UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Jan 1991
Volume 91 : Issue 3
Today's Topics:
TeX and X
Amiga TeX?
Is pf in AMSLaTeX defined incorrectly?
MLTeX V3 Change file archived
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 91 15:48:00 +0000
From: "Edmund J. Sutcliffe <Edmund@UK.AC.BANGOR>" <CLS016@UK.AC.BANGOR.VAXC>
Subject: TeX and X
We are just begining to have a number of workstation capable of Running
X11 tasks. I wonder if anyone knows of good integrated environments for
TeX and LaTeX, under X11, partcularly Previewers and picture editors
for LaTeX under such and environment
Edmund
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 91 17:09:31 +0000
From: WILLIAMS_B@uk.co.pcr.svax05
Subject: Amiga TeX?
Does anyone have any details about the Amiga TeX by Tom Rokicki?
(mainly, how much it costs!0
Thanks,
Brian Williams
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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 10:14:20 +0000
From: Mike Piff <PM1MJP@UK.AC.SHEFFIELD.PRIMEA>
Subject: Is pf in AMSLaTeX defined incorrectly?
I am puzzled by the AMSLaTeX document style AMSART. This defined the
environment pf (Proof) essentially to be a \newenvironment with
{\bf Proof} at one end and \qed at the other.
Having experienced some problems myself with this kind of environment in
LaTeX, I was surprised at the simplicity of this definition. However, it
just doesn't work, for at least two reasons.
(a) It will not interact correctly with LaTeX list environments, such as
enumerate, in a proof of a theorem with two parts say:
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First part
\item Second part
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
looks a mess. I cannot imagine any journal accepting that.
It really needs to be defined as a trivlist or list with a single
\item{\bf Proof} at its head.
(b) The \qed is not locked onto the end of the proof. There are ways of
getting it to float to the end of the current line, or to the next line it
there is not room on the current one, as in The TeXbook p106. These will
also ensure that the \qed will not float onto the next page in the latter
case. However, they will not prevent that from happening if the proof
ends with a list environment, say, such as
... provided
\begin{enumerate}
\item $x>0$ and
\item $0<y<1$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
Stopping such poor breaks automatically is quite tricky, and involves a
complete examination of all the features of LaTeX and TeX which might
interact in this way with pf. A sample poor break is provided.
Mike Piff
\documentstyle{amsart}
\begin{document}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\begin{pf}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
\end{pf}
\end{document}
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From Dr M. J. Piff, Department of Pure Mathematics, PO Box 597,
Hicks Noisy Building Site, Hounsfield Road,
SHEFFIELD S10 2UN, England.
Tel. SHEFFIELD(0742) 768555 Extension 4431.
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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 09:56:54 -0400
From: Gaulle Bernard <UCIR001%bitnet.FRORS12@edu.CUNY.CUNYVM>
Subject: MLTeX V3 Change file archived
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