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+TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 24 Feb 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 004
+
+% The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group %
+% and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group %
+
+Today's Topics:
+ DVIPS-program
+ dvips vs. dvitps
+ How to acheive user control of the DVI filename
+ Re: UnixTeX
+ Re: UnixTeX
+ Church's typefaces
+ Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely
+ List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93
+ TeX-related Gopher services
+ LexiTeX: citation macro package
+ web2c 5.851d available
+ Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott
+ Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk
+ Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
+ TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 15:42:23 +0100
+From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de>
+Subject: DVIPS-program
+
+Jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu writes:
+ ...
+ install a more robust version if possible. I'm open to suggestions as
+ well as info on how difficult it would be to build dvips from scratch.
+ Note: I have the latest version of TeX and LaTeX, which were something
+ of pain to build, but it was worth it.
+
+Johannes Idsoe writes
+ Dear friends;
+ I know there is an excellent DVIPS-program made by a firm called
+ Radical Eye Software.
+ Can someone tell me where I can buy this program?
+
+dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major
+TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing
+one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building
+TeX.
+ ___ Wolfgang Ratzka
+| | :-) -------------------------------------------------------
+| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de
+|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:58:08 -0700
+From: jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu (Jerry)
+Subject: dvips vs. dvitps
+
+Wolfgang Ratzka on February 11 wrote:
+- -> dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major
+- -> TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing
+- -> one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building
+- -> TeX.
+
+OK. Querying an archive server produces an endless list of sites with
+different sizes and modification dates. So which of the many
+different free programs called dvips are you talking about, what is
+the latest version, and where do I get it? How does it compare with
+dvitps, which seems pretty nice, except the author
+
+Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
+2119 Old Oak Drive
+West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
+(317) 463 0162
+
+svb@cs.purdue.edu
+
+does not respond to email, so I assume dvitps is no longer supported
+nor widely used, even though it is what came with the latest versions
+of TeX/LaTeX which I downloaded from washington.edu last summer. I
+would have been plum happy with dvitps if I could have gotten a hard
+copy of the manual, but it goes bust looking for nonexistant \include
+files, and the author got my email but chose to ignore me, so I figure
+dvitps is history, unless someone else has picked it up.
+
+- -Jerry
+ Jerry Graves
+ UTEP Math Sysadmin
+ jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu
+ PHONE/FAX (915) 747-6757/6502
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800
+From: wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN
+Subject: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename
+
+We create a big book with long articles and a little book with portions of the
+long articles so our TeX file looks something like:
+
+\ifnum\BigBookOrLittleBook = 1
+This stuff is for the long article and goes into great detail.
+\else
+See our Big Book for details and formulae on this principle.
+\fi
+And this stuff goes in both books.
+
+
+We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but
+this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to
+manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be
+named:
+\jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI
+
+Gary S. Wagman
+Lawrence Berkeley Lab
+Berkeley, CA
+
+(510)486-6610
+gswagman@lbl.gov
+gswagman at lbl
+lbl::gswagman
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 02:37:56 -0800
+From: vis!greg@UCSD.EDU
+Subject: Re: UnixTeX
+
+The demise of UnixTeX would impoverish the whole community. Perhaps
+we can generate some ideas as well as some funding. Here are some of
+my ideas:
+
+Comparing UnixTeX to the GNU project, I am inclined to see two big
+strategic pieces missing from UnixTeX: Cygnus (and similar
+organizations) and really comprehensive distribution services,
+especially on CDROM.
+
+Is it possible to create companies which provide TeX-related services
+while improving TeX in the way that Cygnus Support et al do for GNU
+software? Is there any advantage (Pierre's letter suggested some
+major disadvantages) to having UnixTeX at the U. of Washington?
+Pierre mentions that many FTP users call in with questions and
+requests for help - those are potential customers for support
+services. Charging for services is entirely consistent with Free
+Software philosophy and benefits both service provider and customer.
+
+The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which,
+ironically, contains TeX). I think that there would be a market for a
+CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related
+software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages
+and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and
+configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The
+community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a
+CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next
+CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to
+get the initial seed money to produce the disk?
