TeXhax Digest Wednesday, 24 Feb 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 004 % The TeXhax Digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group % % and UK TeX Users Group in cooperation with the UK TeX Archive group % Today's Topics: DVIPS-program dvips vs. dvitps How to acheive user control of the DVI filename Re: UnixTeX Re: UnixTeX Church's typefaces Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 TeX-related Gopher services LexiTeX: citation macro package web2c 5.851d available Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items Administrivia: Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 15:42:23 +0100 From: Wolfgang Ratzka Subject: DVIPS-program Jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu writes: ... install a more robust version if possible. I'm open to suggestions as well as info on how difficult it would be to build dvips from scratch. Note: I have the latest version of TeX and LaTeX, which were something of pain to build, but it was worth it. Johannes Idsoe writes Dear friends; I know there is an excellent DVIPS-program made by a firm called Radical Eye Software. Can someone tell me where I can buy this program? dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building TeX. ___ Wolfgang Ratzka | | :-) ------------------------------------------------------- | /\ | \ X400: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.dbp.de |/ \| \ SMTP: ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:58:08 -0700 From: jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu (Jerry) Subject: dvips vs. dvitps Wolfgang Ratzka on February 11 wrote: - -> dvips is free, so you should be able to get it from any major - -> TeX-oriented ftp server. Building it should at most involve editing - -> one Makefile and typing make, probably nothing compared to building - -> TeX. OK. Querying an archive server produces an endless list of sites with different sizes and modification dates. So which of the many different free programs called dvips are you talking about, what is the latest version, and where do I get it? How does it compare with dvitps, which seems pretty nice, except the author Stephan v. Bechtolsheim 2119 Old Oak Drive West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA (317) 463 0162 svb@cs.purdue.edu does not respond to email, so I assume dvitps is no longer supported nor widely used, even though it is what came with the latest versions of TeX/LaTeX which I downloaded from washington.edu last summer. I would have been plum happy with dvitps if I could have gotten a hard copy of the manual, but it goes bust looking for nonexistant \include files, and the author got my email but chose to ignore me, so I figure dvitps is history, unless someone else has picked it up. - -Jerry Jerry Graves UTEP Math Sysadmin jerry@math.ep.utexas.edu PHONE/FAX (915) 747-6757/6502 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 08:37:48 -0800 From: wagman%zephyr.hepnet@LBL.EARN Subject: How to acheive user control of the DVI filename We create a big book with long articles and a little book with portions of the long articles so our TeX file looks something like: \ifnum\BigBookOrLittleBook = 1 This stuff is for the long article and goes into great detail. \else See our Big Book for details and formulae on this principle. \fi And this stuff goes in both books. We run TeX twice on the file querying the user for \BigBookOrLittleBook, but this results in two DVI files with the same name. Is there some way to manually open the DVI file specifying a name? For our needs, they would be named: \jobname_Big.DVI and \jobname_Little.DVI Gary S. Wagman Lawrence Berkeley Lab Berkeley, CA (510)486-6610 gswagman@lbl.gov gswagman at lbl lbl::gswagman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 02:37:56 -0800 From: vis!greg@UCSD.EDU Subject: Re: UnixTeX The demise of UnixTeX would impoverish the whole community. Perhaps we can generate some ideas as well as some funding. Here are some of my ideas: Comparing UnixTeX to the GNU project, I am inclined to see two big strategic pieces missing from UnixTeX: Cygnus (and similar organizations) and really comprehensive distribution services, especially on CDROM. Is it possible to create companies which provide TeX-related services while improving TeX in the way that Cygnus Support et al do for GNU software? Is there any advantage (Pierre's letter suggested some major disadvantages) to having UnixTeX at the U. of Washington? Pierre mentions that many FTP users call in with questions and requests for help - those are potential customers for support services. Charging for services is entirely consistent with Free Software philosophy and benefits both service provider and customer. The FSF has recently made available a popular CDROM (which, ironically, contains TeX). I think that there would be a market for a CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to get the initial seed money to produce the disk? Has there been any attempt to get some donations from various laser printer manufacturers to support bundling drivers for their printers in the