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| author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2019-10-01 16:43:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2019-10-01 16:43:50 +0000 |
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rm FAQ-en, moved to CTAN:obsolete
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16b b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16b deleted file mode 100644 index 1a9ab7d229d..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16b +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.16c - -This file incorporates the changes from version 3.16 that previously -appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a and -3.16b; new changes for this -release (3.16c) are marked with a plus ("+") sign. - - -New answer: - +Label isdef: "is this command defined?" tests - Label optionclash: clashing package options error in LaTeX - -Revised answers: - +Label bibprefixsort: two new examples - +Label citeURL: provide a list (rather than a bunch) of alternative - styles, mention babelbib - Label ECfonts: reword discussion of mathematics and EC fonts (i.e., - emphasise that there's no direct relation) - Label filename: extend macro definitions, hopefully expanding the - usefulness and usability of the answer - Label hyperdupdest: other sources of the error than repeated pages - Label minitoc: corrected error in q-minitoc code, tidy comments - Label minxampl: include the word "minimal", since it's a common search term - +Label multirow: mention the case of multicolumn-multirow - Label music: mention Lilypond as a source of TeX-compatible music - +Label music: correct Web output of package list at end of answer - +Label oarglikesect: mention kernel command \@dblarg - Label poster: mention Nicola Talbot's experimental flowfram layout package - +Label secthead: rewritten accounts of sectsty & titlesec - Label texinfo: rewritten in parts, following a reader comment - Label texsystems: miktex installation has changed with v2.5 - Label tutbitslatex: added pointers to TUG-maintained material on fonts - +Label tutbitslatex: added pointer to Fauske's page on PGF/TikZ - Label virtualfonts: re-thought through - +Label watermark: noted that package draftcopy doesn't work with pdflatex, - +Label watermark: mention draftwatermark - +Label whatbst: correct reed.edu link - -Bugfixes: - Label cmdstar: part of the example code was just wrong - Label enumerate: unclarity in text caused by a typo - Bug in "introduction=yes" HTML code corrected - Label atsigns: mark-up error caused curious HTML output (editorial - improvement too) - +Release dates are now represented in ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd) -- - previously we used the LaTeX format, using solidus instead of hyphen - -Future releases: - Despite missing the nominal "end August 2006" delivery (through an - unfortunate combination of events), I'm aiming to maintain the - stream of (approximately) monthly "bugfix" releases. There are no - current plans for a major release, though work on the new web-based - version continues. - -Robin Fairbairns -2006-10-02 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16c b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16c deleted file mode 100644 index 8a651ecab89..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.16c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.16c - -This file incorporates the changes from version 3.16 that previously -appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a and -3.16b; new changes for this -release (3.16c) are marked with a plus ("+") sign. - - -New answer: - +Label isdef: "is this command defined?" tests - Label optionclash: clashing package options error in LaTeX - -Revised answers: - +Label bibprefixsort: two new examples - +Label citeURL: provide a list (rather than a bunch) of alternative - styles, mention babelbib - Label ECfonts: reword discussion of mathematics and EC fonts (i.e., - emphasise that there's no direct relation) - Label filename: extend macro definitions, hopefully expanding the - usefulness and usability of the answer - Label hyperdupdest: other sources of the error than repeated pages - Label minitoc: corrected error in q-minitoc code, tidy comments - Label minxampl: include the word "minimal", since it's a common search term - +Label multirow: mention the case of multicolumn-multirow - Label music: mention Lilypond as a source of TeX-compatible music - +Label music: correct Web output of package list at end of answer - +Label oarglikesect: mention kernel command \@dblarg - Label poster: mention Nicola Talbot's experimental flowfram layout package - +Label secthead: rewritten accounts of sectsty & titlesec - Label texinfo: rewritten in parts, following a reader comment - Label texsystems: miktex installation has changed with v2.5 - Label tutbitslatex: added pointers to TUG-maintained material on fonts - +Label tutbitslatex: added pointer to Fauske's page on PGF/TikZ - Label virtualfonts: re-thought through - +Label watermark: noted that package draftcopy doesn't work with pdflatex, - +Label watermark: mention draftwatermark - +Label whatbst: correct reed.edu link - -Bugfixes: - Label cmdstar: part of the example code was just wrong - Label enumerate: unclarity in text caused by a typo - Bug in "introduction=yes" HTML code corrected - Label atsigns: mark-up error caused curious HTML output (editorial - improvement too) - +Release dates are now represented in ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd) -- - previously we used the LaTeX format, using solidus instead of hyphen - -Future releases: - There are no current plans for a major release, though work on the - new web-based version continues. - -Robin Fairbairns -2006-12-18 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.17 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.17 deleted file mode 100644 index c5c26c2c451..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.17 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.16d - -This file incorporates the changes from version 3.16 that previously -appeared in file CHANGES-3.16a, -3.16b and -3.16c; new changes for -this release (3.16d) are marked with a plus ("+") sign. - - -New answers: - +Label biblatex: discusses BibTeX replacements (amsrefs, biblatex) - +Label checksum: "checksum error in font" message - +Label figurehere: how to avoid floating figures/tables altogether - +Label entercompmode: "entering compatibility mode" message - +Label fontsize: how to program arbitrary font sizes in LaTeX - +Label latexqual: assessing the quality of your LaTeX - +Label mathonlyref: only referenced equations are numbered - +Label run-fn-nos: running footnote numbers when class numbers per chapter - -Revised answers: - +Label altabcr: extended examples and tidied a bit - +Label BibTeXing: add reference to Shell & Hoadley's btxFAQ - +Label books mention LaTeX Graphics Companion 2nd edition; use ISBN-13 - +Label CD: now couched in terms of the TeX collection - +Label changebar: mention changes.sty - +Label commercial:update details of Textures - +Label dec_comma: mention numprint as possible way to get things right - +Label docpictex: mention PiCTeX summary now on CTAN - +Label fonts-pln: mention pdcmac bundle - +Label ftnsect: rewrite to make recommendations clearer - +Label getbitmap: reworded to suggest that bitmaps aren't standard any more - +Label LaTeXtoPlain: suggest ways forward for aspiring translators - +Label make: mention autolatex - +Label man-latex: mention Grätzer's "short course" - +Label minxampl: editorial work, including (perhaps) clarifying web version - +Label newfont*: was newfont; content rearranged between this, plninltx* and - the new label fontsize - +Label newfunction: expand description - +Label ol-books: TeX by Topic now available from CTAN - +Label papersize: mention Acrobat Reader's default scaling - +Label plninltx*: was plninltx; content rearranged between this, newfont* and - the new fontsize - +Label protect: clarify lists of commands known to be fragile, etc - +Label psfchoice: add links to papers about maths fonts in tex; add fouriernc, - mathdesign/FS Garamond, kpfonts, minionpro and mnsymbol - +Label running-nos: rearrange to emphasise package chngctr - +Label tabcellalign: rationalised, reduced range of recommendations - +Label tocbibind: mention \phantomsection for when doing the job "by hand" - +Label twooptarg: mention the xargs package - +Label unkgrfextn: mention grffile package - +Label wdnohyph: mention \uchyph (not that it's much use) - -Bugfixes: - -Future releases: - There are no current plans for a major release, though work on the - new web-based version continues. - -Robin Fairbairns -2007-10-?? diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.18 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.18 deleted file mode 100644 index 75f90d12bc6..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.18 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.18 - -This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.17 -of the FAQ). - -New answers: - +Label acroantics:getting Adobe Reader to produce the right size output - +Label inst-scut: introduction to the old inst-miktex and to inst-tds-zip - +Label inst-tds-zip: installing a package using .tds.zip files - +Label onna-stick:making MikTeX run from a memory key - +Label papergeom: how to select the correct paper geometry - +Label prept1font:the generating metrics part of old instt1font - +Label tds-zip: brief outline of TDS ZIP files - -Revised answers: - +Label biblatex: now discusses crossTeX too - +Label bibtranscinit: discuss truly excessive sets of initials - +Label chngmargonfly: mention new changepage package - +Label findfiles: correct one of the search address links - +Label fmtconv: add tex4ht as a route to word format, tidy up - +Label footintab: I _think_ the answer now says what I meant it to say! - +Label labelfig: mention (auto-)pst-pdf - +Label letterspace: microtype now covers the functionality of old letterspace - +Label luatex: detail some recent developments - +Label oddpage: mention new changepage package - +Label papersize: rewritten as intro to new acroantics and papergeom - +Label parallel: mention the pdfcolparallel package - +Label patch: rewrite to downplay patch, add mention of ted and etoolbox - +Label pkfix: mention pkfix-helper - +Label poster: updated with further informative links, etc. - +Label protect: rewritten (again) - +Label psfchoice: add kpfonts, link to the font catalogue at various points - mention font catalogue (as a whole) and maths font survey -Web interface: - A mechanism is now in place, whereby old question labels may be used to get - to the nearest current equivalent of the question. It does not cover *all* - old questions: please mail faq-devel@tex.ac.uk if you have a problem with an - old question label that you have stored. - -Bugfixes: - Bits of silliness in the web interface continue to surface. They get mended - as soon as I work out how; the most recent was a tendency not to translate - \textbackslash -- I know how to correct it, but not why it happened... - -Robin Fairbairns -2008-06-20 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19 deleted file mode 100644 index 1e429919a29..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.19 - -This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.18 -of the FAQ). - -New answers: - +Label grffilenames: "modern" file names in graphics - +Label keyval: using key-value input in macros and package - +Label linmacnames: why non-letters in macro names are a bad idea - +Label osf: using fonts with "old-style" numbers - +Label pdf-fig-chars: disappearing glyphs in pdfTeX figures (from Thanh) - +Label texorpdf: error "not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string" - +Label texthings: what all these <thing>TeX names are - +Label usesymb: using symbols - +Label whatmacros:brief outline of macros for "bits and pieces" section - +Label wideflt: centre a float wider than text area - -Relabelled answers: - +Label xfigetc: discusses xfig and asymptote (so far) (was label xfig) - -Revised answers: - +Label askquestion: what to do if your minimal example needs a figure - +Label acroantics:content of old label outszwrng merged in - +Label biblatex: updated, now also mentions biber - +Label books: mention Lulu version of TeX by Topic - +Label chngmargonfly: mention addlines package - +Label compactbib:mention the compactbib package (surprise!) - +Label drawing: describe pictex, epic and eepic (all previously skated over) - +Label editors: mention texworks - +Label figurehere:mention \MakeSorted from perpage package - +Label fonts-pln: mention varisize - +Label footnpp: mention zref package perpage module - +Label ftncapt: clarification (I hope) - +Label latex2html:mention plastex - +Label latexe: reworked for clarity - +Label latexpronounce: following on from latexe - +Label linenos: numline package now obsolete - +Label luatex: tidied up, now I'm clearer about LuaTeX, myself - +Label logos: clarified, in light of changes to printing layout we now use - +Label man-latex: added pointer to first-latex-doc - +Label marginpkgs:changepage package supplants chngpage - +Label mcite: mention mciteplus and collref packages - +Label nonfree: explain what went wrong and what is happening - +Label ifpdf: mention ifxetex and ifluatex - +Label noroom: tidied up e-TeX related part of answer - +Label ref-doc: mention latexcheat - +Label setURL: mention spaces and hyphens options of url.sty - +Label texsystems:mention MikTeX-for-Linux - +Label wordcount: mention TeXcount - +Label writecls: mention Oberdiek's splendid source2e pdf file - +Label wygexpts: preview-latex now part of auctex - -Deleted answers: - +Label outszwrng -(remember, as of the previous release, links to "old" labels remain -valid, pointing to an answer that is as near relevant as possible) - -Web interface: - The initial list of questions no longer gives a URL containing all - the answers -- Google was returning that for every match, which - didn't help! - All links to CTAN files, directory .zips and directories for - browsing are now http, and there's no longer any mention of .tar.gz - archives of CTAN directories (since they're no longer available) - -Robin Fairbairns -2009-06-10 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19a b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19a deleted file mode 100644 index a9d2e1b0a44..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19a +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.19 - -This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.18 -of the FAQ). - -New answers: -[none yet] - +Label grffilenames: "modern" file names in graphics - +Label keyval: using key-value input in macros and package - +Label linmacnames: why non-letters in macro names are a bad idea - +Label osf: using fonts with "old-style" numbers - +Label pdf-fig-chars: disappearing glyphs in pdfTeX figures (from Thanh) - +Label texorpdf: error "not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string" - +Label texthings: what all these <thing>TeX names are - +Label usesymb: using symbols - +Label whatmacros:brief outline of macros for "bits and pieces" section - +Label wideflt: centre a float wider than text area - -Relabelled answers: -[none yet] - +Label xfigetc: discusses xfig and asymptote (so far) (was label xfig) - -Revised answers: - +Label impgraph: changed the question title - +Label man-latex: mention Philip Hirschhorn's "getting up and running..." - +Label mathstext: correct discussion of \textrm in maths - -Deleted answers: -[none yet] - +Label outszwrng -(remember, as of the previous release, links to "old" labels remain -valid, pointing to an answer that is as near relevant as possible) - -Web interface: -[no changes yet] - The initial list of questions no longer gives a URL containing all - the answers -- Google was returning that for every match, which - didn't help! - All links to CTAN files, directory .zips and directories for - browsing are now http, and there's no longer any mention of .tar.gz - archives of CTAN directories (since they're no longer available) - -Robin Fairbairns -2009-06-16 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19c b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19c deleted file mode 100644 index dacd59d9891..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.19c - -This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.19a -of the FAQ -- version 3.19b was a bug-fix patch). - -New answers: - <none> - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label adobetypen: mention xetex and luatex where previously said OTF unusable - +Label amfonts: mention DVI dis-/re-assembly to get rid of am fonts refs - +Label buildbib: mention Google Scholar's bibtex output - +Label cd: update details of the TeX collection - +Label context: attempt closer tally with reality (further input welcome!) - +Label doc-dirs: Herbert Voss's "tips and tricks" has gone - +Label errmissitem: remove spurious command in example code - +Label findfiles: update address given for dante search page - +Label figurehere: mention the re-implemented here package - +Label footintab: mention threeparttablex package - +Label keyval: replace keys3 mention with l3keys[2e] - +Label latex3: tidy, update broken references - +Label luatex: better English(!), mention release of 0.50.0 - +Label mathml: correct link to mathtex - +Label nonfree: the non-free tree has disappeared... - +Label patch: sort out examples - +Label privinst: change recommended use of kpsewhich - default home texmf is different for MacTeX - +Label psfchoice: mention txfontsb - +Label what-tds: change recommended use of kpsewhich (as privinst) - - (throughout): use mirrors.ctan.org rather than www.tex.ac.uk - where appropriate - -Deleted answers: - <none> - -Web interface: - One bug fix (code examples containing \let tended to be lost) - -Robin Fairbairns -2010-01-19 diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19d b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19d deleted file mode 100644 index f447a03924f..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.19d +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -Changes in version 3.19d - -This file lists changes since its most recent release (with version 3.19c -of the FAQ). - -New answers: - +Label plaintex: explains "writing in tex", was part of Label whattex - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label codelist: mention the minted package - +Label docs: single reference to epslatex (via catalogue) - +Label etex: add ctan link - +Label filesused: rewrite to clarify the issue with \input - +Label luatex: now version 0.60.0 - +Label fonts-pln: replace some complete gibberish (undoing mis-edits, I guess) - +Label parallel: mention the pdfcolparcolumns package - +Label seccntfmt: remove superfluous \expandafter in programming, tidy text - +Label tabcellalign: editorial on \PBS macro discussion - +Label texfuture: rehashed, in light of today's situation - +Label whattex: simplified by removal of material for Label plaintex - -Deleted answers: - <none> - -Web interface: - Extension of links to catalogue, to packages "distributed as part of..." - Abbreviate header text (omitting long list of "helpers" -- which will - ultimately be available in a separate file online) - Convert all alphabetic SGML entities to use numeric equivalents - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.20 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.20 deleted file mode 100644 index 346afcbdb1d..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.20 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.19d - -New answers: - +Label initex: why is there no initex? - +Label sysunix: TeX for Unix and GNU/Linux systems, revised from TeXsystems - added the tex-gpc distribution - +Label syswin: TeX for Windows 32, etc., systems, revised from TeXsystems - +Label sysmac: TeX for Macintosh systems, revised from TeXsystems - +Label sysother: TeX for other systems, revised from TeXsystems - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label baselinepar: rewritten, taking info account a recent issue from ctt - +Label biblatex: can now give a CTAN link for Biber - +Label cd: reworded to reflect current realities - +label extsizes: mention some classes that have non-standard font sizes - +label filename: bugfix for (simple) macros saving "current file name" - +Label letterclass: mention knuth's letter stuff and isodoc class - +Label manymathalph:correction to us of controls on alphabets in bm - +Label mathml: recognise STIX fonts as potential contribution - +Label mcite: revtex 4.1 has its own mechanism - +Label metrics: rewrite text about LY1 encoding - +Label multidoc: mention docmute, standalone and subdocs - +Label nopagebrk: correct assertion about lists vs. samepage environment - +Label poster: mention beamerposter - +Label psfchoice: add URW Classico to the list - +Label reallyblank: mention emptypage package - +Label slidecls: mention lecturer and present packages (neither is a class) - +Label TeXsystems: now a list of links to the new sys* labels - +Label widows: rewritten with clarification from Peter Moulder - -Deleted answers: - <none> - -Web interface: - Links to packages, etc., now use http://mirror.ctan.org - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.21 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.21 deleted file mode 100644 index 1d7abd0014c..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.21 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.20 - -New answers: - +Label spawnprog: the \write18 mechanism for spawning programs - +Label whatengine: am I running pdfTeX, XeTeX or luaTeX? - +Label write: the \write primitive for writing text files - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label biblatex: mention bibtex8, even though biblatex+biber are winning - +Label codelist: extend coverage of minted package (and Pygments) - +Label commercial: remove Y&Y (not commercial any longer) - +Label dpfloat: mention floatpage package - +Label drawing: mention "embedded source" packages for asy, gplot, mp - +Label editors: rationalise, removing "wildcard" - +Label filename: add currfile, remove "DIY" code (which never worked right) - +Label floats: update discussion of morefloats package, mention etex.sty - +Label fmtconv: mention openoffice route for MS-word - +Label gethelp: link "latex community" and "latex stack exchange" - +Label graphicspath: rephrase discussion of \graphicspath - +Label instt1font: attempt to clarify updmap vs. updmap-sys - +Label labelfig: mention (new) lpic package - +Label latex2html: link to info on tug.org (note tex4ht now sourced there) - +Label mathml: link to info on tug.org - +Label music: rewritten following rearrangements on ctan - +Label nopagebrk: discuss \pagebreak, \nopagebreak (!) - +Label papergeom: discuss dvipdfm and its extensions - +Label psfchoice: report one (at least) known problem with [pt]xfonts - +Label pspreview: simplify, given that it's far less of a problem now - +Label ref-doc remove link to NASA latex ref, add link to gna.org one - +Label textflow: mention cutwin package - +Label tmupfl: mention morefloats package, with caveats - +Label verbwithin: mention cprotect package - +Label WYGexpts: drop "activetex" -- seems no longer available - +Label zerochap: rewrite for clarification - -Deleted answers: - +Label ifpdf: subsumed in new "whatengine" answer (link rerouted there) - +Label lollipop: no longer relevant (a pity) - -Web interface, etc.: - Some LaTeX command translations were broken, and have been mended - Work has started on a major reorganisation of the "fonts" section - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.22 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.22 deleted file mode 100644 index b874fc08143..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.22 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.21 - -New answers: - +Label inlgrphapp: inline code to standalone graphics (new: gmp, mpgraphics) - +Label inst-texlive: install a package from TeX live - +Label startup: getting started with (La)TeX - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label archives: redo and update for 2 CTAN archives, cover mirror.ctan.org - +Label codelist: updated and reformatted - +Label drawing: removed inline code stuff to +inlgrphapp - mention XeTeX driver for pstricks - +Label dtx: mention sty2dtx - +Label findfiles: a more uniform description of what happens - +Label fontsize: deal with omissions from fix-cm - +Label hash: describe command-defs-within-commands in LaTeX syntax, too - +Label logos: mention hologos, metalogo - +Label ltxcmds: show use of (la)texdef package - +Label luatex: correct pdfTeX version number, add links to distributions - +Label man-latex: add CTAN reference for "Getting something out of LaTeX" - +Label mathml: expand font details to all known current free maths fonts - +Label mpprologues: mpsproof.tex has now moved on the archive - +Label oddpage: clarify use of \ifoddpage for LaTeX users - +Label pdftexgraphics: describe use of auto-pst-pdf - +Label psfchoice: discuss MathTime Pro 2 Lite fonts - +Label scriptfonts: mention rsfso, mnsymbol, mathabx and urwchancal - +Label struttab: describe use of makecell - +Label textrace: offer mf2pt1 (about time, too!) - +Label uploads: general update, including mirroring technologies - +Label xetex: add link to documentation - +Label xfigetc: replace link for jfig - -Deleted answers: - <none> - -Web interface, etc.: - Work on a slightly more sane layout is under way, but not yet in a - shape to be released - Since the start of March 2011, "last edited" tags have been added to/updated - in answers that have changed - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.23 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.23 deleted file mode 100644 index 47449bc1255..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.23 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.22 - -New answers: - +Label book-lists: redirector to the dismembered parts of old "label books" - +Label ctan: summary of the salient points of the archives - +Label catalogue: outline of the CTAN catalogue - +Label latex-books: the LaTeX part of old "label books" - +Label other-books: the miscellanea from old "label books" - +Label subdepth: getting even subscripts in your maths - +Label tex-books: TeX and Plain TeX part of old "label books" - +Label type-books: typesetting part of old "label books" - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label altabcr: error can be caused by insufficient columns in a matrix - +Label clsvpkg: rewritten with a LaTeX 2e perspective (rather than 2.09) - +Label context: add detail following Hans Hagen's outline in Tugboat 100 - +Label destable: more details of caption above table - +Label doc-dirs: correct link to TUG India tutorials page - +Label drawing: link to intro doc on pgf/TikZ, and sparse docs of DraTeX - +Label gethelp: rewritten for (slightly) improved clarity - +Label hyphen: LuaTeX's hyphenation pattern loading is different - +Label keyval: references to expl3, xpackages replaced with l3* versions - keyval: mention getoptk - +Label labelfig: mention pst-layout; mention that pgf/TikZ is also capable - +Label latex2e: mention "frozen" state - +Label latex3: references to expl3, xpackages replaced with l3* versions - +Label latexqual: mention lacheck - +Label luatex: "clarify" statement about future changes to PDFTeX - luatex: updated versions mentioned; MikTeX now offers LuaTeX - +Label MF: mention sidelining of Metafont in the modern world - +Label patch: use letltxmacro where necessary - +Label RCS: mention gitinfo - +Label texthings: clarify description of luatex - +Label tfm: XeTeX and LuaTeX don't need TFM files - +Label underscore: \_ in OT1 encoding is bad news - +Label useMF: a step in removing archaic baggage from this answer - -Deleted answers: - +Label books: dismembered to produce the new *-books above (the - label is now redirected to book-lists) - -Web interface, etc.: - A small change to the HTML generation has (to the author's eye) - improved the appearance of pages on the web. There remain problems - in this area, despite the improvement. - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.24 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.24 deleted file mode 100644 index 9217a662a4a..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.24 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.23 - -New answers: - +Label labelcount: use the "value" of a label in counter operations - +Label optclash: LaTeX package options clash - +Label printvar: print the contents of a "variable" - +Label unicode: "Unicode for TeX users" - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label bug: reworded in the light of more on-line help available - +Label dvi: tidied, mention of XeTeX and its XDV format - +Label ECfonts: brought up to date (a bit: more remains to be done) - +Label editors: updated comments about TeXworks - +Label include: clarification of page number constraint - +Label LaTeX3: add git repository link, mention state of formats - +Label latex-books: add "LaTeX Beginner's Guide" and Herbert Voss's UIT books - +Label mathml: outline the use of MathJax - +Label missbegdoc: rewritten to take account of the BOM issue - +Label multind: add amsmind and imakeidx packages - +Label music: reflect restructuring of fonts - +Label sysmac: mention root privilege requirement for MacTeX - +Label sysother: discourage any hope of a current VMS version - +Label tds: toned-down and untangled the text, a bit - +Label texthings: mention ProTeXt among distributions - +Label TUG* corrected contact details - +Label tutbitslatex: revise statement about Herbert Voss's mathmode book - incorporate para about TUG India tutorials from doc-dirs - +Label underline: remove obsolete statement about ulem docs - +Label virtualfonts: rewrite, improving clarity (I hope...) - +Label wordcount: add health warnings for detex-like counts - -Deleted answers: - +Label doc-dirs: subsumed in label tutbitslatex - -Web interface, etc.: - <no changes> - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.25 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.25 deleted file mode 100644 index 766f3062f34..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.25 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.24 - -New answers: - +Label includeother:LaTeX refuses to \include from (some) other directories - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label acrobat: Rearranged and extended somewhat (dropped V-TeX details) - +Label bibinline: Outline use of the new usebib package - +Label citesort: Show how to do the job with biblatex - +Label cmdstar: Suggest use of xparse for *-commands - +Label crossref: Clarified wording, and removed incorrect "effect" of error - +Label eqnarray: Added link to Stefan Kottwitz blog entry on the problem - +Label euro: Updated note about using marvosym font - +Label extrabrace: Some clarification (and a new solution) - +Label filesused: Discuss mkjobtexmf - +Label findfont: Rewritten, downplaying Metafont and covering TTF and OTF - +Label footintab: Discuss tablefootnote package - +Label i18nbib: BibLaTeX is another candidate - +Label inlgrphapp: Add picture environment to list, mention picture package - +Label isitanum: Improve \testnum definition - +Label labelfig: Describe pinlabel package - +Label man-latex: Correct link to Chris Harrison's (now) tutorial; - Mention van Dongen's, Wilkins' and Buxbaum's offerings - +Label marginpkgs: Discuss zwpagelayout - +Label mfptutorials:Restore (lost) link to MetaFun manual - +Label noroom: Mention morewrites for lots of (pretend) output streams - +Label papergeom: Outline use of zwpagelayout package - +Label ref-doc: Added reference to macros2e document - +Label slashbox: Recommend diagbox package in preference to slashbox - +Label syswin32: Miktex 2.9 no longer beta ... so catch up! - +Label tutbitslatex:Rearrange stuff on pgf/tikz, after new management of site - +Label tutorials*: Changed question title to "... TeX-based systems" - +Label usesymb: Add fdsymbol, mdsymbol - +Label verbwithin: Suggest "v" argument type of xparse - +Label watermark: Discuss xwatermark and use of pdftk - +Label whatengine: Sort out erroneous wording, correct HTML of example code - -Deleted answers: - <none removed> - -Web interface, etc.: - <no changes> - -Robin Fairbairns diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.26 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.26 deleted file mode 100644 index ed71bfd11e4..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.26 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.25 - -New answers: - +Label expl3-old: package needs a newer LaTeX 3 harness - +Label latex3-prog: learning LaTeX 3 programming - +Label repeat-num: repeat an operation a given number of times - +Label repeat-set: repeat an operation for each element of a set - +Label whatenv: brief outline of what environments are - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label acrobat: [tidying layout] - +Label archives: largely rewritten for "new" archive arrangements - +Label chapbib: show biblatex-based approach - +Label codelist: more on use of minted package - +Label complist: clarified description of "what's going on" - +Label cmdstar: clarified use of LaTeX 3, here - +Label conditional: suggest stampinclude for rapid (partial) compilation - +Label ctan: revised following recent changes to archive access - +Label dolldoll: elaborated "reasons" from a tex.stackexchange answer - +Label dpfloat: describe use of caption package for the job - +Label drawing: reword text about PGF/TikZ - +Label extsizes: describe use of scrextend package for document font sizes - +Label ftncapt: clarify example - +Label hyphenaccents: the "future" (unicode hyphenation tables) is here! - +Label ltxcmds: more detail of the latexdef application - +Label latexqual: add a proviso about l2tabu/nag - +Label make: add recommendation for arara - +Label man-latex: Nicola Talbot's stuff has moved to a new web site - +Label minxampl: discuss support packages - +Label nofm: suggest zref-lastpage - +Label oddpage: suggest the ifoddpage package - +Label patch: describe the regexpatch package - +Label pkgdoc: mention the site texdoc.net, miktex mthelp - +Label pdftexgraphics: mention pdftricks2 - +Label psfchoice: update mathdesign outline, add newtx and garamondx - +Label readML: Context can do the job (rather well, one understands ;-) - +Label readtex: suggest asking for a PDF instead ;-) - +Label spell: update, add recommendation for (exptl) spelling package - +Label struttab: removed internal macros in example of cellspace - +Label symbols: rearrange, and mention unicode maths symbol table - +Label tocloft: mention new (straightforward) etoc package - +Label uploads: rewritten for the (new) archive arrangements - +Label vertspacefloat: moved to a new location in question list - +Label virtualfonts: change question "title" to be a question - +Label xetex: change question "title" to match other projects' titles, - redo answer, based on a tex/sx post - -Deleted answers: - <none removed> - -Web interface, etc.: - The "default archive" (used in links from answers) is now mirror.ctan.org - (i.e., it's not an archive, but a selector of a mirror of the archive) - -Robin Fairbairns -Hapless FAQer of Cambridge diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.27 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.27 deleted file mode 100644 index f41f88cfa0c..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.27 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.26 - -New answers: - <none yet> - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label buffovl: link to ghostscript and gsview homes, not CTAN - +Label catalogue: editorial clarification - +Label cmdstar: [tidying layout] - +Label commercial: remove mention of the (defunct) Textures distribution :-( - +Label dolldoll: editorial tidy (un-knotting tortuous text) - +Label dtx: suggest dtxgen - +Label dvipdfmgraphics: link to ghostscript home, not CTAN - +Label editors: add texstudio (to texworks) in list - +Label fontsize: recommend anyfontsize package, too - +Label footintab: clarify "table in minipage" (should have been "tabular") - +Label latexbug: removed "upload latex bug by email" (no longer available) - +Label luatex: revised for updates from the project, and clarified - +Label make: add arara and try; add vpp to ctan links list - +Label man-latex: two more links to "Dickimaw" books - +Label notWYSIWYG: rewritten after a bit of historical research - +Label osf: \oldstylenums does use bold face to match surrounding text - +Label otherprinters: link ghostscript home, not CTAN - +Label previewers: link ghostscript home, not CTAN - +Label psfchoice: mention newpx, give CTAN links for URW fonts in newpx,newtx - +Label pspreview: link ghostscript, gsview home, not CTAN - +Label recovertex: link ghostscript home, not CTAN - +Label repeatgrf: link ghostscript home, not CTAN - +Label scriptfonts: removed mention of ghostscript, add tg-chorus - -Deleted answers: - -Label y2k: removed as no longer relevant - -Web interface, etc.: - A statement of the FAQ's (PD) licence is shown in the introduction. - Now use standard glyph for arrows, rather than "hyphen-greater" - Translate \beta and \pi to greek letters rather than the letters' "names" - -Robin Fairbairns -Hapless FAQer of Cambridge diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.28 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.28 deleted file mode 100644 index 29409bb0a08..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/CHANGES-3.28 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -Changes since version 3.27 - -New answers: - +Label centre-flt: deals with center environment around a float - +Label cpy-srchpdf: replaces label srchpdf, and covers copying text, too - +Label getnff: support for fonts "not allowed" in distributions - +Label lollipop: restored entry, given new maintainer - +Label ltx-csv: how to deal with CSV files in LaTeX - +Label otf-maths: typeset maths using OpenType fonts - +Label parmoderr: about the error "not in outer par mode" - -Relabelled answers: - <none> - -Revised answers: - +Label bibtexing: link to www.bibtex.org - +Label boldgreek: clarify some really old text - +Label catalogue: update in light of new www.ctan.org - +Label clsvpkg: clarify some distinctions - +Label cmdstar: \makeatletter was incorrectly placed in example - +Label commercial: remove entry for Micropress, Inc (once vTeX suppliers) - +Label conditional: discuss use of the tagging package - +Label context: editorial (for better relation to reality, one hopes ;-) - +Label custbib: discourage "beginners" from attempting biblatex styles - +Label dtx: add discussion of generating output from the files - +Label filesused: change reference from teTeX to TeX-live(!) - +Label findfont: tidy, add more reference details - +Label gethelp: add reference to TeX/StackExchange "starter" summary - +Label hyphexcept: deal, perfunctorily, with Unicode hyphenation - +Label hyphoff: editorial change only - +Label nohyph: {ditto} - +Label labelfig: discuss pdfrack - +Label latexandplain: re-write -- previous version seemed not to help, much - +Label latextoplain: re-dump my mental image of what goes on ... looks better - +Label ltxcmds: clarification (editorial changes only) - +Label makeindex: further work on xindy description - +Label mfptutorials: remove one dead link, refer to Voipio's TUGboat papers - +Label mp: MetaPost can also create SVG output - +Label music: update discussion of lilypond, and mention lilyglyphs pkg - +Label normalszmiss: rewritten (a simple answer is difficult to write "well"!) - +Label numbersets: add boondox, newpx and newtx fonts as a potential source - +Label oldfontnames: tidied up - +Label papergeom: remove special case for vTeX - +Label plninltx*: clarification (editorial changes only) - +Label psfchoice: provide link to +otf-maths - +Label readtex: add a bit about using on-line LaTeX servers - +Label slidecls: mention a beamer gallery linked from post in TeX/sx - +Label spell: suggest hunspell (which is even part of recent MacOS X) - +Label sysother: remove references to vTeX - +Label sysunix: remove mention of MikTeX/Unix, and references to vTeX - +Label tocloftwrong: add actual answer (as well as reference to answer...) - +Label usepictex: remove reference to vTeX - +Label verbwithin: suggest newverbs, verbatim box-writing (tcolorbox,verbatim) - +Label whereFAQ: remove link to texnik.de - +Label xspace: clarify, play down the value of the command - -Deleted answers: - +Label srchpdf: replaced by answer labelled cpy-srchpdf - -Web interface, etc.: - Links in the section at the end of each answer now go via the mirror - selector mirror.ctan.org (previously all links went via the Cambridge - CTAN node). - -Robin Fairbairns -Hapless FAQer of Cambridge diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/ChangeLog b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/ChangeLog deleted file mode 100644 index 7eca576bcd4..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/ChangeLog +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17802 +0,0 @@ -2014-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: tidy blank lines - - * sanitize.pl: a few changes from -beta - - * gather-faqbody.tex: new version - - * faq-intro.tex: - * faq-mac-prog.tex - * faq-wdidt.tex: - * add-general.tex: \nothtml{\noindent}!!! - -2014-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): mention the tagging package - -2014-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): first stab at description of "using" a - .dtx/.ins combination to produce packages and docs - -2014-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latextoplain): clarification (i hope!) - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): attempting a better path for beginners - -2014-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-readtex): dash off ref to online compilers - -2014-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-oldfontnames): historic stuff cleared away, - slight rewording - -2014-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-makeindex): work on description of using xindy - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \luatex and \lualatex - - * faq.sty: add \luatex and \lualatex - -2014-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> ron.cummins@gmail.com - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): discourage beginners from attempting - their own biblatex style; editorial - -2014-04-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: restore lollipop (w/cat link) - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-lollipop): renew, from add-general - -2014-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: drop fonts/armenian (fonts now part of armtex) - - * add-general.tex (q-lollipop): recreated entry for lollipop - -2014-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): bug fix from javier mora - -2014-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (q-findfiles): editorial - -2014-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): yet another iteration - (q-context): typos - (q-latexandplain): rewrite. who knows if it's worth it... - -2014-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): 2 iterations towards - comprehensibility - -2014-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): sort out html of more math into latex - (still not terribly good, but no more actual latex...) - -2014-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-getnff,q-otf-maths): removed as already in main - (q-outer-err): removed, similarly - -2014-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex: missing close brace - -2014-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-mfptutorials): add links to the voipio papers, - and remove the (dead) one to Heck's - -2014-02-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-pdfpagelabels): add {} to a \dots call - (q-cpy-srchpdf): deal with broken parens - -2014-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex: remove q-ltx-csv (now in faq-mac-prog) - -2014-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): typo - -2014-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove {} from pattern \\The{}\{\} ? - -2014-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): warning of abrasiveness on tex/sx - -2014-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (Q-filesused): convert tetex ref to texlive-unix(!) - -2014-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-dropping): remove ref to vtex - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): remove refs to vtex - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): remove ref to vtex - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-usepictex): root out reference to vtex - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-otf-maths): new, from add-general - (q-psfchoice): editorial, incl reference to q-otf-maths - -2014-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (q-findfont): tidy, and fill in missing holes - -2013-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): mp output may be svg, too - -2013-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-numbersets): add boondox as a source, mention - newpx, newtx as preferable to pxfonts/txfonts - -2013-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-cap-out-flt): new error answer - -2013-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whattex): reworded for clarity - -2013-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-xspace): play the command down (after reading a post - on tex/sx by david carlisle, tidy the whole question. - -2013-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-normalszmiss): rewritten. not easy to do, without - sounding patronising - -2013-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex,faq-biblio.tex: editorial (% signs) - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-center-flt): new, from add-general - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \textpercent{} to immediately - below "dump comments" code - - * faq-adj-types.tex (a-outszwrng): braces after \textpercent - -2013-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-inputenc): show structure of multiple-encoding docs - -2013-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-linespace): editorial - -2013-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-getnff): new, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (q-getnff): mention distinction between -sys and - user versions of the script - -2013-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): mention verbatim writing using - tcolorbox and moreverb (and mention the comments in the doc of - verbatim, for diy enthusiasts). - - * faq-intro.tex: add martin garrod to the list, mark drucbert deceased - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): remove duplicate "report" (!) - -2013-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-catcodes): doodling with better explanation - (not got very far) - - * faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): reference digital version of tlc2 - - * FAQ-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): typo (extra closing paren) - -2013-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): mention www.bibtex.org - -2013-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): provide link to minimals (even though - it's not the neatest of web sites...) - -2013-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add context-contrib - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): edited for more realism re. ctan - - * faq-getit.tex (q-findfiles): rsync is the only mirroring protocol - -2013-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-support.tex (q-spell): weave in hunspell (not on ctan...) - -2013-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-plninltx*): editorial (hoping for clarification) - (q-ltxcmds): editorial (again aiming for clarification) - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): typo for \progname - -2013-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): change junk edit date to today - -2013-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: makeinfo's moved - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): use of lilyglyphs as option - -2013-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-nohyph): minor editorial - (q-hyphoff): ditto - (q-hyphexcept): editorial, add a bit of text discussing unicode - hyphenation - -2013-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: comment out debugging stuff - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): mention tex/sx "getting started" page - -2013-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: pgf dir is actually the base above graphics/pgf - add cat link for picinpar - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltx-csv): new, from add-general - -2013-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-parmoderr): new, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (q-parmoderr): tweaks for clarification - -2013-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-overstrike): suggest pdfcomment - - * dirctan.tex: add pdfcomment - -2013-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-mathlips): sort out refs to yhmath (now in just - the one place on ctan - - * dirctan.tex: add belleek (from broken filectan entry) - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-cpy-srchpdf): extended replacement for q-srchpdf - - * dirctan.tex: add mmap, belleek; remove one of the verbdef entries - -2013-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: editorial - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-tocloftwrong): missing brace - -2013-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove duplicate of verbdef - -2013-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: tidy up copies - - * faq-texsys.tex (throughout): remove vtex - (q-sysunix): purge mention of unix miktex - dirctan.tex: remove biolinum - -2013-07-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): link to beamer theme gallery - -2013-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): no more vtex - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-sysother): expunge reference to vtex - -2013-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-tocloftwrong): give answers as well as reference! - (needs some reference to koma-script) - -2013-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): add text discussing pdfrack - - * dirctan.tex: add pdfrack - -2013-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): editorial - -2013-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-whereFAQ): remove voss's texnik.de (no longer there) - -2013-06-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-eplain): editorial - (q-whyfree): editorial on licence issues - (q-tug*): tidy conditional sections - -2013-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add verbatimbox - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): add bullet item about verbatimbox - -2013-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): flagged potential need for context - minimals; this file is wildly different to its supposed rcs copy... - needs review when i've learnt more about minimals - -2013-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.28, today - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-boldgreek): largely rewritten, with more detail - about the reasons for the acrobatics needed (also remove incorrect - assertion about amsmath and \mathbf) - -2013-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): newverbs helps -- like verbdef, etc - - * dirctan.tex: add newverbs - -2013-06-07 *** Release 3.27 *** - -2013-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): minor tweak - - * faq-install.tex (q-what-TDS): editorial - -2013-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): mention tgchorus - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): editorial clarification (hopefully...) - -2013-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add anyfontsize, remove ghostscript, gsview, - correct polyglossia - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): editorial, incorporate - anyfontsize package - -2013-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-notWYSIWYG): flesh out, note demise of textures, - editorial - - * texfaq2html-beta: ignore intro by scanning file for \end{introduction} - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-buffovl): editorial - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig,q-repeatgrf,q-dvipdfmgraphics): gs - from web - -2013-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-hyper, q-acrobat): tidies, gs from web - -2013-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add URW base35 in their own right - to discussion of txfonts - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-mpprologues): href for ghostscript - (q-labelfig): href for gsview - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): href for ghostscript - - * faq-dvi.tex (q-otherprinters): href for ghostscript - -2013-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: minuscule changes from -beta - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): minuscule changes from -beta - -2013-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texfuture): end date for luatex 2014 (i think) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add entity xlations for \beta, \pi - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): update somewhat - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): editorial - (q-catalogue): editorial - (q-y2k): commented out (no longer relevant) - -2013-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): reword mention of texworks, add texstudio - -2013-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-osf): \oldstylenums _does_ use bold style - -2013-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add try - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add try - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): editorial - -2013-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: added subsection about licence - -2013-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-mpprologues): untangle some prose. slightly. - -2013-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-pspreview): ghostscript, gsview from web - (q-psfchoice): remove ghostscript mention in discussing urw fonts; - reference newpx from pxfonts, and newtx from txfonts, add urw-base35 - to ctanrefs as locations of palladio and NimbusRomanNo9 - -2013-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-dvi.tex (q-dvi-bmp): typo - -2013-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-buffovl): ghostscript and gsview from the net - -2013-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dtxgen - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): mention dtxgen - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): revise version statement, editorial - -2013-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-commercial): remove bluesky :-( - -2013-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-recovertex): munge ghostscript refs, remove it - from ctanrefs - - * faq-dvi.tex (q-dvi-bmp): editorial - - * add-general.tex (q-tangle-weave): editorial, link to doc of web2c on - tug site - -2013-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): tidy, re-organise - -2013-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readML): correct a \Qref call - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add newpx to the list - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): miktex 2.9 (in ctanrefs) - - * faq-dvi.tex (q-otherprinters): reword because gs no longer on ctan - (q-previewers): ditto - -2013-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): elide mention of ghostscript, - since (a) it doesn't add anything, and (b) it's no longer - available on ctan - - * dirctan.tex: add newpx - -2013-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: remove <ispell> - - * dirctan.tex: add <showexpl>, <ispell>; correct <spelling>; remove - <makeinfo>, ghostscript-[gpl|ghostgum] - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): add showexpl - -2013-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add link to nicola's phd and admin books - -2013-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-tangle-weave): new: the basics of web - -2013-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add ctan link for vpp - -2013-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi): editorial, hoping to clarify - -2013-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): don't suggest putting a "table" in - minipage ... good sense from ulrike fischer - -2013-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \arrowhyph translate to → - -2013-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.26b, today - - * faq-the-end.tex (q-latexbug): removed "upload bug by email"; editorial - -2013-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-varitoc): start of an answer starting from the - ideas of the tableof package - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-minitoc): editorial - -2013-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta, sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl: - correct \ctanhref coding (never-used flexibility in early coding - had confused me summat rotten) - -2013-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro: remove a spurious "<p/>" (huh?) - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-manymathalph): point out that the problem can also - be avoided by using xetex/luatex - - * gather-faqbody.tex: version 3.26a, today (released as beta) - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): tone down "tex.ne.prog language" - (q-repeat-set): consequential changes to match -repeat-num - -2013-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): this was buggy; corrected - -2013-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate - - *** released 3.26 *** - -2013-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-support.tex (q-spell): editorial - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): question links for context, luatex - -2013-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): \lastedit - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-nofm): \lastedit - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexqual): \lastedit - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat, q-ftncapt): \lastedit - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): editorial - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): editorial - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): editorial - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): editorial - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): editorial - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): editorial - -2013-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta (not many) - -2013-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): \lastedit outside ctanrefs(!) - (q-noline): question title in quotes - -2013-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add arara - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add arara - -2013-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: align with texfaq2html (regular) - -2013-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-omegaleph): editorial - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): editorial (too many parens) - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat): describe \ContinuedFloat - - * faq-projects.tex (q-xetex): change question title to match others in - the section - -2013-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (q-uploads): reflect changed situation - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): reflect changed situation - -2013-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ucharclasses, xecjk - - * add-general.tex (q-xetex*): new, from an answer in stackexchange - -2013-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \ctan for all those \acro calls - - * gather-faqbody.tex: file date today. may be near, now... - -2013-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): mthelp on miktex rather than texdoc - -2013-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add mwe, blindtext and lipsum - - * faq-docs.tex (q-minxampl): more detail about support packages, etc; - editorial - -2013-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-chapbib): show biblatex-based approach - -2012-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove biolinum-type1 (never actually used in a - published version...) - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): mention regexpatch - - * dirctan.tex: add regexpatch - -2012-12-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (q-archives): first stab at "new world" - (q-uploads): only one upload method, nowadays - -2012-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add spelling - - * faq-support.tex (q-spell): update text, and add spelling package - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \^o - -2012-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-spawnprog): editorial - (q-hyphen): editorial, ref q-hyphenaccents - -2012-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): omit frivolous comment about uea users - being taught by nicola - (q-latex3-prog): moved here from faq-mac-prog - -2012-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): suggest stampinclude - - * dirctan.tex: add commado - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-set): add commado and filesdo - - * filectan.tex: add interface3-doc, expl3-doc - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latex3-prog): new, from stack exchange - -2012-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): elaborate on use of minted - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): give context mkiv pride of place - (coming from nowhere in the previous release ;-) - -2012-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-center-flt): typo - -2012-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): add pdftricks2 - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-tocloft): mention etoc - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add garamondx extn to newtx - - * dirctan.tex: add garamondx, pdftricks2; correct pdftricks; remove all - "libertine*" except libertine itself; add cat link for newtx - -2012-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-samepage): editorial twiddle - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): caveat text for scrextend, about - design (perhaps restructure so as to have just one caveat for both - packages) - -2012-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-litprog.tex (q-lit): sort empty link target - - * faq-support.tex (q-texcad): sort empty link target - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-vertspacefloat): removed - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-vertspacefloat): come from faq-how-do-i - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): point out args don't propagate to - end env code - - * add-general.tex (q-center-flt): new, following q on c.t.t (or summat) - -2012-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add shorttoc - - * add-general.tex (q-shorttoc): new answer (copied from tex/sx) - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.26, today (premature...) - -2012-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): new, from add-general - - * faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): mention texdoc.net - -2012-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): show use of scrextend for random sizes - -2012-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): editorial don't refer to expl3 directly - - * add-general.tex (q-expl3-old): new, about the common error message - -2012-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add memoir-man - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-complist): editorial, for clarification, incl - pointer to memoir manual section - -2012-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-usebibtex): editorial (testing macros) - -2012-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * archive.cfg: use mirror.ctan.org for arch ptrs - - * add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): editorial - -2012-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): started yesterday -- what it says - -2012-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): change question answered, update listed - coverage of mathdesign - (q-pspreview): editorial - (q-charshift): note now vanishingly unlikely - -2012-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-bib-trblshoot): new answer, from sx/63852 - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): tidy, on the basis of sx/503 - -2012-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-texsystems): no empty arg to \qref - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): clarify statements about pgf - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): pick up changes in -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): only one \pictex, with "i" flag - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): correct href to knuth on vfs - - * texfaq2html-gamma: use label-to-file.pl - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi,q-pk,q-tfm,q-virtualfonts): editorial - -2012-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): remove refs to libgreek, libertine, - biolinum (since libgreek is based on libertine-legacy) - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): libertine-legacy->libertine-type1 - - * dirctan.tex: add libertine, libertine-t1, biolinum-t1, remove - libertine-legacy - -2012-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove libertine-legacy, add libertine, {}-type1, - biolinum-type1 - -2012-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-nofm): zref-lastpage does a LastPage label, too - -2012-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-gensym): opening out old proto-answer - -2012-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * patchdates.tex: is this really necessary - - * add-general.tex (q-detknize): probably dead -- mark as such - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): new, from add-general - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): tweak description of mirror.ctan - (q-whyfree): add closing paren in first sentence! - (q-readtex): add a let-out clause at the end ;-) - -2012-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): diddle with margins for narrowversion - - * add-general.tex (q-whatenv): basic body of answer complete - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-docs.tex,faq-graphics.texfaq-how-do-i.tex - (throughout): use \pictex{} - - * faq.sty: \pictex so as to avoid typos ;-) - - * filectan.tex: remove l2tabuen, l2tabuen.src - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): unify reference to l2tabu - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): more examples of the performance of - latexdef, for environments - (q-latexqual): tone down the dogmatism about l2tabu/nag - -2012-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-prog-tex): a start on this, too - (q-prog-tex): another paragraph - -2012-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatenv): a start... - -2012-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): update nlct link, add comments giving - status of links [CHANGES] - -2012-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \quotify again (problems - with nested quotes) - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-badhyph): write out effect of \quotify; editorial - - * faq.sty: remove \quotify again (see sanitize reversion) - -2012-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): process \quotify - - * texfaq2html-beta: open $archive_list from $home (why did it work?) - - * faq.sty: define \quotify (according to hyperversion) - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-badhyph): modernise markup with \cmdinvoke, - \quotify, etc - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-hyphenaccents): the future (unicode - hyphenation) is here, so cover it (however briefly) - - * faq.sty: suppress font list from pdftex (per heiko's tip on texhax) - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-optionclash): correct quote env matching - -2012-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-optclash): clarification, in light of several - tex/sx comments on a question there [needs checking!] - -2012-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: default_archive now mirror.ctan - - * archive.list: add mirror.ctan.org, remove tug - -2012-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-multind): editorial - -2012-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-symbols): reorganise, add unimath-symbols - - * add-general.tex (q-nolnerr): new, "no line to end" - -2012-09-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-newlineargs): editorial - -2012-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-view-rot): outline for new answer - -2012-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex: correct doc link for txfontsb - -2012-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add newtx, references to libertine support, etc. - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): editorial, add text about newtx - -2012-07-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): don't do \cmdinvoke in verbatim! - -2012-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): uprate the wiki latex book - -2012-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-set): correct typo - -2012-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): comment-out repeat package (oops!) - -2012-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): restore para left behind in - q-repeat-set when the two were split - - * add-general.tex (q-multiling): lots of editorial, trying not to - change sense, except my confusion in thinking polyglossia works with - luatex - -2012-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): typo - -2012-06-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dowith - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repetition): add dowith package (probably more i - need to write about, but this will do for the time being) - -2012-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repetition): new, from add-general - -2012-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): big thrash toward a releasable thing - - * dirctan.tex: add etextools, etoolbox, datatool, forarray - - * filectan.tex: add repeat - -2012-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: standardise on libertineOTF as directory name - - * add-general.tex: yet more diddling of list of repeater packages - -2012-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ifoddpage - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-oddpage): add ifoddpage - -2012-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): unicode bundle now ucs; reword text - around utf8 inputenc option selection - - * dirctan.tex: libertine now *-legacy and *otf - - * add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): split libertine links to otf, legacy - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): m-tx in ctanrefs - - * dirctan.tex: rename unicode entry->ucs, mtx->m-tx - -2012-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-ftncapt): clarify example, per note from david c - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): change title to question - -2012-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v 3.25, today - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-eqnarray): link to kottwitz's tex blog entry - -2012-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): tidying, dragging into 21st century... - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): miktex 2.9 no longer beta, and so luatex - available on miktex too - -2012-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): accept \mf, \mp as well as uc vrsn - - * faq.sty: new \mf, \mp, existing uc vrsn each only use initial capital - - * faq-getit.tex (q-findfont): rewritten in rather different style, - noting the decline of mf and the appearance of alternate engines - -2012-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-sysunix): editorial -- clarify that tlmgr works - however you install tl - -2012-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add usebib - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-i18nbib): biblatex does this too - (q-bibinline): suggest usebib - -2012-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-inlgrphapp): add picture environment to list, and - mention picture package with it - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-printvar): \verb in verbatim sections is silly, - and in typeset sections doesn't get translated by process.pl ... - -2012-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-parmoderr): not in outer par mode - -2012-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-msxy): mention berthold horn's partial msym - -2012-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-inputenc,q-fontenc): proof-reading corrections - (probably meaning that other questions aren't any longer useful; these - questions marked...) - -2012-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-ltx-csv): \LastEdit tag - (q-archives-rev): editorial - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): editorial clarification - -2012-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add datatool - - * add-general.tex (q-ltx-csv): new answer on csv lists - -2012-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): editorial work - -2012-02-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add macros2e - - * faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): add macros2e - -2012-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add mdframed - remove metafont(actually mac-),mctex,mewltx - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-subsubsub): editorial - (q-breakbox): add mdframed as another solution - -2012-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): xparse arguments for verbatim use - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): get \{, \}, and \[oc]bracesymbol - working with numeric entities - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): it's \File not \FileName!!! - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-whatengine): correct wording, and coding of - \ifthenelse example to make it do correct html - -2012-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): verbatim arg in \NewDocumentCommand etc - -2012-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): more editorial expansion - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-citesort): mention biblatex number-comp style - -2012-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-extrabrace): more rationalisation - -2012-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-extrabrace): slip in a \Qref - -2012-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (q-inst-tds-zip): in "that are that's" remove "that's" - -2012-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): came from add-general - - * CHANGES-3.25: tags for cmdstar and crossref - - * faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): explain the concept of "harness", tidy - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): outline use of xparse to define *-macros - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-crossref): dang! -- it could never have had a - "previous figure number" + other editing - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): move tablefootnotes "further up" - -2012-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (q-install-find): tidying and clarification - (q-instmffont): more clarification - -2012-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty, sanitize-beta.pl: add \LeadFrom - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-runheadtoobig): include an actual example of - using titlesec pkg - -2012-01-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add morewrites - - * faq-jot-err.tex: move q-optionclash and q-optclash together, for - easier editing - (q-noroom): tidies, mention morewrites package - -2012-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-tutbitslatex): stefan kottwitz runs texample.net, - editorial - - * faq-wdidt.tex: odd bits of editorial - -2012-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): correct parentheses - - * dirctan.tex: add fdsymbol, mdsymbol - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-usesymb): add fdsymbol and mdsymbol with mnsymbol - -2012-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: comment on matthias' latest contribution - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-isitanum): correct def of \testnum, per matthias - -2012-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-noroom): circumspection around the numbers of - floats that may be reserved - -2012-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): correct (old) typo - -2012-01-03 Robin Fairbairns - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add van dongen's, wilkins' and buxbaum's - oeuvres - - * dirctan.tex: add latex-course - -2011-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): editorial (awful english) - -2011-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-fontenc): editorial - -2011-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-numbersets): editorial reducing verbosity - -2011-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: credit william adams - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): new link for chris harrison's tutorial - -2011-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pinlabel - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): mention pinlabel - - * dirctan.tex: add zwpagelayout - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): zwpagelayout usage outline - (q-marginpkgs): mention that zwpagelayout is also available - -2011-12-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): trying to drag into c.21 - - * add-general.tex (q-pdf-encr): re-arrange to make clear that pdftk is - worth considering - -2011-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add xwatermark - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-watermark): add xwatermark, discuss pdftk - -2011-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add mkjobtexmf - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filesused): discuss mkjobtexmf - -2011-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add tablefootnote - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): mention tablefootnote - -2011-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-position): editorial stuff (seems ok, so far) - -2011-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add diagbox - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-slashbox): convert to use diagbox, with slashbox - as an also-ran - -2011-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-position): first more or less complete version - - * faq-docs.tex (q-mfptutorials): restore link to metafun manual - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-euro): update (incl. usage of marvosym) - -2011-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): memo about csv commands - -2011-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-tutorials*): change question title to avoid clash - with q-tutbitslatex - (q-tutbitslatex): remove pTeX tutorial link (seems to have gone) - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): add ctanref for pdfscreen - - * dirctan.tex: add pdfscreen - -2011-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-detknize): correct link for q-filename - -2011-11-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-t1enc): tidy-up: \'e - (throughout): remove | except in a \verb command in verbatim env - -2011-11-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): add link to context standalone site - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): diddle with version numbers, add web doc - link - - *** release 3.24 *** - -2011-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \FontFormat (from -beta) - - * gather-faqbody.tex: today (had hoped to release yesterday) - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): more tweaking - -2011-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): changes for musixtex-fonts, lots of - tweaking following advice from bob tennent - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.24, today - -2011-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-support.tex (q-wordcount): add provisos about detex-like routes - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-missbegdoc): restore a bit that got dropped - -2011-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-the-end.tex (q-bug): reword advice on on-line help - (q-latexbug): moved _after_ q-bug - -2011-10-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-missbegdoc): rewritten to include the bom issue - (taking the text of q-missing-begin) - -2011-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-missing-begin): new answer - -2011-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): new, from add-general (slight edits) - -2011-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-tds): tone down some of the wilder claims - - * faq.sty: add \FontFormat - - * sanitize-beta.pl: add \FontFormat - - * dirctan.tex: add cm-unicode - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ecfonts): lots of edits (from work in kent) - -2011-10-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-tex-books): clarifying edit ... of a comment ;-) - -2011-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): mathtex rather than mimetex in sample! - -2011-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): add stuff about MathJax - -2011-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct dvistd, marvosym-fonts - - * filectan.tex: remove varwidth, version - - * dirctan.tex: add varwidth, version - -2011-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-specials,q-write): minor editorial - -2011-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-underline): remove statement about ulem docs - (saying there's no "real" docs, now false) - -2011-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatmacros): another challenging bit of - clarification (hem hem) - -2011-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): rearrange and clarify - - * faq-intro.tex: added david epstein to the grand list - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-algorithms): minor tidy, add comment about - algorithmicx (as requested by David Epstein) - -2011-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-driver,q-pk): tidied - (q-tfm): minor editorial - - * dirctan.tex: add dvistd - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi): tidy, mention xetex, ref dvistd - -2011-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: editorial - -2011-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-optclash): new, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (q-inputenc): further iterations towards an answer - -2011-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-sysmac): mention root requirement for installing - mactex - (q-sysother): hedge statements about vms tex - -2011-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add enctex - - * faq-intro.tex: talk about the way the set of answers changes - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-include): clarify page number constraints - -2011-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): rehash stuff about acquiring the - sources, add comments about using l3 as a format - -2011-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-fontfmt): typo - -2011-09-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-fontfmt): draft replacement for q-adobetypen - -2011-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-tutorials*): remove link to q-docdirs - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): remove link to q-docdirs - -2011-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add tex-overview, remove texline, unstar mimetex - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): add protext to discussion of distrs, - link to ctan copy of tex-overview - -2011-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): revise text on texworks - -2011-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-tug*): contact via web, only; all back tugboat - -2011-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-tutbitslatex): removed "specialised" from title, add - old q-doc-dirs on tug india stuff, adjust statement about voss' - mathmode document book form - (q-doc-dirs): gone - -2011-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-multind): describe amsmidx, imakeidx - - * dirctan.tex: add amscls, imakeidx; correct texmacs - -2011-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): add herbert voss's books under latex - -2011-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-printvar, q-labelcount): add \LastEdit* (oops) - - * faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): add latex beginner's guide - -2011-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): patch minor translation effect (\<eol>) - (q-doc-wiki): editorial, mostly - (q-doc-dirs): a lot more than two in tug india's thing, now - -2011-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: list Gernot Hassenpflug - - * faq-mac-prog.tex: add q-printvar and q-labelcount from add-general - - * patchdates.tex: updated. this is silly. - -2011-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (list of helpers): cite another thing from dan l - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): correct \input texinfo (!) - -2011-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): tweak words about getoptk - (too late for release...) - - *** Release 3.23 *** - - * texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta: change "last modified" to "released" - in question footers - - * gather-faqbody.tex: change version, date - - * texfaq2html: minor change from -beta - -2011-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-usemf): further attempts to drag it into c.21 - (q-keepfonts): modernise and tidy to today's standards - (q-getbitmap): modernisation, again - -2011-09-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): reword the initial discussion (which had - multiple concepts in the same clause, at one point) - -2011-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): add l3experimental - - * dirctan.tex: add gitinfo, l3experimental - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-rcs): mention gitinfo - -2011-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-font-fmts): to replace q-adobetypen -- starts - with its content (ha ha) - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-adobetypen): editorial - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-destable): editorial - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-latex2e): describe frozen state; editorial stuff - -2011-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): correct typo - - * faq.sty: add \latexo (all lc) - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-underscore): editorial+ref q-activechars - -2011-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-underscore): drop stuff about \us, add spiel about - using T1 and \textunderscore - (q-atsign): @ was a special character rather than command - -2011-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: remove screensty, add cat link for vf-howto - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-toascii): editorial on catdvi, remove screen.sty - -2011-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): memoir doc not typo tutorial any more, - mention pgf as an example of separately-written stuff - (q-writecls): bit of editorial - -2011-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-optclash): new answer about package options - -2011-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-etex): correct ref to luatex in disc of context - (q-eplain): minute editorial - -2011-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): rewrite - -2011-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatmacros): minor editorial - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): update versions, miktex now has luatex - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-tfm): mention xetex and luatex don't need 'em - -2011-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): add getoptk - -2011-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-destable): clarify caption package details for - captions above tables - -2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-altabcr): mention limit to sizes of matrices - -2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whyfree): twiddle discussion of gpl - (q-texfuture): reword statement of luatex's release goal - - * faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): math into latex -> more <ditto> - -2011-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-write): editorial - (q-spawnprog): correct typo (epstopf), add cat link for epstopdf at end - - * filectan.tex: add cat link to vf-howto - -2011-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mf): caveat about the "modern" sidelining of mf - -2011-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ctan): minor editorial - (q-dvi): tidy contorted xref - (q-ok): preparatory work (may not come to anything) - - * faq-docs.tex (q-symbols): only pdf of symbol list, now - - * filectan.tex: add cat link for metafp - -2011-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-doc-dirs): correct tug india link - -2011-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): recommend letltxcmd for macros with - opt arguments - -2011-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-long-outer): mention getting round \outer w/csname - (q-outer-err): new answer pointing to q-long-outer - -2011-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-includeother): new jot-err answer - -2011-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): explain difference between mkii and - mkiv (from hans' article in tb100) - -2011-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): replace expl3, xpackages with l3kernel, - l3packages - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): replace expl3, xpackages with l3kernel, - l3packages - - * dirctan.tex: remove expl3, xpackages; add l3kernel, l3packages - -2011-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-hyphen): mention luatex's more relaxed table - loading - -2011-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): typos, plus hack on text about dratex - -2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention cmdunh, cmfib missing from - fix-cm - -2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pst-layout - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): link to cremeronline intro tutorial - (q-labelfig): mention pst-layout, and make reference to similar - power of pgf, capable of anything pstricks can do for this problem - - * dirctan.tex: add multido (again...note, different machine) - -2011-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): add multido - - * dirctan.tex: add multido - -2011-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex,faq-fonts.tex.tex,faq-graphics.tex,faq-jot-err.tex, - faq-jot-err.tex,faq-wdidt.tex,faq-backgrnd.tex,faq-adj-types.tex, - faq-bits+pieces.tex,faq-docs (throughout): replace q-books refs as - appropriate - - * faq-docs.tex (q-book-lists,q-tex-books,q-latex-books,q-other-books): - formed by dismembering the old q-books - -2011-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-subdepth): new, slightly edited from add-general - - * faq-images.tex: new, for snippets to be served as images - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add exptl \includegraphics - -2011-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): minor editorial to match q-texthings - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): tidy and tweak xetex, rewrite luatex - a bit - -2011-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): identify stack exchange before referring to - it; don't link to latex project team when saying that the user - shouldn't contact them - -2011-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add unicode - - * add-general.tex (q-inputenc,q-fontenc): new, from q-whatenc - (q-unicode) skeleton only, so far - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-hyphen): editorial - (q-whatenc): minor editorial, preparing for split - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link for lacheck - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexqual): mention lacheck - -2011-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-sansmath): add hfbright to list of things - - * dirctan.tex: add cmbright - -2011-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-sansmath): currently just a placeholder - -2011-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-subheight): typo - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ctan,q-catalogue): new, from add-general - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): complete replacement from add-general - q-gethelp* - -2011-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): clarification on "no changes to pdftex" - statement - -2011-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-gethelp*): (new) rewriting q-gethelp for the "new - philosophy" - (q-catalogue): further knocking into shape - -2011-05-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl: html list-alike environments issue <p/> their end, - to cause paragraph style to be invoked - - * faq.sty: require pdf14.sty since thumbpdf has problems otherwise - -2011-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latextoplain): undo mess in ctanrefs on web - - *** Release 3.22 *** - - * faq-support.tex (q-xfigetc): add \LastEdit - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): add \LastEdit - - * faq-getit.tex (q-archives): add \LastEdit - -2011-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-support.tex (q-xfigetc): new link for jfig - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): describe use of makecell package - -2011-04-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): minor editorial - (q-labelcount): title "counter values" rather than "counters" - -2011-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.22, today - - * texfaq2html (throughout): tidy p tags - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): line up one comment with -beta - - * dirctan.tex: cat links for ofs, pdcmac - remove pfm2afm, penelope, pbm2tex, pbmtopk - -2011-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-getnff): typo - - * faq-getit.tex (q-archives): correct addresses(!) - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): modest tidies, detail of \multiput in - real text (works!) - - * dirctan.tex: add cat links to a few euro* entries (not euro-fonts...) - remove lollipop - -2011-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-archives-rev): redo in context of q-ctan - -2011-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: cat link for nonumonpart, remove nrc (not used) - -2011-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): lots of tinkering - - * dirctan.tex: add forloop - -2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-repetition): new, commands for repeating things - (only a skeleton, so far) - -2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-ctan): ref. twg on archives - (q-archives-rev): interim version of q-archives to go with q-ctan - -2011-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-printvar): examples of \printlength - -2011-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-eplain): qualify statement about "docs online" - - * faq-install.tex (q-privinst): deconfuse emacs source colouring in one - or two places - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-etex): stop suggesting that etex is context's - prime target - -2011-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-textrace): mention mf2pt1 (about time too) - -2011-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): tidy-up - -2011-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention pstricks xetex driver - -2011-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-xml2tex,q-subheight,q-multiling): editorial - -2011-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-parskip): mention that (some?) koma-script - classes have the facility (in spades, by the look of it) - -2011-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add metalogo - -2011-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): editorial - - * add-general.tex (q-outputrtn, q-whatfloats): editorial - -2011-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam> - - * add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): add libgreek to ctanrefs, plus a - bit of editorial - - * faq-install.tex: editorial - -2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-logos): add text for hologo and metalogo - -2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct alphabetical order in one place - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): add auto-pst-pdf - - * sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl: alter pattern for |...| to "=" delims - -2011-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex: add q-simple-maths - - * dirctan.tex: add mtp2lite, mathastext, cat link for mtx, and - libertine, libgreek - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): mention mathtime pro 2 lite - -2011-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-referencl): new, about referring to enclosing thing - -2011-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): align use of + as subs - delimiter between the two files - - * dirctan.tex: add texdef - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): mention texdef (neat!) - -2011-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: remove mpsproof - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-inlgrphapp): new, from add-general - (q-mpprologues): mpsproof now part of \mp{} itself - -2011-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): remove egplot from link list - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link to gmp - - * add-general.tex (q-inlgrphapp): slight tidy, add egplot to link list - -2011-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add gmp - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): remove inline graphics app stuff to new - answer q-inlgrphapp - - * add-general.tex: new q-inlgrphapp - -2011-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-attach): new answer, from stackexchange - - * dirctan.tex: add attachfile, navigator - - * faq.sty: add \xelatex - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \xelatex - -2011-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): editorial - -2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): grinding on through (summary remains) - -2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - 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(throughout): verbatim<->quotes checks - - * faq-lab-ref.tex: verbatim<->quotes, again - - * faq-adj-types.tex (throughout): verbatim/quote check - - * texfaq2html-beta: tweak margins of <ul> (== itemize lists) - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): check, update, reformat - -2011-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex, faq-fonts.tex, faq-install.tex: juggling with - verbatim and quotes - - * faq-support.tex: change one verbatim to quoted - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): add mathabx and urwchancal - - * dirctan.tex: add mpgraphics, mathabx[-type1], urwchancal - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention mpgraphics for inline - -2011-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): slight tidying - - * texfaq2html-beta: add trivial para-margin css - -2011-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (throughout): fiddling with html structure - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-startup): new, from add-general - - * faq-intro.tex: minor tweaks - -2011-03-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add asana-math, stix, unicode-math and xits - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): redo unicode maths fonts bit - -2011-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): editorial - (q-texthings): correct one of 2 texi2pdf, to texi2dvi - - * add-general.tex (q-startup): new answer - -2011-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-hash): rewrite for both latex and plain forms - - * faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add ctanref for "getting something..."(!) - -2011-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add polyglossia - - * add-general.tex (q-multiling): new, on multilingual work, then&now - - * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): minor updates, add ctan link, correct - version no of current pdftex - - * dirctan.tex: add xetexref, luatex - - * faq-projects.tex (q-xetex): add ctan link to will r's doc - -2011-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention fix-cm's omissions (and - suggest replacements) - -2011-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add sty2dtx - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): mention sty2dtx, tidy - - * faq-getit.tex (q-archives): reverse http and ftp "recommendations", - remove last trace of reference to usa site - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-fontname): minor editorial - - * faq-install.tex (q-inst-texlive): simple command line instructions, - only, for now - (q-inst-scut): promote tex live to same level as miktex here - -2011-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (q-inst-texlive): stub for filling in... - - * faq-getit.tex (q-archives): remove refs to tug.ctan.org as a ctan - site, update remarks about mirror.ctan.org, etc. - (q-uploads): update list of requirements for upload, mention rsync - protocol, update suggestions for mirroring - (q-findfiles): going over and rationalisation - -2011-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-labelcount): new, use of refcount package - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-oddpage): detail use of changepage, incl use of - ifthen pkg for those who don't understand \if<xxx> - -2011-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rsfso - - * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): mention rsfso - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updated from -beta - - *** Release 3.21 *** - - * gather-faqbody.tex: today's date (must stop dithering) - -2011-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-ctan): proposed new answer to replace existing - q-archives, or to provide background for a revision of that - -2011-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (q-instt1font): clarify updmap situation (perhaps) - (q-inst1cm): minor editorial - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-pspreview): simplify, given that most browsers can - do the job on their own, nowadays - -2011-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): preliminary adjustments - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ttype and \otype - - * faq.sty: add \ttype and \otype, add a few comments - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-usepsfont): a spot more tweaking - (subsection{mf fonts}): moved to end of section (was first subsect) - -2011-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex: remove q-lollipop - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-usepsfont): remove reference to lollipop, tidy - - * dirctan.tex: add lpic - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): mention lpic - - * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): editorial - (q-outputrtn): more editorial - -2011-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-spawnprog): minor editorial - -2011-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-write,q-spawnprog): new, from add-general - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-whatengine): new, from add-general, replaces - q-ifpdf - - * dirctan.tex: remove acorn, epson - - * filectan.tex: remove miktex-usb - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): mention biblatex as an alternative route - -2011-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-litprog.tex (section{Literate programming}): - - * dirctan.tex: add catalogue ref for ps2pk,ghostscript,gsftopk,fweb and - noweb - remove all entries for derivatives of noweb (leaving noweb itself...) - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whatpdftex): use \The {} in thanh's name - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-why-inp-font): \ss -> \ss {} - - * faq-docs.tex,faq-graphics.tex (various): vo\ss -> vo\ss {} - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-wholerow): space after \textasciicircum (euch) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct delimiter in pattern that - (seems to match) any letter-command name with empty arg [why is that - there in the first place?]; also correct \textasciicircum and \ss - patterns to require a space at the end (pro tem, at least); add \The - -2011-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): editorial tidies prior to moving - to main body - (q-write and q-write18): editorial, mostly - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): editorial stuff - -2011-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add etex-pkg - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): note interaction between morefloats and - etex packages - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): lowercase tex4ht in ctanrefs (for - consistency with other instances) - (q-wygexpts): remove ref to activetex, seems to have disappeared in its - original form - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): add web ref to tex4ht dev stuff in - ctanrefs for question - -2011-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): remove the broken code and simply - report that "it's not easy" ;-) - -2011-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam> - - * add-general.tex (q-write18): new proposed question - (q-write): on reflection, we need this preface to q-write18 - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): catch up with changes to faq.sty - - * faq.sty: lc versions of \progname, \package and \class - -2011-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam> - - * dirctan.tex: add cprotect; remote convert, cortex-email.dir, conrado - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): mention cprotect - -2010-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): extend words about minted/Pygments - -2010-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): more fiddling - -2010-12-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex: re-do tidies re. bibtex setup - -2010-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): rewrite to deal with bibtex setup - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): replace bibtex-doc link with just bibtex - - * dirctan.tex: correct cat link for filehook, add bibtex - - * filectan.tex: correct xampl-bib - -2010-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatengine): new answer to replace q-ifpdf - -2010-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): update for the various extensions of - dvipdfm and rewrite descriptions - -2010-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): re-ordered, rationalised a bit, removed - "wildcard" bullet - (q-commercial): clear up debris after removing y&y - -2010-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): add currfile, mention fink gives way - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): correct typo from yesterday - - * dirctan.tex: add currfile, filehook, restore latex4jed (hah!) - -2010-12-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: removed latex4jed, larch, laserjet, since they irritated - me and won't ever be used - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings}: link to tug.org/levels.html, context - executable now texmfstart, i'm told - - * faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): the nasa latex thing is no more; remove it - and add a ref to karl's thing at gna.org (and on ctan) - -2010-12-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): remove text about docs for [pt]xfonts - (now available via catalogue), mention bad spacing - -2010-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): add sketch of mechanism - -2010-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention asymptote, egplot and emp as - inline graphics mechanisms - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): correct "current" musixtex link - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.21, today (probably shan't release until after - christmas, but...) - - * filectan.tex: remove vertbars (now own dir); simpl-latex now pdf - - * dirctan.tex: add cutwin, vertbars, egplot; biblatex[-contrib] now on - m/l/c - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-textflow): mention cutwin - -2010-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-xml2tex): more work on peter f's input - -2010-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link for html2latex - -2010-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Format conversions}): new q-xml2tex - -2010-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): minor editorial - -2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link to catdvi (ho ho) - -2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): point to tug page in ctanrefs - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latex2html): add pointer to real tug.org page - on tex4ht (hence real location), in ctanrefs - - * filectan.tex: tex4ht now on obsolete - - * dirctan.tex: add memdesign - - * faq-docs.tex (q-typo-style): memdesign rather than memman - -2010-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-nopagebrk): discuss \pagebreak, \nopagebreak - -2010-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): a start of a first stab - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): large rehash around musixtex and opustex - -2010-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-tmupfl,q-atvert): tidies, incl indent'n of quotes - -2010-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: remove morefloats, parskip, path, printlen - - * dirctan.tex: add morefloats, parskip, path, printlen; new location - for musixtex-egler - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-tmupfl): mention morefloats, with caveats - -2010-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): updated morefloat, mention etex - restrictions-regardless-of-number-of-registers - -2010-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-onna-stick): comment-out the entire question -- - moot now (i think, but am not _certain_) - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-graphicspath): rephrase discussion of - \graphicspath's (potential) problems - -2010-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-outputrtn): new potential answer - -2010-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention asyfig, too - - * dirctan.tex: add asyfig and emp - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention emp - -2010-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: transmute latex-help-texinfo to latex2e-... - - * add-general.tex (q-getnff): new answer for the font installation mess - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-zerochap): reword for better comprehensibility - -2010-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): add openoffice route for ms-word - -2010-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): editorial, incl. emphasise latex form - of \input, only - -2010-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - * filectan.tex: remove cat link from miktex-setup (confusion); remove - miktex-usb (no longer needed) - -2010-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): mention bibtex8, refine biblatex/biber - - * dirctan.tex: add bibtex8 - -2010-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add translation for \bibtex - - * faq.sty: add \bibtex - - * faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): rehash to reflect current realities - (biblatex+biber take over the world) - -2010-09-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-detknize): yet more diddling - -2010-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: add gregor zattler, anonymise "not covered" comment - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-adobetypen): typo - -2010-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fltpage - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat): mention fltpage - -2010-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-detknize): printing the contents of a macro - - * faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): add latex community and stack exchange to - the list of places to ask - -2010-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-baselinepar): editorial work ("an quote environ...") - -2010-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (q-detknize): rewrite last sentence - - * faq.sty: use tmp/comment.cut instead of comment.sty's default; this - is a big win when reading files over nfs, if tmp -> /tmp - -2010-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: bring up-to-date from -beta - - * sanitize.pl: bring up-to-date from -beta - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.20 (let's live dangerously!), today - - * mk-makefile: add -t option - - [RELEASE 3.20] - -2010-08-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add siart for - correction of q-manymathalph - - * faq-jot-err.tex (q-manymathalph): correct usage of bm - -2010-08-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things "gone away"}): new q-initex from - add-general - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): comments about miktex 2.9 (beta) - - * add-general.tex (q-initex): further diddling on miktex statement (now - woollier still...) - -2010-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): bug fix for the simple \input patch - -2010-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add isodoc - - * filectan.tex: add knuth-letter - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-lettercls): add isodoc and give location of - knuth's letter.tex - -2010-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add present - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): mention present - -2010-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): mention classes with size ranges - that differ from the norm - - * add-general.tex (q-initex): reword last para slightly to avoid - impression that i know more about miktex than i actually do - -2010-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add lecturer - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): mention lecturer - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): restore old \CONTeXt command - - * faq.sty: add \context command - -2010-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-fancyhdr): add keywords for fancyhdr - (q-reallyblank): correct ref to fancyhdr - -2010-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: add $mirror_selector, use extended dirctan, filectan - previously developed in texfaq2html-beta - -2010-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add beamerposter - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): minor editorial - (q-poster): add beamerposter - - * faq-intro.tex: add nicola talbot - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): correct link for nicola's tutorial, - tidy link list - -2010-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-nopagebrk): correct assertion about samepage vs. - list items - - * add-general.tex: new answer q-samepage in "why does it do that" - - * faq.sty: add \alltex, \latex, \latexe, \pdflatex - - * sanitize-beta.pl: more of the lower-case bumpy road commands, extend - replacement of " by + in substitute commands - -2010-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-fontname): elaborate a bit (why foundries' - names don't help) - -2010-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (q-metrics): rewrite text around ly1 - - * faq-graphics.tex (q-dvipsgraphics): bmeps now part of dktools - - * dirctan.tex: add titleref, dktools; remove bmeps; edit ly1, - pdftex-graphics - - * filectan.tex: remove titleref - - * faq-intro.tex: mention moulder in helpers list - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-widows): rewrite with clarification from peter - moulder - -2010-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: hack around the non-existence of \textcurrency in ptmr - - * dirctan.tex: make revtex ref revtex4-1 (for clarity) - - * faq-biblio.tex (q-mcite): deal with revtex 4.1 situation - -2010-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link for ite - -2010-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use $mirror_selector - - * texfaq2html-beta: add $mirror_selector - -2010-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-secnumdep): give actual commands for - manipulating secnumdepth and tocdepth, in tocvsec2 and memoir - -2010-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): gasp! stix now released - - * dirctan.tex: fontspec moved to m/l/c - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-triptrap): sort out paren at end of last para - -2010-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: del needspace,notoccite,nopageno,optional,underscore - - * dirctan.tex: add needspace,notoccite,nopageno,optional,underscore - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): xcomment now in own dir - -2010-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footnpp): editorial on perpage vs zref-perpage - -2010-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): try to sound cheery about stix - -2010-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add emptypage - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-reallyblank): mention emptypage package - -2010-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32,q-sysunix): tl portable - (q-sysunix): we do now have reports of tex-gpc running - - * faq-wdidt.tex (q-baselinepar): rewrite, with solutions after each - example, and dealing with the business of size change at end par - -2010-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (list of contributors): add bob tennent, comment mike - vulis - - * dirctan.tex: add classico, sansmath - - * faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add entry to list in - q-psfchoice for urw classico - - * CHANGES-3.19e: mention above change - -2010-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \macosx{} - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial in q-sysmac, - q-sysother - -2010-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex: diddle with oztex and cmactex stuff in q-sysmac; - editorial in q-sysother - -2010-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add atari-cstex - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): various tidies in the various - q-sys* answers (removing the last of the description environments) - -2010-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): split out 4 sub-answers - (q-sys*) from q-TeXsystems, which then becomes (mostly) a list of - references - -2010-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add tex-gpc - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at windows, - incl commenting-out w32tex pending possible developments; amalgamate - "unix" and "linux" entries, and add tex-gpc - -2010-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): further iteration of windows - dists, removing w32tex (which i can't get to at all now) and rehashing - text around the miktex/tex live compare and contrast thing - - * faq-getit.tex (q-cd): redo text after thinking about the faq-texsys - stuff about windows - -2010-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textcurrency, \texteuro - - * faq.sty: add \etex - - * faq-intro.tex: qualify entry for scott pakin in list of the great and - good - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): correct ctanref for minted - -2010-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): chunk of work on miktex/ - texlive for windows. needs reviewing before release!!! - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \tex{} for TeX, similarly for - several other tex-variants - -2010-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add biber - - * faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): add ctanref to biber - -2010-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex: add subdocs to q-multidoc (feels dodgy as i write - the description...) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): semicolon at end of \hyperflat(!) - - * texfaq2html: load sanitize.pl not -beta! - -2010-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: create skeleton of collecting catalogue entries in ctanrefs - - * faq-adj-types.tex (q-replstdcls): editorial tidies - - * faq.sty: add \hyperflat as long-term replacement for \latexhtml - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \hyperflat - - * faq-intro.tex (list of contributors): add tomek - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add - blurb about standalone in q-multidoc - -2010-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add docmute, standalone - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add - docmute in q-multidoc - -2010-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add docmute, cat link for docmfp - -2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): retitle q-doc-wiki as - wiki _books_, bits of editorial - -2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexwords): typo corrected - -RELEASE 3.19d (2nd attempt) - -2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): editorial - in q-makeindex (including two separate texindex entries in list) - - * dirctan.tex: add catalogue link idxtex to glo+idxtex - -2010-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html, sanitize.pl: update - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): massive shambles in [lr]brace - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): - correct ref to shortvrb in ctanrefs of q-activechars, and tidy - verbatim stuff in 2nd para of answer - -2010-04-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add - example structures for combine and subfiles alternatives in q-multidoc - -2010-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): accommodate - luatex 0.60.0 in scribble about luatex - -2010-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.19d, today (to be revised ;-) - - * faq-intro.tex: omit unnecessary stuff in html mode (looks a bit bare - now, but ought to improve if/when i can sort out a css for the output) - -2010-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: minute delta-comment in list of helpers - - * faq-how-do-i.tex: correct typo in q-hyphoff - -2010-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex,faq-biblio.tex,faq-lab-ref.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex, - faq-symbols.tex,faq-mac-prog.tex,faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-wdidt.tex, - faq-jot-err.tex,faq-projects.tex (throughout): add individual cat - links for "distributed as part of" ctanrefs - -2010-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (Macros for using fonts): editorial on some rubbish in - q-fonts-pln - -2010-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (Page Layout): mention pdfcolparcolumns in - q-parallel - (throughout): add individual cat links for "as part of" ctanrefs - - * dirctan.tex: add minted - - * faq-adj-types.tex (Typesetting specialities): add minted in q-codelist - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add flatversion in the $ignoring - twiddling at the end - - * faq.sty: add flatversion env (== non-hyperversion) - -2010-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add vruler - - * filectan.tex: remove vruler - - * faq-adj-types.tex (Page Layout): editorial in q-parallel, add own cat - entry for pdfcolparallel - -2010-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fncylab, ifmtarg, import (hypernat was here already) - - * filectan.tex: remove fncylab, hypernat, ifmtarg, import - -2010-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex: epslatex one ref only, now, relying on catalogue - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref, etc.): generate per reference - catalogue entries if opt argument of \CTANref - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link for everypage - - * faq-texsys.tex: editorial to avoid multiple \ctanref per line - - * faq-graphics.tex: single reference to epslatex (doc from catalogue) - - * filectan.tex: remove epslatex_(ps|pdf) - - * dirctan.tex: add epslatex - - * faq.sty: have \CTANref check for following optional argument (and - ignore it) - - * faq-adj-types.tex: mention atbegshi in q-watermark - -2010-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add framed, verbdef (despite believing it already done!) - - * faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): qualify ctanref for - chapterbib in q-chapbib - -2010-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add threeparttable - correct directory for bigstrut (it's multirow) - - * filectan.tex: remove threeparttable - -2010-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): try to clear - ambiguity about \input in q-filesused - - * Makefile: make "index" opt come out in help - - * dirctan.tex: add framed, verbdef dirs - - * filectan.tex: removed framed, verbdef - -2010-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: remove excludeonly - - * dirctan.tex: add bigstrut, excludeonly - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): remark - about docs of tabls and bigstrut now not needed; bigstrut now has own - registered directory - -2010-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add tabls qua directory - - * filectan.tex: remove tabls - -2010-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - incompletely edited reference to \PBS in q-tabcellalign - -2010-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: add web-index target to updated (dir|file)ctan for when - ctan structure is changing - -2010-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): remove - mention of docs of dpfloat - - * faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Common errors}): use fix2col package - direct, rather than ref to carlisle bundle - - * filectan.tex: remove anonchap, bold-extra, braket, cancel, chngcntr, - dblfloatfix - - * dirctan.tex: add anonchap, bold-extra, braket, cancel, chngcntr, - fix2col, dblfloatfix - -2010-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add enrico - gregorio (help with q-seccntfmt) - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): redo - switching code in q-seccntfmt - -2010-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: convert (rather smaller number of) entities - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): convert all alphabetic entities to - numerical entities - -2010-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): rehash q-texfuture, as - suggested by karl berry - -2010-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): scrunge hyperversion - - * faq.sty: add a hyperversion env - - * dirctan.tex: add knuth-dist - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): split q-plaintex from - q-whattex (controversial?) - - * filectan.tex: add knuth-tds - -2010-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): add ctan link in q-etex - - * dirctan.tex: add etex - -2010-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: an even more abstruse grep command for registering - labels than was the old for registering question nos (do we really - need to convert + to space? are user-generated questions significant? - -- because if not there never will be "xxx + yyy") - -2010-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ulem "stand-alone" - - * filectan.tex: remove ulem - -2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): remove - superflous \expandafter in q-seccntfmt, and tidy text a bit - -2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): move - q-ovwtsym and q-long-outer to start of text - add q-detknize - -RELEASE 3.19c - -2010-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * mk-makefile: deal with CHANGES files - -2010-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct catalogue link for revtex - - * filectan.tex: remove capt-of, url - - * dirctan.tex: add capt-of, url - -2010-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): herbert voss's handy - "tips and tricks" has disappeared, leaving q-doc-dirs very thin - - * dirctan.tex: add dtl, dviasm - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): suggest dis/re- - assembling dvi files to get rid of am font refs in q-amfonts - -2010-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex,faq-fonts.tex,faq-getit.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex: use - mirrors.ctan.org where reasonable - - * dirctan.tex: add txfontsb - - * faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 fonts}): mention txfontsb - -2010-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: update version and date - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): brought -beta changes to mainstream - -2010-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: extend comment on the line making \faqinput work - when processing with latex - - * build-faqbody (gather_process): slightly refine the regexp that - was ignoring all lines beginning \let ;-) - -2010-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sub-luximono.sty: jiffy for when \not\exists luximono - - * faq.sty: provide for no luximono - -2010-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention google - scholar in q-buildbib - -2009-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add uwe lueck - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Getting things to fit}): correct the name - of the author of pictexwd (courtesy uwe lueck) - -2009-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention - luatex 0.50.0, and tidy up the paragraph, in q-luatex - -2009-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): change two - (different) uses of kpsewhich to find a variable to use -var-value - instead, in q-what-tds and q-privinst - -2009-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor edit of - q-archives - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): change - anchor for liang's thesis in q-hyphen - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): ctan link for auc-tex in q-dtx - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor edit of q-ecfonts - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): redo q-tds somewhat - -2009-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)Tex}) rehash - q-dvi and q-specials somewhat - - * dirctan.tex: typo in miktex - - * filectan.tex: remove pdftex-oztex (moved, but no longer used anyway), - and move both install-tl links down from 2008/ subdir - -2009-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-getit.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): reword q-nonfree to - reflect the actual disappearance of the nonfree tree - (section{Acquiring the Software}): update details of the tex collection - from the web site (in q-cd, of course) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): use official address for dante - search page, in q-findfiles - -2009-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy up - q-latex3 (used to ref unpackages) - - * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidy up miktex, and ref to - miktex under linux; removed commented non-386 nt refs - - * dirctan.tex: kill two non-intel miktex links, add miktex "plain" - -2009-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * gather-faqbody.tex: v3.19b, date - - * dirctan.tex: add threeparttablex - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): add threeparttablex, and - rewrite somewhat... - -2009-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): context is already - running on luatex (in q-context) - (section{The Background}): \luatex without {} in q-texfuture :-( - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \LuaTeX{} - -2009-12-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): rewrite blurb - around pdftex in intro of q-changebars - -2009-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add here.sty - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): add - here package to q-figurehere - -2009-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention mactex - default location for home texmf, in q-privinst - -2009-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): first attempt at - sorting out q-pdfpagelabels - -2009-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Things have gone away}): minor typo in - q-initex - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): work on - q-luatex to minimise hostages to fortune. (miktex 2.8 _wasn't_ - released with a luatex implementation, for example) - - * faq-intro.tex (section{Introduction}): explain what the visual faq is - about - -2009-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: add steve mayer to the grand old list - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct - link to mathtex - -2009-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add david jansen - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \ltxcounter - - * faq.sty: add command \ltxcounter - - * faq-jot-err.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove *two* - spurious \end{enumerate} from example code in q-errmissitem - -2009-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): orig - command copy missing (more than once) in q-patch - -2009-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex (subsection{Origins}): extend comment on joseph w - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): add - l3keys[2e] to discussion in q-keyval - -2009-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): remove ref - to and link to dir of keys3 - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): - remove mention of keys3 in q-keyval - - * filectan.tex: xtexcad off nonfree tree - - * dirctan.tex: add changepage directory - - * filectan.tex: remove changepage - -2009-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): treat typesetversion like - dviversion (which ought to be right...) - - * faq.sty: add environment typesetversion - - * dirctan.tex: add subdepth, remove qms, quicspool - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add q-subdepth - -2009-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change link for ams - "short math guide" - -2009-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): ref xetex - and luatex in q-adobetypen - - * faq-intro.tex (introduction): add a para at the end of the list of - "real" contributors, to point out that lots of people help without - realising i'm snapping up their words... - - * texfaq2html: use \end{introduction} to recognise end of intro copying - add code to read in catalogue details for files (oops) - - * texfaq2html-beta: use \end{introduction} to recognise end of intro - copying - - * dirctan.tex: various font-related catalogue entries (from psfchoice) - -2009-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - -RELEASE 3.19a - -2009-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.19a: new, for release - - * faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new q-emptynum - from add-general - - * Makefile ($(HTMLDIR)/index.html): add faqbody.tex to prereqs - -2009-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl: incorporate developments in -beta - - * texfaq2file: correct root addr (in reading archive.list) - -2009-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): add latex-make, - latex_maker and vpp discussion to q-make - - * dirctan.tex: add latex-make, latex_maker and vpp - -2009-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add texlive and - miktex maintainers to people it's not good to ask direct, in q-gethelp - -2009-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): append further - stuff to the last sentence of q-capbibtex - -2009-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): editorial in q-dolldoll - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): correct typo in q-2letterfontcmd - -2009-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Document structure}): remove caveat - about front- and backmatter in q-secthead - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): another - editorial hack at q-instt1font - -2009-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor editorial - in q-instt1font - -2009-08-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): hack viciously - at q-inst1cm, move it to end of section - - * Makefile (clean): remove faqbody.tex too - (<web copying rules>): correct variable names, correct dependencies - -2009-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): deal with - confusion at the start of q-instt1font (spotted by jos\'e carlos - santos, again...) - - * faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): tidy up - the shambles of q-ecfonts - -2009-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct three typos created while adding catalogue links - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): in - q-patch, extend discussion of ted package, change patchcmd - accordingly, and do a few editorial diddles - -2009-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention - font-change in q-fonts-pln - - * dirctan.tex: add font-change - -2009-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-intro.tex: add RIP note for Eitan Gurari ... much missed already - - * dirctan.tex: sort out a couple of catalogue links - - * check-ctan-lists: display missing cat entries - - * filectan.tex: add cat links - -2009-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove t1tidy,t1tools,t1utils,uktug,umddvi,umlaute, - ugaritic,umrand,unadobe,uncompressing,undump,unix,unpacked,untex,usl, - utthesis,va,vector,vector,vga2mf,vietnamese,vispeech,vm-cms,vplutils, - vrb,vslitex,vutex,w2latex,wasy2,webtoc,whatstex,williams,winw2ltx, - word2tex,word_tex,wsuipa,xetal,xypic -- cat links completed - -2009-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial in - q-maillists* - - * dirctan.tex: remove pstab, pxlgen, qfig, quicspool, ransom, - recycle, redit, reduce, relabel, review, rmit, rune, rweb, s2latex; - cat links to end r* - remove sanskrit,saiter,sbtex,schemetex,screenview,script,scripttex, - sisisi, slant,sml,softfonts,southarabian,spain,spelchek,spell, - spiderweb,srune,ssl,ssqqote,stmaryrd,subeqnarray,sueterlin,swebib, - swedish,sweet-tex,swiftex,syriac - cat links to end s* - remove tamil,tbe,tcd-manual,tde-macros,teencontrex,tek2eepic,telugu, - tengwar,tex--xet,tex-d-l,tex-implementors,tex-primer_vms-specific, - tex-surface,texcalc,texchord,texdraw,texed,texfilt,texgraph, - texi2roff,texix,texpert,texproc,text1,text2dvi,textool,textures, - textures_figs,texutils,texware,thai,tie,tiff,translit,tree,tsipa, - tspell,turing[+],turkish,twcal,tx1,typingtex - cat links to end t* - restore spiderweb,spain,swebib - - -2009-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-emptynum - containing an offcut from q-nopageno - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): further tidying of - q-nopageno, remove matter for q-emptynum - -2009-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): further tidying of - q-nopageno - -2009-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): amalgamate - q-nopageno and q-ps@empty (which talked about the same sorts of thing) - (subsection{Page layout}): change ref to \ps@empty in q-fancyhdr to - q-nopageno (not entirely reasonable just now, but we're getting there) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): new q-initex - -2009-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \dots->… (not ellipsis!) - -2009-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: cat links to end p* - -2009-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added lshort, more cat links (up to l* now) - - * filectan.tex: removed lshort (now in dirctan) - -2009-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add link to the - symbol classifier, in q-symbols - - * dirctan.tex: still more catalogue links - -2009-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: bunch of new catalogue links (no particular order) - - * texfaq2html-beta: deal with \CTANdirectory* and a cat link, and - \CTANfile ditto - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): generate refs for directories - -2009-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: catalogue links up to f* - -2009-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-support.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add link to - cygwin installation advice in q-xfigetc - - * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): typo - spotted by fran\c{c}ois charette in q-biblatex, and further editorial - work starting from another of his observations - -2009-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-biblio.tex (section{References from articles}): add warning about - citeref's problems with cite.sty in q-backref - -2009-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: cat linkparallels up to cm-super - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new - q-howfonts - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): correct one - instance of spelling of chngcntr in q-running-nos - -2009-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: get rid of optional args to \CTAN-(directory|file) - -2009-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-fonts.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): bluesky fonts from amsfonts in - q-getbitmap - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): remove "bluesky" - from name of q-inst1cm - - * dirctan.tex: remove bluesky stuff - -2009-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: alpha now back to main tree - - * faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): use amsfonts - - * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): ams and cm fonts - type 1 links both go to amsfonts now - - * dirctan.tex: add amsfonts-only link - - * faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe PS fonts}): replace refs to - ams-amstype1 - - * faq-symbols.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): all ams things are in - amsfonts now - - * dirctan.tex: added catalogue links up to babel - -2009-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: revert to oldstyle css, having experienced a - stronger yuck reaction to hufthammer's other suggestions - - * dirctan.tex: add cat link for footmisc - - * texfaq2html-beta: decode catalogue entry name (trailing [foo]) after - \CTANdirectory, non-starred versions only pro tem - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): add catalogue link if available - -2009-06-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit - of work on q-bgroup - -2009-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: try Steely style sheet for today... - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to a - "full" tug india latex guide on sarovar - -2009-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add css link to header of docs (Oldstyle) - - * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention hisrchhorn's - amslatex-primer in q-man-latex - (section{Documentation and Help}): comment about difficulty of reading - in q-ref-doc - -2009-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-graphics.tex (section{Graphics}): change title of q-impgraph - - * patchdates.tex: update patch version and date (was 2007...) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - answer q-bgroup - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): make \dots{} produce &ellipsis; - -2009-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct statements about - \textrm in q-mathstext (after enlightenment from Philipp Stephani...) - -2009-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * letterfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,newfaq.tex: use gather-faqbody in jf's - lovely \afterassignment\endinput\input line... - - * Makefile: include subdocuments.mk, add $(SUBDOCS) to BODY - - * subdocuments.mk: list of things gathered by gather-faqbody - -2009-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: use gather-faqbody - - * gather-faqbody.tex: new name for faqbody, as gutted (see below) - - * faq-intro.tex,faq-backgrnd.tex,faq-docs.tex,faq-bits+pieces.tex, - faq-getit.tex,faq-texsys.tex,faq-dvi.tex,faq-support.tex, - faq-litprog.tex,fmt-conv.tex,faq-install.tex,faq-fonts.tex, - faq-hyp+pdf.tex,faq-graphics.tex,faq-biblio.tex,faq-adj-types.tex, - faq-lab-ref.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex,faq-symbols.tex,faq-mac-prog.tex, - faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-wdidt.tex,faq-jot-err.tex,faq-projects.tex, - faq-the-end.tex: split out sections of faqbody.tex - - * faqbody.tex: split sections out into their own faq-*.tex, make - this predominantly a set of \faqinput commands - - * faq.sty: deal with LastEdit* - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): process \LastEdit* - - * faqbody.tex: adding \LastEdit to q-texorpdf,q-recovertex, - q-linmacnames,q-latexpronounce,q-logos,q-mcite,q-texthings - -2009-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (newfaq.aux): move label to linf of its own - - * Makefile.CTAN (CHANGES): do this properly (may need -new rather than - -replace) - - * dirctan.tex: add figflow - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add figflow - to q-textflow (at bnb's suggestion), and remove "in latex" qualifier - in question title - - * faq.sty: add \LastEdit (to gobble, pro tem at least) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \LastEdit - - * faqbody.tex: v3.19a, today - (paragraph{Modified tex executables}): a couple of typos spotted by - scott pakin in q-texthings, add experimental \LastEdit - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \ISBN .. \Newsgroup above - \section, etc., so that those things can be in section arguments - -2009-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): change worked for -beta, so here too - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): missing "/" found by bnb - -2009-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.19: final released version - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - - * Makefile.CTAN (CHANGES): muck about with installation of new file - - * locations.mk: add HTMLDIREL, define HTMLDIR in relation to it - - * Makefile (release): new target, generate pdfs and html tar file - -2009-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add collref; bring macros/blu, systems/msdos/e4t, - support/et, support/jpeg2ps, macros/scripttex from nonfree; junk - oztex-german (now obsolete), patches (nonsense) - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): rearrange q-mcite a - bit, and add collref to it - -2009-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: don't do .ps files any longer - - * Makefile: don't generate .ps files in "all", just pdf - - * sanitize.pl: up to date with -beta changes - - * texfaq2html: up to date with -beta changes - - * texfaq2html-beta: removed debugging statements (already commented) - -2009-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Background}): micro-editorial in q-latexpron... - -2009-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Background}): untangle logos in re. q-latexe, - and modify q-latexpronounce accordingly - (subsection{Odds and ends}): adjust q-logos to cope with non-bumpy text - such as we now use - - * faq.sty: add \latexe - -2009-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - q-linmacname from add-general - -2009-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): change - name of q-macronames to q-linmacnames, yet more editorial - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): editorial in q-recovertex - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-texorpdf from add-general - -2009-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit - of editorial on q-macronames - -2009-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \c{c} - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): revised q-xetex - from francois charette - (intro): add francois to list of acknowledgements - (first line): today's date - -2009-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): minor editorial on q-drawing - - * dirctan.tex: add epic - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add brief descriptions of pictex, - epic and eepic[emu] to q-drawing - -2009-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add first-latex-doc - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention first-latex-doc in - q-man-latex - -2009-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): new q-osf from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): refer - to q-whatmacros rather than spelling out the rules, in q-macronames - -2009-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): update link for textures in - q-commercial - (various places): minor editorial work - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): editorial on q-osf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct \href for - texcount,in q-wordcount - - * dirctan.tex: add asymptote - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): retitle q-xfig as - q-figetc, and mention asymptote in it (now it's on ctan!) - -2009-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): q-grffilenames from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): tidy q-grffilenames, correct - previous text about knuthian constraints on input file name format - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): moved q-whatmacros - from add-general *already* - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): q-wideflt from - add-general, too!! - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new "what - are macros" (q-whatmacros) - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new "wide figures and - tables" (q-wideflt) - (subsection{Odds and ends}): editorial on q-osf - -2009-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add miktex-portable - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention miktex-portable in - q-texsystems - -2009-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: tidy include/exclude comments; make introduction into a real - env - - * faqbody.tex (intro): simplify \nothtml code in introduction env - -2009-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (intro): v3.19, today - -2009-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet more - editorial on q-keyval - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par{} as <br/> - -2009-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet - another diddle of q-macronames ... just can't quite satisfy myself - about this thing - -2009-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): list macro - names for class/package options in xkeyval - -2009-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): mention - ifxetex and ifluatex in q-ifpdf - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet - more diddling with q-macronames - (subsection{\LaTeX{} macro tools and techniques}): wrap a terrible wide - line in an example in q-keyval - - * dirctan.tex: add texcount - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add ctan links for - (la)texcount and description of texcount in q-wordcount - -2009-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): minor - update of q-macronames on internal macros and why they work - -2009-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: psfig back on main tree; xypic link as catalogue, now; - xfig, xdvi and usergrps now browse-only; - remove arc521, arj, atob, binhex, boo, bsplit, checksum, comm, compact, - compress, filehdr, ftpd, ftpmail, hexbin, lharc, machdr, macunpack, - macutils, mcvert, mirror, mixed, parc, stuffit, tar, tex88, tex8fmts, - transname, unarj, unpack, unstuff, uue, uuencode, vtree, vtree-fix, - vvcode, xbin (tools/*); - remove two borceux subdirs -- diagram, user-guides - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - final(?) paragraphs of q-keyval - -2009-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - pgfkeys to q-keyval, and make a start on scrbase - - * dirctan.tex: add biblatex-contrib - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): update - q-biblatex and mention biber therein - -2009-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention setspaces - spaces and hyphens options of url.sty, in q-setURL - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): don't - use |$| in q-catcodes, since it confuses auctex's text colouring -- - \texttt{\$} instead - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): hack at q-macronames - after staring at it a bit - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): give - \textasciicircum a null argument in q-wholerow - -2009-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - xkeyval to q-keyval - - * faqbody.tex (rogue's gallery): add joseph wright and philipp stephani - in recognition of help on q-keyval answer - -2009-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - kvoptions and kvsetkeys to q-keyval - -2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): more - work on q-keyval - -2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new - q-keyval - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): editorial on - q-pdf-fig-chars following thanh's comment - -2009-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): new q-pdf-fig-chars from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): flesh out q-grffilenames - -2009-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): complete sentence that - previously ended "but" (no full stop!) in q-changemargin - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): further editorial - on q-pdf-fig-chars - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove the "complete set" link at bottom of search - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (PS) fonts}): editorial on cm - bright in T1 (now a bit less pompous, i hope) - -2009-04-12 (small hours) Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new - q-pdf-fig-chars at thanh's request - -2009-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): improvements to - q-luatex from manuel pegourie-gonnard - (intro): add mpg to list of names - -2009-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial on - q-mfptutorials - (section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial on q-nonfree - - * dirctan.tex: add latex-tds - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention heiko's - source2e in q-writecls - - * filectan.tex: add latexcheat - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add bullet item about - figures in q-askquestion - (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial on q-man-latex, - q-typo-style - (section{Documentation and Help}): correct link for pgf/tikz examples - in q-tutbitslatex - (section{Documentation and Help}): add cheat sheet in q-ref-doc - -2009-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (paragraph{TeX distributions}): editorial work on - q-texthings, q-plainvltx, q-amspkg, q-eplain, q-texfuture - (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial work on q-wherefaq, - q-gethelp, q-maillists* - -2009-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): add link to - liang's thesis in q-hyphen - -2009-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add sentence to the end of - first para of q-whattex; hack away at q-whatpdftex - - * dirctan.tex: delete preview-latex & fptex, make auctex browse only - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): preview-latex - now part of auctex, in q-wygexpts - - * dirctan.tex: remove ghostview, move plnfss up one and remove * - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): further iteration, - now checked in all 3 formats - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): ghostview now an unprogram in q-acrobat - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): replace ghostview with gv - - * Makefile (web,web-beta): correct shell syntax of yesterday's patch(!) - -2009-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): further iteration - - * Makefile (update web files): deal with case that file doesn't exist - -2009-03-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): get rid of a link- - without-visible-anchor in the pdf, generally tidy - -2009-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): stupid error in sub of \wideonly - - * texfaq2file: various errors thrown up by -w ... so remove -w - -2009-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): - - * texfaq2file: restore list of protocols and hosts (since they're used) - ... but don't overdo it ... this lot is a mess and needs tidying - - * label-to-file.pl: the list of file names corresponding to q labels - - * texfaq2file+texfaq2html-beta: use label-to-file.pl in place of list - in file - -2009-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add compactbib - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention compactbib in - q-compactbib (where else? ;-) - -2009-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: rename bibtex-doc-pdf to bibtex-doc (overwriting old - one) so that link takes you to something readable - - * faqbody.tex: 3.18b, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): make bibtex docs link just - bibtex-doc -- see dirctan change - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): ditto in q-custbib - -2009-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * check-ctan-lists: check status of directory .zip files ... - - * dirctan.tex: bunch of anomalies shown up by latest version of scanner - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): suppress .tar.gz link - - * texfaq2html-beta: sort lists of matching answers numerically, at last - (initialisation): close CTANFILES and CTANDIR after reading them... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): more twiddling - with q-xetex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ditto q-luatex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ditto q-omegaleph (more - downbeat still than previously :-( - (section{Symbols, etc.}): add q-usesymb from add-general - -2009-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols, etc.}): add initial body for - q-usesymb - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention miktex-for-linux in - q-texsystems - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): more hacking at q-luatex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): rearrange q-omegaleph, - q-xetex, q-luatex, q-ant, q-extex into that order - -2009-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): more fiddling - with latex project answer - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mimetex now superseded by - mathtex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): don't compare ant to nts, - since we no longer mention nts ;-) - (section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): hack at q-luatex - - * dirctan.tex: add keys3, numparse3 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): reword q-fmtconv as - suggested by jose carlos santos - - * dirctan.tex: add yagusylo - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols, etc.}): skeleton q-usesymb - -2009-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): try to clarify text of q-ftncapt - in re. complaint on c.t.t - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): tidy up talk about etex.sty in - q-noroom, and mention \reserveinserts - -2009-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add blackboard - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo q-numbersets, mention - blackboard doc - -2009-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add urw-base35, remove plain urw - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo refs to urw chancery, add - link to URW base35, in q-scriptfonts - -2009-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy wording about tbt - in q-books - -2009-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typo in q-editors - -2009-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slightly less frivolity, in - pursuit of better comprehensibility, among the unix editors - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \texshop{}, \texworks{}; - reorganise the list of "programs" for ease of editing - - * faq.sty: define \texshop, \texworks - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add a wildcard entry to the list - for texworks, in q-editors - -2009-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): micro- - typo in q-patch - -2009-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add expl3, xpackages - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): update q-latex3 - -2009-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-texthings, from - add-general - -2009-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add q-texorpdf - -2009-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): revise view of the - wiki books (which seem to have improved a lot) - -2009-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: correct period positioning after previous mod - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): chappg documented - "normally" now in q-pagebychap - (subsection{Document structure}): remove q-outszwrng - (subsection{Document structure}): merge (and condense) list from old - q-outszwrng into q-acroantics - - -2009-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): exptl translation for \paragraph - - * faq.sty: redefine \paragraph, too - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more - minor diddling with q-macronames - (subsection{The Background}): similar for q-texthings - -2009-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): rewrite warning about - programming zoonekynd's stuff, in q-secthead - -2009-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add revised tth ;-) - - * filectan.tex: remove tth - -2009-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): tidy up following - obsoleting of numline, in q-linenos - - * dirctan.tex: remove rsfs-type1 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): rsfs type 1 now part of base - distribution in q-scriptfonts - - * filectan.tex: numline now in obsolete - -2008-12-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): editorial on list of - enhanced tex engines - -2008-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): add - q-macronames from scott pakin - (subsection{The Background}): add q-texthings from scott pakin - -2008-12-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typo in q-graphicspath spotted by - jim diamond - -2008-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor tidy of q-tds-zip - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): clear up gross \qref error in - q-inst-tds-zip, and tidy up rest of question - -2008-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention tl network install, tl - and miktex package net update - - * filectan.tex: add texlive-unix, texlive-windows - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): a bit of - rewording of the presumed prospects for omega 2 - -2008-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex ([throughout]): minor edits for untidinesses spotted by - karl berry - -2008-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor ed of q-eps - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): added q-grffilenames - (initial stab ... not even complete in itself) - -2008-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: as -beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: add home link at end of answer, after next/prev - links if present - -2008-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - invocation of topcapt package in q-destable - -2008-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): try to refer to dvipdfmx in parallel - in q-dvipdfmgraphics - -2008-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ptr to emory - latex2e ref in q-ref-doc - -2008-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (dist): new target for manual pegouri\'e-gonnard - -2008-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention lulu version - of tbt, both in q-ol-books and q-books - -2008-08-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add varisize - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention varisize in - q-fonts-pln - -2008-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): deprecate - dropping, rewrite descr of lettrine appropriately - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention perpage's - \MakeSorted in q-figurehere - -2008-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): store - a copy of donald a's \moverlay in q-ovwtsym, for future reference - -2008-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add addlines - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention eplain as a plain route to - to loading graphics in q-impgraph (per kb's suggestion) - (subsection{Page layout}): mention addlines in q-chngmargonfly - -2008-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \htmlentity to deal with - q-dropping guillemet problem - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): use \htmlentity - in \latexhtml (guillemets) in q-dropping - -2008-07-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove chngpage from - q-marginpkgs - - * filectan.tex: chngpage->changepage; remove pdftex - - * dirctan.tex: add mciteplus, pdftex, record move of aro-bend - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention mciteplus in - q-mcite - -2008-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: ruthless stamping on problems produces a use full output - -2008-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: more minor adjustments - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): now a real (unnumbered) section - -2008-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: include comment introduction - - * faqbody.tex: put environment introduction around introduction - -2008-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: minor tidies, use index.html for intro, pro tem - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): editorial in q-verbwithin - -2008-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: correct repeated-code subroutine from 19th - (print_intro_para, etc): attempt to sort out coherent "whole path" - -2008-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: some tidying of repeated code, clarification of - logic of the code -- lots more still to do... - -2008-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): discuss - \ifpatchable in the bit about etoolbox in q-patch - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): brief scribble about how lua - operates inside tex, in q-luatex - -2008-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention zref/perpage in - q-footnpp - -2008-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{MetaFont fonts}): more modernisation of - q-usemf (no longer mentions virmf, for example) - -2008-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: major upheavals: beginning to show signs of - working in the various parts separately - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy text of - both q-thesis and q-journalpaper - (subsection{MetaFont fonts}): tidy up q-usemf (though whether to keep - it at all remains a matter of debate) - -2008-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add plastex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add plastex to - q-latex2html - -2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): enumerate the - complete set of memoir document sizes in q-extsizes - -2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: add target inst-perl-gamma (just texfaq2html-gamma) - - * texfaq2html-gamma: add description meta element to start_html - - * texfaq2html-beta: added a description meta element - - * texfaq2html-gamma: comment out setting of $seclevel hash, since it's - not used and therefore logging errors - -2008-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): miktex already - has xetex ('cos it's got to 2.7 already) - -2008-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: delete FAQ-html.tar.gz in "clean" - -2008-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): make clear we're talking about latex - packages in re. the comp. list in q-symbols - -2008-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: add inst-miktex* to label_to_file (per mpg); - correct generation of links from index.html (per jonathan k) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.18a, today - (subsection{Lists}): add mention of expdlist in q-interruptlist - - **FAQ-html.tar.gz patched on archive** - -2008-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, for release - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): correct typo in q-dtx - wideversion - - **RELEASE** - -2008-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: carried -beta modifications forward - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): carried -beta modifications forward - -2008-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy descr - of patch.doc in q-patch, and mention ted and etoolbox - -2008-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (head): today's date - (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite of some of q-tds-zip - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): discuss luatex schedule for - distribution, and firm up demise of pdftex devel, in q-luatex - (section{Acquiring the Software}): \Qref* to q-psfchoice in link - in q-findfont (rather weird without the * ;-) - -2008-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): new q-tds-zip - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to q-tds-zip in - q-inst-tds-zip - -2008-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reorganise to make - the text flow slightly more coherently in q-install-find - - * dirctan.tex: add winedt (browse only) - - * filectan.tex: add mathsurvey.(pdf|html), remove winedt - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention - Hartke's survey in q-psfchoice, add ctanref to it - -2008-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention - the tex font catalogue in q-psfchoice - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (PostScript) fonts}): add links to the - catalogue for fonts we _do_ list, in q-psfchoice - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial on q-instmffont - -2008-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): recognise "\textbackslash "; - (hopefully) throughout routine, escape semicolons in substitution text - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): diddle endlessly - with q-what-tds to get \textbackslash to work - (throughout): \textbackslash{} -> "\textbackslash " (dunno why) - -2008-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): mention none option of - hyphenat package in q-hyphoff, and point out it's incompatible with - babel - - * texfaq2html-beta: correct typo in no-mod branch of translation of - question labels - -2008-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): rearrange (and do a - smidgeon of editing while we're at it) q-install-find - -2008-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): change initexmf -u - to --update-fndb (official version) in q-inst-wlcf - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up q-what-tds (last of - proof-reading stuff?) - -2008-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): proof-reading work - on q-installthings, q-install-find, q-install-unpack - -2008-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove papersize* from label_to_file - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove old q-papersize, rename - q-papersize* as q-papersize - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): oops -- had missed the \Question - command of q-instt1font - (header) version 3.18, today - -2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): hack some more at - q-instt1font, and split q-prept1font from the front of it - -2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): major hacking of - q-instt1font, with a view to splitting it in two - -2008-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: require aliasfile.list, use its hash to update - input labels - - * faq.sty: write aliasquestion.list as a perl module creating a hash - -2008-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (targets web and web-beta): add aliasquestion.list to the - files copied - - * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add inst-miktex* to label_to_file - hash - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): in q-mathtime - change ref to q-inst-miktex to q-inst-miktex* (even though mathtime - question has now presumably timed out) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing \AllTeX{} files}): add questions - q-inst-scut, q-inst-miktex* and q-inst-tds-zip (from add-general) - in place of q-inst-miktex - -2008-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \AliasQuestion (ignored) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial in - q-pkgdoc - -2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add body to - q-inst-tds-zip - - * Makefile (target clean): add aliasquestion.list - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): editorial tidies - in q-pk and q-tfm - -2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor edit of - q-inst-miktex* - -2008-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias - instpackages (for installthings) and wherefiles (for inst-wlcf) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias for - q-inst-scut, for testing purposes - - * faq.sty: add \AliasQuestion and supporting mechanisms - -2008-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems errors}): tidy q-endingroup markup - -2008-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): stupid typo spotted by - keith briggs, in q-changebars - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \texlive, again - - * faq.sty: \texlive according to karl b - -2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the english - and the markup of q-install-unpack, a bit - -2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.17-3, today; add ernst to list of helpers - (subsection{Footnotes}): clarify text around mdw's packages in - q-footintab - -2008-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention textures on osx - -2008-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct tug box search - address in q-findfiles - -2008-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct dvitype, moved as part of texware (v.i.) - - * dirctan.tex: correct errata, tex--xet, texware and web (knuth-isms - moved); add vc - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add vc to q-rcs and - make various minor adjustments to accommodate it - (header) today's date, add hennig to list of contributors - -2008-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): mention tex4ht as a route - to word format in q-fmtconv; re-sort list to make it more reasonable - for today's use - (header) v3.17-2, today - -2008-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct committee font, lgrind and mfware; add ziffer - - * filectan.tex: add changepage, remove ziffer, correct figsinltx - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): the - letterspace package is no more so change description to microtype - in q-letterspace - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention changepage in q-oddpage, - (subsection{Page layout}): mention changepage in q-chngmargonfly - -2008-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2html-gamma: add papersize* to label mapping - list - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): comment out q-papersize, add - q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom from add-general - -2008-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate - -2008-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): rearrange recommendations in - q-footnpp - -2008-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tfti is gnu _free_ - documentation licence, in q-ol-books - -2008-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct usage of \bsbs - -2008-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): tidy text in q-acroantics - so the italic of \ProgName doesn't get confused with emphasis - (subsection{Odds and ends}): minor edit of q-osf - -2008-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add memoir section to - q-papergeom - -2008-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): more diddling with - q-papergeom - -2008-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): replacement for - q-papersize (3 qs: q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom) - -2008-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \plaintex{} - - * faq.sty: add \plaintex{} - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): lots of diddling of - q-papersize - (throughout) [Pp]lain[ ~]\TeX{} -> \plaintex{} - -2008-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): muck about with % (which fools - sanitize) in q-papersize quoted material about acrobat - (subsection{Page layout}): more hacking at this, trying to make it read - as if written by a human being - -2008-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change url for - nicola's latex for novices, in q-man-latex - -2008-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-pdf-encr - -2008-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (intro): add william ingram - -2008-01-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: * def of crosstex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): lots of hacking - at q-biblatex - -2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): micro-change to q-etex - -2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a word of caution about about - bmeps bitmap patch for dvips, in q-dvipsgraphics - -2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add crosstex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention crosstex - in q-biblatex - -2008-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): dealing with p.m. de f. forster - in q-bibtranscinit - -2007-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add preview, remove ps4mf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): update text around pstricks in - q-drawing (the question may need more root-and-branch attention) - -2007-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdfcolparallel in - q-parallel - -2007-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add miktex-usb - - * add-general.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add q-onna-stick - -2007-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet - more mucking with q-long-outer (mostly trimming narrowversion lines) - - * Makefile (clean): add htmltex/* for cleaning - -2007-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more- - or less finished q-long-outer - -2007-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textasciicircum{} - - * dirctan.tex: add picins - - * filectan.tex: remove picins - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): heroic attack - on command skeletons in q-textflow - (throughout): lots of hacking to get rid of |...| verbatims - - * faq.sty: \cmdinvoke accepts parenthesised arguments - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): tidy narrow/wide interaction in - basic mf commands in q-usemf - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): get rid of inline verb in - q-bibaccent, and merge html and non-html versions - -2007-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - q-long-outer - - * faqbody.tex (throughout (remaining)): spell-checked - (section{Symbols, etc.}): minor editorial on q-underscore - -2007-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout first ~50%): spell-checked - -2007-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add auto-pst-pdf (yet to be installed, but...) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention (auto-)pst-pdf in q-labelfig - -2007-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace - "places to look for are" (!) with "candidates are" in q-protect - -2007-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: add john harper to preamble list of helpers - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet another rehash - of q-protect, following further input from john harper - -2007-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pkfix-helper - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): changed name of q-theoremfmt, - minor editorial work - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pkfix-helper in q-pkfix - -2007-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fontspec - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy, ref fontspec pkg - in re. xetex use of fancy otf features, in q-osf - -2007-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (heading); today's date, add david kraus - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct bug spotted by - david kraus, in q-tocbibind; also add example of koma options - -2007-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): more work on q-osf - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): update norman - gray's link, add nicola talbot's and rob clark's, and expand all the - other links in q-poster - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): remove assertions about matt - swift's doc-tex stuff in q-dtx -- auctex now does the job, says dak; - tidy tortuous ref to both q-mf and q-mp, now to work for narrow and - wide versions rather than \latexhtml - -2007-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (head): v3.17-1, today - (subsection{Document structure}): remove incorrect note about fncychap - docs in q-secthead (they're quite standard now) - -2007-11-08 [Released as 3.17] - -2007-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): extend reference to - nlct's tutorials page in q-man-latex - - * faq.sty: change pdfpagemode to UseNone (but mailing ho for assurance) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): typo in q-pk - -2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update german minimal - example link - -2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.17, today - - * sanitize.pl,texfaq2html: bring forward changes from -beta - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): ensure all \dots have empty arg - -2007-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add xargs, xkeyval - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): discuss - xargs in q-twooptarg - -2007-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): reword - q-empty for clarity - -2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): editorial diddles - with q-dvi-bmp - - * dirctan.tex: restore dviljk; pretend ghostscript is on free tree - (it will be, it will); make gv browse-only - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial work in q-editors - (section{TeX Systems}): two minor changes in q-commercial - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): dviljk has reappeared - -2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): link to latest unsatisfactory - source for xemtex - (section{TeX Systems}): elide the mail address from atari listing in - q-texsystems - - * filectan.tex: remove the protext entry (moved to dirctan for - symmetry reasons...) - - * dirctan.tex: * the mactex entry, add protext - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): rehash q-findfont - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention ctan copies in q-cd - -2007-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new link for troy - henderson's previewer in q-mfptutorials - (section{Documentation and Help}): and delete link to the metafun - tutorial, which seems to have vanished from the web :-( - (intro): today's date, add troy henderson - -2007-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): ref new askinclude in - q-conditional - (section{Acquiring the Software}): micro-edit of q-uploads - - * filectan.tex: remove askinclude - -2007-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): update mtpro stuff for - mtpro2, incl providing working web link - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par (one instance only!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): add link to catalogue - set of licences in q-nonfree (rms' suggestion) - - * filectan.tex: add cat-licences - - * dirctan.tex: add kpfonts, minionpro, mnsymbol - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add kpfonts and - minionpro/mnsymbol - -2007-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fouriernc - - * faqbody.tex (subsection*{Origins}): extend the list to members of the - committee, thus reducing the confusion (in my mind) about who is/was - and who isn't/wasn't - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add web location for berthold horn's - paper, add thierry bouche, similarly, in q-psfchoice - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add fouriernc to list; add fontsite - garamond to the list of mathdesign fonts, in q-psfchoice - -2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): edit q-uploads - -2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \xxx|...| forms of - \ProgName, \FontName, \Package, \Class, \Email, \mailto, \File and - \Newsgroup - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove last two - instances of \ProgName|...|, in q-8000 - (throughout): remove last three instances of \Email|...| - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): implement \ISBN* - - * faq.sty: add \ISBN* (2 args) version, for ISBN10+ISBN13 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): use \ISBN* for tlc2 - and tlgc2 (latter newly converted from original tlgc entry) - -2007-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): bits of editorial - work in q-adobetypen, q-resolns, q-fontname - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention mirror.ctan.org in - q-archives - -2007-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): hack at q-dtx - (have asked dak about dtx in emacs...) - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial on q-whatenc and - q-ecfonts - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): work on q-eps - -2007-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-special - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial to q-hyphen - -2007-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): bit - more work on q-printvar - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet more - twiddling with q-protect - -2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): lots of hacking of - q-virtualfonts - -2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new - q-printvar contributed by gernot hassenpflug - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change to - q-protect developed from john harper's contribution - intro: v3.16z-4, today; add john harper to list of helpers - -2007-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texbytopic - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): tidy up alternatives at the - end of q-hyphoff - (subsection{Hyphenation}): mention \uchyph in q-wdnohyph - (section{Documentation and Help}): tex by topic now ctan in q-ol-books - -2007-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove latexhtml around - thanh's full name in q-whatpdftex - (section{The Background}): link to q-latextoplain from q-latexandplain - (section{The Background}): tidy up references to other projects, - add luatex in q-texfuture - (section{The Background}): replace last para of q-readtex - (section{The Background}): add \href to tug's web site in q-tug* - (section{The Background}): correct a couple of \luatex (capitalised) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add def of \The (for thanh) - -2007-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add autolatex - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): refer to makefile question in - q-editors, rather than just mentioning latexmk (not the only thing - wrong with that answer) - (subsection{Document management}): mention autolatex in q-make - -2007-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): sanity - adjustment in q-flushboth ("latest version" was 2003) - -2007-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-biblatex from - add-general - (section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): minor edit to q-luatex - - * dirctan.tex: amsrefs now on m/l/c - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): declare - that amsrefs is currently supported; while this seems true (as a - phenomenon) i wonder whether it's a good thing to rely on... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): diddle with - q-xetex - -2007-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dir excel2latex - - * filectan.tex: remove the .zip distro of excel2latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reword text about - readme files in q-install-unpack - -2007-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct references to new installation qs - -2007-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16z-1, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): bunch of answers from add-general, - replacing most of the section - -2007-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): "carefule" corrected ;-) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): lots of work - on q-what-tds and q-install-where, to clarify what's going on - -2007-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more emphasis on ctan - supply of documentation, in q-gethelp - (subsection{Document management}): a bit extra on changes.sty in - q-changebar (whole question needs reviewing) - (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan supply of docs, again, in - q-man-latex - -2007-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode - and q-checksum from add-general - -2007-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): updated uk address for sciword - -2007-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add a warning about - mailing inappropriate people in q-gethelp - (section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): the project is latex, not - latex3 -- correct some of the text of q-latex3 - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): mention the use of - \phantomsection in q-tocbibind - - * dirctan.tex: amslatex-primer moved to info/amslatex/primer, now - -2007-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): add ref to mathpazo on - ctan, in q-osf - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - q-figurehere from add-general - -2007-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of AllTeX}): restored "\" to - "acro" in q-virtualfonts - -2007-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in - q-struttab, spotted by karl b - -2007-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): extend typo examples, - and tidy coding, in q-altabcr - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): rationalise, reduce range - of overlapping recommendations in q-tabcellalign - -2007-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cmolddig, eco - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): write - more on biblatex in q-biblatex - (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention vf access in q-osf - -2007-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): first - stab at new q-biblatex - - * dirctan.tex: add biblatex and amsrefs; remove dvi2xx and dvilj4, - correct lollipop - -2007-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial tidies of - q-writecls, mention clsguide.pdf - -2007-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-17, today; add axel sommerfeldt to list - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add further text in q-hyperdupdest, - as suggested by axel sommerfeldt - -2007-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-osf - -2007-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v 3-16c-15, today; mention neto's input on numprint in - list of helpers - - * dirctan.tex: add numprint - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention numprint - in q-dec_comma - -2007-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texlive - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add details of a mactex mailing - list in q-texsystems - -2007-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention fragility of \url in - q-verbwithin - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lack of robustness in - q-seturl, and explain use of \urldef to deal with the problem - -2007-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: yet another small typo (in the fail branch, this time) - - * filectan.tex: add mil-short (gratzer's offering) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add gratzer's short - course to q-man-latex - -2007-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial correction - of q-optionclash - -2007-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: check for etex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add some - actual text to q-inst-tidy and q-what-tds - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode - -2007-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial - in q-install-where and q-inst-wlcf - - * dirctan.tex: correct fptex link (even though nothing now uses it...) - -2007-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): flynn's classes.dtx - article now rev., in tub (q-writecls) - -2007-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop in mactex distr, - in q-editors - (section{TeX Systems}): deal with oztex and cmactex's relation to os/x - (so far as i understand what's going on) in q-texsystems - -2007-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): complete - and clarify q-ovwtsym - -2007-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \xetex - - * faq.sty: add \xetex - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-15, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): xetex is available in texlive - and will be in miktex 2.7, mention bidi capabilities in q-xetex - -2007-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): extend and make less - abrupt the stuff of q-latextoplain - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): trying to bed - this set of answers down -- work on several of the questions - -2007-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-14, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): attempt to clarify q-minxampl - -2007-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy the two - references to nicola talbot in q-man-latex - -2007-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-13, today - (subsection{Metafont fonts}): hack at q-getbitmap to hint that bitmap - fonts aren't really the world's prime concern any more - -2007-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): list zref's options - in q-nameref - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): correct error in q-errmissitem - (inserted yesterday at home :-( ) - -2007-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): discuss lists inside - tables, in q-errmissitem - -2007-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): miktex stuff - given a bit of a going-over in q-install-where (plus a few - consequential changes - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textbackslash{} - -2007-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand details of enumitem in - q-complist - -2007-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand on enumitem stuff in - q-interruptlist (it _does_ allow nested interruptions ... sort of - -2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-12, today - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-latexqual from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref from add-general - -2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention that eplain - doesn't do font selection in q-fonts-pln - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): editorial on q-atsigns - -2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: use &[lr][sd]quo; in decorating text - - * dirctan.tex: add pdcmac - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention pdcmac in - q-fonts-pln - -2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: correct path to cgi, tidy - -2007-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: escape characters in keyword strings - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \extension - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention grffile package - in q-unkgrfextn - - * faq.sty: add \extension command - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-11, today - -2007-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: redo decoding of % in code reading switches - - * faq.sty: correct typo - -2007-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add pictex(!) and texlive - - * faq.sty: add def of \texlive - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-10, today - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add a pointer to context - resources in q-slidecls - (throughout): typeset variants of texlive -> \texlive{} - -2007-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove tetex-beta, tetex to point at obsolete/ tree - - * filectan.tex: add bibtex-faq - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention ar scaling issues in - q-papersize, and tidy rest of text, too - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove unnecessary conditionals in - q-gethelp - (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy q-bibtexing, add reference to - btxfaq - -2007-04-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (inst-perl[-beta]): everything on standard web server, use - cp -p instead of copy -t, adjust help - -2007-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16c-9, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite answer q-ftnsect - (section{TeX Systems}): update bluesky information in q-commercial - -2007-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): stick some - text in q-install-doc - -2007-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further - clarification of options in q-install-find - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): flesh out answer - q-install-unpack, elaborating on what appears in q-dtx - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-install-doc placeholder - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-8, today - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up refs to ltxtable in - q-fixwidtab - -2007-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: add patch option to \documentclass - - * faq.cls: deal with option patch, produce different page footer if so - -2007-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention bigfoot in q-multfoot - -2007-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct - \dots (with no {}) in q-ltxabbrv - -2007-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-7; remove all references to package web2c - -2007-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove web2c, web2c* - - * filectan.tex: remove unixtex.ftp, correct protext - -2007-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tops-20 ftp link regularised - (section{Acquiring the Software}): redo description of ctan sites, - with alternative versions for hyper (wide) and non-hyper (narrow) - version in q-archives - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \FTP to accept braced args only - -2007-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at q-texsystems - -2007-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today - (throughout): remove traces of tetex, and rewrite as necessary - -2007-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): redo q-cd to talk - about the tex collection, rather than just tex live - (section{TeX Systems}): work (so far) on unix, linux and win32 - (win32 contains a line of "+++..." to follow on with) - -2007-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-5, today - (section{The Background}): 2^16->2^15 in q-etex (!) - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): replace q-newfont with q-newfont* from - add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace q-plninltx with - q-plninltx* from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-fontsize from add-general - (subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos from add-general - -2007-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: attempts at introducing some sanity into the - search code; notably unsuccessful, to date - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): proof-reading - corrections in q-run-fn-nos, q-newfont*, q-plninltx* and q-fontsize - -2007-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: as for texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-gamma: as for texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: add new *-names to %label_to_file - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize, - q-plninltx* and q-newfont* (three questions from the old 2 non-*) - -2007-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.16d: revised q-running-nos - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): restore - commented-out hack above q-ltxabbrv; it's not clever and it's not - pretty, but the printed output is less awful than without the hack - -2007-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): recommend chngctr - first, the two fragment alternatives second in q-running-nos - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos - -2007-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: modest doodling - -2007-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): odd tinkering - with answers in this section -- needs concerted attack - -2007-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize, to meld - with (new) q-plninltx* and q-newfont* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): make mention of - lua itself in q-luatex into a hyperref - -2007-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \LuaTeX - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-4, today - (section{The Background}): rewrite of q-context from Aditya Mahajan - (intro): Aditya Mahajan in list of helpers - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy luatex thing a bit, add - link to luatex.org site - -2007-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct typo in q-limits - (introduced, but change not documented, on 2007-01-30) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref - -2007-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Mathematics}): more detail about "ad hoc" operators in - q-newfunction - -2007-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Introduction}): make links to pdf copies \CTANhref - -2007-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add changes - remove nonfree from bakoma-tex, dvi2tty, foiltex - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Document management}): mention changes pkg in q-changebars - -2007-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: list listbib and biblist - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): mention listbib and - biblist in q-nocite* - -2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: input additions (!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct ctan ref for - pictex-summary - -2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-3, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention microtype's - letterspace.sty in q-letterspace - -2007-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * patchdates.tex: pl4.14, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-checksum - -2006-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pictex-summary - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-2, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): pictex summary in q-docpictex - -2006-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct text about - ispell vs. aspell - -2006-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - *** released *** - - * Makefile ($(WEB_BETA)*): use cp rather than copy (!) - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \narrowonly, \wideonly - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-1, today (for release) - -2006-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * letterfaq.tex: do the single column trick here too, for letterfaq.pdf - -2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (everything up to section{Graphics}): use \Qref* when - appropriate, using \narrowonly, \wideonly as necessary - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \narrowonly, \wideonly - - * faq.sty: define \narrowonly, \wideonly - -2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): major edits to q-acrobat, - following cogent comments from karl berry - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): liberal use of \qref* makes q-dvips-pdf - more nearly comprehensible, when read as pdf - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipdfmx, gv - - * newfaq-patch.tex: make pdf output single column, as in newfaq.tex - -2006-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c - - * faq.sty: bludgeon \CTANhref in pdf mode - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-6, today - (subsection{Document structure}): put titlesec and sectsty into - different paras, offer rationale for choice om q-secthead - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): mention \@dblarg in - q-oarglikesect - -2006-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: shiny new *longer* path for btxmac - -2006-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct typos in - ctanrefs in q-music - -2006-12-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct reed.edu link, - thanks to barbara b - -2006-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make an itemised - list of alternative styles in q-citeurl, add babelbib to list - -2006-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add two more - examples in q-bibprefixsort - -2006-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-5, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): reference kmf's page about pgf/tikz - -2006-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-4, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): \linestretch -> - \linespread (per ulrike fischer) in q-linespace - -2006-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): correct sciword uk phone nos in - q-commercial - -2006-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add everypage and draftwatermark; correct wd2latex, - remove wasy and xymtex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention draftwatermark (and - its everypage) in q-watermark - -2006-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): ctan ref for mptopdf - in q-mpprologues - - * dirctan.tex: add pdftex-graphics - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention "h" response - in q-optionclash - -2006-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - q-figurehere - -2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (preamble): today's date; input archive.cfg regardless of - whether we're using pdf - - * faq.sty: yet more baroquery towards \CTANhref - -2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): ref to vis faq in "how to use" - - * faq.sty: new command \CTANhref works for dvi version so far; - no longer requires \Status for pdf working, uses ifpdf pkg instead; - a fair bit of more minor tidying - -2006-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): example - code in {quote} in q-vertspacefloat and q-mcfloat - -2006-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention the - case of multirow-multicolumn in q-multirow - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new q-isdef from - add-general - -2006-11-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \cmdinvoke{c}{arg1}{arg2} - sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): -beta works, so correct here too - -06-11-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): bunch - of editorials in q-isdef - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy narrow layout of - example, add wide version and hack at words a bit in q-ovwtsym - -2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros}): \csx{relax} in place of - \relax(!) in q-isdef - - * dirctan.tex: add pspicture - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct ctan ref for pspicture - -2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.16b-3 - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): dot \makeat* liberally around - examples in q-running-nos - -2006-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): draftcopy doesn't work with - pdflatex (in q-watermark) - -2006-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16b-2, date now iso format (with hyphens) - - * patchdates.tex: pl4.13, date now iso format (with hyphens) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): new - q-ovwtsym from a post by enrico gregorio (latest instance of an - oft-repeated answer) - -2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@pb000.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: basis of mechanism to install CHANGES files - -2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: sigh...merge in intro patch from texfaq2html-beta - - * dirctan.tex: add figflow - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add figflow for plain, tidy - some of the ghastly verbatim in q-textflow - -2006-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.16b-1, today - (section{Format conversions}): correct address for stil, in q-sgml2tex - -2006-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b, today - -2006-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{``Generic'' macros and techniques}): new - q-isdef - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx before text shape - changing commands, so we can have emphasised control seqq - -2006-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): misspelling of - corrollary (over and over again) in q-addtoreset - -2006-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reference testflow in - q-dvips-pdf - (section{Documentation and Help}): link to q-dvips-pdf in tutbitslatex - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): trivial editorials in q-acrobat - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove caveat about epslatex in - q-tutbitslatex - -2006-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-6, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add the word "minimal" (to assist - searching - suggestion from brooks moses) and tidy q-minxampl a bit - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-optionclash from add-general - -2006-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - nicola talbot's experimental jpgfdraw in q-poster - -2006-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite q-texinfo - -2006-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): yet more fun - with q-optionclash - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-5, today - (throughout): t1 and ot1 done consistently (remains to check other - encodings like t2 series, etc) - (section{Installing AllTeX files}): correct \latinfamily in - q-instt1font - -2006-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): rewrite - recommendations for q-optionclash - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - \makeatletter to example in q-ltxcmds - -2006-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add - q-optionclash - -2006-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * check-ctan-lists: add miktex-setup to list of known links - - * dirctan.tex: correct dvipaste - - * filectan.tex: correct miktex-setup, metafp-pdf - -2006-08-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): q-omegaleph tidy-ups in - q-texfuture, q-books, q-texsystems - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-omegaleph and q-luatex from - add-general - -2006-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor - editorial on q-luatex - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): typo in q-whatpdftex - -2006-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-4, today - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-virtualfonts - - * faq.sty: make \htmlonly careful about spacing (thought experiment led - to this -- don't know that it's actually a concern) - -2006-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: lots more diddling (trying to get all keys into a - hash, and working from there ... not successful) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): suggestion from donald for \raisebox - alignment of graphics in q-topalign - -2006-08-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: yet more thrashing about - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): other reasons for the - error in q-hyperdupdest - (_the_ list): add iain murray - -2006-08-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: further extension of yesterday's fun; added - ?intro(duction) [needs work on texfaq2file] and more debugging - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy - q-omegaleph, extend q-luatex and (hopefully) make it more coherent - -2006-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new - questions (rather, bases for questions) q-omegaleph and q-luatex - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16a-3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): different instructions for miktex installation - in q-texsystems - (subsection{Footnotes}): change ctan link for perpage in q-footnpp - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change ctan link for perpage in - q-addtoreset - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lilypond in q-music - (subsection*{Origins}): add comment to contributor entry about dak, - remove the silly footnote about full stops - - * filectan.tex: correct epsf (should be link to dir?), metafp, - metafont-for-beginners, miktex-setup (not *right*...); delete - miktex-install, perpage - - * dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, cellspace, dvipaste pst-pdf, texindex; - add epsf - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): spelling error in - q-paraparam - - * texfaq2html-gamma: done a debugging session; add search-box - switching; add a modicum of doc in comments; allow to be run from - command line (editable pointer) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): capa_bi_lities (!) - -2006-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-2, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add tug font resources to - q-tutbitslatex - -2006-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct spelling of separate & derivatives - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new - q-latexqual for nag, texidate - - * dirctan.tex: add a (multilingual, as it were) browsable l2tabu - -2006-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct - typo in, and editorial on q-atsigns - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \LaTeX{} (!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - sample code and slick up descr slightly, in q-minitoc - (subsection*{Origins}): mention Jean-Pierre Drucbert in _the_ list - -2006-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): delete doubling of "the" (!) - -2006-08-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rewrite the note - about maths fonts in q-ecfonts - -2006-08-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tweak wording - slightly - - *** release 3.16a *** - -2006-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: separate section for searches, trim final else - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct current mf version no - -2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a, today - -2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): extend q-filename with - a simpler file-name saver, and show how to strip .tex from fink - filenames - - * texfaq2html-beta: more careful about \section test for end of intro - -2006-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): stupidity - in q-cmdstar, spotted by Kasper van den Berg - -2006-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): typo in q-enumerate spotted by - Samuel Lelievre - -2006-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16, today - - * sanitize.pl: bring up to date with sanitize-beta.pl - - * texfaq2html-gamma: remove %SymbolChar table - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-tutbitslatex - (wideversion only, so only now detected) - -2006-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-whatbst from add-general - (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): (new subsection) q-fonts-pln from - add-general - (section{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): proof-reading - corrections of q-whatbst - -2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): proof-reading corrections in - q-fonts-pln - (subsection{Graphics}): proof-reading corrections in q-repeatgrf - -2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvips version, and - add missing pdf bit in q-repeatgrf - -2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention graphicx-psmin - - * dirctan.tex: add graphicx-psmin - -2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): first stab at - body for q-install-find - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new q-gutter from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): new q-matchbrak from add-general - -2006-06-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): skeleton of - new installation question structure - -2006-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): editorial tidying of q-graphicspath - plus emphasise the need for trailing slash on \graphicspath dirs - (section{Graphics}): minor editorial in q-graph-pspdf q-mpprologues too - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): editorials on q-bibstrtl - -2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \subsection* (i.e., - ignore it, for intro \latexhtml command) - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16alpha, today - (section{Introduction}): rearrange to limit the amount we need to show - on the web by default - -2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date -- rehash the intro - -2006-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): actual text for - q-gutter - - * additions.tex: let's change patch version and date, for once! - -2006-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add smith's latex for logicians to - q-tutbitslatex - (section{TeX Systems}): make ref to w32tex, move dos & os/2 offerings - down below win32 in the doc (q-texsystems) - -2006-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): comment-out - q-dvipdfmgraphics* -- seems to have been a mistake - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restructure the list of - related answers in q-changemargin with an intersticial remark - (subsection{Page layout}): develop and extend q-chngmargonfly - -2006-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date in preamble - (subsection{Page layout}): split Q-changemargin into intro and 3 bits - of detail - -2006-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): a huge start on - new q-gutter (i.e., wrote \Question command) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): start of rehash of - q-changemargin - -2006-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cellspace - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - cellspace in q-struttab - -2006-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): give framed a - paragraph of its own in q-changebars - -2006-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): no longer mention - troff-to-latex in q-fmtconv - - * dirctan.tex: add moderncv - chappg,mathdots,shade from filectan; correct pst-pdf; delete tr2tex, - troff-to-latex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): refine the - statement about europecv, in q-cv - (section{TeX Systems}): redo note on y&y in q-commercial - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention moderncv in q-cv - -2006-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): simplify q-xetex - and mention xetex for linux - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): remove q-pdftex - - * faq.sty: another iteration of ctanrefs: sanitising isn't right, since - we often have real commands in there, so use \scantokens -- which - means we need always to use an e-tex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): "simple minded" example - now no longer uses 2.09 fonts in q-secthead - -2006-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add qualifier to actions of - distributors in q-triptrap - - * dirctan.tex: add a2ping, sam2p - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): tidy q-dvipsgraphics, add - sam2p/a2ping as alternatives for bitmaps - -2006-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): new q-fonts-pln - - * faq.sty: \@onelevel@sanitize \item args in ctanrefs env - - * dirctan.tex: add ec-plain, font_selection, fontch, plnfss and ofs - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): stupid logo macros in xemtex - description - -2006-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add labelcas - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): get q-poster - from add-general - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): get q-newfont from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention labelcas package in - q-labundef - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - multicol for "unadorned" a0poster-posters in q-poster - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): tidy up (and extend) q-ecfonts - -2006-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention bytopic.html in q-findfiles - -2006-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-poster - - * dirctan.tex: add sciposter, a0poster, flowfram - -2006-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add chris harrison's book to - q-man-latex - -2006-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): add \href to berlios site, and - make link to CTAN rather than old site - -2006-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): elide all reference to - "quote site index" from q-findfiles - -2006-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): correct recipe given in - Q-seccntfmt - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct link to map update stuff - in miktex in q-instt1font and q-uselmfonts - -2006-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another tidying of \cmdinvoke - -2006-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention tex-ptr-faq in - q-wherefaq - (section{You're still stuck?}): correct bnb's address in q-bug - -2006-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): annotation at end of - q-noline to mention other instances that could need covering - -2006-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention bernard - gaulle's faqs in q-wherefaq; emphasise that the fr.c.t.t one is no - longer in the land of the living [check!] - -2006-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-matchbrak - -2006-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): new q-doc-wiki from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): link q-doc-wiki in q-tutorials* - (section{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex from add-general - (throughout): refs to q-pdftex -> q-whatpdftex - -2006-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - - * sanitize-beta.pl: couple of changes to introduce quoteverbatim - - * faq.sty: add quoteverbatim environment, for verbatim output of - verbatim environments (used by new q-verbwithin, of course) - - * examples/verbwithin.tex: new file - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend description of - failures of verbatim environment, in q-verbwithin - -2006-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): new address for pstricks site in - q-drawing and q-labelfig - - * dirctan.tex: remove ps4pdf, add pst-pdf - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): ps4pdf->pst-pdf in q-pdftexgraphics, new address - for hv's web stuff - -2006-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: add HTMLDIR, HTMDIR_GAMMA and GAMMADIR - - * Makefile: remove inst-html target, add inst-gamma - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate both double and single - quotes to entities - (sanitize_line): make \end{quote} issue a <p> for the benefit of the - css mechanisms in -gamma - - * texfaq2file: use sanitize-beta - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): iterate q-whatpdftex - -2006-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): braces around - \multirow *s (distinction without a difference...) - -2006-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): update details for wheildon in - q-typebooks - -2006-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): minor rewording of q-bibinline - -2006-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with dviversion and pdfversion - (sanitize_line): deal with --- => — -- => – - - * faqbody.tex: today's date on first line - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention visualFAQ in q-wherefaq - - * filectan.tex: add visualFAQ - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): yet another minuscule - iteration of q-texpronounce - -2006-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .pool, .fmt, - .base and .mem locations, tidy text a bit, in q-wherefiles - -2006-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): typo in q-changebars - (section{Creating citations}): tidy up q-bibinline a bit more - -2006-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): cut q-dvips down - to its bare bones (whole section needs a going-over) - (subsection{Hyphenation}): correct typo in q-hyphexcept - -2006-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Creating citations}): sort out *my* - understanding of footbib, in q-bibinline - -2006-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention urs oswald's - things in q-mfptutorials - -2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention the - koma-script facilities in q-oddpage - -2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common errors}): "typeset" page number rather than - "set" page number in q-wrongpn - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): remove snide comment about - tex2bib documentation -- it's standard now - -2006-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: try to avoid the contradictions; may need to take poli's - advice more nearly wholesale... - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): redo ref to epslatex in q-impgraph - - * filectan.tex: ref epslatex -> epslatex_pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention zoonekynd's - series in q-tutbitslatex, and reorganise references to epslatex (given - we're supposed to have source rsn) - -2006-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): mention psfragx in q-labelfig - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): mention "eps" as an abbr, - in q-eps (seems it's never previously been used!) - -2006-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{You're still stuck?}): improve layout of q-noans, tidy - text a bit - - * filectan.tex: add xampl-bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-whatbst - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention tikz in q-drawing - -2006-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): minor typo in q-usepsfont - (subsection{Common errors}): breakurl patches \url by default in - q-breaklinks - (section{Introduction}): add vilar camara neto to list - -2006-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today, note more input from ulrike f - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): extend \DefaultOpt - example in q-oarglikesect - -2006-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, note chris walker's further contribution - (subsection{Mathematics}): add \operatorname to q-newfunction - - * dirctan.tex: add ite - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pstricks homepage link, - and add reference to ite in q-labelfig (Chris Walker) - -2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Getting things to fit}): re-describe mathspic - to tally with current reality - - * dirctan.tex: correct paths of mathspic, bdfchess - - * filectan.tex: correct tex2bib paths (2 off) - -2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new q-doc-wiki - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): mention multenum in q-complist - - * dirctan.tex: add multenum - -2006-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct url (and name) - for the note on ptex in q-tutbitslatex - -2006-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): gosh -- a mention of - quote site index, still...removed from q-findfiles - -2006-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): hack around - at the text about includex, and add newclude - -2006-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rotfloat - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Page layout}): mention rotfloat in q-rotating - -2005-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention verbatim environment - in the intro to q-verbwithin - -2005-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex (just - a start, so far) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): change title of "making \mp output - display..." - -2005-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.15b - -2005-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove rogue character on keywords - line - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restore lost text to - q-parallel (from RCS file :-}) - -2005-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ttb-pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ttb to q-bibtexing - -2005-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add bidstobibtex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make ref to - bids.to.bibtex in q-buildbib - -2005-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new url for andy - roberts' latex page - -2005-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove code for \symbol - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct links in - q-latex3 - (section{TeX Systems}): remove fptex, add xemtex - (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace fptex with protext in q-cd - (throughout): remove all remaining fptex options - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): don't use \symbol in - q-activechars - (subsection{Common errors}): do away with \symbol for underscore in - q-verbwithin (also rename \bs to \us for underscore, in the example) - -*** RELEASE 3.15 *** - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl: attempts to solve the $symbolchar - lunacy (failed) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.15a, today's date (already: at 10am!) - (section{Symbols, etc.}): \_ for underscores in q-underscore - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct urls in q-latex3 - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: correct *-list - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add changes from -beta - -2005-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add mactex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-formbiblabel from - add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new q-varwidcol from - add-general - (header): v3.15, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): suppress link to mimi's documentation - at fsu -- they've removed it already, the fools - (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to memoir manual in - q-typo-style - (section{TeX Systems}): mention mactex on ctan - -2005-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add - maillists* to translation list - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new q-maillists* from - the rest of the old q-maillists (leaving a few bits out, admittedly) - -2005-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): build q-gethelp from - the old q-maillists - -2005-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): reword (not change) advice in - q-errmissitem - (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline from add-general - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-srchpdf from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change recommendation - to fix-cm in q-newfont, but retain mention of type1cm/ec for old latex - dists - - * filectan.tex: add fix-cm (path to file) - -2005-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): editorial work on - q-seccntfmt and q-labundef - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out order of \cmdinvoke* - patterns - -2005-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): emphasise internal - commands in q-seccntfmt - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): reword to avoid blame - on the companion, and to use a tlc2 example in q-atsigns - - * filectan.tex: get abstract.bst from biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtools - rather than contrib - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: point lucida at new metrics, add lucida-psnfss - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): reinstate lucida - bright/math and add link to karl's interim web page - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): iteration - of q-varwidcol - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): iteration of q-srchpdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tinkering with - q-aleph (needs rewrite to eliminate ref to q-omega, which is destined - to go some time soon - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change link for - type1cm (shouldn't this be fix-cm?) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new - answer q-ltxhash from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): was (confusingly) described as - techniques, too - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum and q-fllost from - add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): move q-hyphen up above q-dtx - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-clsvpkg from add-general - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - q-varwidcol - -2005-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention alternative - locations for .map files following new tds, bit of editorial work - (section{Documentation and Help}): reinstate link to bausum's stuff in - q-ref-doc - -2005-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: axodraw is a directory now - - * filectan.tex: remove axodraw, correct finplain - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correct path for - textcase in q-casechange - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct path for tabulary - in q-tabcellalign and q-fixwidtab - - * dirctan.tex: add tabulary,textcase - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-etex from add-general, - and edit it a bit - (throughout): remove references to q-nts, in favour of q-etex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): dump q-nts - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): rewrite antecedent text in - q-aleph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): ref to q-tutorial -> - q-tutbitslatex in q-repeatgrf - - * Makefile (PATCH): remove add-tutorial - - * dirctan.tex: add cmap - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add q-srchpdf - -2005-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html,texfaq2file: add - q-tutorials* to %label_to_file initialisation - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14c, today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to syropoulos' book - (section{Documentation and Help}): replace q-tutorials with - q-tutorials* and friends (fix up refs to q-tutorials from elsewhere) - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): final - rearrangement and tidy; add the guide to ptex posted yesterday - - * faq.sty: pdfstartview=FitH since FitBH seems no longer to work with - AR7 or the latest pdftex or something - -2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Introduction}): add steve peter to contributors - (throughout): bunch of corrections from steve peter - -2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: load textcomp - - * dirctan.tex: add mutex - -2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: remove my name and email address - - * newfaq(-patch).tex,letterfaq.tex: null \author - - * texfaq2html(-beta),texfaq2file: remove claim that i'm involved with - maintenance - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): replace my name with "another idiot" - -2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): yet more - rearrangement - -2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14b, today - -2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: bbl2html and notex.bst moved - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): more - rearrangement - -2005-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): correct def of \hyph in - q-nohyph, do a bunch of quote-env stuff in whole subsection; also, - more enthusiastic wrapping of the quote about catalan - -2005-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): mention bracing to - suppress breaks in maths - -2005-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): suggest \textstyle/ - \displaystyle alternative for q-limits - -2005-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend q-breaklinks to cover - the toc/lof/lot... case, and to outline circumstances where there's no - help to be had - -2005-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: sort regex in opening of ?section= code - -2005-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add the offered text to - q-acrobat; this question is a mess and needs rearranging (probably - splitting into two) - - * dirctan.tex: remove aix3.2, move miktexppc, miktex-AXP - - * texfaq2html-gamma: start work on index/fullindex switching - - * texfaq2file: secondary index now full-index.html - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-etex - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention texlive mac distro - -2005-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: more of same - - * texfaq2html-gamma: yet more twiddling - - * filectan.tex: epsf.tex moved - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \nolinkURL - -2005-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: restructure q_label_list - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct web addr - in q-extex - - * texfaq2file: iterate -w actions - -2005-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: patch and shade have moved - - * texfaq2html-gamma: label argument may be a list - -2005-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: letterspacing,backgrnd moved - -05-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits in q-type1T1 - (section{The Background}): revised q-eplain from Oleg Katsitadze - (<heading>): today's date, add katsitadze to credits - - * dirctan.tex: remove icelandic, which we weren't using - - * filectan.tex: mathdots has moved - -2005-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add luximono, microtype; move tip pointer - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Document structure}): new first para for q-fancyhdr - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword description of - \emergencystretch and discuss microtype in q-overfull - (subsection{Odds and ends}): add luximono to q-bold-extras - -2005-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add powerdot - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - powerdot in q-slidecls - -2005-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \nolinkURL definitions - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): a proto-q-dvipdfmgraphics - redefinition (hrrumph) - -2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a.2 - (section{Introduction}): mention that the texlive version is no better - than the "current on the web" - - [interim web release 3.14a.1] - -2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{You're still stuck?