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(I will write it; suggestions wellcome) + heading and footnote in LaTeX + Re: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + MakeIndex + BibTeX help! + Long filenames for type1 fonts + Marginal asterisks in LaTeX + Latex for Mac ? + side margin changes after 1st page in LaTeX letters? + Hungarian accents and Hyphenation + Font shrinking with negative magsteps + fig2MF available on FILESERV/Niord + List Of TeX Tutorials + ANNOUNCEMENT: 'Computer Modern' Blackboard fonts available + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: 11 Mar 1993 15:00:00 -0000 +From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@shef.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: extension of eqnarray* + +Jon Ahlquist asks for a multi-column extension of eqnarray: + + +I use the following to align at several points the way eqnarray* does, ie, +suitable for +a = b < c <= d +type alignments. + +I never use eqnarray (numbered), but I am sure that it can be done in a +similar way. + +\makeatletter +\def\Calc{\m@th\tabskip\@centering\def\\{\nonumber\@seqncr}% +$$\halign to\displaywidth\bgroup% + $\displaystyle{##}$\hfil&&\hskip 2\arraycolsep\hfil ${##}$\hfil + &\hskip 2\arraycolsep $\displaystyle{##}$\hfil\cr} +\def\endCalc{\nonumber\\\egroup$$\global\@ignoretrue} +\makeatother + +\begin{Calc} + a &=& b &<& c &\leq d&=&\\ + e &\leq& f &=&g +\end{Calc} + + +Mike +Dr M J Piff e-mail: +Department of Pure Mathematics +University of Sheffield M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk +Hicks Building PM1MJP@derwent.shef.ac.uk +Hounsfield Road +SHEFFIELD S3 7RH Telephone: SHEFFIELD (0742) 824431 +England + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 10:05:58 -0500 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: HypherTeX + +> I am interested in TeX has a tool for writing hypertext. +> I know there exists GNU texinfo. +> Has anyone notice of related information. + +DVIWindo supports hyper text linkage. You can define `buttons' and `marks' +using \special. If the user clicks on a button, viewing is transferred +to the corresponding mark. The right mouse button can be used to return. +Buttons can be highlighted using different fonts (bold), colored text, +colored rules, TIFF bitmap images, reverse video, whatever... + +DISCLAIMER: respondent has connections with Y&Y. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 19:52:51 +0100 +From: Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> +Subject: Questions: twocolumn mode, eqnarray + +> 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. + +There is equationarray.sty which should be availabel in the usual places. + + + ___ Wolfgang Ratzka +| | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- +| /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de +|/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 20:05:39 +0100 +From: Peer.Stritzinger@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE +Subject: Re: C to TeX, anyone? (I will write it; suggestions wellcome) + +I'm going to write a TeX macro package that allows you to +directly include your C source in the document. + +The features I want to include are: + +* Different styles (font etc.) can be specified for string + constants and comments. + +* Comments can be written in TeX using math and whatever you + like. Multi-line comments are formatted with margins + depending on the context. + +* Tabs are expanded. + +* I don't think the readability of a C-program improves if + the keywords of the language are highlighted, but if + someone tells me he would prefer this, it can be included + easily. + +Unfortunately I can't start writing this until at least the +end of May. The positive side is that I can consider +suggestions from the net. So if you have any features you +want included in this package feel free to contact me. + +- -- peer + +P.S.: The package will be free of course. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 10:40:58 +0700 +From: zheng@maths.uwa.oz.au (Wei Xing Zheng) +Subject: heading and footnote in LaTeX + +I am trying to use LaTeX to underline a whole heading +and to center the running head, e.g. to make a heading +like + +" + Time series analysis 3 +- ------------------------------------------------------- +" + +where "Time series analysis" is the running head and +"3" the page number. I have found that the commands +\pagestyle{myheadings} and \markright cannot work +desirably in this case. Is there any other way to make +a heading as above? Further, is it possible to use +LaTeX to overline a whole footnote, e.g. like + +" +- ------------------------------------------------------- +Time series analysis 3 +" + +Looking forward to a reply. Thanks. + +Wei X. Zheng +Dept. of Maths, University of Western Australia +E-mail: zheng@maths.uwa.edu.au + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1993 11:21:37 -0600 +From: Craig Stuart Niederberger <craign@mastermind.urol.bcm.tmc.edu> +Subject: Re: "Papyrus" and "Reference Manager" + +Kudos to David Rhead for pointing out what to me has seemed to be +a persistent problem--TeX/LaTeX interface with personal bibliographic +systems. I use RefMan (Reference Manager) because I write medical +articles, and it allows direct importation of references from bibliographic +retrieval systems such as BRS Colleague. This has caused me some difficulty, +because I prefer to use LaTeX (for obvious reasons) in writing the +articles themselves. Right now, I am using my own, admittedly suboptimal +hack: + +I keep 2 sets of databases, my RefMan databases, and my BibTeX databases. +Article "codes" are consistent in both. (Ugly, because a numerical code +is assigned by RefMan such as 1423, which has nothing to do with the +content of the article. I would prefer "readable" codes such as +Goldman:CardDeath93 but I am too lazy to change my well over 1400 RefMan +articles, growing by leaps and bounds every day.) + +I have a journal style in RefMan, which I use to print out a transfer file +of articles (ASCII) that I select to port over to BibTeX. This style divides +the article information with colons (:). + +I wrote a simple C program to convert that ASCII file to BibTeX format. + +This way, I can still use the database retrieval features of RefMan to find +the article and then cite it in my LaTeX text, which is really handy. I +can also import articles into RefMan from say, BRS Colleague or Medline, +and then (sort of) directly transfer them to a BibTeX file. + +If anyone is interested in the C program, I'll give it to them. If anyone +has a better way of doing this with RefMan, PLEASE let me know. + +Craig + +Craig Niederberger M.D. Internet EMAIL: craign@bcm.tmc.edu +Department of Urology, Room 440E US Phone: 713-798-7267 +Baylor College of Medicine FAX: 713-798-5577 +One Baylor Plaza +Houston, Texas 77030-3498 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 11:14:25 -0600 +From: "Jerry Packard, U of Illinois" <JPACKARD@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> +Subject: MakeIndex + +Dear Helpful Persons: +Do you know where I might get a publicly-available version of MakeIndex +for LaTeX? +Thanks, J. Packard + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 16:44:07 -0500 +From: "Roberto R. Garcia" <STRG@MARIST.bitnet.washington.edu> +Subject: BibTeX help! + +Howdy!! + +After many hours of reasearch over the internet I have been +unsuccessful in finding any information on BibTeX. Maybe I didn't +look hard enough. Anyway, I would be very happy if someone could +explain what this is and if there exists a ny .EXE files that will +process .BIB files. Does this make sense? If not, ple ase set me +straight. + +THANKS A-LOT + +Roberto R. Garcia + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 18:11:29 -0800 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: Long filenames for type1 fonts + +#!/bin/sh +# +# As a service to those who need short file names, font +# files are commonly distributed with names that will fit +# into the Procrustean limits of MS-DOS. The naming convention, +# particularly for type1 outline fonts has been carefully +# worked out to give as much information as possible in a little +# space but, on a fully functional Unix system, it is a lot +# clearer to see exactly what the supplier/``foundry'' really +# calls the font. +# +# This script extracts the name from either a pfa file or an afm +# file, renames the short file with the full name and then +# links the old short name to the full name. (Have it both ways!) +# +# It is reasonably safe (barring system crashes) to run this +# script as part of a "for" or "foreach" loop, since the globbing +# is already done before the script starts working. +# +shortname=$1 +ext=`expr $shortname : '.*\.\(.*\)'` +fullname=`grep "FontName" $shortname | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d "/"` +echo "$shortname --> ${fullname}.$ext" +mv $shortname ${fullname}.$ext +ln -s ${fullname}.