distribution? Finally, I haven't seen an order form for UnixTeX for awhile (maybe because I've been off and on the list) and would like to see one. Thanks, _Greg J. Greg Davidson Institute for Software Research and Development +1 (619) 452-8059 6231 Branting Street San Diego, CA 92122 USA vis!greg@nosc.mil ucsd----+--vis vis!greg@ucsd.edu nosc----| ***************************************************** * Member of the League for Programming Freedom. * * For more info, write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu * ***************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 11:04:09 From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk Subject: Re: UnixTeX > CDROM which contained a much more complete set of TeX and TeX-related > software (the various WEBs, tons of fonts, support for many languages > and special styles, etc.) and directory trees already compiled and > configured for various popular machine/OS combinations. (The > community could certainly provide such directory trees.) Once such a > CDROM existed, one could even ask the FSF to drop TeX from their next > CDROM. The questions are: How much of a market is there, and how to > get the initial seed money to produce the disk? a start has been made in this direction by Prime Time Freeware in their next CDROM issue. On this will be included a mirror of the UK TeX Archive as of December 1992. The directory structure of this archive implements the current recommendations of the TUG working party on archives, and the set includes all TeX packages, macros, fonts, support programs etc which had been located at the time the copy was made. It is not 100% complete or uptodate, but it is closer, I believe, to the ideal state than any previous such collection. Within the setup are included "shrink-wrapped" TeXs for sparc-based Unix, DOS, OS/2, Macintosh and Atari systems. there is an awful lot more to do to get the world's TeX archives in synch, but its in hand, and the work includes worrying about workable systems as well as source archives. the sales of the upcoming CD (it includes much else besides TeX) will be of interest. my personal feeling is that TUG should try to raise money for an annual issue of a dedicated CD, but in the meanwhile the semi-commercial vendors are there! Sebastian Rahtz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 14:32:13 -0600 From: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx Subject: Church's typefaces Anybody knows about TeX typefaces like the one used in catolic churchs? It is a simple typeface, with straight lines and simple curves. Rafael Morales Gamboa ITESM Campus Morelos Cuernavaca, Mor. MEXICO INTERNET: mr370673@rs970.mor.itesm.mx ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 13:59:33 -0000 From: CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK Subject: Forthcoming UK-TuG Conference, April 6th--8th: please publicise widely %%% Dear Colleague %%% The UK TeX Users' Group is holding a conference during April 6th--8th %%% which is hoped to be of interest to members of other national and %%% international groups. I would be much obliged if you could publicise %%% this conference within any groups with which you may be associated, %%% either by re-distributing this message electronically or by printing %%% and distributing it to your members by post. %%% Yours very sincerely, %%% Philip Taylor, RHBNC. \magnification \magstep 1 \hsize = 210 true mm \vsize = 297 true mm \hoffset = 1.0 true in \voffset = 1.0 true in \advance \hsize by -2\hoffset \advance \vsize by -2\voffset \hoffset = 0.0 true in \voffset = 0.0 true in %%% Knuths crazy (1",1") origin \parindent = 0.0 em \parskip = 0.5 \baselineskip \abovedisplayskip = 0 pt \belowdisplayskip = 0 pt \abovedisplayshortskip = 0 pt \belowdisplayshortskip = 0 pt \font \xviibf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 1 \font \xxvbf = cmbx12 scaled \magstep 3 \font \CMU = cmu10 \font \logo = logo10 \font \xxvcmsy = cmsy10 scaled \magstep 4 \font \xxvlogobf = logobf10 scaled \magstep 4 \font \smallcaps = cmcsc10 \def \newpage {\vfil \eject} \def \MF {{\logo META}\-{\logo FONT}} \let \MetaFont = \MF % {{\manual META}\-{\manual FONT}} \def \pagefill {\vskip 0 pt plus 1 filll} \catcode `\< = \active \catcode `\> = \active \def \pounds {{\CMU \$}} \def <#1>{\expandafter \ifx \csname #1\endcsname \relax {\it #1\/}% \else \csname #1\endcsname \fi } \expandafter \def \csname UK-TuG\endcsname {\begingroup \lccode `\T = `\T \lccode `\E = `\U \lccode `\X = `\G \def \kern {\dimen 0 = }% {\smallcaps uk-\expandafter \lowercase \expandafter {\TeX}}% \endgroup } \begingroup \parskip = 0 pt \parindent = 0 pt \baselineskip = 25 pt \leftskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil \rightskip = \leftskip \parfillskip = 0 pt \let \logo = \xxvlogobf \obeylines \xviibf U.K. Users' Group Conference: April 6th--8th \centerline {\vrule height 0.5 pt depth 0.5 pt width 0.3 \hsize} \xxvbf for non-American Languages \xxvbf in Theory and Practice \endgroup \pagefill \leavevmode \centerline {\xxvcmsy \char '175} \pagefill The~U.K. Users' Group () are pleased to announce their