From 5e1a51472611bd034207d3ab83a1c277ab8f959c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:58:17 +0000 Subject: siunitx 1.0 (16jun08) git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@8852 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f7a2eb88dc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/siunitx/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +The siunitx package --- A comprehensive (SI) units package +Maintained by Joseph Wright +E-mail: joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk +Released under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later +See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +Typesetting values with units requires care to ensure that the +combined mathematical meaning of the value plus unit combination +is clear. In particular, the SI units system lays down a +consistent set of units with rules on how these are to be used. +However, different countries and publishers have differing +conventions on the exact appearance of numbers (and units). + +The siunitx provides a set of tools for authors to typeset +numbers and units in a consistent way. The package has an +extended set of configuration options which make it possible to +follow varying typographic conventions with the same input +syntax. The package includes automated processing of numbers +and units, and the ability to control tabular alignment of +numbers. + +A number of LaTeX packages have been developed in the past for +formatting units: SIunits, sistyle, unitsdef, unitspkg, +fancyunits and fancynum. Support for users of all of these +packages is available as emulation modules in siunitx. In +addition, siunitx can carry out many of the functions of the +dcolumn, rccol and numprint packages. -- cgit v1.2.3