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diff --git a/fonts/apl/readme b/fonts/apl/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4e429b26a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/apl/readme @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Thank you for your letter of 27 February. The original purpose +of our APL font and macros was to solve the immediate problem +of writing documents with APL code. Therefore, they are free for +anyone who finds them useful. Some people have requested the font +and we have sent them the files appended below (with CMAPL10 and +two conversion programs for downloading pixel files, not given here). +Further, we have nothing against giving our net address to the +users because it would be useful to hear about extensions made +to the system. + +The files APLDEF.TEX and TUGBOAT.TEX are identical with the second +versions sent to you (via BITNET) except for minimal changes (there +are some corrections and extensions in APLDEF.TEX, and in +TUGBOAT.TEX one APL line was corrected.) We think the files are +in a "final" form (at least we are not planning any changes). + +Our original purpose was to publish the second version, but the only +difference was really the removal of the tilde space character (this +resulted in more complex 1-character macros, but the user cannot +see any difference; moreover, TeX runs only about 14% slower). Thus, +we feel that there is no reason to publish a list of errata in +TUGboat, because any user would inevitably have to use the new +version (the old one has not been released). + +We are adding a file containing sample examples on the use of the +APL mnemonics. + +Aarno Hohti |