June 2021

From: Dr Christopher Mabb, Scientific Word Ltd.
To: Our Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook Technical Typesetting list

1. Version 6.1:     Here is the list of changes, updates and improvements in v6.1:
   
   
   • Fixed a problem where text mode could not be entered after maths inside a maths display
   • Fixed a problem with alignment points in a multi-line display
   • Expanded number of expressions that the Find Extrema function supports
   • Fixed a problem finding extrema of an equation (use Version 5.5 behaviour)
   • Updated help to better explain cross referencing
   • Updated help to use current version image for several dialogs
   • Fixed a problem in typesetting the underscore character in maths mode
   • Fixed a problem in typesetting the \quotesinglbase general punctuation and companion characters
   • Fixed a problem where "Body Math" was typeset when using an imported document with the Body Math environment
   • Fixed a problem where \cite* was not being handled properly
   • Fxed a problem with cursor placement when adding a subscript immediately after adding lim
   • Generated correct LaTeX for the \Bbbk character
   • Fixed a problem where size options for binomial object was not typeset correctly
   • Fixed a problem where operator limits were not being typeset correctly when at right selected in display mode
   • Removed unneeded space between macro name and parameter for certain macros in the generated LaTeX
   • Changed the color of phantom tagged text from invisible to light grey. While phantom is rarely used seeing a ghost image of the tagged text is less confusing than seeing nothing
   • Improved typesetting for decorations above and below a string
   • Fixed a problem in typesetting when an unwanted \newline was added before a displayed graphics
   • Fixed a problem where the eqnarray** environment was in the generated LaTeX
   • Fixed a problem where incorrect LaTeX was generated for negated maths characters
   • Fixed a problem where delimited matrices were not beingimported correctly
   • Added support for \verb and \verb*
   • Changed the order of the LaTeX position marks in the Insert submenu to match order typically used in a book
   • Added support for <PRE> tag to match behaviour of verbatim environment
   • Added restrictions on when alignment can be set in multiline equations
   • Removed references to Osaka font
   • Fixed a problem where the unwanted text "unexpected eqn line spacer" would appear in the typeset results
   • Fixed a problem where the characters \imath, \jmath, \hbar, \diagup, \diagdown, \lambdabar, \Finv, and \Game were not imported correctly
   • Prevented more than one window being open for a document
   • Fixed a problem where maths tags were not being merged correctly after deleting an object between them
   • Fixed a problem in copying/pasting an entire section to a new area in the document
   • Fixed an import problem where \bibliography was before \bibliographystyle
   • Adjusted screen appearance of equation numbers to more closely match typeset appearance. For example (1) in article documents and (1.1) in book documents. Do not reset counters at the start of a new part
   • Adjusted screen appearance to add light grey background color to theorem-like environments and proof environment to help distinguish where in use
   • Used black text for front matter elements in Standard_LaTeX_Proceedings shell
   • Removed dedication, preface, and glossary from Section/environment tag drop down as these tags are not actually used
   • Removed msiframe and note from Section/environment tag as these tags duplicate what is available via the Insert menu
   • Updated help to better explain that on the Macintosh the system spell checker is used
   • Adjusted shells to use AMS recommended list of theorem-like environments
   • Adjusted Section/environment tag list for beamer document to show only predefined theorem-like environments
   • Fixed sample text in shells to use d instead of blackboard bold d in a heading
   • Cleaned up layout of Intervals and Animations dialog
   • Updated to use same command parameters to run lualatex and xelatex as being used for pdflatex
   • Modified screen appearance of description lists to behave similar to bullet and item lists: borders appear only when invisibles are on
   • Modified screen appearance of margins for lists
   • Modified direct print appearance to suppress appearance of button expander
   • Modified direct print appearance to remove box around abstract
   • Fixed LaTeX errors and formatting issues for typesetting captions, particularly inline and displayed
   • Fixed function key assignment dialog so it refreshes and does not close after clicking Make changes permanent
   • Added several function key shortcuts including F2=bodyText, Shift+F2=bodyMath, and Shift+F11=chapter
   • Added separate section in help for keyboard shortcuts
   • Modified File and Edit menu key accelerators to avoid duplication
   • Updated various graphics in the help system to match current version
   • Updated help with table of punctuation shortcuts that had been lost at some point
   • Fixed a problem where revising a table caused a loss of cursor
   • Updated help to describe how to delete line in multi-line display
   • Added automatic substitutions for LaTeX position mark items
   • Added automatic substitutions for division headings
   • Added new automatic substitutions topic to help with list of substitutions
   • Added https:// to url for finding css files when exporting to xhtml with web refs (doesn't work without a protocol)
   • Fixed a problem where intervals could not be added to plot preferences
   • Modified screen appearance to suppress brackets for the label in a bibliography item when the label is empty
   • Added new keyboards topic to help showing Greek and Symbol keyboard layouts
   • Added keyboard shortcuts for plotting when using Scientific WorkPlace or Scientific Notebook (listed in Function Keys topic in the help Shortcut Reference
