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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
\section*{Preface}
\texttt{ednotes[.sty]} is a macro package or bundle of
-macro files for critical editions---typed
+macro files for scholarly critical editions---typed
by U.\,L.\footnote{$\dots$ originally under the direction of
Christian Tapp at a research project granted by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).}
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ It is little more than a user interface for combining
Stephan~I.\ B\"ottcher's \texttt{lineno.sty} and
Alexander~I.~Rozhenko's \texttt{manyfoot}.
-Nowadays, \texttt{PDF} files are very wanted for
-documentation of \TeX\ macro files.
-Well,
+Recent CTAN policy urges to upload \texttt{PDF}
+documentation accompanying \TeX\ macro files.
% such files
% do exist for the underlying \texttt{lineno.sty}---
% \lcurl{lineno.pdf}
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ Well,
% for the underlying \texttt{manyfoot.sty}\,.
%
% $\dots$ well,
-sorry, a documentation of this kind doesn't exist
+Sorry, a documentation of this kind doesn't exist
at present for \texttt{ednotes} $\dots$---I am just offering
some ersatz \texttt{PDF} documentation: listings of the
\texttt{.sty} files belonging to the \texttt{ednotes} bundle,
@@ -72,14 +71,25 @@ alternative \texttt{ledmac}.
\tableofcontents
\section{The \texttt{.txt} files}
-\subsection{\texttt{README.txt}}
-\verbatiminput{README.txt}
-\subsection{\texttt{CHANGES.txt}}
+\subsection{First encounter with \texttt{ednotes} on CTAN:
+ \texttt{README}}
+\verbatiminput{README}
+\subsection{Adding on installing etc.: \texttt{READMORE.txt}}
+This is an extended "README" version
+for learning how to complete your download.
+\verbatiminput{READMORE.txt}
+\subsection{What has changed since your earlier downloads:
+ \texttt{CHANGES.txt}}
+\dots\ lists changes the bundle underwent in a chronolical order.
\verbatiminput{CHANGES.txt}
\subsection{Advice for installation: \texttt{visible.txt}}
-These are some very down-to-earth advices for
-real \TeX-newbies.
+Some very down-to-earth advices for real \TeX-newbies:
\verbatiminput{visible.txt}
+\subsection{Really recent? \texttt{CHANGING.txt}}
+You might consider whether the snapshot (TeXLive most notably)
+of the \texttt{ednotes} bundle that you have received most
+recently displays the most recent (and perfect) state of it.
+\verbatiminput{CHANGING.txt}
\section{The main file: \texttt{ednotes.sty}}
\verbatiminput{ednotes.sty}