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A strange attractor is the surfaces which the state of a chaotic system will
be confined to, given time for transients to die out.

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Subject: How can I join the BITNET fractal discussion?

Q21: How can I join the BITNET fractal discussion?
A21: There is a fractal discussion on BITNET that uses an automatic mail
server that sends mail to a distribution list.  To join it, send a message to
[e-mail] with the following as text:
SUBSCRIBE FRAC-L John Doe    (where John Doe is replaced by your name)
To unsubscribe, send the message:
UNSUBSCRIBE FRAC-L
If that doesn't unsubscribe you, you can try:
SIGNOFF FRAC-L (GLOBAL
If that doesn't work or you have other problems, you can contact the list
administrator.  You can obtain their name by sending the message:
REVIEW FRAC-L

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Subject: 3-D fractals

Q22: How can 3-D fractals be generated?
A22: A common source for 3-D fractals is to compute Julia sets with
quaternions instead of complex numbers.  The resulting Julia set is four
dimensional.  By taking a slice through the 4-D Julia set (e.g. by fixing one
of the coordinates), a 3-D object is obtained.  This object can then be
displayed using computer graphics techniques such as ray tracing.

The papers to read on this are:

1.  J. Hart, D. Sandin and L. Kauffman, Ray Tracing Deterministic 3-D
Fractals, _SIGGRAPH_, 1989, pp. 289-296.

2.  A. Norton, Generation and Display of Geometric Fractals in 3-D,
_SIGGRAPH_, 1982, pp. 61-67.

3.  A. Norton, Julia Sets in the Quaternions, _Computers and Graphics,_ 13, 2
(1989), pp. 267-278.

Instead of quaternions, you can of course use other functions.  For instance,
you could use the regular Mandelbrot formula, but vary both c and z0,
resulting in a 4-D Mandelbrot set.

Another way of generating 3-D fractals is to use 3-D iterated function systems
(IFS).  These are analogous to 2-D IFS, except they generate points in a 3-D
space.

A third way of generating 3-D fractals is to take a 2-D fractal such as the
Mandelbrot set, and convert the pixel values to heights to generate a 3-D
"Mandelbrot mountain".  This 3-D object can then be rendered with normal
computer graphics techniques.

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Subject: What are some general references?

Q23: What are some general references on fractals and chaos?
A23: Some references are:

1.  M. Barnsley, _Fractals Everywhere_, Academic Press Inc., 1988.  ISBN 0-
12-079062-9.  This is an excellent text book on fractals.  This is probably
the best book for learning about the math underpinning fractals It is also a
good source for new fractal types.

2.  M. Barnsley and L. Hurd, _Fractal Image Compression_, Jones and Bartlett,
December, 1992.  ISBN 0-86720-457-5. This book explores the science of the
fractal transform in depth. The authors begin with a foundation in information
theory and present the technical background for fractal image compression. In
so doing, they explain the detailed workings of the fractal transform.
Algorithms are illustrated using source code in C.

3.  M. Barnsley and L. Anson, _The Fractal Transform_, Jones and Bartlett,
April, 1993.  ISBN 0-86720-218-1. This book is a sequel to _Fractals
Everywhere_. Without assuming a great deal of technical knowledge, the authors
explain the workings of the Fractal Transform (tm). The Fractal Transform is
the compression tool for storing high-quality images in a minimal amount of
space on a computer. Barnsley uses examples and algorithms to explain how to
transform a stored pixel image into its fractal representation.

4.  R. Devaney and L. Keen, eds., _Chaos and Fractals: The Mathematics Behind
the Computer Graphics_, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1989.
This book contains detailed mathematical descriptions of chaos, the Mandelbrot
set, etc.

5.  R. L. Devaney, _An Introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems_, Addison-
Wesley, 1989.  ISBN 0-201-13046-7.  This book introduces many of the basic
concepts of modern dynamical systems theory and leads the reader to the point
of current research in several areas. It goes into great detail on the exact
structure of the logistic equation and other 1-D maps.  The book is fairly
mathematical using calculus and topology.

6.  R. L. Devaney, _Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics_, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
ISBN 0-201-23288-X.  This is a very readable book.  It introduces chaos
fractals and dynamics using a combination of hands-on computer experimentation
and precalculus math.  Numerous full-color and black and white images convey
the beauty of these mathematical ideas.

