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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-09-09 00:14:44 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-09-09 00:14:44 +0000
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@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ of vertically-shifting a single-page letter, try the following hack:
in the preamble of your file.
<p/>Doing-it-yourself is a common strategy; Knuth (for use with
Plain TeX, in the TeXbook), and Kopka and Daly (in their Guide to
-LaTeX) offer worked examples.
+LaTeX) offer worked examples. (The latest version of Knuth&#8217;s
+macros appear in his &#8220;local library&#8221; dump on the archive, which is
+updated in parallel with new versions of TeX &#8212; so not very often&#8230;)
<p/>Nevertheless, there <em>are</em> contributed alternatives &#8212; in fact
there are an awfully large number of them: the following list, of
necessity, makes but a small selection.
@@ -24,9 +26,8 @@ necessity, makes but a small selection.
part of the name implies that the class can create letters, faxes and
memoranda. The documentation is voluminous, and the package seems
very flexible.
-<p/>Axel Kielhorn&#8217;s <i>akletter</i> class is the only other one,
-recommended for inclusion in this FAQ, whose documentation is
-available in English.
+<p/>Other classes recommended for inclusion in this FAQ are
+<i>akletter</i> and <i>isodoc</i>.
<p/>The <i>dinbrief</i> class, while recommended, is only documented in
German.
<p/>There are letter classes in each of the excellent
@@ -36,11 +37,13 @@ only) bundles. While these are probably good (since the bundles
themselves inspire trust) they&#8217;ve not been specifically recommended by
any users.
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>akletter.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/akletter.zip">macros/latex/contrib/akletter</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/akletter/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>brief.cls</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>dinbrief.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief.zip">macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>newlfm.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm.zip">macros/latex/contrib/newlfm</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>scrlttr2.cls</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>akletter.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/akletter.zip">macros/latex/contrib/akletter</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/akletter/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>brief.cls</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ntgclass.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>dinbrief.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief.zip">macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>isodoc.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc.zip">macros/latex/contrib/isodoc</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/isodoc/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/isodoc.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>Knuth&#8217;s letter.tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/knuth/local/lib/letter.tex">systems/knuth/local/lib/letter.tex</a>
+<dt><tt><i>newlfm.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm.zip">macros/latex/contrib/newlfm</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/newlfm/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/newlfm.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>scrlttr2.cls</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=letterclass">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=letterclass</a>
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