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\Section{Editorial}

Heading into deep summer now, this issue brings you lots of reports on
user group meetings which have taken place over the past several
months. Very interesting to see the types of presentations --- and the
repeated appearances which the \LaTeX\ team are making, to ensure that
everyone has a chance to hear and/or read about the new upgrade. \tug\
members will have that opportunity at the annual meeting (which may be
going on right now --- this issue has been delayed a little bit). But
not to fear --- there will be lots of written material coming out in
the proceedings issue of {\sl TUGboat\/}, and in subsequent issues.

This is a major upgrade, and an important effort to bring \LaTeX\ back
to a standard, uniform, and compatible level --- something which I
believe is one of the most important intentions behind and interwoven
throughout \TeX, as a program: portability and compatibility across
platforms, across geography. If we lose that compatibility, we lose
our very special place in the world of document preparation. 

It is therefore very important for us all to see that this upgrade is
done as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Do it badly, or do it
too slowly, and the lurch will be noticeable. It took several years
(well, ok --- many years) to move everyone off the old {\small AM}
fonts into {\small CM}; it took a few years \dots\ several years to
move almost everyone up to v.~3 of \TeX; let's see if we can't get
this \LaTeX\ upgrade done in even less time. Talk to your
department/systems administrators. Let them know the change is coming
this summer. The material will be available as always from your
favourite \ctan\ archive, and also on CD (I hear this is coming soon
--- great news!). There will be documentation and instructions on how
to make the changeover with minimal loss in production time. There
will be {\em some\/} differences which some of us will trip over; that
simply cannot be avoided. But the final results will be well worth it.
\LaTeX\ is a bear to use, if you come from plain \TeX, or if you want
to do a lot more than just write text; the upgrade will make that
fiddling, that control, a lot more accessible, more `logical'.

\begin{center}
   *\quad *\quad*
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Unfortunately, you are probably reading these lines as the meeting is
taking place \dots\ or as we're all heading homewards from Santa
Barbara. I'd hoped to keep to the announced publication schedule for
\ttn, but this past quarter year has been inordinately busy for me. I
extend apologies to all who look to receiving this newsletter on time.

Nevertheless, from what I can see of the program and events planned,
this year's meeting looks like a really good one! And you can catch
all the news in the proceedings issue of {\sl TUGboat\/}, which is
going to be pretty thick! With presentations by the likes of Charles
Bigelow (yup!  the man who brought you Lucida) and Leslie Lamport,
news on \BibTeX\ from Oren himself, and all the other goodies \dots\
this should be pretty exciting.

Peter Flynn has some comments on the \TeX-wars raging over on the word
processing front --- points that we sometimes forget, or that we don't
remember when talking to people who don't know about \TeX\@. \TeX\ is
not a word processor. If you want one, use one. If you want quality,
use \TeX\@. [\dots\ oh, I feel like inflaming someone this summer!
\dots~] Peter also lists some good books to consult on fonts. 

Peter Schmitt's column gives us yet more \TeX\ books, more articles,
and more newsletters. All those editors out there have been really
busy this past spring!

Jeremy's got some nice stuff: a page-numbering scheme from David
Salomon (of Northridge-the-earthquake-epicenter!), Gerree Pecht with a
double summation sign macro, and some fun stuff from Kees van der
Laan, who never ceases to play around with \TeX!  Jeremy himself puts
in a bit of an explanation for a \ttn\ macro he set up when he started
doing his column. 

A new feature added with this issue is {\sl \LaTeX~News\/} --- not to
be confused with our regular column, ``\AllTeX\ News''. LN is a
separate newsletter to be put out by the \LaTeX\ team, and ``will
accompany every future release of \LaTeX.'' You'll find it on pp.\
12--13.

For the \MF\ Tester Contest, we had winners! See page 24 for results
--- and congralations to all who sent in their best \MF\ phrasings.

And to wrap it up, for your summertime enjoyment and {\it
divertissement\/}, go to page 28 and see what Andrew Trevorrow's been
up to lately. 



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   Christina Thiele\\ 
   Editor, \TTN
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         ``Only one person in all of computing history has ever won
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%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.3-5):

\Section{Typographer's Inn}

\bgroup

\hyphenation{%
   pa-ra-me-ters    au-to-ma-ting 
   helico-pter      Frederic 
   JIVING           Capi-tal
   Ottawa}

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\begin{flushright}
   Peter Flynn \\
   University College Cork \\
   \tt pflynn@curia.ucc.ie
\end{flushright}


\subsection*{More shading}

Following my note on shaded boxes in the last issue, Dean Guenther
says he has incorporated Knuth's dithered font into a box macro for
{\small TeXT1} which is fairly general: shading, shadows, lines,
etc. It is available by anonymous \ftp\ from \verb|cougar.csc.wsu.edu|
in~\verb|tex.macros.boxmacs|


\subsection*{Soapbox}

My gripe-of-the-year is publishers. Over the past two years I've
noticed more and more books (novels, manuals, everything) being
produced with exceptionally sloppy~typography.

Some offences are clearly a result of the preparation of typesetting
direct from wordprocessed text without adequate proofing, and could
easily be avoided by using a proper text editor. A common one is
hyphenated compounds like \hbox{`cast-~iron'} which obviously broke at
the end of a line in the original wordprocessor, and retained the
implicit space caused by the line-end in the form of an unwanted gap
after the hyphen when the text was reset to the final length by the
typesetter. Any half-way decent editor can find hyphens followed by
newlines and let you delete them if~appropriate.

Other matters are more~serious: 

\begin{itemize}
   \item The white space above and below indented quotations (being
         set in a smaller type) is not being removed when the
         quotation falls at the top or bottom of a page, with the
         result that the new page begins too far~down.

   \item In a large number of cases, paragraphs are printed ending
         with a single word on a line by itself. As this falls
         immediately above the indented space of the next paragraph it
         obtrudes too much adjacent white space on the~eye.

   \item Occasionally, a paragraph ends with a line which fills the
         entire width: a more even effect would be achieved in these
         cases by adjusting things so that there is space at the end
         of the line at least the same size as that used
         for~indentation.
\end{itemize}

\noindent It's a big selling point with \TeX\ that these things are
either provided for automatically or can be introduced trivially. In
the case of white space removal at page breaks, \TeX\ does it without
asking; a tie between the last two words of a paragraph will avoid the
second problem; and the setting of \verb|\parfillskip| to
\verb|\parindent plus1fil| will fix the third. Yet many publishers
have not even heard of \TeX.

Infinitely more unpleasant is the thoroughly objectionable practice of
turning off hyphenation. Regular readers will be aware of my views on
the evils of letterspacing continuous text, and those who do not share
them are invited to examine new publications to see the effects when
hyphenation is forbidden. Is this mere ignorance, or some fear of
hyphens? Or perhaps it is a sure knowledge that the
hyphenation-and-justification routines in most wordprocessor and
{\small DTP} systems are far from adequate?

A polite letter to the publisher explaining all this can often work
wonders: many of them are wholly unaware that some of their readers
actually care enough about typography to raise the matter with them!
One or two that I have contacted are now considering using \TeX\ to
help them improve quality. One, however, insisted that his copy of
WordPer***t produced results `far better than any fancy
typesetter'\dots


\subsection*{Books}

Michael Everson in Dublin recommends {\it Hermann Zapf and his design
philosophy\/} (Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts 1987, \isbn\
0--941447--00--6), although I think the price in Ireland frightened
him\dots

Karl Berry has reminded me of the bibliography available by anonymous
\ftp\ from \verb|math.utah.edu| in \verb|pub/tex/bib/type.bib|, and
particularly recommends the following:

\begin{itemize}
   \item Walter Tracy's {\it Letters of Credit\/} (David R Godine,
         Boston, 1986, US\$27.50). This is in two parts: the first on
         general history and principles of type design, the second a
         critical discussion of the work of Jan van Krimpen, Frederic
         Goudy, Rudolf Koch, W.\ts A. Dwiggins, and Stanley Morison.
         Tracy was head of type design for Linotype in Britain.

   \item {\it Anatomy of a Typeface\/} by Alexander Lawson (David R
         Godine, Boston, 1990).

   \item {\it An Atlas of Typeforms\/} by James Sutton and Alan
         Bartram (Chartwell Books, 1988, \isbn\ 1--55521--340--5), a
         clear presentation of historic and formal
         concepts. Reproduction of original and redesigned typefaces,
         at both large and small scale.

