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From: amca@matilda.vut.edu.au (Alasdair McAndrew)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Section and theorem numbers in LaTeX.
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:31:26 GMT
Organization: Victoria University of Technology

Here's a small problem: I want to define my section numbers so that the
section numbers have a full stop after them. For example:

1. This is the first section

(section material)

and so on. If I use the command
\renewcommand{\thesection{\arabic{section}.}
(which works), then my theorem numbers have two full stops; the first theorem
of section 3 starts (given that I'm using 
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]) like this:

Theorem 3..1. Every number...

Is there any way to avoid this happening?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Alasdair McAndrew
D
THanks in advance for your
From: karl@cs.umb.edu (Karl Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: darker Courier?
Date: 10 Sep 92 04:16:40 GMT
	<ROLFL.92Aug28072557@karl.uio.no>
Reply-To: karl@cs.umb.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston


    his [DEK's] gotesque faces (and concrete!) 
    are beautiful.

Richard Southall had a lot to do with the Computer Modern sans serif
designs (although DEK wrote the Metafont code).
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From: mbell@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mike Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: readable deTeX
Date: 6 Sep 92 03:34:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University

In article <185recINNjqg@moe.ksu.ksu.edu>, khcnn@eece.ksu.edu (newsreader) writes:
> wilcox@cmns.think.com writes:
> ...
> >                         I tried using GNU's deTeX, but this does *no*
> >formatting at all, so the output is not very readable. Is there any code
> >(TeX, LISP, or otherwise) for transforming TeX documents into flat (but
> >somewhat readable) ASCII, suitable for an on-line manual?
> 
> Try "dvidoc" or "dvitype".

Anyone care to tell me what site they are at???

Mike Bell
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Choi)
Subject: Fonts and point sizes in lj_0.fli file
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 06:42:07 GMT


Hi. I would like to obtain a list of fonts that are included in the 
lj_0.fli font library file. I am puzzled by one thing, however. I have
been using TeX with the notion that lj_0, 1, 2, 3, etc. are corresponding
scaled sizes for fonts that are found in all font libraries. However,
why wouldn't TeX scale fonts larger or smaller using just one font 
library? Is the lj_0.fli file a collection of many different fonts 
at various point sizes all scaled at zero? If so, why does TeX need 
separate font library files for different scaled magnifications when
just one set is needed?

Thanks
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From: harp@breeze.rsre.mod.uk (Andy Harp)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Looping and conditionals
Date: 15 Sep 92 09:30:17 GMT
Reply-To: aharp%hermes.mod.uk@relay.mod.uk
Distribution: all
Organization: Defence Research Agency
X-Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed are my own.



I'm trying to implement a two-pass TeX which, on the second pass, opens a
file and searches for a key field.  How do I use \loop ... \if ... \repeat
so that I test for a NEGATIVE condition?  ie. loop until correct key is read
and then stop.
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: jorice@maths.tcd.ie (Jonathan Rice)
Subject: Algorithm env. like "figure"? List of Algorithms?
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:46:38 GMT

Does anyone know of an environment which would let me number and float
algorithms in a similar way to the "figure" environment? It would be
very desirable, also, if I could produce a "List of Algorithms" at the start of my document, similar to what happens with \listoffigures and \listoftables.
I have checked out the obvious contenders: algorithm.sty and program.sty.
algorithm.sty provides numbering but its format can't be changed (as far as
I know) since it is defined with \newtheorem. program.sty doesn't do anything
I need. Neither styles float nor produce a list of algorithms.

Preferably email me rather than posting. This isn't my regular machine.

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From: wagner@ike.ucdavis.edu (John Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: pictex.tex
Date: 14 Sep 92 21:26:01 GMT
Reply-To: wagner@ike.ucdavis.edu
Organization: University of California, Davis

would be truly grateful.  Email would be appreciated, as
I don't generally read this group.  Thanks in advance,

---
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Institute of Theoretical Dynamics
University of California, Davis

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My opinions aren't even mine, much less those of anyone else...
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: asnd@reg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Subject: Re: detecting missing arguments in latex
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 09:21:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep12.044540.21398@cs.cornell.edu>, gambhir@cs.cornell.edu (Navindra S Gambhir) writes...
>Won't the following work?  (Yes, I need an answer.)
> 
>  \def\\{#1}
>  \ifx\empty\\
>    % null
>  \else
>    % not null
>  \fi
> 
>where \empty is already \defn'd to be {}.

