poemscol (3dec17)

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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
index f133408565c..0ca30b17bf8 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/poemscol/poemscol.dtx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 % \iffalse
 %<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1997/12/01]
 %<package>\ProvidesPackage{poemscol}
-%<package>   [2017/10/23 v2.87 poemscol file] 
+%<package>   [2017/11/30 v2.9 poemscol file] 
 %
 %<*driver>
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 %</driver>
 % \fi
 %
-% \CheckSum{8070}
+% \CheckSum{8158}
 %
 % \CharacterTable
 %  {Upper-case    \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@
 % in when centertitles is issued. New boolean to adjust placement of marginal 
 % reference markers in jhtextnote and related commands.}
 % \changes{v2.87}{2017/10/23}{Notes to appear at the end of individual poems.}
+% \changes{v2.88}{2017/10/29}{Revisions to manual.}
+% \changes{v2.89}{2017/11/30}{Append the date to the end of the poem.}
+% \changes{v2.9}{2017/12/02}{Date aligns with left margin of poem even when poem is centered.}
 % \DoNotIndex{\newcommand,\newenvironment,\def,\edef,\else,\renewcommand,\makeatletter,\makeatother}
 % \DoNotIndex{\abovedisplayskip,\belowdisplayskip,\abovedisplayshortskip,\belowdisplayshortskip}
 % \DoNotIndex{\newcommand, \section, \subsection, \subsubsection,
@@ -254,15 +257,15 @@
 % \textsc, \unskip} 
 % \setcounter{IndexColumns}{2} 
 % \MakeShortVerb{|}
-% \def\fileversion{2.87} 
-% \def\filedate{23 October 2017} 
-% \def\docdate{23 October 2017}
+% \def\fileversion{2.9} 
+% \def\filedate{2 December 2017} 
+% \def\docdate{2 December 2017}
 %  \title{Typesetting Poetry Collections with
 % \textsf{poemscol}\thanks{This document corresponds to
 % \textsf{poemscol}~\fileversion, dated \filedate.}} 
 % \author{John Burt
 % \\ \texttt{burt@brandeis.edu}} 
-% \date{23 October 2017} 
+% \date{2 December 2017} 
 % \maketitle
 % \begin{abstract} \textsf{poemscol} provides macros for \LaTeX\ for
 % setting collections of poetry.  It is especially suited for setting
@@ -437,7 +440,7 @@
 % versions 2.3 or later of \textsf{poemscol}. 
 %
 %
-% \subsection{~Parallel Text Editions} If you are using the |\keeptitlestraight|
+% \subsection{~Parallel text editions} If you are using the |\keeptitlestraight|
 % hack described below  at \ref{parallelhack}, you should add \textsf{etoolbox}
 % to your package list. If you are using the six pre-defined endnote sections
 % for parallel text editions (|\rectotexnote|, |\versotextnote|, |\rectoemendation|, |\versoemendation|,
@@ -614,7 +617,7 @@
 % argument. Alternatively, the length |\versewidth| can be used as the 
 % argument. You can set the length of |\versewidth| to the proper 
 % amount using |\settowidth| as follows:
-% \DescribeMacro{\versewidth}
+% \DescribeMacro{\versewidth} \label{centeringtextblock}
 % |\settowidth{\versewidth}{Text of line to use for centering}|. To use |\versewidth|
 % to center the poem on a sample line, enter the |poem| environment this way:
 % |\begin{poem}[\versewidth]|.
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@
 % the optional second argument to |\begin{poem}| which would cause the text 
 % block to be centered on the longest line. You can turn off centering, without 
 % erasing all of the second arguments, by issuing |\textcenteringturnonfalse|. 
-% You can turn on centring the text block again by issuing 
+% You can turn on centering the text block again by issuing 
 % |\textcenteringturnedontrue|.
 %
 % \textsf{poemscol} turns off automatic hyphenation in poetry
@@ -1007,7 +1010,7 @@
 % \DescribeMacro{\putemendations}
 % \DescribeMacro{\putexplanatory} 
 % |\puttextnotes|, and its siblings |\putemendations| and
-% |\putexplanatory|, linput the formatted notes
+% |\putexplanatory|, input the formatted notes
 % sections, and put entries for them into your table of contents.  
