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Berry" <kb@cs.umb.edu> +Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:49:37 -0400 (EDT) +Subject: Re: patgen + + find any version of patgen.web in the TeX archives. Can anyone help me + +It's at many places. It's by itself at: +systems/knuth/unsupported/texware/patgen.web +on CTAN (e.g., tug2.cs.umb.edu:/tex-archive ...) + +------------------------------ + +From: "SIDNEY J. Katzen" <SJ.Katzen@ulst.ac.uk> +Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:14:05 GMT +Subject: LaTeX2e June 1997 + +In older versions of LaTeX2e I was able to alter the textwidth of the +document in a homemade style file read at the beginning before +\begin{document} in the normal way: +\setlength{\textwidth}{etc}. +Now I find that that this has to be inserted before the +\begin{document} to have any effect. Alternatively I can use +\AtBeginDocument. Other page dimension alterations in this style +file seem to work OK. Is this a bug? + +Sid K +Dr. S.J. Katzen +School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (5F06) +University of Ulster +Jordanstown +County Antrim +N. Ireland +UK BT37 0QB + +Phone: X-44-1232-36-6448 +Fax: X-44-1232-36-6804 +e-mail: sj.katzen@ulst.ac.uk +URL: http://www.nibec.ulst.ac.uk/~sidk + +------------------------------ + +From: wittenm@umich.edu (Matthew Witten) +Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 00:18:42 -0400 +Subject: Getting the Index to Work - No Flames Please + +This is probably a stupid question. But I am a Tex person trying to learn +how to use latex and makeindex (unix system). I am trying to find the +command to actually generate the final index and understand that if your +file containing the index details is foo.idx, then the command to make the +new printable index is + +makeindex foo.idx + +Unfortunately, when I use the command makeindex, or any variant, I get the +error cannot find command makeindex. Can someone help me out here? I'm not +a novice at tex, just at latex and making indexes. And, while your at it, +anyone with glossary development experience - where is the makeglossary +command hidden? + +Please send comments directly to me. I will summarize for the list if there +is interest. Thanks for your patience. + +Tarynn M. Witten, Ph.D. + +------------------------------ + +From: Paul Garlick <itw-devilbiss.design@thenet.co.uk> +Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:06:52 +0100 +Subject: Re: Commercially available LaTeX for SGI? + +Dear User Group, + +May I ask a quick question on the availability of a commercial version of +LaTeX to run on the workstation I am using. It is a Silicon Graphics Indigo +2 R10000 running IRIX 6.2 (without a direct connection to the internet at +present). Following a tip from the UK-TUG FAQ list I have contacted Arbor Text +Inc. but they in fact no longer supply the software. Do you have any +information on alternatives? or would I be better off buying a modem and +downloading the free version? The latter approach seems attractive but I do +not know any TeX gurus to ask if I get stuck. If I could find the price of +a commercial version I could weigh up the pros and cons. + +Many thanks in advance for your help, + +Paul Garlick (imminent MSc thesis writer!). + +------------------------------ + +From: "Johannes L. Braams" <jlbraams@cistron.nl> +Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:13:04 +0200 +Subject: New releases of changebar and supertabular + +Hello, + +As of tomorrow 29th september both the packages supertabular and changebar +will be available from CTAN in new versions, as described below. + +Supertabular version 4.1a: +Two new environments have been added, mpsupertabular and mpsupertabular*. +They were provided by Axel Kielhorn <A.Kielhorn@tu-bs.de>. These environemnts +are variants of the old supertabular environments that put each tabular +segment in its own minipage. This easses the addition of footnotes to +a multipage tabular. +Fixed a few bugs, one with \\[...] inside \tablehead and \tabletail, the +other in the calculation of the available height on the first page of the +supertabular. This one affected it's use in twocolumn mode only. + +Changebar version 3.3c +Finally fixed the bug that produced diagonal bars when a changebar was +started near the end of a page. Also made changebar work in LaTeX's +twocolumn mode, in twocolumn the bars appear on the `outside' of each +column (which means to the left of the left column and to the right of +the right column). +Also fixed a bug in the calculation of the positioning of the bars. + +If you encounter any problems with these packages please report them +to me, using the latexbug.tex mechanism + +Kind regards, + +Johannes Braams + +------------------------------ + +From: Aleksei Makarov <makarov@iitam.omsk.net.ru> +Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:13:05 +0000 ( ) +Subject: Q booch diagram typesetting + +Hi! + +Is there a pakage that simplifies the typesetting of booch diagrams +(those as used in object-oriented porgramming)? + +A. Makarov + +------------------------------ + +From: "AS Dawes" <adawes@awe.co.uk> +Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 13:09:18 +0100 +Subject: LaTeX2e question + +Can you please tell me if there is a package for LaTeX2e +which I can get hold of on the WWW that does the following +or similar:- + +I have a postscript file in EPS format which I want to +place ANYWAY on my page. The implication of this is that +it can overwrite text etc if present under it. I wish to +set properties such as its height and width as well as +an arbitrary origin on the page (for example coordinates +could be measured from the bottom left hand corner of page). +I hope you can help and look forward to hearing from you. + +Thank you + +Regards +Dr. Alan Dawes + +p.s. I am using LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> + +------------------------------ + +From: Tomasz GRZEGORCZYK <grzegor@lemahp6.epfl.ch> +Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 17:19:14 METDST +Subject: BiBTeX question + +Since it is the first time I write to this address I do +not know how is it organized, who am I speaking to +and how should I write this e-mail. +So, sorry for the `non personnal' mail and I hope to +write it in a better way next time! + +The question I have is about BiBTeX and cross references. +As a matter of fact, it is easy to make them by number but +is it also possible (and how!) to make them by name and date? +I mean that so far, the