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UKTeX Digest    Friday, 26 Nov 1993    Volume 93 : Issue 37

   ``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}:
                re: Equivalent to \kill in math mode?
                     (extra-LaTeX) bibtex styles
                             macmakeindex
                          Conversion to TeX
                        Re: Conversion to TeX
                        Re: Conversion to TeX
                      Re: Re: Conversion to TeX
                      Re: Re: Conversion to TeX
                       JORS BibTeX style files
 {Announcements}:
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Date:    22 Nov 1993 09:47:02
From:    Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
Subject: re: Equivalent to \kill in math mode?

%>Alastair Rough writes:
%>
%>Is there a command in math mode which is equivalent to \kill in the LaTeX
%>tabbing environment?
%>
%>I would like to use TeX to calculate some math mode values for me for use
%>elsewhere but then I wish to suppress the display.
%>

In TeX you can measure objects once you have placed them in a box. Here is
one approach.

Mike

\documentstyle{article}

\newbox\measbox %LaTeX purists will frown on this line!
\newlength{\measht}\newlength{\measwd}\newlength{\measdp}

\def\measure#1{% measure a mathematical formula
   \setbox\measbox\hbox{$#1$}%
   \setlength{\measht}{\ht\measbox}%
   \setlength{\measwd}{\wd\measbox}%
   \setlength{\measdp}{\dp\measbox}%
   \setbox\measbox\null
}

\begin{document}
\measure{x^2+y^2=1}%or \measure{\displaystyle... if you want

\noindent This space is just big enough for $x^2+y^2=1$.

\noindent This space is just big enough for \hspace{\measwd}.
\end{document}

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Date:    Mon, 22 Nov 1993 13:11:39 +0000
From:    dquah@uk.ac.lse
Subject: (extra-LaTeX) bibtex styles

> Date:    Fri, 19 Nov 1993 13:52:14 +0000
> From:    spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
> Subject: Re: LaTeX bibliography styles
> 
>  > The four standard styles offered by BIBTeX are not suitable for the work I
>  > am doing.  I believe that the ftp.tex server contains extra files.

> ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/biblio/bibtex/styles/contrib contains many
> styles you might want to try. the `harvard' style is
> along the right lines. you'll need the LaTeX style file to go with it
> to redefine the bibliography layout

        On this, I wonder if it is possible to ask style authors to
try not to use too many LaTeX-isms.

        I use TeX but also bibtex, by exploiting Karl Berry's and Oren
Patashnik's btxmac (hacked slightly).  These macros successfully deal
with the four standard styles, and I have modified some others to work
with the btxmac macros, but it would be nice if more styles were
allowed.


- --Danny (dquah@lse.ac.uk)
Economics Department, LSE            479 St. Clements: (+44-71) 955-7535
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE                  Fax: (+44-71) 831-1840

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Date:    Mon, 22 Nov 1993 16:05:24 +0000
From:    Nigel Chapman <N.Chapman@uk.ac.ucl.cs>
Subject: macmakeindex

i've fetched .../systems/mac/macmakeindex.sit from the archive, first
taking its extension at face-value and using binary mode, then aassuming
it was binhex coded and using ascii mode. and i've tried to install it
on my mac, trying all possible assumptions about the file format at that
end.  in all cases, stuffit has reported a crc error and an unexpected
end of file.  does anyone know where i can get an ok, preferably
binhexed, version of this?  there is no indication of its provenance
that i could see in the archive. (they don't seem to have it at hensa.)

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 08:41:28 +0000
From:    P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston
Subject: Conversion to TeX

I have a TeX file and wish to include the following LaTeX code.

{\scriptsize\raisebox{.6ex}{c}\kern-.01em\raisebox{.3ex}{/}{o}}%

What is the equivalent TeX code for scriptsize and raisebox

I assume I can use

\font\myscript=cmr10 at 7truept

since art10.sty shows scriptsize to be 7 on 8 pt but I do not know
the easy answer for raisebox.