   \item Jan Tschichold's {\it A Treasury of Alphabets and
         Lettering\/} (Omega Books, Ware [Hertfordshire, England]
         \isbn\ 1--85007--007--5): the first part of the book is
         essays on letterforms, typography, spacing, and so on. The
         second part a collection of type specimens, thoroughly
         annotated.
\end{itemize}


\subsection*{Kerning test}

A recent request on \verb|comp.text.tex| concerned lists of words for
type designers to use when testing the kern settings for typefaces.
Tom Duff of AT\&T posted the following list (seen 13 years ago at
Computervision 81 in London by Alvy Ray Smith~III):

\begin{quote}
\begin{raggedright}
%\hyphenpenalty=9999 \exhyphenpenalty=9999
\noindent TWENTY QUEER MANHATTAN NAVVIES MAROONED IN THE IRRAWADDY
WITH FOURTEEN VERY PUZZLED SEXY JIVING BROWN BAALBEC SKIVVIES
\end{raggedright}
\end{quote}

\noindent Tom comments that it would `probably not be promulgated
today because of its semantic content', but political correctness has
no place in a technical test. Computer Modern has a few minor
unevennesses, but perhaps someone would like to test it with the Adobe
`36' and anything else to hand, and report back.


\subsection*{Accent test}

Harry Dodsworth posted this little test phrase written by Marc E.\
Gauthier of the National Capital FreeNet (Ottawa, Canada), to see if a
font does French accents correctly:

\begin{quote}        
\noindent {\it D\`es No\"el, \c ca f\^ete d\'ej\`a o\`u g\^\i t
\'Esa\"u\/} 
\end{quote}


\subsection*{Metafonts}

While we're on the subject of fonts, I would like to thank Liam Quin
for the work he does maintaining the public list of all known \MF\
fonts. This is regularly posted on \verb|comp.fonts|, or you can get a
copy from any of the \ctan\ archives as
\verb|pub/archive/help/metafont-list|. I find it invaluable when
answering queries from users about what is available and where it can
be got.


\subsection*{Desk Top Publishing with FrameMaker}

I just received a brochure from a local dealer advertising a 5--day
course in FrameMaker. If the quality of the brochure reflects the
quality of the course then I shall be giving it a miss: it is a
classic example of some of the dangers inherent in using visual-based
{\small DTP}. A copy is available for \ftp\ from \verb|curia.ucc.ie|
in \verb|pub/tex/frame.ps| and I'm adding it to my Chamber of Horrors
(further contributions welcomed).

\egroup

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\begin{New Publications}

<                                      Peter Schmitt \\
<                            |schmitt@awirap.bitnet| \\
<              |a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at| \\

\books

> Abass Alamnehe:
    eLaTeX: Document Preparation Guide
    [in Amharic]

    EthiO Systems, 1993.
    xvi,230pp.

  # This is a manual to e\LaTeX, an Ethiopian-based version of \LaTeX. 

> Jonathan Grosvenor, Kay Morrison & Alexander Pim:                      \|
    The PostScript Font Handbook:
    A Directory of Type 1 Fonts

    Revised edition. Wokingham: Addison-Wesley, 1992.
    ix,425pp. US\$41.50. \ISBN 0-201-56893-4 (paperback).

  # For all those interested (or forced) to use PostScript fonts this
    directory provides a comprehensive collection of font samples from
    the font libraries of Adobe, Monotype, Linotype, and Agfa. Each
    font is represented by a full-page profile including the character
    set, a brief history, and hints for recommended usage. It includes
    an introduction on PostScript fonts.

> Leslie Lamport:
    \LaTeX: A Document Preparation System

    Second Edition. Addison-Wesley, 1994.
    180pp. US\$41.50. \ISBN 0-201-52983-1 (paperback).

  # This new edition of the official \LaTeX\ manual describes
    \LaTeX2e. It is announced to be available soon. 


\Articles

> Marvin S. Margolis:
    MG Mathematical Graphics System.

    Notices of the American Mathematical Society:
    vol. 41, no. 3 (March 1994)
    200--201

  # ``The MG Mathematical Graphics System creates and displays two-
    and three-dimensional mathematical graphics on an {\small
    MS-DOS}-based personal computer and produces high-quality
    PostScript output. The developers, R.~B.~Israel and R.~A.~Adams,
    [\dots] primarily designed the relatively small program to assist
    authors to create graphs to include in \TeX-typeset documents.  It
    is available from MG Software, 4223 West Ninth Avenue, Vancouver,
    B.C., Canada V6R 2C6.''  [from the introduction of this review]

> Heinz Werntges:
    Grafik-Import in \LaTeX\ [Importing graphics under \LaTeX]

    c't: 12/92, 252--258

  # This survey article (in the German computer magazine, {\it c't\/})
    discusses the various possibilities for including graphics into
    \LaTeX\ documents. It has since been reprinted (slightly updated)
   in _Die \TeX nische Kom\"odie_ (vol.~5, no.~2, 38--53 (1993)).

%\newsletters
\Newsletters

> Baskerville:
   vol.\ 4, no.\ 3, June 1994, 24pp. 
%      Official newsletter of the UK \TeX\ Users' Group.
%      Contact: uktug-enquiries@ftp.tex.ac.uk

> Les Cahiers GUTenberg: \mbox{\empty} \nl
  No.\ 16, f\'evrier 1994, 82pp. \issn\ 1140-9304. Thematic issue:
        {\sl PSTricks et Seminar\/}.\nl

  No.\ 17, mai 1994, 66pp.
%      Occasional publication of the French-speaking user group,
%      GUTenberg. Contact: gut@irisa.fr

> La Lettre GUTenberg:
     no.\ 3, juin 1994, 24pp. [using Palatino]
%      Official newsletter of \GUTenberg. Contact: gut@irisa.fr

> MAPs: issue 94.1, 1994, 178pp. [Dutch-speaking user group, NTG
        publication.] 
%      Official publication of the NTG. Contact: ntg@nic.surfnet.nl 

> Die \TeX{}nische Kom\"odie:
     5. Jahrgang, Heft~4/1993, April~1994, 60pp.
%    vol. 5 (1993), no. 4, Apr. 1994, 60pp.
     Official newsletter of DANTE.
%    Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung \TeX\ e.V.
%        Four issues per year.
%        Contact: |dante@dante.de|.

\end{New Publications}

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\noindent In an on-going effort to improve my \TeX\ skills, Barbara
Beeton of {\sl TUGboat\/} has suggested the following refinement to
one of my current practices:

\begin{quote}
   You may have noticed that most instances of {\small ALLCAPS} in
   \ttn\ appears in a 9pt font, rather than using the default 10pt
   (ALLCAPS in TTN), or by accessing the smallcaps font ({\sc allcaps}
   in \ttn, which is Peter Flynn's preference for his column ---
   unless I accidentally `edit' things). Anyways, my usual definition
   goes something like this:

   \mbox{}\qquad \verb|\newcommand{\ttn}{{\small TTN}}|

   Barbara's point: this doesn't work smoothly or automatically when a
   period follows. An improved definition would be:

   \mbox{}\qquad \verb|\newcommand{\tt}{{\small TTN}\spacefactor10000}|

   Barbara credits Phil Taylor with having pointed this out on the
   tex-implementors list as being a bug in plain. Knuth agreed it was,
   and that Phil's approach was the correct one --- and awarded him
   \$2.56 for it.
\end{quote}

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%% Jeremy Gibbons' column ``Hey --- it works!'' (pp.8-12):

\Section{``Hey --- it works!''}

\begin{flushright}
       Jeremy Gibbons \\
       University of Auckland \\
       \tt jeremy@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
\end{flushright}

\noindent Hello, and welcome once again to {\sl ``Hey~--- it
works!''}. This column is devoted to elegant solutions to little
\TeX{} or \LaTeX{} problems. Last time I cited Jon Bentley's
``Programming Pearls'' (in {\sl Communications of the Association for
Computing Machinery\/}) and Richard Bird's ``Functional Pearls'' (in
the {\sl Journal of Functional Programming\/}) as influences. For
those of you not in my field, I paraphrase Bentley: ``just as natural
pearls grow from grains of sand that have irritated real oysters,
these \TeX nical pearls have grown from real problems that have
irritated real \TeX nicians''. If you have any such pearls, please
send them in to me at the above address; my collection of material is
running rather low!

In this issue we have four items: a rather neat idea from David
Salomon on allowing any two consecutive pages to be visible at the
same time, a piece of my own on the headings in this column, one from
Gerree Pecht on a `double summation' sign, and one from Kees van der
Laan on producing `matrix icons' using \LaTeX's \verb"picture"
environment.

\begingroup

\squashedsubsection{A page-numbering scheme}
                   {David Salomon \\
                    California State University, Northridge \\
                    \tt dxs@ms.secs.csun.edu}

In standard English texts the right-hand pages are odd numbered and
the left-hand ones, even numbered. This has the disadvantage that the
reader cannot always see two consecutive pages at the same time. The
document can be opened, e.g., to pages 2 \& 3, but not to pages 3 \&
4.

The page numbering scheme proposed here makes it possible to see any
pair of consecutive pages simultaneously. The rules are:
%
\begin{enumerate}
   \item The first right-hand page should not be used for text (but it
         can be used for other things, such as a dedication or a
         trademark declaration).
   \item Page~1 should be the second right-hand page, and page~2, the
         first left-hand one. Page~3 should be the third right-hand
         page, and page~4, the one on its left.
\end{enumerate}
%
It is thus easy to see pages 1 \& 2 simultaneously, and also 3 \& 4.
To see pages 2 \& 3, just hold the second sheet of the document (the
one with pages 1 \& 4) vertically.

