From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: RE: Searching for files
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 09:33:38 CST
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On Tue, 29 Dec 92 22:59:58 EST, RW Hendricks <LATEX@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
posted:
> I am trying to print the documentation for the FLOAT styles and they
> require a file TUGBOAT.COM.  I have TUGBOAT.STY and TUGBOAT.DOC from
> INFOTEX (SHSU), but am unaware of TUGBOAT.COM.  Does anyone know where I
> can find it?

The file is being called by an old version of ltugboat.sty, which is called
by float.tex to process float.doc.  The file tugboat.com was superceded by
tugboat.cmn in (I believe) January, 1992.  You can use:
 SENDME STY.*TUG*
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu)
to retrieve the latest TUG-related styles.

> Finally, in the printed documentation for multicol, array etc from Mainz,
> and for reasons I do not understand, the first page (which is always
> numbered) always is the header information placed in the file by George
> Greenwade at SHSU
>
> "Save file  as: docstrip.doc Source: FILESERVE@SHSU.BITNET Note: ..........etc"
>
> (Note that the filename is the name of whatever documentation file I am
> printing - docstrip was the example given, but it applies to all of the
> Mainz documentation.
>
> Why does this appear when it is all on lines with 3 percent signs?  If I
> delete the lines, then the checksum does not count correctly.  Yet, the
> information is not something I want on a numbered page in my file.  Does
> anyone know how I can supress this printout?

The headers I include are there for information purposes only and are not a
part of the distributions, per se.  When files include standard file
headers, clearly delineating file names as they should be retained locally,
these are generally not prepended to the file.  I include the checksum with
the headers I generate intact so that you can verify what you receive
against exactly what I have in the archive.  In other words, to get the
"real" distributions, strip out all of the SHSU-generated file headers. 
While they generally do not matter in processing, Mainz-type docstrip files
are a case where they clearly matter and must be removed.

I know that this is an extra step, but do not apologize for it as I would
much rather know that you have the files as uncorrupt as possible in case
there are problems -- i.e., you know what to call it and have the checksum
handy to verify a clean transfer.

Regards,   George
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