UKTeX Digest Friday, 24 Jul 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 27 ``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}: Co ordination of TeX on multiple systems. Re: Co ordination of TeX on multiple systems. MathTime and LaTeX \@texttop response to hypertext in TeX query DVI query Re: DVI query Re: RE: DVI query RE: DVI query Re: Using uk.ac.tex small typo in UKTeX 92, #26 Large formats for OzTeX Velthuis Devanagari fonts for OzTeX Letter addresses for envelopes with windows Letters that print envelopes as well EMTEX ENQUIRY Re: EMTEX ENQUIRY Re: HyperTeX Re: HyperTeX? PostScript fonts with xdvi Re: PostScript fonts with xdvi RE: PostScript fonts with xdvi Re: PostScript fonts with xdvi Re: RE: PostScript fonts with xdvi {Announcements}: Announcing LITPROG -- Literate Programming Discussion List {Archive News}: loads of BibTeX styles Chinese and TeX Chinese and TeX Chinese and TeX Harvmac.tex auctex release 6 in uk tex archive Interruption and rearrangement of service 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 09:13:35 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: Co ordination of TeX on multiple systems. - ------- Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 17:15:36 +0000 To: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk From: vdm@le.ac.uk dear peter as a (very new) beginner to TeX I am trying to coordinate TeX on several systems at Leicester - the systems are Macintosh - OzTeX IBM PC clones - EmTeX Sun - the standard system Silicon Graphics - pass on this one, but I guess the standard unix system we are trying to standardize on a dvi to ps program, which is ``best'' out of dvi2ps dvitps dvitops dvips have I missed any? are any of these regarded as ``standard''. to help, I would like to be able to use don wards changebar system and seminar.sty? your advice would be considered helpful many thanks derek andrews Email: JANET : derek@uk.ac.le.csd.sys UUCP : vdm@uk.ac.le.vax Smail: Department of Computing Studies University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK Tel: (+44) 533 523401 Fax: (+44) 533 523604 - ------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jul 92 13:45:44 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: Co ordination of TeX on multiple systems. > as a (very new) beginner to TeX I am trying to coordinate TeX on several > systems at Leicester - the systems are > > Macintosh - OzTeX > IBM PC clones - EmTeX > Sun - the standard system > Silicon Graphics - pass on this one, but I guess the standard unix system > > we are trying to standardize on a dvi to ps program, which is ``best'' .. > dvi2ps > dvitps > dvitops > dvips > > have I missed any? are any of these regarded as ``standard''. > to help, I would like to be able to use don wards changebar system > and seminar.sty? there are other drivers which may or may not be better (like some of the commercial ones), but the only choice of the ones you refer to is dvips, because it is the only one which supports virtual fonts, which (IMHO) should be regarded as a pre-requisite of a `real' driver. dvitops is excellent, but James Clark isn't developing it, so far as I know, and dvitps is so unixy its not true. dvi2ps is dead and gone. that leaves you the problem of compiling dvips for the Macs... s ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:29:35 +0000 From: Alan Jeffrey Subject: MathTime and LaTeX > So, please, if anybody already integrated the MathTime fonts with > NFSS and LaTeX, could I use your macros? These are the document style options I hacked together... there's three files: psfont.sty, pstimes.sty and pstimesm.sty. The latter loads the Mathtime fonts. You may need to do some hackery to the line: \load@ps@font{times} {ptmr}{ptmri}{ptmro}{ptmrc}{ptmb}{ptmbi}{ptmbo}{ptmbc}{}{} depending on which Times Roman fonts you have installed, and what you've called them. Alan. Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk School of Cognitive and Computer Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK. - ------------------------- cut here ------------------------- % Filename: psfont.sty % Author: Alan Jeffrey % E-mail: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk % Last modified: 14 May 1992 % This is a document style option which defines macros for loading PS fonts. % Set a flag to declare ourselves loaded: \def\psfont@loaded{ } % Load one font: \def\new@ps@fontshape#1#2#3#4% {\new@fontshape{#1}{#2}{#3}{% <5>#4 at5pt% <6>#4 at6pt% <7>#4 at7pt% <8>#4 at8pt% <9>#4 at9pt% <10>#4% <11>#4 at10.95pt% <12>#4 at12pt% <14>#4 at14.4pt% <17>#4 at17.28pt% <20>#4 at20.736pt% <25>#4 at24.8832pt}{}} % Load a whole family: \def\load@ps@font#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9% {\new@ps@fontshape{#1}{m}{n}{#2} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{m}{it}{#3} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{m}{sl}{#4} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{m}{sc}{#5} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{b}{n}{#6} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{b}{it}{#7} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{b}{sl}{#8} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{b}{sc}{#9} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{bx}{n}{#6} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{bx}{it}{#7} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{bx}{sl}{#8} \new@ps@fontshape{#1}{bx}{sc}{#9} \expandafter\let\csname every@#1@family\endcsname\every@ps@family \extra@def{#1}} % Some extra characters: \chardef\currency"A8 \chardef\cents"A2 \chardef\yen"A5 \chardef\florin"A6 % When a new family FOO is loaded, we call \every@FOO@family. \def\fontfamily#1{\csname every@#1@family\endcsname\edef\f@family{#1}} \let\family\fontfamily % The CM families define the following macros: \let\cm@pounds\pounds \let\cm@S\S \let\cm@dag\dag \let\cm@ddag\ddag \let\cm@P\P \let\cm@ldots\ldots \let\cm@H\H \let\cm@dot\. \let\cm@AA\AA \def\every@cm@family {\let\pounds\cm@pounds \let\S\cm@S \let\dag\cm@dag \let\ddag\cm@ddag \let\P\cm@P \let\ldots\cm@ldots \let\H\cm@H \let\.\cm@dot \let\AA\cm@AA} \let\every@cmr@family=\every@cm@family \let\every@cmtt@family=\every@cm@family \let\every@cmss@family=\every@cm@family % The PS families define the following macros: \newdimen\aadimen \chardef\ps@pounds"A3 \chardef\ps@S"A7 \chardef\ps@dag"B2 \chardef\ps@ddag"B3 \chardef\ps@P"B6 \chardef\ps@ldots"BC \def\ps@H#1{{\accent"CD #1}} \def\ps@dot#1{{\accent"C7 #1}} \def\ps@AA{\leavevmode\setbox0\hbox{h}\aadimen\ht0 \advance\aadimen-1ex\setbox0\hbox{A}\rlap{\raise.67\aadimen \hbox to \wd0{\hss\char'27\hss}}A} \def\every@ps@family {\let\pounds\ps@pounds \let\S\ps@S \let\dag\ps@dag \let\ddag\ps@ddag \let\P\ps@P \let\ldots\ps@ldots \let\H\ps@H \let\.