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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-underscore.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-underscore.html deleted file mode 100644 index 0acb8913b72..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-underscore.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label underscore</title> -</head><body> -<h3>How to use the underscore character</h3> -<p/>The underscore character ‘<code>_</code>’ is ordinarily used in -TeX to indicate a subscript in maths mode; if you type -<code>_</code>, on its own, in the course of ordinary text, TeX will -complain. If you’re writing a document which will contain a large -number of underscore characters, the prospect of typing -<code>\</code><code>_</code> (or, worse, <code>\</code><code>textunderscore</code>) for every one of -them will daunt most ordinary people. -<p/>Moderately skilled macro programmers can readily generate a quick hack -to permit typing ‘<code>_</code>’ to mean ‘text underscore’. -However, the code <em>is</em> somewhat tricky, and more importantly -there are significant points where it’s easy to get it wrong. There -is therefore a package <i>underscore</i> which provides a general -solution to this requirement. -<p/>There is a problem, though: OT1 text fonts don’t contain an -underscore character, unless they’re in the typewriter version of the -encoding (used by fixed-width fonts such as <code>cmtt</code>). So either -you must ensure that your underscore characters only occur in text set -in a typewriter font, or you must use a more modern encoding, such as -T1, which has the same layout for every font, and thus an -underscore in every font. -<p/>If the requirement is only for occasional uses of underscores, it may -be acceptable to use the following construct: -<blockquote> -<pre> -\def\us{\char`\_} -... -\texttt{create\us process} -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -The construction isn’t in the least robust (in the normal English -sense of the word), but it <em>is</em> robust under expansion (i.e., the -LaTeX sense of the word); so use it with care, but don’t worry -about section headings and the like. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>underscore.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/underscore.zip">macros/latex/contrib/underscore</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/underscore/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/underscore.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=underscore">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=underscore</a> -</body> |