TeXhax@CS.WASHINGTON.EDU (TeXhax Digest) (06/10/91)
TeXhax Digest Sunday, June 9, 1991 Volume 91 : Issue 025
Moderators: Tiina Modisett and Pierre MacKay
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Today's Topics:
Re: dvijep on sgi
psfig and dvitps problem??
RE: Use of \footnotemark
Horizontal footnotes
Re: TeXhax Digest V91 #021
Memory size in TeX
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Date: Sat, 11 May 91 02:15:14 EDT
From: karron@karron.med.nyu.edu (Dan Karron (karron@nyu.edu))
Subject: Re: dvijep on sgi
Keywords: dvijep, sgi
Here is the solution to the problem. I had the exact same difficulty.
The problem is actually that your lp script is clipping off the 8th bit when
dvijep downloads the soft font to your printer. The solution is to
use a raw stty for your printer. I append my lp interface script. Note
that I run at 38400 baud. That blasts output to a serial-parallel
buffer box. You will probably want to lower the baud rate to 9600. Be careful
of handshake. I had to make a special cable, as the laser jet
printers use DTR for character flow control that gets crossed to CTR for
sgi. I found that narrow font items were corrupted, and the font looked
generally sloppy with that 8th bit missing.
This interface script is for use with a removable Pacafic Data post script
cart that is so slow that I use it only for ps specials.
%-----------------------lp interface for HP LaserJet 2 printer-----------------
#!/bin/sh
ESC="\033"
CTL_D="\004"
PS_TO_PCL="${ESC}&l5257.1058J"
RESET="${ESC}E"
FFCRLFSTRING="${ESC}&k2G"
INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
# no init while ps is working!
#INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
#INITSTRING="${PS_TO_PCL}"
#INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
LANDSCAPE="${ESC}&l1O"
HEADSTRING="${INITSTRING}"
EXITSTRING="${INITSTRING}"
BAUDRATE=38400
#BAUDRATE=19200
#BAUDRATE=9600
STTYPARAMS="raw cs8 -parenb"
#BANNER=1
#TRAILER="$BANNER"
printer=`basename $0`
LOGFILE=/usr/spool/lp/log
seqid=$1
name=$2
title="$3"
copies=$4
options="$5"
shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
files="$*"
#
# Parse printer-specific options specified with lp(1) -o option
#
#
# Initialize port parameters
#
stty $BAUDRATE $STTYPARAMS <&1
#cat < /dev/ttyf4 >> $LOGFILE &
#CPID=$!
echo >> $LOGFILE
stty -a <&1 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE
echo >> $LOGFILE
echo "`date` PRINT started\n\ttitle=\"$title\" file=\"$files\" options=\"$options\" " >> $LOGFILE
set -- $options
while test $# -ne 0
do
case $1 in
landscape|LANDSCAPE)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
SYMBOL_SET="${ESC}""(0N"
SPACING="${ESC}""(s1P"
PITCH="${ESC}""(s16.6H"
POINT="${ESC}""(s8.5V"
STYLE="${ESC}""(s0S"
STROKE="${ESC}""(s0B"
TYPEFACE="${ESC}""(s0T"
INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}${LANDSCAPE}${SYMBOL_SET}${SPACING}${PITCH}${POINT}${STYLE}${STROKE}${TYPEFACE}"
;;
envelope|ENVELOPE)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
LETTER_ENV="${ESC}&l80A"
TOP_MARGIN="${ESC}&l20E"
PAGE_LENGTH="${ESC}&l100P"
TEXT_LENGTH="${ESC}&l100F"
LEFT_MARGIN="${ESC}&a25L"
RIGHT_MARGIN="${ESC}&a100M"
SYMBOL_SET="${ESC}(0U"
SPACING="${ESC}(s1P"
PITCH="${ESC}(s12H"
POINT="${ESC}(s12V"
STYLE="${ESC}(s0S"
STROKE="${ESC}(s3B"
TYPEFACE="${ESC}(s6T"
INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}${LANDSCAPE}${TOP_MARGIN}${TEXT_LENGTH}${LEFT_MARGIN}${RIGHT_MARGIN}${PAGE_LENGTH}"
INITSTRING="${INITSTRING}${SYMBOL_SET}${SPACING}${PITCH}${POINT}${STYLE}${STROKE}${TYPEFACE}"
;;
notrailer)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
TRAILER=0
;;
trailer|TRAILER)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
TRAILER=1
;;
banner|BANNER)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
BANNER=1
;;
nobanner)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
BANNER=0
;;
raw|RAW)echo "$1 option selected" >> $LOGFILE
HEADSTRING="$HEADSTRING""$FFCRLFSTRING"
INITSTRING=""
STTYPARAMS="raw -icanon -opost -xcase -isig istrip -ixany -brkint cread clocal cs8 -ixon"
;;
ps|PS)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
INITSTRING=""
;;
tex|TEX)
echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
;;
*) ;;
esac
shift
done
if [ "$BANNER" ]
then
x="=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"
X="$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n"
echo "$HEADSTRING""\c"
echo $X
banner "$name"
echo "\n\n"
user=`grep "^$name:" /etc/passwd | line | cut -d: -f5`
if [ "$user" = "" ]
then
user=`(ypmatch $name passwd | line | cut -d: -f5) 2> /dev/null`
fi
if [ -n "$user" ]
then
echo "User: $user\n"
else
echo "\n"
fi
echo "Request id: $seqid Printer: `basename $0`\n"
date
echo "\n"
echo $X
if [ -z "$title" ]
then
title="STD_IN"
fi
echo "\n""$title""\n"
banner `echo "$title" | cut -c1-10`
echo "\n""$title""\n"
echo $X
echo "\014\c"
else