\ps@dot \let\AA\ps@AA} % For some reason, the default family is hard wired to be cmr, % rather than defined to be \rmdefault... \def\default@family{\rmdefault} - ------------------------- cut here ------------------------- % Filename: pstimes.sty % Author: Alan Jeffrey % E-mail: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk % Last modified: 29 Mar 1992 % This is a document style option which loads the Times roman font. \@ifundefined{psfont@loaded}{\input psfont.sty}{} \load@ps@font{times} {ptmr}{ptmri}{ptmro}{ptmrc}{ptmb}{ptmbi}{ptmbo}{ptmbc}{}{} \def\rmdefault{times} \rm - ------------------------- cut here ------------------------- % Filename: pstimesm.sty % Author: Alan Jeffrey % Email: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk % Last modified: 26 May 1992 % This is a LaTeX style file for Times with the MathTime fonts. % 21 May 1992: Created file. % % 26 May 1992: Added Zapf Chancery calligraphic letters. % (Unfortunately, this means that \cal I and O will not be very % obvious, but life is hard.) % To begin with, we load the MathTime macros. Unfortunately, these % PLAY SILLY BUGGERS with the catcode of @, which we have to patch. % Why oh why oh why... \newcount\atcatcode \atcatcode=\catcode`\@ \input mtmacs \catcode`\@=\atcatcode % Then we can get on with loading some fonts. First off, we load the % Times font. \input pstimes.sty % Then we load the MathTime fonts themselves. \new@ps@fontshape{MTMI}{m}{it}{MTMI} \new@ps@fontshape{MTSY}{m}{n}{MTSY} \new@ps@fontshape{MTEX}{m}{n}{MTEX} \new@mathversion\mv@mathtime \define@mathgroup\mv@mathtime{0}{times}{m}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@mathtime{1}{MTMI}{m}{it} \define@mathgroup\mv@mathtime{2}{MTSY}{m}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@mathtime{3}{MTEX}{m}{n} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathsf}{\sfdefault}{m}{n} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathbf}{\rmdefault}{bx}{n} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathsc}{\scdefault}{m}{n} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathit}{\rmdefault}{m}{it} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathsl}{\rmdefault}{m}{sl} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\mathtt}{\ttdefault}{m}{n} % There are no bold math fonts for MathTime. \def\boldmath{\@warning{\string\boldmath\space is not available with MathTime}\gdef\boldmath{}} % The command \cal now generated Zapf Chancery, scaled up by 15.28%, % to make the cap height the same as that of Times Roman. \let\cal\undefined \newmathalphabet\cal \new@fontshape{chancery}{m}{it}{% <5>pzcmi at5.76pt% <6>pzcmi at6.92pt% <7>pzcmi at8.07pt% <8>pzcmi at9.22pt% <9>pzcmi at10.38pt% <10>pzcmi at11.52pt% <11>pzcmi at12.62pt% <12>pzcmi at13.83pt% <14>pzcmi at16.6pt% <17>pzcmi at19.92pt% <20>pzcmi at23.90pt% <25>pzcmi at28.68pt}{} \addtoversion{mathtime}{\cal}{chancery}{m}{it} % The default math version is MathTime. \mathversion{mathtime} ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 21:25:32 -0500 From: JERRY LEICHTER Subject: \@texttop [In a recent UKTeX, writing about writing a LaTeX letter that controls where on the page things will lie, Brian Hamilton Kelly writes:] It's easy enough, *once* one realizes that, for some reason perhaps lost in the mists of time, the style defines \def\@texttop{\ifnum \c@page=\@ne \vskip 0pt plus 0.00006fil\relax \fi} Don't ask me why on earth anyone should ever want to do this, but it has the effect of making the starting point of page one (which will be that bearing the address) to float up and down the page, depending upon how well filled it is made: this makes any attempt to fix the position of printing the address somewhat tricky! When I developed a local letter variant, I ran into the same problem. I determined the explanation for the odd definition, and worked around it as follows: % The letter style sets \@texttop to \vskip 0pt plus .00006fil on % the first page of a letter, which (more or less) centers a short letter on % the page. (It interacts with the .0001fil in \@textbottom for raggedbottom % pages.) % % We don't want the centering effect to take place for multi-page letters, as % it prevents the top lines of pages from being aligned. So we disable it in % the opening and enable it in the closing; hence it will only apply to one- % page letters. (If a letter is just long enough, the first page may be writ- % ten out before we can change \@texttop; but then it didn't need centering in % any case!) \def\opening#1{\thispagestyle{firstpage}{\raggedleft\@date\par}% \vspace{2\parskip}% {\raggedright \toname \\ \toaddress \par}\vspace{2\parskip}% #1\par\nobreak\let\@texttop\relax} \long\def\closing#1{\par\nobreak\vspace{2\parskip}% \stopbreaks \noindent \hspace*{\longindentation}% \parbox{\indentedwidth}{\raggedright \ignorespaces #1\\[4\medskipamount]%% changed 20 Jan 88 \ifx\@empty\fromsig \fromname \else \fromsig \fi\strut}% \par \def\@texttop{\ifnum\c@page=1\vskip 0pt plus .00006fil\relax\fi}% } -- Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Jul 92 08:41:02 -0500 From: bkph%edu.mit.ai@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: response to hypertext in TeX query Return-Path: X-From: bkph@ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) X-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 92 08:32:35 EDT To: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc % Date: 16 Jul 92 09:41:33 +0000 % % Subject: HyperTeX? % % Does anyone know of any package for doing hypertext with mathematics embedded % in it? On the reasonable assumption that this would have to be TeX-based, I % guess it would be a fairly easy extension of a DVI previewer to build in a fe w % hypertext features. % % For instance, it could be implemented with commands such as % \special{em:label xyz} % and % \special{em:goto xyz} % (in an emTeX version say), and a mechanism provided to display, move around % and select the buttons. This would give a modest implementation allowing the % user to move round a single document. Add a stack and a facility % and it would increase in usefulness. % % Another possibility would be to allow the goto instruction to branch to % a new file. ( Files could easily be implemented on a screen-per-page basis. ) % % How would you tell the previewer how big to draw the button? I suppose that % right-overlapping a fixed-size bar would be one simple solution. Otherwise, % could the previewer invert the next contiguous bit of text? Or could LaTeX % pass back the width, height and depth of the button through its .AUX file? % Mike Piff Yes, try DVIWindo from Y&Y. It has hypertext linkage. You can specify in the `button' \special how big to make the button and where to put it. Linkage is possible to pages in the same file or to another DVI file. There are `button' \special's that define sensitive button areas and `mark' \special's that define `mark's --- places to go to (with screen positioning information). DVIWindo also has support for previews in EPSF and EPSI files, as well as \specials for insertion of TIFF images. It's neat to be able to click on a photo of a person, only to be taken to a biography of same, or click on a defined word and go to the glossary where it is explained. Also a wonderful way to write a manual. Together with the string search capability in DVIWindo, this is a much better of way of navigating around documents than using an index (I know of at least one famous book, the index of which drives me bananas - can you guess?) Berthold K.P. Horn DISCLAIMER: RESPONDENT HAS CONNECTIONS WITH Y&Y Y&Y are the `TeX without BitMaps' people (see ad in TUGboat): Y&Y makes DVIPSONE, DVIWindo, and fonts - for use with TeX mostly - in fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format. Y&Y, 