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UKTeX Digest    Friday,  1 Oct 1993    Volume 93 : Issue 31

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Today's Topics:
 {Questions & Answers}:
              log like functions: strange TeX behaviour
                RE: LaTeX .STY files for ISO standards
                            babel release
                      Anselm Lignau's float.sty
                         Latex-Chemical Style
                             xdvi on VMS
                       TeX, LaTeX (FAX message)
                                 TEX
                     RE: TeX, LaTeX (FAX message)
                       import ps file in emtex
                     Re: import ps file in emtex
                  EmTeX previewer for virtual fonts
 {Announcements}:
                        modes.mf 1.0 available
                  xdvik 1.2, dvipsk 5.519a available

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Date:    Mon, 20 Sep 1993 12:05:25 +0100
From:    Richard Kaye <kaye@uk.ac.oxford.vax>
Subject: log like functions: strange TeX behaviour


I got some strange behaviour from TeX using \mathop.  Perhaps this
might be a warning that TeX doesn't always do the `obvious' thing. 
I'd be glad if a TeX guru could tell me why it does what it does.

Copying macros in plain tex (also used in LaTeX, etc) I have been
defining loglike functions as follows:

\def\fun{\mathop{\rm fun}\nolimits}

This works fine.  \fun gives the right amount of spacing, like
\sin, \log, etc.  Then one day I type

\def\newfun{\mathop{\rm H}\nolimits}

and I have problems.  The H comes out about 2mm too low.  This doesn't
happen with all letters, but I don't know which letters in particular
cause this problem.  Please can someone tell me why, and explain which
letters I can expect this problem.  I would also like to know why TeX
was designed this way.  (TeX doesn't have bugs so it's a feature!)
I guessed the fix, since I had had strange problems with double superscript
errors once when no amount of grouping would fix the problem*. The fix is

\def\morefun{\mathop{\rm H{}}\nolimits}

Question:  I know that AMS-LaTeX etc have macros for new loglike functions.
Do they get my H example right or not?  I don't have a copy on hand else I'd
try it myself.

Richard Kaye

*  ${{\bar a}^b}^c$  produces an error. TeX ignores the { }s because of
the accent!  The fix is ${{\bar a{}}^b}^c$.


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Date:    Wed, 22 Sep 1993 16:58:19 -0400
From:    pwilson%edu.rpi.rdrc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: RE: LaTeX .STY files for ISO standards


    There was a query about the availability of a LaTeX .sty file for
ISO standards.

    There is a package available that meets with the ISO Directives Part 3,
1989. The main file is iso.sty which supports any kind of ISO document,
from Technical Reports to International Standards. This is supported by
3 subsidiary files --- iso9.sty, iso10.sty and iso11.sty for differing
font sizes (9pt as ISO likes is really too small). There is another
subsidiary file, step.sty, which specializes and incorporates boilerplate
text for ISO 10303 (the STEP standard). The usage guide is style.tex.
There is also source for a poor-man's MakeIndex program, called GenIndex 
written in C.

    The above is obtainable from the SOLIS system at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland. I think that they
are in a directory step/latex/workpkg2.

   Email access: send to nptserver@cme.nist.gov
             with body containing 1 or more of the following:
                help                               to get help
                index all                          get index of all directories
                index <dname>                      get file index for directory
                send step/<dname>/<filename>       get file
                send step/howto/mailhelp.txt       get explanation of server

   FTP access:  ftp ftp.cme.nist.gov
                name: anonymous
                password: your userID
                cd pub/step               (main directory)

Peter R Wilson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CII 7015
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Tel: +1 (518) 276-2968
Fax: +1 (518) 276-2702
Email: pwilson@rdrc.rpi.edu

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Date:    Fri, 24 Sep 1993 16:31:25 +0200
From:    J.L.Braams%nl.ptt.research@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: babel release

    Hi all,

        Today I put babel release 3.3.2 in the incoming directory of
        ftp.tex.ac.uk and it has already found its way to its proper
        place, pub/archive/languages/babel. It wil presumably also find
        its way to the other CTAN hosts tonight. This release fixes a 
        number of bugs that crept into the jluy release, which was never
        announced because of them.

        Johannes Braams

PTT Research,                           P.O. box 421,
2260 AK Leidschendam,                   The Netherlands.
Phone    : +31 70 3325051               E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl
Fax      : +31 70 3326477

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Date:    Mon, 27 Sep 1993 09:46:41 +0100
From:    Robin.Fairbairns@uk.ac.cambridge.computer-lab
Subject: Anselm Lignau's float.sty

In the Aston archive, this appears in macros/latex/contrib/misc.

