PCTeX 6 • declaregraphicsrule - command
Can Pctex run shell commands?I am trying to do:\DeclareGraphicsRule{.bmp}{eps}{*}{'convert #1 eps:-}and\includegraphics[width=.80\textwidth]{ch1/table.bmp} However the convert is not run. What is the...
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MathTime Pro II New Symbols • Letter g, Letter y
I am not sure if Dr. Spivak is still taking requests for symbols, but here are my suggestions.1. The italic lowercase letter 'y' in a more curvy format. Should obviously include the bold variety, as...
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As a temporary fix, you can doCode: \newcommand{\varv}{\ensuremath{\textit{v}}}which will give you "variant v" (hence \varv), so...
View ArticleMathTime Pro II • Problem with \mathbf and uppercase greek
I have multiple documents, which are full of boldface uppercase Greek symbols. When I was using default computer modern fonts and amsmath and amssymb packages, I used the \mathbf command to get the...
View ArticlePCTeX 6 • Does PCTeX have proper e-TeX support?
(Cross-posted from LaTeX Community)In trying to use the etoolbox package with PCTeX v6 (6.1, Build Fri Apr 16 13:29:46 2010), it looks like either PCTeX doesn't have e-TeX support, or etoolbox is...
View ArticlePCTeX 6 • Re: Does PCTeX have proper e-TeX support?
(Cross-posted from LaTeX Community)In trying to use the etoolbox package with PCTeX v6 (6.1, Build Fri Apr 16 13:29:46 2010), it looks like either PCTeX doesn't have e-TeX support, or etoolbox is...
View ArticlePCTeX 6 • Changing the default settings
Hi, this is probably a dumb question, but I can't figure it out, and it's hindering mye work.When I go to "default settings" and then change something, I am unable to click "apply", and if I click...
View ArticleMathTime Pro II New Symbols • Symbols for "generated by"
I often use the "less than" and "greater than" symbols for "the group generated by", as in G = <a, b> or G = <a, b : ab = ba>Of course, I enclose the each symbol in curly brackets so that...
View ArticleMathTime Pro II • Installing for MacTeX: diferent localtexmf location
I think that with current distribution of MacTeX, the place to which one wants to unzip the mtpro2 archives is now Code: ~/Library/texmf rather than Code: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local which is where...
View ArticlePCTeX 6 • Move PCTeX to a New Computer
I installed my licensed v6.1 PCTeX to a new computer, on which I have copied over all my user directories exactly as they were on the old computer. Is there a way to move all my PCTeX settings in an...
View ArticleLucida Fonts • lucimatx clash with flexisym: upper-case Greek math
There is a clash between he package flexisym.sty (or breqn.sty) from CTAN and lucimatx.sty: upper-case Greek math letters are not shown in the pdf but are replaced by various accents.Example source:...
View ArticleMathTime Pro II • Farewell Michael Spivak, October 2020
Mike passed away October 1, 2020 in Houston, Texas. An accomplished mathematician, creative writer, TeX macro writer (AMSTeX), general TeX writer, math font designer (MathTime), and all around nice...
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