From d8b81c54ee53a93b7f939601fd6438d0f194978b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 03:01:42 +0000
Subject: CTAN sync 202110220301

---
 macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

(limited to 'macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex')

diff --git a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex
index 5ea811267d..d79a1b1b74 100644
--- a/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex
+++ b/macros/latex-dev/base/ltnews08.tex
@@ -40,13 +40,19 @@
 \publicationyear{1997}
 \publicationissue{8}
 
+\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
 
 \section{New supported font encodings}
 
-Two new font encodings are supported as options to the \textsf{fontenc}
+Two new font encodings are supported as options to the \pkg{fontenc}
 package:
 \begin{description}
 \item [OT4]
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ supported by the `tc' fonts, which match the T1 encoded `ec' text
 fonts.  A subset of the glyphs in this encoding is supported by
 virtual fonts distributed with the PostScript font metrics on the
 \textsc{ctan} archives. (This is the `8c' encoding in Karl Berry's
-fontname scheme.)  The \textsf{textcomp} package provides access to
+fontname scheme.)  The \pkg{textcomp} package provides access to
 this encoding but here is a warning to current users of that package:
 some of the internal names for the characters have changed.
 \end{description}
@@ -67,17 +73,17 @@ some of the internal names for the characters have changed.
 
 \section{New input encodings}
 
-These additions to the \textsf{inputenc} package are
-\texttt{decmulti} (the DEC Multinational
+These additions to the \pkg{inputenc} package are
+\option{decmulti} (the DEC Multinational
 Character Set,  contributed by M.~Y.~Chartoire)
-and \texttt{cp1250} (an MS-Windows encoding for Central and Eastern
+and \option{cp1250} (an MS-Windows encoding for Central and Eastern
 Europe, contributed by Marcin Woli\'nski).  There is also a
-\texttt{cp1252} encoding that is identical to \texttt{ansinew}.
+\option{cp1252} encoding that is identical to \option{ansinew}.
 
 
 \section{Tools}
 
-The \textsf{calc} package (used in many examples in \emph{The \LaTeX\
+The \pkg{calc} package (used in many examples in \emph{The \LaTeX\
 Companion}) has been contributed to this distribution by Kresten Krab
 Thorup and Frank Jensen. This is essentially the same as the version
 that has been available from the \textsc{ctan} archives for some time,
@@ -91,10 +97,10 @@ example:
 \end{verbatim}
 
 There have also been some improvements to several other packages in
-this collection.  In particular, \textsf{bm} now works correctly with
+this collection.  In particular, \pkg{bm} now works correctly with
 constructions such as \verb|\bm{f'}| involving \texttt{'} or other
 characters which use \TeX's special ``\verb|\mathcode"8000|''
-feature.  Also, \textsf{multicol} sets the length \verb|\columnwidth|
+feature.  Also, \pkg{multicol} sets the length \verb|\columnwidth|
 to an appropriate value; this enables it to work with classes that
 support two-column setting, e.g.,~the AMS classes.
 
@@ -105,10 +111,10 @@ The special \verb|oztex.def| driver file has been removed, and Oz\TeX\
 support has been merged with dvips, following advice from
 Andrew Trevorrow about Oz\TeX~3.x.
 
-The \textsf{keyval} package has had some internal improvements: to
+The \pkg{keyval} package has had some internal improvements: to
 use \LaTeX\ format error messages; and to avoid `\verb|#| doubling'.
 This latter change means that the \verb|command| key for the
-\textsf{graphicx} version of \verb|\includegraphics| should now be used
+\pkg{graphicx} version of \verb|\includegraphics| should now be used
 with one \verb|#| rather than two. For example, \verb|command = `gunzip #1|.
 Fortunately this key is almost never used in practice, so few if any
 documents should be affected by this change.
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ this CTAN directory:
 The documentation of this material is as follows: individual package
 files provide outline, draft documentation; there is an article that
 gives an overview of the syntax and related concepts; there is a
-\texttt{readme.txt} file containing a brief description of the
+\file{readme.txt} file containing a brief description of the
 collection.
 
 All aspects of these packages are liable, indeed likely, to change.
@@ -146,8 +152,5 @@ the following one line message:
   subscribe LATEX-L <<first-name>> <<second-name>>
 \end{verbatim}
 
-% Revert to this if gets too full.
-% See \texttt{modguide.tex} for
-% information on how to subscribe to \texttt{LaTeX-L}.
 
 \end{document}
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