******************************************************************************* * * * 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 3, Number 4 * * EEEEEEE A A Distribution: 1773 or so... * * * ******************************************************************************* June 7, 1989 Contents News Announcing TeX-Euro ...............................................1 Final call for participation: TeX89 ...............................2 8th Annual meeting of German TeX users ............................3 Improved font selection in LaTeX ....................................4 Introduction to LaTeX-help ..........................................5 R\'eflexions sur le Congr\'es GUTenberg .............................6 __1 ********************************************************************** * Announcing TeX-Euro * ********************************************************************** By Joachim Lammarsch Dear TeX friends, to communicate with other TeX users there are a lot of possibilities: - TUGboat - TeXhax - UKTeX - TeXmag These are all digests and the UKTeX is the only one which appears weekly (TUGboat three or four times a year, TeXhax in uncertain periods and TeXmag sporadicly). Three further lists are used in Europe (EARN): - GUT - TEX_D-L - TEX_D-PC These are lists, which distribute each note (mail) separately. The languages which are used, are French and German. That's all I know. In my opinion no real European list exists distributing each note (mail) separately and at once. Therefore I am trying to start a list for use in whole Europe. The language should be different (not only English, French or German). To my mind onyone should use the language which is necessary to solve his problem. For example a Spanish TeX user having a question concerning only Spanish affairs means it's only about interest for Spanish people. Then he can (should) use his own language. On the other side he can use the English language hoping for more help. I suppose that most TeX users in Europe understand this language. So we'll be able to use English as the only language, but considering that Europe is a multilingual continent, we should also use the other ones if it will be useful. I have named the list TEX-EURO and it is installed at the LISTSERV at DHDURZ1 To subscribing you should send the command SUB TEX-EURO your_name to your nearest listserver or to LISTSERV@DHDURZ1. The list is thought for use in Europe, but all TeX users outside are invited to join to it, if they are interested in it. I hope that TEX-EURO is a possibility for all the TeX people in Europe, all the European national groups to get in touch for better cooperation. With kind regards Joachim Lammarsch (Chairman DANTE) __2 ********************************************************************** * Final call for participation and registration form for TeX89 * * 4th annual meeting of European TeX Users * * Spetember 11-13, 1989, Karlsruhe, FRG * ********************************************************************** TeX89, the 4th European TeX Conference, will take place at the University of Karlsruhe, FRG, from Monday, September 11, to Wednesday, September 13, 1989. The conference is preceded and followed by two days of workshops. The conference language is English. *Program* The conference program is a mixture of talks and discussion groups. So far, some twenty talks have been announced. They cover a wide range of TeXnical topics, like teaching TeX, getting the TeX community organized, TeX and standards, macro packages, LaTeX, TeX and the production process, DVI drivers, and TeX and foreign languages. A complete list of the speakers and their talks is enclosed. Further announcement of talks, accompanied by a short abstract, will be accepted till August 21. Various discussion groups will give everybody the opportunity to participate actively in the conference. So far, four discussion groups have been arranged. We are still looking for chairpersons who want to initiate discussions on further topics. A discussion chair should prepare a short, controversial statement to get the discussion going, and should be willing to summarize the discussion for the plenum. Discussion groups will probably be small, not more than twenty people per group. If you have a proposal for a discussion group, please indicate so on the registration form. There will be an exhibition of TeX-related products and books during the conference. Anyone interested in exhibiting products should contact Rainer Rupprecht (the address is on the registration form). The conference begins on Monday, September 11, at 10 am (registration starting at 9 am) and closes on Wednesday, September 13, at 4 pm. *Workshops* The two days before and after the conference are devoted to workshops. Please find enclosed a list of the workshops with brief course descriptions. We proudly announce that several distinguished TeX specialists have committed themselves as lectures. Applicants should indicate on the registration form their level of expertise and what they want to achieve in the workshop. The classes can then better be tailored to their needs. In general we will limit enrollment to 15 applicants per workshops to keep the groups operational. On the other hand, the workshops have to be self-supporting. Hence, if less than ten people enroll for a workshop, the workshop must be cancelled. Applicants will be notified on August 23 about acceptation or rejection. *Charges* The conference fee is DM 280,--. The fee includes registration materials, lunches, coffee breaks, social events (including a surprise excursion on Tuesday afternoon), and a copy of the conference proceedings. Conference registration must be accompanied by payment. The workshops are DM 100,-- per day. This only includes the classes and teaching material the lecturers might provide. Please pay for workshops only *after* your registration has been confirmed. *Accomodation* Participants must make their own arrangements for accomodation. Please contact Verkehrsverein Karlsruhe e.V.