2011-09-06 Robin Fairbairns *** 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (q-optclash): new answer about package options 2011-07-13 Robin Fairbairns * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-etex): correct ref to luatex in disc of context (q-eplain): minute editorial 2011-07-11 Robin Fairbairns * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-clsvpkg): rewrite 2011-07-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-keyval): add getoptk 2011-07-08 Robin Fairbairns * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-destable): clarify caption package details for captions above tables 2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns * faq-jot-err.tex (q-altabcr): mention limit to sizes of matrices 2011-07-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 2011-07-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mf): caveat about the "modern" sidelining of mf 2011-07-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-docs.tex (q-doc-dirs): correct tug india link 2011-06-29 Robin Fairbairns * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-patch): recommend letltxcmd for macros with opt arguments 2011-06-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-includeother): new jot-err answer 2011-06-12 Robin Fairbairns * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): explain difference between mkii and mkiv (from hans' article in tb100) 2011-06-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-hyphen): mention luatex's more relaxed table loading 2011-06-03 Robin Fairbairns * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): typos, plus hack on text about dratex 2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention cmdunh, cmfib missing from fix-cm 2011-06-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-repetition): add multido * dirctan.tex: add multido 2011-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (q-sansmath): add hfbright to list of things * dirctan.tex: add cmbright 2011-05-20 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-sansmath): currently just a placeholder 2011-05-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-projects.tex (q-luatex): clarification on "no changes to pdftex" statement 2011-05-08 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-gethelp*): (new) rewriting q-gethelp for the "new philosophy" (q-catalogue): further knocking into shape 2011-05-06 Robin Fairbairns * sanitize-beta.pl: html list-alike environments issue

their end, to cause paragraph style to be invoked * faq.sty: require pdf14.sty since thumbpdf has problems otherwise 2011-05-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (q-repetition): minor editorial (q-labelcount): title "counter values" rather than "counters" 2011-04-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (q-archives-rev): redo in context of q-ctan 2011-04-23 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: cat link for nonumonpart, remove nrc (not used) 2011-04-20 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-repetition): lots of tinkering * dirctan.tex: add forloop 2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-repetition): new, commands for repeating things (only a skeleton, so far) 2011-04-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-printvar): examples of \printlength 2011-04-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-projects.tex (q-textrace): mention mf2pt1 (about time too) 2011-04-11 Robin Fairbairns * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-context): tidy-up 2011-04-08 Robin Fairbairns * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): mention pstricks xetex driver 2011-04-07 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-xml2tex,q-subheight,q-multiling): editorial 2011-04-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add metalogo 2011-03-30 Robin Fairbairns * faq-symbols.tex (q-scriptfonts): editorial * add-general.tex (q-outputrtn, q-whatfloats): editorial 2011-03-27 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-simple-maths): add libgreek to ctanrefs, plus a bit of editorial * faq-install.tex: editorial 2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-logos): add text for hologo and metalogo 2011-03-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (q-referencl): new, about referring to enclosing thing 2011-03-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-graphics.tex (q-drawing): editorial 2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-texthings): grinding on through (summary remains) 2011-03-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-backgrnd.tex (q-mp): tidying, tweaking, etc. (q-texthings): regularise various things 2011-03-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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

    (== itemize lists) * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): check, update, reformat 2011-03-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): slight tidying * texfaq2html-beta: add trivial para-margin css 2011-03-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-fontsize): mention fix-cm's omissions (and suggest replacements) 2011-02-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 2011-02-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-spawnprog): minor editorial 2011-02-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): remove the broken code and simply report that "it's not easy" ;-) 2011-01-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add cprotect; remote convert, cortex-email.dir, conrado * faq-wdidt.tex (q-verbwithin): mention cprotect 2010-12-29 Robin Fairbairns * faq-adj-types.tex (q-codelist): extend words about minted/Pygments 2010-12-27 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): more fiddling 2010-12-26 Robin Fairbairns * faq-docs.tex: re-do tidies re. bibtex setup 2010-12-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-whatengine): new answer to replace q-ifpdf 2010-12-12 Robin Fairbairns * faq-adj-types.tex (q-papergeom): update for the various extensions of dvipdfm and rewrite descriptions 2010-12-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-fonts.tex (q-psfchoice): remove text about docs for [pt]xfonts (now available via catalogue), mention bad spacing 2010-12-02 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (q-whatfloats): add sketch of mechanism 2010-11-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-xml2tex): more work on peter f's input 2010-11-18 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add cat link for html2latex 2010-11-15 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Format conversions}): new q-xml2tex 2010-11-13 Robin Fairbairns * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-readml): minor editorial 2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add cat link to catdvi (ho ho) 2010-10-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-adj-types.tex (q-nopagebrk): discuss \pagebreak, \nopagebreak 2010-10-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-jot-err.tex (q-tmupfl,q-atvert): tidies, incl indent'n of quotes 2010-10-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-t-g-wr.tex (q-floats): updated morefloat, mention etex restrictions-regardless-of-number-of-registers 2010-09-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-outputrtn): new potential answer 2010-09-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-fmt-conv.tex (q-fmtconv): add openoffice route for ms-word 2010-09-14 Robin Fairbairns * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): editorial, incl. emphasise latex form of \input, only 2010-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: remove cat link from miktex-setup (confusion); remove miktex-usb (no longer needed) 2010-09-09 Robin Fairbairns * faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): mention bibtex8, refine biblatex/biber * dirctan.tex: add bibtex8 2010-09-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (q-detknize): yet more diddling 2010-08-31 Robin Fairbairns * faq-intro.tex: add gregor zattler, anonymise "not covered" comment * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-adobetypen): typo 2010-08-29 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add fltpage * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-dpfloat): mention fltpage 2010-08-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-wdidt.tex (q-baselinepar): editorial work ("an quote environ...") 2010-08-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-filename): bug fix for the simple \input patch 2010-08-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add present * faq-adj-types.tex (q-slidecls): mention present 2010-08-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-adj-types.tex (q-fancyhdr): add keywords for fancyhdr (q-reallyblank): correct ref to fancyhdr 2010-07-28 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2file: add $mirror_selector, use extended dirctan, filectan previously developed in texfaq2html-beta 2010-07-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-bits+pieces.tex (q-fontname): elaborate a bit (why foundries' names don't help) 2010-07-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add cat link for ite 2010-06-22 Robin Fairbairns * sanitize-beta.pl (generate_CTAN_ref): use $mirror_selector * texfaq2html-beta: add $mirror_selector 2010-06-08 Robin Fairbairns * faq-adj-types.tex (q-secnumdep): give actual commands for manipulating secnumdepth and tocdepth, in tocvsec2 and memoir 2010-05-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-how-do-i.tex (q-footnpp): editorial on perpage vs zref-perpage 2010-05-02 Robin Fairbairns * faq-projects.tex (q-mathml): try to sound cheery about stix 2010-05-01 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add emptypage * faq-adj-types.tex (q-reallyblank): mention emptypage package 2010-04-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \macosx{} * faq-texsys.tex (section{TeX Systems}): editorial in q-sysmac, q-sysother 2010-04-20 Robin Fairbairns * faq-texsys.tex: diddle with oztex and cmactex stuff in q-sysmac; editorial in q-sysother 2010-04-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add biber * faq-projects.tex (q-biblatex): add ctanref to biber 2010-04-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add docmute, standalone * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add docmute in q-multidoc 2010-04-09 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add docmute, cat link for docmfp 2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): retitle q-doc-wiki as wiki _books_, bits of editorial 2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns * faq-mac-prog.tex (q-latexwords): typo corrected RELEASE 3.19d (2nd attempt) 2010-04-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add example structures for combine and subfiles alternatives in q-multidoc 2010-04-04 Robin Fairbairns * faq-projects.