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UKTeX Digest    Friday, 26 Feb 19?3    Volume 93 : Issue 08

   ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary
        service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.''

Today's Topics:
 {Q&A}:
                        Re-ordering pages of a dvi file
                      Re: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file
                      RE: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file
                      Re: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file
                                 LaTeX on a SUN
                               Re: LaTeX on a SUN
               Problems with newgen TurboPS/400 printer and dvips
                         re: dramatic scripts in LaTeX
                             Re: newsletter macros
                               Layout parameters
                      EmTeX output on Canon BJ10ex printer
                               Re: slitex problem
                              \pageref in \special
                            Re: \pageref in \special
 {Archive News}:
                 Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items
                              addition to dviware
 {Announcements}:
                        LexiTeX: citation macro package
                    new release of web2c system for Unix TeX

Administrivia:
    Moderators:     Peter Abbott (Aston University) and
                    David Osborne (University of Nottingham)
    Contributions:  UKTeX@uk.ac.tex
    Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests:
                    UKTeX-request@uk.ac.tex

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 1993 14:46:47 +0000
From:    A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city
Subject: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file

I'm after a program which will re-order the pages within a dvi file
such that when printed two-up (first page on the left, second on the right)
the pagination is suitable for back-to-back copying and turning it
directly into a booklet.  So an eight page document would be ordered
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in the output dvi file from TeX, and after ``mangling''
would be ordered 2 7 4 5 6 3 8 1.

If no such program exists I'd like the internal details of the dvi
file so that I might have a go a writing something to achieve this.

I have dvidvi but the (minimal) documentation doesn't indicate it can
do this particular trick.

AFL

------------------------------

Date:    22 Feb 1993 15:01:11 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file

A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city writes:

 > I'm after a program which will re-order the pages within a dvi file
 > such that when printed two-up (first page on the left, second on the right)
 > the pagination is suitable for back-to-back copying and turning it
 > directly into a booklet.

this task is also called "The Holy Grail of DviDvi"

Angus Duggan's "dvibook" should do this for you. findable in any
decent archive near Aston Triangle

 > If no such program exists I'd like the internal details of the dvi
 > file so that I might have a go a writing something to achieve this.

copy dvidvi source. that has the tools you need. for an explanation of
the format of a dvi file, i'd suggest you read the source of dvitype,
by "weave"ing it. 

Sebastian

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Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 1993 15:22:52 +0000
From:    Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file

In a message to UKTeX of Mon, 22 Feb 93 14:46:47 GMT, 
A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city wrote:

> I'm after a program which will re-order the pages within a dvi file
> such that when printed two-up (first page on the left, second on the right)
> the pagination is suitable for back-to-back copying and turning it
> directly into a booklet.

Well, dvidvi *does* do exactly this trick.  And the documentation that
*I* read described it quite clearly.  However, I *was* using th VMS
version of the program, which is accompanied by a VMS command procedure,
called a5booklet.com, to my memory, I believe, which shows its use in
exactly this scenario.

You may therefore want to look in the [.vms] subdirectory to pick up
some *useful* documentation/examples

Brian {Hamilton Kelly}

PS I'll be putting a revised version of dvidvi up shortly, which
combines the VMS-specific improvements (regarding file structure) for
the old version with the upgraded main version of the program.

------------------------------

Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 1993 15:36:12 +0000
From:    Peter Abbott <p.abbott@uk.ac.aston>
Subject: Re: Re-ordering pages of a dvi file

>I'm after a program which will re-order the pages within a dvi file
>such that when printed two-up (first page on the left, second on the right)
>the pagination is suitable for back-to-back copying and turning it
>directly into a booklet.

I use the following for a booklet of A5 pages

dvidvi 4:1,-2"(148.5mm,0mm)" Run part1
dvidvi 4:-3,0"(148.5mm,0mm)" Run part2

where the input file is Run.dvi

then

dvimerge part1 part2 1 n

where n is the number of A4 pages in part1 (or part2)

I have just printed a 120pp booklet on the HP IIIsi using duplex and tumble
modes.