\\ Bahnhofsplatz 6\\ 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG *Deadline* The deadline for all registrations is August 21, 1989. *Talks* >>Malcolm Clark TeX and/or SGML >>R. Olejniczak TeXpic---design and implementation of a picture graphics language in TeX \`a la pic >>Bart Childs The state of TUG, TeX, and a report on teaching TeX >>Bart Childs and others TeX environments >>J. Schrod Changebars without \special's >>M. Rycko and B. Jackowski Polish TeX is ready for use >>F. Mittelbach and R. Schoepf With LaTeX into the nineties--LaTeX limitations and how to get around them >>P. D. Bacsich MoreMath--a new PostScript font of mathematical symbols >>W. Antweiler A TeX-REDUCE-interface (Poster talk) >>E. Neuwirth Combining databases and TeX for producing a textbook for homoeopathic medicine >>K. Neuwirth TeX on the AMIGA--hands-on experiences >>J. Lammarsch Using LISTSERV at DHDURZ1 >>J. Lammarsch Getting organized in Germany >>K. van der Laan Getting organized in the Netherlands >>R. Wonneberger TeX in an IDP environment >>A. Br\"uggemann-Klein TeX and document design >>M. Bryan JLaTeX >>N. Eiglsperger A public domain driver for Digiset >>D. Rogers Electronic Publishing in the nineties *Discussion groups* >>Document structures (LaTeX, SGML \ldots) >>TeX and graphics (and fonts) >>Getting information >>TUG and national user groups *Workshops* >>Plain TeX Philip Taylor, RHBNC, University of London September 9th/10th Participants: 15--20 Philip Taylor is totally dedicated to Plain TeX, and spends a considerable amount of time developing new macros to work within the Plain environment. His course will cover all aspects of the TeX language with the exception of output routines, but the emphasis of the course is entirely under the control of those wishing to attend. He is equally happy to teach Plain TeX for complete beginners, or intermediate TeX for those wishing to extend their knowledge of the language. As he feels it unlikely that any complete beginners would be attending this conference, the initial refinement of the syllabus includes material up to the level of (say), \halign (which is remarkably easy to use if you design your own \halign's, rather than trying to understand the examples in the book), but you are asked to give brief details of your TeX experience and interests when signing up for this course, so that the syllabus can be adjusted to be of maximum interest and use to those attending. Please bring your own copies of the TeXbook. >>LaTeX for beginners Jost Krieger, Ruhr-Universit\"at Bochum September 14th/15th Participants: 10--15 Jost Krieger comes from a very active TeX community in Bochum, which is particularly concerned with TeX in a German environment. The German hyphenation patterns generated at Bochum are in widespread use. Jost himself is an experienced TeX and LaTeX teacher. His course addresses LaTeX novices, either starting from scratch or switching from plain TeX. Prerequisites: No previous knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed, but it is necessary to be familiar with the basic notions behind using a text editor on a mainframe or PC, since practical work plays an important part in the course. Bring your own LaTeX manual. >>Advanced macro writing and developing LaTeX styles Joachim Schrod, Detig Schrod TeXsys and TH Darmstadt September 14th/15th Participants: 10--15 Joachim Schrod is both an experienced programmer and TeX macro specialist, working on TeX portations, new members of the WEB language family and macro development since 1981. He is contributing frequently to TeXhax and TUGboat. He is the author of a highly portable driver family, YADD (Yet Another DVI Driver family) and participant of the DVI driver standards committee. His course addresses people having some experience with TeX and in writing simple macros, probably often struggling with the unexpected side effects caused by the non-modular structure of LaTeX. As LaTeX style development is always (Plain) TeX macro development, the course will first introduce you to the principles of the programming language Plain TeX, namely dynamic/static binding, expansion, and interrupt handling (output routines). Then the LaTeX programming interface is presented, not formally specified, but as an informal description of the most important macros for style development. The workshop is a mixture of lectures and hands-on practical sessions. Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of TeX and LaTeX is assumed. Bring your own TeXbook! >>Teaching TeX and LaTeX Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark, Exeter University and Imperial College September 9th Participants: 10--20 Cathy Booth and Malcolm Clark need no introduction in this forum. They did a superb job of organizing last year's conference in Exeter and are well known for their zeal to give TeX the place in the world it deserves. Cathy and Malcolm have both taught courses on behalf of the TeX Users Group, TUG, as well as to others. Their longstanding involvement with TeX and LaTeX makes them an experienced team to teach the teachers. This one-day workshop consists of classroom lectures and discussions. Prerequisites: Some basic knowledge of TeX or LaTeX is assumed. >>Introduction to METAFONT Don Hosek, Pitzer College September 9th/10th Participants: 10--15 Don Hosek of TeXmag fame is an active member of the TeX Users Group, TUG, participating in the TUGboat editorial committee and the DVI driver standards committee. In addition, he has been teaching courses for TUG for some time now. The workshop will cover the basic concepts of METAFONT, beginning with what it does and what good it is. Participants will become familiar with using METAFONT to generate characters from existing METAFONT programs and to develop characters and logos on their own. Topics will include an explanation of METAFONT's mode\_def's, drawing shapes using METAFONT's capabilities, an introduction to METAFONT's mathematical abilities, and macros and variables in METAFONT. Prerequisites: No METAFONT knowledge is assumed. Experience with TeX is recommended. Bring your own METAFONTbook. >>Typefaces: History and Use Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein, Universit\"at Freiburg September 14th/15th Participants: 10--15 Anne Br\"uggemann-Klein is working on an interface between the document designer and TeX. While studying document designers at work, she got hooked on the beauty of typefaces. Topics covered by this workshop include terminology, the historical development of type forms and their parallels in architecture, classification schemes, tools for typeface recognition, readability, effective use of typefaces, and typeface combinations. In the age of PostScript, there is more to fonts than Computer Modern! Participants are provided with an annotated bibliography on type and document design. Prerequisites: No TeX-related knowledge is assumed. Bring your favorite and most hated type specimens. For more information contact: Rainer Rupprecht Rechenzentrum Universit\"at Karlsruhe Postfach 6800 7500 Karlsruhe 1, FRG Telephone: (0721) 608-4031 e-mail: RZ32 at DKAUNI2 (bitnet) __3 8th Annual Meeting of German TeX Users October 11--13, 1989, Eichstaett, FRG %============================================================================= This year's Annual Meeting of German TeX Users will take place at the Catholic University of Eichstaett from Wednesday, October 11, to Friday, October 13, 1989. The conference will be organized by the Computing Center of the Catholic University of Eichstaett and the recently founded German TeX Users Group DANTE e.V. Starting with the general meeting of DANTE on Wednesday afternoon, several tutorials on TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont will be organized on Thursday; finally, papers and discussion groups on all TeX-related problems will be scheduled on Thursday and Friday. If you are interested in participating in this conference and/or if you plan to present a paper, please send the attached pre-registration form to the address given below. Further questions or suggestions for this meeting should be directed to Joachim Lammarsch (rz92@dhdurz1.bitnet), the Chairman of DANTE, or to Dr. Wolfgang A. Slaby (slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de) Please give copies of this form to your colleagues, as the mailing list is incomplete. ============================================================================= 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users Pre-Registration Form %============================================================================= Name _______________________________________________________________________ Affiliation ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Telephone __________________________________________________________________ E-mail _____________________________________________________________________ Please tick where appropriate: _ |_| I plan to participate in the 8. Annual Meeting of German TeX Users _ |_| I should like to present a paper; preliminary title: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (abstract of ca. 1 page is enclosed) _ |_| I am interested in discussion groups on: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _ |_| I intend to participate in the exhibition with these products: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ (exhibition area required: ..... qm) Send to: Dr. Wolfgang A. Slaby Catholic University Eichstaett Computing Center Ostenstr. 