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+(Message texhax/v97:1)
+From texhax-digest-owner@nottingham.ac.uk Sat Feb 8 19:30:27 1997
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+From: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk
+To: texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk
+Subject: TeXhax Digest V1997 #1
+Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk
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+Message-Id: <E0vtITZ-0007bc-00@nottingham.ac.uk>
+Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 19:30:17 +0000
+
+
+TeXhax Digest Saturday, 8 February 1997 Volume 1997 : Number 001
+
+(incorporating UKTeX Digest)
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ Re> TeXhax digest
+ Testing if string starts with particular letter or word
+ Gothic Letters in LaTeX
+ Where can I find the psboxit package?
+ TeX directory structure (tds) 0.9993 available
+ web2c 7.0 and friends available
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+From: KNAPPEN@VKPMZD.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE
+Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:09:17 +0100
+Subject: Re> TeXhax digest
+
+Colin Maison asked about:
+
+ \font\titlefont=cmssdc10
+ \ifx\titlefont\nullfont
+ \wlog{Using \string\nullfont}%
+ \fi
+ \bye
+
+This one is a classic pitfall. There sould be a \relax at the end of the
+first line. Without that \relax, TeX scanns ahead for the keywords `at'
+or `scaled' which are permissible in a font definition. Because \if
+is expandable, the \if is expanded *before* the font can be assigned, thus
+it is still the \nullfont at that moment.
+
+- --J"org Knappen.
+
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: David Rhead <cczdgr@unix.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
+Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 16:15:37 +0000 (GMT)
+Subject: Testing if string starts with particular letter or word
+
+We have a database of information about the modules from which students'
+courses are constructed. We typeset a `Catalogue of Modules' by
+`publishing from the database'. I'm wondering about varying the detail
+given in the catalogue depending on whether (1) a module is restricted to a
+particular group of students, or (2) may have spare places.
+
+The database has a text field called `target students'. The `house style'
+is that, in case (1), the text starts with
+ Restricted to students registered for ...
+but, in case (2), the text starts with something else.
+
+Currently the `database to .tex file' software gives a file that starts
+with
+ \usepackage{catalogue}
+and continues with, for each module, commands of the form
+ % Set \TargetStudents to the text from the database field
+ \renewcommand{\TargetStudents}{...}
+ % More \renewcommands for other stuff from the database
+ ...
+ % Typeset the catalogue entry from the information held in
+ % \TargetStudents, etc.
+ \ProcessModule
+
+I'd like to write a package file catalogue.sty (or maybe a class file
+catalogue.cls) that defines a \ProcessModule containing a fragment
+something like
+ \if\beginswith{\TargetStudents}{Restricted}
+ % Text held in \TargetStudents starts with `Restricted'.
+ % We just typeset a skeleton entry in the catalogue.
+ ...
+ \else
+ % Typeset a full entry in the catalogue
+ ...
+ \fi
+where \beginswith is a command that I'm having difficulty finding or
+writing.
+
+Essentially I want something that, when given a string of text as `the
+command' \TargetStudents, tests whether the string starts with a particular
+substring. Although, it would be nice to be able to test whether the
+string starts with `Restricted', it would actually be sufficient to
+test whether it starts with the letter R.
+
+I've tried to use LaTeX's
+ \if@nextchar R
+in catalogue.sty, but I didn't seem able to get it to do what I want.
+(Perhaps the approach could work, but I got the details wrong?)
+
+Can anyone suggest an approach (or code-fragment) that is suitable for this
+situation? E.g., is there any software in CTAN that involves testing
+whether a string held in `a command' starts with a particular letter or
+string? (If there's a fragment of code somewhere, I could presumably
+imitate it.)
+
+
+David Rhead
+david.rhead@nottingham.ac.uk
+
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: Vadim Zelenkov <zelenkov@gray.isir.minsk.by>
+Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:01:08 +-200
+Subject: Gothic Letters in LaTeX
+
+Dear Sirs,
+
+Is it possible to install some gothic letters in LaTeX text? This
+problem is extremely improtant for our mathematicians...
+
+Thank you!
+
+Vadim Zelenkov,
+Head, Laboratory of New Educational Technologies,
+International Sakharov Institute of Radioecology,
+Minsk, Belarus
+
+
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: David.Rhead@vme.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
+Date: Thu,16 Jan 97 17:19:56 GMT
+Subject: Where can I find the psboxit package?
