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June 7, 1989
 
Contents
News
  Announcing TeX-Euro ...............................................1
  Final call for participation: TeX89 ...............................2
  8th Annual meeting of German TeX users ............................3
Improved font selection in LaTeX ....................................4
Introduction to LaTeX-help ..........................................5
R\'eflexions sur le Congr\'es GUTenberg .............................6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*                       Announcing TeX-Euro                          *
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By Joachim Lammarsch <RZ92@DHDURZ1>
 
Dear TeX friends,
 
to communicate with other TeX users there are a lot of possibilities:
 
- TUGboat
- TeXhax
- UKTeX
- TeXmag
 
These are all digests and the UKTeX is the only one which appears
weekly (TUGboat three or four times a year, TeXhax in uncertain
periods and TeXmag sporadicly).
 
Three further lists are used in Europe (EARN):
 
- GUT
- TEX_D-L
- TEX_D-PC
 
These are lists, which distribute each note (mail) separately. The
languages which are used, are French and German. That's all I know.
 
In my opinion no real European list exists distributing each note
(mail) separately and at once. Therefore I am trying to start a list
for use in whole Europe. The language should be different (not only
English, French or German). To my mind onyone should use the language
which is necessary to solve his problem. For example a Spanish TeX
user having a question concerning only Spanish affairs means it's only
about interest for Spanish people. Then he can (should) use his own
language. On the other side he can use the English language hoping for
more help. I suppose that most TeX users in Europe understand this
language.
 
So we'll be able to use English as the only language, but considering
that Europe is a multilingual continent, we should also use the other
ones if it will be useful.
 
I have named the list
 
    TEX-EURO
 
and it is installed at the
 
    LISTSERV at DHDURZ1
 
To subscribing you should send the command
 
    SUB TEX-EURO your_name
 
to your nearest listserver or to LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.
 
The list is thought for use in Europe, but all TeX users outside are
invited to join to it, if they are interested in it.
 
I hope that TEX-EURO is a possibility for all the TeX people in
Europe, all the European national groups to get in touch for better
cooperation.
 
With kind regards
Joachim Lammarsch
(Chairman DANTE)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*    Final call for participation and registration form for TeX89    *
*             4th annual meeting of European TeX Users               *
*              Spetember 11-13, 1989, Karlsruhe, FRG                 *
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TeX89, the 4th European TeX Conference, will take place at the
University of Karlsruhe, FRG, from Monday, September 11, to Wednesday,
September 13, 1989. The conference is preceded and followed by two
days of workshops. The conference language is English.
 
*Program*
The conference program is a mixture of talks and discussion groups.
So far, some twenty talks have been announced. They cover a wide range
of TeXnical topics, like teaching TeX, getting the TeX community
organized, TeX and standards, macro packages, LaTeX, TeX and the
production process, DVI drivers, and TeX and foreign languages. A
complete list of the speakers and their talks is enclosed. Further
announcement of talks, accompanied by a short abstract, will be
accepted till August 21.
 
Various discussion groups will give everybody the opportunity to
participate actively in the conference. So far, four discussion
groups have been arranged. We are still looking for chairpersons
who want to initiate discussions on further topics. A discussion
chair should prepare a short, controversial statement to get the
discussion going, and should be willing to summarize the discussion
for the plenum. Discussion groups will probably be small, not more
than twenty people per group. If you have a proposal for a discussion
group, please indicate so on the registration form.
 
There will be an exhibition of TeX-related products and books during
the conference. Anyone interested in exhibiting products should contact
Rainer Rupprecht (the address is on the registration form).
 
The conference begins on Monday, September 11, at 10 am (registration
starting at 9 am) and closes on Wednesday, September 13, at 4 pm.
 
*Workshops*
The two days before and after the conference are devoted to workshops.
Please find enclosed a list of the workshops with brief course
descriptions. We proudly announce that several distinguished TeX
specialists have committed themselves as lectures.
 
Applicants should indicate on the registration form their level of
expertise and what they want to achieve in the workshop. The classes
can then better be tailored to their needs.
 
In general we will limit enrollment to 15 applicants per workshops to
keep the groups operational. On the other hand, the workshops have to be
self-supporting. Hence, if less than ten people enroll for a workshop,
the workshop must be cancelled.
 
Applicants will be notified on August 23 about acceptation or rejection.
 
*Charges*
The conference fee is DM 280,--. The fee includes registration materials,
lunches, coffee breaks, social events (including a surprise excursion on
Tuesday afternoon), and a copy of the conference proceedings. Conference
registration must be accompanied by payment.
 
The workshops are DM 100,-- per day. This only includes the classes and
teaching material the lecturers might provide. Please pay for workshops
only *after* your registration has been confirmed.
 
*Accomodation*
Participants must make their own arrangements for accomodation. Please
contact
     Verkehrsverein Karlsruhe e.V.\\
     Bahnhofsplatz 6\\
     7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG
 
*Deadline*
The deadline for all registrations is August 21, 1989.
 
