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TUGboat 2001 Proceedings being shipped today (Mimi Burbank) + 2. tds 1.0 available (Karl Berry) + 3. I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Dr. Tarynn M. Witten) + 4. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Karl Berry) + 5. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Philip G. Ratcliffe) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 1 +Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:01:36 -0500 +To: TUGboat announcement , tub-prod@csit.fsu.edu, + office@tug.org, texhax@tex.ac.uk, tex-eds@nic.surfnet.nl, + tug-pub@tug.org +Subject: TUGboat 2001 Proceedings being shipped today +From: Mimi Burbank + +The TUG 2001 Proceedings are being shipped to the printer +today. The contents are as follows: + + TUGboat + Volume 22, Number 3 September 2001 + ======================================== + +TUG 2001 Program 115 +Participants at the 22nd Annual TUG Meeting 117 + +A TeX Odyssey + Hans Hagen + Where will the odyssey bring us? 118 + Mimi Jett + Future of publishing, Part 2 119 + William Richter + Integrating TeX into a document imaging system 120 + Arthur Ogawa + REVTeX version 4.0, an authoring package by the + American Physical Society 131 + Anita Schwartz (Chair) + The TeX History Panel 134 + Hans Hagen + Using TeX for high end typesetting 136 + Peter Flynn + TeX---a mass market product? Or just + an image in need of a makeover? 137 + David Tulett + LaTeX for Windows: a user's perspective 140 + +PDF and TeX + Han The Thanh + Margin kerning and font expansion with pdfTeX 146 + Ross Moore + PDF presentations using the Marslide package 149 + Hans Hagen + Using TeX to enhance your presentations 160 + Donald P. Story + Techniques of introducing document-level JavaScript 161 + into a PDF file from a LaTeX source + Ross Moore + Online self-marking quizzes, pdfTeX, exerquiz 168 + Martin Schroder + Using pdfTeX in a PDF-based imposition tool 180 + Nelson Beebe + pdfTeX Panel 181 + +Graphics, XML, and MathML + Ross Moore + Adobe plugin for WARMreader 188 + Stephen Oliver + The TeXspec tool for computer-aided + software engineering 197 + William Hammond + GELLMU: A bridge for authors from LaTeX to XML 204 + Bob Caviness + Creating Math Web Documents (Workshop) 208 + + Fonts and Tools + Alan Hoenig + Typesetting Hebrew with TeX 209 + Alan Hoenig + Modernizing Computer Modern 216 + Nelson Beebe + Fonts Panel 220 + Michael Downes + Managing multiple TDS trees 228 + Michael Doob + Installing a CTAN mirror on your desktop 238 + Richard Koch + Installing TeXshop 240 + William Adams + Font installation: Agfa/Eaglefeather + to Linotype Zapfino 247 + + News & Announcements + Calendar 251 + TUG 2003 Announcement 253 + TUG Business + Institutional members 254 + + Advertisements + TeX consulting and production services 255 + Kluwer + Just Published: TeX Reference Manual by David Bausum 256 + Blue Sky Research cover3 + + ======================================== + +--__--__-- + +Message: 2 +Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:24:43 -0500 +From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) +To: ctan-ann@dante.de, tds@tug.org, tex-archive@math.utah.edu, + tex-implementors@tug.org, texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: tds 1.0 available + +I have released version 1.0 of the TeX directory structure (TDS) +document. The only substantive change since 0.9996 (several years ago) +is adding fonts/enc and fonts/map subdirectories (for encodings and map +files, respectively). + +You can view it online (HTML) at http://tug.org/tds/ and retrieve it in +many other formats from ftp://tug.org/tds/. + +It should be mirrored to ctan shortly. + +Email tds@tug.org if comments, questions, or suggestions. + +Thanks, +karl (for the TDS working group) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 3 +From: "Dr. Tarynn M. Witten" +Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:01:02 -0500 +Subject: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk + +Hi Everyone: +I am writing a book and I have a very large number of references +(almost 1000). I have created a bibtex database and have gone through +it with a fine tooth comb. No matter what I do, I keep getting the +following BibTex error whenever I try to call Bibtex: + +This is Big BibTeX version 0.99c +Implementation: EMX/GNU C 32 bit for Win32 +Release version: 3.71 (18 Aug 1996) + +The top-level auxiliary file: +C:\pctexv4\MyAgingBook\LatexAgingBookStructure.aux +A level-1 auxilliary file: agingbook_master_macropak.aux +A level-1 auxilliary file: FontDefinitions.aux +A level-1 auxilliary file: Definitions.aux +A level-1 auxilliary file: TitlePage.aux +A level-1 auxilliary file: LegalPage.aux +The style file: plain.bst +Database file #1: allrefs.bib + Illegal end of database file---line 38789 of file allrefs.bib + : } + : + +I could really use some help with this because I cannot get all of the +references into the book. It stops at 100 references. The bibtex file +is called allrefs.bib and my code call for the bibliography within the +tex file of the book is + +\bibliographystyle{plain}{9999} +\bibliography{allrefs} + +I am running on PCTeX 4.0 + +The log file allrefs.log states the following: + +PTITeX 3.4, (c) Personal TeX, Inc. 1985-1998 +This is TeX 3.14159 (preloaded format=LATEX 3.1.4) 11 FEB 2003 17:27 +**&LATEX C:/pctexv4/MyAgingBook/allrefs.bib +(C:\pctexv4\MyAgingBook\allrefs.bib +LaTeX2e <2001/06/01> +Babel and hyphenation patterns for american, loaded. + +! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. + +See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. +Type H for immediate help. + ... + +l.1 @ + preamble{ "\newcommand{\noopsort}[1]{} " +? x +. +Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: + 6 strings out of 845 + 235 string characters out of 7711 + 9801 words of memory out of 57344 + 3024 multiletter control sequences out of 10000 + 3640 words of font info for 14 fonts, out of 20000 for 255 + 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 607 + 5i,0n,4p,1b,14s stack positions out of 200i,40n,60p,5000b,600s +No pages of output. + +What is interesting about the log file is the fact that the actual +database has no preamble code in it anywhere and there is no other +bibtex related code in the main program. + +Thank you +Please direct responses to me at twitten@vcu.edu +Dr. Tarynn M. Witten, Ph.D., FGSA, FCSBC, MSW(c) +Senior Fellow and Director of Research and Development +Center for the Study of Biological Complexity +VCU Life Sciences, Academic Campus, Suite 111 +1000 West Cary Street +P.O. Box 842030 +Richmond, VA 23284-2030 +(p) 804-827-7371 +(f) 804-828-1961 +(e) twitten@vcu.edu +(w) http://www.people.vcu.edu/~tmwitten + +--__--__-- + +Message: 4 +Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:13:36 -0500 +From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) +To: twitten@vcu.edu +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP + + **&LATEX C:/pctexv4/MyAgingBook/allrefs.bib + +Run bibtex, not latex, on the .bib file. +That is: + latex yourbook -> creates yourbook.aux + bibtex yourbook -> reads yourbook.aux and allrefs.bib, writes yourbook.bbl + latex yourbook -> reads yourbook.bbl + +Hope this helps, +karl + +--__--__-- + +Message: 5 +From: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" +To: +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:14:36 +0100 + +Your problem is that BibTeX simply runs out of memory and therefore stops +reading the bib file at some random point. You need to run BibTeX8 (the +so-called eight-bit version), which is more configurable and allows for a +much larger database. + +If you are using MiKTeX or the like, then you should already have it and its +documentation, otherwise you can downlaod from CTAN. + +One word of warning: if you are using a bst that orders alphabetically, you +may find a slight difference in the output between the standard and the +eight-bit versions. + +Cheers, Phil Ratcliffe + +--__--__-- + +About TeXhax... + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +office@tug.org, or write TeX Users Group, 1466 NW Front Avenue, +Suite 3141, Portland, OR 97209-2820 USA (phone: 1 503 223 9994, +fax: 1 503 223 3960). + +End of TeXhax Digest diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.02 b/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.02 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a0256d3709 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.02 @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +From: texhax-request@tex.ac.uk +Subject: TeXhax digest, Vol 2003 #2 - 5 msgs +Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:25:08 +0000 + +Send TeXhax mailing list submissions to + texhax@tex.ac.uk + +To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit + http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/texhax +or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to + texhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +You can reach the person managing the list at + texhax-admin@tex.ac.uk + +When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific +than "Re: Contents of TeXhax digest..." + +TeXhax Digest ________________________________________ Volume 2003 : Number 2 + +Today's Topics: + + 1. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Herbert Gintis) + 2. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Philip G. Ratcliffe) + 3. Re: Primer (Tom Schneider) + 4. Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP (Robin Fairbairns) + 5. case conversion (Michal Kaut) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 1 +Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:58:29 -0500 +To: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" +From: Herbert Gintis +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP + +At 10:14 PM 2/13/2003 +0100, Philip G. Ratcliffe wrote: +>Your problem is that BibTeX simply runs out of memory and therefore stops +>reading the bib file at some random point. You need to run BibTeX8 (the +>so-called eight-bit version), which is more configurable and allows for a +>much larger database. +. +>If you are using MiKTeX or the like, then you should already have it and its +>documentation, otherwise you can downlaod from CTAN. +> +>One word of warning: if you are using a bst that orders alphabetically, you +>may find a slight difference in the output between the standard and the +>eight-bit versions. +> +>Cheers, Phil Ratcliffe + How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +and otherwise cryptic, sites. + +Herb + +Herbert Gintis +Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of +Massachusetts +External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM +15 Forbes Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-7756 +Fax: (011) 44 0 871 433 4050 +Recent papers are posted on my web site. +Get Game Theory Evolving (Princeton, 2000) at +Amazon.com. + Weakness Corrupts. Weakness masquerading as + moral superiority is beneath contempt. + +--__--__-- + +Message: 2 +From: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" +To: "Herbert Gintis" +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:56:52 +0100 + +> How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +> and otherwise cryptic, sites. + +Well, the CTAN archives is the obvious place to look: + +http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/alpha.html + +However, if you have MiKTeX, for example, you should already have everything +(and the documentation) and you can just substitute the comand BibTeX with +BibTeX8. If the default settings are still not sufficient, it is completely +configurable. + +Chees, Phil Ratcliffe + +--__--__-- + +Message: 3 +From: Tom Schneider +Subject: Re: Primer +To: Axel.NoSpam@gmx.de (Axel Kielhorn) +Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:16:33 -0500 (EST) + +Axel: + +Thanks for your notes. I would prefer to avoid adding fonts outside +the standard distribution for my papers because that forces others to +do the same. + +To recapitulate the problem: + +I have found that if I convert from ps to pdf: + +echo "quit" | gs -q -r2000x2000 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$name.pdf $name.ps + +the pdf looks horrible on the screen (Sun workstation, acrobat) but it +prints ok. + +So I have been using: + +\usepackage{pslatex} % Times New Roman Font +or +\usepackage{times} + +This displays well on the screen but when sent to our printer +it loses all the dashes! That is completely unacceptable. + +Isn't there a system that works well in all directions???? +This is frustrating. + +Tom + + Dr. Thomas D. Schneider + National Cancer Institute + Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology + Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 + toms@ncifcrf.gov + permanent email: toms@alum.mit.edu (use only if first address fails) + http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/ + +> Hi Tom! +> +> > Ah ha! I know that the pdf file is rather bad on the screen (though it +> > prints fine) but don't know why or what to do about it. +> > +> > > If you have control over your toolchain I suggest using the Type 1 +> > > version of the CM fonts. Depending on your TeX installation adding +> > > "-PCMPS" to your DVIPS options may be sufficient. +> > +> > It doesn't work: +> > +> > dvips: warning: no config file for `CMPS' +> +> Sorry, this was my fault. I am using some files not included in the +> standard distribution. You may have the fonts already installed, but +> with different support files. +> +> If not, you can get them from your nearest CTAN mirror, for me it is +> ftp.dante.de, for you that may be tug.ctan.org. The fonts will be at +> /tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky/cmps-unix.tar.gz +> (or similar, I have the CD here.) +> +> Put the pfb files into a directory searched by DVIPS (you sysadmin will +> know). +> +> There are several ways to treat the psfonts.cmz file: +> +> You can add the contents to the psfonts.map file, this file is read by +> DVIPS when it looks for fonts. +> +> You can rename the file to psfonts.CMPS and add the command +> "p +psfonts.CMPS" (without the quotes) to config.ps. This looks like the +> best idea when you always want to use the PS fonts, even for printing. +> +> You can rename the file to psfonts.CMPS and create a file called +> config.CMPS which consists only of one line: +> p +psfonts.CMPS +> This is what I did. To use the PS fonts you have to specify -PCMPS when +> invoking DVIPS. Without this option bitmaps will be used which may be +> neccesary