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+\documentclass{baskrep}
+\usepackage{varioref}
+\usepackage{verbatim}
+\let\foo\scalebox
+\DeleteShortVerb{\|}
+\usepackage{pstcol}
+\let\scalebox\foo
+\usepackage{crayola}
+\BASKvol{4}
+\BASKno{3}
+\def\fortex{\leavevmode\lower.5ex\hbox{4}\kern-.1667em\TeX}
+\def\editor{Sebastian Rahtz\\ArchaeoInformatica, York}
+\def\fontinst{\texttt{fontinst}}
+\renewcommand\bs{{\ttfamily\upshape\char'134}}
+\begin{document}
+\vspace*{-1cm}
+\begin{multicols}{2}[\makeBSKtitle]
+\begin{raggedright}
+\tableofcontents
+\end{raggedright}
+\title{Editorial}
+\begin{article}
+\def\fortex{\leavevmode\lower.5ex\hbox{4}\kern-.1667em\TeX}
+\section{\BV\ articles needed}
+\BV\ really needs material from its readers! Please send your
+interesting articles to the editor, and delight fellow \TeX\ users.
+\emph{Please note the following schedule of copy deadlines}:
+
+\def\Thead#1{\makebox[1.7cm][c]{\rotatebox{45}{{\raggedright
+\parbox{2.4cm}{#1}}}}}
+\begin{quote}
+\begin{tabular}{llll}
+\em \rotatebox{45}{Issue}&
+\em \Thead{Submit material for publication}&
+\em \Thead{Submit last-minute notices}&
+\em \Thead{Anticipated posting date}\\
+4.4&Aug 15&Aug 22&Sep 8\\
+4.5&Oct 17&Oct 24&Nov 10\\
+4.6&Dec 19&Dec 22&Jan 9\\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{quote}
+
+Each issue of \BV\ will have a special theme, although articles on any
+\TeX-related subject are always welcome. Contributions on the themes
+for the remainder of 1994 are eagerly solicited:
+\begin{Pilist}{pzd}{43}
+\item \BV\ 4.4 will be a back to basics special issue on mathematical
+ and tabular typesetting;
+\item \BV\ 4.5 will try and go beyond \TeX, to see what is on the
+ horizon.
+\item \BV\ 4.6 will be about font-encoding if past history is anything
+ to go by \ldots
+\end{Pilist}
+
+\section{A pox on logos}
+Does anyone else share my hatred of \TeX-related logos? When Knuth did
+it with \TeX, it was funny; when Lamport invented \LaTeX, it was
+mildly amusing; since then, downhill all the way. These ghastly creatures
+often don't translate well from CM, they cause problems with indexes,
+running heads and so on, we can never remember the name of the macros, and
+they hold \TeX\ up to ridicule by outsiders. So \TeX\ can do kerning ---
+far out. If I had my way, I'd ban them all except \TeX\ itself, and
+that goes for \Metafont\ too\ldots.
+
+\section{CD-ROM \protect\fortex: a \TeX\ workbench for DOS PCs}
+
+At the end of 1993 the NTG (the Dutch language oriented \TeX\ user
+group) released the package \fortex. It consists of a set of 31
+diskettes, on which the most important \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ related
+packages are assembled in well structured modules. \fortex\ is an
+attempt to integrate all major \TeX\ related programs in a shell that
+shields you from the tedious and frustrating job of setting
+environment variables and program parameters. In \fortex\ all
+functions are available through simple menus, so profound knowledge of
+all underlying programs is no longer required (the article in this
+issue of \BV\ discusses this integration in the area of graphics).
+
+To simplify the distribution of \fortex, a CD-ROM will be released in
+at the beginning of June. This CD-ROM should enable you to set up a
+\fortex\ system with minimal effort.
+
+The CD-ROM will contain at least:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item a fully installed \fortex\ 3.10 workbench, ready for use;
+\item the complete \fortex\ distribution set;
+\item the MAPS (NTG's \emph{Minutes and APpendiceS}) articles on \TeX\ related
+ topics, mostly in English, of recent years in \PS\ format;
+\item all TEX-NL and UK-TEX mailing list discussions of recent years;
+\item extra documentation, such as:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item `The \TeX book' and `The \MF book' in \TeX\ code,
+ \item \TeX, \LaTeX\ and \Metafont\ introductions,
+ \item very extensive bibliographies on miscellaneous \TeX\ related
+ topics in \BibTeX\ format,
+ \item indexes to \TeX\ macros and to files on CTAN (Comprehensive
+ \TeX\ Archive Network);
+\end{itemize}
+\item extra programs, such as:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item GNUplot,
+ \item GhostScript,
+ \item dvi utilities,
+ \item \PS\ utilities,
+ \item Polish and Cyrillic \TeX\ packages,
+ \item WEB: literate programming.
+\end{itemize}
+\end{itemize}
+
+The CD-ROM will include the updated documentation on \fortex, an A5
+sized booklet of approx.\ 120 pages, that explains how \fortex\ works
+in depth. The price of the CD plus booklet is set at US \$35. It will
+be available to \ukt\ members from mid-June from Peter Abbott;
+enquiries and reservations may be made to Sebastian Rahtz
+(\texttt{spqr@ftp.tex.ac.uk}).
+
+\section{Macro name markup in \BV\ submissions}
+We are sometimes asked what markup to use articles submitted to \BV.
+Following plain \LaTeX\ `article' style covers almost all needs, but
+additional time can be saved by using the following macros in your
+text, which define common names:
+
+\begin{tabbing}
+\tt\bs MakeIndex \= \MakeIndex \kill
+\tt\bs AmSTeX \> \AmSTeX\\
+\tt\bs BV \> \BV\\
+\tt\bs BibTeX \> \BibTeX\\
+\tt\bs MakeIndex \= \MakeIndex \kill
+%\tt\bs MF \> \MF\\
+\tt\bs MakeIndex \> \MakeIndex\\
+\tt\bs PS \> \PS\\
+\tt\bs PiCTeX \> \PiCTeX\\
+\tt\bs SLiTeX \> \SLiTeX\\
+\tt\bs TUB \> \TUB\\
+\tt\bs UKTUG \> \UKTUG\\
+\tt\bs ukt \> \ukt\\
+\end{tabbing}
+
+\subsection{Colophon}
+
+This issue of the journal was created entirely with the test
+distribution of \LaTeXe\ and printed on a Hewlett Packard LaserJet~4.
+\BV\ is set in ITC New Baskerville Roman and Gill Sans,
+with Computer Modern Typewriter
+for literal text. Production and distribution was undertaken in
+Cambridge by Robin Fairbairns and Jonathan Fine.
+\end{article}
+\end{multicols}
+\input eurotex
+\input dol
+\input graphics
+\input keyval
+\input robin
+\input reviews
+\input truetype
+\input fine
+\input clark
+\input register
+\end{document}
+