UKTeX Digest Friday, 25 Oct 1991 Volume 91 : Issue 40 Today's Topics: {Q&A}: TeX on Ultrix Re: TeX on Ultrix Help with a new TeX Package Lists in Plain TeX RE: Lists in Plain TeX TeX for IBM RS6000? Re: TeX for IBM RS6000? Managing BibTeX databases? dvips Re: dvips Re: TeX problem {Announcements}: TEX on SPAN 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: Mon, 21 Oct 91 14:22:05 -0100 From: JIRI (by way of P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston) Subject: TeX on Ultrix Hello, here at Imperial I am responsible for support of DEC workstations. Recently I have had several enquiries about Tex on Ultrix. Chris Whitaker from Cranfield suggested that you could possibly help me. We run Ultrix 4.+ and our machines vary from DEC2100 to 5000/200PX. I would be grateful for any info' on the subject. Thanks Regards Jiri Studnicka Ultrix Support ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 16:34:32 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: TeX on Ultrix Jiri, In your message of 21 Oct 91 15:24:21 GMT, you said: > here at Imperial I am responsible for support of DEC workstations. > Recently I have had several enquiries about Tex on Ultrix. Chris > Whitaker from Cranfield suggested that you could possibly help me. > We run Ultrix 4.+ and our machines vary from DEC2100 to 5000/200PX. > I would be grateful for any info' on the subject. Thanks You don't say if you already have TeX running on your Ultrix machines, or if you need to obtain sources to set it up. If the latter, the Unix TeX distribution of Washington University is suitable for Ultrix systems, and I can write you a copy on quarter-inch cartridge if you send me either a DC-600A or DC-6150 cartridge with stamped, addressed jiffy-bag for return posting (cost is approx 4 first-class stamps). - --dave David Osborne, Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD. d.osborne@mips.nott.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 14:22:07 -0100 From: Kostas Dryllerakis (by way of P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston) Subject: Help with a new TeX Package Hi, I do not know if am addressing to the right person but I got your e-mail address from a README file of ASTON TeX archive. I have developed a new package for TeX allowing users to typeset greek texts under plain TeX or LaTeX. Combining parts of the already known packages, the GreekTeX package offers suitable extentions to the normal formats (plain and lplain) to include greek hyphenation patterns, and usefull macros for easier typesetting of diacritic and accentuation marcs. The package is simple to use and install and is fully compatible with TeX and LaTeX (i.e. all font sizing commands will work for greek texts as well). It has a good documentation for both TeX and LaTeX extentions as well as sample script files on how to install the package on your site. The approach is far more complete than the ones currently available, and the design characteristics of the fonts themselves make it easy for macro creation! The package is currently running under UNIX at the ethernet of IMPERIAL COLLEGE (TeX 3.0) as well on IBM PCs under emTeX 3.14. The main purpose of the package is to provide a platform for typesetting greek scientific texts in an easy to learn way on the same ideas of existing packages like LaTeX. I am not familiar with the distribution process of such personal products. If there is a possibility of distributing this (public domain) package through the UK TeX archive I would be greatfull for an answer. Thanks for your time K J Dryllerakis Deparment of Computin g Logic Programming Group Imperial College, LONDO N Janet: kd @uk.ac.ic.doc Tel: +71 589 5111 x506 5 Uucp : kd@icdoc.UUCP ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 17:21:33 +0000 From: R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull Subject: Lists in Plain TeX I was experimenting with list items in Plain TeX (because it's one feature of LaTeX that I covet) and came up with the following macro. The idea is for the list header to be left-justified but if it is too long and would collide with the explanatory text, it needs some extra space added. The strut is to stop the space between the item header and the explanation from being stretchable. Simple question: is this a cack-handed and over-complex way of making a box with an optional extra space? \newdimen\deswidth \def\describe#1{\deswidth=1in \bf \setbox0=\hbox{#1} \ifdim\wd0>.9in\deswidth\wd0\advance\deswidth by 1em\fi \medskip\noindent\hbox to \deswidth{#1:\hss}\strut\rm \hangindent 1in \hangafter 1} ... some text ... \describe{SPSS} site licence for PC and Mac versions. Installation disks may be {\it borrowed\/} from the Computer Centre, and each copy must be ... ... more software ... \describe{\TeX} public domain. \TeX\ is a mark-up system for formatting text, mathematics and symbols. It is immensely powerful and used world-wide ... and so on. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 22:50:33 +0000 From: CA_ROWLEY@uk.ac.open.acs.vax Subject: RE: Lists in Plain TeX Alan > The strut is to stop the space between the item header and > the explanation from being stretchable. It will not have this effect, I am not convinced that it is desirable, in general. The alignment will be wrong anyway, unless you put \ignorespaces at the end (possibly adjusting the 0.9in and 1 em to allow for this): this will also make the space fixed (as it will be all in the \hbox). > Simple question: is this a > cack-handed and over-complex way of making a box with an optional extra > space? Not at all: it may not be very robust, but if it does what you need, who's looking? What is missing (and what makes the LaTeX stuff both complex and useful), is any code to cope with nested lists. chris > > \newdimen\deswidth > \def\describe#1{\deswidth=1in \bf \setbox0=\hbox{#1} > \ifdim\wd0>.9in\deswidth\wd0\advance\deswidth by 1em\fi > \medskip\noindent\hbox to \deswidth{#1:\hss}\strut\rm > \hangindent 1in \hangafter 1} > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 18:32:40 -0100 From: apt.harrison"apt.harrison" (by way of P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston) Subject: TeX for IBM RS6000? I'm a research worker at Hull University and I am a great fan of TeX & LaTeX after using it constantly