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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog deleted file mode 100644 index 8d4f3747781..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/ChangeLog +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13349 +0,0 @@ -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 - nlct's tutorials page in q-man-latex - - * faq.sty: change pdfpagemode to UseNone (but mailing ho for assurance) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): typo in q-pk - -2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update german minimal - example link - -2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.17, today - - * sanitize.pl,texfaq2html: bring forward changes from -beta - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): ensure all \dots have empty arg - -2007-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add xargs, xkeyval - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): discuss - xargs in q-twooptarg - -2007-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): reword - q-empty for clarity - -2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): editorial diddles - with q-dvi-bmp - - * dirctan.tex: restore dviljk; pretend ghostscript is on free tree - (it will be, it will); make gv browse-only - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial work in q-editors - (section{TeX Systems}): two minor changes in q-commercial - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): dviljk has reappeared - -2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): link to latest unsatisfactory - source for xemtex - (section{TeX Systems}): elide the mail address from atari listing in - q-texsystems - - * filectan.tex: remove the protext entry (moved to dirctan for - symmetry reasons...) - - * dirctan.tex: * the mactex entry, add protext - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): rehash q-findfont - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention ctan copies in q-cd - -2007-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new link for troy - henderson's previewer in q-mfptutorials - (section{Documentation and Help}): and delete link to the metafun - tutorial, which seems to have vanished from the web :-( - (intro): today's date, add troy henderson - -2007-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): ref new askinclude in - q-conditional - (section{Acquiring the Software}): micro-edit of q-uploads - - * filectan.tex: remove askinclude - -2007-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): update mtpro stuff for - mtpro2, incl providing working web link - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par (one instance only!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): add link to catalogue - set of licences in q-nonfree (rms' suggestion) - - * filectan.tex: add cat-licences - - * dirctan.tex: add kpfonts, minionpro, mnsymbol - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add kpfonts and - minionpro/mnsymbol - -2007-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fouriernc - - * faqbody.tex (subsection*{Origins}): extend the list to members of the - committee, thus reducing the confusion (in my mind) about who is/was - and who isn't/wasn't - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add web location for berthold horn's - paper, add thierry bouche, similarly, in q-psfchoice - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add fouriernc to list; add fontsite - garamond to the list of mathdesign fonts, in q-psfchoice - -2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): edit q-uploads - -2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \xxx|...| forms of - \ProgName, \FontName, \Package, \Class, \Email, \mailto, \File and - \Newsgroup - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove last two - instances of \ProgName|...|, in q-8000 - (throughout): remove last three instances of \Email|...| - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): implement \ISBN* - - * faq.sty: add \ISBN* (2 args) version, for ISBN10+ISBN13 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): use \ISBN* for tlc2 - and tlgc2 (latter newly converted from original tlgc entry) - -2007-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): bits of editorial - work in q-adobetypen, q-resolns, q-fontname - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention mirror.ctan.org in - q-archives - -2007-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): hack at q-dtx - (have asked dak about dtx in emacs...) - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial on q-whatenc and - q-ecfonts - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): work on q-eps - -2007-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-special - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial to q-hyphen - -2007-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): bit - more work on q-printvar - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet more - twiddling with q-protect - -2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): lots of hacking of - q-virtualfonts - -2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new - q-printvar contributed by gernot hassenpflug - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change to - q-protect developed from john harper's contribution - intro: v3.16z-4, today; add john harper to list of helpers - -2007-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texbytopic - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): tidy up alternatives at the - end of q-hyphoff - (subsection{Hyphenation}): mention \uchyph in q-wdnohyph - (section{Documentation and Help}): tex by topic now ctan in q-ol-books - -2007-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove latexhtml around - thanh's full name in q-whatpdftex - (section{The Background}): link to q-latextoplain from q-latexandplain - (section{The Background}): tidy up references to other projects, - add luatex in q-texfuture - (section{The Background}): replace last para of q-readtex - (section{The Background}): add \href to tug's web site in q-tug* - (section{The Background}): correct a couple of \luatex (capitalised) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add def of \The (for thanh) - -2007-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add autolatex - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): refer to makefile question in - q-editors, rather than just mentioning latexmk (not the only thing - wrong with that answer) - (subsection{Document management}): mention autolatex in q-make - -2007-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): sanity - adjustment in q-flushboth ("latest version" was 2003) - -2007-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-biblatex from - add-general - (section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): minor edit to q-luatex - - * dirctan.tex: amsrefs now on m/l/c - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): declare - that amsrefs is currently supported; while this seems true (as a - phenomenon) i wonder whether it's a good thing to rely on... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): diddle with - q-xetex - -2007-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dir excel2latex - - * filectan.tex: remove the .zip distro of excel2latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reword text about - readme files in q-install-unpack - -2007-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct references to new installation qs - -2007-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16z-1, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): bunch of answers from add-general, - replacing most of the section - -2007-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): "carefule" corrected ;-) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): lots of work - on q-what-tds and q-install-where, to clarify what's going on - -2007-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more emphasis on ctan - supply of documentation, in q-gethelp - (subsection{Document management}): a bit extra on changes.sty in - q-changebar (whole question needs reviewing) - (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan supply of docs, again, in - q-man-latex - -2007-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode - and q-checksum from add-general - -2007-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): updated uk address for sciword - -2007-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add a warning about - mailing inappropriate people in q-gethelp - (section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): the project is latex, not - latex3 -- correct some of the text of q-latex3 - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): mention the use of - \phantomsection in q-tocbibind - - * dirctan.tex: amslatex-primer moved to info/amslatex/primer, now - -2007-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): add ref to mathpazo on - ctan, in q-osf - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - q-figurehere from add-general - -2007-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of AllTeX}): restored "\" to - "acro" in q-virtualfonts - -2007-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in - q-struttab, spotted by karl b - -2007-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): extend typo examples, - and tidy coding, in q-altabcr - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): rationalise, reduce range - of overlapping recommendations in q-tabcellalign - -2007-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cmolddig, eco - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): write - more on biblatex in q-biblatex - (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention vf access in q-osf - -2007-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): first - stab at new q-biblatex - - * dirctan.tex: add biblatex and amsrefs; remove dvi2xx and dvilj4, - correct lollipop - -2007-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial tidies of - q-writecls, mention clsguide.pdf - -2007-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-17, today; add axel sommerfeldt to list - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add further text in q-hyperdupdest, - as suggested by axel sommerfeldt - -2007-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-osf - -2007-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v 3-16c-15, today; mention neto's input on numprint in - list of helpers - - * dirctan.tex: add numprint - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention numprint - in q-dec_comma - -2007-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texlive - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add details of a mactex mailing - list in q-texsystems - -2007-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention fragility of \url in - q-verbwithin - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lack of robustness in - q-seturl, and explain use of \urldef to deal with the problem - -2007-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: yet another small typo (in the fail branch, this time) - - * filectan.tex: add mil-short (gratzer's offering) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add gratzer's short - course to q-man-latex - -2007-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial correction - of q-optionclash - -2007-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: check for etex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add some - actual text to q-inst-tidy and q-what-tds - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode - -2007-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial - in q-install-where and q-inst-wlcf - - * dirctan.tex: correct fptex link (even though nothing now uses it...) - -2007-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): flynn's classes.dtx - article now rev., in tub (q-writecls) - -2007-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop in mactex distr, - in q-editors - (section{TeX Systems}): deal with oztex and cmactex's relation to os/x - (so far as i understand what's going on) in q-texsystems - -2007-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): complete - and clarify q-ovwtsym - -2007-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \xetex - - * faq.sty: add \xetex - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-15, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): xetex is available in texlive - and will be in miktex 2.7, mention bidi capabilities in q-xetex - -2007-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): extend and make less - abrupt the stuff of q-latextoplain - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): trying to bed - this set of answers down -- work on several of the questions - -2007-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-14, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): attempt to clarify q-minxampl - -2007-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy the two - references to nicola talbot in q-man-latex - -2007-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-13, today - (subsection{Metafont fonts}): hack at q-getbitmap to hint that bitmap - fonts aren't really the world's prime concern any more - -2007-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): list zref's options - in q-nameref - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): correct error in q-errmissitem - (inserted yesterday at home :-( ) - -2007-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): discuss lists inside - tables, in q-errmissitem - -2007-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): miktex stuff - given a bit of a going-over in q-install-where (plus a few - consequential changes - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textbackslash{} - -2007-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand details of enumitem in - q-complist - -2007-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand on enumitem stuff in - q-interruptlist (it _does_ allow nested interruptions ... sort of - -2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-12, today - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-latexqual from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref from add-general - -2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention that eplain - doesn't do font selection in q-fonts-pln - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): editorial on q-atsigns - -2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: use &[lr][sd]quo; in decorating text - - * dirctan.tex: add pdcmac - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention pdcmac in - q-fonts-pln - -2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: correct path to cgi, tidy - -2007-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: escape characters in keyword strings - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \extension - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention grffile package - in q-unkgrfextn - - * faq.sty: add \extension command - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-11, today - -2007-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: redo decoding of % in code reading switches - - * faq.sty: correct typo - -2007-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add pictex(!) and texlive - - * faq.sty: add def of \texlive - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-10, today - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add a pointer to context - resources in q-slidecls - (throughout): typeset variants of texlive -> \texlive{} - -2007-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove tetex-beta, tetex to point at obsolete/ tree - - * filectan.tex: add bibtex-faq - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention ar scaling issues in - q-papersize, and tidy rest of text, too - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove unnecessary conditionals in - q-gethelp - (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy q-bibtexing, add reference to - btxfaq - -2007-04-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (inst-perl[-beta]): everything on standard web server, use - cp -p instead of copy -t, adjust help - -2007-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16c-9, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite answer q-ftnsect - (section{TeX Systems}): update bluesky information in q-commercial - -2007-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): stick some - text in q-install-doc - -2007-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further - clarification of options in q-install-find - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): flesh out answer - q-install-unpack, elaborating on what appears in q-dtx - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-install-doc placeholder - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-8, today - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up refs to ltxtable in - q-fixwidtab - -2007-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: add patch option to \documentclass - - * faq.cls: deal with option patch, produce different page footer if so - -2007-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention bigfoot in q-multfoot - -2007-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct - \dots (with no {}) in q-ltxabbrv - -2007-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-7; remove all references to package web2c - -2007-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove web2c, web2c* - - * filectan.tex: remove unixtex.ftp, correct protext - -2007-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tops-20 ftp link regularised - (section{Acquiring the Software}): redo description of ctan sites, - with alternative versions for hyper (wide) and non-hyper (narrow) - version in q-archives - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \FTP to accept braced args only - -2007-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at q-texsystems - -2007-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today - (throughout): remove traces of tetex, and rewrite as necessary - -2007-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): redo q-cd to talk - about the tex collection, rather than just tex live - (section{TeX Systems}): work (so far) on unix, linux and win32 - (win32 contains a line of "+++..." to follow on with) - -2007-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-5, today - (section{The Background}): 2^16->2^15 in q-etex (!) - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): replace q-newfont with q-newfont* from - add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace q-plninltx with - q-plninltx* from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-fontsize from add-general - (subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos from add-general - -2007-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: attempts at introducing some sanity into the - search code; notably unsuccessful, to date - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): proof-reading - corrections in q-run-fn-nos, q-newfont*, q-plninltx* and q-fontsize - -2007-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: as for texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-gamma: as for texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: add new *-names to %label_to_file - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize, - q-plninltx* and q-newfont* (three questions from the old 2 non-*) - -2007-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.16d: revised q-running-nos - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): restore - commented-out hack above q-ltxabbrv; it's not clever and it's not - pretty, but the printed output is less awful than without the hack - -2007-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): recommend chngctr - first, the two fragment alternatives second in q-running-nos - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos - -2007-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: modest doodling - -2007-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): odd tinkering - with answers in this section -- needs concerted attack - -2007-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize, to meld - with (new) q-plninltx* and q-newfont* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): make mention of - lua itself in q-luatex into a hyperref - -2007-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \LuaTeX - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-4, today - (section{The Background}): rewrite of q-context from Aditya Mahajan - (intro): Aditya Mahajan in list of helpers - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy luatex thing a bit, add - link to luatex.org site - -2007-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct typo in q-limits - (introduced, but change not documented, on 2007-01-30) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref - -2007-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Mathematics}): more detail about "ad hoc" operators in - q-newfunction - -2007-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Introduction}): make links to pdf copies \CTANhref - -2007-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add changes - remove nonfree from bakoma-tex, dvi2tty, foiltex - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Document management}): mention changes pkg in q-changebars - -2007-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: list listbib and biblist - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): mention listbib and - biblist in q-nocite* - -2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: input additions (!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct ctan ref for - pictex-summary - -2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-3, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention microtype's - letterspace.sty in q-letterspace - -2007-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * patchdates.tex: pl4.14, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-checksum - -2006-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pictex-summary - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-2, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): pictex summary in q-docpictex - -2006-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct text about - ispell vs. aspell - -2006-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - *** released *** - - * Makefile ($(WEB_BETA)*): use cp rather than copy (!) - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \narrowonly, \wideonly - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-1, today (for release) - -2006-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * letterfaq.tex: do the single column trick here too, for letterfaq.pdf - -2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (everything up to section{Graphics}): use \Qref* when - appropriate, using \narrowonly, \wideonly as necessary - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \narrowonly, \wideonly - - * faq.sty: define \narrowonly, \wideonly - -2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): major edits to q-acrobat, - following cogent comments from karl berry - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): liberal use of \qref* makes q-dvips-pdf - more nearly comprehensible, when read as pdf - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipdfmx, gv - - * newfaq-patch.tex: make pdf output single column, as in newfaq.tex - -2006-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c - - * faq.sty: bludgeon \CTANhref in pdf mode - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-6, today - (subsection{Document structure}): put titlesec and sectsty into - different paras, offer rationale for choice om q-secthead - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): mention \@dblarg in - q-oarglikesect - -2006-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: shiny new *longer* path for btxmac - -2006-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct typos in - ctanrefs in q-music - -2006-12-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct reed.edu link, - thanks to barbara b - -2006-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make an itemised - list of alternative styles in q-citeurl, add babelbib to list - -2006-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add two more - examples in q-bibprefixsort - -2006-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-5, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): reference kmf's page about pgf/tikz - -2006-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-4, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): \linestretch -> - \linespread (per ulrike fischer) in q-linespace - -2006-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): correct sciword uk phone nos in - q-commercial - -2006-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add everypage and draftwatermark; correct wd2latex, - remove wasy and xymtex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention draftwatermark (and - its everypage) in q-watermark - -2006-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): ctan ref for mptopdf - in q-mpprologues - - * dirctan.tex: add pdftex-graphics - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention "h" response - in q-optionclash - -2006-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - q-figurehere - -2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (preamble): today's date; input archive.cfg regardless of - whether we're using pdf - - * faq.sty: yet more baroquery towards \CTANhref - -2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): ref to vis faq in "how to use" - - * faq.sty: new command \CTANhref works for dvi version so far; - no longer requires \Status for pdf working, uses ifpdf pkg instead; - a fair bit of more minor tidying - -2006-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): example - code in {quote} in q-vertspacefloat and q-mcfloat - -2006-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention the - case of multirow-multicolumn in q-multirow - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new q-isdef from - add-general - -2006-11-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \cmdinvoke{c}{arg1}{arg2} - sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): -beta works, so correct here too - -06-11-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): bunch - of editorials in q-isdef - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy narrow layout of - example, add wide version and hack at words a bit in q-ovwtsym - -2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros}): \csx{relax} in place of - \relax(!) in q-isdef - - * dirctan.tex: add pspicture - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct ctan ref for pspicture - -2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.16b-3 - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): dot \makeat* liberally around - examples in q-running-nos - -2006-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): draftcopy doesn't work with - pdflatex (in q-watermark) - -2006-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16b-2, date now iso format (with hyphens) - - * patchdates.tex: pl4.13, date now iso format (with hyphens) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): new - q-ovwtsym from a post by enrico gregorio (latest instance of an - oft-repeated answer) - -2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@pb000.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: basis of mechanism to install CHANGES files - -2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: sigh...merge in intro patch from texfaq2html-beta - - * dirctan.tex: add figflow - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add figflow for plain, tidy - some of the ghastly verbatim in q-textflow - -2006-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.16b-1, today - (section{Format conversions}): correct address for stil, in q-sgml2tex - -2006-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16b, today - -2006-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{``Generic'' macros and techniques}): new - q-isdef - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx before text shape - changing commands, so we can have emphasised control seqq - -2006-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): misspelling of - corrollary (over and over again) in q-addtoreset - -2006-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reference testflow in - q-dvips-pdf - (section{Documentation and Help}): link to q-dvips-pdf in tutbitslatex - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): trivial editorials in q-acrobat - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove caveat about epslatex in - q-tutbitslatex - -2006-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-6, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add the word "minimal" (to assist - searching - suggestion from brooks moses) and tidy q-minxampl a bit - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-optionclash from add-general - -2006-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - nicola talbot's experimental jpgfdraw in q-poster - -2006-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite q-texinfo - -2006-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): yet more fun - with q-optionclash - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-5, today - (throughout): t1 and ot1 done consistently (remains to check other - encodings like t2 series, etc) - (section{Installing AllTeX files}): correct \latinfamily in - q-instt1font - -2006-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): rewrite - recommendations for q-optionclash - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add - \makeatletter to example in q-ltxcmds - -2006-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add - q-optionclash - -2006-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * check-ctan-lists: add miktex-setup to list of known links - - * dirctan.tex: correct dvipaste - - * filectan.tex: correct miktex-setup, metafp-pdf - -2006-08-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): q-omegaleph tidy-ups in - q-texfuture, q-books, q-texsystems - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-omegaleph and q-luatex from - add-general - -2006-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor - editorial on q-luatex - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): typo in q-whatpdftex - -2006-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-4, today - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-virtualfonts - - * faq.sty: make \htmlonly careful about spacing (thought experiment led - to this -- don't know that it's actually a concern) - -2006-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: lots more diddling (trying to get all keys into a - hash, and working from there ... not successful) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): suggestion from donald for \raisebox - alignment of graphics in q-topalign - -2006-08-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: yet more thrashing about - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): other reasons for the - error in q-hyperdupdest - (_the_ list): add iain murray - -2006-08-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: further extension of yesterday's fun; added - ?intro(duction) [needs work on texfaq2file] and more debugging - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy - q-omegaleph, extend q-luatex and (hopefully) make it more coherent - -2006-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new - questions (rather, bases for questions) q-omegaleph and q-luatex - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16a-3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): different instructions for miktex installation - in q-texsystems - (subsection{Footnotes}): change ctan link for perpage in q-footnpp - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change ctan link for perpage in - q-addtoreset - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lilypond in q-music - (subsection*{Origins}): add comment to contributor entry about dak, - remove the silly footnote about full stops - - * filectan.tex: correct epsf (should be link to dir?), metafp, - metafont-for-beginners, miktex-setup (not *right*...); delete - miktex-install, perpage - - * dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, cellspace, dvipaste pst-pdf, texindex; - add epsf - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): spelling error in - q-paraparam - - * texfaq2html-gamma: done a debugging session; add search-box - switching; add a modicum of doc in comments; allow to be run from - command line (editable pointer) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): capa_bi_lities (!) - -2006-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-2, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add tug font resources to - q-tutbitslatex - -2006-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct spelling of separate & derivatives - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new - q-latexqual for nag, texidate - - * dirctan.tex: add a (multilingual, as it were) browsable l2tabu - -2006-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct - typo in, and editorial on q-atsigns - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \LaTeX{} (!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - sample code and slick up descr slightly, in q-minitoc - (subsection*{Origins}): mention Jean-Pierre Drucbert in _the_ list - -2006-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): delete doubling of "the" (!) - -2006-08-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rewrite the note - about maths fonts in q-ecfonts - -2006-08-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tweak wording - slightly - - *** release 3.16a *** - -2006-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: separate section for searches, trim final else - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct current mf version no - -2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16a, today - -2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): extend q-filename with - a simpler file-name saver, and show how to strip .tex from fink - filenames - - * texfaq2html-beta: more careful about \section test for end of intro - -2006-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): stupidity - in q-cmdstar, spotted by Kasper van den Berg - -2006-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): typo in q-enumerate spotted by - Samuel Lelievre - -2006-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.16, today - - * sanitize.pl: bring up to date with sanitize-beta.pl - - * texfaq2html-gamma: remove %SymbolChar table - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-tutbitslatex - (wideversion only, so only now detected) - -2006-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-whatbst from add-general - (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): (new subsection) q-fonts-pln from - add-general - (section{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): proof-reading - corrections of q-whatbst - -2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): proof-reading corrections in - q-fonts-pln - (subsection{Graphics}): proof-reading corrections in q-repeatgrf - -2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvips version, and - add missing pdf bit in q-repeatgrf - -2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention graphicx-psmin - - * dirctan.tex: add graphicx-psmin - -2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): first stab at - body for q-install-find - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new q-gutter from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): new q-matchbrak from add-general - -2006-06-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): skeleton of - new installation question structure - -2006-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): editorial tidying of q-graphicspath - plus emphasise the need for trailing slash on \graphicspath dirs - (section{Graphics}): minor editorial in q-graph-pspdf q-mpprologues too - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): editorials on q-bibstrtl - -2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \subsection* (i.e., - ignore it, for intro \latexhtml command) - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.16alpha, today - (section{Introduction}): rearrange to limit the amount we need to show - on the web by default - -2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date -- rehash the intro - -2006-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): actual text for - q-gutter - - * additions.tex: let's change patch version and date, for once! - -2006-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add smith's latex for logicians to - q-tutbitslatex - (section{TeX Systems}): make ref to w32tex, move dos & os/2 offerings - down below win32 in the doc (q-texsystems) - -2006-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): comment-out - q-dvipdfmgraphics* -- seems to have been a mistake - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restructure the list of - related answers in q-changemargin with an intersticial remark - (subsection{Page layout}): develop and extend q-chngmargonfly - -2006-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date in preamble - (subsection{Page layout}): split Q-changemargin into intro and 3 bits - of detail - -2006-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): a huge start on - new q-gutter (i.e., wrote \Question command) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): start of rehash of - q-changemargin - -2006-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add cellspace - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - cellspace in q-struttab - -2006-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): give framed a - paragraph of its own in q-changebars - -2006-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): no longer mention - troff-to-latex in q-fmtconv - - * dirctan.tex: add moderncv - chappg,mathdots,shade from filectan; correct pst-pdf; delete tr2tex, - troff-to-latex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): refine the - statement about europecv, in q-cv - (section{TeX Systems}): redo note on y&y in q-commercial - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention moderncv in q-cv - -2006-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): simplify q-xetex - and mention xetex for linux - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): remove q-pdftex - - * faq.sty: another iteration of ctanrefs: sanitising isn't right, since - we often have real commands in there, so use \scantokens -- which - means we need always to use an e-tex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): "simple minded" example - now no longer uses 2.09 fonts in q-secthead - -2006-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add qualifier to actions of - distributors in q-triptrap - - * dirctan.tex: add a2ping, sam2p - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): tidy q-dvipsgraphics, add - sam2p/a2ping as alternatives for bitmaps - -2006-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): new q-fonts-pln - - * faq.sty: \@onelevel@sanitize \item args in ctanrefs env - - * dirctan.tex: add ec-plain, font_selection, fontch, plnfss and ofs - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): stupid logo macros in xemtex - description - -2006-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add labelcas - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): get q-poster - from add-general - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): get q-newfont from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention labelcas package in - q-labundef - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - multicol for "unadorned" a0poster-posters in q-poster - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): tidy up (and extend) q-ecfonts - -2006-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention bytopic.html in q-findfiles - -2006-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-poster - - * dirctan.tex: add sciposter, a0poster, flowfram - -2006-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add chris harrison's book to - q-man-latex - -2006-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): add \href to berlios site, and - make link to CTAN rather than old site - -2006-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): elide all reference to - "quote site index" from q-findfiles - -2006-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): correct recipe given in - Q-seccntfmt - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct link to map update stuff - in miktex in q-instt1font and q-uselmfonts - -2006-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another tidying of \cmdinvoke - -2006-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention tex-ptr-faq in - q-wherefaq - (section{You're still stuck?}): correct bnb's address in q-bug - -2006-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): annotation at end of - q-noline to mention other instances that could need covering - -2006-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention bernard - gaulle's faqs in q-wherefaq; emphasise that the fr.c.t.t one is no - longer in the land of the living [check!] - -2006-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-matchbrak - -2006-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): new q-doc-wiki from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): link q-doc-wiki in q-tutorials* - (section{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex from add-general - (throughout): refs to q-pdftex -> q-whatpdftex - -2006-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - - * sanitize-beta.pl: couple of changes to introduce quoteverbatim - - * faq.sty: add quoteverbatim environment, for verbatim output of - verbatim environments (used by new q-verbwithin, of course) - - * examples/verbwithin.tex: new file - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend description of - failures of verbatim environment, in q-verbwithin - -2006-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): new address for pstricks site in - q-drawing and q-labelfig - - * dirctan.tex: remove ps4pdf, add pst-pdf - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): ps4pdf->pst-pdf in q-pdftexgraphics, new address - for hv's web stuff - -2006-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: add HTMLDIR, HTMDIR_GAMMA and GAMMADIR - - * Makefile: remove inst-html target, add inst-gamma - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate both double and single - quotes to entities - (sanitize_line): make \end{quote} issue a <p> for the benefit of the - css mechanisms in -gamma - - * texfaq2file: use sanitize-beta - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): iterate q-whatpdftex - -2006-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): braces around - \multirow *s (distinction without a difference...) - -2006-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): update details for wheildon in - q-typebooks - -2006-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): minor rewording of q-bibinline - -2006-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with dviversion and pdfversion - (sanitize_line): deal with --- => — -- => – - - * faqbody.tex: today's date on first line - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention visualFAQ in q-wherefaq - - * filectan.tex: add visualFAQ - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): yet another minuscule - iteration of q-texpronounce - -2006-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .pool, .fmt, - .base and .mem locations, tidy text a bit, in q-wherefiles - -2006-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): typo in q-changebars - (section{Creating citations}): tidy up q-bibinline a bit more - -2006-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): cut q-dvips down - to its bare bones (whole section needs a going-over) - (subsection{Hyphenation}): correct typo in q-hyphexcept - -2006-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Creating citations}): sort out *my* - understanding of footbib, in q-bibinline - -2006-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention urs oswald's - things in q-mfptutorials - -2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention the - koma-script facilities in q-oddpage - -2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common errors}): "typeset" page number rather than - "set" page number in q-wrongpn - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): remove snide comment about - tex2bib documentation -- it's standard now - -2006-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: try to avoid the contradictions; may need to take poli's - advice more nearly wholesale... - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): redo ref to epslatex in q-impgraph - - * filectan.tex: ref epslatex -> epslatex_pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention zoonekynd's - series in q-tutbitslatex, and reorganise references to epslatex (given - we're supposed to have source rsn) - -2006-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Graphics}): mention psfragx in q-labelfig - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): mention "eps" as an abbr, - in q-eps (seems it's never previously been used!) - -2006-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{You're still stuck?}): improve layout of q-noans, tidy - text a bit - - * filectan.tex: add xampl-bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-whatbst - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention tikz in q-drawing - -2006-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): minor typo in q-usepsfont - (subsection{Common errors}): breakurl patches \url by default in - q-breaklinks - (section{Introduction}): add vilar camara neto to list - -2006-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today, note more input from ulrike f - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): extend \DefaultOpt - example in q-oarglikesect - -2006-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, note chris walker's further contribution - (subsection{Mathematics}): add \operatorname to q-newfunction - - * dirctan.tex: add ite - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pstricks homepage link, - and add reference to ite in q-labelfig (Chris Walker) - -2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Getting things to fit}): re-describe mathspic - to tally with current reality - - * dirctan.tex: correct paths of mathspic, bdfchess - - * filectan.tex: correct tex2bib paths (2 off) - -2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new q-doc-wiki - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): mention multenum in q-complist - - * dirctan.tex: add multenum - -2006-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct url (and name) - for the note on ptex in q-tutbitslatex - -2006-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): gosh -- a mention of - quote site index, still...removed from q-findfiles - -2006-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): hack around - at the text about includex, and add newclude - -2006-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rotfloat - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Page layout}): mention rotfloat in q-rotating - -2005-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention verbatim environment - in the intro to q-verbwithin - -2005-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex (just - a start, so far) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): change title of "making \mp output - display..." - -2005-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.15b - -2005-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove rogue character on keywords - line - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restore lost text to - q-parallel (from RCS file :-}) - -2005-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ttb-pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ttb to q-bibtexing - -2005-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add bidstobibtex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make ref to - bids.to.bibtex in q-buildbib - -2005-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new url for andy - roberts' latex page - -2005-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove code for \symbol - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct links in - q-latex3 - (section{TeX Systems}): remove fptex, add xemtex - (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace fptex with protext in q-cd - (throughout): remove all remaining fptex options - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): don't use \symbol in - q-activechars - (subsection{Common errors}): do away with \symbol for underscore in - q-verbwithin (also rename \bs to \us for underscore, in the example) - -*** RELEASE 3.15 *** - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl: attempts to solve the $symbolchar - lunacy (failed) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.15a, today's date (already: at 10am!) - (section{Symbols, etc.}): \_ for underscores in q-underscore - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct urls in q-latex3 - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: correct *-list - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add changes from -beta - -2005-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add mactex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-formbiblabel from - add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new q-varwidcol from - add-general - (header): v3.15, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): suppress link to mimi's documentation - at fsu -- they've removed it already, the fools - (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to memoir manual in - q-typo-style - (section{TeX Systems}): mention mactex on ctan - -2005-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add - maillists* to translation list - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new q-maillists* from - the rest of the old q-maillists (leaving a few bits out, admittedly) - -2005-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): build q-gethelp from - the old q-maillists - -2005-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): reword (not change) advice in - q-errmissitem - (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline from add-general - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-srchpdf from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change recommendation - to fix-cm in q-newfont, but retain mention of type1cm/ec for old latex - dists - - * filectan.tex: add fix-cm (path to file) - -2005-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): editorial work on - q-seccntfmt and q-labundef - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out order of \cmdinvoke* - patterns - -2005-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): emphasise internal - commands in q-seccntfmt - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): reword to avoid blame - on the companion, and to use a tlc2 example in q-atsigns - - * filectan.tex: get abstract.bst from biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtools - rather than contrib - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: point lucida at new metrics, add lucida-psnfss - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): reinstate lucida - bright/math and add link to karl's interim web page - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): iteration - of q-varwidcol - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): iteration of q-srchpdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tinkering with - q-aleph (needs rewrite to eliminate ref to q-omega, which is destined - to go some time soon - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change link for - type1cm (shouldn't this be fix-cm?) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new - answer q-ltxhash from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): was (confusingly) described as - techniques, too - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum and q-fllost from - add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): move q-hyphen up above q-dtx - (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-clsvpkg from add-general - -2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - q-varwidcol - -2005-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention alternative - locations for .map files following new tds, bit of editorial work - (section{Documentation and Help}): reinstate link to bausum's stuff in - q-ref-doc - -2005-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: axodraw is a directory now - - * filectan.tex: remove axodraw, correct finplain - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correct path for - textcase in q-casechange - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct path for tabulary - in q-tabcellalign and q-fixwidtab - - * dirctan.tex: add tabulary,textcase - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-etex from add-general, - and edit it a bit - (throughout): remove references to q-nts, in favour of q-etex - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): dump q-nts - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): rewrite antecedent text in - q-aleph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): ref to q-tutorial -> - q-tutbitslatex in q-repeatgrf - - * Makefile (PATCH): remove add-tutorial - - * dirctan.tex: add cmap - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add q-srchpdf - -2005-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html,texfaq2file: add - q-tutorials* to %label_to_file initialisation - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14c, today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to syropoulos' book - (section{Documentation and Help}): replace q-tutorials with - q-tutorials* and friends (fix up refs to q-tutorials from elsewhere) - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): final - rearrangement and tidy; add the guide to ptex posted yesterday - - * faq.sty: pdfstartview=FitH since FitBH seems no longer to work with - AR7 or the latest pdftex or something - -2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Introduction}): add steve peter to contributors - (throughout): bunch of corrections from steve peter - -2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: load textcomp - - * dirctan.tex: add mutex - -2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: remove my name and email address - - * newfaq(-patch).tex,letterfaq.tex: null \author - - * texfaq2html(-beta),texfaq2file: remove claim that i'm involved with - maintenance - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): replace my name with "another idiot" - -2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): yet more - rearrangement - -2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14b, today - -2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: bbl2html and notex.bst moved - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): more - rearrangement - -2005-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): correct def of \hyph in - q-nohyph, do a bunch of quote-env stuff in whole subsection; also, - more enthusiastic wrapping of the quote about catalan - -2005-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): mention bracing to - suppress breaks in maths - -2005-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): suggest \textstyle/ - \displaystyle alternative for q-limits - -2005-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend q-breaklinks to cover - the toc/lof/lot... case, and to outline circumstances where there's no - help to be had - -2005-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: sort regex in opening of ?section= code - -2005-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add the offered text to - q-acrobat; this question is a mess and needs rearranging (probably - splitting into two) - - * dirctan.tex: remove aix3.2, move miktexppc, miktex-AXP - - * texfaq2html-gamma: start work on index/fullindex switching - - * texfaq2file: secondary index now full-index.html - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-etex - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention texlive mac distro - -2005-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: more of same - - * texfaq2html-gamma: yet more twiddling - - * filectan.tex: epsf.tex moved - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \nolinkURL - -2005-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: restructure q_label_list - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct web addr - in q-extex - - * texfaq2file: iterate -w actions - -2005-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: patch and shade have moved - - * texfaq2html-gamma: label argument may be a list - -2005-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: letterspacing,backgrnd moved - -05-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits in q-type1T1 - (section{The Background}): revised q-eplain from Oleg Katsitadze - (<heading>): today's date, add katsitadze to credits - - * dirctan.tex: remove icelandic, which we weren't using - - * filectan.tex: mathdots has moved - -2005-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add luximono, microtype; move tip pointer - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Document structure}): new first para for q-fancyhdr - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword description of - \emergencystretch and discuss microtype in q-overfull - (subsection{Odds and ends}): add luximono to q-bold-extras - -2005-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add powerdot - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention - powerdot in q-slidecls - -2005-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \nolinkURL definitions - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): a proto-q-dvipdfmgraphics - redefinition (hrrumph) - -2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a.2 - (section{Introduction}): mention that the texlive version is no better - than the "current on the web" - - [interim web release 3.14a.1] - -2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{You're still stuck?}): faq-devel@tex.ac.uk in q-noans - -2005-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): all remaining miktex references via \miktex - -2005-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct pointers for the two epslatex entries - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): text about mpm in - q-miktexinst (and convert to \miktex in that question, where - appropriate) - -2005-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy - \htmlignore stuff in q-textflow - -2005-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add talk - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add talk to - q-slidecls - -2005-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new answer - q-clsvpkg on the distinction between classes and packages - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): change of section - name - -2005-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): try to avoid the acronym - ASCII except where necessary in q-toascii - -2005-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): minor editorial in - q-conditional - -2005-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-fllost - -2005-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): warn about non-latex bug - reports in q-latexbug and q-bug - (intro) v3.14a.1, today - -2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: faq->faq-devel in email addrs, except munged one for me in - sig line at bottom - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): remove "not doing away with - bumpy-road logos" comment, since i now have done so - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sigh -- \\textless... - -2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another iteration - of the < > translation fiasco - -2005-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add quotchap - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add quotchap to q-epigraph and - rewrite intro to question somewhat. - -2005-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): faq->faq-devel in - q-newans - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta (now it's been tested ;-) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out translations of <> when - not converting - -2005-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: remove inst-html target - (FAQ-html.tar.gz): make depend on html/index.html (does this do it?) - -2005-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14a, today - (subsection{Document management}): boondoggle in q-rcs html output - - * faqbody.tex: v3.14, today - New version installed - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention static .zip files in - html-only bit about retrieving directories - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove exact location names for - individual ctans, in q-archives - (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite the stuff about searching in - q-findfiles - -2005-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add fancyhdr commands (to do - empty plain style) to q-ps@empty - - * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: as texfaq2html - - * texfaq2html: switch .tar.gz and .zip in retrieval - -2005-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add q-wrongpn and - q-breaklinks from add-general - (preamble) v3.13b.5, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite q-ftncapt, aiming for clarity (hah!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove mention of ftpmail and finger - of ctan user - - * dirctan.tex: add breakurl - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): mention breakurl - in q-breaklinks -- looks as if this makes the answer usable... - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - blatant error in q-tabcellalign (spotted by ulrike fischer) - (section{Introduction}): hack the note about the pdf version slightly, - add ulrike fischer to list of contributors - -2005-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to - http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/ in q-minxampl - -2005-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct advice on - over-long urls and url.sty in q-citeurl - -2005-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b.4, tonight - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): add chris walker - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): \Qref* in q-dtx - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): \Qref* in q-tocloft - - * dirctan.tex: add revtex(!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): note that mcite doesn't - play with revtex, in q-mcite - -2005-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention use - of pict2e in q-slashbox - -2005-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): slight editorial in q-bug - - * add-tutorial.tex: bunch of work, throughout, which seems not to have - been recorded or even copied to backed-up space before now... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .map and - .enc trees, and alternative inputs such as .sto, .clo and .cfg in - q-wherefiles - - * filectan.tex: add nextpage - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention nextpage - package in q-reallyblank - -2005-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pspicture as a superseded - package in q-drawing - (section{Documentation and Help}): slight iteration of q-pkgdoc - -2005-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): mention vertical spacing - inconsistencies in q-dolldoll - -2005-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add philip - ratcliffe's fake-accent solution to q-bibtranscinit - (preamble): v3.13b.3 (ok, i don't know what i'm doing here...), today - (section{Introduction}): add philip ratcliffe to thanks list - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): add q-wrongpn - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): renamed - subsection, moved q-oarglikesect and q-twooptarg from "latex macros" - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change name to "more - than one opt arg" - (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new q-cmdstar, from - add-general - -2005-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add q-minxampl - from add-tutorial - (section{Documentation and Help}): ref to q-minxampl from q-askquestion - (section{You're still stuck?}): ref to q-minxampl from q-latexbug - -2005-05-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools}): add q-plninltx (from - add-general), and split this of from the more simple stuff (now - subsection "latex macro techniques"); other ones in here are - q-atsigns, q-protect, q-edef, q-ltxcmds and q-ltxabbrv - - * faq.sty: remove spurious guff at start of ctanrefs env (was solemnly - forcing horizontal mode, thus confusing \addvspace at start of list) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add q-formbiblabel - -2005-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add splitbib - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): mention splitbib in - q-multbib - -2005-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add placeins as a directory - - * filectan.tex: change beginlatex to its latest incarnation - remove placeins - -2005-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: make robust a few commands that get to appear in tocs - -2005-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: put correct cross question links if -w - - * texfaq2html-gamma: miscellaneous tidies from debugging session - -2005-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add clsguide - - * dirctan.tex: add makedtx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention makedtx in - q-dtx; list clsguide.pdf in links - -2005-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add mathdesign to - the list in q-psfchoice - -2005-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): correct - \csx{listfiles} to \Package{snapshot} (!) as data collection mech for - bundledoc, in q-filesused - -2005-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor editorial - to q-xspace - -2005-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove some text that's - crept in unawares to q-tmupfl - -2005-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit of - desultory macro-usage editing - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-ltxhash - -2005-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): (changed name - for the subsection) new answer q-minxampl - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-tutorial (can't we automate this?) - -2005-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errmissitem from - add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): editorials on q-askquestion - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): minor - editorial to q-plninltx - -2005-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct path to obsolete/support/undump; point - umlaute at the latex package (rather than support/); remove umlaut - -2005-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new q-newfont - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): use \font rather than \newfont - in examples in q-plninltx - -2005-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): lots more - fiddling with q-plninltx, including extending the font stuff - -2005-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add example of - font encoding confusion arising from \newfont, in q-plninltx - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): have narrow/wideversion of one - example in q-cmdstar - -2005-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention javier's - checkend package in q-endingroup - -2005-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial on - q-errmissitem, plus mention of \mbox, \makebox, \framebox - -2005-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): convert \< (never used) to - \textless, \> (ditto) to \textgreater ... so now i can use the beasts - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): mention \section - as another case of misbehaviour in q-errmissitem - -2005-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: rewrite \href (non-hyper version) so as to get quoting - actually right, and not to lose trailing spaces... - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention c2latex - in q-codelist (previously, the program was in ctanrefs only); also add - an actual recommendation for listings, but suggest the others may be - worth considering; add tgrind, sitting with lgrind - (section{Graphics}): rewrite item about mfpic, and add one about pgf, - in q-drawing - -2005-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new - q-errmissitem - -2005-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex: add a subsection heading (who cares there are 10?) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention threeparttable in - q-ftncapt (suggestion by don arseneau) - -2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): reword etex - description in q-nts - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-cmdstar - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \elatex and \miktex translation - - * faq.sty: add \elatex and \miktex commands - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): elatex as a progname-> - \elatex{} in q-endingroup - -2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): MiKTeX!!! - -2005-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): xdvi and xdvik are - no longer separate - - * dirctan.tex: delete xet,xdvik,hp2xx311; correct addindex - - * filectan.tex: correct pdftex, latexcount - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b.1, today - - * filectan.tex: add vf-howto - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention virtual fonts - howto in q-virtualfonts - -2005-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: minor twiddling with default font loading; - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13b, today - - * texfaq2file: generate labels that go to the modified file names - rather than to the raw label name, in .aux scan - -2005-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct enumii->enumi in one - of the "recipes" in q-labelformat - -2005-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): \qref* for etex - and aleph in q-omega mention of aleph - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove rogue line break in - q-upquote - - * faqfont.cfg.ugm: new: for typesetting with urw garamond - - * faq.sty: require lmodern regardless (for sans fonts) - -2005-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct details for - ctan-ann, and mention mail-archive.com in q-maillists - (section{TeX Systems}): mention tetex mailing list (not -announce or - -pretest...), plus RSS feed, in q-texsystems - -2005-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): make clear that - 4spell comes from a package that's now defunct - -2005-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pseudocode - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention - pseudocode package in q-algorithms - -2005-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: single file ispell (is this supportable?) - - * dirctan.tex: remove ispell - -2005-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add aspell - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): tidy up reference to - aspell in q-spell, given that it's now on ctan - -2005-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add svn, svninfo - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add svn and svninfo to - q-rcs - -2005-01-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13a.1, today - (section{TeX Systems}): update sciword bumf from mail from mabb - (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-mfptutorials - (subsection{Particular font families}): typos in both q-uselmfonts and - q-concrete - (section{TeX Systems}): add a link to the y&y mailing list page at the - end of q-commercial - -2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13a - (subsection{Document management}): correction+more details of extract - package in q-conditional - -2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13, today (release) - -2005-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): add bbm and doublestroke, and - do various editorial changes (including pouring more derision on the - "lazy person's" macros) - - * dirctan.tex: add bbm-macros, doublestroke - -2005-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): mention that lm - fonts are already in tetex 3.0, and may (at least) be added to miktex - automatically, also bring updmap stuff up to date for miktex - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): same change in q-instt1font - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorials in q-miktexinst - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention non-standard things like - .cfg and .drv files in q-wherefiles - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \href* pattern - - * faq.sty: add * and quote detection to \href (non-hyper version; * - simply ignored \ifpdf) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make reference to the - rutgers typography guidelines in q-tutorials - -2004-12-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add extract - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13rc2, today - (subsection{Document management}): mention extract.sty in q-conditional - -2004-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): more - work on q-sgml2tex* ... i'm bogging down here :-( - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct spelling of optparams - in q-twooptarg - -2004-12-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): replacement for - q-mathml from add-hammond (where it was q-mathml*) - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): move all the \URL entries to - body of q-textrace, and add link to fontforge - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): remove mathtime, mathtime plus and - lucida; add mathtime pro - (section{TeX Systems}): correct details of personal tex inc from web - -2004-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): - mention inkscape in q-mathml*, as a free svg editor - (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): general other editorials - throughout q-mathml* - -2004-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add wallpaper - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add wallpaper package to - q-watermark - -2004-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.13rc1, today - - * dirctan.tex: add metatype1 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): provide - sourceforge link to autotrace and potrace, and talk up mftrace in - q-textrace; also add description of metatype1 and change title of - question to emphasise that it covers a bunch of projects; remove - references to actual fonts in the ctanrefs list - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): make reference to metatype1 via - q-textrace, in q-type1t1 - -2004-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-tutorial.tex: new file: replacements for q-tutorials - -2004-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): yet - more editorials on q-sgml2tex* - -2004-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit- - orial work in both q-readml* and q-sgml2tex* - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add xcomment with - example of use to q-conditional - -2004-12-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: v3.12a-p4, today - (subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion -> - \includecomment in q-conditional (and install) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.9, today - (subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion -> - \includecomment in q-conditional, and add an example - -2004-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of typos in - q-marginparside, spotted by vladimir volovich - -2004-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): typo in q-papersize... - - * check-ctan-lists: distinguish linked files, - - * filectan.tex: correct path for protext - - * dirctan.tex: correct basix (yoyoy?) - -2004-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): editor - work on q-readml* - -2004-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): re- - write text around sgmls and stil in q-sgml2tex* - - * dirctan.tex: add euler-latex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): add mention of - euler package and eulervm to q-concrete - -2004-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add protext - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention protext - -2004-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention william hammond - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): slight mod suggested by author - of dvipng to q-dvi-bmp - - * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit- - orial on q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex* - -2004-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch.dvi,.pdf): run find-add-files - (clean): remove additions.tex, too - - * patchdates.tex: new; the patch levels that were mastered in - additions.tex; now pl4.12g, today - - * find-add-files: perl jiffy to find what add-* files exist just now, - and to create a suitable additions.tex - - * add-general.tex: remove hammond answers - - * add-hammond.tex: new, hammond revised answers - -2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): add - q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex* and q-readml* - - * dirctan.tex: add gellmu and jadetex - -2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.8, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add c2latex to q-codelist - -2004-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: provide a definition for \textoslash - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \textoslash for \o (but why does - perl substitution of \o not work?) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): \textoslash for \o - -2004-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \o{} - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ant now has - insertions, so suggest it's worth investigating as a system. - (section{Introduction}): add morten h - -2004-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorials on - q-ouparmd - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin replaced by the - body of q-changemargin* from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* editorials - - * dirctan.tex: add algorithmicx - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add algorithmicx - to q-algorithms - -2004-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention parcolumns in - q-parallel, add examples - -2004-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): use - of infinite value for widow and club penalties in q-widow - -2004-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to jim's - one-person system web page, under tutorials (this question needs re- - working, methinks...) - -2004-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - q-subverttoks from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-i18nbib from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): q-rulethk from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: add bib2xhtml - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): correction for words about - plainpages=false, from dan luecking - (subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): add bib2xhtml to - q-htmlbib - - * texfaq2file: missing </ul> before subsections in normal mode - -2004-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ec-type1->tt2001 - in q-textrace - -2004-10-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct context-tmf to current location - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pdftricks link in - q-pdftexgraphics - -04-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention bold csc fonts in - knuth-style t1-encoded fonts to q-bold-extras - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add tt2001 to q-type1t1 - - * dirctan.tex: remove fonts/ps-type1/ec, add fonts/ps-type1/tt2001 - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.7, today - -2004-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): provide morten's witty - example of the problems with \iffalse in q-conditional - -2004-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rejig q-newlang to mention the - use of texconfig to do the format rebuild in tetex - -2004-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial on - q-extrabrace - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand} and - \cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand1}{mand2} - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add reference to - \shortintertext in q-mathstext, and show how to do short intertexts - using flalign - - * dirctan.tex: add mh - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add norbib to - q-i18nbib - -2004-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add dk-bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add dk-bib to - q-i18nbib, and reorganise the list - -2004-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): excise european modern from - q-type1T1 - -2004-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): purge references to y&y - -2004-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): editorial, - particularly on q-virtualfonts - -2004-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pstricks overlaying stuff in - q-labelfig - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-breaklinks - -2004-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention CH math - -2004-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.6, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): minimum change to reflect - what's happened since john's omega bombshell, plus ref to aleph - (section{TeX Systems}): mention the miktex cd with miktex descr - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make q-cd talk about nothing but the - tex live distribution - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): describe etex as today's - thing, in the article on nts. - -2004-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention fourier in q-numbersets - -2004-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-atvert problem - happens in maths mode too - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): add ctanref for fancyhdr in - q-reallyblank, supply missing text about memoir - -2004-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.12f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* (revision - from donald) - -2004-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.5, today - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): merry upheaval of q-psfchoice - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention optparams in q-twooptarg - -2004-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): ha-prosper is - a package, not a class - -2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention eplain online docs and - mailing list - -2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fourier and utopia - corrected swebib and elsevier entries - added bigfoot (for suffix.sty) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.4, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add concrete examples of using - listings package - (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add blurb about fourier - -2004-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): standardise on \ProgName{Perl} (note cap) - and \ProgName{Python} (all of one change) - - * dirctan.tex: add latexdiff, remove language, and resort in that area - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention latexdiff in - q-changebar - -2004-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): provide criterion for - choosing jurabib instead of footbib in q-bibinline - -2004-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy up description - of byname in q-nameref - -2004-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): bring in parallel with sanitize.pl - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): \bsbs (twice) in q-varwidth - (subsection{Common errors}): \bsbs -> \texttt{\bsbs } in q-noline - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \bsbs in q-altabcr - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): \bsbs in q-tabcellalign - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make \bsbs gobble a single following - space - -2004-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): putative completion - of q-i18nbib - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention the wiki in q-context - -2004-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): bit more on - q-i18nbib -- probably more language contributions to be found, but - there's enough here for the time being - - * dirctan.tex: add spain and bib-fr - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): rewrite the - description of the custom-bib mechanism in q-custbib - -2004-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): start on q-i18nbib - - * filectan.tex: add finplain.bst - - * dirctan.tex: add bibgerm, swebib - -2004-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): new (tug) list address for - q-mp, and add reference to tug mp page - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd - -2004-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ebib - multibbl, texpower now both in (regular) latex/contrib - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add ref to ebib in - q-buildbib - -2004-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - q-rulethk - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial, - q-destable, and add reference to memoir implementing booktabs commands - -2004-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add karl berry's suggestion to - q-mathsize - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-tocbibind - -2004-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): correct - startling error in q-vertposfp (courtesy of donald -- i can't work out - how i came to write the original rubbish in the first place) - (section{TeX Systems}): correct address for truetex - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention truetex using type 1 - fonts under xp - -2004-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize[-beta].pl (sanitize_line): provide \mailto{} - -2004-08-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on - q-pspreview - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-psfchoice (more - remains to be done) - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-concrete - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-uselmodern - -2004-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Metafont fonts}): editorial on q-getbitmap - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-usepsfont - -2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): forward ref to q-buildbib from q-editors - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to "specific font families" - in q-instfont - (throughout): \FontName|...| -> \FontName{...} - -2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add mention of - JabRef - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-latexe - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-context - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-amspkg - (section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial (big time) on q-uploads - -2004-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): carry forward changes from non-beta - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): correct \Newsgroup{} - -2004-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make all the variants of \cmdinvoke use - the <code>\\</code><code> trick we already have for \csx, to deal with - \@ problem - -2004-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ziffer - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mend typo in q- - dec_comma, and add reference to ziffer - -2004-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): first stab at updating - package doc question - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new - answer on \[ex]def -- going to need a lot more thought - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add link to edith - hodgen's magnum opus - -2004-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): superseded theorem.sty with - amsthm.sty in the quaintly named "roman theorems" answer - -2004-07-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.2, today - - * filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode (again?!) - -2004-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texniccenter - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texniccenter to q-editors - -2004-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): change \Newsgroup|...| -> {...} - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ctan version of herbert - voss' mathmode thing - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add closing </code> in - \marg (!), and allow \Newsgroup{...} - -2004-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.1, today - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: pl2, today - (section{The Background}): 3.141592 - (various): remaining ctanrefs to enumitem - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): document \begin{enumerate}[resume] - from enumitem (and tidy up remaining ctanrefs to enumitem) - -2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove all mention of -cm targets - -2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: remove -cm targets from "all" - - * faq.sty: use T1 encoding, times & luximono fonts, by default - -2004-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: change version to -p1, today's date (for web - release with enumitem directory correct) - -2004-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct tex version no, and - add link to copy of knuth's paper in maps archive - -2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add andy roberts' - stuff - -2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move fonts/ps-type1/lm up one - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): change location of enumitem - - * dirctan.tex: add enumitem - -2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12a - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial in q-patch - -*** RELEASE 3.12 *** - -2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): sigh -- narrowversion stuff in - q-mathstext - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): transfer change to table defs - - * faqbody.tex: v3.12, today - - * faq.sty: suppress \pdfavoidoverfull if the cs doesn't exist - add pdfstring disable command for \marg - -2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-slidecls - from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): suppress the stupid coding for this release - since adding the new answer has obviated the need pro tem - -2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): stupid coding to prevent - spacing silliness around q-ltxabbrv; this will need reviewing at every - release unless i can think of some better way around the problem - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): minor - tweak to slides question - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add cellpadding to <table> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change address of - teencontrex (sent reply to prompt check whether the latest stuff - really is on ctan...) - (subsection{Mathematics}): point maths sizes at q-ltxabbrv - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-ltxabbrv from add-general - -2004-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add pybliographer - to the list of "managers not on ctan" - 3.12RC2, today - -2004-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ppr-prv, ha-prosper - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up - prosper, with ppr-prv and ha-prosper - - * dirctan.tex: add pgf,xcolor - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up - beamer, add links for pgf and xcolor - -2004-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-buildbib - from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-usebibtex from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): new q-zerochap from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: add ps4pdf - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention ps4pdf and pdftricks, and - reference voss' page for various support options - -2004-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texmaker after kile in - q-editors - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): elaborate situation of texindex - in q-makeindex, and add reference to ltxindex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): write up the - bibtex db management systems - - * dirctan.tex: add xbibfile and btOOL - -2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common errors} and elsewhere): adjust spacing of - ellipsis in question title - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap - - * faq.sty: debug \Qref*{}{}'' - -2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqfont.cfg.mbvj: add definition of \acro - -2004-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: adjust "null" \acro command so as not to gobble following - space in the toc! - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): work on - the slides question - -2004-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - section number of companion reference - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): moved up to before fonts - (subsection{Document structure}): add section number for companion - reference - -2004-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.12e, today - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): two more editorials on q-ltxcmds - -2004-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add chapterfolder - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add another example of trouble - to q-baselinepar - (subsection{Document management}): add chapterfolder to q-docotherdir - -2004-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2file: align all three with - sanitize changes - - * sanitize.pl: up to date with sanitize-beta - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \path|...| -> \path{...} - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \path{...} - - * faqfont.cfg.mbvj: boldmath not available - - * faqfont.cfg.cmfonts: boldmath is available - - * faq.sty: define \ifboldmathavail and set false in default font setup - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-secnumdep - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): debugging and editorial on q-ltxcmds - (throughout): tidy \boldmath for question (etc) titles - -2004-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct \href for - "highlight" home site - -2004-06-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap - -2004-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-extex and - q-xetex from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): q-hyphexcept from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-tocloftwrong from add-general - (subsection{Page layout}): q-outszwrng from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change \hline - in q-ltxabbrv (on the off-chance we can introduce this answer to the - running version) - (subsection{Current \TeX-related projects}): editorial on xetex - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): fiddle trying to make \hline equiv - commands show up in tables - - * faq.sty: define \acro conditionally in body of file; define it as - null (apart from \@) in default font setup, but not in cmfonts version - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): links for gwtex and texshop, - reword availability statements for oztex and cmactex (looks like the - only "generally" pre-macosX version is textures, now :-( ) - -2004-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.12RC1, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): rewrite highlight stuff to be - more upbeat about it (and to mention its valuable properties) - -2004-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-subverttoks - -2004-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): missing \csx in q-fixnam - -2004-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial - on q-ifpdf - -2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use the - \relax trick in q-empty - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move the zapping of \relax to after - that of {}, so that \cmdinvoke{cmd}{\relax} describes empty arg - -2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): first stab at - "abbreviations" answer (q-ltxabbrv) - -2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): ftpmail only at dante, - only one answer about searching, in q-archives - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mend ref in q-nonfree - (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace refs in q-uploads - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): ... and in q-instpackages - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): and in q-journalpaper - (subsection{Common errors}): jf contribution to q-verbwithin - -2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace q-findpkg, - q-siteindex and q-websearch by q-findfiles from add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): rewrite my\string_name in q-verbdef - -2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 3.11h, tomorrow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): minor edits of - q-findfiles - -2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): q-ifpdf - from add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-divzero, q-missbegdoc, - q-normalszmiss and q-manymathalph from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-compactbib and q-bibtocorder - from add-general - -2004-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new - q-xetex - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \mailto|...| -> \mailto{...} - - * filectan.tex: add notoccite, remove tocunscite - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): typo in q-ifpdf - - * faqbody.tex (several places): deal with companion issues or mark - further work needed with ******** - - * dirctan.tex: add tlc2 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to tlc2 - examples - -2004-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: make \mailto accept either sort of arg, \ifpdf - -2004-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): tweak q-mathsize - -2004-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add fontmath and fontdef (in some order) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): clarification (one hopes) of - q-mathsize - -2004-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): warn about non-error in - q-verbwithin - -2004-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): emphasise - that \ifnoerror is a fantasy... - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-ifpdf - -2004-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy q-cv - -2004-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention amsmath in the \\ q - - * CHANGES-3.12: mention europecv - - * dirctan.tex: add europecv - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add europecv - to q-cv - -2004-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): comments - on "is it an integer" from donald - -2004-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new - q-tocloftwrong dealing with numbers in toc and so on, basically just a - pointer to q-tocloft - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer aspirant authors - to tex books and to q-dtx - -2004-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): expand q-extrabrace a - bit, adding stuff about \caption and non-moving opt args - -2004-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove french-le and french-pro (not actually used, and - french-le has disappeared, at least temporarily) - - * filectan.tex: correct litprog-faq - comment-out compan-ctan - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct pointer to - voss's latex stuff (twice) - -2004-05-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add keywords for - q-extrabrace (also touch up verbatim quoting) - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention definition of fragile commands in - lamport, and that some robust commands (e.g., \cite) get redefined - fragile - (section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop as an editor/shell for macos x - -2004-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correction to - q-bibprefixsort from james szinger - -2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): first draft of "output - size wrong" - -2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): provide documentation, etc., links - for pstricks - -2004-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct maarten sneep's name - (subsection{Common errors}): correct the example in q-alreadydef - - * dirctan.tex: e4t moved to nonfree/ (though we don't use it...) - - * CHANGES-3.12: document 4alltex and miktex changes to faqbody - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slightly more expansive about - kile, and a link to sourceforge in q-editors; also remove mention of - eddi4tex (defunct?) and the 4alltex cdrom - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): texlive 7 is no longer - the type example of a system that does dvips 5.90 (or better) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention the miktex cdrom (a good - deal, imo) - -2004-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add keywords to - q-newlineargs - -2004-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (oh_dear): put an (obfuscated) mail address in the - message (does it need obfuscation?) - -2004-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with the table things - - * faq.sty: macros for use in tables - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tabular for *name macros - -2004-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (throughout): get rid \cs usage - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite that nasty para in - q-texpronounce - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct use of \csx for \& - -2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11f, today - (section{The Background}): another paragraph (shock!) to elucidate - the relationship to "technology" (i have a nasty feeling...) - -2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: redefine \csx to allow its argument to expand, remove \cs - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): use \symbol{95} for underscore - in several places - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use \symbol{95} - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove symbol character table - - * sanitize-beta.pl: add symbol character table, with 95=>"_", remove - \cs - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): note bibdesk - (in comment) - -2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{\LaTeX{} macros}): reinstate minor changes - done here over the w/e - -2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): redo text at - start of q-codelist -- wasn't translating properly to html - - * faq.sty: squeeze list indentations a fair bit - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): enumerate->itemize wherever reasonable, - plus associated tidying of markup - -2004-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add the FILES.