UKTeX-Request@tex.ac.uk (02/15/91)
UKTeX Digest Friday, 15 Feb 1991
Volume 91 : Issue 7
Today's Topics:
RE: What is the PSS number of tex.ac.uk
Baselinestretch when using M & S font selection scheme
Common files for OzTeX
Interactive access?
Re: metafont bombs out on cmbase.mf (UKTeX Digest V91 #1)
FTP-access to the archive from the Internet?
Re: FTP-access to the archive from the Internet?
EPS from TeX?
Re: EPS from TeX?
Re: EPS from TeX?
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Date: Fri, 08 Feb 91 12:44:53 +0000
From: TEX@UK.AC.CRANFIELD.RMCS
Subject: RE: What is the PSS number of tex.ac.uk
In message 187 of Thu, 7 Feb 91 15:13:10 GMT, PETER@UK.CO.MEMEX wrote:
> This new browsing service via PSS looks good, but as I am not part of JANET
> I can't turn the name Uk.Ac.TeX into whatever magic number I could give
> to PSS. (I don't know how PSS works, I just know that I can access it.)
>
> Is this browsing service available to me, as a uk.co site, and if so,
> what is the magic number?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Ilieve peter@memex.co.uk
The numerical DTE of Uk.Ac.TeX is 000020120091; I'm sorry that I don't
know how you access this via the PSS, but suspect you need to come
through one of the PSS-Janet gateways.
Brian HK
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 16:33:18 +0000
From: P.ABBOTT@UK.AC.ASTON
Subject: Baselinestretch when using M & S font selection scheme
When using the new font selection scheme from M & S the baselinestretch
no longer has any effect.
To change to double line spacing
\def\baselinestretch{1.5}
gave the required result. What is the equivalent using the new font
selection scheme?
Peter Abbott
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 91 16:37:52 +0000
From: P.ABBOTT@UK.AC.ASTON
Subject: Common files for OzTeX
When using EMTeX of TeX on our VAX under VMS it is possible to have a
nominated directory for commonly used files.
I would like OzTeX to search the current folder and if not found a
nominated folder as well as TeX-inputs. The relevant line in config is
TeX input folder = :TeX-inputs:
Anyone know how to add another folder to this parameter.?
Peter Abbott
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 91 15:05:29 +0000
From: UCCA021@UK.AC.UCL
Subject: Interactive access?
The trailer of the last UKTeX digest mentions "JANET Interactive .... access" to
the archive.....What is the numerical JANET address of the archive?
L.C.Willoughby
Chemistry
UCL
{see Brian's article, above; I've added the number to the information
in the footer of the digest --Ed.}
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 11:20:29 +0700
From: Klaus Thull <P86%EARN.DHDURZ1@UK.AC.EARN-RELAY>
Subject: Re: metafont bombs out on cmbase.mf (UKTeX Digest V91 #1)
re: metafont bombing out...
the title of your metafont run log indicates that you somehow
got "inimf" "ln"ed to mf. indeed, by calling "inimf" i repeated the
experience.
remove this "mf" link first thing right away, it will not work properly.
metafont the program which is what you get by "inimf" does not know "plain",
does not even know the syntax of parentheses. You *might* use inimf by saying
"inimf '&plain' '\mode:= ....."
but in this case things ought to be done properly, or so i think.
here is how to proceed:
(as you mentioned "web2c" i assume unix,
a certain directory structure and a certain set of makefiles)
- - in web2c's root, "make all" or ("make inimf" and "make virmf")
you will end up with "inimf", "virmf", "mf.pool", in some subdirectory
- - put inimf, virmf, mf.pool to its proper places.
- - cd to where the bases are to be
- - inimf plain input local dump
- - "ln plain.base mf.base"
- - cd to the executables
- - "ln virmf mf" (web2c virmf is set up such that by calling it
differently from "virmf" it will preload a base of same name)
then you have a mf matching to the description in volume C.
then your texps calls will work. This is exactly the same procedure
as on the TeX side. happy metafonting...
still looking for the outside of the asylum...
mahilata
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 10:50:08 -0500
From: A4421DAD%EARN.AWIUNI11@UK.AC.EARN-RELAY
Subject: FTP-access to the archive from the Internet?
Hi out there in the TeXland,
Is it possible to access the Aston TeX-Server via FTP from the internet?
I'm asking this because the mail-access is painfully slow and sometimes
files vanish in "/dev/null" (seems to be a matter of gateways getting
wild ;-) )
Thanks in advance for any information,
Ewald JENISCH
Univ. of Vienna, Austria, Europe
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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 91 11:06:04 +0000
From: S.P.Q.RAHTZ@UK.AC.SOUTHAMPTON.ECS
Subject: Re: FTP-access to the archive from the Internet?
A4421DAD%EARN.AWIUNI11@UK.AC.EARN-RELAY writes:
>
> Is it possible to access the Aston TeX-Server via FTP from the internet?
> I'm asking this because the mail-access is painfully slow and sometimes
> files vanish in "/dev/null" (seems to be a matter of gateways
> getting
an internet connection has been set up in theory, but the concrete
instantiation will take a little while longer. at present you cannot
access us via internet, but we will announce the service as soon as
possible. watch the UK TeX newsletter
sebastian
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 09:26:06 +0000
From: KMC@UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.DEC-E
Subject: EPS from TeX?
Do you happen to know whether it is possible to persuade TeX to
produce an output file in Encapsulated PostScript? I ask becasue we have
users who are using DECWRITE for their documents, but are dissatisfied
with the look of the displayed equations it makes. They want to use TeX
to make figures which contain equations, and then 'paste' them into place
in DECWRITE.
We have PostScript drivers, but very little info on 'Encapsulated
PostScript'. Can you point us to a reference manual?
Kate Crennell
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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 91 11:31:23 +0000
From: S.P.Q.RAHTZ@UK.AC.SOUTHAMPTON.ECS
Subject: Re: EPS from TeX?
> >>> Do you happen to know whether it is possible to persuade
> >>> TeX to produce an output file in Encapsulated PostScript?
both James Clark's dvitops and Rokicki's dvips produce excellent
encapsulated PostScript output. recommended.
sebastian
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 17:17:09 +0000
From: David Osborne <cczdao@uk.ac.nott.clan>
Subject: Re: EPS from TeX?
In message of Thu, 14 Feb 91 09:26:06 +0000,
KMC@UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.DEC-E said:
> We have PostScript drivers, but very little info on 'Encapsulated
> PostScript'. Can you point us to a reference manual?
I've installed Adobe's document describing EPSF 2.0 in the archive,
in [tex-archive.doc]epsf2-doc.ps
- --dave
(pp Aston TeX Archive group)
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