UKTeX Digest Friday, 2 Jul 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 22
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Today's Topics:
{Questions & Answers}:
Question about complete citation
double superscript problem
Re: Game-trees on extensive form
HELP Converting LaTeX to Word Perfect etc
Merging lists of numbers
WYSIWIG Equation Editors Which Can Ouput In TeX.
{Archive News}:
A few LaTeX style files
Re: A few LaTeX style files
{Announcements}:
TeX Courses at TUG '93
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 19:39:11 +0100
From: andy@uk.ac.strathclyde.computer-science
Subject: Question about complete citation
I would like to be able to \cite{Bloggs} and have the full
reference appear in situ - anyone know of a cite style that
can do this? It would be useful for preparing reading lists.
andy@uk.ac.strath.cs
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 09:48:09 +0100
From: Richard Kaye <kaye@uk.ac.oxford.vax>
Subject: double superscript problem
Please, can anyone help me on this one?
I'm in math[s] mode in TeX and want to add a superscript b to \bar a'
My first attempt was to try
$ {\bar a'}^b $
but TeX complains of a double superscript and effectively substitutes
$ {\bar a'}{}^b $
which I don't want. (The b comes out too low.) The problem is not with the '
(replacing the ' with
^c still give a double superscript error) and not that I haven't put in
enough { } (adding more of them doesn't stop the error message). The problem
is with the accent. It seems that TeX effectively removes { } around
any accented subformula. TeX even does this when I try
$ {\mathord{\bar a}'}^b $
So how can I get the effect that I want? I can't believe the only method is
to go into horizontal mode and then math[s] mode again by
$ {\hbox{$\bar a$}'}^b $
(In fact, I suspect that this will put both the ' and the b a little higher
than I want anyway.)
If I am wrong, and this IS the only way, can someone please explain to me
why TeX was designed this way?
Thanks,
Richard Kaye
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 14:59:01 -0400
From: Timothy Van Zandt <tvz%edu.princeton@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: Re: Game-trees on extensive form
Karsten Strobek <okoks%dk.ibt.pc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay> wrote:
> Dear fellow (La)TeX users,
> Does anyone know if there exist a style for LaTeX for priting game-trees on
> extensive form (first node open, rest solid, payoff at the last node) ?
> I have tried trees.sty, ecltree.sty, but I can't get them to work, especially
> if the nodes are not singeltons (they belong to the same information-set).
The PSTricks package has some experimental tree macros, which you
can get from the UK TeX archive and from Princeton.EDU:/pub/tvz.
There is an example of a game tree with non-trivial information
sets at the end of the documentation.
Sometime this summer PSTricks v0.94 will be available, with the
tree macros included. The tree macros will be a little different
and even more powerful, but upgrading should not be difficult.
The main incompatible change will be that the \psTree macro's
syntax will be
\psTree <root> \\ <successors> \endpsTree
Tim
Timothy Van Zandt (609)258-4050 tvz@Princeton.EDU (NeXTMail)
Dept. of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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Date: 29 Jun 1993 15:24:06 -0000
From: "Tony Lee, Tel.: (44) (0)252 39 5730" <LEE%DAVROS@email.meto.govt.uk>
Subject: HELP Converting LaTeX to Word Perfect etc
Has anyone any means of converting LaTeX files to Word Perfect (and
other MS-DOS or Mac formats) and vice versa?
Also, does anyone know how to successfully incorporate EPS files into
Archimedes (Risc-OS) LaTeX. Thanks in advance.
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Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1993 16:48:54 +0100
From: Adrian F Clark <alien%essex.ac.uk@uk.ac.essex>
Subject: Merging lists of numbers
There has been an interesting discussion on the literate programming
list recently about using module numbers or page numbers. (Basically,
module numbers are easier because they can be generated by the WEAVE
tool, though page numbers would generally be preferred by most
people.) I thought it might be interesting to bring this problem to a
rather wider audience.
