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+\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
+%\usepackage[latin1]{mls}
+\usepackage{ctib}
+%\usepackage
+
+\newcommand\exa{\nopagebreak \begin{flushleft}\smallskip \nopagebreak
+ \begin{minipage}[t]{6cm}\sloppy}
+\newcommand\exb{\end{minipage}\kern 1cm\begin{minipage}[t]{8cm}\sloppy }
+\newcommand\exc{\end{minipage}\kern -3cm \smallskip\end{flushleft}}
+
+\title{\TibTeX\ \CtibVersionRelease:\\Tibetan for \TeX\ and \LaTeXe}
+\author{Oliver Corff\thanks{This work was partially funded by
+ DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) in context with
+ the Mongolian Lexicography Project.}\\
+ \texttt{corff@zedat.fu-berlin.de}}
+
+\date{July 1st, 2001}
+
+\begin{document}
+\maketitle
+\begin{abstract}
+ \TibTeX\ is a package offering Tibetan support for \TeX\ and
+ \LaTeXe. This package is based on earlier works by Schwartz,
+ Sparkes, Sirlin, Steiner and Preining
+ (and would not be possible without their contributions!) but in
+ contrast to those the complete retransliteration process is
+ built on the ligature functionality of \TeX\ and Metafont, thus
+ effectively eliminating the need for installing any external
+ preprocessor or $\Omega$mega.
+\end{abstract}
+\tableofcontents
+
+\section{Introduction}
+
+Support for Tibetan has been available for the \TeX\ and \LaTeX\
+user community for quite a few years thanks to the contributions of
+Ronald Schwartz, Jeff Sparkes, Dominik Wujastyk\footnote{URL:
+ \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/original/}},
+Sam Sirlin\footnote{URL:
+ \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/sirlin/}}
+and
+Beat Steiner\footnote{URL:
+ \texttt{CTAN://tex-archive/language/tibetan/steiner/}}.
+
+\begin{sloppypar}
+After studying these sources it became evident to me that these systems
+were composed mainly with a \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ user in mind who is willing
+to set up additional external software (the Latin--Tibetan
+converter/preprocessor) and who, in addition, is willing to cope with
+ decidedly ``non-\TeX-ish'' code constructs (like \verb-%%-) for marking
+Tibetan language portions. I considered it useful if external preprocessors and
+unidiomatic code could be avoided at reasonable cost for the user,
+i.\,e. without introducing loads of \verb-\ThisIsMySpecialTibetanLetter--like
+commands. In addition, I appreciated the idea of a Tibetan support that
+seamlessly fits into the \TeX\ and \LaTeXe\ world---after the typical
+\verb*-\input ...- or \verb-\usepackage{...}- declaration, the user should
+ideally write something like \verb-{\tib .bod skad.}- in order to obtain
+\hbox{\tib .bod skad.} which implies that the retransliteration engine
+is realized somewhere in the realms of \TeX\ and \LaTeX.
+\end{sloppypar}
+
+The astute observer may inject that Norbert Preining made Tibetan support
+without preprocessor available in 1997 for the $\Omega$mega system.\footnote{%
+ The $\Omega$mega home is:
+ \texttt{http://www.ens.fr/omega}. $\Omega$mega is also shipped
+ with recent versions of Thomas Esser's teTeX (URL:
+ \texttt{http://tug.org/teTeX/}), to name just one example.
+
+ Norbert Preining's adaption of Sirlin's fonts for $\Omega$mega
+ can be found at:
+ \texttt{http://www.logic.at/people/preining/tex/tex.html}.}
+%
+% <- no new paragraph here!
+%
+As long as
+the transition to Unicode and $\Omega$mega has not been completed on a
+broad basis, I consider that there is still sufficient need for a \LaTeXe-%
+based Tibetan package. If its features were also usable in plain \TeX,
+I decided not to frown.
+
+
+\subsection{Words of Thanks}
+
+Of course, there is D.\,E.\,Knuth who created \TeX\ in the first place,
+and whose article on ``The New Versions of \TeX\ and \textsf{METAFONT}''%
+\footnote{Originally published in TUGboat 10 (1989), 325--328; 11 (1990),
+ 12; studied in Knuth: \textit{Digital Typography}, 1999,
+ CSLI Publications, Stanford, California, p. 563--570.}
+ignited the initial spark for building a transliteration engine as a
+pure, if not huge ligature table.
