UKTeX Digest    Friday,  7 Feb 1992    Volume 92 : Issue 05

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Today's Topics:
 {Q&A}:
                         RE: floatfig.sty, anyone?
                          Making \if work properly
                        RE: Making \if work properly
                        RE: Making \if work properly
                        RE: Making \if work properly
                        RE: Making \if work properly
                        Re: Making \if work properly
         How to generate PostScript for an AGFA 9000PS typesetter.
                   making CM fonts at very low resolution
                 RE: making CM fonts at very low resolution
                          The METAFONT makefile..
                        Re: The METAFONT makefile..
                          8-bit fonts/IBM graphics
                        RE: 8-bit fonts/IBM graphics
 {Announcements}:
         New hhline.sty version; tabularx.sty available on FILESERV
                        new LaTeX styles in archive
     Advanced TeX course in the Netherlands, June 15-19, 92 at low cost
                           TeXhax resurrected...
 {Archive News}:
        Aston TeX mail server log analysis at 1-FEB-1992 00:12:34.98


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Date:    Fri, 31 Jan 92 17:15:51 -0600
From:    George D. Greenwade"George D. Greenwade" 
         <bed_gdg%edu.shsu@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: RE: floatfig.sty, anyone?

In the Friday, 31 Jan 1992 issue of UKTeX Digest (Volume 92 : Issue 04),
Adrian F Clark <alien@uk.ac.essex> asked:
> I remember that, at the TUG conference at Cork, someone presented a paper
> on a LaTeX style file which made it possible to create "side figures",
> having the text flow around the edges of them in much the same way as one
> might do with a DTP package.  I believe the style file was called (a little
> misleadingly) `floatfig.sty'.
>
> I now find myself in the position of wanting to achieve precisely this
> effect.  I found the paper in the appropriate volume of TUGboat and sent a
> message off to the Heidelberg server, but alas the file seems to be
> missing.  Does anyone have a copy of this style file, or perhaps point me
> to someone who has?

I don't know if this is the precise style file you were looking for or not,
but we have WRAPFIG.STY, by Donald Arseneau on FILESERV.
%  Environment "wrapfigure" to manually place a figure at the side
%  of the page and wrap text around it.
%
%  \begin{wrapfigure}[36]{r}{3in} <figure> <\caption> etc. \end{wrapfigure}
%                     --  -  ---
%  [number of narrow lines] {left or right} {width of figure}
%
% Usage:
% This is a different type of *non-floating* figure environment for LaTeX.
% A figure of the specified width appears on the left or right (as specified)
% of the page. LaTeX will try to wrap text around the figure leaving a gap of
% \columsep by producing a number of short lines of text.  LaTeX calculates
% the number of short lines needed based on the height of the figure plus
% the length \intextsep.  You can override this guess by giving the optional
% argument specifying the number of shortened lines (counting each displayed
% equation as 3 lines).  Cautions:
%  o Wrapfigure should not be used inside another environment (e.g., list)
%  o It does work in two-column format, but that would be silly.
%  o Since it does not float, it may be out of sequence with floated figures.
%  o The automatic rules (lines) that may be placed above or below floats
%    are ignored here.  You must insert the rules manually.
%
% Placement:
% LaTeX will not move a wrapfigure to the best place, so it is up to YOU
% to position it well.  Any changes to the document can ruin your careful
% positioning so wrapfigures should be positioned just before printing a
% final copy. Here are the rules for good placement:
%  o The environment  should be placed so as to not run over a page boundary.
%  o Only ordinary text should have to flow past the figure; no section
%    titles please.  Equations are acceptable if they fit.
%  o It is convenient to give \begin{wrapfigure} just after a paragraph has
%    ended.  But if you want to start in the middle of a paragraph, you must
%    put the environment between two words where there is a natural linebreak
%    (like "must" and "put" above).

To retrieve this via e-mail, include the command:
 SENDME STY.WRAPFIG
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). 
It is in the directory [.STY] on Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) for
anonymous ftp retrieval.