first-ever multi-day conference, which~will take place at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of~London) in~Egham, Surrey, between April~6th and~8th 1993. The Conference, which has two themes --- ~for non-English languages, and~ in~Theory and Practice --- is timed to co-incide with the start of Spring, when the campus is at its best. The~first day (April~6th) is reserved for registration and the conference banquet; April~7th is devoted to , and will include papers from an~international panel of invited speakers, including Bernard Gaulle, Yannis Haralambous and Dominik Wujastyk. Bernard~is past-president of GUTenberg (the~French-speaking Users' Group), and an~authority on good French typographic practice; Yannis~is a~renowned authority on and exotic fonts, and~is the author of the ``Scholar'' package; and~Dominik is co-author (with Graham Toal) of the definitive U.K. hyphenation patterns, as~well as being a Sanskrit scholar and linguist. There~will be ample time for questions in addition to the formal papers. April~8th is day: there~will be two concurrent tutorials, one~entitled ` in Theory', led~by Yannis, in~which the theme will be the design and implementation of fonts through the medium of , and~the second entitled ` in Practice', in~which the more practical (but equally important) aspects of the use of (such~as how to build a~complete set of Computer Modern fonts for a new laser printer) will be addressed. Booking~is now taking place for this event, which~will be limited to a~maximum of fifty persons; the~Conference fee (80-00) includes the Conference banquet, which~takes place after Registration on April~6th, lunch~for April~7th \& 8th, and~attendance at all lectures plus the tutorial of choice; optional~items include {\it en-suite\/} accommodation at 28-50 per night (available for up to three nights), and~evening dinner for the second and third days of the Conference. Early~booking is advised, as~this is expected to be a~very popular event. To~reserve a~place for the Conference, please~complete the form below and return it together with cheque (made payable to {\it The U.K. Users' Group\/}) or company order, to: \begingroup \parindent = 2 em \leavevmode \parskip = 0 pt \obeylines % Philip Taylor, The Computer Centre, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England. \endgroup \noindent Please~reserve me a~place for the Conference at RHBNC on April~6th--8th, 1993. I~have completed the booking form below to indicate my exact requirements in terms of accommodation and meals. I~understand that if I~need to cancel my reservation, I~can be guaranteed at most a~50\% refund up to fourteen days before the Conference, and~no refund thereafter, unless the Conference organisers are able to re-allocate my place, in which case I~agree to a~10\% cancellation charge being deducted. \pagefill \begingroup \openup 0.9 \baselineskip \vskip -\baselineskip \tabskip = 0 pt \halign to \hsize \bgroup \qquad # \hfil&\tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil #\hfil &\tabskip = 0 pt \hfil #\cr &&\cr &Signed: \span \hrulefill \cr Name:& \span \hrulefill \cr Address:& \span \hrulefill \cr & \span \hrulefill \cr & \span \hrulefill \cr & \span \hrulefill \cr E-mail address:& \span \hrulefill \cr Facsimile number:& \span \hrulefill \cr Telephone number:& \span \hrulefill \cr Special dietary requirements:& \span \hrulefill \cr \egroup \endgroup \pagefill If ing your own reservation form, please edit the alignment below to remove any lines which you do not require, and amend the entries for sub-total, V.A.T. and total to indicate the amounts applicable; if completing a ready-printed form, simply score through any items not required and add appropriate amounts to the sub-total, V.A.T. and total lines. $$\hbox to \hsize \bgroup \hss \vrule \hss \vbox \bgroup \def \toprule {\noalign {\hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} \def \midrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule \vskip \dp \strutbox}} \def \botrule {\noalign {\vskip \dp \strutbox \hrule}} \def \blank {\noalign {\vskip \ht \strutbox \vskip \dp \strutbox}} \def \\{\hfil \break} \let \par = \crcr \tabskip = 0 pt plus 1 fil \obeylines % \halign to \hsize % \bgroup % \vtop {\hsize = 0.8 \hsize \raggedright \strut#\strut}&$\,$\hfil # \toprule Conference fee (inc.~all lectures and choice of tutorial, \phantom {Conference fee (}conference dinner % (April~6th), $2 \times \rm lunches$:& 80-00 \blank Accommodation April 6th:& 28-50 Accommodation April 7th:& 28-50 Accommodation April 8th:& 28-50 \blank Dinner April 7th:& 8-00 Dinner April 8th:& 8-00 \blank Handling charge (only if payment does not accompany order):&5-00 \midrule Sub-total:& V.A.T (@$\,$17.5\%):& Total:& \botrule \egroup % \egroup \hss \vrule \hss \egroup $$ \end ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:30:20 From: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us ("Tundra" Tim Daneliuk) Subject: List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 List Of TeX-Related Tutorials As Of 02.15.93 ============================================ (PLEASE NOTE: This