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+UKTeX Digest Friday, 5 Mar 19?3 Volume 93 : Issue 09
+
+ ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary
+ service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.''
+
+Today's Topics:
+ {Q&A}:
+ re: Typesetting plays
+ Forward: Help needed configuring ?Rikicki's? DVIPS for emTeX/MSDOS
+ Pitfall for PSNFSS users
+ Re: Pitfall for PSNFSS users
+ Eplain 2.3
+ Re: Eplain 2.3
+ Spacing in enumerate and itemize
+ Two-column format
+ Re: Two-column format
+ RE: Two-column format
+ Where has [TEX-ARCHIVE.TEX.UNIX] gone to?
+ Re: Where has [TEX-ARCHIVE.TEX.UNIX] gone to?
+ BM2FONT
+ TeX--Xet
+ Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX
+ Re: \pageref in \special
+ {Archive News}:
+ reorganisation of JANET Uk TeX Archive (uk.ac.tex)
+ primer for AMS-LaTeX in archive
+ new postings to e-MATH.ams.org
+ eplain 2.3 released (in uk tex internet archive)
+ TeX Archive bonus disks for emTeX (new release)
+ new release of PSNFSS files in uk tex archive
+ {Announcements}:
+ Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993
+ UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and
+ David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
+ Contributions: UKTeX@uk.ac.tex
+ Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
+ UKTeX-request@uk.ac.tex
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: 01 Mar 1993 10:12:50 -0000
+From: M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield
+Subject: re: Typesetting plays
+
+%%%Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 12:32:07 -0000
+%%%From: SYSMGR@uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg
+%%%Subject: re: dramatic scripts in LaTeX
+%%%
+%%%> I wish to use LaTeX for Dramatic Scripts, so I get the name
+%%%> of each character in bold and everything they say aligned
+%%%> in the following manner:
+%%%>
+%%%> Bill: Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the Mulberry bush
+%%%> The Mulberry Bush
+%%%> Ben: On a cold and Frosty Morning.
+%%%
+%%%I can't say much about LaTeX specifically. Unless someone can volunteer a st
+yle
+%%%file specifically for scripts, I'd have thought that lots that LaTeX
+%%%normally does for you will in this case be an impediment.
+
+ On the contrary, LaTeX has lots of features built in for just this sort
+ of task. Here is an example
+
+\documentstyle{article}
+%%
+%% Put the following 14 lines in play.sty if you like, and use
+%% \documentstyle[play]{article}
+%%
+\newdimen\Indent
+\Indent=1in
+\newenvironment{scene}% This could include code to produce the title
+ {%
+ \list{}{\leftmargin\Indent \labelwidth \leftmargin
+ \labelsep0.1in
+ \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}%
+ \def\makelabel##1{\hbox to\labelwidth{\bf ##1:\hfil}}%
+ \obeylines
+ }{\endlist}
+\def\StageDir#1{% A steal from DEK
+ {\ifhmode\unskip\nobreak\hfil\penalty50 \hskip1em \else\nobreak\fi
+ \mbox{}\nobreak\hfil [\it #1%
+ \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0 \par}}
+
+%% You could also include code to produce full-width stage directions,
+%% descriptions of scenes, etc.
+
+\begin{document}
+\begin{scene}
+ \item [Bill] Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the Mulberry bush
+ The Mulberry Bush \StageDir{Sounds off stage}
+ \item [Ben] On a cold and Frosty Morning.
+\end{scene}
+\end{document}
+
+Dr M J Piff e-mail:
+Department of Pure Mathematics
+University of Sheffield M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk
+Hicks Building PM1MJP@derwent.shef.ac.uk
+Hounsfield Road
+SHEFFIELD S3 7RH Telephone: SHEFFIELD (0742) 824431
+England
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1993 16:30:21 +0000
+From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
+Subject: Forward: Help needed configuring ?Rikicki's? DVIPS for emTeX/MSDOS
+
+Paul Goodwin (0732 726140) needs some help configuring ?Rikicki's? DVIPS
+to run alongside emTeX under MS/DOS. He is told `font not found' when
+attempting to load CMBX12.
+
+ Philip Taylor, RHBNC
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 17:28:35 +0000
+From: "R.A.Reese" <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent>
+Subject: Pitfall for PSNFSS users
+
+I found yesterday that some of the PSNFSS options no longer
+worked on my emTeX system. After delving (with relevant help
+from archaeologists at York) I discovered the cause emanated
+from installing dvips499. The style files provided with dvips
+need replacements from the psnfss suite. Recopying the
+styles from psnfss.zip has got it working again. Now I can
+fetch dvips5.5.
+
+Why does supporting TeX remind me of a Dutch boy with his
+finger in a dyke?