24 D-8078 Eichstaett, F.R. Germany Telephone: (08421) 20-214 e-mail: slaby@urz.ku-eichstaett.dbp.de (DFN X.400) Acknowledge-To: __4 ********************************************************************** * Improved font selection in LaTeX * ********************************************************************** By Rainer M. Schoepf In recent TeXhax several people have asked how to change the font selection mechanism of LaTeX to be more flexible, e.g., to typeset the whole document in a sans serif typeface, with \bf switching to sans serif bold, \it or \em to sans serif italic, using the Euler fonts or DEK's concrete roman family, etc. We have implemented such a scheme which will be published in the forthcoming issue of TUGboat. This scheme is not limited to LaTeX, although we do not provide an interface to other macro packages yet. Characteristics: - Space requirements of about the same size as the original lfonts.tex - Takes about the same time to switch fonts as standard LaTeX - Preloaded and load-on-demand fonts are treated exactly the same way, even in math mode We are planning to make the relevant files available at the usual places (Clarkson, etc.) in the near future. Interested parties (i.e. server managers) should contact us and specify which format they prefer (BITNET file transfer, UNIX or VMS shell archives). The code is documented with the `doc' option developed at Mainz, (cf. TUGboat) which will be distributed via the same channels. Frank Mittelbach Rainer Sch\"opf Reply to: (Internet) or: (Bitnet/EARN) __5 ********************************************************************** * Introduction to LaTeX-help * ********************************************************************** By Max Hailpern All sites with LaTeX should have one or more LaTeX experts to help users. Those experts communicate with each other about difficult problems through various forums, including the TeXhax mailing list. Lately, many sites have installed LaTeX without having, acquiring, or developing a LaTeX expert. Many simple LaTeX questions from those sites have been posted directly to TeXhax, clogging it and prompting redundant replies. Therefore, a number of TeXhax subscribers have formed a volunteer LaTeX question answering corps. LaTeX users with questions should take the following steps: 1) Read the manual very carefully, including a careful check of the index. Most questions are answered there. 2) Check whether anyone locally can answer your question. Consider not only paid systems staff but also more experienced users. Similarly, if you paid a commercial company good money for LaTeX, you should demand customer support from them--after all LaTeX is available for free. 3) See if you can work it out yourself, and in the process build LaTeX expertise, by use of careful test cases, tracing mode, examining the LaTeX source files, etc. Don't go crazy if you're a non-programmer, but give it a shot. 4) If all of the above fail, *don't* send mail to TeXhax. Instead, send mail to LaTeX-help@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU. Your mail will automatically be forwarded to a member of the volunteer corps, in a round-robin rotation. You should hear back shortly, either with a solution to your problem, a request for additional information, or the remark that it exceeded the volunteer's abilities and has been forwarded to other experts, including further volunteers and the TeXhax mailing list. If you don't hear anything after waiting a reasonable period, write to LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU with as much information about your original mailing as you have, and I'll try to track down how it got lost. Please do not abuse this service. We volunteers have lots of work of our own to do, and will not continue volunteering if the burden is excessive. Make sure you try steps 1-3 before step 4, and always be eager to help others locally who are a step behind you. Also, join TUG (the TeX Users' Group) if you haven't and avail yourself of their classes and publications to develop in-house LaTeX expertise. If you have any questions or comments on this, please write to LaTeX-help-coordinator@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU -- not directly to the current person holding that position, as it may change. __6 ********************************************************************** * R\'eflexions sur le Congr\`es GUTenberg * * Paris, Mai 16--17, 1989 * ********************************************************************** by Malcolm Clark The French TeX users group has been around for a few years, in an "unofficial" form. Over the last year or so they have become "official", much more active and they now organise an annual meeting. The first well-publicised GUTenberg meeting was held in Paris last year. I was impressed there by the attendence (well over 100), the stamina (the room was tiny and without air-conditioning), and the range of topics covered. There is, in any case, a tradition of TeX activity in France--the second European TeX Conference was held in Strasbourg, in 1986. This year's meeting was again in Paris, but used far larger rooms to accommodate the 120-150 people who attended. Scanning down the list of attendees, there are the usual academic and research organisations, but also publishers, and the printing trade in general. This bodes well for the future. The meeting was held over two days: the first day was given over to two seminars--one on LaTeX (from Olivier Nicole and Jacques Andr\'e), and the other on Metafont (Victor Ostromoukhov); followed by the AGM. The second day was the conference