for old printer with low memory. +> +> After installing the fonts you may have to call texhash to tell TeX +> about the changes, your administrator will know. +> +> > % dvips -v +> > This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) +> +> That is the same version I have. +> +> > I use ghostscript to convert to pdf, +> > +> > echo "quit" | gs -q -r2000x2000 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite +> > -sOutputFile=$name.pdf $name.ps +> +> You tell GhostScript to use 2000 DPI resolution but the fonts are +> already turned into bitmaps by DVIPS, normally at 300 DPI (laserwriter). +> When using PS fonts, you don't have to specify a resolution at all. +> +> > % gs -v +> > Aladdin Ghostscript 6.01 (2000-03-17) +> > Copyright (C) 2000 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. +> > +> > Do we need to upgrade? +> +> I have used the same version untill recently, it should do. +> +> I hope this helps, please feel free to ask more questions. +> +> Axel + +--__--__-- + +Message: 4 +To: "Philip G. Ratcliffe" +cc: "Herbert Gintis" , texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: Re: I NEED SOME SERIOUS BIBTEX HELP - HELP HELP +Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:37:26 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns + +> > How does one get bibtex8? Google gives a bunch of mostly defunct, +> > and otherwise cryptic, sites. +> +> Well, the CTAN archives is the obvious place to look: +> +> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/alpha.html +> +> However, if you have MiKTeX, for example, you should already have everything +> (and the documentation) and you can just substitute the comand BibTeX with +> BibTeX8. If the default settings are still not sufficient, it is completely +> configurable. + +the sources, if that's the way you choose to go, are to be found on +ctan in + + biblio/bibtex/8-bit + +that directory is full of zip files with cryptic 8+3 filenames for +users subject to brain-dead operating systems. + +i don't see a bibtex8 in my current tetex distribution, and am in +between builds of tetex 2.0* so can't check that. + +--__--__-- + +Message: 5 +Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:44:43 +0100 +From: Michal Kaut +Organization: Molde College university +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: case conversion + +Hello, + +Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to +upper- or lower-case? +What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{} + +Thank you very much + +Michal Kaut + +--------------------------------------------------- +Michal Kaut +Bj=F8rsetsletta 2, N-6411 Molde, Norway +tel. +47 712 14 243 (office), +47 402 23 444 (mobile) +m_kaut@hotmail.com, alt.: michal.kaut@seznam.cz +http://www.iot.ntnu.no/~mkaut/personal.htm +--------------------------------------------------- + +--__--__-- + +About TeXhax... + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +office@tug.org, or write TeX Users Group, 1466 NW Front Avenue, +Suite 3141, Portland, OR 97209-2820 USA (phone: 1 503 223 9994, +fax: 1 503 223 3960). + +End of TeXhax Digest diff --git a/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.03 b/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.03 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..63adbd8128 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texhax/03/texhax.03 @@ -0,0 +1,333 @@ +From: texhax-request@tex.ac.uk +Subject: TeXhax digest, Vol 2003 #3 - 5 msgs +Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:45:09 +0000 + +Send TeXhax mailing list submissions to + texhax@tex.ac.uk + +To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit + http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/texhax +or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to + texhax-request@tex.ac.uk + +You can reach the person managing the list at + texhax-admin@tex.ac.uk + +When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific +than "Re: Contents of TeXhax digest..." + +TeXhax Digest ________________________________________ Volume 2003 : Number 3 + +Today's Topics: + + 1. Re: case conversion (Robin Fairbairns) + 2. Re: case conversion (William Adams) + 3. March 2003 TUG news: 501(c)(3), election, annual conference, TUGboat (TUG board of directors) + 4. re-defining table (Michal Kaut) + 5. TUGboat 23-1 shipped today (Mimi Burbank) + +--__--__-- + +Message: 1 +To: Michal Kaut +cc: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: Re: case conversion +Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:38:08 +0000 +From: Robin Fairbairns + +> Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to +> upper- or lower-case? +> What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{} + +there are primitives with those names. they're not very satisfying in +some cases (e.g., \uppercase won't convert \oe to \OE). + +the corresponding latex macros are \MakeUppercase and \MakeLowercase; +these deal with issues like \oe<->\OE. + +david carlisle's textcase package adds various improvements (doesn't +change case of maths for example). + +robin fairbairns + +http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq + +--__--__-- + +Message: 2 +Organization: Atlis Systems, Inc. (301) 578-4200 info@atlis.com +Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:05:45 -0500 +Subject: Re: case conversion +To: Michal Kaut +From: William Adams + +Michal asked: +> Does there exist any LaTeX macro/package for converting text to +> upper- or lower-case? +> What I need is a macros \uppercase{} and \lowercase{} + +Googling for ``latex macro uppercase lowercase'' + +the ``I feel Lucky'' hit is: +http://www.it.ms.unimelb.edu.au/tex/help/faq/uktug-faq/texfaq_15.html + +which has the following text: +``LaTeX provides commands \MakeUppercase and \MakeLowercase + which fixes the latter problem. These commands are used + in the standard classes to produce upper case running heads + for chapters and sections.'' + +and explains its failings / weaknesses. + +A more robust solution would be to use Omega and OTPs + +William + +-- +William Adams, publishing specialist +voice - 717-731-6707 | Fax - 717-731-6708 +www.atlis.com + +--__--__-- + +Message: 3 +Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:52:16 +0100 +From: board@tug.org (TUG board of directors) +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: March 2003 TUG news: 501(c)(3), election, annual conference, TUGboat + +Dear TeX user, + +A few notable news items from the TeX Users Group. + +1) TUG GOES CHARITABLE! Our first news item has been in the works for +many years: TUG has finally achieved full tax-exempt charitable status +in the USA, known as 501(c)(3). This means that membership dues (less +value of received benefits) and additional contributions to TUG are now +tax-deductible, with the usual limitations and exceptions. Fine print +on our web site and at the bottom of this email. Donations are happily +accepted via the membership form :). + +We will be sending a separate email to all affected TUG members +explaining the details and in a form suitable for tax documentation + +Kudos to our president, Mimi Jett, our office manager Robin Laakso, our +lawyer Amy Silliman, and many others for bringing this to fruition. +More information at http://tug.org/tax-exempt. + +2) TUG ELECTION RESULTS: One nomination was received for president: Karl +Berry. The following nominations were received for the TUG board: +Barbara Beeton, Cheryl Ponchin, Kaja Christiansen, Phil Taylor, Ross +Moore, Samuel Rhoads, Stephanie Hogue, Sue DeMeritt. (In addition, +Arthur Ogawa and Mike Sofka are continuing board members, whose terms +expire in 2005.) + +Since there were fewer nominations than board positions, and only one +candidate for president, there will be no actual ballot this year. The +election results take effect after the 2003 annual meeting. Candidates' +statements and other info at http://tug.org/election/2003/results.html. + +We'd especially like to welcome our new board member, Sam Rhoads. + +3) TUG 2003 CONFERENCE: The Silver Anniversary -- 25 years!-- of TeX +The TeX Users Group 24th Annual Meeting and Conference is scheduled for +July 20-24, 2003 at the Outrigger Waikoloa Beach Resort, Big Island, +Hawaii. See http://tug.org/tug2003. + +Register by April 19th for special hotel rates: +http://tug.org/tug2003/accommodation.html +For sharing accommodations: http://tug.org/tug2003/sharing.html. + +Group travel discount rates may be available for flights via major US +Gateways across the USA, if travel is booked with Protravel International +Inc., agent Gina Robles . + +3a) BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE CLASS on LaTeX: will take place just before +the conference, from July 15-18 at the University of Hawaii at +Hilo. Enrollment is limited to 12. The cost is $275 ($300 after April 1, +so register now!). See https://www.tug.org/tug2003/latexclass.html for +more information and the registration form. If you have any questions +about the class, please email Sue Demeritt at susan.demeritt@tug.org. + +4) TUGboat Volume 22 Issue 3 (Sep 2001) was mailed around February 14. +If you were a TUG member in 2001 and haven't received your copy, please +let the office know (office@tug.org), so we can send you a copy right +away :). 23(1), the proceedings for TUG 2002, will be the next issue +mailed. 