Yes, this works, and it is much nicer than the other two solutions 
presented (and because of simplicity it may be considered nicer than my
solution).  But it doesn't work in all circumstances.  It is not totally
expandable, so it is "fragile" in LaTeX lingo; try

\write-1{\isthisnull{}}

where \isthisnull is defined as above.
It will not work if #1 contains any \outer tokens:

\isthisnull{\theorem....}

Also, a definition like 

\long\def\isthisnull#1{\def\nullargument{#1}\ifx\nullargument\empty}

would mean that \isthisnull cannot be skipped over in conditional 
text (it gives an extra \fi).  This can be overcome with the definition

\long\def\isthisnull#1#2#3{\def\nullargument{#1}\ifx\nullargument\empty
  #2\else#3\fi}

but that means both #2 and #3 must be read in and stored, so they can't
be overly long.

Donald Arseneau             asnd@reg.triumf.ca
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: grf@lambda.ma.adfa.oz.au (Glenn Fulford)
Subject: TeX labelling in Xfig
Organization: Maths Dept. ADFA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:50:05 GMT

I am interested in being able to use Xfig to
produce diagrams but to label the diagrams using TeX.
I.e. I wish to have labels which are formulae, eg. $x_1$,
for instance. My problem is that I am a Plain-TeX user, not
a LaTeX user.

In LaTeX, I gather that all I need to do is
then enter the text $x_1$ at the appropriate place in Xfig, edit the
text and change the "special flag" from normal to special, then 
export using the eepic option (i.e. eepic driver for transfig).

What are the options for Plain-TeX? The Pictex option also
only seems to produce code suitable for LaTeX. I don't understand
exactly what the pstex option does. Can anyone help with this?

One possiblity would be to write a driver to produce code 
to run under Tim Van Zandt's excellent PStricks macro package which runs under
Plain-TeX (and LaTeX and AmS-TeX). Has anyone out there 
written such a thing or planning to?

I would appreciate any thoughts on these questions (except telling
me to switch to LaTeX, since I do not wish to have to
convert 3 books from plainTex to LaTeX).

Glenn.





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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: medrh@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Richard Hockey)
Subject: Re: dvips - help please
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 01:16:31 GMT

Thanks to everyone who helped with this problem, I eventually got the
document printed.
What I needed was mfjob to create a bat file to run sbmf and create the
appropriate cm fonts at the correct magnification.
I think this problem warrants a mention in the FAQ as the dvips docs don't 
mention the need for sbmf (mf) of mfjob.


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Xref: sparky comp.text.tex:11239 soc.culture.jewish:15998
From: wiesel-elisha@CS.YALE.EDU (Eli)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Hebrew TeX?
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:40:16 GMT
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158

Anyone know where I can get hebrew fonts for TeX?  (Vowels
unnecessary!)  Thanks...

-- Eli


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Xref: sparky comp.text.tex:11234 sci.math:11486
From: matthieu@laas.fr (Matthieu Herrb)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,sci.math
Subject: List of commonly used typography for math. functions
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:27:16 GMT
Reply-To: Matthieu.Herrb@laas.fr
Followup-To: comp.text.tex
Organization: LAAS-CNRS Toulouse, France


Hi,

I am looking for a list of typographical conventions used in english
(US or OK) to typeset the names of mathematical functions such as 

sinus, arc-sinus, and so on. I'm looking for an exhaustive list for
reference for typesetting future articles and books, so I cannot list
all fucntions I need.

References to available books are welcome too.

If you reply by mail, I'll post a summary to the net.

Thank you in advance.

					Matthieu

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From: carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk (David Carlisle)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: latex align questions
Date: 7 Sep 92 10:08:33 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
In-reply-to: llew@coal.WPI.EDU's message of 6 Sep 92 21:11:47 GMT

>>>>> On 6 Sep 92 21:11:47 GMT, llew@coal.WPI.EDU (Lok C. Lew Yan Voon) said:

Lok> Nntp-Posting-Host: coal.wpi.edu

Lok> A couple of latex (alignment) questions:

Lok> 1. Can I get latex to skip some horizontal space (e.g. like
Lok>    using \hspace), and where the width is not specified numerically
Lok>    but by a string of characters for their actual widths.

Lok> 2. Can I align the dashes in the foll:

Lok> \begin{itemize}
Lok> \item Group IV --- Si.
Lok> \item Group III-V --- GaAs.
Lok> \end{itemize}

Lok> 3. How to align the decimal point in the foll:

Lok> \begin{tabular}
Lok> a & $-1.71$ \\
Lok> b &  $0.123$ \\

The latex file at the end of this message has examples of these.

I give two versions of (2) one using a list, the other, tabular.

