(Message uktex/v92:23) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 92 15:48:02 BST To: UKTeX Distribution: ; From: UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk Subject: UKTeX Digest V92 #23 Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk Distribution: world UKTeX Digest Friday, 26 Jun 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 23 ``The UKTeX Digest is brought to you as a free, unfunded and voluntary service of the UK TeX Users Group and the UK TeX Archive.'' Today's Topics: {Q&A}: Bug in PSBOOK documentation. Latex to run on an IBM PC under Windows 3.0/3.1 Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC Re: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC Re: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC RE: TeX/LaTeX on the PC Query on 144dpi fonts \topmargin in LaTeX RE: \topmargin in LaTeX Corrupted OzTeX files {Announcements}: FLOAT on FILESERV/Niord reading: {Archive News}: manpage ; comment; nfss-plain; float ; pstricks. in UK TeX Archive TeX "Frequently Asked Questions" docs in UK TeX Archive OzTeX 1.42 in UK TeX Archive (again) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 17:31:58 +0700 From: Allan Reese Subject: Bug in PSBOOK documentation. Fetched MOREBIN.BOO from Aston and unpacked PS utilities. Programs work, but slight problem with documentation in PSBOOK.TEX which is a LaTeX input file. As supplied, under PSTOPS section it reads: ... Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up, booklets, reversing, selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc. {\em pagespecs} follow the syntax: \begin{tabbing} \={\em pagespecs} \=xxx{\em = [modulo:]specs} \kill \>{\em pagespecs} {\em \>= [modulo:]specs} \\ \>{\em specs} {\em\>= spec[+specs][,specs]}\\ \>{\em spec} {\em \>= [-]pageno[@scale][L][R][U][(xoff,yoff)]} \\ \end{tabbing} ... and the output lines show ONLY the words, pagespecs specs spec (No mention of modulo, which is how I picked up that the next sentence didn't follow on. Apart from expecting that the author will want to correct the document, I'm puzzled as to why the rest of each line doesn't get printed. There are no error messages and I don't think it's invisibly off the page. I got it to print by hacking the second tab outside the group: ... {\em pagespecs} follow the syntax: \begin{tabbing} \hspace*{.5in} \={\em pagespecs} \=xxx{\em = [modulo:]specs} \kill \>{\em pagespecs} \>{\em = [modulo:]specs} \\ \>{\em specs} \>{\em = spec[+specs][,specs]}\\ \>{\em spec} \>{\em = [-]pageno[@scale][L][R][U][(xoff,yoff)]} \\ \end{tabbing} ... and added some left-space for neatness. For the record, this was processed with emTeX using the "old" LaTeX. - -- (R.) Allan Reese Janet: r.a.reese@uk.ac.hull Head of Applications Direct voice: +44 482 465296 Computer Centre Voice messages: +44 482 465685 Hull University Fax: +44 482 466441 Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 18:01:48 +0000 From: Creigh McNeil Subject: Latex to run on an IBM PC under Windows 3.0/3.1 Dear Mr Abbott, Further to our telephone conversation this afternoon, I would be most grateful if you would kindly pass on my query to any members of the TeX Users Group who may be familiar with the commercially available implementations of TeX/LaTeX, specifically for use in MS Windows 3.0/3.1. I would like to know: 1) Can TeX, printer Drivers, and Previewers be bought separately, mixed and used together (eg can one use ArbourText's Priewiewer and a CTex Laserjet driver with the PCTeX implementation)? 2) Which is the `best' LaTeX implementation and, the `best' Laserjet driver for a PC? 3) Can any of the Previewers that are available be used under MS Windows 3.0/3.1, and if so which one do you recommended? 4) Are there any organisations that provide a service to produce typeset quality printing of TeX files? I would also be grateful for any other information that may seem relevant, including addresses, prices, and any recent product reviews/references. I am familiar with actually using LaTeX and have already come across a useful review article `TeXnology on the IBM PC' by T L Pappas (August 1989, Computer) which compares the PCTeX, ArbourText and CTeX products. However, its information is now a little dated and it does not mention running TeX in Windows. Thank you for your help, Creigh McNeil (mcneil@uk.co.bae.src) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 09:05:16 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC >From: Creigh McNeil >Received: by sun54.src.bae.co.uk (4.1/BAeSRC-4.0) id AA01734; > Fri, 19 Jun 92 18:01:48 BST >Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 18:01:48 BST >Message-Id: <9206191701.AA01734@sun54.src.bae.co.uk> >Subjec>t: Latex to run on an IBM PC under Windows 3.0/3.1 >4) Are there any organisations that provide a service to produce typeset > quality printing of TeX files? Aston University and London University both have Linotronic equipment and are willing to print bromide or film. Aston will accept dvi or TeX/LaTeX files for processing. Peter ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jun 92 08:46:31 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC > Further to our telephone conversation this afternoon, I would be most > grateful if you would kindly pass on my query to any members of the TeX > Users Group who may be familiar with the commercially available > implementations of TeX/LaTeX, specifically for use in MS Windows 3.0/3.1. there are almost no advantages to using the commercial implementations of TeX for a PC, so far as I know. On a Mac, there are some features in (say) TeXtures which might make you prefer that, but I think the public domain emTeX is pretty state of the art for a PC > 1) Can TeX, printer Drivers, and Previewers be bought separately, mixed and > used together (eg can one use ArbourText's Priewiewer and a CTex > Laserjet driver with the PCTeX implementation)? yes. but you might spend a while setting configuration files and environment variables, which could be confusing if you are unfamiliar with all the TeX-related files > 2) Which is the `best' LaTeX implementation and, the `best' Laserjet driver > for a PC? those contained in the emTeX package, in my view > 3) Can any of the Previewers that are available be used under MS Windows > 3.0/3.1, and if so which one do you recommended? in full-screen mode, any (I think). if you want genuine Windows windows with your previewing, the only one I know of is dviwindo, from Y&Y in Massaschusetts, which uses ATM to provide preview of PostScript fonts. see adverts in Tugboat, the journal of the TeX Users Group > 4) Are there any organisations that provide a service to produce typeset > quality printing of TeX files? I'd recommend you use a dvi to PostScript driver, and then you can send files to any of the PostScript bureaux. > I would also be grateful for any other information that may seem relevant, > including addresses, prices, and any recent product if you can find Tugboat back issues in a library near you, there are many product adverts in their pages > its information is now a little dated and it does not mention running TeX > in Windows. major problem with Windows and the otherwise brilliant emTeX is that Windows doesnt support the way emTeX wants to use memory for its 386-specific binaries. you dont have to use the latter, but they provide a bigger, faster TeX, and at present you have to run plain DOS to get the best effect. the author of emTeX believes OS/2 is The Biz, so doesnt plan to do much to help. He may be right Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 10:01:16 +0000 From: Malcolm Clark Subject: Re: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC you might also look at AzTeX, advertised in TUGboat recently, which also has full windows integration. or claims to. i sent for details some weeks ago, but it takes so long to get a reply from offshore islands. malcolm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 10:03:41 +0000 From: Malcolm Clark Subject: Re: Re: TeX/LaTeX on the PC again, inspection of tugboat will reveal a number of organisations willing to typeset TeX material, some from dvi even. if you stick to PS fonts (which can include CM), then your local friendly PS bureau might be able to do it. see a recent MacUser for many of the pitfalls involved in giving a local bureau postscript. most instructive. malcolm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 11:56:22 +0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: RE: TeX/LaTeX on the PC Creigh --- >>> Further to our telephone conversation this afternoon, I would be most >>> grateful if you would kindly pass on my query to any members of the TeX >>> Users Group who may be familiar with the commercially available >>> implementations of TeX/LaTeX, specifically for use in MS Windows 3.0/3.1. Richard Kinch (the Kinch Computer Organisation, producers of Turbo-TeX/MF) was reputed to be working on a Windows version, but I don't know if it's yet available. For all normal purposes, Eberhard Mattes' `emTeX', running directly under DOS, is hard to beat. >>> I would like to know: >>> 1) Can TeX, printer Drivers, and Previewers be bought separately, mixed and >>> used together (eg can one use ArbourText's Priewiewer and a CTex >>> Laserjet driver with the PCTeX implementation)? Yes. >>> 2) Which is the `best' LaTeX implementation and, the `best' Laserjet driver >>> for a PC? Almost certainly emTeX. >>> 3) Can any of the Previewers that are available be used under MS Windows >>> 3.0/3.1, and if so which one do you recommended? DVIwindo, from Y&Y, is the only Win-3 previewer of which I am aware; again, emTeX's DVISCR running directly under DOS, is an excellent previewer. >>> 4) Are there any organisations that provide a service to produce typeset >>> quality printing of TeX files? The University of London Computer Centre will typeset to bromide or film at 635, 1270 or 12540 dpi from DVI files or PostScript. Philip Taylor, RHBNC ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 92 09:45:47 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: Query on 144dpi fonts Luke Hodgkin udah206@uk.ac.kcl.cc.oak asks Are there any 144dpi TeX fonts Peter ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jun 92 10:15:03 +0000 From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc Subject: \topmargin in LaTeX I cannot see the logic in LaTeX in having \topmargin measure the amount of space above the header, rather than above the text rectangle. It makes it unduly difficult to get style files to interact properly with one another. What is a style file