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Thiele, Editor, TTN). +%% + +\documentstyle[twoside]{ttn3n3} %% Version 3.3, June 1994 + +% 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 3, Number 3 +\end{flushleft} + +\vspace{-3.1pc} + +\begin{flushright} + July 1994 +\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. 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Postmaster: Send address changes to \TTN, \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.\ 3, No.\ 3, 1994} + {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 3, No.\ 3, 1994} + +\setcounter{page}{1} %% to set first page of contents to p.1 + +\Section{Editorial} + +Heading into deep summer now, this issue brings you lots of reports on +user group meetings which have taken place over the past several +months. Very interesting to see the types of presentations --- and the +repeated appearances which the \LaTeX\ team are making, to ensure that +everyone has a chance to hear and/or read about the new upgrade. \tug\ +members will have that opportunity at the annual meeting (which may be +going on right now --- this issue has been delayed a little bit). But +not to fear --- there will be lots of written material coming out in +the proceedings issue of {\sl TUGboat\/}, and in subsequent issues. + +This is a major upgrade, and an important effort to bring \LaTeX\ back +to a standard, uniform, and compatible level --- something which I +believe is one of the most important intentions behind and interwoven +throughout \TeX, as a program: portability and compatibility across +platforms, across geography. If we lose that compatibility, we lose +our very special place in the world of document preparation. + +It is therefore very important for us all to see that this upgrade is +done as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Do it badly, or do it +too slowly, and the lurch will be noticeable. It took several years +(well, ok --- many years) to move everyone off the old {\small AM} +fonts into {\small CM}; it took a few years \dots\ several years to +move almost everyone up to v.~3 of \TeX; let's see if we can't get +this \LaTeX\ upgrade done in even less time. Talk to your +department/systems administrators. Let them know the change is coming +this summer. The material will be available as always from your +favourite \ctan\ archive, and also on CD (I hear this is coming soon +--- great news!). There will be documentation and instructions on how +to make the changeover with minimal loss in production time. There +will be {\em some\/} differences which some of us will trip over; that +simply cannot be avoided. But the final results will be well worth it. +\LaTeX\ is a bear to use, if you come from plain \TeX, or if you want +to do a lot more than just write text; the upgrade will make that +fiddling, that control, a lot more accessible, more `logical'. + +\begin{center} + *\quad *\quad* +\end{center} + +Unfortunately, you are probably reading these lines as the meeting is +taking place \dots\ or as we're all heading homewards from Santa +Barbara. I'd hoped to keep to the announced publication schedule for +\ttn, but this past quarter year has been inordinately busy for me. I +extend apologies to all who look to receiving this newsletter on time. + +Nevertheless, from what I can see of the program and events planned, +this year's meeting looks like a really good one! And you can catch +all the news in the proceedings issue of {\sl TUGboat\/}, which is +going to be pretty thick! With presentations by the likes of Charles +Bigelow (yup! the man who brought you Lucida) and Leslie Lamport, +news on \BibTeX\ from Oren himself, and all the other goodies \dots\ +this should be pretty exciting. + +Peter Flynn has some comments on the \TeX-wars raging over on the word +processing front --- points that we sometimes forget, or that we don't +remember when talking to people who don't know about \TeX\@. \TeX\ is +not a word processor. If you want one, use one. If you want quality, +use \TeX\@. [\dots\ oh, I feel like inflaming someone this summer! +\dots~] Peter also lists some good books to consult on fonts. + +Peter Schmitt's column gives us yet more \TeX\ books, more articles, +and more newsletters. All those editors out there have been really +busy this past spring! + +Jeremy's got some nice stuff: a page-numbering scheme from David +Salomon (of Northridge-the-earthquake-epicenter!), Gerree Pecht with a +double summation sign macro, and some fun stuff from Kees van der +Laan, who never ceases to play around with \TeX! Jeremy himself puts +in a bit of an explanation for a \ttn\ macro he set up when he started +doing his column. + +A new feature added with this issue is {\sl \LaTeX~News\/} --- not to +be confused with our regular column, ``\AllTeX\ News''. LN is a +separate newsletter to be put out by the \LaTeX\ team, and ``will +accompany every future release of \LaTeX.'' You'll find it on pp.\ +12--13. + +For the \MF\ Tester Contest, we had winners! See page 24 for results +--- and congralations to all who sent in their best \MF\ phrasings. + +And to wrap it up, for your summertime enjoyment and {\it +divertissement\/}, go to page 28 and see what Andrew Trevorrow's been +up to lately. + + + +\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 + ``Only one person in all of computing history has ever won + both the {\small ACM} Turing Award for lasting technical + achievement and the Grace Murray Hopper Award for work done + prior to reaching the age of 30. Who is that person?'' \\ [6pt] +% + Answer: {\bf Donald Knuth}$\,$! \\ [6pt] +% + Second question asked on the {\sl Computer Chronicles\/}' + 6th Annual Computer Bowl All-Star Game (broadcast by {\small + PBS}, 11~June 1994). \\ [2pt] + \hline + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\newpage + + +%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.3-5): + +\Section{Typographer's Inn} + +\bgroup + +\hyphenation{% + pa-ra-me-ters au-to-ma-ting + helico-pter Frederic + JIVING Capi-tal + Ottawa} + +\parfillskip=\parindent plus1fil + +\begin{flushright} + Peter Flynn \\ + University College Cork \\ + \tt pflynn@curia.ucc.ie +\end{flushright} + + +\subsection*{More shading} + +Following my note on shaded boxes in the last issue, Dean Guenther +says he has incorporated Knuth's dithered font into a box macro for +{\small TeXT1} which is fairly general: shading, shadows, lines, +etc. It is available by anonymous \ftp\ from \verb|cougar.csc.wsu.edu| +in~\verb|tex.macros.boxmacs| + + +\subsection*{Soapbox} + +My gripe-of-the-year is publishers. Over the past two years I've +noticed more and more books (novels, manuals, everything) being +produced with exceptionally sloppy~typography. + +Some offences are clearly a result of the preparation of typesetting +direct from wordprocessed text without adequate proofing, and could +easily be avoided by using a proper text editor. A common one is +hyphenated compounds like \hbox{`cast-~iron'} which obviously broke at +the end of a line in the original wordprocessor, and retained the +implicit space caused by the line-end in the form of an unwanted gap +after the hyphen when the text was reset to the final length by the +typesetter. Any half-way decent editor can find hyphens followed by +newlines and let you delete them if~appropriate. + +Other matters are more~serious: + +\begin{itemize} + \item The white space above and below indented quotations (being + set in a smaller type) is not being removed when the + quotation falls at the top or bottom of a page, with the + result that the new page begins too far~down. + + \item In a large number of cases, paragraphs are printed ending + with a single word on a line by itself. As this falls + immediately above the indented space of the next paragraph it + obtrudes too much adjacent white space on the~eye. + + \item Occasionally, a paragraph ends with a line which fills the + entire width: a more even effect would be achieved in these + cases by adjusting things so that there is space at the end + of the line at least the same size as that used + for~indentation. +\end{itemize} + +\noindent It's a big selling point with \TeX\ that these things are +either provided for automatically or can be introduced trivially. In +the case of white space removal at page breaks, \TeX\ does it without +asking; a tie between the last two words of a paragraph will avoid the +second problem; and the setting of \verb|\parfillskip| to +\verb|\parindent plus1fil| will fix the third. Yet many publishers +have not even heard of \TeX. + +Infinitely more unpleasant is the thoroughly objectionable practice of +turning off hyphenation. Regular readers will be aware of my views on +the evils of letterspacing continuous text, and those who do not share +them are invited to examine new publications to see the effects when +hyphenation is forbidden. Is this mere ignorance, or some fear of +hyphens? Or perhaps it is a sure knowledge that the +hyphenation-and-justification routines in most wordprocessor and +{\small DTP} systems are far from adequate? + +A polite letter to the publisher explaining all this can often work +wonders: many of them are wholly unaware that some of their readers +actually care enough about typography to raise the matter with them! +One or two that I have contacted are now considering using \TeX\ to +help them improve quality. One, however, insisted that his copy of +WordPer***t produced results `far better than any fancy +typesetter'\dots + + +\subsection*{Books} + +Michael Everson in Dublin recommends {\it Hermann Zapf and his design +philosophy\/} (Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts 1987, \isbn\ +0--941447--00--6), although I think the price in Ireland frightened +him\dots + +Karl Berry has reminded me of the bibliography available by anonymous +\ftp\ from \verb|math.utah.edu| in \verb|pub/tex/bib/type.bib|, and +particularly recommends the following: + +\begin{itemize} + \item Walter Tracy's {\it Letters of Credit\/} (David R Godine, + Boston, 1986, US\$27.50). This is in two parts: the first on + general history and principles of type design, the second a + critical discussion of the work of Jan van Krimpen, Frederic + Goudy, Rudolf Koch, W.