UKTeX V89 #15 Friday 21 April 1989
planets
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METAFONT Help
Re: An interesting LaTeX feature
Re: Beebe's GNU Emacs macros
Change file for TeX
\input on a portion of a file:
Tape Options
Problems with ready_already
planets
TeX Archive
do you eat TeX or does TeX eat you?
A warning for TeX implementors
TeX
GnuTeX and Spidery Web in the archive
Wayne Sullivan's CDVI TeX Previewer for the IBM PC
VMS TeX 2.95 change-file, LaTeX letter.sty problem, change-bar answer.
Editor Peter Abbott
Yes the last issue was 14 and this is 15. Hopefully the next few issues
will be correctly numbered.
Changes since the last UKTeX
Files created
[public.texstatus]message_016.11_apr_1989
please others mentioned elsewhere in this issue.
Latest TeXhax in the Archive is #23
Latest TeXmag in the Archive is V3N2
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From: spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 89 09:56:30 BST
Message-Id: <9833.8904130856@caxton.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: planets
The Metafont sources for a set of planetary symbols advertised on
texhax have made it over here (thanks to Max Calvani, I think), and
are in the archive in [PUBLIC.PLANETS]. As part of the process of
reorganisation for the new archive structure, I have checked the
files (they work fine, give you lovely little symbols, including male
and female ones) and added:
a) Unix shell scripts equivalent to the VMS .COM files supplied
b) a LaTeX style option, which actually loads large versions of
the symbols (astro.sty) and a LaTeX demo (demo.tex)
c) a new-style 00README.TEX file; this is designed to be compatible
with a LaTeX document (ie no unescaped funny characters)
Sebastian Rahtz
(pp archive working party)
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From: kim@uucp.newi
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 89 12:13:16 GMT
Message-Id: <24487.8904141213@mupsy.psy.man.ac.uk>
Subject: METAFONT Help
Peter:
I am experiencing some problems with PXL file creation using TeX
and was wondering if you could point me in the direction of some help.
I have a VMS distribution of V2.9 and a large number of PXL files left
over from someone else's efforts with TeX in the past. Unfortunately,
new LATEX macros (I presume) require some fonts for which I have TFM
files but no PXL files. (I need these for DVI2PS.)
According to my understanding of the documentation MF will output GF
format fonts (given TFM input), and I can then use GFtoPXL to get PXL
files. However, with the necessary fonts, such as CMBX10, MF crashes
after processing "A [65]" with an internal memory exhaustion error.
I apologise for sending an unsolicited query like this but I would be
grateful if you could direct me to some relevant information. Or should
I just go back to my Mac Plus?
Kim Birkhead, S/W Unit, N.E. Wales Institute
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From: Don Hosek <U33297@EDU.UIC.UICVM>
Subject: Re: An interesting LaTeX feature
Well the easiest solution is to declare that "you shouldn't be doing
that [redefining \rm]". A more complicated solution would be to
do something like \let\headerrm=\rm in the preamble and redefine the
page footers (and headers) to use \headerrm rather than \rm.
- -dh
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Subject: Re: Beebe's GNU Emacs macros
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I have a beta-test copy of these, which I am not able to distribute
further. As far as I know, they've never been put on general release.
But I'm quite happy to put them in the archive if someone can convince
me otherwise.
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Sender: JANET"alien@uk.ac.essex.ese" (Adrian Clark) <alien@uk.ac.essex.ese>
In UkTeX #14, Paul Allen kindly offerred to update TeX (and it's
change file?). However, that is not necessary, since it's already
been done. The latest TeX.WEB (edited by hand by myself, I'm afraid)
and my change file for VMS are now available in the re-structured
Aston archive, which should be accessible in the very near future.
This supports bigger-than-average memory, editor interface and a few
other knobs and whistles, as described in TUGboat a couple of years ago.
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From: Don Hosek <U33297@EDU.UIC.UICVM>
Subject: \input on a portion of a file:
Has anybody ever written a macro that would produce the equivalent of
\input using a subset of lines on a file? I'd like to input TeX
and verbatim input from a subset of a file and want to keep myself
from re-inventing the wheel.