+Ongoing discussions about Tibetan transliteration issues with Wolfgang Lipp
+in the context of the Pentaglot Project were also very helpful.
+My special thanks go to Mr.~Florian Reissinger for his patience while
+reviewing the glyph lists and his comments after proof-reading the
+test runs. The warmhearted patience and understanding support by
+\hbox{\tib .phun tshogs bde skyid.} and \hbox{\tib .byin ba.} was
+essential for finishing this project.
+
+
+\subsection{Some Technical Notes}
+
+Readers who are not interested in the internals of \TibTeX\
+can safely proceed to sections~\ref{Installation} and
+\ref{UserCommands} of this text. The following notes are intended
+for those who want to get an understanding of the workings behind
+the scenes.
+
+In \TibTeX, the Tibetan retransliteration system is based on the
+ligature mechanism located at the junction of Metafont and \TeX.
+In order to implement the
+ligature mechanism Sirlin's Metafont sources were rearranged completely.
+A separate coding mechanism with symbolic character codes was introduced
+so that all character interaction (numbering, ligtable programs etc.) could
+be defined on a purely mnemonic basis, thus avoiding the cumbersome
+inflexibility of a fixed numbering scheme. During this work a mistaken
+glyph was discovered which appeared \emph{twice}: a second \emph{cwa}
+({\tib cwa}) showed up in the slot of \emph{gwa} ({\tib gwa}) while
+the \emph{gwa} glyph was missing altogether. A new \emph{gwa} was
+then built using outline fragments of other glyphs.\footnote{%
+ Alas! The mistaken \emph{cwa} which wanted to be taken for
+ a \emph{gwa} even infiltrated $\Omega$mega Tibetan\dots}
+Some character definitions were then taken from Norbert Preining's
+work; I added a text symbol \textit{visarga} ({\tib :}) into the font.
+
+In a further step, the vowel bounding boxes for [\emph{e i o}] were raised
+while several duplicate [\emph{u}]s with gradually sinking bounding
+boxes were added. Vowels could then be combined with consonants
+by simple ligature and kerning instructions, effectively eliminating
+the need for any \verb-\accent--construction on the document side.
+The exact alignment of carrier consonant and vowel can now be fine-tuned
+in the ligature table (\verb-ctibligs.mf- in the \texttt{mfinput}
+directory). While most of the conventional Tibetan words can be written
+easily in \TibTeX, the system, unlike Steiner's preprocessor,
+will fail with Sanskrit input as \emph{buddha} which turns out as
+*{\tib buddha} instead of {\tib bu\V{d}{dh},}. In cases like this
+users are requested to consult the vertical stacking command \verb|\V{}{}|
+which allows explicite stacking of any desired letter combination.
+
+Finally, a style file was created (\texttt{ctib.sty}) which provides
+the user interface to the Tibetan script and related commands. The
+style file calls font definition files which were created for accommodating
+future extensions like new script styles and typefaces.
+
+In early summer 2001, contact with Sam Sirlin was renewed, who had
+released the version 6.0 of his Tibetan package in the meantime.
+A major feature was the greatly enriched collection of glyphs
+(additional ligatures, letter elements for combining new and
+rare letters, diacritical marks, etc.) which was then made
+available to \TibTeX.
+
+\section{Installation\label{Installation}}
+
+Installation of this software package is straightforward:
+The installation procedure depends on the nature of the actual
+\TeX\ system. The directory tree of e.\,g., teTeX is different
+from the emtex tree; hence the source archive
+\texttt{ctib4tex}\textit{nn}\texttt{.zip}
+features the following subdirectories the contents of which has to be
+placed into appropriate branches of the \TeX\ installation:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item \texttt{mfinput} holds the complete Metafont sources
+ for the Tibetan fonts. The suggested path for emtex
+ users is \verb"\emtex\mfinput\ctib"; for teTeX users
+ \verb"$TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ctib" is a suitable
+ choice.
+ \item \texttt{tfm} holds all necessary font metrics files.
+ The suggested path for emtex users is \verb"\emtex\tfm\ctib";
+ for teTeX users \verb"$TEXMF/fonts/tfm/public/ctib"
+ is a suitable choice.
+ \item \texttt{texinput} holds all style files, font encoding
+ definitions etc. which are read by \TeX\ and \LaTeXe.
