2014-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: tidy blank lines
* sanitize.pl: a few changes from -beta
* gather-faqbody.tex: new version
* faq-intro.tex:
* faq-mac-prog.tex
* faq-wdidt.tex:
* add-general.tex: \nothtml{\noindent}!!!
2014-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): mention the tagging package
2014-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): first stab at description of "using" a
.dtx/.ins combination to produce packages and docs
2014-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latextoplain): clarification (i hope!)
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): attempting a better path for beginners
2014-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-readtex): dash off ref to online compilers
2014-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-oldfontnames): historic stuff cleared away,
slight rewording
2014-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-makeindex): work on description of using xindy
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \luatex and \lualatex
* faq.sty: add \luatex and \lualatex
2014-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> ron.cummins@gmail.com
* faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): discourage beginners from attempting
their own biblatex style; editorial
2014-04-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: restore lollipop (w/cat link)
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-lollipop): renew, from add-general
2014-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: drop fonts/armenian (fonts now part of armtex)
* add-general.tex (q-lollipop): recreated entry for lollipop
2014-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): bug fix from javier mora
2014-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (q-findfiles): editorial
2014-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): yet another iteration
(q-context): typos
(q-latexandplain): rewrite. who knows if it's worth it...
2014-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): 2 iterations towards
comprehensibility
2014-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): sort out html of more math into latex
(still not terribly good, but no more actual latex...)
2014-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-getnff,q-otf-maths): removed as already in main
(q-outer-err): removed, similarly
2014-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex: missing close brace
2014-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-mfptutorials): add links to the voipio papers,
and remove the (dead) one to Heck's
2014-02-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-pdfpagelabels): add {} to a \dots call
(q-cpy-srchpdf): deal with broken parens
2014-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex: remove q-ltx-csv (now in faq-mac-prog)
2014-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): typo
2014-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove {} from pattern \\The{}\{\} ?
2014-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): warning of abrasiveness on tex/sx
2014-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (Q-filesused): convert tetex ref to texlive-unix(!)
2014-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-dropping): remove ref to vtex
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): remove refs to vtex
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): remove ref to vtex
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-usepictex): root out reference to vtex
* faq-fonts.tex (q-otf-maths): new, from add-general
(q-psfchoice): editorial, incl reference to q-otf-maths
2014-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (q-findfont): tidy, and fill in missing holes
2013-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): mp output may be svg, too
2013-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-numbersets): add boondox as a source, mention
newpx, newtx as preferable to pxfonts/txfonts
2013-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-cap-out-flt): new error answer
2013-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whattex): reworded for clarity
2013-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-xspace): play the command down (after reading a post
on tex/sx by david carlisle, tidy the whole question.
2013-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-normalszmiss): rewritten. not easy to do, without
sounding patronising
2013-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex,faq-biblio.tex: editorial (% signs)
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-center-flt): new, from add-general
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \textpercent{} to immediately
below "dump comments" code
* faq-adj-types.tex (a-outszwrng): braces after \textpercent
2013-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-inputenc): show structure of multiple-encoding docs
2013-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-linespace): editorial
2013-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-getnff): new, from add-general
* add-general.tex (q-getnff): mention distinction between -sys and
user versions of the script
2013-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): mention verbatim writing using
tcolorbox and moreverb (and mention the comments in the doc of
verbatim, for diy enthusiasts).
* faq-intro.tex: add martin garrod to the list, mark drucbert deceased
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): remove duplicate "report" (!)
2013-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-catcodes): doodling with better explanation
(not got very far)
* faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): reference digital version of tlc2
* FAQ-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): typo (extra closing paren)
2013-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): mention www.bibtex.org
2013-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): provide link to minimals (even though
it's not the neatest of web sites...)
2013-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add context-contrib
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): edited for more realism re. ctan
* faq-getit.tex (q-findfiles): rsync is the only mirroring protocol
2013-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-support.tex (q-spell): weave in hunspell (not on ctan...)
2013-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-plninltx*): editorial (hoping for clarification)
(q-ltxcmds): editorial (again aiming for clarification)
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): typo for \progname
2013-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): change junk edit date to today
2013-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: makeinfo's moved
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): use of lilyglyphs as option
2013-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-nohyph): minor editorial
(q-hyphoff): ditto
(q-hyphexcept): editorial, add a bit of text discussing unicode
hyphenation
2013-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: comment out debugging stuff
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): mention tex/sx "getting started" page
2013-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: pgf dir is actually the base above graphics/pgf
add cat link for picinpar
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltx-csv): new, from add-general
2013-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-parmoderr): new, from add-general
* add-general.tex (q-parmoderr): tweaks for clarification
2013-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-overstrike): suggest pdfcomment
* dirctan.tex: add pdfcomment
2013-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-mathlips): sort out refs to yhmath (now in just
the one place on ctan
* dirctan.tex: add belleek (from broken filectan entry)
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-cpy-srchpdf): extended replacement for q-srchpdf
* dirctan.tex: add mmap, belleek; remove one of the verbdef entries
2013-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: editorial
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-tocloftwrong): missing brace
2013-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove duplicate of verbdef
2013-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: tidy up copies
* faq-texsys.tex (throughout): remove vtex
(q-sysunix): purge mention of unix miktex
dirctan.tex: remove biolinum
2013-07-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): link to beamer theme gallery
2013-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): no more vtex
* faq-texsys.tex (q-sysother): expunge reference to vtex
2013-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-tocloftwrong): give answers as well as reference!
(needs some reference to koma-script)
2013-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): add text discussing pdfrack
* dirctan.tex: add pdfrack
2013-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): editorial
2013-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-whereFAQ): remove voss's texnik.de (no longer there)
2013-06-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-eplain): editorial
(q-whyfree): editorial on licence issues
(q-tug*): tidy conditional sections
2013-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add verbatimbox
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): add bullet item about verbatimbox
2013-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): flagged potential need for context
minimals; this file is wildly different to its supposed rcs copy...
needs review when i've learnt more about minimals
2013-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: version 3.28, today
* faq-symbols.tex (q-boldgreek): largely rewritten, with more detail
about the reasons for the acrobatics needed (also remove incorrect
assertion about amsmath and \mathbf)
2013-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): newverbs helps -- like verbdef, etc
* dirctan.tex: add newverbs
2013-06-07 *** Release 3.27 ***
2013-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): minor tweak
* faq-install.tex (q-what-TDS): editorial
2013-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): mention tgchorus
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): editorial clarification (hopefully...)
2013-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add anyfontsize, remove ghostscript, gsview,
correct polyglossia
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): editorial, incorporate
anyfontsize package
2013-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-notWYSIWYG): flesh out, note demise of textures,
editorial
* texfaq2html-beta: ignore intro by scanning file for \end{introduction}
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-buffovl): editorial
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig,q-repeatgrf,q-dvipdfmgraphics): gs
from web
2013-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-hyper, q-acrobat): tidies, gs from web
2013-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add URW base35 in their own right
to discussion of txfonts
* faq-graphics.tex (q-mpprologues): href for ghostscript
(q-labelfig): href for gsview
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): href for ghostscript
* faq-dvi.tex (q-otherprinters): href for ghostscript
2013-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: minuscule changes from -beta
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): minuscule changes from -beta
2013-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texfuture): end date for luatex 2014 (i think)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add entity xlations for \beta, \pi
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): update somewhat
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): editorial
(q-catalogue): editorial
(q-y2k): commented out (no longer relevant)
2013-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): reword mention of texworks, add texstudio
2013-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-osf): \oldstylenums _does_ use bold style
2013-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add try
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add try
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-catalogue): editorial
2013-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: added subsection about licence
2013-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-mpprologues): untangle some prose. slightly.
2013-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-pspreview): ghostscript, gsview from web
(q-psfchoice): remove ghostscript mention in discussing urw fonts;
reference newpx from pxfonts, and newtx from txfonts, add urw-base35
to ctanrefs as locations of palladio and NimbusRomanNo9
2013-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-dvi.tex (q-dvi-bmp): typo
2013-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-buffovl): ghostscript and gsview from the net
2013-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add dtxgen
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): mention dtxgen
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): revise version statement, editorial
2013-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-commercial): remove bluesky :-(
2013-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-recovertex): munge ghostscript refs, remove it
from ctanrefs
* faq-dvi.tex (q-dvi-bmp): editorial
* add-general.tex (q-tangle-weave): editorial, link to doc of web2c on
tug site
2013-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): tidy, re-organise
2013-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readML): correct a \Qref call
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add newpx to the list
* faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): miktex 2.9 (in ctanrefs)
* faq-dvi.tex (q-otherprinters): reword because gs no longer on ctan
(q-previewers): ditto
2013-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): elide mention of ghostscript,
since (a) it doesn't add anything, and (b) it's no longer
available on ctan
* dirctan.tex: add newpx
2013-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove <ispell>
* dirctan.tex: add <showexpl>, <ispell>; correct <spelling>; remove
<makeinfo>, ghostscript-[gpl|ghostgum]
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): add showexpl
2013-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add link to nicola's phd and admin books
2013-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-tangle-weave): new: the basics of web
2013-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add ctan link for vpp
2013-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi): editorial, hoping to clarify
2013-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): don't suggest putting a "table" in
minipage ... good sense from ulrike fischer
2013-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \arrowhyph translate to →
2013-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.26b, today
* faq-the-end.tex (q-latexbug): removed "upload bug by email"; editorial
2013-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-varitoc): start of an answer starting from the
ideas of the tableof package
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-minitoc): editorial
2013-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta, sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl:
correct \ctanhref coding (never-used flexibility in early coding
had confused me summat rotten)
2013-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro: remove a spurious "<p/>" (huh?)
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-manymathalph): point out that the problem can also
be avoided by using xetex/luatex
* gather-faqbody.tex: version 3.26a, today (released as beta)
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): tone down "tex.ne.prog language"
(q-repeat-set): consequential changes to match -repeat-num
2013-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): this was buggy; corrected
2013-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate
*** released 3.26 ***
2013-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-support.tex (q-spell): editorial
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): question links for context, luatex
2013-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): \lastedit
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-nofm): \lastedit
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexqual): \lastedit
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat, q-ftncapt): \lastedit
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): editorial
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): editorial
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): editorial
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): editorial
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): editorial
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): editorial
2013-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta (not many)
2013-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): \lastedit outside ctanrefs(!)
(q-noline): question title in quotes
2013-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add arara
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-make): add arara
2013-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: align with texfaq2html (regular)
2013-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-omegaleph): editorial
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): editorial (too many parens)
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat): describe \ContinuedFloat
* faq-projects.tex (q-xetex): change question title to match others in
the section
2013-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (q-uploads): reflect changed situation
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): reflect changed situation
2013-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ucharclasses, xecjk
* add-general.tex (q-xetex*): new, from an answer in stackexchange
2013-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: add \ctan for all those \acro calls
* gather-faqbody.tex: file date today. may be near, now...
2013-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): mthelp on miktex rather than texdoc
2013-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add mwe, blindtext and lipsum
* faq-docs.tex (q-minxampl): more detail about support packages, etc;
editorial
2013-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (q-chapbib): show biblatex-based approach
2012-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove biolinum-type1 (never actually used in a
published version...)
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): mention regexpatch
* dirctan.tex: add regexpatch
2012-12-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (q-archives): first stab at "new world"
(q-uploads): only one upload method, nowadays
2012-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add spelling
* faq-support.tex (q-spell): update text, and add spelling package
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \^o
2012-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-spawnprog): editorial
(q-hyphen): editorial, ref q-hyphenaccents
2012-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): omit frivolous comment about uea users
being taught by nicola
(q-latex3-prog): moved here from faq-mac-prog
2012-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): suggest stampinclude
* dirctan.tex: add commado
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-set): add commado and filesdo
* filectan.tex: add interface3-doc, expl3-doc
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latex3-prog): new, from stack exchange
2012-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): elaborate on use of minted
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): give context mkiv pride of place
(coming from nowhere in the previous release ;-)
2012-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-center-flt): typo
2012-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): add pdftricks2
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-tocloft): mention etoc
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): add garamondx extn to newtx
* dirctan.tex: add garamondx, pdftricks2; correct pdftricks; remove all
"libertine*" except libertine itself; add cat link for newtx
2012-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-samepage): editorial twiddle
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): caveat text for scrextend, about
design (perhaps restructure so as to have just one caveat for both
packages)
2012-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-litprog.tex (q-lit): sort empty link target
* faq-support.tex (q-texcad): sort empty link target
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-vertspacefloat): removed
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-vertspacefloat): come from faq-how-do-i
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): point out args don't propagate to
end env code
* add-general.tex (q-center-flt): new, following q on c.t.t (or summat)
2012-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add shorttoc
* add-general.tex (q-shorttoc): new answer (copied from tex/sx)
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.26, today (premature...)
2012-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-expl3-old): new, from add-general
* faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): mention texdoc.net
2012-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): show use of scrextend for random sizes
2012-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): editorial don't refer to expl3 directly
* add-general.tex (q-expl3-old): new, about the common error message
2012-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add memoir-man
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-complist): editorial, for clarification, incl
pointer to memoir manual section
2012-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (q-usebibtex): editorial (testing macros)
2012-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* archive.cfg: use mirror.ctan.org for arch ptrs
* add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): editorial
2012-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-otf-maths): started yesterday -- what it says
2012-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): change question answered, update listed
coverage of mathdesign
(q-pspreview): editorial
(q-charshift): note now vanishingly unlikely
2012-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-bib-trblshoot): new answer, from sx/63852
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-dolldoll): tidy, on the basis of sx/503
2012-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-texsystems): no empty arg to \qref
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): clarify statements about pgf
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): pick up changes in -beta
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): only one \pictex, with "i" flag
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): correct href to knuth on vfs
* texfaq2html-gamma: use label-to-file.pl
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi,q-pk,q-tfm,q-virtualfonts): editorial
2012-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): remove refs to libgreek, libertine,
biolinum (since libgreek is based on libertine-legacy)
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): libertine-legacy->libertine-type1
* dirctan.tex: add libertine, libertine-t1, biolinum-t1, remove
libertine-legacy
2012-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove libertine-legacy, add libertine, {}-type1,
biolinum-type1
2012-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-nofm): zref-lastpage does a LastPage label, too
2012-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-gensym): opening out old proto-answer
2012-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* patchdates.tex: is this really necessary
* add-general.tex (q-detknize): probably dead -- mark as such
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatenv): new, from add-general
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-ctan): tweak description of mirror.ctan
(q-whyfree): add closing paren in first sentence!
(q-readtex): add a let-out clause at the end ;-)
2012-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): diddle with margins for narrowversion
* add-general.tex (q-whatenv): basic body of answer complete
* faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-docs.tex,faq-graphics.texfaq-how-do-i.tex
(throughout): use \pictex{}
* faq.sty: \pictex so as to avoid typos ;-)
* filectan.tex: remove l2tabuen, l2tabuen.src
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): unify reference to l2tabu
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): more examples of the performance of
latexdef, for environments
(q-latexqual): tone down the dogmatism about l2tabu/nag
2012-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-prog-tex): a start on this, too
(q-prog-tex): another paragraph
2012-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatenv): a start...
2012-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): update nlct link, add comments giving
status of links [CHANGES]
2012-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \quotify again (problems
with nested quotes)
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-badhyph): write out effect of \quotify; editorial
* faq.sty: remove \quotify again (see sanitize reversion)
2012-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): process \quotify
* texfaq2html-beta: open $archive_list from $home (why did it work?)
* faq.sty: define \quotify (according to hyperversion)
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-badhyph): modernise markup with \cmdinvoke,
\quotify, etc
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-hyphenaccents): the future (unicode
hyphenation) is here, so cover it (however briefly)
* faq.sty: suppress font list from pdftex (per heiko's tip on texhax)
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-optionclash): correct quote env matching
2012-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-optclash): clarification, in light of several
tex/sx comments on a question there [needs checking!]
2012-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: default_archive now mirror.ctan
* archive.list: add mirror.ctan.org, remove tug
2012-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-multind): editorial
2012-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-symbols): reorganise, add unimath-symbols
* add-general.tex (q-nolnerr): new, "no line to end"
2012-09-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-newlineargs): editorial
2012-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-view-rot): outline for new answer
2012-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex: correct doc link for txfontsb
2012-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add newtx, references to libertine support, etc.
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): editorial, add text about newtx
2012-07-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): don't do \cmdinvoke in verbatim!
2012-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): uprate the wiki latex book
2012-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-set): correct typo
2012-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): comment-out repeat package (oops!)
2012-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repeat-num): restore para left behind in
q-repeat-set when the two were split
* add-general.tex (q-multiling): lots of editorial, trying not to
change sense, except my confusion in thinking polyglossia works with
luatex
2012-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): typo
2012-06-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add dowith
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repetition): add dowith package (probably more i
need to write about, but this will do for the time being)
2012-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-repetition): new, from add-general
2012-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): big thrash toward a releasable thing
* dirctan.tex: add etextools, etoolbox, datatool, forarray
* filectan.tex: add repeat
2012-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: standardise on libertineOTF as directory name
* add-general.tex: yet more diddling of list of repeater packages
2012-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ifoddpage
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-oddpage): add ifoddpage
2012-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): unicode bundle now ucs; reword text
around utf8 inputenc option selection
* dirctan.tex: libertine now *-legacy and *otf
* add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): split libertine links to otf, legacy
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): m-tx in ctanrefs
* dirctan.tex: rename unicode entry->ucs, mtx->m-tx
2012-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-ftncapt): clarify example, per note from david c
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): change title to question
2012-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: v 3.25, today
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-eqnarray): link to kottwitz's tex blog entry
2012-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): tidying, dragging into 21st century...
* faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): miktex 2.9 no longer beta, and so luatex
available on miktex too
2012-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): accept \mf, \mp as well as uc vrsn
* faq.sty: new \mf, \mp, existing uc vrsn each only use initial capital
* faq-getit.tex (q-findfont): rewritten in rather different style,
noting the decline of mf and the appearance of alternate engines
2012-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-sysunix): editorial -- clarify that tlmgr works
however you install tl
2012-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add usebib
* faq-biblio.tex (q-i18nbib): biblatex does this too
(q-bibinline): suggest usebib
2012-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-inlgrphapp): add picture environment to list, and
mention picture package with it
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-printvar): \verb in verbatim sections is silly,
and in typeset sections doesn't get translated by process.pl ...
2012-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-parmoderr): not in outer par mode
2012-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-msxy): mention berthold horn's partial msym
2012-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-inputenc,q-fontenc): proof-reading corrections
(probably meaning that other questions aren't any longer useful; these
questions marked...)
2012-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-ltx-csv): \LastEdit tag
(q-archives-rev): editorial
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): editorial clarification
2012-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add datatool
* add-general.tex (q-ltx-csv): new answer on csv lists
2012-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): editorial work
2012-02-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add macros2e
* faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): add macros2e
2012-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add mdframed
remove metafont(actually mac-),mctex,mewltx
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-subsubsub): editorial
(q-breakbox): add mdframed as another solution
2012-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): xparse arguments for verbatim use
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): get \{, \}, and \[oc]bracesymbol
working with numeric entities
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): it's \File not \FileName!!!
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-whatengine): correct wording, and coding of
\ifthenelse example to make it do correct html
2012-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): verbatim arg in \NewDocumentCommand etc
2012-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): more editorial expansion
* faq-biblio.tex (q-citesort): mention biblatex number-comp style
2012-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-extrabrace): more rationalisation
2012-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-extrabrace): slip in a \Qref
2012-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (q-inst-tds-zip): in "that are that's" remove "that's"
2012-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-includeother): came from add-general
* CHANGES-3.25: tags for cmdstar and crossref
* faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): explain the concept of "harness", tidy
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-cmdstar): outline use of xparse to define *-macros
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-crossref): dang! -- it could never have had a
"previous figure number" + other editing
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): move tablefootnotes "further up"
2012-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (q-install-find): tidying and clarification
(q-instmffont): more clarification
2012-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty, sanitize-beta.pl: add \LeadFrom
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-runheadtoobig): include an actual example of
using titlesec pkg
2012-01-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add morewrites
* faq-jot-err.tex: move q-optionclash and q-optclash together, for
easier editing
(q-noroom): tidies, mention morewrites package
2012-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-tutbitslatex): stefan kottwitz runs texample.net,
editorial
* faq-wdidt.tex: odd bits of editorial
2012-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): correct parentheses
* dirctan.tex: add fdsymbol, mdsymbol
* faq-symbols.tex (q-usesymb): add fdsymbol and mdsymbol with mnsymbol
2012-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: comment on matthias' latest contribution
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-isitanum): correct def of \testnum, per matthias
2012-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-noroom): circumspection around the numbers of
floats that may be reserved
2012-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): correct (old) typo
2012-01-03 Robin Fairbairns
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add van dongen's, wilkins' and buxbaum's
oeuvres
* dirctan.tex: add latex-course
2011-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): editorial (awful english)
2011-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-fontenc): editorial
2011-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-numbersets): editorial reducing verbosity
2011-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: credit william adams
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): new link for chris harrison's tutorial
2011-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pinlabel
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): mention pinlabel
* dirctan.tex: add zwpagelayout
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): zwpagelayout usage outline
(q-marginpkgs): mention that zwpagelayout is also available
2011-12-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (q-acrobat): trying to drag into c.21
* add-general.tex (q-pdf-encr): re-arrange to make clear that pdftk is
worth considering
2011-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add xwatermark
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-watermark): add xwatermark, discuss pdftk
2011-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add mkjobtexmf
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filesused): discuss mkjobtexmf
2011-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add tablefootnote
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footintab): mention tablefootnote
2011-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-position): editorial stuff (seems ok, so far)
2011-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add diagbox
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-slashbox): convert to use diagbox, with slashbox
as an also-ran
2011-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-position): first more or less complete version
* faq-docs.tex (q-mfptutorials): restore link to metafun manual
* faq-symbols.tex (q-euro): update (incl. usage of marvosym)
2011-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): memo about csv commands
2011-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-tutorials*): change question title to avoid clash
with q-tutbitslatex
(q-tutbitslatex): remove pTeX tutorial link (seems to have gone)
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): add ctanref for pdfscreen
* dirctan.tex: add pdfscreen
2011-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-detknize): correct link for q-filename
2011-11-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-t1enc): tidy-up: \'e
(throughout): remove | except in a \verb command in verbatim env
2011-11-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): add link to context standalone site
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): diddle with version numbers, add web doc
link
*** release 3.24 ***
2011-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \FontFormat (from -beta)
* gather-faqbody.tex: today (had hoped to release yesterday)
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): more tweaking
2011-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): changes for musixtex-fonts, lots of
tweaking following advice from bob tennent
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.24, today
2011-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-support.tex (q-wordcount): add provisos about detex-like routes
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-missbegdoc): restore a bit that got dropped
2011-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-the-end.tex (q-bug): reword advice on on-line help
(q-latexbug): moved _after_ q-bug
2011-10-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-missbegdoc): rewritten to include the bom issue
(taking the text of q-missing-begin)
2011-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-missing-begin): new answer
2011-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-unicode): new, from add-general (slight edits)
2011-10-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-tds): tone down some of the wilder claims
* faq.sty: add \FontFormat
* sanitize-beta.pl: add \FontFormat
* dirctan.tex: add cm-unicode
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ecfonts): lots of edits (from work in kent)
2011-10-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-tex-books): clarifying edit ... of a comment ;-)
2011-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): mathtex rather than mimetex in sample!
2011-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): add stuff about MathJax
2011-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct dvistd, marvosym-fonts
* filectan.tex: remove varwidth, version
* dirctan.tex: add varwidth, version
2011-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-specials,q-write): minor editorial
2011-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-underline): remove statement about ulem docs
(saying there's no "real" docs, now false)
2011-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatmacros): another challenging bit of
clarification (hem hem)
2011-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-virtualfonts): rearrange and clarify
* faq-intro.tex: added david epstein to the grand list
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-algorithms): minor tidy, add comment about
algorithmicx (as requested by David Epstein)
2011-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-driver,q-pk): tidied
(q-tfm): minor editorial
* dirctan.tex: add dvistd
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dvi): tidy, mention xetex, ref dvistd
2011-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: editorial
2011-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-optclash): new, from add-general
* add-general.tex (q-inputenc): further iterations towards an answer
2011-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-sysmac): mention root requirement for installing
mactex
(q-sysother): hedge statements about vms tex
2011-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add enctex
* faq-intro.tex: talk about the way the set of answers changes
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-include): clarify page number constraints
2011-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): rehash stuff about acquiring the
sources, add comments about using l3 as a format
2011-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-fontfmt): typo
2011-09-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-fontfmt): draft replacement for q-adobetypen
2011-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-tutorials*): remove link to q-docdirs
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): remove link to q-docdirs
2011-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add tex-overview, remove texline, unstar mimetex
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): add protext to discussion of distrs,
link to ctan copy of tex-overview
2011-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): revise text on texworks
2011-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-tug*): contact via web, only; all back tugboat
2011-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-tutbitslatex): removed "specialised" from title, add
old q-doc-dirs on tug india stuff, adjust statement about voss'
mathmode document book form
(q-doc-dirs): gone
2011-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-multind): describe amsmidx, imakeidx
* dirctan.tex: add amscls, imakeidx; correct texmacs
2011-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): add herbert voss's books under latex
2011-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-printvar, q-labelcount): add \LastEdit* (oops)
* faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): add latex beginner's guide
2011-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): patch minor translation effect (\<eol>)
(q-doc-wiki): editorial, mostly
(q-doc-dirs): a lot more than two in tug india's thing, now
2011-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: list Gernot Hassenpflug
* faq-mac-prog.tex: add q-printvar and q-labelcount from add-general
* patchdates.tex: updated. this is silly.
