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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.dtx new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..daa3a361bd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.dtx @@ -0,0 +1,541 @@ +% \iffalse +% +AMDG This document was begun on E October 11EE, the +% feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it +% is humbly dedicated to her and to her Immaculate Heart for +% her prayers, and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for His +% mercy. +% +% This document is copyright 2015 by Donald P. Goodman, and is +% released publicly under the LaTeX Project Public License. The +% distribution and modification of this work is constrained by the +% conditions of that license. See +% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +% for the text of the license. This document is released +% under version 1.3 of that license, and this work may be distributed +% or modified under the terms of that license or, at your option, any +% later version. +% +% This work has the LPPL maintenance status 'maintained'. +% +% The Current Maintainer of this work is Donald P. Goodman +% (dgoodmaniii@gmail.com). +% +% This work consists of xellipsis.dtx, xellipsis.ins, and +% derived files xellipsis.sty and xellipsis.pdf. +% \fi + +% \iffalse +%<package>\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1999/12/01] +%<package>\ProvidesPackage{xellipsis}[2015/11/01 v1.0 support for highly configurable ellipses of arbitrary symbol, number, and distance] +%<*driver> +\documentclass{ltxdoc} + +\usepackage{doc} +\usepackage{array} +\usepackage{lettrine} + \setcounter{DefaultLines}{3} + \setlength{\DefaultFindent}{2pt} + \renewcommand{\LettrineFontHook}{\color{red}} +\usepackage{url} +\usepackage{spverbatim} +\usepackage[nocounters]{dozenal} +\usepackage[]{xellipsis} +\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} +\usepackage{makeidx} +\EnableCrossrefs +\PageIndex +\CodelineNumbered +\RecordChanges +\makeindex + +\long\def\example#1#2{% + \bigskip% + \hrule% + \hbox to\linewidth{% + \hbox to0.5\linewidth{% + \vbox to2in{\vfil#1\vfil}% + }\hbox to0.5\linewidth{% + \vbox to2in{\vfil#2\vfil}% + }% + }% + \hrule% + \bigskip% +} + +\tracingmacros=3 \begin{document} \DocInput{xellipsis.dtx} +\end{document} +%</driver> \fi +% +% \title{The |xellipsis| Package, v1.0} \author{Donald P.\ +% Goodman III} \date{\today} +% +% \maketitle +% +% \begin{abstract} \TeX\ users have long been remarking that +% the default characteristics of ellipses, whether produced +% by |\dots|, |\ldots|, or some other command, just aren't +% quite right. While some packages have attempted to +% resolve this issue (e.g., |lips| and |ellipsis|), these +% have never quite fit my use cases. |xellipsis| attempts +% to fill this gap by providing absurdly configurable +% ellipses, along with preconfigured options for the Chicago +% Manual of Style (and Turabian), MLA, and the Bluebook. \end{abstract} +% +% \tableofcontents +% +% \section{Introduction} +% +% Typography has long made use of these strange sequences of +% (usually) dots called \emph{ellipses} (singular +% \emph{ellipsis}). An ellipsis typically indicates an +% omission from a quotation (indeed, the Greek root means +% ``omission''), but they have also been used in a huge +% variety of other ways over the years: +% +% \begin{itemize} \item The aforementioned omission. ``Four +% score and\xelip seven years ago.'' \item An unfinished +% thought. ``Our forefathers brought forth\xelip I don't +% know; something, I guess.'' \item Indications of preceding +% matter. ``\xelip a new nation, conceived in liberty.'' +% \item A pause. ``I think\xelip therefore, I am.'' \item +% Probably lots of other things, as well. \end{itemize} +% +% \LaTeX, by default, produces ellipses with the |\dots| +% (\dots) or |\ldots| (\ldots) commands. These are fine, as +% far as they go; however, they suffer a few clear faults. +% For example, there is much less space at the beginning +% than at the end, which many people don't like; they are +% fairly close together, which not only do many people not +% like, but which goes against some important style manuals; +% they cannot have four or more dots, which some style +% manuals require in certain circumstances; and their +% spacing is not in any way configurable. +% +% So |xellipsis| gives you all the configuration options for +% your ellipses that you could