UKTeX Digest Friday, 6 Dec 1991 Volume 91 : Issue 46 Today's Topics: {Q&A}: Executable form of dvips program AMSTeX2-1 RTF tools Re: RTF tools Re: Atari TeX Re: Bracket sizes and NFLS. PStoPK Postscript->TeX (was Re: Nice NON-CM TeX Fonts?) Principal value integrals {Archive News}: Aston TeX mail server log analysis at 30-NOV-1991 23:23:23.84 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, 29 Nov 91 13:43:58 +0000 From: CG2 (CG2 at UKACRL) Subject: Executable form of dvips program I would like to obtain an executable version of any dvi to postscript program to run on a Vax/VMS 3600 computer. In the archive I can find C code for at least one such program but no executable. The problem is that I have no C compiler on my machine. Is there an executable available ? Charles Gillan, Dept Applied Mathematics, Queens Univ. Belfast NI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Nov 91 16:57:28 From: Mike Piff Subject: AMSTeX2-1 When will AMSTeX 2.1 be available at the Aston archive, together with the related fonts (version 2.1?) and latest version of AMSLaTeX? Mike Piff From Dr M. J. Piff, Department of Pure Mathematics, PO Box 597, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, SHEFFIELD S10 2UN, England. Tel. SHEFFIELD (0742) 768555 Extension 4431. JANET MPiff@UK.AC.SHEF.PA or MPiff@UK.AC.SHEF.IBM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Nov 91 17:22:20 +0000 From: chris%uucp.perisl@000000000040.pss.23422720023610.ftp.mail Subject: RTF tools I have seen some stuff in the mail about RTF manipulation tools but they only seem to deal with troff<->RTF interchange. Does anyone know about any RTF<->(La)TeX interworking tools? Chris Selwyn Perihelion Software ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 17:11:26 +0000 From: David Osborne Subject: Re: RTF tools In your message of 29 Nov 91 17:22:20 GMT, you said: > I have seen some stuff in the mail about RTF manipulation tools but they > only seem to deal with troff<->RTF interchange. Does anyone know about any > RTF<->(La)TeX interworking tools? This came up on comp.text.tex as while back; I'm fetching the file for installation at Aston. - --David Osborne (pp UK TeX Archive group) ==================== Date: 25 Oct 91 21:34:47 GMT From: rhl@grendel.Princeton.EDU (Robert Lupton the Good) Subject: RTF to TeX filter (at last!) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex I have finally got my filter to a semi-releasable state. It is based on Paul DuBois's rtf reader, and he is going to put the following note in his RTF directory until it gets shaken down: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Robert Lupton (rhl@astro.princeton.edu) has an RTF -- TeX reader based on Paul DuBois's RTF reader that you see before you. Eventually it will be added to his RTF distribution, but while it is undergoing fast evolution after it's initial release you will need to get it separately. It is available by anonymous ftp from astro.princeton.edu (128.112.24.1) The file that you want is pub/rtf2TeX.tar.Z If you have problems, or enhancements, please send them to Robert -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The distribution README files reads: This is a first attempt at an RTF to TeX converter. The parts that handle fonts and such like seem to work pretty well, although they could be improved, but the table handling is a problem. I had a good deal of trouble trying to figure out what particular rtf control codes were supposed to do; this makes it hard to convert them into TeX. I have tried to produce good TeX, but this is not easy due to the sloppy way that many RTF writers generate redundant font and other changes. Many things are not handled at all, more due to my lacking motivation than to their intrinsic difficulty. For example, I don't support double columns, but it would be easy enough to do (I'd generate a control sequence to do it, and add the TeX code required to the TeX_defs file. I even have the TeX somewhere...). You will probably usually want to use the -i flag to include some needed TeX definitions: rtf2TeX -i TeX_defs.tex file.rtf > file.tex I am interested in opinions on whether this is a good way to do things, as well as enhancements to the TeX macros. I would be interested in seeing bug reports, and (especially) patches and enhancements. I don't envisage being able to spend much more time on this project, but I will be able to maintain a version as it improves under the efforts of the internet. Robert Lupton rhl@astro.princeton.edu -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Robert Lupton rhl@astro.princeton.edu (609) 683 8252 (Home) (609) 258 3811 (Work) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Dec 91 10:38:06 +0000 From: P.Abbott@uk.ac.aston Subject: Re: Atari TeX Steve Hutchings wrote: >Is it possible to get a copy >of TeX or LaTeX for the Atari 1040STFM and the Atari 1040STEFM?? See the trailer of each issue of UKTeX Digest... \subsection TeX for the Atari ST All enquiries for disks etc. should be directed to: The South West Software Library, P.O. Box 562, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 2YD (JANET e-mail address: mdryden@uk.co.compulink.cix) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Dec 91 15:14:14 +0100 From: Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay Subject: Re: Bracket sizes and NFLS. Mike Piff asked (a while ago, I admit): Am I supposed to type \define@mathgroup\mv@normal3{cmex}{m}{n} after \input ing latex.tex with the new font loading scheme? Supposed? No. But you may if you want :-) There is a major problem with the cmex10 "font" here. cmex10 is not a font, it's a collection of a lot of different math-related glyphs. Let me give some examples of what I mean: The large operators like \sum and \int come in two sizes, one for \textstyle, one for \displaystyle. Whereas the former should scale with the size of the text fonts, this is less clear for the latter. I'd even say that the large operators in \displaystyle from a 20% magnified cmex10 are too large. Another problem are large delimiters: if you scale cmex10 linearly, the \fontdimen and related parameters get values which are