*Talks*
>>Malcolm Clark
  TeX and/or SGML
>>R. Olejniczak
  TeXpic---design and implementation of a picture graphics language in
   TeX \`a la pic
>>Bart Childs
  The state of TUG, TeX, and a report on teaching TeX
>>Bart Childs and others
  TeX environments
>>J. Schrod
  Changebars without \special's
>>M. Rycko and B. Jackowski
  Polish TeX is ready for use
>>F. Mittelbach and R. Schoepf
  With LaTeX into the nineties--LaTeX limitations and how to get
   around them
>>P. D. Bacsich
  MoreMath--a new PostScript font of mathematical symbols
>>W. Antweiler
  A TeX-REDUCE-interface (Poster talk)
>>E. Neuwirth
  Combining databases and TeX for producing a textbook for
   homoeopathic medicine
>>K. Neuwirth
  TeX on the AMIGA--hands-on experiences
>>J. Lammarsch
  Using LISTSERV at DHDURZ1
>>J. Lammarsch
  Getting organized in Germany
>>K. van der Laan
  Getting organized in the Netherlands
>>R. Wonneberger
  TeX in an IDP environment
>>A. Br\"uggemann-Klein
  TeX and document design
>>M. Bryan
  JLaTeX
>>N. Eiglsperger
  A public domain driver for Digiset
>>D. Rogers
  Electronic Publishing in the nineties
 
*Discussion groups*
>>Document structures (LaTeX, SGML \ldots)
>>TeX and graphics (and fonts)
>>Getting information
>>TUG and national user groups
 
*Workshops*
>>Plain TeX
  Philip Taylor, RHBNC, University of London
  September 9th/10th
  Participants: 15--20
 
Philip Taylor is totally dedicated to Plain TeX, and spends a
considerable amount of time developing new macros to work within the
Plain environment. His course will cover all aspects of the TeX
language with the exception of output routines, but the emphasis of
the course is entirely under the control of those wishing to attend.
He is equally happy to teach Plain TeX for complete beginners, or
intermediate TeX for those wishing to extend their knowledge of the
language. As he feels it unlikely that any complete beginners would be
attending this conference, the initial refinement of the syllabus
includes material up to the level of (say), \halign (which is
remarkably easy to use if you design your own \halign's, rather than
trying to understand the examples in the book), but you are asked to
give brief details of your TeX experience and interests when signing
up for this course, so that the syllabus can be adjusted to be of
maximum interest and use to those attending. Please bring your own
copies of the TeXbook.
 
>>LaTeX for beginners
  Jost Krieger, Ruhr-Universit\"at Bochum
  September 14th/15th
  Participants: 10--15
 
Jost Krieger comes from a very active TeX community in Bochum, which
is particularly concerned with TeX in a German environment. The German
hyphenation patterns generated at Bochum are in widespread use.
 
Jost himself is an experienced TeX and LaTeX teacher.  His course
addresses LaTeX novices, either starting from scratch or switching
from plain TeX.
 
Prerequisites: No previous knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed, but
it is necessary to be familiar with the basic notions behind using a
text editor on a mainframe or PC, since practical work plays an
important part in the course.  Bring your own LaTeX manual.
 
 
>>Advanced macro writing and developing LaTeX styles
  Joachim Schrod, Detig Schrod TeXsys and TH Darmstadt
  September 14th/15th
  Participants: 10--15
 
Joachim Schrod is both an experienced programmer and TeX macro
specialist, working on TeX portations, new members of the WEB language
family and macro development since 1981. He is contributing frequently
to TeXhax and TUGboat. He is the author of a highly portable driver
family, YADD (Yet Another DVI Driver family) and participant of the
DVI driver standards committee.
 
His course addresses people having some experience with TeX and in
writing simple macros, probably often struggling with the unexpected
side effects caused by the non-modular structure of LaTeX. As LaTeX
style development is always (Plain) TeX macro development, the course
will first introduce you to the principles of the programming language
Plain TeX, namely dynamic/static binding, expansion, and interrupt
handling (output routines). Then the LaTeX programming interface is
presented, not formally specified, but as an informal description of
the most important macros for style development.
 
The workshop is a mixture of lectures and hands-on practical sessions.
 
Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of TeX and LaTeX is assumed.
Bring your own TeXbook!
 
 
>>Teaching TeX and LaTeX
  Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark, Exeter University and Imperial
  College
  September 9th
  Participants: 10--20
 
Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark need no introduction in this forum.
They did a superb job of organizing last year's conference in Exeter
and are well known for their zeal to give TeX the place in the world
it deserves. Cathy and Malcolm have both taught courses on behalf of
the TeX Users Group, TUG, as well as to others.  Their longstanding
involvement with TeX and LaTeX makes them an experienced team to teach
the teachers.
 
This one-day workshop consists of classroom lectures and discussions.
 
Prerequisites: Some basic knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed.
 
 
>>Introduction to METAFONT
  Don Hosek, Pitzer College
  September 9th/10th
  Participants: 10--15
 
Don Hosek of TeXmag fame is an active member of the TeX Users Group,
TUG, participating in the TUGboat editorial committee and the DVI
driver standards committee. In addition, he has been teaching courses
for TUG for some time now.
 
