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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2005-12-29 00:31:48 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2005-12-29 00:31:48 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d3ae64f8f09 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label eplain</title> +</head><body> +<h3>What is Eplain?</h3> +<p>The +<a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/~dorai/eplain/index.html">Eplain</a> +macro package expands on and extends the definitions in Plain TeX. +Eplain is not intended to provide "generic typesetting +capabilities", as do LaTeX or +<a href="FAQ-texinfo.html">Texinfo</a>. Instead, it +defines macro tools that should be useful whatever commands you choose +to use when you prepare your manuscript. +<p>For example, Eplain does not have a command <code>\</code><code>section</code>, +which would format section headings in an "appropriate" way, as +LaTeX's <code>\</code><code>section</code> does. The philosophy of Eplain is that +some people will always need or want to go beyond the macro designer's +idea of "appropriate". Such canned 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 are out +of luck. +<p>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. Karl Berry, the author of Eplain, says +he is not aware of any generally available macro packages that do +not force their typographic style on an author, and yet provide +such capabilities. +<p>Eplain documentation is +<a href="http://tug.org/docs/html/eplain">available online</a>, and there's +also a mailing list - sign up, or browse the list archives, via +<a href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-eplain">http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-eplain</a> +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>Eplain distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/eplain.zip">macros/eplain</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/eplain.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/eplain/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=eplain">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=eplain</a> +</body> |