UKTeX Digest Friday, 3 Jul 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 24
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{Q&A}:
Chapterbib.sty problem
RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
Chapterbib.sty problem resolved... Thank you!
IMPORTING POSTSCRIPT FROM COREL DRAW USING DVIPS
Re: IMPORTING POSTSCRIPT FROM COREL DRAW USING DVIPS
Line breaks in AUC-TeX files
{Announcements}:
WAIS server for TeX community
TeX Macro Index
{Archive News}:
Feynman macros back in UK TeX Archive
xdvi patchlevel 15
mfpic - doing TeX pictures with Metafont
xypic updated to 0.6 on uk tex archive
update of Sauter package on UK TeX Archive
dvidvi updated in UK TeX Archive
rcs.sty
refer and BibTeX tools in UK TeX Archive
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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 92 12:32:00 -0600
From: George Tsibouris <TSIBOURIS%edu.wisc.macc@uk.ac.earn-relay>
Subject: Chapterbib.sty problem
I have a question regarding chapterbib.sty which was authored
by Niel Kempson (rmcs-tex@cdvc.cranfield.ac.uk). In principle,
what I am trying to do is to have separate bibliographies in
each chapter of a thesis where each chapter is inserted in the
main thesis body using the "\include{chapter3}" command. I found
chapterbib.sty in the ymir.claremont.edu TeX archive which in
principle should do exactly what I want. The version I have is
version 1 (23-Nov-1988).
Unfortunately, I am getting some kind of a LaTeX error and I was
hoping you might be able to steer me in the right direction in
terms of solving it.
Upon running latex, I get the following error message:
============== BEGINNING OF INCLUDED TEXT ==============
This is TeX, C Version 2.93 (no format preloaded)
(main.tex
LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 Jan 1988>
(/usr/misc/lib/tex82/report.sty
Document Style `report' <5 Feb 88>.
(/usr/misc/lib/tex82/rep12.sty) (/usr/misc/lib/tex82/titlepage.sty))
(uwthesis.sty) (chapterbib.sty
LaTeX error. See LaTeX manual for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
! Missing \begin{document}.
\@latexerr ...for immediate help.}\errmessage {#1}
<to be read again>
e
l.40 \let\@de
bugoutput=\@gobble
============== END OF INCLUDED TEXT ================
This kind of error is somewhat puzzling to me. If you have
any suggestions, I would be most grateful to you if you could pass
them along.
I have tried to send email to the author at the address noted
above but it bounced back with an "Unknown or inaccessible site"
error message. His postal mail address is:
School of Elec Eng & Science
Royal Military College of Science
Shrivenham, SWINDON
Best regards,
George C. Tsibouris
Department of Economics tsibouris@macc.wisc.edu (Internet)
1180 Observatory Drive tsibouris@wiscmacc (Bitnet)
University of Wisconsin (608) 262-0200 (Phone)
Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-4747 (FAX)
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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 92 20:20:22 +0000
From: CA_ROWLEY@uk.ac.open.acs.vax
Subject: RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
George C. Tsibouris wrote:
>
> Upon running latex, I get the following error message:
[....]
> This kind of error is somewhat puzzling to me.
This kind of error is somewhat puzzling to me, since it is caused by
an abuse of style files which is far too common.
Style files come in two types, one is `main document styles' and the
other is `option styles': both MUST^* be specified on the first line of
your document as part of the `\documentstyle' command (that is why it
has that name, I guess).
Thus try the following:
\documentstyle[12pt,titlepage,uwthesis,chapterbib]{report}
Chris Rowley (on behalf of The Archivists)
^* It would appear that uwthesis.sty is an exception to this being a
necessity, but that's life!
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 92 12:03:49 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
In a message to UKTeX of Sat, 27 Jun 92 12:32 CDT,
George Tsibouris <TSIBOURIS%edu.wisc.macc@uk.ac.earn-relay> wrote:
> I have a question regarding chapterbib.sty which was authored
> by Niel Kempson (rmcs-tex@cdvc.cranfield.ac.uk). In principle,
Niel's nowadays accessible as Kempson@TeX.ac.uk; anything else giving
that old address, for myself, should come to TeX@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk
> Upon running latex, I get the following error message:
[...]
It looks to me as if LaTeX has performed \let \@ = d
and then gone on to attempt to read the `e' as normal text. This would
suggest that the catcode of `@' is no longer 11 (letter), as it should
be whilst style option files are read.