7.  R. Devaney, _A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems, Theory and
Experiment_, Addison Wesley, 1992.  A nice undergraduate introduction to chaos
and fractals.

8.  G. A. Edgar, _Measure Topology and Fractal Geometry_, Springer- Verlag
Inc., 1990.  ISBN 0-387-97272-2.  This book provides the math necessary for
the study of fractal geometry.  It includes the background material on metric
topology and measure theory and also covers topological and fractal dimension,
including the Hausdorff dimension.

9.  K. Falconer, _Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and
Applications_, Wiley, New York, 1990.

10.  J. Feder, _Fractals_, Plenum Press, New York, 1988.  This book is
recommended as an introduction.  It introduces fractals from geometrical
ideas, covers a wide variety of topics, and covers things such as time series
and R/S analysis that aren't usually considered.

11.  J. Gleick, _Chaos: Making a New Science_, Penguin, New York, 1987.

12.  S. Levy, _Artificial life : the quest for a new creation_, Pantheon
Books, New York, 1992.  This book takes off where Gleick left off.  It looks
at many of the same people and what they are doing post-Gleick.

13.  H. B. Lin, ed., _Chaos_, World Scientific, Singapore, 1984.  This is an
excellent collection of papers on chaos containing some of the most
significant reports on chaos such as ``Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow'' by
E.N.Lorenz.

14.  B. Mandlebrot, _The Fractal Geometry of Nature_, W. H.  FreeMan and Co.,
New York.  ISBN 0-7167-1186-9.  In this book Mandelbrot attempts to show that
reality is fractal-like.  He also has pictures of many different fractals.

15.  H. O. Peitgen and P. H. Richter, _The Beauty of Fractals_, Springer-
Verlag Inc., New York, 1986.  ISBN 0-387-15851-0.  Lots of neat pictures.
There is also an appendix giving the coordinates and constants for the color
plates and many of the other pictures.

16.  H. Peitgen and D. Saupe, eds., _The Science of Fractal Images_,
Springer-Verlag Inc., New York, 1988.  ISBN 0-387-96608-0.  This book contains
many color and black and white photographs, high level math, and several
pseudocoded algorithms.

17.  H. Peitgen, H. Jurgens and D. Saupe, _Fractals for the Classroom_,
Springer-Verlag, New York, 1992.  This book is aimed at advanced secondary
school students (but is appropriate for others too has lots of examples,
explains the math well, and gives BASIC programs.

18.  C. Pickover, _Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty: Graphics from an
Unseen World_, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990.  This book contains a bunch
of interesting explorations of different fractals.

19.  J. Pritchard, _The Chaos Cookbook: A Practical Programming Guide_,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1992.  ISBN 0-7506-0304-6. It contains type-
in-and-go listings in BASIC and Pascal. It also eases you into some of the
mathematics of fractals and chaos in the context of graphical experimentation.
So it's more than just a type-and-see-pictures book, but rather a lab
tutorial, especially good for those with a weak or rusty (or even non-
existent) calculus background.

20.  P. Prusinkiewicz and A. Lindenmayer, _The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants_,
Springer-Verlag, NY, 1990.  ISBN 0-387-97297-8. A very good book L-systems,
which can be used to model plants in a VERY realistic fashion (the book
contains a lot of pictures).

21.  M. Schroeder, _Fractals, Chaos, and Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite
Paradise_, W. H. Freeman, New York, 1991.  This book contains a clearly
written explanation of fractal geometry with lots of puns and word play.

22.  D. Stein, ed., _Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's Complex Systems
Summer School_, Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, CA, 1988.  See esp. the first
article by David Campbell: ``Introduction to nonlinear phenomena''.

23.  R. Stevens, _Fractal Programming in C_, M&T Publishing, 1989 ISBN 1-
55851-038-9.  This is a good book for a beginner who wants to write a fractal
program.  Half the book is on fractal curves like the Hilbert curve and the
von Koch snow flake.  The other half covers the Mandlebrot, Julia, Newton, and
IFS fractals.

