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Thiele, Editor, TTN). +%% + +\documentstyle[twoside]{ttn1n2} %% Version 1.2, May 1992 + +% 1992.2.27: fix for underfull hboxes suggested by Phil Taylor (CJC) +\tolerance = 1817 \hbadness = \tolerance + +\begin{document} + +%% Cover 1 (outside front): to be done separately + +%% COVER 2 (editorial information): +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont\TeX{} and TUG NEWS} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{center} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} + \begin{tabular}{||lp{9.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf Mission Statement} \\ [6pt] + \hline + \multicolumn{2}{||l||}{The \TUG\ (TUG) provides leadership:} \\ + 1. & to encourage and expand the use of \TeX, \MF, and related + systems \\ + 2. & to ensure the integrity and portability of \TeX, \MF, and + related systems \\ + 3. & to foster innovation in high-quality electronic document + preparation \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent \TTN\ is a newsletter for \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} users alike: {\em +a forum for exchanging information, tips and suggestions\/}; {\em a +regular means of communicating news items to one another\/}; {\em a +place where information about \TeX{} and TUG can be quickly +disseminated}. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +Throughout the newsletter ``\TeX'' is understood to mean \TeX, \LaTeX, +\AmSTeX, and other related programs and macros. \TTN\ is produced with +the standard \LaTeX{} distribution, and is to be as portable a document +as possible. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +The entire contents of this newsletter are being placed in the public +domain. The source file of this issue will be placed in the {\tt +aston}, {\tt shsu}, and {\tt stuttgart} archives, as well as at the {\tt +heidelberg}, {\tt labrea}, and {\tt ymir} archives. Copying and +reprinting are encouraged; however, an acknowledgement specifying \TTN\ +as the source would be appreciated. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +Submissions to \TTN\ should be short, the macros must work, and the +files {\bf must} run without special font or graphics requirements: this +is to be a {\em portable\/} newsletter (the new font naming scheme has +not yet been implemented). Correspondence may be sent via e-mail to +{\tt tug@math.ams.com} with the subject line {\tt NEWSLETTER}. Regular +mail should be addressed to the Publications Committee, \careof\ TUG +Office at the address below. + +\vspace{.25pc} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{ll} + \bf \TUG & Phone: 401-751-7760 \\ + P.O.~Box 9506 & FAX: 401-751-1071 \\ + Providence, RI 02940-9506 USA & E-mail: \tt tug@math.ams.com \\ + \noalign{\vskip2pc} + \multicolumn{2}{c}{\TeX{} is a trademark of the + American Mathematical Society} \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Editorial (p.1): + +\pagestyle{myheadings} +\markboth{\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 2, 1992} + {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 2, 1992} + +\setcounter{page}{1} %% to set first page of contents to p.1 + +\Section{Editorial} + +Welcome to the second issue of \TTN. With each issue, I hope you'll +find more of what you're looking for. If not --- send something in +yourself! + +Our feature article, ``\TeX{} in Japan'', is almost a roundup of the +various approaches being followed to make \TeX{} work in the Japanese +environment. The list of publications now available to the Japanese +user of \TeX\ is also quite impressive. + +The ``Typographer's Inn'' with Peter Flynn is back, with some +interesting comments and suggestions following up on his first column. +Peter has also created a few new lists for you to subscribe to --- in +case you don't have enough to read and keep track of! + +Good news to report on the books listed in the last issue --- reviews +of Beccari, Eijkhout, and Hahn will all be appearing in {\sl +TUGboat\/} 13 \#2, while the Seroul/Levy book was reviewed in 13 \#1 +(pp.\ 57--58). There's a new subsection in ``New Publications'', where +I hope to list the latest issues of newsletters from other \TeX{} user +groups. If you know of any others, do let me know. + +The regular columns on \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ tricks, \AllTeX\ news, and +news on happenings in other user groups are all here again. + +A note of interest: a TUG member, Mr.\ Robert Otness, asked me for +TTN's .sty file to use as a base for his own newsletter. Well, the +first issue of the {\sl Journal of the Oughtred +Society\/}\footnote[1]{``\dots\ a newsletter for people interested in +the history and collection of slide rules.''} finally arrived, also +done in \LaTeX. Congratulations to Mr.\ Otness on his newsletter --- +welcome to the editors' club! Actually, once the TTN macros have +settled down, we'll probably have a brief write-up on them. + +And in other news: the 1992 Knuth Scholarship has been awarded to +\dots\ well, you'll just have to come to TUG'92 to find out who! So, +get ready to come to Portland and enjoy yourselves at the end of July +--- lots of fun and games, interesting talks and panels and workshops, +courses to take, and when you've had your fill of the meeting, there's +still all of Portland and the local area to explore. + +Have a pleasant and relaxing summer, and if I don't see you at the +Portland meeting, we'll meet again in the September/October issue of +\TTN. + +\begin{flushright} + Christina Thiele\\ + Editor, \TTN +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% LaTeX3 Update (pp.2--4): + +\Section{\LaTeX3, TUG, and You} + +My goal for this article is to introduce myself to {\small TUG} +members as the liaison for the \LaTeX3 project and {\em +particularly\/} to invite their participation.\footnote[1]{[First +report appeared in \TTN\ 1(1):4--6.]} + +My own involvement with the technical aspects of the project is +peripheral at best. The {\small TUG} Board of Directors has begun +implementing a policy whereby we identify and attempt to expedite the +work of worthy \TeX{} projects by whatever means in our power. To +that end, liaison personnel have been appointed to approach project +leaders to see if the project would like to team up with the liaison. +The connection can be as active or passive as an individual project +deems appropriate. + +While there has been no effort to quantify the concept of ``worthy +\TeX{} project,'' it seems clear that the \LaTeX3 project qualifies by +any standard, and I was asked to serve in the liaison capacity. +Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, thoughts, +or donations pertaining to \LaTeX3. (You can reach me by mail at +17~Bay Avenue, Huntington, NY~11743, USA or on Bitnet at {\tt +ajhjj@cunyvm}, and I do hope to hear from you.) + +\subsection*{The \LaTeX3 project: some background} + +The 1989 {\small TUG} meeting at Stanford saw the birth of this +project. As a result of many late-night discussions, Leslie Lamport +(author of the current version of \LaTeX) and Frank Mittelbach (now +the Technical Director of the \LaTeX3 project) determined a strategy +for rewriting the \LaTeX{} macros. The \LaTeX3 project will produce a +public domain document preparation system which combines the power and +excellence of \TeX's typesetting capabilities with ease of use for +authors, editors, and designers. The guiding principle for the +original \LaTeX{} continues: generic document mark-up is to be +separate from the visual formatting of the document. (For example, +you indicate that a certain paragraph is the abstract, and let +\LaTeX{} worry about what the abstract part of your paper looks like.) + +The major difference in the new version will be the addition of a +workable, simple interface through which designers can specify how +classes of documents should look. It will also contain many detailed +enhancements and extensions to cover wider classes of documents. The +code will be designed and documented in a way that makes future +maintenance and extensions straightforward. + +The project team will produce full documentation of all parts of the +system. If you use \LaTeX{} now, you will be glad to learn that you +will have access to a variety of tools for easily upgrading your +existing documents to the new system. + +The project team is committed to making sure that the TUG and \TeX{} +community remains fully informed about the progress and status of the +work. (That is one of the duties of the liaison.) + +About a half-dozen modules which extend the functionality of +\LaTeX2.09 have been produced over the last few years. These are also +intended to test possible concepts for the new version. The modules +include a new font selection scheme ({\small NFSS}), robust +multicolumn and verbatim environments, an extended tabular +environment and a new theorem environment. While \LaTeX3 will be +written from scratch and not by just adding features piecemeal to the +old implementation, these modules will provide you with a chance to +use features which will be available in the same or similar form in +the new product. + +The easiest way to get these modules (each of which includes +documentation on installation and use) is from someone who already has +them. Otherwise, they may be downloaded from all major software +archives. (Unfortunately, this route is open almost exclusively to +those with access to the various computer networks that encircle the +globe. Consult the 1991 {\it TUG Resource Directory\/} for +information on access to these archives and how to download from +them.) + +\subsection*{Project personnel} + +The core of the \LaTeX3 project team is gratifyingly international. +The Technical Director is Frank Mittelbach (Germany) and the team's +activities are co-managed by Chris Rowley (United Kingdom) and Rainer +Sch\"opf (Germany). Other members come from Germany, France, Denmark, +Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. + +\subsection*{How you can help} + +As always, concrete support in the form of money