Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!ptimtc!nntp-server.caltech.edu!hot.caltech.edu!bobby From: bobby@hot.caltech.edu (Bobby Bodenheimer) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Diffs to Frequently Asked Questions Message-ID: <1991Apr1.084415.21858@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 1 Apr 91 08:44:15 GMT Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Reply-To: bobby@hot.caltech.edu (Bobby Bodenheimer) Organization: Caltech Control Lab Lines: 140 *** Freq_questions.mar Fri Mar 1 18:12:51 1991 --- Freq_questions Mon Apr 1 00:40:26 1991 *************** *** 2,8 **** comp.text.tex. Please don't ask these questions again, as they've been answered many times before. ! This is version 1.13 for March, last changed 3/1/91. This article includes answers to: --- 2,8 ---- comp.text.tex. Please don't ask these questions again, as they've been answered many times before. ! This is version 1.14 for April, last changed 4/1/91. This article includes answers to: *************** *** 35,40 **** --- 35,43 ---- 25) How do I get a file into the major style repositories? 26) Where can I get font Y? 27) Where can I get a dvi driver for the HP LaserJet? + 28) TeX and LaTeX are hyphenating words weirdly. What can I do? + 29) How can I convert a TeX or LaTeX file into a plain ASCII file, + with all the formatting intact, a la nroff? If you are looking for the answer to, for instance, question 17, and wish to skip everything else, you can search ahead for the regular expression *************** *** 128,134 **** dvidis - For VAXstation VWS. Available via anonymous ftp from venus.ycc.yale.edu (130.132.1.5) in [.dvidis] (VMS machine). xdvi - Also for X Windows. Available via anonymous ftp from ! expo.lcs.mit.edu in ./contrib/xdvi.shar.Z. dvitovdu - for Tektronix 4010 and other terminals under Unix. Available via anonymous ftp from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74) in the directory pd2: as --- 131,137 ---- dvidis - For VAXstation VWS. Available via anonymous ftp from venus.ycc.yale.edu (130.132.1.5) in [.dvidis] (VMS machine). xdvi - Also for X Windows. Available via anonymous ftp from ! export.lcs.mit.edu (18.30.0.238) in ./contrib/xdvi.shar.Z. dvitovdu - for Tektronix 4010 and other terminals under Unix. Available via anonymous ftp from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74) in the directory pd2: as *************** *** 189,196 **** are supported by Micah Beck (beck@svax.cs.cornell.edu). XFig is essentially the same program except that it runs under ! X Windows. It is available via anonymous ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu ! (18.30.0.212) in ./contrib/xfig-2.0.*.Z. Note that version 2.0 is the most recent. It was written by Brian Smith. For complete compatibility with TransFig, be sure to get at least --- 192,199 ---- are supported by Micah Beck (beck@svax.cs.cornell.edu). XFig is essentially the same program except that it runs under ! X Windows. It is available via anonymous ftp from export.lcs.mit.edu ! (18.30.0.238) in ./contrib/xfig-2.0.*.Z. Note that version 2.0 is the most recent. It was written by Brian Smith. For complete compatibility with TransFig, be sure to get at least *************** *** 413,423 **** vax.eedsp.gatech.edu (130.207.226.2) in ./pub/TeX. The variety here is sbtex version 30 by Wayne Sullivan. EmTeX, another TeX package for the PC by Eberhard Mattes, is available via anonymous ftp from ! ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) in [.tex.ibm_pc.emtex] and from ! rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in ./soft/texold/emtex ! (although this may be an older version than the one at ymir). This ! package includes LaTeX, METAFONT, BibTeX, etc., as well. ! Documentation is available in both German and English. All Public Domain TeX software for the PC is also available through --- 416,426 ---- vax.eedsp.gatech.edu (130.207.226.2) in ./pub/TeX. The variety here is sbtex version 30 by Wayne Sullivan. EmTeX, another TeX package for the PC by Eberhard Mattes, is available via anonymous ftp from ! rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in ! ./soft/tex/machines/pc/emtex and also from ymir.claremont.edu ! (134.173.4.23) in [.tex.ibm_pc.emtex]. This package includes ! LaTeX, METAFONT, BibTeX, etc., as well. Documentation is available ! in both German and English. All Public Domain TeX software for the PC is also available through *************** *** 638,644 **** is also a man page (which converts very well to LaTeX :-). The program is copyrighted but free. The DECUS TeX distribution (see question 22) also contains a program which converts troff to ! TeX. scribe - Mark James has a copy of scribe2latex which he has been unable to test but which he will let anyone interested have. --- 641,649 ---- is also a man page (which converts very well to LaTeX :-). The program is copyrighted but free. The DECUS TeX distribution (see question 22) also contains a program which converts troff to ! TeX. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this program ! without getting the entire DECUS TeX distribution, send email ! to goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet. scribe - Mark James has a copy of scribe2latex which he has been unable to test but which he will let anyone interested have. *************** *** 726,729 **** --- 731,752 ---- are available from science.utah.edu (128.110.198.2) in ./pub/tex/dvi and from ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) in [.tex.drivers.beebe2_10]. + + 28) TeX and LaTeX are hyphenating words weirdly. What can I do? + + You have a version mismatch problem. The hyphenation algorithm changed + between version 2.9 and 3.0. If you are using TeX version 3.0 or + later, make sure that you have plain.tex and lplain.tex files with + a version number of at least 3.0. + + 29) How can I convert a TeX or LaTeX file into a plain ASCII file, + with all the formatting intact, a la nroff? + + This isn't easy. If anyone has a good solution, please email me. + One possibility is to use screen.sty, available from all the + major archives. However you need a program called crudetype to + process the resulting dvi file. Does anyone know more about this + program? Another possibility is to use the LaTeX-to-ASCII + conversion program, l2a, available from comp.sources.misc + archives. Bobby Bodenheimer @hot.caltech.edu // ARPA : bobby@hot.caltech.edu | // BITNET: bobby@caltech.bitnet | Woof! // UUCP : {amdahl,ames!elroy}!cit-vax!bobby |