2011-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (list of helpers): cite another thing from dan l
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): correct \input texinfo (!)
2011-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): tweak words about getoptk
(too late for release...)
*** Release 3.23 ***
* texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta: change "last modified" to "released"
in question footers
* gather-faqbody.tex: change version, date
* texfaq2html: minor change from -beta
2011-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-usemf): further attempts to drag it into c.21
(q-keepfonts): modernise and tidy to today's standards
(q-getbitmap): modernisation, again
2011-09-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): reword the initial discussion (which had
multiple concepts in the same clause, at one point)
2011-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): add l3experimental
* dirctan.tex: add gitinfo, l3experimental
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-rcs): mention gitinfo
2011-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-font-fmts): to replace q-adobetypen -- starts
with its content (ha ha)
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-adobetypen): editorial
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-destable): editorial
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-latex2e): describe frozen state; editorial stuff
2011-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): correct typo
* faq.sty: add \latexo (all lc)
* faq-symbols.tex (q-underscore): editorial+ref q-activechars
2011-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-underscore): drop stuff about \us, add spiel about
using T1 and \textunderscore
(q-atsign): @ was a special character rather than command
2011-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove screensty, add cat link for vf-howto
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-toascii): editorial on catdvi, remove screen.sty
2011-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-pkgdoc): memoir doc not typo tutorial any more,
mention pgf as an example of separately-written stuff
(q-writecls): bit of editorial
2011-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-optclash): new answer about package options
2011-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-etex): correct ref to luatex in disc of context
(q-eplain): minute editorial
2011-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): rewrite
2011-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-whatmacros): minor editorial
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): update versions, miktex now has luatex
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-tfm): mention xetex and luatex don't need 'em
2011-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): add getoptk
2011-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-destable): clarify caption package details for
captions above tables
2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-altabcr): mention limit to sizes of matrices
2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whyfree): twiddle discussion of gpl
(q-texfuture): reword statement of luatex's release goal
* faq-docs.tex (q-latex-books): math into latex -> more <ditto>
2011-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-write): editorial
(q-spawnprog): correct typo (epstopf), add cat link for epstopdf at end
* filectan.tex: add cat link to vf-howto
2011-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mf): caveat about the "modern" sidelining of mf
2011-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ctan): minor editorial
(q-dvi): tidy contorted xref
(q-ok): preparatory work (may not come to anything)
* faq-docs.tex (q-symbols): only pdf of symbol list, now
* filectan.tex: add cat link for metafp
2011-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-doc-dirs): correct tug india link
2011-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): recommend letltxcmd for macros with
opt arguments
2011-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-long-outer): mention getting round \outer w/csname
(q-outer-err): new answer pointing to q-long-outer
2011-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-includeother): new jot-err answer
2011-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): explain difference between mkii and
mkiv (from hans' article in tb100)
2011-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): replace expl3, xpackages with l3kernel,
l3packages
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): replace expl3, xpackages with l3kernel,
l3packages
* dirctan.tex: remove expl3, xpackages; add l3kernel, l3packages
2011-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-hyphen): mention luatex's more relaxed table
loading
2011-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): typos, plus hack on text about dratex
2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention cmdunh, cmfib missing from
fix-cm
2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pst-layout
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): link to cremeronline intro tutorial
(q-labelfig): mention pst-layout, and make reference to similar
power of pgf, capable of anything pstricks can do for this problem
* dirctan.tex: add multido (again...note, different machine)
2011-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): add multido
* dirctan.tex: add multido
2011-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex,faq-fonts.tex.tex,faq-graphics.tex,faq-jot-err.tex,
faq-jot-err.tex,faq-wdidt.tex,faq-backgrnd.tex,faq-adj-types.tex,
faq-bits+pieces.tex,faq-docs (throughout): replace q-books refs as
appropriate
* faq-docs.tex (q-book-lists,q-tex-books,q-latex-books,q-other-books):
formed by dismembering the old q-books
2011-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-subdepth): new, slightly edited from add-general
* faq-images.tex: new, for snippets to be served as images
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add exptl \includegraphics
2011-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): minor editorial to match q-texthings
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): tidy and tweak xetex, rewrite luatex
a bit
2011-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): identify stack exchange before referring to
it; don't link to latex project team when saying that the user
shouldn't contact them
2011-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add unicode
* add-general.tex (q-inputenc,q-fontenc): new, from q-whatenc
(q-unicode) skeleton only, so far
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-hyphen): editorial
(q-whatenc): minor editorial, preparing for split
* dirctan.tex: add cat link for lacheck
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexqual): mention lacheck
2011-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-sansmath): add hfbright to list of things
* dirctan.tex: add cmbright
2011-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-sansmath): currently just a placeholder
2011-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-subheight): typo
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-ctan,q-catalogue): new, from add-general
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): complete replacement from add-general
q-gethelp*
2011-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): clarification on "no changes to pdftex"
statement
2011-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-gethelp*): (new) rewriting q-gethelp for the "new
philosophy"
(q-catalogue): further knocking into shape
2011-05-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl: html list-alike environments issue <p/> their end,
to cause paragraph style to be invoked
* faq.sty: require pdf14.sty since thumbpdf has problems otherwise
2011-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latextoplain): undo mess in ctanrefs on web
*** Release 3.22 ***
* faq-support.tex (q-xfigetc): add \LastEdit
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): add \LastEdit
* faq-getit.tex (q-archives): add \LastEdit
2011-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-support.tex (q-xfigetc): new link for jfig
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-struttab): describe use of makecell package
2011-04-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): minor editorial
(q-labelcount): title "counter values" rather than "counters"
2011-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.22, today
* texfaq2html (throughout): tidy p tags
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): line up one comment with -beta
* dirctan.tex: cat links for ofs, pdcmac
remove pfm2afm, penelope, pbm2tex, pbmtopk
2011-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-getnff): typo
* faq-getit.tex (q-archives): correct addresses(!)
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): modest tidies, detail of \multiput in
real text (works!)
* dirctan.tex: add cat links to a few euro* entries (not euro-fonts...)
remove lollipop
2011-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-archives-rev): redo in context of q-ctan
2011-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: cat link for nonumonpart, remove nrc (not used)
2011-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): lots of tinkering
* dirctan.tex: add forloop
2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-repetition): new, commands for repeating things
(only a skeleton, so far)
2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-ctan): ref. twg on archives
(q-archives-rev): interim version of q-archives to go with q-ctan
2011-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-printvar): examples of \printlength
2011-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-eplain): qualify statement about "docs online"
* faq-install.tex (q-privinst): deconfuse emacs source colouring in one
or two places
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-etex): stop suggesting that etex is context's
prime target
2011-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-textrace): mention mf2pt1 (about time too)
2011-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): tidy-up
2011-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention pstricks xetex driver
2011-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-xml2tex,q-subheight,q-multiling): editorial
2011-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-parskip): mention that (some?) koma-script
classes have the facility (in spades, by the look of it)
2011-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add metalogo
2011-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): editorial
* add-general.tex (q-outputrtn, q-whatfloats): editorial
2011-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam>
* add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): add libgreek to ctanrefs, plus a
bit of editorial
* faq-install.tex: editorial
2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-logos): add text for hologo and metalogo
2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct alphabetical order in one place
* faq-graphics.tex (q-pdftexgraphics): add auto-pst-pdf
* sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl: alter pattern for |...| to "=" delims
2011-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex: add q-simple-maths
* dirctan.tex: add mtp2lite, mathastext, cat link for mtx, and
libertine, libgreek
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): mention mathtime pro 2 lite
2011-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-referencl): new, about referring to enclosing thing
2011-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): align use of + as subs
delimiter between the two files
* dirctan.tex: add texdef
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-ltxcmds): mention texdef (neat!)
2011-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove mpsproof
* faq-graphics.tex (q-inlgrphapp): new, from add-general
(q-mpprologues): mpsproof now part of \mp{} itself
2011-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): remove egplot from link list
* dirctan.tex: add cat link to gmp
* add-general.tex (q-inlgrphapp): slight tidy, add egplot to link list
2011-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add gmp
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): remove inline graphics app stuff to new
answer q-inlgrphapp
* add-general.tex: new q-inlgrphapp
2011-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-attach): new answer, from stackexchange
* dirctan.tex: add attachfile, navigator
* faq.sty: add \xelatex
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \xelatex
2011-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): editorial
2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): grinding on through (summary remains)
2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): grinding through the lists
* texfaq2html-beta: initialise $item_extra
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): experimental $item_extra for style
* texfaq2html-beta: add descr style to inline css
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): a whiff of '"'-sanitisation
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mf): editorial, modernisation
2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): tidying, tweaking, etc.
(q-texthings): regularise various things
2011-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-crossref): rewrite and lay out less tortuously
(throughout) tidy quote envs
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (throughout): tidied quote (in one instance only!)
* faq-projects.tex (q-latex3): sort out unterminated sentence after
alert from bruno le floch
* faq-mac-prog.tex: (throughout): tidied quotes, eliminated short verbs
* faq-symbols.tex (throughout): tidied quotes
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-proof): add QED
(throughout): verbatim<->quotes checks
* faq-lab-ref.tex: verbatim<->quotes, again
* faq-adj-types.tex (throughout): verbatim/quote check
* texfaq2html-beta: tweak margins of <ul> (== itemize lists)
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): check, update, reformat
2011-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex, faq-fonts.tex, faq-install.tex: juggling with
verbatim and quotes
* faq-support.tex: change one verbatim to quoted
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): add mathabx and urwchancal
* dirctan.tex: add mpgraphics, mathabx[-type1], urwchancal
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention mpgraphics for inline
2011-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): slight tidying
* texfaq2html-beta: add trivial para-margin css
2011-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta (throughout): fiddling with html structure
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-startup): new, from add-general
* faq-intro.tex: minor tweaks
2011-03-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add asana-math, stix, unicode-math and xits
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): redo unicode maths fonts bit
2011-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): editorial
(q-texthings): correct one of 2 texi2pdf, to texi2dvi
* add-general.tex (q-startup): new answer
2011-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-hash): rewrite for both latex and plain forms
* faq-docs.tex (q-man-latex): add ctanref for "getting something..."(!)
2011-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add polyglossia
* add-general.tex (q-multiling): new, on multilingual work, then&now
* faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): minor updates, add ctan link, correct
version no of current pdftex
* dirctan.tex: add xetexref, luatex
* faq-projects.tex (q-xetex): add ctan link to will r's doc
2011-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention fix-cm's omissions (and
suggest replacements)
2011-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add sty2dtx
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-dtx): mention sty2dtx, tidy
* faq-getit.tex (q-archives): reverse http and ftp "recommendations",
remove last trace of reference to usa site
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-fontname): minor editorial
* faq-install.tex (q-inst-texlive): simple command line instructions,
only, for now
(q-inst-scut): promote tex live to same level as miktex here
2011-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (q-inst-texlive): stub for filling in...
* faq-getit.tex (q-archives): remove refs to tug.ctan.org as a ctan
site, update remarks about mirror.ctan.org, etc.
(q-uploads): update list of requirements for upload, mention rsync
protocol, update suggestions for mirroring
(q-findfiles): going over and rationalisation
2011-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-labelcount): new, use of refcount package
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-oddpage): detail use of changepage, incl use of
ifthen pkg for those who don't understand \if<xxx>
2011-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add rsfso
* faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): mention rsfso
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updated from -beta
*** Release 3.21 ***
* gather-faqbody.tex: today's date (must stop dithering)
2011-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-ctan): proposed new answer to replace existing
q-archives, or to provide background for a revision of that
2011-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (q-instt1font): clarify updmap situation (perhaps)
(q-inst1cm): minor editorial
* faq-fonts.tex (q-pspreview): simplify, given that most browsers can
do the job on their own, nowadays
2011-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): preliminary adjustments
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ttype and \otype
* faq.sty: add \ttype and \otype, add a few comments
* faq-fonts.tex (q-usepsfont): a spot more tweaking
(subsection{mf fonts}): moved to end of section (was first subsect)
2011-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex: remove q-lollipop
* faq-fonts.tex (q-usepsfont): remove reference to lollipop, tidy
* dirctan.tex: add lpic
* faq-graphics.tex (q-labelfig): mention lpic
* add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): editorial
(q-outputrtn): more editorial
2011-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-spawnprog): minor editorial
2011-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-write,q-spawnprog): new, from add-general
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-whatengine): new, from add-general, replaces
q-ifpdf
* dirctan.tex: remove acorn, epson
* filectan.tex: remove miktex-usb
* faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): mention biblatex as an alternative route
2011-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-litprog.tex (section{Literate programming}):
* dirctan.tex: add catalogue ref for ps2pk,ghostscript,gsftopk,fweb and
noweb
remove all entries for derivatives of noweb (leaving noweb itself...)
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-whatpdftex): use \The {} in thanh's name
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-why-inp-font): \ss -> \ss {}
* faq-docs.tex,faq-graphics.tex (various): vo\ss -> vo\ss {}
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-wholerow): space after \textasciicircum (euch)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct delimiter in pattern that
(seems to match) any letter-command name with empty arg [why is that
there in the first place?]; also correct \textasciicircum and \ss
patterns to require a space at the end (pro tem, at least); add \The
2011-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): editorial tidies prior to moving
to main body
(q-write and q-write18): editorial, mostly
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): editorial stuff
2011-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add etex-pkg
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): note interaction between morefloats and
etex packages
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): lowercase tex4ht in ctanrefs (for
consistency with other instances)
(q-wygexpts): remove ref to activetex, seems to have disappeared in its
original form
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): add web ref to tex4ht dev stuff in
ctanrefs for question
2011-01-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): remove the broken code and simply
report that "it's not easy" ;-)
2011-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam>
* add-general.tex (q-write18): new proposed question
(q-write): on reflection, we need this preface to q-write18
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): catch up with changes to faq.sty
* faq.sty: lc versions of \progname, \package and \class
2011-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@battam>
* dirctan.tex: add cprotect; remote convert, cortex-email.dir, conrado
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): mention cprotect
2010-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): extend words about minted/Pygments
2010-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): more fiddling
2010-12-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex: re-do tidies re. bibtex setup
2010-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (q-bibtexing): rewrite to deal with bibtex setup
* faq-biblio.tex (q-custbib): replace bibtex-doc link with just bibtex
* dirctan.tex: correct cat link for filehook, add bibtex
* filectan.tex: correct xampl-bib
2010-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatengine): new answer to replace q-ifpdf
2010-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): update for the various extensions of
dvipdfm and rewrite descriptions
2010-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-editors): re-ordered, rationalised a bit, removed
"wildcard" bullet
(q-commercial): clear up debris after removing y&y
2010-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): add currfile, mention fink gives way
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): correct typo from yesterday
* dirctan.tex: add currfile, filehook, restore latex4jed (hah!)
2010-12-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: removed latex4jed, larch, laserjet, since they irritated
me and won't ever be used
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings}: link to tug.org/levels.html, context
executable now texmfstart, i'm told
* faq-docs.tex (q-ref-doc): the nasa latex thing is no more; remove it
and add a ref to karl's thing at gna.org (and on ctan)
2010-12-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): remove text about docs for [pt]xfonts
(now available via catalogue), mention bad spacing
2010-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): add sketch of mechanism
2010-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention asymptote, egplot and emp as
inline graphics mechanisms
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): correct "current" musixtex link
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.21, today (probably shan't release until after
christmas, but...)
* filectan.tex: remove vertbars (now own dir); simpl-latex now pdf
* dirctan.tex: add cutwin, vertbars, egplot; biblatex[-contrib] now on
m/l/c
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-textflow): mention cutwin
2010-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-xml2tex): more work on peter f's input
2010-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add cat link for html2latex
2010-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Format conversions}): new q-xml2tex
2010-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): minor editorial
2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add cat link to catdvi (ho ho)
2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): point to tug page in ctanrefs
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-latex2html): add pointer to real tug.org page
on tex4ht (hence real location), in ctanrefs
* filectan.tex: tex4ht now on obsolete
* dirctan.tex: add memdesign
* faq-docs.tex (q-typo-style): memdesign rather than memman
2010-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-nopagebrk): discuss \pagebreak, \nopagebreak
2010-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): a start of a first stab
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-music): large rehash around musixtex and opustex
2010-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-tmupfl,q-atvert): tidies, incl indent'n of quotes
2010-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove morefloats, parskip, path, printlen
* dirctan.tex: add morefloats, parskip, path, printlen; new location
for musixtex-egler
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-tmupfl): mention morefloats, with caveats
2010-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): updated morefloat, mention etex
restrictions-regardless-of-number-of-registers
2010-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-onna-stick): comment-out the entire question --
moot now (i think, but am not _certain_)
* faq-graphics.tex (q-graphicspath): rephrase discussion of
\graphicspath's (potential) problems
2010-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-outputrtn): new potential answer
2010-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention asyfig, too
* dirctan.tex: add asyfig and emp
* faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention emp
2010-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: transmute latex-help-texinfo to latex2e-...
* add-general.tex (q-getnff): new answer for the font installation mess
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-zerochap): reword for better comprehensibility
2010-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): add openoffice route for ms-word
2010-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): editorial, incl. emphasise latex form
of \input, only
2010-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove cat link from miktex-setup (confusion); remove
miktex-usb (no longer needed)
2010-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): mention bibtex8, refine biblatex/biber
* dirctan.tex: add bibtex8
2010-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add translation for \bibtex
* faq.sty: add \bibtex
* faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): rehash to reflect current realities
(biblatex+biber take over the world)
2010-09-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-detknize): yet more diddling
2010-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: add gregor zattler, anonymise "not covered" comment
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-adobetypen): typo
2010-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fltpage
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat): mention fltpage
2010-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-detknize): printing the contents of a macro
* faq-docs.tex (q-gethelp): add latex community and stack exchange to
the list of places to ask
2010-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-baselinepar): editorial work ("an quote environ...")
2010-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (q-detknize): rewrite last sentence
* faq.sty: use tmp/comment.cut instead of comment.sty's default; this
is a big win when reading files over nfs, if tmp -> /tmp
2010-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: bring up-to-date from -beta
* sanitize.pl: bring up-to-date from -beta
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.20 (let's live dangerously!), today
* mk-makefile: add -t option
[RELEASE 3.20]
2010-08-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add siart for
correction of q-manymathalph
* faq-jot-err.tex (q-manymathalph): correct usage of bm
2010-08-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things "gone away"}): new q-initex from
add-general
* faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32): comments about miktex 2.9 (beta)
* add-general.tex (q-initex): further diddling on miktex statement (now
woollier still...)
2010-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): bug fix for the simple \input patch
2010-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add isodoc
* filectan.tex: add knuth-letter
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-lettercls): add isodoc and give location of
knuth's letter.tex
2010-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add present
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): mention present
2010-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-extsizes): mention classes with size ranges
that differ from the norm
* add-general.tex (q-initex): reword last para slightly to avoid
impression that i know more about miktex than i actually do
2010-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add lecturer
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): mention lecturer
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): restore old \CONTeXt command
* faq.sty: add \context command
2010-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-fancyhdr): add keywords for fancyhdr
(q-reallyblank): correct ref to fancyhdr
2010-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: add $mirror_selector, use extended dirctan, filectan
previously developed in texfaq2html-beta
2010-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add beamerposter
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): minor editorial
(q-poster): add beamerposter
* faq-intro.tex: add nicola talbot
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-poster): correct link for nicola's tutorial,
tidy link list
2010-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-nopagebrk): correct assertion about samepage vs.
list items
* add-general.tex: new answer q-samepage in "why does it do that"
* faq.sty: add \alltex, \latex, \latexe, \pdflatex
* sanitize-beta.pl: more of the lower-case bumpy road commands, extend
replacement of " by + in substitute commands
2010-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-fontname): elaborate a bit (why foundries'
names don't help)
2010-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (q-metrics): rewrite text around ly1
* faq-graphics.tex (q-dvipsgraphics): bmeps now part of dktools
* dirctan.tex: add titleref, dktools; remove bmeps; edit ly1,
pdftex-graphics
* filectan.tex: remove titleref
* faq-intro.tex: mention moulder in helpers list
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-widows): rewrite with clarification from peter
moulder
2010-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: hack around the non-existence of \textcurrency in ptmr
* dirctan.tex: make revtex ref revtex4-1 (for clarity)
* faq-biblio.tex (q-mcite): deal with revtex 4.1 situation
2010-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add cat link for ite
2010-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use $mirror_selector
* texfaq2html-beta: add $mirror_selector
2010-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-secnumdep): give actual commands for
manipulating secnumdepth and tocdepth, in tocvsec2 and memoir
2010-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): gasp! stix now released
* dirctan.tex: fontspec moved to m/l/c
* faq-backgrnd.tex (q-triptrap): sort out paren at end of last para
2010-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: del needspace,notoccite,nopageno,optional,underscore
* dirctan.tex: add needspace,notoccite,nopageno,optional,underscore
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-conditional): xcomment now in own dir
2010-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footnpp): editorial on perpage vs zref-perpage
2010-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): try to sound cheery about stix
2010-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add emptypage
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-reallyblank): mention emptypage package
2010-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (q-syswin32,q-sysunix): tl portable
(q-sysunix): we do now have reports of tex-gpc running
* faq-wdidt.tex (q-baselinepar): rewrite, with solutions after each
example, and dealing with the business of size change at end par
2010-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (list of contributors): add bob tennent, comment mike
vulis
* dirctan.tex: add classico, sansmath
* faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add entry to list in
q-psfchoice for urw classico
* CHANGES-3.19e: mention above change
2010-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \macosx{}
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial in q-sysmac,
q-sysother
2010-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex: diddle with oztex and cmactex stuff in q-sysmac;
editorial in q-sysother
2010-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add atari-cstex
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): various tidies in the various
q-sys* answers (removing the last of the description environments)
2010-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): split out 4 sub-answers
(q-sys*) from q-TeXsystems, which then becomes (mostly) a list of
references
2010-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add tex-gpc
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at windows,
incl commenting-out w32tex pending possible developments; amalgamate
"unix" and "linux" entries, and add tex-gpc
2010-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): further iteration of windows
dists, removing w32tex (which i can't get to at all now) and rehashing
text around the miktex/tex live compare and contrast thing
* faq-getit.tex (q-cd): redo text after thinking about the faq-texsys
stuff about windows
2010-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textcurrency, \texteuro
* faq.sty: add \etex
* faq-intro.tex: qualify entry for scott pakin in list of the great and
good
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): correct ctanref for minted
2010-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): chunk of work on miktex/
texlive for windows. needs reviewing before release!!!
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \tex{} for TeX, similarly for
several other tex-variants
2010-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add biber
* faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): add ctanref to biber
2010-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex: add subdocs to q-multidoc (feels dodgy as i write
the description...)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): semicolon at end of \hyperflat(!)
* texfaq2html: load sanitize.pl not -beta!
2010-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: create skeleton of collecting catalogue entries in ctanrefs
* faq-adj-types.tex (q-replstdcls): editorial tidies
* faq.sty: add \hyperflat as long-term replacement for \latexhtml
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \hyperflat
* faq-intro.tex (list of contributors): add tomek
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add
blurb about standalone in q-multidoc
2010-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add docmute, standalone
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add
docmute in q-multidoc
2010-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add docmute, cat link for docmfp
2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): retitle q-doc-wiki as
wiki _books_, bits of editorial
2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexwords): typo corrected
RELEASE 3.19d (2nd attempt)
2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): editorial
in q-makeindex (including two separate texindex entries in list)
* dirctan.tex: add catalogue link idxtex to glo+idxtex
2010-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html, sanitize.pl: update
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): massive shambles in [lr]brace
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}):
correct ref to shortvrb in ctanrefs of q-activechars, and tidy
verbatim stuff in 2nd para of answer
2010-04-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add
example structures for combine and subfiles alternatives in q-multidoc
2010-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): accommodate
luatex 0.60.0 in scribble about luatex
2010-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.19d, today (to be revised ;-)
* faq-intro.tex: omit unnecessary stuff in html mode (looks a bit bare
now, but ought to improve if/when i can sort out a css for the output)
2010-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: minute delta-comment in list of helpers
* faq-how-do-i.tex: correct typo in q-hyphoff
2010-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex,faq-biblio.tex,faq-lab-ref.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex,
faq-symbols.tex,faq-mac-prog.tex,faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-wdidt.tex,
faq-jot-err.tex,faq-projects.tex (throughout): add individual cat
links for "distributed as part of" ctanrefs
2010-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (Macros for using fonts): editorial on some rubbish in
q-fonts-pln
2010-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (Page Layout): mention pdfcolparcolumns in
q-parallel
(throughout): add individual cat links for "as part of" ctanrefs
* dirctan.tex: add minted
* faq-adj-types.tex (Typesetting specialities): add minted in q-codelist
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add flatversion in the $ignoring
twiddling at the end
* faq.sty: add flatversion env (== non-hyperversion)
2010-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add vruler
* filectan.tex: remove vruler
* faq-adj-types.tex (Page Layout): editorial in q-parallel, add own cat
entry for pdfcolparallel
2010-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fncylab, ifmtarg, import (hypernat was here already)
* filectan.tex: remove fncylab, hypernat, ifmtarg, import
2010-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex: epslatex one ref only, now, relying on catalogue
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref, etc.): generate per reference
catalogue entries if opt argument of \CTANref
* dirctan.tex: add cat link for everypage
* faq-texsys.tex: editorial to avoid multiple \ctanref per line
* faq-graphics.tex: single reference to epslatex (doc from catalogue)
* filectan.tex: remove epslatex_(ps|pdf)
* dirctan.tex: add epslatex
* faq.sty: have \CTANref check for following optional argument (and
ignore it)
* faq-adj-types.tex: mention atbegshi in q-watermark
2010-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@warp.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add framed, verbdef (despite believing it already done!)
* faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): qualify ctanref for
chapterbib in q-chapbib
2010-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add threeparttable
correct directory for bigstrut (it's multirow)
* filectan.tex: remove threeparttable
2010-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): try to clear
ambiguity about \input in q-filesused
* Makefile: make "index" opt come out in help
* dirctan.tex: add framed, verbdef dirs
* filectan.tex: removed framed, verbdef
2010-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: remove excludeonly
* dirctan.tex: add bigstrut, excludeonly
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): remark
about docs of tabls and bigstrut now not needed; bigstrut now has own
registered directory
2010-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add tabls qua directory
* filectan.tex: remove tabls
2010-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct
incompletely edited reference to \PBS in q-tabcellalign
2010-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: add web-index target to updated (dir|file)ctan for when
ctan structure is changing
2010-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): remove
mention of docs of dpfloat
* faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Common errors}): use fix2col package
direct, rather than ref to carlisle bundle
* filectan.tex: remove anonchap, bold-extra, braket, cancel, chngcntr,
dblfloatfix
* dirctan.tex: add anonchap, bold-extra, braket, cancel, chngcntr,
fix2col, dblfloatfix
2010-02-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add enrico
gregorio (help with q-seccntfmt)
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): redo
switching code in q-seccntfmt
2010-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: convert (rather smaller number of) entities
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): convert all alphabetic entities to
numerical entities
2010-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): rehash q-texfuture, as
suggested by karl berry
2010-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): scrunge hyperversion
* faq.sty: add a hyperversion env
* dirctan.tex: add knuth-dist
* faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): split q-plaintex from
q-whattex (controversial?)
* filectan.tex: add knuth-tds
2010-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): add ctan link in q-etex
* dirctan.tex: add etex
2010-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: an even more abstruse grep command for registering
labels than was the old for registering question nos (do we really
need to convert + to space? are user-generated questions significant?
-- because if not there never will be "xxx + yyy")
2010-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ulem "stand-alone"
* filectan.tex: remove ulem
2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): remove
superflous \expandafter in q-seccntfmt, and tidy text a bit
2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): move
q-ovwtsym and q-long-outer to start of text
add q-detknize
RELEASE 3.19c
2010-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* mk-makefile: deal with CHANGES files
2010-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct catalogue link for revtex
* filectan.tex: remove capt-of, url
* dirctan.tex: add capt-of, url
2010-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): herbert voss's handy
"tips and tricks" has disappeared, leaving q-doc-dirs very thin
* dirctan.tex: add dtl, dviasm
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): suggest dis/re-
assembling dvi files to get rid of am font refs in q-amfonts
2010-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex,faq-fonts.tex,faq-getit.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex: use
mirrors.ctan.org where reasonable
* dirctan.tex: add txfontsb
* faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 fonts}): mention txfontsb
2010-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: update version and date
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): brought -beta changes to mainstream
2010-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: extend comment on the line making \faqinput work
when processing with latex
* build-faqbody (gather_process): slightly refine the regexp that
was ignoring all lines beginning \let ;-)
2010-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sub-luximono.sty: jiffy for when \not\exists luximono
* faq.sty: provide for no luximono
2010-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention google
scholar in q-buildbib
2009-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add uwe lueck
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Getting things to fit}): correct the name
of the author of pictexwd (courtesy uwe lueck)
2009-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention
luatex 0.50.0, and tidy up the paragraph, in q-luatex
2009-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): change two
(different) uses of kpsewhich to find a variable to use -var-value
instead, in q-what-tds and q-privinst
2009-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor edit of
q-archives
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): change
anchor for liang's thesis in q-hyphen
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): ctan link for auc-tex in q-dtx
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor edit of q-ecfonts
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): redo q-tds somewhat
2009-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)Tex}) rehash
q-dvi and q-specials somewhat
* dirctan.tex: typo in miktex
* filectan.tex: remove pdftex-oztex (moved, but no longer used anyway),
and move both install-tl links down from 2008/ subdir
2009-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-getit.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): reword q-nonfree to
reflect the actual disappearance of the nonfree tree
(section{Acquiring the Software}): update details of the tex collection
from the web site (in q-cd, of course)
(section{Acquiring the Software}): use official address for dante
search page, in q-findfiles
2009-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy up
q-latex3 (used to ref unpackages)
* faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidy up miktex, and ref to
miktex under linux; removed commented non-386 nt refs
* dirctan.tex: kill two non-intel miktex links, add miktex "plain"
2009-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* gather-faqbody.tex: v3.19b, date
* dirctan.tex: add threeparttablex
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): add threeparttablex, and
rewrite somewhat...
2009-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): context is already
running on luatex (in q-context)
(section{The Background}): \luatex without {} in q-texfuture :-(
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \LuaTeX{}
2009-12-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): rewrite blurb
around pdftex in intro of q-changebars
2009-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add here.sty
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): add
here package to q-figurehere
2009-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention mactex
default location for home texmf, in q-privinst
2009-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-hyp+pdf.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): first attempt at
sorting out q-pdfpagelabels
2009-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Things have gone away}): minor typo in
q-initex
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): work on
q-luatex to minimise hostages to fortune. (miktex 2.8 _wasn't_
released with a luatex implementation, for example)
* faq-intro.tex (section{Introduction}): explain what the visual faq is
about
2009-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: add steve mayer to the grand old list
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct
link to mathtex
2009-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (section improvement; general typos): add david jansen
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \ltxcounter
* faq.sty: add command \ltxcounter
* faq-jot-err.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove *two*
spurious \end{enumerate} from example code in q-errmissitem
2009-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): orig
command copy missing (more than once) in q-patch
2009-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex (subsection{Origins}): extend comment on joseph w
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): add
l3keys[2e] to discussion in q-keyval
2009-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): remove ref
to and link to dir of keys3
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}):
remove mention of keys3 in q-keyval
* filectan.tex: xtexcad off nonfree tree
* dirctan.tex: add changepage directory
* filectan.tex: remove changepage
2009-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): treat typesetversion like
dviversion (which ought to be right...)
* faq.sty: add environment typesetversion
* dirctan.tex: add subdepth, remove qms, quicspool
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add q-subdepth
2009-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change link for ams
"short math guide"
2009-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): ref xetex
and luatex in q-adobetypen
* faq-intro.tex (introduction): add a para at the end of the list of
"real" contributors, to point out that lots of people help without
realising i'm snapping up their words...
* texfaq2html: use \end{introduction} to recognise end of intro copying
add code to read in catalogue details for files (oops)
* texfaq2html-beta: use \end{introduction} to recognise end of intro
copying
* dirctan.tex: various font-related catalogue entries (from psfchoice)
2009-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
RELEASE 3.19a
2009-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* CHANGES-3.19a: new, for release
* faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new q-emptynum
from add-general
* Makefile ($(HTMLDIR)/index.html): add faqbody.tex to prereqs
2009-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl: incorporate developments in -beta
* texfaq2file: correct root addr (in reading archive.list)
2009-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): add latex-make,
latex_maker and vpp discussion to q-make
* dirctan.tex: add latex-make, latex_maker and vpp
2009-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add texlive and
miktex maintainers to people it's not good to ask direct, in q-gethelp
2009-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): append further
stuff to the last sentence of q-capbibtex
2009-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-wdidt.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): editorial in q-dolldoll
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): correct typo in q-2letterfontcmd
2009-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Document structure}): remove caveat
about front- and backmatter in q-secthead
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): another
editorial hack at q-instt1font
2009-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor editorial
in q-instt1font
2009-08-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): hack viciously
at q-inst1cm, move it to end of section
* Makefile (clean): remove faqbody.tex too
(<web copying rules>): correct variable names, correct dependencies
2009-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): deal with
confusion at the start of q-instt1font (spotted by jos\'e carlos
santos, again...)
* faq-bits+pieces.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): tidy up
the shambles of q-ecfonts
2009-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct three typos created while adding catalogue links
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): in
q-patch, extend discussion of ted package, change patchcmd
accordingly, and do a few editorial diddles
2009-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention
font-change in q-fonts-pln
* dirctan.tex: add font-change
2009-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-intro.tex: add RIP note for Eitan Gurari ... much missed already
* dirctan.tex: sort out a couple of catalogue links
* check-ctan-lists: display missing cat entries
* filectan.tex: add cat links
2009-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove t1tidy,t1tools,t1utils,uktug,umddvi,umlaute,
ugaritic,umrand,unadobe,uncompressing,undump,unix,unpacked,untex,usl,
utthesis,va,vector,vector,vga2mf,vietnamese,vispeech,vm-cms,vplutils,
vrb,vslitex,vutex,w2latex,wasy2,webtoc,whatstex,williams,winw2ltx,
word2tex,word_tex,wsuipa,xetal,xypic -- cat links completed
2009-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial in
q-maillists*
* dirctan.tex: remove pstab, pxlgen, qfig, quicspool, ransom,
recycle, redit, reduce, relabel, review, rmit, rune, rweb, s2latex;
cat links to end r*
remove sanskrit,saiter,sbtex,schemetex,screenview,script,scripttex,
sisisi, slant,sml,softfonts,southarabian,spain,spelchek,spell,
spiderweb,srune,ssl,ssqqote,stmaryrd,subeqnarray,sueterlin,swebib,
swedish,sweet-tex,swiftex,syriac
cat links to end s*
remove tamil,tbe,tcd-manual,tde-macros,teencontrex,tek2eepic,telugu,
tengwar,tex--xet,tex-d-l,tex-implementors,tex-primer_vms-specific,
tex-surface,texcalc,texchord,texdraw,texed,texfilt,texgraph,
texi2roff,texix,texpert,texproc,text1,text2dvi,textool,textures,
textures_figs,texutils,texware,thai,tie,tiff,translit,tree,tsipa,
tspell,turing[+],turkish,twcal,tx1,typingtex
cat links to end t*
restore spiderweb,spain,swebib
2009-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-emptynum
containing an offcut from q-nopageno
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): further tidying of
q-nopageno, remove matter for q-emptynum
2009-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): further tidying of
q-nopageno
2009-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): amalgamate
q-nopageno and q-ps@empty (which talked about the same sorts of thing)
(subsection{Page layout}): change ref to \ps@empty in q-fancyhdr to
q-nopageno (not entirely reasonable just now, but we're getting there)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): new q-initex
2009-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \dots->… (not ellipsis!)
2009-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: cat links to end p*
2009-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: added lshort, more cat links (up to l* now)
* filectan.tex: removed lshort (now in dirctan)
2009-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add link to the
symbol classifier, in q-symbols
* dirctan.tex: still more catalogue links
2009-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: bunch of new catalogue links (no particular order)
* texfaq2html-beta: deal with \CTANdirectory* and a cat link, and
\CTANfile ditto
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): generate refs for directories
2009-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: catalogue links up to f*
2009-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-support.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add link to
cygwin installation advice in q-xfigetc
* faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): typo
spotted by fran\c{c}ois charette in q-biblatex, and further editorial
work starting from another of his observations
2009-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-biblio.tex (section{References from articles}): add warning about
citeref's problems with cite.sty in q-backref
2009-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: cat linkparallels up to cm-super
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new
q-howfonts
* faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): correct one
instance of spelling of chngcntr in q-running-nos
2009-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: get rid of optional args to \CTAN-(directory|file)
2009-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-fonts.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): bluesky fonts from amsfonts in
q-getbitmap
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): remove "bluesky"
from name of q-inst1cm
* dirctan.tex: remove bluesky stuff
2009-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: alpha now back to main tree
* faq-t-g-wr.tex (subsection{Things have "gone away"}): use amsfonts
* faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): ams and cm fonts
type 1 links both go to amsfonts now
* dirctan.tex: add amsfonts-only link
* faq-fonts.tex (subsection{Adobe PS fonts}): replace refs to
ams-amstype1
* faq-symbols.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): all ams things are in
amsfonts now
* dirctan.tex: added catalogue links up to babel
2009-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: revert to oldstyle css, having experienced a
stronger yuck reaction to hufthammer's other suggestions
* dirctan.tex: add cat link for footmisc
* texfaq2html-beta: decode catalogue entry name (trailing [foo]) after
\CTANdirectory, non-starred versions only pro tem
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): add catalogue link if available
2009-06-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit
of work on q-bgroup
2009-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: try Steely style sheet for today...
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to a
"full" tug india latex guide on sarovar
2009-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: add css link to header of docs (Oldstyle)
* faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention hisrchhorn's
amslatex-primer in q-man-latex
(section{Documentation and Help}): comment about difficulty of reading
in q-ref-doc
2009-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-graphics.tex (section{Graphics}): change title of q-impgraph
* patchdates.tex: update patch version and date (was 2007...)
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new
answer q-bgroup
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): make \dots{} produce &ellipsis;
2009-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct statements about
\textrm in q-mathstext (after enlightenment from Philipp Stephani...)
2009-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* letterfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,newfaq.tex: use gather-faqbody in jf's
lovely \afterassignment\endinput\input line...
* Makefile: include subdocuments.mk, add $(SUBDOCS) to BODY
* subdocuments.mk: list of things gathered by gather-faqbody
2009-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: use gather-faqbody
* gather-faqbody.tex: new name for faqbody, as gutted (see below)
* faq-intro.tex,faq-backgrnd.tex,faq-docs.tex,faq-bits+pieces.tex,
faq-getit.tex,faq-texsys.tex,faq-dvi.tex,faq-support.tex,
faq-litprog.tex,fmt-conv.tex,faq-install.tex,faq-fonts.tex,
faq-hyp+pdf.tex,faq-graphics.tex,faq-biblio.tex,faq-adj-types.tex,
faq-lab-ref.tex,faq-how-do-i.tex,faq-symbols.tex,faq-mac-prog.tex,
faq-t-g-wr.tex,faq-wdidt.tex,faq-jot-err.tex,faq-projects.tex,
faq-the-end.tex: split out sections of faqbody.tex
* faqbody.tex: split sections out into their own faq-*.tex, make
this predominantly a set of \faqinput commands
* faq.sty: deal with LastEdit*
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): process \LastEdit*
* faqbody.tex: adding \LastEdit to q-texorpdf,q-recovertex,
q-linmacnames,q-latexpronounce,q-logos,q-mcite,q-texthings
2009-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (newfaq.aux): move label to linf of its own
* Makefile.CTAN (CHANGES): do this properly (may need -new rather than
-replace)
* dirctan.tex: add figflow
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add figflow
to q-textflow (at bnb's suggestion), and remove "in latex" qualifier
in question title
* faq.sty: add \LastEdit (to gobble, pro tem at least)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \LastEdit
* faqbody.tex: v3.19a, today
(paragraph{Modified tex executables}): a couple of typos spotted by
scott pakin in q-texthings, add experimental \LastEdit
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \ISBN .. \Newsgroup above
\section, etc., so that those things can be in section arguments
2009-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): change worked for -beta, so here too
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): missing "/" found by bnb
2009-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* CHANGES-3.19: final released version
* faqbody.tex: today's date
* Makefile.CTAN (CHANGES): muck about with installation of new file
* locations.mk: add HTMLDIREL, define HTMLDIR in relation to it
* Makefile (release): new target, generate pdfs and html tar file
2009-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add collref; bring macros/blu, systems/msdos/e4t,
support/et, support/jpeg2ps, macros/scripttex from nonfree; junk
oztex-german (now obsolete), patches (nonsense)
* faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): rearrange q-mcite a
bit, and add collref to it
2009-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile.CTAN: don't do .ps files any longer
* Makefile: don't generate .ps files in "all", just pdf
* sanitize.pl: up to date with -beta changes
* texfaq2html: up to date with -beta changes
* texfaq2html-beta: removed debugging statements (already commented)
2009-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Background}): micro-editorial in q-latexpron...
2009-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Background}): untangle logos in re. q-latexe,
and modify q-latexpronounce accordingly
(subsection{Odds and ends}): adjust q-logos to cope with non-bumpy text
such as we now use
* faq.sty: add \latexe
2009-06-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new
q-linmacname from add-general
2009-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): change
name of q-macronames to q-linmacnames, yet more editorial
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): editorial in q-recovertex
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-texorpdf from add-general
2009-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit
of editorial on q-macronames
2009-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \c{c}
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): revised q-xetex
from francois charette
(intro): add francois to list of acknowledgements
(first line): today's date
2009-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): minor editorial on q-drawing
* dirctan.tex: add epic
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add brief descriptions of pictex,
epic and eepic[emu] to q-drawing
2009-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add first-latex-doc
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention first-latex-doc in
q-man-latex
2009-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): new q-osf from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): refer
to q-whatmacros rather than spelling out the rules, in q-macronames
2009-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): update link for textures in
q-commercial
(various places): minor editorial work
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): editorial on q-osf
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct \href for
texcount,in q-wordcount
* dirctan.tex: add asymptote
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): retitle q-xfig as
q-figetc, and mention asymptote in it (now it's on ctan!)
2009-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): q-grffilenames from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): tidy q-grffilenames, correct
previous text about knuthian constraints on input file name format
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): moved q-whatmacros
from add-general *already*
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): q-wideflt from
add-general, too!!
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new "what
are macros" (q-whatmacros)
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new "wide figures and
tables" (q-wideflt)
(subsection{Odds and ends}): editorial on q-osf
2009-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add miktex-portable
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention miktex-portable in
q-texsystems
2009-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: tidy include/exclude comments; make introduction into a real
env
* faqbody.tex (intro): simplify \nothtml code in introduction env
2009-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (intro): v3.19, today
2009-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet more
editorial on q-keyval
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par{} as <br/>
2009-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet
another diddle of q-macronames ... just can't quite satisfy myself
about this thing
2009-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): list macro
names for class/package options in xkeyval
2009-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): mention
ifxetex and ifluatex in q-ifpdf
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet
more diddling with q-macronames
(subsection{\LaTeX{} macro tools and techniques}): wrap a terrible wide
line in an example in q-keyval
* dirctan.tex: add texcount
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): add ctan links for
(la)texcount and description of texcount in q-wordcount
2009-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): minor
update of q-macronames on internal macros and why they work
2009-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: psfig back on main tree; xypic link as catalogue, now;
xfig, xdvi and usergrps now browse-only;
remove arc521, arj, atob, binhex, boo, bsplit, checksum, comm, compact,
compress, filehdr, ftpd, ftpmail, hexbin, lharc, machdr, macunpack,
macutils, mcvert, mirror, mixed, parc, stuffit, tar, tex88, tex8fmts,
transname, unarj, unpack, unstuff, uue, uuencode, vtree, vtree-fix,
vvcode, xbin (tools/*);
remove two borceux subdirs -- diagram, user-guides
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add
final(?) paragraphs of q-keyval
2009-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add
pgfkeys to q-keyval, and make a start on scrbase
* dirctan.tex: add biblatex-contrib
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): update
q-biblatex and mention biber therein
2009-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention setspaces
spaces and hyphens options of url.sty, in q-setURL
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): don't
use |$| in q-catcodes, since it confuses auctex's text colouring --
\texttt{\$} instead
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): hack at q-macronames
after staring at it a bit
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): give
\textasciicircum a null argument in q-wholerow
2009-04-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add
xkeyval to q-keyval
* faqbody.tex (rogue's gallery): add joseph wright and philipp stephani
in recognition of help on q-keyval answer
2009-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add
kvoptions and kvsetkeys to q-keyval
2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): more
work on q-keyval
2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new
q-keyval
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): editorial on
q-pdf-fig-chars following thanh's comment
2009-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): new q-pdf-fig-chars from
add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): flesh out q-grffilenames
2009-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): complete sentence that
previously ended "but" (no full stop!) in q-changemargin
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): further editorial
on q-pdf-fig-chars
* texfaq2html-beta: remove the "complete set" link at bottom of search
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (PS) fonts}): editorial on cm
bright in T1 (now a bit less pompous, i hope)
2009-04-12 (small hours) Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new
q-pdf-fig-chars at thanh's request
2009-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): improvements to
q-luatex from manuel pegourie-gonnard
(intro): add mpg to list of names
2009-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial on
q-mfptutorials
(section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial on q-nonfree
* dirctan.tex: add latex-tds
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention heiko's
source2e in q-writecls
* filectan.tex: add latexcheat
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add bullet item about
figures in q-askquestion
(section{Documentation and Help}): editorial on q-man-latex,
q-typo-style
(section{Documentation and Help}): correct link for pgf/tikz examples
in q-tutbitslatex
(section{Documentation and Help}): add cheat sheet in q-ref-doc
2009-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (paragraph{TeX distributions}): editorial work on
q-texthings, q-plainvltx, q-amspkg, q-eplain, q-texfuture
(section{Documentation and Help}): editorial work on q-wherefaq,
q-gethelp, q-maillists*
2009-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): add link to
liang's thesis in q-hyphen
2009-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add sentence to the end of
first para of q-whattex; hack away at q-whatpdftex
* dirctan.tex: delete preview-latex & fptex, make auctex browse only
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): preview-latex
now part of auctex, in q-wygexpts
* dirctan.tex: remove ghostview, move plnfss up one and remove *
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): further iteration,
now checked in all 3 formats
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): ghostview now an unprogram in q-acrobat
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): replace ghostview with gv
* Makefile (web,web-beta): correct shell syntax of yesterday's patch(!)
2009-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): further iteration
* Makefile (update web files): deal with case that file doesn't exist
2009-03-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): get rid of a link-
without-visible-anchor in the pdf, generally tidy
2009-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): stupid error in sub of \wideonly
* texfaq2file: various errors thrown up by -w ... so remove -w
2009-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref):
* texfaq2file: restore list of protocols and hosts (since they're used)
... but don't overdo it ... this lot is a mess and needs tidying
* label-to-file.pl: the list of file names corresponding to q labels
* texfaq2file+texfaq2html-beta: use label-to-file.pl in place of list
in file
2009-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add compactbib
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention compactbib in
q-compactbib (where else? ;-)
2009-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: rename bibtex-doc-pdf to bibtex-doc (overwriting old
one) so that link takes you to something readable
* faqbody.tex: 3.18b, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): make bibtex docs link just
bibtex-doc -- see dirctan change
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): ditto in q-custbib
2009-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* check-ctan-lists: check status of directory .zip files ...
* dirctan.tex: bunch of anomalies shown up by latest version of scanner
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): suppress .tar.gz link
* texfaq2html-beta: sort lists of matching answers numerically, at last
(initialisation): close CTANFILES and CTANDIR after reading them...
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): more twiddling
with q-xetex
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): ditto q-luatex
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): ditto q-omegaleph (more
downbeat still than previously :-(
(section{Symbols, etc.}): add q-usesymb from add-general
2009-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols, etc.}): add initial body for
q-usesymb
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention miktex-for-linux in
q-texsystems
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): more hacking at q-luatex
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): rearrange q-omegaleph,
q-xetex, q-luatex, q-ant, q-extex into that order
2009-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): more fiddling
with latex project answer
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): mimetex now superseded by
mathtex
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): don't compare ant to nts,
since we no longer mention nts ;-)
(section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): hack at q-luatex
* dirctan.tex: add keys3, numparse3
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): reword q-fmtconv as
suggested by jose carlos santos
* dirctan.tex: add yagusylo
* add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols, etc.}): skeleton q-usesymb
2009-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): try to clarify text of q-ftncapt
in re. complaint on c.t.t
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): tidy up talk about etex.sty in
q-noroom, and mention \reserveinserts
2009-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add blackboard
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo q-numbersets, mention
blackboard doc
2009-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add urw-base35, remove plain urw
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo refs to urw chancery, add
link to URW base35, in q-scriptfonts
2009-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy wording about tbt
in q-books
2009-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typo in q-editors
2009-03-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slightly less frivolity, in
pursuit of better comprehensibility, among the unix editors
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \texshop{}, \texworks{};
reorganise the list of "programs" for ease of editing
* faq.sty: define \texshop, \texworks
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add a wildcard entry to the list
for texworks, in q-editors
2009-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): micro-
typo in q-patch
2009-02-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add expl3, xpackages
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): update q-latex3
2009-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@hehe.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-texthings, from
add-general
2009-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add q-texorpdf
2009-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): revise view of the
wiki books (which seem to have improved a lot)
2009-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: correct period positioning after previous mod
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): chappg documented
"normally" now in q-pagebychap
(subsection{Document structure}): remove q-outszwrng
(subsection{Document structure}): merge (and condense) list from old
q-outszwrng into q-acroantics
2009-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): exptl translation for \paragraph
* faq.sty: redefine \paragraph, too
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more
minor diddling with q-macronames
(subsection{The Background}): similar for q-texthings
2009-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): rewrite warning about
programming zoonekynd's stuff, in q-secthead
2009-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add revised tth ;-)
* filectan.tex: remove tth
2009-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): tidy up following
obsoleting of numline, in q-linenos
* dirctan.tex: remove rsfs-type1
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): rsfs type 1 now part of base
distribution in q-scriptfonts
* filectan.tex: numline now in obsolete
2008-12-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): editorial on list of
enhanced tex engines
2008-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): add
q-macronames from scott pakin
(subsection{The Background}): add q-texthings from scott pakin
2008-12-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typo in q-graphicspath spotted by
jim diamond
2008-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor tidy of q-tds-zip
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): clear up gross \qref error in
q-inst-tds-zip, and tidy up rest of question
2008-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention tl network install, tl
and miktex package net update
* filectan.tex: add texlive-unix, texlive-windows
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): a bit of
rewording of the presumed prospects for omega 2
2008-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex ([throughout]): minor edits for untidinesses spotted by
karl berry
2008-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor ed of q-eps
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): added q-grffilenames
(initial stab ... not even complete in itself)
2008-09-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: as -beta
* texfaq2html-beta: add home link at end of answer, after next/prev
links if present
2008-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct
invocation of topcapt package in q-destable
2008-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): try to refer to dvipdfmx in parallel
in q-dvipdfmgraphics
2008-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ptr to emory
latex2e ref in q-ref-doc
2008-08-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (dist): new target for manual pegouri\'e-gonnard
2008-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention lulu version
of tbt, both in q-ol-books and q-books
2008-08-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add varisize
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention varisize in
q-fonts-pln
2008-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): deprecate
dropping, rewrite descr of lettrine appropriately
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention perpage's
\MakeSorted in q-figurehere
2008-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): store
a copy of donald a's \moverlay in q-ovwtsym, for future reference
2008-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add addlines
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention eplain as a plain route to
to loading graphics in q-impgraph (per kb's suggestion)
(subsection{Page layout}): mention addlines in q-chngmargonfly
2008-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \htmlentity to deal with
q-dropping guillemet problem
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): use \htmlentity
in \latexhtml (guillemets) in q-dropping
2008-07-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove chngpage from
q-marginpkgs
* filectan.tex: chngpage->changepage; remove pdftex
* dirctan.tex: add mciteplus, pdftex, record move of aro-bend
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention mciteplus in
q-mcite
2008-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: ruthless stamping on problems produces a use full output
2008-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: more minor adjustments
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): now a real (unnumbered) section
2008-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: include comment introduction
* faqbody.tex: put environment introduction around introduction
2008-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: minor tidies, use index.html for intro, pro tem
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): editorial in q-verbwithin
2008-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: correct repeated-code subroutine from 19th
(print_intro_para, etc): attempt to sort out coherent "whole path"
2008-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: some tidying of repeated code, clarification of
logic of the code -- lots more still to do...