I suspect that the author of uwthesis.sty has include \makeatother or
\catcode`\@=12 in his/her code. THIS IS WRONG! He/she should be hung
drawn and quartered for committing such a crime! Seriously, though, a
quick check might be to postpone the uwthesis invocation until after the
chapterbib, thus:
\documentstyle[12pt,titlepage,chapterbib,uwthesis]{report}
- --- I suspect that this might make the problem go away. But DO get hold
of the author (presumably local) of uwthesis, and wring his/her neck!
> I have tried to send email to the author at the address noted
> above but it bounced back with an "Unknown or inaccessible site"
> error message. His postal mail address is:
> School of Elec Eng & Science
> Royal Military College of Science
> Shrivenham, SWINDON
I've covered this above.
Best regards, and dire warnings of retribution upon other such ``style''
authors,
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 92 17:55:43 +0000
From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: Chapterbib.sty problem
In a message to UKTeX of Sat, 27 Jun 92 12:32 CDT,
George Tsibouris <TSIBOURIS%edu.wisc.macc@uk.ac.earn-relay> wrote:
> (main.tex
> LaTeX Version 2.09 <25 Jan 1988>
> (/usr/misc/lib/tex82/report.sty
> Document Style `report' <5 Feb 88>.
> (/usr/misc/lib/tex82/rep12.sty) (/usr/misc/lib/tex82/titlepage.sty))
^
> (uwthesis.sty) (chapterbib.sty
> LaTeX error. See LaTeX manual for explanation.
> Type H <return> for immediate help.
> ! Missing \begin{document}.
In my earlier reply to George's query, I was a little too hasty to blame
the author(s) of uwthesis.sty. I hadn't looked carefully enough at what
TeX had done, and so missed the tell-tale closing parenthesis
highlighted above.
As Chris Rowley said in a separate reply, this indicates that George had
said something like this:
\documentstyle[12pt,titlepage]{report}
\input{uwthesis.sty}
\input{chapterbib.sty}
Now as Chris so rightly points out, the author(s) of uwthesis.sty may
(or again, may not) have intended it to be read in this fashion, but
Niel's chapterbib is a proper style option, just like those provided
``officially'' by Lamport, and so it belongs inside the square brackets
on the \documentstyle command. And if uwthesis is meant to be a proper
style option (although I would have expected it to be a style in its own
right), then it too ought to belong in the brackets, thus:
\documentstyle[12pt,titlepage,uwthesis,chapterbib]{report}
But if, after all, my earlier surmise was right, it had better be the
last such option when specified inside the brackets, until the source is
fixed in accordance with my earlier response.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 92 14:34:00 -0600
From: George Tsibouris <TSIBOURIS@EDU.WISC.MACC>
Subject: Chapterbib.sty problem resolved... Thank you!
My thanks to Chris Rowley and Brian Hamilton Kelly for solving my
chapterbib.sty problem. Essentially it was a matter of reversing
the order of the style files in the \documentstyle command.
Originally I had:
\documentstyle[12pt,uwthesis,chapterbib,doublespace]{report}
and it gave me a bunch of errors. When I replaced it with:
\documentstyle[12pt,chapterbib,uwthesis,doublespace]{report}
everything went smoothly.
Thanks again for all your help.
Best regards,
George C. Tsibouris
Department of Economics tsibouris@macc.wisc.edu (Internet)
1180 Observatory Drive tsibouris@wiscmacc (Bitnet)
University of Wisconsin (608) 262-0200 (Phone)
Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-4747 (FAX)
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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 92 09:33:00 +0000
From: CXDW@uk.ac.manadon-engineering-college
Subject: IMPORTING POSTSCRIPT FROM COREL DRAW USING DVIPS
I need advice on importing Encapsulated Postscript files created under
CorelDraw 2.01 using EMTEX DVIPS 5.395.
DVIPS appears to produce a .ps file OK, but the file will not print.
I have successfully used DVIPS to import and print EPS files created
under other applications but the CorelDraw EPS files remain ellusive,
although they are readily imported by, say, WordPerfect.
I am using Latex 2.09 and Tex 2.991 if these factors are important.
If anyone help, please send replies to user ROUGH rather than CXDW
at this address.
