******************************************************************************* * * * TTTTTTT X X M M GGGGGG A Mostly Unofficial * * T X X MM MM G Publication for Users * * T EEEEEEE XXX M M M M A G GG Of the TeX Computer * * T E X X M M M A A G G Typesetting System. * * T EEEE X X M M M AAAAA GGGGGG * * E A A Volume 1, Number 1 * * EEEEEEE A A Distribution: 53 or so... * * * ******************************************************************************* January 24, 1987 Contents: \preview.....................................................................1 First Annual Reader's Survey.................................................2 The Toolbox..................................................................3 The LaTeX Style Collection...................................................4 __1 \preview{Who's Out There?} The first issue of TeXMaG is finally of the ground after stalling in the runway for about a month. The first issue as you can see is in a standard text file format. When I decided to publish the first issue like this, I kept thinking to myself, ``Should I write TeXMaG in TeX?'' As I thought about this question, I realized that I knew very little about most of the subscribers, so to begin the new year, I am publishing the first annual reader's survey to see what direction TeXMaG should take in the year's to come. Also in this issue, is the first edition of one (of meny, I hope) regular features in TeXMaG: ``The ToolBox.'' This will contain short, useful macros for TeX, LaTeX, and the like. In addition, there is a short article about the LaTeX Style collection, a network database on Arpanet accessible to both internet and Bitnet users. Enjoy. -Don Hosek __2 Reader's Survey Part one: Who are you? Name________________________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________ Userid____________________Occupation________________________________________ What kind of Machine do you run TeX on? (Check all applicable answers) ___ IBM running VM/CMS ___ IBM running MVS ___ VAX running VMS ___ Unix system ___ SUN ___ Apple MacIntosh ___ IBM PC or Clone ___ Other (Specify)__________________ List all device drivers and previewers you use (if known)___________________ _______________________________________________________________________ What kind of printer do you use for output? (Check all applicable answers) ___ Xerox 8700/9700 ___ IBM 38xx ___ Apple Laserwriter ___ QMS laser printer ___ HP Laserjet ___ DEC LN0x ___ Some other Laser printer (Specify)_________________________________ ___ A Dot matrix or line printer (Specify)_____________________________ ___ Something not covered above (Please Specify)_______________________ How did you hear about TeXMaG? (Check all applicable answers) ___ Netmonth ___ Direct mailing ___ Friend ___ Other (Specify)__________________ How do you receive TeXMaG? ___ Subscription ___ Public Disk at your node ___ Server (Name it so I can tell people)______________________________ ___ Friend ___ Other (Specify)__________________ Part two: What do you know? Rate your familiarity with the following TeX formats and other word proces- sing packages on a scale of 0 (never heard of it) to 10 (know it inside out): ___ Plain TeX (as per the TeXBook)___ LaTeX ___ AMS-TeX ___ SliTeX ___ Metafont ___ Script (IBM) ___ Script (Waterloo) ___ GML (Waterloo Script) ___ Runoff (VMS) ___ TROFF (Unix) ___ Wordstar ___ MacWrite ___ Other(Specify)___________________ Which of the following do you subscribe to/read regularly? ___ TeXHAX (Arpanet mailing list) ___ TUGBoat ___ Some AMS publication (specify)_____________________________________ Which version of TeX are you currently running? ___ 2.0 ___ 1.3 ___ Other:___ ___ Clueless Part three: What do you want? What would you like to see in the coming year in the (virtual) pages of TeXMaG? ___ Introductory articles on: ___ plain TeX ___ LaTeX ___ AMS-TeX ___ SliTeX ___ Metafont ___ Intermediate articles on: ___ plain TeX ___ LaTeX ___ AMS-TeX ___ SliTeX ___ Metafont ___ Advanced articles on: ___ plain TeX ___ LaTeX ___ AMS-TeX ___ SliTeX ___ Metafont ___ Articles on supporting TeX and its associated packages. ___ Articles on installing/upgrading TeX, et al... ___ Reviews of TeX formats/services/utilities... ___ Technical information on the workings of TeX, et al... ___ Other _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Should TeXMaG be in TeX? ___ Yes ___ No ___ Indifferent Part four: What did I Miss? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Part five: What's the gig? Return this survey to DHOSEK@HMCVAX (that's DHOSEK%HMCVAX.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU to those of you on internet) sometime before February 28. I will use this infor- mation to help point TeXMaG in the right direction. A summary of the results will be published in the next issue. __3 **The Toolbox** This first installation of the Toolbox contains two macros for use with plain TeX. The first of these is fnote.tex. It modifies plain TeX's footnote routine to do two things. First, \vfootnote has been altered so that if the body of your text is set with a non-standard baseline, such as double spacing, the footnote will still be single-spaced. The second addition has been automatic numbering of footnotes. If you use \fnote rather than \footnote, the first parameter may be omitted and the footnote number will be automatically supplied. If you wish to reset the footnote number use \footnum=x, where x is the footnote number minus 1 that you wish to use. %%% fnote.tex ----------------cut here----------------------------------------- \catcode`\@=11 \def\vfootnote#1{\insert\footins\bgroup \interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty \splittopskip\ht\strutbox % top baseline for broken footnotes \baselineskip=\normalbaselineskip % necessary for single space % footnotes with double space % text \splitmaxdepth\dp\strutbox \floatingpenalty\@MM \leftskip\z@skip \rightskip\z@skip \spaceskip\z@skip \xspaceskip\z@skip \textindent{#1}\footstrut\futurelet\next\fo@t}% Change \textindent for % different footnote styles \newcount\footnum \footnum=0 \def\fnote{\advancefootnum \footnote\fn@m} \def\advancefootnum{\advance\footnum by 1} \def\fn@m{{$^{\number\footnum}$}} \catcode`\@=12 %%%---------------------Cut here----------------------------------------------- The second macro in this installment is \fakebold. It does just what its name implies, it fakes boldface print. This is useful for when a boldface typestyle is unavailable etc.. It works by overstriking its text twice. care should be taken in using this macro as it boxes its argument. %%% \fakebold ----------Cut here----------------------------------------------- \def\fakebold#1{\leavevmode\setbox0=\hbox{#1}% \kern-.025em\copy0 \kern-\wd0 \kern .05em\copy0 \kern-\wd0 \kern-.025em\raise.0433em\box0 } %%%---------------------Cut here----------------------------------------------- __4 *The LaTeX Style Collection* By SKY The LaTeX style collection is a collection of files for use with LaTeX. It currently has the files listed below. Submissions for the collection are very welcome, and should be sent to the addresses at the bottom of the list. 00directory layout.readme spacecites.doc 00index layout.tex spacecites.sty 00readme lfonts_ams.readme suthesis.doc a4.sty lfonts_ams.tex suthesis.sty acm.bst lgraph.shar texnames.doc biihead.sty newalpha.bst texnames.sty deproc.sty nopagenumbers.doc uct10.doc deprocldc.tex nopagenumbers.sty uct11.doc docsty.c siam.bib uct12.doc docsty.readme siam.bst ucthesis.doc doublespace.sty siam.doc ucthesis.readme drafthead.sty siam.sty vdm.doc dvidoc.shar1 siam.tex vdm.sty dvidoc.shar2 siam10.doc vdm.tex epic.shar1 siam10.sty ws87.p epic.shar2 siam11.sty wsltex.c fullpage.doc siam12.sty wsltex.p fullpage.sty slem.doc ieeetr.bst slem.sty 1. Non-internet (BITNET) users - how to retrieve by mail: An archive server has been installed. Send a piece of mail to LaTeX-Style (@rochester.arpa, @cs.rochester.edu, via uucp or your favourite gateway see network addresses below) in the following format: The "Subject:" line should contain the phrase "@file request". The body of the mail should then start with a line containing only an @ (at sign). (Important!) The first line following should be a mail address FROM rochester TO you. Then follow by the names of the files you want, either one to each line, or several to each line, separated by spaces. End with a line containing only an @. Case is not significant. For example, if you are user at site.bitnet, this is what you should send: To: latex-style@rochester.arpa Subject: @file request @ user%site.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu 00readme 00index @ A word to the wise: it is best to fully qualify your mail address. Our mailer knows about some gateways but not all. Examples: user%site.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu user%site.csnet@relay.cs.net 2. For Internet users - how to ftp: Here is an example session. Disclaimer: ftp syntax varies from host to host. Your syntax may be different. The syntax presented here is that of Unix ftp. Comments are in parentheses. % ftp cayuga.cs.rochester.edu (a.k.a. rochester.arpa, a.k.a. 192.5.53.209) ... (general blurb) user: anonymous password: ftp> cd public/latex-style (where the files are) ftp> ls (to see what is there) ... (lots of output) ftp> get 00index ... (more blurb) ftp> quit Note: Do not include any messages in the mail. It will not be seen by human eyes. Be patient as the server is actually a batch program run once a day. Files will be sent in batches, each not exceeding 100kbytes in size. Ken LaTeX-Style@Rochester.Arpa LaTeX-Style@cs.rochester.edu ..!rochester!latex-style __5 TeXMaG is an independantly published electronic magazine available free of charge to all interested parties reachable by electronic mail. It is published monthly on the last weekend of each month, except when conditions prevent publication. Subscription requests should be sent to Don Hosek . Back issues, when available will be available from Don Hosek . Article submissions and letters to the editor are always welcome. Other publications of interest to TeX users are: TeXHAX. Arpanet mailing list for persons with questions, suggestions, etc... about TeX, LaTeX, metafont and related programs. Submissions for this list should be sent to . Requests to be added or deleted from the mailing list should be sent to except for European BITNET users who should subscribe via by sending a message (SEND LISTSERV@FINHUTC for VMS, TELL LISTSERV AT FINHUTC for CMS) which consists of SUB TEXHAX your_full_name. Unix-TeX. Arpanet mailing list specifically for users of TeX on the Unix operating system. Submissions for this list should be sent to . Requests to be added or deleted from the mailing list should be sent to . Note to European BITNET users: if you subscribe to TeXHAX via you will auto- matically receive Unix-TeX. TUGBoat. A publication by the TeX User's Group. An excellant reference for TeX users. For more information about joining TUG or subscribing to TUGBoat, send (real) mail to: TeX User's Group c/o American Mathematical Society P. O. Box 9506 Providence, RI 02940-9506, USA ------------------------------------------------------------