On SHSU, it appears in macros/latex/contrib/float (as the .doc only),
together with example file, etc.

Is this deliberate policy, or merely an omission?  If I had been asked, I
would have been happy simply to have the float directory, but would accept
provision of the doc-stripped .sty as well.

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Date:    Tue, 14 Sep 93 23:40:11 +0100
From:    Patrick J Morrissey <Patrick.Morrissey@brunel.ac.uk>
Subject: Latex-Chemical Style

                 I have recently started to use Latex and have found it very
good. However, I am a chemist and I need to add some chemical diagrams to the
text. Is there a Latex stylefile or a suitable drawing package.
                                        Yours Sincerely,
                                         Patrick Morrissey

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Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 1993 12:37:43 -0000
From:    I.Ellery@uk.ac.east-anglia.xgate
Subject: xdvi on VMS

I am trying to compile the latest xdvi for VMS (I have a slightly
earlier version running fine undre Unix), patchlevel is 17.

According to readme, all I do is @make_vms - there are no other
warnings of things to change for VMS.

I get the following error:

                caddr_t address;
%CC-E-SYNTAXERROR, Found identifier "caddr_t" when expecting
                one of { "int" "char" "enum" "long" "void" "const" "float"
"short" "union" "double" "struct" "unsigned" "volatile"  etc.
                At line number 2341 in DISKB:[CPC.S121.NEWXDVI]XDVI.C;1.

This is followed by screens of the following:

%CC-E-UNDECLARED, "caddr_t" is not declared within the scope of
                this usage.

Has anyone got xdvi running with VMS and DECwindows - and if so can you
tell me what you did?
 Thanks a lot,
      Ian

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Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:01:14 -0000
From:    Peter Abbott <abbottp@uk.ac.aston>
Subject: TeX, LaTeX (FAX message)

Dear Peter

Is/are there versions of TEX, LATEX, DVI routines etc. for Open VMS
AXP (Alpha) systems? If so, how could I obtain such given that we
are not yet on a decent e-mail network?

Regards

Alan 

ICI Explosives Asia-Pacafic
Mining Services Technology Centre
PO Box 196
Kurri Kurri NSW 2327
Australia

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Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1993 11:32:20 -0000
From:    Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: TeX, LaTeX (FAX message)

In message 1747 of Wed, 29 Sep 93 15:01:14 +0000, 
Peter Abbott <abbottp@uk.ac.aston> wrote:

> Is/are there versions of TEX, LATEX, DVI routines etc. for Open VMS
> AXP (Alpha) systems? If so, how could I obtain such given that we
> are not yet on a decent e-mail network?

Someone in Holland contacted me directly a week or so before I dashed
off to Cyprus to evict ``my'' squatters.  I've provided him with the
latest version of TeX.web (3.1415) and the VMS changefile.  He's got
Tangle 4.3 ported OK, and had promised to let me have AXP binaries when
He's got it working.

I'll get in touch with him and ask how he's getting on.

**B.

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Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1993 09:11:00
From:    roque%br.ufrgs.mat@uk.ac.rutherford.ibm-b
Subject: import ps file in emtex

     I would very much appreciate if someone could tell me how can I
import a postscript file (a figure, for instance) inside a text in LaTeX
source format. I am using emTeX 3.0 (LaTeX 2.09) on a PC 486.
    Thanks a lot. Best regards,
 
Waldir Leite Roque, PhD
Instituto de Matematica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Av. Bento Goncalves, 9500
91540-000 Porto Alegre, RS
Fax: (0055) 51 336.1512
Phone: (0055) 51 336.9822  office ext. 6202

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Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1993 23:43:12 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: import ps file in emtex

 >      I would very much appreciate if someone could tell me how can I
 > import a postscript file (a figure, for instance) inside a text in LaTeX
 > source format. I am using emTeX 3.0 (LaTeX 2.09) on a PC 486.

two answers:
 a) if you are using literally what you say, then you don't have a dvi
     to PostScript driver. acuire yourself a copy of the public domain
     PostScript interpreter GhostScript and use that to conver the PS
     file to PCX or BMP format. use emtex's \special{em: graph ...
     command to import it

 b) if you have a PostScript printer, I assume you have or can acquire
    the dvips program by Rokicki. read the manual for that and say
    something like
       \input epsf
       \epsffile{foo.ps}
    to include the picture

There are other answers, and more lengthy explanations. SO if any of
the above is not clear and/or you dont have the software and/or you
don't have access to Internet ftp, then get back to me for more details.

bom dia

sebastian

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Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 1993 13:44:41 -0000
From:    A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city
Subject: EmTeX previewer for virtual fonts

I am certain that the emtex system has an updated previewer for
handling virtual fonts.  But where is it?  Tried
searching the index FILES.byname for "dviscr" but found nothing.
Presumably its in one of the zip files.

