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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/fonts/xq/README b/fonts/xq/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..284afc1106 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/xq/README @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +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> |