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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex-dev/base/ltnews13.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex-dev/base/ltnews13.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ae08f3d90d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex-dev/base/ltnews13.tex @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ +% \iffalse meta-comment +% +% Copyright 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 +% The LaTeX3 Project and any individual authors listed elsewhere +% in this file. +% +% This file is part of the LaTeX base system. +% ------------------------------------------- +% +% It may be distributed and/or modified under the +% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c +% 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 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +% version 2005/12/01 or later. +% +% This file has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". +% +% The list of all files belonging to the LaTeX base distribution is +% given in the file `manifest.txt'. See also `legal.txt' for additional +% information. +% +% The list of derived (unpacked) files belonging to the distribution +% and covered by LPPL is defined by the unpacking scripts (with +% extension .ins) which are part of the distribution. +% +% \fi +% Filename: ltnews13.tex +% +% This is issue 13 of LaTeX News. + +\documentclass +% [lw35fonts] % uncomment this line to get Palatino + {ltnews}[2000/07/21] + +% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} + +\publicationmonth{June} +\publicationyear{2000} +\publicationissue{13} + + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\raisefirstsection +\section{Yearly release cycle} + +We announced in \textit{\LaTeX{} News~11} that we intended to switch +to a 12-monthly release schedule. With the present (June~2000) +release, this switch is being made: thus the next release of \LaTeX{} +will be dated June~2001. We shall of course continue, as in the past, +to release patches as needed to fix significant bugs. + + +\section{PSNFSS: \small Quote of the Month} + +\begin{quote} + You should say in the \LaTeX{} News that Walter Schmidt has taken over + \PSNFSS{} from me. It gives me a certain pleasure to be able to draw a + line under that part of my life\ldots + + \begin{latexonly} + \vspace{-\baselineskip} + \end{latexonly} + + \begin{flushright} + Sebastian Rahtz + \end{flushright} +\end{quote} + +\begin{latexonly} + \vspace{-\baselineskip} +\end{latexonly} + +\noindent +The \PSNFSS{} material, which supports the use\latex{\\} +of common PostScript fonts with \LaTeX{}, has been thoroughly updated. +Most noticeably, the \package{mathpple} package, which used to be +distributed separately, is now part of the basic \PSNFSS{} bundle; +this package provides mathematical typesetting with the Palatino +typeface family. In addition, numerous bugs and flaws have been fixed +and the distribution has been `cleaned up'. The file +\file{changes.txt} contains a detailed list of these changes. +\latex{\looseness=-1} %%!!!!! It worked! + +The documentation (in \file{psnfss2e.pdf}) has been completely +rewritten to provide a comprehensive introduction to the use +of PostScript fonts. + +Notice that the new \PSNFSS{} needs updated files for font metrics, +virtual fonts and font definitions. If you received the new +version~(8.1) as part of a complete \TeX{} system then these new font +files should also have been installed. However, if you intend to +install or update \PSNFSS{} yourself, please read the instructions in +the file \file{00readme.txt} of the new \PSNFSS{} distribution. + +Support for commercial PostScript fonts, such as +Lucida~Bright, has been removed from the basic distribution; +it is now available from \ctan{}: +\begin{latexonly} + \file{\ctanhttp macros/latex/\\ + contrib/supported/psnfssx}. +\end{latexonly} +\begin{htmlonly} + \url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/psnfssx}. +\end{htmlonly} + +\section{New AMS-\LaTeX{}} + +Version 2.0 of AMS-\LaTeX{} was released on December 1, 1999. It can +be obtained via \url{ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/} or +\url{http://www.ams.org/tex/amslatex.html}, as well from \ctan{}: +\begin{latexonly} + \file{\ctanhttp macros/latex/\\ + required/amslatex}. +\end{latexonly} +\begin{htmlonly} + \url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/amslatex}. +\end{htmlonly} + +This release consists chiefly of bug fixes and consolidation of the +existing features. The division of AMS-\LaTeX{} into two main parts +(the math packages;\latex{\\} +the AMS document classes) has been made more pronounced. +The files \file{diffs-m.txt}, \file{diffs-c.txt}, +\file{amsmath.faq}, and \file{amsclass.faq} describe the\latex{\\} +changes and address some common questions. + +The primary documentation files remain \file{amsldoc.tex}, for the +\package{amsmath} package, and \file{instr-l.tex}, for the AMS +document classes.\latex{\\} +The documentation for the \package{amsthm} package,\latex{\\} +however, has been moved from \file{amsldoc.tex}\latex{\\} +to a separate document \file{amsthdoc.tex}. + +\begin{latexonly} + \vfill +\end{latexonly} + +\section{New input encoding \package{latin4}} + +The package \package{inputenc} has, thanks to Hana Skoumalov\'a, +been extended to cover the \package{latin4} input encoding; this +covers Baltic and Scandinavian languages as well as Greenland +Inuit and Lappish. + +\begin{latexonly} + \vfill +\end{latexonly} + +\section{New experimental code} + +In \textit{\LaTeX{} News~12} we announced some ongoing work towards a +`Designer Interface for \LaTeX' and we presented some early results +thereof. Since then, at Gutenberg\,2000 in Toulouse and TUG\,2000 in +Oxford, we described a new output routine and an improved method of +handling vertical mode material between paragraphs. In combination +these support higher quality \emph{automated}\footnote + {The stress here is on automated!} +page-breaking and page make-up\latex{\\} +for complex pages---the best yet achieved with \TeX{}! + +A paper describing the new output routine is +\begin{latexonly} + at\\ + \file{http://www.latex-project.org/papers/xo-pfloat.pdf% + \hspace*{-16pt}}\\ +\end{latexonly} +\begin{htmlonly} + at \url{http://www.latex-project.org/papers/xo-pfloat.pdf}. +\end{htmlonly} +All code examples and documentation are available +\begin{latexonly} + at\\ + \file{http://www.latex-project.org/code/experimental/% + \latex{\hspace*{-5pt}}}.\\[3pt] +\end{latexonly} +\begin{htmlonly} + at \url{http://www.latex-project.org/code/experimental/}. + +\end{htmlonly} +This directory has been extended to contain +\begin{description} + \item[galley] Prototype implementation of the interface\latex{\\} + for manipulating vertical material in galleys. + \item[xinitials] Prototype implementation of the interface\latex{\\} + for paragraph initials (needs the \texttt{galley} package. + \item[xtheorem] Contributed example using the \texttt{template} + package to provide a designer interface for theorem environments. + \item[xoutput] A prototype implementation of the new output routine + as described in the \texttt{xo-pfloat.pdf} paper. Expected + availability: at or shortly after\latex{\\} + the TUG\,2000 conference. +\end{description} + +\end{document} + + |