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+TeXhax Digest Thursday, 10 Jun 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 010
+
+% 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:
+ DVI to "conforming" PostScript Comments
+ Re: Why do my macros work???
+ Metafont DOS/Unix
+ METAPOST
+ Re: METAPOST
+ Latest complete TeX for VAX and Alpha VMS?
+ Barcode font and OCR
+ fontname 1.5/utopia 1.0/modes 0.13/urwfonts 1.0
+ HyperBibTeX 0.9.7
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott
+ Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk
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+ TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 27 May 1993 16:33:46 -0700
+From: cchavez.ES_AE@xerox.com
+Subject: DVI to "conforming" PostScript Comments
+
+Ken,
+
+Conformance refers mostly to the *document comments* (as defined in the
+PostScript Document Structuring Conventions). Conformance or non-conformance
+will not preclude a file from being printed. It is very likely that there are
+other problems with the file.
+
+ Caesar Chavez
+ Xerox Corp.
+ El Segundo (CA, USA)
+
+>-------
+>
+>Date: Wed, 05 May 1993 08:33:16 -0500
+>From: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu (Ken Clark)
+>Subject: DVI to "conforming" PostScript
+>
+>I've got a 30+ page latex document I can convert
+>to dvi to postscript and print on my printer. However,
+>others need access to this document; and not all are able to
+>print it. The second line of the postscript file reads:
+>
+>% This file is a NONconforming PostScript file.
+>
+>Is there a way to convert this to a conforming postscript file?
+>
+>Thank you.
+>
+>Ken Clark
+>
+>Biomedical Computer Laboratory ph: 314-362-2135
+>Washington University fx: 314-362-0234
+>700 S. Euclid Ave.
+>St. Louis MO 63110 USA em: kwc@wubcl.wustl.edu
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 15:18:41 -0000
+From: Ian.Collier@prg.oxford.ac.uk
+Subject: Re: Why do my macros work???
+
+On Fri, 14 May 1993 09:05:10 -0600, Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> said:
+
+>some time ago I needed in a style file a great many macros of the form:
+
+>\def\macro#1{\def\@macro#1{#1}}
+
+There is confusion with hash symbols here; from the rest of your article it
+seems that the middle "#1" is extra, so that you meant:
+
+\def\macro#1{\def\@macro{#1}}
+
+However, this definition can be shortened to:
+
+\def\macro{\def\@macro}
+
+because when you type "\macro{some definition}", both the above macros will
+expand to the same text, namely "\def\@macro{some definition}". In the
+first example, the text between the braces is slurped up by \macro and put
+right back in there, whereas in the second example this text is unaffected
+by the definition, but remains in there until after "\macro" has been
+changed to "\def\@macro". There is just one difference: "\macro x" will in
+the first instance define \@macro to expand to "x", whereas it will generate
+an error in the second instance.
+
+>By trial and error I designed:
+
+>\def\obj@def#1{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{\@@def{@#1}}}
+>\def\@@def#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{#2}}
+
+>This does exactly what I wanted but I do not understand why. Apparently the
+>second parameter of \@@def is not supplied when I call \obj@macros.
+
+The above should now explain why. You have done a similar trick as in the
+second definition above, and defined "\obj@def{foo}" to expand to
+"\def\foo{\@@def{@foo}}". This makes "\foo{bar}" expand first to
+"\@@def{@foo}{bar}" and then to "\def\@foo{bar}". You could shorten your
+\@@def further in a similar manner by omitting the #2 on the left and {#2}
+on the right.
+
+Ian Collier
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 11:23:29 +0200
+From: Andre HECK <heck@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr>
+Subject: Metafont DOS/Unix
+
+Could anyone tell me whether fonts generated by Metafont under DOS (for
+instance with pcMF) would work under Unix? If not, could I be pointed
+to a source for a Unix metafont?
+
+Many thanks in advance.
+A. Heck.
