How you can help in the TeX community

First, one way to help that we can recommend to everyone is to join TUG or another TeX user group. This very much helps support TeX and the TeX world.

The other items on this page are specific tasks we know of that need volunteers. If you have time and willingness to help with one, please get in touch at the indicated address. Thanks.

If you'd like to add an item to this page, or have other questions and suggestions, mail webmaster@tug.org. For general questions and discussion about TeX and related programs, mail texhax@tug.org.

Documentation (email karl@tug.org):

• We'd like to collect small sample documents for the standard and other popular LaTeX classes, and for ConTeXt documents too. If you have any to share, please let me know. Some samples have been written, and other templates are available on CTAN.
• We'd like to have an ‘introduction to LaTeX’ document that falls somewhere between the brevity of sample2e.tex and the completeness of A Not So Short Introduction. The whole topic of fonts should perhaps be separated out, since for a large population XeTeX makes that topic a whole lot nicer.
• The hyperref manual needs a thorough updating. The present maintainer has carefully documented changes in the NEWS file and sources, but the main manual lags behind.
• The dvips manual could use a systematic description of the specials that are accepted (and examination of the source code to find out what they are). Quite a few are documented, but not all.
• The unofficial LaTeX reference manual needs much expansion and filling out.

TeX programming:

• The Lucida macros and documentation need an ongoing maintainer to fix bugs and make improvements. Email lucida-admin@tug.org.

C programming:

• Supporting OpenType and perhaps TrueType in the long-standing but still active dvips program would be great, i.e., conversion to Type42. Perhaps some of the code from pdftex could be adapted. Email tex-k@tug.org.

TUG web site (email webmaster@tug.org):

• The TeX resources on the web page has grown wildly and haphazardly. Systematically checking links and organizing the entries would be great. This would best be done a little at a time, not in one giant effort.
• The mysterious TeX errors page needs some introductory text and general organization.