proper. I attended part of Victor's "Premiers pas en Metafont". As usual, I was impressed by Victor's breadth and depth of Metafont-lore. And he seemed to be getting something useful across to the forty or so would be Metafont-ers. Since he used a Macintosh to demonstrate the points, there was a reasonably quick interaction between intention and realisation. I confess I didn't stay to all of this; my powers of concentration are not great enough to follow a full day of technical Metafont (far less in a foreign tongue). However, one quote from Victor: -> |} -> That sums things up nicely I think. Bernard Gaulle, GUTenberg's President ran the AGM with great efficiency and some humour. I particularly like the French style of democracy (it runs: question: "anyone against?"; answer: "no"; conclusion: "passed"; excellent). I won't plough through all the bits of the AGM, except to note that the group is in excellent financial health, that this is a year of anniversaries in France--200 years since the Revolution, but also some others: 10 years of TUG, 50 years of CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique), one of the homes of TeX, and of course this is also the year of the 4th European TeX Conference. The AGM honoured two people with "honorary membership": Barbara Beeton and Raymond Seroul (the author of _Le petit Livre de TeX_)). By way of recognition, they were each presented with an edition of "Les bons Romans", published over a hyndred years ago. Peter Abbott was also thanked for the help he has given in easing "[les] perturbations EARN/Bitnet". I was particularly pleased to see Barbara honoured and Peter thanked in this way. The whole TeX community owes them much for their dedicated adherence to the cause, and it was particularly refreshing and tactful that GUTenberg saw fit to include them in this way. Besides this conference, GUTenberg produces its own journal, _Cahiers GUTenberg_. The inaugural (or prototype) edition (confusingly numbered "z\'ero") was available at last year's conference. The first and second editions were out by this year's conference. Many of the talks in the conference were also printed in the _Cahiers_ (which helped me enormously). Although the group is "francophone", several articles are in English. Allowing for the technical words which dictionaries never seem to get right, it isn't too difficult to make sense out of the papers/articles. The _Cahiers_ represent a major undertaking, in time, effort, and in financial commitment (as I well know from my own limited venture in TeXline). If the high standards already being established are maintained, GUTenberg will have created something which will be of great and lasting service to the whole TeX community. My only minor criticism of the _Cahiers_ is the lack of consistency in the provision of abstracts (a failing it shares with TUGboat). If abstracts were included, it would be possible to prepare multilingual translations which could be circulated more widely, alerting others to the range and relevance of the material. The major theme of the Conference was "graphics"--a popular one these days. Fortunately, thanks to Sebastian Rahtz' talks, I think I know a little about the background here. Rather than report each talk in detail, it is perhaps more productive to try to select some of the major themes. After all, the text of most of the talks is available. As usual, it is notable how far LaTeX dominates in Europe (or perhaps, just outside the US). It is also notable that "standards", however defined, keep cropping up: X-Windows, PostScript, TeX itself, PHIGS, GKS, SGML, and even emacs. This seems particularly healthy, although equally there are many forays into areas which are less portable. Nevertheless, the apparent domination of C, as the implementation language of choice, (with or without the spectre of Unix) would indicate the possibility of transfering some of the applications to other platforms. From the summaries, it is evident that one of the great concerns is the use of PostScript, and the incorporation of PostScript (and EPSF) files into (especially) LaTeX. Perhaps my favourite paper was Maurice Laugier's. His was a very simple and straightforward idea--namely that the pc's graphics characters may be napped quite easily into rules, and that tables (and some diagrams) may be prepared by this means, provided that a monospaced font is adequate. A list of the talks, together with a brief summary (usually the authors'/author's own) is included here. Some of the talks were in English (a bold move for a francophone group), and some summaries (notably that of Lance Carnes) were distributed in English and French. Very tactful. o L'ann\'ee de tous les anniversaires --Bernard Gaulle A welcome to GUTenberg, and an overview of the services and facilities available to TeX users in France (and elesewhere); touches on the public, private and commercial domains; addresses GUTenberg's relationship with the rest of the world. o Xwindows, LaTeX, TeXdraw et Plot79, ou comment calculer, r\'ediger, dessiner et imprimer plus ais\'ement --Nicolas Brouard A workstation running under X-Windows offers a way of calculating, writing and designing which is much simpler than with a "classic" terminal. Two graphics tools, TeXDraw (a public analogue