+
+Has there been any attempt to get some donations from various laser
+printer manufacturers to support bundling drivers for their printers
+in the distribution?
+
+Finally, I haven't seen an order form for UnixTeX for awhile (maybe
+because I've been off and on the list) and would like to see one.
+
+Thanks,
+
+_Greg
+
+
+J. Greg Davidson Institute for Software Research and Development
++1 (619) 452-8059 6231 Branting Street San Diego, CA 92122 USA
+
+vis!greg@nosc.mil ucsd----+--vis
+vis!greg@ucsd.edu nosc----|
+
+ *****************************************************
+ * Member of the League for Programming Freedom. *
+ * For more info, write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu *
+ *****************************************************
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:04:09
+From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk
+Subject: Re: UnixTeX
+
+ > CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related
+ > software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages
+ > and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and
+ > configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The
+ > community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a
+ > CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next
+ > CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to
+ > get the initial seed money to produce the disk?
+
+a start has been made in this direction by Prime Time Freeware in
+their next CDROM issue. On this will be included a mirror of the UK
+TeX Archive as of December 1992. The directory structure of this
+archive implements the current recommendations of the TUG working
+party on archives, and the set includes all TeX packages, macros,
+fonts, support programs etc which had been located at the time the
+copy was made. It is not 100% complete or uptodate, but it is closer, I
+believe, to the ideal state than any previous such collection. Within
+the setup are included "shrink-wrapped" TeXs for sparc-based Unix,
+DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Atari systems.
+
+there is an awful lot more to do to get the world's TeX archives in
+synch, but its in hand, and the work includes worrying about workable
+systems as well as source archives.
+
+the sales of the upcoming CD (it includes much else besides TeX) will
+be of interest. my personal feeling is that TUG should try to raise
+money for an annual issue of a dedicated CD, but in the meanwhile the
+semi-commercial vendors are there!
+
+Sebastian Rahtz
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 14:32:13 -0600
+From: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx
+Subject: Church's typefaces
+
+Anybody knows about TeX typefaces like the one used in catolic churchs?
+It is a simple typeface, with straight lines and simple curves.
+
+Rafael Morales Gamboa
+ITESM Campus Morelos
+Cuernavaca, Mor.
+MEXICO
+
+INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:59:33 -0000
+From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK
+Subject: Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely
+
+%%% Dear Colleague
+
+%%% The UK TeX Users' Group is holding a conference during April 6th--8th
+%%% which is hoped to be of interest to members of other national and
+%%% international groups. I would be much obliged if you could publicise
+%%% this conference within any groups with which you may be associated,
+%%% either by re-distributing this message electronically or by printing
+%%% and distributing it to your members by post.
+
+%%% Yours very sincerely,
+%%% Philip Taylor, RHBNC.
