May22 TUG news: war, David Walden, TUG'22, TUGboat, TeX Live, CTAN
"Radhakrishnan CV (TeXFolio)" <[email protected]> Tue, 10 May 2022 08:26:57 +0530
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--===============2741474478762949266== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_28AD402D-0753-4E66-B1A2-579519E97768" --Apple-Mail=_28AD402D-0753-4E66-B1A2-579519E97768 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: TeX Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: [tex-announce] May22 TUG news: war, David Walden, TUG'22, = TUGboat, TeX Live, CTAN Date: 3 May 2022 at 3:52:56 AM IST To: [email protected], [email protected] Dear TeXers, It is sad for me to open yet another letter with the news about the war in Europe. As I write this, the estimate for the number of Ukrainian refugees who fled their country is at 5.5 million, with another 7.7 million of internally displaced people. 90% of these 5.5 million are women and children. Some organizations, like the Canadian parliament, call the acts of Russia a genocide, and even more organizations recognize them as war crimes. The danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction is very high. Many scientific and technology societies do what they can to help. For example, the American Physical Society held a plenary session at their Annual Meeting to explore the history and background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and created a support community = (https://info.aps.org/e/640833/d0-5964-4653-a7a6-491cd4fa3969/n3blw/658309= 016). Our society is much smaller, but we also try to help. Recently the Board approved free membership for people in war zones and refugees, with full confidentiality. We are thinking about other ways to help. In other unhappy news, I am very sad to report the passing of a great friend and TeX enthusiast, Dave Walden. Dave was a living history of computers and computer typesetting, who knew everything and everybody. He was one of the most generous people I ever knew, always here to help and support. He was a TUG director and treasurer for many years. I learned a lot from Dave and his advice. He will be missed. (A longer memoriam will appear in the next TUGboat.) TUG 2022 and the TUG Annual Meeting are getting closer. If you have not registered yet, please do so at https://tug.org/tug2022/register.html. And please send presentation proposals to [email protected] Let me remind you of the important dates: June 15 - deadline for abstracts for presentation proposals. July 10 - deadline for preprints to be in the program. July 22-24 - conference, including the TUG Annual General Meeting. July 31 - deadline for final papers for the printed TUGboat proceedings. This year both the conference and AGM are online, and participation is free (as always, we will be grateful for any donation). TUGboat 43:1 has been printed and will start hitting mailboxes soon. The next issue will be the TUG'22 proceedings. We also welcome submissions for the next regular issue (in the fall). See https://tug.org/TUGboat TeX Live 2022 is being downloaded and actively used. See https://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#news for the most significant changes. New CTAN (https://ctan.org) packages in April: - circledtext, create circled text; - commonunicode, convert common unicode symbols to LaTeX code; - expex-acro, wrapper for the expex package; - hsindex, an alternative index processor to imakeidx written with = Haskell; - hvextern, writing and reading of external source code and insert the = output; - knuth-hint, C/WEB sources from TeX Live in HINT format; - luamathalign, more flexible alignment in amsmath environments; - postnotes, endnotes for LaTeX; - proflabo, draw laboratory equipment; - simplenodes, simple nodes in four colors written in TikZ for LaTeX; - unisc, Unicode small caps with Lua/XeLaTeX; - xduts, Xidian University TeX Suite. Happy TeXing! Boris Veytsman TUG President --Apple-Mail=_28AD402D-0753-4E66-B1A2-579519E97768 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, = "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" = class=3D"">TeX Users Group <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>></span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", = Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, = "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b = class=3D"">[tex-announce] May22 TUG news: war, David Walden, TUG'22, = TUGboat, TeX Live, CTAN</b></span><br class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", = Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D""><b class=3D"">Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", = Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=3D"">3 May 2022 at 3:52:56 AM = IST</span><br class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><b class=3D"">To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family: = -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>, <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a></span><br class=3D""><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""></blockquote><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>Dear TeXers,<br class=3D""><font = color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>It is sad for me to open = yet another letter with the news about the war<br class=3D"">in Europe. = As I write this, the estimate for the number of Ukrainian<br = class=3D"">refugees who fled their country is at 5.5 million, with = another 7.7<br class=3D"">million of internally displaced people. 