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A special cover is printed +%% at the TUG Office, using the TUG logo block. + +\pagestyle{empty} + + +{\Large + +\begin{flushleft} + Volume 1, Number 3 +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{-3.1pc} + +\begin{flushright} +October 1992 +\end{flushright} + +\vspace{6pc} + +\hrule height2pt + +\vspace{2pt} + +\hrule + +\vspace{3pt} + +\begin{center} + \Huge \TeX\ and TUG NEWS +\end{center} + +\hrule + +\vspace{2pt} + +\hrule height2pt + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{flushright} + for and by the \TeX\ community +\end{flushright} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + A Publication of the\\ + \TeX\ Users Group\\ +\vspace{3pc} + Electronic version +\end{center} + +} %% end of \Large + +\newpage + + +%% COVER 2 (editorial information): +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont\TeX{} and TUG NEWS} +\end{center} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +{\small \baselineskip=10pt +\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 selection +scheme has not yet been implemented). Correspondence may be sent via +e-mail to {\tt tug@math.ams.org} 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 \\ + 658 North Main Street & FAX: 401-751-1071 \\ + P.O.~Box 9506 & E-mail: \tt tug@math.ams.org \\ + Providence, RI 02940-9506 USA & \\ + \multicolumn{2}{c}{\TeX{} is a trademark of the + American Mathematical Society} \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} +\par} %% end of \small \baselineskip=10pt + +\vspace{-2pt} + +\hrule + +\vspace{4pt} + +{\footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt +\noindent \TTN\ (ISSN 1065-240X) is published four times a year, +February, July, October and December, by the \TeX\ Users Group, 653 +North Main Street,\ P.O. Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940, U.S.A. The +1992 dues for individual members are \$60.00 for regular members and +\$50.00 for students. + +Second-class postage paid at Providence, RI and additional mailing +offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to the \TeX\ Users Group, +P.O.\ Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940, U.S.A. + +Membership in the \TeX\ Users Group is for the calendar year, and +includes all issues of {\sl TUGboat} and {\sl \TeX\ and TUG NEWS\/} +for the year in which membership begins or is renewed. Individual +membership is open only to named individuals, and carries with it such +rights and responsibilities as voting in the annual election. +\par} %% end of \footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt + +\newpage + + +%% Editorial (pp.1-2): + +\pagestyle{myheadings} +\markboth{\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 3, 1992} + {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 3, 1992} + +\setcounter{page}{1} %% to set first page of contents to p.1 + +\Section{Editorial} + +Well, here we are with issue no.\ 3 of the year, and one more to go. +Despite a rather slow start to the year, \TTN\ will indeed be a +quarterly publication; we are attempting to achieve a staggered +schedule of publication in 1993 with respect to \TUB, with issues +appearing in January, April, July (just before the Annual Meeting), +and October. For this year, we're hoping to have the last issue out +for December. + +This means we have room for lots of material from you! One important +area to my mind which ought to be explored is how those of you who +have to provide support to users do that. Often it seems just a case +of catch-as-catch-can, but is there a better way? What about binders +with examples (source + output)? What about local archives? Templates +of common document styles?\footnote{Templates were in fact the subject +of a paper by Hope Hamilton at the 1989 TUG meeting at Stanford. See +\TUB\ 10, no.\ 4, pp.\ 541--548. And the title of a paper by Anita +Hoover seems to deal with the subject in general --- see the Prague +{\sl Proceedings\/} contents, p.\ 28.} Mimi Burbank, editor of the +1992 \tug\ {\sl Proceedings\/}, has some ideas she's implemented at +{\small SCRI} (p.\ 14). Why not send in your own \TeX\ tactics? + +Speaking of {\sl Proceedings\/}, the Annual Meeting just held in +Portland, Oregon was a great success, in my estimation (more on p.\ +19). And we also had the first \tug\ fundraiser --- a bowling +tournament! Find out more on p.\ 21. The {\sl Proceedings\/} have just +been mailed out, and should be in your hands soon. + +And big news about next year's meeting: \tug'93 will be in England, at +Aston University, in the city of Birmingham. Mark July 26--29 on your +1993 calendars for the ``World Wide Window on \TeX''. + +In the last editorial, I said that the winner of the Knuth Scholarship +would be announced at Portland --- and she was. Congratulations, Jenny +Smith! Information on applying for the 1993 Knuth Scholarship is +provided in this issue (p.\ 3). As well, there's more information on +the upcoming election of a new \tug\ President (p.\ 25). + +Membership renewal notices are being sent out soon, so be on the +lookout for them, especially if you receive your \TUB s via an +institutional membership. Make sure they renew for you! Along with the +renewal is an invitation to provide some additional support for the +\LaTeX3 project --- on p.\ 4 we have an open letter from the +\LaTeX3 team to all \tug\ members and \TeX\ users. As well, they +are now looking for \LaTeX\ users to lend a hand in carrying out +additional and necessary research to aid in their efforts. See p.\ 18 +for preliminary information, with more to come in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 4. + +The \LaTeX3 project is actually just one of several which come under +the umbrella of \tug's Technical Council --- Michael Ferguson has +written this issue's feature article on the various working groups +currently doing research (pp.\ 5--8). Go have a look and see what's +happening --- it's pretty interesting. + +This issue also carries a list of all \tug\ courses scheduled so far +for 1993 (p.~26). A recent {\sl \TeX\ for Publishers\/} course +(September 30 in New York) was a resounding success with 28 attendees, +and more hopefuls who had to be turned away. + +And some notes on changes: + +\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-1pt + \item \tug's e-mail address has been slightly modified now so that + {\tt .com} has been replaced by {\tt .org}: {\tt + tug@math.ams.org}. + + \item The {\bf New Publications} column will now be handled by + Peter Schmitt, Institute of Mathematics, University of + Vienna. If you hear of any new books on \TeX, \LaTeX, or \MF, + send him a note ({\tt a8131dal@helios.edvz\break + .univie.ac.at}); and don't forget that we also list the latest + issues of newsletters from other \TeX\ user groups. +% + As for reviews of books already cited here, \TUB\ 13, no.\ 2 + has reviews of Beccari (listed in \ttn\ 1,1), and reviews of + the Hahn and Eijkhout books (listed in \ttn\ 1,2). If you + want to review any books we list, send a query to {\tt + tugboat@math.ams.org}. + + \item Jackie Damrau (Superconducting Supercollider Lab., Texas) and + Chris Carruthers (University of Ottawa) are now lending a + hand in getting \ttn\ out to you. Chris will also be handling + the electronic distribution of \ttn's files to the various + archives which store \TeX\ material. +\end{enumerate} + +Another change was sparked by a suggestion from Karl Berry: could we +please set up all articles so that authors and their affiliation are +part of the titleblock area, rather than having them at the top of +some articles and at the end of others. So we'll try that one out --- +it does make it easier on the reader to get all the information in one +place.~\dots\ although I don't think I'll change policy on the +editorial page, Karl! + +One final note here: I'm looking for some humour! \ttn\ could use some +light-hearted content occasionally --- Peter Flynn's made a start in +his column, but I want more! If you have ideas, or if you'd like to +look after this occasional \ttn\ item, drop me a line. + +\begin{flushright} + Christina Thiele\\ + Editor, \TTN +\end{flushright} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{9.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Did you know \dots?} \\ [6pt] + \hline + \dots\ that as of October 1st, \tug\ membership stood at + 3,172. And slightly less than half of that is from outside + the United States (which counts 1,719 members): 1,053 \tug\ + members are in Europe, 171 in Canada and Mexico, and 229 + elsewhere around the globe. \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Knuth Schol. Announcement (p.3): + +\Section{The Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship} + +The 1992 Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship has been awarded to Jenny Smith, +an employee of the Production Department of John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., +Chi\-chester, England. Ms.\ Smith was honored at the 1992 \tug\ Annual +Meeting in Portland, Oregon; she is the seventh recipient of the +Scholarship. + +The intent of the Knuth Scholarship is to encourage the increase of +knowledge about \TeX\ and to sharpen the \TeX\ skills of non-technical +users. + +The 1993 competition will be open to all 1993 \tug\ members holding +support positions with duties that are secretarial, clerical or +editorial in nature. It is therefore not intended for those with a +substantial training in technical, scientific or mathematical subjects +and, in particular, it is not open to anyone holding, or studying for, +a degree with a major or concentration in these areas. + +The award will consist of an expense-paid trip to the 1993 \tug\ +Annual Meeting at Aston University in Birmingham, England, and to the +Scholar's choice from the short courses offered in conjunction with +that meeting. A cap of \$2,000 has been set; however, this does not +include registration fees for the meeting and short course, which will +be waived. + +\begin{center} + \large\bf Schedule +\end{center} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||ll||} + \hline + March 1, 1993 & Deadline for receipt of submissions \\ + March 15--May 10, 1993 & Judging period \\ + May 17, 1993 & Notification of winner \\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +An announcement in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 3, pp.