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   Volume 1, Number 3
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October 1992
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   \Huge \TeX\ and TUG NEWS
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   for and by the \TeX\ community
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   A Publication of the\\
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      \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf Mission Statement} \\ [6pt]
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      \multicolumn{2}{||l||}{The \TUG\ (\tug) provides leadership:} \\
       1. &amp; to encourage and expand the use of \TeX, \MF, and related
            systems         \\
       2. &amp; to ensure the integrity and portability of \TeX, \MF, and
            related systems \\
       3. &amp; to foster innovation in high-quality electronic document
            preparation     \\
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\noindent \TTN\ is a newsletter for \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} users alike:
{\em a forum for exchanging information, tips and suggestions\/}; {\em
a regular means of communicating news items to one another\/}; {\em a
place where information about \TeX{} and \tug\ can be quickly
disseminated}.
 
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Throughout the newsletter ``\TeX'' is understood to mean \TeX, \LaTeX,
\AmSTeX, and other related programs and macros.  \TTN\ is produced with
the standard \LaTeX{} distribution, and is to be as portable a document
as possible.
 
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The entire contents of this newsletter are being placed in the public
domain.  The source file of this issue will be placed in the {\tt
aston}, {\tt shsu}, and {\tt stuttgart} archives, as well as at the {\tt
heidelberg}, {\tt labrea}, and {\tt ymir} archives.  Copying and
reprinting are encouraged; however, an acknowledgement specifying \TTN\
as the source would be appreciated.
 
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Submissions to \TTN\ should be short, the macros must work, and the
files {\bf must} run without special font or graphics requirements:
this is to be a {\em portable\/} newsletter (the new font selection
scheme has not yet been implemented).  Correspondence may be sent via
e-mail to {\tt tug@math.ams.org} with the subject line {\tt
NEWSLETTER}.  Regular mail should be addressed to the Publications
Committee, \careof\ \tug\ Office at the address below.
 
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       658 North Main Street         &amp; FAX:   401-751-1071 \\
       P.O.~Box 9506                 &amp; E-mail: \tt tug@math.ams.org \\
       Providence, RI 02940-9506 USA &amp;                     \\
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{\footnotesize \baselineskip=9.5pt
\noindent \TTN\ (ISSN 1065-240X) is published four times a year,
February, July, October and December, by the \TeX\ Users Group, 653
North Main Street,\ P.O. Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940, U.S.A. The
1992 dues for individual members are \$60.00 for regular members and
\$50.00 for students.
 
Second-class postage paid at Providence, RI and additional mailing
offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to the \TeX\ Users Group,
P.O.\ Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940, U.S.A.
 
Membership in the \TeX\ Users Group is for the calendar year, and
includes all issues of {\sl TUGboat} and {\sl \TeX\ and TUG NEWS\/}
for the year in which membership begins or is renewed.  Individual
membership is open only to named individuals, and carries with it such
rights and responsibilities as voting in the annual election.
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\Section{Editorial}
 
Well, here we are with issue no.\ 3 of the year, and one more to go.
Despite a rather slow start to the year, \TTN\ will indeed be a
quarterly publication; we are attempting to achieve a staggered
schedule of publication in 1993 with respect to \TUB, with issues
appearing in January, April, July (just before the Annual Meeting),
and October.  For this year, we're hoping to have the last issue out
for December.
 
This means we have room for lots of material from you!  One important
area to my mind which ought to be explored is how those of you who
have to provide support to users do that. Often it seems just a case
of catch-as-catch-can, but is there a better way?  What about binders
with examples (source + output)? What about local archives? Templates
of common document styles?\footnote{Templates were in fact the subject
of a paper by Hope Hamilton at the 1989 TUG meeting at Stanford.  See
\TUB\ 10, no.\ 4, pp.\ 541--548. And the title of a paper by Anita
Hoover seems to deal with the subject in general --- see the Prague
{\sl Proceedings\/} contents, p.\ 28.} Mimi Burbank, editor of the
1992 \tug\ {\sl Proceedings\/}, has some ideas she's implemented at
{\small SCRI} (p.\ 14). Why not send in your own \TeX\ tactics?
 
Speaking of {\sl Proceedings\/}, the Annual Meeting just held in
Portland, Oregon was a great success, in my estimation (more on p.\
19). And we also had the first \tug\ fundraiser --- a bowling
tournament! Find out more on p.\ 21. The {\sl Proceedings\/} have just
been mailed out, and should be in your hands soon.
 
And big news about next year's meeting: \tug'93 will be in England, at
Aston University, in the city of Birmingham. Mark July 26--29 on your
1993 calendars for the ``World Wide Window on \TeX''.
 
In the last editorial, I said that the winner of the Knuth Scholarship
would be announced at Portland --- and she was. Congratulations, Jenny
Smith! Information on applying for the 1993 Knuth Scholarship is
provided in this issue (p.\ 3).  As well, there's more information on
the upcoming election of a new \tug\ President (p.\ 25).
 
Membership renewal notices are being sent out soon, so be on the
lookout for them, especially if you receive your \TUB s via an
institutional membership. Make sure they renew for you! Along with the
renewal is an invitation to provide some additional support for the
\LaTeX3 project --- on p.\ 4 we have an open letter from the
\LaTeX3 team to all \tug\ members and \TeX\ users. As well, they
are now looking for \LaTeX\ users to lend a hand in carrying out
additional and necessary research to aid in their efforts. See p.\ 18
for preliminary information, with more to come in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 4.
 
The \LaTeX3 project is actually just one of several which come under
the umbrella of \tug's Technical Council --- Michael Ferguson has
written this issue's feature article on the various working groups
currently doing research (pp.\ 5--8). Go have a look and see what's
happening --- it's pretty interesting.
 
This issue also carries a list of all \tug\ courses scheduled so far
for 1993 (p.~26). A recent {\sl \TeX\ for Publishers\/} course
(September 30 in New York) was a resounding success with 28 attendees,
and more hopefuls who had to be turned away.
 
And some notes on changes:
 
\begin{enumerate} \itemsep=-1pt
   \item \tug's e-mail address has been slightly modified now so that
         {\tt .com} has been replaced by {\tt .org}: {\tt
         tug@math.ams.org}.
 
   \item The {\bf New Publications} column will now be handled by
         Peter Schmitt, Institute of Mathematics, University of
         Vienna. If you hear of any new books on \TeX, \LaTeX, or \MF,
         send him a note ({\tt a8131dal@helios.edvz\break
         .univie.ac.at}); and don't forget that we also list the latest
         issues of newsletters from other \TeX\ user groups.
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         As for reviews of books already cited here, \TUB\ 13, no.\ 2
         has reviews of Beccari (listed in \ttn\ 1,1), and reviews of
         the Hahn and Eijkhout books (listed in \ttn\ 1,2). If you
         want to review any books we list, send a query to {\tt
         tugboat@math.ams.org}.
 
   \item Jackie Damrau (Superconducting Supercollider Lab., Texas) and
         Chris Carruthers (University of Ottawa) are now lending a
         hand in getting \ttn\ out to you. Chris will also be handling
         the electronic distribution of \ttn's files to the various
         archives which store \TeX\ material.
\end{enumerate}
 
Another change was sparked by a suggestion from Karl Berry: could we
please set up all articles so that authors and their affiliation are
part of the titleblock area, rather than having them at the top of
some articles and at the end of others.  So we'll try that one out ---
it does make it easier on the reader to get all the information in one
place.~\dots\ although I don't think I'll change policy on the
editorial page, Karl!
 
One final note here: I'm looking for some humour! \ttn\ could use some
light-hearted content occasionally --- Peter Flynn's made a start in
his column, but I want more! If you have ideas, or if you'd like to
look after this occasional \ttn\ item, drop me a line.
 
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   Christina Thiele\\
   Editor, \TTN
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      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Did you know \dots?} \\ [6pt]
      \hline
          \dots\ that as of October 1st, \tug\ membership stood at
          3,172. And slightly less than half of that is from outside
          the United States (which counts 1,719 members): 1,053 \tug\
          members are in Europe, 171 in Canada and Mexico, and 229
          elsewhere around the globe. \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
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\Section{The Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship}
 
The 1992 Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship has been awarded to Jenny Smith,
an employee of the Production Department of John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.,
Chi\-chester, England. Ms.\ Smith was honored at the 1992 \tug\ Annual
Meeting in Portland, Oregon; she is the seventh recipient of the
Scholarship.
 
The intent of the Knuth Scholarship is to encourage the increase of
knowledge about \TeX\ and to sharpen the \TeX\ skills of non-technical
users.
 
The 1993 competition will be open to all 1993 \tug\ members holding
support positions with duties that are secretarial, clerical or
editorial in nature.  It is therefore not intended for those with a
substantial training in technical, scientific or mathematical subjects
and, in particular, it is not open to anyone holding, or studying for,
a degree with a major or concentration in these areas.
 
The award will consist of an expense-paid trip to the 1993 \tug\
Annual Meeting at Aston University in Birmingham, England, and to the
Scholar's choice from the short courses offered in conjunction with
that meeting.  A cap of \$2,000 has been set; however, this does not
include registration fees for the meeting and short course, which will
be waived.
 
\begin{center}
   \large\bf Schedule
\end{center}
 
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   \begin{tabular}{||ll||}
   \hline
    March 1, 1993           &amp; Deadline for receipt of submissions \\
    March 15--May 10, 1993  &amp; Judging period                      \\
    May 17, 1993            &amp; Notification of winner              \\
   \hline
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
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An announcement in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 3, pp.\ 395--396 contains a
description of the material that must be submitted by candidates,
which includes a
\TeX\ project of the candidate's choice, to be judged by the
Scholarship Committee, and certain personal information.
 