This scheme may be useful for technical documents. The output routine
can easily be modified to eject pages in the order 2,1,3,4\dots. The
first time it is executed, the output routine should save
\verb"\box255" in a box register.  The second execution should shipout
that register, then shipout \verb"\box255". A boolean variable can be
used to switch between even and odd executions.

\endgroup

\begingroup

\squashedsubsection{Addresses in headings}
                   {Jeremy Gibbons}

The headings for individual pieces in this column each have the
author's name and address flushright beside the flushleft title. When
I inherited this column, this was achieved by some negative
spacing---for example, in the source for \ttn~2,1:10, we have
%
\begin{verbatim}
\subsection*{DC fonts --- questions and answers (II)}
\vspace{-1.5pc}
\begin{flushright}
   Yannis Haralambous \\
   \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr
\end{flushright}
\end{verbatim}
%
This hard-wired \verb"-1.5pc" is contrary to good logical markup
principles: it is hard to get right (indeed, I think Yannis' name came
out a little too low), and depends invisibly on the choice of font and
typesize, the spacing inserted by \verb"flushright", etc.  To avoid
this problem, I wrote the macro \verb"\squashedsubsection"; with
%
\begin{verbatim}
\squashedsubsection{DC fonts --- questions and answers (II)}
                   {Yannis Haralambous \\
                    \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr}
\end{verbatim}
%
you get the same effect without having to guess the \verb"-1.5pc".
%
\begin{verbatim}
\def\squashedsubsection#1#2{%
   \subsection*{%
      \hbox to \linewidth{%       make a box as wide as the page
         #1%                      subsection title
         \hfil%                   stretchy space
         \llap{\normalsize%       ignore width of tabular
            \begin{tabular}[t]{r@{}}
                #2%               author's name and address
            \end{tabular}}}}}
\end{verbatim}
%
Note: no attempt is made to avoid a collision between the title and
the author's name!

\endgroup

\begingroup

\newpage
\squashedsubsection{A double summation sign}
                   {Gerree Pecht\\
                    Princeton University\\
                    \tt gerree@math.princeton.edu}

Recently, I had to solve the problem of producing a `double summation
sign', requiring fine spacing between the summation signs and the
precise centering of the mathematical subscript beneath them.

The documentation available was not applicable to my needs. Therefore,
with judicious use of horizontal spacing and experimenting with
numbers, I solved my problem as illustrated below; the \LaTeX{} source
%
\begin{verbatim}
\[
   S ({\cal A}, {\cal B}) 
      \, = \,
   \sum \hspace{-.4em} \sum_{\hspace{-.98em}(a,b)=1}
   \hspace{.8em}
   \sum_{d | b} \:
   \mu^2\,(d) \, \left( \frac{ar}{d} \right)
\]
\end{verbatim}
%
yields the equation
%
\[
   S ({\cal A}, {\cal B}) 
      \, = \,
   \sum \hspace{-.4em} \sum_{\hspace{-.98em}(a,b)=1}
   \hspace{.8em}
   \sum_{d | b} \:
   \mu^2\,(d) \, \left( \frac{ar}{d} \right)
\]

This solution may not be the {\em perfect\/} solution to those with a
similar problem for the following reasons:
%
\begin{itemize}
   \item the need to experiment to get the numbers right;
   \item the need to repeat the experiment if the font or type size is
         changed, or for a different subscript to the double sum.
\end{itemize}
%
As an alternative, it was suggested that a more elegant approach to
solving this problem might involve constructing an explicit `operator'
consisting of two summation signs:
%
\begin{verbatim}
\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\sum}}
\end{verbatim}
%
or, with a little less space between the summation signs,
%
\begin{verbatim}
\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\!\sum}}
\end{verbatim}
%
With the latter, \verb"\doublesum_{(a,b)=1}" yields
%
\def\doublesum{\mathop{\sum\!\sum}}
\[ \doublesum_{(a,b)=1} \]

\endgroup

\newpage


\begingroup

\squashedsubsection{Matrix icons via \LaTeX}
                   {Kees van der Laan \\
                    Garnwerd, The Netherlands \\
                    \tt cgl@rc.service.rug.nl}

\def\icmat#1#2{%ICon MATrix(rectangular)
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, eg 4; #2 is wd of icon matrix, eg 2
\vbox{\hrule
   \hbox to#2\unitlength{\vrule height#1\unitlength\hfil\vrule}%
   \hrule}%
}%end icmat

\def\icurt#1#2{%IConUpperRightTriangle
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with UT the upper triangular part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (upper triangular) matrix, eg 2
\vbox to #1\unitlength{\hrule
   \hbox{\picture(#2,#2)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture
      \vrule}%
   \vss}%
}%end icurt

\def\icllt#1#2{%IConLowerLeftTriangle
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with LT the lower triangular part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (lower triangular) matrix, eg 2
\vbox to #1\unitlength{\vss
   \hbox{\vrule
      \picture(#2,#1)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture}%
   \hrule}%
}%end icllt

\def\icuh#1#2#3{%IConUpperHessenberg
%#1 is size of icon matrix, with UH the upper Hessenberg part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (upper Hesenberg) matrix, eg 1
%#3 is size Lower Left triangular part, #1-#2 
% (for simplicity the latter is added, could have been calculated, 
% perhaps some inconsistency test could be incorporated)
\vbox{\offinterlineskip
   \hrule
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{\vrule height #2\unitlength depth0pt\relax
      \hfil\vrule}%
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{%
      \picture(#3,#3)\put(0,#3){\line(1,-1){#3}}\endpicture
      \hfil\vrule}%
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{\hfil\vrule width#2\unitlength height.2pt}%
   }%
}%end icuh

In my ``Math into BLUes'' I used matrix icons for formatting the
schematic flow of matrix decompositions, to mimic Wilkinson's diagrams
as supplied in his {\sl The Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem\/} (Oxford
University Press, 1965).  The crucial element is the creation of
diagonal lines.  I tried using Amy Hendrickson's \verb"\diagline",
which is flexible and powerful, but suffers from non-uniformness over
the line orientation, and also suffers from the difference in line
thickness of the horizontal and vertical lines, in comparison with the
diagonal lines.

In this note I used the line fonts which come with \LaTeX{} via the
\verb"\line" macro, as part of the picture environment.  Given the
context of matrix icons the limited availability of line orientations
does not hinder.

\relax From literature I distilled that the following special matrix
%% JG: added \relax, so "From" at start of line doesn't get munged by
%%     mailer 
%
icons are useful:
\setlength\unitlength{1ex}
\begin{center}\begin{tabular}{lc}
   rectangular matrix            & $\icmat64$\\
   lower left triangular matrix  & $\icllt44$\\
   upper right triangular matrix & $\icurt44$\\
   upper Hessenberg form         & $\icuh413$
\end{tabular}\end{center}
%
The above forms can be drawn easily in the picture environment. The
macros in this note hide that environment, and provide the pictures in
a \verb"\vbox", for use at any place where a \verb"\vbox" can be used,
without having to worry about `coordinates.'  The pictures are
parameterized on \LaTeX's \verb"\unitlength" dimension.

Here are some matrix icons, after Wilkinson:
%
\setlength{\unitlength}{1ex}
$$\icmat44\kern\unitlength\icllt44=\icllt44\icuh413 \qquad AL=LH$$
$$\icmat63=\icmat63\kern\unitlength\icurt63\qquad A=QR$$
via
\begin{verbatim}
\setlength{\unitlength}{1ex}
$$\icmat44\kern\unitlength\icllt44=\icllt44\icuh413 \qquad AL=LH$$
$$\icmat63=\icmat63\kern\unitlength\icurt63\qquad A=QR$$
\end{verbatim}

The macros are as follows:
%
\begin{verbatim}
\def\icmat#1#2{%ICon MATrix(rectangular)
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, eg 4; #2 is wd of icon matrix, eg 2
\vbox{\hrule
   \hbox to#2\unitlength{\vrule height#1\unitlength\hfil\vrule}%
   \hrule}%
}%end icmat

\def\icurt#1#2{%IConUpperRightTriangle
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with UT the upper triangular part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (upper triangular) matrix, eg 2
\vbox to #1\unitlength{\hrule
   \hbox{\picture(#2,#2)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture
      \vrule}%
   \vss}%
}%end icurt

\def\icllt#1#2{%IConLowerLeftTriangle
%#1 is ht of icon matrix, with LT the lower triangular part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (lower triangular) matrix, eg 2
\vbox to #1\unitlength{\vss
   \hbox{\vrule
      \picture(#2,#1)\put(0,#2){\line(1,-1){#2}}\endpicture}%
   \hrule}%
}%end icllt

\def\icuh#1#2#3{%IConUpperHessenberg
%#1 is size of icon matrix, with UH the upper Hessenberg part, eg 4
%#2 is wd of icon (upper Hesenberg) matrix, eg 1
%#3 is size Lower Left triangular part, #1-#2 
% (for simplicity the latter is added, could have been calculated, 
% perhaps some inconsistency test could be incorporated)
\vbox{\offinterlineskip
   \hrule
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{\vrule height #2\unitlength depth0pt\relax
      \hfil\vrule}%
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{%
      \picture(#3,#3)\put(0,#3){\line(1,-1){#3}}\endpicture
      \hfil\vrule}%
   \hbox to#1\unitlength{%
      \hfil\vrule width#2\unitlength height.2pt}%
   }%
}%end icuh
\end{verbatim}

\endgroup

\newpage


%% NEWSLETTER insert ``LaTeX News'' (pp.13--14):

\Section{Welcome to \it \LaTeX~News}
 
An issue of {\it\LaTeX~News} will accompany every future release of
\LaTeX.  It will tell you about important events, such as major bug 
fixes, newly available packages, or any other \LaTeX{} news.

