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+Article 84 of ucam.mlist.texhax:
+From: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.UK (TeXhax Digest)
+Subject: TeXhax Digest V1998 #5
+Date: 4 Sep 98 17:53:09 GMT
+
+TeXhax Digest Friday, September 4 1998 Volume 1998 : Number 005
+
+(incorporating UKTeX Digest)
+
+Today's Topics:
+
+ change of ip address for nfs.tex.ac.uk
+ query
+ Real Numbers
+ TUGboat 19(2) shipped to printer this date
+ Mime-Version: 1.0
+ IBM techexplorer Version 2.0 for Windows 95/NT, AIX, Solaris, and SGI
+ modes.mf 3.4 available
+ Re: .pk files?
+ .pk files?
+ Latest version of Latex
+ metafont base
+ background
+ EuroTeX'99
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 10:30:02 +0100
+From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk>
+Subject: change of ip address for nfs.tex.ac.uk
+
+we have decided to move nfs access to the uk ctan to a different
+system, and therefore the ip address has changed.
+
+this will not of course affect people who mount the archive using the
+correct cname. people who attempt to mount the archive using an old
+numeric ip address, or a cname other than nfs.tex.ac.uk will
+experience rejections.
+
+Robin Fairbairns
+
+For the CTAN team
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:18:58 PDT
+From: "job malig" <jobmalig@hotmail.com>
+Subject: query
+
+hello!
+
+Do you have any idea how to convert Latex documents into Miles 33
+equations?. I'm using PcTex32 Ver. 3.4 and I use packages such as :
+Amssymb.sty, Siamltex.sty, Epsfig.sty and Epsf.sty(for figures),
+Latexsym.sty(for symbols), Graphics.sty(for rotating figures).
+
+Thank you. I would really appreciate your help.
+
+Job Malig
+
+______________________________________________________
+Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:09:29 +0100 (BST)
+From: Ana Oliveira <arsgdo@dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk>
+Subject: Real Numbers
+
+I wonder if you can help me. I've been using \Re to represent the real
+numbers, but I really don't like the symbol. I've been trying to get the
+R with a double bar at the back but I can't seem to find it.
+
+Does it exist? Is there any package that might have it? I'm using LaTeX2e
+<1996/12/01> patch level 1.
+
+Thanks!
+
+Ana.
+
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------
+ Ana Guedes de Oliveira e-mail: arsgdo@doc.ic.ac.uk
+ Ph.D student phone: +44 171 594 8341
+ Imperial College fax: +44 171 581 8024
+ Department of Computing
+ 180 Queens Gate, London SW7 2BZ
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:39:24 +0100
+From: Mimi Burbank <mimi@scri.fsu.edu>
+Subject: TUGboat 19(2) shipped to printer this date
+
+I am pleased to announce that TUGboat 19(2) was shipped to Cadmus
+this date. Enclosed are the contents
+
+ TUGboat
+ Volume 19, Number 2 / June 1998
+ ====================================
+Addresses 91
+
+General Delivery
+ Mimi Jett
+ From the President 93
+ Barbara Beeton
+ Editorial comments 94
+ Copyright protection for typefaces; More on PS fonts;
+ CyrTUG membership now free of charge;
+ IBM's techexplorer; New Omega for Mac;
+ EuroTeX 98 --- The Tenth European TeX Conference
+ April Fool's Hoax 95
+ CTAN CDROM series, compliments of DANTE 97
+
+Typography
+ Peter Flynn
+ Typographers' inn 98
+
+Graphics Applications
+ Denis Girou
+ pst-fill --- a PSTricks package for filling and tiling areas 101
+
+Book Review
+ Michael Doob
+ ``TeX Unbound'', by Alan Hoenig 113
