UKTeX V87 #16
VorTex (twice)
UNIX-TeX and advice on circuit diagrams
Driver for Epson FX105??
CM fonts for Linotype Linotronic 100 Required
Various questions related to TeX/LaTeX and Prime systems
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Editor
IpTeX - The uncompressed file iptex.tar is now available in the same
subdirectory as the compressed file iptex.tar_z
The groups DVITOVDU and PSPRINT have been updated in response to me
request. The versions are 1.1 and 1.7.
Two files have been added to the subdirectory drivers (thanks to Paul
Leyland). I hope the names are self explanatory.
dvips_gk_unix.shar1
dvips_gk_unix.shar2
I have extracted the files from dvidoc.shar1 and dvidoc.shar2 in latexstyle.
I assume that tangle is the first step but there is no .ch file. Can anyone
help. Here is the directory listing.
DOC.PL;1 DOCMAC.TEX;1 DVIDOC.1;1 DVIDOC.STY;1
DVIDOC.WEB;1 DVITYEXT.C;1 DVITYEXT.H;1 DVITYPE.CH;1
MAKEFILE.;1 README.;1 TEXPATHS.H;1
Total of 11 files.
$tangle dvidoc
Couldn't open DVIDOC.CH
In response to requests for information I have created a file
aston.kirk::[public]000directory.list
which contains a directory listing of ALL files in PUBLIC. This can be used
to search for particular items or types of files. There will be odd files
in the listing which cannot be accessed but they are generally of no
consequence.
There are still problems with certain file types and DEC are looking at the
problem.
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Date: 23 Nov 87 10:42:36 gmt
From: G.Toal @ uk.ac.edinburgh
Subject: VorTex
To: info-tex@uk.ac.aston
Message-ID: <23 Nov 87 10:42:36 gmt 050691@EMAS-A>
Hello all; has anyone seen the VorTeX code in action? I've seen a couple
of mentions of it now (it even got a by-line in Byte this month) and would
love to hear a critical appraisal. If anyone reckons it is a 'good thing',
I might try that approach instead for the Archimedes port. Until now I
had planned just a simple pre-viewer for DVI files, but if (semi-)interactive
TeX now exists it is clearly the route to take...
So, questions: a) Is it real TeX?; b) What is the granularity of
interaction?; c) it IS public domain, no?; d) Does anyone in the UK have
a copy?
Graham.
P.S. Have looked at R.M.Damerell's CrudeType - looks fine for its job but
the code is very VMS-pascal specific. (Just in case anyone was thinking of
putting it on their non-VMS machine)
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Date: 23-NOV-1987 10:52:13 GMT
From: RHEAD@UK.AC.NOTT.VAXA
To: INFO-TEX@UK.AC.ASTON
In UKTeX #15, Neil Davies asked about VorTeX from Berkeley (software for
SUNs and InterPress printers).
I received details of VorTeX from Berkeley last week. (Our interest is that
VorTeX has dvi-to-interpress software, which may be relevant to our Xerox
laserprinter.)
If anyone else is interested in the details, I suggest that they
let me know their Royal Mail address, so I can post them a photocopy.
David Rhead
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Date: 25-NOV-1987 14:08:08 GMT
From: OPER@UK.AC.RL.VJ
To: TEX-INFO@UK.AC.ASTON.MAIL
Subject: UNIX-TeX? and advice on circuit diagrams
1. I have a friend running a UNIX system on a Torch XXX who would like to
run TeX? Please can you suggest where/who he should ask for advice on
suppliers etc.
2. Some of our users want to use TeX to make circuit diagrams as part of
their 'User Guides' to theri electronic CAD programs. A few years ago
TUGBOAT had a few tantalising diagrams, but didn't say how to do it,
at least not in terms that a TeXnovice like me can understand.
Any advice offers of macros etc would be most welcome. We run both TeX
and LaTeX with output to a Canon LBPA 2 laser printer.
replies to Kate Crennell please KMC @UK.AC.RL.VJ
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From: peter@uk.co.memex (Peter Ilieve)
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To: info-tex@uk.ac.aston
Subject: Driver for Epson FX105??