* requirements - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): q-findfiles - more or less complete - -2004-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): first serious - chunk of a q-findfiles to replace the existing three answers - -2004-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): fidgeting with the - "find stuff" answers; these ought all to be one :-( - - * filectan.tex: move T1instguide one directory down in the tree (nb, - keeping companion.ctan entry, even though the file's not on archive, - on the basis that i've to rewrite the file for ed.2) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): more hacking at - q-findpkg - -2004-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): removed the "more - dynamic is" rubbish from intro to lshort - (subsection{Mathematics}): tidying markup to avoid verbatim, use quote - env, in q-proof - (section{Acquiring the Software}): purge references to companion.ctan - -2004-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): allow narrow - version of \normalsize error message - -2004-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf - -2004-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * CHANGES-3.12: mention mimetex reference - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy up narrow - column stuff in q-mathml - -2004-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add MimeTeX - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11e, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention techexplorer as - introduction to mimetex in q-mathml - - * commands-to-define: add \addvspace (simplified defn) - -2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - \tabularnewline in q-tabcellalign - -2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): whinge about age of emtex and - djgpp, suggesting users who want up-to-date systems need to go to - win32 :-( - - * dirctan.tex: emtexTDS now obsolete - -2004-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mend markup in - q-bibplain - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): markup in q-flushboth - (subsection{Page layout}): shambles in q-landscape - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \qref and - \cmdinvoke down below def of all "font-change-only" commands (things - that could be in args) - -2004-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): redo tex2bib - references in q-makebib - -2004-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add tex2bib entries (one for doc too) - - * dirctan.tex: remove incorrect tex2bib entry - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): added tex2bib - to q-buildbib - -2004-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): tidy markup of - q-siteindex - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html: add - symbol 94 for work on q-siteindex - -2004-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-manymathalph - complete (first pass) - -2004-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): a start to - q-manymathalph (interrupted by falling asleep...) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to kindersley book in - q-typebooks - (section{Introduction}): added isaac khabaza to list - (section{Documentation and Help}): fourth edition of k&d, 2nd of tlc - (section{Documentation and Help}): sort out ~ in an \href line (twice) - -2004-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): deal with line- - broken \Qref command in q-seturl - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): it's M-Tx not M_Tx in q-music - - * Makefile.CTAN: drop stupid_names.sty - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): line up with changes to -beta - - * additions.tex: pl 4.12a, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11c, today - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-altabcr from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-missbegdoc - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-normalszmiss - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove $...$ re, add \beta, \marg{} - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): replace $...$ with \ensuremath{...} - -2004-04-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): comment on relation to - grouping level errors in q-semanticnest - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct typo in - Q-compactbib - - * faq.sty: arrange that \Qref doesn't eat following space (by - converting \@ifnextchar to \afterassignment with "\let\@tempa= " - -2004-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): jiffy on compact - thebibliography lists - -2004-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize[-beta].pl (throughout): align the two files (2-way process) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11b, today - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): note bottom double float - restrictions and complications - -2004-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: add -2 switch, and corresponding tidies; correct a - few things detected by perl -w - - * sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): correct = -> == in conditional(!) - -2004-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: define a bunch of stupid name macros to free us of these - idiot logos for ever; also define \MF and \MP without package mflogo - -2004-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of \TeX{} errors}): graphicx - height/division question q-divzero - -2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): writing hyphenation - exceptions q-hyphexcept - -2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): typo in q-fig title - (section{The Background}): correct the earlier twaddle about X in - Q-TeXpronounce (courtesy of Ulrich Klauer) - (section{Introduction}): added Ulrich Klauer - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial on q-tabcellalign - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to shipman's texcrib - -2004-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): typo, found - courtesy of bil kleb - -2004-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-altabcr - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up - q-tabcellalign, adding refs to q-altabcr, and correcting errors - -2004-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: remove unnecessary \pdfstringdisable commands, sanitise \nts - and \texxet (but comment out \texxet and also \mltex, which aren't - used) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): get rid of \texsis - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): write out in full - the one instance of use of \texsis... - - * faq.sty: de-sillify \tex, \etex, \extex, \latex, \alltex, \context, - \pdftex, \pdflatex, \twee ... and junk \texsis - -2004-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): complete - first stab at extex question - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Omega - -2004-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * README: modify final paragraph (about distributing modified versions) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \Q - - * faq.sty: suppress \Q (temporarily, just possibly: it's going from - texfaq2html, anyway) - -2004-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): correct fantasy in html - of q-2letterfontcommands - - * filectan.tex: add vruler - - * faqbody.tex: 3.11a, today - (section{The Background}): editorial on q-triptrap - (section{Introduction}): add brooks moses to list - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add vruler to q-linenos - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): sanitize_beta changes - -2004-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): removed \ldots, added \psatempty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): minor editorials for ps@empty - -2004-03-15: release 3.11 - -2004-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: disable \, in \pdfstringdisablecommands; define \psatempty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): use \psatempty in question - title for label ps@empty - -2004-03-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): don't refer to individual - latex doc files (not sensible since none is now html) - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention clsguide via directory only - - * dirctan.tex: latex documentation directory - -2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add texcnvfaq as a directory - - * filectan.tex: remove texcnvfaq - -2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.11, today - (subsection{Page layout}): clarify "pdf output" for pdflscape - -2004-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new text about - dvipng, from its author - -2004-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: document \Qref in the course of checking it... - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): check on "\Qref..." -- ensure sensible - usage, specifically avoiding "(see question x)" - -2004-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): tidy "interrupting lists" answer - - * CHANGES-3.11: 2 more answers listed - - * additions.tex: pl4.12, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): q-2letterfontcmd from - add-general - (section{Graphics}): q-dvipdfmgraphics from add-general - v3.11RC4, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): editorials on - q-2letterfontcmd and q-dvipdfmgraphics - -2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): edit the dvipdfm answer a bit - -2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.11b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): graphics in dvipdfm - -2004-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v 3.11RC3, today - (section{Introduction}): contributors contributions, added szinger - -2004-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \bsbs{} - - * faq.sty: add \bsbs - - * filectan.tex: beginlatex and tex4ht changed names - - * dirctan.tex: add pict2e, remove/amend things to match changes on - the archive - - * faqbody.tex - (subsection{Odds and ends}): add pbox and eqparbox to q-varwidth - (section{Graphics}): mention pict2e in "drawing in latex" - - * dirctan.tex: add eqparbox and pbox - -2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: date today, of course! - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("Postscript") fonts}): rearrange list of - fonts to clump free ones together better [more still to be done] - -2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy up coding around stupid - logos answer - v3.11RC2 - - * filectan.tex: texnames.sty from info/biblio - - * Makefile.CTAN: texnames.sty -> stupid_names.sty - - * faq.sty: load stupid_names - - * stupid_names.sty: renamed [my] texnames.sty - -2004-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add smallcap - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): New q-2letterfontcmd - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add note about public - fonts directories - (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention texhash for bold-extra installs - -2004-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention that memoir doesn't - choke on verbatim in footnotes in q-verbwithin - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): note koma-script \chapterformat (etc.) - functions in q-seccntformat - (subsection{Common errors}): q-tabacc and q-alreadydef from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-linespread and q-baselinepar - from add-general - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): q-pdfpagelabels from add-general - (subsection{Odds and ends}): q-varwidth from add-general - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): q-bibtranscinit from add-general - (subsection{Creating citations}): q-sortbib from add-general - [preamble]: v3.11RC1, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-inputlev and q-hyperdupdest from - add-general - -2004-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): new options for - q-changebars, from peter w; ditto comment env in memoir, for - q-conditional; totals counters in memoir for q-howmanypp - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): mention memoir's - \ifinteger setup in q-isitanum; ifmtarg in memoir for q-empty - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): chngcntr in memoir for q-running-nos; - q-oddpage stuff in memoir - -2004-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10k, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): tidy up text about bitmap type 3 - fonts in q-adobetypen - -2004-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct - conditional code in Q-bibtranscinit - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): bit more on Q-buildbib - -2004-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention koma - \captionabove command - -2004-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): twiddle further with - reference-by-name answer (i wonder if it's comprehensible?) - -2004-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add smartref - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): reword text - about splitidx package to take account of split option; more work - needed on this answer still :-{ - (subsection{Labels and references}): note memoir titleref functions, - and mention byname - -2004-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty (\Qref): new whistle in case "\Qref..." - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): editorial work on ps@empty - -2004-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10j, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.10f, today - -2004-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-gamma: first tentative steps towards a new web script - (nothing much to do with tex, as yet...) - - * texfaq2file: add switches to control what is output, for grand new - scheme of things - -2004-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct - reference to index package - - * dirctan.tex: add index - -2004-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ledmac - -2004-01-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: qq159,161 (in wilson's notes) for memoir - q163 for both memoir and koma-script - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): close paren in - q-baselinepar - (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-varwidth - - * filectan.tex: add varwidth - -2004-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): finished (first - draft of) q-baselinepar - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): correct a - typo (or perhaps "braino") pointed out by hendrik maryns - -2004-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-baselinepar - and a link to it from - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): bit more scrunge - at end of q-paraparam - -2004-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention swiftex in dtx - answer - -2004-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10i, today - (subsection{Document structure}): refer to zoonekynd's title, chapter - and section style pages - - * additions.tex: pl4.10e, yesterday - -2004-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct miktex - "update database" key name - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): nearing - completion of q-linespread - -2004-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): don't have comment.sty \end{xyz} other than - in column 1 - - * filectan.tex: add savesym - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-alreadydef - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword paraparam, - having recommended it to someone :-} - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add Tabbing - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): complete q-tabacc - -2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-tabacc (not - yet quite complete) - -2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: subfigure->subfig, in case i ever get to use it... - -2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): remove references to ntex - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): quote work complete to end - of this subsection - -2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): more work on the - quote and verbatim - -2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl 4.10d, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new answer - q-pdfpagelabels - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-hyperdupdest - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy qrefs to get rid of - stray space in html; reword intro to make clear what the answer will - tell us - -2004-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): still more work on tidying - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): remove question on miktex failing - to generate latex format - (subsection{Common errors}): mention dblfloatfix in "dbl float order" - v3.10h, today - -2004-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout, again): more work on conditionals - (correcting gross errors of yesterday) and tidying layout (more quote - environments, f'rex) - -2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): redoing conditional control - -2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start of scan - of database offerings - -2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): memoir does crop marks - -2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): couple of editorials - from christina thiele - -2004-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-nopageno and q-ps@empty, - update for memoir and koma-script - -2004-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-privinst from - add-general - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-instt1font from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-resolns from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-fontname from add-general - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): new q-minitoc from - add-general - -2004-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a stricture against using epsfig - unless really necessary - (subsection{Document structure}): mention memoir in "page numbering" - (subsection{Page layout}): note typearea's capabilities in q-papersize - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): wrap bib - entries in dviversion for transcribed initials question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): dealt with the stuff - about marks - -2004-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new answer - from martin sneep, about transcribed initial letters - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): \clearempty... koma - stuff in Q-reallyblank - (section{Documentation and Help}): typesetting japanese tutorial from - matsusaka u. in japan - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention lambda in q-omega, - and add a health warning to the \ctanref about omega itself - -2004-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - tabulary - (subsection{Document structure}): koma-script scrpage2, memoir into - q-fancyhdr - (subsection{Page layout}): mention koma \chapterpagestyle in Q-ps@empty - -2003-12-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add capt-of - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): record change back from - caption2 to caption - (subsection{Document structure}): koma & memoir appendix facilities - (section{Document structure}): caption facilities of koma and memoir, - and add capt-of too - -2003-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to mimi's pages - next to tim love's - (section{Documentation and Help}): remove reference to basum (bausum?) - page on tug.org since it's shortly to be no more, and remove the ltx-2 - one too, since we seem to have a latex one in the offing - -2003-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mptopdf in "mp in gs" q - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention ken - turner's list of reference styles - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): list herbert voss' - thing under both faqs and tutorials - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the - private installation thing to fit in the columns (still needs proper - proof-reading) - -2003-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more - verbosity about home texmf trees (this stuff needs proof-reading!!!) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): koma, memoir additions - to q-secthead - -2003-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): finish - off minitoc q with reference to hyperref; nb no reference to - minitoc-hyper (since no-one else has complained about it) - -2003-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new question - q-privinst (incomplete so far) - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove translation of \& to bare & - (which surely isn't safe?) - -2003-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): remove - statement that koma and memoir classes are "still under development" - with its unfortunate suggestion that they're still incomplete - (subsection{Document structure}): mention koma and memoir's titling - capabilities - -2003-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): fontname q - (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): refer to q-fontname in - q-instt1font - (subsection{Creating citations}): restored q-sortbib ... - - * faq.sty: redo definition of \ProgName (and hence various others) - to work with latest url.sty (if it's available) - -2003-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): optimise \Qref in - lmfonts question - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): updated other sizes - question to mention koma and memoir - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): another batch - of work on "installing type 1 fonts" - - * filectan.tex: excalibur now apparently 4.0.2 - -2003-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new Q-sortbib - -2003-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): current gs version (in "old - gs" q) changed to 8.12 (dec 2003) - (preamble): v3.10g, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): changes for new fptex - -2003-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add dblfloatfix - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention - dblfloatfix in Q-2colfloat - -2003-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correction - of multind example [how _could_ i have got it so wrong?] - (preamble): v3.10f, today - -2003-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: pdftitle uk _tex_ faq (not tug) - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typos in emacs names - -2003-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl 4.10a - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): minitoc - question answered - -2003-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10e, today - (throughout): refer to koma-script (the object, as opposed to the ctan - address) as KOMA-script - -2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): minor extra - editorial - -2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10d, today - (section{References from articles}): clarification of, and expansion of - examples in, q-mcite - -2003-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10c, today - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct @preamble for \noopsort - (section{References from articles}): correct location for unsrtnat, - plainnat - -2003-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - <release to the web> - - * dirctan.tex: FirstSteps, lgc, lwc -> info/examples - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10b, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): corrections to mf/mp tutorials, plus - two additions (from jose santos) - - * texfaq2html: vital item left out yesterday when doing changes from - -beta - -2003-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10a - (subsection{Document structure}): typo in appendices question - - * texfaq2html: changes from -beta - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): changes from -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10 today - -2003-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: remove kostas entry (corresponding directory seems to - have disappeared from CTAN without trace...) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): extend and - tidy examples in "multiple indexes" - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Email{ } - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct mail list - details for tex-music (now at icking archive) - (throughout): change \Email|...| to \Email{...} - - * dirctan.tex: algorithm2e - - * faqbody.tex: 3.10RC2, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention algorithm2e in - Q-algorithms - -2003-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.9g, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.10RC1, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): various small editorials - -2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): editorial work on - the appendix answer - -2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy q-extref - - * dirctan.tex: removed web/glasgow and all subdir references - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): faithfully add - reference to xr-hyper's url optional argument (though i've not tried - heiko's new version of hyperref that he says makes it work) - - * dirctan.tex: add appendix - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): new Q-appendix - -2003-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add example of how to - code align in place of eqnarray; make all questions in section have ? - at their ends (just for once, they _are_ written as questions) - (subsection{Common errors}): mention Q-eqnarray in Q-newlineargs where - eqnarray is used as an example - -2003-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-toodeep from - add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): q-mathstext and q-reuseq from add-general - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-exscale from add-general - (subsection{Page layout}): q-epigraph from add-general - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-aleph from add-general - (subsection{Footnotes}): q-footnpp from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-addtoreset from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): removed superfluous - \endhtmlignore in q-wholerow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per - page resetting problem and the perpage package, in answer "master and - slave counters" (done once before, and obviously lost :-( ) - -2003-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.9f, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention aspell under - q-spell; remove mention of fig2mf under q-fig, and expand list of - known export formats (which now includes mf) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): finished - editorial work on q-toodeep -- removed wibble about pressing on past - the error - (subsection{Creating citations}): minor editorial on the "howto" - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per - page resetting problem and the perpage package, in newly-renamed - answer "master and slave counters" - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove $original_keyword (no longer used); make - $keyword have spaces exchanged for + signs; if not providing link to - list of questions, </center> ... - -2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): typo; add example of perpage - and list sources of documentation - -2003-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): more work on - how to - (subsection{Mathematics}): re-use of equation - -2003-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start on "how - to write a .bib file" - -2003-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add versions.sty - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add versions.sty to - conditional compilation answer - -2003-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): remove the historical - stricture about the bibtex man page, and tidy the rest of the answer - up a bit - -2003-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new subsection, new - Q-footnpp - -2003-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add crippled keyword to - questions about fuzzy fonts - -2003-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): too deep (list - nesting error answer - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \"u - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference to l2tabuen - as a -ve tutorial - - * filectan.tex: add l2tabuen and l2tabuen.src - -2003-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add fncyref - -2003-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9d, today - (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): renamed section, added - Q-empty, tidied up quoting further up section - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): added Q-labundef - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): added Q-8000 - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add Q-dolldoll - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention latex kernel problem with \p@<*>, - and list the patch; also mention fncylab and point out that list - reference patching is best done with enumitem - -2003-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new question on - xr and xr-hyper - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): hyperref defines - \nameref for itself; nameref doesn't need hyperref - - * dirctan.tex: add clrscode - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention clrscode - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add narrowversion and wideversion - - * faq.sty: add narrowversion and wideversion - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new subsection, - for (new) q-extref - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new, so far just - contains q-nameref - -2003-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add an - \@addtoreset answer - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct order of - \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}{a3} and \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}; add - \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}[a2] - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): slight tidying of - algorithm answer - -2003-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add epigraph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): fiddling with cites - in how to bibtex question - (subsection{Page layout}): answer on epigraphs - -2003-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): how to run bibtex - -2003-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add bezos - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add enumitem to the same two answers - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correction, following - discussion on c.t.t - -2003-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add paralist, savetrees - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add commentary on paralist and - savetrees to compaction of lists, and re-organise rest of question; - turn "fancy enumeration" upside down (to mention the package first), - and add side reference to paralist - -2003-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: v4.9d. 22nd - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention www.macrotex.net/texbooks - -2003-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): consistent set of - examples for all three candidate packages, and compare-and-contrast - stuff to help users choose - -2003-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add ctan ref for - multibbl - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add \intertext command to - answer on text in maths (example copied from amsldoc) - -2003-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add ref to latex2html - mailing list - - * dirctan.tex: add texpower, beamer - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): bits and - pieces added on to slides question - -2003-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: complete filename mapping to avoid nasty chars - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new answer: text in maths - -2003-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): sort out $$ answer - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): micro-tutorial on - the way \marginpar works - -2003-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add exscale q - -2003-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference odp tex area - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add answer on - detecting whether a label's undefined - -2003-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 4-arg \cmdinvoke* - - * dirctan.tex: add zoon-mp-eg - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add zoonekynd's - example set to list of mp tutorials - -2003-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): bunch of - changes \Package| | to \Package{ } - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): advise etex/etex.sty for pictex - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention etex for dealing with - register problems - -2003-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention - bigstrut - - * dirctan.tex: add multirow - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Add q on - multirow - -2003-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): question - on modifying single rows - -2003-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add aleph - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): little - answer on the aleph project - -2003-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: directory for TftI - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add tex for the - impatient to the list of books released "free" - -2003-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): \label outside environment - enclosing \caption, too - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): play the htmlversion trick in - semanticnest - -2003-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): question on - resolutions - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention mptut.pdf - (subsection{Getting things to fit}): - -2003-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): recommend TUG India tutorial page - -2003-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): complete rewrite - of the "mismatched mode" answer - - * dirctan.tex: add bakoma-texfonts - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9a, today; move hypertext section beyond fonts - (section{Graphics}): reorder questions, make all titles of answers that - refer to imported graphics actually say "imported" - (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial on mf books - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention herbert voss' maths tutorial - (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy up references to texhax - (section{Documentation and Help}): remark on the nasa latex thing - referring to 2.09 - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor editorial - (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor editorial - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add ctan ref for bakoma fonts - -2003-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: start on facility for changing file names of awkwardly- - labelled questions - -2003-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@shep.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9 - -2003-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.9RC2, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.8a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): use donald's - simpler scheme for doing unsrt styles by hand... still no tocunsrt :-( - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): rename the "graphics in" to - "imported graphics in", and rename q-graph-pspdf to "portable imported - graphics - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): trivial anglicisation - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention sverb.sty in the - verbatim input question, and tidy the whole mess up - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): tidy ctanrefs of music answer - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): reorder the question about "missing - number", and refer to mathptmx to replace the old times package - -2003-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background} and elsewhere): yet more typos - noticed by jose carlos santos - -2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with changes to -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move {} pattern to end of funtion - - * faqbody.tex: 3.9RC1, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): documentation (such as - it is) of setspace - - * companion.ctan: remove contrib/(supported|other) with a lot of help - from reinhard - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): put code - example in quote environment (seems to set it off rather well) - -2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: remove all remaining contrib/supported - -2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): ignore \bgroup, \egroup (the latter - has to have trailing space in its pattern, for some reason) - - * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): tidy up ctanrefs - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): add example of the use of - index.sty (other two to come) - -2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): advise against nameref with - hyperref - - * dirctan.tex: added cm-lgc - -2003-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): rewrite - doublespacing question for less pomposity - -2003-08-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): use \Qref* - (subsection{Particular font families}): use \Qref* - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): rework the 8-bit fonts question to - include cm-lgc, with caveats about its size range, and also to compare - the three type 1 alternatives to cm shapes - -2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): further slight tweaks - -2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.8c, today - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add argument-version to \collect@body q - -2003-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in - Q-slashbox - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \Qref* (twice) -- same as - \Qref here - - * faq.sty: deal with \Qref* - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): couple of - typos in destable, and use \Qref* - -2003-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8b, today - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): reference to pdftex in its own - right on ctan - - * filectan.tex: add pdftex - -2003-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \File{ } - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8a, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): typo in Q-fuzzy-type3 - -2003-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove texfaq2{file,html}, but install faq-html.tar.gz - - * Makefile (inst-html): muck about with html .tar.gz creation - - * additions.tex: pl4.8, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): merge Q-capbibtex - and Q-bibcase to convert the latter to just Q-bibaccent - v3.8, today ** release ** - -2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): use new fantasies - around the production of \~ - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~ - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~, bring up to date with - sanitize-beta - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): \htmlignore around - dvi/pdf versions in examples of case protection - -2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add lshort-parent - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make sure that every - tutorial mentions it's available from ctan if it is; suggest browsing - for other language versions - -2003-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add testflow to list - of tutorials - - * additions.tex: pl4.7c, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.8RC2, today - -2003-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \ProgName|...| -> \ProgName{...} - -2003-07-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add epslatex to list - of tutorials - -2003-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove claim about the - regularity of tugboat :-) - -2003-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-upquot, Q-time - and Q-the-commands from add-general (slight edit to Q-the-commands) - (subsection{Particular font families}): lm question from add-general - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): sorting from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Q-slashbox from add-general - v3.8RC1, today - -2003-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): turned the 8-bit fonts - question upside down so as to emphasise cm-like fonts. - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): change section title, and - adjust emphasis in the textrace/mftrace answer (as well as moving - download addresses to the ctanrefs section) - (section{Current TeX-related projects}): new answer on ANT (to what - question? you may well ask :-), from add-general - -2003-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): new one on lm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add lm fonts to type1T1 - -2003-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add lm fonts - -2003-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): \noopsort question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention the natbib - styles and custom-bib _above_ harvard :-} - -2003-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention cm-super - and hfbright as sources of type 1 cm bright - - * dirctan.tex: add latex4jed; move mcite, mdwtools, mfnfss, ssqquote, - textfit and tocvsec2 up/down/sideways one; also multibbl and foiltex - on the nonfree tree; add hfbright - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7.1a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention latex4jed - -2003-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move minitoc, ms, multibib, nrc, ntheorem, rcs, rcsinfo, - refcheck, rotating, sectsty, showlabels, snapshot, sttools, - supertabular, titling and tocloft down one (or up one -- who cares?); - delete schroeder entry (pointing to the ms directory) - - * faqbody.tex (two places): ctanref schroeder -> ms - -2003-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move mparhack, ncctools, newlfm, oberdiek, soul and - tocbibind up one - -2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor - tidies - (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): add a sentence on _why_ - separation of languages might be a good thing - -2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textsf as a no-op (like \acro) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): still more - tidying, after sleeping on the problem - (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): (new title for the section) - new question on ANT - -2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): another pass - over the wording of the advice in the \the_xxx_ question - -2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 2-arg *'d \cmdinvoke - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove \emph - from the arguments of \csx in Q-the-commands - - * dirctan.tex: move jknappen, jurabib and mailing down one level - -2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move toppages, type1cm and ucthesis down one level - -2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add datetime; move memoir, utthesis, vector and vmargin - down one level - -2003-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add twoopt.sty to Q-twooptarg - -2003-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): tidy q-captsty (incl - documentation reference, and add reference to Q-atsigns in the early - bit about diy - -2003-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.7b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question - on typesetting the time - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): btxmac is actually - part of eplain; reference eplain, too - -2003-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add slashbox; move textpos, was, wordcount, wrapfig, - xtab and xymtex down from contrib/supported - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): answer - containing a recommendation of slashbox (but presenting thomas lotze's - suggestion from textex_355 as an alternative) - - * filectan.tex: add tocunscite (it's not there yet, mind) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): answer for unsrt - with table of contents (etc) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): added mailing list - details for pdftex from tug site - (section{The Background}): maillist address for MP (didn't know it had - one!) - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): scrlettr->scrlttr2 - -2003-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): reference docmfp in - Q-dtx (is this the right place for it?) - (section{The Background}): rewrite text about mp in pdflatex, including - making reference to Q-pdflatexgraphics rather than to the pdflatex - project itself - (section{Current TeX Projects}): update pdftex answer; still needs - reference for new mailing list sign-up - - * dirctan.tex: add docmfp - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7.1, today - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention the justify - stuff in latest ragged2e - (subsection{Document structure}): mention fncychap's restriction re. - front/backmatter in Q-secthead - -2003-06-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): aide-memoir - for vertical spacing commands in plain-in-latex - -2003-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: release... - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): corrections from -beta - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx so it can appear in \Qref - (sanitize_line): correct \^e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reorganise reference to - dvisstrip - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ensuremath - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7, today (i'm determined...) - (section{Format conversions}): refer to hennings' faq via href, not an - entry in ctanrefs - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor editorial in fuzzy-type3 - -2003-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct subeqnarray, subfigure, subfiles - -2003-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, ifmslide, natbib, titlesec - -2003-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question - on upright (Xterm-like) quotes - - * filectan.tex: add upquote - -2003-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.7RC3, today - (section{Format conversions}): tidy up "others" question a bit, and add - mention of tex2word and word2tex; no longer first in section - -2003-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.7a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new answer on - 8000dpi gsftopk attempts - - * faqbody.tex: 3.7RC2, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): non-PDF-special from add-general - -2003-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add ifmtarg - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): empty arg answer - -2003-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.7RC1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): replace q-dvips-pdf from add-general qs - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): 4 font install answers ditto - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): real error message - from dvips when font missing: not mentioning latest version, since - systems will have the fonts anyway - -2003-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): change reference to fuzzy - fonts question in "8-bit fonts" - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): pseudocode, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): several editorial - and typographic changes - -2003-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1d, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.6b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add graphics needed... from - add-general - - * dirctan.tex: harvard, hyper, hyperref and hyphenat - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): minor edits of "spaces" - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidies of - some of these font answers - (subsection{Graphics}): minor edit - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add proviso about acroread 6 - - * dirctan.tex: psfig change - -2003-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add urlbst - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention urlbst in - Q-citeurl - -2003-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): reference to - Q-algorithms in Q-proglist; also be more positive still about listings - package (when did anyone last recommend lgrind?) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor adjustments - -2003-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1c, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pstill in q-pkfix - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \$ needs {} (eh!?) - -2003-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): bitmap drivers - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): split "quality of - pdf" into two, so all "problems" are on the same level; slight - editorials (some as a result of split) - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1b, today - (subsection{Page layout}): page sizes from add-general; - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): table design from - add-general - (subsection{Common errors}): float ordering question from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove the - "short" option; tidy up description of algorithms bundle; mention - float.sty; write documentation notes - (subsection{Page layout}): minor editorial of page sizes - - * dirctan.tex: bunch of directories contrib/supported->contrib - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.6a, today - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add algorithms,alg,newalg; junk old (cyrillic) "program" - in favour of pseudocode one for scott's answer(s); deal with labels, - lineno, listings, refman and wasysym (now links) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): both - alternatives of scott pakin's take on algorithm typesetting - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor edit of q-codelist - -2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention doc of fncychap - -2003-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add topcapt - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new - design of tables answer - - * dirctan.tex: add ctable - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1a, today - (subsection{Footnotes}): reference ctable.sty in footintab - -2003-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): more editorial, mentions of - dvipdfm - -2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further - iterations, including reference to new bluesky-maps in place of clunky - instructions on generating the beastly things - - * dirctan.tex: add bluesky-maps - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): move Q-fuzzy-t1 up - one so questions are in order of itemize - -2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): editorial work on - quality; put related answers into an itemize - (subsection{Installing (LaTeX files}): editorial work on bluesky - -2003-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: move mflogo and moreverb "down one" - -2003-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mp doesn't need help from - psfrag - -2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention winedt - changebar macros - -2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add "revision bars" to - Q-changebars - -2003-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): new question on paper size - -2003-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.6, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): trim ps+pdf graphics q title - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6.1, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add highlight to Q-codelist - - * dirctan.tex: add highlight - -2003-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: collapse koma-script address - - * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \^E->\^e, bring - sanitize.pl up to date - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): texhax now at tug.org - (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention \centering in - "cancelling ragged" question - -2003-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Common Errors}): slight diddle on - fixltx2e question - -2003-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add hvfloat - -2003-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add fnbreak; bunch of contrib/supported directories -> - contrib directories, and also picked up other link directories - (allowing some to remain links for clarity) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.6RC5, today - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): mention fnbreak in q-splitfoot - -2003-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): editorials - (subsection{Common Errors}): new question on fix2col/fixltx2e - -2003-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on - "unknown special ignored" - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add ê - -2003-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): minor typos - and editorial corrections - (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvipdfm option, and auto driver - selection, in q about ambivalent output generation - -2003-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): correct - spelling of résumé - -2003-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add *.png - - * add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): bunch of - tidies in this and other questions answered recently - - * additions.tex: pl4.5d, today - -2003-04-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct tex4ht-mn.zip, remove usergrps-list - - * dirctan.tex: remove geralpha, which has gone from the archive - - * check-ctan-lists: make to work on gordon - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipng - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new Q-fuzzy-t1 on - the effect of type3 fonts when switching to T1 - (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): new Q-dvi-bmp - -2003-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): replacement `quality - of PDF' answer (part 1) - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-gs-pdfqual (part 2 of same) - (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-distill-prob (part 3 of same) - -2003-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): Add \FontName - - * faq.sty: add \FontName - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more on - Q-instprinterfont - -2003-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): move mathtime - back where it started! - (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more on Q-instprinterfont - -2003-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: name question files by label, rather than by number; add - web link for question at end; change regexp for \Question to require - label, and to return it alone as $1 (did have [] too); remove - provision for generating a list of all questions - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC4, today - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): Q-eqnarray from add-general - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX}): Q-adobetypen from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): Q-spaftend, Q-cmdasenv from add-general - -2003-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more on how to ask a - question - (section{Graphics}): mention graphicx.tex as well as miniltx - -2003-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): installing - mathtime, back from faqbody (not ready for prime time: reinstate when - new version released so it appears in beta again - (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-adobetypen on font formats - - * filectan.tex: contrib/other/fragments -> contrib/fragments - - * dirctan.tex: remove "other" (whole contrib/other directory!); move - all contrib/other stuff down to contrib - -2003-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: introduce \ifusePSfont, set true if using times - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): remove reference - to fonts/psfonts in Q-metrics - -2003-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add mpsproof to question on mp - output in ghostscript - - * filectan.tex: add mpsproof - -2003-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: latex/contrib/(other|supported)/misc -> contrib/misc - -2003-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): only options now, in - Q-CD, are texlive and the ctan cds. - -2003-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): dvistrip corrected to - dvipsstrip - - * dirctan.tex: remove fonts/psfonts - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): remove - reference to psfonts directory - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): slight elaboration - of command-as-env question - (subsection{Macro programming}): move Q-spaftend in here - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): moved up (with one so far - incoherent question) so as to redesignate previous two questions as - latex - -2003-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): finally a usable - question on commands-as-environments, Q-cmdasenv - -2003-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): slight tidy Q-dvips-pdf - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new Q-eqnarray - -2003-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.6RC3, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add discouragement of the use - of path.sty with latex - -2003-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-spaftend - -2003-03-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: oops -- remove line break in decl of psnfssx-mathtime - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC2, today - (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add Q-bibcase from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): add Q-limits and Q-mathlips from add-general - (subsection{Particular font families}): add Q-mathtime from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add csnames as keywords - for Q-mathlips - (subsection{Mathematics}): \CTANref for graphics.sty - - * additions.tex: pl4.5b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): small changes, - plus text-wrapping in verbatim examples - -2003-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new Q-bibcase - -2003-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): revise reference to - \DeclareMathOperator with reference to Q-limits - - * filectan.tex: add T1instguide - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add reference - to lehman's guide - (subsection{Mathematics}): new question Q-limits - -2003-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add yhmath-(fonts|macros) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new question on ellipses - - * filectan.tex: add mathdots - - * faqbody.tex: v3.6RC1, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-formatstymy from add-general - - * add-general.tex: tidy after removing questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typos in Q-graphicspath - (subsection{Document structure}): typos in Q-captsty - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): missing close paren in Q-cv - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-bufovfl from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): Q-mathsize from add-general - -2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1c, today - - * filectan.tex: add ltablex - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): refer - disparagingly to ltablex.sty - -2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: removed beginlatex again, having changed policy - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update tutorials to - reference "production" version of beginner's latex - - * dirctan.tex: mps2eps - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference mps2eps in "mp output in - gs" question - -2003-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: info/beginlatex - -2003-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.5a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new, Q on - \DeclareMathSizes - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add a 5-argument form of \cmdinvoke - -2003-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new, on format - error stymying - -2003-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1b, today - (subsection{Lists}): change \parsep to \parskip in patched definition - of itemize in q on compacting lists - (section{Introduction}): added simon law to list of helpers - -2003-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): added a - miktex url for font map management - -2003-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1a, today - - * filectan.tex: add excludeonly - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention excludeonly in - Q-conditional - -2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add a couple of keywords to - Q-dvips-pdf (at scott pakin's suggestion) - -2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor editorial - on Q-buffov - - * faqbody.tex: v3.5.1, today - -2003-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): up-to-date with sanitize.pl - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bunch of "g" qualifiers missing on and - after patterns for \cmdinvoke, and on \csx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-pkgdoc - (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-mfptutorials - (section{Current TeX Projects}): separate "real" ~ from url so as to - avoid hacking by sanitize - (section{Current TeX Projects}): couple of typos in Q-mathml - (section{Current TeX Projects}): \textpercent mayn't be followed by {}, - so use \ for space - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): several small typos - - * Makefile (clean): add *.tpt (thumbpdf-related, afaict) - - * sanitize.pl: bring up to date with -beta - - * Makefile.CTAN: remove references to .lab files - - * additions.tex: pl4.5, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor - tidies of Q-buffov - - * faqbody.tex: 3.5, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy stuff in the distillation question - -2003-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: bring up-to-date, too - - * texfaq2html: brought up-to-date with texfaq2html-beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: removed presetting of value in search fields - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): editorials on bitmap fonts q - - * dirctan.tex: correct path for gsview - - * faqbody.tex: 3.5RC1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): implement jose santos' remark about AR - -2003-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add latexcount - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention latexcount - (section{Current TeX Projects}): use revised name for mftrace (was - pktrace) - -2003-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): \ss now now {} after it... - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): stupid change to \ss - - * texfaq2html-beta: patch in the google searching stuff - -2003-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.4, today - (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new subsection of "why does it do that" - -2003-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add psnfssx-mathtime, and remove a couple of essentially - defunct mathtime directories - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): start of - question on installing mathtime - -2003-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention \epsfig in Q-impgraph - -2003-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4c, yesterday - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): yet more mucking about with the words about - tetex - - * dirctan.tex: tetex2->tetex, using current/ rather than 2.0/; restore - tetex-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention withdrawal of tiff from - pdftex graphics - -2003-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add decoding of \hphantom -- - converted to (another) gobble operation - (sanitize_line): don't detect an argument in regexps for \hphantom and - \nothtml (efficiency only) - - * filectan.tex: delete wrapfig - - * dirctan.tex: add wrapfig's new directory - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): Reconstructing bib - files from add-general - (section{Graphics}): graphics from somewhere else, from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I}): oops: subsection - rename didn't take - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention cm-super in type1T1 - -2003-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add $host_[fd] for use in generate_CTAN_ref - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): tidy generation of http - references (which were ending up on $default_archive) - -2003-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): renamed from - "encoding" -- will go into "why does it _do_ that" - new question on why not use $$ for display maths in latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct \href in mentions of - hutchinson's paper - -2003-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4b, today - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ss{} - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Encoding (?~--- new)}): questions on - t1enc and on eliding inputenc-fontenc when the codings nearly match - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.2, today - (section{Graphics}): reference to hutchinson's graphics inclusion paper - -2003-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: correct simpl-latex - - * dirctan.tex: add dvi2bitmap - -2003-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected the address - for eric raymond on questions to get answers - -2003-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add skip links to top of search, top of list of - questions, at very start, if the (now very long) intro is present - -2003-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): describe \jobname as a - primitive, not a "special macro" - -2003-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): prevent - \normalfont in the description env in Q-vertposfp \nothtml (also done - as running repair on source on web site) - -2003-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: remove extensive (but hugely incomplete) change log - at front of file; move def of $default_web, and define $href_script in - terms of it; two minor corrections to previous work - -2003-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.1, today - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): put comment from jose carlos santos in as - reminder of work needing to be done; note that gs8.00 is current (and - the date of the statement ;-), and claim that gs6.50 is the minimum - sensible; add proviso to recommendation of -G1 - -2003-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: set up protocols for new sanitize - - * texfaq2file: some updating w.r.t. latest texfaq2html - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use of different protocols for - different things - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor typo - -2003-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: date today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): and a bit more, to make the - thing make sense - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): line too long for buffer error - -2003-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): slight edit of yesterday's - question, to avoid bad line break - - * dirctan.tex: add tex2bib - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new question - on regenerating bibliographies - -2003-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.4a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new question on \graphicspath - -2003-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: remove provisions for .lab files - - * all: checkin/release - - * faqbody.tex: changed date in first line - -2003-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): \ctanref to tetex (per se) - upgraded in windows section (talking about cygwin usage) - -2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: update tds - - * faqbody.tex: v4.3b, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): more tidying - -2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): reword talk about tetex around - current state of tetex2 - - * dirctan.tex: remove both instances of tetex 1.0 - -2003-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): updated tds stuff, - after announcement of tds v1.0 - -2003-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: replace \CTAN with \@ctan@path - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): typo in Q-makeindex - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial in Q-verbfile - (subsection{Odds and ends}): there's no \CTAN macro! (error spotted by - Charles Cameron, in Q-bold-extras) - (section{Introduction}): credit CC, and now ... v3.4a - -2003-01-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): minor change to ensure match - between -beta and master version - - * texfaq2html-beta: match with master version (as far as poss) - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC4, today - (subsection{Page layout}): slightly less absolutist about samepage - environment in Q-nopagebrk - -2003-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC3, today - (section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex release candidates - (subsection{Page layout}): rewrite Q-abspos, to mention eso-pic - solution (which i learnt on c.t.t today) - (subsection{Page layout}): corrected statement of relation between - eso-pic and everyshi in Q-watermark - - * dirctan.tex: make testflow a browsable directory; add tetex2 - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): comment - on texpower expanded somewhat (must _really_ work on this some time) - -2003-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: ifmslide - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): make - reference to ifmslide (whatever that is) - -2003-01-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 3.4RC2, today - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): use a formulation of don - arseneau's for \sectionmark, in Q-runheadtoobig - -2003-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add the catalogue - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor tidy in - Q-nonfree - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make reference to the catalogue in - Q-websearch - - * additions.tex: pl4.3i, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.4RC1, today - - * sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): bring in updates from -beta - - * texfaq2html: bring in updates from -beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct web address for - context - (section{Documentation and Help}): correct web address for metafun - (subsection{Footnotes}): Q-multfoot from add-general - (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct address for dante's upload - -2003-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3q, today - (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): slight adjustment of the text - referring to \sectionmark in runheadtoobig - -2003-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: split keyword lists and examine each separately, - case-independently (even) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \url->\URL in writecls - -2003-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3p, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.3h, today - -2003-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ncctools - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial - work on the type1 cm fonts installation stuff. - (subsection{Footnotes}): question whose answer is manyfoot - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention /usr/local/ - share/texmf (suggestion from julian gilbey), and also suggest - kpsewhich as a source of the information for a tetex system - -2002-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing LaTeX files}): tidying - (perhaps even finishing!) the type 1 cmfonts installation question - -2002-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on - cmfonts answer - -2002-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): Q-dpfloat, - Q-vertposfp from add-general - - * faq.sty: try forcing \l@section/\l@subsection onto next page if not - enough space (retracted ...) - -2002-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on - "installing CM type1" question - -2002-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): provide link terminator, in - case that the link doesn't have $ctanref_plus set true - - * texfaq2html-beta: forget about label "lastquestion", correct coding - of next/previous links in case of last question - -2002-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): first hopeful stab at multiple - formats (new file, copy of sanitize.pl) - - * texfaq2html-beta: first stab at provision for multiple format - directory retrieval - -2002-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3g, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - Q-vertposfp - -2002-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3o, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): move \CTANref of teencontrex to list - at end of question - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to bibtex-doc-pdf in bibtex - docs question - (section{Format conversions}): move ref to html2latex to ctanrefs - (section{TeX Systems}): separate vtex-common in ctanrefs (twice) - (subsection{\MF fonts}): tidy up references in "running mf" q - (subsection{Document structure}): move ctan reference for abstract.sty - in Q-onecolabs - (section{Current TeX Projects}): move reference to ltx3pub - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): slight modification of ctan - references in Q-letterclass - - * dirctan.tex: add bibtex-doc-pdf - -2002-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3f, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3n, today - (subsection{Document structure}): Q-pagebychap from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): Q-pkgdoc from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - answer Q-dpfloat - (subsection{Page Layout}): minor editorial - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): refer to - spliti[n]d[e]x in Q-multind - - * dirctan.tex: add splitindex - -2002-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): more editorials - -2002-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): editorial - corrections to documentation question - - * faqbody.tex - (throughout): editorial corrections noted on train... - -2002-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add chappg - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): new question on page nos - by chapter - -2002-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new question on - package documentation - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): slight tidy of Q-dtx - -2002-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): point at - miwie.org comparison of things in Q-slidecls - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add example of coding \qedhere - in Q-proof - -2002-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3l, today - (subsection{Mathematics}): typo left "i" at very end of answer - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): note documentation of path and - url in Q-setURL - (subsection{Common errors}): note documentation of url and verbdef in - Q-verbwithin - -2002-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3k, today - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-overstrike from add-general - (subsection{Mathematics}): Q-cancel from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): typo in Q-hyphoff - -2002-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add eso-pic; remove ref2bib (which has gone, and whose - replacement's name i've forgotten) - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): separate references to eso-pic - and everyshi - -2002-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3j, today - (subsection{Page layout}): mention \filbreak in question about - suppressing page breaks - (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): mention the - (common) need to load ulem with normalem option - - * additions.tex: pl4.3d, today - - * filectan.tex: add cancel - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): cancel.sty - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): overstriking - -2002-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3i, today - (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): make clear what is actually - being redefined with \usepackage[overload]{textcase} - -2002-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3c, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more scribble - on installing font files - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3h, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct location of font source - files, and mention font families all in one directory - -2002-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): a bit more on the - capitalisation question - -2002-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3g, today - (section{The Background}): tidy eplain answer and add reference to the - project home page - -2002-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): minor typo in - non-html stuff on wrapfigure - (subsection{"Generic" macros}): slight iteration of active chars q - v3.3f, today - -2002-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): hacking to get html right - in active chars question - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove requirement for {} after \textbar - -2002-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): another whole - paragraph for the question about installing fonts - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3e, today - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): make reference to newcommand in the - question about multiple optional arguments - - * dirctan.tex: add newcommand - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic macros}): more work on don A's - stuff - -2002-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): mods to make tilde appear - in html output... - (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first pass at getting don A's revised - answer for activechars in (much interrupted -- needs checking) - -2002-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): Q-interruptlist from add-general - v3.3d, today - -2002-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.3a, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Lists}): new question on suspending and - resuming lists - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3c, today - (section{Format conversions}): add mayer.dial.pipex.com samples url to - latex->html question (they *really* make tex4ht look good ;-) - -2002-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rcsinfo - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3b, today - (subsection{Document management}): refer to rcsinfo (ex norman gray) - - * Makefile (throughout): tabs before thumbpdf and following $(PDFLATEX) - seem to have gone missing -- reinstated - -2002-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: add heiko's modification to run thumbpdf - - * faq.sty: new version from heiko; slight patch to do \@ReturnAfterFi - at outer level since i'm experiencing problems with it where he had - defined it - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add a proviso about - sections in the question on marks different from the toc entry - (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention euro-ce - -2002-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added euro-ce - -2002-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.3, today - -2002-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: remove a redundant \Dings - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): bit more of - non-equivalences between latex and plain commands - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): parallel setting from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove reference to nrc - classes in parallel setting question (they're not _that_ wonderful in - this context) - -2002-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): give skips - question a label (warned by new faq.sty ;-) - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): add (letterfaq|newfaq).lab, remove - newfaq.workers - - * Makefile (clean): remove pdf-newfaq-patch.tex, *.lab - - * newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: \labellist - - * faq.sty: added \labellist stuff; make \Question complain if no label - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): final touches to last night's additions - -2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add nopagebrk from add-general - (subsection{Hyphenation}): add wdnohyph from add-general - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): 2 >1 column floats - questions from add-general - (section{Graphics}): topgraph from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): inclplain from add-general - (section{Symbols, etc.}): tradesyms from add-general - -2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2e, today - (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): put version number on the - dvips that doesn't do charshift - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): start - question on producing slides - - * dirctan.tex: move foiltex to nonfree, to reflect reality, add - prosper, ppower4 - -2002-09-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date, no change of version - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): question on parallel - setting of texts - - * dirctan.tex: add parallel - -2002-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols}): new question on trade symbols - - * additions.tex: pl4.2i, today - -2002-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2h, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new - questions about single-column floats in multicols, and bottom- - placement of double-column floats in twocolumn - -2002-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new answer on top-aligning - - * additions.tex: pl2.4g, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): small tidying of book list - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): mention \enlargethispage - in "keeping things together on the page" - (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): expand for tidiness sake - -2002-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2f, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today - (subsection{Document structure}): two questions from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): how many pp, from add-general - (section{Graphics}): limit width, from add-general - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): extra vertical space from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (throughout): several minor editorials - -2002-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): question plain commands - in latex code - (subsection{How do I \dots{}?~--- somewhere}): plain.sty question - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do ...?}): another change of name - -2002-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new section - heading for explicit float things (currently only floats on their own - float pages) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): limit graphics width to page - (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): witter about vertical - space in figures - - * additions.tex: pl4.2e, today - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): slight tidy of watermark q's - ctanrefs env - - * dirctan.tex: add totpages - - * add-general.tex (section{Where? --- sort of support?}): "number of - pages in the document?" answer - -2002-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): booktabs _is_ - now compatible with at least some other table packages... - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add "page n of m" - - * filectan.tex: add mtw - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention mtw on ctan - -2002-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): restore "making tex work" in the - books section, note that it's out of (print|date), and add link to - tutorials, which now lists sourceforge url - -2002-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): new question about - fitting text into the running head. - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2b, today - (section{TeX Systems}): mention some vim scripts - (subsection{Mathematics}): moved Q-braket in here - (subsection{Page layout}): moved "changing margins" in here - - -2002-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add pdftricks - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference pdftricks in the answer - about alternative drawing systems - -2002-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidy up "editors" entry for - ms-dos (for tidiness' sake, rather than because of the intrinsic - importance of the subject matter ;-) - -2002-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.2a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): text on vim from schröcker - (section{Introduction}): mention schröcker - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rather feeble answer on - suppressing hyphenation of words - - * dirctan.tex: concmath is in supported... - - * additions.tex: pl4.2d, today - - * filectan.tex: add needspace, add .gz to latex209.tar - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): complete \needspace - question - -2002-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): start of a question on - keeping things on the same page - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typo in dvipsgraphics - -2002-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@shep.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: tidy up after stupidity working on text annotations in - pdf version (which preserved as botched-faq.sty) - -2002-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): typo in "finding macros" - v3.2, today - -2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): remove - reference to tracking.sty, following notice of its bug - -2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.2c, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1c, today - (subsection{Creating citations}): "References from the bibliography to - the citation" from add-general - (section{Graphics}): "Labelling graphics" from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): "The definitions of LaTeX commands" from - add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add "missing $" and "font shape not - available" from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): editorial - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial - (subsection{Bibliographies (somewhere)}): editorial - (subsection{Graphics}): editorial - - * faq.sty: add a \toclevel@question with a view to shutting hyperref up - a bit - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): bit more description of - eso-pic (from a post by rolf niepraschk) - -2002-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): since i'm more informed - about titlesec, i might as well instruct the world as well... (losing - the reference to titletoc in passing -- dunno about that yet) - - * dirctan.tex: add citeref - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Bibliographies (somewhere)}): backwards - reference to citation answer - - * additions.tex: pl4.2b, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on font - substitution messages (at long last!!!) - - * filectan.tex: add type1ec - - * dirctan.tex: add type1cm - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1b, today - (subsection{Particular font families}): incorporate small correction - from José Carlos Santos - -2002-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add overpic - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): first stab at answer on - overlaying text on figures - -2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): $ missing answer - -2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tidy and slightly expand - yesterday's work - -2002-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a label Q-impgraph - v3.1a, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): added "a tex primer for scientists" - (section{Introduction}): add Hartmut Henkel to list of helpers - (section{Literate programming}): promote noweb (which supersedes - spidery web) - v3.1a.1 (patched prior to re-release) - - * additions.tex: pl4.2a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{LaTeX macros}): tweak finding macro question - -2002-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{LaTeX macros}): new answer: finding macro - definitions - -2002-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): "replacing - the standard classes" from add-general - (subsection{LaTeX macros}): "presentation of section numbers" from - add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): editorial on seccntformat - answer - - * faqbody.tex: v3.1, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): replace mention of uk tug (after - list of books) with notes on contributing - (section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial stuff; remove reference to - decus tape distribution - (section{\acro{DVI} Drivers and Previewers}): remove reference to decus - distribution holding a copy of dvips - (section{Format conversions}): remove troff translator in decus dist - -2002-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add actual body to - \@seccntformat question - - * filectan.tex: add sober - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): editorial - on standard classes answer - - * dirctan.tex: add pstoedit and purifyeps - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention purifyeps in pdf question, - as route to something includable by pdflatex - -2002-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1v, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): moved ctan references out to - ctanrefs env after book list - - * additions.tex: pl4.1m, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): long- - awaited answer on ntgclass, koma-script and memoir - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): defining characters, - active characters in command arguments, defining characters from - command arguments, and transcribing latex commands, from add-general - (subsection{Particular font families}): new section, to hold "using - concrete fonts", from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): add makefiles q from add-general - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): editorial on - makefiles question - (subsection{Macro programming}): "macros from command arguments" solely - in terms of plain programming - (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): couple more editorials on concrete - - * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): moved "making \mp graphics display" - into this section - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): moved "other document font - sizes" into this section - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): moved code listings up to top - of section - -2002-09-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * locations.mk: add FTPDIR - - * Makefile (inst-html): goes to $(FTPDIR) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): rebalance - "characters commands as commands" and "active chars in command - arguments" - - * dirctan.tex: add concmath-f (the fonts) - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): tidy up, and add - ctan references to the fonts mentioned - - * faqbody.tex (section{Fonts}): new section, to include metafont stuff - and postscript font issues (was \MF and \MP, and \PS and \TeX) - (section{Graphics}): new section, from add-general, plus \MP in - ghostscript (from old \MF and \MP) and drawing stuff from tables, - figures and diagrams - v3.0.1u, today - (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): mention - flafter.sty in Q-floats - -2002-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add latexmake - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): add Makefile itself - - * Makefile (ctan): remove commented-out ftp target - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): more work on - the Makefile question (really for doc management, now, i suppose) - - * locations.mk: new file of "private" locations, that won't go on CTAN - - * Makefile: move explicit locations out to locations.mk - - * dirctan.tex: texhax is browsable - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): typos/minor corrections - to latex bug and additions to the faq questions - (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): typend and unkgrfextn from - add-general - v3.0.1t, today - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \pkgoption - - * faq.sty: add \pkgoption - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): amalgamated - graphics extension bit with earlier one - - * additions.tex: pl4.1k, today - - * filectan.tex: add gkpmac - - * dirctan.tex: add ccfonts and concmath - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): new subsection - for question from josé carlos santos about concrete - -2002-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): provide some sort of - completion for pdftex graphics question, and do first version of dvips - graphics - (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): tidy up "... say \end" - - * dirctan.tex: add jpeg2ps, bmeps - - * filectan.tex: add resume - - * dirctan.tex: add currvita - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): update - curriculum vita question with rec for currvita - (section{Introduction}): hans nordhaug to list of contributors - - * additions.tex: pl4.1j, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first pass of - \newcommand answer complete (do we need \@ifundefined, \@ifnextchar?) - -2002-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): editorial from santos - -2002-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdflscape.sty in the - landscape question - v3.0.1r, today - -2002-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): make reference to \footref in - "texts are identical" - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): editorials - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention \gobble and - \iffalse ... \fi in "comments" question - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add cmdinvoke with mandatory argument - followed by optional one - - * dirctan.tex: add subfiles - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add reference - to subfiles system in "report from lots of articles" - v3.0.1q, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.1i, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The joy of TeX errors}): new answer (from - a post by heiko oberdiek), about "unknown graphics extension" - -2002-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorials, - including rearranging "unnumbered sections in toc" - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): editorials - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorials - - * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): first paragraph of - question on understanding latex command declarations - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor editorials - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): minor editorials, split into - subsections - (section{PS and TeX}): excise any mention of mathpple - - * filectan.tex: give TeX-FAQ a filename (ha ha) - - * dirctan.tex: remove TeX-FAQ (the old faq) - -2002-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): talk down - dropping package in Q-dropping (ha ha) - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): slight editorial - (section{The Background}): various holiday editorials - (section{Documentation and Help}): added joy of tex to list of books(!) - v3.0.1p, today - -2002-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: - 3.0.1o, today - (sections{The Background,Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor tidies and - updates - -2002-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1h, today - - * add-general.tex - (subsections{Generic and LaTeX macros}): frameworks for a couple of new - questions - - * faqbody.tex - v3.0.1n, today - (section{Macro programming}): split into two halves, "generic" and - latex - -2002-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex - (section{Documentation and Help}): add wilkins' pllong.pdf to the - tutorials section - v3.0.1m, today - -2002-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Symbols, etc.}): add mention of encoding problems, and suggest - \char`\_, in underscore question - -2002-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add stabular - to the long table stuff - v3.0.1l, today - -2002-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1k, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): record that ec fonts don't cover all - sami languages - (section{Introduction}): add Regnor Jernsletten to helpers' list - -2002-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): change \htmlonly to \nothtml in - Y&Y entry (!) - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): move \htmlonly down with the other two - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): micro-typo in doc prep - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): \nothtml problem in encodings - (section{PS and TeX}): add licence remark to txfonts and pxfonts - (section{PS and TeX}): mention dvips -G1 bugfix (which version is it?) - v3.0.1j, today - -2002-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): moved \nothtml and \latexhtml to the end - of the big block of conversions, so their arguments get processed - before they do (probably need to do same for other similar commands) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): \begin{footnoteenv} on a line - by itself (and three other places in the document) - (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): typo correction for msx/y font - ctanrefs environment - v3.0.1i, today - (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add Q-miktexinst from add-general - (section{The Background}): also tidy Q-MP - -2002-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@stripos2.