+
+Prof. Andre HECK -+- * Phone (direct) +33-88.35.82.22
+Observatoire Astronomique * Phone (Secretary) +33-88.35.82.18
+11, rue de l'Universite -+- * Fax (direct) +33-88.49.12.55
+F-67000 Strasbourg * -+- Fax (Secretary) +33-88.25.01.60
+France -+- * * Telex 890506 starobs f
+
+Please note that the use (whenever possible) of the "direct" (private)
+fax above might be more efficient than e-mail.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1993 11:30:21 -0000
+From: "Dr. Mark Edwin Hall" <fscimeh@chulkn.chula.ac.th>
+Subject: METAPOST
+
+In his documentation on DVIPS, Tomas Rokicki mentions that it has
+support for METAPOST. Could someone please explain briefly what
+METAPOST is, and how I might be able to get a copy? Thanx.
+
+Mark Hall
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 14:49:45 +0100
+From: David Osborne <cczdao@mips.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
+Subject: Re: METAPOST
+
+"Dr. Mark Edwin Hall" writes [3 Jun 1993 11:30:21 -0000]:
+
+ > In his documentation on DVIPS, Tomas Rokicki mentions that it has
+ > support for METAPOST. Could someone please explain briefly what
+ > METAPOST is, and how I might be able to get a copy? Thanx.
+
+METAPOST is a version of METAFONT developed by John Hobby to generate
+PostScript output instead of the traditional bitmapped Generic Font
+format, described in J.D.Hobby (1989), "A METAFONT-like System with
+PostScript Output", TUGboat 10(4), 505--512. I have a vague
+recollection that METAPOST has subsequently become available, but
+can't find the announcement in my mail folders; you might like to mail
+John <hobby@research.att.com> for more details.
+
+Some other references covering METAFONT and PostScript are
+
+Toby Thain (1992), "Packing METAFONTs into PostScript", TUGboat 13(1),
+36--38.
+
+Shimon Yanai and Daniel Berry (1990), "Environment for Translating
+METAFONT to PostScript", TUGboat 11(4), 525--541.
+
+~~David Osborne
+ Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1993 16:06:01 +0100
+From: macallstr@v1.ph.ox.ac.uk (John Macallister)
+Subject: Latest complete TeX for VAX and Alpha VMS?
+
+Where can I obtain the latest (complete) version of TeX for
+ VAX and Alpha (if available) VMS?
+Also does anyone know of an E-mail address for Maria Code?
+John
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1993 17:59:03 +0700
+From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG@TECHNION.TECHNION.AC.IL>
+Subject: Barcode font and OCR
+
+The barcode font by Dimitri Vulis is missing the header/trailer character
+without which my TPS barcode optical character reader does not work.
+Characters < and > were added so that for example <0123456789> is correctly
+read. Note that < and > are the same barcode glyph.
+Vulis's font with this small extension will be sent on request.
+
+ Jacques Goldberg phr00jg@technion.technion.ac.il
+
+PS: the header/trailer character is
+black_naro white_wide black_naro white_naro black_wide
+white_naro black_wide white_naro black_naro white_naro
+in Vulis's language, if you prefer to upgrade the font yourself.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 14:47:08 -0400
+From: Karl Berry <karl@edu.umb.cs>
+Subject: fontname 1.5/utopia 1.0/modes 0.13/urwfonts 1.0
+
+I've updated some of font-related TeX distributions.
+
+The font naming scheme (to version 1.5),
+the Adobe Utopia and Bitstream Charter fonts (version 1.0),
+modes.mf (version 0.13),
+and a new distribution, the fonts URW donated to Ghostscript.
+
+ ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{fontname,utopia,urwfonts.tar.z,modes.mf}
+
+Please notice the `.z' instead `.Z' -- I am now using gzip instead of
+compress.
+
+Adobe/Charter changes: match the latest dvips[k].
+
+
+Fontname changes:
+
+The changes since version 1.4 are minimal: a couple of additional
+typefaces, variants, and sources.
+
+I also made two incompatible changes: 1) source `u' is now for URW instead
+of `user'. The latter seemed of dubious utility, and URW has
+contributed four fonts to the world (ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/urwfonts.tar.z).
+
+2) Plantin is now pn instead of pi. Apparently most people were using
+pn anyway, and since it was free ...
