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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.08 b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.08 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75c70413db --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.08 @@ -0,0 +1,339 @@ +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V95 #08 +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: <1111.796987863.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 10:31:04 +0100 +Message-ID: <1112.796987864@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Tuesday, 4 Apr 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 08 +(incorporating UKTeX Digest) + +Today's Topics: + Troff to LaTeX converter + Re: Lucida Bright Fonts + tex for atari + Czech characters + METAPOST for DOS + Re: new distribution of 4alltex + Long subfigures... + ANNOUNCE: EuroTeX'95 Conference ANNOUNCE: EuroTeX'95 Conference + CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Job vacancy for TeX programmer / operator + + +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, 24 Mar 1995 10:52:03 -0800 +From: farrell@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Phil Farrell) +Subject: Troff to LaTeX converter + +In TeXhax Digest 95:05, Larry Wos <wos@mcs.anl.gov> asked: +> Do you know of any program that will take troff source and +> return the equilanet TeX source? +> I am als interested in the converse. +> Indeed, I have some TeX source (paers) and sme in troff, +> and wish to convert each. Thanks in advance. LW + +One of our former students created a troff-to-LaTeX translator called +tr2tex. This dates from 1987, and so should be compatible with any +variety of LaTeX around. It has support for some, but not all, of the +standard troff macro packages. You can pick up a copy via anonymous ftp +to pangea.stanford.edu, in pub/textools.tar or /pub/textools.tar.Z +(UNIX compress). This package also contains some latex syntax checking +tools. + +- -Phil Farrell, Computer Systems Manager +Stanford University School of Earth Sciences +farrell@pangea.stanford.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 11:06:43 -0500 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: Lucida Bright Fonts + +> From: Kieran Parsons <kieran@ccr.bris.ac.uk> + +> Does anyone know of a UK supplier of Lucida Bright and Lucida Math fonts? + +> (or if not, any supplier at all!) + +The LucidaBright + LucidaNewMath font set and the LucidaBrightExpert font +set are available from Y&Y. They also carry other fonts sets in commercial +grade, fully hinted, ATM compatible Adobe Type 1 format, such as MathTime, +CM, AMS, extra LaTeX + SliTeX fonts etc. + +You can contact them at sales-help@YandY.com +Or check out their World Wide Web page at http://www.YandY.com + +DISCLAIMER: respondent has connections with Y&Y. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 12:15:40 -1100 +From: Jalaluddin Abdullah <B-JALAL@UTMJB.EARN> +Subject: tex for atari + +Do you know where I can obtain a current version of TeX for the ATARI? +At the moment I'm running an old version of the German TeX. Thanks. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 06:22:53 +0200 +From: Andre HECK <heck@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr> +Subject: Czech characters + +Could anyone tell me where I could find a macro for producing +u with a small circle on top? +Many thanks in advance. +A. Heck (heck@astro.u-strasbg.fr) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 09:50:49 +0000 +From: Bill Peel <W.Peel@mmu.ac.uk> +Subject: METAPOST for DOS + +Does anyone know if Metapost for DOS has been released yet. I looked +on CTAN recently but only found what appeared to be the sources for a +Unix version. + +Thanks + + Bill Peel + + +Bill Peel | Computing Services +w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University + | Chester Street + | Manchester M1 5GD + | England + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 15:20:16 +0100 +From: "R. Allan Reese" <R.A.Reese@computer-centre.hull.ac.uk> +Subject: Re: new distribution of 4alltex + +On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, Phons Bloemen wrote: + +> There is a new release: ftp.urc.tue.nl:/pub/tex/4alltex +> With installation program. +> +> Phons + +I just went searching for the update. It isn't on the UK CTAN which +appears to have directories DISK01 to DISK30 dated March 94. I noticed +the update has directories with new names, so it wasn't clear whether +the TUE directories are a complete installation or a set of replacements +of additions to the 1-30 directories. I guess the TUE set is complete. + +I haven't managed to fetch the set of directories from TUE yet. If +fetching from CTAN you can get a whole package by a single command + + get XXXX.zip or XXXX.tar + +and the archive combines all the files and subdirectories as a single +transfer. From TUE I can do + + mget * + +but this fetches only one directory and copies into the current directory. +So to get the package I have to manually create the directory structure +here and climb round the directories here and at TUE, then mget within +each directory. Surely I am missing some simple trick? + +(R.) Allan Reese Email: r.a.reese@ucc.hull.ac.uk +Head of Applications, Computer Centre Direct voice: +44 482 465296 +Hull University Voice