[comp.text.tex] Diffs to Frequently Asked Questions about TeX monthly

bobby@hot.caltech.edu (Bobby Bodenheimer) (12/02/90)

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  comp.text.tex. Please don't ask these questions again, as they've been
  answered many times before.
  
! This is version 1.9 for November, last changed 10/31/90.
  
  This article includes answers to:
  
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  comp.text.tex. Please don't ask these questions again, as they've been
  answered many times before.
  
! This is version 1.10 for December, last changed 12/1/90.
  
  This article includes answers to:
  
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       dvi3ps - by Kevin Coombes. Available via anonymous ftp
         from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.60) in 
         ./pub/dvi3ps.tar.Z 
!      dvips - by Tomas Rokicki. This driver (in version 5.0 and later)
!        has the ability to deal with the virtual fonts. Version 
!        4.21 is for versions of TeX before 3.0 (or 2.995). Available 
         via anonymous ftp from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.47) 
         in ./pub.
       dvitops - by James Clark. Available via anonymous ftp from
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       dvi3ps - by Kevin Coombes. Available via anonymous ftp
         from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (128.146.8.60) in 
         ./pub/dvi3ps.tar.Z 
!      dvips - by Tomas Rokicki. This driver is very nice and
!        has the ability to deal with virtual fonts. Available 
         via anonymous ftp from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.47) 
         in ./pub.
       dvitops - by James Clark. Available via anonymous ftp from
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         [anonymous.tex.drivers.dvitops].
  
     Of the above drivers, dvitops will compile under Unix, MSDOS, VMS,
!    and Primos and dvips will probably port very easily (patches to
!    dvips 5.02 for MSDOS are available from labrea.stanford.edu in
!    ./pub/dvips502pc.tar.Z, and dvips is available for VMS through
!    the DECUS library (see question 22)). The first two programs would 
!    be difficult to port to something other than Unix.
  
  2) How can I include a PostScript figure in LaTeX?
  
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         [anonymous.tex.drivers.dvitops].
  
     Of the above drivers, dvitops will compile under Unix, MSDOS, VMS,
!    and Primos and dvips will probably port very easily (dvips is 
!    available for VMS through the DECUS library (see question 22)). 
!    The first two programs would be difficult to port to something 
!    other than Unix.
  
  2) How can I include a PostScript figure in LaTeX?
  
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  4) Where can I get the manual for PiCTeX?
  
!    The PiCTeX manual is not free. It is available for $35 from the
!    TeX Users Group:
                       TeX Users Group
                       P. O. Box 9506
                       Providence, RI 02940 (USA)
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  4) Where can I get the manual for PiCTeX?
  
!    The PiCTeX manual is not free. It is available for $30 ($35 with the
!    disk) from the TeX Users Group:
                       TeX Users Group
                       P. O. Box 9506
                       Providence, RI 02940 (USA)
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     VorTeX is a package of programs written at the University of California.
     It includes several nice previewers and some Emacs modes for TeX and
     BibTeX. It is not free. Inquiries should be directed to 
!    vortex@ucbarpa.berkely.edu or
          Professor Michael A. Harrison
          Att. Vortex Dist.
          Computer Science Division
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     VorTeX is a package of programs written at the University of California.
     It includes several nice previewers and some Emacs modes for TeX and
     BibTeX. It is not free. Inquiries should be directed to 
!    vortex@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu or
          Professor Michael A. Harrison
          Att. Vortex Dist.
          Computer Science Division
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  6) What is OzTeX and where can I get it (TeX for the Mac)?
  
     OzTeX is a public domain version of TeX for the Macintosh. A DVI
!    Previewer and PostScript driver are also included. It was 
!    written by Andrew Trevorrow, and is available via anonymous ftp from 
!    from midway.uchicago.edu (128.135.12.73) in ./pub/OzTeX, which 
!    contains other public domain TeX-related software for the Mac as 
!    well. Questions about OzTeX may be directed to 
     oztex@midway.uchicago.edu.
     
  7) What is Fig and where can I get it?
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  6) What is OzTeX and where can I get it (TeX for the Mac)?
  
     OzTeX is a public domain version of TeX for the Macintosh. A DVI
!    Previewer and PostScript driver are also included. It should run on
!    any Macintosh Plus, SE, II, or newer model, but will not work on a
!    128K or 512K Mac. It was written by Andrew Trevorrow, and is available 
!    via anonymous ftp from from midway.uchicago.edu (128.135.12.73) in 
!    ./pub/OzTeX, which contains other public domain TeX-related software 
!    for the Mac as well. Questions about OzTeX may be directed to 
     oztex@midway.uchicago.edu.
     
  7) What is Fig and where can I get it?
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     purposes. It is available via anonymous ftp from princeton.edu in 
     ./pub/spiderweb.tar.Z.
  