The 1993 Scholarship Committee consists of
 
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   \begin{tabular}{l}
      Chris Rowley, Open University, U.K.\ (Chair) \\
      David Salomon, California State University, Northridge \\
      Jenny Smith, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
Copies of the \TUB\ article and some additional information are
available from the \tug\ Office.  To obtain a copy, write to \tug\
(address on inside front cover of this issue), or send a message by
e-mail to {\tt TUG@Math.AMS.org} with the subject {\tt Knuth
Scholarship request}.
 
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   Barbara Beeton, Outgoing Liaison\\
   Nico Poppelier, New Liaison
\end{flushright}
 
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\Section{\LaTeX3 Update}
 
\noindent To Members of the \TeX{} and \tug\ Community:
 
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\noindent Shortly, current members of \tug\ will receive their
membership renewal forms.  On that form, you will notice a line
requesting your (optional) contribution to the \LaTeX3 project.  We
hope this letter will explain that item to you.
 
The \LaTeX3 Project is an attempt by a small group of volunteers to
revise the current version of \LaTeX{} in the light of almost eight
years of intensive experience on the part of the user community.  This
is not the place to write about this project.\footnote[1]{For
additional information, see, for example, articles which have appeared
in TTN 1,1 and 1,2 of this year, and in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 1, pp.\
96--101.  As well, information presented at TUG'92 in Portland this
past July will be appearing in the {\sl Proceedings\/} issue of \TUB.}
Readers may be assured, though, that we are committed to retaining the
ease of use and the logical document design of the ``old'' \LaTeX,
while incorporating features that people have most missed.
 
It's appropriate to mention two other aspects of the new \LaTeX.
\LaTeX3 {\em will\/} remain in the public domain, and will be {\em
fully\/} documented at {\em all\/} levels.
 
Public domain software is not free software, although no money goes
toward salaries --- we all work as volunteers.  The development team
is fully international, and although we can accomplish many things via
email, there are times when face to face meetings must take place.
Furthermore, certain testing must take place using equipment that none
of us may currently have access to.
 
It is for these reasons that we ask for financial support from you.
Any sum will be gratefully appreciated.  The amount need not be large.
Contributions of state of the art equipment are also needed.
 
Thanks in advance for your generosity.  We look forward to hearing
from you.
 
\begin{Address}
   Frank Mittelbach\\
   Chris Rowley\\
  \quad{\it for the \LaTeX3 Development Team}\\
   Alan Hoenig\\
  \quad{\it \LaTeX3 Liaison for TUG}
\end{Address}
 
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   \begin{tabular}{||p{9.5cm}||}
      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf More \LaTeX3 News!} \\ [6pt]
      \hline
          Turn to p.\ 18 for details on how you can volunteer to lend
          a hand with the \LaTeX3 project; and on p.\ 21, there's more:
          a fundraising event held at the \tug\ meeting in Portland
          this past July.\\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
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\Section{The Technical Council}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Michael J.\ Ferguson \\
   Chair, Technical Council \\
   \tt mike@inrs-telecom.uquebec.ca
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent The \tug\ Technical Council was established, in its
present form, at the February 1992 meeting of the \tug\ Board
of Directors at Aston University in Birmingham, England, and is
expected to serve as the focal point for technical activities within
\tug\@. The Technical Council does not intend to actually carry
out the technical activities but to act rather as a facilitator for
these activities. The actual technical work will be carried out by
{\it Technical Working Groups} ({\small TWG}), each with its own
chair, who will have complete control over the technical activities of
the group.  A member of the Technical Council (TC) will act as a
liaison with the \tug\ Board and hence with the \tug\ membership.
 
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The Technical Council Members are as follows:
 
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\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{l}
      Michael Ferguson (Chair): \tt mike@inrs-telecom.uquebec.ca \\
      Alan Hoenig: \tt ajhjj@cunyvm.cuny.edu\\
      Yannis Haralambous: \tt yannis@gat.citilille.fr\\
      Donald Knuth --- Grand Wizard (Honorary) \\
      Hermann Zapf --- Grand Wizard of Fonts (Honorary) \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\subsection*{Technical Working Group Structure}
 
The Technical Working Group ({\small TWG}) is most important. It does
all the technical work and normally consists of a {\small TWG} Chair,
{\small TWG} Members, and a Technical Council Liaison.  Some
guidelines for a {\small TWG} are
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item The Technical Working Group Chair is appointed by the
         Technical Council. The Working Group Chair is solely
         responsible for the study procedure and structure of the
         Working Group. All Technical Working Group members serve at
         the discretion of the Working Group Chair.
 
   \item The Technical Council Liaison is responsible for timely
         reporting of Working Group activities to the Technical
         Council, and for any Working Group Reports or Recommendations
         that the {\small TWG} Chair would like to be officially
         issued by \tug.
 
   \item The Technical Council will determine the mandates of
         Technical Working Groups.
 
   \item Each Technical Working Group will make a report on its
         activities at each meeting of \tug's Board of Directors
         via the Technical Council and the {\small TWG}'s Liaison.
\end{itemize}
 
In the few months that the Technical Council has been in existence, we
have identified a need for several types of {\small TWG}s. These are
as follows:
 
\begin{description}
   \item[Independent Research Projects (IRP-TWG):] \mbox{} \\
      There are several ongoing research projects of vital interest to
      the entire \TeX\ community. The IRP-TWG is designed to be a home
      for these projects. Currently there are two projects associated
      with WG-92-00: {\it Independent Projects}: {\it \LaTeX3\/} and
      {\it NTS --- New Typesetting System}.
 
   \item[Standards and Coordination (SC-TWG):] \mbox{} \\
      The primary intent of a {\bf SC-TWG} is to evaluate technical
      issues in a specific area and to recommend actions so that a
      stable, consistent, and effective environment for document
      preparation and production may be maintained. Some examples of
      this type are WG-92-01\footnote[1]{The numbers and titles are
      explained in the next section.} on {\it \TeX\ Extended
      Mathematic Font Encoding} and WG-92-05 on {\it \TeX\ Archive
      Guidelines}.
 
   \item[Special Interest (SI-TWG):] \mbox{} \\
      A Special Interest {\small TWG} is intended to serve as a focus
      for those individuals that are interested in issues related to
      applying \TeX\ in a specific areas. These {\small TWG}s are
      intended to be made up of ordinary \TeX\ users and could become
      quite large. At present WG-92-04 {\it \TeX\ for the Disabled} is
      our only SI-TWG but we encourage other individuals that would
      like to organize a new SI-TWG to contact any member of the
      Technical Council.
\end{description}
 
 
\subsection*{Technical Working Groups}
 
\begin{description}
   \item[WG-92-00 (IRP-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: Independent Projects
 
\vspace{-6pt}
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] To recognize and report to the \tug\ Board and
       the \TeX\ Community on important projects which are independent
       of \tug\ but are of concern to the entire \TeX\ Community. Due
       to its independent nature, each such project will retain
       complete control over its membership, working methods and
       agenda. The chair of the Independent Projects Working Group
       shall report, with the cooperation of a project's management,
       on that project's activities to the \tug\ Board and thence to
       the \TeX\ Community. The reporting function of the {\small TWG}
       Chair shall in no way interfere or preclude reporting or
       dissemination of the results of a project by the project
       management or by members of the project.
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: Alan Hoenig
 
\newpage
 
\itemend
 
   \item [WG-92-01 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\  Extended
                                        Mathematic Font Encoding
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] To create font encoding standards for
       Mathematical fonts used in \TeX\ systems.
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: Barbara Beeton, {\tt bnb@math.ams.com}
 
   \tcl: Michael Ferguson
 
\itemend
 
   \item [WG-92-02 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: System Implementor
                                                       Coordination
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] To facilitate the organization, reporting, and
       dissemination of ports of \TeX\ and its related systems on
       various computing platforms. The Technical Working Group shall
       consist of a ``System Coordination Chair'' for each different
       computing platform. Each coordinator shall be responsible for
       the organization and dissemination of information related to
       the porting of \TeX\  and its systems to their platform.
       Preparation of the software for distribution shall be the
       responsibility of the System Implementor.
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: Michael Ferguson
 
   {\bf Current System Coordination Chairs} (August 1992):
 
\vspace{-4pt}
 
   \begin{itemize}
      \item {\small\bf IBM VM/CMS}: Joachim Lammarsch,\nl
                              {\tt x92@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de}
 
      \item {\small\bf VAX/VMS}: David Kellerman,
                                 {\tt kellerman@nls.com}
 
      \item {\small\bf UNIX}: Karl Berry, {\tt karl@cs.umb.edu}
   \end{itemize}
 
\itemend
 
   \item [WG-92-03 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: Multiple Language
                                                      Coordination
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] The primary purpose of this working group is to
       obtain, for \TeX\ systems, a consistent means for implementing,
       accessing, and describing, the fonts, ligature rules,
       hyphenation patterns and other special requirements for a given
       linguistic group. Each linguistic group shall have a Group
       Coordination Chair who shall be responsible for discussions and
       implementation of those features and macros required for their
       group. In addition, the working group shall strive to create
       uniform mechanisms for access and definitions that are common
       to each linguistic group.
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: Yannis Haralambous
 
   {\bf Common Language Issues}: Johannes Braams,
                                 {\tt IL-Braams@pttnrl.nl}
 
\newpage
 
   {\bf Current Group Coordination Chairs}:
      \begin{itemize}
         \item African: J\"org Knappen,
                        {\tt knappen@vkpmzd.kph.uni-mainz.edu}
 