+
+\magnification \magstep 1
+\hsize = 210 true mm \vsize = 297 true mm
+\hoffset = 1.0 true in \voffset = 1.0 true in
+\advance \hsize by -2\hoffset
+\advance \vsize by -2\voffset
+\hoffset = 0.0 true in \voffset = 0.0 true in %%% Knuths crazy (1",1") origin
+\parindent = 0.0 em
+\parskip = 0.5 \baselineskip
+\abovedisplayskip = 0 pt
+\belowdisplayskip = 0 pt
+\abovedisplayshortskip = 0 pt
+\belowdisplayshortskip = 0 pt
+\font \xviibf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 1
+\font \xxvbf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 3
+\font \CMU = cmu10
+\font \logo = logo10
+\font \xxvcmsy = cmsy10 scaled \magstep 4
+\font \xxvlogobf = logobf10 scaled \magstep 4
+\font \smallcaps = cmcsc10
+\def \newpage {\vfil \eject}
+\def \MF {{\logo META}\-{\logo FONT}}
+\let \MetaFont = \MF % {{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}}
+\def \pagefill {\vskip 0 pt plus 1 filll}
+\catcode `\< = \active
+\catcode `\> = \active
+\def \pounds {{\CMU \$}}
+\def <#1>{\expandafter
+ \ifx \csname #1\endcsname \relax
+ {\it #1\/}%
+ \else \csname #1\endcsname
+ \fi
+ }
+\expandafter
+\def \csname UK-TuG\endcsname
+ {\begingroup
+ \lccode `\T = `\T
+ \lccode `\E = `\U
+ \lccode `\X = `\G
+ \def \kern {\dimen 0 = }%
+ {\smallcaps uk-\expandafter \lowercase \expandafter {\TeX}}%
+ \endgroup
+ }
+
+\begingroup
+\parskip = 0 pt
+\parindent = 0 pt
+\baselineskip = 25 pt
+\leftskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil
+\rightskip = \leftskip
+\parfillskip = 0 pt
+\let \logo = \xxvlogobf
+\obeylines
+\xviibf U.K. <TeX> Users' Group Conference: April 6th--8th
+\centerline {\vrule height 0.5 pt depth 0.5 pt width 0.3 \hsize}
+\xxvbf <TeX> for non-American Languages
+\xxvbf <MetaFont> in Theory and Practice
+\endgroup
+
+\pagefill
+\leavevmode \centerline {\xxvcmsy \char '175}
+\pagefill
+
+The~U.K. <TeX> Users' Group (<UK-TuG>) are pleased to announce their first-ever
+multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New
+College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th
+1993. The Conference, which has two themes --- <TeX>~for non-English
+languages, and~<MetaFont> in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with
+the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best.
+
+The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference
+banquet; April~7th is devoted to <TeX>, and will include papers from
+an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis
+Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg
+(the~French-speaking <TeX> Users' Group), and an~authority on good French
+typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on <MetaFont> and exotic
+fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar<TeX>'' package; and~Dominik is
+co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns,
+as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for
+questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is <MetaFont> day:
+there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled `<MetaFont> in Theory',
+led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of fonts
+through the medium of <MetaFont>, and~the second entitled `<MetaFont> in
+Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the
+use of <MetaFont> (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts
+for a new laser printer) will be addressed.
+
+Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to
+a~maximum of fifty persons; the~Conference fee (<pounds>80-00) includes the
+Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th,
+lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of
+choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at <pounds>28-50
+per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second
+and third days of the Conference. Early~booking is advised, as~this is
+expected to be a~very popular event. To~reserve a~place for the Conference,
+please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable
+to {\it The U.K. <TeX> Users' Group\/}) or company order, to:
+
+\begingroup
+\parindent = 2 em
+\leavevmode
+\parskip = 0 pt
+\obeylines %
+Philip Taylor,
+The Computer Centre,
+Royal Holloway and Bedford New College,
+University of London,
+Egham Hill,
+Egham,
+Surrey TW20 0EX,
+England.
+\endgroup
+
+\noindent
+Please~reserve me a~place for the <UK-TuG> Conference at RHBNC on
+April~6th--8th, 1993. I~have completed the booking form below
+to indicate my exact requirements in terms of accommodation and
+meals. I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation,
+I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days
+before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the
+Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which
+case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted.
+
+\pagefill
+
+\begingroup
+\openup 0.9 \baselineskip
+\vskip -\baselineskip
+\tabskip = 0 pt
+\halign to \hsize
+\bgroup
+\qquad # \hfil&\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil #\hfil &\tabskip = 0 pt \hfil #\cr
+&&\cr
+&Signed: \span \hrulefill \cr
+Name:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Address:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+E-mail address:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Facsimile number:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Telephone number:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Special dietary requirements:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+\egroup
+\endgroup
+
+\pagefill
+
+If <TeX>ing your own reservation form, please edit the alignment below to
+remove any lines which you do not require, and amend the entries for sub-total,
+V.A.T. and total to indicate the amounts applicable; if completing a
+ready-printed form, simply score through any items not required and add
+appropriate amounts to the sub-total, V.A.T. and total lines.
+
+$$\hbox to \hsize \bgroup \hss \vrule \hss \vbox \bgroup
+\def \toprule {\noalign {\hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \midrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \botrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule}}
+\def \blank {\noalign {\vskip \ht \strutbox \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \\{\hfil \break}
+\let \par = \crcr
+\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil
+\obeylines %
+\halign to \hsize %
+\bgroup %
+\vtop {\hsize = 0.8 \hsize \raggedright \strut#\strut}&<pounds>$\,$\hfil #
+\toprule
+Conference fee (inc.~all lectures and choice of tutorial,
+ \phantom {Conference fee (}conference dinner %
+ (April~6th), $2 \times \rm lunches$:& 80-00
+\blank
+Accommodation April 6th:& 28-50
+Accommodation April 7th:& 28-50
+Accommodation April 8th:& 28-50
+\blank
+Dinner April 7th:& 8-00
+Dinner April 8th:& 8-00
+\blank
+Handling charge (only if payment does not accompany order):&5-00
+\midrule
+Sub-total:&
+V.A.T (@$\,$17.5\%):&
+Total:&
+\botrule
+\egroup %
+\egroup \hss \vrule \hss \egroup $$
+\end
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:30:20
+From: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us ("Tundra" Tim Daneliuk)
+Subject: List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93
+
+List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93
+============================================
+
+(PLEASE NOTE: This release adds the 'Latest Version' field. I'd appreciate
+it if the various authors could let me know what is current for each
+of these documents.)
+
+Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the
+author of such a document and that document is freely available
+(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the
+information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the
+next revision of this list.
+
+Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise
+needs amending, please let me know.
+
+Thanks to all who have contributed.
+
+- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: <Title Of Document>
+Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date>
+Author Name: <Last Name, First Name>
+Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered>
+Size (Bytes): <Or Pages>
+Brief Description: <One Line Please>
+Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.>
+Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site>
+Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So>
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+- ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------
+
+Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l}
+Author Email Address: Not Available
+Size (Bytes): ~40K
+Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents
+Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and
+ amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed.
+Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu:
+ [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX
+Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly
+ AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the
+ context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows.
+
+ AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from?
+ How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX?
+
+ New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection
+ Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from?
+ How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts
+ for LaTeX?
+
+ Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice?
+ (Examples.)
+
+ The questions are attempted to be answered from user's
+ point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Jones, David
+Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu
+Size (Bytes): 367136
+Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros.
+Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX.
+Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu:
+ pub/tex/TeX-index
+Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all
+ publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX,
+ plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop,
+ etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly
+ 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.)
+ The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates
+ it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: The Components of TeX
+Author Name: Joachim Schrod
+Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
+Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB
+Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX
+ get in contact with.
+Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX
+ for a while and wonder what all those files are good for.
+Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de:
+ pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z
+Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: Essential LaTeX Mathematics
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Carlisle, David
+Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk
+Size (Bytes): 18362
+Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics.
+Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics.
+Distribution Site: tex.ac.uk
+Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete
+ ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Doob, Michael
+Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca
+Size (Bytes): 198589
+Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex.
+Intended Audience: Rank beginners.
+Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie)
+Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil
+Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu
+Size (Pytes): 25
+Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of
+ LaTeX.
+Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with
+ either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX.
+Distribution Site: Contact author via email.
+Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with
+ AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Maltby, Gavin
+Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za
+ maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za
+Size (Bytes): 150405
+Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers
+ text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a
+ reference work, for there are many commands not even
+ mentioned. Around 80 pages.
+Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset
+ mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX
+Distribution Site: To Be Determined
+Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal,
+ Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately
+ polished.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: Metafont For Beginners
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey
+Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au
+Size (Bytes): 15252
+Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does.
+Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users
+Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu
+Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists
+Latest Version:
+Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank
+Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu
+Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file)
+Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX
+Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents.
+Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu
+Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory.
+ The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it.
+ Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help
+ physicists make use of TeX effectively.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+Regards,
+ "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk
+ PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us
+ OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us
+ ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra
+ US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625
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+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 09:51:10 -0600
+From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu>
+Subject: TeX-related Gopher services
+
+Norm Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu> has been developing an admirable gopher
+service on ibis.cs.umass.edu (port 70) and Sebastian Rahtz
+<spqr@minster.york.ac.uk> has undertaken the heroic efforts necesary to
+create a usable gopher interface on ftp.tex.ac.uk (port 70) to the UK TeX
+archives available from his site (an interface in addiition to ftp which I
+hope to get fully installed to point at our archives as soon as everything
+is in place on our new machine; must visit with Sebastian further about
+this, as well as a few other topics). Possibly there are others focusing
+on TeX-related items.
+
+Please allow me to add "my" gopher on Niord to this list (Niord.SHSU.edu,
+port 70). I have a few items which are locally maintained, a few items
+from Norm's host, and a link to Sebastian's host.
+
+Niord's root menu is:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Root gopher server: Niord.SHSU.edu
+
+ 1. About the SHSU Gopher.
+ 2. All the Gopher Servers in the World/
+ 3. Economics (SHSU Network Access Initiative Project)/
+ 4. Internet Information/
+ 5. LIBS -- Internet Library Access System <TEL>
+ 6. LaTeX3 Working Documents/
+ 7. Minnesota Gopher (Mama Gopher; get *your own* clients here!)/
+ 8. SAMINFO -- Sam Houston State University Information System <TEL>
+ --> 9. TeX-related Materials/
+ 10. Thesaurus and Dictionaries/
+ 11. USENET News (from Michigan State)/
+ 12. Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)/
+ 13. Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service; US)/
+ 14. Weather Underground (University of Michigan) <TEL>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+and the menu associaed with item 9 is:
+
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ TeX-related Materials
+
+ 1. Components of TeX/
+ 2. EconBib (LaTeX/BibTeX styles for economics)/
+ 3. Essential LaTeX/
+ 4. FAQ Supplement for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/
+ 5. FAQ for comp.fonts (text and WAIS indexed)/
+ 6. FAQ for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/
+ 7. LaTeX3 Working Documents/
+ 8. Metafont for Beginners.
+ 9. NFSS in the Context of LaTeX.
+ 10. TeX Index (text and WAIS indexed)/
+ 11. The Canonical list of MetaFont fonts.
+ 12. UK TeX Archive/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Most of the items Tim included in yesterday's post listing the available
+TeX tutorials are there, as well as the various FAQ's and David Jone's TeX
+Index. In addition to the text of them, Norm has WAIS indexed(!) the FAQ's
+and the TeX Index -- you can include a search word and you get the
+information directly (many thanks, Norm!).
+
+If you are on the Internet and don't have access to a gopher client, you
+really ought to get one -- item 7 on Niord's main menu points to the root
+directory at Minnesota where these are available (or, preferably, use ftp
+to boombox.micro.umn.edu). The clients are amazingly simple to build,
+install, and use.
+
+Gopher is a truly amazing tool; with the extensions provided by Norm and
+Sebastian, it becomes an invaluable TeX reference tool. We also support a
+(highly overburdened on a far too small machine) public access gopher
+client which you can use by telnet on Scrooge.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.7) --
+use the username "gopher" (all lowercase, without the quotes) if you'd like
+to utilize it (but a client on your end is highly preferred for more than a
+few reasons).
+
+Regards, George
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU
+Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG
+College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266
+P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612
+Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu
+Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 10:35:00 +0000
+From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk>
+Subject: LexiTeX: citation macro package
+
+This is to announce a new macro package for typesetting citations.
+I am a neophyte (TeX-age about six months), but I have sweat bullets
+over this package, and learned a lot about TeX in the process of
+putting it together. I hope that other find it useful.
+
+I call the package LexiTeX, because it was originally conceived
+as a means of streamlining the typesetting of legal citations, because
+but it should be of equal value for other types of writing as well,
+with a tweak here and there.
+
+The essential features of LexiTeX are as follows:
+
+ (1) Citations are entered as a set of arguments
+to an initial declaration command (e.g. \newbook...).