+
+(R.) Allan Reese Janet: r.a.reese@uk.ac.hull
+Head of Applications Direct voice: +44 482 465296
+Computer Centre Voice messages: +44 482 465685
+Hull University Fax: +44 482 466441
+Hull HU6 7RX, U.K.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 02 Mar 1993 19:12:34 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: Re: Pitfall for PSNFSS users
+
+ >
+ > I found yesterday that some of the PSNFSS options no longer
+ > worked on my emTeX system. After delving (with relevant help
+ > from archaeologists at York) I discovered the cause emanated
+ > from installing dvips499. The style files provided with dvips
+ > need replacements from the psnfss suite. Recopying the
+to be fair to Tom Rokicki, his Makefile for dvips does *not* install
+his palatino.sty and psfonts.sty when it is run; it just installs
+epsf.{tex,sty} and the colour stuff. If you installed from his pslatex
+directory, then we mustn't blame dvips.
+
+ > Why does supporting TeX remind me of a Dutch boy with his
+ > finger in a dyke?
+so very true..... i can feel my whole arm, nay body, in at times
+
+sebastian
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1993 11:39:03 +0700
+From: "R.A.Reese" <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent>
+Subject: Eplain 2.3
+
+George Greenwade has posted Eplain 2.3 on (at?) SHSU and
+it has been mirrored onto Aston. To save anyone making the
+same mistake as me, the doc directory contains the chapters
+for the revised manual BUT the Aston version at least also
+contains the assembled manual but in an out of date version.
+
+So process the file ..doc]eplain.texi dated 2-Mar-93 not the
+file ..doc]eplain.texinfo dated 26-Mar-92.
+
+Anyone want a spare version 2.1 manual?
+
+(R.) Allan Reese
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 03 Mar 1993 12:53:31 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: Re: Eplain 2.3
+
+ > George Greenwade has posted Eplain 2.3 on (at?) SHSU and
+ > it has been mirrored onto Aston. To save anyone making the
+ > same mistake as me, the doc directory contains the chapters
+ > for the revised manual BUT the Aston version at least also
+ > contains the assembled manual but in an out of date version.
+
+This confusion is symptomatic of the state of the UK TeX Archive, and
+the workings of archive co-operation. The events are:
+
+ a) Eplain 2.3 was announced by Karl Berry
+ b) it was picked up by ftp.tex.ac.uk (the Aston Daughter)
+ c) it was picked up separately by George for SHSU's Vax system
+ (niord) (I assume)
+ d) George mirrors the b) copy to his Unix system
+ e) a manual mirror to the Aston Dad (the Vax) is in progress, and may
+ or may not be up to date as of today
+
+Moral - do *not* look on uk.ac.tex for the latest versions, UNTIL we
+have completed the links between it and the Unix ftp.tex.ac.uk. The
+latter machine *does* run a growing number of daily mirrors of other
+sites, but the Dad machine depends on Daughter or manual intervention.
+
+Very soon now (how long have I been saying this?) SHSU will open for
+business with their own Daughter Unix archive, which will be identical
+to Aston Daughter, down to the level of exact path names and file
+names.
+
+Yrs confusingly
+
+Sebastian
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1993 12:19:07 +0000
+From: Peter Abbott <p.abbott@uk.ac.aston>
+Subject: Spacing in enumerate and itemize
+
+The list environment allows for the inter item spacing to be set using the
+second argument to the list command e.g
+
+\begin{list}{\parsep=0pt\itemsep=0pt}
+
+I have tried using the second parameter with enumerate and itemize and
+it fails.
+
+How can I alter the inter item spacing in enumerate and itemize?
+
+Peter
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 10:17:00 +0000
+From: Frank Devai <CBGX33@uk.ac.ulster.mgvax>
+Subject: Two-column format
+
+I would need to produce an A4 document in two-column format such that
+the title, author's name and affiliation run across the page (ie, in
+one-column format). When I switch to \twocolumn (in LaTeX) a new page
+is started. How could I eliminate that page break?
+
+Also, if I say
+
+\documentstyle[a4,twocolumn,10pt]{article}
+
+I receive the error message ``I can't find file `10pt.sty'" but
+
+\documentstyle[a4,art10]{article}
+
+works fine (apart from the above mentioned \twocolumn problem).
+
+Finally, how can I specify `Times' typeface? Can I solve these
+problems in LaTeX, or should I use plain TeX? Unfortunately, I don't
+have any experience with the latter, and the original doc was prepared
+in LaTex.
+
+I apologize if the above are FAQ's, but our local gurus don't seem to
+have the time or experience. Please reply me directly, I'm not on any
+list, and cannot read the appropriate newsgroup (if any).
+
+Thanks in advance
+Frank Devai
+
+devai@mgvax.ulster.ac.uk | Dept. Applied Computing
+ (also: fld@mgvax. ... or: cbgx33@mgvax. ...) | University of Ulster
+JANET: devai@uk.ac.ulster.mgvax | Magee College
+ ----------------------------------------------| Northland Road
+Phone: +(44) (504) 265 621 ext. 5327 | Londonderry
+Fax: +(44) (504) 370 040 | N. Ireland, BT48 7JL, UK
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 12:50:42 +0000
+From: Peter Abbott <p.abbott@uk.ac.aston>
+Subject: Re: Two-column format
+
+>I would need to produce an A4 document in two-column format such that
+>the title, author's name and affiliation run across the page (ie, in
+>one-column format). When I switch to \twocolumn (in LaTeX) a new page
+>is started. How could I eliminate that page break?
