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+%% This file contains all materials for TTN 2,2 (1993).
+%%
+%% IMPORTANT NOTICE: You *MUST* use version 2.2 of the TTN style
+%% file, called ttn2n2.sty.
+%% (Ch. Thiele, Editor, TTN).
+%%
+
+\documentstyle[twoside]{ttn2n2} %% Version 2.2, April 1993
+
+% 1992.2.27: fix for underfull hboxes suggested by Phil Taylor (CJC)
+\tolerance = 1817 \hbadness = \tolerance
+
+\begin{document}
+
+%% Cover 1:
+
+\pagestyle{empty}
+
+%% For camera copy file, replace this page with material from file
+%% camera-copy-cover.tex
+
+{\Large
+
+\begin{flushleft}
+ Volume 2, Number 2
+\end{flushleft}
+
+\vspace{-3.1pc}
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ April 1993
+\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,\break \careof \tug\ Office at the address below.
+
+\vspace{.25pc}
+
+\begin{center}
+ \begin{tabular}{lll}
+ \bf \TUG & Phone: & 805-963-1338 \\
+ P.O. Box 869 & \fax: & 805-963-8358 \\
+ Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA & E-mail: & \tt tug@math.ams.org \\
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\TeX{} is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.
+\par} %% end of \small \baselineskip=10pt
+
+\vspace{.25pc}
+
+\hrule
+
+\vspace{4pt}
+
+{\footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt
+\noindent \TTN\ (ISSN 1065-240X) is published four times a year,
+February, April, July and October, by the \TeX\ Users Group, 735 State
+Street, P.O.\ Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, U.S.A\@. The 1993 dues
+for individual members are \$60.00 for regular members and \$30.00 for
+students.
+
+Second-class postage paid at Santa Barbara, CA, and additional mailing
+offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to the \TeX\ Users Group,
+P.O.\ Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, 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.\ 2, No.\ 2, 1993}
+ {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 2, No.\ 2, 1993}
+
+\setcounter{page}{1} %% to set first page of contents to p.1
+
+\Section{Editorial}
+
+This issue comes so quickly on the heels of the February one \dots\
+now we can say we're finally on target with our quarterly publication
+dates. Next issue will be out in early July. And that means I can now
+give you some deadlines for submission of material for future issues.
+
+\vspace{.5pc}
+\begin{center}
+ \begin{tabular}{||ll||}
+ \hline
+ \mbox{\empty} & \\ [-8pt]
+ July issue & \bf June 1st \\
+ Oct.\ issue & \bf Sept.\ 15th \\
+ Jan.\ issue (1994) & \bf Dec.\ 1st \\
+ Apr.\ issue & \bf March 15th \\ [1pt]
+ \hline
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\vspace{.5pc}
+
+\noindent A reminder: my editorship of \TTN\ will come to an end this
+year; potential candidates should contact me as soon as possible.
+
+This issue we have a number of interesting items on offer, from
+reports on activities in Estonia and the Nordic countries, to an
+announcement about a contest! Yes --- a contest! Something for pure
+fun. Go look at p.\ 28 for details.
+
+And as hinted at in the previous issue, we now have two new members on
+the \ttn\ team, one for an existing column, and one for a new column.
+
+Jeremy Gibbons, a frequent contributor to several electronic lists,
+has agreed to take on ``Hey --- it works!''.
+
+\begin{quote} \small\baselineskip=11pt
+ Jeremy is currently a lecturer in computer science at the
+ University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research interests range
+ from program specification and transformation to algorithm design.
+ He has been an inveterate \TeX\ and METAFONT hacker since 1988.
+ Jeremy can be reached at {\tt jeremy@cs.aukuni.ac.nz}.
+\end{quote}
+
+And Robert Becker, who has also started up a local user group at
+{\small MIT}, is going to produce a new column for \ttn\@. ``You rang
+\dots\ ?'' will be aimed more at providing answers to questions, and
+writing about things which can make your \TeX-ing life easier.
+
+\begin{quote} \small\baselineskip=11pt
+ Robert Becker is a secretary at the Department of Mathematics,
+ M.I.T.\ where he's been typesetting with \AmSTeX, \TeX, and \LaTeX\
+ under DOS~5.0 and \unix\ on a Sun Sparcstation or X-terminal
+ since 1991. Along with his writing and computer consulting, he runs
+ the local user group at M.I.T., and occasionally teaches \LaTeX\
+ for \tug\@.
+\end{quote}
+
+Contact them directly: submissions to Jeremy, queries to Robert.
+Because of an overloaded mailbox, Robert asks that correspondence be
+addressed to his snail address --- see his column for the relevant
+information.
+
+And something on the more serious side --- we have board elections
+coming up this fall. First notice is contained in this issue (p.\ 23).
+
+{\bf Attention} all those who have plans to attend some of the \tug\
+courses later this year. {\em Except for\/} ``Book and Document
+Design'', all courses previously scheduled for Boston have been moved
+to Santa Barbara.
+
+There have been a gratifying number of requests for my \TeX\ file to
+print up font tables (\ttn\ 1,4), and for the two \LaTeX\ files
+supplied by Claudio Beccari (\ttn\ 2,1). I also received some
+additional information from Nelson Beebe:
+
+\begin{quote} \small\baselineskip=11pt
+ I enjoyed reading the issue of TTN v2n1 which arrived on Friday,
+ but didn't get read until last night. On p.\ 13, you comment on
+ ``Files to print up font tables''.
+
+ {\em Every} \TeX\ distribution should contain Don Knuth's {\tt
+ testfont.tex} file that will do what this article wants to do.
+
+ Besides that handy file, there is the \LaTeX\ {\tt testpage.tex}
+ file that produces a page diagram that can be used for checking
+ printer alignment.
+
+ And there is my {\tt layout.tex} file that illustrates the \LaTeX\
+ style page dimension parameters; its 2-page output is shown in
+ David Buerger's book on \LaTeX.
+\end{quote}
+
+\noindent And Robert mentioned that he had found a file, {\tt
+fontbl.tex}, in the em\TeX\ package, which appeared to also print up
+fonts in table form.
+
+For those of you who are using the list of ``Other \TeX\ User Groups''
+as a reference (pp.\ 27--28 of \ttn\ 2,1), please note the following
+additions and corrections. The Czech user group information contained
+two typos: `\v Ceskoslpvensk\'e' should read {\bf \v Ceskoslovensk\'e}
+and `u\v zivalel\aa u' should read {\bf u\v zivalel\accent'27 u}.
+Another correction: the Dutch user group {\small NTG} has a general
+e-mail address: {\tt ntg@nic.surfnet.nl}.
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Christina Thiele\\
+ Editor, \TTN
+\end{flushright}
+
+\vfill
+
+\begin{center}
+ \begin{tabular}{||p{9.5cm}||}
+ \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Did you know \dots?} \\ [6pt]
+ \hline
+ \mbox{\empty} \\ [-6pt]
+ \dots\ that the Knuth Scholarships began in 1986? The first
+ mention in \TUB\ appeared in Vol.\ 7, no.\ 1, p.\ 7 (1986).
+ The following people have won the scholarship: \\
+ \qquad\qquad 1986: Jackie Damrau \\
+ \qquad\qquad 1987: Marie McPartland-Conn and Doris Hsia \\
+ \qquad\qquad 1988: Larry Sharlow \\ [-2pt]
+ \qquad\qquad 1989: Frank Mittelbach \\
+ \qquad\qquad 1990: Linda Williams \\
+ \qquad\qquad 1991: [ no winner ] \\ [-2pt]
+ \qquad\qquad 1992: Jenny Smith \\
+ \hline
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% LaTeX3 Update from Alan Hoenig (p.3):
+
+\Section{Updates on the \LaTeX3 Project}
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Alan Hoenig \\
+ \LaTeX3 Liaison for TUG \\
+\end{flushright}
+
+\subsection*{Volunteer Work for the \LaTeX3 Project}
+
+The December 1992 \TUB{} (volume~13, no.~4; page 510 ff.) included a
+call for volunteers to work on the \LaTeX3 project. If you refer to
+that article, you will see that volunteers are needed at all levels of
+skill --- it's not just for \TeX\-perts! With additional experience,
+it has become clear that additional tasks need to be undertaken, and
+we propose to publish additions to the master list here in \TTN\@.
+
+The procedure for volunteering is spelled out in detail in the
+original \TUB\ article. Basically, you need to get hold of the
+coordinator for the task below (or of any other task in the list). We
+hope to be hearing from you.
+
+\subsubsection{Research on the most commonly used \LaTeX{} styles}
+
+Even though \LaTeX3 will internally not be fully code-compatible with
+\LaTeX{} 2.09, it is highly desirable that a well-written \LaTeX{}
+2.09-compatible document should be formatted with \LaTeX3 with little
+or no rewriting. To achieve this, the currently most popular \LaTeX{}
+macros will be rewritten for \LaTeX3. But which are the most popular
+\LaTeX{} macros?
+
+A questionnaire has been pre-tested and completed. Plans are to
+distribute this to some 10 sites throughout the world, a fair number
+to each. This will, hopefully, come close to a real stratified sample
+survey.