   • Added support for \dddot, \ddddot, and \mathring
   • Fixed a typo in the Go to marker dialog title (that was introduced with Version 6.0.26)
   • Added maths editing capability for setting ranges of variables in plots,
   • Fixed a problem where text inside a maths display would not typeset
   • Implemented saving plot snapshots as graphics files to user selected location
   • Added tooltips to vcam toolbar icons
   • Fixed a problem with adjusting plots for discontinuities
   • Added new units: nanogram, picogram, femtogram, and attogram
   • Added automatic substitutions and documentation to match newly added units
   • Use same symbols in macros as used in symbol panel for the club, diamond, heart, and spade suit characters
   • Fixed vcam rotate up to work the same as rotate down where a second click stops rotation
   • Added tooltips to the accent icons in the Revise character dialog
   • Added character accent shortcuts to the shortcuts help section
   • Changed the preferences dialog to use 'Displayed' instead of 'Full width' since 'Displayed' is what is actually in the graphics dialog
   • Removed space between \bibitem and parameter in generated LaTeX. That is, "\bibitem {a}" becomes "\bibitem{a}"
   • Fixed a problem where negated text followed by maths did not typeset correctly
   • Added .normal., .source., and .xmltags. automatic substitutions to switch views (corresponds to existing .preview. and .previewD. automatic subsstitutions)
   • Symbol keyboard changes: changed T to ominus from otimes since t already provided otimes; added \ to absolute value (fence) and \ to double absolute value (fence); added Z to nexists since exists was already mapped to z; added B to circ; added k to Bbbk; added K to ell
   • Fixed a problem where ligatures ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl were not typeset correctly
   • Revised automatic substitution, index entry, bibitem, manual citation, BibTeX citation, binomial, brackets, and operators dialogs to add borders to be consistent with other dialogs
   • Fixed a problem where certain characters with accents below did not typeset correctly
   • Added new icons for SNB, SW, and SWP .sci files
   • Change automatic substitution .auth. to .author. (easier to remember and match tag name); add .abstract.
   • Fixed a problem importing vertical spacing and page breaks in certain circumstances
   • Fixed copy/paste problem where tags were incorrectly nested
   • Prevent opening an already open document in a new window
   • Fixed a problem where adjusting the view interval of a plot had no effect
   • Fixed a problem where third axis was displayed when revising a 2D plot
   • Fixed a problem where selecting <body> in the status area and then using copy would cause a crash
   • Fixed a problem where export to web did not include css directory
   • Corrected various maths/text conversion issues
   • Fixed a problem where clicking add item in plot dialog didn't clear the box for the expression
   • Fixed a problem where copy/paste for an entire section didn't work as expected or the same as with Version 5.5
   • Fixed a problem where pasting into certain superscripted expression would result in the invalid-markup problem
   • Fixed a problem importing a document that contained the tabbing environment
   • Fixed a problem where .ps type graphics were not being converted correctly for screen display
   • Changed dialog titles from "Insert marker" and "Insert table" to "Marker" and "Table" to avoid "Insert" in the dialog title when revising
   • Improve interface for various options to the wrapfig package
   • Added medium space to the horizontal spaces dialog
   • Fixed a problem where importing a \verb that contained a % created an invalid document
   • Added four dot (ddddot) accent to the Revise character dialog
   • Correctly import several characters that are already known by Version 6 such as textcent and textregistered
   • Add textperthousand, textpertenthousand and other characters known by the system to the list of available macros
   • Fixed a problem where highlighting a superscript or subscript and adding a brace caused a crash
   • Fixed a problem where cutting highlighted maths that crossed a paragraph was not successful
   • Fixed a problem where a hexadecimal code was returned instead of the infinity symbol as the result of a computation
   • Stopped making varioref a required package when adding an index entry. The varioref package has nothing to do with indexing
   • Changed LaTeX generation for index items to better handle cases of empty fields in the dialog
   • Corrected generated xhtml when inserting an em-space so correct screen display is shown
   • Added to the shortcuts section of the help system showing horizontal spacing keyboard shortcuts
   • Fixed issues where certain maths expressions could not be converted to text
   • Fixed a problem where the index dialog would not allow setting a cross-reference. Also, corrected the generated LaTeX for index cross reference items
   • Fixed a problem where certain special characters were not escaped properly in the generated LaTeX for index entries
   • Added Go to marker and Go to paragraph icons. Can be added to any toolbar when customizing toolbars
   • Fixed a problem where certain special characters in index entries were not being handled properly
   • Updated css rules to not include font weight when applying certain tags like slanted and sansSerif
   • Updated help to better explain using index entries and cross references.
   • Changed accelerator key from r to p for Go, To paragraph menu item. No reason to not use first letter available
   • Iinserting table in a display now inserts a matrix instead
   • Fixed a problem where undoing a maths name entered using an automatic substitution didn't delete the automatic substitution
   • Cleaned up TeX File, TeX Log, and TeX Errors windows so searching is possible – the main improvement is on the Macintosh
   