\ 395--396 contains a +description of the material that must be submitted by candidates, +which includes a +\TeX\ project of the candidate's choice, to be judged by the +Scholarship Committee, and certain personal information. + +The 1993 Scholarship Committee consists of + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{l} + Chris Rowley, Open University, U.K.\ (Chair) \\ + David Salomon, California State University, Northridge \\ + Jenny Smith, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +Copies of the \TUB\ article and some additional information are +available from the \tug\ Office. To obtain a copy, write to \tug\ +(address on inside front cover of this issue), or send a message by +e-mail to {\tt TUG@Math.AMS.org} with the subject {\tt Knuth +Scholarship request}. + +\begin{flushright} + Barbara Beeton, Outgoing Liaison\\ + Nico Poppelier, New Liaison +\end{flushright} + +\newpage + + +%% LaTeX3 Update (p.4): + +\Section{\LaTeX3 Update} + +\noindent To Members of the \TeX{} and \tug\ Community: + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent Shortly, current members of \tug\ will receive their +membership renewal forms. On that form, you will notice a line +requesting your (optional) contribution to the \LaTeX3 project. We +hope this letter will explain that item to you. + +The \LaTeX3 Project is an attempt by a small group of volunteers to +revise the current version of \LaTeX{} in the light of almost eight +years of intensive experience on the part of the user community. This +is not the place to write about this project.\footnote[1]{For +additional information, see, for example, articles which have appeared +in TTN 1,1 and 1,2 of this year, and in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 1, pp.\ +96--101. As well, information presented at TUG'92 in Portland this +past July will be appearing in the {\sl Proceedings\/} issue of \TUB.} +Readers may be assured, though, that we are committed to retaining the +ease of use and the logical document design of the ``old'' \LaTeX, +while incorporating features that people have most missed. + +It's appropriate to mention two other aspects of the new \LaTeX. +\LaTeX3 {\em will\/} remain in the public domain, and will be {\em +fully\/} documented at {\em all\/} levels. + +Public domain software is not free software, although no money goes +toward salaries --- we all work as volunteers. The development team +is fully international, and although we can accomplish many things via +email, there are times when face to face meetings must take place. +Furthermore, certain testing must take place using equipment that none +of us may currently have access to. + +It is for these reasons that we ask for financial support from you. +Any sum will be gratefully appreciated. The amount need not be large. +Contributions of state of the art equipment are also needed. + +Thanks in advance for your generosity. We look forward to hearing +from you. + +\begin{Address} + Frank Mittelbach\\ + Chris Rowley\\ + \quad{\it for the \LaTeX3 Development Team}\\ + Alan Hoenig\\ + \quad{\it \LaTeX3 Liaison for TUG} +\end{Address} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||p{9.5cm}||} + \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf More \LaTeX3 News!} \\ [6pt] + \hline + Turn to p.\ 18 for details on how you can volunteer to lend + a hand with the \LaTeX3 project; and on p.\ 21, there's more: + a fundraising event held at the \tug\ meeting in Portland + this past July.\\ + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Feature Article by Michael Ferguson: +%% Overview of Technical Council (pp.5-8): + +\newcommand{\twgchair}{{\bf{\small\bf TWG} Chair}} +\newcommand{\tcl}{{\bf{\small\bf TC} Liaison}} +\newcommand{\itemend}{\vspace{4pt}\hrule} + + +\Section{The Technical Council} + +\begin{flushright} + Michael J.\ Ferguson \\ + Chair, Technical Council \\ + \tt mike@inrs-telecom.uquebec.ca +\end{flushright} + +\noindent The \tug\ Technical Council was established, in its +present form, at the February 1992 meeting of the \tug\ Board +of Directors at Aston University in Birmingham, England, and is +expected to serve as the focal point for technical activities within +\tug\@. The Technical Council does not intend to actually carry +out the technical activities but to act rather as a facilitator for +these activities. The actual technical work will be carried out by +{\it Technical Working Groups} ({\small TWG}), each with its own +chair, who will have complete control over the technical activities of +the group. A member of the Technical Council (TC) will act as a +liaison with the \tug\ Board and hence with the \tug\ membership. + +\vspace{4pt} + +The Technical Council Members are as follows: + +\vspace{-4pt} + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{l} + Michael Ferguson (Chair): \tt mike@inrs-telecom.uquebec.ca \\ + Alan Hoenig: \tt ajhjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu\\ + Yannis Haralambous: \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr\\ + Donald Knuth --- Grand Wizard (Honorary) \\ + Hermann Zapf --- Grand Wizard of Fonts (Honorary) \\ + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\subsection*{Technical Working Group Structure} + +The Technical Working Group ({\small TWG}) is most important. It does +all the technical work and normally consists of a {\small TWG} Chair, +{\small TWG} Members, and a Technical Council Liaison. Some +guidelines for a {\small TWG} are + +\begin{itemize} + \item The Technical Working Group Chair is appointed by the + Technical Council. The Working Group Chair is solely + responsible for the study procedure and structure of the + Working Group. All Technical Working Group members serve at + the discretion of the Working Group Chair. + + \item The Technical Council Liaison is responsible for timely + reporting of Working Group activities to the Technical + Council, and for any Working Group Reports or Recommendations + that the {\small TWG} Chair would like to be officially + issued by \tug. + + \item The Technical Council will determine the mandates of + Technical Working Groups. + + \item Each Technical Working Group will make a report on its + activities at each meeting of \tug's Board of Directors + via the Technical Council and the {\small TWG}'s Liaison. +\end{itemize} + +In the few months that the Technical Council has been in existence, we +have identified a need for several types of {\small TWG}s. These are +as follows: + +\begin{description} + \item[Independent Research Projects (IRP-TWG):] \mbox{} \\ + There are several ongoing research projects of vital interest to + the entire \TeX\ community. The IRP-TWG is designed to be a home + for these projects. Currently there are two projects associated + with WG-92-00: {\it Independent Projects}: {\it \LaTeX3\/} and + {\it NTS --- New Typesetting System}. + + \item[Standards and Coordination (SC-TWG):] \mbox{} \\ + The primary intent of a {\bf SC-TWG} is to evaluate technical + issues in a specific area and to recommend actions so that a + stable, consistent, and effective environment for document + preparation and production may be maintained. Some examples of + this type are WG-92-01\footnote[1]{The numbers and titles are + explained in the next section.} on {\it \TeX\ Extended + Mathematic Font Encoding} and WG-92-05 on {\it \TeX\ Archive + Guidelines}. + + \item[Special Interest (SI-TWG):] \mbox{} \\ + A Special Interest {\small TWG} is intended to serve as a focus + for those individuals that are interested in issues related to + applying \TeX\ in a specific areas. These {\small TWG}s are + intended to be made up of ordinary \TeX\ users and could become + quite large. At present WG-92-04 {\it \TeX\ for the Disabled} is + our only SI-TWG but we encourage other individuals that would + like to organize a new SI-TWG to contact any member of the + Technical Council. +\end{description} + + +\subsection*{Technical Working Groups} + +\begin{description} + \item[WG-92-00 (IRP-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: Independent Projects + +\vspace{-6pt} + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] To recognize and report to the \tug\ Board and + the \TeX\ Community on important projects which are independent + of \tug\ but are of concern to the entire \TeX\ Community. Due + to its independent nature, each such project will retain + complete control over its membership, working methods and + agenda. The chair of the Independent Projects Working Group + shall report, with the cooperation of a project's management, + on that project's activities to the \tug\ Board and thence to + the \TeX\ Community. The reporting function of the {\small TWG} + Chair shall in no way interfere or preclude reporting or + dissemination of the results of a project by the project + management or by members of the project. + \end{description} + + \twgchair: Alan Hoenig + +\newpage + +\itemend + + \item [WG-92-01 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\ Extended + Mathematic Font Encoding + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] To create font encoding standards for + Mathematical fonts used in \TeX\ systems. + \end{description} + + \twgchair: Barbara Beeton, {\tt bnb@math.ams.com} + + \tcl: Michael Ferguson + +\itemend + + \item [WG-92-02 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: System Implementor + Coordination + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] To facilitate the organization, reporting, and + dissemination of ports of \TeX\ and its related systems on + various computing platforms. The Technical Working Group shall + consist of a ``System Coordination Chair'' for each different + computing platform. Each coordinator shall be responsible for + the organization and dissemination of information related to + the porting of \TeX\ and its systems to their platform. + Preparation of the software for distribution shall be the + responsibility of the System Implementor. + \end{description} + + \twgchair: Michael Ferguson + + {\bf Current System Coordination Chairs} (August 1992): + +\vspace{-4pt} + + \begin{itemize} + \item {\small\bf IBM VM/CMS}: Joachim Lammarsch,\nl + {\tt x92@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de} + + \item {\small\bf VAX/VMS}: David Kellerman, + {\tt kellerman@nls.com} + + \item {\small\bf UNIX}: Karl Berry, {\tt karl@cs.umb.edu} + \end{itemize} + +\itemend + + \item [WG-92-03 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: Multiple Language + Coordination + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] The primary purpose of this working group is to + obtain, for \TeX\ systems, a consistent means for implementing, + accessing, and describing, the fonts, ligature rules, + hyphenation patterns and other special requirements for a given + linguistic group. Each linguistic group shall have a Group + Coordination Chair who shall be responsible for discussions and + implementation of those features and macros required for their + group. In addition, the working group shall strive to create + uniform mechanisms for access and definitions that are common + to each linguistic group. + \end{description} + + \twgchair: Yannis Haralambous + + {\bf Common Language Issues}: Johannes Braams, + {\tt IL-Braams@pttnrl.nl} + +\newpage + + {\bf Current Group Coordination Chairs}: + \begin{itemize} + \item African: J\"org Knappen, + {\tt knappen@vkpmzd.kph.uni-mainz.edu} + + \item Greek: Silvio Levy, + {\tt levy@math.berkeley.edu} + + \item Scandinavian: Jan Michael Rynning, + {\tt jmr@nada.kth.se} + \end{itemize} +\itemend + + \item [WG-92-04 (SI-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\ for the Disabled + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] The primary purpose of this working group is to + serve as a forum for those people interested in using and/or + enhancing \TeX\ to serve the needs of the disabled. + \end{description} + + \twgchair: T.V.