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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cfb1655948 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.05 @@ -0,0 +1,898 @@ +TeXhax Digest Thursday, 11 Mar 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 005 + +% 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: + RE: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + Re: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + About dvitps + TeX / Mathematica + Macros for figures in LaTeX + LaTeX putting extra space between list items + Re: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + HypherTeX + Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX + C to TeX, anyone? + "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + new postings to e-MATH.ams.org + Eplain 2.3 available + The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 15:24:54 +0000 +From: TEX@rmcs.cran.ac.uk +Subject: RE: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + +In a posting to TeXhax of Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800, +wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN wrote: + +> 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 + +Well, it would depend upon which implementation of TeX you might be +using. The PD VMS implementation of TeX 3.141 accepts a command-line +qualifier /OUTPUT= (or maybe it's /DVIFILE=) that would permit this +control *from outside TeX*. + +I believe it's the case that the output DVI file isn't opened until +something first needs to be shipped out to it (|ensure_dvi_open|) so you +could also redefine \jobname internally and thus cause the filename to +change that way. It ought to work OK, but I've never tried it. + +Brian {Hamilton Kelly} +JANET: tex@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs (or System@uk.ac.tex) +BITNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@ac.uk +INTERNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk +UUCP: {mcsun,uknet,uunet}!rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk!tex +Smail: School of Electrical Engineering & Science, Royal Military + College of Science, Shrivenham, SWINDON SN6 8LA, U.K. +Phone: Swindon (0793) 785252 (UK), +44-793-785252 (International) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 18:16:27 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@de.uni-regensburg.physik.rphs1> +Subject: Re: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename + + 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 + +Why don't you simply use two different main files ???? + +Wolfgang Ratzka +| | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- +| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 00:31:34 -0500 +From: Jon Ahlquist <ahlquist@rossby.met.fsu.edu> +Subject: Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + +1) When using LaTeX's twocolumn mode, \pagestyle{empty} does not +seem to turn off page numbering. Am I doing something wrong, +or is this a bug/"feature" of twocolumn mode? + +2) Does anybody have an extension of \begin{eqnarray}\end{eqnarray} +that numbers equations and can line up more than one term in each row? +I would like to line up several terms in several equations +to show similarity of structure among the equations. + +Thanks. + +Jon Ahlquist, Dept. of Meteorology, Florida State University +ahlquist@met.fsu.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 04:31:37 -0500 +From: mycroft@edu.mit.ai.gnu +Subject: About dvitps + +(Someone mentioned `dvitps', so I thought I would add a bit or three.) + +I spent several hours bashing my head against the wall wondering why my +dvitps output looked horrible. I discovered that the transformation +matrix it uses to convert default units to (essentially) physical units +is hard-coded in each output file in *floating point* and rounded to 3 +decimal places. At even 300 dpi, rounding error is noticable, and the +bitmapped fonts start scaling inconsistently. This generates extremely +poor output. + +Being lazy, I switched to dvips, and haven't had any trouble since. + +------------------------------ + +Date: 25 Feb 1993 12:32:00 +0000 +From: JOHANNES-IDSO@no.sognhs.sfdh +Subject: TeX / Mathematica + +Dear friends; +I use Mathematica and TeX / Latex. +One problem with this combination is that MMa gives answers in +opposite order of what I want. +If the answer is a polynom MMa gives it for instance like: + +1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4 + +I want the answer in TeXform like + +x^4+x^3+x^2+1. + +Thus I have to turn it manually before I can use it in a book. + +I asked Wolfram Research about this thing and I got this very elegant +answer from Matthew Markert: + +.... On the other hand, one can temporarily disable sorting in Plus +and therby achieve the TeXForm one wants. The following code does +this. + +unbackwards] := +Block[{s}, + Unprotect]; + ClearAttributes]; + s = ToString]]]; + SetAttributes]; + Protect[Plus]; + s +] /; Head[p] === Plus + +Then unbackwards[1+x+x^2+x^3] + +produces {x^3} + {x^2} + x + 1 + +Note that ToString is used in this function to freeze the form. +If this is not done then once sorting is re-enabled, the terms will +go back to the old order. + +I hope this helps. + +- --Matthew Markert + +So now it is very easy. One can simply copy the answer from MMa and +paste it into the tex-document. + +I someone have useful tips about MMa and TeX I would be glad to hear. + +Johannes Idsoe +Sogndal, Norway. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 14:26:01 +From: anoop@parcom.ernet.in (Anoop Sarkar) +Subject: Macros for figures in LaTeX + +I would like to know if there are any macros available that will +allow me to draw and format diagrams such as trees and arcs (preferably +with arrows) within the 'math' or 'figure' environments. If such a +macro package is available, information as to where it can be found +will be greatly appreciated. + +Thanks, + +Anoop Sarkar +Centre for Development of Advanced Computing +Pune University Campus, Pune 411 007, India + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1993 17:32:27 -0800 +From: Peter "J." Scott <pjs@euclid.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> +Subject: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + +I'm doing nested lists that cover several pages in the LaTeX report style +that look something like: + +1 ONE + a EH + b BEE + c SEA +2 TWO + a EH + b BEE + c SEA +3 THREE + a EH + b BEE + c SEA + +etc. (They cover several pages because the a,b,c's are paragraphs.) +I want to discourage page breaks after the ONE, TWO, THREE lines, so I'm +coding this as: + +\raggedbottom +\begin{enumerate} +{\samepage +\item ONE +\begin{enumerate} +\nopagebreak[4] +\item EH +\nopagebreak[3] +\item BEE +\nopagebreak[2] +\item SEA +\end{enumerate} +\nopagebreak[1] +} +{\samepage +\item TWO +...etc... +\flushbottom + +Which is working well, except that LaTeX puts more vertical space after just +the EH paragraphs than it does after the others, on some pages. I thought +that the \raggedbottom would handle that. How do I fix this? + +Peter + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 11:57:24 -0800 +From: Peter "J." Scott <pjs@euclid.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> +Subject: Re: LaTeX putting extra space between list items + +I wrote: +> > I'm doing nested lists that cover several pages in the LaTeX report style +> > that look something like: +> > +> > 1 ONE +> > a EH +> > b BEE +> > c SEA +> > etc. (They cover several pages because the a,b,c's are paragraphs.) +> > I want to discourage page breaks after the ONE, TWO, THREE lines +[...] +> Experimentation has determined that LaTeX puts extra vertical space after +> items which happen to end at the right margin; but not why, nor how to +> fix it. Any ideas? + +dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David M. Jones) has provided me with a +working answer: + +> Try moving the \nopagebreak commands further back into the text. +> I.e., instead of typing +> +> foo foo foo.\nopagebreak[4] +> +> \item .... +> +> type +> +> foo foo \nopagebreak[4]foo. +> +> \item .... +> +> The problem is that the \nopagebreak command isn't quite transparent. +> It leaves an invisible something or the other (I forget what), which +> is ending up at the beginning of the next line of the paragraph, hence +> the extra vertical space when your paragraph completely fills a line. +> +> You can also have the same problem with commands like \index, \label, +> and the such. + +Peter J. Scott, Member of Technical Staff | pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov +Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech | SPAN: GROUCH::PJS + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 12:19:46 -0600 +From: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx +Subject: HypherTeX + +I am interested in TeX has a tool for writing hypertext. I know there exists +GNU texinfo. Has anyone notice of related information. + +Thank you. + +Rafael Morales Gamboa +ITESM Campus Morelos +Cuernavaca, Mor. +MEXICO + +INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 14:18:26 +0000 +From: "Jonathan Fine" <J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX + +I am co-ordinator for timing tests, for the LaTeX 3 project. +Although a certain amount can be done using only theoretical analysis +and a stopwatch, it would be nice to have a timer available. The +results I obtain will be of interest to *all* TeX programmers for +whom performance is an issue, and will be