+
+psboxit -- as mentioned on page 330 of the Companion -- seems just what I want.
+
+Unfortunately, I can't find it at ftp.tex.ac.uk.
+
+Is it in CTAN in a non-obvious place?
+
+If not, does anyone know where I can get it from?
+
+ David Rhead
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: "K. Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu>
+Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:57:57 -0500 (EST)
+Subject: TeX directory structure (tds) 0.9993 available
+
+Another draft of the TeX Directory Structure (TDS) standards document
+is now available from:
+
+ http://www.tug.org/tds/
+ ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/tds.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/tds/
+
+If ftp.tug.org is busy, try ftp.cs.umb.edu or tug2.cs.umb.edu. Soon it
+will be on CTAN as well, in the `tds' directory (list of CTAN hosts appended).
+
+The main change from the last released draft (published in TUGboat) is
+to combine the directories for the various whatever-to-pk converters
+(gsftopk, ps2pk, ...) into one directory `modeless', instead of having
+one directory per application. This simplifies search path specifications.
+
+Please send comments to twg-tds@mail.tug.org.
+
+kb@mail.tug.org, for the TDS committee
+
+
+prompt$ finger ctan@ftp.tug.org
+[tug.cs.umb.edu]
+...
+Plan:
+In order to reduce network load, it is recommended that you use the
+Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) host which is located in the
+closest network proximity to your site. Alternatively, you may wish to
+obtain a copy of the CTAN via CD-ROM (see help/CTAN.cdrom for details).
+
+Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically):
+ cis.utovrm.it (Italia) /TeX
+ ctan.unsw.edu.au (NSW, Australia) /tex-archive
+ dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive
+ ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp (Japan) /CTAN
+ ftp.ccu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub/tex
+ ftp.cdrom.com (West coast, USA) /pub/tex/ctan
+ ftp.comp.hkbu.edu.hk (Hong Kong) /pub/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au (Australia) /tex-archive
+ ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands) /pub/tex-archive
+ ftp.cstug.cz (The Czech Republic) /pub/tex/CTAN
+ ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA) /tex-archive
+ ftp.ee.up.ac.za (South Africa) /tex-archive
+ ftp.funet.fi (Finland) /pub/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de (Deutschland) /pub/dante
+ ftp.jussieu.fr (France) /pub4/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.loria.fr (France) /pub/unix/tex/ctan
+ ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex/mirror/ftp.dante.de
+ ftp.nada.kth.se (Sweden) /pub/tex/ctan-mirror
+ ftp.rediris.es (Espa\~na) /mirror/tex-archive
+ ftp.rge.com (New York, USA) /pub/tex
+ ftp.riken.go.jp (Japan) /pub/tex-archive
+ ftp.tu-chemnitz.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex
+ ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp (Japan) /pub/tex/CTAN
+ ftp.uni-augsburg.de (Deutschland) /tex-archive
+ ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex
+ ftp.unina.it (Italia) /pub/TeX
+ ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Deutschland) /tex-archive (/pub/tex)
+ ftp.univie.ac.at (\"Osterreich) /packages/tex
+ ftp.ut.ee (Estonia) /tex-archive
+ ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore) /pub/zi/TeX
+ kadri.ut.ee (Estonia) /pub/tex
+ src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex
+ sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex
+ sunsite.icm.edu.pl (Poland) /pub/CTAN
+ sunsite.queensu.ca (Canada) /pub/tex-archive
+ sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA) /pub/packages/TeX
+ wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA) /packages/TeX
+
+Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically):
+ ftp.adfa.oz.au (Australia) /pub/tex/ctan
+ ftp.fcu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub2/tex
+ ftp.germany.eu.net (Deutschland) /pub/packages/TeX
+ ftp.jaist.ac.jp /pub/TeX/tex-archive
+ ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/TeX
+ nic.switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex
+ sunsite.dsi.unimi.it (Italia) /pub/TeX
+ sunsite.snu.ac.kr (Korea) /shortcut/CTAN
+
+Please send updates to this list to <ctan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>.
