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TeXhax Digest    Wednesday, 24 Feb 1993  Volume 93 : Issue 004

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Today's Topics:
				 DVIPS-program
				dvips vs. dvitps
		How to acheive user control of the DVI filename
				  Re: UnixTeX
				  Re: UnixTeX
			       Church's typefaces
     Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely
		  List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93
			  TeX-related Gopher services
			LexiTeX: citation macro package
			     web2c 5.851d available
		 Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items

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Date:    Thu, 11 Feb 1993 15:42:23 +0100
From:    Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de>
Subject: DVIPS-program

Jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu writes:
   ...
   install a more robust version if possible.  I'm open to suggestions as
   well as info on how difficult it would be to build dvips from scratch.
   Note: I have the latest version of TeX and LaTeX, which were something
   of pain to build, but it was worth it.

Johannes Idsoe writes
   Dear friends;
   I know there is an excellent DVIPS-program made by a firm called
   Radical Eye Software.
   Can someone tell me where I can buy this program?

dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major
TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing
one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building
TeX.
      ___                                               Wolfgang Ratzka
|    | :-)      -------------------------------------------------------
| /\ |  \       X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de
|/  \|   \      SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de

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Date:    Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:58:08 -0700
From:    jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu (Jerry)
Subject: dvips vs. dvitps

Wolfgang Ratzka on February 11 wrote:
- -> dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major
- -> TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing
- -> one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building
- -> TeX.

OK.  Querying an archive server produces an endless list of sites with
different sizes and modification dates.  So which of the many
different free programs called dvips are you talking about, what is
the latest version, and where do I get it?  How does it compare with
dvitps, which seems pretty nice, except the author

Stephan v. Bechtolsheim
2119 Old Oak Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
(317) 463 0162

svb@cs.purdue.edu

does not respond to email, so I assume dvitps is no longer supported
nor widely used, even though it is what came with the latest versions
of TeX/LaTeX which I downloaded from washington.edu last summer.  I
would have been plum happy with dvitps if I could have gotten a hard
copy of the manual, but it goes bust looking for nonexistant \include
files, and the author got my email but chose to ignore me, so I figure
dvitps is history, unless someone else has picked it up.

- -Jerry
                             Jerry Graves
                          UTEP Math Sysadmin
                       jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu
                    PHONE/FAX  (915) 747-6757/6502

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Date:    Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800
From:    wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN
Subject: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename

We create a big book with long articles and a little book with portions of the
long articles so our TeX file looks something like:
 
\ifnum\BigBookOrLittleBook = 1
This stuff is for the long article and goes into great detail.
\else
See our Big Book for details and formulae on this principle.
\fi
And this stuff goes in both books.
 
 
We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but
this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to
manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be
named:
\jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI
 
Gary S. Wagman
Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, CA
 
(510)486-6610
gswagman@lbl.gov
gswagman at lbl
lbl::gswagman

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Date:    Fri, 19 Feb 1993 02:37:56 -0800
From:    vis!greg@UCSD.EDU
Subject: Re: UnixTeX

The demise of UnixTeX would impoverish the whole community.  Perhaps
we can generate some ideas as well as some funding.  Here are some of
my ideas:

Comparing UnixTeX to the GNU project, I am inclined to see two big
strategic pieces missing from UnixTeX: Cygnus (and similar
organizations) and really comprehensive distribution services,
especially on CDROM.

Is it possible to create companies which provide TeX-related services
while improving TeX in the way that Cygnus Support et al do for GNU
software?  Is there any advantage (Pierre's letter suggested some
major disadvantages) to having UnixTeX at the U. of Washington?
Pierre mentions that many FTP users call in with questions and
requests for help - those are potential customers for support
services.  Charging for services is entirely consistent with Free
Software philosophy and benefits both service provider and customer.

The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which,
ironically, contains TeX).  I think that there would be a market for a
CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related
software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages
and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and
configured for various popular machine/OS combinations.  (The
community could certainly provide such directory trees.)  Once such a
CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next
CDROM.  The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to
get the initial seed money to produce the disk?

Has there been any attempt to get some donations from various laser
printer manufacturers to support bundling drivers for their printers
in the distribution?

Finally, I haven't seen an order form for UnixTeX for awhile (maybe
because I've been off and on the list) and would like to see one.

