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TeXhax Digest Tuesday, May 2, 1989 Volume 89 : Issue 41
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Today's Topics:
Problems with the Handy Little Font
Re: def numbering in LaTeX
Showing labels in the margin using LaTeX.
Re: 2 column bilingual format
Re: Text in 3 column format
RE: Using \label in figure environment
Bug in TeX 2.93?
A self-study gentle introduction to TeX
Re: TeXhax Digest V89 #27
Response to two queries in TeXhax V89 #27
Re: Query regarding nested ifs
Re: What is the difference between \crcr versus \cr?
RE: Spelling Checker for TeX
Needed: tool to sort BibTeX files
Re: Announcement concerning Tib (for bibliographies)
Saving z pairs with MF
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 21:45-0600
From: Norman "E." Powroz<Powroz%UNCAMULT.BITNET@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Problems with the Handy Little Font
Keywords: METAFONT
In TUGBoat 10, which I just received, Georgia Tobin has a nice little
article that provides the Metafont input for a group of pointing hand
dingbats. Unfortunately, when I tried it out, I got the following
results:
%%% -----------------------------------------------------------------
DosMF Version 1.5a Released 1 February 1989
(c) Copyright 1989 Electronetics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
This is METAFONT, MSDOS Version 1.5 (preloaded base=plain 89.4.8) 25
APR 1989 23:39
**\mode=epson;input hands
(hands.mf
>> x6z5-42.5
! Undefined x coordinate has been replaced by 0.
<to be read again>
..
handpointing->...y17;dummyCurve:=z6z5-z2..
z7..tension1.4..z8;dummyLin...
l.70 handpointing
;
? h
I need a `known' x value for this part of the path.
The value I found (see above) was no good;
so I'll try to keep going by using zero instead.
(Chapter 27 of The METAFONTbook explains that
you might want to type `I ???' now.)
? x
Font metrics written on hands.tfm.
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Is there perhaps a typo in the article, and if so, would anyone have the
correction? I am a complete newcomer to Metafont programming, although
I have used it to build other fonts, so I know my implementation works
(it is Gary Biehl's DosMF 1.5).
I was hoping to study Georgia's sample as an introduction to Metafont
programming, but haven't gotten very far due to the problems. Any help
gratefully received, either to the net, or to me personally.
Norm Powroz
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1989 11:18:55 JST
From: Hideki Isozaki <isozaki@expert-sun.ntt.jp>
Reply-To: isozaki@ntt-20.ntt.jp
Subject: Re: def numbering in LaTeX
Keywords: LaTeX
I found the following question on LaTeX in "comp.text" news group.
>From: apollo@ecf.toronto.edu (Vince Pugliese)
>Newsgroups: comp.text
>Subject: def numbering in LaTeX
>
> i was wondering if it is possible to make def's unique by simply
> appending a number to the macro definition, e.g.
> \def\dummy_macro{.....
> \def\dummy_macro2{......
How about this style file?
% newarray.sty by Hideki ISOZAKI, isozaki%ntt-20.ntt.jp@relay.cs.net
%
% Once you declared \newarray{foo} and defined its contents by
%
% \setarray{foo}{1}{This is the first element.}
% \setarray{foo}{alpha}{This is the alpha-th element.}
%
% you can call them with \foo1, \foo{alpha}.
%
\def\newarray#1{%
\expandafter\newcommand\csname #1\endcsname[1]{\@nameuse{a!#1!##1}}}
\def\setarray#1#2#3{\global\@namedef{a!#1!#2}{#3}}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Hideki ISOZAKI isozaki%ntt-20.ntt.jp@relay.cs.net
Organization: NTT Software Research Laboratory
Address: 9-11, Midori-Cho 3-chome, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, Japan
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Date: 24 Apr 1989 12:34:51 EST
From: carreras@LEES.MIT.EDU
Subject: Showing labels in the margin using LaTeX.
Keywords: LaTeX, labels, margins
I've been trying unsuccesfully to change the following macros so that
labels used for cross-referenecs are printed in the margin. As the
macro works now the label is printed under a caption or next to an
equation depending on where the \label{} command is called. The part
of the macro that needs to be changed is "\mbox{\tt[#1]}" at the end
of the \def\label#1. I would appreciate it if anyone came up with a
solution to this....Thanx
Ric Carreras
carreras@lees.mit.edu
% showlabels.sty
% gil@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Gil Neiger)
%
% Change \label, \ref, and \pageref to show labels in line
%
\def\ref#1{\@ifundefined{r@#1}{\mbox{\tt#1?}\@warning
{Reference `#1' on page \thepage \space
undefined}}{\edef\@tempa{\@nameuse{r@#1}}\expandafter
\@car\@tempa \@nil\null}}
\def\pageref#1{\@ifundefined{r@#1}{\mbox{\tt#1?}\@warning
{Reference `#1' on page \thepage \space
undefined}}{\edef\@tempa{\@nameuse{r@#1}}\expandafter
\@cdr\@tempa\@nil\null}}
\def\label#1{\@bsphack\if@filesw {\let\thepage\relax
\xdef\@gtempa{\write\@auxout{\string
\newlabel{#1}{{\@currentlabel}{\thepage}}}}}\@gtempa
\if@nobreak \ifvmode\nobreak\fi\fi\fi\@esphack
\mbox{\tt[#1]}} %change needed here, I suspect...
