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| author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-06-11 00:19:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-06-11 00:19:40 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/index.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/index.html index 81a159e718e..f74c52a4561 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/index.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/index.html @@ -1,56 +1,65 @@ +<html><head> +<title>TeX Frequently Asked Questions</title> +</head><body> +<h1 align="center">Welcome to the UK List of<br> + TeX Frequently Asked Questions</h1> <h2>Introduction</h2> + + + <p/>This is a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for -English-speaking users of TeX. The questions answered here cover a -wide range of topics, but the actual typesetting issues are mostly +English-speaking users of TeX. The questions answered here cover +a wide range of topics, but the actual typesetting issues are mostly covered from the viewpoint of a LaTeX user. <p/>You may use the FAQ <ul> -<li> by reading a printed document, +<li> by reading a printed document, <li> by viewing a PDF file, with hyperlinks to assist browsing: copies are available formatted for printing on - <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/newfaq.pdf">A4 paper</a> or on - <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/letterfaq.pdf">North American “letter” paper</a>, or + <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/newfaq.pdf">A4 paper</a> or on + <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/letterfaq.pdf">North American “letter” paper</a>, or <li> by using the FAQ’s web interface (base URL: - <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a>); this version provides simple search - capabilities, as well as a link to Google for a more sophisticated - search restricted to the FAQ itself, or -<li> via Scott Pakin’s <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/visualFAQ/visualFAQ.pdf">Visual FAQ</a>. + <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a>); this version provides simple + search capabilities, as well as a link to Google for a more + sophisticated search restricted to the FAQ itself, or +<li> via Scott Pakin’s <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/info/visualFAQ/visualFAQ.pdf">Visual FAQ</a>. </ul> <p/> -<b>Caveat: Acquiring files</b> -<p/>Most answers in this FAQ provide links for downloading -software; a large proportion of these links direct you to entire -directories on the CTAN archives. Unfortunately, some browsers -issue a sequence of commands that causes CTAN servers to deny -the existence of compressed archive files of the directory, that the -server would be happy to create “on the fly”. The FAQ -therefore offers three possible links for downloading directories -(that aren’t already designated “browse only”): the links give you -<code>.zip</code> and <code>.tar.gz</code> archives, and a link for browsing -the directory. -<p/>Fortunately, CTAN is switching to statically-generated -directory archive files; many directories mentioned in this FAQ -will also exist as <code>.zip</code> files on the archives, and won’t fall -foul of the browser problem. Of course, if the <code>.zip</code> file -does not exist, and the browser is playing up, you will need to use -the “browse” link. -<p/> +<p/>Unless otherwise specified, all files mentioned in this FAQ +are available from a CTAN archive, or from a mirror of +CTAN — see <a href="FAQ-archives.html">later discussion</a> + of the CTAN +archives and how to retrieve files +from them. If you don’t have access to the internet, the +<a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX Live distribution</a> offers off-line snapshots of the +archives. +<p/>The reader should also note that the first directory name of the +path name of every file on CTAN is omitted from what +follows, for the simple reason that, while it’s always the same +(<i>tex-archive/</i>) on the main sites, mirror sites often choose +something else. +<p/>To avoid confusion, we also omit the full stop from the end of +any sentence whose last item is a path name (such sentences are +rare, and only occur at the end of paragraphs). Though the path +names are set in a different font from running text, it’s not easy +to distinguish the font of a single dot! <p/><b>Origins</b> -<p/>The FAQ was originated by the Committee of the UK TeX -Users’ Group (UK TUG) as a development of a regular -posting to the <em>Usenet</em> newsgroup <i>comp.text.tex</i> that -was maintained for some time by Bobby Bodenheimer. The first -UK version was much re-arranged and corrected from the -original, and little of Bodenheimer’s work now remains. +<p/>The FAQ was originated by the Committee of the UK +TeX Users’ Group (UK TUG) as a development of a +regular posting to the <em>Usenet</em> newsgroup +<i>comp.text.tex</i> that was maintained for some time by Bobby +Bodenheimer. The first UK version was much re-arranged and +corrected from the original, and little of Bodenheimer’s work now +remains. <p/>The following people (at least — there are almost certainly others whose names weren’t correctly recorded) have contributed help or -advice on the development of the FAQ: -Donald Arseneau, +advice on the development of the FAQ: Donald Arseneau, Rosemary Bailey, Barbara Beeton, -Karl Berry, +Karl Berry, Giuseppe Bilotta, Charles Cameron, +François Charette, Damian Cugley, Michael Dewey, Michael Downes, @@ -81,6 +90,7 @@ Oleg Katsitadze, Isaac Khabaza, Ulrich Klauer, Markus Kohm, +Stefan Kottwitz David Kraus, Ryszard Kubiak, Simon Law, @@ -91,7 +101,7 @@ Andreas Matthias, Brooks Moses, Iain Murray, Vilar Camara Neto, -Dick Nickalls, +Dick Nickalls, Ted Nieland, Hans Nordhaug, Pat Rau, @@ -99,6 +109,7 @@ Heiko Oberdiek, Piet van Oostrum, Scott Pakin, Oren Patashnik, +Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard, Steve Peter, Sebastian Rahtz, Philip Ratcliffe, @@ -109,19 +120,21 @@ Hans-Peter Schröcker, Joachim Schrod, Maarten Sneep, Axel Sommerfeldt, +Philipp Stephani, James Szinger, Ulrik Vieth, Mike Vulis, Chris Walker, Peter Wilson, +Joseph Wright, Rick Zaccone and Reinhard Zierke. -<p/> -<p/><h3>The Background</h3><ul> +<h3>The Background</h3><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-whatTeX.html">What is TeX?