         \item Greek: Silvio Levy,
                      {\tt levy@math.berkeley.edu}
 
         \item Scandinavian: Jan Michael Rynning,
                             {\tt jmr@nada.kth.se}
   \end{itemize}
\itemend
 
   \item [WG-92-04 (SI-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\ for the Disabled
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] The primary purpose of this working group is to
       serve as a forum for those people interested in using and/or
       enhancing \TeX\ to serve the needs of the disabled.
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: T.V.\ Raman, {\tt raman@cs.cornell.edu}
 
   \tcl: Michael Ferguson
 
\itemend
 
   \item [WG-92-05 (SC-TWG)] \hfill {\bf Title}: \TeX\ Archive
                                                    Guidelines
 
   \begin{description}
      \item[Mandate:] The purpose of this Technical Working Group is
       to develop guidelines for the effective management and
       utilization of major \TeX\ archives, and to initiate
       communication among the maintainers of the existing archives
       for the purpose of coordination and synchronization. Areas to
       be considered include, but are not limited to:
 
      \begin{itemize}
         \item what physical resources are needed
         \item what kind of management support is desirable
         \item what personnel resources are necessary and how should
               they be organized
         \item breadth and depth of coverage, general and specific
               subject arch\-ives
         \item strategies for organizing and managing the archive
               holdings
         \item strategies for archive synchronization
         \item dissemination strategies of archive contents
         \item should there be ``official'' archives
      \end{itemize}
   \end{description}
 
   \twgchair: George Greenwade, {\tt bed\_gdg@SHSU.edu}
 
   \tcl: Alan Hoenig
 
\itemend
\end{description}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% New Publications (p.9):
 
{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
\Section{New Publications\ts\footnote{The aim of this column is to
provide up-to-the-minute information on all publications on \TeX, \MF,
and related topics. Descriptions are usually taken from promotional
materials, and should therefore not be considered an evaluation of the
book. Reviews may appear later in \TUB.}}
}
 
\begin{description}
   \item [Ji\v r\'\i\ Zlatu\v ska, ed.] {\sl Euro\TeX\ 92, Proceedings
         of the 7th European \TeX\ Conference\/}. Brno: Masaryk
         University and Prague: Czechoslovak \TeX\ Users Group
         (Cs\tug), 1992. \isbn\ 80-210-0480-0.\\
    $\bullet$
         Copies can be ordered directly from Cs\tug\ for the price of DM
         30.-- plus postage (or the equivalent in some other currency)
         at the following address:
            \v Ceskoslovensk\'e sdru\v zen\'\i\ uZivatel\accent'27u
                \TeX u (Cs\tug),
            Matematick\'y \'ustav UK,
            Sokolovsk\'a 83,
            CS-186 00 Praha 8,
            Czechoslovakia.
         They may also be available through your local \TeX\ users
         group.\footnote[1]{The Table of Contents of the {\sl
         Proceedings\/} appears on p.\ 28 of this issue, and a short
         report on the conference by Alan Hoenig appears on pp.\
         22--23.}
 
   \item [Stephan von Bechtolsheim.] {\sl \TeX\ in Practice}. New
         York: Springer Verlag, Oct.\ 1992. 4-volume set (hardcover),
         US\$169.00. \isbn\ 0-387-97296-X. Volumes also available
         individually, US\$49.00 each:\\
         \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 1: {\sl Basics\/}. Pp.~359, 9 illus.
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         \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 2: {\sl Paragraphs, Math, and
                Fonts\/}. Pp.~384. \isbn\ 0-387-97596-9.\\
         \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 3: {\sl Tokens, Macros\/}. Pp.~544, 22
                illus. \isbn\ 0-387-97597-7.\\
         \mbox{\hskip1pc} Vol.\ 4: {\sl Output Routines, Tables\/}.
                Pp.~300. \isbn\ 0-387-97598-5.\\
    $\bullet$
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     to the more experienced `\TeX pert.' The book provides
     step-by-step introduction to the various functions of \TeX\ with
     many relevant examples.''
 
   \item [Stefan Schwartz and Rudolf Potu\v cek.] {\sl \LaTeX\ ---
         Satzkunst statt {\small DTP}}.\nl
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         DTP}'']. (Special issue in the series {\sl
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\end{description}
 
 
\subsection*{Latest issues of other \TeX\ newsletters}
 
\begin{description}
   \item [{\sl Les Cahiers GUTenberg\/}:] no.\ 13 juin 1992,
         90pp. \issn\ 1140-9304.
\end{description}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.10-11):
 
\Section{Typographer's Inn}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Peter Flynn\\
   University College Cork\\
   \tt cbts8001@iruccvax.ucc.ie
\end{flushright}
 
%% Macros specific to Peter's column:
\begingroup
\def\\{{\tt\char'134}}
\font\tmi=cmmi7
\font\tsy=cmsy5
\font\bsy=cmsy10 scaled\magstep4
\newbox\sbox
\setbox\sbox=\vbox{\hsize=1pc\baselineskip=5pt
                   \centerline{{\tsy\char'014\ \char'014}}
                   \centerline{{\tsy\char'064}}\vskip-1pt
                   \centerline{{\tmi\char'136}}}
\newbox\bbox
\setbox\bbox=\hbox{{\bsy\char'015}}
\def\grin{\hbox{\box\bbox\kern-5.75mm\box\sbox}}
 
%% end of Peter's macros
 
\noindent At the annual meeting in Portland (reported elsewhere in
this issue) there was the chance to discuss typography with old and
new friends. Some of it centered around the differences between
European and North American typographic practice, and raised more than
a few hackles.
 
And look! you get sectioning in this column, too \grin
 
 
\subsection*{Punctuation and quotes}
 
I recall being taught (at six or seven years of age) that punctuation
after quotation was always enclosed within the closing quotes, ``like
this.''  This was in England, and I always felt it was wrong, because
the fullpoint was not an integral part of the quoted text, but a part
of the surrounding sentence. The {\small USA} (and Canada?) still
adheres to this mode, but recent practice this side of the puddle is
now to put the punctuation {\em after} the closing quotes.
Nevertheless, I still feel the sense and usage of the mark should
determine its position, not an arbitrary rule. Does anyone have
burning feelings on this?
 
 
\subsection*{Bits \&amp; pieces}
 
My mailbox has been stuffed with criticism and good advice.  I've
tried to answer them all, but about a dozen were trashed in a crash,
I'm afraid. Thomas Reid (Texas A\&amp;M) picked up on my point that a
common gripe about \TeX\ is ``it only has one typeface'', and asked
how many other typefaces available to \TeX\ have matching small caps
fonts?  Of the ones I use, only the MetaFoundry version of Times has
this, but doubtless there are more, especially among all the Monotype
fonts now becoming available in outline form (an old favorite, Mono's
Oldstyle Prumyslava, will alas probably never appear in outline). Tom
also mentioned using Optima fonts, which do not have matching small
caps. Sans-serif faces don't, and although Optima is probably best
described as semi-serif, I have never felt the lack of small caps in
it, because of the large x-height.
 
Kathleen Lyle from Sheffield says her authors complained when a
small-caps word was pluralised with a lowercase `s'.  I actually do
this habitually and like it: has anyone else had this problem? She
also takes me to task for (wrongly?)  using an en-rule in ``{\tt
ftp}--accessible''. My reason was the change of font from {\tt\\tt} to
{\tt\\rm} but this is probably a personal quirk of mine.
 
 
\subsection*{Underlining}
 
Victor Eijkhout brought up the subject of underlining, which (we are
all taught) is very naughty in decent typography, being regarded as a
hangover from the days of typewriters.  He cites Updike's {\em
Printing Types} and Tschichold's {\em Die Neue Typographie} as using
underlined headings, and I partly agree: an experienced typographer
can probably get away with all sorts of tricks you or I would probably
not attempt.  I think in many cases, the `underlining' is often a
spaced rule, a typographical entity in its own right, despite what
{\small GBS} said ({\em \TeX book}, p.\ 229), and not strictly
underlining, which in hot metal was impossible without specially-cast
sorts.
 
 
\subsection*{Antiquarianism?}
 
Several people downloaded my version of the {\small WWP}'s {\em The
Ladies' Defence} and have asked how close it was to the original page
layout and original fonts. The answer is, not at all: I have never
even seen the original. I wanted a modern edition, but retaining some
of the flavour of 17th century printing. Hence I have obeyed in all
detail the encoding which the {\small WWP} inserted for the use of
italics and boldface, exactly as it was originally printed. Probably
not a very clever thing to use {\small CMR} for it, but infinitely
better than any of the `35' (the Adobe PostScript suite).
 
 
\subsection*{Page layout}
 
A matter of page layout was brought to me the other day: a local user,
whose work involves mainly pamphlets and brochures (currently done
with a wordprocessor), habitually designs each double-page spread
individually and separately, and wanted to know how \TeX\ might help.
My feeling was that if there was only a small selection of variant
layouts, they could be encoded into macros, but this turned out not to
be so. Reluctantly it seemed to be a case where a visually-interactive
system, which allows on-screen manipulation of the grid and type, is
better suited to the task. Of course \TeX\ {\em can} do the job, but
for a user with good design appreciation but little time to spare to
learn what would be quite a lot of \TeX\ internals, I felt one of the
more advanced wordprocessors would be more suited. I realise that to a
lot of \TeX ies this is a heresy of the first order, but what would
have been {\em your} recommendation?
 