The workshop will cover the basic concepts of METAFONT, beginning with
what it does and what good it is. Participants will become familiar
with using METAFONT to generate characters from existing METAFONT
programs and to develop characters and logos on their own. Topics will
include an explanation of METAFONT's mode\_def's, drawing shapes using
METAFONT's capabilities, an introduction to METAFONT's mathematical
abilities, and macros and variables in METAFONT.
 
Prerequisites: No METAFONT knowledge is assumed. Experience with TeX
is recommended. Bring your own METAFONTbook.
 
>>Typefaces: History and Use
  Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein, Universit\"at Freiburg
  September 14th/15th
  Participants: 10--15
 
Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein is working on an interface between the
document designer and TeX. While studying document designers at work,
she got hooked on the beauty of typefaces.
 
Topics covered by this workshop include terminology, the historical
development of type forms and their parallels in architecture,
classification schemes, tools for typeface recognition, readability,
effective use of typefaces, and typeface combinations.  In the age of
PostScript, there is more to fonts than Computer Modern!
 
Participants are provided with an annotated bibliography on type and
document design.
 
Prerequisites: No TeX-related knowledge is assumed. Bring your
favorite and most hated type specimens.
 
For more information contact:
 Rainer Rupprecht
 Rechenzentrum
 Universit\"at Karlsruhe
 Postfach 6800
 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG
 Telephone: (0721) 608-4031
 e-mail: RZ32 at DKAUNI2 (bitnet)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                  8th Annual Meeting of German TeX Users
                   October 11--13, 1989, Eichstaett, FRG
 
%=============================================================================
 
This year's Annual Meeting of German TeX Users will take place at the
Catholic University of Eichstaett from Wednesday, October 11, to
Friday, October 13, 1989.  The conference will be organized by the
Computing Center of the Catholic University of Eichstaett and the
recently founded German TeX Users Group DANTE e.V.
 
Starting with the general meeting of DANTE on Wednesday afternoon,
several tutorials on TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont will be organized on
Thursday; finally, papers and discussion groups on all TeX-related
problems will be scheduled on Thursday and Friday.
 
If you are interested in participating in this conference and/or if
you plan to present a paper, please send the attached pre-registration
form to the address given below.  Further questions or suggestions for
this meeting should be directed to Joachim Lammarsch
(rz92@dhdurz1.bitnet), the Chairman of DANTE, or to Dr. Wolfgang A.
Slaby (slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de)
 
Please give copies of this form to your colleagues, as the mailing
list is incomplete.
 
 
=============================================================================
 
                 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users
                         Pre-Registration Form
 
%=============================================================================
 
 
Name   _______________________________________________________________________
 
Affiliation   ________________________________________________________________
              ________________________________________________________________
              ________________________________________________________________
              ________________________________________________________________
 
Address   ____________________________________________________________________
          ____________________________________________________________________
          ____________________________________________________________________
          ____________________________________________________________________
 
Telephone   __________________________________________________________________
 
E-mail   _____________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
Please tick where appropriate:
    _
   |_|  I plan to participate in the 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users
 
    _
   |_|  I should like to present a paper; preliminary title:
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        (abstract of ca. 1 page is enclosed)
 
    _
   |_|  I am interested in discussion groups on:
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
 
    _
   |_|  I intend to participate in the exhibition with these products:
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        _____________________________________________________________________
        (exhibition area required: ..... qm)
 
 
Send to:            Dr. Wolfgang A. Slaby
                    Catholic University Eichstaett
                    Computing Center
                    Ostenstr. 24
                    D-8078 Eichstaett, F.R. Germany
                    Telephone: (08421) 20-214
                    e-mail: slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de  (DFN X.400)
Acknowledge-To: <RZ92@DHDURZ1>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*                  Improved font selection in LaTeX                  *
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By Rainer M. Schoepf <SCHOEPF@DMZNAT51>
 
In recent TeXhax several people have asked how to change the font
selection mechanism of LaTeX to be more flexible, e.g., to typeset the
whole document in a sans serif typeface, with \bf switching to sans
serif bold, \it or \em to sans serif italic, using the Euler fonts or
DEK's concrete roman family, etc.
 
We have implemented such a scheme which will be published in the
forthcoming issue of TUGboat.  This scheme is not limited to LaTeX,
although we do not provide an interface to other macro packages
yet.
 
Characteristics:
  - Space requirements of about the same size as the original
    lfonts.tex
  - Takes about the same time to switch fonts as standard LaTeX
  - Preloaded and load-on-demand fonts are treated exactly the same
    way, even in math mode
 
We are planning to make the relevant files available at the usual
places (Clarkson, etc.) in the near future.  Interested parties (i.e.
server managers) should contact us and specify which format they
prefer (BITNET file transfer, UNIX or VMS shell archives).
 
The code is documented with the `doc' option developed at Mainz, (cf.
TUGboat) which will be distributed via the same channels.
 
     Frank Mittelbach
     Rainer Sch\"opf
 
Reply to: <SCHOEPF@VIPMZL.PHYSIK.UNI-MAINZ.DE>  (Internet)
      or: <SCHOEPF@DMZNAT51.BITNET>             (Bitnet/EARN)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*                     Introduction to LaTeX-help                     *
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By Max Hailpern <mxh@sumex-aim.stanford.edu>
 
All sites with LaTeX should have one or more LaTeX experts to help
users. Those experts communicate with each other about difficult
problems through various forums, including the TeXhax mailing list.
 