\ Raman, {\tt raman@cs.cornell.edu} + + \tcl: Michael Ferguson + +\itemend + + \item [WG-92-05 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\ Archive + Guidelines + + \begin{description} + \item[Mandate:] The purpose of this Technical Working Group is + to develop guidelines for the effective management and + utilization of major \TeX\ archives, and to initiate + communication among the maintainers of the existing archives + for the purpose of coordination and synchronization. Areas to + be considered include, but are not limited to: + + \begin{itemize} + \item what physical resources are needed + \item what kind of management support is desirable + \item what personnel resources are necessary and how should + they be organized + \item breadth and depth of coverage, general and specific + subject arch\-ives + \item strategies for organizing and managing the archive + holdings + \item strategies for archive synchronization + \item dissemination strategies of archive contents + \item should there be ``official'' archives + \end{itemize} + \end{description} + + \twgchair: George Greenwade, {\tt bed\_gdg@SHSU.edu} + + \tcl: Alan Hoenig + +\itemend +\end{description} + +\newpage + + +%% New Publications (p.9): + +{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}} +\Section{New Publications\ts\footnote{The aim of this column is to +provide up-to-the-minute information on all publications on \TeX, \MF, +and related topics. Descriptions are usually taken from promotional +materials, and should therefore not be considered an evaluation of the +book. Reviews may appear later in \TUB.}} +} + +\begin{description} + \item [Ji\v r\'\i\ Zlatu\v ska, ed.] {\sl Euro\TeX\ 92, Proceedings + of the 7th European \TeX\ Conference\/}. Brno: Masaryk + University and Prague: Czechoslovak \TeX\ Users Group + (Cs\tug), 1992. \isbn\ 80-210-0480-0.\\ + $\bullet$ + Copies can be ordered directly from Cs\tug\ for the price of DM + 30.-- plus postage (or the equivalent in some other currency) + at the following address: + \v Ceskoslovensk\'e sdru\v zen\'\i\ uZivatel\accent'27u + \TeX u (Cs\tug), + Matematick\'y \'ustav UK, + Sokolovsk\'a 83, + CS-186 00 Praha 8, + Czechoslovakia. + They may also be available through your local \TeX\ users + group.\footnote[1]{The Table of Contents of the {\sl + Proceedings\/} appears on p.\ 28 of this issue, and a short + report on the conference by Alan Hoenig appears on pp.\ + 22--23.} + + \item [Stephan von Bechtolsheim.] {\sl \TeX\ in Practice}. New + York: Springer Verlag, Oct.\ 1992. 4-volume set (hardcover), + US\$169.00. \isbn\ 0-387-97296-X. Volumes also available + individually, US\$49.00 each:\\ + \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 1: {\sl Basics\/}. Pp.~359, 9 illus. + \isbn\ 0-387-97595-0.\\ + \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 2: {\sl Paragraphs, Math, and + Fonts\/}. Pp.~384. \isbn\ 0-387-97596-9.\\ + \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 3: {\sl Tokens, Macros\/}. Pp.~544, 22 + illus. \isbn\ 0-387-97597-7.\\ + \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 4: {\sl Output Routines, Tables\/}. + Pp.~300. \isbn\ 0-387-97598-5.\\ + $\bullet$ + ``A recent surge of good \TeX\ implementations for PCs has put + \TeX\ on the disks of many people including writers, designers, + desktop publishers, and engineers. With such increased interest + in \TeX, there is a need for good \TeX\ books. {\sl \TeX\ in + Practice\/} is the ideal reference and guide for the \TeX\ + community. The four-volume set is written by an acknowledged + expert in the field and addresses the needs of the \TeX\ novice + to the more experienced `\TeX pert.' The book provides + step-by-step introduction to the various functions of \TeX\ with + many relevant examples.'' + + \item [Stefan Schwartz and Rudolf Potu\v cek.] {\sl \LaTeX\ --- + Satzkunst statt {\small DTP}}.\nl + [``\LaTeX\ --- The Art of Typography rather than {\small + DTP}'']. (Special issue in the series {\sl + CHIP-Anwender-Praxis}.) 1992. DM 34,--\ts. \isbn\ + 3-8023-1178-7. + $\bullet$ + Can be obtained from: + Vogel Verlag, Postfach 67 40, D-8700 W\"urzburg, Germany. +\end{description} + + +\subsection*{Latest issues of other \TeX\ newsletters} + +\begin{description} + \item [{\sl Les Cahiers GUTenberg\/}:] no.\ 13 juin 1992, + 90pp. \issn\ 1140-9304. +\end{description} + +\newpage + + +%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.10-11): + +\Section{Typographer's Inn} + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Flynn\\ + University College Cork\\ + \tt cbts8001@iruccvax.ucc.ie +\end{flushright} + +%% Macros specific to Peter's column: +\begingroup +\def\\{{\tt\char'134}} +\font\tmi=cmmi7 +\font\tsy=cmsy5 +\font\bsy=cmsy10 scaled\magstep4 +\newbox\sbox +\setbox\sbox=\vbox{\hsize=1pc\baselineskip=5pt + \centerline{{\tsy\char'014\ \char'014}} + \centerline{{\tsy\char'064}}\vskip-1pt + \centerline{{\tmi\char'136}}} +\newbox\bbox +\setbox\bbox=\hbox{{\bsy\char'015}} +\def\grin{\hbox{\box\bbox\kern-5.75mm\box\sbox}} + +%% end of Peter's macros + +\noindent At the annual meeting in Portland (reported elsewhere in +this issue) there was the chance to discuss typography with old and +new friends. Some of it centered around the differences between +European and North American typographic practice, and raised more than +a few hackles. + +And look! you get sectioning in this column, too \grin + + +\subsection*{Punctuation and quotes} + +I recall being taught (at six or seven years of age) that punctuation +after quotation was always enclosed within the closing quotes, ``like +this.'' This was in England, and I always felt it was wrong, because +the fullpoint was not an integral part of the quoted text, but a part +of the surrounding sentence. The {\small USA} (and Canada?) still +adheres to this mode, but recent practice this side of the puddle is +now to put the punctuation {\em after} the closing quotes. +Nevertheless, I still feel the sense and usage of the mark should +determine its position, not an arbitrary rule. Does anyone have +burning feelings on this? + + +\subsection*{Bits \& pieces} + +My mailbox has been stuffed with criticism and good advice. I've +tried to answer them all, but about a dozen were trashed in a crash, +I'm afraid. Thomas Reid (Texas A\&M) picked up on my point that a +common gripe about \TeX\ is ``it only has one typeface'', and asked +how many other typefaces available to \TeX\ have matching small caps +fonts? Of the ones I use, only the MetaFoundry version of Times has +this, but doubtless there are more, especially among all the Monotype +fonts now becoming available in outline form (an old favorite, Mono's +Oldstyle Prumyslava, will alas probably never appear in outline). Tom +also mentioned using Optima fonts, which do not have matching small +caps. Sans-serif faces don't, and although Optima is probably best +described as semi-serif, I have never felt the lack of small caps in +it, because of the large x-height. + +Kathleen Lyle from Sheffield says her authors complained when a +small-caps word was pluralised with a lowercase `s'. I actually do +this habitually and like it: has anyone else had this problem? She +also takes me to task for (wrongly?) using an en-rule in ``{\tt +ftp}--accessible''. My reason was the change of font from {\tt\\tt} to +{\tt\\rm} but this is probably a personal quirk of mine. + + +\subsection*{Underlining} + +Victor Eijkhout brought up the subject of underlining, which (we are +all taught) is very naughty in decent typography, being regarded as a +hangover from the days of typewriters. He cites Updike's {\em +Printing Types} and Tschichold's {\em Die Neue Typographie} as using +underlined headings, and I partly agree: an experienced typographer +can probably get away with all sorts of tricks you or I would probably +not attempt. I think in many cases, the `underlining' is often a +spaced rule, a typographical entity in its own right, despite what +{\small GBS} said ({\em \TeX book}, p.\ 229), and not strictly +underlining, which in hot metal was impossible without specially-cast +sorts. + + +\subsection*{Antiquarianism?