$ext $shortname +exit 0 + +END-of-SCRIPT + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 13:53:52 -0500 +From: sobota@nscvax.princeton.edu +Subject: Marginal asterisks in LaTeX + + +I am a novice LaTex user and I need some help. I need marignal +asterisks for la tex documents. I want to be able to turn asterisks on +and off with a command an d I want a specified footnote on each page +that contains one or more asterisks in the margin. For +instance after a command like: + +\asteriskson{the footnote goes here} + +Each line in the text that appears after this command would contain a +marginal asterisk in the right hand margin. Asterisks in the margin +adjacent to figures, table, equations, etc. are also required. Then a +command like: + +\asterisksoff + +would turn them of (no more asterisks would appear in the marginal column). + +The footnote would say something like: + +"Disclosure of information on lines specifically identified by an +asterisk (*) is not permitted" + +Does some macro to do this already exist? Is what I need properly +called a "macro"? How hard would it be to write one? Can anybody +help me? + +Tom Sobota +sobota@nscvax.princeton.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1993 17:11:05 -0800 +From: anz@vas.COM (Alex Zamfirescu) +Subject: Latex for Mac ? + +I would like to know if anyone out there has used +any Latex version on the Mac PowerBooks. +What is feasible on the PowerBook and where can +I get the software. + +Alex Zamfirescu + +Please reply to + +a.zamfirescu@ieee.org + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1993 15:33:59 -0400 +From: John Kohl <jtkohl@kolvir.blrc.ma.us> +Subject: side margin changes after 1st page in LaTeX letters? + +I'm trying to do some tweaking of the latex letter.sty margins to shift +the text for a letter to print on letterhead. The letterhead has stuff +at the top and along the left side. + +The first page should have the altered top and side margins; the +subsequent pages should have "normal" margins (to be printed on blank +paper). + +Any suggestions/pointers on how to do this? + +John Kohl +jtkohl@kolvir.blrc.ma.us + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:44:01 -0800 +From: Piter Verhas <verhas@a1.bpsof.bps.MTS.dec.com> +Subject: Hungarian accents and Hyphenation + +[This message is converted from WPS-PLUS to ASCII] + + + Using TeX for the Hungarian Language + Accented letters and hyphenation + Peter Verhas +1. Introduction +=============== + +All accented letters we use in Hungarian are handled by TeX without +modification thoguh it is inconvinient to type \' , \" or \H{} each time +for an accented letter. There are many conversion tools to ease the use +of the accented letters. These tools convert the extended character set +to the usual TeX notation. There is another approach to use accented +letter. This changes the fonts to have those accented letters in the font +file, and modifies plain.tex or latex.tex to have these characters (code +is larger than 127) catcode letter. + +The Hungarian hyphenation can also be handled by TeX without modification +since it has the \discretionary macro. Such hyphenations are common and +frequent in Hungarian. If consonants like sz (which sound like s in +English) or cs (which is something like tsch in the name Tschebishev) are +doubled have the form ssz or ccs, except when the hyphenation breaks +them. In such case they are sz-sz or cs-cs. Such hyphenation can NOT +automatic handled by hyphenation tables, and those tables that are in use +usually prevent hyphenation at such places. Typing the discretionary +macro for each such hyphenation is also very time and effort consuming. + +The solution that some of us use since few years, and which might be +interesting for Hungarian writing people from practical, and for others +from the intellectual point of view is a preprocessor that inserts these +discretionary hyphenations and does the conversion for the accented +letters. The program I would like to introduce does more in fact. + +2. HiOn, the Hungarian TeX preprocessor +======================================= + +HiOn is a TeX preprocessor that makes two major tasks: + +1.) It transforms Hungarian accented letters to their TeX notation. + +2.) It inserts the standard soft hyphenation string according to the +Hungarian grammar rules at all possible places. + +The first task ease the generation of the source files allowing user to +use the extended character set of his system (which can be IBM PC +character set, ISO Latin II or any user defined code table). + +The second prevents bad hyphenations or