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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/memoir/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/memoir/README index 9a9b549d14a..79055529523 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/memoir/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/memoir/README @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ Memoir is a flexible class for typesetting poetry, fiction, non-fiction and mathematical works as books, reports, articles or -manuscripts. Documents can use 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt or 17pt -as the normal font size. Many methods are provided to let you create -your particular design. The class incorporates over 30 of the more -popular packages. +manuscripts. Documents can use 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, or 17pt as the +normal fontsize and, if you have scalable fonts, 20pt, 25pt, 30pt, 36pt, +48pt, or 60pt sizes, or even larger. Many methods are provided to let +you create your particular design. The class incorporates over 30 of the +more popular packages. - NOTE: Please DO NOT TRY TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY as I am away more -than I am here. You will get faster and better response to your questions -by asking on the comp.text.tex newsgroup (CTT), or the texhax mailing list -(which I do not read). If you really have found a bug, then try me but -also report on CTT. + NOTE: If you have any questions please ask them on the comp.text.tex +newsgroup; you are likely to get faster and better answers than if you +email me directly as I am away more often than not. NOTE: In order to provide fixes for any problems that may arise between major releases, you may find a file called mempatch.sty @@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ will automatically include this so DO NOT \usepackage{mempatch}. The Change lists below do not neccessarily note each release of the patch or addendum files. - NOTE: Similarly, there may be a file called memmanadd.* which provides -amendments to the current version of the User Manual. + NOTE: Similarly, there may be file(s) called memmanadd.(tex|pdf) which +provides amendments to the current version of the User Manual. NOTE: If you are using the hyperref package dated earlier than 2006/11/15, use the memhfixc package after the hyperref package, e.g., @@ -29,26 +28,38 @@ use the memhfixc package after the hyperref package, e.g., ... Later versions of the hyperref package automatically load the memhfixc package. -Changes (2007/12/24) -o New version (4.9a) of mempatch.sty, fixing bugs introduced in v4.9 -o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL OR ADDENDUM - -Changes (2007/12/14) -o New version (4.9) of mempatch.sty, fixing all known bugs and adding minor - enhancements -o New version of the Addendum -o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL - - I hope that the next release will be the final version of memoir. There -will be a new version of the USER MANUAL, and both mempatch.sty and the -Addendum should be empty. - - - -Changes (2007/01/22) -o New version (4.8) of mempatch.sty, fixing the abstract environment and - other minor infelicities. -o NO CHANGES TO THE USER MANUAL OR ADDENDUM + NOTE: The full User Manual (memman.pdf) is a large document approaching +600 pages in total. You do not need to print all of it, especially if you +already have an earlier edition. Roughly speaking, the main portions are: +o Frontmatter: Preface, Toc, Introduction, Terminology ~ 35 pages +o Mainmatter: + Design and typography ~ 60 pages + Class commands and environments, etc. ~ 335 pages +o Appendices: (La)Tex programming, Errors and warnings ~ 40 pages +o Backmatter: + Command glossary ~ 40 pages + Bibliography, indexes ~ 50 pages + + +Changes (2008/05/27) +o Memoir class v1.61803 released incorporating all patches and comments about + v1.61803 beta. Major extensions are extended, or arbitrary, document font + sizes and provision of several styles of section headings. +o User Manual (memman), edition 7 released incorporating the contents of the + Addendum. The part on typography has been extended and a glossary of memoir's + commands and environments has been added. +o New (empty) version of mempatch.sty. + + This will be the last release for a considerable period of time. After 25 +years in the USA we are moving back to the UK where there are grandchildren. +The process will probably involve at least 6 months in LaTeX limbo. +My definition of `considerable period' may imply decades. + +Changes (2008/04/25) +o Beta version of memoir v1.61803 released incorporating all patches. + No major comments received. +o Beta version of the USER MANUAL released incorporating all of the + ADDENDUM. Minor comments received. Changes (2006/12/23) o New version (4.7) of mempatch.sty, fixing minor infelicities with v4.6 @@ -249,7 +260,7 @@ o First public experimental alpha release ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Peter Wilson (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net - Copyright 2001--2007 Peter R. Wilson + Copyright 2001--2005 Peter R. Wilson This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either @@ -276,6 +287,12 @@ mem11.clo mem12.clo mem14.clo mem17.clo +mem20.clo +mem25.clo +mem30.clo +mem36.clo +mem48.clo +mem60.clo mempatch.sty memhfixc.sty basic.gst. @@ -290,36 +307,50 @@ mempatch.sty Patch file for memoir class memhfixc.sty Patch file for hyperref package memman.tex LaTeX source for the user manual (requires the memoir class and the alltt, - fixltx2e, layouts, and url packages for + fixltx2e, layouts, graphicx, and url packages for processing) memman.pdf User manual in PDF memmanadd.pdf Addendum (in PDF) to the User Manual (if required) -memman.ist MakeIndex style file for memman.tex +memsty.sty Style file for (memman|memmanadd).tex +memnoidxnum.tex Some default indexed elements for memman.tex +memfonts.sty Palatino/CMR(lmodern) font mix +memlays.sty Additional diagrammatic layouts +titlepages.sty Assorted title page definitions +anvil2.mps Herries Press logo +memman.ist MakeIndex style file for (memman|memmanadd).tex +memman.gst MakeIndex style file for (memman|memmanadd) glossary To install the package: o run: latex memoir.ins (which will generate memoir.cls, a set of mem*.clo files, and basic.gst for MakeIndex glossary files) -o run: latex memoir.dtx - For an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist memoir -o run: latex memoir.dtx -o Print memoir.dvi for a hardcopy of the documented code o Move memoir.cls, the mem*.clo files and any mem*.sty file to locations where LaTeX will find them (typically in a local texmf tree at /tex/latex/memoir) and refresh the file database. See the FAQ on CTAN at help/uk-tex-faq or http://www.tug.ac.uk/faq for more information on this. - To process memman.tex + To read the commented source code +o run: (pdf)latex memoir.dtx + For an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist memoir +o run: (pdf)latex memoir.dtx +o Print the result for a hardcopy of the documented code (which consists + of nearly 500 pages) + + To process memman.tex (if you really want to do this and not just use +memman.pdf as supplied) o Make sure you can use the memoir class and the alltt, fixltx2e, - layouts and url packages. + layouts, graphicx, comment, and url (and perhaps some more) packages. o Run (pdf)latex twice on memman.tex o For an index run: makeindex -s memman.ist memman +o For an index of first lines run: makeindex lines +o For a glossary run: makeindex -s memman.gst -o memman.gls memman.glo o Run (pdf)latex twice more on memman.tex o Print the manual + -2007/12/24 +2008/05/27 Peter Wilson herries dot press at earthlink dot net |