+
+
+modes.mf changes:
+
+New modes for the Canon EX, QMS 1700, LPS 20, and Xerox Docutech
+devices, and a `null' mode to make only a TFM file.
+
+
+As always, thanks to the contributors.
+
+
+Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.
+
+karl@cs.umb.edu
+Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 15:51:39 -0500
+From: "Evan L. Antworth 214/709-3346" <evan.antworth@sil.org>
+Subject: HyperBibTeX 0.9.7
+
+HyperBibTeX
+
+HyperBibTeX is a Macintosh HyperCard application for managing
+bibliography databases in a format compatible with BibTeX (as
+defined in Lamport's LaTeX book and Patashnik's document
+"BibTeXing"). A HyperBibTeX bibliography stack can be created
+either by manually making new cards or by importing an existing
+.BIB file. When you want to make a bibliography for a document, you
+simply export selected cards from the stack to a .BIB file and
+process it with BibTeX.
+
+HyperBibTeX's features include:
+
+* All fields of BibTeX's thirteen entry types (Book, Article,
+Proceedings, etc.) are supported. In addition, there are built-in
+fields for Annote, Keywords, Location, and ISBN.
+
+* Authority lists are kept for fields with repetitive
+information (Author, Journal, Publisher, etc.). New data typed into
+these fields are checked against the authority lists; or you can
+fill in a field by simply clicking on an item from the appropriate
+authority list.
+
+* Abbreviations are supported: they can be used in fields, are
+verified by the authority lists, and are imported and exported.
+Note however that concatenated abbreviations (introduced in version
+0.99b of BibTeX) are not supported.
+
+* There are commands for systematically checking the validity
+and integrity of the stack, including Check Keys, Find Duplicates,
+and Verify Field.
+
+* A stack can be sorted on any of the major fields (Key, Entry
+Type, Author, Journal, Year, etc.).
+
+* A stack can be searched using HyperCard s Find function. The
+search can be limited to a selected field.
+
+* Cards can be marked (or unmarked) individually or by using
+the Find function. You can then navigate just the marked cards in a
+stack or export just the marked cards.
+
+* There are two special pop-up windoids: one for entering an
+annotation (Annote field) and another for user-defined fields
+(entered directly in BibTeX syntax).
+
+* There is an Index windoid that lists the Keys of the cards in
+the stack (either all cards or just selected ones); clicking on a
+card's Key in the windoid takes you to that card.
+
+HyperBibTeX requires HyperCard version 2; version 2.1 is recommended
+because of its superior error handling. It should run fine under
+system 6, but the Balloon Help facility requires system 7. It also
+runs under HyperCard Player.
+
+HyperBibTeX version 0.9.7, released on 3-May-93, is an upgrade that
+fixes various bugs (including a serious bug in version 0.9.5) and
+adds a number of new improvements and features. If you are
+presently using an older version of HyperBibTeX, I strongly
+recommend that you upgrade to version 0.9.7.
+
+HyperBibTeX is freeware and is available by anonymous FTP from:
+
+mac.archive.umich.edu:
+/mac/hypercard/organization/hyperbibtex0.97.sit.hqx
+
+sumex-aim.stanford.edu:
+/info-mac/card/hyper-bib-tex-097.hqx
+
+midway.uchicago.edu
+/pub/OzTeX/bibtex/hyperbibtex097.hqx
+
+Or you can order HyperBibTeX on diskette ($5 to addresses in the U.S.,
+$7 elsewhere) from:
+
+International Academic Bookstore
+7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road
+Dallas, TX 75236
+U.S.A.
+Internet e-mail: academic.books@sil.org
+phone: 214/709-2404
+fax: 214/709-2433
+
+Send all correspondence about HyperBibTeX to:
+
+Evan Antworth
+Academic Computing Department
+Summer Institute of Linguistics
+7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road
+Dallas, TX 75236
+U.S.A.
+
+Internet e-mail: evan.antworth@sil.org
+phone: 214/709-3346, -2418
+fax: 214/709-2433
+
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