24.  I. Stewart, _Does God Play Dice?: the Mathematics of Chaos_, B.
Blackwell, New York, 1990.

25.  T. Wegner and M. Peterson, _Fractal Creations_, The Waite Group, 1991.
This is the book describing the Fractint program.

Journals:
"Chaos and Graphics" section in the quarterly journal _Computers and
Graphics_.  This contains recent work in fractals from the graphics
perspective, and usually contains several exciting new ideas.
"Mathematical Recreations" section by A. K. Dewdney in _Scientific American_.
Algorithms - The Personal Computer Newsletter.  P.O. Box 29237, Westmount
Postal Outlet, 785 Wonderland Road S., London, Ontario, Canada, N6K 1M6.
Mandala
Fractal Report.  Reeves Telecommunication Labs. West Towan House, Pothtowan,
TRURO, Cornwall TR4 8AX, U.K.
Amygdala.  P.O. Box 219 San Cristobal, NM  87564-0219.  This is a newsletter
about the Mandelbrot Set and other fractals.  A trial subscription for 6
issues is $15 to: Amygdala Box 219 / San Cristobal, NM 87564.  Contact Rollo
Silver ([e-mail]) for more information.
FRAC'Cetera.  This is a gazetteer of the world of fractals and related areas,
supplied in IBM PC format.  For more information, contact:  Jon Horner, Editor
FRAC'Cetera, Le Mont Ardaine, Rue des Ardains, St. Peters, Guernsey, Channel
Islands, United Kingdom.

Articles:

1.  P. Blanchard, Complex Analytic Dynamics on the Riemann Sphere, _Bull. of
the Amer. Math. Soc_ 11, 1 (July 1984), pp. 85-141.  This article is a
detailed discussion of the mathematics of iterated complex functions. It
covers most things about Julia sets of rational polynomial functions.

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Subject: Acknowledgements

For their help with this file, thanks go to:
Alex Antunes, Erik Boman, Jacques Carette, John Corbit, Abhijit Deshmukh,
Robert Drake, Gerald Edgar, Gordon Erlebacher, Duncan Foster, Murray Frank,
Jean-loup Gailly, Earl Glynn, Lamont Granquist, Luis Hernandez-Ure:a, Arto
Hoikkala, Carl Hommel, Robert Hood, Oleg Ivanov, Simon Juden, J. Kai-Mikael,
Leon Katz, Matt Kennel, Tal Kubo, Jon Leech, Tom Menten, Guy Metcalfe, Eugene
Miya, Miriam Nadel, Ron Nelson, Tom Parker, Dale Parson, Matt Perry, Francois
Pitt, Michael Rolenz, Tom Scavo, Jeffrey Shallit, Rollo Silver, Gerolf Starke,
Bruce Stewart, Dwight Stolte, Tommy Vaske, Tim Wegner, Andrea Whitlock, Erick
Wong, Wayne Young, and others.

Special thanks to Matthew J. Bernhardt ([e-mail]) for collecting
many of the chaos definitions.

Copyright 1992 Ken Shirriff ([e-mail]).  Please contact me
if you wish to distribute this file on other systems.
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Issue 1.5  03 Sept 1992

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    should distribute this FAQ every 30 days; sooner if it
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    General Network Information ii below.
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This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) often seen in the USENET newsgroup "comp.text.frame" and on the
"framers" mailing list.  It is posted to help reduce volume in this
newsgroup and to provide hard-to-find information of general interest.

The newsgroup and mailing list are not officially supported by Frame
Technologies, Inc.  (See questions 7 and 8.)

    Please redistribute this article to people who ask for it
    or people use FrameMaker!

Most answers are written for FramerMaker version 3.0 or 3.1, and may
not work (or be applicable) to earlier versions.


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General Network Information

   i   If you are new to USENET, subscribe to news.announce.newusers
and read the postings there. They give you general information and
tips on making life easier for you and everybody else.

   ii  To get the latest copy of this faq via mail server, send e-mail
to [e-mail] with "send usenet/news.answers/frame-faq"
in the body of the message.

   iii To find other FAQs, look in news.answers.
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Legend:
  + indicates questions new to this issue;
  ! indicates those with significant changes since the last issue.

