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Contents 1 PracTeX Journal Editorial information 1.1 Current issue 1.2 Production editors 1.3 Reviewers/Proofreaders 1.4 Previous issue 1.4.1 Still to do 1.5 Article ideas 1.6 Column ideas

PracTeX Journal Editorial information

• Notes on preparing articles
• Production editing
• Add or Update an article on the journal test site
• How the journal test site works
• Making a Whole-issue PDF
• Current issue
• The journal test site
• Contact the editors

Current issue

• Release date: July 1, 2008
• Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2008
• Number 2008-2
• Theme: Class and Style
• Editor: Lance & ??

Article / Piece	Author	Languages	Editor	Status	As of	A/P	B	L	SVN
Typesetting a genealogy journal	Michael Lundholm	US/UK		Proposed	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Go game positions with Metapost	Wentao Zheng	US/UK		Received rough draft	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Top 100 LaTeX Packages	Lance Carnes	US/UK		Proposed	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Compleat Idiot's Guide to Class and Style	???	US/UK		Proposed	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
PStricks intro	Vafa Khalighi	US/UK		Proposed	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
LaTeX exams	Renan Yson	US/UK		Proposed	01:39, 28 May 2008 (MDT)
Regular features
Article / Piece	Author	Editor	Status	As of
Travels in TeXLand	Walden		Scheduled	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Opinion: LaTeX package versions: A moving target?	Carnes		Proposed	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Ask Nelly	Editors		Scheduled	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Feedback from readers			Scheduled	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Editorial	Lance & Editors		Scheduled	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)
Distractions	Editors		Scheduled	01:39, 12 May 2008 (MDT)

Production editors

Editors	Languages
Lance Carnes	US/UK
Yuri Robbers	US/UK, Dutch
Paul Blaga	US/UK, Romanian, Italian
Will Robertson	US/UK
Francisco (Rei) Reinaldo	US/UK, PT/BR
Keith Jones	US/UK
Dr Partha	Indian Languages

Reviewers/Proofreaders

Tarcisio Praciano Pereira	PT/BR
Juan Luis Varona	Spanish
Michael Guravage	US/UK, Dutch
Thomas A. Schmitz	German
Maarten Sneep	Dutch
Helmer Aslaksen	Norwegian, Chinese
Jin-Hwan Cho	Korean

Previous issue

• Released: June 10, 2007
• Number 2007-2
• Theme: TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt for editors
• Editor: Paul Blaga

Still to do

Article / Piece	Author	Editor	Status	As of
"hack" BiBTeX to produce a customised inventory list	Y. Calleecharan		Propopsal	02:35, 15 June 2007 (GMT)
Bilingual documents	Richard Holbert		Propopsal, see email of 8/15	13:41, 15 August 2007 (CDT)
Conference proceedings package	Vincent Verfaille	Rei	Propopsal, see email of 8/12	13:41, 15 August 2007 (CDT)
Using LaTeX for Writing a Thesis	Rohit Vishal Kumar	Paul	Received, sent for review	22:09, 13 May 2007 (EET)
Realizing the Benefits of LaTeX across Academic Writing Needs	Theodore Walls	Yuri	Partially completed	14:09, 24 August 2006 (CDT)
A ConTeXt module for a journal	Aditya Mahajan		Proposed	12:00, 12 March 2007 (EET)
LaTeX tables	Andy Roberts	Paul	Proposed	14:09, 24 August 2006 (CDT)
Enjoying babel	Enrico Gregorio	Rei	Corrections were sent on April.No feedback until now!	00:13, 8 May 2007 (WEST)
Fancy Headers	Paul Blaga		Proposed	21:24, 3 April 2007 (EET)
Don't mess with the EDITOR: about the ``harmony of the relation author-editor	Paul Blaga		Proposed	21:25, 3 April 2007 (EET)
Using the AMS classes	George Gratzer	Yuri	Partially completed	14:09, 24 August 2006 (CDT)
Removing vertical stretch - mimicking traditional typesetting with TeX	Kaveh Bazargan	Yuri	Delayed: 2007-1/2	13:51, 24 August 2006 (CDT)
Using KOMA-script (Part 2)	Robbers, Kohm, Roulund	Paul	Proposed	14:09, 24 August 2006 (CDT)
TypeSpec v2: typesetting font specimens	William Adams		Proposed	20:32, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
TeX vs XML	J-M Hufflen	Lance	Received draft - needs editorial approval	13:25, 31 October 2006 (CST)
Booklets with LaTeX	Gustavo Cevolani	Paul	Paper in Italian as well as English	13:50, 29 December 2006 (MET)
A wayward wayfarer's way to TeX	Stephen Moye	Bill	Proposed	00:07, 16 September 2006 (CDT)
Mastering texmf-trees	Thomas A. Schmitz	Bill	Draft received	13:32, 6 December 2006 (CST)
Sketch, a processor to make 3D line drawings in LaTeX	Gene Ressler		Proposed	15:04, 9 December 2006 (MET)
The "hacking for learning" paradigm in LaTeX part 2	S. Parthasarathy	Will	Received draft - needs editorial approval	1:35, 21 December 2006 (CST)

