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+Article 78 of ucam.mlist.texhax:
+From: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.UK
+Subject: TeXhax Digest V1997 #11
+Date: 21 Dec 97 17:08:04 GMT
+
+TeXhax Digest Sunday, 21 December 1997 Volume 1997 : Number 011
+
+(incorporating UKTeX Digest)
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ Web2c-7.1
+ ANNOUNCE: xtem version 6
+ Harvard Refs?
+ Harvard Refs? (A)
+ LaTeX2e version in color.sty
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+From: Olaf Weber <infovore@xs4all.nl>
+Date: 10 Nov 1997 22:21:01 +0100
+Subject: Web2c-7.1
+
+(EST)"
+Precedence: bulk
+
+At long last web2c-7.1 is available. This release contains a port of the
+basic TeX project programs (TeX, Metafont, MetaPost, GFtoPK, etc.) to
+Unix. It also contains a new version of the kpathsea library. It does not
+contain any of the dvi drivers (dviljk, dvipsk, xdvik) or other support
+programs (makeindexk, ps2pkk): these will become available later.
+
+The release can be obtained by retrieving
+
+ ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c/web2c.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c/web.tar.gz
+
+(the latter is only needed if you do not have the web files, otherwise
+you can just link/copy those in the web2c-7.1/web2c directory). You
+will also need a a library tree to compile and use these programs.
+The file
+
+ ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c/texmflib.tar.gz
+
+provides a bare-bones tree. These files are also available as
+
+ ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/web2c.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/web.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/texmflib.tar.gz
+
+Soon these files will also be available on CTAN sites and their
+mirrors.
+
+ (Germany) ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/web2c
+ (England) ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/web2c
+ (USA) ftp://tug2.cs.umb.edu/tex-archive/systems/web2c
+
+Finger ctan@ftp.dante.de to obtain a list of mirrors. An up-to-date list
+is also appended to this message.
+
+Please note that the all-in-one-file texk.tar.gz release has _not_
+been updated, and will not be in the immediate future. Sorry.
+
+This release fixes virtually all known bugs in web2c-7.0 and kpathsea-3.0,
+and adds a few new features, especially to kpathsea. Many thanks to all
+the people who reported bugs, made suggestions, and provided patches.
+
+Instructions for sending bug reports (and joining the mailing list) are in
+the distribution file kpathsea/BUGS.
+
+A summary of the changes follows; read them carefully. Please read
+the manuals as well.
+
+kpathsea changes: 3.1 (10 november 1997)
+* The support for multiple texmf trees is much improved.
+* New MakeTeX* scripts, based on teTeX's. These scripts now use
+ heuristics to decide where generated files are placed and which
+ permissions they should have.
+* The varfonts feature is enabled by default.
+* Some MSDOS/Win32 support added to the sources.
+* Change in searching algorithm: if a name doesn't have the default suffix
+ we append it for the first search. Then we search for the bare name.
+ Thus if you have foo.bar and foo.bar.tex, the latter will now be found
+ first. Under the old system, you had to specify boo.bar.tex.tex to get
+ foo.bar.tex instead of foo.bar.
+* Prepend the value of KPSE_DOT to relative paths from texmf.cnf if it
+ defined in the environment. This means we can use . instead of
+ $KPSE_DOT in paths.
+* Define brace expansion so that {a,b}{1,2} expands to a1:b1:a2:b2. This
+ is different from how shells do it, and exploited in texmf.in.
+* Renamed texmf.cnf.in to texmf.in.
+* New value for debugging: DEBUG_VARS, equal to 64.
+* If a file format has no suffix, allow its long name as the argument to
+ kpsewhich --format.
+
+web2c changes: 7.1 (10 november 1997)
+* Some MSDOS/Win32 support added to the sources.
+* VPtoVF: Increased capacity.
+* TeX, METAFONT, MetaPost:
+ - File foo.bar.tex results in \jobname foo.bar, hence foo.bar.{log,dvi,...}.
+ This as opposed to foo and foo.{log,dvi,...} which it how it used to be in
+ version 6. In 7.0 situation was confusing, as the heuristics used would
+ sometimes result in the extension being stripped, sometimes not.
+* TeX:
+ - The -extend-jobname option has been removed.
+ - Printing of non-ASCII characters in diagnostics, code by Bernd Raichle.
+* web2c:
+ - Some support for e-TeX added to convert.
+
+.
+$ finger ctan@ftp.dante.de
+[sun.dante.de]
+Login name: ctan
+Directory: /home/server/ctan Shell: /bin/sync
+Never logged in.