possibly want, and probably +% lots more than you'll ever need. It also comes +% prepackaged with a few common formats, which are selected +% as package options at load time. +% +% |xellipsis| is packaged according to the \LaTeX\ +% \textsc{docstrip} utility, which allows automatic +% extraction of code and documentation from the same files. +% +% \section{Preconfigured Formats} +% \label{sect:preconf} +% +% |xellipsis| comes with some preconfigured ellipsis formats +% for the convenience of users. These are all set as +% package options; so, for example, when loading the package +% one states |\usepackage{xellipsis}| for the default +% behavior, but |\usepackage[latex]{xellipsis}| to specify +% the |latex| format. +% +% Please note that the usage of these ellipses is not always +% clear, even according to the manuals. I've done my best +% to get them right here, but if they're wrong on some +% detail, please let me know and I'll try to fix them. +% |xellipsis| offers ample configuration options to get +% these things right. +% +% \DescribeMacro{latex} +% The |latex| option sets up |\xelip| to behave identically +% to the default \LaTeX\ setting of |\dots| or |\ldots|. +% (The \LaTeX\ kernel defines |\ldots| as +% |\let\ldots=\dots|, so the two are the same.) In a +% convoluted way, |\dots| is defined in terms of +% |\textellipsis|, which itself is simply three dots +% separated by the current font's |\fontdimen3|, which is +% the stretchability of interword space. Not the interword +% space itself, mind you, but just the stretchability of +% that space. This leads to pretty tightly spaced ellipses +% for most fonts; but there we are. It also specifies no +% particular space before the ellipsis, but the same space +% as the gaps afterwards. This option yields the following: +% \begin{quote} +% {\xelipbef=0pt\xelipaft=\fontdimen3\font\xelipgap=\fontdimen3\font +% This is\xelip pretty tight, really. (|\xelip|) +% +% This is\ldots pretty tight, really. (|\ldots|) +% } +% \end{quote} +% +% \DescribeMacro{chicago} +% \textit{The Chicago Manual of Style} has some very +% specific rules about ellipses; specifically, that they +% should be three periods plus two nonbreaking spaces. So +% |xellipsis| defines them precisely that way, in terms of +% |\fontdimen2| (the non-glue portion of the interword space +% for the font), and adds no space before the first dot. +% The \textsc{cmos} also specifies that, at the end of a +% natural sentence, the period of the sentence should remain +% \emph{prior} to the ellipsis; this works fine with our +% definition. +% This system yields: +% \begin{quote} +% {\xelipbef=0pt\xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font\xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font +% This is\xelip pretty loose, really. (|\xelip|) +% +% I like that.\ \xelip It makes some sense. (|.\ \xelip|) +% } +% \end{quote} +% +% \DescribeMacro{mla} +% The \textsc{mla} advises similar ellipses to the \textsc{cmos}, +% except that there should always be a space before the +% first period. +% \begin{quote} +% {\xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font\xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font\xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font +% This is\xelip pretty loose, really. (|\xelip|) +% } +% \end{quote} +% +% \DescribeMacro{oldmla} +% The \textsc{mla} formerly advised that ellipses indicating +% omissions should be surrounded by square brackets ([]). +% The materials I've seen seem to indicate that this might +% still be required when the quotation already contains +% ellipses in the original material; however, usually they +% are not required. Either way, here's the option: +% \begin{quote} +% {\xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font\xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font\xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font\def\xelipprechar{[}\def\xelippostchar{]}\xelipprebef=\fontdimen2\font\xelippostaft=\fontdimen2\font +% This is\xelip how it's supposed to work, I guess? (|\xelip|) +% } +% \end{quote} +% +% \DescribeMacro{bluebook} +% Finally, in the United States legal citations are governed +% by our overlords at the Harvard Law Review, who publish +% \textit{The Bluebook}. Their ellipses are formatted just +% like the \textsc{mla} ellipses: +% \begin{quote} +% {\xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font\xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font\xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font +% This is\xelip pretty loose, really. (|\xelip|) +% } +% \end{quote} +% +% \section{The Nitty-Gritty: Configuration} +% \label{sect:nittygritty} +% +% We've already seen examples of the |xellipsis| defaults +% used (any time in this document that we haven't been +% explicitly demonstrating something else), so let's get +% down-and-dirty with the internals and do some customizing. +% +% The first is the most obvious: the character from which +% the ellipsis is constructed. This defaults to ``.'' (a +% period), and is held in the variable +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipchar}|\xelipchar|. Simply redefine +% |\xelipchar| in the normal way to get something different +% from the ordinary: +% +% \bigskip \hbox to\linewidth{% \hfil% \hbox +% to0.4\linewidth{% \hfil% \vbox{% +% \hbox{|\def\xelipchar{*}|} \hbox{|\xelip|} } \hfil% }\hbox +% to0.4\linewidth{% \hfil% \vbox{% \def\xelipchar{*}\xelip } +% \hfil% } \hfil% } \bigskip +% +% \def\xelipchar{*} This was actually quite common in older +% legal documents (using asterisks for ellipses, that is): +% ``And the ruling of the lower court\xelip is hereby +% \textsc{affirmed}.'' \def\xelipchar{.} So this sort of +% thing has some real functionality at times. +% +% The \emph{number} of characters in an ellipsis is governed +% by \DescribeMacro{\xelipnum}|\xelipnum|. |\xelipnum| is +% a \emph{counter}, not a macro, so if you change it, do so +% with a simple |=|: +% +% \bigskip \hbox to\linewidth{% \hfil% \hbox +% to0.4\linewidth{% \hfil% \vbox{% \hbox{|\xelipnum=6|} +% \hbox{|\xelip|} } \hfil% }\hbox to0.4\linewidth{% \hfil% +% \vbox{% \xelipnum=6 \xelip } \hfil% } \hfil% } \bigskip +% +% Most likely this would be 3 or 4, but I'm not going to try +% to limit you. |\xelipnum| defaults to 3. +% +% There are three lengths responsible for controlling the +% spacing of the ellipses. The space \emph{before} the +% first character of the ellipses is +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipbef}|\xelipbef|; the space +% \emph{after} the last character of the ellipses is +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipaft}|\xelipaft|; and the space +% \emph{between} the characters of the ellipses is +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipgap}|\xelipgap|. Each of these +% default to |3pt|. +% +% The benefit of having each of these independently +% configurable is that you don't have to worry about +% inserting special spacing before the ellipsis. +% Furthermore, you don't have to worry about |\xelip| eating the space +% after your command unless you prevent that with |{}| or +% |\ |; it \emph{does} +% eat the space, but that's okay, because the appropriate +% spacing is built into it. So you can say +% |I went\xelip to the store| and you'll get +% ``I went\xelip to the store'', exactly as you undoubtedly +% wanted. No need for |\xelip{}| or such expedients. +% +% Remember that these lengths are |dimen|s, so they are +% reset using a simple |=|; you can also use the \LaTeX\ +% |\setlength| incantation if you'd prefer: +% +% \bigskip +% \hbox to\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \hbox{|\xelipbef=1em|} +% \hbox{|\xelipgap=2em|} +% \hbox{|\setlength{\xelipaft}{2pt}|} +% \hbox{|This is\xelip strange.|} +% }% +% \hfil% +% }\hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \xelipbef=1em +% \xelipgap=2em +% \setlength{\xelipaft}{2pt} +% This is\xelip strange. +% } +% \hfil% +% }% +% \hfil% +% } +% \bigskip +% +% Finally, some style guides (including the MLA, until +% recently) require some surrounding punctuation for an +% ellipsis. |xellipsis| provides for this, too. The +% character that is to go \emph{before} the ellipsis is +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipprechar}|\xelipprechar|, while the +% character that is to go \emph{after} the ellipsis is +% \DescribeMacro{\xelippostchar}|\xelippostchar|. Both of +% these default to be empty. +% +% \bigskip +% \hbox to\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \hbox{|\def\xelipprechar{[}|} +% \hbox{|\def\xelippostchar{]}|} +% \hbox{|This is\xelip strange.