+
+Use multicol style file (Frank Mittelbach). multicol.sty is available from
+the Aston archive. It is easy to use and you can have multiple columns in
+excess of two if desired.
+
+>Also, if I say
+
+>\documentstyle[a4,twocolumn,10pt]{article}
+
+>I receive the error message ``I can't find file `10pt.sty'" but
+
+10pt is implied and article is coded to accept 11pt or 12pt if
+present, otherwise use 10pt.
+
+>\documentstyle[a4,art10]{article}
+
+>works fine (apart from the above mentioned \twocolumn problem).
+
+>Finally, how can I specify `Times' typeface? Can I solve these
+>problems in LaTeX, or should I use plain TeX? Unfortunately, I don't
+>have any experience with the latter, and the original doc was prepared
+>in LaTex.
+
+If you use the new font selection scheme then times.sty is available from
+the Aston Archive. There are other fonts styles available as well.
+
+Peter Abbott
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 16:02:48 +0000
+From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
+Subject: RE: Two-column format
+
+Frank ---
+
+>>> I would need to produce an A4 document in two-column format such that
+>>> the title, author's name and affiliation run across the page (ie, in
+>>> one-column format). When I switch to \twocolumn (in LaTeX) a new page
+>>> is started. How could I eliminate that page break?
+
+It's not obvious from your message whether this single-column/double-column
+occurs only once (on the first page), or subsequently (for subsequent authors).
+If the former, you might consider modifying the source of the ``Baskerville''
+journal, as previously offered in these pages. It also addresses your next
+question by using ITC New Baskerville rather than Computer Modern; all the
+changes necessary to use (yeuukkk) TimesRoman instead are already in place,
+and would require only a one-word change to the document.
+
+>>> Finally, how can I specify `Times' typeface? Can I solve these
+>>> problems in LaTeX, or should I use plain TeX? Unfortunately, I don't
+>>> have any experience with the latter, and the original doc was prepared
+>>> in LaTex.
+
+Please let me know if you would like a copy of the source of ``Baskerville''.
+
+ Philip Taylor, RHBNC
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 12:08:00 +0000
+From: Jimmy Gibson <CIW1@uk.ac.newcastle-poly.vaxa>
+Subject: Where has [TEX-ARCHIVE.TEX.UNIX] gone to?
+
+hello,
+
+ Yesturday morning I was asked by a colleague to get Latex for unix,
+to run on a DECsystem 5100 under Ultrix version 4.2A, from your site.
+
+ So I logged into your machine, found the unix files I required in the
+tex/unix directory and thought hmm I'll need more disk space to get this. So I
+
+logged off your system and scrounged some more disk space, logged back onto
+your system to get what I wanted, and low and behold tex/unix had disappeared.
+
+ I have tried a few times yesturday and this morning but the directory
+has not reappeared, has it been removed deliberately or has it become corrupted
+some how? Please help or let me know of an alternative source.
+
+Thanks in anticipation,
+
+Jimmy Gibson,
+Department of Computing,
+University of Northumbria,
+Newcastle upon Tyne.
+
+E-mail - JIMMY.GIBSON@UK.AC.NPY.VAXA
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 05 Mar 1993 09:23:26 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: Re: Where has [TEX-ARCHIVE.TEX.UNIX] gone to?
+
+ > So I logged into your machine, found the unix files I required
+ > in the tex/unix directory and thought hmm I'll need more disk space
+ > to get this. So I logged off your system and scrounged some more
+ > disk space, logged back onto your system to get what I wanted, and
+ > low and behold tex/unix had disappeared.
+
+this is explained in an announcement in this weeks UK TeX. you hit at
+a moment of changeover. the directory is now
+[tex-archive.systems.unix]. If you find the binary files are no
+transferrable (being fixed), then look in
+[tex-archive.src.unix-archives] for uuencoded versions
+
+sorry for the inconvenience, but its for the best, i promise!
+
+Sebastian
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 04 Mar 1993 12:20:29 -0000
+From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
+Subject: BM2FONT
+
+[tex-archive.graphics.bm2font]bm2font.exe
+
+is in incorrect file format for fetching as a binary file to a PC.
+I haven't checked the .DVI manuals.
+
+
+Mike Piff
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 04 Mar 1993 16:16:40 +0100
+From: J.L.Braams%nl.ptt.research@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
+Subject: TeX--Xet
+
+
+ Hi,
+
+ Before I do somthing someone else already did:
+ Has anybody merged Peter Breitenlohners TeX--Xet change file
+ into the VMS change file for TeX? If so, where can I get it?
+
+ Johannes Braams
+
+PTT Research, P.O. box 421,
+2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands.
+Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl
+Fax : +31 70 3326477
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 14:18:26 +0000
+From: "Jonathan Fine" <J.Fine@pmms.cam.ac.uk>
+Subject: Wanted - a timer for MS-DOS TeX
+
+I am co-ordinator for timing tests, for the LaTeX 3 project.