Peter

------------------------------

Date:    Mon, 22 Feb 93 16:09:21 GMT
From:    "Raymond.A.Hutchings" Gateshead <ray@gmsws.co.uk>
Subject: LaTeX on a SUN

Can you help me please? I am trying to get hold of a SUN SPARC version
of LaTex.


------------------------------

Date:    24 Feb 1993 10:13:12 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: LaTeX on a SUN

 > Can you help me please? I am trying to get hold of a SUN SPARC version
 > of LaTex. 

You have two choices: 
 a) order a complete Unix TeX tape, which comes with generic sources
    ready to build for any Unix box. see trailer of UKTeX weekly
    digest for details
 b) collect a prebuilt setup for sparc machines from the UK TeX
    Internet archive. this is complete with all necessary support
    programs, and sources so that you can rebuild. it can be found on
    ftp.tex.ac.uk, in /pub, as sparctex.tar.Z-nnn where nnn is 1 to
    33. collect these, join end to end, uncompress and un-tar under
    /usr/local. How to retrieve files from from ftp.tex.ac.uk is left
    as an exercise for the reader

Sebastian Rahtz

------------------------------

Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 1993 10:53:30 +0100
From:    woerz%de.gueldener@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: Problems with newgen TurboPS/400 printer and dvips

I have an other little problem here. We have a newgen TurboPS/400 here. We got
the latest EPROMs for this printer, because it wouldn't print with the old
version. But I still won't print dvi-files converted to Postscript with dvips,
but we can print dvi-Files converted with dvialw. I would like to use dvips
because of its automatic font generation, so can anybody tell me, what I can do
to make it work. I even have a Postscript file generated by dvips sent to
newgen via our distributor, but I haven't heard of them yet.

Thanks in advance
 
Dieter

Zahnaerztliches Rechenzentrum Dr. Gueldener GmbH
Dieter Woerz            INTERNET:       woerz@gueldener.de       
Marienstr. 10           UUCP:           unido!zahn!woerz         
D-7000 Stuttgart-1      BITNET/EARN:    woerz%gueldener.de@unido.bitnet


------------------------------

Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 1993 12:32:07 -0000
From:    SYSMGR@uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg
Subject: re: dramatic scripts in LaTeX

> I wish to use LaTeX for Dramatic Scripts, so I get the name
> of each character in bold and everything they say aligned
> in the following manner:
>
> Bill:  Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the Mulberry bush
>        The Mulberry Bush
> Ben:   On a cold and Frosty Morning.

I can't say much about LaTeX specifically. Unless someone can volunteer a style
file specifically for scripts, I'd have thought that lots that LaTeX
normally does for you will in this case be an impediment.

It's pretty easy to do what you want in plain TeX though; it's just an
application of the \item hanging indentation. Try something like...

\parindent=1in                   %long enough for longest character name in bold
\parskip=10pt plus 1pt minus 3pt % or whatever else you like
% 
\def\Speech#1{\item{\hbox to 1in{\bf#1:\hfill}}}
\def\Bill{\Speech{Bill}}
\def\Ben{\Speech{Ben}}
[...]
\Bill  Here we go round the Mulberry bush, the Mulberry bush
        The Mulberry Bush
\Ben   On a cold and Frosty Morning.
\par\noindent
{\it There is a sudden loud crash off stage to the left.}
\Bill What was that?
 
If you want to break a character's speech into two paragraphs, you'll need
to remember to use \item{} instead of \par. (If your characters are speaking
in verse this approach may be the wrong one). Assuming you want your
stage directions as paragraphs left aligned with the character's names, then
using \par\noindent will do what you want.

        Hope this is of some use,
                                Nigel Arnot.

------------------------------

Date:    Tue, 23 Feb 1993 18:35:26 +0000
From:    Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: Re: newsletter macros

>>> I know that this is a FAQ, however, this is the first time I have ever
>>> wanted to know the answer.

>>> Could someone point me to a set of macros for composing newsletters.  I
>>> know some exist, but what and where I don't know.  I am wanting to group
>>> a number of articles together under the one newsletter for internal
>>> publication, with the possibility of going external in the future.

I have responded to Peter's request by providing the source for Baskerville
Volume 2 Number 1; this code is also available on request to anyone else
wishing to set a two column newsletter with full width masthead through the
medium of Plain TeX.

                                        Philip Taylor, RHBNC.