90% of = these 5.5 million are<br class=3D"">women and children. Some = organizations, like the Canadian parliament,<br class=3D"">call the acts = of Russia a genocide, and even more organizations<br class=3D"">recognize = them as war crimes. The danger of the use of weapons of mass<br = class=3D"">destruction is very high. Many scientific and technology = societies do<br class=3D"">what they can to help. For example, the = American Physical Society held a<br class=3D"">plenary session at their = Annual Meeting to explore the history and<br class=3D"">background of = the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and created a support<br = class=3D"">community<br class=3D"">(<a = href=3D"https://info.aps.org/e/640833/d0-5964-4653-a7a6-491cd4fa3969/n3blw= /658309016" = class=3D"">https://info.aps.org/e/640833/d0-5964-4653-a7a6-491cd4fa3969/n3= blw/658309016</a>).<br class=3D"">Our society is much smaller, but we = also try to help. Recently the Board<br class=3D"">approved free = membership for people in war zones and refugees, with full<br = class=3D"">confidentiality. We are thinking about other ways to help.<br = class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>In other = unhappy news, I am very sad to report the passing of a great<br = class=3D"">friend and TeX enthusiast, Dave Walden. Dave was a = living history of<br class=3D"">computers and computer typesetting, who = knew everything and everybody.<br class=3D"">He was one of the most = generous people I ever knew, always here to<br class=3D"">help and = support. He was a TUG director and treasurer for many years.<br = class=3D"">I learned a lot from Dave and his advice. He will be = missed. (A longer<br class=3D"">memoriam will appear in the next = TUGboat.)<br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>TUG 2022 and the TUG Annual Meeting are getting = closer. If you have not<br class=3D"">registered yet, please do so at <a = href=3D"https://tug.org/tug2022/register.html" = class=3D"">https://tug.org/tug2022/register.html</a>.<br class=3D"">And = please send presentation proposals to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>.<br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>Let me remind you of the important dates:<br = class=3D"">June 15 - deadline for abstracts for presentation = proposals.<br class=3D"">July 10 - deadline for preprints to be in the = program.<br class=3D"">July 22-24 - conference, including the TUG Annual = General Meeting.<br class=3D"">July 31 - deadline for final papers for = the printed TUGboat proceedings.<br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>This year both the conference and AGM are = online, and participation is<br class=3D"">free (as always, we will be = grateful for any donation).<br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>TUGboat 43:1 has been printed and will start = hitting mailboxes soon. The<br class=3D"">next issue will be the TUG'22 = proceedings. We also welcome submissions<br class=3D"">for the next = regular issue (in the fall). See <a href=3D"https://tug.org/TUGboat" = class=3D"">https://tug.org/TUGboat</a><br class=3D""><font = color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>TeX Live 2022 is being = downloaded and actively used. See<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#news" = class=3D"">https://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#news</a>= <br class=3D"">for the most significant changes.<br class=3D""><font = color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>New CTAN = (https://ctan.org) packages in April:<br class=3D"">- circledtext, = create circled text;<br class=3D"">- commonunicode, convert common = unicode symbols to LaTeX code;<br class=3D"">- expex-acro, wrapper for = the expex package;<br class=3D"">- hsindex, an alternative index = processor to imakeidx written with Haskell;<br class=3D"">- hvextern, = writing and reading of external source code and insert the output;<br = class=3D"">- knuth-hint, C/WEB sources from TeX Live in HINT format;<br = class=3D"">- luamathalign, more flexible alignment in amsmath = environments;<br class=3D"">- postnotes, endnotes for LaTeX;<br = class=3D"">- proflabo, draw laboratory equipment;<br class=3D"">- = simplenodes, simple nodes in four colors written in TikZ for LaTeX;<br = class=3D"">- unisc, Unicode small caps with Lua/XeLaTeX;<br class=3D"">- = xduts, Xidian University TeX Suite.<br class=3D""><font color=3D"#5856d6" = class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, 214);" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></span></font>Happy TeXing!<br class=3D""><font = color=3D"#5856d6" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(88, 86, = 214);" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></font>Boris Veytsman<br = class=3D"">TUG President<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br= class=3D""></div></div></div><br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_28AD402D-0753-4E66-B1A2-579519E97768-- --===============2741474478762949266== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Home: http://www.tug.org.in/ TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq unsubscribe: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tugindia --===============2741474478762949266==--