From 1059b463280c735f4e6a9fc6af666c4c8a311139 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:14:44 +0000 Subject: faq 3.20 (18aug10) git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@19623 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- .../doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html index 4b280e1bea8..405d5711490 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-letterclass.html @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ of vertically-shifting a single-page letter, try the following hack: in the preamble of your file.

Doing-it-yourself is a common strategy; Knuth (for use with Plain TeX, in the TeXbook), and Kopka and Daly (in their Guide to -LaTeX) offer worked examples. +LaTeX) offer worked examples. (The latest version of Knuth’s +macros appear in his “local library” dump on the archive, which is +updated in parallel with new versions of TeX — so not very often…)

Nevertheless, there are contributed alternatives — in fact there are an awfully large number of them: the following list, of necessity, makes but a small selection. @@ -24,9 +26,8 @@ necessity, makes but a small selection. part of the name implies that the class can create letters, faxes and memoranda. The documentation is voluminous, and the package seems very flexible. -

Axel Kielhorn’s akletter class is the only other one, -recommended for inclusion in this FAQ, whose documentation is -available in English. +

Other classes recommended for inclusion in this FAQ are +akletter and isodoc.

The dinbrief class, while recommended, is only documented in German.

There are letter classes in each of the excellent @@ -36,11 +37,13 @@ only) bundles. While these are probably good (since the bundles themselves inspire trust) they’ve not been specifically recommended by any users.

-
akletter.cls
macros/latex/contrib/akletter (or browse the directory) -
brief.cls
Distributed as part of macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass (or browse the directory) -
dinbrief.cls
macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief (or browse the directory) -
newlfm.cls
macros/latex/contrib/newlfm (or browse the directory) -
scrlttr2.cls
Distributed as part of macros/latex/contrib/koma-script (or browse the directory) +
akletter.cls
macros/latex/contrib/akletter (or browse the directory) +
brief.cls
Distributed as part of macros/latex/contrib/ntgclass (or browse the directory); catalogue entry +
dinbrief.cls
macros/latex/contrib/dinbrief (or browse the directory) +
isodoc.cls
macros/latex/contrib/isodoc (or browse the directory); catalogue entry +
Knuth’s letter.tex
systems/knuth/local/lib/letter.tex +
newlfm.cls
macros/latex/contrib/newlfm (or browse the directory); catalogue entry +
scrlttr2.cls
Distributed as part of macros/latex/contrib/koma-script (or browse the directory)

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