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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.06 b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.06 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f62d370bb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.06 @@ -0,0 +1,380 @@ +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V95 #06 +Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Content-ID: <1527.794052817.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 10:13:38 +0000 +Message-ID: <1528.794052818@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 1 Mar 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 06 +(incorporating UKTeX Digest) + +Today's Topics: + Re: TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences + LaTeX2e compatibility problem + RE: DVItoLN03 + RE: Commands for page selection in Ghostscript + Re: DOS color dvi previewer +Re: DOS color dvi previewer and Commands for page selection in Ghostsc + Macros to upcase/lowercase words with dotless i. + Setting Japanese printer + Paul Higgins: AMS-LaTeX on approximate PC + Re: email/path/http macros + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott + Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + Subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk + (message body = "subscribe texhax" or "unsubscribe texhax", [no quotes]) + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 19:11:23 -0800 +From: Donald Arseneau <asnd@erich.triumf.ca> +Subject: Re: TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences + +In TeXhax Digest V95 #05, K. Berry wrote: + +>% From p.308 of the TeXbook. This cannot be used in places where TeX +>% might be skipping tokens, e.g., in conditionals. +>% +>\def\ifundefined#1{\expandafter\ifx\csname#1\endcsname\relax} + +The "\relax" test is how LaTeX does it, but so many meaningful +commands are \let equal to \relax, it is a very unreliable method. +For example, in LaTeX, you can foolishly do: \newcommand{\protect}{} +and disaster will follow. + +I have used various bizzare names (\Und@rfined, e.g.) but I now just +use \undefined. If you define it, things will break anyway, so just +trust it. + +For a version that *can* be skipped in conditionals, there must be +an obvious fundamental \if__ command, so: + +% From p.308 of the TeXbook. This CAN be used in places where TeX +% might be skipping tokens, e.g., in conditionals. +% +\def\undefined#1{..\fi\expandafter\ifx\csname#1\endcsname\relax} + +Use: \if\undefined{this}use \this \else \def\this{} \fi + +(None of this is news to Karl, but I thought I would (b)elaborate.) + +Donald Arseneau asnd@reg.triumf.ca + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 17:47:08 +0000 +From: David Lindsey <d.c.lindsey@abdn.ac.uk> +Subject: LaTeX2e compatibility problem + +We have encountered a problem with the way LaTeXe treats the UK currency +symbol (called up by the \pounds{} macro) compared to +LaTeX 2.09. It appears that LaTeX2e, even in 2.09 compatibility mode, +no longer uses the italicised dollar symbol in the 'cmti' font but +invokes a symbol from the 'cmu' font instead. This might go unnoticed +if one has such a font raster image installed. If not, the result may +be some mild grumblings from a device driver when one comes to view or +print it and a blank space on output if the driver doesn't make fonts on +the fly. + +So, I guess my question(s) is/are: 'Is it a bug or a feature and are there any +other similar, related, differences one might encounter?' + +David Lindsey (d.c.lindsey@abdn.ac.uk) +Aberdeen University Computing Centre + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 19:34:24 +0000 +From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <CHAA006@vms.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: DVItoLN03 + +- ->I'm copying this reply to TeXhax; hopefully someone who is more +- ->conversant with the present-day layout of the archive than I am can +- ->assist Alan. It may be that I'm mistaken, and that the files wanted +- ->_are_ still in the archive: if so, I can only say that the layout +- ->nowadays is non-intuitive. + +I can probably supply whatever he needs. ** Phil. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 19:37:26 +0000 +From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <CHAA006@vms.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: Commands for page selection in Ghostscript + +- ->There is what appears to be some utility and batch files for running +- ->ghostscript with keystrokes for selection of pages, magnification, +- ->translations etc. + +- ->These have been written by P.Pianowski and B.Jackowski and were +- ->presented at the 8th EuroTex Conference 1994. + +- ->My problem is that I have tried to run ghostscript (MS-DOS) with these +- ->command +- ->procedures with no success. The "batch files" do not appear to be DOS. +- ->Does anyone have any more information on this stuff, or know how/where I +- ->can contact the authors of the work? + +Neither Bogus/law (B.Jackowski) nor Piotr (P.Pianowski) have access to +e-mail; however, I have a copy of their code and it seems to work for +me. Can you tell me more of the nature of the problems you are +encountering? + + ** Phil. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 23:50:30 -0500 +From: "Richard J. Kinch" <kinch@ios.com> +Subject: Re: DOS color dvi previewer + +In article <16490.792353753@unicorn> ogam@ALPHALMA.CNRS-MRS.FR wrote: +: I am looking for a DOS/Windows dvi previewer that supports the +: color packages and the virtual fonts. I acquired a commercial version +: of Tex/Latex from PCTEX, after having read their publicity on the +: compatibility with Latex2e and packages. It is far from being compatible. +: So please if you have this information, We will appreciate. + +TrueTeX supports both color text and virtual fonts. + +Richard J. Kinch kinch@netcom.com +611 Mitchell Street Tel (607) 273-0222 +Ithaca NY 14850 USA FAX (607) 273-0484 +Publisher, TrueTeX (R) brand of software for typesetting + Info at FTP://ftp.netcom.com/pub/Tr/TrueTeX/truetex.txt + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:07:36 +0000 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@ELSEVIER.CO.UK> +Subject: Re: DOS color dvi previewer and Commands for page selection in Ghostsc + ript + +a) color previewers for DOS. there are no +previewers