leads the list of +things needed. The team works hard and steals time from family, +friends, and real-life employers in order to work on the new \LaTeX. +Team members are humble, frugal souls, but every so often the key +members must travel to meet together to discuss their next set of +goals, and so on. + +To that end, a \LaTeX3 Fund has been set up, to be administered by +{\small TUG}. As of this writing (early June), the fund contains +about US\$3,000. In addition to meeting travel expenses, it will be +used for essential hardware upgrades and whatever else is essential +for the progress of the project. + +Your contribution to this worthy effort is earnestly solicited. In +fact, if you looked closely at your {\small TUG} renewal form, you may +have noticed an item on the form for the fund. If you have not done +so, please give serious thought to making a contribution. + +Of course, contributions in the form of state-of-the-art computer +hardware will also be greatly appreciated. + +The list of corporate and educational institutions which have +supported the project in various ways is long and noble --- to date it +includes: +Addison-Wesley, +American Mathematical Society, +ArborText, +Aston University, +Blue Sky Research, +{\small DANTE} Deutschsprachische Anwendervereinigung \TeX{} e.V., +Digital Equipment Corporation, +{\small EDS} Electronic Data Systems, +Elsevier Science Publishers, +{\small GUT}enberg, +{\small NTG} Nederlandstalige \TeX{} Gegruikersgroep, +Nordic \TeX{} Users Group, +Open University, +PC\TeX, +Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, +Royal Military College of Science, +Southampton University, +\TeX{} Users Group, +\TeX88, +\TeX pert Systems, +UK \TeX{} Users Group, +Uni\-ver\-si\-t\"ats\-rechen\-zentrum Heidelberg, +Uni\-ver\-si\-t\"ats\-rechen\-zentrum Mainz. + +If you are unable to make hard cash donations, you can still make +contributions in the form of new ideas and critical feedback. Please +subscribe to the electronic list {\tt LATEX-L} and make your voice +heard! To subscribe, you need access to one of the academic networks. +Mail a message containing this line: +$$ +\hbox{\tt SUBSCRIBE LATEX-L Your-first-name Your-surname} +$$ +to {\tt LISTSERV@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de}. + +Thanks for thinking of us, and we look forward to hearing from you. + +\begin{flushright} + Alan Hoenig \\ + \LaTeX3 Liaison +\end{flushright} + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{10cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Note and Correction} \\ [4pt] + \hline + In {\sl TUGboat\/} 13(1):96--101, there is a detailed discussion of + the \LaTeX3 project by Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley. On p.~100, + an old address for the {\tt LATEX-L} list was published inadvertently. + As indicated in the above article, the preferred address is {\tt + LISTSERV@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de} -- Ed. \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{9.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Did you know \dots?} \\ [6pt] + \hline + \dots\ that back issues of {\sl TUGboat\/} are available to + members for a big discount? See the yellow order form in the + back of {\sl TUGboat\/} 13(1) for details on these and + other savings. \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Feature Article: TeX in Japan (pp.5--10): + +{ %% localise these def's: +\def\pTeX{p\kern.2em\TeX} +\def\JTeX{\leavevmode\hbox{\lower.5ex\hbox{J}\kern-.18em\TeX}} + +\Section{Update on \TeX{} in Japan} + +\subsection*{Introduction} + +Unlike the English alphabet (which is made up of phonograms), many +Japanese characters are ideograms; that is, they are symbols +representing things or ideas. This means that Japanese has many more +characters than European languages. + +There have been various efforts made to develop a version of \TeX{} +which could treat Japanese characters. Several articles about the +process and results have appeared in {\sl TUGboat\/} over the past few +years.\footnote[1]{[See, for example, N.~Saito and Kitagawa (1988), +Y.~Saito (1988), Kitagawa and N.~Saito (1988), Hamano (1990), Miyabe +et al (1990), Kakiuchi et al (1991).]} A number of books have now been +published using \TeX, so it seems that there are indeed practical +applications for \TeX{} in Japan. + +This report will describe the current Japanese version of \TeX{} and the +circumstances surrounding it. The first point to make is that a +Japanese version of \TeX{} can only work under an operating +system that has been ``Japanized''. That is, the problems of inputting +Japanese characters and working with an editor which can treat Japanese +have been resolved in the operating system. + +\subsection*{A Japanese version of \TeX} + +At present, there are 6,353 kanji characters available on various +types of computers. These characters are defined as {\small JIS} +levels 1 or 2.\footnote{JIS stands for Japan Industrial Standard; +consider it as akin to {\footnotesize ASCII} in the United States. +See also Beebe (1990).} Incidentally, we Japanese must learn 1,945 +characters at school by age fifteen. + +Two-byte code is used to represent the more than 6,000 characters on +our computers. One-byte code English words are mixed in the same +sentence at times with the two-byte code. That is, a Japanese +document may have both 8-bit and 16-bit code. \TeX, as you know, is +designed to operate with one-byte code, so we cannot use two-byte code +with \TeX{} in its original condition. Another limitation is that no +more than 256 characters can be used within one font set. + +To make a Japanese version of \TeX, we must manage to use over 6,000 +Japanese characters in the same way as when we use the original \TeX. +Of course, we have to keep in mind upward compatibility with both the +source level and the manipulation level. + +Two approaches have been used to solve these problems of Japan\-izing +\TeX. Each has its merits and demerits, and each has gained ground. + +\subsubsection{NTT \JTeX} + +One of those approaches is called {\small NTT} \JTeX, developed by +Yasuki Saito of Nippon Telephone \& Telegraph ({\small NTT}). + +The basic principle used by Saito was to keep changes and deviations +from the original \TeX{} to a minimum. He divided the Japanese font +into groups comprising fewer than 256 characters and explicit ``real +Japanese characters'', using only one-byte code. For more details, +see Y.~Saito (1987). + +Some of the advantages and disadvantages include: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Comparatively few changes:\\ + It can use the original format of \TeX{} font files and the + printer drivers. There is no need to change \TeX{} itself if + Japanese characters are converted into the subfont (one-byte + + character code). + + \item Limited typeface styles:\\ + \TeX{} can only handle 256 fonts at a time; as well, it + considers each font size to be a completely different font. + When we divide kanji into fewer than 256 characters, one kanji + font corresponds to scores of \TeX{} fonts. This means that + font availability is severely limited. (However, this isn't a + major problem because ordinarily people usually use only 2 kinds + of font sets.) + + \item Inconsistency of fonts:\\ + Because each font is divided into plural parts, even though it + should be essentially one, we cannot use functions such as kerning + which are supported only in the same font. +\end{itemize} + +The latest version of {\small NTT} \JTeX{} is 1.06, based on \TeX{} +2.95. At present, {\small NTT} \JTeX{} is confirmed as running on +{\small UNIX}, {\small VAX/VMS}, {\small DOS}, and various mainframes. +These are all distributed as public domain software. + +The original printer drivers for \TeX{} can be used with no changes. +However, it is necessary to use printer-resident Japanese fonts such +as are available for PostScript printers, or one has to get the +commercial font for {\small NTT} \JTeX. + +\subsubsection{ASCII Japanese \TeX} + +Another approach to the problem is demonstrated in the {\small ASCII} +Corporation's Japanese \TeX. {\small ASCII} publishes computer books and +magazines and develops software especially for {\small UNIX}. {\small +ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} was developed by the corporation's software +development section, and its publishing section has put it to +practical use. + +The underlying principle in {\small ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} is to have a +unified operation for Japanese; that is, \TeX{} can operate on one-byte +code and two-byte code in the same way. In order to do this, {\small +ASCII} enhanced the {\tt tfm} files as well as \TeX{} itself. It uses +one kanji font set, including the more than 6,000 characters as just +one font. (The change file contains about 7,000 lines.) + +The result is that it doesn't have 100\% compatibility with the +internal operation of the original \TeX, and the following portions +cannot pass the {\tt trip} test: + +\begin{enumerate} + \item section of the messages have been changed in order to cope + with Japanese + \item conditions of memory use +\end{enumerate} + +However, the output made from the file, which contains only one-byte +code, is the same as if made by the original \TeX. And under these +conditions, we can use original macros without changes. For example, +if we get only the macro file of \AmSTeX, we can easily make a +Japanized version of it. + +{\small ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} has the following merits and demerits: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Extensive revision work to do:\\ + Not only must \TeX{} itself be Japanized, but also the various + related file formats and utility programs have to be reworked. + + \item No limit to fonts used:\\ + One font includes all the Japanese characters. So we can use up + to 256 fonts including Western characters and Japanese + characters. {\small NTT} \JTeX{} cannot treat so many fonts + because it divides a Japanese font into a lot of \TeX{} fonts. + {\small