Damian.Cugley@prg.ox.ac.uk (Damian Cugley) (02/12/91)
From: Victor Eijkhout <eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu> Message-Id: <1991Feb9.213647.22482@csrd.uiuc.edu> > But then, I'm tired of all these people asking: > - where do I get TeX for the XYZ computer > - how do I use Postscript > - who has a modedef for the ABC (read: ln03) printer As an alternative to a massive TeX hierarchy (I'm beginning to agree that this is a BAD idea), howabout the alternative, which is conventional prefixes for subject lines? (THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION.) "Where can I get foo?" or "which version of foo is best?" starts with "foo?", where foo is one of: Subject: driver? for Spanodyne InkVom 66-ABC Subject: modedef? for SpLAT-o-matic 880006F with Ink-Splatter(TM) Subject: font? how do I get the Washingtoon IPA fonts? Subject: font? Cyrillic Subject: TeX? good PD MS-DOS TeX needed FAST Subject: TeX? which PD TeX is best? Subject: TeX? Alternatives to Textures? Subject: style? Need style file for old-style figures Subject: macro? EBNF formulas -- plain TeX (i.e., NOT LaTeX) Subject: LaTeX? EBNF formula environment Subject: symbol? Need curly Q with three stars inside it, underlined Subject: symbol? \bigsqcap Subject: doc? Need info on TeX 3.0 Subject: doc? Need better LaTeX manual -- i.e., requests for documents of various sorts Subject: previewer? for Sun-4s with UselessWindows(R), colour "macro" means plain TeX -- or rather, TeX as used by people who write their own macros, rather than using LaTeX or AmSTeX. Replies will look like Subject: Re: TeX? which PD TeX is best? If you know what you want by name but can't find a source: Subject: ftp? need bongo.sty Subject: ftp? Washingtoon IPA fonts? Subject: mail? Where can I get bongo.sty in the UK? Conversely when announcing something as available (as opposed to just replying to one of the above), you might use the same conventional words, but with "new" or "!" or something: Subject: new font! New version of Computer Bedser SUbject: new ftp! New TeX archives on frog.wombat.edu Subject: new style! Railroad diagrams And any question or disucssion relating to LaTeX usage should have LaTeX -- not (La)TeX or La/TeX or latex or (la)TEX or LATeX -- in the first 40 characters or so of the "Subject:" line. Ditto specific computers (Macs, MS-DOS boxes...), programs (xdvi, dvi7ps, ispell...), and PostScript. "bug" for things of interest only to wizardly types. Use MS-DOS rather than PC to cut down Amigan flamage. Subject: xdvi using grayscale? Subject: PostScript fonts - trouble with TeX character codes Subject: Mac graphics in LaTeX Subject: LaTeX questions Subject: LaTeX - setting proofs from formal logic Subject: Amiga - new version of PasTeX available Subject: sbTeX - trip test Subject: emTeX - mailservers in USA Subject: MS-Word <-> TeX conversion?