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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/turabian-formatting/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/turabian-formatting/README index 788b67365cf..98843916f52 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/turabian-formatting/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/turabian-formatting/README @@ -1,39 +1,61 @@ -The "Turabian Formatting for LaTeX" Package +Turabian Formatting for LaTeX (2014/12/10) +This package provides Chicago-style formatting based on Kate L. +Turabian's "A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and +Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers" (8th +edition). In doing, so, this package adheres closely to the formatting +guidelines described in Turabian's work while, also, being readily +adaptable to additional formatting requirements (ie. formatting +requirements specific to an institution and/or department). -============================== -Copyright 2013 Omar Abdool +It is hoped that authors will find this package relatively easy to +implement. There are few (if any) new commands to learn, as the package +builds upon (and makes adjustments to) already-existing LaTeX commands. +As such, formatting research papers, theses, and dissertations should +require a minimum amount of changes to a standard LaTeX source file +(your .tex file). -This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. +For citations, this package provides optional support for David +Fussner's outstanding (and highly-recommended) biblatex-chicago. -The latest version of this license is in: - http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt -and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. +For more information on using the package, refer to the accompanying +manual, turabian-formatting-doc.pdf, included in this package. -LPPL Maintenance Status: maintained (by Omar Abdool) -This work consists of the files: turabian-formatting.sty, turabian-researchpaper.cls, turabian-thesis.cls, turabian-formatting-doc.tex, and turabian-formatting-doc.pdf (in addition to this README file). +INSTALLATION +To install this package, place the turabian-formatting directory (with +its files) in the appropriate subdirectory of your local texmf +directory. This is usually the texmf/tex/latex/ directory. -============================== -Description of Package (an introduction) -This package provides Chicago-style formatting based on Kate L. Turabian's "A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers" (7th edition). In doing, so, this package adheres closely to the formatting guidelines described in Turabian's work while, also, being readily adaptable to additional formatting requirements (ie. formatting requirements specific to an institution and/or department). +UPDATES -More so, it is hoped that authors will find this package relatively easy to implement. There are few (if any) new commands to learn, as the package builds upon (and makes adjustments to) already-existing LaTeX commands. As such, formatting research papers, theses, and dissertations should require a minimum amount of changes to a standard LaTeX source file (your .tex file). +2014/12/10 -For citations, this package provides optional support for David Fussner's outstanding (and highly-recommended) biblatex-chicago. +- Updated formatting and documentation to better-conform with the 8th +edition of Turabian's "A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, +and Dissertations." -For mor information on using the package, refer to the accompanying manual, turabian-formatting-doc.pdf included in this package. +- Changes to wording, formatting, and organization of README. ============================== -Installation +Copyright 2013 Omar Abdool -To install this package, place the turabian-formatting directory (with its files) in the appropriate subdirectory of your local texmf directory. This is usually the texmf/tex/latex/ directory. +This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the +LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), either version 1.3 of this license +or (at your option) any later version. +The latest version of this license is in: +http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part +of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. -============================== -Last updated: 2014/12/09 +LPPL Maintenance Status: maintained (by Omar Abdool) + +This work consists of the files: turabian-formatting.sty, +turabian-researchpaper.cls, turabian-thesis.cls, +turabian-formatting-doc.tex, and turabian-formatting-doc.pdf (in +addition to this README file). |