UKTeX Digest Friday, 17 Jan 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 02 Today's Topics: {Q&A}: Problems with unpacking MS-DOS files. patch for dvips using .pfb files Re: Gnuemacs and auc-tex Re: UKTeX Digest V92 #01 : Large Gothic Letters Re: Gothic like style file Japanese characters in METAFONT? emlatex TeX on UNIX Re: TeX on UNIX Graphs LaTeX on the Arch Re: LaTeX on the Arch TELNET Re: TELNET Has anyone got a working version of Patgen with no memory limitations? MathTime: PostScript Times math fonts Aston sys$scratch {Announcements}: VMS version of Knuth's profiler now in the archive french.sty Version 3.00 announcement at last, virtual fonts for the Macintosh New LaTeX & NFSS releases in the Aston archive UK TeX users' group meeting - 11 February UKTUG Meeting, 11th February 1992, London The LaTeX3 project {Archive News}: STYLE FILE: marnote.sty Font (and other binary) files now transferrable from the Archive Administrivia: Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and David Osborne (University of Nottingham) Contributions: UKTeX@uk.ac.tex Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@uk.ac.tex E D I T O R ' S N O T E Apologies for missing last week's issue, due to illness. --Ed. ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Dec 91 11:38:00 +0000 From: Hasan Subject: Problems with unpacking MS-DOS files. The EmTeX files in one of the sub-directories of the MS-DOS directory don't appear to unpack too willingly! The files are stored in BOOed format (filename.BOO) and on attempting to unpack with DEBOO.EXE a message to the effect 'unable to open filename.ZIP in EMTEX\DISK?\filename.ZIP' is obtained - creating the appropriate directory structure (on a hard disk) doesn't appear to fix the problem. Any solution, or suggestions? I already have EmTeX on my machine; what I'm trying to download is the DVIDRV stuff for the HP (in my case for the Deskjet 500 as the driver now outputs for that if the appropriate switch is used on the Laserjet driver - I hope!). If it's possible to put the files in binary format, or in some format where it's possible to obtain the executables, I can ftp them directly to my PC so perhaps that could be an interim solution? Thanks, Hasan. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Jan 92 17:26:05 +0000 From: Sebastian Rahtz Subject: patch for dvips using .pfb files I append a small diff set for one of the source files of dvips5.47 which will allow the program to read binary .pfb files. I needed this because (gasp!) I don't always use TeX, and I wanted PostScript fonts which are to be downloaded to be useable by Adobe Type Manager as well as dvips (without keeping two copies on disk). So I painfully converted plain ASCII versions back into .pfb form, and added this code to dvips. Yes, it probably makes dvips run a bit slower, but who's counting? It saves some disk space instead.... it is assumed that the font file names have a suffix of .pfb. This is probably only of use to MSDOS people, as I don't know if it will work on a Macintosh yet (I am working on compiling dvips for Mac). Sebastian Rahtz *** output.c Thu Jan 02 15:46:34 1992 - --- output.old Thu Jan 02 15:48:54 1992 *************** *** 1,8 **** - - /* - - NOTE includes changes by S Rahtz 2 Jan 1991 to support reading of - - .pfb font files - - */ - - /* * These routines do most of the communicating with the printer. * - --- 1,3 ---- *************** *** 78,90 **** char *s ; { FILE *f = NULL ; ! int c, prevc = '\n',nl,i ; ! /* I want to find the file suffix. This is horrible! sorry */ ! char suffix[5]; ! nl=(strlen(s)-1); ! for (i=0 ; i < 4 ; i++) ! suffix[i]=s[nl-i]; ! suffix[4]='\0'; switch (infigure) { case 1: f = search(figpath, s, READ) ; - --- 73,79 ---- char *s ; { FILE *f = NULL ; ! int c, prevc = '\n'; switch (infigure) { case 1: f = search(figpath, s, READ) ; *************** *** 91,100 **** (void)sprintf(errbuf, "Couldn't find figure file %s; continuing", s) ; break ; default: - - if (strcmp(suffix,"bfp.")) f = search(headerpath, s, READ) ; - - else - - f = search(headerpath, s, READBIN) ; (void)sprintf(errbuf, "! Couldn't find header file %s", s) ; break ; #ifndef VMS - --- 80,86 ---- *************** *** 129,212 **** (void)fprintf(bitfile, "%%%%BeginDocument: %s\n", s) ; else (void)fprintf(bitfile, "%%%%BeginProcSet: %s\n", s) ; - - if (!strcmp(suffix,"bfp.")) - - /* its a file in binary .pfb format */ - - { - - /* - - code for reading Adobe binary .pfb format fonts - - taken from James Clark's pfbtops program (part of dvitops) - - by Sebastian Rahtz Jan 2 1992 - - */ - - for (;;) { - - long n; - - c = getc(f); - - if (c != 128) - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! ! Badly formed PFB file (1)"); - - } - - c = getc(f); - - if (c == 3) { - - (void)getc(f); - - if (!feof(f) || ferror(f)) - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! Badly formed PFB file (2)"); - - } - - break; - - } - - n = (unsigned long)getc(f); - - n |= (unsigned long)getc(f) << 8; - - n |= (unsigned long)getc(f) << 16; - - n |= (unsigned long)getc(f) << 24; - - if (n < 0) - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! Badly formed PFB file (3)"); - - } - - if (c == 1) { - - while (n--) { - - c = getc(f); - - if (c == '\r') - - putc('\n', bitfile); - - else - - putc(c, bitfile); - - } - - if (ferror(f) || feof(f)) - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! Badly formed PFB file (4)"); - - } - - } - - else if (c == 2) { - - int cols = 0; - - putc('\n', bitfile); - - while (n--) { - - static char hexdigits[] = "0123456789ABCDEF"; - - c = getc(f); - - if ((cols += 2) > 70) { - - putc('\n', bitfile); - - cols = 0; - - } - - putc(hexdigits[(unsigned)c >> 4], bitfile); - - putc(hexdigits[c & 15], bitfile); - - } - - putc('\n', bitfile); - - if (ferror(f) || feof(f)) - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! Badly formed PFB file (4)"); - - } - - } - - else - - { - - fclose(f); - - error("! Badly formed PFB file (5)"); - - } - - } - - } - - else - - { while ((c=getc(f))!