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@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ environment (which is a close relation of the LaTeX
<code>quote</code> environment) <em>doesn&rsquo;t</em> change the text width
as far as TeX is concerned: it merely moves text around inside the
width that TeX believes in.
-<p/>The <i>changepage</i> package provides ready-built commands to do the
-above; it includes provision for changing the shifts applied to your
-text according to whether you&rsquo;re on an odd (<em>recto</em>) or an even
-(<em>verso</em>) page of a two-sided document.
+<p/>The <i>changepage</i> package provides ready-built commands to do
+the above; it includes provision for changing the shifts applied to
+your text according to whether you&rsquo;re on an odd (<em>recto</em>) or an
+even (<em>verso</em>) page of a two-sided document.
+<i>Changepage</i>&rsquo;s structure matches that of the <i>memoir</i>
+class.
<p/>The (earlier) package <i>chngpage</i> provides the same facilities,
but it uses rather different syntax. <i>Changepage</i>&rsquo;s structure
matches that of the <i>memoir</i> class, and it should be used for
@@ -58,10 +60,15 @@ to make the page one line longer, or
\enlargethispage{-\baselineskip}
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
-to make the page one line shorter.
+to make the page one line shorter. The process is (to an extent)
+simplified by the <i>addlines</i> package: its <code>\</code><code>addlines</code>
+command takes as argument the <em>number</em> of lines to add to the
+page (rather than a length): the package documentation also provides a
+useful analysis of when the command may (or may not) be expected to
+work.
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>changepage.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/changepage.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/changepage.sty</a>
-<dt><tt><i>chngpage.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngpage.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/chngpage.sty</a>
+<dt><tt><i>addlines.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/addlines.zip">macros/latex/contrib/addlines</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/addlines/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>changepage.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivemacros/latex/contrib/misc/changepage.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/changepage.sty</a>
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=chngmargonfly">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=chngmargonfly</a>
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