   
   To upgrade to version 6.1:
   
   
   • Windows: Follow the v6.x installation instructions. See Item 3 below to decide whether to use Scientific Word/WorkPlace v6.1 with TeXLive 2020 or TeXLive 2021.
   • Mac: Please note that:
     
     
     1. Version 6.1 is still not compatible for use with macOS® 10.15 Catalina, 11.0 Big Sur or higher
     2. The Mac download file for v6.1 is an upgrade for v6.0 and does not include the TeXLive installer. First upgrade your existing v6.0.29 or v6.0.30 to v6.1 using this Mac v6.1 upgrade, continuing to use your existing TeXLive 2020. Then see Item 4 below for updating to TeXLive 2021
     3. To install the Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook version 6.1 upgrade from the download file, go to Finder:
        1. We recommend first renaming your existing Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook file from /Applications/MacKichan/SW.app (or SWP.app, SNB.app) to SW6.0.30.app (SWP6.0.30.app, SNB6.0.30.app) so as to keep v6.0.30 as a backup
        2. Double-click the new downloaded .tbz file for v6.1.2 (v6.1.0 was a .bz2 file) in Downloads (Finder – Go – Downloads) to decompress it using the MacOS tool Archive Utility
        3. The decompressed file will be SWP, SW, or SNB. Drag it to /Applications/MacKichan to add it; you may need to Authenticate this with your password. Avoid overwriting the previous version with the new one, in order to retain a backup (see 3a above)
        4. Continue with the v6.x installation instructions from Step 6.
        This completes the installation of the v6.1 upgrade so as to run v6.1 with TeXLive 2020. See Item 4 below for updating to TeXLive 2021.
     
     
   
   For both Windows and Mac you have the option to use SW/SWP/SNB v6.1 with TeXLive 2020. But if you can take the hour (two hours on a Mac) to follow the instructions at Item 3 or 4 below, then it's better to update to TeXLive 2021 since that will, among other benefits, give you access to the TeXLive Manager / TeXLive Utility again.




2. MacKichan Software:    Barry MacKichan will be retiring on 30/6/21 and MacKichan Software have announced that they will no longer be providing Tech Support for the Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook family of programs. Additionally, in a parting gift to the academic community, the code for the new v6.1 of the original program Scientific Word (only) will eventually become open source; this does not apply to Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook, which contain external code licensed for the MuPad component. As a result, MacKichan Software will not be continuing the development of the Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook family of programs beyond v6.1.
   This leaves Scientific Word Ltd as the only company providing dedicated Tech Support and Training for Scientific Word/WorkPlace around the world. See the What’sNew sidebar in the v6.0 programs, referring to us for future Tech Support and Training.
   Our intention is to continue providing our Unbeatable Expert Technical Support and Training for the foreseeable future (at least the next 5 years), and so your investment in this software is secure with us. However, it will not be possible to buy further licences of any of the programs after 30/6/21. This is not false scarcity: after June 30th we simply will not be able to obtain new licences.
   Please therefore take advantage of this advance notice to obtain any additional licensing you require well before that date. Our cut-off date for final orders of Scientific Word/WorkPlace/Notebook is Friday 25/6/21.
   MacKichan Software's announcement is here.




