From texhax-digest-outgoing-request@nottingham.ac.uk Mon Jan 8 21:25:30 1996 Received: from jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.40.193]) by granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA14383 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 21:25:28 GMT Message-Id: <199601082125.VAA14383@granby.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Received: from nottingham.ac.uk by jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk id <11536-0@jess.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 20:43:04 +0000 From: Majordomo list server To: texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk Subject: TeXhax Digest V96 #1 Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk Errors-To: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 20:43:04 +0000 Sender: owner-texhax-digest@nottingham.ac.uk TeXhax Digest Monday, 8 January 1996 Volume 96 : Number 001 (incorporating UKTeX Digest) Today's Topics: Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18 Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18 some questions from a newcomer more questions! LaTeX2e modes.mf 3.0 available ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sebastian Rahtz Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 09:16:38 GMT Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18 > From: Andre HECK > Date: Tue, 05 Dec 95 17:25:31 +0100 > Subject: Chemical TeX/LaTeX > > My daughter heard that specific chemistry-oriented TeX/LaTeX packages > were available, without more details unfortunately. My search in the > ctan archives were unsuccessful. > Anyone knows more about this matter? If so, is there any shareware > available? there are several; look for chemtex, and xymtex; the latter, from Japan, is described in an article in the next issue of TUGboat. Another package, described by J Hagen at this years EuroTeX, is published in the EuroTeX 95 proceedings, an article which will be reprinted in TUGboat early next year Sebastian Rahtz Secretary, TUG ------------------------------ From: lamport@pa.dec.com Date: Sun, 17 Dec 95 13:58:13 -0800 Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V95 #18 J. Greg Davidson, who hates being misquoted, writes I find that most people I show TeX to dislike it on sight and decline my offer to help them learn to use it. At the same time, they're interested in SGML and planning to convert existing documents to and write new documents in that form. This is the source of our big opportunity. My biggest gripe about TeX is that I find writing and understanding TeX macros to be difficult... As people move towards keeping documents in SGML form, they will be looking for a good text formatter to use in conjunction with their SGML documents. Many people think that SGML offers a solution to the problems of document preparation. They're wrong. SGML is just a statement of the problem. The goals of SGML--a markup language that separates logical structure from formatting directions--are precisely the goals of LaTeX. However, LaTeX is a program to produce real output--not just a syntax for wishing what the document should look like. It is this difference that is the primary reason why LaTeX input is a lot uglier than SGML; the difference between TeX syntax and SGML syntax has little to do with it. SGML syntax has some nice features. However, if you look at the HTML3.0 syntax for describing equations, you will discover that no-one in his right mind would want to type any significant amount of mathematics in SGML. Should HTML ever become expressive enough for mathematical documents (at the moment, the only math symbols HTML3.0 provides are \sqrt, \lnot, and \pm), one would have to create those documents either with a WYSIWYG editor or by translating from a more TeX-like syntax. We've learned a lot in the last dozen years, and we know how to do some things better than Don did in TeX. But it's by no means clear that we know how to create a system with the power of TeX that would make adding new features very much easier. Think of all the work that's been done to give unsophisticated users the