+
+Fonts
+ Anshuman Pandey
+ An overview of Indic fonts for TeX 115
+ Thierry Bouche
+ Diversity in math fonts 121
+
+Hints & Tricks
+ Jeremy Gibbons
+ `Hey --- it works!' 135
+ Smart spaced macros everywhere (Robert Tolksdorf);
+ Dashed lines (Pedro J. Aphalo);
+ Double-headed arrows (Jeremy Gibbons)
+
+LaTeX
+ LaTeX project team
+ Default docstrip headers 137
+ LaTeX project team
+ LaTeX News, Issue 9, June 1998 139
+
+TeX Northeast
+ Conference Program 140
+ Stephanie Hogue
+ Final report: TeX Northeast 142
+ TeX Northeast: Workshops and additional papers 144
+ Michael P. Barnett
+ mathscape --- Combining Mathematica and TeX 147
+ Robert S. Sutor and Samuel S. Dooley
+ TeX and LaTeX on the Web via IBM techexplorer 157
+ Amy Hendrickson
+ Real Life LaTeX: Adventures of a TeX consultant 162
+ Alan J. Hoenig
+ Typesetting with TeX and LaTeX 168
+ Alan J. Hoenig
+ Alternatives to Computer Modern Mathematics 176
+ Jeffrey McArthur
+ Developing database publishing systems using TeX 188
+ Ross Moore
+ Presenting mathematics and languages in Web-pages,
+ using LaTeX2HTML 195
+ Oren Patashnik
+ BibTeX 101 204
+ Peter Signell
+ One-document scientific publishing for print and Web/CD 208
+ Michael D. Sofka
+ TeX to HTML translation via tagged DVI files 214
+
+Abstracts
+ Les Cahiers GUTenberg, Contents of issue 28--29 223
+
+News & Announcements
+ Calendar 227
+ TUG 98 -- Torun, Poland, 17-21 August 1998, Preliminary Program 92
+ Wilfred Hennings
+ Volunteers needed for LaTeX2rtf coordination
+ and development 231
+ TUG'99 Announcement 229
+
+Late-Breaking News
+ Mimi Burbank
+ Production notes 228
+ Future issues 228
+
+TUG Business
+ Institutional members 230
+
+Advertisements
+ TeX consulting and production services 231
+ Y&Y Inc. 232
+ Blue Sky Researc c3
+
+ ====================================
+
+To be included in this issue are 3 CTAN CDs. Enjoy!
+
+Mimi Burbank
+(For the TUGboat production team)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:52:39 +0800
+From: "Asia Prepress Technology, Clark Branch" <aptc@mozcom.com>
+Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0
+
+hello!
+
+Do you have any idea how to convert Latex documents into Miles 33
+equations?. I'm using PcTex32 Ver. 3.4 and I use packages such as :
+Amssymb.sty, Siamltex.sty, Epsfig.sty and Epsf.sty(for figures),
+Latexsym.sty(for symbols), Graphics.sty(for rotating figures). If you have
+any idea please e-mail me at jobmalig@hotmail.com or aptc@mozcom.com.
+
+Thank you. I would really appreciate your help.
+
+Job Malig
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:14:14 -0400
+From: sutor@us.ibm.com
+Subject: IBM techexplorer Version 2.0 for Windows 95/NT, AIX, Solaris, and SGI
+
+The Interactive Scientific Publishing group at
+IBM Research is pleased to announce that the
+Introductory Edition of the IBM techexplorer
+Hypermedia Browser, Version 2.0 for Windows 95,
+Windows NT, IBM AIX 4, Sun Solaris 2.5 and 2.6,
+and SGI IRIX 6.2 is now available at no charge from
+
+http://www.software.ibm.com/techexplorer/.
+
+IBM's techexplorer Hypermedia Browser dynamically
+formats and displays expressions and documents
+containing mathematical, technical, and scientific
+markup.
+
+techexplorer is a plug-in for Netscape and
+Microsoft Internet Explorer that processes a
+large subset of TeX and LaTeX. This version
+also contains basic support for some of the
+presentation tags defined in the W3C Mathematical
+Marup Language specification.