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): accommodate luatex 0.60.0 in scribble about luatex 2010-04-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-fonts.tex (Macros for using fonts): editorial on some rubbish in q-fonts-pln 2010-03-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add fncylab, ifmtarg, import (hypernat was here already) * filectan.tex: remove fncylab, hypernat, ifmtarg, import 2010-03-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add threeparttable correct directory for bigstrut (it's multirow) * filectan.tex: remove threeparttable 2010-03-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add tabls qua directory * filectan.tex: remove tabls 2010-02-26 Robin Fairbairns * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct incompletely edited reference to \PBS in q-tabcellalign 2010-02-24 Robin Fairbairns * Makefile: add web-index target to updated (dir|file)ctan for when ctan structure is changing 2010-02-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): rehash q-texfuture, as suggested by karl berry 2010-02-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-backgrnd.tex (section{The Background}): add ctan link in q-etex * dirctan.tex: add etex 2010-02-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add ulem "stand-alone" * filectan.tex: remove ulem 2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): remove superflous \expandafter in q-seccntfmt, and tidy text a bit 2010-02-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * mk-makefile: deal with CHANGES files 2010-01-22 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: correct catalogue link for revtex * filectan.tex: remove capt-of, url * dirctan.tex: add capt-of, url 2010-01-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * gather-faqbody.tex: update version and date * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): brought -beta changes to mainstream 2010-01-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * sub-luximono.sty: jiffy for when \not\exists luximono * faq.sty: provide for no luximono 2010-01-04 Robin Fairbairns * faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention google scholar in q-buildbib 2009-12-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Document management}): rewrite blurb around pdftex in intro of q-changebars 2009-11-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): mention mactex default location for home texmf, in q-privinst 2009-11-20 Robin Fairbairns * faq-hyp+pdf.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): first attempt at sorting out q-pdfpagelabels 2009-11-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-mac-prog.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): orig command copy missing (more than once) in q-patch 2009-10-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-docs.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change link for ams "short math guide" 2009-10-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 RELEASE 3.19a 2009-10-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * sanitize.pl: incorporate developments in -beta * texfaq2file: correct root addr (in reading archive.list) 2009-10-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-biblio.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): append further stuff to the last sentence of q-capbibtex 2009-08-31 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq-install.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor editorial in q-instt1font 2009-08-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 (): correct variable names, correct dependencies 2009-08-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-adj-types.tex (subsection{Page layout}): further tidying of q-nopageno 2009-07-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): \dots->… (not ellipsis!) 2009-07-16 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: cat links to end p* 2009-07-15 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: added lshort, more cat links (up to l* now) * filectan.tex: removed lshort (now in dirctan) 2009-07-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: catalogue links up to f* 2009-07-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq-biblio.tex (section{References from articles}): add warning about citeref's problems with cite.sty in q-backref 2009-07-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq.sty: get rid of optional args to \CTAN-(directory|file) 2009-06-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit of work on q-bgroup 2009-06-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq-how-do-i.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): correct statements about \textrm in q-mathstext (after enlightenment from Philipp Stephani...) 2009-06-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Background}): micro-editorial in q-latexpron... 2009-06-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): new q-linmacname from add-general 2009-05-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): a bit of editorial on q-macronames 2009-05-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: add miktex-portable * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention miktex-portable in q-texsystems 2009-05-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (intro): v3.19, today 2009-05-12 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): yet more editorial on q-keyval * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): translate \par{} as
    2009-05-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): list macro names for class/package options in xkeyval 2009-05-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): add kvoptions and kvsetkeys to q-keyval 2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): more work on q-keyval 2009-04-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-pdf-fig-chars at thanh's request 2009-04-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): add link to liang's thesis in q-hyphen 2009-04-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Finding the Files}): get rid of a link- without-visible-anchor in the pdf, generally tidy 2009-03-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: add compactbib * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): mention compactbib in q-compactbib (where else? ;-) 2009-03-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add blackboard * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): redo q-numbersets, mention blackboard doc 2009-03-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy wording about tbt in q-books 2009-03-06 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typo in q-editors 2009-03-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): micro- typo in q-patch 2009-02-11 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add expl3, xpackages * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): update q-latex3 2009-02-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): add q-texthings, from add-general 2009-01-29 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add q-texorpdf 2009-01-22 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): revise view of the wiki books (which seem to have improved a lot) 2009-01-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): rewrite warning about programming zoonekynd's stuff, in q-secthead 2009-01-06 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add revised tth ;-) * filectan.tex: remove tth 2009-01-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Background}): editorial on list of enhanced tex engines 2008-12-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): typo in q-graphicspath spotted by jim diamond 2008-11-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex ([throughout]): minor edits for untidinesses spotted by karl berry 2008-11-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * texfaq2html: as -beta * texfaq2html-beta: add home link at end of answer, after next/prev links if present 2008-09-19 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): correct invocation of topcapt package in q-destable 2008-09-14 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): try to refer to dvipdfmx in parallel in q-dvipdfmgraphics 2008-09-13 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ptr to emory latex2e ref in q-ref-doc 2008-08-31 Robin Fairbairns * Makefile (dist): new target for manual pegouri\'e-gonnard 2008-08-28 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention lulu version of tbt, both in q-ol-books and q-books 2008-08-22 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add varisize * faqbody.tex (subsection{Macros for using fonts}): mention varisize in q-fonts-pln 2008-08-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2file: ruthless stamping on problems produces a use full output 2008-07-28 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2file: more minor adjustments * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): now a real (unnumbered) section 2008-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: include comment introduction * faqbody.tex: put environment introduction around introduction 2008-07-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * texfaq2html-gamma: correct repeated-code subroutine from 19th (print_intro_para, etc): attempt to sort out coherent "whole path" 2008-07-19 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2html-gamma: some tidying of repeated code, clarification of logic of the code -- lots more still to do... 2008-07-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention zref/perpage in q-footnpp 2008-07-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{MetaFont fonts}): more modernisation of q-usemf (no longer mentions virmf, for example) 