+
+Volunteers are needed to hand out the form to an unsuspecting group of
+\LaTeX{} users, punch the data (fairly easy --- we only keep a frequency
+count), and mail the frequencies to Rolf Lindgren. He wants the
+filled-in forms as well, to be available to others who might want to
+do research on \LaTeX{} use.
+
+\vspace{1pc}
+
+\begin{description}
+ \item [Time Estimate:] 1 hour to administer the form, 2--3 hours to
+ process the completed forms, 1 hour to translate the form if
+ necessary.
+
+ \item [Coordinator:] Rolf Lindgren (28 January 1993).\\
+ E-mail: {\tt rolf.lindgren@usit.uio.no}.
+\end{description}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.4-5):
+
+\Section{Typographer's Inn}
+
+\subsection*{DTP `Chamber of Horrors'}
+
+Thank you to all those who have sent me contributions: the collection
+has started but more are welcome. Arthur Reed of Silver Spring,
+Maryland, points out that in the summer of 1992, William Safire's `On
+Language' column in the New York Times Magazine had a piece on this
+very question. He also sent a reference to a book printed using \TeX\
+which `contains many underfull vboxes, and the vertical glue between
+paragraphs, section headings and figures varies significantly',
+producing what he thinks is a very unappealing book. I won't cite
+chapter and verse until I've checked it out, but clearly we are not
+immune!
+
+What has been very interesting has been seeing the things people trip
+up on most often, and one of the more obvious ones has been
+hyphenation. \TeX\ hyphenates pretty well if you are using common
+continuous English prose, and there are hyphenation patterns available
+for many languages now. Other {\small DTP} systems are not so
+well-provided, but the most obvious pitfall in non-\TeX\ systems seems
+to be not turning hyphenation on at all, even in ragged-right or
+ragged-centered setting.
+
+The `solution' offered by most systems to lines which do not justify
+happily without hyphenation is to expand the inter-letter spacing.
+This appalling contrivance is acceptable only in newspaper columns,
+which are narrow and set against the clock, and even there, they were
+only a result of the way that Linotype and Intertype machines did
+their justification. Nowadays there is no excuse whatsoever for this
+rubbish, but examples abound, and some users are even proud of their
+clever systems which add space between letters in this way.
+
+An example I found the other week shows the opposite effect, of
+allowing the system to hyphenate in ragged-centered setting where it
+is not normally sensible:
+
+\vspace{6pt}
+\centerline{{\sf Advance ticket purchase recommended as audi-}}
+\centerline{{\sf ence will be limited to 100 persons}}
+\vspace{4pt}
+
+\noindent Breaking the line after the word `recommended' would have
+been the ideal, but my guess is that having told the system
+`centre-align this paragraph', automated hyphenation was the default.
+The full file, for those who wish to inflict it on themselves, can be
+picked up as {\tt garden.tex} from {\tt curia.ucc.ie} in {\tt
+pub/typography}. The document was originally set in Gill Sans, but
+this version uses Computer Modern Sans in the interests of
+portability. Keep 'em rollin'.
+
+\newpage
+
+\subsection*{Titles}
+
+Amongst some further suggestions for dropped initial caps (or raised
+ones, as well), Christina asked me what are the rules for breaking
+titles? This arises when a title (often done in bold or a larger face)
+runs over one line and has to be broken at a sensible place. Her
+example is a good one: `Does one do it right after a noun phrase, or
+between ``little words'': {\em eg\/} in ``Upper Canada and the War of
+1812'' is it after ``Upper Canada'' or between ``and'' and
+``the''?\thinspace'
+
+My own preference is for the first approach, so that `little words' go
+on at the start of the following line, but I don't think there can
+easily be a hard and fast rule for something which is going to be a
+largely \ae sthetic judgment. In very large type, you might also have
+to take account of where the ascenders and descenders fall, as you
+might need to close the linespacing a little without them knocking
+into each other.
+
+She also mentions flush-left (and I guess flush-right) titles and a
+rule about only having title lines run about $\frac23$ of the way
+across a line before they're broken. I'd be interested in the source
+for this, as it sounds like a useful rule of thumb and I've been
+unable to track it down.
+
+\subsection*{Punctuation and Quotes}
+
+I wasn't going to pursue this one, but Dale Gaumer (from {\tt
+netwrk.UUCP} [?]) wrote that he puts the period after the closing
+quotes when the whole sentence is in quotes, but to avoid criticism,
+has resorted to a subterfuge of sorts: using \verb|\rlap".| so that
+the two marks are one over the other. This surely needs some sort of
+prize for ingenuity! He adds, `some of my critics don't even notice
+this. But it is a bother, and \TeX\ doesn't follow with the proper
+end-of-sentence horizontal space\rlap'.
+
+\subsection*{Long-s ligatures}
+
+Andrea de Leeuw van Weenen wrote from Leiden to say that using some
+specially made characters including these ligatures caused problems
+when the publisher wanted abbreviations expanded in italics for an Old
+Icelandic document ({\em c\/}.~1200) as this meant shifts from roman
+to italic up to eight times in a word!
+
+One problem with ligatures for non-English work is the need to retain
+the effect of ligaturing when, for example, the following vowel
+requires an accent, as in {\it f\'\i\/}. A pragmatic solution I came
+up with (but haven't tried yet) is to doctor a {\tt .pk} file with
+{\tt pkedit}, make the f-ligatures into s-ligatures and then
+incorporate the glyphs into a virtual font.
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% New Publications (Peter Schmitt's column) (p.6):
+%% a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at
+
+%%% LaTeX environment for TTN 2-2, `New Publications'
+%%% Peter Schmitt, March 14, 1993
+
+%%% format of book item:
+
+% > author & author:
+% title
+%
+% address: publisher, year.
+% (series)
+% 0pp. &00.00 \ISBN 0-00-00-0 ().
+%
+% optional: text for item
+%
+
+%%% format of newsletter item:
+
+% > newsletter:
+% data of issue
+%
+% optional: text for item
+%
+%%%
+
+\begin{New Publications}
+
+\vspace{-.5pc}
+< Peter Schmitt \\
+< |schmitt@awirap.bitnet| \\
+< |a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at| \\
+
+\books
+
+> Malcolm Clark:
+ A |plain| \TeX\ Primer
+
+ Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
+ 481pp. \ISBN 0-19-853784-0 (Hbk),
+ \ISBN 0-19-853724-7 (Pbk).
+
+ # ``This primer introduces plain \TeX, and aims to help the reader
+ get started. It explains why \TeX\ approaches its subject in the
+ way it does, and provides the context into which it fits. Another
+ thread is the emphasis placed on document structure. Stress is
+ also laid on practical work. The book is aimed at scientists and
+ researchers preparing their own books and papers, or technical
+ typists used to the conventions and jargon of their field.''
+ [adapted from the publisher's description]
+
+> Stanley A. Sawyer & Steven Krantz:
+ A \TeX\ Primer for Scientists
+
+ Boca Raton: CRC Publishers, 1993.
+ 175pp. US\$29.95 (\$36.00 outside USA). \isbn\ 0-8493-7159-7.
+ % address: 2000 Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
+ % To appear March 1993
+
+ # ``This concise, straightforward text covers all basic topics of
+ equation typesetting, and some advanced topics: how to automatically
+ generate a table of contents, and indices; how to make text flow
+ around a graphic; how to add more fonts; how to change fonts in
+ math mode (for titles, etc.). In an appendix differences between
+ \TeX, \LaTeX\ and \AmSTeX\ are discussed.''
+ [adapted from promotional material]
+
+> Hans Ibrus:
+ V\"aike Eesti {\TeX}iraamat. [\ts The Small Estonia \TeX
+ book\ts]
+
+ Tartumaa, Estonia: a/S ``KompuT'' kirjastus, 1992.
+ 144pp.
+
+ # Preface by Enn Saar. [Further description on p.\ 18.]
+ Appendix A is a translation into Estonian of {\sl First Grade
+ \TeX\/}, by Arthur Samuel.
+
+> Gordon M\"ullejans:
+ METAFONT. Eine Referenz
+
+ Bonn: Addison-Wesley, 1992.
+ 176pp. DM~39,90. \isbn\ 3-89319-363-4.
+
+ # This is neither a tutorial nor a textbook on \MF\@. It is
+ a reference tool, and consists mainly of listings with
+ short descriptions, in particular of the basic \MF\ commands,
+ the macros of cmbase, and the parameters used to define the
+ CM fonts.
+
+\vspace{-.5pc}
+
+\Newsletters
+
+> Die \TeX{}nische Kom\"odie:
+ vol.\ 4, no.\ 4, Dezember 1992, 56pp.
+
+% # This issue completes volume 4.
+% Official newsletter of "DANTE".
+% Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung \TeX\ e.V.
+% Four issues per year.
+% Contact: |dante@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de|.
+
+> La Lettre GUTenberg:
+ num\'ero 0, f\'evrier 1993, 16pp.
+
+% # This is the new official GUTenberg newsletter, to appear every two
+% months. Contact: |gut@irisa.fr|.
+
+\end{New Publications}
+
+%% \newpage included in {New Publications} environment (Ch.)
