nicetex 0.43 (24aug11)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@23703 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 74 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/nicetext/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/nicetext/README
index 5ce1fb0b0c4..9666441116a 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/nicetext/README
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/nicetext/README
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
                      The NICETEXT bundle
 
-     (c) 2009-2011 Uwe Lueck http://contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu
+   (c) 2009-2011 Uwe Lueck http://contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu
 
 
                      == General Idea ==
 
 The NICETEXT bundle supports "minimal" markup syntax for rather 
 simple kinds of text. The code you type should show little more 
-characters than are printed, though you get LaTeX quality. We try 
-to do away with backslashes, technical terms, and curly braces 
-(which also are so clumsy to type on PC keyboards). 
+characters than are printed, though you get LaTeX quality. We 
+try to do away with backslashes, technical terms, and curly 
+braces (clumsy to type ... - "syntactic sugar"). 
 
-Main focus is easy documentation of LaTeX packages. Preprocessing 
-by Perl or so is replaced by TeX macros (reviving/generalizing the 
-'docstrip' idea), including expandable, safe, correct string 
-substitution and typographical enhancements of plain text for 
-LaTeX input. 
+Main focus is easy documentation of LaTeX packages. 
+Preprocessing by Perl or so is replaced by TeX macros 
+(reviving/generalizing the `docstrip' idea), including 
+expandable, safe, correct string substitution and typographical 
+enhancements of plain text for LaTeX input. 
 
 
                        == Packages ==
 
-'wiki.sty' addresses general kinds of texts. 'niceverb.sty' is 
-made for documenting LaTeX packages. 'niceverb.sty' especially 
-offers [almost-]WYSIWIG for meta-variables (macro arguments) and 
-for referring to commands (and their syntax) in footnotes, 
+`wiki.sty' addresses general kinds of texts. `niceverb.sty' is 
+made for documenting LaTeX packages. `niceverb.sty' especially 
+offers [almost-]WYSIWIG for meta-variables (macro arguments) 
+and for referring to commands (and their syntax) in footnotes, 
 section titles etc. E.g., to get the syntax description
 
                  \foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>}
@@ -31,85 +31,82 @@ you just type
                  \foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>}
 !-)
 
-'fifinddo.sty' provides basic setup for text filtering, especially 
-string substitution. 'makedoc.sty' extends it to provide a simple 
-script language for transforming plain text package files into LaTeX 
-input files [manual!?]. One LaTeX run can perform preprocessing and 
-typesetting. 
+`fifinddo.sty' provides basic setup for text filtering, 
+especially string substitution. `makedoc.sty' extends it to 
+provide a simple script language for transforming plain text 
+package files into LaTeX input files [manual!?]. One LaTeX run 
+can perform preprocessing and typesetting. 
 
 
                       == Comparisons ==
 
-One source of inspiration is the markup syntax of editing Wikipedia 
-pages. 'wiki.sty' of the bundle offers something similar as a LaTeX 
-front-end for italics, boldface, sectioning, and certain list-like 
-environments. This is also similar to 'easylatex', 
+One source of inspiration is the markup syntax of editing 
+Wikipedia pages. `wiki.sty' of the bundle offers something 
+similar as a LaTeX front-end for italics, boldface, sectioning, 
+and certain list-like environments. This is also similar to 
+`easylatex', 
 
                http://www.ctan.org/pkg/easylatex
 
-which is more powerful and uses Perl. NICETEXT, by contrast, consists 
-just of LaTeX packages, working on any TeX installation [!? note 
-restrictions in 'fifinddo.pdf']. Cf. also preprocessor packages 
-'txt2tex' and 'txt2latex'. 
+which is more powerful and uses Perl. NICETEXT, by contrast, 
+consists just of LaTeX packages, working on any TeX 
+installation [!? note restrictions in `fifinddo.pdf']. 
+Cf. also preprocessor packages `txt2tex' and `txt2latex'. 
 
-Regarding "self-documentation," there is a difference to current 
-`\DocInput', similar ideas are in 'gmdoc' and 'lineno.sty', 
-see 'niceverb.pdf' and 'makedoc.pdf'. Standard 'doc.sty' and 
-'contrib' extensions of it are rather avoided.
+Regarding "self-documentation," there is a difference to 
+current `\DocInput', similar ideas are in `gmdoc' and 
+`lineno.sty', see `niceverb.pdf' and `makedoc.pdf'. Standard 
+`doc.sty' and `contrib' extensions of it are rather avoided.
 