=EOF && c != 4) { if (removecomments && c == '%' && prevc == '\n') {/* skip comments * / while ((c=getc(f))!=EOF) { - --- 115,120 ---- *************** *** 217,223 **** (void)putc(c, bitfile) ; prevc = c ; } - - } if (prevc != '\n') (void)putc('\n', bitfile) ; linepos = 0 ; - --- 125,130 ---- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 09:04:18 +0100 From: lmdmhi%se.ericsson.ludvig@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: Re: Gnuemacs and auc-tex Sebastian Rahtz writes: > I can from recent experience heartily recommend a copy of the full > Gnuemacs for MSDOS, and Kresten Krab Thorup's `auc-tex' emacs package > for editing TeX files - - sounds pretty interesting, but where do I find this? /morten ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 09:31:55 +0000 From: Dr. A.C. Irving"Dr. A.C. Irving" Subject: Re: UKTeX Digest V92 #01 : Large Gothic Letters Axel Kowald asks about producing large (Gothic) letters at the begining of a ch apter. How about the \cornerbox macro on p92 of the excellent book " A beginner 's guide to TeX by Seroul and Levy (Springer)? The Gothic letter itself could come from the Euler Fractur font (uefm10) of the AMS. Alan Irving DAMTP Liverpool University ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 10:10:14 +0000 From: Adrian F Clark Subject: Re: Gothic like style file In UKTeX Digest V92 #01, axel kowald writes: > I am interested in a style file (or any other solution) which allows me to > create those nice, fancy, gothic like, big characters which can be seen at th e > start of sections in old books. > I'm sure I'm not the first one to look for this kind of thing, but so far I > couldn't find an appropriate style file. There's a style file, drop.sty, which you can use to create the big letter (the jargon for which is `versal', in calligraphy at least). I append a copy to this message. Yannis Haralambous has created suitable fonts for the versal (e.g., Fraktur); see TUGboat vol 12 no 1 pp 129--138. I don't know of their availability, however, though the article does state that they should be available from Aston and Heidelberg -- perhaps someone else will be able to help you there. The font you'll probably want to use is called `yinit'. Dr Adrian F. Clark JANET: alien@uk.ac.essex INTERNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk FAX: (+44) 206-872900 BITNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@ac.uk PHONE: (+44) 206-872432 (direct) Dept ESE, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, C04 3SQ, UK. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % DROP.DOC % Macro for dropping and enlarging the first letter(s) of a paragraph. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % Macro written by David G. Cantor, and published Fri, 12 Feb 88, in % TeXhax, 1988 #16. % Internet: dgc@math.ucla.edu % UUCP: ...!{ihnp4, randvax, sdcrdcf, ucbvax}!ucla-cs!dgc % % Modified for use with LaTeX by Dominik Wujastyk, February 17, 1988 % Internet: dow@wjh12.harvard.edu % Bitnet: dow@harvunxw.bitnet %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % This LaTeX macro is for dropping and enlarging the first letter(s) of a % paragraph. The argument may be one or more letters. % % Here is an example of its usage: % % \documentstyle[drop]{article} % \begin{document} % \drop{IN} THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Now the % earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the % deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. % \end{document} % % Which will produce something along these lines: % % I I\ I THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth. % I I \ I Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was % I I \I upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hov- % ered over the face of the waters. % % In the first instance the macro will pause during LaTeX processing and % ask you for the font you wish to use for you drop capital. When you % have something that looks good, then comment out box one in DROP.STY, % and comment in box two, replacing "cmr10 scaled \magstep5" with the font % of your choice. % % In my opinion (DW) there are no fonts available in the standard % TeX/LaTeX set that are ideal for this use, unless you go down to 9pt or % 8pt for your text face, and this is too small. If you have Metafont you % should consider generating a cmr17 font at a magstep of two (about 25pt) % or three (about 30pt), or even more, depending on the point size of your % main text. Why not go the whole hog and design some really fancy % capitals from scratch! % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BOX ONE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %\typein[\dropinitialfont]{Font for Dropped initial:} % %\font\largefont \dropinitialfont % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BOX TWO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \font\largefont= cmr10 scaled \magstep5 % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\drop#1#2{{\noindent \setbox0\hbox{\largefont #1}\setbox1\hbox{#2}\setbox2\hbox{(}% \count0=\ht0\advance\count0 by\dp0\count1\baselineskip \advance\count0 by-\ht1\advance\count0by\ht2 \dimen1=.5ex\advance\count0by\dimen1\divide\count0 by\count1 \advance\count0 by1\dimen0\wd0 \advance\dimen0 by.25em\dimen1=\ht0\advance\dimen1 by-\ht1 \global\hangindent\dimen0\global\hangafter-\count0 \hskip-\dimen0\setbox0\hbox to\dimen0{\raise-\dimen1\box0\hss}% \dp0=0in\ht0=0in\box0}#2} ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jan 92 06:02:30 -0800 From: Richard_Werezak.tor_demo%com.xerox.xci@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: Japanese characters in METAFONT? Hello from Canada. I hope this is going to the correct distribution list. Does anybody know of any Japanese .mf for TeX? Namely the Hiragana, Katakana, a nd Kanji. Thanks, - -Richard Werezak ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Jan 92 21:58:00 +0000 From: ASAD Subject: emlatex (i) Is it possible to obtain EMLATEX on floppy disks for use with IBM compatible PCs ? (ii) If thats the case then could you please let me know about the procedure for obtaining this software. civaik@uk.ac.hw.clust { See the information in the footer of the digest for obtaining EMTeX --Ed.} ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 92 10:13:07 +0000 From: owen boyle Subject: TeX on UNIX I am intending to set up TeX and LaTeX on a Sun cluster here running under UNIX. Can you give me a pointer as to which sub-directories I should start looking in ? Best Regards, Owen Boyle ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 14:59:31 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: TeX on UNIX In message of 10 Jan 92 10:13:07 GMT, owen boyle said: > I am intending to set up TeX and LaTeX on a Sun cluster here running under > UNIX. > Can you give me a pointer as to which sub-directories I should start > looking > in ? It's probably easiest to get a cartridge of the Washington Unix TeX distribution from me: see ordering details in the footer of the UKTeX digest. - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 92 14:55:00 +0000 From: D_ALTMAN@uk.ac.icrf Subject: Graphs Can somebody tell me if it possible to get graphs into TeX documents without using Postscript, and if so how. I would appreciate any advice. Doug Altman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 92 15:56:17 +0000 From: Peter J. Knaggs. Subject: LaTeX on the Arch Hi, I am looking for a version of (La)TeX to operate on the Archimedes (a400) under RISCOS. I am happy to pay for it provided it ant too much! Any ideas ? Brian Thompson, hs0bth @ uk.ac.sundp.v1 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 14:34:53 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: LaTeX on the Arch In your message of 14 Jan 92 17:03:35 GMT, you said: > Hi, I am looking for a version of (La)TeX to operate on the Archimedes > (a400) under RISCOS. I am happy to pay for it provided it ant too much! > > Any ideas ? > > Brian Thompson, > hs0bth @ uk.ac.sundp.v1 Graham Toal has a RiscOS version for the Archimedes which you may like to investigate. Here's a message which he sent to UKTeX on the subject in 1990: - -------- Forwarded message X-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 90 18:25:15 BST To: D.OSBORNE@vax.nott.ac.uk Subject: (748) Here is TeX for Archimedes (RiscOS) Reply-To: GTOAL@ed.ac.uk Originally-To: info-tex@uk.ac.aston Originally-Cc: gtoal Originally-from: GTOAL@UK.AC.EDINBURGH.COMPUTER-SCIENCE.TARDIS CSICWM@UK.AC.SHEFFIELD.PRIMEA asks for TeX for the Acorn Archimedes, running RiscOS rather than Unix. There are two versions of this compiled for the Archimedes; one is from Tools GmbH which is sold commercially (I think around $UK200 for a full set of TeX and MF), and one which is supplied by myself as a part-time public domain effort. I have *not* tried very hard to advertise my services before now, because my release has been short of a very vital part: the previewer. However a previewer which has been under development for some time finally started working this morning (!) and should be beta-testable by the end of next week. I shall also be lodging copies with the Archive, although I'm not sure exactly how to do that... my release at the moment includes sources and font files - it would be a shame to use 20Mb of aston disk space to duplicate files already there - and it will be a lot of work sorting things out into suitable format if I dont. Meantime, I think the best thing to do is for anyone who wants a copy of TeX (2.9) from me is to post me 25 *FORMATTED* Archimedes floppies and return postage stamps, and I'll mail them a release as soon as I can. However because of the part-time nature of this, and the length of time it takes to copy that many disks, I warn you that sometimes people have waited as long as ten weeks for their disks to arrive. If you want better support and quicker service, I can recommend the Tools version of TeX. They were kind enough to send me a full release for testing, so I know that it works well enough. I wouldn't say mine was any better... just cheaper (and copyable) :-) Graham Toal 76 Clare Court, Judd Street, London WC1H 9QW - -------- End of forwarded message - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 92 09:19:53 +0000 From: W W Stothers Subject: TELNET Is there an ip numberfor accessto TEX via TELNET? Thanks, Wilson Stothers. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 14:38:34 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: TELNET In your message of 16 Jan 92 9:19:53 GMT, you said: > Is there an ip numberfor accessto TEX via TELNET? The IP connection to tex.ac.uk is being tested by the Archive Group... an announcement will be made shortly when the other work required to make it available has been done. - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 92 16:31:27 +0000 From: ucgadkw@uk.ac.ucl Subject: Has anyone got a working version of Patgen with no memory limitations? I am running PATGEN 2.0 DOS/TP v. 1.2 on a large list of hyphenated words, and have only managed to reach level 2 hyphenation before DOS memory runs out. The trie_size and triec_size values in Peter Breitenlohner's TP code are dynamically allocated, but inversely related, and I can't get a combination which will get me through the dictionary at level 3 hyphenation patterns. In short, I need access to a PATGEN with a larger memory allocation than DOS allows; I need it for about a day. Can anyone help? Ideally, I would like a one-day login at some comfy Unix site with a good Patgen running. Any offers? Thanks, Dominik ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 14:42:08 +0000 From: bm@uk.ac.international-union-crystallography Subject: MathTime: PostScript Times math fonts I've just received some promotional literature from TeXplorators Corp. for "MathTime", offering for sale a set of three downloadable hinted PostScript fonts for TeX, to allow Times and other PostScript fonts to be used sensibly in math mode. We have been using Times in math mode with moderately successful results for a while, but it depends on having non-too-complex equations and on being prepared to insert kerns manually where necessary. (a) Has anyone who has used this product any comments to make on its performance and value for money (about $135)? (b) It's advertised in PC and Macintosh (OzTeX) versions. Can the PC version be used as-is on, say, a Unix system, or does it contain machine-specific executables? (c) Are there any public-domain (hence, possibly, better) PostScript Times math fonts in circulation? Any information/comments welcome! Brian McMahon _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian McMahon tel: +44 244 342878 International Union of Crystallography fax: +44 244 314888 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England e-mail: bm@uk.ac.iucr ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 15:06:00 +0000 From: "Ian Ellery " Subject: Aston sys$scratch I tried today to use the method I usually used to get stuff from the Archive - ie log in as public, create a VMS backup of the files i want in sys$scratch, and then transfer the result back to me (on a VAX) here. But I was told I had insuffiecient priveledge to create files in sys$scratch - is this an error, or has this been deliberately stopped? If the latter - what's the simplest way of getting several files from Aston to here - given that we havn't (yet) got our JIPS connection up and running? Thanks, Ian Ellery (Computing Centre, UEA) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Jan 92 18:40:55 +0000 From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} Subject: VMS version of Knuth's profiler now in the archive (With many apologies to Mark Damerell , who notified details of his submission on 1 October last.) Directory [tex-archive.utils.vms-profile] now contains a number of files which implement Knuth's profiler, adapted to VMS. Knuth's original descriptive article is there too. For details of the files present, see 00files.txt in the above directory. File 00readme.txt contains supplementary information. Brian {Hamilton Kelly} +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + JANET: tex@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs + + BITNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@ac.uk + + INTERNET: tex%uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk + + UUCP: {mcsun,ukc,uunet}!rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk!tex + + Smail: School of Electrical Engineering & Science, Royal Military + + College of Science, Shrivenham, SWINDON SN6 8LA, U.K. + + Phone: Swindon (0793) 785252 (UK), +44-793-785252 (International) + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jan 92 16:35:20 +0100 From: gaulle%fr.circe@uk.ac.earn-relay Subject: french.sty Version 3.00 announcement I'm pleased to announce the availability of the new french style (V3.00). This style is specially for LaTeX users but runs with plain TeX (for the basical mechanisms). Coding have been tested with TeX as well as MLTeX, LaTeX (up to december 91) and NFSS (same date). As of today i have not received any comments about (L)AmSTeX tests. The french style use CMR fonts; a future version will contain mods for ECM. The topic: designed to print documents or parts of a document with respect of the french typography as recommended by the the "Imprimerie nationale". Other aspects like translation of LaTeX styles or multilingual printing are also proposed. [...] The french style is in 4 main parts: typography (in the line), page layout, translation to french and macros for help. Each of these parts can be activated or not. This style introduce dozens of new control sequences and also few new concepts: configuration file (already introduced in Babel), language switch by language name, abbreviations file, etc. The french style distribution contains 24 files and contains 460kb. README are provided as well as a "Notice d'utilisation" (ALIRE.dvi). A full "torture-test" is also provided. The distribution is in 3 formats: a) tar file archive b) zoo file archive c) source (24 files) HOW to retrieve the distribution? 3 ways: 1) For EARN users (not having internet access) In the GUTenberg archives (LISTSERV@DHDURZ1) in the directory FRENCH. Send a message to this address with GET FRENCH FILELIST FRENCH to obtain the complete list of the directory. (Caution; mailers may corrupt the files: for your help you can retrieve by GET CARACTER TABLE FRENCH the character reference file). Binary files are UUENCODEd. 2) For Internet users: A) by anonymous ftp, the distribution at spi.ens.fr (129.199.104.3) in the directory /incoming B) by mail you can use a gateway doing the ftp for you (don't have them in mind at the moment). Or use the mail-server at Stuttgart: mail-server@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart where the french style is archived in: /soft/tex/latex-style-supported/french 3) For those who are isolated, send me a 3" PC diskett with return postage (my address is in the TUGboat or in Cahiers GUTenberg#8 p62) This french style is dedicated to all colleagues around the world that print documents containing french texts and specially to those who are working at the University of Laval, Quebec. Looking to hear from you about improvements of this style file. Bernard GAULLE (GUTenberg President, TUG Vice-President) PS: Thanks to people who help me in this work, specially Ronan Keryell and Daniel Flipo. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jan 92 02:13:36 +0100 From: yannis@fr.citilille.citil Subject: at last, virtual fonts for the Macintosh *********************************************** * At last... virtual fonts for the Macintosh! * *********************************************** January 10, 1992 Good news for Macintosh TeXers: Peter Breitenlohner's DVIcopy has been ported to the Macintosh OS, as a standalone application called MacDVIcopy. This application can be used with OzTeX or Textures (through the utility DVItool). * What is DVIcopy? DVIcopy allows ``devirtualization'' (replacement of virtual characters by their real components) of DVI files. For example, if you need accented characters and only have CM fonts, you can easily write a virtual font where characters are composed with accents in order to produce accented characters. OzTeX will run a file using this virtual font as if it were a real one. Before previewing, you will run MacDVIcopy on the DVI file produced by OzTeX. MacDVIcopy will create a new DVI file where composed characters will be replaced by their components. * Why on earth should I do that? Since this operation happens on the DVI level, TeX will hyphenate your text as if it were actually using accented characters. In this way non-English texts can be correctly hyphenated while using CM fonts---and without the necessity of TeX extensions like MLTeX. Also it will save you a lot of space since pk files tend to grow and a lot of money since some companies have the bad habit of selling separately different rearrangements of the same PostScript font... * Do I need MPW to compile MacDVIcopy? No. MacDVIcopy has been compiled using Think Pascal version 3. Sources and resources are included in the package. * Which version is available? Currently available version is alpha, please test it extensively and report bugs and missing features to Yannis Haralambous, bitnet: yannis@frcitl81. When the code reaches the final stage, a WEB changefile will be written. * Where can I get it? You can get the alpha version of MacDVIcopy by anonymous ftp at spi.ens.fr (IP 129.199.104.3) in the directory ``pub/mac/hqx'' cd pub/mac/hqx get MacDVIcopy-alpha.sea.hqx quit Once binhexed, the package is compacted in an autoexpandable form by Compact Pro (just double-click on it's icon). Documentation is provided in English, French and Greek. A big thank to Peter Breitenlohner for making this beautiful program and distributing it on public domain, together with the necessary changefile for PC (which was the starting point for the Mac implementation). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 92 10:38:37 +0100 From: Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: New LaTeX & NFSS releases in the Aston archive I am pleased to be finally able to announce the availability of the LaTeX and NFSS updates of Dec 1, 91 at the Aston archive. The LaTeX sources can be found in the directories [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.DOC] [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.STY] [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.GENERAL] [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.FONTS] Note that ALL files have to be updated! The new NFSS release can be found in [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.STYLES.FONTSEL] Adaptations for the dc fonts are in [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.STYLES.FONTSEL.NFSS-DC] I append the readme for the new version: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LaTeX version 2.09 -- Release of Dec 1, 1991 - -------------------------------------------- This release supercedes ILaTeX which is to disappear. There are some incompatibilities due to bug fixes. For more information see latex.bug. Especially fix #197 (changing the counter in thebibliography) and style changes #56/57 might cause problems for styles that were derived from the article standard document style. The Metafont source files have also been updated. This does not mean that the shape of the characters were changed, only a few internals like the font identifier for the invisible fonts, and the addition of a check so that the line and circle fonts can no longer be run with cmbase. It should be noted explicitly that ALL files have to be updated: otherwise it will not work. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rainer Schoepf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 92 11:46:28 +0000 From: HEWLETT@uk.ac.lse.vax Subject: UK TeX users' group meeting - 11 February The UK TeX Users' Group announces a meeting on BOOK AND JOURNAL PRODUCTION to be held on 11 February 1992 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, U.K. from 10.30 to about 17.00 MEETING OUTLINE As Knuth's Preface to The \TeX book says, \TeX\ is intended for the creation of beautiful books. In this one-day meeting we aim to show how some established publishers are taking to \TeX\ as they switch to computer typesetting systems and to investigate the experience of using \TeX\ to produce camera ready copy, particularly in collections of work by several authors. MEETING DETAILS The meeting will be held in the Lecture Theatre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1. The nearest main line station is Euston and the nearest underground stations are Euston, Euston Square and Russell Square. The meeting will begin at 11.00, with registration and coffee from 10.30 onwards; there will be breaks for lunch and tea, and it is expected to finish at around 17.00. There will be a charge for the meet ing of \pounds 15 for members of \uktug, and \pounds 20 for non-members. A booking form is being sent to members. SPEAKERS The speakers will include Barbara Beeton, Malcolm Clark, Geeti Granger, Rod Mulvey, Peter Robinson (who will show the collate/edmac/tex combination for producing critical editions), and Christina Thiele. BOOKING FORM