+
+
+%% Jeremy Gibbons' column ``Hey --- it works!'' (pp.7-11):
+
+\Section{``Hey --- it works!''}
+
+% \squashedsubsection{foo}{bar} gives similar results to
+%
+% \subsection*{foo}
+% \vspace*{-1.5pc}
+% \begin{flushright} bar \end{flushright}
+% \noindent
+%
+% except you don't have to guess the 1.5pc.
+% NB: no attempt is made to avoid overlap!
+
+\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{%
+ \subsection*{%
+ \hbox to \linewidth{%
+ #1% subsection title
+ \hfil%
+ \llap{\normalsize%
+ \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}}
+ #2% byline
+ \end{tabular}}%
+ }%
+ }%
+}
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Jeremy Gibbons \\
+ Department of Computer Science\\
+ University of Auckland, New Zealand \\
+ \tt jeremy@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
+\end{flushright}
+
+\noindent Greetings. I have just taken over the column ``Hey~--- it
+works!'' from Christina Thiele. This column is designed for little
+tricks~--- even ones that seem trivial or inelegant~--- that others
+may find useful. If you have any such items, send them in to me at the
+address above.
+
+The first piece in this issue, from Navindra Gambhir, continues from
+Claudio Beccari's note in the previous issue on aligning decimal
+points; it is an improvement in that you don't need to manually add
+padding after the decimal place, nor (as with {\tt decalign.sty}) do
+you need to specify the number of decimal places used.
+
+My colleague Hans Guesgen's piece shows how to insert \LaTeX\ material
+into a bibliography in a disciplined way.
+
+The third piece highlights the fact that the column title could be
+taken in two ways. The intended meaning is one of practicality (``Hey,
+don't knock it~--- it works!''), but it could also be taken as one of
+surprise (``Well, bless my cotton socks, it {\em works\/}!''). Alan
+Jeffrey's note on pattern matching falls squarely into the latter
+category.
+
+But enough talk~--- on with the show!
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{Lining up decimal points}
+ {Navindra Gambhir \\
+ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY \\
+ \tt gambhir@cs.cornell.edu}
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% These macros are needed to typeset the example table below %%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\def\dpalign#1#{% #1 is <box specification>, if any
+ % change the category codes before reading <alignment material>
+ \dpalignglobaldefs \dodpalign{#1}}
+\def\dodpalign#1#2{% #1 is <box specification>
+ % #2 is <alignment material>
+ \halign#1{#2\crcr}}
+\def\dpaligntemplate{\dpaligndefs\hfil$##$\tabskip=0pt&$.##$\hfil}
+{\catcode`\.=\active \catcode`\&=\active \catcode`\|=4
+ % | is temporary alignment tab
+ \gdef\dpalignglobaldefs{\catcode`\.=\active \chardef.=`\.%
+ \catcode`\&=\active \let&=|}% active . and & behave normally
+ \gdef\dpaligndefs{\def.{|}\def&{|\omit\hfil|}}}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+A method to line up the decimal points in a column of a numeric table
+that uses active~\verb"?"'s to produce blank spaces is explained on
+p.~241 of {\sl The \TeX book}. The question whether there is a
+``nicer'' way to do this was recently raised on {\tt Info-TeX}. Hence,
+for example, one would like to be able to typeset the table
+
+$$\dpalign{\indent#\hfil&&\qquad\span\dpaligntemplate\cr
+ Jan.~8& 0.125& 2.25& .0625\cr
+ Feb.~13& 128.5\pm.1& & <.01\cr
+ Mar.~23& 16& 256& .5\cr
+ Apr.~29& .25& .0& 32\cr}$$
+%
+by simply typing
+
+\newpage
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+$$\dpalign{\indent#\hfil&&\qquad\span\dpaligntemplate\cr
+ Jan.~8& 0.125& 2.25& .0625\cr
+ Feb.~13& 128.5\pm.1& & <.01\cr
+ Mar.~23& 16& 256& .5\cr
+ Apr.~29& .25& .0& 32\cr}$$
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+%
+The trick, which is based on an idea also suggested on p.~241 of
+{\sl The \TeX book}, is to make the~``\verb"."'' behave locally like
+an alignment tab within \verb"\dpaligntemplate". To handle numbers
+that do not have a decimal point, \verb"&"~is also made to behave
+locally like {\em two\/} alignment tabs with an empty column in
+between. Some care is needed to get the timing right when changing
+the category codes.
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\def\dpalign#1#{% #1 is <box specification>, if any
+ % change the catcodes before reading <alignment material>
+ \dpalignglobaldefs \dodpalign{#1}}
+\def\dodpalign#1#2{% #1 is <box specification>
+ % #2 is <alignment material>
+ \halign#1{#2\crcr}}
+\def\dpaligntemplate{\dpaligndefs%
+ \hfil$##$\tabskip=0pt&$.##$\hfil}
+{\catcode`\.=\active \catcode`\&=\active \catcode`\|=4
+ % | is temporary alignment tab
+ \gdef\dpalignglobaldefs{\catcode`\.=\active \chardef.=`\.%
+ \catcode`\&=\active \let&=|}% active . and & act normally
+ \gdef\dpaligndefs{\def.{|}\def&{|\omit\hfil|}}}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+%
+The macro \verb"\dpalign" should be used within a group, e.g., inside
+a~\verb"\vbox", or within~\verb"$$"'s, as in the above example. Such
+grouping can also be made a part of the macro by adding it to the
+definitions of \verb"\dpalign" and~\verb"\dodpalign" in the obvious
+places. Also note that \verb"\dpaligntemplate" sets \verb"\tabskip"
+to~\verb"0pt", so it has to be reset explicitly, if necessary, after
+\verb"\dpaligntemplate" in the preamble.
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{Headings in reference lists}
+ {Hans W. Guesgen \\
+ University of Auckland \\
+ \tt hans@cs.aukuni.ac.nz}
+
+Since I want to use my \BibTeX\ bibliographies also for reference
+lists in non-scientific papers like annual reports, resumes, etc., I
+am interested in incorporating headings and commenting text into a
+reference list. Of course, it is always possible to edit the resulting
+\verb".bbl" file to get the job done, but this is annoying if you want to
+produce such papers on a regular basis. So I looked for another way of
+adding interspersed headings to the reference list.
+
+The trick I came up with might look awful, but it certainly works. I
+created an additional \verb".bib" file that contains all the headings
+I want to use in the reference list. The headings are defined as usual
+\LaTeX\ commands within \verb"@misc" \BibTeX\ entries:
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+% file headings.bib
+@misc{books, note = "\bibheading{Monographs}%"}
+@misc{inbooks, note = "\bibheading{Papers in Books}%"}
+@misc{injournals, note = "\bibheading{Journal Articles}%"}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+%
+It is essential to have a \verb"%" as the last character in the
+\verb"note" field to comment out the punctuation character produced by
+\BibTeX.
+
+After defining the set of potential headings, I wrote a \LaTeX\ style
+file that specifies what to do with them. Typesetting the reference
+list with labels wasn't appropriate any more, since I didn't want the
+headings ending up with labels. Thus, I redefined the
+\verb"\thebibliography" command, replacing the enumerating list
+environment with a simple one, and I defined how the headings are to
+be typeset in the new environment:
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+% bibheadings.sty, for bibliographies with interspersed
+% headings; use simple, rather than enumerated, list.
+\def\thebibliography#1{%
+ \list{}{\leftmargin0em \itemsep0.5\baselineskip}%
+ \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus .07em}%
+ \clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000 \sfcode`\.=1000\sloppy}
+% typeset the headings in the same format as subsections
+\def\bibheading#1{\subsection*{#1}}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+
+Now I can cite (via \verb"\nocite") the entries of my actual
+bibliography and the pseudo-bibliography containing the headings in
+the order they are supposed to appear in the bibliography. Whenever a
+pseudo-entry is cited, for example, by \verb"\nocite{books}", the
+contents of its \verb"note" field are included in the \verb".bbl"
+file:
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\begin{thebibliography}{1}
+..
+\bibitem{books}
+\bibheading{Monographs}%.
+..
+\end{thebibliography}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+
+The following is an example of \LaTeX\ source for producing a
+reference list with headings.
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\documentstyle[bibheadings]{article}
+\begin{document}
+\section*{Relevant Publications}
+\bibliography{headings,mybib}
+\bibliographystyle{unsrt}
+\nocite{books} % heading
+\nocite{guesgen:89:consatbook} % book
+\nocite{guesgen:hertzberg:92:dynconsbook} % book
+\nocite{injournals} % heading
+\nocite{guesgen:ea:92:jpdc} % article
+\end{document}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+%
+Processing the source with \LaTeX\ and \BibTeX\ results in the following:
+
+\begin{quote}
+% use simple list environment, rather than enumerating list environment
+\def\thebibliography#1{%
+ \list{}{\leftmargin0em \itemsep0.5\baselineskip}%
+ \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus .07em}%
+ \clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000 \sfcode`\.=1000\sloppy}
+
+% typeset the headings in the same format as subsubsections
+\def\bibheading#1{\subsubsection*{#1}}
+
+\subsection*{Relevant Publications}
+
+\makeatletter
+\def\@bibitem#1{\item\if@filesw \immediate\write\@auxout
+ {\string\bibcite{#1}{}}\fi\ignorespaces}
+\makeatother
+
+\begin{thebibliography}{1}
+
+\bibitem{books}
+\bibheading{Monographs}%.
