UKTeX Digest Thursday, 27 Aug 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 33 ``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}: Displaying PSfig on an Xterminal. Re: Displaying PSfig on an Xterminal. Theses Re: Regulations for theses Re: Source of PostScript fonts? Re: multiple beginner's questions CS post Cheap Laserprinter for emTeX ? {Archive News}: foiltex in uk tex archive `geom style' addition to UK TeX Archive mended chbars package pstricks updated in uk tex archive {Announcements}: EuroTeX 92, Prague 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: Thu, 06 Aug 92 15:09:00 +0000 From: "CCF::FEARN"@hermes.mod.uk Subject: Displaying PSfig on an Xterminal. I am contacting you about the availability of code on the Aston TeX archive. We presently use the psfig suite of macros to import postscript graphs into our LaTeX documents. We run LaTex on a HP9000/730 system which runs Unix and X11.4. The previewer we currently use is called xdvi but this is unable to display the postscript graphics in our files. Does a previewer exist which will run under X and display Postscript figures. I am told Ghost Script may be able to do this. Any information would be useful. Thanks, Mike Fearn. email : hp003@uk.ac.uea if reply doesn't work. ------------------------------ Date: 24 Aug 92 12:16:31 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: Displaying PSfig on an Xterminal. > I am contacting you about the availability of code on the Aston > TeX archive. We presently use the psfig suite of macros to import postscript > graphs into our LaTeX documents. We run LaTex on a HP9000/730 system which > runs Unix and X11.4. The previewer we currently use is called xdvi but this > is unable to display the postscript graphics in our files. Does a previewer > exist which will run under X and display Postscript figures. I am told > Ghost Script may be able to do this. the UK TeX Archive tries not to duplicate general purpose software like GhostScript (which will indeed do what you want). the base site for this in the UK is Imperial College's unix archives, site uk.ac.ic.doc.src (or src.doc.ic.ac.uk if using ftp, in directory gnu). ghostscript2.5 was released last week, and should compile with no problems on your HP9000. NOTE that you will need to convert the dvi output to PostScript first, using dvips. Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 18:57:42 +0000 From: David_Rhead@vme.nott.ac.uk Subject: Theses Further to your entry in this week's UKTeX, might you have been thinking of this item of mine from UKTeX #19? It was in reply to T.J. Hunt rather than to Mark Gallagher, hence your difficulty in finding it in digests after #22. As you'll see, the gist of it is much the same as my TeXhax item on the same subject (which David Osborne reproduced in this week's UKTeX). Nevertheless, I thought you might be interested in an answer to your "in which UKTeX, did I see it?" question. [If your objective is to get your regulations changed: good luck!] David Rhead - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 13:46:28 +0000 From: David_Rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme Subject: [Not] double-spacing T. J. Hunt (UKTeX V92 #19) enquired about "double spacing". As an alternative to the doublespace LaTeX style-option suggested by Sebastian, could he try arguing against double-spacing, and for standard typesetting conventions? Possible arguments: * double-spacing is a hangover from typewriting. LaTeX is a typesetting system, so typewriting conventions are inappropriate. * experiments show that the line-length and inter-line spacing that are usual in traditional typesetting are near-optimal for continuous reading. (Tinker's work, reported on pages 178-179 of Digital Typography by Rubinstein.) * BS 4821 for dissertations suggests that, for typeset work, lines should be between 60 and 70 characters long (including spaces), with "enough space between lines to allow people ease of horizontal scanning". (If space is needed for examiners to scribble, it's available in the margins) * books & journals on supervisor's shelf won't be typeset double-spaced (whatever double-spaced means when typesetting). Does the supervisor think that his/her books & journals would have been better typeset with hugely increased line-spacing? No? Why do it for an experiment report then? * normal typesetting inter-line space will increase the amount of related material that is view-able at once (e.g., related equations). If the supervisor wants (or the regulation-makers want) professional advice on the subject, they could try attending the forthcoming UK TUG meeting on "Document Design" at Reading. David Rhead ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 14:39:25 -0500 From: karger%org.osf@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: Re: Regulations for theses When I submitted my dissertation to Cambridge University in 1988, I asked the Board of Graduate Studies about single vs. double spacing in a LaTeX document. Their response was that as long as the format was acceptable to the examiners, they didn't care whether it was single spaced, double spaced, or whatever. They did ask me to use a large enough font so that no one would get eye-strain. I also wound up using a line spacing of about 1.2, again to make it easier to read. No one had any complaints about the format. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Aug 92 10:45:08 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: Re: Source of PostScript fonts? >Having just acquired a PostScript printer with a disc, I'm looking for >a few extra fonts: Baskerville, Bembo, etc. I know there are Adobe >versions of these, but can anyone tell me where to buy them from in >the UK? >Many thanks in advance. > Dr Adrian F. Clark JANET: alien@uk.ac.essex Fonts are available from a number of sources. Linotronic at Cheltenham have sets incluidng a cd disc which I have just bought. It allows you to preview on a Mac screen any font and then you can buy the ones you want. I bought baskerville and a few others and have had relatively few problems installing them. An Apple dealer can also get fonts if asked. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 11:07:45 +0700 From: Allan Reese Subject: Re: multiple beginner's questions You have my sympathy. I had exactly the same feelings a year or so back. I got my dept to buy a one-off TurboTeX to get started, so it all came with installation instructions and support. However, to make it generally available I've had to get the equivalent from the public archives. It's not easy, and you can't complain too much about the lack of documentation (or opacity of it) at the price. I've done a few weeks solid graft this summer to clarify the situation for my own benefit. I was thinking of writing it up as a "Junior Spellbook" for those forced to learn some wizardry. > - What are the rules for including TeX commands within LaTeX? I see > that a lot of it works, but some things (e.g. \nopagenumbers) don't. Frankly, undefined. Lamport told me, somewhat tartly though I understand his position, that he had enough problems making LaTeX work, without adding diagnostics for non-accepted TeX. I'd fallen foul of using a TeX command that "worked" but gave results I didn't want or expect. There are LaTeX syntax checkers, so maybe they'd pick up such problems. > - There's plain TeX, eplain TeX, and LaTeX, to name a few. For portability > I suppose the best bet is plain TeX. But I wonder if the easier LaTeX > might not be better, especially if I can use all TeX commands within a > LaTeX document (see previouse question). So, what are people using and > why? I had the same gut feeling that Plain is better documented, more resilient and more versatile. BUT, LaTeX scores in its range of task-oriented commands. It's comforting to have a simple command like "title" or "section". So I seem to end up using LaTeX for lots of applications once I've hacked out a sample that works. However, the result of my work this summer is to advise you to install the following if you want to provide a general servce. 1) Plain TeX and LaTeX from emTeX. 2) "New" LaTeX which for DOS comes as replacements for (some/all?) of the emTeX .zip files. This is needed for ... 3) NFSS - the new font selection scheme, which may then need ... 4) Metafont - install emTeX's mf but you will need some extra font description (.mf) files from archives. 5) PSNFSS - PostScript extensions to NFSS, on the assumption that PS is a useful standard and gives facilities for most of what you've mentioned. 6) Rokicki's dvips - seems the best (best running, best documented, best supported, most versatile) PostScript driver. 7) GhostScript - screnn previewer for PostScript files. Saves a fortune in toner and time compared with waiting for hard copy! 8) SEMINAR.STY - forget SLITeX, this enables you to generate good OH slides direct from LaTeX, and also use all sorts of PostScript tricks (like rotation, scaling and color) if you also get ... 9) PSTRICKS - various PostScript options ready encoded as TeX commands. That's all LaTeX oriented, but also get ... 10) Eplain - extensions to Plain, but still at the "functional" rather than "task-oriented" level, and 11) Goatley's NEWSLETR macros, which provide multi-column working within Plain, multiple fonts and sizes, and serve as patterns for devising your own macros for e.g., headings etc. 12) You also need various utilities for handling the basic input files - obviously a general text editor, but TE editor is nice for its default two window display (input+log) and function keys for jumping to TeX errors. I also have a word count and file comparators. I haven't found a spell checker that operates outside the editor or one that scans TeX input intelligently - TeX commands are logged as errors and ` (left quote) throws it as well. I also use CG (Correct Grammar, a style checker) but not on Email messages! > - I use GEM draw or Harvard Graphics. How can I include these in a document? > I know that I'm supposed to use the \special command, I just don't > know how. Write the output as PostScript (or EPSF which is equivalent for must purposes). Then see dvips documentation. Rokicki has his own standard, and there's also an attempt at a general standard called BOXEDEPSF from archives that interfaces to dvips and other drivers. I've had one problem caused by the EPSF file getting copied (from a MAC) with just CR rather than CRLF at end of line, so had to find a utility to add the LFs! > - I use EMTeX on my DOS PC and most of my fonts are in .fli library files. > Is there a tool to easily view/print a font table without writing a TeX > input file, processing it and then processing the .dvi file? I'd like to > print a book of all of the fonts I have available on my PC. (a) Don't know. (b) That could be a real big book and it says more about your current printer than about the fonts. Since most characters are the same in "text" fonts, do you want a table of each with lots of irrelevant rules? I'd suggest it makes more sense to write the alphabet and other characters as one line, so users can compare the widths (maybe even put a hair line vertical between each character so you can measure each width directly?), and perhaps a sample text paragraph or each. > - How are people including landscape text in a portrait document? see dvips and PSTRICKS. > - How are people shading boxes (like in a table)? ditto > - Has anyone written a comparison