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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. 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