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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README index 927521fd0ce..a924ef805d7 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README @@ -21,9 +21,40 @@ syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers and units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of numbers. -A number of LaTeX packages have been developed in the past for -formatting units: SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef, units, fancyunits -and fancynum. Support for users of all of these packages is -available as emulation modules in siunitx. In addition, siunitx -can carry out many of the functions of the dcolumn, rccol and -numprint packages +Installation +------------ + +The package is supplied in dtx format and as a pre-extracted zip +file, siunitx.tds.zip. The later is most convenient for most +users: simply unzip this in your local texmf directory and run +texhash to update the database of file locations. If you want to +unpack the dtx yourself, running 'tex siunitx.dtx' will extract +the package whereas 'latex siunitx.dtx will extract it and also +typeset the documentation. + +The package requires LaTeX3 support as provided in the expl3 +and xpackages bundles. Both of these are available on CTAN +(http://www.ctan.org/) as ready-to-install zip files. Suitable +versions are available in MiKTeX 2.8 and TeX Live 2009 +(updating the relevant packages online may be necessary). +LaTeX3, and so siunitx, requires the e-TeX extensions: these +are available on all modern TeX systems. + +Typesetting the documentation requires a number of packages in +addition to those needed to use the package. This is mainly +because of the number of demonstration items included in the +text. To compile the documentation without error, you will +need the packages: + - amsmath + - booktabs + - caption + - cleveref + - csquotes + - datatool + - helvet + - mathpazo + - listings + - pgfplots + - xcolor +The xfrac package is also loaded if available, but is not +required to typeset the documentation. |