 % You will have to run \LaTeX\ again to set the
 % table of contents properly.  The first run sets a label to find the
@@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@
 % information (such as italicization) in titles or first lines without
 % messing up their sort order. 
 % 
-% \subsection{~Making Multiple Indices}\label{multipleindex}
+% \subsection{~Making multiple indices}\label{multipleindex}
 % \textsf{poemscol} can work with \textsf{splitindex} to generate 
 % more than one index. You might, for instance, wish a separate index 
 % of titles and index of first lines, or an index of proper names. To 
@@ -1117,10 +1120,10 @@
 % 
 % To include the indices, and to add entries for them to the table of 
 % contents, issue |\putmultiplepoemindex| for each one. 
-% |\putmultiplepoemindex| takes four arguments, which are: 1. The 
-% three letter ``shortcut'' used by |\splitindex|, 2. The title of 
-% the Index on its first page, 3. The running header for that index 
-% section, and 4. The name of the section as you wish it to appear in 
+% |\putmultiplepoemindex| takes four arguments, which are: 1.\ The 
+% three letter ``shortcut'' used by |\splitindex|, 2.\ The title of 
+% the Index on its first page, 3.\ The running header for that index 
+% section, and 4.\ The name of the section as you wish it to appear in 
 % the Table of Contents. So, for instance
 % \begin{verbatim}
 % \putmultiplepoemindex{fir}{INDEX OF FIRST LINES}{Index of First 
@@ -1238,17 +1241,18 @@
 % hanging indent, to give prominence to the line number.
 % \end{sloppypar}
 %
+%\begin{sloppypar}
 % You may have notes with multiple paragraphs.  The default settings for all of
 % the forms of endnotes are set with hanging indentation, which probably is not
 % a good idea for multiple paragraph notes.  There are two ways of approaching
 % this problem.  The first way is to change all of the paragraphs of the notes to
 % normal indentation, which you can do by issuing
-% |\literaltextnote{\setlength{\parindent}{\noteindentation}}| (you can pick the indentation)
+% |\literaltextnote{\setlength{\parindent}{\noteindentation}}| (you can pick the 
+% indentation, but the default value is 1 em)
 % just after issuing |\maketextnotes.| You should remember to issue similar 
 % commands for emendations, explanatory notes, and whatever kinds of notes you 
-% create using |\definenewnotetype|. By default, |\noteparbreak| indents the new paragraph 
-% 1em. You can change this by changing the value of the length 
-% |\noteindentation|.
+% create using |\definenewnotetype|. 
+% \end{sloppypar}
 %
 % \DescribeMacro{\noteparbreak} 
 % Alternatively, if you want to keep the hanging indent for the page number, but still have paragraph 
@@ -1277,7 +1281,7 @@
 % the table of contents by changing the definition of 
 % |\contentsendnotesindent| (set by default to |\contentsindentone|) 
 % or |\contentsendnotesfont| (set by default to 
-% |\contentspoemtitlefont|.
+% |\contentspoemtitlefont|.)
 %
 % \subsection{~Textual notes of various kinds}
 % \DescribeMacro{\sources} To record information about the copy text,
@@ -1291,13 +1295,15 @@
 % typesetting information to other sections by using
 % |\literalemend{}|, |\literalexplain{}|, or |\literalcontents{}|.
 % There is also a |\literaltextnote{}| command, which is equivalent to
-% |\sources{}|.
+% |\sources{}|. Although they do the same thing, I use |\sources{}| to 
+% send editorial information to the texual note section, but use 
+% |\literaltexnote{}| to send formatting instructions to the textual note section.
 % 
 % \DescribeMacro{\textnote}
 % \DescribeMacro{\emendation}
 % \DescribeMacro{\explanatory}
 % |\textnote{}| is used to capture variants and tie them to the
-% correct line number.  You don't have to count line numbers. 