from Carol Hewlett, HEWLETT@UK.AC.LSE or Peter Abbott - address at end of UKTeX. (Please give 'snail mail' address when requesting form) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 92 12:29:55 +0000 From: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Subject: UKTUG Meeting, 11th February 1992, London % flyer for Book and Journal Production at SOAS, 11 February 1992 % \overfullrule=0pt \magnification=\magstephalf \hsize6.25truein \vsize9.7truein \nopagenumbers \parindent10pt %\parskip7pt plus 1pt minus 1pt \font\bigbf=cmbx10 at 14.4truept \font\biggbf=cmbx10 at 17.28truept \font\upr=cmu10 \def\pounds{{\upr\$}} \font\csc=cmcsc10 \def\yn{{\csc Yes/No}} % \def\LaTeX{{\rm L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\csc a}\kern-.15em T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX}} % \def\bLaTeX{{L\kern-.36em\raise.3ex\hbox{\bf A}\kern-.15em T\kern-.1667em\lower.5ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX}} % % \def\UKtug{UK\thinspace T\kern-.1667em \lower.5ex\hbox{U}\kern-.125em G} \def\uktug{the UK \TeX\ Users' Group} \def\Uktug{The UK \TeX\ Users' Group} \def\ukug{UK \TeX\ Users' Group} % \def\sect#1{\vskip9pt plus 1pt minus 1pt \noindent{\bf #1:}\quad\ignorespaces} \def\desc{\par\hang\noindent\indenttext} \def\ddesc{\par\hangindent 2\parindent \noindent\indent\indenttext} \def\indenttext#1{\rlap{#1}\indent\ignorespaces} \def\bi{\item{$\bullet$}} \def\\{{\tt\char'134}} % \def\Treasurer{% $$\vbox{\halign{##\hfil&&\quad##\hfil\cr Ian Hall \cr Treasurer, UK \TeX\ Users' Group\hidewidth \cr Science, Medical and Journals Division \cr Oxford University Press \cr Walton Street &Tel:&0865--56767 extension 3693\cr Oxford &Fax:&0865--56646 \cr OX2 6DP &Janet:&{\tt IWHALL@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX} \cr }}$$ } % {\bigbf\baselineskip15pt \centerline{The UK \TeX\ Users' Group} \vskip20pt \centerline{\biggbf BOOK AND JOURNAL PRODUCTION} \bigskip \centerline{Tuesday 11 February 1992} \bigskip \centerline{at School of Oriental and African Studies, London, U.K.} \bigskip \centerline{from 10.30 to about 17.00} \vskip25pt} % \sect{MEETING OUTLINE} As Knuth's Preface to The \TeX book says, \TeX\ is intended for the creation of beautiful books. In this one-day meeting we aim to show how some established publishers are taking to \TeX\ as they switch to computer typesetting systems and to investigate the experience of using \TeX\ to produce camera ready copy, particularly in collections of work by several authors. % \sect{MEETING DETAILS} The meeting will be held in the Lecture Theatre at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1. The nearest main line station is Euston and the nearest underground stations are Euston, Euston Square and Russell Square. The meeting will begin at 11.00, with registration and coffee from 10.30 onwards; there will be breaks for lunch and tea, and it is expected to finish at around 17.00. There will be a charge for the meeting of \pounds 15 for members of \uktug, and \pounds 20 for non-members. A booking form is included. Please indicate any special dietary requirements when booking a place. % \sect{SPEAKERS} The speakers will include Geeti~Granger (John Wiley and Sons Ltd.), Rod~Mulvey (Cambridge University Press), Peter~Robinson, who will show the collate/edmac/tex combination for producing critical editions, Barbara~Beeton, Malcolm~Clark and Christina~Thiele. \bigskip The meeting will conclude with a general forum. % \sect{FURTHER INFORMATION} Queries concerning the meeting may be addressed to the organizers: $$\vbox{\halign{#\hfil&\hskip50pt#\hfil&\quad#\hfil\cr Peter Abbott \cr Chairman, UK \TeX\ Users' Group\hidewidth \cr Information Systems \cr Aston University \cr Aston Triangle &Tel:&021--359 5492 \cr Birmingham &Fax:&021--359 6158 \cr B4 7ET &Janet:&{\tt P.ABBOTT@UK.AC.ASTON} \cr \noalign{\bigskip} Carol Hewlett \cr Computer Service \cr London School of Economics\hidewidth\cr Houghton Street &Tel:&071--405 7686 \cr London &Fax:&071--242 0392 \cr WC2A 2AE &Janet:&{\tt HEWLETT@UK.AC.LSE} \cr }}$$ % \vfill\eject % {\bigbf \centerline{THE UK \TeX\ USERS' GROUP} \bigskip \centerline{Book and Journal Producion: 11 February 1992} \bigskip \centerline{BOOKING FORM} \bigskip} \sect{BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS} For members of \uktug , there will be a charge of \pounds 15, which includes coffee, lunch and tea. For the non-members, the charge is \pounds 20. \sect{BOOKING DETAILS} I wish to attend \uktug\ meeting on 11~February 1992: $$\openup2\jot\vbox{\halign to\hsize{\strut#\hrulefill\enspace \tabskip=1em plus 2em&#\hrulefill\tabskip=0pt\cr \multispan{2}\strut Name: \hrulefill \cr \multispan{2}\strut Organisation: \hrulefill \cr \multispan{2}\strut Address: \hrulefill \cr \multispan{2}\strut \hrulefill \cr \multispan{2}\strut \hrulefill \cr Telephone: \hbox to .35\hsize{\hrulefill}& Email: \hbox to .35\hsize{\hrulefill}\cr \multispan2\strut Please specify any special dietary requirements: \hrulefill \cr}}$$ $$\openup2\jot\vbox{\halign to\hsize{\strut\hskip2in#\enspace\hfil \tabskip=1em plus 2em&#\hfil\tabskip=0pt\cr % Car parking space required: &\hfil \yn \cr % \noalign{\smallskip} Payment enclosed$^{\rm 1}$ &\hfil \yn \cr \noalign{\smallskip} \llap{or~}purchase order number$^{\rm 2}$ & \hbox to 1.5in{\hrulefill}\cr \noalign{\vskip20pt} \hfill Signed: & \hbox to 1.5in{\hrulefill}\cr \hfill Date: & \hbox to 1.5in{\hrulefill}\cr }}$$ \smallskip\parindent.6in \desc{Notes:\ \ 1.\ } Payment for the meeting will be \pounds 15 for members of \uktug, and \pounds 20 for non-members. Cheques should be made payable to `\Uktug'. \desc{\phantom{Notes:\ \ }2.