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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog index 17b958dc5a0..8d4f3747781 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,452 @@ +2008-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex: today's date, for release + (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): correct typo in q-dtx + wideversion + +2008-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * texfaq2html: carried -beta modifications forward + + * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): carried -beta modifications forward + +2008-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy descr + of patch.doc in q-patch, and mention ted and etooolbox + +2008-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (head): today's date + (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite of some of q-tds-zip + (section{Current TeX-related projects}): discuss luatex schedule for + distribution, and firm up demise of pdftex devel, in q-luatex + (section{Acquiring the Software}): \Qref* to q-psfchoice in link + in q-findfont (rather weird without the * ;-) + +2008-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): new q-tds-zip + (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to q-tds-zip in + q-inst-tds-zip + +2008-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reorganise to make + the text flow slightly more coherently in q-install-find + + * dirctan.tex: add winedt (browse only) + + * filectan.tex: add mathsurvey.(pdf|html), remove winedt + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention + Hartke's survey in q-psfchoice, add ctanref to it + +2008-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention + the tex font catalogue in q-psfchoice + (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (PostScript) fonts}): add links to the + catalogue for fonts we _do_ list, in q-psfchoice + (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial on q-instmffont + +2008-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): recognise "\textbackslash "; + (hopefully) throughout routine, escape semicolons in substitution text + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): diddle endlessly + with q-what-tds to get \textbackslash to work + (throughout): \textbackslash{} -> "\textbackslash " (dunno why) + +2008-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): mention none option of + hyphenat package in q-hyphoff, and point out it's incompatible with + babel + + * texfaq2html-beta: correct typo in no-mod branch of translation of + question labels + +2008-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): rearrange (and do a + smidgeon of editing while we're at it) q-install-find + +2008-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): change initexmf -u + to --update-fndb (official version) in q-inst-wlcf + (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up q-what-tds (last of + proof-reading stuff?) + +2008-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): proof-reading work + on q-installthings, q-install-find, q-install-unpack + +2008-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * texfaq2html-beta: remove papersize* from label_to_file + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove old q-papersize, rename + q-papersize* as q-papersize + (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): oops -- had missed the \Question + command of q-instt1font + (header) version 3.18, today + +2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): hack some more at + q-instt1font, and split q-prept1font from the front of it + +2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): major hacking of + q-instt1font, with a view to splitting it in two + +2008-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * texfaq2html-beta: require aliasfile.list, use its hash to update + input labels + + * faq.sty: write aliasquestion.list as a perl module creating a hash + +2008-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * Makefile (targets web and web-beta): add aliasquestion.list to the + files copied + + * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add inst-miktex* to label_to_file + hash + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): in q-mathtime + change ref to q-inst-miktex to q-inst-miktex* (even though mathtime + question has now presumably timed out) + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing \AllTeX{} files}): add questions + q-inst-scut, q-inst-miktex* and q-inst-tds-zip (from add-general) + in place of q-inst-miktex + +2008-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \AliasQuestion (ignored) + + * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial in + q-pkgdoc + +2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add body to + q-inst-tds-zip + + * Makefile (target clean): add aliasquestion.list + + * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): editorial tidies + in q-pk and q-tfm + +2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor edit of + q-inst-miktex* + +2008-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias + instpackages (for installthings) and wherefiles (for inst-wlcf) + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias for + q-inst-scut, for testing purposes + + * faq.sty: add \AliasQuestion and supporting mechanisms + +2008-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems errors}): tidy q-endingroup markup + +2008-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): stupid typo spotted by + keith briggs, in q-changebars + + * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \texlive, again + + * faq.sty: \texlive according to karl b + +2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the english + and the markup of q-install-unpack, a bit + +2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex: v3.17-3, today; add ernst to list of helpers + (subsection{Footnotes}): clarify text around mdw's packages in + q-footintab + +2008-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention textures on osx + +2008-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct tug box search + address in q-findfiles + +2008-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * filectan.tex: correct dvitype, moved as part of texware (v.i.) + + * dirctan.tex: correct errata, tex--xet, texware and web (knuth-isms + moved); add vc + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add vc to q-rcs and + make various minor adjustments to accommodate it + (header) today's date, add hennig to list of contributors + +2008-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): mention tex4ht as a route + to word format in q-fmtconv; re-sort list to make it more reasonable + for today's use + (header) v3.17-2, today + +2008-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: correct committee font, lgrind and mfware; add ziffer + + * filectan.tex: add changepage, remove