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+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%%
+%% This is the `README' file of the ArmTeX project.
+%%
+%% This file is a part of the ArmTeX project [2022/08/14 v3.0-beta4]
+%%
+%% ArmTeX is a system for writing in Armenian with plain TeX and/or LaTeX(2e).
+%%
+%% Copyright 1997 - 2022:
+%% Serguei Dachian (Serguei.Dachian_AT_univ-lille.fr),
+%% Arnak Dalalyan (arnak.dalalyan_AT_ensae.fr),
+%% Vardan Akopian (vakopian_AT_yahoo.com).
+%%
+%% ArmTeX may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX
+%% Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your
+%% option) any later version.
+%%
+%% The latest version of this license is in
+%% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version
+%% 2005/12/01 or later.
+%%
+%% ArmTeX has the LPPL maintenance status `author-maintained'.
+%%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+
+
+1. Description
+
+ArmTeX is a system for writing in Armenian with plain TeX and/or LaTeX(2e).
+It can be used with a standard Latin keyboard without any special support for
+Armenian letters. It can also be used with an Armenian keyboard which
+supports either Unicode (UTF-8) encoding, or any single-byte encoding having
+Armenian letters in the second half (characters 128-255) of the extended ASCII
+table (however, single-byte encoding definition files are provided for
+ArmSCII8 encoding only; for other single-byte encodings you will have to write
+corresponding encoding definition files for plain TeX and/or for LaTeX
+yourself, using respectively `armkb-a8.tex' and `armscii8.def' as examples).
+
+This is a freeware system by Serguei Dachian, Arnak Dalalyan and Vardan
+Akopian, and it can be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the
+LaTeX Project Public License (see above).
+
+
+
+2. About fonts
+
+The ArmTeX system includes two families of fonts:
+
+ a) Artm (Armenian Times) family contains the fonts artmr10, artmsl10,
+artmi10, artmb10, artmbs10 and artmbi10: a Serif font (something like Times
+New Roman or Computer Modern Roman), along with its Slanted, Italic, Bold,
+Bold Slanted and Bold Italic versions.
+
+These fonts were initially converted from the TrueType font family
+ArTarumianTimes created by Ruben Hakobian (Tarumian). We would like to thank
+Ruben once again for giving us the permission to use his fonts.
+
+ b) Arss (Armenian SansSerif) family contains the fonts arssr10, arsssl10,
+arssb10 and arssbs10: a SansSerif font (something like Arial or Computer
+Modern SansSerif), along with its Slanted, Bold and Bold Slanted versions.
+
+These fonts were initially converted from the PostScript font Sassoun created
+by Raffi Kojian (n_w$$h). We would like to thank Raffi once again for giving
+us the permission to use his font.
+
+
+
+3. Obtaining ArmTeX
+
+ArmTeX system can be downloaded from CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network).
+As of the time of writing this README file, ArmTeX is located at:
+
+http://www.ctan.org/pkg/armtex
+
+The system can be downloaded in two different packagings:
+armtex.tds.zip % TDS (TeX Directory Structure) compliant packaging.
+armtex.zip % CTAN standards compliant packaging.
+
+
+For installation purposes, we strongly recommend downloading the first
+packaging, in which the ArmTeX files are organized according to the directory
+structure used for texmf trees in standard TeX installations (TDS). As of the
+time of writing this README file, this first packaging can be downloaded at:
+
+http://mirrors.ctan.org/install/language/armenian/armtex.tds.zip
+
+
+In the second packaging, the (same) ArmTeX files are organized in a simpler
+(more convenient for browsing) directory structure used on CTAN. As of the
+time of writing this README file, this second packaging can be downloaded at:
+
+http://mirrors.ctan.org/language/armenian/armtex.zip
+
+
+Here is a complete list of ArmTeX 3.0 files (by TDS directory).
+
+doc/generic/armenian (top level directory on CTAN):
+README % This `README' file.
+manual.pdf % PDF file of the Armenian version of the ArmTeX manual.
+manual-e.pdf % PDF file of the English version of the ArmTeX manual.
+
+doc/generic/armenian/examples/latex (examples/latex on CTAN):
+alphabet.tex % A LaTeX sample: Armenian alphabet with IPA transcriptions.
+manual.tex % Source of the Armenian version of the ArmTeX manual.
+manual-e.tex % Source of the English version of the ArmTeX manual.
+raffi.tex % A sample LaTeX document in transliteration.
+raffi-a8.tex % A sample LaTeX document in ArmSCII8.