} + +Several people downloaded my version of the {\small WWP}'s {\em The +Ladies' Defence} and have asked how close it was to the original page +layout and original fonts. The answer is, not at all: I have never +even seen the original. I wanted a modern edition, but retaining some +of the flavour of 17th century printing. Hence I have obeyed in all +detail the encoding which the {\small WWP} inserted for the use of +italics and boldface, exactly as it was originally printed. Probably +not a very clever thing to use {\small CMR} for it, but infinitely +better than any of the `35' (the Adobe PostScript suite). + + +\subsection*{Page layout} + +A matter of page layout was brought to me the other day: a local user, +whose work involves mainly pamphlets and brochures (currently done +with a wordprocessor), habitually designs each double-page spread +individually and separately, and wanted to know how \TeX\ might help. +My feeling was that if there was only a small selection of variant +layouts, they could be encoded into macros, but this turned out not to +be so. Reluctantly it seemed to be a case where a visually-interactive +system, which allows on-screen manipulation of the grid and type, is +better suited to the task. Of course \TeX\ {\em can} do the job, but +for a user with good design appreciation but little time to spare to +learn what would be quite a lot of \TeX\ internals, I felt one of the +more advanced wordprocessors would be more suited. I realise that to a +lot of \TeX ies this is a heresy of the first order, but what would +have been {\em your} recommendation? + +As we go to press, a reminder on the network from Yannis Haralambous +that a program was shown at the Paris conference last year which +lets you interactively edit a {\tt .dvi} file, inserting graphics, +changing the position and order of things. It's in $\beta$--test +at the moment, but details can be got from Maurice Laugier at +{\tt louijean@cicg990.grenet.fr}---as Yannis said to me later, +maybe this is one more chance for \TeX\ to survive in a {\sc wysiwyg} +world! +\endgroup + +\newpage + + +%% ``Hey -- it works!'' (pp.12-17): + +\Section{``Hey --- it works!''} + +\subsection*{Marking lines in the margin} + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Schmitt \\ + University of Vienna \\ + \tt a8131dal@awiuni11.EDVZ.UniVie.ac.at +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Putting some material into the margin is a standard +procedure. Usually each margin note is handled separately, but +sometimes this may be inconvenient, as proven by the following +question which was recently raised on the German \TeX\ list: + +\begin{quote} + Is there a convenient way to mark a number of lines by asterisks + placed into the margin? +\end{quote} + +One possible solution is provided by the definitions of +\verb|\marginmarkson| and \verb|\marginmarksoff|, shown below (of +course, shorter control sequence names could be used!): + +\long\def\readword#1 {\strut\putmark#1 \next\relax} +\def\margmark{$\ast\hskip10pt$} +\def\putmark{% + \vadjust{\vbox to 0pt{\vss\noindent + \llap{\strut\margmark}\vskip0pt}}% + } +\def\marginmarkson{\global\let\next=\readword\next} +\def\marginmarksoff{\global\let\next=\relax} + +\begin{verbatim} + \long\def\readword#1 {\strut\putmark#1 \next\relax} + \def\margmark{$\ast\hskip10pt$} + \def\putmark{% + \vadjust{\vbox to 0pt{\vss\noindent + \llap{\strut\margmark}\vskip0pt}}% + } + \def\marginmarkson{\global\let\next=\readword\next} + \def\marginmarksoff{\global\let\next=\relax} +\end{verbatim} + +The basic idea is to read the text word by word (or, more precisely, +from space to space) and --- with each step --- to use \verb|\vadjust| +to put an asterisk into the margin. +\marginmarkson %% Turn margin marks on: +This feature is turned on by\verb| \marginmarkson| and turned off +by\verb| \marginmarksoff|. +\marginmarksoff %% Turn margin marks off. +The command \verb|\readword| reads the material to the next space, +sets the \verb|\vadjust| (using \verb|\putmark|), reinserts the +material (including the space) and finally iterates the process. Since +\verb|\vadjust| is inserted for the first time with the word following +the \verb|\marginmarkson|, the first asterisk is put into the margin +opposite the line that contains this word. The last line marked will +be the line that contains the last word before \verb|\marginmarksoff|. + +These macros can be used independently of groups formed by +\verb|\bgroup| or \verb|\begingroup| and allow (short) groups between +braces (long groups may cause a missing margin mark). + +In the definition of \verb|\readword|, the \verb|\strut| serves two +purposes: it allows the use of \verb|\marginmarkson| at the beginning +of a paragraph since it guarantees that \TeX\ will be in horizontal +mode when the first \verb|\vadjust| is inserted. And it protects +against the (unlikely) case where a line does not contain letters +which reach below the baseline since otherwise --- in this case --- +the marginmark would be positioned higher than usual. + +The \verb|\relax| prevents braces enclosing some group from +disappearing when \verb|\readword| reads its argument. + +\vspace{6pt} + +\noindent Remarks: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Clearly, the asterisk used is just an example. It can easily + be replaced by giving \verb|\margmark| another meaning, + as in the following examples which yield various types of + changebars: + +\begin{verbatim} +\def\rule{\vrule\strut\hskip5pt} +\def\bar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt} +\def\dbar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip5pt% + \vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt} +\end{verbatim} + +%% And now let's put this into use! + +\def\rule{\vrule\strut\hskip5pt} +\def\bar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt} +\def\dbar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip5pt% + \vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt} + + \let\margmark=\dbar %% Change the margin mark symbol + + \marginmarkson %% Turn on the margin marks: + The mark can be changed by\verb| \let\margmark=\bar| + even in the middle of a marked paragraph, + \let\margmark=\rule %% Change it again... + provided one accepts that the line where the change takes + places shows both marks (as shown to the left). + \marginmarksoff %% Turn off the margin marks. + If applicable, the definition of + \verb|\margmark| should use explicit fonts. Otherwise a font + change in the text may influence the appearance of the mark. + + \item This definition might fail in situations using + complicated constructions that interfere with \verb|\vadjust|, + but it works with ordinary text, both in \TeX\ and \LaTeX. + + Another source of problems may be the use of catcode changes + in marked text. One has to take care that the control sequence + executing the change is read by\verb| \putmark| before the + argument; that is, one has to write + + \begin{center} + \verb+read by\verb| \putmark| before+ + \end{center} + + instead of + + \begin{center} + \verb+ read by \verb|\putmark| before+ + \end{center} + + to obtain the phrase used above [see Editor's Note, next page]. + + \item Of course, the algorithm used is not very efficient, since it + puts one mark into the margin for every word (space) in the + line. But this does not matter since these marks are all put + into exactly the same location. And it works since usually + each line will contain at least one space. +\end{itemize} + +\subsubsection{Editor's Note:} + +This problem came to light as I was preparing Peter's article for +\ttn\@. I use \LaTeX's \verb|\verb| construction with vertical bars as +delimiters, and wanted to demonstrate the macros in the actual text. +This, however, resulted in some rather severe interference: the text +in the in-line verbatim construction disappeared! Peter wrote: ``This +first puzzled me --- but the reason is quite clear. It is due to the +(well-known) fact that taking an argument fixes the catcodes. Since +\verb|\putmark| reads a word (up to and including the space right +after it), it takes up the \verb+\verb|\let\margmark=\bar|+ (for +instance) and the control sequences are stored away before +\verb|\verb| takes action: the assignment gets executed instead of +printed.'' + +As well, he warns: ``There is another problem inherent in the method +used here: if the lineskip is not constant, then the margin marks will +be distributed irregularly or, in the case of bars, there may be holes +(e.g., with math). But, in my opinion, there is a place for quick and +not completely general macros \dots\ As far as I know a general +solution would require more complicated code.'' + +\vspace{1pc} + +We thought this additional note on some problems related to the +marginmarks macro would be instructive and useful: items offered in +this column do not pretend to be the definitive solutions to +situations which arise --- I've said so from the beginning. They're +quick solutions, and in the general case, do work. But as this example +shows, interference is always a possibility --- and not just with +hacks. Users should be prepared to wrestle occasionally with someone +else's code --- this doesn't invalidate the code, nor does it mean +that borrowing macros should be discouraged. It's just that one can't +be totally blind, or jump up and down when things don't work. Be happy +when they do --- be philosophical when they don't. Life's too short to +get exercised about the occasional problem. + + +\subsection*{When there's only one of {\subsectionbit you\/} and a + hundred of {\subsectionbit them}} + +\begin{flushright} + Mimi Burbank\\ + Supercomputer Computations\\ + Research Institute, Florida ({\small SCRI}) +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Having been hired to provide \TeX\ support for a group of +10--15 people, and having seen my job expand to providing support to +hundreds of people located on many different systems, not to mention +in many countries of the world, I have a great deal of sympathy for +those of you who are new to this situation. If only someone had made +suggestions on how to to simplify my labors. The following are some +suggestions; basically, they represent my solutions to myriad +variations on questions such as: ``How do I do this?''\ or ``Can you +show me how to do this?''