What I have in mind is suppose I have the following input file:
\today\ is an exciting day.
Yes it is
\TeX\ is fun.
Yes it is.
Typing \Verbfile[2-4] should produce
Yes it is
\TeX\ is fun.
Yes it is.
while \Input[1-3] should produce
April 17 is an exciting day. Yes it is TeX is fun.
Any ideas?
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Via: tardis.cs.ed.ac.uk; Tue, 18 Apr 89 11:42:33 GMT
Date: Tue Apr 18 09:50:18 GMT 1989
Subject: Tape Options
From: pla@uk.ac.ed.cs.tardis
Can I reccommend to you the Exabyte 2.5GByte cartridge tape system which uses
Video-8 cassettes and is about 7k (1/3 the price of a TU81+ and some minute
fraction of DEC's latest IBM-compatible, has an auto-changer 'cos the cartridges
hold so little, you have to have a HSC to drive it cartridge tape system).
PS this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I can't read
6250 BPI tapes, but do have an Exabyte. More seriously, these are very
popular, require minimal postage charges and incidentally are quite good for
unattended backups.
Paul Allen
+++Editor - We have such a device and I will amend the instructions at the
foot of the digest as soon as we have established type specs and costs. +++
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Date: Tue, 18 APR 89 12:00:44 BST
From: TEX@UK.AC.CRANFIELD.RMCS
Subject: Problems with ready_already
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Originally-from:TEX "RMCS TeX Account"
Mailer: Janet_Mailshr V3.2 (27-Oct-1988)
Paul,
In UKTeX 89 #14 you mention in passing that the VMS linker doesn't allow
you to link debug versions when compiler warnings remain, the compiler warning
in this case coming from ready_already being used before having a value
assigned to it.
This, of course, didn't use to happen with less sophisticated versions of
DEC's Pascal compiler (I think it first happened with their V3.5, but wouldn't
swear to it). The fix is easy, and I first saw it in much earlier change
files (MF V1.0 and TeX V2.90, I think). Change the declaration of
ready_already to read:
ready_already : [VAX_static] integer := 0; {a sacrifice of purity ...
The compiler warning then disappears. I don't know who found this trick, but
it's certainly been a life-saver: we couldn't possibly have got our
LSE-integrated TeX working without being able to use the VAX debugger!
(We too had troubles with limited file name sizes in that!)
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 89 18:05:10 BST
Message-Id: <1456.8904181705@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: planets
Somehow, the copy of `symbols.mf' in the PLANETS directory has got
corrupt. It is now correct, but those who have already copied it
should edit line 222 so that the first character is `x' not `c'
mysterious little creatures, computers, aren't they?
Sebastian Rahtz
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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 89 10:21:06 BST
From: Jerry.Hagon @ uk.ac.newcastle
Subject: TeX Archive
Dear Sir,
is there an easy way to get a full description of the files available
on your TeX archive? Although I've managed to get some file listings
via the TeX server, what I would appreciate is a list of all files
available with a small note describing the contents of each of them - i.e.
a general index.
many thanks,
J.P.Hagon
(Jerry.Hagon@uk.ac.newcastle)
+++ Editor - we're re-organising the archive's structure to make it more
logical, and documenting it at the same time. This process will make
available just what your are suggesting. +++
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From: spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 89 21:05:51 BST
Message-Id: <604.8904182005@caxton.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Cc: morgan@edu.uci.ics.ruby-falls
Subject: do you eat TeX or does TeX eat you?
A while back I gave a couple of caveats on UKTeX about the behaviour
of my local TeX; as expected, the 2.98 upgrade solves an end of file
on terminal bug which Knuth introduced in 2.95, but I still have to
report that if you are in my situation:
on a Sun 3
running OS 3.5
using web2c (version c. 2.25) and Gnu C (version 1.32)
you will get a brain-damaged TeX unless you a) turn off optimization
and b) don't use the REGISTER define in site.h. Its not obvious, but
if you do Huge braces around arrays (ie 8 lines deep), they are not
the right size. No doubt there are reasons for this! If anyone feels
like trying out the following on their LaTeX, see if the delimiters
stretch the full height of the arrays. No, I didn't write it!