ASCII} Japanese \TeX, on the other hand treats one + Japanese font as one \TeX{} font. Practically, we can + use the same kinds of fonts as the original \TeX, at the same + time. + + \item Able to supplement functions at will:\\ + To typeset Japanese documents beautifully, {\small ASCII} + supplements some primitives. +\end{itemize} + +The most notable special feature is the number of fonts which can be +used at the same time. In fact, some printing houses print with more +than 20 different Japanese font sets, using the resident fonts of the +typesetter. + +The latest version of {\small ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} is 1.60, based on +\TeX{} 2.99. It is currently running on {\small UNIX}, {\small DOS} +and various mainframes; the {\small UNIX} version is available via +anonymous ftp from {\tt ftp.ascii.co.jp}(133.152.32.11). + +The distribution includes the following printer drivers: Canon {\small +LBP8}, LaserShot, Imagen, PostScript printers (dvi2ps), Sony News, and +X11 previewer. + +Most of these drivers use the printer's resident Japanese fonts. In +distribution, you can also get {\tt tfm} files for point sizes 5 +through 10 of the two standard kinds of Japanese typefaces. These +{\tt tfm} files are based on the fonts presented by the DaiNippon +Printing Co., but there is almost no problem using printer-resident +Japanese fonts. + +The utilities MakeIndex and \BibTeX{} are also available with Japanized +\TeX. + +\subsubsection{\pTeX} + +Japanese sentences can be written in two ways, horizontally or +vertically. Scientific documents are usually written as horizontal +text. Novels and magazines are usually written as vertical text. + +Both {\small NTT} \JTeX{} and {\small ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} support +only horizontal text because \TeX{} is usually used in scientific +environments. + +{\small ASCII} has devised a version of \TeX{} which can produce +vertical text, in order to use it in general publishing. They call it +``\pTeX'' (for ``publishing \TeX), which supports vertical +typesetting. Since \pTeX{} is an extended version of {\small ASCII} +Japanese \TeX, it also supports horizontal typesetting. Hamano (1990) +provides more information on the development of \pTeX. + +\pTeX{} for the {\small UNIX} environment is included in the {\small +ASCII} Japanese \TeX{} distribution, available via anonymous ftp from +the same address given above. + +\subsection*{\TeX{} applications in Japan} + +In Japan as elsewhere, \TeX{} is used mainly in the academic +environment: people use it to write theses, reports, and letters. +Some write their course books and computer operations guidebook with +\TeX{} or \LaTeX. Furthermore, I hear some colleges provide lectures +on \TeX{} and \LaTeX. + +In offices, \TeX{} is used for personal correspondence, reports, +letters, and so on. Some offices use \TeX{} or \LaTeX{} for writing +technical computer documents with limited circulation, mainly because +of lower costs. + +Some ten publishing companies in Japan are bringing out publications +produced with \TeX. {\small ASCII} Corporation has published 80 +titles, including thirteen which are typeset vertically. They have +also been marked up with {\small SGML}. + +I believe the Kyoritsu Publishing Company has brought out seven +titles; Iwanami has brought out three books, and a few scientific +publishing companies are using \TeX. Journals from the Japan Society +for Software Science and Technology, the Japan Society of Information +and Knowledge, and so on are also using \TeX. + +\subsection*{Connections between users} + +Most people who can access networks are able to get information from +groups such as {\tt comp.text.tex}, {\small FAQ} lists, etc. There is +also a newsgroup called {\tt fj.comp.texhax}, where questions +can be posted in Japanese. In fact, I collected some information for +this report by posting a message. + +Members of the \TeX{} Users Group get {\sl TUGboat\/}, which is +important. + +Those who live in the Tokyo area can attend meetings of the Japan +\TeX{} Users Group, which are held twice a year. Proceedings from the +meetings are distributed by {\small JTUG}. + +I was not able to collect information about other \TeX{} users who +don't have network access, or are not members of {\small TUG}. I think these +people probably get some of their information about \TeX{} from +computer magazines. + +\subsubsection{Japanese \TeX{} Users Group} + +The Japanese \TeX{} Users Group is a special interest group of the +Japan Society for Software Science and Technology. The president is +Prof.~Saito, Keio University. + +Membership in {\small JTUG} is free, and all members are volunteers. +Meetings are held twice a year, either at a college or the seminar +room of a company near Tokyo. At the meetings, we usually have a few +presentations, seminars, announcements, lectures, and so on. There +are about 500 members in {\small JTUG}, and more than 100 members +attend each meeting. + +\subsection*{Books on \TeX} + +Finally, I've gathered together a list of books on \TeX{} that have now +been published: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Buerger, David J. {\sl \LaTeX{} for Engineers \& + Scientists\/}. Tokyo: McGraw-Hill, 1992. + ISBN 4-89501-442-8.\\ + This is a translation of Buerger's book. + + \item Knuth, Donald E. {\sl \TeX book\/}. Tokyo: {\small ASCII} + Corporation, 1989. ISBN 4-7561-0010-4.\\ + This is a translation of {\sl The \TeX book\/} into Japanese. + There is an additional Appendix K, where the Japanizing of \TeX{} + and the status of \TeX{} in Japan are described. + + \item Lamport, Leslie. {\sl \LaTeX: A Document Preparation System\/}. + Tokyo: {\small ASCII} Corporation, 1990. ISBN 4-7561-0784-2.\\ + This is a translation of the \LaTeX{} manual into Japanese. + + \item {\sl Introduction to \TeX\/}. Tokyo: Kyoritsu Publishing Co., + 1989. ISBN 4-320-02488-5.\\ + This is a book edited from a series of articles which have + appeared in ``bit" magazine. + Many famous \TeX{} people have written items introducing \TeX, + \LaTeX, and \MF, as well as some utilities. + + \item {\sl Japanese \TeX{} Technical Book I\/}, Tokyo: {\small ASCII} + Corporation, 1990. ISBN 4-7561-0405-3.\\ + This describes how the Japanese version of \TeX{} was developed at + {\small ASCII} Corporation and about some drivers. + + \item Nodera, Takashi. {\sl Easy-Going \LaTeX\/}. Tokyo: Kyoritsu + Publishing Co., 1990. ISBN 4-320-02519-9.\\ + This is an easy-to-understand guidebook to \LaTeX. + + \item Nodera, Takashi. {\sl more$^3$ \AmSTeX\/}. Tokyo: Kyoritsu + Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 4-320-02538-5.\\ + This publication explains how to use \AmSTeX. + + \item Nodera, Takashi. {\sl Just Do It, \AmSLaTeX\/}. Tokyo: Kyoritsu + Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 4-320-02564-4.\\ + This publication explains how to use \AmSLaTeX. + + \item Okumura, Haruhiko. {\sl \LaTeX, an introduction of aesthetical + document preparation system\/}. Tokyo: Gijutsu-Hyoron Publishing Co., + 1991. ISBN 4-87408-469-9.\\ + This book explains how to install and use \LaTeX{} on personal + computers. It also includes the introduction of several versions + of \TeX{} in Japan. + + \item Samuel, Arthur L. {\sl First Grade \TeX: A Beginner's \TeX{} + Manual\/}. Prof.\break Yoshio Ohno, trans. Tokyo: Kinokuniya, 1989. + ISBN 4-314-10018-4.\\ This is a translation of A.~Samuel's book from + Stanford University. +\end{itemize} + +\subsection*{Bibliography} + +\bibentry{Beebe, Nelson. ``Character Set Encoding.'' {\sl TUGboat\/} + 11(2):171--175, 1990.} + +\bibentry{Hamano, Hisato. ``Vertical Typesetting with \TeX.'' {\sl + TUGboat\/} 11(3):346--352, 1990.} + +\bibentry{Kakiuchi, Takashi, Yuki Kusumi, Yoshiyuki Miyabe and Kazu + Tsuga. ``A Structured Document Preparation System --- {\sl + Autolayouter\/} version 2.0 --- An Enhancement for Handling Multiple + Document Types.'' {\sl TUGboat\/} 12(3):422--429, 1991.} + +\bibentry{Kitagawa Kazuhiro and Nobuo Saito. ``Mathematics Textbook + Publishing with Japanese \TeX.'' {\sl \TeX niques\/} 7:165--170, 1988.} + +\bibentry{Miyabe, Yoshiyuki, H.~Ohta, and K.~Tsuga. ``Structured + Document Preparation System {\sl AutoLayouter\/}.'' {\sl TUGboat\/} + 11(3):353--358,1990.} + +\bibentry{Saito, Nobuo and Kazuhiro Kitagawa. ``What Should We Do for + Japanese \TeX?'' {\sl \TeX niques\/} 5:53--56, 1988a.} + +\bibentry{Saito, Yasuki. ``Report on \JTeX: A Japanese \TeX.'' {\sl + TUGboat\/} 8(2):103--116, 1987.} + +\bibentry{------~.\ ``\JTeX.'' {\sl \TeX niques\/} 5:57--68, 1988.} + +} %% end of local def's (Ch.) + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushright} + {\it Harumi Fujiura} \\ + Business Software Division \\ + ASCII Corporation \\ + Tokyo, Japan +\end{flushright} + + +\newpage + + +%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.11-12): + +\Section{Typographer's Inn} + +\begingroup +\def\TeX{{\sc t\kern-.1667em\lower.4ex\hbox{e}\kern-.125emx}} +\def\LaTeX{\TestCount=\the\fam \leavevmode {\sc l}\raise.42ex + \hbox{$\fam\TestCount\scriptscriptstyle\kern-.3em A$}\kern-.15em\TeX} +\font\ttsc=cmtcsc10 +\font\ttsl=cmsltt10 + +\noindent A large and interesting emailbag resulted from February's +column, so I make no apology for concentrating here on the points +which people raised. + +Important stuff first: the ``significant typographic change'' in +February's column was the use of small caps for \TeX{} and \LaTeX. +First off the mark were two honest typographists who had sight of +{\small TTN} before it was mailed out to the world, and who thus +excluded themselves from competition. They were closely followed by +Jim Fox from the University of Washington, who spotted the reduced +size but missed the face being small caps. The first completely +correct public reply was from Timothy Larkin at Cornell. However, as +I'm feeling generous, both Jim and Tim can claim a beer from me in +Portland. + +Almost all the messages about this said they thought it was an +improvement to use small caps this way. Our editor, Christina Thiele, +says she prefers using 9pt