tax-exempt/ for details.
+
+--__--__--
+
+Message: 4
+Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:48:58 +0100
+From: Michal Kaut <m_kaut@hotmail.com>
+Organization: Molde College university
+To: texhax@tex.ac.uk
+Subject: re-defining table
+
+Hello,
+
+I use the convention that table has caption at the top, so I would
+like to change the spacing. Hence I would like to redefine table so
+that it includes lines:
+\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt}
+\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{10pt}
+
+I tried:
+\renewcommand{table}[1]{%
+ \begin{table}[#1]
+ \setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt}
+ \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{10pt}
+}{\end{table}}
+
+but it (kind of obviously) leads to a circular reference.
+
+I there any way to add the to lines to the current format of table?
+I do not want to re-define the table, since I may use packages that
+change it as well. I just want to add the two lines.
+
+I know that I can either create a new command \topcaption, that will
+do the formatting, or define a new environment mytable (which would
+avoid the circular reference). Yet I would like to do it in a way that
+the user (author) can use the standard commands.
+
+Is there a (simple) way to do it?
+
+Thank you very much!
+
+Best regards,
+Michal Kaut
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+Michal Kaut
+Molde University College
+Postboks 2110, N-6402 Molde, Norway
+tel. +47 712 14 243, fax +47 712 14 100
+michal.kaut@iot.ntnu.no, http://www.iot.ntnu.no/~mkaut/
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--__--__--
+
+Message: 5
+Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:01:01 -0500
+To: TUGboat announcement <tug-board@tug.org>, tub-prod@csit.fsu.edu,
+ office@tug.org, texhax@tex.ac.uk, tex-eds@nic.surfnet.nl,
+ tug-pub@tug.org
+Subject: TUGboat 23-1 shipped today
+From: Mimi Burbank <mimi@csit.fsu.edu>
+
+Hello everyone,
+
+The Proceedings of the TUG 2002 annual meeting were shipped to the
+printer today. Hopefully shipment to members will occur in two weeks
+or so...
+
+The contents are enclosed for your perusal:
+
+Mimi Burbank
+(for the TUGboat production team)
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+ TUGboat
+ Volume 23, Number 1 2002
+ ========================================
+
+Kaja Christiansen
+ Editorial Comments 2
+
+ TUG 2002, Thiruvananthapuram --- Report and travelogue 3
+ TUG 2002 Program 8
+ Participants at the 23rd Annual TUG Meeting 10
+
+Talks
+
+K. Anil Kumar
+ TeX and databases ---TeX DBI 13
+Satish Babu
+ New horizons of free software: An Indian perspective 17
+Gyongyi Bujdoso and Ferenc Wettl
+ On the localization of TeX in Hungary 21
+Wlodzimierz Bzyl
+ The Tao of fonts 27
+Behdad Esfahbod and Roozbeh Pournader
+ FarsiTeX and the Iranian TeX community 41
+Hong Feng
+ The marriage of TeX and Lojban 46
+
+Keynote
+Hans Hagen
+ ConTeXt, XML and TeX: State of the art? 49
+
+Yannis Haralambous and John Plaice
+ Low-level Devanagari support for Omega --- Adapting
+devnag 50
+
+David Kastrup
+ Revisiting WYSIWYG paradigms for authoring LaTeX 57
+Ross Moore
+ serendiPDF with searchable math-fields in PDF documents 65
+Karel Piska
+ A conversion of public Indic fonts from MF
+ into Type 1 format with TeXtrace 70
+Fabrice Popineau
+ TeXLive under Windows: What's new with the 7 edition? 74
+Roozbeh Pournader
+ Catching up to Unicode 80
+Sebastian Rahtz
+ PassiveTeX: An update 86
+S. Rajkumar
+ Indic typesetting --- Challenges and opportunities 90
+Denis Roegel
+ METAOBJ: Very high-level objects in MP 93
+Wagish Shukla and Amitabh Trehan
+ Typesetting in Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian:
+ A beginner's perspective 101
+
+Karel Skoupy
+ New typesetting language and system architecture 106
+Karel Skoupy
+ TeX file server 107
+Stephen M. Watt
+ Conserving implicit mathematical semantics in
+ conversion between TeX and MathML 108
+
+News & Announcements
+ Calendar 109
+
+TUG Business
+ Institutional members 110
+
+Advertisements
+ TeX consulting and production services 111
+ Just Published: TeX Reference Manual by David Bausum 112
+ Blue Sky Research cover3
+
+ -----------------------------------------------
+
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