release adds the 'Latest Version' field. I'd appreciate it if the various authors could let me know what is current for each of these documents.) Herein is a list of tutorials on TeX-related subjects. If you are the author of such a document and that document is freely available (public domain, GNU Copyleft, etc.) please feel free to email me the information in the format defined below and I'll include it in the next revision of this list. Also, if any of the information is incorrect, misleading, or otherwise needs amending, please let me know. Thanks to all who have contributed. - ---------------------------- Submission Format ------------------------------ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: Latest Version: <Version Number And/Or Date> Author Name: <Last Name, First Name> Author Email Address: <Optional, If You Don't Want To Be Pestered> Size (Bytes): <Or Pages> Brief Description: <One Line Please> Intended Audience: <Novice, Advanced, Specialist In Some Discipline, etc.> Distribution Site: <Primary ftp Site> Comments: <Whatever Makes Sense Here - Try To Keep It Under 50 Lines Or So> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% - ------------------------- Beginning Of Tutorial List ------------------------ Document Name: Application Of NFSS In The Context Of Latex Latest Version: Author Name: {\.Z}bikowski, Rafa{\l} Author Email Address: Not Available Size (Bytes): ~40K Brief Description: A FAQ containing two embedded LaTeX documents Intended Audience: Newcomers to the New Font Selection Scheme and amsfontsS no (La)TeX expertise assumed. Distribution Site niord.shsu.edu: [FILESERV.FAQ]FAQ.NFSS-LATEX Comments: The purpose of this document is to describe briefly AmSFonts and the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS) in the context of LaTeX. The issues addressed are as follows. AmSFonts: What are AmSFonts? Where to get AmSFonts from? How to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? New Font Selection Scheme: What is the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS)? Why to use NFSS? Where to get NFSS from? How to install NFSS? How to use NFSS to install AmSFonts for LaTeX? Also: How can NFSS and AmSFonts be used in practice? (Examples.) The questions are attempted to be answered from user's point of view as opposed to (La)TeXpert's/designer's. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: A Catalogue of TeX Macros Latest Version: Author Name: Jones, David Author Email Address: dmjones@theory.lcs.mit.edu Size (Bytes): 367136 Brief Description: A Catalogue of TeX Macros. Intended Audience: Anyone who uses TeX. Distribution Site: theory.lcs.mit.edu: pub/tex/TeX-index Comments: The goal of this document is to provide a catalogue of all publicly-available TeX macros and macro packages, such as AMS-TeX, plain TeX, eplain, FoilTeX, LaTeX, AMS-LaTex, LAMS-TeX, Lollipop, etc. Although it is far from complete, it already contains nearly 1000 entries. (It also includes a section on BibTeX style files.) The author actively solicits contributions and greatly appreciates it when authors of macro packages send him updates or new entries. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: The Components of TeX Author Name: Joachim Schrod Author Email Address: schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de Size (Bytes): ca 30 KB Brief Description: It describes the components and files users of TeX get in contact with. Intended Audience: Not a document for beginners. For those who have used TeX for a while and wonder what all those files are good for. Distribution Site (ftp or uucp): ftp.th-darmstadt.de: pub/tex/documentation/components-of-TeX.tar.Z Comments: Also available from all larger TeX archives. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: Essential LaTeX Mathematics Latest Version: Author Name: Carlisle, David Author Email Address: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk Size (Bytes): 18362 Brief Description: An addition to Essential LaTeX, describing mathematics. Intended Audience: Those with an interest in typesetting mathematics. Distribution Site: tex.ac.uk Comments: Does not describe mathematics under the NFSS. Uses the obsolete ms[xy]m fonts. Requires amssymbols.sty. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: A Gentle Introduction to TeX Latest Version: Author Name: Doob, Michael Author Email Address: mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca Size (Bytes): 198589 Brief Description: Introduction to plain tex. Intended Audience: Rank beginners. Distribution Site: Many (try gentle.tex on Archie) Comments: Hard copy also available from the TeX Users Group at a nominal cost. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: Getting Up And Running With AMS-LaTeX Latest Version: Author Name: Hirschhorn, Phil Author Email Address: psh@math.mit.edu Size (Pytes): 25 Brief Description: Overview of the American Mathematical Society version of LaTeX. Intended Audience: Intended for someone with at least some experience with either plain TeX, AMS-TeX, or LaTeX. Distribution Site: Contact author via email. Comments: Attempts to give enough information for someone to get started with AMS-LaTeX without having to read the manual. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: An Introduction To TeX And Friends Latest Version: Author Name: Maltby, Gavin Author Email Address: gmaltby@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za maltby@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za Size (Bytes): 150405 Brief Description: An introduction to the TeX world through LaTeX. Covers text processing and mathematical typesetting. Far from a reference work, for there are many commands not even mentioned. Around 80 pages. Intended Audience: LaTeX beginners, especially those who want to typeset mathematics and proceed to AmSLaTeX Distribution Site: To Be Determined Comments: Prepared for short course given at University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Prepared in great haste, so not ultimately polished. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: Metafont For Beginners Latest Version: Author Name: Tobin, Geoffrey Author Email Address: ecsgrt@luxor.latrobe.edu.au Size (Bytes): 15252 Brief Description: A brief overview of what Metafont is and does. Intended Audience: Moderately experienced TeX users Distribution Site: niord.shsu.edu Comments: Short and sweet, a great way to get started with Metafont. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Document Name: TeXsis -- TeX Macros for Physicists Latest Version: Author Name: Myers, Eric and Paige, Frank Author Email Address: texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu Size (Bytes): 835584 (tar file) Brief Description: TeX macros extending Plain TeX Intended Audience: Physicists and others who write technical documents. Distribution Site: anonymous@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu Comments: See the files README and INSTALL in the ftp directory. The manual is written in TeXsis, so you need the macros to print it. Partially a tutorial along with the macros necessary to help physicists make use of TeX effectively. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Regards, "Tundra" Tim Daneliuk PREFERRED: tundra@eskimo.chi.il.us OR (Yuk!): eskimo!tundra@clout.chi.il.us ALSO: ...uunet!gargoyle.uchicago.edu!clout!eskimo!tundra US SNAIL: 4927 N. Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60625 MA BELL: (312) 989-1052 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 09:51:10 -0600 From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu> Subject: TeX-related Gopher services Norm Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu> has been developing an admirable gopher service on ibis.cs.umass.edu (port 70) and Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@minster.york.ac.uk> has undertaken the heroic efforts necesary to create a usable gopher interface on ftp.tex.ac.uk (port 70) to the UK TeX archives available from his site (an interface in addiition to ftp which I hope to get fully installed to point at our archives as soon as everything is in place on our new machine; must visit with Sebastian further about this, as well as a few other topics). Possibly there are others focusing on TeX-related items. Please allow me to add "my" gopher on Niord to this list (Niord.SHSU.edu, port 70). I have a few items which are locally maintained, a few items from Norm's host, and a link to Sebastian's host. Niord's root menu is: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Root gopher server: Niord.SHSU.edu 1. About the SHSU Gopher. 2. All the Gopher Servers in the World/ 3. Economics (SHSU Network Access Initiative Project)/ 4. Internet Information/ 5. LIBS -- Internet Library Access System <TEL> 6. LaTeX3 Working Documents/ 7. Minnesota Gopher (Mama Gopher; get *your own* clients here!)/ 8. SAMINFO -- Sam Houston State University Information System <TEL> --> 9. TeX-related Materials/ 10. Thesaurus and Dictionaries/ 11. USENET News (from Michigan State)/ 12. Veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)/ 13. Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service; US)/ 14. Weather Underground (University of Michigan) <TEL> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ and the menu associaed with item 9 is: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TeX-related Materials 1. Components of TeX/ 2. EconBib (LaTeX/BibTeX styles for economics)/ 3. Essential LaTeX/ 4. FAQ Supplement for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/ 5. FAQ for comp.fonts (text and WAIS indexed)/ 6. FAQ for comp.text.tex (text and WAIS indexed)/ 7. LaTeX3 Working Documents/ 8. Metafont for Beginners. 9. NFSS in the Context of LaTeX. 10. TeX Index (text and WAIS indexed)/ 11. The Canonical list of MetaFont fonts. 