roman caps rather than the 10pt small caps +font for acronyms and the like. Has anyone else experimented with this +kind of variation? + +People also commented on the use of oldstyle numerals: this is a +personal quirk, and I feel that the small caps font of a face like +Computer Modern should contain oldstyle numerals. One reader asked if +the typewriter typeface small caps in {\tt cmtcsc10} should be used +for acronyms when using {\tt tt}. I'm not sure about this, but judge +for yourselves below. (This was Tom Reid from Texas A\&M --- the +absence of an acceptable small ampersand in {\tt cmcsc10} precludes +that common abbreviation being set as {\sc a\&m}!) + +A few people spotted the deliberate intrusive apostrophe, the use of +an en-rule in `{\tt ftp}--accessible', and the distinction between +single quotes for citation and double quotes for quotation. The +lighter color of ink, however, was not deliberate, but a machining +fault. Several people also liked the use of punctuation after closing +quotes where the punctuation is not a part of the quotation itself. I +have preferred this ever since I argued with my English teacher in +high school about it, and it's been a pet perversion ever since. + +As promised, I have set up a new list, {\ttsc typo-l}, on {\tt +listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie}. To subscribe, send a one-line mail saying +{\tt sub typo-l {\ttsl $\langle$forename$\,\rangle$ +$\langle$surname$\,\rangle$}} (users on {\small BITNET} itself can +address it interactively without the `{\tt .ucd.ie}'). Nelson Beebe +remarked that of the current 1600 or so newsgroups carried by Usenet +news, neither of the strings `{\tt typo}' or `{\tt dtp}' occurs in any +of the newsgroup names. When I get better news access shortly, I might +look at starting something, although many news hosts now replicate +{\small BITNET} lists in the {\tt bit.listserv} hierarchy. Bernard +Gaulle asked how a discussion of French (or indeed any other +non-English typography) might be carried on using English as the +medium of information exchange: any suggestions? + +Thank you to all those who sent in bibliographies of books on +typography. I will shortly be sending these out on the {\ttsc typo-l} +list, so they can also be retrieved from the logs kept by {\tt +listserv} in the normal way. I will also put them on {\tt +curia.ucc.ie} for {\tt ftp} access in {\tt pub/typography/biblio.*} +(Karl Berry reminds me that ``Nelson Beebe maintains a huge collection +of {\tt .bib} files on {\tt math.utah.edu}, in {\tt pub/tex/bib}''). + +Which brings me to an apology to Karl for omitting to mention his {\tt +eplain} macros, which do substantially what I was seeking: \LaTeX-like +text management without \LaTeX-like pre-emptive design. I've started +to use them (and pester Karl for extra things) and I think they are +extremely useful. Thanks to William McKeehan of Tennessee for +pointing this out. + +Chris Carruthers asked for some more specifics on how to critique +{\small DTP} systems (``surely they get the baselines straight at +least?''). Alas they don't: you probably have noticed the infamous bug +in PageMaker which gives more leading between lines~1 and~2 of a +paragraph than between the second and subsequent lines. He also +mentions some other horrors: quoted text where the open quote appears +as a close quote; italic typefaces (especially in large sizes) where +the `{\it fi\/}' ligature (if any) is not used and the `{\it f\/}' +then collides with the `{\it i\/}'; similarly an italic `{\it f\/}' +followed by a roman colon; uneven spacing between words on the same +line of type; the use of bold and italics for emphasis --- in the same +paragraph (``oops \dots\ that was in the last issue of {\small TTN}'' +he says: can you spot it?). + +Finally, a question of style which arose recently. I've just finished +typesetting a draft of ``The Ladies' Defence'' by Mary, Lady +Chudleigh, which was first published in 1701, for which I used an +{\small SGML} text provided by Elaine Brennan of the Women Writers +Project ({\small WWP}) at Brown University. An unresolved question is +whether or not a modern working edition for scholars should attempt to +reproduce the nuances and flavor of what is essentially a +seventeenth-century work (despite the publication date). I am not +trying to make a typographic facsimile --- that would be a specialised +task for antiquarians --- but I felt that making a modern paperback +edition (narrow margins, Times Roman 9/10pt and little visual +interest) would be at odds with the lively style of writing and the +vagaries of setting which are manifest in the original. The {\small +WWP} is doing excellent work in making authoritative copies of +otherwise unobtainable texts by women writers, using {\small SGML} +markup to preserve the detail of the originals, and it seemed logical +to take advantage of this where it existed. Perhaps those who are +interested in commenting on this could look it over: the results are +on {\tt curia.ucc.ie} in {\tt pub/tex/defence.dvi}~. + +\endgroup + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Flynn\\ + University College Cork\\ + \tt cbts8001@iruccvax.ucc.ie +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% New Publications (p.13): + +\Section{New Publications} + +\begin{description} + \item [Andr\'e Heck, ed.] {\sl Desktop Publishing in Astronomy + and Space Sciences\/}. Sing\-apore: World Scientific + Publishing Co.\ Pte.\ Ltd., 1992. xi + 240 pp. ISBN + 981-02-0915-0.\\ + $\bullet$ The volume gathers together the communcations + presented at the colloquium on {\sl Desktop Publishing + in Astronomy and Space Sciences\/}, held in Strasbourg, + France, 1--3 October 1991, at the Louis Pasteur + University. + + \item [Wynter Snow.] {\sl \TeX\ for the Beginner\/}. Reading, + Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1992. xii + 377 + 23 (index) pp.\ + (softcover), US\$29.25. {\bf \$27 for TUG members}. + ISBN 0-201-54799-6.\\ + $\bullet$ This book is a carefully paced, tutorial + introduction for people first learning the [\TeX] + system. Special emphasis is given to what can go wrong, + and how to fix it when it does. \LaTeX{} notes are + provided for use with a set of macros. +\end{description} + +\subsection*{Latest issues of other \TeX\ newsletters} + +\begin{description} + \item [{\sl Les Cahiers GUTenberg\/}:] no.\ 12, d\'ecembre + 1991, 85pp. ISSN 1140-9304. Official publication of + GUTenberg, Groupe francophone des Utilisateurs de \TeX. + + \item [{\sl MAPS\/}:] issue 92.1, May 1992, 162pp. Official + publication of {\small NTG}, Nederlandstalige \TeX\ + Gebruikersgroep (MAPS = ``Minutes and APendiceS''). + Two issues per year. Contact: {\tt ntg@hearn.bitnet}. + + \item [{\sl \TeX bulletin\/}:] no.\ 1, 1992, 48pp. Official + newsletter (in Czech and Slovak) of CsTUG. Previous + 4 issues in 1991 appeared without numbering. Four + issues per year. Contacts: + Karel Horak {\tt horakk@csearn.bitnet}, + Ji\v r\'\i\ Vesel\'y {\tt jvesely@cspguk11.bitnet}, or + Ji\v r\'\i\ Zlatuska {\tt zlatuska@cspuni12.bitnet}. + + \item [{\sl\TeXline\/}:] issue 14, February 1992, 28pp. Contact + Malcolm Clark for details {\tt malcolmc@sun.pcl.ac.uk}. + + \item [{\sl Die \TeX{}nische Kom\"odie\/}:] vol.\ 4, no.\ 1, + mai 1992, 68pp. Official newsletter of {\small DANTE}, + Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung \TeX\ e.V. Four + issues per year. Contact: {\tt dante@dhdurz1.bitnet} + or {\tt dante@vm.urz.uni-\nl + heidelberg.de}. +\end{description} + +\noindent {\bf Note:} For more information on the various user + groups, consult pp.\ 119--125 in TUG's {\sl 1991 + Resource Directory\/}. + +\newpage + + +%% ``Hey -- it works!'' (pp.14--15): + +\Section{``Hey --- it works!''} + +\subsection*{Turning Double Brackets into Delimiters} + +{ % delimit effects of macros: +\newdimen\argwidth +\def\[#1\]{% + \setbox0=\hbox{$#1$}\argwidth=\wd0 + \setbox0=\hbox{$\left[\box0\right]$}\advance\argwidth by -\wd0 + \left[\kern.3\argwidth\box0\kern.3\argwidth\right]} + +The May 1992 issue of {\sl The American Mathematical Monthly\/} +contains an article by none other than Donald E.~Knuth (``Two notes on +notation,'' 99(5):403--422) that discusses a couple of notational +conventions that he has found useful. One was to use the notation +$[\phi]$, for a predicate $\phi$ (that usually contains free +variables) to be the numerical function that takes on the value 1 or 0 +depending on whether $\phi$ is true or false. For example, $[x=y]$ is +the numerical function that is 1 when $x=y$ and is 0 when $x\neq y$. +Interestingly, many of my colleagues doing topos theory and other +non-standard logics had been using similar notation $\[\phi\]$ for the +same thing for at least two decades. The only difference was that the +function could take on values other than simply 0 or 1, depending on +the logic involved. Knuth credits his use of this to Kenneth +Iverson's {\small APL}, but our usage was certainly independent of that. + +I originally generated these double brackets as suggested in {\em The +\TeX book}, page 437: \verb|\def\[{[\![}|, which, as Knuth remarks, +works reasonably well in normal size. After reading Knuth's article, +I began to wonder if the double brackets could be made to grow, just +like delimiters. The code above does not work when you replace $[$ +and $]$ by \verb|\left[| and \verb|\right]| since in larger sizes a +backspace of \verb|\thinmuskip| was just not the right amount. A +number of experiments convinced me that the \verb|\left| and +\verb|\right| macros simply did not work when they were in an +\verb|\hbox| of their own, so I could not see how to measure the size +of the generated delimiters. Posting the question on {\tt info-tex} +brought no useful suggestions. + +Finally, I decided that I could measure the width of the argument with +and without the delimiters to work out the size of the backspace. +Following a suggestion from Donald Arseneau on how to delimit the +argument, I finally came up with the following: +\vspace{-6pt} +{\small +\begin{verbatim} +\newdimen\argwidth +\def\[#1\]{\setbox0=\hbox{$#1$}\argwidth=\wd0 + \setbox0=\hbox{$\left[\box0\right]$}\advance\argwidth by -\wd0 + \left[\kern.3\argwidth\box0\kern.3\argwidth\right]} +\end{verbatim} +} +\vspace{-6pt} +\noindent For example, the code \verb|$\[\sum_{i\in I}A_i=A\]$| +generates: $\[\sum_{i\in I}A_i=A\]$. + +I should mention that there are some fonts due to Alan Jeffrey called +the St.