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+From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk
+To: UKTeX Distribution: ;
+Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #25
+Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk
+Distribution: world
+MIME-Version: 1.0
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+Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 15:37:08 +0100
+Message-ID: <28509.773678228@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
+Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
+
+UKTeX Digest Friday, 8 Jul 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 25
+
+ ``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}:
+ File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware
+ re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware
+ Helvetica fonts?
+ Re: Helvetica fonts?
+ Re: Making slides
+ NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk
+ Re: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk
+ {Announcements}:
+ Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 1
+ Announcement of UKTUG AGM and elections
+ ANNOUNCEMENT: Move of UK CTAN node
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and
+ David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
+ Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk
+ Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
+ UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: 29 Jun 1994 16:38:27
+From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
+Subject: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware
+
+Has anyone else experienced file handle problems running the latest betatest
+of emTeX on a Novell network? The problems we are experiencing are
+
+- -- TeX cannot open a TeX file in the current directory, even though it
+ could on the last run.
+
+- -- cannot write to xxx.log
+
+- -- cannot write to xxx.dvi
+
+- -- cannot open/write to xxx.aux
+
+Usually the first such error causes TeX to enter its infinite loop, and a
+reboot is essential, as any other filename gives the same result.
+
+Note also that the problem occurs even when working on c: with megabytes
+to spare, and neither temp nor tmp pointing at the network drives.
+
+When the problem occurs in a DOS shell from MS Windows, an attempt at exiting
+from windows causes a shutdown, as DOS says it has run out of file handles.
+We start with files=48 (+16) on our network.
+
+Any help would be much appreciated!
+
+Mike Piff
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%% Dr M J Piff, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of %%
+%% Sheffield, UK. e-mail: M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk %%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 07 Jul 1994 15:51:32
+From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk>
+Subject: re: File handle problems with betatest emTeX and Novell Netware
+
+Not really a problem with emTeX after all, but with DOS.
+
+Some of my files contained the combination
+
+call xxx > nul
+
+where xxx might be an .exe file. n repetitions of that causes DOS to get
+screwed up, in that it loses all its file handles, where n is as set in
+
+FILES=n
+
+in config.sys or its equivalent. Nothing will then work correctly!
+
+(EM says that OS/2 does not display this "feature".)
+
+Mike Piff
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 09:44:17 +0000
+From: tmw@festival.ed.ac.uk (Tom Wright)
+Subject: Helvetica fonts?
+
+I'm trying to understand how to use helvetica fonts
+for my chapter headings
+
+Can anybody help
+
+I have something called helvetica.sty from CTAN
+but dont know how to use it?
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: 30 Jun 1994 10:55:26 +0000
+From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
+Subject: Re: Helvetica fonts?
+
+In article <Cs7F1x.IH2@festival.ed.ac.uk>,
+Tom Wright <tmw@festival.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
+>[...]
+>I have something called helvetica.sty from CTAN
+>but dont know how to use it?
+
+Where on CTAN did it come from? When? (there's been an upheaval of the
+LaTeX-related macros recently) Which version of LaTeX are you using?
+
+The basic answer to your question is that you need
+
+a) a macro or two to request helvetica
+b) some .tfm files to enable TeX to do the setting
+c) some .vf files to enable the dvi->ps process to map the TeX
+ character set to the postscript one
+d) a dvi->ps converter that can be persuaded to use resident fonts
+
+If you're using current LaTeX (2e), there's a canned solution for the
+whole job on CTAN (macros/latex/packages/psnfss and
+fonts/metrics/adobe/helvetic); if your site isn't up to date, you're
+rather more completely on your own...
+- --
+Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
+U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK
+Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 14:40:42 +0000
+From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK>
+Subject: Re: Making slides
+
+Richard Walker writes:
+ > What now are my options for slide-making using 2e?
+ > Do I have any, besides the standard slide style?
+ > (FoilTeX and tvz's seminar are not yet updated for 2e,
+ > as far as I can tell.)