+Although a certain amount can be done using only theoretical analysis
+and a stopwatch, it would be nice to have a timer available. The
+results I obtain will be of interest to *all* TeX programmers for
+whom performance is an issue, and will be made freely available.
+
+The syntax I am looking for is that
+ \gettime \mymacro
+will define \mymacro to be a fixed length sequence of digits, which
+represents the time at the instant the macro \gettime is called.
+More exactly, each computer has a clock that ticks, and \mymacro
+should contain the number of ticks - modulo some large number - since
+the tick count was last at zero.
+
+The implementation I am looking for is
+ % initialise
+ \newread \@timer
+ \openin \@timer special.dev \relax
+
+ % read "special.dev" to get the time
+ \def\gettime #1
+ {
+ \read\@timer to #1
+ }
+where "special.dev" is a logical device for MS-DOS. The idea is to
+write a logical device such that when TeX \read's the 'file'
+"special.dvs" it gets a line containing the timer count.
+
+I don't know if such a device can be constructed. The answer will
+depend on the degree and nature of buffering used when TeX reads a
+file. A cruder and easier alternative might be to create a file like
+device which when opened writes the timer count to a file, which TeX
+can then read in the usual manner.
+
+I would very much appreciate any help anyone can provide, to satisfy
+this need.
+
+ Jonathan Fine
+ 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3HY
+ Tel: 0223 215389
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1993 14:28:00 +0000
+From: Jonathan Fine <J.Fine@uk.ac.cambridge.dpmms>
+Subject: Re: \pageref in \special
+
+In response to a query of Adrian Clark, Rainer Schoepf say, inter alia,
+that the argument to a \special is expanded at shipout. Although a
+trivial matter, except when one is caught by it, the argument to a
+\special is expanded at the time the \special is executed. Thus, it is
+well nigh impossible in a single pass to get the page number into a
+special. On the other hand, the page number will be in the .dvi file
+anyway.
+
+The appropiate reference in the TeXbook is page 228
+ ..... Like \write, it puts its token list into a whatsit; and like
+ \message, it expands the token list immediately.
+
+It should be quite easy to solve Adrian Clark's problem by using a second
+pass, but as LaTeX's cross reference mechanism revolves around typesetting
+the reference number, rather than making it available for any purpose
+one may have for it, it may not be suitable.
+
+Jonathan Fine
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 03 Mar 1993 09:55:49 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: reorganisation of JANET Uk TeX Archive (uk.ac.tex)
+
+For some time (the last 6 months) the UK TeX Archive has been in the
+confusing situation of existing in two incarnations: a) the original
+archive, on the VMS machine uk.ac.tex, which is available for JANET
+login and file transfer and Internet ftp, and b) the Internet-only
+archive on a Unix machine (ftp.tex.ac.uk). These two filestores are
+*not* the same, a source of repeated confusion for users.
+
+The VMS JANET archive is now changing its spots to have the same directory
+hierarchy as its daughter, which will cause even more confusion to
+those of you used to finding your way around it. Please bear with us,
+as I am sure that all wil agree that the important thing is to have
+everything at the same version. This archive is working closely with
+Stuttgart and SHSU to ensure that these three sites at least are
+absolutely identical to within 24 hours.
+
+In general, the following top-level directories are the places to
+start looking for all material in the revamped Father archive:
+
+[.archive-tools] % tools for compression, archiving and encoding which
+ % you might need
+[.bibliography]
+[.digests] % texhax, uktex etc etc
+[.dviware] % all drivers
+[.fonts]
+[.graphics]
+[.help] % documentation about TeX
+[.indexing]
+[.languages]
+[.listings]
+[.macros] % includes LaTeX, plain TeX, ams etc etc
+[.misc]
+[.support] % useful applications like spell-checkers, converters etc
+[.systems] % versions of TeX etc for particular platforms
+[.web] % includes Knuth's base source of TeX, and all other literate
+ % programming material
+
+Not all of these directories will exist when you read this; it may
+take a few days to get them all in place.
+
+BINARY FILE WARNING. Those of you with at least moderate memories will know
+what fun the interaction between JANET file transfer and VMS non-text
+files is. We have always found it difficult to keep this totally under
+control, and there may be new outbreaks of files which won't transfer.
+We'll try and catch them before you do.
+
+FUTURE ADVICE. The most portable archiving/compression package we have
+is the public domain ZIP (and UNZIP). You would be well advised to get a
+copy of UNZIP for your machine to take best advantage of the archive
+in future. In tandem with this, we will also be promoting a single
+ASCII encoding program, Niel Kempson's "vvcode", which will be issued
+to the public soon for a wide variety of platforms.
+
+Sebastian Rahtz
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 05 Mar 1993 10:09:14 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: primer for AMS-LaTeX in archive
+
+help/amslatex-primer/
+
+
+Phil Hirschhorn <psh@math.mit.edu>
+
+> Some time ago, I wrote up an introduction to AMS-LaTeX for a friend who was
+> interested in converting from AMS-TeX. It's called ``Getting up and
+> running with AMS-LaTeX''.
