UKTeX V89 #22 Friday 19 June 1989
Various
DVI ID byte for IVD
DVItoVDU in C
UKTeX V89 #21
mac vs psfig, truesizes, getting afms, oz.config
packPS utility
Microsoft `Rich Text Format'
TeX-Euro distribution list
Re: DVItoVDU
Previewer for VAXstation 3100?
Computer Modern Redivivus
Spirits and hacks
Editor Peter Abbott
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From: Don Hosek <U33297@EDU.UIC.UICVM>
Subject: DVI ID byte for IVD
I've just received official word from Don Knuth that TeX-XeT output
(IVD) should have an ID byte of 3. Spread the word.
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Subject: DVItoVDU in C
There has been a lot of talk about this previewer and its host language -
Modula-2. Well, we have an almost working translation of Andrew
Trevorrow's DVItoVDU in BSD UNIX C. We have tested the VT220, VT640 and
ANSI drivers, and provided another for the Falco 5220e, which is very
common in our organisation.
We are adding an ability to handle PK format fonts as well as PXL format,
and when it is fully debugged (:-}) and the code tidied, I will release it
into the Aston archive. We are also considering a System V UNIX port.
I hope this will be useful to the non Modula-2 sites using TeX, or those
(like ourselves) with lots of machines without Modula-2, and only one with.
Watch this space!
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From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 89 18:21:22 BST
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Cc: stg@uk.ac.warwk.maths
In-Reply-To: ABBOTTP@UK.AC.ASTON's message of 9-JUN-1989 15:34:06 GMT <1326.8906091432@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: UKTeX V89 #21
[tex-archive]000directory.listing) I could not find any reference to
SBTeX. I have found DosTeX but would like to compare SBTeX to DosTeX.
fooled again. its [tex-archive.tex.pc]sbtex.arc (or .boo), as opposed
to being in a directory of its own....
Sebastian Rahtz
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From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 89 18:51:40 BST
Message-Id: <2423.8906121751@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: ABBOTTP@UK.AC.ASTON's message of 9-JUN-1989 15:34:06 GMT <1326.8906091432@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: mac vs psfig, truesizes, getting afms, oz.config
Peter wants to print Mac files:
only common denominator is the file produced by a clover-leaf f or k
command when using print (i.e capturing the output as sent to the
decent applications have a `print to encapsulated PostScript file'
option (Pagemaker, for example). even when you get it to work, its no
mean feat hacking the resulting mess of Quickdraw definitions in the
PostScript header.
+++Editor - I still have problems with Digital Darkroom's EPS files. I
still say the only common denominator is the clover-leaf f file. Ken Yapp
has sent me code which will hopefully be converted to work on VAX VMS and
MS DOS systems by the archive group.+++
lengths, that cr is required as well as lf), movable between systems with
kermit or similar so that they can be included with \special. I have tried
I move PostScript files around between Mac and Unix, and editing has
never been a problem. I'm not sure what the issue is here
+++Editor - files with records greater than 255 characters present
problems.+++
PSfig but it generates specials in a form incompatible with Andrew
Trevorrows implementation of PSprint.
That should be a trivial hack to psfig; if someone sends me details of
what \special's psprint supports, and what the syntax is, I'll do it
if no-one else has
+++Editor - Information sent +++
Phil Taylor says
Sebastian also refers to "lfonts.truesizes", and generating miscellaneous
LaTeX fonts at 1270dpi. At yesterday's Phototypesetter User Group meeting,
Malcolm Clark asked for just such fonts; could you lodge a copy with
Martin Powell <Martin@Uk.Ac.Ulcc.Typeset>, please Sebastian ?
dunnit. also in [tex-archive.latex.contrib]lfonts.moretrue. or do you
mean the .pk files? aaargh..... these are Unix versions, and won't
work on your Vaxes, remember (file formats).
Graham Toal says
and I'm sure I have a pl to tfm somewhere, but where do I get the
afm files? What Ireally want is to generate those by running a
bit of postscript in the printer which sends back an afm file.
