UKTeX Digest Friday, 13 Dec 1991 Volume 91 : Issue 47
Today's Topics:
{Q&A}:
Make fonts for TeX
Large table, 2-columns, PlainTeX
3B2
Re: 3B2
{Archive News}:
Re: RTF tools
FLI files added to emTeX suite
dvidvi and dviselect for MSDOS
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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 91 12:24:53 +0700
From: lahtinen%fi.fmi.gideon@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: Make fonts for TeX
There exists a program for Atari ST
that converts Calamus fonts to Metafont. Calamus is quite
popular DTP program from Germany and there exists quite many
fonts for it (also in PD), there is also some font editors
available (but not in PD).
The program is meta_con and it is shareware from Germany
(English docs are available). I have placed it to
nic.funet.fi: pub/atari/tex/meta_con.zoo
But of course you need an Atari to run it and I think
it is not legal to convert commercial fonts to metafont,
but there is quite many fonts in PD-libraries.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kimmo Lahtinen E-Mail : lahtinen@gideon.fmi.fi or
Finnish Meteorological Institute kimmo@field.fi
Phone : +358 0 758 1322
Possessed by a Spirit G3 Fax : +358 0 758 1396
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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 91 17:18:10 +0700
From: Allan Reese <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent>
Subject: Large table, 2-columns, PlainTeX
Here's a few problems and the answers, provided in the hope of
saving other people the few hours it took me to puzzle them out.
The overall task is to set a long table, consisting of the names
of bird species and the country(ies) I've seen them in. Then I
want a count for each country and an overall count of species
(ignoring more than one country).
The basic table was set up using the example in the TeXbook.
Since the table is narrow enough, it is then put into Hunter
Goatley's newsletter macros to make it two column. So far no
problem, and it all worked fine - a credit to TeX because the
full table is 500 lines, spread over five pages and was processed
on a PC XT using emTeX with Sidekick loaded bringing the memory
down to ca.~480K.
The counts were performed by making each country name a macro.
That was easy once I realized to make each \advance inside a
macro \global. The overall count is performed by \everycr, and
this was the most niggling problem. As soon as \everycr was
added, TeX reported a missing \cr on the last line of the table
and inserted a spurious extra line (which came out as \dotfill as
per the template). This action is explained in "TeX for the
impatient" but not in the TeXbook - though the sole TeXbook
example of \everycr does enclose the commands with \noalign. In
my example the reason for this is unclear since the register
arithmetic shouldn't contribute any vertical material.
The other problem was splitting the longest name so that the
first column would be narrower. Using \noalign{White-crowned} did
not work because the interline spacing was not inserted and the
dotfill could not be avoided. \omit is the correct solution but
was found only by reading the TeXbook sections several times.
The final result is most satisfactory, and might inspire other
report-generating applications of TeX.
Since I suppose it's obligatory to pose a problem for the reader,
can one write a macro so that the country name tabs to a fixed
position without having to put an & in the input line for each
"previous" tab position? In other words, is there an accessible
tab counter or current length of line value? This might be used
for setting a large sparse matrix for example.
\ifx\undefined\eoa \input newsletr \fi % Include macro definitions
\say{Typesetting birdlist and count species...}
\newcount\ticked\ticked=0
\newcount\uksp\uksp=0
\newcount\spainsp\spainsp=0
\newcount\francesp\francesp=0
\newcount\total\total=0
\def\uk{&UK \global\advance\uksp by 1 \global\ticked=1}
\def\spain{&Spain \global\advance\spainsp by 1\global\ticked=1}
\def\france{&France \global\advance\francesp by 1\global\ticked=1}
\ignoreunderfill % Ignore undervfill errors
\rm % Use tenpoint roman
%
% Setup for newsletter page (a little taller and wider, with increased
% \tolerance, etc.)
%
\vsize 10in
\newspage
% Do the list in double-column format.
%
% The title and by-line are written in a double-box.
%
\articletitle{Bird species list by country}{R. A. Reese}
\begincolumns{2} % Begin double-columns
\begingroup
\let\par=\cr\obeylines %TeXbook p249 saves typing \cr
% everycr material must be noaligned.
\everycr{\noalign{\global\advance\total by \ticked \global\ticked=0 }}%
\halign{#\dotfill\ &#\quad&#\quad&#\quad&#\quad&#\quad
Red-throated Diver \uk
White-billed Diver
... etc.
Wheatear \uk
Black-eared Wheatear &\spain
Black Wheatear
% next line splits name between two lines, first is space not dotfilled
\omit White-crowned
\qquad Black Wheatear
Rock Thrush
... etc.
Reed Bunting \uk
Corn Bunting \uk
}\endgroup
% end of halign
\bigskip
\coltitle{No of species} % Goatley macro
\halign{#\hfill&#\quad&#\quad&#\quad&#\quad&#\quad\cr
&UK &Spain &France\cr
& \the\uksp &\the\spainsp &\the\francesp\cr
Total &\the\total\cr
}
% end of halign
\endcolumns
\bye
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 15:15:25 +0000
From: Roger.Gawley@uk.ac.durham
Subject: 3B2
Has anyone come across a program called 3B2 sold by Advent Desktop
Publishing of Swindon?
