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diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/96/texhax.04 b/info/digests/texhax/96/texhax.04 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e02a32552d --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/96/texhax.04 @@ -0,0 +1,257 @@ +From texhax-digest-outgoing-request@nottingham.ac.uk Mon Mar 11 16:50:38 1996 +Received: from jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.40.193]) by granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA11662 for <cczdao@unix.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:50:36 GMT +Message-Id: <199603111650.QAA11662@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Received: from nottingham.ac.uk by jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + id <03918-0@jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>; + Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:12:56 +0000 +From: Majordomo list server <owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk> +To: texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk +Subject: TeXhax Digest V96 #4 +Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk +Errors-To: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk +Precedence: bulk +Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:12:56 +0000 +Sender: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk + + +TeXhax Digest Monday, 11 March 1996 Volume 96 : Number 004 + +(incorporating UKTeX Digest) + +Today's Topics: + + UKTUG Meeting: March 20 1996 --- TeX and the Internet + revised dealines for TUG'96 + Memo Class? + startsection + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +From: David Carlisle <carlisle@ma.man.ac.uk> +Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:07:21 GMT +Subject: UKTUG Meeting: March 20 1996 --- TeX and the Internet + +The following message is a courtesy copy of an article +that has been posted as well. + +UKTUG is holding a one day meeting at Warwick on `TeX and the Internet' + +Speakers include: + +Michel Goossens: LaTeX2HTML +Malcolm Clark HTML3 maths +Yannis Haralambous (To be announced) +Robin Fairbairns The CTAN Archives +Sebastian Rahtz Acrobat, TeX and the Web + +Details and a booking form are available on WWW + +http://www.ma.man.ac.uk/~carlisle/form2.html + +(They are in the post to all UKTUG members already.) + +David Carlisle +For UKTUG + + +------------------------------ + +From: Michel Goossens <Michel.Goossens@cern.ch> +Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:16:38 +0100 (MET) +Subject: revised dealines for TUG'96 + + ============================ + REVISED DEADLINES for TUG'96 + ============================ + +Submission of abstracts March 11 << new date + +Acceptance signified to authors March 20 << new date + +Preliminary articles April 12 << new date + +Proposals for workshops, demos, + and poster sessions April 20 + +Registration and transfer of a +non-refundable sum of $100 +per person to a Dubna bank May 31 + +Visa supporting information June 5 + +Revised articles June 10 << firm date + +Start of Conference July 28 + +====================================================================== + +Please send your proposals for contributions to the TUG'96 Organizing +Committee at their email address TUG96@pds.jinr.ru. + +The date of June 10th is a "firm date", since we want to have all +articles in a final form ready to be printed by the time of the +Conference, and therefore need them to go to the printer by late +June. As a consequence final papers not received by June 10 will not +appear in the Proceedings Issue of TUGboat. + +The most up-to-date information about TUG'96 will be available at the +URL: http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~mimi/tug96/tug96.html +or, by ftp from the CTAN archives in + tex-archive/usergrps/tug/tug96/news-mon.asc + +The TUG'96 Organizing Committee + + +------------------------------ + +From: rpreuss@bbn.com (Rob Preuss) +Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:07:58 -0500 +Subject: Memo Class? + +Q: Regarding Memorandum Class(es) for LaTeX2e. + + (short form) + Is there a popular/standard document class for creating memos + with LaTeX2e (and the AMS-LaTeX 1.2 add-ons) using TeXtures? + + (long form) + 10 years ago I wrote my own "memo" style using the standard + "article" style as a starting point. Main features included: + + - double column option + - 10pt, 11pt, 12pt options + - titlesection (created by \maketitle) sorta like + + MEMORANDUM + + To: ... + From: ... + Subject: ... + Date: ... + Copies To: ... + _______________________ + + - RHS header with + + short form contents of the "To:" field, + + contents of "Date:" field, and + + Page x of xx. + - footer with copyright info. + + Its been great, but now I'd like to upgrade to LaTeX2e while + taking advantage of all the nifty stuff offered by AMS-LaTeX. + + 1. Do I have to reinvent this or does something similar exist? + 2. If so, should I write a new class or just a package? + 3. Should this new class/package be more related to the + "article" class or the "amsart" class? + +Thanks very much! + +______________ + Dr. Robert D. Preuss (Rob) + BBN Acoustic Technologies Voice: 617-873-3773 + 70 Fawcett Street Fax: 617-873-2894 or 2918 + Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Internet: rpreuss@bbn.com + + + +------------------------------ + +From: Mr Marcilo Alves <marcilio@liverpool.ac.uk> +Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:26:32 +0000 (GMT) +Subject: startsection + +Hi, + +I'm trying to redefine the \section, \chapter look by +using the \@startsection command (Companion, page 24). + +I always get the message + + you can't use \spacefactor in vertical mode + + +Coul you help me? + +Here goes my input + + +\documentclass{book} +\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection + {\section}% + {1}% + {2mm}% + {2mm}% + {2mm} + {\itshape}}% +\begin{document} +\section{Hi} +This is ... +\end{document} + + +and here the message + +This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) +(lixo.tex +LaTeX2e <1994/12/01> patch level 1 +(/apps/TeX/inputs/tex/latex2e/base/book.cls +Document Class: book 1994/12/09 v1.2x Standard LaTeX document class +(/apps/TeX/inputs/tex/latex2e/base/bk10.clo)) +No file lixo.aux. +! 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