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+From texhax-digest-outgoing-request@nottingham.ac.uk Mon Jan 8 21:25:30 1996
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+Subject: TeXhax Digest V96 #1
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+TeXhax Digest Monday, 8 January 1996 Volume 96 : Number 001
+
+(incorporating UKTeX Digest)
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18
+ Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18
+ some questions from a newcomer
+ more questions!
+ LaTeX2e
+ modes.mf 3.0 available
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk>
+Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 09:16:38 GMT
+Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18
+
+ > From: Andre HECK <heck@cdsxb6.u-strasbg.fr>
+ > Date: Tue, 05 Dec 95 17:25:31 +0100
+ > Subject: Chemical TeX/LaTeX
+ >
+ > My daughter heard that specific chemistry-oriented TeX/LaTeX packages
+ > were available, without more details unfortunately. My search in the
+ > ctan archives were unsuccessful.
+ > Anyone knows more about this matter? If so, is there any shareware
+ > available?
+there are several; look for chemtex, and xymtex; the latter, from
+Japan, is described in an article in the next issue of
+TUGboat. Another package, described by J Hagen at this years EuroTeX,
+is published in the EuroTeX 95 proceedings, an article which will be
+reprinted in TUGboat early next year
+
+Sebastian Rahtz
+Secretary, TUG
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: lamport@pa.dec.com
+Date: Sun, 17 Dec 95 13:58:13 -0800
+Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18
+
+J. Greg Davidson, who hates being misquoted, writes
+
+ I find that most people I show TeX to dislike it on sight and decline
+ my offer to help them learn to use it. At the same time, they're
+ interested in SGML and planning to convert existing documents to and
+ write new documents in that form. This is the source of our big
+ opportunity.
+
+ My biggest gripe about TeX is that I find writing and understanding
+ TeX macros to be difficult...
+
+ As people move towards keeping documents in SGML form, they will be
+ looking for a good text formatter to use in conjunction with their
+ SGML documents.
+
+Many people think that SGML offers a solution to the problems of
+document preparation. They're wrong. SGML is just a statement of
+the problem. The goals of SGML--a markup language that separates
+logical structure from formatting directions--are precisely the goals
+of LaTeX. However, LaTeX is a program to produce real output--not just
+a syntax for wishing what the document should look like. It is this
+difference that is the primary reason why LaTeX input is a lot uglier
+than SGML; the difference between TeX syntax and SGML syntax has
+little to do with it.
+
+SGML syntax has some nice features. However, if you look at the
+HTML3.0 syntax for describing equations, you will discover that no-one
+in his right mind would want to type any significant amount of
+mathematics in SGML. Should HTML ever become expressive enough for
+mathematical documents (at the moment, the only math symbols HTML3.0
+provides are \sqrt, \lnot, and \pm), one would have to create those
+documents either with a WYSIWYG editor or by translating from a more
+TeX-like syntax.
+
+We've learned a lot in the last dozen years, and we know how to do
+some things better than Don did in TeX. But it's by no means clear
+that we know how to create a system with the power of TeX that would
+make adding new features very much easier. Think of all the work
+that's been done to give unsophisticated users the power of a
+programming language. After 30 years, there still doesn't seem to be
+anything better than Basic.
+
+Leslie Lamport
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it (gabriele migliorini)
+Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 15:27:26 +0100
+Subject: some questions from a newcomer
+
+ Dear readers,
+ i just began working with LaTeX, and I am waiting for
+a friend of mine to take me back from England a copy of the Companion
+(here in Italy, English and american books cost twice their price, for
+you get a very unfair exchange rate from bookshops) I'd like to get
+some little help before getting the book, even if I fear my questions
+could seem too much stupid for the expert ones. Two kind of problems:
+
+Text: how do I do to write a paragraph (or some paragraphs) and keep
+all of them on the same page? I remember that (a long time ago) in
+word perfect there was a function to put in a couple of markers
+telling to keep all the text in beetween on the same page. By now, I
+tried to resolve my problem by putting the paragraph in a minipage,
+but this cannot function with in paragraph stuff.
+
+Graphics: I poked around to understand how to include graphics in my
+documents, and I found many suggestions. Now, I've seen that (to me)
+the best format are those whose commands ger embedded right into the
+dvi file. I've seen that pstricks and eepic do thins kind of job, but
+both are written for LaTeX209; I cannot let pst function, but eepic
+seems great, with both XFIG and gnuplot. Now, my question: is there
+anybody who knows if there are incompatibilities w/epic-eepic other
+than the ones I didn't see? And what about PSTricks?