output in the text (article, PhD thesis) is +a reference like `[number]' and one has to go to the bibliography to +check what does it correspond to. Instead of that, I would like to +have in the text something like `[name, date]'. +Does this format already exist or should I try to write a macro +by myself? + +Thank you for your help! +Tomasz + +PS: the LaTeX version I am using is Version 3.14159 (C version 6.1), +LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> + +- -- +- --------------------------------------- +Tomasz Grzegorczyk +Grzegorczyk@lema.epfl.ch +Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne +LEMA-DE-EPFL +CH-1015 Lausanne +Switzerland +phone: +41-21-693 4643 +fax: +41-21-693 2673 +http://lemawww.epfl.ch/ +- --------------------------------------- + +------------------------------ + +From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) +Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 12:01:23 -0700 (PDT) +Subject: Announcing gsftopk 1.15 + +This is to announce that version 1.15 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. + +In addition to various bug fixes, this version: + + 1. Is ported to the Amiga (courtesy of Christophe Labouisse). + + 2. Accepts '<<', '<[', and '<<[' syntax in the psfonts.map file. + + 3. Accepts numerous additional command-line arguments. + + 4. Has better configuration scripts (thanks to Nelson Beebe for help + on this one). + +The upgraded version is available from CTAN in the file: + + tex-archive/fonts/utilities/gsftopk/gsftopk-1.15.tar.gz + +Recall that CTAN is one of the following hosts: + + tug2.cs.umb.edu + ftp.dante.de + ftp.tex.ac.uk + +or one of their numerous mirror sites. + +- --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu + +------------------------------ + +From: Ralph Youngen <rey@ams.org> +Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 23:12:58 -0400 (EDT) +Subject: release of AMSFonts in PostScript format + +The American Math Society is pleased to announce the release, for free +and unrestricted use, the Type-1 (PostScript) versions of the AMSFonts. +This collection includes the Euler, ``extra symbol'' and cyrillic fonts +in selected sizes. + +These fonts, produced by Blue Sky Research, of Portland, Oregon, and +Y&Y Inc., of Concord, Massachusetts, and previously distributed by them, +are made available through the cooperation of a consortium of scientific +publishers along with Blue Sky and Y&Y. Members of this consortium include: + + Elsevier Science + IBM Corporation + Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) + Springer-Verlag + American Mathematical Society (AMS) + +In order to assure the authenticity of these fonts, copyright will be +held by the AMS. This is not meant to restrict in any way the legitimate +use of the fonts. However, the AMS does require that the AMS copyright +notice be removed from any derivative versions of the fonts which have +been altered in any way. A more detailed statement of these requirements +can be found at the AMS Web site, http://www.ams.org/tex/ . + +The canonical versions of these fonts are located on the AMS FTP server +and are also accessible via the Web: + + ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/psfonts/ams + +Four system-specific packages are available from the AMS site: + + for use on Macintosh, containing the fonts in standard Macintosh + Type 1 format + + - packaged as required for use by Textures + - packaged for use by OzTeX, CMacTeX, or other Mac TeX implementations + + for use on a Windows or DOS system, containing fonts in PFB format with + PFM metrics files; + + for use on a Unix system, containing fonts in PFB format with AFM + metrics files. + +Each system-specific package is accompanied by a READ.ME file which contains +instructions for downloading and installing the fonts. Please review the +appropriate READ.ME file in its entirety before undertaking to install the +fonts on your system. + +The fonts in Macintosh and PFB (binary Type 1 outline) formats, along with +metrics in appropriate form, will be mirrored on the Comprehensive TeX +Archive Network (CTAN) in the area + + fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1 + +Users requiring the fonts in PFA (ASCII Type 1) form should convert them +with the aid of one of the tools available for that purpose from CTAN. + +The AMS does not provide installation assistance or technical support +beyond any installation instructions included with the collection. +Installation and use of these fonts may require some technical expertise. + +------------------------------ + +From: ralph@pierce.math.hawaii.edu (Ralph Freese) +Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:27:49 -1000 +Subject: Re: release of AMSFonts in PostScript format + +Great! Thanks!! + + Ralph + +One slight glitch in how these fonts are set up on TeXLive2 which +may effect how TeXLive3 is set up: + +We copied the ams pfb files into a new directory under +./texmf/fonts/type1 and changed dvips's map file for the +cmps printer to use these rather than the bakoma versions. +The glitch is that bokoma had some intermediate sizes the ams +didn,t, for example, msbm8. Since mxbm8.tfm exists, the dvi file +can have it and then using + + dvips file.dvi -P cmps -o + +will fail because there is no msbm8.pfb in the ams map file. + +Of course this can be solved in several ways like getting rid of +msbm8.tfm. What we did was make the file ../texmf/dvips/cmps/config.cmps +be + + p +amsbkm.map + p +cmbkm.map + p +cmps.map + p +amsps.map + +(amsps.map is the ams's map file.) In this case the ps file generated +will have the fonts like MSBM10 (from the ams) and msbm8 (from bakoma). + +------------------------------ + +From: ralph@pierce.math.hawaii.edu (Ralph Freese) +Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:30:33 -1000 +Subject: Re: release of AMSFonts in PostScript format + +Thanks. That's certainly the answer. The unix distribution of the amspsfonts +didn't mention this but it is in the documentation for the amsfonts. + +But one more glitch: using this from unix gives + +! LaTeX Error: File `OMXcmex.fd' not found. + +As I know you know, this is because LaTeX has changed to all lower case +for these files. For now I'll link OMXcmex.fp to omxcmes.fd, but the +AMS will have to upgrade its amsfonts.sty file. + + Thanks again, + Ralph + +> Hi: That is what the psamsfonts option is for! +> +> Use it when you load the AMS package in LaTeX 2e. +> +> -- +> Berthold K.P. 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