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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/autoarea/ANNOUNCE.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/autoarea/ANNOUNCE.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fa1d7034b5c --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/autoarea/ANNOUNCE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +SUMMARY: automatic bounding boxes with PiCTeX + +PiCTeX is a "generic" set of TeX macros for drawing diagrams and +pictures, dating from 1987, written and described by Michael J. Wichura. +The last extensions contributed by other authors may have occurred +1999. It may be difficult to find somebody who uses it today ... +yet two users asked me for help this year ... + +A new generic package `autoarea.sty' makes PiCTeX recognize lines +and arcs in determining the "bounding box" of a picture +(PiCTeX so far accounted for put commands only). +The "bounding box" is essential for proper placement of a picture +between running text and margins and for keeping the running text away. +Examples provided demonstrate what `autoarea.sty' does. + +Yes, it should suffice to load the package to have this effect. +Read additional instructions and informations in the file +`autoarea.sty'. + +`autoarea.sty' has been tested successfully on 42 geometric figures +from a work by medieval scholar N. Oresme, as reproduced by Dr. +Richard Lorch using PiCTeX. + + |