2008-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): discuss
\ifpatchable in the bit about etoolbox in q-patch
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): brief scribble about how lua
operates inside tex, in q-luatex
2008-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention zref/perpage in
q-footnpp
2008-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{MetaFont fonts}): more modernisation of
q-usemf (no longer mentions virmf, for example)
2008-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: major upheavals: beginning to show signs of
working in the various parts separately
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy text of
both q-thesis and q-journalpaper
(subsection{MetaFont fonts}): tidy up q-usemf (though whether to keep
it at all remains a matter of debate)
2008-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add plastex
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add plastex to
q-latex2html
2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): enumerate the
complete set of memoir document sizes in q-extsizes
2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: add target inst-perl-gamma (just texfaq2html-gamma)
* texfaq2html-gamma: add description meta element to start_html
* texfaq2html-beta: added a description meta element
* texfaq2html-gamma: comment out setting of $seclevel hash, since it's
not used and therefore logging errors
2008-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): miktex already
has xetex ('cos it's got to 2.7 already)
2008-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: delete FAQ-html.tar.gz in "clean"
2008-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): make clear we're talking about latex
packages in re. the comp. list in q-symbols
2008-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: add inst-miktex* to label_to_file (per mpg);
correct generation of links from index.html (per jonathan k)
* faqbody.tex: 3.18a, today
(subsection{Lists}): add mention of expdlist in q-interruptlist
**FAQ-html.tar.gz patched on archive**
2008-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date, for release
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): correct typo in q-dtx
wideversion
**RELEASE**
2008-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: carried -beta modifications forward
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): carried -beta modifications forward
2008-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy descr
of patch.doc in q-patch, and mention ted and etoolbox
2008-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (head): today's date
(section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite of some of q-tds-zip
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): discuss luatex schedule for
distribution, and firm up demise of pdftex devel, in q-luatex
(section{Acquiring the Software}): \Qref* to q-psfchoice in link
in q-findfont (rather weird without the * ;-)
2008-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): new q-tds-zip
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to q-tds-zip in
q-inst-tds-zip
2008-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reorganise to make
the text flow slightly more coherently in q-install-find
* dirctan.tex: add winedt (browse only)
* filectan.tex: add mathsurvey.(pdf|html), remove winedt
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention
Hartke's survey in q-psfchoice, add ctanref to it
2008-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PostScript") fonts}): mention
the tex font catalogue in q-psfchoice
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 (PostScript) fonts}): add links to the
catalogue for fonts we _do_ list, in q-psfchoice
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial on q-instmffont
2008-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): recognise "\textbackslash ";
(hopefully) throughout routine, escape semicolons in substitution text
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): diddle endlessly
with q-what-tds to get \textbackslash to work
(throughout): \textbackslash{} -> "\textbackslash " (dunno why)
2008-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): mention none option of
hyphenat package in q-hyphoff, and point out it's incompatible with
babel
* texfaq2html-beta: correct typo in no-mod branch of translation of
question labels
2008-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): rearrange (and do a
smidgeon of editing while we're at it) q-install-find
2008-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): change initexmf -u
to --update-fndb (official version) in q-inst-wlcf
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up q-what-tds (last of
proof-reading stuff?)
2008-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): proof-reading work
on q-installthings, q-install-find, q-install-unpack
2008-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: remove papersize* from label_to_file
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove old q-papersize, rename
q-papersize* as q-papersize
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): oops -- had missed the \Question
command of q-instt1font
(header) version 3.18, today
2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): hack some more at
q-instt1font, and split q-prept1font from the front of it
2008-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): major hacking of
q-instt1font, with a view to splitting it in two
2008-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: require aliasfile.list, use its hash to update
input labels
* faq.sty: write aliasquestion.list as a perl module creating a hash
2008-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (targets web and web-beta): add aliasquestion.list to the
files copied
* texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add inst-miktex* to label_to_file
hash
* add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): in q-mathtime
change ref to q-inst-miktex to q-inst-miktex* (even though mathtime
question has now presumably timed out)
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing \AllTeX{} files}): add questions
q-inst-scut, q-inst-miktex* and q-inst-tds-zip (from add-general)
in place of q-inst-miktex
2008-05-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \AliasQuestion (ignored)
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial in
q-pkgdoc
2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add body to
q-inst-tds-zip
* Makefile (target clean): add aliasquestion.list
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): editorial tidies
in q-pk and q-tfm
2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor edit of
q-inst-miktex*
2008-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias
instpackages (for installthings) and wherefiles (for inst-wlcf)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add alias for
q-inst-scut, for testing purposes
* faq.sty: add \AliasQuestion and supporting mechanisms
2008-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems errors}): tidy q-endingroup markup
2008-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): stupid typo spotted by
keith briggs, in q-changebars
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \texlive, again
* faq.sty: \texlive according to karl b
2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the english
and the markup of q-install-unpack, a bit
2008-05-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.17-3, today; add ernst to list of helpers
(subsection{Footnotes}): clarify text around mdw's packages in
q-footintab
2008-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention textures on osx
2008-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct tug box search
address in q-findfiles
2008-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: correct dvitype, moved as part of texware (v.i.)
* dirctan.tex: correct errata, tex--xet, texware and web (knuth-isms
moved); add vc
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add vc to q-rcs and
make various minor adjustments to accommodate it
(header) today's date, add hennig to list of contributors
2008-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): mention tex4ht as a route
to word format in q-fmtconv; re-sort list to make it more reasonable
for today's use
(header) v3.17-2, today
2008-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct committee font, lgrind and mfware; add ziffer
* filectan.tex: add changepage, remove ziffer, correct figsinltx
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): the
letterspace package is no more so change description to microtype
in q-letterspace
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention changepage in q-oddpage,
(subsection{Page layout}): mention changepage in q-chngmargonfly
2008-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2html-gamma: add papersize* to label mapping
list
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): comment out q-papersize, add
q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom from add-general
2008-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate
2008-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): rearrange recommendations in
q-footnpp
2008-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tfti is gnu _free_
documentation licence, in q-ol-books
2008-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): correct usage of \bsbs
2008-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): tidy text in q-acroantics
so the italic of \ProgName doesn't get confused with emphasis
(subsection{Odds and ends}): minor edit of q-osf
2008-02-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add memoir section to
q-papergeom
2008-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): more diddling with
q-papergeom
2008-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): replacement for
q-papersize (3 qs: q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom)
2008-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \plaintex{}
* faq.sty: add \plaintex{}
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): lots of diddling of
q-papersize
(throughout) [Pp]lain[ ~]\TeX{} -> \plaintex{}
2008-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): muck about with % (which fools
sanitize) in q-papersize quoted material about acrobat
(subsection{Page layout}): more hacking at this, trying to make it read
as if written by a human being
2008-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change url for
nicola's latex for novices, in q-man-latex
2008-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-pdf-encr
2008-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (intro): add william ingram
2008-01-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: * def of crosstex
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): lots of hacking
at q-biblatex
2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): micro-change to q-etex
2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a word of caution about about
bmeps bitmap patch for dvips, in q-dvipsgraphics
2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add crosstex
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention crosstex
in q-biblatex
2008-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): dealing with p.m. de f. forster
in q-bibtranscinit
2007-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add preview, remove ps4mf
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): update text around pstricks in
q-drawing (the question may need more root-and-branch attention)
2007-12-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdfcolparallel in
q-parallel
2007-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add miktex-usb
* add-general.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add q-onna-stick
2007-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet
more mucking with q-long-outer (mostly trimming narrowversion lines)
* Makefile (clean): add htmltex/* for cleaning
2007-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more-
or less finished q-long-outer
2007-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textasciicircum{}
* dirctan.tex: add picins
* filectan.tex: remove picins
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): heroic attack
on command skeletons in q-textflow
(throughout): lots of hacking to get rid of |...| verbatims
* faq.sty: \cmdinvoke accepts parenthesised arguments
* faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): tidy narrow/wide interaction in
basic mf commands in q-usemf
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): get rid of inline verb in
q-bibaccent, and merge html and non-html versions
2007-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new
q-long-outer
* faqbody.tex (throughout (remaining)): spell-checked
(section{Symbols, etc.}): minor editorial on q-underscore
2007-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout first ~50%): spell-checked
2007-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add auto-pst-pdf (yet to be installed, but...)
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention (auto-)pst-pdf in q-labelfig
2007-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace
"places to look for are" (!) with "candidates are" in q-protect
2007-11-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: add john harper to preamble list of helpers
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet another rehash
of q-protect, following further input from john harper
2007-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pkfix-helper
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): changed name of q-theoremfmt,
minor editorial work
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pkfix-helper in q-pkfix
2007-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fontspec
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy, ref fontspec pkg
in re. xetex use of fancy otf features, in q-osf
2007-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (heading); today's date, add david kraus
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct bug spotted by
david kraus, in q-tocbibind; also add example of koma options
2007-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): more work on q-osf
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): update norman
gray's link, add nicola talbot's and rob clark's, and expand all the
other links in q-poster
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): remove assertions about matt
swift's doc-tex stuff in q-dtx -- auctex now does the job, says dak;
tidy tortuous ref to both q-mf and q-mp, now to work for narrow and
wide versions rather than \latexhtml
2007-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (head): v3.17-1, today
(subsection{Document structure}): remove incorrect note about fncychap
docs in q-secthead (they're quite standard now)
2007-11-08 [Released as 3.17]
2007-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): extend reference to
nlct's tutorials page in q-man-latex
* faq.sty: change pdfpagemode to UseNone (but mailing ho for assurance)
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): typo in q-pk
2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update german minimal
example link
2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.17, today
* sanitize.pl,texfaq2html: bring forward changes from -beta
* faqbody.tex (throughout): ensure all \dots have empty arg
2007-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add xargs, xkeyval
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): discuss
xargs in q-twooptarg
2007-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): reword
q-empty for clarity
2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): editorial diddles
with q-dvi-bmp
* dirctan.tex: restore dviljk; pretend ghostscript is on free tree
(it will be, it will); make gv browse-only
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial work in q-editors
(section{TeX Systems}): two minor changes in q-commercial
(section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): dviljk has reappeared
2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): link to latest unsatisfactory
source for xemtex
(section{TeX Systems}): elide the mail address from atari listing in
q-texsystems
* filectan.tex: remove the protext entry (moved to dirctan for
symmetry reasons...)
* dirctan.tex: * the mactex entry, add protext
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): rehash q-findfont
(section{Acquiring the Software}): mention ctan copies in q-cd
2007-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new link for troy
henderson's previewer in q-mfptutorials
(section{Documentation and Help}): and delete link to the metafun
tutorial, which seems to have vanished from the web :-(
(intro): today's date, add troy henderson
2007-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): ref new askinclude in
q-conditional
(section{Acquiring the Software}): micro-edit of q-uploads
* filectan.tex: remove askinclude
2007-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): update mtpro stuff for
mtpro2, incl providing working web link
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par (one instance only!)
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): add link to catalogue
set of licences in q-nonfree (rms' suggestion)
* filectan.tex: add cat-licences
* dirctan.tex: add kpfonts, minionpro, mnsymbol
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add kpfonts and
minionpro/mnsymbol
2007-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fouriernc
* faqbody.tex (subsection*{Origins}): extend the list to members of the
committee, thus reducing the confusion (in my mind) about who is/was
and who isn't/wasn't
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add web location for berthold horn's
paper, add thierry bouche, similarly, in q-psfchoice
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): add fouriernc to list; add fontsite
garamond to the list of mathdesign fonts, in q-psfchoice
2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): edit q-uploads
2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \xxx|...| forms of
\ProgName, \FontName, \Package, \Class, \Email, \mailto, \File and
\Newsgroup
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove last two
instances of \ProgName|...|, in q-8000
(throughout): remove last three instances of \Email|...|
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): implement \ISBN*
* faq.sty: add \ISBN* (2 args) version, for ISBN10+ISBN13
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): use \ISBN* for tlc2
and tlgc2 (latter newly converted from original tlgc entry)
2007-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): bits of editorial
work in q-adobetypen, q-resolns, q-fontname
(section{Acquiring the Software}): mention mirror.ctan.org in
q-archives
2007-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): hack at q-dtx
(have asked dak about dtx in emacs...)
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial on q-whatenc and
q-ecfonts
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): work on q-eps
2007-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-special
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): minor editorial to q-hyphen
2007-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): bit
more work on q-printvar
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): yet more
twiddling with q-protect
2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): lots of hacking of
q-virtualfonts
2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new
q-printvar contributed by gernot hassenpflug
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change to
q-protect developed from john harper's contribution
intro: v3.16z-4, today; add john harper to list of helpers
2007-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add texbytopic
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): tidy up alternatives at the
end of q-hyphoff
(subsection{Hyphenation}): mention \uchyph in q-wdnohyph
(section{Documentation and Help}): tex by topic now ctan in q-ol-books
2007-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove latexhtml around
thanh's full name in q-whatpdftex
(section{The Background}): link to q-latextoplain from q-latexandplain
(section{The Background}): tidy up references to other projects,
add luatex in q-texfuture
(section{The Background}): replace last para of q-readtex
(section{The Background}): add \href to tug's web site in q-tug*
(section{The Background}): correct a couple of \luatex (capitalised)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add def of \The (for thanh)
2007-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add autolatex
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): refer to makefile question in
q-editors, rather than just mentioning latexmk (not the only thing
wrong with that answer)
(subsection{Document management}): mention autolatex in q-make
2007-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): sanity
adjustment in q-flushboth ("latest version" was 2003)
2007-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-biblatex from
add-general
(section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): minor edit to q-luatex
* dirctan.tex: amsrefs now on m/l/c
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): declare
that amsrefs is currently supported; while this seems true (as a
phenomenon) i wonder whether it's a good thing to rely on...
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): diddle with
q-xetex
2007-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add dir excel2latex
* filectan.tex: remove the .zip distro of excel2latex
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): reword text about
readme files in q-install-unpack
2007-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): correct references to new installation qs
2007-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16z-1, today
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): bunch of answers from add-general,
replacing most of the section
2007-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): "carefule" corrected ;-)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): lots of work
on q-what-tds and q-install-where, to clarify what's going on
2007-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more emphasis on ctan
supply of documentation, in q-gethelp
(subsection{Document management}): a bit extra on changes.sty in
q-changebar (whole question needs reviewing)
(section{Documentation and Help}): ctan supply of docs, again, in
q-man-latex
2007-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode
and q-checksum from add-general
2007-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): updated uk address for sciword
2007-08-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add a warning about
mailing inappropriate people in q-gethelp
(section{Current \TeX{}-related projects}): the project is latex, not
latex3 -- correct some of the text of q-latex3
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): mention the use of
\phantomsection in q-tocbibind
* dirctan.tex: amslatex-primer moved to info/amslatex/primer, now
2007-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): add ref to mathpazo on
ctan, in q-osf
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new
q-figurehere from add-general
2007-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of AllTeX}): restored "\" to
"acro" in q-virtualfonts
2007-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in
q-struttab, spotted by karl b
2007-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): extend typo examples,
and tidy coding, in q-altabcr
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): rationalise, reduce range
of overlapping recommendations in q-tabcellalign
2007-07-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add cmolddig, eco
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): write
more on biblatex in q-biblatex
(subsection{Odds and ends}): mention vf access in q-osf
2007-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): first
stab at new q-biblatex
* dirctan.tex: add biblatex and amsrefs; remove dvi2xx and dvilj4,
correct lollipop
2007-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial tidies of
q-writecls, mention clsguide.pdf
2007-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-17, today; add axel sommerfeldt to list
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): add further text in q-hyperdupdest,
as suggested by axel sommerfeldt
2007-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-osf
2007-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v 3-16c-15, today; mention neto's input on numprint in
list of helpers
* dirctan.tex: add numprint
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention numprint
in q-dec_comma
2007-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add texlive
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add details of a mactex mailing
list in q-texsystems
2007-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention fragility of \url in
q-verbwithin
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lack of robustness in
q-seturl, and explain use of \urldef to deal with the problem
2007-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: yet another small typo (in the fail branch, this time)
* filectan.tex: add mil-short (gratzer's offering)
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add gratzer's short
course to q-man-latex
2007-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial correction
of q-optionclash
2007-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: check for etex
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add some
actual text to q-inst-tidy and q-what-tds
(subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode
2007-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial
in q-install-where and q-inst-wlcf
* dirctan.tex: correct fptex link (even though nothing now uses it...)
2007-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): flynn's classes.dtx
article now rev., in tub (q-writecls)
2007-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop in mactex distr,
in q-editors
(section{TeX Systems}): deal with oztex and cmactex's relation to os/x
(so far as i understand what's going on) in q-texsystems
2007-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): complete
and clarify q-ovwtsym
2007-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \xetex
* faq.sty: add \xetex
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-15, today
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): xetex is available in texlive
and will be in miktex 2.7, mention bidi capabilities in q-xetex
2007-05-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): extend and make less
abrupt the stuff of q-latextoplain
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): trying to bed
this set of answers down -- work on several of the questions
2007-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-14, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): attempt to clarify q-minxampl
2007-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy the two
references to nicola talbot in q-man-latex
2007-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-13, today
(subsection{Metafont fonts}): hack at q-getbitmap to hint that bitmap
fonts aren't really the world's prime concern any more
2007-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): list zref's options
in q-nameref
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): correct error in q-errmissitem
(inserted yesterday at home :-( )
2007-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): discuss lists inside
tables, in q-errmissitem
2007-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): miktex stuff
given a bit of a going-over in q-install-where (plus a few
consequential changes
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textbackslash{}
2007-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand details of enumitem in
q-complist
2007-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand on enumitem stuff in
q-interruptlist (it _does_ allow nested interruptions ... sort of
2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-12, today
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-latexqual from add-general
(subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref from add-general
2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention that eplain
doesn't do font selection in q-fonts-pln
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): editorial on q-atsigns
2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: use &[lr][sd]quo; in decorating text
* dirctan.tex: add pdcmac
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention pdcmac in
q-fonts-pln
2007-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* locations.mk: correct path to cgi, tidy
2007-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: escape characters in keyword strings
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \extension
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention grffile package
in q-unkgrfextn
* faq.sty: add \extension command
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-11, today
2007-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: redo decoding of % in code reading switches
* faq.sty: correct typo
2007-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add pictex(!) and texlive
* faq.sty: add def of \texlive
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-10, today
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): add a pointer to context
resources in q-slidecls
(throughout): typeset variants of texlive -> \texlive{}
2007-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove tetex-beta, tetex to point at obsolete/ tree
* filectan.tex: add bibtex-faq
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention ar scaling issues in
q-papersize, and tidy rest of text, too
(section{Documentation and Help}): remove unnecessary conditionals in
q-gethelp
(section{Documentation and Help}): tidy q-bibtexing, add reference to
btxfaq
2007-04-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (inst-perl[-beta]): everything on standard web server, use
cp -p instead of copy -t, adjust help
2007-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: version 3.16c-9, today
(subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite answer q-ftnsect
(section{TeX Systems}): update bluesky information in q-commercial
2007-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): stick some
text in q-install-doc
2007-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further
clarification of options in q-install-find
(subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): flesh out answer
q-install-unpack, elaborating on what appears in q-dtx
(subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-install-doc placeholder
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-8, today
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up refs to ltxtable in
q-fixwidtab
2007-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* newfaq-patch.tex: add patch option to \documentclass
* faq.cls: deal with option patch, produce different page footer if so
2007-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention bigfoot in q-multfoot
2007-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct
\dots (with no {}) in q-ltxabbrv
2007-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-7; remove all references to package web2c
2007-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove web2c, web2c*
* filectan.tex: remove unixtex.ftp, correct protext
2007-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tops-20 ftp link regularised
(section{Acquiring the Software}): redo description of ctan sites,
with alternative versions for hyper (wide) and non-hyper (narrow)
version in q-archives
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \FTP to accept braced args only
2007-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at q-texsystems
2007-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today
(throughout): remove traces of tetex, and rewrite as necessary
2007-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): redo q-cd to talk
about the tex collection, rather than just tex live
(section{TeX Systems}): work (so far) on unix, linux and win32
(win32 contains a line of "+++..." to follow on with)
2007-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-5, today
(section{The Background}): 2^16->2^15 in q-etex (!)
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): replace q-newfont with q-newfont* from
add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): replace q-plninltx with
q-plninltx* from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-fontsize from add-general
(subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos from add-general
2007-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: attempts at introducing some sanity into the
search code; notably unsuccessful, to date
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): proof-reading
corrections in q-run-fn-nos, q-newfont*, q-plninltx* and q-fontsize
2007-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: as for texfaq2html-beta
* texfaq2html-gamma: as for texfaq2html-beta
* texfaq2html-beta: add new *-names to %label_to_file
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize,
q-plninltx* and q-newfont* (three questions from the old 2 non-*)
2007-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* CHANGES-3.16d: revised q-running-nos
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): restore
commented-out hack above q-ltxabbrv; it's not clever and it's not
pretty, but the printed output is less awful than without the hack
2007-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): recommend chngctr
first, the two fragment alternatives second in q-running-nos
* add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new q-run-fn-nos
2007-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: modest doodling
2007-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): odd tinkering
with answers in this section -- needs concerted attack
2007-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-fontsize, to meld
with (new) q-plninltx* and q-newfont*
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): make mention of
lua itself in q-luatex into a hyperref
2007-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: add \LuaTeX
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-4, today
(section{The Background}): rewrite of q-context from Aditya Mahajan
(intro): Aditya Mahajan in list of helpers
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy luatex thing a bit, add
link to luatex.org site
2007-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct typo in q-limits
(introduced, but change not documented, on 2007-01-30)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-mathonlyref
2007-01-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Mathematics}): more detail about "ad hoc" operators in
q-newfunction
2007-01-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Introduction}): make links to pdf copies \CTANhref
2007-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add changes
remove nonfree from bakoma-tex, dvi2tty, foiltex
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Document management}): mention changes pkg in q-changebars
2007-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: list listbib and biblist
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): mention listbib and
biblist in q-nocite*
2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* newfaq-patch.tex: input additions (!)
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct ctan ref for
pictex-summary
2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-3, today
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention microtype's
letterspace.sty in q-letterspace
2007-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* patchdates.tex: pl4.14, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-checksum
2006-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pictex-summary
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-2, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): pictex summary in q-docpictex
2006-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct text about
ispell vs. aspell
2006-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
*** released ***
* Makefile ($(WEB_BETA)*): use cp rather than copy (!)
