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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-12-24 00:30:28 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-12-24 00:30:28 +0000
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doc-pictex license et al. update (23dec11)
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+
DOCUMENTATION for PiCTeX
1. The macro file pictex.tex (or pictexwd.tex) contains a sober yet
-comprehensive documentation. (Something similar holds for contributions
-from other authors.)
+comprehensive documentation.
+
+2. Michael Wichura presented a description in TUGboat 9 (2),
+pp. 193-197 (1988), see
+
+ http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb09-2/tb21wichura-pictex.pdf
+
+3. Michael Wichura's MANUAL -- today called `PiCTeX and Table Manual'
+ -- is distributed by PCTeX:
-2. Michael Wichura presented a description in TUGboat 9 (2), pp. 193-197
-(1988), see
+ http://www.pctex.com/books.html
- http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb09-2/tb21wichura-pictex.pdf
+4. Other overviews have been presented at least in Helmut Kopka's
+GERMAN books on LaTeX extensions in the 1990s. [Lazy, I know.]
-3. Michael Wichura's MANUAL -- today called `PiCTeX and Table Manual' --
-is distributed by PCTeX:
+5. Another GERMAN reference list, a quite RECENT one, is Uwe Siart's
+PDF at
- http://www.pctex.com/books.html
+ http://www.siart.de/typografie/pictex-referenz.pdf
-4. Other overviews have been presented at least in Helmut Kopka's GERMAN
-books on LaTeX extensions in the 1990s. [Lazy, I know.]
+6. An early command summary has been Angus Duggan's PDF at
-5. Another GERMAN reference list, a quite RECENT one, is Uwe Siart's PDF
-on the web at
+ http://mirror.ctan.org/info/pictex/summary/pictexsum.pdf
- http://www.siart.de/typografie/pictex-referenz.pdf
+7. Chapter 5 and Appendix E of the documentation for the MathsPIC
+package (Perl version)
-6. An early command summary has been Angus Duggan's PDF on the web at
+ http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/mathspic/perl/mathsPICmanual.pdf
- http://mirror.ctan.org/info/pictex/summary/pictexsum.pdf
+provide a nicely typeset summary of PiCTeX, of some of its commands,
+and of files around PiCTeX available from the web; somewhat replacing
+the present overview. MathsPIC provides a kind of front-end script
+language for PiCTeX.
-7. You may like short descriptions of pictex including HINTS concerning
-basic problems with PiCTeX
+8. Similarly, Section 9.9 of the real book (also available as an
+e-book)
+
+ Syropoulos A., Tsolomitis A. and Sofroniou N.: Digital Typography
+ Using LaTeX. Springer, New York 2003, ISBN 978-0387952178
+
+has 10 pages presenting PiCTeX.
+
+9. You may like short descriptions of PiCTeX including HINTS
+concerning basic problems with PiCTeX
-- in the TeX Catalogue:
@@ -43,8 +61,9 @@ or in the TUG.org package information:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=docpictex
-
______________________________________________________________________
-[This file by Uwe Lueck (the wrong author for an overview) 2008/08/15
-(based on web search 2008/02/15); add-ons/edits invited! To inform me
-about lacunae etc.: http://contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu]
+Text by Uwe Lueck (non-expert) 2011/12/23, based on a web search
+2008/02/15 and on messages from Dick Nickalls and Apostolos Syropoulos
+(authors of MathsPIC, 2008/2011).
+Copyright 2008, 2011 Uwe Lueck, http://contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu.
+You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.