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diff --git a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews10.tex b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews10.tex index bad9fda6ce..5ab159f0bb 100644 --- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews10.tex +++ 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 |