\ } A Purchase Order, with an order number, is an acceptable alternative method of payment, but will attract a \pounds5 surcharge on the amount due. % \sect{PAYMENT ADDRESS} Please send this completed booking form together with your payment, to: \Treasurer \eject\end Tel 44 (0)21 359 5492 direct FAX 44 (0)21 359 6158 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 92 19:17:10 +0100 From: Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: The LaTeX3 project Joachim Lammarsch recently circulated a document explaining some of the background to the setting up of a project fund for LaTeX3. It contained a list of organisations who have made contributions of various kinds to the project. We are happy to be able to say that the list has grown since June 1991, and is now as follows (apologies if we have still missed anyone off, please let us know). Addison-Wesley, American Mathematical Society, Arbortext, Aston University, Blue Sky Research, Digital Equipment Corporation, EDS Electronic Data Systems, Elsevier Science Publishers, Nordic TeX Users Group, Open University, PCTeX, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Royal Military College of Science, Southampton University, TeX Users Group, TeX88, TeXpert Systems, UK TeX Users Group, Universit"atsrechenzentrum Heidelberg. Ron Whitney at the TUG office tells us that there have also been a considerable number of donations from TUG members, and that these are still rolling in: many thanks to all those individuals. Frank Mittelbach Chris Rowley Rainer Sch"opf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 92 16:17:37 -0600 From: George D. Greenwade"George D. Greenwade" Subject: STYLE FILE: marnote.sty This one's short enough to forward along directly. The file is quite handy and is submitted for inclusion in the various archives connected to the list. Regards, George {stored in the UK TeX Archive as [tex-archive.latex.contrib]marnote.sty --Ed.} =============================================================================== = % marnote.sty - MarNote 0.1 <03 Jan 92> % macros to print a short note vertically in left or right margin on all pages. % literal text is rotated appropriately. % % requires psfig and dvips % % James Darrell McCauley % Department of Agricultural Engineering % Texas A&M University % College Station, Texas 77843-2117, USA % % useful for: % o printing full citation on pre-prints of papers (so if % you give copies to friends, they know where to find % it published later). % o easily identifying documents in folders or notebooks \ifx\undefined\leftnote\else\endinput\fi \typeout{MarNote 0.1 <03 Jan 92>} % identity \input{psfig} % latest psfig.tex makes sure that this is read only once % \def\leftnote#1{ \special{!userdict begin /bop-hook{gsave 20 50 translate 90 rotate /Times-Roman findfont 11 scalefont setfont 0 0 moveto (#1) show grestore}def end } } % \def\rightnote#1{ \special{!userdict begin /bop-hook{gsave 590 50 translate 90 rotate /Times-Roman findfont 11 scalefont setfont 0 0 moveto (#1) show grestore}def end } } % % Special bonus!! a macro to lightly write the word "draft" % across a page. Use only one of \leftnote, \rightnote, & \draftcp \def\draftcp{ \special{!userdict begin /bop-hook{gsave 200 30 translate 65 rotate /Times-Roman findfont 216 scalefont setfont 0 0 moveto 0.99 setgray (DRAFT) show grestore}def end } } \endinput \documentstyle[marnote]{article} \title{Example of ``marnote.sty''} \author{James Darrell McCauley} \date{03 January 1992} \begin{document} %\draftcp % specifies a draft copy \rightnote{``Example of MarNote Style File.'' 1992. McCauley, J.D. To appear in: Style Archives Everywhere.} \maketitle \end{document} ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jan 92 04:18:17 +0000 From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} Subject: Font (and other binary) files now transferrable from the Archive A perennial problem with the UK TeX Archive at Aston University has been the presence of `binary' files; by this, I mostly mean .tfm, .pk & .gf files (although there are also .pxl and .dvi files, not to mention executable and/or object files for various computers, and some archive collections). Part of the problem has been of the archivists' own making; these volunteers work on a variety of different computing platforms, and when files are transferred from their home sites into the archive, they may not always end up in the `best' format. (This problem is likely to be exacerbated by the arrival of ftp across the Internet, which has the unfortunate effect of generating what VMS calls a STREAM_LF file.) When the archivists first tackled this problem, some two years or so ago, the main causes of problems were 1) TeX font files which had been transferred directly from other VAXen, and usually ended up as 512-byte fixed-length records (which is the way TeX and its friends *want* such files on a VAX) 2) TeX font files which had been uploaded or downloaded from a Unix platform by NIFTP, but without being specified as binary (which is, of course, a meaningless concept to Unix systems) 3) TeX font files which had been uploaded from a Unix system (downloaded files were OK), because they were created as STREAM_LF. The problem with (1) is that such files can only be transferred by NIFTP to another VAX --- the Colour Book Software for VMS won't transfer such a file except to another VAX. The problem with (2) was that every 0x0A byte in the font file was treated as an end-of-record, but the file was later transferred as `text' and ended up with a 0x0D in front of each. Finally, (3) seemed OK until one found that the CBS implementation wouldn't transfer such a file if any `record' (in this case, the distance between two 0x0A bytes) exceeded its buffer size, which was only 4kB: some files would transfer OK, but many wouldn't. About two years ago, the majority of STREAM_LF files were converted to a format which we'd discovered could successfully be transferred by binary NIFTP to any site, namely variable-length records, with no carriage- control (VLNOCC for short). At that time, we felt it would be more efficient for