+
+The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
+ ftp.dante.de (Deutschland)
+ -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
+ -- gopher on node gopher.dante.de
+ -- e-mail via ftpmail@dante.de
+ -- World Wide Web access on www.dante.de
+ -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@dante.de>
+
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk (England)
+ -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
+ -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk
+ -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive
+ -- World Wide Web access on www.tex.ac.uk
+ -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk>
+
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: kb@cs.umb.edu
+Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 14:28:06 -0500 (EST)
+Subject: web2c 7.0 and friends available
+
+I've released version 7.0 of Web2c, a port of the basic TeX project
+programs (TeX, Metafont, MetaPost, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix. I've also
+released new versions of my modified drivers (dvipsk, xdvik, dviljk).
+
+You can get it via http://www.tug.org/web2c/, or by ftp from:
+
+ (Boston) ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/web2c/texk.tar.gz (programs)
+ ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/web2c/texmflib.tar.gz (minimal lib)
+
+texk.tar.gz is the combined archive; you can also get them separately:
+{dviljk,dvipsk,web2c,web,xdvik}.tar.gz.
+
+(Also on tug.cs.umb.edu and tug2.cs.umb.edu, same directory;
+ ftp.cs.umb.edu is an old and slow machine.)
+
+Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites and their mirrors:
+
+ (Germany) ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/web2c
+ (England) ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/web2c
+
+See the ftp retrieval instructions below for details and all the mirrors.
+
+Instructions for sending bug reports (and joining the mailing list) are
+in the distribution file kpathsea/BUGS.
+
+I've tried to record the names of all the many people have sent bug
+reports, suggestions, and/or patches in the ChangeLog's. Thank you all.
+I'd also like to thank all the long-suffering pretesters, and three
+people in particular --
+ Thomas Esser, for teTeX and so much else;
+ Ulrik Vieth, for the MetaPost port, doc improvements, and so much else;
+ Wayne Sullivan, for the dynamic memory and so much ...;
+Thanks also to Rick Martin and the UMass/Boston Math & Computer Science
+ Dept. for the computer and network facilities.
+And let's not forget Don Knuth, http://www-cs-faculty.Stanford.EDU/~knuth/,
+ who started it all.
+(Also thanks to Glenn Gould, Jane Siberry, Leonard Cohen, Donald Westlake,
+ Laurie Anderson, ee cummings, Stephen King, Johann Sebastian Bach,
+ and the seals and birds on the not-so-wild shore just outside the house. :-)
+
+
+kb@cs.umb.edu
+Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+
+
+A summary of the changes follows; big changes are summarized in few words,
+so read carefully. Read the manuals, too. Please.
+
+kpathsea 3.0
+* Distribution terms changed to the GNU Library General Public License.
+* Default directory structure matches the TDS standard. The most
+ important change is in the fonts/ directory: the file type (tfm, pk)
+ is now directly underneath fonts/. Also, mft/ is now at the top level.
+ `modeless' is used for gsftopk/ps2pk/etc.-generated fonts.
+* Change in searching algorithm: if the name already has a suffix
+ (foo.sty), search for it by itself first, before appending the default
+ suffix (foo.sty.tex). This loses if you have an executable named
+ foo.bar, with documentation in foo.bar.tex (foo.bar will be found
+ first). But this is unusual, and the other case is common.
+* Environment variables PATH_program (e.g., TEXINPUTS_latex) checked
+ for, as with configuration file values (TEXINPUTS.latex).
+* Multiple TEXMF trees supported, via the following new facility:
+* Shell brace expansion {foo,bar} implemented, thanks to Bash.
+* Multiple ls-R files supported via the TEXMFDBS path.
+* An ``alias'' database for files in ls-R supported, to handle 8.3 problems.
+* Directories in the ls-R file can be relative (./) as well as absolute (/).
+* New MakeTeX{PK,TFM,MF} scripts with more features, based on teTeX's.
+* DVIPSMAKEPK (etc.) actually overrides the name `MakeTeXPK', as documented.
+* MakeTeX* can be globally disabled via configure options.
+* Support for building as a shared library with configure --enable-shared.
+* Directories whose names begin with `.' are ignored.
+* Some warnings can be suppressed by TEX_HUSH cnf value or envvar.
+* kpsewhich has many new capabilities, documented via --help and in the manual.
+* texfonts.map parsing has an include directive, and @c is a comment.
+* Input lines in texmf.cnf can be continued with \.
