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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews08.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews08.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 2de84c6ef17..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews08.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ -% \iffalse meta-comment -% -% Copyright 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 -% The LaTeX3 Project and any individual authors listed elsewhere -% in this file. -% -% This file is part of the LaTeX base system. -% ------------------------------------------- -% -% It 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 2003/12/01 or later. -% -% This file has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". -% -% The list of all files belonging to the LaTeX base distribution is -% given in the file `manifest.txt'. See also `legal.txt' for additional -% information. -% -% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution -% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with -% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. -% -% \fi -% Filename: ltnews08.tex - -% This is issue 8 of LaTeX News. - -\documentclass -% [lw35fonts] - {ltnews} - -% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} - -\publicationmonth{December} -\publicationyear{1997} -\publicationissue{8} - -\begin{document} - -\maketitle - -\section{New supported font encodings} - -Two new font encodings are supported as options to the \textsf{fontenc} -package: -\begin{description} -\item [OT4] -This is a seven-bit encoding designed for Polish. The \LaTeX\ support -was developed by Mariusz Olko. -\item [TS1] This is the `Text Companion Encoding'; it contains symbols -designed to be used in text, as opposed to mathematical formulas, and -some accents designed for uppercase letters. It is currently -supported by the `tc' fonts, which match the T1 encoded `ec' text -fonts. A subset of the glyphs in this encoding is supported by -virtual fonts distributed with the PostScript font metrics on the -\textsc{ctan} archives. (This is the `8c' encoding in Karl Berry's -fontname scheme.) The \textsf{textcomp} package provides access to -this encoding but here is a warning to current users of that package: -some of the internal names for the characters have changed. -\end{description} - - -\section{New input encodings} - -These additions to the \textsf{inputenc} package are -\texttt{decmulti} (the DEC Multinational -Character Set, contributed by M.~Y.~Chartoire) -and \texttt{cp1250} (an MS-Windows encoding for Central and Eastern -Europe, contributed by Marcin Woli\'nski). There is also a -\texttt{cp1252} encoding that is identical to \texttt{ansinew}. - - -\section{Tools} - -The \textsf{calc} package (used in many examples in \emph{The \LaTeX\ -Companion}) has been contributed to this distribution by Kresten Krab -Thorup and Frank Jensen. This is essentially the same as the version -that has been available from the \textsc{ctan} archives for some time, -with one minor change: to use \LaTeX-style error messages. It enables -the use of arithmetic expressions within arguments to standard -\LaTeX{} commands where a length or a counter value is required. For -example: -\begin{verbatim} - \setcounter {page} { \value{page} * 2 + 1 } - \parbox { 3in - ( 2mm + \textwidth / 9 ) } -\end{verbatim} - -There have also been some improvements to several other packages in -this collection. In particular, \textsf{bm} now works correctly with -constructions such as \verb|\bm{f'}| involving \texttt{'} or other -characters which use \TeX's special ``\verb|\mathcode"8000|'' -feature. Also, \textsf{multicol} sets the length \verb|\columnwidth| -to an appropriate value; this enables it to work with classes that -support two-column setting, e.g.,~the AMS classes. - - -\section{Graphics} - -The special \verb|oztex.def| driver file has been removed, and Oz\TeX\ -support has been merged with dvips, following advice from -Andrew Trevorrow about Oz\TeX~3.x. - -The \textsf{keyval} package has had some internal improvements: to -use \LaTeX\ format error messages; and to avoid `\verb|#| doubling'. -This latter change means that the \verb|command| key for the -\textsf{graphicx} version of \verb|\includegraphics| should now be used -with one \verb|#| rather than two. For example, \verb|command = `gunzip #1|. -Fortunately this key is almost never used in practice, so few if any -documents should be affected by this change. - - -\section{\LaTeX3 experimental programming conventions} - -As announced at the \TeX\ Users Group meeting (Summer 1997), a group of -highly experimental packages will soon be released to allow experienced\\ -\TeX\ programmers to experiment with, and comment on, a proposed set -of syntax conventions and basic data-types that might form -the basis for programming large scale projects in \TeX. -They will be located in\\ -this CTAN directory: -\begin{verbatim} - CTAN:macros/latex/packages/expl3 -\end{verbatim} -The documentation of this material is as follows: individual package -files provide outline, draft documentation; there is an article that -gives an overview of the syntax and related concepts; there is a -\texttt{readme.txt} file containing a brief description of the -collection. - -All aspects of these packages are liable, indeed likely, to change. -They should not be used at this stage for anything -that requires a stable system. However, we do encourage people to -experiment with these packages, and to send comments on them to the -\texttt{LaTeX-L} mailing list. -To subscribe to this list, mail to: -\begin{verbatim} - listserv@urz.uni-heidelberg.de -\end{verbatim} -the following one line message: -\begin{verbatim} - subscribe LATEX-L <<first-name>> <<second-name>> -\end{verbatim} - -% Revert to this if gets too full. -% See \texttt{modguide.tex} for -% information on how to subscribe to \texttt{LaTeX-L}. - -\end{document} - |