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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+Changes (``diff mpdinbrief.dtx dinbrief.dtx''):
+
+ - external horizontal ``pressure'' onto backaddress reduced from ``hfill'' to ``hfil''
+ % makes it possible to use ``\hfill'' between the fields of backaddress to
+ % widen it to the maximum possible extent
+
+ - answertonew line changed:
+ + date/place go to the right border
+ + every horizontal item takes just the space it needs
+ and white space is shared equally
+ % may be this is not conforming to DIN 676, but the given placement of items
+ % was not satisfying: why should an empty field eat up so much space ?
+
+ - fontseries for the concern (Betreff) line: ``bx''
+ % isn't it a kind of heading for the whole thing ?
+
+ - defaultfont for \signature: \footnotesize
+ % because I think it's overweighted with \normalsize
+ % you only want to be able to decypher some cryptic signature
+
+ - cc, ps, encl:
+ + fontseries ``bx''
+ + strings (PS, Anlage(n), Verteiler) now ending with ``:''
+ + vspace(.3ex) after these strings
+ % because these strings bear structuring significance in a document
+
+ - ps, cc, encl following the closing pushed down to the bottom of the page
+ % I consider them being a kind of final contents of a complete letter package;
+ % putting them to close to the closing binds them to tightly to the central text.
+
+ - new example
+
+ - certainly some new bugs brought in % don't call them features !
+
+
+
+May be, it would have been a good idea to merge all these changes into dinbrief
+by introducing switches to make them optional:
+ - This would blow up the code size of dinbrief.
+ - It's a matter of taste:
+ + Your taste % if you like it [or not], have an influence onto the maintainers
+ + the taste of the maintainers of dinbrief
+.
+Should there be more than some spread out fools, who like and use my modifications,
+then it'll be certainly a good idea to merge them into the original distribution.
+But we'll only know, if somebody tells us: so send us a mail with your opinion!
+
+
+ <Markus Pilzecker> markus.pilzecker@rhein-neckar.netsurf.de
+ <K.D. Braune> braune@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
+ <R. Gussmann> gussmann@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
+
+
+Installing:
+
+ gzip -dc mpdinbrf.tgz | (cd <target_directory>; tar -xvf - )
+ cd <target_directory>
+
+ # read the original readme file ``readme''
+
+ tex mpdinbrief.ins # extracts the archive mpdinbrief.dtx
+
+ latex mpexample # produces the example letter mpexample.dvi
+
+
+Known Bugs:
+
+ - \enclright does not work correctly with latex2e (as of 97-01)
+ (even with the original dinbrief 1.66)
+ (made it impossible to test my modifications with this option)
+
+ - dbold does not compile correctly with latex2e (as of 97-01)
+ (even with the original dinbrief 1.66)
+ (same symptoms as above) \ No newline at end of file