\ts A. Dwiggins, and Stanley Morison. + Tracy was head of type design for Linotype in Britain. + + \item {\it Anatomy of a Typeface\/} by Alexander Lawson (David R + Godine, Boston, 1990). + + \item {\it An Atlas of Typeforms\/} by James Sutton and Alan + Bartram (Chartwell Books, 1988, \isbn\ 1--55521--340--5), a + clear presentation of historic and formal + concepts. Reproduction of original and redesigned typefaces, + at both large and small scale. + + \item Jan Tschichold's {\it A Treasury of Alphabets and + Lettering\/} (Omega Books, Ware [Hertfordshire, England] + \isbn\ 1--85007--007--5): the first part of the book is + essays on letterforms, typography, spacing, and so on. The + second part a collection of type specimens, thoroughly + annotated. +\end{itemize} + + +\subsection*{Kerning test} + +A recent request on \verb|comp.text.tex| concerned lists of words for +type designers to use when testing the kern settings for typefaces. +Tom Duff of AT\&T posted the following list (seen 13 years ago at +Computervision 81 in London by Alvy Ray Smith~III): + +\begin{quote} +\begin{raggedright} +%\hyphenpenalty=9999 \exhyphenpenalty=9999 +\noindent TWENTY QUEER MANHATTAN NAVVIES MAROONED IN THE IRRAWADDY +WITH FOURTEEN VERY PUZZLED SEXY JIVING BROWN BAALBEC SKIVVIES +\end{raggedright} +\end{quote} + +\noindent Tom comments that it would `probably not be promulgated +today because of its semantic content', but political correctness has +no place in a technical test. Computer Modern has a few minor +unevennesses, but perhaps someone would like to test it with the Adobe +`36' and anything else to hand, and report back. + + +\subsection*{Accent test} + +Harry Dodsworth posted this little test phrase written by Marc E.\ +Gauthier of the National Capital FreeNet (Ottawa, Canada), to see if a +font does French accents correctly: + +\begin{quote} +\noindent {\it D\`es No\"el, \c ca f\^ete d\'ej\`a o\`u g\^\i t +\'Esa\"u\/} +\end{quote} + + +\subsection*{Metafonts} + +While we're on the subject of fonts, I would like to thank Liam Quin +for the work he does maintaining the public list of all known \MF\ +fonts. This is regularly posted on \verb|comp.fonts|, or you can get a +copy from any of the \ctan\ archives as +\verb|pub/archive/help/metafont-list|. I find it invaluable when +answering queries from users about what is available and where it can +be got. + + +\subsection*{Desk Top Publishing with FrameMaker} + +I just received a brochure from a local dealer advertising a 5--day +course in FrameMaker. If the quality of the brochure reflects the +quality of the course then I shall be giving it a miss: it is a +classic example of some of the dangers inherent in using visual-based +{\small DTP}. A copy is available for \ftp\ from \verb|curia.ucc.ie| +in \verb|pub/tex/frame.ps| and I'm adding it to my Chamber of Horrors +(further contributions welcomed). + +\egroup + +\newpage + + +%% `New Publications' column (Peter Schmitt) (pp.6-7): + +\begin{New Publications} + +< Peter Schmitt \\ +< |schmitt@awirap.bitnet| \\ +< |a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at| \\ + +\books + +> Abass Alamnehe: + eLaTeX: Document Preparation Guide + [in Amharic] + + EthiO Systems, 1993. + xvi,230pp. + + # This is a manual to e\LaTeX, an Ethiopian-based version of \LaTeX. + +> Jonathan Grosvenor, Kay Morrison & Alexander Pim: \| + The PostScript Font Handbook: + A Directory of Type 1 Fonts + + Revised edition. Wokingham: Addison-Wesley, 1992. + ix,425pp. US\$41.50. \ISBN 0-201-56893-4 (paperback). + + # For all those interested (or forced) to use PostScript fonts this + directory provides a comprehensive collection of font samples from + the font libraries of Adobe, Monotype, Linotype, and Agfa. Each + font is represented by a full-page profile including the character + set, a brief history, and hints for recommended usage. It includes + an introduction on PostScript fonts. + +> Leslie Lamport: + \LaTeX: A Document Preparation System + + Second Edition. Addison-Wesley, 1994. + 180pp. US\$41.50. \ISBN 0-201-52983-1 (paperback). + + # This new edition of the official \LaTeX\ manual describes + \LaTeX2e. It is announced to be available soon. + + +\Articles + +> Marvin S. Margolis: + MG Mathematical Graphics System. + + Notices of the American Mathematical Society: + vol. 41, no. 3 (March 1994) + 200--201 + + # ``The MG Mathematical Graphics System creates and displays two- + and three-dimensional mathematical graphics on an {\small + MS-DOS}-based personal computer and produces high-quality + PostScript output. The developers, R.~B.~Israel and R.~A.~Adams, + [\dots] primarily designed the relatively small program to assist + authors to create graphs to include in \TeX-typeset documents. It + is available from MG Software, 4223 West Ninth Avenue, Vancouver, + B.C., Canada V6R 2C6.'' [from the introduction of this review] + +> Heinz Werntges: + Grafik-Import in \LaTeX\ [Importing graphics under \LaTeX] + + c't: 12/92, 252--258 + + # This survey article (in the German computer magazine, {\it c't\/}) + discusses the various possibilities for including graphics into + \LaTeX\ documents. It has since been reprinted (slightly updated) + in _Die \TeX nische Kom\"odie_ (vol.~5, no.~2, 38--53 (1993)). + +%\newsletters +\Newsletters + +> Baskerville: + vol.\ 4, no.\ 3, June 1994, 24pp. +% Official newsletter of the UK \TeX\ Users' Group. +% Contact: uktug-enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +> Les Cahiers GUTenberg: \mbox{\empty} \nl + No.\ 16, f\'evrier 1994, 82pp. \issn\ 1140-9304. Thematic issue: + {\sl PSTricks et Seminar\/}.\nl + + No.\ 17, mai 1994, 66pp. +% Occasional publication of the French-speaking user group, +% GUTenberg. Contact: gut@irisa.fr + +> La Lettre GUTenberg: + no.\ 3, juin 1994, 24pp. [using Palatino] +% Official newsletter of \GUTenberg. Contact: gut@irisa.fr + +> MAPs: issue 94.1, 1994, 178pp. [Dutch-speaking user group, NTG + publication.] +% Official publication of the NTG. Contact: ntg@nic.surfnet.nl + +> Die \TeX{}nische Kom\"odie: + 5. Jahrgang, Heft~4/1993, April~1994, 60pp. +% vol. 5 (1993), no. 4, Apr. 1994, 60pp. + Official newsletter of DANTE. +% Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung \TeX\ e.V. +% Four issues per year. +% Contact: |dante@dante.de|. + +\end{New Publications} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\vspace{1pc} + +\noindent In an on-going effort to improve my \TeX\ skills, Barbara +Beeton of {\sl TUGboat\/} has suggested the following refinement to +one of my current practices: + +\begin{quote} + You may have noticed that most instances of {\small ALLCAPS} in + \ttn\ appears in a 9pt font, rather than using the default 10pt + (ALLCAPS in TTN), or by accessing the smallcaps font ({\sc allcaps} + in \ttn, which is Peter Flynn's preference for his column --- + unless I accidentally `edit' things). Anyways, my usual definition + goes something like this: + + \mbox{}\qquad \verb|\newcommand{\ttn}{{\small TTN}}| + + Barbara's point: this doesn't work smoothly or automatically when a + period follows. An improved definition would be: + + \mbox{}\qquad \verb|\newcommand{\tt}{{\small TTN}\spacefactor10000}| + + Barbara credits Phil Taylor with having pointed this out on the + tex-implementors list as being a bug in plain. Knuth agreed it was, + and that Phil's approach was the correct one --- and awarded him + \$2.56 for it. +\end{quote} + +\vfill + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\begin{center} + \begin{tabular}{||ll||} \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf 1994 TTN + Schedule for Submissions} \\ [4pt] \hline \mbox{\hspace{3.75cm}} + & \\ [-8pt] +%% \qquad July issue & \quad \bf June 1st \\ + \qquad Oct.\ issue & \quad \bf Sept.\ 1st \\ + \qquad Jan.\ issue (1995) & \quad \bf Dec.\ 1st \\ + \qquad April issue & \quad \bf Mar.\ 1st \\ [2pt] + \hline + \multicolumn{2}{l}{\empty} \\ [-6pt] + \end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\newpage + + +%% Jeremy Gibbons' column ``Hey --- it works!'' (pp.8-12): + +\Section{``Hey --- it works!''} + +\begin{flushright} + Jeremy Gibbons \\ + University of Auckland \\ + \tt jeremy@cs.aukuni.ac.nz +\end{flushright} + +\noindent Hello, and welcome once again to {\sl ``Hey~--- it +works!''