Article ideas

Feel free to add to this section, and put ~~~~ (your username
For example, write "A Great Article, A.U. Thor ~~~~".

(Note: these ideas have been suggested by the authors or by the editor and are not necessarily commitments to write the articles.)

1. When grace meets beauty -- LaTeX meets mathematics --- S. Parthasarathy (drpartha@gmail.com) 2007-01-07
2. Brevity is the soul of wit -- How LaTeX can help --- S. Parthasarathy (drpartha@gmail.com) 2007-01-07
3. LaTeX bibliographies, demystified -- S. Parthasarathy (drpartha@gmail.com) 2007-01-19
4. LaTeXoGraPhy (who says LaTeX is only for serious stuff ?) -- S. Parthasarathy (drpartha@gmail.com) 2007-02-12
5. AcroTeX, Don Story Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
6. TeX/LaTeX Online Survey (update), Don Story Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
7. LaTeX in Liberal Arts, John Burt Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
8. Setting up a journal with LaTeX, Jocelyn Doucet Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
9. Using Lyx, Jan Hlavacek Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
10. BibTeX, D T Young Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
11. Harvey Mudd College thesis style, Claire Connelly Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
12. URW fonts, Will Robertson Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
13. In my opinion, Phil Taylor Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
14. A Sketch system for 3d drawings, Eugene K. Ressler Lcarnes 16:59, 18 March 2006 (MST)
15. Frequently asked questions, Gerree Pecht Lcarnes 17:06, 18 March 2006 (MST)
16. LaTeX examples (what you type/what you get), Gerree Pecht Lcarnes 17:06, 18 March 2006 (MST)
17. An introduction to replacement classes such as KOMA-Script. Rasmus P. --Rasmus 06:49, 30 March 2006 (MST)
18. A light history of Lucida, Charles Bigelow Lcarnes 12:46, 8 May 2006 (PDT)
19. Effective slide presentations with TeX (sugg. by David Walden) 10:32, 12 May 2006 (PDT)
20. How to read log files (sugg. by Peter Flom) 10:32, 12 May 2006 (PDT)
21. Font selection for dummies (sugg. by Peter Flom) 14:14, 9 August 2006 (CDT)
22. Have 2 or 3 experts redo a sample document and explain what they did and why (sugg. by Will Robertson) 14:27, 9 August 2006 (CDT)
23. Macros by example Peter Flom 15:45 (EDT) 9 August 2006
    • Compare various programmeable graphics extensions (MetaPost, PSTricks, (e)(e)pic, TikZ, EpiX, etc.) by creating the same graphic in all of them, Yuri Robbers Yuri 06:06, 27 August 2006 (CDT)
24. Using TeX in commercial printing (outlining fonts and other problems with sending a TeX-based document for commercial printing) Lcarnes 18:34, 13 June 2007 (CDT)

Column ideas

• Ask Nelly questions:

• Distractions: