TeXhax Digest Tuesday, December 23, 1986 Volume 86 : Issue 14
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Editor: Malcolm Brown
Today's Topics:
Reminders on where-to-send ...
Re: Issue 12
TeX for CPM+ and selective file \input
TeX driver
Construction of Bezier cubics ?
33 mailing labels per page macros
Multi-page tables query
DVI to IBM 3820 printers
Tex for Integral PC?
[Plea from a novice TeX User]
tex/xerox
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 86 08:47:04 PST
>From: <GUENTHER@wsuvm1.bitnet>
Reply-To: GUENTHER%WSUVM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: Issue 12
In issue 12 of the Texhax digest, Andrew Vaught asks:
"Does anyone know if there are DVI drivers written under CMS (rel. 4)
for a 3279 Graphics terminal or an HP LaserJet (and not Micro-TeX)?"
Yes Andy, but it costs. See your IBM rep about a package called GDQF. It
lets you preview DCF output, which is in IBM's Composed Page Data Stream
(CPDS) format. TeX DVI files can be run through DVI3820
(on the standard distribution tape) to create a CPDS, which can
then be previewed with GDQF.
Dean Guenther
Bitnet: GUENTHER@WSUVM1
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 86 20:07:56 PST
>From: <BELL@ukanvax.bitnet>
Reply-To: BELL%UKANVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
To: TeXhax@score.stanford.edu
Subject: TeX for CPM+ and selective file \input
Has anyone yet written a version of TeX, METAFONT, and accompanying
software for micros running CPM or CPM+? TUGboat lists several
micros but says nothing about Kaypros, Epsons, Osbornes,
Commodore 128's, etc. Has anyone out there been valiant enough to
try this yet?
Also, a more TeXnical problem. Does anyone know how to make plain
TeX read in parts of a long document but only output small sections.
Particularly, I want to be able to read in several chapters of
a book but only have specified chapters appear in the DVI file.
In this manner I can have the page numbering information (and
possibly Table of Contents, figures, etc.) preserved, but only
output what may be needed at a particular time. I think that
perhaps LaTeX and AMSTeX do something similar with \include and/or
\includeonly statements, but perhaps I'm reading the documentation
wrong. Can anyone help?
Ed Bell
University of Kansas
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Lawrence, KS 66045
BITNET: BELL@UKANVAX
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 86 11:17:30 GMT
>From: vivian harrington
Subject: TeX driver
To: TEXHAX@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU
We are presently installing TeX on VM/CMS at University College Dublin.
Is there a public domain dvi-to-postscript converter that runs under
VMS and or does anyone out there know anything about a DOBY postscript
tex.
Vivian Harrington (advisory service, computer centre)
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 86 17:47:05 est
>From: <munnari!trlsasb.oz!KECK@seismo.CSS.GOV>
Subject: Construction of Bezier cubics ?
The Metafont book (pages 13 & 14) gives 3 methods of constructing
Bezier cubics :
a geometric method (midpoints)
an algebraic method (cubics)
another geometric method (t-of-the-way points)
The equivalence of the 2nd & 3rd can be seen with a few lines of algebra.
How do you show their equivalence with the 1st ?
I've had a look through the literature without finding even this construction
(the 1st), let alone a proof that it gives Bezier cubics.
The only thing I've been able to figure out is that t is the obvious
binary fraction.
Brian Keck
ACSnet keck@trlsasb
UUCP {seismo,mcvax,ucb-vision,ukc}
!munnari!trlsasb.oz!keck
ARPA keck%trlsasb.oz@seismo.css.gov
or keck%trlsasb.oz.au
CSNET keck%trlsasb.oz@australia
telex AA 33779
voice + 61 3 5416407
post Brian Keck, Telecom Australia Research
Laboratories, PO Box 249 Clayton,
Victoria 3168, AUSTRALIA
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Date: Thu 18 Dec 86 16:09:42-PST
>From: Ted Shapin <BEC.SHAPIN@USC-ECL.ARPA>
Subject: 33 mailing labels per page macros
% LABELS.TEX This can be used to produce mailing labels from a name
% and address file. Format is 33 labels per 8-1/2 x 11 inch page.