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): more work on - the cm-pfb fonts question - -2002-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): correct typos; - add disclaimer about miktex failing to know about a package - -2002-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1g, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new question - about installing from miktex - - * faqbody.tex:: v3.0.1h, today - (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): make reference to new question on - miktex installation - -2002-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1f, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): bit of editing - of the cm-type1 question - -2002-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Format conversions}): added info (from Alejandro Lopez- - Valencia) about using acrobat 5 to produce output via word 2000 (!) - -2002-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add system and OS info - to the list of things people should report, when appropriate. - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): start on - questions about installing fonts, and installing type 1 cm in - particular - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF and MP}): make the reference to bluesky to - mention browsing - v3.0.1g, today - - * dirctan.tex: Make bluesky browsable - -2002-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date (not changing minor version number) - (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct support reference for - xfig, and mention jfig in that question - -2002-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor usage mods - in "rerun" question, suggested by john palmieri - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove \end{document} - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1f, today - -2002-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct address for - Peter Flynn's intro, which has moved with site re-org - 3.0.1e, today - -2002-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention full document in - landscape orientation in landscape question, and include geometry for - that - v3.0.1d, today - -2002-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): url for x-symbol - v3.0.1c, today - -2002-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): CTAN-refer to oberdiek - - * dirctan.tex: add epstopdf, rename pagesel as oberdiek - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): start on pdftex question - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): deal with overflowing column - in second example definition of "log-like" \diag - -2002-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: removed required-questions - -2002-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (three places): remove \Destination commands - v3.0.1a, today - -2002-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0.1, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): web2c* for sources; final editorial - work on document prep question - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): weasel words around dvilj - - * dirctan.tex: add web2c*; remove pdftex, dviljk; update - french-(le|pro) - -2002-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): "typesetting a - file in verbatim" -> drop the "in" - (section{Current TeX Projects}): typo in the web question - (section{Current TeX Projects}): several gross typos in the wysiwyg - question, and new intro para - v3.0h, today - -2002-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0g, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): new question re-derived from david - kastrup's input on wysiwyg - (section{The Background}): david kastrup's stuff moved away from here - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): rearrange deckchairs slightly so - \cmdinvoke "long forms" are scanned before shorter equivalents - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): minor - reword to change emphasis of doublespace document - -2002-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0f, today - (section{Macro programming}): correct minor think-o in opt args - question yesterday - (section{The Background}): lots more editorial work on wysiwyg - - * texfaq2html-beta: require sanitize-beta.pl - - * Makefile (inst-perl-beta): install sanitize-beta - -2002-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): moved wysiwyg question over - (section{Macro programming}): the two command argument answers, too - - * additions.tex: pl4.1e, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new answer on >1 - optional argument - (subsection{The background}): editorial work on david kastrup's - splendid contribution - (subsection{Macro programming}): added ctanrefs for Q-moren9 - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \cmdinvoke{name}[opt] - -2002-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): refer to amsthm proof env - -2002-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add .mf to wherefiles - -2002-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{The background}): revision of wysiwyg - question, courtesy of david kastrup - - * dirctan.tex: added texmacs and preview-latex - -2002-05-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: distinguish sections and subsections in index.html, and - change the trailer of each question to be a bit like that of the web - version - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: distinguish sections and subsections in - the listing of questions at the start - -2002-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex,dirctan.tex,faqbody.tex: uktug-faq -> faq throughout - (file names as well as email address) - - * Makefile (inst-html): add README - - * README: first stab at this; done for thomas esser's benefit - - * Makefile.CTAN: replace 00readme with README, add sanitize.pl and - texfaq2file - - * additions.tex: pl4.1c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in words about - tex-by-topic on web, so reworded slightly, too - v3.0d, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): added question on >9 - arguments - (subsection{Graphics}): finished first pass on general question; added - headers for dvips and pdflatex graphics - -2002-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl4.1b, today - - * filectan.tex: add epsf.tex - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): start of a witter about - graphics inclusion in general - - * dirctan.tex: add dtxtut - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0c, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): add ref to dtxtut - -2002-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): rename question to - "conditional compilation and comments" - -2002-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mathpazo now v1.003 - - * Makefile (ctan): use newly-defined $CTAN_ROOT and $CTAN_HOME - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo text about euro in light - of the discovery that the commission now accepts non-sans symbols - v3.0b, today - -2002-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): \p@enumii needs - \renewcommand - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): tidy and extend - catcodes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): removed \acro round micropress - font name "capitals" part, and corrected "ps math"->"pa math"(!) - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): reword answer on multiple - citations - -2002-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): balancing columns (as - amended) from add-general - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): letter classes from add- - general - v3.0a, today - -2002-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): remove - reference to baltools in "balancing columns" question - (subsection{Alternative document classes}): twiddle the wording a bit - (subsection{Macro programming}): more scribbling in "defining macro - from argument" - -2002-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added testflow - -2002-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add akletter, dinbrief, newlfm; remove aladdin - - * additions.tex: pl4.1, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): letter - classes - -2002-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): \WYSIWYG translate as WYSIWYG(!) - - * additions.tex: pl4.0, today - - * faqbody.tex: v3.0, today - - * texfaq2html: added provision for subsections - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add latex->plain from - add-general - (section{The Background}): latex<->plain from add-general - (subsection{Document structure}): "really blank pages" from add-general - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): decimal comma from add-general - (subsection{Document management}): RCS question from add-general - (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): breaking boxes from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): floats on their own float - pages from add-general - -2002-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): rearranged, and - stuff moved out; suppressed question about miktex format creation - (section{PostScript and TeX}): moved charshift in here for want of - anything better... - (subsection{Page layout}): landscape orientation (from "specialities") - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Format Conversions}): for part of the - latex->tex question (also edited a bit) - - * additions.tex: pl3.9m, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): split bug question in - two, taking stuff from add-general - (section{Documentation and Help}): "how to ask a question" from - add-general - (section{Bibliographies and citations}): "bib->html" from add-general - (section{The Background}): add explanation of the acronym in the - wysiwyg question - v2.5.8u, today - -2002-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9l, today - - * add-general.tex (subsection{You're still stuck?}): add details of - using the bugs web page to question on latex bug reports - (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): tidy wrapping in norman gray's - question - -2002-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add rcs - - * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): rcs question, - courtesy of norman gray - - * additions.tex: pl3.9k, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied text about cygwin - -2002-05-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8t, today - (section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex for cygwin - -2002-04-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added peter flynn's - tutorial to tutorials question - - * add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and Help}): new question on - how to formulate questions (self-referential or what?) - (subsection{The Background}): minor tidy of translation question - (throughout): removed most \Destination commands - - * additions.tex: pl3.9j, today - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8s, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): reword text about google - -2002-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: various questions moved around and subsections created - -2002-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): suppress - suggestion that dvips is readily available - -2002-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: changed date to today - - * dirctan.tex: added feyn - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct - ctanrefs references to picins; put picins at the end of the list in - the body of the answer - (subsection{Footnotes}): mention the "table notes" feature of - threeparttable - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): refer to feyn font package - -2002-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correction and - improvement to Q-marginparside from Norman Gray - v2.5.8r, today - -2002-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: removed three directories that no longer exist - (including dviware/dvipsk) - -2002-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9i, today - - * add-general.tex: 3 questions->faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8q, today - (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): bibliography and index in - toc from add-general - (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): strutting tables, and long - tables from add-general - -2002-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Something or other}): add mention of tracking - to the letterspacing question - - * filectan.tex: added tracking.sty - -2002-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9h, today - - * faqbody.tex: bunch more shifting around of questions - v2.5.8p, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): textrace question, from add-general - - * faq.cls: add \ProvidesClass declaration, use obeyspaces option when - loading url.sty - -2002-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mention DVIWindo as capable of - direct rendering of type1 fonts - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): hack at "making hypertext documents" and - "making acrobat documents", and correct references to [tp]xfonts (the - package name is plural] - v2.5.8o, today - -2002-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): new, under why does it do - that?; plus a whole bunch of new subsections, with corresponding re- - arrangements of text of questions - - * texfaq2html-beta: treat \subsection the same as \section, pro tem - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): ignore \subsection and its arguments - -2002-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex: move all the questions into subsections - - * faq.sty: today's date: deemed to be v1.1 (surely as good as any?) - define \subsection as a sort of mini-section (also \l@subsection) - -2002-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention that - \extracolsep can be cancelled - v2.5.8m, today - -2002-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: convert \def\file* + \typeout => \ProvidesPackage (v2.2) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor rewording of - q on breaking boxes of text - -2002-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8l, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ams short math guide - -2002-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy up breakable - boxes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): lates gs is 7.04 - v2.5.8k, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): eplain defines \path; provide - recipe for using url.sty in plain - -2002-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): stupid error in Q-latex2e - - * texfaq2html: the -beta version seems to work, so let's go live with - it... - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): tidy noans and newans, in - particular making use of \href for the mailto url - [preamble]: v2.5.8j, today - - * texfaq2html-beta: first stab at labellisation - -2002-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8i, today - (section{The Background}): add link to Q-lit under description of tex - (section{Literate programming}): add reference to - literateprogramming.com in Q-lit - -2002-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add framed and shade - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of breakable - boxes question - -2002-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added was (walter schmidt's bits and pieces) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question about - commas as decimal separators - -2002-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct a \URL|...| - -2002-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first stab at - answer on under- and overfull boxes, made by strapping a few - other people's postings onto a bit of intro stuff of mine - - * additions.tex: pl3.9f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added pktrace to - textrace question - -2002-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): typo spotted by jose carlos santos - (section{Why does it do that?}): typo spotted by j.c.s (again) - -2002-01-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tweaking of - the bib->html question - -Tue Jan 15 08:02:18 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added web pointers to - some known latex documentation, rewrote mention of tex by topic - v2.5.8h, today - -Sun Jan 13 22:17:28 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9d, today - - * filectan.tex: add noTeX, bbl2html - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add question on - bib->html, starting with noTeX, bbl2html - -2002-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change information - about texhax, and provide url for finding info about tex lists via - heidelberg - v2.5.8g, today - -2002-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention the m$ euro code - - * faq.sty: change \Question \@startsection parameters to allow less - space between questions, and to use \normalsize bold text - -2002-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): answer on - translating latex to plain, directly copied from Jules Bean on c.t.t - - * dirctan.tex: removed all the obsolete/dviware things, the format- - dumper fantasies, systems/knuth/dviware and dvitodvi - - * filectan.tex: correct axodraw - - * newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: \typeout at end report - \thequestion, not \thesubsection - - * faq.sty: redo \question as a \@startsection in its own right with its - own counter), and remove all the kerfuffle needed to make it work - mapping to \subsection; also remove \subquestion and the like - -2002-01-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8f, today - (section{Introduction}): tidy reference to alternative html, remove - dick nickalls from the list of non-members of the committee - (section{The Background}): rewrite texinfo entry to mention texi2html - (section{The Background}): various other entries: provide pointers to - distributions in ctanrefs envs at end of questions - -2002-01-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove requirement for \nobreakspace to - have trailing {} (dunno why this makes it work, mind you...) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies and citations}): change ~ in - \href anchor to \nobreakspace - (section{Symbols, etc.}): change ~ at end of \href to \nobreakspace - -2002-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): all double-line - \Destination commands forced onto single line - (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy up question on long tables - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): escape "*" in \cmdinvoke* :-} - -Tue Jan 1 09:12:47 2002 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finish off - longtable question - -Sat Dec 29 22:52:52 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8e, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): various corrections to books, on - advice from Barbara Beeton (including removing Gr"atzer's math into - tex, which is superseded by math into latex) - -Wed Dec 26 00:28:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add * version of 2-mandatory-arg - \cmdinvoke - - * faq.sty: make \cmdinvoke take * (for meta-arguments) - - * filectan.tex: add ltxtable - - * dirctan.tex: add xtab - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start new question - on long tables - -Tue Dec 25 09:15:35 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.8d, today - -Mon Dec 24 17:37:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): add tex by topic to "tutorials"; - remove it from "books" - (section{The Background}): switch reference to tex by topic - (section{Documentation and Help}): restore tex by topic to "books", at - victor's suggestion, and cross-link to tutorials - -2001-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8b, today - - * dirctan.tex: add nedit-latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): explain that the java - version is called nts - (section{TeX Systems}): added reference to the nedit stuff in editors - and shells - -2001-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Added question on - submitting latex bug reports; minor tidies to question on array - spacing - (section{Proposed new questions}): new version of q-bug - -Sun Dec 16 10:17:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today - - * dirctan.tex: add booktabs - - * filectan.tex: add tabls - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - array strutting - - * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): added \'o (for peter szabo) - -Sat Dec 15 10:56:39 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - textrace, with references to existing outputs - - * dirctan.tex: added cm-super and ec-type1 - - * filectan.tex: added musixtex-type1 - - * Makefile.CTAN (all): remove newfaq.workers - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8a, today - (section{Symbols, etc.}): removed second mention of europs<->eurosans - difference in recommendation at end of adobe subsection - -2001-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): added mention of latin9 and its - implications - -2001-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.9 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): added euro question from - add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added bold-xy and ragged - questions from add-general - v2.5.8 - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with euro question - slight typo corrected in "cancelling ragged" question; comment out text - referring to donald's flushboth (which hasn't surfaced yet) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): minor tidy of omega q - -Mon Dec 10 07:30:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7i, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): revision and - slight extension of euro question - -Sun Dec 9 23:19:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): slight further reduction - of random twaddle in text of nts q - -2001-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add nts - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): deflower phil's text - about nts a bit, and add reference to public release of nts/java - - * additions.tex: pl3.8b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bunch of new stuff - on how to typeset euros (from yesterday and today) - - * dirctan.tex: add china2e, eurosym, eurofont - -2001-12-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): good start on euro - question - - * dirctan.tex: add euro-fonts, marvosym-fonts - -2001-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added scott pakin's - keywords to symbol list question - v2.5.7h, today - (section{The Background}): correct \href for context - -2001-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): correct syntax - for latest version of pdfpages package - v2.5.4g, today - (section{Introduction}): add Andreas Matthias to list of benefactors - -2001-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.7f, today - (section{PS and TeX}): tidy up question about metrics, add reference to - ly1 and to walter's site of extra goodies and, and, and... - -2001-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): spell martin - schröder's name right - -2001-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7e, today - - * additions.tex: pl4.8a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add question on - flushboth (after discussion with da) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): saturday's -{}- -> -\relax- - -Sat Nov 24 09:47:06 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): -- (in "verbatim" bits convert) to -{}-, - and where necessary convert |..--..| -> \texttt{..-{}-..} - v2.5.7d, today - (section{Introduction}): add thomas esser - -2001-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): amend words about - metafun manual, and redirect web address to ntg site - v2.5.7c, today - -2001-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): \nothtml-tidy typo correction - -2001-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.7b, today - (sections {The Background}, {Acquiring the Software}): micro-editorials - from Jose Carlos Oliveira Santos - (section{The Background}): added a ref to the ntg copy of context web - site (pending the arrival of a "real" one...) - -2001-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): "tiny typo" - (\pagnumbering) in "eliminating page numbers" - v2,5,7a, today - (section{TeX Systems}): first stab (pre-ctan availability) of reference - to macos x tetex and texshop; added reference under "unix" to "mac" - (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct signup address for omega list - (section{TeX Systems}): corrected spelling of wierda - (section{Documentation and Help}): tug.org copy of bausum's list - -2001-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.8, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add a question on - bold tt and csc - - * filectan.tex: add bold-extra - - * faqbody.tex (throughout}): \CTAN{}->\acro{CTAN} - -2001-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): change references to miktex - v2.5.7, today - - * dirctan.tex: remove miktex directory - - * filectan.tex: replace miktex-zip with miktex-install and miktex-setup - -2001-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7l, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention - ntheorem in "roman theorems", use \upshape instead of \rm in original - example - 2.5.6k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tocbibind question - -Sat Nov 3 15:29:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): moved code - listings from "how do i do x" - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): removed text about 209 in - "log-like function" - (section{Things are Going Wrong}): remove rmnonsense question, and - reference to it in "missing symbol commands"; tidy up "missing symbol - commands", and add ctanrefs for amsfonts - (section{Things are Going Wrong}): ctanrefs for msx/y question - -Wed Oct 31 23:10:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): finished belleek stuff - -Tue Oct 30 23:35:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add belleek (just the .zip file) - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): mention belleek (needs url for - paper) - -2001-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (inst-perl*): add sanitize_line - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: require sanitize.pl, remove - sanitize_line - - * sanitize.pl: new file, providing sanitize_line for texfaq2* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): not :8080 for omega site - -Tue Oct 30 00:14:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): update omega question - -Mon Oct 29 22:32:39 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): use richard's words re. truetype - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): detail the further brilliant - things titlesec can do in re. \subsubsubsection - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove misleading remark about - titlesec's capabilities re. \part - v2.5.6l, today - -2001-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies and citations}): change title - from just "bibliographies" - (section{PS and TeX}): change listing of {cm,ams}-amstype1 to "browse" - (section{TeX Systems}): change to truetex entry as per mail from - richard - -Sun Oct 28 09:19:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): correct html problem - spotted by donald a, and modify \xspace question according to his - caveats - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add - nullification of \relax at end - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): comlete tidying-up the outline - fonts question (no more now until i've viewed the result on paper) - -Sat Oct 27 00:55:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): corrections/extensions from Walter - Schmidt, started work on ctanrefs env at end of question - (section{Introduction}): add Walter's name to list - - * dirctan.tex: add eulervm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - moved typesetting a thesis here - (section{Bibliographies}): rearranged to put things relating to - creating the bib together at the start of the section, with "using" it - (macros etc) afterwards; moved citing urls in here - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): replacement "how to approach", - new "missing number" questions from add-general - - * additions.tex: pl3.7k, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rewrite - parenthetical remarks about gill, correct parentheses later on - v2.5.6k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet again correct - wrapping of examples in "macros from command arguments" (will get it - right eventually...) - -Mon Oct 22 12:48:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): work on active - character questions (can we do without a screed on catcodes - altogether?) - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add - \textbar - - * faq.sty: add definition of \textbar - -Sat Oct 20 08:26:05 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct josé carlos santos' name - -2001-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add a label to - "alignment of tabular cells" question - v2.5.6j, today - -2001-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7.l1 {since redone}, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): redoing work done - at home decreasing the verbosity of the replacement error approach q, - and tidying it up - -2001-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): slight rewording of - Q-atvert to take account of "improper \spacefactor" (which appeared in - a question on c.t.t) - v2.5.6i, today - -Sat Oct 6 09:17:26 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied missing - number question, start on question on skips vs. dimens - -2001-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - "missing number" - -Tue Oct 2 22:45:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7i, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): revision of - general approach errors question, taking account of trace package - -2001-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): gratuitous tidying of - mail list text - -2001-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): greek->Greek - (for epsilon in question about logos and things) - - * texfaq2file (oh_dear): don't print wrapper for message... - (two other places): replace "die" with call to oh_dear - -Mon Sep 24 22:41:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.6h, yesterday (forgot the change then) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7h, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tiny typo - correction in \clearemptydoublepage answer - -2001-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added memoir - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - empty pages between chapters - -Sun Sep 23 15:37:53 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - what to do when asked to type \end - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): "referring to - things by name" from add-general - (section{Bibliographies}): "listing all bib entries" from add-general - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap dvi version - of some of examples in "defining macro from arg" question (and adjust - the title of the question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): a couple of - issues raised in proofreading (principally in description of xindy) - -Mon Sep 10 14:52:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): muck about with the "alternative - versions text, and add reference to the pdf copies on ctan - - * filectan.tex: added uktug-faq-{a4,letter} - -Sun Sep 9 00:43:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add titleref - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on title - references (first stab) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - \nocite{*} - - * dirctan.tex: add fonts/amsfonts/{latex/plaintex} - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rehash of - blackboard bold question - -Sat Sep 8 22:02:04 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added ntheorem - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): twiddling with the over- - full boxes question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): answer the "end proof - environment with symbol" question in the affirmative, ref. ntheorem - v2.5.6g, today - -Fri Sep 7 17:01:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7f, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on overfull - lines from add-general - v2.5.6f, today - -Thu Sep 6 09:54:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: minor tidies to make uniform with - texfaq2file - -Wed Sep 5 17:55:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): tidying wysiwyg question - (again) - -Tue Sep 4 23:03:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): a little tidying - of the new question - -Tue Sep 4 17:32:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit of tidying of - one-float-per-page question, new question on defining commands whose - name arrives in an argument - -Tue Aug 28 13:01:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct typo - (section{The Background}): reading tex files, and why not wysiwyg from - add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \end in group from add-general - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): dropped capitals from - add-general - -Tue Aug 28 11:37:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): delete _all_ *.out - -Mon Aug 27 10:53:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): normalise ctan etex and - pdftex references (and thus reword a little) - - * dirctan.tex: make e-tex and pdftex *-directories - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new drop caps q - (should we mention dropcaps, if only to deprecate it?) - (section{Proposed new questions}): couple of \end{verbatim} missing - from end groups question(!) - - * dirctan.tex: add dropping, lettrine - -Sun Aug 26 10:24:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.6d, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.7d, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor proofreading - edits - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): minor proofreading edits - -Sat Aug 25 19:59:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): added proposed question on - macro programming - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidying "\end - inside a group" - -Thu Aug 23 15:06:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first outline of - "\end inside a group..." question - -Wed Aug 22 12:28:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor proof- - reading changes - - * faq.sty: make \WYSIWYG uppercase the first letter of the start of a - sentence ... mostly - -Sat Aug 18 09:29:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): redo definition of \CONTeXT - - * faq.sty: redo definition of \CONTeXT - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): standardise reference to - textcase package - (throughout): standardise on use of \CONTeXT macro - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): putative - completion of the wysiwig question (lordie, is it turgid) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): typo in the "web" bullet - about svg - - * Makefile: have `clean' target get rid of html/* as well as _all_ - *.aux (no need to protect newfaq.aux nowadays), and remove a redundant - second (empty) `ctan' target - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): take {} requirements off definition of - \textasciitilde, so it can be used in \texttt - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): correction/ - improvement of spaces and active chars in arguments questions - -Fri Aug 17 00:53:10 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7c, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove (now - unwanted) braces after \textpercent - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): don't have \textpercent requiring braces - after it (since it'll inevitably appear in the argument of \texttt) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): another new - question on unwanted space in macros - -Thu Aug 16 00:36:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - active chars in args of other commands - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): correct example in - "structure of errors" - (section{Why does it do that?}): minor improvement of english in "rerun - messages" - (section{Why does it do that?}): move "hash signs doubled in macros" to - macro programming, and change title to "defining macros within macros" - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): a few more words - on wysiwygginess... - -Tue Aug 14 16:16:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - installed on ctan; checked-in - - * dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: texsis no longer nonfree - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): revised address for - wilfried hennings' faq - v2.5.6c, today - -Mon Aug 13 01:01:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more twiddles on - "what to do with a latex file" - (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on wysiwyg-ness - - * texfaq2file: sorted archive and format defaults (were left blank) - -Sun Aug 12 01:01:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): "what to do with a - (la)tex file" (first version) - - * additions.tex: pl3.7b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): stray char in - booklist; move reference to errata for math into latex back up where - it belongs near the reference to the book - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change preamble of - each proposed question to use \Destination - (section{Proposed new questions}): add reference to paragraph parameter - problem in \tolerance question - - * faq.sty: add \Destination - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add \Destination - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as texfaq2file - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): redo definition of \keywords to produce - html comments (works! ... if not subsequently translated to html ;-), - and place it at the end of if (converting ...) section - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): verbatim \'e (again) - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): and again - v2.5.6b, today - -Fri Aug 10 14:21:38 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): silliness of html trans - v2.5.6a, today -- checkin - -Thu Aug 9 12:42:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: set \@rightskip, not \rightskip, in def of ctanrefs env - - * additions.tex: pl3.7a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of question - about tolerance (yeah, man) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): missing paren added - in Q-nohyph - -Tue Aug 7 14:41:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): correct - list info for music list - -Mon Aug 6 16:50:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * [various]: checkin - -Mon Aug 6 13:18:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.7, today - - * Makefile.CTAN (DEST): new location (oops!) - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.6, today - -Sun Aug 5 00:31:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct urls for html - upload scripts - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): pkfix question from add-general - (section{Macro programming}): comparing the job name question (ditto) - (section{Why does it do that?}): commands gobbling space (ditto) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): repeating footnotes (ditto) - (section{Macro programming}): argument a number (ditto) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): altering tabular cell - alignment (ditto) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finally struggled - through section on catcodes of question on catcodes and tokens - - * texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added - \environment translation(!) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): |\\|->|\||\| - throughout - - * texfaq2file: add ability to read files whose names appear on $ARGV; - correct test for new faq sections at the start of while <TEXFAQ> (NB - still a problem with \begin{center}\itshape in add-* files) - -Sat Aug 4 09:21:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): update to latest version from ...2html - -Fri Aug 3 20:03:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): correct typos in - tabular cell alignment question - -Fri Aug 3 14:58:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): added cross-references - for symbols, as suggested by scott pakin - v2.5.5f, today - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): completed question - (started last night at home) on \centering et al in tabular - -Thu Aug 2 22:11:35 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.6f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - detecting numbers - -Thu Aug 2 09:44:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan-ann at dante.de - v2.5.5e, today - -Wed Jul 25 11:27:01 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): typo in eitan's name - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - \xspace - -Wed Jul 25 00:07:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): add a word about - mirroring - - * faq.sty: define pdfversion and dviversion on the basis of \ifpdf - - * additions.tex: pl3.6e, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added heiko's name to list of - helpers - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - comparing \jobname to something - -Tue Jul 24 22:25:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): rewritten the upload - question to reflect what goes on in the real world now - - * texfaq2html[-beta] (sanitize_line): add \PS{} - - * faq.sty: add \PS command - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5d, today - (throughout): postscript->\PS{}, ghostscript all l-c; various other - minor changes - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): postscript->\PS{} - throughout - -Mon Jul 23 12:13:51 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reword the pkfix - question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add reference to - spell checkers in winedt and 4alltex (last available separately, - 4spell) - (section{TeX Systems}): junk win3.1 section of editors and shells - v2.5.5c, today - -Fri Jul 20 00:22:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.6c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - pkfix - -Thu Jul 19 17:31:25 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): minor typo in list - numbering question - -Thu Jul 19 13:55:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5b, today - (section{The Background}): inappropriate line wrap corrected, given up - on \nobreakspace, pro tem - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add \nobreakspace [doesn't work...] - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with the fixed footnotes question - -Tue Jul 17 13:41:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): witter about knuth's eminence - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \nobreakspace... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \url->\URL in books - question - (section{The Background}): Donald E.\nobreakspace{}Knuth ;-) - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidy of fixed ftnt - question - -Mon Jul 16 17:54:15 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: v3.6a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finished question - on fixed-text footnotes (1st draft, anyway) - -Sun Jul 15 22:14:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of a - question on repeating footnotes - - * dirctan.tex: added fixfoot - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): join up the two download lines - (and alternative urls) for miktex - (section{Hypertext and PDF}): adjust the blurb in the first question, - for consistency, and wind down the implication that the hypertex - project is an ongoing thing - (section{PostScript and TeX}): rehash the basic "using ps fonts" q, add - mention in the previewing question that recent xdvis cope with type1 - fonts - v2.5.5a, today - -Sat Jul 14 10:10:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.5, today - (section{Installing \AllTeX{} files}): new section, holding two - installation questions from "acquiring the software" and the "temp - installation question from add-general - - * additions.tex: pl3.6, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): move "format of - labels","multiple citations","widows and orphans","retrieving tex...", - "bits of docs" (changed title and label name),"extending tex paths" - (again, changed title to "temporary installation") -> faqbody - -Thu Jul 12 16:19:25 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF and MP}): add further caveats to this - question (derived from a post by dan luecking) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): final tweaking of - revised margins question -- back to faqbody, replacing old version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference - harvard as a possible source of urls-in-biblios - v2.5.4q, today - -Tue Jul 10 10:34:16 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more fiddling with - the margins faq - -Mon Jul 9 16:46:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5o, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): proposed new - version of the change margins faq - -Thu Jul 5 16:17:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): insert Q-TUG* in place of - Q-TUG and the two following - (section{You're still stuck?}): change reference to be to Q-TUG* (and - elsewhere, plus change on reference to Q-othergroups to a reference to - ntg's website) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove Q-TUG* - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4p, today - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): text from Norman Gray added - (section{Introduction}): add Norman Gray to the list of helpers - -Tue Jun 19 10:38:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add xpdf - - * additions.tex: pl5.5m, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reference - pdftotext from xpdf in the "final->revisable" question - -Fri Jun 15 10:21:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html (sanitize_line): deal with tildes in - urls in \href commands too - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to hans' - metafun manual - v2.5.4o, today - (section{Introduction}): thanks to sanjoy mahajan - -Thu Jun 14 10:37:46 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html[-beta] (sanitize_line): correct \textcbracesymbol in both - -Tue Jun 12 13:10:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: as -beta - - * texfaq2html-beta: translate keyword spaces to + (and vice versa) when - initialising $original_keyword and $keyword - -Mon May 28 10:30:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added question on - \p@... commands - -Sun May 27 23:58:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5l, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): quick question on - mcite - -Thu May 24 10:21:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \environment command - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): one use of - \environment - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): moved "bibtex with plain tex" - from "how to do" - today's date (same version no) - (throughout): use \environment - - * additions.tex: pl3.5k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add ps2ascii to - the list of tools for retrieving source from final form output - -Wed May 23 09:32:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): more alternatives for - avoiding the use of \verb, in Q-verbwithin - 2.5.4n, today - -Tue May 22 09:43:20 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html,texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add \Class translations from - texfaq2html-beta - -Mon May 21 18:04:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \endhtmlignore in - tutorial question!!! - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): \thispagestyle is what - chapters and things use ... change Q-nopageno - -Fri May 18 12:45:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): emphasised the scottishness of - "loch" in the silly thing about pronunciation - -Wed May 16 15:08:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): couple of typos in - balancing question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to david - basum's list of tex primitives to "online tutorials", pointing out - that it's reference rather than tutorial... - (section{Macro programming}): refer to patchcmd as a package... - (section{Current TeX Projects}): correct reference to latex - experimental code, minor tidies of omega, nts entries - -Mon May 14 15:15:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4l, today - (throughout): bunch of "unguarded" \dots had {} appended... - -Wed May 2 00:07:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}, {how do i do}, {macro - programming}, {special sorts of typesetting}, etc): accession of - questions from add-general.tex - - * additions.tex: pl3.5j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): numerous minor - editorial hackettes... - -Tue May 1 23:50:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4k, today - (section{Format conversions}): correct url for w3.org - (section{Why does it do that?}): no need for \verb if \texttt will do - (unamended...) - -Tue May 1 10:04:13 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of tidies in - \verb question so's texfaq2html can cope (both applied to current web - copy too) - -Mon Apr 30 16:36:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): restore missing - \endhtmlignore in "optional arguments like \section" - -Fri Apr 27 12:02:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added reference to multibbl - - * dirctan.tex: added dpfloat - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): add - reference to pdfpages to "report from lots of..." - - * additions.tex: pl3.5i, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add reference to \string - inside \texttt as a means of avoiding \verb in command args - v2.5.4j, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - widows and orphans - - * dirctan.tex: added curve (oh joy!