+% correct line number.  You don't have to count line numbers; 
 % \textsf{poemscol} keeps track of them for you.  Issue |\textnote{}|
 % immediately after the |\verseline| command which marks the ending of
 % the line you wish to comment upon.  Put the text of your note (which
@@ -1377,7 +1383,8 @@
 % for \textsf{poemscol}.  \textsf{poemscol} will not complain about
 % this.
 % 
-% If a textual note \emph{ends} with a quotation in verse, you should
+% \DescribeMacro{\quotedversecorrectiontextnote} If a textual note 
+% \emph{ends} with a quotation in verse, you should
 % follow the |\textnote{}| entry with
 % |\quotedversecorrectiontextnote|.  I found that if I quoted verse in
 % the note sections a dirty trick I used to send the notes to the
@@ -1552,7 +1559,7 @@
 % |\pmexplanatory|.
 % 
 % \section{Multi-level footnotes} \label{makingfootnotes}
-% \textsf{poemscol} will set multiple 
+% \DescribeMacro{\textnotesatfoot} \textsf{poemscol} will set multiple 
 % levels of footnotes in block paragraphs, separating each level with 
 % a rule. To enable this feature, call the \textsf{manyfoot} package 
 % as follows in your preamble: |\usepackage[ruled,para*]{manyfoot}|.
@@ -1582,6 +1589,10 @@
 % just writes its argument onto the external file for textual notes.
 % 
 % 
+%  \DescribeMacro{\iftextfootnotespara} 
+%  \DescribeMacro{\ifsourcesfootnotespara}
+% \DescribeMacro{\ifemendationfootnotespara}
+% \DescribeMacro{\ifexplanfootnotespara}
 % To change the style of your footnotes between plain and
 % para modes, globally change the values some of the following
 % booleans.  |\ifsourcesfootnotespara|, obviously, is true if
@@ -1591,8 +1602,8 @@
 % |\ifemendationfootnotespara|, or |\ifexplanfootnotespara| are the
 % booleans which set the style of footnotes from |\emendation| and
 % |\explanatory| respectively.  By default, footnotes from
-% |\emendation| are set in ``para'' mode, and footnotes from
-% |\explanatory| are set in ``plain'' mode.  g explanatory
+% |\emendation| are set in ``para'' mode (|\emendationfootnotesparatrue|), and footnotes from
+% |\explanatory| are set in ``plain'' mode (|\explanfootnotesparafalse|).  To change explanatory
 % footnotes from plain to para mode, for instance, issue
 % |\global\explanfootnotesparatrue|.  Counterintuitive as it sounds,
 % you must issue this \emph{before} issuing |\textnotesatfoot| (or the
@@ -1601,7 +1612,7 @@
 % 
 % When |\sources| is defined to send endnotes to the textual notes 
 % section, they usually appear immediately underneath the title of 
-% the volume or poem they comment upon. If you are having |\sources| 
+% the volume or poem they comment upon in the endnotes section. If you are having |\sources| 
 % output footnotes, it would be a good idea to open the note with the 
 % title of the volume or poem it is a comment upon, in case there is 
 % more than one poem on the page.
@@ -1614,6 +1625,7 @@
 % be more of an idiosyncrasy than a bug, particularly if the symbol 
 % is changed from * to something like ``stanza break at page turn.''
 %  
+% \DescribeMacro{\DeclareNewFootnote} 
 % To create a new level of footnote, you must first declare it to 
 % make it known to \textsf{manyfoot}, which requires each level of 
 % footnote to be given a unique suffix (usually a capital letter of 
@@ -1624,15 +1636,16 @@
 % range of line numbers of the lemma. To define a footnote called 
 % |\mynote{}|, first declare new footnote |\footnoteE| (A, B, C and D 
 % are reserved for sources, textual notes, emendations, and explanatory notes, 
-% respectively). Then issue
-%  |\newcommand{\mynote}[2][0]{\setlemmarange{#1}|\\
-% |\FootnotetextE{\citerange}{#2}|
-% | \resetlemmacounters}| (|\setlemmarange|, |\citerange|, and 
+% respectively). Then issue: \begin{verbatim}
+%  \newcommand{\mynote}[2][0]{\setlemmarange{#1}\\
+% \FootnotetextE{\citerange}{#2}
+%  \resetlemmacounters} \end{verbatim}
+% |\setlemmarange|, |\citerange|, and 
 % |\resetlemmacounters| enable your footnote to handle line ranges in 
-% the lemma.) If a |\mynote| refers to a range of lines, you can issue 
+% the lemma. If a |\mynote| refers to a range of lines, you can issue 
 % the same kinds of optional argument that are used with |\textnote|.
