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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.10 b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.10 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f1c3f328aa --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/95/texhax.10 @@ -0,0 +1,364 @@ +From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk +To: TeXhax Distribution: ; +Subject: TeXhax Digest V95 #10 +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: <7688.800728925.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 17:42:06 +0100 +Message-ID: <7689.800728926@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 17 May 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 10 +(incorporating UKTeX Digest) + +Today's Topics: + Including diagrams using OzTeX? + Question about headers. + Re: smallcaps and oldnumerals in Lucida B expert packae + Re: smallcaps and oldnumerals in Lucida B expert package + LaTeX for NextStep + LaTeX 2e on ftp + Floats at odd pages. + [comp.text.tex] [Feynman diagrams for LaTeX] FEYNMF v0.9 released + ANNOUNCEMENT: gsftopk version 1.9 + ANNOUNCEMENT: xdvi patchlevel 20 + + +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: Mon, 01 May 1995 15:44:21 +0100 +From: "M. MacDougall" <mad12@cc.keele.ac.uk> +Subject: Including diagrams using OzTeX? + +I wonder if you could assist me by informing me of any applemac software which +would enable me to incorporate diagrams into a file when using OzTeX. +(Usually I use Teachtext to write my .tex file.) + +I would greatly appreciate it if you would assist me as this information +would be most useful to me. + +Your sincerely, + +Margaret MacDougall. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 14:12:09 -0000 +From: C D Radcliffe <men5cdr@sun.leeds.ac.uk> +Subject: Question about headers. + +Is there a way of getting a user defined heading, + +e.g. +\pagestyle{headings} +\markright{\sc My heading} + +to appear on the first page of a document? Am I missing something +simple? I can set the page counter to 0 and 'con' latex, but there must +be a better way. + +Chris Radcliffe, + +Department of Mechanical Engineering, +University of Leeds, __o +Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. _ _`\<,_ +men5cdr@sun.leeds.ac.uk (0113 - 2332152) -_ (_)/ (_) + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 14:36:31 +0100 +From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@ELSEVIER.CO.UK> +Subject: Re: smallcaps and oldnumerals in Lucida B expert packae + +Victor Sanchez asks why the Lucida metrics +package on CTAN uses derived, and not real, +smallcaps. This is simply an oversight, and is +corrected in the forthcoming re-release of all +the metrics, and PSNFSS. The curious reader +may like to look on CTAN in fonts/psfonts.beta +to see how this is developing. A proper +announcement will be made soon + +Sebastian Rahtz + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 14:55:43 -0400 +From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) +Subject: Re: smallcaps and oldnumerals in Lucida B expert package + +> Hello, I bought the full Lucida Bright font package from Y&Y, including +> the expert fonts (boldmath, smallcaps and text figures). I changed their +> names to the Berry scheme in order to use Mr. Rahtz metric files in CTAN. +> I needed to do this since I needed T1 encoding as I write mostly in +> spanish nowdays. In a note about the lucbr package Mr. Rahtz points out +> that "support for the expert package has been added specially for the +> boldmath fonts". However, it seems that only support for boldmath was +> added as the smallcaps and oldnumerals are still derived from the caps +> and titling figures (and hence look lighter). + +You may want to get the latest versions of lucida.dtx and lucida.ins from +Y&Y. These take care of some minor problems in the older versions found in +PSNFSS on CTAN. Or, just wait for Sebastian's new versions to show up on +CTAN when he is satisfied with the changes he has made. The new versions of +the lucida.* files also solve some problems with upright Greek in bold math. +You can contact Y&Y at tech-help@YandY.com. + +I don't know about the metric files, since I use the fonts directly (using +the TFM files supplied with the fonts). There may be aditional problems +lurking in the VF files that I am not aware off. + +Berthold. + +DISCLAIMER: repsondent has connections with Y&Y. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 May 0382 15:15:25 +0100 +From: Anil Vithala Rao <anilvrao@maeroot.eng.uci.edu> +Subject: LaTeX for NextStep + +Is there a version of LaTeX for the NextStep operating system for the PC, +i.e., NextStep for x86? + +------------------------------ + +Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 19:09:43 +0000 +From: g.p. TEYSSIERE <G.P.Teyssiere@qmw.ac.uk> +Subject: LaTeX 2e on ftp + +Dear LaTeX users, +Could you confirm, please, whether the LaTeX 2Epsilon version is available +on ftp. I got the reference ftp.tex.ac.uk with the subdirectory /tex- +archive/macros/latex/base but this server is declared as unknown. +Many Thanks in advance. +Gilles Teyssiere + +Dr Gilles Teyssiere +University of London +Dpt of Economics, +Mile End Road, +London E1 4NS. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 18:05:03 +0100 +From: wk58674@pharos.fss.fokker.nl (Weynand Kuijpers) +Subject: Floats at odd pages. + +Dear reader, + +At this moment I am writing my graduation report. Some time ago I encountered +the TeX/LaTeX typesetting system, and decided to write this report with the +package. In contrast to many text processing systems TeX/LaTeX satisfies all +my needs in a very convenient way. Compliments for this. Still a question +rises for which I cannot find an answer. + +In this report I want to incorporate large numbers of eps graphs. A very fine +mechanism for this purpose has been developped. But I would like to set a +default that puts all floating stuff (including tables) on the odd (left) +pages of the "book" document class. Is this possible by using a style file +or need I some extra code? + +Please forgive me if I haven't read the LaTeX Companion good enough. I hope +that someone else has come across this question and solved it. + +Thanks in advance Weynand + +Weynand Kuijpers + +Daytime Private: E-mail +Fokker Space&Systems wk58674@pharos.fss.fokker.nl +P.O. box 32070 S. Lohmanlaan 70 wkuijpers@fss.fokker.nl +2303 DB Leiden 3118 RT Schiedam wk58674@robotix.fss.fokker.nl +(0)71-245886 (0)10-4717511 + +------------------------------ + +Date: 06 May 1995 04:47:58 +0000 +From: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de (Thorsten Ohl) +Subject: [comp.text.tex] [Feynman diagrams for LaTeX] FEYNMF v0.9 released + +This announces a new version of feynmf, a combined LaTeX/Metafont +package for easy drawing of professional quality Feynman diagrams. +This version features a new ``immediate'' mode, which allows to access +Metafont's wonderful expressiveness much more conveniently. + +I plan to release this version as version 1.0 after revising the +manual. If you're desperate for a feature or have suggestions for the +manual, this is the time to speak up. I will be very reluctant about +adding features, but hints for the manual are welcome. + +This software will show up through the magic of mirroring at the CTAN +host near you. Below is the README file. + +Enjoy, +- -Thorsten + +/// Thorsten Ohl, TH Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstr. 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany +//////////////// net: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de, ohl@gnu.ai.mit.edu +/// voice: +49-6151-16-3116, secretary: +49-6151-16-2072, fax: +49-6151-16-2421 + +# $Id: README,v 1.15 1995/04/28 01:20:45 ohl Exp $ +######################################################################## + + This is feynmf, a combined LaTeX/Metafont package for easy drawing + of professional quality Feynman diagrams. feynmf lays out most + diagrams satisfactorily from the structure of the graph without + any need for manual intervention. Nevertheless all the power of + Metafont is available for the most obscure cases. See the + documentation for appetizers, examples and more details. + + Anyway, you are invited to share, use, abuse, and improve it, see + the file COPYING for details. + + Enjoy, + -Thorsten + +######################################################################## + + Comments, bug reports and improvements are welcome at: + + Thorsten.Ohl@Physik.TH-Darmstadt.de + (aka: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de) + + New versions can be found in: + + crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/ohl/feynmf + + or at CTAN: + + {ftp.shsu.edu,ftp.tex.ac.uk,ftp.dante.de}: + ... macros/latex/contrib/supported/feynmf + + There are two mailing lists + + feynmf-announce@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de + feynmf-bugs@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de + + both are open for subscription. The former should be very low + volume and carry only important announcements. The latter can + serve as a more general discussion forum. + + To subscribe, send mail to + + majordomo@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de + + and NOT to the lists itself. The following commands (on a line in + the body of the mail, not in the subject) are useful: `subscribe + feynmf-announce', `unsubscribe feynmf-bugs', `help', etc. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 17:47:09 -0700 +From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: gsftopk version 1.9 + +This is to announce that version 1.9 of gsftopk is available. gsftopk is +a utility that calls Ghostscript to render PostScript fonts, and then converts +them into pk format. This allows you to view PostScript fonts in xdvi. + +This version is necessary if you are using gs3.3.3. + +To upgrade, you can either: + + 1. get the whole package again: + + CTAN:tex-archive/fonts/utilities/gsftopk/gsftopk-1.9.tar.gz + + or + + 2. apply the following patch to version 1.8: + + CTAN:tex-archive/fonts/utilities/gsftopk/gsftopk-1.8-1.9.diff.gz + +These files are also available in Unix compress format from math.berkeley.edu +in the directory pub/Software/TeX. + +Also, gsftopk 1.9 is included with xdvi-20, which is also being released +at this time. + +- --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 17:50:48 -0700 +From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: xdvi patchlevel 20 + +This is to announce that patchlevel 20 for xdvi, a previewer for .dvi files +under the X Window System, has been released. It is available via anonymous +ftp from ftp.x.org in the file contrib/applications/xdvi-20.tar.Z +(and coming soon to a mirror site near you...). + +Patchlevel 20 fixes some bugs that were present in patchlevel 19. Patchlevel +19, which was recently released but not announced (due to the bugs), adds: + + o Support for header= and `!' PostScript specials. + o Path searching for PostScript header and figure files. + o Ability to use compressed PostScript figure files. + o Numerous smaller bug fixes and enhancements. + +Among the bugs fixed is an image clipping problem with gs 3.x. The patch to +gs that I had circulated earlier is no longer necessary (and probably +incorrect). The new FAQ file contains a revised patch, provided by Tim +Theisen, which fixes bugs both for ghostview and for xdvi. You should use +it if you are using gs 3.3.3. + +This version of xdvi also includes version 1.9 of gsftopk, which contains +fixes for working with gs 3.3.3. + +Information on xdvi is available on the WWW at the following URL: + + http://math.berkeley.edu/~vojta/xdvi.html + +- --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ +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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