As we go to press, a reminder on the network from Yannis Haralambous
that a program was shown at the Paris conference last year which
lets you interactively edit a {\tt .dvi} file, inserting graphics,
changing the position and order of things. It's in $\beta$--test
at the moment, but details can be got from Maurice Laugier at
{\tt louijean@cicg990.grenet.fr}---as Yannis said to me later,
maybe this is one more chance for \TeX\ to survive in a {\sc wysiwyg}
world!
\endgroup
 
\newpage
 
 
%% ``Hey -- it works!'' (pp.12-17):
 
\Section{``Hey --- it works!''}
 
\subsection*{Marking lines in the margin}
 
\begin{flushright}
       Peter Schmitt \\
       University of Vienna \\
       \tt a8131dal@awiuni11.EDVZ.UniVie.ac.at
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent Putting some material into the margin is a standard
procedure.  Usually each margin note is handled separately, but
sometimes this may be inconvenient, as proven by the following
question which was recently raised on the German \TeX\ list:
 
\begin{quote}
   Is there a convenient way to mark a number of lines by asterisks
   placed into the margin?
\end{quote}
 
One possible solution is provided by the definitions of
\verb|\marginmarkson| and \verb|\marginmarksoff|, shown below (of
course, shorter control sequence names could be used!):
 
\long\def\readword#1 {\strut\putmark#1 \next\relax}
\def\margmark{$\ast\hskip10pt$}
\def\putmark{%
    \vadjust{\vbox to 0pt{\vss\noindent
                          \llap{\strut\margmark}\vskip0pt}}%
    }
\def\marginmarkson{\global\let\next=\readword\next}
\def\marginmarksoff{\global\let\next=\relax}
 
\begin{verbatim}
   \long\def\readword#1 {\strut\putmark#1 \next\relax}
   \def\margmark{$\ast\hskip10pt$}
   \def\putmark{%
       \vadjust{\vbox to 0pt{\vss\noindent
                             \llap{\strut\margmark}\vskip0pt}}%
       }
   \def\marginmarkson{\global\let\next=\readword\next}
   \def\marginmarksoff{\global\let\next=\relax}
\end{verbatim}
 
The basic idea is to read the text word by word (or, more precisely,
from space to space) and --- with each step --- to use \verb|\vadjust|
to put an asterisk into the margin.
\marginmarkson    %% Turn margin marks on:
This feature is turned on by\verb| \marginmarkson| and turned off
by\verb| \marginmarksoff|.
\marginmarksoff   %% Turn margin marks off.
The command \verb|\readword| reads the material to the next space,
sets the \verb|\vadjust| (using \verb|\putmark|), reinserts the
material (including the space) and finally iterates the process. Since
\verb|\vadjust| is inserted for the first time with the word following
the \verb|\marginmarkson|, the first asterisk is put into the margin
opposite the line that contains this word. The last line marked will
be the line that contains the last word before \verb|\marginmarksoff|.
 
These macros can be used independently of groups formed by
\verb|\bgroup| or \verb|\begingroup| and allow (short) groups between
braces (long groups may cause a missing margin mark).
 
In the definition of \verb|\readword|, the \verb|\strut| serves two
purposes: it allows the use of \verb|\marginmarkson| at the beginning
of a paragraph since it guarantees that \TeX\ will be in horizontal
mode when the first \verb|\vadjust| is inserted.  And it protects
against the (unlikely) case where a line does not contain letters
which reach below the baseline since otherwise --- in this case ---
the marginmark would be positioned higher than usual.
 
The \verb|\relax| prevents braces enclosing some group from
disappearing when \verb|\readword| reads its argument.
 
\vspace{6pt}
 
\noindent Remarks:
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item Clearly, the asterisk used is just an example. It can easily
         be replaced by giving \verb|\margmark| another meaning,
         as in the following examples which yield various types of
         changebars:
 
\begin{verbatim}
\def\rule{\vrule\strut\hskip5pt}
\def\bar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt}
\def\dbar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip5pt%
          \vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt}
\end{verbatim}
 
%% And now let's put this into use!
 
\def\rule{\vrule\strut\hskip5pt}
\def\bar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt}
\def\dbar{\vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip5pt%
          \vrule height8.5pt depth 4.5pt width1.pt\hskip10pt}
 
        \let\margmark=\dbar    %% Change the margin mark symbol
 
        \marginmarkson         %% Turn on the margin marks:
        The mark can be changed by\verb| \let\margmark=\bar|
        even in the middle of a marked paragraph,
        \let\margmark=\rule    %% Change it again...
        provided one accepts that the line where the change takes
        places shows both marks (as shown to the left).
        \marginmarksoff        %% Turn off the margin marks.
        If applicable, the definition of
        \verb|\margmark| should use explicit fonts. Otherwise a font
        change in the text may influence the appearance of the mark.
 
   \item This definition might fail in situations using
        complicated constructions that interfere with \verb|\vadjust|,
        but it works with ordinary text, both in \TeX\ and \LaTeX.
 
        Another source of problems may be the use of catcode changes
        in marked text. One has to take care that the control sequence
        executing the change is read by\verb| \putmark| before the
        argument; that is, one has to write
 
        \begin{center}
             \verb+read by\verb| \putmark| before+
        \end{center}
 
        instead of
 
        \begin{center}
             \verb+ read by \verb|\putmark| before+
        \end{center}
 
       to obtain the phrase used above [see Editor's Note, next page].
 
   \item Of course, the algorithm used is not very efficient, since it
         puts one mark into the margin for every word (space) in the
         line. But this does not matter since these marks are all put
         into exactly the same location. And it works since usually
         each line will contain at least one space.
\end{itemize}
 
\subsubsection{Editor's Note:}
 
This problem came to light as I was preparing Peter's article for
\ttn\@. I use \LaTeX's \verb|\verb| construction with vertical bars as
delimiters, and wanted to demonstrate the macros in the actual text.
This, however, resulted in some rather severe interference: the text
in the in-line verbatim construction disappeared! Peter wrote: ``This
first puzzled me --- but the reason is quite clear. It is due to the
(well-known) fact that taking an argument fixes the catcodes. Since
\verb|\putmark| reads a word (up to and including the space right
after it), it takes up the \verb+\verb|\let\margmark=\bar|+ (for
instance) and the control sequences are stored away before
\verb|\verb| takes action: the assignment gets executed instead of
printed.''
 
As well, he warns: ``There is another problem inherent in the method
used here: if the lineskip is not constant, then the margin marks will
be distributed irregularly or, in the case of bars, there may be holes
(e.g., with math). But, in my opinion, there is a place for quick and
not completely general macros \dots\ As far as I know a general
solution would require more complicated code.''
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
We thought this additional note on some problems related to the
marginmarks macro would be instructive and useful: items offered in
this column do not pretend to be the definitive solutions to
situations which arise --- I've said so from the beginning. They're
quick solutions, and in the general case, do work. But as this example
shows, interference is always a possibility --- and not just with
hacks. Users should be prepared to wrestle occasionally with someone
else's code --- this doesn't invalidate the code, nor does it mean
that borrowing macros should be discouraged. It's just that one can't
be totally blind, or jump up and down when things don't work. Be happy
when they do --- be philosophical when they don't. Life's too short to
get exercised about the occasional problem.
 
 
\subsection*{When there's only one of {\subsectionbit you\/} and a
             hundred of {\subsectionbit them}}
 
\begin{flushright}
       Mimi Burbank\\
       Supercomputer Computations\\
       Research Institute, Florida ({\small SCRI})
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent Having been hired to provide \TeX\ support for a group of
10--15 people, and having seen my job expand to providing support to
hundreds of people located on many different systems, not to mention
in many countries of the world, I have a great deal of sympathy for
those of you who are new to this situation. If only someone had made
suggestions on how to to simplify my labors. The following are some
suggestions; basically, they represent my solutions to myriad
variations on questions such as: ``How do I do this?''\ or ``Can you
show me how to do this?''\ or ``Where can I find out how to do this?''
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item If you have files which are useful to many people, I
         recommend having your system manager set up a ``public''
         directory --- one which can be accessed by other users. In
         this directory, group similar files in subdirectories by
         topical area.
 
         As an example,  our group has a public disk which is divided
         into archives, conferences, database, manuals, proposals,
         preprints, and names of scientists (to name a few). Each
         directory is subjectively named and sub-divided
         appropriately. At present we have a total of 259 directories,
         and 4,464 files.
 
   \item If you have many people trying to access locally developed
         macros, consider adding their physical location to the search
         path of \verb|tex_inputs|. Then a lot of questions can be
         conveniently answered with: ``You can copy the macro located
         at \verb|tex_inputs:file.name|.''
 
         Our proposals, annual reports, and vit\ae\ generally use a
         standard set of macros for production, and we have added
         these to the \verb|tex_inputs| so that scientists writing
         individual portions of the proposal can run their files in
         their home directories, rather than wait for me to run the
         files {\em for\/} them.
 
   \item After having a hundred different people ask the same
         question, and/or having several different scientists ask me
         to create the same bizarre symbol, I finally put these things
         together in one file which includes a description of the
         symbol, the macro defining it and the command calling the
         macro. This file is not to be \verb|\input|; rather, it is to
         be copied and individuals may \TeX\ the file themselves and
         either use, or ``clone'' a macro for their own personal use.
         If I have a new or odd macro, I place it in my file,
         annotated properly, and then tell everyone where to find the
         file.
\end{itemize}
 
\subsection*{Some TTN \LaTeX\ tricks}
 
\begin{flushright}
       Christina Thiele
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent Once our macros settle down, there'll be a write-up in
\ttn\@. But here are a few features specific to this issue which might
be of interest, especially to those who are perhaps more familiar with
\TeX\ and not so comfortable with \LaTeX.
 