}. This column is devoted to elegant solutions to little +\TeX{} or \LaTeX{} problems. Last time I cited Jon Bentley's +``Programming Pearls'' (in {\sl Communications of the Association for +Computing Machinery\/}) and Richard Bird's ``Functional Pearls'' (in +the {\sl Journal of Functional Programming\/}) as influences. For +those of you not in my field, I paraphrase Bentley: ``just as natural +pearls grow from grains of sand that have irritated real oysters, +these \TeX nical pearls have grown from real problems that have +irritated real \TeX nicians''. If you have any such pearls, please +send them in to me at the above address; my collection of material is +running rather low! + +In this issue we have four items: a rather neat idea from David +Salomon on allowing any two consecutive pages to be visible at the +same time, a piece of my own on the headings in this column, one from +Gerree Pecht on a `double summation' sign, and one from Kees van der +Laan on producing `matrix icons' using \LaTeX's \verb"picture" +environment. + +\begingroup + +\squashedsubsection{A page-numbering scheme} + {David Salomon \\ + California State University, Northridge \\ + \tt dxs@ms.secs.csun.edu} + +In standard English texts the right-hand pages are odd numbered and +the left-hand ones, even numbered. This has the disadvantage that the +reader cannot always see two consecutive pages at the same time. The +document can be opened, e.g., to pages 2 \& 3, but not to pages 3 \& +4. + +The page numbering scheme proposed here makes it possible to see any +pair of consecutive pages simultaneously. The rules are: +% +\begin{enumerate} + \item The first right-hand page should not be used for text (but it + can be used for other things, such as a dedication or a + trademark declaration). + \item Page~1 should be the second right-hand page, and page~2, the + first left-hand one. Page~3 should be the third right-hand + page, and page~4, the one on its left. +\end{enumerate} +% +It is thus easy to see pages 1 \& 2 simultaneously, and also 3 \& 4. +To see pages 2 \& 3, just hold the second sheet of the document (the +one with pages 1 \& 4) vertically. + +This scheme may be useful for technical documents. The output routine +can easily be modified to eject pages in the order 2,1,3,4\dots. The +first time it is executed, the output routine should save +\verb"\box255" in a box register. The second execution should shipout +that register, then shipout \verb"\box255". A boolean variable can be +used to switch between even and odd executions. + +\endgroup + +\begingroup + +\squashedsubsection{Addresses in headings} + {Jeremy Gibbons} + +The headings for individual pieces in this column each have the +author's name and address flushright beside the flushleft title. When +I inherited this column, this was achieved by some negative +spacing---for example, in the source for \ttn~2,1:10, we have +% +\begin{verbatim} +\subsection*{DC fonts --- questions and answers (II)} +\vspace{-1.5pc} +\begin{flushright} + Yannis Haralambous \\ + \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr +\end{flushright} +\end{verbatim} +% +This hard-wired \verb"-1.5pc" is contrary to good logical markup +principles: it is hard to get right (indeed, I think Yannis' name came +out a little too low), and depends invisibly on the choice of font and +typesize, the spacing inserted by \verb"flushright", etc. To avoid +this problem, I wrote the macro \verb"\squashedsubsection"; with +% +\begin{verbatim} +\squashedsubsection{DC fonts --- questions and answers (II)} + {Yannis Haralambous \\ + \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr} +\end{verbatim} +% +you get the same effect without having to guess the \verb"-1.5pc". +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{% + \subsection*{% + \hbox to \linewidth{% make a box as wide as the page + #1% subsection title + \hfil% stretchy space + \llap{\normalsize% ignore width of tabular + \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}} + #2% author's name and address + \end{tabular}}}}} +\end{verbatim} +% +Note: no attempt is made to avoid a collision between the title and +the author's name! + +\endgroup + +\begingroup + +\newpage +\squashedsubsection{A double summation sign} + {Gerree Pecht\\ + Princeton University\\ + \tt gerree@math.princeton.edu} + +Recently, I had to solve the problem of producing a `double summation +sign', requiring fine spacing between the summation signs and the +precise centering of the mathematical subscript beneath them. + +The documentation available was not applicable to my needs. Therefore, +with judicious use of horizontal spacing and experimenting with +numbers, I solved my problem as illustrated below; the \LaTeX{} source +% +\begin{verbatim} +\[ + S ({\cal A}, {\cal B}) + \, = \, + \sum \hspace{-.4em} \sum_{\hspace{-.98em}(a,b)=1} + \hspace{.8em} + \sum_{d | b} \: + \mu^2\,(d) \, \left( \frac{ar}{d} \right) +\] +\end{verbatim} +% +yields the equation +% +\[ + S ({\cal A}, {\cal B}) + \, = \, + \sum \hspace{-.4em} \sum_{\hspace{-.98em}(a,b)=1} + \hspace{.8em} + \sum_{d | b} \: + \mu^2\,(d) \, \left( \frac{ar}{d} \right) +\] + +This solution may not be the {\em perfect\/} solution to those with a +similar problem for the following reasons: +% +\begin{itemize} + \item the need to experiment to get the numbers right; + \item the need to repeat the experiment if the font or type size is + changed, or for a different subscript to the double sum. +\end{itemize} +% +As an alternative, it was suggested that a more elegant approach to +solving this problem might involve constructing an explicit `operator' +consisting of two summation signs: +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\sum}} +\end{verbatim} +% +or, with a little less space between the summation signs, +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\!\sum}} +\end{verbatim} +% +With the latter, \verb"\doublesum_{(a,b)=1}" yields +% +\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\!\sum}} +\[ \doublesum_{(a,b)=1} \] + +\endgroup + +\newpage + + +\begingroup + +\squashedsubsection{Matrix icons via \LaTeX} + {Kees van der Laan \\ + Garnwerd, The Netherlands \\ + \tt cgl@rc.service.rug.nl} + +\def\icmat#1#2{%ICon MATrix(rectangular) +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, eg 4; #2 is wd of icon matrix, eg 2 +\vbox{\hrule + \hbox to#2\unitlength{\vrule height#1\unitlength\hfil\vrule}% + \hrule}% +}%end icmat + +\def\icurt#1#2{%IConUpperRightTriangle +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with UT the upper triangular part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (upper triangular) matrix, eg 2 +\vbox to #1\unitlength{\hrule + \hbox{\picture(#2,#2)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture + \vrule}% + \vss}% +}%end icurt + +\def\icllt#1#2{%IConLowerLeftTriangle +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with LT the lower triangular part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (lower triangular) matrix, eg 2 +\vbox to #1\unitlength{\vss + \hbox{\vrule + \picture(#2,#1)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture}% + \hrule}% +}%end icllt + +\def\icuh#1#2#3{%IConUpperHessenberg +%#1 is size of icon matrix, with UH the upper Hessenberg part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (upper Hesenberg) matrix, eg 1 +%#3 is size Lower Left triangular part, #1-#2 +% (for simplicity the latter is added, could have been calculated, +% perhaps some inconsistency test could be incorporated) +\vbox{\offinterlineskip + \hrule + \hbox to#1\unitlength{\vrule height #2\unitlength depth0pt\relax + \hfil\vrule}% + \hbox to#1\unitlength{% + \picture(#3,#3)\put(0,#3){\line(1,-1){#3}}\endpicture + \hfil\vrule}% + \hbox to#1\unitlength{\hfil\vrule width#2\unitlength height.2pt}% + }% +}%end icuh + +In my ``Math into BLUes'' I used matrix icons for formatting the +schematic flow of matrix decompositions, to mimic Wilkinson's diagrams +as supplied in his {\sl The Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem\/} (Oxford +University Press, 1965). The crucial element is the creation of +diagonal lines. I tried using Amy Hendrickson's \verb"\diagline", +which is flexible and powerful, but suffers from non-uniformness over +the line orientation, and also suffers from the difference in line +thickness of the horizontal and vertical lines, in comparison with the +diagonal lines. + +In this note I used the line fonts which come with \LaTeX{} via the +\verb"\line" macro, as part of the picture environment. Given the +context of matrix icons the limited availability of line orientations +does not hinder. + +\relax From literature I distilled that the following special matrix +%% JG: added \relax, so "From" at start of line doesn't get munged by +%% mailer +% +icons are useful: +\setlength\unitlength{1ex} +\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{lc} + rectangular matrix & $\icmat64$\\ + lower left triangular matrix & $\icllt44$\\ + upper right triangular matrix & $\icurt44$\\ + upper Hessenberg form & $\icuh413$ +\end{tabular}\end{center} +% +The above forms can be drawn easily in the picture environment. The +macros in this note hide that environment, and provide the pictures in +a \verb"\vbox", for use at any place where a \verb"\vbox" can be used, +without having to worry about `coordinates.' The pictures are +parameterized on \LaTeX's \verb"\unitlength" dimension. + +Here are some matrix icons, after Wilkinson: +% +\setlength{\unitlength}{1ex} +$$\icmat44\kern\unitlength\icllt44=\icllt44\icuh413 \qquad AL=LH$$ +$$\icmat63=\icmat63\kern\unitlength\icurt63\qquad A=QR$$ +via +\begin{verbatim} +\setlength{\unitlength}{1ex} +$$\icmat44\kern\unitlength\icllt44=\icllt44\icuh413 \qquad AL=LH$$ +$$\icmat63=\icmat63\kern\unitlength\icurt63\qquad A=QR$$ +\end{verbatim} + +The macros are as follows: +% +\begin{verbatim} +\def\icmat#1#2{%ICon MATrix(rectangular) +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, eg 4; #2 is wd of icon matrix, eg 2 +\vbox{\hrule + \hbox to#2\unitlength{\vrule height#1\unitlength\hfil\vrule}% + \hrule}% +}%end icmat + +\def\icurt#1#2{%IConUpperRightTriangle +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with UT the upper triangular part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (upper triangular) matrix, eg 2 +\vbox to #1\unitlength{\hrule + \hbox{\picture(#2,#2)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture + \vrule}% + \vss}% +}%end icurt + +\def\icllt#1#2{%IConLowerLeftTriangle +%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with LT the lower triangular part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (lower triangular) matrix, eg 2 +\vbox to #1\unitlength{\vss + \hbox{\vrule + \picture(#2,#1)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture}% + \hrule}% +}%end icllt + +\def\icuh#1#2#3{%IConUpperHessenberg +%#1 is size of icon matrix, with UH the upper Hessenberg part, eg 4 +%#2 is wd of icon (upper Hesenberg) matrix, eg 1 +%#3 is size Lower Left triangular part, #1-#2 +% (for simplicity the latter is added, could have been calculated, +% perhaps some inconsistency test could be incorporated) +\vbox{\offinterlineskip + \hrule + \hbox to#1\unitlength{\vrule height #2\unitlength depth0pt\relax + \hfil\vrule}% + \hbox to#1\unitlength{% + \picture(#3,#3)\put(0,#3){\line(1,-1){#3}}\endpicture + \hfil\vrule}% + \hbox to#1\unitlength{% + \hfil\vrule width#2\unitlength height.2pt}% + }% +}%end icuh +\end{verbatim} + +\endgroup + +\newpage + + +%% NEWSLETTER insert ``LaTeX News'' (pp.13--14): + +\Section{Welcome to \it \LaTeX~News} + +An issue of {\it\LaTeX~News} will accompany every future release of +\LaTeX. It will tell you about important events, such as major bug +fixes, newly available packages, or any other \LaTeX{} news. + + +\subsection*{\LaTeXe---the new \LaTeX{} release} + +The most important news is the release of \LaTeXe, the new version of +the \LaTeX{} software. This version has better support for fonts, +graphics and colour, and will be actively maintained by the \LaTeX3 +project team. Upgrades will be issued every six months, in June and +December. + + +\subsection*{Why a new \LaTeX?} + +Over the years many extensions have been developed for \LaTeX. This +is, of course, a sure sign of its continuing popularity but it has had +one unfortunate result: incompatible \LaTeX{} formats came into use at +different sites. Thus, to process documents from various places, a +site maintainer was forced to keep \LaTeX{} (with and without \nfss), +\SLiTeX, \AmSLaTeX, and so on. In addition, when looking at a source +file it was not always clear for which format the document was written. + +To put an end to this unsatisfactory situation a new release of +\LaTeX{} was produced. It brings all such extensions back under a +single format and thus prevents the proliferation of mutually +incompatible dialects of \LaTeX~2.09. The new release was available +for several months as a test version, and the final release of 1~June +officially replaces the old version. + + +\subsection*{Processing documents with \LaTeXe} + +Documents written for \LaTeX~2.09 will still be read by \LaTeXe. Any +such document is run in {\it \LaTeX~2.09 compatibility mode}. + +Unfortunately, compatibility mode comes with a price: it can run up to +50\% slower than \LaTeX~2.09 did. If you want to run your document in +the faster {\it native mode\/}, you should try replacing the line: +% +\begin{verbatim} + \documentstyle[<options>,<packages>]{<class>} +\end{verbatim} +% +with: +% +\begin{verbatim} + \documentclass[<options>]{<class>} + \usepackage{latexsym,<packages>} +\end{verbatim} +% +Unfortunately, this will not always work, because some \LaTeX~2.09 +packages will only work in \LaTeXe{} compatibility mode. You should +find out if there is a \LaTeXe{} version of the package available. + +\LaTeXe{} native mode also gives access to the new features of \LaTeXe, +described in {\it \LaTeXe{} for authors}. + + +\subsection*{New packages} + +\LaTeXe{} has much better support for graphics, colour, fonts, and +multi-lingual typesetting. The following software should be available +from the distributor who brought you \LaTeXe: + +\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt + \item[babel] for typesetting in many languages. + \item[color] for colour support. + \item[graphics] for including images. + \item[mfnfss] for using bitmap fonts. + \item[psnfss] for using Type~1 fonts. + \item[tools] other packages by the \LaTeX3 team. +\end{description} +% +The packages come with full documentation, and are also described in +{\it\LaTeX: A Document Processing System} or {\it The \LaTeX{} +Companion}. + + +\subsection*{Further information} + +More information about \LaTeXe{} is to be found in: + +\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt + \item[\LaTeX:\ts A Document Preparation System] + Leslie Lamport,\ts Addison-Wesley, 2nd ed, 1994. + \item[The \LaTeX{} Companion] + Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, Addison-Wesley, 1994. +\end{description} +% +The \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on the new features +of \LaTeX: + +\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt + \item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] + describes the new features of \LaTeX{} documents, in the file + \verb|usrguide.tex|. + \item[\LaTeXe{} for class and package writers] + describes the new features of \LaTeX{} classes and packages, + in the file \verb|clsguide.tex|. + \item[\LaTeXe{} font selection] + describes the new features of \LaTeX{} fonts for class and + package writers, in the file \verb|fntguide.tex|. +\end{description} +% +For more information on \TeX{} and \LaTeX, get in touch with your +local \TeX{} Users Group, or the international \TeX{} Users Group, +P.~O.~Box~869, Santa~Barbara, CA~93102-0869, USA, +Fax:~+1~805~963~8358, EMail:~tug@tug.org. + +\newpage + + +%% (La)TeX News (pp.15-17): + +\Section{\AllTeX\ News} + +\squashedsubsection{The new \LaTeX\ on CTAN} + {George D. Greenwade \\ + \tt bed\_gdg@SHSU.edu} + +The release of \LaTeXe\ as the officially supported version of \LaTeX\ +has led to a change in directory naming on the \ctan\ hosts: +% +\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-2pt + \item {\tt macros/latex/} has been moved to {\tt macros/latex209/} + \item {\tt macros/latex2e/} has been moved to {\tt macros/latex/} + \item {\tt macros/latex/} has been linked to {\tt macros/latex2e/} + temporarily to facilitate version migration +\end{enumerate} +% +The message displayed upon {\tt cd}'ing into selected directories in +the \ctan\ {\tt macros} hierarchy is as follows: +% +{\small +\begin{verbatim} + Effective Tuesday, June 7, 1994, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories + contain the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e --- the + presently-supported version of LaTeX (previously macros/latex2e/). + The macros/latex/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + base/ --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit. + packages/ --- officially provided and supported 2e extensions, + with each component in its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. + + The CTAN macros/latex209/ directories contain the distribution and + related files for LaTeX 2.09 (previously macros/latex/). + The macros/latex209/ hierarchy is designed as follows: + distribs/ --- the complete LaTeX 2.09 distribution kit, with each + component within its own subdirectory. + contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2.09. + Each multi-file package is housed in its own + unique subdirectory. Single files are retained + together in the misc/ subdirectory. +\end{verbatim} +} + +\squashedsubsection{\normalsize\bf TIQWAH} + {Yannis Haralambous \\ + Yannis.Haralambous@univ-lille1.fr} + +TIQWAH (`hope') is a \TeX\--XeT/\MF/Flex package for the typesetting +of Biblical Hebrew, and is part of Scholar\TeX, with the preprocessor +written in {\small GNU} Flex. The fonts are inspired from {\small +BHK}, with very strong meta-ness properties: Tiberian, Babylonian, +Palestinian vowels; cantillation marks in old style (Rabbinical +Bibles) and modern style ({\small BHS}); different upper and lower +symmetry axes for diacritics placement. + +For a detailled description (and an enumeration of all typographical +curiosa of the Bible) see {\tt +/pub/tex/yannis/scholartex-info/biblical-hebrew.ps} in {\tt +ftp.ens.fr}, login {\tt anonymous}. In this paper you will find also +samples at all sizes and an example: Genesis 1:1--4. + +The system will be presented at \tug'94 (Santa Barbara) and {\small +AIBI}-4 (Conference of the Association Biblie et Informatique, +Amsterdam). + + +\squashedsubsection{User group info on CTAN} + {Christina Thiele \\ + \tt cthiele@ccs.carleton.ca} + +Sometimes the most obvious things just don't come to mind. Just +recently, an area on \ctan\ which had always been there (mirrored from +the \dante\ machine) was \verb|/usergrps|. This area has now been +expanded to cover all user groups who wish to participate --- an +invitation has been sent out, and already you can find user group +information there from \dante, the \ntg, \GUTenberg, and of course, +information from \tug. So far, information posted there includes such +items as backgrounders on user groups, membership forms, info about +meetings, and so on. It's up to each user group to arrange for a +subdirectory for their group, and to maintain that material. + +By the time you read this, there will also be a file in +\verb|/usergrps| itself --- \verb|usergrps.tex| --- a listing of all +the known user groups and their mailing addresses (e-mail and snail, +phone and \fax\ numbers). This list is based on an item which I +originally pulled together for \ttn\ 2,1; any updates or corrections +should be mailed to me. + + +\squashedsubsection{RELABEL on CTAN} + {Peter Ungar \\ + \tt laxa@acfcluster.nyu.edu} + +In mathematical papers and books, formulas, theorems, etc.