+
+Version 2.0 of the Professional edition of techexplorer
+is also available for purchase from several electronic
+distribution channels. Visit
+
+http://www.software.ibm.com/techexplorer/shop/
+
+for more information. The Professional edition builds on
+the Introductory edition by adding:
+
+ * A scripting interface for developers who wish to
+ programmatically control techexplorer from Java or
+ JavaScript.
+
+ * An add-in interface for authors who want to
+ interactively send information to other applications.
+
+ * Printing of full documents displayed by techexplorer.
+
+ * Searching, with all matches selected.
+
+Explore
+
+http://www.software.ibm.com/enetwork/techexplorer/support/
+
+to obtain support and join other users and developers in
+discussions about techexplorer.
+
+- ---
+
+Robert S. Sutor
+Manager, Interactive Scientific Publishing
+IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
+
+Angel L. Diaz
+Research Staff Member, Interactive Scientific Publishing
+IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:40:03 -0400 (EDT)
+From: Karl Berry <karl@cs.umb.edu>
+Subject: modes.mf 3.4 available
+
+I have released version 3.4 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from
+
+ ftp://tug.org/tex/modes.mf
+
+and shortly from any CTAN site in /tex-archive/fonts/modes/modes-3.4.mf.
+finger ctan@ctan.org for a list of all the CTAN sites and mirrors.
+
+News:
+
+New modes for the Phaser 560, Lexmark Optra S 1250/1650/2450,
+LaserJet 4000 FastRes, and one pixel/pt output.
+
+Various formatting glitches fixed.
+
+As always, thanks to the many contributors, and further additions and
+improvements are welcome. Please send bug reports or suggestions to
+tex-fonts@math.utah.edu (email tex-fonts-request to join).
+
+General information:
+
+modes.mf is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common
+definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and
+landscape mode. It uses up too much memory for the table sizes in the
+original mf.web, so you either have to increase the sizes (as in Web2c)
+or rename the file and remove unneeded modes. I don't understand mf.web
+well enough to understand how to make the modes use less memory; if some
+Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd like to hear it.
+
+If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the
+existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition,
+particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome.
+
+kb@tug.org
+
+mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS (406dpi)
+mode_def agfatfzz = % AGFA P3400PS (400dpi)
+mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga (100dpi)
+mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 (723dpi)
+mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 (1016dpi)
+mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer (300dpi)
+mode_def atarinf = % Atari previewer (95dpi)
+mode_def atarins = % Atari previewer (96dpi)
+mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen (101dpi)
+mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph (118dpi)
+mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex (360dpi)
+mode_def bjtzzex = % Canon BubbleJet 200ex (360 dpi)
+mode_def bjtzzs = % Canon BubbleJet 200 (720x360dpi)
+mode_def bjtzzl = % BubbleJet 200 landscape (360x720 dpi)
+mode_def boise = % HP 2680A (180dpi)
+mode_def canonbjc = % Canon BJC-600 (360dpi)
+mode_def canonex = % LaserWriter Pro 630 (600dpi)
+mode_def canonlbp = % Symbolics LGP-10 (240dpi)
+mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600 (1301x1569dpi)
+mode_def cgl = % Compugraphic 8600 landscape
+(1569x1302dpi)
+mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600 (1200dpi)
+mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS (5333dpi)
+mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX (300dpi)
+mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc (70dpi)
+mode_def newdd = % DataDisc (70x93dpi)
+mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 (100dpi)
+mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 (82dpi)
+mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500 (300dpi)
+mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 (600dpi)
+mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover (384dpi)
+mode_def eighthre = % EightThree (83dpi)
+mode_def epscszz = % Epson Stylus Color 600 (720 dpi)
+mode_def epsdrft = % Epson (120x72dpi)
