UKTeX Digest Friday, 5 Jun 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 20
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Today's Topics:
{Q&A}:
Filofax page style
Re: Filofax page style
Fitting lots of footnotes on a page
MathTime and LaTeX
Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
RE: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
Re: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
Re: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
emTeX betatest 8
Re: emTeX betatest 8
RE: emTeX betatest 8
Headed letters
Re: Headed letters
HeaderFooter.sty
Chinese names in BibTeX
LaTeX citation within figure caption
ltugboat.sty
RE: ltugboat.sty
emtex drivers for Herculese and LQ-400
Unix DVi to HP
Re: Unix DVi to HP
FIG and Transfig for PCs
Re: FIG and Transfig for PCs
[Not] double-spacing
BiBTeX database maintenance program on offer
Re: Current version of PLAIN.TEX in the archive ?
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Date: Mon, 18 May 92 17:37:53 +0000
From: Peter J Knaggs. <cmr02@uk.ac.tees-poly.scm>
Subject: Filofax page style
I have a requirement to output pages on an A4 page, destined for use in a
filofax. Does anyone know if this has been done, or could help me in
designing some code to do the job ?
Peter J. Knaggs. School of Computing and Maths, Teesside Polytechnic,
pjk @ scm.tp.ac.uk Middlesbrough, England. +44 (642) 342673
(Soon to be called "University of Teesside", as soon as the Privy Council
gets around to approving it.)
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Date: 19 May 92 14:48:29 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: Filofax page style
Peter J Knaggs. <cmr02@uk.ac.tees-poly.scm> writes:
> I have a requirement to output pages on an A4 page, destined for use in a
^^^^^
something missing? if it means `n', then use dvips and Ross
Cartlidge's multi.ps header
sebastian
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Date: Wed, 20 May 92 11:02:00 +0000
From: CBTS8001%ie.ucc.iruccvax@uk.ac.aston
Subject: Fitting lots of footnotes on a page
Plain TeX defines \dimen\footins=8in to allow at most 8" worth of
footnotes per page. Fine. I'm working with \vsize=6in for a booklet,
and one page has a lot of footnotes, so there's very little text.
What's happening is that TeX is overflowing the footnotes down below
the page foot, overwriting the \footline, and giving an overfull vbox
of some 35pt. Yet the footnote reference points are all in the first
four lines of the text on the page, and there are 10 more lines
of unmarked text which it should push onto the following page to make
space for the footnotes on this page, but it's not doing this.
As \dimen\footins seems adequate, is there another setting I haven't
discovered which controls the _minimum_ amount of _text_ on the page,
as distinct from the _maximum_ amount of _footnotes_?
Puzzled...
///Peter
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Date: Wed, 20 May 92 12:59:00 +0000
From: J.L.Braams%nl.ptt.research@uk.ac.earn-relay
Subject: MathTime and LaTeX
Hi,
I recently bought the MathTime package from TeXplorators.
It comes with macros designed to use with either plain TeX,
AMSTeX or LamsTeX. But, as you would have expected from Spivak
no support for LaTeX, let alone NFSS is provided.
Now, I'm think I could build that myself, but if anyone already
did it and is willing to share his results with me that would
save me some time.
So, please, if anybody already integrated the MathTime fonts with
NFSS and LaTeX, could I use your macros?
Thanks in advance,
Johannes Braams
PTT Research Neher Laboratorium, P.O. box 421,
2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands.
Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : J.L.Braams@research.ptt.nl
Fax : +31 70 3326477 (was : JL_Braams@pttrnl.nl)
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Date: Wed, 20 May 92 13:54:00 +0000
From: DLOGAN@uk.ac.oxford.vax
Subject: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
I wonder if you can help me. I'm trying to install TeX on an IBM RS6000.
I have two problems. The first is that I can't persuade ftp or send to
convert to filenames to lowercase (set case lower doesn't seem to work with
mput) which I think is necessary for Unix. Is there any way round this?
The second is that I'm not sure what installation procedure to use. Would
copying all files in [.unix...] into one directory on my machine and then
following the procedures in readme.w2c in [.unix] work? All the directories
etc have me a little confused.
Thanks very much,
Michael Tusch
Oxford
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Date: Wed, 20 May 92 15:55:42 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
In a message (to SYSTEM, forwarded to UKTeX) of Wed, 20 May 92 13:54 BST,
DLOGAN@uk.ac.oxford.vax wrote:
> I wonder if you can help me. I'm trying to install TeX on an IBM RS6000.
> I have two problems. The first is that I can't persuade ftp or send to
> convert to filenames to lowercase (set case lower doesn't seem to work with
> mput) which I think is necessary for Unix. Is there any way round this?
I don't think there's any way by which the CRUX ftp client (since you
mention mput I presume that you've logged in to the PUBLIC account and
are using ftp from tex.ac.uk to communicate back to your site) can be
persuaded to perform filename translation --- in fact, are things not
worse even, in that the version number is also appended to the filename
on the target system?
But the SEND command, which uses DEC's CBS to perform NIFTP over the
Janet network *does* always convert filenames to lower-case, and
excludes any version number: therefore I'm surprised that you say it
doesn't work. But perhaps I've misinterpreted your message. To use
SEND, just type exactly that at the command line prompt from DCL; the
file(s) to be transferred may use wildcards, if desired --- these
specifications, and all other required information, is prompted for by
SEND.
> The second is that I'm not sure what installation procedure to use. Would
> copying all files in [.unix...] into one directory on my machine and then
> following the procedures in readme.w2c in [.unix] work? All the directories
> etc have me a little confused.
I can't really answer this one, which is why I've recirculated your
message to the wider audience of the UKTeX-Reviewers (and ultimately to
the general public, who may have similar problems/queries). But I would
suspect that you should attempt to reproduce the directory hierarchy on
your home machine --- so if there's a file [.UNIX.TEX.SRC]00README.;1 you
ought to attempt to create .../unix/TeX/src/00readme on your own
machine.
I trust that sebastian or Dave may be able to advise further on this
point.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: 20 May 92 16:20:28 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
DLOGAN@uk.ac.oxford.vax writes:
>
> I wonder if you can help me. I'm trying to install TeX on an IBM RS6000.
> I have two problems. The first is that I can't persuade ftp or send to
> convert to filenames to lowercase (set case lower doesn't seem to work with
> mput) which I think is necessary for Unix. Is there any way round this?
> The second is that I'm not sure what installation procedure to use. Would
> copying all files in [.unix...] into one directory on my machine and then
> following the procedures in readme.w2c in [.unix] work? All the directories
> etc have me a little confused.
PLEASE DONT USE THE DIRECTORIES. They are not up to date. Instead,
fetch the two files from
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]
which are called web....tarz_uue. Get these to your machine, uudecode
them, uncompress them, and use tar to unpack them both somewhere with
plenty of disk space (start from the same directory for both!). *now*
read the instructions...
sebastian
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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 92 16:40:58 +0000
From: David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.mips>
Subject: Re: Installation of TeX on IBM RS6000
Michael,
In your message of 20 May 92 14:33:46 GMT, you said:
> I have two problems. The first is that I can't persuade ftp or send to
> convert to filenames to lowercase (set case lower doesn't seem to work with
> mput) which I think is necessary for Unix. Is there any way round this?
Case conversion of filenames is available in most ftp implementations.
I'm not sure if the ftp client on tex.ac.uk supports this, so you may
be better off using tex.ac.uk as the ftp server end, establishing the
connection from one of your local machines.