messages: +44 482 465685 +Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. Fax: +44 482 466441 + +------------------------------ + +Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 11:37:23 +0000 +From: kgi@mrao.cam.ac.uk +Subject: Long subfigures... + +Hi, +I am trying to incorporate a figure which has three subfigures into a +piece of LaTex. The problem is that the subfigures are quite large, and as +a consequence the figure need to spread over more than one page. Is there +a facility in LaTex2e for doing this, in much the same way that one can +spread a long table over more than one page. +Thanks, +Kate Isaak + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:52:12 +0100 +From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) +Subject: ANNOUNCE: EuroTeX'95 Conference ANNOUNCE: EuroTeX'95 Conference + +The EuroTeX conference 1995, including tutorials, will take place from + + September 4th until September 8th + +in the Netherlands. The conference will be held at Papendal, near the city of +Arnhem. + +Papendal is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the Netherlands. +Right in the middle of the vast woods of the province of Gelderland. About +eight kilometers west of Arnhem. Tucked away under the lee of the green +Veluwe-fringe. + +The conference starts on September 4th in the afternoon and runs until +September 7th noon. +Thursday afternoon and Friday September 8th are reserved for courses and/or +tutorials. + +The theme of the conference is: + + The TeX Toolbox + +Wherever we talk about `TeX' we mean TeX and a format, such as plain, LaTeX, +AMSTeX, etc. + +We would like to have talks that deal with topics such as: + + * the integration of TeX in the working environment, or using TeX in full + (bidirectional) co-operation with all kinds of other applications; + * conversion to and from TeX; + * dissemination of typeset material (PostScript, Acrobat); + * importing text and/or data from other applications (spreadsheets, + databases) into TeX documents; + * how to add value to documents by using TeX, so that they can not only be + easily typeset, but can also be turned into `active' hyperdocuments, by + translating them into SGML/HTML or Acrobat, or be used as data for + database searches; + * multi-discipline, multi-language aspects of TeX; + * `novel' uses of TeX such as bi/multi-lingual translations/dictionaries, + legal texts, poetry,... + +We would also like to offer courses and/or tutorials on any of the following +topics: + + * introduction to using LaTeX; + * LaTeX for package and class file writers; + * Making PostScript (Truetype) fonts available for use in TeX documents; + * database publishing with (La)TeX; + * (La)TeX and hypertexts, HTML, SGML, hyperTeX. + +If you feel qualified to teach one of these subjects or think other topics +should be covered, please send us your proposal. + +Please notice the following (preliminary) deadlines: + +April 10th : date when abstracts should be received +April 20th : date to tell authors their abstract has been accepted/rejected +May 15th : date to receive full papers (using LaTeX or EuroTeX style) +June 15th : date the reviews should be finished +June 25th : date to receive the final paper + +Your abstracts and proposals can be sent to eurotex-papers@cs.ruu.nl + +If you have no access to e-mail you can send your contribution to: + + EuroTeX'95 program committee + Kooienswater 62 + 2715 AJ Zoetermeer + The Netherlands + +In such a case we would ask you to submit your paper in electronic form on a +(MS-DOS compatible) floppy disk. + +- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +For additional information you may e-mail to eurotex-info@cs.ruu.nl. +Up-to-date information can also be found at the URL: + http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/eurotex/ + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 16:51:12 +0100 +From: rmulvey@cup.cam.ac.uk (Rod Mulvey) +Subject: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Job vacancy for TeX programmer / operator + +CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS + +Job vacancy for TeX programmer / operator + +Expansion of typesetting and text-processing services at Cambridge has +created one (or possibly two) immediate vacancies in our Technical +Applications Group. The job involves mathematical typesetting using TeX +and LaTeX for academic journals and books. Some knowledge of TeX and/or +LaTeX is required and willingness to work in a busy production +environment is essential. Previous experience of book or journal +typesetting would be an advantage. + +Extensive in-house training will be given in the methods and systems we use. + +Benefits include: + o 37.5 hour week, Monday to Friday + o 26 days annual holiday + o First class pension scheme + o Press Restaurant + o Sports and Social Centre + o Free car parking on-site + o Non-smoking environment. + +Our retirement age is 60 for both men and women. + +If you are interested in the above position please request an application +form by + + e-mail to rmulvey@cup.cam.ac.uk giving your postal address + +or + + telephone to Janet Mills, Personnel Assistant, on (01223) 325036 + (24 hour answering service.) + +------------------------------ +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. 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