Is there a similar update for the HPLJ-series printer?

AFL

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Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:38:57 -0400
From:    Karl Berry <karl@edu.umb.cs>
Subject: modes.mf 1.0 available

I have released version 1.0 of modes.mf.  You can get it by anonymous ftp from

        ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf

You can also get it by email from George Greenwade's (thanks, George!)
file server if you cannot ftp: mail fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of
`sendme modes'.

This file is a collection of Metafont mode_def's.  It also makes common
definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and
landscape mode.

This version has new modes for the HP ruggedwriter, the QMS 1725, and
8-character or less abbreviations for all modes.  As always, thanks to
the contributors.

If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the
existing ones, please send them to me.  Improvements to the exposition,
particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome.

karl@cs.umb.edu

mode_def AgfaFourZeroZero =             % AGFA 400PS
mode_def amiga =                        % Commodore Amiga
mode_def AtariNineFive =                % Atari 95dpi previewer
mode_def AtariNineSix =                 % Atari 96x96 previewer
mode_def AtariSLMEightZeroFour =        % Atari ST SLM 804 printer
mode_def AtariSMOneTwoFour =            % Atari ST SM 124 screen
mode_def aps =                          % Autologic APS-Micro5
mode_def ApsSixHi =                     % Autologic APS-Micro6
mode_def bitgraph =                     % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi
mode_def boise =                        % HP 2680A
mode_def CanonCX =                      % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX
mode_def CanonEX =                      % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630
mode_def CanonLBPTen =                  % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10
mode_def ChelgraphIBX =                 % Chelgraph IBX
mode_def CItohThreeOneZero =            % CItoh 310
mode_def CItohEightFiveOneZero =        % CItoh 8510A
mode_def CompugraphicEightSixZeroZero = % Compugraphic 8600
mode_def CompugraphicNineSixZeroZero =  % Compugraphic 9600
mode_def crs =                          % Alphatype CRS
mode_def DataDisc =                     % DataDisc
mode_def DataDiscNew =                  % DataDisc with special aspect ratio
mode_def DECsmall =                     % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768
mode_def DEClarge =                     % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024
mode_def dover =                        % Xerox Dover
mode_def epsdraft =                     % Epson at 120x72dpi
mode_def epsfast =                      % Epson at 60x72dpi
mode_def epsonlo =                      % Epson at 120x216dpi
mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroMed =       % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi
mode_def EpsonLQFiveZeroZeroLo =        % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi
mode_def EpsonMXFX =                    % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family
mode_def GThreefax =                    % 200 x 100dpi G3fax
mode_def HPDeskJet =                    % HP DeskJet 500
mode_def HPLaserJetIIISi =              % HP Laser Jet IIISi
mode_def HPrugged =                     % HP RuggedWriter 480
mode_def ibm_a =                        % IBM 38xx (\#1)
mode_def IBMD =                         % IBM 38xx (\#2)
mode_def IBMFourZeroTwoNine =           % IBM 4029-30, 4250
mode_def IBMFourTwoOneSix =             % IBM 4216
mode_def IBMProPrinter =                % IBM ProPrinter
mode_def IBMSixOneFiveFour =            % IBM 6154 display
mode_def IBMSixSixSevenZero =           % IBM 6670 (Sherpa)
mode_def IBMThreeOneSevenNine =         % IBM 3179 screen
mode_def IBMThreeOneNineThree =         % IBM 3193 screen
mode_def IBMThreeEightOneTwo =          % IBM 3812
mode_def IBMThreeEightTwoZero =         % IBM 3820
mode_def IBMEGA =                       % IBM EGA monitor
mode_def IBMVGA =                       % IBM VGA monitor
mode_def imagewriter =                  % Apple ImageWriter
mode_def laserjetfour =                 % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4
mode_def laserjetlo =                   % HP LaserJet at 150dpi
mode_def lasermaster =                  % 1000dpi LaserMaster
mode_def LASevenFive =                  % DEC LA75
mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZeroLo =        % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi
mode_def LinotypeOneZeroZero =          % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi
mode_def LinotypeThreeZeroZeroHi =      % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi
mode_def LNZeroOne =                    % DEC LN01
mode_def LPSTwoZero =                   % DEC lps20
mode_def LPSFourZero =                  % DEC LPS40
mode_def lview =                        % Sigma L-View monitor
mode_def MacMagnified =                 % Mac screens at magstep 1
mode_def MacTrueSize =                  % Mac screens at 72dpi
mode_def NCD =                          % NCD 19-inch
mode_def NEC =                          % NEC
mode_def NEChi =                        % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi
mode_def Newgen =                       % Newgen 400dpi
mode_def NeXTprinter =                  % NeXT 400dpi
mode_def NeXTscreen =                   % 100dpi NeXT monitor
mode_def nullmode =                     % TFM files only
mode_def OCESixSevenFiveZeroPS =        % OCE 6750-PS
mode_def okidata =                      % Okidata
mode_def OneTwoZero =                   % e.g., high-resolution Suns
mode_def phaser =                       % Tektronix Phaser PXi
mode_def PrintwareSevenTwoZeroIQ =      % Printware 720IQ
mode_def qms =                          % QMS (Xerox engine)
mode_def QMSOneSevenTwoFive =           % QMS 1725
mode_def QMSOneSevenZeroZero =          % QMS 1700
mode_def RicohFourZeroEightZero =       % e.g., TI Omnilaser
mode_def RicohLP =                      % e.g., DEC LN03
mode_def SparcPrinter =                 % Sun SPARCprinter
mode_def StarNLOneZero =                % Star NL-10
mode_def sun =                          % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi
mode_def supre =                        % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi
mode_def toshiba =                      % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ
mode_def ultre =                        % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi
mode_def VarityperFiveZeroSixZeroW =    % Varitype 5060W
mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroLo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi
mode_def VarityperFourThreeZeroZeroHi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi
mode_def VarityperFourTwoZeroZero =     % Varityper 4200 B-P
mode_def VarityperSixZeroZero =         % Varityper Laser 600
mode_def VAXstation =                   % VAXstation monitor
mode_def XeroxDocutech =                % Xerox 8790 or 4045
mode_def XeroxEightSevenNineZero =      % Xerox 8790 or 4045
mode_def XeroxFourZeroFiveZero =        % Xerox 4050/4075/4090
mode_def XeroxNineSevenZeroZero =       % Xerox 9700
mode_def XeroxThreeSevenZeroZero =      % Xerox 3700

