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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README for morefloats package, 2011/07/10, v1.0e
+README for morefloats package, 2012/01/28, v1.0f
TABLE OF CONTENTS
@@ -8,17 +8,16 @@ TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Download
3 Installation
4 Additional Packages
-5 New Features
-6 Package Compatibility
-7 Authors/Maintainers
-8 Bug Reports
-9 Known Problems
+5 Package Compatibility
+6 Authors/Maintainer
+7 Bug Reports
+8 Known Problems
1 INTRODUCTION
==============
-The current limit of unprocessed floats, 18, can be increased with this
+The limit of unprocessed floats, 18, can be increased with this
morefloats package. Otherwise, \clear(double)page, h(!), H from the
float package, or \FloatBarrier from the picins package might help.
@@ -26,18 +25,30 @@ Note: The main code of this package was invented by
Don Hosek, Quixote, 1990/07/27 (Thanks!).
Maintenance has been taken over in September 2010 by H.-Martin M\"{u}nch.
+This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License
+(LPPL). See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/
+licenses.lppl.html for the details of that license.
+
2 DOWNLOAD
==========
-'morefloats' is available at CTAN:
+'morefloats' is available on CTAN:
CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/
-Also a ZIP file is provided that contains the files, already
+Running
+tex morefloats.dtx
+generates the files
+morefloats.ins, morefloats.drv, morefloats.sty,
+and morefloats-example.tex.
+
+Also a ZIP file is provided that contains these files,
+the manual (morefloats.pdf), the compiled example
+(morefloats-example.pdf), and this README, already
sorted in a TDS tree:
CTAN:install/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats.tds.zip
-'CTAN:' means one of the 'Comprehensive TeX Archive Network'
+`CTAN:' means one of the `Comprehensive TeX Archive Network'
nodes or one of its mirrors. This is explained in
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=archives
@@ -53,9 +64,9 @@ corresponds to
Installation with ZIP file in TDS format
----------------------------------------
-The ZIP file 'morefloats.tds.zip' contains the files sorted
-in a TDS tree. Thus you can directly unpack the ZIP file
-inside a TDS tree.
+The ZIP file `morefloats.tds.zip' contains the files
+sorted in a TDS tree. Thus you can directly unpack the
+ZIP file inside a TDS tree.
(See CTAN:tds.zip for an explanation of TDS.)
Example:
cd /...somewhere.../texmf
@@ -69,37 +80,43 @@ Example:
Manual installation
-------------------
-a) Download the morefloats files from CTAN or the TUG server.
+a) Download the morefloats files from CTAN.
If necessary, unpack them.
b) Check for old morefloats.sty at other locations in your
TeX installation and delete them (or back them up,
but in a way TeX does NOT find them automatically).
-c) Generate the package and driver files from the download:
- tex morefloats.ins
-d) Install the file '*.sty' in your TDS tree:
+c) Generate the package and driver files:
+ tex morefloats.dtx
+d) Install the file `*.sty' in your TDS tree:
cp *.sty TDS:tex/latex/morefloats/
- Replace 'TDS:' by the prefix of your TDS tree
+ Replace `TDS:' by the prefix of your TDS tree
(texmf directory).
-e) Copy the documentation files to
- "TDS:doc/latex/morefloats/":
- README, morefloats.pdf, morefloats-example.tex.
-f) Update the databases if necessary, e. g. for teTeX:
+e) Create the documentation (if necessary), e.g.
+ pdflatex morefloats.dtx
+ makeindex -s gind.ist morefloats.idx
+ pdflatex morefloats.dtx
+ makeindex -s gind.ist morefloats.idx
+ pdflatex morefloats.dtx
+f) Update the databases if necessary, e.g. for teTeX:
mktexlsr .../texmf
+g) Create the morefloats-example.pdf (if necessary), e.g.
+ pdflatex morefloats-example.tex
+ pdflatex morefloats-example.tex
+ pdflatex morefloats-example.tex
+h) Copy the documentation files to
+ "TDS:doc/latex/morefloats/":
+ README, morefloats.pdf, morefloats-example.tex,
+ morefloats-example.pdf.
4 ADDITIONAL PACKAGES
=====================
morefloats itself loads the kvoptions package,
- CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/kvoptions.dtx
+ http://ctan.org/pkg/kvoptions
which again loads other packages
(see the result of the \listfiles command in the log-file
- of morefloats-example.tex).
-For unpacking and constructing the documentation
-morefloats.dtx needs additional packages,
-see "6.1 Downloads" in the manual,
-ftp://ftp.ctan.org/
-tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/morefloats.pdf
+ of the example).
5 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY
@@ -107,13 +124,14 @@ tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/morefloats.pdf
There are no known incompatibilities.
+
6 AUTHOR/MAINTAINER
=====================
* Author of the original main code:
Don Hosek, Quixote, 1990/07/27 (Thanks!)
-* Author of the recent package and maintainer:
- Hans-Martin Münch
+* Author of the recent package and current maintainer:
+ H.-Martin Münch
7 BUG REPORTS
@@ -122,15 +140,15 @@ There are no known incompatibilities.
A bug report should contain:
* Comprehensive problem description. This includes error or
warning messages.
- * \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the
- TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages.
+* \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the
+ TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages.
* Minimal test file that shows the problem, but does not
contain any unnecessary packages and code.
* Used drivers/programs.
* Version information about used packages and programs.
- * If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles". Then
- a list of version information is printed at the end
- of the LaTeX run.
+* If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles". Then
+ a list of version information is printed at the end
+ of the LaTeX run.
* Please no other files than the minimal test file.
The other files .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf are seldom
necessary, so send them only on request.
@@ -139,7 +157,7 @@ A bug report should contain:
Bug address
-----------
Bug reports can be send to the maintainer:
- Hans-Martin Münch
+ H.-Martin Münch
<Martin [dot] Muench [at] Uni-Bonn [dot] de>