~Mary Road fonts that include this symbol as a symbol that +grows. They are not currently generally available by anonymous ftp, +but that may be remedied shortly. Keep in mind that the use of such +fonts makes text non-portable. + +} %% end of article-specific macros + +\begin{flushright} + Michael Barr, McGill Univ., Montreal, \tt barr@math.mcgill.ca +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{The Cauchy Integral --- revised and corrected} + +\begingroup +\def\intcauchy{\mskip3mu-\mskip-19mu\int} +\def\ui{{\rm i}} \def\diff{{\rm\,d}} +\def\dfrac#1#2{\frac{\displaystyle #1}{\displaystyle #2}} +\def\largeint#1#2#3{% + \begingroup\setbox0\hbox{$\displaystyle #3$}% + \setbox0\hbox{$\vcenter{\box0}$}% + \dimen0=\ht0 \advance\dimen0 by 2pt \ht0=\dimen0 + \dimen0=\dp0 \advance\dimen0 by 2pt \dp0=\dimen0 + \left\lmoustache + {\vrule height \ht0 depth \dp0 width 0pt}% + _{\kern-0.5ex #1}^{#2}\box0\right. + \endgroup} +% +\def\largeintcauchy{\mskip3mu-\mskip-19mu\largeint} + +Both the regular \LaTeX\ command \verb|\int| and the command +\verb|\intcauchy| (introduced in TTN 1(1):15) yield an integral +sign that is too small when used with size declarations, such as +\verb|\LARGE|, \verb|\huge|, etc. Even with the default normal size +they might end up being too small compared to the size of the +integrand. The following macros will overcome the inconvenience, which +appears also in \TeX\ when the integrand is oversized: +\vspace{-6pt} +{\small +\begin{verbatim} +% Commands for producing approximations to large +% integral signs sized to the integrand dimensions +% 1.st argument: lower limit of integration without "_" +% 2.nd argument: upper limit of integration without "^" +% 3.rd argument: integrand +% Delimit all arguments with curly braces +% --> Display math mode only <-- +% +\newcommand{\largeint}[3]{% for TeX write: \def\largeint#1#2#3{ +\begingroup\setbox0\hbox{$\displaystyle #3$}% +\setbox0\hbox{$\vcenter{\box0}$}% +\dimen0=\ht0 \advance\dimen0 by 2pt \ht0=\dimen0 +\dimen0=\dp0 \advance\dimen0 by 2pt \dp0=\dimen0 +\left\lmoustache +{\vrule height \ht0 depth \dp0 width 0pt}% +_{\kern-0.5ex #1}^{#2}\box0\right.\endgroup} +% +\newcommand{\largeintcauchy}{\mskip3mu-\mskip-19mu\largeint} +\end{verbatim} +} +\vspace{-6pt} +\noindent Now you can type: + +\begin{displaymath} +\largeint{x_1}{x_2}{\dfrac{\sqrt{\dfrac{x^2+1}{x}+x}}{ + \sqrt{\dfrac{x^2+x+1}{x+\log x}}}\diff x} +\qquad \hbox{and}\qquad +f(t)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\largeintcauchy{-\infty}{+\infty}{% + \dfrac{{\rm e}^{\ui\omega t}}{\sqrt{\omega^2+\omega+1}}\diff\omega} +\end{displaymath} + +\noindent {\bf Note:} A typo slipped into the mathematical formula +that was used to show the shape of the Cauchy integral on p.\ 15 of +the last issue of TTN. The negative signs were missing; the correct +formula should read: +{\small +\begin{verbatim} +$$ \intcauchy_{-\infty}^\infty f(z)\,{\rm d}z = + \lim_{R\to\infty} \int_{-R}^R f(z)\,{\rm d}z $$ +\end{verbatim} +} +\vspace{-8pt} +$$ \intcauchy_{-\infty}^\infty f(z)\,{\rm d}z = + \lim_{R\to\infty} \int_{-R}^R f(z)\,{\rm d}z $$ +\endgroup +\vspace{-8pt} +\begin{flushright} + Claudio Beccari \\ + Politecnico di Torino, Italy \\ + Internet: {\tt beccari@polito.it} +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% (La)TeX news (p.16): + +\Section{\AllTeX\ News} + +\subsection*{\LaTeX\ Tables: workshop handouts available} + +\noindent Jackie Damrau has agreed to distribute the handouts from her +workshop held at last summer's TUG'91 meeting at Dedham. The workshop +covered such issues as \verb|tabbing| vs.\ \verb|tabular|, details on +using each type of environment (tricks to use, problems to avoid), and +a description of two other style files ({\tt supertabs.sty} and {\tt +tables.sty}). Contact her either via e-mail or regular mail (Laboratory +Computing Div., Computer Operations Group, MS-1011, 2550 Beckleymeade +Ave., Dallas, TX 75237-3946). + +\begin{flushright} + Jackie Damrau \\ + Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory \\ + \tt damrau@sscvx1.ssc.gov +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{A \TeX\ Macro Index} + +The \TeX\ community is blessed with a plethora of publicly-available +macros; a decade's worth of experience is available from a series of +archives throughout the world. The hitch, of course, is that there is +no systematic catalogue of these macros, so the vast majority of \TeX\ +users remain unaware of their existence. + +With this in mind, I decided to compile an index of \TeX\ macros. The +scope of the Index (whose release is now imminent) includes all macros +that are available via anonymous ftp or mail-server or some similar +mechanism. Priority is given to the major archives (Aston, Stuttgart, +{\small SHSU} and ymir). The Index covers a variety of packages, +including plain \TeX, eplain, \LaTeX, \AmSTeX, \AmSLaTeX, \LAMSTeX, +\yTeX\ and \textone. Commercial packages are included only if the +information is supplied to me by the vendor.\footnote[1]{[A detailed +description will appear in {\sl TUGboat\/} 13(2), page 188, 1992.]} + +If you have written a macro package that you think should be mentioned +in the Index, please contact me (preferably by electronic mail) at the +address below. + +\begin{Address} + David M.\ Jones\\ + MIT Laboratory for Computer Science\\ + Room NE43-316\\ + 545 Technology Square\\ + Cambridge, MA 02139 \\ + \tt dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu +\end{Address} + +\newpage + +\subsection*{The Recent Updates to \LaTeX\ 2.09} + +{ %% to delimit effect of \newcommand's: +\newcommand{\question}{\item} +\newcommand{\answer}{\par\vskip-2pt\noindent{\em Answer: }} + +In March, an update for \LaTeX\ 2.09 was released. The rationale +behind this was to fix some well-known bugs, improve the usability for +non-English languages (e.g., provide alternatives to English labels +such as ``Chapter''). Additionally, some problems that appeared when +the update was used in conjunction with the {\small NFSS} (New Font +Selection Scheme) were removed. + +People were instructed to update {\em all\/} files. This was mostly to +prevent them from inadvertantly using old styles with new {\tt +latex.tex} and vice versa. + +We tried to maintain backward compatibility, but there are a few +things that won't work (mostly when you use an old {\tt latex.tex} +with the new styles). + +Every change made is mentioned in {\tt latex.bug}, and there are a lot +of small comments in {\tt latex.tex} and the {\tt *.doc} files (mostly +with \verb|%%| in front of them). + +The main incompatibility I am aware of is the change of the counter in +the bibliography environment from {\tt enumi} to {\tt enumiv}. Since +this is a real problem for style files derived from {\tt article}, for +example, I made another change to use \verb|\@listctr|, which is +always the correct one. The other problem with {\tt enumiv} was that +I had forgotten to reset \verb|\theenumiv| --- with the result that +documents with more than 26 references experienced problems. + +Here are some questions I have received since the release of the +update, and my answers to them. + +\begin{itemize} + \question + Is this a beta test version, or is it a stable precusor to + \LaTeX\ 2.10? + + \answer + It is a stable version, meant to last until the next version of + \LaTeX{} comes out (which will probably be \LaTeX3). + + \question + As I understand it, the major difference between this version of + \LaTeX\ and the version that comes on the standard {\small UNIX} + \TeX\ 3.14 distribution from byron.cs.washington.edu ({\tt + latex.tex}, dated 7 Dec 89) is that this version includes the + {\small NFSS}. Are there other changes? Can you point me to new + documentation I can give to users, especially for the {\small + NFSS}? + + \answer + The two major differences are: + \begin{itemize} + \item \vskip-6pt + the internationalization (user-settable commands + instead of fixed English texts) + \item a better interface to the {\small NFSS} + \end{itemize} + The New Font Selection Scheme is not yet part of \LaTeX\ 2.09, but + we do regard it as a stable product. An improved version will be + part of \LaTeX3. + + \question + Is there documentation which I can hand to users here? + + \answer + Not much. Regarding internationalization, there is an article by + Joachim Schrod that appeared in {\sl TUGboat\/} some years ago. He + made the necessary changes and distributed them under the name of + I\LaTeX\ (International \LaTeX). + + As for the better interface to {\small NFSS}, these are mostly + internals. There are a few comments in the file {\tt nfss.bug} + that comes with the {\small NFSS} package. + + \question + Will I find user documentation for this when I pick up these + files? + + \answer + Yes, there is the \LaTeX\ source for one of the articles that + appeared in {\sl TUGboat\/}. + + \question + It sounds like I am going to have to recompile all of the \LaTeX\ + fonts. Is there a script to do this for me (at 10, 11, and 12 + pt sizes)? Do I have to recompile the standard CM fonts as well? + + \answer + No, you don't have to recompile all fonts. There are some changes + to the \MF{} sources files: + \begin{itemize} + \item Extra checks so that the line and circle fonts can no + longer be run through \MF{} with {\tt cmbase} preloaded + (which gives incorrect font metrics) + \item Corrections to the font identifiers. The invisible + \SliTeX\ fonts would previously identify themselves as + normal CM fonts. + \end{itemize} + + These changes do not affect the shapes of the characters, nor the + font metrics in the {\tt .tfm} files. They do, however, affect the + font identification (an ASCII string) contained in the {\tt .tfm} + file. + + \question I'm not sure what you mean by this response. What do I + have to do, assuming that I'm starting out with a new installation + of \TeX, with the fonts provided in the \TeX\ release and the new + \LaTeX? I need some explicit instructions. + + \answer + If you don't have the {\tt .tfm} and {\tt .pk} files for the + \LaTeX\ fonts (the ones starting with {\tt l..