 
\subsection*{\LaTeXe---the new \LaTeX{} release}
 
The most important news is the release of \LaTeXe, the new version of
the \LaTeX{} software.  This version has better support for fonts,
graphics and colour, and will be actively maintained by the \LaTeX3
project team.  Upgrades will be issued every six months, in June and
December.
 

\subsection*{Why a new \LaTeX?}
 
Over the years many extensions have been developed for \LaTeX. This
is, of course, a sure sign of its continuing popularity but it has had
one unfortunate result: incompatible \LaTeX{} formats came into use at
different sites. Thus, to process documents from various places, a
site maintainer was forced to keep \LaTeX{} (with and without \nfss),
\SLiTeX, \AmSLaTeX, and so on.  In addition, when looking at a source
file it was not always clear for which format the document was written.
 
To put an end to this unsatisfactory situation a new release of
\LaTeX{} was produced. It brings all such extensions back under a
single format and thus prevents the proliferation of mutually
incompatible dialects of \LaTeX~2.09. The new release was available
for several months as a test version, and the final release of 1~June
officially replaces the old version.
 

\subsection*{Processing documents with \LaTeXe}
 
Documents written for \LaTeX~2.09 will still be read by \LaTeXe.  Any
such document is run in {\it \LaTeX~2.09 compatibility mode}.
 
Unfortunately, compatibility mode comes with a price: it can run up to
50\% slower than \LaTeX~2.09 did.  If you want to run your document in
the faster {\it native mode\/}, you should try replacing the line:
%
\begin{verbatim}
   \documentstyle[<options>,<packages>]{<class>}
\end{verbatim}
%
with:
%
\begin{verbatim}
   \documentclass[<options>]{<class>}
   \usepackage{latexsym,<packages>}
\end{verbatim}
%
Unfortunately, this will not always work, because some \LaTeX~2.09
packages will only work in \LaTeXe{} compatibility mode.  You should
find out if there is a \LaTeXe{} version of the package available.
 
\LaTeXe{} native mode also gives access to the new features of \LaTeXe, 
described in {\it \LaTeXe{} for authors}.
 

\subsection*{New packages}
 
\LaTeXe{} has much better support for graphics, colour, fonts, and 
multi-lingual typesetting.  The following software should be available
from the distributor who brought you \LaTeXe:

\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item[babel] for typesetting in many languages.
   \item[color] for colour support.
   \item[graphics] for including images.
   \item[mfnfss] for using bitmap fonts.
   \item[psnfss] for using Type~1 fonts.
   \item[tools]  other packages by the \LaTeX3 team.
\end{description}
%
The packages come with full documentation, and are also described in
{\it\LaTeX: A Document Processing System} or {\it The \LaTeX{}
Companion}.
 

\subsection*{Further information}
 
More information about \LaTeXe{} is to be found in:

\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item[\LaTeX:\ts A Document Preparation System]
         Leslie Lamport,\ts Addison-Wesley, 2nd ed, 1994.
   \item[The \LaTeX{} Companion]
         Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
\end{description}
%
The \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on the new features
of \LaTeX:

\begin{description} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] 
         describes the new features of \LaTeX{} documents, in the file
         \verb|usrguide.tex|. 
   \item[\LaTeXe{} for class and package writers]
         describes the new features of \LaTeX{} classes and packages, 
         in the file \verb|clsguide.tex|.
   \item[\LaTeXe{} font selection]
         describes the new features of \LaTeX{} fonts for class and
         package writers, in the file \verb|fntguide.tex|.
\end{description}
%
For more information on \TeX{} and \LaTeX, get in touch with your
local \TeX{} Users Group, or the international \TeX{} Users Group,
P.~O.~Box~869, Santa~Barbara, CA~93102-0869, USA,
Fax:~+1~805~963~8358, EMail:~tug@tug.org.
 
\newpage


%% (La)TeX News (pp.15-17):

\Section{\AllTeX\ News}

\squashedsubsection{The new \LaTeX\ on CTAN}
                   {George D. Greenwade \\
                    \tt bed\_gdg@SHSU.edu}

The release of \LaTeXe\ as the officially supported version of \LaTeX\
has led to a change in directory naming on the \ctan\ hosts:
%
\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-2pt
   \item {\tt macros/latex/} has been moved to {\tt macros/latex209/}
   \item {\tt macros/latex2e/} has been moved to {\tt macros/latex/}
   \item {\tt macros/latex/} has been linked to {\tt macros/latex2e/}
         temporarily to facilitate version migration
\end{enumerate}
%
The message displayed upon {\tt cd}'ing into selected directories in
the \ctan\ {\tt macros} hierarchy is as follows:
%
{\small
\begin{verbatim}
   Effective Tuesday, June 7, 1994, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories 
   contain the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e --- the
   presently-supported version of LaTeX (previously macros/latex2e/).
   The macros/latex/ hierarchy is designed as follows:
     base/     --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit.
     packages/ --- officially provided and supported 2e extensions,
                   with each component in its own subdirectory.
     contrib/  --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e.
                   Each multi-file package is housed in its own
                   unique subdirectory.

   The CTAN macros/latex209/ directories contain the distribution and
   related files for LaTeX 2.09 (previously macros/latex/).
   The macros/latex209/ hierarchy is designed as follows:
     distribs/ --- the complete LaTeX 2.09 distribution kit, with each
                   component within its own subdirectory.
     contrib/  --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2.09.
                   Each multi-file package is housed in its own
                   unique subdirectory.  Single files are retained
                   together in the misc/ subdirectory.
\end{verbatim}
}

\squashedsubsection{\normalsize\bf TIQWAH}
                   {Yannis Haralambous \\
                    Yannis.Haralambous@univ-lille1.fr}

TIQWAH (`hope') is a \TeX\--XeT/\MF/Flex package for the typesetting
of Biblical Hebrew, and is part of Scholar\TeX, with the preprocessor
written in {\small GNU} Flex. The fonts are inspired from {\small
BHK}, with very strong meta-ness properties: Tiberian, Babylonian,
Palestinian vowels; cantillation marks in old style (Rabbinical
Bibles) and modern style ({\small BHS}); different upper and lower
symmetry axes for diacritics placement.

For a detailled description (and an enumeration of all typographical
curiosa of the Bible) see {\tt
/pub/tex/yannis/scholartex-info/biblical-hebrew.ps} in {\tt
ftp.ens.fr}, login {\tt anonymous}. In this paper you will find also
samples at all sizes and an example: Genesis 1:1--4.

The system will be presented at \tug'94 (Santa Barbara) and {\small
AIBI}-4 (Conference of the Association Biblie et Informatique,
Amsterdam).


\squashedsubsection{User group info on CTAN}
                   {Christina Thiele \\
                    \tt cthiele@ccs.carleton.ca}

Sometimes the most obvious things just don't come to mind. Just
recently, an area on \ctan\ which had always been there (mirrored from
the \dante\ machine) was \verb|/usergrps|. This area has now been
expanded to cover all user groups who wish to participate --- an
invitation has been sent out, and already you can find user group
information there from \dante, the \ntg, \GUTenberg, and of course,
information from \tug. So far, information posted there includes such
items as backgrounders on user groups, membership forms, info about
meetings, and so on. It's up to each user group to arrange for a
subdirectory for their group, and to maintain that material.

By the time you read this, there will also be a file in
\verb|/usergrps| itself --- \verb|usergrps.tex| --- a listing of all 
the known user groups and their mailing addresses (e-mail and snail,
phone and \fax\ numbers). This list is based on an item which I
originally pulled together for \ttn\ 2,1; any updates or corrections
should be mailed to me.


