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TeXhax Digest              Monday, 15 April 1996       Volume 96 : Number 005

(incorporating UKTeX Digest)

Today's Topics:

    Re: fractions, space, \afterpage (TeXhax)
    Re: startsection (TeXhax Digest V96 #4)
    Plain TeX query
    disc set and printer driver for LaTex 2e

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From: Donald Arseneau <asnd@triumf.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 20:47:44 PST
Subject: Re: fractions, space, \afterpage (TeXhax)

In TeXhax Digest V96 #3, Kris Lockyear <K.Lockyear@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
 
%  2) How can I get ... 1/2 with small 1, a diagonal line and a small 2.

It is in The TeXbook, exercise 11.6. You probably have manmac.tex and/or 
eplain.tex on your system somewhere; you can copy the definition out of 
there to avoid re-typing it.
 
%  3) LaTeX increased white space between paragraphs to place a \section at 
the 
%  top of a page. This looks very ugly.


Declare \raggedbottom (described in the LaTeX manual)
 
%  4) I often use \afterpage{\clearpage} to flush out the figures etc.  
%  this occasionally results in a blank page with a footnote at the bottom. 

a) In my opinion, this is never necessary.  It only helps when figures are
*stuck* with impossible placement requirements.  You are better off giving
realistic placement options for your figures and setting higher values for
\topfraction and \bottomfraction (say 0.8) and a lower \textfraction (0.2).
Re-read the LaTeX manual discussion of these.

b) Don't write long footnotes.

c) You can avoid most split footnotes using:
\raggedbottom \addtolength{\topskip}{0pt plus 1cm minus 0.2pt}
(No, the top won't be ragged; just the bottom.)

Donald Arseneau                         asnd@reg.triumf.ca


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From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:33:00 +0000
Subject: Re: startsection (TeXhax Digest V96 #4)

Mr Marcilo Alves writes:
>I'm trying to redefine the \section, \chapter look by
>using the \@startsection command (Companion, page 24).

Having not read the Companion, page 16 (I think it is), where it tells
you to:

 \makeatletter
>\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection
>        {\section}% 
>        {1}%
>        {2mm}%
>        {2mm}%
>        {2mm}
>        {\itshape}}%
 \makeatother

This is one of the most-FAQs.  The Companion is _not_ a beginner's
book; if you've never programmed LaTeX macros before *PLEASE*
(everyone, not just Mr. Alves!) read the introductory pages first
(there are only twenty or so of them).


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From: cgm@ssci.liv.ac.uk (Colin Mason)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:47:11 GMT
Subject: Plain TeX query

% Could someone please answer a question which has been puzzling me for some
% while because, unless I misunderstand the TeXbook, TeX is not doing what I
% think it should do. Consider the following input file:
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\chardef\return=`\^^M
%
\def\dopling{%
  \ifcat\space\noexpand\next
    \wlog{<Pling><Space>}%
  \else \ifcat\return\noexpand\next
    \wlog{<Pling><Return>}%
  \else \ifcat\bgroup\noexpand\next
    \wlog{<Pling><Left brace>}%
  \else
    \wlog{<Pling><Other>}%
  \fi \fi \fi}%
%
\catcode`\!=\active
%
\def!{\futurelet\next\dopling}%
%
! Hallo world.
!
!{Anyone for Tennis?}%
!%
! Just another line%
!---and another part of the same line
!
! \bye
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Not a very sensible input file I know but it's just meant to illustrate the
% problem. When run through TeX, I get the following log file (without the
% leading `% ' of course):
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% This is TeX, C Version 3.14t3 (format=plain 93.5.19)  28 MAR 1996 18:31
% **test
% (test.tex
% <Pling><Space>
% <Pling><Space>
% <Pling><Left brace>
% <Pling><Return>
% <Pling><Space>
% <Pling><Other>
% <Pling><Space>
% <Pling><Space>
%  [1] )
% Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 308 bytes).
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% I understand all of these except the <Pling><Return> generated by the input
% line `!%'. Why should a comment character generate a <Return>?
%
% Thanks in anticipation.
%
% Colin Mason (cgm@sunserver.ssci.liv.ac.uk)

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From: Andrew Jones $STAFF <JONEAN@trentcollege.nott.sch.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:12:44 +0000
Subject: disc set and printer driver for LaTex 2e

Please can anyone help me?? 

I have used Latex in the past, but unfortunately had to remove it. I 
now possess a Canon BJ10ex printer, and I cannot get the exact driver for it. 
I've been given several to try, but to no avail. 
I also understand that I no longer have the latest version of LaTex ( I 
bought mine in 1990). How is LaTex 2e different?

Could anyone please advise me on where I may get a proper printer 
driver for the BJ10ex, and possibly a disc set for LaTex 2e.

I use Wordperfect 6.0 for word-processing. I recall reading somewhere 
that there is a LaTex converter for WP6.

My own machine is not on the Internet, and therefore I cannot 
download, I would therefore need proper discs. Any help would be 
greatly appreciated.


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End of TeXhax Digest V96 #5
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