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+The MiniFP package
+
+Purpose:
+
+ minifp.sty defines macros for calculating with decimal real numbers.
+ It provides 8 decimal digits before and after the decimal point.
+ Minifp also provides a stack-based "assembly" language for writing
+ "programs".
+
+ In its basic form, minifp makes only simple operations available. To
+ get additional operations (sine, cosine, angle, square root, log and
+ exp), the file mfpextra.tex is provided.
+
+ Minifp should work in both latex and plaintex.
+
+ This is version 0.9. It should work reasonably well, barring any bugs,
+ but I expect to spend some time fine-tuning it for version 1.0.
+
+License:
+
+ All files of the minifp distribution (listed below) may be distributed
+ and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public
+ License, either version 1.3c 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 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+ version 2008/12/01 or later.
+
+ While every effort has been made to make minifp useful, it comes with
+ no warranty, expressed or implied.
+
+Usage:
+
+ You can use minifp as a LaTeX package with
+ \usepackage{minifp}
+ or use it in plain TeX with
+ \input minifp.sty
+
+ You can access the extra commands from mfpextra.tex by issuing the
+ command
+ \MFPloadextra
+ after minifp.sty has been loaded.
+
+Installation:
+
+ To install minifp, obtain minifp.tds.zip from CTAN and unzip it in any
+ TDS-compliant texmf tree.
+
+ Or, in the presence of minifp.dtx, run tex or latex on minifp.ins to
+ unpack the files minifp.sty and mfpextra.tex. Copy those files to some
+ place where both tex and latex can find them. For example, in a TDS
+ compliant system, the directory /tex/generic/minifp/ under one of your
+ TEXMF root directories.
+
+ The documentation is provided in minifp.pdf. Put minifp.pdf (and this
+ README and the files test*.tex, if you wish) wherever documentation of
+ packages is kept. For example, in the directory /doc/generic/minifp/
+ under one of your TEXMF root directories.
+
+ If you wish to regenerate the documentation, run latex (or pdflatex)
+ on minifp.dtx three times and then
+ makeindex -s gind.ist -o minifp.ind minifp.idx
+ and then (pdf)latex again on minifp.dtx.
+
+Manifest:
+
+ These, together with the files minifp.sty and mfpextra.tex (generated
+ by tex-ing minifp.ins), constitute the minifp distribution to which the
+ license applies:
+
+ minifp.dtx Contains minifp.sty and mfpextra.tex
+ minifp.ins The unpacking script: run tex or latex on it.
+ It reads in minifp.dtx and produces the files
+ minifp.sty and mfpextra.tex
+ minifp.pdf Documentation
+ test1.tex A suite of tests, including error messages (plain TeX)
+ test2.tex More tests, including long tests of speed (plain TeX)
+ README This file.
+
+ This distribution, the latest updates, and possibly some past
+ versions, should also be available at my web site:
+ <http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/tex/>.
+
+History:
+
+ Version 0.9 : maximum possible accuracy achieved for angle, at some
+ cost to speed.
+ Version 0.8 : exp: now more accurate for many cases.
+ Version 0.7 : sqrt: now exact when possible and much more accurate.
+ Version 0.6 : Added angle to mfpextra. Changed package name to minifp.
+ Version 0.5 : Added sqrt, deg, rad to mfpextra.
+ Version 0.4 : Added log, exp, pow to mfpextra.
+ Version 0.3 : Added mfpextra.tex, defines sin and cos.
+ Version 0.2 : Added macros for printing, formatting the results.
+ Version 0.1 : First working set of macros. Package named mfp.sty.
+
+--
+Dan Luecking <luecking (at) uark (dot) edu>
+Department of Mathematical Sciences
+1 University of Arkansas
+Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-1201
+U.S.A.