------------------------------

Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 08:11:32 +0000
From:    Peter Abbott <p.abbott@uk.ac.aston>
Subject: Layout parameters

I am aware of the two page layout with parameters which is included in 
many documents. What I am looking for is a table of the values of these
parameters when used with 10pt, 11pt and 12pt options. 

Does anyone know if such a table exists.

Peter

------------------------------

Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 09:03:51 +0000
From:    Peter Abbott <p.abbott@uk.ac.aston>
Subject: EmTeX output on Canon BJ10ex printer

Paper mail question:

17 February 1993

16 Guibal Road
Lee
London
SE12 9LX

I bought the basic EmTeX software package from you which included a
selection of printer drivers together with the LJ font diskette set.  I
have used this software to typeset work in plain TeX on my father's PC and
to view the work on screen.  However, I have been unable to print anything
legible on his Canon 
bubblejet printer (BJ10ex) using the laserjet or deskjet printer drivers
which are compatible with the LJ fonts.  Although there is no printer
driver specifically for the BJ10ex, I am sure I can resolve this problem by
using the printer to emulate one of the other EmTeX drivers available in my
set.  Moreover, I believe I can purchase an additional font disk set from
you to match the driver I select.  My problem is that I don't know which
EmTeX driver I should use and which font set to order.  Can you help me
please?

The Canon bubblejet printer controller makes it compatible with the IBM
X24E, Canon BJ130e or Epson LQ-510.  The BJ10ex manual lists several
drivers I could use together with some emulation restrictions which, it
suggests, one should "pay special attention to".  In the recommended order
for each printer driver control mode, the drivers are as follows.

Mode 1/Mode 2 : IBM Proprinter X24E/XL24E; IBM Proprinter X24/XL24; Canon
BJ-130e; IBM Proprinter; IBM Graphics printer.

LQ Mode : Epson LQ-510; Epson LQ-850; Epson LQ-500; Epson LQ-2550; 
Epson LQ-800.

Because of hardware differences, the LQ-510 emulation has the following
restrictions - the justification code ESCa is not supported; Roman and Sans
Serif of the LQ mode are substituted for Prestige and Gothic respectively;
the styles of block graphics characters at 12 cpi are different.  In mode
1, the reverse feed code ESC ] is not supported and the block graphics
restriction (above) also applies. 

Having read the EmTeX documentation, I suspect that I should use either the
P6L, P6M, or P6H fonts together with the LQ mode since I can find no
mention of IBM Proprinters.  However, since I am unfamiliar with the
differences between the various printers above and am having difficulty
visualising the significance of the "restrictions", I am concerned that I
would be making the wrong choice.  I would therefore appreciate your
recommendations together with any explanation you may be able to offer to
clarify the situation for me.  If you are unable to advise me further, then
I apologise for wasting your time, but would still be grateful if you could
send me a list of the font disk sets available with cost and ordering
details.  Please find enclosed a stamped addressed envelope to covwer the
cost of your reply.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully

Karen Ellis.

------------------------------

Date:    24 Feb 1993 10:57:58 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: slitex problem

 > I copied the tex for SunOS from your machine but it does not allow me to do
 > slitex.  It says a message of the form -- format not found.  Can you help?

strange. delete slitex from the bin directory, and make it a symbolic
link to  virtex. thats what it should be anyway. do you see slitex.fmt
in the formats directory?

sebastian

------------------------------

Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 14:05:16 +0000
From:    Adrian F Clark <alien@uk.ac.essex>
Subject: \pageref in \special

I'm trying to include a page number, generated from a
\label...\pageref pair, into a \special via a macro called \figref, as
follows:

\documentstyle[11pt,a4]{article}

\def\figref#1{\special{page \pageref{#1}}Figure~\ref{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \begin{center}
    This is my figure
  \end{center}
  \caption{This is my caption}
  \label{fig:f}
\end{figure}

As shown in \figref{fig:f}\dots
\end{document}

The trouble is that when I attack this example with LaTeX for the
second time (i.e., when the cross-reference can be satisfied), I get
this error message:

! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=60].
\@ifnextchar #1#2#3->
                     \let \@tempe #1\def \@tempa {#2}\def \@tempb {#3}\futur...