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-TeXpronounce.html">How should I pronounce “TeX”?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-MF.html">What is Metafont?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-MP.html">What is MetaPost?</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-texthings.html">Things with “TeX” in the name</a> <li><a href="FAQ-triptrap.html">How can I be sure it’s really TeX?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-y2k.html">Are TeX and friends Y2K compliant?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-etex.html">What is e-TeX?</a> @@ -170,6 +183,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-pk.html">What are PK files?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-tfm.html">What are TFM files?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-virtualfonts.html">Virtual fonts</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-whatmacros.html">What are (TeX) macros</a> <li><a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code> commands</a> <li><a href="FAQ-hyphen.html">How does hyphenation work in TeX?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-clsvpkg.html">What are LaTeX classes and packages?</a> @@ -177,14 +191,14 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-whatenc.html">What are encodings?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-ECfonts.html">What are the EC fonts?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-tds.html">What is the TDS?</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-eps.html">What is “Encapsulated PostScript” (“EPS”)</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-eps.html">What is “Encapsulated PostScript” (“EPS”)?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-adobetypen.html">Adobe font formats</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-resolns.html">What are “resolutions”</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-fontname.html">What is the “Berry naming scheme”</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-resolns.html">What are “resolutions”?</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-fontname.html">What is the “Berry naming scheme”?</a> </ul><h3>Acquiring the Software</h3><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-archives.html">Repositories of TeX material</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-tds-zip.html">Prebuilt installation files on the archive</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-nonfree.html">What’s the CTAN <code>nonfree</code> tree?</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-tds-zip.html">Ready-built installation files on the archive</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-nonfree.html">What is the CTAN <code>nonfree</code> tree?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-uploads.html">Contributing a file to the archives</a> <li><a href="FAQ-findfiles.html">Finding (La)TeX files</a> <li><a href="FAQ-findfont.html">Finding new fonts</a> @@ -200,7 +214,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-previewers.html">DVI previewers</a> <li><a href="FAQ-dvi-bmp.html">Generating bitmaps from DVI</a> </ul><h3>Support Packages for TeX</h3><ul> -<li><a href="FAQ-fig.html">Fig, a (La)TeX-friendly drawing package</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-figetc.html">(La)TeX-friendly drawing packages</a> <li><a href="FAQ-texcad.html">TeXCAD, a drawing package for LaTeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-spell.html">Spelling checkers for work with TeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-wordcount.html">How many words have you written?</a> @@ -226,7 +240,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-inst-tidy.html">Tidying up after installation</a> <li><a href="FAQ-inst-scut.html">Shortcuts to installing files</a> <li><a href="FAQ-inst-miktexstar.html">Installation using MiKTeX package manager</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html">Installing using preformatted ZIP files</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html">Installing using ready-built ZIP files</a> <li><a href="FAQ-tempinst.html">“Temporary” installation of (La)TeX files</a> <li><a href="FAQ-privinst.html">“Private” installations of files</a> <li><a href="FAQ-instfont.html">Installing a new font</a> @@ -269,6 +283,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-dvipsgraphics.html">Imported graphics in <i>dvips</i></a> <li><a href="FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html">Imported graphics in PDFLaTeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-dvipdfmgraphics.html">Imported graphics in <i>dvipdfm</i></a> +<li><a href="FAQ-grffilenames.html">“Modern” graphics file names</a> <li><a href="FAQ-graphicspath.html">Importing graphics from “somewhere else”</a> <li><a href="FAQ-graph-pspdf.html">Portable imported graphics</a> <li><a href="FAQ-repeatgrf.html">Repeated graphics in a document</a> @@ -351,7 +366,6 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-nopagebrk.html">Preventing page breaks between lines</a> <li><a href="FAQ-parallel.html">Parallel setting of text</a> <li><a href="FAQ-epigraph.html">Typesetting epigraphs</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-outszwrng.html">(La)TeX PDF output prints at wrong size</a> </ul><h4>Spacing of characters and lines</h4><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-linespace.html">Double-spaced documents in LaTeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-letterspace.html">Changing the space between letters</a> @@ -415,6 +429,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. </ul><h4>Floating tables, figures, etc.