+* TEXMFLOG can be set in texmf.cnf, as previously documented.
+* SELFAUTODIR and SELFAUTOPARENT are defined according to the location
+ of the binary, and used to search for texmf.cnf.
+* /// (or more) is equivalent to //.
+* If $HOME = / (as with root on some systems), avoid creating // in paths.
+* Support for AFM, PostScript Type 1 font, source, documentation, Omega,
+ and MetaPost-related file formats.
+* New header kpathsea.h with all #include files.
+* Under DOS, ls-R lines need not start with . or / or \ (e.g., c:).
+* Amiga support.
+
+web2c 7.0
+* Update from Knuth for tex, mf, dvitype, pltotf, vptovf, and tangle,
+ John Hobby's MetaPost (and support programs) included,
+ update from P. Breitenlohner to dvicopy 1.5 and patgen 2.3.
+* Update for kpathsea 3.0.
+* Texinfo manual written.
+* Amiga, OS/2, Windows NT support in the sources.
+* TeX:
+ - if -shell-escape or shell_escape in texmf.cnf is enabled,
+ \write18{str} passes str to system(3) for processing by sh.
+ - MLTeX extensions (\charsubdef, etc.) can be enabled at runtime.
+ - Many array sizes can be set dynamically, in texmf.cnf.
+ - MakeTeXTFM installed and enabled by default.
+ - IPC communications to an external program for incremental DVI reading.
+ - texfonts.map applies to TFM files, as originally intended.
+ - More than 256 fonts are allowed.
+ - DVI comment (with timestamp) can be overridden.
+ - tex.web's consistency checks on .fmt files restored.
+* Metafont:
+ - A few array sizes can be set dynamically, in texmf.cnf.
+ - X11 support disabled by default; configure --with-x to enable it.
+ - MakeTeXMF enabled and installed by default.
+* TeX, Metafont, MetaPost:
+ - If the first line of the main input file starts with %&, the rest of
+ the line is used as the fmt/base/mem file (if it can be found),
+ except that %&ini means initex/inimf/inimpost.
+ - One binary: initex/mf/mpost capabilities merged with virtex/mf/mpost.
+ - New option -progname sets program name independently of argv[0].
+ - Eight-bit filenames are output correctly in ^^ notation, instead of
+ always being simplified to ^^@.
+ - MakeTeX* scripts can be named and disabled via texmf.cnf.
+ - MakeTeX* scripts are silent if \batchmode is in effect.
+ - TEXMFINI environment variable checked for pool/fmt/base/mem lookups.
+ - \openout (TeX) and write (MP) by default will not write to files
+ whose names start with `.'.
+ - ``Small'' versions no longer supported without source hacking.
+ - Length bug regarding single non-ASCII characters in MF and MP fixed.
+* BibTeX:
+ - Some arrays dynamically reallocated as needed, other sizes increased.
+ - Default behavior is verbose; new -terse option changes that.
+ - Statistics are written to the .blg file.
+ - Does not look at TEXINPUTS to find .bst files, but does check
+ TEXBIB (after BIBINPUTS).
+ - Does not interactively ask for the top-level .aux name.
+* All programs:
+ - Supply default extensions and default output files.
+ - Support the standard --help and --version options.
+ - Filenames not arbitrarily restricted in length.
+ - Output written in the current directory, not the directory of
+ an input file. (Most interesting for tangle.)
+ - Times-Roman etc. work as font names, via texfonts.map and subsidiaries.
+* dvitype prints decimal opcode numbers with --show-opcodes.
+* bibtex and gftodvi never interactively ask for filenames;
+ dvitype and dvicopy do not enter interactive dialogues.
+* mft looks in MFTINPUTS, not TEXINPUTS.
+* Configuration:
+ - Optional features are enabled via configure --with-* and --enable-*
+ options. Run configure --help.
+ - There is no small TeX, Metafont, or MetaPost. If you want it, you'll
+ have to change the change files, #define SMALL* yourself, and do
+ whatever else is necessary yourself.
+* Source hierarchy substantially simplified.
+* Web2c:
+ - Support for ifndef...endifn, a la ifdef.
+ - Support for const expressions.
+ - Can generate ANSI code.
+
+dvipsk 5.66a
+* Update for kpathsea 3.0 and dvips 5.66.
+* No default config.ps is installed.