12. UK TeX Archive/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Most of the items Tim included in yesterday's post listing the available TeX tutorials are there, as well as the various FAQ's and David Jone's TeX Index. In addition to the text of them, Norm has WAIS indexed(!) the FAQ's and the TeX Index -- you can include a search word and you get the information directly (many thanks, Norm!). If you are on the Internet and don't have access to a gopher client, you really ought to get one -- item 7 on Niord's main menu points to the root directory at Minnesota where these are available (or, preferably, use ftp to boombox.micro.umn.edu). The clients are amazingly simple to build, install, and use. Gopher is a truly amazing tool; with the extensions provided by Norm and Sebastian, it becomes an invaluable TeX reference tool. We also support a (highly overburdened on a far too small machine) public access gopher client which you can use by telnet on Scrooge.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.7) -- use the username "gopher" (all lowercase, without the quotes) if you'd like to utilize it (but a client on your end is highly preferred for more than a few reasons). Regards, George %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266 P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612 Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.decnet@relay.the.net %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 10:35:00 +0000 From: Frank Bennett <fbennett@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> Subject: LexiTeX: citation macro package This is to announce a new macro package for typesetting citations. I am a neophyte (TeX-age about six months), but I have sweat bullets over this package, and learned a lot about TeX in the process of putting it together. I hope that other find it useful. I call the package LexiTeX, because it was originally conceived as a means of streamlining the typesetting of legal citations, because but it should be of equal value for other types of writing as well, with a tweak here and there. The essential features of LexiTeX are as follows: (1) Citations are entered as a set of arguments to an initial declaration command (e.g. \newbook...). (2) The declaration command for a given type of citation governs the typefaces used for setting the arguments of the citation. Two typefaces (one standard, one specially selected by \\...\\) are defined for each of the first three arguments or parsed elements of citations (i.e. author, title, cite-first-part). In most cases, the user therefore enters only the argument text, without worrying about selecting the typeface explicitly. (3) A nickname is assigned to each source when it is first declared. This nickname is used thereafter to refer to the source (i.e. \dickens). This will expand into a short-form citation or cross-reference that accords with the style rules of A Uniform System of Citation (i.e. {\em supra} note 10, {\em id.}, et cetera). The document can therefore be freely edited without fretting over cross-references. (4) Specific page numbers may be referred to, and these will be incorporated into the citation in the proper style. For example, \dickens+{23} will expand into something like ``{\sc C. Dickens}, {\em supra} note 10 at 23'', or {\em Id.} at 23, depending on context. (5) Tables of cases, statutes, articles and books are generated automatically, in the same typefaces used in the main text. Most of TeX's special characters (i.e. \=, etc.) are disabled during the file-write, and will not cause problems. If anyone is interested in taking a look at the LexiTeX manual and playing with the package itself, I can post a uuencoded encryption via email. Cheers, Frank Bennett, Jr SOAS Law Dept University of London ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 18:50:40 -0500 From: karl%edu.umb.cs@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: web2c 5.851d available I have released a new version of web2c, the port of the basic TeX project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix. You can get it by ftp from: (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{web,web2c}.tar.Z Soon it will be available from: (California) ics.uci.edu:TeX/{web,web2c}.tar.Z (Germany) ftp.th-darmstadt.de:pub/tex/src/web2c/{web,web2c}.tar.Z The master web files haven't changed, but the directory organization has. It is therefore simplest to retrieve and unpack the new web.tar.Z; otherwise, you will have to rearrange the web files yourself. A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me. I've also updated my modified xdvi and dvips which use the same path searching code. They are on ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex also, as dvipsk.tar.Z and xdvik.tar.Z. The web2c distribution contains only the basic TeX system programs -- no fonts, no macros, etc. See the file FTP in the web2c distribution for where to get these things. Also, the Northwest Computing Support Center has a complete Unix TeX tape, and provides support services. NWCSC is supported only by the revenues from the preparation and distribution of tapes, and is required to be fully self-supporting. It receives no support from the University of Washington. I urge you to order a tape or make a donation if you can, so that NWCSC can afford to continue to organize and distribute Unix-flavored TeX. Email elizabeth@u.washington.edu for details. Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release. karl@cs.umb.edu Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. * A file `texfonts.map' allows arbitrary mapping of font names (as given to, for instance, \font) to filenames. * Metafont & TeX: - If a .tex, .tfm, or .mf file can't be found, MakeTeX{TeX,TFM,MF} is invoked before giving up, as in dvips' MakeTeXPK. - Sharable format/base files load faster on LittleEndian machines. - TEXMFOUTPUT is only used for those files which can't be written in the current directory, instead of all files after the first such. Its usage is also reflected in the `... written on ...' messages at the end of the run. - If the DISPLAY environment variable is set, Metafont assumes you are running under X11 for the purposes of online output (instead of relying on the TERM or MFTERM envvar). - Checks for write errors on DVI/GF output. - Unusual glue values no longer make TeX dump core on some systems. * BibTeX: - The cross-reference feature works as documented (I had foolishly changed the default value of min_crossrefs to eliminate it). - New option -min-crossrefs=<number> to change it dynamically. - New option -verbose; without it, normal reportage is eliminated. - Maximum number of .bib files increased to 100. - Non-printable-ASCII characters in .bib files are preserved. * TeXware: - tftopl adds a default extension `.tfm' to the input file if necessary. * web2c: - Unsigned types are used where possible to represent Pascal subranges. Among other things, this eliminates a system dependency in creating format/base files (small_number was defined as `schar', which varies between systems). * configuration: - Unpacks into web2c-<version> instead of src-<version>.*. - site.h merged into lib/c-auto.h.in and ./Makefile.in. - sed is used instead of patch to make the ``small'' change files. - sed is used instead of ed to make the trip/trap files. - The configure script looks in more directories for the X libraries and include files, and is generated from the latest version of Autoconf. - mfware and texware directories merged into the others. - The web2c version is defined in one place, so system information can be added to the banners more easily. * Makefiles: - Makefiles in subdirectories are created by configure. - $(srcdir) (i.e., compiling in a different directory) is closer to working. - Stamp files are not used at the top level, or for {tex,mf}/convert. - New targets install-data and install-exec, to only install architecture-(in)dependent files. * PROBLEMS.W2C has some notes on compiling and using these programs under DOS, contributed by melvin@math.psu.edu. * The man pages have been significantly updated and improved by beebe@math.utah.edu. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:55:25 +0000 From: David Osborne <cczdao@mips.nott.ac.uk> Subject: Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items Frank Buchholz <buchholz@lukas.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> has contributed LaTeX and makeindex style files to add a list of referenced pages to a bibliography. The README file follows. The files README citesidx.isty citesidx.sty citesidx1.isty can be found on the UK TeX Archive machines in tex.ac.uk:[tex-archive.macros.latex.styles.contrib.citesidx] ftp.tex.ac.uk:/pub/archive/macros/latex/styles/contrib/citesidx ~~Dave ======== CITESIDX (Based on fancycites.sty and windex.tex) Author: Frank Buchholz, Dortmund, Germany, Dec. 1992 email: buchholz@lusty.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Main purpose: Add reference-page-list to bibliography-items. This is done by using the index-facility. Am Ende der Literaturangaben wird jeweils eine Liste der Seiten angef"ugt, auf denen zitiert wird. Diese Liste wird, ebenso wie der Index, mit dem Programm "makeindex" erstellt. Daf"ur ben"otigt "makeindex" die Datei "citesidx.isty". Files: README This file CITESIDX.STY Style-File used by LaTeX CITESIDX.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex'. Every char-group ( A, B, C, ... ) is started with a header. If your makeindex-programm doesn't understand this, use the following file instead. CITESIDX1.ISTY Style-file used by 'makeindex' Documentation: see CITESIDX.STY Usage: latex <file> bibtex <file> % if neccesary makeindex -s makeindex.isty <file> latex <file> latex <file> Why use file CITESIDX.ISTY? The program "makeindex" has to write entries like the following \item \indexciteitem{<key>}{<pageno-list>} into the *.ind-file if it recognizes entries like \indexentry{<key>@\indexciteitem{<key>}}{<pageno>} in the *.idx-file. The latter entries are produced by the \cites-commands. Notice that the pageno-list is enclosed in brackets, because the command \indexciteitem takes two parameters. Hint: If you change file "makeindex.isty" to get an other index-layout or if you like to use an other program than "makeindex" to produce the file <name>.ind, take care that the page-list have to be enclosed in brackets. ------------------------------ Further information about the TeXhax Digest, the TeX Users Group, and the latest software versions is available in every tenth issue of the TeXhax Digest. 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