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MacOSX-TeX Digest #488 - Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
by "Richard Seguin"
Wish list for TeXShop
by "Richard Seguin"
Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
by "Michael Murray"
Emacs with TeX enhancements?
by "Stephen Anderson"
Re: [OS X TeX] Emacs with TeX enhancements?
by "Joseph C. Slater"
[OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Juan Manuel Palacios"
Re: [OS X TeX] Emacs with TeX enhancements?
by "Enrico Franconi"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Michael Murray"
RE: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Maarten Sneep"
BBEdit command completion
by "Gianluca Gorni"
Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit command completion
by "Jan Erik Mostr=F6m"
TeX Programs i-Package repaired and available
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Maarten Sneep"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Holger Frauenrath"
[OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
by "Alessandro Languasco"
Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
by "Gary L. Gray"
TeXShop suggestion
by "Dr. Paul Fons"
[Fwd: [tex-fonts] New font handling package available]
by "William Adams"
so many cm-super warnings
by "Jean-Christophe AME"
RE: [OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
by "Maarten Sneep"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeX Programs i-Package repaired and available
by "Herb Schulz"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Kahless"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Andrew Farmer"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Juan Manuel Palacios"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Francis Dorra"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Nigel King"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
by "Alessandro Languasco"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Eric van der Oord"
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
From: "Richard Seguin"
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:41:05 -0800
Michael,
If I choose Show Function Prototypes, it will display a long list that=20=
looks like
definition
proposition
proof
lemma
proof
proposition
proof
etc.
It doesn't get more specific than that, and so isn't of much use for=20
navigation. It should list the content of the line so that you know=20
what you're looking at, such as
\begin{definition}\label{D:HullKernel}
\begin{proposition}\label{P:BasisOfTopology}
\begin{proposition}\label{P:ClosureOpenSets}
\begin{proposition}\label{P:CharacterizesBT}
or even better, omitting the unnecessary stuff, merely
D:HullKernel
P:BasisOfTopology
P:ClosureOpenSets
P:CharacterizesBT.
The latter method is in fact how iTeXMac does it.
Richard S=E9guin
>> Michael,
>>
>> I tried the function menu, and it appears that it recognizes=20
>> \section{*}, \subsection{*}, etc., but none of the commands such as=20=
>> \begin{theorem} and \begin{lemma}. :-(
>>
>> Richard
>
>
> Hi Richard
>
> If you select Show Function Prototypes in the Function Popup =
preference
> it will show you that there is an equation, definition etc. Is that
> what you wanted or did you want the statement of the definition
> etc to appear ?
>
> Michael
> --=20
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Subject: Wish list for TeXShop
From: "Richard Seguin"
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:45:33 -0800
The one thing I would like to see the most in TeXShop is rather simple:=20=
the ability to apply a background color to the text area. I like to use=20=
a very light grey, and I find that it's easier on the eyes than staring=20=
at a stark white background for long periods of time. This is=20
especially true on laptops which seem to have a little more of a glare=20=
effect than a CRT.
Richard S=E9guin=
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:19:29 +1030
>
>D:HullKernel
>P:BasisOfTopology
>P:ClosureOpenSets
>P:CharacterizesBT.
>
>The latter method is in fact how iTeXMac does it.
>
>Richard S=E9guin
>
OK so you basically list the labels. That would be handy -- I
am often scrolling backwards and forwards trying to remember what
I labelled an equation as!
Michael
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Subject: Emacs with TeX enhancements?
From: "Stephen Anderson"
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:15:51 -0500
A version of Emacs (native tor OS X) with auc-tex and other (La)TeX
stuff was announced shortly before the arrival of 10.2.2....which broke
it. Has a new version appeared? I use xemacs with all that stuff for
LaTeX editing, and while I certainly support fink and all its children,
I'd be quite happy to switch to a native emacs, as long as it has
auc-tex & Co.
--
Stephen R. Anderson
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Emacs with TeX enhancements?