}) you have to run + them through \MF{}. If you have them already, there's no need to + change. + + My comment was that the changes to the \MF{} source files affect + only one extra piece of information that is contained in the + {\tt .tfm} files, but not used by \TeX. + + \question + Are there explicit instructions for installation? The file {\tt + latex.ins} does not seem to be consistent with the instructions + that come with the {\tt WEB}-to-C stuff in the standard {\small + UNIX} \TeX\ distribution. + + \answer + That is correct. We added a note saying so. Unfortunately, we + overlooked another reference to {\tt WEB}-to-C. I apologize. + Please follow the instructions in the {\tt WEB}-to-C + documentation. +\end{itemize} + +\begin{flushright} + Rainer Sch\"opf\\ + Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum/Informationstechnik Berlin +\end{flushright} + +} %% to close effects of Rainer's \newcommand's (Ch.) + +\newpage + + +%% News from Around... + Reports on Meetings (pp.17-21): + +\Section{News from Around \ldots} + +\subsection*{Estonian User Group + \hfill + \it Enn Saar} + +The Estonian \TeX\ User Group was born on May 22, 1992, in Tartu, at +the University Computer Centre. More than thirty people were present. +We will have a \TeX\ archive on one of the University's PCs; we will +set up a \TeX\ mailing list (or newsgroup, if all our e-mail clients +can use this); and we will meet once every three months. + +We hope to change all text processing in Estonia to \TeX\ --- hopes +must be unrealistic! + +Send correspondence to: +\vspace{-6pt} +\begin{Address} + Enn Saar, Tartu\\ + Astrophysical Observatory, Toravere\\ + EE2444 Estonia\\ + \tt saar@aai.tartu.ew.su +\end{Address} + + +\subsection*{GUTenberg + \hfill + \it Bernard Gaulle} + +I am pleased to announce the new GUTenberg board, elected during the +recent annual meeting (June 15, 1992): + +\vspace{.5pc} + \begin{tabular}{l} + Bernard Gaulle (President) \\ + Alain Cousquer (Vice-President) \\ + Jacques Beigbeder (Secretaire) \\ + M.Y.\ Chartoire (Secretaire Adjoint) \\ + Olivier Nicole (Tresorier) \\ + Eric Picheral (Tresorier Adjoint) \\ + \end{tabular} +\vspace{.5pc} + +\noindent The board also includes the following members: Georges Weil, +Jacques Andr\'e (editor of {\sl Les Cahiers GUTenberg\/}), Pierre +Legrand, Yannis Haralambous, \'Ehoud Ahronovitz, and Andr\'e +Desnoyers. + + +\subsection*{GUST + \hfill + \it Hanna Ko{\l}odziejska} + +We are very pleased to inform you that Polish \TeX\ Users Group has +been created and called ``{\small GUST}''. + +Our first general meeting took place on June 5, 1992, in Warsaw, +Poland. Over 60 people were present. The following members were +elected to the Board of Directors: + +\vspace{.5pc} + \begin{tabular}{l} + Hanna Ko{\l}odziejska, President, Warsaw \\ + W{\l}odzimierz Bzyl, Gda\'nsk \\ + Marek Kowal\'owka, Katowice \\ + Krzysztof Leszczy\'nski, Warsaw \\ + Jerzy Ludwichowski, Toru\'n \\ + W{\l}odzimierz J. Martin, Gda\'nsk \\ + Stefan Paszkowski, Wroc{\l}aw \\ + Marek Ry\'cko, Warsaw \\ + Janusz Sosnowski, Warsaw \\ + \end{tabular} +\vspace{.5pc} + +\noindent Our group has about 90 members. At present we are organizing our +activities. Please direct all correspondence to the following +address: + + \begin{Address} + Polska Grupa U\.zytkownik\'ow Systemu \TeX\ ``{\small GUST}'' \\ + Instytut Bada\'n Systemowych {\small PAN} \\ + ul. Newelska 6 \\ + 01-447 Warszawa, Poland \\ + Internet: \tt gust@camk.edu.pl \\ + Bitnet: \tt gust@plcamk61 + \end{Address} + + +%% Reports on Meetings: + +\Section{Reports on Meetings} + +\subsection*{UK\TeX UG: 11 Feb.\ 1992 + \hfill + London} + +The UK \TeX{} Users' Group held a meeting on ``Book and Journal +Production'' on 11 February 1992 at the School of Oriental and African +Studies, London. + +Papers were given by Barbara Beeton (AMS), Malcolm Clark (Polytechnic +of Central London), Geeti Granger (John Wiley \& Sons Ltd), Rod Mulvey +(the Printing House, Cambridge University Press), Peter Robinson and +Stephen Miller (Oxford University) and Christina Thiele (Carleton +University Press). + +This gave an interesting spread --- four of the papers were from those +using \TeX{} professionally, with the remaining two from those ``doing +it themselves''. In fact, Peter Robinson's Collate program (which he +described) enables anyone to produce critical editions on a computer; +used with Dominik Wujastyk's {\tt edmac} macros, these critical +editions can be typeset expertly and easily. Malcolm Clark spoke +about the trouble and delight of editing conference proceedings. +Together with Christina Thiele, these three speakers broadly dealt +with humanities, while the other three were in the more traditional +\TeX{} area of scientific typesetting. + +Rod Mulvey described the various steps and procedures that he followed +when typesetting from \TeX{} or \LaTeX{} source files and indicated +the points at which there was editorial involvement. Geeti Granger +and Barbara Beeton also mentioned how these things were done at their +companies. + +While all the speakers were agreed that electronic submissions were +not much use if they couldn't be read or if the disks contained the +wrong text (and the need for the publisher to check these things), +there was less agreement on how editorial corrections should be +handled. There seemed to be a slight preference for traditional, +paper-based proof correction; Rod Mulvey emphasized that matters like +who makes corrections are best settled at the beginning and not left +to chance. + +There was agreement that if the author was going to send \TeX{} or +\LaTeX{} source she/he should use the appropriate styles from the +start. In some cases submissions were accepted only if they conformed +to a journal's style. The opposite from that also existed, where all +the \TeX{} work was done by the publisher. + +Another point raised was the extent to which the electronically held +text did, could or should constitute an archive. Only Geeti Granger +made sure that all the corrections, including last minute ones, were +incorporated into the \TeX{} source. It is relevant that her company +(the UK-based branch of John Wiley \& Sons Ltd) is interested in +providing on-demand printing --- one of those promised benefits of +electronic publishing that hasn't quite materialized. On a somewhat +similar matter, Barbara~Beeton mentioned the AMS's experiment with +electronic distribution. + +\begin{flushright} + Carol Hewlett \\ + UK \TeX\ Users' Group +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{Grupo de Usuarios de \TeX: 26 Feb.\ 1992 + \hfill + Mexico City} + +The 6th Annual Meeting of the Mexican TUG was held in Mexico City on +26 February 1992. The topic for the day was ``Sobre el manejo +estandarizado de documentos'' [roughly: ``Standardised Treatment of +Documents'']. About 50 people attended the sessions, which were held +at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Matem\'aticas Aplicadas y en +Sistemas {\small IIMAS}, Universidad Nacional Aut\'onoma de M\'exico +({\small UNAM}).\footnote[1]{[A detailed report by K.\ Bernardo Wolf on +\TeX\ activities in Mexico appeared in TTN 1(1):7--11.]} + +The first portion of the program was devoted to ``Handling Information +and Documents'', moderated by Carlos Volarde, with presentations by +Jaime Curts, Roberto Guerra, Fernando Magarinhos, Franciso +Hern\'andez, and Arturo Ram\'\i rez. After a break, the second portion +of the meeting began, moderated by Kurt Bernardo Wolf, devoted to +``Document Structure and \TeX''. Participants included: Carlos +Fern\'andez Gaos, Constancio Hern\'andez, Arturo S\'anchez y +G\'andara, and the {\small TTN} correspondent. + +The meeting went from 9 a.m.\ till 2 p.m., and was followed by a +two-hour lunch at a faculty club. A good time was had by all. + +\begin{flushright} + William Woolf\\ + TUG Treasurer +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{NTG Spring Meeting: 4 June 1992 + \hfill + Amsterdam} + +With the theme of ``Scientific Publishing and \TeX, the meeting was +hosted by CWI in Amsterdam, attended by about 40 people. In the +morning we had our annual business to do: secretary and treasurer +reports, and elections. The new board includes: Gerard van Nes +(re-elected Secretary), Johannes Braams (Treasurer), Theo Jurriens +(newly elected as Activities Organizer), and Kees van der Laan as +Chair. + +In the afternoon, it was time to listen to some fine presentations: +Theo Jurriens (``From Observation to Publication''); Nico Poppelier +(``On Standard Notation in Mathematics''); Ralph Youngen on \TeX-based +production and services at the American Mathematical Society; Kees van +der Laan (``Math into BLUes''; and David Salomon (``Index Generation +with plain \TeX''). + +It is hoped that CWI was inspired by this meeting and that the Dutch +Math Society will adopt \TeX{} in future. The day finished with a nice +Chinese meal and informal discussions. The next meeting will be 19 +November in Meppel (near Groningen); the theme will be ``The Future of +\TeX{} and \LaTeX''. So far, Yannis Haralambous and Frank Mittelbach +have agreed to contribute to the meeting. + +\begin{flushright} + Kees van der Laan\\ + NTG Chair +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{Euro\TeX 92: 14--18 Sept., 1992 + \hfill + Prague, Czechoslovakia} + +\begin{center} + \large\sl Still Time to Register! +\end{center} + +Euro\TeX 92 is organized by the Czechoslovak \TeX{} Users Group, in +collaboration with Charles University and Czech Technical University, +Prague. It takes place in Prague from Sept.