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\section{Editorial}

I can almost hear the comments {\itshape Late again!}  I can only pay 
tribute to Sebastian who managed to produce so many issues 
{\bfseries and on time}.

At the committee meeting where the work was shared out, it was stated 
that all the style files etc.\ were available and it was simply a 
matter of loading them and processing the provided articles. Just 
write an editorial and use the standard filler to complete the 24 
pages.

I have been using \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ since 1986 and have been using 
it on my Mac (an LC475) for some time with only minor problems. Robin 
Fairbairns kindly sent me the relevant files from {\itshape 
Baskerville} 6.3 and Sebastian Rahtz sent me most of the material. 
From the starting point it was just like snakes and ladders, as fast 
as I climbed a ladder there was another snake at the top. I have lost 
count of the number of times that I have changed the parameters and 
had to run \texttt{initex} besides  increasing the memory for Oz\TeX\ and DVIPS.

Eventually, several weeks later, I managed to actually produce a 
printed copy. My knowledge of \LaTeX\ has increased considerably but I 
am sure that my other documents will never approach such complexity. 

I can now appreciate all the effort expended by  all the guest 
editors, but am still grateful to have `had my turn'. I am even more 
pleased that it is over. I hope 
it is a long time before it comes around again. Like previous 
guest editors, I would have been unable to produce this issue without 
the help, encouragement and patient response to what were probably 
stupid questions on my part to other committee members. I even had to 
ask for help in the final stage of production. Perhaps I should 
reclassify myself as only an intermediate \TeX\ user? Anyway read on and enjoy.
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