From: "Joseph C. Slater"
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:35:14 -0500
What I posted seems to work. See my recent message for the url. I think
it is
http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/carbonemacs.dmg
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 10:15 PM, Stephen Anderson wrote:
> A version of Emacs (native tor OS X) with auc-tex and other (La)TeX
> stuff was announced shortly before the arrival of 10.2.2....which
> broke it. Has a new version appeared? I use xemacs with all that
> stuff for LaTeX editing, and while I certainly support fink and all
> its children, I'd be quite happy to switch to a native emacs, as long
> as it has auc-tex & Co.
> --
> Stephen R. Anderson
>
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Subject: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Juan Manuel Palacios"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:03:04 -0400
Hello Mr. Koch, I'm a regular user of the TeX on Mac OS X mailing
list and user of TeXShop. Following your request to the list for
comments/suggestions on your application I thought I could forward mine
now that you seem to be looking into them. I hope you don't mind that I
e-mail you directly and also Cc the list, but I wanted all the
subscribers to take a look at my ideas so that they can comment on them
(please, all feedback is welcomed!). First of all, before I start, I
want to congratulate and thank you for such a cool and handy app!!
Actually what I write here, as the title says, are some suggestions
based on questions I have, so I don't really know if they are possible
at all. For starters I was wondering about the possibility of turning
TeXShop into a DVI/PDF capable application, giving the user the freedom
to choose whichever format He/She desires. What I mean to say is that
I'd like it if TeXShop could use *and display* DVIs just as well as it
handles PDFs, leaving up to the user what format to use as default.
Maybe a preference stating something like "Use DVI" would turn TeXShop
to use tex/latex thus producing DVIs and another one saying "Use PDF"
would instead turn it to use pdftex/pdflatex. Is this possible, can
TeXShop and/or Mac OS X even display DVIs? I've heard of an application
that used DVIs, but maybe that was in Mac OS 9.
Secondly I wanted to ask about a feature I heard long ago referred
to as something like "Point and Go" in other apps. This is what I really
wish TeXShop had! What I remember about what I once read is that you
were able to click in any point of the output window to be immediately
taken back to the exact same place in the source file. For example if I
read a paragraph in the output and then decided I wanted to change some
lines, instead of going to the source file to search for the appropriate
paragraph I could just click the output on the desired place to make the
application take me to the exact same paragraph in the source file. Is
this possible at all or did I completely mis-comprehend what I read (on
this list, I think)? Has this been implemented before in other TeX
previewers? Is this exclusive to DVIs or can it be integrated into PDF
viewers? Mr. Koch, any chance this can be included in a future TeXShop
release?
And lastly, more than a question what I have now is a suggestion
and it is about syntax coloring. Plenty here have said how they'd prefer
the $ enclosed math mode to be colored green just the same as the $
symbol itself. If I am allowed I would like to speak my mind on this
one. I don't think this would benefit the understanding of the text very
much because the subsequent coloring of the math commands would be
completely lost. For example, if I type $\left[\frac{\partial^2
()}{\partial x^2} + \frac{\partial^2 ()}{\partial y^2}\right]\phi =3D
4\pi{}q$ and the whole thing is colored green just as the $ symbols I
would loose the colors applied to the math commands, arguments and
brackets. And I don't want that, I think the $ symbols stick out enough
to make the reader realize when math mode has been entered and closed.
Maybe syntax coloring could have some configuration allowing both
options: to color only the opening and closing $, leaving the enclosed
text to be syntax colored just as any other part of the text (as it
currently works), or to turn the whole enclosed text into a single color
loosing all the further coloring; the user could choose whichever is
preferred. A third option could be to keep the current working scheme
but turning the $ into a different color, given that currently they use
the same as the brackets. What does everybody think? What do *you* think
Mr. Koch?
Well, those are my thoughts/suggestions/questions about TeXShop and
its features/capabilities. Of all I said here what I would really love
to see the most is the "Point and Go" thing, if it is even possible at
all. Thank you again for your time and devotion to such a nifty
application and thank you for the time spent listening to our requests!