22(4), the last issue for the 2001 membership year, is also in +process. Back issues of TUGboat are available from the TUG office. + +For reference, this newsletter is available online at +http://tug.org/news/2003/03.txt. + +Respectfully submitted, +the TUG board (board@tug.org) + +Postscript: here is the full text from our lawyer for the tax-exempt +announcement. + +TUG has achieved tax-exempt charitable status in the United States, +meaning that it is now a 501(c)(3) organization. This means that +membership payments and additional contributions will now qualify for +income tax charitable deduction, subject to certain limitations +regarding the value of your membership benefits and materials. + +Please see http://tug.org/tax-exempt/ for details. + +--__--__-- + +Message: 4 +Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:48:58 +0100 +From: Michal Kaut +Organization: Molde College university +To: texhax@tex.ac.uk +Subject: re-defining table + +Hello, + +I use the convention that table has caption at the top, so I would +like to change the spacing. Hence I would like to redefine table so +that it includes lines: +\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt} +\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{10pt} + +I tried: +\renewcommand{table}[1]{% + \begin{table}[#1] + \setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt} + \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{10pt} +}{\end{table}} + +but it (kind of obviously) leads to a circular reference. + +I there any way to add the to lines to the current format of table? +I do not want to re-define the table, since I may use packages that +change it as well. I just want to add the two lines. + +I know that I can either create a new command \topcaption, that will +do the formatting, or define a new environment mytable (which would +avoid the circular reference). Yet I would like to do it in a way that +the user (author) can use the standard commands. + +Is there a (simple) way to do it? + +Thank you very much! + +Best regards, +Michal Kaut + +-------------------------------------------------------------- +Michal Kaut +Molde University College +Postboks 2110, N-6402 Molde, Norway +tel. +47 712 14 243, fax +47 712 14 100 +michal.kaut@iot.ntnu.no, http://www.iot.ntnu.no/~mkaut/ +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +--__--__-- + +Message: 5 +Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:01:01 -0500 +To: TUGboat announcement , tub-prod@csit.fsu.edu, + office@tug.org, texhax@tex.ac.uk, tex-eds@nic.surfnet.nl, + tug-pub@tug.org +Subject: TUGboat 23-1 shipped today +From: Mimi Burbank + +Hello everyone, + +The Proceedings of the TUG 2002 annual meeting were shipped to the +printer today. Hopefully shipment to members will occur in two weeks +or so... + +The contents are enclosed for your perusal: + +Mimi Burbank +(for the TUGboat production team) +----------------------------------------------------------- + + TUGboat + Volume 23, Number 1 2002 + ======================================== + +Kaja Christiansen + Editorial Comments 2 + + TUG 2002, Thiruvananthapuram --- Report and travelogue 3 + TUG 2002 Program 8 + Participants at the 23rd Annual TUG Meeting 10 + +Talks + +K. Anil Kumar + TeX and databases ---TeX DBI 13 +Satish Babu + New horizons of free software: An Indian perspective 17 +Gyongyi Bujdoso and Ferenc Wettl + On the localization of TeX in Hungary 21 +Wlodzimierz Bzyl + The Tao of fonts 27 +Behdad Esfahbod and Roozbeh Pournader + FarsiTeX and the Iranian TeX community 41 +Hong Feng + The marriage of TeX and Lojban 46 + +Keynote +Hans Hagen + ConTeXt, XML and TeX: State of the art? 49 + +Yannis Haralambous and John Plaice + Low-level Devanagari support for Omega --- Adapting +devnag 50 + +David Kastrup + Revisiting WYSIWYG paradigms for authoring LaTeX 57 +Ross Moore + serendiPDF with searchable math-fields in PDF documents 65 +Karel Piska + A conversion of public Indic fonts from MF + into Type 1 format with TeXtrace 70 +Fabrice Popineau + TeXLive under Windows: What's new with the 7 edition? 74 +Roozbeh Pournader + Catching up to Unicode 80 +Sebastian Rahtz + PassiveTeX: An update 86 +S. Rajkumar + Indic typesetting --- Challenges and opportunities 90 +Denis Roegel + METAOBJ: Very high-level objects in MP 93 +Wagish Shukla and Amitabh Trehan + Typesetting in Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian: + A beginner's perspective 101 + +Karel Skoupy + New typesetting language and system architecture 106 +Karel Skoupy + TeX file server 107 +Stephen M. Watt + Conserving implicit mathematical semantics in + conversion between TeX and MathML 108 + +News & Announcements + Calendar 109 + +TUG Business + Institutional members 110 + +Advertisements + TeX consulting and production services 111 + Just Published: TeX Reference Manual by David Bausum 112 + Blue Sky Research cover3 + + ----------------------------------------------- + +--__--__-- + +About TeXhax... + +For information on the TeX Users Group, please send a message to +office@tug.org, or write TeX Users Group, 1466 NW Front Avenue, +Suite 3141, Portland, OR 97209-2820 USA (phone: 1 503 223 9994, +fax: 1 503 223 3960). + +End of TeXhax Digest -- cgit v1.2.3