\@ifnextchar #1#2#3->\let \@tempe #1\def \@tempa
                                                 {#2}\def \@tempb {#3}\futur...
[...]
l.14 As shown in \figref{fig:f}
                               \dots

I've looked at the definition of \pageref, but it is not obvious what
I can do to get around the problem.  Can anyone suggest a bit of
hackery that will help?

Many thanks in advance.

 Dr Adrian F. Clark                                   JANET: alien@uk.ac.essex
 INTERNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk          FAX: (+44) 206-872900
 BITNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@ac.uk              PHONE: (+44) 206-872432 (direct)
 Dept ESE, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, C04 3SQ, UK.

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Date:    Thu, 25 Feb 1993 15:58:11 +0100
From:    Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: Re: \pageref in \special

Adrian Clark writes:

 > I'm trying to include a page number, generated from a
 > \label...\pageref pair, into a \special via a macro called \figref, as
 > follows:
 > 
 > \documentstyle[11pt,a4]{article}
 > 
 > \def\figref#1{\special{page \pageref{#1}}Figure~\ref{#1}}

\special expands its argument at shipout time. Try the following
definitions of \ref and \pageref which are fully expandable:

%% RmS 92/08/14: made \ref and \pageref robust
\def\ref#1{\@ifundefined{r@#1}{{\reset@font\bf ??}\@warning
   {Reference `#1' on page \thepage \space
    undefined}}{\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
                \@car\csname r@#1\endcsname
                \@nil\null}}
 
\def\pageref#1{\@ifundefined{r@#1}{{\reset@font\bf ??}\@warning
   {Reference `#1' on page \thepage \space
    undefined}}{\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
                \@cdr\csname r@#1\endcsname
                \@nil\null}}

   Rainer Schoepf
   Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
    fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
   Heilbronner Strasse 10
   W-1000 Berlin 31
   Federal Republic of Germany
   <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>

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Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:55:25 +0000
From:    David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.mips>
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.


------------------------------

Date:    Wed, 24 Feb 1993 18:55:43 +0100
From:    Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: addition to dviware

Have installed `dvichk' in archive/dviware. See readme below.

r.

This is the beta-testing release of dvichk, a utility to print out the 
page numbers of a .dvi/.log file created by the TeX formatter.

This is the C port of the Pascal program of the same name by 
Thomas Esken <esken@obelix.uni-muenster.de> , <find03@fx1.hrz.uni-dortmund.de>.
You can get the original (PC-Version with Turbo-Pacal source) via anonymous ftp
from the largest german TeX-archive <rusmv1.uni-stuttgart.de , 129.69.1.12>.

It has been converted to C via p2c, the Pascal-to-C converter written by
Dave Gillespie, <synaptx!daveg@uunet.UU.NET>.

Manifest:
========
You should have obtained dvichk.c, dvichk.eng.doc, dvichk.ger.doc,
p2clib.c, p2c.h, Makefile.ger, Makefile.eng and this Readme.
And the Gnu Public licence.

Changes against the PC version:
==============================
I took out the file wildcarding option (may be build in later).

How to install:
===============
In case you need german messages :
  copy Makefile.ger to Makefile, otherwise 
  copy Makefile.eng to Makefile !
Then edit `Makefile' to reflect your local environment.
Type `make' or `make help' for an overview.
Type `make dvichk' to create DVIChk.

Copyright notes:
================
p2c.h, p2clib.c is
   (C) 1989, 1990, 1991  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

------------------------------

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

------------------------------

Date:    24 Feb 1993 13:26:31 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: new release of web2c system for Unix TeX

Karl Berry has released a new version of web2c, the port of the basic TeX
project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix. 

installed in the UK TeX archive as:

uk.ac.tex: [tex-archive.src.unix-archives]web2c-5.851d.tarz_uue
           [tex-archive.src.unix-archives]web-5.851d.tarz_uue

ftp.tex.ac.uk:pub/archive/systems/unix/web2c/web-5.851d.tar.Z   
              pub/archive/systems/unix/web2c/web2c-5.851d.tar.Z

the "sparctex" kit will shortly be updated to use this release

Sebastian
- ------------------------------
Karl says:

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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