On page 28 of this issue, we have a common enough structure which
isn't all that easy to do in plain \TeX, but which can be handled in a
couple of ways with regular \LaTeX\ commands. The problem is to mix
some text which spans the full width of a page with some text done in
two columns.
 
\LaTeX's \verb|\twocolumn| command can be used if the bulk of a
document is single-column (if the entire document is to be in two
columns, then it is more appropriate to use the \verb|[twocolumn]|
option with the opening \verb|\documentstyle| command).
 
\begin{verbatim}
\twocolumn[\Section{Euro\TeX~'92: Contents from the Proceedings}
 
\vspace{-6pt}
 
The following is excerpted from the {\sl Proceedings of the 7th
European \TeX\ Conference\/}, held in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
September 14--18, 1992.
 
\vspace{1pc}
]
..
\onecolumn
\end{verbatim}
 
The \verb|\twocolumn| command, called a ``declaration'' in Lamport's
book (p.\ 82), accepts an optional argument, enclosed in square
brackets, which will be typeset in a single column. Closing the
optional argument with the closing square bracket then yields
two-column output until it is halted by the \verb|\onecolumn| command.
 
Occasionally we run into trouble getting things to fit where we want
them in this newsletter --- no surprise here: it happens to all \TeX\
users at some point or another. First came all the usual ploys: use a
smaller font \verb|\small|, and reduce the \verb|\baselineskip| (down
to 11pt). But the \verb|{enumerate}| and \verb|{itemize}| environments
left too much space in the left margin area; instead, I used
\verb|list|, which I found easier to work with since it requires the
user to specify parameters, rather than dealing with redefining those
already assigned to the other environments mentioned above. And it
also gave a fairly dense layout, which was what I needed.
 
\begin{verbatim}
{\small \baselineskip=11pt
\begin{list}{$\triangleright$}{\itemsep=1pt\leftmargin=0pt
                               \itemindent=11pt}
   \item Alan Hoenig: When \TeX\ and \MF\ Work Together
         (invited talk) p.~1.
   \item John D.\ Hobby: Introduction to MetaPost (invited talk)
         p.~21.
\end{list}
\end{verbatim}
 
This issue of making things fit is an ``interesting'' constraint, one
which doesn't arise all that often in one's regular \TeX\ activities.
And it's one which isn't always handled, uh, ``gracefully'', shall we
say?
 
Peter Flynn forwarded a note he'd received regarding some spacing
ugliness which had arisen in \ttn\ 1,2 on p.\ 14, the para.\ beginning
``Finally, I decided that \dots''. This was particularly glaring since
Peter's own column a few pages before this had been going on about how
poorly some other program did leading. Peter very gallantly said it
was probably so that I could get everything to fit, and I of course
hastily agreed --- ``that's what it must've been.''
 
Well \dots\ no. I went and looked at the file. This hadn't been the
result of willful squishing --- I had made an error in using \LaTeX,
one which I suspect is not unique to me:
 
\begin{verbatim}
   Finally, I decided that .... came up with the following:
   \vspace{-6pt}
   {\small
   \begin{verbatim}
   ..........
\end{verbatim}
%
By not leaving a blank line between the end of the para.\ and the
\verb|\vspace| command, the leading normally associated with
\verb|\small| was affecting the text above it. To test this, I put a
blank line above \verb|\vspace{-6pt}|, and the paragraph's normal
leading was returned --- with no change to the page break. So --- user
error. And while we do need to pack a lot of material into our 28
pages, it's preferable that it be done on purpose and not by accident!
 
 
\vspace{9pc}
 
\begin{center}
       AD COMES HERE
\end{center}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% (La)TeX news (p.18):
 
\Section{\AllTeX\ News}
 
\subsection*{Volunteer work for the \LaTeX3 project}
 
\begin{flushright}
       Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley, Michael J.\ Downes
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent This is a call for volunteers to help in the development of
\LaTeX3. A number of these specialized tasks can be worked on
concurrently with the development of the \LaTeX3 kernel; and some
require special expertise not found among the core programming team.
Initial research, analysis, and work on these tasks by volunteers can
greatly speed up the process of integrating a number of desirable
features into \LaTeX3. Many of these features can be extensively
developed and tested under \LaTeX\ 2.09 even before the \LaTeX3 kernel
is available.
 
Therefore we are publishing a list of tasks to the \LaTeX{} user
community through various channels. The task list is available via
anonymous {\tt ftp} from the following sites: {\tt niord.shsu.edu},
directory {[\tt fileserv.vol-task]}; {\tt ftp.uni-stuttgart.de},
directory {\tt soft/tex/vol-task}. For access via mail server, send
mail to {\tt fileserv@shsu.bitnet}, with no subject line and in the
body write: {\tt sendme vol-task}, or to {\tt
mail-server@rus.uni-stuttgart.de}, with no subject line and in the
body write: {\tt send soft/tex/vol-task/vol-task.tex}.
 
As well, it will appear in \TUB\ 13, no.\ 4. If you are unable to
retrieve a copy via electronic networks, please contact:
\LaTeX3 Volunteer Task List Request, \careof\ \TeX\ Users Group,
P.O.\ Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940 USA.
 
The task list will be updated at regular intervals. Some of the main
tasks include:
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item Validating \LaTeX\ 2.09.
 
   \item Syntax questions: {\tt .sty} metacomments for smart editors;
         syntax proposal for bibliographical commands; research on
         syntax for tables, for chemistry, and for commutative
         diagrams.
   \item Research tasks: experimenting with \verb|\emergencystretch|;
         research on indexing commands; research footnote/endnotes
         conventions; syntax diagrams; BNF notation. Also: research on
         use of shorthand forms; research on figures and captions;
         research  on the use of \verb|^^| conventions.
   \item Miscellaneous items: math font handling; converting numbers
         to textual form; rewrite of MakeIndex in WEB; write other
         auxiliary programs; biblio\-graphy style programming;
         bibliography style requirements; timing tests.
\end{itemize}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% News from Around... + Reports on Meetings (pp.19-23):
 
\Section{News from Around \ldots}
 
\subsection*{Gleanings from here and there}
 
Harumi Fujiura wrote that the usual August meeting of the Japanese
\TeX\ user group didn't take place --- not enough papers.
 
The Polish user group, {\small GUST}, held a meeting at the beginning
of this month, October; Hanna Ko\l odziejska says they're looking into
starting up an archive, W\l odek Bzyl at the University of Gda\'nsk is
working on the first issue of their newletter, and there may be a
\TeX\ meeting sometime next spring.
 
The {\small UK\TeX UG} held its Annual General Meeting on 14 October
at Aston.  We should be getting a report for the next issue of \ttn\@.
 
Cyr\tug\ was unable to hold its first annual meeting last May due to
internal upheavals in the country. Irina Makhovaya tells me that the
meeting will be in a few days' time, October 20--22; she'll send us a
short report.
 
The Dutch user group, {\small NTG}, is having its 10th meeting in
Meppel (near Groningen) beginning at 14:00, with the theme ``\LaTeX,
\LaTeX3 and Font Selection''.  Speakers will include Frank Mittelbach
and Chris Rowley, Yannis Haralambous, and Johannes Braams.  There are
plans to visit a typographics museum in the morning. Contact Gerard
van Nes at {\tt vannes@ecn.nl} for details.
 
The Nordic group is planning a meeting also in November, date yet to
be determined. Contact Roswitha Graham (see the {\bf Upcoming Events}
column for addresses).
 
Enn Saar of the Estonian user group wrote to say that they're ``still
waiting'' for {\tt ftp} access to be set up. They've got a book on
\TeX\ at the publishers, and will send us information as soon as it's
available.
 
 
%% Reports on Meetings:
 
\Section{Reports on Meetings}
 
\subsection*{TUG'92: 27--30 July
             \hfill
             Portland, Oregon}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Christina Thiele
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent The 1992 \tug\ meeting in Portland, Oregon was, to my mind,
a great success. Of the 141 pre-registered attendees, 107 were from
the States, fully 21 people had come from Europe, 10 from Canada, and
three from elsewhere (Israel, Japan, and Venezuela!). By the time the
meeting had begun, there were some 150 in attendance.
 
The weather was unusually hot and dry for Portland at this time of
year (an official drought had, in fact, been declared), but the newly
renovated Benson Hotel was a wonderful pool of cool air, charming
old-style atmosphere, and very good meeting rooms.
 
Oh, the conference? Well, since this was the first time since 1987
that I'd been able to sit back and and attend the papers, not having
to worry about the program or the schedule or the unexpected, it was
terrific. The first day, with papers and workshops on wrestling with
PostScript and \TeX, was of particular interest since I'll be moving
in that direction in the next half year --- starting with Malcolm
Clark's keynote address, on through five papers, and ending with Anita
Hoover's workshop on PostScript, there's plenty of material to read
through and study in the {\sl Proceedings\/}. And since I've mentioned
the {\sl Proceedings\/}, I think I'll simply refer you to its pages,
rather than provide a blow-by-blow account of each presentation. Other
workshops covered such issues as archive management, standard coding
in production, and modifying \LaTeX\ style files and {\tt manmac.sty}.
 
To my mind, the highlight --- both in terms of the presentation and
the audience's reaction --- had to be the paper by Raman V.T.: ``An
Audio View of \TeX\ Documents''. Raman is blind, and uses a voice
synthesizer to translate \TeX\ document structure into speech. His
demonstrations left us, the audience, rather speechless --- especially
when he then showed how non-speech sounds (pauses, tone sounds of
various pitch and length) could be used to represent such elements in
mathematical expressions as operators, braces, and so on. Listening to
his taped examples, I could only laugh at my own shortsightedness ---
why {\em not\/} use sounds for operators and other items which, when
spoken out loud, must be referred to by their often unwieldy labels:
``open parenthesis,'' ``multiplied by,'' ``squared,'' and so on. It
was like opening an entirely new section of the library (you see how
one is tied to the written image of language?!)\ and discovering
\TeX\ all over again.
 
