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}