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 Distribution: world MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 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 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 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: ] 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] ****************************************