From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README (limited to 'macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README') diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README b/macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6dadd698f --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/mpdinbrief/mpdinbrief.README @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +Changes (``diff mpdinbrief.dtx dinbrief.dtx''): + + - external horizontal ``pressure'' onto backaddress reduced from ``hfill'' to ``hfil'' + % makes it possible to use ``\hfill'' between the fields of backaddress to + % widen it to the maximum possible extent + + - answertonew line changed: + + date/place go to the right border + + every horizontal item takes just the space it needs + and white space is shared equally + % may be this is not conforming to DIN 676, but the given placement of items + % was not satisfying: why should an empty field eat up so much space ? + + - fontseries for the concern (Betreff) line: ``bx'' + % isn't it a kind of heading for the whole thing ? + + - defaultfont for \signature: \footnotesize + % because I think it's overweighted with \normalsize + % you only want to be able to decypher some cryptic signature + + - cc, ps, encl: + + fontseries ``bx'' + + strings (PS, Anlage(n), Verteiler) now ending with ``:'' + + vspace(.3ex) after these strings + % because these strings bear structuring significance in a document + + - ps, cc, encl following the closing pushed down to the bottom of the page + % I consider them being a kind of final contents of a complete letter package; + % putting them to close to the closing binds them to tightly to the central text. + + - new example + + - certainly some new bugs brought in % don't call them features ! + + + +May be, it would have been a good idea to merge all these changes into dinbrief +by introducing switches to make them optional: + - This would blow up the code size of dinbrief. + - It's a matter of taste: + + Your taste % if you like it [or not], have an influence onto the maintainers + + the taste of the maintainers of dinbrief +. +Should there be more than some spread out fools, who like and use my modifications, +then it'll be certainly a good idea to merge them into the original distribution. +But we'll only know, if somebody tells us: so send us a mail with your opinion! + + + markus.pilzecker@rhein-neckar.netsurf.de + braune@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de + gussmann@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de + + +Installing: + + gzip -dc mpdinbrf.tgz | (cd ; tar -xvf - ) + cd + + # read the original readme file ``readme'' + + tex mpdinbrief.ins # extracts the archive mpdinbrief.dtx + + latex mpexample # produces the example letter mpexample.dvi + + +Known Bugs: + + - \enclright does not work correctly with latex2e (as of 97-01) + (even with the original dinbrief 1.66) + (made it impossible to test my modifications with this option) + + - dbold does not compile correctly with latex2e (as of 97-01) + (even with the original dinbrief 1.66) + (same symptoms as above) \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3