+ The suggested path for emtex users is
+ \verb"\emtex\texinput\ctib"; for teTeX users
+ \verb"$TEXMF/tex/latex/ctib" is a suitable choice.
+ \item \texttt{doc} contains the documentation (the document
+ which you are reading right now). It can be placed
+ in \verb"\emtex\doc\ctib" (for emtex users) or
+ \verb"$TEXMF/doc/latex/ctib" (for teTeX users).
+\end{itemize}
+
+It may become necessary to rehash the directory database of the
+\TeX\ system. When in doubt, consult your system administrator or
+local \TeX\ wizard.
+On teTeX systems, the command \texttt{texhash} will perform this service.
+
+
+\section{User Commands\label{UserCommands}}
+
+\LaTeXe\ users activate Tibetan support for their documents via a
+\verb-\usepackage- declaration
+\begin{verbatim}
+ \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
+ \usepackage{ctib}
+\end{verbatim} in the preamble of the document, while
+\TeX\ users activate Tibetan support for their documents via an
+\verb*-\input - declaration
+\begin{verbatim}
+ \input ctib
+\end{verbatim} in the beginning of the document. The only command
+necessary is \verb-\tib- which switches to Tibetan:
+
+\exa
+ This is Tibetan:\\
+ {\tib \swasti. .bod skad.}
+\exb
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ This is Tibetan:\\
+ {\tib \swasti. .bod skad.}
+ \end{verbatim}
+\exc
+
+The \textit{tsheg} is generated automatically after every syllable
+and can be inhibited by the command \verb|\notsheg|.
+\marginpar{%
+ The most important diacritics:
+
+ \textit{tsheg} inhibition via \texttt{\char92 notsheg}.
+
+ \texttt{.} $\rightarrow$ {\tib .}\\[1.2ex]
+ \texttt{,} $\rightarrow$ {\tib ,}\\[1.2ex]
+ \texttt{:} $\rightarrow$ {\tib :}\\[1.2ex]
+ \texttt{!} $\rightarrow$ {\tib !}\\[1.2ex]
+
+ \raggedright
+ \texttt{@} $\rightarrow$ {\tib @}\\
+
+}
+So, \verb|\tib go| creates {\tib go} whereas \verb|\tib go\notsheg|
+creates {\tib go\notsheg}. The intersentence space after sentences
+ending in \textit{k, g} is created by \verb|\K| which removes the
+\textit{tsheg} at the same time. Additional \textit{tsheg}s are
+produced by commata \verb|,| while the full stop \verb|.| generates
+the \textit{shad}, the exclamation mark \verb-!- generates a
+\textit{tsheg shad} and the colon \verb|:| produces a
+\textit{visarga}. \verb|\swasti| can also be abbreviated as
+\verb|@|. See also table~\ref{SpecialDiacritics} for a fairly complete
+overview of available special symbols.
+
+Stacks of consonants used for expressing Sanskrit words are not necessarily
+contained in the basic glyph collection of \TibTeX. They can, however,
+be generated easily with the \verb|\V{}{}|command (\texttt{V} like
+\textit{vertical}). An abbreviation exists also for \emph{om} which is
+\verb|\om|.
+
+\exa
+ {\tib \om, ma nxi pa\V{de}{ma}
+ \hung \hrih:}
+
+ Abbreviations exist:
+ {\tib \dme\ \ai.}
+\exb
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ {\tib \om, ma nxi pa\V{de}{ma}
+ \hung \hrih:}
+
+ Abbreviations exist:
+ {\tib \dme\ \ai.}
+ \end{verbatim}
+\exc
+
+
+\subsection{Transliteration Table}
+
+Unlike with Steiner's and Preining's systems, there is only one
+transliteration model available; at present the user has to accept
+what the system offers. Please consult the following tables for
+an overview of available symbols. Note: symbols which could be added
+with this version thanks to Sam Sirlin's recent work on Tibetan
+fonts were \fbox{framed} for easy identification.