+No unread mail
+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.math.mun.ca (Newfoundland, Canada) /tex-archive
+ ctan.unsw.edu.au (NSW, Australia) /tex-archive
+ dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive
+ ftp.belnet.be (Belgium) /packages/TeX
+ 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.funet.fi (Finland) /pub/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de (Deutschland) /pub/dante
+ ftp.hea.ie (Ireland) /pub/ctan/tex
+ ftp.jussieu.fr (France) /pub4/TeX/CTAN
+ ftp.kreonet.re.kr (Korea) /pub/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.oleane.net (France) /pub/mirrors/CTAN/
+ 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
+ joshua.smcvt.edu (Vermont, USA) /pub/tex
+ src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex
+ sunsite.auc.dk (Denmark) /pub/tex/ctan
+ sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex
+ sunsite.icm.edu.pl (Poland) /pub/CTAN
+ 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.gust.org.pl (Poland) /pub/TeX
+ ftp.jaist.ac.jp (Japan) /pub/TeX/tex-archive
+ ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/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
+ -- email via ftpmail@dante.de
+ -- World Wide Web access on http://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 http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive
+ -- Administrator: <ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk>
+
+ tug2.cs.umb.edu (Massachusetts, USA)
+ -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/archive)
+ -- World Wide Web access on http://tug2.cs.umb.edu/ctan/
+ -- Administrator: <ftpmaint@mail.tug.org>
+
+- --
+Olaf Weber
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: wz@iwd.uni-bremen.de (Roland Weibezahn)
+Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:18:58 +0100
+Subject: ANNOUNCE: xtem version 6
+
+Dear xtem users,
+
+We have finished the new version (xtem_TeXMenu 6.12) of
+
+ "xtem", an X11-TeX-menu
+
+which runs with the new Tcl/Tk/TclX (Tcl8.0)
+as well as with the old versions (Tcl7.4, Tcl7.5 and Tcl7.6).
+
+In addition to adapting xtem to the new Tcl/Tk, we have done
+error corrections and added new features, such as:
+
+- - the hyphenations found in the .dvi-file can be displayed after a
+ TeX run (for this we have written a program hyphen_show.c);
+
+- - we also realized key bindings,
+
+- - and we modified the print menu (page selection is now controlled
+ for the existence of the selected page numbers in the document).
+
+As usual you can get all material (including the source code of
+Tcl/Tk/TclX we used) from our ftp server:
+
+ ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem/xtem_texmenu.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tcl/*.tar.gz
+or
+ http://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu.html
+
+The final release took a little bit more time than intended by
+us originally (vacancies, installation, and -- last but not least --
+we had hard to work to program around some incompatibilities between
+Tcl8.0 and Tcl7.6).
+
+We have plans for more features, we will discuss them in a few days
+in our xtem discussion list, for which you can subscribe with an
+e-mail to
+ majordomo@iwd.uni-bremen.de
+with "body"
+ subscribe xtem-list
+ end
+
+Regards, Roland Weibezahn
+- --
+Dr. Roland Weibezahn
+weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de phone: +49-421-218-3532
+University Bremen, IWD, post-box: 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany
+http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu.html (the xtem_TeXMenu project)
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: P Taylor <esrni@eng.warwick.ac.uk>
+Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:26:18 +0000 (GMT)
+Subject: Harvard Refs?
+
+>Hi,
+I'm hoping that you can offer advice to me. I have been using Bibtex
+C Version 0.99c to obtain standard numerical referencing in the past in
+conjunction with LaTeX Version 2.09 (14 Jan 1992).
+However, I am just starting to write up my PhD thesis in Civil
+Engineering using LaTeX2e (1995/06/01) patch level 3 because
+I wish to use the harvard reference system in conjunction with Bibtex
+C Version 0.99c. From text books I have managed to learn that I will need the
+harvard.sty file written by P Williams and T Schnier. I have obtained
+this using ftp however I cannot find out what commands are needed or
+where they are needed to get anything working.
+I would be very grateful if you could send me the infomation I require or
+refer me to a text containing the infomation. Whilst I'm fairly
+computer literate I'm no whizz kid (my PhD is in Soil Mechanics!) so I'd
+appreciate it if I only new the basics just to get the thing working.
+Yours sincerely
+Paul Taylor.
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: Werenfried Spit <w.spit@witbo.nl>
+Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:07:29 +0100
+Subject: Harvard Refs? (A)
+
+There used to be a user manual with harvard.sty. I remember it lived
+on CTAN among the bibstyles.
+Otherwise, its fairly easy:
+- - use a Harvard-bibstyle
+- - use normal \cite s
+good luck
+- ---
+Werenfried Spit e-mail W.Spit@witbo.nl
+Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers phone +31-70-3.700.709
+Den Haag, The Netherlands fax +31-70-3.600.098
+
+------------------------------
+
+From: Mark Joy <ma_s443@crystal.kingston.ac.uk>
+Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 10:58:28 GMT0BST
+Subject: LaTeX2e version in color.sty
+
+Can anyone help with the following...
+
+I have a copy of PCTEX and have copied the installation files for
+LATEX 2e from the CTAN site at Aston UK. Everything seems to be ok
+except when I try to set up the graphics capabilities. In my
+color.sty file I have the command
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
+
+generating the warning,
+
+LaTeX Warning: You have requested release `1995/12/01' of LaTeX,
+ but only release `1994/12/01' is available.
+
+whilst typesetting grfguide.tex. I also get the error messages,
+
+! Illegal parameter number in definition of \ds@monochrome.
+<to be read again>
+ l.50 ...@lor@special\m@ne{define #1 #2}}}}
+
+etc, etc.
+
+Thanks in advance
+Mark Joy
+
+------------------------------
+
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+\bye
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+End of TeXhax Digest V1997 #11
+******************************