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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/e-french/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/e-french/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6137e03e261 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/e-french/README @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ + eFrench - French typography for LaTeX + + Version 5.9995 2015-08-17 + +e-French, FRENCHLE and FRENCH. + ------------------- + The package e-french installed gives access to both + frenchle.sty and french.sty. + --------------------------- + +Therefore the package with frenchle disapeard to be placed +under THE obsolete packages. + + +HISTORY from FrenchPro to e-French + +The eFrench projet is born in order to keep up to date French for (La)Tex and +maintain it available for future users. FrenchPro for (La)Tex, is the result +of a fifteen years work of its creator, Bernard Gaulle + +Beginning 1999, the FrenchPro package was marketted as shareware, and Bernard +Gaulle alone owner of all rights. He died Aug. 2nd 2007. His wife Catherine +Gaulle, the heiress, gave authorization in that matter to the eFrench group in +order to maintain the whole work in the future. + +The project is maintained by a small group started by Laurent Bloch and hosted +by Tux Family: http://projects.tuxfamily.org/group.pl?name=efrench, +email: efrench@lists.tuxfamily.org. + + + The credit for this piece of work remains with + the first and main author, Bernard Gaulle. + +LICENCE + +Copyright 2010 eFrench Group +This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the +LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or +(at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license +is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later +is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. + +This work has the LPPL maintenance status «maintained». +The Current Maintainer of this work is Raymond Juillerat +(raymond -at- juil-dot-ch). + +DISTRIBUTION + +The distribution includes an unique package for both Unix (Linux, OSx) +or Windows operating systems. Compatibility have been tested +under MikTeX (2.8 and 2.9) and TeXLive (Ubuntu). +The user's manual is named efrench.pdf, documentation of french.sty +(source) is named french_doc.pdf. A FAQ explains the context in which +these packages are to be used. + +** The install directory + Short documentations for beginners are written in +- in english: MiniDoc_Unx.txt for Unix, + MiniDoc_Win.txt for Windows +- in french : MiniDocEf_Unx.pdf for Unix, + MiniDocEf_Win.pdf for Windows + Because pdf better for languages using + non 7-bits accented characters like french. + +** The french directory +The french directory with its content is to be placed in a correct +place in the Tex Directory Structure, normally under .../tex/plain +resulting in the branch .../tex/plain/french + +** The doc directory +The documentation is provided with the sources as required under +LPPL agreement +- User's manuals are under "/manuels". +- Short documentation + - histoire.html is the history of french.sty written in french + an abstract is given in changements.html + - lisez-moi.html explains why this name "efrench" + - licence.html explains the licence-history (french and english) + In order to render non-ascii accented characters in french, + html instead text for these short documentations + + +MIGRATING FROM FRENCHPRO + + No problem for the user. French.sty is the FrenchPro's version +with shareware test removed and updated to a new version. + +MIGRATING FROM FRENCHLE + It is not neccessary to migrate, in e-french frenchle.sty is as +easy accessible as french.sty + But if you will migrate there are only these things to do: +- replace "frenchle" with "french" in the \usepackage calling it. +- if in use please rename frenchle.cfg to french.cfg and adapt it. + - Within it, please desactivate the things with french + guillemets (chevrons), if they were active. + +Enjoy. Raymond Juillerat for the e-french group + raymond(at)juil(dot)ch + |