\squashedsubsection{RELABEL on CTAN}
                   {Peter Ungar \\
                    \tt laxa@acfcluster.nyu.edu}

In mathematical papers and books, formulas, theorems, etc.\ are
normally numbered consecutively. Adding or deleting or moving even one
item may provoke changes so that several others may have to be
renumbered and the references to them adjusted accordingly. There are
\TeX\ macros in \LaTeX, and possibly elsewhere, which do this
automatically in the typesetting stage.

A macro-based system creates a permanent discrepancy between the
labels in the source text and the labels in the typeset version.  This
is quite confusing if one continues work on the source text and one
wishes to view the completed part of the work in typeset form rather
than the source text, which is hard to read.

Other awkward features of the \LaTeX\ system are that one cannot use
the same label, e.g., ``2.5'', for both a formula and a theorem and
that in the typeset text all labels contain text unit identifiers.  In
a book with running heads it is not necessary to start all labels with
``2.5'' when the running head indicates that we are in ``Section
2.5'', and some authors prefer not to clutter their pages with all
those digits and periods. In any case, one should not need to type the
text unit identifier in the source text in a label or in a reference
to the current text unit. Most references are to the current text
unit.

I am announcing a flexible and convenient system for labeling in
\TeX\ or \LaTeX\ source texts or other text files. It is based on
the short (15K) program, {\tt RELABEL}.  Versions of the program for
Macintosh and for IBM-compatible computers, along with instructions
and examples are available by anonymous \ftp\ from any \ctan\ site,
under \verb| tex-archive/support/relabel|.  The Turbo Pascal source
texts are also in the archives; adapting the program to other computer
systems probably requires nothing more than changing the lines where
files are opened or closed.


\squashedsubsection{New group forming}
                   {Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez \\
                    \tt josera@obelix.cica.es}

All those interested in the creation of a Spanish-speaking \TeX\ Users
Group (Grupo de Usuarios de \TeX\ hispanoparlantes), please contact me
at the following address: Prof.\ Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez,
Dpto.\ Matem\'atica Aplicada 1, E.T.S.\ Arquitectura --- Universidad
de Sevilla, Reina Mercedes, 2, E-41002 {\small SPAIN}.


\squashedsubsection{News from Vendors}
                   {Christina Thiele}

\begin{itemize}
   \item [$\bullet$] CDs are all the rage! Prime Time Freeware's
         latest \TeX\ offering is called ``Prime Time \TeX
         cetera''. Here's a description:

      ``Prime Time TeXcetera consists of a 100-page book and an
        ISO-9660 \cdrom. The disc contains essentially the entire
        \ctan, as of mid- May, 1994. It uses Info-{\small ZIP} format,
        allowing use with a variety of computer systems.

        To make the disc easier to use, we have added a substantial
        amount of annotation and indexing.  (As usual, we will allow
        \ftp\ archives to use and distribute this ancillary material.)

        Prime Time TeXcetera was edited by Vicki Brown.  The list
        price is US\$60.  For more information, send email to: {\tt
        ptf@cfcl.com}''

\item [$\bullet$] {\small PTI} is having a fire sale of sorts: they're
      selling PC\TeX\ for Windows or {\small MS-DOS} for 25\% off, and
      throwing in a t-shirt as well. The sale goes on until July
      31st. And if you just want upgrades, they've got some good deals
      as well: if you have v.3.14, you can upgrade to the Windows
      version for \$96.00; if you have an {\small MS-DOS} version,
      with or without {\small PTI} View and Printer Drivers, you can
      upgrade to a complete {\small MS-DOS} version with fonts for
      \$96.00 as well. Call 1-800-808-7906 or 1-415-388-8853;
      \fax\ is 1-415-388-8865.
\end{itemize}


\newpage


%% Reports on Meetings (pp.18-24):

\Section{Reports on Meetings}

\squashedsubsection{DANTE'94}
                   {Claus Hoffmann \\
                    Mannheim, Germany}

The annual \TeX{} Conference of \dante~e.V.\ (the German-speaking
\TeX{} user group) was held this year in M\"unster/Westfalen from
February 16 to 18.  As usual for those people who come from far away,
the meeting actually started on the 15th, with an early-bird dinner in
the evening.

The meeting began after lunch on Wednesday, the 16th, with tutorials,
some held as parallel events in two lecture halls. Phil Taylor
conducted one tutorial on \TeX{} for the advanced user (parts 1 and
2), and on book design. In the other lecture hall, we had three
tutorials: one about \PS\ \verb|\special|s, one about importing
graphics into \TeX{}, and one which was an introduction to \MF. The
tutorials were a good start for the conference. 

In the evening all attendees met in a restaurant in downtown M\"unster
for dinner and one or two beers.  It was a good occasion to get in
touch with other users and all the {\small VIP}s present!

The second day started with official greetings from Joachim Lammarsch,
President of \dante~e.V. Then we had a very interesting presentation
by Rainer Sch\"opf about \LaTeXe, followed by a discussion
period. After the coffee break, we heard something about a new DVI
previewer.  In the afternoon there were three talks: one about
\TeX{}'s macro processor, another one on \TeX{} tools, and then a
really great talk by a young student about his self-programmed editor
called Eddi4\TeX{} --- Eddi\TeX{} for short.  This is a fantastic
editor and user shell for \TeX{}, running under {\small DOS} and OS/2.

After the coffebreak the general meeting of DANTE~e.V.  was held. It
brought a lot of interesting news for the members about the new server
machine, the coordinators for the various systems, and also about
other groups, such as \tug.

In the evening, we had a special social event: a visit to an open-air
museum showing the old ways of life in the countryside in former
centuries. And we shouldn't forget to mention the excellent
meeting-dinner followed the excursion.

On the last day, Friday the 18th, the conference ended after three
talks and the closing discussion. The first lecture was about Spidery
{\small WEB} under {\small LINUX}. The theme of the second one was
\TeX{} and colours, by Friedhelm Sowa, who talked about modifications
to his graphics program, {\tt bm2font}, so that it is now able to
create 4-color graphic output in \TeX{}. The third and final lecture
was entitled ``xtem --- a \TeX{}-menu under \unix'', followed by our
last coffee break, and then the closing discussion about the
conference.

\newpage

It was a very nice and interesting conference, with about
140~attendees. We had a lot of opportunities to meet other users,
exchange information, copy software from the server, and listen to
many interesting talks. I will for sure go to the next \dante\
meeting! 


\squashedsubsection{GUST --- Bacho\TeX{}'94}
                   {W\l{}odek Bzyl \\
                    \tt matwb@halina.univ.gda.pl \\
                    Hanna Ko\l{}odziejska\\
                    \tt hkolo@plearn.bitnet}

From April 30th to May 3rd, the second meeting of the Polish \TeX{}
Users Group ({\small GUST}) was held in Bachotek, a property owned by
the Copernicus University of Toru\'n. The place is surrounded by the
forest and the lake where over 70 participants gathered from all off
Poland. Special guests were Philip Taylor and Kees van der Laan.

The meeting started with two-day tutorials:
%
\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-2pt
   \item [--] Basics of \TeX{} (Marek Ry\'cko)
   \item [--] Polish typographical tradition (Andrzej Tomaszewski)
   \item [--] \LaTeX{} from the inside (Tomek Przechlewski)
   \item [--] LaMeXe (W\l{}odek Bzyl)
   \item [--] Indexes and bibliographies (W\l{}odek Bzyl)
   \item [--] Using \PS\ graphics in \TeX{} documents (Piotr Pianowski)
   \item [--] DVIPS --- how to use it? (Staszek Wawrykiewicz)
   \item [--] Using \PS\ fonts in \TeX{} documents (Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski)
   \item [--] \MF\ --- practical and non-practical applications 
                   (Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski)
\end{enumerate}
%
Each tutorial was written up in a A5 booklet and distributed to all
the participants.

The third day of the meeting was reserved for other Polish
contributions: about the \TeX{} archive (available also on the spot),
\LaTeX{} and the Polish language, Polish implementation of the program
MakeIndex, and about AmS-\LaTeX{}.

Finally, Phil and Kees gave their lectures.  Phil talked about book
design. His qualities as a lecturer and the interesting subject
resulted in continuation of the lecture till midnight.

Last day's morning belonged to Kees. He offered a lecture about {\tt
manmac}, then talked about his approach to bibliographies,
transparencies and verbatims. All was warmly received.

A very pleasant and friendly atmosphere during the whole
meeting is worth mentioning. Playing guitar or/and wish of singing 
together seems to be characteristic feature of Polish \TeX ies.

\newpage


\squashedsubsection{Knuth visits St.\ Petersburg}
                   {Irina Makhovaya, \\
                    CyrTUG Executive Director \\
                    \tt irina@mir.msk.su}

Prof.~Donald Knuth and his wife, Jill, visited St.\ Petersburg in
early May of this year (May 9--15), arriving via ship. The visit was
in connection with the conferring of the Honorary Degree of Professor
of Computer Science at St.\ Petersburg University. Knuth's university
itinerary included visits to the Euler Institute of Mathematics and an
exhibit entitled ``Regional Informatics'', a lecture to students in
the Mathematics and Mechanical Faculty, and a question-and-answer
session for friends of computer science and \TeX.  The Honorary Degree
presentation ceremony took place in Petrovsky Hall of the university.

