UKTeX Digest Friday, 6 Sep 1991 Volume 91 : Issue 35
Today's Topics:
{Q&A}:
double horizontal line in LaTeX
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Agfa P400PS as TeX output device
Chapter References
emTeX P6H fonts wanted
DVIdriver for Canon BubbleJet wanted
Re: DVIdriver for Canon BubbleJet wanted
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 91 20:25:06 +0000
From: Kish.Shen@uk.ac.cambridge.computer-lab
Subject: double horizontal line in LaTeX
Thank you for all the help with my hypenation problem. I have another question
about LaTeX that has bothered me for some time. I have not read this group
often, so forgive me if this is a frequently asked question:
I use double horizontal lines in LaTeX tabular environments quite a bit.
However, I don't really like the way that these horizontal lines look. The
problem is that the veritical lines are broken by the horizontal lines,
giving something like:
|________________| |__________________|
________________ instead of: |__________________|
| | | |
I got the above from copying the example given in the LaTeX book, by the use
of two \hlines: \hline\hline
Is it possible to obtain the second form with the veritical lines connected?
Thanks in advance for any help! Could you please send a reply to my e-mail
address as well, as I don't read this group frequently.
Kish Shen
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
ksh@cl.cam.ac.uk
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 91 18:06:40 +0000
From: David_Rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme
Subject: Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
I am a fairly dormant member of the UK's
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
>From time to time I think:
1. Why doesn't the IMA accept articles for its journals in electronic
form (like the American Mathematical Society and the Institute of
Physics do)?
2. Why isn't the IMA accesssible via JANET (like the American
Mathematical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the
Institute of Physics are)?
3. Perhaps I'll write a letter to the IMA asking the above questions.
Has anyone else approached the IMA about (1) and/or (2)? If so, what
response did they get? There doesn't seem much point in me composing
a suitable letter if someone else has already raised these points with
them.
David Rhead
JANET: d.rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 91 15:26:52 +0000
From: David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.mips>
Subject: Agfa P400PS as TeX output device
We will shortly be getting an Agfa P400PS on loan, and it may
eventually replace our Agfa P3400PS and Xerox 3700. One job it will
have to do is act as our main TeX output device... I'd welcome any
comments on its suitability as a TeX printer from those who have used
it as such. Did you find the mode_def values of
blacker := .2;
fillin := 0;
o_correction := .6;
suitable when generating fonts? (These values are from Karl Berry's
modes.mf file).
- --dave
David Osborne, Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
d.osborne@mips.nott.ac.uk
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 91 17:10:03 +0000
From: NER034@uk.ac.tees-poly.prime-a
Subject: Chapter References
I have only really had one answer to my question about providing reference on
a per chapter basis, and a bibliography section at the end of the document.
That was a copy of the chapterbib style file by Niel Kempson (rmcs-tex @
cdvc.cranfield.ac.uk). You have to \include each chapter separately. You
should then run BIBTeX on each of the chapters .aux files. You can not run
BIBTeX on the main .aux file.
Just after I posted the request I developed a .sty file to do the job, but am
unhappy with it. However, it's definition is much simpler than chapterbib
style file and preform the same function. With my system, I provide a flag
that you include in the preamble to indicate that chapter references are
required (or not). You should place the command \references{bib data-file
list} in the chapter. A section titled "References" will be placed at this
point on the final run. You must \include each chapter seperatly.
You must include the \chaprefs command in the preable and process the file.
This will produce variouse .aux files for each chapter. You must then run
BIBTeX on each .aux file that requires a reference listing. This will
produce various .bbl files.
In order to produce a Bibliography chapter you must remove the \chaprefs from
the preamble and process the file again. You must now run BIBTeX on the main
(base) .aux file.
On the next pass through LaTeX the system will pick up the .bbl files and
produce a "References" section where indicated, and a "Biblography" chapter
where required.
My chaprefs.sty file follows:
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
% Chaprefs.sty - Style file to produce Reference sections on a per
% Chapter bases (using BibTeX)
%
% Author: Peter J. Knaggs, School of Computing and Mathematics,
% Teesside Polytechnic, Middlesbrogh, Cleveland, England.
%
%=======================================================================
%
% Define two variables:
% \bib@sty - Holds the selected bibliography style
% \bib@name - Holds the name of the current \include file
%
\def\bib@sty{plane}
\def\bib@name{\jobname}
%
% Redefine \include to save the name of the included file in the variable
% \bib@name. This definition simply extends the LaTeX definition by
% redefining \include to call \@include, this is taken from the \include
% definition in LaTeX.TeX
%
\def\include#1{\include@#1 }
\def\include@#1 {\def\bib@name{#1}\@include#1 }
%
% Define a new `Preamble' flag to indicate chapter reference are required.
% This is required as the contents of the .aux files is diferent dependent
% on the state of this flag.