{ Stored in the UK TeX Archive as [tex-archive.latex.contrib]wrapfig.sty  --Ed.
}

Regards,   George
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Date:    Sun, 02 Feb 92 21:26:00 +0000
From:    CBTS8001%ie.ucc.iruccvax@uk.ac.earn-relay
Subject: Making \if work properly

In UKTeX92.04, Chris Rowley is looking for the beer that is (still) on
offer for a solution to this prob: no dice, I'm afraid, Chris, what you
gave me didn't seem to work and was not a solution to anything in
particular, and I certainly can't use a restriction of the filename to
repetitions of a single character. You were right about Phil Taylor's
"solution", however; it didn't work at all. Sorry Phil.
 
So I'm still looking for the solution to this one, so I've refined the
question: how do you make regular string compares in TeX? and
specifically, how do you test \jobname against a string which is the
argument of a macro? I want to say:
 
% file mymacros.sty
\def\thisjob{\jobname}
\def\thisfile{mymacros}
\if\thisjob\thisfile
   [then do something specific like print documentation
    because the style file is being run as a TeX job in
    its own right]
\else
   [do something else like set up some macros because the
    style file is being called from some other TeX file]
\fi
 
That's all, nothing flashy. But that fragment doesn't work. Why not? It
seems that TeX checks not just the string equality, not even just the
charactercode equality, but delves into the antecedents of each string
and gets very fussy about the provenance of each one, a bit like an
attendant in one of those upperclass London stores of the 19th century
wanting to know what station in life your parents occupied before they'd
sell you anything. BTW \ifx doesn't work, either.
 
Would someone please point me at a working (and I stress *working*)
solution to this one, if it's possible. I'd rather not have to deduce
the solution from someone's (perhaps elegant) didactic tutorial on
string-handling...you can educate me in Portland in return for the beer;
I need a solution NOW!
 
///Peter

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Date:    Mon, 03 Feb 92 19:39:46 +0000
From:    Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: Making \if work properly

In message 812 of Sun, 2 Feb 1992 21:26 GMT, 
Peter Flynn <CBTS8001%ie.ucc.iruccvax@uk.ac.earn-relay> wrote:

> So I'm still looking for the solution to this one, so I've refined the
> question: how do you make regular string compares in TeX? and
> specifically, how do you test \jobname against a string which is the
> argument of a macro?

I have a solution here, which is still pretty messy --- I used \edef to
expand \jobname into \thisjob, which ends up with the characters of the
jobname having catcode 12; so I had to define the reference version
\thisfile similarly, using \string for each character (there must be a
simpler method than this!?)

But as you'll see from the log files, it works!  Mine's a Beamish!

                               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)   +
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

P.S. I agree with other correspondents here: why on earth are you
bothering to reinvent the wheel, when doc gives you all this and much
much (especially indexing) more?

- ------------------------------mymacros.tex------------------------------
\edef\thisjob{\jobname}
\edef\thisfile{\string m\string y\string m\string a\string c\string r\string
              o\string s}
\ifx\thisjob\thisfile
    \message{Executing \thisfile\space in its own right}
\else
    \message{\thisfile\space has been read in as part of job \jobname}
\fi
- ------------------------------mymacros.lis------------------------------
This is TeX, Version 3.141 [PD VMS 3.4] (preloaded format=plain 92.2.3)  3 FEB 
1992 19:27
**mymacros
(TEX$ROOT:[SOURCES.TEXWARE.V3.TEST]MYMACROS.TEX;5
Executing mymacros in its own right)
*\bye
No pages of output.
- ----------------------------test_mymacros.tex---------------------------
\input mymacros
\bye
- ----------------------------test_mymacros.lis---------------------------
This is TeX, Version 3.141 [PD VMS 3.4] (preloaded format=plain 92.2.3)  3 FEB 
1992 19:27
**test_mymacros
(TEX$ROOT:[SOURCES.TEXWARE.V3.TEST]TEST_MYMACROS.TEX;1
(TEX$ROOT:[SOURCES.TEXWARE.V3.TEST]MYMACROS.TEX;5
mymacros has been read in as part of job test_mymacros) )
No pages of output.
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date:    Mon, 03 Feb 92 22:54:23 +0000
From:    CA_ROWLEY@uk.ac.open.acs.vax
Subject: RE: Making \if work properly

I hereby bequeath all rights to beer (which I never had) to B{HK} for
coming up with a splendidly unpleasant solution; if one cannot, as in
this case, have elegance, what is the point...quelle tristesse!