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Date: 01 Jul 92 09:55:44 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Re: IMPORTING POSTSCRIPT FROM COREL DRAW USING DVIPS
CXDW@uk.ac.manadon-engineering-college writes:
> I need advice on importing Encapsulated Postscript files created under
> CorelDraw 2.01 using EMTEX DVIPS 5.395.
>
> DVIPS appears to produce a .ps file OK, but the file will not print.
could you give more details? have you downloaded an error handler to
the printer to see what upsets it? does it work with GhostScript? have
you tried dvips5.490 ([tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.bonus]dvips.boo?
If all else fails, send me a sample (privately, not to all of UK TeX!)
> I have successfully used DVIPS to import and print EPS files created
> under other applications but the CorelDraw EPS files remain ellusive,
I do it often, so there is no fundamental problem.
Sebastian
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Date: Thu, 02 Jul 92 16:00:00 +0000
From: Tony J Ibbs (Tibs) 041-339-8855 x6649"Tony J Ibbs (Tibs)
041-339-8855 x6649" <GAGA50@uk.ac.glasgow.vms3>
Subject: Line breaks in AUC-TeX files
I attempted to recover the lastest version of the AUC-TeX Emacs lisp files from
the [.UTILS.TEXEMACS.AUC] directory the other day, using the standard VMS
command `TRANSFER/CODE=FAST', which is intended for use between VMS systems,
and which has worked well in the past. However, throughout the files recovered
there are spurious line-breaks (which, for instance, break up commands and
render portions of comments uncommented). Is this a problem in the files as
stored?
(incidentally, I join with others in recommending this environment to anyone
using TeX and GNU Emacs)
Tony J Ibbs (Tibs)
Dept of Geography and Topographic Science, Uni of Glasgow, GLASGOW G12 8QQ
Email - Janet (UK): T.Ibbs@uk.ac.Glasgow.vms Tel: (+44)41-339-8855 x6649
(non-UK): T.Ibbs@vms.Glasgow.ac.uk Fax: (+44)41-330-4894
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Date: 01 Jul 92 14:56:15 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: WAIS server for TeX community
I have put up five WAIS databases for use by the TeX community, hosted
by the UK TeX Archive at Aston University, courtesy of Peter Abbott
(who does not get nearly enough public thanks on the networks!). These
are
- the directory of the UK TeX Archive
- D M Jones catalogue of TeX macros
- the FTP sites list from the Supplement to the TeX FAQ
- the TeX-FAQ, UKTeX-ified. That is to say, I have edited it to suit
UK audiences by making it point at the UK TeX Archive if in doubt.
Apologies to the rest of the world!
- the catalogue of TeX Archive sites from D M Jones catalogue
If you put all these on your search list, and ask about a TeX topic,
you will get some good answers.
WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) is a system for disseminating
information over the internet. You supply keywords, get a list of
`documents' back, and then choose which one to read. I have put a summary
of the system in
[tex-archive.wais]wais.readme
on tex.ac.uk, along with copies of the .src files you will need (also
appended, after a ^L) for your copy of WAIS.
Please do:
- try this if you have WAIS
- suggest other sources I can set up (not the TeXbook, please. I
tried, and its almost impossible to break it sensibly into chunks
for sending back)
- tell me if the WAIS server is down at Aston so I can restart it
Please dont:
- mail me to ask what WAIS is
- ask me for copies of WAIS
- tell me WAIS is useless
- tell me the information is incorrect
its not that I don't care or don't want to help, but time is very short,
and this isn`t my job! Anyone with spare cash is very welcome to
*make* it my job, of course.....
Sebastian Rahtz, ArchaeoInformatica, York, UK
(:source
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:ip-address "134.151.44.19"
:ip-name "ftp.tex.ac.uk"
:tcp-port 210
:database-name "TeX-Archive"
:cost 0.00
:cost-unit :free
:maintainer "spqr@minster.york.ac.uk"
:description "
LIST OF TEX ARCHIVES by D M Jones
Much of the following information was quoted with permission from the
May 1992 version of the `Supplement to the Frequently Asked Questions,'
currently maintained by Guoying Chen <chenguo@spunky.cs.nyu.edu>.
Wherever possible, I have had the information verified by the
maintainers of the archives.
Unless otherwise indicated, all of these archives are accessible via
anonymous ftp. As a general rule, you can obtain information about the
mail servers by sending a message containing only the word 'help' to the
address listed. Exceptions are noted below.