% Ted Shapin, December 18, 1986.
% This output routine does a triple column page with no headers or footers.
% Taken from the TeX book.
\newdimen\fullhsize
\fullhsize=8.5in
\hsize=2.8in
\def\fulline{\hbox to \fullhsize}
\let\lr=L
\def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}
\newbox\leftcolumn
\newbox\midcolumn
\output={\if L\lr
\global\setbox\leftcolumn=\columnbox \global\let\lr=M
\else\if M\lr
\global\setbox\midcolumn=\columnbox \global\let\lr=R
\else \tripleformat \global\let\lr=L\fi\fi
\ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000 \else\dosupereject\fi}
\def\tripleformat{\shipout\vbox{
\fulline{\box\leftcolumn\hfil\box\midcolumn\hfil\columnbox}}
\advancepageno}
% This sets up to use the full page with no margins.
\hoffset=-1in \voffset=-1in \vsize=11in \parindent=0pt
\topskip=0pt \lineskip=0pt
% This is used for each mailing label
\raggedright
\obeylines
\parindent=0pt
\def\L#1{\vbox to 1in{#1\vfil}}
% The input looks like this:
% \L{T. Doe
% The White House
% Washington, D.C.}
% \L{Ted Shapin
% Beckman Instruments, Inc.
% 2500 Harbor Blvd., X-11
% Fullerton, CA. 92634}
% Now read the mailing list
\input fortex
\bye
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Date: Thu 18 Dec 86 16:11:37-PST
>From: Ted Shapin <BEC.SHAPIN@USC-ECL.ARPA>
Subject: Multi-page tables query
When a table may run to more than one page, how can I put more
headings at the top of the continuation pages?
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 86 14:52:15 PLT
>From: Dean Guenther 509-335-0411
Subject: DVI to IBM 3820 printers
In TeXhax Digest 86 #13, Mark Scherfling asks about the DVI format so
he can get output to an IBM 3820. The IBM/CMS distribution tape has a
DVI3820 program on it. Get the tape Mark, or send me a BITNET note.
-- Dean Guenther
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 86 19:15:35 pst
>From: ucdavis!clover!hildum@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Hildum)
Subject: Tex for Integral PC?
Does anyone know of a version of TeX for the HP Integral PC with a
builtin Thinkjet printer? This is a system V UNIX machine.
Thank you,
Eric Hildum
Preferred: dehildum@ucdavis (BITNET)
hildum%clover%ucdavis.uucp@ucbvax.arpa
hildum%clover%ucdavis.uucp@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
ucdavis!clover!hildum@ucbvax.arpa
ucdavis!clover!hildum@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Otherwise: hildum@ucd.csnet
hildum%ucd@csnet-relay.arpa
hildum%ucd@relay.cs.net
P.S. Our mail system is somewhat flaky. If you send directly to me,
please enclose as much address information for yourself as possible so
that I may reply to you. -E
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 86 04:36:38 PST
>From: <LAKEXXTR@vuctrvax.bitnet>
Reply-To: LAKEXXTR%VUCTRVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
To: texhax@score.stanford.edu
Subject: [Plea from a novice TeX User]
I would like to be able to create the following heading using
TeX:
name_information_one name_information_two
address_one address_two
city_state_zip_one city_state_zip_two
(AC)-555-5555 (AC)-555-5555
I would like the two headings centered on the page. Any suggestions
as to how to accomplish this?
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 86 11:50:46 PST
>From: <SYVAXTGS@hheouh51.bitnet>
Reply-To: SYVAXTGS%HHEOUH51.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: tex/xerox
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 86 15:21 N
>From: <SYVAXTGS@HHEOUH51.BITNET>
Subject: tex/xerox
To: texhax@score.stanford.edu
X-Original-To: texhax@score.stanford.edu
I have some question regarding TeX and Metafont:
Does anybody have any experience with
a. creating xerox-(2700/3700) fonts out of pxl-files or gf-files
b. are there cm-fonts for the xerox available.
c. gf-files created with Metafont with \mode=smoke are not able to be
processed by gftopxl.
Please contact:
Ad Gerards
Open University Heerlen
EARN adress: SYVAXTGS@HHEOUH51
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