\ or ``Where can I find out how to do this?'' + +\begin{itemize} + \item If you have files which are useful to many people, I + recommend having your system manager set up a ``public'' + directory --- one which can be accessed by other users. In + this directory, group similar files in subdirectories by + topical area. + + As an example, our group has a public disk which is divided + into archives, conferences, database, manuals, proposals, + preprints, and names of scientists (to name a few). Each + directory is subjectively named and sub-divided + appropriately. At present we have a total of 259 directories, + and 4,464 files. + + \item If you have many people trying to access locally developed + macros, consider adding their physical location to the search + path of \verb|tex_inputs|. Then a lot of questions can be + conveniently answered with: ``You can copy the macro located + at \verb|tex_inputs:file.name|.'' + + Our proposals, annual reports, and vit\ae\ generally use a + standard set of macros for production, and we have added + these to the \verb|tex_inputs| so that scientists writing + individual portions of the proposal can run their files in + their home directories, rather than wait for me to run the + files {\em for\/} them. + + \item After having a hundred different people ask the same + question, and/or having several different scientists ask me + to create the same bizarre symbol, I finally put these things + together in one file which includes a description of the + symbol, the macro defining it and the command calling the + macro. This file is not to be \verb|\input|; rather, it is to + be copied and individuals may \TeX\ the file themselves and + either use, or ``clone'' a macro for their own personal use. + If I have a new or odd macro, I place it in my file, + annotated properly, and then tell everyone where to find the + file. +\end{itemize} + +\subsection*{Some TTN \LaTeX\ tricks} + +\begin{flushright} + Christina Thiele +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Once our macros settle down, there'll be a write-up in +\ttn\@. But here are a few features specific to this issue which might +be of interest, especially to those who are perhaps more familiar with +\TeX\ and not so comfortable with \LaTeX. + +On page 28 of this issue, we have a common enough structure which +isn't all that easy to do in plain \TeX, but which can be handled in a +couple of ways with regular \LaTeX\ commands. The problem is to mix +some text which spans the full width of a page with some text done in +two columns. + +\LaTeX's \verb|\twocolumn| command can be used if the bulk of a +document is single-column (if the entire document is to be in two +columns, then it is more appropriate to use the \verb|[twocolumn]| +option with the opening \verb|\documentstyle| command). + +\begin{verbatim} +\twocolumn[\Section{Euro\TeX~'92: Contents from the Proceedings} + +\vspace{-6pt} + +The following is excerpted from the {\sl Proceedings of the 7th +European \TeX\ Conference\/}, held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, +September 14--18, 1992. + +\vspace{1pc} +] +.. +\onecolumn +\end{verbatim} + +The \verb|\twocolumn| command, called a ``declaration'' in Lamport's +book (p.\ 82), accepts an optional argument, enclosed in square +brackets, which will be typeset in a single column. Closing the +optional argument with the closing square bracket then yields +two-column output until it is halted by the \verb|\onecolumn| command. + +Occasionally we run into trouble getting things to fit where we want +them in this newsletter --- no surprise here: it happens to all \TeX\ +users at some point or another. First came all the usual ploys: use a +smaller font \verb|\small|, and reduce the \verb|\baselineskip| (down +to 11pt). But the \verb|{enumerate}| and \verb|{itemize}| environments +left too much space in the left margin area; instead, I used +\verb|list|, which I found easier to work with since it requires the +user to specify parameters, rather than dealing with redefining those +already assigned to the other environments mentioned above. And it +also gave a fairly dense layout, which was what I needed. + +\begin{verbatim} +{\small \baselineskip=11pt +\begin{list}{$\triangleright$}{\itemsep=1pt\leftmargin=0pt + \itemindent=11pt} + \item Alan Hoenig: When \TeX\ and \MF\ Work Together + (invited talk) p.~1. + \item John D.\ Hobby: Introduction to MetaPost (invited talk) + p.~21. +\end{list} +\end{verbatim} + +This issue of making things fit is an ``interesting'' constraint, one +which doesn't arise all that often in one's regular \TeX\ activities. +And it's one which isn't always handled, uh, ``gracefully'', shall we +say? + +Peter Flynn forwarded a note he'd received regarding some spacing +ugliness which had arisen in \ttn\ 1,2 on p.\ 14, the para.\ beginning +``Finally, I decided that \dots''. This was particularly glaring since +Peter's own column a few pages before this had been going on about how +poorly some other program did leading. Peter very gallantly said it +was probably so that I could get everything to fit, and I of course +hastily agreed --- ``that's what it must've been.'' + +Well \dots\ no. I went and looked at the file. This hadn't been the +result of willful squishing --- I had made an error in using \LaTeX, +one which I suspect is not unique to me: + +\begin{verbatim} + Finally, I decided that .... came up with the following: + \vspace{-6pt} + {\small + \begin{verbatim} + .......... +\end{verbatim} +% +By not leaving a blank line between the end of the para.\ and the +\verb|\vspace| command, the leading normally associated with +\verb|\small| was affecting the text above it. To test this, I put a +blank line above \verb|\vspace{-6pt}|, and the paragraph's normal +leading was returned --- with no change to the page break. So --- user +error. And while we do need to pack a lot of material into our 28 +pages, it's preferable that it be done on purpose and not by accident! + + +\vspace{9pc} + +\begin{center} + AD COMES HERE +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% (La)TeX news (p.18): + +\Section{\AllTeX\ News} + +\subsection*{Volunteer work for the \LaTeX3 project} + +\begin{flushright} + Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley, Michael J.\ Downes +\end{flushright} + +\noindent This is a call for volunteers to help in the development of +\LaTeX3. A number of these specialized tasks can be worked on +concurrently with the development of the \LaTeX3 kernel; and some +require special expertise not found among the core programming team. +Initial research, analysis, and work on these tasks by volunteers can +greatly speed up the process of integrating a number of desirable +features into \LaTeX3. Many of these features can be extensively +developed and tested under \LaTeX\ 2.09 even before the \LaTeX3 kernel +is available. + +Therefore we are publishing a list of tasks to the \LaTeX{} user +community through various channels. The task list is available via +anonymous {\tt ftp} from the following sites: {\tt niord.shsu.edu}, +directory {[\tt fileserv.vol-task]}; {\tt ftp.uni-stuttgart.de}, +directory {\tt soft/tex/vol-task}. For access via mail server, send +mail to {\tt fileserv@shsu.bitnet}, with no subject line and in the +body write: {\tt sendme vol-task}, or to {\tt +mail-server@rus.uni-stuttgart.de}, with no subject line and in the +body write: {\tt send soft/tex/vol-task/vol-task.tex}. + +As well, it will appear in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 4. If you are unable to +retrieve a copy via electronic networks, please contact: +\LaTeX3 Volunteer Task List Request, \careof\ \TeX\ Users Group, +P.O.\ Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940 USA. + +The task list will be updated at regular intervals. Some of the main +tasks include: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Validating \LaTeX\ 2.09. + + \item Syntax questions: {\tt .sty} metacomments for smart editors; + syntax proposal for bibliographical commands; research on + syntax for tables, for chemistry, and for commutative + diagrams. + \item Research tasks: experimenting with \verb|\emergencystretch|; + research on indexing commands; research footnote/endnotes + conventions; syntax diagrams; BNF notation. Also: research on + use of shorthand forms; research on figures and captions; + research on the use of \verb|^^| conventions. + \item Miscellaneous items: math font handling; converting numbers + to textual form; rewrite of MakeIndex in WEB; write other + auxiliary programs; biblio\-graphy style programming; + bibliography style requirements; timing tests. +\end{itemize} + +\newpage + + +%% News from Around... + Reports on Meetings (pp.19-23): + +\Section{News from Around \ldots} + +\subsection*{Gleanings from here and there} + +Harumi Fujiura wrote that the usual August meeting of the Japanese +\TeX\ user group didn't take place --- not enough papers. + +The Polish user group, {\small GUST}, held a meeting at the beginning +of this month, October; Hanna Ko\l odziejska says they're looking into +starting up an archive, W\l odek Bzyl at the University of Gda\'nsk is +working on the first issue of their newletter, and there may be a +\TeX\ meeting sometime next spring. + +The {\small UK\TeX UG} held its Annual General Meeting on 14 October +at Aston. We should be getting a report for the next issue of \ttn\@. + +Cyr\tug\ was unable to hold its first annual meeting last May due to +internal upheavals in the country. Irina Makhovaya tells me that the +meeting will be in a few days' time, October 20--22; she'll send us a +short report. + +The Dutch user group, {\small NTG}, is having its 10th meeting in +Meppel (near Groningen) beginning at 14:00, with the theme ``\LaTeX, +\LaTeX3 and Font Selection''. Speakers will include Frank Mittelbach +and Chris Rowley, Yannis Haralambous, and Johannes Braams. There are +plans to visit a typographics museum in the morning. Contact Gerard +van Nes at {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} for details. + +The Nordic group is planning a meeting also in November, date yet to +be determined. Contact Roswitha Graham (see the {\bf Upcoming Events} +column for addresses). + +Enn Saar of the Estonian user group wrote to say that they're ``still +waiting'' for {\tt ftp} access to be set up. They've got a book on +\TeX\ at the publishers, and will send us information as soon as it's +available. + + +%% Reports on Meetings: + +\Section{Reports on Meetings} + +\subsection*{TUG'92: 27--30 July + \hfill + Portland, Oregon} + +\begin{flushright} + Christina Thiele +\end{flushright} + +\noindent The 1992 \tug\ meeting in Portland, Oregon was, to my mind, +a great success. Of the 141 pre-registered attendees, 107 were from +the States, fully 21 people had come from Europe, 10 from Canada, and +three from elsewhere (Israel, Japan, and Venezuela!). By the time the +meeting had begun, there were some 150 in attendance. + +The weather was unusually hot and dry for Portland at this time of +year (an official drought had, in fact, been declared), but the newly +renovated Benson Hotel was a wonderful pool of cool air, charming +old-style atmosphere, and