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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-10-09 22:55:11 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-10-09 22:55:11 +0000
commit4be9896a3192173699de340a9f0475654efedb3a (patch)
treeda0e954012cd781f875c761c42f6a76e50e2f272 /Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax
parentbd1227ad4919d2fbe17d63213bf48542f9c36f38 (diff)
faq 3.19a update (9oct09)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@15725 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax
index 087f32fd945..dc221b47e8a 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax
@@ -21,12 +21,8 @@ Rules for presentation of text
- even if you prefer \TeX\ to ensure the name's delimited
- even if the name's immediately followed by punctuation
-3. Don't change the shortvrb character from `|'; it interacts with
- other definitions.
-
-4. Avoid shortvrb syntax, anyway ... most common uses are now covered
- by specific macros; if a need arises, more such macros can be
- developed, rather than using shortvrb.
+3. Don't use \verb or \shortvrb -- find alternatives in other
+ constructions like \csx, \cmdinvoke, etc.
Rules for managing the text
---------------------------
@@ -140,15 +136,18 @@ Environment dviversion (DVI output only)
Environment pdfversion (PDF output only)
Environment narrowversion (DVI output only -- narrow since 2-col output)
Environment wideversion (HTML or PDF output only)
+ Note that we use narrow for non-hyper, and wide for hyper versions
+ of the source.
+
+\htmlonly{text}
+\narrowonly{text}
+\wideonly{text}
+ These three are command versions of the corresponding environments
\nothtml{text}
Text not to appear in the HTML version
-\htmlonly{text}
-
- Text only to appear (after processing) in the HTML version
-
\latexhtml{latex text}{HTML text}
Typesets latex text, or processes HTML text, according to context
@@ -176,6 +175,10 @@ Environment wideversion (HTML or PDF output only)
Records when an answer (or part of an answer) was checked, and by
whom. Currently typsets as nothing.
+\LastEdit{date}
+
+ Date of last editing a Question; argument is yyyy-mm-dd (ISO form)
+
\keywords{<stuff>}
For labelling questions. Doesn't currently have any effect at all.
@@ -194,8 +197,8 @@ Environment wideversion (HTML or PDF output only)
versions of the FAQ; \Email is for formatting a name (e.g., a finger
identifier) that the reader is _not_ supposed to mail.
-\Package{ackage name}(no .sty)
-\Class{lass name} (no .cls)
+\Package{package name}(no .sty)
+\Class{class name} (no .cls)
\ProgName{executable command name}
Set the item in an appropriate fashion. _Please_ use these commands
@@ -226,4 +229,4 @@ Other odds and ends:
$\pi$, $...$, \$, \#, \ , \&, ~ [just produces a space]
Robin Fairbairns
-23 Oct 94
+2009-06-13