You can ease the work of fetching files from tex.ac.uk (a VAX running
VMS, which insists on uppercase filenames) to Unix systems by making
use of the ~/.netrc file, a startup file read by your ftp client.
Here's a slightly modified extract from mine, using the "case" command
to translate filenames to lowercase, the "runique" command to create
unique names for received files which clash with existing local files,
and "nmap" to map filenames from VMS "name.extension;generation"
format by dropping the generation number. These are all wrapped up in
an initial macro which is automatically executed when the connection
to the machine is made, the macro definition being terminated by an
empty line (actually, two consecutive newlines) in the file. The file
should be owned by your username and should be given mode 600
(read/write for yourself only). The details of all this should be
contained in the manual page for your implementation of ftp.
====================
machine tex.ac.uk login anonymous password your-email-address-here
macdef init
case
runique
nmap \$1.\$2;\$3 \$1.\$2
====================
> The second is that I'm not sure what installation procedure to use. Would
> copying all files in [.unix...] into one directory on my machine and then
> following the procedures in readme.w2c in [.unix] work? All the directories
> etc have me a little confused.
It might be easier if you requested a copy of the Washington Unix TeX
distribution tape --- I redistribute this on quarter-inch cartridge in
the UK... see details at the end of this issue of UKTeX.
- --David Osborne
Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
pp UKTeX and UK TeX Archive (UKTeX Digest editor)
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Date: 20 May 92 15:43:25 +0000
From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc
Subject: emTeX betatest 8
Could anyone explain to me how to get tex386b8.zip out of
[tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.betatest]
to an MS-DOS machine, which is presumably what it is intended for?
We use RAINBOW to do file transfers.
The same applies to the other ZIP files.
Mike Piff
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Date: 20 May 92 16:49:35 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: emTeX betatest 8
pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc writes:
> Could anyone explain to me how to get tex386b8.zip out of
> [tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.betatest]
> to an MS-DOS machine, which is presumably what it is intended for?
> We use RAINBOW to do file transfers.
somewhere over the RAINBOW lies Internet-style FTP. but since I'm
feeling in a good mood (a lie), I have made BOO encoded versions of
all the ZIP files for you... see again in about an hour
sebastian
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Date: Thu, 21 May 92 11:55:11 +0000
From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: RE: emTeX betatest 8
Mike ---
>>> Could anyone explain to me how to get tex386b8.zip out of
>>> [tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.betatest]
>>> to an MS-DOS machine, which is presumably what it is intended for?
>>> We use RAINBOW to do file transfers.
Something like (trailing hyphen indicates line broken solely for e-mail):
C:> Pinkbook
C:> Rcopy /b -
uk.ac.tex::disk$tex:[tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.betatest]tex386b8.zip -
tex386b8.zip public public
C:> Pinkbook /de
* Phil.
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Date: Thu, 21 May 92 15:38:48 +0000
From: Sam Nelson <sam@uk.ac.stirling.compsci>
Subject: Headed letters
Can anyone explain to me a reasonable way to get a Postscript letterhead
into LaTeX's `letter.sty' or similar? I have a letterhead constructed
with a nice neat 545pt x 127pt BoundingBox, and I'm now trying to get it
into the right place in `letter.sty'. The best place seems to be the
`\@oddhead{}' macro in `\ps@firstpage{}' but while this can work, you get
into trouble when the user plays around with `\textwidth' and margins.
How do I add the letterhead so that it stays in the same place on the page
regardless, but still has space left for it by the rest of the style file?
If it's relevant, DVI translator in use is Rokicki v5.47.
Thanks in advance,
Sam.
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Date: 03 Jun 92 08:22:13 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: Headed letters
Sam Nelson <sam@uk.ac.stirling.compsci> writes:
> Can anyone explain to me a reasonable way to get a Postscript letterhead
> into LaTeX's `letter.sty' or similar? I have a letterhead constructed
> with a nice neat 545pt x 127pt BoundingBox, and I'm now trying to get it
> into the right place in `letter.sty'. The best place seems to be the
> `\@oddhead{}' macro in `\ps@firstpage{}' but while this can work, you get
> into trouble when the user plays around with `\textwidth' and margins.
> How do I add the letterhead so that it stays in the same place on the page
> regardless, but still has space left for it by the rest of the style file?
theres a hook for this, I think, \@texttop. I do
\def\@texttop{
\ifnum\c@page=1
\DrawLogo
\relax
\fi}}
where \DrawLogo does the biz.
sebastian
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Date: 22 May 92 16:54:10 +0000
From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc
Subject: HeaderFooter.sty
Could I suggest the following amendment to Stephen Gildea's headerfooter.sty
LaTeX style file? the problem is caused by LaTeX' tendency to make title pages
plain, with its own idea of what ``plain'' should mean.
(NFSS gurus please comment on whether I have reset the fonts correctly.)
Mike Piff
%%Appendage to Stephen Gildea's HEADERFOOTER.STY
%%Added Mike Piff, 05/22/92 04:31pm to correct plain page anomaly
\def\ps@plain{\let\@mkboth\@gobbletwo
\let\@oddhead\@empty\def\@oddfoot{\reset@font\rm\@plainfooter}%
\let\@evenhead\@empty\let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot}
\newcommand\plainpagefooter[3]{%
\def\@plainfooter{\rlap{#1}\hss{#2}\hss\llap{#3}}}
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Date: Thu, 28 May 92 15:37:16 +0000
From: Alan Jeffrey <alanje@uk.ac.sussex.cogs>
Subject: Chinese names in BibTeX
Does anyone know of an `official' way to cite people with names of the
form `Family-name Given-name' in BibTeX? For example, a paper by Wang
Yi should be cited as [Wan90] or (Wang, 1990), and should appear in
the references under W as `Wang Yi' or `Wang, Y.'
in alpha, author="Wang Yi" produces [Yi90] and alphabetizes under Y
in alpha, author="Yi Wang" produces `Yi Wang' in the references
in harvard, author="{Wang Yi}" produces (Wang Yi, 1990)
So far, I haven't found a way of citing papers by Wang which works
with all the bibliography styles. Has anyone any ideas? Will this be
easier in the next release of BibTeX?
Alan
Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk
School of Cognitive and Computer Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.
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Date: Fri, 29 May 92 15:10:49 +0000
From: ZHCA025@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax
Subject: LaTeX citation within figure caption
Below is a section of a LaTeX file which refuses to allow a citation within a
caption of a figure. Can anyone help remedy this. The error message I get whe
n
I run LaTeX is :
! Argument of \@caption has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
...
l.41 ...epresentation of a micelle\cite{mc:atkins} }
The citation works fine outside of the caption as does the caption when not
citated (?).
Help !!
\voffset=1truein \hoffset=1truecm
\input PostScript
\documentstyle{article}
\title{Micelles}
\author{Chris Lyes}
\date{\today }
\input a4l.tex
\flushbottom
\begin{document}
%
%
%
concentrations it becomes more energetically favourable for the monomers to
group together forming roughly spherical micelles consisting of a hydrophobic
core surrounded by a shield of polar groups. It is the study of these micelles
and their industrial applications which will form the body of this report.