2008-07-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add plastex * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): add plastex to q-latex2html 2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): enumerate the complete set of memoir document sizes in q-extsizes 2008-07-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): miktex already has xetex ('cos it's got to 2.7 already) 2008-06-23 Robin Fairbairns * Makefile: delete FAQ-html.tar.gz in "clean" 2008-06-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html: carried -beta modifications forward * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): carried -beta modifications forward 2008-06-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): proof-reading work on q-installthings, q-install-find, q-install-unpack 2008-05-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): add \AliasQuestion (ignored) * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): minor editorial in q-pkgdoc 2008-05-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): minor edit of q-inst-miktex* 2008-05-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems errors}): tidy q-endingroup markup 2008-05-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention textures on osx 2008-04-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct tug box search address in q-findfiles 2008-04-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: update \faqfiledate 2008-03-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): rearrange recommendations in q-footnpp 2008-02-22 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tfti is gnu _free_ documentation licence, in q-ol-books 2008-02-13 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct usage of \bsbs 2008-02-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add memoir section to q-papergeom 2008-01-31 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): more diddling with q-papergeom 2008-01-30 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): replacement for q-papersize (3 qs: q-papersize*, q-acroantics, q-papergeom) 2008-01-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): change url for nicola's latex for novices, in q-man-latex 2008-01-14 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Hypertext and PDF}): new q-pdf-encr 2008-01-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (intro): add william ingram 2008-01-03 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: * def of crosstex * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): lots of hacking at q-biblatex 2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): micro-change to q-etex 2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add a word of caution about about bmeps bitmap patch for dvips, in q-dvipsgraphics 2008-01-02 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add crosstex * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): mention crosstex in q-biblatex 2008-01-01 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): dealing with p.m. de f. forster in q-bibtranscinit 2007-12-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdfcolparallel in q-parallel 2007-12-03 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: add miktex-usb * add-general.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add q-onna-stick 2007-11-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): more- or less finished q-long-outer 2007-11-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout first ~50%): spell-checked 2007-11-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): update german minimal example link 2007-11-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add xargs, xkeyval * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): discuss xargs in q-twooptarg 2007-10-31 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): reword q-empty for clarity 2007-10-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): edit q-uploads 2007-10-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): lots of hacking of q-virtualfonts 2007-10-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): sanity adjustment in q-flushboth ("latest version" was 2003) 2007-10-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): correct references to new installation qs 2007-09-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): new q-entercompmode and q-checksum from add-general 2007-08-19 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): updated uk address for sciword 2007-08-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of AllTeX}): restored "\" to "acro" in q-virtualfonts 2007-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): typo in q-struttab, spotted by karl b 2007-07-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): editorial tidies of q-writecls, mention clsguide.pdf 2007-07-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): new q-osf 2007-06-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add texlive * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add details of a mactex mailing list in q-texsystems 2007-06-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): editorial correction of q-optionclash 2007-06-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): flynn's classes.dtx article now rev., in tub (q-writecls) 2007-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Generic macros and techniques}): complete and clarify q-ovwtsym 2007-05-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-14, today (section{Documentation and Help}): attempt to clarify q-minxampl 2007-05-23 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): tidy the two references to nicola talbot in q-man-latex 2007-05-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): discuss lists inside tables, in q-errmissitem 2007-05-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand details of enumitem in q-complist 2007-05-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): expand on enumitem stuff in q-interruptlist (it _does_ allow nested interruptions ... sort of 2007-05-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * locations.mk: correct path to cgi, tidy 2007-05-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * texfaq2html-beta: redo decoding of % in code reading switches * faq.sty: correct typo 2007-04-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * Makefile (inst-perl[-beta]): everything on standard web server, use cp -p instead of copy -t, adjust help 2007-04-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): stick some text in q-install-doc 2007-04-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): mention bigfoot in q-multfoot 2007-03-27 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): correct \dots (with no {}) in q-ltxabbrv 2007-03-22 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.16c-7; remove all references to package web2c 2007-03-21 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: remove web2c, web2c* * filectan.tex: remove unixtex.ftp, correct protext 2007-03-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): another thrash at q-texsystems 2007-03-18 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.16c, today (throughout): remove traces of tetex, and rewrite as necessary 2007-03-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-gamma: modest doodling 2007-02-21 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): odd tinkering with answers in this section -- needs concerted attack 2007-02-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date (subsection{Mathematics}): more detail about "ad hoc" operators in q-newfunction 2007-01-26 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Introduction}): make links to pdf copies \CTANhref 2007-01-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * newfaq-patch.tex: input additions (!) * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct ctan ref for pictex-summary 2007-01-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * patchdates.tex: pl4.14, today * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-checksum 2006-12-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): correct text about ispell vs. aspell 2006-12-18 Robin Fairbairns *** 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 * letterfaq.tex: do the single column trick here too, for letterfaq.pdf 2006-12-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: shiny new *longer* path for btxmac 2006-12-02 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct typos in ctanrefs in q-music 2006-12-01 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): correct reed.edu link, thanks to barbara b 2006-11-30 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make an itemised list of alternative styles in q-citeurl, add babelbib to list 2006-11-28 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add two more examples in q-bibprefixsort 2006-11-26 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.16b-5, today (section{Documentation and Help}): reference kmf's page about pgf/tikz 2006-11-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): correct sciword uk phone nos in q-commercial 2006-11-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new q-figurehere 2006-11-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): example code in {quote} in q-vertspacefloat and q-mcfloat 2006-11-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): draftcopy doesn't work with pdflatex (in q-watermark) 2006-10-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * Makefile.CTAN: basis of mechanism to install CHANGES files 2006-10-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: 3.16b-1, today (section{Format conversions}): correct address for stil, in q-sgml2tex 2006-10-02 Robin Fairbairns * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): updates from -beta * faqbody.tex: v3.16b, today 2006-09-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): misspelling of corrollary (over and over again) in q-addtoreset 2006-09-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention nicola talbot's experimental jpgfdraw in q-poster 2006-09-12 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): rewrite q-texinfo 2006-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): add q-optionclash 2006-08-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.16a-2, today (section{Documentation and Help}): add tug font resources to q-tutbitslatex 2006-08-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): delete doubling of "the" (!) 