This is what he wants, yes?
%!
% $Header: /u/jjc/dvitops/RCS/printafm.ps,v 1.1 89/02/01 09:19:41 jjc Rel $
% written by James Clark <jjc@jclark.uucp>
% print an afm file on the standard output
% usage is `fontname printafm' eg `/Times-Roman printafm'
/buf 256 string def
/onechar 1 string def
/box 4 array def
% c toupper - c
/toupper {
dup dup 8#141 ge exch 8#172 le and {
8#40 sub
} if
} bind def
% dict printinfo -
/printinfo {
/FontInfo get {
exch
buf cvs dup dup 0 get 0 exch toupper put print
( ) print
buf cvs =
} forall
} bind def
% dict printbbox -
/printbbox {
(FontBBox) print
/FontBBox get {
( ) print
round cvi buf cvs print
} forall
(\n) print
} bind def
% dict printcharmetrics -
/printcharmetrics {
/d exch def
(StartCharMetrics ) print
d /CharStrings get dup length exch /.notdef known { 1 sub } if =
d 1000 scalefont setfont 0 0 moveto
/e d /Encoding get def
0 1 255 {
dup e exch get
dup /.notdef ne {
exch dup printmetric
} {
pop pop
} ifelse
} for
% s contains an entry for each name in the original encoding vector
/s 256 dict def
e {
s exch true put
} forall
% v is the new encoding vector
/v 256 array def
0 1 255 {
v exch /.notdef put
} for
% fill up v with names in CharStrings
/i 0 def
d /CharStrings get {
pop
i 255 le {
v i 3 -1 roll put
/i i 1 add def
} {
pop
} ifelse
} forall
% define a new font with v as its encoding vector
d maxlength dict /f exch def
d {
exch dup dup /FID ne exch /Encoding ne and {
exch f 3 1 roll put
} {
pop pop
} ifelse
} forall
f /Encoding v put
f /FontName /temp put
% make this new font the current font
/temp f definefont /d exch def
d 1000 scalefont setfont
% print a entry for each character not in old vector
/e d /Encoding get def
0 1 255 {
dup e exch get
dup dup /.notdef ne exch s exch known not and {
exch -1 printmetric
} {
pop pop
} ifelse
} for
(EndCharMetrics) =
} bind def
% name actual_code normal_code printmetric -
/printmetric {
/saved save def
(C ) print
buf cvs print
( ; WX ) print
onechar 0 3 -1 roll put
onechar stringwidth pop round cvi buf cvs print
( ; N ) print
buf cvs print
( ; B ) print
onechar false charpath flattenpath pathbbox box astore {
round cvi buf cvs print
( ) print
} forall
(;) =
saved restore
} bind def
% fontname printafm -
/printafm {
findfont /d exch def
(StartFontMetrics 2.0) =
(FontName ) print d /FontName get =
d printinfo
d printbbox
d printcharmetrics
(EndFontMetrics) =
} bind def
Is this what happens or am I being na\"\i ve? I think there are
why not just ask Adobe for a disk full of .afm files? they give them
away readily
Oztex
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Lots of people have asked where oz.config is, for OzTeX. mea culpa, I
think it was in the braindead OZTEX.HQX archive, and I didn't realize.
anyway, its now in the archive as a straight ASCII file
[tex-archive.tex.pc.oztex]oz.config
Sebastian Rahtz
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From: David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nott.clan>
Message-ID: <8906141533.aa06483@clan.nott.ac.uk>
for those dealing with PostScript, the files PACKPS.{C,1,COM,BOO,TXT}
in [tex-archive.utils] may be of interest.
packPS is a utility written by Glenn Reid of Adobe Systems Inc. to pack
a file of PostScript into a smaller number of bytes by removing redundant
spaces and formatting; the original version also removes comments.
packPS.c is a slightly modified version which i produced to
- run correctly under VAX/VMS (ours is vms 5.1);
- retain comments, depending on whether ALLOWCOMMENTS is #define'd in the
source to be TRUE or FALSE (not very elegant, i know).