+
+its pretty trivial to update seminar yourself. i did so in about 10
+minutes, but TvZ asks that people not distribute patched copies as he
+wants to do it properly himself. well worth the effort, IMHO
+
+sebastian
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 13:52:15 -0000
+From: A.F.Lack@city.ac.uk
+Subject: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk
+
+I used to mount the archive from ftp.tex.ac.uk:/work/ftp/pub/archive
+but just lately this has stopped working. Showmount -d indicates
+that the export directory is "/public/ctan/archive" but that has
+as contents only one entry, "Archive directory", which is a symlink
+to "../tex-archive".
+
+What is the correct mount point for the archive?
+
+Thanks,
+
+AFL
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 14:10:02 +0100
+From: David Osborne <cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
+Subject: Re: NFS problems to ftp.tex.ac.uk
+
+Andy,
+
+> I used to mount the archive from ftp.tex.ac.uk:/work/ftp/pub/archive
+> but just lately this has stopped working.
+> What is the correct mount point for the archive?
+
+There's an important announcement concerning the UK TeX Archive and
+its relocation today from Aston to Cambridge. See below.
+
+~~David Osborne (UKTeX Digest editor)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 23:47:44 +0200
+From: "Johannes L. Braams" <J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl>
+Subject: Announcing babel version 3.4 patch level 1
+
+ Hello,
+
+ On CTAN, in the directory macros/latex/packages/babel the
+ latest version of babel, version 3.4 patch level 1 has been
+ made available.
+ This version of the babel system has been upgraded for use
+ with LaTeX2e. Yet it can (again) also be used with plain TeX.
+ Patch level 1 fixes a problem with \lefthyphenmin and
+ \righthyphenmin. They didn't get their proper values in the
+ earlier release. Also some incompatibilities with plain TeX
+ have been removed.
+
+ Version 3.4 patch level 1 is not compatible with T1 output
+ encoding, some of the language specific files may give
+ unecpected results with T1.
+
+ The support for typesetting in russian that was available in
+ versions 3.3 and earlier has (temporarily) been withdrawn in
+ versino 3.4. I need someone to help me with that.
+
+ Happy TeXing,
+
+ 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: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 10:25:55 -0000
+From: R A Bailey <maa01rab@scorpio.goldsmiths.ac.uk>
+Subject: Announcement of UKTUG AGM and elections
+
+ Annual General Meeting
+
+The Annual General Meeting of the UKTUG will be held on the
+morning of Wednesday 19~October 1994 at the University of Warwick,
+in the Staff Club `Quiet Room' in Rootes Building.
+
+The Constitution contains the following clauses:
+
+17. The annual general meeting of the UKTUG shall be held in the
+United Kingdom not later than the last day of November in each year
+on a date and at a time to be fixed by the Committee and notified
+to members at least 35 days in advance for the following purposes---
+
+(1) to receive from the Committee a report balance sheet and statement of
+accounts for the preceding financial year
+
+(2) to fill the vacancies in the Committee and to appoint auditors for the
+ensuing year
+
+(3) to decide on any motion which may be proposed to the meeting in the
+manner provided below
+
+(4) to fix the entrance fee (if any) and annual subscription
+
+18. Any member desirous of proposing any motion at the
+annual general meeting shall give notice in writing to the secretary not
+later than 14 days before the date of such meeting
+
+23. No amendment (other than a motion for adjournment) shall be moved to any
+motion proposed at any annual or special general meeting unless written notice
+of the amendment shall have been sent to the secretary prior to the meeting
+
+I think that Clauses 17(3), 18 and 23 are self-explanatory.
+
+A draft agenda, covering items~(3) and~(4), will appear in Baskerville 4.4.
+In the meantime, anyone wishing to propose any motion to the AGM must send
+me, in writing, the text of the proposed motion and their own name and
+address, to reach me by 5~October 1994. If there are any changes to the
+draft agenda, the final agenda will be sent to members in the 14 days before
+the AGM.
+
+As for vacancies on the Committee, C. A. Rowley will continue as Chair in
+1994--94 and P. Abbott as Treasurer and Membership Secretary.
+Clause 10 of the Constitution implies that at most 3 other
+members of the present Committee may continue without being re-elected.
