UKTeX Digest Friday, 9 Nov 1990 Volume 90 : Issue 39 Today's Topics: Re: Atari TeX PK files from the archive RE: PK files from the archive Difference between "fUZZ" and "zed" styles MusicTeX Japanese TeX on MS-DOS Re: Font Creation problems in Euler and Mtex - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moderator: Peter Abbott Editor: David Osborne (University of Nottingham) Submissions: uktex@uk.ac.aston Administration: uktex-request@uk.ac.aston Back Issues: These are stored in the Aston archive, in the directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.DIGESTS.UKTEX.90] Latest TeXhax: #69 Back Issues: These are stored in the Aston archive, in the directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.DIGESTS.TEXHAX.90] Latest TeXmag: V4 N5 Back Issues: These are stored in the Aston archive, in the directory DISK$TEX:[TEX-ARCHIVE.DIGESTS.TEX-MAG] ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 90 16:46:31 +0100 From: (Michael Joswig \(Vertriebsunterstuetzung Hamburg\)) Subject: Re: Atari TeX In UKTeX V90 #32 Francis Wright answered someones question about AtariTeX (I just begun to read UKTeX, so I do not have the question itself). Francis said (wrote), that there might be a PD-TeX for Atari here in germany. Indeed it is. We have a PD-TeX from Chr. Strunk and a Shareware- TeX from Stefan Lindner (40 or 60 DMs). Both are working *perfectly*, the Strunk-TeX is TeX3.0, I own a beta-copy of Lindners TeX3.1. If there is anybody interested in addresses/Telephonenumbers, whatsorever, eMail me and I'll give you all I know. Ciao, Michael. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Nov 90 13:37:00 +0000 From: CLS016@UK.AC.BANGOR.VAXC Subject: PK files from the archive I have just FTP some of the AMSTEX2 pk file from the aston archive. Using trans/code=fast and /code=binary When they arrive here the file layout is not in the normal form, That is to sya that they are not 512 byte records. Does anyone know of a way to convert these files into this form so that DVI drivers can read them on VMS machines. Thanks Edmund ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 11:49:43 -0000 From: P.TAYLOR@UK.AC.RHBNC.VAX Subject: RE: PK files from the archive Edmund --- >>> I have just FTP some of the AMSTEX2 pk file from the aston archive. >>> Using trans/code=fast and /code=binary When they arrive >>> here the file layout is not in the normal form, That is to sya >>> that they are not 512 byte records. Does anyone know of a way to >>> convert these files into this form so that DVI drivers can read them on >>> VMS machines. I have no idea what format these files are in, but am sure that someone who placed them in the archive will tell you. In the meantime, I attach the source of `VTF' (Vary-To-Fix), which is a generic TeX utility which re-creates fixed-512 files of almost any type (GF, PK, TFM, DVI) from varying-132 (or even greater length) files; you may find it of some use. Philip Taylor [Start of included file `Utilities:VaryToFix.Com'] $ delete := delete $ node = f$parse(p1,,,"node") $ device = f$parse(p1,,,"device") $ directory = f$parse(p1,,,"directory") $ name = f$parse(p1,,,"name") $ type = f$parse(p1,,,"type") - "." $ copy 'node''device''directory''name'.'type' 'name'.varying-'type' $ delete 'node''device''directory''name'.'type'; $ assign := assign /user $ assign 'name'.varying-'type' for001 $ assign 'name'.'type' for002 $ run utilities:varytofix [Start of included file `Utilities:VaryToFix.For'] program varytofix implicit none integer i, j, k, length, limit character * 512 input character * 512 output logical end of file open (unit=1, status='old') open (unit=2, status='new', recordtype='fixed', & recl=512, carriagecontrol='none') data end of file /.false./, j /0/ do while (.not. end of file) read (1, 1000, end=10) length, input do i = 1, length j = j + 1 output (j:j) = input (i:i) if (j .eq. 512) & then write (2, 2000) output j = 0 else end if end do end do 0010 if (j .gt. 0) & then i = j k = ichar (output (i:i)) if (k .eq. 245) & then k = 246 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 0) limit = i + 1 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 1) limit = i + 0 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 2) limit = i + 3 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 3) limit = i + 2 else if (k .eq. 246) & then if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 0) limit = i + 0 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 1) limit = i - 1 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 2) limit = i + 2 if (mod (i, 4) .eq. 3) limit = i + 1 else limit = 0 end if end if do j = i+1, 512 if (limit .eq. 0) & then output (j:j) = char (k) else if (j .le. limit) & then output (j:j) = char (k) else output (j:j) = char (0) end if end if end do write (2, 2000) output else end if stop 1000 format (q, a) 2000 format (a) end {gasp! --Ed.} ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Nov 90 18:35:01 +0000 From: STG@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.LFCS Subject: Difference between "fUZZ" and "zed" styles In UKTeX Volume 90, Issue 38, fx@uk.ac.daresbury.nnga writes: > The archive contains ZED.STY and ZMACROS.TEX, the style file and guide > to a Spivey package that you can use for setting Z without buying fuzz. > It seems quite satisfactory. The fUZZ package contains more than just the most recent version of the LaTeX style file for Z. It contains a type-checker for the Z specification language and the set of Oxford symbols which are used in the books on Z. Neither of these are offered in "zed". I don't have anything to do with the sale of fUZZ, I just used it to check specifications in my PhD thesis and it is a very useful package. It's available for Suns and IBM PCs. If you want to buy a copy contact Mike Spivey at the Programming Research Group, Oxford. Let's not go around rubbishing software packages we know nothing about, please! There actually is more to life than typesetting. Stephen Gilmore - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Gilmore JANET: stg@uk.ac.ed.lfcs LFCS, Dept. of Computer Science UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!stg University of Edinburgh ARPA: stg%lfcs.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Tel: 031-667-1081 Ext 2820 or United Kingdom. 031-667-1011 Ext 5145 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 90 16:59:17 +0000 From: JEREMY.GIBBONS%UK.AC.OXFORD.PRG@UK.AC.OXFORD.PRG.TEST Subject: MusicTeX I cut the following from the music research mailing list. Could we get it and stick it in the archive, do you think? > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 90 15:00:35 CST > From: Richard Murphey > Subject: MusicTeX available > To: Music-Research > Message-ID: <9010282100.AA15976@kappa.rice.edu> > > MusicTeX is a set of TeX language macros and Metafont fonts for > typesetting music using the TeX document preparation system put > togeather by Daniel Taupin of Physique des Solides. MusicTeX is > available via anonymous ftp from qed.rice.edu (128.42.4.38) in the > file pub/musictex.tar.Z. > > You must have TeX in order to use MusicTeX. See the files > aa_readme.text and demos/notice.tex within for more information. > Included are all the fonts needed to typeset notice.tex at either 82 > or 300 dot per inch. I regret I can't handle email requests, but > would be glad to help someone else do so. > > Rich Murphey > ECE, Rice U. > Rich@rice.edu Jeremy *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* | Jeremy Gibbons (jg@uk.ac.oxford.prg) Funky Monkey Multimedia Corp | *-----------------------------------------------------------------------* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 12:07:19 +0000 From: MD2RJH@UK.AC.SHEFFIELD.IBM Dear All, Is there an implementation of TeX or LaTeX for MS-DOS to produce Japanese text? I've looked at the J-TeX files but they are UNIX related - as far as I can see. Ta! - Richard. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 12:52:34 +0000 From: CA_ROWLEY@UK.AC.OPEN.ACS.VAX Subject: Japanese TeX on MS-DOS > > Is there an implementation of TeX or LaTeX for MS-DOS to produce > Japanese text? I've looked at the J-TeX files but they are UNIX related - as > far as I can see. They certainly are UNIX-related, but even if you had a UNIX system you would need more than is available in the archive as the fonts are all proprietary. The Japanese have some PC-like machines on which they run a Japanese TeX but they are not standard PCs. If you wish to pursue this further I can supply some contacts in Japan who I expect could give you more detailed information. Chris Rowley (on behalf of The Archivists) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Nov 90 16:04:26 +0000 From: CET1@UK.AC.CAMBRIDGE.PHOENIX Subject: Re: Font Creation problems in Euler and Mtex In UKTeX digest #38, A42JR@UK.AC.POLY-EAST-LONDON (no name!) writes > In the case of the Euler fonts, metafont noted a `minor' error in that > h# had already been defined. However mfjob would not continue onto > calling GFtoPK. There is no information about the Euler fonts. Should > I use the &plain base or the &cm base or neither. If you acquired the Euler fonts as part of the AMSFonts 2.0 package, you should have the equivalent of ams/amsfonts/sources/READ.ME (that is what it is called at e-math.ams.com), in which you can read > 1. Euler fonts > ... > 2) Do not use a version of Metafont which has cmbase.mf > preloaded. If, when you run Metafont, you see " preloaded base = > cmplain" or anything other than "preloaded base = plain," you should > recompile your Metafont executable file so that cmbase is not preloaded. > This is because the Euler fonts use their own base file, eubase.mf, > which conflicts with cmbase. So you have already correctly diagnosed the problem. But in general, you should NEVER use cm.base rather than plain.base if in any doubt at all about whether it is correct to do so. It is not required even for the Computer Modern fonts themselves: it is only an an optimisation to avoid reading cmbase.mf every time (and not one which makes much difference, in my experience). Chris Thompson JANET: cet1@uk.ac.cam.phx Internet: cet1%phx.cam.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk ------------------------------ !! UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY: !! !! Files of interest !! [tex-archive]000aston.readme [tex-archive]000directory.list !! [tex-archive]000directory_dates.list [tex-archive]000directory.size !! 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