\ are +normally numbered consecutively. Adding or deleting or moving even one +item may provoke changes so that several others may have to be +renumbered and the references to them adjusted accordingly. There are +\TeX\ macros in \LaTeX, and possibly elsewhere, which do this +automatically in the typesetting stage. + +A macro-based system creates a permanent discrepancy between the +labels in the source text and the labels in the typeset version. This +is quite confusing if one continues work on the source text and one +wishes to view the completed part of the work in typeset form rather +than the source text, which is hard to read. + +Other awkward features of the \LaTeX\ system are that one cannot use +the same label, e.g., ``2.5'', for both a formula and a theorem and +that in the typeset text all labels contain text unit identifiers. In +a book with running heads it is not necessary to start all labels with +``2.5'' when the running head indicates that we are in ``Section +2.5'', and some authors prefer not to clutter their pages with all +those digits and periods. In any case, one should not need to type the +text unit identifier in the source text in a label or in a reference +to the current text unit. Most references are to the current text +unit. + +I am announcing a flexible and convenient system for labeling in +\TeX\ or \LaTeX\ source texts or other text files. It is based on +the short (15K) program, {\tt RELABEL}. Versions of the program for +Macintosh and for IBM-compatible computers, along with instructions +and examples are available by anonymous \ftp\ from any \ctan\ site, +under \verb| tex-archive/support/relabel|. The Turbo Pascal source +texts are also in the archives; adapting the program to other computer +systems probably requires nothing more than changing the lines where +files are opened or closed. + + +\squashedsubsection{New group forming} + {Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez \\ + \tt josera@obelix.cica.es} + +All those interested in the creation of a Spanish-speaking \TeX\ Users +Group (Grupo de Usuarios de \TeX\ hispanoparlantes), please contact me +at the following address: Prof.\ Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez, +Dpto.\ Matem\'atica Aplicada 1, E.T.S.\ Arquitectura --- Universidad +de Sevilla, Reina Mercedes, 2, E-41002 {\small SPAIN}. + + +\squashedsubsection{News from Vendors} + {Christina Thiele} + +\begin{itemize} + \item [$\bullet$] CDs are all the rage! Prime Time Freeware's + latest \TeX\ offering is called ``Prime Time \TeX + cetera''. Here's a description: + + ``Prime Time TeXcetera consists of a 100-page book and an + ISO-9660 \cdrom. The disc contains essentially the entire + \ctan, as of mid- May, 1994. It uses Info-{\small ZIP} format, + allowing use with a variety of computer systems. + + To make the disc easier to use, we have added a substantial + amount of annotation and indexing. (As usual, we will allow + \ftp\ archives to use and distribute this ancillary material.) + + Prime Time TeXcetera was edited by Vicki Brown. The list + price is US\$60. For more information, send email to: {\tt + ptf@cfcl.com}'' + +\item [$\bullet$] {\small PTI} is having a fire sale of sorts: they're + selling PC\TeX\ for Windows or {\small MS-DOS} for 25\% off, and + throwing in a t-shirt as well. The sale goes on until July + 31st. And if you just want upgrades, they've got some good deals + as well: if you have v.3.14, you can upgrade to the Windows + version for \$96.00; if you have an {\small MS-DOS} version, + with or without {\small PTI} View and Printer Drivers, you can + upgrade to a complete {\small MS-DOS} version with fonts for + \$96.00 as well. Call 1-800-808-7906 or 1-415-388-8853; + \fax\ is 1-415-388-8865. +\end{itemize} + + +\newpage + + +%% Reports on Meetings (pp.18-24): + +\Section{Reports on Meetings} + +\squashedsubsection{DANTE'94} + {Claus Hoffmann \\ + Mannheim, Germany} + +The annual \TeX{} Conference of \dante~e.V.\ (the German-speaking +\TeX{} user group) was held this year in M\"unster/Westfalen from +February 16 to 18. As usual for those people who come from far away, +the meeting actually started on the 15th, with an early-bird dinner in +the evening. + +The meeting began after lunch on Wednesday, the 16th, with tutorials, +some held as parallel events in two lecture halls. Phil Taylor +conducted one tutorial on \TeX{} for the advanced user (parts 1 and +2), and on book design. In the other lecture hall, we had three +tutorials: one about \PS\ \verb|\special|s, one about importing +graphics into \TeX{}, and one which was an introduction to \MF. The +tutorials were a good start for the conference. + +In the evening all attendees met in a restaurant in downtown M\"unster +for dinner and one or two beers. It was a good occasion to get in +touch with other users and all the {\small VIP}s present! + +The second day started with official greetings from Joachim Lammarsch, +President of \dante~e.V. Then we had a very interesting presentation +by Rainer Sch\"opf about \LaTeXe, followed by a discussion +period. After the coffee break, we heard something about a new DVI +previewer. In the afternoon there were three talks: one about +\TeX{}'s macro processor, another one on \TeX{} tools, and then a +really great talk by a young student about his self-programmed editor +called Eddi4\TeX{} --- Eddi\TeX{} for short. This is a fantastic +editor and user shell for \TeX{}, running under {\small DOS} and OS/2. + +After the coffebreak the general meeting of DANTE~e.V. was held. It +brought a lot of interesting news for the members about the new server +machine, the coordinators for the various systems, and also about +other groups, such as \tug. + +In the evening, we had a special social event: a visit to an open-air +museum showing the old ways of life in the countryside in former +centuries. And we shouldn't forget to mention the excellent +meeting-dinner followed the excursion. + +On the last day, Friday the 18th, the conference ended after three +talks and the closing discussion. The first lecture was about Spidery +{\small WEB} under {\small LINUX}. The theme of the second one was +\TeX{} and colours, by Friedhelm Sowa, who talked about modifications +to his graphics program, {\tt bm2font}, so that it is now able to +create 4-color graphic output in \TeX{}. The third and final lecture +was entitled ``xtem --- a \TeX{}-menu under \unix'', followed by our +last coffee break, and then the closing discussion about the +conference. + +\newpage + +It was a very nice and interesting conference, with about +140~attendees. We had a lot of opportunities to meet other users, +exchange information, copy software from the server, and listen to +many interesting talks. I will for sure go to the next \dante\ +meeting! + + +\squashedsubsection{GUST --- Bacho\TeX{}'94} + {W\l{}odek Bzyl \\ + \tt matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl \\ + Hanna Ko\l{}odziejska\\ + \tt hkolo@plearn.bitnet} + +From April 30th to May 3rd, the second meeting of the Polish \TeX{} +Users Group ({\small GUST}) was held in Bachotek, a property owned by +the Copernicus University of Toru\'n. The place is surrounded by the +forest and the lake where over 70 participants gathered from all off +Poland. Special guests were Philip Taylor and Kees van der Laan. + +The meeting started with two-day tutorials: +% +\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-2pt + \item [--] Basics of \TeX{} (Marek Ry\'cko) + \item [--] Polish typographical tradition (Andrzej Tomaszewski) + \item [--] \LaTeX{} from the inside (Tomek Przechlewski) + \item [--] LaMeXe (W\l{}odek Bzyl) + \item [--] Indexes and bibliographies (W\l{}odek Bzyl) + \item [--] Using \PS\ graphics in \TeX{} documents (Piotr Pianowski) + \item [--] DVIPS --- how to use it? (Staszek Wawrykiewicz) + \item [--] Using \PS\ fonts in \TeX{} documents (Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski) + \item [--] \MF\ --- practical and non-practical applications + (Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski) +\end{enumerate} +% +Each tutorial was written up in a A5 booklet and distributed to all +the participants. + +The third day of the meeting was reserved for other Polish +contributions: about the \TeX{} archive (available also on the spot), +\LaTeX{} and the Polish language, Polish implementation of the program +MakeIndex, and about AmS-\LaTeX{}. + +Finally, Phil and Kees gave their lectures. Phil talked about book +design. His qualities as a lecturer and the interesting subject +resulted in continuation of the lecture till midnight. + +Last day's morning belonged to Kees. He offered a lecture about {\tt +manmac}, then talked about his approach to bibliographies, +transparencies and verbatims. All was warmly received. + +A very pleasant and friendly atmosphere during the whole +meeting is worth mentioning. Playing guitar or/and wish of singing +together seems to be characteristic feature of Polish \TeX ies. + +\newpage + + +\squashedsubsection{Knuth visits St.