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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+readme for the xq-package, version 0.4
+
+THIS PACKAGE IS CURRENTLY UNMAINTAINED and LOOKING FOR A NEW MAINTAINER!
+
+
+the xq.sty, is made for writing about chinese chess. Unfortunately, it has become a real
+monster, but i did not find a better way to get what i wanted - which is probably due to the fact, that
+i never wrote something like this before - so dont mind me my rather "simple" solution.
+
+
+xq is under the LaTeX project public license
+
+
+
+The package contains 18 files:
+
+the style file - xq.sty
+
+basefont - xqbase.mf
+font file for "normal" sized boards - xqnormal.mf
+font file for "large" sized boards - xqlarge.mf
+basefont for western pieces - xqwestbase.mf
+font file for "normal" sized boards with western pieces - xqwestnormal.mf
+font file for "large" sized boards with western pieces - xqwestlarge.mf
+basefont for additional signs - xqaddsigns.mf
+font file for "normal" sized addsigns - xqaddsignsnormal.mf
+font file for "large" sized addsigns - xqaddsignslarge.mf
+hint file needed by xqbase, xqwestbase and xqaddsigns - xqhints.mf
+
+an example file demonstarting bugs of 0.3 fixed by 0.4 - bugs-0-3.tex
+that documented rendered against version 0.3 - bugs-0-3.pdf
+a Makefile used to produces PDF files and xq.zip - Makefile
+an example file demonstrating the abilities of the style - xqexample.tex
+the example file in pdf format for taking a quick look - xqexample.pdf
+
+a change log for changes after the release of 0.3 - ChangeLog
+and finally this readme file - README
+
+
+
+On my local tree it works with the files copied to the following places:
+
+/texmf/tex/latex/xq/xq.sty
+
+/texmf/fonts/source/public/xq/*.mf
+
+
+
+If problems occur, that the fonts are not loadable, put everything in one folder with the input file and
+run latex. That produces the .tfm files. Then copy these to:
+
+/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/xq/*.tfm
+
+
+
+
+Problems:
+
+Some things in the input file are rather uncomfortable. Hopefully i will improve the style by the time,
+but this requires more knowledge of the materia than i have now.
+
+There are small gaps between pieces and boardlines in the diagrams, this is due to the font. You can avoid
+this by putting the unit length for the picture in the style file a little smaller. However, i found it
+looks better like it is now.
+
+The boards are sometimes set a bit unclean on a pdf output file. I solved the problem by producing a pdf
+via dvi and ps. After that procedure i always had a clean output in acroread.
+
+
+
+
+I hope everything works like it should, if not, please let me know...
+
+Stephan Weinhold, 09/2006
+
+
+Changes from 0.3 to 0.4 by
+* Wolfgang Reher <nr997@gmx.de>
+* Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>