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From: "George D. Greenwade" <bed_...@SHSU.edu>
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Subject: LaTeX3 public documents available
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 18:21:52 CST
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***Documents related to the LaTeX3 project***
This collection of documents will contain papers from the core project
team and from other volunteers. Some will be progress reports, others
will be outlines of work which needs to be done and, as the project
develops, there will be definitive papers describing aspects of the
new system.
All these documents are being made public to encourage you to find out
more about the project and to foster constructive comments and further
ideas. One of the files, LTX3PUB.BIB, contains a BibTeX-style list of
all the public LaTeX3 documents in the collection. Each file also has
a header containing bibliographic information.
In addition to these documents, the collection will also contain style
files: some of these are needed only for particular documents as they
enable the author to describe a particular subject; but some will be
main styles and style options for whole classes of documents in the
collection. At present there is just one of these: L3MS001.STY (MS =
main style). This is the main style of all the documents currently in
the collection. It is an adaptation of the standard ARTICLE.STY; it
produces a cover sheet and running heads/foots using information
extracted from the file header.
At present, in addition to l3ms001.sty, the following files are available:
====================================================================
filename = "l3d001.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley",
doc-group = "Project core team",
title = "The {\LaTeX3} Project",
version = "1.02",
date = "02 April 1993",
time = "22:47:45 GMT",
status = "public, official",
abstract = "This is a brief sketch of the \LaTeX3
Project: background, history, principles,
aims and functionality.
The new version of \LaTeX{} is, like the
current version, a freely available system
for automated processing of structured
documents, formatting them to the highest
typographic standards by use of the \TeX{}
typesetting software.
Although its uses include a very large
range of published documents, the
importance of its unsurpassed ability to
format mathematical formulas will not be
forgotten in producing the new version.
It is being produced by an international
group of volunteers under the technical
direction of Frank Mittelbach.",
note = "submitted to the Euromath bulletin",
====================================================================
filename = "l3d003.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley",
doc-group = "Project core team",
title = "{\LaTeX3} Projektwoche in Mainz",
version = "1.02",
date = "02 April 1993",
time = "22:47:23 GMT",
status = "public, official",
====================================================================
filename = "l3d004.txt",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley",
doc-group = "Project core team",
title = "The {\LaTeX3} Project; Report 1991--92",
version = "1.00",
date = "01 April 1993",
time = "13:37:20 GMT",
status = "public, official",
abstract = "This report describes the current
activities of the \LaTeX3 project.
After a short project overview, the
major events of 1991 and 1992 are
described. Finally the project plan for
1993 is presented.
",
project-address = "LaTeX3 Project \\
c/o Dr. Chris Rowley \\
The Open University \\
Parsifal College \\
Finchley Road \\
London NW3 7BG, England, UK",
project-tel = "+44 71 794 0575",
project-FAX = "+44 71 433 6196",
project-email = "LTX3-...@SHSU.edu",
copyright = "Copyright (C) 1993 LaTeX3 Project
and Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley.
All rights reserved.
Permission is granted to make and distribute
verbatim copies of this publication or of
coherent parts from this publication provided
this copyright notice and this permission
notice are preserved on all copies.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute
translations of this publication or of
individual items from this publication into
another language provided that the translation
is approved by the original copyright holders.
No other permissions to copy or distribute this
publication in any form are granted and in
particular no permission to copy parts of it
in such a way as to materially change its
meaning.",
generalinfo = "To subscribe to the LaTeX3 discussion list:
Send mail to
lists...@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
with the following line as the body of the
message (substituting your own name):
subscribe LaTeX-L First-name Surname
to find out about volunteer work,
look at the document in the file
VOL-TASK.TEX, which can be obtained
electronically."
====================================================================
filename = "vt02d01.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Daniel Flipo",
doc-group = "Volunteer Task VT02",
title = "Validation of {\LaTeX}~2.09
as part of the {\LaTeX3} project",
version = "1.02",
date = "25 March 1993",
time = "17:21:04 MET",
status = "public, contributed",
author-email = "fl...@alea.citilille.fr",
author-address = "Daniel Flipo, UFR de Math\'ematiques B\^at M2,
Universit\'e des Sciences et Technologies
F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex",
abstract = "This is both a call for volunteers to help
us in validating \LaTeX~2.09 (one of the
tasks of the \LaTeX3 project), and a brief
explanation of the kind of work to be done
in this area. ",
keywords = "Validation, LaTeX",
====================================================================
filename = "vt05d01.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Ed Sznyter",
doc-group = "Volunteer task VT05",
title = "Research on Syntax for Tables",
version = "1.02",
date = "02 April 1993",
time = "22:48:49 GMT",
status = "public, contributed",
author-email = "e...@babel.babel.com",
abstract = "This is a preliminary overview of the direction
for further research on tables. Much research
remains to be done; in particular, the
bibliography needs to be expanded, especially
to include input from graphic designers and
SGML users.