 %
-% \section{Note at the end of poems}
+% \section{Notes at the end of poems}
 % \DescribeMacro{\poemendnote}
 % \DescribeMacro{\makepoemendnotes}
 % \DescribeMacro{\putpoemendnotes}
@@ -1648,7 +1661,7 @@
 % By default, each poem end note is given its own paragraph. To concatenate 
 % them into a single paragraph, issue |\poemendnotessingleparfalse|.
 %
-% \section{Pulling it all together} 
+% \section{Printing endnotes and index} 
 % \DescribeMacro{\testforauxonfirstrun} If you don't want to listen to
 % \LaTeX\ complain about missing references during your first run,
 % issue |\testforauxonfirstrun|, which won't let |\finish|,
@@ -1709,23 +1722,49 @@
 % table of contents.
 %
 % 
-% \section{Special cases}
+% \section{Special Cases}
 % \subsection{~Epigraphs, attributions etc.}
 % \DescribeMacro{\epigraph} \DescribeMacro{\headnote}
 % \DescribeMacro{\attribution} \DescribeMacro{\poemdedication} 
-% |\epigraph|, |\headnote|, |\attribution|, and |\poemdedication| set
+% |\epigraph{}|, |\headnote{}|, |\attribution{}|, and |\poemdedication{}| set
 % their arguments as epigraphs, headnotes, attributions, or
-% dedications.  If you have dedications, epigraphs, or attributions on
+% dedications for poems or poetic sequences. You can adjust the left and right margins 
+% of epigraphs by changing the values of |\epigraphquoteleftmargin| 
+% or |\epigraphquoterightmargin|.
+% If you have dedications, epigraphs, or attributions on
 % the divider pages of editions that combine several volumes of
 % poetry, use |\volumededication{}|, |\volumeepigraph{}|, and
-% |\volumeattribution{}|. You can adjust the left and right margins 
-% of epigraphs by changing the values of |\epigraphquoteleftmargin| 
-% or |\epigraphquoterightmargin|
-% 
-% \subsection{~Inset prose quotations}
+% |\volumeattribution{}|. 
+%
+% \subsection{~Appending Publication Date}
+% \DescribeMacro{\poemdate} You can append the date of the poem
+% with |\poemdate{}|. Issue |\poemdate{}| just after |\end{poem}|. You can 
+% include both the composition and publication date if you wish simply by 
+% including both dates in the argument. 
+% (In fact, you can put anything in the argument, not just dates.) By default |\poemdate| places the
+% date one |\bigskip| under left margin of the verse block of the poem, 
+% whether the poem is set at the left
+% margin or whether the verse block is centered on the longest line.
+% You can move the placement of the date left or right
+% by changing the value of the length |\dateindent|. If you wish to change
+% |\dateindent| you will have to issue |\setlength{\dateindent}{your value}| before
+% each instance of |\poemdate|, since \textsf{poemscol} recalculates 
+% |\dateident| freshly for every poem.
+%
+% There is a slight bug in |\poemdate|. If there is a page turn between the last line of the 
+% poem and the date, and the last line has a runover portion, the date will be set
+% flush with the indented runover portion of the line rather than with the beginning
+% of the line. This should not in practice
+% be a problem, because you should use |\longpage| or several |\shortpage| commands
+% to get rid of the orphan date line.  (For |\longpage| and |\shortpage| see section \ref{longpage},
+% page \pageref{longpage}.)
