From: UKTeX-Request@ftp.tex.ac.uk To: UKTeX Distribution: ; Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #04 Reply-To: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk Distribution: world MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 18:44:08 +0000 Message-ID: <1044.759782648@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk UKTeX Digest Friday, 28 Jan 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 04 ``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}: Previewing TeX/Postscript Re: One for the gurus, I think.... Setting family trees query re LaTeX2e {Announcements}: fontinst v1.307 beta-release web2c 6.0 & friends available Movement of german CTAN host Administrivia: Moderators: Peter Abbott (Aston University) and David Osborne (University of Nottingham) Contributions: UKTeX@ftp.tex.ac.uk Administration, subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@ftp.tex.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 14:54:53 +0000 From: ZA9RA01 Subject: Previewing TeX/Postscript I am trying to preview the output from the "simple" LaTeX input file listed below using DVISCR7. \documentstyle[nftimes]{article} \fontencoding{T1} \def\encodingdefault{T1} \begin{document} Hello World......... \end{document} I have EmTeX v3.141 [3c-beta8], NFSS2 and PSNFSS2. I also have all the lj_*.fli and ps_*.fli libraries and emtex knows the path to them. The dvi file prints OK on a postscript printer using dvips v5.525. The error message from dviscr7 is: ' TeX output 1994.01.24:1416' Loading font ptmrq scaled 1000 Warning 1205: font ptmrq [ptmrq<300>] not found Enter new font name/size: I don't think the ptmrq font is in any of the ps_*.fli library files?? Any help appreciated. Thanks Bill Peel | Computing Services w.peel@mmu.ac.uk | Manchester Metropolitan University | Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, England ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 11:33:04 +0700 From: Zdenek Wagner Subject: Re: One for the gurus, I think.... In UKTeX #003 Philip Taylor writes: > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 16:44:45 +0000 > From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) > Subject: One for the gurus, I think.... > > According to _The TeXbook_, p.%214, \input is expandable: the expansion is > null, but ``TeX prepares to read from the specified file before looking > at any more tokens from its current source'' (loc. cit.) > > So, what might we expect from \expandafter \end \input foo ? > > In practice, the specified file is _not_ processed; _but_ the log > file shews it as having been opened and closed! (The same is true > if \end is replaced by \endinput). > > And what _does_ trigger the `read[ing] from the specified file', > as opposed to the `prepar[ing] to read'? > > Philip Taylor, RHBNC As I remember from somewhere, \input works on line basis, i.e. TeX starts reading the file when it has nothing to read on the current line. This would explain the behaviour you describe. TeX opens the file, then executes \end and never starts to read foo. It remembers that the file is open and therefore the file is closed before TeX terminates. Unfortunately I cannot find it in the TeXbook. I only managed to find information regarding \endinput on p.%47 just above Excercise%8.2. Zdenek Wagner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 14:23:28 +0000 From: P.Abbott@aston.ac.uk Subject: Setting family trees Does anyone know if there is a style file or macros for use with LaTeX which will typeset family trees. I would be quite happy with left to right setting. It is not vital that it should be top to bottom. Peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 10:18:57 +0000 From: derek@mathematics-and-computer-science.leicester.ac.uk Subject: query re LaTeX2e I need some help, I want to upgrade the VDM-SL macros to work under LaTeX2e, this involves understanding NFSS2 -- is there an idiots guide available? I have looked in the obvious places, generated both the LaTeX2e and NFSS2 system, read the standard documentation, but I am still non the wiser. Frinstance what is Cork encoding, do I need to know, do I need to care, will I need to know about virtual fonts, which way do I face when I mutter the special spell, what is the spell, is today a blue ticket day etc. etc. etc. Note that references to non published books are of no help (for the obvious reason)! Many thanks (p.s. I have ordered the book on LaTeX2e, but it is not available until MARCH!) derek andrews Smail: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK Tel: (+44) 533 523401 Fax: (+44) 533 523604 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 21:28:00 +0000 From: alanje@cogs.sussex.ac.uk Subject: fontinst v1.307 beta-release I'd like to announce the beta-release of the `fontinst' font installation package. This package: * reads Adobe Font Metric files. * writes virtual fonts. * allows multiple `raw' PS fonts per virtual font (eg ff-ligatures taken from an Expert set). * allows PostScript and Metafont fonts in the same virtual font (eg Times math italic with symbols taken from CMMI). * can generate fonts in the TeX text encoding, Extended TeX text (or `Cork') encoding, or TeX math encoding. * is written in TeX, so should run on any TeX platform with enough memory. This package has been in alpha-test for about a year now, and is now available for beta-test in the CTAN archives in the directory fonts/utilities/fontinst. It is freeware. WARNING: The usual `features' of beta-test software may apply to this product. Your mileage may vary. Alan. Alan Jeffrey Tel: +44 273 606755 x 3238 alanje@cogs.susx.ac.uk School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex Univ., Brighton BN1 9QH, UK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 