\def\@citex[#1]#2{\if@filesw\immediate\write\@auxout{\string\citation{#2}}\fi
\def\@citea{}\@cite{\@for\@citeb:=#2\do
{\@citea\def\@citea{,}\@ifundefined
{b@\@citeb}{\mbox{\tt\@citeb?}\@warning
{Citation `\@citeb' on page \thepage \space undefined}}%
\hbox{\csname b@\@citeb\endcsname}}}{#1}}
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Date: MON 24 APR 1989 08:58:00 EST
From: INHB000 <INHB%MCGILLC.BITNET@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: 2 column bilingual format
Keywords: 2 column format
In a very recent TeXhax (#24, I think) someone asked about a 2 column
bilingual format with the paragraphs all starting opposite each other
and blank space inserted where necessary. Exactly such a format appears
in a paper by Michael J. Ferguson in Tugboat publication devoted to last
summer's meeting in Montreal. I didn't keep the name or address of the
questioner because I didn't think I could contribute. He/she should
definitely write to Ferguson (mike@tel.inrs.cdn).
Michael Barr
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 89 12:37:56 ADT
From: "Marc E. Beland" <BELAND%UPEI.CA@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: Text in 3 column format
Keywords: LaTeX, 3 column format
Hello!
I am looking for a way to output text in 3 column mode in LaTeX. I
have only recently begun to use LaTeX and so would be a little
intimidated to go poking around and modifying the \twocolumn
macro. Also I do not have access to back issues of TeXHAX to see
if the solution may have appeared there. If such a solution exists
now {or if it will very shortly, :-)}, I'd greatly appreciate
hearing about it. You can reply directly, or to the net, as I am an
avid reader, and there may be others interested in this style.
Thanks in advance,
Marc
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Date: Mon, 24 APR 89 11:25:13 BST
From: TEX%rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk@NSS.Cs.Ucl.AC.UK
Subject: RE: Using \label in figure environment
Keywords: LaTeX, \label
In TeXhax v89 #24, dlv@uwavm.acs.washington.edu reports his difficulties
with using \label in the figure environment, and claims that he is using it in
accordance with Lamport's book. Unfortunately, he isn't. To make \label be a
reference to the figure's number, the \label has to FOLLOW the \caption
command; where he has it, it is producing a reference to the smallest
enclosing SECTION, which is Chapter 1, and hence the four 1's when he
references his figures.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 89 13:16:42 met
From: Bo Thide' <mcvax!irfu.se!bt@uunet.UU.NET>
Subject: Bug in TeX 2.93?
Keywords: TeX, bug
We use Tex 2.93 with the BIGTEX patch applied. We have noticed that
the vertical spacing does not work as in our old TeX 2.0. E.g,
if I use LaTeX with large true size fonts (typically 14 or 17 pt and
larger) superscripts and subscripts in math mode do not come out as
they should. For instance,
2
x
i
looks more like
x2
i
The same is also true for spacing between lines in tables and footnote
signs (* etc). This happens both for our Laserjet output as well as
when using X Windows previewers so it is not a dirver problem. Is this
a bug or what?
I would appreciate any hints. Our users are very confused not being able
to run old TeX files anymore.
Please e-mail.
Bo
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 09:44 cdt
From: mdoob%ccm.UManitoba.CA@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU
Subject: A self-study gentle introduction to TeX
Keywords: TeX, manual, introduction
I have written a self-study gentle introduction to TeX. I'll
be talking about some related problems at the summer TUG meeting
and I had planned to put the thing in the public domain at that
time. Jon Barwise mentioned the existence of this manual in his
column in the AMS notices, so I guess it's no secret anymore.
Here is the deal: the manual presupposes no knowledge of TeX.
The level of the material covered inlcudes the elementary and
about half of the intermediate topics in Dean Guenther's list.
I would like to get more feedback on my current draft; if you
would like to give me some, drop me a note (mdoob@uofmcc.bitnet)
and I'll send you the TeX source.