+raffi-u8.tex % A sample LaTeX document in UTF-8.
+
+doc/generic/armenian/examples/plain (examples/plain on CTAN):
+first.tex % The first ever Armenian sample document in (plain) TeX.
+plraf.tex % A sample plain TeX document in transliteration.
+plraf-a8.tex % A sample plain TeX document in ArmSCII8.
+plraf-u8.tex % A sample plain TeX document in UTF-8.
+table.tex % A plain TeX sample: table of an Armenian OT6 font.
+
+fonts/afm/public/armenian (fonts/afm on CTAN):
+arssb10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font.
+arssbs10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+arssr10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font.
+arsssl10.afm % AFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font.
+artmb10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font.
+artmbi10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font.
+artmbs10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+artmi10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font.
+artmr10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font.
+artmsl10.afm % AFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font.
+
+fonts/map/dvips/armenian (fonts/map on CTAN):
+arss.map % MAP file for Armenian SansSerif fonts.
+artm.map % MAP file for Armenian Times fonts.
+
+fonts/source/public/armenian (fonts/source on CTAN):
+arssb10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font.
+arssbs10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+arssr10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font.
+arsssl10.mf % Source file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font.
+artmb10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font.
+artmbi10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font.
+artmbs10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+artmi10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font.
+artmr10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font.
+artmsl10.mf % Source file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font.
+ps2mfbas.mf % Common METAFONT macros for Armenian fonts.
+
+fonts/tfm/public/armenian (fonts/tfm on CTAN):
+arssb10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font.
+arssbs10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+arssr10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font.
+arsssl10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font.
+artmb10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font.
+artmbi10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font.
+artmbs10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+artmi10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font.
+artmr10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font.
+artmsl10.tfm % TFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font.
+
+fonts/type1/public/armenian (fonts/type1 on CTAN):
+arssb10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font.
+arssb10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold 10pt font.
+arssbs10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+arssbs10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+arssr10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font.
+arssr10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif (Roman) 10pt font.
+arsssl10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font.
+arsssl10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian SansSerif Slanted 10pt font.
+artmb10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font.
+artmb10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold 10pt font.
+artmbi10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font.
+artmbi10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold Italic 10pt font.
+artmbs10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+artmbs10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Bold Slanted 10pt font.
+artmi10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font.
+artmi10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Italic 10pt font.
+artmr10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font.
+artmr10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times (Roman) 10pt font.
+artmsl10.pfb % PFB file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font.
+artmsl10.pfm % PFM file for Armenian Times Slanted 10pt font.
+
+tex/latex/armenian (tex/latex on CTAN):
+armscii8.def % ArmSCII8 input encoding definition file.
+armtex.sty % LaTeX package for writing in Armenian.
+ot6cmr.fd % OT6/cmr font definition file.
+ot6cmss.fd % OT6/cmss font definition file.
+ot6enc.def % OT6 encoding definition file.
+ot6enc.dfu % Armenian UTF-8 input encoding definition file.
+
+tex/plain/armenian (tex/plain on CTAN):
+arm.tex % Plain TeX input file for writing in Armenian.
+armkb-a8.tex % ArmSCII8 input encoding for plain TeX.
+armkb-u8.tex % Armenian UTF-8 input encoding for plain TeX.
+
+
+
+4. Installing ArmTeX
+
+Download the TDS compliant packaging `armtex.tds.zip' (see the previous
+section for more details) and extract it to some temporary location. You
+should obtain a directory (named armtex) containing (nothing but) the three
+(sub)directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex'.
+
+If you are upgrading from ArmTeX 1.0 or 2.0, you must first "uninstall" the
+previous version. Indeed, the changes between versions are important (see
+also the ArmTeX manual). Not only some files were changed, but some old files
+were removed, some new files were added and some files were renamed. Note
+also that between versions 1.0 and 2.0, the transliteration scheme was
+modified, and so a slight (re)editing of your own documents typed with ArmTeX
+1.0 is necessary. So, first remove all the files related to the previous
+version of ArmTeX (the files which are part of it, as well as, say, generated
+PK files) and (if upgrading from ArmTeX 1.0) be sure to read the section of
+the ArmTeX manual about the changes of the transliteration scheme.
+
+Further installation generally consists of the three following steps:
+
+a) Copy the ArmTeX 3.0 files somewhere your TeX system can find them.
+
+b) Make your TeX system aware of the new files (update the TeX filename
+ database).
+
+c) Activate the map files `artm.map' and `arss.map', so that they can be used
+ by programs like pdfTeX, dvips, dvipdf, dvipdfm, etc.