\vskip -.1in
\begin{figure}[h]
{\centerline{
\PostScript file: [025.graphics.postscript_files]micellesketch.ps;
xmin: 10.5cm; ymin: 7.5cm;
xmax: 17cm; ymax: 13.5cm;
width: 2.25in; height: 2in;
options: { }
}}
\caption{A representation of micelle\cite{mc:atkins} }
\end{figure}
\section{Theory of Micelle Formation}
\subsection{Mechanics}
\par
Depending on the chemical structure of the amphiphile, it may be classed as
cationic, anionic, non-ionic or ampholytic (zwitterionic). The formation of
the micelle is dependant on a number of factors. For example, the size of the
%
%
%
\end{document}
Thanks,
Chris
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Date: 29 May 92 16:27:48 +0000
From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc
Subject: ltugboat.sty
Does anyone know which (if any) of the many versions of LTUGBOAT.STY in the
archive is the correct version to use with the NFSS? I found one with
MULTICOL.STY, but it appears to be well out of date as compared with that
in [tex-archive.digests.tugboat]. On the other hand, the latter does not work
correctly with NFSS.
Another irritating feature is that some versions input TUGBOAT.COM and some
input TUGBOAT.CMN. I can see the MS-DOS pitfalls in using the former name,
but which is now standard???
Mike Piff
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Date: Sun, 31 May 92 18:13:09 +0000
From: CA_ROWLEY@uk.ac.open.acs.vax
Subject: RE: ltugboat.sty
Mike Piff wrote:
> Does anyone know which (if any) of the many versions of LTUGBOAT.STY in the
> archive is the correct version to use with the NFSS? I found one with
> MULTICOL.STY, but it appears to be well out of date as compared with that
> in [tex-archive.digests.tugboat]. On the other hand, the latter does not work
> correctly with NFSS.
There is not yet an LTUGBOAT.STY which is completely compatible with
NFSS. Rainer told me that Barbara told him she would release one
soon.
and:
> Another irritating feature is that some versions input TUGBOAT.COM and some
> input TUGBOAT.CMN. I can see the MS-DOS pitfalls in using the former name,
> but which is now standard???
tugboat.COM is obsolete, use tugboat.CMN (for COMMON).
Chris Rowley, pp: The Aston Archivists (and courtesy of The INTERNET).
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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 92 13:49:07
From: A42JR@uk.ac.poly-east-london
Subject: emtex drivers for Herculese and LQ-400
I have been successfully using emtex on my PC with a VGA screen and a
DeskJet printer. I recently tried to install it on a colleague's PC.
This PC is one she inherited, along with the room, and there is no
documentation. I used the GraphDetect function of the Borland Graphics
Interface, and this told me that the PC has a Herculese Monochrome
monitor. The printer is an Epson LQ-400.
The input file I used was simply a LaTeX file with the single phrase:
Hello World!
Although TeX and LaTeX both work properly, neither of the DVI drivers
seem to work.
When calling DVISCR, either with the default (auto-detect) screen
ottion, or with the explicit /oa4 Herculese option, I get a screen full
of a nice pattern, except that the bottom, status, line does seem to be
there. The other options are as on my VGA driver: the /pf--- for font
files, and the /o4 option for scaling. The first stage, finding the
fonts, is OK.
Since there does not appear to be an explicit .DOT file for the LQ-400,
I recall being advised to try the LQH, LQM or LQL dot-files or the
corresponding LQWx dot-files. On trying these, I find that the LQM and
LQWM dot-files give me a page with the characters extended vertically,
but as whole characters. With the corresponding LQH dot-files, the
characters are not just expanded, but broken up vertically. and the page
is condensed to about a third of its normal height.
Any sugestions?
John Rostron
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Date: 03 Jun 92 08:18:28 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Unix DVi to HP
> >>> Claire Steward at ULCC suggested you might be able to help me.
> >>> I have a student here who is using teX or lateX to produce his
> >>> Phd thesis. He has a dvi driver for postscript but we do not
> >>> have a post script printer for him to use. The School mainly
> >>> uses HP laserjet printers and I understand there is a deivce
> >>> driver called dvijet available. Do you know where I could find
> >>> a copy of dvijet?
obtain DVIJET from the UK TeX Archive (tex.ac.uk), in
[TEX-ARCHIVE.DRIVERS.BEEBE]. Get the whole collection of stuff, as
you'll need to spend a while compiling the thing. I have no idea what
its like! Alternatively, Gustav Neumann's driver will also do the job,
in [TEX-ARCHIVE.DRIVERS.NEUMANN]
sebastian
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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 11:46:00 +0100
From: Max Calvani - Italy <FISICA%it.unipd.astrpd@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: Re: Unix DVi to HP
Beware that all definitios are in machdef.h.
I did not print docs... and spent few hours to find out how to compile
few drivers (under VMS). Max
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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 13:10:33 +0000
From: Malcolm Goodier <mgg@uk.ac.leicester-poly>
Subject: FIG and Transfig for PCs
I used to use LaTeX on a SUN workstation and incorporate Postscript figures
that I had generated useing Fig and Fig2ps from the Fig and Transcript packages.
I'm currently stuck with a 386DX PC using EmTeX and I wondered if these
aforementioned programs where available for the PC from some archive site.
Alternatively, I'd be very grateful if anyone could point me at a good way of
drawing diagrams on screen to put in my LaTeX documents in LaTeX picture
format or Postscript (public domain software if possible).
Thank you for your time and assistance.
malcolm goodier
mgg@uk.ac.leicp
0533 577582
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Date: 04 Jun 92 14:13:53 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: FIG and Transfig for PCs
Malcolm Goodier <mgg@uk.ac.leicester-poly> writes:
> Transcript packages. I'm currently stuck with a 386DX PC using
> EmTeX and I wondered if these aforementioned programs where
Fig, certainly not. you could compile fig2ps to get at old drawings,
if thats of any use to you, though I doubt it
> very grateful if anyone could point me at a good way of drawing
> diagrams on screen to put in my LaTeX documents in LaTeX picture
> format or Postscript (public domain software if possible).
it all depends on the type of diagram, doesn't it? you could try
`texcad' (somewhere lurking in the middle of emTeX distribution), but
its not mega-sophisticated. gnuplot will do good graphs and such.
these two write LaTeX picture commands if you like. If you are into
describing your pictures in words, then the `pic' language is fascinating (and
you can get gpic for your 386 to translate them to TeX specials which
dvips will understand <horrors, i nearly wrote "grok" then>).
otherwise, reluctant as I am to suggest handing over hard cash, Corel
Draw is such a good piece of software, you owe it to yourself to buy a
copy.
Sebastian Rahtz
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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 13:46:28 +0000
From: David_Rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme
Subject: [Not] double-spacing
T. J. Hunt (UKTeX V92 #19) enquired about "double spacing". As an
alternative to the doublespace LaTeX style-option suggested by Sebastian,
could he try arguing against double-spacing, and for standard typesetting
conventions? Possible arguments:
* double-spacing is a hangover from typewriting. LaTeX is a typesetting
system, so typewriting conventions are inappropriate.
* experiments show that the line-length and inter-line spacing that are
usual in traditional typesetting are near-optimal for continuous reading.
(Tinker's work, reported on pages 178-179 of Digital Typography by
Rubinstein.)
* BS 4821 for dissertations suggests that, for typeset work, lines should be
between 60 and 70 characters long (including spaces), with "enough
space between lines to allow people ease of horizontal scanning". (If
space is needed for examiners to scribble, it's available in the margins)
* books & journals on supervisor's shelf won't be typeset double-spaced
(whatever double-spaced means when typesetting). Does the supervisor
think that his/her books & journals would have been better typeset with
hugely increased line-spacing? No? Why do it for an experiment report
then?
