Re: Run an issue of TUGboat

It would be really nice to see the evolution of the whole process. It could
be done as a critical edition with a sample page on the left and the
description and instructions on how to run on the right.

PN

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 5:50 PM barbara beeton <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Karl Berry wrote:
>
> > Hi Franck,
> >
> >    I'm fond of the design of the journal
> >
> > Nice to hear.
> >
> > I suggest starting from https://ctan.org/pkg/tugboat, which is the
> > current version of the LaTeX class file for TUGboat. The documentation
> > included in the package (ltubguid.ltx) is written as an article using
> > the {ltugboat} class. (It's not just a .sty.)
>
> Good advice.  If this doesn't work, we've got problems, and you should
> report them.
>
> >    starry section headings
> >
> > Starry?
>
> The style changed between issues 5:1 and 5:2.  Instead of section headings
> being boxed as they are now, they were preceded and followed by a line of
> spaced-out asterisks, and a similar line was used to separate articles
> when the new one started in the middle of a page.  (If the exact coding
> is wanted, I think I can probably find it or recreate it.)
>                                                 -- bb
>
> > Hope this helps,
> > Karl
>