Table of Contents:
   1   How do I get on the mailing list?
   2   How do I set up autonumbers for Figures as "Figure 5-1"?
   3   Where can I find a filter to convert <XXXXXX> to Frame?
   4   How can I print "DRAFT" on the background of every page?
       (See also question 19.)
   5   Are there any books or magazines published about Frame?
   6   Are there any Frame User Groups in my area?
   7   Where do I submit bug reports?
   8   Where do I submit enhancement requests?
   9   How can I do bibliographies in FrameMaker?
  10   How do I display show white text on a black background?
       What are all the keyboard mappings?
       How come I can't type in any dialogs?
       (and other X Window System specific information)
  11   Is there any easy way to move one or more pages to a different
       place in the document? (Two layout models.)
  12   Do you know what happens if you the spell checker finds
       "Interleaf" (a competitor to FrameMaker)?
  13   How can I control which master page is used when text flows
       off of the current page?
  14   How do I convert a Frame document on the Mac to use it on a
       Sun? (and other platforms)
     ! Why to my imported images show up as gray rectangles when I
       transfer a file from <platform-A> to <platform-B>?
  15   How do I place an autonumbered figure number in an anchored frame?
       Why doesn't it update properly?
  16   How can I get "Page 3 of 152" in the footer to work for
       a multi-file book?
  17 ! How can I print with the "-h" switch in FM3.0/3.1?
  18   How do I force a page break?
  19   How can I specify "DRAFT" in the background when I print?
       (See also question 4.)
  20   What exactly is copied during File:Use Formats?
  21   How can I automatically import a graphic file whose format is
       not recognized by FM, if I know how to do the conversion manually.
  22   How do I incorporate code fragments in a Frame doc?
  23 + How can I change the page size of an existing document?

Questions remaining to be answered (by you? :-)
   .   How can I place FM documents under configuration management/
       software control?
   .   How can I merge a list of names and addresses with a Frame
       document to generate personalized letters?
       (fmmerge from FUN tape.)

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   1   How do I get on the mailing list?

There are two related ways to exchange info with other FrameMaker
users.  Subscribe to the USENET newsgroup comp.text.frame, or get on
the "framers" reflective mailing list.  The newsgroup and the mailing
list are gatewayed so that all info appears on both.  If you don't
know how to read a newsgroup, ask your system administrator.  To get
on the mailing list, send your request to Mark Lawrence via:
    [e-mail]

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   2   How do I set up autonumbers for Figures as "Figure 5-1"?

In autonumbering, if you include "< >" in the number, this means
"don't display and don't reset the number in this position." Note the
space between the angle brackets.  Otherwise, when you increment a
number in a series, all further numbers in the series are reset to 0.

Use one number series for both headers and figure numbers. The
positions of the numbers in the series are as follows:

<level1> <figure> <table> <example> <level2> <level3> <level4> <level5>

The resultant autonumbers are:

Head1        H:<n+>
Figure        H:<n>-<n+>< >< >< >< >< >< >
Table        H:<n>-< ><n+>< >< >< >< >< >
Example        H:<n>-< >< ><n+>< >< >< >< >
Head2        H:<n>< >< >< >.<n+>
Head3        H:<n>< >< >< >.<n>.<n+>
Head4        H:<n>< >< >< >.<n>.<n>.<n+>
Head5        H:<n>< >< >< >.<n>.<n>.<n>.<n+>

(Thanks to Alan Koch!)

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   3   Where can I find a filter to convert <XXXXXX> to Frame?

There is a list of filters that is maintained, and posted to this list
when changed.  The filter list and most of the filters can be obtained
by anonymous ftp to the ftp sites listed below.

ftp-name            directory
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ftp.irisa.fr            /FrameMaker/Filters
procyon.cis.ksu.edu        /pub/FUN/Filters
sunbane.engrg.uwo.ca        /pub/fun/filters

A mail server is available for (most of) the filters:
        [e-mail]
which belongs to the University of Stuttgart in Germany.