%
% The flag is initilay set to false. Ie., do not produce chapter reference,
% but do produce a bibliography chapter.
%
% The preable command \chaprefs is defined to switch the flag to true. Ie.,
% produce chapter reference, but not a bibliography chapter.
%
\newif\if@chpref \@chpreffalse
\def\chaprefs{\@chpreftrue}
%
% Redefine \bibliographystyle to save the selected style in the variable
% \bib@sty. This will be ouput to the .aux file for each included file.
% Hence only one \bibliographystyle command is required.
%
\def\bibliographystyle#1{
\if@filesw\immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibstyle{#1}}\fi
\def\bib@sty{#1}
}
%
% Redefine \bibliography to use new factoring of the command.
% It redefineds the constant \@Ref as used in \thebiblography to add a
% "References" section, such that it now adds a "Biblography" chapter.
%
\def\bibliography#1{\if@filesw\immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibdata{#1}}
\def\@Ref{\@bib} \@input{\jobname.bbl} \fi }
%
% define \references to write the \bibstyle and \bibdata commands to the
% current .aux file. It then inputs the current .bbl file if it exists.
%
\def\references#1{\if@filesw\if@chpref\immediate\write\@auxout
{\string\bibstyle{\bib@sty}} \write\@auxout{\string\bibdata{#1}}
\fi \@input{\bib@name.bbl} \fi }
%
% Define two functions:
% \@Ref to add a "References" section to the current % chapter.
% \@bib to add a "Bibliography" chapter to the document.
%
% It is assumed that the bibliography will be at the end of the document.
% Ie., no \references commands are given after the \bibliography command.
%
\def\@Ref{\section{References}}
\def\@bib{\chapter*{Bibliography\@mkboth{BIBLIOGRAPHY}{BIBLIOGRAPHY}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} }
%
% At the start of a .bbl file is the command \thebibliography. This has
% been modified to add a "References" section to the current chapter. Note,
% the definition of \thebibliography is taken from the ucthesis document
% style.
%
% When the \bibliography command is used the definition of \@Ref is altered
% to add a "Bibliography" chapter. This definition is not changed back,
% thus the \bibliography command must only be given after all \references
% commands have been processed.
%
\def\thebibliography#1{\@Ref\list{[\arabic{enumi}]}
{\settowidth\labelwidth{[#1]}\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\usecounter{enumi}}
\def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus .07em}
\sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000
\sfcode`\.=1000\relax}
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Peter Knaggs
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
! School of Comp. & Maths., ! Janet: NER034 @ uk.ac.tees-poly !
! Teesside Polytechnic, ! Bitnet: NER034 % tp.ac.uk @ UKACRL !
! Middlesbrough, ! Internet: NER034 % tp.ac.uk @ cunyvm.cuny.edu !
! Cleveland, England. TS1 3BA ! Uucp: NER034 % tpoly.ac.uk @ ukc.uucp !
!-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------!
! It is not enough to do the right thing; one must also do it the right way. !
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 91 17:10:49 +0000
From: NER034@uk.ac.tees-poly.prime-a
Subject: emTeX P6H fonts wanted
Does anyone have a copy of the emTeX P6H fonts (including AMSFonts if
possible), that they can send me. I really dont fancy spending several days
to build them!
Peter Knaggs
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 91 17:10:52 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: DVIdriver for Canon BubbleJet wanted
A colleague, who is tempted to use TeX on his PC at home, asks whether
there is a driver that's capable of handling the Canon BubbleJet printer
(model BJ10E [is that right??]). If anyone has such a beast, or knows
that one of the existing drivers (for a LBP-8, maybe) will work with
this small but beautifully-formed printer, please get in touch. I
understand that the printer's resolution is 360 dots/inch, so looks like
another marathon MF session may be coming up --- thank goodness for the
VAX-8820, which polishes off such a job in a less than geological
timescale!
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 91 09:03:47 +0000
From: Adrian F Clark <alien@uk.ac.essex>
Subject: Re: DVIdriver for Canon BubbleJet wanted
Nigel Arnot (sysmgr@uk.ac.kcl.ph.ipg) announced, in a recent UKTeX,
how to get a BJ20/e working with the existing emTeX drivers. I've
seen the output, and it's true to the (CM) fonts, albeit rather faint.
I'm sure he'd be happy to tell you what he did if you can't find the
issue in the Aston archive. :-}
..Adrian
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 91 11:45:09 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: Upgrading of the UK TeX Archive at Aston University
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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 91 16:43:24 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: UPDATE: [tex-archive.digests.tugboat]
The above directory has been updated today, incorporating changed versions
of (L)TUGBOAT.STY, etc, from Barbara Beeton, and the whole of Nelson Beebe's
files for producing indices to past issues of TUGboat, and the output thereof.
Fetch, in the first instance, 00README.TXT and 00FILES.TXT from the above
directory.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 91 23:40:43 +0000
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