Moreover, Don and Jill visited the Russian Museum, the Hermitage, the
Ethnography Museum, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the Philharmonic, and
Mariinski Theatre; and went on pleasant walks along the splendid
streets, parks, and quais of St.\ Petersburg. Prof.\ Knuth took great
interest in Euler's life at St.\ Petersburg and his works, which are
kept at the Library Storehouse.

During the visit the Grand \TeX\ Wizard had talks with Cyr\tug\
officials, with the translators of his books ({\sl The \TeX book\/}
and {\sl Concrete Mathematics\/}, by Graham, Knuth, Potashnik), and
with mathematicians, computer scientists, \TeX\ users, and
students. He also agreed to becoming a Cyr\tug\ member --- No.\ 0314;
some of his responses on the membership form were interesting:

\medskip

{\parskip=0pt
Q: What is a number of the \TeX\ version that you use?

A: 3.14159

\medskip

Q: How long have you known \TeX?

A: From 1977

\medskip

Q: What direction of \TeX\ development is most interesting for you?

A: Stability

\medskip

Q: What type of work you would like to do for Cyr\tug?

A: Friendship
\par}

\medskip

\noindent Now this form will be the main treasure of the Cyr\tug\
Office and will decorate our walls. Our hope is that we all can answer
``Friendship'' on the last question, as did Donald Ervin Knuth.


\squashedsubsection{Nordic Group}
                   {Hermann Lia \\
                    University of Oslo \\
                    \tt hermann@unik.no}

The 1994 annual meeting of the Nordic \TeX\ User Group ({\small NTUG})
was held in Oslo, Norway, the 16th of May. Invited speaker was Kees
van der Laan, Netherland. He gave an elucidation of the TUGboat Blues:
The story of the development of the styles used in {\sl TUGboat\/} and
\ttn. Other subjects addressed at the meeting were:
%
\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item Creating hyphenation patterns for Norwegian (Lars Gunnar
         Thoresen) 
   \item How to create your own documentstyle in \LaTeX\ (Dag
         Langmyhr) 
   \item Exploration in typesetting Russian--Icelandic and 
         Russian--Norwegian dictionaries with \LaTeXe\  (Rolf
         Lindgren) 
\end{itemize}
%
Information about different installations, support, etc.\ will be made
available under {\small WWW}\@. ---~Per Abrahamsen, Aalborg
University, has already made information about {\small AUC}\TeX\
available under {\small WWW} at the following {\small URL}:
%
\begin{center}
        \tt http://www.iesd.auc.dk/\~{}amanda/auctex/
\end{center}
%
Dag Langmyhr, Oslo University, offered to coordinate further
publishing of information for the Nordic \TeX\ User Group, and a test
version is available at
%
\begin{center}
        \tt http://www.ifi.uio.no/\~{}dag/ntug/ntug.html
\end{center}

The new chairman of the Nordic \TeX\ User Group for 1994 was selected:
Dag Langmyhr, University of Oslo, Norway. The board now includes:
%
\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item Denmark: \\
         Peter Busk Laursen. {\small UNI.C}, Copenhagen ({\tt
               unipbl@uts.uni-c.dk}) \\ 
         Frank Jensen, Aalborg University, Aalborg \\
         Niels Mortenson, Ris\o\ National Laboratory, Ris\o ({\tt
               gylling@risoe.dk}) 

   \item Finland: \\
         Kari Likovuori, Computing Center, University of Helsinki\\
               ({\tt likovuori@cc.helsinki.fi}) \\ 
         Martti Nikunen, Helsinki University ({\tt
               mnikunen@cc.helsinki.fi}) \\
         Kauko Saarinen, Universitetet Jyv\"askyl\"a, Jyv\"askyl\"a \\ 
               ({\tt saarinen@jylk.jyu.fi})

   \item Norway: \\
         Johannes Ids\o, Sogn og Fjordane {\small DH} ({\tt
               johannes-idso@sfdh.sognhs.no}) \\
         Dag Langmyhr, University of Oslo ({\tt dag@ifi.uio.no}) \\
         Hermann Lia, University of Oslo ({\tt hermann@unik.no}) \\
         Ola Kjetil Sigveland, Rogaland Univ Center ({\tt
         ola@hauk.hsr.no}) 

   \item Sweden: \\
         Leif Andersson, {\small LTH} ({\tt leif@control.lth.se}) \\
         Roswitha Graham, {\small KTH}, Stockholm ({\tt
                roswitha@admin.kth.se}) \\ 
         Jan Michael Rynning, {\small KTH}, Stockholm ({\tt
                jmr@nada.kth.se}) 

   \item Estonia: \\
         Enn Saar ({\tt saar@mars.aai.ee})

\end{itemize}
%
The meeting ended with a discussion about the organization of {\small
NTUG}\@; as well, possible cooperation with other European \TeX\ User
Groups was discussed.  The meeting decided that {\small NTUG} would
remain an independent group, as the special aim is to support national
adaptions needed for the Nordic countries. For the future, it was
decided, that Nordic meetings would be held as a special event at the
annual Euro-\TeX\ meeting.
 
\vspace{-.5pc}

\squashedsubsection{GUTenberg --- Journ\'ee \LaTeXe}
                   {Alain Cousquer \\
                    \tt cousquer@lifl.fr}

On June~2, \GUTenberg\ (the French-speaking \TeX\ Users Group) held a
one-day meeting devoted to the new version of \LaTeX. With Frank
Mittelbach and Michel Goossens as the speakers, the meeting was a
great success --- registration had to be cut off almost 2~weeks before
the deadline, due to lack of space!

During the morning session, Michel outlined the ideas behind \LaTeXe\
from the user's perspective, especially the notions of document {\em
class\/} and {\em packages\/}, formerly grouped together in the old
notion of {\em style\/}. He provided an overview of available
commands, new and/or modified. Numerous examples made it possible to
see how easy it now is to modify things as different as box dimensions
and parameters, font families or the positioning of floats, just to
name a few.

Frank started off the afternoon by officially announcing the
availability of \LaTeXe, and then went on to discuss the internal
details of the new classes and extensions, their structure,
functionality and the way they interact, as well as showing some
sample usage. He also presented a chart showing all the elements which
now make up the \LaTeXe\ distribution. The discussion which brought
the day's meeting to a close showed the interest, and even impatience,
which many participants have experienced during the long wait for what
is now finally available.


\subsubsection{GUTenberg general meeting}

The \LaTeXe\ meeting was followed by {\small GUT}en\-berg's annual
general meeting which, aside from its procedural obligations, named a
new president for the organisation --- Michel Goossens was unanimously
elected to serve as president. A Belgian, working in Switzerland,
Michel's new position as president will only underline \GUTenberg's
long-standing aim to serve the whole French-speaking community. And
given his abilities and qualifications, we are confident about the
future.


\vspace{-.5pc}

\squashedsubsection{NTG --- 13th meeting}
                   {Frans Goddijn, 
                    Johan Polak Foundation \\
                    Arnhem, The Netherlands \\
                    \tt goddijn@fgbbs.iaf.nl}


The 13th meeting of the \ntg\ held on June~13, was hosted by the
University of Groningen.  Before the meeting started, Wietse Dol
demonstrated the full installation process needed to run the \ntg\
4all\TeX\ \cdrom\ on a `virgin' PC.  This did not delay the start of
the meeting much: a little less than~45 seconds was all it took, after
inserting the \cdrom\ and before the first {\tt sample.tex} was
compiled, viewed and ready to print.  After this short demonstration,
this first 4all\TeX\ \cdrom\ was laid aside for the father of em\TeX,
Eberhard Mattes, in recognition of his immense efforts to the benefit
of all em\TeX\ users.

\ntg\ secretary Gerard van Nes reported that the steadily growing
\ntg\ membership list now has passed the~250 mark. This, with the
pleasant financial situation of the user group and the large
percentage of members being active in developing and supporting
initiatives, reflects a healthy state of affairs.

Wietse Dol (the new treasurer) and Frans Goddijn were elected to the
board of directors, replacing Jos Winnink and Kees van der Laan
(chair) after fulfilling their formal terms. A proposal, made in Kees'
absence, to grant him an honorary membership, was accepted with
acclaim. As a gift to go with this election, he received the unique
original `gold' \cdrom\ of the 4all\TeX\ project. Johannes Braams
received the chairperson's gavel from the hands of the parting chair.

The \ntg\ {\small MAPS} 94.1 Award was given to the editor of {\sl
Baskerville\/}, Sebastian Rahtz, in appreciation of his {\small MAPS}
articles and especially for his efforts to serve the ongoing
cooperation between his publication and MAPS. For those curious: the
\ntg\ {\small MAPS} Award consists of \verb|\box255| with a lot of
colourful boxes including stretchable glue \dots\ USEnglish:\ldots
marshmallows.