+
+Now, I have to thank everybody, and tell an happy new year to all the
+readers, those that will help me, and those who will be bored by my English
+an my questions. I apologize!.
+
+Sincerely,
+ gabriele
+
+gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it (gabriele migliorini)
+Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 16:17:26 +0100
+Subject: more questions!
+
+I remembered just now that I need one more information about LaTeX:
+I'm writing about rotary motions, and I enocounter many rotations
+vectors; the standard practice is to use the normal greek letters
+you'd use for an angle, and tell the vector character typing the name
+in bold face. I can do that with standard {\bf a}, but the command
+{\bf \omega} doesn't work. How can I fix this behavior? Now, I'm to
+ask if there is someone willing to tell me the reason why the \left
+and \right verbs before opening and closing brackets and braces cannot
+be implicitly told by LaTeX: if i'm writing a fraction like (\frac
+{abc}{def}), I get small brackets; don't you think the standard
+behavior should be to prepone an mplicit \left or \right to any
+opening and closing bracket? (I see that |a|b|c| could break this
+semantics, but I think you could make the bars use the explicit
+notations and the other delimitations the implicit one) I thank you,
+sincerely.
+
+ gabriele
+
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: Andrew Jones $STAFF <JONEAN@trentcollege.nott.sch.uk>
+Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:29:11 +0000
+Subject: LaTeX2e
+
+To whom it may concern, I have a few problems which need solving, and
+do not know where to go for advice:
+
+I currently possess just LaTeX, but wiped it off my system, when
+trying to make room for something else. Stupidly, I did not back it
+up and recall that I had some problems trying to install it last
+time, having to change various lines in various files, both in emtex,
+and in my Config.sys and autoexec.bat files. As you may gather, I am
+pretty well a beginner with TeX. Does anyone know of anyone who would
+be able guide me through the reinstallation?
+
+Secondly, when I originally installed it, I had it set up to print on
+a Star LC10 9-pin dot matrix. I now possess a Canon BJ-10ex. I
+managed to get various printer drivers, none written speciically for
+this model, but none of them seem to work. Any suggestions?
+
+Finally, I was given your address from a visiting lecturer who uses
+LaTeX enormously. It rekindled my interest in Latex, and I would
+dearly love to get it properly re-installed once again. However, I
+notice that LaTeX2e is mentioned a great deal. What are the
+advantages, if any, of switching to this? I am currently using a
+386sx-20 with a 70 MB HDD, but am hoping to upgrade to a 486DX2-66
+with a 400MB HDD and CD-ROM in the near future.
+
+I would gratefully appreciate any information that you can give me.
+
+Yours sincerely Andrew Jones at Trent College
+the near future
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu>
+Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:55:22 -0500
+Subject: modes.mf 3.0 available
+
+I have released version 3.0 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from
+
+ ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf
+
+and shortly from ftp.cdrom.com:pub/tex/modes.mf and the ctan sites in
+/tex-archive/fonts/modes/modes-3.0.mf. finger ctan@ftp.shsu.edu for a
+list of all the CTAN sites and mirrors. The mailing list
+tex-archive@math.utah.edu receives most TeX-related announcements; email
+tex-archive-request@math.utah.edu to join.
+
+You can also get it by email from if you cannot ftp: email
+fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of `sendme modes'.
+
+News:
+- - most importantly, a new and much cleaner way of doing write/white
+ changes, compatible with the DC fonts as well as CM, etc. This *does*
+ affect the rasterization to some extent, but in the cases I tried, it
+ was no worse, and sometimes better.
+- - a small test file, modetest.tex, included.
+- - new modes for the Amiga ShowDVI previewer, PC previewing,
+ high-resolution fax, LJ 5, Canon BJC, Lexmark Optra 4049 R, Agfa 3400PS.
+- - default localfont now ljfour.
+- - screen_rows, screen_cols interchanged to match plain.mf.
+- - TeX formatting improved, but still not completely working.
+
+As always, thanks to the contributors, and further additions and
+improvements are welcome. Please send bug reports or suggestions to
+tex-fonts@math.utah.edu (email tex-fonts-request to join the mailing list).
