From olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl Sat Dec 14 14:19:47 2002 From: olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl (Olaf Weber) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.0 -- but still not a full release In-Reply-To: <874ralmnom.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> References: <874ralmnom.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <87smx0hh58.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> I've put web2c 7.4.0 sources up on tug.org in ~ftp/tex. Thus they'll appear on CTAN in due course(?) The sources contain preliminary versions of pdftex and omega. Basically, they've been taken from the source.development tree, and neither usability nor stability are guaranteed. These sources are especially meant to allow Thomas and Fabrice and me to sync up with each other, and may be of limited interest to anyone else. Expect this release to be superceded "soon". For omega, there is a change to com16bit.ch that brings its handling of filename extensions in line with the way tex.ch does it -- it really should be applied. The diff is below. If, for some reason, you want the sources NOW and cannot log into tug.org, use the following links. http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web-7.4.0.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.0-etex-2.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.0-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.0-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-2.1-RC1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.0-pdftexlibs.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.0.tar.gz Otherwise use these: ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web-7.4.0.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.0-etex-2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.0-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.0-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-2.1-RC1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.0-pdftexlibs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.0.tar.gz I've the latest entries from the NEWS files, for your amusement. Note that the current sources are broken on windows/dos, and will remain so until Fabrice (or another volunteer) fixes them. kpathsea: 3.4.0 (14 December 2002) * 3.4.x number as ABI is certainly broken now. * Change the way the mktex* command lines are set up on unix systems. Now we call fork/exec directly instead of using popen. This code is not yet implemented for Windows/DOS. * We're now (un?)fairly restrictive on what names are allowed for fonts. That part of the code probably need improvement. * When reading names from the ls-R file, they are no longer case-smashed. So on platforms where this matters, the case-smashing should occur before names are inserted into the ls-R file -- only lowercase should be used in that file. web2c: 7.4.0 (14 December 2002) * Using 7.4.x numbers now because the interface of kpathsea has changed in ABI-incompatible ways. * share/*: Stop shipping fontmap files and tcx files in the web2c tarball. * CWEB: Add protypes to code through the change files. * BibTeX: Names ending in 'aux' were not handled correctly. * METAPost: Handle date and time privitives correctly, instead of having them give the date of the mem file. infovore:/home/olaf/web2c$ diff -u texlive/development/TeX/texk/web2c/omegadir/com16bit.ch src/texk/texk/web2c/omegadir/com16bit.ch --- texlive/development/TeX/texk/web2c/omegadir/com16bit.ch 2002-10-29 00:38:17.000000000 +0100 +++ src/texk/texk/web2c/omegadir/com16bit.ch 2002-12-13 21:37:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -1154,6 +1154,12 @@ @.I can't find the format...@> @z +@x [29.530] l.10239 - prompt_file_name: No default extension is TeX input file.+if e=".tex" then show_context; +@y +if (e=".tex") or (e="") then show_context; +@z + @x [29.532] l.10263 - avoid conflict, `logname' in on some systems. @ Here's an example of how these conventions are used. Whenever it is time to ship out a box of stuff, we shall use the macro |ensure_dvi_open|. @@ -1213,15 +1219,9 @@ var temp_str: str_number; k: integer; begin scan_file_name; {set |cur_name| to desired file name} pack_cur_name; -loop@+ begin begin_file_reading; {set up |cur_file| and new level of input} +loop@+begin + begin_file_reading; {set up |cur_file| and new level of input} tex_input_type := 1; {Tell |open_input| we are \.{\\input}.} - if cur_ext = ".tex" then begin - {|prompt_file_name| packed the \.{.tex} in, so if the user says - \.{foo.bar} in response to `type another input file name:', we'd - end up looking for \.{foo.bar.tex} only, and never find \.{foo.bar}.} - cur_ext := ""; - pack_cur_name; - end; {Kpathsea tries all the various ways to get the file.} if open_in_name_ok(name_of_file+1) and a_open_in(cur_file, kpse_tex_format) then @@ -1238,6 +1238,12 @@ end; @z +@x [29.537] l.10348 - start_input: don't force ".tex" extension. + prompt_file_name("input file name",".tex"); +@y + prompt_file_name("input file name",""); +@z + @x [29.537] l.10350 - start_input: string recycling done: name:=a_make_name_string(cur_file); @y -- Olaf Weber (This space left blank for technical reasons.) From olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl Fri Dec 20 20:52:16 2002 From: olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl (Olaf Weber) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.0 -- but still not a full release In-Reply-To: <87smx0hh58.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> References: <874ralmnom.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> <87smx0hh58.