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\input blue.tex \report \hfuzz40pt% I allow overflow
\bluechapter Blues, BLUe`s \& Paradigms
\beginsummary
The BLUe's format material and accompanying articles, which explain details
and show examples, have been listed.
\endsummary
Originally this note was sent along with \bluetex{}
to inform a user about background and related articles.
\TB{} is assumed to be omni-present.
For other references consult lit.dat.
\bluehead The files
BLUe's format has been organized as a `kernel with modules.'
The files are named as follows.
{\parindent4.5\generalindent
\item{the format} \hbox to21ex{\bf \bluetex\hss} the kernel
\item{the databases}
\vtop{\noindent\advance\hsize-1.1\parindent
\hbox to21ex{\bf fmt.dat\hss} the formats\\
\hbox to21ex{\bf tools.dat\hss} the macros and environments\\
\hbox to21ex{\bf address.dat\hss} the addresses\\
\hbox to21ex{\bf lit.dat\hss} the references\\
\hbox to21ex{\bf pic.dat\hss} the pictures\\
\hbox to21ex{\bf obsolete.dat\hss} obsolete macros and formats.
}\smallskip}
A handy auxiliary is pfile\Dash and the more general pgfile\Dash
to print \bluetex{} with appropriate line numbers in two-column layout.
The general macro prompts for the file name. It is suited to print
\bluetex, tools.dat, or fmt.dat, all with the appropriate line numbers.
This `Publishing with \TeX' is the user's guide.
No profit may be made on it. The articles are free for personal use.
The files are shareware.\ftn{When you are happy with it and wish to support
maintenance, send me \$ {\oldstyle25} to support my hardware, to maintain
BLUe's format system. Of course you will be added to my register.blu database.
Users from Russia can just send me their address, for the time being.}
When the results are used a proper credit\Dash
be it Knuth or the authors of gkpmac,
or me for the composition and the fill-ins\Dash
is the least a happy publishing user can do.
\bluehead Background
\begindisplay
BLUe's Format\Dash The best of both worlds
&The umbrella article about \bluetex. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Graphs\Dash Simplicity, aha!
&The gkppic macros are explained. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Cross-Refs\Dash A one-pass approach
&One-pass cross-referencing with math.\hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Bibliography\Dash Selective loading
&One-pass bibliography handling. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Verbatim\Dash The selection
&Handling verbatims in TeX. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Transparencies\Dash To finish up with
&The making of transparencies. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Index\Dash The principle and some more
&The making of indexes in a one-pass job.\hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Typesetting of PASCAL\Dash Mean and lean
&The formatting of PASCAL programs. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Letters\Dash With love
&The formatting of letters. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Reports\Dash Good work
&The formatting of reports. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe's Format databases
\Dash Stay organized&The database approach explained. \hidewidth\cr
BLUe-2-|<younameit>|
&Acceptance and conversion. \hidewidth\cr
Math into BLUes &The typesetting of math via \TeX.\hidewidth\cr
\quad I: Mourning \cr
\quad\llap II: Sing your song \cr
Icons via lfonts &Common matrix icons via \LaTeX's fonts.\hidewidth\cr
Table Diversions &The typesetting of tables via \TeX. \hidewidth\cr
Sorting in BLUe &The basics for making a simple index. \hidewidth\cr
FIFO and LIFO sing the BLUes\Dash Got it &FIFO paradigm, fundamental. \hidewidth\cr
Syntactic Sugar &Discusses various approaches to macros.\hidewidth\cr
`Van tekst naar transparant'&About the life-cycle of documents,
{\oldstyle1984}.\hidewidth\cr
BLUe-2-\LaTeX &Convertor Assistant, {\oldstyle1996}\cr
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\noalign{\bluehead Related material\par}
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Manmac BLUes &Is all about manmac, as-is. \hidewidth\cr
\quad\Dash Or how to typeset a book via \TeX \cr
AMS BLUes &Details with AMS practice, \cs{lsams} for\hidewidth\cr
\quad\Dash Professionals at work
&\null\ formatting references is inspired upon AMS.\hidewidth\cr
TUGboat BLUes &TUGboat styles. ppt.tex emerged from this\hidewidth\cr
\quad\Dash How \TeX ies do it
&\null\ which is at the heart of \bluetex. \hidewidth\cr
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\noalign{\medskip\noindent An overview is supplied in `What is \TeX{} and \MF{}
all about?' NLUUG, {\oldstyle1993}.
The relation with SGML is in `SGML(\TeX,\dots\thinspace),'
Cork {\oldstyle1990}.
The work of Michael Spivak has been surveyed in Spivak's \OE uvre.
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\bluehead For fun\par
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Added are the following,
which also show macro writing by example.\medskip}
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Typesetting bridge via \TeX & \maps{91}2\hidewidth\cr
Typesetting crosswords via \TeX& \maps{92}2\hidewidth\cr
Tower of Hanoi, revisited & \maps{91}2\hidewidth\cr
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\noalign{\bluehead The Paradigm series\par}
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Paradigm: Plain's \cs{item} extended & \maps{94}2\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Headache? & \maps{94}2\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Two-part macros & \maps{95}1\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Parameterization I \hidewidth\cr
\phantom{Paradigm: }\Dash Options & \maps{95}1\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Winds and halfwinds \hidewidth\cr
\phantom{Paradigm: }\Dash Details matter & \maps{96}1\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: It's all in the game & \maps{96}1\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Loops & \maps{96}2\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Searching & \maps{96}2\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Sorting & \maps{96}2\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Naming conventions & \maps{97}?\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Alignment & \maps{97}?\hidewidth\cr
Paradigm: Eating and preserving & \maps{97}?\hidewidth\cr
\enddisplay
Of course all the articles run up till {\oldstyle1995}, with BLUe's format
in plain TeX.
\bluehead Availability
It is disseminated on NTG's 4All\TeX{} CD-ROM (edition {\oldstyle1995}), and
the most recent versions can be plucked from a CTAN in directory
pub/archive/info/pwt/\dots
\endinput
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