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 12:22:40 +0000
From:    Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: RE: Making \if work properly

Goaded beyond belief by BKK's unspeakable bodge, I hereby bequeath to
posterity (and Peter Flynn), in exchange for limitless quantities of
Smithwick's AFB, the following exposition of literate programming:

%
%%% style.tex
%
\begingroup
\escapechar = -1
\edef \jobname {\jobname}
\edef \Jobname {\expandafter \string \csname style\endcsname}
%%%                                          ^^^^^ the primary file name
\ifx    \jobname \Jobname       
        \message {Jobnames match: file is being processed directly}
\else
        \message {Jobnames fail to match: file is being \string \input}
\fi
\endgroup

                                        ** P.

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 12:31:02 +0000
From:    Malcolm Clark <malcolmc@uk.ac.pcl.sun>
Subject: RE: Making \if work properly

can someone remind me what the original problem was?

i was disappointed to find no use of \afterassign.

malcolm

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Date:    Wed, 05 Feb 92 03:16:00 +0000
From:    CBTS8001%ie.ucc.iruccvax@uk.ac.earn-relay
Subject: Re: Making \if work properly

I am evaluating responses on the \if question. Results shortly.
Many thanks to all those who contributed code.
 
BHK asks:
 
>P.S. I agree with other correspondents here: why on earth are you
>bothering to reinvent the wheel, when doc gives you all this and much
>much (especially indexing) more?
 
I'm not reinventing the wheel. DOC does a good job, but it is an
extraction system and (from my limited experience of it, edmac)
one which requires considerable experience to use. Plus it produces
LaTeX documentation, which offends my \ae sthetics. What I wanted was
a single file which could be used as it stands as a style file, and the
user who never looked at it would never know about it. But the TeXer
who just TeX'd the .sty file would get the documentation out direct.
plus I can have it in the house style of *my* consultancy, not that of
someone else's (yes, I *know* it's supposed to be possible to hack LaTeX
to do other styles, I'm just still seeking the doc which explains *how*).
 
///Peter

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Date:    Mon, 03 Feb 92 09:42:52 +0000
From:    Martin Tomes <mt00@uk.co.eurotherm>
Subject: How to generate PostScript for an AGFA 9000PS typesetter.

I had some difficulty generating PostScript for an AGFA 9000PS
typesetter so here is a description of how I did it.

The dvi file was made using LaTeX with the style files 'helv' which
sets the fonts to PostScript helvetica (required for our company
style) and 'pageframe' which put corner marks around the page.  Page
size is a4.  The page was printed across the roll allowing 13 inches
by 9.25 inches for page and corner marks.

I used dvips 5.47 to generate the PostScript, but had to add a new
paper size --- a4extra.

In output.c change paper_types:

static struct {
    char *format;
    int width, height;
} paper_types[] = {
    { "letter",  612,  792 },           /* 8.5 x 11 */
    { "legal",   612, 1008 },           /* 8.5 x 14 */
    { "ledger",  792, 1224 },           /* 11 x 17 */
    { "a4",      596,  843 },           /* 210mm x 297mm */
    { "a3",      843, 1192 },           /* 297mm x 420mm */
    { "a4extra", 666,  936 } };         /* 9.25 x 13 for typesetter. */

In tex.lpro and texc.lpro (I do not understand why there are two
files):

*** tex.lpro-dist       Tue Feb  5 10:24:56 1991
- --- tex.lpro    Tue Jan 28 14:59:30 1992
***************
*** 81,86 ****
- --- 81,88 ----

  /@legal { /vsize 13 N } B

+ /@a4extra { statusdict begin 936 728 0 setpage end /vsize 12.35 N } B
+
  /@manualfeed
     { statusdict /manualfeed true put
     } B

*** texc.lpro-dist      Fri Feb  8 12:53:17 1991
- --- texc.lpro   Tue Jan 28 14:59:38 1992
***************
*** 81,86 ****
- --- 81,88 ----

