[Segtex] Testing segtex

[Joerg Schleicher]

Sergey,

> 1. Is it time to update SEG.bib for 2004? If Karen Wolf (or whoever is 
> responsible) can dump the database in a text file, I will do the conversion.
> 
> 2. The bibtex produced from searches at the SEG website is incorrect (it 
> outputs @inproceedings instead of @article, etc.), and I have heard people 
> complaining about it. What language is http://seg.org/cgi-bin/dci.cgi
> written 
> in? How does it do the conversion? Can we fix it easily?

In this respect, it is important that the bib and bst files must be compatible.
Presently, SEG.bib and seglike.bst are not. Moreover, SEG.bib is also
not compatible to apalike.bst, which is another commonly used style.

Note that you can include in a bib-file lines like
@string {fb = "First Break"}
which then allows to use in the bib entry definitions like
JOURNAL=fb,
which is advantageous as it requires only the change of one line to have
a certain Journal name appear differently on citation.

I've put my "strings.bib" at
http://www.ime.unicamp/br/~js/strings.bib
Maybe, it can be of use.
(Note that presently, I've defined all these strings as MACROs in
seglike.bst too. I use strings.bib to use it with other bst files.)

> 4. I have modified the example file. The source is at
> 
> http://egl.beg.utexas.edu/viewcvs/trunk/tex/latex/seg/geophysics_example.ltx?root=texmf&view=markup
> and the PDF output for "manuscript" and "paper" versions are attached.
> Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve it.

I've downloaded the latest version of geophysics.cls and started to test it
on a manuscript I'm presently writing. Here are the things I've found:

1. (minor) Section headings are not centered
2. in "paper" mode:
   (a) There is a strange Latex error when using the \abstract command
       (\begin{minipage} ended by \end{document})
   (b) Wouldn't it be interesting to set this in two columns?
3. in "manuscript" mode: 
   (a) I had a Latex error because a figure was placed at the beginning
       of a paragraph (seems to be caused by the \abstract command, when
       working with \begin{abstract}, it didn't happen).
   (b) Figure captions are ignored (is this a bug or a feature?)
       Therefore, labels in Figure captions are invalid and ref won't work.
       Of course, labels can be put outside the \caption command, but they
       normally work inside, too.
   (c) Shouldn't Figures be swept to the end in this mode, even if their
       placed within the text?
       (This can be achieved by setting \renewcommand{\textfraction}{1},
       which means that Latex requires each page to be 100% text).
   (d) Shouldn't there be an automatic list of captions from the
       \caption commands

> 5. Can we discuss the TODO list and its prioritization?
> 
> Things that should be done before releasing the package:
>  
> - Polish the documentation

This should probably include the comments at the beginning of natbib.sty

> - Separate seg.sty from geophysics.cls
> - Add segabs.cls (eage.cls, georeport.cls, geobook.cls)
> - Rename seglike.bst to seg.bst

Fine with me, if it is meant to replace the present one.

> - Have it tested and approved at places with many LaTeX users like SEP and CWP

I will also try and get more people test it.

Moreover, I will do another check with the "Instructions to authors" to
see that it actually produces the desired output.

> - Fix the paper size for A4 paper (Europe and other continents)
> - Anything else?

Not that I can think of at the moment.

Best regards
Joerg

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