made freely available. + +The syntax I am looking for is that + \gettime \mymacro +will define \mymacro to be a fixed length sequence of digits, which +represents the time at the instant the macro \gettime is called. +More exactly, each computer has a clock that ticks, and \mymacro +should contain the number of ticks - modulo some large number - since +the tick count was last at zero. + +The implementation I am looking for is + % initialise + \newread \@timer + \openin \@timer special.dev \relax + + % read "special.dev" to get the time + \def\gettime #1 + { + \read\@timer to #1 + } +where "special.dev" is a logical device for MS-DOS. The idea is to +write a logical device such that when TeX \read's the 'file' +"special.dvs" it gets a line containing the timer count. + +I don't know if such a device can be constructed. The answer will +depend on the degree and nature of buffering used when TeX reads a +file. A cruder and easier alternative might be to create a file like +device which when opened writes the timer count to a file, which TeX +can then read in the usual manner. + +I would very much appreciate any help anyone can provide, to satisfy +this need. + + Jonathan Fine + 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3HY + Tel: 0223 215389 + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 15:04:40 +From: anoop@parcom.ernet.in (Anoop Sarkar) +Subject: C to TeX, anyone? + +Is there a program available which will allow me to convert C source +code into a TeX file. There are C beautifiers which format C source +for troff; but is a C to TeX formatter available in the public domain? + +Thank you + +Anoop Sarkar +Centre for Development of Advanced Computing +Pune University Campus, Pune 411 007, India + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1993 16:41:44 +0000 +From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk +Subject: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + +Outside the TeX community, personal bibliographic systems tend to be +proprietary things like ProCite, Library Master, EndNote, Papyrus and +Reference Manager (rather than the public-domain BibTeX and Tib). + +For a variety of reasons, I anticipate that inter-working with the +proprietary things will start to be more of a requirement for TeXies. Your +colleagues may have 10000 references in an EndNote database that you'd like +to access, your library may put you onto ProCite because that's what suits +them for downloading information, etc., etc. + +I've come across TeXies who use ProCite, Library Master and EndNote. + +Is there any reader who has practical experience of using Papyrus or +Reference Manager with LaTeX? If so, I'd be interested to hear about +"what you tell Papyrus [Reference Manager]" and "what you tell LaTeX" so as +to get them to work together sensibly. Specifically: +* Do you (a) assume that LaTeX is always dealing with a Papyrus + [Reference Manager] output file, or do you (b) try to arrange that the + Papyrus [Reference Manager] input file is acceptable as LaTeX input + (so that you can get equations etc. sorted out in your definitive + .tex file without involving Papyrus [Reference Manager], before using + Papyrus [Reference Manager] to give a derived .tex file in which + citations have been sorted out)? +* If (b), to what do you change Papyrus' usual %% delimiter [Reference + Manager's usual {} delimiters]. +* Have you managed to use Papyrus [Reference Manager] with the LaTeX + \cite{...} system rather than the Papyrus %%...%% system [Reference + Manager {} system]? I suppose this would mean having software of some + sort (I know not what: please tell me!) that inspects the .aux file, + finds what is cited, and then gets Papyrus [Reference Manager] to + produce the required reference-list. Overall, the question is "Have + you persuaded Papyrus [Reference Manager] (plus something else --- a + shell-script?) to take a .aux file as input (like BibTeX would) and + then to produce an output file that is similar to a BibTeX .bbl fle?" +* Have you had any success in the "root file + \include-d file" + situation? +I'd also be interested in any other details that you think any LaTeX-er who +is contemplating using Papyrus [Reference Manager] should know. + +If the "tricks of the trade" are too lengthy to go out as an item in a +future TeXhax, would anyone contemplate submitting an article to TUGboat +about them, or offering some notes as candidates for inclusion in archives +such as that at Aston? + +David Rhead + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1993 19:11:25 -0800 +From: vis!greg@UCSD.EDU +Subject: Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + +In my earlier message I said: + + The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which, + ironically, contains TeX). + +but I was mistaken: TeX is not on the Free Software Foundation's +CDROM. Thus, the opportunity for UnixTeX to offer a CDROM is even +greater, notwithstanding competition from semi-commercial vendors like +Prime Time Freeware. I suspect that if you gathered together all of +the free TeX-related tools, packages and documents you could put +together a very full CDROM. I doubt that I am even familiar with half +of the free TeX-related things that are available. Anyone planning on +putting together such a CDROM should publish a list of the intended +contents to TeXhax early in the game to allow us to make sure that it +is truly comprehensive. + +_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: 10 Mar 1993 21:28:20 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster +Subject: Re: UnixTeX CDROM; Correction + + > Prime Time Freeware. I suspect that if you gathered together all of + > the free TeX-related tools, packages and documents you could put + > together a very full CDROM. I doubt that I am even familiar with half + > of the free TeX-related things that are available. Anyone planning on + > putting together such a CDROM should publish a list of the intended + > contents to TeXhax early in the game to allow us to make sure that it + > is truly comprehensive. + +the Prime Time Freeware CD is a direct copy of the UK TeX Archive +taken in December 1992. Although there have been minor additions since +then, the archive contains all the packages known to mankind (ie +me....), based on looking at listings of SHSU, Ymir, Stuttgart, old +Aston, Jones' Index, as well as the obvious specialized archives like +the AMS, Utah etc. At a late stage, I added odds and ends PTF had +tracked down (various language support things). Since then, I have +been trying with George Greenwade to get this archive (duplicated at +Aston and SHSU) even better catalogued and up to date. To that aim, I +have generated a skeleton database listing the `packages' which +we stock. Most lack a description, author or date (not thats its +unknown, I just have not had a week to spare reading READMEs!). There +are 600 odd entries there now (and this excludes things like macro +files or style files for plain and LaTeX - the latter is covered by +Jones). + +Anyone interested in checking and expanding this list will find it as +ftp.tex.ac.uk:pub/archive/help/ctan/ctan.dat. It is NOT for really +general public consumption yet, but anyone is welcome to say what +they think, or offer me money to scan README files :-} + + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: 26 Feb 1993 17:48:27 -0500 +From: AMS Technical Support <tech-support@MATH.AMS.ORG> +Subject: new postings to e-MATH.ams.org + +We have just updated all non-binary files in the AMS TeX archive +at e-math.ams.org . The motive for this update was to change our +address in the documentation on these files from + *math.ams.com +to *math.ams.org +(both the "math" and "e-math" nodes are involved.) + +Two files do contain "significant" updates: + ams/amstex/amsppt.sty + ams/amslatex/inputs/amssymb.sty + +This change also masks some important earlier postings; + ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.cyr (12 Nov 92) + ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.tex (12 Nov 92) + ams/amstex/amstex.bug (12 Nov 92) + ams/amstex/doc/amsppt.doc (12 Nov 92) + +If your copies of these files are earlier than these updates, it +is recommended that you replace them with the current versions. + +For other files, the present change makes no difference for most +purposes of actually using the files, so although uniformity among +distributed versions is a good thing, actually installing the new +versions is a matter of personal preference. + +The updated files will be installed shortly through routine updating +procedures at these major archive sites: + Aston (uk.ac.tex (JANET), and ftp.tex.ac.uk (Internet)) + SHSU (niord.shsu.edu) + Stuttgart (ftp.uni-stuttgart) + + +Technical Support +American Mathematical Society +Internet: TECH-SUPPORT@MATH.AMS.ORG + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1993 11:48:02 -0500 +From: Karl Berry <karl@claude.cs.umb.edu> +Subject: Eplain 2.3 available + +I have released Eplain version 2.3. It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{eplain/*,eplain.tar.Z} + ics.uci.edu:TeX/eplain/eplain-2.3.tar.Z + +You might also be able to get it by email from George Greenwade's file +server if you cannot ftp: mail fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of +something like `SENDME EPLAIN.EPLAIN_TEX'. + +I haven't yet implemented all the good ideas people have sent me +(generalizing toc files to other kinds of auxiliary files, indexing +commands, etc., etc.), but I did implement