Michael Doob
Department of Mathematics
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Canada
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 89 10:19:24 PDT
From: lamport@src.dec.com (Leslie Lamport)
Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V89 #27
Keywords: LaTeX
Ashwin Ram writes
I like to separate figures from the text using a horizontal line, e.g.,
something like:
\begin{figure}[tbp]
\makebox[\textwidth]{\hrulefill}
...
\makebox[\textwidth]{\hrulefill}
\end{figure}
The problem is that I would like the horizontal line to appear only on
the "text side" of the figure. In other words, if the figure appears
at the top of the page, I want only the line at the bottom of the
figure to separate it from the rest of the text below; if it appears
at the bottom of the page, I want only the line at the top of the
figure to separate it from the rest of the text above; and if it
appears on a page by itself, I want either both lines or none
(depending on my mood :-)).
Inside the bowels of latex.tex, one finds
% PAGE STYLE PARAMETERS:
...
% \topfigrule : Command to place rule (or whatever) between floats
% at top of page and text. Executed in inner vertical
% mode right before the \textfloatsep skip separating
% the floats from the text. Must occupy zero vertical
% space. (See \footnoterule.)
% \botfigrule : Same as \topfigrule, but put after the \textfloatsep
% skip separating text from the floats at bottom of page
John P. Rouillard wants a style file to allow text to flow around
floated figures. TeX is Turing-equivalent, so this is of course
possible. The easiest way to do it is to write a TeX macro that
simulates a Turing machine and then re-implement LaTeX as a Turing-machine
program, adding the desired extra functionality.
It wouldn't be too hard to write a macro that put the figure inside a
specified paragraph, but the drawbacks to that approach are obvious.
Leslie Lamport
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 89 19:46 EDT
From: "Jerry Leichter (LEICHTER-JERRY@CS.YALE.EDU)"
Subject: Response to two queries in TeXhax V89 #27
Keywords: nested if, \cr, \crcr
Ashwin Ram would like to place rules between figures and text. There are
three style parameter macros that can be used to do this. Here are the des-
criptions, as given in LATEX.TEX:
% \topfigrule : Command to place rule (or whatever) between floats
% at top of page and text. Executed in inner vertical
% mode right before the \textfloatsep skip separating
% the floats from the text. Must occupy zero vertical
% space. (See \footnoterule.) [Defined in PLAIN -- J]
% \botfigrule : Same as \topfigrule, but put after the \textfloatsep
% skip separating text from the floats at bottom of page.
% \dblfigrule : Similar to \topfigrule, but for double-column floats.
Note that these are simply commands expanded at the appropriate places. In
all the standard styles, they are \let to \relax; you can redefine them with
\renewcommand (or \def).
Since none of the standard styles use them, and they are not mentioned by the
LaTeXbook, if they don't work you are probably on your own.
There are no analogous commands defined for "page of floats" floats, or for
"in text" floats. You'd have to modify the appropriate macros within LaTeX
if you wanted these capabilities. (For "page of floats", the macro you need
to change is \@vtryfc; for "in text" floats it's probably \@addtocurcol.
Don't consider such hacking lightly!)
Stephan Bechtolsheim asks two questions, one concerning nested \if's which I
KNOW I've answered in some other forum (briefly, what he wants to do is im-
possible, at least the way he wants to do it - see page 211 in the TeXbook);
and one concerning the difference between \cr and \crcr, which is also
answered in the TeXbook (page 249): \crcr is identical to \cr, except that it
is allowed - and ignored - immediately after another \cr or a \noalign. This
is handy in defining macros that produce alignments since it means that the
user of the macro can include a final \cr or not, and have the macro work
correctly either way. (In the particular case of a preamble, it may be
unlikely that the user will explicity type \cr, but he may have set TeX up to
insert one automatically, as discussed on the same page. In any case, it
can't hurt.)
Jerry
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Date: 26 Apr 89 1833 PDT
From: Arthur Keller <ARK@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: Query regarding nested ifs
Keywords: nested ifs
Try the following, which I may have suggested in an earlier message:
\setupfootest
\iffoo
then text 1
\setupbartest
\ifbar
then text 2
\else % foo
else text 2
\fi % bar
\else % foo
else text 1
\fi % foo
Note that \setupfootest and \setupbartest use \footrue or \foofalse and
\bartrue and \barfalse, respectively.
Arthur
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Date: 26 Apr 89 1838 PDT
From: Arthur Keller <ARK@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: What is the difference between \crcr versus \cr?
Keywords: \crcr, \cr
\halign{...\cr\cr...} causes a blank row to be produced (actually one
whose first parameter is null).
\halign{...\cr\crcr...} does not do that. Hence, \crcr may savely be
used in the case the argument to a macro is terminated by \cr or not.
See page 249 of The TeXbook.