My warmest regards to all. Sincerely,...
Juan.
P.S.: Please excuse me for sending this to you directly and also posting
to the list, I wanted to make sure you and everybody else got this
message. Bye!
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Emacs with TeX enhancements?
From: "Enrico Franconi"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 06:12:03 +0000
On November 19, Stephen Anderson writes:
> A version of Emacs (native tor OS X) with auc-tex and other (La)TeX
> stuff was announced shortly before the arrival of 10.2.2....which
> broke it. Has a new version appeared? I use xemacs with all that
> stuff for LaTeX editing, and while I certainly support fink and all
> its children, I'd be quite happy to switch to a native emacs, as
> long as it has auc-tex & Co.
The new version of the latex enhanced emacs will be ready very
soon. I'm still fixing few things, and I have time only during
weekends (teaching two courses, just moved to new university, only two
faculty members, etc etc...)
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~franconi/carbon-emacs/
cheers
-- e.
Enrico Franconi - franconi@inf.unibz.it
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/
Faculty of Computer Science - Phone: (+39) 0471-315-642
I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano BZ, Italy - Fax: (+39) 0471-315-649
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:08:58 +1030
Hi Juan
A few comments:
> Is this possible, can TeXShop and/or Mac OS X even display DVIs?
>I've heard of an application that used DVIs, but maybe that was
TeXShop can display DVI's now. Try the following. Put a tex file in
your home directory and call it say
test.tex . Open Terminal (in Applications/Utilities) and type `latex
test.tex' this will create test.dvi
amongst other things. Drag and drop test.dvi onto TeXShop in the
dock and wait a bit and it will
open and you can look at it.
As MacOS X produces pdf for anything that appears on screen even if
you have a dvi file it will
be a pdf file when you look at it.
>
> Secondly I wanted to ask about a feature I heard long ago
>referred to as something like "Point and Go" in other apps.
In Textures this is called synchonization. There is also something
called srcltx which you can use. It can be
downloaded from CTAN or comes with CMacTeX from www.kiffe.com I have
never tried it so I don't know if
it works with TeXShop.
>
> And lastly, more than a question what I have now is a
>suggestion and it is about syntax coloring.
Yep I agree -- just the $ green not the stuff in the middle :-)
I would also really like the ability to split the editing window such
as you can do in Terminal or BBEdit. Very handy
when you are trying to remember what your bibliography looks like.
Mihcael
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School of Pure Mathematics Fax: 61+ 8 8303
3696
University of Adelaide Phone: 61+ 8 8303 4174
Australia 5005 Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au
Home Page: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray
PGP public key:
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University of Adelaide CRICOS # 00123M
________________________________________________________
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Subject: RE: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Maarten Sneep"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:26:56 +0100 (CET)
On 20-Nov-02 Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:
[snip]
> And lastly, more than a question what I have now is a suggestion
> and it is about syntax coloring. Plenty here have said how they'd prefer =
> the $ enclosed math mode to be colored green just the same as the $
> symbol itself. If I am allowed I would like to speak my mind on this
> one. I don't think this would benefit the understanding of the text very =
> much because the subsequent coloring of the math commands would be
> completely lost.
That may be true, But since there is no `direction' on the $'s (just by =
looking
at one, you cannot see if it is a closing one, or a opening one), I'd =
prefer
some indication as to which side really is in math mode.
[snip]
> I think the $ symbols stick out enough to make the reader realize when =
math
> mode has been entered and closed.
I disagree, especially in the long example the original poster gave.
Original poster continues with describing a feew option (let the user =
choose
between the two modes.
I would like to suggest a third mode (although the colours should be =
settable
in the preferences). Since math mode is applied to a range, one could =
consider
to make the background of the text that is in math mode to turn light =
green.
This way the math stands out, you're sure when the math-mode is entered en
closed and you keep the syntax colouring in math mode. Besides, computers =
are
much better at couning characters than I am.