not pleasing to the eye (I'm talking here about things like \delimitershortfall). In short: IMHO a linear scaling of cmex10 will look worse than changing nothing. I see two possible solutions: Either design a real cmex11, cmex12, ..., or (preferably) do a complete redesign of the TeX math fonts to sort out the relations. A part of this is necessary anyway, as we need new math fonts to work with the 256-character text fonts. Rainer Rainer Schoepf Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum ,,Ich mag es nicht, wenn fuer Informationstechnik Berlin sich die Dinge so frueh Heilbronner Strasse 10 am Morgen schon so D-1000 Berlin 31 dynamisch entwickeln!'' Federal Republic of Germany or ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Dec 91 15:51:29 +0000 From: Adrian F Clark Subject: PStoPK I just came across the following message on the TeX USENET newsgroup, and thought it worth forwarding to the entire archivegroup. While the PStoPK program will undoubtedly be proprietary, its output surely will not, and this might be a useful way of getting PK files of PS fonts for previewing. ..Adrian From jc@crosfield.co.uk Tue Dec 3 15:48:56 1991 X-From: jc@crosfield.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Postscript->TeX (was Re: Nice NON-CM TeX Fonts?) X-Date: 29 Nov 91 18:11:22 GMT Reply-To: jc@crosfield.co.uk (jerry cullingford) Followup-To: comp.text.tex Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom. In article <91331.121243UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >As a related question, is it possible to convert PS fonts >to TeX fonts? > > lee Yes - The current version of AmigaTeX comes with a pstopk utility that converts postscript fonts to pk ones, so it can definately be done. Note that it doesn't do postscript to metafont though.. - -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Jerry Cullingford #include +44 442 230000 | ,-|-- | jc@crosfield.co.uk (was jc@cel.co.uk) or jc@cel.uucp x3203 | \_|__ +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ \___/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 11:40:07 +0000 From: David.Handscomb@uk.ac.oxford.na Subject: Principal value integrals Does any of the standard fonts contain the symbol for the Cauchy principal valu e integral - i.e. integral sign with a short horizontal stroke across the middl e? If not, is there a way of building it out of the plain integral sign in such a way that the new control sequence can be used in the same way as \int, i.e. in all sizes and with limits appearing in the same places? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Nov 91 23:25:15 +0000 From: LIST_SERVER@uk.ac.tex Subject: Aston TeX mail server log analysis at 30-NOV-1991 23:23:23.84 TeXserver usage analysis for the period: 1-NOV-1991 04:10:42.29 to 30-NOV-1991 22:16:16.82 A total of 486 requests were received from 128 callers Of these, 13 requests were rejected, 2,231 FILE transfers were requested (transferring a total of 54,567,841 bytes), 87 HELP requests were made, 124 DIRECTORY requests were made, 5 SEARCH requests were made, 29 WHEREIS requests were made, A total of 2,235 file transfers were requested (totalling 54,567,841 bytes). 1,876 distinct files were requested - the 10 most requested files were: 30 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00DIRECTORY.LIST 16 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00LAST7DAYS.FILES 14 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00README.TXT 13 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00ASTON.README 13 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00LAST30DAYS.FILES 13 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE]00FILES.TXT 7 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE.METAFONT.CONTRIB]MODES.MF 7 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.CONTRIB]00FILES.TXT 7 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE.LATEX.STYLES.VERBATIM]README.MZ4 6 requests for [TEX-ARCHIVE.TEX.DOC]00FILES.TXT The following users transferred 31,703,863 bytes, which is 58% of the total 6,230,570 bytes requested by OWEN@UK.AC.AFRC.ARCB 3,981,736 bytes requested by 48GANELIN@EDU.CUA.DNET.CUAVAX 3,518,028 bytes requested by JVM@UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.INFORMATICS 3,358,358 bytes requested by "CCF::BANKS"@UK.MOD.HERMES 3,096,576 bytes requested by FRANZEN@DE.DBP.UNI-HANNOVER.TNT.SCOOP 2,733,864 bytes requested by RALPH@UK.CO.ZENGRANGE 2,644,446 bytes requested by GERDESJH@EDU.VANDERBILT.CTRVAX 2,248,251 bytes requested by I0909@EARN.DKAFHS1 2,137,488 bytes requested by HIGGS@CH.PSI.CSUN 1,754,546 bytes requested by SANDER@DE.DBP.MPG.MPCH-MAINZ ------------------------------ UK TeX ARCHIVE at ASTON UNIVERSITY >>> UK.AC.TEX <<< JANET Interactive and NIFTP access Host: uk.ac.tex (JANET DTE 000020120091) Username: public Password: public [Sorry, no Internet ftp access is available yet] *** Mail server *** Send mail to TeXserver@uk.ac.tex (JANET) or TeXserver@tex.ac.uk (rest of the world) with message body containing the word HELP \section FILES OF INTEREST [tex-archive]00readme.txt [tex-archive]00directory.list [tex-archive]00directory.size [tex-archive]00directory_dates.list [tex-archive]00last30days.files \section DIGESTS This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.uktex.91] This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.texhax.91] Latest TeXhax: #51 TeXMaG back issues are stored in the archive in directory [tex-archive.digests.tex-mag] Latest TeXMaG: V5N3 \section MEDIA DISTRIBUTIONS \subsection Washington Unix TeX distribution tape Latest copy of May/June 1991 contains: TeX 3.14, LaTeX 2.09, Metafont 2.7, plus many utilities suitable for Unix 4.2/4.3BSD & System V tar format, 1600bpi, blockfactor 20, 1 file (36Mb) Copies available on: One 2400ft 0.5" tape sent with return labels AND return postage to Aston OR One Quarter-Inch Cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150) sent with envelope AND stamps for return postage to Nottingham (addresses below). \subsection VMS tapes VMS backup of the archive requires two 2400ft tapes at 6250bpi. 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