  /@legal { /vsize 13 N } B

+ /@a4extra { statusdict begin 936 728 0 setpage end /vsize 12.35 N } B
+
  /@manualfeed
     { statusdict /manualfeed true put
     } B


The printer also requested that the corner marks made by pageframe be
moved further out, the pages will be folded and so the outside ones
will be bigger than the inside and the marks were a bit too close to
the paper edge for comfort.  I changed the def of @@@cropmark in
pageframe.sty to this:

\def\@@@cropmark#1#2{%
\csname#2lap\endcsname{%
\vbox to 0pt{%
\if#1t\vss\else
\hbox to .65in{\if#2r\hfil\fi
\vrule width .45in height .4pt depth 0pt\if#2l\hfil\fi}%
\vglue.2in\fi%
\hbox to .65in{\if#2l\hfil\fi\vrule height .45in depth 0pt\if#2r\hfil\fi}%
\if#1b\vss\else
\vglue.2in%
\hbox to .65in{\if#2r\hfil\fi
\vrule width .45in height .4pt depth 0pt\if#2l\hfil\fi}%
\fi%
}}%
}

which pushed the marks .2 inch from the page edge.  Unfortunately the
bottom vertical ones disappeared at this point but time ran out and I
could not tune the numbers any more!  I think there is room for a
small increase in /vsize in the a4extra PostScript in tex{c}.lpro
which might make enough room for the mark, otherwise all the vertial
ones need shrinking and the /vsize bumped up a little.

The typesetter should be set to 1200 dpi (2400 is not needed) and this
is the config.ps file I used:

*
* Set up for AGFA 9000PS typesetter with 8Mb RAM (I think)  shows free
* memory of 2411992
*
m 2000000
*
*   Default resolution.
*
D 1200
*
*   Last resort sizes.
*
R 100 120 144 300 360 400 432 480
*
* Paper type - extra tall and wide for corner marks.
*
t a4extra
*
* METAFONT Mode.
*
M TSET


And the metafont mode was in the Washington mode file for ultre*
setters whatever they are:

mode_def TSET =                 % Normal 1200dpi good fonts.
 proofing:=0;                   % no, we're not making proofs
 fontmaking:=1;                 % yes, we are making a font
 tracingtitles:=0;              % no, don't show titles at all
 pixels_per_inch:=1200;         % the normal 1200 dot/inch font
 blacker:=0;                    % probably unnecessary at this resolution
 fillin:=0;                     % This unneeded too
 o_correction:=0;               % keep an eye on this
 enddef;

If anyone uses this stuff please let me know how you get on.

Martin Tomes

Janet:    mtomes@uk.co.eurotherm    | Eurotherm Limited, Faraday Close,
Internet: mtomes@eurotherm.co.uk    | Durrington, Worthing, W.Sussex, England.
UUCP:    {uknet,uunet}!etherm!mtomes| Phone: +44 903 268500 Fax: +44 903 265982

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Date:    Mon, 03 Feb 92 15:18:45 +0000
From:    Dave Love <d.love@uk.ac.daresbury>
Subject: making CM fonts at very low resolution

I'd be grateful for advice to a METAFONT ignoramus on generating CM
fonts at as low a resolution as 72dpi.  On some e.g., cmr7, i get
errors like `! The paths don't intersect.' using the MacTrueSize mode
from modes.mf (just because it's there for 72dpi).  Such errors don't
occur, of course, at 300 dpi.  I realise that I probably deserve
problems at that resolution!

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 12:07:04 +0000
From:    Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: RE: making CM fonts at very low resolution

>>> I'd be grateful for advice to a METAFONT ignoramus on generating CM
>>> fonts at as low a resolution as 72dpi.  On some e.g., cmr7, i get
>>> errors like `! The paths don't intersect.' using the MacTrueSize mode
>>> from modes.mf (just because it's there for 72dpi).  Such errors don't
>>> occur, of course, at 300 dpi.  I realise that I probably deserve
>>> problems at that resolution!

In the absence of any more erudite suggestion(s), try specifying \batchmode ...

