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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/textpos/textpos.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/textpos/textpos.html index 8ef009c7242..ebc494edc96 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/textpos/textpos.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/textpos/textpos.html @@ -1,65 +1,97 @@ <?xml version="1.0"?> - <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head profile="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcq-html/"> <title>Textpos</title> -<meta name='DC.subject' content='latex, textpos, absolute positioning'/> -<meta name='DC.title' content='Textpos'/> -<meta name='DC.date' content='2006-8-24'/> <!-- 1.7 release date --> -<meta name='rcsdate' content='$Date$'/> -<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" /> -<link href="http://nxg.me.uk" rev="author"/> -<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" - href="style.css"/> +<meta name="DC.subject" content="latex, textpos, absolute positioning"/> +<meta name="DC.title" content="Textpos"/> +<meta name="DC.date" content="2016-06-07"/> +<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"/> +<link href="https://nxg.me.uk/norman" rev="author"/> +<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"/> </head> <body> <h1>Textpos</h1> <div class="abstract"> <p>Lay out text and graphics at arbitrary positions on the LaTeX page.</p> -<p>The textpos home page is at <a href='http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos' - ><code>http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos</code></a>; + +<p> + +<span class="distpage">The textpos home page is at +<a href="http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos"><code>http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos</code></a>;</span> please quote this URL rather than the URL it resolves to.</p> -<p>Version 1.7j, 2014 January 3.</p> +<p>Version 1.8, 2016 June 7.</p> </div> <p>This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a large-format conference poster. Other applications include placing -material within, say, figures. Textpos is also discussed in the <a -href='http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=abspos'>TeX FAQ +material within, say, figures. Textpos is also discussed in the <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=abspos">TeX FAQ entry on absolute positioning</a>.</p> <p>This package provides a single environment, which contains the text (or graphics, or table, or whatever) which is to be placed on the page, and which specifies where it is to be placed. The environment -is accompanied by various configuration commands. See the <a -href="textpos.pdf" >manual (pdf)</a>.</p> +is accompanied by various configuration commands. See the <a href="textpos.pdf">manual (pdf)</a>.</p> <p>An article describing Textpos appeared in TUGboat in 2002: -<a href='http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-3-4/tb75gray.pdf' ->Norman Gray, <em>Absolute Positioning with Textpos</em>, +<a href="http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb23-3-4/tb75gray.pdf">Norman Gray, <em>Absolute Positioning with Textpos</em>, TUGboat <strong>23</strong> (3/4), pp341–4, 2002.</a></p> -<p>I have a collection of general advice about <a -href="http://purl.org/nxg/note/posters" >creating +<p>I have a collection of general advice about <a href="http://purl.org/nxg/note/posters">creating conference posters with LaTeX</a>.</p> <p>Rolf Niepraschk provided me with a wonderful demo -(<a href="niepraschk-eso-pic.tex" >tex</a>, -<a href="niepraschk-eso-pic.pdf" >pdf</a>) +(<a href="niepraschk-eso-pic.tex">tex</a>, +<a href="niepraschk-eso-pic.pdf">pdf</a>) of using Textpos along with his <code>eso-pic</code> package, and the <code>calc</code> package, to produce a grid which can help lay out material on the page.</p> <p>The source is held at -<a href='https://bitbucket.org/nxg/textpos'>bitbucket</a>, +<a href="https://bitbucket.org/nxg/textpos">bitbucket</a>, and there is an issues list there, for bug reports.</p> -<h3>History</h3> + +<div class="distpage"> + <h2>Installation and further information</h2> +</div> + +<ol> + + + +<li>Run LaTeX on the file <code>textpos.ins</code> – this will +unpack the style file <code>textpos.sty</code> amongst other files. +Place this somewhere where TeX can find it.</li> + +<li>Run LaTeX on the file <code>textpos.dtx</code> to obtain the +documentation.</li> +</ol> + +<p class="distpage">The <code>textpos</code> home page is at <a href="http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos"><code>http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos</code></a>, and there may be more up-to-date versions available there.</p> + +<p><code>Textpos</code> is also available on CTAN: +<a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/textpos/">/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/textpos/</a></p> + + + +<h2>History</h2> <dl> +<dt><strong>1.8, 2016 June 5</strong></dt> +<dd><ul> +<li>Added the <code>\TPoptions</code> command, to switch modes on and +off within the document. Various documentation tweaks.</li> +<li>The behaviour of <code>\TPMargin</code> and +<code>\TPMargin*</code> were somewhat underspecified in versions of +Textpos before v1.8, and in consequence inconsistently implemented. +This has now been rationalised, but the change <em>may</em> change +documents which relied on the previous behaviour. +Thanks to Richard Schreiber for the detailed bug report.</li> +</ul></dd> + <dt>1.7j, 2014 January 3</dt> <dd>Re-released under the LPPL.</dd> @@ -74,7 +106,7 @@ Pointers to bitbucket repository.</dd> <dt>1.7g, 2010 September 30</dt> <dd>Bugfix: change the way we handle the {color} package not being -loaded -- replacement <code>\color</code> command is now robust. +loaded – replacement <code>\color</code> command is now robust. Thanks to Joseph Wright for the bugreport. Also adjusted documentation of reference points.</dd> @@ -175,7 +207,7 @@ which leaves box255 holding an hbox at the wrong moment</dd> <dt>1.2a, 2002 April 28</dt> <dd>Version 1.2 had an error, which caused a confusing error if you gave any fractional part in the arguments to the -<code>{textblock}</code> environment. This was fixed in version 1.2a, +<code>{textblock}</code> environment. This was fixed in version 1.2a, which adds a <code>{textblock*}</code> environment (fully compatible with <code>calc</code>), and does not attempt to support calc-style expressions in the parameters to the unstarred @@ -185,40 +217,16 @@ expressions in the parameters to the unstarred <dd>Rolf Niepraschk <code>niepraschk@ptb.de</code> provided code to make textpos compatible with the <code>calc</code> package</dd> -<dt>Version 1.1 was released in 1999</dt> +<dt>Version 1.1</dt> +<dd>Released in 1999</dd> </dl> -<h3>Installation and further information</h3> - -<ol> - -<li>Run LaTeX on the file <code>textpos.ins</code> -- this will -unpack the style file <code>textpos.sty</code> amongst other files. -Place this somewhere where TeX can find it.</li> - -<li>Run LaTeX on the file <code>textpos.dtx</code> to obtain the -documentation.</li> -</ol> - -<p>The <code>textpos</code> home page is at <a href='http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos' -><code>http://purl.org/nxg/dist/textpos</code></a>, and there may be more -up-to-date versions available there.</p> - -<p><code>Textpos</code> is also available on CTAN: -<a href='http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/textpos/' - >/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/textpos/</a></p> - <div class="signature"> -<a href="http://nxg.me.uk" >Norman Gray</a><br /> -2014 January 3 +<a href="http://nxg.me.uk">Norman Gray</a><br/> +2016 June 7 </div> </body> </html> - - -<!-- Local Variables: --> -<!-- mode: nxml --> -<!-- End: --> |