UKTeX Digest Friday, 23 Apr 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 15 ``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: {Questions & Answers}: latex .dvi to Cannon BJ10ex driver RE: latex .dvi to Cannon BJ10ex driver Re: VVE laTeX colour support Re: laTeX colour support Rotated Tables Re: Rotated Tables how to compile VVcode for VMS Unix tape and Solaris Re: Unix tape and Solaris {Archive News}: new package: pstree (macros for PSTricks) 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, 16 Apr 1993 16:50:00 +0000 From: ACE01@uk.ac.rutherford.isis-e Subject: latex .dvi to Cannon BJ10ex driver Please could you tell me if you know of a driver to convert *.DVI files to a format suitable for the Cannon BJ10ex printer. Thanks. Alan Evans. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 16:55:39 -0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: RE: latex .dvi to Cannon BJ10ex driver >>> Please could you tell me if you know of a driver to convert *.DVI files >>> to a format suitable for the Cannon BJ10ex printer. DVIDOT: a component of the emTeX suite. Philip Taylor, RHBNC ------------------------------ Date: 19 Apr 1993 08:28:47 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: VVE LIST_SERVER@TEX.AC.UK writes: > > What do I do with the *.*_VVE files? What happened to *.BOO format? BOO does not preserve all the necessary information. vvencode is more reliable, flexible, and powerful. you can find it in [.archive.tools.vvcode] (including a .BOO executable for DOS, if you need that) > If I get something downloaded I promise to translate the documentation from ahahahhahahah sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 09:40:46 -0000 From: Ian Galbraith Subject: laTeX colour support I need to produce some colour overheads and would like to use LaTeX and our colour postscript printer to do this. Is there any colour support under LaTeX at all ?? In SLiTeX there is some but it seems to be limited to producing primary colours on separate sheets - and I need the equation mode facilities of LaTeX. Does dvi2ps support colour in any case ?? Any suggestions or info for an easy workaround gratefully received. Ian Galbraith ------------------------------ Date: 19 Apr 1993 12:50:26 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: laTeX colour support > I need to produce some colour overheads and would like to use > LaTeX and our colour postscript printer to do this. > Is there any colour support under LaTeX at all ?? .. > Does dvi2ps support colour in any case ?? junk dvi2ps, and install Rokicki's dvips ASAP (for the colour support). then junk SLiTeX, and check out van Zandt's seminar.sty. That way, you'll use just LaTeX, have very nice slides, and be able to use the facilities of your colour PostScript printer (lucky dog). Sebastian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:24:48 -0000 From: hopl@uk.co.tessella Subject: Rotated Tables Please can you tell me if it is possible to rotate tables through 90 degrees in a LaTeX document? If so, how? Thanks very much Lawrence A Hopkins Tessella Support Services 3 Vineyard Chambers ABINGDON OX14 3PX Phone: 0235 555511 Fax: 0235 553301 Email: hopl@tessella.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: 20 Apr 1993 13:20:55 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: Re: Rotated Tables > Please can you tell me if it is possible to rotate tables through > 90 degrees in a LaTeX document? If so, how? get my `rotating' package from the UK TeX Archive. it has examples of sideways tables in LaTeX sebastian ------------------------------ Date: 20 Apr 1993 16:19:55 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: how to compile VVcode for VMS [ in case others are trying to compile VVcode for themselves on a Vax sebastian ] You may be interested to know that I managed to get the VVE decoder to work on our VAX system. 1. Copied [.archive-tools.vvcode]*.h files to target directory 2. Copied [.archive-tools.vvcode]*.cld file " " 3. Copied [.archive-tools.vvcode]*.c files referred to in above file 4. Edit file in 2, changing VVCODE_DIR to directory files were sent to 5. Copy [.archive-tools.vvcode]vaxvms.com to target directory 6. Run 5. by doing @vaxvms 7. Initialise command with SET COMMAND VVCODE 8. It's ready to use. This info might be of use to other VAX users. Alan Evans. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:19:19 -0000 From: I.Ellery@uk.ac.east-anglia.xgate Subject: Unix tape and Solaris I have a copy of the UK Unix tape from Nottingham - which I got last March. Does anyone know if this will compile OK on a new SUN Solaris system? The Solaris OS is the most recent (2.1?) as the box arrived last week. Just looking for some pointers before I jump in and try it, thanks Ian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:32:50 +0100 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: Unix tape and Solaris > I have a copy of the UK Unix tape from Nottingham - which I got last March. > Does anyone know if this will compile OK on a new SUN Solaris system? > The Solaris OS is the most recent (2.1?) as the box arrived last week. > Just looking for some pointers before I jump in and try it, Yes, it should build ok... I've got it running on our ICL DRS6000, which, like Solaris 2.1, is SPARC and System V Release 4. You may want the latest web2c package which you can collect from the archive, but don't try Sebastian's SPARCTeX package, which I believe is for SunOS 4.1.x only -- the SVR4 Application Binary Interface will be different. ~~Dave ------------------------------ Date: 21 Apr 1993 10:53:59 +0000 From: spqr@uk.ac.york.minster Subject: new package: pstree (macros for PSTricks) Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: package description - ------------------------------------------------------ Name: pstree Author: Timothy van Zandt Archive-path: graphics/pstricks/pstree Mirrored from: princeton.edu Description: Description= This directory contains some new tree macros for PSTricks, plus a few other new features (including a matrix macro for graphs and commutatitve diagrams). 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