\ Petersburg} + {Irina Makhovaya, \\ + CyrTUG Executive Director \\ + \tt irina@mir.msk.su} + +Prof.~Donald Knuth and his wife, Jill, visited St.\ Petersburg in +early May of this year (May 9--15), arriving via ship. The visit was +in connection with the conferring of the Honorary Degree of Professor +of Computer Science at St.\ Petersburg University. Knuth's university +itinerary included visits to the Euler Institute of Mathematics and an +exhibit entitled ``Regional Informatics'', a lecture to students in +the Mathematics and Mechanical Faculty, and a question-and-answer +session for friends of computer science and \TeX. The Honorary Degree +presentation ceremony took place in Petrovsky Hall of the university. + +Moreover, Don and Jill visited the Russian Museum, the Hermitage, the +Ethnography Museum, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the Philharmonic, and +Mariinski Theatre; and went on pleasant walks along the splendid +streets, parks, and quais of St.\ Petersburg. Prof.\ Knuth took great +interest in Euler's life at St.\ Petersburg and his works, which are +kept at the Library Storehouse. + +During the visit the Grand \TeX\ Wizard had talks with Cyr\tug\ +officials, with the translators of his books ({\sl The \TeX book\/} +and {\sl Concrete Mathematics\/}, by Graham, Knuth, Potashnik), and +with mathematicians, computer scientists, \TeX\ users, and +students. He also agreed to becoming a Cyr\tug\ member --- No.\ 0314; +some of his responses on the membership form were interesting: + +\medskip + +{\parskip=0pt +Q: What is a number of the \TeX\ version that you use? + +A: 3.14159 + +\medskip + +Q: How long have you known \TeX? + +A: From 1977 + +\medskip + +Q: What direction of \TeX\ development is most interesting for you? + +A: Stability + +\medskip + +Q: What type of work you would like to do for Cyr\tug? + +A: Friendship +\par} + +\medskip + +\noindent Now this form will be the main treasure of the Cyr\tug\ +Office and will decorate our walls. Our hope is that we all can answer +``Friendship'' on the last question, as did Donald Ervin Knuth. + + +\squashedsubsection{Nordic Group} + {Hermann Lia \\ + University of Oslo \\ + \tt hermann@unik.no} + +The 1994 annual meeting of the Nordic \TeX\ User Group ({\small NTUG}) +was held in Oslo, Norway, the 16th of May. Invited speaker was Kees +van der Laan, Netherland. He gave an elucidation of the TUGboat Blues: +The story of the development of the styles used in {\sl TUGboat\/} and +\ttn. Other subjects addressed at the meeting were: +% +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-1pt + \item Creating hyphenation patterns for Norwegian (Lars Gunnar + Thoresen) + \item How to create your own documentstyle in \LaTeX\ (Dag + Langmyhr) + \item Exploration in typesetting Russian--Icelandic and + Russian--Norwegian dictionaries with \LaTeXe\ (Rolf + Lindgren) +\end{itemize} +% +Information about different installations, support, etc.\ will be made +available under {\small WWW}\@. ---~Per Abrahamsen, Aalborg +University, has already made information about {\small AUC}\TeX\ +available under {\small WWW} at the following {\small URL}: +% +\begin{center} + \tt http://www.iesd.auc.dk/\~{}amanda/auctex/ +\end{center} +% +Dag Langmyhr, Oslo University, offered to coordinate further +publishing of information for the Nordic \TeX\ User Group, and a test +version is available at +% +\begin{center} + \tt http://www.ifi.uio.no/\~{}dag/ntug/ntug.html +\end{center} + +The new chairman of the Nordic \TeX\ User Group for 1994 was selected: +Dag Langmyhr, University of Oslo, Norway. The board now includes: +% +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-1pt + \item Denmark: \\ + Peter Busk Laursen. {\small UNI.C}, Copenhagen ({\tt + unipbl@uts.uni-c.dk}) \\ + Frank Jensen, Aalborg University, Aalborg \\ + Niels Mortenson, Ris\o\ National Laboratory, Ris\o ({\tt + gylling@risoe.dk}) + + \item Finland: \\ + Kari Likovuori, Computing Center, University of Helsinki\\ + ({\tt likovuori@cc.helsinki.fi}) \\ + Martti Nikunen, Helsinki University ({\tt + mnikunen@cc.helsinki.fi}) \\ + Kauko Saarinen, Universitetet Jyv\"askyl\"a, Jyv\"askyl\"a \\ + ({\tt saarinen@jylk.jyu.fi}) + + \item Norway: \\ + Johannes Ids\o, Sogn og Fjordane {\small DH} ({\tt + johannes-idso@sfdh.sognhs.no}) \\ + Dag Langmyhr, University of Oslo ({\tt dag@ifi.uio.no}) \\ + Hermann Lia, University of Oslo ({\tt hermann@unik.no}) \\ + Ola Kjetil Sigveland, Rogaland Univ Center ({\tt + ola@hauk.hsr.no}) + + \item Sweden: \\ + Leif Andersson, {\small LTH} ({\tt leif@control.lth.se}) \\ + Roswitha Graham, {\small KTH}, Stockholm ({\tt + roswitha@admin.kth.se}) \\ + Jan Michael Rynning, {\small KTH}, Stockholm ({\tt + jmr@nada.kth.se}) + + \item Estonia: \\ + Enn Saar ({\tt saar@mars.aai.ee}) + +\end{itemize} +% +The meeting ended with a discussion about the organization of {\small +NTUG}\@; as well, possible cooperation with other European \TeX\ User +Groups was discussed. The meeting decided that {\small NTUG} would +remain an independent group, as the special aim is to support national +adaptions needed for the Nordic countries. For the future, it was +decided, that Nordic meetings would be held as a special event at the +annual Euro-\TeX\ meeting. + +\vspace{-.5pc} + +\squashedsubsection{GUTenberg --- Journ\'ee \LaTeXe} + {Alain Cousquer \\ + \tt cousquer@lifl.fr} + +On June~2, \GUTenberg\ (the French-speaking \TeX\ Users Group) held a +one-day meeting devoted to the new version of \LaTeX. With Frank +Mittelbach and Michel Goossens as the speakers, the meeting was a +great success --- registration had to be cut off almost 2~weeks before +the deadline, due to lack of space! + +During the morning session, Michel outlined the ideas behind \LaTeXe\ +from the user's perspective, especially the notions of document {\em +class\/} and {\em packages\/}, formerly grouped together in the old +notion of {\em style\/}. He provided an overview of available +commands, new and/or modified. Numerous examples made it possible to +see how easy it now is to modify things as different as box dimensions +and parameters, font families or the positioning of floats, just to +name a few. + +Frank started off the afternoon by officially announcing the +availability of \LaTeXe, and then went on to discuss the internal +details of the new classes and extensions, their structure, +functionality and the way they interact, as well as showing some +sample usage. He also presented a chart showing all the elements which +now make up the \LaTeXe\ distribution. The discussion which brought +the day's meeting to a close showed the interest, and even impatience, +which many participants have experienced during the long wait for what +is now finally available. + + +\subsubsection{GUTenberg general meeting} + +The \LaTeXe\ meeting was followed by {\small GUT}en\-berg's annual +general meeting which, aside from its procedural obligations, named a +new president for the organisation --- Michel Goossens was unanimously +elected to serve as president. A Belgian, working in Switzerland, +Michel's new position as president will only underline \GUTenberg's +long-standing aim to serve the whole French-speaking community. And +given his abilities and qualifications, we are confident about the +future. + + +\vspace{-.5pc} + +\squashedsubsection{NTG --- 13th meeting} + {Frans Goddijn, + Johan Polak Foundation \\ + Arnhem, The Netherlands \\ + \tt goddijn@fgbbs.iaf.nl} + + +The 13th meeting of the \ntg\ held on June~13, was hosted by the +University of Groningen. Before the meeting started, Wietse Dol +demonstrated the full installation process needed to run the \ntg\ +4all\TeX\ \cdrom\ on a `virgin' PC. This did not delay the start of +the meeting much: a little less than~45 seconds was all it took, after +inserting the \cdrom\ and before the first {\tt sample.tex} was +compiled, viewed and ready to print. After this short demonstration, +this first 4all\TeX\ \cdrom\ was laid aside for the father of em\TeX, +Eberhard Mattes, in recognition of his immense efforts to the benefit +of all em\TeX\ users. + +\ntg\ secretary Gerard van Nes reported that the steadily growing +\ntg\ membership list now has passed the~250 mark. This, with the +pleasant financial situation of the user group and the large +percentage of members being active in developing and supporting +initiatives, reflects a healthy state of affairs. + +Wietse Dol (the new treasurer) and Frans Goddijn were elected to the +board of directors, replacing Jos Winnink and Kees van der Laan +(chair) after fulfilling their formal terms. A proposal, made in Kees' +absence, to grant him an honorary membership, was accepted with +acclaim. As a gift to go with this election, he received the unique +original `gold' \cdrom\ of the 4all\TeX\ project. Johannes Braams +received the chairperson's gavel from the hands of the parting chair. + +The \ntg\ {\small MAPS} 94.1 Award was given to the editor of {\sl +Baskerville\/}, Sebastian Rahtz, in appreciation of his {\small MAPS} +articles and especially for his efforts to serve the ongoing +cooperation between his publication and MAPS. For those curious: the +\ntg\ {\small MAPS} Award consists of \verb|\box255| with a lot of +colourful boxes including stretchable glue \dots\ USEnglish:\ldots +marshmallows. + +The afternoon offered a richly varied set of readings. Erik-Jan Vens +opened with a discourse on `fonts', a subject in which he has +considerable expertise. The board thanked him with a cassette tape +(from the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a New York brass quintet, recorded +live in Arkansas) with a cassette label typeset by Sunil Podar's {\tt +tape.sty}. + +Piet van Oostrum then gave a comprehensive tour of the use and +management of \TeX\ in a \unix\ environment. His formidable knowledge +on the combination of \unix\ and \TeX\ is legendary; there are very +few packages in the \TeX\ environment that he doesn't know by heart. + +The final presentations brought out two opposing views on the merits +of development in \TeX\ applications. First, our new chairman, +Johannes Braams, lectured on \LaTeXe, providing us with an insight in +the demands and possibilities opened up with the changed structure and +expanded macros of \LaTeX. In response to a question from Kees that +the command {\tt \verb|\def|} has been silently buried, Kees showed +his sincere dismay. As outlined in his paper, ``Manmac {\small +BLU}es'' (food-for-thought for the \TeX\ community at large), Kees has +been studying Knuth's markup, always discovering the beauty of Knuth's +simplicity after pondering some detail that was puzzling at first. +Kees posed the rhetoric question why we would ever want to `improve' +something which is already perfect. Are we introducing complications +in all `new' versions to have basically unnecessary extras? + +The next day, a good number of members returned to the university +buildings for a 4all\TeX\ course given by the 4\TeX\ authors, Wietse +Dol and Erik Frambach. All had ample chance to find out more about +the structures within the 4all\TeX\ shell and to learn new tricks that +will pay off at home and in the office. + +1994 is becoming a busy and fruitful year for the \ntg\@. On +November~17, we'll meet again --- but this time, in Antwerpen, +Belgium. Met hartelijke groet! + +\vspace{1pc} + +\hrule\vskip2pt \hrule + +%% METAFONT ``Tester'' Contest results (p.24): + +\font\logo logo10 + +\newcommand{\winner}[3]{{\noindent{\bf #1} \hfill + \hbox to 7cm{{$\bullet$} {\rm #2,} + {\tt #3}\hfill}\par}} + +\newcommand{\submission}[1]{{% + \narrower{\logo \noindent #1}\par\vspace{.25pc}}} + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + \Sectionfont ``Tester'' Contest Winners +\end{center} + +\vspace{-.25pc} + +\noindent In response to our \MF-based contest (\ttn\ 3,2:28), we +have three winners, and two most honourable mentions. Since all +entries used punctuation, we forgave them for having overstepped this +font constraint. + +Josep-Maria (his last name is indeed `Font'!) stressed that his +offering was a {\em semi\/}-plausible sentence (rough translation in +footnote). Peter Gordon's was judged as verging on the poetic; and +Malcolm also commented that this must surely be the first time we have +seen so much text from Barbara with all-caps and so a special note is +made here {\tt ;-)}. And finally, Doug Waud enjoyed tweaking my phrase +``the longest sentence'' --- and reacted accordingly! + +\bgroup +\def\en{{\rm\char'173}} +\catcode`\(=\active +\def({{\rm\char'050}} +\catcode`\)=\active +\def){{\rm\char'051}} +\catcode`\,=\active +\catcode`\.=\active +\catcode`\:=\active +\catcode`\!=\active +\catcode`\-=\active +\def-{{\rm\char'055}} +\def,{{\rm\char'054}} +\def.{{\rm\char'056}} +\def:{{\rm\char'072}} +\def!{{\rm\char'041}} +\catcode`\'=\active +\def'{{\rm\char39}} + +\bigskip + +\winner{Winner No.\ 1 (Catalan):}{Josep-Maria + Font}{font@cerber.mat.ub.es} + +\submission{ANANT EMETENT TANT NETAMENT TA FOTO NO EM FOMENTEN TANT +MON NOM O T'ANEM FONAMENTANT TANTA NETA FAMA ON, EN NET FONEMA, ET +FOMENTA MANTA OTOMANA MOFA, ANOTO A MA.\footnote[1]{``By sending out +your picture so neatly they do not promote so much my name or we are +building you such a clean reputation where, in a clear word, some +turkish mockery promotes you, I write down by hand.''}} + + +\winner{Winner No.\ 2:}{Peter S.\ Gordon}{psg@world.std.com} + +\submission{ONE-TON EM-EN FONT MAN \en\ NO NAME, FAME, FAN, FOE (NOTE: +NOT ME!) \en\ FAT OAF ON A TEN-TONE, TAN-MATTE, ENTO-TOTEM TOME TEAM, +MEANT TO EAT MEAT, FATTEN AFT, FOAM AT TAME MEN, TOTE TENT, MATE +OFTEN, ATONE (AMEN!) \en\ ATE AN ANT TOE, MET FATE OF MEAN FEAT +(MOAN!).} + + +\winner{Winner No.\ 3:}{Barbara Beeton}{bnb@math.org} + +\submission{ONE TAME TAN MOON MAN, AFOOT AT NOON, OFTEN MET MAMA TO +EAT FAT MOA MEAT OFF A NEAT TEN-FOOT NEON TEA MAT OF TOMATO FOAM.} + + +\winner{Honourable mention No.\ 1:}{John Lees}{lees@prip.msu.edu} + +\submission{MAN, TEN FAT TAN TEEN MEN EAT A TONNE OF TAME ANT FEET +MEAT FOAM OFTEN, FOMENT NO MEAN TEAM FEAT FAME, MEET NOT OFT AFT AN +EATEN OAT MAT, ANON.} +\egroup + +\winner{Honourable mention No.\ 2:}{Doug Waud}{drw@umassmed.ummed.edu} + +\vspace{-8pt} + +\begin{verbatim} + \hsize=\maxdimen \tolerance=10000 + {\logo No mean feat often meant fame to team men on a foam mat.} +\end{verbatim} + +\newpage + + +%% Board Activities (p.25): + +\Section{TUG Board Activities} + +\subsection*{New faces on the board} + +Changes in the leadership of various user groups have led to changes +on \tug's board as well. + +After five years on the board, Kees van der Laan has stepped down as +leader of the \ntg; Johannes Braams now represents the Dutch-speaking +\TeX\ users group. And after one year as interim president, Alain +Cousquer has been succeeded by Michel Goossens as president of +\GUTenberg, the French-speaking user group. Michel, as you know, is +already serving as \tug's vice-president --- he has some interesting +juggling to do in the coming year! + + +\subsection*{Getting TUG info from CTAN} + +As mentioned in the section ``\AllTeX\ News'', you can now get +information on various user groups directly from \ctan, and \tug\ is +no exception. We hope this will help people quickly and easily get +material which until now, was only available by directly mailing the +\tug\ office. For now, the holdings in \verb|/usergrps/tug| include +the following: + +{\small +\begin{verbatim} +1994memb.tex 1994 individual membership form (TeX source) +1994memb.dvi " " " (dvi file) +1994memb.ps " " " (PostScript file) + +1994inst.tex 1994 institutional membership form (TeX source) +1994inst.dvi " " " (dvi file) +1994inst.ps " " " (PostScript file) + +94tug.tex 1994 annual meeting (description + registration form) +94prog.tex 1994 annual meeting (program only -- 2 pages) +\end{verbatim} +} + +As well, you'll see the subdirectories \verb|tugboat| and \verb|ttn|; +while they aren't resident in \verb|/usergrps/tug|, they are linked to +the \tug\ subdirectory as a matter of convenience. + +If there's anything in the way of information or forms or the like +that you'd like to see added to the \tug\ directory, get in touch with +either Michel Goossens ({\tt goossens@cern.ch}) or myself ({\tt +cthiele@ccs.carleton.ca}), and we'll see what we can do. If you see +any errors, please send them on to me. + +\newpage + + +%% TUG Courses for 1994 (p.26): + +\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\ + 1994 Course Schedule} + +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{||lll||} +\multicolumn{3}{c}{\Large\bf Courses at the Annual Meeting} \\ [6pt] +\hline \hline +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\bf 26--29 July & Intensive Course in \LaTeX & Malcolm Clark \\ [2pt] +\bf 27--29 July & Doing More with \LaTeX & Michael Goossens \\ + & & Frank Mittelbach \\ [2pt] +\bf 5--7 August & Typography & Peter Flynn \\ [2pt] +\bf 5--7 August & \PS\ and Graphics & Sebastian Rahtz \\ + & & Michel Goossens \\ [2pt] +\bf 8--11 August & Beginning/Intermediate \TeX & Peter Flynn \\ [2pt] +\bf 8--11 August & Advanced \TeX & To be announced \\ [2pt] +\hline \hline +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\vspace{1pc} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{llll} +%\cline{2-3} +%\noalign{\vskip2pt} +%\cline{2-3} +%\noalign{\vskip6pt} +\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX*} + & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeX*} \\ +\quad Santa Barbara & Oct.\ 17--21 + & \quad Santa Barbara & Oct.