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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-10-03 17:13:21 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-10-03 17:13:21 +0000
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@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ need to regenerate the file; just use the one that's provided. If you
do regenerate it, you will need a date program which understands the %B
format (GNU date does).
-doc/eplain.texi and other .texi files in the doc directory describe the
-features currently provided. If you think of additional features that
-would be useful, or extensions to existing ones, see email below.
-
-doc/eplain.info is the Info file resulting from doc/eplain.texi and
-other .texi files in the doc directory, which GNU Emacs and GNU Info
-can read.
-See http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo for more information about Texinfo.
+The doc subdirectory is documentation in various formats.
The files in the test subdirectory are of course for testing of various
features, but also provide some examples of usage.
@@ -29,15 +22,14 @@ The util subdirectory contains some useful scripts to help with "see"
and "see also" index entries, and making index entries with
hyperlinks.
-Most of these macros, like most of the manual, are in the public domain.
-The exceptions are the commutative diagram macros (the file arrow.tex)
-and the documentation for them (the file doc/arrow.texi). Both of
-arrow.tex and doc/arrow.texi are under the GNU General Public
-License (see the file headers for details).
+The original Eplain macros and most of the manual are in the public
+domain. Other pieces are covered by other licenses);
+see the file headers for specifics. It is entirely free software.
-Eplain was developed as part of the book TeX for the Impatient,
-published by Addison-Wesley in 1990. It is now freely available, from
-http://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient, along with a French translation.
+Eplain was originally developed for the book TeX for the Impatient,
+published by Addison-Wesley in 1990. That book is now freely available,
+from http://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient, along with a French
+translation.
email: bug-eplain@tug.org
www: http://tug.org/eplain