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author | Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> | 2014-05-08 05:45:04 +0000 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> | 2014-05-08 05:45:04 +0000 |
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latex 2e release (7May)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews01.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews01.tex index 92090e17d01..d10a0e858cd 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews01.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/base/ltnews01.tex @@ -2,62 +2,62 @@ % % Copyright 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 % The LaTeX3 Project and any individual authors listed elsewhere -% in this file. -% +% in this file. +% % This file is part of the LaTeX base system. % ------------------------------------------- -% +% % It may be distributed and/or modified under the % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c % of this license or (at your option) any later version. % The latest version of this license is in % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +% and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX % version 2005/12/01 or later. -% +% % This file has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". -% +% % The list of all files belonging to the LaTeX base distribution is % given in the file `manifest.txt'. See also `legal.txt' for additional % information. -% -% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution -% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with +% +% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution +% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with % extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. -% +% % \fi % Filename: ltnews01.tex - + % This is issue 1 of LaTeX News. \documentclass % [type1fonts] {ltnews} - + \publicationmonth{June} \publicationyear{1994} \publicationissue{1} - + \begin{document} - + \maketitle - + \section{Welcome to \LaTeXNews} - -An issue of \emph{\LaTeXNews} will accompany every future release of -\LaTeX. It will tell you about important events, such as major bug + +An issue of \emph{\LaTeXNews} will accompany every future release of +\LaTeX. It will tell you about important events, such as major bug fixes, newly available packages, or any other \LaTeX{} news. - + \section{\LaTeXe---the new \LaTeX{} release} - + The most important news is the release of \LaTeXe, the new version of the \LaTeX{} software. This version has better support for fonts, graphics and colour, and will be actively maintained by the \LaTeX3 -project team. Upgrades will be issued every six months, in June and +project team. Upgrades will be issued every six months, in June and December. - + \section{Why a new \LaTeX?} - + Over the years many extensions have been developed for \LaTeX. This is, of course, a sure sign of its continuing popularity but it has had one unfortunate result: incompatible \LaTeX{} formats came into use at @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ different sites. Thus, to process documents from various places, a site maintainer was forced to keep \LaTeX{} (with and without \NFSS), \SLiTeX, \AmSLaTeX, and so on. In addition, when looking at a source file it was not always clear for which format the document was written. - + To put an end to this unsatisfactory situation a new release of \LaTeX{} was produced. It brings all such extensions back under a single format and thus @@ -73,15 +73,15 @@ prevents the proliferation of mutually incompatible dialects of \LaTeX~2.09. The new release was available for several months as a test version, and the final release of 1~June officially replaces the old version. - + \section{Processing documents with \LaTeXe} - + Documents written for \LaTeX~2.09 will still be read by \LaTeXe. Any such document is run in \emph{\LaTeX~2.09 compatibility mode}. - -Unfortunately, compatibility mode comes with a price: it can run -up to 50\% slower than \LaTeX~2.09 did. If you want to run your document + +Unfortunately, compatibility mode comes with a price: it can run +up to 50\% slower than \LaTeX~2.09 did. If you want to run your document in the faster \emph{native mode}, you should try replacing the line: \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle[<options>,<packages>]{<class>} @@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ with: \documentclass[<options>]{<class>} \usepackage{latexsym,<packages>} \end{verbatim} -Unfortunately, this will not always work, because some \LaTeX~2.09 -packages will only work in \LaTeXe{} compatibility mode. You should find +Unfortunately, this will not always work, because some \LaTeX~2.09 +packages will only work in \LaTeXe{} compatibility mode. You should find out if there is a \LaTeXe{} version of the package available. - -\LaTeXe{} native mode also gives access to the new features of \LaTeXe, + +\LaTeXe{} native mode also gives access to the new features of \LaTeXe, described in \emph{\LaTeXe{} for authors}. - + \section{New packages} - -\LaTeXe{} has much better support for graphics, colour, fonts, and -multi-lingual typesetting. The following software should be available + +\LaTeXe{} has much better support for graphics, colour, fonts, and +multi-lingual typesetting. The following software should be available from the distributor who brought you \LaTeXe: \begin{citations} @@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ from the distributor who brought you \LaTeXe: \item[psnfss] for using Type~1 fonts. \item[tools] other packages by the \LaTeX3 team. \end{citations} -The packages come with full documentation, and are also described in -\emph{\LaTeX: A Document Processing System} or +The packages come with full documentation, and are also described in +\emph{\LaTeX: A Document Processing System} or \emph{The \LaTeX{} Companion}. - + \section{Further information} - + More information about \LaTeXe{} is to be found in: \begin{citations} @@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ More information about \LaTeXe{} is to be found in: \item[The \LaTeX{} Companion] Goossens, Mittelbach and Samarin, \AW, 1994. \end{citations} -The \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on the new features of +The \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on the new features of \LaTeX: \begin{citations} -\item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] +\item[\LaTeXe{} for authors] describes the new features of \LaTeX{} documents, in the file \verb|usrguide.tex|. \item[\LaTeXe{} for class and package writers] @@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ The \LaTeX{} distribution comes with documentation on the new features of class and package writers, in the file \verb|fntguide.tex|. \end{citations} -For more information on \TeX{} and \LaTeX, get in touch with your local -\TeX{} Users Group, or the international \TeX{} Users Group, -P.~O.~Box~869, Santa~Barbara, CA~93102-0869, USA, Fax:~+1~805~963~8358, +For more information on \TeX{} and \LaTeX, get in touch with your local +\TeX{} Users Group, or the international \TeX{} Users Group, +P.~O.~Box~869, Santa~Barbara, CA~93102-0869, USA, Fax:~+1~805~963~8358, EMail:~tug@tug.org. - + \end{document} - + |