* normal typesetting inter-line space will increase the amount of related
material that is view-able at once (e.g., related equations).
If the supervisor wants (or the regulation-makers want) professional advice
on the subject, they could try attending the forthcoming UK TUG meeting
on "Document Design" at Reading.
David Rhead
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 92 14:08:51 +0000
From: A N Other <Robert.Hartill@uk.ac.cardiff.computing-maths>
Subject: BiBTeX database maintenance program on offer
I've written a program to maintain a BiBTeX database.
There are 3 versions,
1) A Sun Openwindows version.
2) A curses TEXT version.
3) An ordinary TEXT version.
I'm considering placing it in the public domain but would first
like to hear some comments (bug reports ?) from users.
If any of the UKTeX readers would like to help test this program,
then could you get in touch with me at the address below.
thanks,
- --
+----Robert Hartill, Dept Of Computing Mathematics, UWCC, Cardiff, UK.----+
\______e-mail : rhl@cm.cf.ac.uk _________ Fax : +44 (0)222 666182_______/
A man is as old as he's feeling, A woman as old as she looks.
-Mortimer Collins.
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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 92 12:02:27 +0000
From: Chris Thompson <CET1@uk.ac.cambridge.phoenix>
Subject: Re: Current version of PLAIN.TEX in the archive ?
In UKTeX #19, Peter Eckel writes
> In the announcements of the latest LATEX updates both in TeXhax and
> UKTeX Rainer Schoepf mentiones that Don Knuth updated PLAIN.TEX
> recently.
>
> Is the version 3.0 of PLAIN.TEX that I found in the Aston archive this
> updated version, or where can I find it ? I can't tell it looking at
> the file, because there is only the version number but no revision
> date.
The version you want is that with \def\fmtversion{3.141}. Accept no
substitutes, and especially avoid the one with \def\fmtversion{3.14},
which had a bug introduced into the definition of \c.
There often seem to be many different versions of such things floating
around in the Aston archive, and finding the one you want can be rather
tedious. Not that other TeX archives are perfect, of course. There have
rumours of plans for new mechanisms to keep the main TeX archives up
to date and in step with each other: would anyone in the know like to
tell us more about this?
Chris Thompson
Cambridge University Computing Service
JANET: cet1@uk.ac.cam.phx
Internet: cet1@phx.cam.ac.uk
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Date: 25 May 92 12:37:13 -0500
From: BILY%cs.cvut.felk.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: EuroTeX 92
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As already announced, EuroTeX 92 is organized by
Czechoslovak TeX Users Group
in collaboration with
Charles University and Czech Technical University, Prague,
under the auspices of both Rectors.
It takes place in Prague
from September 14 to September 18, 1992.
The Programme Committee consists of Peter Abbott, Jacques Andre,
Jana Chlebikova, Yannis Haralambous, Bernard Gaulle, Karel Horak,
Joachim Lammarsche, Kees van der Laan, Erich Neuwirth, Petr Novak,
Stefan Porubsky, Phillip Taylor, Jiri Vesely and Jiri Zlatuska.
About the Programme: Invited speakers include Yannis Haralambous,
John Hobby, Alan Hoenig, Anita Hoover, Chris Rowley, Daniel Taupin,
Phillip Taylor. They will cover topics including the usage of TeX
for "non-standard" languages, typesetting music, Metafont-like
language for PostScript drawings, special effects with Metafont and
TeX, Latex3 project, aspect of the use of TeX and LaTeX at
University, WEB and even more...
Tutorials delivered after the conference by Yannis Haralambous, Phil
Taylor and Klaus Thull will cover Metafont and advanced topics in
TeX as well as an introduction to WEB.
Everybody who want to offer a presentation of results, ideas and
experience (despite the expired deadline for submitting papers)
should consider contacting the Programme Committee chairman
Jiri Zlatuska <e-mail:zlatuska@cspuni12.bitnet>
as soon as possible. Note that camera-ready papers are due to reach
him not later than July 10.
Suggested topics of special interest include the following themes:
Non-standard applications of TeX, national versions and
standardization, Quo Vadis, TeX ?, and the use of TeX for
small/newly emerging enterprises. Other interesting contributions
relevant to TeX are sought.
Why come to EuroTeX 92 ?
Besides the privilege of hearing the invited talks of leading
specialists you will have the pleasure to listen to other lectures
and to meet TeXfriends from many countries. The meeting is the first
to offer really extensive contacts with people "from behind the iron
curtain". It takes place in the Golden Heart of Europe -- Prague,
one of the most fascinating capitals in Europe. You can visit it at
a surprisingly low cost. Indeed, we would like to make EuroTeX 92 in
Prague accessible to the majority of TeXfans from all over the
world. It will be arranged at a modest level, yet covering all your
needs. It is worth noting that low prices do not mean a compromise
in quality, rather, they take advantage of the favourable exchange
rates applicable to the "hard currency countries".
Other conditions:
For about 50 participants (unfortunately, not more) we have reserved
rooms from Sunday, Sept 13th. Some participants could have
difficulties with proper timing and this is meant especially to help
them (apex flights, flights not available everyday, etc.). At least
three tutorials will be organized for participants of the EuroTeX
92 *after* the conference (Sept 18, afternoon and Sept 19).
Preferences will be given to those who will have paid the fee
earlier (number of participants is limited). Accommodation is booked
in a modern student hostel Kajetanka in double rooms. Two double
rooms form a unit and share facilities. We plan to arrange transport
by bus to Czech Technical University, where the programme will be
held (it is within some 25 minutes walk from Kajetanka). All
participants will be provided with a card for all Prague public
transport during the period Monday - Friday.
Lunches will be served at the conference site; during breaks some
refreshments will be available free of charge. Dinners are not
included in order to enable you to research Czech restaurants and
pubs on your own. An informal welcome party will be held on Monday
evening, 7 p.m. An organ concert will take place probably on
Wednesday and some other pleasant surprises are not excluded. To
those who will arrive on Monday morning or during Sunday we would
like to offer a sightseeing tour on Monday afternoon (still under
negotiation). The whole programme from Monday to Friday forms
a package (accommodation in double rooms, half pension from Tuesday
to Friday, opening party on Monday evening, concert, conference fee,
proceedings, tutorials for those who will stay a bit longer) for
330 DM. Those who would prefer a single room would pay 60 DM extra.
For *additional* 35 DM (45 DM for a single room) a day, a limited
number of participants may stay untill Sunday (one or two days more)
either for tutorials or just to enjoy meeting friends and to have
good beer in some of the pubs, such as Good Soldier Svejk liked. For
accompanying persons, a special programme will be organized
including visits to galleries, places of interest, etc. They will be
asked to pay 285 DM and are not supposed to order single rooms.
Payment:
Those who are interested and have already decided to take part or
want to get the package for the reduced price are requested to send
money via the following account
34735-021/0100 at KOMER\v CN\'I BANKA, PRAHA
(there is one "hacek" and one "prime" accent in its name: please, do
not forget to use them). The address of the bank is
KOMER\v CN\'I BANKA,
pob. Praha -- M\v ESTO,
Vaclavske nam. 42
110 00 PRAHA 1
Czechoslovakia
while the name of the account is
\v Ceskoslovensk\'e sdru\v zen\'\i{} u\v zivatel\accent23u TEXu
(our surface address (in Czech): Sokolovsk\'a 83, 186 00 Praha 8,
Czechoslovakia).
