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index 0d959d9f92..2d56515ca0 100644
--- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews09.tex
+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews09.tex
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
\publicationyear{1998}
\publicationissue{9}
+\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
@@ -93,19 +99,19 @@ The old five-argument form is detected and will work as before.
\section{Tools distribution}
-The \texttt{multicol} package now supports the production of multiple
+The \pkg{multicol} package now supports the production of multiple
columns without balancing the last page. To get this effect use the
-\texttt{multicols*} environment.
+\env{multicols*} environment.
-The \texttt{layout} package was partly recoded by Hideo Umeki to
+The \pkg{layout} package was partly recoded by Hideo Umeki to
display page layout effects in a better way.
-As suggested by Donald Arseneau, the \texttt{calc} package was extended
+As suggested by Donald Arseneau, the \pkg{calc} package was extended
to support the new commands \verb|\widthof{<text>}|,
\verb|\heightof{<text>}|, and \verb|\depthof{<text>}| within a
-\texttt{calc}-expression. At the same time we modified a few kernel
-commands so that \texttt{calc}-expressions can now be used in various
-useful places such as the dimension arguments to the \texttt{tabular}
+\pkg{calc}-expression. At the same time we modified a few kernel
+commands so that \pkg{calc}-expressions can now be used in various
+useful places such as the dimension arguments to the \env{tabular}
environment and the \verb|\rule| command. For many other standard
\LaTeX{} commands this was already possible.
@@ -118,10 +124,10 @@ characters will soon be available.
Test versions of the `LH' fonts for these Cyrillic encodings, based on
the Computer Modern design, are available from CTAN archives in the
-directory \texttt{fonts/cyrillic/lh-test}. The \LaTeX\ support files
+directory \file{fonts/cyrillic/lh-test}. The \LaTeX\ support files
(by Werner Lemberg and Vladimir Volovich) are also available from CTAN
archives in\\
- \texttt{macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2}
+ \file{macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2}
\section{Default docstrip header}
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ We have changed the default version of this header so that it allows
stripped files to be distributed in ready-to-run installations such as
the \TeX{}Live CD\@. If you use the default header for distributing
your files you should check that the new copyright text is acceptable
-to you. The file \texttt{docstrip.dtx} explains how to produce your own
+to you. The file \file{docstrip.dtx} explains how to produce your own
header if you wish to do so.