The Communications of
the TeX Users Group
TUGboat 25:2, 2004
The Communications of
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| Editorial page | 122 |
| General Delivery | |
| From the president
Karl Berry [Introductory — TUG activities and information for 2004] |
123 |
| Editorial comments
Barbara Beeton [Introductory — typography and TUGboat news] New TUGboat submission and posting policies Justin Howes, 1963–2005 John Seybold, 1916–2004 Word Hy-phen-a-tion by Com-pu-ter Error in TUGboat 24:2 Zapfino article Historic LaTeX distributions The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition techexplorer available once again Central European diacritics: TYPO Magazine Extra time? Proofread for Project Gutenberg |
124 |
| Tutorials | |
| CTAN for starters
Jim Hefferon [Introductory — introduction to the TeX software archives] |
126 |
| \starttext: Practical ConTeXt
Steve Peter [Introductory — for new users of ConTeXt] |
128 |
| Virtual fonts — a tutorial
Thomas A. Schmitz [Intermediate — for learning about font handling] |
131 |
| Typography | |
| Typographers' Inn
Peter Flynn [Introductory — common typographical pitfalls and recommendations] |
134 |
| Philology | |
| Philological facilities for Coptic script
Claudio Beccari and Christiano Pulone [Intermediate — support for Coptic typesetting] |
136 |
| RyDArab — Typesetting Arabic mathematical expressions
Azzeddine Lazrek [Intermediate Plus — about a large system for Arabic math typesetting] |
141 |
| Software & Tools | |
| PerlTeX: Defining LaTeX macros using Perl
Scott Pakin [Advanced — using the Perl language to create macro definitions] |
150 |
| Hints & Tricks | |
| TeX and prepress
Siep Kroonenberg [Intermediate Plus — about preparing documents for physical printing] |
159 |
| Software & Tools | |
| Automatic typesetting of formulas using computer algebra
Marcelo Castier and Vladimir F. Cabral [Intermediate Plus — about exporting math from Mathematica to TeX] |
166 |
| Graphics | |
| ePiX: A utility for creating mathematically accurate figures
Andrew D. Hwang [Intermediate — for users drawing math figures] |
172 |
| LaTeX in 3D: Annotations for OpenDX
J.P. Hagon [Intermediate Plus — about LaTeX captions and labeling in visual programming] |
177 |
| LaTeX | |
| dramatist: Another package for typesetting drama with LaTeX
Massimiliano Dominici [Intermediate — for playwrights and dramatic publishing] |
188 |
| Variable width boxes in LaTeX
Simon Law [Intermediate — for moving beyond box basics] |
193 |
| Macros | |
| xkeyval — new developments and mechanisms in key processing
Hendri Adriaens and Uwe Kern [Advanced — about key/value arguments, for package writers] |
194 |
| A non-expert looks at a small TeX macro
David Walden [Intermediate — developing and understanding basic macro definitions, an example] |
199 |
| Hints & Tricks | |
| Glisterings: Package/package and class/package clashes
Peter Wilson [Intermediate Plus — handling command name conflicts] |
201 |
| The treasure chest
Mark LaPlante [Intermediate — new and updated CTAN packages in 2004] |
203 |
| Abstracts | |
| Zpravodaj: Contents of issues 13(1), 14(1), 14(2) (2003–04) | 209 |
| Die TeXnische Komödie: Contents of issues 1–4/2003 | 210 |
| Biuletyn GUST: Contents of issues 20–21 (2004) | 213 |
| Les Cahiers GUTenberg: Contents of issue 43 (December 2003) | 215 |
| MAPS: Contents of issues 29–31 (2003–04) | 216 |
| News & Announcements | |
| Calendar | 221 |
| A brief report on the first GuIT meeting
Onofrio de Bari and Maurizio Himmelmann |
223 |
| TUG2005 announcement | 223 |
| TUG Business | |
| TeX Development Fund 2003–05 report
Karl Berry and Kaja Christiansen |
224 |
| Financial statements for 2004
Robin Laakso |
226 |
| TUG 2005 election report
Barbara Beeton |
228 |
| Institutional members | 232 |
| Advertisements | |
| TeX consulting and production services | 232 |