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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
\newcommand{\myurl}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{\underline{\textcolor{black}{\url{#1}}}}}
-\title{Prerex-Formatted Prerequisite Charts\\[1ex]\Large An Introduction\\[0.5ex]\large \texttt{prerex} Version~6.0}
+\title{Prerex-Formatted Prerequisite Charts\\[1ex]\Large An Introduction\\[0.5ex]\large \texttt{prerex} Version~6.0.6}
\date{}
\author{Bob Tennent\\School of Computing, Queen's University\\\texttt{rdt@cs.queensu.ca}}
@@ -302,8 +302,9 @@ shows hyperlinks
in a ``tooltip'' when the mouse hovers over it; this is a convenient way to get
the coordinates of course boxes and arrows while editing the description.
Recent versions of some of these viewing programs have the latter capability.
-The \texttt{vprerex} ``wrapper' for the \texttt{prerex} editor includes
-a built-in \texttt{prerex}-enabled PDF viewer.
+The \texttt{vprerex} ``wrapper'' for the \texttt{prerex} editor includes
+a built-in \texttt{prerex}-enabled PDF viewer that makes it extremely easy to
+transfer coordinates from the chart to the editor.
\section{Installing a Basic \LaTeX\ System}
@@ -489,7 +490,8 @@ The four Classico font files, renamed for use in \LaTeX, with the necessary supp
from CTAN\footnote{%
\myurl{ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/nonfree/fonts/urw/classico.zip}}.
Note that the font files cannot be distributed commercially without a commercial license; please read the license in the archive
-before re-distributing them.
+before re-distributing them. This restriction does not prevent you from distributing documents
+that \emph{use} the fonts.
\section{Conversion to Portable Network Graphic (PNG) Format}
@@ -544,7 +546,7 @@ When a conventional arrow would be inappropriate, it is possible to use
a
\emph{mini}
course ``box'' (consisting of just a course code) just above a target box.
-A line of text may be placed anywhere on the chart.
+A line (or paragraph) of text may be placed anywhere on the chart.
A conventional two-dimensional
Cartesian coordinate system is used to specify the locations of
@@ -625,7 +627,7 @@ editor maintains a ``stack'' of elements that have been cut but not yet pasted.
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
-\caption{\texttt{prerex} Command Summary (version 6.0)}
+\caption{\texttt{prerex} Command Summary (version 6.0.6)}
\label{help}
\end{table}
@@ -885,6 +887,13 @@ timetable information, and mini-course codes:
\verb|\newcommand{\smallersize}{\relsize{-3}}|
\end{list}
+The following command defines the baseline adjustment for the stand-alone arrows and boxes;
+this parameter is font-dependent.
+\begin{list}{}{}
+\item
+\verb|\newcommand{\baselineAdj}{-0.5ex}|
+\end{list}
+
\newpage