Important !!! :
If the payment is sent before July 1, 1992, you can deduct 35 DM
from the price of the package and pay only 295 DM (250 DM). There is
no deduction for extras, the price remains the same. We will send
a hard copy of the registration form to those who already asked for
registration and gave us the whole address. You can also print the
form distributed in TeX version (plain) and fill it in. The separate
file relating to this is included below. Please, enclose an
indication on how you have transmitted the payment to the above
account and, if possible, send us a xerocopy of the order. It could
help us to trace it (Czechoslovak money transfer system is still not
quite efficient, but something called "swift" is already available).
We were told that the important thing is to use CZECH name of the
bank mentioned above since its translation would cause some
mistakes.
Cancellation:
In case of cancellation (please, do not do it, you would miss a lot
of fun !) we will refund you the amount you paid minus a sum which
regretably has to be deducted: for cancellation done before July
15, 1992 it will be 10 DM, for the period from July 16, 1992 till
September 12 it will be 10 \% of the payment, and after this date it
will be 10 \% plus the costs of already paid necessities.
Climate:
Since much of Prague fascination is historical, architectural and
cultural, it can be enjoyed at any time. The average maximum
temperature in September is 18^o C (64^o F) and the weather is
relatively stable.
Currency:
The Czechoslovak Crown is rated approx. 17:1 to DM, approx. 28:1 to
USD. Recently, prices of goods have been increased somewhat. They
are slowly approaching "western standards" but in many respects
Czechoslovakia is considered favourable and cheap for western
tourists.
Transport:
Czechoslovakia is easily accessible by plane. The Prague's airport
is about 15 km from the city centre (the Kajetanka hostel is even
a bit closer). Public transport is relatively cheap, but going by
taxi, it is better to agree on the fare beforehand, since prices are
not fixed and actually depend on drivers. Roads are relatively good
but with only a few motorways which are not so fast as in the West
(speed limits: 110 km/h on motorways, 90 on roads, 60 in towns).
Parking in Prague is generally difficult. There are places to park
in the neighbourhood of the hostel, but not a (guarded) parking.
International trains connect Prague with Berlin, Munich, Nurnberg,
Wien, Warszawa, Budapest, etc.
More particulars will be given in the next (and last) announcement.
Important note:
We can host approx. 300 participants/accompanying persons. On July
10th we must specify the figures, therefore we encourage everybody
to use the reduced price (available untill July 1). Later on, we
would have difficulties with a varying number of participants. We
hope that you will understand our situation. Do not hesitate to
address your questions to the organizers (please, use e-mail, if
possible).
Those who are interested in taking part are requested to fill in the
following form (*provided they have not done so before*) and send it
via e-mail to the address:
eurotex at cspguk11.bitnet
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I intend to take part in EuroTeX 92, Prague (14.-18.9.1992)
name:
userid:
node:
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You will receive a hard copy of the registration form. You can use
also the electronic version of the form enclosed. Please TeX it,
print it, fill it in in block letters and send it to
CS TeX --- EUROTEX 92
Mathematical Institute
Sokolovska 83
186 00 PRAHA 8 - Karlin
Czechoslovakia)
On behalf of the organizers:
Karel Horak <horakk@csearn.bitnet>
Jiri Vesely <jvesely@cspguk11.bitnet>
Jiri Zlatuska <zlatuska@cspuni12.bitnet>
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is not yet ex\-ceed\-ed. Do not pay untill confirmation has
been received.)\par}
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{\bf 90 DM} for single room \quad \square\hbox{}\par
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of both persons is necessary)\par
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Sept 14, at 2 p.m. \hfill \square\par
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I am interested in the Advanced \TeX\ tutorial \hfill\square\par
I am interested in the WEB tutorial \hfill\square\par
{\rightskip30mm (Available only for those who will stay longer; remark that
some other tutorials are under the negotiation. The number of
possible participans in tutorials will be probably limited.)\par}
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I would like to visit during my stay \quad
Laterna Magica Theatre \hfill\square\par
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Black Theatre \hfill\square\par
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(there is one "hacek" and one "prime" accent in its name: please, do
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\centerline{ KOMER\v CN\'I BANKA, pob. Praha -- M\v ESTO,}
\centerline{ V\'aclavsk\'e n\'am. 42, 110 00 PRAHA 1}
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sdru\v zen\'\i{} u\v zivatel\accent23u \TeX u}
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Our surface address (in Czech): Sokolovsk\'a 83, 186 00 Praha 8,
Czechoslovakia
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\centerline{\bf We look forward to see you in Prague !}
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 92 07:17:40 +0000
From: Andre HECK <U01105@fr.u-strasbg.CCSMVS>
Subject: Conference announcement: Astronomy from Large Databases II
Astronomy from Large Databases II
(Haguenau - 14-16 September 1992)
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Deadline: 31 May 1992)
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Sponsors
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS - France)
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES - France)
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
European Space Agency (ESA)
International Association for Pattern Recognitation (IAPR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA - USA)
Universite Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I (France)
Ville de Haguenau (France)
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Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is organising from Sept. 14 to 16,
1992, a follow-up event to the 1987 conference on "Astronomy from Large
Databases" (Eds. F. Murtagh & A. Heck, ESO Conference & Workshop
Proceedings 28).
The meeting will take place in Haguenau, an imperial city about 30km
North of Strasbourg. Haguenau is easily reachable by road and train. The
closest international airport is Strasbourg-Entzheim, where all rental
car companies are represented.
The following sections outline the scientific programme and give the
composition of the Scientific Organising Committee as well as a
preliminary list of invited talks.
If you are interested in attending this conference, please return the
enclosed registration form together with your registration fee (FF 500.-
if paid before 31 May 1992, FF 700.- if paid thereafter).
Because September is still the high tourist season in Alsace, we urge
you to return AS SOON AS POSSIBLE the enclosed accommodation form
together with a deposit of FF 400.- in order to cover the first night's
accommodation and the reservation fee (FF 100.-).
If at all possible, have cheques drawn in French Francs on a French
bank, or use Eurocheques. Failing this, please add 20% in order to cover
the bank costs and exchange charges. All amounts should be made payable
to "Monsieur l'Agent Comptable, Universite de Strasbourg I, Compte de
l'Observatoire".
If you wish to present a communication at the conference, please
indicate its title on the registration form AND send BEFORE 31 May 1992
an abstract (maximum one A4-page) for inclusion in an abstracts book
that will be made available at the conference. Only proposals from
persons who will actually register for the conference will be
considered.
We expect that most of the contributions will have to be presented as
posters. However, all communications accepted from persons actually
attending the conference as well as the invited papers, will be
reproduced in the proceedings published by the European Southern
Observatory (ESO) and distributed free of charge to the attendees.
Selected contributors will be expected to come to the meeting with a
camera-ready copy (and, if possible, a machine-readable file) of their
paper. Format instructions will be sent in a subsequent mailing together
with practical details on the conference itself.
There will be also possibilities to run demonstrations of packages and
databases. Interested parties should, as far as possible, bring their
own equipment. Alternatively local possibilities could be checked with
the organisers (see addresses and telecommunication plugs below).
We would also appreciate if you could advertise this meeting as widely
as possible in your institution and through modern means like your
electronic mailing list (you can get the present documents e-mailed to
you). Please also feel free to send us your comments.
