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TUGboat 25:2, 2004

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Complete issue 25:2 as one pdf (4.6mb) 
Front cover   c1 
Inside front cover   c2 
Contents ordered by difficulty   c3 
Title page   121 
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, 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, Vladimir F. Cabral      [Intermediate Plus — about exporting math from Mathematica to TeX]
 166 
 
Graphics
ePiX: A utility for creating mathematically accurate figures 
  Andrew 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, 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 
         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, Maurizio Himmelmann 
 223 
TUG2005 announcement   223 
 
TUG Business
TeX Development Fund 2003–05 report 
  Karl Berry, 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 

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