of TeX's capabilities versus various WP > packages? Undoubtedly - but they're all biased! I did read TeX versus the latest wordprocessors in one of the trade mags earlier this year. All I will say on that is that one review of the WordPerfect equation editor had an example of "n times x bar times y bar" and the bars happily straddled two characters without the reviewer commenting. I personally tried Word for Windows last week and it offered as a hyphenation "se-lected". A TugBoat last year had a comparison of TeX versus Chiwriter, in which the author recommended using Chiwriter for input but then converting to TeX for submission to publishers, despite several major technical pitfalls and objections. As the author was the person selling Chiwriter, I would quote Mandy Rice Davies (but I won't! I'm a tease). > - Is TeX alive and well? Should I be investing time in learning it or > is the WYSIWIG world of Word Processors going to make TeX a dinosaur? TeX has been around (in stable form) for over ten years. This means that most of the world still haven't woken up to it. It doesn't have a sexy appearance, so many people dismiss it. However, a casual computer user spontaneously said to me last week what I've said to colleagues for years. He said, "I spent hours using XXXX (a WYSIWYG spreadsheet) and it's very powerful but when I get the right results I've got no record of what I clicked on and no way of recalling that sequence to use again." I suspect that as people get tired of doing adventure games rather than obtaining the results they want, they will wake up to the advantages of a command language. Recent evidence suggests that the evolution of the tongue sparked off modern human (social and technical) evolution, rather than the hand. I say that the argument about mice being intuitive because babies point is falacious. Humans evolved and babies grow when they learn to manipulate abstract ideas and convey meaning through tokens rather than grunts and direct representations. > The computer hacker in me really likes TeX, and I've been using it for > typesetting chess diagrams (something I can't do with WP), but I wonder > if it's an evolving product or if this is it. Join TUG! Join the LaTeX 3 discussion list! Try even to keep abreast of what's going into the archives. > - What the heck is web and is there anything else written in it? WEB is the language that Knuth wrote to write programs to develop systems to write books about writing better programs. You take the WEB source and can compile it into machine code or typeset documentation. However, I admit it still baffles me, so I'm grateful to all the people who put ready compiled BOOed/ZIPed/ARCed/PACKed/UUEed/WHATEVERed programs into archives. If you get the list 1-12 above all working on a PC, you've got a pretty hot system. > Thanks. Sorry if that's too many questions for one post, but I thought I'd > get 'em out of the way. de nada. > Stephen B. Kutzer 703-769-2900 > I-NET, Inc. cotrcsbk@sea04vm.navsea.navy.mil - -- (R.) Allan Reese Janet: r.a.reese@uk.ac.hull Head of Applications Direct voice: +44 482 465296 Computer Centre Voice messages: +44 482 465685 Hull University Fax: +44 482 466441 Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 10:16:00 +0000 From: MAA01RAB@uk.ac.lon.gold Subject: CS post OK, this isn't strictly a TeX matter, but I'd be very happy if some TeXies applied for the one-year lectureship in Computer Science at Goldsmiths' College (``the University of London at New Cross'') which is available from 1~October. Closing date 4~September, interviews 22~September. If interested, please contact Goldsmiths' personnel dept on 081 691 3931 asap. Please DO NOT try to contact me by email: we are in the middle of changing mainframes, so my email is write-only at the moment. Rosemary Bailey, Dept of Mathematical Studies, Goldsmiths' College ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:04:04 +0000 From: SYSMGR@uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg Subject: Cheap Laserprinter for emTeX ? There now seem to be quite a number of laser printers costing under #600, and I am occasionally being asked by colleagues to recommend one for use on a PC with EmTeX. Would anyone like to share their raves and/or horror stories? A list of possibles includes HP LJ-IIP+, Brother HL4V, Epson EPL4000, and Sharp JX9500H. Things I'd like to know include whether the HP compatibles are up to accepting DVIHPLJ output, and what effective speed one obtains (the Sharp is rated at 9ppm, but I wonder what one gets in HPLJ mode, if it works...) Nigel Arnot NRA%ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (internet) NRA%uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg@ukacrl.bitnet (bitnet) ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 92 08:41:09 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: foiltex in uk tex archive I have placed Jim Hafner's FoilTeX package in [tex-archive.foiltex] on the uk tex archive. Sebastian ******************** FoilTeX is a LaTeX-like system for making foils. It is intended to be as easy to use as LaTeX and so much simpler than SliTeX. A number of features are built-in including large sans serif font as normal font, options for setting normalsize at 20pt (default), 17pt, 25pt or 30pt, new macros for starting new foils, for special environments like Theorem and Proof, simple macros to control the headline and footline. More in formation can be found in the documentation (foildoc.tex, a LaTeX file ). Questions, comments or suggestions concerning this program can be sent to James (Jim) Hafner IBM Research Division Almaden Research Center, K53/802 650 Harry Road San Jose, CA 95120-6099 408-268-9728 Bitnet: hafner@almaden Internet: hafner@almaden.ibm.com Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1992 All rights reserved Use of this code implies understanding, agreement and acceptance of all terms and conditions stated in the EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE DISCLAIMER and the USER AGREEMENT found in the header of the file . ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 92 11:24:18 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: `geom style' addition to UK TeX Archive I have placed Silvio Levy's `geom' package in the UK TeX Archive in [tex-archive.latex.styles.geom] Sebastian ***************************** I have created a set of Latex programs, collectively called geom, that work with Lamport's book and article styles and provide a number of additional features: - Inclusion of PostScript figures in the document, and of TeX text within figures. - Automatic creation of index entries and cross-reference labels. - No restriction on the use of macros and special characters in titles, cross-references, captions, etc. (i.e. no need to worry about fragile commands in almost all situations). - Greater versatility in defining theorem-like environments. - Proofing aids such as version numbers and a running index. - TeX labels in Mathematica figures. There are also purely esthetic differences, many of which can be controlled by the user. You can get the package by anonymous ftp from geom.umn.edu, in directory pub/geomsty.tar.Z. For more information, send e-mail to levy@geom.umn.edu. Comments and bug reports are welcome. Silvio Levy levy@geom.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 92 11:38:29 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: mended chbars package this changed version has been put in the uk tex archive - ------- Start of forwarded message ------- X-From: rocky@watson.ibm.com (Rocky Bernstein) After chbars was made available, someone sent me mail pointing out that I had broken chbars.tex. They basically ran test3.tex, and it didn't work. I am not even sure how test1.tex and test2.tex worked. (When I tested these on my PC/AT at home, I forgot that on MSDOS there is no such thing as a symbolic link. On Unix, chbars.tex->chbars.sty. As a result, I had been testing the same old version of chbars.tex. Gotta start paying attention to those version numbers...) Anyway, I have fixed up chbars.tex. I thought I could have one file that handled both Plain TeX and LaTeX. I don't see that it is that easy to do. In the process, I revised some comments and started using the change bars in the documentation to show what had changed. - ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 92 12:28:08 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: pstricks updated in uk tex archive pstricks is stored in the uk tex archive in [tex-archive.pstricks] ****************** Version 0.91 of PSTricks was announced to users on a mailing list after its completion last June, but this is the first "public" announcement because I was away for the summer. The most important change is that the \dbox macro has been replaced by a collection of very powerful and flexible node connection macros, which are good for trees, mathematical diagrams, and connecting information. There are also some new graphics objects, including an arc object that allows arrowsheads, and various curve interpolation objects. For those who are new, PSTricks is a kitchen sink of PostScript- based TeX macros. Among other things, it is probably the most powerful TeX drawing package around. It can be used with most TeX macro packages, including Plain TeX, LaTeX, AmS-TeX and AmS-LaTeX. Tim --- Timothy Van Zandt (609)258-4050 tvz@Princeton.EDU (NeXTMail) Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 17:12:36 +0700 From: Jiri Zlatuska Subject: EuroTeX 92, Prague ******* ****** ** * P ** * * * *** *** ** ****** ** * R **** * * ** * * ** ** ** A ** * * * * * ** **** * ** H ******* *** * *** ** ** * ** A ****** 1992 The time is running rather fast: the count down for the EuroTeX 92 Conference has already started. As most of you probably know it is organized by the Czechoslovak TeX Users Group in collaboration with Charles University and the Czech Technical University, Prague, under the auspices of both Rectors. EuroTeX 92 is supported by French TeX Users Group GUTenberg and by German TeX Users Group DANTE e.V. The support helps to bring representatives of existing or emerging national TUGs from C&EE Countries to Prague, where the Conference takes place ******* from September 14 to September 18, 1992.******* We will forward also the hard copy of this third (and the last) announcement to all who already sent us the registration form and paid the fee and also to those who forgot all about it but we hope they will come. We would greatly appreciate if they kindly use the SWIFT to transfer money to the Conference account (since it is the fastest form of payment). Those who sent us their e-mail address only cannot be reached by surface mail. We present the update of the programme below. It differs but not too much from the one we already provided to some of you -- *it was available in electronic form only*. EuroTeX '92 final program (both technical and social) (Explanation: Invited talks are marked with stars (**). Single star (*) marks tutorials and BoF, in parallel sessions. Lectures will take place at the Czech Technical University of Prague (Czech abbreviation CVUT) at "Technicka" Street No 2-4 close to the terminus of the underground line C ("Dejvicka"). Bus transfers from Kajetanka will be provided. Note that this is definitive programme. You will be kept informed about changes if any during the Conference through a daily bulletin.) Sunday, September 13 Early Registration (10:00 -- 20:00) Monday, September 14 Registration (9:00 -- 18:00) Sightseeing tour 14:00 -- 17:00 Welcome party 19:00 Tuesday, September 15 Morning session 9:00 -- 12:30 (10:30 -- 11:00 coffee break) 9:00- 9:15 Opening address 9:15-10:30 ** Alan Hoenig (United States): When TeX and Metafont work together 10:30-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:30 ** John Hobby (United States): Introduction to MetaPost Afternoon session 14:00 -- 18:00 (15:40 -- 16:10 coffee break) 14:00-14:20 Harry Gaylord (The Netherlands): Integration of SGML and TeX 14:20-14:40 Michel Lavaud (France): A solution to help ensuring the future of TeX: make its use easier on cheap machines 14:40-15:00 Andrei B. Khodulev and Irina A. Makhovaya (Russia): On TeX experience in "Mir" Publishers 15:00-15:20 Laurent Siebenmann (France): The Lion and the Mouse 15:20-15:40 Petr Sojka, Rudolf Cervenka, and Martin Svoboda (Czechoslovakia): TeX for database publishing 15:40-16:10 coffee break 16:10-16:30 Ondrej Vacha (Czechoslovakia): TeX for typesetting in a publishing house 16:30-16:45 Peter Scherber and Helge Steenweg (Germany): Distribution of Software (particularly TeXware) within academic network society 16:45-17:00 Petr Bozovsky (Czechoslovakia): ChiWriter or TeX? 17:00-18:00 Introduction of C&E European TeX Users Groups (5-10 minutes each - CyrTuG, PolishTUG, HungarTUG, CSTUG,...) Evening: theatre performances (tickets reserved upon your specifications in your Registration form) Wednesday, September 16 Morning session 9:00 -- 12:30 (10:30 -- 11:00 coffee break) 9:00-10:30 ** Frank Mittelbach (Germany) and Chris Rowley (United Kingdom): LaTeX 3 project 10:30-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:10 ** Anita Hoover (United States): The key to successful support: Knowing your TeX and LaTeX users 12:10-12:30 Theo Jurriens (The Netherlands): TeX for everybody ? Afternoon session 14:00 -- 18:00 (15:35 -- 16:05 coffee break) 14:00-15:10 ** Yannis Haralambous} (France): Internationalization of TeX -- an introduction 15:10-15:35 Daniel Flipo and Laurent Siebenmann (France): Hyphenation in the presence of accents and diacritics 15:35-16:05 coffee break 16:05-16:30 Michael Vinogradov (Russia): Russian TeX: new eight bit fonts and IBM PC equipment 16:30-16:55 Laurent Siebenmann (France): CaesarCM --- A gentle road via CM to perfect hyphenation 16:55-17:35 Boguslav Jackowski and Marek Rycko (Poland): Polishing TeX: from ready to use to handy in use 17:35-18:00 Rama Porrat (Israel): Developements in Hebrew TeX 18:15-19:15 Meeting of CSTUG Evening excursion to Strahov Premonstratensian Library and the Organ concert in the Strahov Church Thursday, September 17 Morning session 9:00 -- 12:30 (10:30 -- 11:00 coffee break) 9:00-10:00 ** Yannis Haralambous (France): Towards the revival of traditional Arabic typography ... through TeX 10:00-10:30 Klaus Lagally (Germany): ArabTeX -- typesetting Arabic with vowels and ligatures 10:30-11:00 coffee break 11:00-11:30 Eric-Jan Vens (The Netherlands): Incorporating PostScript fonts in TeX 11:30-12:00 Kristoffer Hogsbro Rose (Denmark): How to make TeX typeset pretty arrows -- design decisions used in XY-pic 12:00-12:30 Kees van der Laan (The Netherlands): Table diversions Afternoon session 14:00 -- 18:00 (15:45 - 16:15 coffee break) 14:00-14:45 * BoF sessions in parallel (45') 14:45-15:15 Kees van der Laan (The Netherlands): Typessetting Crosswords via TeX 15:15-15:45 Jorg Knappen (Germany): Changing the appearance of Maths 15:45-16:15 coffee break 16:15-17:15 Philip Taylor (Great Britain): The Future of TeX 17:15-18:00 Discussion (Future, LaTeX3, BoF's, etc.) Evening: theater performances (tickets reserved upon your specifications in your Registration form). Eerly evening: an excursion to old part of the Charles University Friday, September 18 Morning session 9:00 -- 12:30 (10:30 - 11:00 coffee break) 9:00-10:30 ** Frank Mittelbach (Germany) and Chris Rowley (United Kingdom): The future of high quality typesetting: structure and design 10:30-11:00 coffee break 11:00-12:00 ** Daniel Taupin (France): MusicTeX: using TeX to write polymorphic or instrumental music 12:00-12:30 Closing address 14:00 -- 18:00 parallel tutorials: (15:45 - 16:15 coffee break) 14:00-18:00 * Philip Taylor (Great Britain): Advanced TeX tutorial (start) 14:00-18:00 * Juergen Gloeckner (Germany): High resolution output via PostScript (with RIP) * Excursion to Prague Saturday, September 19 9:00 -- 12:30 parallel tutorials: (10:30 -- 11:00 coffee break) 9:00-12:30 * Philip Taylor (Great Britain): Advanced TeX tutorial 9:00-12:30 * Klaus Thull (Germany): WEB, SpiderWEB, etc. tutorial 9:00-10:30 * Yannis Haralambous (France): Internationalization of TeX 11:00-12:30 * Yannis Haralambous (France): Introduction into font design using MF and PostScript; * Excursion 14:00 -- 18:00 parallel tutorials: (15:45 - 16:15 coffee break) 14:00-18:00 * Philip Taylor (Great Britain): Advanced TeX tutorial 14:00-18:00 * Kristoffer H. Rose (Danmark): Typesetting diagrams with XY-pi c tutorial * Excursion Sunday, September 20 Free day, departure For the accompanying persons special excursions will be offered on Wednesday and Thursday morning . Other excursions will be arranged on Saturday and Sunday. Registration: The Registration office will be opened on Sunday, September 13 from 10:00 to 20:08 and on Monday, September 14 from 9:00 to 18:00 at Kajetanka Student Residence, Radimova Street 12, Prague 6. All details about the last-minute registration and remaining possibilities of arranging accommodation can be obtained by e-mailing your enquiry to . Please send on the address the following message: ********************************************************************* I would like to take part in EuroTeX 92, Prague (14.