ziffer, correct figsinltx + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): the + letterspace package is no more so change description to microtype + in q-letterspace + (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention changepage in q-oddpage, + (subsection{Page layout}): mention changepage in q-chngmargonfly + +2008-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2html-gamma: add papersize* to label mapping + list + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): comment out q-papersize, add + q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom from add-general + +2008-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate + +2008-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): rearrange recommendations in + q-footnpp + +2008-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tfti is gnu _free_ + documentation licence, in q-ol-books + +2008-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct usage of \bsbs + +2008-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): tidy text in q-acroantics + so the italic of \ProgName doesn't get confused with emphasis + (subsection{Odds and ends}): minor edit of q-osf + +2008-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add memoir section to + q-papergeom + +2008-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): more diddling with + q-papergeom + +2008-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): replacement for + q-papersize (3 qs: q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom) + +2008-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \plaintex{} + + * faq.sty: add \plaintex{} + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): lots of diddling of + q-papersize + (throughout) [Pp]lain[ ~]\TeX{} -> \plaintex{} + +2008-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): muck about with % (which fools + sanitize) in q-papersize quoted material about acrobat + (subsection{Page layout}): more hacking at this, trying to make it read + as if written by a human being + +2008-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change url for + nicola's latex for novices, in q-man-latex + +2008-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-pdf-encr + +2008-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (intro): add william ingram + +2008-01-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: * def of crosstex + + * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): lots of hacking + at q-biblatex + +2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): micro-change to q-etex + +2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a word of caution about about + bmeps bitmap patch for dvips, in q-dvipsgraphics + +2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: add crosstex + + * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention crosstex + in q-biblatex + +2008-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex: today's date + (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): dealing with p.m. de f. forster + in q-bibtranscinit + +2007-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: add preview, remove ps4mf + + * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): update text around pstricks in + q-drawing (the question may need more root-and-branch attention) + +2007-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdfcolparallel in + q-parallel + +2007-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * filectan.tex: add miktex-usb + + * add-general.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add q-onna-stick + +2007-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet + more mucking with q-long-outer (mostly trimming narrowversion lines) + + * Makefile (clean): add htmltex/* for cleaning + +2007-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more- + or less finished q-long-outer + +2007-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textasciicircum{} + + * dirctan.tex: add picins + + * filectan.tex: remove picins + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): heroic attack + on command skeletons in q-textflow + (throughout): lots of hacking to get rid of |...| verbatims + + * faq.sty: \cmdinvoke accepts parenthesised arguments + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): tidy narrow/wide interaction in + basic mf commands in q-usemf + (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): get rid of inline verb in + q-bibaccent, and merge html and non-html versions + +2007-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new + q-long-outer + + * faqbody.tex (throughout (remaining)): spell-checked + (section{Symbols, etc.}): minor editorial on q-underscore + +2007-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (throughout first ~50%): spell-checked + +2007-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: add auto-pst-pdf (yet to be installed, but...) + + * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention (auto-)pst-pdf in q-labelfig + +2007-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace + "places to look for are" (!) with "candidates are" in q-protect + +2007-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex: add john harper to preamble list of helpers + (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet another rehash + of q-protect, following further input from john harper + +2007-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: add pkfix-helper + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): changed name of q-theoremfmt, + minor editorial work + (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pkfix-helper in q-pkfix + +2007-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * dirctan.tex: add fontspec + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy, ref fontspec pkg + in re. xetex use of fancy otf features, in q-osf + +2007-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (heading); today's date, add david kraus + (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct bug spotted by + david kraus, in q-tocbibind; also add example of koma options + +2007-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): more work on q-osf + + * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): update norman + gray's link, add nicola talbot's and rob clark's, and expand all the + other links in q-poster + (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): remove assertions about matt + swift's doc-tex stuff in q-dtx -- auctex now does the job, says dak; + tidy tortuous ref to both q-mf and q-mp, now to work for narrow and + wide versions rather than \latexhtml + +2007-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> + + * faqbody.tex (head): v3.17-1, today + (subsection{Document structure}): remove incorrect note about fncychap + docs in q-secthead (they're quite standard now) + +2007-11-08 [Released as 3.17] + 2007-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): extend reference to |