+
+
+On TeXlive based systems (including MacTeX) we recommend installing ArmTeX 3.0
+as administrator (root) to the local texmf tree (the location of which can be
+found using "kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFLOCAL" command). So, all the commands
+need to be run either from the root account, or with the help of the "sudo"
+command (it seems that "sudo -H" is preferable to "sudo"). For the step a),
+just copy the directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex' to the chosen location.
+For the step b), use the command "mktexlsr" (or, on some systems, the command
+"texhash"). Finally, the step c) is performed using the following commands:
+
+updmap-sys --enable MixedMap artm.map
+updmap-sys --enable MixedMap arss.map
+
+It is also possible to install ArmTeX 3.0 to your personal texmf tree (the
+location of which can be found using "kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFHOME"
+command). In this case the step b) is not needed, and the step c) is
+performed using the following commands:
+
+updmap --enable MixedMap artm.map
+updmap --enable MixedMap arss.map
+
+However, be warned that as soon as you have run "updmap" once, any consequent
+calls to "updmap-sys" will be ineffective. So, if some new maps are installed
+system-wide, they will not be available to you until you rerun "updmap"
+yourself.
+
+
+On MikTeX based systems we recommend installing ArmTeX 3.0 in a separate
+(dedicated to ArmTeX) tree. The trees are managed via the MikTeX Maintenance
+(or Settings) GUI. Just add a tree pointing to some empty directory and copy
+the directories `doc', `fonts' and `tex' to it. The step b) can be performed
+via the GUI or by running the command "initexmf --update-fndb". Finally, for
+the step c), run the command "initexmf --edit-config-file updmap", add the
+lines
+
+MixedMap artm.map
+MixedMap arss.map
+
+to the opened file, save it, after which run the command "initexmf --mkmaps".
+
+
+After completing the three steps, you should be able to compile the example
+and documentation files from the `doc/generic/armenian/examples' directory.
+The latter contains two (sub)directories: `plain' and `latex'. The files from
+the first one should be compiled with plain TeX (usually "tex" and "pdftex"
+commands), and the files from the second one should be compiled with LaTeX2e
+(usually "latex" and "pdflatex" commands).
+
+To type your own documents (in plain TeX or in LaTeX) read the ArmTeX manual.
+The source of the Armenian version of the manual is in the `manual.tex' file
+located in the `doc/generic/armenian/examples/latex' directory, while the
+source of the English one is in the `manual-e.tex' file located in the same
+place. PDF files of both versions (`manual.pdf' and `manual-e.pdf') are also
+included in ArmTeX 3.0 distribution (in the `doc/generic/armenian' directory,
+along with this `README' file).
+
+
+
+5. Known problems and limitations
+
+The spacing and kerning of the fonts may not always look very nice (especially
+when the Armenian intonation signs are involved). Actually, using the
+128-character encoding OT6, it seems difficult to do better. The
+256-character encoding T6 is reserved for future releases of ArmTeX. This
+encoding will probably include both Armenian and Latin characters, Armenian
+ligatures, as well as some "accented" symbols to solve spacing and kerning
+problems.
+
+There is no automatic hyphenation of Armenian words. However, as a
+workaround, the "loosespace" option can be used to avoid overfull/underfull
+problems caused by the absence of the hyphenation (see ArmTeX manual for
+details).
+
+If you have any other problem [normally you should not ;-)] do not hesitate to
+contact us. Any bug reports and/or suggestions for improving ArmTeX are
+welcome.
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+
+Below we give a brief description of the new (posterior to ArmTeX 2.0)
+features. This description is temporary: it will be removed when the manuals
+of the version 3.0 are ready (before this beta release becomes official).
+
+
+1) Unicode (UTF-8) input is now supported (both in plain TeX and in LaTeX).
+
+For LaTeX, the Unicode support is in the `ot6enc.dfu' file. To load it, just
+use the command "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}" in the preamble (or,
+alternatively, the command "\inputencoding{utf8}" in the desired place) of
+your document).
+
+For plain TeX, it is in the `armkb-u8.tex' file. To load it, just use the
+command "\input armkb-u8". By the way, `kbdencod.tex' file used to provide
+ArmSCII8 input support in plain TeX was moved to `armkb-a8.tex' and, of
+course, now must be loaded using the command "\input armkb-a8".
+
+
+2) Armenian symbols can now be equally accessed (both in plain TeX and in
+LaTeX) through macros like "\armayb", "\Armayb", "\armsep", "\armfullstop",
+etc. The names of the macros (except "\armbl" and "\armuh") comply with the
+"AST 34.001" standard (for the complete list, see `ot6enc.def' file).