+
+\bibitem{guesgen:89:consatbook}
+H.W. Guesgen.
+\newblock {\em {CONSAT}: A System for Constraint Satisfaction}.
+\newblock Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Morgan Kaufmann, San
+ Mateo, California, 1989.
+
+\bibitem{guesgen:hertzberg:92:dynconsbook}
+H.W. Guesgen and J.~Hertzberg.
+\newblock {\em A Perspective of Constraint-Based Reasoning}.
+\newblock Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 597. Springer, Berlin,
+ Germany, 1992.
+
+\bibitem{injournals}
+\bibheading{Journal Articles}%.
+
+\bibitem{guesgen:ea:92:jpdc}
+H.W. Guesgen, K.~Ho, and P.N. Hilfinger.
+\newblock A tagging method for parallel constraint satisfaction.
+\newblock {\em Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing}, 16:72--75,
+1992.
+
+\end{thebibliography}
+\end{quote}
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{{\tt\string\howto} pattern match in \TeX}
+ {Alan Jeffrey \\
+ University of Sussex \\
+ \tt alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk}
+
+\def\xcs#1#2{\expandafter#1\csname#2\endcsname}
+
+\newcount\actioncount
+
+\def\howto#1(#2)#3{%
+ \xcs\ifx{\expandafter\gobble\string#1}\relax
+ \def#1{\erroraction#1}\fi
+ \advance\actioncount by 1\relax
+ \expandafter\defaction\expandafter{#1}{#3}{#2}%
+ \def\temp##1##2##3##4##5##6##7##8##9{\def\temp{(#2)}}%
+ \temp\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty
+ \edef#1{\noexpand\doaction\xcs\noexpand
+ {action-\the\actioncount}\temp}
+}
+
+\def\defaction#1#2#3{%
+ \xcs\def{action-\the\actioncount}##1(#3){\applyto{#1}{#2}}
+}
+
+\def\gobble#1{}
+
+\def\applyto#1#2#3{#3{#1}{#2}}
+
+\def\doaction#1(#2)(#3){#1(#3)\success(#2)\failure(#3)}
+
+\def\success#1#2(#3)\failure(#4){#2}
+\def\failure#1#2{#1}
+
+\def\erroraction#1(#2){\errmessage{I don't know how to \string#1(#2)}}
+
+\TeX's pattern matching ability is quite powerful, but is also quite
+infuriating. It allows you to pattern-match against an arbitrary
+string, but when it fails, it can do nothing but produce an error
+message. For example, if you say:
+%
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\def\foo(#1,#2){\message{(#1 and #2)}}
+\foo(a,b) \foo(c) \par
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+%
+Then you will get a message {\tt (a and b)} but you will then get an
+error message telling you about a {\tt Runaway argument}. It would be
+nice if you could use \TeX's pattern-matching ability, but provide
+more than one pattern, and have \TeX\ use the latest definition that
+matches. This note describes such a command, so you can say:
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\howto\oneof(#2){#2}
+\howto\oneof(){}
+\howto\oneof(#2,#3){#2 \vee \oneof(#3)}
+$$ \oneof(a,b,c,d) $$
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+and get the result:
+ \howto\oneof(#2){#2}
+ \howto\oneof(){}
+ \howto\oneof(#2,#3){#2 \vee \oneof(#3)}
+ $$ \oneof(a,b,c,d) $$
+%
+This definition says that any argument matching the pattern $(x,y)$
+should produce $x \vee \hbox{\tt\string\oneof}(y)$, any argument
+matching the pattern $()$ should produce nothing, and any argument
+matching the pattern $(x)$ should produce $x$.
+
+This is all done using \TeX's pattern-matching ability (which explains
+the rather odd fact that the parameters have to be numbered starting at
+\verb"#2", since a pattern may fail by having something before
+parameter \verb"#2", which has to be matched by parameter \verb"#1").
+If you say:
+
+\begin{quote}
+ \verb"\howto\foo("{\em pattern}\verb"){"{\em expansion}\verb"}"
+\end{quote}
+%
+then we look to see if \verb"\foo" is already defined, and if it is
+not, we define it to produce an error message. Then we increment the
+counter \verb"\actioncount" to get $n$ and define the command
+\verb"\action-"$n$ so that \verb"\doaction\action-"$n(x)$
+expands out to ``{\em expansion\/}'' if $x$ matches {\em pat}, and to
+the previous definition of \verb"\foo"$(x)$ otherwise.
+
+A wonderfully incomprehensible piece of programming, but hey~--- it works!
+
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{verbatim}
+\def\xcs#1#2{\expandafter#1\csname#2\endcsname}
+\newcount\actioncount
+\def\howto#1(#2)#3{%
+ \xcs\ifx{\expandafter\gobble\string#1}\relax
+ \def#1{\erroraction#1}\fi
+ \advance\actioncount by 1\relax
+ \expandafter\defaction\expandafter{#1}{#3}{#2}%
+ \def\temp##1##2##3##4##5##6##7##8##9{\def\temp{(#2)}}%
+ \temp\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty
+ \edef#1{\noexpand\doaction\xcs\noexpand
+ {action-\the\actioncount}\temp}}
+\def\defaction#1#2#3{%
+ \xcs\def{action-\the\actioncount}##1(#3){\applyto{#1}{#2}}}
+\def\gobble#1{}
+\def\applyto#1#2#3{#3{#1}{#2}}
+\def\doaction#1(#2)(#3){#1(#3)\success(#2)\failure(#3)}
+\def\success#1#2(#3)\failure(#4){#2}
+\def\failure#1#2{#1}
+\def\erroraction#1(#2){%
+ \errmessage{I don't know how to \string#1(#2)}}
+\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% (La)TeX news (pp.12-13):
+
+\Section{\AllTeX\ News}
+
+\subsection*{Jones Index of \TeX\ Macros}
+
+The Index of \TeX\ Macros, compiled by David Jones, was first
+mentioned in \ttn\ 1,2:16; a more detailed description has also
+appeared in \TUB\ 13, no.~2, pp.\ 188--189. In mid-March, {\tt
+M.A.Carriba@sheffield.ac.uk} posted a very nice summary of archive
+locations for this index to {\tt comp.text.tex}, and it might be
+useful to reproduce that information here. One thing to note: {\em not
+all archives have the latest version\/}, dated 12 December 1992
+(v.~1.06). Check that you are getting the revised one. The canonical
+version is always available from the {\tt theory} site.
+
+\vspace{.5pc}
+
+\noindent The originating site is:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ theory.lcs.mit.edu pub/tex/TeX-index.zip
+ theory.lcs.mit.edu pub/tex/TeX-index
+ [18.52.0.92]
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\noindent Some other US sites are:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ Niord.SHSU.edu [fileserv.tex-index]tex.index
+ Niord.SHSU.edu [listserv.tex-index]tex.index
+ ftp.math.utah.edu pub/tex/tex-index
+ ymir.claremont.edu [anonymous.tex.documentation]tex-index.txt
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\noindent European sites include:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ archive.cs.ruu.nl TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z
+ ftp.diku.dk pub/TeX/misc/TeX-Index.Z
+ ftp.th-darmstadt.de pub/tex/documentation/styles-and-
+ macros.Index.Z
+ ftp.uni-stuttgart.de /soft/tex/documentation/TeX-index
+ TeX.ac.uk [tex-archive.doc]tex-index.txt
+ TeX.ac.uk [tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\noindent To retrieve it by mail, send a message containing only the
+line
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+ send tex TeX-index
+to
+ archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu
+Or
+ SENDME TEX-INDEX
+to
+ FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET
+or
+ FILESERV@SHSU.edu
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\noindent {\small SHSU} will deliver this file in 8 parts.
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{TTN Index}
+ {Jackie Damrau \\
+ \tt damrau@sscvx1.ssc.gov}
+
+It is time once again to begin working on the annual \ttn\ index of
+this past year's issues. The last index covered the past two years;
+however, we have heard no suggestions, complaints, or ailments from
+the \ttn\ community on how successful this index has been.
+
+I would like to solicit your response on improvements or additional
+topics that you would like to see in this index. The \ttn\ editorial
+staff are planning at this time to leave the index cumulative, showing
+all issues; however, let us know if you think a yearly index would be
+more beneficial for your use.
+
+Send your suggestions to me at the above address; use the subject line
+{\tt TTN Index Suggestions} to make it easier for me to sort the
+messages.
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% New column by Robert Becker: You Rang...? (pp.14--16):
+
+\Section{You Rang \ldots~?}
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Robert Becker \\
+ Department of Mathematics, Room 2--332\\
+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology\\
+ 77 Massachusetts Avenue\\
+ Cambridge, MA~~02139--4307
+\end{flushright}
+
+\noindent This being the first column, the Q\&A section will be a
+little short. Future columns will be virtually all
+question-and-answer.
+
+\subsection*{What is this column?}
+
+This column will attempt to satisfy two major needs. First, a
+hardware/software tips and tricks column for the general user, general
+being those who are trying to get their flavor of \TeX\ to do what
+they want and perhaps to ease their job. Second, it will give tips on
+how to install various versions of \TeX\ and their support packages
+({\small DVIPS} under {\small DOS}, for example).