+>
+> It's aimed at someone with at least some experience with some variety of
+> TeX, and it attempts to give enough information for them to get started
+> using AMS-LaTeX without having to read the instructions. It's 26 pages
+> long, and includes the text of a template file.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 26 Feb 1993 17:48:27 -0500
+From: AMS Technical Support <tech-support@MATH.AMS.ORG>
+Subject: new postings to e-MATH.ams.org
+
+We have just updated all non-binary files in the AMS TeX archive
+at e-math.ams.org . The motive for this update was to change our
+address in the documentation on these files from
+ *math.ams.com
+to *math.ams.org
+(both the "math" and "e-math" nodes are involved.)
+
+Two files do contain "significant" updates:
+ ams/amstex/amsppt.sty
+ ams/amslatex/inputs/amssymb.sty
+
+This change also masks some important earlier postings;
+ ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.cyr (12 Nov 92)
+ ams/amsfonts/doc/userdoc.tex (12 Nov 92)
+ ams/amstex/amstex.bug (12 Nov 92)
+ ams/amstex/doc/amsppt.doc (12 Nov 92)
+
+If your copies of these files are earlier than these updates, it
+is recommended that you replace them with the current versions.
+
+For other files, the present change makes no difference for most
+purposes of actually using the files, so although uniformity among
+distributed versions is a good thing, actually installing the new
+versions is a matter of personal preference.
+
+The updated files will be installed shortly through routine updating
+procedures at these major archive sites:
+ Aston (uk.ac.tex (JANET), and ftp.tex.ac.uk (Internet))
+ SHSU (niord.shsu.edu)
+ Stuttgart (ftp.uni-stuttgart)
+
+
+Technical Support
+American Mathematical Society
+Internet: TECH-SUPPORT@MATH.AMS.ORG
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 02 Mar 1993 10:04:50 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: eplain 2.3 released (in uk tex internet archive)
+
+ftp.tex.acuk:pub/archive/macros/eplain/
+
+Karl Berry writes:
+I have released Eplain version 2.3.
+
+I haven't yet implemented all the good ideas people have sent me
+(generalizing toc files to other kinds of auxiliary files, indexing
+commands, etc., etc.), but I did implement general cross-references, so
+I figured a release would be worthwhile.
+
+Please send bug reports directly to me.
+
+Here is a summary of the most significant changes (from the file NEWS in
+the distribution):
+
+For those who haven't previously heard of Eplain: it is a collection of
+macros intended to provide relatively low-level capabilities, regardless
+of how your document appears. For example, it has macros to do symbolic
+cross-referencing, but not macros to produce a section heading. It also
+has some definitions that make it easier to change the conventions of
+plain TeX's output. For example, it lets you produce left-justified
+math displays by simply saying `\leftdisplays'.
+
+karl@cs.umb.edu
+Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to lpf@uunet.uu.net.
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 02 Mar 1993 21:21:32 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: TeX Archive bonus disks for emTeX (new release)
+
+UK TeX Archive bonus disks for emTeX --- February 1993
+======================================================
+The UK TeX Archive distributes copies of emTeX with a series of extra
+`bonus' disks containing commonly-requested bits of software and
+macros. This note describes the second release of these extra packages,
+of February 1993.
+
+There are 6 packages which provide some of the commonly-requested
+facilities. These are not as well-tested or documented as emTeX
+itself, but are packaged in exactly the same way, and should be useful
+to many PC-based TeX users. All these packages are supplied as .zip
+archives which are unpacked following the same procedure as the emTeX
+ones. A .REM file is supplied for use with the `remove' utility.
+
+The packages are:
+
+bm2font Bitmap to Font. Program by Friedhelm Sowa to convert eg .PCX
+ files to \TeX\ .pk fonts for inclusion in \TeX\ documents. version
+ 2.0, February 1993.
+
+dvips Tom Rokicki's dvips program, to translate .dvi files to
+ PostScript, in normal and Windows versions. TeX font metric files
+ are provided for the standard PostScipt fonts. The program source is
+ in a separate package (dvipssrc). This is version 5.499
+
+morebin A selection of useful ancillary programs.
+
+ wp2latex WordPerfect 5.0 to \LaTeX\ translator
+ dvi2tty ASCII viewer for dvi files
+ dviselec Write a subset of a dvi file to a new dvi file
+ dvidvi Rearrange pages of a dvi file
+ dviconca Join dvi files together
+ dvibook Rearrange pages of a dvi file
+ lacheck Syntax checker for \LaTeX\ documents
+
+newlatex The current version of em\TeX\ is slightly out of date with
+ respect to \LaTeX. This package provides new copies of all the
+ \LaTeX\ files for those who wish to be totally up to date. It also
+ includes all the `Mainz' packages developed Frank Mittelbach and
+ Rainer Sch\"opf (array, multicol, theorem, verbatim, ftnright), and
+ the New Font Selection Scheme. A format file for LaTeX, called by a
+ new batch file `newlatex', is provided with the NFSS installed.
