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diff --git a/help/uk-tex-faq/faq-intro.tex b/help/uk-tex-faq/faq-intro.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 6d82072690..0000000000 --- a/help/uk-tex-faq/faq-intro.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,203 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-intro.tex,v 1.31 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -% this environment is for the benefit of new-style file generation -\begin{introduction} -% suppress section numbers until end environment -\nothtml{\csname c@secnumdepth\endcsname=-1 } -\section{Introduction} - -This is a set of Frequently Asked Questions (\acro{FAQ}) for -English-speaking users of \TeX{}. - -The questions answered here cover a wide range of topics, but -typesetting issues are mostly covered from the viewpoint of a \LaTeX{} -user. Some of the questions answered have little relevance to today's -users; this is inevitable~--- it's easier to add information than it -is to decide that information is no longer needed. The set of -answered questions is therefore in a state of slow flux: new questions -are answered, while old questions are deleted~\dots{}~but the whole -process depends on the time available for \acro{FAQ} maintenance. - -\nothtml{\noindent} You may use the \acro{FAQ} -\begin{itemize} -\item by reading a printed document, -\item by viewing a \acro{PDF} file, with hyperlinks to assist - browsing: copies are available formatted so that they could be - printed on \CTANhref{faq-a4}{A4 paper} or on % ! line break - \CTANhref{faq-letter}{North American ``letter'' paper}, \htmlonly{or} -\begin{typesetversion} -\item by using the \acro{FAQ}'s web interface (base \acro{URL}: - \URL{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq}); this version provides simple - search capabilities, as well as a link to Google for a more - sophisticated search restricted to the \acro{FAQ} itself, or -\end{typesetversion} -\item via Scott Pakin's \CTANhref{visualFAQ}{Visual FAQ}, which shows - \LaTeX{} constructions with links to \acro{FAQ} explanations of how - they may be created. -\end{itemize} - -\subsection{Licence of the \acro{FAQ}} - -The source of the \acro{FAQ}, available in the % ! line break -\CTANhref{faq}{\acro{FAQ}'s \ctan{} directory}, and its derived -representations (currently, the \acro{HTML} found at -\url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq} and \acro{PDF} copies, also in the -% ! line break -\CTANhref{faq}{\acro{FAQ}'s \ctan{} directory}) are all placed in the -public domain. - -\subsection{Finding the Files} -\begin{typesetversion} -Unless otherwise specified, all files mentioned in this \acro{FAQ} -are available from a \ctan{} archive, or from a mirror of -\ctan{}~--- see \Qref[question]{later discussion}{Q-archives}% ! space -\narrowonly{, which gives details} of the \ctan{} -archives\wideonly{ and}\narrowonly{, including} how to retrieve files -from them. - -The reader should also note that the first directory name of the path -name of every file on \ctan{} is omitted from what follows, for -the simple reason that, while it's always the same -(\path{tex-archive/}) on the main sites, mirror sites often choose -something else. - -To avoid confusion, we also omit the full stop from the end of any -sentence whose last item is a path name (such sentences are rare, and -only occur at the end of paragraphs). Though the path names are set -in a different font from running text, it's not easy to distinguish -the font of a single dot! -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} -Almost all files suggested in any answer in these \acro{FAQ}s are -available from \Qref{\ctan{} archives}{Q-archives}, and may be -reached via links in the file list at the end of the answer. In -particular, documentation (when available) is linked from the -\ctan{} Catalogue entry, which is also listed in the file list. - -Unless doing so is unavoidable, the answers do not mention things that -are not on the \ctan{} archives. An obvious exception is web -resources such as supplementary documents, etc. -\end{htmlversion} - -\begin{typesetversion} - \subsection*{Origins} -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} - \textbf{Origins} -\end{htmlversion} -The \acro{FAQ} was originated by the Committee of the \acro{UK} -\TeX{} Users' Group (\acro{UK}~\acro{TUG}), in 1994, as a development of a -regular posting to the \emph{Usenet} newsgroup -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} that was maintained