Lately, many sites have installed LaTeX without having, acquiring, or
developing a LaTeX expert. Many simple LaTeX questions from those
sites have been posted directly to TeXhax, clogging it and prompting
redundant replies.
 
Therefore, a number of TeXhax subscribers have formed a volunteer
LaTeX question answering corps. LaTeX users with questions should take
the following steps:
 1) Read the manual very carefully, including a careful check of the
    index. Most questions are answered there.
 2) Check whether anyone locally can answer your question. Consider
    not only paid systems staff but also more experienced users.
    Similarly, if you paid a commercial company good money for LaTeX,
    you should demand customer support from them--after all LaTeX is
    available for free.
 3) See if you can work it out yourself, and in the process build
    LaTeX expertise, by use of careful test cases, tracing mode,
    examining the LaTeX source files, etc. Don't go crazy if you're a
    non-programmer, but give it a shot.
 4) If all of the above fail, *don't* send mail to TeXhax. Instead,
    send mail to LaTeX-help@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU. Your mail will
    automatically be forwarded to a member of the volunteer corps, in
    a round-robin rotation. You should hear back shortly, either with
    a solution to your problem, a request for additional information,
    or the remark that it exceeded the volunteer's abilities and has
    been forwarded to other experts, including further volunteers and
    the TeXhax mailing list. If you don't hear anything after waiting
    a reasonable period, write to
    LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU with as much
    information about your original mailing as you have, and I'll try
    to track down how it got lost.
 
Please do not abuse this service.  We volunteers have lots of work of
our own to do, and will not continue volunteering if the burden is
excessive. Make sure you try steps 1-3 before step 4, and always be
eager to help others locally who are a step behind you. Also, join TUG
(the TeX Users' Group) if you haven't and avail yourself of their
classes and publications to develop in-house LaTeX expertise.
 
If you have any questions or comments on this, please write to
LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU -- not directly to the
current person holding that position, as it may change.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*              R\'eflexions sur le Congr\`es GUTenberg               *
*                      Paris, Mai 16--17, 1989                       *
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by Malcolm Clark <FPS@VAXA.IMPERIAL.AC.UK>
 
The French TeX users group has been around for a few years, in an
"unofficial" form. Over the last year or so they have become
"official", much more active and they now organise an annual meeting.
The first well-publicised GUTenberg meeting was held in Paris last
year. I was impressed there by the attendence (well over 100), the
stamina (the room was tiny and without air-conditioning), and the
range of topics covered. There is, in any case, a tradition of TeX
activity in France--the second European TeX Conference was held in
Strasbourg, in 1986.
 
This year's meeting was again in Paris, but used far larger rooms to
accommodate the 120-150 people who attended. Scanning down the list of
attendees, there are the usual academic and research organisations,
but also publishers, and the printing trade in general. This bodes
well for the future. The meeting was held over two days: the first day
was given over to two seminars--one on LaTeX (from Olivier Nicole and
Jacques Andr\'e), and the other on Metafont (Victor Ostromoukhov);
followed by the AGM. The second day was the conference proper. I
attended part of Victor's "Premiers pas en Metafont". As usual, I was
impressed by Victor's breadth and depth of Metafont-lore. And he
seemed to be getting something useful across to the forty or so would
be Metafont-ers. Since he used a Macintosh to demonstrate the points,
there was a reasonably quick interaction between intention and
realisation. I confess I didn't stay to all of this; my powers of
concentration are not great enough to follow a full day of technical
Metafont (far less in a foreign tongue). However, one quote from
Victor:
 
         <mathematical typesetting> -> <empty>|<TeX>}
                 <TeX> -> <TeX82><font support>
 
That sums things up nicely I think.
 
Bernard Gaulle, GUTenberg's President ran the AGM with great
efficiency and some humour. I particularly like the French style of
democracy (it runs: question: "anyone against?"; answer: "no";
conclusion: "passed"; excellent). I won't plough through all the
bits of the AGM, except to note that the group is in excellent
financial health, that this is a year of anniversaries in France--200
years since the Revolution, but also some others: 10 years of TUG, 50
years of CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique), one of
the homes of TeX, and of course this is also the year of the 4th
European TeX Conference. The AGM honoured two people with "honorary
membership": Barbara Beeton and Raymond Seroul (the author of _Le
petit Livre de TeX_)). By way of recognition, they were each presented
with an edition of "Les bons Romans", published over a hyndred years
ago. Peter Abbott was also thanked for the help he has given in easing
"[les] perturbations EARN/Bitnet". I was particularly pleased to see
Barbara honoured and Peter thanked in this way. The whole TeX
community owes them much for their dedicated adherence to the cause,
and it was particularly refreshing and tactful that GUTenberg saw fit
to include them in this way.
 