                                        ** Phil.

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 14:36:00 +0000
From:    MAT1GARDNDJ@uk.ac.trent-poly
Subject: The METAFONT makefile..

The METAFONT makefile on our system has the following 'bit':

        stamp-trap:     stamp-convert
                        rm -f *.o
                        $(SHELL) ./ini_to_trap mfd.h
                        touch stamp-trap

Regardless of what it does, our problem is that the  mfd.h  'file' (???)
does not exist within the many subdirectories of TeX etc. 

This means that I am unable to make METAFONT at the moment. 

Can anyone help???

Doj

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 15:25:13 +0000
From:    David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.mips>
Subject: Re: The METAFONT makefile..

In a message of 4 Feb 92 14:38:25 GMT, MAT1GARDNDJ@uk.ac.trent-poly said:

 > The METAFONT makefile on our system has the following 'bit':
 > 
 >      stamp-trap:     stamp-convert
 >                      rm -f *.o
 >                      $(SHELL) ./ini_to_trap mfd.h
 >                      touch stamp-trap
 > 
 > Regardless of what it does, our problem is that the  mfd.h  'file' (???)
 > does not exist within the many subdirectories of TeX etc. 
 > 
 > This means that I am unable to make METAFONT at the moment. 

Elsewhere in the Makefile, you'd also read

# The convert script produces mf[0-9].c, imf.c, coerce.h, and mfd.h.

So the header file should be automatically generated from the Pascal
source written by tangle, along with the C source files, as part of
the translation process.

- --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group)

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Date:    Thu, 06 Feb 92 17:00:16 +0700
From:    Allan Reese <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent>
Subject: 8-bit fonts/IBM graphics

Problem: I want to copy some program output verbatim into a TeX
document, and it contains boxes made up of IBM graphics characters.
I.e., there are characters with codes > 127 which when sent to
"standard" printers make up boxes round values. The TeX verbatim
environment reads the file but seems to ignore the graphic characters
so I get a table with white space rather than boxes.

Questions:

1) Am I correct in thinking that TeX is reading the codes > 127 and
finds no character at that position in the \tt font so outputs null?

2) I've heard references to 7-bit TeX and 8-bit TeX. I thought that
TeX 3 (I'm using emTeX) worked in 8-bit throughout. The TeXbook (Appx F)
says explicitly that fonts can have up to 256 characters but also says
that each CM font has exactly 128 characters.

3) Is there a TeX font that corresponds to the IBM character set? If
so is it a 256 character font, and does that make any difference to how
I use it? Where can I obtain the TFM/PK/VF/MF/PK or whatever? Would it
use the characters built into the printer? - presumably so if it's a
VF. I scanned the Aston archive but cannot see an obvious fontname.

Rider:

The tabular output comes from SPSS TABLES. This also writes an intermediate
file that is then interpreted for various devices, e.g., HP LaserJet.
Would anyone care to comment on the likely amount of work in writing
a converter from SPSS intermediate to TeX?

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Date:    Thu, 06 Feb 92 17:29:16 +0000
From:    Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <TeX@uk.ac.cranfield.rmcs>
Subject: RE: 8-bit fonts/IBM graphics

In a message to UKTeX of Thu, 6 Feb 92 17:00:16 WET, 
Allan Reese <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent> wrote:

> 1) Am I correct in thinking that TeX is reading the codes > 127 and
> finds no character at that position in the \tt font so outputs null?

Depends upon what catcode your TeX thinks that those characters are: it
might be discarding them silently.  Otherwise, I would have expected
complaints about characters missing from the font --- have you looked at
the TeX log file for these?
 
> 2) I've heard references to 7-bit TeX and 8-bit TeX. I thought that
> TeX 3 (I'm using emTeX) worked in 8-bit throughout. The TeXbook (Appx F)
> says explicitly that fonts can have up to 256 characters but also says
> that each CM font has exactly 128 characters.

That last bit is certainly correct!
 
> 3) Is there a TeX font that corresponds to the IBM character set? If
> so is it a 256 character font, and does that make any difference to how
> I use it? Where can I obtain the TFM/PK/VF/MF/PK or whatever? Would it
> use the characters built into the printer? - presumably so if it's a
> VF. I scanned the Aston archive but cannot see an obvious fontname.