+
+psnfss This package builds on the NFSS package by providing a
+ complete drop-in system for using PostScript fonts with the NFSS.
+ version 2.4, February 1993.
+
+seminar A comprehensive \LaTeX\ style package by Timothy van
+ Zandt to produce overhead slides, performing all the same jobs as
+ \SLiTeX, but can be used with all normal \LaTeX\ styles.
+
+A slightly fuller description of the packages can be found in the
+LaTeX file *emtex.tex*, which is a LaTeX-formatted copy of the basic
+installation guide for emTeX. A prepared PostScript version is in
+emtex.ps.
+
+The contents of the `emTeX bonus disks' prepared for the UK TeX
+Archive have been placed online as set of zip archives in:
+
+JANET machine: uk.ac.tex:
+ [tex-archive.systems.pc.emtex.bonus]
+Internet machine: ftp.tex.ac.uk
+ pub/archive/systems/pc/emtex/bonus
+
+
+All these packages are supplied with no warranty or support.
+The UK TeX Archive will endeavour to assist with problems, but the user
+is advised to treat them in the same spirit as the betatest versions of
+the emTeX package proper. Suggestions for additions, changes, etc are
+welcome.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 02 Mar 1993 21:23:03 +0000
+From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
+Subject: new release of PSNFSS files in uk tex archive
+
+PSNFSS version 2.4, 26.2.1993
+=============================
+
+This is a new release of my set of files (formerly known as `soton' in
+some places) put together to make life easier for LaTeX users who have
+adopted the New Font Selection Scheme to use PostScript fonts. It
+will be the last release before the second release of the NFSS itself.
+A lot of extraneous material has been removed, and the test file
+expanded but simplified (all the material about colour, and Punk, and
+psfig has been junked). A style option for using Times in math mode
+has been added by Kin Hoong Chung.
+
+The PSNFSS setup provides style files `times.sty', `palatino.sty' etc
+which can be used by the casual user to change the font families used
+in a document. The font names used are those widely promulgated by
+Karl Berry and found in dvips.
+
+This version differs from earlier ones in that it no longer requires
+or suggests that the user build a new format file. The style files
+will dynamically load the necessary macros, as long as the basic
+format is the NFSS. The former set of files to help in creating new
+formats has been abandoned.
+
+These macros derive from an original implementation in 1989 when the
+NFSS first appeared, enhanced with ideas from the similar macros of
+Timothy van Zandt and Kresten Krab Thorup.
+
+The LaTeX file `psnfss.tex' describes the distribution. The file
+`psnfss.eps' is a PostScript version which can be printed without
+further ado.
+
+I apologize for using the names of style options like `times.sty'; it
+must be very confusing to newcomers to find so many different schemes
+masquerading under these names for so many years. It is difficult to
+find a solution. `Times.sty' would, sadly, not be acceptable to DOS or
+VMS users.
+
+The `correct' distribution home for these files is in the UK TeX Archive
+in
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk: pub/archive/macros/latex/styles/base/nfss/psnfss
+or
+ uk.ac.tex: [tex-archive.macros.latex.styles.base.nfss.psnfss]
+
+Sebastian Rahtz
+spqr@minster.york.ac.uk
+12 Cygnet Street
+York Y02 1AG
+
+NOTE
+
+Distribution of these files is permitted, but only if you do not charge
+money for them. You may charge for the cost of disks and postage.
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 18:09:10 +0000
+From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
+Subject: Announcement: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993
+
+The UK TeX Users' Group (UK-TuG) are pleased to announce a multi-day
+conference, to be held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of
+London) between April 6th--8th, 1993. The themes of the conference are ``TeX
+for non-American languages'' and ``MetaFont in Theory and Practice''; the
+speakers include Bernard Gaulle, Yannis Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk.
+
+For \pounds 80-00, conference delegates will be entitled to participate in the
+conference itself (including a full-day tutorial on one or other aspects of
+MetaFont), the conference banquet, and lunch, coffee and tea on each day;
+dinners and en-suite accommodation are also available. If you would like to
+participate in this conference, please complete and return the application form
+which appears elsewhere in this digest. Any questions should be addressed to
+Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@Uk.Ac.Rhbnc.Vax>, but it should be noted that
+he will be unable to answer e-mail during the period 7th--14th March.
+
+ Philip Taylor, RHBNC.