!    There is a version of WEB call FWEB for Fortran, Ratfor, and C 
     written by John Krommes (krommes@lyman.pppl.gov). Version 1.13 is
     available via anonymous ftp from lyman.pppl.gov (192.55.106.129)
     in ./pub/fweb.
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     purposes. It is available via anonymous ftp from princeton.edu in 
     ./pub/spiderweb.tar.Z.
  
!    There is a version of WEB called FWEB for Fortran, Ratfor, and C 
     written by John Krommes (krommes@lyman.pppl.gov). Version 1.13 is
     available via anonymous ftp from lyman.pppl.gov (192.55.106.129)
     in ./pub/fweb.
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     Schofer, aids in doing this. It is available via anonymous ftp from
     sol.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.5) in pub/TEX/mtex.tar.Z and from
     ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) in [anonymous.tex.music.mtex].
+    This package allows you to typeset single-staff music and lyrics.
  
+    A more powerful package which allows the typesetting of orchestral
+    and polyphonic music is MusicTeX, written by Daniel Taupin. It is
+    also available from ymir.claremont.edu in 
+    [anonymous.tex.music.musictex].
+ 
  10) What is TUG and TUGboat?
  
      TUG is the TeX User's Group. TUGboat is their newsletter, which 
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  11) How do I convert Adobe's afm files to tfm format?
  
      Use the afm2tfm program distributed with dvips, available via
!     anonymous ftp from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.47) in ./pub. If 
!     you are using a pre-VF version of TeX, get dvips4.21; if you are 
!     using a version of TeX that understands virtual fonts, get 
!     dvips5.02 (or later).
  
      For the Macintosh, there is a program called EdMetrics which does
      the job (and more). It is available free from:
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  11) How do I convert Adobe's afm files to tfm format?
  
      Use the afm2tfm program distributed with dvips, available via
!     anonymous ftp from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.47) in ./pub. 
  
      For the Macintosh, there is a program called EdMetrics which does
      the job (and more). It is available free from:
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  13) In LaTeX, how do I include a file in the verbatim environment?
  
!     A good way to do this is to use Rainer Schoepf's verbatim.sty
      which provides the command \verbatiminput that takes a file
      as an argument. This file is available from both the Aston archive
      (see question 22) and ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23). Several
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  13) In LaTeX, how do I include a file in the verbatim environment?
  
!     A good way to do this is to use Rainer Schoepf's verbatim.sty,
      which provides the command \verbatiminput that takes a file
      as an argument. This file is available from both the Aston archive
      (see question 22) and ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23). Several
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      Making an index is not trivial. There are several indexing programs
      which aid in doing this. Some are:
!       makeindex - for LaTeX under Unix (but does run under other OS's
           without changes). Available via anonymous ftp from 
           ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23, VMS) in the directory
           [.tex.utilities.makeindex]. A version for the Macintosh is
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      Making an index is not trivial. There are several indexing programs
      which aid in doing this. Some are:
!       makeindex - for LaTeX under Unix (but runs under other OS's
           without changes). Available via anonymous ftp from 
           ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23, VMS) in the directory
           [.tex.utilities.makeindex]. A version for the Macintosh is
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           tolliver%atf.mfenet@nmfecc.llnl.gov.
        idxtex - for LaTeX under VMS. Available via anonymous ftp from
           ymir.claremont.edu in the directory [.tex.utilities.idxtex].
!       texix - for TeX on CMS and MacIntosh machines. Available via
           anonymous ftp from ymir.claremont.edu in the directory
           [.tex.utilities.texix].
  
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           tolliver%atf.mfenet@nmfecc.llnl.gov.
        idxtex - for LaTeX under VMS. Available via anonymous ftp from
           ymir.claremont.edu in the directory [.tex.utilities.idxtex].
!       texix - for TeX on CMS and Macintosh machines. Available via
           anonymous ftp from ymir.claremont.edu in the directory
           [.tex.utilities.texix].
  
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         ftp etiquette when getting it. It is also available through
         the University of Washington, for a small fee. Contact:
                    Director
!                   Northwest Computer Support Group
                    University of Washington
-                   Mail Stop DW-10
                    Seattle, WA 98195 (USA)
                    (206)543-6259
         or send electronic mail to Elizabeth Tachikawa at 
!        elisabet@max.acs.washington.edu (note the "s"). The fee charged 
         for getting the TeX distribution through the University of 
         Washington helps fund the further development of Unix TeX, so 
         it's a good idea to order it this way. This distribution compiles
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         ftp etiquette when getting it. It is also available through
         the University of Washington, for a small fee. Contact:
                    Director
!                   Northwest Computing Support Center
!                   Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10
                    University of Washington
                    Seattle, WA 98195 (USA)
                    (206)543-6259
         or send electronic mail to Elizabeth Tachikawa at 
!        elisabet@max.u.washington.edu (note the "s"). The fee charged 
         for getting the TeX distribution through the University of 
         Washington helps fund the further development of Unix TeX, so 
         it's a good idea to order it this way. This distribution compiles
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          (129.22.16.2) in ./pub/atari/StTeX.
  