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \narrowonly, \wideonly
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c-1, today (for release)
2006-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* letterfaq.tex: do the single column trick here too, for letterfaq.pdf
2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (everything up to section{Graphics}): use \Qref* when
appropriate, using \narrowonly, \wideonly as necessary
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \narrowonly, \wideonly
* faq.sty: define \narrowonly, \wideonly
2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): major edits to q-acrobat,
following cogent comments from karl berry
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): liberal use of \qref* makes q-dvips-pdf
more nearly comprehensible, when read as pdf
* dirctan.tex: add dvipdfmx, gv
* newfaq-patch.tex: make pdf output single column, as in newfaq.tex
2006-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c
* faq.sty: bludgeon \CTANhref in pdf mode
* faqbody.tex: v3.16b-6, today
(subsection{Document structure}): put titlesec and sectsty into
different paras, offer rationale for choice om q-secthead
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): mention \@dblarg in
q-oarglikesect
2006-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: shiny new *longer* path for btxmac
2006-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct typos in
ctanrefs in q-music
2006-12-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct reed.edu link,
thanks to barbara b
2006-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make an itemised
list of alternative styles in q-citeurl, add babelbib to list
2006-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add two more
examples in q-bibprefixsort
2006-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16b-5, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): reference kmf's page about pgf/tikz
2006-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16b-4, today
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): \linestretch ->
\linespread (per ulrike fischer) in q-linespace
2006-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): correct sciword uk phone nos in
q-commercial
2006-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add everypage and draftwatermark; correct wd2latex,
remove wasy and xymtex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention draftwatermark (and
its everypage) in q-watermark
2006-11-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): ctan ref for mptopdf
in q-mpprologues
* dirctan.tex: add pdftex-graphics
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention "h" response
in q-optionclash
2006-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new
q-figurehere
2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (preamble): today's date; input archive.cfg regardless of
whether we're using pdf
* faq.sty: yet more baroquery towards \CTANhref
2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): ref to vis faq in "how to use"
* faq.sty: new command \CTANhref works for dvi version so far;
no longer requires \Status for pdf working, uses ifpdf pkg instead;
a fair bit of more minor tidying
2006-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): example
code in {quote} in q-vertspacefloat and q-mcfloat
2006-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention the
case of multirow-multicolumn in q-multirow
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new q-isdef from
add-general
2006-11-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \cmdinvoke{c}{arg1}{arg2}
sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): -beta works, so correct here too
06-11-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): bunch
of editorials in q-isdef
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): tidy narrow layout of
example, add wide version and hack at words a bit in q-ovwtsym
2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros}): \csx{relax} in place of
\relax(!) in q-isdef
* dirctan.tex: add pspicture
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct ctan ref for pspicture
2006-10-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.16b-3
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): dot \makeat* liberally around
examples in q-running-nos
2006-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): draftcopy doesn't work with
pdflatex (in q-watermark)
2006-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: version 3.16b-2, date now iso format (with hyphens)
* patchdates.tex: pl4.13, date now iso format (with hyphens)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): new
q-ovwtsym from a post by enrico gregorio (latest instance of an
oft-repeated answer)
2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@pb000.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile.CTAN: basis of mechanism to install CHANGES files
2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html: sigh...merge in intro patch from texfaq2html-beta
* dirctan.tex: add figflow
* faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add figflow for plain, tidy
some of the ghastly verbatim in q-textflow
2006-10-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.16b-1, today
(section{Format conversions}): correct address for stil, in q-sgml2tex
2006-10-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta
* faqbody.tex: v3.16b, today
2006-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{``Generic'' macros and techniques}): new
q-isdef
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx before text shape
changing commands, so we can have emphasised control seqq
2006-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): misspelling of
corrollary (over and over again) in q-addtoreset
2006-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reference testflow in
q-dvips-pdf
(section{Documentation and Help}): link to q-dvips-pdf in tutbitslatex
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): trivial editorials in q-acrobat
(section{Documentation and Help}): remove caveat about epslatex in
q-tutbitslatex
2006-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16a-6, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): add the word "minimal" (to assist
searching - suggestion from brooks moses) and tidy q-minxampl a bit
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-optionclash from add-general
2006-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention
nicola talbot's experimental jpgfdraw in q-poster
2006-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite q-texinfo
2006-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): yet more fun
with q-optionclash
* faqbody.tex: v3.16a-5, today
(throughout): t1 and ot1 done consistently (remains to check other
encodings like t2 series, etc)
(section{Installing AllTeX files}): correct \latinfamily in
q-instt1font
2006-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): rewrite
recommendations for q-optionclash
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add
\makeatletter to example in q-ltxcmds
2006-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add
q-optionclash
2006-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* check-ctan-lists: add miktex-setup to list of known links
* dirctan.tex: correct dvipaste
* filectan.tex: correct miktex-setup, metafp-pdf
2006-08-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): q-omegaleph tidy-ups in
q-texfuture, q-books, q-texsystems
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-omegaleph and q-luatex from
add-general
2006-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor
editorial on q-luatex
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): typo in q-whatpdftex
2006-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16a-4, today
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rehash q-virtualfonts
* faq.sty: make \htmlonly careful about spacing (thought experiment led
to this -- don't know that it's actually a concern)
2006-08-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: lots more diddling (trying to get all keys into a
hash, and working from there ... not successful)
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): suggestion from donald for \raisebox
alignment of graphics in q-topalign
2006-08-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: yet more thrashing about
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): other reasons for the
error in q-hyperdupdest
(_the_ list): add iain murray
2006-08-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: further extension of yesterday's fun; added
?intro(duction) [needs work on texfaq2file] and more debugging
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy
q-omegaleph, extend q-luatex and (hopefully) make it more coherent
2006-08-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new
questions (rather, bases for questions) q-omegaleph and q-luatex
* faqbody.tex: version 3.16a-3, today
(section{TeX Systems}): different instructions for miktex installation
in q-texsystems
(subsection{Footnotes}): change ctan link for perpage in q-footnpp
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change ctan link for perpage in
q-addtoreset
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention lilypond in q-music
(subsection*{Origins}): add comment to contributor entry about dak,
remove the silly footnote about full stops
* filectan.tex: correct epsf (should be link to dir?), metafp,
metafont-for-beginners, miktex-setup (not *right*...); delete
miktex-install, perpage
* dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, cellspace, dvipaste pst-pdf, texindex;
add epsf
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): spelling error in
q-paraparam
* texfaq2html-gamma: done a debugging session; add search-box
switching; add a modicum of doc in comments; allow to be run from
command line (editable pointer)
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): capa_bi_lities (!)
2006-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16a-2, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): add tug font resources to
q-tutbitslatex
2006-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): correct spelling of separate & derivatives
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new
q-latexqual for nag, texidate
* dirctan.tex: add a (multilingual, as it were) browsable l2tabu
2006-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct
typo in, and editorial on q-atsigns
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \LaTeX{} (!)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct
sample code and slick up descr slightly, in q-minitoc
(subsection*{Origins}): mention Jean-Pierre Drucbert in _the_ list
2006-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): delete doubling of "the" (!)
2006-08-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rewrite the note
about maths fonts in q-ecfonts
2006-08-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tweak wording
slightly
*** release 3.16a ***
2006-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: separate section for searches, trim final else
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct current mf version no
2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16a, today
2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): extend q-filename with
a simpler file-name saver, and show how to strip .tex from fink
filenames
* texfaq2html-beta: more careful about \section test for end of intro
2006-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): stupidity
in q-cmdstar, spotted by Kasper van den Berg
2006-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): typo in q-enumerate spotted by
Samuel Lelievre
2006-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.16, today
* sanitize.pl: bring up to date with sanitize-beta.pl
* texfaq2html-gamma: remove %SymbolChar table
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-tutbitslatex
(wideversion only, so only now detected)
2006-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Creating citations}): q-whatbst from add-general
(subsection{Macros for using fonts}): (new subsection) q-fonts-pln from
add-general
(section{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): proof-reading
corrections of q-whatbst
2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): proof-reading corrections in
q-fonts-pln
(subsection{Graphics}): proof-reading corrections in q-repeatgrf
2006-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvips version, and
add missing pdf bit in q-repeatgrf
2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention graphicx-psmin
* dirctan.tex: add graphicx-psmin
2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): first stab at
body for q-install-find
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new q-gutter from add-general
(subsection{Common errors}): new q-matchbrak from add-general
2006-06-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): skeleton of
new installation question structure
2006-06-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): editorial tidying of q-graphicspath
plus emphasise the need for trailing slash on \graphicspath dirs
(section{Graphics}): minor editorial in q-graph-pspdf q-mpprologues too
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): editorials on q-bibstrtl
2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \subsection* (i.e.,
ignore it, for intro \latexhtml command)
* faqbody.tex: version 3.16alpha, today
(section{Introduction}): rearrange to limit the amount we need to show
on the web by default
2006-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date -- rehash the intro
2006-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): actual text for
q-gutter
* additions.tex: let's change patch version and date, for once!
2006-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): add smith's latex for logicians to
q-tutbitslatex
(section{TeX Systems}): make ref to w32tex, move dos & os/2 offerings
down below win32 in the doc (q-texsystems)
2006-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): comment-out
q-dvipdfmgraphics* -- seems to have been a mistake
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restructure the list of
related answers in q-changemargin with an intersticial remark
(subsection{Page layout}): develop and extend q-chngmargonfly
2006-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date in preamble
(subsection{Page layout}): split Q-changemargin into intro and 3 bits
of detail
2006-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): a huge start on
new q-gutter (i.e., wrote \Question command)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): start of rehash of
q-changemargin
2006-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add cellspace
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention
cellspace in q-struttab
2006-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): give framed a
paragraph of its own in q-changebars
2006-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): no longer mention
troff-to-latex in q-fmtconv
* dirctan.tex: add moderncv
chappg,mathdots,shade from filectan; correct pst-pdf; delete tr2tex,
troff-to-latex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): refine the
statement about europecv, in q-cv
(section{TeX Systems}): redo note on y&y in q-commercial
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention moderncv in q-cv
2006-05-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): simplify q-xetex
and mention xetex for linux
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): remove q-pdftex
* faq.sty: another iteration of ctanrefs: sanitising isn't right, since
we often have real commands in there, so use \scantokens -- which
means we need always to use an e-tex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): "simple minded" example
now no longer uses 2.09 fonts in q-secthead
2006-05-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add qualifier to actions of
distributors in q-triptrap
* dirctan.tex: add a2ping, sam2p
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): tidy q-dvipsgraphics, add
sam2p/a2ping as alternatives for bitmaps
2006-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts}): new q-fonts-pln
* faq.sty: \@onelevel@sanitize \item args in ctanrefs env
* dirctan.tex: add ec-plain, font_selection, fontch, plnfss and ofs
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): stupid logo macros in xemtex
description
2006-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add labelcas
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): get q-poster
from add-general
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): get q-newfont from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention labelcas package in
q-labundef
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention
multicol for "unadorned" a0poster-posters in q-poster
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): tidy up (and extend) q-ecfonts
2006-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Acquiring the Software}): mention bytopic.html in q-findfiles
2006-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-poster
* dirctan.tex: add sciposter, a0poster, flowfram
2006-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): add chris harrison's book to
q-man-latex
2006-05-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): add \href to berlios site, and
make link to CTAN rather than old site
2006-05-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): elide all reference to
"quote site index" from q-findfiles
2006-04-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): correct recipe given in
Q-seccntfmt
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct link to map update stuff
in miktex in q-instt1font and q-uselmfonts
2006-04-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another tidying of \cmdinvoke
2006-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention tex-ptr-faq in
q-wherefaq
(section{You're still stuck?}): correct bnb's address in q-bug
2006-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): annotation at end of
q-noline to mention other instances that could need covering
2006-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention bernard
gaulle's faqs in q-wherefaq; emphasise that the fr.c.t.t one is no
longer in the land of the living [check!]
2006-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-matchbrak
2006-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): new q-doc-wiki from add-general
(section{Documentation and Help}): link q-doc-wiki in q-tutorials*
(section{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex from add-general
(throughout): refs to q-pdftex -> q-whatpdftex
2006-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
* sanitize-beta.pl: couple of changes to introduce quoteverbatim
* faq.sty: add quoteverbatim environment, for verbatim output of
verbatim environments (used by new q-verbwithin, of course)
* examples/verbwithin.tex: new file
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend description of
failures of verbatim environment, in q-verbwithin
2006-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): new address for pstricks site in
q-drawing and q-labelfig
* dirctan.tex: remove ps4pdf, add pst-pdf
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Graphics}): ps4pdf->pst-pdf in q-pdftexgraphics, new address
for hv's web stuff
2006-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* locations.mk: add HTMLDIR, HTMDIR_GAMMA and GAMMADIR
* Makefile: remove inst-html target, add inst-gamma
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate both double and single
quotes to entities
(sanitize_line): make \end{quote} issue a <p> for the benefit of the
css mechanisms in -gamma
* texfaq2file: use sanitize-beta
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): iterate q-whatpdftex
2006-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): braces around
\multirow *s (distinction without a difference...)
2006-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): update details for wheildon in
q-typebooks
2006-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): minor rewording of q-bibinline
2006-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with dviversion and pdfversion
(sanitize_line): deal with --- => — -- => –
* faqbody.tex: today's date on first line
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention visualFAQ in q-wherefaq
* filectan.tex: add visualFAQ
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): yet another minuscule
iteration of q-texpronounce
2006-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .pool, .fmt,
.base and .mem locations, tidy text a bit, in q-wherefiles
2006-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): typo in q-changebars
(section{Creating citations}): tidy up q-bibinline a bit more
2006-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): cut q-dvips down
to its bare bones (whole section needs a going-over)
(subsection{Hyphenation}): correct typo in q-hyphexcept
2006-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Creating citations}): sort out *my*
understanding of footbib, in q-bibinline
2006-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention urs oswald's
things in q-mfptutorials
2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention the
koma-script facilities in q-oddpage
2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf10@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Common errors}): "typeset" page number rather than
"set" page number in q-wrongpn
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): remove snide comment about
tex2bib documentation -- it's standard now
2006-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* README: try to avoid the contradictions; may need to take poli's
advice more nearly wholesale...
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Graphics}): redo ref to epslatex in q-impgraph
* filectan.tex: ref epslatex -> epslatex_pdf
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention zoonekynd's
series in q-tutbitslatex, and reorganise references to epslatex (given
we're supposed to have source rsn)
2006-02-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Graphics}): mention psfragx in q-labelfig
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): mention "eps" as an abbr,
in q-eps (seems it's never previously been used!)
2006-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{You're still stuck?}): improve layout of q-noans, tidy
text a bit
* filectan.tex: add xampl-bib
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-whatbst
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention tikz in q-drawing
2006-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): minor typo in q-usepsfont
(subsection{Common errors}): breakurl patches \url by default in
q-breaklinks
(section{Introduction}): add vilar camara neto to list
2006-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today, note more input from ulrike f
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): extend \DefaultOpt
example in q-oarglikesect
2006-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date, note chris walker's further contribution
(subsection{Mathematics}): add \operatorname to q-newfunction
* dirctan.tex: add ite
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pstricks homepage link,
and add reference to ite in q-labelfig (Chris Walker)
2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Getting things to fit}): re-describe mathspic
to tally with current reality
* dirctan.tex: correct paths of mathspic, bdfchess
* filectan.tex: correct tex2bib paths (2 off)
2006-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new q-doc-wiki
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): mention multenum in q-complist
* dirctan.tex: add multenum
2006-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct url (and name)
for the note on ptex in q-tutbitslatex
2006-01-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): gosh -- a mention of
quote site index, still...removed from q-findfiles
2006-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): hack around
at the text about includex, and add newclude
2006-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add rotfloat
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Page layout}): mention rotfloat in q-rotating
2005-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention verbatim environment
in the intro to q-verbwithin
2005-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): new q-whatpdftex (just
a start, so far)
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): change title of "making \mp output
display..."
2005-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.15b
2005-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove rogue character on keywords
line
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): restore lost text to
q-parallel (from RCS file :-})
2005-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add ttb-pdf
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ttb to q-bibtexing
2005-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add bidstobibtex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make ref to
bids.to.bibtex in q-buildbib
2005-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new url for andy
roberts' latex page
2005-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove code for \symbol
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct links in
q-latex3
(section{TeX Systems}): remove fptex, add xemtex
(section{Acquiring the Software}): replace fptex with protext in q-cd
(throughout): remove all remaining fptex options
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): don't use \symbol in
q-activechars
(subsection{Common errors}): do away with \symbol for underscore in
q-verbwithin (also rename \bs to \us for underscore, in the example)
*** RELEASE 3.15 ***
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl: attempts to solve the $symbolchar
lunacy (failed)
* faqbody.tex: 3.15a, today's date (already: at 10am!)
(section{Symbols, etc.}): \_ for underscores in q-underscore
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct urls in q-latex3
* texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: correct *-list
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add changes from -beta
2005-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add mactex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new q-formbiblabel from
add-general
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new q-varwidcol from
add-general
(header): v3.15, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): suppress link to mimi's documentation
at fsu -- they've removed it already, the fools
(section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to memoir manual in
q-typo-style
(section{TeX Systems}): mention mactex on ctan
2005-11-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file,texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html-gamma: add
maillists* to translation list
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new q-maillists* from
the rest of the old q-maillists (leaving a few bits out, admittedly)
2005-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): build q-gethelp from
the old q-maillists
2005-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): reword (not change) advice in
q-errmissitem
(subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline from add-general
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-srchpdf from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change recommendation
to fix-cm in q-newfont, but retain mention of type1cm/ec for old latex
dists
* filectan.tex: add fix-cm (path to file)
2005-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): editorial work on
q-seccntfmt and q-labundef
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out order of \cmdinvoke*
patterns
2005-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): emphasise internal
commands in q-seccntfmt
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): reword to avoid blame
on the companion, and to use a tlc2 example in q-atsigns
* filectan.tex: get abstract.bst from biblio/bibtex/utils/bibtools
rather than contrib
2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: point lucida at new metrics, add lucida-psnfss
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type~1 fonts}): reinstate lucida
bright/math and add link to karl's interim web page
2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): iteration
of q-varwidcol
(subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): iteration of q-srchpdf
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tinkering with
q-aleph (needs rewrite to eliminate ref to q-omega, which is destined
to go some time soon
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): change link for
type1cm (shouldn't this be fix-cm?)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new
answer q-ltxhash from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): was (confusingly) described as
techniques, too
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum and q-fllost from
add-general
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): move q-hyphen up above q-dtx
(section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-clsvpkg from add-general
2005-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new
q-varwidcol
2005-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention alternative
locations for .map files following new tds, bit of editorial work
(section{Documentation and Help}): reinstate link to bausum's stuff in
q-ref-doc
2005-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: axodraw is a directory now
* filectan.tex: remove axodraw, correct finplain
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correct path for
textcase in q-casechange
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct path for tabulary
in q-tabcellalign and q-fixwidtab
* dirctan.tex: add tabulary,textcase
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-etex from add-general,
and edit it a bit
(throughout): remove references to q-nts, in favour of q-etex
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): dump q-nts
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): rewrite antecedent text in
q-aleph
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): ref to q-tutorial ->
q-tutbitslatex in q-repeatgrf
* Makefile (PATCH): remove add-tutorial
* dirctan.tex: add cmap
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add q-srchpdf
2005-11-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html,texfaq2file: add
q-tutorials* to %label_to_file initialisation
* faqbody.tex: v3.14c, today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to syropoulos' book
(section{Documentation and Help}): replace q-tutorials with
q-tutorials* and friends (fix up refs to q-tutorials from elsewhere)
* add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): final
rearrangement and tidy; add the guide to ptex posted yesterday
* faq.sty: pdfstartview=FitH since FitBH seems no longer to work with
AR7 or the latest pdftex or something
2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Introduction}): add steve peter to contributors
(throughout): bunch of corrections from steve peter
2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: load textcomp
* dirctan.tex: add mutex
2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* README: remove my name and email address
* newfaq(-patch).tex,letterfaq.tex: null \author
* texfaq2html(-beta),texfaq2file: remove claim that i'm involved with
maintenance
* faqbody.tex (throughout): replace my name with "another idiot"
2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): yet more
rearrangement
2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.14b, today
2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: bbl2html and notex.bst moved
* add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): more
rearrangement
2005-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): correct def of \hyph in
q-nohyph, do a bunch of quote-env stuff in whole subsection; also,
more enthusiastic wrapping of the quote about catalan
2005-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): mention bracing to
suppress breaks in maths
2005-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): suggest \textstyle/
\displaystyle alternative for q-limits
2005-10-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): extend q-breaklinks to cover
the toc/lof/lot... case, and to outline circumstances where there's no
help to be had
2005-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: sort regex in opening of ?section= code
2005-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add the offered text to
q-acrobat; this question is a mess and needs rearranging (probably
splitting into two)
* dirctan.tex: remove aix3.2, move miktexppc, miktex-AXP
* texfaq2html-gamma: start work on index/fullindex switching
* texfaq2file: secondary index now full-index.html
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new q-etex
* faqbody.tex: v3.14a.3, today
(section{TeX Systems}): mention texlive mac distro
2005-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: more of same
* texfaq2html-gamma: yet more twiddling
* filectan.tex: epsf.tex moved
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \nolinkURL
2005-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: restructure q_label_list
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): correct web addr
in q-extex
* texfaq2file: iterate -w actions
2005-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: patch and shade have moved
* texfaq2html-gamma: label argument may be a list
2005-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: letterspacing,backgrnd moved
05-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits in q-type1T1
(section{The Background}): revised q-eplain from Oleg Katsitadze
(<heading>): today's date, add katsitadze to credits
* dirctan.tex: remove icelandic, which we weren't using
* filectan.tex: mathdots has moved
2005-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add luximono, microtype; move tip pointer
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Document structure}): new first para for q-fancyhdr
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword description of
\emergencystretch and discuss microtype in q-overfull
(subsection{Odds and ends}): add luximono to q-bold-extras
2005-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add powerdot
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention
powerdot in q-slidecls
2005-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: add \nolinkURL definitions
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): a proto-q-dvipdfmgraphics
redefinition (hrrumph)
2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.14a.2
(section{Introduction}): mention that the texlive version is no better
than the "current on the web"
[interim web release 3.14a.1]
2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{You're still stuck?}): faq-devel@tex.ac.uk in q-noans
2005-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): all remaining miktex references via \miktex
2005-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: correct pointers for the two epslatex entries
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): text about mpm in
q-miktexinst (and convert to \miktex in that question, where
appropriate)
2005-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy
\htmlignore stuff in q-textflow
2005-08-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add talk
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add talk to
q-slidecls
2005-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): new answer
q-clsvpkg on the distinction between classes and packages
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): change of section
name
2005-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): try to avoid the acronym
ASCII except where necessary in q-toascii
2005-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): minor editorial in
q-conditional
2005-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-fllost
2005-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): warn about non-latex bug
reports in q-latexbug and q-bug
(intro) v3.14a.1, today
2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* README: faq->faq-devel in email addrs, except munged one for me in
sig line at bottom
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): remove "not doing away with
bumpy-road logos" comment, since i now have done so
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sigh -- \\textless...
2005-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another iteration
of the < > translation fiasco
2005-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add quotchap
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add quotchap to q-epigraph and
rewrite intro to question somewhat.
2005-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): faq->faq-devel in
q-newans
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta (now it's been tested ;-)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): sort out translations of <> when
not converting
2005-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: remove inst-html target
(FAQ-html.tar.gz): make depend on html/index.html (does this do it?)
2005-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.14a, today
(subsection{Document management}): boondoggle in q-rcs html output
* faqbody.tex: v3.14, today
New version installed
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention static .zip files in
html-only bit about retrieving directories
(section{Acquiring the Software}): remove exact location names for
individual ctans, in q-archives
(section{Acquiring the Software}): rewrite the stuff about searching in
q-findfiles
2005-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add fancyhdr commands (to do
empty plain style) to q-ps@empty
* texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2file: as texfaq2html
* texfaq2html: switch .tar.gz and .zip in retrieval
2005-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add q-wrongpn and
q-breaklinks from add-general
(preamble) v3.13b.5, today
(subsection{Footnotes}): rewrite q-ftncapt, aiming for clarity (hah!)
(section{Acquiring the Software}): remove mention of ftpmail and finger
of ctan user
* dirctan.tex: add breakurl
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): mention breakurl
in q-breaklinks -- looks as if this makes the answer usable...
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct
blatant error in q-tabcellalign (spotted by ulrike fischer)
(section{Introduction}): hack the note about the pdf version slightly,
add ulrike fischer to list of contributors
2005-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/ in q-minxampl
2005-06-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct advice on
over-long urls and url.sty in q-citeurl
2005-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.13b.4, tonight
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): add chris walker
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): \Qref* in q-dtx
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): \Qref* in q-tocloft
* dirctan.tex: add revtex(!)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): note that mcite doesn't
play with revtex, in q-mcite
2005-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention use
of pict2e in q-slashbox
2005-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): slight editorial in q-bug
* add-tutorial.tex: bunch of work, throughout, which seems not to have
been recorded or even copied to backed-up space before now...