Besides this conference, GUTenberg produces its own journal, _Cahiers
GUTenberg_. The inaugural (or prototype) edition (confusingly numbered
"z\'ero") was available at last year's conference. The first and
second editions were out by this year's conference. Many of the talks
in the conference were also printed in the _Cahiers_ (which helped me
enormously). Although the group is "francophone", several articles are
in English. Allowing for the technical words which dictionaries never
seem to get right, it isn't too difficult to make sense out of the
papers/articles. The _Cahiers_ represent a major undertaking, in time,
effort, and in financial commitment (as I well know from my own
limited venture in TeXline). If the high standards already being
established are maintained, GUTenberg will have created something
which will be of great and lasting service to the whole TeX community.
My only minor criticism of the _Cahiers_ is the lack of consistency in
the provision of abstracts (a failing it shares with TUGboat). If
abstracts were included, it would be possible to prepare multilingual
translations which could be circulated more widely, alerting others to
the range and relevance of the material.
 
The major theme of the Conference was "graphics"--a popular one these
days. Fortunately, thanks to Sebastian Rahtz' talks, I think I know a
little about the background here. Rather than report each talk in
detail, it is perhaps more productive to try to select some of the
major themes. After all, the text of most of the talks is available.
As usual, it is notable how far LaTeX dominates in Europe (or perhaps,
just outside the US). It is also notable that "standards", however
defined, keep cropping up: X-Windows, PostScript, TeX itself, PHIGS,
GKS, SGML, and even emacs. This seems particularly healthy, although
equally there are many forays into areas which are less portable.
Nevertheless, the apparent domination of C, as the implementation
language of choice, (with or without the spectre of Unix) would
indicate the possibility of transfering some of the applications to
other platforms. From the summaries, it is evident that one of the
great concerns is the use of PostScript, and the incorporation of
PostScript (and EPSF) files into (especially) LaTeX. Perhaps my
favourite paper was Maurice Laugier's. His was a very simple and
straightforward idea--namely that the pc's graphics characters may be
napped quite easily into rules, and that tables (and some diagrams)
may be prepared by this means, provided that a monospaced font is
adequate.
 
A list of the talks, together with a brief summary (usually the
authors'/author's own) is included here. Some of the talks were in
English (a bold move for a francophone group), and some summaries
(notably that of Lance Carnes) were distributed in English and French.
Very tactful.
 
o L'ann\'ee de tous les anniversaires --Bernard Gaulle
    A welcome to GUTenberg, and an overview of the services and
    facilities available to TeX users in France (and elesewhere);
    touches on the public, private and commercial domains; addresses
    GUTenberg's relationship with the rest of the world.
 
o Xwindows, LaTeX, TeXdraw et Plot79, ou comment calculer, r\'ediger,
  dessiner et imprimer plus ais\'ement --Nicolas Brouard
    A workstation running under X-Windows offers a way of calculating,
    writing and designing which is much simpler than with a "classic"
    terminal. Two graphics tools, TeXDraw (a public analogue of
    MacDraw) and PLOT79 (a 3D graphics system based on CORE), can
    easily be employed with LaTeX.
 
o TeX and Graphics: the state of the problem --Nelson Beebe
    Inclusion of graphics in documents typset by TeX is not yet a
    satisfactorily solved problem, and no final general solution is in
    sight. This paper surveys alternatives for insertion of graphics
    in TeX documents. It summarizes graphics primitives of several
    modern software systems, and shows how TeX has seriously deficient
    support for their direct incorporation in TeX itself.
 
o L'environment de production de documents TeX \`a l'IRISA --Philippe
  Louarn & Bertrand Decouty
    The group consists of over 200 researchers, teachers and
    engineers, who need to produce reports, articles, theses, books...
    The objective was to provide a set of homogenous tools in a
    heterogenous environment (Unix, VMS, workstations, pcs...).
    Naturally, TeX was chosen as the fundamental tool. In graphics,
    the two main avenues are through the incorportion of PostScript,
    and by the use of eepic in the LaTeX picture environment.
 
o Survey of TeX Graphics for the PC --Lance Carnes
    This talk reviews the various graphics systems offerings for the
    IBM pc and compatibles, and the ways these systems can be used in
    conjunction with TeX; the use of PostScript, HP PCL and bitmap
    files in conjunction with current TeX drivers; the use of output
    from screen oriented drawing systems; and the conversion of
    graphics files from one format to another, and scaling of images,
    for inclusion in documents.
 
o TeX et les graphiques dans l'environment Mac --Anestis Antoniadis
    Painting and drawing are the two sides of the creation of graphics
    on the Macintosh. Paint images (otherwise known as bitmaps) are
    known to the Mac as a set of points on the screen. Draw images
    (also known as vector drawings) are known to the Mac as objects
    (rectangles, lines, circles, polygons) and are defined by their
    mathematical attributes. As a consequence of the way in which they
    are defined, they take full advantage of the resolution of
    PostScript peripheral devices. The goal of this article is to give
    an overview of the methods and software for the generation of
    graphics on the Mac, and to discuss the insertion of such graphics
    in documents prepared with TeXtures, one of the implementations of
    TeX on the Macintosh.
 
o Metafont et PostScript --Victor Ostromoukhov
    Conversion between Metafont and PostScript is possible. What are
    the best techniques, and what are the constraints? (No written
    contribution, but see his  MacMetafont program.)
 