106 Indian Hill, Carlisle MA 01741 USA (508) 371-3286 (voice) --- (508) 371-2004 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 09:26:57 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: DVI query - ------- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 17:10:05 +0000 To: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk From: vdm@le.ac.uk Dear Peter some time ago I asked about the best dvips you said that you would stick the question in UkTeX so that everyone can see the answer, did I miss something (being an avid reader of UkTeX i didn't see anything) regards derek p.s. UkTeX is great fun, I learn something every week! and get withdrawal symptons if it doesn't come out!! Thanks for all the good work ... From: Derek Andrews - ------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 08:46:50 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: DVI query > > some time ago I asked about the best dvips > you said that you would stick the question in UkTeX so that everyone > can see the answer, did I miss something (being an avid reader of > UkTeX i didn't see anything) this is best answered from the Frequently Asked Questions: @question{FAQ 1: Where can I get a DVI to PostScript conversion program? There are two programs that compile on a wide variety of computers and operating systems: dvips - by Tomas Rokicki. This driver is very nice and has the ability to deal with virtual fonts. [tex-archive.drivers.dvi2ps.dvips] Original FTP site is labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.47) A precompiled version for MSDOS is available as boo-encoded ZIP archive in [tex-archive.tex.ms-dos.emtex.bonus]dvips.boo dvitops - by James Clark. Dvitops will compile under Unix, MSDOS, VMS, and Primos. in [tex-archive.drivers.dvi2ps.dvitops] EXTRA dvitps - part of the TeXPS package by Stephan Bectolsheim. Available via anonymous ftp from arthur.cs.purdue.edu (128.10.2.1) in ./pub/TeXPS. } ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 09:16:10 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: RE: DVI query LIST_SERVER@UK.AC.TEX writes: > >>>> you said that you would stick the question in UkTeX so that everyone > >>>> can see the answer, did I miss something (being an avid reader of > >>>> UkTeX i didn't see anything) > > ArborText's DVILASER/PS (if you have MS/DOS or Un*x; they've frozen the > VMS version). Now stand by for flack from all the advocates of other > systems! It is a long time since I used dvilaser/ps. I am willing to be told it has better features than dvips, but no-one has ever come up with one for me. On the other hand, dvips has at least one feature - dynamic creation of fonts - that dvilaser/ps doesn't have (so far as I know), and there may be others. so since its silly summer time, could Phil come out into the open and rationally defend the Arbortext offering against dvips on grounds of - features - speed (not so important, usually) - well-behaved PS output (with examples, pliz!) Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 11:02:32 +0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: RE: DVI query >>>> some time ago I asked about the best dvi ps >>>> you said that you would stick the question in UkTeX so that everyone >>>> can see the answer, did I miss something (being an avid reader of >>>> UkTeX i didn't see anything) ArborText's DVILASER/PS (if you have MS/DOS or Un*x; they've frozen the VMS version). Now stand by for flack from all the advocates of other systems! Philip Taylor, RHBNC - -------- [That's another $200-00 you owe me, Betsy!] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 08:46:00 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: Using uk.ac.tex > > could you please give me a pointer on how to use uk.ac.tex so that I can get > TeX for my machines? > Thanks > + Hugh Sasse + you have two choices: a) get a copy of the Unix TeX distribution tape -- see any recentc copy of the UK TeX digest for details (if you dont receive it, ftp a copy from [tex-archive.digests.uktex] on uk.ac.tex. this will give you a complete set of material; personally, I am not 100% happy with this, because its slightly out of date, and I dont like all the choices. but it will work fine b) get the bits separately. the TeX and Metafont sources are WEB-5851C.TARZ_UUE WEB2C-5851C.TARZ_UUE in [tex-archive.src.unix-archives]. these are uuencoded compressed tar archives. unpack and follow the instructions. other things you'll need (previewers, drivers etc) can also be found in Unix archives in that directory it depends on how comfortable you are with TeX already, or whether you are a total beginner. the third alternative is c) pay someone to install a complete, working up, to date TeX world on your machines. among others, I offer this service (allow for a day on site making sure it all works as you want). but i cant advertise here :-} sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 11:15:29 +0000 From: N.POPPELIER%nl.elsevier@uk.ac.mhs-relay Subject: small typo in UKTeX 92, #26 In UKTeX Digest (Friday, 17 Jul 1992, Volume 92 : Issue 26) Subject: Large formats for OzTeX { I've copied this into the UK TeX Archive in [tex-archive.mac.oztex.contrib]largeformats.hqx --Ed.} Subject: Velthuis Devanagari fonts for OzTeX { I've copied this into the UK TeX Archive in [tex-archive.mac.oztex.contrib]devanagari09.hqx --Ed.} When attempting to find this stuff in an ftp session, it took me a few minutes before I found it should have been [tex-archive.tex.mac.oztex.contrib]... ^^^^ Nico Poppelier Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam Email: n.poppelier@elsevier.nl ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 12:05:22 +0000 From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc Subject: Letter addresses for envelopes with windows John Rostron, Brian Hamilton Kelly and Dave Love write about styles for placing the to-address for a letter in a suitable place for an envelope with a window. For about two years my colleagues have been using a letterhead style written by me which is capable of doing exactly that. However, there are snags. The most obvious one is that there need not be enough room on the top third of the first page to fit a window into, once a letterhead has been printed, or space for one has been created. The next is that the length of an institution's address is inversely related to its stature, and so a letter to a minor institution will generate enough to-address to fill the first half of the page. There is also the placement of the address. I have an option to place it top or bottom page, as secretaries/institutions vary in their preferences. However, if the practice is to place it at the bottom of the *final* page, even fold marks will not help much! One administrative job I do is to mail-merge students' results letters. This involves tabular environments with a merge of a variable number of results lines, and, for a failure, also an additional table of resit papers. Invariably the pass letters can be printed at our prefered 12pt on a single page, including an address in a window. Unfortunately the fail letters just spread to two pages. Both alternatives of (a) fat fail letters and (b) 10pt fail letters proved