+
+\subsection*{How will it do this?}
+
+Write to me at the above address via letter, postcard, special
+delivery, what-have-you (but not {\small C.O.D.}!). Complain, voice
+opinions, ask questions. I definitely want to hear from you. Tell me
+what you're trying to do, and, space and interest providing, a
+solution will be published.
+
+It cannot be emphasized enough how important your input is to \tug.
+I'm looking forward to seeing your questions/comments!
+
+\subsection*{Q \& A: How do I print envelopes?}
+
+Laser printers can print envelopes. For those doing mass mailings
+that need to look really good (no labels on the envelopes!) here are
+a \LaTeX\ and \TeX\ solutions. Feel free to improve on them.
+
+The problem is that, if you own a laser printer, envelopes can't fit
+through like regular paper. Instead, you have to turn the envelope
+sideways, in what's called ``landscape'' orientation (versus
+``portrait''). We can set up a page of the appropriate size in
+\AllTeX, but how to print that image? If we do a normal print, it
+will come out ``portrait''. The solution is to turn the {\tt .dvi}
+file sideways as well!
+
+\newpage
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+ \item Set up the page. Use the code below as a template.
+ \item Typeset it.
+ \item Rotate the {\tt .dvi} file sideways. However it is you
+ print, look in the documentation for an option that rotates
+ your {\tt .dvi} file to ``landscape'' orientation or
+ 90$^\circ$. Examples:
+ \begin{enumerate}
+ \item em\TeX: the printing program has an option {\tt /tr1}
+ (for transformation). For HP LaserJets, use {\tt prthplj
+ /tr1 filename}.
+ \item For \PS\ printers: {\small DVIPS} has an option {\tt -t
+ landscape}. In this case, use {\tt dvips -t landscape
+ filename}. Your {\tt .dvi} to \PS\ program may be
+ different.
+ \end{enumerate}
+
+ \item Print the file!
+
+ \vspace{1pc}
+
+ \unitlength=.75mm
+ \linethickness{0.4pt}
+ \begin{picture}(110.00,65.00)
+ \put(0.00,0.00){\framebox(110.00,65.00)[cc]{}}
+ \put(0.00,9.00){\framebox(101.00,46.00)[cc]{}}
+ \put(1.00,38.00){\framebox(36.00,15.00)[cc]{Return Address}}
+ \put(44.00,12.00){\framebox(49.00,21.00)[cc]{Addressee Area}}
+ \put(13.00,60.00){\makebox(0,0)[lc]{{\Large Page Size:
+ $11$ by $8\frac12$}}}
+ \put(40.00,50.00){\makebox(0,0)[lc]{{\large Envelope Size:
+ $9\frac38$ by $4\frac18$}}}
+ \end{picture}
+\end{enumerate}
+
+\subsection*{For \LaTeX\ Users}
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+\documentstyle[11pt]{article}
+\pagestyle{empty}
+\setlength{\textheight}{8.5in} % This sets up a landscape envelope
+\setlength{\textwidth}{8.8215in}% Horizontal envelope printing area
+\setlength{\topmargin}{1.5in} % This leaves a 2.5" margin
+\setlength{\headheight}{0in} % No header
+\setlength{\headsep}{0in} % No separation since no header
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.625in} % Leave .375" left margin
+\setlength{\parskip}{0in} % No parskip for better control
+\setlength{\parindent}{0in} % Ditto
+\begin{document}
+Robert N. Becker\\ % Return address area
+Department of Mathematics, 2--332\\ % No box needed because it's
+M.I.T.\\ % on the left margin
+77 Massachusetts Avenue\\
+Cambridge, MA~~02139--4307\\[1.25in] % Vertical distance to
+% addressee box
+\hspace*{4in} % Horizontal distance from left margin
+\parbox{4in} % Width of addressee box
+{Robert N. Becker\\
+Department of Mathematics, 2--332\\
+M.I.T.\\
+77 Massachusetts Avenue\\
+Cambridge, MA~~02139--4307}
+\end{document}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+\subsection*{For \TeX\ Users}
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+\nopagenumbers % Envelopes don't have numbers
+\voffset=-1in % This leaves a 0" top margin
+\hoffset=-0.625in % This leaves a 0.375" left margin
+\vsize=6.5in % This sets up a landscape envelope
+\hsize=8.8215in % Horizontal envelope printing area
+\topskip=0in % This leaves a 1" margin
+\parskip=0in % No paragraph skip for better control
+\parindent=0in % No paragraph indent for better control
+\topinsert % Skip 2.6875 inches at
+ \vskip2.6875in % the top of the document
+\endinsert
+Robert N. Becker\par % Return address
+Department of Mathematics, 2--332\par
+M.I.T.\par
+77 Massachusetts Avenue\par
+Cambridge, MA~~02139--4307
+\vskip1.25in % Vertical distance to addressee box
+\strut\hskip4in % Horizontal distance to addressee box
+% from the left margin
+\vbox{
+ \hsize=4in%
+ Robert N. Becker\par
+ Department of Mathematics, 2--332\par
+ M.I.T.\par
+ 77 Massachusetts Avenue\par
+ Cambridge, MA~~02139--4307
+ }
+\bye
+\end{verbatim}
+
+
+%% News from Around... (pp.17--20):
+
+\Section{News from Around \ldots}
+
+%% News from Estonia:
+
+\squashedsubsection{\TeX\ waves from Estonia}
+ {Kauko Saarinen \\
+ University of Jyv\"askyl\"a, Finland \\
+ \tt saarinen@jyu.fi}
+
+At the beginning of 1992 I had the great fortune of staying at the
+University of Tartu, in Estonia, for four weeks. The main purpose of
+my visit was to spread \TeX-related information. I gave two lectures
+on \TeX, and installed the em\TeX\ package on a couple of PCs, as a
+pilot project.
+
+Before my trip to Estonia I was not clearly aware of the current state
+of affairs with \TeX\ there. At the University of Tartu \TeX\ didn't
+seem to be so popular. However, I heard that someone in T\~oravere has
+been working with \TeX. T\~oravere is located some 20 km from Tartu
+and I was helped in finding my way there, where I had a meeting with
+Enn Saar, who is working at the Astronomical Observatory of
+T\~oravere. I met Enn and he told me about his \TeX\ affairs; I
+quickly noticed that he is a professional user of \TeX.
+
+Enn seemed to be a real gentleman and we had a vivid discussion on
+\TeX\ and many other topics. During a walk around the large
+observatory, he showed me the huge mirror telescope that is one of the
+biggest in Eastern Europe.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{The Estonian diacritic characters}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+Like most European languages, the Estonian alphabet contains a few
+letters with diacritics. The extra letters are lower- and uppercase
+{\"a, \"o, \~o, \"u, \v s, \v z}. The last two of these are used only
+with words borrowed from other languages. The first step to
+``estonianize'' \TeX\ is to make it easy to input these local Estonian
+characters.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{Language-specific hyphenation problems}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+Enn has created Estonian hyphenation patterns based on a large
+dictionary of 125~000 words. According to him, these patterns work
+well for Estonian. He has also created virtual fonts in order to
+output the Estonian characters correctly and to make Estonian
+hyphenation easy.
+
+Estonian hyphenation is simple in principle if we look at single
+words. However, this is not the whole truth. In Estonian, compound
+words are frequently used. In these cases the general hyphenation
+rules may sometimes fail. The same is true in many other languages as
+well; for example, in Finnish, my mother tongue.
+
+The \TeX\ hyphenation command is not so useful here because in
+Estonian, suffix cases are frequently used, and there are 15 different
+cases corresponding to prepositions of English. Furthermore, you have
+singular and plural cases, too. In Estonian, and especially in
+Finnish, the \TeX\ hyphenation command would be much more useful if
+you had the possibility of using wild characters. For example,
+\verb+\hyphenation{ulos-ajo*}+ could accept all possible suffix cases
+replacing `\verb+*+'. I~know that \TeX\ is frozen but nothing
+prevents me from dreaming of better hyphenation control! I believe
+that there are many \TeX\ users who would be satisfied with this
+feature. In some languages there may be prefixes that would be easier
+to handle in the same way, I think.
+
+In Finnish we have the same kind of suffix cases as in Estonian, but
+we also have additional possessive suffix cases. All the general
+suffix cases are easily handled using the pattern command of \TeX, but
+there often exist problems with compound words. The real problem is
+that there is an unpredictable number of compound words in practise.
+Finally, a very awkward method is needed if you wish to have a good
+automatic hyphenation of Finnish. You must have a system that
+recognizes sub-word parts in compound words.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{\TeX\ installations in Estonia}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+The freely available em\TeX\ package by Eberhard Mattes is an
+invaluable tool for \TeX\ users in Estonia. The em\TeX\ package runs
+practically on any PC with a hard disk. The package also contains
+drivers for many dot matrix printers; these are economically priced
+printers and common in Estonia, but you seldom see laser printers yet.
+Eberhard Mattes has also given permission to distribute a subset of
+em\TeX\ in Estonia. Many thanks go to him.
