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diff --git a/macros/latex/base/ltnews06.tex b/macros/latex/base/ltnews06.tex index d0c5943b5e..52ecba9918 100644 --- a/macros/latex/base/ltnews06.tex +++ b/macros/latex/base/ltnews06.tex @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ \publicationyear{1996} \publicationissue{6} +\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 @@ -50,12 +56,12 @@ new standard \LaTeX{}, \LaTeXe. \section{Mono-case file names} Previously \LaTeX\ has used some files with `mixed-case' file names -such as \texttt{T1cmr.fd} and \texttt{T1enc.def}. +such as \file{T1cmr.fd} and \file{T1enc.def}. These file names cause problems on some systems (in particular they are illegal on the ISO 9660 CDROM format) and so in this release all file names have been made lowercase (for example -\texttt{t1cmr.fd} and \texttt{t1enc.def}). +\file{t1cmr.fd} and \file{t1enc.def}). This change should \emph{not} affect any document. Within \LaTeX, encodings still have the usual uppercase names in uses such as @@ -68,17 +74,17 @@ should still work with this new release. The change \emph{does} affect the configuration files that may be used to make the \LaTeX\ format with initex. For example, the file -\texttt{fonttext.ltx} previously specified \verb|\input{T1cmr.fd}|. +\file{fonttext.ltx} previously specified \verb|\input{T1cmr.fd}|. It now has \verb|\input{t1cmr.fd}|. -If you use a local file \texttt{fonttext.cfg} +If you use a local file \file{fonttext.cfg} you will need to make similar changes, as \verb|\input{T1cmr.fd}| -will not work as \texttt{T1cmr.fd} is no longer in the distribution. +will not work as \file{T1cmr.fd} is no longer in the distribution. The files affected by this change all have names of the form \verb|*.fd| or \verb|*enc.def|. \section{Another input encoding} -Thanks to work by S\o ren Sandmann, the \textsf{inputenc} package now +Thanks to work by S\o ren Sandmann, the \pkg{inputenc} package now supports the IBM codepage~865 used in Scandinavia. \section{Better user-defined math display environments} @@ -109,15 +115,15 @@ you can use to avoid this problem; it should be inserted as shown here: \end{verbatim} \section{Docstrip improvements} -The \textsf{docstrip} program that is used to unpack the \LaTeX\ +The \pkg{docstrip} program that is used to unpack the \LaTeX\ sources has undergone further development. The new version should be able to process all old `batchfiles' but it allows a simpler syntax in new `batchfiles' (no need to define \verb|\def\batchfile{|\ldots). It also allows `target' directories to be specified when writing files. This directory support is disabled by default unless activated -in a local \texttt{docstrip.cfg} configuration file. -See \texttt{docstrip.dtx} for details. +in a local \file{docstrip.cfg} configuration file. +See \file{docstrip.dtx} for details. \section{AMS \LaTeX\ update} Since the last \LaTeX\ release in June, the American Mathematical @@ -137,11 +143,11 @@ This release of \LaTeX\ does \emph{not} default to these `ec' fonts as its T1 encoded fonts. By default it will use the `dc' fonts if the T1 encoding is requested. -As noted in \texttt{install.txt} you may run \TeX\ on the install file -\texttt{ec.ins} \emph{after} unpacking the base distribution but +As noted in \file{install.txt} you may run \TeX\ on the install file +\file{ec.ins} \emph{after} unpacking the base distribution but \emph{before} making the \LaTeX\ format. This will produce suitable `fd' files making \LaTeX\ (including, for the first time, the -\textsf{slides} class) use the `ec' fonts as the default T1 encoded +\cls{slides} class) use the `ec' fonts as the default T1 encoded font set. |