}): faq-devel@tex.ac.uk in q-noans - -2005-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): all remaining miktex references via \miktex - -2005-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct pointers for the two epslatex entries - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): text about mpm in - q-miktexinst (and convert to \miktex in that question, where - appropriate) - -2005-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy - \htmlignore stuff in q-textflow - -2005-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add talk - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add talk to - q-slidecls - -2005-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new answer - q-clsvpkg on the distinction between classes and packages - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): change of section - name - -2005-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): try to avoid the acronym - ASCII except where necessary in q-toascii - -2005-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): minor editorial in - q-conditional - -2005-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-fllost - -2005-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): warn about non-latex bug - reports in q-latexbug and q-bug - (intro) v3.14a.1, today - -2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: faq->faq-devel in email addrs, except munged one for me in - sig line at bottom - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): remove "not doing away with - bumpy-road logos" comment, since i now have done so - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sigh -- \\textless... - -2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another iteration - of the < > translation fiasco - -2005-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add quotchap - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add quotchap to q-epigraph and - rewrite intro to question somewhat. - -2005-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): faq->faq-devel in - q-newans - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta (now it's been tested ;-) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out translations of <> when - not converting - -2005-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: remove inst-html target - (FAQ-html.tar.gz): make depend on html/index.html (does this do it?) - -2005-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a, today - (subsection{Document management}): boondoggle in q-rcs html output - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14, today - New version installed - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention static .zip files in - html-only bit about retrieving directories - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove exact location names for - individual ctans, in q-archives - (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite the stuff about searching in - q-findfiles - -2005-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add fancyhdr commands (to do - empty plain style) to q-ps@empty - - * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: as texfaq2html - - * texfaq2html: switch .tar.gz and .zip in retrieval - -2005-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add q-wrongpn and - q-breaklinks from add-general - (preamble) v3.13b.5, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite q-ftncapt, aiming for clarity (hah!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove mention of ftpmail and finger - of ctan user - - * dirctan.tex: add breakurl - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): mention breakurl - in q-breaklinks -- looks as if this makes the answer usable... - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - blatant error in q-tabcellalign (spotted by ulrike fischer) - (section{Introduction}): hack the note about the pdf version slightly, - add ulrike fischer to list of contributors - -2005-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to - http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/ in q-minxampl - -2005-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct advice on - over-long urls and url.sty in q-citeurl - -2005-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b.4, tonight - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): add chris walker - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): \Qref* in q-dtx - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): \Qref* in q-tocloft - - * dirctan.tex: add revtex(!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): note that mcite doesn't - play with revtex, in q-mcite - -2005-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention use - of pict2e in q-slashbox - -2005-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): slight editorial in q-bug - - * add-tutorial.tex: bunch of work, throughout, which seems not to have - been recorded or even copied to backed-up space before now... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .map and - .enc trees, and alternative inputs such as .sto, .clo and .cfg in - q-wherefiles - - * filectan.tex: add nextpage - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention nextpage - package in q-reallyblank - -2005-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pspicture as a superseded - package in q-drawing - (section{Documentation and Help}): slight iteration of q-pkgdoc - -2005-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): mention vertical spacing - inconsistencies in q-dolldoll - -2005-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add philip - ratcliffe's fake-accent solution to q-bibtranscinit - (preamble): v3.13b.3 (ok, i don't know what i'm doing here...), today - (section{Introduction}): add philip ratcliffe to thanks list - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): add q-wrongpn - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): renamed - subsection, moved q-oarglikesect and q-twooptarg from "latex macros" - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change name to "more - than one opt arg" - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new q-cmdstar, from - add-general - -2005-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add q-minxampl - from add-tutorial - (section{Documentation and Help}): ref to q-minxampl from q-askquestion - (section{You're still stuck?}): ref to q-minxampl from q-latexbug - -2005-05-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools}): add q-plninltx (from - add-general), and split this of from the more simple stuff (now - subsection "latex macro techniques"); other ones in here are - q-atsigns, q-protect, q-edef, q-ltxcmds and q-ltxabbrv - - * faq.sty: remove spurious guff at start of ctanrefs env (was solemnly - forcing horizontal mode, thus confusing \addvspace at start of list) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add q-formbiblabel - -2005-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add splitbib - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): mention splitbib in - q-multbib - -2005-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add placeins as a directory - - * filectan.tex: change beginlatex to its latest incarnation - remove placeins - -2005-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: make robust a few commands that get to appear in tocs - -2005-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: put correct cross question links if -w - - * texfaq2html-gamma: miscellaneous tidies from debugging session - -2005-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add clsguide - - * dirctan.tex: add makedtx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention makedtx in - q-dtx; list clsguide.pdf in links - -2005-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add mathdesign to - the list in q-psfchoice - -2005-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): correct - \csx{listfiles} to \Package{snapshot} (!) as data collection mech for - bundledoc, in q-filesused - -2005-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor editorial - to q-xspace - -2005-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove some text that's - crept in unawares to q-tmupfl - -2005-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit of - desultory macro-usage editing - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-ltxhash - -2005-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): (changed name - for the subsection) new answer q-minxampl - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-tutorial (can't we automate this?) - -2005-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errmissitem from - add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): editorials on q-askquestion - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): minor - editorial to q-plninltx - -2005-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct path to obsolete/support/undump; point - umlaute at the latex package (rather than support/); remove umlaut - -2005-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new q-newfont - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): use \font rather than \newfont - in examples in q-plninltx - -2005-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): lots more - fiddling with q-plninltx, including extending the font stuff - -2005-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add example of - font encoding confusion arising from \newfont, in q-plninltx - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): have narrow/wideversion of one - example in q-cmdstar - -2005-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention javier's - checkend package in q-endingroup - -2005-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial on - q-errmissitem, plus mention of \mbox, \makebox, \framebox - -2005-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): convert \< (never used) to - \textless, \> (ditto) to \textgreater ... so now i can use the beasts - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): mention \section - as another case of misbehaviour in q-errmissitem - -2005-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: rewrite \href (non-hyper version) so as to get quoting - actually right, and not to lose trailing spaces... - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention c2latex - in q-codelist (previously, the program was in ctanrefs only); also add - an actual recommendation for listings, but suggest the others may be - worth considering; add tgrind, sitting with lgrind - (section{Graphics}): rewrite item about mfpic, and add one about pgf, - in q-drawing - -2005-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new - q-errmissitem - -2005-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex: add a subsection heading (who cares there are 10?) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention threeparttable in - q-ftncapt (suggestion by don arseneau) - -2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): reword etex - description in q-nts - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-cmdstar - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \elatex and \miktex translation - - * faq.sty: add \elatex and \miktex commands - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): elatex as a progname-> - \elatex{} in q-endingroup - -2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): MiKTeX!!! - -2005-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): xdvi and xdvik are - no longer separate - - * dirctan.tex: delete xet,xdvik,hp2xx311; correct addindex - - * filectan.tex: correct pdftex, latexcount - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b.1, today - - * filectan.tex: add vf-howto - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention virtual fonts - howto in q-virtualfonts - -2005-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: minor twiddling with default font loading; - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b, today - - * texfaq2file: generate labels that go to the modified file names - rather than to the raw label name, in .aux scan - -2005-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct enumii->enumi in one - of the "recipes" in q-labelformat - -2005-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): \qref* for etex - and aleph in q-omega mention of aleph - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove rogue line break in - q-upquote - - * faqfont.cfg.ugm: new: for typesetting with urw garamond - - * faq.sty: require lmodern regardless (for sans fonts) - -2005-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct details for - ctan-ann, and mention mail-archive.com in q-maillists - (section{TeX Systems}): mention tetex mailing list (not -announce or - -pretest...), plus RSS feed, in q-texsystems - -2005-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): make clear that - 4spell comes from a package that's now defunct - -2005-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pseudocode - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention - pseudocode package in q-algorithms - -2005-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: single file ispell (is this supportable?) - - * dirctan.tex: remove ispell - -2005-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add aspell - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): tidy up reference to - aspell in q-spell, given that it's now on ctan - -2005-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add svn, svninfo - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add svn and svninfo to - q-rcs - -2005-01-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13a.1, today - (section{TeX Systems}): update sciword bumf from mail from mabb - (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-mfptutorials - (subsection{Particular font families}): typos in both q-uselmfonts and - q-concrete - (section{TeX Systems}): add a link to the y&y mailing list page at the - end of q-commercial - -2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13a - (subsection{Document management}): correction+more details of extract - package in q-conditional - -2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13, today (release) - -2005-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): add bbm and doublestroke, and - do various editorial changes (including pouring more derision on the - "lazy person's" macros) - - * dirctan.tex: add bbm-macros, doublestroke - -2005-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): mention that lm - fonts are already in tetex 3.0, and may (at least) be added to miktex - automatically, also bring updmap stuff up to date for miktex - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): same change in q-instt1font - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorials in q-miktexinst - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention non-standard things like - .cfg and .drv files in q-wherefiles - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \href* pattern - - * faq.sty: add * and quote detection to \href (non-hyper version; * - simply ignored \ifpdf) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make reference to the - rutgers typography guidelines in q-tutorials - -2004-12-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add extract - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13rc2, today - (subsection{Document management}): mention extract.sty in q-conditional - -2004-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): more - work on q-sgml2tex* ... i'm bogging down here :-( - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct spelling of optparams - in q-twooptarg - -2004-12-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): replacement for - q-mathml from add-hammond (where it was q-mathml*) - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): move all the \URL entries to - body of q-textrace, and add link to fontforge - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): remove mathtime, mathtime plus and - lucida; add mathtime pro - (section{TeX Systems}): correct details of personal tex inc from web - -2004-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): - mention inkscape in q-mathml*, as a free svg editor - (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): general other editorials - throughout q-mathml* - -2004-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add wallpaper - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add wallpaper package to - q-watermark - -2004-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13rc1, today - - * dirctan.tex: add metatype1 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): provide - sourceforge link to autotrace and potrace, and talk up mftrace in - q-textrace; also add description of metatype1 and change title of - question to emphasise that it covers a bunch of projects; remove - references to actual fonts in the ctanrefs list - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): make reference to metatype1 via - q-textrace, in q-type1t1 - -2004-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex: new file: replacements for q-tutorials - -2004-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): yet - more editorials on q-sgml2tex* - -2004-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit- - orial work in both q-readml* and q-sgml2tex* - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add xcomment with - example of use to q-conditional - -2004-12-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: v3.12a-p4, today - (subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion -> - \includecomment in q-conditional (and install) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.9, today - (subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion -> - \includecomment in q-conditional, and add an example - -2004-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of typos in - q-marginparside, spotted by vladimir volovich - -2004-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): typo in q-papersize... - - * check-ctan-lists: distinguish linked files, - - * filectan.tex: correct path for protext - - * dirctan.tex: correct basix (yoyoy?) - -2004-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): editor - work on q-readml* - -2004-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): re- - write text around sgmls and stil in q-sgml2tex* - - * dirctan.tex: add euler-latex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): add mention of - euler package and eulervm to q-concrete - -2004-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add protext - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention protext - -2004-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention william hammond - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): slight mod suggested by author - of dvipng to q-dvi-bmp - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit- - orial on q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex* - -2004-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch.dvi,.pdf): run find-add-files - (clean): remove additions.tex, too - - * patchdates.tex: new; the patch levels that were mastered in - additions.tex; now pl4.12g, today - - * find-add-files: perl jiffy to find what add-* files exist just now, - and to create a suitable additions.tex - - * add-general.tex: remove hammond answers - - * add-hammond.tex: new, hammond revised answers - -2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): add - q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex* and q-readml* - - * dirctan.tex: add gellmu and jadetex - -2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.8, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add c2latex to q-codelist - -2004-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: provide a definition for \textoslash - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \textoslash for \o (but why does - perl substitution of \o not work?) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): \textoslash for \o - -2004-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \o{} - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ant now has - insertions, so suggest it's worth investigating as a system. - (section{Introduction}): add morten h - -2004-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorials on - q-ouparmd - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin replaced by the - body of q-changemargin* from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* editorials - - * dirctan.tex: add algorithmicx - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add algorithmicx - to q-algorithms - -2004-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention parcolumns in - q-parallel, add examples - -2004-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): use - of infinite value for widow and club penalties in q-widow - -2004-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to jim's - one-person system web page, under tutorials (this question needs re- - working, methinks...) - -2004-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - q-subverttoks from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-i18nbib from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): q-rulethk from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: add bib2xhtml - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): correction for words about - plainpages=false, from dan luecking - (subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): add bib2xhtml to - q-htmlbib - - * texfaq2file: missing </ul> before subsections in normal mode - -2004-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ec-type1->tt2001 - in q-textrace - -2004-10-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct context-tmf to current location - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pdftricks link in - q-pdftexgraphics - -04-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention bold csc fonts in - knuth-style t1-encoded fonts to q-bold-extras - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add tt2001 to q-type1t1 - - * dirctan.tex: remove fonts/ps-type1/ec, add fonts/ps-type1/tt2001 - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.7, today - -2004-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): provide morten's witty - example of the problems with \iffalse in q-conditional - -2004-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rejig q-newlang to mention the - use of texconfig to do the format rebuild in tetex - -2004-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial on - q-extrabrace - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand} and - \cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand1}{mand2} - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add reference to - \shortintertext in q-mathstext, and show how to do short intertexts - using flalign - - * dirctan.tex: add mh - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add norbib to - q-i18nbib - -2004-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dk-bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add dk-bib to - q-i18nbib, and reorganise the list - -2004-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): excise european modern from - q-type1T1 - -2004-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): purge references to y&y - -2004-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): editorial, - particularly on q-virtualfonts - -2004-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pstricks overlaying stuff in - q-labelfig - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-breaklinks - -2004-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention CH math - -2004-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.6, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): minimum change to reflect - what's happened since john's omega bombshell, plus ref to aleph - (section{TeX Systems}): mention the miktex cd with miktex descr - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make q-cd talk about nothing but the - tex live distribution - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): describe etex as today's - thing, in the article on nts. - -2004-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention fourier in q-numbersets - -2004-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-atvert problem - happens in maths mode too - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): add ctanref for fancyhdr in - q-reallyblank, supply missing text about memoir - -2004-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.12f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* (revision - from donald) - -2004-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.5, today - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): merry upheaval of q-psfchoice - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention optparams in q-twooptarg - -2004-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): ha-prosper is - a package, not a class - -2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention eplain online docs and - mailing list - -2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fourier and utopia - corrected swebib and elsevier entries - added bigfoot (for suffix.sty) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.4, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add concrete examples of using - listings package - (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add blurb about fourier - -2004-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): standardise on \ProgName{Perl} (note cap) - and \ProgName{Python} (all of one change) - - * dirctan.tex: add latexdiff, remove language, and resort in that area - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention latexdiff in - q-changebar - -2004-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): provide criterion for - choosing jurabib instead of footbib in q-bibinline - -2004-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy up description - of byname in q-nameref - -2004-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): bring in parallel with sanitize.pl - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): \bsbs (twice) in q-varwidth - (subsection{Common errors}): \bsbs -> \texttt{\bsbs } in q-noline - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \bsbs in q-altabcr - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): \bsbs in q-tabcellalign - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make \bsbs gobble a single following - space - -2004-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): putative completion - of q-i18nbib - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention the wiki in q-context - -2004-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): bit more on - q-i18nbib -- probably more language contributions to be found, but - there's enough here for the time being - - * dirctan.tex: add spain and bib-fr - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): rewrite the - description of the custom-bib mechanism in q-custbib - -2004-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): start on q-i18nbib - - * filectan.tex: add finplain.bst - - * dirctan.tex: add bibgerm, swebib - -2004-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): new (tug) list address for - q-mp, and add reference to tug mp page - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd - -2004-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ebib - multibbl, texpower now both in (regular) latex/contrib - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add ref to ebib in - q-buildbib - -2004-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - q-rulethk - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial, - q-destable, and add reference to memoir implementing booktabs commands - -2004-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add karl berry's suggestion to - q-mathsize - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-tocbibind - -2004-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): correct - startling error in q-vertposfp (courtesy of donald -- i can't work out - how i came to write the original rubbish in the first place) - (section{TeX Systems}): correct address for truetex - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention truetex using type 1 - fonts under xp - -2004-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize[-beta].pl (sanitize_line): provide \mailto{} - -2004-08-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on - q-pspreview - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-psfchoice (more - remains to be done) - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-concrete - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-uselmodern - -2004-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Metafont fonts}): editorial on q-getbitmap - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-usepsfont - -2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): forward ref to q-buildbib from q-editors - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to "specific font families" - in q-instfont - (throughout): \FontName|...| -> \FontName{...} - -2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add mention of - JabRef - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-latexe - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-context - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-amspkg - (section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial (big time) on q-uploads - -2004-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): carry forward changes from non-beta - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): correct \Newsgroup{} - -2004-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make all the variants of \cmdinvoke use - the <code>\\</code><code> trick we already have for \csx, to deal with - \@ problem - -2004-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ziffer - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mend typo in q- - dec_comma, and add reference to ziffer - -2004-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): first stab at updating - package doc question - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - answer on \[ex]def -- going to need a lot more thought - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add link to edith - hodgen's magnum opus - -2004-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): superseded theorem.sty with - amsthm.sty in the quaintly named "roman theorems" answer - -2004-07-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.2, today - - * filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode (again?!) - -2004-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texniccenter - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texniccenter to q-editors - -2004-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): change \Newsgroup|...| -> {...} - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ctan version of herbert - voss' mathmode thing - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add closing </code> in - \marg (!), and allow \Newsgroup{...} - -2004-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.1, today - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: pl2, today - (section{The Background}): 3.141592 - (various): remaining ctanrefs to enumitem - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): document \begin{enumerate}[resume] - from enumitem (and tidy up remaining ctanrefs to enumitem) - -2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove all mention of -cm targets - -2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: remove -cm targets from "all" - - * faq.sty: use T1 encoding, times & luximono fonts, by default - -2004-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: change version to -p1, today's date (for web - release with enumitem directory correct) - -2004-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct tex version no, and - add link to copy of knuth's paper in maps archive - -2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add andy roberts' - stuff - -2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move fonts/ps-type1/lm up one - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): change location of enumitem - - * dirctan.tex: add enumitem - -2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial in q-patch - -*** RELEASE 3.12 *** - -2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): sigh -- narrowversion stuff in - q-mathstext - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): transfer change to table defs - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12, today - - * faq.sty: suppress \pdfavoidoverfull if the cs doesn't exist - add pdfstring disable command for \marg - -2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-slidecls - from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): suppress the stupid coding for this release - since adding the new answer has obviated the need pro tem - -2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): stupid coding to prevent - spacing silliness around q-ltxabbrv; this will need reviewing at every - release unless i can think of some better way around the problem - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): minor - tweak to slides question - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add cellpadding to <table> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change address of - teencontrex (sent reply to prompt check whether the latest stuff - really is on ctan...) - (subsection{Mathematics}): point maths sizes at q-ltxabbrv - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-ltxabbrv from add-general - -2004-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add pybliographer - to the list of "managers not on ctan" - 3.12RC2, today - -2004-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ppr-prv, ha-prosper - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up - prosper, with ppr-prv and ha-prosper - - * dirctan.tex: add pgf,xcolor - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up - beamer, add links for pgf and xcolor - -2004-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-buildbib - from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-usebibtex from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): new q-zerochap from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: add ps4pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention ps4pdf and pdftricks, and - reference voss' page for various support options - -2004-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texmaker after kile in - q-editors - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): elaborate situation of texindex - in q-makeindex, and add reference to ltxindex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): write up the - bibtex db management systems - - * dirctan.tex: add xbibfile and btOOL - -2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common errors} and elsewhere): adjust spacing of - ellipsis in question title - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap - - * faq.sty: debug \Qref*{}{}'' - -2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqfont.cfg.mbvj: add definition of \acro - -2004-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: adjust "null" \acro command so as not to gobble following - space in the toc! - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): work on - the slides question - -2004-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - section number of companion reference - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): moved up to before fonts - (subsection{Document structure}): add section number for companion - reference - -2004-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.12e, today - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): two more editorials on q-ltxcmds - -2004-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add chapterfolder - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add another example of trouble - to q-baselinepar - (subsection{Document management}): add chapterfolder to q-docotherdir - -2004-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2file: align all three with - sanitize changes - - * sanitize.pl: up to date with sanitize-beta - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \path|...| -> \path{...} - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \path{...} - - * faqfont.cfg.mbvj: boldmath not available - - * faqfont.cfg.cmfonts: boldmath is available - - * faq.sty: define \ifboldmathavail and set false in default font setup - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-secnumdep - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): debugging and editorial on q-ltxcmds - (throughout): tidy \boldmath for question (etc) titles - -2004-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct \href for - "highlight" home site - -2004-06-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap - -2004-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-extex and - q-xetex from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): q-hyphexcept from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-tocloftwrong from add-general - (subsection{Page layout}): q-outszwrng from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change \hline - in q-ltxabbrv (on the off-chance we can introduce this answer to the - running version) - (subsection{Current \TeX-related projects}): editorial on xetex - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): fiddle trying to make \hline equiv - commands show up in tables - - * faq.sty: define \acro conditionally in body of file; define it as - null (apart from \@) in default font setup, but not in cmfonts version - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): links for gwtex and texshop, - reword availability statements for oztex and cmactex (looks like the - only "generally" pre-macosX version is textures, now :-( ) - -2004-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12RC1, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): rewrite highlight stuff to be - more upbeat about it (and to mention its valuable properties) - -2004-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-subverttoks - -2004-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): missing \csx in q-fixnam - -2004-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial - on q-ifpdf - -2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use the - \relax trick in q-empty - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move the zapping of \relax to after - that of {}, so that \cmdinvoke{cmd}{\relax} describes empty arg - -2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): first stab at - "abbreviations" answer (q-ltxabbrv) - -2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): ftpmail only at dante, - only one answer about searching, in q-archives - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mend ref in q-nonfree - (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace refs in q-uploads - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): ... and in q-instpackages - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): and in q-journalpaper - (subsection{Common errors}): jf contribution to q-verbwithin - -2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace q-findpkg, - q-siteindex and q-websearch by q-findfiles from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): rewrite my\string_name in q-verbdef - -2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.11h, tomorrow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): minor edits of - q-findfiles - -2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): q-ifpdf - from add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-divzero, q-missbegdoc, - q-normalszmiss and q-manymathalph from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-compactbib and q-bibtocorder - from add-general - -2004-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new - q-xetex - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \mailto|...| -> \mailto{...} - - * filectan.tex: add notoccite, remove tocunscite - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): typo in q-ifpdf - - * faqbody.tex (several places): deal with companion issues or mark - further work needed with ******** - - * dirctan.tex: add tlc2 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to tlc2 - examples - -2004-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: make \mailto accept either sort of arg, \ifpdf - -2004-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): tweak q-mathsize - -2004-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add fontmath and fontdef (in some order) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): clarification (one hopes) of - q-mathsize - -2004-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): warn about non-error in - q-verbwithin - -2004-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): emphasise - that \ifnoerror is a fantasy... - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-ifpdf - -2004-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy q-cv - -2004-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention amsmath in the \\ q - - * CHANGES-3.12: mention europecv - - * dirctan.tex: add europecv - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add europecv - to q-cv - -2004-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): comments - on "is it an integer" from donald - -2004-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new - q-tocloftwrong dealing with numbers in toc and so on, basically just a - pointer to q-tocloft - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer aspirant authors - to tex books and to q-dtx - -2004-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): expand q-extrabrace a - bit, adding stuff about \caption and non-moving opt args - -2004-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove french-le and french-pro (not actually used, and - french-le has disappeared, at least temporarily) - - * filectan.tex: correct litprog-faq - comment-out compan-ctan - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct pointer to - voss's latex stuff (twice) - -2004-05-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add keywords for - q-extrabrace (also touch up verbatim quoting) - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention definition of fragile commands in - lamport, and that some robust commands (e.g., \cite) get redefined - fragile - (section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop as an editor/shell for macos x - -2004-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correction to - q-bibprefixsort from james szinger - -2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): first draft of "output - size wrong" - -2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): provide documentation, etc., links - for pstricks - -2004-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct maarten sneep's name - (subsection{Common errors}): correct the example in q-alreadydef - - * dirctan.tex: e4t moved to nonfree/ (though we don't use it...) - - * CHANGES-3.12: document 4alltex and miktex changes to faqbody - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slightly more expansive about - kile, and a link to sourceforge in q-editors; also remove mention of - eddi4tex (defunct?) and the 4alltex cdrom - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): texlive 7 is no longer - the type example of a system that does dvips 5.90 (or better) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention the miktex cdrom (a good - deal, imo) - -2004-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add keywords to - q-newlineargs - -2004-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (oh_dear): put an (obfuscated) mail address in the - message (does it need obfuscation?) - -2004-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with the table things - - * faq.sty: macros for use in tables - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tabular for *name macros - -2004-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (throughout): get rid \cs usage - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite that nasty para in - q-texpronounce - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct use of \csx for \& - -2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11f, today - (section{The Background}): another paragraph (shock!) to elucidate - the relationship to "technology" (i have a nasty feeling...) - -2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: redefine \csx to allow its argument to expand, remove \cs - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): use \symbol{95} for underscore - in several places - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use \symbol{95} - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove symbol character table - - * sanitize-beta.pl: add symbol character table, with 95=>"_", remove - \cs - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): note bibdesk - (in comment) - -2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{\LaTeX{} macros}): reinstate minor changes - done here over the w/e - -2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): redo text at - start of q-codelist -- wasn't translating properly to html - - * faq.sty: squeeze list indentations a fair bit - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): enumerate->itemize wherever reasonable, - plus associated tidying of markup - -2004-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add the FILES.* requirements - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): q-findfiles - more or less complete - -2004-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): first serious - chunk of a q-findfiles to replace the existing three answers - -2004-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): fidgeting with the - "find stuff" answers; these ought all to be one :-( - - * filectan.tex: move T1instguide one directory down in the tree (nb, - keeping companion.ctan entry, even though the file's not on archive, - on the basis that i've to rewrite the file for ed.2) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): more hacking at - q-findpkg - -2004-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): removed the "more - dynamic is" rubbish from intro to lshort - (subsection{Mathematics}): tidying markup to avoid verbatim, use quote - env, in q-proof - (section{Acquiring the Software}): purge references to companion.ctan - -2004-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): allow narrow - version of \normalsize error message - -2004-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf - -2004-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.12: mention mimetex reference - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy up narrow - column stuff in q-mathml - -2004-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add MimeTeX - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11e, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention techexplorer as - introduction to mimetex in q-mathml - - * commands-to-define: add \addvspace (simplified defn) - -2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - \tabularnewline in q-tabcellalign - -2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): whinge about age of emtex and - djgpp, suggesting users who want up-to-date systems need to go to - win32 :-( - - * dirctan.tex: emtexTDS now obsolete - -2004-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mend markup in - q-bibplain - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): markup in q-flushboth - (subsection{Page layout}): shambles in q-landscape - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \qref and - \cmdinvoke down below def of all "font-change-only" commands (things - that could be in args) - -2004-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): redo tex2bib - references in q-makebib - -2004-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add tex2bib entries (one for doc too) - - * dirctan.tex: remove incorrect tex2bib entry - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): added tex2bib - to q-buildbib - -2004-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): tidy markup of - q-siteindex - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html: add - symbol 94 for work on q-siteindex - -2004-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-manymathalph - complete (first pass) - -2004-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): a start to - q-manymathalph (interrupted by falling asleep...) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to kindersley book in - q-typebooks - (section{Introduction}): added isaac khabaza to list - (section{Documentation and Help}): fourth edition of k&d, 2nd of tlc - (section{Documentation and Help}): sort out ~ in an \href line (twice) - -2004-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): deal with line- - broken \Qref command in q-seturl - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): it's M-Tx not M_Tx in q-music - - * Makefile.CTAN: drop stupid_names.sty - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): line up with changes to -beta - - * additions.tex: pl 4.12a, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11c, today - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-altabcr from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-missbegdoc - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-normalszmiss - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove $...$ re, add \beta, \marg{} - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): replace $...$ with \ensuremath{...} - -2004-04-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): comment on relation to - grouping level errors in q-semanticnest - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct typo in - Q-compactbib - - * faq.sty: arrange that \Qref doesn't eat following space (by - converting \@ifnextchar to \afterassignment with "\let\@tempa= " - -2004-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): jiffy on compact - thebibliography lists - -2004-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize[-beta].pl (throughout): align the two files (2-way process) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11b, today - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): note bottom double float - restrictions and complications - -2004-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: add -2 switch, and corresponding tidies; correct a - few things detected by perl -w - - * sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): correct = -> == in conditional(!) - -2004-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: define a bunch of stupid name macros to free us of these - idiot logos for ever; also define \MF and \MP without package mflogo - -2004-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of \TeX{} errors}): graphicx - height/division question q-divzero - -2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): writing hyphenation - exceptions q-hyphexcept - -2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): typo in q-fig title - (section{The Background}): correct the earlier twaddle about X in - Q-TeXpronounce (courtesy of Ulrich Klauer) - (section{Introduction}): added Ulrich Klauer - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial on q-tabcellalign - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to shipman's texcrib - -2004-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): typo, found - courtesy of bil kleb - -2004-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-altabcr - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up - q-tabcellalign, adding refs to q-altabcr, and correcting errors - -2004-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: remove unnecessary \pdfstringdisable commands, sanitise \nts - and \texxet (but comment out \texxet and also \mltex, which aren't - used) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): get rid of \texsis - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): write out in full - the one instance of use of \texsis... - - * faq.sty: de-sillify \tex, \etex, \extex, \latex, \alltex, \context, - \pdftex, \pdflatex, \twee ... and junk \texsis - -2004-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): complete - first stab at extex question - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Omega - -2004-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: modify final paragraph (about distributing modified versions) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \Q - - * faq.sty: suppress \Q (temporarily, just possibly: it's going from - texfaq2html, anyway) - -2004-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): correct fantasy in html - of q-2letterfontcommands - - * filectan.tex: add vruler - - * faqbody.tex: 3.11a, today - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-triptrap - (section{Introduction}): add brooks moses to list - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add vruler to q-linenos - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): sanitize_beta changes - -2004-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): removed \ldots, added \psatempty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): minor editorials for ps@empty - -2004-03-15: release 3.11 - -2004-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: disable \, in \pdfstringdisablecommands; define \psatempty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): use \psatempty in question - title for label ps@empty - -2004-03-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): don't refer to individual - latex doc files (not sensible since none is now html) - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention clsguide via directory only - - * dirctan.tex: latex documentation directory - -2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texcnvfaq as a directory - - * filectan.tex: remove texcnvfaq - -2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11, today - (subsection{Page layout}): clarify "pdf output" for pdflscape - -2004-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new text about - dvipng, from its author - -2004-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: document \Qref in the course of checking it... - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): check on "\Qref..." -- ensure sensible - usage, specifically avoiding "(see question x)" - -2004-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): tidy "interrupting lists" answer - - * CHANGES-3.11: 2 more answers listed - - * additions.tex: pl4.12, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): q-2letterfontcmd from - add-general - (section{Graphics}): q-dvipdfmgraphics from add-general - v3.11RC4, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): editorials on - q-2letterfontcmd and q-dvipdfmgraphics - -2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): edit the dvipdfm answer a bit - -2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.11b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): graphics in dvipdfm - -2004-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v 3.11RC3, today - (section{Introduction}): contributors contributions, added szinger - -2004-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \bsbs{} - - * faq.sty: add \bsbs - - * filectan.tex: beginlatex and tex4ht changed names - - * dirctan.tex: add pict2e, remove/amend things to match changes on - the archive - - * faqbody.tex - (subsection{Odds and ends}): add pbox and eqparbox to q-varwidth - (section{Graphics}): mention pict2e in "drawing in latex" - - * dirctan.tex: add eqparbox and pbox - -2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: date today, of course! - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("Postscript") fonts}): rearrange list of - fonts to clump free ones together better [more still to be done] - -2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy up coding around stupid - logos answer - v3.11RC2 - - * filectan.tex: texnames.sty from info/biblio - - * Makefile.CTAN: texnames.sty -> stupid_names.sty - - * faq.sty: load stupid_names - - * stupid_names.sty: renamed [my] texnames.sty - -2004-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add smallcap - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): New q-2letterfontcmd - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add note about public - fonts directories - (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention texhash for bold-extra installs - -2004-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention that memoir doesn't - choke on verbatim in footnotes in q-verbwithin - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): note koma-script \chapterformat (etc.) - functions in q-seccntformat - (subsection{Common errors}): q-tabacc and q-alreadydef from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-linespread and q-baselinepar - from add-general - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): q-pdfpagelabels from add-general - (subsection{Odds and ends}): q-varwidth from add-general - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): q-bibtranscinit from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-sortbib from add-general - [preamble]: v3.11RC1, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-inputlev and q-hyperdupdest from - add-general - -2004-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): new options for - q-changebars, from peter w; ditto comment env in memoir, for - q-conditional; totals counters in memoir for q-howmanypp - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): mention memoir's - \ifinteger setup in q-isitanum; ifmtarg in memoir for q-empty - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): chngcntr in memoir for q-running-nos; - q-oddpage stuff in memoir - -2004-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10k, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): tidy up text about bitmap type 3 - fonts in q-adobetypen - -2004-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct - conditional code in Q-bibtranscinit - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): bit more on Q-buildbib - -2004-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention koma - \captionabove command - -2004-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): twiddle further with - reference-by-name answer (i wonder if it's comprehensible?) - -2004-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add smartref - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): reword text - about splitidx package to take account of split option; more work - needed on this answer still :-{ - (subsection{Labels and references}): note memoir titleref functions, - and mention byname - -2004-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty (\Qref): new whistle in case "\Qref..." - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): editorial work on ps@empty - -2004-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10j, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.10f, today - -2004-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: first tentative steps towards a new web script - (nothing much to do with tex, as yet...) - - * texfaq2file: add switches to control what is output, for grand new - scheme of things - -2004-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - reference to index package - - * dirctan.tex: add index - -2004-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ledmac - -2004-01-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: qq159,161 (in wilson's notes) for memoir - q163 for both memoir and koma-script - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): close paren in - q-baselinepar - (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-varwidth - - * filectan.tex: add varwidth - -2004-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): finished (first - draft of) q-baselinepar - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): correct a - typo (or perhaps "braino") pointed out by hendrik maryns - -2004-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-baselinepar - and a link to it from - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): bit more scrunge - at end of q-paraparam - -2004-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention swiftex in dtx - answer - -2004-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10i, today - (subsection{Document structure}): refer to zoonekynd's title, chapter - and section style pages - - * additions.tex: pl4.10e, yesterday - -2004-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct miktex - "update database" key name - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): nearing - completion of q-linespread - -2004-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): don't have comment.sty \end{xyz} other than - in column 1 - - * filectan.tex: add savesym - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-alreadydef - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword paraparam, - having recommended it to someone :-} - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add Tabbing - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): complete q-tabacc - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-tabacc (not - yet quite complete) - -2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: subfigure->subfig, in case i ever get to use it... - -2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): remove references to ntex - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): quote work complete to end - of this subsection - -2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): more work on the - quote and verbatim - -2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl 4.10d, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new answer - q-pdfpagelabels - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-hyperdupdest - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy qrefs to get rid of - stray space in html; reword intro to make clear what the answer will - tell us - -2004-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): still more work on tidying - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): remove question on miktex failing - to generate latex format - (subsection{Common errors}): mention dblfloatfix in "dbl float order" - v3.10h, today - -2004-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout, again): more work on conditionals - (correcting gross errors of yesterday) and tidying layout (more quote - environments, f'rex) - -2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): redoing conditional control - -2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start of scan - of database offerings - -2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): memoir does crop marks - -2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): couple of editorials - from christina thiele - -2004-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-nopageno and q-ps@empty, - update for memoir and koma-script - -2004-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-privinst from - add-general - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-instt1font from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-resolns from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-fontname from add-general - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): new q-minitoc from - add-general - -2004-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a stricture against using epsfig - unless really necessary - (subsection{Document structure}): mention memoir in "page numbering" - (subsection{Page layout}): note typearea's capabilities in q-papersize - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): wrap bib - entries in dviversion for transcribed initials question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): dealt with the stuff - about marks - -2004-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new answer - from martin sneep, about transcribed initial letters - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): \clearempty... koma - stuff in Q-reallyblank - (section{Documentation and Help}): typesetting japanese tutorial from - matsusaka u. in japan - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention lambda in q-omega, - and add a health warning to the \ctanref about omega itself - -2004-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - tabulary - (subsection{Document structure}): koma-script scrpage2, memoir into - q-fancyhdr - (subsection{Page layout}): mention koma \chapterpagestyle in Q-ps@empty - -2003-12-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add capt-of - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): record change back from - caption2 to caption - (subsection{Document structure}): koma & memoir appendix facilities - (section{Document structure}): caption facilities of koma and memoir, - and add capt-of too - -2003-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to mimi's pages - next to tim love's - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove reference to basum (bausum?) - page on tug.org since it's shortly to be no more, and remove the ltx-2 - one too, since we seem to have a latex one in the offing - -2003-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mptopdf in "mp in gs" q - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention ken - turner's list of reference styles - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): list herbert voss' - thing under both faqs and tutorials - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the - private installation thing to fit in the columns (still needs proper - proof-reading) - -2003-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more - verbosity about home texmf trees (this stuff needs proof-reading!!!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): koma, memoir additions - to q-secthead - -2003-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): finish - off minitoc q with reference to hyperref; nb no reference to - minitoc-hyper (since no-one else has complained about it) - -2003-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new question - q-privinst (incomplete so far) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove translation of \& to bare & - (which surely isn't safe?) - -2003-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): remove - statement that koma and memoir classes are "still under development" - with its unfortunate suggestion that they're still incomplete - (subsection{Document structure}): mention koma and memoir's titling - capabilities - -2003-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): fontname q - (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): refer to q-fontname in - q-instt1font - (subsection{Creating citations}): restored q-sortbib ... - - * faq.sty: redo definition of \ProgName (and hence various others) - to work with latest url.sty (if it's available) - -2003-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): optimise \Qref in - lmfonts question - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): updated other sizes - question to mention koma and memoir - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): another batch - of work on "installing type 1 fonts" - - * filectan.tex: excalibur now apparently 4.0.2 - -2003-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new Q-sortbib - -2003-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): current gs version (in "old - gs" q) changed to 8.12 (dec 2003) - (preamble): v3.10g, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): changes for new fptex - -2003-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add dblfloatfix - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention - dblfloatfix in Q-2colfloat - -2003-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correction - of multind example [how _could_ i have got it so wrong?] - (preamble): v3.10f, today - -2003-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: pdftitle uk _tex_ faq (not tug) - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typos in emacs names - -2003-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl 4.10a - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): minitoc - question answered - -2003-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10e, today - (throughout): refer to koma-script (the object, as opposed to the ctan - address) as KOMA-script - -2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): minor extra - editorial - -2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10d, today - (section{References from articles}): clarification of, and expansion of - examples in, q-mcite - -2003-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10c, today - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct @preamble for \noopsort - (section{References from articles}): correct location for unsrtnat, - plainnat - -2003-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - <release to the web> - - * dirctan.tex: FirstSteps, lgc, lwc -> info/examples - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10b, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): corrections to mf/mp tutorials, plus - two additions (from jose santos) - - * texfaq2html: vital item left out yesterday when doing changes from - -beta - -2003-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10a - (subsection{Document structure}): typo in appendices question - - * texfaq2html: changes from -beta - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): changes from -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10 today - -2003-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove kostas entry (corresponding directory seems to - have disappeared from CTAN without trace...) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): extend and - tidy examples in "multiple indexes" - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Email{ } - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct mail list - details for tex-music (now at icking archive) - (throughout): change \Email|...| to \Email{...} - - * dirctan.tex: algorithm2e - - * faqbody.tex: 3.10RC2, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention algorithm2e in - Q-algorithms - -2003-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.9g, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10RC1, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): various small editorials - -2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): editorial work on - the appendix answer - -2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy q-extref - - * dirctan.tex: removed web/glasgow and all subdir references - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): faithfully add - reference to xr-hyper's url optional argument (though i've not tried - heiko's new version of hyperref that he says makes it work) - - * dirctan.tex: add appendix - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): new Q-appendix - -2003-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add example of how to - code align in place of eqnarray; make all questions in section have ? - at their ends (just for once, they _are_ written as questions) - (subsection{Common errors}): mention Q-eqnarray in Q-newlineargs where - eqnarray is used as an example - -2003-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-toodeep from - add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): q-mathstext and q-reuseq from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-exscale from add-general - (subsection{Page layout}): q-epigraph from add-general - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-aleph from add-general - (subsection{Footnotes}): q-footnpp from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-addtoreset from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): removed superfluous - \endhtmlignore in q-wholerow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per - page resetting problem and the perpage package, in answer "master and - slave counters" (done once before, and obviously lost :-( ) - -2003-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.9f, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention aspell under - q-spell; remove mention of fig2mf under q-fig, and expand list of - known export formats (which now includes mf) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): finished - editorial work on q-toodeep -- removed wibble about pressing on past - the error - (subsection{Creating citations}): minor editorial on the "howto" - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per - page resetting problem and the perpage package, in newly-renamed - answer "master and slave counters" - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove $original_keyword (no longer used); make - $keyword have spaces exchanged for + signs; if not providing link to - list of questions, </center> ... - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): typo; add example of perpage - and list sources of documentation - -2003-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): more work on - how to - (subsection{Mathematics}): re-use of equation - -2003-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start on "how - to write a .bib file" - -2003-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add versions.sty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add versions.sty to - conditional compilation answer - -2003-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): remove the historical - stricture about the bibtex man page, and tidy the rest of the answer - up a bit - -2003-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new subsection, new - Q-footnpp - -2003-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add crippled keyword to - questions about fuzzy fonts - -2003-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): too deep (list - nesting error answer - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \"u - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference to l2tabuen - as a -ve tutorial - - * filectan.tex: add l2tabuen and l2tabuen.src - -2003-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add fncyref - -2003-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9d, today - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): renamed section, added - Q-empty, tidied up quoting further up section - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): added Q-labundef - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): added Q-8000 - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add Q-dolldoll - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention latex kernel problem with \p@<*>, - and list the patch; also mention fncylab and point out that list - reference patching is best done with enumitem - -2003-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new question on - xr and xr-hyper - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): hyperref defines - \nameref for itself; nameref doesn't need hyperref - - * dirctan.tex: add clrscode - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention clrscode - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add narrowversion and wideversion - - * faq.sty: add narrowversion and wideversion - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new subsection, - for (new) q-extref - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new, so far just - contains q-nameref - -2003-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add an - \@addtoreset answer - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct order of - \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}{a3} and \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}; add - \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}[a2] - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): slight tidying of - algorithm answer - -2003-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add epigraph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): fiddling with cites - in how to bibtex question - (subsection{Page layout}): answer on epigraphs - -2003-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): how to run bibtex - -2003-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add bezos - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add enumitem to the same two answers - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correction, following - discussion on c.t.t - -2003-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add paralist, savetrees - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add commentary on paralist and - savetrees to compaction of lists, and re-organise rest of question; - turn "fancy enumeration" upside down (to mention the package first), - and add side reference to paralist - -2003-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: v4.9d. 22nd - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention www.macrotex.net/texbooks - -2003-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): consistent set of - examples for all three candidate packages, and compare-and-contrast - stuff to help users choose - -2003-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add ctan ref for - multibbl - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add \intertext command to - answer on text in maths (example copied from amsldoc) - -2003-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add ref to latex2html - mailing list - - * dirctan.tex: add texpower, beamer - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): bits and - pieces added on to slides question - -2003-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: complete filename mapping to avoid nasty chars - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new answer: text in maths - -2003-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): sort out $$ answer - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): micro-tutorial on - the way \marginpar works - -2003-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add exscale q - -2003-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference odp tex area - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add answer on - detecting whether a label's undefined - -2003-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 4-arg \cmdinvoke* - - * dirctan.tex: add zoon-mp-eg - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add zoonekynd's - example set to list of mp tutorials - -2003-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): bunch of - changes \Package| | to \Package{ } - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): advise etex/etex.sty for pictex - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention etex for dealing with - register problems - -2003-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - bigstrut - - * dirctan.tex: add multirow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Add q on - multirow - -2003-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): question - on modifying single rows - -2003-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add aleph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): little - answer on the aleph project - -2003-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: directory for TftI - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add tex for the - impatient to the list of books released "free" - -2003-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): \label outside environment - enclosing \caption, too - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): play the htmlversion trick in - semanticnest - -2003-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): question on - resolutions - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention mptut.pdf - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): - -2003-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): recommend TUG India tutorial page - -2003-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): complete rewrite - of the "mismatched mode" answer - - * dirctan.tex: add bakoma-texfonts - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9a, today; move hypertext section beyond fonts - (section{Graphics}): reorder questions, make all titles of answers that - refer to imported graphics actually say "imported" - (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial on mf books - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention herbert voss' maths tutorial - (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy up references to texhax - (section{Documentation and Help}): remark on the nasa latex thing - referring to 2.09 - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor editorial - (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor editorial - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add ctan ref for bakoma fonts - -2003-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: start on facility for changing file names of awkwardly- - labelled questions - -2003-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@shep.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9 - -2003-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9RC2, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.8a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): use donald's - simpler scheme for doing unsrt styles by hand... still no tocunsrt :-( - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): rename the "graphics in" to - "imported graphics in", and rename q-graph-pspdf to "portable imported - graphics - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): trivial anglicisation - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention sverb.sty in the - verbatim input question, and tidy the whole mess up - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): tidy ctanrefs of music answer - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): reorder the question about "missing - number", and refer to mathptmx to replace the old times package - -2003-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background} and elsewhere): yet more typos - noticed by jose carlos santos - -2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with changes to -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move {} pattern to end of funtion - - * faqbody.tex: 3.9RC1, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): documentation (such as - it is) of setspace - - * companion.ctan: remove contrib/(supported|other) with a lot of help - from reinhard - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): put code - example in quote environment (seems to set it off rather well) - -2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: remove all remaining contrib/supported - -2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): ignore \bgroup, \egroup (the latter - has to have trailing space in its pattern, for some reason) - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): tidy up ctanrefs - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): add example of the use of - index.sty (other two to come) - -2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): advise against nameref with - hyperref - - * dirctan.tex: added cm-lgc - -2003-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): rewrite - doublespacing question for less pomposity - -2003-08-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): use \Qref* - (subsection{Particular font families}): use \Qref* - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): rework the 8-bit fonts question to - include cm-lgc, with caveats about its size range, and also to compare - the three type 1 alternatives to cm shapes - -2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): further slight tweaks - -2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.8c, today - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add argument-version to \collect@body q - -2003-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in - Q-slashbox - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \Qref* (twice) -- same as - \Qref here - - * faq.sty: deal with \Qref* - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): couple of - typos in destable, and use \Qref* - -2003-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8b, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): reference to pdftex in its own - right on ctan - - * filectan.tex: add pdftex - -2003-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \File{ } - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8a, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): typo in Q-fuzzy-type3 - -2003-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove texfaq2{file,html}, but install faq-html.tar.gz - - * Makefile (inst-html): muck about with html .tar.gz creation - - * additions.tex: pl4.8, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): merge Q-capbibtex - and Q-bibcase to convert the latter to just Q-bibaccent - v3.8, today ** release ** - -2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): use new fantasies - around the production of \~ - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~ - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~, bring up to date with - sanitize-beta - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): \htmlignore around - dvi/pdf versions in examples of case protection - -2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add lshort-parent - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make sure that every - tutorial mentions it's available from ctan if it is; suggest browsing - for other language versions - -2003-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add testflow to list - of tutorials - - * additions.tex: pl4.7c, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8RC2, today - -2003-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \ProgName|...| -> \ProgName{...} - -2003-07-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add epslatex to list - of tutorials - -2003-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove claim about the - regularity of tugboat :-) - -2003-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-upquot, Q-time - and Q-the-commands from add-general (slight edit to Q-the-commands) - (subsection{Particular font families}): lm question from add-general - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): sorting from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Q-slashbox from add-general - v3.8RC1, today - -2003-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): turned the 8-bit fonts - question upside down so as to emphasise cm-like fonts. - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): change section title, and - adjust emphasis in the textrace/mftrace answer (as well as moving - download addresses to the ctanrefs section) - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): new answer on ANT (to what - question? you may well ask :-), from add-general - -2003-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): new one on lm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add lm fonts to type1T1 - -2003-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add lm fonts - -2003-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): \noopsort question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention the natbib - styles and custom-bib _above_ harvard :-} - -2003-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention cm-super - and hfbright as sources of type 1 cm bright - - * dirctan.tex: add latex4jed; move mcite, mdwtools, mfnfss, ssqquote, - textfit and tocvsec2 up/down/sideways one; also multibbl and foiltex - on the nonfree tree; add hfbright - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7.1a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention latex4jed - -2003-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move minitoc, ms, multibib, nrc, ntheorem, rcs, rcsinfo, - refcheck, rotating, sectsty, showlabels, snapshot, sttools, - supertabular, titling and tocloft down one (or up one -- who cares?); - delete schroeder entry (pointing to the ms directory) - - * faqbody.tex (two places): ctanref schroeder -> ms - -2003-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move mparhack, ncctools, newlfm, oberdiek, soul and - tocbibind up one - -2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor - tidies - (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): add a sentence on _why_ - separation of languages might be a good thing - -2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textsf as a no-op (like \acro) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): still more - tidying, after sleeping on the problem - (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): (new title for the section) - new question on ANT - -2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): another pass - over the wording of the advice in the \the_xxx_ question - -2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 2-arg *'d \cmdinvoke - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove \emph - from the arguments of \csx in Q-the-commands - - * dirctan.tex: move jknappen, jurabib and mailing down one level - -2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move toppages, type1cm and ucthesis down one level - -2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add datetime; move memoir, utthesis, vector and vmargin - down one level - -2003-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add twoopt.sty to Q-twooptarg - -2003-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): tidy q-captsty (incl - documentation reference, and add reference to Q-atsigns in the early - bit about diy - -2003-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.7b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question - on typesetting the time - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): btxmac is actually - part of eplain; reference eplain, too - -2003-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add slashbox; move textpos, was, wordcount, wrapfig, - xtab and xymtex down from contrib/supported - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): answer - containing a recommendation of slashbox (but presenting thomas lotze's - suggestion from textex_355 as an alternative) - - * filectan.tex: add tocunscite (it's not there yet, mind) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): answer for unsrt - with table of contents (etc) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): added mailing list - details for pdftex from tug site - (section{The Background}): maillist address for MP (didn't know it had - one!) - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): scrlettr->scrlttr2 - -2003-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): reference docmfp in - Q-dtx (is this the right place for it?) - (section{The Background}): rewrite text about mp in pdflatex, including - making reference to Q-pdflatexgraphics rather than to the pdflatex - project itself - (section{Current TeX Projects}): update pdftex answer; still needs - reference for new mailing list sign-up - - * dirctan.tex: add docmfp - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7.1, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention the justify - stuff in latest ragged2e - (subsection{Document structure}): mention fncychap's restriction re. - front/backmatter in Q-secthead - -2003-06-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): aide-memoir - for vertical spacing commands in plain-in-latex - -2003-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: release... - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): corrections from -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx so it can appear in \Qref - (sanitize_line): correct \^e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reorganise reference to - dvisstrip - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ensuremath - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7, today (i'm determined...) - (section{Format conversions}): refer to hennings' faq via href, not an - entry in ctanrefs - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor editorial in fuzzy-type3 - -2003-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct subeqnarray, subfigure, subfiles - -2003-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, ifmslide, natbib, titlesec - -2003-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question - on upright (Xterm-like) quotes - - * filectan.tex: add upquote - -2003-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7RC3, today - (section{Format conversions}): tidy up "others" question a bit, and add - mention of tex2word and word2tex; no longer first in section - -2003-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.7a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new answer on - 8000dpi gsftopk attempts - - * faqbody.tex: 3.7RC2, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): non-PDF-special from add-general - -2003-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ifmtarg - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): empty arg answer - -2003-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.7RC1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): replace q-dvips-pdf from add-general qs - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): 4 font install answers ditto - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): real error message - from dvips when font missing: not mentioning latest version, since - systems will have the fonts anyway - -2003-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): change reference to fuzzy - fonts question in "8-bit fonts" - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): pseudocode, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): several editorial - and typographic changes - -2003-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1d, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.6b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add graphics needed... from - add-general - - * dirctan.tex: harvard, hyper, hyperref and hyphenat - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): minor edits of "spaces" - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidies of - some of these font answers - (subsection{Graphics}): minor edit - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add proviso about acroread 6 - - * dirctan.tex: psfig change - -2003-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add urlbst - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention urlbst in - Q-citeurl - -2003-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): reference to - Q-algorithms in Q-proglist; also be more positive still about listings - package (when did anyone last recommend lgrind?) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor adjustments - -2003-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1c, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pstill in q-pkfix - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \$ needs {} (eh!?) - -2003-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): bitmap drivers - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): split "quality of - pdf" into two, so all "problems" are on the same level; slight - editorials (some as a result of split) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1b, today - (subsection{Page layout}): page sizes from add-general; - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): table design from - add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): float ordering question from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove the - "short" option; tidy up description of algorithms bundle; mention - float.sty; write documentation notes - (subsection{Page layout}): minor editorial of page sizes - - * dirctan.tex: bunch of directories contrib/supported->contrib - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.6a, today - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add algorithms,alg,newalg; junk old (cyrillic) "program" - in favour of pseudocode one for scott's answer(s); deal with labels, - lineno, listings, refman and wasysym (now links) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): both - alternatives of scott pakin's take on algorithm typesetting - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor edit of q-codelist - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention doc of fncychap - -2003-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add topcapt - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - design of tables answer - - * dirctan.tex: add ctable - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1a, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): reference ctable.sty in footintab - -2003-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): more editorial, mentions of - dvipdfm - -2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further - iterations, including reference to new bluesky-maps in place of clunky - instructions on generating the beastly things - - * dirctan.tex: add bluesky-maps - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): move Q-fuzzy-t1 up - one so questions are in order of itemize - -2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): editorial work on - quality; put related answers into an itemize - (subsection{Installing (LaTeX files}): editorial work on bluesky - -2003-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move mflogo and moreverb "down one" - -2003-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mp doesn't need help from - psfrag - -2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention winedt - changebar macros - -2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add "revision bars" to - Q-changebars - -2003-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): new question on paper size - -2003-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.6, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): trim ps+pdf graphics q title - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add highlight to Q-codelist - - * dirctan.tex: add highlight - -2003-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: collapse koma-script address - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \^E->\^e, bring - sanitize.pl up to date - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): texhax now at tug.org - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention \centering in - "cancelling ragged" question - -2003-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common Errors}): slight diddle on - fixltx2e question - -2003-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add hvfloat - -2003-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fnbreak; bunch of contrib/supported directories -> - contrib directories, and also picked up other link directories - (allowing some to remain links for clarity) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.6RC5, today - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): mention fnbreak in q-splitfoot - -2003-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): editorials - (subsection{Common Errors}): new question on fix2col/fixltx2e - -2003-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on - "unknown special ignored" - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add ê - -2003-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): minor typos - and editorial corrections - (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvipdfm option, and auto driver - selection, in q about ambivalent output generation - -2003-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): correct - spelling of résumé - -2003-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add *.png - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): bunch of - tidies in this and other questions answered recently - - * additions.tex: pl4.5d, today - -2003-04-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct tex4ht-mn.zip, remove usergrps-list - - * dirctan.tex: remove geralpha, which has gone from the archive - - * check-ctan-lists: make to work on gordon - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipng - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new Q-fuzzy-t1 on - the effect of type3 fonts when switching to T1 - (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): new Q-dvi-bmp - -2003-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): replacement `quality - of PDF' answer (part 1) - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-gs-pdfqual (part 2 of same) - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-distill-prob (part 3 of same) - -2003-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): Add \FontName - - * faq.sty: add \FontName - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more on - Q-instprinterfont - -2003-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): move mathtime - back where it started! - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more on Q-instprinterfont - -2003-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: name question files by label, rather than by number; add - web link for question at end; change regexp for \Question to require - label, and to return it alone as $1 (did have [] too); remove - provision for generating a list of all questions - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC4, today - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): Q-eqnarray from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX}): Q-adobetypen from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): Q-spaftend, Q-cmdasenv from add-general - -2003-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more on how to ask a - question - (section{Graphics}): mention graphicx.tex as well as miniltx - -2003-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): installing - mathtime, back from faqbody (not ready for prime time: reinstate when - new version released so it appears in beta again - (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-adobetypen on font formats - - * filectan.tex: contrib/other/fragments -> contrib/fragments - - * dirctan.tex: remove "other" (whole contrib/other directory!); move - all contrib/other stuff down to contrib - -2003-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: introduce \ifusePSfont, set true if using times - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): remove reference - to fonts/psfonts in Q-metrics - -2003-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add mpsproof to question on mp - output in ghostscript - - * filectan.tex: add mpsproof - -2003-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: latex/contrib/(other|supported)/misc -> contrib/misc - -2003-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): only options now, in - Q-CD, are texlive and the ctan cds. - -2003-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): dvistrip corrected to - dvipsstrip - - * dirctan.tex: remove fonts/psfonts - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): remove - reference to psfonts directory - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): slight elaboration - of command-as-env question - (subsection{Macro programming}): move Q-spaftend in here - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): moved up (with one so far - incoherent question) so as to redesignate previous two questions as - latex - -2003-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): finally a usable - question on commands-as-environments, Q-cmdasenv - -2003-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): slight tidy Q-dvips-pdf - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new Q-eqnarray - -2003-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.6RC3, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add discouragement of the use - of path.sty with latex - -2003-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-spaftend - -2003-03-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: oops -- remove line break in decl of psnfssx-mathtime - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC2, today - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add Q-bibcase from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): add Q-limits and Q-mathlips from add-general - (subsection{Particular font families}): add Q-mathtime from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add csnames as keywords - for Q-mathlips - (subsection{Mathematics}): \CTANref for graphics.sty - - * additions.tex: pl4.5b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): small changes, - plus text-wrapping in verbatim examples - -2003-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new Q-bibcase - -2003-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): revise reference to - \DeclareMathOperator with reference to Q-limits - - * filectan.tex: add T1instguide - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add reference - to lehman's guide - (subsection{Mathematics}): new question Q-limits - -2003-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add yhmath-(fonts|macros) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new question on ellipses - - * filectan.tex: add mathdots - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC1, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-formatstymy from add-general - - * add-general.tex: tidy after removing questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typos in Q-graphicspath - (subsection{Document structure}): typos in Q-captsty - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): missing close paren in Q-cv - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-bufovfl from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): Q-mathsize from add-general - -2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1c, today - - * filectan.tex: add ltablex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): refer - disparagingly to ltablex.sty - -2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: removed beginlatex again, having changed policy - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update tutorials to - reference "production" version of beginner's latex - - * dirctan.tex: mps2eps - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference mps2eps in "mp output in - gs" question - -2003-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: info/beginlatex - -2003-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new, Q on - \DeclareMathSizes - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add a 5-argument form of \cmdinvoke - -2003-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new, on format - error stymying - -2003-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1b, today - (subsection{Lists}): change \parsep to \parskip in patched definition - of itemize in q on compacting lists - (section{Introduction}): added simon law to list of helpers - -2003-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): added a - miktex url for font map management - -2003-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1a, today - - * filectan.tex: add excludeonly - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention excludeonly in - Q-conditional - -2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add a couple of keywords to - Q-dvips-pdf (at scott pakin's suggestion) - -2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor editorial - on Q-buffov - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1, today - -2003-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): up-to-date with sanitize.pl - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bunch of "g" qualifiers missing on and - after patterns for \cmdinvoke, and on \csx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-pkgdoc - (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-mfptutorials - (section{Current TeX Projects}): separate "real" ~ from url so as to - avoid hacking by sanitize - (section{Current TeX Projects}): couple of typos in Q-mathml - (section{Current TeX Projects}): \textpercent mayn't be followed by {}, - so use \ for space - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): several small typos - - * Makefile (clean): add *.tpt (thumbpdf-related, afaict) - - * sanitize.pl: bring up to date with -beta - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove references to .lab files - - * additions.tex: pl4.5, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor - tidies of Q-buffov - - * faqbody.tex: 3.5, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy stuff in the distillation question - -2003-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: bring up-to-date, too - - * texfaq2html: brought up-to-date with texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: removed presetting of value in search fields - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): editorials on bitmap fonts q - - * dirctan.tex: correct path for gsview - - * faqbody.tex: 3.5RC1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): implement jose santos' remark about AR - -2003-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add latexcount - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention latexcount - (section{Current TeX Projects}): use revised name for mftrace (was - pktrace) - -2003-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): \ss now now {} after it... - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): stupid change to \ss - - * texfaq2html-beta: patch in the google searching stuff - -2003-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.4, today - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new subsection of "why does it do that" - -2003-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add psnfssx-mathtime, and remove a couple of essentially - defunct mathtime directories - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): start of - question on installing mathtime - -2003-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention \epsfig in Q-impgraph - -2003-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4c, yesterday - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): yet more mucking about with the words about - tetex - - * dirctan.tex: tetex2->tetex, using current/ rather than 2.0/; restore - tetex-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention withdrawal of tiff from - pdftex graphics - -2003-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add decoding of \hphantom -- - converted to (another) gobble operation - (sanitize_line): don't detect an argument in regexps for \hphantom and - \nothtml (efficiency only) - - * filectan.tex: delete wrapfig - - * dirctan.tex: add wrapfig's new directory - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): Reconstructing bib - files from add-general - (section{Graphics}): graphics from somewhere else, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I}): oops: subsection - rename didn't take - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention cm-super in type1T1 - -2003-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add $host_[fd] for use in generate_CTAN_ref - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): tidy generation of http - references (which were ending up on $default_archive) - -2003-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): renamed from - "encoding" -- will go into "why does it _do_ that" - new question on why not use $$ for display maths in latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct \href in mentions of - hutchinson's paper - -2003-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4b, today - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ss{} - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Encoding (?~--- new)}): questions on - t1enc and on eliding inputenc-fontenc when the codings nearly match - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.2, today - (section{Graphics}): reference to hutchinson's graphics inclusion paper - -2003-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct simpl-latex - - * dirctan.tex: add dvi2bitmap - -2003-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected the address - for eric raymond on questions to get answers - -2003-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add skip links to top of search, top of list of - questions, at very start, if the (now very long) intro is present - -2003-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): describe \jobname as a - primitive, not a "special macro" - -2003-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): prevent - \normalfont in the description env in Q-vertposfp \nothtml (also done - as running repair on source on web site) - -2003-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove extensive (but hugely incomplete) change log - at front of file; move def of $default_web, and define $href_script in - terms of it; two minor corrections to previous work - -2003-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): put comment from jose carlos santos in as - reminder of work needing to be done; note that gs8.00 is current (and - the date of the statement ;-), and claim that gs6.50 is the minimum - sensible; add proviso to recommendation of -G1 - -2003-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: set up protocols for new sanitize - - * texfaq2file: some updating w.r.t. latest texfaq2html - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use of different protocols for - different things - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor typo - -2003-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: date today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): and a bit more, to make the - thing make sense - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): line too long for buffer error - -2003-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): slight edit of yesterday's - question, to avoid bad line break - - * dirctan.tex: add tex2bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new question - on regenerating bibliographies - -2003-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new question on \graphicspath - -2003-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: remove provisions for .lab files - - * all: checkin/release - - * faqbody.tex: changed date in first line - -2003-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): \ctanref to tetex (per se) - upgraded in windows section (talking about cygwin usage) - -2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: update tds - - * faqbody.tex: v4.3b, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): more tidying - -2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): reword talk about tetex around - current state of tetex2 - - * dirctan.tex: remove both instances of tetex 1.0 - -2003-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): updated tds stuff, - after announcement of tds v1.0 - -2003-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: replace \CTAN with \@ctan@path - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): typo in Q-makeindex - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial in Q-verbfile - (subsection{Odds and ends}): there's no \CTAN macro! (error spotted by - Charles Cameron, in Q-bold-extras) - (section{Introduction}): credit CC, and now ... v3.4a - -2003-01-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): minor change to ensure match - between -beta and master version - - * texfaq2html-beta: match with master version (as far as poss) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC4, today - (subsection{Page layout}): slightly less absolutist about samepage - environment in Q-nopagebrk - -2003-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex release candidates - (subsection{Page layout}): rewrite Q-abspos, to mention eso-pic - solution (which i learnt on c.t.t today) - (subsection{Page layout}): corrected statement of relation between - eso-pic and everyshi in Q-watermark - - * dirctan.tex: make testflow a browsable directory; add tetex2 - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): comment - on texpower expanded somewhat (must _really_ work on this some time) - -2003-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: ifmslide - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): make - reference to ifmslide (whatever that is) - -2003-01-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC2, today - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): use a formulation of don - arseneau's for \sectionmark, in Q-runheadtoobig - -2003-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add the catalogue - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor tidy in - Q-nonfree - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make reference to the catalogue in - Q-websearch - - * additions.tex: pl4.3i, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4RC1, today - - * sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): bring in updates from -beta - - * texfaq2html: bring in updates from -beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct web address for - context - (section{Documentation and Help}): correct web address for metafun - (subsection{Footnotes}): Q-multfoot from add-general - (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct address for dante's upload - -2003-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3q, today - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): slight adjustment of the text - referring to \sectionmark in runheadtoobig - -2003-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: split keyword lists and examine each separately, - case-independently (even) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \url->\URL in writecls - -2003-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3p, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.3h, today - -2003-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ncctools - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial - work on the type1 cm fonts installation stuff. - (subsection{Footnotes}): question whose answer is manyfoot - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention /usr/local/ - share/texmf (suggestion from julian gilbey), and also suggest - kpsewhich as a source of the information for a tetex system - -2002-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing LaTeX files}): tidying - (perhaps even finishing!) the type 1 cmfonts installation question - -2002-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on - cmfonts answer - -2002-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): Q-dpfloat, - Q-vertposfp from add-general - - * faq.sty: try forcing \l@section/\l@subsection onto next page if not - enough space (retracted ...) - -2002-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on - "installing CM type1" question - -2002-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): provide link terminator, in - case that the link doesn't have $ctanref_plus set true - - * texfaq2html-beta: forget about label "lastquestion", correct coding - of next/previous links in case of last question - -2002-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): first hopeful stab at multiple - formats (new file, copy of sanitize.pl) - - * texfaq2html-beta: first stab at provision for multiple format - directory retrieval - -2002-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3g, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - Q-vertposfp - -2002-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3o, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): move \CTANref of teencontrex to list - at end of question - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to bibtex-doc-pdf in bibtex - docs question - (section{Format conversions}): move ref to html2latex to ctanrefs - (section{TeX Systems}): separate vtex-common in ctanrefs (twice) - (subsection{\MF fonts}): tidy up references in "running mf" q - (subsection{Document structure}): move ctan reference for abstract.sty - in Q-onecolabs - (section{Current TeX Projects}): move reference to ltx3pub - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): slight modification of ctan - references in Q-letterclass - - * dirctan.tex: add bibtex-doc-pdf - -2002-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3f, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3n, today - (subsection{Document structure}): Q-pagebychap from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): Q-pkgdoc from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - answer Q-dpfloat - (subsection{Page Layout}): minor editorial - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): refer to - spliti[n]d[e]x in Q-multind - - * dirctan.tex: add splitindex - -2002-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): more editorials - -2002-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): editorial - corrections to documentation question - - * faqbody.tex - (throughout): editorial corrections noted on train... - -2002-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add chappg - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): new question on page nos - by chapter - -2002-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new question on - package documentation - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): slight tidy of Q-dtx - -2002-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): point at - miwie.org comparison of things in Q-slidecls - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add example of coding \qedhere - in Q-proof - -2002-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3l, today - (subsection{Mathematics}): typo left "i" at very end of answer - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): note documentation of path and - url in Q-setURL - (subsection{Common errors}): note documentation of url and verbdef in - Q-verbwithin - -2002-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3k, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-overstrike from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): Q-cancel from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): typo in Q-hyphoff - -2002-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add eso-pic; remove ref2bib (which has gone, and whose - replacement's name i've forgotten) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): separate references to eso-pic - and everyshi - -2002-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3j, today - (subsection{Page layout}): mention \filbreak in question about - suppressing page breaks - (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): mention the - (common) need to load ulem with normalem option - - * additions.tex: pl4.3d, today - - * filectan.tex: add cancel - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): cancel.sty - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): overstriking - -2002-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3i, today - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): make clear what is actually - being redefined with \usepackage[overload]{textcase} - -2002-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3c, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more scribble - on installing font files - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3h, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct location of font source - files, and mention font families all in one directory - -2002-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): a bit more on the - capitalisation question - -2002-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3g, today - (section{The Background}): tidy eplain answer and add reference to the - project home page - -2002-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): minor typo in - non-html stuff on wrapfigure - (subsection{"Generic" macros}): slight iteration of active chars q - v3.3f, today - -2002-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): hacking to get html right - in active chars question - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove requirement for {} after \textbar - -2002-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): another whole - paragraph for the question about installing fonts - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3e, today - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): make reference to newcommand in the - question about multiple optional arguments - - * dirctan.tex: add newcommand - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic macros}): more work on don A's - stuff - -2002-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): mods to make tilde appear - in html output... - (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first pass at getting don A's revised - answer for activechars in (much interrupted -- needs checking) - -2002-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): Q-interruptlist from add-general - v3.3d, today - -2002-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Lists}): new question on suspending and - resuming lists - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3c, today - (section{Format conversions}): add mayer.dial.pipex.com samples url to - latex->html question (they *really* make tex4ht look good ;-) - -2002-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rcsinfo - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3b, today - (subsection{Document management}): refer to rcsinfo (ex norman gray) - - * Makefile (throughout): tabs before thumbpdf and following $(PDFLATEX) - seem to have gone missing -- reinstated - -2002-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: add heiko's modification to run thumbpdf - - * faq.sty: new version from heiko; slight patch to do \@ReturnAfterFi - at outer level since i'm experiencing problems with it where he had - defined it - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add a proviso about - sections in the question on marks different from the toc entry - (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention euro-ce - -2002-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added euro-ce - -2002-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3, today - -2002-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: remove a redundant \Dings - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): bit more of - non-equivalences between latex and plain commands - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): parallel setting from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove reference to nrc - classes in parallel setting question (they're not _that_ wonderful in - this context) - -2002-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): give skips - question a label (warned by new faq.sty ;-) - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): add (letterfaq|newfaq).lab, remove - newfaq.workers - - * Makefile (clean): remove pdf-newfaq-patch.tex, *.lab - - * newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: \labellist - - * faq.sty: added \labellist stuff; make \Question complain if no label - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): final touches to last night's additions - -2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add nopagebrk from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): add wdnohyph from add-general - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): 2 >1 column floats - questions from add-general - (section{Graphics}): topgraph from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): inclplain from add-general - (section{Symbols, etc.}): tradesyms from add-general - -2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2e, today - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): put version number on the - dvips that doesn't do charshift - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): start - question on producing slides - - * dirctan.tex: move foiltex to nonfree, to reflect reality, add - prosper, ppower4 - -2002-09-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date, no change of version - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): question on parallel - setting of texts - - * dirctan.tex: add parallel - -2002-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols}): new question on trade symbols - - * additions.tex: pl4.2i, today - -2002-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2h, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - questions about single-column floats in multicols, and bottom- - placement of double-column floats in twocolumn - -2002-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new answer on top-aligning - - * additions.tex: pl2.4g, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): small tidying of book list - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): mention \enlargethispage - in "keeping things together on the page" - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): expand for tidiness sake - -2002-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2f, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today - (subsection{Document structure}): two questions from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): how many pp, from add-general - (section{Graphics}): limit width, from add-general - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): extra vertical space from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (throughout): several minor editorials - -2002-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): question plain commands - in latex code - (subsection{How do I \dots{}?~--- somewhere}): plain.sty question - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do ...?}): another change of name - -2002-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new section - heading for explicit float things (currently only floats on their own - float pages) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): limit graphics width to page - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): witter about vertical - space in figures - - * additions.tex: pl4.2e, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): slight tidy of watermark q's - ctanrefs env - - * dirctan.tex: add totpages - - * add-general.tex (section{Where? --- sort of support?}): "number of - pages in the document?" answer - -2002-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): booktabs _is_ - now compatible with at least some other table packages... - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add "page n of m" - - * filectan.tex: add mtw - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention mtw on ctan - -2002-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): restore "making tex work" in the - books section, note that it's out of (print|date), and add link to - tutorials, which now lists sourceforge url - -2002-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): new question about - fitting text into the running head. - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2b, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention some vim scripts - (subsection{Mathematics}): moved Q-braket in here - (subsection{Page layout}): moved "changing margins" in here - - -2002-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pdftricks - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference pdftricks in the answer - about alternative drawing systems - -2002-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidy up "editors" entry for - ms-dos (for tidiness' sake, rather than because of the intrinsic - importance of the subject matter ;-) - -2002-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): text on vim from schröcker - (section{Introduction}): mention schröcker - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rather feeble answer on - suppressing hyphenation of words - - * dirctan.tex: concmath is in supported... - - * additions.tex: pl4.2d, today - - * filectan.tex: add needspace, add .gz to latex209.tar - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): complete \needspace - question - -2002-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): start of a question on - keeping things on the same page - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typo in dvipsgraphics - -2002-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@shep.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: tidy up after stupidity working on text annotations in - pdf version (which preserved as botched-faq.sty) - -2002-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): typo in "finding macros" - v3.2, today - -2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): remove - reference to tracking.sty, following notice of its bug - -2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2c, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1c, today - (subsection{Creating citations}): "References from the bibliography to - the citation" from add-general - (section{Graphics}): "Labelling graphics" from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): "The definitions of LaTeX commands" from - add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add "missing $" and "font shape not - available" from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): editorial - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial - (subsection{Bibliographies (somewhere)}): editorial - (subsection{Graphics}): editorial - - * faq.sty: add a \toclevel@question with a view to shutting hyperref up - a bit - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): bit more description of - eso-pic (from a post by rolf niepraschk) - -2002-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): since i'm more informed - about titlesec, i might as well instruct the world as well... (losing - the reference to titletoc in passing -- dunno about that yet) - - * dirctan.tex: add citeref - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bibliographies (somewhere)}): backwards - reference to citation answer - - * additions.tex: pl4.2b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on font - substitution messages (at long last!!!) - - * filectan.tex: add type1ec - - * dirctan.tex: add type1cm - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1b, today - (subsection{Particular font families}): incorporate small correction - from José Carlos Santos - -2002-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add overpic - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): first stab at answer on - overlaying text on figures - -2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): $ missing answer - -2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tidy and slightly expand - yesterday's work - -2002-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a label Q-impgraph - v3.1a, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): added "a tex primer for scientists" - (section{Introduction}): add Hartmut Henkel to list of helpers - (section{Literate programming}): promote noweb (which supersedes - spidery web) - v3.1a.1 (patched prior to re-release) - - * additions.tex: pl4.2a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{LaTeX macros}): tweak finding macro question - -2002-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{LaTeX macros}): new answer: finding macro - definitions - -2002-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): "replacing - the standard classes" from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): "presentation of section numbers" from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): editorial on seccntformat - answer - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): replace mention of uk tug (after - list of books) with notes on contributing - (section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial stuff; remove reference to - decus tape distribution - (section{\acro{DVI} Drivers and Previewers}): remove reference to decus - distribution holding a copy of dvips - (section{Format conversions}): remove troff translator in decus dist - -2002-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add actual body to - \@seccntformat question - - * filectan.tex: add sober - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): editorial - on standard classes answer - - * dirctan.tex: add pstoedit and purifyeps - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention purifyeps in pdf question, - as route to something includable by pdflatex - -2002-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1v, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): moved ctan references out to - ctanrefs env after book list - - * additions.tex: pl4.1m, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): long- - awaited answer on ntgclass, koma-script and memoir - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): defining characters, - active characters in command arguments, defining characters from - command arguments, and transcribing latex commands, from add-general - (subsection{Particular font families}): new section, to hold "using - concrete fonts", from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): add makefiles q from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): editorial on - makefiles question - (subsection{Macro programming}): "macros from command arguments" solely - in terms of plain programming - (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): couple more editorials on concrete - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): moved "making \mp graphics display" - into this section - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): moved "other document font - sizes" into this section - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): moved code listings up to top - of section - -2002-09-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: add FTPDIR - - * Makefile (inst-html): goes to $(FTPDIR) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): rebalance - "characters commands as commands" and "active chars in command - arguments" - - * dirctan.tex: add concmath-f (the fonts) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): tidy up, and add - ctan references to the fonts mentioned - - * faqbody.tex (section{Fonts}): new section, to include metafont stuff - and postscript font issues (was \MF and \MP, and \PS and \TeX) - (section{Graphics}): new section, from add-general, plus \MP in - ghostscript (from old \MF and \MP) and drawing stuff from tables, - figures and diagrams - v3.0.1u, today - (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): mention - flafter.sty in Q-floats - -2002-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add latexmake - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): add Makefile itself - - * Makefile (ctan): remove commented-out ftp target - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): more work on - the Makefile question (really for doc management, now, i suppose) - - * locations.mk: new file of "private" locations, that won't go on CTAN - - * Makefile: move explicit locations out to locations.mk - - * dirctan.tex: texhax is browsable - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): typos/minor corrections - to latex bug and additions to the faq questions - (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): typend and unkgrfextn from - add-general - v3.0.1t, today - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \pkgoption - - * faq.sty: add \pkgoption - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): amalgamated - graphics extension bit with earlier one - - * additions.tex: pl4.1k, today - - * filectan.tex: add gkpmac - - * dirctan.tex: add ccfonts and concmath - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): new subsection - for question from josé carlos santos about concrete - -2002-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): provide some sort of - completion for pdftex graphics question, and do first version of dvips - graphics - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): tidy up "... say \end" - - * dirctan.tex: add jpeg2ps, bmeps - - * filectan.tex: add resume - - * dirctan.tex: add currvita - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): update - curriculum vita question with rec for currvita - (section{Introduction}): hans nordhaug to list of contributors - - * additions.tex: pl4.1j, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first pass of - \newcommand answer complete (do we need \@ifundefined, \@ifnextchar?) - -2002-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): editorial from santos - -2002-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdflscape.sty in the - landscape question - v3.0.1r, today - -2002-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): make reference to \footref in - "texts are identical" - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): editorials - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention \gobble and - \iffalse ... \fi in "comments" question - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add cmdinvoke with mandatory argument - followed by optional one - - * dirctan.tex: add subfiles - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add reference - to subfiles system in "report from lots of articles" - v3.0.1q, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.1i, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The joy of TeX errors}): new answer (from - a post by heiko oberdiek), about "unknown graphics extension" - -2002-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorials, - including rearranging "unnumbered sections in toc" - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): editorials - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorials - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first paragraph of - question on understanding latex command declarations - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor editorials - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): minor editorials, split into - subsections - (section{PS and TeX}): excise any mention of mathpple - - * filectan.tex: give TeX-FAQ a filename (ha ha) - - * dirctan.tex: remove TeX-FAQ (the old faq) - -2002-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): talk down - dropping package in Q-dropping (ha ha) - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): slight editorial - (section{The Background}): various holiday editorials - (section{Documentation and Help}): added joy of tex to list of books(!) - v3.0.1p, today - -2002-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: - 3.0.1o, today - (sections{The Background,Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor tidies and - updates - -2002-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1h, today - - * add-general.tex - (subsections{Generic and LaTeX macros}): frameworks for a couple of new - questions - - * faqbody.tex - v3.0.1n, today - (section{Macro programming}): split into two halves, "generic" and - latex - -2002-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex - (section{Documentation and Help}): add wilkins' pllong.pdf to the - tutorials section - v3.0.1m, today - -2002-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Symbols, etc.}): add mention of encoding problems, and suggest - \char`\_, in underscore question - -2002-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add stabular - to the long table stuff - v3.0.1l, today - -2002-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1k, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): record that ec fonts don't cover all - sami languages - (section{Introduction}): add Regnor Jernsletten to helpers' list - -2002-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): change \htmlonly to \nothtml in - Y&Y entry (!) - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): move \htmlonly down with the other two - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): micro-typo in doc prep - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): \nothtml problem in encodings - (section{PS and TeX}): add licence remark to txfonts and pxfonts - (section{PS and TeX}): mention dvips -G1 bugfix (which version is it?) - v3.0.1j, today - -2002-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): moved \nothtml and \latexhtml to the end - of the big block of conversions, so their arguments get processed - before they do (probably need to do same for other similar commands) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): \begin{footnoteenv} on a line - by itself (and three other places in the document) - (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): typo correction for msx/y font - ctanrefs environment - v3.0.1i, today - (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add Q-miktexinst from add-general - (section{The Background}): also tidy Q-MP - -2002-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@stripos2.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): more work on - the cm-pfb fonts question - -2002-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): correct typos; - add disclaimer about miktex failing to know about a package - -2002-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1g, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new question - about installing from miktex - - * faqbody.tex:: v3.0.1h, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): make reference to new question on - miktex installation - -2002-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): bit of editing - of the cm-type1 question - -2002-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Format conversions}): added info (from Alejandro Lopez- - Valencia) about using acrobat 5 to produce output via word 2000 (!) - -2002-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add system and OS info - to the list of things people should report, when appropriate. - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): start on - questions about installing fonts, and installing type 1 cm in - particular - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF and MP}): make the reference to bluesky to - mention browsing - v3.0.1g, today - - * dirctan.tex: Make bluesky browsable - -2002-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date (not changing minor version number) - (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct support reference for - xfig, and mention jfig in that question - -2002-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor usage mods - in "rerun" question, suggested by john palmieri - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove \end{document} - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1f, today - -2002-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct address for - Peter Flynn's intro, which has moved with site re-org - 3.0.1e, today - -2002-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention full document in - landscape orientation in landscape question, and include geometry for - that - v3.0.1d, today - -2002-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): url for x-symbol - v3.0.1c, today - -2002-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): CTAN-refer to oberdiek - - * dirctan.tex: add epstopdf, rename pagesel as oberdiek - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): start on pdftex question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): deal with overflowing column - in second example definition of "log-like" \diag - -2002-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: removed required-questions - -2002-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (three places): remove \Destination commands - v3.0.1a, today - -2002-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): web2c* for sources; final editorial - work on document prep question - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): weasel words around dvilj - - * dirctan.tex: add web2c*; remove pdftex, dviljk; update - french-(le|pro) - -2002-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): "typesetting a - file in verbatim" -> drop the "in" - (section{Current TeX Projects}): typo in the web question - (section{Current TeX Projects}): several gross typos in the wysiwyg - question, and new intro para - v3.0h, today - -2002-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0g, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): new question re-derived from david - kastrup's input on wysiwyg - (section{The Background}): david kastrup's stuff moved away from here - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): rearrange deckchairs slightly so - \cmdinvoke "long forms" are scanned before shorter equivalents - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): minor - reword to change emphasis of doublespace document - -2002-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0f, today - (section{Macro programming}): correct minor think-o in opt args - question yesterday - (section{The Background}): lots more editorial work on wysiwyg - - * texfaq2html-beta: require sanitize-beta.pl - - * Makefile (inst-perl-beta): install sanitize-beta - -2002-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): moved wysiwyg question over - (section{Macro programming}): the two command argument answers, too - - * additions.tex: pl4.1e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new answer on >1 - optional argument - (subsection{The background}): editorial work on david kastrup's - splendid contribution - (subsection{Macro programming}): added ctanrefs for Q-moren9 - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \cmdinvoke{name}[opt] - -2002-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): refer to amsthm proof env - -2002-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add .mf to wherefiles - -2002-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The background}): revision of wysiwyg - question, courtesy of david kastrup - - * dirctan.tex: added texmacs and preview-latex - -2002-05-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: distinguish sections and subsections in index.html, and - change the trailer of each question to be a bit like that of the web - version - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: distinguish sections and subsections in - the listing of questions at the start - -2002-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex,dirctan.tex,faqbody.tex: uktug-faq -> faq throughout - (file names as well as email address) - - * Makefile (inst-html): add README - - * README: first stab at this; done for thomas esser's benefit - - * Makefile.CTAN: replace 00readme with README, add sanitize.pl and - texfaq2file - - * additions.tex: pl4.1c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in words about - tex-by-topic on web, so reworded slightly, too - v3.0d, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): added question on >9 - arguments - (subsection{Graphics}): finished first pass on general question; added - headers for dvips and pdflatex graphics - -2002-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1b, today - - * filectan.tex: add epsf.tex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): start of a witter about - graphics inclusion in general - - * dirctan.tex: add dtxtut - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0c, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): add ref to dtxtut - -2002-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): rename question to - "conditional compilation and comments" - -2002-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mathpazo now v1.003 - - * Makefile (ctan): use newly-defined $CTAN_ROOT and $CTAN_HOME - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo text about euro in light - of the discovery that the commission now accepts non-sans symbols - v3.0b, today - -2002-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): \p@enumii needs - \renewcommand - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): tidy and extend - catcodes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): removed \acro round micropress - font name "capitals" part, and corrected "ps math"->"pa math"(!) - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): reword answer on multiple - citations - -2002-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): balancing columns (as - amended) from add-general - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): letter classes from add- - general - v3.0a, today - -2002-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): remove - reference to baltools in "balancing columns" question - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): twiddle the wording a bit - (subsection{Macro programming}): more scribbling in "defining macro - from argument" - -2002-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added testflow - -2002-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add akletter, dinbrief, newlfm; remove aladdin - - * additions.tex: pl4.1, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): letter - classes - -2002-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): \WYSIWYG translate as WYSIWYG(!) - - * additions.tex: pl4.0, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0, today - - * texfaq2html: added provision for subsections - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add latex->plain from - add-general - (section{The Background}): latex<->plain from add-general - (subsection{Document structure}): "really blank pages" from add-general - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): decimal comma from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): RCS question from add-general - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): breaking boxes from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): floats on their own float - pages from add-general - -2002-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): rearranged, and - stuff moved out; suppressed question about miktex format creation - (section{PostScript and TeX}): moved charshift in here for want of - anything better... - (subsection{Page layout}): landscape orientation (from "specialities") - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Format Conversions}): for part of the - latex->tex question (also edited a bit) - - * additions.tex: pl3.9m, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): split bug question in - two, taking stuff from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): "how to ask a question" from - add-general - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): "bib->html" from add-general - (section{The Background}): add explanation of the acronym in the - wysiwyg question - v2.5.8u, today - -2002-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9l, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{You're still stuck?}): add details of - using the bugs web page to question on latex bug reports - (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): tidy wrapping in norman gray's - question - -2002-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rcs - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): rcs question, - courtesy of norman gray - - * additions.tex: pl3.9k, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied text about cygwin - -2002-05-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8t, today - (section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex for cygwin - -2002-04-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added peter flynn's - tutorial to tutorials question - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and Help}): new question on - how to formulate questions (self-referential or what?) - (subsection{The Background}): minor tidy of translation question - (throughout): removed most \Destination commands - - * additions.tex: pl3.9j, today - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8s, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): reword text about google - -2002-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: various questions moved around and subsections created - -2002-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): suppress - suggestion that dvips is readily available - -2002-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: changed date to today - - * dirctan.tex: added feyn - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - ctanrefs references to picins; put picins at the end of the list in - the body of the answer - (subsection{Footnotes}): mention the "table notes" feature of - threeparttable - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): refer to feyn font package - -2002-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correction and - improvement to Q-marginparside from Norman Gray - v2.5.8r, today - -2002-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: removed three directories that no longer exist - (including dviware/dvipsk) - -2002-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9i, today - - * add-general.tex: 3 questions->faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8q, today - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): bibliography and index in - toc from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): strutting tables, and long - tables from add-general - -2002-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Something or other}): add mention of tracking - to the letterspacing question - - * filectan.tex: added tracking.sty - -2002-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9h, today - - * faqbody.tex: bunch more shifting around of questions - v2.5.8p, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): textrace question, from add-general - - * faq.cls: add \ProvidesClass declaration, use obeyspaces option when - loading url.sty - -2002-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mention DVIWindo as capable of - direct rendering of type1 fonts - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): hack at "making hypertext documents" and - "making acrobat documents", and correct references to [tp]xfonts (the - package name is plural] - v2.5.8o, today - -2002-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): new, under why does it do - that?; plus a whole bunch of new subsections, with corresponding re- - arrangements of text of questions - - * texfaq2html-beta: treat \subsection the same as \section, pro tem - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): ignore \subsection and its arguments - -2002-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex: move all the questions into subsections - - * faq.sty: today's date: deemed to be v1.1 (surely as good as any?) - define \subsection as a sort of mini-section (also \l@subsection) - -2002-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention that - \extracolsep can be cancelled - v2.5.8m, today - -2002-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: convert \def\file* + \typeout => \ProvidesPackage (v2.2) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor rewording of - q on breaking boxes of text - -2002-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8l, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ams short math guide - -2002-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy up breakable - boxes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): lates gs is 7.04 - v2.5.8k, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): eplain defines \path; provide - recipe for using url.sty in plain - -2002-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): stupid error in Q-latex2e - - * texfaq2html: the -beta version seems to work, so let's go live with - it... - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): tidy noans and newans, in - particular making use of \href for the mailto url - [preamble]: v2.5.8j, today - - * texfaq2html-beta: first stab at labellisation - -2002-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8i, today - (section{The Background}): add link to Q-lit under description of tex - (section{Literate programming}): add reference to - literateprogramming.com in Q-lit - -2002-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add framed and shade - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of breakable - boxes question - -2002-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added was (walter schmidt's bits and pieces) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question about - commas as decimal separators - -2002-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct a \URL|...| - -2002-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first stab at - answer on under- and overfull boxes, made by strapping a few - other people's postings onto a bit of intro stuff of mine - - * additions.tex: pl3.9f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added pktrace to - textrace question - -2002-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): typo spotted by jose carlos santos - (section{Why does it do that?}): typo spotted by j.c.s (again) - -2002-01-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tweaking of - the bib->html question - -Tue Jan 15 08:02:18 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added web pointers to - some known latex documentation, rewrote mention of tex by topic - v2.5.8h, today - -Sun Jan 13 22:17:28 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9d, today - - * filectan.tex: add noTeX, bbl2html - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add question on - bib->html, starting with noTeX, bbl2html - -2002-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change information - about texhax, and provide url for finding info about tex lists via - heidelberg - v2.5.8g, today - -2002-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention the m$ euro code - - * faq.sty: change \Question \@startsection parameters to allow less - space between questions, and to use \normalsize bold text - -2002-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): answer on - translating latex to plain, directly copied from Jules Bean on c.t.t - - * dirctan.tex: removed all the obsolete/dviware things, the format- - dumper fantasies, systems/knuth/dviware and dvitodvi - - * filectan.tex: correct axodraw - - * newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: \typeout at end report - \thequestion, not \thesubsection - - * faq.sty: redo \question as a \@startsection in its own right with its - own counter), and remove all the kerfuffle needed to make it work - mapping to \subsection; also remove \subquestion and the like - -2002-01-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8f, today - (section{Introduction}): tidy reference to alternative html, remove - dick nickalls from the list of non-members of the committee - (section{The Background}): rewrite texinfo entry to mention texi2html - (section{The Background}): various other entries: provide pointers to - distributions in ctanrefs envs at end of questions - -2002-01-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove requirement for \nobreakspace to - have trailing {} (dunno why this makes it work, mind you...) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies and citations}): change ~ in - \href anchor to \nobreakspace - (section{Symbols, etc.}): change ~ at end of \href to \nobreakspace - -2002-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): all double-line - \Destination commands forced onto single line - (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy up question on long tables - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): escape "*" in \cmdinvoke* :-} - -Tue Jan 1 09:12:47 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finish off - longtable question - -Sat Dec 29 22:52:52 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8e, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): various corrections to books, on - advice from Barbara Beeton (including removing Gr"atzer's math into - tex, which is superseded by math into latex) - -Wed Dec 26 00:28:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add * version of 2-mandatory-arg - \cmdinvoke - - * faq.sty: make \cmdinvoke take * (for meta-arguments) - - * filectan.tex: add ltxtable - - * dirctan.tex: add xtab - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start new question - on long tables - -Tue Dec 25 09:15:35 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.8d, today - -Mon Dec 24 17:37:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add tex by topic to "tutorials"; - remove it from "books" - (section{The Background}): switch reference to tex by topic - (section{Documentation and Help}): restore tex by topic to "books", at - victor's suggestion, and cross-link to tutorials - -2001-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8b, today - - * dirctan.tex: add nedit-latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): explain that the java - version is called nts - (section{TeX Systems}): added reference to the nedit stuff in editors - and shells - -2001-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Added question on - submitting latex bug reports; minor tidies to question on array - spacing - (section{Proposed new questions}): new version of q-bug - -Sun Dec 16 10:17:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today - - * dirctan.tex: add booktabs - - * filectan.tex: add tabls - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - array strutting - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): added \'o (for peter szabo) - -Sat Dec 15 10:56:39 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - textrace, with references to existing outputs - - * dirctan.tex: added cm-super and ec-type1 - - * filectan.tex: added musixtex-type1 - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): remove newfaq.workers - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8a, today - (section{Symbols, etc.}): removed second mention of europs<->eurosans - difference in recommendation at end of adobe subsection - -2001-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): added mention of latin9 and its - implications - -2001-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): added euro question from - add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added bold-xy and ragged - questions from add-general - v2.5.8 - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with euro question - slight typo corrected in "cancelling ragged" question; comment out text - referring to donald's flushboth (which hasn't surfaced yet) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): minor tidy of omega q - -Mon Dec 10 07:30:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7i, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): revision and - slight extension of euro question - -Sun Dec 9 23:19:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): slight further reduction - of random twaddle in text of nts q - -2001-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add nts - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): deflower phil's text - about nts a bit, and add reference to public release of nts/java - - * additions.tex: pl3.8b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bunch of new stuff - on how to typeset euros (from yesterday and today) - - * dirctan.tex: add china2e, eurosym, eurofont - -2001-12-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): good start on euro - question - - * dirctan.tex: add euro-fonts, marvosym-fonts - -2001-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added scott pakin's - keywords to symbol list question - v2.5.7h, today - (section{The Background}): correct \href for context - -2001-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): correct syntax - for latest version of pdfpages package - v2.5.4g, today - (section{Introduction}): add Andreas Matthias to list of benefactors - -2001-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.7f, today - (section{PS and TeX}): tidy up question about metrics, add reference to - ly1 and to walter's site of extra goodies and, and, and... - -2001-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): spell martin - schröder's name right - -2001-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7e, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.8a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add question on - flushboth (after discussion with da) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): saturday's -{}- -> -\relax- - -Sat Nov 24 09:47:06 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): -- (in "verbatim" bits convert) to -{}-, - and where necessary convert |..--..| -> \texttt{..-{}-..} - v2.5.7d, today - (section{Introduction}): add thomas esser - -2001-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): amend words about - metafun manual, and redirect web address to ntg site - v2.5.7c, today - -2001-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): \nothtml-tidy typo correction - -2001-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7b, today - (sections {The Background}, {Acquiring the Software}): micro-editorials - from Jose Carlos Oliveira Santos - (section{The Background}): added a ref to the ntg copy of context web - site (pending the arrival of a "real" one...) - -2001-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): "tiny typo" - (\pagnumbering) in "eliminating page numbers" - v2,5,7a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): first stab (pre-ctan availability) of reference - to macos x tetex and texshop; added reference under "unix" to "mac" - (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct signup address for omega list - (section{TeX Systems}): corrected spelling of wierda - (section{Documentation and Help}): tug.org copy of bausum's list - -2001-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.8, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add a question on - bold tt and csc - - * filectan.tex: add bold-extra - - * faqbody.tex (throughout}): \CTAN{}->\acro{CTAN} - -2001-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): change references to miktex - v2.5.7, today - - * dirctan.tex: remove miktex directory - - * filectan.tex: replace miktex-zip with miktex-install and miktex-setup - -2001-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7l, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention - ntheorem in "roman theorems", use \upshape instead of \rm in original - example - 2.5.6k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tocbibind question - -Sat Nov 3 15:29:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): moved code - listings from "how do i do x" - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): removed text about 209 in - "log-like function" - (section{Things are Going Wrong}): remove rmnonsense question, and - reference to it in "missing symbol commands"; tidy up "missing symbol - commands", and add ctanrefs for amsfonts - (section{Things are Going Wrong}): ctanrefs for msx/y question - -Wed Oct 31 23:10:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): finished belleek stuff - -Tue Oct 30 23:35:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add belleek (just the .zip file) - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mention belleek (needs url for - paper) - -2001-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (inst-perl*): add sanitize_line - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: require sanitize.pl, remove - sanitize_line - - * sanitize.pl: new file, providing sanitize_line for texfaq2* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): not :8080 for omega site - -Tue Oct 30 00:14:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): update omega question - -Mon Oct 29 22:32:39 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): use richard's words re. truetype - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): detail the further brilliant - things titlesec can do in re. \subsubsubsection - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove misleading remark about - titlesec's capabilities re. \part - v2.5.6l, today - -2001-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies and citations}): change title - from just "bibliographies" - (section{PS and TeX}): change listing of {cm,ams}-amstype1 to "browse" - (section{TeX Systems}): change to truetex entry as per mail from - richard - -Sun Oct 28 09:19:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): correct html problem - spotted by donald a, and modify \xspace question according to his - caveats - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add - nullification of \relax at end - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): comlete tidying-up the outline - fonts question (no more now until i've viewed the result on paper) - -Sat Oct 27 00:55:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): corrections/extensions from Walter - Schmidt, started work on ctanrefs env at end of question - (section{Introduction}): add Walter's name to list - - * dirctan.tex: add eulervm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - moved typesetting a thesis here - (section{Bibliographies}): rearranged to put things relating to - creating the bib together at the start of the section, with "using" it - (macros etc) afterwards; moved citing urls in here - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): replacement "how to approach", - new "missing number" questions from add-general - - * additions.tex: pl3.7k, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rewrite - parenthetical remarks about gill, correct parentheses later on - v2.5.6k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet again correct - wrapping of examples in "macros from command arguments" (will get it - right eventually...) - -Mon Oct 22 12:48:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): work on active - character questions (can we do without a screed on catcodes - altogether?) - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add - \textbar - - * faq.sty: add definition of \textbar - -Sat Oct 20 08:26:05 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct josé carlos santos' name - -2001-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add a label to - "alignment of tabular cells" question - v2.5.6j, today - -2001-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7.l1 {since redone}, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): redoing work done - at home decreasing the verbosity of the replacement error approach q, - and tidying it up - -2001-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): slight rewording of - Q-atvert to take account of "improper \spacefactor" (which appeared in - a question on c.t.t) - v2.5.6i, today - -Sat Oct 6 09:17:26 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied missing - number question, start on question on skips vs. dimens - -2001-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - "missing number" - -Tue Oct 2 22:45:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7i, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): revision of - general approach errors question, taking account of trace package - -2001-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): gratuitous tidying of - mail list text - -2001-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): greek->Greek - (for epsilon in question about logos and things) - - * texfaq2file (oh_dear): don't print wrapper for message... - (two other places): replace "die" with call to oh_dear - -Mon Sep 24 22:41:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.6h, yesterday (forgot the change then) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7h, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tiny typo - correction in \clearemptydoublepage answer - -2001-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added memoir - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - empty pages between chapters - -Sun Sep 23 15:37:53 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - what to do when asked to type \end - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): "referring to - things by name" from add-general - (section{Bibliographies}): "listing all bib entries" from add-general - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap dvi version - of some of examples in "defining macro from arg" question (and adjust - the title of the question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): a couple of - issues raised in proofreading (principally in description of xindy) - -Mon Sep 10 14:52:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): muck about with the "alternative - versions text, and add reference to the pdf copies on ctan - - * filectan.tex: added uktug-faq-{a4,letter} - -Sun Sep 9 00:43:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add titleref - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on title - references (first stab) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - \nocite{*} - - * dirctan.tex: add fonts/amsfonts/{latex/plaintex} - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rehash of - blackboard bold question - -Sat Sep 8 22:02:04 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added ntheorem - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): twiddling with the over- - full boxes question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): answer the "end proof - environment with symbol" question in the affirmative, ref. ntheorem - v2.5.6g, today - -Fri Sep 7 17:01:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7f, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on overfull - lines from add-general - v2.5.6f, today - -Thu Sep 6 09:54:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: minor tidies to make uniform with - texfaq2file - -Wed Sep 5 17:55:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): tidying wysiwyg question - (again) - -Tue Sep 4 23:03:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): a little tidying - of the new question - -Tue Sep 4 17:32:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit of tidying of - one-float-per-page question, new question on defining commands whose - name arrives in an argument - -Tue Aug 28 13:01:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct typo - (section{The Background}): reading tex files, and why not wysiwyg from - add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \end in group from add-general - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): dropped capitals from - add-general - -Tue Aug 28 11:37:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): delete _all_ *.out - -Mon Aug 27 10:53:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): normalise ctan etex and - pdftex references (and thus reword a little) - - * dirctan.tex: make e-tex and pdftex *-directories - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new drop caps q - (should we mention dropcaps, if only to deprecate it?) - (section{Proposed new questions}): couple of \end{verbatim} missing - from end groups question(!) - - * dirctan.tex: add dropping, lettrine - -Sun Aug 26 10:24:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.6d, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.7d, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor proofreading - edits - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): minor proofreading edits - -Sat Aug 25 19:59:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): added proposed question on - macro programming - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidying "\end - inside a group" - -Thu Aug 23 15:06:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first outline of - "\end inside a group..." question - -Wed Aug 22 12:28:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor proof- - reading changes - - * faq.sty: make \WYSIWYG uppercase the first letter of the start of a - sentence ... mostly - -Sat Aug 18 09:29:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): redo definition of \CONTeXT - - * faq.sty: redo definition of \CONTeXT - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): standardise reference to - textcase package - (throughout): standardise on use of \CONTeXT macro - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): putative - completion of the wysiwig question (lordie, is it turgid) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): typo in the "web" bullet - about svg - - * Makefile: have `clean' target get rid of html/* as well as _all_ - *.aux (no need to protect newfaq.aux nowadays), and remove a redundant - second (empty) `ctan' target - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): take {} requirements off definition of - \textasciitilde, so it can be used in \texttt - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): correction/ - improvement of spaces and active chars in arguments questions - -Fri Aug 17 00:53:10 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove (now - unwanted) braces after \textpercent - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): don't have \textpercent requiring braces - after it (since it'll inevitably appear in the argument of \texttt) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): another new - question on unwanted space in macros - -Thu Aug 16 00:36:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - active chars in args of other commands - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): correct example in - "structure of errors" - (section{Why does it do that?}): minor improvement of english in "rerun - messages" - (section{Why does it do that?}): move "hash signs doubled in macros" to - macro programming, and change title to "defining macros within macros" - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): a few more words - on wysiwygginess... - -Tue Aug 14 16:16:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - installed on ctan; checked-in - - * dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: texsis no longer nonfree - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): revised address for - wilfried hennings' faq - v2.5.6c, today - -Mon Aug 13 01:01:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more twiddles on - "what to do with a latex file" - (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on wysiwyg-ness - - * texfaq2file: sorted archive and format defaults (were left blank) - -Sun Aug 12 01:01:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): "what to do with a - (la)tex file" (first version) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): stray char in - booklist; move reference to errata for math into latex back up where - it belongs near the reference to the book - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change preamble of - each proposed question to use \Destination - (section{Proposed new questions}): add reference to paragraph parameter - problem in \tolerance question - - * faq.sty: add \Destination - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add \Destination - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): redo definition of \keywords to produce - html comments (works! ... if not subsequently translated to html ;-), - and place it at the end of if (converting ...) section - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): verbatim \'e (again) - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): and again - v2.5.6b, today - -Fri Aug 10 14:21:38 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): silliness of html trans - v2.5.6a, today -- checkin - -Thu Aug 9 12:42:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: set \@rightskip, not \rightskip, in def of ctanrefs env - - * additions.tex: pl3.7a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of question - about tolerance (yeah, man) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): missing paren added - in Q-nohyph - -Tue Aug 7 14:41:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): correct - list info for music list - -Mon Aug 6 16:50:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * [various]: checkin - -Mon Aug 6 13:18:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7, today - - * Makefile.CTAN (DEST): new location (oops!) - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.6, today - -Sun Aug 5 00:31:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct urls for html - upload scripts - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): pkfix question from add-general - (section{Macro programming}): comparing the job name question (ditto) - (section{Why does it do that?}): commands gobbling space (ditto) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): repeating footnotes (ditto) - (section{Macro programming}): argument a number (ditto) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): altering tabular cell - alignment (ditto) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finally struggled - through section on catcodes of question on catcodes and tokens - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added - \environment translation(!) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): |\\|->|\||\| - throughout - - * texfaq2file: add ability to read files whose names appear on $ARGV; - correct test for new faq sections at the start of while <TEXFAQ> (NB - still a problem with \begin{center}\itshape in add-* files) - -Sat Aug 4 09:21:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): update to latest version from ...2html - -Fri Aug 3 20:03:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): correct typos in - tabular cell alignment question - -Fri Aug 3 14:58:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added cross-references - for symbols, as suggested by scott pakin - v2.5.5f, today - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): completed question - (started last night at home) on \centering et al in tabular - -Thu Aug 2 22:11:35 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.6f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - detecting numbers - -Thu Aug 2 09:44:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan-ann at dante.de - v2.5.5e, today - -Wed Jul 25 11:27:01 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): typo in eitan's name - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - \xspace - -Wed Jul 25 00:07:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): add a word about - mirroring - - * faq.sty: define pdfversion and dviversion on the basis of \ifpdf - - * additions.tex: pl3.6e, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added heiko's name to list of - helpers - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - comparing \jobname to something - -Tue Jul 24 22:25:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewritten the upload - question to reflect what goes on in the real world now - - * texfaq2html[-beta] (sanitize_line): add \PS{} - - * faq.sty: add \PS command - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5d, today - (throughout): postscript->\PS{}, ghostscript all l-c; various other - minor changes - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): postscript->\PS{} - throughout - -Mon Jul 23 12:13:51 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reword the pkfix - question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add reference to - spell checkers in winedt and 4alltex (last available separately, - 4spell) - (section{TeX Systems}): junk win3.1 section of editors and shells - v2.5.5c, today - -Fri Jul 20 00:22:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.6c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - pkfix - -Thu Jul 19 17:31:25 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): minor typo in list - numbering question - -Thu Jul 19 13:55:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5b, today - (section{The Background}): inappropriate line wrap corrected, given up - on \nobreakspace, pro tem - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add \nobreakspace [doesn't work...] - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with the fixed footnotes question - -Tue Jul 17 13:41:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): witter about knuth's eminence - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \nobreakspace... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \url->\URL in books - question - (section{The Background}): Donald E.\nobreakspace{}Knuth ;-) - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy of fixed ftnt - question - -Mon Jul 16 17:54:15 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: v3.6a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finished question - on fixed-text footnotes (1st draft, anyway) - -Sun Jul 15 22:14:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of a - question on repeating footnotes - - * dirctan.tex: added fixfoot - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): join up the two download lines - (and alternative urls) for miktex - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): adjust the blurb in the first question, - for consistency, and wind down the implication that the hypertex - project is an ongoing thing - (section{PostScript and TeX}): rehash the basic "using ps fonts" q, add - mention in the previewing question that recent xdvis cope with type1 - fonts - v2.5.5a, today - -Sat Jul 14 10:10:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5, today - (section{Installing \AllTeX{} files}): new section, holding two - installation questions from "acquiring the software" and the "temp - installation question from add-general - - * additions.tex: pl3.6, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): move "format of - labels","multiple citations","widows and orphans","retrieving tex...", - "bits of docs" (changed title and label name),"extending tex paths" - (again, changed title to "temporary installation") -> faqbody - -Thu Jul 12 16:19:25 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF and MP}): add further caveats to this - question (derived from a post by dan luecking) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): final tweaking of - revised margins question -- back to faqbody, replacing old version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference - harvard as a possible source of urls-in-biblios - v2.5.4q, today - -Tue Jul 10 10:34:16 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more fiddling with - the margins faq - -Mon Jul 9 16:46:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5o, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): proposed new - version of the change margins faq - -Thu Jul 5 16:17:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): insert Q-TUG* in place of - Q-TUG and the two following - (section{You're still stuck?}): change reference to be to Q-TUG* (and - elsewhere, plus change on reference to Q-othergroups to a reference to - ntg's website) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove Q-TUG* - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4p, today - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): text from Norman Gray added - (section{Introduction}): add Norman Gray to the list of helpers - -Tue Jun 19 10:38:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add xpdf - - * additions.tex: pl5.5m, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reference - pdftotext from xpdf in the "final->revisable" question - -Fri Jun 15 10:21:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html (sanitize_line): deal with tildes in - urls in \href commands too - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to hans' - metafun manual - v2.5.4o, today - (section{Introduction}): thanks to sanjoy mahajan - -Thu Jun 14 10:37:46 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html[-beta] (sanitize_line): correct \textcbracesymbol in both - -Tue Jun 12 13:10:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: as -beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: translate keyword spaces to + (and vice versa) when - initialising $original_keyword and $keyword - -Mon May 28 10:30:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added question on - \p@... commands - -Sun May 27 23:58:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5l, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): quick question on - mcite - -Thu May 24 10:21:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \environment command - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): one use of - \environment - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): moved "bibtex with plain tex" - from "how to do" - today's date (same version no) - (throughout): use \environment - - * additions.tex: pl3.5k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add ps2ascii to - the list of tools for retrieving source from final form output - -Wed May 23 09:32:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): more alternatives for - avoiding the use of \verb, in Q-verbwithin - 2.5.4n, today - -Tue May 22 09:43:20 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add \Class translations from - texfaq2html-beta - -Mon May 21 18:04:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \endhtmlignore in - tutorial question!!! - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): \thispagestyle is what - chapters and things use ... change Q-nopageno - -Fri May 18 12:45:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): emphasised the scottishness of - "loch" in the silly thing about pronunciation - -Wed May 16 15:08:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): couple of typos in - balancing question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to david - basum's list of tex primitives to "online tutorials", pointing out - that it's reference rather than tutorial... - (section{Macro programming}): refer to patchcmd as a package... - (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct reference to latex - experimental code, minor tidies of omega, nts entries - -Mon May 14 15:15:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4l, today - (throughout): bunch of "unguarded" \dots had {} appended... - -Wed May 2 00:07:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}, {how do i do}, {macro - programming}, {special sorts of typesetting}, etc): accession of - questions from add-general.tex - - * additions.tex: pl3.5j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): numerous minor - editorial hackettes... - -Tue May 1 23:50:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4k, today - (section{Format conversions}): correct url for w3.org - (section{Why does it do that?}): no need for \verb if \texttt will do - (unamended...) - -Tue May 1 10:04:13 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of tidies in - \verb question so's texfaq2html can cope (both applied to current web - copy too) - -Mon Apr 30 16:36:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): restore missing - \endhtmlignore in "optional arguments like \section" - -Fri Apr 27 12:02:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added reference to multibbl - - * dirctan.tex: added dpfloat - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): add - reference to pdfpages to "report from lots of..." - - * additions.tex: pl3.5i, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add reference to \string - inside \texttt as a means of avoiding \verb in command args - v2.5.4j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - widows and orphans - - * dirctan.tex: added curve (oh joy!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - added curve to the cv question - -Thu Apr 26 10:01:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \href-ise question on - sources of faqs, and add reference to the latex navigator - (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): removed {center}ed note of where - question was to go to, in Q-atvert... (emergency patch to copy on web - site, too!) - -Wed Apr 25 14:40:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): added a bit of - uncertainty about the name of the localtexmf tree ;-) - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added multiple indexing - and zero paragraph indent questions from add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added footnotes in - captions question from add-general - -Tue Apr 24 12:00:01 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added urls to tug - article - (section{Proposed new questions}): adjust the balance columns question - to mention patricks balance.sty and to rename mine baltools.sty - -Sun Apr 22 00:07:16 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): TUG article now - only awaiting urls - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): bunch of rewriting \URL commands as \href - commands (incomplete) - - * Makefile (html): new target to run texfaq2file - -Sat Apr 21 18:19:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on t1 - type 1 fonts, and one (as yet incomplete) to replace all three on TUG/ - other user groups - - * additions.tex: v3.5h, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): new section starting with - three questions from the "format conversion" section - v2.5.4i, today - -Fri Apr 20 14:38:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): questions on - tabularx and so on, and on non-terminating "rerun" diagnostics - -Wed Apr 18 10:38:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a changebars - question - - * filectan.tex: add vertbars.sty and backgrnd.tex - - * dirctan.tex: moved our location to uk-tex-faq - - * additions.tex: pl3.5f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): mention \[sub] - includefrom commands in the blurb about import.sty - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.4h, today - (section{Acquiring the Software}): moved findpkg, siteindex and - websearch questions to "acquiring the software", and edit blooper out - of findpkg - -Mon Apr 16 00:16:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start on question - about retrieving tex-ish source from final form files - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added list - spacing question from add-general (should this really go to - typesetting?) - (section{Macro programming}): opt arg and counter-label questions from - add-general - (throughout): minor editorial change - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make reference to web access in the - question about archives, and remove reference to the DECUS collection - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tone down the question about finding - fonts (how does one do this nowadays?) - (section{Format conversions}): refer to w3c page on ->html conversion - -Sun Apr 15 00:12:06 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - "finding a document's files" proto-question, now taken over by - "extending search paths" - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): add "you don't understand - the answer", and "submitting new answers" questions from add-general - (section renamed from "perhaps there isn't an answer") - v2.5.4g, today - - * markup-syntax: grand updating (for the submission faq) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more new uns: opt - args that behave like \section's, \refstepcounter and submitting - material to the faq - - * additions.tex: pl3.5e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): two new questions, - on extending path searches (needs careful review) and on loading files - from other directories (the import package) - -Sat Apr 14 18:52:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add import.sty (up-to-date or what?) - -Fri Apr 13 16:50:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added pkfix, preprint - -Thu Apr 12 11:28:24 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference to - anonchap (and incidentally tocbibind) in "style of section headings" - - * filectan.tex: added anonchap - -Tue Apr 10 00:00:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\MF{} and \MP{}}): renamed section, added - question on \MP{} prologues from add-general - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added questions on style of - captions and of document titles, from add-general, and style of - section headings and indent after section headings from herein, "how - do I do?" - - * texfaq2file: removed redundant $href_script, remove echoing of - archive list - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.4f, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.5d, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): new section with vaguely - programming-related things (6 from "how to do X", one from "things are - going wrong" and one from "why does it", plus a new one from - add-general.tex - -Mon Apr 9 23:59:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - changed section name - -Mon Apr 9 12:08:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): <some damned thing> - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): incorporated donald a's - comments on the hyphenation and raggedness questions - -Sun Apr 8 00:32:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: quick'n'dirty html file generator - -Sat Apr 7 16:35:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): define \Class - - * faq.sty: add definition of \Class - - * additions.tex: pl3.5c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on zero - parindent/non-zero parskip - - * filectan.tex: add parskip - -Thu Apr 5 10:25:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - determining which side of the page we're on - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): hyphenation and - ragged right questions from add-general - v2.5.4e, today - -Wed Apr 4 13:16:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added patchcmd - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): refer to - patchcmd in question on (er) patching commands - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit more - detail on the behaviour of ragged2e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): bibtex string too long - question moved here from "things going wrong" - -Wed Apr 4 00:09:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on ragged - right setting, needed by the now-finished hyphenation question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added reference to - hyphenat in question about why hyphenation isn't happening - - * dirctan.tex: added hyphenat, schroeder - - * additions.tex: today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): started "no - hyphenation" question - -Tue Apr 3 00:21:27 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): tidy marginpar and - pictex questions - v2.5.4d, today - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): \tenrm question, remove .sty from - rawfonts - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tidies of - the two caption questions - - * additions.tex: today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): do example in - caption format question in the usual three styles, and slight change - to text about typesetting caption.dtx for caption2 - -Mon Apr 2 07:56:15 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): skeleton of - question on title formats (vehicle for titling.sty) - - * dirctan.tex: add titling - -Sun Apr 1 20:40:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added chngcntr.sty - - * additions.tex: pl3.5b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added questions on - caption formats, and on footnotes in captions - - * dirctan.tex: added symbols, caption, ccaption - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rationalise - mention of chngpage package in "adjusting the margins"; mention - ccaption in the wide figures question; reference to chngcntr in - counter manipulation question - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): slight reword of \@ question - (section{Documentation and Help}): added question about symbols list - (head of file): v2.5.4c, today - -Thu Mar 29 14:13:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as production version - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): ignore \vspace* - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidied visual - typesetting so's texfaq2html could cope, added a missing \\ (names - question) - -Wed Mar 28 22:42:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added \seename - and \alsoname to the list of names - -Wed Mar 28 09:25:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add excel2latex (the .zip file thereof) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4a, today, for ctan installation, then v2.5.4b - (section{Format conversions}): added excel2latex - - * dirctan.tex: add fink - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): shortened - written-out code for retaining file names, and added reference to - fink package - -Tue Mar 27 13:05:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - multiple indexes - - * filectan.tex: added multind.sty - - * dirctan.tex: added camel - -Mon Mar 26 14:08:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5 - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4, today, for release - -Mon Mar 26 00:11:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of questions - on finding files in multi-file docs, and latex makefiles - -Sun Mar 25 10:17:04 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: dated today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added bibtex capitalisation, - cite sorting, \subsubsubsection and file name qs from add-general - dated today - - * add-general.tex: new question on lists - (section{Proposed new questions}): add reference to the companion in - \sub*section question - -Sat Mar 24 15:22:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tidying of - the missing chars question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): added question on web - technologies, from add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added Q-fixnam, with list of - fixed names included - - * add-general.tex: added column balancing question - - * dirctan.tex: added nrc - - * additions.tex: pl3.4m, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): tidy up references to - ghostscript, gsview and (new) ghostview - (throughout): ensure ghostscript is properly referred to - v2.5.3r, today - - * dirctan.tex: restore gsview link as *-directory (this stuff needs - moving on ctan) - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF}): remove reference to paradissa which is no - longer on the archive - - * dirctan.tex: add sttools - removed remaining things found in ctan scan - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): impose consistency on part distributions in - ctanrefs environments - -Fri Mar 23 08:09:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3q, yesterday - - * additions.tex: pl3.4k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): major hack on the - new web technologies question; new question on what to do if you don't - understand - -Thu Mar 22 10:24:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added pmx and mtx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidied feynmann - question, and added reference to axodraw - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): updated the musi[cx] question, - with very aged input from werner icking - - * filectan.tex: added axodraw as a single file (after examining the - actual ctan holding) - - * dirctan.tex: removed axodraw - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): comment out the windows 3.1 stuff - in "editors and shells" (including the reference to eddi4tex), and - refer to the 4alltex cd under (current) windows - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): sorted list of - \*name commands (on the *-bits) and corrected somewhat - - * dirctan.tex: add pdfpages - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention - pdfpages in Q-conditional - -Wed Mar 21 13:43:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): mention - \verbatimtabinput in verbfile - -Tue Mar 20 07:54:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): suppress mention of - sgmlbase (in the absence of evidence that it's going anywhere beyond - the toy status); masses of tidying of questions - - * dirctan.tex: make psfonts browsable - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add a 3-mandatory-arg version of - \cmdinvoke; add \ae{} - - * Makefile: add a bunch of short aliases for parts of make patch - - * faq.sty: increase ctanrefs \topsep a bit (4pt: half of article.cls - default) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): body to Q-fixnam - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): remove some - text of Q-latexwords to Q-fixnam and add reference to that question - today's date; tidy code listings, logos questions - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): put reference to - docs at end of bibtex caps question - -Mon Mar 19 23:18:19 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4j - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add question on - patching commands from add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \@ question from add-general - v2.5.3p - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): corrected code in - "what's the name", rewrote sort&compress (for typographic reasons); - moved patching and \@ questions to faqbody - -Mon Mar 19 16:38:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added snapshot - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added some words - about mike downes's snapshot package, and correct the etex csname i - couldn't remember while typing at home (\middle) - -Mon Mar 19 08:47:50 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): rather feeble - question on bibtex capitalisation - - * filectan.tex: add braket - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): mostly-complete - question on dirac brackets - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidy the "typesetting urls" - and "citing urls" questions, and add mention of hyperref's ability to - ignore %<eol> in urls - - * dirctan.tex: add bundledoc - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first stab at - "what files" question - -Sun Mar 18 08:33:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, no change of versiion - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidy page-size question and - add reference to layout.sty for the diy-er; tidy the letterspacing - answer - -Sat Mar 17 13:35:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): \YandY->Y&Y (!) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): sorting cites - question - - * filectan.tex: add patch - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): questions on file - name, patching commands - - * faq.sty: minor adjustments (a) to separate the list from its - preceding pargraph, so that raggedness doesn't propagate backwards - into that paragraph(!) and (b) to set \topsep zero (prob. not nec.) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): rehash unprocessed - floats question - v2.5.3o, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new "errors" - question on \@ in vertical mode; minor hacks - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): tidy up (and - marginally correct) the \pagestyle{empty} question, and add soul to - the underline question; tidy old font names question; separate the two - case in missing symbols question; rehash the \@ question in the light - of Q-atvert - -Fri Mar 16 13:34:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added scott pakin to helpers - list - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): typo \CTANref{morefloats} for - endfloat - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed tmupfl - question - - * faqbody.tex: v4.5.3n, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): deja->groups.google - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): remove some of text from Q-floats - and replace with reference to Q-tmupfl - - * additions.tex: pl3.4i, today - -Fri Mar 16 00:19:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): changed title of - future web technologies - (section{Proposed new questions}): added tmupfl question - -Thu Mar 15 10:19:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it _do_ that?}): added mdwlist to the - "no line here to end" question - - * additions.tex: pl3.4h, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new thing (with - stuff from the latex2html question) about the nature of future web - technologies - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.3m, today - (section{Format conversions}): yet another rehash of latex2html, - following further input from hutchinson - -Thu Mar 15 00:20:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): yet another iteration, - following input from eitan - (section{Why does it _do_ that?}): added reference to expdlist for the - no line to end question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidy conditional compilation - and bold greeks questions - -Wed Mar 14 09:48:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: added \latex2html - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \latexhtml - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): added "no line" question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added "wide figure" question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add an actual - recommendation on setting wide equations, and move to faqbody - (section{Proposed new questions}): no line to end error message too - wide for 2-col text, sorted; question moved to faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: today (no change of version since nothing printed - (section{Introduction}): add peter wilson -- oops! - (section{Documentation and Help}): add "short history of the printed - word" - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): minor honing of words of accented - hyphenation question and moving tables - (throughout): suppress (almost) all personal email addresses - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add mention of float.sty [H] in - the moving tables question - -Wed Mar 14 00:12:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): preserve ~ in arguments of URLs - -Tue Mar 13 22:59:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add the famous - arseneau parameters to the moving tables question, and add reference - to placeins.sty (simultaneously tidying up and de-ponceing the text a - bit) - v2.5.3k, today - (section{Format conversions}): input from eitan gurari and ian - hutchinson (coo, they were quick) - (section{Introduction}): added eitan gurari and ian hutchinson to the - hall of fame - -Mon Mar 12 11:33:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added tth, tex4ht - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): ->html question rehashed, - including reference to texpider and hevea (both off ctan) - - * dirctan.tex: make latex2html \CTANdirectory* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): rewrote the ->ascii - question, including reference to tex2mail and catdvi - v2.5.3j, today - - * dirctan.tex: added catdvi - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): removed arbortext and northlake - from list of commercial systems (advice from bnb); add keywords to the - two systems questions so's bnb can find them by searching - -Sun Mar 11 09:22:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - subsubsubsections - - * dirctan.tex: add latex (for base dir) and remove fonts/latex with the - same name - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - "no line here to end" - -Sat Mar 10 15:22:05 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed two - questions for the benefit of faqbody (vide infra) - (section{Proposed new questions}): new wide-figure question - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): added vtex for linux & os/2 - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new question about using - ghostscript in default of a printer-specific driver - (throughout): typos corrected - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): added encoding and eps questions - from add-general - v2.5.3i, today - - * faq.cls: added hyphens option when loading url.sty - -Fri Mar 9 10:41:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): correcting a couple of - names, and a typo, in the section on conversion to "other formats" - -Thu Mar 8 09:15:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3g, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.4f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove questions - on character shifts in dvips output, toc, running equation etc, - crop marks and fixed positions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): reformat the general - conversions question - (section{Literate programming}): add reference to dtx in the literate - programming question, and tidy up the packages question - (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): tidy up the spelling, wordcount - and fig questions - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): minor tidies of previewers - (including excision of reference to dviwin, which has been withdrawn) - and laserjet questions, and removed reference to dvitops from the ps - output program - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added question on character - shifts in dvips output - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): add toc question (from - peter wilson, originally) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add running equation etc, - crop marks and fixed positions questions - - * dirctan.tex: add rtf2latex2e - - * faq.sty: compact decsription environment, too - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add question on quality of - PDF output, from add_general; tidy up question on generating pdf, link - to one on quality - -Tue Mar 6 23:18:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): narrow some of - the lines of code in principal value integral question, when doing - tex-only output; tidy footnotes in tables question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap code in - running numbering question, when doing tex-only output - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macros for Particular Types of Documents}): add - peter wilson's combine stuff to the question on multi-article - documents, and minor tidy of the vita class question - -Tue Mar 6 10:03:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added removefr - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add "running - numbering" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): yet more diddling with - ec question - - * additions.tex: pl3.4e, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): removed ip address of - wuarchive - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): small rewording of hyphenation q - v2.5.3f, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): extend and reword ec font q - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor improvements - to text of encoding and acrobat questions - -Mon Mar 5 11:40:20 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): two minor - improvements to the encodings, pdf output questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): fptex local default is - texmf-local - -Sun Mar 4 00:00:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (chapter{Preface}): tidy "style of section headings" - (section{PostScript and TeX}): tidy wrapping of urls in the font - choice question - v2.5.3e, today - -Sat Mar 3 13:59:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidying the - section (un)numbering question - - * dirctan.tex: added tocloft - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): dvips output for - pdf, weird character mapping questions - (section{Proposed new questions}): added peter wilson's tocloft - question - - * dirctan.tex: added textpos - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): crop and textpos - questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): added brief info from carlos - santos re. windvi's printing capability - (section{Introduction}): added carlos santos to list of helpers - v2.5.3d, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidied the fancyhdr question - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet again, hacking - at encodings question - -Fri Mar 2 14:22:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: askinclude now from latex/contrib/other/misc - - * dirctan.tex: removed mathpple - -Fri Mar 2 07:20:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with the encodings question ("philosophy") - -Thu Mar 1 21:20:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): filled out the - body of "what is encapsulated postscript" - - * additions.tex: pl3.4c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): honing the words - in "what are encodings" - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): add mathpazo (serious drop - off that i hadn't mentioned it before) - - * dirctan.tex: add mathpazo - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3c, today - -Thu Mar 1 09:44:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): added pxfonts to question - on font choice, updated txfonts outline - - * dirctan.tex: added emtextds, pxfonts - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): hack around to - cause texfaq2html not to be fazed by verbatim \\ commands - (section{TeX Systems}): ftp.math.utah.edu's ip address has changed -- - removed it altogether - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): explicitly squash "{}" if it - survives to the end of the main conversion scan - - * filectan.tex: morefloats->latex/contrib/other/misc - -Tue Feb 27 07:20:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slight rearrangement of ctanrefs - in "(la)tex for different systems" - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): three questions - transferred (see below) - (section{Proposed new questions}): bunch of diddling with the encodings - question (still not right, though) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): hack the - indexing question (new style ctan references, expand remarks about - xindy and about makeindex sorting issues) - (throughout): minor markup adjustments/typo corrections - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): verbatim input, line numbering - and typesetting urls questions tidied to new format - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): using underscores, no page - nos and typing "@", from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: * to xindy - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3b, today - -Sun Feb 25 00:09:42 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied up the freely-distributed - software question - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): further iteration of same (after a good - night's sleep ;-), also added more detail about web2c - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): converted the `wrapping - figures' to new form, since it always did look untidy. - -Sat Feb 24 00:07:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): start of rearranging the non- - commercial systems part of the section - - * dirctan.tex: added bakoma-tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): add "what is hyphen- - ation" question - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add "bad hyphenation" question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove "what is - hyphenation" and "bad hyphenation" questions - - * additions.tex: pl3.4a, today - - * dirctan.tex: plain now refers to base only - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added "no - hyphenation" question at start of section - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed "no - hyphenation" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Metafont}): scale down the panic of the bitmap - fonts question -- convert into advice to start using type 1 versions - v2.5.3a, today - - * dirctan.tex: bluesky (was a reference to their mac mf port) becomes a - reference to the "bluesky" cm fonts - -Fri Feb 23 23:54:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: ps-type1 -> \CTANdirectory* - -Thu Feb 22 12:28:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: brought in all -beta changes - - * texfaq2html-beta: sit on $_ (in case we're not producing an intro) so - as not to get a lone "introduction", and dump the "index" statement in - front of the list of questions; various other minor tidies - - * dirctan.tex: corrected dratex (another from dan l) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): mfpic can now do - \MP output (alert from dan luecking) - -Thu Feb 22 07:30:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): first stab at rehashing - the figures question (pretty major rewrite, but issues remain) - today's date - -Wed Feb 21 09:17:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: blundering attempt to create a better header; and - similarly distance from uktug in the footer - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): redo question about - previewing files with type 1 fonts in 'em - (section{The Background}): less prissy about the reference to the list - of commercial vendors - (section{Format conversions}): tidy up question about generating pdf - (was talking about archaic versions of ghostscript) - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): renamed question deploying type 1 - fonts ... substantial rewrite - (section{Introduction}): added mike vulis to ack list (belatedly) - - * dirctan.tex: ghostscript nonfree; added gsview (with wrong value) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3, today - -Tue Feb 20 11:46:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add a couple of <hr> directives, after the - "preamble", and before the "tail" - - * dirctan.tex: added refcheck and crop - -Mon Feb 19 10:40:43 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): entire new section - - * add-biblio.tex: ripped out entire text - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added the - document font sizes question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - document font sizes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added the - landscape typesetting question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - landscape typesetting question - - * faq.sty: added a bit of raggedness to the ctanrefs environment - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add the end-line - question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the end- - line thing - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with -beta (== -alpha) version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): add dan luecking - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added caveat about - viewing rotated output to landscape question - - * texfaq2html-alpha (sanitize_line): add \YandY [does a raw & really - work reliably in html?] - - * faq.sty: define \YandY - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \YandY for the company, for consistent - typesetting - -Sun Feb 18 00:14:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): rewording of the - "what is hyphenation" and "encodings" questions - (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on landscape - typesetting - - * additions.tex: update to today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - encodings (started yesterday) - -Sat Feb 17 15:56:43 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4, today - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2f, today - (throughout): article->FAQ where appropriate - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX): alter "changing babel's ideas" - to one that takes in the whole gamut, and thus renders redundant: - (section{Why does it do that?}): "why won't fixed names stay fixed", - which is therefore deleted - - * newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex,newfaq.tex: slim down heading, again - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Plain \TeX{} now uniformly used - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): new slim-line slightly less pompous - intro (no tedious lists of committee members, which are impossible to - maintain when the committee don't maintain their web site) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): filled out the - \hyphenation error question - - * texfaq2html-alpha: deal with label=, generate a label= URL at end for - people to quote, use \faqfiledate, \faqfileversion (oops) - -Fri Feb 16 13:59:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-alpha (sanitize_line): add code for \textbf - -Thu Feb 15 11:25:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add the babel - question at end of section - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied up - representation of the babel error messages still further (option for - pdf printing, too) - (section{Proposed new questions}): removed babel question - - * additions.tex: pl3.3, today - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.2e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add the miktex 2 - gen for the babel "add new language" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor typographic - consistency changes in description of miktex 2.0 package install - -Wed Feb 14 13:44:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): tidied up the - question about hyphenating accented letters - v2.5.2d, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start on question - about "improper hyphenation" error message - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \csx - -Mon Feb 12 14:42:27 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.2c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): recorded details of knuth boxed set - -Fri Feb 9 11:33:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2b, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): replaced old references to french - and german faqs with a {booklist}, and added spanish and czech - (section{The Background}): slight iteration of the context question - -Thu Feb 8 13:41:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on \\ - arguments - -Wed Jan 31 11:41:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: extra indirection (via texinfo) for both texinfo and - makeinfo - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): texinfo to use whole (sub-) - directory reference - - * filectan.tex: removed texinfo-dist (no longer on archive) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): expand referencing of vtex - (this is going to look gross...) - - * dirctan.tex: pass to deal with check-ctan-lists diagnostics - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): \textpercent{} - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \item[\normalfont{}...]; - require \textpercent{} - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added question on entries - in text of docs; added body of "writing your own .bst" question - - * dirctan.tex: added inlinebib, jurabib, footbib - -Wed Jan 31 00:04:26 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex,additions.tex: \faqfileversion, \faqfiledate (because of - the confusion with definitions introduced by nameref.sty - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2a, today - -Tue Jan 30 23:28:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.1, today - - * newfaq.tex,letterfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex: use \ref* in the title, - \ifpdf; \faqfileversion, \faqfiledate - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): have the correct - layout of the babel message (in the "new language" question) for html - generation - -Mon Jan 29 12:17:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with latest thinking in -beta version - - * faq.sty: add \[oc]bracesymbol - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): moved \symbol to the end - (sanitize_line): add \obracesymbol and \cbracesymbol - - * additions.tex: comment out add-errors, pl3.0, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied miktex text - v2.5.2, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): moved en bloc from add-errors - -Tue Jan 23 16:58:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): update the miktex - question with a reference to 2.0 - (section{TeX Systems}): update remarks about miktex - - * dirctan.tex: miktex itself now a *-reference to miktex/2.0 - - * filectan.tex: deleted miktex-latex, added miktex.zip - -Fri Jan 19 12:46:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add *patch.aux - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question-ette - about typing @ signs - - * additions.tex: pl2.14, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change reference - to carlisle to nopageno (\CTANref doesn't have a * form -- duh!) - -Thu Jan 18 11:37:53 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - "no page numbers" - - * req.qs: bbl2html question - -Wed Jan 17 13:33:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.13, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on eps - (outline only, as yet) - -Tue Jan 16 12:05:46 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): definition of \item _doesn't_ need - "."s to separate the variable instances... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): make reference to the dante faq - use \href - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add \href - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add knuth's url to the first - occurrence of his name - - * faq.sty: add an \href command, that only has effect in the absence of - pdf generation (hyperref providing the necessary otherwise) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected isbn for lamport 2nd ed - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to knuth's nimellium - boxed set (though no details since a-w can't get their act together) - (section{Documentation and Help}): update math into latex reference to - vol 3 - -Tue Jan 16 11:40:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@huntingdon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.12, today - - * filectan.tex: underscore - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - underscore - -Sun Jan 14 20:59:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): more on the - structure question - - * additions.tex: pl2.11, today - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): refer to structure - question from the philosophy question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reindented the - "missing character" messages for the tex versions - -Fri Jan 12 14:06:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date (previous pl not yet printed out) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finished the - hyphenation question, and added another about hyphenation problems and - their solution - -Thu Jan 11 21:42:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.10, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of the body - of the hyphenation question - -Tue Jan 9 14:59:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tweaks to - the text of the babel question, and skeleton for a question on hyphen- - ation - - * additions.tex: pl2.9, today - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): v1 closure on - first question of section, and proposal for yet another new question - about the structure of error messages - - * faq.sty: adjust \topsep in itemize and enumerate, and do the same to - verbatim - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): change reference to books - question - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): some wrapping of verbatim - text, and minor text tidies - -Fri Jan 5 18:08:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.8, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added caveat about - running out of pattern memory when adding a new hyphenation pattern - -Thu Jan 4 15:44:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): process `` and '' to ", and - isolated ` to ' (for the benefit of m$ browsers) - evaluate $last_question, $next_question and $previous_question as - we go along, and use them to produce pointers to previous and - next in the footer of the generated page, if appropriate - -Tue Jan 2 14:17:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): make \ProgName and \Package accept - arguments in braces - - * faq.sty: make \FTP, \File, \CTAN and \ProgName robust - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): lists of authors question - - * additions.tex: pl2.7, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on mp - prologues - -Mon Jan 1 17:15:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: normalise tabbing in perl code - -Sat Dec 30 16:35:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1c, today - - * additions.tex: pl2.6, today - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): ctanrefs at end of bibs per - section question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add pointers to fancyvrb - and verbdef packages in the question on verbatim in arguments - - * filectan.tex: add verbdef.sty - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit more at end of - missing characters question - -Wed Dec 27 14:19:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): missing characters - - * faq.sty: minor typo corrected - -Tue Dec 26 16:39:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: compact the booklist and ctanrefs environments, and - compactify standard itemize and enumerate environments - -Sun Dec 24 10:26:08 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): filling out the - answer (work vaguely started last evening, and will probably take the - whole holiday...) - -Fri Dec 22 17:25:04 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.4, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added giuseppe bilotta and - michael dewey to list of helpers - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): provided format - generation instructions for the babel new language question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): tidy list at end of - "installing" question - 2.5.1b, today - -Thu Dec 21 00:24:20 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tiny adjustment to - punctuation of \edef question, and a bit of rewording of one of - michael's sentences - -Wed Dec 20 16:56:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question - on \protected@[ex]def using some nice words of mjd's - -Tue Dec 19 10:00:41 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-general - - * additions.tex: replace body by \input of add-general - - * add-general.tex: was body of additions.tex - - * archive.list: correct list - - * texfaq2html-beta: add code to deal with ctanrefs environment - (involves extra stuff in \item[...]) - change default to cam.ctan.org - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-biblio.tex - add newfaq.aux as label parallel to newfaq.dvi; this satisfies a - dependency in the web and web-beta rules - - * additions.tex: pl2.2, today - - * faq.sty: define ctanrefs environment - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): fill out multiple - bibliographies question, introduce new ctanrefs environment for the - places to pull stuff from - -Mon Dec 18 11:42:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added extsizes - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): extsizes question - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1a, today - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): as -beta version - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add a couple of instances of - \cmdinvoke translation (cf comments on what's available in faq.sty) - - * faq.sty: added \cmdinvoke - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add reference to - textcase in the case-changing question - - * dirctan.tex: add carlisle - -Fri Dec 15 16:41:49 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): New file, some biblio - questions (mostly somewhat fragmentary), in a section of their own... - - * dirctan.tex: added cite (the arseneau stuff) and bibunits ... and - multibib and bibtopic - - * additions.tex: pl2.0, today; \input add-biblio - -Thu Dec 14 13:30:36 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: change url referring to archive (twice) - v2.5.1 - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): it's isn't a - possessive!!!!!! - - * texfaq2html: add provision for dealing with \symbol commands, tidy up - the url for the whole faq for the bottom of each message, and add "not - a help address" after email address - synchronise with texfaq2html-beta (incl adding title-modifier stuff) - - * Makefile: add targets inst-perl and inst-perl-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add reference to - new version of miktex's latex.zip - v2.5 (!) - - * filectan.tex: added miktex 1.20 latex.zip - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): htmlonly env -> htmlversion (oops!) - v2.4.8d, today - -Tue Dec 12 22:19:19 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): couple of tidies in - question on using quote site index; add new question on web searching - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove outline of the web search - facility from question on repositories, and make reference to both - searching questions in place of partial duplication and reference to - one - 2.4.8c, today - -Mon Dec 11 11:07:56 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add the wordcount - question - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): add the watermarks question - (section{Acquiring the Software}): hacked the commercial stuff out of - the CDs question, and corrected the 4alltex bit to refer to windoze - rather than ms-dog - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new section title, - and a couple of new questions (no room for a new..., and what to do - when epsf produces that diagnostic) - - * faqbody.tex: 2.4.8b, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): moved the script fonts - question from additions - (section{Why does it do that?}): replaced question about pictex and - register usage with improved one from additions - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): big hack on the - script fonts question, including lots of source references and - reference to the new scriptfonts thing; then moved question to faqbody - removed pictex, watermarks and wordcount questions - - * filectan.tex: add eucal and mathscript - - * dirctan.tex: add rsfs-type1 and jknappen-macros - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change title of - pictex question - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch): typo in yesterday's update - -Mon Dec 11 00:02:15 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Tidied up Babel - question; still to complete the section on building a format at the - end (don't understand that at all -- does texconfig exist for other - than tetex systems, for example? - -Sun Dec 10 17:35:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: replace all use of latexmk with the while-loop/get cross - construct - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove question - that's gone to faqbody - pl1.14, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add question on - writing latex classes and packages - 2.4.8a, today - - * filectan.tex: add latex-source - -Sat Dec 9 21:24:54 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove question - about conditional compilation - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): replace - question about excluding sections of a document with one about - "conditional compilation" - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove miktex - question - (section{Proposed new questions}): touch up pictex question with words - from existing one (mentioning the contex module that the yesterday's - effort omitted) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add miktex question - (slightly reworded) - - * additions.tex: pl1.13, today - (section{Proposed new questions}): junk question on recognising new - package files, since we've now integrated all the matter on these - ideas into two questions that have gone to faqbody - (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap code in script fonts question - so's not to overrun the verbatim margins - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.8, today - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Remove the first two - questions to faqbody.tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Two new questions - lifted from additions.tex - -Fri Dec 8 09:51:42 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex,additions.tex (throughout): normalised \Question cmds - - * faqbody.tex: (throughout) TeX-systems (as Qref label) -> Q-TeXsystems - v2.4.7q, today - (throughout): normalise all \Question commands to have optional - argument [Q-<alpha string>] - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question about the - miktex-latex problem - pl1.12, today (happy birthday Ma) - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): removed comment at end of - type 1 fonts question (no date/time or version change this time) - -Tue Dec 5 10:22:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): label on the pictex - manual question (and remove old commented-out text about the - arrangement that used to exist for getting it from tug) - v2.4.7p, today - (section{Introduction}): add dick nickalls to list of helpers - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added version.sty - and verbatim.sty to yesterday's question on conditional compilation - input add-errors at end - pl1.11, today - - * filectan.tex: add version.sty - - * add-errors.tex: errors section from additions.tex - -Mon Dec 4 13:23:04 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - conditional compilation, from a c.t.t answer by donald arseneau - patch level 1.10, today - bunch of \Qref commands tidied not to produce "see" twice in the - printed output - - * filectan.tex: remove comment (it's in a directory of its own, now) - add askinclude - - * dirctan.tex: add pagesel (contrib/supported/oberdiek, in fact) - add comment - - * filectan.tex: add selectp.sty - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add label to \include - question - 2.4.7o, today - -Mon Nov 20 13:21:01 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): avoid column - overruns in verbatim `meta' sections in "where to put files" - -Tue Nov 14 13:23:57 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied up - "installing a new package question - pl1.8, today - (section{Proposed new questions}): question on where to put files ... - very much in prototype stage just now (all in verbatim) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): add subscription info - for the pdftex list - v2.4.7n, today - -Tue Nov 7 11:23:44 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): txfonts now have t1 and ts - encodings - -Wed Nov 1 12:24:01 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added anthony goreham to - the list of helpers - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a thing - on formal scripts from anthony goreham - -Tue Oct 31 10:00:51 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: expunged all reference to gopher - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): do away with reference to ctan - copy of 4alltex - - * filectan.tex: corrected a bunch found by the script - - * check-ctan-lists: new, jiffy checking script for (dir|file)ctan.tex - -Mon Oct 30 23:46:55 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question on LaTeX2e - v 2.4.7m, today - -Sat Oct 28 14:56:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): reference to - chngpage in question about changing margins - - * filectan.tex: add chngpage; correct entry for comment.sty - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): typo in - setting { (nb -- \symbol still not yet in texfaq2html) - - * filectan.tex: added pdftex-oztex - - * faq.sty: double accent for doing han the thanh `properly' - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.7l, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): remove question on latex2e; move small - amount of matter from it into updated question on latex3; tidy and - update questions on omega, nts and pdftex - -Thu Oct 26 09:57:20 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add txfonts - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): made a Ghostscript - reference uniform with rest (i.e., capitalised) - (section{PostScript and TeX}): details of the txfonts - v 2.4.7k, today - -Thu Oct 12 13:04:51 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: dvi2tty -> nonfree - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): new question - about `extra }' (moving fragile command) - - * Makefile: made web target a modified copy of web-beta - - * filectan.tex: commented out fullpage - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): remove - reference to fullpage.sty, add geometry (by, that dates it); put a - label on footnotes in latex section headings - version 2.4.7j, today - - * dirctan.tex: added geometry - -Mon Oct 9 12:30:34 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): new section; - first two questions are general advice, and semantic nest - -Tue Sep 26 12:05:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: repeated and undefined CTAN label warnings NoLine; repeated - CTAN labels counted and re-warned \AtEndDocument (as undefined labels - have been for some time) - - * filectan.tex: abstract->abstract-bst - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): in the bibtex - question, abstract->abstract-bst - 2.4.7h1, today - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wordcount question; - pl5, today - - * dirctan.tex: added wordcount - -Wed Sep 20 10:43:17 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a question - about one float per float page; pl4, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add Q-floats label - to moving tables and figures question - -Fri Sep 15 11:42:25 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): tidy up references to - omega implementations - -Thu Sep 14 10:27:00 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: title to contain beta indicator - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): added remaining - micropress font sample urls - - * texfaq2html-beta: new file; runs beta sources - added question number to title if exactly one question requested - - * faqbody.tex: 2.4.7h, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): removed frivolity about rtfm in - `where to get help' (at Manuel Gutierrez' suggestion) - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add note of - confirmation of the sequence for refreshing the fndb under miktex - -Tue Sep 12 23:20:53 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): sound depressed about - deja - (preamble): today, v2.4.7g - -Sun Sep 10 10:22:45 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): upgrade of the - unnumbered sections question (from peter wilson), and of the 1-column - abstract question (from same source) - - * dirctan.tex: added tocvsec2, tocbibind, abstract - -Sat Sep 9 14:15:21 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): bunch of new stuff from - berthold and mike updating the section on scalable outline fonts - (section{Documentation and Help}): add a first reference to teencontrex - (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct address for the ctan list in - `contributing to the archives' - - * dirctan.tex: added hvmath, tmmath and teencontrex - - * faq.sty: make the tex logo robust - -Fri Sep 8 17:55:13 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: redid reference to c++2latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct a \dots - invocation in "where to get help"; recommend ctan search web address - rather than the catalogue direct - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added reference to c++2latex - for typesetting code, at the suggestion of Michael Soulier - -Tue Aug 22 14:39:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): slight tidying - of matter in question about dashed integrals - -Sun Aug 20 17:27:55 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added vmargin (now in supported) - - * filectan.tex: removed vmargin - -Mon Jul 24 09:26:41 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ams-AMStype1 - - * faqbody.tex: v 2.4.7f, today - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): more work on the fonts stuff - -Sat Jul 22 10:24:05 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add donald's - "typesetting principal value integral" - v2.4.7d, today - (section{Introduction}): removed email address for bodenheimer, which - hasn't (afaik) worked for some time - -Fri Jul 21 17:46:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): berthold's stuff on - outline fonts (mike's is harder work ;-) - v 2.4.7c, today - - * dirctan.tex: add cm-AMStype1 - -Wed Jul 19 10:18:36 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \arrowhyph - - * faq.sty: added \arrowhyph - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): moved Peter Wilson's - one on getting a new package - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.7b, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): correct address for mutex - -Mon Jul 10 15:07:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: explicit location for tds (will presumably never now be - version 1.0 ... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): removed vortex - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): add pw's on the tds - -Fri Jul 7 12:26:22 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): make \begin|\end{htmlversion} ignore - entire line - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new question on \MF - and \MP tutorials (pw again) - v2.4.7a, today - - * filectan.tex: added metafp.(ps|pdf) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): pw's revision to mp answer - (section{Documentation and Help}): couple of additions to booklists - (section{Documentation and Help}): pw's major addition to mail list - stuff - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \PDFLaTeX - - * faq.sty: add \PDFLaTeX - -Sat Jul 1 13:12:00 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added peter wilson to list of - acknowledgements - (section{Documentation and Help}): the first of peter wilson's new - answers -- books on type - -Fri Jun 23 12:26:31 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): give locations for - ctan servers, and correct www address for tug box search script - -Wed Jun 21 13:41:17 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): ignore \keywords argument - - * faq.sty: add \keywords command (ignores argument, carefully) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on renaming - fixed texts in the context of babel (has \keywords) - -Tue Jun 20 14:03:38 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): acknowledge alan jeffrey's - design of the html version, and record use of dante material - - * dirctan.tex: add pictex-addon - - * filectan.tex: add context-tmf, delete doublespace - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on pictex and - registers, largely lifted (with help from babelfish) from dante's faq - -Wed Jun 14 11:36:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): caveat for non-ia32 versions - of miktex, mention the psu.edu mac-tex page - -Tue Jun 13 10:27:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): updated details for gutenberg - -Wed Jun 7 12:33:02 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 2.4.5, today (for release) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): missing \endhtmlignore in nonfree - tree question - -Thu Jun 1 16:41:28 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong}): rewritten question - about capacity exceeded (scrapping assertions about pure methods of - hacking the tex web source, for goodness' sake!) - -Fri May 5 12:44:05 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add reference to epslatex.ps - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): add reference to - epslatex.ps in question on graphics inclusion where previously only - the pdf was mentioned - -Wed Apr 26 11:17:34 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove reference to - (now defunct) bitftp@pucc.bitnet - (section{Acquiring the Software}): add ctan.tug.org ftpmail - (section{Acquiring the Software}): hacking at search info (more to do) - (section{The Background}): update uk tug details - (throughout): remove parentheses from (+countrycode) - - * faq.sty: another iteration of pdfstartview - -Tue Apr 25 15:30:52 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: tried alternative pdfstartview value -- no joy - -Fri Apr 14 15:20:33 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add latex-classes, ltxguide - -Wed Apr 12 15:01:42 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.2, today - - * Makefile: add targets help, patch (==newfaq-patch) and web (==march) - - * dirctan.tex: remove gtex; stick a whole lot of obsolete/ prefixes in - dviware things (that are probably not, in all honesty, ever going to - be used again, but what the hell...) - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): remove all the - previewers that have been moved to obsolete/, rewrite the rest - mentioning miktex and fptex previewers, characterise emtex's thing as - dos+os/2 only, etc., etc. - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove references to gtex - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove references to gtex - -Wed Apr 12 07:44 rf@huntingdon (using vi) - - * companion.ctan: update location of version.sty - -Thu Apr 6 18:52:52 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct spelling of - bernice in sacks lipkin's name (oops) :-( - -Wed Apr 5 10:22:21 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): rewrite figure - inclusion with emphasis on the graphics package - - * dirctan.tex: add draftcopy and ms - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Add watermarks q - -Mon Apr 3 21:25:19 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy up gratzer's - latest (which _has_ been published now, or else...) and add reference - to lipkin's latex for linux - -Fri Mar 31 14:40:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4, today - - * additions.tex: bunch of questions moved out; back to pl 1 (only - unfinished `new language in babel' question now left) - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): moved in 1-col - abstract, babel words and code listings questions - (section{Acquiring the Software}): moved in `nonfree' question - (section{Format conversions}): moved in `read SGML/XML direct' question - (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): moved in \marginpar question - -2000-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: input faqbody for version and date before additions - - * additions.tex: make version reported derive from \fileversion from - faqbody - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): removed listing for microtex - v2.3a2, today - -2000-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): correct details for truetex - - * faq.sty: define a url in pdf mode for the debian social contract, - _before_ loading hyperref; remove all the old (pre-url.sty) - definitions using the FAQverb mechanism; remove the attempts at - patching hyperref's normalisation mechanisms - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): use defined url for - debian social contract address (to bypass hyperref boondoggle) - -Fri Mar 17 15:30:56 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Completed new - questions added yesterday (but not, I see, documented) -- on listings - and \marginpar - - * dirctan.tex: add listings, tiny_c2l - -Thu Mar 16 10:01:02 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): \URL argument in braces now - (sanitize_line): $e$ generalised to $<anything>$ (for $n$, just now) - -Thu Mar 2 14:27:03 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@huntingdon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added mparhack - -Thu Feb 10 16:55:44 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add passivetex - - * faq.sty: \URL is _just_ \url now - - * additions.tex: v2.3a1 pl4, today - (throughout): convert all \URL commands to take arguments in braces - (section{Proposed new questions}): passivetex ctan reference now - only one version of reference to social contract - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): convert all \URL commands to take arguments - in braces - v2.3a1, today - -Fri Jan 21 14:09:59 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added xmltex - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added spqr's - question about typesetting *ml direct with tex; - 2.3a pl3, today - -Tue Dec 14 10:28:00 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: attempted improvement of \ifpdf definition of \URL (trying - to use hyperref's sanitising facilities) - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): outlines for babel - hyphenation, babel `foreign words' - (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap verbatim lines a bit - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \meta - - * faq.sty: add \meta command - -Fri Dec 3 09:34:24 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch): new target (with ancillaries) to make pdf - and ps versions of the patched file - - * letterfaq.tex: bring into line with newfaq (was rather wonky) - - * additions.tex: new file -- proposed additions to faqbody - - * newfaq-patch.tex: new file -- newfaq, with the additions - - * newfaq.tex: eliminate reference to bodenheimer in the title, mention - the march 1999 printed issue - -Mon Nov 1 17:50:07 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (tail): add href to default address for script using `TeX - FAQ' as anchor - -Mon Sep 6 13:25:08 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): removed phil taylor from list of - non-committee-members - -Thu Sep 2 14:11:02 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v2.3a - - * Makefile: add configuration variable CMFONTS(=cmz), and use it where - previously just said -Pcms - - * filectan.tex: added simpl-latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): correct ref to mathpple - (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to harvey greenbergs - simplified latex thing - - * faq.sty: defer \let\Qlabel\label to begin document in case that we're - using hyperref - -Wed Sep 1 09:11:00 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: don't have \raggedright explicit in the definition of - \Question -- hyperref chokes, now -- redefine \subsection instead - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): change description of - authorship of mathpple - - * filectan.tex: remove mathpple (dangling pointer into tetex) - - * dirctan.tex: add mathpple (fonts/mathpple) - -Mon Jul 26 14:34:46 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): change wording around binary - availability for tetex - v2.3 (3.0 for the published version?), today - - * dirctan.tex: tetex binaries from distrib/binaries directory (change - label to tetex-bin from -install) - -Sat Jul 24 08:50:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): retrieved text about - ghostscript caoability of viewing acrobat docs - (section{The Background}): minor typo in lollipop - -Fri Jul 23 21:19:39 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): missing \\ in details for sci - word - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): updated with words from mike vulis about - vtex - (section{Format conversions}): add references to vtex & tidy a bit more - - * dirctan.tex: add vtex (and delete vtex-demo, ancient) - -Tue Jul 13 09:31:14 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): change reference - to ispell to reflect browsing status - (section{Format conversions}): tidy the question on generating acrobat, - add url for getting acroread - (section{Acquiring the Software}): canonical ctan.org addresses for - everything, remove numeric addresses (most of which were wrong anyway) - - * dirctan.tex: make ispell directory browsable, and remove all - subdirectory references - - * filectan.tex: update version number for excalibur - -Sun Jul 4 00:01:06 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): rewrote the section about - pdf output, including (inter alia) dvipdfm, and dropping reference to - dvipdf - (throughout): GhostScript->Ghostscript - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipdfm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): make NTS logo come - out bold in question title (using \afterquestion); use \afterquestion - for question about 2e - (section{The Background}): use \afterquestion (twice) in re. instances - of bold math characters in titles - -Sat Jul 3 10:02:22 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \afterquestion command for use after \Question commands - inside groups - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): refer to - sectsty, titlesec and fncychap as alternatives for changing section - headings - remove reference to NFSS question in roman theorems question - - * dirctan.tex: add sectsty, titlesec, fncychap - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): section renamed from - `recent developments' - commented-out the nfss question (hardly current any more) - rewritten latex question to refer to june 1999, and to stand alone re - nfss issue - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): get rid of references to the - NFSS question - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): no question - reference for NFSS in section headings question - - * dirctan.tex: add context - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question about context - (section{The Background}): junk the commented-out stuff about AMS - things we no longer admit to... - version 2.2t, today - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \CONTeXT (and \PDFTeX, \NTS, \eTeX, - \Eplain, \TeXsis and \WYSIWYG ... oops) - - * faq.sty: add \CONTeXT - -Mon Jun 14 17:46:49 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \'e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add a proto- - question on tutorials - - * filectan.tex: add gentle, lshort (both pointing at .pdf files) and - change epslatex to point at the .pdf file - -Sun Jun 13 14:01:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): rearranged list of committee - members to be more easily editable, and removed malcolm and kaveh's - names from the list of people said to have retired in 1998 - (section{Macros for Particular Types of Documents}): questions about - setting papers for journals, and creating a report from a bunch of - articles - v2.2q, today - - * dirctan.tex: add frankenstein - -Sat Jun 12 09:25:42 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): - struggling to make sense of the twaddle about logos, in html... - (section{Documentation and Help}): retrieved the isbn for knuth's - hardback - - * texfaq2html: define $home from $ENV{FAQ_HOME} if that exists - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \ISBN commands for tip - separate volumes; add first stab at entry for knuth's collected papers - (missing hardback isbn just now) - (section{Macros for Particular types of Documents}): new section, only - containing vita.cls as yet - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): be a bit ruder - still about the silly-logo syndrome; mention the \MP problem and the - difficulties with texnames.sty - (section{The Background}): credit hobby in \MP question - v2.2p, today - - * dirctan.tex: Add vita - - * faq.sty: \MP == MetaPost in public version (P was lower case) - (matches what's in texfaq2html) - -Thu Jun 10 09:41:01 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): rewritten win32 part, - emphasising the info got from fabrice's talk at the uk tug meeting - - * dirctan.tex: added lwc, lgc - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): commented out entry - for making tex work (no longer in ora catalogue), updated entry for - diller's organ, removed buerger's entry (no longer in mcgraw-hill - cat.) and shultis' (no longer in prentice hall cat.) - removed comment about what is/isn't good for latex2e, added reference - to lgc and lwc directories - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): moved \acro up above \emph - -Wed Jun 9 17:49:34 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added lwc - v2.2o, today - -Sat Jun 5 11:10:19 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN (archive.cfg): needs distributing, too - - * faq.sty: NoLine for package warning about missing refs at end - damn -- need distinguished \CTANdirectory* in pdf case - - * faqbody.tex: v2.2n, today - - * faq.sty: make \CTANdirectory ignore * - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): `browse' 2 tetex directories - - * texfaq2html: add \CTANdirectory* capability, for browsing dirs - - * dirctan.tex: added 0.4 into tetex and tetex-bin, convert all tetex - entries to *-form - -Tue May 25 14:52:12 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): corrections to sciword stuff - 2.2m, today - -Mon May 24 14:29:21 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated sciword, etc., bumf - 2.2l, today - -Fri May 14 12:17:37 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): restore yesterday's change... - -Thu May 13 10:02:58 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): make the html redirect for - miktex go to the 1.20 directory, since miktex/index.html has gone :-( - -Fri May 7 10:05:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct directory address of fptex (!) - - * Makefile.CTAN: add texfaq2html - - * faqbody.tex: change date to today - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): different references for miktex as - between the printed and web versions (ouch...) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove commented-out text about getting - oztex on floppies... - - * dirctan.tex: add systems/win32/miktex - - * filectan.tex: removed the three miktex file entries - - * texfaq2html: add mail url for uktug-faq@tex.ac.uk in the tail - -Thu May 6 14:18:26 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to - ISO 690-2 online version in question about citing urls - v2.2j, today - -Fri Apr 23 11:45:35 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.march: new, update the things needed for the texfaq script, - _only_ - - * Makefile: add new target march to run Makefile.march in - VH-tex/faq-source - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): new url for uk tug - (section{Introduction}): change url for the faq to cambridge, remove - footnote about it being a temporary one - - * texfaq2html: remove the `brought to you at' mucking about; change - $home; change web address for uktug - -Thu Apr 22 15:37:13 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Update details on K&D - to third edition - -Sat Apr 17 16:16:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: /usr/bin/perl (so as to work both on bescot and march) - -Wed Apr 7 14:10:47 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq.workers: stupid file ... should i keep it? - - * Makefile.CTAN: add newfaq.ps (eh?!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): kerfoodle to produce - the string /caption\\. as in-line verbatim in html - version 2.2g, today - -Sat Apr 3 08:57:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: (new file) first stab at automating installation on - CTAN - - * Makefile.FTP: remove .dvi and .ps files from this distribution - - * Makefile: add symbols DVIPS, PDFLATEX and LATEX (which last rather - useless at present - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{\acro{DVI} Drivers and Previewers}): remove reference to the - separately-available VMS version of dvips - - * dirctan.tex: add tetex-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): correct VMS entry - (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): sort screed about - consultants, and add pointer to TUG consultants page; correct - reference to latex project - (section{Recent Developments}): revise the text about the latex3 - project; add reference to cyrillic in the latex2e stuff, and otherwise - revise _that_ text; refer to packaged systems that include omega - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): urge packaged systems for unix, and refer to - tetex-beta - - * filectan.tex: remove all the old VMS references and add OpenVMSTeX - -Fri Apr 2 14:53:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): reword fptex stuff, and change - label - (throughout): ensure that _all_ em-dashes are preceded by nobreakspace - and use \LaTeXo in place of spelling out the old version number (for - consistency of layout) - - * dirctan.tex: deal with latex packages directory (and delete the - `whole directory' label which wasn't used) - win32/web2c -> fptex - -Tue Mar 16 00:03:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): minor editorials on the Y2K - question - -Sun Mar 14 09:29:54 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question on Y2K - compliance (and give a \Qref to the outline of LaTeX) - (section{The Background}): Add a section on trip/trap - version 2.2e, dated today - (section{Introduction}): Add John Palmer to the footnote about the - committee - (section{Documentation and Help}): add isbn for mfbook paperback - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention wichura under the pictex - manual, and add reference to pti's web site (without mentioning the - price they charge for the damned manual!!!!!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove information (which is surely - out of date) about the `next' (late 1997) release of 4alltex disc -- - no replacement since the situation isn't clear to me... - (section{Format conversions}): remove reference to jf's stuff (which - seems to have been abandoned in favour of activetex) - -Sat Nov 14 12:45:16 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add a winedt entry - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): changes to lists of names - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): add a little thing about winedt (probably - not satisfactory) - - * filectan.tex: three separate miktex files - - * dirctan.tex: miktex (pc) _goes_ - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): correct info about the - word processor conversions faq - (section{The Background}): remove reference to .zip file of texinfo - - * filectan.tex: texcnven no longer exists -- record the .zip file in - the directory; update the texinfo file name (removing the version - number and thereby relying on the link) and get rid of the .zip - reference (did such a file _ever_ exist?) - -Tue Aug 25 13:51:52 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): New version of tech wg stuff - from kaja christiansen - -Thu Jun 11 17:10:37 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (CONFIGS): new, another category of thing to depend on - -Wed Jun 10 12:58:02 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX}): minor rewording of - text about ec fonts, correction of punctuation - -Tue Jun 9 20:40:05 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: start suppressing unused directories - - * faq.sty: make \CTAN{directory,file} deal with case of active file or - directory name - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): make direct - reference to suppport/xindy into a \CTANref; minor typos corrected - - * archive.cfg: new file, configuration for {file,dir}ctan when make pdf - -Tue Jun 9 00:11:09 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: distinguish two \Status targets, 1- and 2-column pdf (values - 1 and 2) - - * faq.cls: load packages before setting page dimens, don't change - horizontal dimens if single column version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): dvipdf lesenko spoke about - it in the past (was `hoping to speak' at tug'97); today's date; slight - rewording of basic outline of omega - -Mon Jun 8 17:21:15 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: yet another fiddle with hyperref options; suppress multicol - when doing pdf - -Sun Jun 7 09:25:05 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Remove reference to - getting the old faq by ftpmail; increment patch number, date today - - * faq.sty: juggle with hyperref package options; remove spurious space - in `public' definition of \MF - - * Makefile: do pdf generation on the basis of pdf-{new,letter}faq.tex - -Sat Jun 6 00:59:02 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.cls: also require url.sty, since we again have a conflict with - hyperref - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove claim that tug can - supply pc software or copies of oztex (and restructure the mac - question slightly as a result); refer to omega port in cmactex - - * faq.sty: replace all alan's old url-ish definitions with ones based - on url.sty (this is too slow processing dirctan.tex...) - - * Makefile: add new targets newfaq.pdf and letterfaq.pdf; parameterise - files we depend on; do away with old `all' target, and use body of - `public' one instead - -Fri Jun 5 20:23:09 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.cls: input multicol before faq, in case we're running pdflatex - (\Status=1) -- since hyperref changes \@footnotetext, and multicol - checks it, this is somewhat important... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reword the sorry tale - of the pictex manual (i.e., not available at all) - -Thu May 28 14:52:14 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): refer to - fancyvrb in `including verbatim files' and `line numbers' - v2.2a, today - - * dirctan.tex: add fancyvrb - -Tue May 5 11:05:11 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.FTP (all): removed non-cm .dvi files, .300ps files - -Mon May 4 21:56:52 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tug2->ctan.tug.org - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tug2->ctan.tug.org - - * faq.sty: add \Status game (cribbed from seb's work on tex-live doc) - -Sat May 2 17:49:11 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): backing off bodenheimer, ref the - version on TeX Live CD - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tex-live now third edition - v2.2, today - - * Makefile (public): new `general' target, with no .300ps stuff - (newfaq.ps,letterfaq.ps): remove specification of elm - - * faq.sty: junk the old diddling with parameters for times (there've - been several new releases of the metrics since those were recommended) - define \ifpublicversion, talking of the fonts to be used, so we can - have a type1-fonts-only version - -Fri May 1 17:55:49 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.1o, today - - * dirctan.tex: add footmisc - - * filectan.tex: remove stblftnt - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in \TeX or \LaTeX}): refer to - footmisc rather than stblftnt - -Mon Apr 6 12:56:20 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add -f switch - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): refer to pctex32 (as a windows - implementation) - version 2.1n, today's date (forgot that last time) - -Thu Mar 26 16:51:01 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): redo the examples - for #-doubling in terms of + rather than -, so no need for farting - around with ligatures - (section{Introduction}): removed jf from list of resigned committee - members, added dpc, and brought committee list up to date - -Wed Mar 18 10:19:55 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: correct calc, changebar - -Fri Jan 16 09:58:18 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.1m, today - (section{The Background}): Correct address and phone nos for TUG - -Wed Nov 5 10:40:40 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): minor typo in - line numbering q - -Tue Nov 4 11:03:45 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Avoid nested - braces in indexing question - (section{Introduction}): Refer to LaTeX2e rather than LaTeXe in intro - (html version only) - - * faq.sty: Define \oparen and \cparen commands - - -Wed Oct 29 16:33:41 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update truetex web page - address (and source details) - -Mon Oct 27 09:20:15 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: Comment about oddity of \CTAN command - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Tidy up earlier - text (difficult to quote entire trivial lines, in-line) - -Sat Oct 25 23:37:11 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): \CTAN takes - a real argument, not one in vertical bars - - * faq.sty: Add \TeXsis, \parens - -Sat Oct 25 10:52:42 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add questions on typesetting - URLs, and on citing them with BibTeX; reference texsis's indexing - macros, and mention xindy (not terribly satisfactorily, given the way - it's organised on CTAN) - - * dirctan.tex: Add xindy - - * filectan.tex: Add texsis-index - - * faq.sty: remove definition of \ifnotreadCTAN, define \htmlonly and - \textpercent - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Add \htmlonly (as no-op), \\textpercent - rather than \\\% (!) - - * filectan.tex,dirctan.tex: Own protection against being read twice - - * newfaq.tex,letterfaq.tex,faqbody.tex: Do away with conditional around - loading {dir,file}ctan - -Fri Oct 24 19:34:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Oren Patashnik to list of - contributors (in anticipation...) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Modify answer to offer Oren's - solution to the `BibTeX string too long' problem - Add a question about underlining - (top of file): v2.1l, today - - * filectan.tex: Add ulem.sty, abstract.bst - Excalibur entry now .sit.hqx (also corrected version no) - -Thu Oct 23 08:09:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Add url.sty, update version number in the texinfo - distribution - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): Rewrite the - initial text in a slightly less school-ma'am-ish way - -Fri Oct 10 19:40:06 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add question on - line numbering - - * dirctan.tex: Add lineno - Delete a bunch of entries that are wrong/irrelevant/misleading - (including all the latex209 ones that didn't get moved to latex - by Seb in his LGC campaign, apart from ones that might figure in - a future question, like chbars, chem{struct,tex}) - Correct xymtex (to contrib/other), crossword (to contrib/other/ - crosswrd), elsevier (to contrib/supported), footnpag (to contrib/ - supported), ucthesis (to contrib/supported) - Replace epic with (macros/latex/contrib/other/)eepic - - * filectan.tex: Add numline, latex209-base - Correct ukhyph - -Fri Oct 10 11:41:13 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Correct John Plaice's - email address - -Fri Oct 10 07:01:24 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Process \mailto - Use $0 if environment SCRIPT_NAME isn't defined - - * faq.sty: Define \mailto - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Convert \Email to \mailto for addresses - that should/could be mailable direct from the web instance of the FAQ - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Note update date of pctex info - -Thu Oct 9 22:36:02 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a question on - the behaviour of \include; small extension of the question about \verb - to note other exciting error messages - -Wed Oct 8 16:38:52 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan-web from tug2 - rather from its old Oh Really site - -Wed Oct 8 00:26:29 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: Upgraded for perl5 (heaven knows whether it now works - under perl4 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add a url for - ctindex.html in addition to the full thing - -Mon Sep 6 13:50:51 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New email addresses for PTI - -Fri Sep 5 18:42:23 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct URL for WC - CDROM information - -Wed Aug 20 10:51:16 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Add tug2.cs.umb.edu - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add Donald - Arseneau's note about \mathbf vs. AMSLaTeX - (section{Introduction}): Add Donald Arseneau to acknowledgements - -Wed Aug 13 11:27:55 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): Only delete .aux files cgi-bin script doesn't use - - * dirctan.tex: amslatex from latex/packages, amstex from macros/amstex, - fontsel from latex209/amslatex/fontsel (oops); junk AMS author-info - and its guidelines - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Mentioned - changing the text, and \enlargethispage for split footnotes - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add a question - on bold greek letters - -Tue Aug 12 14:39:30 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add question on - split footnotes - v 2.1f, today - (section{Introduction}): Add David Kastrup to list of acknowledgements - -Mon Aug 11 16:07:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Quote a CPAN address for - SGMLS (was using a direct UOttawa address for dmeggins' directory) - 2.1e, today - -Tue Jul 22 12:37:17 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * archive.list: List of acceptable archives (just archive name and root - so far, but abbrevs and acceptable formats also possible) - - * texfaq2html: Further work to make the archive list and archive - selection work - Make the selected archive and format hidden input from the search form - -Mon Jul 21 13:59:21 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: Add format (or f) and archive (or a) keywords - Add link at end to UK TUG home page - Add archive_list variable - - * archive.list: New file, list of allowable archives - -Thu Jul 10 11:26:42 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Add translation of \thinspace{} to space - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): {} after \thinspace - -Tue Jul 8 09:48:20 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove reference - to doublespace.sty - v2.1d, today - - * filectan.tex: threeparttable.sty is now a latex (rather than 209) - package - remove entry for alltt - - * texfaq2html: correct (to non-opaque html) translation of \pounds - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Refer to the win32 port of - Web2C, miktexppc and miktex-AXP, and the djgpp port of Web2C - - * dirctan.tex: Directory name djgpp (an obscure pointer to something - deep in the ps2pk tree) subverted to point at systems/msdos/djgpp - Add win32-web2c, miktexppc and miktex-AXP - -Wed Jun 18 15:57:57 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.1c, today - -Wed Jun 18 00:17:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns (robin@sams-machine) - -* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Rearranged (and somewhat - reworded) the CDROM question, at Sebastian's suggestion - -Tue Jun 17 23:03:43 1997 Robin Fairbairns (robin@sams-machine) - -* faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Typos in PDFTeX stuff, change - assertion to say it is postgrad research rather than originating in an MSc - project (as I thought but Sebastian didn't) -(section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): Make reference to TUG as - contact for TeX bugs a link - -Tue Jun 17 14:43:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): fancyheadings-> - fancyhdr - (section{Format conversions}): Further iteration of the acrobat- - creation text - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): fancyheadings->fancyhdr in - the first-page-empty thing... - (top of file) version 2.1b, today's date - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Correct \Qref in 4AllTeX text - - * dirctan.tex: other/fancyheadings->supported/fancyhdr - - * faq.sty: Added \PDFTeX - -Mon Jun 16 15:40:07 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Added pdftex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Mark to committee list, - change URL to www.tex.ac.uk and remove footnote about it being - temporary - (throughout): \emph{}asise `your name' in mailing list subscription - info - (section{The Background}): Correct address for TUG - (section{Format conversions}): dvips implements the hypertex specials - now - (section{Format conversions}): First stab at editing `making acrobat - documents' - (section{\MF{}}): Got rid of that awful American-style date in ln03 - mode file - (section{Recent Developments}): Added a pdftex question, moved all the - statements about eTeX into present tense, and linked to TeX live in - the CDROMs section - - * newfaq.tex: Edit note (beneath title) to refer to 1995 Christmas - edition, and to make availability via WWW present tense... - -Tue Jun 10 12:44:20 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Tidy question about - availability of the article, and reword pointer to Bodenheimer's one - since it's now just to the directory; - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Reword the question about DC - fonts to one about EC fonts. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Add TeX Live to CD-ROM distributions - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Remvoed the reference to the AIX and 386ix - distributions (which are wildly out of date), tidy up the text about - Linux, and add a caveat about the Slackware '96 disc - Top of file: change to version 2.1 - - * dirctan.tex: Add TeX-FAQ (in obsolete/help) - Remove dc, add ec in its place - - * filectan.tex: Remove TeX-FAQ - -Tue Jun 3 15:38:34 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add the LGC to the - book list, and change the phrasing of the `books that cover 2e' list - at the bottom of the list. - -Thu Apr 24 11:03:17 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct Kinch's details - just that little bit further - -Wed Apr 23 09:31:06 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New Web address for PTI - -Mon Apr 21 14:48:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Remove (confusing) faq and sgi dirs (both under fweb) - -Thu Apr 17 17:34:55 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Final address for NTG's Web - offering... - -Wed Apr 2 13:57:22 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update Kinch's web address - -Fri Mar 7 10:45:43 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or - \LaTeX{}}): Recode the expression of |\begin{comment}| ... it - would appear that the perl happily gobbles the \begin{comment} - because it's something it knows about - -Mon Mar 3 16:53:14 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Bunch of changes from latex209->latex trees - -Wed Jan 29 15:44:52 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Get xtexcad from graphics/xtexcad - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): xtexcad - definitely does work on other Unices - -Tue Jan 7 12:25:50 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Remove the (hopeless) - reference to news.answers archives of BB's FAQ, and add references to - source location of our FAQ and to the cstug, dante and (2) french FAQs - (section{Introduction}): Update the information about the committee, - add a pointer to the sources, and tidy - (throughout): convert URL and FAQ to \acro (and change the one instance - of "an FAQ" to "a FAQ" ... who knows which is right, after all?); a - few more Ulrik Vieth typos - (section{Recent Developments}): Add references to Omega and e-TeX - distributions - - * dirctan.tex: Add dante-faq, french-faq, uktug-faq, omega, e-TeX - -Thu Jan 2 13:56:25 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): a small number of extra extra typos from - Ulrik Vieth - -Fri Dec 20 11:23:29 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Several typos corrected, mostly spotted by - Ulrik Vieth - Remove pointer to help/TeX-index/TeX-index from `finding packages', and - add a reference to www.ora.com instead - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to www.dante.de in the - question on finding files on CTAN - - * filectan.tex: Remove TeX-index (since it's now no longer on CTAN) - -Thu Dec 12 12:35:35 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add moreverb - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Correct the archive pointer - from the question on texinfo - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to moreverb in - the question on including a file in verbatim - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add a question - whose answer is (in part) stblftnt.sty - (section{Format conversions}): Add a reference to texcnven - - * filectan.tex: Change texinfo-macros to texinfo-dist, which points to - the .tar.gz file, and add a texinfo-dist-zip (oh dammit) - Add stblftnt.sty and texcnven - -Sat Oct 19 21:48:52 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct area code in Kinch's - telephone and fax nos - -Wed Jul 24 15:27:32 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Move ctan-ann to - Heidelberg ... - There are `other' TeX-related lists there now (!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Move ctan to Heidelberg too - -Mon Jul 1 11:26:32 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): new target - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): removed first - component of vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de - -Thu Jun 27 15:06:50 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Downgrade the - reference to TeX-Index (should I junk reference to it altogether?), - and give catalogue.html top billing - (section{Acquiring the Software}): finger ctan@ftp.tex.ac.uk or - ctan@ftp.dante.de - - * filectan.tex: Add catalogue - -Thu Jun 20 13:29:07 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Remove reference to - ftpmail@shsu.edu - (section{Documentation and Help}): Nahhh... you can't get the FAQ from - SHSU's mail server (can you?) -- tell 'em to use ftpmail instead - -Tue Jun 18 17:10:49 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Removed SHSU from the - list of CTAN sites - -Mon May 27 13:49:23 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Corrections submitted by Brian Ripley - -Wed May 22 14:25:07 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Update moreverb - -Sat May 18 17:06:12 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add mdwtools - - * filectan.tex: Add threeparttable - -Thu May 2 17:47:51 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: for the letterfaq.*ps, use -t letter (now that I've - installed it in the config files... ;-) ... not that it works at all - ... ah me, back to the drawing board ... - -Thu Apr 11 12:59:58 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Extended TCI's ZIP to 9 digits - (_big_ deal!) - -Thu Apr 4 10:52:35 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated V\TeX entry from - MicroPress' home page (mailed a copy to their support address for - their evaluation - -Thu Mar 21 18:03:59 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add miktex - - * filectan.tex: Correct location of setspace - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add mik\TeX - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Comment out the \subQ ahead of - the fancyheadings question, pending resolution of the problems with - the HTML-iser - -Wed Mar 13 11:08:11 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: setspace from contrib/supported/setspace - -Mon Mar 11 <some time> 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: major revision from SPQR (forgot to log it...) - -Mon Mar 4 09:57:37 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: fnpara from contrib/other/misc - -Thu Feb 29 12:52:18 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: Hideous hacking (no doubt, phase 1 only ;-) to get \subQ - working - -Thu Feb 22 11:59:26 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Q66a (but - it won't typeset yet, because I don't have \subQ coded...) - -Wed Jan 31 09:37:17 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Disembuggered a bit of - conditional code in \LaTeXe question - (section{The Background}): Minor typo editing - (section{The Background}): WG-92-05 contact:=Sebastian, WG-94-07:=Karl - Berry - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): hyphen.cfg not lthyphen.cfg - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add a word about the - alternative hyphenation character in DC fonts 1.2 - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add descriptions of fenm[pf] - - * dirctan.tex: Change tds to point to tds/draft-standard - -Tue Jan 30 15:05:06 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Removed `May' from the - assertion about the date when JF hopes to release - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add projected release date for EC - fonts (courtesy Ulrik Vieth), and add an exhortation about using - 1.2/pl1 at least - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Add a reference to mathppl, in the - section on mathptm (of course) - - * filectan.tex: Add mathppl - -Fri Jan 19 09:33:25 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: (Throughout): Odd bits of \acro-isation ... still, - and general proof-reading corrections - (section{The Background}): Restore \rightmargin for quote env for NTG - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Commented out the elaborate text - about the Decus TeX collection (we know there's up-to-date images, but - the only mirror I can find is dated Apr '94, and wuarchive times out - (section{\MF{}}): Use list rather than tabular for the log report - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Remove the reference to PSNFSS in the - discussion about font metrics - (section{Recent Developments}): Further iteration of the panegyric - about the qualities of 2e; also removed the text about latexbug, since - it also appears in the last question - - * faq.sty: Today's date, slight increment of version - Add a command \fullline - -Thu Jan 18 14:15:23 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Commented LAMSTeX out again - Gave the version today's date - (section{Recent Developments}): \acro-ised dvi throughout, except for - one instance where referring to the file name extension - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Removed the question - "insisting on changing the margins" (merged into the previous one), - reword the statements it makes slightly - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Seb's question on - drawing packages - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added a reference to TeXtelmExtel directory - - * dirctan.tex: Add TeXtelmExtel - - * production/bask5_6.tex: A bit more in the intro; \acro-ised - -Wed Jan 17 11:53:21 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Hacked out Bodenheimer's intro - (which used to be commented out anyway); change "has been" to "was" in - describing Bodenheimer's maintenance... - Gave the version today's date - A few more proofreading corrections - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Redone the examples in the - figures-in-text question to use explicit line breaks - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add question on hyphenation - of accented words - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add question on DC fonts - - * filectan.tex: Correct TeX-FAQ address (must have been wrong from the - start!!! - -Tue Jan 16 15:43:04 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Lots more \acro-isation - Up to v2.0d, dated today - Bunches of proof-reading corrections - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added TeXtelMextel to list of shells - - * faq.sty: \acro-ise ISBN - -Mon Jan 15 09:44:14 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Added a web address for NTG - Surround both instances of `2e' in question names with \boldmath - -Sun Jan 14 18:01:19 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Surrounded a whole bunch of things in \acro - (section{The Background}): Added a few Web addresses for user groups - (throughout): Various proofreading corrections (DPC,MJC,RF) - - * dirctan.tex: Got rid of all the old references to fonts/metrics - - * faq.sty: In \AllTeX, kern equally on either side of the closing - parenthesis - \acroise \DANTE, \MSDOS and \CDROM - Declare a \twee macro (to append 2e if necessary) - Define a \careof macro (code out of tugboat.dtx) - -Tue Jan 9 13:19:42 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Only one version of - "\AllTeX{} conversion to HTML" question title - (throughout): \TeX{}/\LaTeX{} -> \AllTeX{} - -Wed Jan 3 14:23:09 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add a label to - the text flowing section, for reference in the editorial - (throughout): more minor editorials - - * production/faqfont.cfg: Null file, to suppress faq.sty's default to - using times - - * production/bask5_6.tex: Rewrote the editorial and the title of the - FAQ article itself - - * production/baskerv.cls: Changed (guest) editor name - Subsection titles to use \bfseries (rather than \itshape) - -Note: directory spqr renamed as production... - -Tue Jan 2 12:35:03 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * spqr/bask5_6.tex: From bask4_6.tex, but added \thisyear - and \thismonth - - * spqr/5_6baskerv.cls: Changed subsection heading back to \bfseries - Select font encoding before selecting family mbvx, - \usepackage{t1enc}->\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Many minor editorial changes - Use \raggedwithindent - Subsume every occurrence of CTAN in an \acro - - * faq.sty: Add \@ wherever I consider it necessary (includes replacing - at least one instance of `\spacefactor1000 ' - Add a kern before the closing parenthesis in \AllTeX - Add an \acro command (and \textSMC as a result...) - Redo \Question using \newcommand with an optional argument, and set - raggedright in the question title (note: suppresses hyphenation) - Add \nothtml command (transparent) - -Mon Jan 1 16:37:53 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Donald Arseneau and - W. Henning (what's the man's first name?) - (section{The Background}): Remove line break in Dante details - (section{Format conversions}): Add text on TeX2RTF - (section{Format conversions}): Correct SPQR's reference to latex2rtf - (he was plainly talking about tex2rtf) - (section{The Background}): Add a label to the lollipop question - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Refer to the lollipop question where - a side reference to it is made re. PostScript metrics - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Slight rearrangement of text - in the stuff on wrapping text around figures... - - * faq.sty: Add an \AllTeX command - - * 00readme: Update, dealing with the existence of 600dpi versions, - letterfaq (used only to be dealt with in one place) and possibility of - problems with old versions of 2e - - * Makefile.FTP: Add 00readme to `all' target - - * Makefile: Add the .300ps things as separate targets - Ensure the ftp-directory Makefile is writeable once it's there - -Sat Dec 30 17:20:05 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Upped the file version and given it today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): Sort out the text about obsolete man - pages... - (section{Documentation and Help}): Tried a few apostrophe-s in the list - of book titles that cover 2e - (section{Documentation and Help}): Tidied up DPC's text a bit - (incidentally also dealing with a fantasy introduced by my spelling - checker!) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Couple of minor enhancements to - Carol's text - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added the long-bruited - question on flowing text around figures - - * dirctan.tex: Added reference for floatflt - - * filectan.tex: Added references for picins and wrapfig - -Fri Dec 29 21:03:12 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: Move removal of the Makefile into the bracketed bit in - install - Let's have letterfaq.ps actually *make* letterfaq.ps rather than yet - another newfaq.ps, folks! - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Added Walnut Creek - address and telephone nos from their Web site - -Thu Dec 28 18:53:45 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Replaced - \Question[index]{Finding \TeX{}/\LaTeX{} macro packages} and - \Question[compan-files]{Finding \LaTeXe{}-related packages} with two - entirely new answers by the estimable Dr. C. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Added a reference to Walnut Creek's - little baby (and despatched a message asking for more) - -Tue Dec 19 17:07:09 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's details from - the email he sent me - - -Sat Dec 9 17:24:47 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@nape.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's entry as best - I can just now... - -Mon Dec 4 10:03:22 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Rewrote paragraph about - Goel's document to cover Reckdahl's one as well - (section{Documentation and Help}): Rewrite `where to find' to make more - clear the distinction between Bodenheimer's article and ours (which - does, after all, get updated ;-) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Put all the subscribe messages in - the question on mailing lists into \texttt, so they can break - - * dirctan.tex: Delete reference for ps2psfrag, alter psfrag to 2e - version - Add subfigure - Convert (2.09) supertab to (2e) supertabular - - * filectan.tex: Added epslatex - - * newfaq.tex: Remove the reference to c.t.t FAQ in the note, since it's - plain that nothing will ever get into anything maintained by - Bodenheimer - -Fri Dec 1 16:30:56 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add tweb - - * faqbody.tex (section{\MF{}}): Add a label to `getting \MF to do what - you want' - (section{Literate programming}): Add a reference to tweb - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add Carol's set: dvi, driver, pk - and tfm (order probably needs attention) - (section{Format conversions}): Thrown out scribe - - * filectan.tex: Add dvitype - -Thu Nov 30 12:01:01 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Convert all reference to specific TUGboat - issues to use the \TUGboat macro, all other references to \textsl - (section{Format conversions}): Add Clark's DSSSL page where Seb wanted - one, and fill in the URL for stil (Seb found this) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Suggest upgrading \LaTeXo - ("if they must"), nopageno.sty - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Sort out the reference to emTeX - - * faq.sty: \ignorespaces before handing on to \@tugboat - - * dirctan.tex: Add latex209-base - - * filectan.tex: Add nopageno - -Wed Nov 29 16:33:39 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): |\protect\cmd| -> - \cs|protect|\cs|cmd| so that it doesn't get (hem-hem) b*ed by Alan's - perl script - (section{The Background}): Add reference to tds in the TWG's blurb - (section{The Background}): Update T.V. Raman's email address - (section{Documentation and Help}): Note that the book list is only of - English ones - (): - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add reference - to \frontmatter, \backmatter in the thing about unnumbered sections in - the TOC - - * dirctan.tex: Add tds - -Tue Nov 28 10:14:34 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add hyper and hyperref - Change psfonts to dos-psfonts (it wasn't referred to, anyway), and - create a new psfonts pointing at fonts/psfonts - - * faq.sty: Add definition of \TUGboat - Use \ProgName for \Package, pro tem - - * faqbody.tex: Change version number - (section{Recent Developments}): Junk Q-SGML (and the one reference to - it) - (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): uktex->texhax - (section{Format conversions}): Added questions on hyperTeX and - conversion to pdf, and replace Q-SGML2TeX and Q-LaTeX2HTML - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Replace Q-usepsfont, Q-metrics, - psfonts-problems - (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): A bit more text from Alan about - uppercase shenanigans - (section{The Background}): Update TUG's address - -Sat Nov 18 12:23:58 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): Added a - pointer to the bugs database in the last question (ASAJ's suggestion) - - * dirctan.tex: Remove emtex/betatest - -Sat Nov 18 00:05:11 1995 robin (robin@dosmachine) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added the metafont - list to the section on mailing lists - (section{Introduction}): Redone the list of committee names (it said - "1993-94" !!!), and added a paragraph acknowledging Rho's, Jonathan's - and Chris's efforts. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Make the numeric addresses \FTP - addresses, too, so that they wrap - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Put `quote site index' (and, - separately, `site index') into \texttt (rather than verbatim) so that - it wraps if necessary - (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): Add a bit of explanation of - _why_ VorTeX isn't still being developed - - * dirctan.tex: Add metapost - -Fri Nov 17 23:29:42 1995 robin (robin@dosmachine) - - * faqfont.cfg: Deal with \Dings - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Added John Hobby (because I'm - lifting some of his text) and Piet van Oostrum to the list of - contributors - (section{The Background}): Add a new question about MetaPost (does it - really need to be separate?) - -Fri Nov 17 13:12:10 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Correct teTeX base directory and add tetex-bin - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Disambiguate - references to Gratzer's books in the short para after the list of LaTeX - books - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add reference to the teTeX binaries - directory - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Remove witter about emTeX betatest, and - reword the reference to memory extenders (emxrsx is now part of the - distribution) - -Wed Nov 8 11:41:47 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Add mil - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to the - acrobat sampler of Gratzer's book - -Tue Nov 7 11:02:31 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated scientific word's - telephone no, following mail from Christopher - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add Gratzer's new book, and correct - the text at the end of the list detailing 2e coverage - -Sat Aug 26 14:57:41 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Subscription information - for the omega list - -Mon Jul 3 15:01:38 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * 00readme: Note that psfonts-beta is being used - - * dirctan.tex: Added the two musixtex directories - - * faqbody.tex: Added WWW entries for Bluesky, Personal TeX Inc. and TCI - Removed claim of "orchestral" music for MusicTeX, added a reference to - MusiXTeX - -Wed Jun 28 16:17:28 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: subscribe to texhax via texhax-request - give details of Kopka and Daly 2nd ed - changed fileversion to 1.9e - -Thu Jun 15 17:26:05 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: Added DPC's neato search for package.??? in quote site - index - -Wed May 3 10:06:54 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * companion.ctan: Corrected companion.ctan re. curves - -Fri Apr 28 13:10:30 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * simpl-sum.txt: A plain text version of the question `what is TeX' - -Fri Mar 31 11:15:23 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Add definition of \mathcal if it's not there, and - redo \AMSLaTeX, \AMSTeX (et al) in terms of \AmS defined similarly - to how the definition of \AmSTeX was done - -Mon Mar 6 14:55:13 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * companion.ctan: Added graphics.sty (not in companion?) - -Sat Feb 11 14:23:41 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update contact details for Y&Y - (section{Documentation and Help}): details of ctan-ann mailing list - Up to 1.9d - -Tue Jan 31 17:48:21 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add a proviso about - multiline-message suppression using `-' to the blurb about quote site - index - -Mon Jan 30 12:46:02 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * updates.tex (section{Updates to the FAQ}): as its name implies -- a - contribution to BV 5.1 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Corrected the - information about info-tex and ctt-digest and their mutual relationship - to comp.text.tex - - * filectan.tex: corrected file name of Tobin's metafont intro (and also - its directory!) - -Fri Jan 20 17:12:20 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.cls: Adjust the page layout with a view to simplicity, symmetry, - and all those good things - -Fri Dec 16 13:22:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Remove the em-dashes between - the item labels and the TWG titles - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Remove the - gratuitous \protect commands from the non-moving part of the [sub] - section arguments in the question on fiddling with the layout of - sectioning commands - (section{The Background}): Use \Emaildot for Yannis' address - (section{Format conversions}): Ditto for Nathan Torkington - (section{Documentation and Help}): Split the title boxes for both - Gr\"atzer's and Shultis' books - (section{\MF{}}): Insert @{} at every touch and turn in the - `table' specification for the instructions for inimf - - * faqfont.cfg: Add (null) definition of \Dings - - * faq.sty: If using PostScript, define \Dings - Add \Emaildot (as \Email, but dot-separates the first part of the - name) - - * letterfaq.tex: Same as original newfaq.tex (i.e., letter paper by - default), except for \Dings - - * newfaq.tex: Load faq.cls with a4paper option, use \Dings between toc - and body - - * faq.cls: Use the paper size we're loaded with; adjust size of text - relative to it (using same values SPQR does for A4 paper, not some wild - proportional values) - -Mon Dec 12 13:07:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: Use \ifnotreadCTAN, set it once the configs read - - * faq.sty: Add \ifnotreadCTAN - -Sat Dec 10 10:21:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.cls: First iteration of a class -- aim is that it should - ultimately be `generic' as between paper sizes - - * newfaq.tex: Reword for `after the publication', add invocations of - multicols - -Sun Dec 4 13:54:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) (Sun 13:) - - * faqbody.sty (throughout): The red-biro attack. - (throughout, again): The red-fine-felt-tip-pen attack (JF). - (section{Recent Developments}): Add a short blurb about JF's work. - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Cut down \topsep in \@listi to 4pt basic - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Add a paragraph about use of the December edition; - Don't bother with table of contents before the editorial; the only toc - is that within the article itself - -Wed Dec 7 12:07:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * dirctan.tex: Add sgml2tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Add reference to the - conversion programs in the answer about JF's stuff - (section{Format conversions}): Add an answer about SGML2TeX conversion - programs - (section{\MF{}}): Modify the surroundings of the table for running MF, - to get rid of the unsightly space at the top - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Comment out that question on font - formats - -Tue Dec 6 13:54:07 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: Change file version and date - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add question on font formats - -Mon Dec 5 15:27:20 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Hack the toc to make it not produce newarticle - entries whatsoever - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Final consistency checks following - spell-check - -Sun Dec 4 13:54:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.sty (throughout): The red-biro attack. - (throughout, again): The red-fine-felt-tip-pen attack (JF). - (section{Recent Developments}): Add a short blurb about JF's work. - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Cut down \topsep in \@listi to 4pt basic - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Add a paragraph about use of the December edition; - Don't bother with table of contents before the editorial; the only toc - is that within the article itself - -Fri Dec 2 17:49:38 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Use \mathcal rather than \cal - - * filectan.tex: Add morefloats.sty - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Replaced two - questions on floats with one conglomerate one (by me) - -Thu Dec 1 22:04:45 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a new - question on #-doubling (from a post of David C's) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add a new question on BibTeX - string sizes - -Tue Nov 29 18:49:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Twiddled with secnumdepth/tocdepth to get things - looking roughly right - -Tue Nov 29 13:19:09 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a question on - uppercase, from Jonathan's input - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Move the CD question here from TeX - systems - (throughout): Minor editorials - - * faq.sty: Version no:=0.6, date changed - Added hacked-about LaTeX logo - -Mon Nov 28 13:32:53 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Moved setting secnumdepth/tocdepth to inside the - FAQ article - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): More of my minor editorials - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): Added note about the lack of - full stops - (section{Introduction}): Sorted list of helpers into alphabetical - order, removed dots from the end - -Sun Nov 27 18:23:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add question on - the problems with \verb (from JF's input) - -Sat Nov 26 22:09:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added Tom Rokicki's details - (wot no contact number) and changed the `source' of the stuff from the - AMS listing - -Fri Nov 25 12:41:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Barbara Beeton's comments and Alan - Jeffrey's niggles - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Added reference to mathptm in - Berthold's question - (throughout) Minor markups by your truly - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added a question about email lists - - * faq.sty: Remove spurious space generated by \ProgName - Separate the hyphens in \TeXXeT. - -Thu Nov 24 15:29:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Editorial markup after looking at - \BV-formatted version - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add a bit of blurb about Northlake Software - - * dirctan.tex: Add emtex-betatest - - * faq.sty: Define a new environment proglist (maps to booklist while - we've got program names italic) - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Remove stuff from faq.sty, and add requirement of - the FAQ package - Comment out definition of \CTAN (to something inconsistent) - -Wed Nov 23 10:20:27 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: Make program names typeset in italic (experimentally) - - * faqbody.tex: Released to SPQR for his work ... then: - (throughout): SPQR's editorial changes - -Tue Nov 22 22:53:24 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Iterate calls of \cs back again... - - * faq.sty: Define \cs in terms of robust \csx (which is exactly the - same as the original \cs); \cs|...| now - -Tue Nov 22 13:10:26 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Sort out the definition of BibTeX (\if re. \textsc was - in the wrong place), do similar thing for SliTeX - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): All \ldots -> \dots (and make sure there's - a {}!) - (section{Introduction}): Add Ulrik to the intro - (throughout): Two complete iterations of the syntax for \cs - - * faq.sty: Replace my implementation of footnoteenv by one posted by - David to comp.text.tex (on a different matter, but there we are...) - Change syntax of \cs to \cs|...|, then find that doesn't work and - change it again to \cs[...] - - * faqvers.tex: Removed, since now done in faqbody.tex - -Mon Nov 21 22:49:05 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Replace \def\Q with the version Seb had put in the faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: Remove \def\Q from front of file, and insert the content - of filevers.tex in its place (with comment about how it's to stay where - it is) - - * newfaq.tex: Instead of reading faqvers.tex, read the first two lines - of faqbody.tex and execute them to get the file version and date - -Mon Nov 21 12:52:09 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Implement Ulrik Vieth's and Malcolm Clarks - (latest) comments; - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \LaTeX{}}): Add a question about - indenting the first line of sections (Ulrik's suggestion) - - * faq.sty: Added definition of \ISBN (to encourage uniformity) - \DANTE simply expands to DANTE (until someone else tells me - something different ;-) - - * dirctan.tex: Added rnototex (now that it exists) and tetex - -Sun Nov 20 16:16:26 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Deal with David C's comments - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to LaTeX for - Scientists and Engineers; - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add some blurb about SciWord - (throughout): Deal with my editorial markup - Two new questions - - * newfaq.tex: Report the number of questions at the end - - * faq.sty: \ignorespaces at the beginning, \unskip at the end of - footnoteenv - - * filectan.tex: Add xtexcad, CTAN-sites (needs checking) - -Fri Nov 18 22:12:21 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Correct Mark James' email - address, following mail from him saying that's OK (section name - changed, too) - (section{Acquiring the software}): Correct the DECUS address, telephone - no., etc., and Ted Nieland's email address; also add the proviso about - updating of the VMS material in the DECUS collection - (throughout): execute Reinhard Zierke's updates (though don't add his - complete set of ISBNs for von B ... yet: just leave them there behind - comment makers) - -Tue Nov 15 10:12:48 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * dirctan.tex: Add alpha (the mac editor) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Added a question on Lollipop - (which may get updated if Eijkhout responds to my mail) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Three more book titles (ex Malcolm), - re-attribution of ISBNs Clark<->von Bechtolsheim - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Further refinement of the commercial stuff - - * faqvers.tex: Upped to v1.5, changed date - - * filectan.tex: Add texinfo-macros - -Mon Nov 14 22:14:08 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Add a ghastly \TeXXeT logo (and a trivial \MLTeX) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add new questions on - \LAMSTeX{} (split out of \AMSTeX{}) and Texinfo - (throughout): "like"->"such as" (where appropriate) - -Mon Nov 14 12:02:44 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): editorials from loads of people, new stuff - for the AMSTeX question from Michael Downes, several new questions from - Sebastian... - - * filectan.tex: Added pk300[w] - - * faq.sty: Provide command \CDROM - -Sun Nov 13 20:27:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): All incarnations of the name DOS converted - to \MSDOS{} - Lots of minor edits following another batch of comments from RAB; three - new questions - Berthold Horn's question on scaleable fonts (probably needs post- - printing review) - - * faq.sty: Redo definition of \cs to enable it to consume things other - than letters and others - Add definition of command \MSDOS - - * faqbody.tex (section{The background}): When referring to WEB, do it - in capitals for consistency (What is TeX?) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\ldots}): Change invocation of \cs - to be simply \cs{pagestyle{empty}}, following change to \cs -Fri Nov 11 11:45:59 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Modified the list of - commercial versions to say platform first, name of system second - (section{Introduction}): Add Malcolm's name to committee list!!!!! - -Thu Nov 10 12:38:03 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (from section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}} to - section{Recent Developments} [i.e., the end]): sorted the html anchor - texts - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added Malcolm's body for the commercials - question - (section{The Background}): Added Damian Cugley's questions on - pronunciation - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Damian Cugley's question - on logos - - * filectan.tex: Get setspace from the latex tree rather than the 209 - one - Add texnames - -Wed Nov 9 14:44:25 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Rick Zaccone to the list of - helpers - (up to section{Documentation and Help}): sorted the html anchor texts - -Tue Nov 8 11:43:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added ISBNs (from - Malcolm) for his an von B's books - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}} and elsewhere): Small number of changes - arising from Alan's comments - - * filectan.tex: Add Excalibur-sea (we don't want them loading the - entire directory) - - * faqvers.tex: New, the settings of fileversion and filedate from - newfaq.tex - - * newfaq.tex: Replace setting of fileversion and filedate by inputting - of faqvers.tex - -Mon Nov 7 11:42:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: define a footnoteenv as suggested by Alan - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Removed the reference - to Flynn's ridiculously old "NETWORK SOURCES OF \TeX{}WARE" - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Couple of instances where there were - \\ commands at the end of a quote environment; this causes untoward - blank space after the environment, so they've been removed - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): New section, with Seb's virtual - fonts question, and a version of \Rho's on \specials (will contain the - proposed .dvi and "what's a driver" questions, too) - (throughout): replace \footnote{}s with footnoteenv - -Sun Nov 6 20:10:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Slight editing, added questions on msx/y and am fonts - -Sat Nov 5 21:41:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Rearrange the intro slightly to include an outline of - what Usenet is about, for the benefit of members who aren't net- - connected (this at \Rho's suggestion) - Add question on paragraph setting parameters -Sat Nov 5 14:52:03 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Changed our contact address to - Peter Abott - (section{Documentation and Help}): Implemented David's suggestion - re. the PicTeX manual - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): changed `public domain' to `freely - available' in re. PC versions - (section{Literate programming}): Added a short new question from David - on the whole concept - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Corrected yet more oddities in - the changemargin environment - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Changed `emphasised' to - `emboldened' in the LaTeX version - (section{Things are Going Wrong\ldots}): Add a reference to ukhyph - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add reference to shareware fee payments for - OzTeX - (section{Things are going wrong}): Put the \caption commands in a - tabular env, for the benefit of Baskervill narrow setting - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Added Sebastian's new questions - (inter alia, replacing the original about setting in PS fonts) - - * filectan.tex: Add lw35nfss, LitProg-FAQ, ukhyph - -Wed Nov 2 01:26:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: updated to match newfaq.tex (\Rho's questions added - yesterday) - -Tue Nov 1 09:58:40 1994 Sebastian the system admin (root@cygnet) - - * separated text into faqbody.tex and wrapper newfaq.tex; - this is to allow experimentation with Baskerville layout. - - * rewrote PostScript fonts question and the one on - metrics; added one on problems with PS fonts. - -Mon Oct 31 12:14:55 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: Added a new section How do I do X in \LaTeX{}, as - suggested by \Rho, and stuck her remaining proposed questions in it - - * faq.sty: Added the stretchability recommendations from psnfss2e.tex - in case setting in times (and remove 'em again) - -Sun Oct 30 09:50:54 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: define a \WYSIWYG command - - * filectan.tex: Change mf-beginners to refer to copy in documentation/, - add mf-list - - * newfaq.tex: Move BibTeX docs question above the one on the PicTeX - manual - (throughout): reformat every \Qref so that the content of the second - (first mandatory) argument is the whole of the anchor text - -Sat Oct 29 14:27:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * filectan.tex: Add modes-file (to avoid `modes.mf in \CTANref{modes}') - and mf-beginners (needs checking) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): Use \Eplain{} for Eplain - Another instance of `\eTeX.'!!! - Mark up program names with \ProgName, (more) file names with \File - Hack at \MF{} section, following Karl Berry's suggestions - - * faq.sty: Define \Eplain (nullish sort of definition), \ProgName - Require comment.sty and exclude a comment of htmlversion - -Fri Oct 28 14:05:37 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Record checking of - bitftp@pucc.bitnet, listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to Norm Walsh's book - -Thu Oct 27 10:39:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added references - to abc2mtex, midi2tex (also uploaded 'em to CTAN) - (section{The Background}): Added comment about GNU copyleft to the `how - come it's free' question - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added new question about finding - \LaTeXe{} packages (as a place to hang a pointer to companion.ctan, - which I've almost finished...) - - * dirctan.tex: Added abc2mtex, midi2tex - - * filectan.tex: Added compan-ctan - -Wed Oct 26 23:39:41 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Sort out formatting of - the book lists (ISBNs uniform, no wrapping of \item parameters, removed - redundant braces) - -Wed Oct 26 12:57:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added stuff about .dtx - files - (section{The Background}): Add a Question about Eplain (not exactly - frequently-asked, but there we are...) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Use Oz\TeX{} as the `logo' - (throughout): Various corrections following Alan's problems generating - html - - * dirctan.tex: Corrected spelling of symbols in amsfonts-symbols... - -Wed Oct 26 00:02:37 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Yet another iteration of the \AtEndDocument CTAN reference - checks... - - * newfaq.tex (section{Things are going wrong}): Add RAB's questions - Behaviour of \rm, etc.; Missing symbols; Word division; Moving tables - and figures; Disappearing tables and figures - Add some words about journals in the intro to the question on double - spacing - -Mon Oct 24 11:26:27 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Refine reference - to amsfonts, to get to the directory directly related to the symbols - Comment out the "lazy person's" stuff, which I didn't like, and \Rho - says doesn't work - - * dirctan.tex: Added amsfonts-symbols (a subdirectory of amsfonts) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): Do away with the "<American spelling> (sic)" - construct - (throughout): Lots of minor (and not-so-minor) editorials by Rosemary - - * faq.sty: Add tie between reference to question and the question - number - -Sun Oct 23 00:25:48 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Change fileversion to 1.4, date to tomorrow - Add 1994/95 committee to the footnote - General editorial consistency tidy-up - Add question on which font files need to be kept after a run of mf - Add new section "why does it _do_ that", with Joachim's text about - protection (this is where the proposed question on paragraph parameters - will go, too) - - * faq.sty: Make provision for using faqfont.cfg - - * faqfont.cfg: Null configuration file to enable use of CM fonts - in the lab - -Sat Oct 22 15:41:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): Extended the text - around dvips for VMS - - * filectan.tex: Added {AXP,VAX}VMSdvips, VMSdvips-{fonts,support} - - * dirctan.tex: Added l2a - -Sat Oct 22 13:30:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Removed the \NeedsTeXFormat (since it's now done in - faq.sty); also types out file versions and so on. - Modified text (sometimes by bodily shifts or even rewrites) to ensure - that if a \CTANref is at the end of a sentence, it's always also at the - end of a paragraph, with no full stop after it - Added references (which aren't yet satisfied) for VMS dvips executables - and l2a (do we want that, though?) - - * faq.sty: Moved \NeedsTeXFormat to style file - Define version number (now 0.4) and date, and type 'em out - -Fri Oct 21 09:52:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Redo the lists somewhat - (throughout): Sort out {}s after acronym macros (where did those come - from?) - - * filectan.tex: Specify usergrps.tex as coming from usergrps/info - -Fri Oct 21 13:40:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added reference - to vmargin (and posted a question about whether we still want vpage) - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to makeindex (to - match the one for macmakeindex) and idxtex (what's all this garbage - about texindex? -- the .tar.gz file in the directory is (shall we say) - peculiar...) - - * filectan.tex: Bit o' sorting into order... - Add fullpage, vmargin - - * texnames.sty: Make logo for BibTeX transportable (i.e., usable not in - LaTeX2e if required) - Add logos \LaTeXe and \LaTeXo - -Thu Oct 20 19:38:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special Sorts of Typesetting}): First attempt at - defining the distinction between `indexing' (deciding what's to be - indexed and how) and `making an index' (generating the file to include - from the .ind) - Throughout: re-mark-up \Qrefs (though the ones in comments aren't - touched... - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): use Mattes' own emTeX logo - (at least as it appears in his documentation...) - Throughout: verbatimise `ftp' - * dirctan.tex: change reference to fancyheadings to point into 2e - directory tree - - * texnames.sty: Define \BibTeX using \textsc rather than the ingenious - stuff that the original used (which, since it employs \sc, suppresses - the use of bold face in section titles) - - * faq.sty: \Qref now to have three arguments, the third being the - actual thing we're referring to (the second is for the html processor's - anchoring text) - -Mon Oct 17 21:03:06 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Change list of books to - use booklist environment - (section{Introduction}): Added a \subsection* giving details of the - `elided' first directory of every path name (this surrounded by - \htmlignore ... \endhtmlignore) - - * faq.sty: Add environment booklist for use in the list of books - (egob!) - Define \htmlignore,\endhtmlignore to mean \relax - -Mon Oct 17 09:16:55 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Correct to a - reference to screensty - Tiny tweak of the intro note - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Corrected reference to figsinlatex, - removed comments about the .dvi being available too... - - * dirctan.tex: Added vmspell, txtdist, texsgi declarations - Moved 2etools from newfaq.tex itself - - * newfaq.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Record the fact that - EdMetrics is available on CTAN, rather than by writing to Bluew Sky - - * faq.sty: In \FAQverb only insert \leavevmode if actually in vertical - mode - - * newfaq.tex: Input dirctan.tex (instead of namectan) and filectan.tex - (instead of the inline definitions it contains) - Moved 2etools directory out to dirctan.tex - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Give Blue Sky's telephone no. in - canonical form - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Corrected the reference to science.utah.edu - (which is now ftp.math.utah.edu), checked that the files for TOPS-20 - are still there... - (section{Documentation and Help}): Corrected numeric address for - rtfm.mit.edu - (section{Documentation and Help}): Made reference to the index an - (section{Acquiring the Software}): refer to, rather than name, - README.uploads - *Reference* the index rather than (as previously) use \CTANfile (which - did nothing and typeset oddly ;-) - - * filectan.tex: New, the _files_ bit from newfaq.tex Added references - to README.uploads, TeX-index, EdMetrics, screen.sty, usergrps.tex - - * dirctan.tex: Renamed from namectan.tex - Added a reference to TeX-index - -Sun Oct 16 10:28:04 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Remove loading of package shortvrb and definition of the - short verb character - Changed layout of the path specified for the start of the CTAN archive - from "./tex-archive" to "tex-archive/" (and used \CTAN for reference in - place of \path) - Refer to ucthesis via its \CTANref - Change layout of the path reference for DECUS TeX on wuarchive (without - prejudice as to whether we actually want to retain the reference at - all, of course) - Quote DECUS library telephone number in the same way as all other nos - Correct reference to Barbara Beeton's email address - - * faq.sty: Comment out the use of path.sty, all of my old stuff about - the CTAN labels - Add Alan's versions of the same... (less transmission errors) - Load the shortvrb package, and define | as the short verbatim character - _before_ using it as a delimiter for the various path-like commands - Similarly, make sure `@' is catcoded to `other' before defining the - \Email macro - Start \FAQverb with \leavevmode, since otherwise we might find - ourselves trying to change language while in vertical mode - Define \path in terms of \FAQverb - -Sat Oct 15 22:08:23 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: added, then removed again, \emergencystretch - -Sat Oct 15 10:08:43 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * namectan.tex: add bibtex-doc, graphics - - * newfaq.tex: editorial work on questions 2,4-9,11,12,14-19,21,24 - Commented out the "alternative" FAQ sites (though left reference to - rtfm.mit.edu) - taken away the (sanitised) group around all the ctan directory/file - commands - - * faq.sty: give \Qref an optional first argument (intro text, default - "see question") - make \CTANdirectory open a group, sanitise, and then call \@CTANdir - which is the old version of the command and then \egroup (similarly for - \CTANfile, with \@CTANfile) - make the scribble for undefined references come out in \texttt - lots of kerfuffle to recover the situation of the directory (etc.) - declarations split - - * path.sty: define \@morediscreet, a version of the same as the - internal version of \discretionaries, except that it defines all the - active characters to become \relax, so that they can be \xdef'ed - -Fri Oct 14 22:38:58 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: change \Qref{dvi-ps} to {Q-dvips} (one or the other had - to change, after all) - second \CTANfile{unixtexftp} was really a \CTANref - removed original entry in the systems list for Macs, since it's been - superseded by Seb's new one - second \CTANfile{btxmactex} was in fact a \CTANref - (outstanding package warnings re CTANrefs are texsgi,vmspell and - txtdist) - - * texnames.sty: made the name for SliTeX conform to the comment about - it (it's not a big deal now that it's dead, but lower-case `i' (as - opposed to small caps `i') looked really odd - - * faq.sty: Added some scribble text in case of an unassigned \CTANref - err ... yet another instance of \makeatletter ... and another - -Thu Oct 12 16:00 1994 Sebastian Rahtz (s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk) - - * Removed all non-CTAN ftp references (to be put back as a table) - - * changed order of questions - - * added list of committee names - - * made all questions statements, not questions (as per JS) - - * made complete list of CTAN names (namectan.tex) - -Tue Oct 11 13:37:28 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: add (null) definition of \checked macro - made \CTANfile and \CTANdirectory \gdef their reference commands, and - defined a \CTANsanitise command - - * newfaq.tex: last two \CTANlabels become one \CTANdirectory (ispell) - and two \CTANfiles (VMS TeX) - (section{\MF{}}): mf \smode=... into a verbatim env (rather than short - verb) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): VAX/VMS item -> VMS item (added a \checked - macro) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated the amiga stuff to point to CTAN - only (added a \checked macro) - -Fri Oct 7 15:24:29 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): more hacking at commands that split - themselves over lines, added {}s to the last few \LaTeXe's that needed - them - (section{\MF{}}): indent verbatim command sequences - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): unwrap Q-oztex \Question argument - (section{Documentation and Help}): use \LaTeX in Lamport's book title - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference macmakeindex.sit - instead of giving an email address for Tolliver, which causes grief - with Alan's perl code... - - * faq.sty: Add a \DANTE command, at Alan's suggestion - -Thu Oct 6 14:05:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: provide the commands for doing the \CTANlabel/\CTANref game - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added remark - about the status of screenview - (throughout) try to ensure (as Alan requests) that all logos are - referenced as as \logoname{} _only_ - (throughout) install the \CTANref mechanism for referring to existing - CTAN addresses - updated \fileversion and \filedate... - -Mon Oct 3 09:05:14 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Removed repeated TUG - address from PicTeX manual question (replaced with reference to TUG - question); then moved question down below TUG question - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): mailed Elizabeth Tachikawa about the Unix - tape service - (section{Documentation and Help}): mailed latex-help-coordinator about - LaTeX help service, but the response was "unknown user" -- deleted - question and answer - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added a question about national/ - regional user groups - (section{Documentation and Help}): rationalise use of \BibTeX (in - particular, bibtex.1 is a _file_, not something that can reasonably - be expressed as a logo (why doesn't bold small caps appear in question - titles?) - -Sun Oct 2 17:14:30 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{The Background}): Added body to the questions - What is TeX?, What is LaTeX?, why's it free? - (section{Introduction}): added a reference to Alan's server (even - though it's inevitably out of date w.r.t. this document...) - -Sat Oct 1 (evening) 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: significant upheaval (several new questions, fewer new - answers), following discussion with Jonathan; - add \NeedsTeXFormat requirement (should this be in faq.sty?); - new section The Background with some stuff moved out from Introduction, - containing questions What is TeX?, What is LaTeX?, should I use plain - or LaTeX?, why's it free?, why isn't it wysiwyg?, and what is the - future?; - Introduction completely re-written; - new questions in The Latest Developments, What is the NTS project?, - what is the LaTeX3 project? - - * faq.sty: new commands for \BV, \NTS, \eTeX and \URL - -Thu Sep 29 12:43:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: lots of minor typos corrected; - yet more markup added; - one or two more of Joachim's comments addressed (but note new \Q about - LaTeX 2.09 and `weird hyphenatoin') - - * faq.sty: load times.sty only \IfFileExists (such taste; such - originality) - -Wed Sep 28 10:23:30 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: modified so that all question references (that I've - spotted so far ;-) simply consist of a \Qref in parentheses; - first iteration of sticking stuff in new sections; - more books (well, one more) and into a new question; - more markup tidying (\Newsgroup, \CTAN, etc.); - now version 1.1, added \hfuzz and \emergencystretch - - * faq.sty: (possibly merely experimental ;-) made Questions into - subsections, removed subsection from \cl@section, numbered sections - alphabetically...; - make \Qref produce "see question \ref{#1}" - -Tue Sep 27 16:10:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: change to use \BibTeX instead of \BiBTeX (since the - latter's not one of the forms the name appears in texnames.sty; - refer to PiCTeX, VorTeX through their (new) logo macros; - similarly (though not new logos) tex->\TeX, AMS[La]TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, - SliTeX; - correct wording describing incorporation of SliTeX into 2e (ex Joachim - Schrod's suggestion) - - * texnames.sty: new, copied from eplain distribution, but with \PiCTeX - and \VorTeX added (pro tem, at least) - - * faq.sty: moved the font-setting commands, etc., into the package - -Tue Sep 27 14:17:51 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: markup commands in separate package (ultimately to come in - several versions according to the environment it's to be processed in - -- e.g., versions for PS font usage/cm font usage, even a version for - processing to plain text?) - - * newfaq.tex: moved all the markup commands out to (new) faq.sty; - couple of typos corrected following input from Joachim Schrod - -Thu Sep 22 09:18:38 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: (last night's work) new-style markup for question - references, label for last question (so we can see how well we're - doing), \makeshortverb of \| so as to get coherent log output - -Tue Sep 20 13:54:51 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: moved \documentclass, \usepackage above defs of - fileversion and date, so as not to pick up that from mflogo; - `getting a copy' - removed fileserv@shsu.bitnet, put various email - addresses in \Email; put NEWS.ANSWERS into more coherent form - (verbatim; and yes, it _does_ need to be upper case) - `pictex manual': escape the $s (!) - `oztex': it's now shareware, not PD - `fig and where to get it': remove escape from _ in \path (!) - `music': corrected email address for Taupin and his ftp site - `double-spacing': doublespace.sty is a file name; close paren round ref - to CTAN; "latest release of LaTeX"->"LaTeX2e" - `macros to do Y': verbatim site index command <term> in text - `... for machine Y running Q': FTP.nwc is a file, and yes, it is there - ibid, both AIX and PC made explicit reference to fpt.dante.de - `blackboard bold': tech-support is an email address; add reference to - the extraordinary bbm fonts - `repositories': correct address corresponding to ftp.tex.ac.uk; put - site index command into verbatim - `Laserjet': converted S's \Q about Berry's prog into an actual - reference to it - `\pagestyle{empty}': correct (;-) spelling of behaviour, "is"->"if" - `NFSS': rewritten to clarify relationship to New LaTeX - New question about things like \tenrm in 2e added - `references wrong': line up corrected code in two columns - `change margins': indent code - `width of letter, etc.': indent examples; remove redundant `T' from - LaTeX - `LaTeX2e': first production release was June - `log-like functions': indent examples - `\@': "?" at end of question - `Companion ... @': space after LaTeX in question, "!" at end - `I've found a bug': slight elaboration of 2.09 case - New version of path.sty with some hacking; redo all S's (and my one) - markup commands - -Mon Sep 19 11:46:40 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * define \Newsgroup (same as all the rest, pro tem) and use it for - comp.tex.tex, comp.unix.wizards, news.answers, comp.sources.unix, - comp.programming.literate, comp.sources.misc, comp.text, comp.fonts - - * added new questions "what's all this about \@", "but the companion - tells me to use \@startsection" and "I've found a bug: what do I do" - (which last was a suggestion of Jonathan's) - - * put \fileversion in the title (rather than \filedate twice) - - * defined command \cs (out of ltxdoc.cls) so that we can put commands - in question names, required for q32 about \pagestyle{emtpy} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.gz b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.gz Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 1cf86379dc9..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.gz +++ /dev/null diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.xz b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.xz Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 2cd61ef28de..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/FAQ-html.tar.xz +++ /dev/null diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/Makefile b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/Makefile deleted file mode 100644 index 1345d541131..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/Makefile +++ /dev/null @@ -1,226 +0,0 @@ -# define variables WEB, WEB_BETA, CGI_BIN, HOME_DIR, CTAN_HOME, CTAN_ROOT -include locations.mk - 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-help:; @sed -n 's/^#h//p' < $(MAKEF) - -release: all html-tar -all: newfaq.pdf letterfaq.pdf - -# did have faqfont.cfg in here, but that caused problems, since it -# typically doesn't exist... - -# pdf generation has to be done one a different base file name because -# of incompatibilities in the .aux and .toc files -newfaq.pdf: newfaq.tex $(BODY) $(MACROS) $(CONFIGS) - ln -sf newfaq.tex ./pdf-newfaq.tex - rm -f faqfont.cfg - while ( \ - $(PDFLATEX) \\def\\Status{1} \\input pdf-newfaq ; \ - grep "Rerun to get cross" pdf-newfaq.log > /dev/null ) do true ; \ - done - thumbpdf pdf-newfaq - $(PDFLATEX) \\def\\Status{1} \\input pdf-newfaq - mv pdf-newfaq.pdf newfaq.pdf - rm pdf-newfaq.tex - -letterfaq.pdf: letterfaq.tex $(BODY) $(MACROS) $(CONFIGS) - ln -sf letterfaq.tex ./pdf-letterfaq.tex - rm -f faqfont.cfg - while ( \ - $(PDFLATEX) \\def\\Status{1} \\input pdf-letterfaq ; \ - grep "Rerun to get cross" pdf-letterfaq.log > /dev/null ) do true ; \ - done - thumbpdf pdf-letterfaq - $(PDFLATEX) \\def\\Status{1} \\input pdf-letterfaq - 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standard ones: -the present author produced an \Class{ukart} class that used the -\Package{sober} package, and a few British-specific things (such as -appear in the \Package{babel} package's British-english -specialisation) in the 1980s, which is still occasionally used. - -Similar public efforts were available well back in the days of -\LaTeXo{}: a notable example, whose pleasing designs seem not to have -changed much over all that time, is the \Class{ntgclass} bundle. -Each of the standard classes is replaced by a selection of classes, -named in Dutch, sometimes with a single numeric digit attached. So we -have classes \Class{artikel2}, \Class{rapport1}, \Class{boek3} and -\Class{brief}. These classes are moderately well documented in -English. - -The \Class{KOMA-script} bundle (classes named \Class{scr...}) are a -strong current contender. They are actively supported and are subject -to sensitive development; they are comprehensive in their coverage of -significant typesetting issues; they produce good-looking output and -they are well documented in both English (\Package{scrguien} in the -distribution) and German (\Package{scrguide} in the distribution). - -The other comparable class is \Class{memoir}. This aims to replace -\Class{book} and \Class{report} classes directly, and (like -\Class{KOMA-script}) is comprehensive in its coverage of small issues. -\Class{Memoir}'s documentation (\Package{memman}) is very highly -spoken of, and its lengthy introductory section is regularly -recommended as a tutorial on typesetting. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA-script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}NTGclass bundle]\CTANref{ntgclass} -\item[sober.sty]\CTANref{sober} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-slidecls]{Producing presentations (including slides)} - -Lamport's original \LaTeX{} had a separate program (Sli\TeX{}) for -producing slides; it dates from the age when colour effects were -produced by printing separate slides in different-coloured inks, and -overlaying them, and was just about acceptable back then. When -\LaTeXe{} came along, the reason Sli\TeX{} had to be a separate -program went away, and its functionality was supplied by the -\Class{slides} class. While this makes life a little easier for -system administrators, it does nothing for the inferior functionality -of the class: no-one who ``knows'' uses \Class{slides} nowadays. - -The `classic' alternatives have been \Class{seminar} and \Class{foils} -(originally known as Foil\TeX{}). Both were originally designed to -produce output on acetate foils, though subsequent work has provided -environments in which they can be used with screen projectors (see -below). - -The advent of Microsoft \ProgName{PowerPoint} (feeble though early -versions of it were) has created a demand for ``dynamic'' slides~--- -images that develop their content in a more elaborate fashion than by -merely replacing one foil with the next in the way that was the norm -when \Class{slides}, \Class{foils} and \Class{seminar} were designed. - -The \Class{prosper} class builds on \Class{seminar} to provide dynamic -effects and the like; it retains the ability to provide \acro{PDF} for -a projected presentation, or to print foils for a foil-based -presentation. The add-on package \Package{ppr-prv} adds ``preview'' -facilities (that which is commonly called ``hand-out printing''). The -\Package{HA-prosper} package, which you load with \Class{prosper}, -mends a few bugs, and adds several facilities and slide design styles. -The (more recent) \Class{powerdot} class is designed as a -replacement for \Class{prosper} and \Package{HA-prosper}, co-authored -by the author of \Package{HA-prosper}. - -\Class{Beamer} is a relatively easy-to-learn, yet powerful, class that -(as its name implies) was designed for use with projection displays. -It needs the \Package{pgf} package (for graphics support), which in -turn requires \Package{xcolor}; while this adds to the tedium of -installing \Class{beamer} ``from scratch'', both are good additions to -a modern \LaTeX{} installation. \Class{Beamer} has reasonable -facilities for producing printed copies of slides. - -\Class{Talk} is another highly functional, yet easy-to-learn class -which claims to differ from the systems mentioned above, such as -\Class{beamer}, in that it doesn't impose a slide style on you. You -get to specify a bunch of slide styles, and you can switch from one to -the other between slides, as you need. The class itself provides -just the one style, in the package \Package{greybars}: the author's -suggestion that users should contribute their own has been -enthusiastically accepted~--- see (for example) the % !line break -\href{http://deic.uab.es/~iblanes/beamer_gallery/}{Beamer Gallery}. - -\Package{Lecturer} is a \emph{generic} solution (it works with -\plaintex{}, \latex{} and \context{}~mk~ii, but not~--- yet~--- with -\context{}~mk iv). By separating the functionality needed for a -presentation (using \tex{} for typesetting, and \acro{PDF} functions -for layering and dynamic effects) a clear structure emerges. While it -doesn't have the range of ``themes'' (presentation styles) of -\Class{beamer} it seems a useful alternative candidate. - -\Package{Present} is designed for use with \plaintex{} only; its -design is simple, to the extent that its author hopes that users will -themselves be able to tune its macros. - -\ProgName{Ppower4} (commonly known as \ProgName{pp4}) is a -\ProgName{Java}-based support program that will postprocess -\acro{PDF}, to `animate' the file at places you've marked with -commands from one of the \ProgName{pp4} packages. The commands don't -work on \acro{PDF} that has come from \ProgName{dvips} output; they -work with \acro{PDF} generated by \PDFLaTeX{}, \LaTeX{}, or -\ProgName{dvipdfm} running on \LaTeX{} output. - -\Package{Pdfscreen} and \Package{texpower} are add-on packages that -permit dynamic effects in documents formatted in ``more modest'' -classes; \Package{pdfscreen} will even allow you to plug -``presentation effects'' into an \Class{article}-class document. - -% ifmslide -%\noindent ifmslide: a few slides extolling virtues in \File{doc/ifmman.pdf} - -A more detailed examination of the alternatives (including examples -of code using many of them) may be found at Michael Wiedmann's fine -\URL{http://www.miwie.org/presentations/presentations.html} - -\CONTeXT{} users will find that much (if not all) of what they need is -already in \CONTeXT{} itself; there's a useful summary of what's -available, with examples, in -\URL{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Presentation_Styles} -% -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[beamer.cls]Download all of \CTANref{beamer} -\item[foils.cls]\CTANref{foiltex} -\item[greybars.sty]distributed with \CTANref{talk} -\item[HA-prosper.sty]\CTANref{ha-prosper} -%\item[ifmslide.sty]\CTANref{ifmslide} -\item[lecturer.sty]\CTANref{lecturer} -\item[seminar.cls]\CTANref{seminar} -\item[pdfscreen.sty]\CTANref{pdfscreen} -\item[pgf.sty]\CTANref{pgf} -\item[powerdot.cls]\CTANref{powerdot} -\item[pp4]\CTANref{ppower4} -\item[ppr-prv.sty]\CTANref{ppr-prv} -\item[present.tex]\CTANref{present} -\item[prosper.cls]\CTANref{prosper} -\item[talk.cls]\CTANref{talk} -\item[texpower]\CTANref{texpower} -\item[xcolor.sty]\CTANref{xcolor} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-poster]{Creating posters with \LaTeX{}} - -There is no complete ``canned solution'' to creating a poster (as, for -example, classes like \Class{seminar}, \Class{powerdot} and -\Class{beamer} serve for creating presentations in a variety of -styles). - -The nearest approach to the complete solution is the \Class{sciposter} -class, which provides the means to produce really rather good posters -according to the author's required style. A complete worked example -is provided with the distribution - -Otherwise, there is a range of tools, most of which are based on the -\Class{a0poster} class, which sets up an appropriately-sized piece of -paper, sets font sizes appropriately, and leaves you to your own -devices. - -Having used \Class{a0poster}, you can of course slog it out, and write -all your poster as an unadorned \LaTeX{} document (presumably in -multiple columns, using the \Package{multicol} package), but it's not really -necessary: the (straightforward) \Package{textpos} package provides a -simple way of positioning chunks of text, or tables or figures, on the -poster page. - -More sophisticated is the \Package{flowfram} package, whose basic aim -in life is flowing text from one box on the page to the next. One of -the package's design aims seems to have been the production of -posters, and a worked example is provided. The author of -\Package{flowfram} has an experimental tool called -\href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/software.html#jpgfdraw}{JpgfDraw}, which -allows you to construct the outline of frames for use with -\Package{flowfram}. - -The \Package{beamerposter} package is added to a % ! line break -\Qref*{\Class{beamer} document}{Q-slidecls} to enable the user to work -as if in a \Class{a0poster} class. Thus \Class{beamer}'s neat -provisions for layout may be used when creating the poster. -Documentation of \Package{beamerposter} is sparse, but an example file -allows the user to get a grip on what's available. - -Despite the relative shortage of tools, there are a fair few web pages -that explain the process (mostly in terms of the \Class{a0poster} -route): -\begin{itemize} -\item from Norman Gray, % ! line break; this item checked 2012-10-02 - \href{http://nxg.me.uk/docs/posters/}{Producing posters using \LaTeX{}}; -\item from Nicola Talbot, % ! line break; this item checked 2012-10-02 - \href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/posters/}{Creating technical posters with \LaTeX{}} -\item From Rob Clark % ! line break; this item checked 2012-10-02 - \href{http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/robert/posters/advanced.html}{Advanced LaTeX Posters} % ! line break - (which has links to code samples); -\item from Brian Wolven, % ! line break this item failed 2012-10-02 - \href{http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/~wolven/posters.html}{LaTeX Poster Macros, Examples, and Accessories} % ! line break - (this page also provides macros and other support suggestions); and -\item from ``\emph{pjh}'' % ! line break; this item checked 2012-10-02 - \href{http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~pjh/posters/poster_howto_UF.html}{Making and printing a poster with \LaTeX{}}, % ! line break - which covers the specific issue of dealing with University of - Florida styled poster (offering supporting material as necessary), - but has hints which are generally useful. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[a0poster.cls]\CTANref{a0poster} -\item[beamer.cls]\CTANref{beamer} -\item[beamerposter.sty]\CTANref{beamerposter} -\item[flowfram.sty]\CTANref{flowfram} -\item[multicol.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[multicol] -\item[sciposter.cls]\CTANref{sciposter} -\item[textpos.sty]\CTANref{textpos} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-thesis]{Formatting a thesis in \LaTeX{}} - -Thesis styles are usually very specific to your University, so it's -usually not profitable to ask around for a package outside your own -University. Since many Universities (in their eccentric way) still -require double-spaced thesis text, you may also need separately to set -up \Qref*{double spacing}{Q-linespace}. - -If you want to write a new thesis class of your own, a good place to -start is the University of California style, but remember that it's -often difficult to produce a thesis that both looks good and conforms -with the style that your Univeristy demands. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[UC thesis style]\CTANref{ucthesis} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-journalpaper]{Setting papers for journals} - -Publishers of journals have a wide range of requirements for the -presentation of papers, and while many publishers do accept electronic -submissions in \AllTeX{}, they don't often submit recommended macros to -public archives. - -Nevertheless, there are considerable numbers of macros of one sort or -another available on \acro{CTAN}; searching for your journal name in -the CTAN catalogue~--- see % ! line break -\Qref{searching \acro{CTAN}}{Q-findfiles})~--- -may well turn up what you're seeking. - -Failing that, you may be well advised to contact the prospective -publisher of your paper; many publishers have macros on their own web -sites, or otherwise available only upon application. - -Check that the publisher is offering you macros suitable to an -environment you can use: a few still have no macros for current -\LaTeX{}, for example, claiming that \LaTeXo{} is good enough\dots{} - -Some publishers rekey anything sent them anyway, so that it doesn't -really matter what macros you use. Others merely encourage you to use -as few extensions of a standard package as possible, so that they will -find it easy to transform your paper to their own internal form. - -\Question[Q-multidoc]{A `report' from lots of `article's} - -This is a requirement, for example, if one is preparing the -proceedings of a conference whose papers were submitted in \LaTeX{}. - -The nearest things to canned solutions are Peter Wilson's -\Class{combine} and Federico Garcia's \Class{subfiles} classes, but -many approaches have been proposed. Each of of the offerings has its -own advantages; in particular, several distinctly light-weight -solutions (for example, \Package{includex} and \Package{docmute}) are -available, well-suited to less formal documents. - -\Class{Combine} defines the means to `\csx{import}' entire documents, -and provides means of specifying significant features of the layout of -the document, as well as a global table of contents, and so on. The -complete set of facilities is pretty complex. An auxiliary package, -\Package{combinet}, allows use of the \csx{title}s and \csx{author}s -(etc.\@) of the \csx{import}ed documents to appear in the global table -of contents. The basic structure of a combined document would be: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[...]{combine} -... -\begin{document} -... -<introductory materiel> -... -\begin{papers} -% title and author of first article, -% to go the the main ToC -\coltoctitle{...} -\coltocauthor{...} -\label{art1} -\import{art1} -... -\end{papers} -... -<acknowledgements, etc.> -... -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The \Class{subfiles} class is used in the component files of a multi-file -project, and the corresponding \Package{subfiles} package is used in the -master file; so the structure of the master file looks like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{<whatever>} -... -\usepackage{subfiles} -... -\begin{document} -... -\subfile{subfile_name} -... -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -while a subfile has the structure: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[mainfile_name]{subfiles} -\begin{document} -... -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Arrangements may be made so that the component files will -be typeset using different page format, etc., parameters than those -used when they are typeset as a part of the main file. - -A more `raw' toolkit is offered by Matt Swift's \Package{includex} and -\Package{newclude} packages, both part of the \Package{frankenstein} -bundle. Note that Matt believes \Package{includex} is obsolete -(though it continues to work for this author); furthermore, its -replacement, \Package{newclude} remains ``in development'', as it has -been since 1999. - -Both \Package{includex} and \Package{newclude} enable you to -`\csx{includedoc}' complete articles (in the way that you -`\csx{include}' chapter files in an ordinary report). The preamble -(everything up to \cmdinvoke{begin}{document}), and everything after -\cmdinvoke{end}{document}, is ignored by both packages. Thus the -packages don't ``do the whole job'' for you, though: you need to -analyse the package use of the individual papers, and ensure that a -consistent set is loaded in the preamble of the main report. (Both -packages require \Package{moredefs}, which is also part of the -bundle.) - -A neat (and simple) toolkit is offered by the -\Package{docmute} package; once the package is loaded, anything -between \cmdinvoke{documentclass}[...]{...} and -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document} in an \csx{input}'ed or \csx{include}'d -document is ignored, and then the input is processed up to -\cmdinvoke{end}{document} in the input file. The package does nothing -about \csx{usepackage} (or anything else) in the preamble of the -included document; it's up to the user to ensure that any packages -needed are loaded, and any other necessary configuration is done, in -the parent document. - -The \Package{standalone} package develops on the ideas of -\Package{docmute}; it was designed to meet the needs of users who are -developing images from one of the more extreme new graphics packages -(notably \Package{pgf/tikz}) where the compile time of the graphics is -such that separate compilation is very desirable. -\Package{Standalone} provides a means of developing the graphics in a -convenient way, detached from the development of the document as a -whole; its value for use in multiple documents is clear. - -The user includes the \Package{standalone} package in the main -document, and each subfile uses the \Class{standalone} class. -(\Class{Standalone} uses \Class{article} for the ``real'' work in -stand-alone mode, but it may be asked to use another). - -The real difference from the \Package{docmute} package is -flexibility. In particular, you can ask that the preambles of the -included documents be gathered up, so that you can construct a good -preamble for the master document. - -A final ``compile-together'' approach comes from the \Package{subdocs} -package. The driver file contains a \csx{subdocuments} command: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke*{subdocuments}[options]{file1, file2, ...} -\end{quote} -(the optional arguments provide layout options, such as control over -whether \csx{clearpage} or \csx{cleardoublepage} are used between the -files). Each of the sub-files will execute -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{usepackage}[master]{subdocs} -\end{quote} -to declare the name, \texttt{\emph{master}}, of the calling file; -each of the subfiles reads all the \extension{aux} files, so that -tables of contents may be produced. - -A completely different approach is to use the \Package{pdfpages} -package, and to include articles submitted in \acro{PDF} format into a -a \acro{PDF} document produced by \PDFLaTeX{}. The package -defines an \csx{includepdf} command, which takes arguments similar to -those of the \csx{includegraphics} command. With keywords in the -optional argument of the command, you can specify which pages you want -to be included from the file named, and various details of the layout -of the included pages. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[combine.cls]\CTANref{combine} -\item[combinet.sty]\CTANref{combine} -\item[docmute.sty]\CTANref{docmute} -\item[includex.sty]Distributed in the ``unsupported'' part of - \CTANref{frankenstein}[includex] -\item[moredefs.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{frankenstein}[moredefs] -\item[newclude.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{frankenstein}[newclude] -\item[pdfpages.sty]\CTANref{pdfpages} -\item[standalone.cls, standalone.sty]\CTANref{standalone} -\item[subdocs.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{bezos}[subdocs] -\item[subfiles.cls, etc.]\CTANref{subfiles} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-cv]{\emph{Curriculum Vitae} (R\'esum\'e)} - -Andrej Brodnik's class, \Class{vita}, offers a framework for producing -a \emph{curriculum vitae}. The class may be customised both for -subject (example class option files support both computer scientists -and singers), and for language (both the options provided are -available for both English and Slovene). Extensions may be written by -creating new class option files, or by using macros defined in the -class to define new entry types, etc. - -Didier Verna's class, \Class{curve}, is based on a model in which -the \acro{CV} is made of a set of \emph{rubrics} (each one dealing -with a major item that you want to discuss, such as `education', `work -experience', etc). The class's documentation is supported by a couple -of example files, and an emacs mode is provided. - -Xavier Danaux offers a class \Class{moderncv} which supports -typesetting modern \emph{curricula vitarum}, both in a classic and in a -casual style. It is fairly customizable, allowing you to define your -own style by changing the colours, the fonts, etc. - -The European Commission has recommended a format for % ! line break -\emph{curricula vitarum} within Europe, and Nicola Vitacolonna has -developed a class \Class{europecv} to produce it. While (by his own -admission) the class doesn't solve all problems, it seems well-thought -out and supports all current official EU languages (together with a -few non-official languages, such as Catalan, Galician and Serbian). - -The alternative to using a separate class is to impose a package on -one of the standard classes. An example, -Axel Reichert's \Package{currvita} package, has been recommended to the -\acro{FAQ} team. Its output certainly looks good. - -There is also a \LaTeXo{} package \Package{resume}, which comes with -little but advice \emph{against} trying to use it. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[currvita.sty]\CTANref{currvita} -\item[curve.cls]\CTANref{curve} -\item[europecv.cls]\CTANref{europecv} -\item[moderncv.cls]\CTANref{moderncv} -\item[resume.sty]\CTANref{resume} -\item[vita.cls]\CTANref{vita} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-letterclass]{Letters and the like} - -\LaTeX{} itself provides a \Class{letter} document class, which is -widely disliked; the present author long since gave up trying with -it. If you nevertheless want to try it, but are irritated by its way -of vertically-shifting a single-page letter, try the following hack: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\let\@texttop\relax -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -in the preamble of your file. - -Doing-it-yourself is a common strategy; Knuth (for use with -\plaintex{}, in the \TeX{}book), and Kopka and Daly (in their Guide to -\LaTeX{}) offer worked examples. (The latest version of Knuth's -macros appear in his ``local library'' dump on the archive, which is -updated in parallel with new versions of \TeX{}~--- so not very often\dots{}) - -Nevertheless, there \emph{are} contributed alternatives~--- in fact -there are an awfully large number of them: the following list, of -necessity, makes but a small selection. - -The largest, most comprehensive, class is \Class{newlfm}; the \texttt{lfm} -part of the name implies that the class can create letters, faxes and -memoranda. The documentation is voluminous, and the package seems -very flexible. - -Other classes recommended for inclusion in this \acro{FAQ} are -\Class{akletter} and \Class{isodoc}. - -The \Class{dinbrief} class, while recommended, is only documented in -German. - -There are letter classes in each of the excellent -\Class{KOMA-script} (\Class{scrlttr2}: documentation is available in -English) and \Package{ntgclass} (\Class{brief}: documentation in Dutch -only) bundles. While these are probably good (since the bundles -themselves inspire trust) they've not been specifically recommended by -any users. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[akletter.cls]\CTANref{akletter} -\item[brief.cls]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ntgclass} -\item[dinbrief.cls]\CTANref{dinbrief} -\item[isodoc.cls]\CTANref{isodoc} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Knuth's letter.tex]\CTANref{knuth-letter} -\item[newlfm.cls]\CTANref{newlfm} -\item[scrlttr2.cls]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-extsizes]{Other ``document font'' sizes?} - -The \LaTeX{} standard classes have a concept of a (base) ``document -font'' size; this size is the basis on which other font sizes (those -from \csx{tiny} to \csx{Huge}) are determined. The classes are designed -on the assumption that they won't be used with sizes other than the -set that \LaTeX{} offers by default (10--12pt), but people regularly -find they need other sizes. The proper response to such a requirement -is to produce a new design for the document, but many people don't -fancy doing that. - -A simple solution is to use the \Package{extsizes} bundle. This -bundle offers ``extended'' versions of the article, report, book and -letter classes, at sizes of 8, 9, 14, 17 and 20pt as well as the -standard 10--12pt. Since little has been done to these classes other -than to adjust font sizes and things directly related to them, they -may not be optimal~--- but they are at least practical. - -More satisfactory are the \emph{\acro{KOMA}-script} classes, which are -designed to work properly with the class option files that come with -\Package{extsizes}, and the \Class{memoir} class that has its own -options for document font sizes 9pt--12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt, 25pt, -30pt, 36pt, 48pt and 60pt. The classes also offer size setup for any -old font size, and the \Package{scrextend} package can extend this -facility for use with any class: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[fontsize=12.3]{scrextend} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will indeed set up the main document font to have size \texttt{12.3pt} -with an appropriate default baselineskip. The package ``knows'' about -\emph{\acro{KOMA}-script}'s default sizes, and for eccentric sizes -such as the example, it will produce a warning: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Using fallback calculation to setup font sizes -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(users should avoid becoming excited about that\dots{}). The package -suffers from the same problem as does \Package{extsizes}: the -resulting font sizes are the \emph{only} feature of the document that -is changed, and the appearance of the resulting document will probably -not be as good as if the document class had been designed for use at -the size chosen. - -Many classes, designed to produce typeset results other than on -``ordinary'' paper, will have their own font size mechanisms and -ranges of sizes. This is true, for example, of % ! line break -\Qref*{poster classes}{Q-poster} (such as \Class{a0poster}), and of -\Qref*{presentation and lecturing classes}{Q-slidecls} (such as -\Class{beamer}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[a0poster.cls]\CTANref{a0poster} -\item[beamer.cls]\CTANref{beamer} -\item[extsizes bundle]\CTANref{extsizes} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[scrextend.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-11-01} - -\subsection{Document structure} - -\Question[Q-titlsty]{The style of document titles} - -The \Package{titling} package provides a number of facilities that -permit manipulation of the appearance of a \csx{maketitle} command, the -\csx{thanks} commands within it, and so on. The package also defines a -\environment{titlingpage} environment, that offers something in between the -standard classes' \pkgoption{titlepage} option and the \environment{titlepage} -environment, and is itself somewhat configurable. - -The memoir class includes all the functionality of the -\Package{titling} package, while the \Class{KOMA-script} classes have -their own range of different titling styles. - -Finally, the indefatigable Vincent Zoonekynd supplies examples of how -to program alternative % don't let this \href suffer a line-break -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_title/0.html}{title styles}. -The web page is not useful to users unless they are willing to do -their own \LaTeX{} programming. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[titling.sty]\CTANref{titling} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-secthead]{The style of section headings} - -Suppose that the editor of your favourite journal has specified that section -headings must be centred, in small capitals, and subsection headings ragged -right in italic, but that you don't want to get involved in the sort of -programming described in section 2.2 of \emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion} -\begin{narrowversion} % really non-hyper - (\Qref{}{Q-latex-books}; the programming itself is discussed in - \Qref[question]{}{Q-atsigns}). -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} % really hyper - (see \Qref{\latex{} books}{Q-latex-books}; the - \Qref{programming}{Q-atsigns} itself is discussed elsewhere in this - \acro{FAQ}). -\end{wideversion} -The following hack will -probably satisfy your editor. Define yourself new commands -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\ssection}[1]{% - \section[#1]{\centering\normalfont\scshape #1}} -\newcommand{\ssubsection}[1]{% - \subsection[#1]{\raggedright\normalfont\itshape #1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} % really non-hyper -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\ssection}[1]{% - \section[#1]{\centering - \normalfont\scshape #1}} -\newcommand{\ssubsection}[1]{% - \subsection[#1]{\raggedright - \normalfont\itshape #1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -and then use \csx{ssection} and \csx{ssubsection} in place of -\csx{section} and \csx{subsection}. This isn't perfect: section numbers -remain in bold, and starred forms need a separate redefinition. - -The \Package{titlesec} package offers a structured approach to the -problem, based on redefinition of the sectioning and chapter commands -themselves. This approach allows it to offer radical adjustment: its -options provide (in effect) a toolbox for designing your own -sectioning commands' output. - -The \Package{sectsty} package provides a more simply structured set of -tools; while it is less powerful than is \Package{titlesec}, it is -perhaps preferable for minor adjustments, since you can use it after -having read a smaller proportion of the manual. - -The \Package{fncychap} package provides a nice collection of customised -chapter heading designs. The \Package{anonchap} package provides a -simple means of typesetting chapter headings ``like section headings'' -(i.e., without the ``Chapter'' part of the heading); the -\Package{tocbibind} package provides the same commands, in pursuit of -another end. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes facilities that match -\Package{sectsty} and \Package{titlesec}, as well as a bundle of -chapter heading styles (including an \Package{anonchap}-equivalent). -The \Class{KOMA-script} classes also have sets of tools that provide -equivalent functionality, notably formatting specifications \csx{partformat}, -\csx{chapterformat}, \csx{sectionformat}, \dots{}, as well as several -useful overall formatting specifications defined in class options. - -Finally, the indefatigable Vincent Zoonekynd supplies examples of how -to program alternative % don't let these \href suffer line-breaks -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html}{chapter heading styles} -and -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_section/0.html}{section heading styles}. -The web pages provide programming examples, and expect users to adapt -them to their own \LaTeX{} use. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[anonchap.sty]\CTANref{anonchap} -\item[fncychap.sty]\CTANref{fncychap} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[sectsty.sty]\CTANref{sectsty} -\item[titlesec.sty]\CTANref{titlesec} -\item[tocbibind.sty]\CTANref{tocbibind} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-appendix]{Appendixes} - -\LaTeX{} provides an exceedingly simple mechanism for appendixes: the -command \csx{appendix} switches the document from generating sections -(in \Class{article} class) or chapters (in \Class{report} or -\Class{book} classes) to producing appendixes. Section or chapter -numbering is restarted and the representation of the counter switches -to alphabetic. So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{My inspiration} -... - -\section{Developing the inspiration} -... - -\appendix -\section{How I became inspired} -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -would be typeset (in an \Class{article} document) something like: -\begin{quote} -\textbf{1~~My inspiration} - -\dots{} - -\textbf{2~~Developing the inspiration} - -\dots{} - -\textbf{A~~How I became inspired} - -\dots{} -\end{quote} -which is quite enough for many ordinary purposes. Note that, once -you've switched to typesetting appendixes, \LaTeX{} provides you with -no way back~--- once you've had an appendix, you can no longer have an -``ordinary'' \csx{section} or \csx{chapter}. - -The \Package{appendix} provides several ways of elaborating on this -simple setup. Straightforward use of the package allows you to have a -separate heading, both in the body of the document and the table of -contents; this would be achieved by -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{appendix} -... -\appendix -\appendixpage -\addappheadtotoc -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \csx{appendixpage} command adds a separate title ``Appendices'' -above the first appendix, and \csx{addappheadtotoc} adds a similar -title to the table of contents. These simple modifications cover many -people's needs about appendixes. - -The package also provides an \environment{appendices} environment, -which provides for fancier use. The environment is best controlled by -package options; the above example would be achieved by -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix} -... -\begin{appendices} -... -\end{appendices} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The great thing that the \environment{appendices} environment gives -you, is that once the environment ends, you can carry on with sections -or chapters as before~--- numbering isn't affected by the intervening -appendixes. - -The package provides another alternative way of setting appendixes, as -inferior divisions in the document. The \environment{subappendices} -environment allows you to put separate appendixes for a particular -section, coded as \csx{subsection}s, or for a particular chapter, coded -as \csx{section}s. So one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{appendix} -... -\section{My inspiration} -... -\begin{subappendices} -\subsection{How I became inspired} -... -\end{subappendices} - -\section{Developing the inspiration} -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Which will produce output something like: -\begin{quote} -\textbf{1~~My inspiration} - -\dots{} - -\textbf{1.A~~How I became inspired} - -\dots{} - -\textbf{2~~Developing the inspiration} - -\dots{} -\end{quote} - -There are many other merry things one may do with the package; the -user is referred to the package documentation for further details. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes the facilities of the -\Package{appendix} package. The \Class{KOMA-script} classes offer a -\csx{appendixprefix} command for manipulating the appearance of appendixes. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[appendix.sty]\CTANref{appendix} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-secindent]{Indent after section headings} - -\LaTeX{} implements a style that doesn't indent the first paragraph -after a section heading. There are coherent reasons for this, but not -everyone likes it. -The \Package{indentfirst} package -suppresses the mechanism, so that the first paragraph is -indented. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[indentfirst.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[indentfirst] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-subsubsub]{How to create a \csx{subsubsubsection}} - -\LaTeX{}'s set of ``sections'' stops at the level of -\csx{subsubsection}. This reflects a design decision by Lamport~--- -for, after all, who can reasonably want a section with such huge -strings of numbers in front of it? - -In fact, \LaTeX{} standard classes \emph{do} define ``sectioning'' -levels lower than \csx{subsubsection}, but they don't format them like -sections (they're not numbered, and the text is run-in after the -heading). These deeply inferior section commands are \csx{paragraph} -and \csx{subparagraph}; you can (if you \emph{must}) arrange that these -two commands produce numbered headings, so that you can use them as -\csx{subsubsubsection}s and lower. - -The \Package{titlesec} package provides a sensible set of macros for -you to adjust the definitions of the sectioning macros, and it may be -used to transform a \csx{paragraph}'s typesetting so that it looks -like that of a \csx{section}. - -If you want to program the change yourself, you'll find that the -commands (\csx{section} all the way down to \csx{subparagraph}) are -defined in terms of the internal \csx{@startsection} command, which -takes 6~arguments. Before attempting this sort of work, you are well -advised to read the \LaTeX{} sources (\File{ltsect.dtx} in the -\LaTeX{} distribution) and the source of the standard packages -(\File{classes.dtx}), or to make use of the % ! line break -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} Companion}{Q-latex-books}, which -discusses the use of \csx{@startsection} for this sort of thing. - -You will note that Lamport didn't go on adding ``\texttt{sub}'' to the -names of sectioning commands, when creating commands for the lowest -levels of a document. This would seem sensible to any but the most -rigorous stickler for symmetry~--- it would surely challenge pretty -much anyone's reading of the source of a document, if there was a need -to distinguish \csx{subsubsubsection} and \csx{subsubsubsubsection} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} source]\CTANref{latex} -\item[titlesec.sty]\CTANref{titlesec} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-14} - -\Question[Q-captsty]{The style of captions} - -Changes to the style of captions may be made by redefining the commands -that produce the caption. So, for example, \csx{fnum@figure} (which -produces the float number for figure floats) may be redefined, in a -package of your own, or between -\Qref*{\csx{makeatletter}--\csx{makeatother}}{Q-atsigns}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\fnum@figure}{\textbf{Fig.~\thefigure}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\fnum@figure}% - {\textbf{Fig.~\thefigure}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -which will cause the number to be typeset in bold face. (Note that -the original definition used \nothtml{\csx{figurename}~--- }% -\Qref{\csx{figurename}}{Q-fixnam}.) More elaborate changes can be -made by patching the \csx{caption} command, but since there are -packages to do the job, such changes (which can get rather tricky) -aren't recommended for ordinary users. - -The \Package{float} package provides some control of the appearance of -captions, though it's principally designed for the creation of -non-standard floats. The \Package{caption} and \Package{ccaption} -(note the double ``\emph{c}'') packages provide a range of different -formatting options. - -\Package{ccaption} also provides `continuation' captions and captions -that can be placed outside of float environments. The (very simple) -\Package{capt-of} package also allows captions outside a float -environment. Note that care is needed when doing things that assume -the sequence of floats (as in continuation captions), or potentially -mix non-floating captions with floating ones. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes the facilities of the -\Package{ccaption} package; the \Class{KOMA-script} classes also -provide a wide range of caption-formatting commands. - -The documentation of \Package{caption} is available by processing a -file \File{manual.tex}, which is created when you unpack -\File{caption.dtx} - -Note that the previously-recommended package \Package{caption2} has -now been overtaken again by \Package{caption}; however, -\Package{caption2} remains available for use in older documents. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[caption.sty]\CTANref{caption} -\item[capt-of.sty]\CTANref{capt-of} -\item[ccaption.sty]\CTANref{ccaption} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-fancyhdr]{Alternative head- and footlines in \LaTeX{}} -\keywords{headings header footer headline footline} - -The standard \LaTeX{} document classes define a small set of `page -styles' which specify head- and footlines for your document (though -they can be used for other purposes, too). The standard set is very -limited, but \LaTeX{} is capable of much more. The internal -\LaTeX{} coding needed to change page styles is not particularly -challenging, but there's no need~--- there are packages that provide -useful abstractions that match the way we typically think about these -things. - -The \Package{fancyhdr} package provides -simple mechanisms for defining pretty much every head- or footline -variation you could want; the directory also contains some -documentation and one or two smaller packages. \Package{Fancyhdr} -also deals with the tedious behaviour of the standard styles with -\Qref*{initial pages}{Q-nopageno}, by enabling you to define -different page styles for initial and for body pages. - -While \Package{fancyhdr} will work with \Class{KOMA-script} classes, -an alternative package, \Package{scrpage2}, eases integration with the -classes. \Package{Scrpage2} may also be used as a \Package{fancyhdr} -replacement, providing similar facilities. The \Class{KOMA-script} -classes themselves permit some modest redefinition of head- and -footlines, without the use of the extra package. - -\Class{Memoir} also contains the functionality of \Package{fancyhdr}, -and has several predefined styles. - -Documentation of \Package{fancyhdr} is distributed with the package, -in a separate file; documentation of \Package{scrpage2} is integrated -with the \File{scrgui*} documentation files that are distributed with -the \Class{KOMA-script} classes. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fancyhdr.sty]\CTANref{fancyhdr} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-widefigs]{Wide figures in two-column documents} - -Floating figures and tables ordinarily come out the same width as the -page, but in two-column documents they're restricted to the width of -the column. This is sometimes not good enough; so there are alternative -versions of the float environments~--- in two-column documents, -\texttt{figure*} provides a floating page-wide figure (and \texttt{table*} a -page-wide table) which will do the necessary. - -The ``\texttt{*}''ed float environments can only appear at the top of a page, -or on a whole page~--- \texttt{h} or \texttt{b} float placement directives are -simply ignored. - -Unfortunately, page-wide equations can only be accommodated inside -float environments. You should include them in \texttt{figure} environments, -or use the \Package{float} or \Package{ccaption}package to define a -new float type. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ccaption.sty]\CTANref{ccaption} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-onecolabs]{1-column abstract in 2-column document} - -One often requires that the abstract of a paper should appear across -the entire page, even in a two-column paper. The required trick is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[twocolumn]{article} -... -\begin{document} -... % \author, etc -\twocolumn[ - \begin{@twocolumnfalse} - \maketitle - \begin{abstract} - ... - \end{abstract} - \end{@twocolumnfalse} - ] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Unfortunately, with the above \csx{thanks} won't work in the -\csx{author} list. If you need such specially-numbered footnotes, you -can make them like this: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\title{Demonstration} -\author{Me, You\thanks{}} -\twocolumn[ - ... as above ... -] -{ - \renewcommand{\thefootnote}% - {\fnsymbol{footnote}} - \footnotetext[1]{Thanks for nothing} -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and so on. - -As an alternative, among other facilities the \Package{abstract} package -provides a -\csx{saythanks} command and a \environment{onecolabstract} environment -which remove the need to fiddle with the \csx{thanks} and -footnoting. They can be used like this: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\twocolumn[ - \maketitle % full width title - \begin{onecolabstract} % ditto abstract - ... text - \end{onecolabstract} -] -\saythanks % typeset any \thanks -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Class{memoir} class offers all the facilities of \Package{abstract}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[abstract.sty]\CTANref{abstract} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-reallyblank]{Really blank pages between chapters} - -If you're using the standard classes, you need to take special action; -the \Class{memoir} class and the \Class{Koma-Script} classes provide -their own support for this~--- see below. - -\Class{Book} (by default) and \Class{report} (with \pkgoption{openright} class -option) ensure that each chapter starts on a right-hand (recto) page; -they do this by inserting a \csx{cleardoublepage} command between -chapters (rather than a mere \csx{clearpage}). The empty page thus -created gets to have a normal running header, which some people don't -like. - -The (excellent) \Package{fancyhdr} manual covers this issue, basically -advising the creation of a command \csx{clearemptydoublepage}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\origdoublepage\cleardoublepage -\newcommand{\clearemptydoublepage}{% - \clearpage - {\pagestyle{empty}\origdoublepage}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The ``obvious'' thing is then to use this command to replace -\csx{cleardoublepage} in a patched version of the \csx{chapter} command. -(Make a package of your own containing a copy -of the command out of the class.) This isn't particularly difficult, -but you can instead simply subvert \csx{cleardoublepage} (which isn't -often used elsewhere): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\cleardoublepage\clearemptydoublepage -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note: this command works because \csx{clearemptydoublepage} uses a copy -of \csx{cleardoublepage}: instructions on macro programming -% beware line break -\Qref*[question]{patching techniques}{Q-patch} explain the problem and -why this is a solution. - -The \Package{emptypage} package does this sort of thing for you; all -you need do is load the package, and it does the rest. - -The \emph{\acro{KOMA}-Script} replacements for the -\Class{book} and \Class{report} classes (\Class{scrbook} and -\Class{scrreprt} offers class options \pkgoption{cleardoubleempty}, -\pkgoption{cleardoubleplain} and \pkgoption{cleardoublestandard} -(using the running page style, as normal) that control the appearance -of these empty pages. The classes also offer do-it-yourself commands -\csx{cleardoubleempty} (etc.\@). - -The \Class{memoir} class (and the \Package{nextpage} package) -provide commands \csx{cleartooddpage} and \csx{cleartoevenpage}, -which both take an optional argument (the first, with no argument, -being an equivalent of \csx{cleardoublepage}). One can achieve -`special' effects by putting commands in the optional argument: the -\csx{clearemptydoublepage} we're after would be achieved by -\csx{cleartooddpage[}\cmdinvoke{thispagestyle}{empty}\texttt{]}. The -commands will also serve if you want the surreal effect of ``This page -intentionally left blank'' in the centre of an otherwise empty page. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[emptypage.sty]\CTANref{emptypage} -\item[fancyhdr.sty]\CTANref{fancyhdr} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[nextpage.sty]\CTANref{nextpage} -\item[scrbook.cls, scrrept.cls]Part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-balance]{Balancing columns at the end of a document} - -The \Package{twocolumn} option of the standard classes causes -\LaTeX{} to set the text of a document in two columns. However, the last -page of the document typically ends up with columns of different -lengths~--- such columns are said to be ``unbalanced''. Many (most?) -people don't like unbalanced columns. - -The simplest solution to the problem is to use the \Package{multicol} -package in place of the \Package{twocolumn} option, as -\Package{multicol} balances the columns on the final page by default. -However, the use of \Package{multicol} does come at a cost: its -special output routine disallows the use of in-column floats, though -it does still permit full-width (e.g., \environment{figure*} -environment) floats. - -As a result, there is a constant push for a means of balancing columns -at the end of a \Package{twocolumn} document. Of course, the job can -be done manually: \csx{pagebreak} inserted at the appropriate place on -the last page can often produce the right effect, but this seldom -appeals, and if the last page is made up of automatically-generated -text (for example, bibliography or index) inserting the command will -be difficult. - -The \Package{flushend} package offers a solution to this problem. It's a -somewhat dangerous piece of macro code, which patches one of the most -intricate parts of the \LaTeX{} kernel without deploying any of the -safeguards discussed in \Qref[question]{patching commands}{Q-patch}. -The package only changes the behaviour at end document (its -\csx{flushend} command is enabled by default), and one other command -permits adjustment of the final balance; other packages in the bundle -provide means for insertion of full width material in two-column -documents. - -The \Package{balance} package also patches the output routine -(somewhat more carefully than \Package{flushend}). - -The user should be aware that any of these packages are liable to -become confused in the presence of floats: if problems arise, manual -adjustment of the floats in the document is likely to be necessary. -It is this difficulty (what's required in any instance can't really be -expressed in current \LaTeX{}) that led the author of -\Package{multicol} to suppress single-column-wide floats. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[balance.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{preprint}[balance] -\item[flushend.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sttools}[flushend] -\item[multicol.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[multicol] - -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-runheadtoobig]{My section title is too wide for the page header} - -By default, \LaTeX{} sectioning commands make the chapter or section -title available for use by page headers and the like. Page headers -operate in a rather constrained area, and it's common for titles too -be too big to fit: the \LaTeX{} sectioning commands therefore take an -optional argument: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[short title]{full title} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If the \meta{short title} is present, it is used both for the table of -contents and for the page heading. The usual answer to people who -complain that their title is too big for the running head is to -suggest that they the optional argument. - -However, using the same text for the table of contents as for the -running head may also be unsatisfactory: if your chapter titles are -seriously long (like those of a Victorian novel), a valid and rational -scheme is to have a shortened table of contents entry, and a really -terse entry in the running head. - -One of the problems is the tendency of page headings to be set in -capitals (which take up more space); so why not set headings as written -for ``ordinary'' reading? It's not possible to do so with unmodified -\LaTeX{}, but the \Package{fancyhdr} package provides a command -\csx{nouppercase} for use in its header (and footer) lines to suppress -\LaTeX{}'s uppercasing tendencies. Classes in the \Class{KOMA-script} -bundle don't uppercase in the first place. - -In fact, the sectioning commands use `mark' commands to pass -information to the page headers. For example, \csx{chapter} uses -\csx{chaptermark}, \csx{section} uses \csx{sectionmark}, and so on. With -this knowledge, one can achieve a three-layer structure for chapters: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\chapter[middling version]{verbose version} -\chaptermark{terse version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which should supply the needs of every taste. - -Chapters, however, have it easy: hardly any book design puts a page -header on a chapter start page. In the case of sections, one has -typically to take account of the nature of the \csx{*mark} commands: -the thing that goes in the heading is the first mark on the page (or, -failing any mark, the last mark on any previous page). As a result -the recipe for sections is more tiresome: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[middling version]{verbose version% - \sectionmark{terse version}} -\sectionmark{terse version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the first \csx{sectionmark} deals with the header of the page the -\csx{section} command falls on, and the second deal with subsequent -pages; note that here, you need the optional argument to \csx{section}, -even if ``\emph{middling version}'' is in fact the same text as -``\emph{long version''}.) - -A similar arrangement is necessary even for chapters if the class -you're using is odd enough that it puts a page header on a chapter's -opening page. - -Note that the \Package{titlesec} package manages the running heads in -a completely different fashion; for example, you can use the optional -argument of sectioning commands for page headers, only, by loading the -package as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[toctitles]{titlesec} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package documentation offers other useful techniques in this area. -\LeadFrom{Tobi}{sx}{2012-02-01} - -The \Class{memoir} class avoids all the silliness by providing an -extra optional argument for chapter and sectioning commands, for -example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[middling version][terse version]% - {verbose version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[middling version][terse version]{verbose version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -As a result, it is always possible for users of \Class{memoir} to -tailor the header text to fit, with very little trouble. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fancyhdr.sty]\CTANref{fancyhdr} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[titlesec.sty]\CTANref{titlesec} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-01} - -\nothtml{\begingroup\boldmath} -\Question[Q-nofm]{Page numbering ``\meta{n} of \meta{m}''} -\nothtml{\afterquestion} - -Finding the page number of the last page of a document, from within -the document, is somewhat tricky. The \Package{lastpage} and -\Package{zref-lastpage} packages define a label -\texttt{LastPage} whose number is \emph{right} (after sufficiently many -passes through \LaTeX{}, of course). The \Class{memoir} class also -defines a ``last page'' label. - -The documentation of the \Package{fancyhdr} package spells out exactly -how one might actually use this information to produce page numbering -as suggested in the question. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}fancyhdr documentation]\CTANref{fancyhdr} -\item[lastpage.sty]\CTANref{lastpage} -\item[zref-lastpage]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[zref] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-10-16} - -\Question[Q-pagebychap]{Page numbering by chapter} - -When I was a young man, a common arrangement for loose bound technical -manuals is to number pages by chapter. (It's quite a good scheme, in -those situations: even if your corrections add a whole page to the -chapter, the most you have to redistribute is that chapter.) - -The problem, at first sight, seems pretty much the same as that in -another answer on -% beware line break -\Qref*{running numbers within a chapter}{Q-running-nos}, -and the basic technique is indeed pretty similar. - -However, tidying-up loose ends, making sure the page number gets reset -to the correct value at the start of each chapter, and so on, is -slightly more challenging. This is why the \Package{chappg} package -was written: it does the obvious things, and more. - -Users have been known to ask for running page numbers within a -section, but this really doesn't make sense: you need to run page -numbers within document objects that always start on a fresh page. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[chappg.sty]\CTANref{chappg} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Page layout} - -\Question[Q-papersize]{The size of printed output} - -The final product of a \AllTeX{} run is something for a person to -read. Often, nowadays, that product will be read ``on-screen'', but -the printed page remains a principal output form. - -When we come to print our output, it is important that the output fits -on the paper; in some cases, for the output to ``fit'' is good enough. -However, there are circumstances where the actual size of the printed -output, on the page, is crucial to the acceptance of the output. -(This might happen when the output is a book to be published, or when -it's a dissertation which must match the fancies of some bureaucrat -even to be considered.) - -Sadly, we often find that the printed output doesn't conform to our -expectations\dots{} - -The check-list for such problems has two entries: -\begin{itemize} -\item Your output is generated via Adobe \ProgName{Reader} (or - possibly ``\ProgName{Acrobat Reader}''~--- older versions of the - program had the qualified name). In this case, it may be that - \ProgName{Reader} is willfully changing the size of your output: - read \Qref*{\ProgName{Reader} antics}{Q-acroantics}. -\item Something in your \TeX{} system is producing the wrong size (or - shape) of output: read \Qref*{paper geometry}{Q-papergeom}. -\end{itemize} - -An alternative approach is to use the (excellent) \Package{testflow} -suite, that provides a detailed outline of the potential problems -together with a sample document and prototype outputs. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}testflow bundle]\CTANref{testflow} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-acroantics]{Adobe \ProgName{Reader} messing with print size} -\AliasQuestion{Q-outszwrng} - -Printing from Adobe \ProgName{Reader} shrinks the page ``to fit'' -(\emph{by default}). Unfortunately, its calculation doesn't consider -the existing margins of the document, so that it shrinks what it -believes is your whole page onto what it believes is its output page. -The effect typically looks as if your margins have expanded. - -Solve this problem by adjusting the \ProgName{Reader}'s default in the -print dialogue; unfortunately, this dialogue varies from one version -to the next: -\begin{itemize} -\item \ProgName{Reader} version 7:\\ - Page Scaling (default: ``Fit to printer margins'')~--- change to - ``None'', and\\ - Scale (default 95\textpercent{} of Normal size)~--- change to - ``100\textpercent{}''. -\item Adobe Reader 6:\\ - in the print dialogue, on the ``copies \& pages'' pane, you'll find a - popup menu/drop-down list titled ``Page Scaling''~--- change to ``None''. -\item Windows, Linux Acrobat (Reader) 5.0:\\ - In the print dialog, make sure the ``Shrink oversized pages to fit'' - checkbox is unchecked. It may also be useful to uncheck the - ``Expand small pages to fit paper size'' checkbox as well. -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-papergeom]{Getting the right paper geometry from \AllTeX{}} - -If your output is the wrong size, and you've checked that it's not due -to the \Qref*{ministrations of Adobe \ProgName{Reader}}{Q-acroantics}, -the problem is probably that your \AllTeX{} system is producing output -that specifies the wrong paper size. Paper sizes can be a pain: -they're a forgotten backwater~--- Knuth seems not to have considered -paper size as something the \TeX{} engine needs to know about. As a -result, there is no \acro{DVI} command to specify the paper on which -the document should be printed, which has led a dichotomy where macros -shape the text according to the needs of the author's chosen paper -size, and device drivers' choice happens independently of the macros' -ideas. - -In practice, one usually finds that macro packages (such as \plaintex{} and -\LaTeX{}) assume American ``letter'' paper size, by default; and since -most distributions nowadays originate in Europe, the drivers usually -default to \acro{ISO} ``A4'' paper size. - -This is (of course) pretty unsatisfactory. Users may select a -different paper size for their document (current \LaTeX{} offers a -range of sizes as options in the standard classes), pretty easily. -Nevertheless, the user also has to be sure that each time -\ProgName{xdvi}, \ProgName{dvips} (or whatever) runs, it uses the -paper size the document was designed for. - -The default paper size for \acro{DVI} drivers may be changed by a -distribution management command (\ProgName{texconfig} for \texlive{}, -the \ProgName{Options} application for \miktex{}), but this still -doesn't provide for people using the ``wrong'' sort of paper for some -reason. - -A different issue arises for users of \PDFTeX{}~--- the -\acro{PDF} format \emph{does} have the means of expressing paper size -and \PDFTeX{} has system variables \csx{pdfpagewidth} and -\csx{pdfpageheight}, that are written into the output \acro{PDF} file. -Unfortunately, most of the core software predates \PDFTeX{}, so not even -\PDFLaTeX{} sets the correct values into those variables, to match the -paper size specified in a \csx{documentclass} option. - -The \acro{DVI} drivers \ProgName{dvips}, \ProgName{dvipdfm} and its -extensions (\ProgName{dvipdfmx} and \ProgName{xdvipdfmx}) define -\csx{special} commands for the document to specify its own paper size; -so in those cases, as when \PDFTeX{} is being used, the -paper size can be programmed by the document. Users who wish to, may -of course consult the manuals of the various programs to write the -necessary code. - -The \Package{geometry} and \Package{zwpagelayout} packages (whose main -business includes defining -typeset page areas), also takes notice the size of the paper that the -document is going to be printed on, and can issue the commands -necessary to ensure the correct size of paper is used. If -\Package{geometry} is used when a document is being processed by -\PDFLaTeX{}, it can set the necessary dimensions ``in the output''. -If the document is being processed by \LaTeX{} on a \TeX{} or \eTeX{} -engine, there are package options which instruct \Package{geometry} -which \csx{special} commands to use. (Note that the options are -ignored if you are using \PDFLaTeX{}.) - -So, one resolution of the problem, when you are using \latex{}, is to add -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[processor-option,...]{geometry} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Where \pkgoption{processor-option} tells the package what will produce -your (\PS{} or \acro{PDF} output~--- \Package{geometry} knows about -\pkgoption{dvips} and \pkgoption{dvipdfm} (\pkgoption{dvipdfm} also -serves for the extension \ProgName{dvipdfmx} and -\ProgName{xdvipdfmx}). - -If you're using \PDFLaTeX{} or \xetex{}, load with -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[program-option,...]{geometry} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -where \pkgoption{program-option} is \pkgoption{pdftex}, -\pkgoption{xetex}. - -The alternative, \Package{zwpagelayout} requires a \pkgoption{driver} -option: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[driver=value,...]{zwpagelayout} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(permissible \meta{values} are \pkgoption{pdftex}, \pkgoption{xetex} -and \pkgoption{dvips}; the default value is \pkgoption{unknown}). - -Needless to say, both the ``big'' classes (\Class{koma-script} and -\Class{memoir}) provide their own ways to get the paper size -``right''. - -The \Package{typearea} package is the \Class{Koma-script} -distribution's way of providing page layout functionality. Load it -with the \pkgoption{pagesize} option and it will ensure the correct -paper is selected, for \acro{PDF} output from \PDFLaTeX{}, and for -\PS{} output from \LaTeX{} via \ProgName{dvips}. - -\Class{Memoir} has the standard classes' paper-size selections -(\pkgoption{a4paper}, \pkgoption{letterpaper} and so on), but also -permits the user to choose an arbitrary paper size, by setting the -length registers \csx{stockheight} and \csx{stockwidth}. The commands -\csx{fixdvipslayout} (for \LaTeX{} processing), and \csx{fixpdflayout} -(for \PDFLaTeX{} processing) then instruct the processor to produce -output that specifies the necessary paper size. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[geometry.sty]\CTANref{geometry} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[typearea.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script}[typearea] -\item[zwpagelayout.sty]\CTANref{zwpagelayout} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-12-12} - -\Question[Q-changemargin]{Changing the margins in \LaTeX{}} - -Changing the layout of a document's text on the page involves several -subtleties not often realised by the beginner. There are interactions -between fundamental \TeX{} constraints, constraints related to the -design of \LaTeX{}, and good typesetting and design practice, that -mean that any change must be very carefully considered, both to ensure -that it ``works'' and to ensure that the result is pleasing to the -eye. - -\LaTeX{}'s defaults sometimes seem excessively conservative, -but there are sound reasons behind how Lamport designed the layouts -themselves, whatever one may feel about his overall design. For -example, the common request for ``one-inch margins all round on A4 -paper'' is fine for 10- or 12-pitch typewriters, but not for 10pt (or -even 11pt or 12pt) type because readers find such wide, dense, lines -difficult to read. There should ideally be no more than 75 characters -per line (though the constraints change for two-column text). - -So Lamport's warning to beginners in his section on `Customizing the -Style'~--- ``don't do it''~--- should not lightly be ignored. - -This set of \acro{FAQ}s recommends that you use a package to establish -consistent settings of the parameters: the interrelationships are -taken care of in the established packages, without you \emph{needing} -to think about them, but remember~--- the packages only provide -consistent, working, mechanisms: they don't analyse the quality of -what you propose to do. - -The following answers deal with the ways one may choose to proceed: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{Choose which package to use}{Q-marginpkgs}. -\item \Qref*{Find advice on setting up page layout by hand}{Q-marginmanual}. -\end{itemize} -There is a related question~--- how to change the layout -temporarily~--- and there's an answer that covers that, too: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{Change the margins on the fly}{Q-chngmargonfly}. -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-marginpkgs]{Packages to set up page designs} - -There are two trustworthy tools for adjusting the dimensions and position of the -printed material on the page are \Package{geometry} and the -\Package{zwpagelayout} packages; a very -wide range of adjustments of the layout may be relatively -straightforwardly programmed with either, and package documentation is good and -comprehensive. - -As is usual, users of the \Class{memoir} class have built-in -facilities for this task, and users of the \Class{KOMA-script} classes -are recommended to use an alternative package, \Package{typearea}. In -either case it is difficult to argue that users should go for -\Package{geometry}: both alternatives are good. - -The documentation both of \Package{geometry} and of -\Package{zwpagelayout} is rather overwhelming, and -learning all of of either package's capabilities is likely to be more -than you ever need. -The \Package{vmargin} package is somewhat simpler to use: it has a -canned set of paper sizes (a superset of that provided in \LaTeXe{}), -provision for custom paper, margin adjustments and provision for -two-sided printing. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[geometry.sty]\CTANref{geometry} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[layout.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[layout] -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[typearea.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script}[typearea] -\item[vmargin.sty]\CTANref{vmargin} -\item[zwpagelayout.sty]\CTANref{zwpagelayout} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-12-12} - -\Question[Q-marginmanual]{How to set up page layout ``by hand''} - -So you're eager to do it yourself, notwithstanding the cautions -\begin{flatversion} - outlined above (\Qref{}{Q-changemargin}). -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - outlined in ``\Qref{changing margins}{Q-changemargin}''. -\end{hyperversion} - -It's important that you first start by familiarising yourself -with LaTeX's page layout parameters. For example, see section C.5.3 of the -\LaTeX{} manual (pp.~181-182), or corresponding sections in many of the other -good \LaTeX{} manuals (see \Qref[question]{\LaTeX{} books}{Q-latex-books}). - -\LaTeX{} controls the page layout with a number of parameters, which -allow you to change the distance from the edges of a page to the left -and top edges of your typeset text, the width and height of the text, -and the placement of other text on the page. However, they are -somewhat complex, and it is easy to get their interrelationships wrong -when redefining the page layout. The layout package defines a -\csx{layout} command which draws a diagram of your existing page -layout, with the dimensions (but not their interrelationships) shown. - -Even changing the text height and width, \csx{textheight} and -\csx{textwidth}, requires more care than you might expect: the height -should be set to fit a whole number of text lines (in terms of -multiples of \csx{baselinskip}), and the width should be constrained -by the number of characters per line, as mentioned in % ! line break -``\Qref*{changing margins}{Q-changemargin}''. - -Margins are controlled by two parameters: \csx{oddsidemargin} and -\csx{evensidemargin}, whose names come from the convention that -odd-numbered pages appear on the right-hand side (`recto') of a -two-page spread and even-numbered pages on the left-hand side -(`verso'). Both parameters actually refer to the left-hand margin of -the relevant pages; in each case the right-hand margin is specified by -implication, from the value of \csx{textwidth} and the width of the -paper. (In a one-sided document, which is the default in many -classes, including the standard \Class{article} and \Class{report} -classes, \csx{oddsidemargin} stands for both.) - -The -``origin'' (the zero position) on the page is one inch from the top of -the paper and one inch from the left side; positive horizontal -measurements extend right across the page, and positive vertical -measurements extend down the page. Thus, the parameters -\csx{evensidemargin}, \csx{oddsidemargin} and \csx{topmargin}, should -be set to be 1~inch less than the true margin; for margins closer to -the left and top edges of the page than 1~inch, the margin parameters -must be set to negative values. - -\Question[Q-chngmargonfly]{Changing margins ``on the fly''} - -One of the surprises characteristic of \TeX{} use is that you cannot -change the width or height of the text within the document, simply by -modifying the text size parameters; \TeX{} can't change the text width -on the fly, and \LaTeX{} only ever looks at text height when starting -a new page. - -So the simple rule is that the parameters should only be -changed in the preamble of the document, i.e., before the -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document} statement (so before any typesetting has -happened. - -To adjust text width within a document we define an environment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{changemargin}[2]{% - \begin{list}{}{% - \setlength{\topsep}{0pt}% - \setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}% - \setlength{\rightmargin}{#2}% - \setlength{\listparindent}{\parindent}% - \setlength{\itemindent}{\parindent}% - \setlength{\parsep}{\parskip}% - }% - \item[]}{\end{list}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The environment takes two arguments, and will indent the left and -right margins, respectively, by the parameters' values. Negative -values will cause the margins to be narrowed, so -\cmdinvoke{begin}{changemargin}{-1cm}{-1cm} narrows the left and right -margins by 1 centimetre. - -Given that \TeX{} can't do this, how does it work?~--- well, the -environment (which is a close relation of the \LaTeX{} -\environment{quote} environment) \emph{doesn't} change the text width -as far as \TeX{} is concerned: it merely moves text around inside the -width that \TeX{} believes in. - -The \Package{changepage} package provides ready-built commands to do -the above; it includes provision for changing the shifts applied to -your text according to whether you're on an odd (\emph{recto}) or an -even (\emph{verso}) page of a two-sided document. -\Package{Changepage}'s structure matches that of the \Class{memoir} -class. - -The (earlier) package \Package{chngpage} provides the same facilities, -but it uses rather different syntax. \Package{Changepage}'s structure -matches that of the \Class{memoir} class, and it should be used for -any new work. - -Changing the vertical dimensions of a page is more clumsy still: the -\LaTeX{} command \csx{enlargethispage} adjusts the size of the current -page by the size of its argument. Common uses are -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\enlargethispage{\baselineskip} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to make the page one line longer, or -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\enlargethispage{-\baselineskip} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to make the page one line shorter. The process is (to an extent) -simplified by the \Package{addlines} package: its \csx{addlines} -command takes as argument the \emph{number} of lines to add to the -page (rather than a length): the package documentation also provides a -useful analysis of when the command may (or may not) be expected to -work. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[addlines.sty]\CTANref{addlines} -\item[changepage.sty]\CTANref{changepage} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-nopageno]{How to get rid of page numbers} -\AliasQuestion{ps@empty} - -Very occasionally, one wants a document with no page numbers. For -such occasions, the package \Package{nopageno} will make -\cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{plain} have the same effect as -\cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{empty}; in simple documents, this will suppress -all page numbering (it will not work, of course, if the document uses -some other pagestyle than \environment{plain}). - -To suppress page numbers from a sequence of pages, you may use -\cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{empty} at the start of the sequence, and restore -the original page style at the end. Unfortunately, you still have to -deal with the page numbers on pages containing a \csx{maketitle}, -\csx{part} or \csx{chapter} command, since the standard classes; deal -with those separately, as described below. - -To suppress page numbers on a single page, use -\cmdinvoke{thispagestyle}{empty} somewhere within the text of the -page. Note that, in the standard classes, \csx{maketitle} and -\csx{chapter} use \csx{thispagestyle} internally, so your call -must be \emph{after} those commands. - -Unfortunately, \csx{thispagestyle} doesn't work for \Class{book} or -\Class{report} \csx{part} commands: they set the page style (as do -\csx{chapter} commands), but then they advance to the next page so -that you have no opportunity to change the style using -\csx{thispagestyle}. The present author has proposed solving the -problem with the following ``grubby little patch'', on -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\let\sv@endpart\@endpart -\def\@endpart{\thispagestyle{empty}\sv@endpart} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Fortunately, that patch has now been incorporated in a small package -\Package{nonumonpart} (a difficult name\dots) - -Both the \Class{KOMA-script} classes and \Class{memoir} have separate -page styles for the styles of various ``special'' pages, so, in a -\Class{KOMA} class document one might say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*{\titlepagestyle}{empty} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -while \Class{memoir} will do the job with -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{aliaspagestyle}{title}{empty} -\end{quote} - -An alternative (in all classes) is to use the rather delightful -\cmdinvoke{pagenumbering}{gobble}; this has the simple effect that any -attempt to print a page number produces nothing, so there's no issue -about preventing any part of \LaTeX{} from printing the number. -However, the \csx{pagenumbering} command does have the side effect that -it resets the page number (to 1), so it is unlikely to be helpful -other than at the beginning of a document. - -The \Package{scrpage2} package separates out the representation of the -page number (it typesets the number using the \csx{pagemark} command) from -the construction of the page header and footer; so one can say -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*{\pagemark}{} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will also suppress the printing of the page number. - -Neither of these ``suppress the page number'' techniques touches the -page style in use; in practice this means they don't make sense unless -you are using \cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{plain} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fancyhdr.sty]\CTANref{fancyhdr} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[nonumonpart.sty]\CTANref{nonumonpart} -\item[nopageno.sty]\CTANref{nopageno} -\item[scrpage2.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-04-16} - -\Question[Q-crop]{How to create crop marks} - -If you're printing something that's eventually to be reproduced in -significant quantities, and bound, it's conventional to print on paper -larger than your target product, and to place ``crop marks'' outside -the printed area. These crop marks are available to the production -house, for lining up reproduction and trimming machines. - -You can save yourself the (considerable) trouble of programming these -marks for yourself by using the package \Package{crop}, which has -facilities to satisfy any conceivable production house. Users of the -\Class{memoir} class don't need the package, since \Class{memoir} has -its own facilities for programming crop marks. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[crop.sty]\CTANref{crop} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-watermark]{`Watermarks' on every page} - -It's often useful to place some text (such as `DRAFT') in the -background of every page of a document. For \LaTeX{} users, the -simplest way to do this uses the \Package{draftcopy} package. This -can deal with -many types of \acro{DVI} processors (in the same way that the graphics -package does) and knows translations for the word `DRAFT' into a wide -range of languages (though you can choose your own word, too). -Unfortunately, however, the package relies on \PS{} specials, and will -therefore fail if you are viewing your document with \ProgName{xdvi}, -and won't even compile if you're using \PDFLaTeX{}. (\PDFLaTeX{} -users need one of the other solutions below.) - -The \Package{wallpaper} package builds on \Package{eso-pic} (see -below). Apart from the single-image backdrops described above -(``wallpapers'', of course, to this package), the package provides -facilities for tiling images. All its commands come in pairs: one for -``general'' use, and one applying to the current page only. - -The \Package{draftwatermark} package uses the same author's -\Package{everypage} package to provide a simple interface for adding -textual (`DRAFT'-like) watermarks. - -The \Package{xwatermark} package provides very flexible watermarking, -with a ``modern'' (key-value) interface. - -More elaborate watermarks may be achieved using the \Package{eso-pic} -package, or by using \Package{everypage} (see below). -\Package{Eso-pic} attaches a \environment{picture} environment to -every page as it is shipped out; the user can put things into that -environment: the package provides commands for placing things at -certain useful points (like ``text upper left'' or ``text centre'') in -the picture, but the user is at liberty to do what he or she likes. - -\Package{Eso-pic} is, in turn, built upon the package -\Package{atbegshi}. That package has the capability to produce -watermarks \emph{on top of} the other material on the page; this -doesn't sound very ``watermark-like'', but can be useful on pages -where the watermark would otherwise be hidden by graphics or the -like. The \Package{atbegshi} command that \Package{eso-pic} uses is -\csx{AtBeginShipoutUpperLeft}; \csx{AtBeginShipoutUpperLeftForeground} -is what's needed instead to place the material on top of the rest of -the content of the page. - -\Package{Everypage} allows you to add ``something'' to every page, or -to a particular page; you therefore need to construct your own -apparatus for anything complicated. - -Finally, one can use the \ProgName{pdftk} untility; with it, the -command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -pdftk a.pdf background b.pdf output c.pdf -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will recreate \File{a.pdf} as \File{c.pdf}, having used the first page -of \File{b.pdf} as background on every page. If you have a standard -background (``DRAFT'' or ``SECRET'', or whatever) used in several -files, \ProgName{pdftk} might well be attractive. - -\ProgName{Pdftk} is available as a command line tool; it is available -in most linux distritbutions, but may be downloaded from its -% ! line break -\href{http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/}{home site} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[atbegshi.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[atbegshi] -\item[draftcopy.sty]\CTANref{draftcopy} -\item[draftwatermark.sty]\CTANref{draftwatermark} -\item[eso-pic.sty]\CTANref{eso-pic} -\item[everypage.sty]\CTANref{everypage} -\item[everyshi.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[everyshi] -\item[wallpaper.sty]\CTANref{wallpaper} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-landscape]{Typesetting things in landscape orientation} - -It's often necessary to typeset part of a document in landscape -orientation; to achieve this, one needs not only to change the page -dimensions, but also to instruct the output device to print the -strange page differently. - -There are two ``ordinary'' mechanisms for doing two slight variations -of landscape typesetting: -\begin{itemize} -\item If you have a single floating object that is wider than it is - deep, and will only fit on the page in landscape orientation, use - the \Package{rotating} package; this defines - \environment{sidewaysfigure} and \environment{sidewaystable} - environments which create floats that occupy a whole page. - - Note that \Package{rotating} has problems in a document that also - loads the \Package{float} package, which recommended in other - answers in these \acro{FAQ}s, for example that on - \Qref*{float placement}{Q-floats}. The \Package{rotfloat} package - loads \Package{rotating} for you, and smooths the interaction with - \Package{float}. -\item If you have a long sequence of things that need to be typeset in - landscape (perhaps a code listing, a wide \environment{tabbing} - environment, or a huge table typeset using \Package{longtable} or - \Package{supertabular}), use the \Package{lscape} package (or - \Package{pdflscape} if you're generating \acro{PDF} output, whether - using \PDFLaTeX{} or \ProgName{dvips} and generating \acro{PDF} from - that). Both packages define an environment \environment{landscape}, which - clears the current page and restarts typesetting in landscape - orientation (and clears the page at the end of the environment - before returning to portrait orientation). -\end{itemize} -No currently available package makes direct provision for typesetting -in both portrait and landscape orientation on the same page (it's not -the sort of thing that \TeX{} is well set-up to do). If such -behaviour was an absolute necessity, one might use the techniques -described in -% beware line-wrap -\Qref[question]{"flowing text around figures"}{Q-textflow}, and would -rotate the landscape portion using the rotation facilities of the -\Package{graphics} package. (Returning from landscape to portrait -orientation would be somewhat easier: the portrait part of the page -would be a bottom float at the end of the landscape section, with its -content rotated.) - -To set an entire document in landscape orientation, one might use -\Package{lscape} around the whole document. A better option is the -\pkgoption{landscape} option of the \Package{geometry} package; if you -also give it \pkgoption{dvips} or \pkgoption{pdftex} option, -\Package{geometry} also emits the rotation instructions to cause the -output to be properly oriented. The \Class{memoir} class has the same -facilities, in this respect, as does \Package{geometry}. - -A word of warning: most current \TeX{} previewers do not honour -rotation requests in \acro{DVI} files. -%% (the exception is -%% (the exceptions are the -%% \begin{htmlversion} -%% (\Qref{commercial}{Q-commercial}) \YandY{} previewer -%% \ProgName{dviwindo}, -%% \end{htmlversion} -%% \htmlignore -%% (commercial) \YandY{} previewer \ProgName{dviwindo} -%% (\Qref{}{Q-commercial}), -%% \endhtmlignore -%% and -%% the fp\TeX{} previewer Win\acro{DVI}). If your previewer is not -%% capable of rotation, -Your best bet is to convert your output to \PS{} or to \acro{PDF}, and -to view these `final' forms with an appropriate viewer. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[geometry.sty]\CTANref{geometry} -\item[graphics.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{graphics} -\item[longtable.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[longtable] -\item[lscape.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{graphics}[lscape] -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[pdflscape.sty]Distributed with Heiko Oberdiek's packages - \CTANref{oberdiek}[pdflscape] -\item[rotating.sty]\CTANref{rotating} -\item[rotfloat.sty]\CTANref{rotfloat} -\item[supertabular.sty]\CTANref{supertabular} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-abspos]{Putting things at fixed positions on the page} - -\TeX{}'s model of the world is (broadly speaking) that the author -writes text, and \TeX{} and its macros decide how it all fits on the -page. This is not good news for the author who has, from whatever -source, a requirement that certain things go in exactly the right -place on the page. - -There \emph{are} places on the page, from which things may be hung, -and two \LaTeX{} packages allow you position things relative to such -points, thus providing a means of absolute positioning. - -The \Package{textpos} package aids the construction of pages from -``blobs'', dotted around over the page (as in a poster); you give it -the location, and it places your typeset box accordingly. - -The \Package{eso-pic} defines a ``shipout picture'' that covers the -page. The user may add \environment{picture}-mode commands to this -picture, which of course can include box placements as well as the -other rather stilted commands of \environment{picture}-mode. -(\Package{Eso-pic} requires the services of \Package{everyshi}, which -must therefore also be available.) -% -% Fortunately, in the \LaTeX{} world at least, there \emph{is} a fixed -% point on every page, to whit the page header. The package -% \Package{textpos} latches bits of typesetting to locations you -% specify, by fixing them to the page header, and thereby solves the -% problem. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[eso-pic.sty]\CTANref{eso-pic} -\item[everyshi.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[everyshi] -\item[textpos.sty]\CTANref{textpos} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-nopagebrk]{Preventing page breaks between lines} - -One commonly requires that a block of typeset material be kept on the -same page; it turns out to be surprisingly tricky to arrange this. - -\LaTeX{} provides a \environment{samepage} environment which claims it -does this sort of thing for you. It proceeds by setting infinite -penalties for all sorts of page-break situations; but in many -situations where you want to prevent a page break, -\environment{samepage} doesn't help. If you're trying to keep running -text together, you need to end the paragraph inside the environment -(see \Qref[question]{preserving paragraph parameters}{Q-paraparam}). -Also, if the things you are trying to keep together insert their own -pagebreak hints, \environment{samepage} has no power over them (though -list items' attempts~--- they suggest page breaks between items~--- -are subverted by \environment{samepage}). Naturally, if -\environment{samepage} \emph{does} work, it is capable of leaving -stuff jutting out at the bottom of the page. - -Another convenient trick is to set all the relevant stuff in a -\csx{parbox} (or a \environment{minipage} if it contains things like -verbatim text that may not be used in the argument of a \csx{parbox}). -The resulting box certainly \emph{won't} break between pages, but -that's not to say that it will actually do what you want it to do: -again, the box may be left jutting out at the bottom of the page. - -Why do neither of these obvious things work?~--- Because \TeX{} can't -really distinguish between infinitely awful things. -\environment{Samepage} will make any possible break point ``infinitely -bad'' and boxes don't even offer the option of breaks, but if the -alternative is the leave an infinitely bad few centimetres of blank -paper at the bottom of the page, \TeX{} will take the line of least -resistance and do nothing. - -This problem still arises even if you have \csx{raggedbottom} in -effect: \TeX{} doesn't notice the value of \emph{that} until it starts -actually shipping a page out. One approach is to set: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\raggedbottom -\addtolength{\topskip}{0pt plus 10pt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \texttt{10pt} offers a hint to the output routine that the column is -stretchable; this will cause \TeX{} to be more tolerant of the need to -stretch while building the page. If you're doing this as a temporary -measure, cancel the change to \csx{topskip} by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\addtolength{\topskip}{0pt plus-10pt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -as well as resetting \csx{flushbottom}. (Note that the \texttt{10pt} never -actually shows up, because it is overwhelmed when the page is shipped -out by the stretchability introduced by \csx{raggedbottom}; however, it -could well have an effect if \csx{flushbottom} was in effect.) - -An alternative (which derives from a suggestion by Knuth in the -\TeX{}book) is the package \Package{needspace} or the \Class{memoir} class, -which both define a command \csx{needspace} whose argument tells it -what space is needed. If the space isn't available, the current page -is cleared, and the matter that needs to be kept together will be -inserted on the new page. For example, if 4~lines of text need to be -kept together, the sequence -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\par -\needspace{4\baselineskip} -% the stuff that must stay together -<text generating lines 1-4> -% now stuff we don't mind about -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Yet another trick by Knuth is useful if you have a sequence of small -blocks of text that need, individually, to be kept on their own page. -Insert the command \csx{filbreak} before each small block, and the -effect is achieved. The technique can be used in the case of -sequences of \LaTeX{}-style sections, by incorporating \csx{filbreak} -into the definition of a command (as in % beware line break -\Qref[question]{patching commands}{Q-patch}). A simple and effective -patch would be: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\oldsubsubsection=\subsubsection -\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{% - \filbreak - \oldsubsubsection -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -While the trick works for consecutive sequences of blocks, it's -slightly tricky to get out of such sequences unless the sequence is -interrupted by a forced page break (such as \csx{clearpage}, which may -be introduced by a \csx{chapter} command, or the end of the document). -If the sequence is not interrupted, the last block is likely to be -forced onto a new page, regardless of whether it actually needs it. - -If one is willing to accept that not everything can be accomplished -totally automatically, the way to go is to typeset the document and to -check for things that have the potential to give trouble. In such a -scenario (which has Knuth's authority behind it, if one is to believe -the rather few words he says on the subject in the \TeX{}book) one can -decide, case by case, how to deal with problems at the last -proof-reading stage. At this stage, you can manually alter page -breaking, using either \csx{pagebreak} or \csx{clearpage}, or you can -place a \csx{nopagebreak} command to suppress unfortunate breaks. -Otherwise, you can make small adjustments to the page geometry, using -\csx{enlargethispage}. Supposing you have a line or two that stray: -issue the command \cmdinvoke{enlargethispage}{2\csx{baselineskip}} and -two lines are added to the page you're typesetting. Whether this -looks impossibly awful or entirely acceptable depends on the document -context, but the command remains a useful item in the armoury. - -Note that both \csx{pagebreak} and \csx{nopagebreak} take an optional -number argument to adjust how the command is to be interpreted. Thus -\cmdinvoke{pagebreak}[0], the command `suggests' that a page break -might be worth doing, whereas \cmdinvoke{pagebreak}[4] `demands' a -page break. Similarly \cmdinvoke{nopagebreak}[0] makes a suggestion, -while \cmdinvoke{nopagebreak}[4] is a demand. In both commands, the -default value of the optional argument is 4. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[needspace.sty]\CTANref{needspace} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-parallel]{Parallel setting of text} - -It's commonly necessary to present text in two languages `together' on a -page, or on a two-page spread. For this to be satisfactory, one usually -needs some sort of alignment between the two texts. - -The \Package{parallel} package satisfies the need, permitting -typesetting in two columns (not necessarily of the same width) on one -page, or on the two opposing pages of a two-page spread. Use can be -as simple as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{parallel} -... -\begin{Parallel}{<left-width>}{<right-width} - \ParallelLText{left-text} - \ParallelRText{right-text} - \ParallelPar - ... -\end{Parallel} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\Package{Parallel} can get terribly confused with colour changes, in -\PDFTeX{}; the indefatigable Heiko Oberdiek has a patch for this -issue~--- the \Package{pdfcolparallel} package, which maintains -separate colour stacks for the columns. - -The \Package{parcolumns} package can (in principle) deal with any -number of columns: the documentation shows its use with three -columns. Usage is rather similar to that of \Package{parallel}, -though there is of course a ``number of columns to specify'': -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{parcolumns} -... -\begin{parcolumns}[<options>]{3} - \colchunk{<Column 1 text>} - \colchunk{<Column 2 text>} - \colchunk{<Column 3 text>} - \colplacechunks - ... -\end{parcolumns} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \meta{options} can specify the widths of the columns, whether to -place rules between the columns, whether to set the columns sloppy, -etc. Again, there are issues with colours, which are addressed by the -\Package{pdfcolparcolumns} package. - -The \Package{ledpar} package is distributed with (and integrated with) -the \Qref{\Package{ledmac} package}{Q-linenos}. It provides parallel -setting carefully integrated with the needs of a scholarly text, -permitting translation, or notes, or both, to be set in parallel with -the `base' text of the document. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ledpar.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{ledmac} -\item[parallel.sty]\CTANref{parallel} -\item[parcolumns.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sauerj}[parcolumns] -\item[pdfcolparallel.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[pdfcolparallel] -\item[pdfcolparcolumns.sty]pdfcolparcolumns] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-epigraph]{Typesetting epigraphs} - -Epigraphs are those neat quotations that authors put at the start of -chapters (or even at the end of chapters: Knuth puts things at the -ends of chapters of the \TeX{}book). - -Typesetting them is a bit of a fiddle, but not impossible to do for -yourself. Fortunately, there are two packages that do the job, to -some extent; there are also facilities in the two ``big'' classes -(\Class{memoir} and \Class{koma-script}. - -The \Package{epigraph} package defines an \csx{epigraph} command, for -creating a single -epigraph (as at the top of a chapter): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\chapter{The Social Life of Rabbits} -\epigraph{Oh! My ears and whiskers!}% - {Lewis Carroll} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and an epigraphs environment, for entering more than one epigraph -consecutively, in a sort of list introduced by \csx{qitem} commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{epigraphs} -\qitem{What I tell you three times is true}% - {Lewis Carroll} -\qitem{Oh listen do, I'm telling you!}% - {A.A. Milne} -\end{epigraphs} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \csx{epigraphhead} command enables you to place your epigraph -\emph{above} a chapter header: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} -... -\chapter{The Social Life of Rabbits} -\epigraphhead[<distance>]{% - \epigraph{Oh! My ears and whiskers!}% - {Lewis Carroll}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \meta{distance} says how far above the chapter heading the -epigraph is to go; it's expressed in terms of the \csx{unitlength} -that's used in the \environment{picture} environment; the package's -author recommends \texttt{70pt}. - -The package also offers various tricks for adjusting the layout of -chapter header (necessary if you've found a hugely long quotation for -an \csx{epigraphhead}), for patching the bibliography, for patching -\csx{part} pages, and so on. (Some of these suggested patches lead you -through writing your own package\dots{}) - -The \Package{quotchap} package redefines chapter headings (in a -moderately striking way), and provides an environment -\environment{savequotes} in which you can provide one (or more) -quotations to use as epigraphs. The facilities seem not as flexible -as those of \Package{epigraph}, but it's probably easier to use. - -The \Class{memoir} class offers all the facilities of the -\Package{epigraph} package. The \Class{Koma-script} classes have -commands \csx{setchapterpreamble} and \csx{dictum} to provide these -facilities. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[epigraph.sty]\CTANref{epigraph} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[quotchap.sty]\CTANref{quotchap} -\end{ctanrefs} - -% \Question[Q-outszwrng]{\AllTeX{} \acro{PDF} output prints at wrong size} - -% Having got everything \emph{else} right, you should be aware that the -% problem may have nothing to do with \AllTeX{} and everything to do -% with the program you use for printing. A regular cause for such -% problems lies with Acrobat Reader, which by default enables its option -% to scale pages to fit on the printable area of the paper. Since a -% printer can rarely print right to the edge, this means that pdf-files -% will be shrunk by some (small) factor (even if the pdf-file is -% formatted for A4, and your paper size is set to A4 as well). - -% Correcting this silliness is not very hard, but the exact details -% depend on the version of Acrobat Reader (or "Adobe Reader" from -% version 6.0 onwards) you have installed: -% \begin{itemize} -% \item Mac OS X, Adobe Reader 6:\\ -% in the print dialogue, on the ``copies \& pages'' pane, you'll find a -% popup menu titled ``Page Scaling''. Make sure that the menu reads -% ``None''. -% \item Windows, Adobe Reader 6:\\ -% in the print dialogue, select ``None'' from the drop-down list -% ``Page Scaling''. -% \item Windows, Linux Acrobat (Reader) 5.0:\\ -% In the print dialog, make sure the ``Shrink oversized pages to fit'' -% checkbox is unchecked. It may also be useful to uncheck the -% ``Expand small pages to fit paper size'' checkbox as well. -%\end{itemize} - -\subsection{Spacing of characters and lines} - -\Question[Q-linespace]{Double-spaced documents in \LaTeX{}} - -A quick and easy way of getting inter-line space for copy-editing is -to change \csx{baselinestretch}~--- \cmdinvoke{linespread}{1.2} (or, -equivalently \cmdinvoke{renewcommand}{\csx{baselinestretch}}{1.2}) may -be adequate. Note that \csx{baselinestretch} changes don't take -effect until you select a new font, so make the change in the preamble -before any font is selected. Don't try changing \csx{baselineskip}: -its value is reset at any size-changing command so that results will -be inconsistent. - -For preference (and certainly for a production document, such as a -dissertation or an article submission), use a line-spacing package. -The only one currently supported is \Package{setspace}. -\Package{Setspace} switches off double-spacing at places where even -the most die-hard official would doubt its utility (footnotes, figure -captions, and so on); it's very difficult to do this consistently if -you're manipulating \csx{baselinestretch} yourself. - -(Note: do \emph{not} be tempted by \Package{doublespace}~--- its -performance under current \LaTeX{} is at best problematical.) - -Of course, the real solution (other than for private copy editing) is -\emph{not} to use double-spacing at all. Universities, in particular, -have no excuse for specifying double-spacing in submitted -dissertations: \LaTeX{} is a typesetting system, not a -typewriter-substitute, and can (properly used) make single-spaced text -even more easily readable than double-spaced typewritten text. If you -have any influence on your university's system (for example, through -your dissertation supervisor), it may be worth attempting to get the -rules changed (at least to permit a ``well-designed book'' format). - -Double-spaced submissions are also commonly required when submitting -papers to conferences or journals. Fortunately (judging by the -questions from users in this author's department), this demand is -becoming less common. - -Documentation of \Package{setspace} appears as \TeX{} comments in the -package file itself. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[setspace.sty]\CTANref{setspace} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-10-28} - -\Question[Q-letterspace]{Changing the space between letters} - -A common technique in advertising copy (and other text whose actual -content need not actually be \emph{read}) is to alter the space -between the letters (otherwise known as the tracking). As a general -rule, this is a very bad idea: it detracts from legibility, which is -contrary to the principles of typesetting (any respectable font you -might be using should already have optimum tracking built into it). - -The great type designer, Eric Gill, is credited with saying ``he who -would letterspace lower-case text, would steal sheep''. (The -attribution is probably apocryphal: others are also credited with the -remark. Stealing sheep was, in the 19th century, a capital offence in -Britain.) As the remark suggests, though, letterspacing of upper-case -text is less awful a crime; the technique used also to be used for -emphasis of text set in Fraktur (or similar) fonts. - -Straightforward macros (usable, in principle, with any \TeX{} macro -package) may be found in \Package{letterspacing} (which is the name of -the \extension{tex} file). - -%%% the package has a serious bug in it, so suppress mention pro tem -%The \Package{tracking} package has similar facilities. - -A more comprehensive solution is to be found in the \Package{soul} -package (which is optimised for use with \LaTeX{}, but also works with -\plaintex{}). Soul also permits hyphenation of letterspaced text; -Gill's view of such an activity is not (even apocryphally) recorded. -(Spacing-out forms part of the name of \Package{soul}; the other half -is described in \Qref[question]{another question}{Q-underline}.) - -Possibly the `ultimate' in this field is the \Package{microtype}, -which uses the micro-typography capabilities of current \PDFTeX{} to -provide a \csx{textls} command, which operates according to parameters -declared in a \csx{SetTracking} command. \Package{Microtype}'s -`tracking' facility expands the natural spacing of the font itself, -rather than inserting space between characters. Ordinarily, -letter-spacing will destroy ligatures; however, this is \emph{wrong} -for some font styles (for example, \FontName{fraktur}), and the -package provides a means of protecting the ligatures in a -letter-spaced text. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[letterspacing.tex]\CTANref{letterspacing} -\item[microtype.sty]\CTANref{microtype} -\item[soul.sty]\CTANref{soul} -%\item[tracking.sty]\CTANref{tracking} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-ragright]{Setting text ragged right} - -The trick with typesetting ragged right is to be sure you've told the -\TeX{} engine ``make this paragraph ragged, but never \emph{too} -ragged''. The \LaTeX{} \csx{raggedright} command (and the -corresponding \environment{flushleft} environment) has a tendency to -miss the ``never'' part, and will often create ridiculously short -lines, for some minor benefit later in the paragraph. The -\plaintex{} version of the command doesn't suffer this failing, but -is rather conservative: it is loath to create too large a gap at the -end of the line, but in some circumstances~--- such as where -\Qref*{hyphenation is suppressed}{Q-hyphoff}~--- painfully large gaps -may sometimes be required. - -Martin Schr\"oder's \Package{ragged2e} package offers the best of both -worlds: it provides raggedness which is built on the \plaintex{} -model, but which is easily configurable. It defines easily-remembered -command (e.g., \csx{RaggedRight}) and environment (e.g., -\environment{FlushLeft}) names that are simply capitalised -transformations of the \LaTeX{} kernel originals. The documentation -discusses the issues and explains the significance of the various -parameters of \Package{ragged2e}'s operation. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ragged2e.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[ragged2e] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-flushboth]{Cancelling \csx{ragged} commands} - -\LaTeX{} provides commands \csx{raggedright} and \csx{raggedleft}, but -none to cancel their effect. The \csx{centering} command is -implemented in the same way as the \csx{ragged*} commands, and suffers -in the same way. - -The following code (to be inserted in a package of your own, or as -\nothtml{internal \LaTeX{} code~---}% beware line break -\Qref{internal \LaTeX{} code}{Q-atsigns}) defines a command that -restores flush justification at both margins: -\begin{verbatim} -\def\flushboth{% - \let\\\@normalcr - \@rightskip\z@skip \rightskip\@rightskip - \leftskip\z@skip - \parindent 1.5em\relax} -\end{verbatim} -There's a problem with the setting of \csx{parindent} in the code: it's -necessary because both the \csx{ragged} commands set \csx{parindent} to -zero, but the setting isn't a constant of nature: documents using a -standard \LaTeX{} class with \pkgoption{twocolumn} option will have -\texttt{1.0em} by default, and there's no knowing what you (or some -other class) will have done. - -Any but a really old copy of Martin Schr\"oder's \Package{ragged2e} -package has a \csx{justifying} command to match its % ! line break -\Qref*{versions of the \LaTeX{} `ragged' commands}{Q-ragright}. The -package also provides a \environment{justify} environment, which -permits areas of justified text in a larger area which is ragged. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ragged2e.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[ragged2e] -\end{ctanrefs} -% this package hasn't materialised, for some reason i don't now -% remember... -%% Donald Arseneau's \Package{flushboth} package provides this code, and -%% preserves a sensible value for \csx{parindent} (at begin document). -%% This still doesn't protect it against any change you might make to -%% \csx{parindent} within the body of your document. -%% \begin{ctanrefs} -%% \item[flushboth.sty]\CTANref{flushboth} -%% \end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Typesetting specialities} - -\Question[Q-verbfile]{Including a file verbatim in \LaTeX{}} - -A good way is to use Rainer Sch\"opf's \Package{verbatim} package, -which provides a command \csx{verbatiminput} that takes a file name as -argument: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{verbatim} -... -\verbatiminput{verb.txt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Another way is to use the \environment{alltt} environment, which -requires the \Package{alltt} package. The environment interprets its -contents `mostly' verbatim, but executes any \AllTeX{} commands it -finds: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{alltt} -... -\begin{alltt} -\input{verb.txt} -\end{alltt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -of course, this is little use for inputting \AllTeX{} source -code\dots{} - -The \Package{moreverb} package extends the \Package{verbatim} package, -providing a \environment{listing} environment and a \csx{listinginput} -command, which line-number the text of the file. The package also has -a \csx{verbatimtabinput} command, that honours \acro{TAB} characters in -the input (the package's \environment{listing} environment and the -\csx{listinginput} command also both honour \acro{TAB}). - -The \Package{sverb} package provides verbatim input (without recourse -to the facilities of the \Package{verbatim} package): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{sverb} -... -\verbinput{verb.txt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The \Package{fancyvrb} package offers configurable implementations of -everything \Package{verbatim}, \Package{sverb} and \Package{moreverb} -have, and more besides. It is nowadays the package of choice for the -discerning typesetter of verbatim text, but its wealth of facilities -makes it a complex beast and study of the documentation is strongly -advised. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes the relevant functionality of the -\Package{verbatim} and \Package{moreverb} packages. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[alltt.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution. -\item[fancyvrb.sty]\CTANref{fancyvrb} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[moreverb.sty]\CTANref{moreverb} -\item[sverb.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[sverb] -\item[verbatim.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[verbatim] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-linenos]{Including line numbers in typeset output} - -For general numbering of lines, there are two packages for use with -\LaTeX{}, \Package{lineno} (which permits labels attached to -individual lines of typeset output) and \Package{numline}. -(\Package{Numline} is considered obsolete, but remains available from -the archive.) - -Both of these packages play fast and loose with the \LaTeX{} output -routine, which can cause problems: the user should beware\dots{} - -If the requirement is for numbering verbatim text, \Package{moreverb}, -or \Package{fancyvrb} (see % ! line break -\Qref[question]{including files verbatim}{Q-verbfile}) may be used. -Class \Class{memoir} also provides the necessary facilities. - -One common use of line numbers is in critical editions of texts, and -for this the \Package{edmac} package offers comprehensive support; -\Package{ledmac} is a \LaTeX{} port of \Package{edmac}. - -The \Package{vruler} package sidesteps many of the problems associated -with line-numbering, by offering (as its name suggests) a rule that -numbers positions on the page. The effect is good, applied to -even-looking text, but is poor in texts that involve breaks such as -interpolated mathematics or figures. Documentation of the package, in -the package itself, is pretty tough going, though there is an example -(also inside the package file). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[edmac]\CTANref{edmac} -\item[fancyvrb.sty]\CTANref{fancyvrb} -\item[ledmac.sty]\CTANref{ledmac} -\item[lineno.sty]\CTANref{lineno} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[moreverb.sty]\CTANref{moreverb} -\item[numline.sty]\CTANref{numline} -\item[vruler.sty]\CTANref{vruler} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-codelist]{Code listings in \LaTeX{}} - -`Pretty' code listings are sometimes considered worthwhile by the -``ordinary'' programmer, but they have a serious place in -the typesetting of dissertations by computer science and other -students who are expected to write programs. Simple verbatim listings -of programs are commonly useful, as well. - -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{Verbatim listings}{Q-verbfile} are dealt with elsewhere, -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - Verbatim listings are dealt with elsewhere (\Qref{}{Q-verbfile}), -\end{flatversion} -as is the problem of % ! line break -\Qref*{typesetting algorithm specifications}{Q-algorithms}. - -The \Package{listings} package is widely regarded as the best bet for -formatted output (it is capable of parsing program source, within the -package itself), but there are several well-established packages that -rely on a pre-compiler of some sort. You may use \Package{listings} -to typeset snippets that you include within your source: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{listings} -\lstset{language=C} -... -\begin{document} -\begin{lstlisting} -#include <stdio.h> - -int main(int argc, char ** argv) -{ - printf("Hello world!\n"); - return 0; -} -\end{lstlisting} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or you can have it typeset whole files: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{listings} -\lstset{language=C} -... -\begin{document} -\lstinputlisting{main.c} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -These very simple examples may be decorated in a huge variety of ways, -and of course there are other languages in the package's vocabulary -than just \ProgName{C}\dots{} - -For a long time, advice on \AllTeX{} lists seemed to regard -\Package{listings} as the be-all and end-all on this topic. In the -last few years, viable alternatives have appeared - -\ProgName{Highlight} is attractive if you need more than one output -format for your program: as well as \AllTeX{} output, -\ProgName{highlight} will produce (\acro{X})\acro{HTML}, \acro{RTF} -and \acro{XSL}-\acro{FO} representations of your program listing. The -manual leads you through the details of defining a parameter file for -a ``new'' language, as well as the presentation details of a language. - -The \Package{minted} package is another alternative that offers -the means of creating new language definitions. It -requires that code be processed using an external (\ProgName{python}) -script, \href{http://pygments.org/}{\ProgName{Pygments}}. -\ProgName{Pygments}, in turn, needs a ``lexer'' that knows the -language you want to process; lots of these are available, for the -more commonly-used languages, and there is advice on ``rolling your -own'' on the % ! line break. -<a href='http://pygments.org/docs/lexerdevelopment/'>\ProgName{Pygments} site</a> - -Usage of \Package{minted} can be as simple as -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{begin}{minted}{\meta{language}}\\ - \dots{}\\ - \cmdinvoke{end}{minted} -\end{quote} -which processes the program code dynamically, at typesetting time~--- -though such usage is likely to require that % ! line break -\Qref*{separate processing be enabled}{Q-spawnprog}. - -On a rather different path, the package \Package{showexpl} supports -typesetting \alltex{} code and its typeset output, in parallel -`panes'. (Thiscould provide support for \alltex{} instruction texts, -or for papers in \tex{} user group publications. The package uses -\Package{listings} for its \alltex{} pane, and typesets the result -into a simple box, for the other pane. - -Longer-established, and variously less ``powerful'' systems include: -\begin{itemize} -\item The \ProgName{lgrind} system is a well-established - pre-compiler, with all the facilities one might need and a wide - repertoire of languages; it is derived from the even - longer-established \ProgName{tgrind}, whose output is based on - \plaintex{}. -\item The \ProgName{tiny_c2l} system is slightly more recent: users - are again encouraged to generate their own driver files for - languages it doesn't already deal with, but its ``tiny'' name - correctly hints that it's not a particularly elaborate system. -\item The \ProgName{C++2LaTeX} system comes with strong - recommendations for use with \acro{C} and \acro{C}++. -\item An extremely simple system is \ProgName{c2latex}, for which you - write \LaTeX{} source in your \acro{C} program comments. The - program then converts your program into a \LaTeX{} document for - processing. The program (implicitly) claims to be - ``self-documenting''. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[c2latex]\CTANref{c2latex} -\item[C++2LaTeX]\CTANref{c++2latex} -\item[highlight]\CTANref{highlight} -\item[lgrind]\CTANref{lgrind} -\item[listings.sty]\CTANref{listings} -\item[minted.sty]\CTANref{minted} -\item[showexpl.sty]\CTANref{showexpl} -\item[tgrind]\CTANref{tgrind} -\item[tiny\_c2l]\CTANref{tiny_c2l} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-03-28} - -\Question[Q-algorithms]{Typesetting pseudocode in \LaTeX{}} - -There is no consensus on the `right' way to typeset pseudocode. -Consequently, there are a variety of \LaTeX{} packages to choose from -for producing \ae{}sthetically pleasing pseudocode listings. - -Pseudocode differs from actual program listings in that it lacks -strict syntax and semantics. Also, because pseudocode is supposed to -be a clear expression of an algorithm it may need to incorporate -mathematical notation, figures, tables, and other \LaTeX{} features -that do not appear in conventional programming languages. -\begin{wideversion} % hyper? - \Qref{Typesetting program listings}{Q-codelist} is described - elsewhere. -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} % non-hyper - Typesetting program listings is described elsewhere - (\Qref{}{Q-codelist}). -\end{narrowversion} - -You can certainly create your own environment for typesetting -pseudocode using, for example, the \environment{tabbing} or -\environment{list} environments~--- it's not difficult, but it may -prove boring. So it's worth trying the following packages, all -designed specifically for typesetting pseudocode. - -The \Package{algorithms} bundle (which contains packages -\Package{algorithm} and \Package{algorithmic}, both of which are -needed for ordinary use) has a simple interface and produces fairly -nice output. It provides primitives for statements, which can contain -arbitrary \LaTeX{} commands, comments, and a set of iterative and -conditional constructs. These primitives can easily be redefined to -produce different text in the output. However, there is no support -for adding new primitives. Typesetting the pseudocode itself is -performed in \Package{algorithmic}; the \Package{algorithms} package -uses the facilities of the \Package{float} package to number -algorithms sequentially, enable algorithms to float like figures or -tables, and support including a List of Algorithms in a document's -front matter. - -Packages in the \Package{algorithmicx} bundle are similar both in -concept and output form to \Package{algorithmic} but additionally -provide support for adding new keywords and altering the formatting. -It provides the \Package{algpseudocode} package which is (almost) a -drop-in replacement for \Package{algorithmic}. Another package in the -bundle, \Package{algpascal}, uses Pascal-like keywords, indents -differently from \Package{algpseudocode}, and puts command arguments -in maths mode instead of text mode. There is no floating environment -but \Package{algorithmicx}, like \Package{algorithmic}, is compatible -with the \Package{algorithm} package. (There have been reports of -difficulty defining new commands to fit with the package; -unfortunately, the author is not available to comment.) - -The \Package{alg} package, like \Package{algorithms}, offers a -floating algorithm environment with all of the ensuing niceties. -\Package{alg}, however, can caption its floats in a variety of -(natural) languages. In addition, \Package{alg} unlike -\Package{algorithms}, makes it easy to add new constructs. - -The \Package{newalg} package has a somewhat similar interface to -\Package{algorithms}, but its output is designed to mimic the rather -pleasant typesetting used in the book ``\emph{Introduction to Algorithms}'' -by Corman, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein. Unfortunately, -\Package{newalg} does not support a floating environment or any -customisation of the output. - -``\emph{Bona fide}'' use of the style of ``Introduction to -Algorithms'' may be achieved with Cormen's own \Package{clrscode}: -this is the package as used in the second edition of the book. - -Similarly, the style of % ! line break -``\emph{Combinatorial Algorithms: Generation, Enumeration and Search}'' -is supported by the \Package{pseudocode} package, written by the -authors of the book. It has the common `Pascal-like' style, and has -some interesting constructs for what one thinks of as Pascal blocks. - -The \Package{algorithm2e} is of very long standing, and is widely used -and recommended. It loads the \Package{float} package to provide the -option of floating algorithm descriptions, but you can always use the -``\texttt{H}'' option of \Package{float} to have the algorithm appear -``where you write it''. - -The usage of the \Package{program} package is a little different from -that of the other packages. It typesets programs in maths mode -instead of text mode; and linebreaks are significant. -\Package{program} lacks a floating environment but does number -algorithms like \Package{alg} and \Package{algorithms}. Customisation -and extension are not supported. Documentation of the -\Package{program} package (such as it is) appears in a file -\File{program.msg} in the distribution. - -None of the above are perfect. The factors that should influence your -choice of package include the output style you prefer, how much you -need to extend or modify the set of keywords, and whether you require -algorithms to float like figures and tables. -%% -%% Documentation availability: -%% \begin{description} -%% \item[\Package{algorithms} bundle] is provided in \File{algorithms.ps} -%% (also available as LaTeX{} source). The documentation speaks as if -%% the two packages of the bundle were indeed one, called -%% \Package{algorithms}. -%% \item[\Package{program} package] (such as it is) appears in a file -%% \File{program.msg}. -%% \item[\Package{clrscode} package] is to be found in -%% \File{clrscode.pdf} in the distribution. -%% \item[\Package{algorithm2e} package] is to be found in -%% \File{algorithm2e.tex} in the distribution (it needs the package -%% itself when you process it). -%% \end{description} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[algorithm2e.sty]\CTANref{algorithm2e} -\item[algorithmicx\nothtml{\rmfamily} bundle]\CTANref{algorithmicx} -\item[algorithms\nothtml{\rmfamily} bundle]\CTANref{algorithms} -\item[alg.sty]\CTANref{alg} -\item[clrscode.sty]\CTANref{clrscode} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[newalg.sty]\CTANref{newalg} -\item[program.sty]\CTANref{program} -\item[pseudocode.sty]\CTANref{pseudocode} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-10-12} - -\Question[Q-makeindex]{Generating an index in \AllTeX{}} - -Making an index is not trivial; what to index, and how to index it, is -difficult to decide, and uniform implementation is difficult to -achieve. You will need to mark all items to be indexed in your text -(typically with \csx{index} commands). - -It is not practical to sort a large index within \TeX{}, so a -post-processing program is used to sort the output of one \TeX{} run, -to be included into the document at the next run. - -The following programs are available: -\begin{description} -\item[makeindex] Comes with most distributions~--- a good workhorse, - but is not well-arranged to deal with other sort orders than the - canonical \acro{ASCII} ordering. - - The \Package{makeindex} documentation is a good source of - information on how to create your own index. \Package{Makeindex} can - be used with some \TeX{} - macro packages other than \LaTeX{}, such as \nothtml{\Eplain\ (}% - \Qref{Eplain}{Q-eplain}\nothtml{)}, and \TeX{} (whose macros can - be used independently with \plaintex{}). -\item[idxtex] for \LaTeX{} under \acro{VMS}; \ProgName{idxtex} comes - with a glossary-maker \ProgName{glotex}. -\item[texindex(1)] A witty little shell-script using \ProgName{sed} - and \ProgName{awk}; designed for \LaTeX{} under Unix. -\item[texindex(2)] The \Qref*{Texinfo}{Q-texinfo} system also offers a program - \ProgName{texindex}, whose source is to be found in the - \ProgName{texinfo} distribution. The \Package{ltxindex} package - provides macros that enable \LaTeX{} users to use this - \ProgName{texindex}. -\item[xindy] arose from frustration at the difficulty of making a - multi-language version of \ProgName{makeindex}. It is designed to - be a successor to \ProgName{makeindex}, by a team that included the - then-current maintainer of \ProgName{makeindex}. It successfully - addresses many of \ProgName{makeindex}'s shortcomings, including - difficulties with collation order in different languages, and it is - highly flexible. - - \ProgName{Xindy} itself will work with Unicode (UTF-8) encoded - \latex{} input. A separate application (\ProgName{texindy}) deals - with `standard' \latex{} source, processes it and passes - `sanitised' text to \ProgName{Xindy}. -\end{description} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[idxtex]\CTANref{glo+idxtex} -\item[ltxindex.sty]\CTANref{ltxindex} -\item[makeindex]\CTANref{makeindex} -\item[makeindex (Macintosh)]\CTANref{macmakeindex} -\item[texindex \nothtml{\upshape\rmfamily}(the script)]\CTANref{texindex} -\item[texindex \nothtml{\upshape\rmfamily}(the program)]Distributed - with \CTANref{texinfo} -\item[texsis (system)]\CTANref{texsis} -\item[texsis (makeindex support)]\CTANref{texsis-index} -\item[xindy]\CTANref{xindy} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-setURL]{Typesetting \acro{URL}s} - -\acro{URL}s tend to be very long, and contain characters that would -naturally prevent them being hyphenated even if they weren't typically -set in \csx{ttfamily}, verbatim. Therefore, without special treatment, -they often produce wildly overfull \csx{hbox}es, and their typeset -representation is awful. - -There are three packages that help solve this problem: -\begin{itemize} -\item The \Package{path} package, which defines a \csx{path} command. - The command defines each potential break character as a - \csx{discretionary}, and offers the user the opportunity of - specifying a personal list of potential break characters. Its chief - disadvantage is fragility in \LaTeX{} moving arguments. The -% beware line breaks - \Qref*{\Eplain{} macros}{Q-eplain}~--- define a similar \csx{path} command. - - \Package{Path}, though it works in simple situations, makes no - attempt to work with \LaTeX{} (it is irremediably fragile). Despite - its long and honourable history, it is no longer recommended for - \LaTeX{} use. -\item The \Package{url} package, which defines an \csx{url} command - (among others, including its own \csx{path} command). The command - gives each potential break character a maths-mode `personality', and - then sets the \acro{URL} itself (in the user's choice of font) in - maths mode. It can produce (\LaTeX{}-style) `robust' commands - % beware line break within paren - (\htmlonly{see }\Qref{use of \csx{protect}}{Q-protect}) for use - within moving arguments. - - The package ordinarily ignores spaces in the \acro{URL}, but - unfortunately \acro{URL}s that contain spaces do exist; to typeset - them, call the package with the \pkgoption{obeyspaces} option. Two - other useful options allow line breaks in the \acro{URL} in places - where they are ordinarily suppressed to avoid confusion: - \pkgoption{spaces} to allow breaks at spaces (note, this requires - \pkgoption{obeyspaces} as well, and \pkgoption{hyphens} to allow - breaks after hyphens. (Note that the package \emph{never} does - ``ordinary'' hyphenation of names inside an \acro{URL}.) - - It is possible to use the \Package{url} package in \plaintex{}, - with the assistance of the \Package{miniltx} package (which was - originally developed for using the \LaTeX{} graphics package in - \plaintex{}). A small patch is also necessary: the required - sequence is therefore: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\input miniltx -\expandafter\def\expandafter\+% - \expandafter{\+} -\input url.sty -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\input miniltx -\expandafter\def\expandafter\+\expandafter{\+} -\input url.sty -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -\item The \Package{hyperref} package, which uses the typesetting code - of \Package{url}, in a context where the typeset text forms the - anchor of a link. -\end{itemize} - -The author of this answer prefers the (rather newer) \Package{url} -package (directly or indirectly); both \Package{path} and -\Package{url} work well with \plaintex{} (though of course, the fancy -\LaTeX{} facilities of \Package{url} don't have much place there). -(\Package{hyperref} isn't available in a version for use with \plaintex{}.) - -Note that neither \csx{path} (from package \Package{path}) nor \csx{url} (from -package \Package{url}) is robust (in the \LaTeX{} sense). If you need -a \acro{URL} to go in a moving argument, you need the command -\csx{urldef} from the \Package{url} package. So one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\urldef\faqhome\url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -after which, \csx{faqhome} is robust. - -Documentation of both package \Package{path} and package \Package{url} -is in the package files. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[miniltx.tex]Distributed as part of \CTANref{graphics-plain}[miniltx] -\item[path.sty]\CTANref{path} -\item[url.sty]\CTANref{url} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-music]{Typesetting music in \tex{}} - -The current best bet for music typesetting is to use -\Package{musixtex}. \Package{Musixtex} is a three-pass system that -has a \tex{}-based pass, a processing pass and then a further \tex{} -pass. The middle pass, a program called \ProgName{musixflx}, -optimises the spacing and sorts out slurs and ties. -\Package{Musixtex} is demanding of \tex{} resources, and any -significant score requires that typesetting is done using \etex{}, -whose expanded variable- and box-register ranges allow for more of the -``parallel'' activities that abound in a music score. -Of course, \Package{musixtex} also requires music fonts; those are -available in a separate package on the archive. - -\Package{Musixtex} requires pretty arcane input; most people using it -actually prepare (less obscure) input for \ProgName{pmx}, whose output -is \tex{} input suitable for \Package{musixtex}. - -A further preprocessor, \ProgName{M-Tx}, allows preparation of music -with lyrics; \ProgName{M-Tx}'s output is fed into \ProgName{pmx}, and -thence to \Package{musixtex}. - -An alternative path to music examples within a \alltex{} document is -\href{http://www.lilypond.org}{\ProgName{Lilypond}}. -\ProgName{Lilypond} is (at heart) a batch music typesetting system -with plain text input that does most of its work without \tex{}. -\ProgName{Lilypond}'s input syntax is less cryptic than is -MusiX\TeX{}'s, though similar quality is achieved. The -\ProgName{lilypond} -\href{http://lilypond.org/web/about/faq}{\acro{FAQ}} mentions programs -with graphical user interfaces, that export lilypond output. - -For occasional music references (sharp and flat signs, notes, clefs -and so on, there is a (\latex{}) package (with associated font) called -\Package{lilyglyphs}. This uses \progname{lilypond}'s fonts (which -are included in the package), and also provides the means to add stuff -from other sources. - -Another alternative in the production of music is the \acro{ABC} -notation, which was developed to notate the traditional music of -Western Europe (which can be written on a single stave), though it can -be used much more widely. A front end to \Package{musictex} (see -below), \ProgName{abc2mtex}, makes \acro{ABC} typesetting possible. - -The program \ProgName{midi2tex} can also generate \Package{musictex} -output, from \acro{MIDI} files. - -The history of music in \tex{} goes back some time; the earliest -``working'' macros were Mu\tex{}, by Angelika Schofer and Andrea -Steinbach. Mu\tex{} was very limited, but it was some time before -Daniel Taupin took up the baton, and developed Music\TeX{}, which -allows the typesetting of polyphonic and other multiple-stave music; -Music\TeX{} remains available, but is no longer recommended. - -The first version of Musix\tex{} was developed by Andreas Egler, but -he withdrew from the project to work on another package, Opus\tex{}. -That never reached the mainstream, and is no longer maintained. The -current recommended way of doing Opus\tex{}'s job is -\href{http://home.gna.org/gregorio/}{\ProgName{gregorio}}, which can -in principle feed into a \tex{}-based document. - -Once Andreas Egler had withdrawn (his last version of -\Package{musixtex} is preserved on the archive), Daniel Taupin took up -the development, leading to the \Package{musixtex} used today. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[abc2mtex]\CTANref{abc2mtex} -\item[lilyglyphs]\CTANref{lilyglyphs} -\item[M-Tx]\CTANref{m-tx} -\item[midi2tex]\CTANref{midi2tex} -\item[musictex]\CTANref{musictex} -% ! line breaks -\item[musixtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}(Taupin's version)]\CTANref{musixtex} -\item[musixtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}(Egler's version)]\CTANref{musixtex-egler} -\item[musixtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{musixtex-fonts} -\item[mutex]\CTANref{mutex} -\item[pmx]\CTANref{pmx} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-09-27} - -\Question[Q-parskip]{Zero paragraph indent} - -The conventional way of typesetting running text has no separation -between paragraphs, and the first line of each paragraph in a block of -text indented. - -In contrast, one common convention for typewritten text was to have no -indentation of paragraphs; such a style is often required for -``brutalist'' publications such as technical manuals, and in styles -that hanker after typewritten manuscripts, such as -officially-specified dissertation formats. - -Anyone can see, after no more than a moment's thought, that if the -paragraph indent is zero, the paragraphs must be separated by blank -space: otherwise it is sometimes going to be impossible to see the -breaks between paragraphs. - -The simple-minded approach to zero paragraph indentation is thus: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} -\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and in the very simplest text, it's a fine solution. - -However, the non-zero \csx{parskip} interferes with lists and the like, -and the result looks pretty awful. The \Package{parskip} package -patches things up to look reasonable; it's not perfect, but it deals -with most problems. - -The Netherlands Users' Group's set of classes includes an -\Class{article} equivalent (\Class{artikel3}) and a \Class{report} -equivalent (\Class{rapport3}) whose design incorporates zero paragraph -indent and non-zero paragraph skip. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\acro{NTG} classes]\CTANref{ntgclass} -\item[parskip.sty]\CTANref{parskip} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-04-01} % yes, really - -\Question[Q-dropping]{Big letters at the start of a paragraph} - -A common style of typesetting, now seldom seen except in newspapers, -is to start a paragraph (in books, usually the first of a chapter) -with its first letter set large enough to span several lines. - -This style is known as ``dropped capitals'', or (in French) -\latexhtml{``lettrines''}{\htmlentity{laquo}lettrines\htmlentity{raquo}}, -and \TeX{}'s primitive facilities for hanging indentation make its -(simple) implementation pretty straightforward. - -The \Package{dropping} package does the job simply, but has a curious -attitude to the calculation of the size of the font to be used for the -big letters. Examples appear in the package documentation, so before -you process the \extension{dtx}, the package itself must already be -installed. Unfortunately, \Package{dropping} has an intimate relation -to the set of device drivers available in an early version of the -\LaTeX{} graphics package, and it cannot be trusted to work with -modern offerings such as \PDFTeX{} or \acro{DVI}pdfm, let -alone such modernisms as \xetex{}. As a result, the package is widely -deprecated, nowadays. - -The more recent \Package{lettrine} package is generally more reliable. -It has a well-constructed array of options, and an impressive set of -examples adds to the package's document. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dropping]\CTANref{dropping} -\item[lettrine]\CTANref{lettrine} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-22} - -\Question[Q-dec_comma]{The comma as a decimal separator} - -\TeX{} embodies the British/American cultural convention of using a -period as the separator between the whole number and the decimal -fraction part of a decimal number. Other cultures use a comma as -separator, but if you use a comma in maths mode you get a small space -after it; this space makes a comma that is used as a decimal separator -look untidy. - -A simple solution to this problem, in maths mode, is to type -\texttt{3}\marg{,}\texttt{14} in place of \texttt{3,14}. While such a -technique may produce the right results, it is plainly not a -comfortable way to undertake any but the most trivial amounts of -typing numbers. - -Therefore, if you need to use commas as decimal separator, you will -probably welcome macro support. There are two packages that -can help relieve the tedium: \Package{icomma} and \Package{ziffer}. - -\Package{Icomma} ensures that there will be no extra space after a -comma, unless you type a space after it (as in \texttt{f(x, y)}~--- in -the absence of the package, you don't need that space), in which case -the usual small space after the comma appears. \Package{Ziffer} is -specifically targeted at the needs of those typesetting German, but -covers the present need, as well as providing the double-minus sign -used in German (and other languages) for the empty `cents' part of an -amount of currency. - -The \Package{numprint} package provides a command -\cmdinvoke*{numprint}{number} that prints its argument according to -settings you give it, or according to settings chosen to match the -language you have selected in \Package{babel}. The formatting works -equally well in text or maths. The command is very flexible (it can also -group the digits of very `long' numbers), but is inevitably less -convenient than \Package{icomma} or \Package{ziffer} if you are typing a -lot of numbers. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[icomma.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{was}[icomma] -\item[numprint.sty]\CTANref{numprint} -\item[ziffer.sty]\CTANref{ziffer} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-breakbox]{Breaking boxes of text} - -\AllTeX{} boxes may not be broken, in ordinary usage: once you've -typeset something into a box, it will stay there, and the box will jut -out beyond the side or the bottom of the page if it doesn't fit in the -typeset area. - -If you want a substantial portion of your text to be framed (or -coloured), the restriction imposes a serious restriction. -Fortunately, there are ways around the problem. - -The \Package{framed} package provides \environment{framed} and -\environment{shaded} environments; both put their content into -something which looks like a framed (or coloured) box, but which -breaks as necessary at page end. The environments ``lose'' footnotes, -marginpars and head-line entries, and will not work with -\Package{multicol} or other column-balancing macros. The -\Class{memoir} class includes the functionality of the -\Package{framed} package. - -The \Package{mdframed} package does the same job, using a different -algorithm. The package also provides means of defining -`private' framed environments, whose parameters are set at definition -time, thus saving considerable effort in documents with many framed -boxes. Its restrictions seem much the same as those of -\Package{framed}; this is as one would expect, but the list is -noticeably different in the two packages' documentation. - -The \Package{boites} package provides a \environment{breakbox} -environment; examples of its use may be found in the distribution, and -the package's \File{README} file contains terse documentation. The -environments may be nested, and may appear inside -\environment{multicols} environments; however, floats, footnotes and -marginpars will be lost. - -For \plaintex{} users, the facilities of the \Package{backgrnd} -package may be useful; this package subverts the output routine to -provide vertical bars to mark text, and the macros are clearly marked -to show where coloured backgrounds may be introduced (this requires -\Package{shade}, which is distributed as tex macros and -device-independent \MF{} for the shading). The author of -\Package{backgrnd} claims that the package works with \LaTeXo{}, but -there are reasons to suspect that it may be unstable working with -current \LaTeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[backgrnd.tex]\CTANref{backgrnd} -\item[boites.sty]\CTANref{boites} -\item[framed.sty]\CTANref{framed} -\item[mdframed.sty]\CTANref{mdframed} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[shade.tex]\CTANref{shade} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-14} - -\Question[Q-overstrike]{Overstriking characters} - -This may be used, for example, to indicate text deleted in the course -of editing. Both the \Package{ulem} and the \Package{soul} packages -provide the necessary facilities. - -Overstriking with an ``attached'' comment may be achieved using the -\Package{pdfcomment} package, to which you can give optional arguments -with all sorts of detail. The comment text is encoded using an Adobe -`annotation'; unfortunately, support for these annotations is not a -common feature of \acro{PDF} viewers, but if you can safely assume -that your audience will use \ProgName{Acrobat Reader}, the facility -provides that extra ``shine'' that business users so love. - -Overstriking for % beware line break -\Qref*{cancellation in maths expressions}{Q-cancellation} is achieved -by a different mechanism. - -Documentation of \Package{ulem} is in the package file. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[pdfcomment.sty]\CTANref{pdfcomment} -\item[soul.sty]\CTANref{soul} -\item[ulem.sty]\CTANref{ulem} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-08-29} - -\Question[Q-upquot]{Realistic quotes for verbatim listings} - -The \texttt{cmtt} font has ``curly'' quotes\nothtml{ (\texttt{`thus'})}, -which are pleasing on the eye, but don't really tally with what one -sees on a modern % beware line break -\ProgName{xterm}\nothtml{ (which look like \texttt{\textasciigrave this\textquotesingle})}. - -The appearance of these quotes is critical in program listings, -particularly in those of Unix-like shell scripts. The -\Package{upquote} package modifies the behaviour of the -\environment{verbatim} environment so that the output is a clearer -representation of what the user must type. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[upquote.sty]\CTANref{upquote} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-time]{Printing the time} - -\TeX{} has a primitive register that contains ``the number of minutes -since midnight''; with this knowledge it's a moderately simple -programming job to print the time (one that no self-respecting -\plaintex{} user would bother with anyone else's code for). - -However, \LaTeX{} provides no primitive for ``time'', so the -non-programming \LaTeX{} user needs help. - -Two packages are available, both providing ranges of ways of printing -the date, as well as of the time: this question will concentrate on -the time-printing capabilities, and interested users can investigate -the documentation for details about dates. - -The \Package{datetime} package defines two time-printing functions: -\csx{xxivtime} (for 24-hour time), \csx{ampmtime} (for 12-hour time) and -\csx{oclock} (for time-as-words, albeit a slightly eccentric set of -words). - -The \Package{scrtime} package (part of the compendious -\Class{KOMA-Script} bundle) takes a package option (\pkgoption{12h} or -\pkgoption{24h}) to specify how times are to be printed. The command -\csx{thistime} then prints the time appropriately (though there's no -\emph{am} or \emph{pm} in \pkgoption{12h} mode). The \csx{thistime} -command also takes an optional argument, the character to separate the -hours and minutes: the default is of course \texttt{:}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[datetime.sty]\CTANref{datetime} -\item[scrtime.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-the-commands]{Redefining counters' \csx{the-}commands} - -Whenever you request a new \LaTeX{} counter, \LaTeX{} creates a bunch -of behind-the-scenes commands, as well as defining the counter -itself. - -Among other things, \cmdinvoke*{newcounter}{fred} creates a command -\csx{the}\texttt{\emph{fred}}, which expands to ``the value of -\texttt{\emph{fred}}'' when you're typesetting. - -The definition of \csx{the}\texttt{\emph{fred}} should express the -value of the counter: it is almost always always a mistake to use the -command to produce anything else. The value may reasonably be -expressed as an arabic, a roman or a greek number, as an alphabetic -expression, or even as a sequence (or pattern of) symbols. If you -need a decision process on whether to re-define -\csx{the}\texttt{\emph{fred}}, consider what might happen when you do -so. - -So, for example, if you want your section numbers to be terminated by -a period, you could make \csx{thesection} expand with a terminating -period. However, such a change to \csx{thesection} makes the -definition of \csx{thesubsection} look distinctly odd: you are going to -find yourself redefining things left, right and centre. Rather, use -the standard techniques for % beware line break -\Qref*{adjusting the presentation of section numbers}{Q-seccntfmt}. - -Or, suppose you want the page number to appear at the bottom of each -page surrounded by dashes (as in -``\texttt{-}{}\texttt{-\textasciitilde}\texttt{nnn\textasciitilde-}{}\texttt{-}''). -If you try to achieve this by redefining \csx{thepage}, problems will -arise from the use of the page number in the table of contents (each -number will have the dashes attached), and \csx{pageref} references -will be oddly modified. In this case, the change of appearance is -best done by redefining the page style itself, perhaps using -\Qref*{package \Package{fancyhdr}}{Q-fancyhdr}. - -\subsection{Tables of contents and indexes} - -\Question[Q-tocloft]{The format of the Table of Contents, etc.} - -The formats of entries in the table of contents (\acro{TOC}) are -controlled by a number of internal commands (discussed in section~2.3 -of \Qref*{\emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion}}{Q-latex-books}. The commands -\csx{@pnumwidth}, \csx{@tocrmarg} and \csx{@dotsep} control the space -for page numbers, the indentation of the right-hand margin, and the -separation of the dots in the dotted leaders, respectively. The -series of commands named \csx{l@\emph{xxx}}, where \texttt{\emph{xxx}} -is the name of a sectional heading (such as \texttt{chapter} or -\texttt{section}, \dots{}\@) control the layout of the corresponding -heading, including the space for section numbers. All these internal -commands may be individually redefined to give the effect that you -want. - -All that work may be avoided, using the package \Package{tocloft} -which provides a set of user-level commands that may be used to change -the \acro{TOC} formatting. Since exactly the same mechanisms are used -for the List of Figures and List of Tables, the layout of these -sections may be controlled in the same way. - -The \Package{etoc} package offers similar flexibility, together with -multicolumn tables of contents and boxes around tables (and the like). - -The \Class{KOMA-Script} classes provides an optional variant structure -for the table of contents, and calculates the space needed for the -numbers automatically. The \Class{memoir} class includes the functionality -of \Package{tocloft}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[etoc.sty]\CTANref{etoc} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[tocloft.sty]\CTANref{tocloft} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-12-07} - -\Question[Q-secnumdep]{Unnumbered sections in the Table of Contents} - -The way the relevant parts of sectioning commands work is exemplified -by the way the \csx{chapter} command uses the counter \texttt{secnumdepth} -(described in Appendix~C of the \LaTeX{} manual): -\begin{enumerate} -\item put something in the \extension{aux} file, which will appear in - the \extension{toc}; -\htmlignore -\item if \ensuremath{\texttt{secnumdepth} \geq 0}, -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\item if the \texttt{secnumdepth} counter is greater than or equal to - zero, -\end{htmlversion} - increase the counter for the chapter and write it out. -\item write the chapter title. -\end{enumerate} -Other sectioning commands are similar, but with other values used in -the test. - -So a simple way to get headings of funny `sections' such as prefaces -in the table of contents is to use the counter: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1} -\chapter{Preface} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Unfortunately, you have to set \texttt{secnumdepth} back to its usual -value (which is~2 in the standard styles) before you do any `section' -which you want to be numbered. - -Similar settings are made, automatically, in the \LaTeX{} book class by -the \csx{frontmatter} and \csx{backmatter} commands. - -The value of the counter \texttt{tocdepth} controls which headings -will be finally printed in the table of contents; it is normally set -in the preamble and is a constant for the document. The package -\Package{tocvsec2} package takes the tedium out of changing the -\texttt{secnumdepth} and/or the \texttt{tocdepth} counter values at -any point in the body of the document; the commands (respectively) -\csx{setsecnumdepth} and \csx{settocdepth} make the changes based on -the \emph{name} of the sectional unit (\texttt{chapter}, -\texttt{section}, etc.\@). - -The package \Package{abstract} (see % line break! -\Qref[question]{one-column abstracts}{Q-onecolabs}) includes an option -to add the \texttt{abstract} to the table of contents, while the -package \Package{tocbibind} has options to include the table of -contents itself, the \texttt{bibliography}, \texttt{index}, etc., to -the table of contents. - -The \Class{KOMA-Script} classes have commands \csx{addchap} and -\csx{addled}, which work like \csx{chapter} and \csx{section} but -aren't numbered. The \Class{memoir} class incorporates the facilities -of all three of the \Package{abstract}, \Package{tocbibind} and -\Package{tocvsec2} packages. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[abstract.sty]\CTANref{abstract} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[tocbibind.sty]\CTANref{tocbibind} -\item[tocvsec2.sty]\CTANref{tocvsec2} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-tocbibind]{Bibliography, index, etc., in \acro{TOC}} - -The standard \LaTeX{} classes (and many others) use \csx{section*} or -\csx{chapter*} for auto-generated parts of the document (the tables of -contents, lists of figures and tables, the bibliography and the index). As a -result, these items aren't numbered (which most people don't mind), -and (more importantly) they don't appear in the table of contents. - -The correct solution (as always) is to have a class of your own that -formats your document according to your requirements. The macro to do -the job (\csx{addcontentsline}) is fairly simple, but there is always -an issue of ensuring that the contents entry quotes the correct page. -Supposing that our the document is chapter-based (class \Class{report} -or \Class{book}, for example), the text: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\bibliography{frooble} -\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will produce the \emph{wrong} answer if the bibliography is more than -one page long. Instead, one should say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cleardoublepage -\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} -\bibliography{frooble} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(Note that \csx{cleardoublepage} does the right thing, even if your -document is single-sided~--- in that case, it's a synonym for -\csx{clearpage}). Ensuring that the entry refers to the right place is -trickier still in a \csx{section}-based class. - -If you are using \Package{hyperref} (which will link entries in the -table of contents to the relevant place in the file), a slight -adjustment is necessary: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cleardoublepage -\phantomsection -\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} -\bibliography{frooble} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The extra command (\csx{phantomsection}) gives \Package{hyperref} -something to ``hold on to'' when making the link. - -The common solution, therefore, is to use the \Package{tocbibind} -package, which provides many facilities to control the way these -entries appear in the table of contents. - -Classes of the \Class{KOMA-script} bundle provide this functionality -as a set of class options (e.g., \pkgoption{bibtotoc} to add the -bibliography to the table of contents); the \Class{memoir} class includes -\Package{tocbibind} itself. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[tocbibind.sty]\CTANref{tocbibind} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-minitoc]{Table of contents, etc., per chapter} - -The common style, of a ``small'' table of contents for each part, -chapter, or even section, is supported by the \Package{minitoc} -package. The package also supports mini-lists of tables and figures; -but, as the documentation observes, mini-bibliographies present a -different problem~--- see -\Qref[question]{bibliographies per chapter}{Q-chapbib}. - -The package's basic scheme is to generate a little \extension{aux} file for -each chapter, and to process that within the chapter. Simple usage -would be: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{minitoc} -... -\begin{document} -... -\dominitoc \tableofcontents -\dominilof \listoffigures -... -\chapter{blah blah} -\minitoc \mtcskip \minilof -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -though a lot of elaborations are possible (for example, you don't need -a \csx{minitoc} for every chapter). - -\Package{Babel} doesn't know about \Package{minitoc}, but -\Package{minitoc} makes provision for other document languages than -English~--- a wide variety is available. Fortunately, the current -version of the \Package{hyperref} package does know about -\Package{minitoc} and treats \csx{minitoc} tables in the -same way as ``real'' tables of contents. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[babel.sty]\CTANref{babel} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[minitoc.sty]\CTANref{minitoc} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-03-05} - -\Question[Q-multind]{Multiple indexes} - -\LaTeX{}'s standard indexing capabilities (those provided by the -\Package{makeidx} package) only provide for one index in your -document; even quite modest documents can be improved by indexes for -separate topics. - -The \Package{multind} package provides simple and straightforward -multiple indexing. You tag each \csx{makeindex}, \csx{index} and -\csx{printindex} command with a file name, and indexing commands are -written to (or read from) the name with the appropriate (\extension{idx} or -\extension{ind}) extension appended. The \csx{printindex} command is modified -from an old version of the \LaTeXo{} standard so that it doesn't -create its own chapter or section heading; you therefore decide what -names (or sectioning level, even) to use for the indexes, and -\Qref*{\csx{indexname}}{Q-fixnam} is completely ignored. - -To create a ``general'' and an ``authors'' index, one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{multind} -\makeindex{general} -\makeindex{authors} -... -\index{authors}{Eccentric Professor} -... -\index{general}{FAQs} -... -\printindex{general}{General index} -\printindex{authors}{Author index} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -To complete the job, run \LaTeX{} on your file enough times that -labels, etc., are stable, and then execute the commands -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -makeindex general -makeindex authors -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -before running \LaTeX{} again. Note that the names of the index files -to process are not necessarily related to the name of the \LaTeX{} -file you're processing, at all. (There's no documentation that comes -with the package: what you see above is as good as you will -get\dots{}) - -The \Package{multind} package doesn't work with the % ! line break -\Qref*{\amslatex{} classes}{Q-AMSpkg}, but the \acro{AMS} provide a -substitute, the \Package{amsmidx} package. You use the -\Package{amsmidx} package pretty much the same as you would -\Package{multind}, but if things aren't clear, there \emph{is} -documentation (unlike \Package{multind}). - -The \Package{index} package provides a comprehensive set of indexing -facilities, including a \csx{newindex} command that allows the -definition of new styles of index. \csx{newindex} takes a `tag' (for -use in indexing commands), replacements for the \extension{idx} and -\extension{ind} file extensions, and a title for the index when it's -finally printed; it can also change the item that's being indexed -against (for example, one might have an index of artists referenced by -the figure number where their work is shown). - -Using \Package{index}, to create an author index together with a -``normal'' index, one would start with preamble commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{index} -\makeindex -\newindex{aut}{adx}{and}{Name Index} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which load the package, define a ``main'' (original-style) index, and -then define an author index. Then, in the body of the document, we -might find commands like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\index[aut]{Another Idiot} -... -\index{FAQs} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Which place an entry in the author index, and then one in the main -index. At the end of the document, we have two commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\printindex -\printindex[aut] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Which will print the main index and then the author index. Supposing -this lot to be in \File{myfile.tex}, after enough runs through -\LaTeX{} that labels are stable, execute the following commands -(Unix-style shell commands shown here, but the principle is the same -whatever system you're using): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -makeindex myfile -makeindex myfile.adx -o myfile.and -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and rerun \LaTeX{}. The \ProgName{makeindex} commands process -\File{myfile.idx} to \File{myfile.ind} (the default action), and then -\File{myfile.adx} to \File{myfile.and}, the two files needed as input -by the two \csx{printindex} commands in \File{myfile.tex}. - -The \Package{splitidx} package can operate in the same way as the -others: load the package with the \pkgoption{split} option, and -declare each index with a \csx{newindex} command: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{newindex}[\meta{index name}]{\meta{shortcut}} -\end{quote} -and \Package{splitidx} will generate a file -\csx{jobname}\texttt{.\meta{shortcut}} to receive index entries -generated by commands like \cmdinvoke{sindex}[\meta{shortcut}]{\meta{item}}. -As with the other packages, this method is limited by \TeX{}'s total -number of output files. However, \Package{splitindex} also comes with -a small executable \ProgName{splitindex} (available for a variety of -operating systems); if you use this auxiliary program (and don't use -\pkgoption{split}), there's no limit to the number of indexes. Apart -from this trick, \Package{splitidx} supports the same sorts of things -as does \Package{index}. An example of use appears in -the documentation. - -The \Package{imakeidx} package can do a wide range of things (in particular, -it can run an index-builder~--- via % ! line break -\Qref*{\csx{write18} commands}{Q-spawnprog}~--- so as to simplify -business of making the final copy of a document). The package can -also make multiple indexes; it can do the job in the conventional -(\Package{multind}) way, or by using the external -\ProgName{splitindex} script provided with the \Package{splitindex} -package. (This arrangement allows efficient operation with small -numbers of indexes, while retaining the flexibility of permitting -large numbers of indexes without hitting the restriction of numbers of -active output streams.) - -The \Class{memoir} class has its own multiple-index functionality (as -well as its own index layout options, which other packages delegate to -the index style used by \ProgName{makeindex}). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsmidx.sty]Part of the \acro{AMS} class distribution - \CTANref{amscls}[amsmidx] -\item[imakeidx.sty]\CTANref{imakeidx} -\item[index.sty]\CTANref{index} -\item[makeidx.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[multind.sty]\CTANref{multind} -\item[splitidx.sty \bgroup\nothtml{\normalfont}and \egroup splitindex]% - \CTANref{splitindex} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-backgrnd.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-backgrnd.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 4b3ed751562..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-backgrnd.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1220 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-backgrnd.tex,v 1.31 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{The Background} - -\Question[Q-startup]{Getting started} - -\alltex{} offers a very large number of choices, and the beginner has -to navigate through that set before even taking his first steps. The -aim here is to guide the beginner through a set of answers that may -help the process. We assume the beginner `knows' that \alltex{} is -for them; if not, the discussion ``\Qref{what is \tex{}}{Q-whatTeX}'' -may help. - -To start at the very beginning, then, the beginner may wish to know -what all those % ! line break -``\Qref*{things with \tex{} in their name are}{Q-texthings}''. - -Armed with that knowledge, the beginner needs to decide what macro -format she needs (always assuming someone hasn't already told her she -needs to use ``foo\tex{}''. Learn about the alternatives in answers -discussing common formats: look at % line break -\Qref*{writing \plaintex{}}{Q-plaintex}, -\Qref*{\latex{}}{Q-latex} or -\Qref*{\context{}}{Q-context}. - -If no system has been provided, the beginner needs to acquire a \tex{} -distribution appropriate to their machine. Available options are -available via the answer % ! line break -``\Qref*{\alltex{} for various machines}{Q-TeXsystems}''; we assume -here that the beginner can install things for herself, or has access -to someone who can. - -Finally, the beginner needs to get started in the chosen format. For -\plaintex{}, see ``\Qref[]{Online introductions: \TeX{}}{Q-man-tex}''; -for \latex{}, see % ! line break -``\Qref[]{Online introductions: \LaTeX{}}{Q-man-latex}''; and for -\context{}, the place to start is the % line break -\href{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page}{ConTeXt garden wiki} -(which is so good the present \acro{FAQ}s don't even try to compete). -\LastEdit*{2011-03-04} - - -\Question[Q-whatTeX]{What is \TeX{}?} - -\TeX{} is a typesetting system written by -\href{http://sunburn.stanford.edu/~knuth/}{Donald E. Knuth}, who -says in the Preface to his book on \TeX{} -(see \Qref[question]{books about TeX}{Q-tex-books}) that it is -%% !line wrap avoided by two commands -``\emph{intended for the creation of beautiful books~---} -\emph{and especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics}''. -(If \TeX{} were \emph{only} good for mathematical books, much of its -use nowadays would not happen: it's actually a pretty good general -typesetting system.) - -Knuth is Emeritus Professor of the Art of Computer Programming at -Stanford University in California, \acro{USA}. Knuth developed the -first version of \TeX{} in 1978 to deal with revisions to his series -``the Art of Computer Programming''. The idea proved popular and -Knuth produced a second version (in 1982) which is the basis of what -we use today. - -Knuth developed a system of % ! line breaks -`\Qref*{literate programming}{Q-lit}' to write \TeX{}, -and he provides the literate (\acro{WEB}) source of \TeX{} free of charge, -together with tools for processing the |web| source into something -that can be compiled and something that can be printed; there is (in -principle) never any mystery about what \TeX{} does. Furthermore, the -\acro{WEB} system provides mechanisms to port \TeX{} to new operating -systems and computers; and in order that one may have some confidence -in the ports, Knuth supplied a \Qref*{test}{Q-triptrap} by -means of which one may judge the fidelity of a \TeX{} system. \TeX{} -and its documents are therefore highly portable. - -For the interested programmer, the distribution of \TeX{} has some -fascination: it's nothing like the way one would construct such a -program nowadays, yet it has lasted better than most, and has been -ported to many different computer architectures and operating -systems~--- the sorts of attributes that much modern programming -practice aims for. The processed `readable' source of \TeX{} the -program may be found in the % ! line break -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref*{\acro{TDS} structured}{Q-tds} version of the distribution. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{dviversion} - \acro{TDS} structured version of the distribution (see - \Qref*{\acro{TDS} structure}{Q-tds}). -\end{dviversion} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Knuth's source distribution]\CTANref{knuth-dist} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Knuth's sources in \acro{TDS} layout]\CTANref{knuth-tds} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-11-27} - -\Question[Q-plaintex]{What's ``writing in \TeX{}''?} - -\TeX{} is a macro processor, and offers its users a powerful -programming capability. To produce a document, you write macros and -text interleaved with each other. The macros define an environment in -which the text is to be typeset. - -However, the basic \TeX{} engine is pretty -basic, and is a pretty difficult beast to deal with. Recognising this -(and not wanting to write the same things at the start of every -document, himself) Knuth provided a package of macros for use with -\TeX{}, called \plaintex{}; \plaintex{} is a useful minimum set of -macros that can be used with \TeX{}, together with some demonstration -versions of higher-level commands. When people say they're ``writing -(or programming) in \TeX{}'', they usually mean they're programming in -\plaintex{}. - -\Question[Q-TeXpronounce]{How should I pronounce ``\TeX{}''?} - -The `X' is ``really'' the Greek letter % ! line break -Chi\nothtml{ (\ensuremath{\chi}, in lower case)}, and is pronounced by -English-speakers either a bit like the `ch' in the Scots word `loch' -([x] in the IPA) or (at a pinch, if you can't do the Greek sound) like -`k'. It definitely is not pronounced `ks' (the Greek letter with that -sound doesn't look remotely like the Latin alphabet `X'). - -This curious usage derives from Knuth's explanation in the \TeX{}book -that the name comes from the Greek word for `art' or `craft' -(`\latexhtml{\ensuremath{\tau\epsilon\chi\nu\eta}}{\emph{techni}}'), -which is the root of the English word `technology'. Knuth's logo for \TeX{} is -merely the uppercase version of the first three (Greek) letters of the -word, jiggled about a bit; we don't use that logo (and logos like it) -in this \acro{FAQ} (see % ! line break -\Qref[question]{Typesetting \TeX{}-related logos}{Q-logos}). - -\Question[Q-MF]{What is \MF{}?} - -\MF{} was written by Knuth as a companion to \TeX{}; whereas \TeX{} -defines the layout of glyphs on a page, \MF{} defines the shapes of -the glyphs and the relations between them. \MF{} details the sizes of -glyphs, for \TeX{}'s benefit, and creates bitmaps that may be used to -represent the glyphs, for the benefit of programs that will produce -printed output as post processes after a run of \TeX{}. - -\MF{}'s language for defining fonts permits the expression of several -classes of things: first (of course), the simple geometry of the -glyphs; second, the properties of the print engine for which the -output is intended; and third, `meta'-information which can -distinguish different design sizes of the same font, or the difference -between two fonts that belong to the same (or related) families. - -Knuth (and others) have designed a fair range of fonts using \MF{}, -but font design using \MF{} is much more of a minority skill (even) than is -\TeX{} macro-writing. -What is more, it is a dying art: few new \tex{}-related fonts are -produced using \MF{}, nowadays. Indeed, several of the major font -families (that originated in \MF{} designs) are now seldom used in any -other way than their conversion to an outline font format. -%% The complete \TeX{}-user nevertheless needs to -%% be aware of \MF{}, and may even be required run \MF{} to generate personal -%% copies of Meta-fonts that come her way. -\LastEdit{2011-07-03} - -\Question[Q-MP]{What is \MP{}?} - -The \MP{} system (by John Hobby) implements a picture-drawing language -very much like that of \MF{}; the difference is that \MP{} outputs -vector graphic files instead of run-length-encoded bitmaps; output -formats available are \PS{} or \acro{SVG} -\MP{} -is a powerful language for producing figures for documents to be -printed on \PS{} printers, either directly or embedded in \AllTeX{} -documents. \MP{} is able to integrate text and mathematics, marked up -for use with \TeX{}, within the graphics. (Knuth tells us that he -uses nothing but \MP{} for diagrams in text that he is writing.) - -Although \PDFLaTeX{} cannot ordinarily handle \PS{} graphics, the -output of \MP{} is sufficiently simple and regular that \PDFLaTeX{} -can handle it direct, using code borrowed from -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref*{\context{}}{Q-context}~--- -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - \context{}~--- -\end{flatversion} -see \Qref[question]{graphics in \PDFLaTeX{}}{Q-pdftexgraphics}. - -Much of \MP{}'s source code was copied from \MF{}'s sources, with -Knuth's permission. - -A mailing list discussing \MP{} is available; -\begin{flatversion} - subscribe via the \acro{TUG} \ProgName{mailman} interface at - \URL{http://lists.tug.org/metapost} -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - subscribe via the % ! line break - \href{http://lists.tug.org/metapost}{\acro{TUG} \ProgName{mailman} interface}. -\end{hyperversion} -The \acro{TUG} website also hosts a % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/metapost.html}{\MP{} summary page}, and the -\Package{tex-overview} document gives you a lot more detail (and some -explanatory background material). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[tex-overview.pdf]\CTANref{tex-overview} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-12-10} - -\Question[Q-texthings]{Things with ``\TeX{}'' in the name} - -New \TeX{} users are often baffled by the myriad terms with ``\TeX{}'' -in the name. The goal of this answer is to clarify some of the more -common such terms. - -\paragraph{\TeX{} itself} -\TeX{} proper is a typesetting system based on a set of low-level -control sequences that instruct \TeX{} how to lay out text on the -page. For example, \csx{hskip} inserts a given amount of horizontal -space into the document, and \csx{font} makes a given font available -in a document. \TeX{} is fully programmable using an integrated macro -scripting language that supports variables, scoping, conditional -execution, control flow, and function (really, macro) definitions. -See % ! line break -\Qref[question]{what is \TeX{}?}{Q-whatTeX} for some background -information on \TeX{} and % ! line break -\Qref[question]{some reference documents}{Q-ref-doc} for pointers to -descriptions of \TeX{} control sequences, data types, and other key -parts of \TeX{}. - -\paragraph{\TeX{} macro packages (a.k.a.~\TeX{} formats)} -Some of \TeX{}'s control sequences are tedious to use directly; they are -intended primarily as building blocks for higher-level~--- and therefore -more user-friendly~--- abstractions. For example, there is no way in -base \TeX{} to specify that a piece of text should be typeset in a -larger font. Instead, one must keep track of the current size and -typeface, load a new font with the same typeface but a (specified) -larger size, and tell \TeX{} to use that new font until instructed -otherwise. Fortunately, because \TeX{} is programmable, it is -possible to write a macro that hides this complexity behind a simple, -new control sequence. (For example, it is possible to define -\cmdinvoke{larger}{my text} to typeset ``my text'' in -at a font size next larger than the current one.) - -While some users write their own, perfectly customized set of -macros~--- which they then typically reuse across many documents~--- it is -far more common to rely upon a \emph{macro package}, a collection of -\TeX{} macros written by experts. For the user's convenience, these -macro packages are often combined with the base \TeX{} engine into a -standalone executable. The following are some of that macro packages -that you are likely to encounter: -\begin{description} - \item[Plain \TeX{} (executable: \ProgName{tex})] - See - \Qref[questions]{Books on \TeX{} and \plaintex{}}{Q-tex-books}, - \Qref[]{Online introductions: \TeX{}}{Q-man-tex}, - \Qref[]{Should I use Plain \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}?}{Q-plainvltx} and - \Qref[]{Freely available \AllTeX{} books}{Q-ol-books}. - Note that the Plain \TeX{} executable is called \ProgName{tex}; the - base \TeX{} engine is generally provided by a separate executable - such as \ProgName{initex} or as a \texttt{-ini} flag to - \ProgName{tex}. - - \item[\LaTeX{} (executable: \ProgName{latex})] - See - \Qref[questions]{Books on \TeX{} and its relations}{Q-latex-books}, - \Qref[]{\AllTeX{} Tutorials, etc.}{Q-tutorials*}, - \Qref[]{Online introductions: \LaTeX{}}{Q-man-latex} and - \Qref[]{Specialized \AllTeX{} tutorials}{Q-tutbitslatex}. - Note that there have been two major versions of \LaTeX{}: \LaTeXe{} - refers to the current version of \LaTeX{} while \LaTeXo{} is the - long-since-obsolete (since 1994) version (cf.~% - \Qref[question]{What is \LaTeXe{}?}{Q-latex2e} for more information). - - \item[\CONTeXT{} (executable: \ProgName{texmfstart})] - See - \Qref[question]{What is \CONTeXT{}?}{Q-context}. - - \item[Texinfo (executables: \ProgName{tex}, \ProgName{makeinfo})] - See - \Qref[question]{What is Texinfo?}{Q-texinfo}. \ProgName{makeinfo} - converts Texinfo documents to \acro{HTML}, DocBook, Emacs info, - \acro{XML}, and plain text. \ProgName{Tex} (or wrappers such as - \ProgName{texi2dvi} and \ProgName{texi2pdf}) produce one of \TeX{}'s - usual output formats such as \acro{DVI} or \acro{PDF}. Because - \ProgName{tex} loads the Plain \TeX{} macros, not the Texinfo ones, - a Texinfo document must begin with - \begin{quote} - \csx{input}\texttt{ texinfo} - \end{quote} - explicitly load the Texinfo macro package. - - \item[\Eplain{}~--- Extended Plain \TeX{} (executable: \ProgName{eplain})] - See - \Qref[question]{What is \Eplain{}?}{Q-eplain}. -\end{description} - -\paragraph{Modified \ProgName{tex} executables} -The original \ProgName{tex} executable was produced in the late 1970s -(cf.~\Qref[question]{What is \TeX{}?}{Q-whatTeX}) and consequently -lacked some features that users have come to expect from today's -software. The following programs address these issues by augmenting -the \TeX{} engine with some additional useful features: - -\begin{description} - \item[\PDFTeX{} (executable: \ProgName{pdftex})] - \TeX{}, which predates the \acro{PDF} file format by a decade, - outputs files in a \TeX{}-specific format called \acro{DVI} - (cf.~\Qref[question]{What is a \acro{DVI} file?}{Q-dvi}). In - contrast, \PDFTeX{} can output both \acro{DVI} \emph{and} \acro{PDF} - files. In \acro{PDF} mode, it lets documents exploit various - \acro{PDF} features such as hyperlinks, bookmarks, and annotations, - \PDFTeX{} additionally supports two sophisticated micro-typographic - features: character protrusion and font expansion. See - \Qref[question]{What is \PDFTeX{}?}{Q-whatpdftex}. - - \item[\xetex{} (executable: \ProgName{xetex})] - \xetex{} reads \acro{UTF}-8 encoded Unicode input, and extends - \TeX{}'s font support to include `modern' formats such as TrueType - and OpenType; these extensions to its capabilities make it - well-suited to multi-lingual texts covering different writing - systems. See \Qref[question]{What is \xetex{}?}{Q-xetex}. - - \item[\LuaTeX{} (executable: \ProgName{luatex})] - \TeX{} is programmed in its own arcane, integrated, macro-based - programming language. \LuaTeX{} adds a second programming engine - using a modern scripting language, Lua, which is `embedded' in a - \tex{}-alike engine; it too reads \acro{UTF}-8 and uses TrueType - OpenType fonts. See % ! line break - \Qref[question]{What is \LuaTeX{}?}{Q-luatex}. - - \item[\eTeX{} (executable: \ProgName{etex})] - \eTeX{} is an extension of \tex{}'s programming interface; as such - it's only indirectly useful to end users, but it can be valuable to - package developers; there is an increasing number of macro packages - that require the use of \eTeX{}. As well as existing in - \ProgName{etex}, \eTeX{} features are usually available in the - \ProgName{pdftex} executables provided in the standard - distributions; \xetex{} and \luatex{} also provide \etex{}'s - programming facilities. See % ! line break - \Qref[question]{What is \eTeX{}?}{Q-etex}. - - (Note: \eTeX{}, which enhances the \TeX{} engine, is not to be - confused with \Eplain{}, which enhances the Plain \TeX{} macro - package.) -\end{description} - -Because each of the above derive from a base \TeX{} engine, it is in -principle possible to combine any of them with one of the \TeX{} macro -packages listed earlier to produce `extended' executables. For -example, the \ProgName{pdflatex}, \ProgName{xelatex} and -\ProgName{lualatex} executables each combine \LaTeX{} with an enhanced -\TeX{} engine. Indeed, most (if not all) of the development of -\context{} is now using \luatex{}. - -Some executables combine the features of multiple enhanced \TeX{} -engines: for example, \ProgName{pdftex} now (in current distributions) -offers both \PDFTeX{} and \eTeX{} extensions into a single executable -This executable may be offered with a \LaTeX{} format (as -\ProgName{latex} or \ProgName{pdflatex}) or with a \plaintex{} format -(as \ProgName{pdftex}). (\ProgName{Tex} remains with an unadorned -\TeX{} executable using \plaintex{}, for people such as Knuth himself, -who want the certainty of the ``original''.) - -\paragraph{\TeX{} distributions} -A \emph{\TeX{} distribution} provides a structured collection of -\TeX{}-related software. Generally, a \TeX{} distribution includes a -set of ``core'' \TeX{} executables such as \ProgName{tex} and -\ProgName{latex}; various fonts optimized for use with \TeX{}; helper -programs such as the \BibTeX{} bibliographic-database formatter, -editors, integrated development environments, file-format-conversion -programs; numerous \LaTeX{} packages; configuration tools; and any -other goodies the distributor chooses to include. - -Commonly encountered \TeX{} distributions include \texlive{}, -\miktex{} and Mac\TeX{}; older ones include oz\TeX{}, -\acro{CM}ac\TeX{} and te\TeX{}. \miktex{} is also available as the -basis of the Pro\TeX{}t bundle, distributed on the \texlive{} -\acro{DVD} mailing, as well as being available online. - -Some \TeX{} distributions target a specific operating system and/or -processor architecture; others run on multiple platforms. Many \TeX{} -distributions are free; a few require payment. See % ! line break -\Qref[question]{\AllTeX{} for different machines}{Q-TeXsystems} for a -list of free and shareware \TeX{} distributions and % ! line break -\Qref[question]{Commercial \TeX{} implementations}{Q-commercial} for a -list of commercial \TeX{} distributions. - -\paragraph{Summary} -What does it all mean?~--- the simple lists of objects, alone, offer -no help for the beginner. The \acro{FAQ} team expects this answer -only to be of use for people who are seeking guidance elsewhere -(possibly within these \acro{FAQ}s) and coming across an unexpected -name like ``blah\tex{}''. - -The subject matter covered by this answer is also addressed in a page -on the \acro{TUG} site, % ! line break -``\href{http://tug.org/levels.html}{the Levels of \tex{}}''. -\LastEdit{2011-09-26} - -\Question[Q-ctan]{What is \acro{CTAN}?} - -The acronym stands for ``Comprehensive \tex{} Archive Network'', which -more-or-less specifies what it's \emph{for}: -\begin{itemize} -\item The archives offer a comprehensive collection of \tex{} resources. -\item The content is made publicly accessible, via the internet. -\item \acro{CTAN} is a \emph{network} of archives, which strive to - stay in step with one another. -\end{itemize} -The basic framework was developed by a \acro{TUG} working group set up -to resolve the (then existing) requirement for users to \emph{know} on -which archive site a particular package might be found. - -Actual implementation offers three distinct types of host: -\begin{description} -\item[\emph{Core} archives]Which form a small, tightly-coupled set of - machines, which perform management functions as well as serving - files; -\item[\emph{Mirror} archives]Which do no more than take regular copies - of core archives, and serve them; and -\item[Archive selector]Which is a meta-service, which routes requests - to an apparently ``local'' mirror (``local'' is determined by an - algorithm that uses your net address to determine where you are, and - then selects a mirror that's close). -\end{description} -Note that there is nothing to prevent any archive from supporting -other functions, so a \acro{CTAN} mirror may also operate as a -\acro{CPAN} (Perl) mirror and as a SourceForge (general free software) -mirror, and \dots{} - -Functions that distinguish core archives are: -\begin{itemize} -\item Uploads: users may submit new (or updated) material via the - \Qref*{upload redirector}{Q-uploads}. Significant changes to the - archive are reported via the mailing list \Email{ctan-ann@dante.de} -\item Weak consistency: changes to the content of the archives are - rapidly distributed to all core archives. (Consistency is `weak' - since changes can take several minutes to propagate.) -\item Providing distribution (\texlive{} and \miktex{}) support. -\item Catalogue maintenance. -\item Mirror monitoring. -\end{itemize} - -Users may make direct contact with the -\begin{flatversion} - \ctan{} management team, via \mailto{ctan@dante.de} -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{mailto:ctan@dante.de}{\ctan{} management team}. -\end{hyperversion} - -Users should ordinarily download material from \acro{CTAN} via the -\href*{http://mirror.ctan.org/}{archive selector}: this uses the -mirror monitor's database, and uses the caller's geographical location to -offer an efficient choice of ``sufficiently up-to-date'' mirror site for -you to connect to. This procedure has the advantage of distributing -the load on \ctan{} mirrors. - -Note that all the download links, given in the web representation of -these \acro{FAQ}s, are set up to use the mirror selector. -\LastEdit{2013-05-21} - -\Question[Q-catalogue]{The (\acro{CTAN}) catalogue} - -Finding stuff on networks used always to be difficult, but in recent years, -search engines have become amazingly good at digging out unconsidered -trifles from the myriad items of information available on the net. -However, for the \alltex{} user, confusion is added by the tendency to -index the same file at several \acro{CTAN} mirror sites. - -Further, the \alltex{} user usually needs the most recent version of a -package; it's a rare search result that describes itself as obsolete! - -The \acro{CTAN} catalogue, several years after it was introduced, has -developed into a powerful tool for dealing with these difficulties. -It provides an entry for each package to be found on \acro{CTAN}; -users may search the catalogue for an entry, or they may browse its -contents, using the catalogue's lists of ``categories'' of item. - -The basis of the catalogue is a collection of small, stylised, -articles; each shows basic information about a package on \acro{CTAN}, -and includes pointers to download address (on a \acro{CTAN} mirror), -documentation and home page if any, and related packages. - -The \href{http://www.ctan.org}{\acro{CTAN} central database machine} -offers a ``Browse \acro{CTAN}'' area, with links to the list of -packages, to a list of `topics' (with packages that match each topic), -and to a list of authors (with their packages). - -In addition, every \acro{CTAN} mirror holds a copy of the catalogue, -presented as a series of web pages; one may scan the files in -alphabetic order, or use a category-based index. Such access is not -as ``sophisticated'' as that on the central site, but it served for -years before the central site appeared. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}The CTAN catalogue (on CTAN)]\CTANref{Catalogue} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-03-17} - -\Question[Q-triptrap]{How can I be sure it's really \TeX{}?} - -\TeX{} (and \MF{} and \MP{}) are written in a -\begin{flatversion} % really "non-hyper" - `literate' programming language called \ProgName{Web} (\Qref{}{Q-lit}) -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{`literate' programming}{Q-lit} language called \ProgName{Web} -\end{hyperversion} -which is designed to be portable across a wide range of computer -systems. How, then, is a new version of \TeX{} checked? - -Of course, any sensible software implementor will have his own suite -of tests to check that his software runs: those who port \TeX{} and -its friends to other platforms do indeed perform such tests. - -Knuth, however, provides a `conformance test' for both \TeX{} -(\Package{trip}) and \MF{} (\Package{trap}). -%%% Is there a similar one for \MP{}? -He characterises these as `torture tests': they are designed not to -check the obvious things that ordinary typeset documents, or font -designs, will exercise, but rather to explore small alleyways off the -main path through the code of \TeX{}. They are, to the casual reader, -pretty incomprehensible! - -Once an implementation of \TeX{} has passed its \Package{trip} test, or -an implementation of \MF{} has passed its \Package{trap} test, then it -may in principle be distributed as a working version. (In practice, -any distributor would test new versions against ``real'' documents or -fonts, too; while \Package{trip} and \Package{trap} test bits of -pathways within the program, they don't actually test for any real -world problem.) -\LastEdit{2011-05-28} - -% \Question[Q-y2k]{Are \TeX{} and friends Y2K compliant?} - -% \begin{description} -% \item[Crashing:] None of \TeX{}, \MF{} or \MP{} can themselves crash -% due to any change whatever in the date of any sort. - -% \item[Timestamps:] In the original sources, a 2-digit year was -% stored as the creation time for format files and that value is -% printed in log-files. These items should not be of general concern, -% since the only use of the date format file is to produce the log -% output, and the log file is designed for human readers only. - -% Knuth announced in 1998 that implementors would be permitted -% alter this code without fear of being accused of non-compliance. -% Nearly all implementations that are being actively maintained had -% been modified to generate 4-digit years in the format file and the -% log, by the end of 1998. The original sources themselves have now -% been modified so that 4-digit year numbers are stored. - -% \item[The \csx{year} primitive:] Certification of a \TeX{} -% implementation (see \Qref[question]{trip/trap testing}{Q-triptrap}) -% does not require that \csx{year} return a meaningful value (which -% means that \TeX{} can, in principle, be implemented on platforms -% that don't make the value of the clock available to user programs). -% The \emph{\TeX{}book} (see -% \Qref[question]{TeX-related books}{Q-tex-books}) defines \csx{year} as -% ``the current year of our Lord'', which is the only correct meaning -% for \csx{year} for those implementations which can supply a -% meaningful value, which is to say nearly all of them. - -% In short, \TeX{} implementations should provide a value in \csx{year} -% giving the 4-digit year Anno Domini, or the value 1776 if the -% platform does not support a date function. - -% Note that if the system itself fails to deliver a correct date to -% \TeX{}, then \csx{year} will of course return an incorrect value. -% \TeX{} cannot be considered Y2K compliant, in this sense, on a -% system that is not itself Y2K compliant. - -% \item[Macros:] \TeX{} macros can in principle perform calculations on -% the basis of the value of \csx{year}. -% The \Qref*{LaTeX suite}{Q-latex} -% performs such calculations in a small number of places; the -% calculations performed in the current (supported) version of \LaTeX{} are -% known to be Y2K compliant. - -% Other macros and macro packages should be individually checked. - -% \item[External software:] Software such as \acro{DVI} translators -% needs to be individually checked. -% \end{description} -% \LastEdit{2011-06-01} -% -% withdrawn 2013-05-21 - -\Question[Q-etex]{What is \eTeX{}?} - -While Knuth has declared that \TeX{} will never % !line break -\Qref*{change in any substantial way}{Q-TeXfuture}, there remain -things that one might wish had been done differently, or indeed -implemented at all. - -The \acro{NTS} project set out to produce an advanced replacement for -\TeX{}, to provide a basis for developing such modifications: this -``New Typesetting System'' would share Knuth's aims, but would -implement the work in a modern way taking account of the lessons -learned with \TeX{}. While a first demonstrator \acro{NTS} did -appear, it wasn't practically useful, and the project seems no longer -active. - -In parallel with its work on \acro{NTS} itself, the project developed -a set of extensions that can be used with a (``true'') \TeX{} system. -Such a modified system is known as an \eTeX{} system, and the concept -has proved widely successful. Indeed, current \TeX{} distributions -are delivered with most formats built with an \eTeX{}-based system (for -those who don't want them, \eTeX{}'s extensions can be disabled, leaving -a functionally standard \TeX{} system). - -The extensions range from the seemingly simple (increasing the number -of available registers from 256 to 32768) through to extremely subtle -programming support. - -\Qref*{\CONTeXT{}}{Q-context} has required \eTeX{} for its operation -for some time, though development is now focused on the use of -\Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}. - -Some \LaTeX{} packages already specify the use of \eTeX{}. Some such -packages may not work at all on a non-\eTeX{} system; others will -work, but not as well as on an \eTeX{} system. The % ! line break -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} team}{Q-LaTeX3} has announced that future \LaTeX{} -packages (specifically those from the team, as opposed to those -individually contributed) may require \eTeX{} for optimum performance. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\eTeX{}]\CTANref{etex} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-07-13} - -\Question[Q-whatpdftex]{What is \PDFTeX{}?} - -One can reasonably say that \PDFTeX{} is (today) the main stream of -\TeX{} distributions: most \LaTeX{} and many \CONTeXT{} users nowadays use -\PDFTeX{} whether they know it or not (more precisely, they use -\PDFTeX{} extended by -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref*{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex}). -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - \eTeX{}~--- \Qref{}{Q-etex}). -\end{flatversion} -So what is \PDFTeX{}? - -\PDFTeX{} is a development of \TeX{} that is capable of generating -typeset \acro{PDF} output in place of \acro{DVI}. \PDFTeX{} has -other capabilities, most notably in the area of fine typographic -detail (for example, its support for % ! line break -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{optimising line breaks}{Q-overfull}), -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - % ( <- dummy for paren balancing - optimising line breaks~--- \Qref{}{Q-overfull}), -\end{flatversion} -but its greatest impact to date has been in the area of -\acro{PDF} output. - -\PDFTeX{} started as a topic for H\`an \The {} Th\`anh's Master's~thesis, -and seems first to have been published in \TUGboat{} 18(4), in 1997 -(though it was certainly discussed at the \acro{TUG}'96 conference in -Russia). - -While the world was making good use of ``pre-releases'' of \PDFTeX{}, -Th\`anh used it as a test-bed for the micro-typography which was the -prime subject of his Ph.D.~research. Since Th\`anh was finally -awarded his Ph.D., day-to-day maintenance and development of -\PDFTeX{}~1.0 (and later) has been in the hands of a group of -\PDFTeX{} maintainers (which includes Th\`anh); the group has managed -to maintain a stable platform for general use. - -Development of \PDFTeX{} has mostly stopped (only bug fixes, and -occasional small development items are processed): future development -is focused on \Qref*{\LuaTeX{}}{Q-luatex}. -\LastEdit{2011-05-28} - -\Question[Q-latex]{What is \LaTeX{}?} - -\LaTeX{} is a \TeX{} macro package, originally written by Leslie Lamport, that -provides a document processing system. \LaTeX{} allows markup to -describe the structure of a document, so that the user -need not think about presentation. By using document classes and -add-on packages, the same document can be produced in a variety of -different layouts. - -Lamport says that \LaTeX{} -``\emph{represents a balance between functionality and ease of use}''. -This shows itself as a continual conflict that leads to -the need for such things as \acro{FAQ}s: \LaTeX{} \emph{can} -meet most user requirements, but finding out \emph{how} is often -tricky. - -\Question[Q-latex2e]{What is \LaTeXe{}?} - -Lamport's last version of \LaTeX{} (\LaTeXo{}, last updated in 1992) -was superseded in 1994 by a new version (\LaTeXe{}) provided by -\Qref*{the \LaTeX{} team}{Q-LaTeX3}. -\LaTeXe{} is now the only readily-available version of -\LaTeX{}, and draws together several threads of \LaTeX{} development -from the later days of \LaTeXo{}. The ``e'' of the name is (in the -% next (ghastly) line needed to maintain typesetting -\wideonly{\Qref{official logo}{Q-logos}}\narrowonly{official logo~--- \Qref{\relax}{Q-logos}}) -% the \relax allows sanitize to cope with the line. just don't ask... -a single-stroke epsilon -(\latexhtml{\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}{ε}, supposedly -indicative of no more than a small change). - -\LaTeXe{} has several enhancements over \LaTeXo{}, but they were all -rather minor, with a view to continuity and stability rather than the -``big push'' that some had expected from the team. \LaTeXe{} -continues to this day to offer a compatibility mode in which most -files prepared for use with \LaTeXo{} will run (albeit with somewhat -reduced performance, and subject to voluminous complaints in the log -file). Differences between \LaTeXe{} and \LaTeXo{} are -outlined in a series of `guide' files that are available in every -\LaTeX{} distribution (the same directory also contains ``news'' about -each new release of \LaTeXe{}). - -Note that, now, \latexe{} is ``feature frozen'' (the only allowed -changes come from bug reports); this, too, is in pursuit of stability, -and is a driving force for many of the efforts to contribute \latex{} -packages. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} guides and news]\CTANref{latexdoc} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-08-19} - -\Question[Q-latexpronounce]{How should I pronounce ``\LaTeX{}(\twee{})''?} - -Lamport never recommended how one should pronounce \LaTeX{}, but a lot -of people pronounce it `Lay \TeX{}' or perhaps `Lah \TeX{}' (with -\TeX{} pronounced as the program itself; see -\Qref[question]{the rules for TeX}{Q-TeXpronounce}). It is definitely -\emph{not} to be pronounced in the same way as the rubber-tree gum -(which would be `lay teks'). - -The \LaTeXe{} logo is supposed to end with an -\latexhtml{\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}{ε}; nevertheless, most -people pronounce the name as `\LaTeX{}-two-ee'. -\LastEdit{2009-06-08} - -\Question[Q-plainvltx]{Should I use \plaintex{} or \LaTeX{}?} - -There's no straightforward answer to this question. Many people swear -by \plaintex{}, and produce highly respectable documents using it -(Knuth is an example of this, of course). But equally, many people -are happy to let someone else take the design decisions for them, -accepting a small loss of flexibility in exchange for a saving of -(mental) effort. - -The arguments around this topic can provoke huge amounts of noise and -heat, without offering much by way of light; your best bet may be to -find out what those around you are using, and to follow them in the -hope of some support. Later on, you can always switch your -allegiance; don't bother about it. - -If you are preparing a manuscript for a publisher or journal, ask them -what markup they want before you -develop your own; many big publishers have developed their own -\AllTeX{} styles for journals and books, and insist that authors stick -closely to their markup. - -\Question[Q-LaTeXandPlain]{How does \LaTeX{} relate to \plaintex{}?} - -\tex{} provides a programming language (of sorts), and any document -more complex than the trivial ``hello world'' will need some -programming. - -\LaTeX{} and \plaintex{} are both libraries written for use with -\tex{}; the user commands \ProgName{tex} and \ProgName{latex} invoke -\tex{}-the-program with a library incorporated. Libraries that may be -loaded in this way are known as `\emph{formats}'; when a user ``runs'' -\plaintex{} or \latex{}, they are running \tex{} (the program) with an -appropriate format. The documents are then programmed in \plaintex{} -or \latex{} \emph{language}. - -\plaintex{} and \latex{} exist because writing your documents in `raw' -\TeX{} could involve much reinventing of wheels for every document. -Both languages serve as convenient aids to make document writing more -pleasant: \LaTeX{} provides many more items to support `common' -requirements of documents. - -As such, \LaTeX{} is close to being a superset of \plaintex{}, but -some \plaintex{} commands don't work as expected when used in a -\latex{} document. Using \plaintex{} commands in a \latex{} document -is an occasional source of bugs: the output is \emph{almost} right, -but some things are misplaced. - -So, \plaintex{} and \latex{} are related through a common parent, and -are designed for use in similar jobs; programming for one will often -not work correctly in the other. -\LastEdit{2014-03-18} - -\Question[Q-context]{What is \context{}?} - -\href{http://www.pragma-ade.com/}{\context{}} is a macro package -created by Hans Hagen of Pragma-Ade; it started as a production tool -for Pragma (which is a publishing company). \CONTeXT{} is a -document-production system based, like \LaTeX{}, on the \TeX{} -typesetting system. Whereas \LaTeX{} insulates the writer from -typographical details, \context{} takes a complementary approach by -providing structured interfaces for handling typography, including -extensive support for colors, backgrounds, hyperlinks, presentations, -figure-text integration, and conditional compilation. It gives the -user extensive control over formatting while making it easy to create -new layouts and styles without learning the \TeX{} macro -language. \CONTeXT{}'s unified design avoids the package clashes that -can happen with \LaTeX{}. - -\context{} also integrates MetaFun, a superset of \MP{} and a powerful -system for vector graphics. MetaFun can be used as a stand-alone -system to produce figures, but its strength lies in enhancing -\context{} documents with accurate graphic elements. - -\context{} allows users to specify formatting commands in English, -Dutch, German, French, or Italian, and to use different typesetting -engines (\PDFTeX{}, Xe\TeX{}, Aleph and \LuaTeX{}) without -changing the user interface. \context{} continues to develop, often in -response to requests from the user community. - -The development of \Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} was originally driven -by \context{}, almost from the start of its project. Nowadays, -\context{} it is distributed in two versions~--- mark two (files with -extension \extension{mkii}) which runs on \pdftex{} but is not under -active development, and mark four (files with extension -\extension{mkiv}) (which runs on \luatex{} and is where development -happens). - -\context{} has a large developer community (though possibly not as -large as that of latex{}), but those developers who are active seem to have -prodigious energy. Support is available via a % ! line break -\href{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page}{\acro{WIKI} site} and via the -\href{http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context}{mailing list}. -A ``standalone'' distribution (a \TeX{} distribution with no macros -other than \context{}-based ones) is available from -\url{http://minimals.contextgarden.net/} --- it provides -a \context{} system on any of a number of platforms, executing either -mark~ii or mark~iv \context{}. - -Note that \acro{CTAN} does \emph{not} hold the primary distribution of -\context{}~--- potential users should refer to -\href{http://contextgarden.net}{\context{} `garden' site} for details -of the -current distribution. \acro{CTAN} holds a copy of \CONTeXT{} but -makes no claim about its ``up-to-date''ness. Likewise, \acro{CTAN} -holds a few contributed \context{} packages, but many more are to be -found via the \href{http://contextgarden.net}{\CONTeXT{} garden}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\CONTeXT{} distribution]\CTANref{context} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\CONTeXT{} packages selection]\CTANref{context-contrib} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-05-30} - -\Question[Q-AMSpkg]{What are the \acro{AMS} packages (\AMSTeX{}, \emph{etc}.)?} - -\AMSTeX{} is a \TeX{} macro package, originally written by Michael Spivak for -the American Mathematical Society (\acro{AMS}) during 1983--1985 and -is described in the book ``\Qref*{The Joy of \TeX{}}{Q-tex-books}''. -It is based on \plaintex{}, and provides many -features for producing more professional-looking maths formulas with -less burden on authors. It pays attention to the finer details of -sizing and positioning that mathematical publishers care about. The -aspects covered include multi-line displayed equations, equation -numbering, ellipsis dots, matrices, double accents, multi-line -subscripts, syntax checking (faster processing on initial -error-checking \TeX{} runs), and other things. - -As \LaTeX{} increased in popularity, authors sought to submit papers to -the \acro{AMS} in \LaTeX{}, so \AMSLaTeX{} was developed. \AMSLaTeX{} -is a collection of \LaTeX{} packages and classes that offer authors most of -the functionality of \AMSTeX{}. -The \acro{AMS} no longer recommends the use of \AMSTeX{}, and urges -its authors to use \AMSLaTeX{} instead. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\AMSTeX{} distribution]\CTANref{amstex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\AMSLaTeX{} distribution]\CTANref{amslatex} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-eplain]{What is \Eplain{}?} - -The \href{http://tug.org/eplain}{\Eplain{}} -macro package expands on and extends the definitions in \plaintex{}. -\Eplain{} is not intended to provide ``generic typesetting -capabilities'', as do \CONTeXT{}, \LaTeX{} or -\Qref*{Texinfo}{Q-texinfo}. Instead, it defines macro tools that -should be useful whatever commands you choose to use when you prepare -your manuscript. - -For example, \Eplain{} does not have a command \csx{section}, -which would format section headings in an ``appropriate'' way, as -\LaTeX{}'s \csx{section} does. The philosophy of \Eplain{} is that -some people will always need or want to go beyond the macro designer's -idea of ``appropriate''. Canned sets of macros are fine~--- as long as you -are willing to accept the resulting output. If you don't like the -results, or if you are trying to match a different format, you may -find that \Eplain{} is for you. - -On the other hand, almost everyone would like capabilities such as -cross-referencing by labels, so that you don't have to put actual page -numbers in the manuscript. The authors of \Eplain{} believe it is the -only generally available macro package that does not force its -typographic style on an author, and yet provides these capabilities. - -Another useful feature of \Eplain{} is the ability to create PDF files -with hyperlinks. The cross-referencing macros can implicitly generate -hyperlinks for the cross-references, but you can also create explicit -hyperlinks, both internal (pointing to a destination within the -current document) and external (pointing to another local document or -a URL). - -Several \LaTeX{} packages provide capabilities which \plaintex{} -users are lacking, most notably text colouring and rotation provided by -the \Package{graphics} bundle (packages \Package{color} and -\Package{graphics}). Although the \Package{graphics} bundle provides -a \plaintex{} ``loader'' for some of the packages, it is not a -trivial job to pass options to those packages under \plaintex{}, and -much of the functionality of the packages is accessed through package -options. \Eplain{} extends the loader so that options can be passed -to the packages just as they are in \LaTeX{}. The following packages are -known to work with \Eplain{}: \Package{graphics}, \Package{graphicx}, -\Package{color}, \Package{autopict} (\LaTeX{} picture environment), -\Package{psfrag}, and \Package{url}. - -\href{http://tug.org/docs/html/eplain}{\Eplain{} documentation} is -available online (there's a \acro{PDF} copy in the \acro{CTAN} -package as well), and there's also a mailing list~--- sign up, or -browse the list archives, via -\URL{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-eplain} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\Eplain{} distribution]\CTANref{eplain} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-25} - -\Question[Q-texinfo]{What is Texinfo?} - -Texinfo is a documentation system that uses one source file to produce -both on-line information and printed output. So instead of writing -two different documents, one for the on-line help and the other for a -typeset manual, you need write only one document source file. When -the work is revised, you need only revise one document. By -convention, Texinfo source file names end with a \extension{texi} or -\extension{texinfo} extension. - -Texinfo is a macro language, somewhat similar to \LaTeX{}, but with -slightly less expressive power. Its appearance is of course rather -similar to any \TeX{}-based macro language, except that its macros -start with \texttt{@} rather than the |\| that's more commonly used in -\TeX{} systems. - -You can write and format Texinfo files into Info files within \acro{GNU} -\ProgName{emacs}, and read them using the \ProgName{emacs} Info -reader. You can also format Texinfo files into Info files using -\ProgName{makeinfo} and read them using \ProgName{info}, so you're not -dependent on \ProgName{emacs}. The distribution includes a -\ProgName{Perl} script, \ProgName{texi2html}, that will convert -Texinfo sources into \acro{HTML}: the language is a far better fit to -\acro{HTML} than is \LaTeX{}, so that the breast-beating agonies of -\Qref*{converting \LaTeX{} to \acro{HTML}}{Q-LaTeX2HTML} are largely -avoided. - -Finally, of course, you can also print the files, or convert them to -\acro{PDF} using \PDFTeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Texinfo distribution]\CTANref{texinfo} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-lollipop]{Lollipop} - -A long time ago (in the early 1990s), the Lollipop \tex{} format was -developed (originally to typeset the excellent book % !line break -\Qref{\tex{} by topic}{Q-tex-books}). Several people admired the -format, but no ``critical mass'' of users appeared, that could have -prompted maintenance of the format. - -More than 20 years later, a new maintainer appeared: he hopes to build -Lollipop into an engine for rapid document style development. (In -addition, he intends to add support for right-to-left languages such -as his own~--- Persian.) - -We can only hope that, this time, Lollipop will ``catch on''! -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[lollipop]\CTANref{lollipop} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-whyfree]{If \TeX{} is so good, how come it's free?} - -It's free because Knuth chose to make it so (he makes money from -royalties on his \TeX{} books, which still sell well). He is -nevertheless apparently happy that others should earn money by selling -\TeX{}-based services and products. While several valuable -\TeX{}-related tools and packages are offered subject to restrictions -imposed by the \acro{GNU} General Public Licence (\acro{GPL}, -sometimes referred to as `Copyleft'), which denies the right to -commercial exploitation. \TeX{} itself is offered under a pretty -permissive licence of Knuth's own. - -There are commercial versions of \TeX{} available; for some users, -it's reassuring to have paid support. What is more, some of the -commercial implementations -have features that are not available in free versions. (The -reverse is also true: some free implementations have features -not available commercially.) - -This \acro{FAQ} concentrates on `free' distributions of \TeX{}, but we -do at least list the \Qref*{major vendors}{Q-commercial}. -\LastEdit{2013-06-25} - -\Question[Q-TeXfuture]{What is the future of \TeX{}?} - -Knuth has declared that he will do no further development of \TeX{}; -he will continue to fix any bugs that are reported to him (though -bugs are rare). This decision was made soon after -\TeX{} version~3.0 was released; at each bug-fix release -the version number acquires one more digit, so that it tends to the -limit~\ensuremath{\pi} (at the time of writing, Knuth's latest release -is version 3.1415926). Knuth wants \TeX{} to be frozen at -version~\ensuremath{\pi} when he dies; thereafter, no further changes -may be made to Knuth's source. (A similar rule is applied to \MF{}; -its version number tends to the limit~\emph{e}, and currently -stands at 2.718281.) - -Knuth explains his decision, and exhorts us all to respect it, in a -paper originally published in % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb11-4/tb30knut.pdf}{\TUGboat{} 11(4)}, -and reprinted in the % ! line break -\href{http://www.ntg.nl/maps/pdf/5_34.pdf}{NTG journal MAPS}. - -There are projects (some of them long-term -projects: see, for example, -\Qref[question]{the LaTeX3 project}{Q-LaTeX3}) -%\Qref[and]{and the SGML work}{Q-SGML}) -to build substantial new macro packages based on \TeX{}. There are -also various projects to build a \emph{successor} to \TeX{}. The -\Qref*{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex} extension to \TeX{} itself arose from such a -project (\acro{NTS}). Another pair of projects, which have delivered -all the results they are likely to deliver, is the -related % ! line break -\Qref*{Omega and Aleph}{Q-omegaleph}. The % ! line break -\Qref*{\xetex{} system}{Q-xetex} is in principle still under -development, but is widely used, and the % ! line break -\Qref*{\LuaTeX{} project}{Q-luatex} (though not scheduled to produce -for some time) has already delivered a system that increasingly -accessible to ``ordinary users''. -\LastEdit{2013-05-21} - -\Question[Q-readtex]{Reading \AllTeX{} files} - -So you've been sent an \AllTeX{} file: what are you going to do with -it? - -You can, of course, ``just read it'', since it's a plain text file; -the problem is that the markup tags in the document may prove -distracting. Most of the time, even \TeX{} \emph{experts} will -typeset a \AllTeX{} file before attempting to read it\nobreakspace{}\dots{} - -So you shouldn't be too concerned if you can't make head nor tail of -the file: it is designed to be read by a (sort of) compiler, and -compilers don't have much in common with human readers. - -A possible next step is to try an on-line \latex{} editor. There are -many of these~--- a compilation of links may be found in % line break -\href{http://texblog.net/latex-link-archive/online-compiler/}{this blog post} - -Of that long list, the present author has only dabbled with -\href{https://www.writelatex.com/}{Write\latex{}}; it seems well -suited to simple `one-shot' use in this way. - -If no online compiler helps, you need to typeset the document -``yourself''. The good news is that \TeX{} systems are available, -free, for most sorts of computer; the bad news is that you need a -pretty complete \TeX{} system even to read a single file, and complete -\TeX{} systems are pretty large. - -\TeX{} is a typesetting system that arose from a publishing project (see -\wideonly{``}\Qref[question]{what is \TeX{}}{Q-whatTeX}\wideonly{''}), -and its basic source is available free from its author. However, at -its root, it is \emph{just} a typesetting engine: even to view or to -print the typeset output, you will need ancillary programs. In short, -you need a \TeX{} \emph{distribution}~--- a collection of -\TeX{}-related programs tailored to your operating system: for details -of the sorts of things that are available, see -% beware line break -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{\TeX{} distributions}{Q-TeXsystems}\htmlonly{''} -or -% beware line break -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[\htmlonly]{commercial \TeX{} distributions}{Q-commercial}\latexhtml{ (for commercial distributions)}{''}. - -But beware~--- \TeX{} makes no attempt to look like the sort of -\WYSIWYG{} system you're probably used to (see -% beware line wrap -\wideonly{``}\Qref[question]{why is \TeX{} not \WYSIWYG{}}{Q-notWYSIWYG}\wideonly{''}): -while many modern versions of \TeX{} have a compile--view cycle that -rivals the best commercial word processors in its responsiveness, what -you type is usually \emph{markup}, which typically defines a logical -(rather than a visual) view of what you want typeset. - -So there's a balance between the simplicity of the original -(marked-up) document, which can more-or-less be read in \emph{any} -editor, and the really rather large investment needed to install a -system to read a document ``as intended''. - -Are you ``put off'' by all this?~--- remember that \tex{} is good at -producing \acro{PDF}: why not ask the person who sent the \tex{} file -to send an \acro{PDF} copy? -\LastEdit{2014-05-21} - -\Question[Q-notWYSIWYG]{Why is \TeX{} not a \WYSIWYG{} system?} - -\WYSIWYG{} is a marketing term (``What you see is what you get'') for -a particular style of text processor. \WYSIWYG{} systems are -characterised by two principal claims: that you type what you want to -print, and that what you see on the screen as you type is a close -approximation to how your text will finally be printed. - -The simple answer to the question is, of course, that \TeX{} was -conceived long before the marketing term, at a time when the marketing -imperative wasn't perceived as significant. (In fact, it appears that -the first experimental \WYSIWYG{} systems were running in commercial -labs, near where Knuth was working on \tex{}. At the time, of course, -\tex{} was only available on a mainframe, and getting it to run on the -small experimental machines would have distracted Knuth from his -mission to create a typesetting system that he could use when -preparing his books for publication.) - -However, all that was a long time ago: why has nothing been done with -the ``wonder text processor'' to make it fit with modern perceptions? - -There are two answers to this. First, the simple ``things \emph{have} -been done'' (but they've not taken over the \TeX{} world); and second, -``there are philosophical reasons why the way \TeX{} has developed is -ill-suited to the \WYSIWYG{} style''. - -Indeed, there is a fundamental problem with applying \WYSIWYG{} -techniques to \TeX{}: the complexity of \TeX{} makes it hard to get -the equivalent of \TeX{}'s output without actually running \TeX{} over -the whole of the document being prepared. - -A celebrated early system offering ``\WYSIWYG{} using \TeX{}'' came -from the Vor\TeX{} project: a pair of Sun workstations worked in -tandem, one handling the user interface while the other beavered away -in the background typesetting the result. Vor\TeX{} was quite -impressive for its time, but the two workstations combined had hugely -less power than the average sub-thousand-dollar Personal Computer -nowadays, and its code has not proved portable (it never even made the -last `great' \TeX{} version change, at the turn of the 1990s, to -\TeX{} version 3). - -Lightning Textures (an extension of Blue Sky's original \TeX{} system -for the Macintosh), is sadly no longer available. - -Thus``\Qref*{Scientific Word}{Q-commercial}'' (which can also interact -with a computer algebra system), is the only remaining \tex{} system -that even approximates to \WYSIWYG{} operation. - -The issue has of recent years started to attract attention -from \TeX{} developers, and several interesting projects that address -the ``\Qref*{\TeX{} document preparation environment}{Q-WYGexpts}'' -are in progress. - -All the same, it's clear that the \TeX{} world has taken a long time -to latch onto the idea of \WYSIWYG{}. -Apart from simple arrogance (``we're better, and have no need to -consider the petty doings of the commercial word processor market''), -there is a real conceptual difference between the word processor model -of the world and the model \LaTeX{} and \CONTeXT{} employ~--- the idea of -``markup''. ``Pure'' markup expresses a logical model of a document, -where every object within the document is labelled according to what -it is rather than how it should appear: appearance is deduced from the -properties of the type of object. Properly applied, markup can -provide valuable assistance when it comes to re-use of documents. - -Established \WYSIWYG{} systems find the expression of this sort of -structured markup difficult; however, markup \emph{is} starting to -appear in the lists of the commercial world's requirements, for two -reasons. First, an element of markup helps impose style on a -document, and commercial users are increasingly obsessed with -uniformity of style; and second, the increasingly pervasive use of -\acro{XML}-derived document archival formats demands it. The same -challenges must needs be addressed by \TeX{}-based document -preparation support schemes, so we are -observing a degree of confluence of the needs of the two communities: -interesting times may be ahead of us. -\LastEdit{2013-06-03} - -\Question[Q-TUG*]{\TeX{} User Groups} - -There has been a \TeX{} User Group since very near the time \TeX{} -first appeared. That first group, \acro{TUG}, is still active and its -journal \textsl{TUGboat} continues in regular publication -with articles about \TeX{}, \MF{} and related technologies, and about -document design, processing and production. \acro{TUG} holds a yearly -conference, whose proceedings are published in \textsl{TUGboat}. - -\acro{TUG}'s \href{http://www.tug.org}{web site} is a valuable -resource for all sorts of -\TeX{}-related matters, such as details of \TeX{} software, and lists -of \TeX{} vendors and \TeX{} consultants. Back articles from -\textsl{TUGboat} are also available. - -Some time ago, \acro{TUG} established a ``technical council'', whose -task was to oversee the development of \TeX{}nical projects. Most -such projects nowadays go on their way without any support from -\acro{TUG}, but \acro{TUG}'s web site lists its - -\begin{hyperversion} -\href{http://www.tug.org/twg.html}{Technical Working Groups (\acro{TWG}s)}. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} -Technical Working Groups (\acro{TWG}s: see -\URL{http://www.tug.org/twg.html}). -\end{flatversion} - -\acro{TUG} has a reasonable claim to be considered a world-wide -organisation, but there are many national and regional user groups, -too; \acro{TUG}'s web site maintains a list of -\begin{hyperversion} -href{http://www.tug.org/lugs.html}{``Local User Groups'' (\acro{LUG}s)}. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} -``local user groups'' (\acro{LUG}s: see -\URL{http://www.tug.org/lugs.html}). -\end{flatversion} - -Contact \acro{TUG} itself via \URL{http://tug.org/contact} -LastEdit{2013-06-25} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-biblio.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-biblio.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 36419bb1bf0..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-biblio.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1468 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-biblio.tex,v 1.15 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Bibliographies and citations} - -\subsection{Creating bibliographies} - -\Question[Q-buildbib]{Creating a \BibTeX{} bibliography file} - -A \BibTeX{} bibliography file may reasonably be compared to a small -database, the entries in which are references to literature that may -be called up by citations in a document. - -Each entry in the bibliography has a \emph{type} and a unique -\emph{key}. The bibliography is read, by \BibTeX{}, using the details -specified in a \emph{bibliography style}. From the style, \BibTeX{} -finds what entry types are permissible, what \emph{fields} each entry -type has, and how to format the whole entry. - -The type specifies the type of document you're making reference to; it -may run all the way from things like ``\environment{Book}'' and -``\environment{Proceedings}'' (which may even contain other citations -of type ``\environment{InBook}'' or ``\environment{InProceedings}'') -through dissertation styles like ``\environment{PhdThesis}'' to -otherwise-uncategorisable things such as ``\environment{Misc}''. The -unique key is something you choose yourself: it's what you use when -you want to \Qref*{cite an entry in the file}{Q-usebibtex}. People -commonly create a key that combines the (primary) author's name and -the year of publication, possibly with a marker to distinguish -publications in the same year. So, for example, the Dyson, Eddington, -Davidson paper about deflection of starlight appears in my -experimental \extension{bib} file as \texttt{Dyson20.1}. - -So, noting the rules of the style, you have `simply' to write a -bibliography database. Fortunately, there are several tools to help -in this endeavour: -\begin{itemize} -\item Most of the better \Qref*{\AllTeX{}-oriented editors}{Q-editors} - have ``\BibTeX{} modes''. -\item If you have an existing \environment{thebibliography} - environment, the \ProgName{Perl} script \ProgName{tex2bib} will - probably help. -\item There are a number of \BibTeX{} bibliography management systems - available, some of which permit a graphical user interface to the - task. Sadly, none seems to be available with the ordinary \TeX{} - distributions. - - Tools such as \ProgName{Xbibfile} (a graphical user interface), - \ProgName{ebib} (a database application written to run `inside' - \ProgName{emacs}) and - \ProgName{btOOL} (a set of \ProgName{perl} tools for building - \BibTeX{} database handlers) are available from \acro{CTAN}. - - Other systems, such as - \href{http://refdb.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{RefDB}}, - \href{http://www.nongnu.org/biborb}{BibORB}, - \href{http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{BibDesk}}, - \href{http://pybliographer.org}{\ProgName{pybliographer}} and the - \ProgName{Java}-based - \href{http://freshmeat.net/projects/bibkeeper/}{\ProgName{Bibkeeper}} - and \href{http://jabref.sourceforge.net}{\ProgName{JabRef}} (which - claims to supersede \ProgName{Bibkeeper}) - are only available from their development sites. -% review of web database offerings in textex_368 -\item Some commercial citation-management systems will export in - \BibTeX{} format; an example is - \href{http://www.endnote.com/}{EndNote}. -\item Data from on-line citation databases may often be translated to - \BibTeX{} format by utilities to be found on \acro{CTAN}. For - example, the \ProgName{Perl} script \ProgName{isi2bibtex} will - translate citations from \acro{ISI} ``Web of knowledge'' (a - subscription service, available to \acro{UK} academics via - \acro{BIDS}). UK academics may translate \acro{BIDS} downloads - using \ProgName{bids.to.bibtex} -\item \href{http://scholar.google.com}{Google Scholar} provides an - ``Import into \BibTeX{}'' tab for each reference it finds for you: - that tab gives you a page containing a \BibTeX{} entry for the - reference. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bids.to.bibtex]\CTANref{bidstobibtex} -\item[btOOL]\CTANref{btOOL} -\item[ebib]\CTANref{ebib} -\item[isi2bibtex]\CTANref{isi2bibtex} -\item[tex2bib]\CTANref{tex2bib} -\item[tex2bib.readme]\CTANref{tex2bib-doc} -\item[xbibfile]\CTANref{xbibfile} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-custbib]{Creating a bibliography style} - -It \emph{is} possible to write your own: the standard bibliography -styles are distributed in a form with many comments, and there is a description -of the language in the \bibtex{} distribution (see % ! line wrap -\Qref[question]{BibTeX documentation}{Q-BibTeXing}). -However, it must be admitted that the language in which \BibTeX{} -styles are written is pretty obscure, and one would not recommend -anyone who's not a confident programmer to write their own, though -minor changes to an existing style may be within the grasp of many. - -If your style isn't too `far out', you can probably avoid programming -it by using the facilities of the \Package{custom-bib} bundle. The bundle -contains a file \File{makebst.tex}, which runs you through a text menu -to produce a file of instructions, which you can then use to generate your -own \extension{bst} file. This technique doesn't offer entirely new styles -of document, but the \Package{custom-bib}'s ``master \BibTeX{} -styles'' already offer significantly more than the \BibTeX{} standard set. - -An alternative, which is increasingly often recommended, to use -\Qref*{\Package{biblatex}}{Q-biblatex}. \Package{Biblatex} offers -many hooks for adjusting the format of the output of your `basic' -\bibtex{} style, and a collection of `contributed' styles have also -started to appear. Note.bowever There are not as many of -\Package{biblatex}'s contributed styles as there are for \bibtex{}, -and there is no \Package{custom-biblatex}, both of which suggest that -beginners' r\"ole models are hard to come by. As a result, beginners -should probably resist the temptation to write their own contributed -\package{biblatex} style. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex} -\item[biblatex \nothtml{\normalfont}contributed styles]\CTANref{biblatex-contrib} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}\BibTeX{} documentation]\CTANref{bibtex} -\item[makebst.tex]Distributed with \CTANref{custom-bib} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-capbibtex]{Capitalisation in \BibTeX{}} - -The standard \BibTeX{} bibliography styles impose fixed ideas about -the capitalisation of titles of things in the bibliography. While -this is not unreasonable by \BibTeX{}'s lights (the rules come from -the \emph{Chicago Manual of Style}) it can be troublesome, since -\BibTeX{} fails to recognise special uses (such as acronyms, chemical -formulae, etc.). - -The solution is to enclose the letter or letters, whose capitalisation -\BibTeX{} should not touch, in braces, as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -title = {The {THE} operating system}, -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Sometimes you find \BibTeX{} changing the case of a single letter -inappropriately. No matter: the technique can be applied to single -letters, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -title = {Te{X}niques and tips}, -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If your document design specification requires a different style of -capitalisation, you should acquire a bibliography style that doesn't -enforce \BibTeX{}'s default rules. It is definitely \emph{not} a good -idea to enclose an entire title in braces, as in -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -title = {{TeXniques and tips}}, -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -though that does ensure that the capitalisation is not changed. Your -\BibTeX{} database should be a general-purpose thing, not something -tuned to the requirements of a particular document or bibliography -style, or to the way you are thinking today~--- for example, on a -future occasion, you might find yourself using a different \BibTeX{} -style with different capitalisation rules. - -There's more on the subject in the -% beware line wrap -\Qref*{\BibTeX{} documentation}{Q-BibTeXing}. - -\Question[Q-bibaccent]{Accents in bibliographies} - -\BibTeX{} not only has a tendency (by default) to mess about with the -% line wrap -\Qref*{case of letters in your bibliography}{Q-capbibtex}, -also makes a hash of accent commands: -``\texttt{ma}\csx{\textasciitilde}\texttt{nana}'' comes out as ``ma -nana'' (!). The solution is similar that of the letter case problem: -enclose the troublesome sequence in braces, as -``\texttt{\{}\csx{\textasciitilde}\texttt{n\}}'', in this example. - -\Question[Q-bibstrtl]{`String too long' in \BibTeX{}} - -The \BibTeX{} diagnostic ``Warning--you've exceeded 1000, the -\texttt{global-string-size}, for entry \texttt{foo}'' usually arises -from a very large abstract or annotation included in the database. -The diagnostic usually arises because of an infelicity in the coding of -\File{abstract.bst}, or styles derived from it. (One doesn't -ordinarily output annotations in other styles.) - -The solution is to make a copy of the style file (or get a clean copy -from \acro{CTAN}~--- \CTANref{abstract-bst}), and rename it (e.g., on a -long file-name system, to \File{abstract-long.bst}). Now edit it: find -function \texttt{output.nonnull} and -\begin{itemize} -\item change its first line (line 60 in the version on \acro{CTAN}) - from -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{ 's := -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{ swap$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Finally, -\item delete the function's last line, which just says ``\texttt{s} - (line 84 in the version on \acro{CTAN}). -\end{itemize} -Finally, change your \csx{bibliographystyle} command to refer to the -name of the new file. - -This technique applies equally to any bibliography style: the same -change can be made to any similar \texttt{output.nonnull} function. - -If you're reluctant to make this sort of change, the only way forward -is to take the entry out of the database, so that you don't encounter -\BibTeX{}'s limit, but you may need to retain the entry because it -will be included in the typeset document. In such cases, put the body -of the entry in a separate file: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{long.boring, - author = "Fred Verbose", - ... - abstract = "{\input{abstracts/long.tex}}" -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In this way, you arrange that all \BibTeX{} has to deal with is the -file name, though it will tell \TeX{} (when appropriate) to include -all the long text. - -\Question[Q-manyauthor]{\BibTeX{} doesn't understand lists of names} - -\BibTeX{} has a strict syntax for lists of authors' (or editors') -names in the \BibTeX{} data file; if you write the list of names in a -``natural''-seeming way, the chances are you will confuse \BibTeX{}, -and the output produced will be quite different from what you had -hoped. - -Names should be expressed in one of the forms -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -First Last -Last, First -Last, Suffix, First -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and lists of names should be separated with ``\texttt{and}''. -For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -AUTHOR = {Fred Q. Bloggs, John P. Doe \& - Another Idiot} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -falls foul of two of the above rules: a syntactically significant -comma appears in an incorrect place, and `\csx{\&}' is being used as a -name separator. The output of the above might be something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -John P. Doe \& Another Idiot Fred Q. Bloggs -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -John P. Doe \& Another Idiot - Fred Q. Bloggs -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -because ``John P. Doe \& Another Idiot has become the `first name', -while ``Fred Q. Bloggs'' has become the `last name' of a single -person. The example should have been written: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -AUTHOR = {Fred Q. Bloggs and - John P. Doe and - Another Idiot} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -AUTHOR = {Fred Q. Bloggs and John P. Doe and - Another Idiot} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -Some bibliography styles implement clever acrobatics with very long -author lists. You can force truncation by using the pseudo-name -``\texttt{others}'', which will usually translate to something like -``\emph{et al}'' in the typeset output. So, if Mr.~Bloggs wanted to -distract attention from his co-authors, he would write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -AUTHOR = {Fred Q. Bloggs and others} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-citeURL]{\acro{URL}s in \BibTeX{} bibliographies} - -There is no citation type for \acro{URL}s, \emph{per se}, in the -standard \BibTeX{} styles, though Oren Patashnik (the author of -\BibTeX{}) is believed to be considering developing one such for use -with the long-awaited \BibTeX{} version~1.0. - -The actual information that need be available in a citation of an -\acro{URL} is discussed at some length in the publicly available -on-line -\begin{narrowversion} - extracts of \acro{ISO}~690--2, available via - \URL{http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm}; - % checked 2004-01-15 -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\href{http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm}{extracts of \acro{ISO}\nobreakspace690--2}; -\end{wideversion} -the techniques below do \emph{not} satisfy all the requirements of -\acro{ISO}~690--2, but they offer a solution that is at least -available to users of today's tools. - -Until the new version of \BibTeX{} arrives, the simplest technique is -to use the \texttt{howpublished} field of the standard styles' \texttt{@misc} -function. Of course, the strictures -about \Qref*{typesetting \acro{URL}s}{Q-setURL} still apply, so the -entry will look like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@misc{..., - ..., - howpublished = "\url{http://...}" -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -A possible alternative approach is to use \BibTeX{} styles other than -the standard ones, that already have \acro{URL} entry types. -Candidates are: -\begin{itemize} -\item The \Package{natbib} styles (\Package{plainnat}, - \Package{unsrtnat} and \Package{abbrevnat}), which are extensions of - the standard styles, principally for use with \Package{natbib} - itself. However, they've acquired \acro{URL}s and other ``modern'' - entries along the way. The same author's \Package{custom-bib} is - also capable of generating styles that honour \acro{URL} entries. -\item The \Package{babelbib} bundle, which offers % ! line break - \Qref*{multilingual bibliographies}{Q-i18nbib}, similarly provides a - set of standard-style equivalents that have \acro{URL} entries. -\item More modern styles such as the \Package{harvard} package (if the - citation styles are otherwise satisfactory for you). - \Package{Harvard} bibliography styles all include a ``\texttt{url}'' - field in their specification; however, the typesetting offered is - somewhat feeble (though it does recognise and use - \ProgName{LaTeX2HTML} macros if they are available, to create - hyperlinks). -\end{itemize} -You can also acquire new \BibTeX{} styles by use of Norman Gray's -\Package{urlbst} system, which is based on a \ProgName{Perl} script -that edits an existing \BibTeX{} style file to produce a new -style. The new style thus generated has a \texttt{webpage} entry type, and -also offers support for \texttt{url} and \texttt{lastchecked} fields -in the other entry types. The \ProgName{Perl} script comes with a set -of converted versions of the standard bibliography styles. - -Another possibility is that some conventionally-published paper, -technical report (or even book) is also available on the Web. In such -cases, a useful technique is something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@techreport{..., - ..., - note = "Also available as \url{http://...}" -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@techreport{..., - ..., - note = "Also available as - \url{http://...}" -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -There is good reason to use the \Package{url} or \Package{hyperref} -packages in this context: \BibTeX{} has a habit of splitting -lines it considers excessively long, and if there are no space -characters for it to use as `natural' breakpoints, \BibTeX{} will -insert a comment (`\texttt{\textpercent{}}') character~\dots{}\@ which -is an acceptable character in an \acro{URL}. Any current version of -either of the \Package{url} or \Package{hyperref} packages detects this -``\texttt{\textpercent{}}--end-of-line'' structure in its argument, and -removes it. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[babelbib \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{babelbib} -\item[custom-bib \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{custom-bib} -\item[harvard.sty]\CTANref{harvard} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[natbib \nothtml{\rmfamily}styles]\CTANref{natbib} -\item[url.sty]\CTANref{url} -\item[urlbst]\CTANref{urlbst} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-bibplain]{Using \BibTeX{} with \plaintex{}} - -The file \File{btxmac.tex} (which is part of the \Eplain{} system) -contains macros and documentation for using \BibTeX{} with -\plaintex{}, either directly or with \Qref*{\Eplain{}}{Q-eplain}. See -\Qref[question]{the use of \BibTeX{}}{Q-BibTeXing} for more -information about \BibTeX{} itself. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[btxmac.tex]\CTANref{btxmactex} -\item[eplain \nothtml{\rmfamily}system]\CTANref{eplain} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-makebib]{Reconstructing \extension{bib} files} - -Perhaps you've lost the \extension{bib} file you generated your document from, -or have been sent a document without one. Or even, you've realised -the error of building a substantial document without the benefit of -\BibTeX{}\dots{} - -The \ProgName{Perl} script, \Package{tex2bib} makes a reasonable job -of regenerating \extension{bib} files from \environment{thebibliography} -environments, provided that the original (whether automatically or -manually generated) doesn't deviate too far from the ``standard'' -styles. - -You are well-advised to check the output of the script. While it will -not usually destroy information, it can quite reasonably mislabel it. - -Documentation of the script is to be found in the file \File{tex2bib.readme} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[tex2bib]\CTANref{tex2bib} -\item[tex2bib.readme]\CTANref{tex2bib-doc} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-bibprefixsort]{\BibTeX{} sorting and name prefixes} - -\BibTeX{} recognises a bewildering array of name prefixes (mostly -those deriving from European language names); it ignores the prefixes -when sorting the bibliography~--- you want ``Ludwig van Beethoven'' -sorted under ``Beethoven'', not under ``van''. (Lamport made a witty -deliberate mistake with Beethoven's name, in the first edition of his -\LaTeX{} manual.) - -However, a recurring issue is the desire to quote Lord Rayleigh's -publications (``Lord'' isn't an acceptable prefix), or names from -languages that weren't considered when \BibTeX{} was designed such as -``al-Wakil'' (transcribed from the Arabic). What's needed is a -separate ``sort key'', but \BibTeX{} only allows such a thing in -citations of items that have no author or editor. - -The solution is to embed the sort key in the author's name, but to -prevent it from being typeset. Patashnik recommends a command -\csx{noopsort} (no-output-sortkey), which is defined and used as -follows: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@PREAMBLE{ {\providecommand{\noopsort}[1]{}} } -... -@ARTICLE{Rayleigh1, -AUTHOR = "{\noopsort{Rayleigh}}{Lord Rayleigh}", -... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@PREAMBLE{ - {\providecommand{\noopsort}[1]{}} -} -... -@ARTICLE{Rayleigh1, -AUTHOR = - "\noopsort{Rayleigh}{Lord Rayleigh}", -... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -Note that this \csx{noopsort} applies to the last name in this kind of -construct, so an author with an Arabic name might be rendered: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -AUTHOR = "Ali {\noopsort{Hadiidii}}{al-Hadiidii}", -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -AUTHOR = - "Ali {\noopsort{Hadiidii}}{al-Hadiidii}", -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -A further use might deal with word order games, as in the famous -Vietnamese name: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -AUTHOR = "\noopsort{Thanh Han The}{Han The Thanh}", -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -AUTHOR = - "\noopsort{Thanh Han The}{Han The Thanh}", -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -though that author seems well-acquainted with Western confusion about -the significance of the parts of his name (even to the extent of -missing out the accentuation, as above\dots{}). - -\Question[Q-bibtranscinit]{`Multi-letter' initials in \BibTeX{}} -\keywords{compound initials, transcribed initials} - -If your bibliographic style uses initials~+ surname, you may encounter -a problem with some transcribed names (for example, Russian ones). -Consider the following example from the real world: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. Yu. and - Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. Yu. and Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -Note that the ``Yu'' is the initial, not a complete name. However, -\BibTeX{}'s algorithms will leave you with a citation~--- -slightly depending on the bibliographic style~--- that reads: -``S. Y. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, \dots{}''. instead of the intended -``S. Yu. Epifanov and A. A. Vigasin, \dots{}''. - -One solution is to replace each affected initial by a command that -prints the correct combination. To keep your bibliography portable, -you need to add that command to your bibliography with the -\texttt{@preamble} directive: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@preamble{ {\providecommand{\BIBYu}{Yu} } } - -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. {\BIBYu}. and - Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -@preamble{ {\providecommand{\BIBYu}{Yu} } } - -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. {\BIBYu}. and Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -If you have many such commands, you may want to put them in a separate -file and \csx{input} that \LaTeX{} file in a \texttt{@preamble} -directive. - -An alternative is to make the transcription look like an accent, from -\BibTeX{}'s point of view. For this we need a control sequence that -does nothing: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. {\relax Yu}. and Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{epifanov1997, - author = {Epifanov, S. {\relax Yu}. and - Vigasin, A. A.}, - title = ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -Like the solution by generating extra commands, this involves tedious -extra typing; which of the two techniques is preferable for a given -bibliography will be determined by the names in it. It should be -noted that a preamble that introduces lots of odd commands is usually -undesirable if the bibliography is a shared one. - -``Compound'' initials (for single names made up of two or more words) -may be treated in the same way, so one can enter Forster's rather -complicated name as: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{forster2006, - author = {Forster, P.M. {\relax de F.} and Collins, M.}, - title = ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -@article{forster2006, - author = {Forster, P.M. {\relax de F.} and - Collins, M.}, - title = ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -The same trick can be played if you're entering whole names: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... - author = {Epifanov, Sasha {\relax Yu}ri and -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(though no guarantee, that either of those names is right, is -offered!) -However, if you're typing the names in the ``natural'' (Western) way, -with given names first, the trick: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... - author = {P.M. {\relax de F.} Forster and -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -doesn't work~--- ``de F. Forster'' is treated as a compound family -names. - - -\subsection{Creating citations} - -\Question[Q-usebibtex]{``Normal'' use of \BibTeX{} from \LaTeX{}} - -To create a bibliography for your document, you need to perform a -sequence of steps, some of which seem a bit odd. If you choose to use -\BibTeX{}, the sequence is: - -First: you need a \BibTeX{} bibliography file (a \extension{bib} -file)~--- see \Qref*[question]{``creating a \BibTeX{} file''}{Q-buildbib}. - -Second: you must write your \LaTeX{} document to include a declaration -of the `style' of bibliography, citations, and a reference to the -bibliography file mentioned above. So we may have a \LaTeX{} -file containing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\bibliographystyle{plain} -... -Pooh is heroic~\cite{Milne:1926}. -... -Alice struggles~\cite{Carroll:1865}. -... -\bibliography{mybooks} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note: we have bibliography style \Package{plain}, above, which is -nearly the simplest of the lot: a sample text, showing the sorts of -style choices available, can be found on Ken Turner's web site: -\URL{http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/latex/showbst.html} - -Third: you must process the file. -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -latex myfile -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -As \LaTeX{} processes the file, the \csx{bibliographystyle} command -writes a note of the style to the \extension{aux} file; each -\csx{cite} command writes a note of the citation to the -\extension{aux} file, and the \csx{bibliography} command writes a note -of which \extension{bib} file is to be used, to the \extension{aux} file. - -Note that, at this stage, \LaTeX{} isn't ``resolving'' any of the -citations: at every \csx{cite} command, \LaTeX{} will warn you of the -undefined citation, and when the document finishes, there will be a -further warning of undefined references. - -%Some bibliography styles are designed to work with particular -%packages... - -Fourth: you must run \BibTeX{}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -bibtex myfile -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Don't try to tell \BibTeX{} anything but the file name: say -\texttt{bibtex myfile.aux} (because you know it's going to read the -\extension{aux} file) and \BibTeX{} will blindly attempt to process -\texttt{myfile.aux.aux}. - -\BibTeX{} will scan the \extension{aux} file; it will find which bibliography -style it needs to use, and will ``compile'' that style; it will note -the citations; it will find which bibliography files it needs, and -will run through them matching citations to entries in the -bibliography; and finally it will sort the entries that have been -cited (if the bibliography style specifies that they should be -sorted), and outputs the resulting details to a \extension{bbl} file. - -Fifth: you run \LaTeX{} again. It warns, again, that each citation is -(still) undefined, but when it gets to the \csx{bibliography} command, -it finds a \extension{bbl} file, and reads it. As it encounters each -\csx{bibitem} command in the file, it notes a definition of the -citation. - -Sixth: you run \LaTeX{} yet again. This time, it finds values for all -the citations, in its \extension{aux} file. Other things being equal, you're -done\dots{} until you change the file. - -If, while editing, you change any of the citations, or add new ones, -you need to go through the process above from steps 3 (first run of -\LaTeX{}) to 6, again, before the document is once again stable. -These four mandatory runs of \LaTeX{} make processing a document with -a bibliography even more tiresome than the normal two runs required to -resolve labels. - -To summarise: processing to resolve citations requires: \LaTeX{}; -\BibTeX{}; \LaTeX{}; \LaTeX{}. - -\Question[Q-whatbst]{Choosing a bibliography style} - -A large proportion of people are satisfied with one of Patashnik's -original ``standard'' styles, \Package{plain}, \Package{unsrt}, -\Package{abbrv} and \Package{alpha}. However, no style in that set -supports the ``author-date'' citation style that is popular in many -fields; but there are a very large number of contributed styles -available, that \emph{do} support the format. - -(Note that author-date styles arose because the simple and clear -citation style that \Package{plain} produces is so awkward in a -traditional manuscript preparation scenario. However, \TeX{}-based -document production does away with all those difficulties, leaving us -free once again to use the simple option.) - -Fortunately, help is at hand, on the Web, with this problem: -\begin{itemize} -\item a sample text, showing the sorts of style choices available, can - be found on -\begin{narrowversion} - Ken Turner's web site: - \URL{http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/latex/showbst.html}; -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - % ! line break - \href{http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/software/latex/showbst.html}{Ken Turner's web site}; -\end{wideversion} -\item an excellent survey, that lists a huge variety of styles, - sorted into their nominal topics as well as providing a good range - of examples, is the Reed College % ! line break -\begin{narrowversion} - ``Choosing a \BibTeX{} style'' - (\URL{http://web.reed.edu/cis/help/LaTeX/bibtexstyles.html}). -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - % ! line break - ``\href{http://web.reed.edu/cis/help/LaTeX/bibtexstyles.html}{Choosing a \BibTeX{} style}''. -\end{wideversion} -\end{itemize} - -Of course, these pages don't cover everything; the problem the -inquisitive user faces, in fact, is to find what the various available -styles actually do. This is best achieved (if the links above don't -help) by using \Package{xampl.bib} from the \BibTeX{} documentation -distribution: one can get a pretty good feel for any style one has to -hand using this ``standard'' bibliography. For style -\Package{my-style.bst}, the simple \LaTeX{} document: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\begin{document} -\bibliographystyle{my-style} -\nocite{*} -\bibliography{xampl} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will produce a representative sample of the citations the style will -produce. (Because \Package{xampl.bib} is so extreme in some of its -``examples'', the \BibTeX{} run will also give you an interesting -selection of \BibTeX{}'s error messages\dots{}) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[xampl.bib]\CTANref{xampl-bib} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-chapbib]{Separate bibliographies per chapter?} - -A separate bibliography for each `chapter' of a document can be provided -with the package \Package{chapterbib} (which comes with a bunch of -other good bibliographic things). The package allows you a -different bibliography for each \csx{include}d file (i.e., despite the -package's name, the availability of bibliographies is related to the -component source files of the document rather than to the chapters that -logically structure the document). - -The package \Package{bibunits} ties bibliographies to logical units -within the document: the package will deal with chapters and sections -(as defined by \LaTeX{} itself) and also defines a \environment{bibunit} -environment so that users can select their own structuring. - -\Qref*{The \Package{biblatex} package}{Q-biblatex}, with -\ProgName{biber}, provides a similar facility; enclose the text for -which you want a local bibliography in a \environment{refsection} -environment, and place a \csx{printbibliography} command as the last -thing in that environment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{refsection} -\chapter{First chapter} -\section{Foo} -Some text \cite{this} -with citations \cite{that}. -\printbibliography -\end{refsection} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Then process with \latex{} (of whatever flavour) and use -\ProgName{biber} to process the bibliography output. Note that -\csx{printbibliography} can take an optional argument -\pkgoption{heading=bib title} to provide the bibliography with a -(sub)section title. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[biber]\CTANref{biber} -\item[biblatex]\CTANref{biblatex} -\item[bibunits.sty]\CTANref{bibunits} -\item[chapterbib.sty]distributed as part of \CTANref{cite}[chapterbib] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-01-04} - -\Question[Q-multbib]{Multiple bibliographies?} - -If you're thinking of multiple bibliographies tied to some part of -your document (such as the chapters within the document), please see -\Qref[question]{bibliographies per chapter}{Q-chapbib}. - -For more than one bibliography, there are three options. - -The \Package{multibbl} package offers a very simple interface: you use -a command \csx{newbibliography} to define a bibliography ``tag''. The package -redefines the other bibliography commands so that each time you use any one -of them, you give it the tag for the bibliography where you want the -citations to appear. The \csx{bibliography} command itself also takes -a further extra argument that says what title to use for the resulting -section or chapter (i.e., it patches -\nothtml{\csx{refname} and \csx{bibname}~---} -\Qref{\csx{refname} and \csx{bibname}}{Q-fixnam}\nothtml{~---} in a -\Package{babel}-safe way). So one might write: -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{multibbl} -\newbibliography{bk} -\bibliographystyle{bk}{alpha} -\newbibliography{art} -\bibliographystyle{art}{plain} -... -\cite[pp.~23--25]{bk}{milne:pooh-corner} -... -\cite{art}{einstein:1905} -... -\bibliography{bk}{book-bib}% - {References to books} -\bibliography{art}{art-bib}% - {References to articles} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{multibbl} -\newbibliography{bk} -\bibliographystyle{bk}{alpha} -\newbibliography{art} -\bibliographystyle{art}{plain} -... -\cite[pp.~23--25]{bk}{milne:pooh-corner} -... -\cite{art}{einstein:1905} -... -\bibliography{bk}{book-bib}{References to books} -\bibliography{art}{art-bib}{References to articles} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -(Note that the optional argument of \csx{cite} appears \emph{before} the -new tag argument, and that the \csx{bibliography} commands may list -more than one \extension{bib} file~--- indeed all \csx{bibliography} commands -may list the same set of files.) - -The \csx{bibliography} data goes into files whose names are -\meta{tag-name}\emph{.aux}, so you will need to run -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -bibtex bk -bibtex art -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -after the first run of \LaTeX{}, to get the citations in the correct -place. - -The \Package{multibib} package allows you to define a series of -``additional topics'', each of which comes with its own series of -bibliography commands. So one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{multibib} -\newcites{bk,art}% - {References from books,% - References from articles} -\bibliographystylebk{alpha} -\bibliographystyleart{plain} -... -\citebk[pp.~23--25]{milne:pooh-corner} -... -\citeart{einstein:1905} -... -\bibliographybk{book-bib} -\bibliographyart{art-bib} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Again, as for \Package{multibbl}, any \csx{bibliography...} command may -scan any list of \extension{bib} files. - -\BibTeX{} processing with \Package{multibib} is much like that with -\Package{multibbl}; with the above example, one needs: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -bibtex bk -bibtex art -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that, unlike \Package{multibbl}, \Package{multibib} allows a -simple, unmodified bibliography (as well as the ``topic'' ones). - -The \Package{bibtopic} package allows you separately to cite several -different bibliographies. At the appropriate place in your document, -you put a sequence of \environment{btSect} environments (each of which -specifies a bibliography database to scan) to typeset the separate -bibliographies. Thus, one might have a file \File{diss.tex} containing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{bibtopic} -\bibliographystyle{alpha} -... -\cite[pp.~23--25]{milne:pooh-corner} -... -\cite{einstein:1905} -... -\begin{btSect}{book-bib} -\section{References from books} -\btPrintCited -\end{btSect} -\begin{btSect}[plain]{art-bib} -\section{References from articles} -\btPrintCited -\end{btSect} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note the different way of specifying a bibliographystyle: if you want -a different style for a particular bibliography, you may give it as an -optional argument to the \environment{btSect} environment. - -Processing with \BibTeX{}, in this case, uses \extension{aux} files whose names -are derived from the name of the base document. So in this example -you need to say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -bibtex diss1 -bibtex diss2 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -There is also a command \csx{btPrintNotCited}, which gives the rest of -the content of the database (if nothing has been cited from the -database, this is equivalent to \LaTeX{} standard \cmdinvoke{nocite}{*}). - -However, the \emph{real} difference from \Package{multibbl} and -\Package{multibib} is that selection of what appears in each -bibliography section is determined in \Package{bibtopic} by what's in -the \extension{bib} files. - -An entirely different approach is taken by the \Package{splitbib} -package. You provide a \environment{category} environment, in the -preamble of your document, for each category you want a separate -citation list for. In each environment, you list the \csx{cite} keys -that you want listed in each category. The \csx{bibliography} command -(or, more precisely, the \environment{thebibliography} environment it -uses) will sort the keys as requested. (Keys not mentioned in a -\environment{category} appear in a ``misc'' category created in the -sorting process.) A code example appears in the package documentation -(a \acro{PDF} file in the \acro{CTAN} directory, -\begin{htmlversion} - which you can browse to, from the link, below). -\end{htmlversion} -\htmlignore - see the file list, below). -\endhtmlignore -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bibtopic.sty]\CTANref{bibtopic} -\item[multibbl.sty]\CTANref{multibbl} -\item[multibib.sty]\CTANref{multibib} -\item[splitbib.sty]\CTANref{splitbib} -\end{ctanrefs} - - -\Question[Q-bibinline]{Putting bibliography entries in text} - -This is a common requirement for journals and other publications in -the humanities. Sometimes the requirement is for the entry to appear -in the running text of the document, while other styles require that -the entry appear in a footnote. - -Options for entries in running text are -\begin{itemize} -\item The package \Package{bibentry}, which puts slight restrictions - on the format of entry that your \extension{bst} file generates, but is - otherwise undemanding of the bibliography style. -\item The package \Package{inlinebib}, which requires that you use its - \File{inlinebib.bst}. \Package{Inlinebib} was actually designed for - footnote citations: its \emph{expected} use is that you place a - citation inline as the argument of a \csx{footnote} command. -\item The package \Package{jurabib}, which was originally designed for - German law documents, and has comprehensive facilities for the - manipulation of citations. The package comes with four bibliography - styles that you may use: \File{jurabib.bst}, \File{jhuman.bst} and - two Chicago-like ones. -\end{itemize} - -Options for entries in footnotes are -\begin{itemize} -\item The package \Package{footbib}, and -\item Packages \Package{jurabib} and \Package{inlinebib}, again. -\end{itemize} -Note that \Package{jurabib} does the job using \LaTeX{}'s standard -footnotes, whereas \Package{footbib} creates its own sequence of -footnotes. Therefore, in a document which has other footnotes, it may -be advisable to use \Package{jurabib} (or of course -\Package{inlinebib}), to avoid confusion of footnotes and -foot-citations. - -The \Package{usebib} package offers a `toolbox', which allows the user -to place exactly what is needed, in the text (that is, rather than a -full citation). The package's command, that does the actual -typesetting, is \cmdinvoke{usebibdata}{\meta{key}}{\meta{field}}; it -typesets the \emph{field} item from the entry \emph{key} in the -bibliography; the user then formats the entry as desired~--- obviously -one could construct one's own bibliography, altogether, from this -command, but it would quickly become tedious. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bibentry.sty]\emph{Distributed with} \CTANref{natbib} -\item[footbib.sty]\CTANref{footbib} -\item[inlinebib.sty]\CTANref{inlinebib} -\item[jurabib.sty]\CTANref{jurabib} -\item[usebib.sty]\CTANref{usebib} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-03-23} - -\Question[Q-citesort]{Sorting and compressing citations} - -If you give \LaTeX{} -\cmdinvoke{cite}{fred,joe,harry,min}, its default commands could give -something like ``[2,6,4,3]''; -this looks awful. One can of course get the things in order by -rearranging the keys in the \csx{cite} command, but who wants to do -that sort of thing for no more improvement than ``[2,3,4,6]''? - -The \Package{cite} package sorts the numbers and detects consecutive -sequences, so creating ``[2--4,6]''. The \Package{natbib} package, -with the \pkgoption{numbers} and \pkgoption{sort\&compress} options, will -do the same when working with its own numeric bibliography styles -(\File{plainnat.bst} and \File{unsrtnat.bst}). - -The package \Package{biblatex} has a built-in style -\Package{numeric-comp} for its bibliographies. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex} -\item[cite.sty]\CTANref{cite} -\item[hypernat.sty]\CTANref{hypernat} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[plainnat.bst]Distributed with \CTANref{natbib} -\item[unsrtnat.bst]Distributed with \CTANref{natbib} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-10} - -\Question[Q-mcite]{Multiple citations} - -A convention sometimes used in physics journals is to ``collapse'' a group of -related citations into a single entry in the bibliography. \BibTeX{}, -by default, can't cope with this arrangement, but the \Package{mcite} -and \Package{mciteplus} packages deal with the problem. - -\Package{mcite} overloads the \csx{cite} command to recognise a -``\texttt{*}'' at the start of a key, so that citations of the form -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cite{paper1,*paper2} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -appear in the document as a single citation, and appear arranged -appropriately in the bibliography itself. You're not limited to -collapsing just two references. You can mix ``collapsed'' references -with ``ordinary'' ones, as in -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cite{paper0,paper1,*paper2,paper3} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Which will appear in the document as 3~citations ``[4,7,11]'' -(say)~--- citation `4' will refer to paper~0, `7' will refer to a -combined entry for paper~1 and paper~2, and `11' will refer to -paper~3. - -You need to make a small change to the bibliography style -(\extension{bst}) file you use; the \Package{mcite} package -documentation tells you how to do that. - -Most recent versions of \Class{REVTeX} (version 4.1 and later), in -conjunction with recent versions of \Package{natbib}, already contain -support for combined citations and so no longer even need -\Package{mciteplus} (but \Package{mciteplus} is more general and will -work with many other class and package combinations). - -The \Package{mciteplus} package adresses many of the infelicites of -\Package{mcite}. Again, `ordinary' \extension{bst} files will not -work with \Package{mciteplus}, but the package documentation explains -how to patch an existing \BibTeX{} style. - -The \Package{collref} package takes a rather different approach to the -problem, and will work with most (if not all) \BibTeX{} packages. -\Package{Collref} spots common subsets of the references, so if it -sees a sequence -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cite{paper0,paper1,paper2,paper3} -... -\cite{some_other_paper,paper1,paper2,and_another} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -it will collect \texttt{paper1} and \texttt{paper2} as a multiple reference. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[collref.sty]\CTANref{collref} -\item[mcite.sty]\CTANref{mcite} -\item[mciteplus.sty]\CTANref{mciteplus} -\item[natbib.sty]\CTANref{natbib} -\item[revtex 4.1]\CTANref{revtex4-1} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2010-07-07} - -\Question[Q-backref]{References from the bibliography to the citation} - -A link (or at least a page reference), from the bibliography to the -citing command, is often useful in large documents. - -Two packages support this requirement, \Package{backref} and -\Package{citeref}. \Package{Backref} is part of the -\Package{hyperref} bundle, and supports hyperlinks back to the citing -command. - -\Package{Citeref} is the older, and seems to rely on rather simpler -(and therefore possibly more stable) code; it produces a list of page -references, only. It doesn't interact well with other citation -packages (for example, \Package{cite}), which probably reflects its -antiquity (it's derived from a \LaTeXo{} package). - -Neither collapses -lists of pages (``\texttt{5, 6, 7}'' comes out as such, rather than as -``\texttt{5--7}''), but neither package repeats the reference to a page that -holds multiple citations. (The failure to collapse lists is of course -forgiveable in the case of the \Package{hyperref}-related -\Package{backref}, since the concept of multiple hyperlinks from the -same anchor is less than appealing.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[backref.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{hyperref} -\item[citeref.sty]\CTANref{citeref} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-sortbib]{Sorting lists of citations} - -\BibTeX{} has a sorting function, and most \BibTeX{} styles sort the -citation list they produce; most people find this desirable. - -However, it is perfectly possible to write a -\environment{thebibliography} environment that \emph{looks} as if it -came from \BibTeX{}, and many people do so (in order to save time in -the short term). - -The problem arises when \environment{thebibliography}-writers decide -their citations need to be sorted. A common misapprehension is to -insert \cmdinvoke{bibliographystyle}{alpha} (or similar) and expect -the typeset output to be sorted in some magical way. \BibTeX{} -doesn't work that way!~--- if you write \environment{thebibliography}, -you get to sort its contents. \BibTeX{} will only sort the contents -of a \environment{thebibliography} environment when it creates it, to -be inserted from a \extension{bbl} file by a \csx{bibliography} command. - -\Question[Q-compactbib]{Reducing spacing in the bibliography} - -Bibliographies are, in fact, implemented as lists, so all the -confusion about \Qref*{reducing list item spacing}{Q-complist} also -applies to bibliographies. - -If the \Package{natbib} package `works' for you (it may not if you are using -some special-purpose bibliography style), the solution is relatively -simple~--- add -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{natbib} -\setlength{\bibsep}{0.0pt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to the preamble of your document. - -The \Package{compactbib} package has a similar effect. Its primary -purpose is to produce two bibliographies, and it seems to preclude use -of \BibTeX{} (though the package documentation, in the package file -itself, isn't particularly clear). - -Otherwise, one is into unseemly hacking of something or other. The -\Package{mdwlist} package actually does the job, but it doesn't work -here, because it makes a different-named list, while the name -``\environment{thebibliography}'' is built into \LaTeX{} and -\BibTeX{}. Therefore, we need to % ! line break -\Qref*{patch the underlying macro}{Q-patch}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\oldbibliography\thebibliography -\renewcommand{\thebibliography}[1]{% - \oldbibliography{#1}% - \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Package{savetrees} package performs such a patch, among a -plethora of space-saving measures: you can, in principle, suppress all -its other actions, and have it provide you a compressed bibliography -\emph{only}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[compactbib.sty]\CTANref{compactbib} -\item[mdwlist.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[mdwlist] -\item[natbib.sty]\CTANref{natbib} -\item[savetrees.sty]\CTANref{savetrees} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-bibtocorder]{Table of contents rearranges ``\Package{unsrt}'' ordering} - -If you're using the \Package{unsrt} bibliography style, you're -expecting that your bibliography will \emph{not} be sorted, but that -the entries will appear in the order that they first appeared in your -document. - -However, if you're unfortunate enough to need a citation in a section -title, and you also have a table of contents, the citations that now -appear in the table of contents will upset the ``natural'' ordering -produced by the \Package{unsrt} style. Similarly, if you have -citations in captions, and have a list of figures (or tables). - -There's a pretty simple ``manual'' method for dealing with the -problem~--- when you have the document stable: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Delete the \extension{aux} file, and any of \extension{toc}, - \extension{lof}, \extension{lot} files. -\item Run \LaTeX{}. -\item Run \BibTeX{} for the last time. -\item Run \LaTeX{} often enough that things are stable again. -\end{enumerate} -Which is indeed simple, but it's going to get tedious when you've -found errors in your ``stable'' version, often enough. - -The package \Package{notoccite} avoids the kerfuffle, and suppresses -citations while in the table of contents, or lists of figures, tables -(or other floating things: the code is quite general). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[notoccite.sty]\CTANref{notoccite} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-i18nbib]{Non-english bibliographies} - -Like so much of early \AllTeX{} software, \BibTeX{}'s assumptions were -firmly rooted in what its author knew well, viz., academic papers in -English (particularly those with a mathematical bent). \BibTeX{}'s -standard styles all address exactly that problem, leaving the user who -writes in another language (or who deal with citations in the style of -other disciplines than maths) to strike out into contributed software. - -For the user whose language is not English, there are several -alternatives. Possibly most straightforward is to switch to using -\Package{biblatex}, which can produce a bibliography appropriate to -several languages. However, \Package{biblatex} is large and has -correspondingly large documentation (though it is well-written and -pleasingly typeset), so its adoption takes time. - -Otherwise, the simplest procedure is to provide translations of -\BibTeX{} styles into the -required language: the solitary \Package{finplain.bst} does that for -Finnish; others one can find are for Danish (\Package{dk-bib}), French -(\Package{bib-fr}), German (\Package{bibgerm}), Norwegian -(\Package{norbib}) and Swedish (\Package{swebib}) bundles (of which -the \Package{bib-fr} set is the most extensive). The \Package{spain} -style implements a traditional Spanish citation style. - -These static approaches solve the problem, for the languages that have -been covered by them. Unfortunately, with such an approach, a lot of -work is needed for every language involved. Two routes to a solution -of the ``general'' problem are available~--- that offered by -\Package{babelbib}, and the % ! line break -\Qref*{\Package{custom-bib} mechanism for generating styles}{Q-custbib}. - -\Package{Babelbib} (which is a development of the ideas of the -\Package{bibgerm} package) co-operates with \Package{babel} to control -the language of presentation of citations (potentially at the level of -individual items). The package has a built-in set of languages it -`knows about', but the documentation includes instructions on defining -commands for other languages. \Package{Babelbib} comes with its own -set of bibliography styles, which could be a restriction if there -wasn't also a link from \Package{custom-bib}. - -The \Package{makebst} menu of \Package{custom-bib} allows you to -choose a language for the \BibTeX{} style you're generating (there are -14 languages to choose; it looks as if \Package{spain.bst}, mentioned -above, was generated this way). If, however, you opt not to specify a -language, you are asked whether you want the style to interact with -\Package{babelbib}; if you do so, you're getting the best of both -worlds~--- formatting freedom from \Package{custom-bib} and linguistic -freedom via the extensibility of \Package{babelbib} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[babelbib.sty]\CTANref{babelbib} -\item[bib-fr \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{bib-fr} -\item[bibgerm \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{bibgerm} -\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex} -\item[custom-bib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{custom-bib} -\item[finplain.bst]\CTANref{finplain} -\item[norbib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{norbib} -\item[spain]\CTANref{spain} -\item[swebib \nothtml{\rmfamily\upshape}bundle]\CTANref{swebib} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-03-23} - -\Question[Q-formbiblabel]{Format of numbers in the bibliography} - -By default, \LaTeX{} makes entries in the bibliography look like: -\begin{quote} - [1] Doe, Joe et al. Some journal. 2004.\\ {} - [2] Doe, Jane et al. Some journal. 2003. -\end{quote} -while many documents need something like: -\begin{quote} - 1. Doe, Joe et al. Some journal. 2004.\\ - 2. Doe, Jane et al. Some journal. 2003. -\end{quote} - -This sort of change may be achieved by many of the ``general'' -citation packages; for example, in \Package{natbib}, it's as simple as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\bibnumfmt}[1]{#1.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -but if you're not using such a package, the following internal -\LaTeX{} commands, in the preamble of your document, will do the job: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\renewcommand*{\@biblabel}[1]{\hfill#1.} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[natbib.sty]\CTANref{natbib} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies} - -\Question[Q-nocite*]{Listing all your \BibTeX{} entries} - -\LaTeX{} and \BibTeX{} co-operate to offer special treatment of this -requirement. The command \cmdinvoke{nocite}{*} is specially treated, -and causes \BibTeX{} to generate bibliography entries for every entry -in each \extension{bib} file listed in your \csx{bibliography} statement, so -that after a \LaTeX{}--\BibTeX{}--\LaTeX{} sequence, you have a -document with the whole thing listed. - -Note that \LaTeX{} \emph{doesn't} produce -% beware line breaks -``\texttt{Citation ... undefined}'' or -``\texttt{There were undefined references}'' warnings in respect of -\cmdinvoke{nocite}{*}. This isn't a problem if you're running -\LaTeX{} ``by hand'' (you \emph{know} exactly how many times you have -to run things), but the lack might confuse automatic processors that -scan the log file to determine whether another run is necessary. - -A couple of packages are available, that aim to reduce the impact of -\cmdinvoke{nocite}{*} of a large citation database. \Package{Biblist} -was written for use under \LaTeXo{}, but seems to work well enough; -\Package{listbib} is more modern. Both provide their own -\extension{bst} files. (The impact of large databases was significant -in the old days of \LaTeX{} systems with very little free memory; this -problem is less significant now than it once was.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[biblist.sty]\CTANref{biblist} -\item[listbib.sty]\CTANref{listbib} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-htmlbib]{Making \acro{HTML} of your Bibliography} - -A neat solution is offered by the \Package{noTeX} bibliography style. -This style produces a \extension{bbl} file which is in fact a series of -\acro{HTML} `\texttt{P}' elements of class \texttt{noTeX}, and which -may therefore be included in an \acro{HTML} file. Provision is made -for customising your bibliography so that its content when processed by -\Package{noTeX} is different from that presented when it is processed -in the ordinary way by \AllTeX{}. - -A thorough solution is offered by \Package{bib2xhtml}; using it, you -make use of one of its modified versions of many common \BibTeX{} -styles, and post-process the output so produced using a -\ProgName{perl} script. - -A more conventional translator is the \ProgName{awk} script -\ProgName{bbl2html}, which translates the \extension{bbl} file you've generated: -a sample of the script's output may be viewed on the web, at -\URL{http://rikblok.cjb.net/lib/refs.html} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bbl2html.awk]\CTANref{bbl2html} -\item[bib2xhtml]\CTANref{bib2xhtml} -\item[noTeX.bst]\CTANref{noTeX} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-bits+pieces.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-bits+pieces.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 113d1139e4e..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-bits+pieces.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1174 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-bits+pieces.tex,v 1.32 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Bits and pieces of \AllTeX{}} - -\Question[Q-dvi]{What is a \acro{DVI} file?} - -`\acro{DVI}' is supposed to be an acronym for -\acro{D}e\acro{V}ice-\acro{I}ndependent, meaning that the file may be -processed for printing or viewing on most kinds of typographic output -device or display. - -A \acro{DVI} file (that is, a file with the type or extension -\extension{dvi}) is the main output file of ``original'' \tex{} (later -\tex{}-like systems, such as \Qref*{\pdftex{}}{Q-whatpdftex} may use -other formats). - -A \acro{DVI} file contains all the information that is needed for -printing or previewing, except for the actual bitmaps or outlines of -fonts, and any material to be introduced by means of % !line break -\Qref*{\csx{special} commands}{Q-specials}. Characters in the -\acro{DVI} file (representing glyphs for printing or display) appear -in an encoding determined in the document. - -Any \TeX{} input file should produce the same \acro{DVI} file -regardless of which implementation of \TeX{} is used to produce it. - -An \acro{DVI} file may be processed by a \Qref*{DVI driver}{Q-driver} -to produce further output designed specifically for a particular -printer, or for output in another format (for distribution), or it may -be used by a previewer for display on a computer screen. - -Note that \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} (released some time after -\pdftex{}) uses an ``extended \acro{DVI} format'' (\acro{XDV}) to send -its output to a close-coupled \Qref*{\acro{DVI} driver}{Q-driver}, -\ProgName{xdvipdfmx}. - -The canonical reference for the structure of a \acro{DVI} file is the -source of Knuth's program \ProgName{dvitype} (whose original purpose, -as its name implies, was to view the content of a \acro{DVI} file). -A partially complete ``standard'' for the way they should be -processed may offer further enlightenment. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{rmfamily}DVI processing standard]\CTANref{dvistd} -\item[dvitype]\CTANref{dvitype} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-03-15} - -\Question[Q-driver]{What is a \acro{DVI} driver?} - -A \acro{DVI} driver is a program that takes as input a -\Qref*{\acro{DVI} file}{Q-dvi} -and (usually) produces a file in a format that something \emph{other} -than a \TeX{}-related program can process. - -A driver may be designed for producing output for printing (e.g., -\PS{}), for later processing (e.g., \PS{} for inclusion in a later -document), or for document exchange (e.g., \acro{PDF}). - -As well as the \acro{DVI} file, the driver typically also needs font -information. Font information may be held as bitmaps or as outlines, -or simply as a set of pointers into the fonts that a printer itself -provides. Each driver will expect the font information in a particular -form. - -For more information on the forms of font information, see -\Qref[questions]{\acro{PK} files}{Q-pk}, -% ! line break -\Qref[]{\acro{TFM} files}{Q-tfm}, -\Qref[]{virtual fonts}{Q-virtualfonts} -and \Qref[]{Using \PS{} fonts with \TeX{}}{Q-usepsfont}. -\LastEdit{2011-10-10} - -\Question[Q-pk]{What are \acro{PK} files?} - -\acro{PK} files (packed raster) are the canonical form of \tex{} font -bitmaps. The output from \Qref*{\MF{}}{Q-useMF} includes a generic -font (\acro{GF}) file and the utility \ProgName{gftopk} produces a -\acro{PK} file from that. - -There are potentially a lot of \acro{PK} files, as one -is needed for each font: that is for each magnification of each -design (point) size for each weight for each font in each family. - -Further, since the \acro{PK} files for one printer do not necessarily -work well for another, the whole set needs to be duplicated for each -printer type at a site. - -While this menagerie of bitmaps can (in principle) provide fonts that -are closely matched to the capabilities of each printer, the size of -the collection (and the resulting difficulty of maintaining it) has -been a potent driver to the move towards outline fonts such as -\Qref*{Adobe Type 1 fonts}{Q-adobetypen}. -\LastEdit{2012-10-20} - -\Question[Q-tfm]{What are \acro{TFM} files?} - -\acro{TFM} is an acronym for `\TeX{} Font Metrics'; \acro{TFM} files hold -information about the sizes of the characters of the font in question, -and about ligatures and kerns within that font. One \acro{TFM} file is -needed for each font used by \TeX{}, that is for each design (point) -size for each weight for each family; each \acro{TFM} file serves for all -magnifications of `its' font, so that there are (typically) fewer -\acro{TFM} files than there are \Qref*{\acro{PK}}{Q-pk} files. \TeX{}, -\LaTeX{}, etc.,\@ -themselves need only know about the sizes of characters and their -interactions with each other, but not what characters look like. By -contrast, \acro{TFM} files are not, in principle, needed by the -\acro{DVI} driver, which only needs to know about the glyphs that each -character selects, so as to print or display them. - -Note that TrueType and OpenType fonts contain the necessary metrics, -so that \Qref{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} and \Qref{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, using -such fonts, have no need of \acro{TFM} files. A corollary of this is -that setting up fonts for use by these engines is far \emph{easier}. -\LastEdit{2012-10-20} - -\Question[Q-virtualfonts]{What are virtual fonts?} - -Virtual fonts provide a means of collecting bits and pieces together -to make the glyphs of a font: the bits and pieces may be glyphs from -``other'' fonts, rules and other ``basic'' typesetting commands, and -the positioning information that specifies how everything comes -together. - -An early instance of something like virtual fonts for \TeX{} was -implemented by David Fuchs to use an unusual printer. However, for -practical purposes for the rest of us, virtual fonts date from when Knuth -specified a format and wrote some support software, in 1989 (he -published an % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb11-1/tb27knut.pdf}{article in \textsl{TUGboat}} -at the time; a plain text copy is available on \acro{CTAN}). - -Virtual fonts provide a way of telling \TeX{} about something more -complicated than just a one-to-one character mapping. \TeX{} reads a -\acro{TFM} file of the font, just as before, but the \acro{DVI} -processor will read the \acro{VF} and use its content to specify how -each glyph is to be processed. - -The virtual font may contain commands: -\begin{itemize} -\item to `open' one or more (real) fonts for subsequent use, -\item to remap a glyph from one of the (real) fonts for use in the - virtual font, -\item to build up a more complicated effect (using \acro{DVI} commands). -\end{itemize} - -% !this has to be generated as a new paragraph by the translator, so -% leave the blank line in place -In practice, the most common use of virtual fonts is to remap -Adobe Type 1 fonts (see \Qref[question]{font metrics}{Q-metrics}), -though there has also been useful useful work building `fake' maths -fonts (by bundling glyphs from several fonts into a single virtual -font). Virtual Computer Modern fonts, making a % ! line break -\Qref*{Cork encoded}{Q-ECfonts} font from Knuth's originals by using -remapping and fragments of \acro{DVI} for single-glyph `accented -characters', were the first ``Type~1 format'' Cork-encoded Computer -Modern fonts available. - -Virtual fonts are normally created in a single \acro{ASCII} \acro{VPL} -(Virtual Property List) file, which includes two sets of information. -The \ProgName{vptovf} utility will use the \acro{VPL} file to create -the binary \acro{TFM} and \acro{VF} files. - -A ``how-to'' document, explaining how to generate a \acro{VPL}, -describes the endless hours of fun that may be had, doing the job by -hand. Despite the pleasures to be had, the commonest way (nowadays) -of generating an \acro{VPL} file is to use the -\ProgName{fontinst} package, which is described in more detail -\htmlonly{together with the discussion of} -\Qref[in answer]{\PS{} font metrics}{Q-metrics}. -\Package{Qdtexvpl} is another utility for creating ad-hoc virtual -fonts (it uses \TeX{} to parse a description of the virtual font, and -\ProgName{qdtexvpl} itself processes the resulting \acro{DVI} file). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontinst]\CTANref{fontinst} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Knuth on virtual fonts]\CTANref{vf-knuth} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Virtual fonts ``how to'']\CTANref{vf-howto} -\item[qdtexvpl]\CTANref{qdtexvpl} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-10-20} - -\Question[Q-whatmacros]{What are (\TeX{}) macros} - -\TeX{} is a \emph{macro processor}: this is a computer-science-y term -meaning ``text expander'' (more or less); \TeX{} typesets text as it -goes along, but \emph{expands} each macro it finds. \TeX{}'s macros -may include instructions to \TeX{} itself, on top of the simple text -generation one might expect. - -Macros are a \emph{good thing}, since they allow the user to -manipulate documents according to context. For example, the macro -\csx{TeX} is usually defined to produce ``TEX'' with the `E' lowered -(the original idea was Knuth's), -but in these \acro{FAQ}s the default definition of the macro is -overridden, and it simply expands to the letters ``TeX''. (\emph{You} -may not think this a good thing, but the author of the macros has his -reasons~-- see \Qref[question]{\TeX{}-related logos}{Q-logos}.) - -Macro names are conventionally built from a \texttt{\textbackslash } -followed by a sequence of letters, which may be upper or lower case -(as in \csx{TeX}, mentioned above). They may also be % ! line break -\texttt{\textbackslash \meta{any single character}}, which allows all -sorts of oddities (many built in to most \TeX{} macro sets, all the -way up from the apparently simple `\csx{ }' meaning ``insert a space -here''). - -Macro programming can be a complicated business, but at their very -simplest they need little introduction~--- you'll hardly need to be -told that: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\foo{bar} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -replaces each instance of \csx{foo} with the text ``bar''. The -command \csx{def} is \plaintex{} syntax for defining commands; -\LaTeX{} offers a macro \csx{newcommand} that goes some way towards -protecting users from themselves, but basically does the same thing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\foo}{bar} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Macros may have ``arguments'' , which are used to substitute for marked -bits of the macro expansion: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\foo#1{This is a #1 bar} -... -\foo{2/4}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which produces: -\begin{quote} - This is a 2/4 bar. -\end{quote} -or, in \LaTeX{} speak: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\foo}[1]{This is a #1 bar} -... -\foo{3/4}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which produces: -\begin{quote} - This is 3/4 bar. -\end{quote} -(\latex{} users waltz through life, perhaps?) - -You will have noticed that the arguments, above, were enclosed in -braces (\texttt{\obracesymbol{}\dots{}\cbracesymbol{}}); this is the -normal way of typing arguments, though \TeX{} is enormously flexible, -and you may find all sorts of other ways of passing arguments (if you -stick with it). - -Macro writing can get very complicated, very quickly. If you are a -beginner \AllTeX{} programmer, you are well advised to read something -along the lines of the \Qref*{\TeX{}book}{Q-tex-books}; once you're under -way, \Qref*{\TeX{} by Topic}{Q-ol-books} is possibly a more satisfactory -choice. Rather a lot of the answers in these \acro{FAQ}s tell you -about various issues of how to write macros. -\LastEdit{2011-10-12} - -\Question[Q-specials]{\csx{special} commands} - -\TeX{} provides the means to express things that device drivers can -do, but about which \TeX{} itself knows nothing. For example, \TeX{} -itself knows nothing about how to include \PS{} figures into -documents, or how to set the colour of printed text; but some device -drivers do. - -Instructions for such things are introduced to your document by means -of \csx{special} commands; all that \TeX{} does with these commands is -to expand their -arguments and then pass the command to the \acro{DVI} file. In most -cases, there are macro packages provided (often with the driver) that -provide a human-friendly interface to the \csx{special}; for example, -there's little point including a figure if you leave no gap for it in -your text, and changing colour proves to be a particularly fraught -operation that requires real wizardry. \LaTeXe{} -has standard graphics and colour packages that make figure inclusion, -rotation and scaling, and colour typesetting relatively -straightforward, despite the rather daunting \csx{special} commands -involved. (\CONTeXT{} provides similar support, though not by way of -packages.) - -The allowable arguments of \csx{special} depend on the device driver -you're using. Apart from the examples above, there are \csx{special} -commands in the em\TeX{} drivers (e.g., \ProgName{dvihplj}, \ProgName{dviscr}, -\emph{etc}.)~that will draw lines at arbitrary orientations, and -commands in \ProgName{dvitoln03} that permit the page to be set in -landscape orientation. - -Note that \csx{special} behaves rather differently in \PDFTeX{}, since -there is no device driver around. There \emph{is} a concept of -\acro{PDF} specials, but in most cases \csx{special} will provoke a -warning when used in \PDFTeX{}. -\LastEdit{2011-10-15} - -\Question[Q-write]{Writing (text) files from \tex{}} - -\TeX{} allows you to write to output files from within your document. -The facility is handy in many circumstances, but it is vital for -several of the things \latex{} (and indeed almost any higher-level -\tex{}-based macro package) does for you. - -The basic uses of writing to an external file are ``obvious''~--- -remembering titles of sections for a table of contents, remembering -label names and corresponding section or figure numbers, all for a -later run of your document. However, the ``non-obvious'' thing is -easy to forget: that page numbers, in \tex{}, are slippery beasts, and -have to be captured with some care. The trick is that \csx{write} -operations are only executed as the page is sent to the \acro{DVI} -or \acro{PDF} file. Thus, if you arrange that your page-number macro -(\csx{thepage}, in \latex{}) is not expanded until the page is -written, then the number written is correct, since that time is where -\tex{} guarantees the page number tallies with the page being sent -out. - -Now, there are times when you want to write something straight away: -for example, to interact with the user. \TeX{} captures that -requirement, too, with the primitive command \csx{immediate}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\immediate\write\terminal{I'm waiting...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -writes a ``computer-irritates-user'' message, to the terminal. - -Which brings us to the reason for that \csx{terminal}. \TeX{} can -``\csx{write}'' up to 16 streams simultaneously, and that argument to -\csx{write} says which is to be used. Macro packages provide the -means of allocating streams for your use: \plaintex{} provides a macro -\csx{newwrite} (used as ``\csx{newwrite}\csx{streamname}'', which sets -\csx{streamname} as the stream number). In fact, \csx{terminal} (or -its equivalent) is the first output stream ever set up (in most macro -packages): it is never attached to a file, and if \tex{} is asked to -write to \emph{any} stream that isn't attached to a file it will send -the output to the terminal (and the log). -\LastEdit{2011-10-15} - -\Question[Q-spawnprog]{Spawning programs from \AllTeX{}: \csx{write18}} - -The \tex{} \Qref*{\csx{write} primitive instruction}{Q-write} is used -to write to different file `streams'; TeX refers to each open file by -a number, not by a file name (although most of the time we hide this). -Originally, \tex{} would write to a file connected to a stream -numbered 0--15. More recently, a special ``stream 18'' has been -implemented: it is not writing to a file, but rather tells TeX to ask -the operating system to do something. To run a command, we put it as -the argument to \csx{write18}. So to run the \progname{epstopdf} -utility on a file with name stored as \csx{epsfilename}, we would -write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\write18{epstopdf \epsfilename} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -When using something like the \Package{epstopdf} package, the `stream' -write operation is hidden away and you don't need to worry about the -exact way it's done. - -However, there is a security issue. If you download some \alltex{} code from -the Internet, can you be sure that there is not some command in it -(perhaps in a hidden way) to do stuff that might be harmful to your -computer (let's say: delete everything on the hard disk!)? In the -face of this problem, both \miktex{} and \tex{}~Live have, for some -time, disabled \csx{write18} by default. To turn the facility on, -both distributions support an additional argument when starting \tex{} -from the command shell: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -(pdf)(la)tex --shell-escape <file> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The problem with this is that many people use \alltex{} via a graphical -editor, so to use \csx{write18} for a file the editor's settings must -be changed. Of course, the settings need restoring after the file is -processed: you defeat the point of the original protection, that way. - -The latest \miktex{} (version 2.9), and recent \tex{}~Live (from the -2010 release) get -around this by having a special ``limited'' version of \csx{write18} -enabled `out of the box'. The idea is to allow only a pre-set list of -commands (for example, \BibTeX{}, \progname{epstopdf}, \tex{} itself, -and so on). Those on the list are regarded as safe enough to allow, -whereas anything else (for example deleting files) still needs to be -authorised by the user. This seems to be a good balance: most people -most of the time will not need to worry about \csx{write18} at all, -but it will be available for things like \Package{epstopdf}. - -Note that the \tex{} system may tell you that the mechanism is in use: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) - restricted \write18 enabled. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 - (TeX Live 2010) - restricted \write18 enabled. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -when it starts. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[epstopdf.sty]Distributed with Heiko Oberdiek's packages - \CTANref{oberdiek}[epstopdf-pkg] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-12-03} - -\Question[Q-hyphen]{How does hyphenation work in \TeX{}?} - -Everyone knows what hyphenation is: we see it in most books we read, -and (if we're alert) will spot occasional ridiculous mis-hyphenation -(at one time, British newspapers were a fertile source). - -Hyphenation styles are culturally-determined, and the same language -may be hyphenated differently in different countries~--- for example, -British and American styles of hyphenation of English are very -different. As a result, a typesetting system that is not restricted -to a single language at a single locale needs to be able to change its -hyphenation rules from time to time. - -\TeX{} uses a pretty good system for hyphenation (originally designed -by Frank Liang~--- you may view his % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/docs/liang/}{Ph.D.\ thesis} online) and while -it's capable of missing ``sensible'' hyphenation points, it seldom -selects grossly wrong ones. The -algorithm matches candidates for hyphenation against a set of -``hyphenation patterns''. The candidates for hyphenation must be -sequences of letters (or other single characters that \TeX{} may be -persuaded to think of as letters). Non-letters interrupt hyphenation; -this applies to \TeX{}'s \csx{accent} primitive (as in `syst\`eme') -just as much as the exclamation in`syst!eme'. - -(Hyphenation takes place on the characters ``sent to the printer''. -The problem with \csx{accent} is avoided~---in \latex{}~--- by the use -of the \Package{fontenc} package, as discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{Accented words aren t hyphenated}{Q-hyphenaccents}''.) - -Sets of hyphenation patterns are usually derived from analysis of -a list of valid hyphenations (the process of derivation, using a tool -called \Package{patgen}, is not ordinarily a sport to be played by -ordinary mortals). - -The patterns for the languages a \TeX{} system is going to deal with -may only be loaded when the system is installed. To change the set of -hyphenation patterns recognised by a \tex{}-based or \xetex{} system, -a \Qref*{partial reinstallation}{Q-newlang} is necessary (note that -\Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} relaxes this constraint). - -\TeX{} provides two ``user-level'' commands for control of -hyphenation: \csx{language} (which selects a hyphenation style), and -\csx{hyphenation} (which gives explicit instructions to the hyphenation -engine, overriding the effect of the patterns). - -The ordinary \LaTeX{} user need not worry about \csx{language}, since -it is very thoroughly managed by the \Package{babel} package; use of -\csx{hyphenation} is discussed in -\begin{wideversion} - the context of -\end{wideversion} -% beware line wrap -\Qref[question]{hyphenation failure}{Q-nohyph}. -\LastEdit{2012-12-03} - -\Question[Q-clsvpkg]{What are \LaTeX{} classes and packages?} - -\latex{} aims to be a general-purpose document processor. Such an aim -could be achieved by a selection of instructions which would enable -users to use \tex{} primitives, but such a procedure is considered too -inflexible (and probably too daunting for ordinary users). Thus the -designers of \latex{} created a model which offered an -\emph{abstraction} of the design of documents. Obviously, not all -documents can look the same (even with the defocussed eye of -abstraction), so the model uses \emph{classes} of document. Base -\latex{} offers five classes of document: \Class{book}, -\Class{report}, \Class{article} and \Class{letter}. -For each class, \latex{} provides a \emph{class file}; the user -arranges to use it via a \csx{documentclass} command at the top of the -document. So a document starting -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentclass}{article} -\end{quote} -may be called ``an \emph{article} document''. - -This is a good scheme, but it has a glaring flaw: the actual -typographical designs provided by the \latex{} class files aren't -widely liked. The way around this is to \emph{refine} the class. To -refine a class, a programmer may write a new class file that loads an -existing class, and then does its own thing with the document design. - -If the user finds such a refined class, all is well, but if not, the -common way is to load a \emph{package} (or several). - -The \latex{} distribution, itself, provides rather few package files, -but there are lots of them, by a wide variety of authors, to be found -on the archives. Several packages are designed just to adjust the -design of a document~--- using such packages achieves what the -programmer might have achieved by refining the class. - -Other packages provide new facilities: for example, the -\Package{graphics} package (actually provided as part of any \latex{} -distribution) allows the user to load externally-provided graphics -into a document, and the \Package{hyperref} package enables the user -to construct hyper-references within a document. - -On disc, class and package files only appear different by virtue of -their name ``extension''~--- class files are called \File{*.cls} while -package files are called \File{*.sty}. Thus we find that the \LaTeX{} -standard \Class{article} class is represented on disc by a file called -\File{article.cls}, while the \Package{hyperref} package is -represented on disc by a file called \File{hyperref.sty}. - -The class vs.~package distinction was not clear in \LaTeXo{}~--- -everything was called a style (``document style'' or ``document style -option''). It doesn't really matter that the nomenclature has -changed: the important requirement is to understand what other people -are talking about. -\LastEdit{2013-10-21} - -\Question[Q-whatenv]{What are \latex{} ``environments''} - -While \tex{} makes direct provision for commands, \latex{} adds a -concept of ``environment''; environments perform an action on a block -(of something or other) rather than than just doing something at one -place in your document. - -A totally trivial environment could change the font in use for a chunk -of text, as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{monoblock}% - {\ttfamily}% - {} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which defines a \environment{monoblock} which may be used as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{monoblock} - some text set in monospace -\end{monoblock} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will look like: -\begin{quote} - \texttt{some text set in monospace} -\end{quote} -so it is a particularly simple example. A rather complicated -environment is introduced by \cmdinvoke{begin}{document}; it looks -simple, but needs all sorts of special \tex{} code to make it work -`transparently'; most environments are more elaborate than -\environment{monoblock} and \emph{much} simpler than -\environment{document}. - -An environment puts its content inside a \tex{} \emph{group}, so that -commands used inside the environment don't `leak out'~--- the -\environment{monoblock} environment, above, restricts its effect to -its own contents (the stuff between the \cmdinvoke{begin}{monoblock} -and \cmdinvoke{end}{monoblock}), which is just what you need for this -sort of thing. - -So that's ``simple'' environments; the \environment{monoblock}, above -doesn't actually gain us much over -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\ttfamily some text set in monospace} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -though in fact many useful environments are just as simple (to look -at). Some, such as \environment{verbatim}, look simple but are -actually very tricky inside. - -\latex{} also allows arguments to an environment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{fontblock}[1]% - {#1\selectfont}% - {} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and use of \environment{fontblock} as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{fontblock}{\ttfamily} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -would produce the same effect as the \environment{monoblock} -environment. - -Environments may also have optional arguments, in much the same way as -commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{normaltext}[1][\itshape]% - {#1}% - {} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will ordinarily set its body in italic, but -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{normaltext}[\ttfamily] - ... -\end{normaltext} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will observe its optional argument, and behave the same as the -\environment{monoblock} we started with. - -Note that an environments argument(s) (mandatory or optional) are -\emph{not} passed to the `\csx{end}' text of the environment~--- that -is specified as a macro with no arguments, so that -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{normaltext}[1][\itshape]% - {#1}% - {\typeout{what was #1, again?} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces an error message -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Illegal parameter number in definition of \endnormaltext. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -So, if you need to pass an environment argument to the end-code, you -have to wrap it in a macro of its own: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{normaltext}[1][Intro]% - {#1% - \newcommand{\foo}{#1}}% - {\typeout{what was \foo{}, again?} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\LastEdit*{2013-02-20} - -\Question[Q-dtx]{Documented \LaTeX{} sources (\extension{dtx} files)} - -\LaTeXe{}, and many contributed \latex{} macro packages, are written -in a \Qref*{literate programming style}{Q-lit}, with source and -documentation in the -same file. This format in fact originated before the -days of the \LaTeX{} project as one of the ``Mainz'' series of -packages. A documented source file conventionally has the suffix -\extension{dtx}, and will normally be `stripped' before use with -\LaTeX{}; an installation (\extension{ins}) file is normally provided, -to automate this process of removing comments for speed of loading. -If the \extension{ins} file is available, you may process \emph{it} -with \latex{} to produce the package (and, often, auxiliary files). - -Output should look something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Generating file(s) ./foo.sty - -Processing file foo.dtx (package) -> foo.sty -File foo.dtx ended by \endinput. -Lines processed: 2336 -Comments removed: 1336 -Comments passed: 2 -Codelines passed: 972 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The lines ``\texttt{Processing \dots{}\ ended by \csx{endinput}}'' may -be repeated if the \extension{dtx} file provides more than one -`unpacked' file. - -To read the comments ``as a document'', you can run \LaTeX{} on the -\extension{dtx} file to produce a nicely formatted version of the -documented code. (Most \latex{} packages on \ctan{}, nowadays, already -have \acro{PDF} of the result of processing the \extension{dtx} file, -as ``documentation''.) - -Several packages may be included in one \extension{dtx} file, with -conditional sections, and there are facilities for indexes of macros, -etc. All of this m\'elange is sorted out by directives in the -\extension{ins} file; conventional indexing utilities may be necessary -for ``full'' output. - -Anyone may write \extension{dtx} files; the format is explained in -\Qref*{The \LaTeX{} Companion}{Q-latex-books}, and a tutorial is available -from \acro{CTAN} (which comes with skeleton \extension{dtx} and -\extension{ins} files). - -Composition of \extension{dtx} files is supported in \ProgName{emacs} by -\Qref*{\acro{AUC}-\TeX{}}{Q-editors}. - -The (unix-based) script \ProgName{dtxgen} generates a proforma basic -\extension{dtx} file, which could be useful when starting a new -project. - -Another route to an \extension{dtx} file is to write the -documentation and the code separately, and then to combine them using -the \ProgName{makedtx} system. This technique has particular value in -that the documentation file can be used separately to generate -\acro{HTML} output; it is often quite difficult to make % ! line break -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} to \acro{HTML} conversion}{Q-LaTeX2HTML} tools deal -with \extension{dtx} files, since they use an unusual class file. - -The \ProgName{sty2dtx} system goes one step further: it attempts to -create a \extension{dtx} file from a `normal' \extension{sty} file -with comments. It works well, in some circumstances, but can become -confused by comments that aspire to ``structure'' (e.g., tabular -material, as in many older packages' file headers). - -The \extension{dtx} files are not used by \LaTeX{} after they have been -processed to produce \extension{sty} or \extension{cls} (or whatever) -files. They need not be kept with the working system; however, for -many packages the \extension{dtx} file is the primary source of -documentation, so you may want to keep \extension{dtx} files elsewhere. - -An interesting sideline to the story of \extension{dtx} files is the -\Package{docmfp} package, which extends the model of the \Package{doc} -package to -\begin{flatversion} - \MF{} and \MP{} (\Qref[see questions]{}{Q-MF} and \Qref[\nothtml]{}{Q-MP}) -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{\MF{}}{Q-MF} and \Qref{\MP{}}{Q-MP}, -\end{hyperversion} -thus permitting documented distribution of bundles containing code for -\MF{} and \MP{} together with related \LaTeX{} code. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[AUC-TeX]\CTANref{auctex} -\item[clsguide.pdf]\CTANref{clsguide} -\item[docmfp.sty]\CTANref{docmfp} -\item[docstrip.tex]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution -\item[DTX tutorial]\CTANref{dtxtut} -\item[dtxgen]\CTANref{dtxgen} -\item[makedtx]\CTANref{makedtx} -\item[sty2dtx]\CTANref{sty2dtx} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-06-03} - -\Question[Q-whatenc]{What are encodings?} - -Let's start by defining two concepts, the \emph{character} and the -\emph{glyph}. -The character is the abstract idea of the `atom' of a -language or other dialogue: so it might be a letter in an alphabetic -language, a syllable in a syllabic language, or an ideogram in an -ideographic language. The glyph is the mark created on screen or -paper which represents a character. Of -course, if reading is to be possible, there must be some agreed -relationship between the glyph and the character, so while the precise -shape of the glyph can be affected by many other factors, such as the -capabilities of the writing medium and the designer's style, the -essence of the underlying character must be retained. - -Whenever a computer has to represent characters, someone has to define -the relationship between a set of numbers and the characters they -represent. This is the essence of an encoding: it is a mapping -between a set of numbers and a set of things to be represented. - -\TeX{} of course deals in encoded characters all the time: the -characters presented to it in its input are encoded, and it emits -encoded characters in its \acro{DVI} or \acro{PDF} output. These -encodings have rather different properties. - -The \TeX{} input stream was pretty unruly back in the days when Knuth -first implemented the language. Knuth himself prepared documents on -terminals that produced all sorts of odd characters, and as a result -\TeX{} contains some provision for translating its input (however -encoded) to something regular. Nowadays, -the operating system translates keystrokes into a code appropriate for -the user's language: the encoding used is usually a national or -international standard, though some operating systems use ``code -pages'' (as defined by Microsoft). These standards and code pages often -contain characters that may not appear in the \TeX{} system's input -stream. Somehow, these characters have to be dealt with~--- so -an input character like ``\'e'' needs to be interpreted by \TeX{} in -a way that that at least mimics the way it interprets ``\csx{'}\texttt{e}''. - -The \TeX{} output stream is in a somewhat different situation: -characters in it are to be used to select glyphs from the fonts to be -used. Thus the encoding of the output stream is notionally a font -encoding (though the font in question may be a -% beware line break (twice) -\nothtml{virtual one~--- see }% -\Qref[question]{virtual font}{Q-virtualfonts}). In principle, a -fair bit of what appears in the output stream could be direct -transcription of what arrived in the input, but the output stream -also contains the product of commands in the input, and translations -of the input such as ligatures like % -\texttt{fi}\nothtml{\ensuremath\Rightarrow``fi''}. - -Font encodings became a hot topic when the -\Qref*{Cork encoding}{Q-ECfonts} -appeared, because of the possibility of suppressing -\csx{accent} commands in the output stream (and hence improving the -quality of the hyphenation of text in inflected languages, which is -interrupted by the \csx{accent} commands~--- see -% beware line break -\Qref[question]{``how does hyphenation work''}{Q-hyphen}). -To take advantage of the diacriticised characters represented in the -fonts, it is necessary to arrange that whenever the -command sequence ``\csx{'}\texttt{e}'' has been input -(explicitly, or implicitly via the sort of mapping of input mentioned -above), the character that codes the position of the ``\'e'' glyph is -used. - -Thus we could have the odd arrangement that the diacriticised character in -the \TeX{} input stream is translated into \TeX{} commands that would -generate something looking like the input character; this sequence of -\TeX{} commands is then translated back again into a single -diacriticised glyph as the output is created. This is in fact -precisely what the \LaTeX{} packages \Package{inputenc} and -\Package{fontenc} do, if operated in tandem on (most) characters in -the \acro{ISO}~Latin-1 input encoding and the \acro{T}1 font encoding. -At first sight, it seems eccentric to have the first package do a thing, and -the second precisely undo it, but it doesn't always happen that way: -most font encodings can't match the corresponding input encoding -nearly so well, and the two packages provide the sort of symmetry the -\LaTeX{} system needs. - -\Question[Q-ECfonts]{What are the \acro{EC} fonts?} - -A font provides a number of \emph{glyphs}. In order that the glyphs -may be printed, they are \Qref*{\emph{encoded}}{Q-whatenc}, and the -encoding is used as an index into tables within the font. For various -reasons, Knuth chose deeply eccentric encodings for his Computer -Modern family of fonts; in particular, he chose different encodings -for different fonts, so that the application using the fonts has to -remember which font of the family it's using before selecting a -particular glyph. - -When \TeX{} version 3 arrived, most of the drivers for the -eccentricity of Knuth's encodings went away, and at \acro{TUG}'s Cork -meeting, an encoding for a set of 256 glyphs, for use in \TeX{} text, -was defined. The intention was that these glyphs should cover `most' -European languages that use Latin alphabets, in the sense of including -all accented letters needed. (Knuth's \acro{CMR} fonts missed things -necessary for Icelandic and Polish, for example, which the Cork fonts -do have, though even Cork encoding's coverage isn't complete.) -\latex{} refers to the Cork encoding as \acro{T}1, and provides the -means to use fonts thus encoded to avoid problems with the interaction -of accents and hyphenation % ! line break -(see \Qref[question]{hyphenation of accented words}{Q-hyphenaccents}). - -The first \MF{}-fonts to conform to the Cork encoding were the \acro{EC} -fonts. They look \acro{CM}-like, though their metrics differ from \acro{CM}-font -metrics in several areas. They have long been regarded as `stable' (in -the same sense that the \acro{CM} fonts are stable: their metrics are -unlikely ever to change). Each \acro{EC} font is, of course, roughly twice the -size of the corresponding \acro{CM} font, and there are far more of them than -there are CM fonts. The simple number of fonts proved problematic in -the production of Type~1 versions of the fonts, but \acro{EC} or -\acro{EC}-equivalent fonts in Type~1 or TrueType form (the latter only from -\begin{wideversion} - \Qref{commercial suppliers}{Q-commercial}). -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - % ( <- paren matching - commercial suppliers~--- \Qref{question}{Q-commercial}). -\end{narrowversion} -Free \Qref*{auto-traced versions}{Q-textrace}~--- the \acro{CM}-super and -the \acro{LGC} fonts, and the Latin Modern series (rather directly generated -from Metafont sources), are available. - -Note that the Cork encoding doesn't cover mathematics (so that no -``T1-encoded'' font families can not support it). If you're using -Computer-Modern-alike fonts, this doesn't actually matter: your system -will have the original Computer Modern mathematical fonts (or the -those distributed with the Latin Modern set), which cover `basic' \TeX{} -mathematics; more advanced mathematics are likely to need separate -fonts anyway. Suitable mathematics fonts for use with other font -families are discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{choice of scalable fonts}{Q-psfchoice}''. - -The \acro{EC} fonts are distributed with a set of `Text Companion' (\acro{TC}) fonts -that provide glyphs for symbols commonly used in text. The \acro{TC} fonts -are encoded according to the \latex{} \acro{TS}1 encoding, and are not -necessarily as `stable' are the \acro{EC} fonts are. Note that modern -distributions tend not to distribute the \acro{EC} fonts in outline format, but -rather to provide Latin Modern for \acro{T}1-encoded Computer Modern-style -fonts. This can sometimes cause confusion when users are recompiling -old documents. - -The Cork encoding is also implemented by virtual fonts provided in the -\acro{PSNFSS} system, for Adobe Type 1 fonts, and also by most other such -fonts that have been developed (or otherwise made available) for use -with \alltex{}. - -Note that \acro{T}1 (and other eight-bit font encodings) are superseded in -the developing \TeX{}-family members \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} and -\Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, which use Unicode as their base encoding, -and use Unicode-encoded fonts (typically in \FontFormat{ttf} or -\FontFormat{otf} formats). The \Package{cm-unicode} fonts carry the -flag in this arena, along with the Latin Modern set. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[CM-super fonts]\CTANref{cm-super} -\item[CM-LGC fonts]\CTANref{cm-lgc} -\item[CM unicode fonts]\CTANref{cm-unicode} -\item[EC and TC fonts]\CTANref{ec} -\item[Latin Modern fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-unicode]{Unicode and \tex{}} - -Unicode is a character code scheme that has the capacity to express -the text of the languages of the world, as well as important symbols -(including mathematics). Any coding scheme that is directly -applicable to \tex{} may be expressed in single bytes (expressing up -to 256 characters); Unicode characters may require several bytes, and -the scheme may express a very large number of characters. - -For ``old-style'' applications (\tex{} or \pdftex{}) to deal with -Unicode input, the sequence of bytes to make up Unicode character are -processed by a set of macros that deliver a glyph number in an -appropriate font. The macros that read these bytes is complicated, -and manifests as \pkgoption{utf8} option for the \latex{} distribution -\Package{inputenc} package; the coverage of that option is limited to -Unicode characters that can be represented using ``\latex{} standard -encodings''. The separate package \Package{ucs} provides wider, but -less robust, coverage via an \Package{inputenc} option -\pkgoption{utf8x}. As a general rule, you should never use -\pkgoption{utf8x} until you have convinced yourself that -\pkgoption{utf8} can not do the job for you. - -`Modern' \tex{}-alike applications, \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} and -\Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} read their input using \acro{UTF}-8 -representations of Unicode as standard. They also use TrueType or -OpenType fonts for output; each such font has tables that tell the -application which part(s) of the Unicode space it covers; the tables -enable the engines to decide which font to use for which character -(assuming there is any choice at all). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[inputenc.sty]Part of the \CTANref{latex} distribution -\item[ucs.sty]\CTANref{ucs} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-04-20} - -\Question[Q-tds]{What is the \acro{TDS}?} - -\acro{TDS} is an acronym for ``\TeX{} Directory Structure''; it -specifies a standard way of organising all the \TeX{}-related files on -a computer system. - -Most modern distributions arrange their \tex{} files in conformance -with the \acro{TDS}, using both a `distribution' directory tree and a -(set of) `local' directory trees, each containing \TeX{}-related -files. The \acro{TDS} recommends the name \texttt{texmf} for the name -of the root directory (folder) of an hierarchy; in practice there are -typically several such trees, each of which has a name that compounds -that (e.g., \texttt{texmf-dist}, \texttt{texmf-var}). - -Files supplied as part of the distribution are put into the -distribution's tree, but the location of the distribution's hierarchy is -system dependent. (On a Unix system it might be at -\path{/usr/share/texmf} or \path{/opt/texmf}, or a similar location.) - -There may be more than one `local' hierarchy in which additional files -can be stored. An installation will also typically offer a local -hierarchy, while each user may have an individual local hierarchy. - -The \acro{TDS} itself is published as the output of a \acro{TUG} % ! line break -\Qref*{Technical Working Group}{Q-TUG*}. You may browse an -\href{http://tug.org/tds/}{on-line version} of the standard, and -copies in several other formats (including source) are available on -\acro{CTAN}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\acro{TDS} specification]\CTANref{tds} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-eps]{What is ``Encapsulated \PS{}'' (``\acro{EPS}'')?} - -\PS{} has been for many years a \emph{lingua franca} of powerful -printers (though modern high-quality printers now tend to require some -constrained form of Adobe Acrobat, instead); since \PS{} is also a -powerful graphical programming language, it is commonly used as an -output medium for drawing (and other) packages. - -However, since \PS{} \emph{is} such a powerful language, some -rules need to be imposed, so that the output drawing may be included -in a document as a figure without ``leaking'' (and thereby destroying -the surrounding document, or failing to draw at all). - -Appendix \acro{H} of the \PS{} Language Reference Manual (second -and subsequent editions), specifies a set of rules for \PS{} to -be used as figures in this way. The important features are: -\begin{itemize} -\item certain ``structured comments'' are required; important ones are - the identification of the file type, and information about the - ``bounding box'' of the figure (i.e., the minimum rectangle - enclosing it); -\item some commands are forbidden~--- for example, a \texttt{showpage} - command will cause the image to disappear, in most \TeX{}-output - environments; and -\item ``preview information'' is permitted, for the benefit of things - such as word processors that don't have the ability to draw - \PS{} in their own right~--- this preview information may be in - any one of a number of system-specific formats, and any viewing - program may choose to ignore it. -\end{itemize} -A \PS{} figure that conforms to these rules is said to be in -``Encapsulated \PS{}'' (\acro{EPS}) format. Most \AllTeX{} packages for -including \PS{} are structured to use Encapsulated \PS{}; -which of course leads to much hilarity as exasperated \AllTeX{} users -struggle to cope with the output of drawing software whose authors -don't know the rules. - -\Question[Q-adobetypen]{Adobe font formats} -\keywords{type1 type3} - -Adobe has specified a number of formats for files to represent fonts -in \PS{} files; this question doesn't attempt to be encyclopaedic, so -we only discuss the two formats most commonly encountered in the -\AllTeX{} context, types~1 and 3. In particular, we don't discuss the -OpenType format, whose many advantages now becoming accessible to most -\AllTeX{} users (by means of -\begin{hyperversion} - the widely-used \Qref{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} and the more experimental - \Qref{\LuaTeX{}}{Q-luatex}). -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - the widely-used \xetex{}~--- see \Qref[question]{}{Q-xetex}~--- and - the more experimental \LuaTeX{}~--- see \Qref[question]{}{Q-luatex}). -\end{flatversion} - -Adobe Type~1 format specifies a means to represent outlines of the glyphs -in a font. The `language' used is closely restricted, to ensure that -the font is rendered as quickly as possible. (Or rather, as quickly -as possible with Adobe's technology at the time the specification was -written: the structure could well be different if it were specified -now.) The format has long been the basis of the digital type-foundry -business, though nowadays most new fonts are released in OpenType format. - -%% Type~1 fonts are directly supported by some operating system software, -%% and at least one \TeX{} system, the commercial % line break! -%% \Qref*{\YandY{} system}{Q-commercial}, bases its entire -%% operation on the use of Type~1 fonts. - -In the \AllTeX{} context, Type~1 fonts are extremely important. Apart -from their simple -availability (there are thousands of commercial Type~1 text fonts around), the -commonest reader for \acro{PDF} files has long (in effect) \emph{insisted} on -their use (see below). - -Type~3 fonts have a more forgiving specification. A wide range of -\PS{} operators is permissible, including bitmap specifiers. Type~3 -is therefore the natural format to be used for programs such as -\ProgName{dvips} when they auto-generate something to represent -\MF{}-generated fonts in a \PS{} file. It's Adobe Acrobat Viewer's -treatment of bitmap Type~3 fonts that has made direct \MF{} output -increasingly unattractive, in recent years. If you have a \acro{PDF} -document in which the text looks fuzzy and uneven in Acrobat Reader, -ask Reader for the \texttt{File}\arrowhyph{}% -\texttt{Document Properties}\arrowhyph{}% -\texttt{Fonts ...}, and it will likely show some font or other as -``Type~3'' (usually with encoding ``Custom''). The problem has -disappeared with version 6 of Acrobat Reader. See % line break -\Qref[question]{\acro{PDF} quality}{Q-dvips-pdf} for a discussion of -the issue, and for ways of addressing it. - -Type~3 fonts should not entirely be dismissed, however. Acrobat -Reader's failure with them is entirely derived from its failure to use -the anti-aliasing techniques common in \TeX{}-ware. Choose a -different set of \PS{} graphical operators, and you can make pleasing -Type~3 fonts that don't ``annoy'' Reader. For example, you may not -change colour within a Type~1 font glyph, but there's no such -restriction on a Type~3 font, which opens opportunities for some -startling effects. - -\Question[Q-resolns]{What are ``resolutions''?} - -``Resolution'' is a word that is used with little concern for its -multiple meanings, in computer equipment marketing. The word suggests -a measure of what an observer (perhaps the human eye) can resolve; yet -we regularly see advertisements for printers whose resolution is -1200dpi~--- far finer than the unaided human eye can distinguish. The -advertisements are talking about the precision with which the printer -can place spots on the printed image, which affects the fineness of -the representation of fonts, and the accuracy of the placement of -glyphs and other marks on the page. - -In fact, there are two sorts of ``resolution'' on the printed page -that we need to consider for \AllTeX{}'s purposes: -\begin{itemize} -\item the positioning accuracy, and -\item the quality of the fonts. -\end{itemize} -In the case where \AllTeX{} output is being sent direct to a printer, -in the printer's ``native'' language, it's plain that the \acro{DVI} -processor must know all such details, and must take detailed account -of both types of resolution. - -In the case where output is being sent to an intermediate distribution -format, that has potential for printing (or displaying) we know not -where, the final translator, that connects to directly to the printer -or display, has the knowledge of the device's properties: the -\acro{DVI} processor need not know, and should not presume to guess. - -Both \PS{} and \acro{PDF} output are in this category. While \PS{} is -used less frequently for document distribution nowadays, it is -regularly used as the source for distillation into \acro{PDF}; and -\acro{PDF} is the workhorse of an enormous explosion of document -distribution. - -Therefore, we need \acro{DVI} processors that will produce -``resolution independent'' \PS{} or \acro{PDF} output; of course, the -independence needs to extend to both forms of independence outlined -above. - -Resolution-independence of fonts was for a long time forced upon the -world by the feebleness of Adobe's \ProgName{Acrobat} -\ProgName{Reader} at dealing with bitmap files: a sequence of answers -starting with one aiming at the % ! line break -\Qref*{quality of \acro{PDF} from \PS{}}{Q-dvips-pdf} addresses -the problems that arise. - -Resolution-independence of positioning is more troublesome: -\ProgName{dvips} is somewhat notorious for insisting on positioning to -the accuracy of the declared resolution of the printer. -One commonly-used approach is to declare a resolution of 8000 (``better -than any device''), and this is reasonably successful though it does -have its \Qref*{problems}{Q-8000}. - -\Question[Q-fontname]{What is the ``Berry naming scheme''?} - -In the olden days, \AllTeX{} distributions were limited by the -feebleness of file systems' ability to represent long names. (The -\MSDOS{} file system was a particular bugbear: fortunately any current -Microsoft system allows rather more freedom to specify file names. -Sadly, the ISO~9660 standard for the structure of \CDROM{}s has a -similar failing, but that too has been modified by various extension -mechanisms.) - -One area in which these short file names posed a particular problem -was that of file names for Type~1 fonts. -These fonts are distributed by their vendors with -pretty meaningless short names, and there's a natural ambition to -change the name to something that identifies the font somewhat -precisely. Unfortunately, names such as ``BaskervilleMT'' are -already far beyond the abilities of the typical feeble file system, -and add the specifier of a font shape or variant, and the difficulties -spiral out of control. Font companies deal with the issue by -inventing silly names, and providing a map file to show what the -``real'' names. Thus the Monotype Corporation provides the -translations: -\begin{quote} - \texttt{bas\_\_\_\_\_ BaskervilleMT}\\ - \texttt{basb\_\_\_\_ BaskervilleMT-Bold}\\ - \texttt{basbi\_\_\_ BaskervilleMT-BoldItalic} -\end{quote} -and so on. These names could be used within \AllTeX{} programs, -except that they are not unique: there's nothing to stop Adobe using -`\texttt{bas\_\_\_\_\_}' for \emph{their} Baskerville font. - -Thus arose the Berry naming scheme. - -The basis of the scheme is to encode the meanings of the various parts -of the file's specification in an extremely terse way, so that enough -font names can be expressed even in impoverished file name-spaces. The -encoding allocates one character to the font ``foundry'' (Adobe, Monotype, -and so on), two to the typeface name (Baskerville, Times Roman, and so -on), one to the weight, shape, and encoding and so on. - -The whole scheme is outlined in the \Package{fontname} distribution, -which includes extensive documentation and a set of tables of fonts -whose names have been systematised. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontname distribution]\CTANref{fontname} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-docs.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-docs.tex deleted file mode 100644 index dbbdeb37c53..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-docs.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1305 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-docs.tex,v 1.46 2014/03/04 15:42:45 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Documentation and Help} - -\Question[Q-book-lists]{Books relevant to \tex{} and friends} - -There are too many books for them all to appear in a single list, so -the following answers aim to cover ``related'' books, with subject -matter as follows: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{\tex{} itself and \plaintex{}}{Q-tex-books} -\item \Qref*{\latex{}}{Q-latex-books} -\item \Qref*{Books on other \tex{}-related matters}{Q-other-books} -\item \Qref*{Books on Type}{Q-type-books} -\end{itemize} - -These lists only cover books in English: notices of new books, or -warnings that books are now out of print are always welcome. However, -these \acro{FAQ}s do \emph{not} carry reviews of current published -material. -\LastEdit*{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-tex-books]{Books on \TeX{}, \plaintex{} and relations} -\AliasQuestion{Q-books} - -While Knuth's book is the definitive reference for both \TeX{} and -\plaintex{}, there are many books covering these topics: -\begin{booklist} -\item[The \TeX{}book]by Donald Knuth (Addison-Wesley, 1984, - \ISBN{0-201-13447-0}, paperback \ISBN{0-201-13448-9}) -\item[A Beginner's Book of \TeX{}]by Raymond Seroul and Silvio Levy, - (Springer Verlag, 1992, \ISBN{0-387-97562-4}) -\item[\TeX{} by Example: A Beginner's Guide]by Arvind Borde - (Academic Press, 1992, \ISBN{0-12-117650-9}~--- now out of print) -\item[Introduction to \TeX{}]by Norbert Schwarz (Addison-Wesley, - 1989, \ISBN{0-201-51141-X}~--- now out of print) -\item[A \plaintex{} Primer]by Malcolm Clark (Oxford University - Press, 1993, ISBNs~0-198-53724-7 (hardback) and~0-198-53784-0 - (paperback)) -\item[A \TeX{} Primer for Scientists]by Stanley Sawyer and Steven - Krantz (CRC Press, 1994, \ISBN{0-849-37159-7}) -\item[\TeX{} by Topic]by Victor Eijkhout (Addison-Wesley, 1992, - \ISBN{0-201-56882-9}~--- now out of print, but see - \Qref[question]{online books}{Q-ol-books}; you can also now buy a copy - printed, on demand, by Lulu~--- see - \url{http://www.lulu.com/content/2555607}) -\item[\TeX{} for the Beginner]by Wynter Snow (Addison-Wesley, 1992, - \ISBN{0-201-54799-6}) -\item[\TeX{} for the Impatient]by Paul W.~Abrahams, Karl Berry and - Kathryn A.~Hargreaves (Addison-Wesley, 1990, - \ISBN{0-201-51375-7}~--- now out of print, but see - \Qref[question]{online books}{Q-ol-books}) -\item[\TeX{} in Practice]by Stephan von Bechtolsheim (Springer - Verlag, 1993, 4 volumes, \ISBN{3-540-97296-X} for the set, or -% nos in comments are for German distribution (Springer Verlag, Berlin) - Vol.~1: \ISBN{0-387-97595-0}, % (3-540-97595-0) - Vol.~2: \ISBN{0-387-97596-9}, % (3-540-97596-9) - Vol.~3: \ISBN{0-387-97597-7}, and % (3-540-97597-7) - Vol.~4: \ISBN{0-387-97598-5})% (3-540-97598-5) -\begin{typesetversion} -\item[\TeX{}: Starting from \sqfbox{1}\,\footnotemark]% -\footnotetext{That's `Starting from Square One'}% -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} -\item[\TeX{}: Starting from Square One] -\end{htmlversion} - by Michael Doob (Springer - Verlag, 1993, \ISBN{3-540-56441-1}~--- now out of print) -\item[The Joy of \TeX{}]by Michael D.~Spivak (second edition, - \acro{AMS}, 1990, \ISBN{0-821-82997-1}) -\item[The Advanced \TeX{}book]by David Salomon (Springer Verlag, 1995, - \ISBN{0-387-94556-3}) -\end{booklist} -A collection of Knuth's publications about typography is also available: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Digital Typography]by Donald Knuth (CSLI and Cambridge - University Press, 1999, \ISBN{1-57586-011-2}, paperback - \ISBN{1-57586-010-4}). -\end{booklist} -\nothtml{\noindent}and in late 2000, a ``Millennium Boxed Set'' of all -5 volumes of Knuth's ``Computers and Typesetting'' series (about -\TeX{} and \MF{}) was published by Addison Wesley: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Computers \& Typesetting, Volumes A--E Boxed Set]by Donald Knuth - (Addison-Wesley, 2001, \ISBN{0-201-73416-8}). -\end{booklist} -\checked{rf}{2000/02/12 -- http://cseng.aw.com/book/0,3828,0201734168,00.html} -\LastEdit*{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-latex-books]{Books on \latex{}} - -\begin{booklist} -\item[\LaTeX{}, a Document Preparation System]by Leslie Lamport - (second edition, Addison Wesley, 1994, \ISBN{0-201-52983-1}) -\item[Guide to \LaTeX{}]Helmut Kopka and Patrick W.~Daly (fourth - edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004, \ISBN{0-321-17385-6}) -\item[\latex{} Beginner's Guide]by Stefan Kottwitz (Packt Publishing, - 2011, \ISBN*{1847199860}{978-1847199867}) -\item[The \LaTeX{} Companion]by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, - Johannes Braams, David Carlisle and Chris Rowley (second edition, - Addison-Wesley, 2004, \ISBN*{0-201-36299-6}{978-0-201-36299-2}); the - book as also available as a digital download (in \acro{EPUB}, - \acro{MOBI} and \acro{PDF} formats) from - \url{http://www.informit.com/store/latex-companion-9780133387667} -\item[The \LaTeX{} Graphics Companion:]% - \emph{Illustrating documents with \TeX{} and \PS{}} by Michel - Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel and - Herbert Vo\ss {} (second edition, Addison-Wesley, 2007, - \ISBN*{0-321-50892-0}{978-0-321-50892-8}) -\item[The \LaTeX{} Web Companion:]% - \emph{Integrating \TeX{}, \acro{HTML} and \acro{XML}} by Michel - Goossens and Sebastian Rahtz (Addison-Wesley, 1999, \ISBN{0-201-43311-7}) -\item[\TeX{} Unbound:]% - \emph{\LaTeX{} and \TeX{} strategies for fonts, graphics, and more} - by Alan Hoenig (Oxford University Press, 1998, \ISBN{0-19-509685-1} - hardback, \ISBN{0-19-509686-X} paperback) -% \item[Math into \LaTeX{}:]\emph{An Introduction to \LaTeX{} and \AMSLaTeX{}} -% by George Gr\"atzer (third edition Birkh\"auser and Springer Verlag, -% 2000, \ISBN{0-8176-4431-9}, \ISBN{3-7643-4131-9}) -% \checked{RF}{2001/01/16} -\item[More Math into \latex{}:]\emph{An Introduction to} \LaTeX{} - \emph{and} \AMSLaTeX{} by George Gr\"atzer (fourth edition Springer Verlag, - 2007, \ISBN{978-0-387-32289-6} -%% gr\"atzer's home page -%% http://www.maths.umanitoba.ca/homepages/gratzer.html/LaTeXBooks.html -\item[Digital Typography Using \LaTeX{}]Incorporating some - multilingual aspects, and use of \Qref*{Omega}{Q-omegaleph}, by - Apostolos Syropoulos, Antonis Tsolomitis and Nick Sofroniou - (Springer, 2003, \ISBN{0-387-95217-9}). -% A list of errata for the first printing of Digital Typography Using -% \LaTeX{} is available from: -% \URL{http://www.springer-ny.com/catalog/np/jan99np/0-387-98708-8.html} -% (not any longer) -\item[First Steps in \LaTeX{}]by George Gr\"atzer (Birkh\"auser, 1999, - \ISBN{0-8176-4132-7}) -\item[\LaTeX{}: Line by Line:]% - \emph{Tips and Techniques for Document Processing} - by Antoni Diller (second edition, John Wiley \& Sons, - 1999, \ISBN{0-471-97918-X}) -\item[\LaTeX{} for Linux:]\emph{A Vade Mecum} - by Bernice Sacks Lipkin (Springer-Verlag, 1999, - \ISBN{0-387-98708-8}, second printing) -\item[Typesetting Mathematics with \latex{}]by Herbert Vo\ss {} (UIT - Cambridge, 2010, \ISBN{978-1-906-86017-2}) -% checked 2011-09-09 http://www.uit.co.uk/BK-TMWL/HomePage -\item[Typesetting Tables with \latex{}]by Herbert Vo\ss {}, (UIT - Cambridge, 2011, \ISBN{978-1-906-86025-7}) -% checked 2011-09-09 http://www.uit.co.uk/BK-TTWL/HomePage -\item[PSTricks: Graphics and PostScript for \tex{} and \latex{}]by - Herbert Vo\ss {}, (UIT Cambridge, 2011, \ISBN{978-1-906-86013-4}) -\end{booklist} -A sample of George Gr\"atzer's ``Math into \LaTeX{}'', in Adobe -Acrobat format, and example files -for the three \LaTeX{} Companions, and for -Gr\"atzer's ``First Steps in \LaTeX{}'', are all available on -\acro{CTAN}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}First Steps in \LaTeX{}]\CTANref{gfs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\LaTeX{} Companion]\CTANref{tlc2} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\LaTeX{} Graphics Companion]\CTANref{lgc} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\LaTeX{} Web Companion]\CTANref{lwc} -%\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\TeX{} in Practice]\CTANref{tip} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Sample of \nothtml{\upshape}Math into \LaTeX{}]\CTANref{mil} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-03-14} - -\Question[Q-other-books]{Books on other \tex{}-related matters} - -There's a nicely-presented list of of ``recommended books'' to be had -on the web: \URL{http://www.macrotex.net/texbooks/} - -The list of \MF{} books is rather short: -\begin{booklist} -\item[The \MF{}book]by Donald Knuth (Addison Wesley, 1986, - \ISBN{0-201-13445-4}, \ISBN{0-201-52983-1} paperback) -\end{booklist} -Alan Hoenig's `\textsl{\TeX{} Unbound}' includes some discussion and -examples of using \MF{}. - -A book covering a wide range of topics (including installation and -maintenance) is: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Making \TeX{} Work]by Norman Walsh (O'Reilly and Associates, - Inc, 1994, \ISBN{1-56592-051-1}) -\end{booklist} -The book is decidedly dated, and is now out of print, but a copy is -available via \texttt{sourceforge} and on \acro{CTAN}, -and we list it under ``\Qref*{online books}{Q-ol-books}''. -\LastEdit*{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-type-books]{Books on Type} - - The following is a partial listing of books on typography in general. -Of these, Bringhurst seems to be the one most often recommended. -\begin{booklist} -\item[The Elements of Typographic Style]by Robert Bringhurst - (Hartley \& Marks, 1992, \ISBN{0-88179-033-8}) -\item[Finer Points in the Spacing \& Arrangement of Type]by Geoffrey Dowding - (Hartley \& Marks, 1996, \ISBN{0-88179-119-9}) -\item[The Thames \& Hudson Manual of Typography]by Ruari McLean - (Thames \& Hudson, 1980, \ISBN{0-500-68022-1}) -\item[The Form of the Book]by Jan Tschichold - (Lund Humphries, 1991, \ISBN{0-85331-623-6}) -\item[Type \& Layout]by Colin Wheildon - (Strathmore Press, 2006, \ISBN{1-875750-22-3}) -\item[The Design of Books]by Adrian Wilson - (Chronicle Books, 1993, \ISBN{0-8118-0304-X}) -\item[Optical Letter Spacing]by David Kindersley and Lida Cardozo Kindersley - % ! line break - (\href{http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/}{The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop} - 2001, \ISBN{1-874426-139}) -\end{booklist} - - There are many catalogues of type specimens but the following books provide -a more interesting overall view of types in general and some of their history. -\begin{booklist} -\item[Alphabets Old \& New]by Lewis F.~Day - (Senate, 1995, \ISBN{1-85958-160-9}) -\item[An Introduction to the History of Printing Types]by Geoffrey Dowding - (British Library, 1998, UK \ISBN{0-7123-4563-9}; USA \ISBN{1-884718-44-2}) -\item[The Alphabet Abecedarium]by Richard A.~Firmage - (David R.~Godine, 1993, \ISBN{0-87923-998-0}) -\item[The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering]by Frederick Goudy - (Dover, 1963, \ISBN{0-486-20792-7}) -\item[Anatomy of a Typeface]by Alexander Lawson - (David R.~Godine, 1990, \ISBN{0-87923-338-8}) -\item[A Tally of Types]by Stanley Morison - (David R.~Godine, 1999, \ISBN{1-56792-004-7}) -\item[Counterpunch]by Fred Smeijers - (Hyphen, 1996, \ISBN{0-907259-06-5}) -\item[Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering]by Jan Tschichold - (W.~W.~Norton, 1992, \ISBN{0-393-70197-2}) -\item[A Short History of the Printed Word]by Warren Chappell and - Robert Bringhurst (Hartley \& Marks, 1999, \ISBN{0-88179-154-7}) -\end{booklist} - - The above lists are limited to books published in English. Typographic -styles are somewhat language-dependent, and similarly the `interesting' fonts -depend on the particular writing system involved. -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-whereFAQ]{Where to find \acro{FAQ}s} - -Bobby Bodenheimer's article, from which this \acro{FAQ} was developed, used -to be posted (nominally monthly) to newsgroup -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex}. The (long -obsolete) last posted copy of that article is kept on \acro{CTAN} for -auld lang syne. - -\begin{pdfversion} -A version of the \href{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq}{present \acro{FAQ}} -may be browsed via the World-Wide Web, and its sources -\end{pdfversion} -\begin{dviversion} -A version of the present \acro{FAQ} may be browsed via the World-Wide Web, at -\acro{URL} \URL{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq}, and its sources -\end{dviversion} -\begin{htmlversion} -The sources of the present \acro{FAQ} -\end{htmlversion} -are available from \acro{CTAN}. - -This \acro{FAQ} and others are regularly mentioned, on -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} and elsewhere, in a ``pointer \acro{FAQ}'' -which is also saved at \URL{http://tug.org/tex-ptr-faq} - -A 2006 innovation from Scott Pakin is the ``visual'' \LaTeX{} \acro{FAQ}. -This is a document with (mostly rubbish) text formatted so as to -highlight things we discuss here, and providing Acrobat hyper-links to -the relevant answers in this \acro{FAQ} on the Web. The visual -\acro{FAQ} is provided in \acro{PDF} format, on \acro{CTAN}; it works -best using Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 (or later); some features are -missing with other readers, or with earlier versions of Acrobat Reader - -Another excellent information source, available in English, is the -\href{http://tex.loria.fr}{\AllTeX{} navigator}. - -Both the Francophone \TeX{} user group Gutenberg and the Czech/Slovak -user group CS-TUG have published translations of this \acro{FAQ}, with -extensions appropriate to their languages. - -% Herbert Vo\ss {}'s excellent % beware line break -% \href{http://texnik.de/}{\LaTeX{} tips and tricks} -% provides excellent advice on most topics one might imagine (though -% it's not strictly a \acro{FAQ})~--- highly recommended for most -% ordinary mortals' use. - -The Open Directory Project (\acro{ODP}) maintains a list of sources of -\AllTeX{} help, including \acro{FAQ}s. View the \TeX{} area at -\URL{http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Typesetting/TeX/} - -Other non-English \acro{FAQ}s are available (off-\acro{CTAN}): -\begin{booklist} -\item[German]Posted regularly to \Newsgroup{de.comp.tex}, and archived - on \acro{CTAN}; the \acro{FAQ} also appears at - \URL{http://www.dante.de/faq/de-tex-faq/} -\item[French]% -%% An interactive (full-screen!) FAQ may be found at -%% \URL{http://www.frenchpro6.com/screen.pdf/FAQscreen.pdf}, and a copy -%% for printing at \URL{http://frenchle.free.fr/FAQ.pdf}; - A FAQ used to be posted regularly to - \Newsgroup{fr.comp.text.tex}, and is archived on \acro{CTAN}~--- - sadly, that effort seems to have fallen by the wayside. -%% \item[Spanish]See \URL{http://apolo.us.es/CervanTeX/FAQ/} -\item[Czech]See \URL{http://www.fi.muni.cz/cstug/csfaq/} -\end{booklist} - -Resources available on \acro{CTAN} are: -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Dante \acro{FAQ}]\CTANref{dante-faq} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}French \acro{FAQ}]\CTANref{french-faq} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Sources of this \acro{FAQ}]\CTANref{faq} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Obsolete \texttt{comp.text.tex} \acro{FAQ}]% - \CTANref{TeX-FAQ} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}The visual \acro{FAQ}]\CTANref{visualFAQ} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-07-02} - -\Question[Q-gethelp]{Getting help online} - -We assume, here, that you have looked at all relevant -\Qref*{\acro{FAQ} answers}{Q-whereFAQ} you can find, you've looked in -any \Qref*{books}{Q-book-lists} you have, and scanned relevant -\Qref*{tutorials}{Q-tutorials*}\dots{} and still you don't know what -to do. - -There are two more steps you can take before formulating a question to -the \tex{} world at large. - -First, (if you are seeking a particular package or program), start by -looking on your own system: you might already have what you seek~--- -the better \TeX{} distributions provide a wide range of supporting -material. The \Qref*{\acro{CTAN} Catalogue}{Q-catalogue} can also -identify packages that might help: you can % ! line break -\href{http://www.tex.ac.uk/search}{search it}, or you can browse it -\begin{hyperversion} -% !!!! line break -``\href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html}{by topic}''. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} -``by topic'' at -\url{http://mirrors.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html} -\end{flatversion} -Each catalogue entry has a brief description of the package, and links to -known documentation on the net. In fact, a large proportion of -\acro{CTAN} package directories now include documentation, so it's -often worth looking at the catalogue entry for a package you're considering -using (where possible, each package link in the main body of these -\acro{FAQ}s \hyperflat{has a link to}{shows the \acro{URL} of} -the relevant catalogue entry). - -Failing that, look to see if anyone has solved the problem before; -places where people ask are: -\begin{enumerate} -\item newsgroup \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex}, whose ``historical posts'' - are accessible via - \href{http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex}{Google groups}, - and -\item the mailing list \texttt{texhax} via its - \href{http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/}{archive}, or via the `Gmane' - newsgroup \Newsgroup{gmane.comp.tex.texhax}, which holds a - \emph{very} long history of the list. A long shot would be to - search the archives of the mailing list's ancient posts on - \acro{CTAN}, which go back to the days when it was a digest: in - those days, a question asked in one issue would only ever be - answered in the next one. -\end{enumerate} -If the ``back question'' searches fail, you must ask the world at -large. - -So, how do you like to ask questions?~--- the three available -mechanisms are: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Mailing lists: there are various specialist mailing lists, but - the place for `general' \alltex{} queries is the \texttt{texhax} - mailing list. Mail to \mailto{texhax@tug.org} to ask a question, - but it's probably better to subscribe to the list - (via \URL{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax}) % ! no ~ allowed - first~--- not everyone will answer to you as well as to the list. -\item Newsgroup: to ask a question on \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex}, you - can use your own news client (if you have one), or use the ``+ new - post'' button on - \URL{http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex}. -\item Web forum: alternatives are: the % ! line break - \href{http://www.latex-community.org/}{``\LaTeX{} community'' site}, - which offers a variety of `categories' to place your query, and the - % the next line will tend to break if you add _anything_ to it! - \href{http://tex.stackexchange.com/}{\TeX{}, \LaTeX{} and friends Q\&A site} - (``StackExchange''). - - StackExchange has a scheme for voting on the quality of answers (and - hence of those who offer support). This arrangement is supposed to - enable you to rank any answers that are posted. - - StackExchange offers - \href{http://meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1436/welcome-to-tex-sx}{hints about ``good behaviour''}, - which any user should at least scan before asking for help there. - (The hints' principal aim is to maximise the chance that you get useful - advice from the first answer; for example, it suggests that you supply a - \Qref*{minimal example of your problem}{Q-askquestion}, just as - these \acro{FAQ}s do. There are people on the site who can be abrasive - to those asking questions, who seem not to be following the - guidelines for good behaviour) -\end{enumerate} -Do \textbf{not} try mailing the \LaTeX{} project team, the maintainers -of the \texlive{} or \miktex{} distributions or the maintainers of -these \acro{FAQ}s for help; while all these addresses reach -experienced \AllTeX{} users, no small group can possibly have -expertise in every area of usage so that the ``big'' lists and forums -are a far better bet. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[texhax \nothtml{\rmfamily}`back copies']\CTANref{texhax} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-28} - -\Question[Q-maillists*]{Specialist mailing lists} - -The previous question, ``\Qref*{getting help}{Q-gethelp}'', talked of -the two major forums in which \AllTeX{}, \MF{} and \MP{} are -discussed; however, these aren't the only ones available. - -The \acro{TUG} web site offers many mailing lists other than just -\texttt{texhax} via its % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo}{mail list management page}. - -The French national \TeX{} user group, Gutenberg, offers a \MF{} (and, -de facto, \MP{}) mailing list, \mailto{metafont@ens.fr}: subscribe to -it by sending a message -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -subscribe metafont -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to \mailto{sympa@ens.fr} - -(Note that there's also a \MP{}-specific mailing list available via the -\acro{TUG} list server; in fact there's little danger of becoming confused -by subscribing to both.) - -Announcements of \TeX{}-related installations on the \acro{CTAN} -archives are sent to the mailing list \texttt{ctan-ann}. Subscribe -to the list via its \ProgName{MailMan} web-site -\URL{https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann}; list archives -are available at the same address. The list archives may also be -browsed via \URL{http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/}, and -an \acro{RSS} feed is also available: -\URL{http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/maillist.xml} - -\Question[Q-askquestion]{How to ask a question} - -You want help from the community at large; you've decided where you're -going to \Qref*{ask your question}{Q-gethelp}, but how do you -phrase it? - -Excellent ``general'' advice (how to ask questions of anyone) is -contained in -%beware line break -\href{http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html}{Eric Raymond's article on the topic}. -Eric's an extremely self-confident person, and this comes through in -his advice; but his guidelines are very good, even for us in the -un-self-confident majority. It's important to remember that you don't -have a right to advice from the world, but that if you express -yourself well, you will usually find someone who will be pleased to -help. - -So how do you express yourself in the \AllTeX{} world? There aren't -any comprehensive rules, but a few guidelines may help in the -application of your own common sense. -\begin{itemize} -\item Make sure you're asking the right people. Don't ask in a \TeX{} - forum about printer device drivers for the \ProgName{Foobar} - operating system. Yes, \TeX{} users need printers, but no, \TeX{} - users will typically \emph{not} be \ProgName{Foobar} systems - managers. - - Similarly, avoid posing a question in a language that the majority - of the group don't use: post in Ruritanian to - \Newsgroup{de.comp.text.tex} and you may have a long wait before a - German- and Ruritanian-speaking \TeX{} expert notices your - question. -\item If your question is (or may be) \TeX{}-system-specific, report - what system you're using, or intend to use: ``I can't install - \TeX{}'' is as good as useless, whereas ``I'm trying to install the - \ProgName{mumbleTeX} distribution on the \ProgName{Grobble} - operating system'' gives all the context a potential respondent - might need. Another common situation where this information is - important is when you're having trouble installing something new in - your system: ``I want to add the \Package{glugtheory} package to my - \ProgName{mumbleTeX v12.0} distribution on the \ProgName{Grobble 2024} - operating system''. -\item If you need to know how to do something, make clear what your - environment is: ``I want to do \emph{x} in \plaintex{}'', or ``I - want to do \emph{y} in \LaTeX{} running the \Class{boggle} - class''. If you thought you knew how, but your attempts are - failing, tell us what you've tried: ``I've already tried installing - the \Package{elephant} in the \Package{minicar} directory, and it - didn't work, even after refreshing the filename database''. -\item If something's going wrong within \AllTeX{}, pretend you're - \Qref*{submitting a \LaTeX{} bug report}{Q-latexbug}, - and try to generate a \Qref*{minimum failing example}{Q-minxampl}. - If your example - needs your local \Class{xyzthesis} class, or some other resource - not generally available, be sure to include a pointer to how the - resource can be obtained. -\item Figures are special, of course. Sometimes the figure itself is - \emph{really} needed, but most problems may be demonstrated with a - ``figure substitute'' in the form of a - \cmdinvoke*{rule}{width}{height} command, for some value of - \meta{width} and \meta{height}. If the (real) figure is needed, - don't try posting it: far better to put it on the web somewhere. -\item Be as succinct as possible. Your helpers don't usually need to - know \emph{why} you're doing something, just \emph{what} you're - doing and where the problem is. -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-minxampl]{How to make a ``minimum example''} - -\Qref[Question]{Our advice on asking questions}{Q-askquestion} -suggests that you prepare a ``minimum example'' (also commonly known -as a ``\emph{minimal} example'') of failing behaviour, -as a sample to post with your question. If you have a problem in a -two hundred page document, it may be unclear how to proceed from this -problem to a succinct demonstration of your problem. - -There are two valid approaches to this task: building up, and hacking -down. - -% ! line break -\latexhtml{The ``building up'' process}{\textbf{\emph{Building up}}} starts -with a basic document structure -(for \LaTeX{}, this would have \csx{documentclass}, -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document}, \cmdinvoke{end}{document}) and adds -things. First to add is a paragraph or so around the actual point -where the problem occurs. (It may prove difficult to find the actual -line that's provoking the problem. If the original problem is an -error, reviewing % ! line break -\Qref[the answer to question]{``the structure of \TeX{} errors''}{Q-errstruct} -may help.) - -Note that there are things that can go wrong in one part of the -document as a result of something in another part: the commonest is -problems in the table of contents (from something in a section title, -or whatever), or the list of \meta{something} (from something in a -\csx{caption}). In such a case, include the section title or caption -(the caption probably needs the \environment{figure} or -\environment{table} environment around it, but it \emph{doesn't} need -the figure or table itself). - -If this file you've built up shows the problem already, then you're done. -Otherwise, try adding packages; the optimum is a file with only one -package in it, but you may find that the guilty package won't even load -properly unless another package has been loaded. (Another common case -is that package \Package{A} only fails when package \Package{B} has been -loaded.) - -% ! line break -\latexhtml{The ``hacking down'' route}{\textbf{\emph{Hacking down}}} starts -with your entire document, and -removes bits until the file no longer fails (and then of course -restores the last thing removed). Don't forget to hack out any -unnecessary packages, but mostly, the difficulty is choosing what to -hack out of the body of the document; this is the mirror of the -problem above, in the ``building up'' route. - -If you've added a package (or more than one), add \csx{listfiles} to -the preamble too: that way, \LaTeX{} will produce a list of the -packages you've used and their version numbers. This information may -be useful evidence for people trying to help you. - -The process of `building up', and to some extent that of `hacking -down', can be helped by stuff available on \acro{CTAN}: -\begin{itemize} -\item the \Class{minimal} class (part of the \latex{} distribution) - does what its name says: it provides nothing more than what is - needed to get \latex{} code going, and -\item the \Package{mwe} bundle provides a number of images in formats - that \alltex{} documents can use, and a small package \Package{mwe} - which loads other useful packages (such as \Package{blindtext} and - \Package{lipsum}, both capable of producing dummy text in a - document). -\end{itemize} - -What if none of of these cut-down derivatives of your document will -show your error? Whatever you do, don't post the whole of the document: if -you can, it may be useful to make a copy available on the web -somewhere: people will probably understand if it's impossible~\dots{}\ -or inadvisable, in the case of something confidential. - -If the whole document is indeed necessary, it could be that your -error is an overflow of some sort; the best you can do is to post the -code ``around'' the error, and (of course) the full text of the error. - -It may seem that all this work is rather excessive for preparing a -simple post. There are two responses to that, both based on the -relative inefficiency of asking a question on the internet. - -First, preparing a minimum document very often leads \emph{you} to the -answer, without all the fuss of posting and looking for responses. - -Second, your prime aim is to get an answer as quickly as possible; a -well-prepared example stands a good chance of attracting an answer -``in a single pass'': if the person replying to your post finds she -needs more information, you have to find that request, post again, and -wait for your benefactor to produce a second response. - -All things considered, a good example file can save you a day, for -perhaps half an hour's effort invested. - -Much of the above advice, differently phrased, may also be read on the -web at \URL{http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini-en.html}; source of -that article may be found at \URL{http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/}, in -both German and English. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[blindtext.sty]\CTANref{blindtext} -\item[lipsum.sty]\CTANref{lipsum} -\item[minimal.cls]Distributed as part of \CTANref{latex} -\item[mwe.sty]\CTANref{mwe} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-01-09} - -\Question[Q-tutorials*]{Tutorials, etc., for \tex{}-based systems} - -From a situation where every \AllTeX{} user \emph{had} to buy a book -if she was not to find herself groping blindly along, we now have what -almost amounts to an embarrassment of riches of online documentation. -The following answers attempt to create lists of sources ``by topic''. - -First we have introductory manuals, for -\Qref*{\plaintex{}}{Q-man-tex} and \Qref*{\LaTeX{}}{Q-man-latex}. - -Next comes a selection of -\Qref*{``specialised'' \AllTeX{} tutorials}{Q-tutbitslatex}, -each of which concentrates on a single \LaTeX{} topic. - -A small selection of reference documents (it would be good to have -more) are listed in an \Qref*{answer of their own}{Q-ref-doc}. - -Next comes the (somewhat newer) field of % ! line break -\Qref*{\TeX{}-related WIKIs}{Q-doc-wiki}. - -A rather short list gives us a % ! line break -\Qref*{Typography style tutorial}{Q-typo-style}. -\LastEdit{2011-09-26} - -\Question[Q-man-tex]{Online introductions: \plaintex{}} - -Michael Doob's splendid `Gentle Introduction' to \plaintex{} -(available on \acro{CTAN}) has been stable for a very long time. - -Another recommendable document is D. R.~Wilkins' `Getting started with \TeX{}', -available on the web at \URL{http://www.ntg.nl/doc/wilkins/pllong.pdf} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Gentle Introduction]\CTANref{gentle} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-man-latex]{Online introductions: \LaTeX{}} - -A pleasing little document, ``Getting something out of \LaTeX{}'' is -designed to give a feel of \LaTeX{} to someone who's never used it at -all. It's not a tutorial, merely helps the user to decide whether to -go on to a tutorial, and thence to `real' use of \LaTeX{}. - -Tobias Oetiker's `(Not so) Short Introduction to \LaTeXe{}', is -regularly updated, as people suggest better ways of explaining things, -etc. The introduction is available on \acro{CTAN}, together with -translations into a rather large set of languages. - -Peter Flynn's ``Beginner's \LaTeX{}'' (which started life as course -material) is a pleasing read. A complete copy may be found on -\acro{CTAN}, but it may also be browsed over the web -(\URL{http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/beginlatex/html/}). - -Harvey Greenberg's `Simplified Introduction to \LaTeX{}' was written -for a lecture course, and is also available on \acro{CTAN} (in \PS{} -only, unfortunately). - -The fourth edition of George Gr\"atzer's book ``Math into \LaTeX{}'' -contains a ``short course'' in \LaTeX{} itself, and that course has -been made publicly available on \acro{CTAN}. - -Philip Hirschhorn's ``Getting up and running with \AMSLaTeX{}'' has a -brief introduction to \LaTeX{} itself, followed by a substantial -introduction to the use of the \acro{AMS} classes and the -\Package{amsmath} package and other things that are potentially of -interest to those writing documents containing mathematics. - -Edith Hodgen's % beware line break -\href{http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~david/latex/notes.pdf}{\LaTeX{}, a Braindump} -starts you from the ground up~--- giving a basic tutorial in the use -of \ProgName{Linux} to get you going (rather a large file\dots{}). -Its parent site, David Friggens' % ! line break -\href{http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~david/latex/}{documentation page} is a -useful collection of links in itself. - -% ! line break -\href{http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/}{Andy Roberts' introductory material} -is a pleasing short introduction to the use of \AllTeX{}; some of the -slides for \emph{actual} tutorials are to be found on the page, as -well. - -D. R.~Wilkins' % ! line break -\href{http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/}{`Getting started with \latex{}'} -also looks good (it appears shorter~--- more of a primer~--- than some -of the other offerings). - -Chris Harrison's % ! line break -\href{http://xoph.co/20111024/latex-tutorial/}{LaTeX tutorial} -presents basic \LaTeX{} in a rather pleasing and straightforward way. - -Nicola Talbot's % ! line break -\href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/novices/}{\LaTeX{} for complete novices} -does what it claims: the author teaches \LaTeX{} at the University of -East Anglia. The ``Novices'' tutorial is one of several % ! line break -\href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/}{introductory tutorials}, -which include exercises (with solutions). Other tutorials include -those for % ! line break -\href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/thesis/}{writing theses/dissertations with \LaTeX{}}, and for % ! line break -\href{http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/admin/}{using \LaTeX{} in administrative work} - -Engelbert Buxbaum provides the `slides' for his \latex{} course `The -\latex{} document preparation system'; this seems to be a departmental -course at his university. - -Mark van Dongen's % line break -\href{"http://csweb.ucc.ie/~dongen/LaTeX-and-Friends.pdf}{`\latex and friends'} -appeared as he was writing his book on the subject (soon to be published). - -An interesting (and practical) tutorial about what \emph{not} to do is -\Package{l2tabu}, or ``A list of sins of \LaTeXe{} users'' by Mark -Trettin, translated into English by J\"urgen Fenn. The -tutorial is available from \acro{CTAN} as a \acro{PDF} file (though -the source is also available). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Beginner's \LaTeX{}]\CTANref{beginlatex-pdf} -% ! line break -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Getting something out of \latex{}]\CTANref{first-latex-doc} -% ! line break -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Getting up and running with \AMSLaTeX{}]\CTANref{amslatex-primer} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Slides for \latex{} course]\CTANref{latex-course} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Not so Short Introduction]\CTANref{lshort} - (in English, you may browse for sources and other language versions at - \CTANref{lshort-parent}) -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Simplified \LaTeX{}]\CTANref{simpl-latex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Short Course in \LaTeX{}]\CTANref{mil-short} -% ! line break -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}The sins of \LaTeX{} users]Browse - \CTANref{l2tabu} for a copy of the document in a language that is - convenient for you -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-11-29} - -\Question[Q-tutbitslatex]{\AllTeX{} tutorials} -\AliasQuestion{Q-doc-dirs} - -The \acro{AMS} publishes a ``Short Math Guide for \LaTeX{}'', which is -available (in several formats) via -\URL{http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html} (the ``Additional -Documentation'' about half-way down the page. - -Herbert Vo\ss {} has written an extensive guide to mathematics in -\LaTeX{}, and a development of it has been % ! line break -\Qref*{published as a book}{Q-latex-books}. - -Two documents written more than ten years apart about font usage in -\TeX{} are worth reading: % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb14-2/tb39rahtz-nfss.pdf}{Essential NFSS} -by Sebastian Rahtz, and % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2006-1/schmidt/schmidt.pdf}{Font selection in LaTeX}, -cast in the form of an \acro{FAQ}, by Walter Schmidt. A general -compendium of font information (including the two above) may be found -on the \href{http://www.tug.org/fonts/}{TUG web site}. - -T\acro{UG} India is developing a series of online \LaTeX{} tutorials -which can be strongly recommended: select single chapters at a time -from \URL{http://www.tug.org/tutorials/tugindia}\nobreakspace--- there -are 17~chapters in the series, two of which are mostly introductory. - -Peter Smith's -\begin{narrowversion} - ``\LaTeX{} for Logicians'' - (\URL{http://www.logicmatters.net/latex-for-logicians/}) -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - % ! line break - ``\href{http://www.logicmatters.net/latex-for-logicians/}{\LaTeX{} for Logicians}'' -\end{wideversion} -page covers a rather smaller subject area, but is similarly comprehensive -(mostly by links to documents on relevant topics, rather than as a -monolithic document). - -Keith Reckdahl's ``Using Imported Graphics in \LaTeXe{}'' -(\Package{epslatex}) is an -excellent introduction to graphics use. It's available on -\acro{CTAN}, but not in the \texlive{} or miktex{} distributions, for -lack of sources. - -Stefan Kottwitz manages a web site devoted to the use of the drawing -packages % ! line break -\Qref*{\acro{PGF} and \acro{T}ik\acro{Z}}{Q-drawing}, % ! line break -\url{http://www.texample.net/} - -Included is % ! line break - \href{http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/}{examples catalogue} -includes examples (with output) from the package documentation as well -as code written by the original site maintainer (Kjell Magne Fauske) -and others. - -The compendious \acro{PGF}/\acro{T}ik\acro{Z} manual is clear, but is -bewildering for some beginners. The % ! line break -\href{http://cremeronline.com/LaTeX/minimaltikz.pdf}{`minimal' introduction} -has helped at least the present author. - -Vincent Zoonekynd provides a set of excellent (and graphic) tutorials -on the programming of % !line breaks, ... -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_title/0.html}{title page styles}, -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html}{chapter heading styles} -and -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_section/0.html}{section heading styles}. -In each file, there is a selection of graphics representing an output -style, and for each style, the code that produces it is shown. - -An invaluable step-by-step setup guide for establishing a ``work -flow'' through your \AllTeX{} system, so that output appears at the -correct size and position on standard-sized paper, and that the print -quality is satisfactory, is Mike Shell's \Package{testflow}. The -tutorial consists of a large plain text document, and there is a -supporting \LaTeX{} file together with correct output, both in \PS{} and -\acro{PDF}, for each of \acro{A}4 and ``letter'' paper sizes. The -complete kit is available on \acro{CTAN} (distributed with the -author's macros for papers submitted for \acro{IEEE} publications). -The issues are also covered in a later % ! line break -\Qref{\acro{FAQ} answer}{Q-dvips-pdf}. - -Documentation of Japanese \ensuremath{\Omega{}} use appears in -Haruhiko Okumura's page -% ! line break -\href{http://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/texfaq/japanese/}{typesetting Japanese with Omega} -(the parent page is in Japanese, so out of the scope of this -\acro{FAQ} list). - -Some university departments make their local documentation available -on the web. Most straightforwardly, there's the simple translation of -existing documentation into \acro{HTML}, for example the \acro{INFO} -documentation of the \AllTeX{} installation, of which a sample is the -\LaTeX{} documentation available at -\URL{http://www.tac.dk/cgi-bin/info2www?(latex)} - -More ambitiously, some university departments have enthusiastic -documenters who -make public record of their \AllTeX{} support. For example, Tim Love -(of Cambridge University Engineering Department) maintains his -department's pages at -\URL{http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/} -%% and Mimi -%% Burbank (of the School of Computer Science \& Information Technology -%% at the University of Florida) manages her department's at -%% \URL{http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~mimi/tex/}\nobreakspace--- both sets are fine -%% examples of good practice. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Graphics in \LaTeXe{}]\CTANref{epslatex} -\item[testflow]\CTANref{testflow} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Herbert Vo\ss {}'s Maths tutorial]\CTANref{voss-mathmode} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-ref-doc]{Reference documents} - -For \TeX{} primitive commands a rather nice % ! line break -\href{http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/texcrib.pdf}{quick reference booklet}, -by John W.~Shipman, is available; it's arranged in the same way as the -\TeX{}book. By contrast, you can view David Bausum's % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html}{list of \TeX{} primitives} -alphabetically or arranged by ``family''. Either way, the list has a -link for each control sequence, that leads you to a detailed -description, which includes page references to the \TeX{}book. - -There doesn't seem to be a reference that takes in \plaintex{} as -well as the primitive commands. - -An interesting \LaTeX{} ``cheat sheet'' is available from \acro{CTAN}: -it's a list of (more or less) everything you `ought to' remember, for -basic \LaTeX{} use. % line break -(It's laid out very compactly for printing on N.\ American `letter'; -printed on \acro{ISO} \acro{A}4, using Adobe Acrobat's ``shrink to -fit'', it strains aged eyes\dots{}) - -For command organised references to \LaTeX{}, Karl Berry (et -al)'s % !line break -\href{http://home.gna.org/latexrefman}{LaTeX reference manual} is (to -an extent) work in progress, but is generally reliable (source is -available on the.archive as well). - -Martin Scharrer's ``List of internal \latex{} macros'' is a help to -those aiming to write a class or package. - -The reference provided by the Emerson Center of Emory -University), % ! line break -\href{http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex2e/latex2e_toc.html}{LaTeXe help} -also looks good. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Cheat sheet]\CTANref{latexcheat} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}LaTeX reference manual]\CTANref{latex2e-help-texinfo} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}LaTeX internal macros]\CTANref{macros2e} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-16} - -\Question[Q-doc-wiki]{\acro{WIKI} books for \TeX{} and friends} - -The \emph{\acro{WIKI}} concept can be a boon to everyone, if used sensibly. -The ``general'' \acro{WIKI} allows \emph{anyone} to add stuff, or to edit -stuff that someone else has added: while there is obvious potential -for chaos, there is evidence that a strong user community can keep a -\acro{WIKI} under control. - -Following the encouraging performance of the % ! line break -\href{http://contextgarden.net/}{\CONTeXT{} \acro{WIKI}}, valiant -efforts have been made generating ``\acro{WIKI} books'' for \AllTeX{} -users. Thus we have % ! line break -\href{http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/TeX}{(Plain) \TeX{} \acro{WIKI} book} and -\href{http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX}{\LaTeX{} \acro{WIKI} book}~--- -both well established. Both are highly rated as reference sources, -and even as introductory texts. -\LastEdit{2012-07-25} - -\Question[Q-typo-style]{Typography tutorials} - -Peter Wilson's article \Package{memdesign} has a lengthy introductory -section on typographic considerations, which is a fine tutorial, -written by someone who is aware of the issues as they apply to -\AllTeX{} users. (\Package{Memdesign} now distributed separately from -the manual for his \Class{memoir} class, but was originally part of -that manual) - -There's also (at least one) typographic style tutorial available on -the Web, the excellent % ! line break -``\href*{http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/~hedrick/typography/typography.janson-syntax.107514.pdf}{Guidelines for Typography in NBCS}''. -In fact, its % !! -\href*{http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/~hedrick/typography/index.html}{parent page} -is also worth a read: among other things, it provides copies of the -``guidelines'' document in a wide variety of primary fonts, for -comparison purposes. The author is careful to explain that he has no -ambition to supplant such excellent books as -\Qref*{Bringhurst's}{Q-type-books}, but the document (though it does -contain its Rutgers-local matter) is a fine introduction to the issues -of producing readable documents. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[memdesign]\CTANref{memdesign} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-ol-books]{Freely available \AllTeX{} books} - -People have long argued for \AllTeX{} books to be made available on -the web, and until relatively recently this demand went un-answered. - -The first to appear was Victor Eijkhout's excellent ``\TeX{} by -Topic'' in 2001 (it had been published by Addison-Wesley, but was long -out of print). The book is now available on \acro{CTAN}; it's not a -beginner's tutorial but it's a fine reference. It's also available, -as a printed copy, via the on-line publishers -\href{http://www.lulu.com/content/2555607/}{Lulu} (not quite free, of -course, but not a \emph{bad} deal\dots{}). - -Addison-Wesley have also released the copyright of ``\TeX{} for the -Impatient'' by Paul W.~Abrahams, Karl Berry and Kathryn A.~Hargreaves, -another book whose unavailability many have lamented. The authors -have re-released the book under the \acro{GNU} Free Documentation -Licence, and it is available from \acro{CTAN}. - -Norm Walsh's ``Making \TeX{} Work'' (originally published by O'Reilly) -is also available (free) on the Web, at -\URL{http://makingtexwork.sourceforge.net/mtw/}; the sources of the -Web page are on \acro{CTAN}. The book was an excellent resource in -its day, but while it is now somewhat dated, it still has its uses, -and is a welcome addition to the list of on-line resources. A project -to update it is believed to be under way. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Making \TeX{} Work]\CTANref{mtw} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\TeX{} by Topic]\CTANref{texbytopic} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\TeX{} for the Impatient]\CTANref{TftI} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-29} - -\Question[Q-pkgdoc]{Documentation of packages} - -These \acro{FAQ}s regularly suggest packages that will ``solve'' -particular problems. In some cases, the answer provides a recipe for -the job. In other cases, or when the solution needs elaborating, how -is the poor user to find out what to do? - -If you're lucky, the package you need is already in your installation. -If you're particularly lucky, you're using a distribution that gives -access to package documentation and the documentation is available in -a form that can easily be shown. - -On \texlive{}-based distributions, help should be available from the -\ProgName{texdoc} command, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -texdoc footmisc -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which opens a window showing documentation of the \Package{footmisc} -package. (The window is tailored to the file type, in the way normal -for the system.) - -If \ProgName{texdoc} can't find any documentation, it may launch a Web -browser to look at the package's entry in the \acro{CTAN} catalogue. -The catalogue has an entry for package documentation, and most authors -respond to the \acro{CTAN} team's request for documentation of -packages, you will more often than not find documentation that way. - -On \miktex{} systems, the same function is provided by the -\ProgName{mthelp}. - -Note that the site \url{texdoc.net} provides access to the -documentation you \emph{would} have if you had a \emph{full} -installation of \texlive{}; on the site you can simply ask for a -package (as you would ask \ProgName{texdoc}, or you can use the site's -index of documentation to find what you want. (This is helpful for -some of us: many people don't have a full \alltex{} installation on -their mobile phone~\dots{} yet.) - -If your luck (as defined above) doesn't hold out, you've got to find -documentation by other means. That is, you have to find the -documentation for yourself. The rest of this answer offers a range of -possible techniques. - -The commonest form of documentation of \LaTeX{} add-ons is within the -\extension{dtx} file in which the code is distributed (see -\Qref[answer]{documented \LaTeX{} sources}{Q-dtx}). Such files -are supposedly processable by \LaTeX{} itself, but there are -occasional hiccups on the way to readable documentation. Common -problems are that the package itself is needed to process its own -documentation (so must be unpacked before processing), and that the -\extension{dtx} file will \emph{not} in fact process with \LaTeX{}. In the -latter case, the \extension{ins} file will usually produce a -\extension{drv} (or similarly-named) file, which you process with -\LaTeX{} instead. (Sometimes the package author even thinks to -mention this wrinkle in a package \texttt{README} file.) - -Another common form is the separate documentation file; particularly -if a package is ``conceptually large'' (and therefore needs a lot of -documentation), the documentation would prove a cumbersome extension -to the \extension{dtx} file. Examples of such cases are the \Class{memoir} -class, the \Class{KOMA-script} bundle -(whose developers take the trouble to produce detailed documentation -in both German and English), the \Package{pgf} documentation (which -would make a substantial book in its own right) -and the \Package{fancyhdr} package (whose -documentation derives from a definitive tutorial in a mathematical -journal). Even if the documentation is not separately identified in a -\texttt{README} file, it should not be too difficult to recognise its -existence. - -Documentation within the package itself is the third common form. -Such documentation ordinarily appears in comments at the head of the -file, though at least one eminent author regularly places it after the -\csx{endinput} command in the package. (This is desirable, since -\csx{endinput} is a `logical' end-of-file, and \AllTeX{} doesn't read -beyond it: thus such documentation does not `cost' any package loading time.) - -The above suggestions cover most possible ways of finding -documentation. If, despite your best efforts, you can't find -it in any of the above places, there's the awful possibility that the -author didn't bother to document his package (on the ``if it was hard -to write, it should be hard to use'' philosophy). Most ordinary -mortals will seek support from some more experienced user at this -stage, though it \emph{is} possible to proceed in the way that the original -author apparently expected\dots{}by reading his code. -\LastEdit{2012-11-09} - -\Question[Q-writecls]{Learning to write \LaTeX{} classes and packages} - -There's nothing particularly magic about the commands you use when -writing a package, so you can simply bundle up a set of \LaTeX{} -\csx{(re)newcommand} and \csx{(re)newenvironment} commands, put them in -a file \File{package.sty} and you have a package. - -However, any but the most trivial package will require rather more -sophistication. Some details of \LaTeX{} commands for the job are to -be found in `\LaTeXe{} for class and package writers' -(\File{clsguide}, part of the \LaTeX{} documentation distribution). -Beyond this, a good knowledge of \TeX{} itself is valuable: thus books -such as the \Qref*{\TeX{}book}{Q-tex-books} or % ! line break -\Qref*{\TeX{} by topic}{Q-ol-books} are relevant. With good \TeX{} -knowledge it is possible to use the documented source of \LaTeX{} as -reference material (dedicated authors will acquaint themselves with the -source as a matter of course). A complete set of the documented -source of \LaTeX{} may be prepared by processing the file -\File{source2e.tex} in the \LaTeX{} distribution. Such processing is -noticeably tedious, but Heiko Oberdiek has prepared a well-linked -\acro{PDF} version, which is in the file \File{base.tds.zip} of his -\ProgName{latex-tds} distribution. Individual files in the \LaTeX{} -distribution may be processed separately with \LaTeX{}, like any -well-constructed \Qref*{\extension{dtx} file}{Q-dtx}. - -Writing good classes is not easy; it's a good idea to read some -established ones (\File{classes.dtx}, for example, is the documented -source of the standard classes other than \Class{Letter}, and may -itself be formatted with \LaTeX{}). Classes that are not part of the -distribution are commonly based on ones that are, and start by loading -the standard class with \csx{LoadClass}~--- an example of this -technique may be seen in \Package{ltxguide.cls} - -An % !! line break -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-1/tb88flynn.pdf}{annotated version of \Class{article}}, -as it appears in \File{classes.dtx}, was published in -\TUGboat{} 28(1). The article, by Peter Flynn, is a good guide to -understanding \File{classes.dtx} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[classes.dtx]\CTANref{latex-classes} -\item[clsguide.pdf]\CTANref{clsguide} -\item[latex-tds \nothtml{rmfamily}collection]\CTANref{latex-tds} -\item[ltxguide.cls]\CTANref{ltxguide} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} documentation]\CTANref{latexdoc} -\item[source2e.tex]\CTANref{latex-source} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-07-19} - -\Question[Q-latex3-prog]{\latex{}3 programming} -As yet, there is no book ``Programming in \latex{}3'', and even if -such a thing existed there would be lots of gaps. So there is no -\emph{comprehensive} support. - -However, there are some `resources': -\begin{itemize} -\item The ``introduction to \latex{}3 ideas'' in the \Package{expl3} - documentation gives a broad-brush overview of the concepts. -\item Joseph Wright has written a short series of % !line break - \href{http://www.texdev.net/index.php?s=programming+latex3}{blog posts}, - which may help. -\item There is also a complete command reference in the - \Package{interface3} document. -\end{itemize} - -The documents are still subject to development; some of the broader -design issues are discussed on the \latex{} mailing list -\texttt{latex-l}~--- you may subscribe to that list by sending a -message by sending a message -\begin{quote} - `\texttt{subscribe latex-l <\emph{your name}>}' -\end{quote} -to \mailto{listserv@urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[expl3.pdf]\CTANref{expl3-doc} -\item[interface3.pdf]\CTANref{interface3-doc} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2012-11-29} - -\Question[Q-mfptutorials]{\MF{} and \MP{} Tutorials} - -Apart from Knuth's book, there seems to be only one publicly-available -\href{http://metafont.tutorial.free.fr/}{tutorial for \MF{}}, by -Christophe Grandsire (a copy in \acro{PDF} form may be downloaded). -Geoffrey Tobin's \textit{\MF{} for Beginners} % !! line break -(see \Qref[question]{using \MF{}}{Q-useMF}) describes how the \MF{} -system works and how to avoid some of the potential pitfalls. - -Peter Wilson's experience of running both \MF{} and \MP{} (the -programs), \textit{Some Experiences in Running \MF{} and \MP{}} -(available on \ctan{}) offers the benefit of Peter's experience (he -has designed a -number of `historical' fonts using \MF{}). For \MF{} the article is -geared towards testing and installing new \MF{} fonts, while its \MP{} -section describes how to use \MP{} illustrations in \LaTeX{} and -\PDFLaTeX{} documents, with an emphasis on how to use appropriate -fonts for any text or mathematics. - -Hans Hagen (of \CONTeXT{} fame) offers a \MP{} tutorial called -MetaFun (which admittedly concentrates on the use of \MP{} within -\CONTeXT{}). It may be found on his company's % ! line break -\href{http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf}{`manuals' page}. - -Another \MP{} tutorial in English is: % ! line breaks -\url{http://www.tlhiv.org/MetaPost/tutorial/} by Urs Oswald. -One in French (listed here because it's clearly enough written -that even this author understands it), -\url{http://pauillac.inria.fr/~cheno/metapost/metapost.pdf} -by Laurent Ch\'eno. - -Urs Oswald's tutorial uses Troy Henderson's tool -(\URL{http://www.tlhiv.org/mppreview}) for testing little bits of -\MP{}; it is an invaluable aid to the learner: -\URL{http://www.tlhiv.org/mppreview} - -A three-part introduction, by Mari Voipio, was published in -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/intromp/tb106voipio-grid.pdf}{\TUGboat34(1) (Entry-level \MP{}: On the grid)}, -\TUGboat34(2) -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/intromp/tb107voipio-moveit.pdf}{(Entry-level \MP{}: Move it!\@)}, and -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/intromp/tb108voipio-color.pdf}{\TUGboat34(2) (Entry-level \MP{}: Color)}. - -Vincent Zoonekynd's massive set of example \MP{} files is available on -\acro{CTAN}; the set includes a \ProgName{Perl} script to convert the -set to html, and the set may be % beware line break -\href{http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/Metapost/metapost.html}{viewed on the web}. -While these examples don't exactly constitute a ``tutorial'', they're -most certainly valuable learning material. Urs Oswald presents a -\href{http://www.ursoswald.ch/metapost/tutorial.pdf}{similar document}, -written more as a document, and presented in \acro{PDF}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Beginners' guide]\CTANref{mf-beginners} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Peter Wilson's ``experiences'']\CTANref{metafp-pdf} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Vincent Zoonekynd's examples]\CTANref{zoon-mp-eg} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-02-18} - -\Question[Q-BibTeXing]{\bibtex{} Documentation} - -\bibtex{}, a program originally designed to produce bibliographies in -conjunction with \LaTeX{}, is explained in Section~4.3 and Appendix~B -of Leslie Lamport's \LaTeX{} manual. -The document ``\bibtex{}ing'', in the \bibtex{} distribution (look for -\File{btxdoc}), -expands on the chapter in Lamport's book. \emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion} -also has information on \bibtex{} and writing \bibtex{} style files. -(See \Qref[question]{\latex{} books}{Q-latex-books} for details of both -books.) - -The web site ``\href{http://www.bibtex.org}{Your \bibtex{} resource}'' -offers a solid introduction, but doesn't go into very great detail. - -The document ``Designing \bibtex{} Styles'', also in the \bibtex{} -distribution (look for -\File{btxhak}), explains the postfix stack-based language used to -write \bibtex{} styles (\File{.bst} files). The file\File{btxbst.doc}, -also in the \bibtex{} distribution, -is the template for the four standard styles (\Package{plain}, -\Package{abbrv}, \Package{alpha}, and \Package{unsrt}); it also -contains their documentation. - -A useful tutorial of the whole process of using \bibtex{} is Nicolas -Markey's ``\emph{Tame the BeaST (The B to X of \bibtex{})}'', which -may also be found on \acro{CTAN}. A summary and \acro{FAQ} by Michael -Shell and David Hoadley, is also to be recommended. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\bibtex{} distribution]\CTANref{bibtex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Shell and Hoadley's FAQ]\CTANref{bibtex-faq} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Tame the BeaST]\CTANref{ttb-pdf} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-10-15} - -\Question[Q-symbols]{Where can I find the symbol for\,\dots{}} -\keywords{assignment circular integral degrees diagonal dots Fourier transform} -\keywords{Laplace greater less complex integer natural real} -\keywords{cent euro} - -There is a wide range of symbols available for use with \TeX{}, most -of which are not shown (or even mentioned) in \AllTeX{} books. -\emph{The Comprehensive \LaTeX{} Symbol List} (by Scott Pakin -% beware line wrap -\emph{et al.}\@) illustrates over 2000 symbols, and details the -commands and the \LaTeX{} packages needed to produce them. - -However, while the symbol list is a wonderful resource, it is never -easy to find a particular symbol there. A graphical % ! line break -\href{http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html}{symbol search} is -available on the web. The site provides you a scratch area on which -you draw the symbol you're thinking of, with your mouse; when you've -finished drawing, the classifier tries to match your sketch with -symbols it knows about. The matching process is pretty good, even for -the sketches of a \emph{really} poor draughtsman (such as the present -author), and it's often worth trying more than once. `Detexify apps' -are available for both Android and iPhone devices, you can use them to -draw the symbol with your fingertip~--- a less challenging procedure -than using your workstation's mouse, by all accounts! - -If you are using Unicode maths in \xetex{} or \luatex{}, your own -distribution ought to provide the Unicode maths symbol table -\File{unimath-symbols.pdf}; this lists the things available in the -commonly-used mathematics fonts. (If the file isn't already available -on your system, you can download it from \acro{CTAN}, where it live -with the \Package{unicode-math} package. - -Other questions in this \acro{FAQ} offer specific help on kinds of -symbols: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{Script fonts for mathematics}{Q-scriptfonts} -\item \Qref*{Fonts for the number sets}{Q-numbersets} -\item \Qref*{Typesetting the principal value integral}{Q-prinvalint} -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Symbol List]Browse \CTANref{symbols}; there - are processed versions \acro{PDF} form for both A4 and letter paper. -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Unicode maths symbols]Distributed as part of - \CTANref{unicode-math} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-09-03} - -\Question[Q-docpictex]{The \pictex{} manual} - -\pictex{} is a set of macros by Michael Wichura for drawing diagrams -and pictures. The -macros are freely available; however, the -\pictex{} manual itself is not free. -Unfortunately, \acro{TUG} is no longer able to supply copies of the -manual (as it once did), and it is now available only through Personal -\TeX{} Inc, the vendors of PC\TeX{} (\URL{http://www.pctex.com/}). The -manual is \emph{not} available electronically. - -However, there \emph{is} a summary of \pictex{} commands available on -\acro{CTAN}, which is a great aide-memoire for those who basically -know the package to start with. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\pictex{}]\CTANref{pictex} -\item[\pictex{} summary]\CTANref{pictex-summary} -\end{ctanrefs} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-dvi.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-dvi.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 1b6ddf3cf4c..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-dvi.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,148 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-dvi.tex,v 1.2 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{\acro{DVI} Drivers and Previewers} - -\Question[Q-dvips]{\acro{DVI} to \PS{} conversion programs} - -The best public domain \acro{DVI} to \PS{} conversion program, which -runs under many operating systems, is Tom Rokicki's \ProgName{dvips}. -\ProgName{dvips} is written in \acro{C} and ports easily. All current -development is in the context of Karl Berry's \ProgName{kpathsea} -library, and sources are available from the \texlive{} repository, -and versions are available in all \TeX{} distributions that recognise -the use of \PS{}. - -An \acro{VMS} versions is available as part of the \acro{CTAN} -distribution of \TeX{} for \acro{VMS}. - -A precompiled version to work with em\TeX{} is available on \acro{CTAN}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\MSDOS{} and \latexhtml{\acro{OS/}}{OS/}2]% - \CTANref{dvips-pc} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}VMS distribution]\CTANref{OpenVMSTeX} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-HPdrivers]{\acro{DVI} drivers for \acro{HP} LaserJet} - -The em\TeX{} distribution (see \Qref[question]{\TeX{} systems}{Q-TeXsystems}) -contains a driver for the LaserJet, \ProgName{dvihplj}. - -Version 2.10 of the Beebe drivers supports the LaserJet. These drivers -will compile under Unix, \acro{VMS}, and on the Atari ST and -\acro{DEC}-20s. - -For Unix systems, Karl Berry's \ProgName{dviljk} uses the same -path-searching library as \ProgName{web2c}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Beebe drivers]\CTANref{beebe} -\item[dviljk]\CTANref{dviljk} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-otherprinters]{Output to ``other'' printers} - -In the early years of \TeX{}, there were masses of \acro{DVI} drivers -for any (then) imaginable kind of printer, but the steam seems rather -to have gone out of the market for production of drivers for -printer-specific formats. There are several reasons for this, but the -primary one is that few formats offer the flexibility available -through \PS{}, and with -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} (and its -huge range of printer drivers) there is now little demand for new -printer driver development. - -Thus, it is reasonable to \Qref*{generate \PS{}}{Q-dvips}, and -use \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} to send -the resulting \PS{} output to the printer you actually have. - -(If you are using a Unix system of some sort, it's generally quite -easy to insert -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} into the -print spooling process, which makes printing \emph{really} simple.) -\LastEdit{2013-05-29} - -\Question[Q-previewers]{\acro{DVI} previewers} - -Em\TeX{} for \acro{PC}s running \MSDOS{} or \acro{OS/}2, \miktex{} and -XEm\TeX{} for \acro{PC}s running Windows and Oz\TeX{} for the Macintosh, all -come with previewers that can be used on those platforms. Em\TeX{}'s -previewer can also be run under Windows~3.1. - -Commercial \acro{PC} \TeX{} packages (see % ! line break -\Qref[question]{commercial vendors}{Q-commercial}) -have good previewers for \acro{PC}s running Windows, or for Macintoshes. - -For Unix systems, there is one `canonical' viewer, \ProgName{xdvi}. -\ProgName{Xdvik} is a version of \ProgName{xdvi} using the -\ProgName{web2c} libraries; it is now built from the same distribution -as \ProgName{xdvi}. The \texlive{} distributions for Unix systems -include a version of \ProgName{xdvik}. - -Alternatives to previewing include -\begin{itemize} -\item conversion to `similar' \acro{ASCII} text (see - \Qref[question]{converting to \acro{ASCII}}{Q-toascii}) and using a - conventional text viewer to look at that, -\item generating a \PS{} version of your document and viewing it - with a - \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}-based - previewer (see - \Qref[question]{previewing \PS{} files}{Q-PSpreview}), and -\item generating \acro{PDF} output, and viewing that with - \ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Reader} or one of the substitutes for that. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[xdvi]\CTANref{xdvi} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-11} - -\Question[Q-dvi-bmp]{Generating bitmaps from \acro{DVI}} - -In the last analysis, any \acro{DVI} driver or previewer is generating -bitmaps: bitmaps for placing tiny dots on paper via a laser- or -inkjet-printer, or bitmaps for filling some portion of your screen. -However, it's usually difficult to extract any of those bitmaps any -way other than by screen capture, and the resolution of \emph{that} is -commonly lamentable. - -Why would one want separate bitmaps? Most often, the requirement is for -something that can be included in \acro{HTML} generated from \AllTeX{} -source~--- not everything that you can write in \AllTeX{} can be -translated to \acro{HTML} (at least, portable \acro{HTML} that may be -viewed in `most' browsers), so the commonest avoiding action is to -generate a bitmap of the missing bit. Examples are maths (a maths -extension to the `|*|\acro{ML}' family is available but not -universally supported by browsers), and `exotic' typescripts (ones -that you cannot guarantee your readers will have available). Other -common examples are generation of -sample bitmaps, and generation for insertion into some other -application's display~--- to insert equations into Microsoft -PowerPoint, or to support the enhanced-\ProgName{emacs} setup called -\Qref*{\ProgName{preview}-\ProgName{latex}}{Q-WYGexpts}. - -In the past, the commonest way of generating bitmaps was to generate a -\PS{} file of the \acro{DVI} and then use -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} to -produce the required bitmap format (possibly by way of \acro{PNM} -format or something similar). This is an undesirable procedure (it is -tedious, involving requires two or three steps that run slowly) but it -served for a long time. - -\AllTeX{} users may now take advantage of two bitmap `drivers'. The -longer-established, \ProgName{dvi2bitmap}, will generate \acro{XBM} and -\acro{XPM} formats, the long-deprecated \acro{GIF} format (which is -now obsolescent, but has finally been relieved of the patent -protection of the \acro{LZW} compression it uses), and also -the modern (\acro{ISO}-standardised) \acro{PNG} format. - -\ProgName{Dvipng} started out as a PNG renderer; from version 1.2 it can also -render to the GIF format. It is designed for speed, in environments that -generate large numbers of \acro{PNG} files: the \File{README} mentions -\ProgName{preview}-\ProgName{latex}, \ProgName{LyX}, and a few -web-oriented environments. Note that \ProgName{dvipng} gives -high-quality output even though its internal operations are optimised -for speed. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dvi2bitmap]\CTANref{dvi2bitmap} -\item[dvipng]\CTANref{dvipng} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-19} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fmt-conv.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fmt-conv.tex deleted file mode 100644 index d555e6f1a66..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fmt-conv.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,465 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-fmt-conv.tex,v 1.10 2014/05/29 11:24:34 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Format conversions} - -\Question[Q-toascii]{Conversion from \AllTeX{} to plain text} - -The aim here is to emulate the Unix \ProgName{nroff}, which formats -text as best it can for the screen, from the same -input as the Unix typesetting program \ProgName{troff}. - -Converting \acro{DVI} to plain text is the basis of many of these -techniques; sometimes the simple conversion provides a good enough -response. Options are: -\begin{itemize} -\item \ProgName{dvi2tty} (one of the earliest), -\item \ProgName{crudetype} and -\item \ProgName{catdvi}, which is capable of generating Latin-1 - (ISO~8859-1) or \acro{UTF}-8 encoded output. \ProgName{Catdvi} was - conceived as a replacement for \ProgName{dvi2tty}, but development - seems to have stopped before the authors were willing to declare the - work complete. -\end{itemize} -A common problem is the hyphenation that \TeX{} inserts when -typesetting something: since the output is inevitably viewed using -fonts that don't match the original, the hyphenation usually looks -silly. - -Ralph Droms provides a \Package{txt} bundle of things in support of -\acro{ASCII} generation, -but it doesn't do a good job with tables and mathematics. - -Another possibility is to -use the \LaTeX{}-to-\acro{ASCII} conversion program, \ProgName{l2a}, -although this is really more of a de-\TeX{}ing program. - -The canonical de-\TeX{}ing program is \ProgName{detex}, which removes -all comments and control sequences -from its input before writing it to its output. Its original purpose -was to prepare input for a dumb spelling checker, and it's only usable -for preparing useful \acro{ASCII} versions of a document in highly -restricted circumstances. - -\ProgName{Tex2mail} is slightly more than a de-TeX{}er~--- it's a -\ProgName{Perl} script that converts \TeX{} files into -plain text files, expanding various mathematical symbols -(sums, products, integrals, sub/superscripts, fractions, square -roots, \dots{}\@) into ``\acro{ASCII} art'' that spreads over -multiple lines if necessary. The result is more readable to human -beings than the flat-style \TeX{} code. - -Another significant possibility is to use one of the -\Qref*{\acro{HTML}-generation solutions}{Q-LaTeX2HTML}, -and then to use a browser such as \ProgName{lynx} to dump the resulting -\acro{HTML} as plain text. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[catdvi]\CTANref{catdvi} -\item[crudetype]\CTANref{crudetype} -\item[detex]\CTANref{detex} -\item[dvi2tty]\CTANref{dvi2tty} -\item[l2a]\CTANref{l2a} -\item[tex2mail]\CTANref{tex2mail} -\item[txt]\CTANref{txtdist} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-07-21} - -\Question[Q-SGML2TeX]{Conversion from \acro{SGML} or \acro{HTML} to \protect\TeX{}} - -\acro{SGML} is a very important system for document storage and interchange, -but it has no formatting features; its companion \acro{ISO} standard -\acro{DSSSL} -(see \URL{http://www.jclark.com/dsssl/}) is designed for writing -transformations and formatting, -but this has not yet been widely implemented. Some \acro{SGML} authoring -systems (e.g., SoftQuad \ProgName{Author/Editor}) have formatting -abilities, and -there are high-end specialist \acro{SGML} typesetting systems (e.g., Miles33's -\ProgName{Genera}). However, the majority of \acro{SGML} users probably transform -the source to an existing typesetting system when they want to print. -\TeX{} is a good candidate for this. There are three approaches to writing a -translator: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Write a free-standing translator in the traditional way, with - tools like \ProgName{yacc} and \ProgName{lex}; this is hard, in - practice, because of the complexity of \acro{SGML}. -\item Use a specialist language designed for \acro{SGML} transformations; the - best known are probably \ProgName{Omnimark} and \ProgName{Balise}. - They are expensive, but powerful, incorporating \acro{SGML} query and - transformation abilities as well as simple translation. -\item Build a translator on top of an existing \acro{SGML} parser. By far - the best-known (and free!) parser is James Clark's - \ProgName{nsgmls}, and this produces a much simpler output format, - called \acro{ESIS}, which can be parsed quite straightforwardly (one also - has the benefit of an \acro{SGML} parse against the \acro{DTD}). Two - good public domain packages use this method: - \begin{itemize} - \item -\begin{narrowversion} % really non-hyper - David Megginson's \ProgName{sgmlspm}, written in \ProgName{Perl} - 5, which is available from - \URL{http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/SGMLS} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - David Megginson's - \href{http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/SGMLS}{\ProgName{sgmlspm}}, - written in \ProgName{Perl} 5. -\end{wideversion} - \item -\begin{narrowversion} % really non-hyper - Joachim Schrod and Christine Detig's \ProgName{STIL} - (`\acro{SGML} Transformations in Lisp'), which is available from - \URL{ftp://ftp.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/text/sgml/stil} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - Joachim Schrod and Christine Detig's - \href{ftp://ftp.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/text/sgml/stil}{\ProgName{STIL}}, - (`\acro{SGML} Transformations in Lisp'). -\end{wideversion} - \end{itemize} - Both of these allow the user to write `handlers' for every \acro{SGML} - element, with plenty of access to attributes, entities, and - information about the context within the document tree. - - If these packages don't meet your needs for an average \acro{SGML} - typesetting job, you need the big commercial stuff. -\end{enumerate} - -Since \acro{HTML} is simply an example of \acro{SGML}, we do not need a specific -system for \acro{HTML}. However, Nathan Torkington developed -% (\Email{Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz}) -\ProgName{html2latex} from the \acro{HTML} parser in \acro{NCSA}'s -Xmosaic package. -The program takes an \acro{HTML} file and generates a \LaTeX{} file from it. -The conversion code is subject to \acro{NCSA} restrictions, but the whole -source is available on \acro{CTAN}. - -Michel Goossens and Janne Saarela published a very useful summary of -\acro{SGML}, and of public domain tools for writing and manipulating it, in -\TUGboat{} 16(2). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[html2latex \nothtml{\rmfamily}source]\CTANref{html2latex} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-LaTeX2HTML]{Conversion from \AllTeX{} to \acro{HTML}} - -\TeX{} and \LaTeX{} are well suited to producing electronically publishable -documents. However, it is important to realize the difference -between page layout and functional markup. \TeX{} is capable of -extremely detailed page layout; \acro{HTML} is not, because \acro{HTML} is a -functional markup language not a page layout language. \acro{HTML}'s exact -rendering is not specified by the document that is published but is, to -some degree, left to the discretion of the browser. If you require your -readers to see an exact replication of what your document looks like -to you, then you cannot use \acro{HTML} and you must use some other -publishing format such as \acro{PDF}. That is true for any \acro{HTML} -authoring tool. - -\TeX{}'s excellent mathematical capabilities remain a challenge in the -business of conversion to \acro{HTML}. There are only two generally -reliable techniques for generating mathematics on the web: creating -bitmaps of bits of typesetting that can't be translated, and using -symbols and table constructs. Neither technique is entirely -satisfactory. Bitmaps lead to a profusion of tiny files, are slow to -load, and are inaccessible to those with visual disabilities. The -symbol fonts offer poor coverage of mathematics, and their use -requires configuration of the browser. The future of mathematical -browsing may be brighter~--- see -% beware line break -\Qref[question]{future Web technologies}{Q-mathml}. - -For today, possible packages are: -\begin{description} -\item[\ProgName{LaTeX2HTML}]a \ProgName{Perl} script package that - supports \LaTeX{} only, and generates mathematics (and other - ``difficult'' things) using bitmaps. The original version was - written by Nikos Drakos for Unix systems, but the package now sports - an illustrious list of co-authors and is also available for Windows - systems. Michel Goossens and Janne Saarela published a detailed - discussion of \ProgName{LaTeX2HTML}, and how to tailor it, in - \TUGboat{} 16(2). - - A mailing list for users may be found via - \URL{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/latex2html} -\item[\ProgName{TtH}]a compiled program that supports either \LaTeX{} - or \plaintex{}, and uses the font/table technique for representing - mathematics. It is written by Ian Hutchinson, using - \ProgName{flex}. The distribution consists of a single \acro{C} - source (or a compiled executable), which is easy to install and very - fast-running. -\item[\ProgName{TeX4ht}]a compiled program that supports either - \LaTeX{} or \plaintex{}, by processing a \acro{DVI} file; it uses - bitmaps for mathematics, but can also use other technologies where - appropriate. Written by Eitan Gurari, it parses the \acro{DVI} - file generated when you run \AllTeX{} over your file with - \ProgName{tex4ht}'s macros included. As a result, it's pretty - robust against the macros you include in your document, and it's - also pretty fast. -\item[\ProgName{plasTeX}]a Python-based \LaTeX{} document processing - framework. It gives DOM-like access to a \LaTeX{} document, as - well as the ability to generate mulitple output formats - (e.g. HTML, DocBook, tBook, etc.). -\item[\ProgName{TeXpider}]a commercial program from - \Qref*{Micropress}{Q-commercial}, which is - described on \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/webb/wbstart.htm}; - it uses bitmaps for equations. -\item[\ProgName{Hevea}] a compiled program that supports \LaTeX{} - only, and uses the font/table technique for equations (indeed its - entire approach is very similar to \ProgName{TtH}). It is written - in Objective \acro{CAML} by Luc Maranget. \ProgName{Hevea} isn't - archived on \acro{CTAN}; details (including download points) are - available via \URL{http://pauillac.inria.fr/~maranget/hevea/} -\end{description} -An interesting set of samples, including conversion of the same text -by the four free programs listed above, is available at -\URL{http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/samples/example.htm}; a linked -page gives lists of pros and cons, by way of comparison. - -The World Wide Web Consortium maintains a list of ``filters'' to -\acro{HTML}, with sections on \AllTeX{} and \BibTeX{}~--- see -\URL{http://www.w3.org/Tools/Word_proc_filters.html} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[latex2html]Browse \CTANref{latex2html} -\item[plasTeX]Browse \CTANref{plastex} -\item[tex4ht]\CTANref{tex4ht} (but see \url{http://tug.org/tex4ht/}) -\item[tth]\CTANref{tth} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-fmtconv]{Other conversions to and from \AllTeX{}} - -\begin{description} -\item[troff]\ProgName{Tr2latex}, assists in the translation of a - \ProgName{troff} document into \LaTeXo{} format. It recognises most - |-ms| and |-man| macros, plus most \ProgName{eqn} and some - \ProgName{tbl} preprocessor commands. Anything fancier needs to be - done by hand. Two style files are provided. There is also a man page - (which converts very well to \LaTeX{}\dots{}). - \ProgName{Tr2latex} is an enhanced version of the earlier - \ProgName{troff-to-latex} (which is no longer available). - -% The \acro{DECUS} \TeX{} distribution (see -% \Qref[question]{sources of software}{Q-archives}) -% also contains a program which converts \ProgName{troff} to \TeX{}. - -%\item[Scribe] Mark James (\Email{jamesm@dialogic.com}) has a copy of -% \ProgName{scribe2latex} he has been unable to test but which he will -% let anyone interested have. The program was written by Van Jacobson -% of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.% -% \checked{RF}{1994/11/18} - -\item[WordPerfect] \ProgName{wp2latex} is actively maintained, and is - available either for \MSDOS{} or for Unix systems. -\item[\acro{RTF}] \ProgName{Rtf2tex}, by Robert Lupton, is for - converting Microsoft's Rich Text Format to \TeX{}. There is also a - converter to \LaTeX{} by Erwin Wechtl, called \ProgName{rtf2latex}. - The latest converter, by Ujwal Sathyam and Scott Prahl, is - \ProgName{rtf2latex2e} which seems rather good, though development - of it seems to have stalled. - - Translation \emph{to} \acro{RTF} may be done (for a somewhat - constrained set of \LaTeX{} documents) by \TeX{}2\acro{RTF}, which - can produce ordinary \acro{RTF}, Windows Help \acro{RTF} (as well as - \acro{HTML}, \Qref{conversion to HTML}{Q-LaTeX2HTML}). - \TeX{}2\acro{RTF} is supported on various Unix platforms and under - Windows~3.1 -\item[Microsoft Word] A rudimentary (free) program for converting - \acro{MS-W}ord to \LaTeX{} is \ProgName{wd2latex}, which runs on \MSDOS{}; - it probably processes the output of an archaic version of - \acro{MS-W}ord (the program itself was archived in 1991). - - For conversion in the other direction, the current preferred - free-software method is a two-stage process: - \begin{itemize} - \item Convert \latex{} to \ProgName{OpenOffice} format, using the - \ProgName{tex4ht} command \ProgName{oolatex}; - \item open the result in \ProgName{OpenOffice} and `save as' a - \acro{MS-W}ord document. - \end{itemize} - (Note that \ProgName{OpenOffice} itself is \emph{not} on - \acro{CTAN}; see \url{http://www.openoffice.org/}, though most - \ProgName{linux} systems offer it as a ready-to-install bundle.) - - \ProgName{tex4ht} can also generate OpenOffice \acro{ODT} - format, which may be used as an intermediate to producing Word - format files. - - \ProgName{Word2}\emph{\TeX{}} and \emph{\TeX{}}\ProgName{2Word} are - shareware translators from % beware line break - \href{http://www.chikrii.com/}{Chikrii Softlab}; positive users' - reports have been noted (but not recently). - - If cost is a constraint, the best bet is probably to use an - intermediate format such as \acro{RTF} or \acro{HTML}. - \ProgName{Word} outputs and reads both, so in principle this route - may be useful. - - You can also use \acro{PDF} as an intermediate format: Acrobat Reader - for Windows (version 5.0 and later) will output rather feeble - \acro{RTF} that \ProgName{Word} can read. -\item[Excel] \ProgName{Excel2Latex} converts an \ProgName{Excel} file - into a \LaTeX{} \environment{tabular} environment; it comes as a - \extension{xls} file which defines some \ProgName{Excel} macros to produce - output in a new format. -\item[runoff] Peter Vanroose's \ProgName{rnototex} - conversion program is written in \acro{VMS} Pascal. - The sources are distributed with a \acro{VAX} executable. -\item[refer/tib] There are a few programs for converting bibliographic - data between \BibTeX{} and \ProgName{refer}/\ProgName{tib} formats. - The collection includes a shell script converter from \BibTeX{} to - \ProgName{refer} format as well. The collection - is not maintained. -\item[\acro{PC}-Write]\ProgName{pcwritex.arc} is a - print driver for \acro{PC}-Write that ``prints'' a \acro{PC}-Write - V2.71 document to a \TeX{}-compatible disk file. It was written by Peter - Flynn at University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland. -\end{description} - -% beware line breaks -\href{http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/index.html}{Wilfried Hennings' \acro{FAQ}}, -which deals specifically with conversions between \TeX{}-based formats -and word processor formats, offers much detail as well as tables that -allow quick comparison of features. - -A group at Ohio State University (\acro{USA}) is working on -a common document format based on \acro{SGML}, with the ambition that any -format could be -translated to or from this one. \ProgName{FrameMaker} provides -``import filters'' to aid translation from alien formats -(presumably including \TeX{}) to \ProgName{FrameMaker}'s own. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[excel2latex]\CTANref{excel2latex} -\item[pcwritex.arc]\CTANref{pcwritex} -\item[refer and tib tools]\CTANref{refer-tools} -\item[rnototex]\CTANref{rnototex} -\item[rtf2latex]\CTANref{rtf2latex} -\item[rtf2latex2e]\CTANref{rtf2latex2e} -\item[rtf2tex]\CTANref{rtf2tex} -\item[tex2rtf]\CTANref{tex2rtf} -\item[tex4ht]\CTANref{tex4ht} (but see \url{http://tug.org/tex4ht/}) -\item[tr2latex]\CTANref{tr2latex} -\item[wd2latex]\CTANref{wd2latex} -\item[wp2latex]\CTANref{wp2latex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Word processor \acro{FAQ} (source)]% - \CTANref{texcnvfaq} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-readML]{Using \TeX{} to read \acro{SGML} or \acro{XML} directly} - -\Qref*{\context{} (mark \acro{IV})}{Q-context} can process some -\acro{*ML}, to produce typeset output directly. Details of what can -(and can not) be done, are discussed in % ! line break -\href{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/XML}{The \context{} \acro{WIKI}}. -\context{} is probably the system of choice for \alltex{} users who -also need to work in \acro{XML} (and friends). (Note that \context{} -mark~\acro{IV} requires \Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, and should -therefore be regarded as experimental, though many people \emph{do} -use it successfully). - -Older systems also manage, using no more than \alltex{} macro -programming, to process \acro{XML} and the like. David Carlisle's -\Package{xmltex} is the prime example; it offers a solution -for typesetting \acro{XML} files, and is still in active (though not -very widespread) use. - -One use of a \TeX{} that can typeset \acro{XML} files is as a backend -processor for \acro{XSL} formatting objects, serialized as \acro{XML}. -Sebastian Rahtz's Passive\TeX{} uses \Package{xmltex} to -achieve this end. - -However, modern usage would proceed via \acro{XSL} or \acro{XSLT}2 to -produce a formattable version. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[Context]\CTANref{context} -\item[xmltex]\CTANref{xmltex} -\item[passivetex]\CTANref{passivetex} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-11} - -\Question[Q-recovertex]{Retrieving \AllTeX{} from \acro{DVI}, etc.} - -The job just can't be done automatically: \acro{DVI}, \PS{} and -\acro{PDF} are ``final'' formats, supposedly not susceptible to -further editing~--- information about where things came from has been -discarded. So if you've lost your \AllTeX{} source (or never -had the source of a document you need to work on) you've a serious job -on your hands. In many circumstances, the best strategy is to retype -the whole document, but this strategy is to be tempered by -consideration of the size of the document and the potential typists' -skills. - -If automatic assistance is necessary, it's unlikely that any more than -text retrieval is going to be possible; the \AllTeX{} markup that -creates the typographic effects of the document needs to be recreated -by editing. - -If the file you have is in \acro{DVI} format, many of the techniques -for \Qref*{converting \AllTeX{} to \acro{ASCII}}{Q-toascii} are -applicable. Consider \ProgName{dvi2tty}, \ProgName{crudetype} and -\ProgName{catdvi}. Remember that there are likely to be problems -finding included material (such as included \PS{} figures, that -don't appear in the \acro{DVI} file itself), and mathematics is -unlikely to convert easily. - -To retrieve text from \PS{} files, the -\ProgName{ps2ascii} tool (part of the -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -distribution) is available. One could try applying this tool to -\PS{} derived from an \acro{PDF} file using \ProgName{pdf2ps} (also -from the \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -distribution), or \ProgName{Acrobat} -\ProgName{Reader} itself; an alternative is \ProgName{pdftotext}, -which is distributed with \ProgName{xpdf}. - -Another avenue available to those with a \acro{PDF} file they want to -process is offered by Adobe \ProgName{Acrobat} (version 5 or later): -you can tag the \acro{PDF} file into an estructured document, output -thence to well-formed \acro{XHTML}, and import the results into -Microsoft \ProgName{Word} (2000 or later). From there, one may -convert to \AllTeX{} using one of the techniques discussed in -% beware line break -\wideonly{``}\Qref[question]{converting to and from \AllTeX{}}{Q-fmtconv}\wideonly{''}. - -The result will typically (at best) be poorly marked-up. Problems may -also arise from the oddity of typical \TeX{} font encodings (notably -those of the maths fonts), which \ProgName{Acrobat} doesn't know how -to map to its standard Unicode representation. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[catdvi]\CTANref{catdvi} -\item[crudetype]\CTANref{crudetype} -\item[dvi2tty]\CTANref{dvi2tty} -\item[xpdf]Browse \CTANref{xpdf} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-16} - -\Question[Q-LaTeXtoPlain]{Translating \LaTeX{} to \plaintex{}} - -Unfortunately, no ``general'', simple, automatic process is likely to -succeed at this task. See % ! line break -``\Qref*{How does \LaTeX{} relate to \plaintex{}}{Q-LaTeXandPlain}'' -for further details. - -Obviously, trivial documents will translate in a trivial way. -Documents that use even relatively simple things, such as labels and -references, are likely to cause trouble (\plaintex{} doesn't support -labels). While graphics are in principle covered, by the \plaintex{} - -Translating a document designed to work with \LaTeX{} into one -that will work with \plaintex{} is likely to amount to carefully -including (or otherwise re-implementing) all those parts of \LaTeX{}, -beyond the provisions of \plaintex{}, which the document uses. - -Some of this work has (in a sense) been done, in the port of the -\LaTeX{} graphics package to \plaintex{}. However, while -\Package{graphics} is available, other complicated packages (notably -\Package{hyperref}) are not. The aspiring translator may find the -\Qref*{\Eplain{}}{Q-eplain} system a useful source of code. (In fact, -a light-weight system such as \Eplain{} might reasonably be adopted as -an alternative target of translation, though it undoubtedly gives the -user more than the ``bare minimum'' that \plaintex{} is designed to -offer.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\begingroup\rmfamily}The\nothtml{\endgroup} eplain \nothtml{\rmfamily}system]% - \CTANref{eplain} -\item[\nothtml{\begingroup\rmfamily'}\plaintex{}\nothtml{'\endgroup} graphics]% - \CTANref{graphics-plain} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-05-30} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fonts.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fonts.tex deleted file mode 100644 index c60bce4f54a..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-fonts.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1316 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-fonts.tex,v 1.21 2014/01/22 17:29:03 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Fonts} - -\subsection{Adobe Type~1 (``\PS{}'') fonts} - -\Question[Q-usepsfont]{Using Adobe Type 1 fonts with \protect\TeX{}} - -In order to use any font, \TeX{} needs a -\emph{metric} file (\acro{TFM} file). Several sets of metrics for -common Adobe Type 1 fonts are -available from the archives; for mechanisms for generating new ones, -see \Qref[question]{metrics for \PS{} fonts}{Q-metrics}. You -also need the fonts themselves; \PS{} printers come with a set of -fonts built in, but to extend your repertoire you usually -need to buy from one of the many commercial font vendors (see, for -example, \Qref[question]{``choice of fonts''}{Q-psfchoice}). - -If you use \LaTeXe{}, access to your printer's fonts is offered by the -\acro{PSNFSS} package; the \LaTeX{}3 project team declare that -\acro{PSNFSS} is a ``required'' part of a \latex{} distribution, and -bug reports may be submitted via the % ! line break -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} bugs system}{Q-latexbug}. -\acro{PSNFSS} gives you a set of packages for changing the default -roman, sans-serif and typewriter fonts; \emph{e.g}., the -\Package{mathptmx} package will set up \FontName{Times} -\FontName{Roman} as the main text font (and introduces mechanisms to -typeset mathematics using \FontName{Times} and various more-or-less -matching fonts), while package \Package{avant} changes the sans-serif -family to \FontName{AvantGarde}, and \Package{courier} changes the -typewriter font to \FontName{Courier}. To go with these -packages, you need the font metric files -and font description (\File{.fd}) files for each font family you -want to use. For convenience, -metrics for the `common 35' \PS{} fonts found in most \PS{} printers -are provided with \acro{PSNFSS}, packaged as the ``Laserwriter set''. - -For older versions of \LaTeX{} there are various schemes, of which the -simplest to use is probably the \acro{PS}\LaTeX{} macros distributed with -\ProgName{dvips}. - -For \plaintex{}, you load whatever fonts you like; if the encoding of -the fonts is not the same as Computer Modern it will be up to you to -redefine various macros and accents, or you can use the font -re-encoding mechanisms available in many drivers and in -\ProgName{ps2pk} and \ProgName{afm2tfm}. - -Some common problems encountered are discussed elsewhere -(see \Qref[question]{problems with \acro{PS} fonts}{Q-psfontprob}). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[Metrics for the `Laserwriter' set of 35 fonts]\CTANref{lw35nfss-zip} -\item[psnfss]\CTANref{psnfss} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-PSpreview]{Previewing files using Type 1 fonts} - -Originally, free \TeX{} previewers were only capable of displaying -bitmap (\acro{PK}) fonts, but free Type~1 font rendering software has -been available for some time, and many previewers now use such -facilities. - -The alternative, for previewers, is automatic generation of the -requisite \acro{PK} files (using \ProgName{gsftopk}, or similar, -behind the scenes). - -In the unlikely event that your previewer isn't capable of either, you -have a couple options: -\begin{itemize} -\item Convert the \acro{DVI} file to \PS{} and use a - \PS{} previewer. Some systems offer this capability as - standard, but most people will need to use a separate previewer such - as \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} or - \ProgName{ghostscript}-based viewers - such as (free) \ProgName{gv} or (shareware) - \href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}}. -% \item Under Windows on a \acro{PC}, or on a Macintosh, let Adobe Type Manager -% display the fonts (textures, on the Macintosh, works like this). -% %% , and under -% %% Windows you can use \YandY{}'s \ProgName{dviwindo} for bitmap-free -% %% previewing. -% \begin{narrowversion} % really hyper -% (See \Qref[question]{}{Q-commercial} for details of these -% suppliers.) -% \end{narrowversion} -% %\typeout{after narrowversion, before wideversion} -% \begin{wideversion} -% (See \Qref{commercial suppliers}{Q-commercial} for details.) -% \end{wideversion} -% %\typeout{after wideversion} -\item If you have the \PS{} fonts in Type~1 format, use - \ProgName{ps2pk} or \ProgName{gsftopk} (designed for use with the - \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} fonts) to - make \acro{PK} bitmap fonts which - your previewer will understand (a process similar to the way some - browsers fo the job `automatically') This can produce adequate results, - also suitable for printing with non-\PS{} devices. (Note: if you - purchased the fonts, it is advisable to check that their licence - permits you to convert them, for private use, in this way.) -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[gsftopk]\CTANref{gsftopk} -\item[gv]Browse \CTANref{gv} -\item[ps2pk]\CTANref{ps2pk} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-metrics]{\TeX{} font metric files for Type 1 fonts} - -Reputable font vendors such as Adobe supply metric files for each -font, in \acro{AFM} (Adobe Font Metric) form; these can be converted -to \acro{TFM} (\TeX{} Font Metric) form. Most modern distributions have -prebuilt metrics which will be more than enough for many people; but you may -need to do the conversion yourself if you have special needs or -acquire a new font. One important question is the \emph{encoding} of -(Latin character) fonts; while we all more or less agree about the -position of about 96 characters in fonts (the basic \acro{ASCII} set), the -rest of the (typically) 256 vary. The most obvious problems are with -floating accents and special characters such as the `pounds sterling' -sign. There are three ways of dealing with this: either you change the -\TeX{} macros which reference the characters (not much fun, and -error-prone); or you change the encoding of the font (easier than you -might think); or you use \Qref*{virtual fonts}{Q-virtualfonts} to -\emph{pretend} to \TeX{} that the encoding is the same as it is used to. -\LaTeXe{} has facilities for dealing with fonts in different -encodings; read the \Qref*{\emph{\LaTeX{} Companion}}{Q-latex-books} for -more details. In practice, if you do much non-English (but Latin -script) typesetting, you are strongly recommended to use the -\Package{fontenc} package with option `\pkgoption{T1}' to select -\Qref*{`Cork'}{Q-ECfonts} encoding. - -An alternative favoured by some is \YandY{}'s ``private'' \acro{LY}1 encoding, -which is designed to sit well with ``Adobe standard'' encoded fonts. -Basic macro support of \acro{LY}1 is available: note that the -``relation with Adobe's encoding'' means that the \acro{LY}1 user -needs no virtual fonts. - -Alan Jeffrey's \ProgName{fontinst} package is an \acro{AFM} to -\acro{TFM} converter written in \TeX{}; it is used to generate the -files used by \LaTeXe{}'s \acro{PSNFSS} package to support use of -\PS{} fonts. It is a sophisticated package, not for the faint-hearted, -but is powerful enough to cope with most needs. Much of its power -relies on the use of \Qref*{virtual fonts}{Q-virtualfonts}. - -For slightly simpler problems, Rokicki's \ProgName{afm2tfm}, -distributed with \ProgName{dvips}, is fast and -efficient; note that the metrics and styles that come with -\ProgName{dvips} are \emph{not} currently \LaTeXe{} compatible. - -For the Macintosh (classic), there is a program called -\ProgName{EdMetrics} which does the job (and more). -\ProgName{EdMetrics} comes with the (commercial) -\Qref*{Textures}{Q-commercial} distribution, but is itself free -software, and is available on \acro{CTAN}. -%% \par -%% Windows users can buy \Qref*{\YandY{}'s}{Q-commercial} -%% Font Manipulation Tools package which includes a powerful -%% \ProgName{afmtotfm} program among many other goodies. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dvips]\CTANref{dvips} -\item[EdMetrics]\CTANref{edmetrics} -\item[fontinst]\CTANref{fontinst} -\item[LY1 support]\CTANref{ly1} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-psfontprob]{Deploying Type 1 fonts} - -For the \LaTeX{} user trying to use the -\Qref*{\acro{PSNFSS}}{Q-usepsfont} package, three questions may arise. - -First, you have to declare to the \acro{DVI} driver that you are using -\PS{} fonts; in the case of \ProgName{dvips}, this means adding -lines to the \File{psfonts.map} file, so that \ProgName{dvips} will know -where the proper fonts are, and won't try to find \acro{PK} -files. If the font isn't built into the printer, you have to acquire -it (which may mean that you need to purchase the font files). - -Second, your previewer must know what to do with the fonts: see -\Qref[question]{previewing type 1 fonts}{Q-PSpreview}. - -Third, the stretch and shrink between words is a function of the -font metric; it is not specified in \acro{AFM} files, so different converters -choose different values. The \PS{} metrics that come with \acro{PSNFSS} -used to produce quite tight setting, but they were revised in mid 1995 -to produce a compromise between American and European practice. -Sophisticated users may not find even the new the values to their taste, and -want to override them. Even the casual user may find more -hyphenation or overfull boxes than Computer Modern produces; but \acro{CM} -is extremely generous. - -\Question[Q-psfchoice]{Choice of Type~1 fonts for typesetting Maths} - -If you are interested in text alone, you can in principle use any of -the huge numbers of text fonts in Adobe Type~1, TrueType or OpenType -formats. The constraint is, of course, that your previewer and -printer driver should support such fonts (\TeX{} itself \emph{only} -cares about metrics, not the actual character programs). - -If you also need mathematics, then your choice is more limited, in -particular by the -demands that \TeX{} makes of maths fonts (for details, see the papers -by -\begin{wideversion} -% !! line break !! - \href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb14-3/tb40horn.pdf}{B.K.P. Horn in \TUGboat{} 14(3)}, - or by % ! line break - \href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb19-2/tb59bouc.pdf}{Thierry Bouche in \TUGboat{} 19(2)}). -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - B.K.P. Horn in \TUGboat{} 14(3) or by Thierry Bouche in \TUGboat{} - 19(2), available as - \URL{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb14-3/tb40horn.pdf} or - \URL{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb19-2/tb59bouc.pdf}, respectively). -\end{narrowversion} -There are several options available, which are -based on Knuth's original designs. Others complement other -commercial and free text font designs; one set (MicroPress's `informal math') -stands alone. - -Users should also consider the possibilities of typesetting -\Qref*{maths using OpenType fonts}{Q-otf-maths}. - -``Free'' font families that will support \TeX{} mathematics include: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Computer Modern](75 fonts~--- optical scaling) Donald E. Knuth\\ - The \acro{CM} fonts were originally designed in \MF{}, but are also - now available in scalable outline form. There are commercial as - well as public domain versions, and there are both Adobe Type~1 and - TrueType versions. A set of outline versions of the fonts was - developed as a commercial venture by \YandY{} and Blue Sky Research; - they have since assigned the copyright to the \acro{AMS}, and the - fonts are now freely available from \acro{CTAN}. Their quality is - such that they have become the \emph{de facto} standard for Type~1 - versions of the fonts. - -\item[\acro{AMS} fonts](52 fonts, optical scaling) The \acro{AMS}\\ - This set of fonts offers adjuncts to the \acro{CM} set, including - two sets of symbol fonts (\FontName{msam} and \FontName{msbm}) and - Euler text fonts. - These are not a self-standing family, but merit discussion here (not - least because several other families mimic the symbol fonts). - Freely-available Type~1 versions of the fonts are available on - \acro{CTAN}. The \Package{eulervm} package permits use - of the Euler maths alphabet in conjunction with text fonts that do - not provide maths alphabets of their own (for instance, Adobe - Palatino or Minion). - -\item[Mathpazo version 1.003](5 fonts) Diego Puga\\ - The Pazo Math fonts are a family of type~1 fonts suitable for - typesetting maths in combination with the Palatino family of text - fonts. Four of the five fonts of the distribution are maths - alphabets, in upright and italic shapes, medium and bold weights; - the fifth font contains a small selection of ``blackboard bold'' - characters (chosen for their mathematical significance). Support - under \LaTeXe{} is available in - \Qref*{\acro{PSNFSS}}{Q-usepsfont}; the fonts are - licensed under the \acro{GPL}, with legalese permitting the use of - the fonts in published documents. - -\item[Fourier/Utopia](15 fonts) Michel Bovani\\ - \FontName{Fourier} is a family built on Adobe \FontName{Utopia} - (which has been released for usage free of charge by Adobe). The - fonts provide the basic Computer Modern set of mathematical symbols, - and add many of the \acro{AMS} mathematical symbols (though you are - expected to use some from the \acro{AMS} fonts themselves). There - are also several other mathematical and decorative symbols. The - fonts come with a \Package{fourier} package for use with \LaTeX{}; - text support of \acro{OT}1 encoding is not provided~--- you are - expected to use \acro{T}1. - - For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/utopia/} - -\item[Fourier/New Century Schoolbook]Michael Zedler\\ - \FontName{Fouriernc} is a configuration using the Fourier fonts in - the context of New Century Schoolbook text fonts. - - For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/newcent/} - -\item[KP-fonts]The Johannes Kepler project\\ - The \FontName{kp-fonts} family provides a comprehensive set of text - and maths fonts. The set includes replacement fixed-width and sans - fonts (though some reports have suggested that these are less - successful, and their use may be suppressed when loading the fonts' - \Package{kpfonts} \LaTeX{} support package). - - For an example, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/kpserif/} - -\item[MathDesign](3 free families, 3 commercial-based - families\dots{}so far) Paul Pichaureau\\ - This set so far offers mathematics fonts to match the free fonts - Adobe Utopia, URW Garamond and Bitstream Charter (the text versions - of all of which are separately available, on \acro{CTAN}, in Type~1 - format), and Adobe Garamond Pro, Adobe UtopiaStd and ITC Charter - (which are commercial fonts, all available for purchase on the web). - There has been a little comment on these fonts, but none - from actual users posted to the public forums. Users, particularly - those who are willing to discuss their experiences, would obviously - be welcome. Browse the \acro{CTAN} directory and see which you - want: there is a wealth of documentation and examples. - - For samples of the free variants, see - \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/charter/} for URW Charter, - \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/garamond/} for URW Garamond and - \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/utopia-md/} for Adobe Utopia. - -\item[Belleek](3 fonts) Richard Kinch\\ - Belleek is the upshot of Kinch's thoughts on how \MF{} might be used - in the future: they were published simultaneously as \MF{} source, - as Type~1 fonts, and as TrueType fonts. The fonts act as ``drop-in'' - replacements for the basic MathTime set (as an example of ``what might - be done''). - - The paper outlining Kinch's thoughts, proceeding from considerations - of the `intellectual' superiority of \MF{} to evaluations of why its - adoption is so limited and what might be done about the problem, is - to be found at \URL{http://truetex.com/belleek.pdf} - -\item[MTPro2 Lite]Pubish or Perish (Michael Spivak)\\ - A (functional) subset of the MathTime Pro 2 font set, that is made - available, free, for general use. While it does not offer the full - power of the commercial product (see below), it is nevertheless a - desirable font set. - -\item[Mathptmx]Alan Jeffrey, Walter Schmidt and others.\\ - This set contains maths italic, symbol, extension, and roman virtual - fonts, built from Adobe Times, Symbol, Zapf Chancery, and the - Computer Modern fonts. The resulting mixture is not entirely - acceptable, but can pass in many circumstances. The real advantage - is that the mathptm fonts are (effectively) free, and the resulting - \PS{} files can be freely exchanged. Support under \LaTeXe{} - is available in \Qref*{\acro{PSNFSS}}{Q-usepsfont}. - - For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/times/} - -\item[Computer Modern Bright]Free scalable outline versions of these - fonts do exist; they are covered below together with their - commercial parallels. - -\item[URW Classico](4 fonts) LaTeX support by Bob Tennent\\ - These are clones of Zapf's Optima available from CTAN (for - non-commercial use only). Mathematics support can be provided by - using packages \Package{eulervm} or \Package{sansmath}. As a - sans-serif font family, Optima is especially suitable for - presentations. -\end{booklist} -The excellent \emph{font catalogue} keeps an % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/mathfonts.html}{up-to-date list} -which describes the fonts by giving names and short examples, only. -(At the time of writing~--- June 2008~--- the list has several that -are only scheduled for inclusion here. - -Another useful document is Stephen Hartke's ``Free maths font -survey'', which is available on \acro{CTAN} in both \acro{PDF} and -\acro{HTML} formats. The survey covers most of the fonts mentioned in -the font catalogue, but also mentions some (such as \Package{Belleek} -that the catalogue omits. - -Fonts capable of setting \TeX{} mathematics, that are available -commercially, include: -\begin{booklist} -\item[BA Math](13 fonts) MicroPress Inc.\\ - BA Math is a family of serif fonts, inspired by the elegant - and graphically perfect font design of John Baskerville. BA - Math comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical typesetting - (maths italic, math symbols and extensions) in normal and bold - weights. The family also includes all \acro{OT}1 and \acro{T}1 - encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts with most - useful glyphs of the \acro{TS}1 encoding. Macros for using the - fonts with \plaintex{}, \LaTeXo{} and current \LaTeX{} are - provided. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (including samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/bamath/bamain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} -\item[CH Math](15 fonts) MicroPress Inc.\\ - CH Math is a family of slab serif fonts, designed as a maths - companion for Bitstream Charter. (The distribution includes - four free Bitstream text fonts, in addition to the 15 hand-hinted - MicroPress fonts.) - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (including samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/chmath/chmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Computer Modern Bright](62 fonts~--- optical scaling) Walter - Schmidt\\ - \acro{CM} Bright is a family of sans serif fonts, based on Knuth's - \acro{CM} fonts. It comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical - typesetting, including \acro{AMS} symbols, as well as text and text - symbol fonts of various shapes. The collection comes with its own - set of files for use with \LaTeX{}. The \acro{CM} Bright fonts are - supplied in Type~1 format by MicroPress, Inc. The - \Package{hfbright} bundle offers free Type~1 fonts for text using - the \acro{OT}1 encoding~--- the \Package{cm-super} fonts provide the - fonts in \acro{T}1 text encoding but don't support \acro{CM} bright - mathematics. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details of Micropress' offering (including samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/brmath/brmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Concrete Math](25 fonts~--- optical scaling) Ulrik Vieth\\ - The Concrete Math font set was derived from the Concrete Roman - typefaces designed by Knuth. The set provides a collection of math - italics, math symbol, and math extension fonts, and fonts of - \acro{AMS} symbols that fit with the Concrete set, so that Concrete - may be used as a complete replacement for Computer Modern. Since - Concrete is considerably darker than \acro{CM}, the family may - particularly attractive for use in low-resolution printing or in - applications such as posters or transparencies. Concrete Math - fonts, as well as Concrete Roman fonts, are supplied in Type 1 - format by MicroPress, Inc. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further information (including samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ccmath/ccmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[HV Math](14 fonts) MicroPress Inc.\\ - HV Math is a family of sans serif fonts, inspired by the - Helvetica (\acro{TM}) typeface. HV Math comprises the fonts - necessary for mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols - and extensions) in normal and bold weights. The family also - includes all \acro{OT}1 and \acro{T}1 encoded text fonts of various - shapes, as well as fonts with most useful glyphs of the \acro{TS}1 - encoding. Macros for using the fonts with \plaintex{}, \LaTeXo{} - and current \LaTeX{} are provided. Bitmapped copies of the fonts - are available free, on \acro{CTAN}. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (and samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/hvmath/hvmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Informal Math](7 outline fonts) MicroPress Inc.\\ - Informal Math is a family of fanciful fonts loosely based on the - Adobe's Tekton (\acro{TM}) family, fonts which imitate handwritten - text. Informal Math comprises the fonts necessary for - mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols and extensions) - in normal weight, as well as \acro{OT}1 encoded text fonts in - upright and oblique shapes. Macros for using the fonts with - \plaintex{}, \LaTeXo{} and current \LaTeX{} are provided. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (including samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ifmath/ifmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Lucida Bright \emph{with} Lucida New Math](25 fonts) Chuck Bigelow and - Kris Holmes\\ - Lucida is a family of related fonts including seriffed, sans serif, - sans serif fixed width, calligraphic, blackletter, fax, Kris Holmes' - connected handwriting font, \emph{etc}; they're not as `spindly' as - Computer Modern, with a large x-height, and include a larger set of - maths symbols, operators, relations and delimiters than \acro{CM} - (over 800 instead of 384: among others, it also includes the - \acro{AMS} \FontName{msam} and \FontName{msbm} symbol sets). `Lucida - Bright Expert' - (14 fonts) adds seriffed fixed width, another handwriting font, - smallcaps, bold maths, upright `maths italic', \emph{etc}., to the - set. Support under \LaTeX{} is available under the auspices of the - \acro{PSNFSS}, and pre-built metrics are also provided. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - \acro{TUG} has the right to distribute these fonts; the web site -\begin{narrowversion} - \href{http://tug.org/lucida/}{``Lucida and TUG''} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - ``\href{http://tug.org/lucida/}{Lucida and TUG}'' -\end{wideversion} - has details. - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Adobe Lucida, LucidaSans \emph{and} LucidaMath](12 fonts)\\ - Lucida and LucidaMath are generally considered to be a bit heavy. - The three maths fonts contain only the glyphs in the \acro{CM} maths - italic, symbol, and extension fonts. Support for using LucidaMath - with \TeX{} is not very good; you will need to do some work - reencoding fonts \emph{etc}. (In some sense this set is the - ancestor of the LucidaBright plus LucidaNewMath font set, which are - not currently available.) - -\item[MathTime Pro2]Publish or Perish (Michael Spivak)\\ - This latest instance of the MathTime family covers all the weights - (medium, bold and heavy) and symbols of previous versions of - MathTime. In addition it has a much extended range of symbols, and - many typographic improvements that make for high-quality documents. - The fonts are supported under both \plaintex{} and \LaTeXe{}, and - are exclusively available for purchase from - \Qref*{Personal \TeX{} Inc}{Q-commercial}. - \par{} - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details and samples and fliers, see - \URL{http://www.pctex.com/mtpro2.html} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[Minion Pro and MnSymbol]Adobe, \LaTeX{} support and packaging by - Achim Blumensath \emph{et al}.\\ - \FontName{Minion Pro} derives from the widely-available commercial - OpenType font of the same name by Adobe; scripts are provided to - convert relevant parts of it to Adobe Type~1 format. The - \Package{MinionPro} package will set up text and maths support using - \FontName{Minion Pro}, but a separate (free) font set - \FontName{MnSymbol} greatly extends the symbol coverage. - -\item[PA Math] PA~Math is a family of serif fonts - loosely based on the Palatino (\acro{TM}) typeface. PA~Math - comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical typesetting (maths - italics, maths, calligraphic and oldstyle symbols, and extensions) - in normal and bold weights. The family also includes all \acro{OT}1, - \acro{T}1 encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts - with the most useful glyphs of the \acro{TS}1 encoding. Macros for - using the fonts with \plaintex{}, \LaTeXo{} and current \LaTeX{} - are provided. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (and samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/pamath/pamain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} - -\item[TM Math](14 fonts) MicroPress Inc.\\ - TM Math is a family of serif fonts, inspired by the Times - (\acro{TM}) typeface. TM Math comprises the fonts necessary for - mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols and extensions) - in normal and bold weights. The family also includes all \acro{OT}1 - and \acro{T}1 encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts - with most useful glyphs of the \acro{TS}1 encoding. Macros for - using the fonts with \plaintex{}, \LaTeXo{} and current \LaTeX{} - are provided. Bitmapped copies of the fonts are available free, on - \acro{CTAN}. - - \nothtml{\bgroup\raggedwithindent} - For further details (and samples) see\\ - \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/tmmath/tmmain.htm} - \nothtml{\par\egroup} -\end{booklist} -Two other font sets should be mentioned, even though they don't -currently produce satisfactory output~--- their author is no longer -working on them, and several problems have been identified: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Pxfonts set version 1.0](26 fonts) by Young Ryu\\ - The \FontName{pxfonts} set consists of - \begin{itemize} - \item virtual text fonts using \FontName{Adobe} \FontName{Palatino} - (or its \acro{URW} replacement, \FontName{Palladio}) - with modified plus, equal and slash symbols; - \item maths alphabets using \FontName{Palatino} (or \FontName{Palladio}; - \item maths fonts of all symbols in the computer modern maths fonts - (\FontName{cmsy}, \FontName{cmmi}, \FontName{cmex} and the Greek - letters of \FontName{cmr}) - \item maths fonts of all symbols corresponding to the \acro{AMS} - fonts (\FontName{msam} and \FontName{msbm}); - \item additional maths fonts of various symbols. - \end{itemize} - The text fonts are available in \acro{OT}1, \acro{T}1 and \acro{LY}1 - encodings, and \acro{TS} encoded symbols are also available. The - sans serif and monospaced fonts supplied with the \FontName{txfonts} - set (see below) may be used with \FontName{pxfonts}; the - \FontName{txfonts} set should be installed whenever \FontName{pxfonts} - are. \LaTeX{}, \ProgName{dvips} and \PDFTeX{} support files are - included. - - The fonts are not perfect; the widths assigned to the characters in - the \extension{tfm} file are wrong for some glyphs; this can cause - sequences of characters to ``look wrong'', or in some cases even to - overlap; the \FontName{newpx} fonts (noted above) aim to reduce - these problems. - - The fonts are licensed under the \acro{GPL}; use in published - documents is permitted. - -\item[Newpx]by Michael Sharpe from Young Ryu's \ProgName{pxfonts}\\ - This collection is derived from \ProgName{pxfonts}; the maths fonts - metrics have been adjusted so that the output is less cramped than - when \ProgName{pxfonts} is used; the appearance of the output is - much improved. Two packages are provided, \Package{newpxtext} for - using the associated text fonts, and \Package{newpxmath} for - mathematics. - -\item[Txfonts set version 3.1](42 fonts) by Young Ryu\\ - The \FontName{txfonts} set consists of - \begin{itemize} - \item virtual text fonts using \FontName{Adobe} \FontName{Times} (or - the \acro{URW} \FontName{Nimbus Roman No9 L} font that - substitutes for Times, which is distributed as part of the - \acro{URW} ``basic 35'' collection) with - modified plus, equal and slash symbols; - \item matching sets of sans serif and monospace (`typewriter') - fonts (the sans serif set is based on \FontName{Adobe} \FontName{Helvetica}); - \item maths alphabets using Adobe \FontName{Times}, or the URW - equivalent \FontName{NimbusRomanNo9}; - \item maths fonts of all symbols in the computer modern maths fonts - (\FontName{cmsy}, \FontName{cmmi}, \FontName{cmex} and the Greek - letters of \FontName{cmr}) - \item maths fonts of all symbols corresponding to the \acro{AMS} - fonts (\FontName{msam} and \FontName{msbm}); - \item additional maths fonts of various symbols. - \end{itemize} - The text fonts are available in \acro{OT}1, \acro{T}1 and \acro{LY}1 - encodings, and \acro{TS} encoded symbols are also available. - - The fonts are not perfect; the widths assigned to the characters in - the \extension{tfm} file are wrong for some glyphs; this can cause - sequences of characters to ``look wrong'', or in some cases even to - overlap; the \FontName{newtx} fonts (noted above) aim to reduce - these problems. - - The fonts are licensed under the \acro{GPL}; use in published - documents is permitted. -\item[Txfontsb set version 1.00] by Young Ryu and Antonis Tsolomitis\\ - The \ProgName{txfontsb} bundles \ProgName{txfonts}, extended to - provide a Small Caps set, Old-Style numbers and Greek text (from the - GNU Freefont set). -\begin{flatversion} - Documentation - (\URL{http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/txfontsb/doc/txfontsb.pdf}) -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/txfontsb/doc/txfontsb.pdf}{Documentation} -\end{hyperversion} - is available for this variant, too. - -\item[Newtx]by Michael Sharpe from Young Ryu's \ProgName{txfonts}\\ - This collection is derived from \ProgName{txfonts}; the maths fonts - metrics have been adjusted so that the output is less cramped than - when \ProgName{txfonts} is used; the appearance of the output is - much improved. Two packages are provided, \Package{newtxtext} for - using the associated text fonts, and \Package{newtxmath} for - mathematics. Options are provided to substitute - letters and symbols from the \FontName{Libertine} set, and from the - Garamond extension font \FontName{garamondx} (but note that - \FontName{garamondx}, which is an adaptation of \acro{URW} Garamond, - is not available via \texlive{}). -\end{booklist} -Finally, one must not forget: -\begin{booklist} -\item[Proprietary fonts]Various sources.\\ - Since having a high quality font set in scalable outline form that - works with \TeX{} can give a publisher a real competitive advantage, - there are some publishers that have paid (a lot) to have such font - sets made for them. Unfortunately, these sets are not available on - the open market, despite the likelihood that they're more complete - than those that are. -\end{booklist} -We observe a very limited selection of commercial maths font sets; a -Type~1 maths font has to be explicitly designed for use with \TeX{}, -which is an expensive business, and is of little appeal in other -markets. Furthermore, the \TeX{} market for commercial fonts is -minute by comparison with the huge sales of other font sets. - -Text fonts in Type~1 format are available from many vendors including -Adobe, Monotype and Bitstream. However, be careful with cheap font -``collections''; many of them dodge copyright restrictions by removing -(or crippling) parts of the font programs such as hinting. Such -behaviour is both unethical and bad for the consumer. -The fonts may not render well (or at all, under \acro{ATM}), may not have the -`standard' complement of 228 glyphs, or may not include metric files -(which you need to make \acro{TFM} files). - -\ttype{} was for a long time the ``native'' format for Windows, but -MicroSoft joined the development of the \otype{} specification, and -`modern' windows will work happily with fonts in either format. Some \TeX{} -implementations such as \Qref*{True\TeX{}}{Q-commercial} use TrueType -versions of Computer Modern and Times Maths fonts to render \TeX{} -documents in Windows without the need for additional system software like -\acro{ATM}. (When used on a system running Windows~XP or later, -True\TeX{} can also use Adobe Type~1 fonts.) - -When choosing fonts, your own system environment may not be the only one of -interest. If you will be sending your finished documents to others for -further use, you should consider whether a given font format will introduce -compatibility problems. Publishers may require TrueType exclusively because -their systems are Windows-based, or Type~1 exclusively, because their systems -are based on the early popularity of that format in the publishing industry. -Many service bureaus don't care as long as you present them with a finished -print file (\PS{} or \acro{PDF}) for their output device. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}CM family collection]% - Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}AMS font collection]% - Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[Belleek \nothtml{\normalfont}fonts]% - \CTANref{belleek} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont} URW Classico fonts]\CTANref{classico} -\item[CM-super \nothtml{\normalfont}collection]\CTANref{cm-super} -\item[eulervm.sty \nothtml{\normalfont}and supporting metrics]% - \CTANref{eulervm} -\item[fourier \nothtml{\normalfont}(including metrics and other support for \nothtml{\itshape}utopia]% - \CTANref{fourier} -\item[fouriernc]\CTANref{fouriernc} -\item[garamondx]\CTANref{garamondx} -\item[hfbright \nothtml{\normalfont}collection]\CTANref{hfbright} -\item[hvmath \nothtml{\normalfont\itshape}(free bitmapped version)]% - \CTANref{hvmath} -\item[kpfonts \nothtml{\normalfont}family]\CTANref{kpfonts} -\item[Libertine \nothtml{\normalfont}family]\CTANref{libertine} -\item[Lucida Bright/Math metrics]\CTANref{lucida} -\item[Lucida PSNFSS support]\CTANref{lucida-psnfss} -\item[MathDesign \nothtml{\normalfont}collection]\CTANref{mathdesign} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}Maths Font Survey]\CTANref{mathsurvey.pdf} - (\acro{PDF}) or \CTANref{mathsurvey.html} (\acro{HTML}) -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}MathTime Pro 2 Lite]\CTANref{mtp2lite} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}Minion Pro support]\CTANref{minionpro} -\item[MnSymbol \nothtml{\normalfont}family]\CTANref{mnsymbol} -\item[Newtx \nothtml{\normalfont}fonts]\CTANref{newtx} -\item[NimbusRomanNo9 fonts]distributed in \CTANref{urw-base35} -\item[Palladio fonts]distributed in \CTANref{urw-base35} -\item[pxfonts]\CTANref{pxfonts} -\item[sansmath.sty]\CTANref{sansmath} -\item[tmmath \nothtml{\normalfont\itshape}(free bitmapped version)]% - \CTANref{tmmath} -\item[txfonts]\CTANref{txfonts} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}URW ``35 fonts'' collection]\CTANref{urw-base35} -\item[utopia \nothtml{\normalfont}fonts]\CTANref{utopia} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-22} - -\Question[Q-otf-maths]{Unicode Maths using OpenType fonts} - -The \acro{ISO} standard Universal Coding Scheme (UCS), which is -commonly known as Unicode, was adopted early by the designers of -TrueType (\acro{TTF}) and OpenType (\acro{OTF}) fonts. The -flexibility of the fonts offers hope, for the first time, of a uniform -method for typesetting essentially any language. - -\tex{} users have been eagerly adopting the fonts, for some time, -using \xetex{} (now a rather stable system) and \luatex{} (which is, -at the time of writing, still being developed). - -While \tex{} users were investigating the use of these text fonts, -\acro{ISO} was extending Unicode to provide a means of expressing -mathematics. As this work proceeded, MicroSoft and (separately) a -consortium of publishing companies were developing OpenType maths -fonts. (Microsoft contributed on the development of the concepts, -within the \acro{ISO} process.) MicroSoft's OpenType Maths font, -\FontName{Cambria Math} has been available for purchase for some time. - -The first free OpenType Maths font to appear was % !line break -\FontName{Asana Math}, which was eventually followed by -the publishers' consortium's offer of an interim version -of their font, \FontName{STIX}, which has been -redeveloped to provide a more usable whole, \FontName{XITS}, by a group -of \tex{} users. - -Other fonts are appearing, including % ! line break -\FontName{TeX Gyre Termes Math} (based on Times-like fonts) and -\FontName{Tex Gyre Pagella Math} (based on Palatino-like fonts), -and \FontName{LM Math} extending the OpenType version of the -\FontName{Latin Modern} font family. - -Actually using a unicode maths font is quite a complicated business, -but the \latex{} package \Package{unicode-math} (supported -by the \Package{fontspec} package) does the essential groundwork. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[Asana-Math \nothtml{\rmfamily}font]\CTANref{asana-math}[asana-math] -\item[fontspec.sty]\CTANref{fontspec} -\item[lm-math \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{lm-math} -\item[STIX \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{stix} -\item[unicode-math.sty]\CTANref{unicode-math} -\item[tex-gyre-math-pagella \nothtml{\rmfamily}font]distributed as - part of \CTANref{tex-gyre-math}[tex-gyre-math-pagella] -\item[tex-gyre-math-termes \nothtml{\rmfamily}font]distributed as part - of \CTANref{tex-gyre-math}[tex-gyre-math-termes] -\item[XITS \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{xits} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2014-01-22} -% more to come... - -\Question[Q-charshift]{Weird characters in \ProgName{dvips} output} -\keywords{fi ligature pound pounds sterling elephants} - -You've innocently generated output, using \ProgName{dvips}, and there -are weird transpositions in it: for example, the \texttt{fi} ligature has -appeared as a \textsterling{} symbol. -This is an unwanted side-effect of the precautions -outlined in \Qref*{generating \PS{} for PDF}{Q-dvips-pdf}. -The \texttt{-G1} switch discussed in that question is appropriate for -Knuth's text fonts, but doesn't work with text fonts that don't follow -Knuth's patterns (such as fonts supplied by Adobe). - -If the problem arises, suppress the \texttt{-G1} switch: if you were using it -explicitly, \emph{don't}; if you were using \texttt{-Ppdf}, add \texttt{-G0} to -suppress the implicit switch in the pseudo-printer file. - -The problem has been corrected in \ProgName{dvips} v~5.90 (and later -versions); it is unlikely ever to recur\dots{} -\LastEdit{2012-10-24} - -\subsection{Macros for using fonts} - -\Question[Q-fonts-pln]{Using non-standard fonts in \plaintex{}} - -\plaintex{} (in accordance with its description) doesn't do anything -fancy with fonts: it sets up the fonts that Knuth found he needed when -writing the package, and leaves you to do the rest. - -To use something other than Knuth's default, you can use Knuth's -mechanism, the \csx{font} primitive: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\font\foo=nonstdfont -... -\foo -Text set using nonstdfont ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The name you use (\texttt{nonstdfont}, above) is the name of the -\extension{tfm} file for the font you want. - -If you want to use an italic version of \csx{foo}, you need to use -\csx{font} again: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\font\fooi=nonstdfont-italic -... -\fooi -Text set using nonstdfont italic... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This is all very elementary stuff, and serves for simple use of fonts. -However, there are wrinkles, the most important of which is the matter -of \Qref*{font encodings}{Q-whatenc}. One almost never sees new fonts -that use Knuth's eccentric font encodings~--- but those encodings are -built into \plaintex{}, so that some macros of \plaintex{} need to be -changed to use the fonts. \LaTeX{} gets around all these problems by -using a ``font selection scheme''~--- this `\acro{NFSS}' (`\acro{N}' -for `new', as opposed to what \LaTeXo{} had) carries around with it -separate information about the fonts you use, so the changes to -encoding-specific commands happen automagically. - -If you only want to use the \Qref*{\acro{EC} fonts}{Q-ECfonts}, you -can in principle use the \Package{ec-plain} bundle, which gives you a version -of \plaintex{} which you can run in the same way that you run -\plaintex{} using the original \acro{CM} fonts, by invoking -\ProgName{tex}. (\Package{Ec-plain} also extends the \acro{EC} fonts, -for reasons which aren't immediately clear, but which might cause -problems if you're hoping to use Type 1 versions of the fonts.) - -The \Package{font_selection} package provides a sort of halfway house: -it provides font face and size, but not family selection. This gives -you considerable freedom, but leaves you stuck with the original -\acro{CM} fonts. It's a compact solution, within its restrictions. - -Other \plaintex{} approaches to the problem (packages -\Package{plnfss}, \Package{fontch} and \Package{ofs}) break out of the -\plaintex{} model, towards the sort of font selection provided by -\CONTeXT{} and \LaTeX{}~--- font selection that allows you to change -family, as well as size and face. The remaining packages all make -provision for using encodings other than Knuth's \acro{OT}1. - -\Package{Plnfss} has a rather basic set of font family details; -however, it is capable of using font description (\extension{fd}) files -created for \LaTeX{}. (This is useful, since most modern mechanisms -for integrating outline fonts with \TeX{} generate \extension{fd} files -in their process.) - -\Package{Fontch} has special provision for \acro{T}1 and \acro{TS}1 -encodings, which you select by arcane commands, such as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\LMTone\relax -\input fontch.tex -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -for \acro{T}1. - -\Package{Ofs} seems to be the most thoroughly thought-through of the -alternatives, and can select more than one encoding: as well as -\acro{T}1 it covers the encoding \acro{IL}2, which is favoured in the -Czech Republic and Slovakia. \Package{Ofs} also covers mathematical fonts, -allowing you the dubious pleasure of using fonts such as the % ! line break -\Qref*{\FontName{pxfonts} and \FontName{txfonts}}{Q-psfchoice}. - -The \Package{pdcmac} \plaintex{} macro package aims to be a complete -document preparation environment, like \Qref*{\Eplain{}}{Q-eplain}. One -of its components is a font selection scheme, \Package{pdcfsel}, which -is rather simple but adequately powerful for many uses. The package -doesn't preload fonts: the user is required to declare the fonts the -document is going to use, and the package provides commands to select -fonts as they're needed. The distribution includes a configuration to -use Adobe `standard' fonts for typesetting text. (\Eplain{} itself -seems not to offer a font selection scheme.) - -The \Package{font-change} collection takes a rather different -approach~--- it supplies what are (in effect) a series of templates -that may be included in a document to change font usage. The -package's documentation shows the effect rather well. - -Simply to change font \emph{size} in a document (i.e., not changing -the default font itself), may be done using the rather straightforward -\Package{varisize}, which offers font sizes ranging from 7~points to -20~points (nominal sizes, all). Font size commands are generated when -any of the package files is loaded, so the \File{11pt.tex} defines a -command \csx{elevenpoint}; each of the files ensures there's a ``way -back'', by defining a \csx{tenpoint} command. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ec-plain]\CTANref{ec-plain} -\item[font-change]\CTANref{font-change} -\item[fontch]\CTANref{fontch} -\item[font_selection]\CTANref{font_selection} -\item[ofs]\CTANref{ofs} -\item[pdcmac]\CTANref{pdcmac} -\item[plnfss]\CTANref{plnfss} -\item[varisize]\CTANref{varisize} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Particular font families} - -\Question[Q-concrete]{Using the ``Concrete'' fonts} - -The Concrete Roman fonts were designed by Don Knuth for a book called -``Concrete Mathematics'', which he wrote with Graham and Patashnik -(\emph{the} Patashnik, of \BibTeX{} fame). Knuth -only designed text fonts, since the book used the Euler fonts for -mathematics. The book was typeset using \plaintex{}, of course, with -additional macros that may be viewed in a file \File{gkpmac.tex}, -which is available on \acro{CTAN}. - -The packages \Package{beton}, \Package{concmath}, and -\Package{ccfonts} are \LaTeX{} packages that change the default text -fonts from Computer Modern to Concrete. Packages \Package{beton} and -\Package{ccfonts} also slightly increase the default value of -\csx{baselineskip} to account for the rather heavier weight of the -Concrete fonts. If you wish to use the \FontName{Euler} fonts for -mathematics, as Knuth did, there's the \Package{euler} package which -has been developed from Knuth's own \plaintex{}-based set: these -macros are currently deprecated (they clash with many things, including -\AMSLaTeX{}). The independently-developed \Package{eulervm} -bundle is therefore preferred to the \Package{euler} package. (Note -that installing the \Package{eulervm} bundle involves installing a -series of virtual fonts. While most modern distributions seem to have -the requisite files installed by default, you may find you have to -install them. If so, see the file \File{readme} in the -\Package{eulervm} distribution.) - -A few years after Knuth's original design, Ulrik Vieth -designed the Concrete Math fonts. Packages -\Package{concmath}, and \Package{ccfonts} also change the default math -fonts from Computer Modern to Concrete and use the Concrete versions -of the \acro{AMS} fonts (this last behaviour is optional in the case -of the \Package{concmath} package). - -There are no bold Concrete fonts, but it is generally accepted that -the Computer Modern Sans Serif demibold condensed fonts are an -adequate substitute. If you are using \Package{concmath} or -\Package{ccfonts} and you want to follow this suggestion, then use the -package with \pkgoption{boldsans} class option (in spite of the fact -that the \Package{concmath} documentation calls it -\pkgoption{sansbold} class option). If you are using \Package{beton}, -add -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{renewcommand}{\csx{bfdefault}}{sbc} -\end{quote} -to the preamble of your document. - -Type~1 versions of the fonts are available. For \acro{OT}1 encoding, -they are available from \Qref*{MicroPress}{Q-psfchoice}. The -\Qref*{CM-Super fonts}{Q-textrace} contain Type~1 versions -of the Concrete fonts in \acro{T}1 encoding. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[beton.sty]\CTANref{beton} -\item[ccfonts.sty]\CTANref{ccfonts} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CM-Super fonts]\CTANref{cm-super} -\item[concmath.sty]\CTANref{concmath} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Concmath fonts]\CTANref{concmath-f} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Concrete fonts]\CTANref{concrete} -\item[euler.sty]\CTANref{euler-latex} -\item[eulervm \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{eulervm} -\item[gkpmac.tex]\CTANref{gkpmac} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-uselmfonts]{Using the Latin Modern fonts} - -The \Package{lm} fonts are an exciting addition to -the armoury of the \AllTeX{} user: high quality outlines of fonts that -were until recently difficult to obtain, all in a free and -relatively compact package. However, the spartan information file -that comes with the fonts remarks ``It is presumed that a potential -user knows what to do with all these files''. This answer aims to -fill in the requirements: the job is really not terribly difficult. - -Note that te\TeX{} distributions, from version~3.0, already have the -\Package{lm} fonts: all you need do is use them. The fonts may also -be installed via the package manager, in a current \miktex{} system. -The remainder of this answer, then, is for people who don't use such -systems. - -The font (and related) files appear on \acro{CTAN} as a set of -single-entry \Qref*{\acro{TDS} trees}{Q-tds}~--- -\File{fonts}, \File{dvips}, \File{tex} and \File{doc}. The \File{doc} -subtree really need not be copied (it's really a pair of sample -files), but copy the other three into your existing Local -\texttt{\$TEXMF} tree, and -% beware line break -\Qref*{update the filename database}{Q-inst-wlcf}. - -Now, incorporate the fonts in the set searched by \PDFLaTeX{}, -\ProgName{dvips}, \ProgName{dvipdfm}/\ProgName{dvipdfmx}, your -previewers and Type~1-to-\acro{PK} conversion programs, by -\begin{itemize} -\item On a te\TeX{} system earlier than version~2.0, edit the file - \File{$TEXMF/dvips/config/updmap} %$ - and insert an absolute path for the \File{lm.map} just after the - line that starts \texttt{extra\_modules="} (and before the closing - quotes). -\item On a te\TeX{} version~2.0 (or later), execute the command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -updmap --enable Map lm.map -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\item On a \miktex{} system earlier than version~2.2, the ``Refresh - filename database'' operation, which you performed after installing - files, also updates the system's ``\PS{} resources database''. -\item On a \miktex{} system, version~2.2 or later, update - \File{updmap.cfg} as described in the \miktex{} % beware line break - \href{http://docs.miktex.org/manual/psfonts.html#chgupdmapcfg}{online documentation}. - Then execute the command \texttt{initexmf -\relax-mkmaps}, and the - job is done. -\end{itemize} - -To use the fonts in a \LaTeX{} document, you should -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}{lmodern} -\end{quote} -this will make the fonts the default -for all three \LaTeX{} font families (``roman'', ``sans-serif'' and -``typewriter''). You also need -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[T1]{fontenc} -\end{quote} -for text, and -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}{textcomp} -\end{quote} -if you want to use any of the \acro{TS}1-encoding symbols. There is -no support for using fonts according to the \acro{OT}1 encoding. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Latin Modern fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-getnff]{Getting `free' fonts not in your distribution} - -Some fonts are free to use, but may not be sold. This creates a -dilemma for distributions: users may want the fonts, but since the -distribution is also available on a \acro{DVD} for sale, the fonts may -not be in the distribtution. - -The \acro{CTAN} archives hold such fonts, together with all the -necessary support files, but even with the support files ready-made, -installing a font is a tedious business. - -For \texlive{} users, this dilemma is solved by the -\ProgName{getnonfreefonts} script. Download the script installer from -\url{http://tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/}; the web page tells you -how to run the installer to get the script, and what fonts are -currently available - -Once the script is installed, you can ask it what it has available by -saying: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -getnonfreefonts -l -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and you can ask it to install a font (in your local texmf tree) by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -getnonfreefonts luximono -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(for example; the printed version of the \acro{FAQ} uses luximono, so -that the example was to hand\dots{}). - -(System adminstrators may use \ProgName{getnonfreefonts-sys}, which -will install the font in the `public' \texttt{texmf} tree, so that all -users of the system may use the new font.) - -The script will download the relevant font files from \acro{CTAN}, -extract them from their \extension{zip} file, install them and update -the font maps. It even goes so far as to apologise for how long it's -taking! -\LastEdit*{2013-10-22} - -\subsection{\MF{} fonts} - -\Question[Q-useMF]{Getting \MF{} to do what you want} - -\MF{} allows you to create your own fonts, and most \TeX{} users -will never need to use it~--- modern \AllTeX{} systems contain -rather few \MF{} fonts of any significance, and when \MF{} output is -needed the font generation is done, automatically, ``on the fly''. - -If you find you have some special requirement that the system doesn't -satisfy, you need to know about \MF{} in rather more detail. \MF{}, -unlike \TeX{}, requires customisation for each output device: such -customisation is conventionally held in a ``mode'' associated with the -device. Modes are commonly defined using the \texttt{mode\_def} -convention described on page~94 of \emph{The \MF{}book} % ! line break -(see \Qref[question]{\TeX{}-related books}{Q-other-books}). Your -distribution should provide -a file, conventionally called \File{local.mf}, containing all the -\texttt{mode\_def}s you will be using. In the unlikely event that -\File{local.mf} doesn't already exist, Karl Berry's collection of -modes (\File{modes.mf}) is a good starting point -(it can be used as a `\File{local.mf}' without modification in a -modern implementation of \MF{}). -Settings for new output devices are added to \File{modes.mf} as they -become available. - -Now create -a \texttt{plain} base file using \ProgName{mf} (in ``initialisation'' -mode), \texttt{plain.mf}, and \texttt{local.mf}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -% mf -ini -This is METAFONT... -**plain # you type plain -(output) -*input local # you type this -(output) -*dump # you type this -Beginning to dump on file plain... -(output) -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This will create a base file named \File{plain.base} (or something -similar; for example, it will be \File{PLAIN.BAS} on \MSDOS{} -systems). Move the file to the directory containing the base files on -your system, and run \ProgName{texhash} as necessary. - -Now you need to make sure \MF{} loads this new base when it starts up. If -\MF{} loads the \texttt{plain} base by default on your system, then you're -ready to go. Under Unix (using the default \texlive{} (and earlier) -distributions this does indeed happen, but we could for instance -define a command \ProgName{plainmf}% -\begin{footnoteenv} - On the grounds that a command \ProgName{plain} could be misconstrued - as a reference to \plaintex{} -\end{footnoteenv} -which executes `\texttt{mf -base=plain}' (or, in more traditional -style `\texttt{mf \&plain}') which loads the \texttt{plain} base -file. - -The usual way to create a font with \MF{} (with an appropriate base -file loaded) is to start \MF{}'s input with the -\begin{narrowversion} - lines - \begin{quote} - \csx{mode}\texttt{=<mode name>;}\\ - \texttt{mag=<magnification>;}\\ - \texttt{input <font file name>} - \end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -line -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\mode=<mode name>; mag=<magnification>; input <font file name> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -in response to the `\texttt{**}' prompt or on the \MF{} command line. (If -\texttt{<mode name>} is unknown or omitted, the mode defaults to -`proof' mode and \MF{} will produce an output file called % ! line break -\File{<font file name>.2602gf}) -The \texttt{<magnification>} is a floating point number or a -`magstep' (magsteps define sizes by stating how many times you need to -multiply a base size by \texttt{1.2}, so for a base size of -\texttt{10}, \texttt{magstep 1} is \texttt{12}, \texttt{magstep 2} is -\texttt{14.4} -If \texttt{mag=<magnification>} is omitted, then the default -is \texttt{1}~(\texttt{magstep 0}). For example, to generate -\FontName{cmr10} at \texttt{12pt} for an Epson, -printer you might type -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -mf \mode=epson; mag=magstep 1; input cmr10 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that under Unix the \texttt{\textbackslash } and \texttt{;} -characters must usually be quoted or escaped, so this would typically -look something like -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} - mf '\mode=epson; mag=magstep 1; input cmr10' -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If you need a special mode that isn't in the base, you can put its -commands in a file (\emph{e.g.}, \File{ln03.mf}) and invoke it on the -fly with the \csx{smode} command. For example, to create -\File{cmr10.300gf} for an \acro{LN}03 printer, using the file -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -% This is ln03.mf as of 1990/02/27 -% mode_def courtesy of John Sauter -proofing:=0; -fontmaking:=1; -tracingtitles:=0; -pixels_per_inch:=300; -blacker:=0.65; -fillin:=-0.1; -o_correction:=.5; -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(note the absence of the \texttt{mode\_def} and \texttt{enddef} -commands), you would type -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -mf \smode="ln03"; input cmr10 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This technique isn't one you should regularly use, but it may -prove useful if you acquire a new printer and want to experiment with -parameters, or for some other reason are regularly editing the -parameters you're using. Once you've settled on an appropriate set of -parameters, you should use them to rebuild the base file that you use. - -Other sources of help are discussed in our list of % ! line break -\Qref*{\MF{} and \MP{} Tutorials}{Q-mfptutorials}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[modes.mf]\CTANref{modes-file} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-09-04} - -\Question[Q-keepfonts]{Which font files should be kept} - -\MF{} produces from its run three files, a metrics (\acro{TFM}) file, a -generic font (\acro{GF}) file, and a log file; all of these files have the -same base name as does the input (\emph{e.g.}, if the input file was -\File{cmr10.mf}, the outputs will be \File{cmr10.tfm}, -\File{cmr10.nnngf} (the file name may be mangled if you are using an -operating system which doesn't permit long file names) -and \File{cmr10.log}). - -For \TeX{} to use the font, you need a \acro{TFM} file, so you need -to keep that. However, you are likely to generate the same font -at more than one magnification, and each time you do so you'll -(incidentally) generate another \acro{TFM} file; these files are -all the same, so you only need to keep one of them. - -To preview or to produce printed output, the \acro{DVI} processor will need a -font raster file; this is what the \acro{GF} file provides. However, while -there used (once upon a time) to be \acro{DVI} processors that could use -\acro{GF} files, modern processors use -packed raster (\acro{PK}) files (incidentally, \pdftex{} also uses -\acro{PK} files if nothing ``better'' is available, but -see \Qref[]{fuzzy fonts in \acro{PDF}}{Q-fuzzy-type3}). -Therefore, you need to generate a \acro{PK} file from the \acro{GF} file; the -program \ProgName{gftopk} does this for you, and once you've done that you -may throw the \acro{GF} file away. - -The log file should never be needed again, unless there was some sort -of problem in the \MF{} run, and need not therefore be kept. -\LastEdit{2011-09-04} - -\Question[Q-getbitmap]{Acquiring bitmap fonts} - -When \acro{CTAN} was young, most people would start using \TeX{} -with a 300 dots-per-inch (dpi) laser printer, and sets of Computer -Modern bitmap fonts for this resolution are available on \acro{CTAN}. -(There are separate sets for write-black and write-white printers, as -well as sets at 120~dpi and 240~dpi.) - -There used to regular requests that \acro{CTAN} should hold -a wider range of resolutions, but they were resisted for two reasons: -\begin{itemize} -\item The need to decide which printers to generate fonts for. The - broad-brush approach taken for 300~dpi printers was (more or less) - justified back then, given the dominance of certain printer - `engines', but nowadays one could not make any such assumption. -\item Given the above, it has been near-impossible to justify the - space that would be required by a huge array of bitmap fonts. -\end{itemize} -Fortunately, \AllTeX{} distribution technology has put a stop to these -arguments: most (if not all) current distributions generate bitmap -fonts as needed, and cache them for later re-use. The impatient -user, who is determined that all bitmap fonts should be created once -and for all, may be supported by scripts such as \ProgName{allcm} -(distributed with \texlive{}, at least; otherwise such a -person should consult ``\Qref*{the use of \MF{}}{Q-useMF})''. - -If your output is to a \PS{}-capable device, or if your output is -destined to be converted to \acro{PDF}, you should switch to -using Type~1 versions of the \acro{CM} fonts. Two free -sets are available; the older (\Package{bakoma}) is -somewhat less well produced than the \Package{bluesky} fonts, which were -originally professionally produced and sold, but were then released -for general public use by their originators \YandY{} and Bluesky Research, -in association with the \acro{AMS} and other scientific publishers -(they are nowadays available under the SIL's Open Fonts Licence). The -two sets contain slightly different ranges of fonts, but you are -advised to use the \Package{bluesky} set except when \Package{bakoma} -is for some reason absolutely unavoidable. In recent years, several -other `\MF{}' fonts have been converted to Type~1 format; it's -uncommon ever to need to generate bitmap fonts for any purpose other -than previewing~--- see % ! line wrap -\Qref*{``previewing documents with Type~1 fonts''}{Q-PSpreview}~--- -if even then. - -More modern fonts may be used in place of the Computer Modern set. The -\Qref*{\acro{EC} fonts}{Q-ECfonts} and the % ! line break -\Qref*{Latin Modern fonts}{Q-uselmfonts} are both close relatives with -wider ranges of glyphs to offer. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}BaKoMa fonts]\CTANref{bakoma} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Bluesky fonts]Distributed as part of - \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CM fonts (write-black printers)]\CTANref{pk300} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CM fonts (write-white printers)]\CTANref{pk300w} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}EC fonts (Type 1 format)]\CTANref{cm-super} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Latin Modern fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-09-4} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 8cdd9ccc5ba..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,361 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-getit.tex,v 1.11 2014/01/22 17:29:03 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Acquiring the Software} - -\Question[Q-archives]{Repositories of \TeX{} material} - -To aid the archiving and retrieval of of \TeX{}-related files, a -\acro{TUG} working group developed the Comprehensive \TeX{} Archive -Network (\acro{CTAN}). Each \acro{CTAN} site has identical material, -and maintains authoritative versions of its material. These -collections are extensive; in particular, almost everything mentioned -in this \acro{FAQ} -is archived at the \acro{CTAN} sites (see the lists of software at the -end of each answer). - -There are two main \acro{CTAN} sites (in Germany and the \acro{UK}), -but users should ordinarily collect material via the % ! line break -\href{http://mirror.ctan.org/}{\acro{CTAN} mirror redirector} -(which connects you to a mirror that is in some sense ``near'' to -you). - -To access a particular thing through the \texttt{mirror.ctan.org} -mechanism, simply place the \acro{CTAN} path after the base -\acro{URL}; so -\URL{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/} will -connect you to the \Package{footmisc} directory at some \acro{CTAN} -mirror. - -For details of how to find files at \acro{CTAN} sites, see -``\Qref*{finding \AllTeX{} files}{Q-findfiles}''. - -The \TeX{} user who has no access to any sort of -network may buy a copy of the archive as part of the -\Qref*{\texlive{} distribution}{Q-CD}; the disc is, necessarily, out -of date, but it is likely to be better than what (if anything) came -with your operating system. -\LastEdit{2012-12-14} - -\Question[Q-tds-zip]{Ready-built installation files on the archive} - -The \Qref*{\acro{TDS}}{Q-tds} is a simple structure, and almost all -files can be installed simply by putting them in the ``right'' place, -and updating a single index. (Note, this simple idea typically -doesn't work for fonts, unless they're distributed as \MF{} source.) - -The CTAN network is therefore acquiring ``\acro{TDS}-\acro{ZIP}'' files, -which have a built-in directory structure that matches the \acro{TDS}. -These files have to be built, and the \acro{CTAN} team has asked that -package authors supply them (the team will advise, of course, if the -author has trouble). The \acro{CTAN} team hopes that the extra work -involved will contribute to happier lives for package users, which in -turn must surely help keep the TeX community lively and active. - -At the time of writing, there are rather few \extension{tds.zip} -files (by comparison with the huge number of packages that are -available). As packages are updated, the number of files is -steadily increasing, but it will be a long time before the whole set -is covered. - -Use of the files is discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{installing using ready-built \acro{ZIP} files}{Q-inst-tds-zip}''. - -\Question[Q-nonfree]{What was the \acro{CTAN} \texttt{nonfree} tree?} - -When \acro{CTAN} was founded, in the 1990s, it was unusual to publish -the terms under which a \TeX{}-related package was distributed (or, at -any rate, to publish those terms formally). - -With the advent of the \TeX{} \emph{distributions}, however, people -started to realise the need for such information, to protect those who -create, distribute or sell the discs that hold the packages, etc. -With the licence information available, the distributors can decide -which packages may be distributed. - -The \acro{CTAN} team decided that it would be useful for users (and -distributors, not to say package authors) to separate packages that -were candidates for distribution, and those that were in some sense -``not free''. Thus was the \texttt{nonfree} tree born. - -From the start, the \texttt{nonfree} tree was controversial: the terms -under which a package would be placed on the tree were hotly -contested, and the \acro{CTAN} team were only able slowly to populate -the tree. It became obvious to the team that the project would never -have been completed. - -The \acro{CTAN} catalogue now records the nature of the licences of a -good proportion of the packages it describes (though there remain -several for which the licence is unknown, which is as good, for the -distributors, as a licence forbidding distribution). Since the -catalogue's coverage of \acro{CTAN} is good (and slowly improving), -the general rule for distributors has become -\begin{quote} -``if the package is listed in the catalogue, check there to see -whether you should distribute; if the package is not listed in the -catalogue, don't think of distributing it''. -\end{quote} -(The catalogue only has a modest % ! line break -\CTANhref{cat-licences}{list of licences}, but it covers the set used -by packages on \acro{CTAN}, with a wild-card ``\texttt{other-free}'' -which covers packages that the \acro{CTAN} administrators believe to -be free even though the authors haven't used a standard licence.) - -There is a corollary to the `general rule': if you notice something -that ought to be in the distributions, for which there is no catalogue -entry, please let the \acro{CTAN} team (\mailto{ctan@dante.de}) know. -It may well be that the package has simply been missed, but some aren't -catalogued because there's no documentation and the team just doesn't -understand the package. - -In the light of the above, the \texttt{nonfree} tree is being -dismantled, and its contents moved (or moved \emph{back}) to the main -\acro{CTAN} tree. So the answer to the question is, now, ``the -nonfree tree was a part of \acro{CTAN}, whose contents are now in -the main tree''. - -\Question[Q-uploads]{Contributing a file to the archives} - -You have something to submit to the archive~--- good news! - -Before we even start, here's a check-list of things to sort out: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Licence: in the spirit of \TeX{}, we hope for free software; in - the spirit of today's lawyer-enthralled society, \acro{CTAN} - provides a % ! line break - \href{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/licenses.html}{list of ``standard'' licence statements}. - Make sure that there's a formal statement of the licence of your - package, somewhere in the files you upload; beyond the \acro{CTAN} - installation, your package is a candidate for inclusion in \AllTeX{} - distributions~\dots{} and thereafter, also in operating system - distributions~\dots{} and the people who bundle all these things up - need a clear statement of your intent. -\item Documentation: it's good for users to be able to browse - documentation before downloading a package. You need at least a - plain text \File{README} file (exactly that name, upper case and no - \extension{txt} extension); in addition a - \acro{PDF} file of the package documentation, prepared for screen - reading, is highly desirable. -\item Name: endless confusion is caused by name clashes. If your - package has the same name as one already on \acro{CTAN}, or if your - package installation generates files of the same name as something - in a ``normal'' distribution, the \acro{CTAN} team will delay - installation while they check that you're doing the right thing: - they may nag you to change the name, or to negotiate a take-over - with the author of the original package. % beware line break - \Qref*{Browse the archive}{Q-findfiles} to ensure uniqueness. - - The name you choose should also (as far as possible) be somewhat - descriptive of what your submission actually \emph{does}; while - ``descriptiveness'' is to some extent in the eye of the beholder, - it's clear that names such as \File{mypackage} or \File{jiffy} - aren't suitable. -\end{enumerate} -You upload via the -\begin{flatversion} - CTAN upload redirector: \URL{http://www.ctan.org/upload} -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{http://www.ctan.org/upload}{CTAN upload redirector} -\end{hyperversion} -(the archive's main page has a link). The upload page shows what it -needs to know, and allows you to enter the information. The mechanism -can only accept one file per upload: if you had intended to upload -lots of files, you need to bundle them into an `archive' file of some -sort; acceptable formats are \extension{zip} and \extension{tar.gz} -(most uploads are packed in \extension{zip} format). Once you have -completed your upload, the redirector assigns it to a member of the -team for processing. - -If you can't use this method, or if you find something confusing, ask -advice of the -\begin{flatversion} - \acro{CTAN} management team (\mailto{ctan@dante.de}). -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{mailto:ctan@dante.de}{\acro{CTAN} management team} -\end{hyperversion} - -If your package is large, or regularly updated, it may be appropriate -to `mirror' your contribution direct into \acro{CTAN}. -Mirroring is only practical using \texttt{ftp} or \texttt{rsync}, so -this facility is limited to packages offered by a server that uses one -of those protocols. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[README.uploads]\CTANref{CTAN-uploads} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-01-31} - -\Question[Q-findfiles]{Finding \AllTeX{} files} - -Modern \TeX{} distributions contain a huge array of various sorts of -files, but sooner or later most people need to find something that's -not in their present system (if nothing else, because they've heard -that something has been updated). - -But how to find the files? - -Modern distributions (\texlive{} and \miktex{}, at least) provide the -means to update your system ``over the net''. This is the minimum -effort route to getting a new file: `simply' find which of the -distribution's `packages' holds the file in question, and ask the -distribution to update itself. The mechanisms are different (the two -distributions exhibit the signs of evolutionary divergence in their -different niches), but neither is difficult~--- see % ! line break -``\Qref*{using \miktex{} for installing}{Q-inst-miktex*}'' and % ! line break -``\Qref*{using \texlive{} for installing}{Q-inst-texlive}''. - -There are packages, though, that aren't in the distribution you use -(or for which the distribution hasn't yet been updated to offer the -version you need). - -Some sources, such as these \acro{FAQ} answers, provide links to -files: so if you've learnt about a package here, you should be able to -retrieve it without too much fuss. - -Otherwise, \acro{CTAN} provides a full-text search, at its -\href{http://www.ctan.org/}{`central database'} site, as well as -topic- and author-based indexes and a link to browse the archive -itself. - -% Two search mechanisms are offered: the simpler search, locating files -% by name, simply scans a list of files (\File{FILES.byname}~--- see -% below) and returns a list of matches, arranged neatly as a series of -% links to directories and to individual files. - -% The more sophisticated search looks at the contents of each catalogue -% entry, and returns a list of catalogue entries that mention the -% keywords you ask for. - -An alternative way to scan the catalogue is to use the catalogue's -% ! line break -\href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html}{``by topic'' index}; -this is an older mechanism than the topic-based search (above), but is -well presented (even though its data has not been updated for some time). - -In fact, \ProgName{Google}, and other search engines, can be useful -tools. Enter your search keywords, and you may pick up a package that -the author hasn't bothered to submit to \acro{CTAN}. - -A user of \ProgName{Google} can restrict the search to -\acro{CTAN} by entering -\begin{quote} - \texttt{site:ctan.org tex-archive \meta{search term(s)}} -\end{quote} -in \ProgName{Google}'s ``search box''. You can also enforce the -restriction using \ProgName{Google}'s ``advanced search'' mechanism; -other search engines (presumably) have similar facilities. - -Many people avoid the need to go over the network at all, for their -searches, by downloading the file list that the archives' web -file searches use. This file, \File{FILES.byname}, -presents a unified listing of the archive (omitting directory names and -cross-links). Its companion \File{FILES.last07days} is also useful, to -keep an eye on the changes on the archive. Since these files are -updated only once a day, a nightly automatic download (using -\ProgName{rsync}) makes good sense. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[FILES.byname]\CTANref{f-byname} -\item[FILES.last07days]\CTANref{f-last7} -\LastEdit{2014-03-19} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-findfont]{Finding new fonts} - -Nowadays, new fonts are seldom developed by industrious people using -\mf{}, but if such do appear, they will nowadays be distributed in -the same way as any other part of \alltex{} collections. (An -historical review of Metafont fonts available is held on \acro{CTAN} -as ``\mf{} font list''.) - -Nowadays, most new fonts that appear are only available in some -scalable outline form, and a large proportion is distributed under -commercial terms. Such fonts will only make their way to the free -distributions (at least \texlive{} and \miktex{}) if their licensing -is such that the distributions can accept them. Commercial fonts -(those you have to pay for) do not get to distributions, though -support for some of them is held by \acro{CTAN}. - -Arranging for a new font to be usable by \alltex{} is very different, -depending on which type of font it is, and which \tex{}-alike engine -you are using; roughly speaking: -\begin{itemize} -\item MetaFont fonts will work without much fuss (provided their - sources are in the correct place in the installation's tree); - \tex{}-with-\ProgName{dvips}, and \pdftex{} are ``happy'' with them. - While a new font will need `generating' (by running \mf{}, etc.), - distributions are set up to do that ``on the fly'' and to save the - results (for next time). -\item Adobe Type 1 fonts can be made to work, after \extension{tfm} - and (usually) \extension{vf} files have been created from their - metric (\extension{afm}) files; \extension{map} files also need to - be created. Such fonts will work with \pdftex{}, and with the - (`vanilla')\alltex{} and \ProgName{dvips} combination. -\item TrueType fonts can be made to work with \pdftex{}~--- see -% ! line break -\href{http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm}{Using TrueType fonts with \tex{}\dots{}} - (a rather dated document, dicsussing use with \miktex{}~1.11). -\item TrueType and OpenType fonts are the usual sort used by \xetex{} - and \luatex{}; while straightforward use is pretty easy, one is - well-advised to use a package such as \Package{fontspec} to gain - access to the full range of a font's capabilities. -\end{itemize} - -The answer ``\Qref*{choice of scalable fonts}{Q-psfchoice}'' discusses -fonts that are configured for general (both textual and mathematical) -use with \AllTeX{}. The list of such fonts is sufficiently short that -they \emph{can} all be discussed in one answer. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontspec.sty]\CTANref{fontspec} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\MF{} font list]\CTANref{mf-list} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-21} - -\Question[Q-CD]{The \TeX{} collection} - -If you don't have access to the Internet, there are obvious -attractions to \TeX{} collections on a disc. Even those with net -access will find large quantities of \TeX{}-related files to hand a -great convenience. - -The \TeX{} collection provides this, together with -ready-to-run \TeX{} systems for various architectures. The collection -is distributed on \acro{DVD}, and contains: -\begin{itemize} -\item The \texlive{} distribution, including the programs themselves - compiled for a variety of architectures; \texlive{} may be - run from the \acro{DVD} or installed on hard disc. -\item Mac\TeX{}: an easy to install \TeX{} system for MacOS/X, based - on \texlive{}; this distribution includes a native Mac installer, - % ! line break - \href{http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/}{the \TeX{}Shop front-end} - and other Mac-specific tools; -\item Pro\TeX{}t: an easy to install \TeX{} system for Windows, based - on \miktex{}, based on an `active' document that guides - installation; and -\item A snapshot of \acro{CTAN}. -\end{itemize} -A fair number of national \TeX{} User Groups, as well as \acro{TUG}, -distribute copies to their members at no extra charge. Some user -groups are also able to sell additional copies: -contact your local user group or \Qref*{\acro{TUG}}{Q-TUG*}. - -You may also download disc images from \acro{CTAN}; the installation -disc, Pro\TeX{}t and Mac\TeX{} are all separately available. Beware: -they are all pretty large downloads. \texlive{}, once installed, may -be updated online. - -More details of the collection are available from -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{http://www.tug.org/texcollection/}{its own web page} - on the \acro{TUG} site. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - its own web page on the - \acro{TUG} site \URL{http://www.tug.org/texcollection/} -\end{flatversion} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[Mac\TeX{}]\CTANref{mactex} -\item[Pro\TeX{}t]\CTANref{protext} -\item[\texlive{} install image]\CTANref{texlive} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-graphics.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-graphics.tex deleted file mode 100644 index bd90cc183cf..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-graphics.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1035 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-graphics.tex,v 1.27 2014/01/22 17:29:03 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Graphics} - -\Question[Q-impgraph]{Importing graphics into \AllTeX{} documents} - -Knuth, when designing the current version of \TeX{} back in the early -1980s, could discern no ``standard'' way of expressing graphics in -documents. He reasoned that this state could not persist for ever, -but that it would be foolish for him to define \TeX{} primitives that -allowed the import of graphical image definitions. He therefore -deferred the specification of the use of graphics to the writers of -\acro{DVI} drivers; \TeX{} documents would control the drivers by -means of \nothtml{\csx{special} commands (}% beware line breaks -\Qref{\csx{special} commands}{Q-specials}\nothtml{)}. - -There is therefore a straightforward way for anyone to import graphics -into their document: read the specification of the \csx{special} -commands your driver uses, and `just' code them. This is the -hair-shirt approach: it definitely works, but it's not for everyone. - -Over the years, therefore, ``graphics inclusion'' packages have sprung -up; most were designed for inclusion of -\nothtml{Encapsulated \PS{} graphics (}% beware line break -\Qref{Encapsulated \PS{} graphics}{Q-eps}\nothtml{)}\nobreakspace--- -which has become the \emph{lingua franca} of graphics inclusion over -the last decade or so. - -Notable examples are the \Package{epsf} package (distributed with -\ProgName{dvips}) and the \Package{psfig} package. (Both of these -packages were designed to work well with both \plaintex{} and -\LaTeXo{}; they are both still available.) All such packages were -tied to a particular \acro{DVI} driver (\ProgName{dvips}, in -the above two cases), but their code could be configured for others. - -The obvious next step was to make the code configurable dynamically. -The \LaTeX{} standard \Package{graphics} package and its derivatives -made this step: it is strongly preferred for all current work. - -Users of \plaintex{} have two options allowing them to use -\Package{graphicx}: the \Package{miniltx} ``\LaTeX{} emulator'' and -the \Package{graphicx.tex} front-end allow you to load -\Package{graphicx}, and \Qref*{\Eplain}{Q-eplain} allows you to load -it (using the full \LaTeX{} syntax) direct. - -The \Package{graphics} package takes a variety of ``driver -options''~--- package options that select code to generate the -commands appropriate to the \acro{DVI} driver in use. In most cases, -your \AllTeX{} distribution will provide a \File{graphics.cfg} file -that will select the correct driver for what you're doing (for -example, a distribution that provides both \LaTeX{} and \PDFLaTeX{} -will usually provide a configuration file that determines whether -\PDFLaTeX{} is running, and selects the definitions for it if so). - -The \Package{graphics} package provides a toolkit of commands (insert -graphics, scale a box, rotate a box), which may be composed to provide -most facilities you need; the basic command, \csx{includegraphics}, -takes one optional argument, which specifies the bounding box of the -graphics to be included. - -The \Package{graphicx} package uses the facilities of of -\Package{graphics} behind a rather more sophisticated command syntax -to provide a very powerful version of the \csx{includegraphics} -command. \Package{graphicx}'s version can combine scaling and -rotation, viewporting and clipping, and many other things. While this -is all a convenience (at some cost of syntax), it is also capable of -producing noticeably more efficient \PS{}, and some of its -combinations are simply not possible with the \Package{graphics} -package version. - -The \Package{epsfig} package provides the same facilities as -\Package{graphicx}, but via a \csx{psfig} command (also known as -\csx{epsfig}), capable of emulating -the behaviour (if not the bugs) the old \Package{psfig} package. -\Package{Epsfig} also supplies homely support for former users of the -\Package{epsf} package. However, there's a support issue: if you -declare you're using \Package{epsfig}, any potential mailing list or -usenet helper has to clear out of the equation the possibility that -you're using ``old'' \Package{epsfig}, so that support is slower -coming than it would otherwise be. - -There is no rational reason to stick with the old packages, which have -never been entirely satisfactory in the \LaTeX{} context. (One -irrational reason to leave them behind is that their replacement's -name tends not to imply that it's exclusively related to \PS{} -graphics. The reasoning also excludes \Package{epsfig}, of course.) - -A wide variety of detailed techniques and tricks have been developed -over the years, and Keith Reckdahl's \Package{epslatex} outlines them -in compendious detail: this highly recommendable document is available -from \acro{CTAN}. An invaluable review of the practicalities of -exchanging graphics between sites, -% beware multiple line break problems -\begin{wideversion} % hyperversion -``\href{http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/elec_fig/elec_figures.pdf}{Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents}'' -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} % non-hyper -\href{http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/elec_fig/elec_figures.pdf}% - {``Graphics for Inclusion in Electronic Documents''} -\end{narrowversion} -has been written by Ian Hutchinson; the document isn't on \acro{CTAN}, -but may also be -% beware line breaks -\href{http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/elec_fig/}{browsed on the Web}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[epsf.tex]\CTANref{epsf} -\item[epsfig.sty]Part of the \CTANref{graphics} bundle -\item[epslatex.pdf]\CTANref{epslatex} -\item[graphics.sty]\CTANref{graphics} -\item[graphicx.sty]Part of the \CTANref{graphics} bundle -\item[miniltx.tex]\CTANref{graphics-plain} -\item[psfig.sty]\CTANref{psfig} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-dvipsgraphics]{Imported graphics in \ProgName{dvips}} - -\ProgName{Dvips}, as originally conceived, can only import a single -graphics format: \nothtml{encapsulated \PS{} (\extension{eps} files, }% -\Qref{encapsulated \PS{}}{Q-eps}\htmlonly{ (\extension{eps} files}). -\ProgName{Dvips} also deals with the slightly eccentric \acro{EPS} that is -created by \Qref*{\MP{}}{Q-MP}. - -Apart from the fact that a depressing proportion of drawing -applications produce corrupt \acro{EPS} when asked for such output, -this is pretty satisfactory for vector graphics work. - -To include bitmap graphics, you need some means of converting them to -\PS{}; in fact many standard image manipulators (such as -\ProgName{ImageMagick}'s \ProgName{convert}) make a good job of -creating \acro{EPS} files (but be sure to ask for output at \PS{} -level~2 or higher). (\ProgName{Unix} users should beware of -\ProgName{xv}'s claims: it has a tendency to downsample your bitmap to -your screen resolution.) - -Special purpose applications \ProgName{jpeg2ps} (which converts -\acro{JPEG} files using \PS{} level 2 functionality), -\ProgName{bmeps} (which converts both \acro{JPEG} and \acro{PNG} -files) and \ProgName{a2ping}/\ProgName{sam2p} (which convert a -bewildering array of bitmap formats to \acro{EPS} or \acro{PDF} files; -\ProgName{sam2p} is one of the engines that \ProgName{a2ping} uses) -are also considered ``good bets''. - -\ProgName{Bmeps} comes with patches to produce your own version of -\ProgName{dvips} that can cope with \acro{JPEG} and \acro{PNG} direct, -using \ProgName{bmeps}'s conversion library. \ProgName{Dvips}, as -distributed by \miktex{}, comes with those patches built-in, but -assuming that capability destroys portability, and is only -recommendable if you are sure you will never want to share your -document. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[a2ping]\CTANref{a2ping} -\item[bmeps]Distributed as part of \CTANref{dktools}[bmeps] -\item[jpeg2ps]\CTANref{jpeg2ps} -\item[sam2p]\CTANref{sam2p} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-pdftexgraphics]{Imported graphics in \PDFLaTeX{}} - -\PDFTeX{} itself has a rather wide range of formats that it can -``natively'' incorporate into its output \acro{PDF} stream: -\acro{JPEG} (\extension{jpg} files) for photographs and similar images, -\acro{PNG} files for artificial bitmap images, and \acro{PDF} for -vector drawings. Old versions of \PDFTeX{} (prior to version~1.10a) -supported \acro{TIFF} (\extension{tif} files) format as an alternative -to \acro{PNG} files; don't rely on this facility, even if you -\emph{are} running an old enough version of \PDFTeX{}\dots{} - -In addition to the `native' formats, the standard \PDFLaTeX{} -\Package{graphics} package setup causes Hans Hagen's \File{supp-pdf} -macros to be loaded: these macros are capable of translating the -output of \MP{} to \acro{PDF} ``on the fly''; thus \MP{} output -(\extension{mps} files) may also be included in \PDFLaTeX{} documents. - -The commonest problem users encounter, when switching from \TeX{}, is -that there is no straightforward way to include \acro{EPS} files: -since \PDFTeX{} is its own ``driver'', and since it contains no means -of converting \PS{} to \acro{PDF}, there's no direct way the job can -be done. - -The simple solution is to convert the \acro{EPS} to an appropriate -\acro{PDF} file. The \ProgName{epstopdf} program will do this: it's -available either as a Windows executable or as a \ProgName{Perl} -script to run on Unix and other similar systems. A \LaTeX{} package, -\Package{epstopdf}, can be used to generate the requisite \acro{PDF} -files ``on the fly''; this is convenient, but requires that you -suppress one of \TeX{}'s security checks: don't allow its use in files -from sources you don't entirely trust. - -The package \Package{pst-pdf} permits other things than `mere' -graphics files in its argument. \Package{Pst-pdf} operates (the -authors suggest) ``like \BibTeX{}''~--- you process your file using -\PDFLaTeX{}, then use \LaTeX{}, \ProgName{dvips} and \ProgName{ps2pdf} -in succession, to produce a secondary file to input to your next -\PDFLaTeX{} run. (Scripts are provided to ease the production of the -secondary file.) - -A further extension is \Package{auto-pst-pdf}, which generates -\acro{PDF} (essentially) transparently, by spawning a job to process -output such as \Package{pst-pdf} uses. If your \pdflatex{} -installation doesn't automatically allow it~--- see % ! line break -\Qref*{spawning a process}{Q-spawnprog}~--- then you need to start -\pdflatex{} with: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -pdflatex -shell-escape <file> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -for complete `automation'. - -An alternative solution is to use \ProgName{purifyeps}, a -\ProgName{Perl} script which uses the good offices of -\ProgName{pstoedit} and of \MP{} to convert your Encapsulated \PS{} to -``Something that looks like the encapsulated \PS{} that comes out of -\MP{}'', and can therefore be included directly. Sadly, -\ProgName{purifyeps} doesn't work for all \extension{eps} files. - -Good coverage of the problem is to be found in Herbert Vo\ss {}'s -\href{http://pstricks.tug.org/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput}{\acro{PDF} support page}, -which is targeted at the use of \Package{pstricks} in -\PDFLaTeX{}, and also covers the \Package{pstricks}-specific package -\Package{pdftricks}. A recent alternative (not covered in % ! line break -Herbert Vo\ss {}'s page) is \Package{pdftricks2}, which offers similar -facilities to \Package{pdftricks}, but with some useful variations. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[auto-pst-pdf.sty]\CTANref{auto-pst-pdf} -\item[epstopdf]Browse \CTANref{epstopdf} -\item[epstopdf.sty]Distributed with Heiko Oberdiek's packages - \CTANref{oberdiek} -\item[pdftricks.sty]\CTANref{pdftricks} -\item[pdftricks2.sty]\CTANref{pdftricks2} -\item[pst-pdf.sty]\CTANref{pst-pdf} -\item[pstoedit]\CTANref{pstoedit} -\item[purifyeps]\CTANref{purifyeps} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-11-20} - -\Question[Q-dvipdfmgraphics]{Imported graphics in \ProgName{dvipdfm}} - -\ProgName{Dvipdfm} (and \ProgName{dvipdfmx}) translates direct from -\acro{DVI} to \acro{PDF} (all other available routes produce \PS{} -output using \ProgName{dvips} and then convert that to \acro{PDF} with -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -or \ProgName{Acrobat}'s \ProgName{Distiller}). - -\ProgName{Dvipdfm}/\ProgName{Dvipdfmx} are particularly flexible -applications. They permit the inclusion of bitmap and \acro{PDF} -graphics (as does \Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-pdftexgraphics}), but are also -capable of employing -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} ``on the -fly'' to permit the inclusion of encapsulated \PS{} (\extension{eps}) -files by translating them to \acro{PDF}. In this way, they combine the good -qualities of \ProgName{dvips} and of \PDFTeX{} as a means of -processing illustrated documents. - -Unfortunately, ``ordinary'' \LaTeX{} can't deduce the bounding box of -a binary bitmap file (such as \acro{JPEG} or \acro{PNG}), so you have -to specify the bounding box. This may be done explicitly, in the -document: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[dvipdfm]{graphicx} -... -\includegraphics[bb=0 0 540 405]{photo.jpg} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -It's usually not obvious what values to give the ``\texttt{bb}'' key, -but the program \ProgName{ebb} will generate a file -containing the information; the above numbers came from an -\ProgName{ebb} output file \File{photo.bb}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -%%Title: /home/gsm10/photo.jpg -%%Creator: ebb Version 0.5.2 -%%BoundingBox: 0 0 540 405 -%%CreationDate: Mon Mar 8 15:17:47 2004 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If such a file is available, you may abbreviate the inclusion -code, above, to read: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[dvipdfm]{graphicx} -... -\includegraphics{photo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which makes the operation feel as simple as does including -\extension{eps} images in a \LaTeX{} file for processing with -\ProgName{dvips}; the \Package{graphicx} package knows to look for a -\extension{bb} file if no bounding box is provided in the -\csx{includegraphics} command. - -The one place where usage isn't quite so simple is the need to quote -\ProgName{dvipdfm} explicitly, as an option when loading the -\Package{graphicx} package: if you are using \ProgName{dvips}, you -don't ordinarily need to specify the fact, since the default graphics -configuration file (of most distributions) ``guesses'' the -\texttt{dvips} option if you're using \TeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dvipdfm]\CTANref{dvipdfm} -\item[dvipdfmx]\CTANref{dvipdfmx} -\item[ebb]Distributed as part of \CTANref{dvipdfm} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-03} - -\Question[Q-grffilenames]{``Modern'' graphics file names} - -\TeX{} was designed in a world where file names were very simple -indeed, typically strictly limited both in character set and length. -In modern systems, such restrictions have largely disappeared, which -leaves \TeX{} rather at odds with its environment. Particular -problems arise with spaces in file names, but things like multiple -period characters can seriously confuse the \Package{graphics} -package. - -The specification of \TeX{} leaves some leeway for distributions to -adopt file access appropriate to their operating system, but this -hasn't got us very far. Many modern distributions allow you to -specify a file name as \texttt{"file name.tex"} (for example), which -helps somewhat, but while this allows us to say -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\input "foo bar.tex" -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the analogous usage -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics{"gappy graphics.eps"} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -using ``ordinary'' \LaTeX{} causes confusion in \ProgName{xdvi} and -\ProgName{dvips}, even though it works at compilation time. Sadly, -even within such quotes, multiple dots give \csx{includegraphics} -difficulties. Note that -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics{"gappy graphics.pdf"} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -works in a similar version of \PDFTeX{}. - -If you're using the \Package{graphics} package, the \Package{grffile} -package will help. The package offers several options, the simplest -of which are \pkgoption{multidot} (allowing more than one dot in a -file name) and \pkgoption{space} (allowing space in a file name). The -\pkgoption{space} option requires that you're running on a -sufficiently recent version of \PDFTeX{}, in \acro{PDF} mode~--- and -even then it won't work for \MP{} files, which are read as \TeX{} -input, and therefore use the standard input mechanism). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[grffile.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[grffile] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-graphicspath]{Importing graphics from ``somewhere else''} - -By default, graphics commands like \csx{includegraphics} look -``wherever \TeX{} files are found'' for the graphic file they're being -asked to use. This can reduce your flexibility if you choose to hold -your graphics files in a common directory, away from your \AllTeX{} -sources. - -The simplest solution is to patch \TeX{}'s path, by changing the -default path. On most systems, the default path is taken from the -environment variable \texttt{TEXINPUTS}, if it's present; you can adapt that -to take in the path it already has, by setting the variable to -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXINPUTS=.:<graphics path(s)>: -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -on a Unix system; on a Windows system the separator will be ``\texttt{;}'' -rather than ``\texttt{:}''. The ``\texttt{.}'' is there to ensure -that the current directory is searched first; the trailing -``\texttt{:}'' says ``patch in the value of \texttt{TEXINPUTS} from -your configuration file, here''. - -This method has the merit of efficiency (\AllTeX{} does \emph{all} of -the searches, which is quick), but it's always clumsy and may prove -inconvenient to use in Windows setups (at least). - -The alternative is to use the \Package{graphics} package command -\csx{graphicspath}; this command is of course also available to users -of the \Package{graphicx} and the \Package{epsfig} packages. The -syntax of \csx{graphicspath}'s one argument is slightly odd: it's a -sequence of paths (typically relative paths), each of which is -enclosed in braces. A slightly odd example (slightly modified from one -given in the \Package{graphics} bundle documentation) is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\graphicspath{{eps/}{png/}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will search for graphics files in subdirectories \File{eps} and -\File{png} of the directory in which \latex{} is running. (Note that -the trailing ``\texttt{/}'' \emph{is} required.) - -(Note that some \AllTeX{} systems will only allow you to use files in -the current directory and its sub-directories, for security reasons. -However, \csx{graphicspath} imposes no such restriction: as far as -\emph{it} is concerned, you can access files anywhere.) - -Be aware that \csx{graphicspath} does not affect the operations of -graphics macros other than those from the graphics bundle~--- in -particular, those of the outdated \Package{epsf} and -\Package{psfig} packages are immune. - -The slight disadvantage of the \csx{graphicspath} method is -inefficiency. The package will call \AllTeX{} once for each entry in -the list to look for a file, which of course slows things. Further, -\AllTeX{} remembers the name of any file it's asked to look up, thus -effectively losing memory, so that in the limit a document that uses a -huge number of graphical inputs could be embarrassed by lack of -memory. (Such ``memory starvation'' is pretty unlikely with any -ordinary document in a reasonably modern \AllTeX{} system, but it -should be borne in mind.) - -If your document is split into a variety of directories, and each -directory has its associated graphics, the \Package{import} package -may well be the thing for you; see the discussion % beware line break -\latexhtml{of ``bits of document in other directories'' (}{in the question ``}% -\Qref{bits of document in other directories}{Q-docotherdir}% -\latexhtml{)}{''}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[graphics \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{graphics} -\item[import.sty]\CTANref{import} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-graph-pspdf]{Portable imported graphics} - -A regular need is a document to be distributed in more than -one format: commonly both \PS{} and \acro{PDF}. The -following advice is based on a post by one with much experience of -dealing with the problem of dealing with \acro{EPS} graphics in this -case. -\begin{itemize} -\item Don't specify a driver when loading loading whichever version of - the \Package{graphics} package you use. The scheme relies on the - distribution's ability to decide which driver is going to be used: - the choice is between \ProgName{dvips} and \PDFTeX{}, in this case. - Be sure to exclude options \pkgoption{dvips}, \pkgoption{pdftex} and - \pkgoption{dvipdfm} (\ProgName{dvipdfm} is not used in this scheme, - but the aspirant \acro{PDF}-maker may be using it for his output, - before switching to the scheme). -\item Use \cmdinvoke{includegraphics}[...]{filename} without - specifying the extension (i.e., neither \extension{eps} nor - \extension{pdf}). -\item For every \extension{eps} file you will be including, produce a - \extension{pdf} version, as described in % beware line break - \Qref[question]{Graphics in \PDFLaTeX{}}{Q-pdftexgraphics}. Having - done this, you will have two copies of each graphic (a \extension{eps} - and a \extension{pdf} file) in your directory. -\item Use \PDFLaTeX{} (rather than - \LaTeX{}--\ProgName{dvips}--distillation or - \LaTeX{}--\ProgName{dvipdfm}) to produce your \acro{PDF} output. -\end{itemize} -\ProgName{Dvipdfm}'s charms are less than attractive here: the -document itself needs to be altered from its default -(\ProgName{dvips}) state, before \ProgName{dvipdfm} will process it. - -\Question[Q-repeatgrf]{Repeated graphics in a document} - -A logo or ``watermark'' image, or any other image that is repeated in -your document, has the potential to make the processed version of the -document unmanageably large. The problem is, that the default -mechanisms of graphics usage add the image at every point it's to be -used, and when processed, the image appears in the output file at each -such point. - -Huge \PS{} files are embarrassing; explaining \emph{why} such a file -is huge, is more embarrassing still. - -The \Qref*{\File{epslatex} graphics tutorial}{Q-tutbitslatex} -describes a technique for avoiding the problem: basically, one -converts the image that's to be repeated into a \PS{} subroutine, and -load that as a \ProgName{dvips} prologue file. In place of the image, -you load a file (with the same bounding box as the image) containing -no more than an invocation of the subroutine defined in the prologue. - -The \File{epslatex} technique is tricky, but does the job. Trickier -still is the neat scheme of converting the figure to a one-character -Adobe Type~3 outline font. While this technique is for the ``real -experts'' only (the author of this answer has never even tried it), it has -potential for the same sort of space saving as the \File{epslatex} -technique, with greater flexibility in actual use. - -More practical is Hendri Adriaens' \Package{graphicx-psmin}; you load -this \emph{in place} of \Package{graphicx}, so rather than: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[<options>]{graphicx} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -you will write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[<options>]{graphicx-psmin} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and at the start of your document, you write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\loadgraphics[<bb>]{<list of graphics>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and each of the graphics in the list is converted to an ``object'' for -use within the resulting \PS{} output. (This is, in essence, an -automated version of the \File{epslatex} technique described above.) - -Having loaded the package as above, whenever you use -\csx{includegraphics}, the command checks if the file you've asked for -is one of the graphics in \csx{loadgraphics}' list. If so, the -operation is converted into a call to the ``object'' rather than a new -copy of the file; the resulting \PS{} can of course be \emph{much} smaller. - -Note that the package requires a recent \ProgName{dvips}, version -5.95b (this version isn't~--- yet~--- widely distributed). - -If your \PS{} is destined for conversion to \acro{PDF}, either by a -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}-based -mechanism such as \ProgName{ps2pdf} or by -(for example) \ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Distiller}, the issue isn't -so pressing, since the distillation mechanism will amalgamate graphics -objects whether or not the \PS{} has them amalgamated. \PDFTeX{} does -the same job with graphics, automatically converting multiple uses -into references to graphics objects. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[graphicx-psmin.sty]\CTANref{graphicx-psmin} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-03} - -\Question[Q-grmaxwidth]{Limit the width of imported graphics} - -Suppose you have graphics which may or may not be able to fit within -the width of the page; if they will fit, you want to set them at their -natural size, but otherwise you want to scale the whole picture so -that it fits within the page width. - -You do this by delving into the innards of the graphics package (which -of course needs a little \LaTeX{} internals programming): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\def\maxwidth{% - \ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth - \linewidth - \else - \Gin@nat@width - \fi -} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This defines a ``variable'' width which has the properties you want. -Replace \csx{linewidth} if you have a different constraint on the width -of the graphic. - -Use the command as follows: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[width=\maxwidth]{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-topgraph]{Top-aligning imported graphics} - -When \TeX{} sets a line of anything, it ensures that the base-line of -each object in the line is at the same level as the base-line of the -final object. (Apart, of course, from \csx{raisebox} commands\dots{}) - -Most imported graphics have their base-line set at the bottom of the -picture. When using packages such as \Package{subfig}, one often -wants to align figures by their tops. The following odd little bit of -code does this: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\vtop{% - \vskip0pt - \hbox{% - \includegraphics{figure}% - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \csx{vtop} primitive sets the base-line of the resulting object to -that of the first ``line'' in it; the \csx{vskip} creates the illusion -of an empty line, so \csx{vtop} makes the very top of the box into the -base-line. - -In cases where the graphics are to be aligned with text, there is a -case for making the base-line one ex-height below the top of the box, -as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\vtop{% - \vskip-1ex - \hbox{% - \includegraphics{figure}% - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -A more \LaTeX{}-y way of doing the job (somewhat inefficiently) uses -the \Package{calc} package: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{calc} -... -\raisebox{1ex-\height}{\includegraphics{figure}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(this has the same effect as the text-align version, above). - -The fact is, \emph{you} may choose where the base-line ends up. This -answer merely shows you sensible choices you might make. - -\Question[Q-mpprologues]{Displaying \MP{} output in \ProgName{ghostscript}} - -\MP{} ordinarily expects its output to be included in some context -where the `standard' \MF{} fonts (that you've specified) are already -defined~--- for example, as a figure in \TeX{} document. If you're -debugging your \MP{} code, you may want to view it in a -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}-based (or some -other \PS{}) previewer, but note that viewers (even -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}) -\emph{don't} ordinarily have the fonts loaded, and you'll experience -an error such as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Error: /undefined in cmmi10 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -There is provision in \MP{} for avoiding this problem: issue the -command \texttt{prologues := 2;} at the start of the \extension{mp} file. - -Unfortunately, the \PS{} that \MP{} inserts in its output, -following this command, is incompatible with ordinary use of the -\PS{} in inclusions into \AllTeX{} documents, so it's best to -make the \texttt{prologues} command optional. Furthermore, \MP{} takes a -very simple-minded approach to font encoding: since \TeX{} font -encodings are anything but simple, encoding of text in diagrams are -another source of problems. If you're suffering such problems (the -symptom is that -characters disappear, or are wrongly presented) the solution is -to view the `original' \MP{} output after processing through -\LaTeX{} and \ProgName{dvips}. - -Conditional compilation may be done either -by inputting \File{MyFigure.mp} indirectly from a simple wrapper -\File{MyFigureDisplay.mp}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -prologues := 2; -input MyFigure -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or by issuing a shell command such as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -mp '\prologues:=2; input MyFigure' -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(which will work without the quote marks if you're not using a Unix -shell). - -A suitable \LaTeX{} route would involve processing -\File{MyFigure.tex}, which contains: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage{graphicx} -\begin{document} -\thispagestyle{empty} -\includegraphics{MyFigure.1} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Processing the resulting \acro{DVI} file with the \ProgName{dvips} -command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips -E -o MyFigure.eps MyFigure -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -would then give a satisfactory Encapsulated \PS{} file. This -procedure may be automated using the \ProgName{Perl} script -\ProgName{mps2eps}, thus saving a certain amount of tedium. - -The \plaintex{} user may use an adaptation, by -Dan Luecking, of a jiffy of Knuth's. Dan's version -\Package{mpsproof.tex} will work under -\TeX{} to produce a \acro{DVI} file for use with \ProgName{dvips}, or -under \PDFTeX{} to produce a \acro{PDF} file, direct. The output is -set up to look like a proof sheet. - -A script application, \ProgName{mptopdf}, is available in recent -\AllTeX{} distributions: it seems fairly reliably to produce -\acro{PDF} from \MP{}, so may reasonably be considered an answer to -the question\dots{} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[mps2eps]\CTANref{mps2eps} -\item[mpsproof.tex]Distributed as part of the \MP{} distribution \CTANref{metapost} -\item[mptopdf]Part of \CTANref{pdftex-graphics} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-23} - -\Question[Q-drawing]{Drawing with \TeX{}} - -There are many packages to do pictures in \AllTeX{} itself (rather than -importing graphics created externally), ranging from simple use of -\LaTeX{} \environment{picture} environment, through enhancements like -\ProgName{eepic}, to -sophisticated (but slow) drawing with \pictex{}. Depending on your type -of drawing, and setup, here are a few systems you may consider: -\begin{itemize} -\item The \environment{picture} environment provides rather primitive - drawing capabilities (anything requiring more than linear - calculations is excluded, unless a font can come to your help). The - environment's tedious insistence on its own \csx{unitlength}, as the - basic measurement in a diagram, may be avoided by use of the - \Package{picture} package, which detects whether a length is quoted - as a number or as a length, and acts accordingly. -\item \Package{epic} was designed to make use of the \LaTeX{} - \environment{picture} environment somewhat less agonising; - \Package{eepic} extends it, and is capable of using \ProgName{tpic} - \csx{special} commands to improve printing performance. (If the - \csx{special}s aren't available, the \Package{eepicemu} will do the - business, far less efficiently. -\item \Package{pict2e}; this was advertised in % !line break - \Qref*{the \LaTeX{} manual}{Q-latex-books}, but didn't appear for nearly - ten years after publication of the book! It removes all the petty - restrictions that surround the use of the \environment{picture} - environment. It therefore suffers \emph{only} from the rather - eccentric drawing language of the environment, and is a far more - useful tool than the original environment has ever been. (Note that - \Package{pict2e} supersedes David Carlisle's stop-gap - \Package{pspicture}.) -\item \pictex{} is a venerable, and very powerful, system, that draws - by placing dots on the page to give the effect of a line or curve. While - this has the potential of great power, it is (of course) much slower - than any of the other established packages. What's more, there - are problems with its \Qref*{documentation}{Q-docpictex}. -\item \Package{PSTricks} gives you access to the (considerable) power of - \PS{} via a set of \tex{} macros, which talk to \PS{} using - \Qref*{\csx{special} commands}{Q-specials}. Since \PS{} is itself a - pretty powerful programming language, many astounding things can in - principle be achieved using \Package{PSTricks} (a wide range of - contributed packages, ranging from world mapping to lens design - diagrams, is available). - \Package{Pstricks}' \csx{special}s are - by default specific to \ProgName{dvips}, but there is - a \Package{Pstricks} `driver' that allow \Package{Pstricks} to - operate under \xetex{}. \PDFTeX{} users may use \Package{pst-pdf}, - which (like \Package{epstopdf}~--- see % ! line break - \Qref[question]{\PDFLaTeX{} graphics}{Q-pdftexgraphics}) generates - \acro{PDF} files using an auxiliary program, from \Package{PSTricks} - commands (\Package{pst-pdf} also requires a recent installation of - the \Package{preview} package). - - There is a \Package{PSTricks} mailing list - (\mailto{pstricks@tug.org}) which you may - \href{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks}{join}, or you may - just browse the % ! line break - \href{http://tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/}{list archives}. -\item \Package{pgf}: while \Package{pstricks} is very powerful and - convenient from `traditional' \tex{}, using it with \PDFLaTeX{} is - pretty tiresome: if you - simply want the graphical capabilities, \Package{pgf}, together with - its ``user-oriented'' interface \Package{tikz}, may be a good - bet for you. While \acro{PDF} has (in essence) the same graphical - capabilities as \PS{}, it isn't programmable; \Package{pgf} provides - \LaTeX{} commands that will utilise the graphical capabilities of - both \PS{} and \acro{PDF} equally. \Package{Pgf} has extensive - mathematical support, which allows it to rival \Package{PSTricks}' - use of the computation engine within \PS{}. - The \Package{pgf} manual is enormous, but a simple introduction which - allows the user to get a feel for the capabilities of the system, is - available at \url{http://cremeronline.com/LaTeX/minimaltikz.pdf} -\item \MP{}; you liked \MF{}, but never got to grips with font files? - Try \Qref*{\MP{}}{Q-MP}~--- - all the power of \MF{}, but it generates \PS{} figures; \MP{} - is nowadays part of most serious \AllTeX{} distributions. Knuth - uses it for all his work\dots{} - - Note that you can % ! line break - \Qref*{``embed'' \MP{} source in your document}{Q-inlgrphapp} (i.e., - keep it in-line with your \latex{} code). -\item You liked \MF{} (or \MP{}), but find the language difficult? - \ProgName{Mfpic} makes up \MF{} or \MP{} code for you using - familiar-looking \AllTeX{} macros. Not \emph{quite} the full power - of \MF{} or \MP{}, but a friendlier interface, and with \MP{} output - the results can be used equally well in either \LaTeX{} or \PDFLaTeX{}. -\item You liked \pictex{} but don't have enough memory or time? Look - at the late Eitan Gurari's \Package{dratex}: it is just as powerful, - but is an entirely new implementation which is not as hard on - memory, is much more readable and is (admittedly sparsely) documented at - \url{http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/tpf/html/README.html}, - as well as in the author's book ``TeX and LATeX: Drawing and - Literate Programming'', which remains available from on-line - booksellers. -\end{itemize} - -In addition, there are several means of generating code for your -graphics application (\ProgName{asymptote}, \ProgName{gnuplot} and -\MP{}, at least) in-line in your document, and then have them -processed in a command spawned from your \AllTeX{} run. For details, -see \Qref{question}{Q-inlgrphapp}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dratex.sty]\CTANref{dratex} -\item[epic.sty]\CTANref{epic} -\item[eepic.sty]\CTANref{eepic} -\item[eepicemu.sty]\CTANref{eepic} -\item[mfpic]\CTANref{mfpic} -\item[preview.sty]\CTANref{preview} -\item[pspicture.sty]\CTANref{pspicture} -\item[pst-pdf.sty]\CTANref{pst-pdf} -\item[pgf.sty]\CTANref{pgf} -\item[pict2e.sty]\CTANref{pict2e} -\item[pictex.sty]\CTANref{pictex} -\item[picture.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[picture] -\item[pstricks]\CTANref{pstricks} -\item[tikz.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{pgf} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-10-19} - -\Question[Q-inlgrphapp]{In-line source for graphics applications} - -Some of the free-standing graphics applications may also be used -(effectively) in-line in \latex{} documents; examples are -\begin{booklist} -\item[asymptote]The package \Package{asymptote} (provided in the - \ProgName{asymptote} distribution) defines an environment - \environment{asy} which arranges that its contents are available for - processing, and will therefore be typeset (after ``enough'' runs, in - the `usual' \latex{} way). - - Basically, you write - \begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{begin}{asy}\\ - \latexhtml{\hspace*{1em}}{~~}\texttt{\meta{asymptote code}}\\ - \cmdinvoke{end}{asy} - \end{quote} - and then execute -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -latex document -asy document-*.asy -latex document -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\item[egplot]Allows you to incorporate \ProgName{GNUplot} - instructions in your document, for processing outside of \latex{}. - The package provides commands that enable the user to do calculation - in \ProgName{GNUplot}, feeding the results into the diagram - to be drawn. -\item[gmp]Allows you to include the source of MetaPost diagrams, with - parameters of the diagram passed from the environment call. -\item[emp]An earlier package providing facilities similar to those of - \Package{gmp} (\Package{gmp}'s author hopes that his package will - support the facilities \Package{emp}, which he believes is in need - of update.) -\item[mpgraphics]Again, allows you to program parameters of \MP{} - diagrams from your \latex{} document, including the preamble details - of the \latex{} code in any recursive call from \MP{}. -\end{booklist} -In all cases (other than \Package{asymptote}), these packages require -that you can % ! line break -\Qref*{run external programs from within your document}{Q-spawnprog}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[asymptote.sty]\CTANref{asymptote} -\item[egplot.sty]\CTANref{egplot} -\item[emp.sty]\CTANref{emp} -\item[gmp.sty]\CTANref{gmp} -\item[mpgraphics.sty]\CTANref{mpgraphics} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2011-03-16} - -\Question[Q-drawFeyn]{Drawing Feynman diagrams in \LaTeX{}} - -Michael Levine's \Package{feynman} bundle for drawing the diagrams in -\LaTeXo{} is still available. - -Thorsten Ohl's \Package{feynmf} is designed for use with current -\LaTeX{}, and works in -combination with \MF{} (or, in its \Package{feynmp} incarnation, with -\MP{}). The \ProgName{feynmf} or -\ProgName{feynmp} package reads a description of the diagram written -in \TeX{}, and writes out code. \MF{} (or \MP{}) can then produce a -font (or \PS{} file) for use in a subsequent \LaTeX{} run. For -new users, who have access to \MP{}, the \PS{} version is -probably the better route, for document portability and other reasons. -% checked rf 2001/03/22 - -Jos Vermaseren's \Package{axodraw} is mentioned as an alternative in -the documentation of \Package{feynmf}, but it is written entirely in -terms of \ProgName{dvips} \csx{special} commands, and is thus rather -imperfectly portable. - -An alternative approach is implemented by Norman Gray's \Package{feyn} -package. Rather than creating complete diagrams as postscript images, -\Package{feyn} provides a font (in a variety of sizes) containing -fragments, which you can compose to produce complete diagrams. It -offers fairly simple diagrams which look good in equations, rather -than complicated ones more suitable for display in figures. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[axodraw]\CTANref{axodraw} -\item[feyn \nothtml{\rmfamily}font bundle]\CTANref{feyn} -\item[feynman bundle]\CTANref{feynman} -\item[feynmf/feynmp bundle]\CTANref{feynmf} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-labelfig]{Labelling graphics} - -``Technical'' graphics (such as graphs and diagrams) are often -labelled with quite complex mathematical expressions: there are few -drawing or graphing tools that can do such things (the honourable -exception being \MP{}, which allows you to program the labels, in -\AllTeX{}, in the middle of specifying your graphic). - -Placing `labels' on graphics produced by all those \emph{other} tools is -what we discuss here. (Note that the term ``label'' should be -liberally interpreted; many of the techniques \emph{were} designed for -use when applying labels to figures, but they may be used equally well -to draw funny faces on a figure \dots{} or anything. - -The time-honoured \Package{psfrag} package can help, if your image is -included as an (encapsulated) \PS{} file. Place an unique -text in your graphic, using the normal text features of your tool, and -you can ask \Package{psfrag} to replace the text with arbitrary -\AllTeX{} material. \Package{Psfrag}'s ``operative'' command is -\cmdinvoke{psfrag}{\emph{Orig text}}{\emph{Repl text}}, which -instructs the system to replace the original (``unique'') text with -the \TeX{}-typeset replacement text. Optional arguments permit -adjustment of position, scale and rotation; full details may be found -in \File{pfgguide} in the distribution. - -Since \Package{psfrag} works in terms of (encapsulated) \PS{} files, -it needs extra work for use with \PDFLaTeX{}. Two techniques are -available, using \Qref*{\Package{pst-pdf} package}{Q-pdftexgraphics} -in a mode designed to do this work; and using \Package{pdfrack}. - -The \Qref*{\Package{Pst-pdf} package}{Q-pdftexgraphics} can support -this ``extra work'' usage. In fact, the \Package{pst-pdf} support -package \Package{auto-pst-pdf} offers a configuration setting -precisely for use with \Package{psfrag}. - -If you have the `right' environment (see below), you could try the -\Package{pdfrack} script bundle. The script aims to cut each figure -out of your source, using it to produce a small \latex{} file with -nothing but the figure inclusion commands. Each of these figure files -is then processed to \PS{}, compiled using the \csx{psfrag} commands, -and the resulting output converted to \acro{PDF} again. - -\Package{Pdfrack} is written to use the Unix Bourne shell (or -equivalent); thus your environment needs to be a Unix-based system, or -some equivalent such as \ProgName{cygwin} under windows. (What is -more, \Package{pdfrack}'s author is rather disparaging about his -package; the present author has never tried it.) - -The \Package{psfragx} package goes one step further than -\Package{psfrag}: it provides a means whereby you can put the -\Package{psfrag} commands into the preamble of your \acro{EPS} file -itself. \Package{Psfrag} has such a command itself, but deprecates -it; \Package{psfragx} has cleaned up the facility, and provides a -script \ProgName{laprint} for use with \ProgName{Matlab} to produce -appropriately tagged output. (In principle, other graphics -applications could provide a similar facility, but apparently none does.) - -\ProgName{Emacs} users may find the embedded editor \ProgName{iTe} a -useful tool for placing labels: it's a \AllTeX{}-oriented graphical -editor written in \ProgName{Emacs Lisp}. You create -\environment{iteblock} environments containing graphics and text, and -may then invoke \ProgName{iTe} to arrange the elements relative to one -another. - -Another useful approach is \Package{overpic}, which overlays a -\environment{picture} environment on a graphic included by use of -\csx{includegraphics}. This treatment lends itself to ready placement -of texts and the like on top of a graphic. The package can draw a -grid for planning your ``attack''; the distribution comes with simple -examples. - -The \Package{lpic} package is somewhat similar to \Package{overpic}; -it defines an environment \environment{lpic} (which places your -graphic for you): within the environment you may use the command -\csx{lbl} to position \latex{} material at appropriate places over the -graphic. - -\Package{Pinlabel} is another package whose author thought in the same -sort of way as that of \Package{overpic}; the documentation explains -in detail how to plan your `labelling attack'~--- in this case by -loading your figure into a viewer and taking measurements from it. -(The package discusses direct use of -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} as well as -customised viewers such as -\href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}} or -\ProgName{gv}.) - -\Package{Pstricks} can of course do everything -that \Package{overpic}, \Package{lpic} or \Package{pinlabel} -can, with all the flexibility of \PS{} programming that it offers. -This capability is exemplified by the \Package{pst-layout} package, -which seems to be a superset of both \Package{overpic} and -\Package{lpic}. - -Similarly, \Package{pgf/TikZ} has all the power needed, but no -explicit package has been released. - -The \Package{pstricks} web site has a page with several % ! line break -\href{http://pstricks.tug.org/main.cgi?file=Examples/overlay}{examples of labelling} -which will get you started; if \Package{pstricks} is % ! line break -\Qref*{an option for you}{Q-drawing}, this route is worth a try. - -The confident user may, of course, do the whole job in a picture -environment which itself includes the graphic. I would recommend -\Package{overpic} or the \Package{pstricks} approach, but such things -are plainly little more than a convenience over what is achievable -with the do-it-yourself approach. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[auto-pst-pdf.sty]\CTANref{auto-pst-pdf} -\item[gv]\CTANref{gv} -\item[iTe]\CTANref{ite} -\item[laprint]Distributed with \CTANref{psfragx} -\item[lpic.sty]\CTANref{lpic} -\item[overpic.sty]\CTANref{overpic} -\item[pdfrack]\CTANref{pdfrack} -\item[pinlabel.sty]\CTANref{pinlabel} -\item[pgf.sty]\CTANref{pgf} -\item[psfrag.sty]\CTANref{psfrag} -\item[psfragx.sty]\CTANref{psfragx} -\item[pstricks.sty]\CTANref{pstricks} -\item[pst-layout.sty]\CTANref{pst-layout} -\item[pst-pdf.sty]\CTANref{pst-pdf} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-03} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-how-do-i.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-how-do-i.tex deleted file mode 100644 index ac61e60ef24..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-how-do-i.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4134 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-how-do-i.tex,v 1.47 2014/01/28 18:17:23 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{How do I do\dots{}?} - -\subsection{Mathematics} - -\Question[Q-proof]{Proof environment} - -It was long thought impossible to make a \environment{proof} -environment which automatically includes an `end-of-proof' symbol. -Some proofs end in displayed maths; others do not. If the input file -contains % ! line break -\texttt{...\csx{]} }\cmdinvoke{end}{proof} then \LaTeX{} finishes off -the displayed maths and gets ready for a new line before it reads any -instructions connected with ending the proof, so the code is very -tricky. You \emph{can} insert the symbol by hand, but the -(apparently) original `automatic' solution came with Paul Taylor's -\Package{QED}. - -Nowadays, the \Package{ntheorem} package now solves the problem for -\LaTeX{} users: it provides an automatic way of signalling -the end of a proof. - -The \AMSLaTeX{} package \Package{amsthm} also provides a -\environment{proof} environment that does the job; though you need to -insert a \csx{qedhere} command if the proof ends with a displayed -equation: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{proof} - text... - \begin{equation*} - maths... \tag*{\qedhere} - \end{equation*} -\end{proof} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \cmdinvoke{tag*}{\csx{qedhere}} construction may be used in any of -\AMSLaTeX{}'s numbering environments. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsthm.sty]Distributed as part of the \AMSLaTeX{} bundle - \CTANref{amslatex}[amsthm] -\item[ntheorem.sty]\CTANref{ntheorem} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-03-09} - -\Question[Q-theoremfmt]{Theorem bodies printed in a roman font} - -If you want to take advantage of the powerful \csx{newtheorem} command -without the constraint that the contents of the theorem is in a sloped -font (for example, you may want to use it to create remarks, examples, proofs, -\dots{}) then you can use the \AMSLaTeX{} \Package{amsthm} package -(which now supersedes the \Package{theorem} package previously -recommended in these answers). -Alternatively, the following sets up an environment -\environment{remark} whose content is in the default roman font. -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newtheorem{preremark}{Remark} -\newenvironment{remark}% - {\begin{preremark}\upshape}% - {\end{preremark}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newtheorem{preremark}{Remark} -\newenvironment{remark}% - {\begin{preremark}\upshape}{\end{preremark}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -The \Package{ntheorem} package provides control of the fonts used by -theorems, directly. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsthm.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amslatex}[amsthm] -\item[ntheorem.sty]\CTANref{ntheorem} -\item[theorem.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[theorem] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-newfunction]{Defining a new log-like function in \LaTeX{}} - -Use the \csx{mathop} command, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\diag}{\mathop{\mathrm{diag}}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -Subscripts and superscripts on \csx{diag} will be placed below and -above the function name, as they are on -\csx{lim}. If you want your subscripts and superscripts always placed -to the right, do: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\diag}% - {\mathop{\mathrm{diag}}\nolimits} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\diag}{\mathop{\mathrm{diag}}\nolimits} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - -\AMSLaTeX{} (in its \Package{amsopn} package, which is automatically -loaded by \Package{amsmath}) provides a command -\csx{DeclareMathOperator} that takes does the same job as the first -definition above. To create our original \csx{diag} command, one would -say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareMathOperator{\diag}{diag} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\csx{DeclareMathOperator*} declares the operator always to have its -sub- and superscripts in the % ! line break -``\Qref*{\csx{limits} position}{Q-limits}''. - -The \Package{amsopn} command \csx{operatorname} allows you to -introduce \emph{ad hoc} operators into your mathematics, so -\begin{quote} - \csx{[} \cmdinvoke{operatorname}{foo}\texttt{(bar)} \csx{]} -\end{quote} -typesets the same as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareMathOperator{\foo}{foo} -... -\[ \foo(bar) \] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -As with \csx{DeclareMathOperator} there's a starred version -\csx{operatorname*} for sub- and superscripts in the limits position. - -(It should be noted that ``log-like'' was reportedly a \emph{joke} on -Lamport's part; it is of course clear what was meant.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsopn.sty]Distributed as part of the \AMSLaTeX{} distribution - \CTANref{amslatex}[amsopn] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-braket]{Set specifications and Dirac brackets} - -One of the few glaring omissions from \TeX{}'s mathematical -typesetting capabilities is a means of setting separators in the -middle of mathematical expressions. \TeX{} provides primitives called -\csx{left} and \csx{right}, which can be used to modify brackets (of -whatever sort) around a mathematical expression, as in: -% beware line wrap -\csx{left(}\texttt{ <expression> }\csx{right)}~--- the size of the -parentheses is matched to the vertical extent of the expression. - -However, in all sorts of mathematical enterprises one may find oneself -needing a \csx{middle} command, to be used in expressions like -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\left\{ x \in \mathbb{N} \middle| x \mbox{ even} \right\} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\left\{ x\in \mathbb{N} \middle| - x \mbox{ even} \right\} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -to specify the set of even natural numbers. The % ! line break -\Qref*{\eTeX{} system}{Q-etex} -defines just such a command, but users of Knuth's original need some -support. Donald Arseneau's \Package{braket} package provides commands -for set specifications (as above) and for Dirac brackets (and bras and -kets). The package uses the \eTeX{} built-in command if it finds -itself running under \eTeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[braket.sty]\CTANref{braket} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-cancellation]{Cancelling terms in maths expressions} - -A technique used when explaining the behaviour of expressions or -equations (often for pedagogical purposes). The \Package{cancel} -package provides several variants of cancellation marks -(``\texttt{\textbackslash }'', ``\texttt{/}'' and ``\texttt{X}''), and -a means of cancelling `to' a particular value. - -Documentation of \Package{cancel} is in the package file. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[cancel.sty]\CTANref{cancel} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-mathsize]{Adjusting maths font sizes} - -In \plaintex{}, when you introduce a new font size you must also -declare what size fonts are to be used in mathematics with it. This -is done by declaring \csx{textfont}, \csx{scriptfont} and -\csx{scriptscriptfont} for the maths families you're using; all such -things are described in chapter~17 of the % line wrap! -\Qref*{\TeX{}book}{Q-tex-books} and in other books and -\Qref*{tutorials}{Q-man-tex} that discuss \plaintex{} in sufficient -detail. - -In \LaTeX{}, of course, all this stuff is automated: there is a scheme -that, for each (text) font size, determines what maths font sizes are -to be used. The scheme first checks a set of ``known'' text sizes, -for each of which maths sizes are declared in advance. If the text -size isn't ``known'', the script- and scriptscriptfont sizes are -calculated as fixed ratios of the tex font size. (The values used are -\csx{defaultscriptratio}\ensuremath{=}0.7, and -\csx{defaultscriptscriptratio}\ensuremath{=}0.5.) - -The fixed-ratio formula is capable of producing inconvenient results -(particularly if you are using fonts which \LaTeX{} believes are only -available in a fixed set of sizes). You may also want to replace -\LaTeX{}'s ideas altogether, for example by setting maths noticeably -larger or smaller than its surrounding text. For this purpose, the -\LaTeX{} command -\cmdinvoke{DeclareMathSizes}{\meta{tfs}}{\meta{ts}}{\meta{ss}}{\meta{sss}} -may be used (this is the same command that \LaTeX{} itself uses to -define its own set of sizes). This establishes (or re-establishes) -the maths font sizes to be used when the surrounding text font size is -\texttt{\meta{tfs}}; (\texttt{\meta{ts}} being the size used for -\csx{textfont}, \texttt{\meta{ss}} for \csx{scriptfont} and -\texttt{\meta{sss}} for \csx{scriptscriptfont}). - -For example, you might want to use a font with a smaller body height -than Computer Modern, but still prefer \acro{CM} math to any of the -alternatives. In this case, you might use: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{5} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to get 9pt maths when the surrounding body text is (nominal) 10pt. - -\csx{DeclareMathSizes} may only be used in the preamble of the -document: only one association is available for each text font size -for the whole document. The default settings are specified in -\File{fontdef.dtx} in the latex distribution, and are compiled into -\File{fontmath.ltx}; the arguments to the command are just numbers -(`\texttt{pt}' is assumed), but some of them are written using -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} abbreviations}{Q-ltxabbrv} for standard font sizes. -Beware simply copying (parts of) the \LaTeX{} definitions~--- since -they contain those internal abbreviations, they need to be treated as -\Qref{internal commands}{Q-atsigns}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontdef.dtx]\CTANref{fontdef} -\item[fontmath.ltx]\CTANref{fontmath} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-mathlips]{Ellipses} -\keywords{\csx{dots} \csx{cdots} \csx{vdots} \csx{ddots}} - -Ellipses are commonly required, and \LaTeX{} natively supplies a fair -range (\csx{dots}, \csx{cdots}, \csx{vdots} and \csx{ddots}). By using -the \Package{graphics} package, one can change the slope of the -\csx{ddots} command, as in -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ ... \reflectbox{$\ddots$} ... $ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -While this works, it is not a recommended way of achieving the desired -result (see below). Moreover, \LaTeX{}'s range is not adequate to -everyone's requirements, and at least three packages provide -extensions to the set. - -The \AMSLaTeX{} bundle provides a range of ``semantically-named'' -ellipses, for use in different situations: \csx{dotsb} for use between -pairs of binary operators, \csx{dotsc} for use between pairs of commas, -and so on. - -The \Package{yhmath} package defines an \csx{adots} command, which is -the analogue of \csx{ddots}, sloping forwards rather than backwards. -The \Package{yhmath} package comes with a rather interesting font that -extends the standard \Package{cmex}; details are in the documentation. - -The \Package{mathdots} package (besides fixing up the behaviour of -\AllTeX{} \csx{ddots} and \csx{vdots} when the font size changes) -provides an ``inverse diagonal'' ellipsis \csx{iddots} (doing the same -job as \Package{yhmath}'s \csx{adots}, but better). - -Documentation of \Package{yhmath} appears, processed, in the -distribution (thus saving you the bother of installing the package -before being able to read the documentation). Documentation of -\Package{mathdots} appears at the end the package file itself. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amslatex]\CTANref{amslatex} -\item[graphics.sty]Part of the \CTANref{graphics} bundle -\item[mathdots.sty]\CTANref{mathdots} -\item[yhmath]\CTANref{yhmath} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-08-21} - -\Question[Q-limits]{Sub- and superscript positioning for operators} - -The commonest hand-written style for expressions is to place the limit -expressions on operators such as \csx{sum} and \csx{int} physically -above and below the operator. In \AllTeX{}, we write these limit -expressions using sub- and superscripts applied to the operator, but -they don't always appear in the ``handwritten'' way in \TeX{}'s -output. - -The reason is, that when an expression appears in non-display maths, -in running text (and is therefore in \TeX{} \csx{textstyle}), placing -the limits thus could lead to ragged line spacing (and hence -difficult-to-read text). It is therefore common (in \csx{textstyle}) -to place the limits as one would sub- and superscripts of variables. - -This is not universally satisfactory, so the primitive \csx{limits} is -provided: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$\sum\limits_{n=1}^{m} ...$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will place the limits right above and below the symbol (and be -blowed to the typography\dots{}). - -Contrariwise, you may wish to change the arrangement of the limits -when in \csx{displaystyle}. For this purpose, there's a corresponding -\csx{nolimits}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\[\sum\nolimits_{n=1}^{m} ...\] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will place the limits as they would be in \csx{textstyle}. - -Alternatively, one can manipulate the -\csx{textstyle}/\csx{displaystyle} state of the mathematics. To get -``\csx{limits} placement'' in inline maths, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{m} ...$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and for ``\csx{nolimits} placement'' in display maths, -\csx{nolimits}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\[\textstyle\sum_{n=1}^{m} ...\] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will serve. Either of these forms may have effects other than on the -operator you're considering, but there are still those who prefer this -formulation. - -Remember, if you're % ! line break -\Qref*{declaring a special operator of your own}{Q-newfunction}, the -\AMSLaTeX{} functions (that you ought to be using) allow you to choose -how limits are displayed, at definition time. - -(Note that the macro \csx{int} normally has \csx{nolimits} built in to -its definition. There is an example in the \TeX{}book to show how odd -\csx{int}\csx{limits} looks when typeset.) - -\Question[Q-mathstext]{Text inside maths} - -When we type maths in \AllTeX{}, the letters from which we make up -ordinary text assume a special significance: they all become -single-letter variable names. The letters appear in italics, but it's -not the same sort of italics that you see when you're typing ordinary -text: a run of maths letters (for example ``here'') looks oddly -``lumpy'' when compared with the word written in italic text. The -difference is that the italic text is kerned to make the letters fit -well together, whereas the maths is set to look as if you're -multiplying \emph{h} by \emph{e} by \emph{r} by \emph{e}. The other -way things are odd in \TeX{} maths typing is that spaces are ignored: -at best we can write single words in this oddly lumpy font. - -So, if we're going to have good-looking text in amongst maths we're -writing, we have to take special precautions. If you're using -\LaTeX{}, the following should help. - -The simplest is to use \csx{mbox} or \csx{textrm}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$e = mc^2 \mbox{here we go again}$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The problem is that, with either, the size of the text remains firmly -at the surrounding text size, so that -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$z = a_{\mbox{other end}}$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -can look quite painfully wrong. - -The other simple technique, \csx{textrm}, is no more promising: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$z = a_{\textrm{other end}}$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does the same as \csx{mbox}, by default. - -(The maths-mode instance of your roman font (\csx{mathrm}) gets the -size right, but since it's intended for use in maths, its spaces get -ignored~--- use \csx{mathrm} for upright roman alphabetic variable -names, but not otherwise.) - -You can correct these problems with size selectors in the text, as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$z = a_{\mbox{\scriptsize other end}}$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which works if your surrounding text is at default document size, but -gives you the wrong size otherwise. - -The \csx{mbox} short cut is (just about) \acro{OK} for ``occasional'' -use, but serious mathematics calls for a technique that -relieves the typist of the sort of thought required. As usual, the -\AMSLaTeX{} system provides what's necessary~--- the \csx{text} -command. (The command is actually provided by the \Package{amstext} -package, but the ``global'' \Package{amsmath} package loads it.) Thus -anyone using \AMSLaTeX{} proper has the command available, so even -this author can write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{amsmath} -... -$z = a_{\text{other end}}$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the text will be at the right size, and in the same font as -surrounding text. (The \Package{amstext} package also puts -\csx{textrm} to rights~--- but \csx{text} is easier to type than -\csx{textrm}!) - -\AMSLaTeX{} also makes provision for interpolated comments in the -middle of one of its multi-line display structures, through the -\csx{intertext} command. For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{align} - A_1&=N_0(\lambda;\Omega')- - \phi(\lambda;\Omega'),\\ - A_2&=\phi(\lambda;\Omega')- - \phi(\lambda;\Omega),\\ -\intertext{and} - A_3&=\mathcal{N}(\lambda;\omega). -\end{align} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{align} - A_1&=N_0(\lambda;\Omega')-\phi(\lambda;\Omega'),\\ - A_2&=\phi(\lambda;\Omega')-\phi(\lambda;\Omega),\\ - \intertext{and} A_3&=\mathcal{N}(\lambda;\omega). -\end{align} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -places the text ``and'' on a separate line before the last line of the -display. If the interjected text is short, or the equations -themselves are light-weight, you may find that \csx{intertext} leaves -too much space. Slightly more modest is the \csx{shortintertext} -command from the \Package{mathtools} package: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{align} - a =& b - \shortintertext{or} - c =& b -\end{align} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -To have the text on the same line as the second equation, one can use -the \environment{flalign} environment (from \Package{amsmath}) -with lots of dummy equations (represented by the double \texttt{\&} -signs): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{flalign} - && a =& b && \\ - \text{or} && c =& b && -\end{flalign} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsmath.sty]Distributed as part of \AMSLaTeX{} - \CTANref{amslatex}[amsmath] -\item[amstext.sty]Distributed as part of \AMSLaTeX{} - \CTANref{amslatex}[amstext] -\item[mathtools.sty]Distributed as part of the \Package{mh} bundle - \CTANref{mh}[mathtools] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-reuseq]{Re-using an equation} - -To repeat an existing equation, one wants not only to have the same -mathematics in it, one also wants to re-use the original label it had. -The \Package{amsmath} package comes to our help, here: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{amsmath} -... -\begin{equation} - a=b - \label{eq1} -\end{equation} -... -Remember that -\begin{equation} - a=b - \tag{\ref{eq1}} -\end{equation} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Here, the second instance of \ensuremath{a=b} will be -typeset with a copy, made by the \csx{tag} command, of the label of the -first instance. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsmath.sty]Distributed as part of \AMSLaTeX{} - \CTANref{amslatex}[amsmath] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-brkinline]{Line-breaking in in-line maths} - -\TeX{}, by default, allows you to split a mathematical expression at -the end of the line; it allows breaks at relational operators (like -``='', ``\textless'', etc.) and at binary operators (like ``+'', -``-'', etc.). In the case of large expressions, this can sometimes be -a life-saver. - -However, in the case of simple expressions like \ensuremath{a=b+c}, a -break can be really disturbing to the reader, and one would like to -avoid it. - -Fortunately, these breaks are controllable: there are ``penalties'' -associated with each type of operator: the penalty - says how -undesirable a break at each point is. Default values are: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\relpenalty = 500 -\binoppenalty = 700 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -You make the break progressively less attractive by increasing these -values. You can actually forbid all breaks, everywhere, by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\relpenalty = 10000 -\binoppenalty = 10000 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If you want just to prevent breaks in a single expression, write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{% - \relpenalty = 10000 - \binoppenalty = 10000 - $a=b+c$ -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the original values will remain undisturbed outside the braces. -This is tedious: there is often value in an alternative approach, -in which you say which parts of the expression may not break whatever -happens, and fortunately this is surprisingly easy. Suppose we want -to defer a break until after the equality, we could write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -${a+b+c+d} = z+y+x+w$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The braces say ``treat this subformula as one atom'' and (in \TeX{} at -least) atoms don't get split: not a \csx{binoppenalty} change in sight. - -\Question[Q-mathonlyref]{Numbers for referenced equations only} - -There are those who consider that papers look untidy with numbers on -every equation; there is also a school of thought that claims that -there should be numbers everywhere, in case some reader wants to make -reference an equation to which the author made no cross-reference. - -If you hold to the ``only cross-referenced'' school of thought, you -can (using the \csx{nonumber} command on the relevant equations, or by -using the \AMSLaTeX{} unnumbered environments such as -\environment{equation*}) mark those of your equations to which you -make no reference. In a long or complex paper, this procedure could -well become deeply tedious. - -Fortunately, help is at hand: the \Package{mh} bundle's -\Package{mathtools} package offers a `\pkgoption{showonlyrefs}' -switch through its \csx{mathtoolsset} command; when that's in -operation, only those equations to which you make reference will be -numbered in the final output. See the package's documentation for -details of how to make references when the switch is in effect. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[mathtools.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mh}[mathtools] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-subheight]{Even subscript height} - -Other things being equal, \TeX{} will aim to position subscripts and -superscripts in places that ``look good''. Unfortunately, it only -does this for the sub- and superscripts of each atom at a time, so if -you have -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ X^{1}_{2} X_{2} $ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the second subscript will appear higher, since the first has moved -down to avoid the superscript; -the effect can be noticeably distracting: -\begin{quote} -\begin{typesetversion} - $ X^{1}_{2} X_{2} $ -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} - \includegraphics{faq-images1.png} -\end{htmlversion} -\end{quote} - -You can avoid the problem, for a single instance, by -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ X^{1}_{2} X^{}_{2} $ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -here, the dummy superscript has the requisite ``pushing down'' effect: -\begin{quote} -\begin{typesetversion} - $ X^{1}_{2} X^{}_{2} $ -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} - \includegraphics{faq-images2.png} -\end{htmlversion} -\end{quote} - -While this technique does what is necessary, it is tedious and -potentially error-prone. So, for more than one or two equations -in a document, the \LaTeX{} user is advised to use the -\Package{subdepth} package, which forces the lower position for all -subscripts. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[subdepth.sty]\CTANref{subdepth} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Lists} - -\Question[Q-enumerate]{Fancy enumeration lists} - -The \Package{enumerate} package allows you to control the display of -the enumeration counter. The package adds an optional parameter to -the \environment{enumerate} environment, which is used to specify the -layout of the labels. The layout parameter contains an enumeration -type (`\texttt{1}' for arabic numerals, `\texttt{a}' or `\texttt{A}' -for alphabetic enumeration, and `\texttt{i}' or `\texttt{I}' for Roman -numerals), and things to act as decoration of the enumeration. So, -for example -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumerate} -... -\begin{enumerate}[(a)] -\item ... ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -starts a list whose labels run (a), (b), (c), \dots{}; while -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumerate} -... -\begin{enumerate}[I/] -\item ... ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -starts a list whose labels run I/, II/, III/, \dots{} - -The \Package{paralist} package, whose primary purpose is % beware line break -\Qref*{compaction of lists}{Q-complist}, provides the same facilities -for its \environment{enumerate}-like environments. - -If you need non-stereotyped designs, the \Package{enumitem} package -gives you most of the flexibility you might want to design your own. -The silly roman example above could be achieved by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumitem} -... -\begin{enumerate}[label=\Roman{*}/] -\item ... ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that the `\texttt{*}' in the key value stands for the list -counter at this level. You can also manipulate the format of -references to list item labels: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumitem} -... -\begin{enumerate}[label=\Roman{*}/, - ref=(\roman{*})] -\item ... ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumitem} -... -\begin{enumerate}[label=\Roman{*}/, ref=(\roman{*})] -\item ... ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -to make references to the list items format appear as (i), (ii), -(iii), etc. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes functions that match those in the -\Package{enumerate} package, and has similar functionality for -\environment{itemize} lists. -%% It is possible (if not particularly convenient) to do the same thing -%% yourself. Suppose you want your top-level \environment{enumerate}s to -%% be labelled I/, II/, III/, \dots{}, then give these commands: -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \renewcommand{\theenumi}{\Roman{enumi}} -%% \renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\theenumi/} -%% \end{verbatim} -%% The possible styles of numbering are given in Section~6.3 of Lamport's -%% book (see \Qref[question]{\TeX{}-related books}{Q-book-lists}). Both -%% \csx{theenumi} and \csx{labelenumi} must be changed, since -%% \csx{theenumi} is used in cross-references to the list. -%% -%% For lower level \environment{enumerate}s, replace |enumi| by |enumii|, -%% |enumiii| or |enumiv|, according to the level. If your label is much -%% larger than the default, you should also change \csx{leftmargini}, -%% \csx{leftmarginii}, \emph{etc}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[enumerate.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[enumerate] -\item[enumitem.sty]\CTANref{enumitem} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[paralist.sty]\CTANref{paralist} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-complist]{How to adjust list spacing} - -\Qref*{Lamport's book}{Q-latex-books} lists various -parameters for the layout of list (things like \csx{topsep}, -\csx{itemsep} and \csx{parsep}), but fails to mention that they're set -automatically within the standard (\latex{}-defined) lists. This -happens because each list -executes a command \csx{@list}\texttt{\meta{depth}} (the depth -appearing as a lower-case roman numeral); what's more, the top-level -\csx{@listi} is usually reset when the font size is changed. As a -result, it's rather tricky for -the user to control list spacing. Of course, the real answer is to use -a document class designed with more modest list spacing, but we all -know such things are hard to come by. The \Class{memoir} class doesn't -provide more compact lists, but offers the user control over the list -spacing using \csx{firmlist} and \csx{tightlist} (and \texttt{*}-ed -versions of them); see section~8.6 of the memoir manual. - -There are packages that provide some control of list spacing, but they -seldom address the separation from surrounding text (defined by -\csx{topsep}). The \Package{expdlist} package, among its many controls -of the appearance of \environment{description} lists, offers a -compaction parameter (see the documentation); the \Package{mdwlist} -package offers a \csx{makecompactlist} command for users' own list -definitions, and uses it to define compact lists -\environment{itemize*}, \environment{enumerate*} and -\environment{description*}. In fact, you can write lists such as -these commands define pretty straightforwardly~--- for example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{itemize*}% - {\begin{itemize}% - \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}% - \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}% - {\end{itemize}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Package{paralist} package provides several approaches to list -compaction: -\begin{itemize} -\item its \environment{asparaenum} environment formats each item as if - it were a paragraph introduced by the enumeration label (which saves - space if the item texts are long); -\item its \environment{compactenum} environment is the same sort of - compact list as is provided in \Package{expdlist} and - \Package{mdwlist}; and -\item its \environment{inparaenum} environment produces a list ``in - the paragraph'', i.e., with no line break between items, which is a - great space-saver if the list item texts are short. -\end{itemize} -The package will manipulate its \environment{enumerate} environment -labels just like the \Qref*{\Package{enumerate} package}{Q-enumerate} -does. - -\Package{Paralist} also provides \environment{itemize} equivalents -(\environment{asparaitem}, etc.), and \environment{description} -equivalents (\environment{asparadesc}, etc.). - -The \Package{multenum} package offers a more regular form of -\Package{paralist}'s \environment{inparaenum}; you define a notional -grid on which list entries are to appear, and list items will always -appear at positions on that grid. The effect is somewhat like that of -the `tab' keys on traditional typewriters; the package was designed -for example sheets, or lists of answers in the appendices of a book. - -The \Package{expdlist}, \Package{mdwlist} and \Package{paralist} -packages all offer other facilities for list configuration: you should -probably not try the ``do-it-yourself'' approaches outlined below if -you need one of the packages for some other list configuration -purpose. - -For ultimate flexibility (including manipulation of \csx{topsep}), the -\Package{enumitem} package permits adjustment of list parameters using -a ``\emph{key}\latexhtml{\ensuremath{=}}{=}\meta{value}'' format. -For example, one might write -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumitem} -... -\begin{enumerate}[topsep=0pt, partopsep=0pt] -\item ... -\item ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to suppress all spacing above and below your list, or -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{enumitem} -... -\begin{enumerate}[itemsep=2pt,parsep=2pt] -\item ... -\item ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to set spacing between items and between paragraphs within items. -\Package{Enumitem} also permits manipulation of the label format in a -more ``basic'' (and therefore more flexible) manner than the % ! line break -\Qref*{\Package{enumerate} package}{Q-enumerate} does. - -The ultimate in compaction (of every sort) is offered by the -\Package{savetrees} package; compaction of lists is included. The -package's prime purpose is to save space at every touch and turn: -don't use it if you're under any design constraint whatever! -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[enumerate.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[enumitem] -\item[enumitem.sty]\CTANref{enumitem} -\item[expdlist.sty]\CTANref{expdlist} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[memoir \nothtml{\rmfamily}manual]\CTANref{memoir-man} -\item[mdwlist.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[mdwlist] -\item[multenum.sty]\CTANref{multenum} -\item[paralist.sty]\CTANref{paralist} -\item[savetrees.sty]\CTANref{savetrees} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-10-30} - -\Question[Q-interruptlist]{Interrupting enumerated lists} - -It's often convenient to have commentary text, `outside' the list, -between successive entries of a list. In the case of -\environment{itemize} lists this is no problem, since there's never -anything to distinguish successive items, while in the case of -\environment{description} lists, the item labels are under the user's -control so there's no automatic issue of continuity. - -For \environment{enumerate} lists, the labels are generated -automatically, and are context-sensitive, so the context (in this -case, the state of the enumeration counter) needs to be preserved. - -The belt-and-braces approach is to remember the state of the -enumeration in your own counter variable, and then restore it when -restarting enumerate: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{saveenum} - ... -\begin{enumerate} - ... - \setcounter{saveenum}{\value{enumi}} -\end{enumerate} -<Commentary text> -\begin{enumerate} - \setcounter{enumi}{\value{saveenum}} - ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -This is reasonable, in small doses\dots{} Problems (apart from sheer -verbosity) are getting the level right (``should I use counter -\texttt{enumi}, \texttt{enumii}, \dots{}'') and remembering not to -nest the interruptions (i.e., not to have a separate list, that is -itself interrupted) in the ``commentary text''). - -The \Package{mdwlist} package defines commands \csx{suspend} and -\csx{resume} that simplify the process: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate} - ... -\suspend{enumerate} -<Commentary text> -\resume{enumerate} - ... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package allows an optional name (as in -\cmdinvoke{suspend}[id]{enumerate}) to allow you to identify a -particular suspension, and hence provide a handle for manipulating -nested suspensions. - -If you're suspending a \Qref*{fancy-enumeration list}{Q-enumerate}, -you need to -re-supply the optional ``item label layout'' parameters required by -the \Package{enumerate} package when resuming the list, whether by the -belt-and-braces approach, or by the \Package{mdwlist} -\cmdinvoke{resume}{enumerate} technique. The task is a little tedious -in the \Package{mdwlist} case, since the optional argument has to be -encapsulated, whole, inside an optional argument to \csx{resume}, -which requires use of extra braces: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate}[\textbf{Item} i] - ... -\suspend{enumerate} -<comment> -\resume{enumerate}[{[\textbf{Item} i]}] -... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\nothtml{\noindent}The \Package{enumitem} package, in its most recent -release, will also allow you to resume lists: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate} -... -\end{enumerate} -<comment> -\begin{enumerate}[resume] -... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which feels just as ``natural'' as the \Package{mdwtools} facility, -and has the advantage of playing well with the other excellent -facilities of \Package{enumitem}. - -\Package{Expdlist} has a neat way of providing for comments, with its -\csx{listpart} command. The command's argument becomes a comment -between items of the list: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate} -\item item 1 -\item item 2 - \listpart{interpolated comment} -\item item 3 -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This, you will realise, means it doesn't even have to think about -suspending or resuming the list, and of course it works equally well -in any of the list environments (thought it's not actually -\emph{necessary} for any but \environment{enumerate}). - -\Package{Enumitem} also allows multi-level suspension and resumption -of lists: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate} -\item outer item 1 -\end{enumerate} -<comment> -\begin{enumerate}[resume] -\item outer item 2 -% nested enumerate -\begin{enumerate} -\item inner item 1 -\end{enumerate} -<nested comment> -% resume nested enumerate -\begin{enumerate}[resume] -\item inner item 2 -\end{enumerate} -\item outer item 3 -% end outer enumerate -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -However, the `nested comment' interpolated in the nested enumeration -appears as if it were a second paragraph to ``outer item 2'', which is -hardly satisfactory. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[enumerate.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[enumerate] -\item[enumitem.sty]\CTANref{enumitem} -\item[expdlist.sty]\CTANref{expdlist} -\item[mdwlist.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[mdwlist] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams} - -\Question[Q-destable]{The design of tables} - -In recent years, several authors have argued that the examples, set -out by Lamport in his \Qref*{\LaTeX{} manual}{Q-latex-books}, have cramped -authors' style and have led to extremely poor table design. It is in -fact difficult even to work out what many of the examples in Lamport's -book ``mean''. - -The criticism focuses on the excessive use of rules (both horizontal -and vertical) and on the poor vertical spacing that Lamport's macros -offer. - -The problem of vertical spacing is plain for all to see, and is -addressed in several packages~--- see % beware line breaks -``\Qref*[question]{spacing of lines in tables}{Q-struttab}''. - -The argument about rules is presented in the excellent essay that -prefaces the documentation of Simon Fear's \Package{booktabs} package, -which (of course) implements Fear's scheme for `comfortable' rules. -(The same rule commands are implemented in the \Class{memoir} class.) - -Lamport's \LaTeX{} was also inflexibly wrong in ``insisting'' that -captions should come at the bottom of a table. Since a table may -extend over several pages, traditional typography places the caption -at the top of a table float. The \csx{caption} command will get its -position wrong (by \texttt{10pt}) if you simply write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{table} - \caption{Example table} - \begin{tabular}{...} - ... - \end{tabular} -\end{table} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Package{topcapt} package solves this problem: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{topcapt} -... -\begin{table} - \topcaption{Example table} - \begin{tabular}{...