+
+ (2) The declaration command for a given type of
+citation governs the typefaces used for setting the arguments
+of the citation. Two typefaces (one standard, one specially
+selected by \\...\\) are defined for each of the first three
+arguments or parsed elements of citations (i.e. author, title,
+cite-first-part). In most cases, the user therefore enters only
+the argument text, without worrying about selecting the typeface
+explicitly.
+
+ (3) A nickname is assigned to each source when it is
+first declared. This nickname is used thereafter to refer to
+the source (i.e. \dickens). This will expand into a short-form
+citation or cross-reference that accords with the style rules of
+A Uniform System of Citation (i.e. {\em supra} note 10, {\em id.},
+et cetera). The document can therefore be freely edited without
+fretting over cross-references.
+
+ (4) Specific page numbers may be referred to, and these
+will be incorporated into the citation in the proper style.
+For example, \dickens+{23} will expand into something like
+``{\sc C. Dickens}, {\em supra} note 10 at 23'', or {\em Id.}
+at 23, depending on context.
+
+ (5) Tables of cases, statutes, articles and books are
+generated automatically, in the same typefaces used in the main
+text. Most of TeX's special characters (i.e. \=, etc.) are
+disabled during the file-write, and will not cause problems.
+
+If anyone is interested in taking a look at the LexiTeX manual
+and playing with the package itself, I can post a uuencoded
+encryption via email.
+
+Cheers,
+Frank Bennett, Jr
+SOAS Law Dept
+University of London
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 18:50:40 -0500
+From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
+Subject: web2c 5.851d available
+
+I have released a new version of web2c, the port of the basic TeX
+project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix. You can get
+it by ftp from:
+
+ (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{web,web2c}.tar.Z
+
+Soon it will be available from:
+
+ (California) ics.uci.edu:TeX/{web,web2c}.tar.Z
+ (Germany) ftp.th-darmstadt.de:pub/tex/src/web2c/{web,web2c}.tar.Z
+
+The master web files haven't changed, but the directory organization
+has. It is therefore simplest to retrieve and unpack the new web.tar.Z;
+otherwise, you will have to rearrange the web files yourself.
+
+A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me.
+
+I've also updated my modified xdvi and dvips which use the same path
+searching code. They are on ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex also, as
+dvipsk.tar.Z and xdvik.tar.Z.
+
+The web2c distribution contains only the basic TeX system programs -- no
+fonts, no macros, etc. See the file FTP in the web2c distribution for
+where to get these things. Also, the Northwest Computing Support Center
+has a complete Unix TeX tape, and provides support services.
+
+NWCSC is supported only by the revenues from the preparation and
+distribution of tapes, and is required to be fully self-supporting. It
+receives no support from the University of Washington. I urge you to
+order a tape or make a donation if you can, so that NWCSC can afford to
+continue to organize and distribute Unix-flavored TeX. Email
+elizabeth@u.washington.edu for details.
+
+Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release.
+
+karl@cs.umb.edu
+Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+
+
+* A file `texfonts.map' allows arbitrary mapping of font names (as given
+ to, for instance, \font) to filenames.
+
+* Metafont & TeX:
+ - If a .tex, .tfm, or .mf file can't be found, MakeTeX{TeX,TFM,MF} is
+ invoked before giving up, as in dvips' MakeTeXPK.
+ - Sharable format/base files load faster on LittleEndian machines.
+ - TEXMFOUTPUT is only used for those files which can't be written in
+ the current directory, instead of all files after the first such.
+ Its usage is also reflected in the `... written on ...' messages at
+ the end of the run.
+ - If the DISPLAY environment variable is set, Metafont assumes you are
+ running under X11 for the purposes of online output (instead of
+ relying on the TERM or MFTERM envvar).
+ - Checks for write errors on DVI/GF output.
+ - Unusual glue values no longer make TeX dump core on some systems.
+
+* BibTeX:
+ - The cross-reference feature works as documented (I had foolishly
+ changed the default value of min_crossrefs to eliminate it).