packPS.1 is the Unix man page; .com is a VMS DCL command file to build
the executable from the source; .boo is a BOO-encoded distribution for
MS-DOS systems; and .txt is a description largely duplicating this note.
i didn't produce the .boo file, so please don't report any problems with
it back to me.
dave
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From: David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nott.clan>
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using a copy of MS Word 3 on a Mac recently, i saved the document in
RTF (`Rich Text Format') and was surprised to see how LaTeX-like it looked.
i have vague recollections of someone mentioning a connection between
the two; i don't suppose there's a RTF->LaTeX translator to be had anywhere?
dave
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Subject: TeX-Euro distribution list
Dear TeX friends,
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>>DVItoVDU ... There are versions in C
>I for one would be very interested to learn of a version of DVItoVDU
>in C. Do you know more?
Sorry, I boobed. I do NOT know of a C version.
However, as mentioned earlier, there is a (Unix) Pascal version in the archive.
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From: <GAVIN@EARN.HNYMPI52> (Gavin Burnage)
Subject: Previewer for VAXstation 3100?
X-Original-To: INFO-TEX@ASTON.AC.UK, GAVIN
I am the proud new user of a VAXstation 3100 (running with DECwindows,
VMS version 5.1). My LNO3 Laser printer and I have had a long and
fruitful association, but recently we've been seeing a bit too much of each
other. On top of that, my tree diagrams usually take at least a treeful of
paper before I get them right.
What I would like is an efficient previewer.
Anyone know of anything suitable?
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From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 89 11:45:06 BST
Message-Id: <20170.8906161045@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Subject: Computer Modern Redivivus
I have just got back my first real samples of CMR at 1270 dpi on a
phototypesetter; rather an eye opener - I finally see some virtue in
the font. Its just a shame it falls down so badly at 300dpi.
If anyone out there in uktexland wants a set of 1270 dpi .pk files for
use with ULCC's linotron, you can FTP them from (eg)
<TEX>pk1270/cmr10.1270pk@uk.ac.soton.ecs
username: guest
password: yourname@yoursite
This a Unix machine; I do not know if VMS users will be able to use the
format of the .pk files.
<TEX>pk1270/00files.lis
contains a list of the file names
I will not put these up at Aston just yet, as I have not yet finished
building a complete set of all the fonts I possess, and I am not 100%
sure I have got the best mode defs
sebastian rahtz, computer science, southampton
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 89 12:13:53
From: Mike Piff <PM1MJP @ SHEFFIELD.PRIMEA>
Subject: Spirits and hacks
Sebastian Rahtz made the comment, in UKTeX #21, that including numerals in
control words was against the spirit of TeX.
I should like to know exactly what everyone out there thinks the spirit of TeX
is? As far as I can see, TeX is one big hack from beginning to end. Anybody
who has read The TeXbook could hardly fail to agree with that, could they?
Look at the mess involved in getting TeX to do Knuth's indexing; or the
garbage necessary to put solutions at the end of the book. Try reading the
LaTeX macros in source, and compare that with reading the average Pascal or
Modula2 program, and see if you are not convinced.
I am sure that if Knuth had intended TeX to have been anything other than a
hack, he would have designed a structured language from the very start. Is it
not just possible that he ENJOYED having TeX the way it is? Otherwise, I am
sure he would have written LaTeX instead.
I agree that Knuth indicates that changing catcodes is to be discouraged, but
if you look at the number of times Knuth resorts to changing catcodes, you may
get the impression that it is quite a common necessity in defining macros!
LaTeX would hardly survive without \makeatletter, either, since the user would
constantly be redefining LaTeX' internal macros.
The problem of Ullah turned out to have a simple solution without changing
catcodes at all. This \csname...\endcsname hack is also used all over LaTeX.
Don't get me wrong, I love TeX! But I think we should consider it as the only
tool around at the moment to do the job, rather than the last word in
structured document preparation.
Mike Piff
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