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diff --git a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews07.tex b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews07.tex index 53b8b778f4..db3812e387 100644 --- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews07.tex +++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews07.tex @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ \publicationyear{1997} \publicationissue{7} +\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 @@ -48,30 +54,30 @@ As in the last release the base \LaTeX\ distribution contains three different sets of `fd' files for T1 encoded fonts. -In this release the default installation uses \texttt{ec.ins} +In this release the default installation uses \file{ec.ins} and so installs files suitable for the current `EC fonts' distribution. If you have still not updated to the EC fonts and are using the earlier test versions, known as DC then you should -unpack \texttt{newdc.ins} (for DC release 1.2 or later) or -\texttt{olddc.ins} (for the original releases of the DC fonts). -This should be done after unpacking \texttt{unpack.ins} but -before making the format by running ini\TeX{} on \texttt{latex.ltx}. -There are further details in \texttt{install.txt}. +unpack \file{newdc.ins} (for DC release 1.2 or later) or +\file{olddc.ins} (for the original releases of the DC fonts). +This should be done after unpacking \file{unpack.ins} but +before making the format by running ini\TeX{} on \file{latex.ltx}. +There are further details in \file{install.txt}. \section{T1 encoded Concrete fonts} The Metafont sources for T1 encoded `Concrete' fonts have been removed from the \textsf{mfnss} distribution as they were based on the now obsolete DC fonts release 1.1. Similarly the -\textsf{cmextra.ins} install file in the \textsf{base} distribution no +\file{cmextra.ins} install file in the \textsf{base} distribution no longer generates fd files for the `Concrete' fonts. To use these fonts in either T1 or OT1 encoding it is -recommended that you obtain Walter Schmidt's \textsf{ccfonts} package -and fonts from CTAN \texttt{macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccfonts}. +recommended that you obtain Walter Schmidt's \pkg{ccfonts} package +and fonts from CTAN \file{macros/latex/contrib/supported/ccfonts}. \section{Further input encodings} -Two more \textsf{inputenc} packages have been added: for latin5, +Two more \pkg{inputenc} packages have been added: for latin5, thanks to H. Turgut Uyar; and for latin3, thanks to J\"org Knappen. @@ -83,18 +89,18 @@ reported by Donald Arseneau, that punctuation in page headers has always (in all known \TeX\ formats) been potentially incorrect if the page break happens while a local setting of the space codes (for instance by the command \verb|\frenchspacing|) is in effect. A common -example of this happening in \LaTeX\ is in the \textsf{verbatim} +example of this happening in \LaTeX\ is in the \env{verbatim} environment. \section{Accessing Bold Math Symbols} -The \textsf{tools} distribution contains a new package, \textsf{bm}, +The \textsf{tools} distribution contains a new package, \pkg{bm}, which defines a command \verb|\bm| that allows individual bold symbols to be accessed within a math expression (in contrast to \verb|\boldmath| which makes whole math expressions default to bold -fonts). It is more general than the existing \textsf{amsbsy} package; +fonts). It is more general than the existing \pkg{amsbsy} package; however, to ease the translation of documents between these two -packages, \textsf{bm} makes \verb|\boldsymbol| an alias for +packages, \pkg{bm} makes \verb|\boldsymbol| an alias for \verb|\bm|. This package was previously made available from the `contrib' area of |