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\input blue.tex
\report
\bluechapter History of Changes
\beginsummary
An account of the history of BLUe's format has been provided.
Milestones in the development have been listed.
\endsummary
In {\oldstyle1994} BLUe's format was introduced at CyrTUG and Euro\TeX.
The article was published in MAPS {\oldstyle94}.{\oldstyle1},
and also in the Euro\TeX{} proceedings (abbreviated).
The fall article and a pre-release of \bluetex{}
have been sent to the world, i.e., to the CTAN.
At that time only a default format and the transparencies format
were available. It has been extended by report and letter format.
The design of BLUe's format accounted for personalization, open-endedness,
minimal markup and a discipline to cope with progress.
The major extension of {\oldstyle 1995} was this user's guide,
which entailed the \cs{report} format, and the inclusion of Knuth's
letter and concert formats, \TB{} Appendix~E.
Both were finished in January {\oldstyle1995}.
Important was how to cope with the multitude of
formats, macros and tools out there.
The files have been organized in databases.
Not only a database for references, pictures, and addresses, no,
also for tools and formats.
What is needed will be loaded selectively from these, behind the scenes,
and\dots\thinspace by \TeX. Neat!
\newpage
\def\btablecaption{}\def\footer{}
$$\def\first{Date}
\def\header{\hfil Change\hfil\lower1.25ex\null}%To put on 1/3th
\nonframed\fll
%Beware of the name clash \cs: control sequence and column separator.
%
\def\template{\colsepsurround ##\hfil\raise4ex\null&\lft##\rgt&
\lft\vtop\bgroup\noindent\hsize.75\hsize
\baselineskip12pt\openup2pt
\obeylines##\egroup\rgt\cr}
\thisbtable{\let\tstrut\relax\def\par{\strut\endgraf}}
%
%Data to be extended. Remember that \obeylines is on.
\def\rowstblst{{Future}
{Spring {\oldstyle1996}}
{Summer {\oldstyle1995}}
{Spring {\oldstyle1995}}
{Dec {\oldstyle1994}}
}
\beginbtable
Updates to come
%Another line
%The 3th jolly line
\rs
BLUe-2-\LaTeX{} Convertor Assistant emerged
\rs
PASCAL tool improved, one-pass ToC added
Graphics has been extended by turtle graphics, fractals, and smileys
\rs %No \cs{name} possible; name clash with column separator
%Next are lines within one entry. Natural input.
page size for index flexible; plnindex can be used loose from blue.tex
|\nxttrs| |\continue| consistent with |\newpage| (|\vfill\eject|)
\rs
list element tag in address.dat, lit.dat and pic.dat changed into |\lst|
|\oldstyle| is introduced for the page numbers in the index etc.
Font handling for transparencies has been cleaned up
Addresses are stored in address.dat to cooperate with |\letter|
Tools are stored in the database tools.dat
Formats are stored in a database fmt.dat
\bluetex{} has been extended to BLUe's format system
|\report| and |\letter| have been designed
|\nitem| uses |\prenum| and |\postnum| for embellishments
|\create| in math cross-refs stores also |\prenum| and |\postnum|
|\rowstblst|'s last argument is no longer an exception
Partitioned matrix markup is short and elegant via |\btable|
Space-saving variant of continued fraction looks much better now
D\"urer's magic square has a better |\dotboxit|.
Bridge form details have been improved.
\endbtable
$$
\endinput
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