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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..05a84d1474 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/94/texhax.04 @@ -0,0 +1,890 @@ +From: TeXhax-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V94 #04 +Reply-To: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: TeXhax-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 16:16:31 +0100 +Message-ID: <27441.771693391@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 15 Jun 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 04 + + 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: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + Re: Previewing on graphics screen + Problems with dvipsk + Chinese under TeX/LaTeX + Floating point division and multiplication + CTAN archives + RE: CTAN archives + TEX on Solaris 2.3 + dvips + I need a gui for TeX + Re: I need a gui for TeX + eplain 2.6 available + CTAN site listing + EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + macros/latex* changes on CTAN + The new LaTeX + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + TeXhax-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 11:46:41 -0400 +From: jgealow@mtl.mit.edu (Jeffrey C. Gealow) +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 16:01:12 -0600 +> From: miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) +> Subject: Including code within a verbatim environment + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +> Obviously, this won't work because "\input code.c" will be typeset as it +> is. I don't want to put the \begin{verbatim}-\end{verbatim} in the actual +> file code.c because it is a working piece of code. + +> Any suggestions? + +A few years ago, I created a style file, listing.sty, to provide such a = + +facility. + + +Typical usage: + + +\documentstyle[listing]{report} + +\begin{document} + +\listing{code.c} % plain listing +\nlisting{more-code.c} % listing with line numbers + +\end{document} + + +Here is the style file (listing.sty): + +% listing.sty 29-Nov-90 JCG +% see The TeXbook, pp. 380-381, 391 + +\def\uncatcodespecials{\def\do##1{\catcode`##1=3D12 }\dospecials} + +% numbered listing +\def\nlisting#1{\par\begingroup\nsetupverbatim\input#1 \endgroup} +\newcount\lineno % the number of file lines listed +\def\nsetupverbatim{\tt \lineno=3D0 + \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf} + \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces + % \catcode`\`=3D\active = + + \catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \everypar{\advance\lineno by1 + \llap{\sevrm\the\lineno\ \ }\startbox}} +{\obeyspaces\global\let =3D\ } % let active space =3D control space + +% unnumbered listing +\def\listing#1{\par\begingroup\setupverbatim\input#1 \endgroup} +\def\setupverbatim{\tt \parindent=3D0pt + \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf} + \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces + % \catcode`\`=3D\active = + + \catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \everypar{\startbox}} +{\obeyspaces\global\let =3D\ } % let active space =3D control space + +\newdimen\w \setbox0=3D\hbox{\tt\space} \w=3D8\wd0 % tab amount +\def\startbox{\setbox0=3D\hbox\bgroup} +{\catcode`\^^I=3D\active + \gdef^^I{\leavevmode\egroup + \dimen0=3D\wd0 % the width so far, or since previous tab + \divide\dimen0 by\w + \multiply\dimen0 by\w % compute previous multiple of \w + \advance\dimen0 by\w % advance to next multiple of \w + \wd0=3D\dimen0 \box0 \startbox}} + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 06:38:20 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +Eplain has a \listing command that takes a filename as an argument. +(ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/eplain.tar.gz, or unpacked in eplain/.) + +I'm sure LaTeX has something similar. +kb@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 19:20:17 -0000 +From: Jeremy Henty <jch@upper.imperial-software-tech.co.uk> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) writes: + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +% The following works, but it's rather hacky. + + +\documentstyle{article} +\def\loadcode{\begin{verbatim} \input{some-code}} + +\begin{document} +\loadcode +\end{verbatim} +\end{document} + +% Any neater suggestions? + + +% Jeremy C. Henty + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 08:40:50 -0400 +From: Lee Wittenberg <leew@pilot.njin.net> +Subject: Re: Including code within a verbatim environment + +Buff Miner (miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu) asks: + +> Is there any way to read a file within a verbatim environment? One would +> like to place a code fragment or a subroutine in a document something like +> the following + +> \begin{verbatim} +> \input code.c +> \end{verbatim} + +> Obviously, this won't work because "\input code.c" will be typeset as it +> is. I don't want to put the \begin{verbatim}-\end{verbatim} in the actual +> file code.c because it is a working piece of code. + +> Any suggestions? + +The CTAN archives contain a verbatim.sty file that you can include in +your \documentstyle line: + + \documentstyle[verbatim...]