of which I am aware that implement +the full spec of the LaTeX2e colour package. I +suggest using a dvi to PostScript, and then +GhostScript. PCTeX#s dvi to PS is partially +compatible with the colour package, but doesnt +implement everything + +b) psview. i use this GhostScript addon every +day. the batch files in the archive are for 4DOS, +since they emanate from the 4AllTeX people. I +suggest reading the file ps_view.ps for +instructions. I append a suitable DOS batch file +for those with ansi.sys loaded. the paths will +need editing + +sebastian rahtz + +- ------------------- PSVIEW.BAT follows -------------------- +@echo off +rem {PAGE} p goto specified page +rem [pgup] goto next page +rem [pgdn] goto previous page +rem {MAG} m set magnification factor +rem g draw grid +rem {HORIZ} {VERT} v view magnified and shifted picture +rem {SHIFT} s set shift +rem [left] shift left +rem [right] shift right +rem [up] shift up +rem [down] shift down +rem q quit with saving the restart information +rem x exit +rem r rotate picture counterclockwise by abs(STEP)*90 +rem hf flip picture horizontaly +rem vf flip picture verticaly +rem i view picture with initial parameter settings +rem w view whole picture +rem c redraw current picture +rem {INCR} * undo previous picture +rem {INCR} + redo undone picture +rem { ... } means optional parameter + +echo [27;"q";13p +echo [0;72;"u";13p +echo [0;80;"d";13p +echo [0;77;"r";13p +echo [0;75;"l";13p +echo [0;73;"p";13p +echo [0;81;"n";13p +echo [43;"1.4 m";13;"v";13p +echo [45;"0.7 m";13;"v";13p +echo [114;"ro";13p +echo [105;"i";13p +echo [119;"w";13p +echo [99;"c";13p +echo [112;"pn";13;"v";13p +echo [103;"g";13p +echo [118;"v";13p +echo [115;"s";13p +echo [113;"q";13p +echo [120;"x";13p +l:\emtex\gs386 -Il:\emtex\gs -Il:\psfonts -q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE ps_view.p +s ps_p.ps -c (%1) run > nul +echo [27;27p +echo [0;72;0;72p +echo [0;80;0;80p +echo [0;77;0;77p +echo [0;75;0;75p +echo [0;73;0;73p +echo [0;81;0;81p +echo [43;43p +echo [45;45p +echo [114;114p +echo [105;105p +echo [119;119p +echo [99;99p +echo [112;112p +echo [103;103p +echo [118;118p +echo [115;115p +echo [113;113p +echo [120;120p + + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:40:36 -0200 +From: Hedison Kiuity Sato <sato@pppg.ufba.br> +Subject: Macros to upcase/lowercase words with dotless i. + +I wonder to know a macro to upcase words with dotless i. By the way, this +necessity arose when I used the package portuges.sty in LaTeX2e. + +Portuguese is a language that, frequently, uses the sequence \'\i{}. So, +for example with "book" style, the chapter title is automatically upcased +and put in the running head, but all sequences \'\i{} remain as they are, +instead of the correct \'I. The reason is that the TeX primitive +\uppercase don't do this job. + +Thanks in advance. + +Hedison Kiuity Sato - PPPG/UFBA Fone: 55(71) 237-0408 +E-Mail: sato@pppg.ufba.br Fax: 247-3004 +**************************************************************************** +Universidade Federal da Bahia +Programa de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao em Geofisica +**************************************************************************** + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 16:00:20 +0000 +From: yoshihiro.kawai@eng.ox.ac.uk (Yoshihiro Kawai) +Subject: Setting Japanese printer + +I would like to let me know how to set up when I print out of emTex, English +letter Tex, results to Japanese printer, Cannon ink_jet handy printer. + +Thank you very much in advance. + +Sincerely yours, + +Yoshihiro Kawai +Postgraduate Student +University of Oxford + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:27:01 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk> +Subject: Paul Higgins: AMS-LaTeX on approximate PC + +This message was sent to me as UK TUG membership enquiries bod: +- ------- Forwarded Message + +Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 11:16:10 +0000 (GMT) +From: Paul Higgins NO PHONE NO SUPPLIED <higgins@maths.ox.ac.uk> +To: uktug-enquiries@tex.ac.uk + +Dear Sir, + +I want to install AMS-LaTex onto a pc with a Pentium chip. Is this +possible, and are the necessary programs available from the TeX archive? +If not, what is the best way for me to get a good version of TeX running? + +yours faithfully, + +Paul Higgins. + +- ------- End of Forwarded Message + +Robin Fairbairns; please answer to Higgins directly, not to me. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 07:44:16 -0800 +From: Donald Arseneau <asnd@erich.triumf.ca> +Subject: Re: email/path/http macros + +I had an idea for a good way to allow linebreaks in email addresses +and such: typeset in math mode and let punctuation characters be +relations and binary operators. This even gives good breakpoints +in "http://whatever" --> http: // whatever + +I put together the macros, with no real documentation yet, but I would +like some opinions before finalizing them. Would anyone like to do +a test run? I have some specific questions: + + - How is my default list of punctuation characters? + - Are there inappropriate breaks/non-breaks? + - Should I make it easy to define different macros with different + punctuation lists? (despite the added complexity) + - What should the main macro be called? I used "\email", but that + is probably in heavy use already. + - LaTex2e options or plain TeX compatibility? + +So send me email, and I'll send you \email! + +Donald Arseneau \email{asnd@reg.triumf.ca} + +------------------------------ +About TeXhax... + +Please send contributions to: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk + +Subscription and unsubscription requests: + send a one line mail message to TeXhax-Request@tex.ac.uk + containing either subscribe texhax + or unsubscribe texhax + +To obtain the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) lists for TeX, send a +message with no subject to fileserv@shsu.edu, consisting of +SENDME FAQ + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +TUG@TUG.org, or write TeX Users Group, P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, +CA 93102, USA. + +Backnumbers of all the digests are stored in the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) and can be retrieved on the Internet by +anonymous ftp. 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