Looking forward to seeing you in Haguenau and having together a fruitful
and enjoyable meeting, we remain,
Yours sincerely,
The Organisers.
Further information on the scientific programme can be obtained from:
Dr. Andre HECK
Observatoire Astronomique
11, rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Telephone: +33-88.35.82.22 (direct)
+33-88.35.82.16 (Secr.: Ms. Ch. Bruneau)
Telefax: +33-88.49.12.55 (direct)
+33-88.25.01.60 (Observatory)
Telex: 890506 starobs f
Electronic mail: heck@frccsc21 (bitnet)
heck@ccsmvs.u-strasbg.fr (internet)
Dr. Fionn MURTAGH
ST-ECF
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
D-W-8046 Garching
Germany
Telephone: +49-89-32006298
Telefax: +49-89-32006480
Electronic mail: fmurtagh@eso.org
murtagh@scivax.stsci.edu
For administrative matters and accomodation, please contact:
Ms. Chantal BRUNEAU
Observatoire Astronomique
11, rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Telephone: +33-88.35.82.16
Telefax: +33-88.25.01.60
Telex: 890506 starobs f
Electronic mail: bruneau@frccsc21 (bitnet)
bruneau@ccsmvs.u-strasbg.fr (internet)
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Topics of the Conference
- - Presentation of astrophysical results from diverse databases and
archives.
- - Application of artificial intelligence to quality control and
maintenance of data in databases and archives.
- - Intelligent information retrieval.
- - Scientific visualization and interactive analysis systems.
- - Integration of bibliographic, textual and numeric data collections;
integration with directory services; tools such as proposal and
publication aids, thesauri and acronym lists.
- - Methods for interpreting data: statistics, knowledge-based systems,
and image processing; browsing and quick-look tools; summarization and
report generation capabilities.
- - The future: what environments can best serve astronomical research?
The emphasis is on the astronomy coming out of the available and future
databases and archives, as well as on the range of related
methodologies. The Proceedings will be published by the European
Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching/Munich.
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Scientific Organising Committee
M.F. A'Hearn (College Park, Maryland)
P. Benvenuti (ST-ECF, Garching)
R. Bonnet (ESA, Paris)
M. Creze (Strasbourg Observatory) (Chairman)
G. Debouzy (CNES, Paris)
R. Giacconi (STScI, Baltimore)
P. Giommi (ESRIN, Frascati)
B. Hauck (Institut d'Astronomie, Lausanne)
A. Heck (Strasbourg Observatory) (Proceedings Editor)
G. Helou (IPAC, Pasadena)
F. Murtagh (ST-ECF, Garching) (Proceedings Editor)
S. Nishimura (NAOJ, Tokyo)
G. Riegler (NASA, Washington)
M. Strickman (NRL, Washington)
P.A. Vanden Bout (NRAO, Charlottesville)
H. van der Laan (ESO, Garching)
H.-U. Zimmermann (MPE, Garching)
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Invited Talks
H.-M. Adorf (ST-ECF, Garching): "How to be choosy and successful at the
same time: statistical classification of large data sets".
M. Albrecht (ESO, Garching) and D. Egret (CDS, Strasbourg): "From
archives to information systems in astronomy".
R. Albrecht (ST-ECF, Garching): "Research-oriented interfaces to large
databases".
N.J. Belkin (Rutgers, New Jersey): "Intelligent information retrieval:
understanding and supporting human information seeking".
P. Benvenuti (ST-ECF, Garching): "Evolution in the scientific uses of
archives for space missions".
E. Cheng (GSFC, Greenbelt): " Results from the COBE project".
M. Creze (Strasbourg Observatory): "Databases: a cross-fertilization
gateway between old and new astronomy".
A. Heck (Strasbourg Observatory): "The Star*s Family and complementary
services from databases".
M.D. Johnston (STScI, Baltimore): "StarView: the astronomer's interface
to the Hubble Space Telescope archive".
M.J. Kurtz (CfA, Cambridge): "Second-order knowledge: information
retrieval in the terabyte age".
G. Langston (NROA, Charlottesville): "Results of radio source surveys".
B.F. Madore and G. Helou (IPAC, Pasadena): "Scientific databases and
astronomical research: examples and concerns".
G. Miller (STScI, Baltimore): "The intelligent data analysis assistant".
F. Murtagh (ST-ECF, Garching): "Pattern recognition methods for large
astronomical data collections".
P.B. Shames (Caltech, Pasadena): "Scientific visualization and
interactive analysis systems".
B.G. Taylor (ESTEC, Noordwijk): "Space astronomy from databases: the
European context".
J. Truemper (MPE, Garching): "Scientific results from ROSAT".
C. Turon et al. (Observatoire de Paris, Meudon): "The performance of the
Hipparcos Input Catalogue as compared with the first
results of the Hipparcos mission".
D. Wells (NROA, Charlottesville): "Open challenges".
M. Wenger (Strasbourg Observatory): "Threats to your Databases ..."
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Registration Form
Name:
Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Telefax:
Telex:
E-mail:
- - will attend the meeting: YES/NO
- - would like to make a presentation: YES/NO
Title:
Need of: overhead projector (*)
slide projector (*)
video projector (*) (**)
An abstract (maximum one A4-page) should be sent BEFORE 31 May 1992 with
the registration form. Only proposals from persons actually registering
for the conference will be considered. Selected contributors will be
expected to come to the meeting and with a camera-ready copy (and, if
possible, a machine-readable file) of their paper (format instructions
will be sent later on).
Registration fees should be prepaid (FF 500.- if paid before 31 May
1992, FF 700.- if paid thereafter). If at all possible, have cheques
drawn in French Francs on a French bank, or use Eurocheques. Failing
this, please add 20% in order to cover the bank costs and exchange
charges. All amounts should be made payable to "Monsieur l'Agent
Comptable, Universite de Strasbourg I, Compte de l'Observatoire".
Cancellations will give right to a reimbursement (except for FF 100.-
for covering the administrative expenses), if received before 31 July
1992.
Date:
Signature (on the paper copy returned with the prepayment):
This form should be returned as soon as possible to:
Dr. Andre HECK
Observatoire Astronomique
11, rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France.
Telephone: +33-88.35.82.22 (direct)
+35-88.35.82.16 (Secr.: Ms. Ch. Bruneau)
Telex: 890506 starobs f
Telefax: +33-88.49.12.55 (direct)
+33-88.25.01.60 (Observatory)
Electronic mail: heck@frccsc21 (bitnet)
heck@ccsmvs.u-strasbg.fr (internet)
(*) circle as appropriate
(**) only VHS PAL/SECAM standards available
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Accommodation Form
Name:
Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Telefax:
Telex:
Accompanying persons:
Hotel reservation:
I wish to reserve a single / double room (*) for the following period:
Date of arrival:
Date of departure:
Number of nights:
Transportation used on arrival in Strasbourg / Haguenau (*):
Car Train Plane
A deposit of FF 400.- per room should be prepaid in order to cover the
first night's accommodation and the reservation fees (FF 100.-). If at
all possible, have cheques drawn in French Francs on a French bank, or
use Eurocheques. Failing this, please add 20% in order to cover the bank
costs and exchange charges. All amounts should be made payable to
"Monsieur l'Agent Comptable, Universite de Strasbourg I, Compte de
l'Observatoire".
Please note that a reservation will be made only after receipt of the
deposit and registration fee to the conference. No reservation will be
guaranteed after 30 June 1992. Cancellations will give right to a
reimbursement (except for the reservation fees of FF 100.-), if received
before 30 June 1992.
