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Archive-name: auto/comp.text.tex/New-version-2-15-of-TeXsis-released


   The latest version of the TeXsis macro package (version 2.15) 
of TeX macros for physicists is now available.  

For those not familiar with TeXsis:

     TeXsis is a collection of TeX macros for typesetting physics
     documents  such as papers and preprints, conference proceed-
     ings, books, theses, referee reports,  letters,  and  memos.
     TeXsis  macros  provide  automatic  numbering  of equations,
     automatic numbering and  formatting  of  references,  double
     column  formatting,  macros  for  making tables and figures,
     with or without captions, including tables  with  horizontal
     and  vertical rules.  TeXsis supports a wide variety of type
     sizes and a number of specialized document formats,  and  it
     even  includes macros for making form letters for job appli-
     cations or letters of recommendation.


The most notable changes or additions are:

     *  Added support for including PostScript figures in a document
        using the macros known as epsf.tex.  The file epsf.tex is
        included in the TeXsis distribution.  The use of these macros is
        well documented in the TeXsis manual. 
        
     *  Added support for Ralph Smith's Formal Script fonts, assuming
        that they are available. Just use \scr in place of \cal.
	The rsfs fonts are available from lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu.

     *  The macros for making lists of figures and tables have been
        improved (along the lines of the table of contents macros).

     *  A \PhysRev style has been added.  This is autoloaded from the
        style file PhysRev.txs.

     *  The definition of \thesis has been moved to a style file
        called thesis.txs, which makes it easier to customize.  Examples
        from both Yale University and the University of Texas are included. 

     *  Added to the distribution a separate file called Example.tex
        which contains a short example physics paper which uses the
        TeXsis macros.  A shortcut around the manual. 

     *  Added \Footnote to act like \footnote but with the text of the
        footnote singlespaced and in 10 pt. type. 

     *  Improvements to the list-making environments.

     *  Added a \twinout layout which puts two pages on one piece of
        paper, printed sideways (landscape mode).  Also improved the 
        double column macros.

     *  Lots of other small additions.  Many improvements and additions 
        to the manual.

   An index has been added to the manual, using the index making macros
of index.tex and the MakeIndex program.  We have included index.tex in
the distribution of TeXsis, but the only documentation at present is
that contained in the source file.  Still, that's enough to get started.

  
  To make it easier for the casual reader of electronic preprints
("e-prints") to print a TeXsis document we have also put all of the core
TeXsis macros into one source file (called mtexsis.tex), with all the
comments and blank lines removed.  A reader who does not have TeXsis on
his/her system can then (usually) simply get this file, add "\input
mtexsis" to the manuscript file if needed, and print the paper with
Plain TeX.


   The code and documentation for TeXsis 2.15 can be obtained via
anonymous ftp over the Internet from lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu.  
To copy the files, run ftp on your computer and connect to
lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu (or 128.83.131.57).  Give the login name
"anonymous" and your e-mail address as the password.  The TeXsis files
for Unix machines are in a (possibly compressed) tar file in the
directory /texsis, or in shar bundles in the directory /texsis/Unix.
For Vax/VMS machines the files are available in DCL bundles (.COM files
which unpack themselves into many files) in the subdirectory texsis/VMS.
The code is the same in any case, it's just packed differently.  [If you
can't use anonymous ftp we can arrange send you the bundles via e-mail.
Please specify VMS or Unix.]


Note also: 

  - The macros for making ruled tables with Plain TeX known as ruled.tex
        are available independently in the subdirectory /texsis/tables.   

  - The macros for making an index using Plain TeX and the MakeIndex
        program are available in /texsis/index.  

  - Ralph Smith's formal script fonts are available in /texsis/rsfs.


   Comments, suggestions, and bug reports can be sent to us at
texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu.
-- 
Eric Myers	"If God had intended for man to fly 
			He would have given us the brains to build airplanes."
Center for Relativity, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
myers@emx.utexas.edu  |   myers@utaphy.bitnet   |   myers@ut-emx.UUCP