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - added curve to the cv question - -Thu Apr 26 10:01:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \href-ise question on - sources of faqs, and add reference to the latex navigator - (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): removed {center}ed note of where - question was to go to, in Q-atvert... (emergency patch to copy on web - site, too!) - -Wed Apr 25 14:40:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): added a bit of - uncertainty about the name of the localtexmf tree ;-) - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added multiple indexing - and zero paragraph indent questions from add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added footnotes in - captions question from add-general - -Tue Apr 24 12:00:01 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added urls to tug - article - (section{Proposed new questions}): adjust the balance columns question - to mention patricks balance.sty and to rename mine baltools.sty - -Sun Apr 22 00:07:16 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): TUG article now - only awaiting urls - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): bunch of rewriting \URL commands as \href - commands (incomplete) - - * Makefile (html): new target to run texfaq2file - -Sat Apr 21 18:19:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on t1 - type 1 fonts, and one (as yet incomplete) to replace all three on TUG/ - other user groups - - * additions.tex: v3.5h, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): new section starting with - three questions from the "format conversion" section - v2.5.4i, today - -Fri Apr 20 14:38:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5g, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): questions on - tabularx and so on, and on non-terminating "rerun" diagnostics - -Wed Apr 18 10:38:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a changebars - question - - * filectan.tex: add vertbars.sty and backgrnd.tex - - * dirctan.tex: moved our location to uk-tex-faq - - * additions.tex: pl3.5f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): mention \[sub] - includefrom commands in the blurb about import.sty - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.4h, today - (section{Acquiring the Software}): moved findpkg, siteindex and - websearch questions to "acquiring the software", and edit blooper out - of findpkg - -Mon Apr 16 00:16:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start on question - about retrieving tex-ish source from final form files - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added list - spacing question from add-general (should this really go to - typesetting?) - (section{Macro programming}): opt arg and counter-label questions from - add-general - (throughout): minor editorial change - (section{Acquiring the Software}): make reference to web access in the - question about archives, and remove reference to the DECUS collection - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tone down the question about finding - fonts (how does one do this nowadays?) - (section{Format conversions}): refer to w3c page on ->html conversion - -Sun Apr 15 00:12:06 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - "finding a document's files" proto-question, now taken over by - "extending search paths" - - * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): add "you don't understand - the answer", and "submitting new answers" questions from add-general - (section renamed from "perhaps there isn't an answer") - v2.5.4g, today - - * markup-syntax: grand updating (for the submission faq) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): more new uns: opt - args that behave like \section's, \refstepcounter and submitting - material to the faq - - * additions.tex: pl3.5e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): two new questions, - on extending path searches (needs careful review) and on loading files - from other directories (the import package) - -Sat Apr 14 18:52:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add import.sty (up-to-date or what?) - -Fri Apr 13 16:50:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added pkfix, preprint - -Thu Apr 12 11:28:24 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference to - anonchap (and incidentally tocbibind) in "style of section headings" - - * filectan.tex: added anonchap - -Tue Apr 10 00:00:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\MF{} and \MP{}}): renamed section, added - question on \MP{} prologues from add-general - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added questions on style of - captions and of document titles, from add-general, and style of - section headings and indent after section headings from herein, "how - do I do?" - - * texfaq2file: removed redundant $href_script, remove echoing of - archive list - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.4f, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.5d, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): new section with vaguely - programming-related things (6 from "how to do X", one from "things are - going wrong" and one from "why does it", plus a new one from - add-general.tex - -Mon Apr 9 23:59:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): - changed section name - -Mon Apr 9 12:08:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): <some damned thing> - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): incorporated donald a's - comments on the hyphenation and raggedness questions - -Sun Apr 8 00:32:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2file: quick'n'dirty html file generator - -Sat Apr 7 16:35:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): define \Class - - * faq.sty: add definition of \Class - - * additions.tex: pl3.5c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on zero - parindent/non-zero parskip - - * filectan.tex: add parskip - -Thu Apr 5 10:25:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - determining which side of the page we're on - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): hyphenation and - ragged right questions from add-general - v2.5.4e, today - -Wed Apr 4 13:16:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added patchcmd - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): refer to - patchcmd in question on (er) patching commands - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit more - detail on the behaviour of ragged2e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): bibtex string too long - question moved here from "things going wrong" - -Wed Apr 4 00:09:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on ragged - right setting, needed by the now-finished hyphenation question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added reference to - hyphenat in question about why hyphenation isn't happening - - * dirctan.tex: added hyphenat, schroeder - - * additions.tex: today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): started "no - hyphenation" question - -Tue Apr 3 00:21:27 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): tidy marginpar and - pictex questions - v2.5.4d, today - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): \tenrm question, remove .sty from - rawfonts - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tidies of - the two caption questions - - * additions.tex: today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): do example in - caption format question in the usual three styles, and slight change - to text about typesetting caption.dtx for caption2 - -Mon Apr 2 07:56:15 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): skeleton of - question on title formats (vehicle for titling.sty) - - * dirctan.tex: add titling - -Sun Apr 1 20:40:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added chngcntr.sty - - * additions.tex: pl3.5b, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added questions on - caption formats, and on footnotes in captions - - * dirctan.tex: added symbols, caption, ccaption - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): rationalise - mention of chngpage package in "adjusting the margins"; mention - ccaption in the wide figures question; reference to chngcntr in - counter manipulation question - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): slight reword of \@ question - (section{Documentation and Help}): added question about symbols list - (head of file): v2.5.4c, today - -Thu Mar 29 14:13:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): as production version - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): ignore \vspace* - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidied visual - typesetting so's texfaq2html could cope, added a missing \\ (names - question) - -Wed Mar 28 22:42:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added \seename - and \alsoname to the list of names - -Wed Mar 28 09:25:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add excel2latex (the .zip file thereof) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4a, today, for ctan installation, then v2.5.4b - (section{Format conversions}): added excel2latex - - * dirctan.tex: add fink - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): shortened - written-out code for retaining file names, and added reference to - fink package - -Tue Mar 27 13:05:22 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5a, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - multiple indexes - - * filectan.tex: added multind.sty - - * dirctan.tex: added camel - -Mon Mar 26 14:08:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.5 - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with -beta - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4, today, for release - -Mon Mar 26 00:11:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of questions - on finding files in multi-file docs, and latex makefiles - -Sun Mar 25 10:17:04 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: dated today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added bibtex capitalisation, - cite sorting, \subsubsubsection and file name qs from add-general - dated today - - * add-general.tex: new question on lists - (section{Proposed new questions}): add reference to the companion in - \sub*section question - -Sat Mar 24 15:22:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tidying of - the missing chars question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): added question on web - technologies, from add-general - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added Q-fixnam, with list of - fixed names included - - * add-general.tex: added column balancing question - - * dirctan.tex: added nrc - - * additions.tex: pl3.4m, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): tidy up references to - ghostscript, gsview and (new) ghostview - (throughout): ensure ghostscript is properly referred to - v2.5.3r, today - - * dirctan.tex: restore gsview link as *-directory (this stuff needs - moving on ctan) - - * faqbody.tex (section{MF}): remove reference to paradissa which is no - longer on the archive - - * dirctan.tex: add sttools - removed remaining things found in ctan scan - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): impose consistency on part distributions in - ctanrefs environments - -Fri Mar 23 08:09:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3q, yesterday - - * additions.tex: pl3.4k, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): major hack on the - new web technologies question; new question on what to do if you don't - understand - -Thu Mar 22 10:24:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added pmx and mtx - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidied feynmann - question, and added reference to axodraw - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): updated the musi[cx] question, - with very aged input from werner icking - - * filectan.tex: added axodraw as a single file (after examining the - actual ctan holding) - - * dirctan.tex: removed axodraw - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): comment out the windows 3.1 stuff - in "editors and shells" (including the reference to eddi4tex), and - refer to the 4alltex cd under (current) windows - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): sorted list of - \*name commands (on the *-bits) and corrected somewhat - - * dirctan.tex: add pdfpages - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): mention - pdfpages in Q-conditional - -Wed Mar 21 13:43:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): mention - \verbatimtabinput in verbfile - -Tue Mar 20 07:54:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): suppress mention of - sgmlbase (in the absence of evidence that it's going anywhere beyond - the toy status); masses of tidying of questions - - * dirctan.tex: make psfonts browsable - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add a 3-mandatory-arg version of - \cmdinvoke; add \ae{} - - * Makefile: add a bunch of short aliases for parts of make patch - - * faq.sty: increase ctanrefs \topsep a bit (4pt: half of article.cls - default) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): body to Q-fixnam - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): remove some - text of Q-latexwords to Q-fixnam and add reference to that question - today's date; tidy code listings, logos questions - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): put reference to - docs at end of bibtex caps question - -Mon Mar 19 23:18:19 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4j - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add question on - patching commands from add-general - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): \@ question from add-general - v2.5.3p - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): corrected code in - "what's the name", rewrote sort&compress (for typographic reasons); - moved patching and \@ questions to faqbody - -Mon Mar 19 16:38:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added snapshot - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added some words - about mike downes's snapshot package, and correct the etex csname i - couldn't remember while typing at home (\middle) - -Mon Mar 19 08:47:50 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): rather feeble - question on bibtex capitalisation - - * filectan.tex: add braket - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): mostly-complete - question on dirac brackets - - * additions.tex: today's date - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidy the "typesetting urls" - and "citing urls" questions, and add mention of hyperref's ability to - ignore %<eol> in urls - - * dirctan.tex: add bundledoc - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first stab at - "what files" question - -Sun Mar 18 08:33:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, no change of versiion - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidy page-size question and - add reference to layout.sty for the diy-er; tidy the letterspacing - answer - -Sat Mar 17 13:35:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): \YandY->Y&Y (!) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): sorting cites - question - - * filectan.tex: add patch - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): questions on file - name, patching commands - - * faq.sty: minor adjustments (a) to separate the list from its - preceding pargraph, so that raggedness doesn't propagate backwards - into that paragraph(!) and (b) to set \topsep zero (prob. not nec.) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): rehash unprocessed - floats question - v2.5.3o, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new "errors" - question on \@ in vertical mode; minor hacks - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): tidy up (and - marginally correct) the \pagestyle{empty} question, and add soul to - the underline question; tidy old font names question; separate the two - case in missing symbols question; rehash the \@ question in the light - of Q-atvert - -Fri Mar 16 13:34:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added scott pakin to helpers - list - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): typo \CTANref{morefloats} for - endfloat - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed tmupfl - question - - * faqbody.tex: v4.5.3n, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): deja->groups.google - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): remove some of text from Q-floats - and replace with reference to Q-tmupfl - - * additions.tex: pl3.4i, today - -Fri Mar 16 00:19:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): changed title of - future web technologies - (section{Proposed new questions}): added tmupfl question - -Thu Mar 15 10:19:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it _do_ that?}): added mdwlist to the - "no line here to end" question - - * additions.tex: pl3.4h, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new thing (with - stuff from the latex2html question) about the nature of future web - technologies - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.3m, today - (section{Format conversions}): yet another rehash of latex2html, - following further input from hutchinson - -Thu Mar 15 00:20:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): yet another iteration, - following input from eitan - (section{Why does it _do_ that?}): added reference to expdlist for the - no line to end question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidy conditional compilation - and bold greeks questions - -Wed Mar 14 09:48:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: added \latex2html - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \latexhtml - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): added "no line" question - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added "wide figure" question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add an actual - recommendation on setting wide equations, and move to faqbody - (section{Proposed new questions}): no line to end error message too - wide for 2-col text, sorted; question moved to faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: today (no change of version since nothing printed - (section{Introduction}): add peter wilson -- oops! - (section{Documentation and Help}): add "short history of the printed - word" - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): minor honing of words of accented - hyphenation question and moving tables - (throughout): suppress (almost) all personal email addresses - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add mention of float.sty [H] in - the moving tables question - -Wed Mar 14 00:12:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): preserve ~ in arguments of URLs - -Tue Mar 13 22:59:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add the famous - arseneau parameters to the moving tables question, and add reference - to placeins.sty (simultaneously tidying up and de-ponceing the text a - bit) - v2.5.3k, today - (section{Format conversions}): input from eitan gurari and ian - hutchinson (coo, they were quick) - (section{Introduction}): added eitan gurari and ian hutchinson to the - hall of fame - -Mon Mar 12 11:33:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added tth, tex4ht - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): ->html question rehashed, - including reference to texpider and hevea (both off ctan) - - * dirctan.tex: make latex2html \CTANdirectory* - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): rewrote the ->ascii - question, including reference to tex2mail and catdvi - v2.5.3j, today - - * dirctan.tex: added catdvi - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): removed arbortext and northlake - from list of commercial systems (advice from bnb); add keywords to the - two systems questions so's bnb can find them by searching - -Sun Mar 11 09:22:44 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - subsubsubsections - - * dirctan.tex: add latex (for base dir) and remove fonts/latex with the - same name - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question about - "no line here to end" - -Sat Mar 10 15:22:05 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed two - questions for the benefit of faqbody (vide infra) - (section{Proposed new questions}): new wide-figure question - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): added vtex for linux & os/2 - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new question about using - ghostscript in default of a printer-specific driver - (throughout): typos corrected - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): added encoding and eps questions - from add-general - v2.5.3i, today - - * faq.cls: added hyphens option when loading url.sty - -Fri Mar 9 10:41:09 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): correcting a couple of - names, and a typo, in the section on conversion to "other formats" - -Thu Mar 8 09:15:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3g, today - - * additions.tex: pl3.4f, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove questions - on character shifts in dvips output, toc, running equation etc, - crop marks and fixed positions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): reformat the general - conversions question - (section{Literate programming}): add reference to dtx in the literate - programming question, and tidy up the packages question - (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): tidy up the spelling, wordcount - and fig questions - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): minor tidies of previewers - (including excision of reference to dviwin, which has been withdrawn) - and laserjet questions, and removed reference to dvitops from the ps - output program - (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added question on character - shifts in dvips output - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): add toc question (from - peter wilson, originally) - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add running equation etc, - crop marks and fixed positions questions - - * dirctan.tex: add rtf2latex2e - - * faq.sty: compact decsription environment, too - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add question on quality of - PDF output, from add_general; tidy up question on generating pdf, link - to one on quality - -Tue Mar 6 23:18:23 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): narrow some of - the lines of code in principal value integral question, when doing - tex-only output; tidy footnotes in tables question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap code in - running numbering question, when doing tex-only output - - * faqbody.tex (section{Macros for Particular Types of Documents}): add - peter wilson's combine stuff to the question on multi-article - documents, and minor tidy of the vita class question - -Tue Mar 6 10:03:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: added removefr - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add "running - numbering" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): yet more diddling with - ec question - - * additions.tex: pl3.4e, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): removed ip address of - wuarchive - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): small rewording of hyphenation q - v2.5.3f, today - (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): extend and reword ec font q - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor improvements - to text of encoding and acrobat questions - -Mon Mar 5 11:40:20 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): two minor - improvements to the encodings, pdf output questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): fptex local default is - texmf-local - -Sun Mar 4 00:00:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (chapter{Preface}): tidy "style of section headings" - (section{PostScript and TeX}): tidy wrapping of urls in the font - choice question - v2.5.3e, today - -Sat Mar 3 13:59:57 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): tidying the - section (un)numbering question - - * dirctan.tex: added tocloft - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): dvips output for - pdf, weird character mapping questions - (section{Proposed new questions}): added peter wilson's tocloft - question - - * dirctan.tex: added textpos - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): crop and textpos - questions - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): added brief info from carlos - santos re. windvi's printing capability - (section{Introduction}): added carlos santos to list of helpers - v2.5.3d, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): tidied the fancyhdr question - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet again, hacking - at encodings question - -Fri Mar 2 14:22:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: askinclude now from latex/contrib/other/misc - - * dirctan.tex: removed mathpple - -Fri Mar 2 07:20:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today (no change of patch level) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): yet more fiddling - with the encodings question ("philosophy") - -Thu Mar 1 21:20:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): filled out the - body of "what is encapsulated postscript" - - * additions.tex: pl3.4c, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): honing the words - in "what are encodings" - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): add mathpazo (serious drop - off that i hadn't mentioned it before) - - * dirctan.tex: add mathpazo - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3c, today - -Thu Mar 1 09:44:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): added pxfonts to question - on font choice, updated txfonts outline - - * dirctan.tex: added emtextds, pxfonts - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): hack around to - cause texfaq2html not to be fazed by verbatim \\ commands - (section{TeX Systems}): ftp.math.utah.edu's ip address has changed -- - removed it altogether - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): explicitly squash "{}" if it - survives to the end of the main conversion scan - - * filectan.tex: morefloats->latex/contrib/other/misc - -Tue Feb 27 07:20:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4b, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slight rearrangement of ctanrefs - in "(la)tex for different systems" - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): three questions - transferred (see below) - (section{Proposed new questions}): bunch of diddling with the encodings - question (still not right, though) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): hack the - indexing question (new style ctan references, expand remarks about - xindy and about makeindex sorting issues) - (throughout): minor markup adjustments/typo corrections - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): verbatim input, line numbering - and typesetting urls questions tidied to new format - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): using underscores, no page - nos and typing "@", from add-general - - * dirctan.tex: * to xindy - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3b, today - -Sun Feb 25 00:09:42 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied up the freely-distributed - software question - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): further iteration of same (after a good - night's sleep ;-), also added more detail about web2c - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): converted the `wrapping - figures' to new form, since it always did look untidy. - -Sat Feb 24 00:07:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): start of rearranging the non- - commercial systems part of the section - - * dirctan.tex: added bakoma-tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): add "what is hyphen- - ation" question - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add "bad hyphenation" question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove "what is - hyphenation" and "bad hyphenation" questions - - * additions.tex: pl3.4a, today - - * dirctan.tex: plain now refers to base only - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): added "no - hyphenation" question at start of section - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed "no - hyphenation" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Metafont}): scale down the panic of the bitmap - fonts question -- convert into advice to start using type 1 versions - v2.5.3a, today - - * dirctan.tex: bluesky (was a reference to their mac mf port) becomes a - reference to the "bluesky" cm fonts - -Fri Feb 23 23:54:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: ps-type1 -> \CTANdirectory* - -Thu Feb 22 12:28:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: brought in all -beta changes - - * texfaq2html-beta: sit on $_ (in case we're not producing an intro) so - as not to get a lone "introduction", and dump the "index" statement in - front of the list of questions; various other minor tidies - - * dirctan.tex: corrected dratex (another from dan l) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): mfpic can now do - \MP output (alert from dan luecking) - -Thu Feb 22 07:30:54 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): first stab at rehashing - the figures question (pretty major rewrite, but issues remain) - today's date - -Wed Feb 21 09:17:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: blundering attempt to create a better header; and - similarly distance from uktug in the footer - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): redo question about - previewing files with type 1 fonts in 'em - (section{The Background}): less prissy about the reference to the list - of commercial vendors - (section{Format conversions}): tidy up question about generating pdf - (was talking about archaic versions of ghostscript) - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): renamed question deploying type 1 - fonts ... substantial rewrite - (section{Introduction}): added mike vulis to ack list (belatedly) - - * dirctan.tex: ghostscript nonfree; added gsview (with wrong value) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.3, today - -Tue Feb 20 11:46:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: add a couple of <hr> directives, after the - "preamble", and before the "tail" - - * dirctan.tex: added refcheck and crop - -Mon Feb 19 10:40:43 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bibliographies}): entire new section - - * add-biblio.tex: ripped out entire text - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added the - document font sizes question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - document font sizes question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): added the - landscape typesetting question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the - landscape typesetting question - - * faq.sty: added a bit of raggedness to the ctanrefs environment - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add the end-line - question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): removed the end- - line thing - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with -beta (== -alpha) version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): add dan luecking - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added caveat about - viewing rotated output to landscape question - - * texfaq2html-alpha (sanitize_line): add \YandY [does a raw & really - work reliably in html?] - - * faq.sty: define \YandY - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): \YandY for the company, for consistent - typesetting - -Sun Feb 18 00:14:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): rewording of the - "what is hyphenation" and "encodings" questions - (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on landscape - typesetting - - * additions.tex: update to today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - encodings (started yesterday) - -Sat Feb 17 15:56:43 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.4, today - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2f, today - (throughout): article->FAQ where appropriate - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX): alter "changing babel's ideas" - to one that takes in the whole gamut, and thus renders redundant: - (section{Why does it do that?}): "why won't fixed names stay fixed", - which is therefore deleted - - * newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex,newfaq.tex: slim down heading, again - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Plain \TeX{} now uniformly used - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): new slim-line slightly less pompous - intro (no tedious lists of committee members, which are impossible to - maintain when the committee don't maintain their web site) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): filled out the - \hyphenation error question - - * texfaq2html-alpha: deal with label=, generate a label= URL at end for - people to quote, use \faqfiledate, \faqfileversion (oops) - -Fri Feb 16 13:59:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-alpha (sanitize_line): add code for \textbf - -Thu Feb 15 11:25:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add the babel - question at end of section - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied up - representation of the babel error messages still further (option for - pdf printing, too) - (section{Proposed new questions}): removed babel question - - * additions.tex: pl3.3, today - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.2e, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add the miktex 2 - gen for the babel "add new language" question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor typographic - consistency changes in description of miktex 2.0 package install - -Wed Feb 14 13:44:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): tidied up the - question about hyphenating accented letters - v2.5.2d, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start on question - about "improper hyphenation" error message - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \csx - -Mon Feb 12 14:42:27 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.5.2c, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): recorded details of knuth boxed set - -Fri Feb 9 11:33:00 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2b, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): replaced old references to french - and german faqs with a {booklist}, and added spanish and czech - (section{The Background}): slight iteration of the context question - -Thu Feb 8 13:41:36 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on \\ - arguments - -Wed Jan 31 11:41:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: extra indirection (via texinfo) for both texinfo and - makeinfo - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): texinfo to use whole (sub-) - directory reference - - * filectan.tex: removed texinfo-dist (no longer on archive) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): expand referencing of vtex - (this is going to look gross...) - - * dirctan.tex: pass to deal with check-ctan-lists diagnostics - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): \textpercent{} - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): added \item[\normalfont{}...]; - require \textpercent{} - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): added question on entries - in text of docs; added body of "writing your own .bst" question - - * dirctan.tex: added inlinebib, jurabib, footbib - -Wed Jan 31 00:04:26 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex,additions.tex: \faqfileversion, \faqfiledate (because of - the confusion with definitions introduced by nameref.sty - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.2a, today - -Tue Jan 30 23:28:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl3.1, today - - * newfaq.tex,letterfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex: use \ref* in the title, - \ifpdf; \faqfileversion, \faqfiledate - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): have the correct - layout of the babel message (in the "new language" question) for html - generation - -Mon Jan 29 12:17:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: bring up to date with latest thinking in -beta version - - * faq.sty: add \[oc]bracesymbol - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): moved \symbol to the end - (sanitize_line): add \obracesymbol and \cbracesymbol - - * additions.tex: comment out add-errors, pl3.0, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidied miktex text - v2.5.2, today - (section{The joy of TeX errors}): moved en bloc from add-errors - -Tue Jan 23 16:58:28 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): update the miktex - question with a reference to 2.0 - (section{TeX Systems}): update remarks about miktex - - * dirctan.tex: miktex itself now a *-reference to miktex/2.0 - - * filectan.tex: deleted miktex-latex, added miktex.zip - -Fri Jan 19 12:46:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add *patch.aux - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question-ette - about typing @ signs - - * additions.tex: pl2.14, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change reference - to carlisle to nopageno (\CTANref doesn't have a * form -- duh!) - -Thu Jan 18 11:37:53 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on - "no page numbers" - - * req.qs: bbl2html question - -Wed Jan 17 13:33:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.13, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on eps - (outline only, as yet) - -Tue Jan 16 12:05:46 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): definition of \item _doesn't_ need - "."s to separate the variable instances... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): make reference to the dante faq - use \href - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add \href - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add knuth's url to the first - occurrence of his name - - * faq.sty: add an \href command, that only has effect in the absence of - pdf generation (hyperref providing the necessary otherwise) - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1d, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected isbn for lamport 2nd ed - (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to knuth's nimellium - boxed set (though no details since a-w can't get their act together) - (section{Documentation and Help}): update math into latex reference to - vol 3 - -Tue Jan 16 11:40:37 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@huntingdon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.12, today - - * filectan.tex: underscore - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - underscore - -Sun Jan 14 20:59:29 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): more on the - structure question - - * additions.tex: pl2.11, today - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): refer to structure - question from the philosophy question - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): reindented the - "missing character" messages for the tex versions - -Fri Jan 12 14:06:40 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: today's date (previous pl not yet printed out) - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): finished the - hyphenation question, and added another about hyphenation problems and - their solution - -Thu Jan 11 21:42:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.10, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of the body - of the hyphenation question - -Tue Jan 9 14:59:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): minor tweaks to - the text of the babel question, and skeleton for a question on hyphen- - ation - - * additions.tex: pl2.9, today - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): v1 closure on - first question of section, and proposal for yet another new question - about the structure of error messages - - * faq.sty: adjust \topsep in itemize and enumerate, and do the same to - verbatim - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): change reference to books - question - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): some wrapping of verbatim - text, and minor text tidies - -Fri Jan 5 18:08:32 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.8, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added caveat about - running out of pattern memory when adding a new hyphenation pattern - -Thu Jan 4 15:44:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): process `` and '' to ", and - isolated ` to ' (for the benefit of m$ browsers) - evaluate $last_question, $next_question and $previous_question as - we go along, and use them to produce pointers to previous and - next in the footer of the generated page, if appropriate - -Tue Jan 2 14:17:33 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): make \ProgName and \Package accept - arguments in braces - - * faq.sty: make \FTP, \File, \CTAN and \ProgName robust - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): lists of authors question - - * additions.tex: pl2.7, today - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question on mp - prologues - -Mon Jan 1 17:15:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: normalise tabbing in perl code - -Sat Dec 30 16:35:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1c, today - - * additions.tex: pl2.6, today - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): ctanrefs at end of bibs per - section question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add pointers to fancyvrb - and verbdef packages in the question on verbatim in arguments - - * filectan.tex: add verbdef.sty - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): bit more at end of - missing characters question - -Wed Dec 27 14:19:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): missing characters - - * faq.sty: minor typo corrected - -Tue Dec 26 16:39:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: compact the booklist and ctanrefs environments, and - compactify standard itemize and enumerate environments - -Sun Dec 24 10:26:08 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): filling out the - answer (work vaguely started last evening, and will probably take the - whole holiday...) - -Fri Dec 22 17:25:04 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex: pl2.4, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added giuseppe bilotta and - michael dewey to list of helpers - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): provided format - generation instructions for the babel new language question - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): tidy list at end of - "installing" question - 2.5.1b, today - -Thu Dec 21 00:24:20 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tiny adjustment to - punctuation of \edef question, and a bit of rewording of one of - michael's sentences - -Wed Dec 20 16:56:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): new question - on \protected@[ex]def using some nice words of mjd's - -Tue Dec 19 10:00:41 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-general - - * additions.tex: replace body by \input of add-general - - * add-general.tex: was body of additions.tex - - * archive.list: correct list - - * texfaq2html-beta: add code to deal with ctanrefs environment - (involves extra stuff in \item[...]) - change default to cam.ctan.org - - * Makefile (PATCH): add add-biblio.tex - add newfaq.aux as label parallel to newfaq.dvi; this satisfies a - dependency in the web and web-beta rules - - * additions.tex: pl2.2, today - - * faq.sty: define ctanrefs environment - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): fill out multiple - bibliographies question, introduce new ctanrefs environment for the - places to pull stuff from - -Mon Dec 18 11:42:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added extsizes - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): extsizes question - - * faqbody.tex: v2.5.1a, today - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): as -beta version - - * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): add a couple of instances of - \cmdinvoke translation (cf comments on what's available in faq.sty) - - * faq.sty: added \cmdinvoke - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add reference to - textcase in the case-changing question - - * dirctan.tex: add carlisle - -Fri Dec 15 16:41:49 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-biblio.tex (section{Bibliographies}): New file, some biblio - questions (mostly somewhat fragmentary), in a section of their own... - - * dirctan.tex: added cite (the arseneau stuff) and bibunits ... and - multibib and bibtopic - - * additions.tex: pl2.0, today; \input add-biblio - -Thu Dec 14 13:30:36 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: change url referring to archive (twice) - v2.5.1 - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): it's isn't a - possessive!!!!!! - - * texfaq2html: add provision for dealing with \symbol commands, tidy up - the url for the whole faq for the bottom of each message, and add "not - a help address" after email address - synchronise with texfaq2html-beta (incl adding title-modifier stuff) - - * Makefile: add targets inst-perl and inst-perl-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add reference to - new version of miktex's latex.zip - v2.5 (!) - - * filectan.tex: added miktex 1.20 latex.zip - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): htmlonly env -> htmlversion (oops!) - v2.4.8d, today - -Tue Dec 12 22:19:19 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): couple of tidies in - question on using quote site index; add new question on web searching - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove outline of the web search - facility from question on repositories, and make reference to both - searching questions in place of partial duplication and reference to - one - 2.4.8c, today - -Mon Dec 11 11:07:56 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add the wordcount - question - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): add the watermarks question - (section{Acquiring the Software}): hacked the commercial stuff out of - the CDs question, and corrected the 4alltex bit to refer to windoze - rather than ms-dog - - * add-errors.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new section title, - and a couple of new questions (no room for a new..., and what to do - when epsf produces that diagnostic) - - * faqbody.tex: 2.4.8b, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): moved the script fonts - question from additions - (section{Why does it do that?