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+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews10.tex
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
\publicationyear{1998}
\publicationissue{10}
+\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
@@ -77,21 +83,21 @@ existence of \LaTeXe{} is a great miracle}.
need not supply them).
As a first small step towards this definition, we shall replace the
- \texttt{latex/packages} subdirectory on \ctan{}.
+ \file{latex/packages} subdirectory on \ctan{}.
This directory was a curious mixture of the important, such as the
- \LaTeX{} \texttt{tools}, that any self-respecting \LaTeX{}
+ \LaTeX{} \textsf{tools}, that any self-respecting \LaTeX{}
installation ought to have, and the esoteric or experimental.
- The esoterica from \texttt{packages} will be moved to
+ The esoterica from \textsf{packages} will be moved to
new locations, as follows:
\begin{quote}
- \texttt{expl3} to \texttt{latex/exptl/project}\\
- \texttt{mfnfss} to \texttt{latex/contrib/supported/mfnfss}
+ \textsf{expl3} to \file{latex/exptl/project}\\
+ \textsf{mfnfss} to \file{latex/contrib/supported/mfnfss}
\end{quote}
- The subdirectory that replaces \texttt{packages} will be called
- \texttt{latex/required}; all the other sub-directories of
- \texttt{packages} will be moved there.
+ The subdirectory that replaces \textsf{packages} will be called
+ \file{latex/required}; all the other sub-directories of
+ \file{packages} will be moved there.
\vspace{17pt}
\pagebreak
@@ -107,14 +113,14 @@ The web site is not yet fully functional but the old \LaTeX\ pages from
Several people have requested an easy mechanism for the distribution
of \LaTeX\ packages and other software ``under the same conditions as
-\LaTeX''. The old \texttt{legal.txt} file was unsuitable as a general
+\LaTeX''. The old \file{legal.txt} file was unsuitable as a general
licence as it referred to specific \LaTeX\ authors, and to specific
files.
-Therefore, in this release \texttt{legal.txt} contains just the
+Therefore, in this release \file{legal.txt} contains just the
copyright notice and a reference to the new \emph{\LaTeX\ Project
Public License} (LPPL) for the distribution and modification
-conditions. The \texttt{tools}, \texttt{graphics}, and \texttt{mfnfss}
+conditions. The \textsf{tools}, \textsf{graphics}, and \textsf{mfnfss}
packages also now refer to this license in their distribution notices.
\section{Support for Cyrillic encodings}
@@ -130,11 +136,11 @@ encodings). This provides platform independent and
sophisticated basic support for high-quality typesetting in various
Cyrillic-based languages.
-For further information see the file \texttt{cyrguide.tex}.
+For further information see the file \file{cyrguide.tex}.
\section{Tools distribution}
-The \texttt{varioref} package has been extended to support textual
+The \pkg{varioref} package has been extended to support textual
page references to a range of objects: e.g.,~if \texttt{eq-first}
and \texttt{eq-last} are the label names for the first and last
equation in a sequence, then you can now write