-18.9.1992) Name: First name(s): Full address: Passport number: Money will be transferred by SWIFT or paid at arrival (please, tick one item !): Arrival: Departure: Userid: Node: ********************************************************************** The latecomers who will pay after September 8 will be asked to pay 350 DM for the package (see below or ask for previous announcements). Note that in such a case an earlier arrival on Sunday, September 13 is not possible. No single rooms is available any more. Phone numbers, e-mail: You will be accessible by phone at Kajetanka. The area code is +422. The phone number is 316 72 12, or 35 47 50 to 59, or 35 25 50 to 59. The operator will put your call through to your room provided he is told that you are a participant of EuroTeX (and your name will be carefully pronounced). From Kajetanka only local calls are possible. There is no FAX available at the Residence. Connection via e-mail will be available at a special computer room close to the lecture hall. For the time being we cannot promise an access to FTP and Telnet. Disks for archiving should be DOS formated, 3,5". Also for copying public domain software 3,5" disks are strongly recomended (5,25" drive is not easily available). Kajetanka -- how to get there ? Here is a short description how to use public transport system on your arrival to Prague. First you should buy some tickets (4,- Kcs (Czechoslovak Crowns) each -- there are some automatic machines at the underground stations (orange colour) or you can use tobacconists or the reception desks of Prague hotels to get them). You are supposed to stamp one ticket per one use of bus, or tram. Within the underground system (Metro -- the stations are marked by "M") you can change fro one line to another A,B,C and the ticket is valid for one hour. Public transport is relatively cheap, but when going by taxi, it is better to agree on the fare beforehand, since prices are not fixed and actually depend on drivers (prices on taxi-meters are in Kcs and they should be indicated on the car right door; they vary from about 6 to 10 Kcs per kilometer). The shortest way from the terminuses to Kajetanka Student Residence is as follows: 1. Railway. From the main railway station ("Hlavni nadrazi"), take the underground line C (in the direction "Haje") up to the next station ("Muzeum"). At this station change for underground line A (in the direction "Dejvicka") and get off at the station "Hradcanska". At the exit of the station follow the sign "BUS" (number 108 or 174). Take a bus (*number 108 or 174*) which goes to the station "Kajetanka" located just in front of the Kajetanka Residence. Other railway stations: >From "Praha - Holesovice" station use the underground line C and change at "Muzeum" station for line A (in the direction "Dejvicka"). Continue as in the previous case. >From "Praha - Masaryk station" (old name: "Praha - Stred" station) use underground line B in the direction "Nove Butovice". Change at station "Mustek" for line A (in the direction "Dejvicka"). Continue as in the previous cases. Maps of the Prague underground system are displayed at all its stations and in all carriages of the underground trains. 2. Flight. From the airport take bus number 119 to the station "Dejvicka"; this is the terminus of the underground line A as well. Change and take underground to the next station ("Hradcanska") and then use the bus as described above. 3. Car. Roads are relatively good but with only a few motorways (speed limits: 110 km/h on motorways, 90 on roads, 60 in towns). Parking in Prague is generally difficult. There are places to park in the neighbourhood of the Residence, but not a (guarded) parking. If you arrive by car along E 50, try to get to the crossroad called "Vypich" (this name is used on maps, too) located on the west side of Prague on E 48. (Short description: leave the motorway at its end and follow the road via flyover to the centre (sign: "Centrum") downhill for about 1 km; cross another flyover (do not leave the road to the right !!!) over another road and follow the road up to the top of a hill (there is a big hospital on your right) to the traffic lights; you are at "Vypich", where you should turn to the right.) From this crossroad, follow the drive straight down to the centre of Prague (to the east). After about 2 km (you will be at "Patockova" street, former name "Pionyru", which is still sometimes used) you will be close to Kajetanka Residence (it is the only one high building on the left side of the road). We hope that the small partial map (unfortunately too small) will help you. If you come along E 55 try to follow the direction to Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) and you will get to the required E 48. Do not cross the Vltava river. Any road map should suffice to find the way. In the case the Kajetanka Residence will be on your right. *An (important) note*: a lot of names has been changed after 1989 and even relatively new maps could be wrong as for names ! Performances: We tried to reserve tickets for the Black Theatre ("Panoptikum ta Fantastika" Theatre, 15.9. at 20.30, performance "Aspects of Alice", 14 DM or 250 Crowns ) and for Laterna Magica ("The Palace of Culture", 17.9. at 20.00, performance "Odysseus", 24 DM or 430 Crowns): they will be available during the Registration, but we have only a limited number of tickets. Those who intend to visit one or both performances are asked to send an e-mail. Programmes of other theatres will be available also during the Registration. What will be covered by the package fee (without extras): a season ticket for buses, trams (streetcars) and for the underground from the first day after your arrival (from