Generating page numbers comes down to the following TeX or LaTeX
problem. Given a macro with a set of numeric arguments, as in say
\xref{1 2 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 41}
(the arguments of which would be generated by \pagerefs) how easy
would it be for \xref to generate
"See pages 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 41."
i.e., the macro has to ignore duplicate arguments (which should be
already sorted, fortunately) and output "and" before the last number
in the list. The actual format of the arguments is fairly flexible,
since they'll be machine-generated.
Neat LaTeX solutions on the back of a e-postcard, please!
..Adrian
Dr Adrian F. Clark JANET: alien@uk.ac.essex
INTERNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk FAX: (+44) 206-872900
BITNET: alien%uk.ac.essex@ac.uk PHONE: (+44) 206-872432 (direct)
Dept ESE, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, C04 3SQ, UK.
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Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1993 12:01:28 -0000
From: Mike Fearn <hp003%gb.hmg.dra.signal@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>
Subject: WYSIWIG Equation Editors Which Can Ouput In TeX.
Hi,
Does anyone know of software for HP Unix workstations (commerical
or otherwise) which will allow a WYSIWIG creation of complex
mathematical formulae and then output in TeX/LaTeX format?
We have seen a demo of a program called MathEditor running
on a Macintosh which does exactly this and would really appreciate
getting something similar onto our workstations.
Thanks in advance,
Mike Fearn Tel : UK (0684) 895371
D.R.A, Malvern, Fax : UK (0684) 896150
Worcs. WR14 3PS Email : hp003@signal.dra.hmg.gb
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1993 10:39:12 +0100
From: Adrian F Clark <alien%essex.ac.uk@uk.ac.essex>
Subject: A few LaTeX style files
I've just uploaded a few LaTeX style files for conference proceedings
etc to ftp.tex.ac.uk. These are currently in the incoming directory
but will, I hope, soon make their way into the archive proper. The
style files are:
ieeconf.sty -- style file for conferences organized by the UK's
Institution of Electrical Engineers (two-column, A4; some minor
local modifications may be required).
ieeeconf.sty -- style file for conferences organized by the IEEE,
which includes the International Conferences on Pattern Recognition
and many others (two-column, quarto).
rssconf.sty -- style file for the UK's Remote Sensing Society annual
conferences (one-column, A4; designed for reduction to A5). (This
year's deadline for camera-ready copy is the end of June.)
spie.sty -- modified version of the style file for SPIE conference
proceedings (one-column, quarto, lots of wasted paper).
dates.sty -- latest release of my flexible dates package: lets you
re-define \today to any format you like, including the weekday.
(Now easily customized to non-English languages.)
Dr Adrian F. Clark JANET: alien@uk.ac.essex
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 11:31:13 +0200
From: Schoepf%de.zib-berlin.sc@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay
Subject: Re: A few LaTeX style files
Adrian writes:
> I've just uploaded a few LaTeX style files for conference proceedings
> etc to ftp.tex.ac.uk. These are currently in the incoming directory
> but will, I hope, soon make their way into the archive proper.
Installed and propagated to other archives.
Rainer Schoepf
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
Heilbronner Strasse 10
W-1000 Berlin 31
Federal Republic of Germany
<Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 10:48:17 -0000
From: HEWLETT@uk.ac.lse.vax
Subject: TeX Courses at TUG '93
TeX Courses at TUG '93
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A number of courses on TeX ranging from introductory
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Starting on Saturday, 31 July: * Intensive LaTeX (4 days - to 3 August)
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The courses will be from 09.15 to 17.00 each day.
Fees range from 75 pounds for a one-day course to 275 pounds for
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The courses will be held at Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Bookings may be made on the TUG '93 Conference form
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Carol Hewlett,
Computer Service, LSE, London, WC2A 2AE
email: HEWLETT@UK.AC.LSE
phone: 071-955 7926
fax: 071-955 7001
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