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+% $Id: faq-intro.tex,v 1.2 2009/08/02 22:50:13 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 the actual typesetting issues are mostly
+covered from the viewpoint of a \LaTeX{} user.
+
+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 for printing on
+ \CTANhref{faq-a4}{A4 paper} or on % ! line break
+ \CTANhref{faq-letter}{North American ``letter'' paper}, or
+\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
+\item via Scott Pakin's \CTANhref{visualFAQ}{Visual FAQ}.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\subsection{Finding the Files}
+
+Unless otherwise specified, all files mentioned in this \acro{FAQ}
+are available from a \acro{CTAN} archive, or from a mirror of
+\acro{CTAN}~--- see \Qref[question]{later discussion}{Q-archives}% ! space
+\narrowonly{, which gives details} of the \acro{CTAN}
+archives\wideonly{ and}\narrowonly{, including} how to retrieve files
+from them. If you don't have access to the internet, the
+\Qref*{\texlive{} distribution}{Q-CD} offers off-line snapshots of the
+archives.
+
+The reader should also note that the first directory name of the
+path name of every file on \acro{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!
+
+\latexhtml{\subsection*{Origins}}{\textbf{Origins}}
+
+The \acro{FAQ} was originated by the Committee of the \acro{UK}
+\TeX{} Users' Group (\acro{UK}~\acro{TUG}) 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.
+
+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}: Donald Arseneau,
+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,
+Michael Dewey,
+Michael Downes, % (RIP) on (ams)maths stuff
+Jean-Pierre Drucbert, % corrected my interpretation of minitoc
+Michael Ernst, % alert on confusing colloquialism
+Thomas Esser,
+Ulrike Fischer, % spotted boondoggle in q-tabcellalign
+ % args like \section improvement; general typos
+Anthony Goreham,
+Norman Gray,
+Eitan Gurari, % (RIP) comparative html translators
+William Hammond, % lots of work on xml-related answers
+John Harper, % patient help with q-robust ;-)
+John Hammond, % corrections to q-protect
+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
+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,
+Daniel Luecking,
+Aditya Mahajan, % rewrite of q-context
+Sanjoy Mahajan,
+Andreas Matthias,
+Brooks Moses, % editorial suggestion
+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,
+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
+Chris Rowley, % founding father
+Jos\'e Carlos Santos, % assiduous reader of new versions
+Walter Schmidt,
+Hans-Peter Schr\"ocker,
+Joachim Schrod,
+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
+Ulrik Vieth,
+Mike Vulis,
+Chris Walker, % revtex alert, ite suggestion (q-labelfig)
+Peter Wilson, % several, incl functionality of memoir
+Joseph Wright, % help with keyval
+Rick Zaccone and
+Reinhard Zierke.
+\end{introduction}