2006-08-04 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of (La)TeX}): rewrite the note about maths fonts in q-ecfonts 2006-08-03 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): tweak wording slightly *** release 3.16a *** 2006-07-31 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2html-gamma: separate section for searches, trim final else * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): correct current mf version no 2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.16a, today 2006-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro tools and techniques}): stupidity in q-cmdstar, spotted by Kasper van den Berg 2006-07-06 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): typo in q-enumerate spotted by Samuel Lelievre 2006-06-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention dvips version, and add missing pdf bit in q-repeatgrf 2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): mention graphicx-psmin * dirctan.tex: add graphicx-psmin 2006-06-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): skeleton of new installation question structure 2006-06-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date -- rehash the intro 2006-06-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add cellspace * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention cellspace in q-struttab 2006-06-02 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): give framed a paragraph of its own in q-changebars 2006-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Acquiring the Software}): mention bytopic.html in q-findfiles 2006-05-15 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): q-poster * dirctan.tex: add sciposter, a0poster, flowfram 2006-05-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Documentation and Help}): add chris harrison's book to q-man-latex 2006-05-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): elide all reference to "quote site index" from q-findfiles 2006-04-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another tidying of \cmdinvoke 2006-04-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): annotation at end of q-noline to mention other instances that could need covering 2006-04-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-matchbrak 2006-04-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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

    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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): braces around \multirow *s (distinction without a difference...) 2006-03-17 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Documentation and Help}): update details for wheildon in q-typebooks 2006-03-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): minor rewording of q-bibinline 2006-03-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): typo in q-changebars (section{Creating citations}): tidy up q-bibinline a bit more 2006-02-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Creating citations}): sort out *my* understanding of footbib, in q-bibinline 2006-02-25 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): mention urs oswald's things in q-mfptutorials 2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): mention the koma-script facilities in q-oddpage 2006-02-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct url (and name) for the note on ptex in q-tutbitslatex 2006-01-23 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): gosh -- a mention of quote site index, still...removed from q-findfiles 2006-01-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): hack around at the text about includex, and add newclude 2006-01-05 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add rotfloat * faqbody.tex: today's date (subsection{Page layout}): mention rotfloat in q-rotating 2005-12-27 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): mention verbatim environment in the intro to q-verbwithin 2005-12-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date, v3.15b 2005-12-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add ttb-pdf * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ttb to q-bibtexing 2005-12-05 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: add bidstobibtex * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): make ref to bids.to.bibtex in q-buildbib 2005-11-30 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): new url for andy roberts' latex page 2005-11-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): build q-gethelp from the old q-maillists 2005-11-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): new q-varwidcol 2005-11-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Introduction}): add steve peter to contributors (throughout): bunch of corrections from steve peter 2005-11-14 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: load textcomp * dirctan.tex: add mutex 2005-11-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): yet more rearrangement 2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.14b, today 2005-11-07 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: bbl2html and notex.bst moved * add-tutorial.tex (subsection{Documentation and help}): more rearrangement 2005-11-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): mention bracing to suppress breaks in maths 2005-10-22 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): suggest \textstyle/ \displaystyle alternative for q-limits 2005-10-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * texfaq2html-gamma: sort regex in opening of ?section= code 2005-10-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: patch and shade have moved * texfaq2html-gamma: label argument may be a list 2005-09-23 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: letterspacing,backgrnd moved 05-09-22 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): minor edits in q-type1T1 (section{The Background}): revised q-eplain from Oleg Katsitadze (): 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add powerdot * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): mention powerdot in q-slidecls 2005-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: add \nolinkURL definitions * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): a proto-q-dvipdfmgraphics redefinition (hrrumph) 2005-09-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{You're still stuck?}): faq-devel@tex.ac.uk in q-noans 2005-08-28 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (throughout): all remaining miktex references via \miktex 2005-08-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): tidy \htmlignore stuff in q-textflow 2005-08-06 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add talk * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): add talk to q-slidecls 2005-08-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Format conversions}): try to avoid the acronym ASCII except where necessary in q-toascii 2005-08-01 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): minor editorial in q-conditional 2005-07-31 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-fllost 2005-07-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * sanitize.pl,sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): yet another iteration of the < > translation fiasco 2005-07-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * Makefile: remove inst-html target (FAQ-html.tar.gz): make depend on html/index.html (does this do it?) 2005-07-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add ref to http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/ in q-minxampl 2005-06-29 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correct advice on over-long urls and url.sty in q-citeurl 2005-06-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention use of pict2e in q-slashbox 2005-06-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): mention vertical spacing inconsistencies in q-dolldoll 2005-05-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add splitbib * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): mention splitbib in q-multbib 2005-04-28 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add placeins as a directory * filectan.tex: change beginlatex to its latest incarnation remove placeins 2005-04-26 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: make robust a few commands that get to appear in tocs 2005-04-22 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2file: put correct cross question links if -w * texfaq2html-gamma: miscellaneous tidies from debugging session 2005-04-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): add mathdesign to the list in q-psfchoice 2005-04-16 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): minor editorial to q-xspace 2005-04-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): remove some text that's crept in unawares to q-tmupfl 2005-04-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: correct path to obsolete/support/undump; point umlaute at the latex package (rather than support/); remove umlaut 2005-03-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): lots more fiddling with q-plninltx, including extending the font stuff 2005-03-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The joy of TeX errors}): mention javier's checkend package in q-endingroup 2005-03-01 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): editorial on q-errmissitem, plus mention of \mbox, \makebox, \framebox 2005-02-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new q-errmissitem 2005-02-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): MiKTeX!!! 