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index f8d611808b..840f04fe72 100644
--- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews05.tex
+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews05.tex
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
\publicationyear{1996}
\publicationissue{5}
+\providecommand\pkg[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\cls[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+\providecommand\option[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+
\begin{document}
\maketitle
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ new standard \LaTeX{}, \LaTeXe.
\section{Extra possibilities for section headings}
Most \LaTeX\ sectioning commands are defined using
\verb|\@startsection|.
-For example, the \textsf{article} class defines:
+For example, the \cls{article} class defines:
\begin{small}
\begin{verbatim}
\newcommand\section{\@startsection
@@ -75,13 +79,13 @@ produce uppercase headings. A package or class file could contain:
\end{verbatim}
\end{small}
to produce section headings using uppercase medium weight text, rather
-than the bold text used by \textsf{article}. Note that, like the font
+than the bold text used by \cls{article}. Note that, like the font
choice, the uppercasing applies only to the actual heading (including
any automatically generated section number), not to the text as it may
appear in the running head or table of contents.
\section{The `openany' option in the `book' class}
-The \textsf{openany} option allows chapter and similar openings to
+The \option{openany} option allows chapter and similar openings to
occur on left hand pages. Previously this option only affected
\verb|\chapter| and \verb|\backmatter|. It now also affects
\verb|\part|, \verb|\frontmatter| and \verb|\mainmatter|.
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ occur on left hand pages. Previously this option only affected
\section{More font (output) encodings}
The font encoding name \texttt{T3} has been allocated to the encoding
used in the new 256-character \textsc{IPA} fonts (for the phonetic
-alphabet) produced by Rei Fukui. His package, \textsf{tipa},
+alphabet) produced by Rei Fukui. His package, \pkg{tipa},
gives access to these fonts and should soon be available. (The
encoding named \texttt{OT3} is the 128-character encoding used in the
\textsc{IPA} fonts produced by Washington State University.)
@@ -97,11 +101,11 @@ encoding named \texttt{OT3} is the 128-character encoding used in the
\section{More input encodings supported}
-The \textsf{inputenc} package now supports the IBM codepage~852 used
+The \pkg{inputenc} package now supports the IBM codepage~852 used
in Eastern Europe, with the option~\texttt{[cp852]} contributed by
Petr~Sojka.
-Also, the \textsf{inputenc} package now activates most `control codes'
+Also, the \pkg{inputenc} package now activates most `control codes'
with \textsc{ascii} values below 32.
Currently none of the encodings in the standard distribution makes use
of these positions.
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ following problems:
\begin{itemize}
\item
- The \textsf{longtable} package now uses a modified algorithm,
+ The \pkg{longtable} package now uses a modified algorithm,
contributed by David Kastrup, to align the `chunks' of a table.
It is now unnecessary to edit the document to add
\verb|\setlongtables| before the final run of \LaTeX.
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ following problems:
price of extra passes through \LaTeX).
\item
- The \textsf{dcolumn} package now has the extra possibility of
+ The \pkg{dcolumn} package now has the extra possibility of
specifying the number of digits both \emph{before} and after the
`decimal point'. This makes it easy to centre the column of numbers
under a wide heading.