Yes, although I'll admit you would have been hard-pressed to have found
it, and you had obviously forgotten about the announcement in UKTeX last
May!

In [tex-archive.tools.fontware.ega2mf], you'll find a pair of programs,
written in C.  One reads the 8x14 bitmaps describing EGA fonts, and the
other the 8x16 bitmaps for VGA.  Such bitmaps are also provided, in both
formats, for code pages 437, 850, 860, 863, 865 and 880DV, the latter
being Dimitri Vulus' Cyrillic font.

The programs convert the bitmaps into MF sources, generating a 256-char
font which can reproduce exactly the appearance of an IBM-PC screen.
They certainly look crude compared with \tt, but on the other hand are
reasonably realistic.  It's just an ordinary font so far as TeX is
concerned, so needs no VF or other modern support.
 
                               Brian {Hamilton Kelly}

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Date:    Mon, 03 Feb 92 16:04:33 -0600
From:    George D. Greenwade"George D. Greenwade" 
         <bed_gdg%edu.shsu@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: New hhline.sty version; tabularx.sty available on FILESERV

On Mon, 3 Feb 92 17:57:52 GMT, David Carlisle
<carlisle@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk> forwarded this to me and the
files are now in place.
> 1) version 2 of hhline.sty, this adds the ~ token to the list of
>    hhline tokens to denote a column with no hline. This allows \cline
>    like constructions to be made. (A user who had picked up hhline.sty
>    from SHSU asked whether it was possible to do for \cline what
>    \hhline does for \hline)
> 
> 2) tabularx.sty This is a new style file which answers a request that
>    often crops up on comp.tex.tex. An environment like tabular*,
>    except that the widths of certain `p' columns are modified, instead
>    of the widths of the inter column spaces.
> 
> As usual both these are done with doc.sty, so you get more info with
> latex tabularx.sty
> latex hhline.sty
> 
> tabularx.sty requires my newarray.sty and Mittelbach's array.sty
> 
> So if you do make an announcement about this you may like to say that
> you need:
> 
> for hhline
> SENDME STY.HHLINE
> 
> for tabularx:
> SENDME STY.TABULARX
> SENDME STY.NEWARRAY
> SENDME ARRAY
> 
> and if you want the documentation
> 
> SENDME MULTICOL
> 
> Did I get that right!
> 
> Best Wishes,
>   David

Sure did (thanks!).  Include the commands from above on unique lines in the
body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu) and you
will get everything David discussed.  If you have ftp access, the *.STY
files are in the the directory [.STY], array in in the directory [.ARRAY]
and multicol is in the directory [.MULTICOL] all on Niord.SHSU.edu
(192.92.115.8).

Thanks to David for the update and the new file (been looking for something
like tabularx for some time now).  If you have anything you would like to
contribute to the archives, please send them to STY-Mgr@SHSU.edu.  Also, if
you would like more information about FILESERV, include the command HELP in
your message.

Regards,   George

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Date:    Tue, 04 Feb 92 13:23:23
From:    S_RAHTZ@uk.ac.tex
Subject: new LaTeX styles in archive

the following styles for LaTeX, written by David Carlisle, have been added
to the UK TeX Archive, in [.latex.contrib]:

hhline.sty     produces double \hline properly in LaTeX tabular
longtable.sty  multi-page tables compatible with M&S array.sty
indentfirst.sty indents first paras after sections etc

the style options are all documented to `doc' standard.

S Rahtz feb 3 1992

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Date:    Thu, 06 Feb 92 12:48:50 +0000
From:    CGL@nl.RUG.RUGR86
Subject: Advanced TeX course in the Netherlands, June 15-19, 92 at low cost

\documentstyle[twocolumn]{article}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\begin{document}
\title{NTG's Advanced \TeX\ course: Insights \& Hindsights}
\author{David Salomon}
\date{15--19th June, 1992}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
This advanced course, with no hands-on, is aimed at those \TeX\ and/or \LaTeX\
users who are ready for a deeper insight into the \TeX nigma.
An extra one-day introductory course can be organized for inexperienced
users, if there is enough demand.
\end{abstract}

