At last for some...
Perhaps someone should begin finishing up a revtex4.layout?
Takers?
Lgb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: ANNOUNCE: REVTeX 4 public beta release
Date: 24 May 1999 18:26:10 GMT
Organization: American Center for Physics
Message-ID: <7ic5k2$1tt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Greetings all,
The American Physical Society is pleased to announce the first public beta
release of REVTeX 4. The purpose of this early release is to get feedback
on the features and any bugs. More information (as well as downloading
REVTeX 4) is available at http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/. Please send any
comments or questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Mark Doyle
Research and Development
The American Physical Society
%% ****** Start of file README ****** %
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%% This file is part of the APS files in the REVTeX 4 distribution.
%% Version 4.0 beta 1 of REVTeX, March 31, 1999.
%%
%%
%% Copyright (c) 1999 The American Physical Society.
%%
Last updated April 7, 1999
This file describes the contents of the REVTeX 4.0 beta 1 distribution.
The definitive source of information about REVTeX 4 is the APS web
page http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/.
**** NOTE: This is a beta release. There are bugs in this release, but
**** we believe it to be quite useable. Users of the beta package should
**** check the REVTeX 4 web site (http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/)
**** regularly for new releases and a list of known bugs. If you are
**** using this beta software beyond January 1, 2000, you shouldn't be!
Please report bugs (patches welcome!) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This beta
release is being made to garner feedback (both positive and negative)
and to make a fully compliant LaTeX2e version of REVTeX available (it
is long overdue).
Please note that REVTeX 4 has not yet been integrated into the APS
production process. Thus papers that are submitted in REVTeX 4 may not
qualify for the compuscript program (i.e., discounted page charges).
Manifest
--------
revtex4.dtx - The somewhat commented source file for revtex4.cls
and revsymb.sty.
revtex4.cls - The REVTeX 4 class file
revsymb.sty - A collection of common symbols for use outside of REVTeX.
revtex.bst - A new custom-bib based BibTeX style file for use with
REVTeX 4
aps.rtx - APS specific REVTeX 4 customizations
template.aps - A template for APS authors to follow
revtex4.ins - A docstrip (version 2.4 or higher) file for extracting
revtex4.cls and revsymb.sty from the revtex4.dtx file
revguide.tex - A short introduction to REVTeX 4
revbib.tex - A short introduction to using BibTeX with REVTeX 4
Installation
------------
To install REVTeX 4, put revtex4.cls, aps.rtx, and revsymb.sty
somewhere in your TEXINPUTS path or where ever your TeX software looks
for input files. Normally this would be something like
$TEXROOT/texmf/tex/latex/revtex4 for input files and
$TEXROOT/texmf/bibtex/bst
for revtex.bst.
Credits
-------
The twocolumn mode of REVTeX 4 uses Frank Mittelbach's multicol.sty
which is distributed with LaTeX2e. The APS has licensed multicol.sty
for use in REVTeX for APS journals.
David Carlisle created the initial versions of REVTeX 4 under
commission by the APS. The APS is the maintainer of REVTeX 4 and all
bugs are our responsibility. Please e-mail complaints to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Backwards compatibility
-----------------------
The REVTeX 4 class file has been named revtex4.cls to distinguish it
from its predecessors. If the class file is copied to revtex.cls,
files created with earlier versions of REVTeX should still work.
LaTeX2e requirements
--------------------
REVTeX 4 requires LaTeX2e [1996/06/01]
Recommended styles and packages
--------------------------
By moving to full LaTeX2e support, REVTeX users can now take advantage
of many of the well-supported style files and packages available. Here are
some that are particularly useful and recommended.
amsfonts.sty, amssymb.sty, and amsmath.sty have many useful macros and
symbols
and are recommended.
longtable.sty for long tables
hyperref.sty for hyperlinking - should work well with REVTeX 4.
graphics.sty and graphicx.sty for figure inclusion - part of LaTeX2e's
standard distribution.
bm.sty for bold math - can be found on CTAN in macros/latex/required/tools
directory, should be part of more recent LaTeX2e distributions.
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