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diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2509f00a71 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.01 @@ -0,0 +1,211 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #01 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 18:01:32 +0000 +Message-ID: <434.757965692@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 7 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 01 + + ``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: + {Questions & Answers}: + Filename compatibility between Unix TeX and Mac Textures + AMS-TeX amsppt.sty + + +Administrivia: + Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and + David Osborne (University of Nottingham) + Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk + Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: + UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Date: Sun, 02 Jan 1994 13:38:30 -0500 +From: shay <shay@masc7.chem.unc.edu> +Subject: Filename compatibility between Unix TeX and Mac Textures + +I use both unix La/TeX and TeXtures on a Mac. I'd like to be able to +move input files between the machines without having to edit pathnames +in \input and \epsfbox commands. Of course, unix uses / and the Mac +uses : in pathnames. I'd like to be able to say something like +\platform={unix or mac} in my main file and have a macro that handles +pathnames appropriately. Has anyone solved this problem? Thanks. + +Tom Shay +University of North Carolina +shay@masc7.chem.unc.edu + +------------------------------ + +Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 10:59:45 +0000 +From: cseofoghlu@bodkin.ucg.ie +Subject: AMS-TeX amsppt.sty + +I have a question about the use of the AMS-TeX amsppt.sty option: + +We have Decus TeX (PD VMS 3.3) on out VMS (5.5-2) machine. +AMS-TeX is set up as VMS DCL command verb. + +When we try and use the amsppt style in AMS-TeX it gags on the i/p file: + +\documentstyle{amsappt} +\document +..... +..... +\enddocument + +The error message is: + This is TeX, Version 3.1 [PD VMS 3.3/DECUS] (preloaded format=plain 90.8.25) + ($1$DIA4:[CSE.0020201S.USERS.0000002E]ELLONE.TEX;33 + + AmS-TeX - Version 2.0 + + COPYRIGHT 1985, 1990 - AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY + Use of this macro package is not restricted provided + each use is acknowledged upon publication. + + (TEX_ROOT:[INPUTS]AMSPPT.STY;1 + ! Undefined control sequence. + l.109 \footmarkcount@ + \z@ + ? + +(If one proceeds it also gags on \tenpoint: + + ...more errors with footnote.... + + ! Undefined control sequence. + \tenpoint ...p 7\p@ plus3\p@ minus4\p@ \textfont@ + \rm \tenrm \textfont@ \it ... + l.487 \tenpoint +) + +Being more used to LaTeX I am baffled by this and would appreciate any help. +At first glance it seems the style file is incompatible with AMS-TeX, what +is much more likely, I feel, is that I am missing some definitions required +before I can use the style files. + +Another possibility is that this STY file is incorrect (possibly the +AMS-LaTeX version overwrote the AMS-TeX one?) I went to download a +new copy from the archive but the distribution does not indicate which +files are in the VMS backup archives, so I thought I'd ask first. + +(When investigating this problem I was confused by the difference +between AMS-TeX and AMS-LaTeX. I believe We are using the former. +From my reading of the documentation with AMS-LaTeX there is no +amsppt.sty file which could have overwritten the original.) + +Thanks, Micheal + +------------------------------ + + 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 [134.151.79.28] -- telnet/rlogin, anonymous ftp + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + 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]00index.files [tex-archive]0000index.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last7days.files [tex-archive]00last7days.zip_vve + [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive]00last30days.zip_vve + + [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 #17 + +\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, 1 file (36Mb) + + 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) + +\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS + +\subsection OzTeX for Macintosh + No longer distributed on disk from Aston, though it continues + to be available in the Archive for network access. + + Available on disk from TeX Users Group; mail TUG for details. + +\subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) + 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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