+
+\newcommand{\TF}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\fbox{\tib\vphantom{\hrih}%
+ #1}}\\\textit{#1a}\end{tabular}}
+\newcommand{\TT}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\vphantom{\tib \hrih}%
+ \tib #1}\\\textit{#1a}\end{tabular}}
+\newcommand{\TTa}[1]{\begin{tabular}[t]{c}{\vphantom{\tib \hrih}%
+ \tib #1}\\\textit{#1}\end{tabular}}
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+\begin{tabular}{cccc}
+ \TT{k} &\TT{kh} &\TT{g} &\TT{ng}\\
+ \TT{c} &\TT{ch} &\TT{j} &\TT{ny}\\
+ \TT{t} &\TT{th} &\TT{d} &\TT{n}\\
+ \TT{p} &\TT{ph} &\TT{b} &\TT{m}\\
+ \TT{ts} &\TT{tsh} &\TT{dz} &\TT{w}\\
+ \TT{zh} &\TT{z} &\TT{'} &\TT{y}\\
+ \TT{r} &\TT{l} &\TT{sh} &\TT{s}\\
+ \TT{h} &\TTa{a} \\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Alphabet}
+\end{table}
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+\TTa{a} \TTa{i} \TTa{u} \TTa{e} \TTa{o}
+
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Basic Vowels}
+\end{table}
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+\TT{tx} \TT{thx} \TT{dx} \TT{nx} \TT{shx} \TT{kshx}
+
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Sanskrit letters}
+\end{table}
+
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+Seven basic consonants with aspiration \textit{h} {\tib h} subjoined:\\
+\TT{gh} \fbox{\TT{jh}} \TT{dh} \TT{bh} \TT{dzh} \TT{dxh} \TT{lh}
+
+\bigskip Nine basic consonants with \textit{y} {\tib y} subjoined:\\
+\TT{ky} \TT{khy} \TT{gy} \TT{py} \TT{phy} \TT{by} \TT{my}
+\fbox{\TT{ry}} \fbox{\TT{hy}}
+
+\bigskip Fifteen basic consonants with \textit{r} {\tib r} subjoined:\\
+\TT{kr} \TT{khr} \TT{gr} \TT{tr} \TT{thr} \TT{dr} \TT{pr}\\
+\TT{phr} \TT{br} \TT{mr} \fbox{\TT{dzr}} \fbox{\TT{zr}} \TT{shr} \TT{sr} \TT{hr}
+
+\bigskip Six basic consonants with \textit{l} {\tib l} subjoined:\\
+\TT{kl} \TT{gl} \TT{bl} \TT{rl} \TT{sl} \TT{zl}
+
+\bigskip Seventeen basic consonants with \textit{wazur} subjoined:\\
+\TT{kw} \TT{khw} \TT{gw} \TT{cw} \fbox{\TT{chw}} \TT{nyw} \TT{tw} \TT{dw} \TT{tsw}\\
+\TT{tshw} \TT{zhw} \TT{zw} \TT{rw} \TT{lw} \TT{shw} \TT{sw} \TT{hw}
+
+\bigskip Twelve basic consonants with \textit{r} {\tib r} surmounting them:\\
+\TT{rk} \TT{rg} \TT{rng} \TT{rj} \TT{rny} \TT{rt}\\
+\TT{rd} \TT{rn} \TT{rb} \TT{rm} \TT{rts} \TT{rdz}
+
+\bigskip Ten basic consonants with \textit{l} {\tib l} surmounting them:\\
+\TT{lk} \TT{lg} \TT{lng} \TT{lc} \TT{lj}
+\TT{lt} \TT{ld} \TT{lp} \TT{lb} \TT{lh}
+
+\bigskip Eleven basic consonants with \textit{s} {\tib s} surmounting them:\\
+\TT{sk} \TT{sg} \TT{sng} \TT{sny} \TT{st}
+\TT{sd} \TT{sn} \TT{sp} \TT{sb} \TT{sm} \TT{sts}
+
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Composites I}
+\end{table}
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+\TF{bhy} \TT{nr} \TT{dxh} \TF{drw} \TT{grw} \TT{phyw} \TT{rgw} \TT{rtsw}\\
+\TT{rgy} \TT{rky} \TT{rmy} \TT{skr} \TT{sgr} \TT{smr} \TT{spr} \TT{sbr}\\
+\TT{sgy} \TT{sky} \TT{smy} \TT{spy} \TT{sby} \TF{snr}
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ in Transliteration and Tibetan: Composites II}
+\end{table}
+
+
+
+\subsection{Known Transliteration Problems\label{TransliterationProblems}}
+
+The transliteration services of \TibTeX\ are coded in the ligature
+table of the font implying that these services know a lot about adjacent
+letters but know next to nothing about Tibetan syllables. The approach
+follows thus always a ``first match'' and not a ``correct match'' method.