My EUR 0.02
Kind regards,
Maarten Sneep
"Computers are good at following instructions,
but not at reading your mind."
D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9
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Subject: BBEdit command completion
From: "Gianluca Gorni"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:24:07 +0100
For command completion, you can have a look at the freeware
BBEditAutoComplete at
http://www.c-command.com/bbautocomplete/
BBEdit 7.0 seems to have a glossary auto-completion feature,
but I have not tried it yet. From a quick reading of "what's
new in 7.0" I couldn't make out whether the auto-completion
is based on the names or on the contents of the glossary items.
Best regards,
Gianluca Gorni
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Wish list for BBEdit
> From: "Herb Schulz"
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:36:37 -0600
>
> On 11/19/02 7:24 AM, "Holger Frauenrath" wrote:
>
> The only thing I really wish BBEdit had was command completion so I =
could
> make extensible commands rather than special keystrokes for each command =
I
> use often.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit command completion
From: "Jan Erik Mostr=F6m"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:36:38 +0100
2002-11-20 11:24: Gianluca Gorni is believed to
have typed:
> is based on the names
Name
--
Jan Erik Mostr=F6m jem@mostrom.pp.se www.mostrom.pp.se
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Subject: TeX Programs i-Package repaired and available
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:42:03 +0100
Tested on my machine, so it should just work.
My apologies for the inconvenience that the broken distribution has
presented to several people.
Currently, the TeX Programs i-Package is based on TeX Live
source.development of Oct 22, 2002. The TeX Programs (Experimental)
i-Package is based on TeX Live source.development of Nov 20, 2002,
which has a newer pdfTeX which still needs testing. As soon as TeX
Live source will be updated with a stable source.development it will
become again comatible with my interactive configuration. Until then,
both TeX Programs packages will be based on source.development.
As always: http://www.rna.nl/tex.html or just use i-Installer v2.
G
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:02:53 +0100
Le mercredi, 20 nov 2002, =E0 10:26 Europe/Paris, Maarten Sneep a =E9crit =
:
> On 20-Nov-02 Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:
> [snip]
>> And lastly, more than a question what I have now is a =
suggestion
>> and it is about syntax coloring. Plenty here have said how they'd=20
>> prefer
>> the $ enclosed math mode to be colored green just the same as the $
>> symbol itself. If I am allowed I would like to speak my mind on this
>> one. I don't think this would benefit the understanding of the text=20=
>> very
>> much because the subsequent coloring of the math commands would be
>> completely lost.
>
> That may be true, But since there is no `direction' on the $'s (just=20=
> by looking
> at one, you cannot see if it is a closing one, or a opening one), I'd=20=
> prefer
> some indication as to which side really is in math mode.
>
> [snip]
>
> I would like to suggest a third mode (although the colours should be=20=
> settable
> in the preferences). Since math mode is applied to a range, one could=20=
> consider
> to make the background of the text that is in math mode to turn light=20=
> green.
> This way the math stands out, you're sure when the math-mode is=20
> entered en
> closed and you keep the syntax colouring in math mode. Besides,=20
> computers are
> much better at couning characters than I am.
I support the original suggestion, not to colour the text in between=20
the two $'s. I also wouldn't like a coloured background, I think in=20
would create too many coloured zones (as in badly designed overcrowded=20=
web pages), distracting attention from the content. It would look a bit=20=
like hyperlinks created with the hyperref package, normally framed with=20=
a red box ; for hyperlinks it is not too annoying, as normally there=20
are not many hyperlinks per page (and even so I have set hyperref so=20
that these boxes are not shown), but for equations in a standard page=20
of TeX input it would look overcrowded I think.