Date:
Signature (on the paper copy returned with the deposit):
This form should be returned as soon as possible to:
Ms. Chantal BRUNEAU
Observatoire Astronomique
11, rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Telephone: +33-88.35.82.16
Telex: 890506 starobs f
Telefax: +33-88.25.01.60
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(1992/05)
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Date: Tue, 26 May 92 11:33:38 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: Sending mail to TeXserver rather than UKTeX
In a message to UKTeX@TeX.ac.uk of Mon, 25 May 92 11:44:49 MET DST,
Peter Eckel <eckel%com.dec.enet.frocky@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> wrote:
> FILES
> [tex-archive.digests.uktex.92]*.* /sin=1-may-1992
This reply deserves publication in UKTeX, because it illustrates a
number of commonly-held misconceptions:
1) The message has been sent (from the subject, one presumes that this
was done by using a REPLY command with a mail handler) to
UKTeX@TeX.ac.uk. That address is *purely* for contributions to the
weekly digest published by the UK TeX Users' Group: traffic to that
address is recirculated to a number of volunteers who look after the
archive at Aston University (so that an early reply can be given if an
archivist has the requisite knowledge) and will also be published (at
the editor's discretion) in the next issue of UKTeX.
2) Requests for files, directory listings, WHEREIS searches, etc., need
to be sent to TeXserver@TeX.ac.uk. The latter works entirely
automatically, and understands a *small* set of commands, some of which
accept qualifiers to modify the command's effect. Full details of the
commands available can be obtained by sending the command HELP as the
first non-header line of an e-mail message. Note in particular that
each message to TeXserver shall contain only *one* command.
3) Peter Eckel here managed to use the FILES command correctly: many
callers fail to understand that the FILES command shall be the first
(and only) command in the message; the command appears on a line by
itself and is then followed by a list of the files required to be sent,
each on a separate line. Wildcards, as used by Peter, *are* acceptable.
4) But the /sin=1-may-1992 qualifier is not supported by the FILES
command: it may appear neither in conjunction with the command itself,
nor (as here) with any individual file specification. To obtain just
the files Peter appears to want would actually call for two separate
messages to TeXserver...
a) in the first, the command
DIRECTORY [tex-archive.digests.uktex.92]*.* -
/since=1-may-1992/column=1/nohead/notrail
would be sent (the - sign just indicates where I've split the line
for this message; the command and its qualifiers must appear on a
single line in the actual message). This would (should?) result
in TeXserver returning a list of the files meeting the date
criterion. The list would include the full specification of each
filename, and have one such specification per line.
b) the output of this first job would then be sent back to TeXserver,
with the manual insertion of the FILES command before the list,
thus fetching just the files required.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Wed, 20 May 92 16:31:53 -0500
From: karl <karl@edu.umb.cs>
Subject: Lucida for TeX version 1.1 available
A few weeks ago I put metric files for using the PostScript Lucida fonts
with TeX on
ftp.cs.umb.edu [192.12.26.23]:pub/tex/lucida/lucida.tar.Z
I've updated that to version 1.1. This version includes two files from
Sebastian Rahtz for using Lucida with NFSS. I haven't tested them
myself.
These files will be of no use to you unless you also have the Type 1
PFA/PFB/etc. files with the outlines.
This includes the math fonts as a (more or less) drop-in replacement for
Computer Modern. I've worked some on the magic math font parameters,
but no doubt improvements are possible.
I used virtual fonts to do this. I suggest using Tom Rokicki's dvips as
your DVI-to-PostScript program. dvips is on
labrea.stanford.edu:pub/dvips*.tar.Z.
Thanks to Sebastian Rahtz, who did much of the initial work, and Chuck
Bigelow and Kris Holmes, who designed the typefaces.
karl@cs.umb.edu
Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 19 May 92 15:30:34 -0600
From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@edu.SHSU>
Subject: ASTROSYM on FILESERV/Niord
In response to questions appearing from time to time on INFO-TeX, TeXhax,
UKTeX, comp.text.tex, and other places for astrological/astronomical
symbols in TeX, Peter Schmitt <A8131DAL@AWIUNI11.BITNET> has prepared a set
of MetaFont files. He has kindly passed them along for our archives and
your use. Below is the description file.
- --George
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
ASTROSYM
--------
ASTROSYM includes Peter Schmitt's <A8131DAL@AWIUNI11.BITNET> MetaFont code
to create an AstroSym font containing the astronomical symbols used for the
planets and the signs of the zodiac. The shapes of the symbols are taken
from various sources. For some symbols more than one shape was found --
for these symbols variants are included. The shapes were reviewed by some
historians and astronomers, and the `main shape' reflects their preference.
The main style used for the symbols in AstroSym is calligraphic (strokes of
varying breadth). An additional version uses a uniform stroke. It is
supplied in two variants (thin and thick strokes). The size of the
symbols, and the breadth of the stroke, can easily be changed in the driver
file. The MetaFont code of AstroSym uses the plain base, but is completely
independent of the cm-fonts.
The AstrSym-font contains the following characters:
calligraphic style:
\char0 - \char10 : main shape - the planetary system
\char11 - \char22 : main shape - the signs of the zodiac
\char23 - \char28 : variant shapes
uniform stroke, bold : \char100 - \char128
uniform stroke, thin : \char200 - \char228
To retrieve the complete ASTROSYM package of seven files, include:
SENDME ASTROSYM
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu).
If, for some reason, you should require only a specific file from this set,
say, ASTROSYM.UNI, include:
SENDME ASTROSYM.UNI
in your mail message to FILESERV. For anonymous ftp access, the files are
in the [.ASTROSYM] directory on Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8). In addition
to the individual files, a ZIP file (00_ASTROSYM.ZIP) is available.
Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes)
File Blocks Purpose
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASTROSYM.CAL 35 Character definitions - calligraphic style only
ASTROSYM.COM 10 Character definitions - common to both styles
ASTROSYM.DOC 6 A README-type information file
ASTROSYM.MAC 7 The macro file
ASTROSYM.MF 5 The driver file
ASTROSYM.TEX 4 Sample file with symbol list
ASTROSYM.UNI 22 Character definitions - uniform stroke only
Approximate total blocks in full ASTROSYM package = 89
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 92 16:02:09 -0600
From: George D. Greenwade"George D. Greenwade"
<bed_gdg%edu.shsu@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: COLORS.STY/SHADING.STY on FILESERV/Niord
Fred Knight <knight@ll.mit.edu> kindly forwarded me three files of possible
interest to PostScript users, especially to users with access to color
PostScript devices. COLORS.STY implements grayscale or color selection
from LaTeX for PostScript. It works with black-and-white and color
PostScript printers. A wide variety of colors is defined by default. You
can add literally a rainbow of colors (up to 738) by utilizing their RGB
values from RGB.TXT, which Fred was kind enough to pass along as well.
To retrieve either of these files, include the command(s):
SENDME STY.COLORS
SENDME STY.COLORS_RBG_TXT
or, if you want both, the command:
SENDME STY.COLORS*
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu).
Also, Fred was kind enough to pass along SHADING.STY, a LaTeX variant of
the SHADEBOX.TEX TeX macro posted to INFO-TeX in January by Jim Hefferon
<HEFFERON@SMCVAX.BITNET>. Mark Roth <mroth@afit.af.mil> modified the TeX
macro for consistency with LaTeX to provide the ability to create
PostScript shaded boxes for output text.
