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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/source-doc/english/preface.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/source-doc/english/preface.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 00eaba8cd2..0000000000 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/source-doc/english/preface.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,126 +0,0 @@ -% ====================================================================== -% preface.tex -% Copyright (c) Markus Kohm, 2008-2019 -% -% This file is part of the LaTeX2e KOMA-Script bundle. -% -% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of -% the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c of the license. -% The latest version of this license is in -% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX -% version 2005/12/01 or later and of this work. -% -% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "author-maintained". -% -% The Current Maintainer and author of this work is Markus Kohm. -% -% This work consists of all files listed in manifest.txt. -% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -% preface.tex -% Copyright (c) Markus Kohm, 2008-2019 -% -% Dieses Werk darf nach den Bedingungen der LaTeX Project Public Lizenz, -% Version 1.3c, verteilt und/oder veraendert werden. -% Die neuste Version dieser Lizenz ist -% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -% und Version 1.3c ist Teil aller Verteilungen von LaTeX -% Version 2005/12/01 oder spaeter und dieses Werks. -% -% Dieses Werk hat den LPPL-Verwaltungs-Status "author-maintained" -% (allein durch den Autor verwaltet). -% -% Der Aktuelle Verwalter und Autor dieses Werkes ist Markus Kohm. -% -% Dieses Werk besteht aus den in manifest.txt aufgefuehrten Dateien. -% ====================================================================== - -\KOMAProvidesFile{preface.tex} - [$Date: 2019-12-19 10:20:31 +0100 (Do, 19. Dez 2019) $ - Preface to version 3.25] -\translator{Markus Kohm\and Karl Hagen\and DeepL} - -% Date of the translated German file: 2019-12-19 - -\addchap{Preface to \KOMAScript~3.28} - -The \KOMAScript~3.28 manual,\,---\,not only the German version\,---\,once -again benefits from the fact that a new edition of the print version -\cite{book:komascript} and the eBook version \cite{ebook:komascript} will be -published at almost the same time as this version. This has led to many -improvements which also affect the free manual, in both the German and the -English version. - -In \KOMAScript~3.28 there are also some significant changes. In some cases, -compatibility with earlier versions has been waived. Thus a recommendation -from the ranks of \emph{The LaTeX Project Team} regarding \Macro{if\dots} -statements is complied with. If you use such statements, you should refer to -the manual again. - -It is not just about the manual that I now receive little criticism. I -conclude from this fact that \KOMAScript{} has reached the level that it -fulfils all desires. At the same time, the project has\,---\,not only starting -with the current release\,---\,reached a scale that makes it almost impossible -for a single person to accomplish -\begin{itemize} -\item the search for and elimination of errors, -\item the development and implementation of new functions, -\item the observation of changes in other packages and the \LaTeX{} kernel - with regard to effects on \KOMAScript, -\item the rapid response to such changes, -\item the maintenance of the guides in two languages, -\item help for beginners far beyond the functions of \KOMAScript{} down to the - basic operation of a computer, -\item assistance in the implementation of tricky solutions for advanced users - and experts, -\item moderation and participation in the maintenance of a forum for all kind - of help around \KOMAScript. -\end{itemize} -While I am personally have most fun with the development of new functions, I -consider troubleshooting in existing features, compatibility with new \LaTeX{} -kernel versions, and above all instructing users for the most important -tasks. Therefore I will focus in the future on and new functions will be -available only in exceptional cases. Therefore already in \KOMAScript~3.28 -some experimental functions and packages have been removed. In future releases -this should be continued. - -This, of course, also reduces the effort for the documentation of new -functions. Readers of this free, screen version, however, still have to live -with some restrictions. So some information\,---\,mainly intended for advanced -users or capable of turning an ordinary user into an advanced one\,---\,is -reserved for the printed book, which currently exists only in German. As a -result, some links in this manual lead to a page that simply mentions this -fact. In addition, the free version is scarcely suitable for making a -hard-copy. The focus, instead, is on using it on screen, in parallel with the -document you are working on. It still has no optimized wrapping but is almost -a first draft, in which both the paragraph and page breaks are in some cases -quite poor. Corresponding optimizations are reserved for the German book -editions. - -Another important improvement to the English guide has been accomplished by -Karl Hagen, who has continued the translation of the entire manual. Many, many -thanks to him! Everything that is fine in this English manual is because of -him. Everything that is not good in this manual\,---\,like the translation of -this preface\,---\,is because of me. Additional editors or translators, -however, would still be welcome! - -But the biggest thanks go to my family and above all to my wife. They absorb -all my unpleasant experiences on the Internet. They have also tolerated it for -more than 25~years, when I am again not approachable, because I am completely -lost in \KOMAScript{} or some \LaTeX{} problems. The fact that I can afford to -invest an incredible amount of time in such a project is entirely thanks to my -wife. - -\bigskip\noindent -Markus Kohm, Neckarhausen in the foggy December of 2019. - -\endinput - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% mode: flyspell -%%% ispell-local-dictionary: "english" -%%% coding: us-ascii -%%% TeX-master: "../guide" -%%% End: - |