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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 4ccda2bdc9b..8675d27bd1d 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 @@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ <h3>What is Eplain?</h3> <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 ConTeXt, LaTeX or +Eplain is not intended to provide “generic typesetting +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 -some people will always need or want to go beyond the macro designer’s -idea of “appropriate”. Such canned macros are fine — as long as you -are willing to accept the resulting output. If you don’t like the +which would format section headings in an “appropriate” way, as +LaTeX’s <code>\</code><code>section</code> does. The philosophy of Eplain is that +some people will always need or want to go beyond the macro designer’s +idea of “appropriate”. Such canned macros are fine — as long as you +are willing to accept the resulting output. If you don’t like the 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 +cross-referencing by labels, so that you don’t have to put actual page 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. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ a URL). users are lacking, most notably text colouring and rotation provided by the <i>graphics</i> bundle (packages <i>color</i> and <i>graphics</i>). Although the <i>graphics</i> bundle provides -a Plain TeX “loader” for some of the packages, it is not a +a Plain TeX “loader” for some of the packages, it is not a trivial job to pass options to those packages under Plain TeX, and much of the functionality of the packages is accessed through package options. Eplain extends the loader so that options can be passed @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ known to work with Eplain: <i>graphics</i>, <i>graphicx</i>, <i>color</i>, <i>autopict</i> (LaTeX picture environment), <i>psfrag</i>, and <i>url</i>. <p/><a href="http://tug.org/docs/html/eplain">Eplain documentation</a> is -available online, and there’s -also a mailing list — sign up, or browse the list archives, via +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="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/eplain.zip">macros/eplain</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/eplain/">browse the directory</a>) |