Thanks,

_Greg


J. Greg Davidson	Institute for Software Research and Development
+1 (619) 452-8059       6231 Branting Street  San Diego, CA  92122  USA
 
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Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:04:09
From:    spqr@minster.york.ac.uk
Subject: Re: UnixTeX

 > CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related
 > software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages
 > and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and
 > configured for various popular machine/OS combinations.  (The
 > community could certainly provide such directory trees.)  Once such a
 > CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next
 > CDROM.  The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to
 > get the initial seed money to produce the disk?

a start has been made in this direction by Prime Time Freeware in
their next CDROM issue. On this will be included a mirror of the UK
TeX Archive as of December 1992. The directory structure of this
archive implements the current recommendations of the TUG working
party on archives, and the set includes all TeX packages, macros,
fonts, support programs etc which had been located at the time the
copy was made. It is not 100% complete or uptodate, but it is closer, I
believe, to the ideal state than any previous such collection. Within
the setup are included "shrink-wrapped" TeXs for sparc-based Unix,
DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Atari systems.

there is an awful lot more to do to get the world's TeX archives in
synch, but its in hand, and the work includes worrying about workable
systems as well as source archives.

the sales of the upcoming CD (it includes much else besides TeX) will
be of interest. my personal feeling is that TUG should try to raise
money for an annual issue of a dedicated CD, but in the meanwhile the
semi-commercial vendors are there!

Sebastian Rahtz

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Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 1993 14:32:13 -0600
From:    mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx
Subject: Church's typefaces

Anybody knows about TeX typefaces like the one used in catolic churchs?
It is a simple typeface, with straight lines and simple curves.

Rafael Morales Gamboa
ITESM Campus Morelos
Cuernavaca, Mor.
MEXICO

INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx

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Date:    Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:59:33 -0000
From:    CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK
Subject: Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely

%%% Dear Colleague

%%% The UK TeX Users' Group is holding a conference during April 6th--8th
%%% which is hoped to be of interest to members of other national and
%%% international groups.  I would be much obliged if you could publicise
%%% this conference within any groups with which you may be associated,
%%% either by re-distributing this message electronically or by printing
%%% and distributing it to your members by post.

%%%                         Yours very sincerely,
%%%                         Philip Taylor, RHBNC.

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The~U.K. <TeX> Users' Group (<UK-TuG>) are pleased to announce their first-ever
multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New
College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th
1993.  The Conference, which has two themes --- <TeX>~for non-English
languages, and~<MetaFont> in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with
the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best.

The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference
banquet; April~7th is devoted to <TeX>, and will include papers from
an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis
Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg
(the~French-speaking <TeX> Users' Group), and an~authority on good French
typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on <MetaFont> and exotic
fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar<TeX>'' package; and~Dominik is
co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns, 
as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for
questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is <MetaFont> day: 
there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled `<MetaFont> in Theory', 
led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of fonts
through the medium of <MetaFont>, and~the second entitled `<MetaFont> in
Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the
use of <MetaFont> (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts
for a new laser printer) will be addressed.

Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to
a~maximum of fifty persons;  the~Conference fee (<pounds>80-00) includes the
Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th, 
lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of
choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at <pounds>28-50
per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second
and third days of the Conference.  Early~booking is advised, as~this is
expected to be a~very popular event.  To~reserve a~place for the Conference,
please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable
to {\it The U.K. <TeX> Users' Group\/}) or company order, to: 

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Surrey TW20 0EX,
England.
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meals.  I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation,
I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days
before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the
Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which
case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted.

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Date:    15 Feb 1993 14:30:20
From:    tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us ("Tundra" Tim Daneliuk)
Subject: List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93

List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93
============================================

(PLEASE NOTE: This release adds the 'Latest Version' field.  I'd appreciate
it if the various authors could let me know what is current for each
of these documents.)

Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects.  If you are the
author of such a document and that document is freely available
(public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the
information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the
next revision of this list.

Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise
needs amending, please let me know.

Thanks to all who have contributed.

- ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------

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Document Name: <Title Of Document>
Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date>
Author Name: <Last Name, First Name>
Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered>
Size (Bytes): <Or Pages>
Brief Description: <One Line Please>
Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.>
Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site>
Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So>

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- ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------

Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex
Latest Version:
Author Name:  {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l}
Author Email Address: Not Available
Size (Bytes): ~40K
Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents
Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and
		   amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed.
Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu:
		   [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX
Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly
	  AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the
	  context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows.

	  AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from?
	  How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX?

	  New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection
	  Scheme (NFSS)?  Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from?
	  How to install NFSS?  How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts
	  for LaTeX?

	  Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice?
	  (Examples.)

	  The questions are attempted to be answered from user's
	  point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's.