In LaTeX normally math mode is entered with \( =3D \begin{math} and=20
exited with \) =3D \end{math}, these directional commands replacing the=20=
non-directional plain TeX ones, $ and $ (in the same way as \[ =3D=20
\begin{displaymath} and \] =3D \end{displaymath} replace $$ and $$). The=20=
problem is that these commands are fragile and thus cannot be used in=20
figure captions, for example, without being \protect'ed. This was true,=20=
at least, for old versions of LaTeX; I haven't tried to use them for=20
some time now (I stick, as most people do, to $ an $), maybe they have=20=
become robust in the meantime.
Bruno Voisin=
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Maarten Sneep"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:08:16 +0100 (CET)
On 20-Nov-02 Bruno Voisin wrote:
Bruno Voisin wrote:
> I support the original suggestion, not to colour the text in between
> the two $'s.
Let me make myself very clear: I would prefer to have all text between $'s
coloured, just like xemacs does it. To keep some of the more vocal people =
on
the list happy: throw in a checkbox in the preferences.
Kind regards,
Maarten Sneep
Did anybody dance?
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Holger Frauenrath"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 07:20:01 -0600
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 05:08 AM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
>
> On 20-Nov-02 Bruno Voisin wrote:
> Bruno Voisin wrote:
>> I support the original suggestion, not to colour the text in between
>> the two $'s.
>
> Let me make myself very clear: I would prefer to have all text between
> $'s
> coloured, just like xemacs does it. To keep some of the more vocal
> people on
> the list happy: throw in a checkbox in the preferences.
>
And I like your suggestion of a light background colour. Maybe grey. :-)
I can see that this may be a distraction to other people. So make it an
option.
Holger
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Subject: [OS X TeX] TeXShop :a question
From: "Alessandro Languasco"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:59:06 +0100
Hi all,
I hope that someone can help me.
A fried of mine is an amstex fan
and he wishes to use this old tex-dialect with texshop.
I built the amstex-format using the excellent ii-2 installer
(thanks, Gerben !) and in texshop I defined as Personal Script
such a new format.
Now I can compile the file, but the .dvi file is not
automatically converted in a .pdf file and so it is not
automatically displayed by TeXshop.
Maybe I did not write the right command in the Personal Script.
Do you have any idea/suggestion?
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Alessandro
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] BBEdit 7.0
From: "Gary L. Gray"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:28:40 -0500
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 09:49 PM, Michael Murray wrote:
>> D:HullKernel
>> P:BasisOfTopology
>> P:ClosureOpenSets
>> P:CharacterizesBT.
>>
>> The latter method is in fact how iTeXMac does it.
>
> OK so you basically list the labels. That would be handy -- I
> am often scrolling backwards and forwards trying to remember what
> I labelled an equation as!
You probably already knew this, and I know it is a little more work,
but you could use one of TeXShop's own tags. They are created by using:
%: TagName
-- Gary
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Subject: TeXShop suggestion
From: "Dr. Paul Fons"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:51:31 +0900
I had a suggestion that I think others might enjoy as well -- that is
to enable grep like searches and replaces in the find/replace dialogue
box. As (La)TeX source is straight text, such searches can be truly
powerful. Of course, on can do it now in an external editor (but why).
Thanks for the hard work
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Subject: [Fwd: [tex-fonts] New font handling package available]
From: "William Adams"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:36:09 -0500
This is kind of interesting.
Haven't had a chance to play w/ it yet (still trying to get Perl running
on my pen slate), but it seems to hook in by replacing the binaries
which're used to generate .tfm and .pk files from MF source as a last =
resort?
Instead, it looks through directories of PostScript fonts and when it
finds a match for a requested font generates all the necessary support
files for it.
So, font installation w/ this is as easy as telling the program where
your Type 1 fonts are, writing up a fairly standard LaTeX .fd file (w/
some spiffy options to control f-ligatures &c.) and then writing and
texing a file which wants said fonts.
I suspect any Perl wizard could extend it by having it use ttf2tfm to
get supports for TrueType fonts. Then all that'd be necessary to get
(minimal) support for all the .dfonts and suitcases w/ Mac OS X would be
to have them converted to .ttfs when tetex is installed and copied to
somewhere handy.