06:45:43 -0500 From: K Berry Subject: web2c 6.0 & friends available I've released version 6.0 of web2c, a port of the basic TeX project web programs (TeX, Metafont, GFtoPK, etc.) to Unix, and my modified drivers (dvipsk and xdvik). You can get everything by ftp from: (Boston) ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/{lib,src,web,web2c,dvipsk,xdvik}.tar.gz lib is a collection of the basic tfm, tex, mf, and bibtex files (in my opinion). src has additional documentation, sources for some of the things in lib, and a few extra programs I find especially valuable. Soon they will be available from the CTAN sites (please try them first): (Texas) ftp.shsu.edu (England) ftp.tex.ac.uk (Germany) ftp.uni-stuttgart.de See the ftp retrieval instructions below for precise details. A summary of the changes is below. Send bug reports to me (I'm sure there will be plenty). If you want support, or if you cannot ftp, I suggest contacting unixtex@u.washington.edu. One change worth emphasizing: the default paths have completely changed. See the file kpathsea/HIER for a summary of this. The Makefile(s) and kpathsea/paths.h.in do the actual definitions. By the way, the new version number is 6.0 because 5.8515 was just too many decimal points (also running out of characters on my system V filesystems). The next major feature I intend to implement is a runtime configuration file (read by all three programs) to define paths. kb@cs.umb.edu Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. web2c: Version 6.0 (24 January 1994) * Default paths changed. * Update for TeX 3.1415, etc. * Change to use the kpathsea library, a la dvipsk and xdvik. * TeX's \openin command invokes MakeTeXTeX just like \input. * TeX & Metafont: - 16-byte values can be dumped, thus allowing native `long' on the DEC Alpha. - But 32-bit integers are used if sharable format files are desired, even on 64-bit machines. - Interrupts are accepted when waiting for input. * Online output support in Metafont for Regis terminals and the NeXT. * gftopk can handle characters with up to 100,000 rows. * vftovp's -charcode-format=ascii works properly. * patgen doesn't give bizarre numeric output where it should be text. * configuration: - -lX11 is used for OpenWindows. - The MakeTeX... scripts are individually selectable by default, and can always be invoked if certain environment variables are set. - The subdirectory trick using st_nlink can be turned off. * Makefiles: - man/Makefile doesn't remove itself at `clean'. - {tex,mf}/clean-tr[ia]p doesn't reinstall a {tex,mf}d.h with the test constants. - web2c/Makefile removes lex and yacc output at `clean'. - mkdirchain invoked as an absolute filename. * web2c: - sync is no longer invoked; instead the Makefiles touch texd.h and mfd.h after they are finished. dvipsk: 5.526a (24 January 1994) * Extra :'s in config file paths incorporate the compile-time default, and extra :'s in envvars incorporate the config file path. * Default paths and config.ps changed. * -v prints the version number and exits. * magstep rounding consistent with xdvik. * MakeTeXPK.in includes gsftopk support (disabled by default), and allows user envvars to override the script's value. Some default values substituted from the Makefile. * Under -DSECURE, reading of absolute_p files is prohibited. xdvik: 1.5 (24 January 1994) * Try again to make the signal handling more reliable on the Alpha. * Debugging option for EPS previewing. * Magstep rounding consistent with dvipsk. * xdvi -version by itself doesn't provoke a usage message. * Make j a synonym for j. [FTP.nwc: 24 January 1994 The most up-to-date copy of this file is available on ftp.cs.umb.edu (158.121.104.33) in pub/tex/FTP.nwc. If the info below does not match up with what you find on the archives, please let us know. Thanks! -- unixtex@u.washington.edu.] ========================================================================= TeX programs are user-supported: join the TeX Users Group (TUG) and support the development of these programs. For membership information, send mail to tug@tug.org. ========================================================================= FTP INSTRUCTIONS Most people who get in touch with the Unix TeX distribution at the Univ. of Washington are aiming to install plain TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, plain Metafont, a previewer that will work under the X windowing system, and a PostScript device driver. While the ftp sites listed below have just about everything useful for users of TeX on a variety of operating systems, our retrieval instructions -- intended solely for users with machines running Unix -- are limited to the programs mentioned above. The three ftp sites mentioned below are part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). CTAN is the result of cooperative work among members of TUG, DANTE [German-speaking TeX Users Group], and UKTUG [U.K. TeX Users Group], under the leadership of George Greenwade, Chair for TUG's Technical Working Group on TeX Archive Guidelines. Special thanks to George Greenwade for establishing the CTAN site at Sam Houston State University (US), to Rainer Schoepf for the CTAN site at the University of Stuttgart (FRG), and to Sebastian Rahtz for the CTAN site at Aston University (UK). These archives mirror each other meticulously. Please use the host nearest you: Host Internet address TeX root dir ---- ---------------- ------------ ftp.shsu.edu 192.92.115.10 tex-archive ftp.tex.ac.uk 134.151.44.19 tex-archive ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 128.69.1.12 tex-archive Users of ftp.tex.ac.uk or ftp.uni-stuttgart.de will be able to retrieve the same tex-archive files, but site-specific files (i.e., the two mentioned in the next paragraph) may be named