+% 
+% \subsection{~Pausing line numbering}
 % \DescribeMacro{\saveverselinenumber}
-% \DescribeMacro{\restoreverselinenumber} Sometimes you will have inset prose 
-% passages, but you will not wish to start the line numbering over 
+% \DescribeMacro{\restoreverselinenumber} There are cases in which you 
+% might want to pause and resume line numbering later at the same number.
+% For instance, you may have inset prose 
+% passages which do not take line numbers, but you wish to resume line numbering the verse 
 % after the passage. The way to set this is to issue |\end{stanza}| 
 % at the end of the stanza before the prose insert. Then issue 
 % |\saveverselinenumber|. Then issue |\end{poem}|. Insert the prose 
@@ -1773,30 +1812,33 @@
 % may get a complaint on your log file about an overfull |\hbox| if 
 % you do this, however.
 %
-% \subsection{~Italicized poem titles and empty poem titles} Titles
+% \subsection{~Empty poem titles and italicized poem titles} 
+% 
+% \DescribeMacro{\poemtitlenotitle{}}
+% |\poemtitlenotitle{}|, with its paradoxical name, is for poems 
+% without formal titles. Usually such poems are referred to by their 
+% first lines. This macro does not produce a title in the text, but 
+% sets its argument in the table of contents and in the notes. Usually 
+% you use the first line as the moral equivalent of a title.
+% 
+% \DescribeMacro{\poemtitleitalic{}{}} 
+% Titles
 % with italics or other special formatting posed special problems in
 % earlier versions (before version 1.7) since the typesetting commands
 % gummed up how I passed parameters around that I was unable to solve
 % using |\protect|.  All of these commands are obsolete now, but are
 % retained for backward compatibility.
-% 
-% \DescribeMacro{\poemtitleitalic{}{}} |\poemtitleitalic{}{}| takes
+% |\poemtitleitalic{}{}| takes
 % two arguments.  The first is the title of the poem with the italics
 % (or small capitals or international characters or what have you),
 % for typesetting, and the second is the title without the commands,
 % for cross reference purposes.  (Actually, now that \textsf{poemscol}
 % no longer needs to treat italics in titles in a different way, it can
 % be anything you want, since the second argument is discarded.)
-% 
-% \DescribeMacro{\poemtitlenotitle{}}
-% |\poemtitlenotitle{}|, with its paradoxical name, is for poems 
-% without formal titles. Usually such poems are referred to by their 
-% first lines. This macro does not produce a title in the text, but 
-% sets its argument in the table of contents and in the notes. Usually 
-% you use the first line as the moral equivalent of a title.
+
 % 
 %  \DescribeMacro{\poemtitlenotitleitalic{}{}}
-%  |\poemtitlenotitleitalic{}{}|, with its even more paradoxical name, 
+%  |\poemtitlenotitleitalic{}{}|, with its doubly paradoxical name, 
 % is for poems without formal titles but with italicized words in their 
 % first lines.  |\poemtitlenotitleitalic{}{}| takes two arguments. The 
 % first is the first line with the italics (for typesetting 
@@ -1822,8 +1864,8 @@
 % explicitly how the title is to be broken up in the text and in the
 % table of contents.  You can construct variants of these macros for
 % dealing with special cases I didn't anticipate by using
-% |\poemsectiontitlebaretitle{}| and |\literalcontents{}| and its
-% siblings.\end{sloppypar}
+% the macros described in \ref{customizing titles}.
+%.\end{sloppypar}
 % 
 % \subsection{~Poetic sequences}\label{poeticsequences}
 % 
@@ -2026,13 +2068,13 @@
 % p.~\pageref{JHpoemtitle} for how to construct similar commands for
 % sequences, sequence sections, and so on.
