UKTeX Digest Friday, 9 Nov 1990
Volume 90 : Issue 39
Today's Topics:
Re: Atari TeX
PK files from the archive
RE: PK files from the archive
Difference between "fUZZ" and "zed" styles
MusicTeX
Japanese TeX on MS-DOS
Re: Font Creation problems in Euler and Mtex
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Date: Fri, 2 Nov 90 16:46:31 +0100
From: (Michael Joswig \(Vertriebsunterstuetzung Hamburg\))
<michael%sunham@com.Sun>
Subject: Re: Atari TeX
In UKTeX V90 #32 Francis Wright answered someones question about
AtariTeX (I just begun to read UKTeX, so I do not have the question itself).
Francis said (wrote), that there might be a PD-TeX for Atari here in
germany. Indeed it is. We have a PD-TeX from Chr. Strunk and a Shareware-
TeX from Stefan Lindner (40 or 60 DMs). Both are working *perfectly*, the
Strunk-TeX is TeX3.0, I own a beta-copy of Lindners TeX3.1.
If there is anybody interested in addresses/Telephonenumbers, whatsorever,
eMail me and I'll give you all I know.
Ciao,
Michael.
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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 90 13:37:00 +0000
From: CLS016@UK.AC.BANGOR.VAXC
Subject: PK files from the archive
I have just FTP some of the AMSTEX2 pk file from the aston archive.
Using trans/code=fast and /code=binary When they arrive
here the file layout is not in the normal form, That is to sya
that they are not 512 byte records. Does anyone know of a way to
convert these files into this form so that DVI drivers can read them on
VMS machines.
Thanks
Edmund
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 11:49:43 -0000
From: P.TAYLOR@UK.AC.RHBNC.VAX
Subject: RE: PK files from the archive
Edmund ---
>>> I have just FTP some of the AMSTEX2 pk file from the aston archive.
>>> Using trans/code=fast and /code=binary When they arrive
>>> here the file layout is not in the normal form, That is to sya
>>> that they are not 512 byte records. Does anyone know of a way to
>>> convert these files into this form so that DVI drivers can read them on
>>> VMS machines.
I have no idea what format these files are in, but am sure that someone
who placed them in the archive will tell you. In the meantime, I attach
the source of `VTF' (Vary-To-Fix), which is a generic TeX utility which
re-creates fixed-512 files of almost any type (GF, PK, TFM, DVI) from
varying-132 (or even greater length) files; you may find it of some use.
Philip Taylor
[Start of included file `Utilities:VaryToFix.Com']
$ delete := delete
$ node = f$parse(p1,,,"node")
$ device = f$parse(p1,,,"device")
$ directory = f$parse(p1,,,"directory")
$ name = f$parse(p1,,,"name")
$ type = f$parse(p1,,,"type") - "."
$ copy 'node''device''directory''name'.'type' 'name'.varying-'type'
$ delete 'node''device''directory''name'.'type';
$ assign := assign /user
$ assign 'name'.varying-'type' for001
$ assign 'name'.'type' for002
$ run utilities:varytofix
[Start of included file `Utilities:VaryToFix.For']
program varytofix
implicit none
integer i, j, k, length, limit
character * 512 input
character * 512 output
logical end of file
open (unit=1, status='old')
open (unit=2, status='new', recordtype='fixed',
& recl=512, carriagecontrol='none')
data end of file /.false./, j /0/
do while (.not. end of file)
read (1, 1000, end=10) length, input
do i = 1, length
j = j + 1
output (j:j) = input (i:i)
if (j .eq. 512)
& then
write (2, 2000) output
j = 0
else
end if
end do
end do
0010 if (j .gt. 0)
& then
i = j
k = ichar (output (i:i))
if (k .eq. 245)
& then
k = 246
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 0) limit = i + 1
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 1) limit = i + 0
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 2) limit = i + 3
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 3) limit = i + 2
else
if (k .eq. 246)
& then
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 0) limit = i + 0
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 1) limit = i - 1
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 2) limit = i + 2
if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 3) limit = i + 1
else
limit = 0
end if
end if
do j = i+1, 512
if (limit .eq. 0)
& then
output (j:j) = char (k)
else
if (j .le. limit)
& then
output (j:j) = char (k)
else
output (j:j) = char (0)
end if
end if
end do
write (2, 2000) output
else
end if
stop
1000 format (q, a)
2000 format (a)
end
{gasp! --Ed.}
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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 90 18:35:01 +0000
From: STG@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.LFCS
Subject: Difference between "fUZZ" and "zed" styles
In UKTeX Volume 90, Issue 38, fx@uk.ac.daresbury.nnga writes:
> The archive contains ZED.STY and ZMACROS.TEX, the style file and guide
> to a Spivey package that you can use for setting Z without buying fuzz.