+* Partial downloading of Type 1 fonts supported via -j (j in config file).
+* Compressed headers and figures (names ending in .Z or .gz) are
+ automatically uncompressed.
+* Fonts and macros now distributed separately on CTAN.
+* dvihps merged in, i.e., hyperdvi html: specials supported.
+* Manual restructured and new text regarding PostScript fonts added.
+* .dvipsrc is looked for along a path, and the DVIPSRC value overrides.
+* -Pfoo does not require config.foo; and if in fact config.foo doesn't exist,
+ the default output is to | lpr -Pfoo.
+* -o - outputs to standard output.
+* -E does not require single-page input documents.
+* -d -1 does not include the size of every memory allocation;
+ new information about dvips config file reading is included.
+* W messages from config.ps are omitted if -q is specified.
+* -E turns off -N and -K.
+* Improve checksums and ligkern table output in Afm2tfm.
+* Small improvements to epsf.tex.
+
+xdvik 20a
+* Update for kpathsea 3.0.
+* xhdvi merged in, i.e., hyperdvi html: specials supported via libwww.
+* gsftopkk included.
+* Adjustable rulers on magnifiers, and grids on the whole page.
+* Many function keys supported.
+* Online help via H/Help/etc. while the program is running.
+* Shrink button factors determined at runtime.
+* Exit with bad status via Abort button, Q keystroke.
+* Update for xdvi patchlevel 20 and gsftopk 1.12, implying the following:
+* X resource name for the Metafont mode now `mfMode'.
+* MakeTeXPK option/resource now `makepk'.
+* Compressed (.Z or .gz) header and figure files automatically uncompressed,
+ and shell escape specials ("`...) turned off by default.
+* Decompression does not happen with -nopostscript, etc.
+* New options -safer, -interpreter, -nogssafer, -gspalette.
+
+dviljk 2.6
+* Update for kpathsea 3.0.
+* Update for dvi2xx 0.51-13.
+* dvihp script handles options a la dvips, and is installed by default.
+* Raster characters and fonts can be downloaded compressed.
+* - option (operate as pipe) works again.
+* More useful debugging output.
+* Bug in page-skipping fixed.
+* But in printing character 0 fixed.
+* Fonts rearranged per TDS, and `q' changed to `8t'.
+
+
+Long-winded instructions:
+
+`unixtex.ftp': Obtaining TeX
+============================
+
+ This is `ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp', last updated 7 February
+1997. Also available as `http://www.tug.org/unixtex.ftp'. The IP
+address is currently [158.121.106.10], and the canonical host name is
+currently `tug.cs.umb.edu'. It is also in Kpathsea source
+distributions as `etc/unixtex.ftp' (although the network version is
+usually newer). Mail <kb@mail.tug.org> with comments or questions.
+
+ Following are general instructions for Unix or other sites who wish to
+acquire the Web2c distribution, (plain) TeX, LaTeX (2e), BibTeX,
+Metafont, MetaPost, DVI processors for the X window system, PostScript,
+the PCL language in the HP LaserJet, and related programs. They are
+oriented towards building from the original sources, though some
+information on alternative packages is included in the last section.
+See also `http://www.tug.org/web2c', the Web2c and Kpathsea home page.
+
+ Please consider joining the TeX Users Group (TUG) to help support the
+maintenance and development of the programs you retrieve. Email
+<tug@tug.org> or see `http://www.tug.org' for information and a
+membership form.
+
+ For actual installation instructions after obtaining the necessary
+sources, *note Installation::.. A copy is in the distribution file
+`kpathsea/INSTALL'.
+
+Electronic distribution
+- -----------------------
+
+ In many places we refer to CTAN:. This is *both* a host name and a
+directory name. Here are some primary locations:
+
+ `ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan' (California, USA)
+ `ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive' (Germany)
+ `ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive' (England)
+
+CTAN has many mirrors worldwide; see the top-level file
+`README.mirrors' from one of the sites above, or finger
+<ctan@ftp.tug.org>, or see `http://www.tug.org/CTAN.sites'. A list
+current as of the time of distribution is in the top-level file
+`./MIRROR'.
+
+ You can also access CTAN via the World Wide Web, Gopher, electronic
+mail, or NFS. The same `README.mirrors' file explains how.
