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+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex
@@ -40,13 +40,19 @@
\publicationyear{1997}
\publicationissue{8}
+\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
\section{New supported font encodings}
-Two new font encodings are supported as options to the \textsf{fontenc}
+Two new font encodings are supported as options to the \pkg{fontenc}
package:
\begin{description}
\item [OT4]
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ supported by the `tc' fonts, which match the T1 encoded `ec' text
fonts. A subset of the glyphs in this encoding is supported by
virtual fonts distributed with the PostScript font metrics on the
\textsc{ctan} archives. (This is the `8c' encoding in Karl Berry's
-fontname scheme.) The \textsf{textcomp} package provides access to
+fontname scheme.) The \pkg{textcomp} package provides access to
this encoding but here is a warning to current users of that package:
some of the internal names for the characters have changed.
\end{description}
@@ -67,17 +73,17 @@ some of the internal names for the characters have changed.
\section{New input encodings}
-These additions to the \textsf{inputenc} package are
-\texttt{decmulti} (the DEC Multinational
+These additions to the \pkg{inputenc} package are
+\option{decmulti} (the DEC Multinational
Character Set, contributed by M.~Y.~Chartoire)
-and \texttt{cp1250} (an MS-Windows encoding for Central and Eastern
+and \option{cp1250} (an MS-Windows encoding for Central and Eastern
Europe, contributed by Marcin Woli\'nski). There is also a
-\texttt{cp1252} encoding that is identical to \texttt{ansinew}.
+\option{cp1252} encoding that is identical to \option{ansinew}.
\section{Tools}
-The \textsf{calc} package (used in many examples in \emph{The \LaTeX\
+The \pkg{calc} package (used in many examples in \emph{The \LaTeX\
Companion}) has been contributed to this distribution by Kresten Krab
Thorup and Frank Jensen. This is essentially the same as the version
that has been available from the \textsc{ctan} archives for some time,
@@ -91,10 +97,10 @@ example:
\end{verbatim}
There have also been some improvements to several other packages in
-this collection. In particular, \textsf{bm} now works correctly with
+this collection. In particular, \pkg{bm} now works correctly with
constructions such as \verb|\bm{f'}| involving \texttt{'} or other
characters which use \TeX's special ``\verb|\mathcode"8000|''
-feature. Also, \textsf{multicol} sets the length \verb|\columnwidth|
+feature. Also, \pkg{multicol} sets the length \verb|\columnwidth|
to an appropriate value; this enables it to work with classes that
support two-column setting, e.g.,~the AMS classes.
@@ -105,10 +111,10 @@ The special \verb|oztex.def| driver file has been removed, and Oz\TeX\
support has been merged with dvips, following advice from
Andrew Trevorrow about Oz\TeX~3.x.
-The \textsf{keyval} package has had some internal improvements: to
+The \pkg{keyval} package has had some internal improvements: to
use \LaTeX\ format error messages; and to avoid `\verb|#| doubling'.
This latter change means that the \verb|command| key for the
-\textsf{graphicx} version of \verb|\includegraphics| should now be used
+\pkg{graphicx} version of \verb|\includegraphics| should now be used
with one \verb|#| rather than two. For example, \verb|command = `gunzip #1|.
Fortunately this key is almost never used in practice, so few if any
documents should be affected by this change.
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ this CTAN directory:
The documentation of this material is as follows: individual package
files provide outline, draft documentation; there is an article that
gives an overview of the syntax and related concepts; there is a
-\texttt{readme.txt} file containing a brief description of the
+\file{readme.txt} file containing a brief description of the
collection.
All aspects of these packages are liable, indeed likely, to change.
@@ -146,8 +152,5 @@ the following one line message:
subscribe LATEX-L <<first-name>> <<second-name>>
\end{verbatim}
-% Revert to this if gets too full.
-% See \texttt{modguide.tex} for
-% information on how to subscribe to \texttt{LaTeX-L}.
\end{document}