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authorNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2014-03-03 01:38:45 +0000
committerNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2014-03-03 01:38:45 +0000
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index 454364665da..1146461bb67 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/prerex/prerex.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/prerex/prerex.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
%\def\LaTeX{\mbox{LaTeX}}
\begin{document}
-\title{\textsf{prerex.sty}: Prerequisite Charts in \LaTeX\\{\large Version 6.3}}
+\title{\textsf{prerex.sty}: Prerequisite Charts in \LaTeX\\{\large Version 6.4}}
\author{R. D. Tennent\\\texttt{rdt@cs.queensu.ca}}
\date{\today}
\maketitle
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ a ``bullet''.
The
\texttt{prerex}
package at
-\url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/prerex/}
+\url{http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/prerex/}
contains source code for a graphical frontend
\texttt{vprerex} to the \texttt{prerex}
editor. It incorporates a minimalistic prerex-enabled PDF viewer
@@ -362,18 +362,19 @@ environment, such as in the explanatory notes for a chart:
\end{center}
\section{Dependencies}
+\sloppypar
This implementation of
\verb|prerex.sty|
uses
\verb|pgf|
-(version~1.18 or later)
+(version~3.0.0 or later)
with add-on package
\verb|tikz|.
The following additional packages are used:
\verb|multido|,
\verb|relsize|,
\verb|calc|,
-\verb|ifthen|,
+\verb|ifpdf|,
\verb|textcomp|,
\verb|zref-savepos|,
and
@@ -381,8 +382,10 @@ and
\emph{Either} \verb\pdflatex\
\emph{or}
\verb\latex\ (followed by \verb\dvips\ and, possibly, \verb\ps2pdf\)
-may be used; however, the page coordinates in the generated shell script and
-image-map may not be accurate unless \verb\pdflatex\
+\emph{or}
+\verb\latex\ (with suitable driver options, followed by \verb\dvipdfmx\)
+may be used; however, cropping shell scripts and
+image maps are only generated if \verb\pdflatex\
is used.
\section{Conversion to Portable Network Graphic (PNG) Format}
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ By default, the shell script generated by \texttt{prerex.sty} crops the image at
It is possible to use a PNG compression application such as
\texttt{optipng} to reduce the file-size of the cropped image (without loss of quality).
-An auxiliary file
+If \verb\pdflatex\ is used, an auxiliary file
containing image-map data for the hyperlinked nodes in the chart is also generated;
consult a reference on the HTML language for an explanation of (client-side) image maps.
@@ -518,8 +521,6 @@ improve the appearance
of crossing arrows; the background also
ensures visibility of the
arrow when the coordinate grid is on.
-A thin white arrow (with a visible
-arrowhead) is drawn beneath the visible arrow to obtain a thin arrowhead.
\subsection{Coordinate Grid and Associated Changes}
When the coordinate grid is drawn, the \texttt{CourseURL} command
@@ -534,7 +535,7 @@ PDF viewers to compute chart coordinates.
To support HTML versions of charts,
\texttt{prerex.sty}
-generates a script to crop a chart image at the southeast corner, allowing
+(if processed by \verb\pdflatex\) generates a script to crop a chart image at the southeast corner, allowing
descriptive notes below the chart to be treated as ordinary text. Also,
it generates image-map data for use with an HTML image map. To
obtain absolute page coordinates, the \texttt{zsavepos}, \texttt{zposx}