The afternoon was given over to a panel discussion on archives, the
\tug\ business meeting, and then a special dinner held in Atwater's
Restaurant on the 41st floor of the U.S.\ Bancorp Tower --- windows
looking out in three directions. The view was quite breathtaking ---
Mount Hood to the east, and Mount Saint Helens' shattered cone visible
to the north --- and as the evening became dark, the lights came on in
the city below. But it wasn't all splendour and awe --- the Program
Committee had found a way to keep us from reverting to shop talk: a
magician! It was simple fun, but it was such good fun. Photos will
surely circulate, but I won't give anything away here!
 
For several years now, Malcolm Clark and Doug Henderson have struggled
with the great uninformed masses who have not appreciated the finer
points of bowling. It was tried at College Station \dots\ and again in
Cork (yup, we actually went bowling in Cork!). But the Wednesday
evening bowling tournament to raise funds for the \LaTeX3 project must
now stand as the pinnacle, the culmination of their years in the
wilderness \dots\ well, in the bowling lanes, at least.
 
By Thursday, many of us were almost (but not quite) talked and \TeX'd
out. Finally (some would say, mercifully) by around 3:30, it was over.
People slowly collected their papers, their flyers, their books
(should I mention that Portland boasts an {\em enormous\/} bookstore
called Powell's \dots\ I'm not kidding when I say we all left with
much more than we'd arrived with!), their notebooks, their preprints;
some left that evening; some, like myself, only left on Friday. It was
a slow disappearing act.
 
We had had so much to listen to, so many people to talk to, Portland
the city was rather lost in our schedules.  But it was a beautiful
city for a conference, and many people were using it as a starting
point to their vacations.
 
I would like to congratulate the Program Committee of Doug Henderson,
Helen Gibson, and Ron Whitney, with Mimi Jett as Program Coordinator,
on having put together a very good conference, an enjoyable
conference, a busy and stimulating conference. And so the challenge
now goes to the next site --- Aston University, Birmingham, {\small
UK} --- and to Peter Abbott. Shall we bowl again? \dots\ I've heard
mutterings about darts \dots\ We have a year to wait. A year to plan.
Only about half a year to write a paper! So go circle the last week of
July 1993 on your calendars!
 
\subsubsection*{Bowling Tournament Boosts \LaTeX3 Fund}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Doug Henderson \\
   Co-Organizer
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent On Wednesday evening, we held a \LaTeX3 Bowling Fundraiser
at the Portland \tug\ meeting. Twelve four-person teams took to the
lanes of glory to bowl for a most noble cause. Supporting further
research for the \LaTeX3 system was our goal, but the rallying effort
of the fun-loving conference attendees was amazing. We had a full one
third of the conference down at the Hollywood Bowl to watch as people
hurled that heavy ball (and sometimes themselves) down the lane to
prove to the world that much fun can be had by all for a good cause.
 
It was a fun tournament. My fondest memory will be my worries about
the scoring of twelve different teams and the ``Tournament Chart'' we
were trying to construct before the event that evening. I scratched my
head.  No help. We abandoned our half-made chart in favor of winging
it. When we arrived and talked with the nice folks behind the counter,
they said ``No problem. We have computerized scoring and can set you
up with a tournament package for twelve teams.''  Instant relief. Of
course, it was too good to be true: we got fouled up in scoring who
was where, and the computerized system rested while we applied the
time-tested pencil and paper tallying techniques.
 
When all was said and done, the Blue Sky Research bowling team won the
high-pin team total, but they were disqualified for having too
professional a bowling shirt! The tournament winners (presented with
real bowling trophies) were the team of: Chris Carruthers, Tom
Thompson, Mary Louise Garcia, and Dave Steiner. The second-place team
(presented with second place ribbons) included: Ron Whitney, Dan
Olson, Brett Perkes, and Dave Marks. All those who participated were
winners in my view, and we all had big smiles as we made the
presentation/donation to Chris Rowley, the United Kingdom \LaTeX3 team
member who was present.  Our fundraiser brought in \$740 for \LaTeX3.
The following note, listing all the participants, was typeset (of
course it was done in \TeX) and presented along with the funds.
 
\begin{quotation} \noindent
   ``We, the participants, would like to offer our support to the
     \LaTeX3 project.  Please accept this contribution in the spirit
     intended. We had fun, we bowled until we were ready to drop, and
     there were no overfull boxes.  Thank you for undertaking such an
     important project. Continued good luck and best wishes.''
\end{quotation}
 
 
\subsection*{Euro-\TeX'92: 15--18 Sept.
             \hfill
             Prague, Czechoslovakia}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Alan Hoenig \\
   Member, \tug\ Board of Directors
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent Elsewhere in this issue, you will find a list of the
presentations at the recent 7th Euro\TeX{} Conference held in Prague
from September~15 to 18. It is my pleasant task to here flesh out that
list with some personal observations.
 
First of all, a hearty {\em shame\/} to those readers who were not
there. The entire bill of fare for the meeting --- {\em including\/}
lodgings, meeting fee, pass for all Prague public transport during the
meeting, and one or two other nice things --- was about 300~DM
($\approx\,$\$200 or $\approx\,$\pounds 100). It was a particular
shame that more people from the Americas were not present.  Despite
the slightly pricey airfare to Prague, surely the cost of the entire
week was comparable or even less than that of a professional meeting
in some distant part of the States.
 
But there is a double shame, for the meeting was run with a degree of
efficiency and professional {\em \'elan\/} not always in evidence at
meetings like this.  The program organizers --- Ji\v r\'\i\ Vesel\'y,
Ji\v r\'\i\ Zlatu\v ska, and Karel Hor\'ak --- crossed every {\em t\/}
and h\'a\v cek'ed every {\em \v r\/}, from the tours organized for the
loved ones of the attendees to the meeting {\sl Proceedings\/}, which
were hardbound and waiting for us on the last day of the conference.
Of course, the social events that attendees have come to love and
anticipate helped fill the evenings.
 
I will not say much more about the actual program, for brief comments
can only short change the presenters.  I urge instead that you seek
out the {\sl Proceedings\/}. It has been recent custom to award a
prize to the ``best'' presentation, where ``best'' is an idiosyncratic
notion governed by someone in charge of the current conference.  This
prize has come to be known as the Cathy Booth Prize in honor of the
late leader of the user community, and this year's recipients were
Bogus{\l}av Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko for their work in the
development of Polish \TeX.
 
It's personally exciting to me to see the particular enthusiasm that
Europeans and Eastern Europeans bring to \TeX{} and \MF\@. As usual,
there was intense interest in the emerging DC font standards.  Some of
the work the Czechs are doing with \MF\ is noteworthy, including Karel
Hor\'ak's use of it for mathematical figures and the \MF-specific
editor under development by a group of students under the direction of
Dr.\ Mirko K\v{r}iv\'anek.
 
It would not be right to conclude an account of a meeting in Prague
without some mention of the golden city itself.  This was my first
time in Eastern Europe, and what a remarkable initiation!  The central
city is truly a story book set.  Public spaces like Old Town Square
and the magnificent Charles Bridge keep inviting the visitor back for
yet another stroll.  The Czechs were gracious and friendly, and it was
easy to find someone who understood the English, pidgin German, or
Russian that my wife or I were able to muster up.  Public transport
was clean and ultra-reliable, and the transport pass issued to all
guests meant we could wander back and forth throughout the city at
will, courtesy of the bus, tram, and subway systems.  We felt safe
strolling about at any time of day or night.
 
I know there are many other fine spots in Europe to serve as sites for
upcoming Euro\TeX{} conferences, but I look forward to the time when
it's Prague's turn again.
 
 
%% Summary of July '92 Board meetings (pp.23-25):
 
\Section{TUG Board Activities}
 
\subsection*{Summary of Board Meeting}
 
{\small \baselineskip=11pt
The \tug\ Board of Directors met for two days before (25--26 July) and
one afternoon (30 July) after the Annual Meeting of the \TUG, in
Portland, Oregon.\footnote[1]{Present: Peter Abbott, Barbara Beeton,
Malcolm Clark (Chair, TUG President), Luzia Dietsche, Ken Dreyhaupt
(Vice-President), Michael Ferguson, Peter Flynn (Secretary), Yannis
Hara\-lambous, Doug Henderson, Alan Hoenig (absent on Saturday), Anita
Hoover, Mimi Jett, David Kellerman, Joachim Lammarsch, Jon Radel,
Christina Thiele, Bill Woolf (Treasurer); Ron Whitney, TUG's Business
Manager, was also present. Absent: Bernard Gaulle, Roswitha Graham,
Kees v.d.~Laan, and Nico Poppelier.}
 
Following welcoming remarks by Malcolm Clark, \tug's President, the
preliminaries to the meeting were dealt with: reviewing and
prioritising the agenda, adding new items, scheduling committee
meetings, and accepting the minutes (with some corrections) from
February's board meeting.
 
Between February's board meeting and July, three motions had been
voted upon by e-mail, and were ratified at the present board meeting:
Jon Radel was re-appointed Public Domain PC Software Coordinator; a
proposal by Peter Flynn for a lottery was defeated; and a bylaws
change to \tug's status (from 501(c)3 to 501(c)6) was accepted.
 
