Subject: TeX Macro Index I'm mailing you a copy of this announcement because you are one of the authors whose packages are listed in the Index. Yours, David. *************************************************************************** I am happy to announce that the first edition of the TeX Macro Index is now available by anonymous ftp and/or mail server from the following sites: [1] archive.cs.ruu.nl [2] ftp.th-darmstadt.de [3] ftp.math.utah.edu [4] Niord.SHSU.edu [5] TeX.ac.uk [6] theory.lcs.mit.edu Full instructions for retrieving the Index from these machines are appended to the end of this message. All of the archives have identical copies of the Index. In order to minimize the burden on the net, please pick the archive closest to you. I am forwarding this announcement to all of the TeX-related mailing lists that I know of. If you belong to a list that does not receive a copy of the message, but which you think would be interested in the Index, please forward this announcement. If you do so, I would appreciate it if you would also tell me the name of the list. A brief description of the Index follows. David M. Jones =========================================================================== This is an index of TeX macros. Its scope includes all macros that are available via anonymous ftp or mail-server or some similar mechanism. Commercial packages will be included only if a full Index entry is supplied to me by the vendor. Since the Index is devoted to macros, fonts and special-purpose programs are mentioned only when they are necessary to explain the purpose of a set of macros. Each entry is divided into several fields with the following functions: Name: The name of the macro package. Description: A short (usually 1-3 line) description of the package. Keywords: A list of keywords to facilitate searching for special-purpose macros, as well as to help describe the macros. A glossary of keywords can be found at the end of the file. Archives: A list of archives where the package can be found. Whenever known, the primary distribution site is marked with an asterisk. Author: The name and address (preferably electronic) of the author of the package. Latest Version: The date and/or version number of the latest release of the package. Supported: Whether or not the package is supported, that is, whether the author wants to receive bug reports and/or comments on the package. See also: A list of other packages with similar features. Note: Any additional information that seems pertinent. In addition to the list of packages, the Index also contains a brief list of TeX Archives with descriptions of the services they offer. =========================================================================== HOW TO RETRIEVE THE TEX MACRO INDEX First, here are some general instructions on anonymous ftp for those who haven't used it before. After deciding which archive you want to use, read the instructions below to find out the following three things: 1) the full name of the machine containing the archive 2) the name of the directory where the TeX Index is located 3) the name of the file containing the Index In addition, you should check the name of the file to see if it ends in ".Z", ".zoo", or ".zip". If so, it is a binary file and you will have to perform an extra step below. Once you have all of this information, you should type the following command: ftp name_of_machine When you are asked for a user name, type "anonymous". When you are asked for a password, type in your email address. Next, type cd name_of_directory If the file you are retrieving is a binary file, then you must now type the command binary Finally, retrieve the file by typing the command get name_of_file Once the transfer is complete, type bye to end the ftp session. [1] archive.cs.ruu.nl (Netherlands) How to get TeX-index.Z from the archive at Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University: NOTE: In the following I have assumed your mail address is john@highbrow.edu. Of course you must substitute your own address for this. This should be a valid internet or uucp address. For bitnet users name@host.BITNET usually works. by FTP: (please restrict access to weekends or evening/night (i.e. between about 20.00 and 0900 UTC)). ftp archive.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] user name: anonymous or ftp password: your own email address (e.g. john@highbrow.edu) Don't forget to set binary mode if the file is a tar/arc/zoo archive, compressed or in any other way contains binary data. get TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z by mail-server: send the following message to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (or uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!mail-server): begin path john@highbrow.edu (PLEASE SUBSTITUTE *YOUR* ADDRESS) send TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z end NOTE: *** PLEASE USE VALID INTERNET ADDRESSES IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ADDRESSES WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET *** The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you first issue the request: send HELP ------------------------- [2] ftp.th-darmstadt.de (Germany) The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.55.75] directory pub/tex/documentation file styles-and-macros.Index.Z ------------------------- [3] ftp.math.utah.edu (USA) The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.math.utah.edu [128.110.198.2] in the file pub/tex/tex-index. To retrieve it by e-mail server, send a message to tuglib@math.utah.edu with the subject or body "send tex-index from tex". ------------------------- [4] Niord.SHSU.edu (USA) To retrieve the Index in 8 parts suitable for electronic mail handling, include the command: SENDME TEX-INDEX in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET (FILESERV@SHSU.edu). To retrieve the latest set of FAQ-related documents (Bobby Bodenheimer's "TeX, LaTeX, etc.: Frequently Asked Questions with Answers", Guoying Chen's "Supplement to the Frequently Asked Questions" and Liam R. E. Quin's "Complete list of all metafont-format fonts in the world"), include the command: SENDME FAQ in your mail request to FILESERV. For anonymous ftp retrieval from Niord.SHSU.edu (192.92.115.8), the complete Index may be found in the file [FILESERV.TEX-INDEX]TEX.INDEX and all FAQ-related documents may be found in the directory [FILESERV.FAQ]. ------------------------- [5] TeX.ac.uk (UK) The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp, JANET NIFTP and mail server from the UK TeX Archive, TeX.ac.uk [134.151.40.18] in the file [tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt. To retrieve it by mail server, send a message to TeXserver@tex.ac.uk containing the following lines FILES [tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt ------------------------- [6] theory.lcs.mit.edu (USA) The TeX Macro Index is available via anonymous ftp and mail server from theory.lcs.mit.edu [18.52.0.92] in the file TeX-index in the directory pub/tex. To retrieve it by mail server, send a message to archive-server@theory.lcs.mit.edu containing the following line send tex TeX-index The Index is also available in compressed, zip'ed and zoo'ed format in the files TeX-index.Z, TeX-index.zip and TeX-index.zoo, respectively. Note that if you want to request one of the compressed files by mail server, you'll have to specify a method of ASCII encoding by including one of the following lines in your mail message: encoder btoa encoder uuencode encoder rscs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Dybkj{\ae}r Centre for Cognitive Informatics, Roskilde University Email: dybkjaer@ruc.dk P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Phone: +45 46 75 77 11 Direct: +45 46 75 77 81 ... 2219 Fax: +45 46 75 53 13 ==============================================================================