Arthur
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 89 07:14 EST
From: Ted Nieland - SRL <@AAMRL.AF.MIL:TNIELAND@FALCON>
Subject: RE: Spelling Checker for TeX
Keywords: TeX, spell checker
RE: TeXHaX V89 #26
>
>Date: Thu, 23 Mar 89 08:50:57 PST
>From: wagman%praxis.hepnet@Csa4.LBL.Gov
>Subject: Spelling Checker for TeX
>Keywords: TeX, spell checker
>
>I have a spelling checker on my microVAX, running VMS, which I acquired from
>our computer center. It needs a VT-series terminal, as best as I can
>determine, and understands imbedded TeX control sequences. The description
>from the top of the PASCAL program is shown below as well as a list of the
>files it uses and their sizes.
>
>Unfortunately, I cannot open my machine to liberal network access and cannot
>distribute media. I doubt that the program's author wants to be contacted
>by hundreds of Texxies. How can we proceed?
>
>Gary Wagman
>Lawrence Berkeley Lab
>WAGMAN@LBL.GOV or LBL::WAGMAN
>
The SPELL program for VMS is included on the DECUS TeX Collection available
from the DECUS Library or from your local DECUS LUG.
The DECUS TeX Collection (current version is February 1989) is a
collection of TeX, LaTeX, AMSTeX, TeXSiS, and various tools for use with TeX.
The VMS material is ready to be used. UNIX compressed Tar files are also
available to set up a UNIX Version of TeX. Two MS-DOS versions of TeX (DOSTeX
and SBTEX) are also available in ARC files. The DVI drivers include:
The UTAH (Beebe) Collection (exe's & source)
Several LN03 Drivers (DVI2LN3,DVItoLN03,+) (exe's & source)
Postscript driver (DVI2PS) (source code)
DVItoVDU (supports Regis, Tektronics, Ascii,+) (exe & source)
DVIDIS (VAXStations using UIS) (exe)
X-WIndows (Source code for TeXx and XDVI)
The DECUS TeX Collection, order number V-SP-58, may be obtained, for
a minimal charge from:
The DECUS Program Library
219 Boston Post Road BP02
Marlboro, MA 01752-1850
Phone: 508 480-3418
The DECUS TeX Collection is also available via the DECUS National LUG
Organization Tape Copy Project. The Tape is made available to DECUS LUG's
(Local User Groups) at no charge (provide your own tape). Contact your local
LUG to see about getting a copy of the tape.
Ted Nieland
TNIELAND@AAMRL.AF.MIL
DECUS TeX Collection Editor
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 89 10:20:43 -0400
From: finin@PRC.Unisys.COM
Subject: Needed: tool to sort BibTeX files
Keywords: BibTeX
I'm looking for a tool that can be used to sort the entries in a
BibTeX file. I'd be happy if it sorted by the key, but more
sophisticated capabilities (i.e. sorting by last name of first author)
would be just dandy. Tim
Organization: Unisys - Paoli Research Center Paoli, PA
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Date: Mon 24 Apr 89 07:44:51-PDT
From: Oren Patashnik <PATASHNIK@Score.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: Announcement concerning Tib (for bibliographies)
Keywords: BibTeX, Tib
> From: "James C. Alexander" <jca@julia.umd.edu>
> Subject: Announcement concerning Tib (for bibliographies)
> . . .
> [Tib is] a preprocessor. If desired, changes can be made before the TeX
> run. Also sometimes size is a consideration; in one case
> LaTeX+BiBTeX+PiCTeX was too big, but LaTeX+Tib+PiCTeX was not.
Lest this cause some confusion: BibTeX, too, is a preprocessor. It's
fairly unlikely that either of Tib or BibTeX would cause overflow, and
it's incredibly unlikely that one would but the other wouldn't.
(James Alexander tells me that, for the one case he mentioned above,
it turns out he was misinformed about what actually happened.)
Oren Patashnik
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 89 13:32:42 CDT
From: Don Hosek <U33297%UICVM.UIC.EDU@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Saving z pairs with MF
Keywords: fonts, METAFONT
In my Oriental fonts project, I have decided that it would be reasonable
to use the same set of suffixes in different radicals of the same character.
(this will simplify top level coding).
I am able to "renew" some z.? by using an assignment with whatever, but
I have been unable to figure out how best to be able to restore old
values when they are later needed. Enclosing the whole mess with
begingroup ... endgroup and using save x,y doesn't work since this loses
ALL values of x and y. Furthermore, I can't say save x101,y101 (or save
z101) since each of those consists of more than one token.
Any ideas?
dh
Don Hosek Internet: U33297@UICVM.UIC.EDU
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Work: 312-996-2981 UUNet: dhosek@jarthur.claremont.edu
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