(Message uktex/v94:43) From: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk To: UKTeX Distribution: ; Subject: UKTeX Digest V94 #43 Reply-To: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk Errors-To: owner-UKTeX@nottingham.ac.uk Distribution: world MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <584.785179440.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 17:24:01 +0000 Message-ID: <585.785179441@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 43 Today's Topics: Excel Charts into LaTeX dvican on UNIX latex2e for dos pfe as shell for latex? latex to html R.C. Reed: OzTeX OzTeX Short introduction to LaTeX 2e lshort2e.tex Uploaded Administrivia: Moderators: Peter Abbott (UK TeX Users Group) and David Osborne (University of Nottingham) Contributions: UKTeX@tex.ac.uk Subscription and unsubscription requests: UKTeX-request@tex.ac.uk (message body = "subscribe uktex" or "unsubscribe uktex", [no quotes]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 21:16:38 +0000 From: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) Subject: Excel Charts into LaTeX I need to get some Excel 4.0 charts into LaTeX. Is there a best way of doing this? AT the moment I save them as postscript (either directly or via the laserwriter filter), or pass them through MacDraw pro. Anyone got better ways? thanks tommy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 17:03:17 +0000 From: Anne Charles Subject: dvican on UNIX I am trying to get dvican to work on UNIX (Solaris) and have had several problems: 1. The makefile specifies a file fndfil which is not included in the beebe package. (I did track it down and try it out, but that's another long story.) However, it does not seem to be used in dvican. If I remove it from the makefile, all compiles and links successfully. Why is it specified in the makefile? 2. Can dvican cope with TEXFONTS defined as a pathlist rather than just one directory specification? 3. Are there any plans to upgrade dvican? Thanks, Anne Charles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 13:35:00 +0000 From: msh@festival.ed.ac.uk (Mark Higgins) Subject: latex2e for dos This is I hope the right place to ask this.. Is LaTeX2e in the public domain ?? if so where can I get a version (I need everything TeX,xdvi,dvips the lot) that will run on a PC ? I've looked in ftp.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/dos but I don't know what I need to get a working copy. I need simple instructions on how to get a copy as I know very little about installing software !! I am currenltly a LaTeX user but have moved job the people here use something called word-perfect !! can people e-mail me with answers I have looked in the faq at ftp.tex.ac.uk but couldn't find an answer Thanks in advance Mark msh@ed.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:37:41 From: hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk (Hiang-Swee Chiang) Subject: pfe as shell for latex? Hello everyone, Has anyone configure Professional File Editor (a very very good editor and is free) as a shell for latex? I have recently just downloaded MicroEmacs for Windows as a shell for latex. It is a very sophisticated and powerful editor I must admit. However, from a Windows background, I find the editor very confusing with concepts like buffer, region, yank, etc. Anyone who have configured PFE as a shell for latex, please share your experience with others like me. Thank you very much. Please post or email hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk Regards, Swee ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:13:46 +0000 From: Mike Piff Subject: latex to html Has anyone developed a latex to html converter that runs as a TeX file, in the same way as docstrip does? This would be truly portable, unlike latex2html which is perl. Mike Piff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:15:32 +0000 From: Robin Fairbairns Subject: R.C. Reed: OzTeX This is a technical query, and I'm forwarding it to UkTeX@tex.ac.uk, which may be a better source of assistance (AFAIK none of us who receive the ctan-uk stuff use Macs). You should note, however, that OzTeX 1.7 is a shareware version, whereas I believe 1.42 was not; thus there is more to upgrading than simply the effort involved. (Though if you were a member of UK TUG -- see uktug-inquiries@tex.ac.uk, the shareware fee would be paid for you.) - ------- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 12:08 GMT From: rcr10@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.C. Reed) To: ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk Subject: OzTeX Dear CTAN I have been trying to run OzTeX Version 1.42 on a PowerMac and Laserwriter Pro 630. Although the version I have runs on the new PowerMac, we have had some problems printing to this printer. This has prompted me to look for the latest version of OzTeX. However, I have two queries: 1) If I make the effort to install the new version of OzTeX (Version 1.7) is it known that the printer driver will work for the Laserwriter Pro 630? Some-one must know this. 2) The appropriate files (in /ctan/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex) have been coded, and have the .hqx extension. Sorry to be ignorant, but what is this? What are the instructions for decodeing these files? Are the instructions some-where in the archive? If so, I couldn't find them after an hour of trying this morning. I hope you won't mind answering my queries. Best regards Roger Reed Dept of Materials Science Univesity of Cambridge - ------- End of Forwarded Message Replies to Roger Reed, please -- I'm not interested in Macs. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Nov 1994 11:18:24 +0000 From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) Subject: Short introduction to LaTeX 2e I have installed Tobias' stuff as announced below - ------- Forwarded Message Subject: lshort2e.tex Uploaded Announcement: ======================================================================== Now available for CTAN:/pub/tex/info/lshort (i.e., A not very Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (58 Pages) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ by Tobias Oetiker 16/11/1994 If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX, this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book, it should be sufficient in most cases. The document is provided in PS DVI and source form ... Enjoy! All the best Tobi - ------- End of Forwarded Message English-speaking LaTeX users of the world have good reason to be grateful to Tobias for the work he's done (as should users whose German speech is as dubious as mine ;-) Thanks, Tobi - -- Robin (Campaign for the Third Programme) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html ------------------------------ UK TeX Archive >>> tex.ac.uk <<< Part of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) tex.ac.uk -- mail [user@tex.ac.uk] ftp.tex.ac.uk -- anonymous ftp [username: anonymous, password: ] gopher.tex.ac.uk -- Gopher access www.tex.ac.uk -- World-Wide Web access [URL http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive] nfs.tex.ac.uk -- NFS access [nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive] \section Files of Interest tex-archive/00Contents tex-archive/CTAN.sites tex-archive/FILES.bydate tex-archive/FILES.byname tex-archive/FILES.bysize tex-archive/MAP tex-archive/README.archive-features tex-archive/README.site-commands tex-archive/README.uploads \section Digests This year's UKTeX back issues are stored in the archive in directory tex-archive/digests/uktex/94 This year's TeXhax back issues are stored in the archive in directory tex-archive/digests/texhax/94 Latest TeXhax: V94 #10 \section TeX Implementations for Small Computers \subsection PC and Mac disks From January 1994 the UK TeX Users' Group is distributing an emTeX kit for PCs, and an OzTeX kit for Macintosh. 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