I recently discovered on the TeX-Live 2 CD-ROM a file revtex.cls. This is not an update to LaTeX2e, but rather a patch to allow revtex(.sty) work in compatibility mode! I append it here for your interest since it seems not to be well known. Patrick And now for my signature: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Patrick W. Daly Tel. [+49] 5556-979-279 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie Fax. [+49] 5556-979-240 Max-Planck-Str. 2 D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Internet: [log in to unmask] Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ cut here ---------------------------------- %%%% Start of file revtex.cls %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% This file allows REVTeX v3.0 to function correctly under %% the 12/94 release of LaTeX 2e. Put this file wherever %% revtex.sty is. Continue to use \documentstyle{revtex} %% (with the correct options) and REVTeX will run normally %% in compatibility mode. Thanks to David Carlisle for %% pointing out this fix. \ifx\every@math@size\undefined\else \let\old@expast\@expast \def\@expast#1{\old@expast{#1}\let\@tempa\reserved@a} \fi \input{revtex.sty} %%%% End of file revtex.cls %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \endinput A couple of issues have arisen with the release of LaTeX 2e, and specifically with the 12/95 release. One is that the internal table/array commands of LaTeX have changed. This affects REVTeX's redefinitions, but there is a workaround. The following should be saved to filename revtex.cls and put into the same directory as your version 3.0 revtex.sty file. You should continue to use compatibility mode (i.e., \documentstyle rather than \documentclass) as this is not a full-fledged 2e class. Also, in compatibility mode REVTeX handles the amsfonts and amssymb options by looking for the amsfonts.sty and amssymb.sty files. This should work as long as you are using the beta of the AMS LaTeX files that are now on CTAN. When amssymb.sty, amsfonts.sty, amsgen.sty, and all the .fd files were made available to TeX (after unpacking via amslatex.ins and amsfonts.ins) REVTeX seemed to run OK with the amsfonts and amssymb style options. No testing was done with older macros (if there were any, ever . . .). Chris Hamlin American Institute of Physics, 500 Sunnyside Blvd, Woodbury, NY 11797-2999 Internet: [log in to unmask] Phone: 516/576-2335 FAX: 516/349-7669 ----------------------------- end of appended file -------------------------