echo NO BANNER >> $LOGFILE
fi
if [ -z "$INITSTRING" ]
then
echo "NO INIT" >> $LOGFILE
else
#echo "${PS_TO_PCL}""\c"
#sleep 3
echo INITSTRING=`echo $INITSTRING | od -c|cut -c8-` >> $LOGFILE
echo "$INITSTRING""\c"
fi
i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
for file in $files
do
cat "$file" 2>&1
echo "\014\c"
done
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
if [ "$TRAILER" ]
then
echo "$HEADSTRING""\c"
echo $X
banner $name
echo $X
echo "\n""$title""\n"
banner `echo "$title" | cut -c1-10`
echo "\n""$title""\n"
echo $X
banner COMPLETED
echo $X
echo "\014\c"
echo "$EXITSTRING""\c"
fi
echo "`date` PRINTING Completed" >> $LOGFILE
#kill -9 $CPID
exit 0
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>Date: 9 May 91 02:39:43 GMT
>From: "T.C. Zhao" <bloom-beacon.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!svec5>
>I am having some trouble isolating problems with dvijep on an SGI.
>Specifically, when 11pt fonts are used, the print out will miss i(Roman)
>verywhere. I got dvijep compiled without any warning and 10pt document
>seems ok. The 300dpi 11pt preview rules out problems with the font
>itself.
>I am really lost here. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>System: SGI 4D/210GTX running 3.3 with HP LaserJet series II.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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Date: Fri, 10 May 91 08:37:53 CST
From: coleman@di.uregina.ca (Dr. Coleman)
Subject: psfig and dvitps problem??
Keywords: psfig, dvitps
I have the TeXPS package installed on a
sparcstation 1+ running SUN OS 4.1. The
TeXPS package was obtained from the
Washington Unix TeX distribution tape.
The version of dvitps is 3.5. The problem
is the following.
If I take a ps file and just drop it onto
pageview the image appears normally. If I
use psfig to include the figure in a plain
TeX document and use dvitps to generate a ps
file which is then dropped onto pageview,
the appropriate amount of space is left with
text above and below, but the figure is placed
above that space and is inverted. The top of the
figure which is the bottom of the inverted
figure is the right amount of space above
the text at the top. It looks as if something
has a minus sign in front of it.
The files psfig.tex and psfig.pro are from
the same distribution.
Please reply directly.
Robert Coleman
Mathematics Department
University of Regina
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Date: Wed, 8 May 91 15:37 GMT
From: Peter Flynn UCC <CBTS8001%IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: RE: Use of \footnotemark
Keywords: \footnotemark
Further to my request for help with this, it turns out all you
have to do is say \protect\footnotemark and it works fine inside
the argument of \section. RTFM.
///Peter
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Date: Tue, 7 May 91 14:11 GMT
From: Peter Flynn UCC <CBTS8001%IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Horizontal footnotes
Keywords: LaTeX, footnotes, horizontal
I need to get footnotes spread horizontally across the bottom of the page
because there are a lot of them and they're very short. I would prefer
LaTeX because the user has a lot of sectioning, TOC etc. Is there a style
file for this anywhere; if not, is it possible to do it. I would normally
use EDMAC, but while that can spread footnotes, I would have to write all
the sectioning etc by hand, which seems a bit of a waste of time.
///Peter
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Date: Tue, 07 May 91 13:15:36 EDT
From: mckeehan@math.utk.edu
Subject: Re: TeXhax Digest V91 #021
Keywords: TeX, troff, conversion
Is there a utility that can convert troff input to TeX input? or maybe troff
output to TeX input? Anything would be greatly appreciated...
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Date: Wed, 08 May 91 15:21:27 +1000
From: ajd@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU
Subject: Memory size in TeX
Keywords: TeX, memory size, IRIX
I have a question on changing the memory size of Tex/LaTeX.
Our current system has only a 64K limit. Several people have
had documents which cause this limit to be exceeded. Is there
any way to change the memory size??
The system here runs under IRIX 3.3.2.
The version of Tex we are using is :
TeX, C Version 2.99
LaTeX Version 2.09 <24 May 1989>
I don't have the source code here (I ftp'ed) the binaries from a
local site. I don't know if the source code has to be hacked at
in order to change the size, but I guess that's why I'm asking this
question.
IF I do need need the source, where could I find the latest version
that will run under IRIX ???
P.S: I don't read news all that often, so a mailed reply would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Ashley Dreier
(ajd@cs.mu.oz.au).
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