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+Article 82 of ucam.mlist.texhax:
+From: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.UK (TeXhax Digest)
+Subject: TeXhax Digest V1998 #3
+Date: 5 Jun 98 16:01:53 GMT
+
+TeXhax Digest Friday, June 5 1998 Volume 1998 : Number 003
+
+(incorporating UKTeX Digest)
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ tex to postscript conversion
+ latex3e
+ pdftex
+ \ifcat peculiarity?
+ TeX question
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:07:48 +0100
+From: iain@lndn.tensor.pgs.com (Iain Christie)
+Subject: tex to postscript conversion
+
+ Hi,
+
+ Do you have or know where I could get hold of a program
+ to convert a tex file to postscript format?
+
+ I have downloaded a .tex file from the net but am unable to
+ print it in a useful form, currently it is impossible to read
+ any of the mathematical equations.
+
+ Regards,
+
+ Iain
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:08:22 +0100 (BST)
+From: sssgst3@reading.ac.uk
+Subject: latex3e
+
+In submission to a conference paper, the organisers would like our papers done
+in latex3e and LNCS. Does anyone know where I can get hold of this latex3e
+and
+LNCS? I've used Alta Vista and archie on DOC at IC but no joy. Any gotchas
+and caveats would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
+
+M. Saoldonicia
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 00:34:49 +0000
+From: "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat@unigoa.ernet.in>
+Subject: pdftex
+
+Greetings,
+
+ I would like to know the location of pdftex. Any pointers to
+installing it would be gratefully recieved
+
+Gurunandan
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:29:30 GMT
+From: cgm@ssci.liv.ac.uk (Colin Mason)
+Subject: \ifcat peculiarity?
+
+Consider the following input file:
+- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- -
+\def\test{\afterassignment\dotest \let\next= }%
+
+\def\dotest{\message{<}%
+ \ifcat \relax\noexpand\next \message{16}\fi
+ \ifcat\noexpand~\noexpand\next \message{13}\fi
+ \ifcat 0\noexpand\next \message{12}\fi
+ \ifcat \bgroup\noexpand\next \message{ 1}\fi
+ \message{>}}%
+
+\catcode`\|=\active
+
+% \def~{\penalty\@M \ } % tie (defined in plain)
+
+\let|=\relax \test|
+\let|=0 \test|
+\let|=\bgroup \test|
+
+\let~=0
+\let|=\relax \test|
+\let|=0 \test|
+\let|=\bgroup \test|
+
+\let~=\bgroup
+\let|=\relax \test|
+\let|=0 \test|
+\let|=\bgroup \test|
+
+\bye
+- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+- -
+If it is \TeX'ed using plain \TeX, then the result is as follows:
+
+This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) (format=plain 94.2.24) 26 MAY
+1998 16:47
+**test
+(test.tex < 16 > < 12 > < 1 > < 16 > < 13 12 > < 1 > < 16 > < 12 > < 13 1 >
+
+.
+No pages of output.
+
+I understand the first three messages (< 16 > < 12 > < 1 >) but I don't
+understand either the < 13 12 > or the < 13 1 >. The control sequence \next
+is effectively \let equal to tokens of first category 16, then 12, then 1.
+The construction \noexpand~ should be category 13 regardless of the definition
+of ~. \next should never be category 13, should it? And how can it have two
+different category codes at the same time? Maybe I'm just thick!
+
+I came across this because a wierd macro I was writing didn't work properly.
+There's a better way of writing the macro anyway (isn't there always?) but
+any explanation of what's going on would be much appreciated.
+
+Colin Mason
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:48:51 +1000 (EST)
+From: Aaron Harwood <A.Harwood@cit.gu.edu.au>
+Subject: TeX question
+
+To the TeX people,
+
+I have a quick question about TeX,
+
+"How do I turn hyphenation processing off?"
+
+I seem to see lots of things saying that TeX hyphenation is so good but I
+don't want hyphenation.
+
+- --
+Aaron.
+
+------------------------------
+
+End of TeXhax Digest V1998 #3
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