unacceptably cruel. Thus, they were printed with the addres s at the bottom of page 1, but too low for an envelope window. When I apologized to one of the secretaries about this, she replied perkily "Don't worry about that, we just fold the letters so that the address is in the right place!" So much for my carefully laid down fold marks! Has anyone tried hacking the label-producing part of letter.sty so that it just prints directly onto the envelopes? This would be a more attractive solution. I guess that getting the envelope information written out as a separate LaTeX file would be a more flexible approach, as it is not possible for us people without postscript to switch between portrait and landscape mode without exiting our printer driver, not with dvihplj anyway. Perhaps I will have a go at this when I have time. On Brian's point about \@texttop, I must be missing the point here, as I fail to see the reason for balancing the letter this way. In response to another query a few months ago about placing a letterhead/crest/emblem at the top of a letter, I mentioned that it seemed easier to let \opening and \closing do the balancing act, and this appears to give good results although I cannot claim to have tested it in all conditions; but then I don't know under what conditions the \@texttop approach fails either. I did discover that a finite amount of stretch in \opening and \closing worked better than an infinite amount. Mike Piff ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 13:58:56 +0000 From: pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc Subject: Letters that print envelopes as well As mentioned earlier, here is a style option for LaTeX' letter style that creates a new file envelopes.tex which contains enough information for us to be able to print the envelopes. First, %%envelopes.sty, Mike Piff, 1992 \newwrite\env \immediate\openout\env=envelopes.tex \immediate\write\env{\string\documentstyle[12pt,envelope]{article}} \immediate\write\env{\string\begin{document}} \let\@@letter\letter \def\letter#1{{\let\\\relax% \immediate\write\env{#1}% }\@@letter{#1}} \let\@@endletter\endletter \def\endletter{% \immediate\write\env{\string\clearpage}% \@@endletter} \let\@@enddocument\enddocument \def\enddocument{% \immediate\write\env{\string\end{document}}% \@@enddocument } \endinput The LaTeX file with the addresses in it needs its own style option, an example of which appears below. Customize as necessary. %%envelopes.sty, Mike Piff, 1992 \oddsidemargin\z@ \evensidemargin\oddsidemargin \headheight\z@ \headsep\z@ \topmargin2.5in \textwidth7in \textheight2in \parindent\z@ \pagestyle{empty} Thus, you LaTeX your letter(s) file in the usual way, but one thing it creates is a file called envelopes.tex. LaTeX this, print the first file on ordinary paper and the second on envelopes. That probably looks neater than windows in envelopes. Mike Piff ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 12:02:00 +0000 From: ELLISM@uk.ac.bristol.siva Subject: EMTEX ENQUIRY SENDER: JOHN LLOYD, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL QUERY RE: EMTEX (FROM ASTON UNIVERSITY) I HAVE INSTALLED EMTEX ON TO A 386SX P.C. AS PER THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. I ALSO HAVE THE LJ FONTS (5 DISKS) INSTALLED AS I WISH TO OUTPUT MY TEX ON A HP DESKJET 500. ANYWAY THE EDITER WORKS OK, AND AFTER A SMALL HITCH THE 'VIEW' FACILITY WORKS AS PER THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SAYS IT WOULD. THE PROBLEM I NOW HAVE IS THAT WHEN I TRY TO PRINT A LATEXED DOCUMENT, EITHER ON A HP500 DESKJET OR ON AN EPSON DOTMATRIX (USING THE APPROPIATE DRIVER DVI*) AFTER I'VE CALLED DVI* AND ENTERED OPTIONS ETC, THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS RETURNED........ C:\MYTEX>DVIHPLJ /OD OUTPUT FILE [FILENAME] = OPTIONS = 'TEX OUTPUT 1992.06.23' LOADING FONT CMR12 SCALED 1000 WARNING 1205: FONT CMR12 [\EMTEX\PIXEL.LJ\$RDPI\CMR12<300>] NOT FOUND NEW FILE NAME: WHY AM I GETTING WARNING 1205, AND WHERE SHOULD MY PIXEL DIRECTORY BE ??? HAVING SEARCHED THROUGH ALL THE EMTEX FILES I CANNOT FIND ANY OCCURANCE OF PIXEL AND THE ONLY OCCURANCE OF CMR12 IS IN THE DIRECTORIES \EMTEX\TFM\CMR12.TFM AND \EMTEX\MFINPUT\CMR12.MF COULD YOU PLEASE HELP AS THE SITUATION IS RATHER URGENT. PETER ABBOTT OF ASTON UNIVERSITY WAS UNABLE TO HELP, EXCEPT TO TELL ME TO WRITE THIS EMAIL MESSAGE. MANY THANKS, JOHN LLOYD TEL (0272) 303030 EXT. 4717 PLEASE REPLY USING MARK ELLIS'S ADDRESS AS I DONT HAVE EMAIL FACILITIES, OR ON THE ABOVE TEEPHONE NUMBER. IF YOU HAVE A MAILING LIST FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT COULD I ALSO BECOME REGISTERED ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 92 11:36:12 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: EMTEX ENQUIRY > the problem i now have is that when i try to print a latexed > document, either on a hp500 deskjet or on an epson dotmatrix > 'tex output 1992.06.23' > loading font cmr12 scaled 1000 > > warning 1205: font cmr12 [\emtex\pixel.lj\$rdpi\cmr12<300>] not found > new file name: > > why am i getting warning 1205, and where should my pixel directory be ??? well, there are various things here. a) output on an epson will require a different set of font libraries; those for a laserjet are at a resolution of 300dpi, and i doubt your epson has that capability :-} b) the emTeX drivers look for fonts in two ways, - in font library files (.fli) - in single files in directories if the first fails, it tries the second. your message indicates that both methods have failed. your virgin installation does not (correctly) have any single files in directories, as all you need should be in the font libraries. c) why do you fail to get the font? there are three possibilities 1 you have not installed the font libraries (.fli files) in the right place. 2 you need a size that was not pre-provided 3 your specified device has a resolution different from that of the laserjet, so emTeX is searching for those. eg if it is instructed that a deskjet has a resolution of 200dpi, it won't look at the 300 dpi fonts 4 your configuration is wrong for the printer driver if the previewer finds the fonts, but the printer driver does not, it *must* be 3 or 4, as the same mechanism for searching is used by both. if i were on the spot, I'd turn on the verbose options of the driver, so i could see what it was looking for and what paths it was searching. you can see how to do this by reading the manual. the other thing i cannot recall (my emtex is at home) is whether dvihplj is the right command. i have a feeling there is a .BAT file which calls it with the right parameters, like prthplj.bat or the like. look at the command file you used for previewing (v.bat?) and see if you can find a similar one for printing. look at the parameters it uses (like @lj.cnf, for instance). > IF YOU HAVE A MAILING LIST FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT COULD I ALSO > BECOME REGISTERED you should be added to the weekly UKTeX digest by Dave Osborne as a result of this query. Sebastian Rahtz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:05:40 +0000 From: Peter J Knaggs. Subject: Re: HyperTeX Mike Piff writes: > Does anyone know of any package for doing hypertext with mathematics > embedded in it? On the reasonable assumption that this would have to be > TeX-based, I guess it would be a fairly easy extension of a DVI previewer > to build in a few hypertext features. Well, first of all no. However, we did have a student working on a problem simular to this for his final year project. I may attempt to get a number of students to develop a full system, but that is in the future (and if I can get a job). As a result, I have been giving this idea some though. I was thinking that we can extend the seminar system to include a screen environment (we can also extend \sref to fill in "slide" or "screen" depending on the environment). To provide a HyperText link you would include the command \hyper{key}{label}. Thus the system could typeset the text "key" in some way indicating a button (I would let LaTeX do this, so the viewer system doesn't have to worry about spacing etc.). We can then type set the sheet (absolute screen) number in a special font. This font would be something like the AMS dummy font, in that it does not display anything. The DVI viewer will pick up this dummy text and use it to locate the required page. Thus the definition of \hyper would be something like: \def\hyper#1#2{ \fbox{ \fbox{#1} } { \normalsize \hyperfont \pageref{#2} } } Although I think we will have to redefine \label to output the sheet number as well as the logical and page number, thus we will probably have to totally redefine the hole \label\ref\pageref system as well. Note also that I currently know of now view system that is capable of handling this type of thing. We would have to develop one. Peter J. Knaggs. School of Computing and Maths, University of Teesside, pjk @ scm.tees.ac.uk Middlesbrough, England. +44 (642) 342673 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:42:46 +0000 From: Dave Love Subject: Re: HyperTeX? >>>>> On 16 Jul 92 09:41:33 +0000, pm1mjp%hicks1.shef@uk.ac.sheffield.sunc said : > Does anyone know of any package for doing hypertext with > mathematics embedded in it? On the reasonable assumption that this > would have to be TeX-based, I guess it would be a fairly easy > extension of a DVI previewer to build in a few hypertext features. This is Sun OpenWindows-specific, I'm afraid, but I had some success using a hacked dvips547 to generate PostScript suitable for the OpenWindows `helpviewer'. helpviewer provides simple facilities for hypertext viewing of cooperating PostScript, including links between files and execution of arbitrary shell commands (so you can have, for instance, sound as well as graphics :-)). A LaTeX style file inserted the link information automatically by emitting \specials for the LaTeX cross-referencing information. I think the SeeTeX X-windows previewer has the ability to use embedded `buttons' to skip between pages, but I've not used it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:09:38 +0000 From: Alan Jeffrey Subject: PostScript fonts with xdvi Does anyone have any advice about how to get xdvi to preview documents with PostScript fonts in them? The two alternatives seem to me to be: a) Produce VFs with the same tfms as the PS fonts, but with pointers to CMR, or b) Produce pk files for the PS fonts. Has anyone done either of the above for the standard LaserWriter II fonts (Times, Helvetica, etc.) ? Cheers, Alan. Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:13:01 +0000 From: Peter Abbott Subject: Re: PostScript fonts with xdvi >Does anyone have any advice about how to get xdvi to preview documents >with PostScript fonts in them? The two alternatives seem to me to be: The version of xdvi running on my Sun works with Postscript fonts. Sebastian Rahtz set it up for me so he will provide a technical answer. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 17:20:12 +0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: RE: PostScript fonts with xdvi >>> Has anyone done either of the above for the standard LaserWriter II >>> fonts (Times, Helvetica, etc.) ? Richard Kinch has (Kinch Computer Corporation, America). $200-00 for the set. But there are now tools available which would allow you to do it for yourself, if you had the appropriate PFBs. Philip Taylor, RHBNC. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 92 16:22:17 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: PostScript fonts with xdvi LIST_SERVER@UK.AC.TEX writes: > Does anyone have any advice about how to get xdvi to preview > documents with PostScript fonts in them? The two alternatives seem > to me to be: > > a) Produce VFs with the same tfms as the PS fonts, but with pointers > to CMR, or > > b) Produce pk files for the PS fonts. > > Has anyone done either of the above for the standard LaserWriter II > fonts (Times, Helvetica, etc.) ? I do it every day, using the b) route. the latest beta of xdvi calls MakeTeXPK for fonts it cannot find, and i have that set up to call ps2pk if it cannot find a Metafont source. assumes you have the PS sources, mind you. the latest xdvi is in the UK TeX archive, as is ps2pk, which has a MakeTeXPK you can try (I hacked my copy quite a lot). sebastian ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 92 16:56:47 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: RE: PostScript fonts with xdvi LIST_SERVER@UK.AC.TEX writes: > >>> Has anyone done either of the above for the standard LaserWriter II > >>> fonts (Times, Helvetica, etc.) ? > > Richard Kinch has (Kinch Computer Corporation, America). $200-00 > for the set. But there are now tools available which would allow > you to do it for yourself, if you had the appropriate PFBs. Kinch's fonts come in a fixed encoding, which probably isn't what you normally use, and they only have 128 characters (last time I saw them). you could set up virtual fonts, but its a bother. ps2pk in conjunction with afm2tfm allows for good variety in encoding. there are two route to PFB files, other than buying them (gasp!). a) use CorelDraw and its WFN fonts. The WFNBOSS utility will write these as PFB. gets you a pretty fair imitation of Palatino for previewing. lots of fonts there b) use the GhostScript fonts. I haven't gone this route note that older WFNBOSSes produced bad PFB files. I bought my Corel last autumn, and got a bad one, but a letter to Corel a few months ago got me a prompt upgrade disk. Good service those Corel people offer. there is, by the way, another choice I forgot in my last note. viz the fontutils package from the FSF. Karl Berry used this to build a large collection of pk files for PS fonts, which I think I put in the archive in [tex-archive.src.unix-archives]. Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 11:56:31 -0600 From: "George D. Greenwade" Subject: Announcing LITPROG -- Literate Programming Discussion List Following some comments which recently appeared on INFO-TeX and comp.text.tex regarding an interest in a discussion list for WEB topics specifically and Literate Programming in general, I have created another discussion list to emanate from SHSU -- LITPROG. After visiting with those involved with the comments, it was decided to define this as a broad spectrum literate programming list, which certainly includes WEB and its offshoots. Attached is a brief description file of this list for your reference. While I have set this up so that you do not have to be a subscriber to post, your subscription and participation are welcomed. - --George =========================================================================== LITPROG is a network list dealing with topics related to Literate Programming. This includes general issues of style and philosophy, such as "what is literate programming?" or "is literate programming compatible with writing portable programs?", as well as specific issues relating to particular literate programming systems, such as "is it possible to use CWEB with ANSI C?" Novices are welcome; it is intended that this group should be a place where newcomers can be welcomed into the fold as well as a place where seasoned literate programmers can discuss fine points of technique. To subscribe to LITPROG, include the command: SUBSCRIBE LITPROG "Your Real Name in Quotes" in the body of a mail message to LISTSERV@SHSU.BITNET (LISTSERV@SHSU.edu). Please note that this is a completely mail oriented version of LISTSERV; therefore, interactive messages to it will fail -- you must use mail. The archives of LITPROG are available via electronic mail from FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu) and via anonymous ftp from Niord.SHSU.edu [192.92.115.8] in the directory [FILESERV.LITPROG]. The monthly notebook of postings are stored as LITPROG.yyyy-mm, where "yyyy" represents the year and "mm" represents the numeric equivalent of the month of the post. For example, LITPROG.1992-07 would include all posts to LITPROG during July, 1992. To retrieve this notebook via e-mail, include: SENDME LITPROG.1992-07 in the body of a mail message to FILESERV (*not* LISTSERV). ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 09:35:47 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: loads of BibTeX styles following some heroic work by Nelson Beebe in tracking down and testing BiBTeX style files, I have copied his results to the UK TeX Archive. They are in [tex-archive.bibtex.styles.contrib]. Sebastian Here is what we now `stock': aaai-named.bst -- aaai (????) style abbrv.bst -- abbrev BibTeX style abstract.bst -- modified alpha style with `abstract' keyword acm.bst -- ACM BibTeX style agsm.bst -- Australian Government publications alpha.bst -- alphanumeric BibTeX style amsalpha.bst -- alphanumeric BibTeX style for AmSTeX; this is a copy of the file tex/ams/amslatex/inputs/amsalpha.bst from the AmSTeX 2.0 distribution tree amsplain.bst -- Plain BibTeX style for AmSTeX this is a copy of the file tex/ams/amslatex/inputs/amsplain.bst from the AmSTeX 2.0 distribution tree annotate.bst -- modified alpha style with `annote' keyword annotation.bst -- modified plain style with `annote' keyword apa.bst -- American Psychology Association: This is the same as apalike, but has been modified a la astron.bst to use \cite* for producing references like "Rogers (1992)". apalike.bst -- APA-like BibTeX style apalike.doc -- LaTeX doc style file apalike.sty -- LaTeX sty style file (doc minus comments) apalike.tex -- test file describing APA-like style apalike2.bst -- variant of apalike astron.bst -- Astronomy BibTeX style authordate.readme -- remarks on David Rhead's authordate styles authordate1.bst -- authordate style variant 1 authordate1.ltx -- LaTeX test for authordate style variant 1 authordate1-4.sty -- LaTeX option for authordate style variants authordate2.bst -- authordate style variant 2 authordate2.ltx -- LaTeX test for authordate style variant 2 authordate3.bst -- authordate style variant 3 authordate3.ltx -- LaTeX test for authordate style variant 3 authordate4.bst -- authordate style variant 4 authordate4.ltx -- LaTeX test for authordate style variant 4 bbs.bst -- Behavioral and Brain Sciences style bibtex.cms-changes -- BibTeX change file for IBM VM/CMS bibtex.hosek-vms-changes -- BibTeX change file for VAX VMS bibtex.ins -- installation notes bibtex.pool -- Web pool file bibtex.tops20-changes -- BibTeX change file for bibtex.vms-changes -- BibTeX change file for bibtex.web -- Web source code for BibTeX cbe.bst -- Council of Biology Editors style (includes such journals as American Naturalist, Evolution, etc) cell.bst -- modification of jmb style dcu.bst -- style from Design Computing Unit, Department of Architectural and Design Science, University of Sydney harvard.bib -- bibliography for harvard.tex harvard.tex -- description of Harvard Bibliography Style Family (agsm, dcu, kluwer) harvard.sty -- LaTeX style file needed with Harvard styles humanbio.bst -- Human Biology style humannat.bst -- For journals Human Nature and American Anthropologist ieeetr.bst -- IEEE transactions BibTeX style index -- this file is-abbrv.bst -- abbrev style with ISSN and ISBN keywords is-alpha.bst -- alpha style with ISSN and ISBN keywords is-plain.bst -- plain style with ISSN and ISBN keywords is-unsrt.bst -- unsrt style with ISSN and ISBN keywords jbact.bst -- modification of jmb.sty jmb.bst -- Journal of Molecular Biology style jmb.sty -- LaTeX option for use with jmb.bst jtb.bst -- Journal of Theoretical Biology kluwer.bst -- Kluwer Academic Publishers style mac -- Apple Macintosh BibTeX implementation Makefile -- same as makefile makefile -- UNIX makefile; this contains rules to create and typeset all of the test-*.ltx and xampl-*.ltx files listed below makefile.tops20 -- old TOPS-20 makefile (for BibTeX 0.98) makefile.tops20-new -- old TOPS-20 makefile (for BibTeX 0.99) makefile.vms -- old VAX VMS makefile named.bst -- named style named.sty -- LaTEX option for use with named.bst namunsrt.bst -- modification of unsrt style nar.bst -- Nucleic Acid Research style nar.sty -- LaTeX option for use with nar.bst nature.bst -- Nature style nature.sty -- LaTEX option for use with nature.bst newapa.bst -- modification of apalike.sty newapa.sty -- LaTEX option for use with newapa.bst phaip.bst -- American Institute of Physics journals phapalik.bst -- American Psychological Association style phcpc.bst -- Computer Physics Communications style phiaea.bst -- IAEA Conferences style phjcp.bst -- Journal of Computational Physics phnf.bst -- Nuclear Fusion style phnflet.bst -- Nuclear Fusion Letters style phpf.bst -- Physics of Fluids phppcf.bst -- Physics version of apalike phreport.bst -- internal physics reports phrmp.bst -- Reviews of Modern Physics phyjabb.btx -- Physics journal abbreviations phyjfull.btx -- Physics journal full names (included by physics.btx) physics.btx -- Physics journal master file from which other ph*.bst files are derived using the C preprocessor (automated in makefile) plain.bst -- Plain BibTeX style plainyr.bst -- Plain BibTeX style with primary sort by year siam.bst -- SIAM BibTeX style test.bib -- test bibliography data base file (used by authordate*.* files) test.ltx -- sample LaTeX file for making test-*.ltx files (automated in makefile) test-aaai-named.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in aaai-named format test-abbrv.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in abbrv format test-abstract.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in abstract format test-acm.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in acm format test-agsm.