2005-02-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): correct enumii->enumi in one of the "recipes" in q-labelformat 2005-02-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Support Packages for TeX}): make clear that 4spell comes from a package that's now defunct 2005-01-15 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add pseudocode * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): mention pseudocode package in q-algorithms 2005-01-11 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: single file ispell (is this supportable?) * dirctan.tex: remove ispell 2005-01-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: add svn, svninfo * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add svn and svninfo to q-rcs 2005-01-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.13a (subsection{Document management}): correction+more details of extract package in q-conditional 2005-01-04 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.13, today (release) 2005-01-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add extract * faqbody.tex: v3.13rc2, today (subsection{Document management}): mention extract.sty in q-conditional 2004-12-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add wallpaper * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): add wallpaper package to q-watermark 2004-12-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-tutorial.tex: new file: replacements for q-tutorials 2004-12-19 Robin Fairbairns * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): yet more editorials on q-sgml2tex* 2004-12-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Why does it do that?}): couple of typos in q-marginparside, spotted by vladimir volovich 2004-12-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-hammond.tex (subsection{William Hammond's contributions}): editor work on q-readml* 2004-11-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add protext * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): mention protext 2004-11-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.12a.8, today (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add c2latex to q-codelist 2004-11-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention parcolumns in q-parallel, add examples 2004-11-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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

before subsections in normal mode 2004-11-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX-related projects}): ec-type1->tt2001 in q-textrace 2004-10-27 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: correct context-tmf to current location * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): correct pdftricks link in q-pdftexgraphics 04-10-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): provide morten's witty example of the problems with \iffalse in q-conditional 2004-10-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): excise european modern from q-type1T1 2004-10-06 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (throughout): purge references to y&y 2004-10-05 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): editorial, particularly on q-virtualfonts 2004-10-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): mention CH math 2004-09-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): mention fourier in q-numbersets 2004-09-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.12f, today * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-changemargin* (revision from donald) 2004-09-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): ha-prosper is a package, not a class 2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): mention eplain online docs and mailing list 2004-09-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): provide criterion for choosing jurabib instead of footbib in q-bibinline 2004-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): tidy up description of byname in q-nameref 2004-09-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * sanitize[-beta].pl (sanitize_line): provide \mailto{} 2004-08-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Metafont fonts}): editorial on q-getbitmap (subsection{Adobe Type 1 ("PS") fonts}): editorial on q-usepsfont 2004-08-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * sanitize-beta.pl (sanitize_line): carry forward changes from non-beta * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): correct \Newsgroup{} 2004-08-18 Robin Fairbairns * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): make all the variants of \cmdinvoke use the \\ trick we already have for \csx, to deal with \@ problem 2004-08-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): superseded theorem.sty with amsthm.sty in the quaintly named "roman theorems" answer 2004-07-30 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: 3.12a.2, today * filectan.tex: add voss-mathmode (again?!) 2004-07-27 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add texniccenter * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): add texniccenter to q-editors 2004-07-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 in \marg (!), and allow \Newsgroup{...} 2004-07-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * Makefile.CTAN: remove all mention of -cm targets 2004-07-22 Robin Fairbairns * Makefile: remove -cm targets from "all" * faq.sty: use T1 encoding, times & luximono fonts, by default 2004-07-21 Robin Fairbairns * 3.12a/faqbody.tex: change version to -p1, today's date (for web release with enumitem directory correct) 2004-07-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add andy roberts' stuff 2004-07-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.12a (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial in q-patch *** RELEASE 3.12 *** 2004-07-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): add pybliographer to the list of "managers not on ctan" 3.12RC2, today 2004-07-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqfont.cfg.mbvj: add definition of \acro 2004-07-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.12e, today * faqbody.tex: today's date (subsection{LaTeX macros}): two more editorials on q-ltxcmds 2004-07-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): correct \href for "highlight" home site 2004-06-24 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-zerochap 2004-06-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): new q-subverttoks 2004-06-18 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): missing \csx in q-fixnam 2004-06-17 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): editorial on q-ifpdf 2004-06-16 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): first stab at "abbreviations" answer (q-ltxabbrv) 2004-06-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: version 3.11h, tomorrow * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): minor edits of q-findfiles 2004-06-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faq.sty: make \mailto accept either sort of arg, \ifpdf 2004-06-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): tweak q-mathsize 2004-06-10 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: add fontmath and fontdef (in some order) * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): clarification (one hopes) of q-mathsize 2004-06-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): warn about non-error in q-verbwithin 2004-06-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): tidy q-cv 2004-06-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{"Generic" macros and techniques}): comments on "is it an integer" from donald 2004-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): correction to q-bibprefixsort from james szinger 2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): first draft of "output size wrong" 2004-05-24 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): provide documentation, etc., links for pstricks 2004-05-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common errors}): add keywords to q-newlineargs 2004-05-20 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2html (oh_dear): put an (obfuscated) mail address in the message (does it need obfuscation?) 2004-05-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{\LaTeX{} macros}): reinstate minor changes done here over the w/e 2004-05-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add the FILES.* requirements * add-general.tex (subsection{Acquiring the software}): q-findfiles more or less complete 2004-05-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): allow narrow version of \normalsize error message 2004-04-28 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new q-repeatgrf 2004-04-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention \tabularnewline in q-tabcellalign 2004-04-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): redo tex2bib references in q-makebib 2004-04-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): q-manymathalph complete (first pass) 2004-04-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): jiffy on compact thebibliography lists 2004-04-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of \TeX{} errors}): graphicx height/division question q-divzero 2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): writing hyphenation exceptions q-hyphexcept 2004-03-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): typo, found courtesy of bil kleb 2004-03-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add texcnvfaq as a directory * filectan.tex: remove texcnvfaq 2004-03-12 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.11, today (subsection{Page layout}): clarify "pdf output" for pdflscape 2004-03-11 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): new text about dvipng, from its author 2004-03-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): edit the dvipdfm answer a bit 2004-03-08 Robin Fairbairns * additions.tex: pl4.11b, today * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): graphics in dvipdfm 2004-02-28 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v 3.11RC3, today (section{Introduction}): contributors contributions, added szinger 2004-02-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): mention koma \captionabove command 2004-02-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Labels and references}): twiddle further with reference-by-name answer (i wonder if it's comprehensible?) 