For (3) I have used dcolumn.sty, dcolumn is available from:


If you would like to retrieve the file, include the command:
 SENDME STY.DCOLUMN
in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). 
If you would like an overview of FILESERV, include the command HELP in your
message.  For anonymous ftp access, use Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) and
look in the directory [FILESERV.STY].

It also requires the following files if you have not got them, listed
with the SHSU FILESERV command.

newarray.sty:    SENDME STY.DCOLUMN
array.sty:       SENDME ARRAY
multicol.sty     SENDME MULTICOL

Note this is rather a lot of files, so you may prefer to use ftp
rather than the mail server.

Also hopefully there will be new versions of all these files out soon,
so you may want to wait, (but don't hold your breath).

David.


\documentstyle[dcolumn]{article}

\newlength{\foo}
\newcolumn{d}{D{.}{.}{3}}

\begin{document}
Do you mean that you want a space this wide!

\settowidth{\foo}{this wide}
Do you mean that you want a space \hspace{\foo}!

\settowidth{\foo}{Group III-V}
\begin{itemize}
\item \makebox[\foo][l]{Group IV}--- Si.
\item \makebox[\foo][l]{Group III-V}--- GaAs.
\end{itemize}

\begin{tabular}{@{$\bullet$ }r@{---}l}
 Group IV&Si\\
 Group III-V&GaAs
\end{tabular}


\begin{tabular}{ld}
a & -1.71 \\
b &  0.123 \\
\end{tabular}

\end{document}
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From: brian@sgmlinc.com (Brian E. Travis)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: DVI2TTY Executable for DOS?
Date: 5 Sep 92 07:11:26 GMT
Reply-To: brian@sgmlinc.com
Organization: SGML Associates

I am looking for an executable version of DVI2TTY that runs in 
DOS or OS/2. I downloaded the source, but I don't have the 
patience to work out the inconsistencies between ANSI vs. MS C.

Does anyone know where such an executable might be?

Thanks in advance.
Brian.

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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: kean@cs.ubc.ca (Alex Kean)
Subject: How to change linespacing in toc?
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 21:22:07 GMT


How to change linespacing in table of contents and for that matter, list of
figures and tables?

Thanks.



Best Regards,

Alex Kean <kean@cs.ubc.ca>

Department of Computer Science           
University of British Columbia
6356 Agricultural Road,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6T 1Z2

Tel: +1 (604)-822-4912
Fax: +1 (604)-822-5485
From: pflynn@ccvax.ucd.ie (Peter Flynn, Official Muffin-sampler)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX under SCO *UNIX* not *Xenix*
Date: 7 Sep 92 11:48:48 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <1992Sep3.232112.1@linus.claremont.edu>, dhosek@linus.claremont.edu writes:
> In article <1992Sep3.162742.49615@ccvax.ucd.ie>, pflynn@ccvax.ucd.ie (Peter Flynn, Official Muffin-sampler) writes:
>> In TeXhax91.046, Pierre MacKay (coordinator for TeX-in-UNIX) said he held
>> out little hope that TeX would ever compile under SCO Xenix (due I think
>> he said to memory segmentation limits).
>  
>> Has anyone ever got TeX running under Xenix on a 386? Is it worth it?
> 
> Yes. In fact at least one commercial 386-based Unix includes TeX.
> Once you get around the segmented architecture crud, intel is not
> a bad platform (and cheap too).

Duuuh. I now discover that the user is running SCO *UNIX* not SCO *Xenix*
(so I'm told), but the question still stands: has anyone brought TeX up
on such a box?

///Peter
From: hamlin@aps.org (Chris Hamlin)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: REVTeX test version
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 16:38:12 EDT
Organization: Info-Tex<==>Comp.Text.Tex Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List


  The APS, in cooperation with some other US physics societies, are working
on a new version of REVTeX. REVTeX is a LaTeX style that can be used to
submit articles electronically to Physical Review and Physical Review Letters.
Announcements from other societies will be made upon final release.

  We (APS) are interested in having authors test out the new APS macros before
they are released. Any authors who use LaTeX or REVTeX can try them out.
I'm especially interested in having the OFSS/NFSS/AMSFonts stuff tested.
The differences from the present version:

        More LaTeX-y syntax. The style is now a superset of article style.
        LaTeX capabilities are supported, even if not needed for APS (e.g.,
        table of contents). Exception: tables and figures do not float.

        Style options to support the AMS fonts (amsfonts option) and symbol
        names (amssymb option). These should work similarly on the OFSS and
        NFSS. (On the NFSS they use the AMS style files with the same names.
        On the OFSS they use APS macros.)

