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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews09.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews09.tex index 0d959d9f92b..2d56515ca09 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews09.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/ltnews09.tex @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ \publicationyear{1998} \publicationissue{9} +\providecommand\pkg[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\providecommand\cls[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\providecommand\option[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\providecommand\env[1]{\texttt{#1}} +\providecommand\file[1]{\texttt{#1}} + \begin{document} \maketitle @@ -93,19 +99,19 @@ The old five-argument form is detected and will work as before. \section{Tools distribution} -The \texttt{multicol} package now supports the production of multiple +The \pkg{multicol} package now supports the production of multiple columns without balancing the last page. To get this effect use the -\texttt{multicols*} environment. +\env{multicols*} environment. -The \texttt{layout} package was partly recoded by Hideo Umeki to +The \pkg{layout} package was partly recoded by Hideo Umeki to display page layout effects in a better way. -As suggested by Donald Arseneau, the \texttt{calc} package was extended +As suggested by Donald Arseneau, the \pkg{calc} package was extended to support the new commands \verb|\widthof{<text>}|, \verb|\heightof{<text>}|, and \verb|\depthof{<text>}| within a -\texttt{calc}-expression. At the same time we modified a few kernel -commands so that \texttt{calc}-expressions can now be used in various -useful places such as the dimension arguments to the \texttt{tabular} +\pkg{calc}-expression. At the same time we modified a few kernel +commands so that \pkg{calc}-expressions can now be used in various +useful places such as the dimension arguments to the \env{tabular} environment and the \verb|\rule| command. For many other standard \LaTeX{} commands this was already possible. @@ -118,10 +124,10 @@ characters will soon be available. Test versions of the `LH' fonts for these Cyrillic encodings, based on the Computer Modern design, are available from CTAN archives in the -directory \texttt{fonts/cyrillic/lh-test}. The \LaTeX\ support files +directory \file{fonts/cyrillic/lh-test}. The \LaTeX\ support files (by Werner Lemberg and Vladimir Volovich) are also available from CTAN archives in\\ - \texttt{macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2} + \file{macros/latex/contrib/supported/t2} \section{Default docstrip header} @@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ We have changed the default version of this header so that it allows stripped files to be distributed in ready-to-run installations such as the \TeX{}Live CD\@. If you use the default header for distributing your files you should check that the new copyright text is acceptable -to you. The file \texttt{docstrip.dtx} explains how to produce your own +to you. The file \file{docstrip.dtx} explains how to produce your own header if you wish to do so. |