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@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
The original [WEB](https://ctan.org/pkg/web) system by Donald Knuth has the
macros `webmac.tex` that produce DVI output only; for historic reasons, it
will never be modified (apart from catastrophic errors).
-Hàn Thế Thành has modified these macros in his (outdated?) `pdfwebmac.tex` for
+Hàn Thế Thành has extended these macros in his (outdated?) `pdfwebmac.tex` for
PDF output (only) with [pdfTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/pdftex).
Jonathan Kew's [XeTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/xetex) has similar macros
-`xewebmac.tex` by Khaled Hosny that _modify_ `webmac.tex` for PDF output;
-these macros can only be used with a specific “TeX engine” each.
+`xewebmac.tex` by Khaled Hosny that include and _modify_ `webmac.tex` for PDF
+output; all these macros can only be used with a specific “TeX engine” each.
The present `pwebmac` package integrates these three WEB macro files similar
to `cwebmac.tex` in Silvio Levy's and Don Knuth's
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Its initial application is the production of PDF files for all major WEB
programs for “TeX and friends” as distributed in
[TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive). For this purpose, the shell script
`makeall` was whipped together; it provides various commandline options and
-works around several “quirks” in the WEB sources. The resulting ``PDF
-library'' can be browsed in the `knuth-pdf` package.
+works around several “quirks” in the WEB sources. The resulting collection
+of PDF documents can be browsed in the `knuth-pdf` package.
WEB programmers who want to use `pwebmac.tex` instead of the default
`webmac.tex` in their programs have to change the first line in the TeX file
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ clickable links and bookmarks (depending on your PDF viewer).
The `pwebmac` package is free software and may be used without constraints.
-This is version “4.6.2” of the `pwebmac` package — 2021-03-17, Andreas Scherer.
+This is version “4.6.3” of the `pwebmac` package — 2021-08-12, Andreas Scherer.