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention .map and
.enc trees, and alternative inputs such as .sto, .clo and .cfg in
q-wherefiles
* filectan.tex: add nextpage
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention nextpage
package in q-reallyblank
2005-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pspicture as a superseded
package in q-drawing
(section{Documentation and Help}): slight iteration of q-pkgdoc
2005-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): mention vertical spacing
inconsistencies in q-dolldoll
2005-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add philip
ratcliffe's fake-accent solution to q-bibtranscinit
(preamble): v3.13b.3 (ok, i don't know what i'm doing here...), today
(section{Introduction}): add philip ratcliffe to thanks list
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): add q-wrongpn
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): renamed
subsection, moved q-oarglikesect and q-twooptarg from "latex macros"
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): change name to "more
than one opt arg"
(subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): new q-cmdstar, from
add-general
2005-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add q-minxampl
from add-tutorial
(section{Documentation and Help}): ref to q-minxampl from q-askquestion
(section{You're still stuck?}): ref to q-minxampl from q-latexbug
2005-05-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools}): add q-plninltx (from
add-general), and split this of from the more simple stuff (now
subsection "latex macro techniques"); other ones in here are
q-atsigns, q-protect, q-edef, q-ltxcmds and q-ltxabbrv
* faq.sty: remove spurious guff at start of ctanrefs env (was solemnly
forcing horizontal mode, thus confusing \addvspace at start of list)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add q-formbiblabel
2005-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add splitbib
* faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): mention splitbib in
q-multbib
2005-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add placeins as a directory
* filectan.tex: change beginlatex to its latest incarnation
remove placeins
2005-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: make robust a few commands that get to appear in tocs
2005-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: put correct cross question links if -w
* texfaq2html-gamma: miscellaneous tidies from debugging session
2005-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add clsguide
* dirctan.tex: add makedtx
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention makedtx in
q-dtx; list clsguide.pdf in links
2005-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add mathdesign to
the list in q-psfchoice
2005-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): correct
\csx{listfiles} to \Package{snapshot} (!) as data collection mech for
bundledoc, in q-filesused
2005-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor editorial
to q-xspace
2005-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove some text that's
crept in unawares to q-tmupfl
2005-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-errparnum
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit of
desultory macro-usage editing
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-ltxhash
2005-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): (changed name
for the subsection) new answer q-minxampl
* Makefile (PATCH): add add-tutorial (can't we automate this?)
2005-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-errmissitem from
add-general
(section{Documentation and Help}): editorials on q-askquestion
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): minor
editorial to q-plninltx
2005-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct path to obsolete/support/undump; point
umlaute at the latex package (rather than support/); remove umlaut
2005-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new q-newfont
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): use \font rather than \newfont
in examples in q-plninltx
2005-03-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): lots more
fiddling with q-plninltx, including extending the font stuff
2005-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add example of
font encoding confusion arising from \newfont, in q-plninltx
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): have narrow/wideversion of one
example in q-cmdstar
2005-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention javier's
checkend package in q-endingroup
2005-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial on
q-errmissitem, plus mention of \mbox, \makebox, \framebox
2005-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new q-brkinline
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): convert \< (never used) to
\textless, \> (ditto) to \textgreater ... so now i can use the beasts
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): mention \section
as another case of misbehaviour in q-errmissitem
2005-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: rewrite \href (non-hyper version) so as to get quoting
actually right, and not to lose trailing spaces...
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention c2latex
in q-codelist (previously, the program was in ctanrefs only); also add
an actual recommendation for listings, but suggest the others may be
worth considering; add tgrind, sitting with lgrind
(section{Graphics}): rewrite item about mfpic, and add one about pgf,
in q-drawing
2005-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new
q-errmissitem
2005-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-tutorial.tex: add a subsection heading (who cares there are 10?)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention threeparttable in
q-ftncapt (suggestion by don arseneau)
2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): reword etex
description in q-nts
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): new q-cmdstar
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \elatex and \miktex translation
* faq.sty: add \elatex and \miktex commands
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): elatex as a progname->
\elatex{} in q-endingroup
2005-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): MiKTeX!!!
2005-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): xdvi and xdvik are
no longer separate
* dirctan.tex: delete xet,xdvik,hp2xx311; correct addindex
* filectan.tex: correct pdftex, latexcount
* faqbody.tex: v3.13b.1, today
* filectan.tex: add vf-howto
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention virtual fonts
howto in q-virtualfonts
2005-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: minor twiddling with default font loading;
* faqbody.tex: v3.13b, today
* texfaq2file: generate labels that go to the modified file names
rather than to the raw label name, in .aux scan
2005-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct enumii->enumi in one
of the "recipes" in q-labelformat
2005-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): \qref* for etex
and aleph in q-omega mention of aleph
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove rogue line break in
q-upquote
* faqfont.cfg.ugm: new: for typesetting with urw garamond
* faq.sty: require lmodern regardless (for sans fonts)
2005-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct details for
ctan-ann, and mention mail-archive.com in q-maillists
(section{TeX Systems}): mention tetex mailing list (not -announce or
-pretest...), plus RSS feed, in q-texsystems
2005-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): make clear that
4spell comes from a package that's now defunct
2005-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pseudocode
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention
pseudocode package in q-algorithms
2005-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: single file ispell (is this supportable?)
* dirctan.tex: remove ispell
2005-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add aspell
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): tidy up reference to
aspell in q-spell, given that it's now on ctan
2005-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add svn, svninfo
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add svn and svninfo to
q-rcs
2005-01-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.13a.1, today
(section{TeX Systems}): update sciword bumf from mail from mabb
(section{Documentation and Help}): typo in q-mfptutorials
(subsection{Particular font families}): typos in both q-uselmfonts and
q-concrete
(section{TeX Systems}): add a link to the y&y mailing list page at the
end of q-commercial
2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.13a
(subsection{Document management}): correction+more details of extract
package in q-conditional
2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.13, today (release)
2005-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): add bbm and doublestroke, and
do various editorial changes (including pouring more derision on the
"lazy person's" macros)
* dirctan.tex: add bbm-macros, doublestroke
2005-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): mention that lm
fonts are already in tetex 3.0, and may (at least) be added to miktex
automatically, also bring updmap stuff up to date for miktex
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): same change in q-instt1font
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorials in q-miktexinst
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention non-standard things like
.cfg and .drv files in q-wherefiles
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with -beta
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \href* pattern
* faq.sty: add * and quote detection to \href (non-hyper version; *
simply ignored \ifpdf)
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make reference to the
rutgers typography guidelines in q-tutorials
2004-12-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add extract
* faqbody.tex: v3.13rc2, today
(subsection{Document management}): mention extract.sty in q-conditional
2004-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): more
work on q-sgml2tex* ... i'm bogging down here :-(
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct spelling of optparams
in q-twooptarg
2004-12-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): replacement for
q-mathml from add-hammond (where it was q-mathml*)
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): move all the \URL entries to
body of q-textrace, and add link to fontforge
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 fonts}): remove mathtime, mathtime plus and
lucida; add mathtime pro
(section{TeX Systems}): correct details of personal tex inc from web
2004-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}):
mention inkscape in q-mathml*, as a free svg editor
(subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): general other editorials
throughout q-mathml*
2004-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add wallpaper
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add wallpaper package to
q-watermark
2004-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.13rc1, today
* dirctan.tex: add metatype1
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): provide
sourceforge link to autotrace and potrace, and talk up mftrace in
q-textrace; also add description of metatype1 and change title of
question to emphasise that it covers a bunch of projects; remove
references to actual fonts in the ctanrefs list
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): make reference to metatype1 via
q-textrace, in q-type1t1
2004-12-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-tutorial.tex: new file: replacements for q-tutorials
2004-12-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): yet
more editorials on q-sgml2tex*
2004-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit-
orial work in both q-readml* and q-sgml2tex*
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add xcomment with
example of use to q-conditional
2004-12-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* 3.12a/faqbody.tex: v3.12a-p4, today
(subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion ->
\includecomment in q-conditional (and install)
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.9, today
(subsection{Document management}): correct \includeversion ->
\includecomment in q-conditional, and add an example
2004-12-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of typos in
q-marginparside, spotted by vladimir volovich
2004-12-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): typo in q-papersize...
* check-ctan-lists: distinguish linked files,
* filectan.tex: correct path for protext
* dirctan.tex: correct basix (yoyoy?)
2004-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): editor
work on q-readml*
2004-11-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): re-
write text around sgmls and stil in q-sgml2tex*
* dirctan.tex: add euler-latex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): add mention of
euler package and eulervm to q-concrete
2004-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add protext
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention protext
2004-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): mention william hammond
(section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): slight mod suggested by author
of dvipng to q-dvi-bmp
* add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): edit-
orial on q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex*
2004-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (newfaq-patch.dvi,.pdf): run find-add-files
(clean): remove additions.tex, too
* patchdates.tex: new; the patch levels that were mastered in
additions.tex; now pl4.12g, today
* find-add-files: perl jiffy to find what add-* files exist just now,
and to create a suitable additions.tex
* add-general.tex: remove hammond answers
* add-hammond.tex: new, hammond revised answers
2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): add
q-mathml*, q-sgml2tex* and q-readml*
* dirctan.tex: add gellmu and jadetex
2004-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.8, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add c2latex to q-codelist
2004-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: provide a definition for \textoslash
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \textoslash for \o (but why does
perl substitution of \o not work?)
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): \textoslash for \o
2004-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \o{}
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ant now has
insertions, so suggest it's worth investigating as a system.
(section{Introduction}): add morten h
2004-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd from
add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorials on
q-ouparmd
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin replaced by the
body of q-changemargin* from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* editorials
* dirctan.tex: add algorithmicx
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add algorithmicx
to q-algorithms
2004-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention parcolumns in
q-parallel, add examples
2004-11-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): use
of infinite value for widow and club penalties in q-widow
2004-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to jim's
one-person system web page, under tutorials (this question needs re-
working, methinks...)
2004-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new
q-subverttoks from add-general
(subsection{Creating citations}): q-i18nbib from add-general
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): q-rulethk from add-general
* dirctan.tex: add bib2xhtml
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): correction for words about
plainpages=false, from dan luecking
(subsection{Manipulating whole bibliographies}): add bib2xhtml to
q-htmlbib
* texfaq2file: missing </ul> before subsections in normal mode
2004-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ec-type1->tt2001
in q-textrace
2004-10-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: correct context-tmf to current location
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pdftricks link in
q-pdftexgraphics
04-10-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): mention bold csc fonts in
knuth-style t1-encoded fonts to q-bold-extras
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): add tt2001 to q-type1t1
* dirctan.tex: remove fonts/ps-type1/ec, add fonts/ps-type1/tt2001
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.7, today
2004-10-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): provide morten's witty
example of the problems with \iffalse in q-conditional
2004-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rejig q-newlang to mention the
use of texconfig to do the format rebuild in tetex
2004-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial on
q-extrabrace
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): as -beta
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand} and
\cmdinvoke*{cmd}[opt]{mand1}{mand2}
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add reference to
\shortintertext in q-mathstext, and show how to do short intertexts
using flalign
* dirctan.tex: add mh
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add norbib to
q-i18nbib
2004-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add dk-bib
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add dk-bib to
q-i18nbib, and reorganise the list
2004-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): excise european modern from
q-type1T1
2004-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): purge references to y&y
2004-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): editorial,
particularly on q-virtualfonts
2004-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention pstricks overlaying stuff in
q-labelfig
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-breaklinks
2004-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention CH math
2004-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.12a.6, today
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): minimum change to reflect
what's happened since john's omega bombshell, plus ref to aleph
(section{TeX Systems}): mention the miktex cd with miktex descr
(section{Acquiring the Software}): make q-cd talk about nothing but the
tex live distribution
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): describe etex as today's
thing, in the article on nts.
2004-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention fourier in q-numbersets
2004-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-atvert problem
happens in maths mode too
(section{Adjusting the typesetting}): add ctanref for fancyhdr in
q-reallyblank, supply missing text about memoir
2004-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.12f, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* (revision
from donald)
2004-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.5, today
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): merry upheaval of q-psfchoice
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention optparams in q-twooptarg
2004-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): ha-prosper is
a package, not a class
2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention eplain online docs and
mailing list
2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fourier and utopia
corrected swebib and elsevier entries
added bigfoot (for suffix.sty)
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.4, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add concrete examples of using
listings package
(subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add blurb about fourier
2004-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): standardise on \ProgName{Perl} (note cap)
and \ProgName{Python} (all of one change)
* dirctan.tex: add latexdiff, remove language, and resort in that area
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention latexdiff in
q-changebar
2004-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): provide criterion for
choosing jurabib instead of footbib in q-bibinline
2004-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy up description
of byname in q-nameref
2004-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): bring in parallel with sanitize.pl
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): \bsbs (twice) in q-varwidth
(subsection{Common errors}): \bsbs -> \texttt{\bsbs } in q-noline
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): \bsbs in q-altabcr
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): \bsbs in q-tabcellalign
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make \bsbs gobble a single following
space
2004-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): putative completion
of q-i18nbib
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention the wiki in q-context
2004-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): bit more on
q-i18nbib -- probably more language contributions to be found, but
there's enough here for the time being
* dirctan.tex: add spain and bib-fr
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): rewrite the
description of the custom-bib mechanism in q-custbib
2004-09-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): start on q-i18nbib
* filectan.tex: add finplain.bst
* dirctan.tex: add bibgerm, swebib
2004-08-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): new (tug) list address for
q-mp, and add reference to tug mp page
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-ouparmd
2004-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ebib
multibbl, texpower now both in (regular) latex/contrib
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add ref to ebib in
q-buildbib
2004-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new
q-rulethk
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial,
q-destable, and add reference to memoir implementing booktabs commands
2004-08-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add karl berry's suggestion to
q-mathsize
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-tocbibind
2004-08-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): correct
startling error in q-vertposfp (courtesy of donald -- i can't work out
how i came to write the original rubbish in the first place)
(section{TeX Systems}): correct address for truetex
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention truetex using type 1
fonts under xp
2004-08-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize[-beta].pl (sanitize_line): provide \mailto{}
2004-08-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on
q-pspreview
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-psfchoice (more
remains to be done)
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-concrete
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-uselmodern
2004-08-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Metafont fonts}): editorial on q-getbitmap
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-usepsfont
2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a.3, today
(section{TeX Systems}): forward ref to q-buildbib from q-editors
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): refer to "specific font families"
in q-instfont
(throughout): \FontName|...| -> \FontName{...}
2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add mention of
JabRef
(section{The Background}): editorial on q-latexe
(section{The Background}): editorial on q-context
(section{The Background}): editorial on q-amspkg
(section{Acquiring the Software}): editorial (big time) on q-uploads
2004-08-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): carry forward changes from non-beta
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): correct \Newsgroup{}
2004-08-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make all the variants of \cmdinvoke use
the <code>\\</code><code> trick we already have for \csx, to deal with
\@ problem
2004-08-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add ziffer
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mend typo in q-
dec_comma, and add reference to ziffer
2004-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): first stab at updating
package doc question
* add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new
answer on \[ex]def -- going to need a lot more thought
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add link to edith
hodgen's magnum opus
2004-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): superseded theorem.sty with
amsthm.sty in the quaintly named "roman theorems" answer
2004-07-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.12a.2, today
* filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode (again?!)
2004-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add texniccenter
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texniccenter to q-editors
2004-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode
* faqbody.tex (throughout): change \Newsgroup|...| -> {...}
(section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ctan version of herbert
voss' mathmode thing
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add closing </code> in
\marg (!), and allow \Newsgroup{...}
2004-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.12a.1, today
* 3.12a/faqbody.tex: pl2, today
(section{The Background}): 3.141592
(various): remaining ctanrefs to enumitem
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): document \begin{enumerate}[resume]
from enumitem (and tidy up remaining ctanrefs to enumitem)
2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile.CTAN: remove all mention of -cm targets
2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: remove -cm targets from "all"
* faq.sty: use T1 encoding, times & luximono fonts, by default
2004-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* 3.12a/faqbody.tex: change version to -p1, today's date (for web
release with enumitem directory correct)
2004-07-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct tex version no, and
add link to copy of knuth's paper in maps archive
2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add andy roberts'
stuff
2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: move fonts/ps-type1/lm up one
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): change location of enumitem
* dirctan.tex: add enumitem
2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.12a
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial in q-patch
*** RELEASE 3.12 ***
2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): sigh -- narrowversion stuff in
q-mathstext
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): transfer change to table defs
* faqbody.tex: v3.12, today
* faq.sty: suppress \pdfavoidoverfull if the cs doesn't exist
add pdfstring disable command for \marg
2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-slidecls
from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): suppress the stupid coding for this release
since adding the new answer has obviated the need pro tem
2004-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): stupid coding to prevent
spacing silliness around q-ltxabbrv; this will need reviewing at every
release unless i can think of some better way around the problem
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): minor
tweak to slides question
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add cellpadding to <table>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change address of
teencontrex (sent reply to prompt check whether the latest stuff
really is on ctan...)
(subsection{Mathematics}): point maths sizes at q-ltxabbrv
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-ltxabbrv from add-general
2004-07-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add pybliographer
to the list of "managers not on ctan"
3.12RC2, today
2004-07-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ppr-prv, ha-prosper
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up
prosper, with ppr-prv and ha-prosper
* dirctan.tex: add pgf,xcolor
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): write up
beamer, add links for pgf and xcolor
2004-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new q-buildbib
from add-general
(subsection{Creating citations}): new q-usebibtex from add-general
(subsection{Common errors}): new q-zerochap from add-general
* dirctan.tex: add ps4pdf
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention ps4pdf and pdftricks, and
reference voss' page for various support options
2004-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texmaker after kile in
q-editors
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): elaborate situation of texindex
in q-makeindex, and add reference to ltxindex
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): write up the
bibtex db management systems
* dirctan.tex: add xbibfile and btOOL
2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Common errors} and elsewhere): adjust spacing of
ellipsis in question title
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap
* faq.sty: debug \Qref*{}{}''
2004-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqfont.cfg.mbvj: add definition of \acro
2004-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: adjust "null" \acro command so as not to gobble following
space in the toc!
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): work on
the slides question
2004-07-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct
section number of companion reference
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): moved up to before fonts
(subsection{Document structure}): add section number for companion
reference
2004-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.12e, today
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): two more editorials on q-ltxcmds
2004-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add chapterfolder
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add another example of trouble
to q-baselinepar
(subsection{Document management}): add chapterfolder to q-docotherdir
2004-06-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html, texfaq2html-beta, texfaq2file: align all three with
sanitize changes
* sanitize.pl: up to date with sanitize-beta
* faqbody.tex (throughout): \path|...| -> \path{...}
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \path{...}
* faqfont.cfg.mbvj: boldmath not available
* faqfont.cfg.cmfonts: boldmath is available
* faq.sty: define \ifboldmathavail and set false in default font setup
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): editorial on q-secnumdep
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): debugging and editorial on q-ltxcmds
(throughout): tidy \boldmath for question (etc) titles
2004-06-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@mole.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct \href for
"highlight" home site
2004-06-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap
2004-06-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-extex and
q-xetex from add-general
(subsection{Hyphenation}): q-hyphexcept from add-general
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-tocloftwrong from add-general
(subsection{Page layout}): q-outszwrng from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): change \hline
in q-ltxabbrv (on the off-chance we can introduce this answer to the
running version)
(subsection{Current \TeX-related projects}): editorial on xetex
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): fiddle trying to make \hline equiv
commands show up in tables
* faq.sty: define \acro conditionally in body of file; define it as
null (apart from \@) in default font setup, but not in cmfonts version
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): links for gwtex and texshop,
reword availability statements for oztex and cmactex (looks like the
only "generally" pre-macosX version is textures, now :-( )
2004-06-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.12RC1, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): rewrite highlight stuff to be
more upbeat about it (and to mention its valuable properties)
2004-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-subverttoks
2004-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): missing \csx in q-fixnam
2004-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial
on q-ifpdf
2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use the
\relax trick in q-empty
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move the zapping of \relax to after
that of {}, so that \cmdinvoke{cmd}{\relax} describes empty arg
2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): first stab at
"abbreviations" answer (q-ltxabbrv)
2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): ftpmail only at dante,
only one answer about searching, in q-archives
(section{Acquiring the Software}): mend ref in q-nonfree
(section{Acquiring the Software}): replace refs in q-uploads
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): ... and in q-instpackages
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): and in q-journalpaper
(subsection{Common errors}): jf contribution to q-verbwithin
2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): replace q-findpkg,
q-siteindex and q-websearch by q-findfiles from add-general
(subsection{Common errors}): rewrite my\string_name in q-verbdef
2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: version 3.11h, tomorrow
* add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): minor edits of
q-findfiles
2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): q-ifpdf
from add-general
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-divzero, q-missbegdoc,
q-normalszmiss and q-manymathalph from add-general
(subsection{Creating citations}): new q-compactbib and q-bibtocorder
from add-general
2004-06-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): new
q-xetex
* faqbody.tex (throughout): \mailto|...| -> \mailto{...}
* filectan.tex: add notoccite, remove tocunscite
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): typo in q-ifpdf
* faqbody.tex (several places): deal with companion issues or mark
further work needed with ********
* dirctan.tex: add tlc2
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to tlc2
examples
2004-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: make \mailto accept either sort of arg, \ifpdf
2004-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): tweak q-mathsize
2004-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add fontmath and fontdef (in some order)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): clarification (one hopes) of
q-mathsize
2004-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): warn about non-error in
q-verbwithin
2004-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): emphasise
that \ifnoerror is a fantasy...
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-ifpdf
2004-06-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy q-cv
2004-06-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention amsmath in the \\ q
* CHANGES-3.12: mention europecv
* dirctan.tex: add europecv
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add europecv
to q-cv
2004-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): comments
on "is it an integer" from donald
2004-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): new
q-tocloftwrong dealing with numbers in toc and so on, basically just a
pointer to q-tocloft
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer aspirant authors
to tex books and to q-dtx
2004-05-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): expand q-extrabrace a
bit, adding stuff about \caption and non-moving opt args
2004-05-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove french-le and french-pro (not actually used, and
french-le has disappeared, at least temporarily)
* filectan.tex: correct litprog-faq
comment-out compan-ctan
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct pointer to
voss's latex stuff (twice)
2004-05-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): add keywords for
q-extrabrace (also touch up verbatim quoting)
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention definition of fragile commands in
lamport, and that some robust commands (e.g., \cite) get redefined
fragile
(section{TeX Systems}): mention texshop as an editor/shell for macos x
2004-05-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correction to
q-bibprefixsort from james szinger
2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): first draft of "output
size wrong"
2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): provide documentation, etc., links
for pstricks
2004-05-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct maarten sneep's name
(subsection{Common errors}): correct the example in q-alreadydef
* dirctan.tex: e4t moved to nonfree/ (though we don't use it...)
* CHANGES-3.12: document 4alltex and miktex changes to faqbody
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): slightly more expansive about
kile, and a link to sourceforge in q-editors; also remove mention of
eddi4tex (defunct?) and the 4alltex cdrom
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): texlive 7 is no longer
the type example of a system that does dvips 5.90 (or better)
(section{Acquiring the Software}): mention the miktex cdrom (a good
deal, imo)
2004-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add keywords to
q-newlineargs
2004-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html (oh_dear): put an (obfuscated) mail address in the
message (does it need obfuscation?)
2004-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with the table things
* faq.sty: macros for use in tables
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tabular for *name macros
2004-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (throughout): get rid \cs usage
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite that nasty para in
q-texpronounce
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct use of \csx for \&
2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.11f, today
(section{The Background}): another paragraph (shock!) to elucidate
the relationship to "technology" (i have a nasty feeling...)
2004-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: redefine \csx to allow its argument to expand, remove \cs
* faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): use \symbol{95} for underscore
in several places
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): use \symbol{95}
* texfaq2html-beta: remove symbol character table
* sanitize-beta.pl: add symbol character table, with 95=>"_", remove
\cs
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): note bibdesk
(in comment)
2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{\LaTeX{} macros}): reinstate minor changes
done here over the w/e
2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): redo text at
start of q-codelist -- wasn't translating properly to html
* faq.sty: squeeze list indentations a fair bit
* faqbody.tex (throughout): enumerate->itemize wherever reasonable,
plus associated tidying of markup
2004-05-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add the FILES.* requirements
* add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): q-findfiles
more or less complete
2004-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): first serious
chunk of a q-findfiles to replace the existing three answers
2004-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): fidgeting with the
"find stuff" answers; these ought all to be one :-(
* filectan.tex: move T1instguide one directory down in the tree (nb,
keeping companion.ctan entry, even though the file's not on archive,
on the basis that i've to rewrite the file for ed.2)
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): more hacking at
q-findpkg
2004-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): removed the "more
dynamic is" rubbish from intro to lshort
(subsection{Mathematics}): tidying markup to avoid verbatim, use quote
env, in q-proof
(section{Acquiring the Software}): purge references to companion.ctan
2004-04-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): allow narrow
version of \normalsize error message
2004-04-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf
2004-04-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* CHANGES-3.12: mention mimetex reference
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tidy up narrow
column stuff in q-mathml
2004-04-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add MimeTeX
* faqbody.tex: v3.11e, today
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention techexplorer as
introduction to mimetex in q-mathml
* commands-to-define: add \addvspace (simplified defn)
2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention
\tabularnewline in q-tabcellalign
2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): whinge about age of emtex and
djgpp, suggesting users who want up-to-date systems need to go to
win32 :-(
* dirctan.tex: emtexTDS now obsolete
2004-04-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mend markup in
q-bibplain
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): markup in q-flushboth
(subsection{Page layout}): shambles in q-landscape
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \qref and
\cmdinvoke down below def of all "font-change-only" commands (things
that could be in args)
2004-04-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): redo tex2bib
references in q-makebib
2004-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add tex2bib entries (one for doc too)
* dirctan.tex: remove incorrect tex2bib entry
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): added tex2bib
to q-buildbib
2004-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): tidy markup of
q-siteindex
* texfaq2file,texfaq2html-gamma,texfaq2html-beta,texfaq2html: add
symbol 94 for work on q-siteindex
2004-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-manymathalph
complete (first pass)
2004-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): a start to
q-manymathalph (interrupted by falling asleep...)