+It is hence possible that consonant clusters are converted to Tibetan
+glyphs in a manner which was not intended by the writer. The hyphen
+\verb|-| helps solve these ambiguities:
+
+\exa
+ The syllable \emph{brtsams} is \\
+ {\tib b-rtsams}, not {\tib brtsams}!
+\exb
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ The syllable \emph{brtsams} is \\
+ {\tib b-rtsams}, not {\tib brtsams}!
+ \end{verbatim}
+\exc
+
+
+\subsection{Diacritical Marks}
+
+Thanks to Sam Sirlin's work, this version of \TibTeX\ provides a
+whole range of diacritical marks; most of them can be invoked with a
+rather lengthy command name, but for some of them there is also a
+short character mnemonic. Please consult table \ref{SpecialDiacritics} on
+page~\pageref{SpecialDiacritics}.
+
+\newcommand{\TC}[2]{%
+ \tt\string#1 & \tt\string#2 & {\tib#1} \\
+ }
+
+\begin{table}
+\begin{center}
+\begin{tabular}{llc}
+ Generic Name & Alternative & Symbol \\\hline
+\TC{\tibvarfive }{}
+\TC{\tibvarsix }{}
+\TC{\tibvarseven }{}
+\TC{\tibvareight }{}
+\TC{\tibvarnine }{}
+\TC{\tibempty }{}
+\TC{\tibShad }{.}
+\TC{\tibTsheg }{,}
+\TC{\tibSwasti }{\swasti}
+\TC{\tibVisarga }{:}
+\TC{\tibTshegshad }{!}
+\TC{\tibAlttshegshad }{}
+\TC{\tibNyistshegshad }{}
+\TC{\tibChemgoshad }{}
+\TC{\tibSbrulshad }{}
+\TC{\tibRgyagramshad }{}
+\TC{\tibVarchemgoshad }{}
+\TC{\tibRjessungaro }{}
+\TC{\tibSnaldan }{}
+\TC{\tibRnambcad }{}
+\TC{\tibGtertsheg }{}
+\TC{\tibRinchenspungsshad }{}
+\TC{\tibTopiniyigmgomdunma }{(}
+\TC{\tibFinalyigmgomdunma }{)}
+\TC{\tibIniyigmgomdunma }{((}
+\TC{\tibAngkhyanggyon }{<}
+\TC{\tibAngkhyanggyas }{>}
+\TC{\tibHalanta }{}
+\TC{\tibLcirtags }{}
+\TC{\tibNyizlanaada }{}
+\TC{\tibHalf }{}
+\TC{\tibGteryigmgotr }{}
+\TC{\tibPaluta }{}
+\end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\caption{\TibTeX\ Special Diacritics\label{SpecialDiacritics}}
+\end{table}
+
+\section{Example}
+
+The following text, ``The Story of \emph{Yug-pa-\`can} the Brahman'',
+is blatantly stolen from Sirlin's \texttt{/doc/} directory. Some of the
+input conventions have, however, changed slightly, and so the full text
+in romanized source and Tibetan target forms is given here. Please note
+that the word and sentence spaces are not identical with those of Sirlin's
+and Steiner's systems, hence the line and paragraph layout is not completely
+identical. Modifications of input syntax are shown in the margins.
+
+\newcommand{\Kcommand}{\texttt{\char92 K}}
+\newcommand{\brahmastory}{%
+ .yul zhig na bram ze dbyug pa can zhes bya zhig 'dug ste.
+ rab du dbul 'phongs pa bza' ba dang,. bgo med pa zhig go.