o DDI: un environnement de travail pour la r\'ealisation de graphiques
  scientifiques, techniques et fantaisies utilisables avec TeX
  --Andr\'e Violante
    DDI is a work environment for the creation of scientific,
    technical and artistic graphics. The fundamental of the system is
    the creation and use of graphic fonts. To use these, several tools
    are available: design software (Designcad); a program to convert
    Designcad files to Metafont; Metafont itself; GFtoPK; TeX; and a
    suitable device driver.
 
o texpic: design and implementation of a picture graphics language in
  TeX \`a la pic --Rolf Olejniczak
    texpic is a TeX implementation of a graphics language similar to
    Kerhighan's troff preprocessor pic. The implmentation consists of
    two parts, a set of elaborate TeX macros and a postprocessor for
    drawing (in the dvi file). texpic objects and TeX or LaTeX
    commands may be combined at will. texpic is written in C, and is
    fully portable, to the extent that every TeX implementation, every
    preview and every correctly written printer driver will work with
    texpic.
 
 
o Traduction en TeX d'un fichier SGML avec r\'ecup\'eration des
  graphiques et des tableaux --Maurice Laugier
    The logic of SGML markup is close to that of LaTeX, and
    translation from SGML to LaTeX can be realised quite simply.
    However, the problem is rather different for graphics and tables.
    This paper presents a way in which the PC graphics characters were
    successfully mapped into LaTeX, easing the production of tables
    and simple diagrams.
 
o GITeX, PAPS: deux logiciels minipulant PostScript et LaTeX
  --Christophe C\'erin
    From PC-based graphics programs, PAPS (Programme d'Application
    PostScript) transforms an image into a PostScript format. It will
    also allow some manipulation of the graphics image. GITeX
    (G\'en\'erateur d'Image TeX) is a program which allows a figure
    environment to be constructed for inclusion of the PostScript into
    a LaTeX file.
 
o L'incorporation de graphiques dans INRSTeX --Michael Ferguson
    The approach used in INRSTeX is to use the power of the printer to
    create graphics, and not to introduce special characters. The
    capability to generate graphics has been achieved for PostScript,
    and for QMS graphics on a QUIC laser printer. The paper discusses
    the role of the printer as well as the need for support software
    to permit the incorporation of graphics produced by other systems.
    The paper also discusses some of the limitations inherent in the
    choice of graphics systems.
 
Like most conferences, the most interesting and valuable discussions
take place in the corridors, over coffee, or at lunch. This tradition
was maintained here. The corridors were also used to display various
pieces of TeXware. The inclusion of a noticeboard for general
TeX-notices, trivial as it seems, was extremely useful. There was a
display of ArborText's Publisher (about the only place you don't see
Publisher these days is in the UK), and an extensive display of books,
where Raymond Seroul's book was selling well (on its first day of
publication).
 
>>Conclusion
I was impressed. There can be no doubt about it, GUTenberg provides us
all with much to emulate. The strength and coherence of the group is
manifest. Taken purely at the national (or francophone) level,
GUTenberg is contributing massively to the strength of TeX. The
Cahiers are excellent, and looks capable of sustained quality. The
annual meeting is now well-established and imaginative. GUTenberg's
involvement with several French publishers must also be a good sign.
 
GUTenberg is also keenly aware of other French speaking areas
(Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec) and of the advantages of international
electronic communication. And the committee ensured that the various
national representatives (myself, representing TUG and UKTUG; Joachim
Lammarsch, representing the German group, Dante; and Kees van der Laan
representing the Dutch group) had the opportunity to discuss how we
could cooperate for the common good.
 
I am a shade worried by what I see as the determination to stay
outside the TUG orbit. Perhaps I am over-sensitive--being described
either as English or Anglo-Saxon does tend to make me a trifle
testy--but I have always thought of TUG as an international
organisation, not an American one. Others do not share this
perception. If our conclusion is that we are not getting what we need
out of TUG, the solution is in our own hands. We can influence the
organisations in which we participate. That's the key--participation.
TeX must be worth it.
 
>>Joining GUTenberg; subscribing to the Cahiers
To join GUTenberg, you need only part with 200 FF. This has two
advantages (besides preparing you for 1992 and demonstrating your
adherance to the European ideal)--it enables you to pay a reduced fee
at the annual meeting and for the Cahiers. To obtain the Cahiers
costs a further 150 FF if you are a member, but 250 FF if you are not.
This year's conference cost 200 FF for members and 400 FF for
non-members. Clearly membership pays for itself if you are
contemplating attending the conference and taking the journal. In
other words, joining GUTenberg and subscribing to the Cahiers costs
you a total of 350 FF (made payable to GUTenberg). Of course
Eurocheques are acceptable.
 
Note that membership comes in several different categories: individual
membership is 200 FF; institutional membership on behalf of a
non-profit organisation is 700 FF; while institutional membership on
behalf of profit-making (as opposed to _profitable_?) organisation is
a hefty 1400FF. On the other hand, institutional membership does
allow you to nominate up to seven individuals.
 
