diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'info/digests/ttn/ttn2n2.tex')
-rw-r--r-- | info/digests/ttn/ttn2n2.tex | 2120 |
1 files changed, 2120 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/info/digests/ttn/ttn2n2.tex b/info/digests/ttn/ttn2n2.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..65abc87323 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/ttn/ttn2n2.tex @@ -0,0 +1,2120 @@ +%% 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 |