+ - New option -min-crossrefs=<number> to change it dynamically.
+ - New option -verbose; without it, normal reportage is eliminated.
+ - Maximum number of .bib files increased to 100.
+ - Non-printable-ASCII characters in .bib files are preserved.
+
+* TeXware:
+ - tftopl adds a default extension `.tfm' to the input file if necessary.
+
+* web2c:
+ - Unsigned types are used where possible to represent Pascal
+ subranges. Among other things, this eliminates a system dependency
+ in creating format/base files (small_number was defined as `schar',
+ which varies between systems).
+
+* configuration:
+ - Unpacks into web2c-<version> instead of src-<version>.*.
+ - site.h merged into lib/c-auto.h.in and ./Makefile.in.
+ - sed is used instead of patch to make the ``small'' change files.
+ - sed is used instead of ed to make the trip/trap files.
+ - The configure script looks in more directories for the X libraries
+ and include files, and is generated from the latest version of Autoconf.
+ - mfware and texware directories merged into the others.
+ - The web2c version is defined in one place, so system information can
+ be added to the banners more easily.
+
+* Makefiles:
+ - Makefiles in subdirectories are created by configure.
+ - $(srcdir) (i.e., compiling in a different directory) is closer to working.
+ - Stamp files are not used at the top level, or for {tex,mf}/convert.
+ - New targets install-data and install-exec, to only install
+ architecture-(in)dependent files.
+
+* PROBLEMS.W2C has some notes on compiling and using these programs
+ under DOS, contributed by melvin@math.psu.edu.
+
+* The man pages have been significantly updated and improved by
+ beebe@math.utah.edu.
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:55:25 +0000
+From: David Osborne <cczdao@mips.nott.ac.uk>
+Subject: Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items
+
+Frank Buchholz <buchholz@lukas.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> has
+contributed LaTeX and makeindex style files to add a list of
+referenced pages to a bibliography. The README file follows.
+
+The files
+README citesidx.isty citesidx.sty citesidx1.isty
+can be found on the UK TeX Archive machines in
+
+tex.ac.uk:[tex-archive.macros.latex.styles.contrib.citesidx]
+ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/macros/latex/styles/contrib/citesidx
+
+~~Dave
+
+========
+CITESIDX
+
+(Based on fancycites.sty and windex.tex)
+Author: Frank Buchholz, Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 1992
+email: buchholz@lusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
+
+Main purpose:
+ Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items.
+ This is done by using the index-facility.
+
+ Am Ende der Literaturangaben wird jeweils eine Liste der Seiten
+ angef"ugt, auf denen zitiert wird. Diese Liste wird, ebenso wie der
+ Index, mit dem Programm "makeindex" erstellt. Daf"ur ben"otigt
+ "makeindex" die Datei "citesidx.isty".
+
+Files:
+ README This file
+ CITESIDX.STY Style-File used by LaTeX
+ CITESIDX.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex'. Every char-group
+ ( A, B, C, ... ) is started with a header.
+ If your makeindex-programm doesn't understand this,
+ use the following file instead.
+ CITESIDX1.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex'
+
+Documentation:
+ see CITESIDX.STY
+
+Usage:
+ latex <file>
+ bibtex <file> % if neccesary
+ makeindex -s makeindex.isty <file>
+ latex <file>
+ latex <file>
+
+Why use file CITESIDX.ISTY?
+ The program "makeindex" has to write entries like the following
+ \item \indexciteitem{<key>}{<pageno-list>}
+ into the *.ind-file if it recognizes entries like
+ \indexentry{<key>@\indexciteitem{<key>}}{<pageno>}
+ in the *.idx-file. The latter entries are produced by the
+ \cites-commands.
+
+ Notice that the pageno-list is enclosed in brackets, because
+ the command \indexciteitem takes two parameters.
+
+Hint:
+ If you change file "makeindex.isty" to get an other index-layout or
+ if you like to use an other program than "makeindex" to produce the
+ file <name>.ind, take care that the page-list have to be enclosed in
+ brackets.
+
+
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