} - ... - \end{tabular} -\end{table} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Class{KOMA-script} classes provide a similar command -\csx{captionabove}; they also have a class option -\pkgoption{tablecaptionabove} which arranges that \csx{caption} -\emph{means} \csx{captionabove}, in table environments. The -\Package{caption} package may be loaded -with an option that has the same effect: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[tableposition=top]{caption} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or the effect may be established after the package has been loaded: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{caption} -\captionsetup[table]{position=above} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(Note that the two ``position'' options are different: actually, -``above'' and ``top'' in these contexts mean the same thing.) - -Doing the job yourself is pretty easy: \Package{topcapt} switches the -values of the \LaTeXe{} parameters \csx{abovecaptionskip} (default -value \texttt{10pt}) and \csx{belowcaptionskip} (default value -\texttt{0pt}), so: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{table} - \setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{0pt} - \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{10pt} - \caption{Example table} - \begin{tabular}{...} - ... - \end{tabular} -\end{table} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does the job (if the length values are right; the package and classes -are more careful!). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[booktabs.sty]\CTANref{booktabs} -\item[caption.sty]\CTANref{caption} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[topcapt.sty]\CTANref{topcapt} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-08-19} - -\Question[Q-fixwidtab]{Fixed-width tables} - -There are two basic techniques for making fixed-width tables in -\LaTeX{}: you can make the gaps between the columns stretch, or you -can stretch particular cells in the table. - -Basic \LaTeX{} can make the gaps stretch: the \environment{tabular*} -environment takes an extra argument (before the \texttt{clpr} layout one) -which takes a length specification: you can say things like ``\texttt{15cm}'' -or ``\csx{columnwidth}'' here. You must also have an \csx{extracolsep} -command in the \texttt{clpr} layout argument, inside an \texttt{@\{\}} -directive. So, for example, one might have -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular*}{\columnwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lllr} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular*}{\columnwidth}% - {@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lllr} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -The \csx{extracolsep} applies to all inter-column gaps to its right as -well; if you don't want all gaps stretched, add -\cmdinvoke{extracolsep}{0pt} to cancel the original. - -The \Package{tabularx} package defines an extra \texttt{clpr} column -specification, \texttt{X}; \texttt{X} columns behave as \texttt{p} -columns which expand to fill the space available. If there's more -than one \texttt{X} column in a table, the spare space is distributed -between them. - -The \Package{tabulary} package (by the same author) provides a way of -``balancing'' the space taken by the columns of a table. The package -defines column specifications \texttt{C}, \texttt{L}, \texttt{R} and -\texttt{J}, giving, respectively, centred, left, right and -fully-justified versions of space-sharing columns. The package -examines how long each column would be ``naturally'' (i.e., on a piece of paper of unlimited width), and -allocates space to each column accordingly. There are ``sanity -checks'' so that really large entries don't cause everything else to -collapse into nothingness (there's a ``maximum width'' that any column -can exert), and so that tiny entries can't get smaller than a -specified minimum. Of course, all this work means that the package -has to typeset each row several times, so things that leave -``side-effects'' (for example, a counter used to produce a row-number -somewhere) are inevitably unreliable, and should not even be tried. - -The \Package{ltxtable} package combines the features of the -\Package{longtable} and \Package{tabularx} packages. It's important -to read the documentation, since usage is distinctly odd; the -distribution contains no more than a file \File{ltxtable.tex}, which you -should process using \LaTeX{}. Processing will give you a \File{.sty} -file as well as the \File{.dvi} or \File{.pdf} output containing the -documentation. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ltxtable.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{carlisle}[ltxtable] -\item[tabularx.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[tabularx] -\item[tabulary.sty]\CTANref{tabulary} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-varwidcol]{Variable-width columns in tables} - -This is a slightly different take on the problem addressed in -``\Qref*[question]{fixed-width tables}{Q-fixwidtab}''~--- here we have -a column whose size we can't absolutely predict when we design the -document. - -While the basic techniques (the \Package{tabularx}, \Package{tabulary} -and \Package{ltxtable} packages) are the same for this problem as for the -fixed-width \emph{table} problem, there's one extra tool that we can -call to our aid, which may be preferable in some situations. - -Suppose we have data in one column which we read from an external -source, and the source itself isn't entirely predictable. The data in -the column may end up pretty narrow in every row of the table, or it -may be wide enough that the table would run over the edge of the page; -however, we don't want to make the column as wide as possible ``just -in case'', by defining a fixed size for the table. We would like the -column to be as small as possible, but have the possibility to spread -to a maximum width and (if even that width is exceeded) turn into a -\texttt{p}-style column. - -The \Package{varwidth} package, discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*[question]{automatic sizing of minipages}{Q-varwidth}'', provides -a solution. If you load it together with the \LaTeX{} ``required'' -\Package{array} package, i.e.: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{array} -\usepackage{varwidth} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\Package{varwidth} defines a new column-type ``\texttt{V}'', which you -can use as follows: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{l V{3.5cm} r} - foo & blah & bar \\ - foo & blah blah & bar \\ -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -when the second column ends up less than 3.5cm wide; -or you can use it as follows: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{l V{3.5cm} r} - foo & blah & bar \\ - foo & blah blah & bar \\ - foo & blah blah blah blah blah blah - & bar \\ -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -where the second column will end up noticeably wider, and will wrap to -a second line in the third row. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array] -\item[varwidth.sty]\CTANref{varwidth} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-struttab]{Spacing lines in tables} - -\AllTeX{} mechanisms for maintaining the space between lines (the -``\emph{leading}'') rely on \TeX{}'s paragraph builder, which compares -the shape of consecutive lines and adjusts the space between them. - -These mechanisms can't work in exactly the same way when \AllTeX{} is -building a table, because the paragraph builder doesn't get to see the -lines themselves. As a result, tables sometimes typeset with lines -uncomfortably close together (or occasionally ridiculously far apart). - -Traditional (moving metal type) typographers would adjust the spacing -between lines of a table by use of a ``\emph{strut}'' (a metal -spacer). A \TeX{} user can do exactly the same thing: most macro -packages define a \csx{strut} command, that defines a space appropriate -to the current size of the text; placing a \csx{strut} command at the -end of a troublesome row is the simplest solution to the problem~--- -if it works. Other solutions below are \LaTeX{}-specific, but some -may be simply translated to \plaintex{} commands. - -If your table exhibits a systematic problem (i.e., every row is wrong -by the same amount) use \csx{extrarowheight}, which is defined by the -\Package{array} package: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{array}% in the preamble -... -\setlength{\extrarowheight}{length} -\begin{tabular}{....} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -To correct a single row whose maladjustment isn't corrected by a -\csx{strut} command, you can define your own, using -\cmdinvoke{rule}{0pt}{length}~--- which is a near approximation to the -command that goes inside a \csx{strut}. The \Package{bigstrut} package -defines a strut command that you can use for this purpose: -\csx{bigstrut} on its own opens up both above and below the current -line; \cmdinvoke{bigstrut}[t] opens up above the line, -\cmdinvoke{bigstrut}[b] opens up below the line. - -General solutions are available, however. The \Package{tabls} package -automatically generates an appropriately-sized strut at the end of -each row. Its disadvantages are that it's really rather slow in -operation (since it gets in the way of everything within tables) and -its (lack of) compatibility with other packages. - -The \Package{makecell} package provides a command \csx{gape} that may -be used to apply strut expansion for a single cell of a table: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{lll} - ... & \gape{cell contents} & ... \\ - ... -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package's similar \csx{Gape} command provides the same function, -but with optional arguments that allow you to adjust the top and -bottom adjustment. - -To adjust every cell in whole tables, the -\cmdinvoke{setcellgapes}{\meta{value}} sets the adjustment value (an -optional argument of ``\texttt{t}'' or ``\texttt{b}'' restricts -adjustment to the top or bottom of each cell, respectively). Having -issued \csx{setcellgapes}, the command \csx{makegapedcells} switches -cell expansion on, and \csx{nomakegapedcells} switches it off again. - -The \Package{cellspace} package does a (possibly inferior) job by -defining a new table/array column type ``S'', which you apply to each -column specification. So, for example, -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{begin}{tabular}{l l l p{3cm}} -\end{quote} -would become -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{begin}{tabular}{Sl Sl Sl Sp{3cm}} -\end{quote} -and so on. This technique shows -promise of not interfering so much with other packages, but this -author has heard of no reports from the field. - -The \Package{booktabs} package comes with a thought-provoking essay -about how tables should be designed. Since table row-spacing problems -most often appear in collisions with rules, the author's thesis, -that \LaTeX{} users tend too often to rule their tables, is -interesting. The package provides rule commands to support the -author's scheme, but deals with inter-row spacing too. The most -recent release of \Package{booktabs} sports compatibility with -packages such as \Package{longtable}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array] -\item[bigstrut.sty]\CTANref{bigstrut} -\item[booktabs.sty]\CTANref{booktabs} -\item[cellspace.sty]\CTANref{cellspace} -\item[makecell.sty]\CTANref{makecell} -\item[tabls.sty]\CTANref{tabls} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-05-02} - -\Question[Q-longtab]{Tables longer than a single page} - -Tables are, by default, set entirely in boxes of their own: as a -result, they won't split over a page boundary. Sadly, the world keeps -turning up tables longer than a single page that we need to typeset. - -For simple tables (whose shape is highly regular), the simplest -solution may well be to use the \environment{tabbing} environment, -which is slightly tedious to set up, but which doesn't force the whole alignment -onto a single page. - -The \Package{longtable} package builds the whole table (in chunks), in -a first pass, and then uses information it has written to the \extension{aux} -file during later passes to get the setting ``right'' (the package -ordinarily manages to set tables in just two passes). Since the -package has overview of the whole table at the time it's doing -``final'' setting, the table is set ``uniformly'' over its entire -length, with columns matching on consecutive pages. -\Package{longtable} has a reputation for failing to interwork with -other packages, but it does work with \Package{colortbl}, and its -author has provided the \Package{ltxtable} package to provide (most -of) the facilities of \Package{tabularx} (see -% beware line wrap -\Qref[question]{fixed-width tables}{Q-fixwidtab}) for long tables: -beware of its rather curious usage constraints~--- each long table -should be in a file of its own, and included by -\cmdinvoke*{LTXtable}{width}{file}. Since \Package{longtable}'s -multiple-page tables can't possibly live inside floats, the package -provides for captions within the \environment{longtable} environment -itself. - -A seeming alternative to \Package{ltxtable} is \Package{ltablex}; but -it is outdated and not fully functional. Its worst problem is its -strictly limited memory capacity (\Package{longtable} is not so -limited, at the cost of much complication in its code); -\Package{ltablex} can only deal with relatively small tables, it doesn't seem -likely that support is available; but its user interface is much -simpler than \Package{ltxtable}, so if its restrictions aren't a -problem for you, it may be worth a try. - -The \Package{supertabular} package starts and stops a -\environment{tabular} environment for each page of the table. As a -result, each `page worth' of the table is compiled independently, and -the widths of corresponding columns may differ on successive pages. -However, if the correspondence doesn't matter, or if your columns are -fixed-width, \Package{supertabular} has the great advantage of doing -its job in a single run. - -Both \Package{longtable} and \Package{supertabular} allow definition -of head- and footlines for the table; \Package{longtable} allows -distinction of the first and last head and foot. - -The \Package{xtab} package fixes some infelicities of -\Package{supertabular}, and also provides a ``last head'' facility -(though this, of course, destroys \Package{supertabular}'s advantage -of operating in a single run). - -The \Package{stabular} package provides a simple-to-use ``extension to -\environment{tabular}'' that allows it to typeset tables that run over -the end of a page; it also has usability extensions, but doesn't have -the head- and footline capabilities of the major packages. - -Documentation of \Package{ltablex} is to be found in the package file. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[longtable.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[longtable] -\item[ltablex.sty]\CTANref{ltablex} -\item[ltxtable.sty]Generate by running \CTANref{ltxtable} -\item[stabular.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sttools}[stabular] -\item[supertabular.sty]\CTANref{supertabular} -\item[xtab.sty]\CTANref{xtab} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-tabcellalign]{How to alter the alignment of tabular cells} - -One often needs to alter the alignment of a tabular \texttt{p} (`paragraph') -cell, but problems at the end of a table row are common. With a -\texttt{p} cell that looks like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... & \centering blah ... \\ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -one is liable to encounter errors that complain about a ``misplaced -\csx{noalign}'' or ``\Qref*{extra alignment tab}{Q-altabcr}'', or the like. -The problem is that the command \texttt{\bsbs } means different things in -different circumstances: the \environment{tabular} environment -switches the meaning to a value for use in the table, and -\csx{centering}, \csx{raggedright} and \csx{raggedleft} all change the -meaning to something incompatible. Note that the problem only -arises in the last cell of a row: since each cell is set into a box, -its settings are lost at the \texttt{\&} (or \texttt{\bsbs }) that -terminates it. - -In the old days, the actual value of \texttt{\bsbs } that the -\environment{tabular} environment uses was only available as an -internal command. Nowadays, the value is a public command, and you -can in principle use it explicitly: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... & \centering blah ... \tabularnewline -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(but that's a rather verbose way of doing things). - -The \Package{array} package provides a command \csx{arraybackslash} -which restores \texttt{\bsbs } to its correct (within table) meaning; -the command may be used in \Package{array}'s ``field format'' preamble -specifications: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{...% - >{\centering\arraybackslash}% - p{50mm}} -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{... >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{50mm}} -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - -The \csx{tabularnewline} and \csx{arraybackslash} commands are -(somewhat) modern additions to \LaTeX{} and the \Package{array} -package, respectively. In the unlikely event that neither is -available, the user may try the (old) solution which preserves the -meaning of \texttt{\bsbs }: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\PBS[1]{\let\temp=\\% - #1% - \let\\=\temp -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which one uses within a table as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... & \PBS\centering blah ... \\ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or in the preamble as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{...>{\PBS\centering}p{5cm}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array] -\end{ctanrefs} -\nothtml{\vskip 0pt plus 4ex} - -\Question[Q-rulethk]{The thickness of rules in \LaTeX{} tables} - -The rules in a \LaTeX{} table are by default \texttt{0.4pt} thick; -this is in fact a default built in at the lowest level, and applies to -all rules (including those separating blocks of running text). - -Sometimes, however, we look at a table and find we want the rules to -stand out~--- perhaps to separate the text from the rest of the body -text, or to make the sections of the table stand out from one another. -However, a quick review of any \LaTeX{} manual will reveal no -technique for making any one rule stand out, and a little -experimentation shows that it is indeed pretty difficult to prevent -a change ``bleeding'' out to affect other rules in the same table. - -If you look at what we have to say on the % ! line break -\Qref*{design of tables}{Q-destable}, elsewhere -among these \acro{FAQ}s, and you may sense that the design of \LaTeX{} -simply skipped the issues surrounding table design: \emph{that's} -presumably why there's no facilities to help you. - -Specifically, the length \csx{arrayrulewidth} affects the thickness of -the rules (both horizontal and vertical) within both -\environment{tabular} and \environment{array} environments. If you -change from the default (see above) only as far as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{1pt} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the change is remarkably striking. However, really quite subtle user -level programming proves incapable of changing just \emph{one} rule: -it's necessary to delve into the (rather tricky) code of \csx{hline} -and \csx{cline} themselves. - -Fortunately, this job has already been done for the community: the -\Package{booktabs} package defines three different classes of rule -(\csx{toprule}, \csx{midrule} and \csx{bottomrule}), and the package -documentation offers hints on how to use them. You are -\emph{strongly} advised to read the documentation pretty carefully. - -The \Class{memoir} class includes the \Package{booktabs} package, and -repeats the documentation in its compendious manual. - -Note that none of the above mentions the issue of the weight of -vertical rules (except in passing). For the reasons, see the -documentation of the \Package{booktabs} package (again); vertical -rules in tables are in any case even more trickily coded than are -horizontal rules, and if their lack of configurability makes them -still less attractive, so much the better for the design of your -document. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[booktabs.sty]\CTANref{booktabs} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-textflow]{Flowing text around figures} - -There are several \LaTeX{} packages that purport to do this, but they -all have their limitations because the \TeX{} machine isn't really -designed to solve this sort of problem. Piet van Oostrum has -conducted a survey of the available packages; he recommends: -\begin{description} -\item[\texttt{floatflt}] \Package{floatflt} is an improved version - (for \LaTeXe{}) of \File{floatfig.sty}, and its syntax is: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{floatingfigure}[options]{width of figure} - figure contents -\end{floatingfigure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - \begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{begin}{floatingfigure}[\emph{options}]{\emph{figure width}}\\ - \mbox{}\qquad\emph{figure contents}\\ - \cmdinvoke{end}{floatingfigure} - \end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -There is a (more or less similar) \environment{floatingtable} -environment. - -The tables or figures can be set left or right, or alternating on -even/odd pages in a double-sided document. - -The package works with the \texttt{multicol} package, but doesn't work well -in the neighbourhood of list environments (unless you change your -\LaTeX{} document). -\item[\texttt{wrapfig}] \Package{wrapfig} has syntax: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{wrapfigure}[height of figure in lines]{l,r,...}[overhang]{width} - figure, caption, etc. -\end{wrapfigure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - \begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{begin}{wrapfigure}\texttt{\%}\\ - \mbox{}% - \qquad\qquad\texttt{[\emph{figure height in lines}]\%}\\ - \mbox{}% - \qquad\qquad\texttt{\{l,r,\emph{etc}\}[\emph{overhang}]\{\emph{width}\}}\\ - \mbox{}\qquad\emph{figure, caption, etc.}\\ - \cmdinvoke{end}{wrapfigure} - \end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} - The syntax of the \environment{wraptable} environment is similar. - - The \emph{\texttt{height}} may be omitted, in which case it will - be calculated from the size of the figure; the package will use - the greater of the specified and the - actual width. The \texttt{\{l,r,\emph{etc}.\}} parameter may - also be specified as \texttt{i}\emph{(nside)} or - \texttt{o}\emph{(utside)} for two-sided documents, and uppercase - may be used to indicate that the picture should float. The - overhang allows the figure to be - moved into the margin. The figure or table will entered into the - list of figures or tables if you use the \csx{caption} command. - - The environments do not work within list environments that end - before the figure or table has finished, but can be used in a - parbox or minipage, and in twocolumn format. - \item[\texttt{picins}] \Package{Picins} is part of a large bundle - that allows inclusion of pictures (e.g., with shadow boxes, - various \MSDOS{} formats, etc.). The command for inserting a - picture at the start of a paragraph is: -\begin{wideversion} - \begin{quote} - \csx{parpic}\texttt{(width,height)(x-off,y-off)[Options][Position]\{Picture\}}\\ - \emph{Paragraph text} - \end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - \begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{picins}(width,height)(x-off,y-off)\texttt{\%}\\ - \mbox{\qquad\qquad}\texttt{[\emph{options}][\emph{position}]\%}\\ - \mbox{\qquad\qquad}\texttt{\{\emph{Picture}\}}\\ - \emph{Paragraph text} - \end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} - All parameters except the \emph{Picture} are optional. The picture - can be positioned left or right, boxed with a rectangle, oval, - shadowbox, dashed box, and a caption can be given which will be - included in the list of figures. - - Unfortunately (for those of us whose understanding of German is not - good), the documentation is in German. Piet van Oostrum has written - a summary in English. -\end{description} -All of the above deal insertions at one or other margin; they are able -to take advantage of the \tex{} \csx{parshape} primitive that allows -you to adjust the margins of the text of a paragraph, by line (Knuth -provides an example of such use, with text typeset in a circle, -half-overlapping the margin, in chapter~14 of the \tex{}book). To -place insertions in the middle of a paragraph requires effort of an -entirely different sort; the \Package{cutwin} package does this for -you. It requires a set of ``part line widths'' (two per line), and -typesets the ``cutout'' section of the paragraph line by line. The -examples in the package documentation look enticing. - -\plaintex{} users only have one option: \Package{figflow} (which -doesn't work in \LaTeX{}). \Package{Figflow} only offers flowed -figures at the start of the paragraph, but it seems perfectly -functional. Syntax is -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{figflow}{\meta{width}}{\meta{height}}{\meta{figure}} -\end{quote} -(the user is responsible for having the dimensions correct, and for -ensuring the figure fits on the page). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[cutwin.sty]\CTANref{cutwin} -\item[figflow.tex]\CTANref{figflow} -\item[floatflt.sty]\CTANref{floatflt} -\item[picins.sty]\CTANref{picins} -\item[picins \nothtml{\rmfamily}documentation summary]\CTANref{picins-summary} -\item[wrapfig.sty]\CTANref{wrapfig} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2009-06-11} - -\Question[Q-slashbox]{Diagonal separation in corner cells of tables} -\keywords{tabular} - -You want to label both the top or bottom row and the left- or -rightmost column, somewhere at the corner of the table where the row -and column meet. A simple way to achieve the result is to construct -the table with an arrangement of rules (and possibly \csx{multicolumn} -entries), to look like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} ------------------ -x y - -------------- - 1 2 3 4 5 ------------------ -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 ------------------ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -However, this doesn't satisfy everyone: many want the labelling in a -single cell at the top left of the table. It sounds a simple enough -requirement, yet it calls for some slightly tricky \LaTeX{} coding. -The \Package{diagbox} package does this job for you: it defines a -command \csx{diagbox} whose two arguments provide the texts to be -used; an optional argument may be used for fine tuning of the result. -It draws a picture with the two labels on either side of a slanting -line; the command (and hence the picture) may be placed in the corner -cell, where the labelled row and column meet. - -The \Package{diagbox} package supersedes \Package{slashbox}; the older -package's commands \csx{slashbox} and \csx{backslashbox} are provided -in a compatible way in the newer package, to ease transition. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[diagbox.sty]\CTANref{diagbox} -\item[slashbox.sty]\CTANref{slashbox} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2010-11-22} - -\Question[Q-wholerow]{How to change a whole row of a table} - -Each cell of a table is set in a box, so that a change of font style -(or whatever) only lasts to the end of the cell. If one has a -many-celled table, or a long one which needs lots of rows emphasising, -putting a font style change command in every cell will be impossibly -tedious. - -With the \Package{array} package, you can define column modifiers -which will change the font style for a whole \emph{column}. However, -with a bit of subtlety, one can make such modifiers affect rows rather -than columns. So, we set things up by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{array} -\newcolumntype{$}{>{% - \global\let\currentrowstyle\relax}% -} -\newcolumntype{^}{>{\currentrowstyle}} -\newcommand{\rowstyle}[1]{% - \gdef\currentrowstyle{#1}% - #1\ignorespaces -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{array} -\newcolumntype{$}{>{\global\let\currentrowstyle\relax}} -\newcolumntype{^}{>{\currentrowstyle}} -\newcommand{\rowstyle}[1]{\gdef\currentrowstyle{#1}% - #1\ignorespaces -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -Now, we put `\texttt{\$}' before the first column specifier; and we -put `\texttt{\textasciicircum }' -before the modifiers of subsequent ones. We then use \csx{rowstyle} at -the start of each row we want to modify: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|$l|^l|^l|} \hline - \rowstyle{\bfseries} - Heading & Big and & Bold \\ \hline - Meek & mild & entry \\ - Meek & mild & entry \\ - \rowstyle{\itshape} - Strange & and & italic \\ - Meek & mild & entry \\ \hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \Package{array} package works with several other -\environment{tabular}-like environments from other packages (for -example \environment{longtable}), but unfortunately this trick won't -always work. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-multirow]{Merging cells in a column of a table} - -It's easy to come up with a table design that requires a cell that -spans several rows. An example is something where the left-most -column labels the rest of the table; this can be done (in simple -cases) by using % beware line break -\Qref*{diagonal separation in corner cells}{Q-slashbox}, but that -technique rather strictly limits what can be used as the content of -the cell. - -The \Package{multirow} package enables you to construct such multi-row -cells, in a very simple manner. For the simplest possible use, one -might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} -\hline -\multirow{4}{*}{Common g text} - & Column g2a\\ - & Column g2b \\ - & Column g2c \\ - & Column g2d \\ -\hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and \Package{multirow} will position ``Common g text'' at the vertical -centre of the space defined by the other rows. Note that the rows -that don't contain the ``multi-row'' specification must have empty -cells where the multi-row is going to appear. - -The ``\texttt{*}'' may be replaced by a column width specification. In this -case, the argument may contain forced line-breaks: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} -\hline -\multirow{4}{25mm}{Common\\g text} - & Column g2a\\ - & Column g2b \\ - & Column g2c \\ - & Column g2d \\ -\hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -A similar effect (with the possibility of a little more -sophistication) may be achieved by putting a smaller table that lines -up the text into a \texttt{*}-declared \csx{multirow}. - -The \csx{multirow} command may also used to write labels vertically -down one or other side of a table (with the help of the -\Package{graphics} or \Package{graphicx} package, which provide the -\csx{rotatebox} command): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} -\hline -\multirow{4}{*}{\rotatebox{90}{hi there}} - & Column g2a\\ - & Column g2b \\ - & Column g2c \\ - & Column g2d \\ -\hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(which gives text going upwards; use angle \texttt{-90} for text going -downwards, of course). - -To make a \csx{multicolumn} multi-row ``cell'' in a table, you have to -enclose a \csx{multirow} inside a \csx{multicolumn}~--- the other way -around does not work, so: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline -\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\multirow{2}{*}{combined cells}} - &top right\\ \cline{3-3} -\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{} - &middle right\\ \hline -bottom left - &bottom center - &bottom right\\ \hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline -\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\multirow{2}{*}% - {combined cells}} - &top right\\ \cline{3-3} -\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{} - &middle right\\ \hline -bottom left - &bottom center - &bottom right\\ \hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -\Package{Multirow} is set up to interact with the \Package{bigstrut} -package (which is also discussed in the answer to % beware line break -\Qref[question]{spacing lines in tables}{Q-struttab}). You use an -optional argument to the \csx{multirow} command to say how many of the -rows in the multi-row have been opened up with \csx{bigstrut}. - -The documentation of both \Package{multirow} and \Package{bigstrut} is -to be found, as comments, in the package files themselves. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bigstrut.sty]\CTANref{bigstrut} -\item[multirow.sty]\CTANref{multirow} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.} - -\Question[Q-floatpages]{Floats on their own on float pages} - -It's sometimes necessary to force a float to live on a page by itself. -(It's sometimes even necessary for \emph{every} float to live on a -page by itself.) When the float fails to `set', and waits for the end -of a chapter or of the document, the natural thing to do is to declare -the float as -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{begin}{figure}[p!] -\end{quote} -but the overriding \texttt{!} modifier has no effect on float page floats; so -you have to make the float satisfy the parameters. -\Qref[Question]{Moving tables and figures}{Q-floats} offers some -suggestions, but doesn't solve the one-float-per-page question. - -The `obvious' solution, using the counter \texttt{totalnumber} -(``total number of floats per page'') doesn't work: -\texttt{totalnumber} only applies to floats on `text' pages (pages -containing text as well as one or more float). So, to allow any -size float to take a whole page, set \csx{floatpagefraction} really -small, and to ensure that no more than one float occupies a page, make -the separation between floats really big: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand\floatpagefraction{.001} -\makeatletter -\setlength\@fpsep{\textheight} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-wideflt]{Centring a very wide figure or table} - -The normal means of centring a figure or table object is to include -\csx{centering} at the top of the float. This doesn't help if the -object is wider than \csx{textwidth}~--- the object starts at the left -margin and juts out into the right margin (which is actually doubly -unsatisfactory, since as well as looking bad, the float won't be -placed until the next \csx{clearpage} or the like.) - -You can avoid the problem by rescaling the figure or table to fit, but -this is often not satisfactory, for several reasons. - -Otherwise, if the object is wider than the printable area of the page, -you've no choice other than to \Qref*{rotate it}{Q-landscape}. If, -however, the object is \emph{just} wider than the text block, you can -make it pretend to be the right size by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \noindent - \makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics{my-wide-figure}}% - \caption{This figure juts out into both margins} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \noindent - \makebox[\textwidth]{% - \includegraphics{my-wide-figure}% - }% - \caption{This figure juts out into both margins} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -Note the \csx{noindent}: the \csx{makebox} starts a paragraph, and you -really don't want that indented by \csx{parindent}. - -\Question[Q-2colfloat]{Placing two-column floats at bottom of page} - -You specified placement `\texttt{[htbp]}' for your full-width figure or -table, but they always get placed at the top of the page\dots{} Well, -it \emph{is} what the documentation says: \LaTeX{}, unadorned, only -allows full-width floats at the top of a page, or occupying (part of) a -float page. - -The \Package{stfloats} package ameliorates the situation somewhat, and -makes \LaTeX{} honour `[b]' placement as well; the -\Package{dblfloatfix} package combines a tidied version of the changes -made in \Package{stfloats} with the -\begin{narrowversion} % non-hyper - float ordering corrections defined in \Package{fixltx2e} - (\Qref{}{Q-2colfltorder}). -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} % hyper - \Qref{float ordering corrections}{Q-2colfltorder} defined in - \Package{fixltx2e}. -\end{wideversion} - -A particular problem with \Package{stfloats} and \Package{dblfloatfix} -is that the float will appear, at its earliest, on the page after it -is specified. This has two undesirable side-effects: first, there may -be no bottom float on the first page of a document, and second, float -numbers may become ``entangled'' (particularly if you're using -\Package{dblfloatfix} that ensures that the early-specified bottom -float is set \emph{before} any single column floats). - -(The \acro{FAQ} team doesn't know of any package that will make -\LaTeX{} honour `[h]' placement of double-column floats, but the -\Package{midfloat} package can be pressed into service to provide -something approximating the effect it would have.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dblfloatfix.sty]\CTANref{dblfloatfix} -\item[midfloat.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sttools}[midfloat] -\item[stfloats.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sttools}[stfloats] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-mcfloat]{Floats in multicolumn setting} - -If you use -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - ... -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -in a \environment{multicols} environment, the figure won't appear. If -instead you use -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure*} - ... -\end{figure*} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the figure will stretch right across the page (just the same as a -\environment{figure*} in standard \LaTeX{}'s \pkgoption{twocolumn} option). - -It's possible to have single-column figures and tables with captions, -using the `\texttt{[H]}' placement option introduced by the \Package{float} -package but you might have to fiddle with the placement because they -won't `float', and exhibit other strange behaviours (such as silently -running off the end of the column at the end of the -\environment{multicols} environment). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[multicol.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[multicol] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-dpfloat]{Facing floats on 2-page spread} - -If a pair of floats need to be forced to form a 2-page spread (in a -book, or whatever), the first must lie on the left side of the spread, -on an even-numbered page. The \Package{dpfloat} package provides for -this: the construction to use is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure}[p] - \begin{leftfullpage} - <left side figure> - \end{leftfullpage} -\end{figure} -\begin{figure}[p] - \begin{fullpage} - <right side figure> - \end{fullpage} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The construction has no effect on documents with class option -\pkgoption{oneside} (\pkgoption{twoside} is the default for -\Class{book} class). - -A special case of this requirement places the caption for a float on -the next page. (This is useful if you have a float that ``only just'' -fits the page.) You can (with a certain amount of twiddling) make -this work with \Package{dpfloat}, but the \Package{fltpage} package is -specially designed for the job: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[twoside]{article} -\usepackage[leftFloats]{fltpage} -\begin{document} -... -\begin{FPfigure} - \includegraphics{my-huge-figure} - \caption{Whew! That was a big one!} -\end{FPfigure} -... -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -That example should produce a caption -\begin{quote} - Figure \meta{n} \emph{(facing page)}: Whew! \dots{} -\end{quote} -(Note, however, that the package is an old one, and declares itself to -be a beta release, and contains no valid licence statement so that it -is not in \texlive{}. It seems to work, but\dots{}) - -A alternative route is the ``continued'' mechanism of the -\Package{caption} package. The \csx{ContinuedFloat} macro makes a -small tweak to the next \csx{caption} command, so that the command -makes no increment to the caption number. This does not (of course) -have any effect on actual placement of the float, but it makes the -caption texts read `sensibly': -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{table} - \caption{A table} - ... -\end{table} -... -\begin{table}\ContinuedFloat - \caption{A table (cont.)} - ... -\end{table} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which would produce: -\begin{quote} - Table 3: A table - \dots - Table 3: A table (cont.) -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[caption.sty]\CTANref{caption} -\item[dpfloat.sty]\CTANref{dpfloat} -\item[fltpage.sty]\CTANref{fltpage} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-02-01} - -\Question[Q-vertposfp]{Vertical layout of float pages} - -By default, \LaTeX{} vertically centres the floats on a float page; -the present author is not alone in not liking this arrangement. -Unfortunately, the control of the positioning is ``buried'' in -\LaTeX{}-internal commands, so some care is needed to change the -layout. - -Float pages use three \LaTeX{} lengths (i.e., \TeX{} skips) to define -their layout: -\begin{description} -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}\csx{@fptop}] defines the distance from the - top of the page to the top of the first float, -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}\csx{@fpsep}] defines the separation between - floats, and -\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}\csx{@fpbot}] defines the distance from the - bottom of the last float on the page to the bottom of the page. -\end{description} -(In fact, the output routine places a skip of \csx{@fpsep} above each float, so -the \csx{@fptop} skip is always followed by a correction for that.) - - -The \LaTeX{} defaults are: -\begin{quote} - \csx{@fptop} = \texttt{0pt + 1fil}\\ - \csx{@fpsep} = \texttt{8pt + 2fil}\\ - \csx{@fpbot} = \texttt{0pt + 1fil}\\ -\end{quote} -so that the gaps expand to fill the space not occupied by floats, but -if there is more than one float on the page, the gap between them will -expand to twice the space at top and bottom. - -Those who understand this stuff will be able to play elaborate games, -but the commonest requirement, that the floats start at the top of the -page, is a simple thing to do: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\setlength{\@fptop}{0pt} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Surprisingly, you may find this setting leaves your floats too high on -the page. One can justify a value of \texttt{5pt} (in place of -\texttt{0pt})~--- it's roughly the difference between \csx{topskip} -and the height of normal (\texttt{10pt}) text. - -Note that this is a ``global'' setting (best established in a class -file, or at worst in the document preamble); making the change for a -single float page is likely (at the least) to be rather tricky. - -\Question[Q-figurehere]{Figure (or table) \emph{exactly} where I want it} - -This is of course a contradiction: \environment{figure} and -\environment{table} are \emph{designed} to float, and will always have -the potential to appear away from where you asked for them. Therefore -you need something that behaves like a \environment{figure} or -\environment{table} environment, except that it doesn't allow the -figure or table to float. - -The most straightforward way is to use of the \Package{float} package; -it gives you a \texttt{[H]} float placement option that prevents -floating: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \includegraphics{foo} - \caption{caption text} - \label{fig:nonfloat} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -As the example suggests, such a `\texttt{[H]}' figure (or -corresponding table) offers all you need to cross-reference as well -as typeset. (The package \Package{here} provides the same function, -but is no longer recommended.) - -However, you don't actually \emph{have} to use \Package{float} (or -\Package{here}) since it is, in fact, doing rather little for you. -You can place your figure as you please, with a sequence like -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{center} - \includegraphics{foo} - \captionof{figure}{caption text} - \label{fig:nonfloat} -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which relies on the \csx{captionof} command to place a caption without -benefit of an enclosing float. That command may be had from the extremely -simple-minded package \Package{capt-of} or from the highly -sophisticated \Package{caption} package. - -Using either method, you have to deal with the possibility of the -figure or table being too large for the page. (Floating objects will -float away in this circumstance; ``doing it by hand'', like this, you -take upon yourself the responsibility for avoiding % ! line break -`\textit{Overfull \csx{vbox}}' errors. - -A further problem is the possibility that such ``fixed floats'' will -overtake ``real floats'', so that the numbers of figures will be out -of order: figure 6 could be on page 12, while figure 5 had floated to -page 13. It's best, therefore, either to stay with floating figures -throughout a document, or to use fixed figures throughout. - -If it's really impossible to follow that counsel of perfection, you -can use the \Package{perpage} package's command \csx{MakeSorted} -command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -\usepackage{float} -\usepackage{perpage} -\MakeSorted{figure} -\MakeSorted{table} -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the sequence of float numbers is all correct. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[capt-of.sty]\CTANref{capt-of} -\item[caption.sty]\CTANref{caption} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[here.sty]\CTANref{here} -\item[perpage.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{bigfoot}[perpage] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Footnotes} - -\Question[Q-footintab]{Footnotes in tables} - -The standard \LaTeX{} \csx{footnote} command doesn't work in tables; -the tabular environment (and its ``relations'') traps footnotes, and -they can't escape to the bottom of the page. As a result, you get -footnote marks in the table, and nothing else. - -This accords with common typographic advice: footnotes and tables are -reckoned not to mix. - -The solution, if you accept the advice, is to use ``table notes''. -The package \Package{threeparttable} provides table notes, and -\Package{threeparttablex} additionally supports them in -\environment{longtable}s. \Package{Threeparttable} works happily in -ordinary text, or within a \environment{table} float. - -The \Package{ctable} package extends the model of -\Package{threeparttable}, and also uses the ideas of the -\Package{booktabs} package. The \csx{ctable} command does the complete -job of setting the table, placing the caption, and defining the -notes. The ``table'' may consist of diagrams, and a parameter in -\csx{ctable}'s optional argument makes the float that is created a -``figure'' rather than a ``table''. - -If you really want ``real'' footnotes in tables, despite the expert -advice, you can: -\begin{itemize} -\item Use \csx{footnotemark} to position the little marker - appropriately, and then put in \csx{footnotetext} commands to fill in - the text once you've closed the \environment{tabular} environment. - This is described in Lamport's book, but it gets messy if there's - more than one footnote. -\item Stick the \environment{tabular} environment in a - \environment{minipage}. Footnotes in the - table then ``work'', in the \environment{minipage}'s style, with no - extra effort. (This is, in effect, somewhat like table notes, but - the typeset appearance isn't designed for the job.) -\item Use \Package{tabularx} or \Package{longtable} from the \LaTeX{} - tools distribution; they're noticeably less efficient than the - standard \environment{tabular} environment, but they do allow - footnotes. -\item Use \Package{tablefootnote}; it provides a command \csx{tablefootnote}, - which does the job without fuss. -\item Use \Package{footnote}, which provides an - \environment{savenotes} which collects all footnotes and emits them - at the end of the environment; thus if you put your - \environment{tabular} environment inside a \environment{savenotes} - environment, the footnotes will appear as needed. Alternatively, - you may use \cmdinvoke{makesavenoteenv}{tabular} in the preamble of your - document, and tables will all behave as if they were inside a - \environment{savenotes} environment. -\item Use \Package{mdwtab} from the same bundle; it will handle - footnotes as you might expect, and has other facilities to increase - the beauty of your tables. Unfortunately, it may be incompatible - with other table-related packages, though not those in the standard `tools' - bundle. -\end{itemize} -All the techniques listed will work, to some extent, whether in a float or -in ordinary text. The author of this \acro{FAQ} answer doesn't actually -recommend any of them, believing that table notes are the way to go\dots{} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ctable.sty]\CTANref{ctable} -\item[footnote.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[footnote] -\item[longtable.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[longtable] -\item[mdwtab.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[mdwtab] -\item[tablefootnote.sty]\CTANref{tablefootnote} -\item[threeparttable.sty]\CTANref{threeparttable} -\item[threeparttablex.sty]\CTANref{threeparttablex} -\item[tabularx.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[tabularx] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-03-11} - -\Question[Q-ftnsect]{Footnotes in \LaTeX{} section headings} - -The \csx{footnote} command is fragile, so that simply placing the -command in \csx{section}'s arguments isn't satisfactory. Using -\csx{protect}\csx{footnote} isn't a good idea either: the arguments of a -section command are used in the table of contents and (more -dangerously) potentially also in page headers. While footnotes will -work in the table of contents, it's generally not thought a ``good -thing'' to have them there; in the page header, footnotes will simply -fail. Whatever the desirability of the matter, there's no mechanism -to suppress the footnote in the page header while allowing it in the table -of contents, so the footnote may only appear in the section heading itself. - -To suppress the footnote in headings and table of contents: -\begin{itemize} -\item Take advantage of the fact that the mandatory argument doesn't - `move' if the optional argument is present: - - \cmdinvoke{section}[title]% - \texttt{\{title}\cmdinvoke{footnote}{title ftnt}\texttt{\}} -\item Use the \Package{footmisc} package, with package option - \texttt{stable}~--- this modifies footnotes so that they softly and - silently vanish away if used in a moving argument. With this, you - simply need: -\begin{verbatim} -% in the document preamble -\usepackage[stable]{footmisc} -... -% in the body of the document -\section{title\footnote{title ftnt}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[footmisc.sty]\CTANref{footmisc} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-ftncapt]{Footnotes in captions} - -Footnotes in captions are especially tricky: they present problems of -their own, on top of the problems one experiences with -\Qref*{footnotes in section titles}{Q-ftnsect} (footnotes migrating to -to the list of figures or tables, or % ! line break -\Qref{apparently random errors}{Q-extrabrace} because -\csx{footnote} is a fragile command), and with % ! line break -\Qref*{footnotes in tables}{Q-footintab} (typically, the footnote -simply disappears). Fortunately, the requirement for footnotes in -captions is extremely rare: if you are experiencing problems, it is -worth reviewing what you are trying to say by placing this footnote: -other options are to place text at the bottom of the float, or to -place a footnote at the point where you refer to the float. - -Note that the \Package{threeparttable} scheme (see, again, % ! line break -\Qref[question]{footnotes in tables}{Q-footintab}) also applies -to notes in captions, and may very well be preferable to whatever you -were thinking of. - -If you \emph{are} going to proceed: -\begin{itemize} -\item use an optional argument in your \csx{caption} command, that - doesn't have the footnote in it; this prevents the footnote - appearing in the ``List of \dots{}'', and -\item put your whole float in a \environment{minipage} so as to keep - the footnotes with the float. -\end{itemize} -so we have: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \begin{minipage}{\textwidth} - ... - \caption[Compact Routing Example]% - {Compact Routing\footnote{something} Example} - \end{minipage} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \begin{minipage}{\textwidth} - ... - \caption[Compact Routing Example]% - {Compact Routing\footnote{something} - Example} - \end{minipage} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -So, we make an entry for the List of Figures, which doesn't hold -troublesome commands, such as \csx{footnote}. - -However, \emph{as well as} all of the above, one \emph{also} has to -deal with the tendency of the \csx{caption} command to produce the -footnote's text twice. For this last problem, there is no tidy -solution this author is aware of. - -If you're suffering the problem, a well-constructed \csx{caption} -command in a \environment{minipage} environment within a float (as -in the example above) can produce \emph{two} copies of the footnote -body ``something''. (In fact, the effect only occurs with captions that are -long enough to require two lines to be typeset, and so wouldn't appear -with such a short caption as that in the example above.) - -The documentation of the \Package{ccaption} package describes a really -rather awful work-around for this problem. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ccaption.sty]\CTANref{ccaption} -\item[threeparttable.sty]\CTANref{threeparttable} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-04-12} - -\Question[Q-repfootnote]{Footnotes whose texts are identical} - -If the \emph{same} footnote turns up at several places within a -document, it's often inappropriate to repeat the footnote in its -entirety over and over again. We can avoid repetition by -semi-automatic means, or by simply labelling footnotes that we know -we're going to repeat and then referencing the result. There is no -completely automatic solution (that detects and suppresses repeats) -available. - -If you know you only have one footnote, which you want to repeat, the -solution is simple: merely use the optional argument of -\csx{footnotemark} to signify the repeats: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -...\footnote{Repeating note} -... -...\footnotemark[1] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\dots{}\@ which is very easy, since we know there will only ever be a -footnote number 1. A similar technique can be used once the footnotes -are stable, reusing the number that \LaTeX{} has allocated. This can -be tiresome, though, as any change of typesetting could change the -relationships of footnote and repeat: labelling is inevitably better. - -Simple hand-labelling of footnotes is possible, using a counter dedicated -to the job: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{fnnumber} -... -...\footnote{Text to repeat}% -\setcounter{fnnumber}{\thefootnote}% -... -...\footnotemark[\thefnnumber] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -but this is somewhat tedious. \LaTeX{}'s labelling mechanism can be -summoned to our aid, but there are ugly error messages before the -\csx{ref} is resolved on a second run through \LaTeX{}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -...\footnote{Text to repeat\label{fn:repeat}} -... -...\footnotemark[\ref{fn:repeat}] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Alternatively, one may use the \csx{footref} command, which has the -advantage of working even when the footnote mark isn't expressed as a -number. The command is defined in the \Package{footmisc} package and -in the \Class{memoir} class (at least); \csx{footref} reduces the above -example to: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -...\footnote{Text to repeat\label{fn:repeat}} -... -...\footref{fn:repeat} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This is the cleanest simple way of doing the job. Note that the -\csx{label} command \emph{must} be inside the argument of -\csx{footnote}. - -The \Package{fixfoot} package takes away some of the pain of the -matter: you declare footnotes you're going to reuse, typically in the -preamble of your document, using a \csx{DeclareFixedFoot} command, and -then use the command you've `declared' in the body of the document: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareFixedFootnote{\rep}{Text to repeat} -... -...\rep{} -...\rep{} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package ensures that the repeated text appears at most once per -page: it will usually take more than one run of \LaTeX{} to get rid of -the repeats. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fixfoot.sty]\CTANref{fixfoot} -\item[footmisc.sty]\CTANref{footmisc} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-multfoot]{More than one sequence of footnotes} - -The need for more than one series of footnotes is common in critical -editions (and other literary criticism), but occasionally arises in -other areas. - -Of course, the canonical critical edition package, \Package{edmac}, -offers the facility, as does its \LaTeX{} port, the \Package{ledmac} -package. - -Multiple ranges of footnotes are offered to \LaTeX{} users by the -\Package{manyfoot} package. The package provides a fair array of -presentation options, as well. Another critical edition -\Package{ednotes} package is built upon a basis that includes -\Package{manyfoot}, as its mechanism for multiple sets of footnotes. - -The \Package{bigfoot} package also uses \Package{manyfoot} as part of -its highly sophisticated structure of footnote facilities, which was -also designed to support typesetting critical editions. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bigfoot]\CTANref{bigfoot} -\item[edmac]\CTANref{edmac} -\item[ednotes]\CTANref{ednotes} -\item[ledmac]\CTANref{ledmac} -\item[manyfoot.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ncctools}[manyfoot] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-footnpp]{Footnotes numbered ``per page''} - -The obvious solution is to make the footnote number reset whenever the -page number is stepped, using the % ! line break -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} internal mechanism}{Q-addtoreset}. Sadly, the place -in the document where the page number is stepped is unpredictable, not -(``tidily'') at the end of the printed page; so changing the footnote -number only ever works by `luck'. - -As a result, resetting footnotes is inevitably a complicated process, -using labels of some sort. It's nevertheless important, given the -common requirement for footnotes marked by symbols (with painfully -small symbol sets). There are four packages that manage it, one way -or another. - -The \Package{perpage} and \Package{zref-perpage} packages provide a -general mechanism for resetting counters per page, so can obviously be -used for this task. The interface is pretty simple: -\cmdinvoke{MakePerPage}{footnote} (in \Package{perpage}) or -\cmdinvoke{zmakeperpage}{footnote} (in \Package{zref-perpage}). If -you want to restart the counter at something other than~1 (for example -to avoid something in the \LaTeX{} footnote symbol list), you can use: -\cmdinvoke{MakePerPage}[2]{footnote} (in \Package{perpage}) or -\cmdinvoke{zmakeperpage}[2]{footnote} (in \Package{zref-perpage}). -Note that you can also load \Package{zref-perpage} - -\Package{Perpage} is a compact and efficient package; -\Package{zref-perpage}, being a \Package{zref} ``module'', comes with -\Package{zref}'s general mechanism for extending the the -\csx{label}---\csx{[page]ref} of \latex{}, which can offer many other -useful facilities. - -The \Package{footmisc} package provides a variety of means of -controlling footnote appearance, among them a package option -\pkgoption{perpage} that adjusts the numbering per page; if you're -doing something else odd about footnotes, it means you may only need -the one package to achieve your ends. - -The \Package{footnpag} package also does per-page footnotes (and -nothing else). With the competition from \Package{perpage}, it's -probably not particularly useful any more. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[footmisc.sty]\CTANref{footmisc} -\item[footnpag.sty]\CTANref{footnpag} -\item[perpage.sty]Distributed as part \CTANref{bigfoot}[perpage] -%\item[zref.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[zref] -\item[zref-perpage.sty]Distributed as part of \Package{zref} in - \CTANref{oberdiek}[zref] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-run-fn-nos]{Not resetting footnote numbers per chapter} - -Some classes (for example, \Class{book} and \Class{report}) set up a -different set of footnotes per chapter, by resetting the footnote -number at the start of the chapter. This is essentially the same -action as that of % ! line break -\Qref*{equation, figure and table numbers}{Q-running-nos}, -except that footnote numbers don't get ``decorated'' with the chapter -number, as happens with those other numbers. - -The solution is the same: use the \Package{chngcntr} package; since the -numbers aren't ``decorated'' you can use the \csx{counterwithout*} -variant; the code: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\counterwithout*{footnote}{chapter} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -is all you need -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[chngcntr.sty]\CTANref{chngcntr} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Document management} - -\Question[Q-filename]{What's the name of this file} - -One might want this so as to automatically generate a page header or -footer recording what file is being processed. It's not easy\dots{} - -\TeX{} retains what it considers the name of the \emph{job}, only, in -the primitive \csx{jobname}; this is the name of the file first -handed to \TeX{}, stripped of its directory name and of any extension -(such as \extension{tex}). If no file was passed (i.e., you're using -\TeX{} interactively), \csx{jobname} has the value \texttt{texput} -(the name that's given to \extension{log} files in this case). - -This is fine, for the case of a small document, held in a single file; -most significant documents will be held in a bunch of files, and -\TeX{} makes no attempt to keep track of files input to the -\emph{job}. So the user has to keep track, himself~--- the only way -is to patch the input commands and cause them to retain details of the -file name. This is particularly difficult in the case of \plaintex{}, -since the syntax of the \csx{input} command is so peculiar. - -In the case of \LaTeX{}, the input commands have pretty regular -syntax, and the simplest \Qref*{patching techniques}{Q-patch} can be -used on them. (Note that latex{}'s \csx{input} command is itself a -patch on top of the \plaintex{} command. Our patches apply to the -\latex{} version of the command, which is used as \cmdinvoke*{input}{file}) - -%% If you only have one level of input (you never input things from a -%% file that was itself input), the job is almost trivial: -%% \begin{quote} -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \def\ThisFile{\jobname} -%% \let\OldInput\input -%% \renewcommand{\input}[1]{% -%% \renewcommand{\ThisFile}{#1}% -%% \OldInput#1% -%% } -%% \end{verbatim} -%% \end{quote} -%% With that, the macro \csx{ThisFile} always contains the last thing -%% input: it starts pointing at the base file of your document -%% (\csx{jobname}), and thereafter changes every time you use -%% \cmdinvoke*{input}{file}. Note that this is not satisfactory if your -%% document contains things \emph{other} than \csx{input} commands. For -%% example, in: -%% \begin{quote} -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \documentclass{article} -%% ... (macros above) -%% \begin{document} -%% \input{preamble} -%% <body of document> -%% \input{postamble} -%% \end{document} -%% \end{verbatim} -%% \end{quote} -%% \csx{ThisFile} contains ``\texttt{preamble}'' throughout the % !line break -%% \meta{body of document}. - -%% Most ordinary users will quickly become irritated with the simplicity -%% of of the \csx{ThisFile} mechanism above. The following code is more -%% cunning: it maintains details of the files you've `come through' to -%% get to where you are, and it restores \csx{ThisFile} to what the -%% previous file was before returning. -%% \begin{quote} -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \def\ThisFile{\jobname} -%% \newcounter{FileStack} -%% \let\OrigInput\input -%% \renewcommand{\input}[1]{% -%% \stackinput{#1}{\OrigInput}% -%% } -%% \newcommand{\stackinput}[2]{% -%% \stepcounter{FileStack}% -%% \expandafter\let -%% \csname NameStack\theFileStack\endcsname -%% \ThisFile -%% \def\ThisFile{#1}% -%% #2#1% -%% \expandafter\let\expandafter -%% \ThisFile -%% \csname NameStack\theFileStack\endcsname -%% \addtocounter{FileStack}{-1}% -%% } -%% \end{verbatim} -%% \end{quote} -%% To do the same for \csx{include}, we need the simple addition: -%% \begin{quote} -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \let\OrigInclude\include -%% \renewcommand{\include}[1]{% -%% \stackinput{#1}{\OrigInclude}% -%% } -%% \end{verbatim} -%% \end{quote} -%% Remember, both examples of patching \csx{input} assume you always use -%% \LaTeX{} syntax, i.e., always use braces around the argument. - -It is possible to keep track of the name of the file currently being -processed, but it's surprisingly difficult (these \acro{FAQ}s offered -code, for a long time, that just didn't work in many cases). - -The \Package{currfile} package provides a regular means of keeping -track of the details of the current file (its name in -\csx{currfilename}, directory in \csx{currfiledir}, as well as the -file `base' name (less its extension) and its extension). -\Package{Currfile} does this with the help of a second package, -\Package{filehook}, which spots file operations that use \csx{input}, -\csx{InputIfFileExists} and \csx{include}, as well as package and -class loading. - -The \Package{FiNK} (``File Name Keeper'') package keeps track of the -file name and extension, in a macro \csx{finkfile}. \Package{FiNK} is -now deprecated, in favour of \Package{currfile}, but remains available -for use in old documents. -% -%% If you need the -%% unadorned file name (without its `\extension{tex}'), use the commands: -%% \begin{quote} -%% \begin{verbatim} -%% \def\striptexext#1.tex{#1} -%% ... -%% \edef\ThisFile{\expandafter\stripext\finkfile} -%% \end{verbatim} -%% \end{quote} -% -The \Package{FiNK} bundle includes a \File{fink.el} that provides -support under \ProgName{emacs} with \acro{AUC}-\TeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[currfile.sty]\CTANref{currfile} -\item[filehook.sty]\CTANref{filehook} -\item[fink.sty]\CTANref{fink} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-filesused]{All the files used by this document} - -When you're sharing a document with someone else (perhaps as part of a -co-development cycle) it's as well to arrange that both correspondents -have the same set of auxiliary files, as well as the document in -question. Your correspondent obviously needs the same set of files -(if you use the \Package{url} package, she has to have \Package{url} -too, for example). But suppose you have a bug-free version of the -\Package{shinynew} package but her copy is still the unstable -original; until you both realise what is happening, such a situation -can be very confusing. - -The simplest solution is the \LaTeX{} \csx{listfiles} command. This -places a list of the files used and their version numbers in the log -file. If you extract that list and transmit it with your file, it can -be used as a check-list in case that problems arise. - -Note that \csx{listfiles} only registers things that are input by the -``standard'' \LaTeX{} mechanisms (\csx{documentclass}, \csx{usepackage}, -\csx{include}, \csx{includegraphics} and so on). -The \csx{input} command, as modified by \LaTeX{} and used, with -\LaTeX{} syntax, as: -\begin{verbatim} - \input{mymacros} -\end{verbatim} -records file details for \File{mymacros.tex}, but if you use \TeX{} -primitive syntax for \csx{input}, as: -\begin{verbatim} - \input mymacros -\end{verbatim} -\File{mymacros.tex} \emph{won't} be recorded, and so won't listed by -\csx{listfiles}~--- you've bypassed the mechanism that records its use. - -The \Package{snapshot} package helps the owner of a \LaTeX{} document -obtain a list of the external dependencies of the document, in a form -that can be embedded at the top of the document. The intended use of -the package is the creation of archival copies of documents, but it -has application in document exchange situations too. - -The \ProgName{bundledoc} system uses the \Package{snapshot} to produce an -archive (e.g., \extension{tar.gz} or \extension{zip}) of the files needed by your -document; it comes with configuration files for use with -\texlive{}-\ProgName{Unix} and \ProgName{\miktex{}}. It's plainly useful when -you're sending the first copy of a document. - -The \ProgName{mkjobtexmf} finds which files are used in a `job', -either via the \texttt{-recorder} option of \tex{}, or by using the -(Unix) command \ProgName{strace} to keep an eye on what \tex{} is -doing. The files thus found are copied (or linked) to a directory -which may then be saved for transmission or archiving. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bundledoc]\CTANref{bundledoc} -\item[mkjobtexmf]\CTANref{mkjobtexmf} -\item[snapshot.sty]\CTANref{snapshot} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-26} - -\Question[Q-changebars]{Marking changed parts of your document} - -One often needs clear indications of how a document has changed, but -the commonest technique, ``change bars'' (also known as ``revision -bars''), requires surprisingly much -trickery of the programmer. The problem is that \TeX{} `proper' -doesn't provide the programmer with any information about the -``current position'' from which a putative start- or end-point of a -bar might be calculated. \PDFTeX{} \emph{does} provide that -information, but no \PDFTeX{}-based changebar package has been -published, that takes advantage of that. - -The simplest package that offers change bars is Peter Schmitt's -\Package{backgrnd.tex}; this was written as a \plaintex{} application -that patches the output routine, but it appears to work at least on -simple \LaTeX{} documents. Wise \LaTeX{} users will be alerted by the -information that \Package{backgrnd} patches their output routine, and -will watch its behaviour very carefully (patching the \LaTeX{} output -routine is not something to undertake lightly\dots{}). - -The longest-established \LaTeX{}-specific solution is the -\Package{changebar} package, -which uses \csx{special} commands supplied by the driver you're using. -You need therefore to tell the package which driver to you're using -(in the same way that you need to tell the \Package{graphics} -package); the list of available drivers is pretty -wide, but does not include \ProgName{dvipdfm}. The package comes with -a shell script \ProgName{chbar.sh} (for use on Unix machines) that -will compare two documents and generate a third which is marked-up -with \Package{changebar} macros to highlight changes. - -The shareware \ProgName{WinEDT} editor has a macro that will generate -\Package{changebar} (or other) macros to show differences from an -earlier version of your file, stored in an \ProgName{RCS}-controlled -repository~--- see -\URL{http://www.winedt.org/Macros/LaTeX/RCSdiff.php} - -The \Package{vertbars} package uses the techniques of the -\Package{lineno} package (which it loads, so the \Package{lineno} -itself must be installed); it's thus the smallest of the packages for -change bar marking, since it leaves all the trickery to another -package. \Package{Vertbars} defines a \environment{vertbar} -environment to create changebars. - -The \Package{framed} package is -another that provides bars as a side-effect of other desirable -functionality: its \environment{leftbar} environment is simply a -stripped-down frame (note, though, that the environment makes a -separate paragraph of its contents, so it is best used when the -convention is to mark a whole changed paragraph. - -Finally, the \Class{memoir} class allows marginal editorial comments, -which you can obviously use to delimit areas of changed text. - -An even more comprehensive way to keep track of changes is employed by -some word-processors~--- to produce a document that embodies both -``old'' and ``new'' versions. - -To this end, the package \Package{changes} allows the user to manually -markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. -Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is crossed -out. The package allows you to define additional authors and their -associated colour; it also allows you to define a markup for authors -or annotations. The documentation (very clearly) demonstrates how the -various functions work. - -The \ProgName{Perl} script \ProgName{latexdiff} may also be used to -generate such markup for \LaTeX{} documents; you feed it the two -documents, and it produces a new \LaTeX{} document in which the -changes are very visible. An example of the output is embedded in the -documentation, -\begin{narrowversion} % actually non-hyperversion - \File{latexdiff-man.pdf}, in the distribution. -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} % actually hyperversion - \href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexdiff/latexdiff-man.pdf}{latexdiff-man.pdf} - (part of the distribution). -\end{wideversion} -A rudimentary revision facility is provided by another -\ProgName{Perl} script, \ProgName{latexrevise}, which accepts or rejects -all changes. Manual editing of the difference file can be used to -accept or reject selected changes only. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[backgrnd.tex]\CTANref{backgrnd} -\item[changebar.sty]\CTANref{changebar} -\item[changes.sty]\CTANref{changes} -\item[framed.sty]\CTANref{framed} -\item[latexdiff, latexrevise]\CTANref{latexdiff} -\item[lineno.sty]\CTANref{lineno} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[vertbars.sty]\CTANref{vertbars} -\item[winedt]\CTANref{winedt} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-conditional]{Conditional compilation and ``comments''} - -While \LaTeX{} (or any other \TeX{}-derived package) isn't really like a -compiler, people regularly want to do compiler-like things using it. -Common requirements are conditional `compilation' and `block -comments', and several \LaTeX{}-specific means to this end are available. - -The simple \cmdinvoke{newcommand}{\csx{gobble}}[1]\texttt{\{\}} -and \csx{iffalse}\texttt{ ... }\csx{fi} aren't really satisfactory (as -a general solution) for comments, since the matter being skipped is -nevertheless scanned by \TeX{}, not always as you would expect. The -scanning imposes restrictions on what you're allowed to skip; this may -not be a problem in \emph{today's} job, but could return to bite you -tomorrow. For an example of surprises that may come to bite you, -consider the following example (derived from real user experience): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\iffalse % ignoring this bit -consider what happens if we -use \verb+\iftrue+ -- a surprise -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \csx{iftrue} is spotted by \TeX{} as it scans, ignoring the -\csx{verb} command; so the \csx{iffalse} isn't terminated by the -following \csx{fi}. Also, \csx{gobble} is pretty inefficient at -consuming anything non-trivial, since all the matter to be skipped is -copied to the argument stack before being ignored. - -If your requirement is for a document from which whole chapters (or -the like) are missing, consider the \LaTeX{} -\csx{include}/\csx{includeonly} system. If you `\csx{include}' your -files (rather than \csx{input} them~--- see % line wrap! -\Qref[question]{What's going on in my \csx{include} commands?}{Q-include}), -\LaTeX{} writes macro traces of what's going on at the end of each -chapter to the \extension{aux} file; by using \csx{includeonly}, you can give -\LaTeX{} an exhaustive list of the files that are needed. Files that -don't get \csx{include}d are skipped entirely, but the document -processing continues as if they \emph{were} there, and page, footnote, -and other numbers are not disturbed. Note that you can choose which -sections you want included interactively, using the -\Package{askinclude} package. - -A variant on the \csx{includeonly} mechanism is offered by the -\Package{stampinclude} package, which takes advantage of the \pdftex{} -\csx{pdffilemoddate} command. When an \csx{include}d file is -processed in a \latex{} document, an \extension{aux} file is created -holding data such as page-number ranges and chapter/section numbers. -When \csx{stampinclude} is included in a document, it compares the -file system modification times for each file and its corresponding -\extension{aux} file; the file is only compiled in ``this run'' of the -document if the file is newer than its corresponding \extension{aux} -file. The package requires a current \pdftex{}, and will also run on -\luatex{} if the \Package{pdftexcmds} package is available -(\Package{pdftexcmds} emulates the requisite \pdftex{} commands using -\texttt{lua}. Apart from this requirement, \Package{stampinclude} is -a low-maintenace object; include it in your document and it silently -does its job. When you want a final version of your document, delete -all the \extension{aux} files, and and \Package{stampinclude} won't -interfere.) - -The inverse can be done using the \Package{excludeonly} package: this -allows you to exclude a (list of) \csx{include}d files from your -document, by means of an \csx{excludeonly} command. - -If you want to select particular pages of your document, use Heiko -Oberdiek's \Package{pagesel} or the \Package{selectp} packages. You -can do something similar with an existing \acro{PDF} document (which -you may have compiled using \ProgName{pdflatex} in the first place), -using the \Package{pdfpages} package. The job is then done with a -document looking like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage[final]{pdfpages} -\begin{document} -\includepdf[pages=30-40]{yoursource.pdf} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(To include all of the document, you write -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\includepdf[pages=-]{yoursource.pdf} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -omitting the start and end pages in the optional argument.) - -If you want flexible facilities for including or excluding small -portions of a file, consider the \Package{comment}, \Package{version} or -\Package{optional} packages. - -The \Package{comment} package allows you to declare areas of a document to be -included or excluded; you make these declarations in the preamble of -your file. The command \cmdinvoke*{includecomment}{version-name} -declares an environment \environment{version-name} whose content will -be included in your document, while -\cmdinvoke*{excludecomment}{version-name} defines an environment whose -content will be excluded from the document. The package uses a method -for exclusion that is pretty robust, and can cope with ill-formed -bunches of text (e.g., with unbalanced braces or \csx{if} commands). - -(These FAQs employ the \Package{comment} package to alter layout -between the printed (two-column) version and the \acro{PDF} version -for browsing; there are \environment{narrowversion} and -\environment{wideversion} for the two versions of the file.) - -\Package{version} offers similar facilities to \File{comment.sty} -(i.e., \csx{includeversion} and \csx{excludeversion} commands); -it's far ``lighter weight'', but is less robust (and in particular, -cannot deal with very large areas of text being included/excluded). - -A significant development of \Package{version}, confusingly called -\Package{versions} (i.e., merely a plural of the old package name). -\Package{Versions} adds a command -\cmdinvoke*{markversion}{version-name} which defines an environment -that prints the included text, with a clear printed mark around it. - -\Package{optional} defines a command \csx{opt}; its first argument is -an `inclusion flag', and its second is text to be included or -excluded. Text to be included or excluded must be well-formed -(nothing mismatched), and should not be too big~--- if a large body of -text is needed, \csx{input} should be used in the argument. -The documentation (in the package file itself) tells you -how to declare which sections are to be included: this can be done in -the document preamble, but the documentation also suggests ways in -which it can be done on the command line that invokes \LaTeX{}, or -interactively. - -And, not least of this style of conditional compilation, -\Package{verbatim} (which should be available in any distribution) -defines a \environment{comment} environment, which enables the -dedicated user of the source text editor to suppress bits of a -\LaTeX{} source file. The \Class{memoir} class offers the same -environment. - -An interesting variation is the \Package{xcomment} package. This -defines an environment whose body is all excluded, apart from -environments named in its argument. So, for example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{xcomment}{figure,table} - This text is not included - \begin{figure} - This figure is included - \end{figure} - This is not included, either - \begin{table} - This table also included - \end{table} - ... -\end{xcomment} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The \Package{tagging} package offers another neat set of syntax, which -allow the user to apply ``tags'' to chunks of text, and to include and -exclude tagged text, according to the tags. For example, the user may -`use' text marked with some tags, and to `drop' marked with others: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usetag{<tag list>} -\droptag{<tag list>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the tag lists consist of comma-separated single words). - -There are then commands -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\tagged{<tag list>}{<text>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which reproduces the text only if the \meta{tag list} contains at -least one tag listed in the \csx{usetag} comand, and -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\untagged{<tag list>}{<text>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which only reproduces the text unless the \meta{tag list} contains -none of the tags mention in the \csx{droptag} command. - -Further commands offer an if-then-else setup, and specify -\environment{taggedblock} and \environment{untaggedblock} environments -that. - -Another valuable aspect of the problem is covered by the -\Package{extract} package. The package allows you to produce a -``partial copy'' of an existing document: -the package was developed to permit production of a ``book of -examples'' from a set of lecture notes. The package documentation -shows the following usage: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[ - active, - generate=foobar, - extract-env={figure,table}, - extract-cmd={chapter,section} -]{extract} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will cause the package to produce a file \File{foobar.tex} -containing all the \environment{figure} and \environment{table} -environments, and the \csx{chapter} and \csx{section} commands, from -the document being processed. The new file \File{foobar.tex} is -generated in the course of an otherwise ordinary run on the `master' -document. The package provides a good number of other facilities, -including (numeric or labelled) ranges of environments to extract, and -an \environment{extract} environment which you can use to create complete -ready-to-run \LaTeX{} documents with stuff you've extracted. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[askinclude.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[askinclude] -\item[comment.sty]\CTANref{comment} -\item[excludeonly.sty]\CTANref{excludeonly} -\item[extract.sty]\CTANref{extract} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[optional.sty]\CTANref{optional} -\item[pagesel.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[pagesel] -\item[pdfpages.sty]\CTANref{pdfpages} -\item[selectp.sty]\CTANref{selectp} -\item[stampinclude.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[stampinclude] -\item[tagging.sty]\CTANref{tagging} -\item[verbatim.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[verbatim] -\item[version.sty]\CTANref{version} -\item[versions.sty]\CTANref{versions} -\item[xcomment.sty]\CTANref{xcomment} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-06-09} - -\Question[Q-docotherdir]{Bits of document from other directories} - -A common way of constructing a large document is to break it into a -set of files (for example, one per chapter) and to keep everything -related to each of these subsidiary files in a subdirectory. - -Unfortunately, \TeX{} doesn't have a changeable ``current directory'', -so that all files you refer to have to be specified relative to the -same directory as the main file. Most people find this -counter-intuitive. - -It may be appropriate to use the ``path extension'' technique -% beware line break -\Qref[of question]{used in temporary installations}{Q-tempinst} to deal with -this problem. However, if there several files with the same name in -your document, such as \File{chapter1/fig1.eps} and -\File{chapter2/fig1.eps}, you're not giving \TeX{} any hint as to -which you're referring to when in the main chapter file you say -\cmdinvoke{input}{sect1}; while this is readily soluble in the case of -human-prepared files (just don't name them all the same), -automatically produced files have a way of having repetitious names, -and changing \emph{them} is a procedure prone to error. - -The \Package{import} package comes to your help here: it defines an -\csx{import} command that accepts a full path name and the name of a -file in that directory, and arranges things to ``work properly''. -So, for example, if \File{/home/friend/results.tex} contains -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Graph: \includegraphics{picture} -\input{explanation} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -then \cmdinvoke{import}{/home/friend/}{results} will include both -graph and explanation as one might hope. A \csx{subimport} command -does the same sort of thing for a subdirectory (a relative path rather -than an absolute one), and there are corresponding \csx{includefrom} -and \csx{subincludefrom} commands. - -The \Package{chapterfolder} package provides commands to deal with its -(fixed) model of file inclusion in a document. It provides commands -\csx{cfpart}, \csx{cfchapter}, \csx{cfsection} and \csx{cfsubsection}, -each of which takes directory and file arguments, e.g.: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cfpart[pt 1]{Part One}{part1}{part} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which command will issue a `normal' command % ! line break -\cmdinvoke{part}[pt 1]{Part One} and then input the file -\File{part1/part.tex}, remembering that \File{part1/} is now the -``current folder''. There are also commands of the form -\csx{cfpartstar} (which corresponds to a \csx{part*} command). - -Once you're ``in'' a \Package{chapterfolder}-included document, you -may use \csx{cfinput} to input something relative to the ``current -folder'', or you may use \csx{input}, using \csx{cfcurrentfolder} to -provide a path to the file. (There are also -\csx{cfcurrentfolderfigure} for a \path{figure/} subdirectory and -\csx{cfcurrentfolderlistings} for a \path{listings/} subdirectory.) - -Documentation of \Package{chapterfolder} is in French, but the -\File{README} in the directory is in English. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[chapterfolder.sty]\CTANref{chapterfolder} -\item[import.sty]\CTANref{import} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-RCS]{Version control using \acro{RCS}, \acro{CVS} or the like} - -If you use \acro{RCS}, \acro{CVS}, \ProgName{Subversion}, -\ProgName{Bazaar} or \ProgName{Git} to maintain -your \AllTeX{} documents under version control, you may need some -mechanism for including the version details in your document, in such -a way that they can be typeset (that is, rather than just hiding them -inside a comment). - -The most complete solution for \acro{RCS} and \acro{CVS} is to use the -(\LaTeX{}) package \Package{rcs}, which allows you to parse and -display the contents of \acro{RCS} keyword fields in an extremely -flexible way. The package \Package{rcsinfo} is simpler, but does most -of what you want, and some people prefer it; it is explicitly -compatible with \ProgName{LaTeX2HTML}. - -If, however, you need a solution which works without using external -packages, or which will work in \plaintex{}, then you can use the -following minimal solution: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\RCS$#1: #2 ${\expandafter\def\csname RCS#1\endcsname{#2}} -\RCS$Revision: 1.47 $ % or any RCS keyword -\RCS$Date: 2014/01/28 18:17:23 $ -... -\date{Revision \RCSRevision, \RCSDate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\RCS$#1: #2 ${\expandafter - \def\csname RCS#1\endcsname{#2}% -} -\RCS$Revision: 1.47 $ % or any RCS keyword -\RCS$Date: 2014/01/28 18:17:23 $ -... -\date{Revision \RCSRevision, \RCSDate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} - -If you are a user of \ProgName{Subversion}, the package \Package{svn} -may be for you. It has explicit cleverness about dealing with dates: -\begin{quote} -\csx{documentclass}\texttt{\{\meta{foo}\}}\\ -\texttt{...}\\ -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}{svn}\\ -\csx{SVNdate}\texttt{ \$Date\$}\\ -\cmdinvoke{author}{...}\\ -\cmdinvoke{title}{...}\\ -\texttt{...}\\ -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document}\\ -\csx{maketitle}\\ -\texttt{...}\\ -\cmdinvoke{end}{document} -\end{quote} -will (once \ProgName{subversion} has committed a copy of the document) -cause \csx{maketitle} use the date that has been written into the -\texttt{\$Date\$} keyword. - -Another alternative for \ProgName{Subversion} users is the -\Package{svninfo} package, which has much the same mechanisms as does -\Package{svn} but with a rather different focus. \Package{Svninfo} -does the date trick that \Package{svn} performs (controlled by a -package option), and can set up page foot-lines using % ! line break -\Qref*{package \Package{fancyhdr}}{Q-fancyhdr}. There isn't much to -choose between the two packages: you should read the packages' -documentation to see which suits you best. - -An alternative script-based approach to version control has been taken -by the \Package{vc} bundle, that in certain situations might work more -reliably than any of the packages mentioned above. The \Package{vc} -bundle supports \ProgName{Bazaar}, \ProgName{Git} and -\ProgName{Subversion} usage and works with both \LaTeX{} and -\plaintex{}. Note that \Package{vc} is the only option that -currently claims to support \ProgName{Bazaar}-controlled repositories. - -Finally, for now, the \Package{gitinfo} package supports -\ProgName{Git}-controlled documents. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[gitinfo.sty]\CTANref{gitinfo} -\item[rcs.sty]\CTANref{rcs} -\item[rcsinfo.sty]\CTANref{rcsinfo} -\item[svn.sty]\CTANref{svn} -\item[svninfo.sty]\CTANref{svninfo} -\item[vc]\CTANref{vc} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-08-31} - -\Question[Q-make]{Makefiles for \LaTeX{} documents} - -\LaTeX{} documents are tricky beasts for building using -(\ProgName{Uni*x}) \ProgName{make} on: the need to -instruct \LaTeX{} to run several times for essentially different -reasons (for example, ``get the table of contents stable'', ``get the -labels stable'', ``add the bibliography'', ``add the index'') is -actually rather difficult to express in the `ordinary' sort of -dependency graph that one constructs for \ProgName{make}. - -The \ProgName{latex-make} package offers help with this task (far more -sophisticated techniques than in the script that builds these \acro{FAQ}s); it -looks good, but reports of its use (other than by its author) are scarce. - -For a long time, the only \ProgName{make}-like package on \acro{CTAN} -was \ProgName{latexmk}, which is a \ProgName{Perl} -script that analyses your \LaTeX{} source for its dependencies, runs -\BibTeX{} or \ProgName{makeindex} as and when it notices that those -programs' input (parts of the \extension{aux} file, or the -\extension{idx} file, respectively) has changed, and so on. -\ProgName{Latexmk} is a fine -solution (and was used in generating printable versions of these -\acro{FAQ}s for some time); it has recently been upgraded and has -many bells and whistles that allow it to operate as if it were a poor -man's \WYSIWYG{} system. - -A recent strong contender is \ProgName{arara}, written in -\ProgName{Java}. It is (the documentation says) based on ``rules'' -and ``directives''; its aim is to determine what to do from explicit -instructions in the document's source code, rather than secondary -sources such as log file analysis. \ProgName{Arara} is relatively new -on CTAN, and comes with recommendations from many of the great and -good of the \latex{} world. - -Newer still is the Python script \ProgName{try}, which has a similar -structure to \ProgName{arara}~--- it, too, reads instructions in the -document source. - -Apparently along the same lines, is Auto\LaTeX{}. The \File{README} -of the distribution is actual a Unix-type man-page output, and shows -great attention to the details of the document production process. - -The (Ruby) script \ProgName{mk} (also, apparently, known as -\ProgName{latex_maker}) works well with another of the author's -scripts script called \ProgName{vpp} (View and Print -\PS{}/\acro{PDF}). - -Windows users of the \miktex{} system may use that system's -\ProgName{texify} application. \ProgName{Texify} deals with basic -\LaTeX{} features, including generating a bibliography and an index; -it makes no claim to deal with other things (such as multiple -bibliographies or indexes, or lists of terminology, etc.), which -Auto\LaTeX{} can be configured to process. - -The \Qref*{\Package{texinfo} system}{Q-texinfo} comes with a similar -utility called \ProgName{texi2dvi}, which is capable of ``converting'' -either \LaTeX{} or \Package{texinfo} files into \acro{DVI} (or into -\acro{PDF}, using \PDFTeX{}). - -A later contribution is the bundle \Package{latexmake}, which -offers a set of \ProgName{make} rules that invoke \ProgName{texi2dvi} -as necessary. - -The curious may examine the rules employed to run the present -\acro{FAQ} through \LaTeX{}: we don't present them as a complete -solution, but some of the tricks employed are surely re-usable. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}arara]\CTANref{arara} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}AutoLaTeX]\CTANref{autolatex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\acro{FAQ} distribution]\CTANref{faq} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}latexmake]\CTANref{latexmake} -\item[latex-make]\CTANref{latex-make} -\item[latex\_make]\CTANref{latex_maker} -\item[latexmk]\CTANref{latexmk} -\item[texi2dvi]Distributed as part of \CTANref{texinfo} -\item[try]\CTANref{try} -\item[vpp]\CTANref{vpp} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-05-13} - -\Question[Q-howmanypp]{How many pages are there in my document?} - -Simple documents (those that start at page 1, and don't have any -breaks in their page numbering until their last page) present no -problem to the seeker after this truth. The number of pages is -reported by the \Package{lastpage} package in its \texttt{LastPage} label. - -For more complicated documents (most obviously, books with frontmatter -in a different series of page numbers) this simple approach will not -do. - -The \Package{count1to} package defines a label \texttt{TotalPages}; this is -the value of its copy of \csx{count1} (a reserved \TeX{} count -register) at the end of the document. - -Package \Package{totpages} defines a label \texttt{TotPages}, but it also -makes the register it uses available as a \LaTeX{} counter, -\texttt{TotPages}, which you can also reference via \csx{theTotPages}. Of -course, the counter |TotPages| is asynchronous in the same way that -page numbers are, but snapshots may safely be taken in the output -routine. - -The \Class{memoir} class defines two counters \texttt{lastpage} and -\texttt{lastsheet}, which are set (after the first run of a document) -to the equivalent of the \texttt{LastPage} label and the -\texttt{TotalPages} labels. - -Both \Package{count1to} and \Package{totpages} need the support of -the \Package{everyshi} package. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[count1to.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[count1to] -\item[everyshi.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{ms}[everyshi] -\item[lastpage.sty]\CTANref{lastpage} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[totpages.sty]\CTANref{totpages} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-inclplain]{Including \plaintex{} files in \LaTeX{}} - -\LaTeX{}, though originally \Qref*{based on \plaintex{}}{Q-LaTeXandPlain}, does not -contain all of \plaintex{}'s commands. Worse, some \plaintex{} -command names appear in \LaTeX{}, with different semantics. As a -result, special measures need to be taken to allow general \plaintex{} -documents (or parts of documents) to be typeset within \LaTeX{}. - -The truly reliable way is to translate the \plaintex{} commands, to -produce an equivalent of the original's semantics. However, this is -not practical in many circumstances, and for those occasions, the -\Package{plain} package will often come to your aid. The package -defines a \environment{plain} environment, in which a \plaintex{} -document may be processed: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{plain} - \input{plain-doc} -\end{plain} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package is known to fail, for example, with documents that use -\AMSTeX{}; no doubt it would also fail if asked to load \Eplain{}. -All these things can be overcome (although it's not often easy), but -the environment saves a lot of work on many occasions. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[plain.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{carlisle}[plain-ltx] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\subsection{Hyphenation} - -\Question[Q-nohyph]{My words aren't being hyphenated} - -Let's assume you've selected the right \TeX{} `language'~--- as -explained in \Qref[question]{``how hyphenation works''}{Q-hyphen}, -you're not likely to get the correct results typesetting one language -using the hyphenation rules of another. (Select the proper language, -using \Package{babel} if you're a \LaTeX{} user. This may reveal that -you need another set of hyphenation patterns; see -% beware line wrap -\Qref[question]{``using a new language''}{Q-newlang} for advice on how -to install it.) - -So what else can go wrong? -\begin{itemize} -\item Since \TeX{} version~3.0, the limits on how near to either end - of a word hyphenation may take place have been programmable (see - \Qref[question]{``weird hyphenation''}{Q-weirdhyphen}), and for some - reason the values in question may have been corrupted in some macros - you are using. \TeX{} won't hyphenate less than \csx{lefthyphenmin} - characters after the start of a word, nor less than - \csx{righthyphenmin} before the end of a word; thus it won't - hyphenate a word shorter than the sum of the two minima, at all. - For example, since the minima are 2 and 3 for English, \TeX{} won't - hyphenate a word shorter than 5 letters long, if it believes the - word to be English. -\item \TeX{} won't hyphenate a word that's already been hyphenated. - For example, the (caricature) English surname Smyth-Postlethwaite - wouldn't hyphenate, which could be troublesome. This is correct - English typesetting style (it may not be correct for other - languages), but if needs must, you can replace the hyphen in the - name with a \csx{hyph} command, defined -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\hyph{-\penalty0\hskip0pt\relax} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - This is \emph{not} the sort of thing this \acro{FAQ} would - ordinarily recommend\dots{} The \Package{hyphenat} package defines a - bundle of such commands (for introducing hyphenation points at - various punctuation characters). -\item There may be accent commands in the word. The causes of and - remedies for this effect are discussed in % !line break - \Qref[question]{accents and hyphens}{Q-hyphenaccents}. -\item The hyphenation may simply not have been spotted; while \TeX{}'s - algorithm is good, it's not infallible, and it does miss perfectly - good hyphenations in some languages. When this happens, you need to - give \TeX{} \emph{explicit} instructions on how to hyphenate. -\end{itemize} -The \csx{hyphenation} command allows you to give explicit instructions. -Provided that the word will hyphenate at all (that is, it is not -prevented from hyphenating by any of the other restrictions above), -the command will override anything the hyphenation patterns might -dictate. The command takes one or more hyphenated words as -argument~--- \cmdinvoke{hyphenation}{ana-lysis pot-able}; note that -(as here, for analysis) you can use the command to overrule \TeX{}'s -choice of hyphenation (ana-lysis is the British etymological -hyphenation; some feel the American hyphenation feels -`unfortunate'\dots{}). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hyphenat.sty]\CTANref{hyphenat} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-09-20} - -\Question[Q-weirdhyphen]{Weird hyphenation of words} - -If your words are being h-yphenated, like this, with jus-t single -letters at the -beginning or the end of the word, you may have a version mismatch -problem. \TeX{}'s hyphenation system changed between version~2.9 -and~3.0, and macros written for use with version~2.9 can have this -effect with a version~3.0 system. If you are using \plaintex{}, make -sure your \File{plain.tex} file has a version number which is at -least~3.0, and rebuild your format. If you are using \LaTeXo{} your -best plan is to upgrade to \LaTeXe{}. If for some reason you can't, -the last version of \LaTeXo{} (released on 25 March 1992) is still -available (for the time being at least) and ought to solve this -problem. - -If you're using \LaTeXe{}, the problem probably arises from your -|hyphen.cfg| file, which has to be created if you're using a -multi-lingual version. - -A further source of oddity can derive from the 1995 release of -\Qref*{Cork-encoded fonts}{Q-ECfonts}, -which introduced an alternative hyphen character. The \LaTeXe{} -configuration files in the font release specified use of the -alternative hyphen, and this could produce odd effects with words -containing an explicit hyphen. The font configuration files in the -December 1995 release of \LaTeXe{} do \emph{not} use the alternative -hyphen character, and therefore removed this source of problems; the -solution, again, is to upgrade your \LaTeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeXo{}]\CTANref{latex209-base} -\item[plain.tex]\CTANref{plain} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-oddhyphen]{(Merely) peculiar hyphenation} - -You may have found that \TeX{}'s famed automatic word-division does -not produce the break-points recommended by your dictionary. This may be -because \TeX{} is set up for American English, whose rules for word -division (as specified, for example, in Webster's Dictionary) are -completely different from the British ones (as specified, for example, -in the Oxford Dictionaries). This problem is being addressed by the \acro{UK} -\TeX{} User community (see \BV{}, issue~4.4) but an entirely -satisfactory solution will take time; the current status is to be -found on \acro{CTAN} (see -% beware line-wrap -\Qref[question]{``using a new language''}{Q-newlang} for instructions -on adding this new ``language''). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[UK patterns]\CTANref{ukhyph} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-hyphenaccents]{Accented words aren't hyphenated} - -\TeX{}'s algorithm for hyphenation gives up when it encounters an -\csx{accent} command; there are good reasons for this, but it means -that quality typesetting in non-English languages can be difficult. - -For \TeX{} macro packages, you can avoiding the effect by using an -appropriately encoded font (for example, a Cork-encoded font~--- see -\Qref[question]{the \acro{EC} fonts}{Q-ECfonts}) which contains accented -letters as single glyphs. \LaTeX{} users can achieve this end simply -by adding the command -\begin{verbatim} - \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} -\end{verbatim} -to the preamble of their document. Other encodings (notably -\acro{LY}1, once promoted by \YandY{} inc) may be used -in place of \acro{T}1. Indeed, most current 8-bit \TeX{} font -encodings will `work' with the relevant sets of hyphenation patterns. - -With the advance of \xetex{} and \luatex{} to the mainstream, a new -regime for generating hyphenation tables is in place. For each -language, a table is written in Unicode, and ``8-bit'' versions are -generated for use with various \latex{} font encodings. Original sets -of patterns remain on \acro{CTAN}, for use when an older environment -is needed. - -\Question[Q-newlang]{Using a new language with Babel} - -\Package{Babel} is capable of working with a large range of -languages, and a new user often wants to use a language that her -\TeX{} installation is not set up to employ. Simply asking Babel to -use the language, with the command -\begin{verbatim} - \usepackage[catalan]{babel} -\end{verbatim} -provokes the warning message -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were loaded for -(babel) the language `Catalan' -(babel) I will use the patterns loaded for \language=0 instead. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns - were loaded for -(babel) the language `Catalan' -(babel) I will use the patterns - loaded for \language=0 instead. -\end{verbatim} -(The first and third lines above have been wrapped to fit in the -column.) -\end{narrowversion} - -The problem is that your \TeX{} system doesn't know how to hyphenate -Catalan text: you need to tell it how before Babel can do its work -properly. To do this, for \LaTeX{} installations, one needs to change -\File{language.dat} (which is part of the Babel installation); it will -contain a line -\begin{verbatim} -%catalan cahyphen.tex -\end{verbatim} -which, if you remove the comment marker, is supposed to instruct -\LaTeX{} to load Catalan hyphenation patterns when you tell it to build -a new format. - -Unfortunately, in many Babel distributions, the line just isn't -right~--- you need to check the name of the file containing the -patterns you're going to use. As you can see, in the author's system, -the name is supposed to be \File{cahyphen.tex}; however the file -actually present on the system is \File{cahyph.tex}~--- fortunately, -the error should prove little more than an inconvenience (most of the -files are in better distributions anyway, but an elusive one -may be found on \acro{CTAN}; if you have to retrieve -a new file, ensure that it's correctly installed, for which see -\Qref[question]{installing a new package}{Q-inst-wlcf}). - -Finally, you need to regenerate the formats used (in fact, most users -of Babel are using it in their \LaTeX{} documents, so regenerating the -\LaTeX{}-related formats will ordinarily be enough; however, the -author always generates the lot, regardless). -\begin{description} -\item[te\TeX{}]It's possible to do the whole operation in one go, by - using the \ProgName{texconfig} command: -\begin{verbatim} -texconfig hyphen latex -\end{verbatim} - which first enters an editor for you to edit \File{language.dat}, - and then regenerates the format you specify (\ProgName{latex} in - this case). - - Otherwise, to regenerate all formats, do: \\ - \texttt{fmtutil -\relax-all} - - If you're willing to think through what you're doing (this is - \emph{not} for the faint-hearted), you can select a sequence of - formats and for each one, run: \\ - \texttt{fmtutil -\relax-byfmt \meta{formatname}}\\ - where \emph{\texttt{formatname}} is something like `\texttt{latex}', - or: \\ - \texttt{fmtutil -\relax-byhyphen \meta{hyphenfile}}\\ - where \emph{\texttt{hyphenfile}} is the file specifying hyphenation - to the format~--- usually \texttt{language.dat} -\item[\miktex{}] On a \Package{\miktex{}} distribution earlier than v2.0, do: \\ - \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Programs}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{\miktex{}}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Maintenance}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Create all format files} -% this sequence suggested for miktex 1.20e, 2000/12/22, by Giuseppe Bilotta - - or get a DOS window and run:\\ - \texttt{initexmf -\relax-dump} - - On a \Package{\miktex{}} distribution v2.0 or later, the whole - procedure can be done via the \acro{GUI}. To select the new - language, do:\\ - \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Programs}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{\miktex{} 2}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{\miktex{} Options}, and select the \texttt{Languages} tab. - Select your language from the list, press the \texttt{Apply} button, - and then the \texttt{OK} button. Then select the \texttt{General} - tab and press the \texttt{Update Now} button. - - Otherwise, edit the \File{language.dat} file (as outlined above), - and then run:\\ - \texttt{initexmf -\relax-dump}\\ - just as for a pre-v2.0 system. -\end{description} - -\nothtml{\noindent}\textbf{\emph{Caveat}:} It is (just) possible that -your \TeX{} system may run out of ``pattern memory'' while generating -the new format. Most \TeX{} implementations have fixed-size arrays -for storing the details of hyphenation patterns, but although their -size is adjustable in most modern distributions, actually changing the -size is a fiddle. If you \emph{do} find you've run out of memory, -it may be worth scanning the list of languages in your -\File{language.dat} to see whether any could reasonably be removed. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[babel]\CTANref{babel} -\item[hyphenation patterns]\CTANref{hyphenation} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-hyphoff]{Stopping all hyphenation} - -It may seem an odd thing to want to do (after all, one of \TeX{}'s -great advertised virtues is the quality of its hyphenation) but it's -sometimes necessary. The real problem is, that the quality of -\TeX{}'s output is by default largely dependent on the presence of -hyphenation; if you want to abandon hyphenation, something has to -give. - -\TeX{} (slightly confusingly) offers four possible mechanisms for -suppressing hyphenation (there were only two prior to the extensions -that arrived with \TeX{} version~3). - -First, one can set the hyphenation penalties \csx{hyphenpenalty} and -\csx{exhyphenpenalty} to an `infinite' value (that is to say, 10000). -This means that all hyphenations will sufficiently penalise the line -that would contain them, that the hyphenation won't happen. The -disadvantage of this method is that \TeX{} will re-evaluate any -paragraph for which hyphenations might help, which will slow \TeX{} -down. - -Second, one can select a language for which no hyphenation patterns -exist. Some distributions create a language \texttt{nohyphenation}, -and the \Package{hyphenat} package uses this technique for its -\csx{nohyphens} command which sets its argument without any -hyphenation. You can load \Package{hyphenat} with the command -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[none]{hyphenat} -\end{quote} -to prevent any hyphenation in a single-language document. The -technique cannot work in a document in which \Package{babel} controls -language selection, since \Package{babel} incorporates hyphenation -change into its language change facilities. - -Third, one can set \csx{left-} and/or \csx{righthyphenmin} to a -sufficiently large value that no hyphenation could possibly succeed, -since the minimum is larger than the length of the longest word -\TeX{} is willing to hyphenate (the appropriate value is 62). - -Fourth, one can suppress hyphenation for all text using the current -font by the command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\hyphenchar\font=-1 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This isn't a particularly practical way for users to suppress -hyphenation~--- the command has to be issued for every font the -document uses~--- but it's how \LaTeX{} itself suppresses hyphenation -in \texttt{tt} and other fixed-width fonts. - -Which of the techniques you should use depends on what you actually -want to do. If the text whose hyphenation is to be suppressed runs -for less than a paragraph, your only choice is the no-hyphens -language: the language value is preserved along with the text (in the -same way that the current font is); the values for penalties and -hyphen minima active at the end of a paragraph are used when -hyphenation is calculated. - -Contrariwise, if you are writing a multilanguage document using the -\Package{babel} package, you \emph{cannot} suppress hyphenation -throughout using either the no-hyphens language or the hyphen minima: -all those values get changed at a \Package{babel} language switch: use -the penalties instead. - -If you simply switch off hyphenation for a good bit of text, the -output will have a jagged edge (with many lines seriously overfull), -and your \AllTeX{} run will bombard you with warnings about overfull -and underfull boxes (that is, really, lines). To avoid this you have -two options. - -The simplest route is to use \csx{sloppy} (or its environment version -\environment{sloppypar}), and have \TeX{} stretch what would otherwise -be underfull lines to fill the space offered, while prematurely -wrapping overfull lines and stretching the remainder. - -The better bet is to set the text \Qref*{ragged right}{Q-ragright}, -and at least get rid of the overfull lines; this technique is -`traditional' (in the sense that typists have always done it) and may -be expected to -appeal to the specifiers of eccentric document layouts (such as those -for dissertations), but for once their sense conforms with typographic -style. (Or at least, style constrained in this curious way.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hyphenat.sty]\CTANref{hyphenat} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-09-20} - -\Question[Q-wdnohyph]{Preventing hyphenation of a particular word} - -It's quite possible for (\emph{any}) hyphenation of a particular word -to seem ``completely wrong'', so that you want to prevent it being -hyphenated. - -If the word occurs in just one place, put it in a box: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\mbox{oddword} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(\plaintex{} users should use \csx{hbox}, and take care at the start -of paragraphs.) However, boxing the word is not really advisable -unless you are sure it only occurs once. - -If the word occurs commonly, the best choice is to assert an -hyphenation exception for it: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\hyphenation{oddword} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This hyphenation exception (with no break points) will be used in -preference to what \TeX{}'s hyphenation algorithm may come up with. - -In a multilingual document, repeat the exception specification for -each language the word may appear in. So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[french,english]{babel} -\selectlanguage{english} -\hyphenation{oddword} -\selectlanguage{french} -\hyphenation{oddword} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(note that \Package{babel} will select the default language for the -document~--- English, in this case~--- at \cmdinvoke{begin}{document}.) - -A particular instance of this requirement is avoiding the hyphenation -of acronyms; a general rule for those that concoct acronyms seems to -be to make the capital-letter sequence read as near as is possible -like a ``real'' word, but hyphenating an acronym often looks silly. -The \TeX{} control \csx{uchyph} is designed for suppressing such -behaviour: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\uchyph=0 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will stop hyphenation of upper-case words. (Note that \plaintex{} -syntax is needed here: there's no \LaTeX{} alternative for setting -this value.) - -\Question[Q-hyphexcept]{Hyphenation exceptions} - -While \TeX{}'s hyphenation rules are good, they're not infallible: you -will occasionally find words \TeX{} just gets \emph{wrong}. So for -example, \TeX{}'s default hyphenation rules (for American English) don't -know the word ``\emph{manuscript}'', and since it's a long word you -may find you need to hyphenate it. You \emph{can} ``write the -hyphenation out'' each time you use the word: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... man\-u\-script ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Here, each of the \csx{-} commands is converted to a hyphenated break, -if (\emph{and only if}) necessary. - -That technique can rapidly become tedious: you'll probably only accept -it if there are no more than one or two wrongly-hyphenated words in -your document. The alternative is to set up hyphenations in the -document preamble. To do that, for the hyphenation above, you would -write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\hyphenation{man-u-script} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the hyphenation would be set for the whole document. Barbara -Beeton publishes articles containing lists of these ``hyphenation -exceptions'', in \textsl{TUGboat}; the hyphenation `man-u-script' -comes from one of those articles. - -What if you have more than one language in your document? Simple: -select the appropriate language, and do the same as above: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[french]{babel} -\selectlanguage{french} -\hyphenation{re-cher-cher} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(nothing clever here: this is the ``correct'' hyphenation of the word, -in the current tables). However, there's a problem here: just as -words with accent macros in them won't break, so an \csx{hyphenation} -commands with accent macros in its argument will produce an error: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[french]{babel} -\selectlanguage{french} -\hyphenation{r\'e-f\'e-rence} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -tells us that the hyphenation is ``improper'', and that it will be ``flushed''. -But, just as hyphenation of words is enabled by selecting an 8-bit -font encoding, so \csx{hyphenation} commands are rendered proper again -by selecting that same 8-bit font encoding. For the hyphenation -patterns provided for `legacy', the encoding is -\Qref*{Cork}{Q-ECfonts}, so the complete sequence is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} -\usepackage[french]{babel} -\selectlanguage{french} -\hyphenation{r\'e-f\'e-rence} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The same sort of performance goes for any language for which 8-bit -fonts and corresponding hyphenation patterns are available. Since you -have to select both the language and the font encoding to have your -document typeset correctly, it should not be a great imposition to do -the selections before setting up hyphenation exceptions. - -Modern TeX variants (principally \xetex{} and \luatex{}) use unicode, -internally, and distributions that offer them also offer -\acro{UTF}-8-encoded patterns; since the hyphenation team do all the -work ``behind the scenes'', the use of Unicode hyphenation is -deceptively similar to what we are used to. -\LastEdit{2013-09-20} - -\subsection{Odds and ends} - -\Question[Q-logos]{Typesetting all those \TeX{}-related logos} - -Knuth was making a particular point about the capabilities of \TeX{} -when he defined the logo. Unfortunately (in some people's opinion) he thereby -opened floodgates to give the world a whole range of rather silly -`bumpy road' logos for \TeX{} entities such as \AMSTeX{}, \pictex{}, -\BibTeX{}, and so on, produced in a flurry of different fonts, sizes, -and baselines~--- indeed, everything one might hope to cause them to -obstruct the reading process. In particular, Lamport invented -\LaTeX{} (silly enough in itself, with a raised small `A' and a -lowered `E') and marketing input from Addison-Wesley led to the even -stranger current logo for \LaTeXe{}, which appends a lowered % !line break -\latexhtml{\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}{single-stroke Greek letter ε}. - -Sensible users don't have to follow this stuff wherever it goes, -but, for those who insist, a large collection of logos is defined in -the \Package{texnames} package (but note that this set of macros isn't -entirely reliable in \LaTeXe{}). -The \MF{} and \MP{} logos can be set in fonts that \LaTeXe{} -knows about (so that they scale with the surrounding text) using the -\Package{mflogo} package; but be aware that booby-traps surround the -use of the Knuthian font for \MP{} (you might get -\begin{typesetversion} - \textlogo{META\hphantom{P}O\hphantom{S}T}). -\end{typesetversion} -% the following htmlversion stuff seems to do roughly what's required, -% which is nice, given the feebleness of representing all these silly -% logos in html otherwise... -\begin{htmlversion} - something like `META\ \ O\ \ T'). -\end{htmlversion} -You needn't despair, however~--- most versions of the logo font -distributed nowadays contain the missing letters, and the author -himself uses just `MetaPost'. - -A well-designed set of macros is provided by package \Package{hologo}, -which defines a command \csx{hologo}, which one uses as (for example) -\cmdinvoke{hologo}{pdfLaTeX} for what you might get by typing -``\texttt{pdf}\csx{LaTeX}'', as well as a capitalised version -\cmdinvoke{Hologo}{pdfLaTeX} for ``\texttt{Pdf}\csx{LaTeX}''. - -The package \Package{metalogo} deals with a problem of these myriad -logos, that's often ignored nowadays: the geometry of characters from -different fonts is (obviously) different, and they naturally fit -together differently. The package makes it possible for you to adjust -the spacing between the the letters of one of these odd logos (even -the especially weird mirrored ``E'' in \xetex{}). - -For those who don't wish to acquire the `proper' logos, the canonical -thing to do is to say \texttt{AMS-}\cmdinvoke{TeX}{} -for \AMSTeX{}, \texttt{Pic}\cmdinvoke{TeX}{} -for \pictex{}, \texttt{Bib}\cmdinvoke{TeX}{} -for \BibTeX{}, and so on. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hologo.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[hologo] -\item[metalogo.sty]\CTANref{metalogo} -\item[mflogo.sty]\CTANref{mflogo} -\item[texnames.sty]\CTANref{texnames} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2010-03-24} - -\Question[Q-bold-extras]{How to do bold-tt or bold-sc} - -\LaTeX{}, as delivered, offers no means of handling bold ``teletype'' -or small-caps fonts. There's a practical reason for this (Knuth never -designed such fonts), but there are typographical considerations too -(the ``medium weight'' \texttt{cmtt} font is already pretty bold (by -comparison with other fixed-width fonts), and bold small-caps is not -popular with many professional typographers). - -There's a set of ``extra'' \MF{} files on \acro{CTAN} that provide bold -versions of both \texttt{cmtt} and \texttt{cmcsc} (the small caps font). With -modern \TeX{} distributions, one may bring these fonts into use simply -by placing them in an % ! line break -\Qref*{appropriate place in the \emph{texmf} tree}{Q-install-where} -(these are \AllTeX{}-specific files, so the ``\emph{public}'' supplier -would be an appropriate place). Once you've % ! line break, again -\Qref*{rebuilt the file indexes as necessary}{Q-inst-wlcf}, -\TeX{} (and friends) will automatically build whatever font files they -need when you first make reference to them. There's a jiffy package -\Package{bold-extra} that builds the necessary font data structures -so that you can use the fonts within \LaTeX{}. - -Another alternative is to use the \Qref*{\acro{EC} fonts}{Q-ECfonts}, -which come with bold variants of the small-caps fonts. - -If you need to use Type~1 fonts, you can't proceed with Knuth-style -fonts, since there are no Type~1 versions of the \Package{mf-extra} -set. There are, however, Type~1 distributions of the EC~fonts, so you -can switch to EC and use them; alternatives are discussed in -\Qref[question]{8-bit Type~1 fonts}{Q-type1T1}. - -Of course, commercial fixed-width fonts (even the default -\FontName{Courier}) almost always come with a bold variant, so that's -not a problem. Furthermore \Qref*{\acro{PSNFSS}}{Q-usepsfont} -will usually provide ``faked'' small caps fonts, and has no -compunctions about providing them in a bold form. \FontName{Courier} -is (as we all know, to our cost) freely available; a far more -presentable monospace font is \FontName{LuxiMono}, which is also -freely available (monospace text in the typeset version of this -\acro{FAQ} uses \FontName{LuxiMono}, with the metrics and \LaTeX{} -support available on the archive. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bold-extra.sty]\CTANref{bold-extra} -\item[bold tt and small caps fonts]\CTANref{bold} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}LuxiMono fonts]\CTANref{luximono} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-varwidth]{Automatic sizing of \environment{minipage}} - -The \environment{minipage} environment requires you to specify the -width of the ``page'' you're going to create. This is sometimes -inconvenient: you would like to occupy less space, if possible, but -\environment{minipage} sets a box that is exactly the width you -specified. - -The \Package{pbox} package defines a \csx{pbox} whose width is exactly -that of the longest enclosed line, subject to a maximum width that you -give it. So while \cmdinvoke{parbox}{2cm}{Hello\bsbs world!} produces a -box of width exactly \texttt{2cm}, -\cmdinvoke{pbox}{2cm}{Hello\bsbs world!} produces one whose width is -\texttt{1.79cm} (if one's using the default \FontName{cmr} font for the -text, at least). The package also provides a -\cmdinvoke*{settominwidth}[min]{length}{text} (which looks (almost) -like the standard \csx{settowidth} command), and a \csx{widthofpbox} -function analogous to the \csx{widthof} command for use with the -\Package{calc} package. - -The \Package{eqparbox} package extends \Package{pbox}'s idea, by -allowing you to set a series of boxes, all with the same (minimised) -width. (Note that it doesn't accept a limiting maximum width -parameter.) The package documentation shows the following example -drawn from a joke \emph{curriculum vitae}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\noindent% -\eqparbox{place}% - {\textbf{Widgets, Inc.}} - \hfill -\eqparbox{title}% - {\textbf{Senior Widget Designer}} - \hfill -\eqparbox{dates}{\textbf{1/95--present}} - -... - -\noindent% -\eqparbox{place}% - {\textbf{Thingamabobs, Ltd.}} - \hfill -\eqparbox{title}% - {\textbf{Lead Engineer}} - \hfill -\eqparbox{dates}{\textbf{9/92--12/94}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\noindent% -\eqparbox{place}{\textbf{Widgets, Inc.}} \hfill -\eqparbox{title}{\textbf{Senior Widget Designer}} \hfill -\eqparbox{dates}{\textbf{1/95--present}} - -... - -\noindent% -\eqparbox{place}{\textbf{Thingamabobs, Ltd.}} \hfill -\eqparbox{title}{\textbf{Lead Engineer}} \hfill -\eqparbox{dates}{\textbf{9/92--12/94}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -The code makes the three items on each of the heading lines have -exactly the same width, so that the lines as a whole produce a regular -pattern down the page. A command \csx{eqboxwidth} allows you to use -the measured width of a group: the documentation shows how the command -may be used to produce sensible-looking columns that mix \texttt{c}-, -\texttt{r}- or \texttt{l}-rows, with the equivalent of a |p{...}| -entry, by making the fixed-width rows an \Package{eqparbox} group, and -making the last from a \csx{parbox} using the width that's been -measured for the group. - -The \Package{varwidth} package defines a \environment{varwidth} -environment which sets the content of the box to match a ``narrower -natural width'' if it finds one. (You give it the same parameters as -you would give \environment{minipage}: in effect, it is a `drop-in' -replacement.) \Package{Varwidth} provides its own ragged text command: -\csx{narrowragged}, which aims to make narrower lines and to put more -text in the last line of the paragraph (thus producing lines with more -nearly equal lengths than typically happens with \csx{raggedright} -itself). - -The documentation (in the package file) lists various restrictions and -things still to be done, but the package is already proving useful for -a variety of jobs. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[eqparbox.sty]\CTANref{eqparbox} -\item[pbox.sty]\CTANref{pbox} -\item[varwidth.sty]\CTANref{varwidth} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-hyp+pdf.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-hyp+pdf.tex deleted file mode 100644 index aa670393d9b..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-hyp+pdf.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,636 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-hyp+pdf.tex,v 1.8 2014/02/16 21:23:58 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Hypertext and \acro{PDF}} - -\Question[Q-acrobat]{Making \acro{PDF} documents from \AllTeX{}} - -There are three general routes to \acro{PDF} output: Adobe's original -`distillation' route (via \PS{} output), direct conversion of a -\acro{DVI} file, and the use of a direct \tex{}-like \acro{PDF} -generator such as \Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-whatpdftex}. - -For simple documents (with no hyper-references), you can either -\begin{itemize} -\item process the document in the normal way, produce \PS{} - output and distill it; -\item (on a Windows or Macintosh machine with appropriate - tools installed) pass the output through a \acro{PDF}writer in place - of a printer driver. This route is only appropriate for simple - documents: \acro{PDF} writers cannot create hyperlinks; -\item process the document with ``vanilla'' \latex{} and generate \acro{PDF} - direct from the \acro{DVI} using \ProgName{dvipdfm}/\ProgName{dvipdfmx}; or -\item process the document direct to \acro{PDF} with \PDFTeX{}, - \Qref{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, or \Qref{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex}. -\end{itemize} - -To translate all the \LaTeX{} cross-referencing into Acrobat -links, you need a \LaTeX{} package to redefine -the internal commands. There are two of these for \LaTeX{}, both -capable of conforming to the -\Qref{Hyper\TeX{} specification}{Q-hyper}: -Heiko Oberdiek's \Package{hyperref}, and Michael Mehlich's -\Package{hyper}. (In practice, almost everyone uses -\Package{hyperref}; \Package{hyper} hasn't been updated since 2000.) -\Package{Hyperref} can often determine how it should generate -hypertext from its environment, but there is a wide set of -configuration options you can give via \csx{usepackage}. The package -can operate using \PDFTeX{} primitives, the hyper\TeX{} -\csx{special}s, or \acro{DVI} driver-specific \csx{special} commands. -Both \ProgName{dvips} and \YandY{}'s \acro{\ProgName{DVIPSONE}} can -translate the \acro{DVI} with these \csx{special} commands into -\PS{} acceptable to Distiller, and -\ProgName{dvipdfm} and \ProgName{dvipdfmx} have \csx{special} commands of -their own. - -If you use \plaintex{}, the \Qref*{\Eplain{} macros}{Q-eplain} can -help you create \acro{PDF} documents with hyper-references. -It can operate using \PDFTeX{} primitives, or \csx{special} commands -for the \ProgName{dvipdfm}/\ProgName{dvipdfmx} \acro{DVI} drivers. - -While there is no free implementation of all of \ProgName{Adobe} -\ProgName{Distiller}'s -functionality, any but the implausibly old versions of -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -provide pretty reliable distillation (but beware of the problems with -\Qref*{\ProgName{dvips} output for distillation}{Q-dvips-pdf}). - -For viewing (and printing) the resulting files, Adobe's -\ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Reader} is available for a fair range of -platforms; for those for which Adobe's reader is unavailable, remotely -current versions of \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -combined with \ProgName{gv} or -\href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}} can display and -print \acro{PDF} files, as can \ProgName{xpdf}. - -In some circumstances, a -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}-based viewer -application is actually preferable to Acrobat Reader. For example, on -Windows Acrobat Reader locks the \extension{pdf} file it's displaying: this -makes the traditional (and highly effective) \AllTeX{} development -cycle of ``Edit\arrowhyph{}Process\arrowhyph{}Preview'' become -rather clumsy~--- \href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}} -doesn't make the same <mistake. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Acrobat Reader]download from \URL{http://get.adobe.com/reader} -\item[dvipdfm]\CTANref{dvipdfm} -\item[dvipdfmx]\CTANref{dvipdfmx} -\item[gv]Browse \CTANref{gv} -\item[hyper.sty]\CTANref{hyper} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-22} - -\Question[Q-hyper]{Making hypertext documents from \TeX{}} - -If you want on-line hypertext with a \AllTeX{} source, probably on the -World Wide Web, there are four technologies to consider: -\begin{itemize} -\item start from \alltex{}, and use one of a number of techniques to - translate (more or less) directly to - \Qref{\acro{HTML}}{Q-LaTeX2HTML}; -% beware line break -\item Start from \Qref*{\Package{texinfo}}{Q-texinfo} source, - and use the \ProgName{info} viewer, or convert the \Package{texinfo} - source to \acro{HTML} using \ProgName{texi2html}; -\item Start from \alltex{}; use \pdftex{}, \xetex{} or \luatex{} to - produce \acro{PDF}, using \Package{hyperref} to construct - hyperlinks. -\item Start from (unconventional) \alltex{} which use the % ! line break - \Qref*{hyper\TeX{} conventions}{Q-hypertex}. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[texinfo]\CTANref{texinfo} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-05-30} - -\Question[Q-hypertex]{The \emph{hyper\tex{}} project} - -The \emph{hyper\tex{}} project extended the functionality of all the -\LaTeX{} cross-referencing commands (including the table of contents) -to produce \csx{special} commands which are parsed by \acro{DVI} processors -conforming to the Hyper\TeX{} guidelines; -it provides general hypertext links, including those -to external documents. - -The Hyper\TeX{} specification says that conformant viewers/translators -must recognize the following set of \csx{special} commands: -\begin{description} -\item[href:] |html:<a href = "href_string">| -\item[name:] |html:<a name = "name_string">| -\item[end:] |html:</a>| -\item[image:] |html:<img src = "href_string">| -\item[base\_name:] |html:<base href = "href_string">| -\end{description} - -The \emph{href}, \emph{name} and \emph{end} commands are used to do -the basic hypertext operations of establishing links between sections -of documents. - -Further details are available on \URL{http://arXiv.org/hypertex/}; there -are two commonly-used implementations of the specification, a -modified \ProgName{xdvi} and (recent releases of) -\ProgName{dvips}. Output from the latter may be used in recent -releases of \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -or Acrobat Distiller. - -\Question[Q-dvips-pdf]{Quality of \acro{PDF} from \PS{}} -\keywords{blurry fuzzy crippled} - -Any reasonable \PS{}, including any output of \ProgName{dvips}, may be -converted to \acro{PDF}, using (for example) a sufficiently recent -version of \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}, -Frank Siegert's (shareware) -\href{http://www.pstill.com/}{\ProgName{PStill}}, or Adobe's (commercial) -\ProgName{Distiller}. - -But, although the job may (almost always) be done, the results are -often not acceptable: the most frequent problem is bad presentation of -the character glyphs that make up the document. The following answers -offer solutions to this (and other) problems of bad presentation. -Issues covered are: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{Wrong type of fonts used}{Q-fuzzy-type3}, which is - the commonest cause of fuzzy text. -\item \Qref*{\ProgName{Ghostscript} too old}{Q-fuzzy-gs}, - which can also result in fuzzy text. -% beware line breaks -\item \Qref*{Switching to font encoding \acro{T}1 encoding}{Q-fuzzy-T1}, - which is yet another possible cause of fuzzy text. -\item Another problem~--- missing characters~--- arises from an - % beware line breaks - \Qref*{aged version of \ProgName{Adobe}~\ProgName{Distiller}}{Q-distill-prob}. -\item Finally, there's the common confusion that arises from using the - \ProgName{dvips} configuration file \texttt{-Ppdf}, the % ! line br - \Qref*{weird characters}{Q-charshift}. -\end{itemize} -It should be noted that \ProgName{Adobe} % \ProgName{Acrobat} no longer - % part of the name -\ProgName{Reader}~6 (released in mid-2003, and later versions) does -not exhibit the ``fuzziness'' that so many of the answers below -address. This is of course good news: however, it will inevitably be -a long time before every user in the world has this (or later) -versions, so the remedies below are going to remain for some time to -come. - -The problems are also discussed, with practical examples, in Mike -Shell's \Package{testflow} package, which these FAQs recommend as a -``\Qref*{specialised tutorial}{Q-tutbitslatex}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[testflow]\CTANref{testflow} -\end{ctanrefs} - - -\Question[Q-fuzzy-type3]{The wrong type of fonts in \acro{PDF}} -\keywords{crippled blurry} - -This is far the commonest problem: the symptom is that text in the -document looks ``fuzzy''. - -Most people use \ProgName{Adobe} \ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Reader} -to view their \acro{PDF}: \ProgName{Reader} is distributed free of -charge, and is widely available, for all its faults. One of those -faults is its failure to deal with bitmap fonts (at least, in all -versions earlier than version~6, all of which copies are pretty old, -now~\dots{} but some are occasionally found). - -So we don't want bitmap fonts in our \PS{}: with them, characters show -up in \ProgName{Reader}'s display as blurred blobs which are often not -even recognisable as the original letter, and are often not properly placed -on the line. Nevertheless, even now, most \TeX{} systems have -\ProgName{dvips} configured to use -\Qref*{\extension{pk} files}{Q-pk} in its output. Even -\PDFTeX{} will use \extension{pk} files if it can see no alternative for -a font in the document it is processing. - -Our remedy is to use -``\Qref*{Adobe Type~1}{Q-adobetypen}'' -versions of the fonts we need. Since Adobe are in the -business of selling Type~1 fonts, \ProgName{Reader} was of course made -to deal with them really rather well, from the very beginning. - -Of course, if your document uses nothing but fonts that came from -Adobe in the first place~--- fonts such as \FontName{Times} that -appear in pretty much every \PS{} printer, or such as Adobe -\FontName{Sabon} that you pay extra for~--- then there's no problem. - -But most people use \FontName{Computer} \FontName{Modern} to start -with, and even those relative sophisticates who use something as -exotic as \ProgName{Sabon} often find themselves using odd characters -from \acro{CM} without really intending to do so. Fortunately, rather -good versions of the \acro{CM} fonts are available from the \acro{AMS} -(who have them courtesy of % ! line break -\Qref{Blue Sky Research}{Q-commercial} and \YandY{}). - -Most modern systems have the fonts installed ready to use; and any -system installed less than 3~years ago has a \ProgName{dvips} -configuration file `\texttt{pdf}' that signals the use of the -\acro{CM} fonts, and also sets a few other parameters to improve -\ProgName{dvips}' output. Use this configuration as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips -Ppdf myfile -o myfile.ps -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This may produce a warning message about failing to find the -configuration file: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips: warning: no config file for `pdf' -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or something similar, or about failing to find a font file: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips: ! Couldn't find header file cmr10.pfb -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Either of these failures signals that your -system doesn't have the fonts in the first place. - -A way of using the fonts that doesn't involve the sophistication of -the \texttt{-Ppdf} mechanism is simply to load maps: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips -Pcmz -Pamz myfile -o myfile.ps -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -You may encounter the same warning messages as listed above. - -If your system does not have the fonts, it won't have the -configuration file either; however, it might have the configuration -file without the fonts. In either case, you need to -\Qref*{install the fonts}{Q-inst1cm}. - - -\Question[Q-fuzzy-gs]{Fuzzy fonts because \ProgName{Ghostscript} too old} -\keywords{crippled blurry} - -So you've done everything the \acro{FAQ} has told you that you need, -correct fonts properly installed and appearing in the \ProgName{dvips} -output, but \emph{still} you get fuzzy character output after -distilling with \href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}. - -The problem could arise from too old a version of -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}, which you -may be using directly, or via a -script such as \ProgName{ps2pdf} (distributed with -\ProgName{ghostscript} itself), \ProgName{dvipdf}, or similar. -Though \ProgName{ghostscript} was capable of distillation from -version~5.50, that version could only produce bitmap Type~3 output of -any font other than the fundamental 35~fonts (\FontName{Times}, -\FontName{Helvetica}, etc.). Later versions added `complete' -distillation, but it wasn't until version~6.50 that one could rely on -it for everyday work. - -So, if your \acro{PDF} output still looks fuzzy in \ProgName{Acrobat} -\ProgName{Reader}, upgrade \ProgName{ghostscript}. The new version -should be at least version~6.50, of course, but it's usually good -policy to go to the most recent version (version~8.12 at the time of -writing~--- 2003). - -\Question[Q-fuzzy-T1]{Fonts go fuzzy when you switch to \acro{T}1} -\keywords{crippled blurry} - -You've been having problems with hyphenation, and someone has -suggested that you should use ``\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[T1]{fontenc}'' -to help sort them out. Suddenly you find that your final \acro{PDF} -has become fuzzy. The problem may arise whether you are using \PS{} -output and then distilling it, or you are using \PDFTeX{} for the -whole job. - -In fact, this is the same problem as most others about the -\Qref*{quality of \acro{PDF}}{Q-dvips-pdf}: you've abandoned -your previous setup using Type~1 versions of the \acro{CM} fonts, and -\ProgName{dvips} has inserted Type~3 versions of the \acro{EC} fonts -into your document output. (See % beware line break -``\Qref*{Adobe font types}{Q-adobetypen} -for details of these font types; also, note that the font -\emph{encoding}~\acro{T}1 -has nothing directly to do with the font \emph{format}~Type~1). - -However, as noted in % beware line break -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{8-bit Type~1 fonts}{Q-type1T1}\htmlonly{''}, -Type~1 versions of \acro{CM}-like fonts in \acro{T}1 (or equivalent) encoding -are now available, both as ``real'' fonts, and as virtual font sets. -One solution, therefore, is to use one of these alternatives. - -The alternative is to switch font family altogether, to something like -\FontName{Times} (as a no-thought default) or one of the many more pleasing -Adobe-encoded fonts. The default action of \Package{fontinst}, when -creating metrics for such a font, is to create settings for both \acro{OT}1 -and \acro{T}1 encodings, so there's little change in what goes on (at the -user level) even if you have switched to \acro{T}1~encoding when using the -fonts. - -\Question[Q-distill-prob]{Characters missing from \acro{PDF} output} - -If you're using \ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Distiller} to create your -\acro{PDF} output, you may find -characters missing. This may manifest -itself as messed-up maths equations (missing -``\latexhtml{\ensuremath{-}}{-}'' signs, for example), or bits missing -from large symbols. Early versions of \ProgName{Distiller} used to -ignore character positions 0--31 and 128--159 of every font: Adobe's -fonts never use such positions, so why should \ProgName{Distiller}? - -Well, the answer to this question is ``because Adobe don't produce all -the world's fonts''~--- fonts like \FontName{Computer} -\FontName{Modern} were around before Adobe came on the scene, and -\emph{they} use positions 0--31. Adobe don't react to complaints like -that in the previous sentence, but they do release new versions of -their programs; and \ProgName{Distiller}, since at least version~4.0, -\emph{has} recognised the font positions it used to shun. - -Meanwhile, \TeX{} users with old versions of \ProgName{Distiller} need -to deal with their fonts. \ProgName{Dvips} comes to our aid: the -switch \texttt{-G1} (``remap characters''), which moves the offending -characters out of the way. The \acro{PDF} configuration file -(\texttt{-Ppdf}), recommended % beware line break -\latexhtml{above}{in ``\Qref{the wrong type of fonts}{Q-fuzzy-type3}''}, -includes the switch. - -The switch is not without its problems; pre-2003 versions of -\ProgName{dvips} will apply it to Adobe fonts as well, causing -\Qref*{havoc}{Q-charshift}, but fortunately -that problem is usually soluble. However, a document using both -\acro{CM} and Adobe-specified fonts is stuck. The only real solution -is either to upgrade \ProgName{dvips}, or to spend money to upgrade -\ProgName{Distiller}. - -\Question[Q-type1T1]{Finding `8-bit' Type~1 fonts} -\keywords{eight} - -Elsewhere, answers to these \acro{FAQ}s recommend that you use an -`8-bit' font to permit % line break!! -\Qref*{accentuation of inflected languages}{Q-hyphenaccents}, -and also recommend the use of Type~1 fonts to ensure that -you get \Qref*{good quality \acro{PDF}}{Q-fuzzy-type3}. These -recommendations used to be contradictory: one could not just -``switch'' from the free \acro{CM} fonts to free Cork- (or similarly) -encoded Type~1 fonts. The first approach that started to alleviate -these problems, was the development of virtual fonts that make -a good approach to the Cork encoding (see below). Now, however, we -have ``true'' Type~1 fonts available: as always, we have an -embarrassment of riches with three free alternatives, and one -commercial and one shareware version. - -\Package{CM-super} is an -auto-traced set which encompasses all of the \acro{T}1 and \acro{TS}1 -encodings as well as the \acro{T}2* series (the family of encodings -that cover languages based on Cyrillic alphabets). These fonts are -pretty easy to install (the installation instructions are clear), but -they are huge: don't try to install them if you're short of disc -space. - -\Package{CM-LGC} is a similar ``super-font'' set, but of much more -modest size; it covers \acro{T}1, \acro{TS}1 and \acro{T}2{A} -encodings (as does \Package{CM-super}, and also covers the \acro{LGR} -encoding (for typesetting Greek, based on Claudio Beccari's \MF{} -sources). \Package{CM-LGC} manages to be small by going to the -opposite extreme from \Package{CM-super}, which includes fonts at all -the sizes supported by the original \acro{EC} (a huge range); -\Package{CM-LGC} has one font per font shape, getting other sizes by -scaling. There is an inevitable loss of quality inherent in this -approach, but for the disc-space-challenged machine, \Package{CM-LGC} -is an obvious choice. - -\Package{Tt2001} is a simple scan of the \acro{EC} and \acro{TC} -fonts, and has some virtues~--- it's noticeably smaller than -\Package{CM-super} while being less stark than \Package{CM-LGC}. - -\Package{Latin} \Package{Modern} is produced using the -program \Qref*{\ProgName{MetaType1}}{Q-textrace}. The -\Package{Latin} \Package{Modern} set comes with \acro{T}1, \acro{TS}1 -\acro{LY}1 encoded variants (as well as a variant using the Polish -\acro{QX} encoding); for the glyph set it covers, its outlines seem -rather cleaner than those of \Package{CM-super}. \Package{Latin} -\Package{Modern} is more modest in its disc space demands than is -\Package{CM-super}, while not being nearly as stark in its range of -design sizes as is \Package{CM-LGC}~--- \Package{Latin} -\Package{Modern}'s fonts are offered in the same set of sizes as the -original \Package{CM} fonts. It's hard to argue with the choice: -Knuth's range of sizes has stood the test of time, and is one of the -bases on which the excellence of the \TeX{} system rests. - -\Qref*{Virtual fonts}{Q-virtualfonts} help us deal with the problem, -since they allow us to map ``bits of \acro{DVI} file'' to single -characters in the virtual font; so we can create an ``\'e'' character -by recreating the \acro{DVI} commands that would result from the code -``\csx{'}\texttt{e}''. However, since this involves two characters being -selected from a font, the arrangement is sufficient to fool -\ProgName{Acrobat} \ProgName{Reader}: you can't use the program's -facilities for searching for text that contains inflected characters, -and if you \emph{cut} text from a window that contains such a -character, you'll find something unexpected (typically the accent and -the `base' characters separated by a space) when you \ProgName{paste} -the result. However, if you can live with this difficulty, virtual -fonts are a useful and straightforward solution to the problem. - -There are two virtual-font offerings of \acro{CM}-based 8-bit -fonts~--- the \Package{ae} (``almost \acro{EC}'') and -\Package{zefonts} sets; the \Package{zefonts} set has wider coverage -(though the \Package{ae} set may be extended to offer guillemets by -use of the \Package{aeguill} package). Neither offers characters such -as \texttt{eth} and \texttt{thorn} (used in, for example, in -Icelandic), but the \Package{aecompl} package works with the -\Package{ae} fonts to provide the missing characters from the -\acro{EC} fonts (i.e., as bitmaps). - -The sole remaining commercial \acro{CM}-like 8-bit font comes from -Micropress, who offer the complete \acro{EC} set -in Type~1 format, as part of their range of outline versions of fonts -that were originally distributed in \MF{} format. See -\Qref[question]{``commercial distributions''}{Q-commercial}. - -The shareware % ! line break -\Qref*{BaKoMa \TeX{} distribution}{Q-TeXsystems} offers a -set of Type~1 \acro{EC} fonts, as an extra shareware option. (As far -as the present author can tell, these fonts are \emph{only} available -to users of BaKoMa \TeX{}: they are stored in an archive format that -seems not to be publicly available.) - -Finally, you can use one of the myriad text fonts available in Type~1 -format (with appropriate \acro{PSNFSS} metrics for \acro{T}1 encoding, -or metrics for some other 8-bit encoding such as \acro{LY}1). However, -if you use someone else's text font (even something as simple as -Adobe's Times family) you have to find a matching family of -mathematical fonts, which is a non-trivial undertaking~--- -\htmlonly{see }\Qref{``choice of scalable fonts''}{Q-psfchoice}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}ae fonts]\CTANref{ae} -\item[aecompl.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{ae} -\item[aeguill.sty]\CTANref{aeguill} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}BaKoMa fonts]Browse \CTANref{bakoma-texfonts} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CM-LGC fonts]\CTANref{cm-lgc} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CM-super fonts]\CTANref{cm-super} (beware: - very large download) -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Latin Modern fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}tt2001 fonts]\CTANref{tt2001} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}zefonts]\CTANref{zefonts} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-pkfix]{Replacing Type 3 fonts in \PS{}} - -One often comes across a \PS{} file generated by -\ProgName{dvips} which contains embedded \acro{PK} fonts; if you try -to generate \acro{PDF} from such a file, the quality will be poor. - -Of course, the proper solution is to regenerate the \PS{} file, -but if neither the sources nor the \acro{DVI} file are available, one -must needs resort to some sort of patching to replace the bitmap fonts -in the file by outline fonts. - -The program \ProgName{pkfix} (by Heiko Oberdiek) will do this -patching, for files created by ``not too old versions'' of -\ProgName{dvips}: it finds the fonts to be replaced by examining the -\PS{} comments \ProgName{dvips} has put in the file. For each -font, \ProgName{pkfix} puts appropriate \TeX{} commands in a file, -which it then processes and runs through \ProgName{dvips} (with switch -\texttt{-Ppdf}) to acquire an appropriate copy of the font; these copies are -then patched back into the original file. - -If your source file is older than \ProgName{pkfix} can deal with, -there's still a modicum of hope: \ProgName{pkfix-helper} examines the -bitmap fonts in a document, compares them with the metric -(\extension{tfm}) fonts on your system and comes to a view of which -font might be which. The program reports on ``poor'' matches, and -there are options for confirming, or replacing, its guesses. The -technique (which sounds implausible) is successful enough to be worth -a try. - -A further option is Frank Siegert's (shareware) -\href{http://www.pstill.com}{PStill}, which is capable of processing -the \PS{} it is distilling, and one option is to replace bitmap fonts -in the file with Type~1 versions. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[pkfix]\CTANref{pkfix} -\item[pkfix-helper]\CTANref{pkfix-helper} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-pdfpagelabels]{\Package{Hyperref} and repeated page numbers} - -The \Class{book} class (and its friends and relations) automatically -changes the display of page numbers in the frontmatter of the document -to lower-case roman. This is fine for human readers, but if -\Package{hyperref} has been misconfigured, the existence of pages have -the same page number can cause problems. Fortunately, the -configuration options to make \Package{hyperref} ``do the right -thing'' are (by default) set up to avoid problems. - -The two options in question are: -\begin{description} -\item[\pkgoption{plainpages=false}] Make page anchors using the - formatted form of the page number. With this option, - \Package{hyperref} writes different anchors for pages `ii' and `2'. - (This is the default value for the option, which is a % ! line break - \emph{good thing}\dots{}) - If the option is set `\texttt{true}' \Package{hyperref} writes page - anchors as the arabic form of the page number, rather than the - formatted form that gets printed; this is not usually appropriate. -\item[\pkgoption{pdfpagelabels}] Set \acro{PDF} page labels; i.e., - write the value of \csx{thepage} to the \acro{PDF} file so that - \Package{Acrobat Reader} can display the page number as (say) `ii (4 - of 40)' rather than simply `4 of 40'. -\end{description} -The two should be used whenever page numbering is not just -`1\texttt{..}\ensuremath{n}'; they may be used independently, but -usually are not. - -The recipe isn't perfect: it relies on \csx{thepage} being different -for every page in the document. A common problem arises when there is -an unnumbered title page, after which page numbers are reset: the -\PDFTeX{} warning of ``\Qref*{duplicate destinations}{Q-hyperdupdest}'' -will happen in this case, regardless of the options. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-cpy-srchpdf]{Copy-paste-able/searchable \acro{PDF} files} - -\acro{PDF} files generated from \tex{} (and friends), will by default -hold their text in the encoding of the original \tex{} font used by -the document. - -When \acro{PDF} readers, etc., offer copy-paste or searching -functions, the operations take place on the glyph codes used for the -fonts selected by the document. This is fine, for the simplest -documents (in English, at least); the problem comes when you're using -an inflected language (with accented letters, or composite glyphs -such as `\ae{}')~--- \tex{} will typically use a non-standard -encoding, and there are likely be problems, since \acro{PDF} readers -assume the text is presented in Unicode. - -For \acro{PDF} generated from \latex{} (the \acro{DVI} being -converted, by whatever means), or from \pdflatex{}, the character -codes used in the \acro{PDF} file are in fact those of the document's -\Qref*{font encoding}{Q-whatenc}; if you're using \acro{OT}1 or -\acro{T}1, your document will be \acro{OK} for almost all \acro{ASCII} -characters, but it's likely that anything ``out of the ordinary'' will -not be represented properly. (Of course, \acro{PDF} generated from -\xetex{}- or \luatex{}-based formats is going to be \acro{OK}, since -those engines work in Unicode througout.) - -The solution comes from the character-mapping facilities in the -\acro{PDF} specification: the file may specify a table of translations -of characters present in the coding used in the file, to a Unicode -version of the characters. - -Packages \Package{cmap} and \Package{mmap} both offer means of -generating such tables (\Package{mmap} has wider coverage, including -the various maths encodings); both work with \pdftex{} and no other -engine. Thus your document becomes something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\usepackage{mmap} % (or cmap) -\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} -... % your other packages -\begin{document} -... % your actual text -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -Unfortunately, the packages only work with fonts that are directly -encoded, such as the default (Computer Modern, i.e., \FontName{cm} -fonts, and things such as \FontName{cm-super} or the \FontName{Latin} -\FontName{Modern} sets. Fonts like Adobe -Times Roman (which are encoded for \AllTeX{} use via virtual fonts) -are not amenable to this treatment. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[cmap.sty]\CTANref{cmap} -\item[cm-super \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{cm-super} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Latin Modern fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\item[mmap.sty]\CTANref{mmap} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-08-21} - -% \Question[Q-hypertex]{The Hyper\tex{} project} -% -% The Hyper\TeX{} project extended the functionality of all the -% \LaTeX{} cross-referencing commands (including the table of contents) -% to produce \csx{special} commands which are parsed by \acro{DVI} processors -% conforming to the Hyper\TeX{} guidelines; -% it provides general hypertext links, including those -% to external documents. -% -% The Hyper\TeX{} specification says that conformant viewers/translators -% must recognize the following set of \csx{special} commands: -% \begin{description} -% \item[href:] |html:<a href = "href_string">| -% \item[name:] |html:<a name = "name_string">| -% \item[end:] |html:</a>| -% \item[image:] |html:<img src = "href_string">| -% \item[base\_name:] |html:<base href = "href_string">| -% \end{description} -% -% The \emph{href}, \emph{name} and \emph{end} commands are used to do -% the basic hypertext operations of establishing links between sections -% of documents. -% -% Further details are available on \URL{http://arXiv.org/hypertex/}; there -% are two commonly-used implementations of the specification, a -% modified \ProgName{xdvi} and (recent releases of) -% \ProgName{dvips}. Output from the latter may be used in recent -% releases of \ProgName{ghostscript} or Acrobat Distiller. - - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-images.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-images.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 714c628f0af..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-images.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} -\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} -\begin{document} -\large - -% image 1: wobbly subscript -\begin{preview} - $ X^{1}_{2} X_{2} $ -\end{preview} - -% image 2: even subscript pushed down by null superscript -\begin{preview} - $ X^{1}_{2} X^{}_{2} $ -\end{preview} - -% image 3: simple use of maths: -\begin{preview} - \texttt{fi}\ensuremath\Rightarrow``fi'' -\end{preview} -\end{document} - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% TeX-master: t -%%% End: diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 7c01b80fcf1..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1021 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-install.tex,v 1.17 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Installing \AllTeX{} files} - -\Question[Q-installthings]{Installing things on a \AllTeX{} system} -\AliasQuestion{Q-instpackages} - -Installing (or replacing) things on your \AllTeX{} system has the -potential to be rather complicated; the following questions attempt to -provide a step-by-step approach, starting from the point where you've -decided what it is that you want to install: -\begin{itemize} -\item You must \Qref*{find the file you need}{Q-install-find}; -\item If you are going to install a \LaTeX{} package, you may need to - \Qref*{unpack the distributed files}{Q-install-unpack}; -\item It may be necessary to % ! line break - \Qref*{generate some documentation to read}{Q-install-doc}; -\item You need to % ! line break - \Qref*{decide where to install the files}{Q-install-where}; -\item You must now \Qref*{install the files}{Q-inst-wlcf}; and - finally -\item You may need to \Qref*{tidy up}{Q-inst-tidy} after the installation. -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-install-find]{Finding packages to install} - -How did you learn about the package? - -If the information came from these \acro{FAQ}s, you should already -have a link to the file (there are lists of packages at the end of -each answer). -\begin{narrowversion} - Make a browser link from \URL{http://mirror.ctan.org/} and the text - in the package list; if the link returns a directory listing, you can - generally retrieve the whole directory by appending the link with - \extension{zip}~--- so, for example - \URL{http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/doc.zip} for the \latex{} - documentation directory. -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - Click on one of the links associated with the package, and you can - get the package (which may be one file or several). -% need separate wording for pdfversion and htmlversion, here -\end{wideversion} - -If you heard about the file somewhere else, it's possible that the -source told you where to look; if not, try the \acro{CTAN} searching -facilities, such as \URL{http://www.tex.ac.uk/search/}. That (rather -simple) search engine can return data from a search of the CTAN -catalogue (which covers most useful packages), or data from a search -of the names of files on the archive. - -Packages come in a variety of different styles of distribution; the -very simplest will actually offer just \File{package.sty}~--- in this -case, just download the file and % ! line break -\Qref*{get on with installation}{Q-inst-wlcf}. - -You will regularly find that the file you want (e.g., \File{foo.sty}) -is distributed in a \LaTeX{} documented source file \File{foo.dtx}; -thus you should search just for \emph{foo}~--- \File{foo.sty} won't be -visible anywhere on the archive or in the catalogue. - -Since most packages are distributed in this -\extension{dtx}/\extension{ins} way, they usually occupy their own -directory on the archive. Even if that directory contains other -packages, you should download everything in the directory: as often as -not, packages grouped in this way depend on each other, so that you -really \emph{need} the other ones. - -Having acquired the package distribution, % ! line break -``\Qref*{unpacking \LaTeX{} packages}{Q-install-unpack}'' outlines -your next step. - -\Question[Q-install-unpack]{Unpacking \LaTeX{} packages} - -As discussed \Qref*{elsewhere}{Q-dtx}, the `ordinary' way to -distribute a \LaTeX{} package is as a pair of files \File{package.dtx} -and \File{package.ins}. If you've acquired such a pair, you simply -process \File{package.ins} with \LaTeX{}, and the files will appear, -ready for installation. - -Other sorts of provision should ordinarily be accompanied by a -\File{README} file, telling you what to do; we list a few example -configurations. - -Sometimes, a directory comes with a bunch of \extension{dtx} files, but -fewer (often only one) \extension{ins} files (\LaTeX{} itself comes -looking like this). If there is more than one \extension{ins} file, -and in the absence of any instruction in the \File{README} file, simply -process the \extension{ins} file(s) one by one. - -If you're missing the \File{package.ins} altogether, you need to play -around until something works. Some \extension{dtx} files are -``self-extracting''~--- they do without an \extension{ins} file, and once -you've processed the \File{package.dtx}, \File{package.sty} has -automagically appeared. Various other oddities may appear, but the -archivists aim to have \File{README} file in every package, which -should document anything out of the ordinary with the distribution. - -\Question[Q-install-doc]{Generating package documentation} - -We are faced with a range of ``normal'' provision, as well as several -oddities. One should note that documentation of many packages is -available on \acro{CTAN}, without the need of any further effort by -the user~--- such documentation can usually be browsed \emph{in situ}. - -However, if you find a package that does not offer documentation on -the archive, or if you need the documentation in some other format -than the archive offers, you can usually generate the documentation -yourself from what you download from the archive. - -The standard mechanism, for \LaTeX{} packages, is simply to run -\LaTeX{} on the \File{package.dtx} file, as you would any ordinary -\LaTeX{} file (i.e., repeatedly until the warnings go away). - -A variant is that the unpacking process provides a file -\File{package.drv}; if such a thing appears, process it in preference -to the \File{package.dtx} (it seems that when the documented \LaTeX{} -source mechanism was first discussed, the \File{.drv} mechanism was -suggested, but it's not widely used nowadays). - -Sometimes, the \LaTeX{} run will complain that it can't find -\File{package.ind} (the code line index) and/or \File{package.gls} -(the list of change records, not as you might imagine, a glossary). -Both types of file are processed with special \ProgName{makeindex} -style files; appropriate commands are: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -makeindex -s gind package -makeindex -s gglo -o package.gls package.glo -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This author finds that the second (the change record) is generally of -limited utility when reading package documentation; it is, however, -valuable if you're part of the package development team. If you don't -feel you need it, just leave out that step - -Another common (and reasonable) trick performed by package authors is -to provide a separate file \File{package-doc.tex} or even simply -\File{manual.tex}; if the file \File{package.dtx} doesn't help, simply -look around for such alternatives. The files are treated in the same -way as any ``ordinary'' \LaTeX{} file. - -\Question[Q-inst-wlcf]{Installing files ``where \AllTeX{} can find them''} -\AliasQuestion{Q-wherefiles} - -In the past, package documentation used always to tell you to put your -files ``where \LaTeX{} can find them''; this was always unhelpful~--- -if you knew where that \emph{was}, you didn't need telling, but if you -\emph{didn't} know, you were completely stuck. - -It was from this issue that the whole idea of the \acro{TDS} sprang; -``where to put'' questions now come down to ``where's the \acro{TDS} -tree?''. - -We therefore answer the question by considering: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Qref*{what tree to use}{Q-what-TDS}, and -\item \Qref*{where in the tree to put the files}{Q-install-where}. -\end{itemize} - -Once we know the answer to both questions, and we've created any -directories that are needed, we simply copy files to their rightful -location. - -This has done what the old requirement specified: \LaTeX{} (or -whatever) \emph{can} (in principle) find the files. However, in order -that the software \emph{will} find the files, we need to update an -index file. - -On a \miktex{} system, open the window - \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{All Programs}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{\miktex{} \meta{version}}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Settings}, -and click on \texttt{Refresh FNDB}. -The job may also be done in a command window, using the command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -initexmf --update-fndb -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The % ! line break -\href{http://docs.miktex.org/manual/initexmf.html}{\miktex{} documentation} -gives further details about \texttt{initexmf}. - -On a \texlive{}-based system (or its predecessor te\TeX{}, use the command -\texttt{texhash} (or if that's not available, \texttt{mktexlsr}~--- -they ought to be different names for the same program). - -Having done all this, the new package will be available for use. - -\Question[Q-what-TDS]{Which tree to use} - -In almost all cases, new material that you install should go into the -``local'' tree of your \AllTeX{} installation. (A discussion of -reasons \emph{not} to use the local tree appears below.) - -On a Unix(-alike) system, using \texlive{} or te\TeX{}, the root -directory will be named something like \path{/usr/share/texmf-local/} -or \path{/usr/local/share/texmf/} -You can ask such a system where it believes a local tree should be: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the output being the actual path, for example (on the workstation this -author is using today): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -/usr/local/share/texmf -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -In a \miktex{} installation, the location will in fact typically be -something you specified yourself when you installed \miktex{} in the -first place, but you may find you need to create one. The \miktex{} -``Settings'' window (% - \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Programs}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{\miktex{}}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Settings}) -has a tab ``\texttt{Roots}''; that tab gives a list of current -\acro{TDS} roots (they're typically not called -\texttt{texmf}-anything). If there's not one there with -``\texttt{local}'' in its name, create an appropriate one (see below), -and register it using the window's -``\texttt{Add}'' button. - -The % ! line break -\href{http://docs.miktex.org/faq/maintenance.html}{\miktex{} \acro{FAQ}} -suggests that you should create % ! line break -``\texttt{C:\textbackslash Local TeX Files}'', which is good if you -manage your own machine, but often not even possible in corporate, or -similar, environments~--- in such situations, the user may have no -control over the hard disc of the computer, at all. - -So the real criterion is that your local tree should be somewhere that -\emph{you}, rather than the system, control. Restrictive systems often -provide a ``home directory'' for each user, mounted as a network -drive; this is a natural home for the user's local tree. Other (often -academic) environments assume the user is going to provide a memory -stick, and will assign it a defined drive letter~--- another good -candidate location. Note that the semantics of such a tree are -indistinguishable from those of a % ! line break -\Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst}. - -You might not wish to use the `local' tree: -\begin{itemize} -\item if the package, or whatever, is ``personal'' (for example, - something commercial that has been licensed to you alone, or - something you're developing yourself), it should go in your - \Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst}; -\item if you \emph{know} that the package you are installing is a - replacement for the copy on the \acro{TEXMF} tree of your \AllTeX{} - distribution; in this case it is reasonable to replace the existing - copy in the \acro{TEXMF} tree. -\end{itemize} -If the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed), a copy made in -the \acro{TEXMF} tree will probably be overwritten or deleted. This -may be what you want, but otherwise it's a powerful incentive to use a -tree that is \emph{not} ``part of the installed system''. - -The reason one might place upgrades the distribution's main tree is to -avoid confusion. Suppose you were to place the file on the local -tree, and then install a new version of the distribution~--- you might -have an effect like: -\begin{itemize} -\item distribution comes with package version \ensuremath{n}; -\item you install package version \ensuremath{n+1} on the local tree; and -\item the updated distribution provides package version \ensuremath{n+2}. -\end{itemize} -In such a situation, you could find yourself using version -\ensuremath{n+1} (from the local tree) \emph{after} the new -distribution has been installed. - -If you install in the local tree, the only way to avoid such problems -is to carefully purge the local tree when installing a new -distribution. This is tedious, if you're maintaining a large -installation. - -\Question[Q-install-where]{Where to install packages} - -We assume here that you have decided what tree to put your files in, -after reading % ! line break -``\Qref*{choosing a \acro{TDS} tree}{Q-what-TDS}''. We will therefore -write \texttt{\$TEXMF} for it, and you need to substitute the tree -you decided on. - -The basic idea is to imitate the directory structure in your -existing tree(s). Here are some examples of where various sorts of -files should go: -\begin{verbatim} -.sty, .cls or .fd: $TEXMF/tex/<format>/<package>/ -.mf: $TEXMF/fonts/source/<supplier>/<font>/ -.tfm: $TEXMF/fonts/tfm/<supplier>/<font>/ -.vf: $TEXMF/fonts/vf/<supplier>/<font>/ -.afm: $TEXMF/fonts/afm/<supplier>/<font>/ -.pfb: $TEXMF/fonts/type1/<supplier>/<font>/ -.ttf: $TEXMF/fonts/truetype/<supplier>/<font>/ -.otf: $TEXMF/fonts/opentype/<supplier>/<font>/ -.pool, .fmt, .base or .mem: $TEXMF/web2c -\end{verbatim} -and for modern systems (those distributed in 2005 or later, using \acro{TDS} -v1.1 layouts): -\begin{verbatim} -.map: $TEXMF/fonts/map/<syntax>/<bundle>/ -.enc: $TEXMF/fonts/enc/<syntax>/<bundle>/ -\end{verbatim} -(Map and encoding files went to directories under -\File{$TEXMF/dvips/}, %$ -in earlier distributions.) - -In the lists above \meta{format} identifies the format the macros -are designed for~--- it can be things such as \texttt{plain}, -\texttt{generic} (i.e., any format), \texttt{latex} or -\texttt{context} (or several less common formats). - -For fonts, \meta{font} refers to the font family (such as \texttt{cm} -for Knuth's Computer Modern, \texttt{times} for Adobe's Times Roman). -The supplier is usually obvious~--- the supplier -``public'' is commonly used for free fonts. - -The \meta{syntax} (for \extension{map} and \extension{enc} files) is a -categorisation based on the way the files are written; candidates are -names of programs such as \ProgName{dvips} or \ProgName{pdftex}. - -``Straight'' \AllTeX{} input can take other forms than the -\extension{sty}, \extension{cls} or \extension{fd} listed above, too -(apart from the `obvious' \extension{tex}). Examples are (the -obvious) \extension{tex}, \extension{lfd} for \Package{babel} language -definitions, \extension{sto} and \extension{clo} for package and class -options, \extension{cfg} for configuration information, -\extension{def} for variants (such as the types of devices -\Package{graphics} drives). The \File{README} of the package should -tell you of any others, though sometimes that information is printed -when the package's \Qref*{comments are stripped}{Q-install-unpack}. -All of these files should live together with the main package files. - -Note that \meta{font} may stand for a single font or an entire family: -for example, files for all of Knuth's Computer Modern fonts are to be -found in \texttt{.../public/cm}, with various prefixes as appropriate. - -The font ``supplier'' \emph{public} is a sort of hold-all for -``free fonts produced for use with \AllTeX{}'': as well as Knuth's -fonts, \emph{public}'s directory holds fonts designed by others -(originally, but no longer exclusively, in \MF{}). - -Documentation for each package should all go, undifferentiated, into a -directory on the \path{doc/} subtree of the \acro{TDS}. The layout of -the subtree is slightly different: \path{doc/latex} hosts all -\LaTeX{} documentation directories, but more fundamental things are -covered, e.g., by \path{doc/etex} or \path{doc/xetex}. - -\Question[Q-inst-tidy]{Tidying up after installation} - -There's not usually a lot to do after you've completed the steps -above~--- indeed, if you're merely installed files direct from the -archive, or whatever, there will be precisely nothing left, by way of -debris. - -Things you might care to clean up are: -\begin{itemize} -\item the archive file, if you retrieved your data from the archive - as a \extension{zip} file, or the like; -\item the \extension{dtx} and \extension{ins} files, if you chose not - to install them with the documentation; and -\item the \extension{aux}, \extension{log}, \extension{idx}, etc., - from building the documentation. -\end{itemize} -A simple way of achieving all this is to download to a working -directory that was created for the purpose, and then to delete that -directory and all its contents after you've finished installing. - -\Question[Q-inst-scut]{Shortcuts to installing files} - -There are circumstances in which most of the fuss of installation can -be bypassed: -\begin{itemize} -\item If you are a \miktex{} user, the -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{\miktex{} package management system}{Q-inst-miktex*} - can usually help; -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - \miktex{} package management system can usually help - (\Qref{}{Q-inst-miktex*}); -\end{flatversion} -\item Similarly, if you are a \texlive{} user, the -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{\texlive{} manager}{Q-inst-texlive} - can usually help; -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - \texlive{} package management system can usually help - (\Qref{}{Q-inst-texlive}); -\end{flatversion} -\item The package you want may already exist as a \acro{ZIP} file -\begin{wideversion} - formatted for \Qref{direct installation}{Q-inst-tds-zip}. -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - formatted for direct installation (\Qref{}{Q-inst-tds-zip}). -\end{narrowversion} -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-inst-miktex*]{Installation using \miktex{} package manager} -\AliasQuestion{Q-inst-miktex} - -Packages for use with \miktex{} are maintained very efficiently by the -project managers (new packages and updates on \acro{CTAN} ordinarily -make their way to the \miktex{} package repository within a week). -Thus it makes sense for the \miktex{} user to take advantage of the -system rather than grinding through the steps of installation. - -\miktex{} maintains a database of packages it ``knows about'', -together with (coded) installation instructions that enable it to -install the packages with minimal user intervention; you can update -the database over the internet. - -If \miktex{} does know about a package you need installed, it's worth -using the system: -first, open the \miktex{} packages window: click on - \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{Programs}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{MiKTeX}\arrowhyph{}% - \texttt{MiKTeX Options}, and select the - \texttt{Packages} tab. - -On the tab, there is an Explorer-style display of packages. -Right-click on the root of the tree, ``\texttt{MiKTeX Packages}'', -and select ``\texttt{Search}'': enter the name of the package you're -interested in, and press the ``\texttt{Search}'' button. If -\miktex{} knows about your package, it will open up the tree to show -you a tick box for your package: check that box. - -If you prefer a command-line utility, there's \ProgName{mpm}. Open a -command shell, and type: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -mpm --install=<package> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(which of course assumes you know the name by which \miktex{} refers to -your package). - -\Question[Q-inst-texlive]{Installation using \texlive{} manager} - -\texlive{} manager (\ProgName{tlmgr}) is, by default, a shell (or -Windows terminal window) command. There is voluminous documentation -about it from the command -\begin{quote} - \texttt{tldoc tlmgr} -\end{quote} -but basic operation is pretty straightforward. The manager needs to -know where to download stuff from; the canonical setup is -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -tlmgr option repository \ - http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet -\end{verbatim} -(line wrapped to fit in the narrow column) -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -which passes the decision to the mirror selector. You can (of course) -specify a particular archive or mirror that you ``trust'', or even a -local disc copy that you keep up-to-date (disc space and bandwidth are -so cheap nowadays, that a ``home mirror'' of \acro{CTAN} is a feasible -proposition). - -To update a single package, use: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -tlmgr update <package> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -To update everything you already have in your installation, use: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -tlmgr update --all -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-inst-tds-zip]{Installing using ready-built \acro{ZIP} files} - -Installing packages, as they (``traditionally'') appear on -\acro{CTAN}, involves: -\begin{itemize} -\item identifying where to put the various files on an \acro{TDS} - tree, -\item installing them, and -\item a few housekeeping operations. -\end{itemize} -Most people, for most packages, find the first two steps onerous, the -last being easy (unless it is forgotten!). - -Ready-built \acro{ZIP} files~--- also known as % ! line break -\Qref*{\acro{TDS}-\acro{ZIP} files}{Q-tds-zip}~--- are designed to lighten -the load of performing the first two steps of installation: they -contain all the files that are to be installed for a given -package, in their ``correct'' locations in a % ! line break -\Qref*{\acro{TDS} tree}{Q-tds}. - -To install such a file on a Unix system (we assume that you'll install -into the local \acro{TEXMF} tree, at \texttt{\$TEXMFLOCAL}): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -cd $TEXMFLOCAL -unzip $package.tds.zip -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -On a Windows system that is modern enough that it has a built-in -\acro{ZIP} unpacker, simply double-click on the file, and browse to -where it's to be unpacked. (We trust that those using earlier -versions of Windows will already have experience of using -\ProgName{WinZIP} or the like.) - -Having unpacked the \extension{zip} archive, in most cases the only -remaining chore is to update the file indexes~--- as in % ! line break -\Qref*{normal installation instructions}{Q-inst-wlcf}. However, if -the package provides a font, you also need to enable the font's map, -which is discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{Installing a Type~1 font}{Q-instt1font}'' -\LastEdit{2012-02-08} - -\Question[Q-tempinst]{``Temporary'' installation of \AllTeX{} files} - -Operating systems and applications need to know where to find files: -many files that they need are ``just named''~--- the user doesn't -necessarily know \emph{where} they are, but knows to ask for them. -The commonest case, of course, is the commands whose names you type to -a shell (yes, even Windows' ``\MSDOS{} prompt'') are using a shell to read what -you type: many of the commands simply involve loading and executing a -file, and the \texttt{PATH} variable tells the shell where to find those files. - -Modern \TeX{} implementations come with a bunch of search paths -built in to them. In most circumstances these paths are adequate, but -one sometimes needs to extend them to pick up files in strange -places: for example, we may wish to try a new bundle of packages -before \Qref*{installing them `properly'}{Q-installthings}. To do -this, we need to change the relevant path as \TeX{} perceives it. -However, we don't want to throw away \TeX{}'s built-in path (all of a -sudden, \TeX{} won't know how to deal with all sorts of things). - -To \emph{extend} a \TeX{} path, we define an operating system -environment variable in `path format', but leaving a gap which \TeX{} -will fill with its built-in value for the path. The commonest case is -that we want to place our extension in front of the path, so that our -new things will be chosen in preference, so we leave our `gap to be -filled' at the end of the environment variable. The syntax is simple -(though it depends which shell you're actually using): so on a -Unix-like system, using the \ProgName{bash} shell, the job might be -done like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -export TEXINPUTS=/tmp: -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -while in a Windows system, within a \MSDOS{} window, it would be: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -set TEXINPUTS=C:/temp; -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In either case, we're asking \TeX{} to load files from the root disc -temporary files directory; in the Unix case, the ``empty slot'' is -designated by putting the path separator `|:|' on its own at the end -of the line, while in the Windows case, the technique is the same, but -the path separator is `|;|'. - -Note that in either sort of system, the change will only affect -instances of \TeX{} that are started from the shell where the -environment variable was set. If you run \TeX{} from another window, -it will use the original input path. To make a change of input path -that will ``stick'' for all windows, set the environment variable in -your login script or profile (or whatever) in a Unix system and log -out and in again, or in \File{autoexec.bat} in a Windows system, and -reboot the system. - -While all of the above has talked about where \TeX{} finds its macro -files, it's applicable to pretty much any sort of file any -\TeX{}-related program reads~--- there are lots of these paths, and of -their corresponding environment variables. In a -\ProgName{web2c}-based system, the copious annotations in the -\File{texmf.cnf} system configuration file help you to learn which -path names correspond to which type of file. - -\Question[Q-privinst]{``Private'' installations of files} - -It sometimes happens that you need a new version of some macro package -or font, but that the machine you use is maintained by someone who's -unwilling to update and won't give you privileges to do the job -yourself. A \Qref*{``temporary'' installation}{Q-tempinst} is -sometimes the correct approach, but if there's the slightest chance -that the installation will be needed on more than one project, -temporary installations aren't right. - -In circumstances where you have plenty of quota on backed-up media, or -adequate local scratch space, the correct approach is to create a -private installation of \AllTeX{} which includes the new stuff you -need; this is the ideal, but is not generally possible. - -So, since you can't install into the public \texttt{texmf} tree, you -have to install into a \File{texmf} tree of your own; fortunately, the -\acro{TDS} standard allows for this, and modern distributions allow -you to do it. The most modern distributions refer to the tree as -\texttt{\$TEXMFHOME}, but it used to be called \texttt{\$HOMETEXMF}; -so to check that your \TeX{} system does indeed support the mechanism -you should start with -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(for example). This will almost invariably return a pointer to a -subdirectory \File{texmf} of your home directory; the commonest -exception is Macintoshes, using Mac\TeX{}, where the diretory is -conventionally \File{Library/texmf} in your home directory. - -If you can confirm that the technique does indeed work, install your -new package (or whatever) in the \Qref*{correct place}{Q-install-where} -in a tree based on \File{$HOME/texmf}, %$ -and generate an index of that tree -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -texhash $HOME/texmf -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the argument specifies which tree you are indexing: it's necessary -since you don't, by hypothesis, have access to the main tree, and -\ProgName{texhash} without the argument would try to write the main -tree. - -There are two wrinkles to this simple formula: first, the installation -you're using may \emph{not} define a home TEXMF directory, and second, -there may be some obstruction to using \File{$HOME/texmf} %$ -as the -default name. In either case, a good solution is to have your own -\File{texmf.cnf}~--- an idea that sounds more frightening that it -actually is. The installation's existing file may be located with the -command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -kpsewhich texmf.cnf -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Take a copy of the file and put it into a directory of your own; this -could be any directory, but an obvious choice is the \File{web2c} -directory of the tree you want to create, i.e., -\File{$HOME/texmf/web2c} %$ -or the like. Make an environment variable to -point to this directory: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXMFCNF=$HOME/texmf/web2c -export TEXMFCNF -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(for a Bourne shell style system), or -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -setenv TEXMFCNF $HOME/texmf/web2c -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(for a C-shell style system). Now edit the copy of \File{texmf.cnf} - -There will be a line in the existing file that defines the tree where -everything searches; the simplest form of the line is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXMF = !!$TEXMFMAIN -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -but, there are likely to be several alternative settings behind -comment markers (``\texttt{\textpercent{}}''), and the person who -installed your system may have left them there. Whatever, you need to -modify the line that's in effect: change the above to three lines: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf -TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -% TEXMF = !!$TEXMFMAIN -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the important point being that \texttt{\$HOMETEXMF} must come before -whatever was there before, inside the braces. For example, if the -original was -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXMF = {!!$LOCALTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -it should be converted to: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf -TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$LOCALTEXMF, - !!$TEXMFMAIN} -% TEXMF = {!!$LOCALTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -\end{verbatim} -{\small Note that the \texttt{TEXMF} line is only wrapped to make it - fit in the column; there should be no line break or space between - the final comma on the line and the \texttt{!!} on the next line.\par -}% -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf -TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$LOCALTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -% TEXMF = {!!$LOCALTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -(retaining the original, as a comment, is merely an aide-memoir in -case you need to make another change, later). The \texttt{!!} signs -tell the file-searching library that it should insist on a -\ProgName{texhash}-ed directory tree; if you can count on yourself -remembering to run \ProgName{texhash} on your new tree every time you -change it, then it's worth adding the marks to your tree: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXMF = {!!$HOMETEXMF,!!$LOCALTEXMF, - !!$TEXMFMAIN} -\end{verbatim} -{\small Note that the line is only wrapped to make it - fit in the column; there should be no line break or space between - the final comma on the line and the \texttt{!!} on the next line.\par -}% -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -TEXMF = {!!$HOMETEXMF,!!$LOCALTEXMF,!!$TEXMFMAIN} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -as this will make \AllTeX{} find its files marginally faster. - -Having made all these changes, \AllTeX{} should ``just use'' files in -your new tree, in preference to anything in the main tree~--- you can -use it for updates to packages in the main tree, as well as for -installing new versions of things. -\LastEdit{2011-04-13} - -\Question[Q-instfont]{Installing a new font} - -Fonts are really ``just another package'', and so should be installed -in the same sort of way as packages. However, fonts tend to be more -complicated than the average package, and as a result it's sometimes -difficult to see the overall structure. - -Font files may appear in any of a large number of different formats; -each format has a different function in a \TeX{} system, and each is -stored in a directory its own sub-tree in the installation's -\acro{TDS} tree; all these sub-trees have the directory -\File{$TEXMF/fonts} %$ -as their root. A sequence of answers\nothtml{, below,} describes the -installation of fonts\latexhtml{.}{:} -\begin{htmlversion} -follow the list through the ``next question'' links at the bottom of -this answer to view them all. -\end{htmlversion} -Other answers discuss specific font families~--- for example, -% ! line break -``\Qref*{using the concrete fonts}{Q-concrete}''. - -\Question[Q-instmffont]{Installing a font provided as \MF{} source} - -Installing Metafont fonts is (by comparison with other sorts of font) rather -pleasingly simple. Nowadays, they are mostly distributed just as the -\MF{} source, since modern \TeX{} distributions are able to produce -everything the user needs ``on the fly''; however, if the distribution -\emph{does} include \acro{TFM} files, install them too, since they -save a little time and don't occupy much disc space. Always distrust -distributions of \acro{PK} font bitmap files: there's no way of -learning from them what printer they were generated for, and naming -schemes under different operating systems are another source of -confusion. - -``\Qref*{Where to install files}{Q-install-where}'' -specifies where the files should go. - -Further confusion is introduced by font families whose authors devise rules -for automatic generation of \MF{} sources for generating fonts at -particular sizes; the installation has to know about the rules, as -otherwise it cannot generate font files. No general advice is -available, but most such font families are now obsolescent. - -\Question[Q-instprinterfont]{`Installing' a \PS{} printer built-in font} - -There is a ``standard'' set of fonts that has appeared in every \PS{} -printer since the second generation of the type. These fonts -(8~families of four text fonts each, and three special-purpose fonts) -are of course widely used, because of their simple availability. The -set consists of: -\begin{itemize} -\item \FontName{Times} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Palatino} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{New} \FontName{Century} \FontName{Schoolbook} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Bookman} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Helvetica} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Avant} \FontName{Garde} (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Courier} family (4 fonts) -\item \FontName{Utopia} family (4 fonts) -\item Zapf \FontName{Chancery} (1 font) -\item Zapf \FontName{Dingbats} (1 font) -\item \FontName{Symbol} (1 font) -\end{itemize} -All these fonts are supported, for \LaTeX{} users, by the -\Package{psnfss} set of metrics and support files in the file -\File{lw35nfss.zip} on \acro{CTAN}. Almost any remotely modern \TeX{} -system will have some version of \Package{psnfss} installed, but -users should note that the most recent version has much improved -coverage of maths with \FontName{Times} (see package -\Package{mathptmx}) and with \FontName{Palatino} (see package -\Package{mathpazo}, as well as a more reliable set of font metrics. - -The archive \File{lw35nfss.zip} is laid out according to the -\acro{TDS}, so in principle, installation consists simply of -``unzipping'' the file at the root of a \path{texmf} tree. - -Documentation of the \Package{psnfss} bundle is provided in -\File{psnfss2e.pdf} in the distribution. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[mathpazo.sty]Part of the \Package{psnfss} bundle -\item[mathptmx.sty]Part of the \Package{psnfss} bundle -\item[psnfss \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{psnfss} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-prept1font]{Preparing a Type~1 font} - -The process of installing a Type~1 font set is rather convoluted, and -we will deal with it in two chunks: first (in the present answer) -preparing the font for installation, and second % ! line break -\Qref*{installing a Type~1 font}{Q-instt1font}). - -Many fonts are supplied in \AllTeX{} ready form: such fonts need no -preparation, and may be installed immediately. - -However, if you purchase a font from a Type foundry (either direct or -via one of the web stores), you are likely to need to `prepare' it for -use with \AllTeX{}. The rest of this answer discusses this preparation. -\begin{itemize} -\item Acquire the font. A very small set of Type~1 fonts is installed - in most \PS{} printers you will encounter. For those few (whose use - is covered by the basic \acro{PSNFSS} package), you don't need the - Type~1 font itself, to be able to print using the font. - - For all the myriad other Type~1 fonts, to be able to print using - the font you need the Type~1 file itself. Some of these are - available for free (they've either been donated to the public - domain, or were developed as part of a free software project), but - the vast majority are commercial products, requiring you to spend - real money. -\item Acquire the fonts' \acro{AFM} files. \acro{AFM} files contain - information from the font foundry, about the sizes of the characters - in the font, and how they fit together. One measure of the quality - of a font-supplier is that they provide the \acro{AFM} files by - default: if the files are not available, you are unlikely to be able - to use the font with \AllTeX{}. -\item Rename the \acro{AFM} files and the Type~1 files to match the - \Qref*{Berry font naming scheme}{Q-fontname}. -\item Generate \TeX{} metric files from the \acro{AFM} files. The - commonest tool for this task is \Package{fontinst}; the package - documentation helps, but other guides are available (see below). - The simplest possible script to pass to \Package{fontinst} is: - \begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\latinfamily{xyz}{} -\bye -\end{verbatim} - \end{quote} - where \texttt{xyz} is the Berry name of the font family. This - simple script is adequate for most purposes: its output covers the - font family in both \acro{T}1 and \acro{OT}1 font encodings. Nevertheless, - with fancier fonts, more elaborate things are possible with - \Package{fontinst}: see its documentation for details. - - \Package{Fontinst} also generates map files, and \LaTeX{} font - definition (\extension{fd}) files. -\end{itemize} -Having traversed this list, you have a set of font files ready for -installation. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontinst.sty]\CTANref{fontinst} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Type 1 installation guide]\CTANref{T1instguide} -\end{ctanrefs} - - -\Question[Q-instt1font]{Installing a Type~1 font} - -Once you have a prepared Type~1 font, either direct from \acro{CTAN} -or the like, or having \Qref*{`prepared' it yourself}{Q-prept1font}, -you can get on with installation. - -The procedure is merely an extension of that for packages, etc., so -much of what follows will be familiar: -\begin{itemize} -\item Install the files, in your local \texttt{texmf} tree (the advice - about installing non-standard things applies here, too). The - following list gives reasonable destinations for the various files - related to a font family \meta{fname}: -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -.pfb, -.pfa .../fonts/type1/<foundry>/<fname> -.tfm .../fonts/tfm/<foundry>/<fname> -.vf .../fonts/vf/<foundry>/<fname> -.sty, -.fd .../tex/latex/<fname> -.map .../fonts/map/dvips/<foundry> -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -.pfb, -.pfa .../fonts/type1/<foundry>/<fname> -.tfm .../fonts/tfm/<foundry>/<fname> -.vf .../fonts/vf/<foundry>/<fname> -.sty, -.fd .../tex/latex/<fname> -.map .../fonts/map/dvips/<foundry> -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} - but if you are lucky, you will be starting from a distribution from - \acro{CTAN} and there is a corresponding \extension{tds.zip} file: - using this \acro{TDS}-file saves the bother of deciding where to put - your files in the \acro{TDS} tree. -\item Regenerate the file indexes (as described in - \Qref[question]{package installation}{Q-inst-wlcf}). -\item Update the \ProgName{dvips}, \PDFTeX{} and other maps: - \begin{itemize} - \item On any current \texlive{}-based system, or a te\TeX{} v3.0 - system, execute the command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -updmap-sys --enable Map <fname>.map -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - as root. (If you \emph{can} use \ProgName{updmap-sys}~--- do; if - not~--- presumably because your \alltex{} system was set up by - someone else~--- you have to fall back on plain \ProgName{updmap}, - but be aware that it's a potent source of confusion, setting up - map sets that might be changed behind your back.) - \item On a current \miktex{} system, update the system file - \File{updmap.cfg}, using the shell command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -initexmf --edit-config-file updmap -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - adding a line at the end: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Map <fname>.map -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - for each font family \meta{fname} you are adding to the system. - Now generate revised maps with the shell command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -initexmf --mkmaps -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - This, and other matters, are described in \miktex{} % beware line break - \href{http://docs.miktex.org/manual/advanced.html}{``advanced'' documentation}. - \end{itemize} -\end{itemize} -Both processes (preparing and installing a font) are very well (and -thoroughly) described in Philipp Lehman's guide to font installation, -which may be found on \acro{CTAN}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fontinst.sty]\CTANref{fontinst} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Type 1 installation guide]\CTANref{T1instguide} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-inst1cm]{Installing the Type~1 versions of the CM~fonts} - -This is a specialised case of \Qref*{installing a font}{Q-instfont}, -but it is almost never necessary~--- it's inconceivable that any (even -remotely) recent system will \emph{not} have the fonts already -installed. You can confirm this (near-inevitable) fact by trying the -fonts. On a system that uses \ProgName{dvips} (almost all do), try -the sequence: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -latex sample2e -dvips -o sample2e.ps sample2e -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -at a ``command prompt'' (\ProgName{shell}, in a Unix-style system, -``\acro{DOS} box'' in a Windows system). - -If the command works at all, the console output of the command will -include a sequence of Type~1 font file names, listed as -\texttt{<\emph{path}/cmr10.pfb>} and so on; this is \ProgName{dvips} -telling you it's copying information from the Type~1 font, and you -need do no more. - -If the test has failed, you need to install your own set of the fonts; -the distribution (including all the fonts the \acro{AMS} designed and -produced themselves) is now described as \Package{amsfonts}. The -bundle contains metric and map files~--- all you need to -\Qref*{install the fonts}{Q-instt1font}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[AMS and CM fonts, in Type 1 format]\CTANref{amsfonts} -\end{ctanrefs} - - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-intro.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-intro.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 6d82072690f..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-intro.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,203 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-intro.tex,v 1.31 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -% this environment is for the benefit of new-style file generation -\begin{introduction} -% suppress section numbers until end environment -\nothtml{\csname c@secnumdepth\endcsname=-1 } -\section{Introduction} - -This is a set of Frequently Asked Questions (\acro{FAQ}) for -English-speaking users of \TeX{}. - -The questions answered here cover a wide range of topics, but -typesetting issues are mostly covered from the viewpoint of a \LaTeX{} -user. Some of the questions answered have little relevance to today's -users; this is inevitable~--- it's easier to add information than it -is to decide that information is no longer needed. The set of -answered questions is therefore in a state of slow flux: new questions -are answered, while old questions are deleted~\dots{}~but the whole -process depends on the time available for \acro{FAQ} maintenance. - -\nothtml{\noindent} You may use the \acro{FAQ} -\begin{itemize} -\item by reading a printed document, -\item by viewing a \acro{PDF} file, with hyperlinks to assist - browsing: copies are available formatted so that they could be - printed on \CTANhref{faq-a4}{A4 paper} or on % ! line break - \CTANhref{faq-letter}{North American ``letter'' paper}, \htmlonly{or} -\begin{typesetversion} -\item by using the \acro{FAQ}'s web interface (base \acro{URL}: - \URL{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq}); this version provides simple - search capabilities, as well as a link to Google for a more - sophisticated search restricted to the \acro{FAQ} itself, or -\end{typesetversion} -\item via Scott Pakin's \CTANhref{visualFAQ}{Visual FAQ}, which shows - \LaTeX{} constructions with links to \acro{FAQ} explanations of how - they may be created. -\end{itemize} - -\subsection{Licence of the \acro{FAQ}} - -The source of the \acro{FAQ}, available in the % ! line break -\CTANhref{faq}{\acro{FAQ}'s \ctan{} directory}, and its derived -representations (currently, the \acro{HTML} found at -\url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq} and \acro{PDF} copies, also in the -% ! line break -\CTANhref{faq}{\acro{FAQ}'s \ctan{} directory}) are all placed in the -public domain. - -\subsection{Finding the Files} -\begin{typesetversion} -Unless otherwise specified, all files mentioned in this \acro{FAQ} -are available from a \ctan{} archive, or from a mirror of -\ctan{}~--- see \Qref[question]{later discussion}{Q-archives}% ! space -\narrowonly{, which gives details} of the \ctan{} -archives\wideonly{ and}\narrowonly{, including} how to retrieve files -from them. - -The reader should also note that the first directory name of the path -name of every file on \ctan{} is omitted from what follows, for -the simple reason that, while it's always the same -(\path{tex-archive/}) on the main sites, mirror sites often choose -something else. - -To avoid confusion, we also omit the full stop from the end of any -sentence whose last item is a path name (such sentences are rare, and -only occur at the end of paragraphs). Though the path names are set -in a different font from running text, it's not easy to distinguish -the font of a single dot! -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} -Almost all files suggested in any answer in these \acro{FAQ}s are -available from \Qref{\ctan{} archives}{Q-archives}, and may be -reached via links in the file list at the end of the answer. In -particular, documentation (when available) is linked from the -\ctan{} Catalogue entry, which is also listed in the file list. - -Unless doing so is unavoidable, the answers do not mention things that -are not on the \ctan{} archives. An obvious exception is web -resources such as supplementary documents, etc. -\end{htmlversion} - -\begin{typesetversion} - \subsection*{Origins} -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} - \textbf{Origins} -\end{htmlversion} -The \acro{FAQ} was originated by the Committee of the \acro{UK} -\TeX{} Users' Group (\acro{UK}~\acro{TUG}), in 1994, as a development of a -regular posting to the \emph{Usenet} newsgroup -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} that was maintained for some time by Bobby -Bodenheimer. The first \acro{UK} version was much re-arranged and -corrected from the original, and little of Bodenheimer's work now -remains. - -\htmlignore -The following people (at least~--- there are almost certainly others -whose names weren't correctly recorded) have contributed help or -advice on the development of the \acro{FAQ}: -William Adams, % spotting dead url -Donald Arseneau, % indefatigable -Rosemary Bailey, % lots of initial set of maths answers -Barbara Beeton, % one of first reviewers outside cttee -Karl Berry, % often provides comments & suggestions -Giuseppe Bilotta, -Charles Cameron, -Fran\c{c}ois Charette, % update of q-xetex -Damian Cugley, -Martin Garrod, % two consecutive "report" in clsvpkg -Michael Dewey, -Michael Downes, % (RIP) on (ams)maths stuff -Jean-Pierre Drucbert, % (RIP) corrected my interpretation of minitoc -David Epstein, % comment on q-algorithms, suggestion of tex-sx -Michael Ernst, % alert on confusing colloquialism -Thomas Esser, -Ulrike Fischer, % spotted boondoggle in q-tabcellalign - % args like \section improvement; general typos -Bruno Le Floch, % alert to mess in q-latex3 -Anthony Goreham, -Norman Gray, -Enrico Gregorio, % new definition for q-seccntfmt -Werner Grundlingh, % xparse for *-commands -Eitan Gurari, % (RIP) comparative html translators -William Hammond, % lots of work on xml-related answers -John Hammond, % corrections to q-protect -John Harper, % patient help with q-robust ;-) -Gernot Hassenpflug, % impetus and suggestions for q-printvar -Troy Henderson, % metapost tutorials update -Hartmut Henkel, -Stephan Hennig, % text about vc in Q-RCS -John Hobby, -Morten H\textoslash gholm, % eagle eyes in search for problems -Berthold Horn, % lots of stuff on fonts -Ian Hutchinson, % comparative html translators -Werner Icking, % (RIP) answer on tex-music -William Ingram, % extension of transcinit -David Jansen, % error in errmissitem example code -Alan Jeffrey, % another founding father -Regnor Jernsletten, -David Kastrup, % inter alia, suggested mention of lilypond -Oleg Katsitadze, % revision of q-eplain -Isaac Khabaza, % kindersley book -Ulrich Klauer, % pointed out twaddle in TeXpronounce -Markus Kohm, % help with functionality of Koma-script -Stefan Kottwitz % picked up text of q-wideflt -David Kraus, % help with tocbibind (spotted embarrassing typo :-} ) -Ryszard Kubiak, % comment about q-driver -Simon Law, -Uwe L\"uck, % correction of typo -Daniel Luecking, % typos -Aditya Mahajan, % rewrite of q-context -Sanjoy Mahajan, -Diego Andres Alvarez Marin, % suggestion of lacheck -Andreas Matthias, % most recently q-isitanum -Steve Mayer, % proof reading -Javier Mora, % bug in q-cmdstar -Brooks Moses, % editorial suggestion -Peter Moulder, % improvement of q-widows -Iain Murray, % alternative solution in q-hyperdupdest -Vilar Camara Neto, % explain breakurl pkg, suggest use of numprint -Dick Nickalls, -Ted Nieland, -Hans Nordhaug, -Pat Rau, -Heiko Oberdiek, -Piet van Oostrum, -Scott Pakin, % bug reports (at least) -Oren Patashnik, -Manuel P\'egouri\'e-Gonnard, % improvement of q-luatex -Steve Peter, % comprehensive review, lots of typos etc -Sebastian Rahtz, % without whom there would be no... -Philip Ratcliffe, % help with a bibtex oddity, editorial comment -Chris Rowley, % founding father -Jos\'e Carlos Santos, % assiduous reader of new versions -Walter Schmidt, -Hans-Peter Schr\"ocker, -Joachim Schrod, -Uwe Siart, % correction for manymathalph -Maarten Sneep, % summary of c.t.t thread for outszwrng, inter alia -Axel Sommerfeldt, % suggested rewrite of q-hyperdupdest -Philipp Stephani, % xlation of komascript keyval stuff -James Szinger, % who responded on c.t.t to request for answer -Nicola Talbot, % correction of link -Bob Tennent, % urw classico + sansmath -Tomek Trzeciak, % suggested docmute and standalone together -Ulrik Vieth, -Mike Vulis, % details of micropress offerings -Chris Walker, % revtex alert, ite suggestion (q-labelfig) -Peter Wilson, % several, incl functionality of memoir -Joseph Wright, % help with keyval, l3keys, etc. -Rick Zaccone, -Gregor Zattler % typo spotted -and -Reinhard Zierke. - -That list does \emph{not} cover the many people whose ideas were -encountered on various mailing lists, in newsgroups, or (more -recently!) in web forums. Many -such people have helped, even if simply to highlight an area in which -\acro{FAQ} work would be useful. -\endhtmlignore -% \LastEdit{2013-08-20} % not to be typeset or converted to html... -\end{introduction} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-jot-err.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-jot-err.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 3281e54a18e..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-jot-err.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2467 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-jot-err.tex,v 1.25 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{The joy of \TeX{} errors} - -\Question[Q-erroradvice]{How to approach errors} - -Since \TeX{} is a macroprocessor, its error messages are often -difficult to understand; this is a (seemingly invariant) property of -macroprocessors. Knuth makes light of the problem in the \TeX{}book, -suggesting that you acquire the sleuthing skills of a latter-day -Sherlock Holmes; while this approach has a certain romantic charm to -it, it's not good for the `production' user of \AllTeX{}. This -answer (derived, in part, from an article by Sebastian Rahtz in -\TUGboat{} 16(4)) offers some general guidance in dealing with \TeX{} -error reports, and other answers in this section deal with common (but -perplexing) errors that you may encounter. There's a long list of -``hints'' in Sebastian's article, including the following: -\begin{itemize} -\item Look at \TeX{} errors; those messages may seem cryptic at first, - but they often contain a straightforward clue to the problem. See - \Qref[question]{the structure of errors}{Q-errstruct} for further - details. -\item Read the \extension{log} file; it contains hints to things you may - not understand, often things that have not even presented as error - messages. -\item Be aware of the amount of context that \TeX{} gives you. The - error messages gives you some bits of \TeX{} code (or of the - document itself), that show where the error ``actually happened''; - it's possible to control how much of this `context' \TeX{} actually - gives you. \LaTeX{} (nowadays) instructs \TeX{} only to give you - one line of context, but you may tell it otherwise by saying -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setcounter{errorcontextlines}{999} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - in the preamble of your document. (If you're not a confident macro - programmer, don't be ashamed of cutting that 999 down a bit; some - errors will go on and \emph{on}, and spotting the differences - between those lines can be a significant challenge.) -\item As a last resort, tracing can be a useful tool; reading a full - \AllTeX{} trace takes a strong constitution, but once you know how, - the trace can lead you quickly to the source of a problem. You need - to have read the \TeX{}book (see -% beware line break - \Qref[question]{books about \TeX{}}{Q-tex-books}) in some detail, fully - to understand the trace. - - The command \csx{tracingall} sets up maximum tracing; it also sets - the output to come to the interactive terminal, which is somewhat of - a mixed blessing (since the output tends to be so vast~--- all but - the simplest traces are best examined in a text editor after the event). - - The \LaTeX{} \Package{trace} package (first distributed with the - 2001 release of \LaTeX{}) provides more manageable tracing. Its - \csx{traceon} command gives you what \csx{tracingall} offers, but - suppresses tracing around some of the truly verbose parts of - \LaTeX{} itself. The package also provides a \csx{traceoff} - command (there's no ``off'' command for \csx{tracingall}), and a - package option (|logonly|) allows you to suppress output to the - terminal. -\end{itemize} -The best advice to those faced with \TeX{} errors is not to panic: -most of the common errors are plain to the eye when you go back to the -source line that \TeX{} tells you of. If that approach doesn't work, -the remaining answers in this section deal with some of the odder -error messages you may encounter. You should not ordinarily need to -appeal to the \Qref*[question]{wider public}{Q-gethelp} -for assistance, but if you do, be sure to -report full backtraces (see |errorcontextlines| above) and so on. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[trace.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[trace] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-errstruct]{The structure of \TeX{} error messages} - -\TeX{}'s error messages are reminiscent of the time when \TeX{} itself -was conceived (the 1970s): they're not terribly user-friendly, though -they do contain all the information that \TeX{} can offer, usually in -a pretty concise way. - -\TeX{}'s error reports all have the same structure: -\begin{itemize} -\item An error message -\item Some `context' -\item An error prompt -\end{itemize} -The error message will relate to the \emph{\TeX{}} condition that is -causing a problem. Sadly, in the case of complex macro packages such -as \LaTeX{}, the underlying \TeX{} problem may be superficially -difficult to relate to the actual problem in the ``higher-level'' -macros. Many \LaTeX{}-detected problems manifest themselves as -`generic' errors, with error text provided by \LaTeX{} itself (or by a -\LaTeX{} class or package). - -The context of the error is a stylised representation of what \TeX{} -was doing at the point that it detected the error. As noted in -\Qref[question]{approaching errors}{Q-erroradvice}, a macro package -can tell \TeX{} how much context to display, and the user may need to -undo what the package has done. Each line of context is split at the -point of the error; if the error \emph{actually} occurred in a macro -called from the present line, the break is at the point of the call. -(If the called object is defined with arguments, the ``point of call'' -is after all the arguments have been scanned.) For example: -\begin{verbatim} -\blah and so on -\end{verbatim} -produces the error report -\begin{verbatim} -! Undefined control sequence. -l.4 \blah - and so on -\end{verbatim} -while: -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\blah}[1]{\bleah #1} -\blah{to you}, folks -\end{verbatim} -produces the error report -\begin{verbatim} -! Undefined control sequence. -\blah #1->\bleah - #1 -l.5 \blah{to you} - , folks -\end{verbatim} -If the argument itself is in error, we will see things such as -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\blah}[1]{#1 to you} -\blah{\bleah}, folks -\end{verbatim} -producing -\begin{verbatim} -! Undefined control sequence. -<argument> \bleah - -l.5 \blah{\bleah} - , folks -\end{verbatim} - -The prompt accepts single-character commands: the list of what's -available may be had by typing |?|\@. One immediately valuable -command is |h|, which gives you an expansion of \TeX{}s original -pr\'ecis message, sometimes accompanied by a hint on what to do to -work round the problem in the short term. If you simply type `return' -(or whatever else your system uses to signal the end of a line) at the -prompt, \TeX{} will attempt to carry on (often with rather little -success). - -\Question[Q-extrabrace]{An extra `\texttt{\cbracesymbol{}}'??} -\keywords{caption heading} - -You've looked at your \LaTeX{} source and there's no sign of a misplaced -\texttt{\cbracesymbol{}} on the line in question. - -Well, no: this is \TeX{}'s cryptic way of hinting that you've put a -\begin{wideversion} % hyper -\Qref{fragile command}{Q-protect} in a moving argument. -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -fragile command in a moving argument (\Qref{}{Q-protect}). -\end{narrowversion} - -For example, \csx{footnote} is fragile, and if we put that in the -moving argument of a \csx{section} command, as -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{Mumble\footnote{% - I couldn't think of anything better}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{Mumble\footnote{I couldn't think of anything better}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -we get told -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Argument of \@sect has an extra }. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The same happens with captions (the following is a simplification of a -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} post): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\caption{Energy: \[e=mc^2\]} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -giving us the error message -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Argument of \@caption has an extra }. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The similar (but more sensible): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\caption{Energy: \(e=mc^2\)} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -is more tiresome, still: there's no error when you first run the -job~\dots{} but there is on the second pass, when the list of figures -(or tables) is generated, giving: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -in the \csx{listoffigures} processing. - -The solution is usually to use a robust command in place of the one -you are using, or to force your command to be robust by prefixing it -with \csx{protect}, which in the \csx{section} case would show as -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{Mumble\protect\footnote{% - I couldn't think of anything better}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{Mumble\protect\footnote{I couldn't think of anything better}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -However, in both the \csx{section} case and the \csx{caption} case, -you can separate the moving argument, as in -\cmdinvoke*{section}[moving]{static}; this gives us another standard -route~--- simply to omit (or otherwise sanitise) the fragile command -in the moving argument. So, one might rewrite the \csx{caption} -example as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\caption[Energy: (Einstein's equation)]% - {Energy: \(E=mc^2\)} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\caption[Energy: (Einstein's equation)]{Energy: \(E=mc^2\)} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -In practice, inserting mathematics in a moving argument has already -been addressed in \latexe{} by the robust command \csx{ensuremath}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\caption{Energy: \ensuremath{E=mc^2}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -So: always look for alternatives to the \csx{protect} route. - -Footnotes can be even more complex; % ! line break -``\Qref*[question]{footnotes in \LaTeX{} section headings}{Q-ftnsect}'' -deals specifically with that issue. -\LastEdit{2012-02-09} - -\Question[Q-semanticnest]{Capacity exceeded [semantic nest\,\dots{}]} - -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [semantic nest - size=100]. -... -If you really absolutely need more capacity, -you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [semantic nest size=100]. -... -If you really absolutely need more capacity, -you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -Even though \TeX{} suggests (as always) that enlargement by a wizard -may help, this message usually results from a broken macro or bad -parameters to an otherwise working macro. - -The ``semantic nest'' \TeX{} talks about is the nesting -of boxes within boxes. A stupid macro can provoke the error pretty -easily: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\silly{\hbox{here's \silly - being executed}} -\silly -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\silly{\hbox{here's \silly being executed}} -\silly -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -The extended traceback -% beware of filling this line... -(see \Qref{\emph{general advice} on errors}{Q-erroradvice}) -\emph{does} help, though it does rather run on. In the case above, -the traceback consists of -\begin{verbatim} -\silly ->\hbox { - here's \silly being executed} -\end{verbatim} -followed by 100 instances of -\begin{verbatim} -\silly ->\hbox {here's \silly - being executed} -\end{verbatim} -The repeated lines are broken at exactly the offending macro; of -course the loop need not be as simple as this~--- if \csx{silly} calls -\csx{dopy} which boxes \csx{silly}, the effect is just the same and -alternate lines in the traceback are broken at alternate positions. - -There are in fact two items being consumed when you nest boxes: the -other is the grouping level. Whether you exhaust your % !line wrap -\emph{semantic nest} or your permitted \emph{grouping levels} first is -controlled entirely by the relative size of the two different sets of -buffers in your \AllTeX{} executable. - -\Question[Q-noroom]{No room for a new `\emph{thing}'} - -The technology available to Knuth at the time \TeX{} was written is -said to have been particularly poor at managing dynamic storage; as a -result much of the storage used within \TeX{} is allocated as fixed -arrays, in the reference implementations. Many of these fixed arrays -are expandable in modern \TeX{} implementations, but size of the -arrays of ``registers'' is written into the specification as being 256 -(usually); this number may not be changed if you still wish to call -the result \TeX{} -%% beware line wrap -(see \Qref[question]{testing \TeX{} implementations}{Q-triptrap}). - -If you fill up one of these register arrays, you get a \TeX{} error -message saying -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! No room for a new \<thing>. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \csx{thing}s in question may be \csx{count} (the object underlying -\LaTeX{}'s \csx{newcounter} command), \csx{skip} (the object underlying -\LaTeX{}'s \csx{newlength} command), \csx{box} (the object underlying -\LaTeX{}'s \csx{newsavebox} command), or \csx{dimen}, \csx{muskip}, -\csx{toks}, \csx{read}, \csx{write} or \csx{language} (all types of object -whose use is ``hidden'' in \LaTeX{}; the limit on the number of -\csx{read} or \csx{write} objects is just 16). - -There is nothing that can directly be done about this error, as you can't -extend the number of available registers without extending \TeX{} -itself. -\begin{htmlversion} - Of course, \Qref{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex}, \Qref{Omega}{Q-omegaleph} and - \Qref{\LuaTeX{}}{Q-luatex} -\end{htmlversion} -\htmlignore -% beware line wrap here - Of course \Qref[question]{\etex{}}{Q-etex}, - \Qref[question]{\ensuremath{\Omega}}{Q-omegaleph} and - \Qref[question]{\LuaTeX{}}{Q-luatex} -\endhtmlignore -all do this, as does \Qref*{MicroPress Inc's V\TeX{}}{Q-commercial}. - -The commonest way to encounter one of these error messages is to have -broken macros of some sort, or incorrect usage of macros (an example -is discussed in \Qref[question]{epsf problems}{Q-epsf}). - -However, sometimes one just \emph{needs} more than \TeX{} can offer, -and when this happens, you've just got to work out a different way of -doing things. An example is the % beware line wrap -\Qref*{difficulty of loading \PiCTeX{} with \LaTeX{}}{Q-usepictex}. -The more modern drawing package, \Package{pgf} with its higher-level -interface \Package{TikZ} is also a common source of such problems. - -In such cases, it is usually possible to use the -\Qref*{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex} extensions (all modern distributions provide -them). The \LaTeX{} package \Package{etex} modifies the register allocation -mechanism to make use of \eTeX{}'s extended register sets. -\Package{Etex} is a -derivative of the \plaintex{} macro file \Package{etex.src}, which is -used in building the \eTeX{} Plain format; both files are part of the -\eTeX{} distribution and are available in current distributions. - -It is possible that, even with \Package{etex} loaded, you still find -yourself running out of things. Problems can be caused by packages -that use large numbers of ``inserts'' (inserts are combinations of -counter, box, dimension and skip registers, used for storing floats -and footnotes). \Package{Morefloats} does this, of course (naturally enough, -allocating new floats), and footnote packages such as -\Package{manyfoot} and \Package{bigfoot} (which uses \Package{manyfoot}) -can also give problems. The \Package{etex} extensions allow you to deal with -these things: the command \cmdinvoke*{reserveinserts}{n} ensures there -is room for \meta{n} more inserts. Hint: by default -\Package{morefloats} adds 18 inserts (though it can be instructed to -use more), and \Package{manyfoot} seems to be happy with 10 reserved, -but there are `hard' limits that we cannot program around~--- the -discussion of \Qref*{running out of floats}{Q-tmupfl} has more about this. -It is essential that you load \Package{etex} before any other -packages, and reserve any extra inserts immediately: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[...]{...} -\usepackage{etex} -\reserveinserts{28} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The \eTeX{} extensions don't help with \csx{read} or \csx{write} -objects (and neither will the \Package{etex} package), but the -\Package{morewrites} package can provide the \emph{illusion} of large -numbers of \csx{write} objects. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[morewrites.sty]\CTANref{morewrites} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-epsf]{\texttt{epsf} gives up after a bit} - -Some copies of the documentation of \File{epsf.tex} seemed once to -suggest that the command -\begin{verbatim} - \input epsf -\end{verbatim} -is needed for every figure included. If you follow this suggestion -too literally, you get an error -\begin{verbatim} - ! No room for a new \read . -\end{verbatim} -after a while; this is because each time \File{epsf.tex} is loaded, it -allocates itself a \emph{new} file-reading handle to check the figure -for its bounding box, and there just aren't enough of these things -(see \Qref[question]{no room for a new thing}{Q-noroom}). - -The solution is simple~--- this is in fact an example of misuse of -macros; one only need read \File{epsf.tex} once, so change -\begin{verbatim} - ... - \input epsf - \epsffile{...} - ... - \input epsf - \epsffile{...} -\end{verbatim} -(and so on) with a single -\begin{verbatim} - \input epsf -\end{verbatim} -somewhere near the start of your document, and then decorate your -\csx{epsffile} statements with no more than adjustments of -\csx{epsfxsize} and so on. - -\Question[Q-badhyph]{Improper \csx{hyphenation} will be flushed} - -For example -\begin{verbatim} -! Improper \hyphenation will be flushed. -\'#1->{ - \accent 19 #1} -<*> \hyphenation{Ji-m\'e - -nez} -\end{verbatim} -(in \plaintex{}) or -\begin{verbatim} -! Improper \hyphenation will be flushed. -\leavevmode ->\unhbox - \voidb@x -<*> \hyphenation{Ji-m\'e - -nez} -\end{verbatim} -in \LaTeX{}. - -As mentioned in -\begin{flatversion} - \Qref[question]{hyphenation failures}{Q-nohyph}, -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - ``\Qref[question]{hyphenation failures}{Q-nohyph}'', -\end{hyperversion} -``words'' containing \csx{accent} commands may not be hyphenated. As -a result, any such word is deemed improper in a \csx{hyphenation} -command. - -Hyphenation happens as paragraphs are laid out; by this time, \tex{} -knows what font is used for each glyph; thus it knows the encoding -being used. So the solution to the problem is to use a font that -contains the accented character; doing this this ``hides'' the accent -from the hyphenation mechanisms. - -For \LaTeX{} users, this is quite an easy task; they select an 8-bit -font with the package, as in \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[T1]{fontenc}, and -accented-letter commands such as the \csx{'}\texttt{e} in -\cmdinvoke{hyphenation}{Ji-m\csx{'}e-nez} automatically become the -single accented character by the time the hyphenation gets to look at -it. - - -\Question[Q-optionclash]{Option clash for package} - -So you've innocently added: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[draft]{foo} -\end{quote} -to your document, and \LaTeX{} responds with -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package foo. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package foo. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} - -The error is a complaint about loading a package % ! line break -\emph{with options}, more than once. \LaTeX{} complains because it -has no means of examining the options, rather than because it -\emph{knows} there is a problem. (You may load a package any number -of times in a document's preamble, with no options, and \LaTeX{} will -ignore every loading request after the first; but you may only supply -options when you first load the package.) - -So perhaps you weren't entirely innocent~--- the error would have -occurred on the second line of: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[dvips]{graphics}\\ -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[draft]{graphics} -\end{quote} -which could quite reasonably (and indeed correctly) have been typed: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[dvips,draft]{graphics} -\end{quote} - -But if you've not made that mistake (even with several lines -separating the \csx{usepackage} commands, it's pretty easy to spot), -the problem could arise from something else loading the package for -you. How do you find the culprit? The "\texttt{h}" response to the -error message tells you which options were loaded each time. -Otherwise, it's down to the log analysis games discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{How to approach errors}{Q-erroradvice}''; the trick to remember -is that that the process of loading each file is parenthesised in the -log; so if package \Package{foo} loads \Package{graphics}, the log -will contain something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -(<path>/foo.sty ... -... -(<path>/graphics.sty ... -...) -... -) -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the parentheses for \Package{graphics} are completely enclosed in -those for \Package{foo}; the same is of course true if your class -\Class{bar} is the culprit, except that the line will start with the -path to \texttt{bar.cls}). - -If we're dealing with a package that loads the package you are -interested in, you need to ask \LaTeX{} to slip in options when -\Package{foo} loads it. Instead of: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}{foo}\\ -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[draft]{graphics} -\end{quote} -you would write: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{PassOptionsToPackage}{draft}{graphics}\\ -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}{foo} -\end{quote} -The command \csx{PassOptionsToPackage} tells \LaTeX{} to behave as if -its options were passed, when it finally loads a package. As you would -expect from its name, \csx{PassOptionsToPackage} can deal with a list -of options, just as you would have in the the options brackets of -\csx{usepackage}. - -The problem is more tricky if your document class loads a package you -want options for. In this case, instead of: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{documentclass}[...]{bar}\\ -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[draft]{graphics} -\end{quote} -you would write: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{PassOptionsToPackage}{draft}{graphics}\\ -\cmdinvoke{documentclass}[...]