The ledmac package is for typesetting critical editions. It is a LaTeX port, and extension, of the plain TeX EDMAC, TABMAC and EDSTANZA macros. The ledpar package is an extension of ledmac enabling parallel typesetting in columns or on facing pages. The ledarab package is an extension enabling the use of arabic script, as implemented by ArabTeX, in critical editions (temporarily afoot.sty is provided to support regular footnotes in ArabTeX). Bug reports and suggestions may be welcome. Changes in ledpar.sty v0.3b (2005/04/08) o Improved page balancing for parallel pages Changes in ledpar.sty v0.3a (2005/03/30) o Small fix for line number margins Changes in ledarab.sty v0.1 (2005/03/24) o First public release Changes in ledpar version 0.3 (2005/03/24) o Fixed some spacing problems o Reorganized to simplify the ledarab package Changes in ledpatch.sty v0.3 (2005/03/24) o All patches incorporated into ledmac v0.7 Changes in ledmac version 0.7 (2005/03/24) o Reorganized to simplify the ledpar and ledarab packages Changes in ledpar version 0.2 (2005/01/01) o Fixed problems with babel Changes in ledpatch.sty v0.2 (2005/01/11) o Fixed some spacing problems Changes in ledpar version 0.1 (2004/12/10) o First public release Changes in ledmac version 0.6 (2004/12/10) o Fixed infinite loop problems when processing complex paragraphs o Prepared for the ledpar package Changes in version 0.51 (2004/04/10) o Resurrected line numbers in right hand margin o Added a third kind of sidenote Changes in version 0.5 (2004/04/04) o Added sidenotes (as a replacement for \marginpar in numbered text) o All footnotes can be used in numbered text, not just critical ones o If used with the memoir class, multiple regular and critical indexes Changes in version 0.4 (2004/02/29) o Added draft/final options o All footnotes can be used in minipages o New minipage-like environments that can include page breaks and put footnotes at their end, even if this is in the middle of the page o Revised "ledeasy" example Changes in version 0.3 (2004/02/14) o Added edstanza macros for verse o Line numbering can use roman, etc., numbers as well as arabic o Additional example Changes in version 0.22 (2003/11/09) o More control over paragraphed footnotes o More control over page and line number printing in footnotes o Additional example o Eliminated clash with the amsfonts package Changes in version 0.21 (2003/09/13) o Minor bug fixes o Compatible with the memoir class (mempatch v1.8) Changes in version 0.2 (2003/08/16) o Added indexing by page and line number o Added simple tabular- and array-style environments Changes in version 0.1 (2003/03/25) o First public experimental release. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Peter Wilson (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net Copyright 2003 --- 2005 Peter R. Wilson This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of the license is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2003/06/01 or later. This work has the LPPL maintenance status "author-maintained". This work consists of the files: README (this file), ledmac.dtx, ledmac.ins, ledmac.pdf (200+ pages) ledeasy.eps, ledfeat.eps, ledioc.eps, ledarden.eps, ledmixed.eps, ledekker.eps, ledbraonain.eps, ledpar.dtx, ledpar.ins, ledpar.pdf (100+ pages) djd17novL.eps, djd17novR.eps, djdpoems1.eps, djdpoems2.eps, djdpoems3.eps, djdpoems4.eps, villon.eps, ledarab.dtx, ledarab.ins, ledarab.pdf (20- pages) egarab.eps egarabpar.eps ledpatch.sty ledparpatch.sty ledarabpatch.sty and the derived files ledmac.sty, ledeasy.tex, ledfeat.tex, ledioc.tex, ledarden.tex, ledmixed.tex, ledekker.tex, ledbraonain.tex, ledpar.sty, djd17nov.tex, djdpoems.tex, villon.tex, ledarab.sty egarab.tex egarabpar.tex afoot.sty -------------------------------------------------------------------- The distribution consists of the following files: README (this file) ledmac.dtx ledmac.ins ledmac.pdf ledeasy.eps ledfeat.eps ledioc.eps ledarden.eps ledmixed.eps ledekker.eps ledbraonain.eps ledpar.dtx ledpar.ins ledpar.pdf djd17novL.eps djd17novR.eps djdpoems1.eps djdpoems2.eps djdpoems3.eps djdpoems4.eps villon.eps ledarab.dtx ledarab.ins ledarab.pdf egarab.eps egarabpar.eps (possibly ledpatch.sty) (possibly ledparpatch.sty) (possibly ledarabpatch.sty) To install the ledmac package: o run: latex ledmac.ins (which will generate ledmac.sty) o Move ledmac.sty (and ledpatch.sty if it exists) to a location where LaTeX will find it (for more information on this see the FAQ). To generate a second copy of the manual (which is already supplied as a PDF file): o run: latex ledmac.dtx o (for an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist ledmac) o run: latex ledmac.dtx o Print ledmac.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual The *.eps files are example pages processed with the ledmac package. They are included as figures in ledmac.dtx, which also contains the source code for them. Installation of the other packages (via ledpar.ins and ledarab.ins) is similar. 2005/04/08 Peter Wilson herries dot press at earthlink dot net