+
+
+General information:
+
+modes.mf is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common
+definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and
+landscape mode. It uses up too much memory for the table sizes in the
+original mf.web, so you either have to increase the sizes (as in Web2c)
+or rename the file and remove unneeded modes. I can't decipher mf.web
+well enough to understand how to make the modes use less memory; if some
+Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd very much like to hear it.
+
+If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the
+existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition,
+particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome.
+
+kb@cs.umb.edu
+
+mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS
+mode_def agfatfzz = % AGFA P3400PS
+mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga
+mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5
+mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6
+mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer
+mode_def atarinf = % Atari 95dpi previewer
+mode_def atarins = % Atari 96x96 previewer
+mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen
+mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi
+mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex
+mode_def boise = % HP 2680A
+mode_def canonbjc = % Canon BJC-600, 360x360dpi
+mode_def canonex = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630
+mode_def canonlbp = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10
+mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600
+mode_def cgl = % Compugraphic 8600 landscape
+mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600
+mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS
+mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX
+mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc
+mode_def newdd = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio
+mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024
+mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768
+mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500
+mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045
+mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover
+mode_def eighthre = % EightThree (83x83)
+mode_def epsdrft = % Epson at 120x72dpi
+mode_def epsdrftl = % Epson at 120x72dpi landscape
+mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi
+mode_def epsfastl = % Epson at 60x72dpi landscape
+mode_def epson = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family
+mode_def epsonl = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family landscape
+mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500
+mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi
+mode_def epsonlol = % Epson at 120x216dpi landscape
+mode_def epstylus = % Epson Stylus
+mode_def fourfour = % FourFour (44x44) (really low-res)
+mode_def gtfax = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax
+mode_def gtfaxl = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax landscape
+mode_def gtfaxlo = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax
+mode_def gtfaxlol = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax landscape
+mode_def highfax = % 200 x 200dpi G3fax
+mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480
+mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1)
+mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (\#2)
+mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor
+mode_def ibmegal = % IBM EGA monitor landscape
+mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019
+mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30, 4250
+mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter
+mode_def ibmppl = % IBM ProPrinter landscape
+mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display
+mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa)
+mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812
+mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820
+mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen
+mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen
+mode_def ibmtosnl = % IBM 3179 screen landscape
+mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor
+mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX
+mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A
+mode_def itohl = % CItoh 8510A landscape
+mode_def itohtoz = % CItoh 310
+mode_def itohtozl = % CItoh 310 landscape
+mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter
+mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi
+mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75
+mode_def lexmarkr = % IBM (Lexmark) Optra R (4049)
+mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi
+mode_def linolttz = % Linotype Linotronic L-300 with RIP-50
+mode_def linoone = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi
+mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi
+mode_def ljfive = % HP LaserJet 5
+mode_def ljfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4
+mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi
+mode_def lmaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster
+mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01
+mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20
+mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi
+mode_def lqmed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi
+mode_def lqmedl = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi landscape
+mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor
+mode_def lwpro = % Apple LaserWriterPro 810
+mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1
+mode_def mactrue = % Mac screens at 72dpi
+mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch
+mode_def nec = % NEC 180dpi
+mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi
+mode_def neclm = % NEC PC-PR406LM 320dpi
+mode_def nectzo = % NEC PC-PR201 series 160dpi
+mode_def nexthi = % NeXT 400dpi, Newgen
+mode_def nextscrn = % 100dpi NeXT monitor
+mode_def nineone = % NineOne (91x91)
+mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only
+mode_def onetz = % OneTwoZero (120/120)
+mode_def onezz = % OneZeroZero (100x100)
+mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS
+mode_def okidata = % Okidata
+mode_def okidatal = % Okidata landscape
+mode_def okifte = % Okidata 410e in 600 DPI mode
+mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns
+mode_def pcprevw = % preview on pc screen
+mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi
+mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ
+mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine)
+mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725
+mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700
+mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser
+mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216
+mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03
+mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter
+mode_def starnlt = % Star NL-10
+mode_def starnltl = % Star NL-10 landscape
+mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi
+mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi
+mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ
+mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi
+mode_def vs = % VAXstation monitor
+mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P
+mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi
+mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi
+mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6
+mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600
+mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045
+mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090/4700
+mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700
+mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700
+
+------------------------------
+
+End of TeXhax Digest V96 #1
+***************************
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