 There are several *LaTeX macro* packages for processing text or 
 databases or for editing TeX's input stream while typesetting 
--- see 'fifinddo.pdf'. What seems to be new here is 
+-- see `fifinddo.pdf'. What seems to be new here is 
 *expandable string substitution* and safe, correct detection of 
-substrings -- discussed in 'fifinddo.pdf'. 
+substrings -- discussed in `fifinddo.pdf'. 
 
 
                      == Documentation ==
 
-'fifinddo.pdf' describes 'fifinddo.sty', typeset from 'fifinddo.tex'. 
-'makedoc.pdf' describes 'makedoc.sty', typeset from 'makedoc.tex'. 
-'mdoccheat.pdf' is a list of script commands, typeset from 'mdocchea.tex'.
-'niceverb.pdf' describes 'niceverb.sty', typeset from 'niceverb.tex'. 
-Typesetting them anew (for customizing printout) requires 
-'makedoc.cfg', 'mdoccorr.cfg', and the *.sty files.
+`fifinddo.pdf' describes `fifinddo.sty', typeset from 
+`fifinddo.tex'. `makedoc.pdf' describes `makedoc.sty', typeset 
+from `makedoc.tex'. `mdoccheat.pdf' is a list of script 
+commands, typeset from `mdocchea.tex'. `niceverb.pdf' describes 
+`niceverb.sty', typeset from `niceverb.tex'. Typesetting them 
+anew (for customizing printout) requires `makedoc.cfg', 
+`mdoccorr.cfg', and the *.sty files.
 
-'wikicheat.pdf' is a one-page manual of 'wiki.sty'. The file 
-'wiki.sty' contains additional documentation as plain text. 
+`wikicheat.pdf' is a one-page manual of `wiki.sty'. The file 
+`wiki.sty' contains additional documentation as plain text. 
 Note that certain features must be activated by commands in the 
 document environment.
 
 
                    == Templates/Dialogue ==
 
-txt to TeX functionality through \MakeDocCorrectHook can be tried 
-and applied with templates `fdtxttex.tpl' and `makedoc.tpl' and in 
-a dialogue started by running `fdtxttex.tex'.
+txt to TeX functionality through \MakeDocCorrectHook can be 
+tried and applied with templates `fdtxttex.tpl' and 
+`makedoc.tpl' and in a dialogue started by running 
+`fdtxttex.tex'. Running `copyfile.tex', you get a dialogue 
+for "compressing" blank lines or text encoding conversion.
 
 `substr.tex' should typeset the version of Harald Harders' 
 `substr.sty' next at your TeX installation. `arseneau.tex' 
-should typeset documentation of a few packages by Donald Arseneau.
-My results are `substr.pdf' and `arseneau.pdf'.
-
-
-                       == Required ==
-
-`makedoc.sty' requires the `moreverb' package from 
-
-    CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/moreverb
+should typeset documentation of a few packages by Donald 
+Arseneau. MY results are `substr.pdf' and `arseneau.pdf'.
 
 
                         == License ==
 
-Copying, distributing, modifying, using the files of the `nicetext' 
-bundle are allowed under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public 
-License, either version 1.3a or any later version, the latest version 
-is at 
+Copying, distributing, modifying, using the files of the 
+`nicetext' bundle are allowed under the terms of the 
+LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3a or any later 
+version, the latest version is at 
 
     http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
 
-There is NO WARRANTY, and you must CARE indeed with `fifinddo' and
-`makedoc', they will OVERWRITE existing files without warning because 
-their main purpose is updating. 
+There is NO WARRANTY, and you must CARE indeed with `fifinddo' 
+and `makedoc', they will OVERWRITE existing files without 
+warning (because their main purpose is updating). 
 
 The bundle is AUTHOR-MAINTAINED in the sense of the LPPL.
 
@@ -117,9 +114,24 @@ Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Uwe Lueck,
 
     http://www.contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu 
 
-Please report bugs, problems, and suggestions via the previous web 
-form. 
+Please report bugs, problems, and suggestions via the previous 
+web form. 
+
+
+                  == Installing/Required ==
+
+`makedoc.sty' requires the `moreverb' package from 
+
+    CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/moreverb
+
+You find the latest public version of the NICETEXT bundle at
+
+    http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/
+
+A TDS version `nictext.tds.zip' is available at
+
+    http://mirror.ctan.org/install/macros/latex/contrib/
 
 
                ________________________________
-               [This file 2011/01/26 Uwe Lueck]
+               [This file 2011/08/23 Uwe Lueck]