To find out how to use the server you can send the following commands
in the body of a mail to the server:
    HELP
    SEND HELP

The filters reside in the directory:  soft/unix/text/framemaker
and (for now) the following files are available:
   75541 Jul  6 18:01 soft/unix/text/framemaker/Filters.tar.Z
   85493 Jul  6 18:01 soft/unix/text/framemaker/bibframe-0.3.tar.Z
    6604 Jul  6 18:01 soft/unix/text/framemaker/epsf2epsi.tar.Z
   52503 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/filters40.mif.Z
  107803 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/fmbib.tar.Z
   43241 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/la2mml.tar.Z
   38420 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/mif2man.shar
    3116 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/prog2mif.tar.Z
    7020 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/ps3epsi.tar.Z
    6973 Jul  6 18:02 soft/unix/text/framemaker/pstoepsi.tar.Z
   22051 Jul  6 18:03 soft/unix/text/framemaker/word2mif12.sh.Z

Example of getting a file:
    begin
    send soft/unix/text/framemaker/prog2mif.tar.Z
    end

If you do not have access to any of these methods, request the list by
sending email to Ed van Leeuwen ([e-mail]) or
Mark Lawrence ([e-mail]).

(Thanks to Ed and Mark, and thanks to Hansjuergen Paul
[[e-mail]] and Barbara Burr [[e-mail]] for
helping to set up the mail server!)

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   4   How can I print "DRAFT" on the background of every page?
       (See also question 19.)

On the master page, create a new text rectangle.  Add the following
text:
    (DRAFT) /Times-Roman /B -52 /UL .8
    #include "$FMHOME/.fminit2.0.ps/docs/BigFill.ps

where $FMHOME is the pathname of your $FMHOME directory.  Select the
text rectangle and choose Format Flow.  Select Postscript Code and
choose OK.  Go to the body pages and print.

The arguments are:
    1 = string to print, in parenthesis, e.g. (PRELIMINARY)
    2 = font desired: /font, e.g. /Times-Roman
    3 = mode code where /W = fill width, /H = fill height, /B = fill both,
            expands the characters to fill the text rectangle
    4 = rotate value from -180 to +180
         where positive = counterclockwise, negative = clockwise
    5 = starting corner: /LL /LR /UR /UL  where LL = lower left, etc.
    6 = grayscale value from 0 to 1 where 0 = black, 1 = white

The size of the text is determined by the size of the text rectangle
and the "mode code" argument.

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   5   Are there any books or magazines published about Frame?

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A.  Michael Fraase. 1992.  "Structured Publishing from the Desktop: Frame
    Technology's FrameMaker."  Business One Irwin, Homewood, IL.  336 pp.
    Softbound.  $24.95  ISBN 1-55623-616-6.

Quoting from the cover:
   Michael Fraase shows users how to:
   * Use the valuable, time-saving indexing, multiple level cross-referencing,
     and hypertext capabilities of the program.
   * Design and implement various templates essential to completing a number
     of real-world tasks.
   * Apply the discoveries and experiences of other users so you can avoid
     design pitfalls.

   Fraase compares the pros and cons among the leading Macintosh word
   processing and publishing applications so you can make the best, most
   informed decision for your desktop needs.  Filled with dozens of
   frustration-saving, easy-to-follow diagrams, he walks you through the
   features of the software so you can take advantage of all of its
   capabilities.  You'll see how to use FrameMaker in a collaborative
   workgroup environment so you can avoid potential problems and manage
   production efficiently.  He also includes a chapter showing you how he
   used FrameMaker for the production of this book, from the proposal
   stage to preparing the camera ready manuscript.  "Structured
   Publishing from the Desktop" takes off where the software manual ends
   so you can enjoy all of the benefits of this exciting software!

(Thanks to Binion Amerson!)

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B.  Juergen Gulbins.  1992.  "Desktop Publishing mit FrameMaker".
    Published in German.  Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York.
    ISBN 3-540-54455-0

(Thanks to Karl Obermayr!)

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   6   Are there any Frame User Groups in my area?

Usually called FUN for Frame User Network.

Chicago IL USA
            Lester LaPierre  [phone]
Cleveland OH USA
            Eric LaPresto  [phone]
Columbus OH USA
            Alan Addis  [phone] x2497
            Peggy Sutliff       "      x3200
Dallas-Fort Worth TX USA
            Darja Adams [phone] x2257
Dayton OH USA
            Brian Bermhardt  [phone]
Detroit MI USA
            Myron Hayden  [phone]
Indianapolis IN USA
            Brad Williamson  [phone]  [phone]
                             [phone] x632
Milwaukee WI USA
            Luke Heffron  [phone]
Minneapolis MN USA
            Nancee Melby  [phone]
New England USA
            Dan York  [e-mail]  [phone]
Pittsburgh, PA USA
            Alan S. Koch  [e-mail]  [phone]
San Francisco Bay Area, CA USA
            Ruth LoCurto  [e-mail]  [phone]

Frame has installed a pre-recorded message to find out about user
group meetings. The number is (USA) [phone] x2286.