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Date:    Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:36:55 -0400
From:    karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: xdvik 1.2, dvipsk 5.519a available

I've released new versions of:
* kpathsea -- my path searching library,
* xdvik -- my modified xdvi that uses it, and
* dvipsk -- my modified dvips that uses it.

        ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{xdvik,dvipsk}.tar.gz

I've established a mailing list, tex-k@cs.umb.edu, for bug reports and
discussions for the TeX-related stuff I maintain.  I hope this will
provide for sharing of interim fixes, quicker help when I cannot respond
immediately, and so on.  To join, email tex-k-request@cs.umb.edu with a
message whose body contains a line
subscribe your-preferred-email-address

Next thing up is web2c.  I don't expect to have something releasable for
a month at best (so please don't ask :-).

As always, thanks to the many people who contributed.
Here's the NEWS:

kpathsea 1.2
* Running MakeTeXPK is tried before the fallback resolutions.
* The final bitmap name uses a variable spec, so DOS & OS/2 can get
  dpi300/cmr10.pk.
* Document TeX-specific features.
* Dpi passed to MakeTeXPK via the envvar KPATHSEA_DPI instead of MAKETEX_DPI.

xdvik 1.2
* Remove unnecessary backslash-only lines from dependencies in Makefile.
* Make -DGREY and -DTEXXET the default.
* Runtime control of whether MakeTeXPK is invoked.
* Support for drawing EPS files (using Ghostscript).

dvipsk 5.519a
* Document DVIPSMAKEPK and DVIPSSIZES.
* Remove unnecessary backslash-only lines from dependencies in Makefile.
* Use the envvar DVIPSHEADERS, and document it.
* Do not include the emtex fontlib support, as it likely does not work.
* Update for dvips 5.519.

karl@cs.umb.edu
Help fight the new programming monopolies -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net.

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