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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dtx.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dtx.html index 7b1dfac3778..8df2ae0506c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dtx.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dtx.html @@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ <p/>LaTeX2e, and most contributed macro packages, are now written in a <a href="FAQ-lit.html">literate programming style</a>, with source and documentation in the -same file. This format, known as ‘doc’, in fact originated before the -days of the LaTeX project as one of the “Mainz” series of +same file. This format, known as ‘doc’, in fact originated before the +days of the LaTeX project as one of the “Mainz” series of packages. A documented source file conventionally has the suffix -<code>.dtx</code>, and will normally be ‘stripped’ before use with +<code>.dtx</code>, and will normally be ‘stripped’ before use with LaTeX; an installation file (<code>.ins</code>) is normally provided, to automate this process of removing comments for speed of loading. To read the comments, you can run LaTeX on the <code>.dtx</code> file to produce a nicely formatted version of the documented code. Several -packages can be included in one <code>.dtx</code> file (they’re sorted +packages can be included in one <code>.dtx</code> file (they’re sorted out by the <code>.ins</code> file), with conditional sections, and there are facilities for indexes of macros, etc. <p/>Anyone can write <code>.dtx</code> files; the format is explained in |