+
+According to Enn, many other packages have been tried as well, such as
+PC\TeX, ML\TeX\ and SB\TeX. \TeX\ runs on some \unix\ machines too,
+and on a number of Amigas.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{\TeX\ publications and other activity}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+\TeX\ activity in Estonia has greatly increased during the past year
+(1992). A book, {\sl V\"aike Eesti \TeX iraamat} or {\sl The Small
+Estonian \TeX book}, written by Hans Ibrus was published by Komput.
+
+The preface of the book, written by Enn Saar, contains eight pages of
+useful information. A key note in the Preface struck my mind. Enn
+says there that some of the best programs are free and \TeX\ is a good
+example of them. The same is true in human life. The best things in
+life can't be bought by money.
+
+The book contains 144 pages, including appendices. The first appendix
+is a translation of Arthur L.~Samuel's {\sl First Grade \TeX: A
+Beginner's \TeX\ Manual}, by permission of \tug.
+
+Another publication is a brochure written by Professor \"Ulo Kaasik at
+the University of Tartu. In the autumn of 1992, he also gave a course
+on \TeX.
+
+The Estonian \TeX\ User Group was founded in 1992 as well.
+
+I feel that these two publications and the establishment of the
+Estonian \TeX\ Users Group form a good basis for further progress of
+\TeX\ in Estonia.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{Personal experiences}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+During the happy four weeks in Tartu I~had a chance to study more
+closely the Estonian style of living and make friends with new people.
+I~have a principle to try to speak at least some words of the local
+language in any foreign country, whenever possible. In Estonia this
+is easier than in many other countries: the Estonian and Finnish
+languages are close relatives of one other. They have a common origin
+and the grammar is much the same. There are also plenty of common
+words, although many of them have different meanings. This makes
+studying Estonian very interesting for a Finn. The evaluation here is
+only mine and a professional linguistic might disagree but it does not
+bother me at all.
+
+The Estonian people were very kind to me everywhere. Thanks to all of
+them and special thanks to J\"uri Tapfer, manager of the Computing
+Centre at the University of Tartu, who invited me and helped me in all
+possible ways.
+
+I later wrote an article about these experiences of my \TeX\ mission
+to Estonia in our local newsletter. However, that article would be too
+long to be included here; furthermore, it was written --- in Finnish.
+
+\vspace{-4pt}
+
+\subsubsection{References}
+
+\vspace{-2pt}
+
+\bibentry{Ibrus, Hans. {\sl V\"aike Eesti \TeX iraamat}. Tartumaa,
+ Estonia: Komput, 1992. EE-2440 Tartumaa, T\~oravere,
+ Observatooriumi 5.}
+
+\bibentry{Kaasik, \"Ulo. {\sl Tr\"ukkimisredaktori \TeX{}
+ Kasut\-ta\-mine\/}. Tartu: Tehe, 1992.}
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{NTG happenings}
+ {Kees van der Laan \\
+ President, NTG}
+
+\noindent We have several publications underway this spring. One is
+David Salomon's courseware, which has grown into a book of some 500
+pages. It will be redistributed as a {\small MAPS} special (second
+printing). Apart from that we'll bring out a second booklet ---
+another {\small MAPS} special --- which will contain our promotional
+material, to demonstrate with some examples what can be done with
+\TeX\ and \MF, next to what \TeX\ (and \MF) is all about, and the
+`off-the-shelf' public domain set (small version and complete
+version). Both will be out in May, in addition to our well-filled
+regular issue, again 150 pages or so.
+
+The {\small NTG}'s 5th anniversary, its ``Lustrum'', will be held on
+June 10th of this year. It is actually the 11th {\small NTG} meeting;
+there are usually two per year. The theme will be ``From Font to
+Book'', and it will be held at the Royal Dutch Meteorological
+Institute, in De Bilt.
+
+\subsubsection{In Memoriam: Huub Mulders}
+
+Recently, one of the founding members of the {\small NTG} passed away.
+Huub Mulders was a quiet and knowledgeable person, active in the \TeX\
+community, in addition to his other work at the Computing Centre of
+the University of Tilburg. We will remember him as a silent force,
+always there when needed. Huub Mulders was a kind person. We hope his
+family will find a way to get over this sorrow.
+
+
+\font\boldsl=cmbxsl10 scaled\magstep1 %% 12pt bold slant
+\squashedsubsection{\boldsl La Lettre GUTenberg}
+ {Christina Thiele\\
+ Editor, TTN}
+
+As announced in the last issue of \ttn, the new \GUTenberg\ newsletter
+has now arrived on the scene; it is expected that the issues will
+appear every two months. The first issue, no.\ 0, is a handsome
+16-page A4 publication, produced with \LaTeX, using a font called
+Rotis (courtesy of Yannis Haralambous), and designed by
+\'Eric Picheral and Philippe Louarn. The editors hope that each issue
+will in fact be produced in a different font. Included in its various
+sections are an outline history of \GUTenberg, the main changes in the
+new {\tt french.sty} v3.10, and a column ingeniously called
+``Niouniouses'', which phonetically comes out as ``Newnews'' ---
+selected items of interest culled from various electronic newsgroups.
+There are also 3.5 pages devoted to publications about \TeX\ and/or
+produced with \TeX. An interesting addition here is a list of
+bookstores known to stock publications on \TeX, typesetting, and
+typography.
+
+There is also kind mention of some \tug\ issues: the latest \TUB\ is
+described, as is \ttn, and my own new post as president. We wish the
+editorial team well with the new {\sl Lettre\/}.
+
+Also to note --- there is a new address for \GUTenberg: (the place you
+send your subscription/membership queries to):
+
+\begin{Address}
+ Association \GUTenberg \\
+ P.B.\ 10 \\
+ F-93220 {\small GAGNY} cedex \\
+ {\tt gut@irisa.fr} \\
+ T\'el: (+33 1) 44 27 71 25
+\end{Address}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% Reports on Meetings (pp.21--24):
+
+\Section{Reports on Meetings}
+
+\subsection*{6th Annual Nordic \TeX{} Users Group Meeting\\
+ 23 November 1992}
+
+\begin{flushleft}
+ Roswitha Graham \\
+ Computer Council Projects {\small KTH} \\
+ S--100 44 Stockholm, Sweden \\
+ {\tt roswitha@admin.kth.se}
+\end{flushleft}
+
+\vspace{-5.75pc}
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Niels G.\ Mortensen \\
+ Ris{\o} National Laboratory \\
+ DK--4000 Roskilde, Denmark \\
+ {\tt gylling@risoe.dk}
+\end{flushright}
+
+\noindent The 6th Annual Nordic \TeX{} Users Group Meeting was
+held on 23 November, 1992, in Copenhagen, Denmark and hosted by Peter
+Busk Laursen, {\small UNI-C}. Elections were held and the 91/92 Nordic
+committee and chair were voted in for another year; an additional
+member from Denmark, Frank Jensen, Aalborg University, was also
+welcomed to the board. The 1993 annual meeting is scheduled for
+November and will be hosted by Martti Nikunen, Department of
+Mathematics, Helsinki University, Finland.
+
+>From activities during 1992 it was reported that Kauko Saarinen,
+Finland, successfully had been able to support the start of an
+Estonian user group and will keep in touch with Enn Saar, the chair of
+the group. Furthermore, {\small KTH}, Stockholm, could sponsor Yannis
+Haralambous who was invited by the University of Vilnius, Lithuania,
+to help to install a version of \TeX{}, adapted to the local language.
+
+\subsubsection*{Meeting programme}
+
+The programme for the 1992 meeting was organized under six major
+headings: {\em Installations}, {\em \LaTeX{} extensions}, {\em
+Applications}, {\em Future}, {\em Macros}, and {\em Organization}.
+
+\subsubsection*{Installations}
+
+The {\em Installations} session featured three talks. Kresten Krabb
+Thorup, Aalborg University Centre, introduced an Emacs-based
+integrated environment for writing \LaTeX{} documents in ``AUC\TeX{}
+--- A front end for \LaTeX{}'' (published as ``{\small GNU} Emacs as a
+Front End to \LaTeX,'' in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 3, pp.\ 304--307).
+
+Next, Ole Carsten Pedersen, {\small UNI-C} Copenhagen, presented the
+concept and design objectives of ``A distributed \unix-based
+\TeX{} installation'' --- an online distribution of ready-to-run
+public domain \unix\ software. This service for workstations was
+introduced by {\small UNI-C} in the autumn of 1992.
+
+Finally, Sven Spanne, Lund University, gave an overview of the use of
+em\TeX{} and auxiliary programs at the Departments of Mathematics and
+Mathematical Statistics at Lund University and the Lund Institute of
+Technology: ``em\TeX{} --- a public domain \TeX{} implementation for
+IBM-compatibles''. The modifications necessary in order to use it for
+writing Swedish, especially regarding input of the national characters
+and hyphenation, was also mentioned.
+
+\subsubsection*{\LaTeX{} extensions}
+
+Frank Jensen, Aalborg University Centre, provided an introduction to
+``The New Font Selection Scheme (\nfss)'' and discussed the \LaTeX{}
+interface to \nfss\ for both text and math fonts. He also presented
+some styles based on \nfss\ and outlined some of the limitations of
+\nfss\ and some ways of overcoming them.