such records to be limited to a maximum length of 510 bytes (thus each record would occupy exactly one disk block). This method worked satisfactorily for Unix sites, but any VAX site retrieving such files had to jump through a lot of hoops (usually involving a back-to-back transfer through Kermit) to convert the files to the 512-byte fixed-length records required by VMS TeXware. I have just conducted a major conversion job on the majority of such files, so that now all .tfm, .pk, .gf and .dvi files are stored as VLNOCC records with a maximum length of 512 bytes (there is actually no loss of efficiency, because of the fancy way RMS performs multi- bufferring). Such files can still be transferred to Unix and other stream-oriented operating systems (but DO remember to specify a *binary* transfer). For the VMS users, whether they specify /CODE=BINARY or /CODE=FAST on the TRANSFER command, they'll end up with a file that's still VLNOCC; however, this can *readily* be made to conform with VMS TeX by saying: $ CONVERT/FDL=VAR_TO_FIX filename filename where the file VAR_TO_FIX.FDL contains: RECORD CARRIAGE_CONTROL none FORMAT fixed SIZE 512 (If the file is .dvi, it is necessary to specify /PAD=%XDF on the command line; default padding of short final blocks with %X00 seems satisfactory for other files types.) A total of 5044 files, totalling fractionally under 100MB were converted; they now reside in their original 54 directories. A few 512- byte fixed files were not converted; these are either .dvi files intended purely for VMS systems (such as the TRIPVDU.DVI file for Andy Trevorrow's DVItoVDU) or .fmt files, again for VAXen. Such files should be transferred to your VAX using /CODE=FAST. (Note also that we don't, in general, keep executable [.EXE] files for VMS, since these might very well not be runnable by sites with older versions of VMS; instead, the archive contains VMS .OBJ files, for relinking after transfer to your site: again, use /CODE=FAST.) I hope this will clear up all the problems that sites have experienced with `binary' files; if you still experience difficulty with transferring one or more files from the archive to some machine at your site, and you're certain that you've remembered to keep specifying binary transfers (including between local machines at your site), then please do notify myself, either at this address, or as system@uk.ac.tex. Brian {Hamilton Kelly} ------------------------------ UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< JANET Interactive and NIFTP access Host: uk.ac.tex (JANET DTE 000020120091) Username: public Password: public [Internet ftp access should be available soon!] *** Mail server *** Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) with message body containing the word HELP \section FILES OF INTEREST [tex-archive]00readme.txt [tex-archive]00directory.list [tex-archive]00directory.size [tex-archive]00directory_dates.list [tex-archive]00last30days.files \section DIGESTS This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.uktex.92] This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.texhax.92] Latest TeXhax: V91 #51 TeXMaG back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.tex-mag] Latest TeXMaG: V5N3 \section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS \subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape Latest copy of May/June 1991 contains: TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V tar format, 1600bpi, blockfactor 20, 1 file (36Mb) Copies available on: One 2400ft 0.5" tape sent with return labels AND return postage to Aston OR One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham (addresses below). \subsection VMS tapes VMS backup of the archive requires two 2400ft tapes at 6250bpi. VMS backup of TeX 2.991 plus PSprint requires one 2400ft tape. \subsection Exabyte 8mm tapes Same contents available as 0.5" tapes. Following tape types available: SONY Video 8 cassette P5 90MP, MAXELL Video 8 cassette P5-90, TDK Video 8 cassette P5-90MPB \section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS \subsection OzTeX (for Macintosh) Send 10 UNFORMATTED 800K disks to Aston with return postage. \subsection emTeX (for MS-DOS) The complete package (3.5" High density disk format ONLY) is available from Aston at a cost of 15 pounds, including disks, post and packing. All other enquiries and disk formats should be directed to: Eigen PD Software, P.O. Box 722, Swindon SN2 6YB (tel: 0793-611270) (JANET e-mail address: kellett@uk.ac.cran.rmcs) \subsection TeX for the Atari ST All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD (JANET e-mail address: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix) \section POSTAGE RATES All prices in Pounds Sterling. For Aston orders, make cheques payable to Aston University. 0.5" tapes: UK: 2.50 (one tape), 5.00 (two tapes). Europe: 5.00 (one tape), 9.00 (two tapes). Outside Europe please enquire. 8mm tapes: UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. Quarter-inch cartridges: UK: 1.00, Europe: 2.00. Diskettes: Quantity/Size Europe World UK 1st UK 2nd 18/3.5" 3.10 5.10 1.40 1.10 11/3.5" 1.80 2.90 0.80 0.65 18/5.25" 1.20 2.00 0.60 0.50 11/5.25" 0.80 1.30 0.50 0.35 \section POSTAL ADDRESSES Please include SELF-ADDRESSED ADHESIVE LABELS for return postage. Peter Abbott Information Systems, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET David Osborne Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- include stamps for return postage) \section UK TeX USERS GROUP For details, contact: Geeti Granger, Text Processing Dept, John Wiley & Sons, Baffins Lane, Chichester, W Sussex PO19 1UD (tel: 0243 770329) or David Penfold, Edgerton Publishing Services, 30 Edgerton Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield HD3 3AD (tel: 0484 519462) \bye End of UKTeX Digest [Volume 92 Issue 2] ***************************************