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MacOSX-TeX Digest #490 - Friday, November 22, 2002
Seeking Enrico Franconi
by "Stephen Anderson"
Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
by "Richard Seguin"
Re: [OS X TeX] Seeking Enrico Franconi
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] How to open *.dvi
by "Ulrich Hofer"
Re: [OS X TeX] Making an Image Stay In Place
by "Norman Gray"
PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
by "Paul M Dulaney"
ImageMagick and TeX4ht updated
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [OS X TeX] PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
by "William Adams"
Drop Caps
by "Bob Kerstetter"
Re: [OS X TeX] Drop Caps
by "Gerben Wierda"
i-Installer v2 RC4 release.
by "Gerben Wierda"
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Subject: Seeking Enrico Franconi
From: "Stephen Anderson"
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:03:40 -0500
I need to contact Enrico Franconi about an
issue relevant to this list, but all mail to every variation I can
think of of his address seems to be returned on the basis of
configuration error at his Manchester address. I would appreciate it
if he could get in touch with me and give me a valid email address.
Thanks,
--
Stephen R. Anderson
Professor of Linguistics & Cognitive Science (Chair)
Yale University
E-mail:
Web: http://bloch.ling.yale.edu/
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop suggestions/questions
From: "Richard Seguin"
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:49:59 -0800
Nicola,
I could have written your comments myself! 90% of my errors have to do=20=
with missing $ characters. I just opened up a document with BBEdit,=20
which colors the entire $ ... $ string green, and I have many=20
paragraphs that are more green than black. It's almost as difficult to=20=
read as if there were no coloring at all. On the other hand, when there=20=
is a missing $, coloring the whole math mode string green is the best=20
diagnostic tool. Therefore, I very much like the idea of something like=20=
a toolbar button that toggles solid green on and off.
As for your last suggestion, JEdit does this. Specifically, I have it=20
set up so that the the $ ... $ string is colored green except for math=20=
commands, which are colored blue, and the ( ) { } ^ + - =3D characters=20=
which are colored red. It would be nice to have this kind of=20
flexibility in TeXShop.
One additional suggestion: the ability to apply a color like very light=20=
grey to the entire text background so that it's easier on my eyes. This=20=
is a feature that most text editors have.
I've also recently noticed a bug. When I click on the oval button in=20
the title bar, the toolbar disappears as it should, but then the bottom=20=
of the text window moves up, yielding no net increase in text area. I=20
believe the bottom of the window is supposed to remain stationary, thus=20=
increasing the text window size.
Richard S=E9guin
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 02:28 PM, Nicola Cabibbo wrote:
> I would like to enter, even if lately, the $ coloring discussion.
>
> Coloring of inter-$ material can be very valuable
> when errors happen. Missing $ are for me the most frequent and
> annoying sources of errors. They are annoying because I frequently
> write paragraphs where math and normal text are frequently
> alternated, and a missing $ may cause an error
> at a location which can be quite a few lines removed from the
> location of the missing $ itself.
>
> On the other hand I really like the appearence of the TexShop
> page as it is now, as it is very clean, and favours an undivided
> attention to the content of the text.
>
> I would thus like to be able to activate inter-$ coloring with a
> switch-like device, perhaps a button, perhaps a keyboard action which
> I would only use when an error arises. I other words one would have
> two modes and the ability to alternate between them. This would be
> more convenient than a preference setting.
>
> An elegant solution would be to enable this colouring authomatically
> with the "Go To Error" button of the console.
>
> As a final suggestion, would it be possible to apply a special color
> to inter-$ material, but still give the standard color to math =
commands
> like \frac, etc?
>
> with many thanks for this beautiful and clean application!
>
> Nicola Cabibbo
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Seeking Enrico Franconi
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:51:03 +0100
Le vendredi, 22 nov 2002, =E0 03:03 Europe/Paris, Stephen Anderson a=20
=E9crit :
> I need to contact Enrico Franconi about an=20
> issue relevant to this list, but all mail to every variation I can=20
> think of of his address seems to be returned on the basis of=20
> configuration error at his Manchester address. I would appreciate it=20=
> if he could get in touch with me and give me a valid email address.