+
+Note that for ArmTeX 2.0 compatibility, "\armemdash" and "\armbl" are repeated
+as "\textanjgic" and "\textbreaklig" respectively.
+
+Note also that in plain TeX, the primitives "\uppercase" and "\lowercase" do
+not work with macro input, but only with ArmSCII8 and UTF-8, as well as with
+transliteration. However, it is not a bug, it's a feature (this primitives
+must ignore macros). In LaTeX, these primitives work even worse (they work
+only with transliteration). However, in LaTeX, one can (and should) use the
+commands "\MakeUppercase" and "\MakeLowercase" which work with all four types
+of input.
+
+Note finally that in math mode (supported in LaTeX only), the only allowed
+type of input is transliteration. Moreover, in order to be able to input
+letters whose transliteration contains the "apostrophe" character, one needs
+to deactivate it from producing the derivative ("^{\prime}"). For this, the
+command "\armprime" is provided (which can be used locally or globally). In
+the case you need to produce the derivative in the scope of action of an
+"\armprime", you can either produce it using "^{\prime}", or reactivate the
+"apostrophe" character with the help of the command "\armprimeoff".
+
+Also, the commands "\mtArmayb" - "\mtArmfe" (including both "\mtArmvyun" and
+"\mtArmvovyun") and "\mtarmayb" - "\mtarmfe" (including both "\mtarmvyun" and
+"\mtarmvovyun", as well as "\mtarmew") provide an alternative way to produce
+Armenian letters in math mode. They work in a slightly special way: if the
+"current math font" name starts with "artm" or "arss" (for example, inside of
+a "\mathartmbfit" command), the letter is typeset using this font; otherwise a
+default Armenian math command is invoked. This default command is initially
+set to "\mathartm", but can be changed using the command "\mathardefault"
+like, for example, "\mathardefault{\mathartmbf}".
+
+
+3) Since the symbol "\armew" does not have a standard position in ArmSCII8,
+our ArmSCII8 input encoding files (both for plain TeX and for LaTeX) do not
+support it by default. However, it is now possible (when using ArmSCII8
+input) to add the support of the "\armew" symbol with the help of the command
+"\definearmew{X}", where "X" must be replaced by the character used as
+"\armew" in your "version" of ArmSCII8 encoding (of course, this must be a
+character from the second half of the extended ASCII table, that is, having a
+charcode between 128 and 255).
+
+Note that in order to make "\uppercase" and "\lowercase" macros work, the
+plain TeX version of "\definearmew" defines the character with charcode 159
+(which is normally unused in ArmSCII8) to be the "capital armew", that is, to
+produce "\Armyech\Armvev". If, for some reason, one prefers to use a
+character with a different charcode as the "capital armew", the plain TeX
+version of "\definearmew" has an additional optional argument, allowing to
+specify the charcode value in the following way: "\definearmew[value]{X}",
+where "X" must be replaced by the character used as "\armew" and "value" must
+be between 128 and 255 (and different from the charcode of the character used
+as "\armew").
+
+
+4) Four new symbols are added to the fonts: "\armdram", "\armnum",
+"\armeterity" and "\armabbrev". For the latter, there is also a command
+"\armabr" which puts the symbol on top of its argument. So, now, all the
+symbols present either in ArmSCII or in Armenian Unicode block are provided
+(we do not provide Armenian ligatures located in Unicode at positions from
+U+FB13 to U+FB17, but they can be used as input and, in this case, are
+translated to the corresponding pairs of letters).
+
+
+5) PostScript (Type 1) versions of the fonts are now provided (an AFM, a PFB
+and a PFM file for each font). This allows to obtain PDF and PS files which
+look better on screen. However, these fonts will be used only if the MAP
+files `artm.map' and `arss.map' are "activated" during the installation (see
+above).
+
+
+6) Also, in order to make PDF files "searchable and copyable" in PDF viewers,
+"ToUnicode" tables are set up using pdf(La)TeX primitives "\pdfgentounicode"
+and "\pdfglyphtounicode". However, "ToUnicode" tables work only with pdfLaTeX
+and plain pdfTeX (they work neither in PS files, nor in PDF files produced in
+a different from pdf(La)TeX way, like "(La)TeX + dvipdf" or "(La)TeX + dvips +
+ps2pdf", etc.).
+
+
+7) Macros dealing with Armenian numerals are now available.
