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- From: BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG (bbeeton)
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- Subject: Re: Back issues of Tugboat ? Where?
- Message-ID: <720885907.118319.BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG>
- Date: 4 Nov 92 14:05:07 GMT
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- robert nicholson (comp.text.tex, october 29) asks if back issues
- of tugboat are kept online anywhere.
-
- back issues of tugboat don't, in general, exist on public archive
- servers, although some individual articles do. the directory
- /tex/tugboat at labrea.stanford.edu and its mirrors contain what
- is available at present.
-
- although it has been accepted in principle by the tug board for
- a long time that at least articles describing macros and macro
- packages should be available in this way, the prospect for it
- actually happening is rather dim at the moment. only limited
- personnel resources are available to put the files into shape
- for public access. (since the beginning of 1991, the production
- of the regular issues has been done by the editor alone, outside
- of her regular paying job.)
-
- without extensive editing and testing, just placing the articles
- into archives in their present condition is likely to end up
- requiring more time answering questions than would be spent doing
- the job correctly. (for example, one article in the july 1992
- issue required more than 15 files, and several others required
- metafont work.) it is also necessary to obtain permission from
- authors before posting any files publicly. a few people have
- volunteered to assist in doing this work, but guidelines are
- necessary before they can be turned loose, and the first priority,
- i'm afraid, is getting the current issue to the printer.
-
- at present, tugboat articles are produced using several different
- macro sets: the plain-based tugboat.sty; latex-based ltugboat.sty
- with the old conventions; ltugboat.sty on top of the new font
- selection scheme; ltugboat.sty with the addition of doc.sty (with
- or without the nfss). articles with postscript inclusions usually
- use epsf.sty, and the output is generated using dvips. occasional
- articles are also accepted directly as .dvi files, or provided as
- camera copy; it is unlikely that these will be reprocessed for
- installation on archives. the processing method for particular
- articles can usually be determined by looking at the "production
- notes" for the relevant issue.
-
- a full, up-to-date bibliography of tugboat articles can be found
- at math.utah.edu in /pub/tex/bib/tugboat.bib . if you have
- an urgent need for a particular article, you may send a request
- to tugboat@math.ams.org ; please include a concise statement of
- why you require the electronic form. (i am sorry to put conditions
- on this, but until the time crunch has been overcome, we can't
- afford to be distracted by a flood of special requests.) we will
- try to acknowledge it promptly, and when possible, provide the
- information you are seeking.
- -- bb
-