Hi,
In a recent posting to this list Enrico Franconi mentioned that he had=20=
just moved to a new university. His signature read:
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
Cheers,
Bruno Voisin
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] How to open *.dvi
From: "Ulrich Hofer"
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:09:55 +0100
Am Dienstag den, 5. November 2002, um 09:13, schrieb Axel E. Retif:
> On Sunday, Nov 3, 2002, at 16:40 America/Mexico_City, Ulrich Hofer
> wrote:
>
>> If I try to open a dvi-file, both itexmac and texshop simply do
>> nothing at all. Dragging the file to the dock icon leads to the same
>> result.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> If you have installed Wierda's recent distribution and run his
> configuration script, all I can think is
>
> 1) Do you have a mixture of Wierda's and fink distributions of TeX?
>
> 2) Where is the .dvi file you try to view located? I mean ---is it in a
> write-protected directory? For example, a .dvi file inside
> /usr/local/teTeX... If so, you have to copy it to your Desktop or any
> other folder in your Home.
>
That was the right hint, thx a lot
>
Ulrich
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Making an Image Stay In Place
From: "Norman Gray"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:38:42 +0000 (GMT)
Greetings,
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Bruno Voisin wrote:
> > Is there someway to wrap text around a graphic in LaTeX? ConTeXt does
> > that, but ConTeXt is more than I can handle on the daily basis right
> > now.
>
> the Companion mentions two packages "floatfig" and "wrapfig" for doing
> this, but they do not seem to exist anymore. In teTeX there is another
Wrapfig certainly still exists, on CTAN as
tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/wrapfig.sty, though since
the style-file is entirely standalone -- distributed without separate
documentation -- it does look as if it's only there as part of a
larger package.
Wrapfig works rather well, in my experience. It has a rather tricky
job to do, and it doesn't always get it exactly right, but if you
follow the advice on idiosyncracies in the documentation at the _end_
of the style file, you can get the effect you want more often than not.
Its author fairly regularly answers questions about it on comp.text.tex,
so it's still supported.
All the best,
Norman
--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
Norman Gray =
http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/
Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK =
norman@astro.gla.ac.uk
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Subject: PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
From: "Paul M Dulaney"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:56:53 -0800
Does anyone out there prefer Plain TeX to LaTeX?
I would like to use PostScript fonts such as Utopia,
but I don't know how. I imagine it's more difficult
to do than LaTeX's \usepackage{utopia}, but I'm
hoping not _too_ much more difficult.
Please send any response to me as well as to
the list since I receive the Digest.
Paul Dulaney
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Subject: ImageMagick and TeX4ht updated
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:15:51 +0100
ImageMagick has been updated to ImageMagick 5.5.1
TeX4ht has been updated (and repaired as it contained a broken file)
To convert latex files to HTML, install Freetype, ImageMagick and
TeX4ht support, next to TeX Programs, teX Foundation and ghostscript 7
(6 is untested). Then on the command line you can run
htlatex foo.tex
and after it has finished you can open the foo.html file.
As always: http://www.rna.nl/tex.html for instructions.
G
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:24:21 +0100
Le vendredi, 22 nov 2002, =E0 17:56 Europe/Paris, Paul M Dulaney a =E9crit=
:
> Does anyone out there prefer Plain TeX to LaTeX?
> I would like to use PostScript fonts such as Utopia,
> but I don't know how. I imagine it's more difficult
> to do than LaTeX's \usepackage{utopia}, but I'm
> hoping not _too_ much more difficult.
Hi there,
I haven't tried to do this for some time. Right now I can think of two=20=
solutions:
OzTeX-based
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
OzTeX has support files for precisely what you ask. It's based on using=20=
the PSNFSS (i.e. LaTeX) metrics for PS fonts, in T1 encoding, in plain=20=
TeX. There are :
- a file psnames.tex defining convenient names for the PSNFSS fonts=20
(like \def\TimesR {ptmr8t });
- a file pstext.tex doing all the redefinitions necessary for using=20
these fonts in plain TeX (essentially adapting plain TeX to T1=20
encoding, and allowing to switch back and forth between T1 and OT1);
- a file psfonts.tex showing how PS fonts can be used.