* faqbody.tex: v3.11d, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to kindersley book in
q-typebooks
(section{Introduction}): added isaac khabaza to list
(section{Documentation and Help}): fourth edition of k&d, 2nd of tlc
(section{Documentation and Help}): sort out ~ in an \href line (twice)
2004-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): deal with line-
broken \Qref command in q-seturl
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): it's M-Tx not M_Tx in q-music
* Makefile.CTAN: drop stupid_names.sty
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): line up with changes to -beta
* additions.tex: pl 4.12a, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.11c, today
(subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-altabcr from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-missbegdoc
(subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-normalszmiss
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove $...$ re, add \beta, \marg{}
* faqbody.tex (throughout): replace $...$ with \ensuremath{...}
2004-04-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): comment on relation to
grouping level errors in q-semanticnest
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct typo in
Q-compactbib
* faq.sty: arrange that \Qref doesn't eat following space (by
converting \@ifnextchar to \afterassignment with "\let\@tempa= "
2004-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): jiffy on compact
thebibliography lists
2004-04-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize[-beta].pl (throughout): align the two files (2-way process)
* faqbody.tex: v3.11b, today
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): note bottom double float
restrictions and complications
2004-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: add -2 switch, and corresponding tidies; correct a
few things detected by perl -w
* sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): correct = -> == in conditional(!)
2004-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: define a bunch of stupid name macros to free us of these
idiot logos for ever; also define \MF and \MP without package mflogo
2004-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of \TeX{} errors}): graphicx
height/division question q-divzero
2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): writing hyphenation
exceptions q-hyphexcept
2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): typo in q-fig title
(section{The Background}): correct the earlier twaddle about X in
Q-TeXpronounce (courtesy of Ulrich Klauer)
(section{Introduction}): added Ulrich Klauer
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): editorial on q-tabcellalign
(section{Documentation and Help}): add reference to shipman's texcrib
2004-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): typo, found
courtesy of bil kleb
2004-03-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-altabcr
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy up
q-tabcellalign, adding refs to q-altabcr, and correcting errors
2004-03-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: remove unnecessary \pdfstringdisable commands, sanitise \nts
and \texxet (but comment out \texxet and also \mltex, which aren't
used)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): get rid of \texsis
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): write out in full
the one instance of use of \texsis...
* faq.sty: de-sillify \tex, \etex, \extex, \latex, \alltex, \context,
\pdftex, \pdflatex, \twee ... and junk \texsis
2004-03-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): complete
first stab at extex question
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Omega
2004-03-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* README: modify final paragraph (about distributing modified versions)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove \Q
* faq.sty: suppress \Q (temporarily, just possibly: it's going from
texfaq2html, anyway)
2004-03-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): correct fantasy in html
of q-2letterfontcommands
* filectan.tex: add vruler
* faqbody.tex: 3.11a, today
(section{The Background}): editorial on q-triptrap
(section{Introduction}): add brooks moses to list
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add vruler to q-linenos
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): sanitize_beta changes
2004-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): removed \ldots, added \psatempty
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): minor editorials for ps@empty
2004-03-15: release 3.11
2004-03-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: disable \, in \pdfstringdisablecommands; define \psatempty
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): use \psatempty in question
title for label ps@empty
2004-03-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): don't refer to individual
latex doc files (not sensible since none is now html)
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention clsguide via directory only
* dirctan.tex: latex documentation directory
2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add texcnvfaq as a directory
* filectan.tex: remove texcnvfaq
2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.11, today
(subsection{Page layout}): clarify "pdf output" for pdflscape
2004-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new text about
dvipng, from its author
2004-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: document \Qref in the course of checking it...
* faqbody.tex (throughout): check on "\Qref..." -- ensure sensible
usage, specifically avoiding "(see question x)"
2004-03-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): tidy "interrupting lists" answer
* CHANGES-3.11: 2 more answers listed
* additions.tex: pl4.12, today
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): q-2letterfontcmd from
add-general
(section{Graphics}): q-dvipdfmgraphics from add-general
v3.11RC4, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): editorials on
q-2letterfontcmd and q-dvipdfmgraphics
2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): edit the dvipdfm answer a bit
2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.11b, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): graphics in dvipdfm
2004-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v 3.11RC3, today
(section{Introduction}): contributors contributions, added szinger
2004-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \bsbs{}
* faq.sty: add \bsbs
* filectan.tex: beginlatex and tex4ht changed names
* dirctan.tex: add pict2e, remove/amend things to match changes on
the archive
* faqbody.tex
(subsection{Odds and ends}): add pbox and eqparbox to q-varwidth
(section{Graphics}): mention pict2e in "drawing in latex"
* dirctan.tex: add eqparbox and pbox
2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: date today, of course!
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("Postscript") fonts}): rearrange list of
fonts to clump free ones together better [more still to be done]
2004-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): tidy up coding around stupid
logos answer
v3.11RC2
* filectan.tex: texnames.sty from info/biblio
* Makefile.CTAN: texnames.sty -> stupid_names.sty
* faq.sty: load stupid_names
* stupid_names.sty: renamed [my] texnames.sty
2004-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add smallcap
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): New q-2letterfontcmd
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add note about public
fonts directories
(subsection{Odds and ends}): mention texhash for bold-extra installs
2004-02-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention that memoir doesn't
choke on verbatim in footnotes in q-verbwithin
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): note koma-script \chapterformat (etc.)
functions in q-seccntformat
(subsection{Common errors}): q-tabacc and q-alreadydef from add-general
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-linespread and q-baselinepar
from add-general
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): q-pdfpagelabels from add-general
(subsection{Odds and ends}): q-varwidth from add-general
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): q-bibtranscinit from add-general
(subsection{Creating citations}): q-sortbib from add-general
[preamble]: v3.11RC1, today
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-inputlev and q-hyperdupdest from
add-general
2004-02-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): new options for
q-changebars, from peter w; ditto comment env in memoir, for
q-conditional; totals counters in memoir for q-howmanypp
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): mention memoir's
\ifinteger setup in q-isitanum; ifmtarg in memoir for q-empty
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): chngcntr in memoir for q-running-nos;
q-oddpage stuff in memoir
2004-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10k, today
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): tidy up text about bitmap type 3
fonts in q-adobetypen
2004-02-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct
conditional code in Q-bibtranscinit
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): bit more on Q-buildbib
2004-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention koma
\captionabove command
2004-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): twiddle further with
reference-by-name answer (i wonder if it's comprehensible?)
2004-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add smartref
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): reword text
about splitidx package to take account of split option; more work
needed on this answer still :-{
(subsection{Labels and references}): note memoir titleref functions,
and mention byname
2004-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty (\Qref): new whistle in case "\Qref..."
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): editorial work on ps@empty
2004-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10j, today
* additions.tex: pl4.10f, today
2004-02-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-gamma: first tentative steps towards a new web script
(nothing much to do with tex, as yet...)
* texfaq2file: add switches to control what is output, for grand new
scheme of things
2004-01-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct
reference to index package
* dirctan.tex: add index
2004-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ledmac
2004-01-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: qq159,161 (in wilson's notes) for memoir
q163 for both memoir and koma-script
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): close paren in
q-baselinepar
(subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-varwidth
* filectan.tex: add varwidth
2004-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): finished (first
draft of) q-baselinepar
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): correct a
typo (or perhaps "braino") pointed out by hendrik maryns
2004-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-baselinepar
and a link to it from
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): bit more scrunge
at end of q-paraparam
2004-01-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention swiftex in dtx
answer
2004-01-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10i, today
(subsection{Document structure}): refer to zoonekynd's title, chapter
and section style pages
* additions.tex: pl4.10e, yesterday
2004-01-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct miktex
"update database" key name
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): nearing
completion of q-linespread
2004-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): don't have comment.sty \end{xyz} other than
in column 1
* filectan.tex: add savesym
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-alreadydef
2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword paraparam,
having recommended it to someone :-}
2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add Tabbing
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): complete q-tabacc
2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-tabacc (not
yet quite complete)
2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: subfigure->subfig, in case i ever get to use it...
2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): remove references to ntex
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): quote work complete to end
of this subsection
2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): more work on the
quote and verbatim
2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl 4.10d, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new answer
q-pdfpagelabels
(subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-hyperdupdest
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy qrefs to get rid of
stray space in html; reword intro to make clear what the answer will
tell us
2004-01-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): still more work on tidying
(subsection{Getting things to fit}): remove question on miktex failing
to generate latex format
(subsection{Common errors}): mention dblfloatfix in "dbl float order"
v3.10h, today
2004-01-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout, again): more work on conditionals
(correcting gross errors of yesterday) and tidying layout (more quote
environments, f'rex)
2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): redoing conditional control
2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start of scan
of database offerings
2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): memoir does crop marks
2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): couple of editorials
from christina thiele
2004-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-nopageno and q-ps@empty,
update for memoir and koma-script
2004-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-privinst from
add-general
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): new q-instt1font from add-general
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-resolns from add-general
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-fontname from add-general
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): new q-minitoc from
add-general
2004-01-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a stricture against using epsfig
unless really necessary
(subsection{Document structure}): mention memoir in "page numbering"
(subsection{Page layout}): note typearea's capabilities in q-papersize
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): wrap bib
entries in dviversion for transcribed initials question
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): dealt with the stuff
about marks
2004-01-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new answer
from martin sneep, about transcribed initial letters
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): \clearempty... koma
stuff in Q-reallyblank
(section{Documentation and Help}): typesetting japanese tutorial from
matsusaka u. in japan
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention lambda in q-omega,
and add a health warning to the \ctanref about omega itself
2004-01-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention
tabulary
(subsection{Document structure}): koma-script scrpage2, memoir into
q-fancyhdr
(subsection{Page layout}): mention koma \chapterpagestyle in Q-ps@empty
2003-12-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add capt-of
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): record change back from
caption2 to caption
(subsection{Document structure}): koma & memoir appendix facilities
(section{Document structure}): caption facilities of koma and memoir,
and add capt-of too
2003-12-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to mimi's pages
next to tim love's
(section{Documentation and Help}): remove reference to basum (bausum?)
page on tug.org since it's shortly to be no more, and remove the ltx-2
one too, since we seem to have a latex one in the offing
2003-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mptopdf in "mp in gs" q
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention ken
turner's list of reference styles
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): list herbert voss'
thing under both faqs and tutorials
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidy up the
private installation thing to fit in the columns (still needs proper
proof-reading)
2003-12-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more
verbosity about home texmf trees (this stuff needs proof-reading!!!)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): koma, memoir additions
to q-secthead
2003-12-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): finish
off minitoc q with reference to hyperref; nb no reference to
minitoc-hyper (since no-one else has complained about it)
2003-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): new question
q-privinst (incomplete so far)
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): remove translation of \& to bare &
(which surely isn't safe?)
2003-12-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): remove
statement that koma and memoir classes are "still under development"
with its unfortunate suggestion that they're still incomplete
(subsection{Document structure}): mention koma and memoir's titling
capabilities
2003-12-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): fontname q
(subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): refer to q-fontname in
q-instt1font
(subsection{Creating citations}): restored q-sortbib ...
* faq.sty: redo definition of \ProgName (and hence various others)
to work with latest url.sty (if it's available)
2003-12-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): optimise \Qref in
lmfonts question
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): updated other sizes
question to mention koma and memoir
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): another batch
of work on "installing type 1 fonts"
* filectan.tex: excalibur now apparently 4.0.2
2003-12-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new Q-sortbib
2003-12-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): current gs version (in "old
gs" q) changed to 8.12 (dec 2003)
(preamble): v3.10g, today
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): changes for new fptex
2003-12-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add dblfloatfix
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention
dblfloatfix in Q-2colfloat
2003-12-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correction
of multind example [how _could_ i have got it so wrong?]
(preamble): v3.10f, today
2003-11-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: pdftitle uk _tex_ faq (not tug)
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typos in emacs names
2003-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl 4.10a
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): minitoc
question answered
2003-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10e, today
(throughout): refer to koma-script (the object, as opposed to the ctan
address) as KOMA-script
2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): minor extra
editorial
2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10d, today
(section{References from articles}): clarification of, and expansion of
examples in, q-mcite
2003-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10c, today
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct @preamble for \noopsort
(section{References from articles}): correct location for unsrtnat,
plainnat
2003-11-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
<release to the web>
* dirctan.tex: FirstSteps, lgc, lwc -> info/examples
* faqbody.tex: v3.10b, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): corrections to mf/mp tutorials, plus
two additions (from jose santos)
* texfaq2html: vital item left out yesterday when doing changes from
-beta
2003-11-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.10a
(subsection{Document structure}): typo in appendices question
* texfaq2html: changes from -beta
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): changes from -beta
* faqbody.tex: v3.10 today
2003-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: remove kostas entry (corresponding directory seems to
have disappeared from CTAN without trace...)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): extend and
tidy examples in "multiple indexes"
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \Email{ }
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct mail list
details for tex-music (now at icking archive)
(throughout): change \Email|...| to \Email{...}
* dirctan.tex: algorithm2e
* faqbody.tex: 3.10RC2, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention algorithm2e in
Q-algorithms
2003-10-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.9g, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.10RC1, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): various small editorials
2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): editorial work on
the appendix answer
2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy q-extref
* dirctan.tex: removed web/glasgow and all subdir references
* add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): faithfully add
reference to xr-hyper's url optional argument (though i've not tried
heiko's new version of hyperref that he says makes it work)
* dirctan.tex: add appendix
* add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): new Q-appendix
2003-10-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add example of how to
code align in place of eqnarray; make all questions in section have ?
at their ends (just for once, they _are_ written as questions)
(subsection{Common errors}): mention Q-eqnarray in Q-newlineargs where
eqnarray is used as an example
2003-10-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): q-toodeep from
add-general
(subsection{Mathematics}): q-mathstext and q-reuseq from add-general
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): q-exscale from add-general
(subsection{Page layout}): q-epigraph from add-general
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): q-aleph from add-general
(subsection{Footnotes}): q-footnpp from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): q-addtoreset from add-general
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): removed superfluous
\endhtmlignore in q-wholerow
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per
page resetting problem and the perpage package, in answer "master and
slave counters" (done once before, and obviously lost :-( )
2003-10-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.9f, today
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention aspell under
q-spell; remove mention of fig2mf under q-fig, and expand list of
known export formats (which now includes mf)
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): finished
editorial work on q-toodeep -- removed wibble about pressing on past
the error
(subsection{Creating citations}): minor editorial on the "howto"
2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention per
page resetting problem and the perpage package, in newly-renamed
answer "master and slave counters"
2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: remove $original_keyword (no longer used); make
$keyword have spaces exchanged for + signs; if not providing link to
list of questions, </center> ...
2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): typo; add example of perpage
and list sources of documentation
2003-10-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): more work on
how to
(subsection{Mathematics}): re-use of equation
2003-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start on "how
to write a .bib file"
2003-10-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add versions.sty
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add versions.sty to
conditional compilation answer
2003-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): remove the historical
stricture about the bibtex man page, and tidy the rest of the answer
up a bit
2003-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new subsection, new
Q-footnpp
2003-10-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add crippled keyword to
questions about fuzzy fonts
2003-10-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): too deep (list
nesting error answer
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \"u
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference to l2tabuen
as a -ve tutorial
* filectan.tex: add l2tabuen and l2tabuen.src
2003-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add fncyref
2003-10-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.9d, today
(subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): renamed section, added
Q-empty, tidied up quoting further up section
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): added Q-labundef
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): added Q-8000
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): add Q-dolldoll
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): mention latex kernel problem with \p@<*>,
and list the patch; also mention fncylab and point out that list
reference patching is best done with enumitem
2003-10-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new question on
xr and xr-hyper
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): hyperref defines
\nameref for itself; nameref doesn't need hyperref
* dirctan.tex: add clrscode
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention clrscode
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add narrowversion and wideversion
* faq.sty: add narrowversion and wideversion
* add-general.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new subsection,
for (new) q-extref
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): new, so far just
contains q-nameref
2003-10-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add an
\@addtoreset answer
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct order of
\cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}{a3} and \cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}{a2}; add
\cmdinvoke*{c}{a1}[a2]
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): slight tidying of
algorithm answer
2003-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add epigraph
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): fiddling with cites
in how to bibtex question
(subsection{Page layout}): answer on epigraphs
2003-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): how to run bibtex
2003-09-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add bezos
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add enumitem to the same two answers
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correction, following
discussion on c.t.t
2003-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add paralist, savetrees
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): add commentary on paralist and
savetrees to compaction of lists, and re-organise rest of question;
turn "fancy enumeration" upside down (to mention the package first),
and add side reference to paralist
2003-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: v4.9d. 22nd
* faqbody.tex: v3.9c, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention www.macrotex.net/texbooks
2003-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): consistent set of
examples for all three candidate packages, and compare-and-contrast
stuff to help users choose
2003-09-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): add ctan ref for
multibbl
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add \intertext command to
answer on text in maths (example copied from amsldoc)
2003-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add ref to latex2html
mailing list
* dirctan.tex: add texpower, beamer
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): bits and
pieces added on to slides question
2003-09-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: complete filename mapping to avoid nasty chars
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new answer: text in maths
2003-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): sort out $$ answer
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): micro-tutorial on
the way \marginpar works
2003-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add exscale q
2003-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): reference odp tex area
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): add answer on
detecting whether a label's undefined
2003-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 4-arg \cmdinvoke*
* dirctan.tex: add zoon-mp-eg
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add zoonekynd's
example set to list of mp tutorials
2003-09-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): bunch of
changes \Package| | to \Package{ }
(subsection{Getting things to fit}): advise etex/etex.sty for pictex
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention etex for dealing with
register problems
2003-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention
bigstrut
* dirctan.tex: add multirow
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Add q on
multirow
2003-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): question
on modifying single rows
2003-09-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add aleph
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): little
answer on the aleph project
2003-09-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: directory for TftI
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add tex for the
impatient to the list of books released "free"
2003-09-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): \label outside environment
enclosing \caption, too
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): play the htmlversion trick in
semanticnest
2003-09-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): question on
resolutions
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention mptut.pdf
(subsection{Getting things to fit}):
2003-09-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(section{Documentation and Help}): recommend TUG India tutorial page
2003-09-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): complete rewrite
of the "mismatched mode" answer
* dirctan.tex: add bakoma-texfonts
* faqbody.tex: v3.9a, today; move hypertext section beyond fonts
(section{Graphics}): reorder questions, make all titles of answers that
refer to imported graphics actually say "imported"
(section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial on mf books
(section{Documentation and Help}): mention herbert voss' maths tutorial
(section{Documentation and Help}): tidy up references to texhax
(section{Documentation and Help}): remark on the nasa latex thing
referring to 2.09
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor editorial
(section{Acquiring the Software}): minor editorial
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): add ctan ref for bakoma fonts
2003-09-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@beret.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: start on facility for changing file names of awkwardly-
labelled questions
2003-08-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@shep.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.9
2003-08-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.9RC2, today
* additions.tex: pl4.8a, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): use donald's
simpler scheme for doing unsrt styles by hand... still no tocunsrt :-(
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): rename the "graphics in" to
"imported graphics in", and rename q-graph-pspdf to "portable imported
graphics
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): trivial anglicisation
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention sverb.sty in the
verbatim input question, and tidy the whole mess up
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): tidy ctanrefs of music answer
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): reorder the question about "missing
number", and refer to mathptmx to replace the old times package
2003-08-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background} and elsewhere): yet more typos
noticed by jose carlos santos
2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bring up-to-date with changes to -beta
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move {} pattern to end of funtion
* faqbody.tex: 3.9RC1, today
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): documentation (such as
it is) of setspace
* companion.ctan: remove contrib/(supported|other) with a lot of help
from reinhard
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): put code
example in quote environment (seems to set it off rather well)
2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: remove all remaining contrib/supported
2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): ignore \bgroup, \egroup (the latter
has to have trailing space in its pattern, for some reason)
* faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): tidy up ctanrefs
(subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): add example of the use of
index.sty (other two to come)
2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): advise against nameref with
hyperref
* dirctan.tex: added cm-lgc
2003-08-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): rewrite
doublespacing question for less pomposity
2003-08-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): use \Qref*
(subsection{Particular font families}): use \Qref*
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): rework the 8-bit fonts question to
include cm-lgc, with caveats about its size range, and also to compare
the three type 1 alternatives to cm shapes
2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): further slight tweaks
2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.8c, today
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): add argument-version to \collect@body q
2003-08-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in
Q-slashbox
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \Qref* (twice) -- same as
\Qref here
* faq.sty: deal with \Qref*
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): couple of
typos in destable, and use \Qref*
2003-08-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.8b, today
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): reference to pdftex in its own
right on ctan
* filectan.tex: add pdftex
2003-08-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize.pl, sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \File{ }
* faqbody.tex: v3.8a, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): typo in Q-fuzzy-type3
2003-07-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile.CTAN: remove texfaq2{file,html}, but install faq-html.tar.gz
* Makefile (inst-html): muck about with html .tar.gz creation
* additions.tex: pl4.8, today
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): merge Q-capbibtex
and Q-bibcase to convert the latter to just Q-bibaccent
v3.8, today ** release **
2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): use new fantasies
around the production of \~
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): deal with \~, bring up to date with
sanitize-beta
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): \htmlignore around
dvi/pdf versions in examples of case protection
2003-07-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add lshort-parent
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): make sure that every
tutorial mentions it's available from ctan if it is; suggest browsing
for other language versions
2003-07-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add testflow to list
of tutorials
* additions.tex: pl4.7c, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.8RC2, today
2003-07-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (throughout): \ProgName|...| -> \ProgName{...}
2003-07-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add epslatex to list
of tutorials
2003-07-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove claim about the
regularity of tugboat :-)
2003-07-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-upquot, Q-time
and Q-the-commands from add-general (slight edit to Q-the-commands)
(subsection{Particular font families}): lm question from add-general
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): sorting from add-general
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): Q-slashbox from add-general
v3.8RC1, today
2003-07-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): turned the 8-bit fonts
question upside down so as to emphasise cm-like fonts.
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): change section title, and
adjust emphasis in the textrace/mftrace answer (as well as moving
download addresses to the ctanrefs section)
(section{Current TeX-related projects}): new answer on ANT (to what
question? you may well ask :-), from add-general
2003-07-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): new one on lm
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add lm fonts to type1T1
2003-07-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add lm fonts
2003-07-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): \noopsort question
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention the natbib
styles and custom-bib _above_ harvard :-}
2003-07-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention cm-super
and hfbright as sources of type 1 cm bright
* dirctan.tex: add latex4jed; move mcite, mdwtools, mfnfss, ssqquote,
textfit and tocvsec2 up/down/sideways one; also multibbl and foiltex
on the nonfree tree; add hfbright
* faqbody.tex: v3.7.1a, today
(section{TeX Systems}): mention latex4jed
2003-07-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: move minitoc, ms, multibib, nrc, ntheorem, rcs, rcsinfo,
refcheck, rotating, sectsty, showlabels, snapshot, sttools,
supertabular, titling and tocloft down one (or up one -- who cares?);
delete schroeder entry (pointing to the ms directory)
* faqbody.tex (two places): ctanref schroeder -> ms
2003-07-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: move mparhack, ncctools, newlfm, oberdiek, soul and
tocbibind up one
2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): minor
tidies
(subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): add a sentence on _why_
separation of languages might be a good thing
2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \textsf as a no-op (like \acro)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): still more
tidying, after sleeping on the problem
(subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): (new title for the section)
new question on ANT
2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): another pass
over the wording of the advice in the \the_xxx_ question
2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add 2-arg *'d \cmdinvoke
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove \emph
from the arguments of \csx in Q-the-commands
* dirctan.tex: move jknappen, jurabib and mailing down one level
2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: move toppages, type1cm and ucthesis down one level
2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add datetime; move memoir, utthesis, vector and vmargin
down one level
2003-07-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add twoopt.sty to Q-twooptarg
2003-07-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): tidy q-captsty (incl
documentation reference, and add reference to Q-atsigns in the early
bit about diy
2003-07-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.7b, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question
on typesetting the time
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): btxmac is actually
part of eplain; reference eplain, too
2003-07-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add slashbox; move textpos, was, wordcount, wrapfig,
xtab and xymtex down from contrib/supported
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): answer
containing a recommendation of slashbox (but presenting thomas lotze's
suggestion from textex_355 as an alternative)
* filectan.tex: add tocunscite (it's not there yet, mind)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): answer for unsrt
with table of contents (etc)
* faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): added mailing list
details for pdftex from tug site
(section{The Background}): maillist address for MP (didn't know it had
one!)
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): scrlettr->scrlttr2
2003-07-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): reference docmfp in
Q-dtx (is this the right place for it?)
(section{The Background}): rewrite text about mp in pdflatex, including
making reference to Q-pdflatexgraphics rather than to the pdflatex
project itself
(section{Current TeX Projects}): update pdftex answer; still needs
reference for new mailing list sign-up
* dirctan.tex: add docmfp
* faqbody.tex: v3.7.1, today
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention the justify
stuff in latest ragged2e
(subsection{Document structure}): mention fncychap's restriction re.
front/backmatter in Q-secthead
2003-06-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): aide-memoir
for vertical spacing commands in plain-in-latex
2003-06-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: release...
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): corrections from -beta
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): move \csx so it can appear in \Qref
(sanitize_line): correct \^e
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): reorganise reference to
dvisstrip
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ensuremath
* faqbody.tex: v3.7, today (i'm determined...)