general cross-references, so +I figured a release would be worthwhile. + +Please send bug reports directly to me. + +Here is a summary of the most significant changes (from the file NEWS in +the distribution): + +For those who haven't previously heard of Eplain: it is a collection of +macros intended to provide relatively low-level capabilities, regardless +of how your document appears. For example, it has macros to do symbolic +cross-referencing, but not macros to produce a section heading. It also +has some definitions that make it easier to change the conventions of +plain TeX's output. For example, it lets you produce left-justified +math displays by simply saying `\leftdisplays'. + +karl@cs.umb.edu +Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net. + + +------------------------------ + +Date: 09 Mar 1993 09:06:28 +0000 +From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster +Subject: The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + + From: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) + Newsgroups: comp.text.tex + Date: 23 Feb 93 21:02:59 GMT + Reply-To: rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin) + Organization: Canta Forda Computer Lab, Pacifica, CA + + + The UK TeX Archive is now available on CD-ROM + + Issue 2-1 of Prime Time Freeware (PTF) contains a snapshot of the UK TeX + Archive. The collection is stored in compressed tar format, and occupies + ~300 MB (~1 GB, uncompressed). As far as we know, this is the only CD-ROM + distribution of the archive; we hope the TeX community will find it useful. + + PTF is a semi-annual CD-ROM distribution of UNIX-related freeware source + code and documentation. Each issue consists of two ISO-9660 CD-ROMs and + an explanatory booklet. PTF 2-1 contains 1200 MB of compressed archives, + expanding to well over 3 GB of freeware. + + List price is $60 US, $50 for SUG and USENIX members. + California orders must include 7% to help with sales tax. + Domestic (USA) Shipping and Handling is $5 per order. + Foreign S/H is $10 per unit, limited to $25 per order. + We charge $10 per order to handle purchase orders. + + We accept Mastercard and Visa, postal money orders in US funds, and + checks in US funds THAT ARE PAYABLE THROUGH A US BANK. 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Box 1488, Pacifica, CA, 94044, USA | ptf@cfcl.com + rdm@cfcl.com +1 415-873-7841 (Voice/Fax) | +1 408-738-4832 (V), -2050 (F) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 18:09:13 +0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +The UK TeX Users' Group (UK-TuG) are pleased to announce a multi-day +conference, to be held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of +London) between April 6th--8th, 1993. The themes of the conference are ``TeX +for non-American languages'' and ``MetaFont in Theory and Practice''; the +speakers include Bernard Gaulle, Yannis Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. + +For \pounds 80-00, conference delegates will be entitled to participate in the +conference itself (including a full-day tutorial on one or other aspects of +MetaFont), the conference banquet, and lunch, coffee and tea on each day; +dinners and en-suite accommodation are also available. If you would like to +participate in this conference, please complete and return the application form +which appears elsewhere in this digest. Any questions should be addressed to +Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@Uk.Ac.Rhbnc.Vax>, but it should be noted that +he will be unable to answer e-mail during the period 7th--14th March. + +Philip Taylor, RHBNC. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 17:52:24 +0000 +From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK +Subject: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993 + +\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 + + +------------------------------ + +Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX +Users Group, and the latest software versions is available +in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + On Internet: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + SUBSCRIBE TEX-L <your real name> + UNSUBSCRIBE TEX-L + On BITNET: + send a similar one-line mail message to LISTSERV@xxx + On JANET: + send a similar one line mail message to TeXhax-request@uk.ac.tex + +Back issues of the digest are available for anonymous ftp from +the UK TeX Archive, tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18) + in [tex-archive.digests.texhax.YY]texhax.NN +and from ftp.tex.ac.uk (134.151.44.19) + in /pub/archive/digests/texhax/YY/texhax.NN +where YY = last two digits of year, NN = issue number + +\bye + +End of TeXhax Digest [Volume 93 Issue 5] +**************************************** |