William
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [tex-fonts] New font handling package available
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:00:32 -0800
From: Eddie Kohler
Organization: Atlis Systems, Inc. (301) 578-4200 info@atlis.com
To: tex-fonts@math.utah.edu
Hi all,
Autofont, a TeX font handling project I've been using and improving off =
and
on, has reached a point where it may be useful for others. I've attached
part of the README file and some other information, and would appreciate
any comments. Download from http://www.lcdf.org/type/
Thanks,
Eddie Kohler
This package provides some Perl scripts that simplify font handling for
TeX. The basic idea behind Autofont is that TeX-required font information,
including TFM and VF font metrics, PK bitmap fonts, and DVIPS =
'psfonts.map'
references, should be generated on the fly when required, based on the TeX
font name. With Autofont, referring to a PostScript font is sufficient to
install that font for TeX's purposes. This differs from the fontinst =
model,
where font installation is performed explicitly.
Autofont can automatically transform fonts based on "instructions" =
embedded
in the font name. For example, "Times-Roman--sl167" refers to an
artificially slanted version of Times Roman, and "ACaslon-Regular--f"
refers to a version of Adobe Caslon Regular that includes the ff, ffi, and
ffl ligatures found in Adobe Caslon Expert. Again, there is no need to
install anything explicitly; simply refer to the fonts by name and =
Autofont
will take care of the required virtual font manipulations.
Finally, Autofont transparently handles multiple-master fonts (if the
companion mmafm(1) program is installed). The font name
"MinionMM_367_585_10_--f--osf" refers to a medium-weight, medium-width,
medium-optical-size MinionMM font, with f-ligatures and old-style figures
taken from the corresponding MinionMM-Ep font.
Typically, you will use Autofont after installation simply by naming fonts
as required -- by writing new ".fd" files for LaTeX, for example. Sample
".fd" files are included.
One caveat: Autofont font names differ from the "standard" TeX font names;
you must call Adobe Caslon Regular "ACaslon-Regular" or "ACasReg", not
"pacr".
FONT INSTRUCTIONS
autofont-mktextfm can parse and execute instructions embedded in a =
font
name. Each instruction follows two dashes "--". For example,
"Times-Roman--sl16" denotes an artificially slanted version of
Times-Roman, and "Helvetica--E8r--cn80--fsc" denotes a version of Hel-
vetica in the 8r encoding, condensed by 80%, and with faked small =
caps.
Specific instructions are:
--osf Use old-style figures taken from a corresponding expert, OsF,
or small-caps font.
--tif Use titling figures taken from a normal font. This was =
designed
for creating small-caps fonts with titling figures.
--sc Use small caps taken from a corresponding expert font.
--fsc Include faked small caps (scaled-down versions of the regular
caps).
--swc Use swash caps taken from a corresponding swash or swash-caps
font.
--f Include f-ligatures taken from a corresponding expert font.
--nof Do not use any f-ligatures, not even fi or fl.
--slFACTOR
Slant the output by FACTOR. A FACTOR of 167 means slant =
charac-
ters by one-sixth to the right; 0 is normal.
--exPERCENT
Expand the output by PERCENT. 200 creates a font twice as wide
as the base; 100 is normal; 50 creates a font half as wide.
--cnPERCENT
Same as --exPERCENT.
--lspSPACING
Letterspace the output by SPACING. A SPACING of 20 adds .020 =
em
of width to each character.
--EENCODING
Re-encode the font with ENCODING. autofont-mktextfm will =
search
for an encoding file named ENCODING.enc on the encoding path.
--ENCODING
Any unknown instruction is assumed to be an encoding.
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Subject: so many cm-super warnings
From: "Jean-Christophe AME"
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:30:52 +0100
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Hi,
I just installed cm-super package from Gerben Wierda's i-installer and =
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when I compiled any document I get the following warnings. I never had =
=3D20=3D
those before. Is it a known problem ?
Thanks a lot.
Jean-Christophe
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