power of a programming language. After 30 years, there still doesn't seem to be anything better than Basic. Leslie Lamport ------------------------------ From: gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it (gabriele migliorini) Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 15:27:26 +0100 Subject: some questions from a newcomer Dear readers, i just began working with LaTeX, and I am waiting for a friend of mine to take me back from England a copy of the Companion (here in Italy, English and american books cost twice their price, for you get a very unfair exchange rate from bookshops) I'd like to get some little help before getting the book, even if I fear my questions could seem too much stupid for the expert ones. Two kind of problems: Text: how do I do to write a paragraph (or some paragraphs) and keep all of them on the same page? I remember that (a long time ago) in word perfect there was a function to put in a couple of markers telling to keep all the text in beetween on the same page. By now, I tried to resolve my problem by putting the paragraph in a minipage, but this cannot function with in paragraph stuff. Graphics: I poked around to understand how to include graphics in my documents, and I found many suggestions. Now, I've seen that (to me) the best format are those whose commands ger embedded right into the dvi file. I've seen that pstricks and eepic do thins kind of job, but both are written for LaTeX209; I cannot let pst function, but eepic seems great, with both XFIG and gnuplot. Now, my question: is there anybody who knows if there are incompatibilities w/epic-eepic other than the ones I didn't see? And what about PSTricks? Now, I have to thank everybody, and tell an happy new year to all the readers, those that will help me, and those who will be bored by my English an my questions. I apologize!. Sincerely, gabriele gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it ------------------------------ From: gabriele@dtovf1.roma2.infn.it (gabriele migliorini) Date: Wed, 27 Dec 95 16:17:26 +0100 Subject: more questions! I remembered just now that I need one more information about LaTeX: I'm writing about rotary motions, and I enocounter many rotations vectors; the standard practice is to use the normal greek letters you'd use for an angle, and tell the vector character typing the name in bold face. I can do that with standard {\bf a}, but the command {\bf \omega} doesn't work. How can I fix this behavior? Now, I'm to ask if there is someone willing to tell me the reason why the \left and \right verbs before opening and closing brackets and braces cannot be implicitly told by LaTeX: if i'm writing a fraction like (\frac {abc}{def}), I get small brackets; don't you think the standard behavior should be to prepone an mplicit \left or \right to any opening and closing bracket? (I see that |a|b|c| could break this semantics, but I think you could make the bars use the explicit notations and the other delimitations the implicit one) I thank you, sincerely. gabriele ------------------------------ From: Andrew Jones $STAFF Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:29:11 +0000 Subject: LaTeX2e To whom it may concern, I have a few problems which need solving, and do not know where to go for advice: I currently possess just LaTeX, but wiped it off my system, when trying to make room for something else. Stupidly, I did not back it up and recall that I had some problems trying to install it last time, having to change various lines in various files, both in emtex, and in my Config.sys and autoexec.bat files. As you may gather, I am pretty well a beginner with TeX. Does anyone know of anyone who would be able guide me through the reinstallation? Secondly, when I originally installed it, I had it set up to print on a Star LC10 9-pin dot matrix. I now possess a Canon BJ-10ex. I managed to get various printer drivers, none written speciically for this model, but none of them seem to work. Any suggestions? Finally, I was given your address from a visiting lecturer who uses LaTeX enormously. It rekindled my interest in Latex, and