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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.10 b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.10 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2172410daa --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/93/texhax.10 @@ -0,0 +1,405 @@ +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 + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + 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. 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