+
+ You will need to retrieve some or all of the following archives,
+depending on your needs (don't forget to set binary mode for file
+transfers):
+
+`CTAN:/systems/web2c/texmflib.tar.gz'
+ A basic collection of fonts (TFM files only) and macro packages
+ (including Texinfo and LaTeX 2e). It unpacks into `texmf/'; if
+ you change the structure of this hierarchy, you will also have to
+ change the default search paths (*note Changing search paths::.).
+ It is required unless you already have these files, in which case
+ you should change the default paths as necessary to find them.
+
+`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web.tar.gz'
+ The original WEB source files, written mostly by Don Knuth.
+ Required unless you already have this `web' version. (The WEB
+ sources change irregularly with respect to Web2c itself.) Unpacks
+ into `web2c-VERSION'.
+
+`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web2c.tar.gz'
+ The Web2c system. Required. Also unpacks into `web2c-VERSION'.
+
+`CTAN:/dviware/dvipsk.tar.gz'
+ DVI-to-PostScript translator. Unpacks into `dvipsk-VERSION'.
+ Optional.
+
+`CTAN:/dviware/xdvik.tar.gz'
+ X window system DVI previewer. Unpacks into `xdvik-VERSION'.
+ Optional.
+
+`CTAN:/dviware/dviljk.tar.gz'
+ DVI-to-PCL (HP LaserJet) translator. Unpacks into
+ `dviljk-VERSION'. Optional.
+
+ All that said, the originating host for the software above is
+`ftp.tug.org'. You can retrieve these distributions (but not much
+else) from the `tex/' directory on that host.
+
+CD-ROM distribution
+- -------------------
+
+ Numerous organizations distribute various TeX CD-ROM's:
+
+ * TUG, UK TUG, and GUTenberg (French-speaking TeX user group)
+ collaborated to produce the `TeX Live' CD-ROM, based on teTeX,
+ which in turn is based on Web2c; email <tex-live@mail.tug.org> or
+ see `http://www.tug.org/tex-live.html'.
+
+ * NTG (Dutch-speaking TeX user group) produced the 4allTeX CD-ROM;
+ email <ntg@nic.surfnet.nl>, or see
+ `http://ei0.ei.ele.tue.nl/ntg/'. This is a runnable system.
+
+ * The Free Software Foundation's `Source Code CD-ROM' contains the
+ minimal TeX source distribution described in the previous section
+ (i.e., enough to print GNU documentation); email
+ <gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu> or finger <fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
+
+ * The Gateway! CD-ROM set contains a runnable NetBSD/Amiga
+ distribution and sources; see
+ `http://www.netbsd.org/Sites/cdroms.html'.
+
+ * The Prime Time TeXcetera CD-ROM is a copy of CTAN (see the previous
+ section); email <ptf@ctcl.com> or see `http://www.ptf.com/ptf/'.
+
+ * Walnut Creek's TeX CD-ROM is also a copy of CTAN; email
+ <info@cdrom.com> or see `http://www.cdrom.com:/titles/tex.html'.
+
+ * Most Linux distributions include some TeX package based on Web2c;
+ see the Linux documentation file `Distribution-HOWTO' for a
+ comparison of Linux distributions, available (for example) via
+ `http://www.linux.org'.
+
+ If you know of additional TeX CD-ROM distributions to add to this
+list, please inform <kb@mail.tug.org>.
+
+Tape distribution
+- -----------------
+
+ You can obtain a complete TeX distribution, including Web2c, on tape.
+Contact:
+ Pierre MacKay / Denny Hall, Mail Stop DH-10 / Department of Classics
+ University of Washington / Seattle, WA 98195 / USA
+ phone: 206-543-2268; email: <unixtex@u.washington.edu>
+
+ At this writing, the distribution is available in `tar' format on 1/4
+inch 4-track QIC-24 cartridges and 4mm DAT cartridges, and the cost is
+US$210. Make checks payable to the University of Washington, drawn on
+a U.S. bank. Purchase orders are acceptable, but they carry an extra
+charge of $10 to pay for invoice processing. Overseas sites, please
+add $20 for shipment via air parcel post, or $30 for shipment via
+courier.