      Amiga - Disk 1 of the Amiga CommonTeX distribution is available
!          via anonymous ftp from xanth.cs.odu.edu (128.82.8.1) 
!          in ./pub/commontex.zoo. This file is in zoo format so you may
!          need to get zoo to uncompress it: The Unix zoo distribution is
!          in ./pub/zoo-2.01; the Amiga version is available as 
!          ./amiga/zoo-2.00.arc. The file copying.tex in the distribution 
!          contains information on how to obtain the other disks.
  
  19) What is the Clarkson archive server?
  
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          (129.22.16.2) in ./pub/atari/StTeX.
  
      Amiga - Disk 1 of the Amiga CommonTeX distribution is available
!          via anonymous ftp from abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov (128.155.23.64)
!          in ./amiga/commontex.lzh. The file copying.tex in the 
!          distribution contains information on how to obtain the other 
!          disks. Also, experimental versions of TeX 3.0 and METAFONT 2.0 
!          are available in ./incoming/amiga/TEX. These files are in zoo 
!          format so you may need to get zoo to uncompress it: the Amiga 
!          version is in ./amiga/archivers/zoo-2.01.pak. 
  
  19) What is the Clarkson archive server?
  
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          MAILSERV@ymir.claremont.edu.
        - In the United Kingdom, you can get TeX-related material from the
          UK TeX archive at the University of Aston. (FTP access is also
!         available: 
             Site       uk.ac.aston.tex
             Username   public
             Password   public
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          MAILSERV@ymir.claremont.edu.
        - In the United Kingdom, you can get TeX-related material from the
          UK TeX archive at the University of Aston. (FTP access is also
!         available for people on JANET: 
             Site       uk.ac.aston.tex
             Username   public
             Password   public
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          from the TeXserver, you may need to use the path command to 
          help the program out. For Internet users the return address is 
          of the form name%site@nsfnet-relay, while for Bitnet and EARN 
!         it is name%site@earn-relay. Note that old three hyphen format
!         is obsolete, but is still accepted by the program for backward
!         compatibility.
        - sol.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.5) also contains a substantial TeX
          archive (ftp access is available). Send a messages containing
          the line "help" to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl. This mail server
          can send binary files in a variety of different formats.
!       - There are LISTSERV facilities for TeX on LISTSERV@TAMVM1.BITNET 
!         and LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.BITNET. Send a message containing the line 
!         "help" to one of these addresses.
        - For users on BITNET, access to anonymous ftp for some files can
          be obtained indirectly by sending mail to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET.
          Send a message containing the line "help" to this address for
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          from the TeXserver, you may need to use the path command to 
          help the program out. For Internet users the return address is 
          of the form name%site@nsfnet-relay, while for Bitnet and EARN 
!         it is name%site@earn-relay (i.e., include a line that says
!         "path name%site@nsfnet-relay along with a line containing "help"). 
!         Note that the old three hyphen format is obsolete, but still 
!         accepted by the program for backward compatibility.
        - sol.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.5) also contains a substantial TeX
          archive (ftp access is available). Send a messages containing
          the line "help" to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl. This mail server
          can send binary files in a variety of different formats.
!       - There are LISTSERV facilities for TeX at LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.BITNET. 
!         Send a message containing the line "help" to this address.
        - For users on BITNET, access to anonymous ftp for some files can
          be obtained indirectly by sending mail to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET.
          Send a message containing the line "help" to this address for
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         new font, e.g., times.
      2. Overloading the definitions of \bf, \rm, etc., with new font 
         families.
!     3. Using the font selection mechanism described in Tugboat 10.3, 
         p. 222 ff; a LaTeX interface to this will be part of version
         2.10 of LaTeX, and is currently available. From 
         ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) get the file
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         new font, e.g., times.
      2. Overloading the definitions of \bf, \rm, etc., with new font 
         families.
!     3. Using the font selection mechanism described in TUGboat 10.3, 
         p. 222 ff; a LaTeX interface to this will be part of version
         2.10 of LaTeX, and is currently available. From 
         ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) get the file
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         conform to TeX standards.
      3. Using ``virtual fonts'' to perform the mapping between Adobe and
         TeX layouts. Tomas Rokicki's dvips driver, version 5.02, (see 
!        question 1) has examples ot this.
  
      A definitive statement on short names for Adobe fonts is expected soon.
      Meanwhile, there is not much agreement on how to compress 
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         conform to TeX standards.
      3. Using ``virtual fonts'' to perform the mapping between Adobe and
         TeX layouts. Tomas Rokicki's dvips driver, version 5.02, (see 
!        question 1) has examples of this.
  
      A definitive statement on short names for Adobe fonts is expected soon.
      Meanwhile, there is not much agreement on how to compress 
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