In the 'Archives' fields above, I refer to the archives by abbreviated
names. In most cases, the mapping between abbreviation and archive is
obvious. Whenever it is not, I have included the abbreviation in
parentheses after the full archive name.
On most archives, the TeX-related files are located in an obvious place,
namely in a subdirectory 'TeX' of the directory that ftp deposits you
in. However, in a few cases the macros are located in a less obvious
place and in such cases I've tried to provide some guidance for the
user.
"
)
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:tcp-port 210
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facts to answer TeX questions, being the adulterated text of the
comp.text.tex FAQ, biased towards the UK TeX Archive.
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:description "FTP sites by Guoying Chen (chenguo@lab.ultra.nyu.edu).
This is taken from the so-called `Supplement to the Frequently Asked Questions'
file; it is intended to complement Bobby Bodenheimer's Frequently Asked
Questions file. Note that there is some duplication of material.
This file is monthly (in early days each month) posted to USENET newsgroup
'comp.text.tex' and cross-posted to 'news.answers'. This file is in several
parts. It is reposited in
CS.NYU.EDU (128.122.140.24) at ~ftp/pub/tex/
and also in many good archivers, e.g.
rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de at the /soft/tex/documentation/
as the file FAQ.supplement-mmm.yy (mmm-yy is the month and year).
In that directory is also the comp.text.tex FAQ.
This extract contains just the list of ftp sites
Please bear in mind the geographical location of the site to which you
intend to ftp. (This can typically be determined by inspecting the
last component in the site name.) Overseas links tend to be slow and
expensive. Choose the closest available site. Most sites discourage
ftp'ing during normal business hours (local time).
Certain sites are labelled as follows:
[p] -- primary distribution point
[l] -- latest version resides here
[x] -- use of this site is disrecommended because it's slow, or
is not designed for heavy use, etc. Use it as a last resort.
[y] -- this file is also available from ymir.
[n] -- this file is also available from niord.
Newsgroups are also listed as 'sites', meaning that the program in question
was posted to that newsgroup and should be available from any site that
archives those newsgroups.
lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) maintains a master list of fonts,
selections of which are included below. Consult his master list
(posted monthly to comp.fonts) for a bigger list of fonts.
"
)
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:description " D M Jones Index of TeX Macros
This is an index of TeX macros. Its scope includes all macros that are
available via anonymous ftp or mail-server or some similar mechanism.
Commercial packages will be included only if a full Index entry is
supplied to me by the vendor.
In this, its first incarnation, the Index is heavily slanted towards the
ymir and SHSU archives, in the sense that most of the entries have been
drawn from the packages in those archives. Although I have included a
significant amount of material from the Stuttgart archive, I've fallen
far short of exhausting its wealth of macros. Similarly, the excellent
Aston archive is hardly represented at all. I hope to remedy both of
these shortcomings in the near future.
In addition to the archives just mentioned, a number of smaller, more
specialized archives are also represented. For example, e-math.ams.com
is the home of all the official AMS macro packages, including AMS-TeX,
AMS-LaTeX and the AMSFonts package. Similarly, dhdspri6.bitnet is the
home of all official Springer-Verlag macros.
Since the Index is devoted to macros, fonts and special-purpose programs
are mentioned only when they are necessary to explain the purpose of a
set of macros. For a list of fonts, I recommend Liam R. E. Quin's list
of metafonts [1]. For a list of TeX implementations and other programs,
see Bobby Bodenheimer's frequently-asked questions list [2] and Guoying
Chen's supplement [3].
Each entry is divided into a number of fields, with the following
functions:
Name: The name of the macro package, usually the same as the name of the
file containing it.
Description: A short (usually 1-3 line) description of what the package
does.
Keywords: A list of keywords to facilitate searching for special-purpose
macros, as well as to help describe the macros. A glossary of
keywords can be found at the end of the file.
Archives: A list of archives where the package can be found. Whenever
known, the primary distribution site is marked with an asterisk.
This list is not meant to be comprehensive. Instead, priority is
given to the ymir, Aston, SHSU, Stuttgart and Utrecht archives.
When the archive is well-known and has a significant collection of
macros, I refer to it by an abbreviated name and give complete
information about the archive in the 'List of TeX Archives' at the
end of the Index. In many cases, however, an ftp site serves as the
home of only one package, in which case I include the full name of
the archive in the 'Archives' field and don't include a full listing
for it below.