+
+Other TeX packages
+- ------------------
+
+ Many other TeX implementations are available in `CTAN:/systems',
+including ready-to-run distributions for Unix, Amiga, Acorn, VMS,
+Macintosh, DOS, and Windows (in various forms). Although Web2c has
+support in the source code for many operating systems, and in fact some
+of the other distributions are based on it, it's unlikely to work as
+distributed on anything but Unix. (Please contribute improvements!)
+
+ The Unix distribution alluded to above is the teTeX distribution.
+This includes both complete sources and precompiled binaries for many
+popular Unix variants, including Linux. It is based on Web2c, and
+contains many other TeX-related programs as well.
+
+ The host labrea.stanford.edu is the original source for the files for
+which Donald Knuth is directly responsible: `tex.web', `plain.tex',
+etc. However, unless you want to build your TeX library tree ab initio,
+it is more reliable and less work to retrieve these files as part of
+the above packages. In any case, labrea is not the canonical source for
+anything except what was created by Stanford TeX project, so do not
+rely on all the files available at that ftp site being up-to-date.
+
+
+CTAN mirrors:
+
+prompt$ finger ctan@ftp.tug.org
+[tug.cs.umb.edu]
+...
+Plan:
+In order to reduce network load, it is recommended that you use the
+Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) host which is located in the
+closest network proximity to your site. Alternatively, you may wish to
+obtain a copy of the CTAN via CD-ROM (see help/CTAN.cdrom for details).
+
+Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically):
+ cis.utovrm.it (Italia) /TeX
+ ctan.unsw.edu.au (NSW, Australia) /tex-archive
+ dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive
+ ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp (Japan) /CTAN
+ ftp.ccu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub/tex
+ ftp.cdrom.com (West coast, USA) /pub/tex/ctan
+ ftp.comp.hkbu.edu.hk (Hong Kong) /pub/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au (Australia) /tex-archive
+ ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands) /pub/tex-archive
+ ftp.cstug.cz (The Czech Republic) /pub/tex/CTAN
+ ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA) /tex-archive
+ ftp.ee.up.ac.za (South Africa) /tex-archive
+ ftp.funet.fi (Finland) /pub/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de (Deutschland) /pub/dante
+ ftp.jussieu.fr (France) /pub4/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.loria.fr (France) /pub/unix/tex/ctan
+ ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex/mirror/ftp.dante.de
+ ftp.nada.kth.se (Sweden) /pub/tex/ctan-mirror
+ ftp.rediris.es (Espa\~na) /mirror/tex-archive
+ ftp.rge.com (New York, USA) /pub/tex
+ ftp.riken.go.jp (Japan) /pub/tex-archive
+ ftp.tu-chemnitz.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex
+ ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp (Japan) /pub/tex/CTAN
+ ftp.uni-augsburg.de (Deutschland) /tex-archive
+ ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex
+ ftp.unina.it (Italia) /pub/TeX
+ ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Deutschland) /tex-archive (/pub/tex)
+ ftp.univie.ac.at (\"Osterreich) /packages/tex
+ ftp.ut.ee (Estonia) /tex-archive
+ ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore) /pub/zi/TeX
+ kadri.ut.ee (Estonia) /pub/tex
+ src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex
+ sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex
+ sunsite.icm.edu.pl (Poland) /pub/CTAN
+ sunsite.queensu.ca (Canada) /pub/tex-archive
+ sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA) /pub/packages/TeX
+ wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA) /packages/TeX
+
+Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically):
+ ftp.adfa.oz.au (Australia) /pub/tex/ctan
+ ftp.fcu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub2/tex
+ ftp.germany.eu.net (Deutschland) /pub/packages/TeX
+ ftp.jaist.ac.jp /pub/TeX/tex-archive
+ ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/TeX
+ nic.switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex
+ sunsite.dsi.unimi.it (Italia) /pub/TeX
+ sunsite.snu.ac.kr (Korea) /shortcut/CTAN
+
+Please send updates to this list to <ctan@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>.
+
+The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
+ ftp.dante.de (Deutschland)
+ -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
+ -- gopher on node gopher.dante.de
+ -- e-mail via ftpmail@dante.de
+ -- World Wide Web access on www.dante.de
+ -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@dante.de>
+
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk (England)
+ -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive)
+ -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk
+ -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive
+ -- World Wide Web access on www.tex.ac.uk
+ -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk>
+
+
+(have a nice day)
+
+
+
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+End of TeXhax Digest V1997 #1
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