From: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk To: TeXhax Distribution: ; Subject: TeXhax Digest V95 #07 Reply-To: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk Errors-To: owner-TeXhax@nottingham.ac.uk Distribution: world MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2610.796051821.1@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 13:30:22 +0000 Message-ID: <2611.796051822@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> Sender: cczdao@unicorn.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk TeXhax Digest Friday, 24 Mar 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 07 (incorporating UKTeX Digest) Today's Topics: tex footnote problem Re: TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences public-tex installation question Lucida Bright Fonts Typetalk (fwd) M O D E R A T O R ' S N O T E Apologies for the delay in the appearance of this issue, due to me working hard on bringing a new campus mail relay into service which will hopefully speed up the distribution of the digest. --David Osborne Administrivia: Moderators: David Osborne and Peter Abbott Contributions: TeXhax@tex.ac.uk Subscription and unsubscription requests: TeXhax-request@tex.ac.uk (message body = "subscribe texhax" or "unsubscribe texhax", [no quotes]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 11:31:00 +0000 From: "C.FORDE@UK.AC.QUB.V2,PH 0232-245133-3950" Subject: tex footnote problem We are having a problem with the footnote symbols printed out below the last line of text in a document: e.g. text lines : : : last text line __________________________________ odaggerNumber of lines in program odoubledaggerUpdated versions available In the above dagger indicates the sybmol dagger or double dagger We would like rid of the zeros before the dagger symbols any ideas The tex that generates the stuff is as below: We are using latex (Northlake Convergent TeX, V3.14b-1) on this file \documentstyle[twoside,ifthen]{article} % % preamble for program index % % these declarations set up a reasonable page size for A4. % Use by including the line "\input layout " AFTER the \documentstyle{..} % declaration (assuming you call this file layout.tex) % \pagestyle{headings} \textheight 23cm \textwidth 15.5cm \linewidth 15.5cm \topmargin 0.00in \footheight 1cm \pagenumbering{arabic} \raggedright % \parindent 0in % no paragraph indent \setlength{\parskip}{0cm} % about one line between paragraphs % \newenvironment{sublist}{ \begin{list}{} {\setlength{\labelsep}{0.3cm} \setlength{\parsep}{0cm} \setlength{\labelwidth}{1.2cm} \setlength{\leftmargin}{1.5cm}}}{\end{list}} % % to print one footnote only per page % \newcount\a \newcount\b \a=0 % \newcommand{\pfootnote}{ \b=\value{page} \ifnum\a=\b \else \a=\value{page} \footnotetext{\ddag Updated version available.} \fi} % % set footnote symbol to dagger % \newcounter{sfoot1} \setcounter{sfoot1}{2} \newcommand{\fnlines}{$\fnsymbol{sfoot1}$} % \newcounter{sfoot} \setcounter{sfoot}{3} % footnote symbol for superseded programs set to double dagger \newcommand{\fnsf}{$\fnsymbol{sfoot}$} % right arrow symbol \newcommand{\rtarrow}{$\rightarrow$} \begin{document} % PLUS THE \end COMMAND AT THE END. \oddsidemargin 0.0in \evensidemargin 0.0in \tableofcontents \newpage \input{index} Regards Colin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 15:03:53 +0000 From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) Subject: Re: TeX, how to detect already defined control sequences >> My own solution to the skipped-if problem is not as pretty: >> \let\then\iftrue >> \def\ifundefined#1\then{\ifx#1\undefined\empty} >> ... >> \ifundefined\test\then Fail\else Graduate\fi This is interesting, and is similar to my own `properly nestable user-written ifs' which also use \then; the difference is that they modify \then on the fly, unfortunately a manner which prevents the code from being used in expansion-only contexts. One of the things I am wondering about for e-TeX is whether more things could be done in (e-)TeX's mouth... Philip Taylor, RHBNC. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:06:01 +0000 From: George Kiraz Subject: public-tex installation question I am trying to install the public tex version (systems/msdos/public-tex) on my PC, and I am having problems. initex cannot find tex.poo (although the error message calls the file tex.pool) . I placed tex.poo in a specific directory and i did SET the variable for it, but that did not solve th e problem. I appreciate any help (please reply by email to george.kiraz@cl.cam.ac.uk). thanks ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _ _ \\\||/// ___________\||||/___________ George Kiraz \___\___\___/ \___/___/___/ University of Cambridge \___\___\_|ARAM|_/___/___/ Computer Laboratory \___\___\_\__/_/___/___/ New Museum Site \___\___\_||_/___/___/ Cambridge, CB2 3QG |||| Tel. +44 1223 334615 |||| Fax. +44 1223 334678 |\_//\\_/| george.kiraz@cl.cam.ac.uk \_/ \_/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 14:03:07 +0000 From: Kieran Parsons Subject: Lucida Bright Fonts Does anyone know of a UK supplier of Lucida Bright and Lucida Math fonts? (or if not, any supplier at all!) Thanks in advance, Kieran - -- ########################################################################## # # # Sender: Kieran Parsons # # E-mail: k.parsons@uk.ac.bristol # # # ########################################################################## ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:35:24 +0000 From: "R. Allan Reese" Subject: Typetalk (fwd) TYPETALK: mailing list on typography and graphic design There now exists an Internet mailing list dedicated to all manner of discussions related to typography and graphic design. Note that this list is interested primarily in the ARTISTIC aspects of graphic design. The list is unmoderated, and no one will censor what you say, but questions of the "Why won't my TrueType font print on my HP LaserJet?" and "Why won't SuperATM work with ?" sort are best directed to the newsgroup comp.fonts. 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