+
+The problems specific to using \AllTeX{} with the Nordic languages ---
+national letters, hyphenation, diacritical marks, national paper
+formats and the hard-wired texts in \LaTeX{} --- were dealt with by
+Peter Busk Laursen, {\small UNI-C} Copenhagen, in ``Towards a Nordic
+\TeX{}''\@. He proposed a solution to these problems based on
+standards: a European \TeX{} font (Cork encoding), \nfss\ for the font
+selection, and Babel style files for hyphenation, paper formats and
+hard-wired texts. The contents of a standard `Nordic\TeX{}'
+distribution on one or more Nordic servers were also outlined.
+
+\subsubsection*{Applications}
+
+The only talk in the {\em Applications} session was ``A document
+archive controller for Sun Sparc/X11 and Windows 3.X --- based on
+database management, hypertext, \LaTeX{} and SGML'', given by Hasse
+Haitto, {\small NADA}, Stockholm. The Document Archive Controller
+(Darc) system supports the creation, re-use, and dissemination of
+documents through document bases. The multi-user system combines
+approaches from database management and hypertext systems in a
+cooperative, network-based, working environment. Darc is implemented
+in an object-oriented language (C++) for two platforms: Sun Sparc/X11
+and PC/MS Windows 3.X. The main components of the system are: a
+database manager, a translator interface, a hypertext-capable
+presentation tool, and a virtual filing mechanism.
+
+\subsubsection*{Future}
+
+This year's invited talk was by Chris Rowley, Open University, Milton
+Keynes, on ``The \LaTeX{}~3 Project''.
+
+\subsubsection*{Macros}
+
+The Nordic \TeX{} Users Group --- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway,
+and Sweden --- covers a huge geographical area. Much of the
+information exchange therefore takes place over computer networks.
+Jan Michael Rynning, {\small KTH}, Stockholm, gave an overview of the
+possibilities in ``Finding macros on the networks and getting help
+using them''.
+
+One such generally available macro package was presented by Kristoffer
+H{\o}gsbro Rose, {\small DIKU}, Copenhagen, in ``XY-pic ---
+typesetting graphs and diagrams with \TeX{}''\@. This macro package
+was developed to provide an environment in \TeX\ for typesetting a
+wide range of graphs and diagrams. Examples of simple and complex
+diagrams were presented and explained, as well as how XY-pic is
+installed.
+
+The e-mail address of the Nordic \TeX{} Users Group is {\tt
+nordictex@kth.se}.
+
+
+\squashedsubsection{TUG\ts'93 News Update}
+ {Sebastian Rahtz \\
+ \tug\ts'93 Committee}
+
+The committee of the \tug\ts'93 conference would like to bring you up
+to date with plans for this summer's big \TeX\ jamboree at Aston.
+Booking forms were mailed to all \tug\ members in mid-March, and are
+now being sent to members of all other user groups. Readers with
+Internet access who have not received a form can fetch it using {\em
+ftp} from directory {\tt pub/tug93} on {\tt ftp.tex.ac.uk}.
+
+The five magnificent days of the \TeX\ conference will include:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item A first day introducing \TeX\ to newcomers; bring your partner
+ and get them to learn your obsession!
+ \item A day on typography and design, in conjunction with the {\small
+ DIDOT} project.
+ \item A detailed workshop on \LaTeX3.
+ \item A session on language and font issues.
+ \item A session on \TeX\ standards and the future developments of
+ \TeX\ and related software.
+ \item Discussions of \TeX\ archives.
+ \item A `problem-solving' panel.
+ \item Birds-of-a-feather groups.
+\end{itemize}
+
+Invited speakers include Christina Thiele, president of \tug, and
+Joachim Lammarsch, president of {\small DANTE}; and Bogus{\l}av
+Jackowski, winner of the `best paper' award at the recent conference
+in Prague.
+
+Some highlights from the accepted papers by speakers from around the
+world are:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item The Khmer Script tamed by the Lion (of \TeX): Yannis
+ Haralambous
+ \item Virtual Fonts in a Production Environment: Michael Doob \&
+ Craig Platt
+ \item Readability of Math Typesetting: David Murphy
+ \item Russian \TeX\ Issues; Looking About and Outlook: Irina A
+ Makhovaya
+ \item Beginner's Guide to {\small DSSSL}: Martin Bryan
+ \item A PostScript Font Installer Written in \TeX: Alan Jeffrey
+ \item A versatile \TeX\ Device Driver: Minato Kawaguti
+ \item Typesetting Catalan Texts with \TeX: Gabriel Valiente
+ Feruglio
+ \item Bibliography Prettyprinting and Syntax Checking: Nelson Beebe
+ \item Syntactic Sugar: Kees van der Laan
+\end{itemize}
+
+And we remind you that there is a full week of varied \TeX\ courses
+both before and after the conference proper, of which full details can
+be found on the booking form.
+
+Socially, we can promise delegates that there will be no dull moments
+at \tug\ts'93\ts, with
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item A half-day trip to Shakespeare country, ending with a
+ performance of {\em King Lear} by the Royal Shakespeare
+ Company
+ \item Evening trips to visit a Chocolate Experience or take part in
+ a bowling tournament
+ \item A \TeX-related competition with prizes
+ \item Receptions and banquets
+ \item The \TeX\ Users Group business meeting
+\end{itemize}
+
+Do not forget, booking forms returned by {\bf May 15th} can save
+\pounds15 (\$22.00), as well as guaranteeing a place on the trip to
+Stratford-upon-Avon.
+
+The first draft programme, with names and and titles of all speakers,
+will be issued by the end of April, and will be circulated widely on
+networks and by electronic mail.
+
+
+\subsubsection{Courses at TUG\ts'93}
+
+Courses will include \AllTeX\ for PC and Mac users; macros, and output
+routines; style files; \MF\ logos, and fonts; book design; using
+non-CM fonts; and \TeX\ and PostScript. Details on pp.\ 6--7 of the
+booking form.
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% Board Activities (p.25):
+
+\Section{TUG Board Activities}
+
+\subsection*{1993 TUG Board Election --- First Announcement}
+
+The terms of office of the \tug\ Directors elected in 1991 will come
+to an end on December 31 of this year. All 15 Board positions will be
+open for election.
+
+The election schedule has yet to be approved. However, experience
+gained from the 1991 election --- the first in which the entire Board
+was elected through a mail ballot by the full membership --- is being
+applied to ensure that avoidable problems will not recur.
+
+Nomination will once again be by petition. Candidates and others
+signing petitions in their behalf must be 1993 members of \tug\@.
+Petition forms and the schedule will be published in the next issue of
+\ttn; they will also be available at the annual meeting at Aston, or
+can be obtained from the \tug\ office after June~1.
+
+Along with a petition form, each candidate will be asked to supply a
+passport-size photograph, a short biography, and a statement of intent
+to be included with the ballot; the biography and statement of intent
+together may not exceed 400 words.
+
+It is not too early to ask yourself what contribution you could make
+to \tug\ as a member of the Board, or if you know other \tug\ members
+who would be good representatives of the \TeX{} community. TUG has
+undergone a number of changes in the past few years, and continues to
+evolve. The continued support of active members plays an important
+role in guiding this evolution.
+
+\begin{flushright}
+ Barbara Beeton \\
+ for the Elections Committee
+\end{flushright}
+
+\vfill
+
+\begin{center} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
+ \begin{tabular}{||c||}
+ \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Next Board Meeting} \\
+ \hline
+ 24--25 July, at \tug\ts'93 \\
+ Aston University, Birmingham, England \\
+ \hline
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% TUG Courses for 1993 (p.26):
+
+\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\
+ 1993 Course Schedule}
+
+\vspace{-.5pc}
+
+\noindent\begin{tabular}{llll}
+\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX*}
+ & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeX*} \\
+\quad San Diego & June 14--18 & \quad Ottawa & August 23--27 \\
+\quad Santa Barbara**
+ & Oct.\ 18--22 & \quad Santa Barbara**
+ & Oct.\ 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 Santa Barbara** & Nov.\ 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 New York City & June 9 & \quad Santa Barbara** & Nov.\ 8--9 \\
+\quad Washington, DC & Nov.\ 12 \\ [3pt]
+\cline{2-3}
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Book and Document Design}
+ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\sl SGML and \TeX\ for} \\
+\multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\sl with \TeX\qquad}
+ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\sl Publishers*} \\
+\multicolumn{2}{c}{Boston\quad Sept.\ 23--24}
+ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{New York\quad Nov.\ 10} \\ [3pt]
+\cline{2-3}
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize
+ *Lab classes --- computers will be provided for
+ all students.} \\
+\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize
+ **{\bf NOTE:} These classes, previously scheduled
+ for Boston,} \\ [-2pt]
+\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize
+ have been moved to Santa Barbara.} \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\vspace{1pc}
+\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule
+
+\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-2pt
+ \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes.
+
+ \item Dates and locations subject to change --- contact the \TUG\
+ at 805-963-1338 or send a fax to 805-963-8358.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule
+\vspace{1pc}
+
+\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
+\end{itemize}
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% Upcoming Events (pp.27):
+
+\Section{Upcoming Events}
+
+\begin{center}
+{\tabcolsep3pt \setbox 0 = \hbox {\bf 4--12 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 11 May & {\small\bf GUTenberg} and {\small\bf INALCO}\nl
+ (Institut National des Langues et
+ Civilisations Orientales):\nl
+ ``\TeX\ and Arabic script''.\nl
+ 2 rue de Lille, Paris 7e.
