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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} + |