To retrieve SHADING.STY, include the command:
SENDME STY.SHADING
in your mail to FILESERV (or SENDME STY.SHADEBOX_TEX if you want the TeX
macro).
For anonymous ftp access, each of these files resides under the filenames
associated with the SENDME commands above in the [.STY] directory on
Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8).
Regards, George
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 92 15:42:22 -0600
From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@edu.SHSU>
Subject: SPFONTWARE updates on FILESERV/Niord
Norm Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.EDU> forwarded updates for two packages in his
SPFONTWARE package. These are the addition of MRGSF131.ZIP (MergeSFP,
version 1.31) and PK2SF211.ZIP (PKtoSFP, version 2.11). These two files,
in ZIP format, are available for anonymous ftp retrieval from
Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in the [.SPFONTWARE] directory.
For mail retrieval from FILESERV, the files have been UUENCODEd and split
into mailable parts, SPFONTWARE.MRGSF131_UUE_nOF3 and
SPFONTWARE.PK2SF211_UUE_nOF4. To retrieve the updates via mail, include:
SENDME SPFONTWARE.MRGSF*
SENDME SPFONTWARE.PK2SF*
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu).
For a complete listing of SPFONTWARE, include the command LIST SPFONTWARE
in your mail to FILESERV. Attached are Norm's announcements.
Regards, George
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Announcing MergeSFP v1.31
MergeSFP to is a free utility from Small Planet Software. MergeSFP combines
multiple HP softfont files into a single softfont. MergeSFP is an MS-DOS
program.
MergeSFP v1.31 fixes two small bugs present in the 1.30 release. Through an
oversite on my part, the sample .MRG files distributed with MergeSFP use an
equal sign to seperate /master option from it's parameter (i.e. /master=#1).
The documentation states that a colon should be used (and, in fact, the option
isn't recognized with the "="). I've change MergeSFP so that either a colon
or an equal sign can be used.
Additionally, the /symset options didn't have any effect in MergeSFP v1.30.
Features in brief:
- many options for defining the output softfont
- handles class 2 compressed softfonts
- Complete documentation provided in a DVI file.
Caveats: (Hey, I gotta be fair...)
- The source code is not available (at present, anyway).
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Announcing PKtoSFP v2.11
PKtoSFP to is a free utility from Small Planet Software. PKtoSFP converts
TeX fonts into LaserJet softfont files. PKtoSFP is an MS-DOS program.
The significant change from 2.10 to 2.11 is the correction of a long-standing
bug in the way that PKtoSFP reads TeX PK files. Without going into too much
detail, every character definition in a PK file begins with a "flag byte" that
indicates what kind of character header is used for the following character.
PKtoSFP (prior to v2.11) misinterpreted some flag values. This could have
resulted in a corrupt SFP file but was more likely to cause PKtoSFP to issue
an "insufficient memory" message. I've converted hundreds of fonts and (so
far) have only found one font that used this flag byte (a PS2PK'd version
of an "illuminated manuscript"-like font).
Secondarily, I've fixed a deficiency in PKtoSFP that caused it to ignore
the high-order part of a /type number larger than 255.
Features in brief:
- Converts directly from PK files (allowing up to 256 characters/font)
- Automatically handles the \L slash character at position '040 in the
TeX font (so your softfont doesn't have a non-blank space).
- Handles PK fonts created for other (non 300x300dpi) output devices.
- Complete documentation provided in a DVI file.
Caveats: (Hey, I gotta be fair...)
- The source code is not available (at present, anyway).
------------------------------
Date: 21 May 92 11:21:43 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: astrosym symbols
The set of astrological/astronomical symbols for TeX by Peter Schmitt
<A8131DAL@AWIUNI11.BITNET> (set of MetaFont files and TeX macros) has
been placed in the UK TeX Archive in
[tex-archive.fonts.astrosym]
Sebastian Rahtz
------------------------------
Date: 21 May 92 11:24:57 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: tiny update to web2c system
Karl Berry has slightly updated the web2c system; the
only change is to have a non-null tangleboot.c and
tangleboot.h. on UK TeX Archive in
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]web*tarz_uue
sebastian
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 22 May 92 17:20:24 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: pslatex and other Wolczko files in UK TeX Archive
In message <9205212040.AA01163@madarch.cs.man.ac.uk>
of Thu,21 May 20:08:56 1992, Mario Wolczko <mario@cs.man.ac.uk> wrote:
> pslatex directory and subdirectories thereof
> this should entirely replace the contents of
> [TEX-ARCHIVE.FONTS.ADOBE.PSLATEX.WOLCZKO] on Aston, and
> pub/tex/latex-style/pslatex on Clarkson, which are obsolete
> versions.
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.FONTS.ADOBE.PSLATEX.WOLCZKO]
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.FONTS.ADOBE.PSLATEX.WOLCZKO.FONTS]
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.FONTS.ADOBE.PSLATEX.WOLCZKO.FONTS.TFM]
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.FONTS.ADOBE.PSLATEX.WOLCZKO.FONTS.VF]
Grand total of 4 directories, 102 files, 737/858 blocks.
> vdm/*
> Please remove [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB]VDM.STY and VDM-DOC.TEX on
> Aston, and pub/tex/latex-style/{vdm-doc.tex,vdm.sty} from Clarkson,
> and replace with the contents of this directory (ideally, by making
> a subdirectory, as there are 6 files of assorted types).
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB.VDM]
Total of 6 files, 273/279 blocks.
> misc-styles/*
> Please delete:
> On Aston, from [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB]:
> A5.STY, A5COMB.STY, BOXEDMINIPAGE.STY, and ROMANNEG.STY
> On Clarkson, from pub/tex/latex-style:
> a5.sty, a5comb.sty, boxedminipage.sty and romanneg.sty
> and replace with the files in misc-styles/*.
> There are also an additional 6 files for your archive:
> alltt2.sty, font-nostalgia.sty, nextslide.sty,
> nfsslint.sty,nosecnumbers.sty and smalltalk.sty.
Directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB]
Total of 10 files, 56/72 blocks.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
------------------------------
Date: 04 Jun 92 13:10:02 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: dvips 5.490 in uk tex archive, and SeeTeX
A minor update to dvips
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]dvips5490.tarz_uue
and a new copy of SeeTeX (a small update I think)
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]seetex2-17.uue
Sebastian
------------------------------
Date: 04 Jun 92 13:20:23 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: psbox - macros for including PS figures in TeX docs
I have installed Jean Orloff's `psbox' macros in the UK TeX Archive
in
[tex-archive.tex-style.psbox]
This is a set of macros for any flavour of TeX, and many varieties of
driver, to incorporate Encapsulated PostScript in TeX docs. I append
Jean's brief outline of why he has done these macros
Sebastian
- ---------
I bothered to post this because I bothered to do these macros;
and I bothered to do these as I was using different systems and wanted
my output to be the same on any Postscript printer, be it TeXed and
printed on a Mac with TeXtures, on a Unix workstation with DVIPS or on
an IBM mainframe (?) with DVItoPS. I also wanted not to be tightened
to LaTeX, or any other macropackage... In a word, I wanted something
UNIVERSAL (but does such a word exist in the wild jungle of
informatics?) and this did not really exist when I started writing
this.
I also added a few tools that allow you to annotate a picture with
some text.
- ---------
------------------------------
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