bobby@hot.caltech.edu (Bobby Bodenheimer) (12/02/90)
*** Freq_questions.nov Thu Nov 1 13:26:24 1990 --- Freq_questions Sat Dec 1 16:58:10 1990 *************** *** 2,8 **** 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: --- 2,8 ---- 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: *************** *** 66,74 **** 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 --- 66,73 ---- 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 *************** *** 77,87 **** [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? --- 76,85 ---- [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? *************** *** 133,140 **** 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) --- 131,138 ---- 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) *************** *** 149,155 **** 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 --- 147,153 ---- 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 *************** *** 159,169 **** 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? --- 157,168 ---- 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? *************** *** 198,204 **** 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. --- 197,203 ---- 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. *************** *** 216,222 **** --- 215,227 ---- 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 *************** *** 231,240 **** 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: --- 236,242 ---- 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: *************** *** 255,261 **** 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 --- 257,263 ---- 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 *************** *** 289,295 **** 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 --- 291,297 ---- 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 *************** *** 297,303 **** 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]. --- 299,305 ---- 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]. *************** *** 375,387 **** 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 --- 377,389 ---- 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 *************** *** 426,437 **** (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? --- 428,440 ---- (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? *************** *** 501,507 **** 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 --- 504,510 ---- 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 *************** *** 515,530 **** 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 --- 518,533 ---- 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 *************** *** 567,573 **** 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 --- 570,576 ---- 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 *************** *** 587,593 **** 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 --- 590,596 ---- 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 Bobby Bodenheimer @hot.caltech.edu // ARPA : bobby@hot.caltech.edu | // BITNET: bobby@caltech.bitnet | Woof! // UUCP : {amdahl,ames!elroy}!cit-vax!bobby |