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UKTeX Digest Friday, 18 Nov 1994 Volume 94 : Issue 43
Today's Topics:
Excel Charts into LaTeX
dvican on UNIX
latex2e for dos
pfe as shell for latex?
latex to html
R.C. Reed: OzTeX
OzTeX
Short introduction to LaTeX 2e
lshort2e.tex Uploaded
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 21:16:38 +0000
From: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly)
Subject: Excel Charts into LaTeX
I need to get some Excel 4.0 charts into LaTeX.
Is there a best way of doing this?
AT the moment I save them as postscript (either directly or via the
laserwriter filter), or pass them through MacDraw pro.
Anyone got better ways?
thanks
tommy
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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 17:03:17 +0000
From: Anne Charles <acc@star.rl.ac.uk>
Subject: dvican on UNIX
I am trying to get dvican to work on UNIX (Solaris) and have had several
problems:
1. The makefile specifies a file fndfil which is not included in the beebe
package. (I did track it down and try it out, but that's another long
story.) However, it does not seem to be used in dvican. If I remove
it from the makefile, all compiles and links successfully. Why is it
specified in the makefile?
2. Can dvican cope with TEXFONTS defined as a pathlist rather than just one
directory specification?
3. Are there any plans to upgrade dvican?
Thanks,
Anne Charles
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 13:35:00 +0000
From: msh@festival.ed.ac.uk (Mark Higgins)
Subject: latex2e for dos
This is I hope the right place to ask this..
Is LaTeX2e in the public domain ??
if so where can I get a version (I need everything TeX,xdvi,dvips
the lot) that will run on a PC ?
I've looked in ftp.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/dos but I don't know
what I need to get a working copy.
I need simple instructions on how to get a copy as I know very little
about installing software !!
I am currenltly a LaTeX user but have moved job the people here use
something called word-perfect !!
can people e-mail me with answers
I have looked in the faq at ftp.tex.ac.uk but couldn't find an answer
Thanks in advance
Mark msh@ed.ac.uk
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:37:41
From: hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk (Hiang-Swee Chiang)
Subject: pfe as shell for latex?
Hello everyone,
Has anyone configure Professional File Editor (a very very good editor
and is free) as a shell for latex?
I have recently just downloaded MicroEmacs for Windows as a shell for
latex. It is a very sophisticated and powerful editor I must admit. However,
from a Windows background, I find the editor very confusing with concepts
like buffer, region, yank, etc.
Anyone who have configured PFE as a shell for latex, please share your
experience with others like me. Thank you very much. Please post or email
hsc@eng.cam.ac.uk
Regards,
Swee
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 10:13:46 +0000
From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@shef.ac.uk>
Subject: latex to html
Has anyone developed a latex to html converter that runs as a TeX
file, in the same way as docstrip does? This would be truly
portable, unlike latex2html which is perl.
Mike Piff
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:15:32 +0000
From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: R.C. Reed: OzTeX
This is a technical query, and I'm forwarding it to UkTeX@tex.ac.uk,
which may be a better source of assistance (AFAIK none of us who
receive the ctan-uk stuff use Macs).
You should note, however, that OzTeX 1.7 is a shareware version,
whereas I believe 1.42 was not; thus there is more to upgrading than
simply the effort involved. (Though if you were a member of UK TUG --
see uktug-inquiries@tex.ac.uk, the shareware fee would be paid for you.)
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 12:08 GMT
From: rcr10@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.C. Reed)
To: ctan-uk@tex.ac.uk
Subject: OzTeX
Dear CTAN
I have been trying to run OzTeX Version 1.42 on a PowerMac
and Laserwriter Pro 630. Although the version I have runs
on the new PowerMac, we have had some problems printing
to this printer. This has prompted me to look for the
latest version of OzTeX. However, I have two queries:
1) If I make the effort to install the new version of
OzTeX (Version 1.7) is it known that the printer driver
will work for the Laserwriter Pro 630? Some-one must know
this.
2) The appropriate files (in /ctan/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex)
have been coded, and have the .hqx extension. Sorry to be
ignorant, but what is this? What are the instructions
for decodeing these files? Are the instructions some-where
in the archive? If so, I couldn't find them after an hour
of trying this morning.
I hope you won't mind answering my queries.
Best regards
Roger Reed
Dept of Materials Science
Univesity of Cambridge
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Replies to Roger Reed, please -- I'm not interested in Macs.
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Date: 16 Nov 1994 11:18:24 +0000
From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Short introduction to LaTeX 2e
I have installed Tobias' stuff as announced below
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Subject: lshort2e.tex Uploaded
Announcement:
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Now available for CTAN:/pub/tex/info/lshort (i.e.,
A not very Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (58 Pages)
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by Tobias Oetiker 16/11/1994 <oetiker@dmu.ac.uk>
If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX,
this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a
LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book,
it should be sufficient in most cases.
The document is provided in PS DVI and source form ...
Enjoy!
All the best
Tobi
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English-speaking LaTeX users of the world have good reason to be
grateful to Tobias for the work he's done (as should users whose
German speech is as dubious as mine ;-)
Thanks, Tobi
- --
Robin (Campaign for the Third Programme) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK
Private page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html
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