+mode_def epsdrftl = % Epson (72x120dpi)
+mode_def epsfast = % Epson (60x72dpi)
+mode_def epsfastl = % Epson (72x60dpi)
+mode_def epson = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX (240x216dpi)
+mode_def epsonl = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX landscape (216x240dpi)
+mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500 (300dpi)
+mode_def epsonlo = % Epson (120x216dpi)
+mode_def epsonlol = % Epson landscape (216x120dpi)
+mode_def epsonsq = % Epson SQ 870 (360dpi)
+mode_def epstypro = % Epson Stylus Pro (360dpi)
+mode_def epstyplo = % Epson Stylus Pro (180dpi)
+mode_def epstypmd = % Epson Stylus Pro (720x360dpi)
+mode_def esphi = % Epson Stylus Pro (720dpi)
+mode_def epstylus = % Epson Stylus (360dpi)
+mode_def fourfour = % FourFour (44dpi)
+mode_def gtfax = % G3fax (204x196dpi)
+mode_def gtfaxl = % G3fax landscape (196x204dpi)
+mode_def gtfaxlo = % G3fax (204x98dpi)
+mode_def gtfaxlol = % G3fax landscape (98x204dpi)
+mode_def highfax = % G3fax (200dpi)
+mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 (180dpi)
+mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (240dpi)
+mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (240dpi)
+mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor (96x81dpi)
+mode_def ibmegal = % IBM EGA monitor landscape (81x96dpi)
+mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019 (300dpi)
+mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30-39, 4250 (600dpi)
+mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter (240x216dpi)
+mode_def ibmppl = % IBM ProPrinter (216x240dpi)
+mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display (118dpi)
+mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) (240dpi)
+mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812 (240dpi)
+mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820 (240dpi)
+mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen (100dpi)
+mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen (87x65dpi)
+mode_def ibmtosnl = % IBM 3179 screen landscape (65x87dpi)
+mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor (110dpi)
+mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX (9600dpi)
+mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A (160x144dpi)
+mode_def itohl = % CItoh 8510A landscape (144x160dpi)
+mode_def itohtoz = % CItoh 310 (240x144dpi)
+mode_def itohtozl = % CItoh 310 landscape (144x240dpi)
+mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter (144dpi)
+mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi (300dpi)
+mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75 (144dpi)
+mode_def lexmarkr = % Lexmark Optra R 4049 (1200dpi)
+mode_def lexmarks = % Lexmark Optra S 1250/1650/2450 (1200dpi)
+mode_def lexmarku = % Lexmark Optra R+ 4049 (600dpi)
+mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 (635dpi)
+mode_def linolttz = % Linotronic L-300 with RIP-50 (3386dpi)
+mode_def linoone = % Linotronic [13]00 (1270dpi)
+mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 (2540dpi)
+mode_def ljfive = % HP LaserJet 5 (600dpi)
+mode_def ljfivemp = % HP LaserJet 5MP (600 dpi)
+mode_def ljfour = % HP LaserJet 4 (600dpi)
+mode_def ljfzzz = % LaserJet 4000N, ProRes mode (1200dpi)
+mode_def ljfzzzfr = % HP LaserJet 4000 FastRes (600dpi)
+mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet (150dpi)
+mode_def lmaster = % LaserMaster (1000dpi)
+mode_def lnotr = % DEC LN03R Scriptprinter (300dpi)
+mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01 (300dpi)
+mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20 (300dpi)
+mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500 (180dpi)
+mode_def lqmed = % Epson LQ-500 (360x180dpi)
+mode_def lqmedl = % Epson LQ-500 landscape (180x360dpi)
+mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor (118x109dpi)
+mode_def lwpro = % Apple LaserWriterPro 810 (800dpi)
+mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1 (86dpi)
+mode_def mactrue = % Mac screen (72dpi)
+mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch (95dpi)
+mode_def nec = % NEC (180dpi)
+mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 (360dpi)
+mode_def neclm = % NEC PC-PR406LM (320dpi)
+mode_def nectzo = % NEC PC-PR201 series (160dpi)
+mode_def nexthi = % NeXT Newgen (400dpi)
+mode_def nextscrn = % NeXT monitor (100dpi)
+mode_def nineone = % NineOne (91x91) (91dpi)
+mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only (101dpi)
+mode_def onetz = % OneTwoZero (120/120) (120dpi)
+mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS (508dpi)
+mode_def okidata = % Okidata (240x288dpi)
+mode_def okidatal = % Okidata landscape (288x240dpi)
+mode_def okifte = % Okidata 410e in 600DPI mode (600dpi)
+mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns
+(118dpi)
+mode_def pcprevw = % PC screen preview (118dpi)
+mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi (300dpi)
+mode_def phaserfs = % Tektronix Phaser 560 (1200dpi)
+mode_def phasertf = % Tektronix Phaser 350 (600x300dpi)
+mode_def pixpt = % one pixel per point (72.27dpi)
+mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ (1200dpi)
+mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) (300dpi)
+mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725 (600dpi)
+mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700 (600dpi)
+mode_def qmstftf = % QMS 2425 (1200dpi)
+mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser (300dpi)
+mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216 (300dpi)
+mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03 (300dpi)
+mode_def ricohsp = % Ricoh sp10ps/lp7200-ux (600dpi)
+mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter (400dpi)
+mode_def starnlt = % Star NL-10 (240x216dpi)
+mode_def starnltl = % Star NL-10 landscape (216x240dpi)
+mode_def stylewri = % Apple StyleWriter (360dpi)
+mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph (85dpi)
+mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter (2400dpi)
+mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ (180dpi)
+mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter (1200dpi)
+mode_def vs = % VAXstation monitor (78dpi)
+mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P (1800dpi)
+mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P (2400dpi)
+mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P (1200dpi)
+mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6 (600dpi)
+mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600 (600dpi)
+mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 (300dpi)
+mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090/4700 (300dpi)
+mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700 (300dpi)
+mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700 (300dpi)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:53:42 +0100
+From: Rebecca and Rowland <rebecca@astrid.u-net.com>
+Subject: Re: .pk files?
+
+At 5:43 pm +0200 11/8/98, Rosa Maria Gomez Flores wrote:
+>Hello everybody!
+.
+> I'm a little bit loss all those fonts file formats to use TeX.
+>
+> Can anyone say me how to see and print (I'm using YAP under Windows
+>NT) a
+>(plain) TeX document when:
+>
+> 1) I only have the .mtf and .vf files. I thouth that DVI drivers needed
+>.pk files, but it seems it is enought, because in all CTAN directorys I
+>didn't find them, nor the .mf file.
+
+It's a bit difficult to know what to say: there are lots of mf files at
+CTAN. DVI drivers need *something* to print with: pk files are one sort of
+file that's useful. Some dvi drivers can also use Postscript Type 1 and
+TrueType founts directly.
+
+Do you mean `tfm' when you say `mtf'?
+
+> 2) I have the .amf file, but not the .ps to get .pk
+
+Do you mean `afm' when you say `amf'?
+
+> Sometimes I have got to compile something with TeX --I can't say
+>exactly
+>how :-(( --, but I never can see or print the .dvi file.
+[snip]
+
+It sounds like you're trying to use non-Metafont founts with TeX (normally
+PS Type 1 founts). There are lots of files at CTAN to allow you to use PS
+Type 1 founts with TeX, but in most cases the founts concerned are
+commercial products which you have to buy from a firm that sells founts.
+
+You might find it useful to ask this question on comp.text.tex.
+
+Rowland.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:43:00 +0200
+From: Rosa Maria Gomez Flores <rosa.gomez@star-ag.ch>
+Subject: .pk files?
+
+Hello everybody!
+
+ I'm a little bit loss all those fonts file formats to use TeX.
+
+ Can anyone say me how to see and print (I'm using YAP under Windows NT) a
+(plain) TeX document when:
+
+ 1) I only have the .mtf and .vf files. I thouth that DVI drivers needed
+.pk files, but it seems it is enought, because in all CTAN directorys I
+didn't find them, nor the .mf file.