+Thus Clause 9 implies that there are up to 7 vacancies to be filled.
+
+The following parts of Clause 10 describe the procedure for
+filling these vacancies:
+
+(3) Any two members who are individuals may nominate any member or
+members of the group who are individuals to fill any of the vacancies
+by giving at least 7~days notice in writing to the secretary
+
+(4) If there are more nominations than vacancies then the membership
+will be decided by an election by single transferable vote in which
+every member of the UKTUG who is an individual and is present at the
+annual general meeting shall be entitled but not obliged to vote
+
+Nominations for committee members in accordance with the above
+sub-clauses are thus being sought. Written nominations for new committee
+members should be sent to me, to reach me by 12~October 1994.
+There is no official nomination form. If you like, you may use the
+forms provided in Baskerville 4.3. Otherwise, what you send me should
+contain, clearly and legibly,
+
+ ---name and address of nominee
+ ---declaration that (s)he is willing to stand for this
+ office, signed by the nominee
+ ---name and address of the nominator
+ ---statement nominating the nominee, signed by the
+ nominator
+ ---name and address of seconder
+ ---statement in support of the nomination, signed by
+ the seconder.
+
+The nominee, nominator and seconder should all be members of the UKTUG,
+and the last two should be different from each other.
+
+Once elected, the Committee appoints officers from its membership.
+Your present secretary is retiring (forced to under Clause 10(1)) and
+there is at present no Publicity person. Anyone with talents for either
+of these jobs is strongly encouraged to stand for election to the Committee.
+
+In all the above, `in writing' means `on paper', not email.
+
+Please put `UKTUG' on the outside of the envelope when you send me any
+of the above. Otherwise, people may find themselves elected to the
+wrong committee.
+
+My address is
+
+Department of Mathematical Studies
+Goldsmiths' College
+New Cross
+London SE14 6NW
+
+until 31 August 1994; and
+
+School of Mathematical Sciences
+Queen Mary and Westfield College
+Mile End Road
+London E1 4NS
+
+from 1 September 1994.
+
+R. A. Bailey, Honorary Secretary, UK TeX Users' Group
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 10:25:07 +0100
+From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk>
+Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Move of UK CTAN node
+
+The UK node of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network changed its home
+this morning (Friday 8 July, 1994), UK time -- it now resides on
+machines at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
+
+In parallel with the move, a number of new network names have been
+generated, which distinguish the archive's different services.
+
+To access the new archive, please use:
+
+ tex.ac.uk for email
+ www.tex.ac.uk for www
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk for FTP [128.232.1.87]
+ nfs.tex.ac.uk for NFS
+ gopher.tex.ac.uk for gopher
+
+The archive no longer provides:
+
+ - a WAIS server,
+ - an NIFTP (UK JANET coloured-book file transfer) service
+ (coloured-book only sites within the UK should use the JANET
+ NIFTP/ftp gateway),
+ - public terminal access; browsing facilities are now only available
+ via WWW, ftp or gopher. The gopher service isn't quite what it
+ was, but we'll be working on that.
+
+The file system to mount on the new NFS service is
+ nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive
+
+ftp users should notice no change. Any shortcomings in any of the
+services should be reported by email to ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk
+- --
+Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
+U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK
+Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html
+
+------------------------------
+
+ UK TeX Archive
+ >>> tex.ac.uk <<<
+ Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
+
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk -- anonymous ftp
+ (For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>)
+ gopher.tex.ac.uk -- Gopher access
+ www.tex.ac.uk -- World-Wide Web access
+ nfs.tex.ac.uk -- NFS access
+
+\section Files of Interest
+
+ tex-archive/00Contents
+ tex-archive/CTAN.sites
+ tex-archive/FILES.bydate
+ tex-archive/FILES.byname
+ 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 #04
+
+\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); regret that due to currency
+ exchange difficulties, 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@tex.ac.uk
+ or from
+ World-Wide Web server: http://www.tex.ac.uk/UKTUG/home.html
+
+\bye
+
+End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 94 Issue 25]
+****************************************