+ des khyim bdag cig las ba glang zhig b-rnyes te. nyin par
+ spyad nas ba glang de khrid de khyim bdag de'i khyim du song
+ ba dang,. de na khyim bdag ni zan za ste. dbyug pa can gyis ba
+ glang de khyim gyi nang du btang ba dang,. ba glang sgo gzhan
+ du song nas stor ro.. khyim bdag de zan de zos nas langs pa
+ dang,. de na ba glang ma mthong nas des dbyug pa can la glang
+ ga re zhes byas pa dang,. des smras pa. khyod kyi khyim du btang
+ ngo,. .khyod kyis nga'i glang bor gyis slar byin cig ces smras
+ pa dang,. des smras pa. ngas ma bor ro.. de nas de gnyis 'grogs
+ te. rgyal po'i thad du 'dong ba dang,. 'u bu cag gi rigs pa dang
+ mi rigs pa rtog par 'gyur ro zhes smras nas de gnyis dong ba
+ dang,. mi gzhan zhig gi rta rgod ma zhig bros nas. des dbyug pa
+ can la smras pa. rgod ma ma btang zhes smras pa dang,. des rdo
+ zhig blangs te 'phangs pa dang rta'i rkang pa la phog nas rkang
+ pa bcag go\Kcommand\marginpar{\small \texttt{\char92 K} eliminates
+ the \textit{tsheg} and inserts a long space.} .des smras
+ pa. khyod kyis nga'i rta bsad kyis nga'i rta byin cig\Kcommand\
+ .ci'i phyir rta sbyin. des smras pa tshur shog\Kcommand\
+ .rgyal po'i drung du 'dong dang,. 'u bu cag gi zhal che gcod du
+ 'ong ngo zhes smras nas. de dag der song ba dang,. dbyug pa can
+ des 'bras par b-rtsams te. des rtsig pa zhig gi steng nas mchongs
+ pa dang,. de'i drung na tha ga pa zhig thags 'thag cing 'dug pa
+ de'i steng du lhung nas tha ga pa de tshe 'phos pa dang,. tha ga
+ pa'i chung mas dbyug pa can de bzung nas. khyod kyis nga'i khyo
+ bsad kyis nga'i khyo byin zhig ces smras pa dang,. ngas khyod kyi
+ khyo ci ltar sbyin zhes smras nas. tshur shog rgyal po'i drung du
+ 'dong ngo,.. des 'u bu cag gi zhal ce gcad do zhes dong ba las.
+ lam gyi bar na chu bo gting zab po zhig yod de. chu de'i nang
+ nas tshur shing mkhan zhig te'u kha na 'khyer te 'ong ngo,. de la
+ dbyug pa can gyis chu'i gting ci tsam zhes dris pa dang,. chu'i
+ gting zab bo zhes smras pas ste'u chur lhung ste. ste'u ma rnyer
+ pa dang,. des dbyug pa can bzung nas. khyod kyis nga'i ste'u
+ chur bskyur ro.. des smras pa ngas ma bskyer ro. .tshur shog
+ rgyal po'i drung du 'dong dang,. des 'u bu cag gi zhal che gcad
+ do zhes smras nas dong ngo,. {\bit$\ldots continued \ldots$}%
+}
+
+\begin{quote}
+\verb*-\swasti. - \brahmastory
+\end{quote}
+
+\renewcommand{\Kcommand}{\K}
+{\tib\swasti. \brahmastory}
+
+\section{Legal Issues}
+
+\TibTeX\ is published under the GNU Public Licence. And very much like
+I did when I picked up the work of my predecessors and changed a few
+things here and there, I warmly welcome to change and improve everything,
+but then: please rename the files. If not for the sake of source protection,
+then at least for making sure that various \TeX\ installations around the
+world do not get confused.
+
+\section{Outlook and Desiderata}
+
+At the time of this writing, \TibTeX\ is actually already
+outdated as $\Omega$mega, the Unicode-capable \TeX\ successor, is
+available. Why, then, did I undergo this effort? I needed Tibetan now,
+for ongoing Mongolian lexicographical work which is all done using
+\LaTeXe\ and Mon\TeX.
+
+Though the font provided by Schwartz, Sparkes and Sirlin is already
+useful, I keep dreaming of a true Tibetan \emph{Meta}font, not just
+outlines created by GNU \texttt{fontutils}. Such a genuine metafont
+would greatly facilitate the creation of new and different typefaces,
+at least with different weights, and the few Unicode characters not
+yet covered could then be produced easily.
+
+Though this is a work slightly more targeted at $\Omega$mega than at
+\LaTeXe, I am seriously considering preparing full-fledged Native
+Language Support for the standard document formats implying that all
+captions and the date and number formats have to be translated into
+Tibetan. With transliteration services provided internally, it should
+also be possible to integrate Tibetan into the Babel system.
+
+Anyway, whatever the mistakes and the shortcomings are that have now
+crept into this Tibetan system, I can only kindly ask you to blame me,
+not my predecessors any more.
+\end{document}