{bar} -\end{quote} -with \csx{PassOptionsToPackage} \emph{before} the \csx{documentclass} -command. - -However, if the \Package{foo} package or the \Class{bar} class loads -\Package{graphics} with an option of its own that clashes with -what you need in some way, you're stymied. For example: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{PassOptionsToPackage}{draft}{graphics} -\end{quote} -where the package or class does: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[final]{graphics} -\end{quote} -sets \pkgoption{final} \emph{after} it's dealt with option you passed to -it, so your \pkgoption{draft} will get forgotten. In extreme cases, -the package might generate an error here (\Package{graphics} doesn't -go in for that kind of thing, and there's no indication that -\pkgoption{draft} has been forgotten). - -In such a case, you have to modify the package or class itself -(subject to the terms of its licence). It may prove useful to contact -the author: she may have a useful alternative to suggest. - -\Question[Q-optclash]{Option clash for package} - -The error message -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package footmisc -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -means what it says~--- your document contains a (potentially) clashing -pair of options; sadly, it is not always obvious how the error has -arisen. - -If you simply write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[a]{foo} -... -\usepackage{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\latex{} is happy, as it is with: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[a]{foo} -... -\usepackage[a]{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -since \latex{} can see there's no conflict (in fact, the second load -does nothing). - -Similarly, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[a,b]{foo} -... -\usepackage[a]{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces no error and does nothing for the second load. - -However -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[a]{foo} -... -\usepackage[b]{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces the error; even if option `\pkgoption{b}' is an alias for -option `\pkgoption{a}'~--- \latex{} doesn't ``look inside'' the package -to check anything like that. - -The general rule is: the first load of a package defines a set of -options; if a further \csx{usepackage} or \csx{RequirePackage} also -calls for the package, the options on that call may not extend the set -on the first load. - -Fortunately, the error (in that sort of case) is easily curable -once you've examined the preamble of your document. - -Now, suppose package \Package{foo} loads \Package{bar} with option -\pkgoption{b}, and your document says: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{foo} -... -\usepackage[a]{bar} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[a]{bar} -... -\usepackage{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the error will be detected, even though you have only explicitly -loaded \Package{bar} once. Debugging such errors is tricky: it may -involve reading the logs (to spot which packages were called), or the -documentation of package \Package{foo}. - -\Question[Q-tmupfl]{``Too many unprocessed floats''} - -If \LaTeX{} responds to a \cmdinvoke{begin}{figure} or -\cmdinvoke{begin}{table} command with the error message -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Too many unprocessed floats. - -See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Too many unprocessed floats. - -See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion -... for explanation. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -your figures (or tables) are not being placed properly. \LaTeX{} -has a limited amount of storage for `floats' (figures, tables, or -floats you've defined yourself with the \Package{float} package); if -something you have done has prevented \latex{} from typesetting -floats, it will run out of storage space. - -This failure usually occurs in extreme cases of % ! line break -\Qref*{floats moving ``wrongly''}{Q-floats}; -\LaTeX{} has found it can't place a float, and floats of the same type -have piled up behind it. - -How does this happen?~--- \LaTeX{} guarantees that caption numbers are -sequential in the document, but the caption number is allocated when -the figure (or whatever) is created, and can't be changed. Thus, if -floats are placed out of order, their caption numbers would also -appear out of order in the body of the document (and in the list of -figures, or whatever). As a result, enforcement of the guarantee -means that simple failure to place a float means that no subsequent -float can be placed; and hence (eventually) the error. - -Techniques for solving the problem are discussed in the % ! line break -\Qref*{floats question}{Q-floats} already referenced. - -An alternative \emph{may} be to use the \Package{morefloats} package. -The package will allocate more ``float skeletons'' than \latex{} -does by default; each such skeleton may then be used to store a -float. Beware that even with \Package{morefloats}, the number you can -allocate is limited; even with the \Package{etex} package (which makes -available many more registers, etc., than \latex{} does by default; -\etex{} can create lots more registers, but none of those ``beyond -the original \TeX{} default'' may be used in float skeletons). Thus, -\Package{etex} may offer some relief, but it can \emph{not} be -regarded as a panacea - -The error also occurs in a long sequence of float environments, with -no intervening text. Unless the environments will fit ``here'' (and -you've allowed them to go ``here''), there will never be a page break, -and so there will never be an opportunity for \LaTeX{} to reconsider -placement. (Of course, the floats can't all fit ``here'' if the -sequence is sufficiently prolonged: once the page fills, \LaTeX{} -won't place any more floats, leading to the error. - -Techniques for resolution may involve redefining the floats using the -\Package{float} package's \texttt{[H]} float qualifier, but you are unlikely -to get away without using \csx{clearpage} from time to time. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[morefloats.sty]\CTANref{morefloats} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-atvert]{\csx{spacefactor} complaints} - -The errors -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! You can't use `\spacefactor' in -... vertical mode. -\@->\spacefactor - \@m -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! You can't use `\spacefactor' in vertical mode. -\@->\spacefactor - \@m -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -or -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! You can't use `\spacefactor' in math mode. -\@->\spacefactor - \@m -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or simply -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Improper \spacefactor. -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -bite the \LaTeX{} programmer who uses an internal command without -taking ``precautions''. An internal-style command such as \csx{@foo} -has been defined or used in a private macro, and it is interpreted as -\csx{@}, followed by the `text' \texttt{foo}. (\csx{@} is used, for -real, to set up end-of-sentence space in some circumstances; it uses -\csx{spacefactor} to do that.) - -The problem is discussed in detail in -% beware line wrap -``\Qref*[question]{\texttt{@} in macro names}{Q-atsigns}'', -together with solutions. - -\Question[Q-endingroup]{\csx{end} occurred inside a group} - -The actual error we observe is: - -\nothtml{\noindent}% -|(\end occurred inside a group at level <|\texttt{\emph{n}}|>)| - -\nothtml{\noindent}% -and it tells us that something we started in the document never got -finished before we ended the document itself. The things involved -(`groups') are what \TeX{} uses for restricting the scope of things: -you see them, for example, in the ``traditional'' font selection -commands: |{\it stuff\/}|~--- if the closing brace is left off such a -construct, the effect of \csx{it} will last to the end of the document, -and you'll get the diagnostic. - -\TeX{} itself doesn't tell you where your problem is, but you can -often spot it by looking at the typeset output in a previewer. -Otherwise, you can usually find mismatched braces using an intelligent -editor (at least \ProgName{emacs} and \ProgName{winedt} offer this facility). -However, groups are not \emph{only} created by matching -\texttt{\obracesymbol{}} with \texttt{\cbracesymbol{}}: -other grouping commands are discussed elsewhere in these \acro{FAQ}s, -and are also a potential source of unclosed group. - -\cmdinvoke{begin}{\meta{environment}} encloses the environment's body -in a group, and establishes its own diagnostic mechanism. If you end -the document before closing some other environment, you get the -`usual' \LaTeX{} diagnostic -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: \begin{blah} on input line 6 - ended by \end{document}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: \begin{blah} on input line 6 ended by \end{document}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: \begin{blah} on input line 6 ended by \end{document}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} -which (though it doesn't tell you which \emph{file} the -\cmdinvoke{begin}{blah} was in) is usually enough to locate the -immediate problem. If you press on past the \LaTeX{} error, you get -one or more repetitions of the ``occurred inside a group'' message -before \LaTeX{} finally exits. The \Package{checkend} package -recognises other unclosed \cmdinvoke{begin}{blob} commands, and -generates an ``ended by'' error message for each one, rather than -producing the ``occurred inside a group'' message, which is sometimes -useful (if you remember to load the package). - -In the absence of such information from \LaTeX{}, you need to use -``traditional'' binary search to find the offending group. Separate -the preamble from the body of your file, and process each half on its -own with the preamble; this tells you which half of the file is at -fault. Divide again and repeat. The process needs to be conducted -with care (it's obviously possible to split a correctly-written group -by chopping in the wrong place), but it will usually find the problem -fairly quickly. - -\eTeX{} (and \elatex{}~--- \LaTeX{} run on \eTeX{}) gives you -further diagnostics after the traditional infuriating \TeX{} one~--- it -actually keeps the information in a similar way to \LaTeX{}: -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -(\end occurred inside a group at level 3) - -### semi simple group (level 3) entered - at line 6 (\begingroup) -### simple group (level 2) entered at line 5 ({) -### simple group (level 1) entered at line 4 ({) -### bottom level -\end{verbatim} -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -(\end occurred inside a group at level 3) - -### semi simple group (level 3) entered at line 6 (\begingroup) -### simple group (level 2) entered at line 5 ({) -### simple group (level 1) entered at line 4 ({) -### bottom level -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -(\end occurred inside a group at level 3) - -### semi simple group (level 3) entered at line 6 (\begingroup) -### simple group (level 2) entered at line 5 ({) -### simple group (level 1) entered at line 4 ({) -### bottom level -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} -The diagnostic not only tells us where the group started, but also the -\emph{way} it started: \csx{begingroup} or |{| (which is an alias of -\csx{bgroup}, and the two are not distinguishable at the \TeX{}-engine -level). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[checkend.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{bezos}[checkend] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-nonum]{``Missing number, treated as zero''} - -In general, this means you've tried to assign something to a count, -dimension or skip register that isn't (in \TeX{}'s view of things) a -number. Usually the problem will become clear using the -\Qref*{ordinary techniques of examining errors}{Q-erroradvice}. - -Two \LaTeX{}-specific errors are commonly aired on the newsgroups. - -The commonest arises from attempting to use an example from the -\Qref*{\emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion} (first edition)}{Q-latex-books}, and is -exemplified by the following error text: -\begin{verbatim} -! Missing number, treated as zero. -<to be read again> - \relax -l.21 \begin{Ventry}{Return values} -\end{verbatim} -The problem arises because, in its first edition, the -\emph{Companion}'s examples always assumed that the \Package{calc} -package is loaded: this fact is mentioned in the book, but often not -noticed. The remedy is to load the \Package{calc} package in any -document using such examples from the \emph{Companion}. (The problem -does not really arise with the second edition; copies of all the -examples are available on the accompanying \CDROM{}, or on -\acro{CTAN}.) - -The other problem, which is increasingly rare nowadays, arises from -misconfiguration of a system that has been upgraded from \LaTeXo{}: -the document uses the \Package{times} package, and the error appears -at \cmdinvoke{begin}{document}. The file search paths are wrongly set -up, and your \cmdinvoke{usepackage}{times} has picked up a \LaTeXo{} -version of the package, which in its turn has invoked another which -has no equivalent in \LaTeXe{}. The obvious solution is to rewrite -the paths so that \LaTeXo{} packages are chosen only as a last resort -so that the startlingly simple \LaTeXe{} \Package{times} package will -be picked up. Better still is to replace the whole thing with -something more modern still; current \Package{psnfss} doesn't provide -a \Package{times} package~--- the alternative \Package{mathptmx} -incorporates \FontName{Times}-like mathematics, and a sans-serif face -based on \FontName{Helvetica}, but scaled to match \FontName{Times} -text rather better. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[calc.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[calc] -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples for \nothtml{\upshape}\LaTeX{} Companion]\CTANref{tlc2} -\item[The psnfss bundle]\CTANref{psnfss} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-typend]{``Please type a command or say \csx{end}''} - -Sometimes, when you are running \AllTeX{}, it will abruptly stop and -present you with a prompt (by default, just a |*| character). Many -people (including this author) will reflexively hit the `return' -key, pretty much immediately, and of course this is no help at all~--- -\TeX{} just says: -\begin{verbatim} -(Please type a command or say `\end') -\end{verbatim} -and prompts you again. - -What's happened is that your \AllTeX{} file has finished prematurely, -and \TeX{} has fallen back to a supposed including file, from the -terminal. This could have happened simply because you've omitted -the \csx{bye} (\plaintex{}), \cmdinvoke{end}{document} (\LaTeX{}), or -whatever. Other common errors are failure to close the braces round a -command's argument, or (in \LaTeX{}) failure to close a verbatim -environment: in such cases you've already read and accepted an -error message about encountering end of file while scanning something. - -If the error is indeed because you've forgotten to end your document, -you can insert the missing text: if you're running \plaintex{}, the -advice, to ``say \csx{end}'' is good enough: it will kill the run; if -you're running \LaTeX{}, the argument will be necessary: -\cmdinvoke{end}{document}. - -However, as often as not this isn't the problem, and (short of -debugging the source of the document before ending) brute force is -probably necessary. Excessive force (killing the job that's -running \TeX{}) is to be avoided: there may well be evidence in the -\extension{log} file that will be useful in determining what the -problem is~--- so the aim is to persuade \TeX{} to shut itself down -and hence flush all log output to file. - -If you can persuade \TeX{} to read it, an end-of-file indication -(control-|D| under Unix, control-|Z| under Windows) will provoke -\TeX{} to report an error and exit immediately. Otherwise you should -attempt to provoke an error dialogue, from which you can exit (using -the |x| `command'). An accessible error could well be inserting an -illegal character: what it is will depend on what macros you are -running. If you can't make that work, try a silly command name or -two. - -\Question[Q-unkgrfextn]{``Unknown graphics extension''} - -The \LaTeX{} graphics package deals with several different types of -\acro{DVI} (or other) output drivers; each one of them has a potential -to deal with a different selection of graphics formats. The package -therefore has to be told what graphics file types its output driver -knows about; this is usually done in the \meta{driver}\extension{def} file -corresponding to the output driver you're using. - -The error message arises, then, if you have a graphics file whose -extension doesn't correspond with one your driver knows about. Most -often, this is because you're being optimistic: asking -\ProgName{dvips} to deal with a \extension{png} file, or \PDFTeX{} to deal with -a \extension{eps} file: the solution in this case is to transform the graphics -file to a format your driver knows about. - -If you happen to \emph{know} that your device driver deals with the -format of your file, you are probably falling foul of a limitation of -the file name parsing code that the graphics package uses. Suppose -you want to include a graphics file \File{home.bedroom.eps} using the -\ProgName{dvips} driver; the package will conclude that your file's -extension is \extension{bedroom.eps}, and will complain. - -The \Package{grffile} package deals with the last problem (and -others~--- see the package documentation); using the package, you may -write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{graphicx} -\usepackage{grffile} -... -\includegraphics{home.bedroom.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or you may even write -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics{home.bedroom} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and \Package{graphicx} will find a \extension{eps} or \extension{pdf} -(or whatever) version, according to what version of \AllTeX{} you're -running. - -If for some reason you can't use \Package{grffile}, you have three -unsatisfactory alternatives: -\begin{itemize} -\item Rename the file~--- for example \File{home.bedroom.eps}\arrowhyph{}% - \File{home-bedroom.eps} -\item Mask the first dot in the file name: -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand*{\DOT}{.} -\includegraphics{home\DOT bedroom.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\item Tell the graphics package what the file is, by means of options - to the \csx{includegraphics} command: -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[type=eps,ext=.eps, - read=.eps]{home.bedroom} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[type=eps,ext=.eps,read=.eps]{home.bedroom} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[grffile.sty]Distributed as part of the Oberdiek collection - \CTANref{oberdiek}[grffile] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-nodollar]{``Missing \texttt{\$} inserted''} - -There are certain things that \emph{only} work in maths mode. If your -document is not in maths mode and you have an |_| or a |^| character, -\TeX{} (and by inheritance, \LaTeX{} too) will say -\begin{verbatim} -! Missing $ inserted -\end{verbatim} -as if you couldn't possibly have misunderstood the import of what you -were typing, and the only possible interpretation is that you had -committed a typo in failing to enter maths mode. \TeX{}, therefore, -tries to patch things up by inserting the \texttt{\$} you `forgot', so that -the maths-only object will work; as often as not this will land you in -further confusion. - -It's not just the single-character maths sub- and superscript -operators: anything that's built in or declared as a maths operation, -from the simplest lower-case \csx{alpha} through the inscrutable -\csx{mathchoice} primitive, and beyond, will provoke the error if -misused in text mode. - -\LaTeX{} offers a command \csx{ensuremath}, which will put you in maths -mode for the execution of its argument, if necessary: so if you want -an \csx{alpha} in your running text, say -\cmdinvoke{ensuremath}{\csx{alpha}}; if the bit of running text somehow -transmutes into a bit of mathematics, the \csx{ensuremath} will become -a no-op, so it's pretty much always safe. - -\Question[Q-fontunavail]{Warning: ``Font shape \dots{}\ not available''} - -\LaTeX{}'s font selection scheme maintains tables of the font families -it has been told about. These tables list the font families that -\LaTeX{} knows about, and the shapes and series in which those font -families are available. In addition, in some cases, the tables list -the sizes at which \LaTeX{} is willing to load fonts from the family. - -When you specify a font, using one of the \LaTeX{} font selection -commands, \LaTeX{} looks for the font (that is, a font that matches -the encoding, family, shape, series and size that you want) in its -tables. If the font isn't there at the size you want, you will see a -message like: -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/m/n' in -... size <11.5> not available -(Font) size <12> substituted on -... input line ... -\end{verbatim} -(All the message texts in this answer have been wrapped so that they -will fit in the narrow columns of this version of the \acro{FAQ}. The -continuation marker is |...| at the start of the broken-off portion of -the line.) - -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/m/n' in size <11.5> not available -(Font) size <12> substituted on input line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/m/n' in size <11.5> not available -(Font) size <12> substituted on input line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} -There will also be a warning like: -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Size substitutions with -... differences -(Font) up to 0.5pt have occurred. -\end{verbatim} -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Size substitutions with differences -(Font) up to 0.5pt have occurred. -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Size substitutions with differences -(Font) up to 0.5pt have occurred. -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} -after \LaTeX{} has encountered \cmdinvoke{end}{document}. - -The message tells you that you've chosen a font size that is not in -\LaTeX{}'s list of ``allowed'' sizes for this font; \LaTeX{} has -chosen the nearest font size it knows is allowed. In fact, you can -tell \LaTeX{} to allow \emph{any} size: the restrictions come from the -days when only bitmap fonts were available, and they have never -applied to fonts that come in scaleable form in the first place. -Nowadays, most of the fonts that were once bitmap-only are also -available in scaleable (Adobe Type~1) form. If your installation uses -scaleable versions of the Computer Modern or European Computer Modern -(\acro{EC}) fonts, you can tell \LaTeX{} to remove the restrictions; -use the \Package{type1cm} or \Package{type1ec} package as appropriate. - -If the combination of font shape and series isn't available, \LaTeX{} -will usually have been told of a fall-back combination that may be -used, and will select that: -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/bx/sc' -... undefined -(Font) using `OT1/cmr/bx/n' -... instead on input line 0. -\end{verbatim} -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/bx/sc' undefined -(Font) using `OT1/cmr/bx/n' instead on input line 0. -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/bx/sc' undefined -(Font) using `OT1/cmr/bx/n' instead on input line 0. -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} - -Substitutions may also be ``silent''; in this case, there is no more -than an ``information'' message in the log file. For example, if you -specify an encoding for which there is no version in the current font -family, the `default family for the encoding' is selected. This -happens, for example, if you use command \csx{textbullet}, which is -normally taken from the maths symbols font, which is in |OMS| -encoding. My test log contained: -\htmlignore -\begin{dviversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Info: Font shape `OMS/cmr/m/n' in -... size <10> not available -(Font) Font shape `OMS/cmsy/m/n' -... tried instead on input -... line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{dviversion} -\begin{pdfversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Info: Font shape `OMS/cmr/m/n' in size <10> not available -(Font) Font shape `OMS/cmsy/m/n' tried instead on input line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{pdfversion} -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX Font Info: Font shape `OMS/cmr/m/n' in size <10> not available -(Font) Font shape `OMS/cmsy/m/n' tried instead on input line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{htmlversion} - -In summary, these messages are not so much error messages, as -information messages, that tell you what \LaTeX{} has made of your -text. You should check what the messages say, but you will ordinarily -not be surprised at their content. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[type1cm.sty]\CTANref{type1cm} -\item[type1ec.sty]\CTANref{type1ec} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-buffovl]{Unable to read an entire line} - -\TeX{} belongs to the generation of applications written for -environments that didn't offer the sophisticated string and i/o -manipulation we nowadays take for granted (\TeX{} was written in -Pascal, and the original Pascal standard made no mention of i/o, so -that anything but the most trivial operations were likely to be -unportable). - -When you overwhelm \TeX{}'s input mechanism, you get told: -\begin{verbatim} -! Unable to read an entire line---bufsize=3000. - Please ask a wizard to enlarge me. -\end{verbatim} -(for some value of `3000'~--- the quote was from a -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} posting by a someone who was presumably -using an old \TeX{}). - -As the message implies, there's (what \TeX{} thinks of as a) line in -your input that's ``too long'' (to \TeX{}'s way of thinking). Since -modern distributions tend to have tens of thousands of bytes of input -buffer, it's somewhat rare that these messages occur ``for real''. -Probable culprits are: -\begin{itemize} -\item A file transferred from another system, without translating - record endings. With the decline of fixed-format records (on - mainframe operating systems) and the increased intelligence of - \TeX{} distributions at recognising other systems' explicit - record-ending characters, this is nowadays rather a rare cause of - the problem. -\item A graphics input file, which a package is examining for its - bounding box, contains a binary preview section. Again, - sufficiently clever \TeX{} distributions recognise this situation, - and ignore the previews (which are only of interest, if at all, to a - \TeX{} previewer). -\end{itemize} - -The usual advice is to ignore what \TeX{} says (i.e., anything about -enlarging), and to put the problem right in the source. - -If the real problem is over-long text lines, most self-respecting text -editors will be pleased to automatically split long lines (while -preserving the ``word'' structure) so that they are nowhere any longer -than a given length; so the solution is just to edit the file. - -If the problem is a ridiculous preview section, try using -\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}} -to reprocess the file, outputting a ``plain -\extension{eps}'' file. (\ProgName{Ghostscript}'s distribution -includes a script \ProgName{ps2epsi} which will regenerate the preview -if necessary.) Users of the shareware program % ! line break -\href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}} -will find buttons to perform the required transformation of the file -being displayed. -\LastEdit{2013-06-03} - -\Question[Q-formatstymy]{``Fatal format file error; I'm stymied''} - -\AllTeX{} applications often fail with this error when you've been -playing with the configuration, or have just installed a new version. - -The format file contains the macros that define the system you want to -use: anything from the simplest (\plaintex{}) all the way to the most -complicated, such as \LaTeX{} or \CONTeXT{}. From the command you -issue, \TeX{} knows which format you want. - -The error message -\begin{verbatim} - Fatal format file error; I'm stymied -\end{verbatim} -means that \TeX{} itself can't understand the format you want. -Obviously, this could happen if the format file had got corrupted, but -it usually doesn't. The commonest cause of the message, is that a new -binary has been installed in the system: no two \TeX{} binaries on the -same machine can -understand each other's formats. So the new version of \TeX{} you -have just installed, won't understand the format generated by the one -you installed last year. - -Resolve the problem by regenerating the format; of course, this -depends on which system you are using. -\begin{itemize} -\item On a te\TeX{}-based system, run -\begin{verbatim} - fmtutil --all -\end{verbatim} - or -\begin{verbatim} - fmtutil --byfmt=<format name> -\end{verbatim} - to build only the format that you are interested in. -\item On a \miktex{} system, click \texttt{Start}\arrowhyph{}% -\texttt{Programs}\arrowhyph{}% -\texttt{\miktex{} \emph{version}}\arrowhyph{}% -\texttt{\miktex{} Options}, and in the options window, click - \texttt{Update now}. -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-nonpdfsp]{Non-\acro{PDF} special ignored!} - -This is a \PDFTeX{} error: \PDFTeX{} is running in \acro{PDF} output -% beware line break at end line -mode, and it has encountered a \nothtml{\csx{special} command (}% -\Qref{\csx{special}}{Q-specials}\latexhtml{)}{ command}. \PDFTeX{} is -able to generate its own output, and in this mode of operation has no -need of \csx{special} commands (which allow the user to pass -information to the driver being used to generate output). - -Why does this happen? \LaTeX{} users, nowadays, hardly ever use -\csx{special} commands on their own~--- they employ packages to do the -job for them. Some packages will generate \csx{special} commands -however they are invoked: \Package{pstricks} is an example (it's very -raison d'\^etre is to emit \PS{} code in a sequence of \csx{special} -commands). \Package{Pstricks} may be dealt with by other means (the -\Package{pdftricks} package offers a usable technique). - -More amenable to correction, but more confusing, are packages (such as -\Package{color}, \Package{graphics} and \Package{hyperref}) that -specify a ``driver''. These packages have plug-in modules that -determine what \csx{special} (or other commands) are needed to generate -any given effect: the \texttt{pdftex} driver for such packages knows not to -generate \csx{special} commands. In most circumstances, you can let -the system itself choose which driver you need; in this case -everything will act properly when you switch to using \PDFLaTeX{}. If -you've been using \ProgName{dvips} (and specifying the |dvips| driver) -or \ProgName{dvipdfm} (for which you have to specify the driver), and -decide to try \PDFLaTeX{}, you \emph{must} remove the |dvips| or -|dvipdfm| driver specification from the package options, and let the -system recognise which driver is needed. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[pdftricks.sty]\CTANref{pdftricks} -\item[pstricks.sty]\CTANref{pstricks} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-8000]{Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 8000} - -You're running \ProgName{dvips}, and you encounter a stream of error -messages, starting with ``\texttt{Mismatched mode}''. The mode is the -default used in your installation~--- it's set in the \ProgName{dvips} -configuration file, and \texttt{ljfour} is commonest (since it's the -default in most distributions), but not invariable. - -The problem is that \ProgName{dvips} has encountered a font for which -it must generate a bitmap (since it can't find it in Type~1 format), -and there is no proforma available to provide instructions to give to -\MF{}. - -So what to do? The number 8000 comes from the `\texttt{-Ppdf}' option -to \ProgName{dvips}, which you might have found from the answer -\nothtml{``wrong type of fonts'' (}% beware % beware line breaks -\Qref{``wrong type of fonts''}{Q-fuzzy-type3}\nothtml{)}. The obvious -solution is to switch to the trivial substitute `\texttt{-Pwww}', -which selects the necessary type~1 fonts for \acro{PDF} generation, -but nothing else: however, this will leave you with undesirable bitmap -fonts in your \acro{PDF} file. The ``proper'' solution is to find a -way of expressing what you want to do, using type~1 fonts. - -\Question[Q-toodeep]{``Too deeply nested''} - -This error appears when you start a \LaTeX{} list. - -\LaTeX{} keeps track of the nesting of one list inside another. There -is a set of list formatting parameters built-in for application to -each of the list nesting levels; the parameters determine indentation, -item separation, and so on. The \environment{list} environment (the -basis for list environments like \environment{itemize} and -\environment{enumerate}) ``knows'' there are only 6 of these sets. - -There are also different label definitions for the -\environment{enumerate} and \environment{itemize} environments at -their own private levels of nesting. Consider this example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{enumerate} -\item first item of first enumerate - \begin{itemize} - \item first item of first itemize - \begin{enumerate} - \item first item of second enumerate - ... - \end{enumerate} - ... - \end{itemize} -... -\end{enumerate} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In the example, -\begin{itemize} -\item the first \environment{enumerate} has labels as for a - first-level \environment{enumerate}, and is indented as for a - first-level list; -\item the first \environment{itemize} has labels as for a first level - \environment{itemize}, and is indented as for a second-level list; - and -\item the second \environment{enumerate} has labels as for a - second-level \environment{enumerate}, and is indented as for a - third-level list. -\end{itemize} -Now, as well as \LaTeX{} \emph{knowing} that there are 6~sets of -parameters for indentation, it also \emph{knows} that there are only -4~types of labels each, for the environments \environment{enumerate} -and \environment{itemize} (this ``knowledge'' spells out a requirement -for class writers, since the class supplies the sets of parameters). - -From the above, we can deduce that there are several ways we can run -out of space: we can have 6~lists (of any sort) nested, and try to -start a new one; we can have 4~\environment{enumerate} environments -somewhere among the set of nested lists, and try to add another one; -and we can have 4~\environment{itemize} environments somewhere among -the set of nested lists, and try to add another one. - -What can be done about the problem? Not much, short of rewriting -\LaTeX{}~--- you really need to rewrite your document in a slightly -less labyrinthine way. - -\Question[Q-inputlev]{Capacity exceeded~--- input levels} - -The error -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [text input levels=15]. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry - [text input levels=15]. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -is caused by nesting your input too deeply. You can provoke it with -the trivial (\plaintex{}) file \File{input.tex}, which contains -nothing but: -\begin{verbatim} -\input input -\end{verbatim} -In the real world, you are unlikely to encounter the error with a -modern \TeX{} distribution. Te\TeX{} (used to produce the error -message above) allows 15 files open for \TeX{} input at any one time, -which is improbably huge for a document generated by real human -beings. - -However, for those improbable (or machine-generated) situations, -some distributions offer the opportunity to adjust the parameter -|max_in_open| in a configuration file. - -\Question[Q-hyperdupdest]{\PDFTeX{} destination \dots{}\ ignored} - -The warning: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier -(name{page.1}) has been already used, duplicate ignored -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with - the same identifier (name{page.1}) has - been already used, duplicate ignored -\end{verbatim} -{\small NB: message text wrapped to fit in the column\par} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -arises because of duplicate page numbers in your document. The -problem is usually soluble: see % beware line break -\Qref*[question]{\acro{PDF} page destinations}{Q-pdfpagelabels}~--- which -answer also describes the problem in more detail. - -If the identifier in the message is different, for example -\texttt{name\{figure.1.1\}}, the problem is (often) due to a problem of -package interaction. The \File{README} in the \Package{hyperref} -distribution mentions some of these issues~--- for example, -\environment{equation} and \environment{eqnarray} as supplied by the -\Package{amsmath} package; means of working around the problem are -typically supplied there. - -Some packages are simply incompatible with -\Package{hyperref}, but most work simply by ignoring it. In most -cases, therefore, you should load your package before you load -\Package{hyperref}, and \Package{hyperref} will patch things up so -that they work, so you can utilise your (patched) package \emph{after} -loading both: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}{\emph{your package}}\\ - \texttt{...}\\ - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[\emph{opts}]{hyperref}\\ - \texttt{...}\\ - \meta{code that uses your package} -\end{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{float} % defines \newfloat -... -\usepackage[...]{hyperref} % patches \newfloat -... -\newfloat{...}{...}{...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -So, if we need \csx{newfloat}: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}{float} -\end{quote} -will define the command, -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[\emph{opts}]{hyperref} -\end{quote} -will patch it, and now: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{newfloat}{...}{...}{...} -\end{quote} -will use the command, patched to create `proper' hyperreferences. -\end{narrowversion} -You should load packages in this order as a matter of course, unless -the documentation of a package says you \emph{must} load it after -\Package{hyperref}. (There are few packages that require to be -loaded after hyperref: one such is \Class{memoir}'s -``\Package{hyperref} fixup'' package \Package{memhfixc}.) - -If loading your packages in the (seemingly) ``correct'' order doesn't -solve the problem, you need to \Qref*{seek further help}{Q-gethelp}. - -\Question[Q-altabcr]{Alignment tab changed to \csx{cr}} - -This is an error you may encounter in \LaTeX{} when a tabular -environment is being processed. ``Alignment tabs'' are the -\texttt{\&} signs that separate the columns of a \environment{tabular} -(or \environment{array} or matrix) environment; so the error message -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! Extra alignment tab has been - changed to \cr -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -could arise from a simple typo, such as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{ll} - hello & there & jim \\ - goodbye & now -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -where the second \texttt{\&} in the first line of the table is more than the -two-column \texttt{ll} column specification can cope with. In this -case, an extra ``\texttt{l}'' in that solves the problem. (If you -continue from the error in this case, ``\texttt{jim}'' will be moved -to a row of his own.) Another simple typo that can provoke the error -is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{ll} - hello & there - goodbye & now -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -where the `\texttt{\bsbs }' has been missed from the first line of the table. -In this case, if you continue from the error, you will find that -\LaTeX{} has made a table equivalent to: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{ll} - hello & there goodbye\\ - now -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(with the second line of the table having only one cell). - -Rather more difficult to spot is the occurrence of the error when -you're using alignment instructions in a ``\texttt{p}'' column: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{array} -... -\begin{tabular}{l>{\raggedright}p{2in}} -here & we are again \\ -happy & as can be -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the problem here (as explained in % ! line break -\Qref[question]{tabular cell alignment}{Q-tabcellalign}) is that the -\csx{raggedright} command in the column specification has overwritten -\environment{tabular}'s definition of \texttt{\bsbs }, so that -``\texttt{happy}'' appears in a new line of the second column, and the -following \texttt{\&} appears to \LaTeX{} just like the second -\texttt{\&} in the first example above. - -Get rid of the error in the way described in % ! linebreak -\Qref[question]{tabular cell alignment}{Q-tabcellalign}~--- either use -\csx{tabularnewline} explicitly, or use the \csx{RBS} trick described -there. - -The \Package{amsmath} package adds a further twist; when typesetting -a matrix (the package provides many matrix environments), it has a -fixed maximum number of columns in a matrix~--- exceed that maximum, -and the error will appear. By default, the maximum is set to 10, but -the value is stored in counter \texttt{MaxMatrixCols} and may be -changed (in the same way as any counter): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setcounter{MaxMatrixCols}{20} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[array.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[array] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-07-06} - -\Question[Q-divzero]{Graphics division by zero} - -While the error -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Package graphics Error: Division by 0. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -can actually be caused by offering the package a figure which claims -to have a zero dimension, it's more commonly caused by rotation. - -Objects in \TeX{} may have both height (the height above the baseline) -and depth (the distance the object goes below the baseline). If you -rotate an object by 180\,degrees, you convert its height into depth, -and vice versa; if the object started with zero depth, you've -converted it to a zero-height object. - -Suppose you're including your graphic with a command like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[angle=180,height=5cm]{myfig.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[angle=180,% - height=5cm]{myfig.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -In the case that \File{myfig.eps} has no depth to start with, the -scaling calculations will produce the division-by-zero error. - -Fortunately, the \Package{graphicx} package has a keyword -\pkgoption{totalheight}, which allows you to specify the size of the -image relative to the sum of the object's \pkgoption{height} and -\pkgoption{depth}, so -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[angle=180,totalheight=5cm]{myfig.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\includegraphics[angle=180,% - totalheight=5cm]{myfig.eps} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -will resolve the error, and will behave as you might hope. - -If you're using the simpler \Package{graphics} package, use the -\texttt{*} form of the \csx{resizebox} command to specify the use of -\pkgoption{totalheight}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\resizebox*{!}{5cm}{% - \rotatebox{180}{% - \includegraphics{myfig.eps}% - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[graphics.sty,graphicx.sty]Both parts of the \CTANref{graphics} bundle -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-missbegdoc]{Missing \csx{begin}\marg{document}} - -The \emph{preamble} of your document is the stuff before -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document}; you put \csx{usepackage} commands and -your own macro definitions in there. \latex{} doesn't like -\emph{typesetting} anything in the preamble, so if you have: -\begin{itemize} -\item typed the odd grumble, -\item created a box with \csx{newsavebox} and put something in it - using \csx{sbox} (or the like), -\item forgotten to put \cmdinvoke{begin}{document} into the document, - at all, or even -\item gave it the wrong file -\end{itemize} -the error is inevitable and the solution is simple~--- judicious use -of comment markers (`\texttt{\textpercent{}}') at the beginning of a -line, moving things around, providing something that was -missing~\dots{} or switching to the correct file. - -The error may also occur while reading the \extension{aux} file from an -earlier processing run on the document; if so, delete the -\extension{aux} file and start again from scratch. If the error -recurs, it could well be due to a buggy class or package. - -However, it may be that none of the above solves the problem. - -If so, remember that things that appear before \csx{documentclass} are -also problematical: they are inevitably before -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document}! - -Unfortunately, modern editors are capable of putting things there, and -preventing you from seeing them. This can happen when your document -is being `written' in \Qref*{Unicode}{Q-unicode}. The Unicode -standard defines ``Byte Order Marks'' (\acro{BOM}), that reassure a -program (that reads the document) of the way the Unicode codes are -laid out. Sadly ordinary \latex{} or \pdflatex{} choke on -\acro{BOM}s, and consider them typesetting requests. The error -message you see will look like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. -... -l.1 <?> - <?><?>\documentclass{article} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(Those \texttt{<?>}s are your operating system's representation of an -unknown character; on the author's system it's a reverse video -`\texttt{?}' sign.) - -You can spot the \acro{BOM} by examining the bytes; for example, the -Unix \ProgName{hexdump} application can help: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ hexdump -C <file> -00000000 ef bb bf 5c 64 6f 63 75 ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \texttt{5c 64 6f 63 75} are the ``\csx{docu}'' at the start of -(the `real' part of) your document; the three bytes before it form the -\acro{BOM}. - -How to stop your editor from doing this to you depends, of course, on -the editor you use; if you are using \acro{GNU E}macs, you have to -change the encoding from \texttt{utf-8-with-signature} to `plain' -\texttt{utf-8}; instructions for that are found on -% ! line break -\href{http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3859274/}{the ``stack overflow'' site} - -(So far, all instances of this problem that the author has seen have -afflicted \acro{GNU E}macs users.) - -Fortunately \xetex{} and \luatex{} know about \acro{BOM}s and what to -do with them, so \latex{} using them is ``safe''. - -\Question[Q-normalszmiss]{\csx{normalsize} not defined} - -The \LaTeX{} error: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -The font size command \normalsize is not - defined: there is probably something - wrong with the class file. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -The font size command \normalsize is not defined: -there is probably something wrong with the class file. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -reports something pretty fundamental (document base font size has not -been set, something the document class does for you). It \emph{can}, -in principle, be a problem with the document class, but is more often -caused by the user forgetting to start their document with a -\csx{documentclass} command. -\LastEdit{2013-11-20} - -\Question[Q-manymathalph]{Too many math alphabets} - -\TeX{} mathematics is one of its most impressive features, yet the -internal structure of the mechanism that produces it is painfully -complicated and (in some senses) pathetically limited. One area of -limitation is that one is only allowed 16~''maths alphabets'' - -\LaTeX{} offers the user quite a lot of flexibility with allocating -maths alphabets, but few people use the flexibility directly. -Nevertheless, there are many packages that provide symbols, or that -manipulate them, which allocate themselves one or more maths alphabet. - -If you can't afford to drop any of these packages, you might be able -to consider switching to use of \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} or -\Qref{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, which both have 65536 alphabet slots -available. (Such a change is best not done when under pressure to -complete a document; other issues, such as font availability) could -make a change impractical.) - -Even if switching is not possible, there's still hope if you're using -the \Package{bm} package to support \Qref*{bold maths}{Q-boldgreek}: -\Package{bm} is capable of gobbling alphabets as if there is no -tomorrow. The package defines two limiter commands: \csx{bmmax} (for -\emph{bold} symbols; default~4) and \csx{hmmax} (for \emph{heavy} -symbols, if you have them; default~3), which control the number of -alphabets to be used. - -Any reduction of the \csx{\emph{xx}max} variables will slow -\Package{bm} down~--- but that's surely better than the document not -running at all. So unless you're using maths fonts (such as -\FontName{Mathtime Plus}) that feature a heavy symbol weight, suppress all -use of heavy families by -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} - \newcommand{\hmmax}{0} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(before loading \Package{bm}), and then steadily reduce the bold -families, starting with -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} - \newcommand{\bmmax}{3} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(again before loading \Package{bm}), until (with a bit of luck) the -error goes away. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bm.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[bm] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-ouparmd]{Not in outer par mode} - -The error: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -comes when some ``main'' document feature is shut up somewhere it -doesn't like. - -The commonest occurrence is when the user wants a figure somewhere -inside a table: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|l|} - \hline - \begin{figure} - \includegraphics{foo} - \end{figure} - \hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -a construction that was supposed to put a frame around the diagram, -but doesn't work, any more than: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\framebox{\begin{figure} - \includegraphics{foo} - \end{figure}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The problem is, that the \environment{tabular} environment, and the -\csx{framebox} command restrain the \environment{figure} environment -from its natural m\'etier, which is to float around the document. - -The solution is simply not to use the \environment{figure} environment -here: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{|l|} - \hline - \includegraphics{foo} - \hline -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -What was the float for?~--- as written in the first two examples, it -serves no useful purpose; but perhaps you actually wanted a diagram -and its caption framed, in a float. - -It's simple to achieve this~--- just reverse the order of the -environments (or of the \environment{figure} environment and the -command): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \begin{tabular}{|l|} - \hline - \includegraphics{foo} - \caption{A foo} - \hline - \end{tabular} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The same goes for \environment{table} environments (or any other sort -of float you've defined for yourself) inside tabulars or box commands; -you \emph{must} get the float environment out from inside, one way or -another. - -\Question[Q-errmissitem]{Perhaps a missing \csx{item}?} - -Sometimes, the error -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -actually means what it says: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{itemize} - boo! -\end{itemize} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces the error, and is plainly in need of an \csx{item} command. - -You can also have the error appear when at first sight things are -correct: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{l} - \begin{enumerate} - \item foo\\ - \item bar - \end{enumerate} -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces the error at the \texttt{\bsbs }. This usage is just wrong; if you -want to number the cells in a table, you have to do it ``by hand'': -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{tablecell} -... -\begin{tabular}{l} - \stepcounter{tablecell} - \thetablecell. foo\\ - \stepcounter{tablecell} - \thetablecell. bar -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This is obviously untidy; a command \csx{numbercell} defined as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{tablecell} -... -\newcommand*{\numbercell}{% - \stepcounter{tablecell}% - \thetablecell. % ** -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -could make life easier: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tabular}{l} - \numbercell foo\\ - \numbercell bar -\end{tabular} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note the deliberate introduction of a space as part of the command, -marked with asterisks. Omitted above, the code needs to set the -counter \ltxcounter{tablecell} to zero -(\cmdinvoke{setcounter}{tablecell}{0}) before each tabular that uses it. - -The error also regularly appears when you would never have thought -that a \csx{item} command might be appropriate. For example, the -seemingly innocent: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\fbox{% - \begin{alltt} - boo! - \end{alltt}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces the error (the same happens with \csx{mbox} in place of -\csx{fbox}, or with either of their ``big brothers'', \csx{framebox} and -\csx{makebox}). This is because the \environment{alltt} environment -uses a ``trivial'' list, hidden inside its definition. (The -\environment{itemize} environment also has this construct inside -itself, in fact, so \cmdinvoke{begin}{itemize} won't work inside an -\csx{fbox}, either.) The list construct wants to happen between -paragraphs, so it makes a new paragraph of its own. Inside the -\csx{fbox} command, that doesn't work, and subsequent macros convince -themselves that there's a missing \csx{item} command. - -To solve this rather cryptic error, one must put the -\environment{alltt} inside a paragraph-style box. The following -modification of the above \emph{does} work: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\fbox{% - \begin{minipage}{0.75\textwidth} - \begin{alltt} - hi, there! - \end{alltt} - \end{minipage} -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The code above produces a box that's far too wide for the text. One -may want to use something that allows % ! line break -\Qref*{variable size boxes}{Q-varwidth} in place of the -\environment{minipage} environment. - -Oddly, although the \environment{verbatim} environment wouldn't work -inside a \csx{fbox} command argument (see % ! line break -\Qref[question]{verbatim in command arguments}{Q-verbwithin}), you -get an error that complains about \csx{item}: the environment's -internal list bites you before \environment{verbatim} has even had a -chance to create its own sort of chaos. - -Another (seemingly) obvious use of \csx{fbox} also falls foul of this -error: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\fbox{\section{Boxy section}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This is a case where you've simply got to be more subtle; you should -either write your own macros to replace the insides of \LaTeX{}'s -sectioning macros, or look for some alternative in the packages -discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*[question]{The style of section headings}{Q-secthead}''. - -\Question[Q-errparnum]{Illegal parameter number in definition} - -The error message means what it says. In the simple case, you've -attempted a definition like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\abc}{joy, oh #1!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or (using \TeX{} primitive definitions): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\abc{joy, oh #1!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In either of the above, the definition uses an argument, but the -programmer did not tell \AllTeX{}, in advance, that she was going to. -The fix is simple~--- \cmdinvoke{newcommand}{\csx{abc}}[1], in the -\LaTeX{} case, |\def\abc#1| in the basic \TeX{} case. - -The more complicated case is exemplified by the attempted definition: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\abc}{joy, oh joy!% - \newcommand{\ghi}[1]{gloom, oh #1!}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will also produce this error, as will its \TeX{} primitive equivalent: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\abc{joy, oh joy!% - \def\ghi#1{gloom, oh #1!}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This is because special care is needed when defining one macro within -the code of another macro. This is explained elsewhere, separately -for \Qref*[question]{\LaTeX{} definitions}{Q-ltxhash} and for -\Qref*[question]{\TeX{} primitive definitions}{Q-hash} - -\Question[Q-fllost]{Float(s) lost} - -The error -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Float(s) lost. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -seldom occurs, but always seems deeply cryptic when it \emph{does} -appear. - -The message means what it says: one or more figures, tables, etc., or -marginpars has not been typeset. (Marginpars are treated internally -as floats, which is how they come to be lumped into this error -message.) - -The most likely reason is that you placed a float or a \csx{marginpar} -command inside another float or marginpar, or inside a -\environment{minipage} environment, a \csx{parbox} or \csx{footnote}. -Note that the error may be detected a long way from the problematic -command(s), so the techniques of % ! line break -\Qref*{tracking down elusive errors}{Q-erroradvice} all need to be -called into play. - -This author has also encountered the error when developing macros that -used the \LaTeX{} internal float mechanisms. Most people doing that -sort of thing are expected to be able to work out their own problems\dots{} - -\Question[Q-parmoderr]{Not in outer par mode} - -For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -*\mbox{\marginpar{foo}} - -! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The error comes when you try to build something movable inside a box. -Movable things, in this context, are floating environments -(\environment{figure} and \environment{table}, for example), and -\csx{marginpar}s. \latex{} simply doesn't have the mechanisms for -floating out of boxes. In fact, floats and \csx{marginpar}s -themselves are built out of boxes, so that they can't be nested. - -If your error arises from \csx{marginpar}, you simply have to think of -an alternative way of placing the command; there is no slick solution. - -If a floating environment is the culprit, it may be possible to use -the ``\texttt{H}'' placement option, provided (for example) by the -\Package{float} package: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\parbox{25cm}{% - \begin{figure}[H] - ... - \caption{Apparently floating...} - \end{figure}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This example makes little sense as it stands; however, it is -conceivable that sane uses could be found (for example, using a -package such as \Package{algorithm2e} to place two algorithms -side-by-side). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[algorithm2e.sty]\CTANref{algorithm2e} -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-09-09} - -\Question[Q-texorpdf]{Token not allowed in PDFDocEncoded string} - -The package \Package{hyperref} produces this error when it doesn't -know how to make something into a ``character'' that will go into one -of its \acro{PDF} entries. For example, the (unlikely) sequence -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\filled}[2]{% - #1% - \hfil - #2% -} -\section{\filled{foo}{bar}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -provokes the error. \Package{Hyperref} goes on to tell you: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -removing `\hfil' on input line ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -It's not surprising: how would \emph{you} put the -typesetting instruction \csx{hfil} into a \acro{PDF} bookmark? - -\Package{Hyperref} allows you to define an alternative for such -things: the command \csx{texorpdfstring}, which takes two -arguments~--- the first is what is typeset, the second is what is put -into the bookmark. For example, what you would probably like in this -case is just a single space in the bookmark; if so, the erroneous -example above would become: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\filled}[2]{% - #1% - \texorpdfstring{\hfil}{\space}% - #2% -} -\section{\filled{foo}{bar}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and with that definition, the example will compile succesfully -(\Package{hyperref} knows about the macro \csx{space}). -\LastEdit*{2009-05-29} - -\Question[Q-checksum]{Checksum mismatch in font} - -When \MF{} generates a font it includes a checksum in the font bitmap -file, and in the font metrics file (\acro{TFM}). \AllTeX{} includes -the checksum from the \acro{TFM} file in the \acro{DVI} file. - -When \ProgName{dvips} (or other \acro{DVI} drivers) process a -\acro{DVI} file, they compare checksums in the \acro{DVI} file to -those in the bitmap fonts being used for character images. If the -checksums don't match, it means the font metric file used by \AllTeX{} -was not generated from the same \MF{} program that generated the -font. - -This commonly occurs when you're processing someone else's \acro{DVI} -file. - -The fonts on your system may also be at fault: possibilities are that -the new \acro{TFM} was not installed, or installed in a path after an -old \acro{TFM} file, or that you have a personal cache of bitmaps from -an old version of the font. - -In any case, look at the output -- the chances are that it's perfectly -\acro{OK}, since metrics tend not to change, even when the bitmaps are -improved. (Indeed, many font designers~--- Knuth included~--- -maintain the metrics come what may.) - -If the output \emph{does} look bad, your only chance is to regenerate -things from scratch. Options include: flushing your bitmap cache, -rebuild the \acro{TFM} file locally, and so on. - -\Question[Q-entercompmode]{Entering compatibility mode} - -You run your \LaTeX{} job, and it starts by saying -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Entering LaTeX 2.09 COMPATIBILITY MODE -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -followed by lines of asterisks and \texttt{!!WARNING!!}. - -This means that the document is not written in ``current'' \LaTeX{} -syntax, and that there is no guarantee that all parts of the document -will be formatted correctly. - -If the document is someone else's, and you want no more than a copy to -read, ignore the error. The document may fail elsewhere, but as often -as not it will provide a \extension{dvi} or \extension{pdf} that's -adequate for most purposes. - -If it's a new document you have just started working on, you have been -misled by someone. You have written something like: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentstyle}{article} -\end{quote} -or, more generally: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{documentstyle}[options]{class} -\end{quote} -These forms are (as the warning says) \LaTeXo{} syntax, and to get rid -of the warning, you must change the command. - -The simple form is easy to deal with: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentstyle}{article} -\end{quote} -should become: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentclass}{article} -\end{quote} -The complex form is more difficult, since \LaTeXo{} ``options'' -conflate two sorts of things~--- options for the class (such as -\pkgoption{11pt}, \pkgoption{fleqn}), and packages to be loaded. -So: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentstyle}[11pt,verbatim]{article} -\end{quote} -should become: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{documentclass}[11pt]{article}\\ - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}{verbatim} -\end{quote} -because \pkgoption{11pt} happens to be a class option, while -\Package{verbatim} is a package. - -There's no simple way to work out what are class options under -\LaTeXo{}; for \Class{article}, the list includes \pkgoption{10pt}, -\pkgoption{11pt}, \pkgoption{12pt}, \pkgoption{draft}, -\pkgoption{fleqn}, \pkgoption{leqno}, \pkgoption{twocolumn} and -\pkgoption{twoside}~--- anything else must be a package. - -Your document may well ``just work'' after changes like those above; -if not, you should think through what you're trying to do, and consult -documentation on how to do it~--- there are lots of % ! line break -\Qref*{free tutorials}{Q-tutorials*} to help you on your way, if you -don't have access to a \LaTeX{} manual of any sort. - -\Question[Q-includeother]{\latex{} won't include from other directories} - -You wanted to \cmdinvoke{include}{../bar/xyz.tex}, but \latex{} says: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -latex: Not writing to ../bar/xyz.aux (openout_any = p). -! I can't write on file `../bar/xyz.aux'. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -LaTeX: Not writing to ../bar/xyz.aux - (openout_any = p). -! I can't write on file `../bar/xyz.aux'. -\end{verbatim} -(The first line of that message is wrapped, here.) -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -The error comes from \tex{}'s protection against writing to -directories that aren't descendents of the one where your document -resides. (The restriction protects against problems arising from -\latex{}ing someone else's malicious, or merely broken, document. If -such a document overwrites something you wanted kept, there is obvious -potential for havoc.) - -Document directory structures that can lead to this problem will look -like the fictional \File{mybook}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -./base/mybook.tex -./preface/Preface.tex -./preface/*** -./chapter1/Intro.tex -... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -With such a structure, any document directory (other than the one -where \File{mybook.tex} lives), seems ``up'' the tree from the -base directory. (References to such files will look like -\cmdinvoke{include}{../preface/Preface}: the ``\texttt{..}'' is the -hint.) - -But why did it want to write at all?~--- % ! line break -``\Qref*{what's going in in my \csx{include}}{Q-include}'' explains -how \csx{include} works, among other things by writing an -\extension{aux} file for every \csx{includ}ed file. - -Solutions to the problem tend to be drastic: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Restructure the directories that hold your document so that the - master file is at the root of the tree: - \begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -./mybook.tex -./mybook/preface/Preface.tex -./mybook/preface/*** -./mybook/chapter1/Intro.tex -... -\end{verbatim} - \end{quote} - and so on. -\item Did you actually \emph{need} \csx{include}?~--- if not, you can - replace \csx{include} by \csx{input} throughout. (This only works - if you don't need \csx{includeonly}.) -\item You \emph{could} patch your system's \File{texmf.cnf}~--- if you - know what you're doing, the error message should be enough of a - hint; this action is definitely not recommended, and is left to - those who can ``help themselves'' in this respect. -\end{enumerate} -\LastEdit*{2012-02-13} - -\Question[Q-expl3-old]{Support package \Package{expl3} too old} - -Some (rather modern) packages are written using the % ! line break -\Qref*{\latex{}3 programming environment}{Q-LaTeX3}. Since \latex{}3 -is still under development, the author cannot reliably guess what -version of \latex{}3 the user has installed, and whether that version -is adequate for the current package. Thus the package's code often -checks the user's installation, and complains if it's older than the -author's installation at time of testing. The error message is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Support package expl3 too old. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The ``additional help'' tells you the solution: update your \latex{}3 -installation. The relevant things are \Package{l3kernel} (the -programming environment, which contains the \Package{expl3} mentioned -in the error message) and \Package{l3packages} (\latex{}3 constructs -such as command definitions). - -While this sounds a drastic remedy, it is no longer the major -undertaking it once was~--- if you are using a modern \tex{} -distribution that you installed yourself, ask it to update over the -internet; if that choice is not available, install from the -\extension{tds.zip} files available for both packages on \ctan{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[l3kernel \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3kernel} -\item[l3packages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3packages} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2013-02-20} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-lab-ref.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-lab-ref.tex deleted file mode 100644 index d1629fd7b7c..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-lab-ref.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,182 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-lab-ref.tex,v 1.4 2011/05/08 10:16:43 rf10 Exp $ - -\subsection{Labels and references} - -\Question[Q-nameref]{Referring to things by their name} - -\LaTeX{}'s labelling mechanism is designed for the impersonal world of -the academic publication, in which everything has a number: an -extension is necessary if we are to record the \emph{name} of things -we've labelled. The two packages available extend the \LaTeX{} -sectioning commands to provide reference by the name of the section. - -The \Package{titleref} package is a simple extension which provides -the command \csx{titleref}; it is a stand-alone package~--- don't use it -in a document in which you also need to use \Package{hyperref}. - -The \Package{byname} package is part of the \Package{smartref} bundle -and works well with \Package{smartref}, and works (to an extent) with -\Package{hyperref}, but the links it defines are not hyperlinks. - -The \Class{memoir} class incorporates the functionality of -\Package{titleref}, but doesn't work with \Package{byname} (though a -search of \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} on \URL{groups.google.com} will -find a patch to \Package{byname} to remedy the problem). - -The \Package{hyperref} bundle includes a package \Package{nameref}, -which will work standing alone (i.e., without \Package{hyperref}: of -course, in this mode its references are not hyperlinked). If you load -\Package{hyperref} itself, \Package{nameref} is automatically loaded. -\Class{Memoir} requires the \Package{memhfixc} when running with -\Package{hyperref}; following the sequence: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[...]{memoir} -... -\usepackage[...]{hyperref} -\usepackage{memhfixc} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\Package{nameref} commands may be used in a \Class{memoir} document. - -\Package{Zref} defines a proposed replacement for all of the \LaTeX{} -reference mechanisms, and among other things provides -name-referencing mechanisms: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[user,titleref]{zref} -... -\section{hello}\zlabel{sec:one} -The section name is: \ztitleref{sec:one}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(One might hope that something of this sort would be the ``way of the -future'', but things move slowly in the \LaTeX{} world: don't hold -your breath.) - -Each of \Package{titleref}, \Package{byname} and \Package{nameref} -defines a reference command with the same name as the package: -\csx{titleref}, \csx{byname} and \csx{nameref}. The \Package{nameref} -package also defines a command \csx{byshortnameref}, which uses the -optional `short' title argument to the chapter and section commands. -(Although it comes from the same author, \Package{zref} \emph{doesn't} -define a short-name variant.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[byname.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{smartref} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[nameref.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{hyperref} -\item[smartref.sty]\CTANref{smartref} -\item[titleref.sty]\CTANref{titleref} -\item[zref.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[zref] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-extref]{Referring to labels in other documents} - -When producing a set of inter-related documents, you'll often want to -refer to labels in another document of the set; but \LaTeX{}, of its -own accord, doesn't permit this. - -So the package \Package{xr} was written: if you say -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr} -\externaldocument{volume1} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will load all the references from \File{volume1} into your present -document. - -But what if the documents both have a section labelled -``\environment{introduction}'' (likely enough, after all)? The -package provides a means to transform all the imported labels, so you -don't have to change label names in either document. For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -loads the references from \File{volume1}, but prefixes every one with -the string \texttt{V1-}. So you would refer to the introduction to volume~1 -as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1} -... -... the introduction to volume1 - (\ref{V1-introduction})... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1} -... -... the introduction to volume1 (\ref{V1-introduction})... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -To have the facilities of \Package{xr} working with -\Package{hyperref}, you need \Package{xr-hyper}. For simple -hyper-cross-referencing (i.e., to a local \acro{PDF} file you've just -compiled), write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr-hyper} -\usepackage{hyperref} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1} -... -... the \nameref{V1-introduction})... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the name reference will appear as an active link to the -``introduction'' chapter of \File{volume1.pdf}. - -To link to a \acro{PDF} document on the Web, for which you happen to -have the .aux file, write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr-hyper} -\usepackage{hyperref} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1}[http://mybook.com/volume1.pdf] -... -... the \nameref{V1-introduction})... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xr-hyper} -\usepackage{hyperref} -\externaldocument[V1-]{volume1}% - [http://mybook.com/volume1.pdf] -... -... the \nameref{V1-introduction})... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -Heiko Oberdiek's experimental \Package{zref} bundle includes a -hyper-crossreferencing mechanism using its \Package{zref-xr} module. -Usage is closely modelled on \Package{xr} and \Package{xr-hyper}; a -trivial example (from a \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} posting) is -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{zref-xr,zref-user} -\zexternaldocument*{xr02} -... -\zref{foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The module provides all the facilities of the older packages, and can -deal both with ``traditional'' \LaTeX{} labels and with -\Package{zref}'s style of labels. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[xr.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[xr] -\item[xr-hyper.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{hyperref}[xr-hyper] -\item[zref \nothtml{\rmfamily\itshape}bundle]Distributed as part of - \CTANref{oberdiek}[zref] -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-litprog.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-litprog.tex deleted file mode 100644 index e5ba9eb6712..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-litprog.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-litprog.tex,v 1.3 2012/11/24 10:56:03 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Literate programming} - -\Question[Q-lit]{What is Literate Programming?} - -Literate programming is the combination of documentation and source -together in a fashion suited for reading by human beings. -In general, literate programs combine source -and documentation in a single file. Literate programming tools then -parse the file to produce either readable documentation or compilable -source. The \acro{WEB} style of literate programming was created by -D.~E.~Knuth during the development of \TeX{}. - -\htmlignore -The ``\Qref*{documented \LaTeX{}}{Q-dtx}'' style of programming -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} - The ``\Qref{documented \LaTeX{}}{Q-dtx}'' style of programming -\end{htmlversion} -is regarded by some as a form of literate programming, though it only -contains a subset of the constructs Knuth used. - -Discussion of literate programming is conducted in the newsgroup -\Newsgroup{comp.programming.literate}, whose \acro{FAQ} is stored on -\acro{CTAN}. Another good source of information is -\URL{http://www.literateprogramming.com/} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Literate Programming \acro{FAQ}]% - \CTANref{LitProg-FAQ} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-11-16} - -\Question[Q-webpkgs]{\acro{WEB} systems for various languages} - -\TeX{} is written in the programming language \acro{WEB}; \acro{WEB} -is a tool to implement the concept of ``literate programming''. -Knuth's original implementation will be in any respectable -distribution of \TeX{}, but the sources of the two tools -(\ProgName{tangle} and \ProgName{weave}), together with a manual -outlining the programming techniques, may be had from \acro{CTAN}. - -\acro{\ProgName{CWEB}}, by Silvio Levy, is a \acro{WEB} for \acro{C} programs. - -\acro{\ProgName{FWEB}}, by John Krommes, is a version for Fortran, -Ratfor,\acro{C}, \acro{C}++, working with \latex{}; it was derived -from \ProgName{CWEB}. - -Spidery \acro{WEB}, by Norman Ramsey, supports many -languages including Ada, \texttt{awk}, and \acro{C} -and, while not in the public domain, is usable without charge. It is -now superseded by \ProgName{noweb} (also by Norman Ramsay) which -incorporates the lessons learned in implementing spidery \acro{WEB}, -and which is a simpler, equally powerful, tool. - -\ProgName{Scheme}\acro{\ProgName{WEB}}, by John Ramsdell, is a Unix filter that -translates Scheme\acro{WEB} into \LaTeX{} source or Scheme source. - -\acro{\ProgName{APLWEB}} is a version of \acro{WEB} for \acro{APL}. - -\ProgName{FunnelWeb} is a version of \acro{WEB} that is language independent. - -Other language independent versions of \acro{WEB} are \ProgName{nuweb} (which -is written in \acro{ANSI} \acro{C}). - -\ProgName{Tweb} is a \acro{WEB} for \plaintex{} macro files, using -\ProgName{noweb}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[aplweb]\CTANref{aplweb} -\item[cweb]\CTANref{cweb} -\item[funnelweb]\CTANref{funnelweb} -\item[fweb]\CTANref{fweb} -\item[noweb]\CTANref{noweb} -\item[nuweb]\CTANref{nuweb} -\item[schemeweb]\CTANref{schemeweb} -\item[spiderweb]\CTANref{spiderweb} -\item[tangle]\CTANref{web} -\item[tweb]\CTANref{tweb} -\item[weave]\CTANref{web} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-mac-prog.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-mac-prog.tex deleted file mode 100644 index e9a881ba2a5..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-mac-prog.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3724 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-mac-prog.tex,v 1.35 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Macro programming} - -\subsection{``Generic'' macros and techniques} - -\Question[Q-linmacnames]{Non-letters in macro names} - -New \LaTeX{} users are often suprised that macro definitions -containing non-letters, such as -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\cul8r}{Goodbye!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -fail to compile. The reason is that the \TeX{} macro language, unlike -most programming languages, allows % ! loin break (twatbili) -\Qref*{nothing but letters in macro names}{Q-whatmacros}. - -There are a number of techniques for defining a macro with a name like -\csx{cul8r}. Unfortunately, none of the techniques is particularly -good: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Use \csx{csname}\dots\csx{endcsname} to define and invoke the - macro: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter\newcommand - \csname cul8r\endcsname{Goodbye!} -I said, ``\csname cul8r\endcsname''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter\newcommand\csname cul8r\endcsname{Goodbye!} -I said, ``\csname cul8r\endcsname''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - \begin{description} - \item[Pro:] No unexpected side effects - \item[Con:] So verbose as to be unusable - \end{description} -\item Define a ``special-command generator'', and use the resulting - commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\DefineRemark}[2]{% - \expandafter\newcommand - \csname rmk-#1\endcsname{#2}% -} -\newcommand{\Remark}[1]{% - \csname rmk-#1\endcsname% -} -... -\DefineRemark{cul8r}{Goodbye!} -... -I said, ``\Remark{cul8r}''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\DefineRemark}[2]{% - \expandafter\newcommand\csname rmk-#1\endcsname{#2}% -} -\newcommand{\Remark}[1]{\csname rmk-#1\endcsname} -... -\DefineRemark{cul8r}{Goodbye!} -... -\Remark{cul8r} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - \begin{description} - \item[Pro:] Straightforward to use, not too untidy - \item[Con:] It's hardly doing what we set out to do (experts will - see that you are defining a macro, but others likely won't) - \end{description} -\item Convince \TeX{} that ``\texttt{8}'' is a letter: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\catcode`8 = 11 -\newcommand{\cul8r}{Goodbye!} -I said, ``\cul8r''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - \begin{description} - \item[Pro:] \csx{cul8r} can be used directly - \item[Con:] Likely to break other uses of ``\texttt{8}'' (such as - numbers or dimensions; so - \cmdinvoke{setlength}{\csx{paperwidth}}{8in} tells us: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Missing number, treated as zero. -<to be read again> - 8 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - \end{description} - As a general rule, changing category codes is something to use - \emph{in extremis}, after detailed examination of options. It is - conceivable that such drastic action could be useful for you, but - most ordinary users are well advised not even to try such a - technique. -\item Define a macro \csx{cul} which must always be followed by - ``\texttt{8r}'': -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\cul8r{Goodbye!} -I said, ``\cul8r''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - \begin{description} - \item[Pro:] \csx{cul8r} can be used directly - \item[Con~\#1:] Breaks if \csx{cul} is followed by anything other - than ``\texttt{8r}'', with a confusing diagnostic~--- - \csx{cul99} produces: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! Use of \cul doesn't match its definition. -<*> \cul9 - 9 -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! Use of \cul doesn't match its - definition. -<*> \cul9 - 9 -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} - (which would confuse someone who hadn't even realised there - \emph{was} a definition of \csx{cul} in the document). - \item[Con~\#2:] Silently redefines existing \csx{cul}, if any; - as a result, the technique cannot be used to define both a - \csx{cul8r} and, say, a \csx{cul123} macro in the same - document. - \end{description} -\end{enumerate} -Technique~3 is in fact commonly used~--- in a limited form~--- within -most \LaTeX{} packages and within \LaTeX{} itself. The convention is to -use ``\texttt{@}'' within the names of internal macros to hide them -from the user and thereby prevent naming conflicts. To this end, -\LaTeX{} automatically treats ``\texttt{@}'' as a letter while -processing classes and packages and as a non-letter while processing -the user's document. The key to this technique is the separation: -internally a non-letter is used for macro names, and the user doesn't -see anything of it, while the status remains ``frozen'' in all the -definitions created within the class or package. See % ! line break -\Qref[question]{\csx{@} and \texttt{@} in macro names}{Q-atsigns} for -more information. - -Note that analogous use of technique~3 in this example would give us -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup - \catcode`8 = 11 - \gdef\cul8r{Goodbye!} - \gdef\later{\cul8r} -\endgroup -I said, ``\later''. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which works, but rather defeats the object of the exercise. -(\csx{later} has the ``frozen'' catcode for `8', even though the value -has reverted to normal by the time it's used; note, also, the use of -the primitive command \csx{gdef}, since \csx{newcommand} can't make a -macro that's available outside the group.) - -\emph{Recommendation}: Either choose another mechanism (such as -\csx{DefineRemark} above), or choose another name for your macro, one -that contains only ordinary letters. A common approach is to use -roman numerals in place of arabic ones: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\culVIIIr}{Goodbye!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which rather spoils the intent of the joke implicit in the example -\csx{cul8r}! -\LastEdit*{2009-06-03} - -\Question[Q-repeat-num]{Repeating a command \emph{n} times} - -\tex{} was \emph{not} designed as a programming language, but there -are occasions when you want to repeat some part of your document, just -as parts of programs need to run several times. An obvious -example is \tex{}-based drawing: \latex{}'s \environment{picture} -environment and \Package{pgf} (at least) provide repeat facilities~--- -they are useful for drawing repeating patterns. As a result, -``common'' programming techniques often have to be emulated using -obscure macro \tex{}niques. - -This answer deals with repeating an operation a given number of times; -repeating operations once for each of a set of objects is dealt with -in the answer \Qref*{repeating ``over a set''}{Q-repeat-set}. - -Plain \tex{} itself provides a \csx{loop} \dots{} \csx{repeat} -contruct, which enables you to repeat a command (or set of commands). -The syntax is simple enough, but it use of \tex{} conditionals is -different enough that many people find it confusing. -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcount\foo -\foo=10 -\loop - \message{\the\foo} - \advance \foo -1 -\ifnum \foo>0 -\repeat -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In this slightly tricky code, \csx{loop} starts the construct ended by -\csx{repeat}, but \csx{repeat} also ``serves as'' the \csx{fi} to the -\csx{ifnum}. The loop above prints the numbers from 10 down to 1 via -\tex{} \csx{message} (i.e., on the console output). - -The \Package{multido} package is also `generic' (usable both in -\plaintex{} and latex{}); it defines a command \csx{multido} with -three arguments: -\begin{quote} - % ! line break - \cmdinvoke{multido}{\meta{variables}}{\meta{repetitions}}{\meta{stuff to repeat}} -\end{quote} -When the macro is executing, the \meta{stuff to repeat} gets executed -\meta{repetitions} times; the \meta{variables} gives a list of -variables that can be used in \meta{stuff}. Each variable is a -composite of a command sequence and how it varies; so a variable -``\csx{iz}\texttt{=2+4}'' sets \csx{iz} to \texttt{2} first time -around, then \texttt{6} and \texttt{10} in the next two iterations, -and so on. (The variable \csx{iz} is an integer; variables with other -initial letters represent different data types.) - -% [do these things matter?] -% The \latexe{} kernel has commands \csx{@for} and \csx{@tfor}. -% -% The \latex{}3 kernel includes the command |\prg_replicate:nn|; this -% information isn't much use unless you're a \latex{}3 user. -Both current \latex{} and (experimental) \latex{}3 have iteration -commands for internal use and for package writers; their use is -probably not recommendable. - -The \latex{} distribution package \Package{ifthen} offers the macro -\csx{whiledo}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{ct} -... -\setcounter{ct}{1} -\whiledo {\value{ct} < 5}% -{% - \thect\ - \stepcounter {ct}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The \Package{forloop} package provides nothing but \csx{forloop}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcounter{ct} -... -\forloop{ct}{1}{\value{ct} < 5}% -{% - \thect\ -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -as you can see, the arguments are counter, starting value and -termination condition; an optional argument supplies a step value -(default step is 1). - -The \latex{} \environment{picture} environment has a simple command -for repeated drawing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\multiput(x,y)(xstep,ystep){n}{obj} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which places \meta{obj} (intended to be a bit of picture) -\meta{n} times at positions (\meta{x}, \meta{y}), -(\meta{x}+\meta{xstep}, \meta{y}+\meta{ystep}), -(\meta{x}+2\meta{xstep}, \meta{y}+2\meta{ystep}) and so on, adding the -displacement again each time. The command was designed for use in -\environment{picture}, but it makes no check, and may even be used to -provide eccentric typesetting in a ``regular'' sentence, such as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Here \multiput(0,0)(1,1){3}{we} are again. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -with predictable (if not actually desirable) effect. It may be used -with nothing but an iterative calculation in the braced argument, in -which case its graphical capabilities have no effect. - -The \Package{pgffor} package, which is part of the % ! line break -\Qref*{\Package{pgf} distribution}{Q-drawing}, also -provides iterations to support the needs of graphics. Its syntax is -in the style of common programming languages: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{pgffor} -\newcommand{\cmd}{-x-} -... -\foreach \n in {1,...,4}{\cmd{}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -typesets ``\texttt{-x-\relax-x-\relax-x-\relax-x-}'' - -The \csx{foreach} command has the potential drawback that its repeated -unit is executed in a group, so that any calculations done within the -loop are lost (unless their result is made \csx{global}); however, it -does not `build in' its graphical origins (as \csx{multiput} does) so -its potential outside its own graphics environment ``home'' is more -clear. -% -%% can't convince myself that \naturalloop helps with anything -% The \Package{etextools} package provides \csx{naturalloop}, which -% repeats material according to a count argument that you give it. -% -%% this stuff removed, following the observation that the package's use -%% of \repeat is inconsistent with both plain tex and latex; pity -- -%% it's a nice package apart from being totally unusable :-( -% -% The \Package{repeat} package provides a \csx{for} command that -% encompasses a lot of the above; for example: -% \begin{quote} -% \begin{verbatim} -% \input repeat -% \newcount\foo -% \repeat -% \for{foo} \from{1} \to{10} \do{x*} -% \end{verbatim} -% \end{quote} -% which will typeset \texttt{x*} ten times (the count \csx{foo} will -% end up with value 11). -% -% Note the \plaintex{} usage: \Package{repeat} is ``generic'' and -% defines commands that are comfortable to \plaintex{} users, while -% remaining usable by \latex{} users. -% -% The complete syntax is given in the meta-expression: -% \begin{quote} -% \begin{verbatim} -% \repeat -% \for{var} -% \from{<start>} \by{<step>} \to{<end>} -% \downto{<end>} \until{<cond>} \while{<cond>} -% \do{<operate on something>} -% \end{verbatim} -% \end{quote} -% You must choose a consistent set of \csx{from}, \csx{by}, \csx{to}, -% \csx{downto}, \csx{until} and \csx{while} (none is actually required, -% but of course any loop has to have \emph{some}). - -% In summary, while it is certainly possible to write this sort of code as -% a private project (for example, using the \etex{} \csx{numexpr} -% primitive), one cannot deny that plenty of choice for the task is -% readily available. -% -% (the above ignore Pic\tex{}, which almost certainly has similar -% functions, but in the absence of a manual\dots{}) -\begin{ctanrefs} -%\item[etextools.sty]\CTANref{etextools} -\item[forarray.sty]\CTANref{forarray} -\item[forloop.sty]\CTANref{forloop} -\item[ifthen.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{latex} -\item[multido.sty]\CTANref{multido} -\item[pgffor.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{pgf} -%\item[repeat.tex]\CTANref{repeat} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-03-01} - -\Question[Q-repeat-set]{Repeating something for each `thing' in a set} - -As another question % line break! -(\Qref*{repeating something a given number of times}{Q-repeat-num}) -explains, \tex{} is not explicitly designed for `regular' programming -operations. As a result, we must resort to arcane tricks to do the -seemingly simple task of repeating an operation. This answer deals -with repeating an operation for each of a given set of objects. - -The \Package{etoolbox} package provides iteration over a -comma-separated list of items, in its \csx{docsvlist} and -\csx{forcsvlist} commands; they are well-described in the package -documentation. The \Package{datatool} package manages ``databases'' -(of its own definition) and you may iterate over entries in such a -database using the command \csx{DTLforeach}. - -The \Package{forarray} package defines its own ``list'' and ``array'' -structures, together with commands \csx{ForEach} and \csx{ForArray} -which enable a command to be executed for each element in a list or -array, respectively. - -The \Package{dowith} defines a pair of macros \csx{DoWith} and -\csx{StopDoing} that process each ``thing'' between them; a trivial -example of use is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{dowith} -... -\begin{document} -\newcommand{\foo}[1]{\message{#1+} -\DoWith\foo a{BBB}c\StopDoing -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which produces terminal output: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -a+ BBB+ c+ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -so, the macros have found 3 ``things'', including one with braces -around it. (The interpolated spaces come from the primitive -\csx{message} command.) - -The only constraint is that all commands in the enclosed stuff are -``expandable'' (which means, for example, that you may not use -commands with optional arguments). - -From the same stable (as \Package{dowith}) comes the package -\Package{commado}, that provides commands \csx{DoWithCSL} (apply a -command to each element of a comma-separated-variable list) and -\csx{DoWithBasesExts} (apply a command to each of a set of files, -defined by base name and ``extension''). Use of these \csx{DoWith*} -macros is also expandable (if the command applied to the list elements -is itself expandable). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[commado.sty]\CTANref{commado} -\item[datatool.sty]\CTANref{datatool} -\item[dowith.sty]\CTANref{dowith} -\item[etoolbox.sty]\CTANref{etoolbox} -\item[filesdo.sty]Distributed with \CTANref{commado} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-02-20} - -%See \url{http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/16189/repeat-command-n-times} -%for details (do i need this any more?) - -\Question[Q-findwidth]{Finding the width of a letter, word, or phrase} - -Put the word in a box, and measure the width of the box. For example, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newdimen\stringwidth -\setbox0=\hbox{hi} -\stringwidth=\wd0 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that if the quantity in the \csx{hbox} is a phrase, the actual -measurement only approximates the width that the phrase will occupy in -running text, since the inter-word glue can be adjusted in paragraph -mode. - -The same sort of thing is expressed in \LaTeX{} by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newlength{\gnat} -\settowidth{\gnat}{\textbf{small}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This sets the value of the length command |\gnat| to the width of ``small'' -in bold-face text. - -\Question[Q-patch]{Patching existing commands} - -In the general case (possibly sticking something in the middle of an -existing command) this is difficult. However, the common requirement, -to add some code at the beginning or the end of an existing command, -is conceptually quite easy. Suppose we want to define a version of a -command that does some small extension of its original definition: we -would naturally write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\splat}{\mumble\splat} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -However, this would not work: a call to \csx{splat} would execute -\csx{mumble}, and then call the redefined \csx{splat} again; this is an -`unterminated recursion', that will quickly exhaust \TeX{}'s memory. - -Fortunately, the \TeX{} primitive \csx{let} command comes to our -rescue; it allows us to take a ``snapshot'' of the current state of a -command, which we can then use in the redefinition of the command. -So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\OldSmooth\smooth -\renewcommand{\smooth}{\mumble\OldSmooth} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -effects the required patch, safely. Adding things at the end of a -command works similarly. - -If \csx{smooth} takes arguments, one must pass them on: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\OldSmooth\smooth -\renewcommand{\smooth}[2]{\mumble\OldSmooth{#1}{#2}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\OldSmooth\smooth -\renewcommand{\smooth}[2]% - {\mumble\OldSmooth{#1}{#2}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} - -The situation is more difficult still if \csx{smooth} takes an -optional argument; the structure of the command is so complex that the -simple \csx{let} command does not retain the necessary detail. In -this case, we need the \Package{letltxmacro} package which knows about all -sorts of \latex{} commands and how to replicate them. Suppose we have -a command defined as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\rough}[1][\default]{...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -with an optional argument (substituted with \csx{default} if it's not -present) as well as an ordinary one. In this case we copy it using -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\LetLtxMacro{\NewRough}{\rough} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and then repeat the technique we had above, with one extension: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\rough}[1][\newdef]% - {\mumble\OldRough[{#1}]{#2}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -We see here that (for tedious argument-matching reasons) it is -necessary to provide braces arround the optional argument that is -being passed on. - -The general case may be achieved in two ways. First, one can use the -\LaTeX{} command \csx{CheckCommand}; this compares an existing command -with the definition you give it, and issues a warning if two don't -match. Use is therefore: -\begin{quote} - |\CheckCommand{\complex}{|\meta{original definition}|}|\\ - |\renewcommand{\complex}{|\meta{new definition}|}| -\end{quote} -This technique is obviously somewhat laborious, but if the original -command comes from a source that's liable to change under the control -of someone else, it does at least warn you that your patch is in -danger of going wrong. - -Otherwise, \LaTeX{} users may use one of the \Package{patchcmd}, -\Package{ted} or \Package{etoolbox} packages. - -The \Package{patchcmd} package addresses a slightly simpler task, by -restricting the set of commands that you may patch; you mayn't patch -any command that has an optional argument, though it does deal with -the case of commands defined with \csx{DeclareRobustCommand}. The -package defines a \csx{patchcommand} command, that takes three -arguments: the command to patch, stuff to stick at the front of its -definition, and stuff to stick on the end of its definition. So, -after -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\b{b} -\patchcmd\b{a}{c} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -we will have a new version of \csx{b} defined as ``\texttt{abc}''. - -The \Package{ted} package is a `token list editor', and provides a -command \csx{substitute} which will patch the -contents of a macro, putting the result in a token-list, or -(in the form \csx{Substitute*}) using the result to (re)define a -macro. The following example defines a simple macro, and then changes -its definition: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\myfont}% - {\Large\sffamily\selectfont} -\Substitute*[\renewcommand{\myfont}]{\myfont}% - {\Large\sffamily}{\huge\itshape} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The macro's definition is now: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\huge\itshape\selectfont -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The package also offers a command \csx{ShowTokens}, which shows the -content of its argument, one token to a line, with details of the -token's category code, etc. This is recommended as a debugging tool. - -The \Package{etoolbox} package (which provides user access to \eTeX{}'s -programming facilities) provides a command \csx{patchcmd} which is -very similar to \csx{Substitute}, except that it only replaces a -single instance of the token(s) in its search pattern. Since not all -commands may be patched in this way, \csx{patchcmd} takes extra -arguments for \emph{success} and \emph{failure} cases. The -package also provides commands that prepend (\csx{pretocmd}) or append -(\csx{apptocmd}) to the definition of a command. Not all commands may -be patched in this way; the package provides a command -\csx{ifpatchable} which checks the prerequisites, and checks that the -target command's body does indeed include the patch string you propose -to use. (The command \csx{ifpatchable*} omits the test on the patch -string.) - -The \Package{regexpatch} package deals with cases that are -inaccessible with \Package{etoolbox}; it uses the regular expression -(pattern-matching) package \Package{l3regex} from the \latex{}3 -distribution to find the code you need to patch. The package also -``knows about'' robust commands and about -\Qref*{\Package{biblatex}}{Q-biblatex}. - -Finally, we'll briefly consider a package that is (just about) -usable, but not really recommendable. \Package{Patch} gives you an -ingenious (and difficult to understand) mechanism, and comes as an -old-style \LaTeX{} documented macro file, which can no longer be -processed to \Qref*{produce formatted documentation, etc.\@}{Q-install-doc}. -Fortunately, the file (\File{patch.doc}) may be input directly, and -``documentation'' may found by reading the source of the package. -Roughly speaking, one gives the command a set of instructions -analogous to \ProgName{sed} substitutions, and it regenerates the -command thus amended. Unless you can't do your job any other way, -\Package{patch} is best avoided. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[etoolbox.sty]\CTANref{etoolbox} -\item[l3regex.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3experimental}[l3regex] -\item[letltxmacro.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[letltxmacro] -\item[patch.doc]\CTANref{patch} -\item[patchcommand.sty]\CTANref{patchcmd} -\item[regexpatch.sty]\CTANref{regexpatch} -\item[ted.sty]\CTANref{ted} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-12-21} - -\Question[Q-compjobnam]{Comparing the ``job name''} - -The token \csx{jobname} amusingly produces a sequence of characters -whose category code is 12 (`other'), regardless of what the characters -actually are. Since one inevitably has to compare a macro with the -contents of another macro (using \csx{ifx}, somewhere) one needs to -create a macro whose expansion looks the same as the expansion of -\csx{jobname}. We find we can do this with \csx{meaning}, if we strip -the ``\csx{show} command'' prefix. - -The full command looks like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\StripPrefix#1>{} -\def\jobis#1{FF\fi - \def\predicate{#1}% - \edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix\meaning\predicate}% - \edef\job{\jobname}% - \ifx\job\predicate -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\StripPrefix#1>{} -\def\jobis#1{FF\fi - \def\predicate{#1}% - \edef\predicate{\expandafter\StripPrefix - \meaning\predicate}% - \edef\job{\jobname}% - \ifx\job\predicate -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -And it's used as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\if\jobis{mainfile}% - \message{YES}% -\else - \message{NO}% -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that the command \csx{StripPrefix} need not be defined if you're -using \LaTeX{}~--- there's already an % line break! -\Qref*{internal command}{Q-atsigns} \csx{strip@prefix} that you can -use. - -\Question[Q-isitanum]{Is the argument a number?} - -\TeX{}'s own lexical analysis doesn't offer the macro programmer -terribly much support: while category codes will distinguish letters -(or what \TeX{} currently thinks of as letters) from everything else, -there's no support for analysing numbers. - -The simple-minded solution is to compare numeric characters with the -characters of the argument, one by one, by a sequence of direct tests, -and to declare the argument ``not a number'' if any character fails -all comparisons: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifx1#1 -\else\ifx2#1 -... -\else\ifx9#1 -\else\isanumfalse -\fi\fi...\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which one would then use in a tail-recursing macro to gobble an -argument. One could do slightly better by assuming (pretty safely) -that the digits' character codes are consecutive: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifnum`#1<`0 \isanumfalse -\else\ifnum`#1>`9 \isanumfalse - \fi -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -again used in tail-recursion. However, these forms aren't very -satisfactory: getting the recursion ``right'' is troublesome (it has a -tendency to gobble spaces in the argument), and in any case \TeX{} -itself has mechanisms for reading numbers, and it would be nice to use -them. - -Donald Arseneau's \Package{cite} package offers the following test -for an argument being a strictly positive integer: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\IsPositive#1{% - TT\fi - \ifcat_\ifnum0<0#1 _\else A\fi -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which can be adapted to a test for a non-negative integer thus: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\IsNonNegative{% - \ifcat_\ifnum9<1#1 _\else A\fi -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or a test for any integer: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\gobbleminus#1{\ifx-#1\else#1\fi} -\def\IsInteger#1{% - TT\fi - \ifcat_\ifnum9<1\gobbleminus#1 _\else A\fi -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -but this surely stretches the technique further than is reasonable. - -If we don't care about the sign, we can use \TeX{} to remove the -entire number (sign and all) from the input stream, and then look at -what's left: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\testnum#1{\afterassignment\testresult - \count255=0#1 \end} -\def\testresult#1\end{\ifx\end#1\end} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\testnum#1{\afterassignment\testresult\count255=0#1 \end} -\def\testresult#1\end{\ifx\end#1\end\isanumtrue\else\isanumfalse\fi} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -(which technique is due to David Kastrup; the trick for avoiding the -errors, noted in an earlier version of this answer, was suggested by -Andreas Matthias). -In a later thread on the same topic, Michael Downes offered: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\IsInteger#1{% - TT\fi - \begingroup \lccode`\-=`\0 \lccode`+=`\0 - \lccode`\1=`\0 \lccode`\2=`\0 \lccode`\3=`\0 - \lccode`\4=`\0 \lccode`\5=`\0 \lccode`\6=`\0 - \lccode`\7=`\0 \lccode`\8=`\0 \lccode`\9=`\0 - \lowercase{\endgroup - \expandafter\ifx\expandafter\delimiter - \romannumeral0\string#1}\delimiter -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\IsInteger#1{% - TT\fi - \begingroup \lccode`\-=`\0 \lccode`+=`\0 - \lccode`\1=`\0 \lccode`\2=`\0 - \lccode`\3=`\0 \lccode`\4=`\0 - \lccode`\5=`\0 \lccode`\6=`\0 - \lccode`\7=`\0 \lccode`\8=`\0 - \lccode`\9=`\0 - \lowercase{\endgroup - \expandafter\ifx\expandafter\delimiter - \romannumeral0\string#1}\delimiter -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -which relies on \csx{romannumeral} producing an empty result if its -argument is zero. Sadly, this technique has the unfortunate property -that it accepts simple expressions such as `\texttt{1+2-3}'; this -could be solved by an initial \csx{gobbleminus}-like construction. - -All the complete functions above are designed to be used in \TeX{} -conditionals written ``naturally''~--- for example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\if\IsInteger{<subject of test>}% - <deal with integer>% -\else - <deal with non-integer>% -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The \LaTeX{} \Class{memoir} class has an internal command of its own, -\cmdinvoke*{checkifinteger}{num}, that sets the conditional command -\csx{ifinteger} according to whether the argument was an integer. - -Of course, all this kerfuffle would be (essentially) void if there was -a simple means of ``catching'' \TeX{} errors. Imagining an -error-catching primitive \csx{ifnoerror}, one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\IsInteger#1{% - TT% - \ifnoerror - \tempcount=#1\relax -% carries on if no error - \expandafter\iftrue - \else -% here if there was an error - \expandafter\iffalse - \fi -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -thus using \TeX{}'s own integer-parsing code to do the check. It's a -pity that such a mechanism was never defined (it could be that it's -impossible to program within \TeX{}!). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-hash]{Defining macros within macros} - -The way to think of this is that |##| gets replaced by |#| in just the -same way that |#1| gets replaced by `whatever is the first argument'. - -So if you define a macro: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\a[1]{+#1+#1+#1+} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or (using the \tex{} primitive \csx{def}): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\a#1{+#1+#1+#1+} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and use it as \cmdinvoke{a}{b}, -the macro expansion produces `+b+b+b+', -as most people would expect. - -However, if we now replace part of the macro: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\a[1]{+#1+% - \newcommand\x[1]{xxx#1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\a[1]{+#1+\newcommand\x[1]{xxx#1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -then \cmdinvoke{a}{b} will give us the rather odd -\begin{quote} - +b+\cmdinvoke{newcommand}{x}[1]{xxxb} -\end{quote} -so that the new \csx{x} ignores its argument. - -If we use the \tex{} primitive: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\a#1{+#1+\def\x #1{xxx#1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\cmdinvoke{a}{b} will expand to `+b+|\def\x b{xxxb}|'. This -defines \csx{x} to be a macro \emph{delimited} by |b|, and taking no -arguments, which is surely not what was intended! - -Actually, to define \csx{x} to take an argument, we need -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\a[1]{+#1+% - \newcommand\x[1]{xxx##1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\a[1]{+#1+\newcommand\x[1]{xxx##1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -or, using the \tex{} primitive definition: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\a#1{+#1+\def\x ##1{xxx##1}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and \cmdinvoke{a}{b} will expand to -\begin{quote} - +b+|\def\x #1{xxx#1}| -\end{quote} -because |#1| gets replaced by `b' -and |##| gets replaced by |#|. - -To nest a definition inside a definition inside a definition then you -need |####1|, doubling the number of |#| signs; and at the next level -you need 8~|#|s each time, and so on. - -\Question[Q-spinmacro]{Spaces in macros} - -It's very easy to write macros that produce space in the typeset -output where it's neither desired nor expected. Spaces introduced by -macros are particularly insidious because they don't amalgamate with -spaces around the macro (unlike consecutive spaces that you -type), so your output can have a single bloated space that proves -to be made up of two or even more spaces that haven't amalgamated. -And of course, your output can also have a space where none was wanted -at all. - -Spaces are produced, inside a macro as elsewhere, by space or tab -characters, or by end-of-line characters. There are two basic rules -to remember when writing a macro: first, the rules for ignoring spaces -when you're typing macros are just the same as the rules that apply -when you're typing ordinary text, and second, rules for ignoring -spaces do \emph{not} apply to spaces produced while a macro is being -obeyed (``expanded''). - -Spaces are ignored in vertical mode (between paragraphs), at the -beginning of a line, and after a command name. Since sequences of -spaces are collapsed into one, it `feels as if' spaces are ignored if -they follow another space. Space can have syntactic meaning after -certain sorts of non-braced arguments (e.g., \emph{count} and -\emph{dimen} variable assignments in \plaintex{}) and after certain -control words (e.g., in \csx{hbox} |to|, so again we have instances -where it `feels as if' spaces are being ignored when they're merely -working quietly for their living. - -Consider the following macro, fairly faithfully adapted from one that -appeared on \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex}: -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\stline}[1] - { \bigskip \makebox[2cm]{ \textbf{#1} } } -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the original appeared on a single line: it's wrapped here to fit in -the printed \acro{FAQ}'s narrow columns). - -\nothtml{\noindent} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\stline}[1]{ \bigskip \makebox[2cm]{ \textbf{#1} } } -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -The macro definition contains five spaces: -\begin{itemize} -\item after the opening |{| of the macro body; this space will be - ignored, not because ``because the macro appears at the start of a - line'', but rather because the macro was designed to operate between - paragraphs -\item after \csx{bigskip}; this space will be ignored (while the macro - is being defined) because it follows a command name -\item after the |{| of the mandatory argument of \csx{makebox}; even - though this space will inevitably appear at the start of an output - line, it will \emph{not} be ignored -\item after the |}| closing the argument of \csx{textbf}; this space - will not be ignored, but may be overlooked if the argument is well - within the |2cm| allowed for it -\item after the |}| closing the mandatory argument of \csx{makebox}; - this space will not be ignored -\end{itemize} -The original author of the macro had been concerned that the starts of -his lines with this macro in them were not at the left margin, and -that the text appearing after the macro wasn't always properly -aligned. These problems arose from the space at the start of the -mandatory argument of \csx{makebox} and the space immediately after the -same argument. He had written his macro in that way to emphasise the -meaning of its various parts; unfortunately the meaning was rather -lost in the problems the macro caused. - -The principal technique for suppressing spaces is the use of -\texttt{\textpercent{}} characters: everything after a -\texttt{\textpercent{}} is ignored, even the end of line itself (so -that not even the end of line can contribute an unwanted space). The -secondary technique is to ensure that the end of line is preceded by a -command name (since the end of line behaves like a space, it will be -ignored following a command name). Thus the above command would be -written (by an experienced programmer with a similar eye to -emphasising the structure): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\stline}[1]{% - \bigskip - \makebox[2cm]{% - \textbf{#1}\relax - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Care has been taken to ensure that every space in the revised -definition is ignored, so none appears in the output. The revised -definition takes the ``belt and braces'' approach, explicitly dealing -with every line ending (although, as noted above, a space introduced -at the end of the first line of the macro would have been ignored in -actual use of the macro. This is the best technique, in fact~--- it's -easier to blindly suppress spaces than to analyse at every point -whether you actually need to. Three techniques were used to suppress -spaces: -\begin{itemize} -\item placing a \texttt{\textpercent{}} character at the end of a line - (as in the 1st, 3rd and 5th lines), -\item ending a line `naturally' with a control sequence, as in line 2, - and -\item ending a line with an `artificial' control sequence, as in line - 4; the control sequence in this case (\csx{relax}) is a no-op in many - circumstances (as here), but this usage is deprecated~--- a - \texttt{\textpercent{}} character would have been better. -\end{itemize} -Beware of the (common) temptation to place a space \emph{before} a -\texttt{\textpercent{}} character: if you do this you might as well omit -the \texttt{\textpercent{}} altogether. - -In ``real life'', of course, the spaces that appear in macros are far -more cryptic than those in the example above. The most common spaces -arise from unprotected line ends, and this is an error that -occasionally appears even in macros written by the most accomplished -programmers. - -\Question[Q-moren9]{How to break the 9-argument limit} - -If you think about it, you will realise that Knuth's command -definition syntax: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\blah#1#2 ... #9{<macro body>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -is intrinsically limited to just 9 arguments. There's no direct way -round this: how would you express a 10th argument?~--- and ensure that -the syntax didn't gobble some other valid usage? - -If you really must have more than 9 arguments, the way to go is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\blah#1#2 ... #9{% - \def\ArgI{{#1}}% - \def\ArgII{{#2}}% - ... - \def\ArgIX{{#9}}% - \BlahRelay -} -\def\BlahRelay#1#2#3{% - % arguments 1-9 are now in - % \ArgI-\ArgIX - % arguments 10-12 are in - % #1-#3 - <macro body>% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This technique is easily extendible by concert pianists of the \TeX{} -keyboard, but is really hard to recommend. - -\LaTeX{} users have the small convenience of merely giving a number of -arguments in the \csx{newcommand} that defines each part of the -relaying mechanism: Knuth's restriction applies to \csx{newcommand} -just as it does to \csx{def}. However, \LaTeX{} users also have the -way out of such barbarous command syntax: the \Package{keyval} -package. With \Package{keyval}, and a bit of programming, one can -write really quite sophisticated commands, whose invocation might look -like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\flowerinstance{species=Primula veris, - family=Primulaceae, - location=Coldham's Common, - locationtype=Common grazing land, - date=1995/04/24, - numplants=50, - soiltype=alkaline -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The merit of such verbosity is that it is self-explanatory: the typist -doesn't have to remember that argument twelve is |soiltype|, and so -on: the commands may be copied from field notes quickly and -accurately. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[keyval.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{graphics}[keyval] -\end{ctanrefs} - - * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): tweak words about getoptk - -\Question[Q-keyval]{Key-value input for macros and package options} - -When we discussed % !line break -\Qref*{extending the number of arguments to a macro}{Q-moren9}, we -suggested that large numbers of arguments, distinguished only by their -position, aren't very kind to the user, and that a package such as -\Package{keyval} offers a more attractive user interface. We now -consider the packages that the macro programmer might use, to create -such a user interface. - -The simplest key-value processor (for \latex{}, at least) remains -\Package{keyval}; it has a command \csx{define@key} to declare a key -and a \emph{handler} to process it, and a macro \csx{setkeys} to offer -values to the handler of one or more keys. Thus: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\define@key{my}{foo}{Foo is #1\par} -\define@key{my}{bar}[99]{Bar is #1\par} -... -\setkeys{my}{foo=3,bar} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will produce output saying: -\begin{quote} - Foo is 3\par{} - Bar is 99 -\end{quote} -This has defined two keys `\texttt{foo}' and `\texttt{bar}' in family -`\texttt{my}', and then executed them, the first with argument -`\texttt{3}' and the second with no argument, so that the default -value of `\texttt{99}' is picked up. In effect, the two calls to -\csx{define@key} are simply defining commands, as (for example): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\KV@my@foo}[1]{Foo is #1} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the definition of \csx{KV@my@bar} is similar, but trickier). The -command \csx{setkeys} knows how to find those commands when it needs to -process each key~--- it is easy to regurgitate the structure of the -command name, with family name (`\texttt{my}', here) after the first -`\texttt{@}', and the key name after the second `\texttt{@}'. (The -`\texttt{KV}' part is fixed, in \Package{keyval}.) - -These simple commands are enough, in fact, to process the botanical -example offered as replacement for multi-argument commands in % ! line break -\Qref[question]{the question mentioned above}{Q-moren9}, or the -optional arguments of the \csx{includegraphics} command of the -\Package{graphicx} package. (The last is, in fact, what -\Package{keyval} was designed to do.) - -However, we need more if we're to to have package options in -`key-value' form. Packages like \Package{hyperref} have enormously -complicated package options which need key-value processing at -\csx{ProcessOptions} time: \Package{keyval} can't do that on its own. - -Heiko Oberdiek's \Package{kvoptions} package comes to our help: it -enables the programmer to declare class or package options that -operate as key and value pairs. The package defines commands -\csx{DeclareBoolOption} for options whose value should be either -\emph{true} or \emph{false}, and \csx{DeclareStringOption} for all -other options that have a value. Keys are declared using -\Package{keyval} and may remain available for use within the document, -or may be `cancelled' to avoid confusion. If you have loaded -\Package{kvoptions}, the \LaTeX{} kernel's \csx{DeclareOption} becomes -\csx{DeclareVoidOption} (it's an option with no value), and -\csx{DeclareOption*} becomes \csx{DeclareDefaultOption}. - -Heiko also provides \Package{kvsetkeys} which is a more robust version -of \Package{setkeys}, with some of the rough edges made smoother. - -Hendri Adriaens' \Package{xkeyval} offers more flexibility than -the original \Package{keyval} and is more robust than the original, -too. Like \Package{kvoptions}, the package also has mechanisms to -allow class and package options in key-value form (macros -\csx{DeclareOptionX}, \csx{ExecuteOptionsX} and \csx{ProcessOptionsX}. -\Package{Pstricks} bundle packages use a \Package{xkeyval} derivative -called \Package{pst-xkey} for their own key-value manipulation. -% xkvview? (i think we can ignore xkvltxp for these purposes) - -The (widely-respected) \Package{pgf} graphics package has its own -key-value package called \Package{pgfkeys}. The documentation of the -package (part of the huge \Package{pgf} manual, in part 5, -``utilities'') contains a useful comparison with other key-value -systems; some notable differences are: -\begin{itemize} -\item key organisation: \Package{pgfkeys} uses a tree structure, while - \Package{keyval} and \Package{xkeyval} both associate keys with a family; -\item \Package{pgfkeys} supports multi-argument key code; and -\item \Package{pgfkeys} can support call-backs when an unknown key - appears (these things are called \emph{handlers}. -\end{itemize} -Keys are organized in a tree that is reminiscent of the Unix fille -tree. A typical key might be, \File{/tikz/coordinate system/x} or -just \File{/x}. When you specify keys you can provide the complete -path of the key, but you usually just provide the name of the key -(corresponding to the file name without any path) and the path is -added automatically. So a \csx{pgfkeys} command might be: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\pgfkeys{/my key=hello,/your keys/main key=something\strange, - key name without path=something else} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\pgfkeys{/my key=hello, - /your keys/main key=something\strange, - key name without path=something else} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -and for each key mentioned, the associated code will be executed. -\dots{} and that code is also set up using \csx{pgfkeys}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\pgfkeys{/my key/.code=The value is '#1'.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -after which -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\pgfkeys{/my key=hi!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will produce just -\begin{quote} - The value is 'hi!'. -\end{quote} -The manual goes on, showing how to define a key with two arguments, -how to provide default value for a key, and how to define aliases for -particular key sequences (which are called ``styles''). All in all, -it seems a well thought-out system, offering a lot of flexibility that -isn't available with the other keys packages. However, there seems to -be no mechanism for using \Package{pgfkeys} keys as part of the -options of another package, in the way that \Package{kvoptions} does. - -The \Package{l3kernel} programming layer for \Qref*{\LaTeX{}3}{Q-LaTeX3} -includes the \Package{l3keys} module. Inspired by \Package{pgfkeys}, -it provides a keyval-based method for the programmer to create keys. -As with keyval and derivatives, \Package{l3keys} uses separate macros -for defining and setting keys. The package \Package{l3keys2e} makes -it possible for \latexe{} class and package -options to be processed using \Package{l3keys}. \Package{L3kernel} -code can be used within existing LaTeX2e documents, so -\Package{l3keys} is also available to the \latexe{} programmer `direct'. - -Another key-value system that's part of larger set of macros is -\Package{scrbase}, which uses the facilities of \Package{keyval} to -build a larger set of facilities, originally for use within the -\Class{KOMA-script} bundle. For English-speaking authors, there are -difficulties from the German-only documentation; however, from a -partial translation available to the author of this answer, a summary -is possible. The package may build on the facilities either of -\Package{kyeval} or of \Package{xkeyval}, and builds its functionality -on the structure of the `key family'. The user may define family -`members' and keys are defined relative to the members. (For example, -the package \Package{scrbase} is part of the \Class{KOMA-script} -bundle; so its keys are all members of the \Package{scrbase.sty} -family within the \Package{KOMA} family. The function -\csx{FamilyProcessOptions} allows the programmer to decode the options -of the package in terms of the package's key family. Note that there -is no special provision made for ``traditional'' package options, as -in the \Package{kvoptions} package. - -This brief summary was guided by input from two sources: a draft article -for \textsl{TUGboat} by Joseph Wright, and the partial translation of the -documentation of package \Package{scrbase} prepared by Philipp -Stephani. - -All the above are (at least) aimed at \latex{} programming; there is -one package, \Package{getoptk}, aimed at the \plaintex{} programmer. -\Package{Getoptk} uses syntax inspired by that offered by \tex{} -primitives such as \csx{hrule} and \csx{hbox}, so we are offered -syntax such as: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begindisplay file {chapter1} literal offset 20pt -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(taken from the package manual). -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begindisplay file {chapter1} % - literal offset 20pt -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(taken from the package manual, but wrapped to fit into narrow -columns). -\end{narrowversion} - -There are (we know) people who would swear that such syntax is -wonderful (the present author wouldn't), but the package earns its -place as the only stand-alone key-value macros that will work in \plaintex{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[getoptk.tex]\CTANref{getoptk} -\item[keyval.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{graphics}[keyval] -\item[kvoptions.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[kvoptions] -\item[kvsetkeys.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[kvsetkeys] -\item[l3keys.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3kernel} -\item[l3keys2e.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3packages} -\item[pgfkeys.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{pgf} -\item[scrbase.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{koma-script} -\item[xkeyval.sty]\CTANref{xkeyval} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-09-06} - -\Question[Q-activechars]{Defining characters as macros} - -Single characters can act as macros (defined commands), and both -\plaintex{} and \LaTeX{} define the character -``\texttt{\textasciitilde}'' as a ``non-breakable space''. A -character is made definable, or ``active'', by setting its -\emph{category code} (catcode) to be \csx{active} (13): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\catcode`\_=\active -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Any character could, in principle, be activated this way and defined -as a macro: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def_{\_} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which could be characterised as an over-simple answer to % ! line break -\Qref[question]{using underscores}{Q-underscore}. However, you must be -wary: whereas people expect an active tilde, other active characters -may be unexpected and interact badly with other macros. Furthermore, -by defining an active character, you preclude the character's use for -other purposes, and there are few characters ``free'' to be subverted -in this way. - -To define the character ``\texttt{z}'' as a command, one would say something -like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\catcode`\z=\active -\def z{Yawn, I'm tired}% -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and each subsequent ``\texttt{z}'' in the text would become a -yawn. This would be an astoundingly bad idea for most documents, but -might have special applications. (Note that, in ``\csx{def}\texttt{ - z}'', ``\texttt{z}'' is no longer interpreted as a letter; the space -is therefore not necessary~--- ``\csx{defz}'' would do; we choose to -retain the space, for what little clarity we can manage.) -Some \LaTeX{} packages facilitate such definitions. For example, the -\Package{shortvrb} package with its \csx{MakeShortVerb} command. - -\TeX{} uses category codes to interpret characters as they are read -from the input. -% beware line break -\emph{Changing a catcode value will not affect characters that have already been read}. -Therefore, it is best if characters have fixed category codes for the -duration of a document. If catcodes are changed for particular -purposes (the \csx{verb} command does this), then the altered -characters will not be interpreted properly when they appear in the -argument to another command (as, for example, in -% beware line-break -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{\csx{verb} in command arguments}{Q-verbwithin}\htmlonly{''}). -An exemplary case is the \Package{doc} package, which processes .dtx -files using the \Package{shortvrb} package to define -\texttt{\textbar\dots{}\textbar} as a shorthand for -\csx{verb}\texttt{\textbar\dots{}\textbar}. But \texttt{\textbar} is -also used in the preambles of tabular environments, so that tables in -\extension{dtx} files can only have vertical line separation between -columns by employing special measures of some sort. - -Another consequence is that catcode assignments made -in macros often don't work as expected % beware linebreak -(\htmlonly{see ``}\Qref{Active characters in command arguments}{Q-actinarg}\htmlonly{''}). -For example, the definition -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\mistake{% -\catcode`_=\active -\def_{\textunderscore\-}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does not work because it attempts to define an ordinary \texttt{\_} character: -When the macro is used, the category change does not apply to the -underscore character already in the macro definition. Instead, one may -use: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup -\catcode`_=\active -\gdef\works{% note the global \gdef - \catcode`_=\active - \def_{\textunderscore\-}% -} -\endgroup -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The alternative (``tricksy'') way of creating such an isolated -definition depends on the curious properties of \csx{lowercase}, which -changes characters without altering their catcodes. Since there is -always \emph{one} active character (``\texttt{\textasciitilde}''), we -can fool \csx{lowercase} into patching up a definition without ever -explicitly changing a catcode: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup - \lccode`\~=`\_ - \lowercase{\endgroup - \def~{\textunderscore\-}% - }% -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The two definitions have the same overall effect (the character is -defined as a command, but the character does not remain active), -except that the first defines a \csx{global} command. - -For active characters to be used only in maths mode, it is much better -to leave the character having its ordinary catcode, but assign it a -special active \emph{maths code}, as with -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup - \lccode`~=`x - \lowercase{\endgroup - \def~{\times}% - }% -\mathcode`x="8000 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The special character does not need to be redefined whenever it is -made active~--- the definition of the command persists even if the -character's catcode reverts to its original value; the definition -becomes accessible again if the character once again becomes active. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[doc.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution \CTANref{latex}[doc] -\item[shortvrb.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution \CTANref{latex}[shortvrb] -\end{ctanrefs} - - -\Question[Q-actinarg]{Active characters in command arguments} - -Occasionally, it's nice to make one or two characters active in the -argument of a command, to make it easier for authors to code the -arguments. - -Active characters \emph{can} be used safely in such situations; but -care is needed. - -An example arose while this answer was being considered: an aspirant -macro writer posted to \Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} asking for help to -make |#| and |b| produce musical sharp and flat signs, respectively, -in a macro for specifying chords. - -The first problem is that both |#| and |b| have rather important uses -elsewhere in \TeX{} (to say the least!), so that the characters can -only be made active while the command is executing. - -Using the techniques discussed in % beware line break, next line -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{characters as commands}{Q-activechars}\htmlonly{''}, -we can define: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup - \catcode`\#=\active - \gdef#{$\sharp$} -\endgroup -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begingroup - \lccode`\~=`\b - \lowercase{\endgroup - \def~{$\flat$}% - } -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The second problem is one of timing: the command has to make each -character active \emph{before} its arguments are read: this means that -the command can't actually ``have'' arguments itself, but must be -split in two. So we write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\chord{% - \begingroup - \catcode`\#=\active - \catcode`\b=\active - \Xchord -} -\def\Xchord#1{% - \chordfont#1% - \endgroup -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and we can use the command as \cmdinvoke{chord}{F\#} or -\cmdinvoke{chord}{Bb minor}. - -Two features of the coding are important: -\begin{itemize} -\item \csx{begingroup} in \csx{chord} opens a group that is closed by - \csx{endgroup} in \csx{Xchord}; this group limits the change of - category codes, which is the \emph{raison d'\^etre} of the whole - exercise. -\item Although |#| is active while \csx{Xchord} is executed, it's - \emph{not} active when it's being defined, so that the use of |#1| - doesn't require any special attention. -\end{itemize} - -Note that the technique used in such macros as \csx{chord}, here, is -analogous to that used in such commands as \csx{verb}; and, in just the -same way as \csx{verb} (see -% beware breaking long line -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{\csx{verb} doesn't work in arguments}{Q-verbwithin}\htmlonly{''}), -\csx{chord} won't work inside the argument of another command (the -error messages, if they appear at all, will probably be rather odd). - - -\Question[Q-csname]{Defining a macro from an argument} - -It's common to want a command to create another command: often one -wants the new command's name to derive from an argument. \LaTeX{} -does this all the time: for example, \csx{newenvironment} creates -start- and end-environment commands whose names are derived from the -name of the environment command. - -The (seemingly) obvious approach: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\relay#1#2{\def\#1{#2}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -doesn't work (the \TeX{} engine interprets it -as a rather strange redefinition of |\#|). The trick is to use -\csx{csname}, which is a \TeX{} primitive for generating command names -from random text, together with \csx{expandafter}. The definition -above should read: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\relay#1#2{% - \expandafter\def\csname #1\endcsname{#2}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -With this definition, \cmdinvoke{relay}{blah}{bleah} is equivalent to -\csx{def}\cmdinvoke{blah}{bleah}. - -Note that the definition of \csx{relay} omits the braces round the -`command name' in the \csx{newcommand} it executes. This is -because they're not necessary (in fact they seldom are), and in this -circumstance they make the macro code slightly more tedious. - -The name created need not (of course) be \emph{just} the argument: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\newrace#1#2#3{\expandafter\def - \csname start#1\endcsname{% - #2% - }% - \expandafter\def - \csname finish#1\endcsname{% - #3% - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\newrace#1#2#3{% - \expandafter\def\csname start#1\endcsname{% - #2% - }% - \expandafter\def\csname finish#1\endcsname{% - #3% - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -With commands -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\start#1{\csname start#1\endcsname} -\def\finish#1{\csname finish#1\endcsname} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -these `races' could behave a bit like \LaTeX{} environments. - -\Question[Q-cvtlatex]{Transcribing \LaTeX{} command definitions} - -At several places in this \acro{FAQ}, questions are answered in terms -of how to program a \LaTeX{} macro. Sometimes, these macros might -also help users of \plaintex{} or other packages; this answer -attempts to provide a rough-and-ready guide to transcribing such macro -definitions for use in other packages. - -The reason \LaTeX{} has commands that replace \csx{def}, is that -there's a general philosophy within \LaTeX{} that the user should be -protected from himself: the user has different commands according to -whether the command to be defined exists (\csx{renewcommand}) or not -(\csx{newcommand}), and if its status proves not as the user expected, -an error is reported. A third definition command, -\csx{providecommand}, only defines if the target is not already -defined; \LaTeX{} has no direct equivalent of \csx{def}, which ignores -the present state of the command. The final command of this sort is -\csx{DeclareRobustCommand}, which creates a command which is ``robust'' -(i.e., will not expand if subjected to \LaTeX{} ``protected -expansion''); from the \plaintex{} user's point of view, -\csx{DeclareRobustCommand} should be treated as a non-checking version -of \csx{newcommand}. - -\LaTeX{} commands are, by default, defined \csx{long}; an optional \texttt{*} -between the \csx{newcommand} and its (other) arguments specifies that -the command is \emph{not} to be defined \csx{long}. The \texttt{*} is -detected by a command \csx{@ifstar} which uses \csx{futurelet} to switch -between two branches, and gobbles the \texttt{*}: \LaTeX{} users are -encouraged to think of the \texttt{*} as part of the command name. - -\LaTeX{}'s checks for unknown command are done by \csx{ifx} comparison -of a \csx{csname} construction with \csx{relax}; since the command name -argument is the desired control sequence name, this proves a little -long-winded. Since \texttt{\#1} is the requisite argument, we have: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter\ifx - \csname - \expandafter\@gobble\string#1% - \endcsname - \relax - ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter\ifx - \csname\expandafter\@gobble\string#1\endcsname - \relax - ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -(\csx{@gobble} simply throws away its argument). - -The arguments of a \LaTeX{} command are specified by two optional -arguments to the defining command: a count of arguments (0--9: if the -count is 0, the optional count argument may be omitted), and a default -value for the first argument, if the defined command's first argument -is to be optional. So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\foo{...} -\newcommand\foo[0]{...} -\newcommand\foo[1]{...#1...} -\newcommand\foo[2][boo]{...#1...#2...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In the last case, \csx{foo} may be called as \cmdinvoke{foo}{goodbye}, -which is equivalent to \cmdinvoke{foo}[boo]{goodbye} (employing the -default value given for the first argument), or as -\cmdinvoke{foo}[hello]{goodbye} (with an explicit first argument). - -Coding of commands with optional arguments is exemplified by the -coding of the last \csx{foo} above: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\foo{\futurelet\next\@r@foo} -\def\@r@foo{\ifx\next[% - \let\next\@x@foo - \else - \def\next{\@x@foo[boo]}% - \fi - \next -} -\def\@x@foo[#1]#2{...#1...#2...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-empty]{Detecting that something is empty} - -Suppose you need to know that the argument of your command is empty: -that is, to distinguish between \cmdinvoke{cmd}{\relax} % \relax doesn't print -and \cmdinvoke{cmd}{blah}. This is pretty simple: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\cmd#1{% - \def\tempa{}% - \def\tempb{#1}% - \ifx\tempa\tempb - <empty case> - \else - <non-empty case> - \fi -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The case where you want to ignore an argument that consists of nothing -but spaces, rather than something completely empty, is more tricky. -It's solved in the code fragment \Package{ifmtarg}, which defines -commands \csx{@ifmtarg} and \csx{@ifnotmtarg}, which examine their -first argument, and select (in opposite directions) their second or -third argument. The package's code also appears in the \LaTeX{} -\Class{memoir} class. - -\Package{Ifmtarg} makes challenging reading; there's also a discussion of the -issue in number two of the ``around the bend'' articles by the late -lamented Mike Downes. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Around the bend series]\CTANref{aro-bend} -\item[ifmtarg.sty]\CTANref{ifmtarg} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-whatengine]{Am I using \pdftex{}, \xetex{} or \luatex{}?} -\AliasQuestion{Q-ifpdf} - -You often need to know what ``engine'' your macros are running on (the -engine is the \tex{}-derivative or \tex{}-alike processor that -typesets your document). The reason that you need to know is that the -set of functions available in each engine is different. Thus, for -\tex{} macros to run on any engine, they need to ``know'' what they -can and cannot do, which depends on the engine in use. Getting the -right answer is surprisingly tricky (see below for an elaboration of -one apparently simple test). - -There is now a comprehensive set of packages that answer the question -for you. They all create a \tex{} conditional command: -\begin{itemize} -\item \Package{ifpdf} creates a command \csx{ifpdf}, -\item \Package{ifxetex} creates a command \csx{ifxetex} and -\item \Package{ifluatex} creates a command \csx{ifluatex}. -\end{itemize} -These \tex{} commands may be used within the \latex{} conditional -framework, as (for example): -\begin{quote} - \csx{ifthenelse}\texttt{\obracesymbol{}}\cmdinvoke{boolean}{pdf}\texttt{\cbracesymbol{}}\texttt{\obracesymbol{}}\meta{if pdf}\texttt{\cbracesymbol{}}\texttt{\obracesymbol{}}\meta{if not pdf}\texttt{\cbracesymbol{}} -\end{quote} - -The \Package{ifxetex} package also provides a command -\csx{RequireXeTeX} which creates an error if the code is not running -under \xetex{}; while the other packages don't provide such a command, -it's not really difficult to write one for yourself. - -% khalighi's iftex package, too -- \require's for all engines, but i'm -% not entirely sure of the conditionals, so "for later" if at all - -Now for those who want to do the job for themselves: here's a -discussion of doing the job for \pdftex{} and \csx{ifpdf}~--- the -eager programmer can regenerate \csx{ifxetex} or \csx{ifluatex} in the -same fashion. It's not recommended\dots - -Suppose you need to test whether your output will be \acro{PDF} or -\acro{DVI}. The natural thing is to check whether you have access to -some \PDFTeX{}-only primitive; a good one to try (not least because it -was present in the very first releases of \PDFTeX{}) is -\csx{pdfoutput}. So you try -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined - ... % not running PDFTeX -\else - ... % running PDFTeX -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Except that neither branch of this conditional is rock-solid. The -first branch can be misleading, since the ``awkward'' user could have -written: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\pdfoutput\undefined -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -so that your test will falsely choose the first alternative. While -this is a theoretical problem, it is unlikely to be a major one. - -More important is the user who loads a package that uses -\LaTeX{}-style testing for the command name's existence (for example, -the \LaTeX{} \Package{graphics} package, which is useful even to the -\plaintex{} user). Such a package may have gone ahead of you, so the -test may need to be elaborated: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined - ... % not running PDFTeX -\else - \ifx\pdfoutput\relax - ... % not running PDFTeX - \else - ... % running PDFTeX - \fi -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -If you only want to know whether some \PDFTeX{} extension (such as -marginal kerning) is present, you can stop at this point: you know as -much as you need. - -However, if you need to know whether you're creating \acro{PDF} -output, you also need to know about the value of \csx{pdfoutput}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined - ... % not running PDFTeX -\else - \ifx\pdfoutput\relax - ... % not running PDFTeX - \else - % running PDFTeX, with... - \ifnum\pdfoutput>0 - ... % PDF output - \else - ... % DVI output - \fi - \fi -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ifpdf.sty]Distributed as part Heiko Oberdiek's bundle - \CTANref{oberdiek}[ifpdf] -\item[ifluatex.sty]Distributed as part of Heiko Oberdiek's bundle - \CTANref{oberdiek}[ifluatex] -\item[ifxetex.sty]\CTANref{ifxetex} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-13} - -\Question[Q-subverttoks]{Subverting a token register} - -A common requirement is to ``subvert'' a token register that other -macros may use. The requirement arises when you want to add something -to a system token register (\csx{output} or \csx{every*}), but know -that other macros use the token register, too. (A common requirement -is to work on \csx{everypar}, but \LaTeX{} changes \csx{everypar} at -every touch and turn.) - -The following technique, due to David Kastrup, does what you need, and -allows an independent package to play the exact same game: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\mypkg@@everypar\everypar -\newtoks\mypkg@everypar -\mypkg@everypar\expandafter{\the\everypar} -\mypkg@@everypar{\mypkgs@ownstuff\the\mypkg@everypar} -\def\mypkgs@ownstuff{% - <stuff to do at the start of the token register>% -} -\let\everypar\mypkg@everypar -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\let\mypkg@@everypar\everypar -\newtoks\mypkg@everypar -\mypkg@everypar\expandafter{\the\everypar} -\mypkg@@everypar{\mypkgs@ownstuff - \the\mypkg@everypar} -\def\mypkgs@ownstuff{% - <stuff to do at the start of - the token register>% -} -\let\everypar\mypkg@everypar -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -As you can see, the package (\Package{mypkg}) -\begin{itemize} -\item creates an alias for the existing ``system'' \csx{everypar} - (which is frozen into any surrounding environment, which will carry - on using the original); -\item creates a token register to subvert \csx{everypar} and - initialises it with the current contents of \csx{everypar}; -\item sets the ``old'' \csx{everypar} to execute its own extra code, - as well as the contents of its own token register; -\item defines the macro for the extra code; and -\item points the token \csx{everypar} at the new token register. -\end{itemize} -and away we go. - -The form \csx{mypkg@...} is (sort of) blessed for \LaTeX{} package -internal names, which is why this example uses macros of that form. - -\Question[Q-isdef]{Is this command defined?} - -Macro sets from the earliest days of \TeX{} programming may be -observed to test whether commands exist by using -\begin{quote} -\csx{ifx} \csx{}\texttt{\emph{command}} \csx{undefined} \meta{stuff} \dots{} -\end{quote} -(which of course actually tests that the command \emph{doesn't} -exist). \LaTeX{} programmers can make use of the internal command -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{@ifundefined}{cmd name}{action1}{action2} -\end{quote} -which executes \texttt{action1} if the command is undefined, and -\texttt{action2} if it is defined -(\emph{cmd name} is the command name only, omitting the `|\|' character). - -The \csx{@ifundefined} command is based on the sequence -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter - \ifx\csname cmd name\endcsname\relax -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\expandafter \ifx \csname cmd name\endcsname \relax -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -which relies on the way \csx{csname} works: if the command doesn't -exist, it simply creates it as an alias for \csx{relax}. - -So: what is wrong with these techniques? - -Using \csx{undefined} blithely assumes that the command is indeed not -defined. This isn't entirely safe; one could make the name more -improbable, but that may simply make it more difficult to spot a -problem when things go wrong. \LaTeX{} programmers who use the -technique will typically employ \csx{@undefined}, adding a single -level of obscurity. - -The \csx{@ifundefined} mechanism has the unfortunate property of -polluting the name space: each test that turns out undefined adds a -name to the set \TeX{} is holding, and often all those ``\csx{relax}'' -names serve no purpose whatever. Even so (sadly) there are places in -the code of \LaTeX{} where the existence of the \csx{relax} is relied -upon, after the test, so we can't get away from \csx{@ifundefined} -altogether. - -David Kastrup offers the (rather tricky) -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\expandafter}\expandafter\ifx \csname cmd name\endcsname\relax ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\expandafter}\expandafter - \ifx \csname cmd name\endcsname \relax ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -which ``creates'' the \csx{relax}-command inside the group of the first -\csx{expandafter}, therefore forgets it again once the test is done. -The test is about as good as you can do with macros. - -The \Qref*{\eTeX{} system}{Q-etex} system comes to our help here: it -defines two new primitives: -\begin{itemize} -\item \csx{ifdefined}, which tests whether a thing is defined (the - negative of comparing with \csx{undefined}, as it were), and -\item \csx{ifcsname} \texttt{cmd name}\csx{endcsname}, which does the - negative of \csx{@ifundefined} without the \csx{relax}-command - side-effect. -\end{itemize} -So, in an \eTeX{}-based system, the following two conditional clauses do -the same thing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifdefined\foo - \message{\string\foo\space is defined}% -\else - \message{no command \string\foo}% -\fi -% -\ifcsname foo\endcsname - \message{\string\foo\space is defined}% -\else - \message{no command \string\foo}% -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -However, after using the \LaTeX{} -\cmdinvoke{@ifundefined}{foo}\dots{}, the conditionals will detect the -command as ``existing'' (since it has been \csx{let} to \csx{relax}); -so it is important not to mix mechanisms for detecting the state of a -command. - -Since most distributions nowadays use \eTeX{} as their base executable -for most packages, these two primitives may be expected appear widely -in new macro packages. - -\subsection{\LaTeX{} macro tools and techniques} - -\Question[Q-plninltx*]{Using Plain or primitive commands in \LaTeX{}} - -It's well-known that \LaTeX{} commands tend to be more complex, and to -run more slowly than, any \plaintex{} (or primitive) command that they -replace. There is therefore great temptation not to use \LaTeX{} -commands when macro programming. Nevertheless, the general rule is -that you should use \LaTeX{} commands, if there are seeming -equivalents. The exception is when you are sure you know the -differences between the two commands and you know that you need the -\plaintex{} version. So, for example, use \csx{mbox} in place of \csx{hbox} -unless you know that the extras that \LaTeX{} provides in \csx{mbox} -would cause trouble in your application. Similarly, use -\csx{newcommand} (or one of its relatives) unless you need one of the -constructs that cannot be achieved without the use of \csx{def} (or friends). - -As a general rule, any \LaTeX{} text command will start a new -paragraph if necessary; this isn't the case with \plaintex{} -commands, a fact which has a potential to confuse. - -The commands \csx{smallskip}, \csx{medskip} and \csx{bigskip} exist both -in \plaintex{} and \LaTeX{}, but behave slightly differently: in -\plaintex{} they terminate the current paragraph, but in \LaTeX{} they -don't. The command \csx{line} is part of picture mode in \LaTeX{}, -whereas it's defined as ``\csx{hbox}\texttt{ to }\csx{hsize}'' in -\plaintex{}. (There's no equivalent for users of the \plaintex{} command in -\LaTeX{}: an equivalent appears as the internal command \csx{@@line}). - -Maths setting shows a case where the \LaTeX{} version \emph{is} -essentially equivalent to the \TeX{} primitive commands: the \LaTeX{} -\csx{(}\texttt{\ ...\ }\csx{)} does essentially no different to the -primitive \texttt{\$\ ...\ \$}; except for checking that you're not -attempting to open a maths environment when you're already in one, or -attempting to close one when you're not. -However, \csx{[}\texttt{\ ...\ }\csx{]} has a more significant -difference from \texttt{\$\$\ ...\ \$\$}: the primitive version, used -in \LaTeX{}, can miss the effect of the class option \pkgoption{fleqn}. - -Font handling is, of course, wildly different in \plaintex{} and -\LaTeX{}. \plaintex{}'s font loading command -(\csx{font}\csx{foo=}\meta{fontname}) and its \LaTeX{} equivalent -(\csx{newfont}) should be avoided wherever possible. They are only -safe in the most trivial contexts, and are potential sources of great -confusion in many circumstances. Further discussion of this issue -may be found in ``\Qref*{What's wrong with \csx{newfont}?}{Q-newfont*}''. -\LastEdit{2013-09-27} - -\Question[Q-atsigns]{\csx{@} and \texttt{@} in macro names} - -Macro names containing \texttt{@} are \emph{internal} to \LaTeX{}, and -without special treatment just don't work in ordinary use. A nice -example of the problems caused is discussed in % ! beware line break -\Qref*{\csx{@} in vertical mode}{Q-atvert}''. - -The problems users see are caused by copying bits of a class -(\extension{cls} file) or -package (\extension{sty} file) into a document, or by including a class or -package file into a \LaTeX{} document by some means other than -\csx{documentclass} or \csx{usepackage}. \LaTeX{} defines internal -commands whose names contain the character \texttt{@} to -avoid clashes between its internal names and names that we would -normally use in our documents. In order that these commands may work -at all, \csx{documentclass} and \csx{usepackage} play around with the -meaning of \texttt{@}. - -If you've included a file some other way (for example, using -\csx{input}), you can probably solve the problem by using the correct -command. - -If you're using a fragment of a package or class, you may well feel -confused: books such as the first edition of the % ! line break -\Qref*{The \LaTeX{} Companion}{Q-latex-books} -are full of fragments of packages as examples for you to employ. -The second edition of the \emph{Companion} makes clearer how you -should use these fragments, and in addition, the code of -all the examples is now available on \acro{CTAN}. -To see the technique in practice, look at the example below, from file -\File{2-2-7.ltx} in the \emph{Companion} examples directory: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection - {subsection}{2}{0mm}%name, level, indent - {-\baselineskip}% beforeskip - {0.5\baselineskip}% afterskip - {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}}% style -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(That example appears on page 29 of \emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion}, -second edition.) - -The alternative is to treat all these fragments as a package proper, -bundling them up into a \extension{sty} file and including them with -\csx{usepackage}; this way you hide your \LaTeX{} internal code somewhere -that \LaTeX{} internal code is expected, which often looks `tidier'. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Examples from the Companion]\CTANref{tlc2} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-protect]{What's the reason for `protection'?} - -Sometimes \LaTeX{} saves data it will reread later. These data are -often the argument of some command; they are the so-called moving -arguments. (`Moving' because data are moved around.) Candidates -are all arguments that may go into table of contents, list of figures, -\emph{etc}.; namely, data that are written to an auxiliary file and -read in later. Other places are those data that might appear in head- -or footlines. Section headings and figure captions are the most -prominent examples; there's a complete list in Lamport's book -(see \Qref[question]{\TeX{}-related books}{Q-latex-books}). - -What's going on really, behind the scenes? The commands in moving -arguments are normally expanded to their internal structure during the -process of saving. Sometimes this expansion results in invalid \TeX{} -code, which shows either during expansion or when the code is -processed again. Protecting a command, using -``\csx{protect}\csx{cmd}'' tells \LaTeX{} to save \csx{cmd} as -\csx{cmd}, without expanding it at all. - -So, what is a `fragile command'?~--- it's a command that expands into -illegal \TeX{} code during the save process. - -What is a `robust command'?~--- it's a command that expands into legal -\TeX{} code during the save process. - -Lamport's book says in its description of every LaTeX command whether -it is `robust' or `fragile'; it also says that every command with an -optional argument is fragile. The list isn't reliable, and neither -is the assertion about optional arguments; the statements may have -been true in early versions of \LaTeXe{} but are not any longer -necessarily so: -\begin{itemize} -\item Some fragile commands, such as \csx{cite}, have been made robust - in later revisions of \LaTeX{}. -\item Some commands, such as \csx{end} and \csx{nocite}, are fragile - even though they have no optional arguments. -\item The ``user's way'' of creating a command with an optional - argument (using \csx{newcommand} or \csx{newcommand*}) now always - creates a robust command (though macros without optional arguments - may still be fragile if they do things that are themselves fragile). -\item There is no reason that a package author should not also make - robust commands with optional arguments as part of the package. -\item Some robust commands are redefined by certain packages to be - fragile (the \csx{cite} command commonly suffers this treatment). -\end{itemize} -Further, simply ``hiding'' a fragile command in another command, has -no effect on fragility. So, if \csx{fred} is fragile, and you write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\jim}{\fred} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -then \csx{jim} is fragile too. There is, however, the -\csx{newcommand}-replacement \csx{DeclareRobustCommand}, which -\emph{always} creates a robust command (whether or not it has optional -arguments). The syntax of \csx{DeclareRobustCommand} is substantially -identical to that of \csx{newcommand}, and if you do the wrapping -trick above as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareRobustCommand{\jim}{\fred} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -then \csx{jim} is robust. - -Finally, we have the \Package{makerobust} package, which defines -\csx{MakeRobustCommand} to convert a command to be robust. With the -package, the ``wrapping'' above can simply be replaced by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\MakeRobustCommand\fred -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Whereafter, \csx{fred} is robust. Using the package may be reasonable -if you have lots of fragile commands that you need to use in moving -arguments. - -In short, the situation is confusing. No-one believes this is -satisfactory; the \LaTeX{} team have removed the need for -protection of some things, but the techniques available in -current \LaTeX{} mean that this is an expensive exercise. It remains -a long-term aim of the team to remove all need for \csx{protect}ion. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[makerobust.sty]Distributed as part of Heiko Oberdiek's bundle - \CTANref{oberdiek}[makerobust] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-06-01} - -\Question[Q-edef]{\csx{edef} does not work with \csx{protect}} - -Robust \LaTeX{} commands are either ``naturally robust''~--- meaning that -they never need \csx{protect}, or ``self-protected''~--- meaning that -they have \csx{protect} built in to their definition in some -way. Self-protected commands, and fragile commands with -\csx{protect}ion are only robust in a context where the \csx{protect} -mechanism is properly handled. The body of an \csx{edef} definition -doesn't handle \csx{protect} properly, since \csx{edef} is a \TeX{} -primitive rather than a \LaTeX{} command. - -This problem is resolved by a \LaTeX{} internal command -\csx{protected@edef}, which does the job of \csx{edef} while keeping the -\csx{protect} mechanism working. There's a corresponding -\csx{protected@xdef} which does the job of \csx{xdef}. - -Of course, these commands need to be tended carefully, since they're -% beware line break on next line -internal: see \Qref[question]{'@' in control sequence names}{Q-atsigns}. - -\Question[Q-ltxcmds]{The definitions of \LaTeX{} commands} - -There are several reasons to want to know the definitions of \LaTeX{} -commands: from the simplest ``idle curiosity'', to the pressing need -to patch something to make it ``work the way you want it''. None of -these are \emph{pure} motives, but knowledge and expertise seldom -arrive through the purest of motives. - -Using a \tex{} executable of some sort, the simple answer is to try -\csx{show}, in a run that is taking commands from the terminal: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -*\makeatletter -*\show\protected@edef -> \protected@edef=macro: -->\let \@@protect \protect - \let \protect \@unexpandable@protect - \afterassignment \restore@protect \edef . -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(I've rearranged the output there, from the rather confused version -\TeX{} itself produces.) - -So, what about \csx{@unexpandable@protect}?: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -*\show\@unexpandable@protect -> \@unexpandable@protect=macro: -->\noexpand \protect \noexpand . -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and we're starting to see how one part of the \csx{protect}ion -mechanism works (one can probably fairly safely guess what -\csx{restore@protect} does). - -Many kernel commands are declared robust: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -*\show\texttt -> \texttt=macro: -->\protect \texttt . -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -so that \csx{show} isn't much help. Define a command \csx{pshow} as -shown below, and simply execute the command to find its definition: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -*\def\pshow#1{{\let\protect\show #1}} -*\pshow\texttt -> \texttt =\long macro: -#1->\ifmmode \nfss@text {\ttfamily #1}% - \else \hmode@bgroup \text@command {#1}% - \ttfamily \check@icl #1\check@icr - \expandafter \egroup \fi . -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that the command name that is protected is the `base' command, -with a space appended. This is cryptically visible, in a couple of -places above. (Again, the output has been sanitised.) -% Similar provisions are made in the package \Package{show2e} but i -% don't understand them yet... - -The command \ProgName{texdef} (or \ProgName{latexdef}~--- the same -command with a different name) will do all that for you and return the -results slightly more tidily than \latex{} itself manages. For -example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ latexdef texttt -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -gives: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -macro:->\protect \texttt - -\texttt : -#1->\ifmmode \nfss@text {\ttfamily #1}% - \else \hmode@bgroup \text@command {#1}% - \ttfamily \check@icl #1\check@icr - \expandafter \egroup \fi . -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(again, the output has been sanitised~--- but we see that -\ProgName{latexdef} has useful `intelligence' in it, as it has spotted -and dealt with the \csx{protect}.) - -With the \texttt{-s} switch, \ProgName{latexdef} will give you a -source location: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$ latexdef -s texttt -% latex.ltx, line 3736: -\DeclareTextFontCommand{\texttt}{\ttfamily} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -though one should note that it doesn't give you the detail of the -actual coding, merely the definition's location. - -Environments also surrender their details to \ProgName{latexdef}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -$ latexdef -E itemize - -\itemize: -macro:->\ifnum \@itemdepth >\thr@@ \@toodeep - \else \advance \@itemdepth \@ne - \edef \@itemitem {labelitem\romannumeral \the \@itemdepth}% - \expandafter \list \csname \@itemitem \endcsname - {\def \makelabel ##1{\hss \llap {##1}}}% - \fi - -\enditemize: -macro:->\global \advance \@listdepth \m@ne \endtrivlist -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -$ latexdef -E itemize - -\itemize: -macro:->\ifnum \@itemdepth >\thr@@ \@toodeep - \else \advance \@itemdepth \@ne - \edef \@itemitem {labelitem\romannumeral - \the \@itemdepth}% - \expandafter \list - \csname \@itemitem \endcsname - {\def \makelabel ##1{\hss \llap {##1}}}% - \fi - -\enditemize: -macro:->\global \advance \@listdepth \m@ne - \endtrivlist -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -(Yet again, this is a sanitised version of the macro definition -output, which appears as a single very wide line for each definition.) - -If one has a malleable text editor, the same investigation may be -conducted by examining the file \File{latex.ltx} (which is usually to -be found, in a \acro{TDS} system, in directory \path{tex/latex/base}). - -In fact, \File{latex.ltx} is the product of a \ProgName{docstrip} -process on a large number of \Qref*{\extension{dtx} files}{Q-dtx}, and -you can refer to those instead. The \LaTeX{} distribution includes a file -\File{source2e.tex}, and most systems retain it, again in -\path{tex/latex/base}. \File{Source2e.tex} may be processed to -provide a complete source listing of the \LaTeX{} kernel (in fact the -process isn't entirely straightforward, but the file produces messages -advising you what to do). The result is a huge document, with a -line-number index of control sequences the entire kernel and a -separate index of changes recorded in each of the files since the -\LaTeX{} team took over. - -The printed kernel is a nice thing to have, but it's unwieldy and sits -on my shelves, seldom used. One problem is that the comments are -patchy: the different modules range from well and lucidly documented, -through modules documented only through an automatic process that -converted the documentation of the source of \LaTeXo{}, to modules -that hardly had any useful documentation even in the \LaTeXo{} original. - -In fact, each kernel module \extension{dtx} file will process separately -through \LaTeX{}, so you don't have to work with the whole of -\File{source2e}. You can easily determine which module defines the -macro you're interested in: use your ``malleable text editor'' to find -the definition in \File{latex.ltx}; then search backwards from that -point for a line that starts % ! line break -\texttt{\textpercent{}\textpercent{}\textpercent{}\ From File:}~--- that line -tells you which \extension{dtx} file contains the definition you are interested -in. Doing this for \csx{protected@edef}, we find: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -%%% From File: ltdefns.dtx -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -When we come to look at it, \File{ltdefns.dtx} proves to contain -quite a dissertation on the methods of handling \csx{protect}ion; it -also contains some automatically-converted \LaTeXo{} documentation. - -And of course, the kernel isn't all of \LaTeX{}: your command may be -defined in one of \LaTeX{}'s class or package files. For example, we -find a definition of \csx{thebibliography} in \Class{article}, but -there's no \File{article.dtx}. Some such files are generated from -parts of the kernel, some from other files in the distribution. You -find which by looking at the start of the file: in \File{article.cls}, -we find: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -%% This is file `article.cls', -%% generated with the docstrip utility. -%% -%% The original source files were: -%% -%% classes.dtx (with options: `article') -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -so we need to format \File{classes.dtx} to see the definition in -context. - -All these .dtx files are on \acro{CTAN} as part of the main \LaTeX{} -distribution. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} distribution]\CTANref{latex} -\item[texdef,\nothtml{\rmfamily aka} latexdef]\CTANref{texdef} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-09-27} - -\Question[Q-oarglikesect]{Optional arguments like \csx{section}} - -Optional arguments, in macros defined using \csx{newcommand}, don't -quite work like the optional argument to \csx{section}. The default -value of \csx{section}'s optional argument is the value of the -mandatory argument, but \csx{newcommand} requires that you `know' the -value of the default beforehand. - -The requisite trick is to use a macro in the optional argument: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\newcommand\thing[2][\DefaultOpt]{% - \def\DefaultOpt{#2}% - optional arg: #1, mandatory arg: #2% -} -\begin{document} -\thing{manda}% #1=#2 - -\thing[opti]{manda}% #1="opti" -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\LaTeX{} itself has a trickier (but less readily understandable) -method, using a macro \csx{@dblarg}; inside \LaTeX{}, the example -above would have been programmed: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\thing{\@dblarg\@thing} -\newcommand\@thing[2][\@error]{% - optional arg: #1, mandatory arg: #2% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In that code, \csx{@thing} is only ever called with an optional and a -mandatory argument; if the default from the \csx{newcommand} is -invoked, a bug in user code has bitten\dots{} - -\Question[Q-twooptarg]{More than one optional argument} - -If you've already read % ! line break -``\Qref*[question]{breaking the 9-argument limit}{Q-moren9}''. -you can probably guess the ``simple'' solution to this problem: -command relaying. - -\LaTeX{} allows commands with a single optional argument thus: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} - \newcommand{\blah}[1][Default]{...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -You may legally call such a command either with its optional argument -present, as -\cmdinvoke{blah}[nonDefault] or without, as \csx{blah}; in the latter -case, the code of \csx{blah} will have an argument of |Default|. - -To define a command with two optional arguments, we use the relaying -technique, as follows: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\blah}[1][Default1]{% - \def\ArgI{{#1}}% - \BlahRelay -} -\newcommand\BlahRelay[1][Default2]{% - % the first optional argument is now in - % \ArgI - % the second is in #1 - ...% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Of course, \csx{BlahRelay} may have as many mandatory arguments as are -allowed, after allowance for the one taken up with its own -optional argument~--- that is, 8. - -Variants of \csx{newcommand} (and friends), with names like -\csx{newcommandtwoopt}, are available in the \Package{twoopt} package. -However, if you can, it's probably better to learn to write the commands -yourself, just to see why they're not even a good idea from the -programming point of view. - -A command with two optional arguments strains the limit of what's -sensible: obviously you can extend the technique to provide as many -optional arguments as your fevered imagination can summon. However, -see the comments on the use of the \Package{keyval} package, in -``\Qref*[question]{breaking the 9-argument limit}{Q-moren9}'', -which offers an alternative way forward. - -If you must, however, consider the \Package{optparams} or -\Package{xargs} packages. \Package{Optparams} -provides a \csx{optparams} command that you use as an intermediate in -defining commands with up to nine optional arguments. The -documentation shows examples of commands with four optional arguments -(and this from an author who has his own key-value package!). - -The \Package{xargs} package uses a key-value package -(\Package{xkeyval}) to \emph{define} the layout of the optional -arguments. Thus -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xargs} -... -\newcommandx{\foo}[3][1=1, 3=n]{...} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -defines a command \csx{foo} that has an optional first argument -(default 1), a mandatory second argument, and an optional third -argument (default n). - -An alternative approach is offered by Scott Pakin's -\ProgName{newcommand} program, which takes a command name and a -definition of a set of command arguments (in a fairly -readily-understood language), and emits \AllTeX{} macros which enable -the command to be defined. The command requires that a -\ProgName{Python} interpreter (etc.\@) be installed on your computer. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[newcommand.py]\CTANref{newcommand} -\item[optparams.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{sauerj}[optparams] -\item[twoopt.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek}[twoopt] -\item[xargs.sty]\CTANref{xargs} -\item[xkeyval.sty]\CTANref{xkeyval} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-cmdstar]{Commands defined with * options} - -\LaTeX{} commands commonly have ``versions'' defined with an asterisk -tagged onto their name: for example \csx{newcommand} and -\csx{newcommand*} (the former defines a \csx{long} version of the -command). - -The simple-minded way for a user to write such a command involves use -of the \Package{ifthen} package: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\mycommand}[1]{\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{*}}% - {\mycommandStar}% - {\mycommandNoStar{#1}}% -} -\newcommand{\mycommandStar}{starred version} -\newcommand{\mycommandNoStar}[1]{normal version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\mycommand}[1]{% - \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{*}}% - {\mycommandStar}% - {\mycommandNoStar{#1}}% -} -\newcommand{\mycommandStar}% - {starred version} -\newcommand{\mycommandNoStar}[1]% - {normal version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -This does the trick, for sufficiently simple commands, but it has -various tiresome failure modes, and it requires \csx{mycommandnostar} -to take an argument. - -The \LaTeX{} kernel does a lot of this, and has its own command, -\csx{@ifstar} (which needs `internal command protection', cf. -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\newcommand{\mycommand}{% - \@ifstar - \mycommandStar% - \mycommandNoStar% -\makeatother -} -\newcommand{\mycommandStar}{starred version} -\newcommand{\mycommandNoStar}{normal version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\newcommand{\mycommand}{\@ifstar - \mycommandStar% - \mycommandNoStar% -} -\makeatother -\newcommand{\mycommandStar}{starred version} -\newcommand{\mycommandNoStar}{normal version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -(Note that arguments to \csx{mycommandStar} and \csx{mycommandNoStar} -are independent~--- either can have their own arguments, unconstrained -by the technique we're using, unlike the trick described above.) -The \csx{@ifstar} trick is all very well, is fast and efficient, but -it requires that the definition be % ! line break -\Qref*{\csx{makeatletter} protected}{Q-atsigns}. - -A pleasing alternative is the \Package{suffix} package. This elegant -piece of code allows you to define variants of your commands: -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\mycommand{normal version} -\WithSuffix\newcommand\mycommand*% - {starred version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand\mycommand{normal version} -\WithSuffix\newcommand\mycommand*{starred version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -The package needs \Qref*{\elatex{}}{Q-etex}, but any new enough -distribution defines \LaTeX{} as \elatex{} by default. Command -arguments may be specified in the normal way, in both command -definitions (after the ``\texttt{*}'' in the \csx{WithSuffix} -version). You can also use the \TeX{} primitive commands, creating a -definition like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\WithSuffix\gdef\mycommand*{starred version} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -For those of an adventurous disposition, a further option is to use -the \Package{xparse} package from the \Package{l3packages} -distribution. The package defines a bunch of commands (such as -\csx{NewDocumentCommand}) which are somewhat analagous to -\csx{newcommand} and the like, in \latexe{}. The big difference is -the specification of command arguments; for each argument, you have a -set of choices in the command specification. So, to create a -*-command (in \latexe{} style), one might write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\NewDocumentCommand \foo { s m } {% - % #1 is the star indicator - % #2 is a mandatory argument - ... -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The ``star indicator'' (\texttt{s}) argument appears as \texttt{\#1} -and will take values \csx{BooleanTrue} (if there was a star) or -\csx{BooleanFalse} (otherwise); the other (\texttt{m}) argument is a -normal \tex{}-style mandatory argument, and appears as \texttt{\#2}. - -While \Package{xparse} provides pleasing command argument -specifications, it \emph{is} part of the % ! line break -\Qref*{\latex{}~3 experimental harness}{Q-LaTeX3}. -Simply loading the package to provide \csx{DeclareDocumentCommand} -``pulls in'' all of the \latex{}3 kernel (a large bunch of packages) -via the \Package{expl3} package. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ifthen.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution -\item[suffix.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{bigfoot}[suffix] -\item[xparse.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3packages}[xparse] -\item[expl3.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3kernel}[expl3] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-04-04} - -\nothtml{\hrule height 0pt \nobreak\vskip0pt plus2.5in\vskip 0pt\relax} -\Question[Q-ltxabbrv]{\LaTeX{} internal ``abbreviations'', etc.} - -In the deeps of time, when \TeX{} first happened, computers had -extremely limited memory, and were (by today's standards) painfully -slow. When \LaTeX{} came along, things weren't much better, and even -when \LaTeXe{} appeared, there was a strong imperative to save memory -space (and to a lesser extent) \acro{CPU} time. - -From the very earliest days, Knuth used shortcut macros to speed -things up. \LaTeX{}, over the years, has extended Knuth's list by a -substantial amount. An interesting feature of the ``abbreviations'' is -that on paper, they may look longer than the thing they stand for; -however, to \AllTeX{} they \emph{feel} smaller\dots{} - -The table at the end of this answer lists the commonest of these -``abbreviations''. It is not complete; as always, if the table -doesn't help, try the \LaTeX{} source. The table lists each -abbreviation's \emph{name} and its \emph{value}, which provide most of -what a user needs to know. The table also lists the abbreviation's -\emph{type}, which is a trickier concept: if you need to know, the -only real confusion is that the abbreviations labelled `defn' are -defined using an \csx{\emph{xxxx}def} command. - -\begin{tabular}{lll} -Name \tbamp Type \tbamp Value \tbeol -\tbhline -\csx{m@ne} \tbamp count \tbamp \ensuremath{-1} \tbeol -\csx{p@} \tbamp dimen \tbamp 1pt \tbeol -\csx{z@} \tbamp dimen \tbamp 0pt \tbeol -\csx{z@skip} \tbamp skip \tbamp 0pt plus 0pt minus 0pt \tbeol -\tbhline -\csx{@ne} \tbamp defn \tbamp 1 \tbeol -\csx{tw@} \tbamp defn \tbamp 2\tbeol -\csx{thr@@} \tbamp defn \tbamp 3 \tbeol -\csx{sixt@@n} \tbamp defn \tbamp 16 \tbeol -\csx{@cclv} \tbamp defn \tbamp 255 \tbeol -\csx{@cclvi} \tbamp defn \tbamp 256 \tbeol -\csx{@m} \tbamp defn \tbamp 1000 \tbeol -\csx{@M} \tbamp defn \tbamp 10000 \tbeol -\csx{@MM} \tbamp defn \tbamp 20000 \tbeol -\tbhline -\csx{@vpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 5 \tbeol -\csx{@vipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 6 \tbeol -\csx{@viipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 7 \tbeol -\csx{@viiipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 8 \tbeol -\csx{@ixpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 9 \tbeol -\csx{@xpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 10 \tbeol -\csx{@xipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 10.95 \tbeol -\csx{@xiipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 12 \tbeol -\csx{@xivpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 14.4 \tbeol -\csx{@xviipt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 17.28 \tbeol -\csx{@xxpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 20.74 \tbeol -\csx{@xxvpt} \tbamp macro \tbamp 24.88 \tbeol -\tbhline -\csx{@plus} \tbamp macro \tbamp ``\texttt{plus}'' \tbeol -\csx{@minus} \tbamp macro \tbamp ``\texttt{minus}'' \tbeol -%\csx{hb@xt@} \tbamp macro \tbamp ``\csx{hbox} \texttt{to}'' -\end{tabular} - -\Question[Q-ltxhash]{Defining \LaTeX{} commands within other commands} - -\LaTeX{} command definition is significantly different from the \TeX{} -primitive form discussed in an % ! line break -\Qref*[\htmlonly]{earlier question}{Q-hash} about definitions within -macros. - -In most ways, the \LaTeX{} situation is simpler (at least in part -because it imposes more restrictions on the user); however, defining a -command within a command still requires some care. - -The earlier question said you have to double the |#| signs in command -definitions: in fact, the same rule holds, except that \LaTeX{} -already takes care of some of the issues, by generating argument lists -for you. - -The basic problem is that: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\abc}[1]{joy, oh #1!% - \newcommand{\ghi}[1]{gloom, oh #1!}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -followed by a call: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cmdinvoke{abc}{joy} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -typesets ``joy, oh joy!'', but defines a command \csx{ghi} that takes -one parameter, which it ignores; \cmdinvoke{ghi}{gloom} will expand to -``gloom, oh joy!'', which is presumably not what was expected. - -And (as you will probably guess, if you've read the earlier question) -the definition: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\abc}[1]{joy, oh #1!% - \newcommand{\ghi}[1]{gloom, oh ##1!}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does what is required, and \cmdinvoke{ghi}{gloom} will expand to -``gloom, oh gloom!'', whatever the argument to \csx{abc}. - -The doubling is needed whether or not the enclosing command has an -argument, so: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\abc}{joy, oh joy!% - \newcommand{\ghi}[1]{gloom, oh ##1!}% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -is needed to produce a replica of the \csx{ghi} we defined earlier. - -\Question[Q-printvar]{How to print contents of variables?} -\keywords{typeout, print variables, showthe} - -It is often useful to print out the values of variables in the log -file or on the terminal. Three possible ways to print out the -contents of \csx{textheight} variable are: -\begin{enumerate} -\item \csx{showthe}\csx{textheight} -\item \cmdinvoke{message}{The text height is \csx{the}\csx{textheight}} -\item \cmdinvoke{typeout}{The text height is \csx{the}\csx{textheight}} -\end{enumerate} -These techniques use the \TeX{} primitives \csx{the} (which provides -the value of a variable), \csx{showthe} (print a variable to the -terminal and the log, on a line of its own), and \csx{message}, which -interpolates something into the log. The command \csx{typeout} is -\LaTeX{}'s general message output mechanism. - -In each case, the variable's value is printed as a number of points. - -To typeset the value of \csx{textheight}, just -\csx{the}\csx{textheight} is enough, but a more flexible alternative is -to use the \Package{printlen} package. \Package{Printlen} allows you -to choose the units in which you print a variable; this is useful, -given that the most ordinary people don't think in points -(particularly Knuth's points, of which there are 72.27 to the inch). - -So, using \Package{printlen}, we could say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newlength{\foo} -\setlength{\foo}{12pt} -\verb|\foo| is \printlength{\foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and get: -\begin{quote} -\csx{foo} is 12pt -\end{quote} -while, if we say: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newlength{\foo} -\setlength{\foo}{12pt} -\uselengthunit{mm} -\verb|foo| is \printlength{\foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -we get: -\begin{quote} -\csx{foo} is 4.21747mm -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[printlen.sty]\CTANref{printlen} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-03-16} - -\Question[Q-labelcount]{Using labels as counter values} - -Labels are tempting sources of `numbers'~--- their most common use, -after all, is simply to typeset a number. However, their seeming -simplicity is deceptive; the packages \Package{babel} and -\Package{hyperref}, at least, fiddle with the definition of -\csx{ref} and \csx{pageref} in ways that make -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setcounter{foo}{\ref{bar}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(etc.\@) not work; thus the technique may not be relied upon. - -The solution is to use the \Package{refcount} package (incidentally, -by the author of \Package{hyperref}). The package provides four -commands, all similar to: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{refcount} -... -\label{bar} -... -\setcounterref{foo}{bar} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the other three are \csx{addtocounterref}, \csx{setcounterpageref} -and \csx{addtocounterpageref}). - -The package also provides a command -\cmdinvoke*{getrefnumber}{label-name} that may be used where a -`number' value is needed. For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... \footnote{foo bar ...\label{foofoot}} -... -\footnotemark[\getrefnumber{foofoot}] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which gives you a second footnote mark reference the the footnote. -(There is also a command \csx{getpagerefnumber}, of course). - -The commands could be used by one determined not to use -\Package{changepage} to determine whether % ! line break -\Qref*{the current page is odd}{Q-oddpage}, but it's probably no more -trouble to use the fully-developed tool in this case. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[refount.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{oberdiek} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2011-09-08} - -\subsection{\LaTeX{} macro programming} - -\Question[Q-fixnam]{How to change \LaTeX{}'s ``fixed names''} - -\LaTeX{} document classes define several typographic operations that -need `canned text' (text not supplied by the user). In the earliest -days of \LaTeXo{} these bits of text were built in to the body of -\LaTeX{}'s macros and were rather difficult to change, but ``fixed -name'' macros were introduced for the benefit of those wishing to use -\LaTeX{} in languages other than English. -For example, the special section produced by the \csx{tableofcontents} -command is always called \csx{contentsname} (or rather, what -\csx{contentsname} is defined to mean). -Changing the canned text is now one of the easiest customisations a -user can do to \LaTeX{}. - -The canned text macros are all of the form -\csx{\meta{thing}name}, and changing them is simplicity -itself. Put: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{renewcommand}{\csx{\meta{thing}name}}{Res minor} -\end{quote} -in the preamble of your document, and the job is done. -(However, beware of the \Package{babel} package, which requires you to -use a different mechanism: be sure to check -% beware line wrap -\Qref[question]{changing \Package{babel} names}{Q-latexwords} if -you're using it.) - -The names that are defined in the standard \LaTeX{} classes (and the -\Package{makeidx} package) are listed -below. Some of the names are only defined in a subset of the classes -(and the \Class{letter} class has a set of names all of its own); -the list shows the specialisation of each name, where appropriate. - -\nothtml{\noindent}\begin{tabular}{@{}ll} -\csx{abstractname} \tbamp Abstract\tbeol -\csx{alsoname} \tbamp see also (\Package{makeidx} package)\tbeol -\csx{appendixname} \tbamp Appendix\tbeol -\csx{bibname} \tbamp Bibliography (\Class{report},\Class{book})\tbeol -\csx{ccname} \tbamp cc (\Class{letter})\tbeol -\csx{chaptername} \tbamp Chapter (\Class{report},\Class{book})\tbeol -\csx{contentsname} \tbamp Contents\tbeol -\csx{enclname} \tbamp encl (\Class{letter})\tbeol -\csx{figurename} \tbamp Figure (for captions)\tbeol -\csx{headtoname} \tbamp To (\Class{letter})\tbeol -\csx{indexname} \tbamp Index\tbeol -\csx{listfigurename} \tbamp List of Figures\tbeol -\csx{listtablename} \tbamp List of Tables\tbeol -\csx{pagename} \tbamp Page (\Class{letter})\tbeol -\csx{partname} \tbamp Part\tbeol -\csx{refname} \tbamp References (\Class{article})\tbeol -\csx{seename} \tbamp see (\Package{makeidx} package)\tbeol -\csx{tablename} \tbamp Table (for caption) -\end{tabular} - -\Question[Q-latexwords]{Changing the words \Package{babel} uses} - -\LaTeX{} uses symbolic names for many of the automatically-generated -text it produces (special-purpose section headings, captions, etc.). -As noted in \Qref[question]{``\LaTeX{} fixed names''}{Q-fixnam} (which -includes a list of the names themselves), -this enables the user to change the -names used by the standard classes, which is particularly useful if -the document is being prepared in some language other than \LaTeX{}'s -default English. So, for example, a Danish author may wish that her -table of contents was called ``Indholdsfortegnelse'', and so -would expect to place a command -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\contentsname}% - {Indholdsfortegnelse} -\end{verbatim} -in the preamble of her document. - -However, it's natural for a user of a non-English language to use -\Package{babel}, because it offers many conveniences and typesetting -niceties for those preparing documents in those languages. In -particular, when \Package{babel} is selecting a new language, it -ensures that \LaTeX{}'s symbolic names are translated appropriately -for the language in question. Unfortunately, \Package{babel}'s choice -of names isn't always to everyone's choice, and there is still a need -for a mechanism to replace the `standard' names. - -Whenever a new language is selected, \Package{babel} resets all the -names to the settings for that language. In particular, -\Package{babel} selects the document's main language when -\cmdinvoke{begin}{document} is executed, which immediately destroys -any changes to these symbolic names made in the prologue of a document -that uses \Package{babel}. - -Therefore, babel defines a command to enable users to change the -definitions of the symbolic names, on a per-language basis: -\csx{addto}\csx{captions}\texttt{\meta{language}} is the thing -(\texttt{\meta{language}} being the language option you gave to -\Package{babel} in the first place). For example: -\begin{verbatim} -\addto\captionsdanish{% - \renewcommand{\contentsname}% - {Indholdsfortegnelse}% -} -\end{verbatim} - -\Question[Q-running-nos]{Running equation, figure and table numbering} - -Many \LaTeX{} classes (including the standard \Class{book} class) -number things per chapter; so figures in chapter 1 are numbered 1.1, -1.2, and so on. Sometimes this is not appropriate for the user's -needs. - -Short of rewriting the whole class, one may use the \Package{chngcntr} -package, which provides commands \csx{counterwithin} (which -establishes this nested numbering relationship) and -\csx{counterwithout} (which undoes it). - -So if you have figures numbered by chapter as 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, \dots{}, -the command -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\counterwithout{figure}{chapter} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will convert them to figures 1, 2, 3, \dots{}. (Note that the command -has also removed the chapter number from the counter's definition.) - -More elaborate use could change things numbered per section to things -numbered per chapter: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\counterwithout{equation}{section} -\counterwithin{equation}{chapter} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(assuming there was a class that did such a thing in the first place...) - -The \Package{chngcntr} approach doesn't involve much programming, and -the enthusiastic \LaTeX{} programmer might choose to try the technique -that we had to use before the advent of \Package{chngcntr}. Each of -the packages \Package{removefr} and \Package{remreset} defines a -\csx{@removefromreset} command, and having included the package one -writes something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\@removefromreset{figure}{chapter} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and the automatic renumbering stops. You may then need to redefine the -way in which the figure number (in this case) is printed: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\@arabic\c@figure} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(remember to do the whole job, for every counter you want to -manipulate, within \csx{makeatletter} \dots{}\@ \csx{makeatother}). - -This technique, too, may be used to change where in a multilevel -structure a counter is reset. Suppose your class numbers figures as -\meta{chapter}.\meta{section}.\meta{figure}, and you want figures -numbered per chapter, try: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\@removefromreset{figure}{section} -\@addtoreset{figure}{chapter} -\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\thechapter.\@arabic\c@figure} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\@removefromreset{figure}{section} -\@addtoreset{figure}{chapter} -\renewcommand{\thefigure}% - {\thechapter.\@arabic\c@figure} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -(the command \csx{@addtoreset} is a part of \LaTeX{} itself). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[chngcntr.sty]\CTANref{chngcntr} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[removefr.tex]\CTANref{removefr} (note, this is constructed as a - ``fragment'' for use within other packages: load by - \cmdinvoke{input}{removefr}) -\item[remreset.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{carlisle}[remreset] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-labelctr]{Making labels from a counter} - -Suppose we have a \LaTeX{} counter, which we've defined with -\cmdinvoke{newcounter}{foo}. We can increment the value of the counter -by \cmdinvoke{addtocounter}{foo}{1}, but that's pretty clunky for an -operation that happens so often \dots{}~so there's a command -\cmdinvoke{stepcounter}{foo} that does this special case of -increasing-by-one. - -There's an internal \LaTeX{} variable, the ``current label'', that -remembers the last `labellable' thing that \LaTeX{} has processed. -You could (if you were to insist) set that value by the relevant -\TeX{} command (having taken the necessary precautions to ensure that -the internal command worked)~--- but it's not necessary. If, instead -of either of the stepping methods above, you say -\cmdinvoke{refstepcounter}{foo}, the internal variable is set to the -new value, and (until something else comes along), \csx{label} will -refer to the counter. - -\Question[Q-oddpage]{Finding if you're on an odd or an even page} - -\Qref[Question]{Another question}{Q-marginparside} discusses the issue -of getting \csx{marginpar} commands to put their output in the correct -margin of two-sided documents. This is an example of the general -problem of knowing where a particular bit of text lies: the output -routine is asynchronous, and \AllTeX{} will usually process quite a -bit of the ``next'' page before deciding to output any page. As a -result, the |page| counter (known internally in \LaTeX{} as -\csx{c@page}) is normally only reliable when you're actually \emph{in} -the output routine. - -The solution is to use some version of the \csx{label} mechanism to -determine which side of the page you're on; the value of the page -counter that appears in a \csx{pageref} command has been inserted in -the course of the output routine, and is therefore safe. - -However, \csx{pageref} itself isn't reliable: one might hope that -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ifthenelse{\isodd{\pageref{foo}}}{odd}{even} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -would do the necessary, but both the \Package{babel} and -\Package{hyperref} packages have been known to interfere with the -output of \csx{pageref}; be careful! - -The \Package{changepage} package needs to provide this functionality -for its own use, and therefore provides a command \csx{checkoddpage}; -this sets a private-use `label', and the page reference part of that -label is then examined (in a \Package{hyperref}-safe way) to set a -conditional \csx{ifoddpage} true if the command was issued on an odd -page. (The \Class{memoir} class has the same command.) \latex{} -users who are unfamiliar with \tex{}'s \csx{if...} commands may use -the \Package{ifthen} package: -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{ifthen,changepage} -... -\checkoddpage -\ifthenelse{\boolean{oddpage}}{<odd page stuff>}{<even page stuff>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{ifthen,changepage} -... -\checkoddpage -\ifthenelse{\boolean{oddpage}}% - {<odd page stuff>}% - {<even page stuff>} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{narrowversion} - -Of course, the `label' contributes to \LaTeX{}'s ``Rerun to get -cross-references right'' error messages\dots{} - -The Koma-Script classes have an \environment{addmargin*} environment -that also provides the sorts of facilities that the \Package{changepage} -offers. Koma-Script's supporting command: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke{ifthispageodd}{<true>}{<false>} -\end{quote} -executes different things depending on the page number. - -The package \Package{ifoddpage} is designed to provide the same -facility; crucially, it can behave ``sensibly'' even if you are -typesetting for one-side printing only; like the \Package{changepage} -it uses a `check' command \csx{checkoddpage}. The conditional `side' -flags are set using (Plain) \TeX{} conditionals; they are defined -locally, so that you can minimise their use of \tex{} workspace~--- -see the package documentation for the somewhat tricky sequence -involved. In addition the package provides a command -\csx{ifoddpageoroneside}, which is true on odd pages of a two-side -document, or on all pages of a one-side document. Usage is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\checkoddpage -\ifoddpage - odd-side text -\else - even-side text -\fi -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The author's recommended usage (trickily) includes the whole operation -in a box; this has the advantage that your test will always work, but -the usual disadvantage that boxes may not split. In common uses, the -whole work will be done inside a box (as, for example, in the case of -a float), so the elaborate work proposed by the author is not -necessary. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[changepage.sty]\CTANref{changepage} -\item[ifoddpage.sty]\CTANref{ifoddpage} -\item[ifthen.sty]Part of the \latex{} distribution: \CTANref{latex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-labelformat]{How to change the format of labels} - -By default, when a label is created, it takes on the appearance of the -counter labelled, so the label appears as -\csx{the}\texttt{\meta{counter}}~--- what would be used if you -asked to typeset the counter in your text. This isn't always what you -need: for example, if you have nested enumerated lists with the outer -numbered and the inner labelled with letters, one might expect to want -to refer to items in the inner list as ``2(c)''. (Remember, you can -\nothtml{change the structure of list items~--- }% -\Qref{change the structure of list items}{Q-enumerate}.) -The change is of course -possible by explicit labelling of the parent and using that label to -construct the typeset result~--- something like -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\ref{parent-item}(\ref{child-item}) -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which would be both tedious and error-prone. What's more, it would be -undesirable, since you would be constructing a visual representation -which is inflexible (you couldn't change all the references to elements -of a list at one fell swoop). - -\LaTeX{} in fact has a label-formatting command built into every label -definition; by default it's null, but it's available for the user to -program. For any label \meta{counter} there's a \LaTeX{} internal -command \csx{p@}\meta{\texttt{counter}}; for example, a label definition -on an inner list item is supposedly done using the command -\cmdinvoke{p@enumii}{\csx{theenumii}}. Unfortunately, the internal -workings of this aren't quite right, and you need to patch the -\csx{refstepcounter} command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*\refstepcounter[1]{% - \stepcounter{#1}% - \protected@edef\@currentlabel{% - \csname p@#1\expandafter\endcsname - \csname the#1\endcsname - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*\refstepcounter[1]{\stepcounter{#1}% - \protected@edef\@currentlabel{% - \csname p@#1\expandafter\endcsname - \csname the#1\endcsname - }% -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -With the patch in place you can now, for example, change the labels on -all inner lists by adding the following code in your preamble: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\makeatletter -\renewcommand{\p@enumii}[1]{\theenumi(#1)} -\makeatother -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This would make the labels for second-level enumerated lists appear as -``1(a)'' (and so on). The analogous change works for any counter that -gets used in a \csx{label} command. - -In fact, the \Package{fncylab} package does all the above (including -the patch to \LaTeX{} itself). With the package, the code above is -(actually quite efficiently) rendered by the command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\labelformat{enumii}{\theenumi(#1)} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In fact, the above example, which we can do in several different ways, -has been rendered obsolete by the appearance of the \Package{enumitem} -package, which is discussed in the answer about % ! line break -\Qref*{decorating enumeration lists}{Q-enumerate}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[enumitem.sty]\CTANref{enumitem} -\item[fncylab.sty]\CTANref{fncylab} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-seccntfmt]{Adjusting the presentation of section numbers} - -The general issues of adjusting the appearance of section headings are -pretty complex, and are covered in % beware line breaks (2 lines) -\latexhtml{question}{the question on} -\Qref[\htmlonly]{the style of section headings}{Q-secthead}. - -However, people regularly want merely to change the way the section -number appears in the heading, and some such people don't mind writing -out a few macros. This answer is for \emph{them}. - -The section number is typeset using the -\begin{dviversion} - \LaTeX{} internal -\end{dviversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref{\LaTeX{} internal}{Q-atsigns} -\end{hyperversion} -\csx{@seccntformat} command, which is given the ``name'' (section, -subsection, \dots{}) of the heading, as argument. Ordinarily, -\csx{@seccntformat} -merely outputs the section number, and then a \csx{quad} of space: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*{\@seccntformat}[1]{% - \csname the#1\endcsname\quad -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Suppose you want to put a stop after every section (subsection, -subsubsection, \dots{}) number, a trivial change may be implemented by -simple modification of the command: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*{\@seccntformat}[1]{% - \csname the#1\endcsname.\quad -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -However, many people want to modify section numbers, but not -subsection numbers, or any of the others. To do this, one must make -\csx{@seccntformat} switch according to its argument. The following -technique for doing the job is slightly wasteful, but is efficient -enough for a relatively rare operation: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand*{\@seccntformat}[1]{% - \csname the#1\endcsname - \csname adddot@#1\endcsname\quad -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which uses a second-level command to provide the dot, if it has been -defined; otherwise it merely appends \csx{relax} (which does nothing -in this context). The definition of the second-level command (the -version for the \texttt{section}, here) specifies what to put after a -section number, but it could be used to put anything after it: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand*{\adddot@section}{.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that all the command definitions above are dealing in -\Qref*{\LaTeX{} internal commands}{Q-atsigns}, so the above -code should be in a package file, for preference. - -The \Class{Koma-script} classes have different commands for specifying -changes to section number presentation: \csx{partformat}, -\csx{chapterformat} and \csx{othersectionlevelsformat}, but otherwise -their facilities are similar to those of ``raw'' \LaTeX{}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}KOMA script bundle]\CTANref{koma-script} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-spaftend]{There's a space added after my environment} - -You've written your own environment \environment{env}, and it works -except that a space appears at the start of the first line of typeset -text after \cmdinvoke{end}{env}. This doesn't happen with similar -\LaTeX{}-supplied environments. - -You could impose the restriction that your users always put a -``\texttt{\textpercent{}}'' sign after the environment~\dots{}\nothtml{\@} but -\LaTeX{} environments don't require that, either. - -The \LaTeX{} environments' ``secret'' is an internal flag which causes -the unwanted spaces to be ignored. Fortunately, you don't have to use -the internal form: since 1996, \LaTeX{} has had a user command -\csx{ignorespacesafterend}, which sets the internal flag. - -\Question[Q-labundef]{Finding if a label is undefined} - -People seem to want to know (at run time) if a label is undefined (I -don't actually understand \emph{why}, particularly: it's a transient -state, and \LaTeX{} deals with it quite well). - -A resolved label is simply a command: -\csx{r@}\texttt{\meta{label-name}}; determining if the label is set is -then simply a matter of detecting if the command exists. The usual -\LaTeX{} internal way of doing this is to use the command -\csx{@ifundefined}: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke*{@ifundefined}{\textup{r@}label-name}{undef-cmds}{def-cmds} -\end{quote} -In which, \meta{label-name} is exactly what you would use in -a \csx{label} command, and the remaining two arguments are command -sequences to be used if the label is undefined -(\meta{undef-cmds}) or if it is defined -(\meta{def-cmds}). - -Note that any command that incorporates \csx{@ifundefined} is naturally -fragile, so remember to create it with \csx{DeclareRobustCommand} or to -use it with \csx{protect} in a moving argument. - -If you're into this game, you may well not care about \LaTeX{}'s -warning about undefined labels at the end of the document; however, -if you are, include the command \csx{G@refundefinedtrue} in -\meta{\texttt{undef-cmds}}. - -And of course, remember you're dealing in internal commands, and pay -attention to the \Qref*{at-signs}{Q-atsigns}. - -All the above can be avoided by using the \Package{labelcas} package: -it provides commands that enable you to switch according to the state -of a single label, or the states of a list of labels. The package's -definition is a bit complicated, but the package itself is pretty -powerful. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[labelcas.sty]\CTANref{labelcas} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-addtoreset]{Master and slave counters} - -It's common to have things numbered ``per chapter'' (for example, in -the standard \Class{book} and \Class{report} classes, figures, tables -and footnotes are all numbered thus). The process of resetting is -done automatically, when the ``master'' counter is stepped (when the -\csx{chapter} command that starts chapter \meta{n} happens, the -\texttt{chapter} counter is stepped, and all the dependent counters are set -to zero). - -How would you do that for yourself? You might want to number -algorithms per section, or corollaries per theorem, for example. If -you're defining these things by hand, you declare the relationship -when you define the counter in the first place: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke*{newcounter}{new-name}[master] -\end{quote} -says that every time counter \meta{master} is stepped, counter -\meta{new-name} will be reset. - -But what if you have an uncooperative package, that defines the -objects for you, but doesn't provide a programmer interface to make -the counters behave as you want? - -The \csx{newcounter} command uses a \LaTeX{} internal command, and you -can also use it: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke*{@addtoreset}{new-name}{master} -\end{quote} -(but remember that it needs to be between \csx{makeatletter} and -\csx{makeatother}, or in a package of your own). - -The \Package{chngcntr} package encapsulates the \csx{@addtoreset} -command into a command \csx{counterwithin}. So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\counterwithin*{corrollary}{theorem} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will make the corollary counter slave to theorem counters. The -command without its asterisk: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\counterwithin{corrollary}{theorem} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will do the same, and also redefine \csx{thecorollary} as % line brk! -\meta{theorem number}.\meta{corollary number}, which is a good scheme -if you ever want to refer to the corollaries~--- there are potentially -many ``corollary~1'' in any document, so it's as well to tie its number -to the counter of the theorem it belongs to. This is true of pretty -much any such counter-within-another; if you're not using the -\Package{chngcntr}, refer to the answer to % line break! -\Qref*{redefining counters' \csx{the-}commands}{Q-the-commands} for -the necessary techniques. - -Note that the technique doesn't work if the master counter is |page|, -the number of the current page. The |page| counter is stepped deep -inside the output routine, which usually gets called some time after -the text for the new page has started to appear: so special -techniques are required to deal with that. One special case is dealt -with elsewhere: \Qref*{footnotes numbered per page}{Q-footnpp}. One -of the techniques described there, using package \Package{perpage}, -may be applied to any counter. The command: -\begin{quote} -\cmdinvoke*{MakePerPage}{counter} -\end{quote} -will cause \meta{counter} to be reset for each page. The package uses -a label-like mechanism, and may require more than one run of \LaTeX{} -to stabilise counter values~--- \LaTeX{} will generate the usual -warnings about labels changing. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[chngcntr.sty]\CTANref{chngcntr} -\item[perpage.sty]Distributed as part \CTANref{bigfoot}[perpage] -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-fontsize]{Fonts at arbitrary sizes} - -Almost all fonts, nowadays, are provided with \LaTeX{} control -(\extension{fd}) files, so the temptation to risk the -\Qref*{problems of \csx{newfont}}{Q-newfont*} is usually easy to -resist. - -However, one temptation remains, arising from the way that \LaTeX{} -restricts the sizes of fonts. In fact, the restriction only -significantly applies to the default (Computer Modern) and the -Cork-encoded (\acro{T}1) EC fonts, but it is widely considered to be -anomalous, nowadays. In recognition of this problem, there is a -package \Package{fix-cm} which will allow you to use the fonts, within -\LaTeX{}, at any size you choose. If you're not using scaleable -versions of the fonts, most modern distributions will just generate an -appropriate bitmap for you. - -So, suppose you want to produce a heading in Computer Modern Roman at -30 points, you might be tempted to write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newfont{\bigfont}{cmr10 at 30pt} -\begin{center} - \bigfont Huge text -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will indeed work, but will actually produce a worse result than -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{fix-cm} -... -\begin{center} - \fontsize{30}{36}\selectfont - Huge text -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that the \Package{fix-cm} package was not distributed until the -December 2003 edition of \LaTeX{}; if you have an older distribution, -the packages \Package{type1cm} (for \acro{CM} fonts) and -\Package{type1ec} (for \acro{EC} fonts) are available. - -\Package{Fix-cm} doesn't has one or two omissions~--- fonts the \latex{} -team did not consider useful, or something; the CM dunhill fonts (as -CM, but with stretched ascenders) and the CM fibonacci font (which is only -available in 8-point design size) are certainly missing. If -\Package{fix-cm} doesn't do the job, try the \Package{type1xx} -packages, or the \Package{anyfontsize} package. - -A further alternative might be to switch to the -\Qref*{\FontName{Latin} \FontName{Modern} fonts}{Q-uselmfonts} (which -provide a close simulacrum of the \FontName{Computer} -\FontName{Modern} set); these fonts were scaleable from their first -distribution, and don't therefore need any such trick as the above. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[anyfontsize.sty]\CTANref{anyfontsize} -\item[fix-cm.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{latex}[fix-cm] (an unpacked - version is available at \CTANref{fix-cm}) -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\FontName{Latin} \FontName{Modern} fonts]\CTANref{lm} -\item[type1cm.sty]\CTANref{type1cm} -\item[type1ec.sty]\CTANref{type1ec} (the package is actually part of - the \CTANref{cm-super} distribution, but it works happily in - the absence of the scaled fonts) -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-04} - -\Question[Q-latexqual]{The quality of your \LaTeX{}} - -The \Package{l2tabu} tutorial (mentioned in % ! line break -\Qref[question]{online introductions}{Q-man-latex}) is undoubtedly a -good read. - -However, it's always difficult to remember the things you should -\emph{not} do, when there are so many things to remember that you -really must do: some automation is useful\dots{}. - -The nicely-named \Package{nag} allows you to apply a configurable set -of checks to your document, as you run it through \LaTeX{}; you get -messages like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Package nag Warning: Command \bf is an old LaTeX 2.09 command. -(nag) Use \bfseries or \textbf instead on input line 30. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Package nag Warning: Command \bf is an old - LaTeX 2.09 command. -(nag) Use \bfseries or \textbf - instead on input line 30. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -\begin{wideversion} - (the package provides a demo file which contains most of the sorts - of errors you might make~--- the example is one of them). -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - (the error lines above represent two lines which have been wrapped; - the package provides a demo file which contains most of the sorts of - errors you might make~--- the example is one of them). -\end{narrowversion} -While \Package{l2tabu} and \Package{nag} alert you to \emph{possible} -programming errors, you should not forget that they are merely -commenting on \emph{style}; don't assume that a \Package{nag} error is -going to damn your code~--- rather, note the issue and try to train -your fingers not to do the same ``next time''. - -The \ProgName{lacheck} program analyses your source and comments on -it; its view of what is ``bad'' is \emph{very} subjective (the -documentation says), but it can be useful. - -There's also a web site -\href{http://www.kohm.name/markus/texidate.html}{TeXidate} -which will do a static analysis of your document (unfortunately, you -have to paste your document source into a text window). The site -doesn't seem as comprehensive as \Package{nag}, but it allows you to -download its script, which you can then juggle with to make it more -draconian. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[l2tabu]Browse \CTANref{l2tabu} for a copy of the document in a - language that is convenient for you -\item[lacheck]\CTANref{lacheck} -\item[nag.sty]\CTANref{nag} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-10-09} - -\Question[Q-ltx-csv]{Process a \acro{CSV} file in \latex{}} - -Comma-separated-variable (\acro{CSV}) files are a common means of -interchanging simple data between applications; for example, most -spreadsheet applications can provide files containing tables of -numbers with commas between them. One can envisage these tables as -``\latex{} tables'', and the packages to process them all provide -table generation, one way or another. - -For rather a long time, the canonical tools for dealing with such -files have been those provided in the \Package{datatool} bundle; -packages in the bundle allow the user to write procedures to process -numbers, currency amounts, names, etc., and to display them in tables -(including pie charts). - -The \Package{csvsimple} does similar tasks. Its processing is -controlled by keys established via the \Package{pgfkeys} package, -which define how each row of the \acro{CSV} file is to be processed. - -For usage ``nearer to the bone'', one might consider the commands -\csx{docsvlist} and \csx{forcsvlist} (from the \Package{etoolbox} -package). The first uses the time-honoured \latex{} technique of -changing the definition of a \csx{do} command; it runs through the -list, and processes every item of the list as the argument of the -\csx{do} command; so: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{itemize} -\renewcommand*{\do}[1]{\item #1} -\docsvlist{item1, item2, {item3a, item3b}, item4} -\end{itemize} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will convert the elements of a \acro{CSV} list into an itemised list. - -The macro \csx{forcsvlist} applies a function to each element of a -\acro{CSV} list; this can of course be used to implement -\csx{docsvlist}, at the cost of a little clarity. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[csvsimple.sty]\CTANref{csvsimple} -\item[datatool \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{datatool} -\item[etoolbox.sty]\CTANref{etoolbox} -\item[pgfkeys.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{pgf} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit*{2013-09-10} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex deleted file mode 100644 index e7a616ace80..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,644 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.29 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Current \TeX{}-related projects} - -\Question[Q-LaTeX3]{The \LaTeX{} project} - -The \LaTeX{} project team (see \URL{http://www.latex-project.org/latex3.html}) -is a small group of volunteers whose aim is -to produce a major new document processing system based on the -principles pioneered by Leslie Lamport in the current \LaTeX{}. The -new system is (provisionally) called \LaTeX{}3; it -will remain freely available and it will be fully documented at -all levels. - -The \LaTeX{} team's first product (\LaTeXe{}) was delivered in 1994 -(it's now properly called ``\LaTeX{}'', since no other version is current). - -\LaTeXe{} was intended as a consolidation exercise, unifying several -sub-variants of \LaTeX{} while changing nothing whose change wasn't -absolutely necessary. This has permitted the team to support a single -version of \LaTeX{}, in parallel with development of \LaTeX{}3. - -Some of the older discussion papers about directions for \LaTeX{}3 are -to be found on \acro{CTAN}; other (published) articles are to be found -on the project web site (\URL{http://www.latex-project.org/papers/}). - -Some of the project's experimental code is visible on the net: -\begin{itemize} -\item via \URL{http://www.latex-project.org/code.html}, which points - to the project's \acro{SVN} repository; -\item via the project's - \href{https://github.com/latex3/svn-mirror}{\emph{GitHub} mirror}; -\item from \acro{CTAN}: snapshots of two major collections from the - code, \Package{l3kernel} (supporting \LaTeX{}3 coding conventions in - a \LaTeXe{} environment), \Package{l3packages} (a first cut of a - ``document designer's interface'') as well as - \Package{l3experimental} (new stuff that's still under - development). -\end{itemize} -The packages \Package{l3kernel} and \Package{l3packages} provide an -``experimental harness'' that may be used as a testbed for \latex{}3 -work. - -Note that \Package{l3kernel} introduces a coding structure quite -different from earlier \latex{} code; a few hardy authors, who are not -members of the project, are nevertheless using it in their development -work. - -Anyone may participate in discussions of the future of \LaTeX{} -through the mailing list \texttt{latex-l}; some development work -(outside the project) is discussed on the list. Subscribe to the list -by sending a message `\texttt{subscribe latex-l <\emph{your name}>}' -to \mailto{listserv@urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[l3experimental \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3experimental} -\item[l3kernel \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3kernel} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\LaTeX{} project publications]\CTANref{ltx3pub} -\item[l3packages \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3packages} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-02-07} - -\Question[Q-mathml]{Future \acro{WWW} technologies and \AllTeX{}} - -An earlier answer % ! line break -(\Qref[number]{``converting to \acro{HTML}''}{Q-LaTeX2HTML}) -addresses the issue of converting existing \AllTeX{} documents for -viewing on the Web as \acro{HTML}. All the present techniques are -somewhat flawed: the answer explains why. - -However, things are changing, with -better font availability, cunning \acro{HTML} programming and the -support for new Web standards. -\begin{description} -\item[Font technologies] Direct representation of mathematics in - browsers has been hampered up to now by the limited range of symbols - in the fonts whose availability designers can count on. Some existing - \AllTeX{} to \acro{HTML} converters provide maths symbols by - hitching them to alternate font face specifications for standard - code points in a non-standard way. This does nothing for the - universality of the \acro{HTML} so generated. - - Now, however, free Unicode-encoded OpenType fonts, with coverage of - mathematical symbols, are starting to appear. The much-heralded - \href{http://www.stixfonts.org/}{\FontName{STIX} fonts} are now - available on \acro{CTAN}, and a tweaked version - (\FontName{XITS}) and \FontName{Asana Math} are also - available. The \acro{STIX} project has still not released macros - for using the fonts, but the \Package{unicode-math} package will do - what is necessary under \xetex{} and \luatex{}, and the fonts can of - course be used in browsers. -%% In the near future, we can expect rather wide availability of -%% Unicode fonts with good coverage of symbols, which should make life -%% easier for those who need to represent mathematics. -\item[\acro{XML}] The core of the range of new standards is - \acro{XML}, which provides a framework for better structured markup; - limited support for it has already appeared in some browsers. - - Conversion of \AllTeX{} source to \acro{XML} is already available - (through \TeX{}4ht at least), and work continues in that arena. The - alternative, authoring in \acro{XML} (thus producing documents that - are immediately Web-friendly, if not ready) and using \AllTeX{} to - typeset is also well advanced. One useful technique is - \Qref*{\emph{transforming} the \acro{XML} to \LaTeX{}}{Q-SGML2TeX}, - using an \acro{XSLT} stylesheet or code for an \acro{XML} library, - and then simply using \LaTeX{}; alternatively, one may - \Qref*{typeset direct from the \acro{XML} source}{Q-readML}. -\item[Direct representation of mathematics] - Math\acro{ML} is a standard for representing maths on the Web; its - original version was distinctly limited, but version 2 of Math\acro{ML} - has had major browser support since 2002 with richness of mathematical - content for online purposes approaching that of \TeX{} for print. - Browser support for Math\acro{ML} is provided by \ProgName{amaya}, the - `Open Source' browser \ProgName{mozilla} (and its derivatives - including \ProgName{NetScape}, \ProgName{Firefox} and \ProgName{Galeon}) and - \ProgName{Internet Explorer} when equipped with a suitable plug-in - such as \ProgName{MathPlayer}. - There's evidence that \AllTeX{} users are starting to use such - browsers. Some believe that \acro{XHTML}+Math\acro{ML} now provides - better online viewing than \acro{PDF}. - Work to produce \acro{XHTML}+Math\acro{ML} is well advanced in both the - \TeX{}4ht and \ProgName{TtH} projects for \AllTeX{} conversion. -%% Such conversion, however, has limits of soundness unless one -%% is very much aware of the needs of one's conversion program -%% and adapts one's usage of \AllTeX{} accordingly. - - The \href{http://www.mathjax.org}{\ProgName{MathJax}} engine will process the - content of \latex{} \csx{[} \dots{}~\csx{]} and \csx{(} \dots{}~\csx{)} - `environments' in an \acro{HTML} document, to produce mathematical - output that may (for example) be cut-and-pasted into other programs. - - Incorporation into your document can be -\begin{wideversion} - as simple as incorporating: -\begin{verbatim} -<script type="text/javascript" - src="http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML"> -</script> -\end{verbatim} - into the header of your \acro{HTML} document, -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - incorporating the script~--- - \url{http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS_HTML} - ---~as the \texttt{src} tab of a \texttt{script type="text/javascript"} - element in the header of your \acro{HTML} document, -\end{narrowversion} - though the \href{http://www.mathjax.org/}{MathJax project's site} - also allows you to download your own copy and install it on one of - \emph{your} servers. \ProgName{MathJax} is open source software, so - you could, in principle, extend it to do even more eccentric tasks. - - An approach different from \AllTeX{} conversion is taken by - the \href{http://www.albany.edu/~hammond/gellmu/}{\emph{GELLMU} Project}. - Its \emph{article} \acro{XML} document type, which has a markup vocabulary - close to \LaTeX{} that can be edited using \LaTeX{}-like markup - (even though it is not \LaTeX{}~--- so far), comes with translators - that make both \acro{PDF} (via \emph{pdflatex}) and - \acro{XHTML}+Math\acro{ML}. Such an approach avoids the inherent - limitations of the ``traditional'' \AllTeX{} translation processes, - which have traps that can be sprung by unfettered use of \AllTeX{} - markup. -\item[Graphics] - \acro{SVG} is a standard for graphics representation on the web. - While the natural use is for converting existing figures, - representations of formulas are also possible, in place of the separate - bitmaps that have been used in the past (and while we wait for the - wider deployment of Math\acro{ML}). - - Browser plug-ins, that deal with \acro{SVG} are already available - (Adobe offer one, for example). More recently, the open source - graphics editor \href{http://www.inkscape.org/}{\ProgName{Inkscape}} - has appeared, and has been reported to be useful for - \acro{SVG}-related work in at least one \TeX{}-related project. Be - aware that the developers of \ProgName{Inkscape} have no illusions - about being able to replace commercial software, yet\dots{} -\item[Direct use of \TeX{} markup] - Some time back, \acro{IBM} developed a browser plug-in called - TechExplorer, which would display \AllTeX{} documents direct in a - browser. Over the years, it developed into a Math\acro{ML} browser - plug-in, while still retaining its \AllTeX{} abilities, but it's now - distributed (free for Linux and Windows platforms) by - \href{http://www.integretechpub.com/}{Integre Technical Publishing}. - - The disadvantage of the TechExplorer approach is that it places the - onus on the browser user; and however technically proficient - \emph{you} are, it's never safe to assume too much of your readers. - An interesting alternative is - \href{http://www.forkosh.com/mathtex.html}{Math\TeX{}}, which sits - on your server as a \acro{CGI} script, and you use it to include - your \TeX{}, in your \acro{HTML}, as if it were an image: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -<img src="/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?f(x)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt"> -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -<img src="/cgi-bin/mathtex.cgi?f(x)= - \int\limits_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt"> -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -(\Package{Mathtex} supersedes the author's earlier \Package{mimetex}.) -\end{description} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Asana Math fonts]\CTANref{asana-math} -\item[GELLMU]\CTANref{gellmu} -\item[MathTeX]\CTANref{MathTeX} -\item[MimeTeX]\CTANref{MimeTeX} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}STIX fonts]\CTANref{stix} -\item[tex4ht]\CTANref{tex4ht} (but see \url{http://tug.org/tex4ht/}) -\item[unicode-math.sty]\CTANref{unicode-math} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}XITS fonts]\CTANref{xits} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-10-17} - -\Question[Q-textrace]{Making outline fonts from \MF{}} - -\ProgName{TeXtrace}, originally developed by P\'eter Szab\'o, is a -bundle of Unix scripts that use Martin Weber's freeware boundary -tracing package -\href{http://autotrace.sourceforge.net}{\ProgName{autotrace}} to -generate Type~1 outline fonts from \MF{} bitmap -font outputs. The result is unlikely ever to be of the quality of -the commercially-produced Type~1 font, but there's always the -\href{http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{FontForge}} font -editor to tidy things. Whatever, there -remain fonts which many people find useful and which fail to attract -the paid experts, and auto-tracing is providing a useful service here. -Notable sets of -fonts generated using \ProgName{TeXtrace} are P\'eter Szab\'o's own -\acro{EC}/\acro{TC} font set \FontName{tt2001} and Vladimir Volovich's -\acro{CM}-Super set, which covers the \acro{EC}, \acro{TC}, and the -Cyrillic \acro{LH} font sets (for details of both of which sets, see -\Qref[answer]{``8-bit'' type 1 fonts}{Q-type1T1}). - -Another system, which arrived slightly later, is -\href{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/mftrace/}{\ProgName{mftrace}}: -this is a small \ProgName{Python} program that does the same job. -\ProgName{Mftrace} may use either \ProgName{autotrace} (like -\ProgName{TeXtrace}) or Peter Selinger's -\href{http://potrace.sourceforge.net}{\ProgName{potrace}} to produce -the initial outlines to process. \ProgName{Mftrace} is said to be -more flexible, and easier to use, than is \ProgName{TeXtrace}, but both systems -are increasingly being used to provide Type~1 fonts to the public domain. - -The \ProgName{MetaType1} system aims to use \MF{} font sources, by way -of \MP{} and a bunch of scripts and so on, to produce high-quality -Type~1 fonts. The first results, the % ! line break -\Qref*{\Package{Latin Modern} fonts}{Q-type1T1}, are now -well-established, and a bunch of existing designs have been reworked -in MetaType1 format. - -\Package{Mf2pt1} is another translator of \MF{} font sources by way of -\MP{}; in addition, -available, \Package{mf2pt1} will use -\href{http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{fontforge}} (if it's -available) to auto-hint the result of its conversion. -(\Package{Mf2pt1} is also written in \ProgName{perl}.