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Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros
Latest Version:
Author Name: Jones, David
Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu
Size (Bytes): 367136
Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros.
Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX.
Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu:
                   pub/tex/TeX-index
Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all
          publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX,
          plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop,
          etc.  Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly
          1000 entries.  (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.)
          The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates
          it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries.

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Document Name: The Components of TeX
Author Name: Joachim Schrod
Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB
Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX
                   get in contact with.
Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX
                   for a while and wonder what all those files are good for.
Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de:
                                 pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z
Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives.

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Document Name: Essential LaTeX Mathematics
Latest Version:
Author Name: Carlisle, David
Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk
Size (Bytes): 18362
Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics.
Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics.
Distribution Site: tex.ac.uk
Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete
          ms[xy]m fonts.  Requires amssymbols.sty.

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Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX
Latest Version:
Author Name:  Doob, Michael
Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Size (Bytes): 198589
Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex.
Intended Audience: Rank beginners.
Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie)
Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost.

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Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX
Latest Version:
Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil
Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu
Size (Pytes): 25
Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of
                   LaTeX.
Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with
                   either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX.
Distribution Site: Contact author via email.
Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with
          AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual.

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Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends
Latest Version:
Author Name: Maltby, Gavin
Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za
                      maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za
Size (Bytes): 150405
Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX.  Covers
                   text processing and mathematical typesetting.  Far from a
                   reference work, for there are many commands not even
                   mentioned.  Around 80 pages.
Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset
                   mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX
Distribution Site: To Be Determined
Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal,
          Pietermaritzburg.  Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately
          polished.

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Document Name: Metafont For Beginners
Latest Version:
Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey
Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au
Size (Bytes): 15252
Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does.
Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users
Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu
Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont.

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Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists
Latest Version:
Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank
Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu
Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file)
Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX
Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents.
Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu
Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory.
          The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it.
          Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help
          physicists make use of TeX effectively.

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Regards,
        "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk
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Date:    Tue, 16 Feb 1993 09:51:10 -0600
From:    "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu>
Subject: TeX-related Gopher services

Norm Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu> has been developing an admirable gopher
service on ibis.cs.umass.edu (port 70) and Sebastian Rahtz
<spqr@minster.york.ac.uk> has undertaken the heroic efforts necesary to
create a usable gopher interface on ftp.tex.ac.uk (port 70) to the UK TeX
archives available from his site (an interface in addiition to ftp which I
hope to get fully installed to point at our archives as soon as everything
is in place on our new machine; must visit with Sebastian further about
this, as well as a few other topics).  Possibly there are others focusing
on TeX-related items.

Please allow me to add "my" gopher on Niord to this list (Niord.SHSU.edu,
port 70).  I have a few items which are locally maintained, a few items
from Norm's host, and a link to Sebastian's host.

Niord's root menu is:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                     Root gopher server: Niord.SHSU.edu

        1.  About the SHSU Gopher.
        2.  All the Gopher Servers in the World/
        3.  Economics (SHSU Network Access Initiative Project)/
        4.  Internet Information/
        5.  LIBS -- Internet Library Access System <TEL>
        6.  LaTeX3 Working Documents/
        7.  Minnesota Gopher (Mama Gopher; get *your own* clients here!)/
        8.  SAMINFO -- Sam Houston State University Information System <TEL>
  -->   9.  TeX-related Materials/
        10. Thesaurus and Dictionaries/
        11. USENET News (from Michigan State)/
        12. Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)/
        13. Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service; US)/
        14. Weather Underground (University of Michigan) <TEL>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

and the menu associaed with item 9 is:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                            TeX-related Materials

        1.  Components of TeX/
        2.  EconBib (LaTeX/BibTeX styles for economics)/
        3.  Essential LaTeX/
        4.  FAQ Supplement for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/
        5.  FAQ for comp.fonts (text and WAIS indexed)/
        6.  FAQ for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/
        7.  LaTeX3 Working Documents/
        8.  Metafont for Beginners.
        9.  NFSS in the Context of LaTeX.
        10. TeX Index (text and WAIS indexed)/
        11. The Canonical list of MetaFont fonts.
        12. UK TeX Archive/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Most of the items Tim included in yesterday's post listing the available
TeX tutorials are there, as well as the various FAQ's and David Jone's TeX
Index.  In addition to the text of them, Norm has WAIS indexed(!) the FAQ's
and the TeX Index -- you can include a search word and you get the
information directly (many thanks, Norm!).

If you are on the Internet and don't have access to a gopher client, you
really ought to get one -- item 7 on Niord's main menu points to the root
directory at Minnesota where these are available (or, preferably, use ftp
to boombox.micro.umn.edu).  The clients are amazingly simple to build,
install, and use.

