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@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
-isomath README
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-:Date: 2011-02-01
-:Copyright: © 2008, 2011 Günter Milde <milde@users.berlios.de>
-
+isomath
+*******
+Mathematical style for science and technology
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+:Author: Günter Milde
+:Date: 2012-09-10
+:Copyright: © 2008, 2012 Günter Milde <milde@users.sf.net>
:Licence: This work 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.
-:Abstract: The `isomath` package enables formatting Greek and Latin
- letters as symbols for vectors, matrices, and tensors
- in the typefaces recommended for scientific papers
- by the International Standard ISO 80000-2.
+:Abstract: The `isomath` package provides tools for a mathematical style
+ that conforms to the International Standard ISO 80000-2 and is
+ common in science and technology. It changes the default shape of
+ capital Greek letters to italic, sets up bold italic and
+ sans-serif bold italic math alphabets with Latin and Greek
+ characters, and defines macros for markup of vector, matrix and
+ tensor symbols.
Files
=====
==================== =================================
README.txt Requirements, Installation, Usage
-README.html browser friendly README
+README.html Requirements, Installation, Usage (HTML)
isomath.sty literate source (the actual LaTeX package)
isomath.sty.txt literate source (text version)
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ isomath-test.pdf Test example (PDF output)
The bidirectional text <-> code converter PyLit_ can convert between
``isomath.sty`` and ``isomath.sty.txt``.
-The Python Docutils_ and pdflatex were used to generate the HTML and PDF
+The Docutils_ and pdflatex were used to generate the HTML and PDF
documentation from the reStructuredText_ sources.
@@ -50,26 +55,33 @@ bold italic* fonts matching with Computer Modern and derivatives.
All required packages are part of TeXLive and MikTeX.
+
Installation
============
-* Unpack isomath.zip (preferably in a TDS_ documentation folder).
+If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation
+manager.
+
+Otherwise, make sure LaTeX can find the file `isomath.sty`:
-* Make sure LaTeX can find isomath.sty:
+* Download and unpack `isomath.zip` or just download `isomath.sty`.
+
+* Copy/Move/Link ``isomath.sty`` to a suitable place in the TDS_ and run
+ ``texhash``, or place it in the current working directory (e.g. for
+ testing).
- Copy/Move/Link it to a suitable place in the TDS_ and run ``texhash``
- or place it in the current working directory (e.g. for testing).
Usage
=====
-::
+Load the package and (optionally) change the default ``\vec`` macro with::
\usepackage{isomath}
+ \renewcommand{\vec}{\vectorsym} % optional
-Option description, more examples and usage hints are in the user
-documentation.
+Option description, more examples and usage hints are in the `user
+documentation`_.
.. References
==========
@@ -84,3 +96,5 @@ documentation.
.. _kvoptions: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/kvoptions.html
.. _TDS: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds
+
+.. _user documentation: isomath.sty.html