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<p/>The <a href="http://tug.org/eplain">Eplain</a>
macro package expands on and extends the definitions in Plain TeX.
Eplain is not intended to provide &ldquo;generic typesetting
-capabilities&rdquo;, 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.
+capabilities&rdquo;, as do ConTeXt, 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 &ldquo;appropriate&rdquo; way, as
LaTeX&rsquo;s <code>\</code><code>section</code> does. The philosophy of Eplain is that
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@ 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&rsquo;t have to put actual page
-numbers in the manuscript. The authors of Eplain are not aware of
-any generally available macro packages that do not force their
-typographic style on an author, and yet provide such capabilities.
+numbers in the manuscript. The authors of Eplain believe it is the
+only generally available macro package that does not force its
+typographic style on an author, and yet provides these such capabilities.
<p/>Another useful feature of Eplain is the ability to create PDF files
with hyperlinks. The cross-referencing macros can implicitly generate
hyperlinks for the cross-references, but you can also create explicit
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ available online, and there&rsquo;s
also a mailing list &mdash; 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>
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-<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>)
+<dt><tt><i>Eplain distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/eplain.zip">macros/eplain</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/eplain/">browse the directory</a>)
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<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>
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