+ & Yannis Haralambous\nl
+ {\tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr} \\
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\hline
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\bf 25 May & {\small\bf UKTUG}:\nl
+ Visit to John Wiley and Sons Ltd.,
+ Chichester, England
+ & David Murphy {\tt d.v.murphy@}\nl
+ {\tt computer-science.}\nl
+ {\tt birmingham.ac.uk} \\
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\hline
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\bf 10 June & {\small\bf NTG}:\nl
+ 11th Annual Meeting: ``From Font
+ to Book''. Royal Dutch Meteorological
+ Inst., De Bilt.
+ & Theo Jurriens\nl
+ {\tt taj@astro.rug.nl} \\
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\hline
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\bf 16--18 June & {\small\bf SSP93}:\nl
+ 15th Annual Meeting: ``What Will We Be Tomorrow?''
+ Society for Scholarly Publishing\nl
+ Hyatt Crystal City,\nl Washington, D.C.
+ & {\small SSP}, 10200 W 44th Ave., \#304,
+ Wheat Ridge, {\small CO} 80033 \nl
+ Tel: 303-422-3914\nl
+ \fax: 303-422-8894 \\
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\hline
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\bf 26--30 July & {\small\bf TUG\ts'93}:\nl
+ ``World Wide Window on \TeX''\nl
+ 14th Annual Meeting, Aston University,
+ 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
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\bf 15 Aug. & {\small\bf EP94}, {\small\bf RIDT94}
+ deadline:\nl
+ Call for papers for major joint conference
+ in Darmstadt, Germany, 11--15 April 1994.
+ (see p.\ 22 for details).
+ & {\small EP94}: {\tt ep94@gmd.de} \nl
+ {\small RIDT94}: {\tt ridt94@irisa.fr} \\
+\noalign{\vskip4pt}
+\hline
+\end{tabular}
+}
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace{1pc}
+
+\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the previous
+issue of \TUB\ for more dates and details.
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% The A-in-LaTeX Contest announcement (p.28):
+
+\Section{The \raise.4ex\hbox{\normalsize\bf A}-in-\LaTeX\ Contest}
+
+Most \LaTeX\ users have experienced some disappointment when trying to
+get the \LaTeX\ logo into their documents at smaller-than-normal
+sizes, or with a font face different from roman.
+
+Currently there are several macros that let you set the \LaTeX\ logo.
+Some print the `A' as a small-cap `a' from a caps-and-small-caps font,
+while others use the \verb|\scriptsize| capital `A' of the current
+math family. Some work fine only with 10pt roman and larger; some work
+fine with several font faces; and some are robust, while others are
+fragile.
+
+All current \tug\ members are invited to participate in ``The
+A-in-\LaTeX\ Contest''. Participants may enter any of the following
+contest categories:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item {\bf Basic Solution:} The macro(s) should be simple,
+ easy-to-understand, not necessarily robust, although
+ robustness is a favorable feature.
+ \item {\bf Elegant and Sophisticated Solution:} The macro(s) should
+ exhibit good coding manners, and guarantee complete
+ robustness and reliability.
+ \item {\bf Guru Solution:} The macro(s) can resort to the weirdest
+ and most arcane internal \TeX\ commands and need not be
+ understandable except by real gurus.
+\end{itemize}
+
+All solutions should be plain-\TeX\ compatible; it must be specified
+if the New Font Selection Scheme is required. Additional requirements
+are that the solution should also work with any other form of \AllTeX\
+that makes use of the extended 256-glyph fonts.
+
+The contest entries must be submitted electronically with the subject
+line {\tt LaTeX contest} to the contest judges shown below:
+
+\begin{center}
+ \begin{tabular}{lll}
+ \bf North America:
+ & Jackie Damrau & \tt damrau@sscvx1.ssc.gov \\
+ \bf Elsewhere:
+ & Claudio Beccari & \tt beccari@polito.it \\
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+
+Submissions should be in the form of a complete \LaTeX\ source file
+with the definition for the new logo located in the preamble and
+accompanied by detailed comments.
+
+\begin{quote}
+ {\bf Submission deadline: June~15, 1993}
+\end{quote}
+
+The contest winners will be announced and prizes awarded during the
+\TeX\ Users Group Annual Meeting, to be held in July at Aston
+University, Birmingham, UK.
+
+Judges for the contest are: Claudio Beccari, Jackie Damrau, Michael
+Downes, and Peter Flynn.
+
+\newpage
+
+
+%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents):
+
+\pagestyle{empty}
+
+\begin{center}
+ {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\
+ \medskip
+ Table of Contents}
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace{1pc}
+
+\vspace{1pc}
+
+\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{Updates on the \LaTeX3 Project \\
+ \indent {\em Alan Hoenig}}{3}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn \\
+ \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{4}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{New Publications \\
+ \indent {\em Peter Schmitt}}{6}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''\\
+ \indent {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{7}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News \\
+ \indent Jones Index of \TeX\ Macros}{12}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \ttn\ Index
+ \quad {\em Jackie Damrau}}{13}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{You Rang \ldots\ ? \\
+ \indent {\em Robert Becker}}{14}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{News from Around \ldots \\
+ \indent \TeX\ waves from Estonia
+ \quad {\em Kauko Saarinen}}{17}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace {\small NTG} happenings
+ \quad {\em Kees van der Laan}}{19}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace {\it La Lettre GUTenberg}
+ \quad {\em Christina Thiele}}{20}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings \\
+ \indent 6th Annual Nordic \TeX\ Users Group Meeting \\
+ \indent \indent {\em Roswitha Graham and Niels
+ Mortensen}}{21}
+\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \tug\ts'93 News Update
+ \quad {\em Sebastian Rahtz}}{23}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{\tug\ Board Activities}{25}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1993 Course Schedule}{26}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27}
+\medskip
+\contentsline {section}{The \raise.4ex\hbox{\footnotesize A}-in-\LaTeX\
+ Contest}{28}
+
+\vspace{2pc}
+
+\begin{center}
+ \bf Volume 2, No.\ 2, 1993
+\end{center}
+
+\newpage
+
+%% Cover 4 (TUG'93 announcement):
+
+\pagestyle{empty}
+
+\raggedright
+\frenchspacing
+\parindent0pt
+\parskip6pt
+\rightskip 0pt plus1fil minus0pt
+
+\font\Fib cmfib8 scaled \magstep3
+\font\ffib cmfib8 scaled \magstep1
+
+\leftline{\ffib TUG\ts'93}
+
+{\baselineskip=16pt
+\begin{center}
+ {\Fib World Wide Window on \TeX} \\
+ \ffib 14th Annual \TeX\ Users Group Meeting \\
+ Aston University, Birmingham, UK \\
+ July 26th\ts--\ts 30th, 1993 \\
+\end{center}
+\par}
+
+Aston University in Birmingham (United Kingdom) will be the venue for
+the 1993 \tug\ conference. The world-wide aspects of \TeX, \LaTeX\ and
+\MF\ are underlined by holding the conference at one of the main
+centres of the electronic web outside of North America, whilst
+windowing systems in various forms allow us to exploit more visually
+oriented methods of employing the \TeX\ tools.
+
+The Aston University campus is in central Birmingham, which has
+excellent travel connections. Birmingham is situated very conveniently
+for access to all parts of England, especially the Midlands areas
+including Stratford and Oxford, as well as much of Wales. Social
+events will include dinners, receptions, and a mystery trip to an
+unexpected face of Birmingham. Participants will be given details of
+local events and sightseeing suggestions, including a guide to the
+culinary treats offered by Birmingham's multi-ethnic society.
+
+The conference will feature the normal paper presentations, whilst
+workshops, poster displays, courses, panels and `birds of a feather'
+sessions will also form integral components. There will be a selection
+of \TeX\ Users Group courses organised in conjunction with the
+meeting, which will take place during the week preceding and the week
+following the conference proper.
+
+Requests for further information (full details of costs, accommodation
+options, conference registration forms, etc.), as well as requests for
+space for demonstrations and displays, should all be sent to the
+following address, as should completed forms and any other written
+correspondence:
+
+\vspace{-6pt}
+\begin{center}
+ \begin{tabular}{lll}
+ Peter Abbott & {\it phone:} & +44 21 359 5492 \\
+ Information Services & {\it fax:} & +44 21 359 6158 \\
+ Aston University & \\
+ Aston Triangle & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\tt
+ TUG93-Enquiries@Vax.Rhbnc.Ac.Uk} \\
+ Birmingham B4 7ET & \\
+ United Kingdom & \\
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\vspace{-6pt}
+
+Full computer facilities, including electronic mail and network
+connections, will be available to participants. The rich holdings of the
+UK \TeX\ Archive will, of course, be easily accessible.
+
+\vfill
+
+\noindent {\bf Important details inside:} Read more about \tug\ts'93
+in this issue (p.\ 23--24).
+
+\end{document}
+
+%% END OF FILE