of MacDraw) and PLOT79 (a 3D graphics system based on CORE), can easily be employed with LaTeX. o TeX and Graphics: the state of the problem --Nelson Beebe Inclusion of graphics in documents typset by TeX is not yet a satisfactorily solved problem, and no final general solution is in sight. This paper surveys alternatives for insertion of graphics in TeX documents. It summarizes graphics primitives of several modern software systems, and shows how TeX has seriously deficient support for their direct incorporation in TeX itself. o L'environment de production de documents TeX \`a l'IRISA --Philippe Louarn & Bertrand Decouty The group consists of over 200 researchers, teachers and engineers, who need to produce reports, articles, theses, books... The objective was to provide a set of homogenous tools in a heterogenous environment (Unix, VMS, workstations, pcs...). Naturally, TeX was chosen as the fundamental tool. In graphics, the two main avenues are through the incorportion of PostScript, and by the use of eepic in the LaTeX picture environment. o Survey of TeX Graphics for the PC --Lance Carnes This talk reviews the various graphics systems offerings for the IBM pc and compatibles, and the ways these systems can be used in conjunction with TeX; the use of PostScript, HP PCL and bitmap files in conjunction with current TeX drivers; the use of output from screen oriented drawing systems; and the conversion of graphics files from one format to another, and scaling of images, for inclusion in documents. o TeX et les graphiques dans l'environment Mac --Anestis Antoniadis Painting and drawing are the two sides of the creation of graphics on the Macintosh. Paint images (otherwise known as bitmaps) are known to the Mac as a set of points on the screen. Draw images (also known as vector drawings) are known to the Mac as objects (rectangles, lines, circles, polygons) and are defined by their mathematical attributes. As a consequence of the way in which they are defined, they take full advantage of the resolution of PostScript peripheral devices. The goal of this article is to give an overview of the methods and software for the generation of graphics on the Mac, and to discuss the insertion of such graphics in documents prepared with TeXtures, one of the implementations of TeX on the Macintosh. o Metafont et PostScript --Victor Ostromoukhov Conversion between Metafont and PostScript is possible. What are the best techniques, and what are the constraints? (No written contribution, but see his MacMetafont program.) o DDI: un environnement de travail pour la r\'ealisation de graphiques scientifiques, techniques et fantaisies utilisables avec TeX --Andr\'e Violante DDI is a work environment for the creation of scientific, technical and artistic graphics. The fundamental of the system is the creation and use of graphic fonts. To use these, several tools are available: design software (Designcad); a program to convert Designcad files to Metafont; Metafont itself; GFtoPK; TeX; and a suitable device driver. o texpic: design and implementation of a picture graphics language in TeX \`a la pic --Rolf Olejniczak texpic is a TeX implementation of a graphics language similar to Kerhighan's troff preprocessor pic. The implmentation consists of two parts, a set of elaborate TeX macros and a postprocessor for drawing (in the dvi file). texpic objects and TeX or LaTeX commands may be combined at will. texpic is written in C, and is fully portable, to the extent that every TeX implementation, every preview and every correctly written printer driver will work with texpic. o Traduction en TeX d'un fichier SGML avec r\'ecup\'eration des graphiques et des tableaux --Maurice Laugier The logic of SGML markup is close to that of LaTeX, and translation from SGML to LaTeX can be realised quite simply. However, the problem is rather different for graphics and tables. This paper presents a way in which the PC graphics characters were successfully mapped into LaTeX, easing the production of tables and simple diagrams. o GITeX, PAPS: deux logiciels minipulant PostScript et LaTeX --Christophe C\'erin From PC-based graphics programs, PAPS (Programme d'Application PostScript) transforms an image into a PostScript format. It will also allow some manipulation of the graphics image. GITeX (G\'en\'erateur d'Image TeX) is a program which allows a figure environment to be constructed for inclusion of the PostScript into a LaTeX file. o L'incorporation de graphiques dans INRSTeX --Michael Ferguson The approach used in INRSTeX is to use the power of the printer to create graphics, and not to introduce special characters. The capability to generate graphics has been achieved for PostScript, and for QMS graphics on a QUIC laser printer. The paper discusses the role of the printer as well as the need for support software to permit the incorporation of graphics produced by other systems. The paper also discusses some of the limitations inherent in the choice of graphics systems. Like most conferences, the most interesting and valuable discussions take place in the corridors, over coffee, or at lunch. This tradition was maintained here. The corridors were also used to display various pieces of TeXware. The inclusion of a noticeboard for general TeX-notices, trivial