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+From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk
+To: UKTeX Distribution: ;
+Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #48
+Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk
+Errors-To: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk
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+Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 14:19:48 +0000
+Message-ID: <7347.788192388@unicorn>
+Sender: cczdao@unicorn
+
+UKTeX Digest Friday, 23 Dec 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 48
+
+Today's Topics:
+ Final issue of UKTeX
+ texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex
+ Re: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex
+ CTAN management problems (uploads)
+ Winter LaTeX Release
+
+
+Administrivia:
+ Moderators: Peter Abbott (UK TeX Users Group) and
+ David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
+ Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk
+ Subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk
+ (message body = "subscribe uktex" or "unsubscribe uktex", [no quotes])
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 14:06:28 +0000
+From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk
+Subject: Final issue of UKTeX
+
+As previously announced, this will be the final issue of the UKTeX Digest.
+
+With the welcome emergence of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network,
+there's no longer any need for a UK-oriented digest, originally
+created to announce developments of the UK TeX Archive which Peter
+Abbott set up at Aston University. The digest was Peter's idea,
+modelled on the TeXhax Digest, and he acted as editor/moderator for
+the first few years of its existence. Looking back, I see I took over
+the editing of the digest with the V90 #21 issue and that from the
+beginning of 1987 to date, 336 digests were produced.
+
+However, don't despair! The intention is to merge UKTeX into TeXhax,
+which will continue to act as a question, answer and announcement
+forum for the global TeX community. The electronic distribution lists
+of the two digests will be merged and, for a while at least,
+contributions addressed to UKTeX will still be accepted but will
+appear in TeXhax, starting early in 1995. Initially, it's intended to
+produce TeXhax at weekly intervals, to maintain the timeliness of
+UKTeX for announcements, but this frequency may be modified in the
+light of experience, depending on the volume of contributions.
+
+So, my sincere thanks go to all those who have encouraged and
+supported UKTeX in the past, particularly to Peter Abbott. I
+encourage your support of the TeXhax Digest and welcome your
+contributions to it in 1995 and beyond.
+
+~~David Osborne (UKTeX Digest editor)
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 13:58:51 +0000
+From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk>
+Subject: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex
+
+Could you clarify the connection between the above? You only mention
+the first two in your note to uktex-digest, but is there a need for
+these two now? I also don't understand the connection between
+texhax-digest and comp.text.tex, and perhaps many others are in this
+situation. Is the former meant to be the "best of" the latter?
+
+Please treat this as a note to uktex, even though sent to you
+personally. I am in favour of merging all into comp.text.tex,
+whatever that entails, but am prepared to accept that we might need a
+comp.text.latex, comp.text.tex, comp.text.metafont, ... as the volume
+on comp.text.tex is very high and it is difficult to read it all.
+
+Mike Piff
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:15:02 +0000
+From: David.Osborne@nottingham.ac.uk
+Subject: Re: texhax, uktex-digest, uk.tex and comp.text.tex
+
+> Could you clarify the connection between the above?
+
+There's little connection between TeXhax and UKTeX, other than the person
+putting together the two digests. uk.tex was created because some people
+at Cambridge wanted to read UKTeX but neither wanted to receive private
+copies via mail nor to read the copies I post to comp.text.tex. There's no
+connection between any of these and comp.text.tex
+
+> You only mention
+> the first two in your note to uktex-digest, but is there a need for
+> these two now?
+
+Several people without access to news (yes, there are such people) find
+them useful. As do some people who choose not to read comp.text.tex
+
+> I also don't understand the connection between
+> texhax-digest and comp.text.tex, and perhaps many others are in this
+> situation. Is the former meant to be the "best of" the latter?
+
+There is no connection. I post TeXhax and UKTeX to c.t.t only as
+additional distribution methods. TeXhax began years before c.t.t was
+created and has never claimed to be an abstract of the newsgroup.
+
+> Please treat this as a note to uktex, even though sent to you
+> personally. I am in favour of merging all into comp.text.tex,
+> whatever that entails, but am prepared to accept that we might need a
+> comp.text.latex, comp.text.tex, comp.text.metafont, ... as the volume
+> on comp.text.tex is very high and it is difficult to read it all.
+
+I agree; I find it very difficult to find time to read all of c.t.t myself
+(one good reason why TeXhax is not an abstract of the newsgroup)
+
+~~David Osborne
+ Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 16:38:38 +0000
+From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk>
+Subject: CTAN management problems (uploads)
+
+In the recent past, it has become apparent that the canonical address
+for notifying uploads (ctan-mgr@shsu.edu) is not working.
+
+For the time being, therefore, the CTAN management request that you
+notify ctan@shsu.edu of any uploads. If you have made an upload in
+the recent past and it hasn't appeared on the archives, please re-send
+notification of your upload to ctan@shsu.edu
+
+I have changed the README.uploads file on ftp.tex.ac.uk to reflect
+this change, and have agreed with Rainer Shoepf that he will do the
+same for ftp.dante.de and ftp.shsu.edu.
+
+We hope that the problem will not persist, and we will change the
+READMEs back again and will announce again in these forums when
+service is restored to its usual state.
+
+R
+
+Robin (Campaign for the Third Programme) 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: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 18:44:48 +0000
+From: David Carlisle <carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk>
+Subject: Winter LaTeX Release
+
+
+
+The second full release of LaTeX2e was placed on the ctan archives on
+December 17th. This release fixes problems reported since June and
+incorporates the new `inputenc' package as a standard method of
+supporting 8bit input.
+
+The document ltnews02.tex contains more details of the new features.
+See also the www page:
+
+ http://www.tex.ac.uk/CTAN/latex/
+
+LaTeX is available from ctan hosts in the directory
+
+ tex-archive/macros/latex/base
+
+A ready `unpacked' version is available in
+
+ tex-archive/macros/latex/unpacked
+
+Note that this includes all the files in `base' so you do not need
+both directories.
+
+Unfortunately a couple of small bugs are present in that release.
+These are fixed in the file
+ tex-archive/macros/latex/base/ltpatch.ltx
+that was placed on ftp.dante.de on 22nd December (and will arrive on
+other ctan hosts overnight).
+
+If you have already installed LaTeX2e <1994/12/01>, simply obtain the
+patch file and re-run initex on latex.ltx; this will update the
+format to LaTeX2e <1994/12/01> patch level 1. If you have not
+previously installed the December release, just follow the usual
+installation procedure outlined in install.txt, and the patch will be
+automatically applied.
+
+Two other files in the LaTeX distribution have been updated since
+the initial December release.
+
+tex-archive/macros/latex/packages/tools/xspace.dtx
+ (% missing from two comment lines...)
+
+tex-archive/macros/latex/packages/amslatex/amstex.dtx
+ (Fix to AmsLaTeX's \dots )
+
+
+Merry Christmas
+
+David Carlisle
+
+ LaTeX3 Project
+
+
+------------------------------
+
+ UK TeX Archive
+ >>> tex.ac.uk <<<
+ Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
+
+ tex.ac.uk -- mail
+ [user@tex.ac.uk]
+
+ ftp.tex.ac.uk -- anonymous ftp
+ [username: anonymous, password: <your-e-mail-address>]
+
+ gopher.tex.ac.uk -- Gopher access
+
+ www.tex.ac.uk -- World-Wide Web access
+ [URL http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive]
+
+ nfs.tex.ac.uk -- NFS access
+ [nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive]
+
+\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 #11
+
+\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 Postal Addresses
+
+ Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage.
+
+ Peter Abbott
+ 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4LB
+ Internet: P.Abbott@aston.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 48]
+****************************************