|} +% }% +% \hfil% +% }\hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \def\xelipprechar{[} +% \def\xelippostchar{]} +% This is\xelip strange. +% } +% \hfil% +% }% +% \hfil% +% } +% \bigskip +% +% As with |\xelipchar|, you can use really anything for +% this, even things that would be truly bizarre (daggers? +% fleur-de-lis?); but this is a typical use case. +% +% The unsurprisingly-named +% \DescribeMacro{\xelipprebef}|\xelipprebef|, +% \DescribeMacro{\xelippreaft}|\xelippreaft|, +% \DescribeMacro{\xelippostbef}|\xelippostbef|, and +% \DescribeMacro{\xelippostaft}|\xelippostaft| control the +% spacing around these two characters; by default, all four +% are set to |0pt|. They are |dimen|s and can be set in +% either the \TeX\ way or the \LaTeX\ |\setlength| way. +% +% \bigskip +% \hbox to\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \hbox{|\def\xelipprechar{[}|} +% \hbox{|\def\xelippostchar{]}|} +% \hbox{|\xelipprebef=6pt|} +% \hbox{|\xelippreaft=3pt|} +% \hbox{|\setlength{\xelippostbef}{3pt}|} +% \hbox{|\setlength{\xelippostaft}{6pt}|} +% \hbox{|This is\xelip strange.|} +% }% +% \hfil% +% }\hbox to0.49\linewidth{% +% \hfil% +% \vbox{% +% \def\xelipprechar{[} +% \def\xelippostchar{]} +% \xelipprebef=6pt +% \xelippreaft=3pt +% \setlength{\xelippostbef}{3pt} +% \setlength{\xelippostaft}{6pt} +% This is\xelip strange. +% } +% \hfil% +% }% +% \hfil% +% } +% \bigskip +% +% Please be aware that these |\xelippreaft| \emph{stacks} +% with |\xelipbef|, and |\xelippostbef| stacks with +% |\xelipaft|; so their sum should be the spacing you want. +% Often this means simply leaving the two of them alone, as +% you've already got the appropriate space in the +% shorter-named |dimen|s. +% +% And that's it; if |xellipsis| can't meet your ellipsis +% needs somehow, please contact me and let me know, and I'll +% endeavor to add what you require. Happy \TeX{}ing! +% +% \section{Implementation} +% +% Our first task, as usual, is to define our options. We +% have options for default \LaTeX\ ellipsis behavior, +% Chicago Manual of Style behavior, old MLA behavior, and +% current MLA behavior. These all default to \emph{off}, +% and the default |xellipsis| behavior described above is +% \emph{on}. We define the conditions for the options, then +% process the options themselves. +% \begin{macrocode} +\newif\ifxel@latex\xel@latexfalse +\newif\ifxel@chicago\xel@chicagofalse +\newif\ifxel@oldmla\xel@oldmlafalse +\newif\ifxel@mla\xel@mlafalse +\newif\ifxel@bluebook\xel@bluebookfalse +\DeclareOption{latex}{\xel@latextrue} +\DeclareOption{chicago}{\xel@chicagotrue} +\DeclareOption{oldmla}{\xel@oldmlatrue} +\DeclareOption{mla}{\xel@mlatrue} +\DeclareOption{bluebook}{\xel@bluebooktrue} +\ProcessOptions +% \end{macrocode} +% +% Proceed to define the dimens that we will need. These are +% mostly self-explanatory; the first is for the gap +% between the characters of the ellipsis, the second is for +% the space \emph{before} the ellipsis begins, and the third +% is for the space \emph{after} the ellipsis ends. The +% fourth and fifth are for the spaces around the +% pre-ellipsis character, and the sixth and seventh are for +% the spaces around the post-ellipsis character. +% \begin{macrocode} +\newdimen\xelipgap\xelipgap=3pt +\newdimen\xelipbef\xelipbef=3pt +\newdimen\xelipaft\xelipaft=3pt +\newdimen\xelipprebef\xelipprebef=0pt +\newdimen\xelippreaft\xelippreaft=0pt +\newdimen\xelippostbef\xelippostbef=0pt +\newdimen\xelippostaft\xelippostaft=0pt +% \end{macrocode} +% Now we define the counter which holds the number of +% ellipsis characters we want. Defaults to 3. +% \begin{macrocode} +\newcount\xelipnum\xelipnum = 3% +% \end{macrocode} +% Next we devise a command which will hold the characters we +% use for ellipses. The main ellipsis character defaults to +% a period; the pre- and post-ellipsis characters default to +% nothing. +% \begin{macrocode} +\def\xelipchar{.} +\def\xelipprechar{} +\def\xelippostchar{} +% \end{macrocode} +% Finally, we're ready to define the actual ellipsis code. +% First, we need to define a counter for the loop. +% \begin{macrocode} +\newcount\xel@loopi\xel@loopi = 0% +% \end{macrocode} +% Next, we define the box which will hold the ellipsis; this +% way we can be sure that it won't break across lines. +% \begin{macrocode} +\def\xelip{% + \hbox{% +% \end{macrocode} +% Put it the code for the |\xelipprechar| and its spacing: +% \begin{macrocode} + \hskip\xelipprebef\xelipprechar\hskip\xelippreaft% +% \end{macrocode} +% Now, we use |\xelipbef| to skip the pre-ellipsis distance. +% \begin{macrocode} + \hskip\xelipbef\xelipchar% +% \end{macrocode} +% Now we loop, printing |\xelipchar| and skipping +% |\xelipgap| as many times as |\xelipnum| requires. We +% start be resetting the |\xel@loopi| variable, just in +% case. +% \begin{macrocode} + \xel@loopi = 1% + \loop\ifnum\xelipnum>\xel@loopi% + \advance\xel@loopi by1% + \hskip\xelipgap% + \xelipchar% + \repeat +% \end{macrocode} +% Lastly, we skip |\xelipaft|, then skip for +% |\xelippostchar| and its |dimen|s, close our box, and sit +% back in the satisfaction of an ellipsis well-made. +% \begin{macrocode} + \hskip\xelipaft% + \hskip\xelippostbef\xelippostchar\hskip\xelippostaft% + }% +}% +% \end{macrocode} +% Set up the |latex| option. +% \begin{macrocode} +\ifxel@latex + \xelipbef=0pt% + \xelipaft=\fontdimen3\font% + \xelipgap=\fontdimen3\font% +\fi +% \end{macrocode} +% \textit{The Chicago Manual of Style} option. +% \begin{macrocode} +\ifxel@chicago + \xelipbef=0pt% + \xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font% +\fi +% \end{macrocode} +% The \textsc{mla} option. +% \begin{macrocode} +\ifxel@mla + \xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font% +\fi +% \end{macrocode} +% \textit{The Bluebook} option. +% \begin{macrocode} +\ifxel@bluebook + \xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font% +\fi +% \end{macrocode} +% The old \textsc{mla} option. +% \begin{macrocode} +\ifxel@oldmla + \xelipbef=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipaft=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelipgap=\fontdimen2\font% + \def\xelipprechar{[}% + \def\xelippostchar{]}% + \xelipprebef=\fontdimen2\font% + \xelippostaft=\fontdimen2\font% +\fi +% This is\xelip how it's supposed to work, I guess? (|\xelip|) +% } +% \end{macrocode} +% And there's the |xellipsis| package. I hope it proves +% useful to someone besides myself. Happy \TeX{}ing! +% +% \PrintIndex diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.ins b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.ins new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0798460d6f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/xellipsis/xellipsis.ins @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +% +AMDG This document was begun on E October 11EE, the +% feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it +% is humbly dedicated to her and to her Immaculate Heart for +% her prayers, and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for His +% mercy. +% +% This document is copyright 2015 by Donald P. Goodman, and is +% released publicly under the LaTeX Project Public License. The +% distribution and modification of this work is constrained by the +% conditions of that license. See +% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +% for the text of the license. This document is released +% under version 1.3 of that license, and this work may be distributed +% or modified under the terms of that license or, at your option, any +% later version. +% +% This work has the LPPL maintenance status 'maintained'. +% +% The Current Maintainer of this work is Donald P. Goodman +% (dgoodmaniii@gmail.com). +% +% This work consists of xellipsis.dtx, xellipsis.ins, and +% derived files xellipsis.sty and xellipsis.pdf. + +\input docstrip.tex + +\preamble +This is a generated file. + +This document is copyright 2014 by Donald P. Goodman, and is +released publicly under the LaTeX Project Public License. The +distribution and modification of this work is constrained by the +conditions of that license. See + http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +for the text of the license. This document is released +under version 1.3 of that license, and this work may be distributed +or modified under the terms of that license or, at your option, any +later version. + +This work has the LPPL maintenance status 'maintained'. + +The Current Maintainer of this work is Donald P. Goodman +(dgoodmaniii@gmail.com). + +This work consists of xellipsis.dtx, xellipsis.ins, and +derived files xellipsis.sty and xellipsis.pdf. +\endpreamble + +\keepsilent +\generate{\file{xellipsis.sty}{\from{xellipsis.dtx}{package}}} + +\Msg{******************************************************} +\Msg{*} +\Msg{* To finish the installation you have to move the} +\Msg{* following file into a directory searched by TeX:} +\Msg{*} +\Msg{* \space\space xellipsis.sty} +\Msg{*} +\Msg{* To produce the documentation run the file xellipsis.dtx} +\Msg{* through LaTeX.} +\Msg{*} +\Msg{* Happy TeXing!} +\Msg{******************************************************} + +\endbatchfile |