2004-02-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq.sty (\Qref): new whistle in case "\Qref..." * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): editorial work on ps@empty 2004-02-05 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.10j, today * additions.tex: pl4.10f, today 2004-02-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): correct reference to index package * dirctan.tex: add index 2004-01-29 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add ledmac 2004-01-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): mention swiftex in dtx answer 2004-01-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): reword paraparam, having recommended it to someone :-} 2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add Tabbing * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): complete q-tabacc 2004-01-14 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new q-tabacc (not yet quite complete) 2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: subfigure->subfig, in case i ever get to use it... 2004-01-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): more work on the quote and verbatim 2004-01-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): redoing conditional control 2004-01-09 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start of scan of database offerings 2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): memoir does crop marks 2004-01-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Installing (La)TeX files}): couple of editorials from christina thiele 2004-01-06 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): q-nopageno and q-ps@empty, update for memoir and koma-script 2004-01-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): new Q-sortbib 2003-12-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add dblfloatfix * faqbody.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): mention dblfloatfix in Q-2colfloat 2003-12-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq.sty: pdftitle uk _tex_ faq (not tug) * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): typos in emacs names 2003-11-19 Robin Fairbairns * additions.tex: pl 4.10a * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables of contents and indexes}): minitoc question answered 2003-11-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{References from articles}): minor extra editorial 2003-11-13 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.10d, today (section{References from articles}): clarification of, and expansion of examples in, q-mcite 2003-11-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.9g, today * faqbody.tex: v3.10RC1, today (section{Documentation and Help}): various small editorials 2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Document Structure}): editorial work on the appendix answer 2003-10-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-beta: remove $original_keyword (no longer used); make $keyword have spaces exchanged for + signs; if not providing link to list of questions, ... 2003-10-17 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): typo; add example of perpage and list sources of documentation 2003-10-16 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): more work on how to (subsection{Mathematics}): re-use of equation 2003-10-14 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): start on "how to write a .bib file" 2003-10-13 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: add versions.sty * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add versions.sty to conditional compilation answer 2003-10-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Footnotes}): new subsection, new Q-footnpp 2003-10-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): add crippled keyword to questions about fuzzy fonts 2003-10-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add fncyref 2003-10-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating citations}): how to run bibtex 2003-09-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: v4.9d. 22nd * faqbody.tex: v3.9c, today (section{Documentation and Help}): mention www.macrotex.net/texbooks 2003-09-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2file: complete filename mapping to avoid nasty chars * add-general.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): new answer: text in maths 2003-09-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): add exscale q 2003-09-16 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): question on modifying single rows 2003-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add aleph * add-general.tex (subsection{Current TeX-related projects}): little answer on the aleph project 2003-09-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Documentation and Help}): recommend TUG India tutorial page 2003-09-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * texfaq2file: start on facility for changing file names of awkwardly- labelled questions 2003-08-29 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.9 2003-08-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background} and elsewhere): yet more typos noticed by jose carlos santos 2003-08-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex,filectan.tex: remove all remaining contrib/supported 2003-08-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Odds and ends}): advise against nameref with hyperref * dirctan.tex: added cm-lgc 2003-08-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): rewrite doublespacing question for less pomposity 2003-08-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): further slight tweaks 2003-08-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: 3.8c, today (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add argument-version to \collect@body q 2003-08-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): \ProgName|...| -> \ProgName{...} 2003-07-26 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add epslatex to list of tutorials 2003-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): remove claim about the regularity of tugboat :-) 2003-07-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add lm fonts 2003-07-18 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: move mparhack, ncctools, newlfm, oberdiek, soul and tocbibind up one 2003-07-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): another pass over the wording of the advice in the \the_xxx_ question 2003-07-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: move toppages, type1cm and ucthesis down one level 2003-07-07 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add datetime; move memoir, utthesis, vector and vmargin down one level 2003-07-06 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): add twoopt.sty to Q-twooptarg 2003-07-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macro programming}): aide-memoir for vertical spacing commands in plain-in-latex 2003-06-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * dirctan.tex: correct subeqnarray, subfigure, subfiles 2003-06-18 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: correct arabtex, ifmslide, natbib, titlesec 2003-06-17 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): new question on upright (Xterm-like) quotes * filectan.tex: add upquote 2003-06-16 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: add ifmtarg * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): empty arg answer 2003-06-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add urlbst * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): mention urlbst in Q-citeurl 2003-06-08 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.6a, today 2003-06-02 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): mention doc of fncychap 2003-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): more editorial, mentions of dvipdfm 2003-05-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: move mflogo and moreverb "down one" 2003-05-18 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention mp doesn't need help from psfrag 2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): mention winedt changebar macros 2003-05-16 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): add "revision bars" to Q-changebars 2003-05-15 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Page layout}): new question on paper size 2003-05-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Common Errors}): slight diddle on fixltx2e question 2003-05-11 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add hvfloat 2003-05-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 ê 2003-05-03 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): correct spelling of résumé 2003-04-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): add mpsproof to question on mp output in ghostscript * filectan.tex: add mpsproof 2003-04-09 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: latex/contrib/(other|supported)/misc -> contrib/misc 2003-04-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): only options now, in Q-CD, are texlive and the ctan cds. 2003-04-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Macro programming}): finally a usable question on commands-as-environments, Q-cmdasenv 2003-04-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: 3.6RC3, today (subsection{Typesetting specialities}): add discouragement of the use of path.sty with latex 2003-04-02 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Why does it do that?}): new Q-spaftend 2003-03-31 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): new Q-bibcase 2003-03-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: info/beginlatex 2003-03-25 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): new, on format error stymying 2003-03-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Particular font families}): added a miktex url for font map management 2003-03-15 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.4b.4, today (subsection{Why shouldn't I?