very good meeting rooms. + +Oh, the conference? Well, since this was the first time since 1987 +that I'd been able to sit back and and attend the papers, not having +to worry about the program or the schedule or the unexpected, it was +terrific. The first day, with papers and workshops on wrestling with +PostScript and \TeX, was of particular interest since I'll be moving +in that direction in the next half year --- starting with Malcolm +Clark's keynote address, on through five papers, and ending with Anita +Hoover's workshop on PostScript, there's plenty of material to read +through and study in the {\sl Proceedings\/}. And since I've mentioned +the {\sl Proceedings\/}, I think I'll simply refer you to its pages, +rather than provide a blow-by-blow account of each presentation. Other +workshops covered such issues as archive management, standard coding +in production, and modifying \LaTeX\ style files and {\tt manmac.sty}. + +To my mind, the highlight --- both in terms of the presentation and +the audience's reaction --- had to be the paper by Raman V.T.: ``An +Audio View of \TeX\ Documents''. Raman is blind, and uses a voice +synthesizer to translate \TeX\ document structure into speech. His +demonstrations left us, the audience, rather speechless --- especially +when he then showed how non-speech sounds (pauses, tone sounds of +various pitch and length) could be used to represent such elements in +mathematical expressions as operators, braces, and so on. Listening to +his taped examples, I could only laugh at my own shortsightedness --- +why {\em not\/} use sounds for operators and other items which, when +spoken out loud, must be referred to by their often unwieldy labels: +``open parenthesis,'' ``multiplied by,'' ``squared,'' and so on. It +was like opening an entirely new section of the library (you see how +one is tied to the written image of language?!)\ and discovering +\TeX\ all over again. + +The afternoon was given over to a panel discussion on archives, the +\tug\ business meeting, and then a special dinner held in Atwater's +Restaurant on the 41st floor of the U.S.\ Bancorp Tower --- windows +looking out in three directions. The view was quite breathtaking --- +Mount Hood to the east, and Mount Saint Helens' shattered cone visible +to the north --- and as the evening became dark, the lights came on in +the city below. But it wasn't all splendour and awe --- the Program +Committee had found a way to keep us from reverting to shop talk: a +magician! It was simple fun, but it was such good fun. Photos will +surely circulate, but I won't give anything away here! + +For several years now, Malcolm Clark and Doug Henderson have struggled +with the great uninformed masses who have not appreciated the finer +points of bowling. It was tried at College Station \dots\ and again in +Cork (yup, we actually went bowling in Cork!). But the Wednesday +evening bowling tournament to raise funds for the \LaTeX3 project must +now stand as the pinnacle, the culmination of their years in the +wilderness \dots\ well, in the bowling lanes, at least. + +By Thursday, many of us were almost (but not quite) talked and \TeX'd +out. Finally (some would say, mercifully) by around 3:30, it was over. +People slowly collected their papers, their flyers, their books +(should I mention that Portland boasts an {\em enormous\/} bookstore +called Powell's \dots\ I'm not kidding when I say we all left with +much more than we'd arrived with!), their notebooks, their preprints; +some left that evening; some, like myself, only left on Friday. It was +a slow disappearing act. + +We had had so much to listen to, so many people to talk to, Portland +the city was rather lost in our schedules. But it was a beautiful +city for a conference, and many people were using it as a starting +point to their vacations. + +I would like to congratulate the Program Committee of Doug Henderson, +Helen Gibson, and Ron Whitney, with Mimi Jett as Program Coordinator, +on having put together a very good conference, an enjoyable +conference, a busy and stimulating conference. And so the challenge +now goes to the next site --- Aston University, Birmingham, {\small +UK} --- and to Peter Abbott. Shall we bowl again? \dots\ I've heard +mutterings about darts \dots\ We have a year to wait. A year to plan. +Only about half a year to write a paper! So go circle the last week of +July 1993 on your calendars! + +\subsubsection*{Bowling Tournament Boosts \LaTeX3 Fund} + +\begin{flushright} + Doug Henderson \\ + Co-Organizer +\end{flushright} + +\noindent On Wednesday evening, we held a \LaTeX3 Bowling Fundraiser +at the Portland \tug\ meeting. Twelve four-person teams took to the +lanes of glory to bowl for a most noble cause. Supporting further +research for the \LaTeX3 system was our goal, but the rallying effort +of the fun-loving conference attendees was amazing. We had a full one +third of the conference down at the Hollywood Bowl to watch as people +hurled that heavy ball (and sometimes themselves) down the lane to +prove to the world that much fun can be had by all for a good cause. + +It was a fun tournament. My fondest memory will be my worries about +the scoring of twelve different teams and the ``Tournament Chart'' we +were trying to construct before the event that evening. I scratched my +head. No help. We abandoned our half-made chart in favor of winging +it. When we arrived and talked with the nice folks behind the counter, +they said ``No problem. We have computerized scoring and can set you +up with a tournament package for twelve teams.'' Instant relief. Of +course, it was too good to be true: we got fouled up in scoring who +was where, and the computerized system rested while we applied the +time-tested pencil and paper tallying techniques. + +When all was said and done, the Blue Sky Research bowling team won the +high-pin team total, but they were disqualified for having too +professional a bowling shirt! The tournament winners (presented with +real bowling trophies) were the team of: Chris Carruthers, Tom +Thompson, Mary Louise Garcia, and Dave Steiner. The second-place team +(presented with second place ribbons) included: Ron Whitney, Dan +Olson, Brett Perkes, and Dave Marks. All those who participated were +winners in my view, and we all had big smiles as we made the +presentation/donation to Chris Rowley, the United Kingdom \LaTeX3 team +member who was present. Our fundraiser brought in \$740 for \LaTeX3. +The following note, listing all the participants, was typeset (of +course it was done in \TeX) and presented along with the funds. + +\begin{quotation} \noindent + ``We, the participants, would like to offer our support to the + \LaTeX3 project. Please accept this contribution in the spirit + intended. We had fun, we bowled until we were ready to drop, and + there were no overfull boxes. Thank you for undertaking such an + important project. Continued good luck and best wishes.'' +\end{quotation} + + +\subsection*{Euro-\TeX'92: 15--18 Sept. + \hfill + Prague, Czechoslovakia} + +\begin{flushright} + Alan Hoenig \\ + Member, \tug\ Board of Directors +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Elsewhere in this issue, you will find a list of the +presentations at the recent 7th Euro\TeX{} Conference held in Prague +from September~15 to 18. It is my pleasant task to here flesh out that +list with some personal observations. + +First of all, a hearty {\em shame\/} to those readers who were not +there. The entire bill of fare for the meeting --- {\em including\/} +lodgings, meeting fee, pass for all Prague public transport during the +meeting, and one or two other nice things --- was about 300~DM +($\approx\,$\$200 or $\approx\,$\pounds 100). It was a particular +shame that more people from the Americas were not present. Despite +the slightly pricey airfare to Prague, surely the cost of the entire +week was comparable or even less than that of a professional meeting +in some distant part of the States. + +But there is a double shame, for the meeting was run with a degree of +efficiency and professional {\em \'elan\/} not always in evidence at +meetings like this. The program organizers --- Ji\v r\'\i\ Vesel\'y, +Ji\v r\'\i\ Zlatu\v ska, and Karel Hor\'ak --- crossed every {\em t\/} +and h\'a\v cek'ed every {\em \v r\/}, from the tours organized for the +loved ones of the attendees to the meeting {\sl Proceedings\/}, which +were hardbound and waiting for us on the last day of the conference. +Of course, the social events that attendees have come to love and +anticipate helped fill the evenings. + +I will not say much more about the actual program, for brief comments +can only short change the presenters. I urge instead that you seek +out the {\sl Proceedings\/}. It has been recent custom to award a +prize to the ``best'' presentation, where ``best'' is an idiosyncratic +notion governed by someone in charge of the current conference. This +prize has come to be known as the Cathy Booth Prize in honor of the +late leader of the user community, and this year's recipients were +Bogus{\l}av Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko for their work in the +development of Polish \TeX. + +It's personally exciting to me to see the particular enthusiasm that +Europeans and Eastern Europeans bring to \TeX{} and \MF\@. As usual, +there was intense interest in the emerging DC font standards. Some of +the work the Czechs are doing with \MF\ is noteworthy, including Karel +Hor\'ak's use of it for mathematical figures and the \MF-specific +editor under development by a group of students under the direction of +Dr.\ Mirko K\v{r}iv\'anek. + +It would not be right to conclude an account of a meeting in Prague +without some mention of the golden city itself. This was my first +time in Eastern Europe, and what a remarkable initiation! The central +city is truly a story book set. Public spaces like Old Town Square +and the magnificent Charles Bridge keep inviting the visitor back for +yet another stroll. The Czechs were gracious and friendly, and it was +easy to find someone who understood the English, pidgin German, or +Russian that my wife or I were able to muster up. Public transport +was clean and ultra-reliable, and the transport pass issued to all +guests meant we could wander back and forth throughout the city at +will, courtesy of the bus, tram, and subway systems. We felt safe +strolling about at any time of day or night. + +I know there are many other fine spots in Europe to serve as sites for +upcoming Euro\TeX{} conferences, but I look forward to the time when +it's Prague's turn again. + + +%% Summary of July '92 Board meetings (pp.23-25): + +\Section{TUG Board Activities} + +\subsection*{Summary of Board Meeting} + +{\small \baselineskip=11pt +The \tug\ Board of Directors met for two days before (25--26 July) and +one afternoon (30 July) after the Annual Meeting of the \TUG, in +Portland, Oregon.