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[MetaType1]\CTANref{metatype1} -\item[mf2pt1]\CTANref{mf2pt1} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-WYGexpts]{The \TeX{} document preparation environment} - -``\Qref*{Why \TeX{} is not \WYSIWYG{}}{Q-notWYSIWYG}'' -outlines the reasons (or excuses) for the huge disparity of user -interface between ``typical'' \TeX{} environments and commercial word -processors. - -Nowadays, at last, there is a range of tools available that try either -to bridge or to close the gap. One range modestly focuses on -providing the user with a legible source document. At the other -extreme we have \href{http://www.texmacs.org}{\ProgName{TeXmacs}}, -a~document processor using -\TeX{}'s algorithms and fonts for both editor display and printing. -\ProgName{TeXmacs} does not use the \TeX{} -language itself (though among other formats, \LaTeX{} may be exported -and imported). A bit closer to \LaTeX{} is -\href{http://www.lyx.org/}{LyX}, which has its own -editor display and file formats as well, but does its print output by -exporting to \LaTeX{}. The editor display merely resembles the -printed output, but you have the possibility of entering arbitrary -\LaTeX{} code. If you use constructs that LyX does not -understand, it will just display them as source text marked red, but -will properly export them. - -Since a lot of work is needed to create an editor from scratch that -actually is good at editing (as well as catering for \TeX{}), it is -perhaps no accident that several approaches have been implemented -using the extensible \ProgName{emacs} editor. The low end of the -prettifying range is occupied by syntax highlighting: marking \TeX{} -tokens, comments and other stuff with special colours. -Many free editors (including \ProgName{emacs}) can cater for \TeX{} in -this way. Under Windows, one of the more popular editors with such -support is the -Shareware product \href{http://www.winedt.com/}{\ProgName{winedt}}. -Continuing the range of -tools prettifying your input, we have the \ProgName{emacs} package -\href{http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net}{\Package{x-symbol}}, which does -the \WYSIWYG{} part of its work by replacing single \TeX{} tokens and -accented letter sequences with appropriate-looking characters on the -screen. - -A different type of tool focuses on making update and access to -previews of the typeset document more immediate. A recent addition -in several viewers, editors and \TeX{} executables are so-called -`source specials' for cross-navigation. When \TeX{} compiles a -document, it will upon request insert special markers for every input -line into the typeset output. The markers are interpreted by the \acro{DVI} -previewer which can be made to let its display track the page -corresponding to the editor input position, or to let the editor jump -to a source line corresponding to a click in the preview window. - -An \ProgName{emacs} package that combines this sort of editor movement -tracking with automatic fast recompilations (through the use of dumped -formats) is -\href{http://pauillac.inria.fr/whizzytex/}{\Package{WhizzyTeX}} - which is best used with a previewer by the -same author. - -Another \ProgName{emacs} package called -\href{http://preview-latex.sourceforge.net}{\Package{preview-latex}} -tries to solve -the problem of visual correlation between source and previews in a -more direct way: it uses a \LaTeX{} package to chop the document source -into interesting fragments (like figures, text or display math) which -it runs through \LaTeX{} and replaces the source text of those -fragments with the corresponding rendered output images. Since it -does not know about the structure of the images, at the actual cursor -position the source text is displayed while editing rather than the -preview. This approach is more or less a hybrid of the source -prettifying and fast preview approaches since it works in the source -buffer but uses actual previews rendered by \LaTeX{}. - -A more ambitious contender is called \TeX{}lite. This -system is only available on request from its author; -it continuously updates its screen with the help of a special version -of \TeX{} dumping its state in a compressed format at each page and -using hooks into \TeX{}'s line breaking mechanism for reformatting -paragraphs on the fly. That way, it can render the output from the -edited \TeX{} code with interactive speed on-screen, and it offers the -possibility of editing directly in the preview window. - -That many of these systems occupy slightly different niches can be -seen by comparing the range of the -\ProgName{emacs}-based solutions ranging from syntax highlighting to instant -previewing: all of them can be activated at the same time without -actually interfering in their respective tasks. - -The different approaches offer various choices differing in the -immediacy of their response, the screen area they work on (source or -separate window), degree of correspondence of the display to the final -output, and the balance they strike between visual aid and visual -distraction. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[preview-latex]Distributed as part of \CTANref{auctex}[preview-latex] -\item[texmacs]Browse \CTANref{texmacs} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-omegaleph]{Omega and Aleph} - -Omega\nothtml{ (\ensuremath{\Omega})} was developed as an extension of -\TeX{}, to use with multilingual texts, expressed in a variety of -input encodings. Omega uses 16-bit, Unicode-encoded, characters. It -provides many innovative concepts, notably including the ``translation -process'' that takes a character stream and transforms it according to -various processes that may be internally specified, or be a separate -program. - -While Omega showed a lot of promise at its mid-1990s announcement, -progress was slow, and development was essentially dead by the time -that one of the original developers withdrew (taking with him a bunch -of research students). - -Before that distressing event, a separate thread of development had -started, to produce a program % !avoid space between Aleph and comma -called Aleph\nothtml{ (\ensuremath{\aleph})}, which merged the facilities of -\Qref*{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex} into a stable Omega codebase and added other -extensions. Aleph also proved an attractive platform for many people; -but its development, too, has dried up. - -A presentation at Euro\TeX{} 2006 claimed that development of Omega -was picking up again, in parallel with research into what the (new) -developers consider a rational scheme for supporting \TeX{}-style -typesetting. The new system was to be known as Omega-2 -(\latexhtml{\ensuremath{\Omega_2}}{Omega subscript 2}), and was to be -designed in a modular fashion so that support of new facilities (such -as use of advanced OpenType fonts) could be added in a relatively -straightforward fashion. A quick web search leads to a recommendation -that potential users consider \Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} instead; -fortunately, lessons learned in Aleph project have been carried -forward in the development of \luatex{}. - -\Question[Q-xetex]{\xetex{}} - -\href{http://scripts.sil.org/xetex}{\xetex{}}, by Jonathan Kew, is a -successor to the shareware TeX/GX program for Macintoshes. It was -developed as a \acro{WEB} `change file' applied to the original source -of \tex{}; the main changes include: -\begin{description} -\item[The input stage] \xetex{} by default reads Unicode (UTF-8, for - instance), although it's also capable of interpreting differently - encoded files (for backwards compatibility). Multibyte characters - are reduced to a single internal character upon reading, so they are - considered as a unique entity when tokenization is performed. (So, - for example, you can have command names in cyrillic, if you must, - but such a practice is not recommended.) -\item[The font management] a substantial revision has added support - for OpenType and TrueType fonts, delegating some parts to - third-party libraries. -\item[The maths font set up] \xetex{} introduces new primitives for - extending the \csx{mathcode} and \csx{mathchardef} commands in TeX, - allowing the user to specify characters in the whole Unicode set and - in 256 `math families' (\tex{} only has 16, which limits some maths - coding techniques). -\item[``Post-processing'' features (A)] \xetex{} links to the - \ProgName{teckit} library so it can apply a \extension{map} file - that allows transformation of characters in already formed token - lists, before they are processed in the ``stomach'' for typesetting. - In this way, a declaration ``\texttt{Ligatures=TeX}'' is provided, - which attaches a map directive to the font that transforms the - character combinations (familiar to \tex{} users) into a single - character; for instance \texttt{-{}-{}-} is transformed into - ``\textemdash''. -\item[``Post-processing'' features (B)] Characters can be assigned to - an ``interchar token class'' and it is possible to specify tokens to - be added when there is a transition from one class to another. The - packages \Package{polyglossia}, \Package{xeCJK} and - \Package{ucharclasses} exploit this feature. -\end{description} -Otherwise, the process of typesetting is essentially the same as -\tex{}'s. (However some changes have also been made in the -hyphenation stage that may give slightly different results if the same -document is compiled with \pdftex{} or \xetex{}.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[polyglossia.sty]\CTANref{polyglossia} -\item[xeCJK.sty]\CTANref{xecjk} -\item[ucharclasses.sty]\CTANref{ucharclasses} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-02-21} - - -\Question[Q-luatex]{\PDFTeX{} and \LuaTeX{}} - -Elsewhere in these \acro{FAQ}s, we learn that development of -\Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-whatpdftex} is ``in essence'' complete~--- no new -facilities are being developed at the time of writing. The \PDFTeX{} -team has announced that they have frozen \PDFTeX{}'s specification in -its current state (version 1.40.11), and that nothing but bug -corrections will be provided up to the time of the final release, -\PDFTeX{} 1.50.0. (The interpretation of the statement seems to allow -sensible changes that are beyond any reasonable definition of -\emph{bug}\dots{}) - -As \PDFTeX{} development ran down, -development of a new system, \LuaTeX{} was started. -\href{http://www.lua.org/}{\ProgName{Lua}} is a interpreter designed -to be incorporated into other applications. \LuaTeX{} consists of a -\TeX{}-like engine with a \ProgName{lua} interpreter `embedded' in it; -the \ProgName{lua} interpreter has access to many of the data -structures used for typesetting, so that the programmer may also -interpolate chunks of \ProgName{lua} code into their \AllTeX{} macros, -or as `call-backs' for use when the \TeX{}-like engine does certain -operations. - -This arrangement offers the prospect of a ``semi-soft'' typesetting -engine: it will have its basic behaviour, but the user gets to -redefine functionality if an idea occurs~--- there will be no need to -persuade the world first, and then find a willing developer to work on -the sources of of the distribution. - -The \href{http://www.luatex.org/}{\LuaTeX{} project} is (with monetary -support from various sources) pursuing avenues that many of the other -current projects have in their sights, notably Unicode character -representations and support for OpenType fonts. The intention is -to integrate the extensions pioneered by \Qref*{Aleph}{Q-omegaleph}. -Users may also care to view the % ! line break -\href{http://www.luatex.org/documentation.html}{\luatex{} documentation page} -or the \href{http://wiki.luatex.org}{\luatex{} \acro{WIKI}} - -\texlive{} (2013) holds version 0.76.0 of \luatex{}. This version -demonstrates the ``final functionality'', though the project -remains a \ensuremath{\beta}-release. Functional stability was first -declared for version 0.50.0, released near the end of December 2009. - -\CONTeXT{} `Mark 4' can already make use of \LuaTeX{}; much of its -code already appears in two forms~--- a \TeX{}-based version -(\extension{mkii}) and a `\extension{mkiv}' version (new functionality -typically \emph{only} appears in `\extension{mkiv}' form), which uses -\luatex{} extensions (including \ProgName{lua} scripting). \LaTeX{} -packages that support its use are appearing (some of them providing -re-implementations of existing \context{} code). - -\latex{} running over \luatex{} (commonly known as Lua\latex{}) is not -an ``official'' entity (yet), but useful packages are -appearing (i.e., the \ctan{} path \path{macros/luatex/latex} holds -several items). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\luatex{} snapshot]\CTANref{luatex} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\pdftex{} distribution]\CTANref{pdftex} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-05-21} - -\Question[Q-ant]{The \textsf{ANT} typesetting system} - -Achim Blumensath's \href{http://ant.berlios.de}{\textsf{ANT}} project -aims not to replicate \TeX{} with a different implementation -technique, but rather to provide a replacement for \TeX{} which uses -\TeX{}-like typesetting algorithms in a very different programming -environment. \textsf{ANT} remains under development, but it is now -approaching the status of a usable typesetting system. - -\textsf{ANT}'s markup language is immediately recognisable to the -\AllTeX{} user, but the scheme of implementing design in -\textsf{ANT}'s own implementation language (presently -\ProgName{OCaml}) comes as a pleasant surprise to the jaded \acro{FAQ} -writer. This architecture holds the promise of a system that avoids a -set of serious problems with \TeX{}'s user interface: those that -derive from the design language being the same as the markup language. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\textsf{ANT}]\CTANref{ant} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-extex]{The \ExTeX{} project} - -\href{http://www.extex.org/}{The \ExTeX{} project} is -building on the experience of the many existing \TeX{} development and -extension projects, to develop a new \TeX{}-like system. The system -is to be developed in Java (like the ill-fated \NTS{} project). - -While \ExTeX{} will implement all of \TeX{}'s primitives, some may be -marked as obsolete, and ``modern'' alternatives provided (an obvious -example is the primitive \csx{input} command, whose syntax inevitably -makes life difficult for users of modern operating system file -paths). Desirable extensions from \Qref*{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex}, -\Qref*{\PDFTeX{}}{Q-whatpdftex} and \Qref*{\ensuremath{\Omega}}{Q-omegaleph} -have been identified. - -Usability will be another focus of the work: debugging support and log -filtering mechanisms will please those who have long struggled with -\TeX{} macros. - -\ExTeX{} will accept Unicode input, from the start. In the longer -term, drawing primitives are to be considered. - -\Question[Q-biblatex]{Replacing the \BibTeX{}--\LaTeX{} mechanism} - -Producing a successor to \BibTeX{} has long been a favoured activity -among a certain class of \TeX{}-users; the author has seen reports of -progress (on several projects), over the years, but few that claim to -be ready for ``real-world'' use. - -Few would deny that \BibTeX{} is ripe for renewal: as originally -conceived, it was a program for creating bibliographies for technical -documents, in English. People have contributed mechanisms for a -degree of multilingual use (whose techniques are arcane, and quite -likely inextensible), while an extension (\ProgName{bibtex8}) allows -use with 8-bit character codes, thus providing some multilingual -capabilities. In addition, specialist \BibTeX{} style files are -available for use in non-technical papers. - -\BibTeX{} uses a style language whose mechanisms are unfamiliar to -most current programmers: it's difficult to learn, but since there are -few opportunities to write the language, it's also difficult to become -fluent (in the way that so many people fluently write the equally -arcane \TeX{} macro language). - -Oren Patashnik (the author of \BibTeX{}) summarises the issues as he -sees them, in a % !line break -\href{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-1/patashnik.pdf}{\acro{TUG} conference paper from 2003} -that seems to suggest that we might expect a -\BibTeX{}~1.0 \dots{} which hasn't (yet) appeared. - -In the absence of \BibTeX{}~1.0, what do we need from the bibliography -system of the future?~--- simple: a superset of what \BibTeX{} does -(or can be made to do), preferably implementing a simpler style -language, and with coherent multilingual capabilities. - -There are two parts to a bibliography system; processing the database -of citations, and typesetting the results. The existing \bibtex{} -system provides a means of processing the database, and there are -macros built into \latex{}, as well as many \latex{} packages, that -process the results. - -Of the direct \BibTeX{} replacements, only two have been submitted to -\acro{CTAN}: Cross\TeX{} and \ProgName{biber}. - -Cross\TeX{}'s language feels familiar to the existing user of -\BibTeX{}, but it's redesigned in an object-oriented style, and looks -(to a non-user) as if it may well be adequately flexible. It is said -to operate as a \bibtex{} replacement. - -Cross\TeX{}'s team respond to queries, and seem well aware of the -need for multilingual support, though it isn't currently offered. - -\ProgName{Biber} is intimately associated with the \latex{} package -\Package{biblatex}; it is logically a \bibtex{} replacement, but is also -capable of using bibliography databases in its own -\ProgName{biblatexml} (\acro{XML}-based) format. \Package{Biblatex} -can also use \bibtex{}, but \ProgName{biber} opens up a far wider -range of possibilities, including full Unicode support. - -\Package{Biblatex} is a processor for the output of an application -such as \ProgName{biber} or \bibtex{}; the style of citations and of -the bibliography itself (in your document) is determined by the way -your \Package{biblatex} style has been set up, not on some -\bibtex{}-\latex{} package combination. \Package{Biblatex}'s -structure thus eliminates the collections of \BibTeX{} styles, at a -stroke; it comes with a basic set of styles, and details are -determined by options, set at package loading time. The author, -Philipp Lehman, evaluated the whole field of bibliography software -before starting, and as a result the package provides answers to -many of the questions asked in the bibliography sections of these -\acro{FAQ}s. - -\Package{Biblatex} was released as experimental software, but it's -clear that many users are already using it happily; Lehman is -responsive to problem reports, at the moment, but a \emph{de facto} -set of expert users is already establishing itself. A set of -contributed styles has appeared, which cover some of the trickier -bibliography styles. The road map of the project shows that we are -now working on the final \emph{beta} releases before the ``stable'' -\Package{biblatex}~1.0. - -Finally, \Package{Amsrefs} uses a transformed \extension{bib} file, -which is expressed as \LaTeX{} macros. (The package provides a -\BibTeX{} style that performs the transformation, so that a \LaTeX{} -source containing a \cmdinvoke{nocite}{*} command enables \BibTeX{} to -produce a usable \Package{amsrefs} bibliography database.) - -\Package{Amsrefs} is maintained by the AMS as part of its author -support programme, -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsrefs.sty]\CTANref{amsrefs} -\item[biber]\CTANref{biber} -\item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex} -\item[bibtex8]\CTANref{bibtex8} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}biblatex contributions]\CTANref{biblatex-contrib} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CrossTeX]\CTANref{crosstex} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 1a08d1865cf..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-support.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-support.tex,v 1.9 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Support Packages for \TeX{}} - -\Question[Q-xfigetc]{\AllTeX{}-friendly drawing packages} -\AliasQuestion{Q-xfig} -\AliasQuestion{Q-figetc} - -\ProgName{(X)Fig} is a menu driven tool that allows you to -draw objects on the screen of an \acro{X} workstation; \ProgName{transfig} -is a set of tools which translate the code \ProgName{fig}. The list -of export formats is very long, and includes \MF{} and \MP{}, -Encapsulated \PS{} and \acro{PDF}, as well as combinations that wrap -a graphics format in a \LaTeX{} import file, which may include -\LaTeX{} commands to place text (compiled by \LaTeX{} itself) as -labels, etc., in the figures. - -There's no explicit port of \ProgName{xfig} to windows (although it is -believed to work under \ProgName{cygwin} with its X-windows system). -However, the program % ! line break -\href{http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/}{\ProgName{jfig}} -is thought by many to be an acceptable substitute, written in Java. - -\ProgName{Asymptote} is a widely-praised development of the \MP{} -language, which can draw 2D or 3D diagrams, and can also label -diagrams with \LaTeX{} text; copious documentation is available via -\href{http://asymptote.sourceforge.net}{\ProgName{asymptote}'s web site}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[asymptote]\CTANref{asymptote} -\item[xfig]\CTANref{xfig} -\item[transfig]\CTANref{transfig} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-05-02} - -\Question[Q-texcad]{\TeX{}\acro{CAD}, a drawing package for \LaTeX{}} - -\TeX{}\acro{CAD} is a program for the \acro{PC} which enables the user to draw diagrams -on screen using a mouse or arrow keys, with an on-screen menu of available -picture-elements. Its output is code for the \LaTeX{} -\environment{picture} environment. -Optionally, it can be set to include lines at all angles using -the em\TeX{} driver-family -\htmlignore -(\Qref*{\csx{special}s}{Q-specials}). -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} -\Qref{\csx{special}s}{Q-specials}. -\end{htmlversion} -\TeX{}\acro{CAD} is part of the em\TeX{} distribution. - -A Unix port of the program (\ProgName{xtexcad}) has been made. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[emtex]\CTANref{emtex} -\item[xtexcad]\CTANref{xtexcad} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-spell]{Spelling checkers for work with \TeX{}} - -`Traditional' approaches to the problem (of checking your spelling) were -designed to work with a plain text file; in our case, we have an \alltex{} -source. For the user, this is a simple-to-understand way to do the -job; but for the spell-checker programmer, it requires heuristic (and -hence fallible) analysis of \alltex{} macros and so on. The -alternative, of viewing the text \emph{after} \alltex{} has processed -the results, is covered below. - -The user of an \Qref*{shell/editor}{Q-editors} will usually find it -embeds a spelling checker. For command-line use, there are several -choices, depending on the system you're using. - -For Unix, \ProgName{ispell} was long the program of choice; it is well -integrated with \ProgName{emacs}, and deals with some \TeX{} syntax. -However, it has more-or-less been replaced everywhere, by -\ProgName{aspell}, which was designed as a successor, and certainly -performs better on most metrics; there remains some question as to its -performance with \AllTeX{} sources. The most recent offering (which -is widely used in other open-source software projects) is -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}{\ProgName{Hunspell}}. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - Hunspell~(see \URL{http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/}). -\end{flatversion} -\ProgName{Hunspell} is available for other architectures, too; a web -search shows versions available for Windows, at least. - -For the Macintosh, \ProgName{Excalibur} has long been used; its -distribution comes with dictionaries for several languages. -\ProgName{Hunspell} (see above) is actually part of OS X from version 10.6. - -The \acro{VMS} Pascal program \ProgName{spell} makes special cases of -some important features of \LaTeX{} syntax. - -For \MSDOS{}, there are several programs. \ProgName{Amspell} can be -called from within an editor, and \ProgName{jspell} is an extended -version of \ProgName{ispell}. - -An alternative approach takes \alltex{} output, and checks that. A -straightforward approach is to produce \acro{PDF} output, and process -it with \ProgName{pdftotext}, using any plain text checker on the -result (the checkers listed above all work in this r\^ole). For this -to work reasonably well, the user should disable hyphenation before -making the \acro{PDF} output. - -The (experimental) \luatex{}/\latex{} package \Package{spelling} goes -one step further: it uses \ProgName{lua} code to extract words -\emph{while typesetting is going on}, but before hyphenation is -applied. Each word is looked up in a list of known bad spellings, and -the word highlighted if it appears there. In parallel, a text file is -created, which can be processed by a `normal' spelling checker to -produce a revised ``bad spelling'' list. (The package documentation -shows the end result; it includes words such as `spellling', which are -duly highlighted.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[4spell]\CTANref{4spell} -\item[amspell]\CTANref{amspell} -\item[aspell]Browse \CTANref{aspell}~--- choose just those language - dictionaries (under subdirectory \File{dict/}) that you need. -\item[excalibur]\CTANref{Excalibur} -\item[ispell]\CTANref{ispell} -\item[jspell]\CTANref{jspell} -\item[spelling.sty]\CTANref{spelling} -\item[\nothtml{\bgroup\rmfamily}\acro{VMS}\nothtml{\egroup} spell]% - \CTANref{vmspell} -\item[winedt]\CTANref{winedt} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-10-02} - -\Question[Q-wordcount]{How many words have you written?} - -One often has to submit a document (e.g., a paper or a dissertation) -under some sort of constraint about its size. Sensible people set a -constraint in terms of numbers of pages, but there are some that -persist in limiting the numbers of words you type. - -A simple solution to the requirement can be achieved following a -simple observation: the powers that be are unlikely to count all the -words of a document submitted to them. Therefore, a statistical -method can be employed: find how many words there are on a full page; -find how many full pages there are in the document (allowing for -displays of various sorts, this number will probably not be an -integer); multiply the two. However, if the document to be submitted -is to determine the success of the rest of one's life, it takes a -brave person to thumb their nose at authority quite so -comprehensively\dots{} - -The simplest method is to strip out the \AllTeX{} markup, and to count -what's left. On a Unix-like system, this may be done using -\ProgName{detex} and the built-in \ProgName{wc}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -detex <filename> | wc -w -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The technique is beguilingly simple, but it's not terribly accurate - -The \ProgName{latexcount} script does the same sort of job, in one -``step''; being a \ProgName{perl} script, it is in principle rather -easily configured (see documentation inside the script). -Several \Qref*{editors and shells}{Q-editors} offer something similar. - -\ProgName{TeXcount} goes a long way with heuristics for counting, -starting from a \LaTeX{} file; the documentation is comprehensive, and -you may try the script on-line via the % ! line break -\begin{hyperversion} - \href{http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html}{package home page}. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - package home page~(see - \URL{http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html}). -\end{flatversion} - -However, even quite sophisticated stripping of \AllTeX{} markup can -never be entirely reliable: markup itself may contribute typeset -words, or even consume words that appear in the text. - -The \Package{wordcount} package -contains a Bourne shell (i.e., typically Unix) script for running a -\LaTeX{} file with a special piece of supporting \TeX{} code, and then -counting word indications in the log file. This is probably as -accurate automatic counting as you can get, if it works for you. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[detex]\CTANref{detex} -\item[latexcount.pl]\CTANref{latexcount} -\item[TeXcount]\CTANref{texcount} -\item[wordcount]\CTANref{wordcount} -\end{ctanrefs} - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-symbols.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-symbols.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 07050510f3d..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-symbols.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,613 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-symbols.tex,v 1.15 2014/01/28 18:17:36 rf10 Exp rf10 $ - -\section{Symbols, etc.} - -\Question[Q-usesymb]{Using symbols} - -Most symbol font sets come with a package that defines commands for -every symbol in the font. While this is convenient, it can lead to -difficulties, particularly with name clashes when you load packages -that cover fonts which duplicate symbols~--- an issue which is -discussed in -\begin{narrowversion} - \Qref[question]{}{Q-alreadydef}. -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - ``\Qref{symbol already defined}{Q-alreadydef}''. -\end{wideversion} -Some font sets (for example the related set: \FontName{FdSymbol}, -\FontName{MdSymbol} and \FontName{MnSymbol}) are huge, and the -accompanying macros cover so many symbols that name clashes are surely -a serious problem. - -The \Package{pifont} package (originally designed to use the Adobe -\FontName{Zapf Dingbats} font) avoids this sort of problem: it requires -you to know the font position of any symbol you want to use (the -documentation provides font tables). The basic command is -\cmdinvoke*{ding}{number} for a single symbol; there are commands for -other fancier uses. \Package{Pifont} also allows you to select other -fonts, for similar use. - -The \Package{yagusylo} describes itself as ``an extended version of -\Package{pifont}, gone technicolor''. It provides all the facilities -of \Package{pifont}, but allows you to create your own mnemonic names -for symbols. Thus, while you can say % ! line break -\cmdinvoke*{yagding}[family]{symbol number}[colour], you can also -define symbol names with \csx{defdingname}, and then use them -with \cmdinvoke*{yagding*}{symbol name} (the defined name carries the -font family and colour specified in the arguments of -\csx{defdingname}). - -\Package{Yagusylo} is somewhat complicated, but its documentation is -clear; it is probably the best tool to use for picking and choosing -symbols from a variety of font families. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[FdSymbol \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{fdsymbol} -\item[MdSymbol \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{mdsymbol} -\item[MnSymbol \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{mnsymbol} -\item[pifont.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{psnfss} -\item[yagusylo.sty]\CTANref{yagusylo} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-numbersets]{Symbols for the number sets} - -Mathematicians commonly use special lettering for the real numbers and -other standard number sets. Traditionally these were typeset in bold. -In the ordinary course of events, but mathematicians do not have -access to bold chalk, so they invented special symbols that are now -often used for the number sets. Such symbols are known as -``blackboard bold'' (or double-stroked) letters; in place of the heavier -strokes of a bold font, (some) strokes of the letters are doubled. -The minimum useful set is upper-case letters `I', `N', `R', `Q' and -`Z'; some fonts offer a figure `1' (for a unit matrix~--- not a number -set at all). - -A set of blackboard bold capitals is available in the \acro{AMS} -\FontName{msbm} fonts (\FontName{msbm} is available at a range of -design sizes, with names such as \FontName{msbm10}). The \acro{AMS} -actually provides a pair of font -families (the other is called \FontName{msam}), which offer a large number of -mathematical symbols to supplement those provided in Knuth's fonts. -The fonts are available in Type~1 format in -modern distributions. Support for using the fonts under -\LaTeX{} is available in packages \Package{amssymb} and -\Package{amsfonts}. The font shape is a rather -austere sans, which many people don't like (though it captures the -essence of quickly-chalked writing rather well). - -The \FontName{bbold} family is set of blackboard bold fonts written in -\MF{}. This set offers blackboard bold forms of lower-case letters; -the font source directory also contains sources for a \LaTeX{} package -that enables use of the fonts. The fonts are not available in Type~1 format. - -The \FontName{bbm} family claims to provide -`blackboard' versions of most of the \FontName{cm} fonts~\dots{} including -the bold and bold-extended series. Again, the fonts are designed in -\MF{} and are not available in Type~1 format. \LaTeX{} macro support -comes from a package by Torsten Hilbrich. - -The \FontName{doublestroke} family comes in just roman -and sans shapes, at a single weight, and is available both as \MF{} -sources and as Type~1; the font covers the uppercase latin letters, -lowercase `h' and 'k', and the digit `1'. - -A document that shows the \FontName{bbm}, \FontName{bbold}, -\FontName{doublestroke} and \FontName{msbm} fonts, so that you can get -a feel for their appearance, is available (\acro{CTAN} package -\Package{blackboard}). - -The \Package{boondox} font set consists of Type~1 versions of the -\acro{STIX} mathematics set (the originals are distributed in -\acro{OTF} format). The set contains a font -`BOONDOXDoubleStruck-Regular' (blackboard bold) (as well as a `bold' -version of that. - -An alternative source of Type~1 fonts with blackboard bold characters -may be found in the steadily increasing set of complete families, both -commercial and free, that have been prepared for use with \AllTeX{} -(see % beware line break -\htmlonly{``}\Qref[question]{choice of outline fonts}{Q-psfchoice}\htmlonly{''}). -Of the free sets, the \FontName{txfonts} and \FontName{pxfonts} families -both come with replicas of \FontName{msam} and \FontName{msbm}, but -(as noted elsewhere, there are other reasons not to use these fonts); -revised versions of the fonts, \FontName{newtx} and \FontName{newpx} -are better adjusted. The \FontName{mathpazo} family includes a -``mathematically significant'' choice of blackboard bold characters, and the -\FontName{fourier} fonts contain blackboard bold upper-case letters, -the digit `1', and lower-case `k'. - -The ``lazy person's'' blackboard bold macros: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\R}{{\textsf{R}\hspace*{-0.9ex}% - \rule{0.15ex}{1.5ex}\hspace*{0.9ex}}} -\newcommand{\N}{{\textsf{N}\hspace*{-1.0ex}% - \rule{0.15ex}{1.3ex}\hspace*{1.0ex}}} -\newcommand{\Q}{{\textsf{Q}\hspace*{-1.1ex}% - \rule{0.15ex}{1.5ex}\hspace*{1.1ex}}} -\newcommand{\C}{{\textsf{C}\hspace*{-0.9ex}% - \rule{0.15ex}{1.3ex}\hspace*{0.9ex}}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -are almost acceptable at normal size if the surrounding text is -\FontName{cmr10} (the position of the vertical bar can be affected by -the surrounding font). However, they are not part of a proper maths font, -and do not work in sub- and superscripts. As we've seen, there are -plenty of alternatives: that mythical ``lazy'' person can inevitably -do better than the macros, or anything similar using capital `I' -(which looks even worse!). Voluntary \AllTeX{} effort has redefined -the meaning of laziness (in this respect!). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[AMS support files]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[AMS symbol fonts]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[bbm fonts]\CTANref{bbm} -\item[bbm macros]\CTANref{bbm-macros} -\item[bbold fonts]\CTANref{bbold} -\item[blackboard \nothtml{\rmfamily}evaluation set]\CTANref{blackboard} -\item[doublestroke fonts]\CTANref{doublestroke} -\item[fourier fonts]\CTANref{fourier} -\item[mathpazo fonts]\CTANref{mathpazo} -\item[newpx]\CTANref{newpx} -\item[newtx]\CTANref{newtx} -\item[pxfonts]\CTANref{pxfonts} -\item[txfonts]\CTANref{txfonts} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-12-04} - -\Question[Q-scriptfonts]{Better script fonts for maths} - -The font selected by \csx{mathcal} is the only script font `built -in'. However, there are other useful calligraphic fonts included with -modern \TeX{} distributions. -\begin{description} -\item[Euler] The \Package{eucal} package (part of most sensible \TeX{} - distributions; the fonts are part of the \acro{AMS} font set) gives - a slightly curlier font than the default. The package changes the - font that is selected by \csx{mathcal}. - - Type 1 versions of the fonts are available in the \acro{AMS} fonts - distribution. -\item[mathabx] The \FontName{mathabx} bundle provides calligraphic - letters (in both upper and lower case); the fonts were developed in - MetaFont, but a version in Adobe Type 1 format is available. The - bundle's documentation offers a series of comparisons of its - calligraphic set with Computer Modern's (both regular mathematical - and calligraphic letters); the difference are not large. -\item[mnsymbol] The \FontName{mnsymbol} bundle provides (among many - other symbols) a set of calligraphic letters, though (again) they're - rather similar to the default Computer Modern set. -\item[RSFS] The \Package{mathrsfs} package uses a really fancy script - font (the name stands for ``Ralph Smith's Formal Script'') which is - already part of most modern \TeX{} distributions (Type~1 versions of - the font are also provided, courtesy of Taco Hoekwater). The package - creates a new command \csx{mathscr}. -\item[RSFSO] The bundle \Package{rsfso} provides a less dramatically - oblique version of the \acro{RSFS} fonts; the result proves quite - pleasing~--- similar to the effect of the the (commercial) script - font in the Adobe Mathematical Pi collection. -\item[Zapf Chancery] is the standard \PS{} calligraphic font. There - is no package but you can easily make it available by means of the - command -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}% - {m}{it} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - in your preamble. You may find the font rather too big; if so, you - can use a scaled version of it like this: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{} -\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}% - {<-> s * [0.900] pzcmi7t}{} -\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}% - {m}{it} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{} -\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}{<-> s * [0.900] pzcmi7t}{} -\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} - Adobe Zapf Chancery (which the above examples use) is distributed in - any but the most basic \PS{} printers. A substantially identical - font (to the extent that the same metrics may be used) is - available from \acro{URW}, called URW Chancery L: it is distributed - as part of the ``URW base35'' bundle; the - \Package{urwchancal} package (which includes virtual fonts to tweak - appearance) provides for its use as a calligraphic font. - - The TeX Gyre font family also includes a Chancery replacement, - \FontName{Chorus}; use it with \Package{tgchorus} (and ignore the - complaints about needing to change font shape). -\end{description} -Examples of the available styles are linked from the packages' -catalogue entries. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[eucal.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[euler fonts]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[mathabx \nothtml{\rmfamily}as \MF{}]\CTANref{mathabx} -\item[mathabx \nothtml{\rmfamily}in Type 1 format]\CTANref{mathabx-type1} -\item[mathrsfs.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{jknappen-macros}[mathrsfs] -\item[mnsymbol \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{mnsymbol} -\item[rsfs \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{rsfs} -\item[rsfso \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{rsfso} -\item[Script font examples]\CTANref{mathscript} -\item[TeX Gyre Chorus font family]Distributed as part of \CTANref{tex-gyre}[tex-gyre-chorus] -\item[urwchancal]\CTANref{urwchancal}[urwchancal] -\item[URW Chancery L]Distributed as part of \CTANref{urw-base35} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-08-17} - -\Question[Q-boldgreek]{Setting bold Greek letters in \LaTeX{} maths} - -The issue here is complicated by the fact that \csx{mathbf} (the -command for setting bold \emph{text} in \TeX{} maths) affects a select -few mathematical `symbols' (the uppercase Greek letters). - -In the default configuration, lower-case Greek letters behave -differently from upper-case Greek letters (the lower-case greek -letters are in the maths fonts, while the upper-case letters are in -the original (OT1-encoded) text fonts). - -The \plaintex{} solution \emph{does} work, in a limited way; you set a -maths \emph{style}, before you start an equation; thus -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\boldmath$\theta$} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does the job, but \csx{boldmath} may not be used in maths mode. As a -result, this solution requires that you embed single bold characters -in a text box: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$... \mbox{\boldmath$\theta$} ...$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which then causes problems in superscripts, etc. With -\Package{amsmath} loaded, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -$... \text{\boldmath$\theta$} ...$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does the trick (and is less bad in regard to superscripts, etc), but -is an unsatisfactory solution, too. - -These problems may be addressed by using a bold mathematics package. -\begin{itemize} -\item The \Package{bm} package, which is part of the \LaTeX{} tools - distribution, defines a command \csx{bm} which may be used anywhere - in maths mode. -\item The \Package{amsbsy} package (which is part of \AMSLaTeX{}) - defines a command \csx{boldsymbol}, which (though slightly less - comprehensive than \csx{bm}) covers almost all common cases. -\end{itemize} - -All these solutions apply to all mathematical symbols, not merely -Greek letters. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bm.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[bm] -\item[amsbsy.sty]Distributed as part of \AMSLaTeX{} \CTANref{amslatex}[amsbsy] -\item[amsmath.sty]Distributed as part of \AMSLaTeX{} - \CTANref{amslatex}[amsmath] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-06-12} - -\Question[Q-prinvalint]{The Principal Value Integral symbol} - -This symbol (an integral sign, `crossed') does not appear in any of -the fonts ordinarily available to \AllTeX{} users, but it can be -created by use of the following macros: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\Xint#1{\mathchoice - {\XXint\displaystyle\textstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\textstyle\scriptstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\scriptstyle\scriptscriptstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\scriptscriptstyle\scriptscriptstyle{#1}}% - \!\int} -\def\XXint#1#2#3{{\setbox0=\hbox{$#1{#2#3}{\int}$} - \vcenter{\hbox{$#2#3$}}\kern-.5\wd0}} -\def\ddashint{\Xint=} -\def\dashint{\Xint-} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\def\Xint#1{\mathchoice - {\XXint\displaystyle\textstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\textstyle\scriptstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\scriptstyle\scriptscriptstyle{#1}}% - {\XXint\scriptscriptstyle - \scriptscriptstyle{#1}}% - \!\int} -\def\XXint#1#2#3{{% - \setbox0=\hbox{$#1{#2#3}{\int}$} - \vcenter{\hbox{$#2#3$}}\kern-.5\wd0}} -\def\ddashint{\Xint=} -\def\dashint{\Xint-} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -\csx{dashint} gives a single-dashed integral sign, \csx{ddashint} a -double-dashed one. - -\Question[Q-underscore]{How to typeset an underscore character} - -The underscore character `\texttt{\_}' is ordinarily used in \TeX{} to -indicate a subscript in maths mode; if you type \texttt{\_}, on its -own, in the course of ordinary text, \TeX{} will complain. The -``proper'' \latex{} command for underscore is \csx{textunderscore}, -but the \latexo{} command \csx{\_} is an established alias. Even so, -if you're writing a document which will contain a large number of -underscore characters, the prospect of typing \csx{\_} for every one -of them will daunt most ordinary people. - -Moderately skilled macro programmers can readily generate a quick hack -to permit typing `\texttt{\_}' to mean `text underscore' (the answer in -\begin{hyperversion} - ``\Qref{defining characters as macros}{Q-activechars}'' -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - \Qref[question]{}{Q-activechars} -\end{flatversion} -uses this example to illustrate its techniques). -However, the code \emph{is} somewhat tricky, and more importantly -there are significant points where it's easy to get it wrong. There -is therefore a package \Package{underscore} which provides a general -solution to this requirement. - -There is a problem, though: \acro{OT}1 text fonts don't contain an -underscore character, unless they're in the typewriter version of the -encoding (used by fixed-width fonts such as \texttt{cmtt}). In place -of such a character, \latex{} (in \acro{OT}1 encoding) uses a short rule -for the command \csx{textunderscore}, but this poses problems -for systems that interpret \acro{PDF}~--- for example those -\acro{PDF}-to-voice systems used by those who find reading difficult. - -So either you must ensure that your underscore characters only occur -in text set in a typewriter font, or you must use a more modern -encoding, such as \acro{T}1, which has the same layout for every font, -and thus an underscore in every font. - -A stable procedure to achieve this is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -% (1) choose a font that is available as T1 -% for example: -\usepackage{lmodern} - -% (2) specify encoding -\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} - -% (3) load symbol definitions -\usepackage{textcomp} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will provide a command \csx{textunderscore} which robustly -selects the right character. The \Package{underscore} package, -mentioned above, will use this command. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[underscore.sty]\CTANref{underscore} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-08-17} - -\Question[Q-atsign]{How to type an `@' sign?} - -Long ago, some packages used to use the `@' sign as a special -character, so that special measures were needed to type it. While -those packages are still in principle available, few people use them, -and those that do use them have ready access to rather good -documentation. - -Ordinary people (such as the author of this \acro{FAQ}) need only type -`@'. -\LastEdit{2011-08-16} - -\Question[Q-euro]{Typesetting the Euro sign} - -The European currency ``Euro'' (\texteuro {}) is represented by a symbol -of somewhat dubious design, but it's an important currency and -\AllTeX{} users need to typeset it. When the currency first appeared, -typesetting it was a serious problem for \AllTeX{} users; things are -easier now (most fonts have some way of providing a Euro sign), but -this answer provides a summary of methods ``just in case''. - -Note that the Commission of the European Community at first deemed -that the Euro symbol should always be set in a sans-serif font; -fortunately, this eccentric ruling has now been rescinded, and one may -apply best typesetting efforts to making it appear at least slightly -``respectable'' (typographically). - -The \acro{TS}1-encoded \acro{TC} fonts provided as part of the \acro{EC} font -distribution provide Euro glyphs. The fonts are called Text Companion -(\acro{TC}) fonts, and offer the same range -of faces as do the \acro{EC} fonts themselves. The -\Package{textcomp} package provides a \csx{texteuro} command for -accessing the symbol, which selects a symbol to match the surrounding -text. The design of the symbol in the \acro{TC} fonts is not -universally loved\dots{} -Nevertheless, use the \acro{TC} font version of the symbol if you are -producing documents using Knuth's Computer Modern Fonts. - -The each of the \Package{latin9} and \Package{latin10} input encoding -definitions for the \Package{inputenc} package has a euro character -defined (character position 164, occupied in other \acro{ISO} Latin -character sets by the ``currency symbol'' \textcurrency {}, which -ordinary people seldom see except in character-set listings\dots{}). -The \acro{TC} encoding file offers the command \csx{texteuro} for the -character; that command is (probably) \emph{only} available from the -\Package{textcomp} package. - -Use of the \acro{TC} encoding character may therefore made via -\csx{texteuro} or via the Latin-9 or Latin-10 character in ordinary -text. - -Note that there is a Microsoft code page position (128), too, and that has -been added to \Package{inputenc} tables for \acro{CP}1252 and -\acro{CP}1257. (There's another position in \acro{CP}858, which has -it in place of ``dotless i'' in \acro{CP850}; the standardisation of -these things remains within Microsoft, so one can never tell what will -come next\dots{}) - -Outline fonts which contain nothing but Euro symbols are available -(free) from -\href{ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/eurofont.exe}{Adobe}\nobreakspace--- -the file is packaged as a \ProgName{Windows} self-extracting -executable, but it may be decoded as a \extension{zip} format archive -on other operating systems. -The \Package{euro} bundle contains metrics, \ProgName{dvips} map -files, and macros (for \plaintex{} and \LaTeX{}), for using these -fonts in documents. \LaTeX{} users will find two packages in the -bundle: \Package{eurosans} only offers the sans-serif version (to -conform with the obsolete ruling about sans-serif-only symbols; the -package provides the -command \csx{euro}), whereas \Package{europs} matches the Euro symbol -with the surrounding text (providing the command \csx{EUR}). To use -either package -with the \Package{latin9} encoding, you need to define \csx{texteuro} -as an alias for the euro command the package defines. - -The Adobe fonts are probably the best bet for use in non-Computer -Modern environments. They are apparently designed to fit with Adobe -Times, Helvetica and Courier, but can probably fit with a wider range -of modern fonts. - -The \Package{eurofont} package provides a compendious analysis of the -``problem of the euro symbol'' in its documentation, and offers macros -for configuring the source of the glyphs to be used; however, it seems -rather large for everyday use. - -The \Package{euro-ce} bundle is a rather pleasing \MF{}-only design -providing Euro symbols in a number of shapes. The file -\File{euro-ce.tex}, in the distribution, offers hints as to how a -\plaintex{} user might make use of the fonts. - -Euro symbols are found in several other places, which we list here for -completeness. - -The \Package{marvosym} font contains a Euro symbol (in a number of -typographic styles), among many other good things; the font is -available in both Adobe Type 1 and TrueType formats. - -Other \MF{}-based bundles containing Euro symbols are to be found in -\Package{china2e} (whose primary aim is Chinese dates and suchlike -matters) and the \Package{eurosym} fonts. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[china2e bundle]\CTANref{china2e} -\item[EC fonts]\CTANref{ec} -\item[euro fonts]\CTANref{euro-fonts} -\item[euro-ce fonts]\CTANref{euro-ce} -\item[eurofont.sty]\CTANref{eurofont} -\item[eurosym fonts]\CTANref{eurosym} -\item[marvosym fonts]\CTANref{marvosym-fonts} -\item[textcomp.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution. -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2011-11-21} - -\Question[Q-tradesyms]{How to get copyright, trademark, etc.} - -The ``\nothtml{Comprehensive symbol list'' (}% beware line break -\Qref{Comprehensive symbol list}{Q-symbols}\latexhtml{)}{''}, lists -the symbol commands \csx{textcopyright}, -\csx{textregistered} and \csx{texttrademark}, which are available in -\acro{TS}1-encoded fonts, and which are enabled using the -\Package{textcomp} package. - -In fact, all three commands are enabled in default \LaTeX{}, but the -glyphs you get aren't terribly beautiful. In particular, -\csx{textregistered} behaves oddly when included in bold text (for -example, in a section heading), since it is composed of a small-caps -letter, which typically degrades to a regular shape letter when asked -to set in a bold font. This means that the glyph becomes a circled -``r'', whereas the proper symbol is a circled ``R''. - -This effect is of course avoided by use of \Package{textcomp}. - -Another problem arises if you want \csx{textregistered} in a -superscript position (to look similar to \csx{texttrademark}). -Using a maths-mode superscript to do this provokes lots of pointless -errors: you \emph{must} use -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\textsuperscript{\textregistered} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-osf]{Using ``old-style'' figures} - -These numbers are also called medieval or lowercase figures and their -use is mostly font-specific. Terminology is confusing since the -lining figures (which are now the default) are a relatively recent -development (19th century) and before they arrived, oldstyle figures -were the norm, even when setting mathematics. (An example is Thomas -Harriot's \emph{Artis Analyticae Praxis} published in 1631). In a -typical old style 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 have descenders and 6 and 8 ascend -above the x-height; sometimes 2 will also ascend (this last seems to -be a variation associated with French typography). - -\LaTeX{} provides a command \cmdinvoke*{oldstylenums}{digits}, which -by default uses an old-style set embedded in Knuth's `math italic' -font. The command is only sensitive to `bold' of the font style of -surrounding text: glyphs (for this command) are only available to -match the normal medium and bold (i.e., bold-extended) weights of the -Computer Modern Roman fonts. - -The \Package{textcomp} package changes \csx{oldstylenums} to use the -glyphs in the Text Companion fonts (\LaTeX{} \acro{TS}1 encoding) when -in text mode, and also makes them available using the macros of the -form \csx{text<number>oldstyle}, e.g., \csx{textzerooldstyle}. -(Of course, not all font families can provide this facility.) - -Some font packages (e.g., \Package{mathpazo}) make old-style figures -available and provide explicit support for making them the default: -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[osf]{mathpazo} selects a form where digits are -always old-style in text. The \Package{fontinst} package will -automatically generate ``old-style versions'' of commercial Adobe Type -1 font families for which ``expert'' sets are available. - -It's also possible to make virtual fonts, that offer old-style digits, -from existing font packages. The \FontName{cmolddig} bundle provides -a such a virtual version of Knuth's originals, and the \FontName{eco} -or \FontName{hfoldsty} bundles both provide versions of the \acro{EC} -fonts. The \FontName{lm} family offers old-style figures to OpenType -users (see below), but we have no stable mapping for \FontName{lm} -with old-style digits from the Adobe Type 1 versions of the fonts. - -Originally, oldstyle figures were only to be found the expert sets of -commercial fonts, but now they are increasingly widely available. An -example is Matthew Carter's Georgia font, which has old-style figures -as its normal form (the font was created for inclusion with certain -Microsoft products and is intended for on-screen viewing). - -OpenType fonts have a pair of axes for number variations~--- -proportional/tabular and lining/oldstyle selections are commonly -available. ``Full feature access'' to OpenType fonts, making such -options available to the \AllTeX{} user, is already supported by -\Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} using, for example, the \Package{fontspec} -package. Similar support is also in the works for -\Qref*{\LuaTeX{}}{Q-luatex}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[boondox \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{boondox} -\item[cmolddig \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{cmolddig} -\item[eco \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{eco} -\item[fontinst]\CTANref{fontinst} -\item[fontspec.sty]\CTANref{fontspec} -\item[mathpazo \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{mathpazo} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-12-04} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-t-g-wr.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-t-g-wr.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 48e5a1af7fa..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-t-g-wr.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,467 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-t-g-wr.tex,v 1.15 2014/01/22 17:27:56 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}} - -\subsection{Getting things to fit} -\Question[Q-enlarge]{Enlarging \TeX{}} - -The \TeX{} error message `capacity exceeded' covers a multitude of -problems. What has been exhausted is listed in brackets after the -error message itself, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry -... [main memory size=263001]. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Most of the time this error can be fixed -\emph{without} enlarging \TeX{}. The most common causes are unmatched braces, -extra-long lines, and poorly-written macros. Extra-long lines are -often introduced when files are transferred incorrectly between -operating systems, and line-endings are not preserved properly (the -tell-tale sign of an extra-long line error is the complaint -that the `|buf_size|' has overflowed). - -If you really need to extend your \TeX{}'s capacity, the proper method -depends on your installation. There is no need (with modern \TeX{} -implementations) to change the defaults in Knuth's \acro{WEB} source; -but if you do need to do so, use a change file to modify the values set in -module 11, recompile your \TeX{} and regenerate all format files. - -Modern implementations allow the sizes of the various bits of \TeX{}'s -memory to be changed semi-dynamically. Some (such as em\TeX{}) allow -the memory parameters to be changed in command-line switches when -\TeX{} is started; most frequently, a configuration file is read which -specifies the size of the memory. On \ProgName{web2c}-based systems, -this file is called \File{texmf.cnf}: see the documentation that comes -with the distribution for other implementations. Almost invariably, -after such a change, the format files need to be regenerated after -changing the memory parameters. - -\Question[Q-usepictex]{Why can't I load \pictex{}?} - -\pictex{} is a resource hog; fortunately, most modern \TeX{} -implementations offer generous amounts of space, and most modern -computers are pretty fast, so users aren't too badly affected by its -performance. - -However, \pictex{} has the further unfortunate tendency to fill up -\TeX{}'s fixed-size arrays~--- notably the array of 256 `dimension' -registers. This is a particular problem when you're using -\File{pictex.sty} with \LaTeX{} and some other packages that also need -dimension registers. When this happens, you will see the \TeX{} error -message: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! No room for a new \dimen. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -There is nothing that can directly be done about this error: you -can't extend the number of available \csx{dimen} registers without -extending \TeX{} itself. -\begin{wideversion} % hyper - \Qref{Omega}{Q-omegaleph} and \Qref{\eTeX{}}{Q-etex} both do this. -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - \ensuremath{\Omega} and \eTeX{}~--- - \Qref[see questions]{}{Q-omegaleph} - \Qref[and]{}{Q-etex} respectively~--- both do this. -\end{narrowversion} - -It's actually quite practical (with most modern distributions) to use -\eTeX{}'s extended register set: use package \Package{etex} (which -comes with \eTeX{} distributions) and the allocation mechanism is -altered to cope with the larger register set: \pictex{} will now load. - -If you're in some situation where you can't use \eTeX{}, you need to change -\pictex{}; unfortunately \pictex{}'s author is no longer active in the -\TeX{} world, so one must resort to patching. There are two solutions -available. - -The \CONTeXT{} module \File{m-pictex.tex} (for \plaintex{} and -variants) or the corresponding \LaTeX{} \Package{m-pictex} package provide -an ingenious solution to the problem based on hacking the code of -\csx{newdimen} itself. - -Alternatively, Andreas Schrell's \Package{pictexwd} and related -packages replace \pictex{} with a version that uses 33 fewer -\csx{dimen} registers; so use \Package{pictexwd} in place of -\Package{pictex} (either as a \LaTeX{} package, or as a file to read -into \plaintex{}). - -And how does one use \pictex{} anyway, given that the -manual is so \Qref*{hard to come by}{Q-docpictex}? -Fortunately for us all, the \ProgName{MathsPic} -system may be used to translate a somewhat different language into -\pictex{} commands; and the \ProgName{MathsPic} manual is free (and -part of the distribution). \ProgName{MathsPic} is available either as -a \ProgName{Basic} program for \acro{DOS}, or as a \ProgName{Perl} -program for other systems (including Windows, nowadays). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[etex.sty]\CTANref{etex-pkg} -\item[m-pictex.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{context-tmf} -\item[m-pictex.tex]Distributed as part of \CTANref{context-tmf} -\item[MathsPic]\CTANref{mathspic} -\item[pictexwd.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{pictex-addon}[pictexwd] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-22} - -\subsection{Making things stay where you want them} - -\Question[Q-floats]{Moving tables and figures in \LaTeX{}} - -Tables and figures have a tendency to surprise, by \emph{floating} -away from where they were specified to appear. This is in fact -perfectly ordinary document design; any professional typesetting -package will float figures and tables to where they'll fit without -violating the certain typographic rules. Even if you use the -placement specifier~''\texttt{h}'' (for `here'), the figure or table -will not be -printed `here' if doing so would break the rules; the rules themselves -are pretty simple, and are given on page~198, section~C.9 of the -\LaTeX{} manual. In the worst case, \LaTeX{}'s rules can cause the -floating items to pile up to the extent that you get an error message -saying ``\Qref*{Too many unprocessed floats}{Q-tmupfl}''. -What follows is a simple checklist of things to do to solve these -problems (the checklist talks throughout about figures, but applies -equally well to tables, or to ``non-standard'' floats defined by the -\Package{float} or other packages). -\begin{itemize} -\item Do your figures need to float at all? If not, look at the - recommendations for ``\Qref*{non-floating floats}{Q-figurehere}'' -\item Are the placement parameters on your figures right? The - default (``\texttt{tbp}'') is usually satisfactory, but you can - reasonably change it (for example, to add an ``\texttt{h}''). - Whatever you do, \emph{don't} - omit the ``\texttt{p}'': doing so could cause \LaTeX{} to believe that if you - can't have your figure \emph{here}, you don't want it - \emph{anywhere}. (\LaTeX{} does try to avoid being confused in - this way\dots{}) -\item \LaTeX{}'s own float placement parameters could be preventing - placements that seem entirely ``reasonable'' to you~--- they're - notoriously rather conservative. To encourage \LaTeX{} not to move - your figure, you may need to loosen its demands. (The most important - ones are the ratio of text to float on a given page, but it's - sensible to have a fixed set that changes the whole lot, to meet - every eventuality.) -\begin{verbatim} -\renewcommand{\topfraction}{.85} -\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.7} -\renewcommand{\textfraction}{.15} -\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{.66} -\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.66} -\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.66} -\setcounter{topnumber}{9} -\setcounter{bottomnumber}{9} -\setcounter{totalnumber}{20} -\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9} -\end{verbatim} - The meanings of these - parameters are described on pages~199--200, section~C.9 of the - \LaTeX{} manual. -\item Are there places in your document where you could `naturally' - put a \csx{clearpage} command? If so, do: the backlog of floats is - cleared after a \csx{clearpage}. (Note that the \csx{chapter} - command in the standard \Class{book} and \Class{report} classes - implicitly executes \csx{clearpage}, so your floats can't wander past - the end of a chapter.) -\item Try the \Package{placeins} package: it defines a - \csx{FloatBarrier} command beyond which floats may not pass. A - package option allows you to declare that floats may not pass a - \csx{section} command, but you can place \csx{FloatBarrier}s wherever - you choose. -\item If you are bothered by floats appearing at the top of the page - (before they are specified in your text), try the \Package{flafter} - package, which avoids this problem by insisting that floats should - always appear after their definition. -\item Have a look at the \LaTeXe{} \Package{afterpage} package. - Its documentation gives as an example the idea - of putting \csx{clearpage} \emph{after} the current page (where it - will clear the backlog, but not cause an ugly gap in your text), but - also admits that the package is somewhat fragile. Use it as a last - resort if the other possibilities below don't help. -\item If you would actually \emph{like} great blocks of floats at the - end of each of your chapters, try the \Package{morefloats} package; - this allows you to increase the number of floating inserts that \LaTeX{} - can handle at one time (from its original value of~18, in - \LaTeXe{}). Note that, even with \etex{}'s greater supply of - registers, there is still a modest limit on the total number of - floating inserts (\etex{} increases the total number of registers - available, but inserts don't work if they are constructed from - registers in the extended range). - - Caveat: if you are using \Package{etex} to increase the number of - registers available, you need to ``reserve'' some inserts for - \Package{morefloats}: something like: - \begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{etex} -\reserveinserts{18} -\usepackage{morefloats} -\end{verbatim} - \end{quote} -\item If you actually \emph{wanted} all your figures to float to the - end (\emph{e.g}., for submitting a draft copy of a paper), don't - rely on \LaTeX{}'s mechanism: get the \Package{endfloat} package to do - the job for you. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[afterpage.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[afterpage] -\item[endfloat.sty]\CTANref{endfloat} -\item[etex.sty]\CTANref{etex-pkg} -\item[flafter.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution -\item[float.sty]\CTANref{float} -\item[morefloats.sty]\CTANref{morefloats} -\item[placeins.sty]\CTANref{placeins} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-underline]{Underlined text won't break} - -Knuth made no provision for underlining text: he took the view that -underlining is not a typesetting operation, but rather one that -provides emphasis on typewriters, which typically offer but one -typeface. The corresponding technique in typeset text is to switch -from upright to italic text (or vice-versa): the \LaTeX{} command -\csx{emph} does just that to its argument. - -Nevertheless, typographically illiterate people (such as those that -specify double-spaced -\nothtml{thesis styles~--- }\Qref{thesis styles}{Q-linespace}) -continue to require underlining of us, so \LaTeX{} as distributed -defines an \csx{underline} command that applies the mathematical -`underbar' operation to text. This technique is not entirely -satisfactory, however: the text gets stuck into a box, and won't break -at line end. - -Two packages are available that solve this problem. The -\Package{ulem} package redefines the -\csx{emph} command to underline its argument; the underlined text thus -produced behaves as ordinary emphasised text, and will break over the -end of a line. (The package is capable of other peculiar effects, -too: read its documentation.) -The \Package{soul} package defines an \csx{ul} command (after which the -package is, in part, named) that underlines running text. - -Beware of \Package{ulem}'s default behaviour, which is to convert the -\csx{emph} command into an underlining command; this can be avoided by -loading the package with: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[ulem.sty]\CTANref{ulem} -\item[soul.sty]\CTANref{soul} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-widows]{Controlling widows and orphans} - -Widows (the last line of a paragraph at the start of a page) and -orphans (the first line of paragraph at the end of a page) interrupt -the reader's flow, and are generally considered ``bad form''; -\AllTeX{} takes some precautions to avoid them, but completely -automatic prevention is often impossible. If you are typesetting your -own text, consider whether you can bring yourself to change the -wording slightly so that the page break will fall differently. - -The \AllTeX{} page maker, when forming a page, takes account of variables -\csx{widowpenalty} and \csx{clubpenalty} (which relates to orphans!). -These penalties are usually set to the moderate value of \texttt{150}; this -offers mild discouragement of bad breaks. You can increase the values -by saying (for example) \csx{widowpenalty}\texttt{=500}; however, vertical -lists (such as pages are made of) typically have rather little -stretchability or shrinkability, so if the page maker has to balance -the effect of stretching the unstretchable and being penalised, the -penalty will seldom win. Therefore, for typical layouts, there are -only two sensible settings for the penalties: finite (150 or 500, it -doesn't matter which) to allow widows and orphans, and infinite (10000 -or greater) to forbid them. - -The problem can be avoided by allowing the pagemaker to run pages -short, by using the \csx{raggedbottom} directive; however, many -publishers insist on the default \csx{flushbottom}; it is seldom -acceptable to introduce stretchability into the vertical list, except -at points (such as section headings) where the document design -explicitly permits it. - -Once you've exhausted the automatic measures, and have a final draft -you want to ``polish'', you should proceed to manual measures. To -get rid of an orphan is simple: precede the paragraph with -\csx{clearpage} and the paragraph can't start in the wrong place. - -Getting rid of a widow can be more tricky. Options are -\begin{itemize} -\item If the previous page contains a long paragraph with a short last - line, it may be possible to set it `tight': write - \csx{looseness}\texttt{=-1} immediately after the last word of the - paragraph. -\item If that doesn't work, adjusting the page size, using - \cmdinvoke{enlargethispage}{\csx{baselineskip}} to `add a line' to - the page, which may have the effect of getting the whole paragraph - on one page. -\item Reducing the size of the page by - \cmdinvoke{enlargethispage}{-\csx{baselineskip}} may produce a - (more-or-less) acceptable ``two-line widow''. -\end{itemize} -Note that \csx{looseness}\texttt{=1} (which should increase the line -length by one) seldom has the right effect~--- the looser paragraph -typically has a one-word final line, which doesn't look much better -than the original widow. - -\subsection{Things have ``gone away''} - -\Question[Q-oldfontnames]{Old \LaTeX{} font references such as \csx{tenrm}} - -\LaTeXo{} defined a large set of commands for access to the fonts -that it had built in to itself. For example, \FontName{cmr} might -appear as \csx{fivrm}, \csx{sixrm}, \csx{sevrm}, -\csx{egtrm}, \csx{ninrm}, \csx{tenrm}, \csx{elvrm}, \csx{twlrm}, -\csx{frtnrm}, \csx{svtnrm}, \csx{twtyrm} and \csx{twfvrm}, according -to the size it's being typeset at. -These commands were never documented, but certain packages -nevertheless used them to achieve effects they needed. - -Since the commands weren't public, they weren't included in \LaTeXe{}; -to use the unconverted \LaTeXo{} packages under \LaTeXe{}, you need -also to include the \Package{rawfonts} package (which is part of the -\LaTeXe{} distribution). - -\Question[Q-misssymb]{Missing symbol commands} - -You're processing an old document, and some symbol commands such as -\csx{Box} and \csx{lhd} appear no longer to exist. These commands were -present in the core of \LaTeXo{}, but are not in current \LaTeX{}. -They are available in the \Package{latexsym} package (which is part of -the \LaTeX{} distribution), and in the \Package{amsfonts} package -(which is part of the \acro{AMS} distribution, and requires \acro{AMS} -symbol fonts). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[AMS fonts]\CTANref{amsfonts} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-msxy]{Where are the \texttt{msx} and \texttt{msy} fonts?} - -The \FontName{msx} and \FontName{msy} fonts were designed by the -American Mathematical Society in the very early days of \TeX{}, for -use in typesetting papers for mathematical journals. They were -designed using the `old' \MF{}, which wasn't portable and is no longer -available; for a long time they were only available in 300dpi versions -which only imperfectly matched modern printers. The \acro{AMS} has -now redesigned the fonts, using the current version of \MF{}, and the -new versions are called the \FontName{msa} and \FontName{msb} -families. - -Nevertheless, \FontName{msx} and \FontName{msy} continue to turn up. -There may, of course, still be sites that haven't got around to -upgrading; but, even if everyone upgraded, there would still be the -problem of old documents that specify them. - -If you have a \extension{tex} source that requests \FontName{msx} and -\FontName{msy}, the best technique is to edit it so that it requests -\FontName{msa} and \FontName{msb} (you only need to change the single -letter in the font names). - -A partial re-implementation of the blackboard-bold part of the -\FontName{msy} font (covering C, N, R, S and Z, only) is available in -Type~1 format; if your mathematical needs only extend that far, the -font could be a good choice. - -If you have a \acro{DVI} file that requests the fonts, there is a package -of \Qref*{virtual fonts}{Q-virtualfonts} to map the old to the new series. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[msam \& msbm \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts} -\item[msym \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{msym} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}virtual font set]\CTANref{msx2msa} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-03-09} - -%%%???%%% spell-checked to here....zzzyx - -\Question[Q-amfonts]{Where are the \texttt{am} fonts?} - -One \emph{still} occasionally comes across a request for the \FontName{am} -series of fonts. The initials stood for `Almost [Computer] Modern', -and they were the predecessors of the Computer Modern fonts that we -all know and love (or hate)% -\begin{footnoteenv} - The fonts acquired their label `Almost' following the realisation - that their first implementation in \MF{}79 still wasn't quite right; - Knuth's original intention had been that they were the final answer. -\end{footnoteenv}. -There's not a lot one can do with these -fonts; they are (as their name implies) almost (but not quite) the -same as the \FontName{cm} series; if you're faced with a document that requests -them, the only reasonable approach is to edit the document to replace -\FontName{am*} font names with \FontName{cm*}. - -The appearance of \acro{DVI} files that request them is sufficiently -rare that no-one has undertaken the mammoth task of creating a -translation of them by means of virtual fonts. - -You therefore have to fool the system into using \FontName{cm*} fonts -where the original author specified \FontName{am*}. - -One option is the font substitutions that many -\acro{DVI} drivers provide via their configuration file~--- -specify that every \FontName{am} font should be replaced by its -corresponding \FontName{cm} font. - -Alternatively, one may try \acro{DVI} editing~--- packages -\Package{dtl} (\acro{DVI} Text Language) and \Package{dviasm} -(\acro{DVI} assembler) can both provide round trips from \acro{DVI} to -text and back to \acro{DVI}. One therefore edits font names -(throughout the text representation of the file) in the middle of that -round trip. - -The \acro{DTL} text is pretty straightforward, for this purpose: -fontnames are in single quotes at the end of lines, so: -\begin{quote} - \texttt{dv2dt -o} \meta{doc.txt} \meta{doc.dvi}\\ - (\emph{edit the \extension{txt} file})\\ - \texttt{dt2dv -o} \meta{edited.dvi} \meta{edited.txt} -\end{quote} -(you have to compile the \acro{C} programs for this). - -\ProgName{Dviasm} is a \ProgName{Python} script; its output has font -names in a section near the start of the document, and then dotted -about through the body, so: -\begin{quote} - \texttt{python dviasm.py -o} \meta{doc.txt} \meta{doc.dvi}\\ - (\emph{edit the \extension{txt} file})\\ - \texttt{python dviasm.py -o} \meta{edited.dvi} \meta{edited.txt} -\end{quote} -Both routes seem acceptable ways forward; it is a matter of taste -which any particular user may choose (it's not likely that it will be -necessary very often...). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dviasm.py]\CTANref{dviasm} -\item[dtl]\CTANref{dtl} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-initex]{What's happened to \ProgName{initex}?} - -In the beginning, \AllTeX{} was stretching the capacity of every -system it was ported to, so there was a premium on reducing the size -of executables. One way of doing this was to have a separate -executable, \ProgName{initex}, that had things in it that aren't -needed in ordinary document runs~--- notably \csx{patterns} (which -builds hyphenation tables), and \csx{dump} (which writes out a format). - -On modern systems, the size of this code is insignificant in -comparison to the memory available, and maintaining separate programs -has been found sufficiently error-prone that free Unix-style system -distributions have abolished \ProgName{initex} and its friends and -relations such as \ProgName{inipdftex} in favour of a single -executable (that is, just \ProgName{tex} or \ProgName{pdftex}) that -will ``do what \ProgName{initex} (or whatever) used to do'' if it -detects the command option ``\texttt{-ini}''. - -The change happened with the advent of te\TeX{} version -3.0, which appeared at the beginning of 2005. At that time, -\texlive{} was following te\TeX{}, so that year's \texlive{} -distribution would also have dropped \ProgName{initex}. - -It would appear that the equation is somewhat different for the -\miktex{} developers, since that system continues to offer an -\ProgName{initex} executable. diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 0fcc34bf659..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,488 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.17 2013/07/24 21:50:56 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{\TeX{} Systems} - -\Question[Q-TeXsystems]{\AllTeX{} for different machines} - -We list here the free or shareware packages; -\htmlignore -a later \Qref{question}{Q-commercial} discusses commercial \tex{} products. -\endhtmlignore -\begin{htmlversion} - another question addresses - \Qref{commercial \TeX{} vendors'}{Q-commercial} products. -\end{htmlversion} - -The list is provided in four answers: -\begin{itemize} -\item \TeX{} systems for use with - \Qref*{Unix and \acro{GNU} Linux systems}{Q-sysunix} -\item \TeX{} systems for use with % ! line break - \Qref*{Modern Windows systems}{Q-syswin32} -\item \TeX{} systems for use with % ! line break - \Qref*{Macintosh systems}{Q-sysmac} -\item \TeX{} systems for % ! line break - \Qref*{Other sorts of systems}{Q-sysother} -\end{itemize} - -\Question[Q-sysunix]{Unix and \acro{GNU} Linux systems} - -\begin{quote} - Note that \macosx{}, though it is also a Unix-based system, has - different options; users should refer to the information in - \Qref[question]{Mac systems}{Q-sysmac}. -\end{quote} - -The \TeX{} distribution of choice, for Unix systems (including -\acro{GNU}/Linux and most other free Unix-like systems) is \texlive{}, -which is distributed as part of the \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD}. - -\texlive{} may also be installed ``over the network''; a network -installer is provided, and once you have a system (whether installed -from the network or installed off-line from a disc) a manager -(\ProgName{tlmgr}) can both keep your installation up-to-date and add -packages you didn't install at first. - -\texlive{} may be run with no installation at all; the web page % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html}{\texlive{} portable usage} -describes the options for installing \texlive{} on a memory stick for -use on another computer, or for using the \texlive{} \acro{DVD} with -no installation at all. - -\tex{}-gpc is a ``back-to-basics'' distribution of \tex{} utilities, -\emph{only} (unlike \texlive{}, no `tailored' package bundles are -provided). It is distributed as source, and compiles with \acro{GNU} -Pascal, thereby coming as close as you're likely to get to Knuth's original -distribution. It is known to work well, but the omission of \etex{} -and \pdftex{} will rule it out of many users' choices. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[tex-gpc]\CTANref{tex-gpc} -\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive} -\item[texlive installer (Unix)]\CTANref{texlive-unix} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-07-18} - -\Question[Q-syswin32]{(Modern) Windows systems} - -Windows users nowadays have a real choice, between two excellent -distributions, \miktex{} and \texlive{}. \texlive{} on windows has -only in recent years been a real challenger to the long-established -\miktex{}, and even now \miktex{} has features that \texlive{} lacks. -Both are comprehensive -distributions, offering all the established \tex{} variants (\tex{}, -\pdftex{}~--- both with \etex{} variants~--- as well as \xetex{} and -\luatex{}), together with a wide range of support tools. - -Both \miktex{} and \texlive{} offer management tools, including the -means of keeping an installation ``up-to-date'', by reinstalling -packages that have been updated on \acro{CTAN} (the delay between a -package update appearing, and it being available to the distribution -users) can be as short as a day (and is never very long). - -\miktex{}, by Christian Schenk, is the longer-established of the pair, -and has a large audience of satisfied users; \texlive{} is the -dominant distribution in use in the world of Unix-like systems, and so -its Windows version may be expected to appeal to those who use both -Unix-like and Windows systems. The latest release of \miktex{}~--- -version 2.9~--- requires Windows~XP, or later (so it does not work on -Windows~2000 or earlier). - -Both distributions may be used in a configuration which involves no -installation at all. \miktex{}'s ``portable'' distribution may be -unpacked on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without -making any direct use of the hard drive. The web page % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html}{\texlive{} portable usage} -describes the options for installing \texlive{} on a memory stick, or -for using the \texlive{} \acro{DVD} with no installation at all. - -Both \miktex{} and \texlive{} may be downloaded and installed, package -by package, over the net. This is a mammoth undertaking, only to be -undertaken by those with a good network connection (and a patient -disposition!). - -A ready-to-run copy of the \miktex{} distribution, -on \acro{DVD} may be bought via the % ! line break -\href{http://www.miktex.org/cd/}{\miktex{} web site}. \miktex{} may -also be installed using Pro\TeX{}t, on the % ! line break -\Qref*{\TeX{} Collection \acro{DVD}}{Q-CD}. - -The \Qref*{\TeX{} Collection \acro{DVD}}{Q-CD} also provides an -offline installer for \texlive{}. - -% can't find any evidence this is still available -% -%% \href{http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/xemtex/}{XEm\TeX{}}, by -%% Fabrice Popineau (he who created the excellent, but now defunct, -%% fp\TeX{} distribution), is another integrated distribution of \tex{}, -%% \latex{}, \CONTeXT{}, \ProgName{XEmacs} and other friends for Windows. -%% All programs have been compiled natively to take the best advantage of -%% the Windows environment. Configuration is provided so that the -%% resulting set of programs runs out-of-the-box, but the distribution is -%% not actively promoted. -% -% this isn't right, but i'm not sure how to deal with it... -% -%% The (Japanese) \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} distribution was motivated by -%% the needs of Japanese users (Japanese won't fit in a ``simple'' -%% character set like \acro{ASCII}, but \TeX{} is based on a version of -%% \acro{ASCII}). Despite its origins, \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} is said to -%% be a good bet for Western users, notably those whose disks are short -%% of space: the minimum documented download is as small as -%% 95\,MBytes. Investigate the distribution at -%% \URL{http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html} -% -% the url is now http://w32tex.org/current/ - -A further (free) option is available thanks to the -\href{http://www.cygwin.com}{CygWin bundle}, which presents a -Unix-like environment in Windows systems (and also provides an -X-windows server). The (now obsolete) te\TeX{} distribution is -provided as part of the CygWin distribution, but there is a CygWin -build of \texlive{} so you can have a current \tex{} system. \TeX{} -under CygWin is reputedly somewhat slower than native Win32 -implementations such as \miktex{}, and of course the \tex{} -applications behave like Unix-system applications. - -BaKoMa \TeX{}, by Basil Malyshev, is a comprehensive (shareware) -distribution, which focuses on support of Acrobat. The distribution -comes with a bunch of Type~1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa -\TeX{}, which further the focus. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[bakoma]\CTANref{bakoma-tex} -\item[miktex]\CTANref{miktex}; % ! line break so only one \CTANref on line - acquire \CTANref{miktex-setup} (also available from the \miktex{} - web site), and read installation instructions from % ! line break - \href{http://www.miktex.org/2.9/setup}{the \miktex{} installation page} -\item[\nothtml{\bgroup\rmfamily}Portable\nothtml{\egroup} miktex]\CTANref{miktex-portable} -\item[protext.exe]\CTANref{protext} -\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive} -\item[texlive installer (Windows)]\CTANref{texlive-windows} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-04-11} - -\Question[Q-sysmac]{Macintosh systems} - -The \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD} \acro{DVD} includes Mac\TeX{}, -which is a Mac-tailored version of \texlive{}; details may be found on -the \href{http://tug.org/mactex}{\acro{TUG} web site}. If you don't -have the disc, you can download the distribution from \acro{CTAN} (but -note that it's pretty big). Mac\TeX{} is an instance of \texlive{}, -and has a Mac-tailored graphical \texlive{} manager, so that you can -keep your distribution up-to-date. - -Note that installing Mac\TeX{} requires \texttt{root} privilege. This -is a pity, since it offers several extras that aren't available via a -standard \texlive{}, which aren't therefore available to ``ordinary -folk'' at work. For those who don't have \texttt{root} privilege, the -option is to install using the \texlive{} \texttt{tlinstall} utility. - -\href{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/}{Oz\TeX{}}, by Andrew Trevorrow, -is a shareware version of \TeX{} for the Macintosh. A \acro{DVI} -previewer and \PS{} driver are also included. -Oz\TeX{} is a Carbon app, so will run under \macosx{} (see -\url{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html} for details), but it -is \emph{not} a current version: it doesn't even offer \pdftex{}. A -mailing list is provided by \acro{TUG}: sign up via -\url{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/oztex} - -Another partly shareware program is -\href{http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html}{CMac\TeX{}}, put together by -Tom Kiffe. CMac\TeX{} is much closer than Oz\TeX{} to the Unix \TeX{} -model of things (it uses \ProgName{dvips}, for instance). CMac\TeX{} -runs natively under \macosx{}; it includes a port of a version of -\Qref*{Omega}{Q-omegaleph}. - -\begin{flatversion} - A wiki for Mac users is to be found at - \URL{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/} -\end{flatversion} -\begin{hyperversion} - Further information may be available in the % ! line break - \href{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/}{MacTeX wiki}. -\end{hyperversion} -The Mac\TeX{}-on-OS~X mailing list is another useful resource for -users; subscribe via the -\href{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=TeX_on_Mac_OS_X_mailing_list}{list home page} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[cmactex]\CTANref{cmactex} -\item[mactex]\CTANref{mactex} -\item[oztex]\CTANref{oztex} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-sysother]{Other systems' \tex{} availability} - -For \acro{PC}s, running \MSDOS{} or \acro{OS/}2, Em\TeX{} (by Eberhard -Mattes) offers \LaTeX{}, \BibTeX{}, previewers, and drivers. It is -available as a series of zip archives, with documentation in both -German and English. Appropriate memory managers for using em\TeX{} -with 386 (and better) processors and under pre-'9x Windows, are -included in the distribution. (Em\TeX{} \emph{can} be made to operate -under Windows, but even back when it was ``current'', such use wasn't -very actively encouraged.) - -A version of em\TeX{}, packaged to use a % ! line break -\Qref*{TDS directory structure}{Q-tds}, is separately available as an -em\TeX{} `contribution'. Note that neither em\TeX{} itself, nor -em\TeX{}-\acro{TDS}, is maintained. Users of Microsoft operating -systems, who want an up-to-date \AllTeX{} system, need Win32-based -systems. - -For \acro{PC}s, running \MSDOS{}, a further option is a port of the -Web2C~7.0 implementation, using the \acro{GNU} \ProgName{djgpp} -compiler. While this package is more recent than em\TeX{}, it -nevertheless also offers a rather old instance of \AllTeX{}. - -For \acro{VAX} systems running Open\acro{VMS}, a \TeX{} distribution -is available \acro{CTAN}, but is almost certainly not the latest (it -is more than 10 years old). Whether a version is even available for -current \acro{VMS} (which typically runs on Intel 64-bit processors) -is not clear, but it seems unlikely. - -For the Atari \acro{ST} and \acro{TT}, \acro{CS}-\TeX{} is available -from \acro{CTAN}; it's offered as a set of \acro{ZOO} archives. - -Amiga users have the option of a full implementations of \TeX{} 3.1 -(Pas\TeX{}) and \MF{} 2.7. - -It's less likely that hobbyists would be running \acro{TOPS}-20 -machines, but since \TeX{} was originally written on a \acro{DEC}-10 -under \acro{WAITS}, the \acro{TOPS}-20 port is another near approach -to Knuth's original environment. Sources are available by anonymous -\texttt{ftp} from \url{ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/pub/web} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Atari TeX]\CTANref{atari-cstex} -\item[djgpp]\CTANref{djgpp} -\item[emtex]\CTANref{emtex} -\item[emtexTDS]\CTANref{emtextds} -\item[OpenVMS]\CTANref{OpenVMSTeX} -\item[PasTeX]\CTANref{amiga} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-07-18} - -\Question[Q-editors]{\TeX{}-friendly editors and shells} - -There are good \TeX{}-writing environments and editors for most -operating systems; some are described below, but this is only a -personal selection: -\begin{description} -\item[Unix] The commonest choices are \ProgName{[X]Emacs} or - \ProgName{vim}, though several others are available. - - \href{http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html}{\acro{GNU}\nobreakspace\ProgName{emacs}} - and \href{http://www.xemacs.org/}{\ProgName{XEmacs}} are supported - by the \acro{AUC}-\TeX{} - bundle (available from \acro{CTAN}). \acro{AUC}-\TeX{} provides menu - items and control sequences for common constructs, checks syntax, - lays out markup nicely, lets you call \TeX{} and drivers from - within the editor, and everything else like this that you can think - of. Complex, but very powerful. - - \href{http://vim.sourceforge.net}{\ProgName{Vim}} is also highly - configurable (also available for Windows and Macintosh systems). - Many plugins are available to support the needs of the \AllTeX{} user, - including syntax highlighting, calling \TeX{} programs, - auto-insertion and -completion of common \AllTeX{} structures, and - browsing \LaTeX{} help. The scripts \File{auctex.vim} and - \File{bibtex.vim} seem to be the most common recommendations. - - The editor \href{http://nedit.org/}{\ProgName{NEdit}} is also free - and programmable, and is available for Unix systems. An - \acro{AUC}-\TeX{}-alike set of extensions for \ProgName{NEdit} is available - from \acro{CTAN}. - - \ProgName{LaTeX4Jed} provides much enhanced \LaTeX{} support for the - \href{http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/}{\ProgName{jed}} editor. - \ProgName{LaTeX4Jed} is similar to \acro{AUC}-\TeX{}: menus, - shortcuts, templates, syntax highlighting, document outline, - integrated debugging, symbol completion, full integration with - external programs, and more. It was designed with both the beginner - and the advanced LaTeX user in mind. - - The \ProgName{Kile} editor that is provided with the \acro{KDE} - window manager provides \acro{GUI} ``shell-like'' facilities, in a - similar way to the widely-praised \ProgName{Winedt} (see below); - details (and downloads) are available from the project's - \href{http://kile.sourceforge.net/}{home on SourceForge}. - - \acro{TUG} is sponsoring the development of a cross-platform editor - and shell, modelled on the excellent \texshop{} for the Macintosh. - The result, - \href{http://www.tug.org/texworks/}{\texworks{}}, is recommended: if - you're looking for a - \AllTeX{} development environment, it may be for you. (It is - distributed with both \texlive{} and \miktex{}.) - - A possible alternative is - \href{http://texstudio.sourceforge.net/}{TeXstudio} -\item[Windows-32]\ProgName{TeXnicCenter} is a (free) - \TeX{}-oriented development system, uniting a powerful platform for - executing \AllTeX{} and friends with a configurable editor. - - \texworks{} (see above) is also available for Windows systems. - - \ProgName{Winedt}, a shareware package, is also highly spoken of. - It too provides a shell for the use of \TeX{} and related programs, - as well as a powerful and well-configured editor. The editor can - generate its output in \acro{UTF}-8 (to some extent), which is - useful when working with \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} (and other - ``next-generation'' \AllTeX{} applications). - - Both \ProgName{emacs} and \ProgName{vim} are available in versions - for Windows systems. -\item[Macintosh] For \macosx{} users, the free tool of choice appears to be - \href{http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/index.html}{\texshop{}}, which - combines an editor and a shell with a coherent philosophy of dealing - with \AllTeX{} in the OS~X environment. TeXShop is distributed as - part of the MacTeX system, and will therefore be available out of - the box on machines on which MacTeX has been installed. - - \ProgName{Vim} is also available for use on Macintosh systems. - - The commercial Textures provides an excellent integrated Macintosh - environment with its own editor. More powerful still (as an editor) - is the shareware \ProgName{Alpha} which is extensible enough to let - you perform almost any \TeX{}-related job. It also works well with - Oz\TeX{}. From release 2.2.0 (at least), Textures works under \macosx{}. -\item[\acro{OS/}2] \ProgName{epmtex} offers an \acro{OS/}2-specific shell. -\end{description} -Atari, Amiga and \acro{N}e\acro{XT} users also have nice -environments. \LaTeX{} users looking for \ProgName{make}-like -facilities should review the answer on -\Qref*{Makefiles for \LaTeX{} documents}{Q-make}. - -While many \AllTeX{}-oriented editors can support work on \BibTeX{} -files, there are many systems that provide specific ``database-like'' -access to your \BibTeX{} files~--- -\begin{hyperversion} - see ``\Qref{creating a bibliography file}{Q-buildbib}''. -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - these are discussed in % ! line break - ``\Qref*{creating a bibliography file}{Q-buildbib}''. -\end{flatversion} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[alpha]\CTANref{alpha} -\item[auctex]\CTANref{auctex} -\item[epmtex]\CTANref{epmtex} -\item[LaTeX4Jed]\CTANref{latex4jed} -\item[Nedit LaTeX support]\CTANref{nedit-latex} -\item[TeXnicCenter]\CTANref{texniccenter} -\item[TeXshell]\CTANref{texshell} -\item[TeXtelmExtel]\CTANref{TeXtelmExtel} -\item[winedt]\CTANref{winedt} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-05-20} - -\Question[Q-commercial]{Commercial \TeX{} implementations} -\keywords{windows,macintosh,commercial} - -There are many commercial implementations of \TeX{}. The first -appeared not long after \TeX{} itself appeared. - -What follows is probably an incomplete list. Naturally, no warranty or -fitness for purpose is implied by the inclusion of any vendor in this -list. The source of the information is given to provide some clues to -its currency. - -In general, a commercial implementation will come `complete', that is, -with suitable previewers and printer drivers. They normally also have -extensive documentation (\emph{i.e}., not just the \TeX{}book!) and some -sort of support service. In some cases this is a toll free number -(probably applicable only within the \acro{USA} and or Canada), but others -also have email, and normal telephone and fax support. -\begin{description} -\item[\acro{PC}; True\TeX{}] Runs on all versions of Windows. - \begin{quote} - Richard J. Kinch\\ - TrueTeX Software\\ - 7890 Pebble Beach Court\\ - Lake Worth \acro{FL} 33467\\ - \acro{USA}\\[.25\baselineskip] - Tel: +1 561-966-8400\\ - Email: \mailto{kinch@truetex.com}\\ - Web: \URL{http://www.truetex.com/} - \end{quote} - Source: Mail from Richard Kinch, August 2004. -\item[pc\TeX{}] Long-established: pc\TeX{}32 is a Windows implementation. - \begin{quote} - Personal \TeX{} Inc\\ - 725 Greenwich Street, Suite 210 \\ - San Francisco, \acro{CA} 94133\\ - \acro{USA}\\[.25\baselineskip] - Tel: 800-808-7906 (within the \acro{USA})\\ - Tel: +1 415-296-7550\\ - Fax: +1 415-296-7501\\ - Email: \mailto{sales@pctex.com}\\ - Web: \URL{http://www.pctex.com/} - \end{quote} - Source: Personal \TeX{} Inc web site, December 2004 -\item[\acro{PC}; Scientific Word] Scientific Word and Scientific Workplace - offer a mechanism for near-\WYSIWYG{} input of \LaTeX{} documents; they - ship with True\TeX{} from Kinch (see above). Queries within the \acro{UK} - and Ireland should be addressed to Scientific Word Ltd., others should be - addressed directly to the publisher, MacKichan Software Inc. - \begin{quote} - Dr Christopher Mabb\\ - Scientific Word Ltd.\\ - 990 Anlaby Road,\\ - Hull,\\ - East Yorkshire,\\ - \acro{HU}4 6\acro{AT}\\ - \acro{UK}\\[0.25\baselineskip] - Tel: 0845 766\,0340 (within the \acro{UK}) \\ - Fax: 0845 603\,9443 (within the \acro{UK}) \\ - Email: \mailto{christopher@sciword.demon.co.uk} \\ - Web: \URL{http://www.sciword.demon.co.uk} - \end{quote} - \begin{quote} - MacKichan Software Inc.\\ - 19307 8th Avenue, Suite C\\ - Poulsbo \acro{WA} 98370-7370\\ - \acro{USA}\\[0.25\baselineskip] - Tel: +1 360 394\,6033\\ - Tel: 877 724\,9673 (within the \acro{USA}) - Fax: +1 360 394\,6039\\ - Email: \mailto{info@mackichan.com}\\ - Web: \URL{http://www.mackichan.com} - \end{quote} - Source: Mail from Christopher Mabb, August 2007 -%% \item[Macintosh; Textures] ``A \TeX{} system `for the rest of -%% us'\,''. A beta release of Textures for \macosx{} is -%% available~--- see \URL{http://www.bluesky.com/news/news_frames.html} -%% -%% (Blue Sky also gives away a \MF{} implementation and some -%% font manipulation tools for Macs.) -%% \begin{quote} -%% Blue Sky Research\\ -%% PO Box 80424\\ -%% Portland, \acro{OR} 97280\\ -%% \acro{USA}\\[.25\baselineskip] -%% Tel: 800-622-8398 (within the \acro{USA})\\ -%% Tel/Fax: +1 503-222-9571\\ -%% Fax: +1 503-246-4574\\ -%% Email: \mailto{sales@bluesky.com}\\ -%% Web: \URL{http://www.bluesky.com/} -%% \end{quote} -%% Source: Mail from Gordon Lee, April 2007 -\item[Amiga\TeX{}] A full implementation for the Commodore Amiga, - including full, on-screen and printing support for all \PS{} - graphics and fonts, IFF raster graphics, automatic font generation, - and all of the standard macros and utilities. - \begin{quote} - Radical Eye Software\\ - \acro{PO} Box 2081\\ - Stanford, \acro{CA} 94309\\ - \acro{USA} - \end{quote} - Source: Mail from Tom Rokicki, November 1994 -\end{description} -\checked{mc}{1994/11/09}% -\checked{RF}{1994/11/24}% - -Note that the company \YandY{} has gone out of business, and \YandY{} -\TeX{} (and support for it) is therefore no longer available. 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Mail the -\begin{wideversion} - \href{mailto:faq-devel@tex.ac.uk}{maintainers} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - maintainers (at \Email{faq-devel@tex.ac.uk}) -\end{narrowversion} -to report the answer that you find unclear, and (if you can) suggest -what we need to clarify. Time permitting (the team is small and all -its members are busy), we'll try and clarify the answer. 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We always need to be put right about whatever -we've got wrong, and suggestions for improvements, particularly -covering areas we've missed, are always needed: mail anything you have -to the -\begin{wideversion} - \href{mailto:faq-devel@tex.ac.uk}{maintainers} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} - maintainers (at \Email{faq-devel@tex.ac.uk}) -\end{narrowversion} - -If you have actual material to submit, your contribution is more than -ever welcome. Submission in plain text is entirely acceptable, but -if you're really willing, you may feel free to mark up your submission -in the form needed for the \acro{FAQ} itself. The markup is a -strongly-constrained version of \LaTeX{}~--- the constraints come from -the need to translate the marked-up text to \acro{HTML} on the fly -(and hence pretty efficiently). There is a file \File{markup-syntax} -in the \acro{FAQ} distribution that describes the structure of the -markup, but there's no real substitute for reading at least some of -the source (\File{faqbody.tex}) of the \acro{FAQ} itself. If you -understand \ProgName{Perl}, you may also care to look at the -translation code in \File{texfaq2file} and \File{sanitize.pl} in the -distribution: this isn't the code actually used on the Web site, but -it's a close relation and is kept -up to date for development purposes. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\acro{FAQ} distribution]\CTANref{faq} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-bug]{What to do if you find a bug} - -For a start, make entirely sure you \emph{have} found a bug. -Double-check with books about \TeX{}, \LaTeX{}, or whatever you're using; -compare what you're seeing against the other answers above; ask every -possible person you know who has any \TeX{}-related expertise. -The reasons for all this caution are various. - -If you've found a bug in \TeX{} itself, you're a rare animal indeed. -Don Knuth is so sure of the quality of his code that he offers real -money prizes to finders of bugs; the cheques he writes are -such rare items that they are seldom cashed. If \emph{you} -think you have found a genuine fault in \TeX{} itself (or \MF{}, or the -\acro{CM} fonts, or the \TeX{}book), don't immediately write to Knuth, -however. He only looks at bugs infrequently, and even then -only after they are agreed as bugs by a small vetting team. In the -first instance, contact Barbara Beeton at the \acro{AMS} -(\Email{bnb@ams.org}), or contact -\Qref*{\acro{TUG}}{Q-TUG*}. - -If you've found a bug in \LaTeXe{}, \Qref*{report it}{Q-latexbug} -using mechanisms supplied by the \LaTeX{} team. (Please be -careful to ensure you've got a \LaTeX{} bug, or a bug in one of the -``required'' packages distributed by the \LaTeX{} team.) - -If you've found a bug in a contributed \LaTeX{} package, the best -starting place is usually to ask in the ``usual places for % ! line break -\Qref*{help on-line}{Q-gethelp}, or just possibly one of the % ! line break -\Qref*{specialised mailing lists}{Q-maillists*}. -The author of the package may well answer on-line, but if no-one -offers any help, you may stand a chance if you mail the author -(presuming that you can find an address\dots{}). - -If you've found a bug in \LaTeXo{}, or some other such unsupported -software, your only real hope is \Qref*{help on-line}{Q-gethelp}. - -Failing all else, you may need to pay for -help~--- \acro{TUG} maintains a % ! line break -\href{http://www.tug.org/consultants.html}{register of \TeX{} consultants}. -(This of course requires that you have the resources~--- and a -pressing enough need~--- to hire someone.) - - -\htmlignore -\par -\endhtmlignore -\Question[Q-latexbug]{Reporting a \LaTeX{} bug} -\htmlignore -\par -\endhtmlignore -% -% This here isn't a reference to a question... -\label{lastquestion} - -The \LaTeX{} team supports \LaTeX{}, and will deal with -% beware line wrap -\emph{bona fide} bug reports. Note that the \LaTeX{} team does -\emph{not} deal with contributed packages~--- just the software that -is part of the \LaTeX{} distribution itself: \LaTeX{} and the -``required'' packages. -Furthermore, you need to be slightly -careful to produce a bug report that is usable by the team. The steps -are: - -\nothtml{\noindent}\textbf{1.} Are you still using current \LaTeX{}? Maintenance is only -available for sufficiently up-to-date versions of \LaTeX{}~--- if your -\LaTeX{} is more than two versions out of date, the bug reporting -mechanisms may reject your report. - -\nothtml{\noindent}\textbf{2.} Has your bug already been reported? Browse the -% beware line break -\href{http://www.latex-project.org/cgi-bin/ltxbugs2html?introduction=yes}{\LaTeX{} bugs database}, -to find any earlier instance of your bug. In many cases, the database -will list a work-around. - -\nothtml{\noindent}\textbf{3.} Prepare a % ! line break -\Qref*{``minimum'' file}{Q-minxampl} that exhibits the problem. -Ideally, such a file should contain no contributed packages~--- the -\LaTeX{} team as a whole takes no responsibility for such packages (if -they're supported at all, they're supported by their authors). 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Your details will not appear in the -public view of the database. - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% TeX-master: t -%%% End: diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-wdidt.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-wdidt.tex deleted file mode 100644 index c6cdd8e95e8..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-wdidt.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2142 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq-wdidt.tex,v 1.24 2014/01/22 17:29:03 rf10 Exp $ - -\section{Why does it \emph{do} that?} - -\subsection{Common errors} - -\Question[Q-crossref]{\LaTeX{} gets cross-references wrong} - -Sometimes, however many times you run \LaTeX{}, the cross-references -are just wrong. A likely reason is that you have placed the label -before the data for the label was set; if the label is recording a -\csx{caption} command, the \csx{label} command must appear -\emph{after} the \csx{caption} command, or be part of it. For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - <the illustration itself> - \caption{My figure} - \label{myfig} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -is correct, as is -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - <the illustration itself> - \caption{My figure% - \label{myfig}} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -whereas, in -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - <the illustration itself> - \label{myfig} - \caption{My figure} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the label will report the number of the section (or whatever) in which -the surrounding text resides, or the like. - -You can, with the same malign effect, shield the \csx{caption} command -from its associated \csx{label} command, by enclosing the caption in an -environment of its own. This effect will be seen with: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - <the illustration itself> - \caption{A Figure} -\end{figure} -\label{myfig} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -where the \csx{label} definitely \emph{is} after the \csx{caption}, -but because the \environment{figure} environment closed before the -\csx{label} command, the \csx{caption} is no longer ``visible''. - -In summary, the \csx{label} must be \emph{after} the command that -defines it (e.g., \csx{caption}), and if the \csx{caption} is inside -an environment, the \csx{label} must be in there too. -\LastEdit{2012-02-07} - -\Question[Q-newlineargs]{Start of line goes awry} -\keywords{asterisk square bracket start line} - -This answer concerns two sorts of problems: errors of the form -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -! Missing number, treated as zero. -<to be read again> - p -<*> [perhaps] -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and errors where a single asterisk at the start of a line mysteriously -fails to appear in the typeset output. - -Both problems arise because \texttt{\bsbs } takes optional arguments. The -command \texttt{\bsbs *} means ``break the line here, and inhibit page break -following the line break''; the command \texttt{\bsbs [}\meta{dimen}\texttt{]} -means ``break the line here and add \meta{dimen} extra vertical space -afterwards''. - -The problem arises because \texttt{\bsbs } looks for the next -non-blank thing; the test it uses ignores the end of the line in -your input text, so that \texttt{\bsbs } comes to imagine that you -were giving it a `modifier'. - -An obvious solution is to enclose the stuff at the start of the new -line in braces, typing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\ttfamily - /* C-language comment\\ - {[perhaps]} this could be done better\\ - {*}/ -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This particular example could be coded (without any problems) in -verbatim, but the behaviour does confuse people. - -The problem also appears in maths mode, in arrays and so on. In this -case, large-scale bracketing of things is \emph{not} a good idea; the -\TeX{} primitive \csx{relax} (which does nothing except to block -searches of this nature) may be used. From another -\Newsgroup{comp.text.tex} example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{eqnarray} - [a] &=& b \\ - \relax[a] &=& b -\end{eqnarray} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which is a usage this \acro{FAQ} would not recommend, anyway: refer -to the \Qref*{reason not to use \environment{eqnarray}}{Q-eqnarray}. - -Note that the \Package{amsmath} package modifies the behaviour of -\texttt{\bsbs } in maths. With \Package{amsmath}, the -\environment{eqnarray} example doesn't need any special action -(\csx{relax} or braces). -\LastEdit{2012-09-02} - -\Question[Q-verbwithin]{Why doesn't verbatim work within\,\dots{}?} - -The \LaTeX{} verbatim commands work by changing category codes. Knuth -says of this sort of thing ``Some care is needed to get the timing -right\dots{}'', since once the category code has been assigned to a -character, it doesn't change. So \csx{verb} and -\cmdinvoke{begin}{verbatim} have to assume that they are getting the -first look at the parameter text; if they aren't, \TeX{} has already -assigned category codes so that the verbatim command doesn't have a -chance. For example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\verb+\error+ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will work (typesetting `\csx{error}'), but if we define no more than a -no-op macro, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\unbrace}[1]{#1} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which simply regurgitates its argument, and use it as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\unbrace{\verb+\error+} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the combinartion will not (it will attempt to execute \csx{error}). -Other errors one -may encounter are `\csx{verb} ended by end of line', or even the -rather more helpful `\csx{verb} illegal in command argument'. The -same sorts of thing happen with \cmdinvoke{begin}{verbatim} \dots{} -\cmdinvoke{end}{verbatim}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{quoteverbatim} -\ifthenelse{\boolean{foo}}{% -\begin{verbatim} -foobar -\end{verbatim} -}{% -\begin{verbatim} -barfoo -\end{verbatim} -} -\end{quoteverbatim} -\end{quote} -provokes errors like `File ended while scanning use of -\csx{@xverbatim}', as \cmdinvoke{begin}{verbatim} fails to see its -matching \cmdinvoke{end}{verbatim}. - -This is why the \LaTeX{} book insists that verbatim -commands must not appear in the argument of any other command; they -aren't just fragile, they're quite unusable in any ``normal'' command -parameter, -regardless of \Qref*{\csx{protect}ion}{Q-protect}. (The \csx{verb} -command tries hard to detect if you're misusing it; unfortunately, it -can't always do so, and the error message is therefore not reliable as an -indication of problems.) - -The first question to ask yourself is: ``is \csx{verb} actually -necessary?''. -\begin{itemize} -\item If \cmdinvoke{texttt}{\emph{your text}} produces the same result - as \csx{verb}\texttt{+\emph{your text}+}, then there's no need of - \csx{verb} in the first place. -\item If you're using \csx{verb} to typeset a \acro{URL} or email - address or the like, then the \csx{url} command from the - \Package{url} will help: it doesn't suffer from all the problems of - \csx{verb}, though it's still not robust; % ! line break - ``\Qref*{typesetting \acro{URL}s}{Q-setURL}'' offers advice here. -\item If you're putting \csx{verb} into the argument of a boxing - command (such as \csx{fbox}), consider using the \environment{lrbox} - environment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newsavebox{\mybox} -... -\begin{lrbox}{\mybox} - \verb!VerbatimStuff! -\end{lrbox} -\fbox{\usebox{\mybox}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\end{itemize} - -If you can't avoid verbatim, the \csx{cprotect} command (from the -package \Package{cprotect}) might help. The package manages to make a -macro read a verbatim argument in a ``sanitised'' way by the simple -medium of prefixing the macro with \csx{cprotect}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\cprotect\section{Using \verb|verbatim|} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The package \emph{does} work in this simple case, and deserves -consideration in many others cases; the package documentation gives -more details. - -Another way out is to use one of ``argument types'' of the -\csx{NewDocumentCommand} command in the experimental \latex{}3 package -\Package{xparse}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\NewDocumentCommand\cmd{ m v m }{#1 `#2' #3} -\cmd{Command }|\furble|{ isn't defined} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Which gives us: -\begin{quote} - Command \csx{furble} isn't defined -\end{quote} -The ``\texttt{m}'' tag argument specifies a normal mandatory argument, -and the ``\texttt{v}'' specifies one of these verbatim arguments. -As you see, it's implanting a \csx{verb}-style command argument in the -argument sequence of an otherwise ``normal'' sort of command; that -\begin{typesetversion} - `\texttt{\char`\|}' -\end{typesetversion} -\begin{htmlversion} - `\texttt{|}' % | balance for emacs text-colouring -\end{htmlversion} -may be any old character that doesn't -conflict with the content of the argument. - -This is pretty neat (even if the verbatim is in an argument of its -own) but the downside is that \Package{xparse} pulls in -the experimental \latex{}3 programming environment -(\Package{l3kernel}) which is pretty big. - -Other than the \Package{cprotect} package, there are four partial -solutions to the problem: -\begin{itemize} -\item Some packages have macros which are designed to be responsive - to verbatim text in their arguments. For example, - the \Package{fancyvrb} package defines a command - \csx{VerbatimFootnotes}, which redefines the \csx{footnotetext} - command, and hence also the behaviour of the \csx{footnote}) - command, in such a way that you can include \csx{verb} commands in - its argument. This approach could in principle be extended to the - arguments of other commands, but it can clash with other packages: - for example, \csx{VerbatimFootnotes} interacts poorly with the - \pkgoption{para} option of the \Package{footmisc} package. - - The \Class{memoir} class defines its \csx{footnote} command so that - it will accept verbatim in its arguments, without any supporting package. -\item The \Package{fancyvrb} package defines a command \csx{SaveVerb}, - with a corresponding \csx{UseVerb} command, that allow you to save - and then to reuse the content of its argument; for details of this - extremely powerful facility, see the package documentation. - - Rather simpler is the \Package{verbdef} package, whose \csx{verbdef} - command defines a (robust) command which expands to the verbatim - argument given; the \Package{newverbs} package provides a similar - function as well as several related ones. -\item In a similar vein, the \Package{verbatimbox} package makes it - possible to put verbatim material in a box: - \begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{verbbox} -some exotic _&$ stuff -\end{verbbox} -\theverbbox -\end{verbatim} - \end{quote} - the operation typesets exotic stuff into an anonymous box, and its - contents may be retrieved using the command \csx{theverbbox}. It is - clear that it's in the same mould as the \csx{verbdef} command - mentioned above; the package defines other similar commands. -\item The \Package{tcolorbox} package provides a similar facility -\item If you have a single character that is giving trouble (in - its absence you could simply use \csx{texttt}), consider using - \csx{string}. \cmdinvoke{texttt}{my\csx{string}\_name} - typesets the same as - \csx{verb+my\_name+}, and will work in the argument of a command. It - won't, however, work in a moving argument, and no amount of - \Qref*{\csx{protect}ion}{Q-protect} will make it work in - such a case. - - A robust alternative is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\chardef\us=`\_ -... -\section{... \texttt{my\us name}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - Such a definition is `naturally' robust; the construction - ``\meta{back-tick}\csx{\meta{char}}'' may be used for any - troublesome character (though it's plainly not necessary for things - like percent signs for which \AllTeX{} already provides - robust macros). - -\item One may also consider putting verbatim material in an external - file; this is somewhat more tedious, but the file may be reused - several times within a single document. The \Package{tcolorbox} - permits this: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tcbverbatimwrite}{<file name>} -... -\end{tcbverbatimwrite} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - which (as one might guess) writes to the named file; load the saved - contents using \cmdinvoke{input}{<file name>} - - A second environment puts your verbatim material in an (apparently) - anonymous temporary file: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{tcbwritetemp}{<file name>} -... -\end{tcbverbatimwrite} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - In this case, you use the anonymous file with the \csx{tcbusetemp} - macro. (You can change the name used for the `anonymous' file, if - its default proves troublesome.) - - The \Package{moreverb} package provides a \csx{verbatimwrite} - command, which doesn't provide an anonynous file. - - Macros, to achieve the same effect, are outlined in the - documentation of the \Package{verbatim} package; the macros use the - facilities of the package, but the user has to write a mini-package - actually to use them. -\end{itemize} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[cprotect.sty]\CTANref{cprotect} -\item[fancyvrb.sty]\CTANref{fancyvrb} -\item[l3kernel \nothtml{\rmfamily}bundle]\CTANref{l3kernel} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[newverbs.sty]\CTANref{newverbs} -\item[tcolorbox.sty]\CTANref{tcolorbox} -\item[url.sty]\CTANref{url} -\item[verbatim.sty]\CTANref{verbatim} -\item[verbatimbox.sty]\CTANref{verbatimbox} -\item[verbdef.sty]\CTANref{verbdef} -\item[xparse.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{l3packages}[xparse] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-10-21} - -\Question[Q-noline]{``No line here to end''} - -The error -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end. - -See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end. - -See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion -... for explanation. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -appears when you give \LaTeX{} a \texttt{\bsbs } command at a time -when it's not expecting it; it is a \emph{line-breaking} command, and -is confused if \latex{} isn't building a paragraph when you give the -command. A common case is where you've decided you want the label of -a list item to be on a line of its own, and written (for example): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{description} -\item[Very long label] \\ - Text... -\end{description} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -% ridiculous coding for sanitize.pl -- careful! -% \bsbs {} is actually a rather bad command to use in this case (even if -% it worked), since it could force the `paragraph' that's made up of the -% text of the item to terminate a line which has nothing on it but the -% label. This could lead to an ``\texttt{Underfull }\csx{hbox}'' warning message -% (usually with `infinite' badness of 10000); while this message doesn't -% do any actual harm other than slowing down your \LaTeX{} run, any -% message that doesn't convey any information distracts for no useful -% purpose. - -The proper solution to the problem is to write a new sort of -\environment{description} environment, that does just what you're after. (The -\nothtml{\emph{\LaTeX{} Companion}~--- see }% ! line wrap, and next line -\Qref[question]{\emph{\LaTeX{} Companion}}{Q-latex-books}\nothtml{~---} -offers a rather wide selection of variants of these things.) - -A straightforward solution, which avoids the warning, is to write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{description} -\item[Very long label] \leavevmode \\ - Text... -\end{description} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which starts a paragraph before forcing a break. The -\Package{expdlist} package provides the same functionality with its -\csx{breaklabel} command, and \Package{mdwlist} provides it via its -\csx{desclabelstyle} command. - -The other common occasion for the message is when you're using the -\texttt{center} (or \environment{flushleft} or \environment{flushright}) -environment, and have decided you need extra separation between lines -in the environment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{center} - First (heading) line\\ - \\ - body of the centred text... -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The solution here is plain: use the \texttt{\bsbs } command in the way it's -supposed to be used, to provide more than just a single line break -space. \texttt{\bsbs } takes an optional argument, which specifies -how much extra space to add; the required effect in the text above can -be had by saying: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{center} - First (heading) line\\[\baselineskip] - body of the centred text... -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -You \emph{can} use \csx{leavevmode}, as above: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{center} - First (heading) line\\ - \leavevmode\\ - body of the centred text... -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -but that is just as tiresome to type as \texttt{\bsbs } with an optional -argument, and can not be recommended. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[expdlist.sty]\CTANref{expdlist} -\item[mdwlist.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{mdwtools}[mdwlist] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2014-01-13} - -% other instances: \[no]linebreak in vertical mode - -\Question[Q-vertspacefloat]{Extra vertical space in floats} - -A common complaint is that extra vertical space has crept into -\environment{figure} or \environment{table} floating environments. -More common still are users who post code that introduces this extra -space, and \emph{haven't noticed the problem}! - -The trouble arises from the fact that the \environment{center} -environment (and its siblings \environment{flushleft} and -\environment{flushright}) are actually based on \LaTeX{}'s -list-handling code; and lists always separate themselves from the -material around them. Meanwhile, there are parameters provided to -adjust the spacing between floating environments and their -surroundings; so if we have: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \begin{center} - \includegraphics{...} - \caption{...} - \end{center} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\nothtml{\noindent}or worse still: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \begin{center} - \includegraphics{...} - \end{center} - \caption{...} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -unwarranted vertical space is going to appear. - -The solution is to let the float and the objects in it position -themselves, and to use ``generic'' layout commands rather than their -list-based encapsulations. -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \centering - \includegraphics{...} - \caption{...} -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(which even involves less typing). - -This alternative code will work with any \LaTeX{} package. It will -not work with obsolete (pre-\LaTeXe{}) packages such as -\Package{psfig} or \Package{epsf}~--- see % beware line break -\Qref[question]{graphics inclusion}{Q-impgraph} for discussion of the -genesis of \csx{includegraphics}. -\LastEdit{2012-11-16} - -\Question[Q-centre-flt]{Why is my table/figure/\dots{} not centred?} - -You want a float whose contents are centred, but \latex{} ignores your -\environment{center} environment. Most likely, you have written: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{center} - \begin{figure} - ... - \end{figure} -\end{center} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In this case, \latex{} has ``taken the \environment{figure} away'', -and will typeset it at some location it fancies (it does the same with -\environment{table}s) the only thing we can say (for sure) about the -location is that it \emph{won't} be inside that \environment{center} -environment. As a result, the \environment{center} environment is -left with nothing to do~\dots{} except to % !line break -\Qref*{make a mess of your vertical spacing}{Q-vertspacefloat}. - -The solution is the same as that outlined in % !line break -\Qref*{the same answer}{Q-vertspacefloat}, noting that all control of -an \environment{figure} or \environment{table} needs to be -inside the environment. So the example's code should be converted to -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{figure} - \centering - ... -\end{figure} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(or something similar for a \environment{table}). -\LastEdit*{2013-11-19} - -\Question[Q-2colfltorder]{Two-column float numbers out of order} - -When \LaTeX{} can't place a float immediately, it places it on one of -several ``defer'' lists. If another float of the same type comes -along, and the ``defer'' list for that type still has something in it, -the later float has to wait for everything earlier in the list. - -Now, standard \LaTeX{} has different lists for single-column floats, -and double-column floats; this means that single-column figures can -overtake double-column figures (or vice-versa), and you observe later -figures appear in the document before early ones. The same is true, -of course, for tables, or for any user-defined float. - -The \LaTeX{} team recognise the problem, and provides a package -(\Package{fixltx2e}) to deal with it. \Package{Fixltx2e} amalgamates -the two defer lists, so that floats don't get out of order. - -For those who are still running an older \LaTeX{} distribution, the -package \Package{fix2col} should serve. This package (also by a -member of the \LaTeX{} team) was the basis of the relevant part of -\Package{fixltx2e}. The functionality has also been included in -\Package{dblfloatfix}, which also has code to place full-width floats -at \Qref*{\texttt{[b]} placement}{Q-2colfloat}. - -Once you have loaded the package, no more remains to be done: the -whole requirement is to patch the output routine; no extra commands -are needed. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[dblfloatfix.sty]\CTANref{dblfloatfix} -\item[fix2col.sty]\CTANref{fix2col} -\item[fixltx2e.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-tabacc]{Accents misbehave in \environment{tabbing}} - -So you are constructing a \environment{tabbing} environment, and you -have the need of some diacriticised text~--- perhaps something as simple -as \cmdinvoke{'}{e}~--- and the accent disappears because it has been -interpreted as a \environment{tabbing} command, and everything goes -wrong. - -This is really a rather ghastly feature of the \environment{tabbing} -environment; in order to type accented characters you need to use the -\csx{a} kludge: so \cmdinvoke{a'}{e} inside \environment{tabbing} for -\cmdinvoke{'}{e} outside, and similarly \csx{a`} for \csx{`} and \csx{a=} -for \csx{=}. This whole procedure is of course hideous and -error-prone. - -The simplest alternative is to type in an encoding that has the -diacriticised characters in it, and to use an appropriate encoding -definition file in the \Package{inputenc} package. So for example, -type: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[latin1]{inputenc}\\ - \texttt{...}\\ - \cmdinvoke{begin}{tabbing}\\ - \texttt{...}\\ - \texttt{...} \csx{>} \texttt{voil\`a} \csx{>} \texttt{...} -\end{quote} -for: -\begin{quote} - \dots{}\quad voil\`a\quad \dots{} -\end{quote} -and the internal mechanisms of the \Package{inputenc} package will put -the right version of the accent command in there. - -A witty reversal of the r\^oles is introduced by the package -\Package{Tabbing} (note the capital ``T''): it provides a -\environment{Tabbing} environment which duplicates -\environment{tabbing}, but all the single-character commands become -complicated objects. So \environment{tabbing}'s \csx{>} becomes -\csx{TAB>}, \csx{=} becomes \csx{TAB=}, and so on. The above trivial -example would therefore become: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{Tabbing} -... -\begin{Tabbing} - ... ... \TAB> voil\`a \TAB> ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[Tabbing.sty]\CTANref{Tabbing} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-alreadydef]{Package reports ``command already defined''} - -You load a pair of packages, and the second reports that one of the -commands it defines is already present. For example, both the -\Package{txfonts} and \Package{amsmath} define a command \csx{iint} -(and \csx{iiint} and so on); so -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -... -\usepackage{txfonts} -\usepackage{amsmath} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -produces a string of error messages of the form: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Command \iint already defined. - Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -! LaTeX Error: Command \iint already - defined. Or name \end... illegal, - see p.192 of the manual. -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -As a general rule, things that \Package{amsmath} defines, it defines -well; however, there is a good case for using the \Package{txfonts} -version of \csx{iint}~--- the associated \FontName{tx} fonts have a -double integral symbol that doesn't need to be ``faked'' in the way -\Package{amsmath} does. In the case that you are loading several -symbol packages, every one of which defines the same symbol, you are -likely to experience the problem in a big way (\csx{euro} is a common -victim). - -There are similar cases where one package redefines another's command, -but no error occurs because the redefining package doesn't use -\csx{newcommand}. Often, in such a case, you only notice the change -because you assume the definition given by the first package. The -\Package{amsmath}--\Package{txfonts} packages are just such a pair; -\Package{txfonts} doesn't provoke errors. - -You may deal with the problem by saving and restoring the command. -Macro programmers may care to do this for themselves; for the rest of -us, there's the package \Package{savesym}. The sequence: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{savesym} -\usepackage{amsmath} -\savesymbol{iint} -\usepackage{txfonts} -\restoresymbol{TXF}{iint} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -does the job; restoring the \Package{amsmath} version of the command, -and making the \Package{txfonts} version of the command available as -\csx{TXFiint}. - -Documentation of \Package{savesym} doesn't amount to much: the only -commands are \csx{savesymbol} and \csx{restoresymbol}, as noted above. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[amsmath.sty]Part of \CTANref{amslatex} -\item[savesym.sty]\CTANref{savesym} -\item[txfonts.sty]Part of \CTANref{txfonts} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-zerochap]{Why are my sections numbered 0.1\,\dots{}?} - -This happens when your document is using the standard \Class{book} or -\Class{report} class (or one similar), and you've got a \csx{section} -before your first \csx{chapter}. - -What happens is, that the class numbers sections as % ! line break -``\meta{chapter no}.\meta{section no}'', and until the first -\csx{chapter} has appeared, the chapter number is 0. (If you -use\csx{chapter*}, which doesn't number the chapter it produces, the -problem still arises.) - -If you're doing this, it's possible that the \Class{article} class -is for you; try it and see. Otherwise, put a \csx{chapter} before -your sections, or do away with section numbering by using -\csx{section*} instead. An alternative way of avoiding numbering is -discussed in % ! line break -``\Qref*{unnumbered sections in the table of contents}{Q-secnumdep}''. - -\Question[Q-breaklinks]{Link text doesn't break at end line} -\keywords{hyperref overfull link} - -When using the \Package{hyperref} package, you make a block of text -``active'' when you define a hyper-link (when the user clicks on -that text, the reader program will divert to the \emph{target} of the -link). - -The \Package{hyperref} package uses a \emph{driver} (in the same way -as the \Package{graphics} package does), to determine how to implement -all that hyper-stuff. - -If you use the driver for \ProgName{dvips} output (presumably you want -to distill the resulting \PS{}), limitations in the way \ProgName{dvips} -deals with the \csx{special} commands mean that \Package{hyperref} -must prevent link anchors from breaking at the end of lines. Other -drivers (notably those for \PDFTeX{} and for \ProgName{dvipdfm}) don't -suffer from this problem. - -The problem may occur in a number of different circumstances. For a -couple of them, there are work-arounds: - -First, if you have an \acro{URL} which is active (so that clicking on -it will activate your web browser to ``go to'' the \acro{URL}). In -this case \Package{hyperref} employs the \Package{url} package to -split up the \acro{URL} (as described in % ! line break -\Qref[question]{typesetting \acro{URL}s}{Q-setURL}), but the -\ProgName{dvips} driver then suppresses the breaks. The way out is -the \Package{breakurl} package, which modifies the \csx{url} command -to produce several smaller pieces, between each of which a line break -is permitted. Each group of pieces, that ends up together in one -line, is converted to a single clickable link. - -Second, if you have a table of contents, list of figure or tables, or -the like, \Package{hyperref} will ordinarily make the titles in the -table of contents, or captions in the lists, active. If the title or -caption is long, it will need to break within the table, but the -\ProgName{dvips} driver will prevent that. In this case, load -\Package{hyperref} with the option \pkgoption{linktocpage}, and only -the page number will be made active. - -Otherwise, if you have a lengthy piece of text that you want active, -you have at present no simple solution: you have to rewrite your text, -or to use a different \acro{PDF} generation mechanism. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[breakurl.sty]\CTANref{breakurl} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-wrongpn]{Page number is wrong at start of page} - -This is a long story, whose sources are deep inside the workings of -\TeX{} itself; it all derives from the \TeX{}'s striving to generate -the best possible output. - -The page number is conventionally stored in \csx{count0}; \LaTeX{} -users see this as the counter \texttt{page}, and may typeset its value -using \csx{thepage}. - -The number (that is to say, \csx{count0}) is only updated when \TeX{} -actually outputs a page. \TeX{} only even tries to do this when it -detects a hint that it may be a good thing to do. From \TeX{}'s point -of view, the end of a paragraph is a good time to consider outputting -a page; it will output a page if it has \emph{more} than a page's -worth of material to output. (Ensuring it always has something in -hand makes some optimisations possible.) As a result, \csx{count0} -(\csx{thepage}) is almost always wrong in the first paragraph of a -page (the exception is where the page number has been ``forcibly'' -changed, either by changing its value directly, or by breaking the -page where \TeX{} wouldn't necessarily have chosen to break). - -\LaTeX{} provides a safe way of referring to the page number, by using -label references. So, rather than writing: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Here is page \thepage{}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -you should write: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Here is page \pageref{here}\label{here}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(note: no space between the \csx{pageref} and the \csx{label}, since -that could potentially end up as a page-break space itself, which -rather defeats the purpose of the exercise!). - -\Question[Q-matchbrak]{My brackets don't match} - -\AllTeX{} has a low-level mechanism for matching braces in document -text. This means you can type something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section{All \emph{OK} now.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -and know that the first brace (for the argument of \csx{section}) will -be matched with the last brace, and the internal pair of braces (for -the argument of \csx{emph}) will be matched with each other. It's all -very simple. - -However, \LaTeX{} has a convention of enclosing optional arguments in -brackets, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[OK]{All \emph{OK} now.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -These brackets are not matched by \TeX{} mechanisms, despite the -superficial similarity of their use. As a result, -straightforward-looking usages like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[All [OK] now]{All \emph{OK} now.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -aren't \acro{OK} at all~--- the optional argument comes to consist of -``All [OK'', and \csx{section} takes the single character ``n'' (of -the first ``now'') as its argument. - -Fortunately, \TeX{}'s scanning mechanisms helps us by accepting the -syntax ``\texttt{\{]\}}'' to `hide' the closing bracket from the -scanning mechanism that \LaTeX{} uses. In practice, the commonest way -to use this facility is: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\section[All {[OK]} now]{All \emph{OK} now.} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -since bracing the bracket on its own ``looks odd''. - -\LaTeX{} has another argument syntax, even less regular, where the -argument is enclosed in parentheses, as in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\put(1,2){foo} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(a picture environment command). - -This mechanism is also prone to problems with matching closing -parentheses, but the issue seldom arises since such arguments rarely -contain text. If it were to arise, the same solution (enclosing the -confused characters in braces) would solve the problem. - -\Question[Q-pdf-fig-chars]{Characters disappear from figures in \PDFTeX{}} - -You have a \acro{PDF} figure, which you want to use in your -\PDFLaTeX{} document. When you compile the document, \PDFTeX{} -complains about ``missing glyphs'', and some (or all) of the labelling -text or symbols in the original figure is no longer visible. - -What has happened is: -\begin{enumerate} -\item Your figure file (say \File{fig.pdf}) has a font \File{font.pfb} - embedded in it. -\item \PDFTeX{} notes that it has \File{font.pfb} on disc, and loads - that in place of the copy in \File{fig.pdf}. -\item It turns out that the copy in \File{fig.pdf} has glyphs that - aren't in \File{font.pfb} on disc, so that you get errors while - compiling and you see that characters are missing when you view the - output. (\PDFTeX{} can't know that the fonts are different, since - they have the same name.) -\end{enumerate} -Which is all very undesirable. - -\PDFTeX{} does this to keep file sizes down: suppose you have a -document that loads figures \File{fig1.pdf} and \File{fig2.pdf}; both -of those use font \File{font.pfb}. If \PDFTeX{} takes no action, -there will be \emph{two} copies of \File{font.pfb} in the output. -(If your document also uses the font, there could be three copies.) - -A real case is the \acro{URW} font \File{NimbusRomNo9L-Regu} (a clone -of Times Roman), which is available in a version with Cyrillic -letters, while the version in \TeX{} distributions doesn't have those -letters. Both versions, as distributed, have the same name. - -The simple (``quick and dirty'') solution is to add the command -\begin{quote} - \csx{pdfinclusioncopyfonts}\texttt{=1} -\end{quote} -to the preamble of your document. - -The ``real'' solution is that one or other font should be renamed. In -either case, this would require that you reconfigure some program's -(\TeX{}'s or your drawing package's) font tables~--- inevitably a -tiresome job. - -\Question[Q-emptynum]{I asked for ``empty'', but the page is numbered} - -If you use \cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{empty} and you find some pages are -numbered anyway, you are probably encountering one of the style -decisions built into the standard \LaTeX{} classes: that certain -special pages should always appear with \cmdinvoke{pagestyle}{plain}, -with a page number at the centre of the page foot. The special pages -in question are those (in \Class{article} class) containing a -\csx{maketitle}, or (in \Class{book} and \Class{report} classes) -\csx{chapter} or \csx{part} commands. - -The simple solution is to reissue the page style \emph{after} the -command, with effect for a single page, as, for example (in -\Class{article}): -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\maketitle -\thispagestyle{empty} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or (in \Class{book} or \Class{report}) -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\chapter{foo bar} -\thispagestyle{empty} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -A similar technique doesn't work for a \Class{book} or \Class{report} -\csx{part} command pages. For that, and for other detail, take look -at ``\Qref*{getting rid of page numbers}{Q-nopageno}''. - -\subsection{Common misunderstandings} - -\Question[Q-include]{What's going on in my \csx{include} commands?} - -The original \LaTeX{} provided the \csx{include} command to address the -problem of long documents: with the relatively slow computers of the -time, the companion \csx{includeonly} facility was a boon. With the -vast increase in computer speed, \csx{includeonly} is less valuable -(though it still has its place in some very large projects). -Nevertheless, the facility is retained in current \LaTeX{}, and causes -some confusion to those who misunderstand it. - -In order for \csx{includeonly} to work, \csx{include} makes a separate -\extension{aux} file for each included file, and makes a `checkpoint' of -important parameters (such as page, figure, table and footnote -numbers). As a direct result, it \emph{must} clear the current page -both before and after the \csx{include} command. (The requirement -derives from the difficulties of % ! line break -\begin{hyperversion} - \Qref*{observing page numbers}{Q-wrongpn}.) -\end{hyperversion} -\begin{flatversion} - observing page numbers~--- see \Qref{}{Q-wrongpn}.) -\end{flatversion} -What's more, this mechanism doesn't work if a \csx{include} command -appears in a file that was \csx{include}d itself: \LaTeX{} diagnoses -this as an error. - -So, we can now answer the two commonest questions about \csx{include}: -\begin{itemize} -\item Why does \LaTeX{} throw a page before and after \csx{include} - commands? - - Answer: because it has to. If you don't like it, replace the - \csx{include} command with \csx{input}~--- you won't be able to use - \csx{includeonly} any more, but you probably don't need it anyway, so - don't worry. -\begin{htmlversion} - -\end{htmlversion} -\item Why can't I nest \csx{include}d files?~--- I always used to be - able to under \LaTeXo{}. - - Answer: in fact, you couldn't, even under \LaTeXo{}, but the failure - wasn't diagnosed. However, since you were happy with the behaviour - under \LaTeXo{}, replace the \csx{include} commands with \csx{input} - commands (with \csx{clearpage} as appropriate). -\end{itemize} - - -\Question[Q-paraparam]{Why does it ignore paragraph parameters?} - -When \TeX{} is laying out text, it doesn't work from word to word, or -from line to line; the smallest complete unit it formats is the -paragraph. The paragraph is laid down in a buffer, as it appears, and -isn't touched further until the end-paragraph marker is processed. -It's at this point that the paragraph parameters have effect; and it's -because of this sequence that one often makes mistakes that lead to -the paragraph parameters not doing what one would have hoped (or -expected). - -Consider the following sequence of \LaTeX{}: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\raggedright % declaration for ragged text -Here's text to be ranged left in our output, -but it's the only such paragraph, so we now -end the group.} - -Here's more that needn't be ragged... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -\TeX{} will open a group, and impose the ragged-setting parameters within -that group; it will then save a couple of sentences of text and -close the group (thus restoring the previous value of the -parameters that \csx{raggedright} set). Then \TeX{} encounters a blank -line, which it knows to treat as a \csx{par} token, so it typesets the -two sentences; but because the enclosing group has now been closed, -the parameter settings have been lost, and the paragraph will be -typeset normally. - -The solution is simple: close the paragraph inside the group, so that -the setting parameters remain in place. An appropriate way of doing -that is to replace the last three lines above with: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -end the group.\par} -Here's more that needn't be ragged... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -In this way, the paragraph is completed while \csx{raggedright}'s -parameters are still in force within the enclosing group. - -Another alternative is to define an environment that does the -appropriate job for you. For the above example, \LaTeX{} already -defines an appropriate one: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{flushleft} -Here's text to be ranged left... -\end{flushleft} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -In fact, there are a number of parameters for which \TeX{} only -maintains one value per paragraph. A tiresome one is the set of upper -case/lower case translations, which (oddly enough) constrains -hyphenation of mutilingual texts. Another that regularly creates -confusion is \Qref*{\csx{baselineskip}}{Q-baselinepar}. - -\Question[Q-casechange]{Case-changing oddities} - -\TeX{} provides two primitive commands \csx{uppercase} and -\csx{lowercase} to change the case of text; they're not much used, but -are capable creating confusion. - -The two commands do not expand the text that is their parameter~--- -the result of \cmdinvoke{uppercase}{abc} is `\texttt{ABC}', but -\cmdinvoke{uppercase}{\csx{abc}} is always `\csx{abc}', whatever the -meaning of \csx{abc}. The commands are simply interpreting a table of -equivalences between upper- and lowercase characters. -They have (for example) no mathematical sense, and -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\uppercase{About $y=f(x)$} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will produce -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -ABOUT $Y=F(X)$ -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which is probably not what is wanted. - -In addition, \csx{uppercase} and \csx{lowercase} do not deal very well -with non-American characters, for example -\cmdinvoke{uppercase}{\csx{ae}} is the same as \csx{ae}. - -\LaTeX{} provides commands \csx{MakeUppercase} and \csx{MakeLowercase} -which fixes the latter problem. These commands are used in the -standard classes to produce upper case running heads for chapters -and sections. - -Unfortunately \csx{MakeUppercase} and \csx{MakeLowercase} do not solve -the other problems with \csx{uppercase}, so for example a section -title containing \cmdinvoke{begin}{tabular} \dots{} -\cmdinvoke{end}{tabular} will produce a running head containing -\cmdinvoke{begin}{TABULAR}. The simplest solution to this problem is -using a user-defined command, for example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newcommand{\mytable}{\begin{tabular}... - \end{tabular}} -\section{A section title \protect\mytable{} - with a table} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Note that \csx{mytable} has to be protected, otherwise it will be -expanded and made upper case; you can achieve the same result by -declaring it with \csx{DeclareRobustCommand}, in which case the -\csx{protect} won't be necessary. - -David Carlisle's \Package{textcase} package -addresses many of these problems in a transparent way. It defines -commands \csx{MakeTextUppercase} and \csx{MakeTextLowercase} which do -upper- or lowercase, with the fancier features of the \LaTeX{} -standard \csx{Make*}-commands but without the problems -mentioned above. Load the package with -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}[overload]{textcase}, and it will redefine the \LaTeX{} -commands (\emph{not} the \TeX{} primitive commands \csx{uppercase} and -\csx{lowercase}), so that section headings and the like don't produce -broken page headings. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[textcase.sty]\CTANref{textcase} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-splitfoot]{Why does \LaTeX{} split footnotes across pages?} - -\LaTeX{} splits footnotes when it can think of nothing better to do. -Typically, when this happens, the footnote mark is at the bottom of -the page, and the complete footnote would overfill the page. \LaTeX{} -could try to salvage this problem by making the page short of both the -footnote and the line with the footnote mark, but its priorities told -it that splitting the footnote would be preferable. - -As always, the best solution is to change your text so that the -problem doesn't occur in the first place. Consider whether the text -that bears the footnote could move earlier in the current page, or on -to the next page. - -If this isn't possible, you might want to change \LaTeX{}'s perception -of its priorities: they're controlled by -\csx{interfootnotelinepenalty}~--- the larger it is, the less willing -\LaTeX{} is to split footnotes. - -Setting -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\interfootnotelinepenalty=10000 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -inhibits split footnotes altogether, which will cause `\texttt{Underfull} -\csx{vbox}' messages unless you also specify \csx{raggedbottom}. The -default value of the penalty is \texttt{100}, which is rather mild. - -An alternative technique is to juggle with the actual size of the -pages. \csx{enlargethispage} changes the size of the current page by -its argument (for example, you might say -\cmdinvoke{enlargethispage}{\csx{baselineskip}} to add a single line -to the page, but you can use any ordinary \TeX{} length such as -\texttt{15mm} or \texttt{-20pt} as argument). Reducing the size of -the current page could force the offending text to the next page; -increasing the size of the page may allow the footnote to be included -in its entirety. It may be necessary to change the size of more than -one page. - -The \Package{fnbreak} package detects (and generates warnings about) -split footnotes. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[fnbreak.sty]\CTANref{fnbreak} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-marginparside]{Getting \csx{marginpar} on the right side} - -In an ideal world, marginal notes would be in ``analogous'' places on -every page: notes on an even-side page would be in the left margin, -while those on an odd-side page would be in the right margin. A -moment's thought shows that a marginal note on the left needs to be -typeset differently from a marginal note on the right. The \LaTeX{} -\csx{marginpar} command therefore takes two arguments in a -\texttt{twoside} documents: % beware line break -\cmdinvoke*{marginpar}[left text]{right text}. \LaTeX{} uses the -``obvious'' test to -get the \csx{marginpar}s in the correct margin, but a booby-trap arises -because \TeX{} runs its page maker asynchronously. If a -\csx{marginpar} is processed while page \ensuremath{n} is being built, but -doesn't get used until page \ensuremath{n}+1, then the \csx{marginpar} will turn -up on the wrong side of the page. This is an instance of a general -problem: see -% beware line break -``\Qref*{finding if you're on an odd or an even page}{Q-oddpage}''. - -The solution to the problem is for \LaTeX{} to `remember' which side -of the page each \csx{marginpar} \emph{should} be on. The -\Package{mparhack} package does this, using label-like marks stored in -the \extension{aux} file; the \Class{memoir} class does likewise. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[mparhack.sty]\CTANref{mparhack} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-misschar]{Where have my characters gone?} - -You've typed some apparently reasonable text and processed it, but the -result contains no sign of some of the characters you typed. A likely -reason is that the font you selected just doesn't have a -representation for the character in question. - -For example, if I type ``that will be \pounds{}44.00'' into an ordinary -\AllTeX{} document, or if I select the font \texttt{rsfs10} (which contains -uppercase letters only) and type pretty much anything, the \pounds{} -sign, or any lowercase letters or digits will not appear in the -output. There's no actual error message, either: you have to read the -log file, where you'll find cryptic little messages like -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Missing character: There is no ^^a3 in font cmr10! -Missing character: There is no 3 in font rsfs10! -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -Missing character: - There is no ^^a3 in font cmr10! -Missing character: - There is no 3 in font rsfs10! -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -(the former demonstrating my \TeX{}'s unwillingness to deal in characters -which have the eighth bit set, while the \texttt{rsfs10} example shows that -\TeX{} will log the actual character in error, if it thinks it's -possible). - -Somewhat more understandable are the diagnostics you may get from -\Package{dvips} when using the \acro{OT}1 and \acro{T}1 versions of -fonts that were supplied in Adobe standard encoding: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -dvips: Warning: missing glyph `Delta' -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The process that generates the metrics for using the fonts generates -an instruction to \Package{dvips} to produce these diagnostics, so -that their non-appearance in the printed output is less surprising -than it might be. Quite a few glyphs provided in Knuth's text -encodings and in the Cork encoding are not available in the Adobe -fonts. In these cases, there \emph{is} a typeset sign of the -character: \ProgName{dvips} produces a black rectangle of whatever -size the concocted font file has specified. - -\Question[Q-rerun]{``Rerun'' messages won't go away} - -The \LaTeX{} message ``Rerun to get crossreferences right'' is -supposed to warn the user that the job needs to be processed again, -since labels seem to have changed since the previous run. (\LaTeX{} -compares the labels it has created this time round with what it found -from the previous run when it started; it does this comparison at -\cmdinvoke{end}{document}.) - -Sometimes, the message won't go away: however often you reprocess your -document, \LaTeX{} still tells you that ``Label(s) may have -changed''. This can sometimes be caused by a broken package: both -\Package{footmisc} (with the \pkgoption{perpage} option) and \Package{hyperref} -have been known to give trouble, in the past: if you are using either, -check you have the latest version, and upgrade if possible. - -However, there \emph{is} a rare occasion when this error can happen -as a result of pathological structure of the document itself. Suppose -you have pages numbered in roman, and you add a reference to a label -on page ``ix'' (9). The presence of the reference pushes the thing -referred to onto page ``x'' (10), but since that's a shorter reference -the label moves back to page ``ix'' at the next run. Such a sequence -can obviously not terminate. - -The only solution to this problem is to make a small change to your -document (something as small as adding or deleting a comma will often -be enough). -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[footmisc.sty]\CTANref{footmisc} -\item[hyperref.sty]\CTANref{hyperref} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-xspace]{Commands gobble following space} - -People are forever surprised that simple commands gobble the space -after them: this is just the way it is. The effect arises from the -way \TeX{} works, and Lamport describes a solution (place a pair of braces -after a command's invocation) in the description of \LaTeX{} syntax. -Thus the requirement is in effect part of the definition of \LaTeX{}. - -These \acro{FAQ}s, -for example, is written in \latex{} for production of a web site. The -HTML code is generated by a script that \emph{requires} a pair of -braces, to make a null argument, as in: -\begin{quote} - \cmdinvoke{fred}{\relax} % the \relax prevents {} being gobbled - % in html production (sigh) - % (we needn't tell them about _that_ ;-) -\end{quote} -for almost all macro invocations, regardless -of whether the following space is required: however, these \acro{FAQ}s -should not itself be regarded as a model of \latex{} style. - -Many users find all those braces become very tedious very -quickly, and would really rather not type them all. - -An alternative structure, that doesn't violate the design of \LaTeX{}, -is to say \csx{fred}\csx{ }~--- the \csx{ } command is ``self -terminating'' (like \texttt{\bsbs }) and you don't need braces after -\emph{it}. Thus one can reduce to one the number of extra characters -one needs to type. - -If even that one character is too many, the package \Package{xspace} -defines a command \csx{xspace} that guesses whether there should have -been a space after it, and if so introduces that space. So -% beware line wrap -``\texttt{fred\csx{xspace} jim}'' produces ``fred jim'', while -``\texttt{fred\csx{xspace}.\@ jim}'' produces ``fred. jim''. Which -usage would of course be completely pointless; but you can incorporate -\csx{xspace} in your own macros: -\begin{quote} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xspace} -... -\newcommand{\restenergy}{\ensuremath{mc^2}\xspace} -... -and we find \restenergy available to us... -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\usepackage{xspace} -... -\newcommand{\restenergy}% - {\ensuremath{mc^2}\xspace} -... -and we find \restenergy available to us... -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\end{quote} -The \csx{xspace} command must be the last thing in your macro -definition (as in the example); it's not completely foolproof, but it -copes with most obvious situations in running text. - -The \Package{xspace} package doesn't save you anything if you use it in -a macro that appears only once or twice within your document, and it -is not totally foolproof. (The original author of the package wrote -it because he had been bitten by lost spaces. He no longer recommends -its use, simply because of the possibility of error.) - -In any case, be -careful with usage of \csx{xspace}~--- it changes your input syntax, -which can be confusing, notably to a collaborating author -(particularly if you create some commands which use it and some which -don't). No command built into \LaTeX{} or into any -``standard'' class or package will use \csx{xspace}. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[xspace.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{2etools}[xspace] -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-11-26} - -\Question[Q-overfull]{\AllTeX{} makes overfull lines} - -When \TeX{} is building a paragraph, it can make several attempts to -get the line-breaking right; on each attempt it runs the same -algorithm, but gives it different parameters. You can affect the way -\TeX{}'s line breaking works by adjusting the parameters: this answer -deals with the ``tolerance'' and stretchability parameters. The other -vital `parameter' is the set of hyphenations to be applied: see -``\Qref*[question]{my words aren't being hyphenated}{Q-nohyph}'' -(and the questions it references) for advice. - -If you're getting an undesired ``overfull box'', what has happened is -that \TeX{} has given up: the parameters you gave it don't allow it to -produce a result that \emph{doesn't} overfill. In this circumstance, -Knuth decided the best thing to do was to produce a warning, and to -allow the user to solve the problem. (The alternative, silently to go -beyond the envelope of ``good taste'' defined for this run of \TeX{}, -would be distasteful to any discerning typographer.) The user can -almost always address the problem by rewriting the text that's -provoking the problem~--- but that's not always possible, and in some -cases it's impossible to solve the problem without adjusting the -parameters. This answer discusses the approaches one might take to -resolution of the problem, on the assumption that you've got the -hyphenation correct. - -The simplest case is where a `small' word fails to break at the end of -a line; pushing the entire word to a new line isn't going to make much -difference, but it might make things just bad enough that \TeX{} won't -do it by default. In such a case on can \emph{try} the \LaTeX{} -\csx{linebreak} command: it may solve the problem, and if it does, it -will save an awful lot of fiddling. Otherwise, one needs to adjust -parameters: to do that we need to recap the details of \TeX{}'s line -breaking mechanisms. - -\TeX{}'s first attempt at breaking lines is performed without even -trying hyphenation: \TeX{} sets its ``tolerance'' of line breaking -oddities to the internal value \csx{pretolerance}, and sees what -happens. If it can't get an acceptable break, \TeX{} adds the -hyphenation points allowed by the current patterns, and tries again -using the internal \csx{tolerance} value. If this pass also fails, and -the internal \csx{emergencystretch} value is positive, \TeX{} will try -a pass that allows \csx{emergencystretch} worth of extra stretchability -to the spaces in each line. - -In principle, therefore, there are three parameters (other than -hyphenation) that you can change: \csx{pretolerance}, \csx{tolerance} -and \csx{emergencystretch}. Both the \texttt{tolerance} values are -simple numbers, and should be set by \TeX{} primitive count -assignment~--- for example -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\pretolerance=150 -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -For both, an ``infinite'' tolerance is represented by the value -\texttt{10}\nothtml{\,}\texttt{000}, but infinite tolerance is rarely -appropriate, since it can lead to very bad line breaks indeed. - -\csx{emergencystretch} is a \TeX{}-internal `dimen' register, and can -be set as normal for dimens in \plaintex{}; in \LaTeX{}, use -\csx{setlength}~--- for example: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The choice of method has time implications~--- each of the -passes takes time, so adding a pass (by changing -\csx{emergencystretch}) is less desirable than suppressing one (by -changing \csx{pretolerance}). However, it's unusual nowadays to find a -computer that's slow enough that the extra passes are really -troublesome. - -In practice, \csx{pretolerance} is rarely used other than to manipulate -the use of hyphenation; \plaintex{} and \LaTeX{} both set its value -to \texttt{100}. To suppress the first scan of paragraphs, set -\csx{pretolerance} to \texttt{-1}. - -\csx{tolerance} is often a good method for adjusting spacing; -\plaintex{} and \LaTeX{} both set its value to \texttt{200}. \LaTeX{}'s -\csx{sloppy} command sets it to \texttt{9999}, as does the -\environment{sloppypar} environment. This value is the largest -available, this side of infinity, and can allow pretty poor-looking -breaks (this author rarely uses \csx{sloppy} ``bare'', though he does -occasionally use \environment{sloppypar}~--- that way, the change of -\csx{tolerance} is confined to the environment). More satisfactory is -to make small changes to \csx{tolerance}, incrementally, and then to look to -see how the change affects the result; very small increases can often -do what's necessary. Remember that \csx{tolerance} is a paragraph -parameter, so you need to ensure it's actually applied~--- see -``\Qref*[question]{ignoring paragraph parameters}{Q-paraparam}''. -\LaTeX{} users could use an environment like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\newenvironment{tolerant}[1]{% - \par\tolerance=#1\relax -}{% - \par -} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -enclosing entire paragraphs (or set of paragraphs) in it. - -The value of \csx{emergencystretch} is added to the assumed -stretchability of each line of a paragraph, in a further run of the -paragraph formatter in case that the paragraph can't be made to look -right any other way. (The extra scan happens if -\csx{emergencystretch\textgreater0pt}~--- if it's zero or negative, no gain -could be had from rerunning the paragraph setter.) The example above -set it to \texttt{3em}; the Computer Modern fonts ordinarily fit three -space skips to the \texttt{em}, so the change would allow anything up -to the equivalent of nine extra spaces in each line. In a line with -lots of spaces, this could be reasonable, but with (say) only three -spaces on the line, each could stretch to four times its natural -width. It is therefore clear that \csx{emergencystretch} needs to be -treated with a degree of caution. - -More subtle (but more tricky to manage) are the microtypographic -extensions provided by \PDFTeX{}. Since \PDFTeX{} is the default -`engine' for \LaTeX{} and \CONTeXT{} work in all distributions, -nowadays, the extensions are available to all. There are two -extensions, margin kerning and font expansion; margin kerning only -affects the visual effect of the typeset page, and has little effect -on the ability of the paragraph setter to ``get things right''. -Font expansion works like a subtler version of the trick that -\csx{emergencystretch} plays: \PDFTeX{} `knows' that your current font -may be stretched (or shrunk) to a certain extent, and will do that -``on the fly'' to optimise the setting of a paragraph. This is a -powerful tool in the armoury of the typesetter. - -As mentioned above, the microtypographic extensions are tricky beasts -to control; however, the \Package{microtype} package relieves the user -of the tedious work of specifying how to perform margin adjustments -and how much to scale each font~\dots{}\@ for the fonts the package -knows about; it's a good tool, and users who can take on the -specification of adjustments for yet more fonts are always welcome. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[microtype.sty]\CTANref{microtype} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-exscale]{Maths symbols don't scale up} - -By default, the ``large'' maths symbols stay at the same size -regardless of the font size of the text of the document. There's good -reason for this: the \FontName{cmex} fonts aren't really designed to -scale, so that \TeX{}'s maths placement algorithms don't perform as -well as they might when the fonts are scaled. - -However, this behaviour confounds user expectations, and can lead to -slightly odd-looking documents. If you want the fonts to scale, -despite the warning above, use the \Package{exscale} package~--- just -loading it is enough. -%% -%% (Note: if you are using bitmap versions of the \FontName{cmex} fonts, -%% you will find extra bitmaps are generated. The extended sizes are not -%% ordinarily generated for any other purpose.) -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[exscale.sty]Part of the \LaTeX{} distribution. -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-linespread]{Why doesn't \csx{linespread} work?} - -The command \cmdinvoke*{linespread}{factor} is supposed to multiply -the current \csx{baselineskip} by \meta{factor}; but, to all -appearances, it doesn't. - -In fact, the command is equivalent to -\cmdinvoke{renewcommand}{\csx{baselinestretch}}{factor}: written that -way, it somehow feels less surprising that the effect isn't immediate. -The \csx{baselinestretch} factor is only used when a font is selected; -a mere change of \csx{baselinestretch} doesn't change the font, any -more than does the command -\cmdinvoke*{fontsize}{size}{baselineskip}~--- you have to follow -either command with \csx{selectfont}. So: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\fontsize{10}{12}% -\selectfont -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -or: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\linespread{1.2}% -\selectfont -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Of course, a package such as \Package{setspace}, whose job is to -manage the baseline, will deal with all this stuff~--- see -``\Qref*[question]{managing double-spaced documents}{Q-linespace}''. If -you want to avoid \Package{setspace}, beware the behaviour of -linespread changes within a paragraph: read % ! line break -``\Qref*[question]{\csx{baselineskip} is a paragraph parameter}{Q-baselinepar}''. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[setspace.sty]\CTANref{setspace} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-baselinepar]{Only one \csx{baselineskip} per paragraph} - -The \csx{baselineskip}, which determines the space between lines, is -not (as one might hope) a property of a line, but of a paragraph. As -a result, in a \texttt{10pt} (nominal) document (with a default -\csx{baselineskip} of \texttt{12pt}), a single character with a larger -size, as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\Huge A} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will be squashed into the paragraph: \TeX{} will make sure it doesn't -scrape up against the line above, but won't give it ``room to -breathe'', as it does the text at standard size; that is, its size -(\texttt{24.88pt}) is taken account of, but its \csx{baselineskip} -(\texttt{30pt}) isn't. This problem may be solved by a \emph{strut}: -the name comes from movable metal typography, and refers to a spacer -that held the boxes (that contained the metal character shapes) apart. -Every time you change font size, \LaTeX{} redefines the command -\csx{strut} to provide the equivalent of a metal-type strut for the -size chosen. So for the example above, we would type -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Paragraph text ... - {\Huge A\strut} - ... paragraph continues ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -This technique \emph{only} works for such very short intrusions; if -you need several lines, you should convert your intrusion into a -\environment{quote} environment, since it's not possible to provide a -\csx{strut} command for every line of the intrusion, in a sensible -way, so proceed by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{quote} - \Huge A LENGTHY TEXT ... - SHOUTING AT THE READER! -\end{quote} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The contrary case: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Paragraph text ... -{\footnotesize Extended interjection ... - ... into the paragraph.} - ... paragraph continues ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -will look wrong, since the \texttt{8pt} interjection will -end up set on the \texttt{12pt} \csx{baselineskip} of the paragraph, -rather than its preferred \texttt{8.5pt}. A \csx{strut} here is no -help: there is no such thing as a ``negative strut'', that draws lines -together, so once more, one falls back on the \environment{quote} to -separate the interjection: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Paragraph text ... -\begin{quote} - \footnotesize Extended interjection ... - ... into the paragraph. -\end{quote} -... paragraph continues ... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The same effect is at work when we have something like: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Paragraph text ... - ... paragraph body ends. -{\footnotesize Comment on the paragraph.} - -Next paragraph starts... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -which will set the body of the first paragraph on the constricted -\csx{baselineskip} of the \csx{footnotesize} comment. Solve this -problem by ending the initial paragraph before starting the comment: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -Paragraph text ... - ... paragraph body ends. -\par\nothtml{\noindent} -{\footnotesize Comment on the paragraph.} - -Next paragraph starts... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(We suggest \csx{noindent} to make the comment look as if it is part -of the paragraph it discusses; omit \csx{noindent} if that is inappropriate.) - -A variation of the previous issue arises from a paragraph whose size -is different from those around it: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\Large (Extended) IMPORTANT DETAILS ...} - -Main body of text... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -Again, the problem is solved by ending the paragraph in the same group -as the text with a different size: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\Large (Extended) IMPORTANT DETAILS ...\par} - -Main body of text... -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -\Question[Q-tocloftwrong]{Numbers too large in table of contents, etc.} - -\keywords{memoir table-of-contents spacing} -\LaTeX{} constructs the table of contents, list of figures, tables, -and similar tables, on the basis of a layout specified in the class. -As a result, they do \emph{not} react to the sizes of things in them, -as they would if a \environment{tabular} environment (or something -similar) was used. - -This arrangement can provoke problems, most commonly with deep section -nesting or very large page numbers: the numbers in question just don't -fit in the space allowed for them in the class. - -A separate answer discusses % ! line break -\nothtml{re-designing the tables ---} % ! line break -\Qref{re-designing the tables}{Q-tocloft}\nothtml{ ---} -and techniques from that answer may be employed to make the numbers -fit: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\setlength\cftsectionnumwidth{4em} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} - -The same command may be employed in documents typeset with the -\Class{memoir} package (by the same author as \Package{tocloft}). - -\Class{Memoir} has another mechanism for the job: -\cmdinvoke{cftsetindents}{\meta{kind}}{indent}{numwidth}. Here -\emph{kind} is \texttt{chapter}, \texttt{section}, or whatever; the -\emph{indent} specifies the `margin' before the entry starts; and the -\emph{width} is of the box into which the number is typeset (so needs -to be wide enough for the largest number, with the necessary spacing -to separate it from what comes after it in the line. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[memoir.cls]\CTANref{memoir} -\item[tocloft.sty]\CTANref{tocloft} -\end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2013-08-20} - -\Question[Q-gutter]{Why is the inside margin so narrow?} - -If you give the standard classes the \pkgoption{twoside} option, the -class sets the margins narrow on the left of odd-numbered pages, and -on the right of even-numbered pages. This is often thought to look -odd, but it is quite right. - -The idea is that the typographic urge for symmetry should also apply -to margins: if you lay an even numbered page to the left of an -odd-numbered one, you will see that you've three equal chunks of -un-printed paper: the left margin of the even page, the right margin -of the odd page, and the two abutting margins together. - -This is all very fine in the abstract, but in practical book(let) -production it only works ``sometimes''. - -If your booklet is produced on double-width paper and stapled, the -effect will be good; if your book(let) is produced using a so-called -``perfect'' binding, the effect will again be good. - -However, almost any ``quality'' book-binder will need some of your -paper to grab hold of, and a book bound in such a way won't exhibit -the treasured symmetry unless you've done something about the margin -settings. - -The packages recommended in % ! line break -``\Qref*{setting up margins}{Q-marginpkgs}'' mostly have provision for -a ``binding offset'' or a ``binding correction''~--- search for -``binding'' in the manuals (\Package{vmargin} doesn't help, here). - -If you're doing the job by hand (see % ! line break -\Qref[question]{manual margin setup}{Q-marginmanual}), the trick is to -calculate your page and margin dimensions as normal, and then: -\begin{itemize} -\item subtract the binding offset from \csx{evensidemargin}, and -\item add the binding offset to \csx{oddsidemargin}. -\end{itemize} -which can be achieved by: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-offset} -\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{offset} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(substituting something sensible like ``\texttt{5mm}'' for -``\texttt{offset}'', above). - -The above may not be the best you can do: you may well choose to -change the \csx{textwidth} in the presence of the binding offset; but -the changes do work for constant \csx{textwidth}. - -\subsection{Why shouldn't I?} - -\Question[Q-t1enc]{Why use \Package{fontenc} rather than \Package{t1enc}?} - -In the very earliest days of \LaTeXe{}, the only way to use the -\acro{T}1 encoding was \Package{t1enc}; with the summer 1994 -``production'' release, the \Package{fontenc} package appeared, and -provided comprehensive support for use of the encoding. - -Nevertheless, the \Package{t1enc} package remains (as part of the -\LaTeXo{} compatibility code), but it does very little: it merely -selects font encoding \acro{T}1, and leaves to the user the business -of generating the character codes required. - -Generating such character codes could be a simple matter, \emph{if} -the \acro{T}1 encoding matched any widely-supported encoding standard, -since in that case, one might expect one's keyboard to generate the -character codes. However, the \acro{T}1 encoding is a mix of several -standard encodings, and includes code points in areas of the table -which standard encodings specifically exclude, so no \acro{T}1 -keyboards have been (or ever will be) manufactured. - -By contrast, the \Package{fontenc} package generates the \acro{T}1 -code points from ordinary \LaTeX{} commands (e.g., it generates the -\texttt{\'e} character codepoint from the command \csx{'}\texttt{e}). -So, unless you have program-generated \acro{T}1 input (which is almost -inconceivable), use \cmdinvoke{usepackage}[T1]{fontenc} rather than -\cmdinvoke{usepackage}{t1enc}. - -\Question[Q-why-inp-font]{Why bother with \Package{inputenc} and \Package{fontenc}?} - -The standard input encoding for Western Europe (pending the arrival of -Unicode) is \acro{ISO}~8859--1 (commonly known by the standard's -subtitle `Latin-1'). Latin-1 is remarkably close, in the codepoints -it covers, to the \AllTeX{} \acro{T}1 encoding. - -In this circumstance, why should one bother with \Package{inputenc} -and \Package{fontenc}? Since they're pretty exactly mirroring each -other, one could do away with both, and use just \Package{t1enc}, -despite its \Qref*{shortcomings}{Q-t1enc}. - -One doesn't do this for a variety of small reasons: -\begin{description} -\item[Confusion] You've been happily working in this mode, and for - some reason find you're to switch to writing in German: the effect - of using ``\texttt{\ss }'' is somewhat startling, since \acro{T}1 - and Latin-1 treat the codepoint differently. -\item[Compatibility] You find yourself needing to work with a - colleague in Eastern Europe: their keyboard is likely to be set to - produce Latin-2, so that the simple mapping doesn't work. -\item[Traditional \LaTeX{}] You lapse and write something like - \cmdinvoke{'}{e} rather than typing \texttt{\'e}; only \Package{fontenc} - has the means to convert this \LaTeX{} sequence into the \acro{T}1 - character, so an \csx{accent} primitive slips through into the - output, and hyphenation is in danger. -\end{description} -The \Package{inputenc}--\Package{fontenc} combination seems slow and -cumbersome, but it's safe. - -\Question[Q-eqnarray]{Why not use \environment{eqnarray}?} - -The environment \environment{eqnarray} is attractive for the -occasional user of mathematics in \LaTeX{} documents: it seems to -allow aligned systems of equations. Indeed it \emph{does} supply such -things, but it makes a serious mess of spacing. In the system: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{eqnarray} - a & = & b + c \\ - x & = & y - z -\end{eqnarray} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -the spacing around the ``='' signs is \emph{not} that defined in the -metrics for the font from which the glyph comes~--- it's -\csx{arraycolsep}, which may be set to some very odd value for reasons -associated with real arrays elsewhere in the document. - -The user is far better served by the \AMSLaTeX{} bundle, which -provides an \environment{align} environment, which is designed with -the needs of mathematicians in mind (as opposed to the convenience of -\LaTeX{} programmers). For this simple case (\environment{align} and -other \AMSLaTeX{} alignment environments are capable of far greater -things), code as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\begin{align} - a & = b + c \\ - x & = y - z -\end{align} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -The matter is discussed in more detail in a % ! line break -\href{http://tug.org/pracjourn/2006-4/madsen/madsen.pdf}{Prac\TeX{} journal paper} -by Lars Madsen; Stefan Kottwitz offers a % ! line break -\href{http://texblog.net/latex-archive/maths/eqnarray-align-environment/}{\tex{} blog entry} -which includes screen shots of the output, convincingly demonstrating -the problem. -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[AMSLaTeX]\CTANref{amslatex} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-dolldoll]{Why use \csx{[}\,\dots{}\csx{]} in place of \texttt{\$\$}\,\dots{}\,\texttt{\$\$}?} - -\LaTeX{} defines inline- and display-maths commands, apparently -duplicating the \TeX{} primitive maths sequences which surround maths -commands with single (or pairs of) dollar signs. - -In fact, \LaTeX{}'s inline maths grouping, % !line break -\csx{(}\texttt{ ... }\csx{)}, has (almost) exactly the same effect as the -\TeX{} primitive version \texttt{\$ ... \$}. (The exception: -the \LaTeX{} version checks to ensure you don't put \csx{(} and -\csx{)} the wrong way round; this does occasionally detect errors\dots{}.) - -Since this is the case, one often finds \LaTeX{} users, who have some -experience of using \plaintex{}, merely assuming that \LaTeX{}'s -display maths grouping \csx{[}\texttt{ ... }\csx{]} may be replaced by -the \TeX{} primitive display maths \texttt{\$\$ ... \$\$}. - -Unfortunately, the assumption is wrong: some \LaTeX{} code needs to -patch display maths, it can only do so by patching \csx{[} and \csx{]} -(or their equivalents). Most obviously, the class option \pkgoption{fleqn} -simply does not work for equations coded using % ! line break -\texttt{\$\$ ... \$\$}, whether you're using the standard classes -alone, or using package \Package{amsmath}. Also, the \csx{[} and -\csx{]} construct has code for rationalising vertical spacing in some -extreme cases; that code is not provided \texttt{\$\$ ... \$\$}, so if -you use the \plaintex{} version, you may occasionally observe -inconsistent vertical spacing. Similar behaviour can bite if you are -writing a \emph{proof}; placing the ``\acro{QED} symbol'' doesn't work -if it is in \texttt{\$\$}-displayed maths. - -There are more subtle effects (especially with package -\Package{amsmath}), and the simple rule is ``use % ! line break -\csx{[}\texttt{ ... }\csx{]} (at least) whenever displayed maths is -needed in \LaTeX{}''. - -(Note that the sequence \csx{[}\texttt{ ... }\csx{]} is duplicated by -the \environment{displaymath} environment, which can be said to ``look -nicer'', and actually \emph{describes} what's being done.) -\LastEdit{2013-06-05} - -\Question[Q-2letterfontcmd]{What's wrong with \csx{bf}, \csx{it}, etc.?} - -The font-selection commands of \LaTeXo{} were \csx{rm}, \csx{sf}, -\csx{tt}, \csx{it}, \csx{sl}, \csx{em} and \csx{bf}; they were modal -commands, so you used them as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\bf Fred} was {\it here\/}. -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -with the font change enclosed in a group, so as to limit its effect; -note the italic correction command \csx{/} that was necessary at the -end of a section in italics. - -At the release of \LaTeXe{} in summer 1994, these simple commands were -deprecated, but recognising that their use is deeply embedded in the -brains of \LaTeX{} users, the commands themselves remain in \LaTeX{}, -\emph{with their \LaTeXo{} semantics}. Those semantics were part of -the reason they were deprecated: each \csx{\emph{xx}} overrides -any other font settings, keeping only the size. So, for example, -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\bf\it Here we are again\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -ignores \csx{bf} and produces text in italic, medium weight (and the -italic correction has a real effect), whereas -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -{\it\bf happy as can be\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -ignores \csx{it} and produces upright text at bold weight (and the -italic correction has nothing to do). The same holds if you mix -\LaTeXe{} font selections with the old style commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\textbf{\tt all good friends} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -ignores the \csx{textbf} that encloses the text, and produces -typewriter text at medium weight. - -So why are these commands deprecated?~--- it is because of confusions -such as that in the last example. The alternative (\LaTeXe{}) -commands are discussed in the rest of this answer. - -\LaTeXe{}'s font commands come in two forms: modal commands and -text-block commands. The default set of modal commands offers weights -\csx{mdseries} and \csx{bfseries}, shapes \csx{upshape}, -\csx{itshape}, \csx{scshape} and \csx{slshape}, and families -\csx{rmfamily}, \csx{sffamily} and \csx{ttfamily}. A font selection -requires a family, a shape and a series (as well as a size, of -course). A few examples -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\bfseries\ttfamily - and jolly good company!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\bfseries\ttfamily and jolly good company!} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -produces bold typewriter text (but note the lack of a % ! line break, big time -\begin{narrowversion} % non hyper version - bold typewriter font~--- \Qref{}{Q-bold-extras}~--- -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} - \Qref{bold typewriter font}{Q-bold-extras} -\end{wideversion} -in the default Computer Modern fonts), or -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\slshape\sffamily - Never mind the weather\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\slshape\sffamily Never mind the weather\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -(note the italic correction needed on slanted fonts, too). - -\LaTeXe{}'s text block commands take the first two letters of the -modal commands, and form a \csx{text}\emph{\texttt{xx}} command from -them. Thus \csx{bfseries} becomes \cmdinvoke*{textbf}{text}, -\csx{itshape} becomes \cmdinvoke*{textit}{text}, and \csx{ttfamily} -becomes \cmdinvoke*{texttt}{text}. Block commands may be nested, as: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\textit{\textbf{Never mind the rain}} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -to produce bold italic text (note that the block commands supply -italic corrections where necessary), and they be nested with the -\LaTeXe{} modal commands, too: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\texttt{\bfseries - So long as we're together} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -\texttt{\bfseries So long as we're together} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -for bold typewriter, or -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\slshape\textbf{% - Whoops! she goes again}\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\slshape \textbf{Whoops! she goes again}\/} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -for a bold slanted instance of the current family (note the italic -correction applied at the end of the modal command group, again). - -The new commands (as noted above) override commands of the same type. -In almost all cases, this merely excludes ludicrous ideas such as -``upright slanted'' fonts, or ``teletype roman'' fonts. There are a -couple of immediate oddities, though. The first is the conflict -between \csx{itshape} (or \csx{slshape}) and \csx{scshape}: while many -claim that an italic small-caps font is typographically unsound, such -fonts do exist. Daniel Taupin's \Package{smallcap} package enables -use of the instances in the \Qref*{\acro{EC} fonts}{Q-ECfonts}, and -similar techniques could be brought to bear on many other font sets. -The second is the conflict between \csx{upshape} and \csx{itshape}: -Knuth actually offers an upright-italic font which \LaTeX{} uses for -the ``\pounds{}'' symbol in the default font set. The combination is -sufficiently weird that, while there's a defined font shape, no -default \LaTeX{} commands exist; to use the shape, the (eccentric) user -needs \LaTeX{}'s simplest font selection commands: -\begin{quote} -\begin{narrowversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\fontshape{ui}\selectfont - Tra la la, di dee} -\end{verbatim} -\end{narrowversion} -\begin{wideversion} -\begin{verbatim} -{\fontshape{ui}\selectfont Tra la la, di dee} -\end{verbatim} -\end{wideversion} -\end{quote} -\begin{ctanrefs} -\item[smallcap.sty]\CTANref{smallcap} -\end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[Q-newfont*]{What's wrong with \csx{newfont}?} - -If all else fails, you \emph{can} specify a font using the \LaTeX{} -\csx{newfont} command. The font so specified doesn't fit into the -\LaTeX{} font selection mechanism, but the technique can be tempting -under several circumstances. The command is merely the thinnest of -wrappers around the \csx{font} primitive, and doesn't really fit with -\LaTeX{} at all. A simple, but really rather funny, example of the -problems it poses, may be seen in: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass[10pt]{article} -\begin{document} -\newfont{\myfont}{cmr17 scaled 2000} -\myfont -\LaTeX -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -(the reader is encouraged to try this). The ``A'' of \csx{LaTeX} pretty -much disappears: \LaTeX{} chooses the size on the ``A'' according to -\emph{its} idea of the font size (10pt), but positions it according to -the dimensions of ``\csx{myfont}'', which is more than three times -that size. - -Another ``\csx{myfont}'' example arises from an entirely different -source. The mini-document: -\begin{quote} -\begin{verbatim} -\documentclass{article} -\begin{document} -\newfont{\myfont}{ecrm1000} -{\myfont voil\`a} -\end{document} -\end{verbatim} -\end{quote} -gives you ``German low double quotes'' (under the ``a'') in place of -the grave accent. This happens because \FontName{ecrm1000} is in a -different \Qref*{font encoding}{Q-whatenc} than \LaTeX{} is -expecting~--- if you use the \LaTeX{} \Package{fontenc} package to -select the \acro{EC} fonts, all these tiresome encoding issues are -solved for you, behind the scenes. - -There does however remain a circumstance when you will be tempted to -use \csx{newfont}~--- viz., to get a font size that doesn't fall into -the Knuth standard set of sizes: \LaTeX{} (by default) won't allow you -to use such a size. Don't despair: see the answer % ! line break -``\Qref*{arbitrary font sizes}{Q-fontsize}''. - - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.cls b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.cls deleted file mode 100644 index a5ae3cdf54e..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.cls +++ /dev/null @@ -1,93 +0,0 @@ -% simple class to format the UK TeX FAQ in two columns - -\ProvidesClass{faq}[2002/03/11 v2.0 UK TeX FAQ] - -\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01] - -\newif\if@patchversion -\@patchversionfalse -\DeclareOption{patch}{\@patchversiontrue} - -\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}} -\ProcessOptions - -\LoadClass{article} - -\RequirePackage[hyphens,obeyspaces]{url} -\RequirePackage{multicol,faq} - -% now, hack at page layout, taking account of whether we're in a -% single-column version... - -% **************************************** -% * PAGE LAYOUT * -% **************************************** -% -% (This stuff is hacked from SPQR (et al) in baskerv.cls) -% -% SIDE MARGINS: (as is for single column) -\ifsinglecolumn\else -\oddsidemargin -2.5pc \evensidemargin -2.5pc -\marginparwidth 4pc % don't use marginal notes... -\marginparsep 0.5pc % ...in the UK TUG newsletter -\fi - -% VERTICAL SPACING: -\topmargin -0.5in % allow half an inch border -\headheight 0\p@ % we don't bother with headers here ... -\headsep 0\p@ % ... this ain't a publication -\topskip 10\p@ -\footskip 15\p@ - -% DIMENSION OF TEXT: - -% vertical dimension -\textheight \paperheight -\advance\textheight -1.5in -%\textheight 250mm % height of text on a page (A4 paper) - -% horizontal dimension: pro tem, as is for singlcolumn -\ifsinglecolumn\else -\textwidth \paperwidth -\advance\textwidth -1in -%\textwidth 180mm % total width of a page (A4 paper) - -\columnseprule 0.5\p@ % width of line in the inter-column gutter -\columnsep 10mm % space between columns -\tolerance 9999 % make those columns justify -\fi - -% FOOTNOTES: -\footnotesep 6\p@ -\skip\footins 19.5\p@ plus 12\p@ \@minus \p@ - -% page footer: include date if patched version -\def\@twodigit#1{\ifnum#1<10\relax0\fi\number#1} -\def\faq@patched@date{\@arabic\year-\@twodigit\month-\@twodigit\day} -\if@patchversion - \renewcommand\ps@plain{% - \let\@mkboth\@gobbletwo - \let\@evenhead\@empty - \let\@oddhead\@empty - \def\@oddfoot{% - \reset@font - \hfil - \faq@patched@date\ : \thepage - \hfil - }% - \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot - } - \let\ps@myplain\ps@plain - \pagestyle{myplain} -\fi -% little patch generated in investigating a request from a user here -% in cambridge -\let\FAQ@@tableofcontents\tableofcontents -\renewcommand\tableofcontents{{% - \let\FAQ@@addvspace\addvspace - \def\addvspace##1{% - \@tempskipa##1\relax - \FAQ@@addvspace{0.1\@tempskipa}% - }% - \FAQ@@tableofcontents -}} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.sty deleted file mode 100644 index e057007ae83..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq.sty +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1281 +0,0 @@ -% $Id: faq.sty,v 1.140 2014/01/28 18:16:50 rf10 Exp rf10 $ -% -% This is the LaTeX package that deals with the eccentricities of mark -% up of the UK TeX FAQ. -% -% uses production LaTeX 2e commands -\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]% at least! -\ProvidesPackage{faq}[2007/06/08 v2.4 English TeX FAQ macros] - -% this package new requires etex -\@ifundefined{eTeXversion}{% - \PackageError{faq}{This package requires e-TeX}{}% -}{} - -% -% something affecting fonts: do we use only freely available fonts -% (i.e., are we going to make the postscript of this publicly -% available?); the config file could change this setting if -% necessary. things affected herein are the definition of \MP (for -% metapost), which isn't currently doable with free fonts, and -% suppression of boldface versions of the logo fonts. -\newif\ifpublicversion \publicversiontrue - -% -% what fonts are we going to typeset in? -\newif\ifboldmathavail -\InputIfFileExists{faqfont.cfg}% must set \ifboldmathavail if necessary - {\typeout{FAQ -- loading font configuration file faqfont.cfg}} - {% - \RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}% - \RequirePackage{lmodern}% for sans fonts - \RequirePackage{mathptmx} - \RequirePackage{textcomp}% - \AtBeginDocument{% - \let\save@textcurrency\textcurrency - \def\textcurrency{% - {% - \fontfamily{lmr}\selectfont - 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\def\psd@cs~#1~{\textbackslash#1}% - }% - % adding table of contents to bookmarks - \let\Orig@tableofcontents\tableofcontents - \def\tableofcontents{% - \pdfbookmark[1]{\contentsname}{contents}% - \Orig@tableofcontents - }% - % adding \subsection*{Finding the Files} - \AtBeginDocument{% - \let\Orig@subsection\subsection - \def\subsection{% - \@ifstar{\bookmark@subsectionstar}{\Orig@subsection}% - }% - }% - \def\bookmark@subsectionstar#1{% - \advance\Hy@linkcounter by 1\relax - \pdfbookmark[2]{#1}{subsectionstar.\the\Hy@linkcounter}% - \Orig@subsection*{#1}% - }% -\fi - -% -% general support -%\RequirePackage{calc} -\RequirePackage{microtype} -% -% code for handling logo font -%% \RequirePackage{mflogo} -%% \ifpublicversion -%% \renewcommand{\MP}{Meta\-Post} -%% \let\faq@@MF\MF -%% \def\faq@bx{bx} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand{\MF}{{% -%% \ifx\f@series\faq@bx -%% \expandafter\textmd% -%% \fi -%% {\faq@@MF}% -%% }% -%% } -%% \fi -\DeclareRobustCommand\MF{Meta\-font} -\let\mf\MF -\DeclareRobustCommand\MP{Meta\-post} -\let\mp\MP -\newcommand\ttype{TrueType} -\newcommand\otype{OpenType} -\let\textlogo\textmd -% -% define substitutes for stupid_names -\newcommand\LaTeXo{\latex\,2.09} - \newcommand\latexo{\latex\,2.09} -\newcommand\AMSTeX{AMS\TeX} -\newcommand\AMSLaTeX{AMS\latex} - \newcommand\amslatex{AMS\latex} -\newcommand\BibTeX{Bib\TeX} - \newcommand\bibtex{Bib\TeX} -\newcommand\PiCTeX{PiC\TeX} - \newcommand\pictex{PiC\TeX} - \newcommand\texlive{\TeX{} Live} -% and... -% -% ifthenelse for the undefined references -\RequirePackage{ifthen} -% -% tables are all long'uns -\RequirePackage{booktabs} -% -% we define conditional stuff using Eijkhout's package -\RequirePackage{comment} -\def\CommentCutFile{tmp/comment.cut} % use this in place of ./comment.cut -\excludecomment{htmlversion} -\includecomment{typesetversion} -\ifpdf - \includecomment{pdfversion} - \includecomment{wideversion} - \includecomment{hyperversion} - \excludecomment{flatversion} - \excludecomment{dviversion} - \excludecomment{narrowversion} -\else - \excludecomment{pdfversion} - \excludecomment{wideversion} - \excludecomment{hyperversion} - \includecomment{flatversion} % non-hyper - \includecomment{dviversion} - \includecomment{narrowversion} -\fi -% -% define commands that behave differently according to the above -% \begin{hyperversion} -% \newcommand\quotify[1]{``#1''} -% \end{hyperversion} -% \begin{flatversion} -% \let\quotify\@firstofone -% \end{flatversion} -% -% dummy environment for separating the intro -\newenvironment{introduction}{}{} -% -% but we also want short versions, like LaTeX2HTML's -\let\htmlonly\@gobble -\let\nothtml\@firstofone -\let\latexhtml\@firstoftwo -\ifpdf - \let\narrowonly\@gobble - \let\wideonly\@firstofone - \let\hyperflat\@firstoftwo -\else - \let\narrowonly\@firstofone - \let\wideonly\@gobble - \let\hyperflat\@secondoftwo -\fi -\let\hyperonly\wideonly -\let\flatonly\narrowonly -% -% the little bit(s) of code that's(re) going to be ignored when the -% html is generated are enclosed by the following two commands -\let\htmlignore\relax -\let\endhtmlignore\relax - -% -% the Baskerville and other logos and abbreviations -\providecommand\BV{\emph{Baskerville}} -\providecommand\DANTE{\acro{DANTE}} -\providecommand\MSDOS{\acro{MS-DOS}} -\providecommand\CDROM{\acro{CD-ROM}} -% -\providecommand\elatex{e-\LaTeX{}} -\providecommand\plaintex{Plain \TeX{}} -\providecommand\miktex{MiKTeX} -\providecommand\texshop{\ProgName{TeXshop}} -\providecommand\texworks{\ProgName{TeXworks}} -% -\newcommand\ctan{\acro{CTAN}} -\newcommand\tex{\TeX{}} -% -\newcommand\macosx{Mac \acro{OS}/X} -% -%% \providecommand\TeXXeT{\TeX-{}-X\lower.5ex\hbox{E}\kern-.1667emT\@} -%\providecommand\MLTeX{ML-\TeX} -% -% provided for consistency's sake -\newcommand\PS{PostScript} -% -% to get \\ into example command arguments -\def\bsbs{\char`\\\char`\\} -% -\def\careof{\leavevmode\hbox{\raise.75ex\hbox{c}\kern-.15em - /\kern-.125em\smash{\lower.3ex\hbox{o}}}} -% -% another silliness: -\providecommand{\textoslash}{\o} -% -% \cs{SMC} \emph{isn't} small caps~--- Barbara Beeton says she thinks -% of it as ``big small caps''. She says (modulo capitalisation of -% things\dots): -% \begin{quote} -% For the things it's used for, regular small caps are not -% appropriate~--- they're too small. Real small caps are -% appropriate for author names (and are so used in continental -% bibliographies), section headings, running heads, and, on -% occasion, words to which some emphasis is to be given. \cs{SMC} -% was designed to be used for acronyms and all-caps abbreviations, -% which look terrible in small caps, but nearly as bad in all caps -% in the regular text size. The principle of using ``one size -% smaller'' than the text size is similar to the design of caps in -% German~--- where they are smaller relative to lowercase than are -% caps in fonts intended for English, to improve the appearance of -% regular text in which caps are used at the heads of all nouns, not -% just at the beginnings of sentences. -% \end{quote} -% -% We define this in terms of the memory of the size currently selected -% that's maintained in \cs{@currsize}: if the user does something -% silly re.~selecting fonts, we'll get the wrong results. The -% following code is adapted from |relsize.sty| by Donald Arseneau and -% Matt Swift, from a 2.09 original by Bernie Cosell. (Note that the -% order of examination of \cs{@currsize} is to get the commonest cases -% out of the way first.) -% \begin{macrocode} -%<!latex2e>\def\SMC{\small} -%<*latex2e> -\DeclareRobustCommand\SMC{% - \ifx\@currsize\normalsize\small\else - \ifx\@currsize\small\footnotesize\else - \ifx\@currsize\footnotesize\scriptsize\else - \ifx\@currsize\large\normalsize\else - \ifx\@currsize\Large\large\else - \ifx\@currsize\LARGE\Large\else - \ifx\@currsize\scriptsize\tiny\else - \ifx\@currsize\tiny\tiny\else - \ifx\@currsize\huge\LARGE\else - \ifx\@currsize\Huge\huge\else - \small\SMC@unknown@warning - \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi -} -\newcommand\SMC@unknown@warning{\PackageWarning{faq}{Unknown text font - size command -- using \string\small}} -\DeclareRobustCommand\textSMC[1]{{\SMC #1}} -% \end{macrocode} -% -% The \cs{acro} command uses \cs{SMC} as it was originally intended. -% Note that, since most of these things are uppercase-only names, it -% fiddles with the spacefactor after inserting its text. font config -% files may define \cs{acro} otherwise -% -% \begin{macrocode} -\@ifundefined{acro}{% - \DeclareRobustCommand\acro[1]{\textSMC{#1}\@}% -}{} -% \end{macrocode} -% -%\TUGboat (effectively) takes arguments {<empty>}vol(issue) -\DeclareRobustCommand\TUGboat[1]{\expandafter\@TUGboat\ignorespaces} -\def\@TUGboat#1(#2){\textsl{TUGboat} \textbf{#1}(#2)} -% -% The NTS and eTeX (and for consistency Eplain) logos -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\NTS{$\mathcal{N}$\lower.5ex\hbox -%% {$\mathcal{T}$}$\mathcal{S}$\@} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\eTeX{{$\varepsilon$}-\TeX} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\eTeX{e-\TeX} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\Eplain{Eplain} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\PDFTeX{\acro{PDF}\TeX} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\PDFLaTeX{\acro{PDF}\LaTeX} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\CONTeXT{Con\TeX{}t} -\DeclareRobustCommand\YandY{\acro{Y}\&\acro{Y}} - -% non-silly names... -\renewcommand\TeX{TeX} -\newcommand\Eplain{Eplain} -\newcommand\etex{e-\TeX} -\let\eTeX\etex % some day all the old format will have gone... -\newcommand\ExTeX{Ex\TeX} -\newcommand\NTS{NTS} -\newcommand\PDFTeX{PDF\TeX} -\newcommand\pdftex{PDF\TeX} -\newcommand\LuaTeX{Lua\TeX} -\newcommand\luatex{Lua\TeX} -\newcommand\lualatex{Lua\LaTeX} -\newcommand\xetex{XeTeX} -\newcommand\xelatex{XeLaTeX} -%\newcommand\TeXXeT{TeX-{}-XeT} - -\newcommand\AllTeX{(La)\TeX} -\newcommand\alltex{(La)\TeX} -\newcommand\CONTeXT{Con\TeX{}t} -\newcommand\context{Con\tex{}t} -\newcommand\PDFLaTeX{PDF\LaTeX} -\newcommand\pdflatex{PDF\latex} -\renewcommand\LaTeX{La\TeX} -\newcommand\latex{La\TeX} -\newcommand\twee{2e} -\renewcommand\LaTeXe{\LaTeX\twee} -\newcommand\latexe{\LaTeX\twee} -% -% Other odds and ends (appear differently in TeX and http or plain -% text -% -% wysiwyg gets capitalised at the beginning of a sentence. not -% entirely reliably... -\DeclareRobustCommand\WYSIWYG{% - \ifvmode - \let\faq@tempa\MakeUppercase - \else - \ifnum\spacefactor>2000 - \let\faq@tempa\MakeUppercase - \else - \let\faq@tempa\relax - \fi - \fi - \textsc{\faq@tempa wysiwyg}% -} -% -% Command for doing `square one' :-} -\newcommand\sqfbox[1]{\framebox{\makebox[\totalheight]{#1\/}}} -% -% an arrow used as a hyphen... -\newcommand\arrowhyph{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\penalty0\hskip0pt\relax} -% -% Here's a \fullline macro that works in lists and so on -\newcommand\fullline[1]{\@tempdima\hsize\relax - \advance\@tempdima-\leftmargin\relax - \advance\@tempdima-\rightmargin\relax - \hb@xt@\@tempdima{#1}% -} -% -% list indentations (narrower than default because two-column, but -% squeezed further to gain a bit more space still) -\setlength\leftmargini {1.8em} -\setlength\leftmarginii {1.2em} -\setlength\leftmarginiii{1em} -\setlength\leftmarginiv {0.8em} -% -% for tidy expression of things with parentheses around them: -\newcommand\parens[1]{(#1)} -\newcommand\oparen{(}%)( [footling around to match brackety things in emacs] -\newcommand\cparen{)} -% -% make the tex logo robust -\edef\@tempa{\noexpand\DeclareRobustCommand\noexpand\TeX{\TeX}} -\@tempa -% -% this piece of fantasy was let loose on an unsuspecting world by -% christina thiele, but i bet she didn't write it ;-) -\edef\diatop{\noexpand\protect\csname diatop \endcsname} -\expandafter\def\csname diatop \endcsname[#1|#2]{% - \leavevmode - {% - \setbox1=\hbox{{#1{}}}\setbox2=\hbox{{#2{}}}% - \dimen0=\ifdim\wd1>\wd2\wd1\else\wd2\fi% - \dimen1=\ht2\advance\dimen1by-1ex% - \setbox1=\hbox to1\dimen0{\hss#1\hss}% - \rlap{\raise1\dimen1\box1}% - \hbox to1\dimen0{\hss#2\hss}% - }% -}% -% -% for han the thanh (who knows whether i've actually got this right; i -% can't use the T5 fonts, which aren't even really publicly available -% yet) -\DeclareRobustCommand{\The}{Th\diatop[\'|\^e]} -%% % -%% % 2e's LaTeX logo sets the A in scripstyle jammed up to the top of the T; it -%% % also has the advantage that it's set in the same font as the -%% % surrounding text. However, the esteemed bbeeton says the logo looks -%% % "squidge awful" in italic text (I agree; and the same is true of its -%% % behaviour in slanted text) -%% % -%% % So here's a version that allows for the slant of the leading L -%% \DeclareRobustCommand{\LaTeX}{L% -%% {\setbox0\hbox{T}% -%% \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{$\m@th$% -%% \csname S@\f@size\endcsname -%% \fontsize\sf@size\z@ -%% \math@fontsfalse\selectfont -%% A}% -%% \@tempdima\ht0 -%% \advance\@tempdima-\ht\@tempboxa -%% \@tempdima\strip@pt\fontdimen1\font\@tempdima -%% \advance\@tempdima-.36em -%% \kern\@tempdima -%% \vbox to\ht0{\box\@tempboxa -%% \vss}% -%% }% -%% \kern-.15em -%% \TeX} -%% % -%% % Ditto for \AllTeX (as used in TUGboat) -%% \DeclareRobustCommand{\AllTeX}{(L% -%% {\setbox0\hbox{T}% -%% \setbox\@tempboxa\hbox{$\m@th$% -%% \csname S@\f@size\endcsname -%% \fontsize\sf@size\z@ -%% \math@fontsfalse\selectfont -%% A}% -%% \@tempdima\ht0 -%% \advance\@tempdima-\ht\@tempboxa -%% \@tempdima\strip@pt\fontdimen1\font\@tempdima -%% \advance\@tempdima-.36em -%% \kern\@tempdima -%% \vbox to\ht0{\box\@tempboxa -%% \vss}% -%% }\kern-.075em)% -%% \kern-.075em\TeX} -%% % -%% % A similar game is used in defining an `all LaTeX' sort of thing: -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\twee{2$_{\textstyle\varepsilon}$} -% -% it proves that, for Alan's stuff, the following needs to have been -% done _before_ we define the macros -\RequirePackage{shortvrb} -\MakeShortVerb{\|} -% -% A command which sets some text in typewriter, with the hyphenchar -% temporarily set to its first argument \FAQverb\HYPHEN{TEXT}. -% NB: This requires no catcode hackery, so should work inside moving -% arguments. It will, however, produce spurious spaces after CSs, and -% won't allow brace-unmatched input. It also won't survive going into a -% moving argument if \HYPHEN won't. -% -\let\FAQverbFamily\ttfamily -\DeclareRobustCommand{\FAQverb}[2]{{% - \ifvmode\leavevmode\fi - \lefthyphenmin=256\setlanguage\language - \FAQverbFamily\hyphenchar\the\font`#1\relax - \def\@tempa{#2}% - \expandafter\@faq@strip\meaning\@tempa\@faq@strip - \hyphenchar\the\font\m@ne -}\setlanguage\language} -\def\@faq@strip#1->#2\@faq@strip{#2} -% -% Document markup: -% -% (new method, using url.sty -- old version using FAQverb stuff -% deleted from comments 2000/03/24) -\newcommand\Email{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % email address -\ifpdf -\def\mailto#1{\href{mailto:#1}{\Email{#1}}} -\else -\newcommand\mailto{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % mailable address -\fi -\DeclareRobustCommand\FTP{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % FTP site address -\DeclareRobustCommand\File{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % File name -\DeclareRobustCommand\@ctan@path{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % CTAN path - % (argument in braces) -\ifpdf -\newcommand\@CTAN[3]{\href{#1#2#3}{\@ctan@path{#2}}} % relay via hyperreference -\else -\newcommand\@CTAN[3]{\@ctan@path{#2}} % text-only reference -\fi -\newcommand\Newsgroup{\begingroup \urlstyle{tt}\Url} % newsgroup -\let\URL\url % just a URL -\ifpdf -\let\nolinkURL\nolinkurl % unlinked version -\else -\let\nolinkURL\url % there ain't no linking -\fi -% url.sty defines \path, etc. hyperref may redefine... -\ifpdf - % hyperref has defined \href - \let\FAQ@@href\href - % we actually want to ignore the * in \href* - \def\href{\@ifstar\FAQ@@href\FAQ@@href} -\else -% -% here, latex for printing - \newcommand\href{% - \@ifstar - {\let\@href@text\@empty\@href@a}% - {\def\@href@text{see }\@href@a}% - } -% -% decisions now made about - \newcommand\@href@a{\begingroup - \@makeother\\% - \@makeother\_% - \@makeother\%% - \@makeother\~% - \@makeother\#% - \@href@b - } -% -% enter here in a group with sanitised arg - \newcommand\@href@b[1]{\endgroup - \urldef\@href@tempurl\url{#1}% - \@href@getanchor - } -% -% out of the group again: argument is the anchor - \newcommand\@href@getanchor[1]{#1% - \@ifnextchar@nosp'% - {\@href@getanchorq}% - { (\@href@text\@href@tempurl)\@let@token}% - } -% -% one quote after the anchor - check for a second - \newcommand\@href@getanchorq{% gobble the first quote - \@ifnextchar@nosp'% - \href@getanchor@qq - {' (\@href@text\@href@tempurl)\@let@token}% restore quote - } - \newcommand\href@getanchor@qq{% gobble the second quote too - {'' (\@href@text\@href@tempurl)}% restore both quotes - } -% -% two quotes after the anchor -\fi -\long\def\@ifnextchar@nosp#1#2#3{% - \let\reserved@d=#1% - \def\reserved@a{#2}% - \def\reserved@b{#3}% - \afterassignment\@ifnch@nosp\let\@let@token= } -\def\@ifnch@nosp{% - \ifstophere\stopherefalse\show\@let@token\fi - \ifx\@let@token\reserved@d - \expandafter\reserved@a - \else - \expandafter\reserved@b - \fi -} -\setcounter{errorcontextlines}{999} -\newif\ifstophere - -%%\ifx\DeclareUrlCommand\undefined -\DeclareRobustCommand\ProgName{% - \begingroup - \def\UrlFont{\rmfamily\itshape}\csname Url@do\endcsname - \Url -} -\let\progname\ProgName -%%\else -%% \DeclareUrlCommand\@ProgName{\def\UrlFont{\rmfamily\itshape}} -%% \DeclareRobustCommand\ProgName{\@ProgName} -%%\fi -\let\Package\ProgName % pro tem -\let\package\Package - -\let\Class\Package % ... -\let\class\Class - -\let\FontName\Package % ... -% \let\fontname\FontName % ahh, ... no! - -% another little oddity (from doc.sty originally, iirc) -\newcommand\meta[1]{\ensuremath{\langle}\emph{#1}\ensuremath{\rangle}} - -% -% ISBN references -\def\ISBN{\@ifstar\@ISBNstar\@ISBN} -\def\@ISBNstar#1#2{\acro{ISBN}-10~#1, \acro{ISBN}-13~#2} -\def\@ISBN#1{\acro{ISBN}-10~#1} -% -% Alan's code for CTAN references (now hacked to be capable of urls -% for use in pdf output): -% -% define a location for a package on CTAN -% ignores a leading * (which has meaning for html version only) -% #1 is the package name -% #2 is the CTAN path to the thing -% a package in a directory -\ifpdf - \newcommand{\CTANdirectory}{\@ifstar\@sCTANdirectory\@CTANdirectory} -\else - \newcommand{\CTANdirectory}{\@ifstar\@CTANdirectory\@CTANdirectory} -\fi -\newcommand{\@CTANdirectory}[2]{\@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \expandafter\gdef\csname ctan-#1\endcsname{\@CTAN\LocalCTAN{#2}\CTANDirFmt}% - }{% - \PackageWarningNoLine{faq}{Repeated definition of label: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@replabs}% - }% - \@faq@disposeopt -} -\ifpdf - \newcommand{\@sCTANdirectory}[2]{\@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \expandafter\gdef\csname ctan-#1\endcsname{\@CTAN\LocalCTAN{#2}/}% - }{% - \PackageWarningNoLine{faq}{Repeated definition of label: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@replabs}% - }% - \@faq@disposeopt - } -\fi -% -% a package in a single file (the same appearance, but the WWW -- and -% ultimately the pdf -- versions are different). -\ifpdf -\newcommand{\CTANfile}[2]{\@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \expandafter\gdef\csname ctan-#1\endcsname{\@CTAN\LocalCTAN{#2}{}}% - }{% - \PackageWarningNoLine{faq}{Repeated definition of label: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@replabs}% - }% - \@faq@disposeopt -} -\else -\let\CTANfile\CTANdirectory -\fi -% -% get rid of optional catalogue pointer in \CTAN(directory|file) -\newcommand\@faq@disposeopt{% - \@ifnextchar[\@faq@gobbleopt{}% ] -} -\def\@faq@gobbleopt[#1]{} -% -% Make reference to a CTAN package -% -% counters for the undefined references and repeated labels -\newcounter{CTAN@unrefs} -\newcounter{CTAN@replabs}% -% -% the command itself -\newcommand{\CTANref}[1]{% - \@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \PackageWarning{CTAN}{Undefined reference: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@unrefs}% - \futurelet\@let@token\faq@zap@trailing@opt - }{% - \csname ctan-#1\endcsname - \expandafter\let - \expandafter\faq@cat@ref\csname ctan-catref-#1\endcsname - }% - \futurelet\@let@token\faq@check@trailing@opt -} -\newcommand\faq@check@trailing@opt{% - \ifx\@let@token[% - \expandafter\faq@collect@catref - \else - \let\faq@catref\@empty% - \fi -} -\def\faq@collect@catref[#1]{\edef\faq@catref{\noexpand - \url{\faq@fixed@cataddr#1.html}% - }% -}% -\def\faq@fixed@cataddr{ help/Catalogue/}% -\newcommand\faq@zap@trailing@opt{\ifx\@let@token[% - \expandafter\@gobble@opt\fi -} -\def\@gobble@opt[#1]{} -% -% href to a ctan package -\ifpdf - \DeclareRobustCommand{\CTANhref}[2]{\@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \PackageWarning{CTAN}{Undefined reference: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@unrefs}% - }{{% - \def\@CTAN##1##2##3{http://mirror.ctan.org/##2}% - \href{\csname ctan-#1\endcsname}{#2}% - }}} -\else % DVI version - \DeclareRobustCommand{\CTANhref}[2]{\@ifundefined{ctan-#1}{% - \PackageWarning{CTAN}{Undefined reference: #1}% - \stepcounter{CTAN@unrefs}% - }{{% -% \def\@ctan@path##1{\expandafter\httpify\LocalCTAN!##1} - \def\@ctan@path##1{\LocalCTAN##1} - \edef\@tempa{\csname ctan-#1\endcsname}% - \expandafter\href\expandafter{\@tempa}{#2}% - }}} -\fi -% -% this is surely temporary -\def\httpify ftp://ftp#1!{http://www#1} -% -% hook for diagnosing undefined references at the end -\AtEndDocument{\ifthenelse{\theCTAN@unrefs > 0}{% - \PackageWarningNoLine{ctan}{There were \arabic{CTAN@unrefs} undefined - references to CTAN}% - }% - {}% - \ifthenelse{\theCTAN@replabs > 0}{% - \PackageWarningNoLine{ctan}{There were \arabic{CTAN@replabs} - multiply defined references to CTAN}% - }% - {}% -} -% -% a slight variation of description for lists of book titles -\newcommand{\booklabel}[1]{\hspace\labelsep\normalfont\itshape #1} -\newenvironment{booklist}{% - \begin{list}{}% - {% - \labelwidth\z@ - \itemindent-\leftmargin - \let\makelabel\booklabel - \parskip \z@ - \itemsep \z@ - }% - }% - {\end{list}} -% -% proglist is the same as booklist if we're using italics for program -% names, but will need hacking otherwise -\newenvironment{proglist}{\begin{booklist}}{\end{booklist}} -% -% similarly for ctanrefs environment -\newcommand{\ctanreference}[1]{% - \hspace\labelsep\normalfont\ttfamily\itshape - \bgroup - \@makeother\_% - \scantokens{#1}% - \unskip - \egroup - \/\normalfont:% -} -\newenvironment{ctanrefs}{% - \begin{list}{}% - {% - \labelwidth\z@ - \itemindent-\leftmargin - \let\makelabel\ctanreference - \topsep 4\p@ - \parskip \z@ - \itemsep \z@ - \@rightskip=\z@\@plus1in\relax - \spaceskip=.3333em\relax - \xspaceskip=.5em\relax - }% - }% - {\end{list}} -% -% compact the itemize, enumerate and description environments -\let\FAQ@@itemize\itemize -\renewcommand\itemize{% - \topsep 0.25\topsep - \FAQ@@itemize - \parskip \z@ - \itemsep \z@ -} -\let\FAQ@@enumerate\enumerate -\renewcommand\enumerate{% - \topsep 0.25\topsep - \FAQ@@enumerate - \parskip \z@ - \itemsep \z@ -} -\let\FAQ@@description\description -\renewcommand\description{% - \topsep 0.25\topsep - \FAQ@@description - \parskip \z@ - \itemsep \z@ -} -% -% and similarly close up verbatim's separation from what surrounds it -\let\FAQ@@verbatim\verbatim -\renewcommand\verbatim{% - \topsep 0.25\topsep - \FAQ@@verbatim -} -% -% \raggedwithindent is useful when we've got 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+0,0 @@ -% -% null FAQ configuration file: leaves LaTeX default use of cm* fonts -\typeout{FAQ -- Typesetting using Computer Modern fonts} -\@ifundefined{Dings}{\let\Dings\relax}{} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.cmfonts b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.cmfonts deleted file mode 100644 index 4f5f663bfa2..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.cmfonts +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -% -% null FAQ configuration file: leaves LaTeX default use of cm* fonts -\typeout{FAQ -- Typesetting using Computer Modern fonts} -\@ifundefined{Dings}{\let\Dings\relax}{} -\boldmathavailtrue - diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.lmfonts b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.lmfonts deleted file mode 100644 index 707e6c6cf86..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faqfont.cfg.lmfonts +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -% version to use latin modern, and not luximono or trying to do 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deleted file mode 100644 index 97f7b0cd69a..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/gather-faqbody.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -\def\faqfileversion{3.28} \def\faqfiledate{2014-06-10} -% -% The above line defines the file version and date, and must remain -% the first line with any `assignment' in the file, or things will -% blow up in a stupid fashion -% -% get lists of CTAN labels -% -% configuration for the lists, if we're going to need to generate urls -% for the files -\InputIfFileExists{archive.cfg}{}{} -% -% ... directories -\input{dirctan} -% -% ... files -\input{filectan} - -% facilitate auto-processing of this stuff; this line is clunkily -% detected (and ignored) in the build-faqbody script -%\let\faqinput\input -\def\faqinput#1{%\message{*** inputting #1; group level \the\currentgrouplevel} - \input{#1}% - %\message{*** out of #1; group level \the\currentgrouplevel} -} - -% the stuff to print -\faqinput{faq-intro} % introduction -\faqinput{faq-backgrnd} % background -\faqinput{faq-docs} % docs -\faqinput{faq-bits+pieces} % bits and pieces -\faqinput{faq-getit} % getting software -\faqinput{faq-texsys} % TeX systems -\faqinput{faq-dvi} % DVI drivers and previewers -\faqinput{faq-support} % support stuff -\faqinput{faq-litprog} % programming for literates -\faqinput{faq-fmt-conv} % format conversions -\faqinput{faq-install} % installation and so on -\faqinput{faq-fonts} % fonts and what to do -\faqinput{faq-hyp+pdf} % hyper-foodle and pdf -\faqinput{faq-graphics} % graphics -\faqinput{faq-biblio} % bib stuff -\faqinput{faq-adj-types} % adjusting typesetting -\faqinput{faq-lab-ref} % labels and references -\faqinput{faq-how-do-i} % how to do things -\faqinput{faq-symbols} % symbols, their natural history and use -\faqinput{faq-mac-prog} % macro programming -\faqinput{faq-t-g-wr} % things going wrong -\faqinput{faq-wdidt} % why does it do that -%*****************************************quote environments up to here -\faqinput{faq-jot-err} % joy (hem hem) of tex errors -\faqinput{faq-projects} % current projects -% -% This is the last section, and is to remain the last section... -\faqinput{faq-the-end} % wrapping it all up - -% \end{document} is in calling file (e.g., newfaq.tex) diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/install-CTAN b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/install-CTAN deleted file mode 100644 index 162a5686311..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/install-CTAN +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -# this file is auto-generated; edit mk-makefile, not this - -for f in \ - ChangeLog \ - Makefile \ - README \ - dirctan.tex \ - faq.cls \ - faq.sty \ - filectan.tex \ - gather-faqbody.tex \ - letterfaq.tex \ - archive.cfg \ - markup-syntax \ - newfaq.tex \ - letterfaq.pdf \ - newfaq.pdf \ - faqfont.cfg.cmfonts \ - FAQ-html.tar.gz \ - CHANGES-3.24 \ - faq-adj-types.tex \ - faq-backgrnd.tex \ - faq-biblio.tex \ - faq-bits+pieces.tex \ - faq-docs.tex \ - faq-dvi.tex \ - faq-fmt-conv.tex \ - faq-fonts.tex \ - faq-getit.tex \ - faq-graphics.tex \ - faq-how-do-i.tex \ - faq-hyp+pdf.tex \ - faq-install.tex \ - faq-intro.tex \ - faq-jot-err.tex \ - faq-lab-ref.tex \ - faq-litprog.tex \ - faq-mac-prog.tex \ - faq-projects.tex \ - faq-support.tex \ - faq-symbols.tex \ - faq-t-g-wr.tex \ - faq-texsys.tex \ - faq-the-end.tex \ - faq-wdidt.tex ; do -if [ -f /anfs/ctan/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/$f ]; then - ctan_install -replace -silent -nozip $f help/uk-tex-faq/$f ; else - ctan_install -new -silent -nozip $f help/uk-tex-faq/$f ; fi; done diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.pdf Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index 5d9d7319743..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.pdf +++ /dev/null diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.tex deleted file mode 100644 index dd0b4427d72..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/letterfaq.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ -% This is the UK TeX FAQ -% -\documentclass{faq} -% -\setcounter{errorcontextlines}{999} -% -% read the first two definitions of faqbody.tex for the file version -% and date -\afterassignment\endinput\input gather-faqbody -% -\typeout{The UK TeX FAQ, v\faqfileversion, date \faqfiledate} -% -% let's not be too fussy while we're developing... -\hfuzz10pt -\emergencystretch10pt -% -\begin{document} -\title{The \acro{UK} \TeX{} \acro{FAQ}\\ - Your \ifpdf\ref*{lastquestion}\else\protect\ref{lastquestion}\fi - \ Questions Answered\\ - version \faqfileversion, date \faqfiledate} -\author{} -\maketitle - -\centerline{\textsc{Note}} - -\begin{quotation}\small - This document is an updated and extended version of the \acro{FAQ} article - that was published as the December 1994 and 1995, and March 1999 - editions of the \acro{UK}\,\acro{TUG} magazine \BV{} (which weren't - formatted like this). - - The article is also available via the World Wide Web. -\end{quotation} - -\ifsinglecolumn - \tableofcontents -\else - \begin{multicols}{2} - \tableofcontents - \end{multicols} -\fi - -\Dings - -% label list for later processing -\labellist - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -% load the CTAN references if necessary -\input{dirctan} -\input{filectan} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% - -\ifsinglecolumn - \input{gather-faqbody} -\else - \begin{multicols}{2} - \input{gather-faqbody} - \end{multicols} -\fi - -\typeout{*** That makes \thequestion\space questions ***} -\end{document} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/locations.mk b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/locations.mk deleted file mode 100644 index 49f6146e0cc..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/locations.mk +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -# the locations of files that are targets of the Makefile rules - -# on web server -WEB = /anfs/www/VH-tex/faq-source -WEB_BETA = /anfs/www/VH-tex/faq-source/beta -CGI_BIN = /anfs/www/VH-tex/cgi-bin - -# on archive machine -HOME_DIR = /home/rf/tex/faq -CTAN_ROOT = /anfs/ctan/tex-archive - -# on vlan 100 host -HTMLDIREL = html -HTMLDIR = $(HOME_DIR)/$(HTMLDIREL) - -HTMLDIR_GAMMA = $(HOME_DIR)/html_gamma -GAMMADIR = $(HOME_DIR)/gamma diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax deleted file mode 100644 index 409aff99ca3..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/markup-syntax +++ /dev/null @@ -1,237 +0,0 @@ -Writing text for the TeX FAQ -- the requirements - -There are some ground rules for text for the FAQ which need to be -adhered to. Some of the rules relate to the perl program that's used -to create an HTML file of the FAQ from the TeX source, or to the -nature of the macros that Sebastian, Alan and I have written; others -relate to the way in which I try to manage change. Please remember -that we're attempting distributed authoring of a relatively small -document over a tight timescale; while I _can_ in principle work into -the night to put things right after a submission, my employers tend to -prefer me awake during the working day... - -Rules for presentation of text ------------------------------- - -1. Don't line wrap in macro calls. Ignore the fact that this can mean - very long lines. This restriction applies equally to the - []-surrounded optional arguments of macros (e.g., \item). - -2. Always put {} after `name' macros (such as \TeX{}). Do this - - even if you prefer \TeX\ to ensure the name's delimited - - even if the name's immediately followed by punctuation - -3. Don't use \verb or \shortvrb -- find alternatives in other - constructions like \csx, \cmdinvoke, etc. - -Rules for managing the text ---------------------------- - -The first version of the FAQ was developed in a distributed fashion by -the members of the committee of UKTUG. Just now, it's under my (RF's) -sole control; if there were a clamour for other people to contribute, -I guess the thing to do _today_ would be to create a sourceforge -project. (Sourceforge, or anything like it, wasn't even a gleam in -anyone's eye back in 1994 when we were first discussing the FAQ.) - -Source of the text ------------------- - -The text currently resides in - -newfaq.tex The body of the text -filectan.tex Declarations of the locations of individual files on - CTAN archives -dirctan.tex Declarations of the directories on CTAN archives - -faq.sty The main package - -This pre-production version of the text is printed (by default) in -Adobe Times Roman, etc. An alternative font may by used by setting -yourself up with a file faqfont.cfg that contains the commands that -should be used to define what fonts are needed. - -A faqfont.cfg which does nothing, and hence leaves LaTeX with its -default of cm* fonts, is available with the text; if you *want* the -faq printed in Times Roman, you should not transfer the file (or you -should delete it once you *have* transferred it). - -All these files are to be found in the CTAN distribution of the FAQ, -in usergrps/uktug/faq - -Markup commands ---------------- - -The faq is written in LaTeX. Commands to use are: - -\CTANdirectory{tag}{directory-path} -\CTANfile{tag}{file-path} - - These are used in dirctan.tex and filectan.tex, respectively. The - <tag> is used in the \CTANref command, and the <*-path> is is what - gets typeset in respect of a \CTANref (and what becomes the anchor - of an html link to retrieve the referenced thing). - -\CTANdirectory*{tag}{directory-path} - - As \CTANdirectory, but appears in HTML as "browse directory" only - -\CTANref{tag} (and the ctanrefs environment) - - make reference to a <tag> defined by a \CTANfile or \CTANdirectory - command; will usually appear in a ctanrefs environment at the end of - an answer. Refer to the files with markup such as \Package, - \Class or \ProgName in the body of the question, and then say: - \begin{ctanrefs} - \item[blah.sty]\CTANref{blah} - \end{ctanrefs} - -\Question[label]{question-title} - - Set the title of a question, and define a label for it (in fact, an - unusual sort of subsection command). The [label] is (now) - mandatory, and must be prefixed by "Q-" (as in - \Question[Q-newans]{Submitting new material for the FAQ}). - -\Qref[intro-text]{anchor-text}{label} - - Refer to a question. The <intro-text> is set before the reference, - and is "see question" by default. The <anchor-text> is used in - hyper-enabled output, as the anchor for jumping to the labelled - question. The <label> is defined somewhere in the document as a - \Question command's (nominally) optional argument. - -\Qref*{anchor-text}{label} - - Refer to a question. In hyper-enabled output, results are the same - as for \Qref; in DVI output, produces - anchor-text (see question <label>) - special care being taken with surrounding quotes. - -\TUGboat{} <vol>(<number>) - - TUGboat reference (we have surprisingly many). Really does have - that syntax \TUGboat{} 16(3), though as far as the HTML translator - is concerned, the command ends at \TUGboat{} so it doesn't matter if - it gets split across lines. - -Environment booklist - - Is used to set lists of books; it uses \item in the same way that - the description environment does, but sets the label thus defined in - normal weight italic text from the current family - -\htmlignore ... \endhtmlignore - - Brackets around bits of text that are to be ignored by the html - generator (deprecated: use environment typesetversion instead - -Environment htmlversion - - Text to appear in HTML but not in the typeset versions of the FAQ. - (The body of the environment will be processed before appearing in - the HTML output, just the same as text for joint use.) - Similar are: -Environment dviversion (DVI output only) -Environment pdfversion (PDF output only) -Environment narrowversion (DVI output only -- narrow since 2-col output) -Environment wideversion (HTML or PDF output only) - Note that we use narrow for non-hyper, and wide for hyper versions - of the source. - -\htmlonly{text} -\narrowonly{text} -\wideonly{text} - These three are command versions of the corresponding environments - -\nothtml{text} - - Text not to appear in the HTML version - -\latexhtml{latex text}{HTML text} - - Typesets latex text, or processes HTML text, according to context - -\csx{name} - - A robust command to typeset a control sequence in typewriter. The - <name> should only have letters or (at most) others in it -- no - active characters, please... - -\cmdinvoke{cmd name}<arguments> - - Typesets a complete command invocation, and all its arguments. - The LaTeX macro will take arbitrary sequences of optional and - mandatory arguments, but while the HTML processor will deal with a - wide range of variants, its stunning simplemindedness means it's - always good to check such output. - -\cmdinvoke*{cmd name}<arguments> - - As \cmdinvoke, but arguments are typeset with \emph - -\checked{intials}{date} - - Records when an answer (or part of an answer) was checked, and by - whom. Currently typsets as nothing. - -\LastEdit{date} - - Date of last editing a Question; argument is yyyy-mm-dd (ISO form) - (placed at the end of an answer) - -\LastEdit*{date} - Last edit was the initial version - -\keywords{<stuff>} - - For labelling questions. Doesn't currently have any effect at all. - -\Email{<name>@<address>} -\FTP{<site-address>} -\File{file-path>} -\path{file-path>} -\Newsgroup{usenet-group-name} -\URL{protocol>://site/path} -\mailto{mail@ddress} - - All these things typeset their argument in typewriter, but allowing - line-splitting at appropriate characters (using url.sty). The last - two (\URL and \mailto) become active in both the HTML and PDF - versions of the FAQ; \Email is for formatting a name (e.g., a finger - identifier) that the reader is _not_ supposed to mail. - -\Package{package name} % (no .sty) -\Class{class name} % (no .cls) -\ProgName{executable command name} - - Set the item in an appropriate fashion. _Please_ use these commands - wherever appropriate. - -Names, logos, etc., for use whenever needed (to be used just as -\name{}): - - \AllTeX [(La)TeX], \LaTeXe, \LaTeXo [LaTeX 2.09, with requisite - precautions about dealing with the undead], \MF, \MP [MetaPost], \BV - [Baskerville], \PDFTeX, \PDFLaTeX, \CONTeXT, \NTS, \eTeX, \Eplain, - \TeXsis, \YandY [the firm, whose name is a bit tricky in HTML], - \WYSIWYG, \dots, \ldots, \pounds, \arrowhyph [->, used in - descriptions of selections from menus, and looking better when - typeset], \textpercent, \textasciitilde - -Typesetting things, arguments in braces: - - \acro [for upper-case acronyms such as CTAN], \emph, \textit, - \textsl, \meta [as in doc.sty], \texttt, \thinspace, \ISBN - -Typesetting environments: - - quote, description, itemize, enumerate, verbatim - -Other odds and ends: - - $\pi$, $...$, \$, \#, \ , \&, ~ [just produces a space] - -Robin Fairbairns -2009-06-13 -\LastEdit{2009-03-27} diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index c758c0b5893..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf +++ /dev/null diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.tex deleted file mode 100644 index be32724192a..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/newfaq.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -% This is the UK TeX FAQ -% -\documentclass[a4paper]{faq} -% -\setcounter{errorcontextlines}{999} -% -% read the first two definitions of faqbody.tex for the file version -% and date -\afterassignment\endinput\input gather-faqbody -% -\typeout{The UK TeX FAQ, v\faqfileversion, date \faqfiledate} -% -% let's not be too fussy while we're developing... -\hfuzz10pt -\emergencystretch10pt -% -\begin{document} -\title{The \acro{UK} \TeX{} \acro{FAQ}\\ - Your \ifpdf\ref*{lastquestion}\else\protect\ref{lastquestion}\fi - \ Questions Answered\\ - version \faqfileversion, date \faqfiledate} -\author{} -\maketitle - -\centerline{\textsc{Note}} - -\begin{quotation}\small - This document is an updated and extended version of the \acro{FAQ} article - that was published as the December 1994 and 1995, and March 1999 - editions of the \acro{UK}\,\acro{TUG} magazine \BV{} (which weren't - formatted like this). - - The article is also available via the World Wide Web. -\end{quotation} - -\ifsinglecolumn - \tableofcontents -\else - \begin{multicols}{2} - \tableofcontents - \end{multicols} -\fi - -\Dings - -% label list for later processing -\labellist - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -% load the CTAN references if necessary -\input{dirctan} -\input{filectan} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -%\showthe\currentgrouplevel -\begin{multicols}{2} -%\expandafter\show\csname @currenvir\endcsname -%\tracingnesting=2 - \input{gather-faqbody} -\end{multicols} - -%\showthe\currentgrouplevel -%% (should be 0) -% -%\expandafter\show\csname @currenvir\endcsname -%% (should be "document" -\typeout{*** That makes \thequestion\space questions ***} -\end{document} |