for some time by Bobby -Bodenheimer. The first \acro{UK} version was much re-arranged and -corrected from the original, and little of Bodenheimer's work now -remains. - -\htmlignore -The following people (at least~--- there are almost certainly others -whose names weren't correctly recorded) have contributed help or -advice on the development of the \acro{FAQ}: -William Adams, % spotting dead url -Donald Arseneau, % indefatigable -Rosemary Bailey, % lots of initial set of maths answers -Barbara Beeton, % one of first reviewers outside cttee -Karl Berry, % often provides comments & suggestions -Giuseppe Bilotta, -Charles Cameron, -Fran\c{c}ois Charette, % update of q-xetex -Damian Cugley, -Martin Garrod, % two consecutive "report" in clsvpkg -Michael Dewey, -Michael Downes, % (RIP) on (ams)maths stuff -Jean-Pierre Drucbert, % (RIP) corrected my interpretation of minitoc -David Epstein, % comment on q-algorithms, suggestion of tex-sx -Michael Ernst, % alert on confusing colloquialism -Thomas Esser, -Ulrike Fischer, % spotted boondoggle in q-tabcellalign - % args like \section improvement; general typos -Bruno Le Floch, % alert to mess in q-latex3 -Anthony Goreham, -Norman Gray, -Enrico Gregorio, % new definition for q-seccntfmt -Werner Grundlingh, % xparse for *-commands -Eitan Gurari, % (RIP) comparative html translators -William Hammond, % lots of work on xml-related answers -John Hammond, % corrections to q-protect -John Harper, % patient help with q-robust ;-) -Gernot Hassenpflug, % impetus and suggestions for q-printvar -Troy Henderson, % metapost tutorials update -Hartmut Henkel, -Stephan Hennig, % text about vc in Q-RCS -John Hobby, -Morten H\textoslash gholm, % eagle eyes in search for problems -Berthold Horn, % lots of stuff on fonts -Ian Hutchinson, % comparative html translators -Werner Icking, % (RIP) answer on tex-music -William Ingram, % extension of transcinit -David Jansen, % error in errmissitem example code -Alan Jeffrey, % another founding father -Regnor Jernsletten, -David Kastrup, % inter alia, suggested mention of lilypond -Oleg Katsitadze, % revision of q-eplain -Isaac Khabaza, % kindersley book -Ulrich Klauer, % pointed out twaddle in TeXpronounce -Markus Kohm, % help with functionality of Koma-script -Stefan Kottwitz % picked up text of q-wideflt -David Kraus, % help with tocbibind (spotted embarrassing typo :-} ) -Ryszard Kubiak, % comment about q-driver -Simon Law, -Uwe L\"uck, % correction of typo -Daniel Luecking, % typos -Aditya Mahajan, % rewrite of q-context -Sanjoy Mahajan, -Diego Andres Alvarez Marin, % suggestion of lacheck -Andreas Matthias, % most recently q-isitanum -Steve Mayer, % proof reading -Javier Mora, % bug in q-cmdstar -Brooks Moses, % editorial suggestion -Peter Moulder, % improvement of q-widows -Iain Murray, % alternative solution in q-hyperdupdest -Vilar Camara Neto, % explain breakurl pkg, suggest use of numprint -Dick Nickalls, -Ted Nieland, -Hans Nordhaug, -Pat Rau, -Heiko Oberdiek, -Piet van Oostrum, -Scott Pakin, % bug reports (at least) -Oren Patashnik, -Manuel P\'egouri\'e-Gonnard, % improvement of q-luatex -Steve Peter, % comprehensive review, lots of typos etc -Sebastian Rahtz, % without whom there would be no... -Philip Ratcliffe, % help with a bibtex oddity, editorial comment -Chris Rowley, % founding father -Jos\'e Carlos Santos, % assiduous reader of new versions -Walter Schmidt, -Hans-Peter Schr\"ocker, -Joachim Schrod, -Uwe Siart, % correction for manymathalph -Maarten Sneep, % summary of c.t.t thread for outszwrng, inter alia -Axel Sommerfeldt, % suggested rewrite of q-hyperdupdest -Philipp Stephani, % xlation of komascript keyval stuff -James Szinger, % who responded on c.t.t to request for answer -Nicola Talbot, % correction of link -Bob Tennent, % urw classico + sansmath -Tomek Trzeciak, % suggested docmute and standalone together -Ulrik Vieth, -Mike Vulis, % details of micropress offerings -Chris Walker, % revtex alert, ite suggestion (q-labelfig) -Peter Wilson, % several, incl functionality of memoir -Joseph Wright, % help with keyval, l3keys, etc. -Rick Zaccone, -Gregor Zattler % typo spotted -and -Reinhard Zierke. - -That list does \emph{not} cover the many people whose ideas were -encountered on various mailing lists, in newsgroups, or (more -recently!) in web forums. Many -such people have helped, even if simply to highlight an area in which -\acro{FAQ} work would be useful. -\endhtmlignore -% \LastEdit{2013-08-20} % not to be typeset or converted to html... -\end{introduction} |