marcel@cs.caltech.edu (Marcel van der Goot) (05/16/91)
I have made a set of TeX macro files available. They can all be used with plain TeX, but some (most) can also be used with LaTeX. The files come in two parts: xxx.tex has the macros and is the file you should \input to use them; xxx.doc describes how to use the macros. The files can be obtained from ymir.claremont.edu [134.173.4.23], directory [tex.inputs.midnight]. Maybe soon also from other archives. Comments about the macros are quite welcome. (But please, read the documentation first before you ask questions about usage; and don't ask me to send you files.) The collection of macros, known as ``Midnight Macros,'' currently consists of the following: quire [.tex, .doc]: The main use of these macros is to typeset little booklets made of folded sheets (by reordering the pages). However, they also solve some other problems: Printing outlines around pages, printing two pages per sheet of paper, and printing crop marks. (This should also work with LaTeX.) [I know, all of this could also be done with PostScript; for that matter, it can also easily be done on the dvi-file.] gloss: To make glossed sentences. (If you don't know what that means, you're probably not a linguist and have no use for it.) loop: This provides a new looping construct, with \break and \continue ``statements.'' I think it is considerably easier to use than plain TeX's \loop macro. dolines: Macros that help you write other macros for which the line breaks inserted by the user are important. (You also need loop.tex to use this.) labels: To print address labels from plain line-by-line input without macro calls. You can set the size of the labels. There is also a macro to print form letters based on the same list of addresses. (You need dolines.tex and loop.tex to use labels.tex.) Final remark: When you TeX the documentation, TeX will try to load a font called ``cmman.'' If you don't have it, just type <return> to the error message; the font is not actually used. Marcel van der Goot .---------------------------------------------------------------- | Blauw de viooltjes, marcel@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu | Rood zijn de rozen; | Een rijm kan gezet | Met plaksel en dozen. |