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diff --git a/info/digests/texline/no10/tex88.tex b/info/digests/texline/no10/tex88.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a6d38ca346 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texline/no10/tex88.tex @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +\centerline{\bf \TeX88\ -- the proceedings} +\smallskip +\noindent +At last the proceedings! After what seems an etern\-ity, +the proceedings of the 1988 European \TeX\ Conference at +Exeter are available. I will not go into the excuses +here, since I plan to talk about the production of the +proceedings at \TeX90 at Cork. The proceedings are +published by Ellis Horwood Publishers. On the one hand +this makes them a little expensive at \quid39.95 (don't +blame me, I'm only the editor), but on the other hand, it +does mean that the production is quite good, with proper +hard covers (remember hard covers?) and none of this nasty +wire binding that locks up the book shelf. The paper +quality is good too (much better than the current paperback +edition of the \TB). I would also claim that the quality +of the papers is good, although natural modesty forbids +me from claiming that it is easily the best produced of +any of the \TeX\ conferences, either in Europe or in the +US. + +The macros described in some of the papers are available in +the Aston Archive. In addition, the abstracts have also +been placed there, in a sort of \BibTeX-style +bibliography. To obtain information on which macros +area there, and their exact location you need to read the +file +\begintt +[tex-archive.digests.tex88]proc.info +\endtt +The `abstracts' are in the same directory, in a file +named |abs.bib|. This last file has also been shipped to +Heidelberg, and may very well be on their server too. + +TUG and the publishers are exploring ways of arranging a +discount for members. It may be possible to extent this +to other \TeX\ groups, but nothing has been finalised at +present. If you went to the conference, your copy will +either be in your hands or on its way. Fret not. +Nevertheless there are about a dozen attendees whom I have +been unable to trace. They are: +Susan C Allcock, +Josep Sarrate, +Torbj\"orn Lindh, +Ger W P M Bakker, +Mark Liederkerken, +David Hardy, +Howard Hansford, +Hubert Twum-Barima, +Jim Curry, +Harald Dahlmanns, +G{\"u}nter Unbescheid, +Neil Swindells and +John Sheppard. +If they can contact me with a current address, I'll be +pleased to see that they get their copy. + +The |.bib| entry for the proceedings is: +\begintt +@proceedings{TeX88, +title={{\TeX}: Applications, {Uses}, + {Methods}}, +year={1990}, +editor={Malcolm Clark}, +organization={\TeX88}, +publisher={Ellis Horwood}, +address={Chichester}, +isbn={0139122966}, +price={\pounds39.95} +\endtt + +\rightline{\sl Malcolm Clark} |