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+READ.ME (lexitex)
+
+NOTE: A near complete re-draft of this package, to be called
+ `the Camel Citator', is now in progress. The new package
+ consists of two files, camel.doc and law.doc. You will
+ also need the beta version of the LaTeX2e index.sty by
+ David Jones. All of these files can be fetched from
+ rumple.soas.ac.uk:/pub. Alternatively, try the WWW
+ page http://rumple.soas.ac.uk/~fbennett/, and follow
+ the links from there.
+
+LexiTeX is a LaTeX2e style package for simplifying the in-
+footnote citation styles required by major law journals. A list
+of citations is entered at the top of the document (or included
+using \input), and references are made by nickname tags, in a
+fashion similar to the normal usage of the \cite command.
+Nickname references expand into context-sensitive
+cross-referenced citations, which conform to the Harvard `Blue
+Book' style with respect to typeface, punctuation and
+cross-referencing form. Tables of authorities can also be easily
+produced.
+
+LexiBib is a BibTeX style that exports citations from a BibTeX-
+format database in the syntax required for digestion by LexiTeX.
+This allows documents containing context-sensitive citations to
+be prepared in much the same way as bibliographies and reference
+tags are produced using standard BibTeX. LexiBib is currently
+`under construction', but it is now beyond the mere-novelty stage
+of development.
+
+The style has only recently been shifted to LaTeX2e; please
+report any problems, so they can be dealt with promptly.
+
+These utilities are distributed as two files, lexitex.doc and
+lexibib.doc respectively. To extract the files and print the
+documentation you will need the docstrip and doc utilities
+distributed as part of LaTeX2e. Type `latex docstrip', or
+whatever command will process the docstrip.tex file on your
+system, and follow the prompts. You want to process the file
+call `lexitex' (or `lexibib'), with extension `doc', using option
+`driver', to a file with extension `drv'. Then type `latex
+lexitex.drv' or `latex lexibib.drv', and watch the chips fly.
+Extraction of lexitex.doc takes about 10 minutes on a 33mhz 486
+running a big TeX on the Linux operating system. On DOS-based
+systems it will probably take much longer.
+
+Once everything is extracted, you can edit the files lexitex.man
+and lexibib.man to your taste, and print the documentation.
+There is very little of this for LexiBib at present, but it will
+come if I receive feedback from users or prospective users.
+
+LexiTeX will eventually be released in a LaTeX2e version, but I
+can't say when. This largely depends on when LaTeX2e becomes
+available for use with NTT-JTeX, since the entire reason LexiTeX
+was developed in the first place was for the typesetting of
+mixed-text Japanese and English documents for publication.
+
+Upgrades to both of these packages will be released from time to
+time. If you have a problem or a question concerning them,
+please drop a line to fbennett@rumple.soas.ac.uk; I'll be happy
+to help.
+
+Cheers,
+Frank Bennett
+SOAS Law Department
+Thornhaugh Street
+London WC1H 0XG
+Tel: (071)323-6351
+