\footnote[1]{Present: Peter Abbott, Barbara Beeton, +Malcolm Clark (Chair, TUG President), Luzia Dietsche, Ken Dreyhaupt +(Vice-President), Michael Ferguson, Peter Flynn (Secretary), Yannis +Hara\-lambous, Doug Henderson, Alan Hoenig (absent on Saturday), Anita +Hoover, Mimi Jett, David Kellerman, Joachim Lammarsch, Jon Radel, +Christina Thiele, Bill Woolf (Treasurer); Ron Whitney, TUG's Business +Manager, was also present. Absent: Bernard Gaulle, Roswitha Graham, +Kees v.d.~Laan, and Nico Poppelier.} + +Following welcoming remarks by Malcolm Clark, \tug's President, the +preliminaries to the meeting were dealt with: reviewing and +prioritising the agenda, adding new items, scheduling committee +meetings, and accepting the minutes (with some corrections) from +February's board meeting. + +Between February's board meeting and July, three motions had been +voted upon by e-mail, and were ratified at the present board meeting: +Jon Radel was re-appointed Public Domain PC Software Coordinator; a +proposal by Peter Flynn for a lottery was defeated; and a bylaws +change to \tug's status (from 501(c)3 to 501(c)6) was accepted. + +Discussions on the election procedures for president included +distribution of the nomination forms, an improved schedule for +returning ballots, and an outline of a change to the bylaws to provide +for a 2 1/2 year term (in order to bring the term of president into +synch with those of the board). + +The Bylaws Committee reported on revisions and improvements they had +identified since being charged with this task at Aston. In connection +with the previous item, one major change was to transfer all explicit +references to elections (both for the board and the position of +president) to a new Elections Procedures document. After discussion of +these items, and suggestions on phrasing, the proposed changes were +adopted. Minor changes in wording regarding candidates for election +were also accepted unanimously. + +On both Saturday and Sunday, the board spent much time in general +discussions on various aspects of the operation and role of the \tug\ +Office and of \tug\@. Issues ranged from what the main office priorities +should be to the importance of the \LaTeX3 project on \TeX's continued +existence. Generally, it seemed there was consensus on the priorities +of membership services and volunteer coordination for the office. Mimi +Jett had prepared a report which the Executive would be able to use in +its search for a new Executive Director. A Search Committee, +comprising the Executive and Mimi Jett was established. In all, it was +a very useful exercise, providing background information to the newer +board members and allowing all board members to express their +perspectives. + +Discussions on the budget included the final figures for 1991, which +showed a loss of \$24,454. Ron Whitney went over various points in the +budget for 1992 (projected deficit of \$3,100), and answered questions +the board had on several items. A 1993 budget had also been prepared +in outline, based on the 1992 information. Additional budget items +were pencilled in as the board made various decisions with financial +implications: membership dues for 1993 were to remain at 1992 levels; +student membership would be set at 50\% of regular membership, +beginning in 1993; allocations for various committees were also +approved (e.g., Knuth Scholarship). Costs related to the arrival of a +new Executive Director would have to be added when they became known. + +Reports from various committees were presented, some on their work in +progress, others with final reports requiring action. The Long Range +Planning Committee reported that their work was progressing slowly, +and that a draft document would be ready for the fall. The Committee +on Special Vice-Presidents (Luzia Dietsche, chair) presented a number +of proposals which included both a statement of intent and some +suggested bylaws amendments. The statement of intent was passed, and +the proposed bylaws amendments were referred to the Bylaws Committee +for implementation.\footnote[2]{The statement of intent reads, in +part: ``The term ``Special Vice-Presidents'' shall be replaced by +``Special Director''. A Special Director shall have all the rights and +responsibilities of a Director except that Special Directors will not +be counted in determining a quorum. A Special Director shall be +invited by the TUG Board as the representative, usually the President, +of a Local TUG.} The Conference Planning Committee (Christina Thiele, +chair) had previously circulated their report, proposing Aston +University, at Birmingham, \uk, be accepted as the site for the 1993 +\tug\ Annual Meeting; Peter Abbott agreed to undertake the +arrangements. With regard to the future, several sites had already +expressed interest in the 1994 meeting, and it was hoped that new +procedures on longer-term site selection would be implemented soon. +Mimi Jett (Program Committee) provided a brief run-down of the +Portland meeting and the events planned. Barbara Beeton (Knuth +Scholarship liaison) announced the winner of the 1993 scholarship +(Jenny Smith of Chichester, \uk)\@. All committees were reviewed and +repopulated where necessary.\footnote[3]{See latest issue of \TUB\ for +listing.} New committees established included the already-mentioned +Search Committee, and a Promotions Committee. + +An area where there was increasing need to respond by \tug\ involved +the support which could be provided new user groups, particularly in +Eastern Europe. Yannis (chair of the committee) presented a number of +proposals, in particular the reprinting of a facsimile of \TUB, in +order to make it available more cheaply: currency problems are a major +hindrance to taking out a membership in \tug\@. Yannis was going to +find out more details from people involved in the various groups who +would be attending the Prague Euro\TeX'92 meeting. + +Michael Ferguson presented an overview of the Technical Council, and +Alan Hoenig reported on his work as liaison with the \LaTeX3 project. +Proposals for bylaws amendments were not accepted, on procedural +grounds, and were referred to the Bylaws Committee. A proposal from +Sebastian Rahtz regarding archives was circulated to the board, and +passed along to the Technical Council for further discussion. Also +referred to the Technical Council was recent correspondence from +Prof.~Knuth, regarding the registration of several icons for \TeX\ and +related programs with SUN. + +Other issues addressed by the board included board e-mail +communications, the ``Aston Shop'' (\tug\ articles for sale via Peter +Abbott), site coordinators (perhaps become part of the Technical +Council), the resource directory, departing gifts to members of the +previous board (those who did not run for election under the new +rules), \tug's tax exempt status, and \tug\ investments. There were +also some discussions on various aspects of the Portland meeting, +which had been applauded most favourably by members of the board. + + +\subsection*{TUG Presidential Election} + +\vspace{-1.5pc} + +\begin{flushright} + Malcolm Clark \\ + \tug\ President +\end{flushright} + +\noindent No nominations for \tug\ President were received as of the +deadline, September 28, 1992. + +The \tug\ Bylaws (Article VII, Section 10) state that ``When the +office of President becomes vacant, the Vice President will become +President for the remainder of the President's term and will then, as +President, appoint a member to serve as Vice President.'' Thus, if +nothing else happens, the position of President will fall vacant on +January 1, 1993, and the person holding the office of Vice President +on that date will become President. + +It is the concern of all that the person to become President be +someone willing and able to spend the time and energy necessary to +perform the duties of the office. Several natural possibilities --- +including the current Vice President --- have indicated that finding +the time would be difficult. The Board is reviewing the options +available to \tug\ and will report to the membership in the next issue +of \ttn\ (which is scheduled for mailing in early December). + +} %% end of \small + +\newpage + + +%% TUG Courses for 1993 (p.26): + +\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\ + 1993 Course Schedule} + +\noindent\begin{tabular}{llll} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX*} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeX*} \\ +\quad Boston & April 19--23 & \quad San Francisco & March 1--5 \\ +\quad San Diego & June 14--19 & \quad Boston & April 26--30 \\ +\quad Boston & August 9--13 & \quad Ottawa & August 23--27 \\ +\quad Chicago & October 18--22 & \quad Boston & October 25--29 \\ [3pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Modifying \LaTeX\ Style Files*} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Adv'd \TeX\ and Macro Writing*} \\ +\quad San Diego & June 7--11 & \quad San Diego & June 21--25 \\ + & & \quad Boston & November 1--5 \\ [3pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl \TeX\ for Publishers} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Practical SGML and \TeX*} \\ +\quad Boston & February 23 & \quad San Francisco & March 8--9 \\ +\quad Washington, DC & April 14 & \quad Boston & November 8--9 \\ +\quad New York City & June 9 \\ +\quad Orlando & September 22 \\ [3pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\multicolumn{4}{c}{\large\sl Book and Document Design with \TeX} \\ +\multicolumn{4}{c}{Boston \quad September 23--24} \\ [3pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize + *Lab classes --- computers will be provided for + all students.