Author: The name and address (preferably electronic) of the author of
the package. All email addresses, including JANET addresses, have
been normalized to little-endian order.
Latest Version: The date and/or version number of the latest release of
the package.
Supported: Whether or not the package is supported, that is, whether the
author wants to receive bug reports and/or comments on the package.
Note that in most cases the author of a 'supported' package does not
promise to fix bugs or answer questions about the package. The only
promise is that the author won't get mad if you send a bug report.
In addition, it means that the author would like to hear about any
improvements or additions to the macros. In fact, some authors only
want to hear about improvements: they will accept bug fixes but will
not necessarily answer bug reports.
See also: A list of other packages with similar features.
Note: Any additional information which seems pertinent.
Needless to say, the Index is bound to contain numerous small errors and
omissions and, most likely, not a few large ones. I've tried to
indicate some of the larger gaps that I am aware of, and I'll be working
to close these gaps as time permits. However, I would appreciate
hearing about any errors or omissions in the information below. I would
especially appreciate it if authors of macros would send me full index
entries for their packages. I'll continue creating entries on my own,
but the task will be greatly simplified if I receive ready-made index
entries, rather than having to retrieve the files and process them by
myself. I'll attempt to answer all mail sent to me, but please keep in
mind that it might take me some time to do so.
Whenever possible, I asked the authors these packages to verify the
information listed. I'm grateful to those who responded. In a few
cases I didn't have time to follow up on the information that authors
supplied me, but, again, I'll do this as soon as time permits.
I'd like to thank the following people for reading a preliminary version
of the Index and commenting on it:
Ravinder Bhumbla
David Carlisle
Steve Fisk
Graham O'Neil
Eric Schenk
Dave Steiner
Dominik Wujastyk
They provided me with numerous helpful comments and suggestions.
Unfortunately, lack of time once again prevented me from implementing
all of their ideas for this first release of the Index, but I will be
working on them for future versions of the Index.
My thanks also goes out to George Greenwade and Nelson Beebe for helping
me get connected to the community if TeX archivers and for answering
numerous questions.
Finally, I extend my special thanks to Barbara Beeton for her constant
support and encouragement. Without her always gentle nudges, this
project would probably have become moribund on a number of occasions.
David.
REFERENCES
[1] Complete list of all metafont-format fonts in the world. Liam R.
E. Quin <lee@sq.sq.com>. Posted bi-monthly to comp.text.tex and
comp.fonts.
[2] TeX, LaTeX, etc.: Frequently Asked Questions with Answers [Monthly].
Bobby Bodenheimer. Posted monthly to comp.text.tex. Also available on
most of the major TeX archives.
[3] Supplement to the Frequently Asked Questions. Guoying Chen. Posted
monthly to comp.text.tex. Also available by anonymous ftp from
cs.nyu.edu (128.122.140.24) in the pub/tex/tex.supplement.
===========================================================================
The Index is divided into a rough hierarchy based on macro package. I
hope to refine the division in the future, but for now here is the list
of headings:
Heading: *plain TeX*
Subheading: The New Font Selection Scheme for plain TeX
Heading: *eplain*
Heading: *AMS-TeX*
Subheading: STANDARD DISTRIBUTION
Subheading: OTHER AMS-TEX FILES
Subsubheading: AMS-TeX DOCUMENT STYLES
Subsubheading: Other AMS-TeX files
Heading: *LaTeX*
Subheading: STANDARD DISTRIBUTION
Subsubheading: *Document styles
Subsubheading: *Document style options
Subsubheading: *Other
Subheading: OTHER LATEX FILES
Subsubheading: *The Mainz LaTeX Files
Subsubsubheading: The New Font Selection Scheme
Subsubsubheading: Other Mainz files
Subsubheading: *NFSS-Soton
Subsubheading: *The BABEL project
Subheading: LaTeX Document styles
Subheading: Document style options
Subsubheading: * Other
Heading: *SLITEX*
Subheading: STANDARD DISTRIBUTION
Subheading: OTHER SLITEX FILES
Heading: *REVTEX*
Heading: *AMS-LaTeX*
Heading: *INRSTeX*
Heading: *LamS-TeX*
Heading: *Generic macros*
Heading: *Midnight macros*
Heading: *PicTeX*
Heading: *BibTeX Styles*
Heading: *TeXT1*
Heading: *PHYSE*
Heading: *PHYZZX*
Heading: *SCRIPTEX*
Heading: *TeXsis*
Heading: *YTEX*
Heading: *NEWSLETTER MACROS*
Heading: *Hebrew TeX*
Heading: *Hyphenation patterns*
Heading: *Other*
LIST OF TEX ARCHIVES
GLOSSARY OF KEYWORDS
APPENDIX: CONVERTING THE INDEX TO A MORE STANDARD DATABASE FORMAT
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Date: Wed, 01 Jul 92 18:51:09 -0500
From: dmjones@edu.mit.lcs.theory (David M. Jones)
Subject: TeX Macro Index
I am happy to announce that the first edition of the TeX Macro Index is
now available by anonymous ftp and/or mail server from the following
sites:
[1] archive.cs.ruu.nl
[2] ftp.th-darmstadt.de
[3] ftp.math.utah.edu
[4] Niord.SHSU.edu
[5] TeX.ac.uk
[6] theory.lcs.mit.edu
Full instructions for retrieving the Index from these machines are
appended to the end of this message. All of the archives have identical
copies of the Index. In order to minimize the burden on the net, please
pick the archive closest to you.