\ 14--18, 1992. + +Invited speakers include Yannis Haralambous, John Hobby, Alan Hoenig, +Anita Hoover, Chris Rowley, Daniel Taupin, Phillip Taylor. They will +cover topics including the usage of \TeX{} for ``non-standard'' +languages, typesetting music, \MF-like language for PostScript +drawings, special effects with \MF\ and \TeX, the \LaTeX3 project, +aspects on the use of \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} at university, {\tt WEB} and +even more \dots + +Tutorials by Yannis Haralambous, Phillip Taylor and Klaus Thull +following the conference will cover \MF\ and advanced topics in \TeX{} +as well as an introduction to {\tt WEB}. + +\subsubsection{Why come to Euro\TeX 92?} + +The meeting is the first to offer extensive contacts with people from +behind the iron curtain. It takes place in the Golden Heart of Europe +--- Prague, one of the most fascinating capitals in Europe. You can +visit it at a surprisingly low cost. Indeed, we would like to make +Euro\TeX 92 in Prague accessible to the majority of \TeX{} fans from +all over the world. It will be arranged at a modest level, yet +covering all your needs. It is worth noting that low prices do not +mean a compromise in quality; rather, they take advantage of the +favourable exchange rates applicable to the hard-currency countries. + +\subsubsection{Other conditions} + +We have reserved rooms from Sunday, Sept.\ 13th to assist participants +who may have difficulties with proper timing. This is meant especially +to help them ({\small APEX} flights, flights not available every day, +etc.). At least three tutorials will be organized for participants of +Euro\TeX 92 {\em after\/} the conference (afternoon of Sept.\ 18, and +Sept.\ 19). Accommodation is booked in a modern student hostel +Kajetanka in double rooms. Two double rooms form a unit and share +facilities. + +Lunches and refreshments will be served at the conference. Dinners +are not included in order to enable you to research Czech restaurants +and pubs on your own. An informal welcome party will be held on Monday +evening, 7 p.m. An organ concert will take place probably on +Wednesday, and some other pleasant surprises are included. The whole +program from Monday to Friday forms a package (accommodation in double +rooms, half pension from Tuesday to Friday, opening party on Monday +evening, concert, conference fee, proceedings, tutorials for those who +will stay a bit longer) for 330 DM (less than \$200). Those who would +prefer a single room would pay 60 DM extra. For an {\em additional\/} +35 DM (45 DM for a single room) a day, a limited number of +participants may stay until Sunday (one or two days more) either for +tutorials or just to enjoy meeting friends and having good beer in +some of the pubs. For accompanying persons, a special program will be +organized including visits to galleries, places of interest, etc. They +will be asked to pay 285 DM and should not book single rooms. + +\subsubsection{Climate} + +Since much of Prague's fascination is historical, architectural and +cultural, it can be enjoyed at any time. The average maximum +temperature in September is 18C (64F) and the weather is relatively +stable. + +\subsubsection{Currency} + +The Czechoslovak Crown is rated approx.\ 17:1 to DM, approx.\ 28:1 to +the US\$. Recently, prices of goods have increased somewhat. They are +slowly approaching western levels but in many respects Czechoslovakia +is considered favourable and cheap for western tourists. + +\subsubsection{Transport} + +Czechoslovakia is easily reached by plane. The Prague airport is +about 15 km from the city centre. Public transport is relatively +cheap, but going by taxi, it is better to agree on the fare +beforehand, since prices are not fixed and actually depend on drivers. +Roads are relatively good. International trains connect Prague with +Berlin, Munich, Nurnberg, Vienna, Warsaw, Budapest, etc. + +For more information, contact one of the following people: +Karel Horak {\tt horakk@csearn.bitnet}, +Ji\v r\'\i{} Vesel\'y {\tt jvesely@cspguk11.bitnet}, or +Ji\v r\'\i{} Zlatuska {\tt zlatuska@cspuni12.bitnet}. +We look forward to seeing you in Prague! + +\begin{flushright} + Ji\v r\'\i{} Vesel\'y \\ + CsTUG \\ + {\tt jvesely@cspguk11.bitnet} +\end{flushright} + +\vspace{2pc} + + +%% Summary of February '92 Board meetings (pp.23-26): + +\Section{TUG Board Activities} + +\subsection*{Summary of Board Meeting\footnote[1]{[This report + prepared by Ch.\ Thiele.]}} + +{\small \baselineskip=11pt +The TUG Board of Directors met for 2 days at Aston University in +Birmingham, England, February 15--16, 1992. Sixteen board members were +in attendance, as was Ron Whitney, TUG's Technical Director/Business +Manager; five board members were unable to attend.\footnote[2]{{\bf +Present:} Peter Abbott, Barbara Beeton, Malcolm Clark (Chair), Luzia +Dietsche, Ken Dreyhaupt, Michael Ferguson, Peter Flynn, Bernard +Gaulle, Roswitha Graham, Yannis Hara\-lambous, Doug Henderson, Mimi +Jett, David Kellerman, Joachim Lammarsch, Christina Thiele, Bill +Woolf. {\bf Absent:} Alan Hoenig, Anita Hoover, Kees v.d.~Laan, Nico +Poppelier, and Jon Radel.} + +Following welcoming remarks from Malcolm Clark, TUG's President, a +revised agenda was circulated, items prioritised for Saturday and +Sunday, and discussion time allocated to each item. As well, Malcolm +suggested that some issues might best be treated by having a short +introduction and discussion on Saturday, and then taken ``off-line'' +by various working groups, who would discuss the issues in more detail +during Saturday evening and come back with their reports on Sunday. +This allowed all agenda items to be addressed in the time available. + +After accepting the previous Minutes (Board meeting, July 1991, Dedham +Mass.), the board acknowledged with gratitude the efforts of former +board members who, following the elections of last Fall, were no +longer present. + +As set down in TUG Bylaws, the board was required to select its +officers, replacing the two interim officers appointed at the July +1991 Board meeting (Allan Dyer, Acting Treasurer, and Christina +Thiele, Acting Vice-President and Secretary). The new officers are: +Ken Dreyhaupt (Vice-President), Bill Woolf (Treasurer) and Peter Flynn +(Secretary). All were approved by consensus. + +A working group was formed to discuss the preliminary 1992 budget +which Ron Whitney had drawn up; members included Ken Dreyhaupt, Mimi +Jett, Joachim Lammarsch, Bill Woolf, along with Ron Whitney. They +presented a revised budget which was further modified and then +adopted. Other financial items discussed included reimbursement for +attendees of the Aston board meeting, and salary levels for an +Executive Director. With the addition of Peter Flynn, newly elected as +TUG's Secretary, the members of this working committee were +subsequently appointed to a Budget Committee. + +Ron Whitney, TUG's current Technical Director/Business Manager, had +previously informed the board of his decision to leave TUG. The board +passed a motion of appreciation ``for his support over the past year, +in particular the successful management of last year's budget and in +anticipation of his continued support this year, and during the search +process.'' The Executive Committee, with the addition of Mimi Jett, +was charged with the task of searching for a new Business +Manager/Executive Director. + +Mimi Jett proposed a plan (``waterfall strategy'') which would serve +as a useful approach to provide direction to the new person in the +office (either Business Manager or Executive Director), given the +limited resources available. The approach would also be explored by +the Long Range Planning Committee. Mimi proposed that a draft document +be prepared for the board, in conjunction with the office, which would +clarify their goals and objectives, and would include an operational +plan. + +The matter of defining the role of TUG Vice-Presidents (other than the +elected one) was once again on the agenda. A committee headed by Luzia +Dietsche, and including Peter Abbott, Ken Dreyhaupt, and Yannis +Haralambous was established ``to find rules by which a representative +of a local user group may be invited to join the TUG Board of +Directors to be a full member of that board. The rules should be +established by the board meeting in Portland.'' + +A working group comprising Barbara Beeton, Roswitha Graham, and +Joachim Lammarsch addressed issues relating to election procedures. +Their proposals covered such items as election committee membership, +minimum requirements of candidates for TUG president, ballots for +institutional members, publishing of results, terms of office (length +of terms, staggering of elections), and number of signatures for +nomination. The working group was to develop recommendations for +approval at the July board meeting. + +A working group to revise and upate the TUG Bylaws was also +established (Barbara Beeton, Peter Flynn, and Christina Thiele). An +additional task was to make the bylaws text more accessible and less +jargon-like in nature. The working group members were subsequently +named as the new members of the Bylaws Committee. + +The issue of how to begin manning the Technical Council was handed to +a working group of Michael Ferguson, Bernard Gaulle, Yannis +Haralambous, and David Kellerman. Their recommendations included a +bylaws change to deal with the general makeup of the Technical Council +(in Article V, section 2), and that Alan Hoenig, Michael Ferguson, and +Yannis Haralambous represent the Board. Michael Ferguson was appointed +Technical Council Chair. Both proposals were approved by the board. + +A working group to discuss the various issues related to TUG's +publications was put together with Malcolm Clark, Luzia Dietsche, and +Doug Henderson. A proposal which arose from these discussions, to take +in paid advertising in the newsletter TTN, was accepted unanimously + +The problems associated with locating sites for TUG's annual meetings +was assigned to a working group with Michael Ferguson, Bernard Gaulle +and Christina Thiele. No firm solutions were proposed, and the working +group, reconstituted as the Conference Planning Committee, was charged +with