} \\ +\end{tabular} + +\vspace{6pt} +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-2pt + \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes + and are held at major hotels. + + \item The dates and locations above are tentative --- watch for the + final schedule in the mail this fall. + + \item For more information, contact the \TUG\ at (401)--751--7760. +\end{itemize} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule +\vspace{6pt} + +\begin{center} + \large\bf On-Site Courses in \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ from \TUG\ +\end{center} + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-2pt + \item Courses in \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, {\small SGML} and \TeX, + PostScript, or \TeX{} for Publishers tailored to the needs of + your group + + \item Courses at every level from beginning to advanced + + \item Five full days of instruction at your site + + \item One-week course fee includes all instructor fees and expenses + plus textbooks and other materials for up to 15 students + + \item If a properly equipped training facility is not available, + \tug\ will arrange computer rentals and supply \TeX{} or + \LaTeX{} software +\end{itemize} + +\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 November & {\bf Nordic Group:}\nl + Annual General Meeting.\nl + Copenhagen, Denmark.\nl + [{\bf Date to be announced}] + & 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 19 November & {\small\bf NTG}:\nl + ``\LaTeX, \LaTeX3 and Font\nl + Selection.''\nl + Meppel (near Groningen), the Netherlands. + & Gerard van Nes\nl + {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 23--26 Nov. & {\small\bf CNRS:}\nl + ``Traitement de texte scientifi\-que sur + Macintosh.''\nl + Ivry, France. + & K.B.\ Su, Chercheur {\small CNRS}, + Laboratoire d'electrochimie, Universit\'e + Paris 7\nl + T\'el: 49.60.40.29, 49.60.40.30 \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 24--27 Feb.\nl +\bf 1993 & {\small\bf CONCEPPTS}'93:\nl + The Prepublishing Conference + (an international conference + on computers and electronic publishing + and printing technologies).\nl + Orange Co.\ Convention + Centre, Orlando, Florida. + & Phone: 703-264-7200\nl + \fax: 703-620-9187. \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 9--12 March & {\small\bf DANTE}'93 and General\nl + Meeting,\nl + Chemnitz (near Dresden). + & Dr.\ Wolfgang Riedel\nl + {\tt wolfgang.riedel@hrz.tu-}\nl + {\tt chemnitz.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 26--29 July & {\small\bf TUG'93}:\nl + ``World Wide Window on \TeX''\nl + Aston University,\nl + Birmingham, \uk. + & Chris Rowley, {\tt ca\_rowley} \nl + {\tt @vax.acs.open.ac.uk} \nl + Malcolm Clark \nl + {\tt malcolmc@wmin.ac.uk} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\end{tabular} +} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the next issue +of \TUB\ for more dates. + +\newpage + + +%% Euro'92 Proceedings: Table of Contents (p.28): + + +\twocolumn[\Section{Euro\TeX'92: Contents from the Proceedings} + +\vspace{-6pt} + +The following is excerpted from the {\sl Proceedings of the 7th +European \TeX\ Conference\/}, held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, +September 14--18, 1992. + +\vspace{1pc} +] + +{\small \baselineskip=11pt +\begin{list}{$\triangleright$}{\itemsep=1pt\leftmargin=0pt + \itemindent=11pt } + \item Alan Hoenig: When \TeX\ and \MF\ Work Together (invited talk) + p.~1. + + \item John D.\ Hobby: Introduction to MetaPost (invited talk) + p.~21. + + \item Andrei B.\ Khodulev and Irina A.\ Ma\-khova\-ya: On \TeX{} + Experience in Mir Publishers p.~37. + + \item Laurent Siebenmann: The Lion and the Mouse p.~43. + + \item Petr Sojka, Rudolf \v Cervenka, and Martin Svoboda: \TeX{} + for Database Publishing p.~53. + + \item Ond\v rej V\'acha: \TeX\ for Typesetting in a Publishing + House p.~59. + + \item Michel Lavaud: A Solution to Help Ensure the Future of \TeX: + Make its Use Easier on Cheap Machines p.~66. + + \item Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley:\nl + \LaTeX3: Structure and Design (invited talk) p.~69. + + \item Anita Z.\ Hoover: The Key to Successful Support: Knowing Your + \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} Users (invited talk) p.~71. + + \item Theo Jurriens: \TeX{} for Everybody?\nl + p.~86. + + \item Daniel Flipo and Laurent Siebenmann: Hyphenation in Presence + of Accents and Diacritics: An Easy and Low-Cost Solution + p.~87. + + \item Laurent Siebenmann: CaesarCM---A\nl + Gentle Road to Perfect Hyphenation in Modest \TeX{} + Environments p.~97. + + \item Laurent Siebenmann: La mise en appli\-ca\-tion d\'efinitive + de la norme de Cork p.~107. +\newpage + \item Bogus\l av Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko: Polishing \TeX: From + Ready to Use to\nl Handy in Use p.~119. + + \item Rama Porrat: Developments in Hebrew \TeX{} p.~135. + + \item Michael Vinogradov: Russian \TeX: New Eight-Bit Fonts and IBM + PC Equipment p.~149. + + \item Klaus Lagally: Arab\TeX---Typesetting Arabic with Vowels and + Ligatures p.~153. + + \item Erik-Jan Vens: Incorporating PostScript Fonts in \TeX{} + p.~173. + + \item Kristoffer H.\ Rose: How to Typeset\nl + Pretty Diagram Arrows with \TeX: Design Decisions Used in + X\kern-0.5ex\raise-0.3ex\hbox{Y}\kern-0.4ex-pic p.~183. + + \item Kees van der Laan: Table Diversions p.~211. + + \item J\"org Knappen: Changing the Appearance of Math p.~212. + + \item Kees van der Laan: Typesetting Crosswords via \TeX\ p.~217. + + \item Kees van der Laan: {\normalsize\sc fifo} and {\normalsize\sc + lifo} In\-cog\-nito p.~225. + + \item Philip Taylor: The Future of \TeX\ p.~235. + + \item Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley:\nl + The Future of High-Quality Typesetting: Structure and Design + (invited talk) p.~255. + + \item Daniel Taupin: Music\TeX: Using \TeX{} to Write Polyphonic or + Instrumental Music (invited talk) p.~257. + + \item Kristoffer H.\ Rose: Typesetting Dia-\break grams with + X\kern-0.5ex\raise-0.3ex\hbox{Y}\kern-0.4ex-pic: User's + Manual p.~273. + + \item Yannis Haralambous: Towards the Revival of Traditional Arabic + Typography \ldots{} through \TeX\ (invited talk) p.~293. +\end{list} + +} + +\onecolumn + +\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}{The Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship\\ + \indent {\em Barbara Beeton, Nico Poppelier}}{3} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\LaTeX3 Update\\ + \indent {\em Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley, and Alan + Hoenig}}{4} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{The Technical Council\\ + \indent {\em Michael Ferguson}}{5} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{New Publications}{9} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn\\ + \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{10} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Marking lines in the margin + \quad {\em Peter Schmitt}}{12} +\contentsline {subsection}{When there's only one of {\em you} and\\ + hundreds of {\em them} + \quad {\em Mimi Burbank}}{14} +\contentsline {subsection}{Some \ttn\ \LaTeX\ tricks + \quad {\em Christina Thiele}}{15} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Volunteer work for the \LaTeX3 project\\ + {\em Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley, + Michael J.\ Downes}}{18} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{News from Around \ldots}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Gleanings from here and there}{19} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{\tug'92 (Portland) + \quad {\em Christina Thiele}}{19} +\contentsline {subsection}{Bowling Tournament Boosts \LaTeX3 Fund + \quad {\em Doug Henderson}}{21} +\contentsline {subsection}{Euro\TeX'92 (Prague) + \quad {\em Alan Hoenig}}{22} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\tug\ Board Activities}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{Summary of Board Meeting}{23} +\contentsline {subsection}{\tug\ Presidential Election}{25} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1993 Course Schedule}{26} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Euro\TeX'92: Contents from the \sl Proceedings}{28} + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{center} + \bf Volume 1, No.\ 3, 1992 +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Cover 4: + +\pagestyle{empty} + +\begin{center} + \Large \bf The latest \\ + \Large \bf \TeX{}niques volumes \\ + \Large \bf from TUG +\end{center} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\begin{description} + \item [{\sl A Gentle Introduction to \TeX\/}] by Michael Doob. + {\sl \TeX niques\/} 13. Providence, Rhode Island: \TUG, + 1990. vi + 88pp.\ (softcover), US\$15. {\bf\$13 + for TUG members}.\nl + $\bullet$ The book provides a first look at \TeX{} for those + who have little experience with the program. It begins with + the basics (characters, fonts, control sequences), and then + moves to parameter settings for control of line, paragraph, + and page layouts. Groups, basic math constructs and tables + are treated, along with macro definitions and practice with + error messages. + + \item [{\sl METAFONTware\/}] by Donald E.\ Knuth, Tomas G.\ + Rokicki, and Arthur L.\ Samuel. {\sl \TeX niques\/} 14. + Providence, Rhode Island: \TUG, 1990. iii + 101pp.\ + (softcover), US\$20. {\bf \$18 for TUG members}.\nl + $\bullet$ This report comprises the \verb|WEAVE|d output of + the four programs \verb|GFType|, \verb|GFtoPK|, + \verb|GFtoDVI|, and \verb|MFT|\@. The listed programs are + current as of February~1990 and incorporate changes + corresponding to those in \MF{} version~1.8, including + support of 8-bit input and extended ligatures. + + \item [{\sl A Permuted Index for \TeX{} and \LaTeX\/}] by + Bill Cheswick. {\sl \TeX niques\/} 15. Providence, Rhode + Island: \TUG, 1991. 111pp.\ (softcover), US\$15. {\bf \$13 + for TUG members}.\nl + $\bullet$ This index is designed to help \TeX{} and + \LaTeX{} users find the right command among the one + thousand-odd commands documented. A description of the + method used to construct this index is given in \TUB\ 10, + no.\ 4, pp.\ 707--713. +\end{description} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent All issues of {\sl \TeX niques\/} are available from the +\tug\ office (see list published on yellow order form at the back of +\TUB\ 13, no.\ 1). + +\begin{center} + \TeX\ Users Group \\ + P.O.\ Box 9506 \\ + Providence, RI 02940 USA \\ + \tt tug@math.ams.org +\end{center} + +\end{document} + +%% END OF FILE + |