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+<title>exam-n class</title>
+<link href="http://nxg.me.uk" rev="author"/>
+<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"
+      href="style.css"/>
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+<body>
+<h1>The exam-n class</h1>
+
+<p>Format exam papers</p>
+
+<p>Version 1.1.4, 2016 December 19.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Download: <a href='exam-n-1.1.4.tar.gz'>tarball</a>
+or <a href='exam-n-1.1.4.zip'>zip file</a></li>
+<li>You may want to look at a <a href='sample_exam.pdf'>sample
+exam</a>.  See the <code>sample/</code> directory in the distribution
+for the source of this.  That demonstrates the final version of the
+paper, as opposed to the ‘draft’ and ‘compose’ versions; there’s also
+a version with this layout but
+<a href='sample_exam_solution.pdf'>showing the solutions</a>.</li>
+<li>If you're a question author, you probably don't want to read the
+full documentation.  Stick to the shorter
+<a href='notes-for-authors.pdf'>notes for authors</a>.</li>
+<li>See the <a href='exam-n.pdf' >documentation</a> for fuller
+discussion.</li>
+<li>The package's 'home page' is
+<a href='http://purl.org/nxg/dist/exam-n'><code>http://purl.org/nxg/dist/exam-n</code></a>,
+and the repository is available at
+<a href='https://bitbucket.org/nxg/exam-n'>bitbucket</a>.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Overview</h2>
+
+<h3>Other exam styles</h3>
+<p>There are already multiple ‘exam’ LaTeX styles on CTAN,
+including
+the (original?) <a href='http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exam/'>exam class</a>,
+the extensive <a href='http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/webeq.html' >AcroTeX</a> bundle,
+the
+<a href='http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/examdesign/'>examdesign</a> and
+<a href='http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/exams/'>exams</a>
+classes, and
+<a href='http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/CTANcataloguesearch.pl?CATSTRING=exam'>a variety of other packages</a>
+which mention exams in some way.
+Some of these are more focused on generating quizzes
+(even doing things like randomising answers)
+or on having a highly customisable layout.
+Several (including ‘exam-n’) have support for generating versions of
+the exam document which include answers, for the benefit of
+markers.</p>
+
+<h3>The exam-n style</h3>
+<p>What the ‘exam-n’ class can bring to this particular (rather crowded)
+party is:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Direct support for collaborative development of an exam, using a
+model in which a departmental ‘exams convener’ or ‘exam chair’
+coordinates multiple authors writing individual questions.  This
+includes various completeness checks to avoid embarrasing mistakes.
+The class file and associated process is in regular use within a
+physics and astronomy department, and this work-flow is discussed in a
+little more detail within the class file documentation.</li>
+<li>Designed to have all of the ‘traditional’ exam paper features such
+as sectioning, per-part running marks, ‘Question <em>n</em> continued’
+catchwords, and so on.</li>
+<li>Designed to be locally adaptable.</li>
+<li>The class file is freely adaptable (LPPL).  The author can provide
+the usual basic free-software support, or potentially more elaborate
+support with a different arrangement.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The focus of the ‘exam-n’ class is on the careful collaborative
+process of assembling an exam, and many of the features are to do with
+checks to avoid mistakes.  The result has, in effect, been validated
+by practice.</p>
+
+
+<h2>Releases</h2>
+
+<p>With the version 1.1 release, the interface should now be regarded
+as rather stable.  However version 1.1 was the first to be released
+outside Glasgow University, so there may be some changes to the
+interface which will emerge with broader use, as well as some bug
+fixes.  The interface <em>may</em>, therefore, yet change.  If you use
+this class to produce exams, you should therefore include a copy of
+the class file locally, rather than relying on a central version.  If
+you need an earlier version of the class, let me know.</p>
+
+<p>The class was called <code>exam</code> until release 0.14, and
+<code>guexam</code> until release 1.1.  In the first case, it was
+renamed to avoid a conflict with a pre-existing LaTeX class with the
+same name; and in the second it was renamed to make it more
+generically useful to other institutions.</p>
+
+<dl>
+
+<!-- @RELEASENOTES@ -->
+<dt><span class='attention'>1.1.4, 2016 December 19</span></dt>
+<dd><ul>
+<li>Documentation: add notes about use of pdfpages.</li>
+<li>Added <code>[largefont]</code> option.
+<strong>Note</strong>:
+option <code>[hugefont]</code> has replaced <code>[bigfont]</code>;
+the latter is now deprecated, and may be removed in v1.2.</li>
+<li>Use of the <code>\part</code> macro is now supported within
+solutions (it produced the wrong numbers before), and there is a new
+<code>\StylePartNumber</code> customisation macro.</li>
+</ul></dd>
+
+<dt>1.1.3</dt>
+<dd><ul>
+<li>Version 1.1.3 was never released</li>
+</ul></dd>
+
+<dt>1.1.2, 2015 November 26</dt>
+<dd><ul>
+<li>Handled trailing floats at end of document (generated by packages
+such as <code>rotating</code>.</li>
+<li><code>\label</code> within question environment now refers to the
+question number.</li>
+<li>Work around a problem when a paragraph starts with <code>{\bf ...}</code>
+rather than (post-1995) <code>\textbf{...}</code>.</li>
+<li><code>\begin{questiondata}</code> now starts a new paragraph.</li>
+<li>Some documentation adjustments.</li>
+</ul></dd>
+
+<dt>1.1.1, 2014 November 27</dt>
+<dd><ul>
+<li>Adjust <code>\partmarks*</code> behaviour; now behaves differently
+within display maths (addresses
+<a href='https://bitbucket.org/nxg/exam-n/issue/1/'>issue 1</a>).</li>
+<li>Various documentation and release fixes.</li>
+</ul></dd>
+
+<dt>1.1, 2014 May 3</dt>
+<dd>Converted to a generic class, <code>exam-n</code>, ready for wider
+distribution.
+Available on <a href='https://bitbucket.org/nxg/exam-n/'>bitbucket</a>
+and at CTAN.</dd>
+
+
+<dt>...</dt>
+<dd><a href='release-notes.html'>Earlier release notes</a> are available</dd>
+
+</dl>
+
+
+<div class="signature">
+<a href='http://nxg.me.uk'>Norman Gray</a><br/>
+2016 December 19
+</div>
+
+</body>
+</html>
+
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author	Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>	2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
committer	Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>	2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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