</h4><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-floatpages.html">Floats on their own on float pages</a> <li><a href="FAQ-vertspacefloat.html">Extra vertical space in floats</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-wideflt.html">Centring a very wide figure or table</a> <li><a href="FAQ-2colfloat.html">Placing two-column floats at bottom of page</a> <li><a href="FAQ-mcfloat.html">Floats in multicolumn setting</a> <li><a href="FAQ-dpfloat.html">Facing floats on 2-page spread</a> @@ -452,6 +467,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-bold-extras.html">How to do bold-tt or bold-sc</a> <li><a href="FAQ-varwidth.html">Automatic sizing of <code>minipage</code></a> </ul><h3>Symbols, etc.</h3><ul> +<li><a href="FAQ-usesymb.html">Using symbols</a> <li><a href="FAQ-numbersets.html">Symbols for the number sets</a> <li><a href="FAQ-scriptfonts.html">Better script fonts for maths</a> <li><a href="FAQ-boldgreek.html">Setting bold Greek letters in LaTeX</a> @@ -460,8 +476,10 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-atsign.html">How to type an ‘@’ sign?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-euro.html">Typesetting the Euro sign</a> <li><a href="FAQ-tradesyms.html">How to get copyright, trademark, etc.</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-osf.html">Using “old-style” figures</a> </ul><h3>Macro programming</h3><ul> </ul><h4>“Generic” macros and techniques</h4><ul> +<li><a href="FAQ-linmacnames.html">Non-letters in macro names</a> <li><a href="FAQ-findwidth.html">Finding the width of a letter, word, or phrase</a> <li><a href="FAQ-patch.html">Patching existing commands</a> <li><a href="FAQ-compjobnam.html">Comparing the “job name”</a> @@ -469,6 +487,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-hash.html">Defining macros within macros</a> <li><a href="FAQ-spinmacro.html">Spaces in macros</a> <li><a href="FAQ-moren9.html">How to break the 9-argument limit</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-keyval.html">Key-value input for macros and package options</a> <li><a href="FAQ-activechars.html">Defining characters as macros</a> <li><a href="FAQ-actinarg.html">Active characters in command arguments</a> <li><a href="FAQ-csname.html">Defining a macro from an argument</a> @@ -527,6 +546,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-breaklinks.html">Link text doesn’t break at end line</a> <li><a href="FAQ-wrongpn.html">Page number is wrong at start of page</a> <li><a href="FAQ-matchbrak.html">My brackets don’t match</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-pdf-fig-chars.html">Characters disappear from figures in PDFTeX</a> </ul><h4>Common misunderstandings</h4><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-include.html">What’s going on in my <code>\</code><code>include</code> commands?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-paraparam.html">Why does it ignore paragraph parameters?</a> @@ -581,6 +601,7 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-errmissitem.html">Perhaps a missing <code>\</code><code>item</code>?</a> <li><a href="FAQ-errparnum.html">Illegal parameter number in definition</a> <li><a href="FAQ-fllost.html">Float(s) lost</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-texorpdf.html">Token not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string</a> <li><a href="FAQ-optionclash.html">Option clash for package</a> <li><a href="FAQ-checksum.html">Checksum mismatch in font</a> <li><a href="FAQ-entercompmode.html">Entering compatibility mode</a> @@ -589,11 +610,11 @@ Reinhard Zierke. <li><a href="FAQ-mathml.html">Future WWW technologies and (La)TeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-textrace.html">Making outline fonts from Metafont</a> <li><a href="FAQ-WYGexpts.html">The TeX document preparation environment</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-ant.html">The ANT typesetting system</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-extex.html">The ExTeX project</a> <li><a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Omega and Aleph</a> -<li><a href="FAQ-luatex.html">PDFTeX becomes LuaTeX</a> <li><a href="FAQ-xetex.html">The XeTeX project</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-luatex.html">PDFTeX and LuaTeX</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-ant.html">The ANT typesetting system</a> +<li><a href="FAQ-extex.html">The ExTeX project</a> <li><a href="FAQ-biblatex.html">Replacing the BibTeX–LaTeX mechanism</a> </ul><h3>You’re still stuck?</h3><ul> <li><a href="FAQ-noans.html">You don’t understand the answer</a> @@ -608,5 +629,6 @@ Reinhard Zierke. "<a href="FAQ-noans.html">Improving the FAQ</a>" or "<a href="FAQ-newans.html">Extending the FAQ</a>". <p> - This is FAQ version 3.18, last modified on 2008-06-21. + This is FAQ version 3.19, last modified on 2009-06-10. </address> +</body></html> |