 % 
-% The following related commands are defined already 
+% The following related commands are defined already: 
 % \begin{itemize}
-% \item |\JHsequencetitle|, \item |\JHsequencefirstsectiontitle|, 
-% \item |\JHsequencesectiontitle|, \item |\JHsequencesubsectiontitle|,  
-% \item |\JHpoemsectiontitle|,   \item |\JHpoemfirstsectiontitle|, 
-% \item |\JHpoemsubtitle|,  \item |\JHepigraph|,\item  |\JHprosesectiontitle|, and 
-% \item |\JHdedication|.\end{itemize}
+% \item |\JHsequencetitle| \item |\JHsequencefirstsectiontitle| 
+% \item |\JHsequencesectiontitle| \item |\JHsequencesubsectiontitle|  
+% \item |\JHpoemsectiontitle|   \item |\JHpoemfirstsectiontitle| 
+% \item |\JHpoemsubtitle|  \item |\JHepigraph| \item  |\JHprosesectiontitle|
+% \item |\JHdedication| \end{itemize}
 % 
 % If you are using |\JHpoemtitle| and its siblings, you need to be
 % sure to add \textsf{mparhack} to your package list.  You can prevent
@@ -2054,7 +2096,7 @@
 % attached to lines to which text notes refer showing where in the 
 % apparatus a comment upon that line is to be found. 
 % |\margreftextnote| sets a label in the textual notes section, and 
-% set a marginal note with a page reference to that label. Issue 
+% sets a marginal note with a page reference to that label in the main text. Issue 
 % |\margreftextnote| \emph{before} issuing the |\verseline| or 
 % |\end{stanza}| that closes the line to which it refers. (The textual 
 % note itself can be an ordinary |\textnote|, and should be placed, as 
@@ -2073,7 +2115,8 @@
 %
 % By default these marginal references are placed in the right margin. If you 
 % are centering the verse block on the longest line, the marginal references 
-% will move in closer to the line. If you would prefer to keep the marginal 
+% will move in closer to the line. (To center the verse block on the longest line,
+% see section \ref{centeringtextblock}.) If you would prefer to keep the marginal 
 % references in the margin, set the boolean |\margrefstomargin| true.
 % 
 % \begin{sloppypar}
@@ -2094,7 +2137,7 @@
 % \DescribeMacro{\margrefexplanatory}|\margrefexplanatory| is a 
 % version of |\margreftextnote| for explanatory notes.
 %
-% \subsection{~Quoted Verse}
+% \subsection{~Quoted verse}
 % Sometimes you wish to quote verse within verse (as when a speaker 
 % in a verse play quotes a poem). \DescribeMacro{\quotedverse} The 
 % |quotedverse| environment is desiged for this contingency.
@@ -2102,10 +2145,11 @@
 % \subsection{~Visual formatting}
 % \DescribeMacro{\longpage}
 % \DescribeMacro{\shortpage}
+% \label{longpage}
 % The ideal in \LaTeX\ is to separate 
 % content markup and formatting as completely as possible. In the text 
 % itself you simply mark the logical units (a poem, a title, a stanza, 
-% a textual note), and a header program like this interprets the 
+% a textual note), and a header program (like \textsf{poemscol}) interprets the 
 % meaning of those terms typographically. However, one still winds up 
 % having to do some visual formatting. Especially in prose sections, 
 % such as in the textual notes, you will sometimes have to enlarge or 
@@ -2175,8 +2219,8 @@
 %     stanzaskip & |\medskip| & Extra skip between stanzas \\
 %     titleindent & |\titleindentamount| (1pc) & use |\setlength| to 
 %     change \\
-%     parindent & titleindentamount & \relax \\
-%     volumetitleshift & volumetitleshiftamount & use |\setlength| to 
+%     parindent & |\titleindentamount| & \relax \\
+%     volumetitleshift & |\volumetitleshiftamount| (1pc) & use |\setlength| to 
 %     change \\
 %     contentsindentone & 24pt & \relax \\
 %     contentsindenttwo & 42pt & \relax \\
@@ -2233,7 +2277,7 @@
 %% reproduce this setting by issuing |\tightleading|, although I would
 %% advise not doing so unless you are under financial constraints.