providing the board with potential sites for the 1993 TUG Annual +Meeting, and recommendations on conference planning in the future. The +goal of having a 2-year lead-in to meetings was strongly endorsed. + +The board accepted the generous offer of the UK \TeX\ Users' Group and +the Aston Archivists to run {\tt TeXhax} for the next three years for +a one-time cost of \$5,000. A vote of thanks to Pierre MacKay was also +recorded for the work done by the University of Washington in +maintaining the electronic forum for \TeX\ users. + +It was agreed by consensus that two lists be established for e-mail +correspondence by board members: one for documents, which would be +considered open to all TUG members [as per the TUG Bylaw in Article +III, Section 7 {\sl Access to Documents\/}], and one for private board +discussions, not open to non-board members. All messages are to be +numbered, to detect missing messages --- the document list to have +numbers prefixed with a ``D''. This policy is not retroactive. + +Reports from various committees were presented, mostly for purposes of +information rather than with any proposals for board action. These +included: {\tt dvi} Standards Committee (Barbara Beeton reporting), +Editorial Committee (Barbara Beeton), Long Range Planning Committee +(LRPC) (David Kellerman), Membership Committee (Malcolm Clark), +Program Committee (Mimi Jett), Publications Committee (Barbara +Beeton), Scholarship Committee (Barbara Beeton), and T-shirt Committee +(Doug Henderson). As well, Malcolm Clark provided a brief report on +the status of the \LaTeX3 project. + +Other issues discussed included TUG's non-profit status, optimisation +of board resources, proposals for 2-tier and student membership +categories (tabled until the July 1992 Board meeting in Portland), +membership drives, and potential TUG support for a museum on +computerised typesetting. +\par} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} + \begin{tabular}{||c||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Next Board Meeting} \\ + \hline + 25--26 July, at TUG'92, Portland, Oregon, USA \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Upcoming Events (p.27): + +\Section{Upcoming Events} + +\begin{center} +{\tabcolsep3pt \setbox 0 = \hbox {\bf 24--27 March } +\dimen 0 = \hsize +\advance \dimen 0 by -6\tabcolsep +\advance \dimen 0 by -\wd 0 +\advance \dimen 0 by -4.8 cm +\begin{tabular}{p{\wd 0}p{4.8cm}p{\dimen 0}} +\hline +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 27--30 July & {\bf TUG'92:\nl + ``\TeX\ in Context.''}\nl + Portland, Oregon. + & TUG Office\nl + {\tt tug@math.ams.com} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 3--4 Sept. & {\small\bf DANTE} e.V.:\nl + General Meeting.\nl + Clausthal-Zellerfeld (near\nl + G\"ottingen). + & S.J.\v{S}arman\nl + {\tt rzsys@ibm.rz.tu-}\nl + {\tt clausthal.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 14--16 Sept. & {\bf Euro\TeX\ 92}:\nl + Prague, Czechoslovakia. + & Ji\v r\'\i\ Vesel\'y\nl + {\tt jvesely@cspguk11.bitnet} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 22 Sept. & {\bf UKTUG}:\nl + joint meeting with British\nl + Computer Society Electronic\nl + Publishing Group on\nl + ``Structured Documents.''\nl + Nottingham, UK. + & Carol Hewlett\nl + {\tt hewlett@vax.lse.ac.uk} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 12 October & {\bf Nordic Group:}\nl + Annual General Meeting.\nl + Copenhagen, Denmark. + & Roswitha Graham\nl + {\tt roswitha@admin.kth.se}\nl + Peter Busk Laursen\nl + {\tt unipbl@uts.uni-c.dk} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 14 October & {\bf UK\TeX UG}:\nl + Annual General Meeting.\nl + Aston University, Birmingham, UK. + & Carol Hewlett\nl + {\tt hewlett@vax.lse.ac.uk} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 19 Nov. & {\small\bf NTG}:\nl + ``\LaTeX, \LaTeX3, and font\nl + selection.''\nl + Meppel (near Groningen),\nl + The Netherlands. + & Gerard van Nes\nl + {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\end{tabular} +} +\end{center} + +\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the next issue + of {\sl TUGboat\/} for more dates, and for information on TUG + courses. + +\newpage + + +%% Election notice (p.28): + +\Section{TUG 1992 Election} + +The term of the TUG President, Malcolm Clark, will expire at the end +of this year, and Malcolm has stated his intention not to stand for +re-election. + +The Bylaws provide that ``any member may be nominated for TUG +president''. The name of any member may be placed in nomination for +election to this office by submission of a petition, signed by two +other members, to the TUG office at least 30 days prior to the +election. In addition, any member may be nominated for this office +during the annual business meeting, which will be held this year +during the annual conference in Portland. + +In order to make the governing of TUG more effective, and to decrease +the burden on new officers and board members of catching up on board +business when they assume office, the elections committee has proposed +that the election schedule be changed over the next couple of years. +Under this proposal, new officers and board members would assume +office at the annual meeting following their election rather than on +January~1; the terms of the present office-holders will adhere to the +old schedule, and the new schedule would be phased in with the next +election. (The terms of all the elected board members currently run +through the end of 1993.) If approved, this proposal will affect the +length of the term of the president to be elected in this cycle. The +proposal is on the agenda for the board meeting in Portland. Details +will be published after board action; nominees will be informed at +once, and the exact term will be shown on the ballot. + +Nomination forms, including full details of requirements and this +year's election schedule, are being prepared. A form should be +included with this issue of TTN, or may be obtained from the TUG +office on request. Forms will also be distributed with {\sl +TUGboat\/} 13, No.~2, and will be available at the Portland meeting. + +\begin{flushright} + Barbara Beeton \\ + for the Elections Committee +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents): +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\ + \medskip + Table of Contents} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\LaTeX3, TUG, and You\\ + \indent {\em Alan Hoenig}}{2} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Update on \TeX\ in Japan\\ + \indent {\em Harumi Fujiura}}{5} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn\\ + \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{11} +\contentsline {section}{New Publications}{13} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Turning Double Brackets +into Delimiters {\em Michael Barr}}{14} +\contentsline {subsection}{The Cauchy Integral --- revised and corrected + {\em Claudio Beccari}}{15} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{\LaTeX\ Tables: workshop handouts available + {\em Jackie Damrau}}{16} +\contentsline {subsection}{A \TeX\ Macro Index {\em David M. Jones}}{16} +\contentsline {subsection}{The Recent Updates to \LaTeX\ 2.09 + {\em Rainer Sch\"opf}}{17} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{News from Around \ldots}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Estonian User Group {\em Enn Saar}}{19} +\contentsline {subsection}{GUTenberg {\em Bernard Gaulle}}{19} +\contentsline {subsection}{GUST {\em Hanna Ko{\l}odziejska}}{19} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{UK\TeX{}UG {\em Carol Hewlett}}{20} +\contentsline {subsection}{Grupo de Usuarios de \TeX\ + {\em William Woolf}}{21} +\contentsline {subsection}{NTG Spring Meeting + {\em Kees van der Laan}}{22} +\contentsline {subsection}{Euro\TeX92 {\em Ji\v r\'\i\ Vesel\'y}}{22} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{TUG Board Activities}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Summary of Board Meeting}{24} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27} +\contentsline {section}{TUG 1992 Election\\ + \indent {\em Barbara Beeton}}{28} + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{center} + \bf Volume 1, No.\ 2, 1992 +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Cover 4 (TUG position open): +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + \huge \bf The \TeX\ Users Group\\ + \huge \bf is seeking applicants for\\ + \huge \bf the position of\\ + \huge \bf Executive Director\\ +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent The individual selected for this position will oversee the +business and information dissemination activities of TUG; direct the +promotional program to develop membership and TUG activities; develop +a program of volunteer efforts for TUG activities; manage a small +office staff with clerical, technical, and bookkeeping functions; and +interact with TUG members and others in fields of interest to TUG\@. +The Executive Director will report to the TUG Board of Directors. + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent The following criteria will be considered as applicants are +evaluated: + +\begin{itemize} + \item experience in managing a business; + + \item skill in managing the retrieval, organization and + dissemination of\\ information; + + \item experience with the program \TeX{} and related programs; + + \item computer experience and capability of understanding + technical\\ questions regarding \TeX{} and related programs; + + \item good writing and speaking skills; + + \item good interpersonal skills; + + \item knowledge of considerations in managing a professional, + non-profit\\ association. +\end{itemize} + +\noindent Applicants for this position should send indication of their +interest and copies of their {\em curriculum vitae\/} to: + +\begin{Address} + Search Committee \\ + \TeX\ Users Group \\ + P.O.\ Box 9506 \\ + Providence, RI 02940 USA +\end{Address} + +\noindent The \TeX\ Users Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. + +\end{document} + +%% END OF FILE + |