}): new subsection of "why does it do that" 2003-03-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): mention \epsfig in Q-impgraph 2003-03-01 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: correct simpl-latex * dirctan.tex: add dvi2bitmap 2003-02-21 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): corrected the address for eric raymond on questions to get answers 2003-02-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): describe \jobname as a primitive, not a "special macro" 2003-02-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.4a, today * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): new question on \graphicspath 2003-02-06 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: remove provisions for .lab files * all: checkin/release * faqbody.tex: changed date in first line 2003-02-05 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{TeX Systems}): \ctanref to tetex (per se) upgraded in windows section (talking about cygwin usage) 2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: update tds * faqbody.tex: v4.3b, today (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): more tidying 2003-02-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Bits and pieces of TeX}): updated tds stuff, after announcement of tds v1.0 2003-01-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: ifmslide * add-general.tex (subsection{Alternative document classes}): make reference to ifmslide (whatever that is) 2003-01-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.3q, today (section{Adjusting the typesetting}): slight adjustment of the text referring to \sectionmark in runheadtoobig 2003-01-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.3p, today * additions.tex: pl4.3h, today 2003-01-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing LaTeX files}): tidying (perhaps even finishing!) the type 1 cmfonts installation question 2002-12-24 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on cmfonts answer 2002-12-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing (La)TeX files}): more work on "installing CM type1" question 2002-12-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * additions.tex: pl4.3g, today * add-general.tex (subsection{Floating tables, figures, etc.}): new Q-vertposfp 2002-11-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Adobe Type1 ("PS") fonts}): more editorials 2002-11-24 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * filectan.tex: add chappg * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): new question on page nos by chapter 2002-11-22 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.3i, today (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): make clear what is actually being redefined with \usepackage[overload]{textcase} 2002-11-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Creating bibliographies}): a bit more on the capitalisation question 2002-11-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.3g, today (section{The Background}): tidy eplain answer and add reference to the project home page 2002-11-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Lists}): Q-interruptlist from add-general v3.3d, today 2002-10-17 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: added euro-ce 2002-10-08 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v3.3, today 2002-10-06 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Symbols}): new question on trade symbols * additions.tex: pl4.2i, today 2002-09-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add pdftricks * faqbody.tex (section{Graphics}): reference pdftricks in the answer about alternative drawing systems 2002-09-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: v3.2a, today (section{TeX Systems}): text on vim from schröcker (section{Introduction}): mention schröcker * add-general.tex (subsection{Hyphenation}): rather feeble answer on suppressing hyphenation of words * dirctan.tex: concmath is in supported... * additions.tex: pl4.2d, today * filectan.tex: add needspace, add .gz to latex209.tar * add-general.tex (subsection{Page Layout}): complete \needspace question 2002-09-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faq.sty: tidy up after stupidity working on text annotations in pdf version (which preserved as botched-faq.sty) 2002-09-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): typo in "finding macros" v3.2, today 2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Spacing of characters and lines}): remove reference to tracking.sty, following notice of its bug 2002-09-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document structure}): since i'm more informed about titlesec, i might as well instruct the world as well... (losing the reference to titletoc in passing -- dunno about that yet) * dirctan.tex: add citeref * add-general.tex (subsection{Bibliographies (somewhere)}): backwards reference to citation answer * additions.tex: pl4.2b, today * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): answer on font substitution messages (at long last!!!) * filectan.tex: add type1ec * dirctan.tex: add type1cm * faqbody.tex: v3.1b, today (subsection{Particular font families}): incorporate small correction from José Carlos Santos 2002-09-07 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: add overpic * add-general.tex (subsection{Graphics}): first stab at answer on overlaying text on figures 2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): $ missing answer 2002-09-06 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{LaTeX macros}): tidy and slightly expand yesterday's work 2002-09-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (section{LaTeX macros}): new answer: finding macro definitions 2002-09-04 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: add latexmake * Makefile.CTAN (all): add Makefile itself * Makefile (ctan): remove commented-out ftp target * add-general.tex (subsection{How do I do X in (La)TeX}): more work on the Makefile question (really for doc management, now, i suppose) * locations.mk: new file of "private" locations, that won't go on CTAN * Makefile: move explicit locations out to locations.mk * dirctan.tex: texhax is browsable * faqbody.tex (section{You're still stuck?}): typos/minor corrections to latex bug and additions to the faq questions (section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}): typend and unkgrfextn from add-general v3.0.1t, today * sanitize.pl (sanitize_line): add \pkgoption * faq.sty: add \pkgoption * add-general.tex (subsection{The Joy of TeX errors}): amalgamated graphics extension bit with earlier one * additions.tex: pl4.1k, today * filectan.tex: add gkpmac * dirctan.tex: add ccfonts and concmath * add-general.tex (subsection{Fonts (or something)}): new subsection for question from josé carlos santos about concrete 2002-08-29 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): editorial from santos 2002-08-24 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Page layout}): mention pdflscape.sty in the landscape question v3.0.1r, today 2002-08-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: 3.0.1o, today (sections{The Background,Bits and pieces of TeX}): minor tidies and updates 2002-07-31 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): add wilkins' pllong.pdf to the tutorials section v3.0.1m, today 2002-07-25 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: today's date (section{Symbols, etc.}): add mention of encoding problems, and suggest \char`\_, in underscore question 2002-07-24 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (subsection{Tables, figures and diagrams}): add stabular to the long table stuff v3.0.1l, today 2002-07-23 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): more work on the cm-pfb fonts question 2002-07-14 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (subsection{Installing AllTeX files}): correct typos; add disclaimer about miktex failing to know about a package 2002-07-12 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): url for x-symbol v3.0.1c, today 2002-06-13 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * Makefile.CTAN: removed required-questions 2002-06-10 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (three places): remove \Destination commands v3.0.1a, today 2002-06-09 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Mathematics}): refer to amsthm proof env 2002-06-01 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Installing AllTeX files}): add .mf to wherefiles 2002-05-27 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Document management}): rename question to "conditional compilation and comments" 2002-05-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: added testflow 2002-05-14 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8t, today (section{TeX Systems}): add reference to tetex for cygwin 2002-04-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex: various questions moved around and subsections created 2002-04-29 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{DVI Drivers and Previewers}): suppress suggestion that dvips is readily available 2002-04-28 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Common misunderstandings}): correction and improvement to Q-marginparside from Norman Gray v2.5.8r, today 2002-04-19 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: removed three directories that no longer exist (including dviware/dvipsk) 2002-04-16 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (subsection{Something or other}): add mention of tracking to the letterspacing question * filectan.tex: added tracking.sty 2002-03-11 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v2.5.8l, today (section{Documentation and Help}): refer to ams short math guide 2002-02-21 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: add framed and shade * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): start of breakable boxes question 2002-02-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): correct a \URL|...| 2002-01-30 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: 2.5.8d, today Mon Dec 24 17:37:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Symbols, etc.