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--- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews13.tex
+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews13.tex
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
\publicationyear{2000}
\publicationissue{13}
+\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}
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ to release patches as needed to fix significant bugs.
\noindent
The \PSNFSS{} material, which supports the use\latex{\\}
of common PostScript fonts with \LaTeX{}, has been thoroughly updated.
-Most noticeably, the \package{mathpple} package, which used to be
+Most noticeably, the \pkg{mathpple} package, which used to be
distributed separately, is now part of the basic \PSNFSS{} bundle;
this package provides mathematical typesetting with the Palatino
typeface family. In addition, numerous bugs and flaws have been fixed
@@ -130,9 +135,9 @@ The files \file{diffs-m.txt}, \file{diffs-c.txt},
changes and address some common questions.
The primary documentation files remain \file{amsldoc.tex}, for the
-\package{amsmath} package, and \file{instr-l.tex}, for the AMS
+\pkg{amsmath} package, and \file{instr-l.tex}, for the AMS
document classes.\latex{\\}
-The documentation for the \package{amsthm} package,\latex{\\}
+The documentation for the \pkg{amsthm} package,\latex{\\}
however, has been moved from \file{amsldoc.tex}\latex{\\}
to a separate document \file{amsthdoc.tex}.
@@ -140,10 +145,10 @@ to a separate document \file{amsthdoc.tex}.
\vfill
\end{latexonly}
-\section{New input encoding \package{latin4}}
+\section{New input encoding \texttt{latin4}}
-The package \package{inputenc} has, thanks to Hana Skoumalov\'a,
-been extended to cover the \package{latin4} input encoding; this
+The package \pkg{inputenc} has, thanks to Hana Skoumalov\'a,
+been extended to cover the \option{latin4} input encoding; this
covers Baltic and Scandinavian languages as well as Greenland
Inuit and Lappish.
@@ -187,11 +192,11 @@ This directory has been extended to contain
\item[galley] Prototype implementation of the interface\latex{\\}
for manipulating vertical material in galleys.
\item[xinitials] Prototype implementation of the interface\latex{\\}
- for paragraph initials (needs the \texttt{galley} package.
- \item[xtheorem] Contributed example using the \texttt{template}
+ for paragraph initials (needs the \pkg{galley} package.
+ \item[xtheorem] Contributed example using the \pkg{template}
package to provide a designer interface for theorem environments.
\item[xoutput] A prototype implementation of the new output routine
- as described in the \texttt{xo-pfloat.pdf} paper. Expected
+ as described in the \file{xo-pfloat.pdf} paper. Expected
availability: at or shortly after\latex{\\}
the TUG\,2000 conference.
\end{description}