overfull, underfull hboxes +depending on the actual TeX setting. To do this HiOn implements a fast, +rule based hyphenation algorithm. This base algorithm is extended with an +exception dictionary since version 1.7, which is the current version. + +HiOn reads the source file (default extension is HUN) and generates a TeX +file (default extension is TEX). This way the TeX files act as temporary +files just like DVI files. The generated TeX does not contain 8 bit +characters (unless user requests special accented character handling) +which is transparent to all mailing systems and need not depend on +particular TeX macro set. + +This way HiOn can benefit TeX's discretionary capabilities for +hyphenating words which contain compound consonants. HiOn hyphenates +words like ``processzor'' correct to the form +``pro-ce\discretionary{ssz}{sz-}{sz}or'' which tells TeX to break the +word as + +o pro-cesszor + or +o procesz-szor. + +Such hyphenation rule can be found in German as well (ck hyphenated as +k-k). + +Using the expanded hyphenation rules introduced in version 1.1 HiOn can +hyphenate those verbs that have alternation prefix like ``megenni'' which +hyphenates as ``meg-enni''. HiOn checks the whole word not only the +prefix as the prefixes themselves do not guarantee being +verb-alternation-prefix. Therefore it knows ``el-ad\'o'' and also knows +``e-le-f\'ant''. HiOn also know by rules such weird hyphenations like + +o malac-s\'ag +o meg-gy\'urni +o megy-gyes. + +As introduced in version 1.7 HiOn uses an exception dictionary and +correctly hyphenates all compound words that appear in the Hungarian +dictionary: ``Magyar \'Ertelmez\H{}o K\'ezisz\'ot\'ar''. + +The exception dictionary has an ASCII and a compressed binary form. Using +the ASCII form users can extend the exception dictionary with words which +are not common but need hyphenation. A typical example is a long chemical +name. The binary form was designed and optimized for size and speed. On +special request HiOn converts the ASCII form to binary and this way the +extended dictionary can get into effect. + +HiOn is highly configurable, has approximately 30 options to tailor to +the actual needs. As version 1.7 HiOn should HYPHENATE ALL HUNGARIAN +WORDS CORRECT. Even if it failed in some cases users can include words in +the exception dictionary. + +HiOn was written and continuously developed during the last three years +in computer language C in a structured manner and compiles and has the +same behavior under MS-DOS, VMS and UNIX. + +HiOn as a shareware product is available in Hungary in source code and in +MS-DOS executable format with full documentation in Hungarian and +exception dictionary in ASCII and in binary format. + +NONPROFIT and EDUCATION usage of HiOn only requires registration. (Some +more minor requirements are included in the User's Guide.) + +PROFIT-ORIENTED usage of HiOn requires special agreement with the author. + +A book was already published prepared using HiOn V1.2 and some other +books are under publishing. There is one registered, profit-oriented user +of HiOn in Hungary. + +3. Conclusion + + With HiOn the usage of TeX (and LaTeX or any other macro package) was +tailored to the special needs of the Hungarian language and it has the +same felxibility and capability as in English. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 18:15:02 -0800 +From: mackay@edu.washington.cs (Pierre MacKay) +Subject: Font shrinking with negative magsteps + + +\documentstyle{article} +\pagestyle{empty} +\begin{document} +\begin{centering} +{\Large A table of negative magsteps}\\ +\end{centering} +\vspace {.25in} +\noindent The increasing availability of outline fonts, especially +those licensed for general use through the X Consortium +(Charter, Courier, Utopia), and the growing number of \TeX-related +utilities for printing and screen preview of documents using +these fonts, requires the use of some rather interesting magstep values. + +There is usually only one design size for an outline font, and the +\TeX{} user must depend on scaling for all point sizes, in the +hope that font hinting will supply some of the non-linear effects +which ought to distinguish a 5-point from a 10-point font. +A PostScript or Ghostscript engine will deal with the scaling +implicitly, but {\tt xdvi} and other display programs which depend on +rasterized font images need to have them supplied by some sort of +conversion program. The {\tt ps2pk} utility, available through a number +of servers on the internet, is a good