{whatever} + +This style includes a \verbatiminput command that does what you want: + + \verbatiminput{code.c} + + -- Lee + +Lee Wittenberg | After they had explored all the suns in +Computer Science Department | the universe, and all the planets of all +Kean College of New Jersey | the suns, they realized that there was no +Union, NJ 07083 | other life in the universe, and that they +USA | were alone. And they were very happy, + | because then they knew it was up to them +leew@pilot.njin.net | to become all the things they had imagined + | they would find. + | -- Lanford Wilson + | "5th of July" (1978) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 11:18:31 +0700 +From: Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.EARN> +Subject: Re: Previewing on graphics screen + +David Rhead <David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk> wrote: + +> We are producing some A5 catalogues in 32-page signatures. We use: +> * LaTeX to typeset the catalogues +> * dvibook to re-arrange into signatures +> * dvidvi to get 2 A5s on one A4 for printing. +> Thus, the dvi file used for printing is 2 stages removed from the dvi file +> produced by the LaTeX run that typeset the catalogue. The catalogues are +> hundreds of pages long, and the final output device's per-page cost is +> high. + +After this process you still have a legal dvi-file. Therefore you can use any +previewer to view it on screen. I know only emTeX drivers for MS-DOS (the same +will probably hold for OS/2) - the dviscr driver shows also the the physical +page number counted from start of final dvi filewhich should then be put after +"dvips -p ". you only have to increase the width of preview (switch /w 297mm, +or just for preview purpose I often use /w300mm) because the default is +usually the portrait orientation (can be specified in the configuration file). + +,%%%/ /` / /| /%%% + / / |_/ /__/ ' | / + / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /\ | /| / /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%/ /%%% + / , / / /%%% / / /%%% / \ |/ |/ / /_/ / / / /%%% / + %%%% %%% %%% ' ' %%% ' ` ' ' %%% %%/ ' ' %%% ' + Zdenek Wagner______/ + +Some gateway between me and you may garble backslash. It will appear +on your screen as % due to problems with EBCDIC <--> ASCII conversion. +It has already been corrected on SOME gateways. + +The domain `.cs' does no longer exist and was replaced by `.cz'. +Valid addresses are: <wagner@csearn.bitnet> + <wagner@earn.cvut.cz> + ~~ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:42:55 -0700 +From: swjackson@ucdavis.edu (Wayne Jackson 753-5636) +Subject: Problems with dvipsk + +Hi! + + Out of extreme exasperation, I'm finally calling on all of you +for help. I apparently installed LaTeX 2.09 and dvipsk 5.55a successfully +on a Sun SPARCstation 1 (this is my third or fourth attempt, each with +different difficulties). All of the problems I have had seem to branch +from not having the correct fonts, or incorrectly installing the right +fonts. In this case, Metafont can not seem to build a font from the fonts +already installed... + +First I constructed the .dvi file using latex (apparently with no problems, +and none mentioned in the .log file): + +- ---- +charles.RIBBIT? latex letter +This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) +(letter.tex +LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 March 1992> +(/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/letter.sty +Standard Document Style `letter' <25 Mar 92>. +) [1] ) +Output written on letter.dvi (1 page, 932 bytes). +Transcript written on letter.log. +- ---- + +Then I attempted using dvipsk at debugging level 15 to translate the .dvi +file to postscript and direct it to our Apple Postscript printer. The error +you see below resulted and absolutely nothing was printed. (Used level 15 +to show where basic input files and fonts under lib.tar.gz were installed). + +- ---- +charles.RIBBIT? dvips -d 15 letter +config path: .:~:/usr/local/lib/texmf/dvips +PK path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//pk// +TFM path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//tfm +VF path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//vf +pict path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex// +header path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/dvips:/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts//type1 +fig path: .:/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex// +Last resort sizes: 300 600 +This is dvipsk 5.55a Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software +input file letter.dvi output file |lpr swmem 3500000 +' TeX output 1994.04.27:1354' -> |lpr +bop at 43 +Scanning page 1 +Defining font () cmr10 at 10.9pt +dvips: Font cmr10 at 657 not found; scaling 300 instead. +dvips: Such scaling will generate extremely poor output. +Loading pk font at 10.9pt +dvips: ! Bad PK file : unexpected eof +- ---- + + Please, if you have encountered this problem yourself or have any +idea of how to rectify it, write me at swjackson@ucdavis.edu or +frog@charles.ucdavis.edu. I do not subscribe to the TeXhax mailing list, +so I can only be reached directly. I will repost the solution that works, +in case anyone else is having the same difficulty. + + Many thanx in advance for your help! + +- -Wayne Jackson + +PS: Below is the "letter.tex" file used in the examples above, in case + it sheds any clues on the problem. Please note that this is NOT the + only example or type of example that I tested. + +- ---- +\documentstyle[11pt]{letter} + %\address{PO BOX 72501 \\ + %Davis, CA 95617} +\signature{Wayne Jackson\\ + Manager, Computer and Electronic Music Studio} +\begin{document} +\begin{letter}{Beverly Parker, Department Book Keeper, \\ +Department of Music} + +\opening{Dear Beverly,} = + +Many thanks for handling the latest flush of orders submitted to Campus Purchasing. +Unfortunately, at this late date, I wish to submit one more order for items we forgot. +These items include cables, adapters, and in a few cases even software which +are vital to the correct operation of the studio. + +You will find purchase orders attached to this letter. +\closing{Yours sincerely,} +\end{letter} +\end{document} + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 15:42:55 +0000 +From: JOHANNES-IDSO <JOHANNES-IDSO@sfdh.sognhs.no> +Subject: Chinese under TeX/LaTeX + + +Can anyone tell me about typesetting Chinese under TeX +or LaTeX. Are there any style files for LaTeX? +Where do I start? + +Regards +Johannes Ids\o = + + +e-mail: johannes.idso@sfdh.sognhs.no + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 13:28:13 -0700 +From: wagman%mesa.hepnet@Csa4.LBL.Gov (Gary S. Wagman 510/486-6610) +Subject: Floating point division and multiplication + +Does anyone have macros to perform accurate floating point division and +multiplication? + +For example, if my \hsize is 9.5in and I will be using a PostScript \special +to reduce to the journal's width of 7.05in, I want to tell PostScript to +scale by 0.742105263 without having to calculate by hand because we have +various \hsize's and various journals. + +\dimen0 =3D 7.05in \divide \dimen0 by 9.5in results in 0.0pt + + +Gary Wagman +GSWagman@lbl.gov + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 12:05:33 -0700 +From: rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) +Subject: CTAN archives + +In the CTAN archives, each directory has a file, 00Contents, which +appears to be regenerated every night. It would be nice if all of the +directories of the CTAN archives didn't have their modified date +changed every night as a result of generating this 00Contents file. + +For example, when I connect to an archive that I haven't connected to +in a while, I do a "dir -t" to see which directories have recent +modified dates, which probably have something new in them that I might +be interested in. With the way things are with the CTAN archives I +can't do this. + +One suggestion for regenerating the 00Contents file is to send the +output of the "ls" command to /tmp/00Contents, and then use the Unix +diff or cmp command to see if it's different than the current one, and +if it is, then replace the current 00Contents file with the one in +/tmp. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 16:17:44 -0500 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: RE: CTAN archives + +On Thu, 2 Jun 94 12:05:33 -0700, rusty@groan.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) +posted: +> In the CTAN archives, each directory has a file, 00Contents, which appears +> to be regenerated every night. It would be nice if all of the directories +> of the CTAN archives didn't have their modified date changed every night as +> a result of generating this 00Contents file. + +Thanks for the suggestion. You are correct; as of right now, the +00Contents file is automatically generated each night on the CTAN hosts (in +SHSU's case, via a cron job immediately following the major mirroring run +of the evening). This is achieved with a somewhat ingenious "make" +approach developed by Sebastian Rahtz. + +I am forwarding this reply to the CTAN coordinating team for its +consideration. While this is a very valid issue, I want to ensure that any +changes along these lines are implemented across the board on each of the +hosts so that consistency can be maintained in terms of the files as well +as the process in which they are placed on the hosts. + +Regards and thanks for your interest in our services, George +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Sam Houston State University FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 USA + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 16:00:45 +0000 +From: tessierf@UQSS.UQUEBEC.CA (Gilles Chrzaszcz) +Subject: TEX on Solaris 2.3 + +Hi, +Does anyone know the location of a precompiled version of TEX for +Solaris 2.3 or specific Makefiles for this environment with GNU-C. +I have tried compiling TEX using the ftp.shsu.edu kit without success. + +Could you send your answers directly to +francois_tessier@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca + +Thanks + +Francois Tessier +INRS-Urbanisation +3465 Durocher +Montr=E9al H2X 2C6 +Canada + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 16:55:15 -0500 +From: miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu (Buff Miner) +Subject: dvips + +I'm trying to install LaTeX2HTML on an IBM RS/6000. However the +documentation states that dvips version 5.516 or later is required. I've +searched all the archives I'm aware of an can only find dvips 5.55. Can +anyone out there tell me where I can find a newer version of dvips? + +Thanks in advance! + +Buff Miner + +William H. Miner, Jr. +Fusion Research Center and +Institute for Fusion Studies +The University of Texas at Austin phone: (512) 471-5548 +Austin, Texas 78712 FAX: (512) 471-6715 +miner@hagar.ph.utexas.edu Internet + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 14:51:30 +0000 +From: wicks@cs.buffalo.edu (Richard B. Wicks) +Subject: I need a gui for TeX + + Somebody told me that there is a program called TexCad (or CadTex +or some combination thereof) that will interpret your TeX code as you type +it out and display it on an X11 window, is this true? + + Equation editing is far from being intrinsic to me and I would like +the aid of such a program in adjusting to the language. *ANY* imput would +be most helpful. + +thank you very much, +- -Richard Wicks + +------------------------------ + +Date: 14 Jun 1994 07:30:55 +0000 +From: zccz1121@rpool2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Tobias Ulmer) +Subject: Re: I need a gui for TeX +Keywords: TeX LaTeX DTP WYSIWYG GUI CAD + +In article <CrCBxw.ML7@acsu.buffalo.edu>, +Richard B. Wicks <wicks@cs.buffalo.edu> wrote: +> Somebody told me that there is a program called TexCad (or CadTex +>or some combination thereof) that will interpret your TeX code as you type +>it out and display it on an X11 window, is this true? +> +> Equation editing is far from being intrinsic to me and I would like +>the aid of such a program in adjusting to the language. *ANY* imput would +>be most helpful. + +Yes, there is a program called TeX-CAD (or texcad, or whatever), but it is +intended to serve an entirely different purpose: You can do drawings +(i.e. CAD: Computer Aided Design) consisting of some elementary tokens +provided by LaTeX (lines, circles, etc.) and then convert the results +into LaTeX code that can be included in your (LaTeX-) file. + +I suppose that instead of this you are looking for some program to have +the typeset formulas on your screen *immediately* after typing. +This is (for reasons on which I won't waste precious bandwidth explaining +here) not the philosophy of TeX or LaTeX. So you might consider to use +a wordprocessor (or DTP program, as they call it), that gives you that +feel of "What you see is what you get". + +On the other hand, there *are* some implementations of TeX or LaTeX +that indeed simplify (and therefore accelerate) that inherent editing - +compiling - viewing cycle such that from within your editor you can start +[La]TeX and the previewer with few keystrokes/mouse clicks. This depends +largely on what kind of machine you are using. + +Tobias Ulmer <zccz1121@rpool1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 10:34:02 -0400 +From: "K. Berry" <kb@edu.umb.cs> +Subject: eplain 2.6 available + +I have released Eplain version 2.6. It is available by ftp from + + ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{eplain/*,eplain.tar.gz} + +and soon from the ctan hosts in tex-archive/macros/eplain. + +Please send bug reports to tex-eplain@cs.umb.edu. You can join this +list by sending email to tex-eplain-request@cs.umb.edu containing a +single line +subscribe you@preferred.email.address + +Here is a summary of the most significant changes (from the file NEWS in +the distribution): + +* Indexing support (in conjunction with MakeIndex). +* Generalization of .toc files for lists of figures/tables, etc. + +Bug fixes: + +* \commdiag and other arrow macros work again. +* \eqalignno right-justifies the first column in \leftdisplays, as in + non-leftdisplays. + +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'. + +kb@cs.umb.