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@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
\publicationyear{1995}
\publicationissue{4}
+\providecommand\pkg[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\cls[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\option[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\env[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\file[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+
\begin{document}
\maketitle
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ This issue accompanies the fourth release of \LaTeXe.
The last release in June started a trend of \LaTeX\ becoming
smaller, we are pleased to announce that this has continued with this
release. In particular the experimental `autoload' version described in
-\texttt{autoload.txt} is much smaller as more parts of \LaTeX\ are
+\file{autoload.txt} is much smaller as more parts of \LaTeX\ are
autoloaded.
\section{New `concurrent' docstrip}
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ This release of the dc fonts fixes many bugs (including the missing
many other ways. It is strongly recommended that you upgrade as soon as
possible if currently you are using the old dc fonts, release 1.1 or
earlier. The new fonts are available from the CTAN archives, in
-\texttt{tex-archive/fonts/dc}.
+\file{tex-archive/fonts/dc}.
The names of the font files are \emph{different}. This does not affect
\LaTeX\ documents but \emph{does} affect the installation procedure as
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ it assumes that you have the \emph{new} fonts, and will write suitable
then, after unpacking the distribution, you \emph{must}
\verb|latex olddc.ins| to produce `fd' files for the old dc fonts.
This must be done \emph{before} the format is made. Running the test
-document at \texttt{ltxcheck.tex} the end of the installation will
+document at \file{ltxcheck.tex} the end of the installation will
inform you if the wrong set of `fd' files has been installed.
Note that this change does not affect the standard `OT1' Computer
@@ -113,21 +119,21 @@ where you want the `base' class to be called with \emph{all} the
options that were specified to the extension class. This is now
provided by the new command \verb|\LoadClassWithOptions|. A similar
command \verb|\RequirePackageWithOptions| is provided for package use.
-More details of this feature are provided in \texttt{clsguide.tex} and
-\texttt{ltclass.dtx}.
+More details of this feature are provided in \file{clsguide.tex} and
+\file{ltclass.dtx}.
\section{More Input Encodings}
-The experimental \texttt{inputenc} package allows a more natural style
+The experimental \pkg{inputenc} package allows a more natural style
of input of accented and other characters.
Three new input encodings are now supported.
\begin{itemize}
-\item \texttt{ansinew} the Windows ansi encoding,
+\item \option{ansinew} the Windows ansi encoding,
as used in Microsoft Windows 3.x.
-\item \texttt{cp437de} a variant of \texttt{cp437}, which uses \ss\
+\item \option{cp437de} a variant of \option{cp437}, which uses \ss\
rather than $\beta$ in the appropriate slot.
-\item \texttt{next} the encoding used on Next computers.
+\item \option{next} the encoding used on Next computers.
\end{itemize}
\section{Further information}