I am forwarding this announcement to all of the TeX-related mailing lists
that I know of. If you belong to a list that does not receive a copy of
the message, but which you think would be interested in the Index,
please forward this announcement. If you do so, I would appreciate it
if you would also tell me the name of the list.
A brief description of the Index follows.
David M. Jones
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This is an index of TeX macros. Its scope includes all macros that are
available via anonymous ftp or mail-server or some similar mechanism.
Commercial packages will be included only if a full Index entry is
supplied to me by the vendor.
Since the Index is devoted to macros, fonts and special-purpose programs
are mentioned only when they are necessary to explain the purpose of a
set of macros.
Each entry is divided into several fields with the following functions:
Name: The name of the macro package.
Description: A short (usually 1-3 line) description of the package.
Keywords: A list of keywords to facilitate searching for special-purpose
macros, as well as to help describe the macros. A glossary of
keywords can be found at the end of the file.
Archives: A list of archives where the package can be found. Whenever
known, the primary distribution site is marked with an asterisk.
Author: The name and address (preferably electronic) of the author of
the package.
Latest Version: The date and/or version number of the latest release of
the package.
Supported: Whether or not the package is supported, that is, whether the
author wants to receive bug reports and/or comments on the package.
See also: A list of other packages with similar features.
Note: Any additional information that seems pertinent.
In addition to the list of packages, the Index also contains a brief
list of TeX Archives with descriptions of the services they offer.
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HOW TO RETRIEVE THE TEX MACRO INDEX
First, here are some general instructions on anonymous ftp for those who
haven't used it before. After deciding which archive you want to use,
read the instructions below to find out the following three things:
1) the full name of the machine containing the archive
2) the name of the directory where the TeX Index is located
3) the name of the file containing the Index
In addition, you should check the name of the file to see if it ends in
".Z", ".zoo", or ".zip". If so, it is a binary file and you will have
to perform an extra step below.
Once you have all of this information, you should type the following
command:
ftp name_of_machine
When you are asked for a user name, type "anonymous". When you are
asked for a password, type in your email address. Next, type
cd name_of_directory
If the file you are retrieving is a binary file, then you must now type
the command
binary
Finally, retrieve the file by typing the command
get name_of_file
Once the transfer is complete, type
bye
to end the ftp session.
[1] archive.cs.ruu.nl (Netherlands)
How to get TeX-index.Z from the archive at
Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University:
NOTE: In the following I have assumed your mail address is john@highbrow.edu.
Of course you must substitute your own address for this. This should be
a valid internet or uucp address. For bitnet users name@host.BITNET
usually works.
by FTP: (please restrict access to weekends or evening/night (i.e. between
about 20.00 and 0900 UTC)).
ftp archive.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5]
user name: anonymous or ftp
password: your own email address (e.g. john@highbrow.edu)
Don't forget to set binary mode if the file is a tar/arc/zoo archive,
compressed or in any other way contains binary data.
get TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z
by mail-server:
send the following message to
mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (or uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!mail-server):
begin
path john@highbrow.edu (PLEASE SUBSTITUTE *YOUR* ADDRESS)
send TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z
end
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ADDRESSES WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET ***
The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your
message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you
first issue the request:
send HELP
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[2] ftp.th-darmstadt.de (Germany)
The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.55.75]
directory pub/tex/documentation
file styles-and-macros.Index.Z
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[3] ftp.math.utah.edu (USA)
The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.math.utah.edu [128.110.198.2] in the file pub/tex/tex-index. To
retrieve it by e-mail server, send a message to tuglib@math.utah.edu
with the subject or body "send tex-index from tex".