From latex.tex

\def\raisebox#1{\@ifnextchar[{\@argrsbox{#1}}{\@rsbox{#1}}}
 
\def\@argrsbox#1[#2]{%
\@ifnextchar[{\@iirsbox{#1}[#2]}{\@irsbox{#1}[#2]}}
 
\long\def\@rsbox#1#2{\leavevmode\hbox{\raise #1\hbox{#2}}}
 
\long\def\@irsbox#1[#2]#3{\setbox\@tempboxa \hbox
   {\raise #1\hbox{#3}}\ht\@tempboxa#2\leavevmode\box\@tempboxa}
 
\long\def\@iirsbox#1[#2][#3]#4{\setbox\@tempboxa \hbox
   {\raise #1\hbox{#4}}\ht\@tempboxa#2\dp\@tempboxa#3\leavevmode\box\@tempboxa}
 

I did try just dropping the code into the TeX file but

/work2/uktug$ tex expenses
This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
(expenses.tex
! Use of \@ doesn't match its definition.
\raisebox #1->\@if
                  nextchar[{\@argrsbox{#1}}{\@rsbox{#1}}
\PeterAbbott ... \cr &&{\myscript \raisebox {.6ex}
                                                  {c}\kern -.01em\raisebox {...
l.124 \PeterAbbott
 

I think that LaTeX only allows \@ in .sty files.

I'm now stuck as what to do next.

Peter

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 08:55:39 +0000
From:    Malcolm Clark <cudax@uk.ac.warwick.csv>
Subject: Re: Conversion to TeX

> I have a TeX file and wish to include the following LaTeX code.
> 
> {\scriptsize\raisebox{.6ex}{c}\kern-.01em\raisebox{.3ex}{/}{o}}%
[...]
> I think that LaTeX only allows \@ in .sty files.

my gut says to enclose this stuff in
\makeatletter
..
\makeatother

it is not that \@ is disallowed, but that
\@if is seen as \@ followed by if. making @ a letter
makes it see \@if, which might work.
your analysis was right, you just had to take it further.

malcolm

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 12:27:53 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: Conversion to TeX

 > I think that LaTeX only allows \@ in .sty files.

mimic the effect of being in a .sty file by changing the catcode of @
- - see definition of \makeatletter in latex.tex

sebastian

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 12:29:22 +0000
From:    spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: Re: Conversion to TeX

 > my gut says to enclos ethis stuff in
 > \makeatletter
 > ..
 > \makeatother

if \makeatletter was defined in plain TeX, Malcolm would be right.
however, Peter will have to replicate that as well

sebastian

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 14:12:35 +0000
From:    Malcolm Clark <cudax@uk.ac.warwick.csv>
Subject: Re: Re: Conversion to TeX

i sorted this out on the phone.

it was a \raise0.6ex\hbox{\it c} sort of problem really.
the @ was a red herring.

m

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Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 1993 17:49:45 +0000
From:    healyp@ul.ie
Subject: JORS BibTeX style files

Do you know where I can get a hold of a BibTeX style file that uses
superscripts for bibliography references?  This is the format of the
Journal of the Operational Research Society and I'm certain that someone
must have solved this by now.  I've been able to look at the BibTeX
archives on ftp.tex.ac.uk but I cannot tell what features come with what
.bst file.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this.  If you don't have time to
answer this yourself please pass it along to the UK TeX group.

Thanks again,
Paddy Healy,
Department of CS
Univ. of Limerick,
Ireland

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

Date:    Wed, 24 Nov 1993 11:08:52 -0500
From:    kb@cs.umb.edu
Subject: modes.mf 1.1 available

I have released version 1.1 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: email 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.

The mode for the HP LaserJet 4 has completely new values, from
mbr@research.nj.nec.com; his seemed better tested than previous.

The IBM 4019 is now a separate mode from the IBM 4216.

This version again runs through TeX.

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 IBMFourZeroOneNine =           % IBM 4019
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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