covington (26aug18)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@48491 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

3 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/README
index 28f6477d9c9..2c6041208a3 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/README
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/README
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ The covington package
 
 LaTeX macros for Linguistics
 
-Copyright 1991--2017 Michael A. Covington
+Copyright 1991--2018 Michael A. Covington
                      Robin Fairbairns
                      Juergen Spitzmueller
 
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
 == PURPOSE ==
 
 This package, initially a collection of Michael Covington's private macros, provides
-numerous minor LaTeX enhancements for linguistics, including multiple accents on the
-same letter, interlinear glosses (word-by-word translations), Discourse Represenation
-Structures, and example numbering.
-
-The package works both with LaTeX 2.09 and LaTeX 2e.
+numerous minor LaTeX enhancements for linguistics, including multiple diacritics on
+the same letter, interlinear glosses (word-by-word translations), Discourse
+Representation Structures, and example numbering.
 
 == CONTENTS ==
 
@@ -33,6 +31,11 @@ The package consists of the following files:
 
 == CHANGES ==
 
+* Version 1.5 (2018-08-24):
+
+	- Introduce new option "keeplayout" that allows to opt-out the
+	  layout presettings covington does (\raggedbottom, \textfloatsep).
+
 * Version 1.4 (2017-05-23):
 
 	- Introduce a new macro \twodias that supersedes the rather odd \twoacc
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.pdf
index 3a4c0e5651d..3134955996c 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.tex
index 4ceae4a3cb1..39d44a93c51 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/covington/covington.tex
@@ -85,12 +85,13 @@
 
 % Strings
 \newcommand*{\cvt}{\textsf{covington}}
+\newcommand*{\Cvt}{\textsf{Covington}}
 
 %
 % Titling
 %
-\def\pversion{Version 1.4}
-\def\pdate{May 23, 2017}
+\def\pversion{Version 1.5}
+\def\pdate{August 24, 2018}
 
 \title{\textbf{The \cvt\ Package\\Macros for Linguistics}}
 \author{Michael A. Covington \and J\"urgen Spitzm\"uller\thanks{Current maintainer.
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ are however still visible, and the style might actually still work with \LaTeX\
 
 To use \cvt\ with \LaTeXe, load the package as usual by adding the command
 \lstinline"\usepackage{covington}" to your document preamble.
-The package has the following option:
+The package has the following options:
 \begin{description}
 	\item{\joption{force}:} Force the redefinition of environments that have already been
 	defined by other packages or the class.
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ The package has the following option:
 	This applies to the \jenv{example}, \jenv{examples} and \jenv{exercise} environments,
 	which are by default not touched if they are already defined before \cvt\ is loaded.
 	See sec.~\ref{sec:ex}, \ref{sec:exs} and \ref{sec:exercises} for details.
+	\item{\joption{keeplayout}:} Do not tweak the layout.
+	
+	\Cvt\ sets \jfcsmacro{raggedbottom} and redefines the value of the \jfcsmacro{textfloatsep} length.
+	This just follows the preferences of the original package author and is not necessary
+	for the package's functionality. Yet for backwards compatibility reasons, we cannot change this.
+	Thus, we provide the option described here to opt out this presetting.
 \end{description}
 %
 In what follows we presume that you know how to use \LaTeX\ and have 
@@ -653,6 +660,13 @@ it.
 
 \section{Release history}
 
+\subsection*{1.5 (2018 August 24)}
+
+\begin{itemize}
+	\item Introduce new option \joption{keeplayout} which allows to opt-out the
+	      layout presettings \cvt\ does (\jfcsmacro{raggedbottom}, \jfcsmacro{textfloatsep}).
+\end{itemize}
+
 \subsection*{1.4 (2017 May 23)}
 
 \begin{itemize}