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in agsm format test-alpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in alpha format test-amsalpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in amsalpha format test-amsplain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in amsplain format test-annotate.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in annotate format test-annotation.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in annotation format test-apa.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apa format test-apalike.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apalike format test-apalike2.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apalike2 format test-astron.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in astron format test-authordate1.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate1 format test-authordate2.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate2 format test-authordate3.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate3 format test-authordate4.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate4 format test-bbs.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in bbs format test-cbe.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in cbe format test-cell.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in cell format test-dcu.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in dcu format test-humanbio.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in humanbio format test-humannat.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in humannat format test-ieeetr.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in ieeetr format test-is-abbrv.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-abbrv format test-is-alpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-alpha format test-is-plain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-plain format test-is-unsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-unsrt format test-jbact.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jbact format test-jmb.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jmb format test-jtb.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jtb format test-kluwer.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in kluwer format test-named.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in named format test-namunsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in namunsrt format test-nar.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in nar format test-nature.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in nature format test-newapa.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in newapa format test-phaip.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phaip format test-phapalik.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phapalik format test-phcpc.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phcpc format test-phiaea.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phiaea format test-phjcp.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phjcp format test-phnf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phnf format test-phnflet.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phnflet format test-phpf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phpf format test-phppcf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phppcf format test-phreport.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phreport format test-phrmp.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phrmp format test-plain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in plain format test-plainyr.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in plainyr format test-siam.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in siam format test-unsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in unsrt format testadb.ltx -- include file for authordate*.ltx files unsrt.bst -- Unsorted BibTeX style xampl.bib -- sample bibliography data base file xampl.ltx -- sample LaTeX file for making xampl-*.ltx files (automated in makefile) xampl-aaai-named.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in aaai-named format xampl-abbrv.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in abbrv format xampl-abstract.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in abstract format xampl-acm.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in acm format xampl-agsm.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in agsm format xampl-alpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in alpha format xampl-amsalpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in amsalpha format xampl-amsplain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in amsplain format xampl-annotate.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in annotate format xampl-annotation.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in annotation format xampl-apa.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apa format xampl-apalike.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apalike format xampl-apalike2.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in apalike2 format xampl-astron.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in astron format xampl-authordate1.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate1 format xampl-authordate2.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate2 format xampl-authordate3.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate3 format xampl-authordate4.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in authordate4 format xampl-bbs.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in bbs format xampl-cbe.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in cbe format xampl-cell.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in cell format xampl-dcu.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in dcu format xampl-humanbio.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in humanbio format xampl-humannat.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in humannat format xampl-ieeetr.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in ieeetr format xampl-is-abbrv.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-abbrv format xampl-is-alpha.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-alpha format xampl-is-plain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-plain format xampl-is-unsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in is-unsrt format xampl-jbact.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jbact format xampl-jmb.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jmb format xampl-jtb.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in jtb format xampl-kluwer.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in kluwer format xampl-named.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in named format xampl-namunsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in namunsrt format xampl-nar.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in nar format xampl-nature.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in nature format xampl-newapa.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in newapa format xampl-phaip.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phaip format xampl-phapalik.