 % 
-% \section{Prose Sections with Line Numbers} \label{prosesections} \textsf{poemscol}
+% \section{Prose Sections with line numbers} \label{prosesections} \textsf{poemscol}
 % uses the \textsf{lineno} package to make marginal line numbers for
 % prose sections such as the Author's Introduction, Afterword,
 % Author's Notes, or such prose interludes or prose poems the volume
@@ -2406,7 +2450,7 @@
 % ignore a lot of griping until
 % \LaTeX\ has generated the .aux file at the end of the first run.
 %
-% \section{Paragraph and Sentence Annotation}\label{paragraphsentence}
+% \section{Paragraph and sentence annotation}\label{paragraphsentence}
 % \subsection{~Setup}
 % Annotating a prose section by sentence number, or by paragraph number and 
 % sentence number, has some advantages over annotating it by line 
@@ -2541,7 +2585,7 @@
 % |\textbf| and |\small|. Either can 
 % be changed with |\renewcommand|.
 % 
-% \subsection{~Cross Reference by Sentence and Paragraph}
+% \subsection{~Cross references by sentence and paragraph}
 % \DescribeMacro{\sentencelabel}
 % To make labels that refer to sentences or paragraphs, issue
 % |\sentencelabel{}|.  The label will be either both the paragraph
@@ -2549,7 +2593,7 @@
 % by paragraph), or only the sentence number (if you are not resetting
 % sentence numbers by paragraph).
 % 
-% \subsection{~End notes by Sentence and Paragraph}
+% \subsection{~End notes by sentence and paragraph}
 % 
 % \begin{sloppypar}
 % \DescribeMacro{\pmtextnote}
@@ -2584,17 +2628,17 @@
 % |\sources| needs no special handling if you are annotating by 
 % sentence and paragraph.
 % 
-% \subsection{~Footnotes by Sentence and Paragraph}
+% \subsection{~Footnotes by sentence and paragraph}
 % |\textnoteatfoot| shifts |\pmtextnotes| to the foot, as with 
 % |\prosetextnote|. |\emendationsatfoot| and |\explanationsatfoot| 
 % work the same way.
-% \subsection{~Bible Chapter and Verse}
+% \subsection{~Bible chapter and verse}
 % Since |\pmsentence| and |\pmpar| are the moral equivalents of bible 
 % verse and chapter, |\biblechapter| and |\bibleverse| are provided 
 % for convenience.
 
-% \section{Parallel Text Editions} \label{parallelhack}
-% \subsection{~Setup for Parallel Texts in Verse}
+% \section{Parallel text editions} \label{parallelhack}
+% \subsection{~Setup for parallel texts in verse}
 % \textsf{poemscol} can make parallel
 % text editions in which the contrasting versions are set on facing
 % verso and recto pages.  \textsf{poemscol} does not automatically provide the page
@@ -2666,7 +2710,7 @@
 % or |\rectoset@p@emtitle| for |\set@p@emtitle|, using
 % all the same arguments you would have used with |\set@p@emtitle|.
 %
-%\subsection{~Parallel Texts and on the fly note types}
+%\subsection{~Parallel texts and on the fly note types}
 % If you are making a parallel text edition, you may need to 
 % use |\definenewnotetype| to make the different kinds of endnote 
 % for the parallel texts. For instance, 
@@ -2736,7 +2780,7 @@
 % |\nofiftytextnoteyettrue%|\\
 % |}|
 %
-% \subsection{~Parallel Texts and Generic Note types}
+% \subsection{~Parallel texts and generic note types}
 %  \DescribeMacro{\rectotexnote}
 %  \DescribeMacro{\rectoemendation}
 %  \DescribeMacro{\rectoexplanatory}
@@ -2788,7 +2832,7 @@
 % |\putrectoexplanatorynotes| at the point where you wish them to appear. These commands
 % behave exactly like |\puttextnotes|.
