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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-07-17 00:53:37 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-07-17 00:53:37 +0000
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memoir 1.6180339f (15jul09)
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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ more popular packages.
YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET FASTER AND BETTER ANSWERS THAN IF YOU EMAIL ME DIRECTLY
AS I AM AWAY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
+ (Lars Madsen is gradually taking over the support for memoir.)
+
NOTE: In order to provide fixes for any problems that may arise
between major releases, you may find a file called mempatch.sty
which contains any current fixes for the memoir class. The class
@@ -28,18 +30,35 @@ use the memhfixc package after the hyperref package, e.g.,
...
Later versions of the hyperref package automatically load the memhfixc package.
- NOTE: The full User Manual (memman.pdf) is a large document approaching
+ NOTE: The full User Manual (memman.pdf) is a large document of about
600 pages in total. You do not need to print all of it, especially if you
already have an earlier edition. Roughly speaking, the main portions are:
o Frontmatter: Preface, Toc, Introduction, Terminology ~ 35 pages
o Mainmatter:
- Design and typography ~ 60 pages
- Class commands and environments, etc. ~ 335 pages
+ Part I Design and typography ~ 75 pages
+ Part II Class commands and environments, etc. ~ 335 pages
o Appendices: (La)Tex programming, Errors and warnings ~ 40 pages
o Backmatter:
Command glossary ~ 40 pages
Bibliography, indexes ~ 50 pages
+Changes (2009/07/12)
+
+o Memoir v1.6180339f fixes minor bugs and adds new commands
+
+-- \begin{labelled}{name} A description list where \name is the labelling macro
+-- \twocoltocetc - the ToC and friends will be set in two columns
+-- \onecoltocetc - the ToC and friends will be set in one column (the default)
+-- \doccoltocetc - the ToC and friends will be set according the class column option
+-- \frontmatter, \mainmatter and \backmatter have had their float counter change
+ factored out such that users may now change these
+
+o Memoir now automatically loads the etex package
+
+o The manual includes a chapter giving some historical backround related
+ to typesetting and further information about fonts. There is a new
+ chapter describing an example implementation of a memoir-based package for
+ a US University thesis.
Changes (2009/02/06)
@@ -508,6 +527,6 @@ o Print the manual
-2009/01/25
+2009/04/25
Peter Wilson
herries dot press at earthlink dot net