3. TeXLive 2021 (Windows):    Please be aware of the following issues with TeXLive 2021 (similar to the problems introduced by TeXLive 2016 and TeXLive 2020).
   
   
   • To use SW/P v6.1 with your existing TeXLive 2020 installation, simply uncheck the TeXLive box at the step after accepting the Licence Agreement (Step 4 of the v6.x installation instructions).
   • To use SW/P v6.1 with TeXLive 2021:
     
     
     1. Before installing, first rename c:\texlive\ to c:\texlivebak\ .

        This saves a backup copy of TeXLive 2020, and also seems to enable the installation of TeXLive 2021 to proceed more smoothly. It gives you the option to revert to Scientific Word v6.0.30 and TeXLive 2020 if required, using the link https://www.sciword.co.uk/programs/sw-6.0.30-windows-installer.exe to download and install SW v6.0.30 with the TeXLive box unchecked, and renaming your c:\texlivebak\ to c:\texlive\ again.
        For Scientific WorkPlace, replace sw with swp in the filename.

        Then continue from Step 3 of the v6.x installation instructions, noting the points below.
     2. During the unpacking in preparation to install TeXLive 2021 (Step 5 of the v6.x installation instructions) you may see the error message TeXLive2021error.png. Click on Ignore to go past this error message, which might be related to (3) below.
     3. After the installation has finished, you will find that the c:\texlive\texmf-local folder is (incorrectly) installed as Read only. This prevents the TeXLive Manager, which is used for adding packages, from running: clicking on Start – TeXLive 2021 – TeXLive Manager gives an error.
        To resolve this, use File Explorer and go to c:\texlive:
        1. Expand to see subfolders and click on the texmf-local folder. It says ‘You don’t currently have permission to access this folder’; click on Continue, so as to have access to the folder
        2. Right-click on the texmf-local folder – Properties; uncheck Read-only and Apply to the folder, subfolders and files – OK.
        The TeXLive Manager will now start correctly (see (4) below).
        (You may want to refresh your understanding of the TeXLive Manager.)
     4. Certain packages are not installed with TeXLive 2021 by default; the Scientific Word/WorkPlace installation Readme says:

        “The full TeXLive distribution is not included…but a basic distribution… To install a new package, use the TeXLive Manager.”

        This initially prevents even some of the Standard LaTeX documents supplied with Scientific Word/WorkPlace from compiling with TeXLive 2021, because they can’t find a package they require.
        
        
     TeXLive Manager (worked example): Start a document from File – New – Standard LaTeX – Standard LaTeX Book. When you click PDF preview it says “Unable to create a PDF file”, and, upon clicking OK it tells you that the document requires the tabulary package (which has not been installed).
     So let’s add the tabulary package with the TeXLive Manager: click on Start – TeXLive 2021 (dropdown) – TeXLive Manager. Then File – Load Repository (and wait for it to load). Search for tabulary and you’ll see it’s not among the packages Installed; you’ll find it among the packages Not Installed. Click the circle to the left of tabulary (it turns to a tick), then click Install marked. When the dialog says done running mktexlsr you have installed the tabulary package, and you can go back to your Scientific Word/WorkPlace document that started with File – New – Standard LaTeX – Standard LaTeX Book.
     Actually, it still won’t produce the PDF yet… you will also need to add the wrapfig package in the same way before the document will compile.
     Irritating, yes – but it’s a once-only task to add these packages to your installation.




