TeX is a typesetting system written by Donald E. Knuth, who says in the Preface to his book on TeX (see books about TeX) that it is “intended for the creation of beautiful books — and especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics”. Knuth is Emeritus Professor of the Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University in California, USA. Knuth developed the first version of TeX in 1978 to deal with revisions to his series “the Art of Computer Programming”.

Knuth has declared that he will do no further development of TeX; he will continue to fix any bugs that are reported to him (though bugs are rare). This decision was made soon after TeX version 3.0 was released; at each bug-fix release the version number acquires one more digit, so that it tends to the limit pi (at the time of writing, Knuth’s latest release is version 3.141592).

WYSIWYG is a marketing term (“What you see is what you get”) for a particular style of text processor. WYSIWYG systems are characterised by two principal claims: that you type what you want to print, and that what you see on the screen as you type is a close approximation to how your text will finally be printed. There are two answers to this.

You can get a LaTeX style file, 'larch.sty', and a macro file defining a bunch of mathematical symbols, 'larchmath.tex', by anonymous ftp from the following URL. ftp://ftp.cs.iastate.edu/pub/larch/tex The documentation for 'larch.sty' says that it is to be used with LaTeX 2.09. However, it can be used with LaTeX2e. To do so, put the following lines at the start of your LaTeX input.

Gore-Tex fabric is created when Gore laminates their patented Gore-Tex membrane to high-performance textiles, which are then used by garment manufacturers to make outerwear, accessories, and footwear. The Gore-Tex membrane has 9 billion pores per square inch, with each pore 20,000 times smaller than a water droplet. These tiny holes are too small for water and wind to pass through from the outside, which is how Gore can guarantee you'll stay dry and warm in a garment made with Gore-Tex fabric.

ADB ports are not supported by OSX. The recommended course of action is to exchange your ADB key for a USB key. Please contact support@genecodes.com, quoting your registration number or the name of the original purchaser of Sequencher. Windows applications are more dependent on extensions than Macintosh applications. In order to open Sequencher projects that originate on a Macintosh add a *.SPF extension to the file.

A Dashboard OSX widget is a concept introduced in OSX 10.4 Tiger. It is basically a mini application that is always running in the background. It can be quickly accessed by using the f12 key by default.

There is an appliation called MidiBridge9x that allows applications running in Classic to access the OS X core MIDI. Many users are experiencing excellent results with it. You can find out more at: Yes, Xx is being ported to OS X. MetaSynth 4 underwent a significant transformation from earlier versions and we just were not able to get Xx done at the same time -- and we didn't want to sit on the finished MetaSynth 4 until Xx was done.

The MATLAB (version 4) print command provides a "-deps" argument which provides a Encapsulated PostScript file of your plot. Some people have reported various problems getting this stuff to work. Some suggestions: Use "bbps" and ghostscript. "bbps.shar" is available via anonymous ftp on "csi.jpl.nasa.gov". You'll need to get GhostScript from your nearest GNU ftp site.

The 'X' stands for the Greek letter Chi, and is pronounced by English-speakers either a bit like the 'ch' in 'loch' ([x] in the IPA) or like 'k'. It definitely is not pronounced 'ks'.

In 1948, Mrs. Tea Bonelli wished to re-open her publishing house and create new comic series'. She therefore called Aurelio Galleppini in Milan and entrusted the texts to her ex-husband, G.L. Bonelli. The men developed two series: Occhio Cupo (Dark Eye) and Tex.

He is a very strong, agile man who is exceeds one meter, eighty-five. As for his face, Gary Cooper's features initially inspired Galep. However, he also borrowed features from other actors...as well as his own facial features.

To begin with, he's very strong. He is also very good and very fast, with his pistol and rifle and with his intelligence and astuteness - like other heroes. Finally, he is basically a good guy and very fortunate when he plays poker (even though he occasionally cheats for justice to triumph, etc.)...