Send your money to:
    GUTenberg
    c/o IRISA
    Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu
    35042 Rennes Cedex
    France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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*           A summary of TeX-related information of note             *
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Please note that all Janet addresses are given in the UK "backwards"
format. Non-Janet users should reverse the address to reach the
address in question. For example, Uk.Ac.Aston is Aston.Ac.Uk to the
rest of the world.
 
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Electronic magazines/newsletters/mailing lists
 
*TeXMaG
TeXMaG is an independently published electronic magazine available
free of charge to all interested parties reachable by electronic
mail. It is published sporadicly, and the editor likes to think that
it's bi-monthly and the readers humor him.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   CDNnet: Send a note to <list-request@ubc.csnet> asking to receive
         TeXMaG.
   JANET: Send a note to Peter Abbott, <Abbottp@Uk.Ac.Aston> asking to
         receive TeXMaG.
   All others: Send the following command as an interactive message
         (Bitnet) or as a single-line mail message to LISTSERV@UICVM
         or LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC.EDU:
               SUBS TEXMAG-L Your_Full_Name.
         If you have difficulty doing this, send a note to Don Hosek
         <DHOSEK@HMCVAX.BITNET>.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Please send submissions to <TEXMAG-L@UICVM.UIC.EDU> or
   <TEXMAG-L@UICVM>; they will automatically be forwarded to the
   editor.
  BACK ISSUES:
   Back issues may be FTP'd from SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU from the
   directory pub/texmag. Users without FTP access may request back
   issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message
   to <archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the form
         path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU
         get texmag texmag.V.NN
   where V is the volume number and NN is the issue number. Including
   a line "index texmag" in the message will return a list of back
   issues available.
   Back issues may also be FTP's from SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU from the file
   BBD:TEXMAG.TXT.
   LISTSERV@TCSVM also has some back issues available which may be
   obtained with the command GET TEXMAG VvNn where v is the volume
   number and n is the issue number).
   Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive.
   DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see
   below).
 
*GUT
GUT is a French language TeX discussion group and also a communication
channel for GUTenberg, a TeX Users Group concerned with special
problems involved in typesetting French with TeX. Each note is
distributed separately. The list is managed by Christian Metairie
<METAIRIE@FRIUTO11>.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   To subscribe, send the command
         SUBS GUT your full name
   to LISTSERV@FRULM11.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Submissions should be addressed to GUT@FRULM11. Note that a copy
   of your submission will NOT be sent to you. Most submissions are
   in French, but they need not be.
  BACK ISSUES:
   Monthly logs are available to list members from LISTSERV@FRULM11
   Each log is named GUT LOGyymm where yy is the last two digits of
   the year and mm is the month as a two digit number. The command
   to retrieve a log is
         GET GUT LOGyymm
   Be sure to send the command to LISTSERV@FRULM11 and NOT the list.
 
*TeXhax
TeXhax is a mailing list for persons with questions, suggestions, etc.
about TeX, LaTeX, MetaFont and related programs. It is a service of
the TeX Users Group and is published 1-3 times per week.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   ACSnet (Australia): Send a note asking for a subscription to
         <munnari!elz>
   Internet: Send a note asking for a subscription to
         <TeXHAX-REQUEST@Cs.Washington.Edu>. Be sure to include a
         valid Internet address in the request.
   Janet: Send a note asking for a subscription to
         <texhax-request@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>.
   JUnet (Japan): Send a note asking for a subscription to
         <takagi@icot.jp>
   All others: Send the following command as an interactive message
         (Bitnet) or as a single-line mail message to LISTSERV@UWAVM
         or LISTSERV@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU
               SUBS TEXHAX Your_Full_Name.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Submissions for TeXhax should be sent to <TeXHAX@Cs.Washington.Edu>.
  BACK ISSUES:
   Back issues may be FTP'd from SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU from the
   directory pub/texhax. Users without FTP access may request back
   issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message
   to <archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the form
         path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU
         get texhax texhax.YY.NNN
   where YY is the year of the issue and NNN is the issue number.
   Including a line "index texhax" in the message will return a list
   of back issues available.
   Back issues since 88(75) may be FTP'd from JUNE.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU
   in the directory TeXhax.
   Back issues prior to 88(75) may be FTP'd from SCORE.STANFORD.EDU
   in the directory PS:<TEX.TEXHAX>
   Back issues may also be FTP'd from SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU from the file
   BBD:TEXHAX.TXT.
   LISTSERV@TAMVM1 also has some back issues available which may be
   obtained with the command GET TEXHAXnn yy where yy is the year of
   the issue and nn is the issue number). Issues 100 and above are
   named TEXHAnnn yy.
   Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive.
   DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see
   below).
 
*TeX_D-L
TeX_D-L is a German language TeX discussion group. Each note is
distributed separately and no logs are kept. The list is managed
by Joachim Lammarsch <RZ92@DHDURZ1>.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   To subscribe, send the command
         SUBS TEX_D-L your full name
   to LISTSERV@DEARN.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Submissions should be addressed to TEX_D-L@DEARN. Note that a copy
   of your submission will NOT be sent to you. Submissions should be
   in German.
 
*TeX_D-PC
TeX_D-PC is a German language TeX discussion group directed towards
users of TeX on PCs. Each note is distributed separately and no logs
are kept. The list is managed by Joachim Lammarsch <RZ92@DHDURZ1>.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   To subscribe, send the command
         SUBS TEX_D-PC your full name
   to LISTSERV@DEARN.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Submissions should be addressed to TEX_D-PC@DEARN. Note that a copy
   of your submission will NOT be sent to you. Submissions should be
   in German.
 
*UKTeX
UKTeX is essentially a U.K. version of TeXhax. It is published on a
weekly basis.
  SUBSCRIPTIONS:
   To subscribe, send a note to <info-tex-request@uk.ac.aston>.
  SUBMISSIONS:
   Submissions should be sent to <info-tex@uk.ac.aston>.
  BACK ISSUES:
   Back issues may be FTP'd from SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU from the
   directory pub/uktex. Users without FTP access may request back
   issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message
   to <archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the form
         path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU
         get uktex uktex.YY.NNN
   where YY is the year of the issue and NNN is the issue number.
   Including a line "index uktex" in the message will return a list
   of back issues available.
   Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive.
   DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see
   below).
 
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Hardcopy magazines/newsletters
 
*Les Cahiers GUTenberg
Cahiers GUTenberg is a quarterly production of GUTenberg, a TeX Users
Group concerned with special problems involved in typesetting French
with TeX (although the journal is not limited to that area). There
is a subscription fee of FF250 per year to receive this journal. For
more information, write to <GUT@IRISA.IRISA.FR>.
 
*TeXline
TeXline is "a newsletter of the TeX community" edited by Malcolm
Clark. To subscribe, send a note to <texline@uk.ac.imperial.cc.vaxa>
with your *postal* address. There is no charge for a subscription. The
publication is slanted towards the UK TeX user but is still a useful
source of information to others.
 
*TUGboat
TUGBoat is the newsletter of the TeX Users Group. It is an
indispensable reference for TeX users. For more information about
joining TUG and subscribing to TUGBoat send (real) mail to:
     TeX Users Group
     P. O. Box 9506
     Providence, RI 02940-9506, USA
Inquiries may be also be sent via e-mail to <Tug@Math.Ams.Com>.
Submissions for TUGboat may be sent via electronic mail to
<Tugboat@Math.Ams.Com>.
 
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Other information
 
LaTeX-style collection. A collection of LaTeX files is available for
FTP and mail access at sun.soe.clarkson.edu. To obtain files via
FTP, login to sun.soe.clarkson.edu as anonymous, password guest and go
to the directory pub/latex-style (where the files are). Mail access is
accomplished by sending a mail message to
<archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> with the first line containing
"path" followed by a network address FROM clarkson TO you, then file
requests with one or more files per line prefixed by "send latex-style".
For example,
path fschwartz%hmcvax.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu
send latex-style Readme Index
send latex-style resume.sty
Note that this syntax is different than that used by the server at
the University of Rochester.
Submissions should be sent to <mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> or
<archive-management@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
 
LISTSERV@DHDURZ1 has file archives of interest to TeX users. Included
are the Beebe drivers and contents of the LaTeX style collection, as
well as some TeX macros. Many files are available only in German.
 
LISTSERV@TAMVM1 also has file archives that may be of interest to TeX
users on BITNET, including the files from the Score.Stanford.EDU FTP
directories and back issues of TeXHAX. For a list of files available,
send the following command to LISTSERV@TAMVM1: GET TeX FILELIST.
>>> THIS SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE.
 
DECNET. There is a TeX file collection on DECnet accessible from
DECnet and SPAN. Available files include the Beebe DVI drivers, the
LaTeX style collection, and back issues of TeXhax, TeXMag, and UKTeX.
For more information, contact Marisa Luvisetto (DECNET:
<39947::luvisetto>, Bitnet: <LUVISETTO@IBOINFN.BITNET>) or Massimo
Calvani <fisica@astrpd.infn.it> U.S. Users should contact Ed Bell
<7388::Bell>
 
JANET. Peter Abbott keeps an archive of TeX-related files available
for FTP (JANET only) and mail access. The archive is stored in
[tex-archive] on the system uk.ac.aston.tex. Mail access is achieved
by sending mail to <texserver@tex.aston.ac.uk>. For a help file
send a message to that address of the form:
         ---
         a return address to you from Aston
         HELP
Note that all text MUST begin in column one. For Bitnet users, a
return address will take the form: <user%node@EARN-RELAY>. For
Internet users, the return address will be <user%host@NSFNET-RELAY>.
  For more information send mail to Peter Abbott <Abbottp@Uk.Ac.Aston>.
 
Special thanks to those who contributed to this issue, Tom Rokicki,
Richard Wooooooolf, and Rich Hosek. No thanks to Avis Rent-a-car and
the person who invented the goofy left turns in New Jersey.
 
The now famous character code reference:
Upper case letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Lower case letters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Digits: 0123456789
Square, curly, angle braces, parentheses: [] {} <> ()
Backslash, slash, vertical bar: \ / |
Punctuation: . ? ! , : ;
Underscore, hyphen, equals sign: _ - =
Quotes--right left double: ' ` "
"at", "number" "dollar", "percent", "and": @ # $ % &
"hat", "star", "plus", "tilde": ~ * + %