\section{Course outline}
\begin{description}
\item[Day 1:] Introduction to \TeX. The cm fonts. Tables (examples).
              Math typesetting (some advanced features). Modes of \TeX.
\item[Day 2:] Boxes \& glue. Paragraphs \& Horizontal mode.
\item[Day 3:] Macros (advanced features \& examples). Leaders.
              Tokens \& \verb=\=toks registers.
\item[Day 4:] File I/O in \TeX. Examples of two-pass jobs. Output routines.
\item[Day 5:] Insertions. The line break algorithm (in detail). The page break
algorithm (in general).  The last afternoon will be spent answering specific
questions, and discussing specific topics proposed by the participants.
\noindent Each day is a separate module, so it is possible to benefit from
selected parts of the course.\footnote{At the same flat fee for members,
however. For others---why not become a member?---Fl 100,--
for each day, with at minimum Fl 250,--.}
\end{description}

\section{Whom? When? Where? How much?}
\begin{description}
\item[For whom?] \TeX\ or \LaTeX\ users with hands-on
                 experience will benefit most.
\item[When?] June, 15--19th, 1992, 9.00--12.00 \& 14.00--17.00hr.
\item[Where?] RUG Paddepoel, Zernike Gebouw room ZG114 and ZG107.\footnote{For
lodging contact VVV, Naberpassage 3, 9712JV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Phone: +31 50 139700, Fax: +31 50 136358.}
\item[How much?] For NTG members and members
  of similar user groups a flat Fl 100,-- (Yes, only a hundred, but
no lunches and refreshments are included; the University `Mensa' is
quite cheap and restaurants close by.)
For non-NTG members Fl 500,--.%
\footnote{For those who don't believe in a quality course at that fee,
it should be mentioned that NTG subsidizes the project, so it is a unique
opportunity. NTG's philosophy is that \TeX\ education is paramount for
people interested in high-quality typesetted documents.}
\end{description}
\noindent
The teacher is David Salomon, an experienced TUG instructor,
well known for his lucid tutorials in TUGboat.
\section{How to subscribe?}
\begin{description}
\item[Via snail]
      Send a note, mentioning `Insights in \TeX'-course
      along with name, complete address, phone number and email, to
\begin{quote}
      Kees van der Laan\\
      Hunzeweg 57, 9893PB, Garnwerd\\
      The Netherlands (05941--1525)
\end{quote}
      Mentioning of topics to be treated in the last
      afternoon is very much appreciated.
\item[Via email]
      Send a subscription note, mentioning `Insights in \TeX'-course
      along with name, complete address, phone number (and email), to
\begin{quote}
      cgl@rug.nl.
\end{quote}
\item[Payment] As soon as possible to:
\begin{quote}
      Penningmeester NTG, Giro: 1306238\\
      mentioning `Insights in \TeX' course.
\end{quote}
\end{description}
\end{document}

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Date:    Wed, 05 Feb 92 18:17:27 +0000
From:    David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.mips>
Subject: TeXhax resurrected...

In a message of 4 Feb 92 15:21:42 PST, `TeXhax Digest' said:

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Date:    Sat, 01 Feb 92 00:12:00 +0000
From:    "UK TeX Archive Server " <TEXSERVER@uk.ac.tex>
Subject: Aston TeX mail server log analysis at 1-FEB-1992 00:12:34.98

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\section DIGESTS

    This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory
      [tex-archive.digests.uktex.92]
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      [tex-archive.digests.texhax.92]
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\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)
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   OR One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150)
      sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham
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\subsection VMS tapes
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\section TeX IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR SMALL COMPUTERS

\subsection OzTeX (for Macintosh)
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\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:
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    (JANET e-mail address: kellett@uk.ac.cran.rmcs)
    
\subsection TeX for the Atari ST
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    (JANET e-mail address: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix)

\section POSTAGE RATES
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\section POSTAL ADDRESSES
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    Peter Abbott
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    (for Quarter-inch cartridges ONLY -- include stamps for return postage)

\section UK TeX USERS GROUP

    For details, contact:
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    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)


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