4. TeXLive 2021 (Mac):    You can install TeXLive 2021 using the TeX User Group MacTeX Distribution; click the Unix Download link on that page and follow the instructions in the paragraph "How to install TeX Live with the Unix Script". The installation is non-trivial, but well-documented; it takes about 7Gb and 2 hours to install the full TeXLive 2021 (tested on a MacOS 10.13 High Sierra; it was a friendly graphical interface). Installing the full TeXLive 2021 means you'll never again have a document fail to compile because of a missing package.
   Updating to TeXLive 2021 means you will again be able to run the TeXLive Utility (see our May 2016 mailing Item 4) – although you probably won't need to since you'll already have all the packages installed. You can update the TexLive Utility itself from TeXLive Utility – Check for Updates.
   TeXLive is installed in the folder /usr/local/texlive/ (Finder – Go – Go to Folder – /usr/local/texlive/). The log file msi.log in the Home folder (Finder – Go – Home) tells you which version of TeXLive was used in the most recent compiling to produce a PDF file: check it says TeXLive 2021 in the middle of the log file.
   
   Following the steps outlined here and in Item 1 above means that version 6.0.30 will also be available to you, in addition to the new v6.1; and both will run with TeXLive 2021.




5. Uninstalling v6.1:    If you wish to uninstall Scientific Word/WorkPlace version 6.1:
   
   
   • Windows: Click on Start – Scientific Word/WorkPlace (dropdown) – Uninstall SW/P 6.0. If this option is not available (if the installation did not complete correctly), you can start from the file it links to:
     

     C:\Program Files (x86)\MacKichan\SW/P-Uninstaller.exe

     To make a complete uninstallation, also delete the folders:
     

     C:\Users\[Name]\AppData\Roaming\SW/P and
     C:\Program Files (x86)\MacKichan\SW/P

   • Mac: Go to /Applications/MacKichan and run the SW/P Uninstaller app.
     To make a complete uninstallation, also delete the folders (Finder – Go – Go to Folder):
     

     /Applications/MacKichan and
     ~/Library/Application Support/SW or SWP





6. Inserting PDF graphics:    Scientific Word/WorkPlace v5.5 has an extensive range of graphics formats it can insert into a document (File – Import Picture). But the list does not include PDF, and a user Emailed to ask:

   It would be useful to import a graph  saved as a pdf into the manuscript.
   I see that under import picture, files of type does not offer a pdf option.
   I wondered if there was any workaround to place a pdf figure?

   We replied with the following possible solutions:

   The best options in that situation are to:

   1. Consider how the graph you want to import was generated, and from whichever program produced it save/export it into one of Scientific WorkPlace’s supported formats at the stage before it got turned into a PDF. This will give you the highest resolution output of any of these suggestions
   2. Alternatively, open the PDF in Acrobat Reader and:
      1. Select Edit – Copy file to clipboard if you want the whole page; or
      2. Use the Windows snipping tool (Start button and type snipping) to select a portion of the PDF, and copy it to the clipboard.
      In Scientific WorkPlace you can then use Edit – Paste special – Picture to bring the graphic in from the clipboard. You will probably want to right-click – Properties to change the Floating placement of such a graphic to Here on the Layout tab
   3. A third option would be to include one or more pages of the PDF, possibly reduced 2x2 on a page, as discussed in our May 2011 mailing Item 6 and demonstrated in https://www.sciword.co.uk/includepdf.pdf (where p2 is made up of pp1,4,5,6 from an included PDF, and the remaining pages are excerpts full-size).

   We hope that will be of wider interest to our users.




7. Reminders:    Two follow-ups from our May 2021 mailing:
   
   
   1. Coronavirus Offers: Our special Lockdown offers expire next Monday 21st June.
   2. Individual Annual Maintenance: A user on the new Individual Annual Maintenance scheme Emailed in response to the advance notice of the MacKichan Software changes (Item 2 above):

      Are these MS changes affecting me ?

      We replied:

      Well, Yes and No:

      1. Potentially Yes:
      1. If you were planning on getting another copy of Scientific WorkPlace sometime in the future for a co-author or PhD student, you will need to buy that licence before next Friday 25/6/21
      2. If you were using v5.5 because you didn't like v6, but were thinking you'd reconsider making the change when v7 came out – it looks like you'll be continuing with v5.5 (which is no bad solution)
      2. No: We're expecting our time might be in more demand in future from others around the world seeking our Tech Support. But you've already secured your access to our time and Premier Tech Support – including for v5.5 – with your Individual Annual Maintenance scheme.

   To all our users: Do please make sure you're prepared for the coming changes...