Gopher is a truly amazing tool; with the extensions provided by Norm and
Sebastian, it becomes an invaluable TeX reference tool.  We also support a
(highly overburdened on a far too small machine) public access gopher
client which you can use by telnet on Scrooge.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.7) --
use the username "gopher" (all lowercase, without the quotes) if you'd like
to utilize it (but a client on your end is highly preferred for more than a
few reasons).

Regards,   George
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George D. Greenwade, Ph.D.                            Bitnet:  BED_GDG@SHSU
Department of Economics and Business Analysis         THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG
College of Business Administration                    Voice: (409) 294-1266
P. O. Box 2118                                        FAX:   (409) 294-3612
Sam Houston State University              Internet:        bed_gdg@SHSU.edu
Huntsville, TX 77341                      bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net
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Date:    Sat, 20 Feb 1993 10:35:00 +0000
From:    Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk>
Subject: LexiTeX: citation macro package

This is to announce a new macro package for typesetting citations.
I am a neophyte (TeX-age about six months), but I have sweat bullets
over this package, and learned a lot about TeX in the process of
putting it together.  I hope that other find it useful.

I call the package LexiTeX, because it was originally conceived
as a means of streamlining the typesetting of legal citations, because
but it should be of equal value for other types of writing as well,
with a tweak here and there.

The essential features of LexiTeX are as follows:

	(1) Citations are entered as a set of arguments
to an initial declaration command (e.g. \newbook...).

	(2) The declaration command for a given type of
citation governs the typefaces used for setting the arguments
of the citation.  Two typefaces (one standard, one specially
selected by \\...\\) are defined for each of the first three
arguments or parsed elements of citations (i.e. author, title,
cite-first-part).  In most cases, the user therefore enters only
the argument text, without worrying about selecting the typeface
explicitly.

	(3) A nickname is assigned to each source when it is
first declared.  This nickname is used thereafter to refer to
the source (i.e. \dickens).  This will expand into a short-form
citation or cross-reference that accords with the style rules of
A Uniform System of Citation (i.e. {\em supra} note 10, {\em id.},
et cetera).  The document can therefore be freely edited without
fretting over cross-references.

	(4) Specific page numbers may be referred to, and these
will be incorporated into the citation in the proper style.
For example, \dickens+{23} will expand into something like
``{\sc C. Dickens}, {\em supra} note 10 at 23'', or {\em Id.}
at 23, depending on context.

	(5) Tables of cases, statutes, articles and books are
generated automatically, in the same typefaces used in the main
text.  Most of TeX's special characters (i.e. \=, etc.) are
disabled during the file-write, and will not cause problems.

If anyone is interested in taking a look at the LexiTeX manual
and playing with the package itself, I can post a uuencoded
encryption via email.

Cheers,
Frank Bennett, Jr
SOAS Law Dept
University of London

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Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 1993 18:50:40 -0500
From:    karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: web2c 5.851d available

I have released a new version of web2c, the port of the basic TeX
project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix.  You can get
it by ftp from:

      (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{web,web2c}.tar.Z

Soon it will be available from:

  (California) ics.uci.edu:TeX/{web,web2c}.tar.Z
     (Germany) ftp.th-darmstadt.de:pub/tex/src/web2c/{web,web2c}.tar.Z

The master web files haven't changed, but the directory organization
has.  It is therefore simplest to retrieve and unpack the new web.tar.Z;
otherwise, you will have to rearrange the web files yourself.

A summary of the changes is below.  Send bug reports to me.

I've also updated my modified xdvi and dvips which use the same path
searching code.  They are on ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex also, as
dvipsk.tar.Z and xdvik.tar.Z.

The web2c distribution contains only the basic TeX system programs -- no
fonts, no macros, etc.  See the file FTP in the web2c distribution for
where to get these things.  Also, the Northwest Computing Support Center
has a complete Unix TeX tape, and provides support services.

NWCSC is supported only by the revenues from the preparation and
distribution of tapes, and is required to be fully self-supporting.  It
receives no support from the University of Washington.  I urge you to
order a tape or make a donation if you can, so that NWCSC can afford to
continue to organize and distribute Unix-flavored TeX.  Email
elizabeth@u.washington.edu for details.

Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release.

karl@cs.umb.edu
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.


* A file `texfonts.map' allows arbitrary mapping of font names (as given
  to, for instance, \font) to filenames.