differently. Upon logging on (to ftp.shsu.edu), retrieve and read README.archive-features and README.site-commands to learn how to use the archive efficiently. We assume that you will have read these documents and will be able to use the information in them to make retrieval more convenient for yourself. For example, by reading these files, you will learn that you will be able to retrieve foo.tar.gz even if the file does not exist, because the ftpd allows archiving and compressing files on the fly. In our instructions, the mode of compression used during retrieval is gzip. All files ending in .gz are gzipped. We encourage you to retrieve and install GNU's gunzip utility, part of the gzip package. Set "binary" by typing "bi" at your ftp prompt, and retrieve the file ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip/gzip-.tar It does a better job of compression than standard Unix compress; and it is (as far as is known) patent-free. It is illegal to use Unix compress for software on the net, because it infringes on a software patent. To inform yourself about the new software monopolies in the U.S., send mail to the League for Programming Freedom: lpf@uunet.uu.net For a basic set of input files and fonts: ftp> cd tex-archive/systems/unix/web2c ftp> bi [for binary retrieval] ftp> get lib.tar.gz This file contains a small collection of fonts (TFM files only), (La)TeX macros, MF macros, and BibTeX files, enough to get started. The AMS fonts and macros are included. It unpacks into a directory named `texmf', which you will want in your equivalent of /usr/local/lib -- whatever you defined as your $(datadir) in the Makefiles. The organization of the archive was debated at great length. We hope it will be useful. If you don't like our organization, you should move the files around as you see fit, not forgetting to redefine the search paths and installation directories. The Makefiles, kpathsea/HIER, kpathsea/paths.h.in, and web2c/README (``Directory hierarchies'') have more tidbits of information. We advise unpacking this and deciding on your directory structure *before* doing the compilations. For web2c: Special thanks here to Karl Berry, Unix System Coordinator for TUG. He improves/develops/maintains web2c, modes.mf, dvipsk, and xdvik (and other things not mentioned in this file). He also maintains pub/tex on ftp.cs.umb.edu, which is the originating location for all the files above and below. [still in tex-archive/systems/unix/web2c] ftp> get web.tar.gz [Knuth's WEB sources for TeX, MF, & family: unpacks into ./web2c-] ftp> get web2c.tar.gz [WEB-to-C source: unpacks into ./web2c-] It is important to retrieve and unpack both web.tar.gz and web2c.tar.gz. They unbundle into a single directory called ./web2c-. The web2c software converts the WEB source files (in which TeX, Metafont, & family are written) to C source. The input and font files are needed to dump the format and base files required to run plain TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont. For an X window system previewer (xdvik) and PostScript device driver (dvipsk): ftp> cd ../../dviware/xdvik ftp> get xdvik.tar.gz [unpacks into ./xdvik-] ftp> cd ../dvipsk ftp> get dvipsk.tar.gz [unpacks into dvipsk-] ftp> cd ../../fonts/cm/pk ftp> get pk300.zip [For write-black 300dpi devices. The zip/unzip package is in ~/tex-archive/archive-tools/info-zip. These pk fonts are not strictly necessary; dvips and xdvi can use a script `MakeTeXPK' that will generate missing bitmapped fonts.] ftp> get pk300w.zip [pk300w (write-white) fonts are better with xdvi] ftp> quit [end ftp session] We believe this covers the retrieval of the essential files. Each of the three packages -- web2c, xdvik, dvipsk, -- contains its own installation instructions. The first thing to compile is web2c (that is to say, both web.tar.gz and web2c.tar.gz, unpacked); begin by reading ./web2c-/web2c/README. If this is your first TeX installation, you may not find the process as easy as installing directly from our distribution tape, but ease is a matter of degree. All installation processes require careful attention to detail, and knowledge of your system. Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly), and you improve your chances of success. Those who purchase distribution tapes from us support this reply service, and receive installation help should they need it. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Network users interested in TeX software will find much that is useful in the following FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) documents on rtfm.mit.edu (18.70.0.209) in ~pub/usenet/comp.text.tex: T,_L,_e.:_F_A_Q_w_A_[M] (i.e., TeX, LaTeX, etc.: FAQ with Answers [Monthly]) There is also a supplement to the FAQ containing FTP locations; it's in the same place on rtfm.mit.edu. A beautifully done index of macros for TeX and LaTeX is available on theory.lcs.mit.edu (18.52.0.92) in ~/pub/tex/TeX-index. These files are all included in ftp.cs.umb.edu:pub/tex/src.tar.gz. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you are concerned about connect-time, search or retrieval problems, or require help in building and installing the basic TeX/LaTeX and Metafont programs on your machines, you may wish to consider ordering a distribution tape from Northwest Computing Support Center DR-10, Thomson Hall 35 University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 phone: (206) 543-6259 A distribution fee in the area of $210 for domestic U.S. sites covers the expenses of putting together and maintaining the distribution, its equipment, and of providing information and installation-support services. The University of Washington does not subsidize the Unix TeX distribution. 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