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Changes to OzTeX 1.8
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Changes to OzTeX 1.8
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TeX changes
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• TeX is now at version 3.14159. The latest version of plain.tex has been
put in :TeX-inputs:Plain: and Plain.fmt rebuilt.
• The latest version of ltpatch.ltx has been put in :TeX-inputs:LaTeX: and
LaTeX.fmt rebuilt.
Configuration file changes
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• A new config file called "Add BaKoMa Fonts" has been included to support
the BaKoMa fonts created by Basil K. Malyshev. A corresponding encoding
file called BaKoMaCM.enc has been added to :PS-files:Encodings:.
The BaKoMa package contains FREE PostScript and TrueType versions of most
Computer Modern fonts. The quality of the PostScript fonts is not quite as
good as the CM/PS fonts from Blue Sky Research, but the price is better!
The BaKoMa fonts can be obtained by anonymous ftp from any CTAN site in
/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/mac. Get 00readme.mac first.
The TrueType fonts in /tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/mac/tt make
OzTeX's preview much more readable. As distributed, the TrueType font
names will be added to the end of OzTeX's Font menu. This makes OzTeX
slower to start up. Comments in "Add BaKoMa Fonts" explain how the fonts
can be renamed so that they will not appear in the Font menu.
[Thanks to Basil Malyshev and John Salmento.]
• "Add CM/PS Fonts" now has entries for the fonts used by the LaTeX "slides"
document class. A few minor errors have also been fixed.
[Thanks to Tom Scavo.]
• Selecting a config file that uses "=+" to start the PostScript font list
will no longer waste memory if the file is selected more than once.
OzTeX now checks to see if a given TFM name already exists in the current
list (case is not significant). If it does then that entry is updated with
the remaining information on the line, otherwise a new entry is added at
the end of the current list. Note that this check is also done if "=="
is used to start the PostScript font list. This might trip up some people
who have relied on the fact that a config file could have the same TFM name
listed more than once and only the FIRST entry would be used by OzTeX.
Now the LAST entry will be used.
• The Default config file will automatically load any listed config files
whose names start with "+".
Previewing changes
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• The magnified rectangle (via Option-Command-click) is a bit wider.
Printing changes
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• Fixed a bug (introduced in 1.8) that could cause clipping problems at the
right and bottom paper edges on non-PostScript printers.
Miscellaneous changes
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• Native PowerPC versions of OzTeX and OzTools are provided. Typesetting is
about 4 times faster on a Power Mac.
• OzTeX (and OzTools) now store user settings in a preferences file rather
than in the application. This should be the last version for which you
will have to restore all your window and menu item settings. Hooray!
The preferences file is created in the System's Preferences folder under
System 7 and later, or in the System folder itself in earlier Systems.
Note that you can move the preferences file to the same folder as the
application. I prefer this because it simplifies my backup process.
Because OzTeX and OzTools no longer modify themselves you can run them
from a read-only volume.
• Fixed an incompatibility problem with After Dark 3.0.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the title bar of the OzTeX or view window to
be hidden behind the menu bar after using OzTeX on multiple monitors.
• The flashing OzTeX icon in the Application menu will appear in colour if
you are using System 7 or later and a colour monitor.
[Thanks to Geoff Keating.]
• The OzTeX distribution files are now self-extracting archives created by
Bill Goodman's Compact Pro. This should make installation a bit easier.
Dvips and Metafont
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• All Tom Kiffe's programs (except PrintPS) in the Dvips and Metafont folders
are "fat" applications that run in native mode on 68020+ and PowerPC Macs.
Tom will provide 68000 versions on request to people who have paid his
shareware fee.
• Renamed psfonts.CM/PS in :Dvips:ps: to psfonts.CMPS in case somebody tries
to get dvips to read it (the "/" would have resulted in failure).
Also created psfonts.BaKoMa for people who want to use the BaKoMa fonts
with dvips.