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 13:33:07 -0500 +From: US CTAN Coordinator <ctan_us@pip.shsu.edu> +Subject: CTAN site listing + +To get a listing of CTAN sites and mirrors along with their root CTAN +directories, you can now use the finger utility to finger + ctan_us@ftp.SHSU.edu +As listings of participating sites change, this file will be updated +accordingly. I think I've covered all the bases, but I still may have +inadvertantly missed a mirror site or two. If I have missed a site +(heaven forbid!), please point it out to me at my usual address +<bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> and I will correct the listing. + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. CTAN Coordinator on ftp.SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +P. O. Box 2118 THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +Sam Houston State University Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Huntsville, TX 77341 FAX: (409) 294-3612 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 16:05:00 -0000 +From: EuroTeX94-PC@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk +Subject: EuroTeX '94: Final Call for Papers (please circulate widely) + + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +Dear Colleague --- + +Are you thinking of coming to EuroTeX '94? (dates and details are appended, +for those who have seen no previous announcement of this conference). If so, +would you like to present a paper? + + +The themes of this year's EuroTeX conference are + + Principles; + Practice; + Progress; + POLAND! + +and papers are now urgently being sought. We are hoping to follow the +example set at Prague in 1992 and Aston in 1993, by making the proceedings +available actually at the conference, and in order for this to be feasible, +it is necessary to establish some fairly strict guidelines for submission. + +Abstracts are wanted _now_, and must be submitted no later than Friday +10th June; the committee will acknowledge receipt of all abstracts, and +will let authors know whether or not the paper is accepted by no later +than Friday 24th June. One clear month will then be allowed for preparation +of the full-text papers, which must therefore be submitted no later than +Friday 22nd July, and these papers will then be passed on to referees who +are knowledgeable in the chosen subject area: the referee and author then +have one further month in which to agree and produce a `best possible' version +of the paper. The final version of the paper must be submitted by Friday +20th August. + +Papers may be prepared in either Plain TeX or LaTeX, and a copy of `EuroTeX.Sty' +will be sent to all who submit abstracts; this will be a direct derivative of +TUGproc.Sty, and authors wishing to make an early start on marking-up their text +may safely base their work on the current release of TUGproc. In order to +ensure a uniform appearance in the Proceedings, authors are urged _not_ to make +changes to the default fonts, leading, etc. + +If you would like to present a paper, please complete the e-form below, +and return it to the Programme Committee, EuroTeX '94: + +C/o Jola Szelatynska, University of Torun, Poland + E-mail: Jola Szelatynska <EuroTeX-Papers@Cc.Uni.Torun.Pl> + +Yes, I hope to attend EuroTeX '94 and would like to propose the following +paper(s); please add my name and address to your mailing list and keep me +posted of developments. + + +Name: _____________________________________________________________________ + +Address: __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + + __________________________________________________________________ + = + + __________________________________________________________________ + +E-mail: __________________________________________________________________ + +Phone: __________________________________________________________________ + +Fax: __________________________________________________________________ + + + +Title and brief abstract of paper: ________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +___________________________________________________________________________ + +Expected duration including questions (max: 1 1/2 hours) __________________ + +(Please note that you may submit proposals for more than one paper; the + Programme Committee reserve the right to accept or reject individual papers, + and to accept papers but to reduce the time allowed from that requested). + + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +EuroTeX will take place at Sobieszewo on an idyllic island off the coast of +Gdansk in Poland. The conference will run from Monday September 26th to Friday +September 30th, and the _maximum_ cost (based on two persons sharing) will not +exceed $260-00 / sterling 175-00 / DM 450-00. Those arriving early on Monday +will be able to take part in a guided tour of the old town of Gdansk, whilst +Tuesday to Friday will be packed with talks and tutorials on TeX and related +topics. Subject to demand, there will also be a series of TeX-related courses +during the days following the conference proper. + +All delegates will be accommodated in a single building, and for the whole week +will be cut off from civilisation: no distractions, no need to leave the +island: everything