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 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 etooolbox 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) 2004-05-2