bed_gdg@SHSU.BITNET ("George D. Greenwade") (04/06/91)
Some announcements of potential interest: 1. SHSU is now anonymous ftp-able! The node name for connection is niord.shsu.edu [192.92.115.8]. The default directory in an ftp session is the root directory for FILESERV, and all of the packages (i.e., STY, AMSLaTeX_DOC, GENTLE, etc.) are in next-level subdirectories. The node niord.shsu.edu is not mailable, per se, right now (want to guess what we will be doing real soon?), so **PLEASE** don't try to send anything to user@niord.shsu.edu -- yet! We are still SHSU.BITNET for mail for now. 2. Regarding my post last week (maybe longer ago?) regarding shaded boxes: A few nice replies came in (in case I missed anyone who responded, thanks!) which suggested that PostScript was just about the only way to do this efficiently. Some suggested looking into EEPIC, which does some shading between curves, etc., some suggested looking into PicTeX (which I will do) and one said pray real hard for something to be developed so that DVI files can incorporate this directly. Short of the PostScript route, I guess I'm between a rock and a hard place until I look into EEPIC a little harder and get (actually, look harder at) PicTeX. 3. Extending 2. above, I did get EEPIC. The author of EEPIC (Conrad Kwok) suggests that Sunil Podar's EPIC is handy to have since EEPIC is an extension of EPIC. The files for both EPIC and EEPIC now are available on FILESERV as packages. The description, file list, and instructions for retrieval of both is appended below. 4. If you read the article in TUGboat (V11 #2) by Georg Denk ("An Easy Way Making Slides With LaTeX") and wanted the files for this, he has been kind enough to forward the style file, the actual text of the article, an example of its use, and an his \logo (for use as an example). These files are, respectively, STY.ESLIDES, STY.ESLIDES_TEX, STY.ESLIDES-EXAMPLE_TEX, and STY.ESLIDES-LOGO-DENK. If you want them, include the command SENDME whichever_file_it_is_you.want in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET. 5. Finally, Hunter Goatley was nice enough to provide me with a copy of his VMS port of Tom Rokicki's DVIDVI which is consistent with the new DECUS collection, DVIPS version 5.47, etc. The description, file list, and instructions for retrieval for this package is appended below, also. If anyone comes across files more recent that those in these (or any other!) packages on FILESERV, please let me know! Regards, George If you're not interested in the descriptions which follow on DVIDVI, EEPIC, and EPIC (in that order), delete now! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- DVIDVI ------ The DVIDVI includes Hunter Goatley's (goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet) February 20, 1991, port of Tom Rokicki's (rokicki@neon.stanford.edu) DVIDVI program for VMS. DVIDVI lets you manipulate DVI files, performing such tricks as extracting all the even pages into a new .DVI file. This version also includes DUPLEX.COM, for poor-man's duplex printing. The original DVIDVI created Stream_LF files under VMS; the VMS port of DVIPS V5.47 (as well as the new DVITYPE, the latest DECUS TeX programs, etc.) expects the file to consist of fixed-length, 512-byte records. This version of DVIDVI creates such files under VMS. Since this package is is specifically a VMS port and probably of interest only to VMS users, the sources necessary to rebuild this version are in a set of 3 transfer files in VMS_SHARE format, each under the 33-block threshold for immediate transmission. You may retrieve the entire package of 3 files by MAILing the command: SENDME DVIDVI to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET. A complete distribution of this version of DVIDVI requires all 3 files in this package, so this command is suggested. If, for some reason, you should only need one of these files, say DVIDVI.1OF3, use the command: SENDME DVIDVI.1OF3 in your MAIL message to FILESERV. Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) File Blocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DVIDVI.1OF3, DVIDVI.2OF3 30 each DVIDVI.3OF3 9 Approximate total blocks in full DVIDVI package = 69 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EEPIC ----- The EEPIC package includes the 8 files of Conrad Kwok's EEPIC (Extensions to EPIC and LaTeX Picture Environment (Version 1.1: Febrary 2, 1988). EEPIC, as an extension to both LaTeX and EPIC, tries to alleviate some of the limitations in LaTeX, EPIC and tpic (a TeX preprocessor) by generating tpic \special's using TeX commands instead of any preprocessor program. At the same time EEPIC provides compatibility with the original commands such that when a DVI driver which understands tpic \special is not available, the documents can still be formatted using standard LaTeX and EPIC. You may retrieve the entire package of 8 files by MAILing the command: SENDME EEPIC to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET. A complete distribution of this version of EPIC requires all 8 files in this package, so this command is suggested. If, for some reason, you should only need one of these files, say EEPIC.README, use the command: SENDME EEPIC.README in your MAIL message to FILESERV. Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) File Blocks Save file as: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EEPIC.EEPICEMU_STY 6 EEPICEMU.STY EEPIC.EPIC-EG3_FIG 5 EPIC-EG3.FIG EEPIC.EPIC-EG3_TEX 6 EPIC-EG3.TEX EEPIC.EPIC-EG4_FIG 5 EPIC-EG4.FIG EEPIC.EPIC-EG4_TEX 6 EPIC-EG4.TEX EEPIC.README 10 README EEPIC.EEPIC_STY 35 EEPIC.STY EEPIC.EEPIC_TEX 43 EEPIC.TEX Approximate total blocks in full EEPIC package = 116 Please note that files in excess of the 33 512-byte block limit for immediate transmittal will be queued for delivery after peak hours (1000-1700 CST/CDT, Monday-Friday) if your request is received during these hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EPIC ---- The EPIC package includes the 8 files of Sunil Podar's EPIC (Enhancements to the Picture Environment of LaTeX) file package (Version 1.2: July 14, 1986). EPIC commands enhance the graphic capabilities of LaTeX and provide a friendlier and more powerful user interface than currently existent. The aim of EPIC is to reduce the amount of manual calculations required to specify the layout of objects. EPIC commands make it possible to draw more sophisticated pictures with lesser effort than was previously possible. You may retrieve the entire package of 8 files by MAILing the command: SENDME EPIC to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET. A complete distribution of this version of EPIC requires all 8 files in this package, so this command is suggested. If, for some reason, you should only need one of these files, say EPIC.README, use the command: SENDME EPIC.README in your MAIL message to FILESERV. Files in this package: (1 Block = 512 bytes) File Blocks Save file as: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPIC.MISC_STY 6 MISC.STY EPIC.PICMAN-FIG1_TEX 2 PICMAN-FIG1.TEX EPIC.PICMAN-FIG2_TEX 3 PICMAN-FIG2.TEX EPIC.PICMAN-FIG3_TEX 5 PICMAN-FIG3.TEX EPIC.PICMAN_TEX 81 PICMAN.TEX EPIC.README 3 README EPIC.SQRT_TEX 10 SQRT.TEX EPIC.EPIC_STY 53 EPIC.STY Approximate total blocks in full EPIC package = 163 Please note that files in excess of the 33 512-byte block limit for immediate transmittal will be queued for delivery after peak hours (1000-1700 CST/CDT, Monday-Friday) if your request is received during these hours.