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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-03-05 00:31:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-03-05 00:31:32 +0000
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-intro.tex,v 1.29 2012/02/07 21:46:08 rf10 Exp $
+% $Id: faq-intro.tex,v 1.30 2012/12/07 19:34:33 rf10 Exp rf10 $
% this environment is for the benefit of new-style file generation
\begin{introduction}
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ user. Some of the questions answered have little relevance to today's
users; this is inevitable~--- it's easier to add information than it
is to decide that information is no longer needed. The set of
answered questions is therefore in a state of slow flux: new questions
-are answered, while old questions are deleted~\dots~but the whole
+are answered, while old questions are deleted~\dots{}~but the whole
process depends on the time available for \acro{FAQ} maintenance.
-
+<p/>
You may use the \acro{FAQ}
\begin{itemize}
\item by reading a printed document,
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ You may use the \acro{FAQ}
they may be created.
\end{itemize}
-\begin{typesetversion}
\subsection{Finding the Files}
-
+\begin{typesetversion}
Unless otherwise specified, all files mentioned in this \acro{FAQ}
-are available from a \acro{CTAN} archive, or from a mirror of
-\acro{CTAN}~--- see \Qref[question]{later discussion}{Q-archives}% ! space
-\narrowonly{, which gives details} of the \acro{CTAN}
+are available from a \ctan{} archive, or from a mirror of
+\ctan{}~--- see \Qref[question]{later discussion}{Q-archives}% ! space
+\narrowonly{, which gives details} of the \ctan{}
archives\wideonly{ and}\narrowonly{, including} how to retrieve files
from them.
%% If you don't have access to the internet, the
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ from them.
%% archives.
The reader should also note that the first directory name of the path
-name of every file on \acro{CTAN} is omitted from what follows, for
+name of every file on \ctan{} is omitted from what follows, for
the simple reason that, while it's always the same
(\path{tex-archive/}) on the main sites, mirror sites often choose
something else.
@@ -62,21 +61,25 @@ in a different font from running text, it's not easy to distinguish
the font of a single dot!
\end{typesetversion}
\begin{htmlversion}
-Almost all files suggested in answers in these \acro{FAQ}s are
-available from \Qref{\acro{CTAN} archives}{Q-archives}, and may be
+Almost all files suggested in any answer in these \acro{FAQ}s are
+available from \Qref{\ctan{} archives}{Q-archives}, and may be
reached via links in the file list at the end of the answer. In
particular, documentation (when available) is linked from the
-\acro{CTAN} Catalogue entry, which is also listed in the file list.
+\ctan{} Catalogue entry, which is also listed in the file list.
-Unless doing so is unavoidable, the answers do not mention things not
-on the archive. An obvious exception is web resources such as
-supplementary documents, etc.
+Unless doing so is unavoidable, the answers do not mention things that
+are not on the \ctan{} archives. An obvious exception is web
+resources such as supplementary documents, etc.
\end{htmlversion}
-\latexhtml{\subsection*{Origins}}{\textbf{Origins}}
-
+\begin{typesetversion}
+ \subsection*{Origins}
+\end{typesetversion}
+\begin{htmlversion}
+ \textbf{Origins}
+\end{htmlversion}
The \acro{FAQ} was originated by the Committee of the \acro{UK}
-\TeX{} Users' Group (\acro{UK}~\acro{TUG}) as a development of a
+\TeX{} Users' Group (\acro{UK}~\acro{TUG}), in 1994, as a development of a
regular posting to the \emph{Usenet} newsgroup
\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} that was maintained for some time by Bobby
Bodenheimer. The first \acro{UK} version was much re-arranged and
@@ -186,5 +189,5 @@ encountered on various lists, newsgroups or (lately) web forums. Many
such people have helped, even if simply to highlight an area in which
\acro{FAQ} work would be useful.
\endhtmlignore
-% \LastEdit{2011-10-12} % not to be typeset or converted to html...
+% \LastEdit{2013-01-28} % not to be typeset or converted to html...
\end{introduction}