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MacOSX-TeX Digest #170 - Sunday, December 2, 2001
Minor teTeX.dmg upgrade
by "Gerben Wierda"
TeXShop and ubuild
by "Michael Murray"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] mathtime
by "Ingo Reich"
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Subject: Minor teTeX.dmg upgrade
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:09:38 +0100
There was a small problem with altpdftex in combination with u-psbuild
distiller frontend which was discovered. This problem *only* occurs when
you put settings in ~/.cshrc that should not be there and when you use
u-psbuild as distiller frontend, so almost nobody is affected.
Also, the new installer will show it's version and it will also log
installation info in /var/log/TeXGSInstaller.log and create
/usr/local/teTeX/TeXGSInstaller.version and
/usr/local/share/ghostscript/TeXGSInstaller.version containing
information about what version you have and when it was installed. This
will help me debug any problems.
G
There is no need to download the entire 48MB distribution if you are
running the previous version. If you absolutely want to be up to date
and you do not want to download everything, download
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/altpdftex/altpdftex-1.11
and copy it to its correct destination like this:
sudo cat altpdftex-1.11 >`which altpdftex`
in a Terminal window. And if you use u-psbuild, download
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/altpdftex/u-psbuild
and copy it to its correct destination like this:
sudo cat u-psbuild >/usr/local/bin/u-psbuild
Copying this way (overwriting the contents of the existing versions)
will keep permissions of the files unchanged.
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Subject: TeXShop and ubuild
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 00:19:59 +1030
Hi
I have mentioned before the package u-build from www.utopiatype.com.au. =
This
is a `post-processor' for inserting links, transitions and lines that
appear when you click in pdf files. You can see examples on their
web site. There are lots of packages available of this type (PPower 4,
Texpower, pdfslide etc). u-build costs about $30 Australian.
I find it easy to use and the
author, David Wilson, is very responsive to requests for help.
Awhile ago, with help from Gerben Wierda and Tom Kiffe I wrote
a script to automate using u-build with TeXShop. Actually
`I wrote' is a gross exaggeration - Tom wrote me a script and I managed
to paste it onto the bottom of one of Gerben's :-). Gerben
then very kindly offered to build this kind of functionality
into his latest teTeX release. So now if you run the command
altpdflatex --distiller u-psbuild file.tex
in Terminal what will appear at the end is the file
file.pdf which has been processed by u-build to contain
all the links and transitions etc that you have asked for.
Assuming of course you own u-build.
You can achieve the same result in TeXShop by writing a personal script
containing this single line and telling TeXShop in the preferences where =
to
find it.
A minor caveat: If you are using fink or have otherwise messed with
your .cshrc you will need the latest copies of u-psbuild and altpdflatex
which Gerben has just announced.
If anyone is trying to use u-build and wants help with any of the above
give me a e-yell.
Michael
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] mathtime
From: "Ingo Reich"
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:16:16 +0100
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O.k., thanks to Michel I got mathtime 1.1 to work with pdflatex. The
only thing I had to do was to substitute "mtsy" for "MTSY" in his
`my2mtt.fd'. All in all, to use mathtime 1.1 with TexShop + teTeX
1. create from the type1 fonts pfb-fonts (same name, but lowercase)
2. put these into your home texmf-folder
"texmf/fonts/type1/yandy/mathtime/"
3. put the following file into your home texmf-folder
"texmf/tex/latex/mathtime/"
%%
%% This is file `my2mtt.fd',
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% The original source files were:
%%
%% mtfonts.fdd (with options: `MY2mtt,')
%%
%% Copyright 1996 1997 Frank Mittelbach and David Carlisle.
%%
%% Development of this package was commissioned by Y&Y Inc.
%% http://www.yandy.com
\ProvidesFile{my2mtt.fd}
[1997/03/14 v1.0c
Mathtime Encoding 2
(FMi)]
\DeclareFontFamily{MY2}{mtt}{\skewchar\font48}
\DeclareFontShape{MY2}{mtt}{m}{n}{<->mtsy}{}
\endinput
%%
%% End of file `my2mtt.fd'.
This works fine, at least for me, along the pdflatex-route.
Concerning the Tex-Ghostscript-route there's still some trouble not with
the mathsymbols but with the 'usual' Times font -- some Uppercase
letters, numbers, and brackets do not appear on the correctly on screen.
Ingo
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O.k., thanks to Michel I got mathtime 1.1 to work with pdflatex. The
only thing I had to do was to substitute "mtsy" for "MTSY" in his
`my2mtt.fd'. All in all, to use mathtime 1.1 with TexShop + teTeX
1. create from the type1 fonts pfb-fonts (same name, but lowercase)
2. put these into your home texmf-folder
"texmf/fonts/type1/yandy/mathtime/"
3. put the following file into your home texmf-folder
"texmf/tex/latex/mathtime/"
%%
%% This is file `my2mtt.fd',
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% The original source files were:
%%
%% mtfonts.fdd (with options: `MY2mtt,')
%%
%% Copyright 1996 1997 Frank Mittelbach and David Carlisle.
%%
%% Development of this package was commissioned by Y&Y Inc.
%% =
1A1A,1A1A,FFFFhttp://www.yandy.com=
\ProvidesFile{my2mtt.fd}
[1997/03/14 v1.0c
Mathtime Encoding 2
(FMi)]
\DeclareFontFamily{MY2}{mtt}{\skewchar\font48}
\DeclareFontShape{MY2}{mtt}{m}{n}{<<->mtsy}{}
\endinput
%%
%% End of file `my2mtt.fd'.
This works fine, at least for me, along the pdflatex-route.
Concerning the Tex-Ghostscript-route there's still some trouble not
with the mathsymbols but with the 'usual' Times font -- some Uppercase
letters, numbers, and brackets do not appear on the correctly on
screen.
Ingo
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