+
+ 2) I have the .amf file, but not the .ps to get .pk
+
+ Sometimes I have got to compile something with TeX --I can't say exactly
+how :-(( --, but I never can see or print the .dvi file.
+
+ Thanks in advance:
+
+ Rosa
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 21:03:02 +0200
+From: "Bernardo Rodrigues" <RodriguesB@science.unp.ac.za>
+Subject: Latest version of Latex
+
+I have been using Texmex, since sometime back. What is the new version
+of Latex and where can I get it.
+
+ With thanks
+
+Bernardo
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:43:37 +0200
+From: Rosa Maria Gomez Flores <rosa.gomez@star-ag.ch>
+Subject: metafont base
+
+Hello people!
+
+ I'm trying MetaFont, I work on Windows NT, I have WinZip and the file
+mf.zip from GTEX in the CTAN. When I expand the zip file, I get some files
+and directories (the mf.exe says: "This is METAFONT, Version 2.718 (gTeX
+distribution 2.2)", and prompt: **). In the mfbase directory, there are to
+MSDOS-macros, cm.bat and plain.bat, to create the base files. But when I
+try them, give me the error:
+ ! I can't read mf.pool.
+
+ And that it because I have only a "mf.poo" file, but when I rename or copy
+it into mf.pool, they still give me the same error. It is the same if I
+copy it in the directory of the file mf.exe.
+
+ Does anyone of you know how to get the base files, or the .pool file or
+another MetaFont version that run under MS-DOS or Windows NT? Please,
+please, tell me any idea that could help me to begin!
+
+ Thanks a lot of and happy weekend!
+
+ Rosa
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:49:29 +0200
+From: Rosa Maria Gomez Flores <rosa.gomez@star-ag.ch>
+Subject: background
+
+Hi!
+
+ I'd like to write in plain TeX a box with the background black and the
+text white, and another with the background gray and the text black.
+
+ Has anybody do something similar? Any suggestion? Thanks you very much!
+
+ Rosa
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:23:13 +0200 (METDST)
+From: "EuroTeX'99" <eurotex99@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
+Subject: EuroTeX'99
+
+erg.de>
+MIME-Version: 1.0
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+
+You are cordially invited to:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+ EUROTeX'99, the XIth European TeX Conference
+ September 20 - September 23, 1999
+ +++++++++++
+
+EuroTeX'99 will take place in Heidelberg, Germany from September 20th to
+September 23th, 1999. It is organized by the
+
+ University of Heidelberg
+
+represented by the departments
+
+ Institute of Psychology and
+ Computing Center
+
+Organized by
+
+ Prof. Dr. Joachim Funke,
+ Prof. Dr. Joachim Werner,
+ Dr. Peter Sandner and
+ Joachim Lammarsch
+
+The conference will start on the morning of Monday September 20th and will
+last until the Thursday afternoon September 23, 1999. The Sunday prior to
+the conference and the following Friday will be reserved for tutorials.
+
+The main conference will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Talks,
+presentations and discussions about document publishing are planned.
+The late afternoons will be reserved for BOF-Sessions.
+
+Social events and dinner are planned on Tuesday und Wednesday evening.
+EuroTeX'99 offers guided tours of the historic town center and of the
+castle of Heidelberg, as well as a boat trip along the Neckar river.
+
+All who will spend the weekend after the conference in Heidelberg will be
+able to enjoy a large, traditional, city-wide festival called
+'Heidelberger Herbst' with a lot of fun in the streets of the historic
+down town.
+
+The call for paper will be sent out sometime in the following weeks after
+the program for the conference is complete. Again we thank the European
+TeX Organisations for their confidence to delegate EuroTeX to the
+University of Heidelberg.
+
+Kind regards
+Joachim Lammarsch
+(on behalf of the organizers)
+
+------------------------------
+
+End of TeXhax Digest V1998 #5
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