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1993 17:52:21 +0000
+From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
+Subject: UK-TuG Conference at RHBNC; April 6th--8th, 1993
+
+\magnification \magstep 1
+\hsize = 210 true mm \vsize = 297 true mm
+\hoffset = 1.0 true in \voffset = 1.0 true in
+\advance \hsize by -2\hoffset
+\advance \vsize by -2\voffset
+\hoffset = 0.0 true in \voffset = 0.0 true in %%% Knuths crazy (1",1") origin
+\parindent = 0.0 em
+\parskip = 0.5 \baselineskip
+\abovedisplayskip = 0 pt
+\belowdisplayskip = 0 pt
+\abovedisplayshortskip = 0 pt
+\belowdisplayshortskip = 0 pt
+\font \xviibf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 1
+\font \xxvbf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 3
+\font \CMU = cmu10
+\font \logo = logo10
+\font \xxvcmsy = cmsy10 scaled \magstep 4
+\font \xxvlogobf = logobf10 scaled \magstep 4
+\font \smallcaps = cmcsc10
+\def \newpage {\vfil \eject}
+\def \MF {{\logo META}\-{\logo FONT}}
+\let \MetaFont = \MF % {{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}}
+\def \pagefill {\vskip 0 pt plus 1 filll}
+\catcode `\< = \active
+\catcode `\> = \active
+\def \pounds {{\CMU \$}}
+\def <#1>{\expandafter
+ \ifx \csname #1\endcsname \relax
+ {\it #1\/}%
+ \else \csname #1\endcsname
+ \fi
+ }
+\expandafter
+\def \csname UK-TuG\endcsname
+ {\begingroup
+ \lccode `\T = `\T
+ \lccode `\E = `\U
+ \lccode `\X = `\G
+ \def \kern {\dimen 0 = }%
+ {\smallcaps uk-\expandafter \lowercase \expandafter {\TeX}}%
+ \endgroup
+ }
+
+\begingroup
+\parskip = 0 pt
+\parindent = 0 pt
+\baselineskip = 25 pt
+\leftskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil
+\rightskip = \leftskip
+\parfillskip = 0 pt
+\let \logo = \xxvlogobf
+\obeylines
+\xviibf U.K. <TeX> Users' Group Conference: April 6th--8th
+\centerline {\vrule height 0.5 pt depth 0.5 pt width 0.3 \hsize}
+\xxvbf <TeX> for non-American Languages
+\xxvbf <MetaFont> in Theory and Practice
+\endgroup
+
+\pagefill
+\leavevmode \centerline {\xxvcmsy \char '175}
+\pagefill
+
+The~U.K. <TeX> Users' Group (<UK-TuG>) are pleased to announce their first-ever
+multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New
+College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th
+1993. The Conference, which has two themes --- <TeX>~for non-English
+languages, and~<MetaFont> in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with
+the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best.
+
+The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference
+banquet; April~7th is devoted to <TeX>, and will include papers from
+an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis
+Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg
+(the~French-speaking <TeX> Users' Group), and an~authority on good French
+typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on <MetaFont> and exotic
+fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar<TeX>'' package; and~Dominik is
+co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns,
+as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for
+questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is <MetaFont> day:
+there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled `<MetaFont> in Theory',
+led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of
+fonts through the medium of <MetaFont>, and~the second entitled `<MetaFont> in
+Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the
+use of <MetaFont> (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts
+for a new laser printer) will be addressed.
+
+Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to
+a~maximum of fifty persons; the~Conference fee (<pounds>80-00) includes the
+Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th,
+lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of
+choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at <pounds>28-50
+per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second
+and third days of the Conference. Early~booking is advised, as~this is
+expected to be a~very popular event. To~reserve a~place for the Conference,
+please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable
+to {\it The U.K. <TeX> Users' Group\/}) or company order, to:
+
+\begingroup
+\parindent = 2 em
+\leavevmode
+\parskip = 0 pt
+\obeylines %
+Philip Taylor,
+The Computer Centre,
+Royal Holloway and Bedford New College,
+University of London,
+Egham Hill,
+Egham,
+Surrey TW20 0EX,
+England.
+\endgroup
+
+\noindent
+Please~reserve me a~place for the <UK-TuG> Conference at RHBNC on
+April~6th--8th, 1993. I~have completed the booking form below
+to indicate my exact requirements in terms of accommodation and
+meals. I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation,
+I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days
+before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the
+Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which
+case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted.
+
+\pagefill
+
+\begingroup
+\openup 0.9 \baselineskip
+\vskip -\baselineskip
+\tabskip = 0 pt
+\halign to \hsize
+\bgroup
+\qquad # \hfil&\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil #\hfil &\tabskip = 0 pt \hfil #\cr
+&&\cr
+&Signed: \span \hrulefill \cr
+Name:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Address:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+ & \span \hrulefill \cr
+E-mail address:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Facsimile number:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Telephone number:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+Special dietary requirements:& \span \hrulefill \cr
+\egroup
+\endgroup
+
+\pagefill
+
+If <TeX>ing your own reservation form, please edit the alignment below to
+remove any lines which you do not require, and amend the entries for sub-total,
+V.A.T. and total to indicate the amounts applicable; if completing a
+ready-printed form, simply score through any items not required and add
+appropriate amounts to the sub-total, V.A.T. and total lines.