Discussions on the election procedures for president included
distribution of the nomination forms, an improved schedule for
returning ballots, and an outline of a change to the bylaws to provide
for a 2 1/2 year term (in order to bring the term of president into
synch with those of the board).
 
The Bylaws Committee reported on revisions and improvements they had
identified since being charged with this task at Aston. In connection
with the previous item, one major change was to transfer all explicit
references to elections (both for the board and the position of
president) to a new Elections Procedures document. After discussion of
these items, and suggestions on phrasing, the proposed changes were
adopted. Minor changes in wording regarding candidates for election
were also accepted unanimously.
 
On both Saturday and Sunday, the board spent much time in general
discussions on various aspects of the operation and role of the \tug\
Office and of \tug\@. Issues ranged from what the main office priorities
should be to the importance of the \LaTeX3 project on \TeX's continued
existence. Generally, it seemed there was consensus on the priorities
of membership services and volunteer coordination for the office. Mimi
Jett had prepared a report which the Executive would be able to use in
its search for a new Executive Director. A Search Committee,
comprising the Executive and Mimi Jett was established. In all, it was
a very useful exercise, providing background information to the newer
board members and allowing all board members to express their
perspectives.
 
Discussions on the budget included the final figures for 1991, which
showed a loss of \$24,454. Ron Whitney went over various points in the
budget for 1992 (projected deficit of \$3,100), and answered questions
the board had on several items. A 1993 budget had also been prepared
in outline, based on the 1992 information.  Additional budget items
were pencilled in as the board made various decisions with financial
implications: membership dues for 1993 were to remain at 1992 levels;
student membership would be set at 50\% of regular membership,
beginning in 1993; allocations for various committees were also
approved (e.g., Knuth Scholarship). Costs related to the arrival of a
new Executive Director would have to be added when they became known.
 
Reports from various committees were presented, some on their work in
progress, others with final reports requiring action. The Long Range
Planning Committee reported that their work was progressing slowly,
and that a draft document would be ready for the fall. The Committee
on Special Vice-Presidents (Luzia Dietsche, chair) presented a number
of proposals which included both a statement of intent and some
suggested bylaws amendments. The statement of intent was passed, and
the proposed bylaws amendments were referred to the Bylaws Committee
for implementation.\footnote[2]{The statement of intent reads, in
part: ``The term ``Special Vice-Presidents'' shall be replaced by
``Special Director''. A Special Director shall have all the rights and
responsibilities of a Director except that Special Directors will not
be counted in determining a quorum. A Special Director shall be
invited by the TUG Board as the representative, usually the President,
of a Local TUG.} The Conference Planning Committee (Christina Thiele,
chair) had previously circulated their report, proposing Aston
University, at Birmingham, \uk, be accepted as the site for the 1993
\tug\ Annual Meeting; Peter Abbott agreed to undertake the
arrangements.  With regard to the future, several sites had already
expressed interest in the 1994 meeting, and it was hoped that new
procedures on longer-term site selection would be implemented soon.
Mimi Jett (Program Committee) provided a brief run-down of the
Portland meeting and the events planned. Barbara Beeton (Knuth
Scholarship liaison) announced the winner of the 1993 scholarship
(Jenny Smith of Chichester, \uk)\@. All committees were reviewed and
repopulated where necessary.\footnote[3]{See latest issue of \TUB\ for
listing.} New committees established included the already-mentioned
Search Committee, and a Promotions Committee.
 
An area where there was increasing need to respond by \tug\ involved
the support which could be provided new user groups, particularly in
Eastern Europe. Yannis (chair of the committee) presented a number of
proposals, in particular the reprinting of a facsimile of \TUB, in
order to make it available more cheaply: currency problems are a major
hindrance to taking out a membership in \tug\@.  Yannis was going to
find out more details from people involved in the various groups who
would be attending the Prague Euro\TeX'92 meeting.
 
Michael Ferguson presented an overview of the Technical Council, and
Alan Hoenig reported on his work as liaison with the \LaTeX3 project.
Proposals for bylaws amendments were not accepted, on procedural
grounds, and were referred to the Bylaws Committee. A proposal from
Sebastian Rahtz regarding archives was circulated to the board, and
passed along to the Technical Council for further discussion. Also
referred to the Technical Council was recent correspondence from
Prof.~Knuth, regarding the registration of several icons for \TeX\ and
related programs with SUN.
 
Other issues addressed by the board included board e-mail
communications, the ``Aston Shop'' (\tug\ articles for sale via Peter
Abbott), site coordinators (perhaps become part of the Technical
Council), the resource directory, departing gifts to members of the
previous board (those who did not run for election under the new
rules), \tug's tax exempt status, and \tug\ investments. There were
also some discussions on various aspects of the Portland meeting,
which had been applauded most favourably by members of the board.
 
 
\subsection*{TUG Presidential Election}
 
\vspace{-1.5pc}
 
\begin{flushright}
    Malcolm Clark \\
    \tug\ President
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent No nominations for \tug\ President were received as of the
deadline, September 28, 1992.
 
The \tug\ Bylaws (Article VII, Section 10) state that ``When the
office of President becomes vacant, the Vice President will become
President for the remainder of the President's term and will then, as
President, appoint a member to serve as Vice President.''  Thus, if
nothing else happens, the position of President will fall vacant on
January 1, 1993, and the person holding the office of Vice President
on that date will become President.
 
It is the concern of all that the person to become President be
someone willing and able to spend the time and energy necessary to
perform the duties of the office.  Several natural possibilities ---
including the current Vice President --- have indicated that finding
the time would be difficult.  The Board is reviewing the options
available to \tug\ and will report to the membership in the next issue
of \ttn\ (which is scheduled for mailing in early December).
 
} %% end of \small
 
\newpage
 
 
%% TUG Courses for 1993 (p.26):
 
\Section{\Large\bf \TeX\ Users Group \\
                   1993 Course Schedule}
 
\noindent\begin{tabular}{llll}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Beginning/Intermediate \TeX*}
      &amp; \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Intensive Course in \LaTeX*} \\
\quad Boston    &amp; April 19--23   &amp; \quad San Francisco &amp; March 1--5 \\
\quad San Diego &amp; June 14--19    &amp; \quad Boston    &amp; April 26--30 \\
\quad Boston    &amp; August 9--13   &amp; \quad Ottawa    &amp; August 23--27 \\
\quad Chicago   &amp; October 18--22 &amp; \quad Boston    &amp; October 25--29 \\ [3pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Modifying \LaTeX\ Style Files*}
      &amp; \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Adv'd \TeX\ and Macro Writing*} \\
\quad San Diego &amp; June 7--11     &amp; \quad San Diego &amp; June 21--25 \\
                &amp;                &amp; \quad Boston    &amp; November 1--5 \\ [3pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl \TeX\ for Publishers}
      &amp; \multicolumn{2}{l}{\large\sl Practical SGML and \TeX*} \\
\quad Boston         &amp; February 23  &amp; \quad San Francisco &amp; March 8--9 \\
\quad Washington, DC &amp; April 14     &amp; \quad Boston &amp; November 8--9 \\
\quad New York City  &amp; June 9       \\
\quad Orlando        &amp; September 22 \\ [3pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\multicolumn{4}{c}{\large\sl Book and Document Design with \TeX} \\
\multicolumn{4}{c}{Boston \quad September 23--24} \\ [3pt]
\cline{2-3}
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\multicolumn{4}{c}{\footnotesize
                   *Lab classes --- computers will be provided for
                    all students.} \\
\end{tabular}
 
\vspace{6pt}
\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule
 
 
\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-2pt
   \item \tug\ courses are small, with 8--15 students in most classes
         and are held at major hotels.
 
   \item The dates and locations above are tentative --- watch for the
         final schedule in the mail this fall.
 
   \item For more information, contact the \TUG\ at (401)--751--7760.
\end{itemize}
 
\hrule \vspace{2pt} \hrule
\vspace{6pt}
 
\begin{center}
   \large\bf On-Site Courses in \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ from \TUG\
\end{center}
 
\begin{itemize} \itemsep=-2pt
   \item Courses in \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, {\small SGML} and \TeX,
         PostScript, or \TeX{} for Publishers tailored to the needs of
         your group
 
   \item Courses at every level from beginning to advanced
 
   \item Five full days of instruction at your site
 
   \item One-week course fee includes all instructor fees and expenses
         plus textbooks and other materials for up to 15 students
 
   \item If a properly equipped training facility is not available,
         \tug\ will arrange computer rentals and supply \TeX{} or
         \LaTeX{} software
\end{itemize}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Upcoming Events (p.27):
 