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <87d6nwjwnj.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> I've put web2c 7.4.1 sources up on tug.org in ~ftp/tex. Thus they'll appear on CTAN in due course(?) The sources contains a preliminary version of pdftex. Basically, it's been taken from the source.development tree, and neither usability nor stability are guaranteed. Omega 1.23.2 as in these tarballs is what John Plaice tells me to release. These sources are especially meant to allow Thomas and Fabrice and me to sync up with each other, and may be of limited interest to anyone else. However, the only changes I intend to apply at this point are - bundle pdftex 1.10a once it released. - add the windows-specific code calling mktex Thomas, if you can do without the windows bits, then I think the non-pdftex parts should be good to go. If, for some reason, you want the sources NOW and cannot log into tug.org, use the following links. http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web-7.4.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-etex-2.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-pdftexlibs.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1.tar.gz Otherwise use these: ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web-7.4.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-etex-2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-pdftexlibs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1.tar.gz Changes to 7.4.0 are some fixed to the fork/exec code path, and a fix for the fact that cweave would hang (my error). -- Olaf Weber (This space left blank for technical reasons.) From olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl Fri Dec 20 20:53:35 2002 From: olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl (Olaf Weber) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.1 -- almost there In-Reply-To: <87d6nwjwnj.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> [Resent with correct subject.] I've put web2c 7.4.1 sources up on tug.org in ~ftp/tex. Thus they'll appear on CTAN in due course(?) The sources contains a preliminary version of pdftex. Basically, it's been taken from the source.development tree, and neither usability nor stability are guaranteed. Omega 1.23.2 as in these tarballs is what John Plaice tells me to release. These sources are especially meant to allow Thomas and Fabrice and me to sync up with each other, and may be of limited interest to anyone else. However, the only changes I intend to apply at this point are - bundle pdftex 1.10a once it released. - add the windows-specific code calling mktex Thomas, if you can do without the windows bits, then I think the non-pdftex parts should be good to go. If, for some reason, you want the sources NOW and cannot log into tug.org, use the following links. http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web-7.4.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-etex-2.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1-pdftexlibs.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.1.tar.gz Otherwise use these: ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web-7.4.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-etex-2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1-pdftexlibs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.1.tar.gz Changes to 7.4.0 are some fixed to the fork/exec code path, and a fix for the fact that cweave would hang (my error). -- Olaf Weber (This space left blank for technical reasons.) From olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl Mon Dec 23 18:07:29 2002 From: olaf at infovore.xs4all.nl (Olaf Weber) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.2 -- almost there II In-Reply-To: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> References: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <87u1h4fyum.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> I've put web2c 7.4.2 sources up on tug.org in ~ftp/tex. Thus they'll appear on CTAN in due course(?) The sources contain pdftex 1.10a RC3, Omega 1.23.2, and e-TeX 2.1. The difference with 7.4.1 are a few fixes in the Makefiles, and the addition of windows-specific code for calling mktex. MS-DOS-specific code is still missing (volunteers?). We should be good for release at this point, except that we're waiting for Godot^H^H^H^H^Hthe release of pdfTeX 1.10a. If, for some reason, you want the sources NOW and cannot log into tug.org, use the following links. http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web-7.4.2.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.2-etex-2.1.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.2-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.2-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.2-pdftexlibs.tar.gz http://www.xs4all.nl/~infovore/web2c-7.4.2.tar.gz Otherwise use these: ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web-7.4.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.2-etex-2.1.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.2-omega-1.23.2.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.2-pdftex-3.14159-1.10a-RC3.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.2-pdftexlibs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/web2c-7.4.2.tar.gz -- Olaf Weber (This space left blank for technical reasons.) From ms at artcom-gmbh.de Mon Dec 23 19:05:47 2002 From: ms at artcom-gmbh.de (Martin Schroeder) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.2 -- almost there II In-Reply-To: <87u1h4fyum.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> References: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> <87u1h4fyum.