}): replaced question about pictex and - register usage with improved one from additions - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): big hack on the - script fonts question, including lots of source references and - reference to the new scriptfonts thing; then moved question to faqbody - removed pictex, watermarks and wordcount questions - - * filectan.tex: add eucal and mathscript - - * dirctan.tex: add rsfs-type1 and jknappen-macros - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): change title of - pictex question - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch): typo in yesterday's update - -Mon Dec 11 00:02:15 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Tidied up Babel - question; still to complete the section on building a format at the - end (don't understand that at all -- does texconfig exist for other - than tetex systems, for example? - -Sun Dec 10 17:35:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: replace all use of latexmk with the while-loop/get cross - construct - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove question - that's gone to faqbody - pl1.14, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add question on - writing latex classes and packages - 2.4.8a, today - - * filectan.tex: add latex-source - -Sat Dec 9 21:24:54 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove question - about conditional compilation - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): replace - question about excluding sections of a document with one about - "conditional compilation" - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): remove miktex - question - (section{Proposed new questions}): touch up pictex question with words - from existing one (mentioning the contex module that the yesterday's - effort omitted) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add miktex question - (slightly reworded) - - * additions.tex: pl1.13, today - (section{Proposed new questions}): junk question on recognising new - package files, since we've now integrated all the matter on these - ideas into two questions that have gone to faqbody - (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap code in script fonts question - so's not to overrun the verbatim margins - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.8, today - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Remove the first two - questions to faqbody.tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Two new questions - lifted from additions.tex - -Fri Dec 8 09:51:42 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * add-errors.tex,additions.tex (throughout): normalised \Question cmds - - * faqbody.tex: (throughout) TeX-systems (as Qref label) -> Q-TeXsystems - v2.4.7q, today - (throughout): normalise all \Question commands to have optional - argument [Q-<alpha string>] - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question about the - miktex-latex problem - pl1.12, today (happy birthday Ma) - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): removed comment at end of - type 1 fonts question (no date/time or version change this time) - -Tue Dec 5 10:22:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): label on the pictex - manual question (and remove old commented-out text about the - arrangement that used to exist for getting it from tug) - v2.4.7p, today - (section{Introduction}): add dick nickalls to list of helpers - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added version.sty - and verbatim.sty to yesterday's question on conditional compilation - input add-errors at end - pl1.11, today - - * filectan.tex: add version.sty - - * add-errors.tex: errors section from additions.tex - -Mon Dec 4 13:23:04 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on - conditional compilation, from a c.t.t answer by donald arseneau - patch level 1.10, today - bunch of \Qref commands tidied not to produce "see" twice in the - printed output - - * filectan.tex: remove comment (it's in a directory of its own, now) - add askinclude - - * dirctan.tex: add pagesel (contrib/supported/oberdiek, in fact) - add comment - - * filectan.tex: add selectp.sty - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): add label to \include - question - 2.4.7o, today - -Mon Nov 20 13:21:01 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): avoid column - overruns in verbatim `meta' sections in "where to put files" - -Tue Nov 14 13:23:57 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): tidied up - "installing a new package question - pl1.8, today - (section{Proposed new questions}): question on where to put files ... - very much in prototype stage just now (all in verbatim) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): add subscription info - for the pdftex list - v2.4.7n, today - -Tue Nov 7 11:23:44 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): txfonts now have t1 and ts - encodings - -Wed Nov 1 12:24:01 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added anthony goreham to - the list of helpers - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a thing - on formal scripts from anthony goreham - -Tue Oct 31 10:00:51 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: expunged all reference to gopher - - * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): do away with reference to ctan - copy of 4alltex - - * filectan.tex: corrected a bunch found by the script - - * check-ctan-lists: new, jiffy checking script for (dir|file)ctan.tex - -Mon Oct 30 23:46:55 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question on LaTeX2e - v 2.4.7m, today - -Sat Oct 28 14:56:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): reference to - chngpage in question about changing margins - - * filectan.tex: add chngpage; correct entry for comment.sty - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): typo in - setting { (nb -- \symbol still not yet in texfaq2html) - - * filectan.tex: added pdftex-oztex - - * faq.sty: double accent for doing han the thanh `properly' - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.7l, today - (section{Current TeX Projects}): remove question on latex2e; move small - amount of matter from it into updated question on latex3; tidy and - update questions on omega, nts and pdftex - -Thu Oct 26 09:57:20 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add txfonts - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): made a Ghostscript - reference uniform with rest (i.e., capitalised) - (section{PostScript and TeX}): details of the txfonts - v 2.4.7k, today - -Thu Oct 12 13:04:51 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: dvi2tty -> nonfree - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): new question - about `extra }' (moving fragile command) - - * Makefile: made web target a modified copy of web-beta - - * filectan.tex: commented out fullpage - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): remove - reference to fullpage.sty, add geometry (by, that dates it); put a - label on footnotes in latex section headings - version 2.4.7j, today - - * dirctan.tex: added geometry - -Mon Oct 9 12:30:34 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{The joy of TeX error messages}): new section; - first two questions are general advice, and semantic nest - -Tue Sep 26 12:05:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: repeated and undefined CTAN label warnings NoLine; repeated - CTAN labels counted and re-warned \AtEndDocument (as undefined labels - have been for some time) - - * filectan.tex: abstract->abstract-bst - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): in the bibtex - question, abstract->abstract-bst - 2.4.7h1, today - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): wordcount question; - pl5, today - - * dirctan.tex: added wordcount - -Wed Sep 20 10:43:17 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added a question - about one float per float page; pl4, today - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): add Q-floats label - to moving tables and figures question - -Fri Sep 15 11:42:25 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): tidy up references to - omega implementations - -Thu Sep 14 10:27:00 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html-beta: title to contain beta indicator - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): added remaining - micropress font sample urls - - * texfaq2html-beta: new file; runs beta sources - added question number to title if exactly one question requested - - * faqbody.tex: 2.4.7h, today - (section{Documentation and Help}): removed frivolity about rtfm in - `where to get help' (at Manuel Gutierrez' suggestion) - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): add note of - confirmation of the sequence for refreshing the fndb under miktex - -Tue Sep 12 23:20:53 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): sound depressed about - deja - (preamble): today, v2.4.7g - -Sun Sep 10 10:22:45 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): upgrade of the - unnumbered sections question (from peter wilson), and of the 1-column - abstract question (from same source) - - * dirctan.tex: added tocvsec2, tocbibind, abstract - -Sat Sep 9 14:15:21 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): bunch of new stuff from - berthold and mike updating the section on scalable outline fonts - (section{Documentation and Help}): add a first reference to teencontrex - (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct address for the ctan list in - `contributing to the archives' - - * dirctan.tex: added hvmath, tmmath and teencontrex - - * faq.sty: make the tex logo robust - -Fri Sep 8 17:55:13 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: redid reference to c++2latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct a \dots - invocation in "where to get help"; recommend ctan search web address - rather than the catalogue direct - (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): added reference to c++2latex - for typesetting code, at the suggestion of Michael Soulier - -Tue Aug 22 14:39:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): slight tidying - of matter in question about dashed integrals - -Sun Aug 20 17:27:55 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added vmargin (now in supported) - - * filectan.tex: removed vmargin - -Mon Jul 24 09:26:41 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add ams-AMStype1 - - * faqbody.tex: v 2.4.7f, today - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): more work on the fonts stuff - -Sat Jul 22 10:24:05 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): add donald's - "typesetting principal value integral" - v2.4.7d, today - (section{Introduction}): removed email address for bodenheimer, which - hasn't (afaik) worked for some time - -Fri Jul 21 17:46:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): berthold's stuff on - outline fonts (mike's is harder work ;-) - v 2.4.7c, today - - * dirctan.tex: add cm-AMStype1 - -Wed Jul 19 10:18:36 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \arrowhyph - - * faq.sty: added \arrowhyph - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): moved Peter Wilson's - one on getting a new package - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.7b, today - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): correct address for mutex - -Mon Jul 10 15:07:48 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: explicit location for tds (will presumably never now be - version 1.0 ... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): removed vortex - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): add pw's on the tds - -Fri Jul 7 12:26:22 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): make \begin|\end{htmlversion} ignore - entire line - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new question on \MF - and \MP tutorials (pw again) - v2.4.7a, today - - * filectan.tex: added metafp.(ps|pdf) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): pw's revision to mp answer - (section{Documentation and Help}): couple of additions to booklists - (section{Documentation and Help}): pw's major addition to mail list - stuff - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \PDFLaTeX - - * faq.sty: add \PDFLaTeX - -Sat Jul 1 13:12:00 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): added peter wilson to list of - acknowledgements - (section{Documentation and Help}): the first of peter wilson's new - answers -- books on type - -Fri Jun 23 12:26:31 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): give locations for - ctan servers, and correct www address for tug box search script - -Wed Jun 21 13:41:17 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): ignore \keywords argument - - * faq.sty: add \keywords command (ignores argument, carefully) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on renaming - fixed texts in the context of babel (has \keywords) - -Tue Jun 20 14:03:38 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): acknowledge alan jeffrey's - design of the html version, and record use of dante material - - * dirctan.tex: add pictex-addon - - * filectan.tex: add context-tmf, delete doublespace - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): question on pictex and - registers, largely lifted (with help from babelfish) from dante's faq - -Wed Jun 14 11:36:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): caveat for non-ia32 versions - of miktex, mention the psu.edu mac-tex page - -Tue Jun 13 10:27:09 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): updated details for gutenberg - -Wed Jun 7 12:33:02 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: version 2.4.5, today (for release) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): missing \endhtmlignore in nonfree - tree question - -Thu Jun 1 16:41:28 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong}): rewritten question - about capacity exceeded (scrapping assertions about pure methods of - hacking the tex web source, for goodness' sake!) - -Fri May 5 12:44:05 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add reference to epslatex.ps - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): add reference to - epslatex.ps in question on graphics inclusion where previously only - the pdf was mentioned - -Wed Apr 26 11:17:34 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove reference to - (now defunct) bitftp@pucc.bitnet - (section{Acquiring the Software}): add ctan.tug.org ftpmail - (section{Acquiring the Software}): hacking at search info (more to do) - (section{The Background}): update uk tug details - (throughout): remove parentheses from (+countrycode) - - * faq.sty: another iteration of pdfstartview - -Tue Apr 25 15:30:52 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: tried alternative pdfstartview value -- no joy - -Fri Apr 14 15:20:33 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add latex-classes, ltxguide - -Wed Apr 12 15:01:42 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4.2, today - - * Makefile: add targets help, patch (==newfaq-patch) and web (==march) - - * dirctan.tex: remove gtex; stick a whole lot of obsolete/ prefixes in - dviware things (that are probably not, in all honesty, ever going to - be used again, but what the hell...) - - * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): remove all the - previewers that have been moved to obsolete/, rewrite the rest - mentioning miktex and fptex previewers, characterise emtex's thing as - dos+os/2 only, etc., etc. - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove references to gtex - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove references to gtex - -Wed Apr 12 07:44 rf@huntingdon (using vi) - - * companion.ctan: update location of version.sty - -Thu Apr 6 18:52:52 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct spelling of - bernice in sacks lipkin's name (oops) :-( - -Wed Apr 5 10:22:21 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): rewrite figure - inclusion with emphasis on the graphics package - - * dirctan.tex: add draftcopy and ms - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Add watermarks q - -Mon Apr 3 21:25:19 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy up gratzer's - latest (which _has_ been published now, or else...) and add reference - to lipkin's latex for linux - -Fri Mar 31 14:40:29 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.4, today - - * additions.tex: bunch of questions moved out; back to pl 1 (only - unfinished `new language in babel' question now left) - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): moved in 1-col - abstract, babel words and code listings questions - (section{Acquiring the Software}): moved in `nonfree' question - (section{Format conversions}): moved in `read SGML/XML direct' question - (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): moved in \marginpar question - -2000-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq-patch.tex: input faqbody for version and date before additions - - * additions.tex: make version reported derive from \fileversion from - faqbody - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): removed listing for microtex - v2.3a2, today - -2000-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): correct details for truetex - - * faq.sty: define a url in pdf mode for the debian social contract, - _before_ loading hyperref; remove all the old (pre-url.sty) - definitions using the FAQverb mechanism; remove the attempts at - patching hyperref's normalisation mechanisms - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): use defined url for - debian social contract address (to bypass hyperref boondoggle) - -Fri Mar 17 15:30:56 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): Completed new - questions added yesterday (but not, I see, documented) -- on listings - and \marginpar - - * dirctan.tex: add listings, tiny_c2l - -Thu Mar 16 10:01:02 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): \URL argument in braces now - (sanitize_line): $e$ generalised to $<anything>$ (for $n$, just now) - -Thu Mar 2 14:27:03 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@huntingdon.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added mparhack - -Thu Feb 10 16:55:44 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: add passivetex - - * faq.sty: \URL is _just_ \url now - - * additions.tex: v2.3a1 pl4, today - (throughout): convert all \URL commands to take arguments in braces - (section{Proposed new questions}): passivetex ctan reference now - only one version of reference to social contract - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): convert all \URL commands to take arguments - in braces - v2.3a1, today - -Fri Jan 21 14:09:59 2000 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: added xmltex - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): added spqr's - question about typesetting *ml direct with tex; - 2.3a pl3, today - -Tue Dec 14 10:28:00 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: attempted improvement of \ifpdf definition of \URL (trying - to use hyperref's sanitising facilities) - - * additions.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): outlines for babel - hyphenation, babel `foreign words' - (section{Proposed new questions}): wrap verbatim lines a bit - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \meta - - * faq.sty: add \meta command - -Fri Dec 3 09:34:24 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (newfaq-patch): new target (with ancillaries) to make pdf - and ps versions of the patched file - - * letterfaq.tex: bring into line with newfaq (was rather wonky) - - * additions.tex: new file -- proposed additions to faqbody - - * newfaq-patch.tex: new file -- newfaq, with the additions - - * newfaq.tex: eliminate reference to bodenheimer in the title, mention - the march 1999 printed issue - -Mon Nov 1 17:50:07 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (tail): add href to default address for script using `TeX - FAQ' as anchor - -Mon Sep 6 13:25:08 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): removed phil taylor from list of - non-committee-members - -Thu Sep 2 14:11:02 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date, v2.3a - - * Makefile: add configuration variable CMFONTS(=cmz), and use it where - previously just said -Pcms - - * filectan.tex: added simpl-latex - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): correct ref to mathpple - (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to harvey greenbergs - simplified latex thing - - * faq.sty: defer \let\Qlabel\label to begin document in case that we're - using hyperref - -Wed Sep 1 09:11:00 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: don't have \raggedright explicit in the definition of - \Question -- hyperref chokes, now -- redefine \subsection instead - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): change description of - authorship of mathpple - - * filectan.tex: remove mathpple (dangling pointer into tetex) - - * dirctan.tex: add mathpple (fonts/mathpple) - -Mon Jul 26 14:34:46 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): change wording around binary - availability for tetex - v2.3 (3.0 for the published version?), today - - * dirctan.tex: tetex binaries from distrib/binaries directory (change - label to tetex-bin from -install) - -Sat Jul 24 08:50:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): retrieved text about - ghostscript caoability of viewing acrobat docs - (section{The Background}): minor typo in lollipop - -Fri Jul 23 21:19:39 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): missing \\ in details for sci - word - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): updated with words from mike vulis about - vtex - (section{Format conversions}): add references to vtex & tidy a bit more - - * dirctan.tex: add vtex (and delete vtex-demo, ancient) - -Tue Jul 13 09:31:14 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): change reference - to ispell to reflect browsing status - (section{Format conversions}): tidy the question on generating acrobat, - add url for getting acroread - (section{Acquiring the Software}): canonical ctan.org addresses for - everything, remove numeric addresses (most of which were wrong anyway) - - * dirctan.tex: make ispell directory browsable, and remove all - subdirectory references - - * filectan.tex: update version number for excalibur - -Sun Jul 4 00:01:06 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): rewrote the section about - pdf output, including (inter alia) dvipdfm, and dropping reference to - dvipdf - (throughout): GhostScript->Ghostscript - - * dirctan.tex: add dvipdfm - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): make NTS logo come - out bold in question title (using \afterquestion); use \afterquestion - for question about 2e - (section{The Background}): use \afterquestion (twice) in re. instances - of bold math characters in titles - -Sat Jul 3 10:02:22 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: add \afterquestion command for use after \Question commands - inside groups - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): refer to - sectsty, titlesec and fncychap as alternatives for changing section - headings - remove reference to NFSS question in roman theorems question - - * dirctan.tex: add sectsty, titlesec, fncychap - - * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): section renamed from - `recent developments' - commented-out the nfss question (hardly current any more) - rewritten latex question to refer to june 1999, and to stand alone re - nfss issue - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): get rid of references to the - NFSS question - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): no question - reference for NFSS in section headings question - - * dirctan.tex: add context - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question about context - (section{The Background}): junk the commented-out stuff about AMS - things we no longer admit to... - version 2.2t, today - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \CONTeXT (and \PDFTeX, \NTS, \eTeX, - \Eplain, \TeXsis and \WYSIWYG ... oops) - - * faq.sty: add \CONTeXT - -Mon Jun 14 17:46:49 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): add \'e - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add a proto- - question on tutorials - - * filectan.tex: add gentle, lshort (both pointing at .pdf files) and - change epslatex to point at the .pdf file - -Sun Jun 13 14:01:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): rearranged list of committee - members to be more easily editable, and removed malcolm and kaveh's - names from the list of people said to have retired in 1998 - (section{Macros for Particular Types of Documents}): questions about - setting papers for journals, and creating a report from a bunch of - articles - v2.2q, today - - * dirctan.tex: add frankenstein - -Sat Jun 12 09:25:42 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): - struggling to make sense of the twaddle about logos, in html... - (section{Documentation and Help}): retrieved the isbn for knuth's - hardback - - * texfaq2html: define $home from $ENV{FAQ_HOME} if that exists - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \ISBN commands for tip - separate volumes; add first stab at entry for knuth's collected papers - (missing hardback isbn just now) - (section{Macros for Particular types of Documents}): new section, only - containing vita.cls as yet - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): be a bit ruder - still about the silly-logo syndrome; mention the \MP problem and the - difficulties with texnames.sty - (section{The Background}): credit hobby in \MP question - v2.2p, today - - * dirctan.tex: Add vita - - * faq.sty: \MP == MetaPost in public version (P was lower case) - (matches what's in texfaq2html) - -Thu Jun 10 09:41:01 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): rewritten win32 part, - emphasising the info got from fabrice's talk at the uk tug meeting - - * dirctan.tex: added lwc, lgc - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): commented out entry - for making tex work (no longer in ora catalogue), updated entry for - diller's organ, removed buerger's entry (no longer in mcgraw-hill - cat.) and shultis' (no longer in prentice hall cat.) - removed comment about what is/isn't good for latex2e, added reference - to lgc and lwc directories - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): moved \acro up above \emph - -Wed Jun 9 17:49:34 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added lwc - v2.2o, today - -Sat Jun 5 11:10:19 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN (archive.cfg): needs distributing, too - - * faq.sty: NoLine for package warning about missing refs at end - damn -- need distinguished \CTANdirectory* in pdf case - - * faqbody.tex: v2.2n, today - - * faq.sty: make \CTANdirectory ignore * - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): `browse' 2 tetex directories - - * texfaq2html: add \CTANdirectory* capability, for browsing dirs - - * dirctan.tex: added 0.4 into tetex and tetex-bin, convert all tetex - entries to *-form - -Tue May 25 14:52:12 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): corrections to sciword stuff - 2.2m, today - -Mon May 24 14:29:21 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated sciword, etc., bumf - 2.2l, today - -Fri May 14 12:17:37 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): restore yesterday's change... - -Thu May 13 10:02:58 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): make the html redirect for - miktex go to the 1.20 directory, since miktex/index.html has gone :-( - -Fri May 7 10:05:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: correct directory address of fptex (!) - - * Makefile.CTAN: add texfaq2html - - * faqbody.tex: change date to today - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): different references for miktex as - between the printed and web versions (ouch...) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove commented-out text about getting - oztex on floppies... - - * dirctan.tex: add systems/win32/miktex - - * filectan.tex: removed the three miktex file entries - - * texfaq2html: add mail url for uktug-faq@tex.ac.uk in the tail - -Thu May 6 14:18:26 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to - ISO 690-2 online version in question about citing urls - v2.2j, today - -Fri Apr 23 11:45:35 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.march: new, update the things needed for the texfaq script, - _only_ - - * Makefile: add new target march to run Makefile.march in - VH-tex/faq-source - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): new url for uk tug - (section{Introduction}): change url for the faq to cambridge, remove - footnote about it being a temporary one - - * texfaq2html: remove the `brought to you at' mucking about; change - $home; change web address for uktug - -Thu Apr 22 15:37:13 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Update details on K&D - to third edition - -Sat Apr 17 16:16:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: /usr/bin/perl (so as to work both on bescot and march) - -Wed Apr 7 14:10:47 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * newfaq.workers: stupid file ... should i keep it? - - * Makefile.CTAN: add newfaq.ps (eh?!) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): kerfoodle to produce - the string /caption\\. as in-line verbatim in html - version 2.2g, today - -Sat Apr 3 08:57:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.CTAN: (new file) first stab at automating installation on - CTAN - - * Makefile.FTP: remove .dvi and .ps files from this distribution - - * Makefile: add symbols DVIPS, PDFLATEX and LATEX (which last rather - useless at present - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{\acro{DVI} Drivers and Previewers}): remove reference to the - separately-available VMS version of dvips - - * dirctan.tex: add tetex-beta - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): correct VMS entry - (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): sort screed about - consultants, and add pointer to TUG consultants page; correct - reference to latex project - (section{Recent Developments}): revise the text about the latex3 - project; add reference to cyrillic in the latex2e stuff, and otherwise - revise _that_ text; refer to packaged systems that include omega - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): urge packaged systems for unix, and refer to - tetex-beta - - * filectan.tex: remove all the old VMS references and add OpenVMSTeX - -Fri Apr 2 14:53:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): reword fptex stuff, and change - label - (throughout): ensure that _all_ em-dashes are preceded by nobreakspace - and use \LaTeXo in place of spelling out the old version number (for - consistency of layout) - - * dirctan.tex: deal with latex packages directory (and delete the - `whole directory' label which wasn't used) - win32/web2c -> fptex - -Tue Mar 16 00:03:15 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): minor editorials on the Y2K - question - -Sun Mar 14 09:29:54 1999 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question on Y2K - compliance (and give a \Qref to the outline of LaTeX) - (section{The Background}): Add a section on trip/trap - version 2.2e, dated today - (section{Introduction}): Add John Palmer to the footnote about the - committee - (section{Documentation and Help}): add isbn for mfbook paperback - (section{Documentation and Help}): mention wichura under the pictex - manual, and add reference to pti's web site (without mentioning the - price they charge for the damned manual!!!!!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): remove information (which is surely - out of date) about the `next' (late 1997) release of 4alltex disc -- - no replacement since the situation isn't clear to me... - (section{Format conversions}): remove reference to jf's stuff (which - seems to have been abandoned in favour of activetex) - -Sat Nov 14 12:45:16 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: add a winedt entry - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): changes to lists of names - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): add a little thing about winedt (probably - not satisfactory) - - * filectan.tex: three separate miktex files - - * dirctan.tex: miktex (pc) _goes_ - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): correct info about the - word processor conversions faq - (section{The Background}): remove reference to .zip file of texinfo - - * filectan.tex: texcnven no longer exists -- record the .zip file in - the directory; update the texinfo file name (removing the version - number and thereby relying on the link) and get rid of the .zip - reference (did such a file _ever_ exist?) - -Tue Aug 25 13:51:52 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): New version of tech wg stuff - from kaja christiansen - -Thu Jun 11 17:10:37 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (CONFIGS): new, another category of thing to depend on - -Wed Jun 10 12:58:02 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX}): minor rewording of - text about ec fonts, correction of punctuation - -Tue Jun 9 20:40:05 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: start suppressing unused directories - - * faq.sty: make \CTAN{directory,file} deal with case of active file or - directory name - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): make direct - reference to suppport/xindy into a \CTANref; minor typos corrected - - * archive.cfg: new file, configuration for {file,dir}ctan when make pdf - -Tue Jun 9 00:11:09 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: distinguish two \Status targets, 1- and 2-column pdf (values - 1 and 2) - - * faq.cls: load packages before setting page dimens, don't change - horizontal dimens if single column version - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): dvipdf lesenko spoke about - it in the past (was `hoping to speak' at tug'97); today's date; slight - rewording of basic outline of omega - -Mon Jun 8 17:21:15 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: yet another fiddle with hyperref options; suppress multicol - when doing pdf - -Sun Jun 7 09:25:05 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Remove reference to - getting the old faq by ftpmail; increment patch number, date today - - * faq.sty: juggle with hyperref package options; remove spurious space - in `public' definition of \MF - - * Makefile: do pdf generation on the basis of pdf-{new,letter}faq.tex - -Sat Jun 6 00:59:02 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.cls: also require url.sty, since we again have a conflict with - hyperref - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): remove claim that tug can - supply pc software or copies of oztex (and restructure the mac - question slightly as a result); refer to omega port in cmactex - - * faq.sty: replace all alan's old url-ish definitions with ones based - on url.sty (this is too slow processing dirctan.tex...) - - * Makefile: add new targets newfaq.pdf and letterfaq.pdf; parameterise - files we depend on; do away with old `all' target, and use body of - `public' one instead - -Fri Jun 5 20:23:09 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.cls: input multicol before faq, in case we're running pdflatex - (\Status=1) -- since hyperref changes \@footnotetext, and multicol - checks it, this is somewhat important... - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reword the sorry tale - of the pictex manual (i.e., not available at all) - -Thu May 28 14:52:14 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): refer to - fancyvrb in `including verbatim files' and `line numbers' - v2.2a, today - - * dirctan.tex: add fancyvrb - -Tue May 5 11:05:11 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile.FTP (all): removed non-cm .dvi files, .300ps files - -Mon May 4 21:56:52 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tug2->ctan.tug.org - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tug2->ctan.tug.org - - * faq.sty: add \Status game (cribbed from seb's work on tex-live doc) - -Sat May 2 17:49:11 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): backing off bodenheimer, ref the - version on TeX Live CD - (section{Acquiring the Software}): tex-live now third edition - v2.2, today - - * Makefile (public): new `general' target, with no .300ps stuff - (newfaq.ps,letterfaq.ps): remove specification of elm - - * faq.sty: junk the old diddling with parameters for times (there've - been several new releases of the metrics since those were recommended) - define \ifpublicversion, talking of the fonts to be used, so we can - have a type1-fonts-only version - -Fri May 1 17:55:49 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: 2.1o, today - - * dirctan.tex: add footmisc - - * filectan.tex: remove stblftnt - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in \TeX or \LaTeX}): refer to - footmisc rather than stblftnt - -Mon Apr 6 12:56:20 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): add -f switch - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): refer to pctex32 (as a windows - implementation) - version 2.1n, today's date (forgot that last time) - -Thu Mar 26 16:51:01 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): redo the examples - for #-doubling in terms of + rather than -, so no need for farting - around with ligatures - (section{Introduction}): removed jf from list of resigned committee - members, added dpc, and brought committee list up to date - -Wed Mar 18 10:19:55 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: correct calc, changebar - -Fri Jan 16 09:58:18 1998 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.1m, today - (section{The Background}): Correct address and phone nos for TUG - -Wed Nov 5 10:40:40 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): minor typo in - line numbering q - -Tue Nov 4 11:03:45 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Avoid nested - braces in indexing question - (section{Introduction}): Refer to LaTeX2e rather than LaTeXe in intro - (html version only) - - * faq.sty: Define \oparen and \cparen commands - - -Wed Oct 29 16:33:41 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update truetex web page - address (and source details) - -Mon Oct 27 09:20:15 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: Comment about oddity of \CTAN command - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Tidy up earlier - text (difficult to quote entire trivial lines, in-line) - -Sat Oct 25 23:37:11 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): \CTAN takes - a real argument, not one in vertical bars - - * faq.sty: Add \TeXsis, \parens - -Sat Oct 25 10:52:42 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: today's date - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add questions on typesetting - URLs, and on citing them with BibTeX; reference texsis's indexing - macros, and mention xindy (not terribly satisfactorily, given the way - it's organised on CTAN) - - * dirctan.tex: Add xindy - - * filectan.tex: Add texsis-index - - * faq.sty: remove definition of \ifnotreadCTAN, define \htmlonly and - \textpercent - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Add \htmlonly (as no-op), \\textpercent - rather than \\\% (!) - - * filectan.tex,dirctan.tex: Own protection against being read twice - - * newfaq.tex,letterfaq.tex,faqbody.tex: Do away with conditional around - loading {dir,file}ctan - -Fri Oct 24 19:34:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Oren Patashnik to list of - contributors (in anticipation...) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Modify answer to offer Oren's - solution to the `BibTeX string too long' problem - Add a question about underlining - (top of file): v2.1l, today - - * filectan.tex: Add ulem.sty, abstract.bst - Excalibur entry now .sit.hqx (also corrected version no) - -Thu Oct 23 08:09:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Add url.sty, update version number in the texinfo - distribution - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do X in TeX or LaTeX}): Rewrite the - initial text in a slightly less school-ma'am-ish way - -Fri Oct 10 19:40:06 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add question on - line numbering - - * dirctan.tex: Add lineno - Delete a bunch of entries that are wrong/irrelevant/misleading - (including all the latex209 ones that didn't get moved to latex - by Seb in his LGC campaign, apart from ones that might figure in - a future question, like chbars, chem{struct,tex}) - Correct xymtex (to contrib/other), crossword (to contrib/other/ - crosswrd), elsevier (to contrib/supported), footnpag (to contrib/ - supported), ucthesis (to contrib/supported) - Replace epic with (macros/latex/contrib/other/)eepic - - * filectan.tex: Add numline, latex209-base - Correct ukhyph - -Fri Oct 10 11:41:13 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Correct John Plaice's - email address - -Fri Oct 10 07:01:24 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Process \mailto - Use $0 if environment SCRIPT_NAME isn't defined - - * faq.sty: Define \mailto - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Convert \Email to \mailto for addresses - that should/could be mailable direct from the web instance of the FAQ - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Note update date of pctex info - -Thu Oct 9 22:36:02 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a question on - the behaviour of \include; small extension of the question about \verb - to note other exciting error messages - -Wed Oct 8 16:38:52 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan-web from tug2 - rather from its old Oh Really site - -Wed Oct 8 00:26:29 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@betsy.al.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: Upgraded for perl5 (heaven knows whether it now works - under perl4 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add a url for - ctindex.html in addition to the full thing - -Mon Sep 6 13:50:51 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New email addresses for PTI - -Fri Sep 5 18:42:23 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct URL for WC - CDROM information - -Wed Aug 20 10:51:16 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Add tug2.cs.umb.edu - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add Donald - Arseneau's note about \mathbf vs. AMSLaTeX - (section{Introduction}): Add Donald Arseneau to acknowledgements - -Wed Aug 13 11:27:55 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): Only delete .aux files cgi-bin script doesn't use - - * dirctan.tex: amslatex from latex/packages, amstex from macros/amstex, - fontsel from latex209/amslatex/fontsel (oops); junk AMS author-info - and its guidelines - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Mentioned - changing the text, and \enlargethispage for split footnotes - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add a question - on bold greek letters - -Tue Aug 12 14:39:30 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add question on - split footnotes - v 2.1f, today - (section{Introduction}): Add David Kastrup to list of acknowledgements - -Mon Aug 11 16:07:37 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Quote a CPAN address for - SGMLS (was using a direct UOttawa address for dmeggins' directory) - 2.1e, today - -Tue Jul 22 12:37:17 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * archive.list: List of acceptable archives (just archive name and root - so far, but abbrevs and acceptable formats also possible) - - * texfaq2html: Further work to make the archive list and archive - selection work - Make the selected archive and format hidden input from the search form - -Mon Jul 21 13:59:21 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html: Add format (or f) and archive (or a) keywords - Add link at end to UK TUG home page - Add archive_list variable - - * archive.list: New file, list of allowable archives - -Thu Jul 10 11:26:42 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): Add translation of \thinspace{} to space - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): {} after \thinspace - -Tue Jul 8 09:48:20 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): remove reference - to doublespace.sty - v2.1d, today - - * filectan.tex: threeparttable.sty is now a latex (rather than 209) - package - remove entry for alltt - - * texfaq2html: correct (to non-opaque html) translation of \pounds - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Refer to the win32 port of - Web2C, miktexppc and miktex-AXP, and the djgpp port of Web2C - - * dirctan.tex: Directory name djgpp (an obscure pointer to something - deep in the ps2pk tree) subverted to point at systems/msdos/djgpp - Add win32-web2c, miktexppc and miktex-AXP - -Wed Jun 18 15:57:57 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: v2.1c, today - -Wed Jun 18 00:17:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns (robin@sams-machine) - -* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Rearranged (and somewhat - reworded) the CDROM question, at Sebastian's suggestion - -Tue Jun 17 23:03:43 1997 Robin Fairbairns (robin@sams-machine) - -* faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Typos in PDFTeX stuff, change - assertion to say it is postgrad research rather than originating in an MSc - project (as I thought but Sebastian didn't) -(section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): Make reference to TUG as - contact for TeX bugs a link - -Tue Jun 17 14:43:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): fancyheadings-> - fancyhdr - (section{Format conversions}): Further iteration of the acrobat- - creation text - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): fancyheadings->fancyhdr in - the first-page-empty thing... - (top of file) version 2.1b, today's date - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Correct \Qref in 4AllTeX text - - * dirctan.tex: other/fancyheadings->supported/fancyhdr - - * faq.sty: Added \PDFTeX - -Mon Jun 16 15:40:07 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Added pdftex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Mark to committee list, - change URL to www.tex.ac.uk and remove footnote about it being - temporary - (throughout): \emph{}asise `your name' in mailing list subscription - info - (section{The Background}): Correct address for TUG - (section{Format conversions}): dvips implements the hypertex specials - now - (section{Format conversions}): First stab at editing `making acrobat - documents' - (section{\MF{}}): Got rid of that awful American-style date in ln03 - mode file - (section{Recent Developments}): Added a pdftex question, moved all the - statements about eTeX into present tense, and linked to TeX live in - the CDROMs section - - * newfaq.tex: Edit note (beneath title) to refer to 1995 Christmas - edition, and to make availability via WWW present tense... - -Tue Jun 10 12:44:20 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Tidy question about - availability of the article, and reword pointer to Bodenheimer's one - since it's now just to the directory; - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Reword the question about DC - fonts to one about EC fonts. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Add TeX Live to CD-ROM distributions - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Remvoed the reference to the AIX and 386ix - distributions (which are wildly out of date), tidy up the text about - Linux, and add a caveat about the Slackware '96 disc - Top of file: change to version 2.1 - - * dirctan.tex: Add TeX-FAQ (in obsolete/help) - Remove dc, add ec in its place - - * filectan.tex: Remove TeX-FAQ - -Tue Jun 3 15:38:34 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add the LGC to the - book list, and change the phrasing of the `books that cover 2e' list - at the bottom of the list. - -Thu Apr 24 11:03:17 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct Kinch's details - just that little bit further - -Wed Apr 23 09:31:06 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New Web address for PTI - -Mon Apr 21 14:48:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Remove (confusing) faq and sgi dirs (both under fweb) - -Thu Apr 17 17:34:55 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Final address for NTG's Web - offering... - -Wed Apr 2 13:57:22 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update Kinch's web address - -Fri Mar 7 10:45:43 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or - \LaTeX{}}): Recode the expression of |\begin{comment}| ... it - would appear that the perl happily gobbles the \begin{comment} - because it's something it knows about - -Mon Mar 3 16:53:14 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Bunch of changes from latex209->latex trees - -Wed Jan 29 15:44:52 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Get xtexcad from graphics/xtexcad - - * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): xtexcad - definitely does work on other Unices - -Tue Jan 7 12:25:50 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Remove the (hopeless) - reference to news.answers archives of BB's FAQ, and add references to - source location of our FAQ and to the cstug, dante and (2) french FAQs - (section{Introduction}): Update the information about the committee, - add a pointer to the sources, and tidy - (throughout): convert URL and FAQ to \acro (and change the one instance - of "an FAQ" to "a FAQ" ... who knows which is right, after all?); a - few more Ulrik Vieth typos - (section{Recent Developments}): Add references to Omega and e-TeX - distributions - - * dirctan.tex: Add dante-faq, french-faq, uktug-faq, omega, e-TeX - -Thu Jan 2 13:56:25 1997 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): a small number of extra extra typos from - Ulrik Vieth - -Fri Dec 20 11:23:29 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Several typos corrected, mostly spotted by - Ulrik Vieth - Remove pointer to help/TeX-index/TeX-index from `finding packages', and - add a reference to www.ora.com instead - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to www.dante.de in the - question on finding files on CTAN - - * filectan.tex: Remove TeX-index (since it's now no longer on CTAN) - -Thu Dec 12 12:35:35 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add moreverb - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Correct the archive pointer - from the question on texinfo - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to moreverb in - the question on including a file in verbatim - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add a question - whose answer is (in part) stblftnt.sty - (section{Format conversions}): Add a reference to texcnven - - * filectan.tex: Change texinfo-macros to texinfo-dist, which points to - the .tar.gz file, and add a texinfo-dist-zip (oh dammit) - Add stblftnt.sty and texcnven - -Sat Oct 19 21:48:52 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct area code in Kinch's - telephone and fax nos - -Wed Jul 24 15:27:32 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Move ctan-ann to - Heidelberg ... - There are `other' TeX-related lists there now (!) - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Move ctan to Heidelberg too - -Mon Jul 1 11:26:32 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile (clean): new target - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): removed first - component of vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de - -Thu Jun 27 15:06:50 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Downgrade the - reference to TeX-Index (should I junk reference to it altogether?), - and give catalogue.html top billing - (section{Acquiring the Software}): finger ctan@ftp.tex.ac.uk or - ctan@ftp.dante.de - - * filectan.tex: Add catalogue - -Thu Jun 20 13:29:07 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Remove reference to - ftpmail@shsu.edu - (section{Documentation and Help}): Nahhh... you can't get the FAQ from - SHSU's mail server (can you?) -- tell 'em to use ftpmail instead - -Tue Jun 18 17:10:49 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Removed SHSU from the - list of CTAN sites - -Mon May 27 13:49:23 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Corrections submitted by Brian Ripley - -Wed May 22 14:25:07 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: Update moreverb - -Sat May 18 17:06:12 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add mdwtools - - * filectan.tex: Add threeparttable - -Thu May 2 17:47:51 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: for the letterfaq.