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UKTeX Digest    Friday, 20 Aug 1993    Volume 93 : Issue 26

   ``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:
 {Questions & Answers}:
             Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?
                 Even weirder behaviour of plain TeX
           RE: Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?
           RE: Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?
                          emTeX remove files
               Ms-Dos DVIPS and emTeX font-substitution


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Date:    16 Aug 1993 16:15:15 -0000
From:    Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
Subject: Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?


Is this a bug or not? If not, why should plain TeX behave so
inconsistently?

$$\mathop{\rm holim}\limits_\longrightarrow$$

Putting braces round \longrightarrow cures the problem.

Mike Piff

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Date:    16 Aug 1993 16:21:25 -0000
From:    Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
Subject: Even weirder behaviour of plain TeX


I like this one even better!!!

\def\holiml{\mathop{\mathop{\rm holim}\limits_\longleftarrow}\limits}

$$\holiml_k$$

Mike Piff

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Date:    Mon, 16 Aug 1993 16:35:29 -0000
From:    Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: RE: Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?

>>> Is this a bug or not? If not, why should plain TeX behave so
>>> inconsistently?

>>> $$\mathop{\rm holim}\limits_\longrightarrow$$

>>> Putting braces round \longrightarrow cures the problem.

In what way is this `inconsistent'?  What would you _expect_ the
following to do:

        \def \abc {abc}
        $$\mathop{\rm holim}\limits_\abc$$

Philip Taylor, RHBNC

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Date:    16 Aug 1993 17:00:16 -0000
From:    Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
Subject: RE: Plain TeX bug, or just anomalous behaviour?

%>In what way is this `inconsistent'?  What would you _expect_ the
%>following to do:
%>
%>        \def \abc {abc}
%>        $$\mathop{\rm holim}\limits_\abc$$

You know, I never noticed before that in x_y, y is a CHARACTER!! I
expected y to be the next token or {  } group, and in several years'
use it has always worked out that way.

"Inconsistent" referred to the way _ behaved as opposed to macro
parameter absorption.

Mike

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Date:    Mon, 16 Aug 1993 17:12:46 -0100
From:    Peter J Knaggs <vac9u045@uk.ac.paisley.computer-science>
Subject: emTeX remove files 

I have noticed that in the Aston `bonus' disks, the packages come complete with
emTeX remove files.  Is there an easy way of creating these files, or must it b
e
done by hand?

Peter J Knaggs              Computing Science, University of Paisley

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Date:    Mon, 16 Aug 1993 17:24:27 -0100
From:    Peter J Knaggs <vac9u045@uk.ac.paisley.computer-science>
Subject: Ms-Dos DVIPS and emTeX font-substitution 

I am using the verion of DVIPS bundled with the Aston emTeX distribution (DVIPS
5.482).  I have found the undocumented configuration option (L) for using
emTeX's font libraries (.fli) files, more by luck than 'out else.  However,
I was wandering if it can also use the font substitution files used by the
emTeX drivers, or do we have to bild the fonts on request?

Peter J Knaggs              Computing Science, University of Paisley

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