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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html index de3f766ac42..f7ffebe97fc 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-eplain.html @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ <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 “generic typesetting -capabilities”, 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”, 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 “appropriate” way, as LaTeX’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’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’s also a mailing list — 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> <dl> -<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>) </dl> <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> </body> |