will be provided. For those unable to sustain the pace, +quiet meditative walks along the shore searching for amber will provide the +ideal opportunity for therapeutic meditation. + +EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX '94 EuroTeX + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 13:41:43 -0400 +From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> +Subject: macros/latex* changes on CTAN + +The release of LaTeX 2e as the officially supported version of LaTeX has +led to a change in directory naming on the CTAN hosts. The message +displayed upon cd'ing into selected directories in the CTAN macros +hierarchy is appended below my sig for reference. Briefly: + 1. macros/latex/ has been moved to macros/latex209/ + 2. macros/latex2e/ has been moved to macros/latex/ + 3. macros/latex/ has been linked to macros/latex2e/ + temporarily to facilitate version migration + +Regards, George + +George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu +Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG +College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 +Sam Houston State University FAX: (409) 294-3612 +Huntsville, TX 77341-2118 USA + + + Effective Tuesday, June 7, 1994, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories + contain the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e --- the + presently-supported version of LaTeX (previously macros/latex2e/). + The macros/latex/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + base/ --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit. + packages/ --- officially provided and supported 2e extensions, + with each component in its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. + + The CTAN macros/latex209/ directories contain the distribution and + related files for LaTeX 2.09 (previously macros/latex/). + The macros/latex209/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + distribs/ --- the complete LaTeX 2.09 distribution kit, with each + component within its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2.09. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. Single files are retained + together in the misc/ subdirectory. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 19:55:20 +0200 +From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf) +Subject: The new LaTeX + + + The new LaTeX + + Leslie Lamport and the LaTeX3 project team + + June 1994 + + + +The LaTeX3 project team is pleased to announce the release of the new +standard version of LaTeX. It is upwardly compatible with existing +LaTeX documents, and contains new features including the long-awaited +graphics extensions. + +Over the years many extensions of LaTeX have been developed. This is, +of course, a welcome development, since it shows that the LaTeX system +is in a healthy state. It has, however, had one unfortunate +consequence: there were several incompatible systems all claiming to +be LaTeX. = + + +The new LaTeX puts an end to this unsatisfactory situation -- it gives +access to all extensions such as SLiTeX, AmSLaTeX, and PSLaTeX, based +on a single format. This will end the proliferation of mutually +incompatible dialects of LaTeX. + +We have also introduced a small number of often-requested features +(such as more control over float placement) and an improved interface +for writers of document classes and packages. + +The new LaTeX is described in a new edition of `LaTeX: A Document +Preparation System' by Leslie Lamport (to appear during 1994) and `The +LaTeX Companion' by Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, both published +by Addison-Wesley. + +>From now on there will be a new distribution of LaTeX twice a year, in +June and December. + +The new LaTeX can be retrieved by anonymous ftp from the CTAN archives: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/base + + +The files in these directories require a somewhat long unpacking +process. For those who prefer to skip this step, we provide a second +distribution in unpacked format in the following CTAN directories: + + ftp.tex.ac.uk /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + ftp.shsu.edu /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + ftp.dante.de /tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked + + +Apologies and Thanks +- -------------------- +For obvious reasons, we have not been able to incorporate everyone's +suggestions for improvements or fixes to LaTeX. + +We are nevertheless very grateful to everyone who has made suggestions +and/or reported bugs and other problems with old versions and with the +beta-test versions. We hope that all of your reports have been +answered by one of us: if not, please let us know. We have given them +all serious consideration and, in many cases where we have not been +able to act on them now, we have added them to the list of things that +need further attention in the future. 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