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diff --git a/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b44eeaf846 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/uktex/94/uktex.16 @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk +To: UKTeX Distribution: ; +Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #16 +Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk +Distribution: world +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" +Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 15:09:46 +0100 +Message-ID: <5335.767023786@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> +Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk + +UKTeX Digest Friday, 22 Apr 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 16 + + ``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}: + \newmathalphabet problem in LaTeX + Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + RE: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + + +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: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 11:29:00 +0000 +From: "C.FORDE@UK.AC.QUB.V2" <CCG0661@v2.qub.ac.uk> +Subject: \newmathalphabet problem in LaTeX + +Peter, + +We at QUB are presently running TEX 3.14b. We have run into a problem +with the lines: +\newmathalphabet*{\mtf}{cmr}{b}{n} +\newmathalphabet*{\mtt}{cmtt}{m}{n} +which originated from Lucerne,Geneva. + +Here is the error message. + +$ latex fja361b.tex +This is Northlake Convergent TeX, V3.14b-1 (preloaded format=lplain 92.4.8) +(_DUB2:[CCG0661]FJA361B.TEX;1 +LaTeX Version 2.09 <14 January 1991> +(PACKDISK4:[QUBPACK.TEX.TEX3_14B.][INPUTS]ARTICLE.STY;1 +Document Style `article' <16 Mar 88>. +(PACKDISK4:[QUBPACK.TEX.TEX3_14B.][INPUTS]ART12.STY;1)) +! Undefined control sequence. +l.34 \newmathalphabet + *{\mbf}{cmr}{b}{n} +? h +The control sequence at the end of the top line +of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have +misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct +spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, +and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. + +? + + +Here is the section of the file giving the error. + +%define math alphabets for roman, boldface and teletype +\newcommand{\mrm}[1]{\mathrm{#1}} +\newmathalphabet*{\mbf}{cmr}{b}{n} +\newmathalphabet*{\mtt}{cmtt}{m}{n} + +%program names +\newcommand{\Py}{\mbox{\sc Pythia}} +\newcommand{\Je}{\mbox{\sc Jetset}} +\newcommand{\PyJe}{\mbox{\sc Pythia/Jetset}} +\newcommand{\JePy}{\mbox{\sc Jetset/Pythia}} + +%some frequent physics symbols +\newcommand{\alphas}{\alpha_{\mrm{s}}} +\newcommand{\alphaem}{\alpha_{\mrm{em}}} +\newcommand{\ssintw}{\sin^2 \! \theta_W} +\newcommand{\scostw}{\cos^2 \! \theta_W} +\newcommand{\pT}{p_{\perp}} +\newcommand{\pTmin}{p_{\perp\mrm{min}}} +\newcommand{\br}[1]{\overline{#1}} + + +Perhaps there are files in the archive which we need to pull over? +I cannot trace the \newmathalphabet* command in our guides. + +Colin + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 13:55:45 +0200 +From: paulr@info.win.tue.nl +Subject: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + +Hello, + +I would like to submit a paper to a journal called "Formal aspects of +computing". They say I need files fac.sty and facguide.tex, to be found on +the Aston Tex archive at tex.ac.uk on JANET, in directory +[TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS]. +I successfully made an anonymous ftp connection from my site +(wsinis12.info.win.tue.nl) to tex.ac.uk. Then a cd to directory TEX-ARCHIVE +succeeded, however, there was no subdirectory LATEX. +There was a directory TEX, but it didn't have a subdir CONTRIB. + +Question: How can I get files fac.sty and facguide.tex? + +Kind regards, Paul Rambags. + +------------------------------ + +Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 13:44:25 -0000 +From: P Taylor (Postmaster) <P.Taylor@vax.rhbnc.ac.uk> +Subject: RE: Can't find dir TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.PUBLICATIONS + +>> Question: How can I get files fac.sty and facguide.tex? + +FTP to your nearest CTAN site (e.g. ftp.tex.ac.uk); +cd CTAN: +cd macros/latex/contrib/fac + +get what you need. + + ** Phil. + +------------------------------ + + UK TeX Archive at Aston University + >>> ftp.tex.ac.uk <<< + + Internet: + ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.79.32] -- anonymous ftp, gopher, NFS + For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address> + +\section Files of Interest + + tex-archive/00Contents + tex-archive/FILES.bydate + tex-archive/FILES.byname + tex-archive/FILES.byname_diff + tex-archive/FILES.bysize + tex-archive/MAP + tex-archive/README.archive-features + tex-archive/README.site-commands + tex-archive/README.uploads + +\section Digests + + This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory + tex-archive/digests/uktex/94 + This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory + tex-archive/digests/texhax/94 + Latest TeXhax: V94 #03 + +\section Media Distributions + Postal addresses are given below. + +\subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape + Our 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) + + Send One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format + (DC600A or DC6150) with envelope AND stamps for return + postage to David Osborne (address below); due to currency + exchange, this service is offered only within the UK. + +\section TeX Implementations for Small Computers + +\subsection PC and Mac disks + + From January 1994 the UK TeX Users' Group is distributing an + emTeX kit for PCs, and an OzTeX kit for Macintosh. The cost + covers copying and postage costs, and the shareware fee for + OzTeX. Each set costs \pounds30, and is available from + Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB. + Cheques must be payable to `UKTUG'. Please note that this + service **is available to UKTUG members only.** + + Each set comes with an installation guide, and (at least) + full TeX and Metafont, a previewer, a PostScript driver, and + CM fonts. Two update disks a year will be sent out + automatically, with the current version of LaTeXe, and other + goodies. A subscription service will be available for + subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to + 3 disks a year with any material from the CTAN archives, but + this will be supplied `as is', without instructions. + + OzTeX and emTeX are also available on disk from TeX Users Group; + mail TUG for details. + +\subsection TeX for the Atari ST + + Enquiries for TeX for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to: + The Fast Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone + 0602 455250, fax 0602 455305. They also supply a variety of + TeX-related software in Atari format. + + Enquiries for disks etc. can also be directed to: + The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD + Internet: mdryden@cix.compulink.co.uk + +\section Postage Rates + + Quarter-inch cartridges: UK: GBP 1.00, Europe: GBP 2.00. + +\section Postal Addresses + + Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. + + Peter Abbott + Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET + Internet: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk + + David Osborne + Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD + (for Unix cartridges ONLY -- must include stamps for return postage) + Internet: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk + + TeX Users Group + P.O. Box 869, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA. + Internet: TUG@TUG.org + +\section UK TeX Users Group + + Details available from + Jonathan Fine, 203 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3HY, UK + or from + Internet: UKTuG-Enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk + or from + World-Wide Web server: http://ftp.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html + +\bye + +End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 16] +**************************************** |