The afternoon offered a richly varied set of readings. Erik-Jan Vens
opened with a discourse on `fonts', a subject in which he has
considerable expertise.  The board thanked him with a cassette tape
(from the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a New York brass quintet, recorded
live in Arkansas) with a cassette label typeset by Sunil Podar's {\tt
tape.sty}.

Piet van Oostrum then gave a comprehensive tour of the use and
management of \TeX\ in a \unix\ environment. His formidable knowledge
on the combination of \unix\ and \TeX\ is legendary; there are very
few packages in the \TeX\ environment that he doesn't know by heart.

The final presentations brought out two opposing views on the merits
of development in \TeX\ applications.  First, our new chairman,
Johannes Braams, lectured on \LaTeXe, providing us with an insight in
the demands and possibilities opened up with the changed structure and
expanded macros of \LaTeX.  In response to a question from Kees that
the command {\tt \verb|\def|} has been silently buried, Kees showed
his sincere dismay.  As outlined in his paper, ``Manmac {\small
BLU}es'' (food-for-thought for the \TeX\ community at large), Kees has
been studying Knuth's markup, always discovering the beauty of Knuth's
simplicity after pondering some detail that was puzzling at first.
Kees posed the rhetoric question why we would ever want to `improve'
something which is already perfect. Are we introducing complications
in all `new' versions to have basically unnecessary extras?

The next day, a good number of members returned to the university
buildings for a 4all\TeX\ course given by the 4\TeX\ authors, Wietse
Dol and Erik Frambach.  All had ample chance to find out more about
the structures within the 4all\TeX\ shell and to learn new tricks that
will pay off at home and in the office.

1994 is becoming a busy and fruitful year for the \ntg\@. On
November~17, we'll meet again --- but this time, in Antwerpen,
Belgium. Met hartelijke groet!

\vspace{1pc}

\hrule\vskip2pt \hrule

%% METAFONT ``Tester'' Contest results (p.24):

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\begin{center}
   \Sectionfont ``Tester'' Contest Winners
\end{center}

\vspace{-.25pc}

\noindent In response to our \MF-based contest (\ttn\ 3,2:28), we
have three winners, and two most honourable mentions. Since all
entries used punctuation, we forgave them for having overstepped this
font constraint.

Josep-Maria (his last name is indeed `Font'!) stressed that his
offering was a {\em semi\/}-plausible sentence (rough translation in
footnote). Peter Gordon's was judged as verging on the poetic; and
Malcolm also commented that this must surely be the first time we have
seen so much text from Barbara with all-caps and so a special note is
made here {\tt ;-)}. And finally, Doug Waud enjoyed tweaking my phrase
``the longest sentence'' --- and reacted accordingly!

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\winner{Winner No.\ 1 (Catalan):}{Josep-Maria
        Font}{font@cerber.mat.ub.es} 

\submission{ANANT EMETENT TANT NETAMENT TA FOTO NO EM FOMENTEN TANT
MON NOM O T'ANEM FONAMENTANT TANTA NETA FAMA ON, EN NET FONEMA, ET
FOMENTA MANTA OTOMANA MOFA, ANOTO A MA.\footnote[1]{``By sending out
your picture so neatly they do not promote so much my name or we are
building you such a clean reputation where, in a clear word, some
turkish mockery promotes you, I write down by hand.''}}


\winner{Winner No.\ 2:}{Peter S.\ Gordon}{psg@world.std.com} 

\submission{ONE-TON EM-EN FONT MAN \en\ NO NAME, FAME, FAN, FOE (NOTE:
NOT ME!) \en\ FAT OAF ON A TEN-TONE, TAN-MATTE, ENTO-TOTEM TOME TEAM,
MEANT TO EAT MEAT, FATTEN AFT, FOAM AT TAME MEN, TOTE TENT, MATE
OFTEN, ATONE (AMEN!) \en\ ATE AN ANT TOE, MET FATE OF MEAN FEAT
(MOAN!).}


\winner{Winner No.\ 3:}{Barbara Beeton}{bnb@math.org} 

\submission{ONE TAME TAN MOON MAN, AFOOT AT NOON, OFTEN MET MAMA TO 
EAT FAT MOA MEAT OFF A NEAT TEN-FOOT NEON TEA MAT OF TOMATO FOAM.} 


\winner{Honourable mention No.\ 1:}{John Lees}{lees@prip.msu.edu} 

\submission{MAN, TEN FAT TAN TEEN MEN EAT A TONNE OF TAME ANT FEET
MEAT FOAM OFTEN, FOMENT NO MEAN TEAM FEAT FAME, MEET NOT OFT AFT AN
EATEN OAT MAT, ANON.} 
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\winner{Honourable mention No.\ 2:}{Doug Waud}{drw@umassmed.ummed.edu} 

\vspace{-8pt}

\begin{verbatim}
  \hsize=\maxdimen  \tolerance=10000
  {\logo No mean feat often meant fame to team men on a foam mat.} 
\end{verbatim}

\newpage


%% Board Activities (p.25):

\Section{TUG Board Activities}

\subsection*{New faces on the board}

Changes in the leadership of various user groups have led to changes
on \tug's board as well. 

After five years on the board, Kees van der Laan has stepped down as
leader of the \ntg; Johannes Braams now represents the Dutch-speaking
\TeX\ users group. And after one year as interim president, Alain
Cousquer has been succeeded by Michel Goossens as president of
\GUTenberg, the French-speaking user group. Michel, as you know, is
already serving as \tug's vice-president --- he has some interesting
juggling to do in the coming year!


\subsection*{Getting TUG info from CTAN}

As mentioned in the section ``\AllTeX\ News'', you can now get
information on various user groups directly from \ctan, and \tug\ is
no exception. We hope this will help people quickly and easily get
material which until now, was only available by directly mailing the
\tug\ office.  For now, the holdings in \verb|/usergrps/tug| include
the following:

{\small 
\begin{verbatim}
1994memb.tex   1994 individual membership form (TeX source)
1994memb.dvi           "            "       "  (dvi file)
1994memb.ps            "            "       "  (PostScript file)

1994inst.tex   1994 institutional membership form (TeX source)
1994inst.dvi           "              "        "  (dvi file)
1994inst.ps            "              "        "  (PostScript file)

94tug.tex      1994 annual meeting (description + registration form)
94prog.tex     1994 annual meeting (program only -- 2 pages)
\end{verbatim}
}

As well, you'll see the subdirectories \verb|tugboat| and \verb|ttn|;
while they aren't resident in \verb|/usergrps/tug|, they are linked to
the \tug\ subdirectory as a matter of convenience. 

If there's anything in the way of information or forms or the like
that you'd like to see added to the \tug\ directory, get in touch with
either Michel Goossens ({\tt goossens@cern.ch}) or myself ({\tt
cthiele@ccs.carleton.ca}), and we'll see what we can do. If you see
any errors, please send them on to me. 

\newpage


%% TUG Courses for 1994 (p.26):

\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\
          1994 Course Schedule}

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{||lll||}
\multicolumn{3}{c}{\Large\bf Courses at the Annual Meeting} \\ [6pt]
\hline \hline 
\noalign{\vskip2pt}
\bf 26--29 July & Intensive Course in \LaTeX & Malcolm Clark \\ [2pt]
\bf 27--29 July & Doing More with \LaTeX     & Michael Goossens \\
                &                            & Frank Mittelbach \\ [2pt]
\bf 5--7 August & Typography                 & Peter Flynn \\ [2pt]
\bf 5--7 August & \PS\ and Graphics          & Sebastian Rahtz \\ 
                &                            & Michel Goossens \\ [2pt]
\bf 8--11 August & Beginning/Intermediate \TeX & Peter Flynn   \\ [2pt]
\bf 8--11 August & Advanced \TeX             & To be announced \\ [2pt]
\hline \hline 
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\vspace{1pc}

\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{llll}
%\cline{2-3}
%\noalign{\vskip2pt}
%\cline{2-3}
%\noalign{\vskip6pt}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX*} 
             & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeX*} \\
\quad Santa Barbara & Oct.\ 17--21
             & \quad Santa Barbara & Oct.\ 24--28 \\ [6pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip2pt}
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip2pt}
\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize
                   *Lab classes --- computers will be provided for
                    all students} \\ [6pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip2pt}
\cline{2-3}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\begin{itemize} \itemsep=0pt
   \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes.

   \item Dates and locations subject to change. Direct course
         inquiries to John Berlin at the \tug\ Office. Anyone
         interested in courses dealing with \TeX\ and {\small SGML}
         should contact John as well ({\tt john@tug.org}). 