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phapalik format xampl-phcpc.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phcpc format xampl-phiaea.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phiaea format xampl-phjcp.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phjcp format xampl-phnf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phnf format xampl-phnflet.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phnflet format xampl-phpf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phpf format xampl-phppcf.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phppcf format xampl-phreport.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phreport format xampl-phrmp.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in phrmp format xampl-plain.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in plain format xampl-plainyr.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in plainyr format xampl-siam.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in siam format xampl-unsrt.ltx -- sample LaTeX file: bib in unsrt format xbtxbst.doc -- master file from which is-*.bst files are automatically generated by steps in the Makefile ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 09:45:43 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Chinese and TeX I have put version 1.3 of cc2tex into [tex-archive.langs.chinese.cc2tex] cc2tex1.3 has been put into crl.nmsu.edu pub/chinese. It is a Unix program written by # Zhi Biao Wu # Department of Information System & Computer Science # Natural University of Singapore # Republic of Singapore, 0511 which translates Chinese source into normal LaTeX. Please dont ask me for details, get the documentation! I havent put any fonts there; crl.nmsu.edu:pub/chinese/fonts has a collection of stuff, but I dont know enough about it to decide what to get Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 09:57:13 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Chinese and TeX I have put a uuencoded compressed tar archive of ChTeX 1.1 (another pre-proprocessor for Chinese) in [tex-archive.langs.chinese]chtex1-1.tarz_uue I have not expanded it because it has quite a complex hierarcht with mixed-case names and binary files. Anyone who has trouble unpacking it can ask me for help Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 10:16:12 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Chinese and TeX I have put a uuencoded compressed tar archive of ChTeX 1.1 (another pre-proprocessor for Chinese) in [tex-archive.langs.chinese]chtex1-1.tarz_uue I have not expanded it because it has quite a complex hierarcht with mixed-case names and binary files. Anyone who has trouble unpacking it can ask me for help Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jul 92 11:36:15 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Harvmac.tex I have put Harvmac into the UK TeX Archive in [tex-archive.tex-style.harvmac] Sebastian Harvmac.tex is a short (15KB) and quite capable macro package written by Paul Ginsparg with physics preprints in mind: it can auto-number equations, sections, subsections, references, footnotes, etc. For an unusual touch, it even quizzes you if you want the normal output (portrait), or reduced output (landscape; two pages per physical page). While it is neat for its size, you cannot expect much flexibility from such a small package. If you don't like EXACTLY the style it offers, it may not be for you (unless you are willing to fiddle with the code.) There is no manual. A file called harvsamp.tex documents its use, again in an extremely condensed manner: you print that file and then compare the source-code with the printed output. Doesn't sound possible at first, but somehow it works out. ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jul 92 14:53:44 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: auctex release 6 in uk tex archive I have installed auctex version 6 in [tex-archive.src.unix-archives]auctex_6.tarz_uue (a Unix compressed tar archive. I have not update) and [tex-archive.utils.texemacs.auc] (exploded) Sebastian Rahtz ******************** So, here we are again. The major news for version 6 are: DOCS! Preliminary documentation is available in the directory `doc'. It isn't very well written, but I believe it covers most interesting points. Comments, suggestions, or even rewrites of sections are VERY WELCOME... LaCheck has been incorporated in the package. The source code for it is available in the directory `lacheck' along with the documentation for it. Lacheck may also be used from the command line. In Emacs is it bound to C-c $. Some minor changes in: TeX-region: Should work better with `Master:' option LaTeX-environment: Numerous new hooks added by Masayuki Kuwada (hope I spelled it correctly) And some additional minor fixes... - keep them coming in! Next, I will encourage you to supply notes for a `PROBLEMS' file. If you have any notes that may be of general interest, please mail me directly with the subject containing the sequence AUC-TeX-problems. Such emails will then be extracted automatically and stored in a PROBLEMS file. /Kresten - ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 09:52:26 +0000 From: SYSTEM@uk.ac.tex Subject: Interruption and rearrangement of service I shall be installing an evaluation copy of MultiNet on TeX.ac.uk on the afternoon of 24th July, thanks to the good offices of Unipalm Ltd. If it proves successful, it will replace the existing combination of DEC's somewhat flaky UCX product and Matt Madison's CRUX, which supports anonymous ftp on this host. This will cause some disruption to service: 1) It obviously will not be possible to telnet or ftp to this node over the Internet until after the new system is properly configured 2) Neither will it be possible to access the archive over dial-up lines to 021-359 8291; this is because that number connects to Project Accent, which effects connection to TeX.ac.uk by means of Telnet If MultiNet proves unsuccessful (which, having read the documentation, I in no manner anticipate happening), it will be necessary to revert to the old UCX/CRUX combination, which will again cause some disruption Brian {Hamilton Kelly} System Manager for the UK TeX Archive at Aston University ------------------------------ 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 #15 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. 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 V1.4 (for Macintosh) Send 7 UNFORMATTED 800K disks to Aston with return postage. \subsection emTeX (for OS/2, PC-DOS and MS-DOS) The complete package (3.5" High density disk format ONLY) is available from Aston at a cost of 15 pounds sterling, including documentation, disks, post and packing (DO NOT SEND DISKS): specify Set A. Additional utilities including DVIPS, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set B. FLI files for FX, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set C. FLI files for P6M, 5 pounds sterling: specify Set D. For general enquiries, and a free catalogue detailing other disk formats, precompiled fonts and lots of other goodies, contact: Eigen PD Software, P.O. 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