+
+$$\hbox to \hsize \bgroup \hss \vrule \hss \vbox \bgroup
+\def \toprule {\noalign {\hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \midrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \botrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule}}
+\def \blank {\noalign {\vskip \ht \strutbox \vskip \dp \strutbox}}
+\def \\{\hfil \break}
+\let \par = \crcr
+\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil
+\obeylines %
+\halign to \hsize %
+\bgroup %
+\vtop {\hsize = 0.8 \hsize \raggedright \strut#\strut}&<pounds>$\,$\hfil #
+\toprule
+Conference fee (inc.~all lectures and choice of tutorial,
+ \phantom {Conference fee (}conference dinner %
+ (April~6th), $2 \times \rm lunches$:& 80-00
+\blank
+Accommodation April 6th:& 28-50
+Accommodation April 7th:& 28-50
+Accommodation April 8th:& 28-50
+\blank
+Dinner April 7th:& 8-00
+Dinner April 8th:& 8-00
+\blank
+Handling charge (only if payment does not accompany order):&5-00
+\midrule
+Sub-total:&
+V.A.T (@$\,$17.5\%):&
+Total:&
+\botrule
+\egroup %
+\egroup \hss \vrule \hss \egroup $$
+\end
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+ UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY
+ >>> UK.AC.TEX <<<
+
+ *** Interactive and file transfer access ***
+ JANET:
+ uk.ac.tex (DTE 000020120091)
+ Username: public, Password: public
+ Internet:
+ tex.ac.uk [134.151.40.18] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.44.19] -- anonymous ftp, gopher
+ For telnet access, login: public, password: public
+ For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>
+
+ *** Mail server ***
+ Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET)
+ or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world)
+ with message body containing the word HELP
+
+\section FILES OF INTEREST
+
+ [tex-archive]00readme.txt
+ [tex-archive]00directory.list [tex-archive]00directory.size
+ [tex-archive]00directory_dates.list [tex-archive]00last30days.files
+ [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list)
+ [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement)
+
+\section DIGESTS
+
+ This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory
+ [tex-archive.digests.uktex.93]
+ This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory
+ [tex-archive.digests.texhax.93]
+ Latest TeXhax: V93 #04
+
+\section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS
+ Postal addresses are given below.
+
+\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape
+ Latest copy of May/June 1991 contains:
+ TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities
+ suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V
+ tar format, 1600bpi, blockfactor 20, 1 file (36Mb)
+
+ Copies available on:
+ One 2400ft 0.5" tape sent to Aston with return labels AND return postage
+ OR
+ One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150)
+ sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham
+ (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK)
+
+\subsection VMS tapes
+ VMS backup of the archive requires three 2400ft tapes at 6250bpi.
+ VMS backup of TeX 2.991 plus PSprint requires one 2400ft tape.
+
+\subsection Exabyte 8mm tapes
+ Same contents available as 0.5" tapes.
+ Following tape types available: SONY Video 8 cassette P5 90MP,
+ MAXELL Video 8 cassette P5-90, TDK Video 8 cassette P5-90MPB
+
+\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS
+
+\subsection OzTeX V1.4 (for Macintosh)
+ Send 7 UNFORMATTED 800K disks to Aston with return postage.
+
+\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS)
+ The complete package (3.5" High density disk format ONLY)
+ is available from Aston at a cost of 15 pounds sterling,
+ including documentation, disks, post and packing (DO NOT SEND DISKS):
+ specify Set A.
+ Additional utilities including DVIPS, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set B.
+ FLI files for FX, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set C.
+ FLI files for P6M, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set D.
+
+ For general enquiries, and a free catalogue detailing other disk
+ formats, precompiled fonts and lots of other goodies, contact:
+ Eigen PD Software, P.O. Box 722, Swindon SN2 6YB (tel: 0793-611270)
+ (JANET e-mail address: kellett@uk.ac.cran.rmcs)
+
+\subsection TeX for the Atari ST
+ All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to:
+ The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD
+ (JANET e-mail address: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix)
+
+\section POSTAGE RATES
+ All prices in Pounds Sterling.
+ For Aston orders, make cheques payable to Aston University.
+
+ 0.5" tapes: UK: 2.50 (one tape), 5.00 (two tapes).
+ Europe: 5.00 (one tape), 9.00 (two tapes).
+ Outside Europe please enquire.
+ 8mm tapes:
+ UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00.
+ Quarter-inch cartridges:
+ UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00.
+ Diskettes:
+ Quantity/Size Europe World UK 1st UK 2nd
+ 18/3.5" 3.10 5.10 1.40 1.10
+ 11/3.5" 1.80 2.90 0.80 0.65
+ 18/5.25" 1.20 2.00 0.60 0.50
+ 11/5.25" 0.80 1.30 0.50 0.35
+
+\section POSTAL ADDRESSES
+ Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage.
+
+ Peter Abbott
+ Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET
+
+ David Osborne
+ Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
+ (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage)
+
+\section UK TeX USERS GROUP
+
+ For details, contact:
+ David Penfold, Edgerton Publishing Services,
+ 30 Edgerton Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield HD3 3AD (tel: 0484 519462)
+ or E McNeil-Sinclair, fax: 0272 236169
+\bye
+
+End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 93 Issue 9]
+***************************************