If you want to start one of your very own FUN group, contact
    Sandy Knox  [e-mail]  [phone]

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   7   Where do I submit bug reports?

Mail them to [e-mail] .  Sending them to this newsgroup
helps others to avoid the bugs and possibly provide work-arounds, but
you MUST mail directly to Frame to submit a bug report.  Frame does
not officially read this newsgroup.

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   8   Where do I submit enhancement requests?

Mail them to [e-mail] .  Sending them to this newsgroup may
allow others to suggest a work-around, but you MUST mail directly to
Frame to submit a request.  Frame does not officially read this
newsgroup.

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   9   How can I do bibliographies in FrameMaker?

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A. fmbib

"fmbib" takes a Frame document (.mif format) as its input, with
"Bibliography" markers embedded where the references occur. The marker
text is that of a key word indexed into a bibliography database file,
such as Scribe's ".bib" files.  In fact, the program is compatible
with Scribe bibliography files.  The user can also specify on the
command line one of several reference and bibliography styles.  fmbib
will then generate a new FM .mif file which is the actual
bibliography.  The original document is modified to contain
cross-references to this new document.  These references appear as
visible text when the user updates cross-references in the original
document.  The program also aids in creating new bibliography database
files.

The sources have been built and tested under CMU's BSD4.3-compliant
MACH OS, for Sun3, Sun4, Pmax, Vax, and IBM-RT workstations.  It
should be portable to any Unix box.

Available for anonymous ftp
    in the USA:
        ftp.mips.com in pub/frame/fmbib.tar.Z
    in Europe:
        peanuts.pst.informatix.uni-muenchen.de (IP: 129.187.236.10)
        in pub/etc/fmbib.tar.Z

You will need to uncompress and untar this file.

(Thanks to Craig Marcus!)


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B. BibFrame

BibFrame makes it possible to deal with references in FrameMaker in a
general way. You do not have to enter your reference list by hand
every time you write a document. Instead, the reference list is
automatically generated from a data base with references. This ensure
that your reference entries are in the right format. You do not have
to bother with how things should be emphasized, abbreviated and so on.

You have a database with references. The format of the references is
the same format that is used by BibTeX. That means that people using
LaTeX and FrameMaker can use the same data base.

Currently it is possible to use the bibliography styles ``plain'',
``alpha'' and ``mapalike''.

It ought to work on most unix machines.  This program requires bibtext
to be present.

Available for anonymous ftp from isy.liu.se (130.236.1.3) in
pub/misc/bibframe-0.3.tar.Z

(Thanks to Tommy Persson!)


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C. EndNote Plus

Using EndNote with FrameMaker
By: Todd R. Johnson, [e-mail]
Last Updated: 1/16/92

I am specifically using FM 3.0 and EndNote Plus.

I welcome comments and questions about these instructions.

In the following instructions "reference marker" refers to the label
placed in the source document at the location where you want the in
text citation to appear.  For example:

   Heuristic classification {Clancey, 1987 #52} is defined as...

This is what you get if you select an entry in an EndNote database
and then copy it to the clipboard.

The following instructions assume that your FM document consists of
a single file.  Multiple file documents can be handled in a similar
fashion.

1. Every reference marker in your FM document must be the value of a
variable.  For example, create a variable called (Clancey, 1987 #52)
with {Clancey, 1987 #52} as the value.  This is necessary because
EndNote will not be able to read the reference marker if it is
hyphenated or spread over two lines.  The values of variables in the
variable definitions found in a MIF file are not hyphenated or spread
among lines, so EndNote can read them.  Note that in your document the
reference markers (even when done as variables) will be hyphenated
and/or split across lines. That is OK, since EndNote directly changes
the definition of the variable and that definition is not hyphenated
or split.