* Metafont & TeX:
  - If a .tex, .tfm, or .mf file can't be found, MakeTeX{TeX,TFM,MF} is
    invoked before giving up, as in dvips' MakeTeXPK.
  - Sharable format/base files load faster on LittleEndian machines.
  - TEXMFOUTPUT is only used for those files which can't be written in
    the current directory, instead of all files after the first such.
    Its usage is also reflected in the `... written on ...' messages at
    the end of the run.
  - If the DISPLAY environment variable is set, Metafont assumes you are
    running under X11 for the purposes of online output (instead of
    relying on the TERM or MFTERM envvar).
  - Checks for write errors on DVI/GF output.
  - Unusual glue values no longer make TeX dump core on some systems.

* BibTeX:
  - The cross-reference feature works as documented (I had foolishly
    changed the default value of min_crossrefs to eliminate it).
  - New option -min-crossrefs=<number> to change it dynamically.
  - New option -verbose; without it, normal reportage is eliminated.
  - Maximum number of .bib files increased to 100.
  - Non-printable-ASCII characters in .bib files are preserved.

* TeXware:
  - tftopl adds a default extension `.tfm' to the input file if necessary.

* web2c: 
  - Unsigned types are used where possible to represent Pascal
    subranges.  Among other things, this eliminates a system dependency
    in creating format/base files (small_number was defined as `schar',
    which varies between systems).

* configuration:
  - Unpacks into web2c-<version> instead of src-<version>.*.
  - site.h merged into lib/c-auto.h.in and ./Makefile.in.
  - sed is used instead of patch to make the ``small'' change files.
  - sed is used instead of ed to make the trip/trap files.
  - The configure script looks in more directories for the X libraries
    and include files, and is generated from the latest version of Autoconf.
  - mfware and texware directories merged into the others.
  - The web2c version is defined in one place, so system information can
    be added to the banners more easily.

* Makefiles:
  - Makefiles in subdirectories are created by configure.
  - $(srcdir) (i.e., compiling in a different directory) is closer to working.
  - Stamp files are not used at the top level, or for {tex,mf}/convert.
  - New targets install-data and install-exec, to only install
    architecture-(in)dependent files.

* PROBLEMS.W2C has some notes on compiling and using these programs
  under DOS, contributed by melvin@math.psu.edu.

* The man pages have been significantly updated and improved by
  beebe@math.utah.edu.


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Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:55:25 +0000
From:    David Osborne <cczdao@mips.nott.ac.uk>
Subject: Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items

Frank Buchholz <buchholz@lukas.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> has
contributed LaTeX and makeindex style files to add a list of
referenced pages to a bibliography.  The README file follows.

The files
README citesidx.isty citesidx.sty citesidx1.isty
can be found on the UK TeX Archive machines in

tex.ac.uk:[tex-archive.macros.latex.styles.contrib.citesidx]
ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/macros/latex/styles/contrib/citesidx

~~Dave

========
CITESIDX

(Based on fancycites.sty and windex.tex)
Author: Frank Buchholz, Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 1992
email:  buchholz@lusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de

Main purpose:
	Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items.
	This is done by using the index-facility.

	Am Ende der Literaturangaben wird jeweils eine Liste der Seiten 
	angef"ugt, auf denen zitiert wird. Diese Liste wird, ebenso wie der 
	Index, mit dem Programm "makeindex" erstellt. Daf"ur ben"otigt 
	"makeindex" die Datei "citesidx.isty".

Files: 
	README		This file
	CITESIDX.STY 	Style-File used by LaTeX
	CITESIDX.ISTY	Style-file used by 'makeindex'. Every char-group 
			( A, B, C, ... ) is started with a header.
			If your makeindex-programm doesn't understand this, 
			use the following file instead.
	CITESIDX1.ISTY	Style-file used by 'makeindex'

Documentation:
	see CITESIDX.STY

Usage:
	latex <file>
	bibtex <file>		% if neccesary
	makeindex -s makeindex.isty <file>
	latex <file>
	latex <file>

Why use file CITESIDX.ISTY?
	The program "makeindex" has to write entries like the following
		\item \indexciteitem{<key>}{<pageno-list>}
	into the *.ind-file if it recognizes entries like 
		\indexentry{<key>@\indexciteitem{<key>}}{<pageno>}
	in the *.idx-file. The latter entries are produced by the 
	\cites-commands.

	Notice that the pageno-list is enclosed in brackets, because
	the command \indexciteitem takes two parameters.

Hint:
	If you change file "makeindex.isty" to get an other index-layout or 
	if you like to use an other program than "makeindex" to produce the 
	file <name>.ind, take care that the page-list have to be enclosed in 
	brackets.


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