> It seems quite satisfactory.
The fUZZ package contains more than just the most recent version of
the LaTeX style file for Z. It contains a type-checker for the Z
specification language and the set of Oxford symbols which are used in
the books on Z. Neither of these are offered in "zed".
I don't have anything to do with the sale of fUZZ, I just used it to
check specifications in my PhD thesis and it is a very useful package.
It's available for Suns and IBM PCs. If you want to buy a copy
contact Mike Spivey at the Programming Research Group, Oxford.
Let's not go around rubbishing software packages we know nothing
about, please! There actually is more to life than typesetting.
Stephen Gilmore
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Date: Sun, 04 Nov 90 16:59:17 +0000
From: JEREMY.GIBBONS%UK.AC.OXFORD.PRG@UK.AC.OXFORD.PRG.TEST
Subject: MusicTeX
I cut the following from the music research mailing list. Could we get it
and stick it in the archive, do you think?
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 90 15:00:35 CST
> From: Richard Murphey <rich@edu.rice>
> Subject: MusicTeX available
> To: Music-Research <Music-Research%uk.ac.oxford.prg@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
> Message-ID: <9010282100.AA15976@kappa.rice.edu>
>
> MusicTeX is a set of TeX language macros and Metafont fonts for
> typesetting music using the TeX document preparation system put
> togeather by Daniel Taupin of Physique des Solides. MusicTeX is
> available via anonymous ftp from qed.rice.edu (128.42.4.38) in the
> file pub/musictex.tar.Z.
>
> You must have TeX in order to use MusicTeX. See the files
> aa_readme.text and demos/notice.tex within for more information.
> Included are all the fonts needed to typeset notice.tex at either 82
> or 300 dot per inch. I regret I can't handle email requests, but
> would be glad to help someone else do so.
>
> Rich Murphey
> ECE, Rice U.
> Rich@rice.edu
Jeremy
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 12:07:19 +0000
From: MD2RJH@UK.AC.SHEFFIELD.IBM
Dear All,
Is there an implementation of TeX or LaTeX for MS-DOS to produce
Japanese text? I've looked at the J-TeX files but they are UNIX related - as
far as I can see.
Ta! - Richard.
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 12:52:34 +0000
From: CA_ROWLEY@UK.AC.OPEN.ACS.VAX
Subject: Japanese TeX on MS-DOS
>
> Is there an implementation of TeX or LaTeX for MS-DOS to produce
> Japanese text? I've looked at the J-TeX files but they are UNIX related - as
> far as I can see.
They certainly are UNIX-related, but even if you had a UNIX system you
would need more than is available in the archive as the fonts are all
proprietary.
The Japanese have some PC-like machines on which they run a Japanese
TeX but they are not standard PCs.
If you wish to pursue this further I can supply some contacts in Japan
who I expect could give you more detailed information.
Chris Rowley (on behalf of The Archivists)
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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 90 16:04:26 +0000
From: CET1@UK.AC.CAMBRIDGE.PHOENIX
Subject: Re: Font Creation problems in Euler and Mtex
In UKTeX digest #38, A42JR@UK.AC.POLY-EAST-LONDON (no name!) writes
> In the case of the Euler fonts, metafont noted a `minor' error in that
> h# had already been defined. However mfjob would not continue onto
> calling GFtoPK. There is no information about the Euler fonts. Should
> I use the &plain base or the &cm base or neither.
If you acquired the Euler fonts as part of the AMSFonts 2.0 package, you
should have the equivalent of ams/amsfonts/sources/READ.ME (that is what
it is called at e-math.ams.com), in which you can read
> 1. Euler fonts
> ...
> 2) Do not use a version of Metafont which has cmbase.mf
> preloaded. If, when you run Metafont, you see " preloaded base =
> cmplain" or anything other than "preloaded base = plain," you should
> recompile your Metafont executable file so that cmbase is not preloaded.
> This is because the Euler fonts use their own base file, eubase.mf,
> which conflicts with cmbase.
So you have already correctly diagnosed the problem.
But in general, you should NEVER use cm.base rather than plain.base
if in any doubt at all about whether it is correct to do so. It is not
required even for the Computer Modern fonts themselves: it is only an
an optimisation to avoid reading cmbase.mf every time (and not one which
makes much difference, in my experience).
Chris Thompson
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