*ps, use -t letter (now that I've - installed it in the config files... ;-) ... not that it works at all - ... ah me, back to the drawing board ... - -Thu Apr 11 12:59:58 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Extended TCI's ZIP to 9 digits - (_big_ deal!) - -Thu Apr 4 10:52:35 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated V\TeX entry from - MicroPress' home page (mailed a copy to their support address for - their evaluation - -Thu Mar 21 18:03:59 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add miktex - - * filectan.tex: Correct location of setspace - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add mik\TeX - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Comment out the \subQ ahead of - the fancyheadings question, pending resolution of the problems with - the HTML-iser - -Wed Mar 13 11:08:11 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: setspace from contrib/supported/setspace - -Mon Mar 11 <some time> 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: major revision from SPQR (forgot to log it...) - -Mon Mar 4 09:57:37 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * companion.ctan: fnpara from contrib/other/misc - -Thu Feb 29 12:52:18 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faq.sty: Hideous hacking (no doubt, phase 1 only ;-) to get \subQ - working - -Thu Feb 22 11:59:26 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Q66a (but - it won't typeset yet, because I don't have \subQ coded...) - -Wed Jan 31 09:37:17 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Disembuggered a bit of - conditional code in \LaTeXe question - (section{The Background}): Minor typo editing - (section{The Background}): WG-92-05 contact:=Sebastian, WG-94-07:=Karl - Berry - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): hyphen.cfg not lthyphen.cfg - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add a word about the - alternative hyphenation character in DC fonts 1.2 - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add descriptions of fenm[pf] - - * dirctan.tex: Change tds to point to tds/draft-standard - -Tue Jan 30 15:05:06 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Removed `May' from the - assertion about the date when JF hopes to release - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add projected release date for EC - fonts (courtesy Ulrik Vieth), and add an exhortation about using - 1.2/pl1 at least - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Add a reference to mathppl, in the - section on mathptm (of course) - - * filectan.tex: Add mathppl - -Fri Jan 19 09:33:25 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: (Throughout): Odd bits of \acro-isation ... still, - and general proof-reading corrections - (section{The Background}): Restore \rightmargin for quote env for NTG - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Commented out the elaborate text - about the Decus TeX collection (we know there's up-to-date images, but - the only mirror I can find is dated Apr '94, and wuarchive times out - (section{\MF{}}): Use list rather than tabular for the log report - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Remove the reference to PSNFSS in the - discussion about font metrics - (section{Recent Developments}): Further iteration of the panegyric - about the qualities of 2e; also removed the text about latexbug, since - it also appears in the last question - - * faq.sty: Today's date, slight increment of version - Add a command \fullline - -Thu Jan 18 14:15:23 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Commented LAMSTeX out again - Gave the version today's date - (section{Recent Developments}): \acro-ised dvi throughout, except for - one instance where referring to the file name extension - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Removed the question - "insisting on changing the margins" (merged into the previous one), - reword the statements it makes slightly - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Seb's question on - drawing packages - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added a reference to TeXtelmExtel directory - - * dirctan.tex: Add TeXtelmExtel - - * production/bask5_6.tex: A bit more in the intro; \acro-ised - -Wed Jan 17 11:53:21 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Hacked out Bodenheimer's intro - (which used to be commented out anyway); change "has been" to "was" in - describing Bodenheimer's maintenance... - Gave the version today's date - A few more proofreading corrections - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Redone the examples in the - figures-in-text question to use explicit line breaks - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add question on hyphenation - of accented words - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add question on DC fonts - - * filectan.tex: Correct TeX-FAQ address (must have been wrong from the - start!!! - -Tue Jan 16 15:43:04 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Lots more \acro-isation - Up to v2.0d, dated today - Bunches of proof-reading corrections - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added TeXtelMextel to list of shells - - * faq.sty: \acro-ise ISBN - -Mon Jan 15 09:44:14 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Added a web address for NTG - Surround both instances of `2e' in question names with \boldmath - -Sun Jan 14 18:01:19 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Surrounded a whole bunch of things in \acro - (section{The Background}): Added a few Web addresses for user groups - (throughout): Various proofreading corrections (DPC,MJC,RF) - - * dirctan.tex: Got rid of all the old references to fonts/metrics - - * faq.sty: In \AllTeX, kern equally on either side of the closing - parenthesis - \acroise \DANTE, \MSDOS and \CDROM - Declare a \twee macro (to append 2e if necessary) - Define a \careof macro (code out of tugboat.dtx) - -Tue Jan 9 13:19:42 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Only one version of - "\AllTeX{} conversion to HTML" question title - (throughout): \TeX{}/\LaTeX{} -> \AllTeX{} - -Wed Jan 3 14:23:09 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add a label to - the text flowing section, for reference in the editorial - (throughout): more minor editorials - - * production/faqfont.cfg: Null file, to suppress faq.sty's default to - using times - - * production/bask5_6.tex: Rewrote the editorial and the title of the - FAQ article itself - - * production/baskerv.cls: Changed (guest) editor name - Subsection titles to use \bfseries (rather than \itshape) - -Note: directory spqr renamed as production... - -Tue Jan 2 12:35:03 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * spqr/bask5_6.tex: From bask4_6.tex, but added \thisyear - and \thismonth - - * spqr/5_6baskerv.cls: Changed subsection heading back to \bfseries - Select font encoding before selecting family mbvx, - \usepackage{t1enc}->\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Many minor editorial changes - Use \raggedwithindent - Subsume every occurrence of CTAN in an \acro - - * faq.sty: Add \@ wherever I consider it necessary (includes replacing - at least one instance of `\spacefactor1000 ' - Add a kern before the closing parenthesis in \AllTeX - Add an \acro command (and \textSMC as a result...) - Redo \Question using \newcommand with an optional argument, and set - raggedright in the question title (note: suppresses hyphenation) - Add \nothtml command (transparent) - -Mon Jan 1 16:37:53 1996 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Donald Arseneau and - W. Henning (what's the man's first name?) - (section{The Background}): Remove line break in Dante details - (section{Format conversions}): Add text on TeX2RTF - (section{Format conversions}): Correct SPQR's reference to latex2rtf - (he was plainly talking about tex2rtf) - (section{The Background}): Add a label to the lollipop question - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Refer to the lollipop question where - a side reference to it is made re. PostScript metrics - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Slight rearrangement of text - in the stuff on wrapping text around figures... - - * faq.sty: Add an \AllTeX command - - * 00readme: Update, dealing with the existence of 600dpi versions, - letterfaq (used only to be dealt with in one place) and possibility of - problems with old versions of 2e - - * Makefile.FTP: Add 00readme to `all' target - - * Makefile: Add the .300ps things as separate targets - Ensure the ftp-directory Makefile is writeable once it's there - -Sat Dec 30 17:20:05 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex: Upped the file version and given it today's date - (section{Documentation and Help}): Sort out the text about obsolete man - pages... - (section{Documentation and Help}): Tried a few apostrophe-s in the list - of book titles that cover 2e - (section{Documentation and Help}): Tidied up DPC's text a bit - (incidentally also dealing with a fantasy introduced by my spelling - checker!) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Couple of minor enhancements to - Carol's text - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added the long-bruited - question on flowing text around figures - - * dirctan.tex: Added reference for floatflt - - * filectan.tex: Added references for picins and wrapfig - -Fri Dec 29 21:03:12 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * Makefile: Move removal of the Makefile into the bracketed bit in - install - Let's have letterfaq.ps actually *make* letterfaq.ps rather than yet - another newfaq.ps, folks! - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Added Walnut Creek - address and telephone nos from their Web site - -Thu Dec 28 18:53:45 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Replaced - \Question[index]{Finding \TeX{}/\LaTeX{} macro packages} and - \Question[compan-files]{Finding \LaTeXe{}-related packages} with two - entirely new answers by the estimable Dr. C. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Added a reference to Walnut Creek's - little baby (and despatched a message asking for more) - -Tue Dec 19 17:07:09 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's details from - the email he sent me - - -Sat Dec 9 17:24:47 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@nape.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's entry as best - I can just now... - -Mon Dec 4 10:03:22 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Rewrote paragraph about - Goel's document to cover Reckdahl's one as well - (section{Documentation and Help}): Rewrite `where to find' to make more - clear the distinction between Bodenheimer's article and ours (which - does, after all, get updated ;-) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Put all the subscribe messages in - the question on mailing lists into \texttt, so they can break - - * dirctan.tex: Delete reference for ps2psfrag, alter psfrag to 2e - version - Add subfigure - Convert (2.09) supertab to (2e) supertabular - - * filectan.tex: Added epslatex - - * newfaq.tex: Remove the reference to c.t.t FAQ in the note, since it's - plain that nothing will ever get into anything maintained by - Bodenheimer - -Fri Dec 1 16:30:56 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add tweb - - * faqbody.tex (section{\MF{}}): Add a label to `getting \MF to do what - you want' - (section{Literate programming}): Add a reference to tweb - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add Carol's set: dvi, driver, pk - and tfm (order probably needs attention) - (section{Format conversions}): Thrown out scribe - - * filectan.tex: Add dvitype - -Thu Nov 30 12:01:01 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Convert all reference to specific TUGboat - issues to use the \TUGboat macro, all other references to \textsl - (section{Format conversions}): Add Clark's DSSSL page where Seb wanted - one, and fill in the URL for stil (Seb found this) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Suggest upgrading \LaTeXo - ("if they must"), nopageno.sty - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Sort out the reference to emTeX - - * faq.sty: \ignorespaces before handing on to \@tugboat - - * dirctan.tex: Add latex209-base - - * filectan.tex: Add nopageno - -Wed Nov 29 16:33:39 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): |\protect\cmd| -> - \cs|protect|\cs|cmd| so that it doesn't get (hem-hem) b*ed by Alan's - perl script - (section{The Background}): Add reference to tds in the TWG's blurb - (section{The Background}): Update T.V. Raman's email address - (section{Documentation and Help}): Note that the book list is only of - English ones - (): - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Add reference - to \frontmatter, \backmatter in the thing about unnumbered sections in - the TOC - - * dirctan.tex: Add tds - -Tue Nov 28 10:14:34 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Add hyper and hyperref - Change psfonts to dos-psfonts (it wasn't referred to, anyway), and - create a new psfonts pointing at fonts/psfonts - - * faq.sty: Add definition of \TUGboat - Use \ProgName for \Package, pro tem - - * faqbody.tex: Change version number - (section{Recent Developments}): Junk Q-SGML (and the one reference to - it) - (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): uktex->texhax - (section{Format conversions}): Added questions on hyperTeX and - conversion to pdf, and replace Q-SGML2TeX and Q-LaTeX2HTML - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Replace Q-usepsfont, Q-metrics, - psfonts-problems - (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): A bit more text from Alan about - uppercase shenanigans - (section{The Background}): Update TUG's address - -Sat Nov 18 12:23:58 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Perhaps There \emph{isn't} an Answer}): Added a - pointer to the bugs database in the last question (ASAJ's suggestion) - - * dirctan.tex: Remove emtex/betatest - -Sat Nov 18 00:05:11 1995 robin (robin@dosmachine) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added the metafont - list to the section on mailing lists - (section{Introduction}): Redone the list of committee names (it said - "1993-94" !!!), and added a paragraph acknowledging Rho's, Jonathan's - and Chris's efforts. - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Make the numeric addresses \FTP - addresses, too, so that they wrap - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Put `quote site index' (and, - separately, `site index') into \texttt (rather than verbatim) so that - it wraps if necessary - (section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}): Add a bit of explanation of - _why_ VorTeX isn't still being developed - - * dirctan.tex: Add metapost - -Fri Nov 17 23:29:42 1995 robin (robin@dosmachine) - - * faqfont.cfg: Deal with \Dings - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Added John Hobby (because I'm - lifting some of his text) and Piet van Oostrum to the list of - contributors - (section{The Background}): Add a new question about MetaPost (does it - really need to be separate?) - -Fri Nov 17 13:12:10 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * dirctan.tex: Correct teTeX base directory and add tetex-bin - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Disambiguate - references to Gratzer's books in the short para after the list of LaTeX - books - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add reference to the teTeX binaries - directory - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Remove witter about emTeX betatest, and - reword the reference to memory extenders (emxrsx is now part of the - distribution) - -Wed Nov 8 11:41:47 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * filectan.tex: Add mil - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to the - acrobat sampler of Gratzer's book - -Tue Nov 7 11:02:31 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated scientific word's - telephone no, following mail from Christopher - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add Gratzer's new book, and correct - the text at the end of the list detailing 2e coverage - -Sat Aug 26 14:57:41 1995 Robin Fairbairns <rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk> - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Subscription information - for the omega list - -Mon Jul 3 15:01:38 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * 00readme: Note that psfonts-beta is being used - - * dirctan.tex: Added the two musixtex directories - - * faqbody.tex: Added WWW entries for Bluesky, Personal TeX Inc. and TCI - Removed claim of "orchestral" music for MusicTeX, added a reference to - MusiXTeX - -Wed Jun 28 16:17:28 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: subscribe to texhax via texhax-request - give details of Kopka and Daly 2nd ed - changed fileversion to 1.9e - -Thu Jun 15 17:26:05 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: Added DPC's neato search for package.??? in quote site - index - -Wed May 3 10:06:54 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * companion.ctan: Corrected companion.ctan re. curves - -Fri Apr 28 13:10:30 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * simpl-sum.txt: A plain text version of the question `what is TeX' - -Fri Mar 31 11:15:23 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Add definition of \mathcal if it's not there, and - redo \AMSLaTeX, \AMSTeX (et al) in terms of \AmS defined similarly - to how the definition of \AmSTeX was done - -Mon Mar 6 14:55:13 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * companion.ctan: Added graphics.sty (not in companion?) - -Sat Feb 11 14:23:41 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update contact details for Y&Y - (section{Documentation and Help}): details of ctan-ann mailing list - Up to 1.9d - -Tue Jan 31 17:48:21 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Add a proviso about - multiline-message suppression using `-' to the blurb about quote site - index - -Mon Jan 30 12:46:02 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * updates.tex (section{Updates to the FAQ}): as its name implies -- a - contribution to BV 5.1 - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Corrected the - information about info-tex and ctt-digest and their mutual relationship - to comp.text.tex - - * filectan.tex: corrected file name of Tobin's metafont intro (and also - its directory!) - -Fri Jan 20 17:12:20 1995 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.cls: Adjust the page layout with a view to simplicity, symmetry, - and all those good things - -Fri Dec 16 13:22:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Remove the em-dashes between - the item labels and the TWG titles - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}}): Remove the - gratuitous \protect commands from the non-moving part of the [sub] - section arguments in the question on fiddling with the layout of - sectioning commands - (section{The Background}): Use \Emaildot for Yannis' address - (section{Format conversions}): Ditto for Nathan Torkington - (section{Documentation and Help}): Split the title boxes for both - Gr\"atzer's and Shultis' books - (section{\MF{}}): Insert @{} at every touch and turn in the - `table' specification for the instructions for inimf - - * faqfont.cfg: Add (null) definition of \Dings - - * faq.sty: If using PostScript, define \Dings - Add \Emaildot (as \Email, but dot-separates the first part of the - name) - - * letterfaq.tex: Same as original newfaq.tex (i.e., letter paper by - default), except for \Dings - - * newfaq.tex: Load faq.cls with a4paper option, use \Dings between toc - and body - - * faq.cls: Use the paper size we're loaded with; adjust size of text - relative to it (using same values SPQR does for A4 paper, not some wild - proportional values) - -Mon Dec 12 13:07:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: Use \ifnotreadCTAN, set it once the configs read - - * faq.sty: Add \ifnotreadCTAN - -Sat Dec 10 10:21:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.cls: First iteration of a class -- aim is that it should - ultimately be `generic' as between paper sizes - - * newfaq.tex: Reword for `after the publication', add invocations of - multicols - -Sun Dec 4 13:54:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) (Sun 13:) - - * faqbody.sty (throughout): The red-biro attack. - (throughout, again): The red-fine-felt-tip-pen attack (JF). - (section{Recent Developments}): Add a short blurb about JF's work. - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Cut down \topsep in \@listi to 4pt basic - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Add a paragraph about use of the December edition; - Don't bother with table of contents before the editorial; the only toc - is that within the article itself - -Wed Dec 7 12:07:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * dirctan.tex: Add sgml2tex - - * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Add reference to the - conversion programs in the answer about JF's stuff - (section{Format conversions}): Add an answer about SGML2TeX conversion - programs - (section{\MF{}}): Modify the surroundings of the table for running MF, - to get rid of the unsightly space at the top - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Comment out that question on font - formats - -Tue Dec 6 13:54:07 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex: Change file version and date - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): Add question on font formats - -Mon Dec 5 15:27:20 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Hack the toc to make it not produce newarticle - entries whatsoever - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Final consistency checks following - spell-check - -Sun Dec 4 13:54:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.sty (throughout): The red-biro attack. - (throughout, again): The red-fine-felt-tip-pen attack (JF). - (section{Recent Developments}): Add a short blurb about JF's work. - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Cut down \topsep in \@listi to 4pt basic - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Add a paragraph about use of the December edition; - Don't bother with table of contents before the editorial; the only toc - is that within the article itself - -Fri Dec 2 17:49:38 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Use \mathcal rather than \cal - - * filectan.tex: Add morefloats.sty - - * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Replaced two - questions on floats with one conglomerate one (by me) - -Thu Dec 1 22:04:45 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a new - question on #-doubling (from a post of David C's) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\dots{}}): Add a new question on BibTeX - string sizes - -Tue Nov 29 18:49:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Twiddled with secnumdepth/tocdepth to get things - looking roughly right - -Tue Nov 29 13:19:09 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add a question on - uppercase, from Jonathan's input - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Move the CD question here from TeX - systems - (throughout): Minor editorials - - * faq.sty: Version no:=0.6, date changed - Added hacked-about LaTeX logo - -Mon Nov 28 13:32:53 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * spqr/bask4_6.tex: Moved setting secnumdepth/tocdepth to inside the - FAQ article - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): More of my minor editorials - (subsection*{Finding the Files}): Added note about the lack of - full stops - (section{Introduction}): Sorted list of helpers into alphabetical - order, removed dots from the end - -Sun Nov 27 18:23:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it \emph{do} that?}): Add question on - the problems with \verb (from JF's input) - -Sat Nov 26 22:09:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added Tom Rokicki's details - (wot no contact number) and changed the `source' of the stuff from the - AMS listing - -Fri Nov 25 12:41:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Barbara Beeton's comments and Alan - Jeffrey's niggles - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Added reference to mathptm in - Berthold's question - (throughout) Minor markups by your truly - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added a question about email lists - - * faq.sty: Remove spurious space generated by \ProgName - Separate the hyphens in \TeXXeT. - -Thu Nov 24 15:29:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Editorial markup after looking at - \BV-formatted version - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add a bit of blurb about Northlake Software - - * dirctan.tex: Add emtex-betatest - - * faq.sty: Define a new environment proglist (maps to booklist while - we've got program names italic) - - * spqr/baskerv.cls: Remove stuff from faq.sty, and add requirement of - the FAQ package - Comment out definition of \CTAN (to something inconsistent) - -Wed Nov 23 10:20:27 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: Make program names typeset in italic (experimentally) - - * faqbody.tex: Released to SPQR for his work ... then: - (throughout): SPQR's editorial changes - -Tue Nov 22 22:53:24 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Iterate calls of \cs back again... - - * faq.sty: Define \cs in terms of robust \csx (which is exactly the - same as the original \cs); \cs|...| now - -Tue Nov 22 13:10:26 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * texnames.sty: Sort out the definition of BibTeX (\if re. \textsc was - in the wrong place), do similar thing for SliTeX - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): All \ldots -> \dots (and make sure there's - a {}!) - (section{Introduction}): Add Ulrik to the intro - (throughout): Two complete iterations of the syntax for \cs - - * faq.sty: Replace my implementation of footnoteenv by one posted by - David to comp.text.tex (on a different matter, but there we are...) - Change syntax of \cs to \cs|...|, then find that doesn't work and - change it again to \cs[...] - - * faqvers.tex: Removed, since now done in faqbody.tex - -Mon Nov 21 22:49:05 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Replace \def\Q with the version Seb had put in the faqbody - - * faqbody.tex: Remove \def\Q from front of file, and insert the content - of filevers.tex in its place (with comment about how it's to stay where - it is) - - * newfaq.tex: Instead of reading faqvers.tex, read the first two lines - of faqbody.tex and execute them to get the file version and date - -Mon Nov 21 12:52:09 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Implement Ulrik Vieth's and Malcolm Clarks - (latest) comments; - (section{How do I do \textsl{X} in \LaTeX{}}): Add a question about - indenting the first line of sections (Ulrik's suggestion) - - * faq.sty: Added definition of \ISBN (to encourage uniformity) - \DANTE simply expands to DANTE (until someone else tells me - something different ;-) - - * dirctan.tex: Added rnototex (now that it exists) and tetex - -Sun Nov 20 16:16:26 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): Deal with David C's comments - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to LaTeX for - Scientists and Engineers; - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add some blurb about SciWord - (throughout): Deal with my editorial markup - Two new questions - - * newfaq.tex: Report the number of questions at the end - - * faq.sty: \ignorespaces at the beginning, \unskip at the end of - footnoteenv - - * filectan.tex: Add xtexcad, CTAN-sites (needs checking) - -Fri Nov 18 22:12:21 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): Correct Mark James' email - address, following mail from him saying that's OK (section name - changed, too) - (section{Acquiring the software}): Correct the DECUS address, telephone - no., etc., and Ted Nieland's email address; also add the proviso about - updating of the VMS material in the DECUS collection - (throughout): execute Reinhard Zierke's updates (though don't add his - complete set of ISBNs for von B ... yet: just leave them there behind - comment makers) - -Tue Nov 15 10:12:48 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * dirctan.tex: Add alpha (the mac editor) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Added a question on Lollipop - (which may get updated if Eijkhout responds to my mail) - (section{Documentation and Help}): Three more book titles (ex Malcolm), - re-attribution of ISBNs Clark<->von Bechtolsheim - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Further refinement of the commercial stuff - - * faqvers.tex: Upped to v1.5, changed date - - * filectan.tex: Add texinfo-macros - -Mon Nov 14 22:14:08 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Add a ghastly \TeXXeT logo (and a trivial \MLTeX) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add new questions on - \LAMSTeX{} (split out of \AMSTeX{}) and Texinfo - (throughout): "like"->"such as" (where appropriate) - -Mon Nov 14 12:02:44 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): editorials from loads of people, new stuff - for the AMSTeX question from Michael Downes, several new questions from - Sebastian... - - * filectan.tex: Added pk300[w] - - * faq.sty: Provide command \CDROM - -Sun Nov 13 20:27:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex (throughout): All incarnations of the name DOS converted - to \MSDOS{} - Lots of minor edits following another batch of comments from RAB; three - new questions - Berthold Horn's question on scaleable fonts (probably needs post- - printing review) - - * faq.sty: Redo definition of \cs to enable it to consume things other - than letters and others - Add definition of command \MSDOS - - * faqbody.tex (section{The background}): When referring to WEB, do it - in capitals for consistency (What is TeX?) - (section{Things are Going Wrong\ldots}): Change invocation of \cs - to be simply \cs{pagestyle{empty}}, following change to \cs -Fri Nov 11 11:45:59 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Modified the list of - commercial versions to say platform first, name of system second - (section{Introduction}): Add Malcolm's name to committee list!!!!! - -Thu Nov 10 12:38:03 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (from section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}} to - section{Recent Developments} [i.e., the end]): sorted the html anchor - texts - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Added Malcolm's body for the commercials - question - (section{The Background}): Added Damian Cugley's questions on - pronunciation - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added Damian Cugley's question - on logos - - * filectan.tex: Get setspace from the latex tree rather than the 209 - one - Add texnames - -Wed Nov 9 14:44:25 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): Add Rick Zaccone to the list of - helpers - (up to section{Documentation and Help}): sorted the html anchor texts - -Tue Nov 8 11:43:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added ISBNs (from - Malcolm) for his an von B's books - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}} and elsewhere): Small number of changes - arising from Alan's comments - - * filectan.tex: Add Excalibur-sea (we don't want them loading the - entire directory) - - * faqvers.tex: New, the settings of fileversion and filedate from - newfaq.tex - - * newfaq.tex: Replace setting of fileversion and filedate by inputting - of faqvers.tex - -Mon Nov 7 11:42:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: define a footnoteenv as suggested by Alan - - * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Removed the reference - to Flynn's ridiculously old "NETWORK SOURCES OF \TeX{}WARE" - (section{Acquiring the Software}): Couple of instances where there were - \\ commands at the end of a quote environment; this causes untoward - blank space after the environment, so they've been removed - (section{Bits and pieces of \TeX{}}): New section, with Seb's virtual - fonts question, and a version of \Rho's on \specials (will contain the - proposed .dvi and "what's a driver" questions, too) - (throughout): replace \footnote{}s with footnoteenv - -Sun Nov 6 20:10:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Slight editing, added questions on msx/y and am fonts - -Sat Nov 5 21:41:34 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: Rearrange the intro slightly to include an outline of - what Usenet is about, for the benefit of members who aren't net- - connected (this at \Rho's suggestion) - Add question on paragraph setting parameters -Sat Nov 5 14:52:03 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Changed our contact address to - Peter Abott - (section{Documentation and Help}): Implemented David's suggestion - re. the PicTeX manual - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): changed `public domain' to `freely - available' in re. PC versions - (section{Literate programming}): Added a short new question from David - on the whole concept - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Corrected yet more oddities in - the changemargin environment - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Changed `emphasised' to - `emboldened' in the LaTeX version - (section{Things are Going Wrong\ldots}): Add a reference to ukhyph - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Add reference to shareware fee payments for - OzTeX - (section{Things are going wrong}): Put the \caption commands in a - tabular env, for the benefit of Baskervill narrow setting - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Added Sebastian's new questions - (inter alia, replacing the original about setting in PS fonts) - - * filectan.tex: Add lw35nfss, LitProg-FAQ, ukhyph - -Wed Nov 2 01:26:47 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faqbody.tex: updated to match newfaq.tex (\Rho's questions added - yesterday) - -Tue Nov 1 09:58:40 1994 Sebastian the system admin (root@cygnet) - - * separated text into faqbody.tex and wrapper newfaq.tex; - this is to allow experimentation with Baskerville layout. - - * rewrote PostScript fonts question and the one on - metrics; added one on problems with PS fonts. - -Mon Oct 31 12:14:55 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: Added a new section How do I do X in \LaTeX{}, as - suggested by \Rho, and stuck her remaining proposed questions in it - - * faq.sty: Added the stretchability recommendations from psnfss2e.tex - in case setting in times (and remove 'em again) - -Sun Oct 30 09:50:54 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: define a \WYSIWYG command - - * filectan.tex: Change mf-beginners to refer to copy in documentation/, - add mf-list - - * newfaq.tex: Move BibTeX docs question above the one on the PicTeX - manual - (throughout): reformat every \Qref so that the content of the second - (first mandatory) argument is the whole of the anchor text - -Sat Oct 29 14:27:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * filectan.tex: Add modes-file (to avoid `modes.mf in \CTANref{modes}') - and mf-beginners (needs checking) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): Use \Eplain{} for Eplain - Another instance of `\eTeX.'!!! - Mark up program names with \ProgName, (more) file names with \File - Hack at \MF{} section, following Karl Berry's suggestions - - * faq.sty: Define \Eplain (nullish sort of definition), \ProgName - Require comment.sty and exclude a comment of htmlversion - -Fri Oct 28 14:05:37 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Record checking of - bitftp@pucc.bitnet, listserv@dhdurz1.bitnet - (section{Documentation and Help}): Add reference to Norm Walsh's book - -Thu Oct 27 10:39:12 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added references - to abc2mtex, midi2tex (also uploaded 'em to CTAN) - (section{The Background}): Added comment about GNU copyleft to the `how - come it's free' question - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added new question about finding - \LaTeXe{} packages (as a place to hang a pointer to companion.ctan, - which I've almost finished...) - - * dirctan.tex: Added abc2mtex, midi2tex - - * filectan.tex: Added compan-ctan - -Wed Oct 26 23:39:41 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Sort out formatting of - the book lists (ISBNs uniform, no wrapping of \item parameters, removed - redundant braces) - -Wed Oct 26 12:57:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added stuff about .dtx - files - (section{The Background}): Add a Question about Eplain (not exactly - frequently-asked, but there we are...) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Use Oz\TeX{} as the `logo' - (throughout): Various corrections following Alan's problems generating - html - - * dirctan.tex: Corrected spelling of symbols in amsfonts-symbols... - -Wed Oct 26 00:02:37 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: Yet another iteration of the \AtEndDocument CTAN reference - checks... - - * newfaq.tex (section{Things are going wrong}): Add RAB's questions - Behaviour of \rm, etc.; Missing symbols; Word division; Moving tables - and figures; Disappearing tables and figures - Add some words about journals in the intro to the question on double - spacing - -Mon Oct 24 11:26:27 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Refine reference - to amsfonts, to get to the directory directly related to the symbols - Comment out the "lazy person's" stuff, which I didn't like, and \Rho - says doesn't work - - * dirctan.tex: Added amsfonts-symbols (a subdirectory of amsfonts) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): Do away with the "<American spelling> (sic)" - construct - (throughout): Lots of minor (and not-so-minor) editorials by Rosemary - - * faq.sty: Add tie between reference to question and the question - number - -Sun Oct 23 00:25:48 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Change fileversion to 1.4, date to tomorrow - Add 1994/95 committee to the footnote - General editorial consistency tidy-up - Add question on which font files need to be kept after a run of mf - Add new section "why does it _do_ that", with Joachim's text about - protection (this is where the proposed question on paragraph parameters - will go, too) - - * faq.sty: Make provision for using faqfont.cfg - - * faqfont.cfg: Null configuration file to enable use of CM fonts - in the lab - -Sat Oct 22 15:41:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): Extended the text - around dvips for VMS - - * filectan.tex: Added {AXP,VAX}VMSdvips, VMSdvips-{fonts,support} - - * dirctan.tex: Added l2a - -Sat Oct 22 13:30:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Removed the \NeedsTeXFormat (since it's now done in - faq.sty); also types out file versions and so on. - Modified text (sometimes by bodily shifts or even rewrites) to ensure - that if a \CTANref is at the end of a sentence, it's always also at the - end of a paragraph, with no full stop after it - Added references (which aren't yet satisfied) for VMS dvips executables - and l2a (do we want that, though?) - - * faq.sty: Moved \NeedsTeXFormat to style file - Define version number (now 0.4) and date, and type 'em out - -Fri Oct 21 09:52:11 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Redo the lists somewhat - (throughout): Sort out {}s after acronym macros (where did those come - from?) - - * filectan.tex: Specify usergrps.tex as coming from usergrps/info - -Fri Oct 21 13:40:02 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added reference - to vmargin (and posted a question about whether we still want vpage) - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Add reference to makeindex (to - match the one for macmakeindex) and idxtex (what's all this garbage - about texindex? -- the .tar.gz file in the directory is (shall we say) - peculiar...) - - * filectan.tex: Bit o' sorting into order... - Add fullpage, vmargin - - * texnames.sty: Make logo for BibTeX transportable (i.e., usable not in - LaTeX2e if required) - Add logos \LaTeXe and \LaTeXo - -Thu Oct 20 19:38:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special Sorts of Typesetting}): First attempt at - defining the distinction between `indexing' (deciding what's to be - indexed and how) and `making an index' (generating the file to include - from the .ind) - Throughout: re-mark-up \Qrefs (though the ones in comments aren't - touched... - (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): use Mattes' own emTeX logo - (at least as it appears in his documentation...) - Throughout: verbatimise `ftp' - * dirctan.tex: change reference to fancyheadings to point into 2e - directory tree - - * texnames.sty: Define \BibTeX using \textsc rather than the ingenious - stuff that the original used (which, since it employs \sc, suppresses - the use of bold face in section titles) - - * faq.sty: \Qref now to have three arguments, the third being the - actual thing we're referring to (the second is for the html processor's - anchoring text) - -Mon Oct 17 21:03:06 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Change list of books to - use booklist environment - (section{Introduction}): Added a \subsection* giving details of the - `elided' first directory of every path name (this surrounded by - \htmlignore ... \endhtmlignore) - - * faq.sty: Add environment booklist for use in the list of books - (egob!) - Define \htmlignore,\endhtmlignore to mean \relax - -Mon Oct 17 09:16:55 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Correct to a - reference to screensty - Tiny tweak of the intro note - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Corrected reference to figsinlatex, - removed comments about the .dvi being available too... - - * dirctan.tex: Added vmspell, txtdist, texsgi declarations - Moved 2etools from newfaq.tex itself - - * newfaq.tex (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Record the fact that - EdMetrics is available on CTAN, rather than by writing to Bluew Sky - - * faq.sty: In \FAQverb only insert \leavevmode if actually in vertical - mode - - * newfaq.tex: Input dirctan.tex (instead of namectan) and filectan.tex - (instead of the inline definitions it contains) - Moved 2etools directory out to dirctan.tex - (section{PostScript and \TeX{}}): Give Blue Sky's telephone no. in - canonical form - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Corrected the reference to science.utah.edu - (which is now ftp.math.utah.edu), checked that the files for TOPS-20 - are still there... - (section{Documentation and Help}): Corrected numeric address for - rtfm.mit.edu - (section{Documentation and Help}): Made reference to the index an - (section{Acquiring the Software}): refer to, rather than name, - README.uploads - *Reference* the index rather than (as previously) use \CTANfile (which - did nothing and typeset oddly ;-) - - * filectan.tex: New, the _files_ bit from newfaq.tex Added references - to README.uploads, TeX-index, EdMetrics, screen.sty, usergrps.tex - - * dirctan.tex: Renamed from namectan.tex - Added a reference to TeX-index - -Sun Oct 16 10:28:04 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: Remove loading of package shortvrb and definition of the - short verb character - Changed layout of the path specified for the start of the CTAN archive - from "./tex-archive" to "tex-archive/" (and used \CTAN for reference in - place of \path) - Refer to ucthesis via its \CTANref - Change layout of the path reference for DECUS TeX on wuarchive (without - prejudice as to whether we actually want to retain the reference at - all, of course) - Quote DECUS library telephone number in the same way as all other nos - Correct reference to Barbara Beeton's email address - - * faq.sty: Comment out the use of path.sty, all of my old stuff about - the CTAN labels - Add Alan's versions of the same... (less transmission errors) - Load the shortvrb package, and define | as the short verbatim character - _before_ using it as a delimiter for the various path-like commands - Similarly, make sure `@' is catcoded to `other' before defining the - \Email macro - Start \FAQverb with \leavevmode, since otherwise we might find - ourselves trying to change language while in vertical mode - Define \path in terms of \FAQverb - -Sat Oct 15 22:08:23 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: added, then removed again, \emergencystretch - -Sat Oct 15 10:08:43 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * namectan.tex: add bibtex-doc, graphics - - * newfaq.tex: editorial work on questions 2,4-9,11,12,14-19,21,24 - Commented out the "alternative" FAQ sites (though left reference to - rtfm.mit.edu) - taken away the (sanitised) group around all the ctan directory/file - commands - - * faq.sty: give \Qref an optional first argument (intro text, default - "see question") - make \CTANdirectory open a group, sanitise, and then call \@CTANdir - which is the old version of the command and then \egroup (similarly for - \CTANfile, with \@CTANfile) - make the scribble for undefined references come out in \texttt - lots of kerfuffle to recover the situation of the directory (etc.) - declarations split - - * path.sty: define \@morediscreet, a version of the same as the - internal version of \discretionaries, except that it defines all the - active characters to become \relax, so that they can be \xdef'ed - -Fri Oct 14 22:38:58 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: change \Qref{dvi-ps} to {Q-dvips} (one or the other had - to change, after all) - second \CTANfile{unixtexftp} was really a \CTANref - removed original entry in the systems list for Macs, since it's been - superseded by Seb's new one - second \CTANfile{btxmactex} was in fact a \CTANref - (outstanding package warnings re CTANrefs are texsgi,vmspell and - txtdist) - - * texnames.sty: made the name for SliTeX conform to the comment about - it (it's not a big deal now that it's dead, but lower-case `i' (as - opposed to small caps `i') looked really odd - - * faq.sty: Added some scribble text in case of an unassigned \CTANref - err ... yet another instance of \makeatletter ... and another - -Thu Oct 12 16:00 1994 Sebastian Rahtz (s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk) - - * Removed all non-CTAN ftp references (to be put back as a table) - - * changed order of questions - - * added list of committee names - - * made all questions statements, not questions (as per JS) - - * made complete list of CTAN names (namectan.tex) - -Tue Oct 11 13:37:28 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: add (null) definition of \checked macro - made \CTANfile and \CTANdirectory \gdef their reference commands, and - defined a \CTANsanitise command - - * newfaq.tex: last two \CTANlabels become one \CTANdirectory (ispell) - and two \CTANfiles (VMS TeX) - (section{\MF{}}): mf \smode=... into a verbatim env (rather than short - verb) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): VAX/VMS item -> VMS item (added a \checked - macro) - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated the amiga stuff to point to CTAN - only (added a \checked macro) - -Fri Oct 7 15:24:29 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (throughout): more hacking at commands that split - themselves over lines, added {}s to the last few \LaTeXe's that needed - them - (section{\MF{}}): indent verbatim command sequences - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): unwrap Q-oztex \Question argument - (section{Documentation and Help}): use \LaTeX in Lamport's book title - (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): reference macmakeindex.sit - instead of giving an email address for Tolliver, which causes grief - with Alan's perl code... - - * faq.sty: Add a \DANTE command, at Alan's suggestion - -Thu Oct 6 14:05:36 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * faq.sty: provide the commands for doing the \CTANlabel/\CTANref game - - * newfaq.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): Added remark - about the status of screenview - (throughout) try to ensure (as Alan requests) that all logos are - referenced as as \logoname{} _only_ - (throughout) install the \CTANref mechanism for referring to existing - CTAN addresses - updated \fileversion and \filedate... - -Mon Oct 3 09:05:14 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Removed repeated TUG - address from PicTeX manual question (replaced with reference to TUG - question); then moved question down below TUG question - (section{\TeX{} Systems}): mailed Elizabeth Tachikawa about the Unix - tape service - (section{Documentation and Help}): mailed latex-help-coordinator about - LaTeX help service, but the response was "unknown user" -- deleted - question and answer - (section{Documentation and Help}): Added a question about national/ - regional user groups - (section{Documentation and Help}): rationalise use of \BibTeX (in - particular, bibtex.1 is a _file_, not something that can reasonably - be expressed as a logo (why doesn't bold small caps appear in question - titles?) - -Sun Oct 2 17:14:30 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex (section{The Background}): Added body to the questions - What is TeX?, What is LaTeX?, why's it free? - (section{Introduction}): added a reference to Alan's server (even - though it's inevitably out of date w.r.t. this document...) - -Sat Oct 1 (evening) 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: significant upheaval (several new questions, fewer new - answers), following discussion with Jonathan; - add \NeedsTeXFormat requirement (should this be in faq.sty?); - new section The Background with some stuff moved out from Introduction, - containing questions What is TeX?, What is LaTeX?, should I use plain - or LaTeX?, why's it free?, why isn't it wysiwyg?, and what is the - future?; - Introduction completely re-written; - new questions in The Latest Developments, What is the NTS project?, - what is the LaTeX3 project? - - * faq.sty: new commands for \BV, \NTS, \eTeX and \URL - -Thu Sep 29 12:43:52 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: lots of minor typos corrected; - yet more markup added; - one or two more of Joachim's comments addressed (but note new \Q about - LaTeX 2.09 and `weird hyphenatoin') - - * faq.sty: load times.sty only \IfFileExists (such taste; such - originality) - -Wed Sep 28 10:23:30 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * newfaq.tex: modified so that all question references (that I've - spotted so far ;-) simply consist of a \Qref in parentheses; - first iteration of sticking stuff in new sections; - more books (well, one more) and into a new question; - more markup tidying (\Newsgroup, \CTAN, etc.); - now version 1.1, added \hfuzz and \emergencystretch - - * faq.sty: (possibly merely experimental ;-) made Questions into - subsections, removed subsection from \cl@section, numbered sections - alphabetically...; - make \Qref produce "see question \ref{#1}" - -Tue Sep 27 16:10:17 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: change to use \BibTeX instead of \BiBTeX (since the - latter's not one of the forms the name appears in texnames.sty; - refer to PiCTeX, VorTeX through their (new) logo macros; - similarly (though not new logos) tex->\TeX, AMS[La]TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, - SliTeX; - correct wording describing incorporation of SliTeX into 2e (ex Joachim - Schrod's suggestion) - - * texnames.sty: new, copied from eplain distribution, but with \PiCTeX - and \VorTeX added (pro tem, at least) - - * faq.sty: moved the font-setting commands, etc., into the package - -Tue Sep 27 14:17:51 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * faq.sty: markup commands in separate package (ultimately to come in - several versions according to the environment it's to be processed in - -- e.g., versions for PS font usage/cm font usage, even a version for - processing to plain text?) - - * newfaq.tex: moved all the markup commands out to (new) faq.sty; - couple of typos corrected following input from Joachim Schrod - -Thu Sep 22 09:18:38 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: (last night's work) new-style markup for question - references, label for last question (so we can see how well we're - doing), \makeshortverb of \| so as to get coherent log output - - -Tue Sep 20 13:54:51 1994 Robin Fairbairns (rf@dorceus.cl.cam.ac.uk) - - * newfaq.tex: moved \documentclass, \usepackage above defs of - fileversion and date, so as not to pick up that from mflogo; - `getting a copy' - removed fileserv@shsu.bitnet, put various email - addresses in \Email; put NEWS.ANSWERS into more coherent form - (verbatim; and yes, it _does_ need to be upper case) - `pictex manual': escape the $s (!) - `oztex': it's now shareware, not PD - `fig and where to get it': remove escape from _ in \path (!) - `music': corrected email address for Taupin and his ftp site - `double-spacing': doublespace.sty is a file name; close paren round ref - to CTAN; "latest release of LaTeX"->"LaTeX2e" - `macros to do Y': verbatim site index command <term> in text - `... for machine Y running Q': FTP.nwc is a file, and yes, it is there - ibid, both AIX and PC made explicit reference to fpt.dante.de - `blackboard bold': tech-support is an email address; add reference to - the extraordinary bbm fonts - `repositories': correct address corresponding to ftp.tex.ac.uk; put - site index command into verbatim - `Laserjet': converted S's \Q about Berry's prog into an actual - reference to it - `\pagestyle{empty}': correct (;-) spelling of behaviour, "is"->"if" - `NFSS': rewritten to clarify relationship to New LaTeX - New question about things like \tenrm in 2e added - `references wrong': line up corrected code in two columns - `change margins': indent code - `width of letter, etc.': indent examples; remove redundant `T' from - LaTeX - `LaTeX2e': first production release was June - `log-like functions': indent examples - `\@': "?" at end of question - `Companion ... @': space after LaTeX in question, "!" at end - `I've found a bug': slight elaboration of 2.09 case - New version of path.sty with some hacking; redo all S's (and my one) - markup commands - -Mon Sep 19 11:46:40 1994 Robin Fairbairns (robin@home) - - * define \Newsgroup (same as all the rest, pro tem) and use it for - comp.tex.tex, comp.unix.wizards, news.answers, comp.sources.unix, - comp.programming.literate, comp.sources.misc, comp.text, comp.fonts - - * added new questions "what's all this about \@", "but the companion - tells me to use \@startsection" and "I've found a bug: what do I do" - (which last was a suggestion of Jonathan's) - - * put \fileversion in the title (rather than \filedate twice) - - * defined command \cs (out of ltxdoc.cls) so that we can put commands - in question names, required for q32 about \pagestyle{emtpy} |