UKTeX Digest Monday, 3 Sep 1990
Volume 90 : Issue 29
Today's Topics:
Translators for xfig output wanted
BigTex
Lost message
CM font breakup problem
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Apologies for the lateness of this issue, which is due to my attending
the SGML-TeX conference organised by NTG (Nederlandstalige TeX
Gebruikersgroep) in Groningen last week. My thanks go to NTG, and
particularly to Kees van der Laan, for organising a very enjoyable
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--Ed.
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 90 15:29:51 -0000
From: Adrian Ratter <rsar@uucp.rgitee>
Subject: Translators for xfig output wanted
Sorry to trouble you but I am trying to track down two utility programs
to convert the output of an X window drawing program to LaTeX and PiCTeX
text formats. The drafting program is called 'xfig' and the utilities are
called :
fig2latex : xfig - latex translator
fig2tex : xfig - pictex translator
If these are not on the TeX server do you know of any X-window servers ?.
Thanks
Adrian Ratter
(rsar!rgitee@uk.ac.heriot-watt.cs)
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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 90 18:31:48 -0100
From: D. Jenkins <apx050@uk.ac.cov.cck>
Subject: BigTex
I have been informed by Neil Kempson at RMCS (Cranfield) that it is
possible to obtain from Aston University a copy of BigTex for an
IBM pc. I have at present PC-Tex but I have problems with Tex memory
when compiling my thesis. I would appreciate if you could help me with
this matter.
My address is:
D.F.L. Jenkins
Applied Physics
Coventry Polytechnic
Priory Street
Coventry
W. Midlands
CV1 5FB
Tel: 0203 838915
elm apx050@uk.ac.cov.cck
I trust that you can help me
David Jenkins
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 12:51:55 +0100
From: B.BACARISSE@UK.AC.UCL.CS
Subject: Lost message
Someone mailed me for some HP DeskJet stuff, but I have lost the message. I
you see this, can you please re-send?
Ben.
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 90 07:03:06 -0000
From: RDA@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.COGSCI
Subject: CM font breakup problem
In the past year or so we've moved to using the CM fonts with LaTeX
under Unix, partly for compatibility with TeXtures on the Macs and
partly because it seemed to be the way the world was moving. We have
a problem, though, when we use dvi2ps to produce 2 pages of text per
A4 page: the characters break up so that they aren't really legible.
Does anyone have a solution for this? Should we just move back to AM
fonts?
R
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