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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/sdaps/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/sdaps/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3d955574b0b --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/sdaps/README @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +SDAPS Class and Package repository +================================== + +This repository contains LaTeX classes and packages to create machine readable +questionnaires. Metadata is generated for the whole document and it is +possible to process created forms fully automatically using the SDAPS main +program. +As of now, this package is included in the SDAPS unstable (1.9.0) distribution. + +Features +======== + + * Flexible metadata generation + * Different question types: + - Freeform text + - Multiple Choice Questions + * may contain freeform text fields + (TODO: some people would like a combined checkbox + textfield) + * standalone + * as a list (to be implemented) + * array with questions in rows + * array with questions in columns + - Single Choice Qeustions: + * standalone (to be implemented) + * as a list (to be implemented) + * array with questions in rows + * array with questions in columns + - Range (1-n answers with optionally further choices): + * standalone + * array with questions in rows + * Array layout features (used for questions in arrays): + - Can flow over multiple pages and repeats the header automatically + - Optional document wide alignment of array environments + - Has complex layout features like rotating the headers to safe space + - Ability to exchange rows and columns on the fly + * PDF form generation + * Complex document wide and local setting handling + * Possibility to pre-fill questionnaires directly in LaTeX + (not yet easily usable by end users) + +Documentation +============= + +The most up to date documentation is in the sphinx directory. An online copy +can be found at http://sdaps.org/class-doc. The documentation in the files +is outdated at this point and likely to be stripped down rather than extended. + +Created Files +------------- + + * sdapsbase.sty: Base functionality on which everything else is build. + * sdapsclassic.cls: Class for creating questionnaires + (currently the only proper way of using these packages) + * sdapspdf.sty: Makes any SDAPS document into a PDF form + * sdapsarray.sty: Base functionality for tabular like layouts + * sdapslayout.sty: Base functionality for complex question layouts + * sdapscode128.tex: Code 128 barcode renderer (re-licensed upstream copy) |