It includes support for Utopia. I don't know to what extent it's=20
dependent on OzTeX.
LY1-based
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Y&Y at (I've no affiliation with them, other=20
than liking their products, especially Lucida and MathTime fonts)=20
provide freely metrics for most PostScript fonts, in their own encoding=20=
called LY1 or TeX n' ANSI. Explanation of LY1 is at=20
, metrics are at=20
and support files for both LaTeX and=20=
plain TeX are at . It's all free.=20=
I think most of the support files are already in teTeX, as part of the=20=
support for MathTime fonts. In my opinion the LY1 metrics are superior=20=
to the T1 metrics (in French, at least, the spacing between words, and=20=
hyphenations, look nicer to my eye).
But in both cases you'll have to group yourself the font in families,=20
create different sizes, etc. Part of the fun of plain TeX (no irony=20
here, I do like plain TeX, and use it when I have time; it's flexible,=20=
powerful, elegant and clean).
Good luck,
Bruno Voisin
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] PS fonts in Plain TeX on teTeX/TeXShop
From: "William Adams"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:07:25 -0500
Paul asked:
>Does anyone out there prefer Plain TeX to LaTeX?
I go back and forth on that---most of my personal work has been done in
Plain though.
>I would like to use PostScript fonts such as Utopia,
>but I don't know how. I imagine it's more difficult
>to do than LaTeX's \usepackage{utopia}, but I'm
>hoping not _too_ much more difficult.
Basically it's the same as for LaTeX, one just doesn't get the NFSS, so =
one:
- get Karl Berry's FontName scheme from CTAN
- name one's font files appropriately
- get FontInst
- run a three-line .tex file in the directory where one's .afm files are
- (optional step, tweak the .pl and .vpl files to add ligatures, adjust
things like hyphen placement, extra kerns &c.)
- run tftopl and vftovp on the resultant .pl and .vpl files
- move the files to the right places
- access the font normally
For Utopia most of that probably won't be necessary, just look up its
name in FontName and access it with that, it was donated to the X
Consortium and is usually available.
Willliam
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Subject: Drop Caps
From: "Bob Kerstetter"
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:00:56 -0600
Does GW teTeX have a dropcap package?
drop.sty, dropcaps.sty, initials.sty do not seem be there.
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Drop Caps
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:05:32 +0100
On Friday, Nov 22, 2002, at 23:00 Europe/Amsterdam, Bob Kerstetter
wrote:
> Does GW teTeX have a dropcap package?
>
> drop.sty, dropcaps.sty, initials.sty do not seem be there.
>
Initials says:
%% (C) Copyright 1999-2000 Frank Mittelbach
%% All rights reserved.
%%
%% Not for general distribution. In its present form it is not allowed
%% to put this package onto CD or an archive without consulting the
%% the authors.
drop.sty and dropcaps.sty are not part of TeX Live or teTeX. There is
droppings.sty but it's license is such that it won't make it to teTeX.
G
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Subject: i-Installer v2 RC4 release.
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:41:29 +0100
I have added some functionality, hence RC4 and not RC3f. There is now
some support for package dependency, that is to say, when the package
author can test availability of stuff in the scripts and RC4 offers the
option to interactively open a package form the script. The ImageMagick
package has been changed that way, if Freetype is not available, it
will warn the user and (when using i-Installer RC4) ask for opening of
the freetype package. Pretty basic. One can test this by removing the
freetype package before installing the ImageMagick package. Other
packages must still be adapted to take advantage of this.
Help is more or less complete including instructions on how to
write/create i-Packages.
Note, the Freetype i-Package has been updated.
http://www.rna.nl/ii.html for a pointer to II2.dmg
As far as I am concerned, i-Installer v2 is now done (cross my fingers
that I did not introduce a bug when changing the interaction code just
now). The only thing planned before the release of version 2.0 is the
change of the version string form "v2.0 RC4" to "v2.0". No code,
behaviour or other changes are planned.
G
PS. TeX-fat.dmg will be updated roughly 1 hour from now.
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