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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} |