}): added mention of latin9 and its implications 2001-12-10 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): slight further reduction of random twaddle in text of nts q 2001-12-07 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): good start on euro question * dirctan.tex: add euro-fonts, marvosym-fonts 2001-12-05 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): spell martin schröder's name right 2001-11-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): \nothtml-tidy typo correction 2001-11-20 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{PS and TeX}): finished belleek stuff Tue Oct 30 23:35:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Current TeX Projects}): update omega question Mon Oct 29 22:32:39 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): correct josé carlos santos' name 2001-10-19 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): gratuitous tidying of mail list text 2001-09-26 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html,texfaq2html-beta: minor tidies to make uniform with texfaq2file Wed Sep 5 17:55:48 2001 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): tidying wysiwyg question (again) Tue Sep 4 23:03:11 2001 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): a little tidying of the new question Tue Sep 4 17:32:47 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * Makefile (clean): delete _all_ *.out Mon Aug 27 10:53:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): first outline of "\end inside a group..." question Wed Aug 22 12:28:17 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Hypertext and PDF}): silliness of html trans v2.5.6a, today -- checkin Thu Aug 9 12:42:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): correct list info for music list Mon Aug 6 16:50:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns * [various]: checkin Mon Aug 6 13:18:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 (NB still a problem with \begin{center}\itshape in add-* files) Sat Aug 4 09:21:21 2001 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2file (sanitize_line): update to latest version from ...2html Fri Aug 3 20:03:18 2001 Robin Fairbairns * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): correct typos in tabular cell alignment question Fri Aug 3 14:58:31 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): ctan-ann at dante.de v2.5.5e, today Wed Jul 25 11:27:01 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): minor typo in list numbering question Thu Jul 19 13:55:55 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html[-beta] (sanitize_line): correct \textcbracesymbol in both Tue Jun 12 13:10:08 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html,texfaq2file (sanitize_line): add \Class translations from texfaq2html-beta Mon May 21 18:04:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex: v2.5.4l, today (throughout): bunch of "unguarded" \dots had {} appended... Wed May 2 00:07:49 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Macro programming}): restore missing \endhtmlignore in "optional arguments like \section" Fri Apr 27 12:02:02 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: add import.sty (up-to-date or what?) Fri Apr 13 16:50:41 2001 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: added pkfix, preprint Thu Apr 12 11:28:24 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Typesetting particular types of documents}): changed section name Mon Apr 9 12:08:07 2001 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Things are Going Wrong...}): (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 * texfaq2file: quick'n'dirty html file generator Sat Apr 7 16:35:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): mention \verbatimtabinput in verbfile Tue Mar 20 07:54:30 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 % 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-beta (sanitize_line): preserve ~ in arguments of URLs Tue Mar 13 22:59:56 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * filectan.tex: askinclude now from latex/contrib/other/misc * dirctan.tex: removed mathpple Fri Mar 2 07:20:03 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: ps-type1 -> \CTANdirectory* Thu Feb 22 12:28:58 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-beta: add a couple of
directives, after the "preamble", and before the "tail" * dirctan.tex: added refcheck and crop Mon Feb 19 10:40:43 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-alpha (sanitize_line): add code for \textbf Thu Feb 15 11:25:45 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): question on \\ arguments Wed Jan 31 11:41:12 2001 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html-beta: normalise tabbing in perl code Sat Dec 30 16:35:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * add-general.tex (section{Proposed new questions}): missing characters * faq.sty: minor typo corrected Tue Dec 26 16:39:47 2000 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: compact the booklist and ctanrefs environments, and compactify standard itemize and enumerate environments Sun Dec 24 10:26:08 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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-] * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{PostScript and TeX}): txfonts now have t1 and ts encodings Wed Nov 1 12:24:01 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Add a question on LaTeX2e v 2.4.7m, today Sat Oct 28 14:56:43 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Current \TeX{} Projects}): tidy up references to omega implementations Thu Sep 14 10:27:00 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): sound depressed about deja (preamble): today, v2.4.7g Sun Sep 10 10:22:45 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * dirctan.tex: added vmargin (now in supported) * filectan.tex: removed vmargin Mon Jul 24 09:26:41 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): updated details for gutenberg Wed Jun 7 12:33:02 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq.sty: tried alternative pdfstartview value -- no joy Fri Apr 14 15:20:33 2000 Robin Fairbairns * filectan.tex: add latex-classes, ltxguide Wed Apr 12 15:01:42 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html (sanitize_line): \URL argument in braces now (sanitize_line): $e$ generalised to $$ (for $n$, just now) Thu Mar 2 14:27:03 2000 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: added mparhack Thu Feb 10 16:55:44 2000 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * texfaq2html (tail): add href to default address for script using `TeX FAQ' as anchor Mon Sep 6 13:25:08 1999 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Introduction}): removed phil taylor from list of non-committee-members Thu Sep 2 14:11:02 1999 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Added lwc v2.2o, today Sat Jun 5 11:10:19 1999 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): corrections to sciword stuff 2.2m, today Mon May 24 14:29:21 1999 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated sciword, etc., bumf 2.2l, today Fri May 14 12:17:37 1999 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): restore yesterday's change... Thu May 13 10:02:58 1999 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Documentation and Help}): Update details on K&D to third edition Sat Apr 17 16:16:10 1999 Robin Fairbairns * texfaq2html: /usr/bin/perl (so as to work both on bescot and march) Wed Apr 7 14:10:47 1999 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): minor editorials on the Y2K question Sun Mar 14 09:29:54 1999 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): New version of tech wg stuff from kaja christiansen Thu Jun 11 17:10:37 1998 Robin Fairbairns * Makefile (CONFIGS): new, another category of thing to depend on Wed Jun 10 12:58:02 1998 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * faq.sty: yet another fiddle with hyperref options; suppress multicol when doing pdf Sun Jun 7 09:25:05 1998 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * Makefile.FTP (all): removed non-cm .dvi files, .300ps files Mon May 4 21:56:52 1998 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * companion.ctan: correct calc, changebar Fri Jan 16 09:58:18 1998 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex: v2.1m, today (section{The Background}): Correct address and phone nos for TUG Wed Nov 5 10:40:40 1997 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Special sorts of typesetting}): minor typo in line numbering q Tue Nov 4 11:03:45 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update truetex web page address (and source details) Mon Oct 27 09:20:15 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Recent Developments}): Correct John Plaice's email address Fri Oct 10 07:01:24 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New email addresses for PTI Fri Sep 5 18:42:23 1997 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): correct URL for WC CDROM information Wed Aug 20 10:51:16 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct Kinch's details just that little bit further Wed Apr 23 09:31:06 1997 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): New Web address for PTI Mon Apr 21 14:48:56 1997 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: Remove (confusing) faq and sgi dirs (both under fweb) Thu Apr 17 17:34:55 1997 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{The Background}): Final address for NTG's Web offering... Wed Apr 2 13:57:22 1997 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Update Kinch's web address Fri Mar 7 10:45:43 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * companion.ctan: Bunch of changes from latex209->latex trees Wed Jan 29 15:44:52 1997 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (throughout): a small number of extra extra typos from Ulrik Vieth Fri Dec 20 11:23:29 1996 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Correct area code in Kinch's telephone and fax nos Wed Jul 24 15:27:32 1996 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{Acquiring the Software}): Removed SHSU from the list of CTAN sites Mon May 27 13:49:23 1996 Robin Fairbairns * companion.ctan: Corrections submitted by Brian Ripley Wed May 22 14:25:07 1996 Robin Fairbairns * companion.ctan: Update moreverb Sat May 18 17:06:12 1996 Robin Fairbairns * dirctan.tex: Add mdwtools * filectan.tex: Add threeparttable Thu May 2 17:47:51 1996 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Extended TCI's ZIP to 9 digits (_big_ deal!) Thu Apr 4 10:52:35 1996 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * companion.ctan: setspace from contrib/supported/setspace Mon Mar 11 1996 Robin Fairbairns * companion.ctan: major revision from SPQR (forgot to log it...) Mon Mar 4 09:57:37 1996 Robin Fairbairns * companion.ctan: fnpara from contrib/other/misc Thu Feb 29 12:52:18 1996 Robin Fairbairns * faq.sty: Hideous hacking (no doubt, phase 1 only ;-) to get \subQ working Thu Feb 22 11:59:26 1996 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's details from the email he sent me Sat Dec 9 17:24:47 1995 Robin Fairbairns * faqbody.tex (section{\TeX{} Systems}): Updated Kinch's entry as best I can just now... Mon Dec 4 10:03:22 1995 Robin Fairbairns * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 * 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 " (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 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}