I would like to lay my hands on one of these, preferably to run on
a PC. Peter probably has one in his archives but I can't get at them
via FTP, only having Unix mail.
Has any sort of mail server been started yet? This would solve
both the problems.
Peter Ilieve peter@memex.co.uk
peter@memex.uucp
+++Editor - Sorry not yet we have some code but it is designed for UNIX not
VMS. If anyone is willing to convert to make it work with VMS mail (vanilla
flavour) let me know+++
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Subject: CM fonts for Linotype Linotronic 100 Required
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 87 13:01:31 GMT
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From: John Pavel <jrp@uk.co.npl.psg>
We have acquired a photo-typesetter that understands PostScript
(amongst other languages).
It is called a "Linotype Linotronic 100". It operates at 1270dpi.
Does anyone else have such a typesetter? Has anyone generated a
set of CM fonts for it? Has anyone got a modified lfonts.tex to
make use of the internal PostScript fonts? Has anyone succeeded in
printing DVI files out on it? Has anyone got other than PostScript
DVI drivers for it?
The typesetter will be accessed over a network. Will the
PostScript be extremely voluminous?
Thanks,
John Pavel
+++Editor - We have a RIP on the phototypesetter which takes postcript and
processes it - The RIP comes from Linotype and accepts either Apple MAC via
Appletalk or ASCII via a 9600 baud line. I assume that we can drive it from
the IBM PC but we need fonts at the correct resolution. It has built in
fonts and we have what appears to be the same as those in an Apple
Laserwriter. When times permits we intend to provide files via the VAX
(generated on a PC or the VAX). I know the Appletalk connection has been
used+++
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Date: WED, 02 DEC 87 09:02:50 GMT
From: C20222 @ UK.AC.PLYMOUTH.PRIME-B
To: info-tex @ UK.AC.ASTON
Sent by: Jon Warbrick <J.Warbrick @ UK.AC.Plym.B>
Plymouth Polytechnic Computing Service.
Plymouth Poly has just obtained TeX with a view to providing access to it
as a user service in the near future. There are a number of questions that
I would like to ask the TeX comunity, and they appear below. I would like
to take this opportunity to thank Peter Abbott for running UKTeX and the
Aston Archive - I have found it very useful over the past few weeks.
And now to the questions:
1) What does everyone in the UK do about producing output on A4 rather than
on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper as is TeX's default? I assume that the best bet
is to modify \hsize and \vsize in every document, and to modify your
DVI-to-brand-x driver to ensure that it prints its output one inch from the
top and left-hand edge of an A4 page. I have an old copy of Nelson Beebe's
DVIALW and the modifications are fairly easy, but what does everyone else
do?
2) The same question applies to LaTeX output. I assume that the A4.STY
file in the LATEXSTYLE collection will have the desired effect, but I can't
get a copy of it thanks to the 'incompatible file format' problem that
everyone else has been having with files in the Aston Archive. If there is
anyone out there who could mail me a copy I would be very grateful.
3) Can I have some more information on Art Samuel's 'First Grade TeX' --
like the name of a publisher -- so that I can obtain a copy.
4) I gather that DVIPS from ARBORTEX does lots of nice things *and* will
use a laser printer's built-in fonts. Does anyone have an address for
ARBORTEX, and do you know if they have ever mounted DVIPS on a PR1ME?
I look forward to some answers ...
Jon.
+++Editor - Thanks for the compliment, I am sorry that sites are having
problems with the Archive. I have just read a message which has identified
one problem as files with stream_lf format do not work but if they are
converted to VFC (variable format control) they do. This leaves a large
manual exercise to convert files.
At Aston we have a file uacs.sty containing the page size definitions and
also commands to provide our `house' style. It is used as follows
\documentstyle[11pt,uacs]{article}
ArborTexT Inc (see page 245 of TugBoat Vol 8 No 2 July 1987)
P O Box 7993
Ann Arbor
Michigan 48107
Tel 313 996 3566
I can not find the list of implementations at present but will obtain a
list (via electronic mail) for general publication+++
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