I would dearly love to get it properly re-installed once again. However, I notice that LaTeX2e is mentioned a great deal. What are the advantages, if any, of switching to this? I am currently using a 386sx-20 with a 70 MB HDD, but am hoping to upgrade to a 486DX2-66 with a 400MB HDD and CD-ROM in the near future. I would gratefully appreciate any information that you can give me. Yours sincerely Andrew Jones at Trent College the near future ------------------------------ From: "K. Berry" Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:55:22 -0500 Subject: modes.mf 3.0 available I have released version 3.0 of modes.mf. You can get it by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/modes.mf and shortly from ftp.cdrom.com:pub/tex/modes.mf and the ctan sites in /tex-archive/fonts/modes/modes-3.0.mf. finger ctan@ftp.shsu.edu for a list of all the CTAN sites and mirrors. The mailing list tex-archive@math.utah.edu receives most TeX-related announcements; email tex-archive-request@math.utah.edu to join. You can also get it by email from if you cannot ftp: email fileserv@shsu.edu with a body of `sendme modes'. News: - - most importantly, a new and much cleaner way of doing write/white changes, compatible with the DC fonts as well as CM, etc. This *does* affect the rasterization to some extent, but in the cases I tried, it was no worse, and sometimes better. - - a small test file, modetest.tex, included. - - new modes for the Amiga ShowDVI previewer, PC previewing, high-resolution fax, LJ 5, Canon BJC, Lexmark Optra 4049 R, Agfa 3400PS. - - default localfont now ljfour. - - screen_rows, screen_cols interchanged to match plain.mf. - - TeX formatting improved, but still not completely working. As always, thanks to the contributors, and further additions and improvements are welcome. Please send bug reports or suggestions to tex-fonts@math.utah.edu (email tex-fonts-request to join the mailing list). General information: modes.mf is a collection of Metafont mode_def's. It also makes common definitions for write/white printers, `special' information, and landscape mode. It uses up too much memory for the table sizes in the original mf.web, so you either have to increase the sizes (as in Web2c) or rename the file and remove unneeded modes. I can't decipher mf.web well enough to understand how to make the modes use less memory; if some Metafont hacker can tell me, I'd very much like to hear it. If you have mode_def's which are not listed below, or corrections to the existing ones, please send them to me. Improvements to the exposition, particularly in how to create a new mode_def, are also welcome. kb@cs.umb.edu mode_def agfafzz = % AGFA 400PS mode_def agfatfzz = % AGFA P3400PS mode_def amiga = % Commodore Amiga mode_def aps = % Autologic APS-Micro5 mode_def apssixhi = % Autologic APS-Micro6 mode_def atariezf = % Atari ST SLM 804 printer mode_def atarinf = % Atari 95dpi previewer mode_def atarins = % Atari 96x96 previewer mode_def atariotf = % Atari ST SM 124 screen mode_def bitgraph = % BBN Bitgraph at 118dpi mode_def bjtenex = % Canon BubbleJet 10ex mode_def boise = % HP 2680A mode_def canonbjc = % Canon BJC-600, 360x360dpi mode_def canonex = % CanonEX in LaserWriter Pro 630 mode_def canonlbp = % e.g., Symbolics LGP-10 mode_def cg = % Compugraphic 8600 mode_def cgl = % Compugraphic 8600 landscape mode_def cgnszz = % Compugraphic 9600 mode_def crs = % Alphatype CRS mode_def cx = % Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX mode_def datadisc = % DataDisc mode_def newdd = % DataDisc with special aspect ratio mode_def declarge = % DEC 19-inch, 1280 x 1024 mode_def decsmall = % DEC 17-inch, 1024 x 768 mode_def deskjet = % HP DeskJet 500 mode_def docutech = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 mode_def dover = % Xerox Dover mode_def eighthre = % EightThree (83x83) mode_def epsdrft = % Epson at 120x72dpi mode_def epsdrftl = % Epson at 120x72dpi landscape mode_def epsfast = % Epson at 60x72dpi mode_def epsfastl = % Epson at 60x72dpi landscape mode_def epson = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family mode_def epsonl = % 9-pin Epson MX/FX family landscape mode_def epsonact = % Epson Action Laser 1500 mode_def epsonlo = % Epson at 120x216dpi mode_def epsonlol = % Epson at 120x216dpi landscape mode_def epstylus = % Epson Stylus mode_def fourfour = % FourFour (44x44) (really low-res) mode_def gtfax = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax mode_def gtfaxl = % 204 x 196dpi G3fax landscape mode_def gtfaxlo = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax mode_def gtfaxlol = % 204 x 98dpi G3fax landscape mode_def highfax = % 200 x 200dpi G3fax mode_def hprugged = % HP RuggedWriter 480 mode_def ibm_a = % IBM 38xx (\#1) mode_def ibmd = % IBM 38xx (\#2) mode_def ibmega = % IBM EGA monitor mode_def ibmegal = % IBM EGA monitor landscape mode_def ibmfzon = % IBM 4019 mode_def ibmfztn = % IBM 4029-30, 4250 mode_def ibmpp = % IBM ProPrinter mode_def ibmppl = % IBM ProPrinter landscape mode_def ibmsoff = % IBM 6154 display mode_def sherpa = % IBM 6670 (Sherpa) mode_def ibmteot = % IBM 3812 mode_def ibmtetz = % IBM 3820 mode_def ibmtont = % IBM 3193 screen mode_def ibmtosn = % IBM 3179 screen mode_def ibmtosnl = % IBM 3179 screen landscape mode_def ibmvga = % IBM VGA monitor mode_def ibx = % Chelgraph IBX mode_def itoh = % CItoh 8510A mode_def itohl = % CItoh 8510A landscape mode_def itohtoz = % CItoh 310 mode_def itohtozl = % CItoh 310 landscape mode_def iw = % Apple ImageWriter mode_def jetiiisi = % HP Laser Jet IIISi mode_def lasf = % DEC LA75 mode_def lexmarkr = % IBM (Lexmark) Optra R (4049) mode_def linolo = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 635dpi mode_def linolttz = % Linotype Linotronic L-300 with RIP-50 mode_def linoone = % Linotype Linotronic [13]00 at 1270dpi mode_def linotzzh = % Linotype Linotronic 300 at 2540dpi mode_def ljfive = % HP LaserJet 5 mode_def ljfour = % 600dpi HP LaserJet 4 mode_def ljlo = % HP LaserJet at 150dpi mode_def lmaster = % 1000dpi LaserMaster mode_def lnzo = % DEC LN01 mode_def lpstz = % DEC lps20 mode_def lqlores = % Epson LQ-500, 180x180dpi mode_def lqmed = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi mode_def lqmedl = % Epson LQ-500, 360x180dpi landscape mode_def lview = % Sigma L-View monitor mode_def lwpro = % Apple LaserWriterPro 810 mode_def macmag = % Mac screens at magstep 1 mode_def mactrue = % Mac screens at 72dpi mode_def ncd = % NCD 19-inch mode_def nec = % NEC 180dpi mode_def nechi = % NEC-P6 at 360x360dpi mode_def neclm = % NEC PC-PR406LM 320dpi mode_def nectzo = % NEC PC-PR201 series 160dpi mode_def nexthi = % NeXT 400dpi, Newgen mode_def nextscrn = % 100dpi NeXT monitor mode_def nineone = % NineOne (91x91) mode_def nullmode = % TFM files only mode_def onetz = % OneTwoZero (120/120) mode_def onezz = % OneZeroZero (100x100) mode_def ocessfz = % OCE 6750-PS mode_def okidata = % Okidata mode_def okidatal = % Okidata landscape mode_def okifte = % Okidata 410e in 600 DPI mode mode_def pcscreen = % also, e.g., high-resolution Suns mode_def pcprevw = % preview on pc screen mode_def phaser = % Tektronix Phaser PXi mode_def prntware = % Printware 720IQ mode_def qms = % QMS (Xerox engine) mode_def qmsostf = % QMS 1725 mode_def qmsoszz = % QMS 1700 mode_def ricoh = % e.g., TI Omnilaser mode_def ricoha = % e.g., IBM 4216 mode_def ricohlp = % e.g., DEC LN03 mode_def sparcptr = % Sun SPARCprinter mode_def starnlt = % Star NL-10 mode_def starnltl = % Star NL-10 landscape mode_def sun = % Sun and BBN Bitgraph at 85dpi mode_def supre = % Ultre*setter at 2400dpi mode_def toshiba = % Toshiba 13XX, EpsonLQ mode_def ultre = % Ultre*setter at 1200dpi mode_def vs = % VAXstation monitor mode_def vtftzz = % Varityper 4200 B-P mode_def vtftzzhi = % Varityper 4300P at 2400dpi mode_def vtftzzlo = % Varityper 4300P at 1200dpi mode_def vtfzszw = % Varitype 5060W, APS 6 mode_def vtszz = % Varityper Laser 600 mode_def xrxesnz = % Xerox 8790 or 4045 mode_def xrxfzfz = % Xerox 4050/4075/4090/4700 mode_def xrxnszz = % Xerox 9700 mode_def xrxtszz = % Xerox 3700 ------------------------------ End of TeXhax Digest V96 #1 *************************** About TeXhax... 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