        Extra symbols.

        Automatic table footnoting. Tablenotes work just like footnotes.

        A BibTeX style file for Physical-Review-style bibliographies.

        A tool for authors that type in their bibliographies by hand. It
        is a TeX file that reads the aux file and tells you if you have
        any uncited bibitems or undefined cites, and tells you if you have
        the bibitems in order of first citation. If the bibitems are out
        of order, it gives you the correct order. (This is Phys Rev style.)

        Simple alignments on decimals in tabulars.

        Journal-specific style options. This mainly affects PRB authors,
        who can now get superscript citations. Other journal options use
        the usual on-line citations.

        Plus the capabilities of the last version: Phys Rev style, equation
        numbering, both submission and final output options.

  Documentation is in LaTeX article style, but a little primitive. No new format
need be compiled. Support is available directly from APS. These macros are not
for permanent/global installation or redistribution. If you are interested,
please contact me at the address below.

Thanks.


Chris Hamlin
hamlin@aps.org

Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: asnd@msr.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Subject: Re: detecting missing arguments in latex
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:21:00 GMT

In article <6725@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (Gregory Lampshire) writes...
> 
> 
>I want to set up a macro 
>	\if <argument #1 is null> do this etc.
>	\else etc.
>	\fi

There are a number of ways to do this, but the following is the best.
(Best in most senses...but not in clarity!)
There are two types of syntax to check for null parameters:
\ifnull{#1}\then ... \else...\fi
\if\naught{#1}...\else...\fi
Choose the definitions that correspond to the desired syntax.

%========================================================================
%  \ifblank --- checks if parameter is blank (Spaces count as blank)
%  \ifgiven --- checks if parameter is not blank: like \ifblank\else
%  \ifnull  --- checks if parameter is null (spaces are NOT null)
%     use \ifgiven{#1}\then   ...  \else  ...  \fi   etc
\let\then\iftrue
{\catcode`\!=8 % funny catcode so ! will be a delimiter
\long\gdef\ifgiven#1\then{\Ifbl@nk#1@@@\empty!}% negative of \ifblank
\long\gdef\ifblank#1\then{\Ifbl@nk#1@@..!}% if null or spaces
\long\gdef\Ifbl@nk#1#2@#3#4!{\ifx#3#4}
\long\gdef\ifnull#1\then{\IfN@LL#1* {#1}!}% if null
\long\gdef\IfN@LL#1 #2!{\ifblank{#2}\then}
%
%
%  or.... use \if\given, \if\blank, \if\naught (\null already exists)
%  without \then.
%
\long\gdef\given#1{\fi\Ifbl@nk#1@@@\empty!}
\long\gdef\blank#1{\fi\Ifbl@nk#1@@..!}% if null or spaces
\long\gdef\naught#1{\IfN@Ught#1* {#1}!}% if null
\long\gdef\IfN@Ught#1 #2!{\blank{#2}}
\long\gdef\Ifbl@nk#1#2@#3#4!{\ifx#3#4}
}
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: dougm@cns.caltech.edu (Doug McNaught)
Subject: OzTeX on Mac w/system 7 & StyleWriter?
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 07:51:13 GMT


Greetings,
  I recently downloaded OzTeX for my Macintosh (Classic, 4 megs,
system 7) and tried to figure out how to make it print to my
StyleWriter. The program itself requires a PostScript printer, but it
also includes a program called DVIM72-Mac that renders DVI files on an
ImageWriter. I can see no reason why the above shouldn't print to a
StyleWriter as well, and it seems to talk to the driver OK. The
problem is that it can't seem to find the fonts my little test
document needs (various Computer Modern styles at magnification 432)
even though the font pathways and name format seem to be set up
right. Has anyone gotten OzTeX to print to a StyleWriter under system
7 (or system 6 for that matter)? Is there another DVI renderer for
TrueType printers? If there's someone out there who can help, I'll be
happy to describe further what I've tried. Email is greatly preferred
and I will summarize to the net if there's interest.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
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From: fx@gserv1.dl.ac.uk (Dave Love)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: dvidoc C version for ansi compiler?
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:21:06 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: SERC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK

Has anyone made changes to the C version of dvidoc to allow it to
compile with an ansi compiler/headers?  (The problem is with `left
operand is void' according to the MIPS compiler in some fairly
inscrutable p2c-isms.)
From: tange@daimi.aau.dk (Ole Tange)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Buy a manual! (Re: MetaFont for Beginners.)
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:24:41 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark

Is there anyone outthere who has a beginners manual - preferable in electronic 
form?


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