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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/README index ede492f3cd2..e4920fc0e74 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/plain/impatient/README @@ -1,36 +1,46 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.3 2011/01/27 22:16:24 karl Exp $ -This is the README file for version 1.0 of the free edition of the book -TeX for the Impatient, released under the GNU Free Documentation License. -(This README file itself is public domain.) +$Id: README,v 1.5 2014/11/13 17:07:59 karl Exp $ +This is the README file for the GNU (free documentation) edition of the +book TeX for the Impatient, released under the GNU Free Documentation +License. (This README file itself is public domain.) -Primary distribution is through CTAN: - http://mirror.ctan.org/info/impatient/ +Primary distribution point: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/teximpatient/ + automatic redirection: http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/teximpatient + list of mirrors for manual selection: http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html -TeX for the Impatient is also a GNU package, and the development sources, -contact information, and other project details are available at -http://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient. +Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/teximpatient/ + +Development sources, etc.: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/teximpatient/ Information about the free edition is included at the end of the preface and on the copyright page. -We'd be interested in hearing about any projects undertaken with this -material. See errata.future for some ideas. +A French translation is included in the distribution, +and a Chinese translation is at https://bitbucket.org/zohooo/impatient +(with PDF at +http://zoho.is-programmer.com/user_files/zoho/epics/tex-impatient-cn.pdf). +Original high-resolution scans of the artwork are available from +http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/teximpatient/artwork. Reduced-size bitmaps are +in the artwork/ subdirectory here. + Some random thoughts for people thinking of working with the source: -- You may want to translate the source into some more standard format; we -used many homegrown macros to make typing and markup easier. +- See errata.future for some relatively small ideas for enhancements. + +- You may want to translate the source into some more standard +format, such as Texinfo; we used many homegrown macros mostly to make +typing and markup easier. - You may also want to redo the index creation to use makeindex or some -other standard program, instead of our homegrown Icon programs (included -in the distribution, for what it's worth). Until the index can be -easily regenerated, the page breaks can't change without the index -becoming useless. +other standard program, instead of the homegrown Icon programs (or else +they need to be fixed; right now somehow the + characters used for +spaces in book.idx are preserved in book.sdx, which is wrong). Until +the index can be easily regenerated, the page breaks can't change +without the index becoming useless. - Printing the GFDL required many kludges, a true Eplain-compatible version is needed (which in turn would require using the current eplain to print the book). - Happy TeXing. |