as it seems, was extremely useful. There was a display of ArborText's Publisher (about the only place you don't see Publisher these days is in the UK), and an extensive display of books, where Raymond Seroul's book was selling well (on its first day of publication). >>Conclusion I was impressed. There can be no doubt about it, GUTenberg provides us all with much to emulate. The strength and coherence of the group is manifest. Taken purely at the national (or francophone) level, GUTenberg is contributing massively to the strength of TeX. The Cahiers are excellent, and looks capable of sustained quality. The annual meeting is now well-established and imaginative. GUTenberg's involvement with several French publishers must also be a good sign. GUTenberg is also keenly aware of other French speaking areas (Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec) and of the advantages of international electronic communication. And the committee ensured that the various national representatives (myself, representing TUG and UKTUG; Joachim Lammarsch, representing the German group, Dante; and Kees van der Laan representing the Dutch group) had the opportunity to discuss how we could cooperate for the common good. I am a shade worried by what I see as the determination to stay outside the TUG orbit. Perhaps I am over-sensitive--being described either as English or Anglo-Saxon does tend to make me a trifle testy--but I have always thought of TUG as an international organisation, not an American one. Others do not share this perception. If our conclusion is that we are not getting what we need out of TUG, the solution is in our own hands. We can influence the organisations in which we participate. That's the key--participation. TeX must be worth it. >>Joining GUTenberg; subscribing to the Cahiers To join GUTenberg, you need only part with 200 FF. This has two advantages (besides preparing you for 1992 and demonstrating your adherance to the European ideal)--it enables you to pay a reduced fee at the annual meeting and for the Cahiers. To obtain the Cahiers costs a further 150 FF if you are a member, but 250 FF if you are not. This year's conference cost 200 FF for members and 400 FF for non-members. Clearly membership pays for itself if you are contemplating attending the conference and taking the journal. In other words, joining GUTenberg and subscribing to the Cahiers costs you a total of 350 FF (made payable to GUTenberg). Of course Eurocheques are acceptable. Note that membership comes in several different categories: individual membership is 200 FF; institutional membership on behalf of a non-profit organisation is 700 FF; while institutional membership on behalf of profit-making (as opposed to _profitable_?) organisation is a hefty 1400FF. On the other hand, institutional membership does allow you to nominate up to seven individuals. Send your money to: GUTenberg c/o IRISA Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu 35042 Rennes Cedex France __7 ********************************************************************** * A summary of TeX-related information of note * ********************************************************************** Please note that all Janet addresses are given in the UK "backwards" format. Non-Janet users should reverse the address to reach the address in question. For example, Uk.Ac.Aston is Aston.Ac.Uk to the rest of the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic magazines/newsletters/mailing lists *TeXMaG TeXMaG is an independently published electronic magazine available free of charge to all interested parties reachable by electronic mail. It is published sporadicly, and the editor likes to think that it's bi-monthly and the readers humor him. SUBSCRIPTIONS: CDNnet: Send a note to asking to receive TeXMaG. JANET: Send a note to Peter Abbott, asking to receive TeXMaG. All others: Send the following command as an interactive message (Bitnet) or as a single-line mail message to LISTSERV@UICVM or LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC.EDU: SUBS TEXMAG-L Your_Full_Name. If you have difficulty doing this, send a note to Don Hosek . SUBMISSIONS: Please send submissions to or ; they will automatically be forwarded to the editor. BACK ISSUES: Back issues may be FTP'd from SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU from the directory pub/texmag. Users without FTP access may request back issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message to with the form path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU get texmag texmag.V.NN where V is the volume number and NN is the issue number. Including a line "index texmag" in the message will return a list of back issues available. Back issues may also be FTP's from SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU from the file BBD:TEXMAG.TXT. LISTSERV@TCSVM also has some back issues available which may be obtained with the command GET TEXMAG VvNn where v is the volume number and n is the issue number). Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive. DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see below). *GUT GUT is a French language TeX discussion group and also a communication channel for GUTenberg, a TeX Users Group concerned with special problems involved in typesetting French with TeX. Each note is distributed separately. The list is managed by Christian Metairie . SUBSCRIPTIONS: To subscribe, send the command SUBS GUT your full name to LISTSERV@FRULM11. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be addressed to GUT@FRULM11. Note that a copy of your submission will NOT be sent to you. Most submissions are in French, but they need not be. BACK ISSUES: Monthly logs are available to list members from LISTSERV@FRULM11 Each log is named GUT LOGyymm where yy is the last two digits of the year and mm is the month as a two digit number. The command to retrieve a log is GET GUT LOGyymm Be sure to send the command to LISTSERV@FRULM11 and NOT the list. *TeXhax TeXhax is a mailing list for persons with questions, suggestions, etc. about TeX, LaTeX, MetaFont and related programs. It is a service of the TeX Users Group and is published 1-3 times per week. SUBSCRIPTIONS: ACSnet (Australia): Send a note asking for a subscription to Internet: Send a note asking for a subscription to . Be sure to include a valid Internet address in the request. Janet: Send a note asking for a subscription to . JUnet (Japan): Send a note asking for a subscription to All others: Send the following command as an interactive message (Bitnet) or as a single-line mail message to LISTSERV@UWAVM or LISTSERV@UWAVM.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU SUBS TEXHAX Your_Full_Name. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions for TeXhax should be sent to . BACK ISSUES: Back issues may be FTP'd from SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU from the directory pub/texhax. Users without FTP access may request back issues from the Clarkson repository by sending a mail message to with the form path A_MAIL_PATH_FROM_CLARKSON_TO_YOU get texhax texhax.YY.NNN where YY is the year of the issue and NNN is the issue number. Including a line "index texhax" in the message will return a list of back issues available. Back issues since 88(75) may be FTP'd from JUNE.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU in the directory TeXhax. Back issues prior to 88(75) may be FTP'd from SCORE.STANFORD.EDU in the directory PS: Back issues may also be FTP'd from SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU from the file BBD:TEXHAX.TXT. LISTSERV@TAMVM1 also has some back issues available which may be obtained with the command GET TEXHAXnn yy where yy is the year of the issue and nn is the issue number). Issues 100 and above are named TEXHAnnn yy. Janet users may obtain back issues from the Aston archive. DECNET/SPAN users may obtain them from the Decnet repository (see below). *TeX_D-L TeX_D-L is a German language TeX discussion group. Each note is distributed separately and no logs are kept. The list is managed by Joachim Lammarsch . SUBSCRIPTIONS: To subscribe, send the command SUBS TEX_D-L your full name to LISTSERV@DEARN. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be addressed to TEX_D-L@DEARN. Note that a copy of your submission will NOT be sent to you. Submissions should be in German. *TeX_D-PC TeX_D-PC is a German language TeX discussion group directed towards users of TeX on PCs. Each note is distributed separately and no logs are kept. The list is managed by Joachim Lammarsch . SUBSCRIPTIONS: To subscribe, send the command SUBS TEX_D-PC your full name to LISTSERV@DEARN. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be addressed to TEX_D-PC@DEARN. Note that a copy of your submission will NOT be sent to you. 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Submissions should be sent to or LISTSERV@DHDURZ1 has file archives of interest to TeX users. Included are the Beebe drivers and contents of the LaTeX style collection, as well as some TeX macros. Many files are available only in German. LISTSERV@TAMVM1 also has file archives that may be of interest to TeX users on BITNET, including the files from the Score.Stanford.EDU FTP directories and back issues of TeXHAX. For a list of files available, send the following command to LISTSERV@TAMVM1: GET TeX FILELIST. >>> THIS SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE. DECNET. There is a TeX file collection on DECnet accessible from DECnet and SPAN. Available files include the Beebe DVI drivers, the LaTeX style collection, and back issues of TeXhax, TeXMag, and UKTeX. For more information, contact Marisa Luvisetto (DECNET: <39947::luvisetto>, Bitnet: ) or Massimo Calvani U.S. Users should contact Ed Bell <7388::Bell> JANET. Peter Abbott keeps an archive of TeX-related files available for FTP (JANET only) and mail access. The archive is stored in [tex-archive] on the system uk.ac.aston.tex. Mail access is achieved by sending mail to . For a help file send a message to that address of the form: --- a return address to you from Aston HELP Note that all text MUST begin in column one. For Bitnet users, a return address will take the form: . For Internet users, the return address will be . For more information send mail to Peter Abbott . Special thanks to those who contributed to this issue, Tom Rokicki, Richard Wooooooolf, and Rich Hosek. No thanks to Avis Rent-a-car and the person who invented the goofy left turns in New Jersey. 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