Commonly requested features are listed, but
more are needed. Because of limitations in
\TeX\ and the small systems it must run on,
many capabilities necessary for high-quality
typesetting are unmanageable or must be
relegated to optional substyles. Nonetheless,
this list should include even functions we can
not implement, if only to document the reasons.",
keywords = "Tables.Syntax",
====================================================================
filename = "vt11d01.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Mike Piff",
doc-group = "Volunteer task VT11",
title = "Backus-Naur form in {\LaTeX3}",
version = "1.03",
date = "02 April 1993",
time = "22:49:47 GMT",
status = "public, contributed.",
author-email = "M.P...@sheffield.ac.uk",
author-address = "Department of Pure Mathematics \\
University of Sheffield \\
Hicks Building \\
Hounsfield Road \\
SHEFFIELD S3 7RH \\
England",
====================================================================
filename = "vt16d01.tex",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.LTX3PUB]",
author = "Rolf Lindgren",
doc-group = "Volunteer task VT16",
title = "Preliminary report on {\LaTeX} style
options to be converted to {\LaTeX3}",
version = "1.02",
date = "02 April 1993",
time = "22:53:48 GMT",
status = "Public, contributed.",
author-email = "ro...@ulrik.uio.no",
====================================================================
filename = "bnf.sty",
version = "1.05",
date = "09 Feb 1993",
time = "15:16:48 BST",
author = "Mike Piff",
address = "Dr M. J. Piff
University of Sheffield
Department of Pure Mathematics
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
SHEFFIELD S3 7RH
England",
codetable = "ISO/ASCII",
telephone = "+44 742 824431",
email = "M.P...@shef.ac.uk (Janet)",
keywords = "Backus,Naur,syntax,grammar",
supported = "yes",
docstring = "A style option to LaTeX for producing
Backus-Naur Form syntax notation.",
====================================================================
filename = "vol-task.tex",
version = "6.2a",
date = "30 April 1993",
time = "13:42:19.55 CDT",
list-manager = "George D. Greenwade",
address = "Department of Economics and Business Analysis
College of Business Administration
P. O. Box 2118
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas, USA 77341-2118",
email = "bed_...@SHSU.edu (Internet)
BED_GDG@SHSU (BITNET)
SHSU::BED_GDG (THENET)",
telephone = "(409) 294-1266",
FAX = "(409) 294-3712",
supported = "yes",
archived = "*Niord.SHSU.edu:[FILESERV.VOL-TASK],
pip.SHSU.edu:/vol-task.tex",
keywords = "LaTeX3, LaTeX, volunteer task list",
codetable = "ISO/ASCII",
docstring = "This is general volunteer task list in the
development of LaTeX3. There are many tasks
needing to be done in support of the LaTeX3
project which can be worked on concurrently with
the development of the LaTeX3 kernel.
Furthermore, some tasks 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.
If you are interested in working on a particular
task, the first step is to contact the volunteer
list manager, noted above, for details. He will
either immediately designate you as the `task
coordinator' for that task, and assist you in
getting answers to any initial questions you may
have, or if someone else is already serving as the
task coordinator for that task, you will be put in
touch with that person, who will discuss with you
the current status of the work and ways in which
you might contribute."
====================================================================
As noted, each of these files is available for anonymous ftp retrieval from
Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8) in the directory [FILESERV.LTX3PUB].
Additionally, to retrieve the files via e-mail, include:
SENDME LTX3PUB.filename_extension
in the body of a mail message to FILES...@SHSU.BITNET (FILES...@SHSU.edu).
For example, to retrieve the file vt16d01.tex, include:
SENDME LTX3PUB.VT16D01_TEX
in your mail to FILESERV. The command:
SENDME LTX3PUB
will send all files with a one line request.
Finally, these files are available for retrieval or perusal on the Gopher
Server based on Niord.SHSU.edu (port 70) in either:
LaTeX3 Working Documents/
or
TeX-related Materials/
LaTeX3 Working Documents/
The file VOL-TASK.TEX also resides in these directories and may be
retrieved in a parallel manner.
As a side and quasi-related note, if you have a Gopher client and are into
TeX and its relatives, you really ought to look at the:
TeX-related Materials/
on Niord's server.
Regards, George
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George D. Greenwade, Ph.D. Bitnet: BED_GDG@SHSU
Department of Economics and Business Analysis THEnet: SHSU::BED_GDG
College of Business Administration Voice: (409) 294-1266
P. O. Box 2118 FAX: (409) 294-3612
Sam Houston State University Internet: bed_...@SHSU.edu
Huntsville, TX 77341 bed_gdg%SHSU.dec...@relay.the.net
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