Sebastian Rahtz
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\[
\left[
\begin{array}{cccccccccc}
1\\
&1\\
&&.\\
&&&.\\
&&&&.\\
&&&&&c_i & -s_i\\
&&&&&s_i & c_i \\
&&&&&&&.\\
&&&&&&&&.\\
&&&&&&&&&1
\end{array}
\right]
\]
where \[ c_i^2 + s_i^2 = 1 \]
The matrix $R_k$ has the form
\[
\left[
\begin{array}{ccccccccc}
r_0 & w_1 & z_2\\
&r_1 & w_2 & z_3\\
&&.&.&.\\
&&&.&.&.\\
&&&&&&.&.& z_{n-1}\\
&&&&&&&.&w_{n-1}\\
&&&&&&&&r_{n-1}
\end{array}
\right]
\]
\[ \begin{array}{l}
p_0: = d_0^{(k)}-\sigma_k,\; c_0 :=1, \; s_0 := 0 \\
\left. \begin{array}{l}
r_{i-1}: = (p_{i-1}^2 + (e_i^{(k)})^2)^{\frac{1}{2}} \\
g_{i-1}: = c_{i-1}.e_i^{(k)} \\
h_{i-1}: = c_{i-1}.p_{i-1} \\
e_{i-1}^{(k+1)}: = s_{i-1}.r_{i-1} \\
c_i: = p_{i-1}/r_{i-1} \\
s_i: = e_i^{(k)}/r_{i-1} \\
p_i: = c_i.(d_i^{(k)}-\sigma_k)-s_i.g_{i-1} \\
d_{i-1}^{(k+1)}: = h_{i-1}+s_i.(c_ig_{i-1}+s_i(d_i^{(k)}-\sigma_k))
\end{array} \right\} \\
e_{n-1}^{(k+1)}:= s_{n-2}.p_{n-2}, \; d{n-1}^{(k+1)}:=c_{n-2}.p_{n-2}
\end{array} \]
\end{document}
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 89 21:11:07 BST
From: Chris Thompson <CET1@UK.AC.CAMBRIDGE.PHOENIX>
Subject: A warning for TeX implementors
Message-ID: <A02E375A9A938250@UK.AC.CAM.PHX>
If there are other implementors who use |selector=new_string|, or
otherwise build a string in |str_pool|, as part of an implementation
of the 'E' response to an error prompt: don't assume that the current
string is initially empty (I did). If the error occurs while reading
a `file name', it won't be: e.g.
\input wombat\foobar % \foobar undefined
(Compare official fixes #339 and #342.)
Chris Thompson
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Date: 19 Apr 89 10:43:02 bst
From: R.J.Hare @ uk.ac.edinburgh
Subject: TeX
Message-ID: <19 Apr 89 10:43:02 bst 340289@EMAS-A>
Hi.
Jon Radel tells me that he thinks that Aston are/were thinking about the
possibility of making TeX systems for PCs available on floppy discs.
Is this true?
Thanks.
Roger Hare.
+++Editor - Yes we are putting the mechanism in place but are not quite
ready to offer the service. We hope to start in June +++
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From: spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 89 13:49:58 BST
Message-Id: <11518.8904191249@caxton.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: GnuTeX and Spidery Web in the archive
Cc: archivegroup@uk.ac.aston
Two new additions have been made to the archive, GnuTeX and Spider Web.
They are in
[PUBLIC.SPIDERWEB]
and
[PUBLIC.GNUTEX]
A. Spider Web was discussed on texhax recently; it attempts to take a
language description and build versions of `weave' and `tangle' for
them. Not something for the average TeX punter, but well worth a look
if you like Knuth's system of documenting his software
B. Gnutex IS NOT the Gnu project's TeX! It is an interactive plotting
program which, as well as obvious output like T4010 for your screen
(and PC Kermit), can generate LaTeX `picture' code, or Fig code. So if
this kind of thing turns you on,
plot [-3.14:3.14] sin(x)
but you want to include the output easily in your TeX document, this
is the thing for you! A very pleasant to use tool.
Sebastian Rahtz 19/4/89
(on behalf of Aston Archive working party)
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Date: Thu, 20 APR 89 12:11:37 BST
From: TEX@UK.AC.CRANFIELD.RMCS
Subject: Wayne Sullivan's CDVI TeX Previewer for the IBM PC
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Originally-from:TEX "RMCS TeX Account"
Mailer: Janet_Mailshr V3.2 (27-Oct-1988)
Wayne Sullivan kindly sent me version 1.2 of his CDVI TeX previewer for the
IBM PC. CDVI is unlike most other previewers that I have used in that:
o it is VERY fast - this actually encourages people to preview on the
screen rather than on paper.
o the font definitions are built in to the program so there's no need
to take up several Megabytes of your IBM PC's disk space with
fonts.
In addition, a wide variety of display adapters are supported, including CGA,
EGA, VGA and Hercules.
CDVI 1.2 has only the "standard" TeX/LaTeX fonts built in, so if you use
exotic fonts (e.g. PostScript, Euler), version 1.2 won't cope. Version 2.0,
however appears to address most of the limitations of 1.2 with flexible font
substitution. CDVI 2.0 is not in the public domain, but is available for a
very modest price.
CDVI v1.2 is now available in the Aston arhive. The ARC encoded file is:
[PUBLIC.IBMPC.PREVIEW]CVDI12.ARC
The file was ARCed with PKPAK v3.61 - you'll need PKUNPAK to unARC the file.
Both programs are available from the University of Lancaster UK Public Domain
software archive.
If you're on the lookout for a TeX previewer to use on your IBM PC, I
recommend that you give CDVI a try.
Niel Kempson
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Date: Thu Apr 20 13:35:58 GMT 1989
Subject: VMS TeX 2.95 change-file, LaTeX letter.sty problem, change-bar answer.
From: pla@uk.ac.ed.cs.tardis
First, my thanks to Don Hosek (G'day) who sent me the latest VMS change
file for GFTOPK - seems to work O.K. If Don sent you a copy Peter, the
phantom of the operating system in one of the intermediate machines
converted caret to tilde, if he didn't, then let me know.
+++Editor - Basically I don't know but I am sure one of the archivists will
be able to supply the answer +++
I decided to try updating to TeX 2.95 since Peter Ilieve had sent me a copy
(I still haven't sent the tape back yet - sorry), TeX 2.98(+?) can wait
till I've worked up the courage to face editing in the changed bits. There
was a conflict with the (Fuchs) change file to do with <get file name from
system> so I tossed a coin, made a guess and seem to have got away with it
- but if anyone knows the real answer, it would be nice to know.
I also updated LaTeX to the Aug 88 version (how many of you changed the
definition of arrowvert in lplain.tex as well as plain.tex?) and found a
bug in letter.sty which seems to occur because of a Jan 87 change. Because
a parbox now sets \parskip to 0pt, the 6\parskip vertical spacing which
\closing puts between its argument and the signature is no longer 4.2em but
nil points as they say in the Eurovision Song Contest (for those who didn't
know, \closing is really a parbox). I suspect this has long since been
found and corrected, and was going to pull letter.sty from the archive on
the off-chance, but in my last directory list (some months old) there is no
sign of either it or any of the other standard styles.
Finally an answer for Don Ward who wanted change bars, see TeXHaX 88.111 to
see how to do it with LN03 \specials, and TeXHaX 89.04 for the same thing
with Postscript \specials.
PS, as I set out to send this, I found messages from Brian and Niel at RMCS
who said they'd had problems with other TeXware regarding short filenames
and the ready_already warning preventing linking /DEBUG under VMS (I took
the IF ready_already out, they set ready_already to 0). I can't reply to
them direct because tardis doesn't seem to be on speaking terms with them,
whilst it took them a couple of attempts to send anything to me. I'm sorry
lads, looks like the dimensionaliser is on the blink again.
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