\ 24--28 \\ [6pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize + *Lab classes --- computers will be provided for + all students} \\ [6pt] +\cline{2-3} +\noalign{\vskip2pt} +\cline{2-3} +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=0pt + \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes. + + \item Dates and locations subject to change. Direct course + inquiries to John Berlin at the \tug\ Office. Anyone + interested in courses dealing with \TeX\ and {\small SGML} + should contact John as well ({\tt john@tug.org}). + + \item \tug\ office: phone 805-963-1338\quad + \fax\ 805-963-8358\quad + {\tt tug@tug.org} +\end{itemize} + +\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule + +\vspace{1pc} + +\begin{center} + \large\bf On-Site \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ Courses from \TUG\ +\end{center} + +\begin{itemize} \itemsep=0pt + \item Courses in \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, {\small SGML} and \TeX, + \PS, 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 (p.27): + +\Section{Upcoming Events} + +\begin{center} +{\tabcolsep4pt \setbox 0 = \hbox {\bf Spring 1994} +\dimen 0 = \hsize +\advance \dimen 0 by -6\tabcolsep +\advance \dimen 0 by -\wd 0 +\advance \dimen 0 by -4.5 cm +\begin{tabular}{p{\wd 0}p{4.5cm}p{\dimen 0}} +\hline +\multicolumn{1}{||l}{\empty} & & \multicolumn{1}{l||}{\empty} \\ [-8pt] +\multicolumn{1}{||p{4pc}}{\bf 31~July--\nl + 4~Aug.} & {\small\bf TUG\ts'94}:\nl + 15th Annual Meeting,\nl + Santa Barbara, California. + & \multicolumn{1}{l||}{Debbie Ceder \nl + {\tt tug94@tug.org}} \\ +\hline +\noalign{\vskip1pc} +\bf 7--10 Sept. + & {\bf CyrTUG94}:\nl + Dubna (near Moscow). + & Irina Makhovaya \nl + {\tt irina@mir.msk.su} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 26--30 Sept. + & {\bf Euro\TeX'94}:\nl + Sobieszewo, Poland. + & W{\l}odek Bzyl\nl + {\tt eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 11--13 Oct. & {\small\bf RIAO}: \nl + Intelligent Multimedia Infor\-mation Retrieval Systems\nl + and Management. \nl + Rockefeller Univ., New York. + & N.\ America: Peter Brodnitz \nl + {\tt noordewi@cs.rutgers.edu} \nl + Europe: C.I.D., Paris \nl + {\tt cid@nuri.inria.fr} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 13--14 Oct. & {\small\bf DANTE} 11th meeting: \nl + Lindau (Harz), Germany. + & Helmut Kopka \nl + {\tt hk@linhp.gwdg.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 19~Oct. & {\small\bf UKTUG}: \nl + Annual General Meeting \nl + Univ.\ of Warwick. + & R.A.\ Bailey \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf 17 Nov. & {\small\bf NTG} 14th Meeting:\nl + ``Publishing with \AllTeX''.\nl + Antwerp, Belgium. + & Gerard van Nes \nl + {\tt vannes@ecn.nl }\\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\mbox{\llap{\bf 1995\quad}}% +\bf 1--3 March & {\small\bf DANTE} 12th meeting: \nl + Gie\ss en, Germany. + & G\"unter Partosch \nl + {\tt Guenter.Partosch@} \nl + {\tt hrz.uni-giessen.de} \\ +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\hline +\noalign{\vskip4pt} +\bf May & {\small\bf NTG} 15th Meeting:\nl + ``Multimedia and \AllTeX''.\nl + TU Twente, Netherlands. + & Gerard van Nes \nl + {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} \\ +\noalign{\vskip8pt} +\hline +\hline +\end{tabular} +} +\end{center} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the previous +issue of \TUB\ for more dates and details. + +\newpage + + +%% Page 28: + +\Section{Fun and Games} + +From Andrew Trevorrow come the following anagrams\dots\ no contest --- +this time it's just for fun!\footnote{Answers in the next issue.} + +\vspace{2pc} + +Who are these well-known \TeX nocrats? + +\vspace{2pc} + +\begin{tabular}{llll} + 1. & ARMY BIRTHS & 9. & MORTAL ELLIPSE \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 2. & BE SEEN NOBLE & 10. & MUSHY BANANA SAILOR \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 3. & BEATEN BOAR BRA & 11. & THE NIHILIST RACE \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 4. & GOT ABORIGINE & 12. & OVA TO HERNIA \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 5. & HOLD NAKED NUT & 13. & HIGH STRAW AROMA \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 6. & LIFT AT BENCHMARK & 14. & SEIZE ZILCH AUDIT \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 7. & MAN ON PHOTO & 15. & SWORE RICHLY \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\noalign{\vspace{8pt}} + 8. & MICRO AT KIOSK & 16. & ZEBRA STAINS HAT \\ [20pt] +\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4} +\end{tabular} + +\newpage + + +%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents): + +\thispagestyle{empty} + +{\vsize=47.5pc \baselineskip=11.75pt +\mbox{\empty} +\vspace{-4pc} +\begin{center} + {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\ + \medskip + Table of Contents} +\end{center} + +\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1} +\smallskip +\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn \\ + \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{3} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{New Publications \\ + \indent {\em Peter Schmitt}}{6} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''\\ + \indent {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts A page-numbering scheme + \quad {\em David Salomon}}{8} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Addresses in headings + \quad {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{9} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts A double summation sign + \quad {\em Gerree Pecht}}{10} +\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Matrix icons via \LaTeX\ + \quad {\em Kees van der Laan}}{11} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Welcome to \sl \LaTeX~News}{13} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News \\ + \indent \hskip-4pt The new \LaTeX\ on \ctan \\ + \indent \qquad {\em George D.\ Greenwade}}{15} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad {\small TIQWAH} \\ + \qquad {\em Yannis Haralambous}}{15} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad User group info on \ctan \\ + \qquad {\em Christina Thiele}}{16} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad {\tt RELABEL} on \ctan \\ + \qquad {\em Peter Ungar}}{16} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad New group forming \\ + \qquad {\em Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez}}{17} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad News from vendors \\ + \qquad {\em Christina Thiele}}{17} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings \\ + \indent \dante'94}{18} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace {\small GUST} --- + Bacho\TeX'94}{19} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Knuth visits St.\ + Petersburg}{20} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Nordic Group}{20} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \GUTenberg --- + Journ\'ee \LaTeXe}{22} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \ntg\ --- 13th + meeting}{22} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace ``Tester'' Contest Winners}{24} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\tug\ Board Activities \\ + \indent New faces on the board}{25} +\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Getting \tug\ info + from \ctan}{25} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1994 Course Schedule}{26} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27} +\medskip +\contentsline {section}{Fun and Games}{28} + +\vspace{.5pc} + +\begin{center} + \bf Volume 3, No.\ 3, 1994 +\end{center} +\par} + +\newpage + +%% Cover 4 (TUG'95 promo): + +\thispagestyle{empty} + +\let\introfont=\subsectionbit + +\begin{center} \baselineskip=16pt + {\Large TUG$\,$'95: {\TeX} goes to Florida!} \\ [3ex] + \introfont + The TradeWinds Hotel \\ + St.\,Petersburg Beach, Florida \\ + 16th Annual Meeting \\ + \TeX\ Users Group \\ + July 24--28, 1995 +\end{center} + +\noindent In 1995, the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute +({\small SCRI}) at Florida State University will host the 16th Annual +Meeting of the \TeX\ Users Group at the TradeWinds Hotel in +St.~Petersburg Beach. The hotel is located in 18~acres of beachfront +property, with spectacular sunsets, while St.~Petersburg Beach itself +is one of the largest and most beautiful resort beaches in Florida +(don't worry, we have negotiated special conference rates for this +booking!). Be sure to bring your sunscreen and swim suit. We will also +be near Disney World, {\small EPCOT} Center, Sea World, and Busch +Gardens, and only three hours from the Kennedy Space Center. We are +planning an evening dinner cruise on the {\em Starlite Princess\/} and +a Hawaiian banquet ({\em `luau'\/}) on the beach. + +The local committee will work with the hotel to make arrangements for +those conference delegates who wish to share accommodation. There +will be courses before and after the meeting: the usual {\em Intensive +Courses\/} in \LaTeXe\ and \TeX, \PS, Graphics, and perhaps other +topics. The meeting itself will have excellent speakers, panel +discussions, workshops, poster displays, BoFs and technical +demonstrations. Details will follow shortly. + +\vfill + +\begin{center} + Current Program Ideas \\ +\kern -1,2 ex +\leavevmode \vrule width 1.5 in height 0.2 pt depth 0.2 pt \\ + Back to Basics \\ + From Novice to \TeX pert in One Week \\ + Taking the Initiative \\ + Having Fun with \TeX/\LaTeXe \\ + How-to Courses \\ + {\em and just what is/are $\ldots$} \\ + $\ldots$ Publishing \\ + $\ldots$ Installation \\ + $\ldots$ \PS\ $\backslash$specials \\ + $\ldots$ Archives \\ + $\ldots$ \nfss? \\ +\end{center} + +\noindent We would like a major theme of this meeting to be {\em Back +to Basics}. Do you have suggestions or requests for topics to be +covered? If so, then please send e-mail to {\tt tug95c@scri.fsu.edu}, +because this is {\em your\/} conference and we want to make it the +best ever! + +\end{document} + +%% END OF FILE |