It claims to be a word processor with graphical facilities but has
`recently added a maths extension' based on TeX. Everything I know
about it comes from their glossy brochure which gives no hint as to
the relationship between TeX and the rest of their system. I would be
pleased to hear from anyone who has used it.
Roger.Gawley@UK.AC.Durham
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 91 08:15:34 +0000
From: Malcolm Clark <malcolmc@uk.ac.pcl.sun>
Subject: Re: 3B2
i have not used 3bs, but i do know andy thomason, who
wrote substantial chunks of it, very slightly. he has
now moved on to ntg2000. yes, it has a tex engine lurking
underneath (always has had). it runs on lots of platforms.
more than that..... (and it's bee around for at least
4 years).
malcolm
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 18:57:20 +0100
From: Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: Re: RTF tools
The rtf2tex RTF --> [La]TeX ocnversion package is now available in the
Aston archive in
DISK$ARCHIVE:[UTILS.RTF2TEX]
Rainer Schoepf
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum ,,Ich mag es nicht, wenn
fuer Informationstechnik Berlin sich die Dinge so frueh
Heilbronner Strasse 10 am Morgen schon so
D-1000 Berlin 31 dynamisch entwickeln!''
Federal Republic of Germany
<Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 16:58:33 +0000
From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: FLI files added to emTeX suite
The following FLI files have been added to the emTeX suite:
Disk$TeX:[TeX-Archive.TeX.MS-DOS.emTeX]
FX_0.BOO;1 874/876 23-JUL-1991 14:36:14.25
FX_1.BOO;1 1015/1017 23-JUL-1991 14:35:18.92
FX_2.BOO;1 1218/1218 23-JUL-1991 14:34:11.70
FX_3.BOO;1 1457/1458 23-JUL-1991 14:32:54.13
FX_4.BOO;1 1754/1755 23-JUL-1991 17:29:28.45
FX_5.BOO;1 2125/2127 23-JUL-1991 17:27:39.85
FX_H.BOO;1 926/927 23-JUL-1991 17:25:57.43
FX_SLI.BOO;1 670/672 23-JUL-1991 17:25:01.55
P6H_0.BOO;1 1336/1338 23-JUL-1991 14:35:56.53
P6H_1.BOO;1 1605/1605 23-JUL-1991 14:34:58.17
P6H_2.BOO;1 1948/1950 23-JUL-1991 14:33:45.54
P6H_3.BOO;1 2387/2388 23-JUL-1991 14:36:26.80
P6H_4.BOO;1 2831/2832 23-JUL-1991 17:28:50.05
P6H_5.BOO;1 2840/2841 23-JUL-1991 17:27:00.84
P6H_H.BOO;1 1461/1461 23-JUL-1991 17:25:37.98
P6H_R.BOO;1 964/966 23-JUL-1991 17:24:46.74
P6H_SLI.BOO;1 1155/1155 23-JUL-1991 17:30:13.45
P6L_0.BOO;1 694/696 23-JUL-1991 14:35:33.03
P6L_1.BOO;1 806/807 23-JUL-1991 14:34:27.70
P6L_2.BOO;1 963/963 23-JUL-1991 14:33:14.57
P6L_3.BOO;1 1154/1155 23-JUL-1991 14:37:17.78
P6L_4.BOO;1 1383/1383 23-JUL-1991 17:28:07.02
P6L_5.BOO;1 1663/1665 23-JUL-1991 17:26:11.56
P6L_H.BOO;1 741/741 23-JUL-1991 17:25:13.44
P6L_SLI.BOO;1 524/525 23-JUL-1991 17:30:04.18
P6M_0.BOO;1 906/906 23-JUL-1991 14:35:43.61
P6M_1.BOO;1 1058/1059 23-JUL-1991 14:34:40.96
P6M_2.BOO;1 1256/1257 23-JUL-1991 14:33:28.81
P6M_3.BOO;1 1518/1518 23-JUL-1991 14:36:57.88
P6M_4.BOO;1 1837/1839 23-JUL-1991 17:28:25.92
P6M_5.BOO;1 2229/2229 23-JUL-1991 17:26:33.00
P6M_H.BOO;1 971/972 23-JUL-1991 17:25:24.37
P6M_SLI.BOO;1 695/696 23-JUL-1991 17:29:52.05
Philip Taylor
``The University of London at Windsor''
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 16:27:47
From: S_RAHTZ@uk.ac.tex
Subject: dvidvi and dviselect for MSDOS
I have placxed compiled versions of dviselect and dvidvi for MSDOS
in the UK TeX Archive. They are BOO-encoded ZIP archives in
[.drivers.dvidvi]dvidvi.boo
[.drivers.seetex.dviselect]dvisel.boo
each of whcih contains an executable and some documentation. If you
are unfamiliar with the programs, their task is to rearraneg pages
in a dvi file (dvidvi) or select a subset (dviselect).
Problems (reluctantly!) to me if you get total failure. complainst
about functionality to the original authors please
Sebastian Rahtz
spqr@uk.ac.soton.ecs
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