 %
-% \subsection{~Parallel Text Labels}
+% \subsection{~Parallel text labels}
 % \DescribeMacro{\synchrolabel} \DescribeMacro{\synchroref}
 % \DescribeMacro{\setsynchroflag} You may want to mark cross references
 % to make it clear to the reader which line of the poem on the recto side
@@ -2828,7 +2872,7 @@
 % \synchroref{full ten years old}}\verseline
 % \end{verbatim}
 %
-% \subsection{~Parallel Prose Passages}
+% \subsection{~Parallel prose passages}
 % \DescribeMacro{parallelprose}
 % \DescribeMacro{\startparalleltextprose}
 % \DescribeMacro{\finishparalleltextprose}
@@ -2863,7 +2907,7 @@
 % no longer justified, once you add the page break. 
 % To fix this, add an |\hfil| between each word of the last line.
 %
-% \section{Using \textsf{poemscol} in a Multilingual World}
+% \section{Using \textsf{poemscol} in a multilingual world}
 % 
 % \begin{sloppypar}
 % \DescribeMacro{\changecontentsname}
@@ -3381,8 +3425,9 @@
             \addtolength{\leftmargin}{-#1}%
             \addtolength{\leftmargin}{-0.5\leftmargin}%
 	    \iflinenumberscenteredwithverse\v@riablemarginpar\fi}
-%
+\newif\iflastpoemcentered
 \newenvironment{pmclverse}[1][\linewidth]{%
+\global\lastpoemcenteredfalse
 \let\\=\@centercr%
 \list{}{\itemsep\z@ 
 \itemindent -\runoverindentvalue
@@ -3390,6 +3435,7 @@
          \ifdim #1 < \linewidth
 	 \iftextcenteringturnedon
 	 \c@nterverseblock{#1}%
+	 \global\lastpoemcenteredtrue
 	 \else
 	 \rightmargin        \leftmargin
  	    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{-\versemarginadjust}\fi
@@ -3399,7 +3445,26 @@
           \fi
 \advance\leftmargin\runoverindentvalue}
 \item[]}
-{\endlist}% from 2.72 with additions
+{\endlist}
+% next is from 2.88
+%\newenvironment{pmclverse}[1][\linewidth]{%
+%\let\\=\@centercr%
+%\list{}{\itemsep\z@ 
+%\itemindent -\runoverindentvalue
+%\listparindent \itemindent
+%         \ifdim #1 < \linewidth
+%	 \iftextcenteringturnedon
+%	 \c@nterverseblock{#1}%
+%	 \else
+%	 \rightmargin        \leftmargin
+% 	    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{-\versemarginadjust}\fi
+%          \else
+%             \rightmargin        \leftmargin
+% 	    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{-\versemarginadjust}
+%          \fi
+%\advance\leftmargin\runoverindentvalue}
+%\item[]}
+%{\endlist}% from 2.72 with additions
 % \newenvironment{pmclverse}[1][\linewidth]{%
 % \let\\=\@centercr%
 % \list{}{\itemsep\z@ 
@@ -5586,6 +5651,18 @@
   \emph{#1}\end{volumetitlepagequote}}
 \newcommand{\volumeattribution}[1]{\par\smallskip\begin{volumetitlepagequote}
  {\small \emph{#1}}\end{volumetitlepagequote}}
+%\newcommand{\poemdate}[1]{\begin{prosesection}\bigskip\raggedright[#1]\bigskip\end{prosesection}}
+\newlength{\dateindent}%
+\setlength{\dateindent}{\leftmargin}%
+\newcommand{\variabledateindent}{%
+\setlength{\dateindent}{\linewidth}%
+\addtolength{\dateindent}{-\versewidth}%
+\addtolength{\dateindent}{-.5\dateindent}}
+%\newcommand{\poemdate}[1]{\bigskip\begin{raggedleft}\hspace{\dateindent}#1\end{raggedleft}\bigskip}%
+\newcommand{\poemdate}[1]{\iflastpoemcentered\variabledateindent%
+\else\setlength{\dateindent}{\leftmargin}%
+\fi%
+\bigskip\begin{raggedleft}\hspace{\dateindent}#1\end{raggedleft}\bigskip}%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %    \end{macro}
 %    \end{macro}