\Section{Upcoming Events}
 
\begin{center}
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\dimen 0 = \hsize
\advance \dimen 0 by -6\tabcolsep
\advance \dimen 0 by -\wd 0
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\begin{tabular}{p{\wd 0}p{4.8cm}p{\dimen 0}}
\hline
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf November   &amp; {\bf Nordic Group:}\nl
                  Annual General Meeting.\nl
                  Copenhagen, Denmark.\nl
                  [{\bf Date to be announced}]
                       &amp; Roswitha Graham\nl
                         {\tt roswitha@admin.kth.se}\nl
                         Peter Busk Laursen\nl
                         {\tt unipbl@uts.uni-c.dk}   \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 19 November &amp; {\small\bf NTG}:\nl
                  ``\LaTeX, \LaTeX3 and Font\nl
                  Selection.''\nl
                  Meppel (near Groningen), the Netherlands.
                       &amp; Gerard van Nes\nl
                          {\tt vannes@ecn.nl}         \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 23--26 Nov. &amp; {\small\bf CNRS:}\nl
                  ``Traitement de texte scientifi\-que sur
                    Macintosh.''\nl
                  Ivry, France.
                       &amp; K.B.\ Su, Chercheur {\small CNRS},
                         Laboratoire d'electrochimie, Universit\'e
                         Paris 7\nl
                         T\'el: 49.60.40.29, 49.60.40.30 \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 24--27 Feb.\nl
\bf 1993        &amp; {\small\bf CONCEPPTS}'93:\nl
                  The Prepublishing Conference
                  (an international conference
                  on computers and electronic publishing
                  and printing technologies).\nl
                  Orange Co.\ Convention
                  Centre, Orlando, Florida.
                       &amp; Phone: 703-264-7200\nl
                         \fax: 703-620-9187.     \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 9--12 March &amp; {\small\bf DANTE}'93 and General\nl
                  Meeting,\nl
                  Chemnitz (near Dresden).
                       &amp; Dr.\ Wolfgang Riedel\nl
                         {\tt wolfgang.riedel@hrz.tu-}\nl
                         {\tt chemnitz.de}             \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\bf 26--29 July &amp; {\small\bf TUG'93}:\nl
                   ``World Wide Window on \TeX''\nl
                  Aston University,\nl
                  Birmingham, \uk.
                       &amp; Chris Rowley, {\tt ca\_rowley} \nl
                         {\tt @vax.acs.open.ac.uk} \nl
                         Malcolm Clark \nl
                         {\tt malcolmc@wmin.ac.uk}     \\
\noalign{\vskip4pt}
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\noindent {\bf Note}: Also consult the ``Calendar'' in the next issue
of \TUB\ for more dates.
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Euro'92 Proceedings: Table of Contents (p.28):
 
 
\twocolumn[\Section{Euro\TeX'92: Contents from the Proceedings}
 
\vspace{-6pt}
 
The following is excerpted from the {\sl Proceedings of the 7th
European \TeX\ Conference\/}, held in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
September 14--18, 1992.
 
\vspace{1pc}
]
 
{\small \baselineskip=11pt
\begin{list}{$\triangleright$}{\itemsep=1pt\leftmargin=0pt
                               \itemindent=11pt }
   \item Alan Hoenig: When \TeX\ and \MF\ Work Together (invited talk)
         p.~1.
 
   \item John D.\ Hobby: Introduction to MetaPost (invited talk)
         p.~21.
 
   \item Andrei B.\ Khodulev and Irina A.\ Ma\-khova\-ya: On \TeX{}
         Experience in Mir Publishers p.~37.
 
   \item Laurent Siebenmann: The Lion and the Mouse p.~43.
 
   \item Petr Sojka, Rudolf \v Cervenka, and Martin Svoboda: \TeX{}
         for Database Publishing p.~53.
 
   \item Ond\v rej V\'acha: \TeX\ for Typesetting in a Publishing
         House p.~59.
 
   \item Michel Lavaud: A Solution to Help Ensure the Future of \TeX:
         Make its Use Easier on Cheap Machines p.~66.
 
   \item Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley:\nl
         \LaTeX3: Structure and Design (invited talk) p.~69.
 
   \item Anita Z.\ Hoover: The Key to Successful Support: Knowing Your
         \TeX{} and \LaTeX{} Users (invited talk) p.~71.
 
   \item Theo Jurriens: \TeX{} for Everybody?\nl
         p.~86.
 
   \item Daniel Flipo and Laurent Siebenmann: Hyphenation in Presence
         of Accents and Diacritics: An Easy and Low-Cost Solution
         p.~87.
 
   \item Laurent Siebenmann: CaesarCM---A\nl
         Gentle Road to Perfect Hyphenation in Modest \TeX{}
         Environments p.~97.
 
   \item Laurent Siebenmann: La mise en appli\-ca\-tion d\'efinitive
         de la norme de Cork p.~107.
\newpage
   \item Bogus\l av Jackowski and Marek Ry\'cko: Polishing \TeX: From
         Ready to Use to\nl Handy in Use p.~119.
 
   \item Rama Porrat: Developments in Hebrew \TeX{} p.~135.
 
   \item Michael Vinogradov: Russian \TeX: New Eight-Bit Fonts and IBM
         PC Equipment p.~149.
 
   \item Klaus Lagally: Arab\TeX---Typesetting Arabic with Vowels and
         Ligatures p.~153.
 
   \item Erik-Jan Vens: Incorporating PostScript Fonts in \TeX{}
         p.~173.
 
   \item Kristoffer H.\ Rose: How to Typeset\nl
         Pretty Diagram Arrows with \TeX: Design Decisions Used in
         X\kern-0.5ex\raise-0.3ex\hbox{Y}\kern-0.4ex-pic p.~183.
 
   \item Kees van der Laan: Table Diversions p.~211.
 
   \item J\"org Knappen: Changing the Appearance of Math p.~212.
 
   \item Kees van der Laan: Typesetting Crosswords via \TeX\ p.~217.
 
   \item Kees van der Laan: {\normalsize\sc fifo} and {\normalsize\sc
         lifo} In\-cog\-nito p.~225.
 
   \item Philip Taylor: The Future of \TeX\ p.~235.
 
   \item Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley:\nl
         The Future of High-Quality Typesetting: Structure and Design
         (invited talk) p.~255.
 
   \item Daniel Taupin: Music\TeX: Using \TeX{} to Write Polyphonic or
         Instrumental Music (invited talk) p.~257.
 
   \item Kristoffer H.\ Rose: Typesetting Dia-\break grams with
         X\kern-0.5ex\raise-0.3ex\hbox{Y}\kern-0.4ex-pic: User's
         Manual p.~273.
 
   \item Yannis Haralambous: Towards the Revival of Traditional Arabic
         Typography \ldots{} through \TeX\ (invited talk) p.~293.
\end{list}
 
}
 
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\newpage
 
 
%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents):
\pagestyle{empty}
 
\begin{center}
   {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\
    \medskip
                  Table of Contents}
\end{center}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{The Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship\\
               \indent {\em Barbara Beeton, Nico Poppelier}}{3}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{\LaTeX3 Update\\
               \indent {\em Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley, and Alan
                            Hoenig}}{4}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{The Technical Council\\
               \indent {\em Michael Ferguson}}{5}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{New Publications}{9}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn\\
               \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{10}
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\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{Marking lines in the margin
                          \quad {\em Peter Schmitt}}{12}
\contentsline {subsection}{When there's only one of {\em you} and\\
                           hundreds of {\em them}
                          \quad {\em Mimi Burbank}}{14}
\contentsline {subsection}{Some \ttn\ \LaTeX\ tricks
                          \quad {\em Christina Thiele}}{15}
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\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{Volunteer work for the \LaTeX3 project\\
                           {\em Frank Mittelbach, Chris Rowley,
                                Michael J.\ Downes}}{18}
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\contentsline {section}{News from Around \ldots}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{Gleanings from here and there}{19}
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\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{\tug'92 (Portland)
                          \quad {\em Christina Thiele}}{19}
\contentsline {subsection}{Bowling Tournament Boosts \LaTeX3 Fund
                          \quad {\em Doug Henderson}}{21}
\contentsline {subsection}{Euro\TeX'92 (Prague)
                          \quad {\em Alan Hoenig}}{22}
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\contentsline {section}{\tug\ Board Activities}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{Summary of Board Meeting}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\tug\ Presidential Election}{25}
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\contentsline {section}{\TUG\ 1993 Course Schedule}{26}
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\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27}
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\contentsline {section}{Euro\TeX'92: Contents from the \sl Proceedings}{28}
 
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   \bf Volume 1, No.\ 3, 1992
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   \Large \bf The latest \\
   \Large \bf \TeX{}niques volumes \\
   \Large \bf from TUG
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   \item [{\sl A Gentle Introduction to \TeX\/}] by Michael Doob.
          {\sl \TeX niques\/} 13. Providence, Rhode Island: \TUG,
          1990. vi + 88pp.\ (softcover), US\$15. {\bf\$13
          for TUG members}.\nl
          $\bullet$ The book provides a first look at \TeX{} for those
          who have little experience with the program. It begins with
          the basics (characters, fonts, control sequences), and then
          moves to parameter settings for control of line, paragraph,
          and page layouts. Groups, basic math constructs and tables
          are treated, along with macro definitions and practice with
          error messages.
 
   \item [{\sl METAFONTware\/}] by Donald E.\ Knuth, Tomas G.\
          Rokicki, and Arthur L.\ Samuel. {\sl \TeX niques\/} 14.
          Providence, Rhode Island: \TUG, 1990. iii + 101pp.\
          (softcover), US\$20. {\bf \$18 for TUG members}.\nl
          $\bullet$ This report comprises the \verb|WEAVE|d output of
          the four programs \verb|GFType|, \verb|GFtoPK|,
          \verb|GFtoDVI|, and \verb|MFT|\@. The listed programs are
          current as of February~1990 and incorporate changes
          corresponding to those in \MF{} version~1.8, including
          support of 8-bit input and extended ligatures.
 
   \item [{\sl A Permuted Index for \TeX{} and \LaTeX\/}] by
          Bill Cheswick. {\sl \TeX niques\/} 15. Providence, Rhode
          Island: \TUG, 1991. 111pp.\ (softcover), US\$15. {\bf \$13
          for TUG members}.\nl
          $\bullet$ This index is designed to help \TeX{} and
          \LaTeX{} users find the right command among the one
          thousand-odd commands documented. A description of the
          method used to construct this index is given in \TUB\ 10,
          no.\ 4, pp.\ 707--713.
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\noindent All issues of {\sl \TeX niques\/} are available from the
\tug\ office (see list published on yellow order form at the back of
\TUB\ 13, no.\ 1).
 
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