(section{Format conversions}): refer to hennings' faq via href, not an
entry in ctanrefs
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor editorial in fuzzy-type3
2003-06-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct subeqnarray, subfigure, subfiles
2003-06-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, ifmslide, natbib, titlesec
2003-06-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question
on upright (Xterm-like) quotes
* filectan.tex: add upquote
2003-06-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.7RC3, today
(section{Format conversions}): tidy up "others" question a bit, and add
mention of tex2word and word2tex; no longer first in section
2003-06-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.7a, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new answer on
8000dpi gsftopk attempts
* faqbody.tex: 3.7RC2, today
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): non-PDF-special from add-general
2003-06-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add ifmtarg
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): empty arg answer
2003-06-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.7RC1, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): replace q-dvips-pdf from add-general qs
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): 4 font install answers ditto
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): real error message
from dvips when font missing: not mentioning latest version, since
systems will have the fonts anyway
2003-06-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): change reference to fuzzy
fonts question in "8-bit fonts"
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): pseudocode, from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): several editorial
and typographic changes
2003-06-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.6.1d, today
* additions.tex: pl4.6b, today
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add graphics needed... from
add-general
* dirctan.tex: harvard, hyper, hyperref and hyphenat
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): minor edits of "spaces"
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): tidies of
some of these font answers
(subsection{Graphics}): minor edit
(subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): add proviso about acroread 6
* dirctan.tex: psfig change
2003-06-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add urlbst
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention urlbst in
Q-citeurl
2003-06-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): reference to
Q-algorithms in Q-proglist; also be more positive still about listings
package (when did anyone last recommend lgrind?)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor adjustments
2003-06-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.6.1c, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention pstill in q-pkfix
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): \$ needs {} (eh!?)
2003-06-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): bitmap drivers
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): split "quality of
pdf" into two, so all "problems" are on the same level; slight
editorials (some as a result of split)
* faqbody.tex: v3.6.1b, today
(subsection{Page layout}): page sizes from add-general;
(subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): table design from
add-general
(subsection{Common errors}): float ordering question from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): remove the
"short" option; tidy up description of algorithms bundle; mention
float.sty; write documentation notes
(subsection{Page layout}): minor editorial of page sizes
* dirctan.tex: bunch of directories contrib/supported->contrib
2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.6a, today
2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add algorithms,alg,newalg; junk old (cyrillic) "program"
in favour of pseudocode one for scott's answer(s); deal with labels,
lineno, listings, refman and wasysym (now links)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): both
alternatives of scott pakin's take on algorithm typesetting
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor edit of q-codelist
2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention doc of fncychap
2003-06-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add topcapt
* add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new
design of tables answer
* dirctan.tex: add ctable
* faqbody.tex: v3.6.1a, today
(subsection{Footnotes}): reference ctable.sty in footintab
2003-05-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): more editorial, mentions of
dvipdfm
2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): further
iterations, including reference to new bluesky-maps in place of clunky
instructions on generating the beastly things
* dirctan.tex: add bluesky-maps
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): move Q-fuzzy-t1 up
one so questions are in order of itemize
2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): editorial work on
quality; put related answers into an itemize
(subsection{Installing (LaTeX files}): editorial work on bluesky
2003-05-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: move mflogo and moreverb "down one"
2003-05-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mp doesn't need help from
psfrag
2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention winedt
changebar macros
2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add "revision bars" to
Q-changebars
2003-05-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): new question on paper size
2003-05-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.6, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): trim ps+pdf graphics q title
* faqbody.tex: v3.6.1, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add highlight to Q-codelist
* dirctan.tex: add highlight
2003-05-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: collapse koma-script address
* sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): correct \^E->\^e, bring
sanitize.pl up to date
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): texhax now at tug.org
(subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): mention \centering in
"cancelling ragged" question
2003-05-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Common Errors}): slight diddle on
fixltx2e question
2003-05-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add hvfloat
2003-05-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add fnbreak; bunch of contrib/supported directories ->
contrib directories, and also picked up other link directories
(allowing some to remain links for clarity)
* faqbody.tex: 3.6RC5, today
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): mention fnbreak in q-splitfoot
2003-05-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.5f, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): editorials
(subsection{Common Errors}): new question on fix2col/fixltx2e
2003-05-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.5e, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on
"unknown special ignored"
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add �
2003-05-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): minor typos
and editorial corrections
(subsection{Graphics}): mention dvipdfm option, and auto driver
selection, in q about ambivalent output generation
2003-05-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): correct
spelling of r�sum�
2003-04-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile (clean): add *.png
* add-general.tex (subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): bunch of
tidies in this and other questions answered recently
* additions.tex: pl4.5d, today
2003-04-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: correct tex4ht-mn.zip, remove usergrps-list
* dirctan.tex: remove geralpha, which has gone from the archive
* check-ctan-lists: make to work on gordon
* dirctan.tex: add dvipng
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new Q-fuzzy-t1 on
the effect of type3 fonts when switching to T1
(subsection{DVI drivers and previewers}): new Q-dvi-bmp
2003-04-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): replacement `quality
of PDF' answer (part 1)
(subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-gs-pdfqual (part 2 of same)
(subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): Q-distill-prob (part 3 of same)
2003-04-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): Add \FontName
* faq.sty: add \FontName
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): yet more on
Q-instprinterfont
2003-04-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): move mathtime
back where it started!
(subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more on Q-instprinterfont
2003-04-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: name question files by label, rather than by number; add
web link for question at end; change regexp for \Question to require
label, and to return it alone as $1 (did have [] too); remove
provision for generating a list of all questions
* faqbody.tex: v3.6RC4, today
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): Q-eqnarray from add-general
(section{Bits and pieces of \TeX}): Q-adobetypen from add-general
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): Q-spaftend, Q-cmdasenv from add-general
2003-04-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.5c, today
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): more on how to ask a
question
(section{Graphics}): mention graphicx.tex as well as miniltx
2003-04-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): installing
mathtime, back from faqbody (not ready for prime time: reinstate when
new version released so it appears in beta again
(subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): new q-adobetypen on font formats
* filectan.tex: contrib/other/fragments -> contrib/fragments
* dirctan.tex: remove "other" (whole contrib/other directory!); move
all contrib/other stuff down to contrib
2003-04-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: introduce \ifusePSfont, set true if using times
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): remove reference
to fonts/psfonts in Q-metrics
2003-04-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add mpsproof to question on mp
output in ghostscript
* filectan.tex: add mpsproof
2003-04-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: latex/contrib/(other|supported)/misc -> contrib/misc
2003-04-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): only options now, in
Q-CD, are texlive and the ctan cds.
2003-04-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): dvistrip corrected to
dvipsstrip
* dirctan.tex: remove fonts/psfonts
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 (postscript) fonts}): remove
reference to psfonts directory
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): slight elaboration
of command-as-env question
(subsection{Macro programming}): move Q-spaftend in here
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): moved up (with one so far
incoherent question) so as to redesignate previous two questions as
latex
2003-04-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): finally a usable
question on commands-as-environments, Q-cmdasenv
2003-04-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): slight tidy Q-dvips-pdf
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new Q-eqnarray
2003-04-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.6RC3, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add discouragement of the use
of path.sty with latex
2003-04-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-spaftend
2003-03-31 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: oops -- remove line break in decl of psnfssx-mathtime
* faqbody.tex: v3.6RC2, today
(subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add Q-bibcase from add-general
(subsection{Mathematics}): add Q-limits and Q-mathlips from add-general
(subsection{Particular font families}): add Q-mathtime from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add csnames as keywords
for Q-mathlips
(subsection{Mathematics}): \CTANref for graphics.sty
* additions.tex: pl4.5b, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): small changes,
plus text-wrapping in verbatim examples
2003-03-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new Q-bibcase
2003-03-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): revise reference to
\DeclareMathOperator with reference to Q-limits
* filectan.tex: add T1instguide
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): add reference
to lehman's guide
(subsection{Mathematics}): new question Q-limits
2003-03-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add yhmath-(fonts|macros)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new question on ellipses
* filectan.tex: add mathdots
* faqbody.tex: v3.6RC1, today
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-formatstymy from add-general
* add-general.tex: tidy after removing questions
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typos in Q-graphicspath
(subsection{Document structure}): typos in Q-captsty
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): missing close paren in Q-cv
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): Q-bufovfl from add-general
(subsection{Mathematics}): Q-mathsize from add-general
2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.5.1c, today
* filectan.tex: add ltablex
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): refer
disparagingly to ltablex.sty
2003-03-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: removed beginlatex again, having changed policy
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update tutorials to
reference "production" version of beginner's latex
* dirctan.tex: mps2eps
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference mps2eps in "mp output in
gs" question
2003-03-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: info/beginlatex
2003-03-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.5a, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new, Q on
\DeclareMathSizes
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add a 5-argument form of \cmdinvoke
2003-03-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new, on format
error stymying
2003-03-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.5.1b, today
(subsection{Lists}): change \parsep to \parskip in patched definition
of itemize in q on compacting lists
(section{Introduction}): added simon law to list of helpers
2003-03-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): added a
miktex url for font map management
2003-03-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.5.1a, today
* filectan.tex: add excludeonly
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention excludeonly in
Q-conditional
2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add a couple of keywords to
Q-dvips-pdf (at scott pakin's suggestion)
2003-03-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor editorial
on Q-buffov
* faqbody.tex: v3.5.1, today
2003-03-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): up-to-date with sanitize.pl
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): bunch of "g" qualifiers missing on and
after patterns for \cmdinvoke, and on \csx
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-pkgdoc
(section{Documentation and Help}): typo in Q-mfptutorials
(section{Current TeX Projects}): separate "real" ~ from url so as to
avoid hacking by sanitize
(section{Current TeX Projects}): couple of typos in Q-mathml
(section{Current TeX Projects}): \textpercent mayn't be followed by {},
so use \ for space
(section{The joy of TeX errors}): several small typos
* Makefile (clean): add *.tpt (thumbpdf-related, afaict)
* sanitize.pl: bring up to date with -beta
* Makefile.CTAN: remove references to .lab files
* additions.tex: pl4.5, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor
tidies of Q-buffov
* faqbody.tex: 3.5, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): tidy stuff in the distillation question
2003-03-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2file: bring up-to-date, too
* texfaq2html: brought up-to-date with texfaq2html-beta
* texfaq2html-beta: removed presetting of value in search fields
* faqbody.tex (subsection{MF fonts}): editorials on bitmap fonts q
* dirctan.tex: correct path for gsview
* faqbody.tex: 3.5RC1, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): implement jose santos' remark about AR
2003-03-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add latexcount
* faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): mention latexcount
(section{Current TeX Projects}): use revised name for mftrace (was
pktrace)
2003-03-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: today's date
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): \ss now now {} after it...
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): stupid change to \ss
* texfaq2html-beta: patch in the google searching stuff
2003-03-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.4b.4, today
(subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new subsection of "why does it do that"
2003-03-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add psnfssx-mathtime, and remove a couple of essentially
defunct mathtime directories
* add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): start of
question on installing mathtime
2003-03-02 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention \epsfig in Q-impgraph
2003-03-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.4c, yesterday
* faqbody.tex: v3.4b.3, today
(section{TeX Systems}): yet more mucking about with the words about
tetex
* dirctan.tex: tetex2->tetex, using current/ rather than 2.0/; restore
tetex-beta
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention withdrawal of tiff from
pdftex graphics
2003-02-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add decoding of \hphantom --
converted to (another) gobble operation
(sanitize_line): don't detect an argument in regexps for \hphantom and
\nothtml (efficiency only)
* filectan.tex: delete wrapfig
* dirctan.tex: add wrapfig's new directory
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): Reconstructing bib
files from add-general
(section{Graphics}): graphics from somewhere else, from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I}): oops: subsection
rename didn't take
* faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): mention cm-super in type1T1
2003-02-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: add $host_[fd] for use in generate_CTAN_ref
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): tidy generation of http
references (which were ending up on $default_archive)
2003-02-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): renamed from
"encoding" -- will go into "why does it _do_ that"
new question on why not use $$ for display maths in latex
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct \href in mentions of
hutchinson's paper
2003-02-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.4b, today
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \ss{}
* add-general.tex (subsection{Encoding (?~--- new)}): questions on
t1enc and on eliding inputenc-fontenc when the codings nearly match
* faqbody.tex: v3.4b.2, today
(section{Graphics}): reference to hutchinson's graphics inclusion paper
2003-02-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: correct simpl-latex
* dirctan.tex: add dvi2bitmap
2003-02-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected the address
for eric raymond on questions to get answers
2003-02-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: add skip links to top of search, top of list of
questions, at very start, if the (now very long) intro is present
2003-02-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): describe \jobname as a
primitive, not a "special macro"
2003-02-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): prevent
\normalfont in the description env in Q-vertposfp \nothtml (also done
as running repair on source on web site)
2003-02-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: remove extensive (but hugely incomplete) change log
at front of file; move def of $default_web, and define $href_script in
terms of it; two minor corrections to previous work
2003-02-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.4b.1, today
(section{Hypertext and PDF}): put comment from jose carlos santos in as
reminder of work needing to be done; note that gs8.00 is current (and
the date of the statement ;-), and claim that gs6.50 is the minimum
sensible; add proviso to recommendation of -G1
2003-02-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: set up protocols for new sanitize
* texfaq2file: some updating w.r.t. latest texfaq2html
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use of different protocols for
different things
* add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): minor typo
2003-02-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: date today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): and a bit more, to make the
thing make sense
(subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): line too long for buffer error
2003-02-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): slight edit of yesterday's
question, to avoid bad line break
* dirctan.tex: add tex2bib
* add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new question
on regenerating bibliographies
2003-02-07 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.4a, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new question on \graphicspath
2003-02-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: remove provisions for .lab files
* all: checkin/release
* faqbody.tex: changed date in first line
2003-02-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): \ctanref to tetex (per se)
upgraded in windows section (talking about cygwin usage)
2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: update tds
* faqbody.tex: v4.3b, today
(section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): more tidying
2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): reword talk about tetex around
current state of tetex2
* dirctan.tex: remove both instances of tetex 1.0
2003-02-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): updated tds stuff,
after announcement of tds v1.0
2003-01-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faq.sty: replace \CTAN with \@ctan@path
* faqbody.tex: v3.4, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): typo in Q-makeindex
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): minor editorial in Q-verbfile
(subsection{Odds and ends}): there's no \CTAN macro! (error spotted by
Charles Cameron, in Q-bold-extras)
(section{Introduction}): credit CC, and now ... v3.4a
2003-01-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): minor change to ensure match
between -beta and master version
* texfaq2html-beta: match with master version (as far as poss)
* faqbody.tex: 3.4RC4, today
(subsection{Page layout}): slightly less absolutist about samepage
environment in Q-nopagebrk
2003-01-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.4RC3, today
(section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex release candidates
(subsection{Page layout}): rewrite Q-abspos, to mention eso-pic
solution (which i learnt on c.t.t today)
(subsection{Page layout}): corrected statement of relation between
eso-pic and everyshi in Q-watermark
* dirctan.tex: make testflow a browsable directory; add tetex2
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): comment
on texpower expanded somewhat (must _really_ work on this some time)
2003-01-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: ifmslide
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): make
reference to ifmslide (whatever that is)
2003-01-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: 3.4RC2, today
(section{Adjusting the typesetting}): use a formulation of don
arseneau's for \sectionmark, in Q-runheadtoobig
2003-01-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add the catalogue
* faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): minor tidy in
Q-nonfree
(section{Acquiring the Software}): make reference to the catalogue in
Q-websearch
* additions.tex: pl4.3i, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.4RC1, today
* sanitize.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): bring in updates from -beta
* texfaq2html: bring in updates from -beta
* faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct web address for
context
(section{Documentation and Help}): correct web address for metafun
(subsection{Footnotes}): Q-multfoot from add-general
(section{Acquiring the Software}): correct address for dante's upload
2003-01-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3q, today
(section{Adjusting the typesetting}): slight adjustment of the text
referring to \sectionmark in runheadtoobig
2003-01-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* texfaq2html-beta: split keyword lists and examine each separately,
case-independently (even)
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): \url->\URL in writecls
2003-01-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3p, today
* additions.tex: pl4.3h, today
2003-01-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add ncctools
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): editorial
work on the type1 cm fonts installation stuff.
(subsection{Footnotes}): question whose answer is manyfoot
* faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention /usr/local/
share/texmf (suggestion from julian gilbey), and also suggest
kpsewhich as a source of the information for a tetex system
2002-12-28 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing LaTeX files}): tidying
(perhaps even finishing!) the type 1 cmfonts installation question
2002-12-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on
cmfonts answer
2002-12-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): Q-dpfloat,
Q-vertposfp from add-general
* faq.sty: try forcing \l@section/\l@subsection onto next page if not
enough space (retracted ...)
2002-12-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on
"installing CM type1" question
2002-12-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): provide link terminator, in
case that the link doesn't have $ctanref_plus set true
* texfaq2html-beta: forget about label "lastquestion", correct coding
of next/previous links in case of last question
2002-12-04 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): first hopeful stab at multiple
formats (new file, copy of sanitize.pl)
* texfaq2html-beta: first stab at provision for multiple format
directory retrieval
2002-12-03 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3g, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new
Q-vertposfp
2002-11-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3o, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): move \CTANref of teencontrex to list
at end of question
(section{Documentation and Help}): refer to bibtex-doc-pdf in bibtex
docs question
(section{Format conversions}): move ref to html2latex to ctanrefs
(section{TeX Systems}): separate vtex-common in ctanrefs (twice)
(subsection{\MF fonts}): tidy up references in "running mf" q
(subsection{Document structure}): move ctan reference for abstract.sty
in Q-onecolabs
(section{Current TeX Projects}): move reference to ltx3pub
(subsection{Alternative document classes}): slight modification of ctan
references in Q-letterclass
* dirctan.tex: add bibtex-doc-pdf
2002-11-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3f, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.3n, today
(subsection{Document structure}): Q-pagebychap from add-general
(section{Documentation and Help}): Q-pkgdoc from add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new
answer Q-dpfloat
(subsection{Page Layout}): minor editorial
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): refer to
spliti[n]d[e]x in Q-multind
* dirctan.tex: add splitindex
2002-11-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): more editorials
2002-11-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3e, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): editorial
corrections to documentation question
* faqbody.tex
(throughout): editorial corrections noted on train...
2002-11-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* filectan.tex: add chappg
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): new question on page nos
by chapter
2002-11-22 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): new question on
package documentation
* faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): slight tidy of Q-dtx
2002-11-21 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): point at
miwie.org comparison of things in Q-slidecls
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): add example of coding \qedhere
in Q-proof
2002-11-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3l, today
(subsection{Mathematics}): typo left "i" at very end of answer
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): note documentation of path and
url in Q-setURL
(subsection{Common errors}): note documentation of url and verbdef in
Q-verbwithin
2002-11-19 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3k, today
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): Q-overstrike from add-general
(subsection{Mathematics}): Q-cancel from add-general
(subsection{Hyphenation}): typo in Q-hyphoff
2002-11-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add eso-pic; remove ref2bib (which has gone, and whose
replacement's name i've forgotten)
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): separate references to eso-pic
and everyshi
2002-11-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3j, today
(subsection{Page layout}): mention \filbreak in question about
suppressing page breaks
(subsection{Making things stay where you want them}): mention the
(common) need to load ulem with normalem option
* additions.tex: pl4.3d, today
* filectan.tex: add cancel
* add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): cancel.sty
(subsection{Typesetting specialities}): overstriking
2002-11-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3i, today
(subsection{Common misunderstandings}): make clear what is actually
being redefined with \usepackage[overload]{textcase}
2002-11-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3c, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more scribble
on installing font files
* faqbody.tex: v3.3h, today
(section{Installing (La)TeX files}): correct location of font source
files, and mention font families all in one directory
2002-11-10 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): a bit more on the
capitalisation question
2002-11-09 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3g, today
(section{The Background}): tidy eplain answer and add reference to the
project home page
2002-11-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): minor typo in
non-html stuff on wrapfigure
(subsection{"Generic" macros}): slight iteration of active chars q
v3.3f, today
2002-11-05 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): hacking to get html right
in active chars question
* sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): remove requirement for {} after \textbar
2002-11-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3b, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): another whole
paragraph for the question about installing fonts
* faqbody.tex: v3.3e, today
(subsection{LaTeX macros}): make reference to newcommand in the
question about multiple optional arguments
* dirctan.tex: add newcommand
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic macros}): more work on don A's
stuff
2002-10-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros}): mods to make tilde appear
in html output...
(subsection{"Generic" macros}): first pass at getting don A's revised
answer for activechars in (much interrupted -- needs checking)
2002-10-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): Q-interruptlist from add-general
v3.3d, today
2002-10-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.3a, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Lists}): new question on suspending and
resuming lists
* faqbody.tex: v3.3c, today
(section{Format conversions}): add mayer.dial.pipex.com samples url to
latex->html question (they *really* make tex4ht look good ;-)
2002-10-14 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add rcsinfo
* faqbody.tex: v3.3b, today
(subsection{Document management}): refer to rcsinfo (ex norman gray)
* Makefile (throughout): tabs before thumbpdf and following $(PDFLATEX)
seem to have gone missing -- reinstated
2002-10-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Makefile: add heiko's modification to run thumbpdf
* faq.sty: new version from heiko; slight patch to do \@ReturnAfterFi
at outer level since i'm experiencing problems with it where he had
defined it
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add a proviso about
sections in the question on marks different from the toc entry
(section{Symbols, etc.}): mention euro-ce
2002-10-11 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: added euro-ce
2002-10-08 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.3, today
2002-10-06 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* newfaq-patch.tex: remove a redundant \Dings
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): bit more of
non-equivalences between latex and plain commands
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): parallel setting from
add-general
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): remove reference to nrc
classes in parallel setting question (they're not _that_ wonderful in
this context)
2002-10-01 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Bits and pieces of TeX}): give skips
question a label (warned by new faq.sty ;-)
* Makefile.CTAN (all): add (letterfaq|newfaq).lab, remove
newfaq.workers
* Makefile (clean): remove pdf-newfaq-patch.tex, *.lab
* newfaq.tex,newfaq-patch.tex,letterfaq.tex: \labellist
* faq.sty: added \labellist stuff; make \Question complain if no label
* faqbody.tex (throughout): final touches to last night's additions
2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add nopagebrk from add-general
(subsection{Hyphenation}): add wdnohyph from add-general
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): 2 >1 column floats
questions from add-general
(section{Graphics}): topgraph from add-general
(subsection{Document management}): inclplain from add-general
(section{Symbols, etc.}): tradesyms from add-general
2002-09-30 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.2e, today
(subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): put version number on the
dvips that doesn't do charshift
* add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): start
question on producing slides
* dirctan.tex: move foiltex to nonfree, to reflect reality, add
prosper, ppower4
2002-09-29 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: today's date, no change of version
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): question on parallel
setting of texts
* dirctan.tex: add parallel
2002-09-27 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols}): new question on trade symbols
* additions.tex: pl4.2i, today
2002-09-26 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.2h, today
* add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new
questions about single-column floats in multicols, and bottom-
placement of double-column floats in twocolumn
2002-09-25 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new answer on top-aligning
* additions.tex: pl2.4g, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): small tidying of book list
* add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): mention \enlargethispage
in "keeping things together on the page"
(subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): expand for tidiness sake
2002-09-24 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* additions.tex: pl4.2f, today
* faqbody.tex: v3.2d, today
(subsection{Document structure}): two questions from add-general
(subsection{Document management}): how many pp, from add-general
(section{Graphics}): limit width, from add-general
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): extra vertical space from
add-general
* add-general.tex (throughout): several minor editorials
2002-09-23 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): question plain commands
in latex code
(subsection{How do I \dots{}?~--- somewhere}): plain.sty question
* faqbody.tex (section{How do I do ...?}): another change of name
2002-09-20 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new section
heading for explicit float things (currently only floats on their own
float pages)
* add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): limit graphics width to page
(subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): witter about vertical
space in figures
* additions.tex: pl4.2e, today
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): slight tidy of watermark q's
ctanrefs env
* dirctan.tex: add totpages
* add-general.tex (section{Where? --- sort of support?}): "number of
pages in the document?" answer
2002-09-18 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): booktabs _is_
now compatible with at least some other table packages...
* add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): add "page n of m"
* filectan.tex: add mtw
* faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention mtw on ctan
2002-09-17 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.2c, today
(section{Documentation and Help}): restore "making tex work" in the
books section, note that it's out of (print|date), and add link to
tutorials, which now lists sourceforge url
2002-09-16 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* add-general.tex (subsection{Document structure}): new question about
fitting text into the running head.
* faqbody.tex: v3.2b, today
(section{TeX Systems}): mention some vim scripts
(subsection{Mathematics}): moved Q-braket in here
(subsection{Page layout}): moved "changing margins" in here
2002-09-15 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* dirctan.tex: add pdftricks
* faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference pdftricks in the answer
about alternative drawing systems
2002-09-13 Robin Fairbairns <rf@gordon.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): tidy up "editors" entry for
ms-dos (for tidiness' sake, rather than because of the intrinsic
importance of the subject matter ;-)
2002-09-12 Robin Fairbairns <rf@pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk>
* faqbody.tex: v3.2a, today
(section{TeX Systems}): text on vim from schr�cker
(section{Introduction}): mention schr�cker
* 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 Jos� 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 jos� 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
schr�der'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 jos� 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}