September, 14 or 15, till the end of your stay in Prague), sightseeing tour on Monday afternoon (provided you ordered it), welcome party, halfpension for Sept. 15 -- 18 (breakfast at Kajetanka Residence, lunch at the conference site), organ concert, refreshment during breaks, materials with general information and daily bulletin, Proceedings of EuroTeX 92 (rather *interesting* book, 320 pp.) is covered by paying the "package". Note that during the Conference the additional copies of the Proceedings of EuroTeX 92 will be available in the limited number of copies for the *special* price of 30 DM. If you are interested in ordering the Proceedings without comming to EuroTeX, please contact *after the conference* , or write to Ceskoslovenske sdruzeni uzivatelu TeXu (CSTUG) Matematicky ustav UK Sokolovska 83 CS-186 00 Praha Czechoslovakia We are going to cooperate in the spreading of Proceedings with other local TUGs. Payment: Those who has not pay untill now are requested to send money via SWIFT (!) to the following account 34735-021/0100 at KOMERCNI BANKA, PRAHA MESTO The address of the bank is KOMERCNI BANKA, pob. Praha -- MESTO, Vaclavske nam. 42 110 00 PRAHA 1 Czechoslovakia while the name of the account is Ceskoslovenske sdruzeni uzivatelu TEXu Cancellation: In case of cancellation (please, do it only if absolutely necessary, you would miss a lot of fun !) we will refund you the amount you paid minus a sum which regrettably has to be deducted: for cancellation done till September 10 it will be 10 \% of the payment; after this date it will be 120 DM (Proceedings will be sent to you). Climate: Since much of Prague fascination (besides the Conference) is historical, architectural and cultural, it can be enjoyed at any time of the year. The average maximum temperature in September is 18~o C (64~o F) and the weather is relatively stable (except this year !). Currency: The Czechoslovak Crown (Kcs) is rated now approx. 18:1 to DM, approx. 28:1 to USD. Recently, prices have slightly increased. They are slowly approaching "western standards" but in many respects Czechoslovakia is considered to be favourable and cheap for western tourists. We wish you pleasant journey to Prague. We hope you will find the Conference exciting and meet stimulating for your further work. On behalf of the organizers: Karel Horak Jiri Vesely Jiri Zlatuska Address of the conference: CS TeX --- EUROTEX 92 Mathematical Institute Sokolovska 83 186 00 PRAHA 8 - Karlin Czechoslovakia %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% LaTeX form of the program only, %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% other instructions in the ascii %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% above %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \documentstyle{article} % % Upper-case ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ % Lower-case abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz % Digits 0123456789 % Exclamation ! 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Euro\TeX\ is supported by French \TeX\ Users Group GUTenberg and by German \TeX\ Users Group DANTE e.v. It takes place in Prague, Czechoslovakia, \begin{center} {\bf from September 14 to September 18, 1992.} \vskip 2pc {\Huge\bf Euro\TeX%92 Final%Program}\\ \vskip1pc {(both technical and social -- invited speakers are boldfaced)} \end{center} \begin{description} \item[Sunday, September 13]\ {} \begin{description} \item[pm] early registration \end{description} \item[Monday, September 14] \ {} \begin{description} \item[am+pm] registration \item[from 2pm] sightseeing tour \item[7pm] welcome party \end{description} \item[Tuesday, September 15] \ {} \begin{description} \item[9am--12:30am] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t9:00-9:15 opening address; \t9:15-10:30 {\bf Alan Hoenig} (United States): When \TeX{} and \MF{} work together; \t10:30-11:00 {\small\em coffee break;} \t11:00-12:30 {\bf John Hobby} (United States): Introduction to MetaPost; \end{itemize} \item[2pm--6pm] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t14:00-14:20 Harry Gaylord (The Netherlands): Integration of SGML and \TeX; \t14:20-14:40 Michel Lavaud (France): A solution to help ensuring the future of \TeX: make its use easier on cheap machines; \t14:40-15:00 Irina A. Makhovaya (Russia): On \TeX{} experience in ``Mir'' Publishers; \t15:00-15:20 Laurent Siebenmann (France): The Lion and the Mouse; \t15:20-15:40 Petr Sojka, Rudolf \v Cervenka, and Martin Svoboda (Czechoslovakia): \TeX{} for database publishing; \t15:40-16:10 {\small\em coffee break;} \t16:10-16:30 Ond\v rej V\'acha (Czechoslovakia): \TeX{} for typesetting in a publishing house;\hfuzz.37pt \t16:30-16:45 Peter Scherber and Helge Steenweg (Germany): Distribution of software (particularly \TeX ware) within academic network society; \t16:45-17:00 Petr Bo\v zovsk\'y (Czechoslovakia): ChiWriter or \TeX?; \t17:00-18:00 Introduction of `East-European' \TeX{} users' groups (5--10 minutes each -- CyrTuG, PolishTUG, HungarTUG, CSTUG, \ldots) \end{itemize} \item[evening] Theater performances (tickets reserved according to participant requests at the Registration Form);\end{description} \item[Wednesday, September 16] \ {} \begin{description} \item[9am--12:30am] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t9:00-10:30 {\bf Frank Mittelbach} (Germany) and {\bf Chris Rowley} (United Kingdom): \LaTeX3: structure and design; \t10:30-11:00 {\small\em coffee break;} \t11:00-12:10 {\bf Anita Hoover} (United States): The key to successful support: Knowing your \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} users; \t12:10-12:30 Theo Jurriens (The Netherlands): \TeX{} for everybody? \end{itemize} \item[2pm--6pm] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t14:00-15:10 {\bf Yannis Haralambous} (France): Internationalization of \TeX{}; \t15:10-15:35 Daniel Flipo and Laurent Siebenmann (France): Hyphenation in the presence of accents and diacritics; \t15:35-16:05 {\small\em coffee break;} \t16:05-16:30 Michael Vinogradov (Russia): Russian \TeX: new eight bit fonts and IBM PC equipment; \t16:30-16:55 Laurent Siebenmann (France): CaesarCM --- A gentle road via CM to perfect hyphenation in modest \TeX{} environments; \t16:55-17:35 Bogus\l av Jackowski, and Marek Ry\'cko (Poland): Polishing \TeX: from ready to use to handy in use; \t17:35-18:00 Rama Porrat (Israel): Developements in Hebrew \TeX; \end{itemize} \item[evening] Excursion to Strahov Premonstratensien Library and Organ concert \hfuzz.46pt in Strahov Church; \end{description} \vfil\eject \item[Thursday, September 17] \ {} \begin{description} \item[9am--12:30am] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t9:00-10:00 {\bf Yannis Haralambous} (France): Towards the revival of traditional Arabic typography\ldots\ through \TeX; \t10:00-10:30 Klaus Lagally (Germany): Arab\TeX\ -- typesetting Arabic with vowels and ligatures; \t10:30-11:00 {\small\em coffee break;} \t11:00-11:30 Eric-Jan Vens (The Netherlands): Incorporating PostScript fonts in \TeX; \t11:30-12:00 Kristoffer Hogsbro Rose (Danmark): How to make \TeX{} typeset pretty arrows --- design decisions used in \xypic; \t12:00-12:30 Kees van der Laan (The Netherlands): Table diversions; \end{itemize} \item[2pm--6pm] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t14:00-14:45 BoF sessions in parallel (45'); \t14:45-15:15 Kees van der Laan (The Netherlands): Typessetting crosswords via \TeX; \t15:15-15:45 J\"org Knappen (Germany): Changing the appearance of Maths; \t15:45-16:15 {\small\em coffee break;} \t16:15-17:15 Philip Taylor (Great Britain): The future of \TeX; \t17:15-18:00 discussion (future, \LaTeX3, BoF's, etc.); \end{itemize} \item[late afternoon] Excursion to the old part of Charles University; \item[evening] Theater performances (tickets reserved according to participant requests at the Registration Form); \end{description} \item[Friday, September 18]\ {} \begin{description} \item[9am--12:30am] \ {}\begin{itemize} \t9:00-10:30 {\bf Frank Mittelbach} (Germany) and {\bf Chris Rowley} (United Kingdom): The future of high quality typesetting: structure and design; \t10:30-11:00 {\small\em coffee break;} \t11:00-12:00 {\bf Daniel Taupin} (France): Music\TeX: using \TeX{} to write polymorphic or instrumental music; \t12:00-12:30 closing address; \end{itemize}\end{description} \vfil\eject \item[Friday, September 18]\ {} \begin{description} \item[2pm--6pm] tutorials in parallel (3:45--4:15 coffee break): \begin{itemize} \t14:00-18:00 {\sl Philip Taylor} (Great Britain): Advanced \TeX{} tutorial (start); \t14:00-18:00 {\sl J\"urgen Gl\"ockner} (Germany): High resolution output via Post\-Script (with RIP); \end{itemize}\end{description} \item[Saturday, September 19] \ {} \begin{description} \item[9am--12:30am] tutorials in parallel (10:30--11:00 coffee break): \begin{itemize} \t9:00-12:30 {\sl Philip Taylor} (Great Britain): Advanced \TeX{} tutorial; \t9:00-12:30 {\sl Klaus Thull} (Germany): WEB, SpiderWEB, etc.; \t9:00-10:30 {\sl Yannis Haralambous} (France): Internationalization of \TeX; \t11:00-12:30 {\sl Yannis Haralambous} (France): Introduction into font design using \MF\ and PostScript; \item (excursion); \end{itemize} \item[2pm--6pm] tutorials in parallel (3:45--4:15 coffee break): \begin{itemize} \t14:00-18:00 {\sl Philip Taylor} (Great Britain): Advanced \TeX{} tutorial; \t14:00-18:00 {\sl Kristoffer Hogsbro Rose} (Danmark): Typesetting diagrams with \xypic; \item (excursion). \end{itemize}\end{description}\end{description} \vspace{\fill} Additional copies of the proceedings (320pp) can be ordered for DM%30.- plus postage (or other currency equivalent of this Deutche Mark amount) from \begin{quote} \v Ceskoslovensk\'e sdru\v zen\'\i\ uZivatel\accent'27u \TeX u ($\cal C\kern-0.2ex S$TUG)\\ Matematick\'y \'ustav UK\\ Sokolovsk\'a 83\\ CS-186 00 Praha\\ Czechoslovakia\\ \end{quote} \end{document} ------------------------------ UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< *** Interactive and file transfer access *** JANET: Host: uk.ac.tex, Username: public, Password: public (DTE 000020120091) Internet: host tex.ac.uk [134.151.40.18] For telnet access, login: public, password: public For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: *** Mail server *** Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) with message body containing the word HELP \section FILES OF INTEREST [tex-archive]00readme.txt [tex-archive]00directory.list [tex-archive]00directory.size [tex-archive]00directory_dates.list [tex-archive]00last30days.files [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) \section DIGESTS This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.uktex.92] This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.texhax.92] Latest TeXhax: V92 #16 TeXMaG back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.tex-mag] Latest TeXMaG: V5N3 \section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS Postal addresses are given below. \subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape Latest copy of May/June 1991 contains: TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V tar format, 1600bpi, blockfactor 20, 1 file (36Mb) Copies available on: One 2400ft 0.5" tape sent to Aston with return labels AND return postage OR One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) \subsection VMS tapes VMS backup of the archive requires three 2400ft tapes at 6250bpi. 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