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[4] Niord.SHSU.edu (USA)
To retrieve the Index in 8 parts suitable for electronic mail handling,
include the command:
SENDME TEX-INDEX
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu).
To retrieve the latest set of FAQ-related documents (Bobby
Bodenheimer's "TeX, LaTeX, etc.: Frequently Asked Questions with
Answers", Guoying Chen's "Supplement to the Frequently Asked
Questions" and Liam R. E. Quin's "Complete list of all
metafont-format fonts in the world"), include the command:
SENDME FAQ
in your mail request to FILESERV. For anonymous ftp retrieval from
Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8), the complete Index may be found in the
file [FILESERV.TEX-INDEX]TEX.INDEX and all FAQ-related documents may be
found in the directory [FILESERV.FAQ].
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[5] TeX.ac.uk (UK)
The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp, JANET
NIFTP and mail server from the UK TeX Archive, TeX.ac.uk
[134.151.40.18] in the file [tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt.
To retrieve it by mail server, send a message to
TeXserver@tex.ac.uk containing the following lines
FILES
[tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt
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[6] theory.lcs.mit.edu (USA)
The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp and mail server
from theory.lcs.mit.edu [18.52.0.92] in the file TeX-index in the
directory pub/tex. To retrieve it by mail server, send a message to
archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu containing the following line
send tex TeX-index
The Index is also available in compressed, zip'ed and zoo'ed
format in the files TeX-index.Z, TeX-index.zip and TeX-index.zoo,
respectively. Note that if you want to request one of the
compressed files by mail server, you'll have to specify a method
of ASCII encoding by including one of the following lines in your
mail message:
encoder btoa
encoder uuencode
encoder rscs
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Date: 01 Jul 92 12:31:50 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: Feynman macros back in UK TeX Archive
earlier this year, I put macros in
[tex-archive.latex.contrib.feynman]
for doing feynman diagrams (whatever they are....), but mucked up the
transfer so that the files were all empty. I have finally got a new
set and installed it again. Apologies for the delay in service
Sebastian Rahtz
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Date: 01 Jul 92 12:35:58 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: xdvi patchlevel 15
I have updated xdvi in the UK TeX Archive to patchlevel 15.
[tex-archive.drivers.xdvi]
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]xdvi.tarz_uue
It appears to be all fully working now (virtual fonts, creation of pk
files on the fly, etc)
Sebastian
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Date: 01 Jul 92 12:41:22 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: mfpic - doing TeX pictures with Metafont
I have put Thomas Leatherum's `mfpic' system in the UK TeX Archive in
[tex-archive.mfpic]
His description follows:
Sebastian
I have recently written a set of TeX and Metafont macros that
essentially draw pictures in a TeX document using Metafont. Each
picture comes out as a single Metafont character; the TeX macros
actually write the Metafont file for you, so there's no need to learn
Metafont (although you do have to be able to run Metafont); and the TeX
macros are things like \axes, \arrow, \circle, \curve, etc., similar in
nature (but nowhere near the scope) of PiC-TeX. The advantages of this
technique: significantly faster than PiC-TeX (especially on curves),
totally printer-independent (unlike \special's).
mfpicdoc.tex a plain TeX document containing a pretty thorough
explanation of the macros
mfpic.tex the TeX macros
graphbase.mf the Metafont macros
testgraph.tex a sample file containing a couple of simple pictures
(You do not need the mfpic macros to process and read mfpicdoc.tex.)
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Date: 01 Jul 92 12:59:25 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: xypic updated to 0.6 on uk tex archive
I have updated XYPIC at Aston.
[tex-archive.tex-style.xypic]
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]xypicready.tarz_uue ready
to use if you have a 300 dpi laser-printer!
Sebastian
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The `ready to use' package includes the manual in DVI form and TEX-,
TFM-, and PK-files that should be copied to the appropriate TEXINPUTS,
TEXFONTS, and DVI driver font directories.