that wishes to set a 1in margin around the text rectangle, whether or not the user wishes headers and footers, supposed to do, for instance? A style that produces a logo at a fixed position on a page also has extra work to do. Sometimes \documentstyle[style1,style2,... and \documentstyle[style2,style1,... will produce different effects. Could this problem be seriously considered in LaTeX3? My choice would be to have headers within the 1in+\topmargin space and footers below the 1in+\topmargin+\textheight space. Mike Piff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 92 11:46:05 +0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: RE: \topmargin in LaTeX >>> Could this problem be seriously considered in LaTeX3? My choice would be to >>> have headers within the 1in+\topmargin space and footers below the >>> 1in+\topmargin+\textheight space. What makes you think there will _be_ a \topmargin in LaTeX-3 :-) ** P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jun 92 14:39:42 +0000 From: bm@uk.ac.international-union-crystallography Subject: Corrupted OzTeX files I, too, have had problems with binhex'd OzTeX files from the latest release, as stored in the archive. If the problem is, indeed, that the last line is missing from each .hqx file (presumably because not padded to a fixed line length), could some kind person with a working copy of each of the files post the LAST LINE only of each one. Then enthusiasts could manually add these to the files they've already downloaded, and save a good few Mb of network activity through repeated attempts to download the stuff! 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, 19 Jun 92 16:01:42 -0600 From: "George D. Greenwade" Subject: FLOAT on FILESERV/Niord Maybe I've overlooked something very seriously, but I never recall this being announced previously anywhere and didn't find it it anywhere but Stuttgart (didn't look real hard though). I came across a great LaTeX style option while looking around in the rusinfo archives, which I have used a few times and am very pleased with -- Anselm Lingnau's float package. Attached is the description file from FILESERV. - --George =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= FLOAT ----- The FLOAT package includes the files of Anselm Lingnau's float package -- An Improved Environment for Floats -- (version 1.0b; 28 January 1992). This style option improves the interface for defining floating objects such as figures and tables in LaTeX. It adds the notion of a `float style' that governs appearance of floats. New kinds of floats may be defined using a \newfloat command analogous to \newtheorem. Among the features of LaTeX are `floating' figures and tables that drift from where they appear in the input text to, say, the top of a page. The contents and formatting of floats is pretty much up to the user, except that there is a \caption command that governs formatting of the caption -- it is centered if it is short, and formatted as a paragraph if it is longer than a single line of text. Sometimes other types of floating objects, e.g., algorithms or programs, are desirable, but they must be defined by analogy to the existing floats since there is no simple command for doing this. This goes beyond the knowledge or inclination of the average LaTeX user. This style option presents an interface to floating objects that attempts to fix some of these shortcomings. First of all, it introduces the notion of a `float style'. A float style governs the appearance of a class of floats like a page style governs the appearance of a page (LaTeX has page styles plain, empty and headings, among others). This style option provides some exemplary float styles: o plain -- This is the float style that LaTeX normally applies to its floats, i.e., nothing in particular. The only difference is that the caption comes out below the body of the float, regardless of where it is given in the text. o boxed -- The body of the float is printed inside a box. The caption goes below that box. o ruled -- This float style is patterned on the table style of Concrete Mathematics. The caption is printed at the top of the float, surrounded by rules; another rule finishes off the float. The most important command in float.sty is the \newfloat command. As mentioned above, it is patterned on \newtheorem. The use of \newfloat allows the user to create their own floats, as well as supporting a user-defined \listof listing for these floats (analogous to \listoftables), sectional numbering, default positioning by float, the standard LaTeX positioning parameters, and the standard *-forms which produce doube column floats. To retrieve the entire package of 5 files, include: SENDME FLOAT in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). To retrieve a specific file, such as FLOAT.FLOAT_DOC, include: SENDME FLOAT.FLOAT_DOC in your mail message to FILESERV. For users desiring anonymous ftp retrieval, these files, along with a ZIP archive file containing this package, are available in the [.FLOAT] directory on Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8). Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) File Blocks Save file as: - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOAT.DOCSTRIP_CMD 2 DOCSTRIP.CMD FLOAT.FLOAT_DOC 54 FLOAT.DOC FLOAT.FLOAT_TEX 6 FLOAT.TEX FLOAT.FLTEST_TEX 5 FLTEST.TEX FLOAT.README 8 README Approximate total blocks in full FLOAT package = 75 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This package is built using docstrip and multicol. If you require these files, include the message SENDME MULTICOL in your mail to FILESERV. Users of ftp may find these files in the directory [FILESERV.MULTICOL]. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 10:53:00 +0000 From: malcolm Subject: reading: to: all participants in the ukTeXug (aka ukTUG) meeting at reading on july 1st: bring a bottle! the caterers do not supply alcohol, but if you wish to provide your own, paul stiff can find glasses. sounds like a good idea to me. malcolm clark (participant) ps and keep those questionnaires for paul rolling in. there are some defaulters. the guilty will be named.... m ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 92 13:24:43 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: manpage ; comment; nfss-plain; float ; pstricks. in UK TeX Archive Additions or updates to the UK TeX Archive [tex-archive.latex.contrib.manpage] A style by Rong Chen for creating output similar to Unix-style man pages. A sample file is included [tex-archive.latex.contrib]comment.sty Victor Eijkhout's style for allowing commented-out sections of TeX [tex-archive.tex-style.nfss-lplain] The New Font Selection Scheme for plain TeX [tex-archive.latex.contrib.float] Style file by Anselm Lingnau which option improves the interface for defining floating objects such as figures and tables in LaTeX. It adds the notion of a `float style' that governs appearance of floats. New kinds of floats may be defined using a \newfloat command analogous to \newtheorem. [tex-archive.pstricks] Update to 0.91 of pstricks package by Timothy van Zandt Most of these copied from SHSU (thanks, George!) Sebastian Rahtz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 18:10:40 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: TeX "Frequently Asked Questions" docs in UK TeX Archive The directory [tex-archive.doc] now contains the files tex-faq.txt faq-supplement-apr92.txt fetched from pit-manager.mit.edu and rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de, respectively. They contain a host of answers to common questions people ask about TeX, LaTeX, drivers, fonts and the like. Required reading! - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jun 92 15:23:57 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: OzTeX 1.42 in UK TeX Archive (again) A few people reported problems with the OzTeX 1.42 distribution (which I hadn't noticed, presumably due to using HyperFTP and MacTCP on my Mac to transfer the files). I think this was due to the BinHex files not being encoded with embedded linefeeds and thereby causing the Archive copies to be truncated at the last line. Apologies for difficulties anyone experienced. I have re-encoded the StuffIt archives and re-installed them in the Archive in [tex-archive.tex.mac.oztex] In the meantime, if you fetched the BinHex files and find that StuffIt complains that the files is incomplete, and the StuffIt archives are corrupt, it's probably due to the last line being omitted from the file you fetched from the Archive. To save the trouble of having to fetch the files again, here are the last lines of each BinHexed file, which you could paste to the end of the appropriate BinHex file before decoding it. Brian McMahon kindly tried this for me and reported that it works (thanks, Brian). - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) formats14.sit.hqx !!!!)FM`!!!!!!!!!!!!!F3%D8J!!: inputs14.sit.hqx !!!!!!!!!!-"5%[8!!!: oztex142.sit.hqx !!!""%KB!!!!: pk300.sit.hqx !S'+[Q+#`B'%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!2Id%Z)!!!: pk329.sit.hqx JDJ!!!!!!!"B!!!!!!!!!%rB!!!!!!!!!!!!!LHVXC`!!: pk360.sit.hqx (@J!!!!!!!!F0B`!!!!!!!!!!!!"YNE*c!!!: pk432.sit.hqx !!!Im!!!!!!!!"l%(!!!!!!!!!!!!!(G0m,B!!!: pk518.sit.hqx !!!#qXPX!!!: pk622.sit.hqx !!!!!!!!!!!#AG`Nc!!!: pk746.sit.hqx KS-kpU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-@iaC`!!: read-me142.hqx !69"68J!"!!S$lIrr!!!!!!!!!!!$m2rr!!!!6!"1@Bckf3: ------------------------------ UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< *** Interactive and file transfer access *** JANET: Host: uk.ac.tex, Username: public, Password: public (DTE 000020120091) Internet: host tex.ac.uk [134.151.40.18] For telnet access, login: public, password: public For anonymous ftp, login: anonymous, password: *** 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 [tex-archive.doc]TeX-FAQ.txt (Frequently Asked Questions list) [tex-archive.doc]FAQ-Supplement-*.txt (FAQ supplement) \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: V92 #11 TeXMaG back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.tex-mag] Latest TeXMaG: V5N3 \section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS Postal addresses are given below. \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 to Aston with return labels AND return postage OR One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham (Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK) \subsection VMS tapes VMS backup of the archive requires three 2400ft tapes at 6250bpi. 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