tool for creating PK fonts +from type1 outlines. It comes with several associated programs, +including {\tt mag} which calculates appropriate dpi values at various +screen and printer resolutions. As long as your concern is +only with large fonts, this utility is very straightforward, but +when you need to create 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9-point images from +a 10-point design master, the values are a bit less obvious. +To shrink fonts you have to use negative magstep values and +fortunately the {\tt mag} program is designed to permit this. + +Here is a table of negative magsteps, for the full range +of sizes from 9-point down to 5-point. Values are given for the +true magstep series and also for integer pointsizes. +Arguments can be made for choosing either series. + + +$$ +\begin{tabular}{|c|c||c|c||c|} +\hline +\multicolumn{2}{|c||}{Magstep Series}&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Pointsize Series}\\ +\hline +magstep&300 dpi&magstep&300 dpi&pointsize \\ +value&value&value&value&reduction \\ +\hline +- -0.50&274&-0.58&270&$9/10$ \\ +\hline +- -1.00&250&-1.22&240&$8/10$ \\ +\hline +- -2.00&208&-1.95&210&$7/10$ \\ +\hline +- -3.00&174&-2.80&180&$6/10$ \\ +\hline +- -4.00&144&-3.80&150&$5/10$ \\ +\hline +\end{tabular} +$$ + +\noindent The next magstep, $-5.00$ would bring the values into complete +agreement, at a dpi value of 120, but 4-point fonts are not much use +for anything. Two additional values which have sometimes come in +useful are $-0.6 (-0.63)$ for an $8/9$ reduction, and $-0.8333 +(-0.85)$ for a $6/7$ reduction. The first value, incidentally, is +half a magstep, and the second is the reciprocal. + +\vspace{0.25in} +\begin{flushright} +Pierre Mackay \\ +mackay@cs.washington.edu \\ +\end{flushright} +\end{document} + +Email concerned with UnixTeX distribution software should be sent primarily +to: elisabet@max.u.washington.edu Elizabeth Tachikawa +otherwise to: mackay@cs.washington.edu Pierre A. MacKay +Smail: Northwest Computing Support Center Resident Druid for + Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10 Unix-flavored TeX + University of Washington + Seattle, WA 98195 + (206) 543-6259 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 17:15:43 -0600 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: fig2MF available on FILESERV/Niord + +Anthony Starks <ajs@merck.com> kindly forwarded along his new version of +fig2MF (version 0.04; 16 March 1993). Attached is the description file for +your reference. + +Regards and thanks to Anthony for his submission, George + + FIG2MF + ------ + +The FIG2MF package contains a UUENCODEd ZIP archive of Anthony Starks' +fig2MF (version 0.04, 16 March 1993). This package translates the graphics +language Fig to METAFONT using the mfpic macros. With this tool, any +program that creates Fig code, such as xfig, can be used as font creation +tool. Included in the distribution are preliminary documentation, source +code, manual page (in TeX), required MF macros, and a testing script, along +with a variety of sample figures. + +To retrieve the one-part distribution via e-mail, include: + SENDME FIG2MF +in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). +The UUENCODEd file is 66 512-byte blocks in size. The ZIP archive is +available for anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in +[FILESERV.FIG2MF] as FIG2MF-0_04.ZIP. + +Files in FIG2MF.ZIP/FIG2MF-0_04.ZIP: + +Anthony Starks' fig2MF (version 0.04; 16 March 1993) tool for +convert Fig code to mfpic METAFONT code. + + Length Method Size Ratio Date Time Name ("^" ==> case + ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- conversion) + 0 Stored 0 0% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/ + 2117 Deflate 919 57% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/README + 9870 Deflate 3142 68% 03-16-93 16:42 fig2mf/fig2MF.c + 4122 Deflate 1712 58% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/fig2MFman.tex + 24650 Deflate 8238 67% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/graphbase.mf + 114 Deflate 99 13% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/tf + 3411 Deflate 1213 64% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/alltypes.fig + 3448 Deflate 577 83% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/balls.fig + 1297 Deflate 411 68% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/bean.fig + 1321 Deflate 257 81% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/book.fig + 362 Deflate 123 66% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/chase.fig + 2443 Deflate 955 61% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/face.fig + 9376 Deflate 1183 87% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/house.fig + 1316 Deflate 520 60% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/many.fig + 253 Deflate 103 59% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/mitsu.fig + 374 Deflate 131 65% 03-16-93 16:39 fig2mf/parc-place.fig + 254 Deflate 101 60% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/plane.fig + 1918 Deflate 543 72% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/powells.fig + 478 Deflate 146 69% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/qd.fig + 1215 Deflate 229 81% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/shade.fig + 734 Deflate 221 70% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/thick.fig + 7273 Deflate 1064 85% 03-16-93 16:40 fig2mf/type.fig + ------ ------ --- ------- + 76346 21887 71% 22 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 12:40:38 -0600 +From: Tundra Tim Daneliuk <tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us> +Subject: List Of TeX Tutorials + +List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 03.26.93 +============================================ + +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: January 1993 +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: elm.tex (Essential LaTeX Mathematics) +Latest Version: (no version number - only one 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: ftp.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: December 16,1992 +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. Contains a template + file. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +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: draft 2, Fri 23 Oct 1992. +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: symbols.tex +Latest Version: 2.00 +Author Name: Carlisle, David +Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk +Size (Bytes): 17594 +Brief Description: A listing of all the standard LaTeX math symbols and the + AMS symbols. +Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. +Distribution Site: ftp.tex.ac.uk, SHSU, stuttgart +Comments: If used with the NFSS, requires AMSFONTS2.1, and amssymb.sty. If + used without the NFSS, does not show the AMS Fonts. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + +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 + MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 12:10:42 +0400 +From: gfrobert@fourier.grenet.fr (Gilles F. ROBERT) +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: 'Computer Modern' Blackboard fonts available + +Hi all, + +There has been one or two weeks ago a discussion on this list about 'bold +blackboard' fonts: which are available and what are they like. + +The answer has been (as far as I understood) + - the AMS fonts msbm (older version msym) are intended for use with Times +and aren't truly what a mathematician expects (the stress is on both stems +instead of being on only the left one). + - Alan Jeffrey's bbold fonts are sans-serif ones, with (almost) no +possibility of design variations for, say, a bold variant. +That was all, and in particular nothing for use with Computer Modern. + +I was already working at that time on the project of changing the codes of +romanu.mf, romanl.mf and other files to add a 'Blackboard' variant to +Computer Modern. + + IT IS NOW READY !!! + +The whole package contains five 'main' files: + - blbbase.mf (the 'base') contains the supplementary definitions needed +for double stems etc.. + - blbord.mf (the 'driver') is fairly simpleand only makes the necessary calls. + - blbordu.mf (based on romanu.mf): programs for uppercase letters. + - blbordl.mf (based on romanl.mf): programs for lowercase letters. + - blbordsp.mf (based on romand.mf and punct.mf): programs for the digits~1 +and~2 and for parentheses and brackets. + +There is also a whole lot of parameter files that are (almost) the same as +those provided by DEK. + +For most of them, the only differences are +- - change 'cmbase' for 'blbbase' on line~2 +- - change 'generate roman' for 'generate blbord' on last line +- - add two extra parameters (interspace# and cap_interspace#). + +Since I do not have (yet) any anon. ftp server here to put these files, I +can e-mail the files, but I would be very honoured if someone gave me an +address where to put all these things. + + _ _ +| Gilles F. 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