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <20021223180547.GD9753@lucien.kn-bremen.de> On 2002-12-23 18:07:29 +0100, Olaf Weber wrote: > We should be good for release at this point, except that we're waiting > for Godot^H^H^H^H^Hthe release of pdfTeX 1.10a. He'll come. :-) Since nobody has reported any problems with RC3 till now, I expect we'll have a release over the christmas holidays. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schr?der, MS@ArtCom-GmbH.DE ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Stra?e 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 From plaice at example.au Tue Dec 24 00:07:42 2002 From: plaice at example.au (plaice@example.au) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.2 -- almost there II In-Reply-To: <20021223180547.GD9753@lucien.kn-bremen.de>; from ms@artcom-gmbh.de on Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:05:47PM +0100 References: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> <87u1h4fyum.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> <20021223180547.GD9753@lucien.kn-bremen.de> Message-ID: <20021224100742.A9231@omega.cse.unsw.edu.au> I thought Godot was me :) On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 07:05:47PM +0100, Martin Schroeder wrote: > On 2002-12-23 18:07:29 +0100, Olaf Weber wrote: > > We should be good for release at this point, except that we're waiting > > for Godot^H^H^H^H^Hthe release of pdfTeX 1.10a. > > He'll come. :-) > > Since nobody has reported any problems with RC3 till now, I > expect we'll have a release over the christmas holidays. > > Best regards > Martin > -- > Martin Schr?der, MS@ArtCom-GmbH.DE > ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Stra?e 8, D-28359 Bremen > Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 > _______________________________________________ > tex-pretest mailing list > tex-pretest@tug.org > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-pretest From ms at artcom-gmbh.de Tue Dec 24 23:18:24 2002 From: ms at artcom-gmbh.de (Martin Schroeder) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:24 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.2 -- almost there II In-Reply-To: <20021224100742.A9231@omega.cse.unsw.edu.au> References: <877ke4jwlc.fsf_-_@infovore.xs4all.nl> <87u1h4fyum.fsf@infovore.xs4all.nl> <20021223180547.GD9753@lucien.kn-bremen.de> <20021224100742.A9231@omega.cse.unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <20021224221824.GD17988@lucien.kn-bremen.de> On 2002-12-24 10:07:42 +1100, John Plaice wrote: > I thought Godot was me :) Year in and year out, technology companies promise a slew of revolutionary new products that will forever change life as we know it. But invariably, some of the most eagerly anticipated gizmos are postponed, shelved or simply never make it out of beta. And so every year Wired News gives our readers the opportunity to nominate whatever it was they most looked forward to, and were cruelly denied. Welcome to our annual Vaporware Awards. Send your suggestions for the "best" vaporware products or technologies of 2002, and we'll print the results early next year. As in previous years, software locked in the pre-release, beta-testing stage is considered vaporware, even if it's widely available. It hasn't shipped until it's shrink-wrapped. Hmm. teTeX2, Omega2 or LaTeX3? :-) Best regards Martin -- Martin Schr?der, MS@ArtCom-GmbH.DE ArtCom GmbH, Grazer Stra?e 8, D-28359 Bremen Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 From te at dbs.uni-hannover.de Wed Dec 25 00:51:08 2002 From: te at dbs.uni-hannover.de (Thomas Esser) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:25 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] Web2C 7.4.2 -- almost there II In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:18:24 +0100 <20021224221824.GD17988@lucien.kn-bremen.de> References: <20021224100742.A9231@omega.cse.unsw.edu.au> <20021224221824.GD17988@lucien.kn-bremen.de> Message-ID: <200212242351.gBONp8Ln001135@gauss.dbs.uni-hannover.de> > Hmm. teTeX2, Omega2 or LaTeX3? :-) Naaa... teTeX2 is by far not not as mythical as LaTeX3. And, it will be release in the (very) near future. Really! ... Really? :-) Thomas From beebe at math.utah.edu Fri Dec 27 19:56:34 2002 From: beebe at math.utah.edu (Nelson H. F. Beebe) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:25 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo.* out of date Message-ID: The Texinfo distribution at ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo-4.2.tar.gz should be augmented by, or replaced with, the latest release ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.3.tar.gz The texinfo.tex file in both places is up-to-date, and NEWER than that in texinfo-4.3. -rw-rw-rw- 1 502 100 215360 Dec 27 01:18 texinfo.tex -rw-rw-rw- 1 1103 1103 215360 Dec 27 00:18 texinfo.tex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - University of Utah Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@ieee.org - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From karl at freefriends.org Fri Dec 27 20:37:41 2002 From: karl at freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Date: Fri Feb 18 15:06:25 2005 Subject: [tex-pretest] ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo.* out of date Message-ID: <200212271937.gBRJbft27139@f7.net> The Texinfo distribution at ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo-4.2.tar.gz Thanks Nelson. I updated this and added a note to myself so I don't forget to do so at the next texinfo release. (FYI, since texinfo is maintained separately from tex, texinfo-pretest@texinfo.org would be the best list to send to ...)