XY-pic is a macro package for AMS-TeX, plain TeX, LaTeX, and AMS-LaTeX
for typesetting diagrams with the following characteristics:
* Specified as a matrix of entries aligned in rows and columns.
* Any entry may be connected to any other entry using arrows that
are automatically rotated and stretched as required to meet their
target; a variety of arrow styles may be used.
* Arrows may be decorated with labels that are `tied` to a specified
point of the arrow independent of its direction.
* Special support for arrows that cross each other, arrows that `go
by' other entries, combined arrows, and arrows that bend around
other entries.
* Support for entries and arrows that are independent of the matrix
structure.
If you wish to check out the facilities before installation, and you
have a 300 dpi PostScript printer, then you can print the file
"xypicman.ps" that contains a formatted version of the manual.
Please note that XY-pic is under `copyleft' as specified by the GNU
General Public License.
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XY-pic was written by
Kristoffer H{\o}gsbro ROSE <kris@diku.dk>
DIKU (TOPPS group), University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100 Copenhagen {\O} +45 35321420
(Until July 9: 31396466/213)
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Date: 01 Jul 92 13:06:03 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: update of Sauter package on UK TeX Archive
An update from Karl Berry of the Sauter system for parameterized MF
sources.
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]sauter-14.tarz_uue
[tex-archive.src.unix-archives]scyrillic.tarz_uue
[tex-archive.fonts.sauter]
[tex-archive.fonts.cyrillic]
Sebastian
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This release updates parameter files for the Glonti/Samarin Cyrillic for
a new version, contributed by Alexander Samarin, with more characters
and more typeface variants than previously. The Cyrillic parameter
files were contributed by Glenn Thobe (thobe@getunx.info.com) and Wayne
Sullivan (wsulivan@irlearn.ucd.ie).
This version also adds a NFSS file for LaTeX, fontdef.sau, contributed
by knuutila@cs.utu.fi.
For all of the standard Computer Modern fonts, these files produce the
same TFM files as Knuth's sources. So it is ok to call the output from
these `cm...'.
Besides the Computer Modern and the Glonti/Samarin Cyrillic, the
distribution also includes Sauter parameter files for the LaTeX symbol
fonts, contributed by Friedrich Haubensak.
The distribution includes an lfonts.tex for LaTeX and a MakeTeXPK for
dvips which take advantage of these fonts.
Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.
karl@cs.umb.edu
Member of the League for Programming Freedom---write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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Date: 01 Jul 92 13:22:38 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: dvidvi updated in UK TeX Archive
I have updated Tom Rokicki`s dvidvi in
[tex-archive.drivers.dvidvi]
to version 1.0. Note the changed command-line syntax from version 0.5.
This version does the job of things like dviselect as well as its old
functions:
This is dvidvi 1.0, Copyright (C) 1988-91, Radical Eye Software
Usage: dvidvi [options] input[.dvi] [output]
where options are:
[-f n] first page printed [-l n] last page printed
[-n n] print at most n pages
[-i {n1..n2 | n3}[,...]] include pages
[-x {n1..n2 | n3}[,...]] exclude pages
[-q] quiet mode [-r] reverse pages
[-m modulo:pagespecs]
Sebastian
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Date: 02 Jul 92 10:17:05 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: rcs.sty
[tex-archive.latex.contrib]rcs.sty
A LaTeX document style option that makes it possible
to include RCS (Revision Control System) keyword strings in LaTeX documents
such that the keyword values can be referred to in the document.
This is useful, for instance, if you want to print a document's RCS
revision number in the page header.
Usage information, an example, motivation, and implementation details can
all be found in the source below. The actual TeX code is only two lines
(at the very end).
INTERNET: wstomv@win.tue.nl / Eindhoven University of Technology
VOICE: +31 40 47 41 25 / Dept of Mathematics & Computing Science
FAX: +31 40 43 66 85 / PO Box 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherland
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Date: 02 Jul 92 10:26:35 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster
Subject: refer and BibTeX tools in UK TeX Archive
I have finally (prompted by D M Jones tex-index) got a copy of a small set of
hacks and installed them in the Uk TeX Archive, which deal with
transferring information between refer and BibTeX. No guarentees.
[tex-archive.bibtex.utils.refer-tools]
Sebastian
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\bye
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