at Newcastle where I've just come from. You supplied me with OzTeX for my Macintosh that I have at home and I have been delighted with it. I was wondering if there is a version of TeX for the IBM RS6000 and if there is would you be able to supply me with a copy. After arriving here and finding them all using Wordperfect and Wordstar on pcs I decided they needed enlightening with the beauty of TeX, particularly if I could get it for our new RS6000s. I hope you can help me, look forward to hearing from you. Paul Harrison. ph6@uk.ac.hull ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 11:33:55 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: TeX for IBM RS6000? Paul, In your message of 22 Oct 91 18:32:40 -0100, you said: > I was wondering if there is a version of TeX for the IBM RS6000 and if > there > is would you be able to supply me with a copy. I redistribute, on quarter-inch cartridge, the Washington University Unix TeX distribution. This is a generic implementation for Unix systems and should build on your RS6000. Send me a DC-600A or DC-6150 cartridge, a jiffy-bag and return postage (4 x 22p stamps should be enough), and I'll copy it on to the tape for you. > After arriving here and > finding them all using Wordperfect and Wordstar on pcs I decided they > needed > enlightening with the beauty of TeX Poor, benighted souls! - --dave David Osborne (UK TeX Archive group, and UKTeX Digest editor) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 14:53:36 -0100 From: Benoit Francois LELEUX Subject: Managing BibTeX databases? October 9 1991 Dear Sir, Having just recently heard about your group through THE TEX FORMATTING COMPANY of London, I am sending this letter both to enquire about its general activities and also to ask for assistance in looking for a specific LaTeX program. Faced with pretty lengthy bibliographic works, I would like to know if anyone has so far developed a little package to help manage the .bib datafiles used in conjunction with the BibTeX program. Before I start messing around with necessarily simplistic Pascal or C programming, or using standard database packages such as Paradox or dBase IV, I prefer to check if such package is not available. It doesn't have to be tremendously sophisticated but it would be great if that package could: Simplify inputting the references. Produce sorted lists of the bibliographic files, i.e. on the key or author fields. Produce little sorted tables of keys already used, to help in selecting keys for additional references. If you know of something of that sort, could you please let me know of it? Also, could you please send me all information regarding the activities of your User Group. Thanks so much in advance. Yours faithfully, Benoit F Leleux Benoit Francois LELEUX Finance Department Boulevard de Constance F-77305 FONTAINEBLEAU CEDEX FRANCE Tel (Office) (1) 60.72.43.45 Tel (Home) (1) 64.45.64.96 FAX (1) 60.72.42.42 Tx: 690389F E-Mail : LELEUX@FREIBA51 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 15:00:00 +0000 From: R_EDWARDS@uk.ac.icrf Subject: dvips I hope someone can help me. I've put up emTeX on my 386 running MS-DOS 3.3 on drive d:. No problems with TeX and the previewer v. However I cannot get DVIPS to work. It complains that it can't find the font files, which it appears to be looking for on drive c: instead of drive d:, as if I put assign c=d dvips works correctly, though of course that is not a very sensible thing to do. How do I get dvips to look on d:. I had hoped config.ps was the answer but if it is I have not altered it correctly. Thanks Rob Edwards ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 91 15:39:33 -0100 From: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Subject: Re: dvips >I hope someone can help me. I've put up emTeX on my 386 running MS-DOS 3.3 >on drive d:. No problems with TeX and the previewer v. However I cannot >get DVIPS to work. EmTeX was recently installed here with a similar problem. I suggest you check the file which sets the path/enviromnent (not sure which) as our copy had an asterisk as the first character which made them all comment lines. Peter Tel 44 (0)21 359 5492 direct FAX 44 (0)21 359 6158 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 10:25:38 +0000 From: Eberhard Mattes Subject: Re: TeX problem Doug Altman writes: > A second problem concerns attempts to view on the screen existing .dvi > files. Some work fine (e.g. local.dvi) but others give error messages. > [...] Now, I have found an entry in help.eng that seems to relate to this > problem: > > Q: The drivers cannot find the fonts circle10, ..... What can I do? > > Unfortunately, I do not understand the answer given to this question. > I have tried adding /ps:\emtex\lcircle to the v command [...] ...because the answer in help.eng was wrong. The correct answer is: A: The fonts containing circles, quarter circles, and discs have been renamed from circle* to lcircle*. You can make the dvidrv drivers change the names (circle* -> lcircle* or lcircle* -> circle*) by using the font substitution files newfonts.sub circle -> lcircle (old -> new) oldfonts.sub lcircle -> circle (new -> old) with the /ps* option. If you're using an old dvi file (circle* not found) with new fonts, you should specify /ps:\emtex\newfonts; if you're using a new dvi file (lcircle* not found) with old fonts, you should give the option /ps:\emtex\oldfonts. I've fixed the file names in help.eng several seeks ago (I don't remember the date), maybe the Aston archive hasn't got the newest version... Eberhard Mattes (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 13:58:00 +0100 From: Max Calvani - Italy Subject: TEX on SPAN +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + | This file is intended as a guide to access TEXWARE on the European | | DECnet Distribution Site. | | The information stored in this file is collected in collaboration with: | | Massimo Calvani. | | For any help send a mail message on Decnet to: | | 39937::luvisetto | | or 39003::fisica | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + | The main purpose of the site is the collection and distribution to other | | DECnet nodes connected to INFNET of TeX, LaTeX, and related public domain | | software. 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