+
+- "\armnumeral" prints an "arbitrary length" integer as Armenian numeral (from
+1 to 9999 part is written using Armenian letters in a classical way, from
+10000 to 99990000 part is over-lined once, etc.). Note that "\armnumeral" is
+slightly different from the TeX primitive "\romannumeral": for example,
+"\armnumeral\pageno" does not work (since "\pageno" is a count register, not
+an integer value). However, "\armnumeral" first expands its argument, so you
+can use "\armnumeral{\the\pageno}" and/or "\armnumeral{\number\pageno}".
+
+- "\unarmnumeral" stores the numerical value of an Armenian numeral (given as
+an argument) in the TeX count register "\armnumeralcount" and also prints it
+(except if you use "\unarmnumeral*" which prints nothing). Note that this
+macro is limited to integers from 1 to 9999 (it seems difficult to have an
+over-lined input) and does not work with transliterated arguments, but only
+with the three remaining types of input (ArmSCII8, UTF-8, and macros).
+
+- LaTeX specific macros "\armnumber" and "\unarmnumber" deal with LaTeX
+counters:
+
+\armnumber{toto} prints the value of the counter "toto" as Armenian numeral;
+
+\unarmnumber{xxx}{toto} stores the value of the Armenian numeral "xxx" in the
+ counter "toto";
+
+\pagenumbering{armnumber} makes page numbers to be printed as Armenian
+ numerals.
+
+
+8) Also, there are new LaTeX specific macros "\armalph" and "\Armalph" which
+work like "\alph" and "\Alph" do for the Latin alphabet (this is different
+from Armenian numerals since, for example, the number "12" will be
+"\Armzhe\Armben" in "\armnumber", but "\Armlyun" in "\Armalph").
+
+If the counter toto contains the value "n" (between 1 and 36):
+
+- \armalph{toto} prints the "n"-th letter of the Armenian alphabet in
+ lowercase;
+
+- \Armalph{toto} prints the "n"-th letter of the Armenian alphabet in
+ uppercase.
+
+Note that if "n" = 34, "\armvovyun" (or "\Armvovyun") is printed (according to
+eastern Armenian).
+
+Besides, "\pagenumbering{armalph}" and "\pagenumbering{Armalph}" make page
+numbers to be printed correspondingly.
+
+Finally, "\armalphs" (note the final "s") redefines LaTeX "\alph" and "\Alph"
+to be "\armalph" and "\Armalph" respectively. The macro "\armalphsoff"
+cancels this (restores "\alph" and "\Alph" to the values they had
+"AtBeginDocument"). Note also that if the document is entirely in Armenian
+(the package "armtex" is loaded without the "latin" option), "\armalphs" is
+executed "AtBeginDocument". This behavior is exactly the same as the one of
+the macros "\armnames" and "\armnamesoff". In the same style, there are new
+macros "\armfontsdefault" and "\armfontsdefaultoff" which respectively define
+all the default font properties (encoding, family, series and shape) to be
+Armenian, and restore them to the values they had "AtBeginDocument".
+Normally, all these macros are not needed to a user, but can serve if
+producing a "really multilingual" document.
+
+
+9) In both plain TeX and LaTeX, "\armdate" and "\armdateoff" are no longer
+executed (in contrary to ArmTeX 2.0) each time you enter and you leave
+Armenian mode (this behavior was dangerous, since it could interfere with some
+packages which use "\today", say, in page headers). To compensate, a new
+macro "\armtoday" is provided. Besides, like "\armnames", "\armalphs", etc.,
+"\armdate" is executed (in LaTeX) "AtBeginDocument" (making "\today"
+equivalent to "\armtoday") if the document is entirely in Armenian (the
+package "armtex" is loaded without the "latin" option).
+
+Note that "\armhyph" and "\armhyphoff" are still executed (as in ArmTeX 2.0)
+each time you enter and you leave Armenian mode.
+
+
+10) As a workaround to the absence of the hyphenation, the option
+"loosespace<=n>" (here "=n" is optional and "n" is an integer) is added to the
+"armtex" package. By default, "n" = 6 if the option is specified without
+"=n". If "n" is less than or equal to 1, the option has no effect.
+Otherwise, the inter-word spaces are "n" times looser than usual. Normally,
+"n" = 6 avoids most overfull/underfull problems caused by the absence of the
+hyphenation, but one can specify more (or less) "loose".
+
+In plain TeX, to make spaces looser, one needs to add "\def\armloosespace{n}"
+before loading the `arm.tex' file, and there is no default value for "n".