   \item \tug\ office: phone 805-963-1338\quad
                       \fax\ 805-963-8358\quad
                       {\tt tug@tug.org}
\end{itemize}

\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule

\vspace{1pc}

\begin{center}
   \large\bf On-Site \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ Courses from \TUG\
\end{center}     

\begin{itemize}  \itemsep=0pt
   \item Courses in \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, {\small SGML} and \TeX,
         \PS, or \TeX{} for Publishers tailored to the needs of
         your group 

   \item Courses at every level from beginning to advanced

   \item Five full days of instruction at your site

   \item One-week course fee includes all instructor fees and expenses
         plus textbooks and other materials for up to 15 students
\end{itemize}

\newpage


%% Upcoming Events (p.27):

\Section{Upcoming Events}

\begin{center}
{\tabcolsep4pt \setbox 0 = \hbox {\bf Spring 1994}
\dimen 0 = \hsize
\advance \dimen 0 by -6\tabcolsep
\advance \dimen 0 by -\wd 0
\advance \dimen 0 by -4.5 cm
\begin{tabular}{p{\wd 0}p{4.5cm}p{\dimen 0}}
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{||l}{\empty} &     & \multicolumn{1}{l||}{\empty} \\ [-8pt]
\multicolumn{1}{||p{4pc}}{\bf 31~July--\nl
     4~Aug.}     & {\small\bf TUG\ts'94}:\nl
                  15th Annual Meeting,\nl
                  Santa Barbara, California.
                       & \multicolumn{1}{l||}{Debbie Ceder \nl
                         {\tt tug94@tug.org}} \\
\hline
\noalign{\vskip1pc}
\bf 7--10 Sept.
               & {\bf CyrTUG94}:\nl
                 Dubna (near Moscow).
                       & Irina Makhovaya \nl
                         {\tt irina@mir.msk.su} \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 26--30 Sept.
               & {\bf Euro\TeX'94}:\nl
                 Sobieszewo, Poland.
                       & W{\l}odek Bzyl\nl
                         {\tt eurotex@halina.univ.gda.pl} \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 11--13 Oct. & {\small\bf RIAO}: \nl
                 Intelligent Multimedia Infor\-mation Retrieval Systems\nl
                 and Management. \nl
                 Rockefeller Univ., New York.
                       & N.\ America: Peter Brodnitz \nl
                         {\tt noordewi@cs.rutgers.edu} \nl
                         Europe: C.I.D., Paris \nl
                         {\tt cid@nuri.inria.fr} \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 13--14 Oct. & {\small\bf DANTE} 11th meeting: \nl
                  Lindau (Harz), Germany.
                       & Helmut Kopka \nl
                         {\tt hk@linhp.gwdg.de} \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 19~Oct.     & {\small\bf UKTUG}: \nl
                  Annual General Meeting \nl
                  Univ.\ of Warwick.
                       & R.A.\ Bailey \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 17 Nov.    & {\small\bf NTG} 14th Meeting:\nl
                 ``Publishing with \AllTeX''.\nl
                 Antwerp, Belgium.
                       & Gerard van Nes \nl
                         {\tt vannes@ecn.nl }\\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\mbox{\llap{\bf 1995\quad}}%
\bf 1--3 March & {\small\bf DANTE} 12th meeting: \nl
                     Gie\ss en, Germany.
                       & G\"unter Partosch \nl
                         {\tt Guenter.Partosch@} \nl
                         {\tt hrz.uni-giessen.de} \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline 
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf May        & {\small\bf NTG} 15th Meeting:\nl
                 ``Multimedia and \AllTeX''.\nl
                 TU Twente, Netherlands.
                       & Gerard van Nes \nl
                         {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} \\
\noalign{\vskip8pt}
\hline
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}

\vspace{.5pc}

\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the previous
issue of \TUB\ for more dates and details. 

\newpage


%% Page 28:

\Section{Fun and Games}

From Andrew Trevorrow come the following anagrams\dots\ no contest ---
this time it's just for fun!\footnote{Answers in the next issue.}

\vspace{2pc}

Who are these well-known \TeX nocrats?

\vspace{2pc}

\begin{tabular}{llll}
   1. & ARMY BIRTHS        &  9. & MORTAL ELLIPSE      \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   2. & BE SEEN NOBLE      & 10. & MUSHY BANANA SAILOR \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   3. & BEATEN BOAR BRA    & 11. & THE NIHILIST RACE   \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   4. & GOT ABORIGINE      & 12. & OVA TO HERNIA       \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   5. & HOLD NAKED NUT     & 13. & HIGH STRAW AROMA    \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   6. & LIFT AT BENCHMARK  & 14. & SEIZE ZILCH AUDIT   \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   7. & MAN ON PHOTO       & 15. & SWORE RICHLY        \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\noalign{\vspace{8pt}}
   8. & MICRO AT KIOSK     & 16. & ZEBRA STAINS HAT    \\ [20pt]  
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\end{tabular}

\newpage


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\thispagestyle{empty}

{\vsize=47.5pc \baselineskip=11.75pt
\mbox{\empty}
\vspace{-4pc}
\begin{center}
   {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\
    \medskip
                  Table of Contents}
\end{center}

\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn \\
               \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{3}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{New Publications \\
               \indent {\em Peter Schmitt}}{6}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''\\
               \indent {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts A page-numbering scheme
                           \quad {\em David Salomon}}{8} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Addresses in headings
                           \quad {\em Jeremy Gibbons}}{9} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts A double summation sign
                           \quad {\em Gerree Pecht}}{10} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\qquad\quad\ts Matrix icons via \LaTeX\
                           \quad {\em Kees van der Laan}}{11} 
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{Welcome to \sl \LaTeX~News}{13}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News \\
               \indent \hskip-4pt The new \LaTeX\ on \ctan \\
               \indent \qquad {\em George D.\ Greenwade}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad {\small TIQWAH} \\
                           \qquad {\em Yannis Haralambous}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad User group info on \ctan  \\
                           \qquad {\em Christina Thiele}}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad {\tt RELABEL} on \ctan \\
                           \qquad {\em Peter Ungar}}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad New group forming \\
                           \qquad {\em Jos\'e Ra Portillo Fern\'andez}}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad News from vendors \\
                           \qquad {\em Christina Thiele}}{17}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings \\
                       \indent \dante'94}{18} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace {\small GUST} ---
                            Bacho\TeX'94}{19}  
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Knuth visits St.\
                            Petersburg}{20} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Nordic Group}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \GUTenberg ---
                            Journ\'ee \LaTeXe}{22} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace \ntg\ --- 13th
                            meeting}{22} 
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace ``Tester'' Contest Winners}{24} 
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\contentsline {section}{\tug\ Board Activities \\
               \indent New faces on the board}{25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\quad\enspace Getting \tug\ info
                            from \ctan}{25}  
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1994 Course Schedule}{26}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27}
\medskip
\contentsline {section}{Fun and Games}{28}

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   \bf Volume 3, No.\ 3, 1994
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   {\Large TUG$\,$'95: {\TeX} goes to Florida!} \\ [3ex]
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      The TradeWinds Hotel \\ 
      St.\,Petersburg Beach, Florida \\
      16th Annual Meeting \\
      \TeX\ Users Group \\
      July 24--28, 1995
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\noindent In 1995, the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
({\small SCRI}) at Florida State University will host the 16th Annual
Meeting of the \TeX\ Users Group at the TradeWinds Hotel in
St.~Petersburg Beach. The hotel is located in 18~acres of beachfront
property, with spectacular sunsets, while St.~Petersburg Beach itself
is one of the largest and most beautiful resort beaches in Florida
(don't worry, we have negotiated special conference rates for this
booking!). Be sure to bring your sunscreen and swim suit. We will also
be near Disney World, {\small EPCOT} Center, Sea World, and Busch
Gardens, and only three hours from the Kennedy Space Center.  We are
planning an evening dinner cruise on the {\em Starlite Princess\/} and
a Hawaiian banquet ({\em `luau'\/}) on the beach.

The local committee will work with the hotel to make arrangements for
those conference delegates who wish to share accommodation.  There
will be courses before and after the meeting: the usual {\em Intensive
Courses\/} in \LaTeXe\ and \TeX, \PS, Graphics, and perhaps other
topics. The meeting itself will have excellent speakers, panel
discussions, workshops, poster displays, BoFs and technical
demonstrations.  Details will follow shortly.

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   Current Program Ideas \\
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   Back to Basics \\ 
   From Novice to \TeX pert in One Week \\ 
   Taking the Initiative \\ 
   Having Fun with \TeX/\LaTeXe \\ 
   How-to Courses \\ 
   {\em and just what is/are $\ldots$} \\ 
   $\ldots$ Publishing \\ 
   $\ldots$ Installation \\ 
   $\ldots$ \PS\ $\backslash$specials \\ 
   $\ldots$ Archives \\ 
   $\ldots$ \nfss? \\ 
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\noindent We would like a major theme of this meeting to be {\em Back
to Basics}. Do you have suggestions or requests for topics to be
covered? If so, then please send e-mail to {\tt tug95c@scri.fsu.edu},
because this is {\em your\/} conference and we want to make it the
best ever!

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