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Changelog

All notable changes to the English TeX FAQ will be documented in this file. Changes prior to the switch to Markdown format are available from https://github.com/texfaq/historical/blob/master/ChangeLog

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

2024-12-01

Changed

  • Q-fontsize: Clarified wording around type1cm and type1ec font packages.
  • Q-underline: Extend to cover soulpos and lua-ml underlining packages.
  • Q-floats: Add default float placement parameters beside suggested alternatives.

2023-04-29

Changed

  • Q-alternatives: Add Typst.

2022-02-06

Changed

  • about: Update information about URL to the faq as the original tex.ac.uk domain is no longer valid.
  • Q-FAQ-setURL: Change example to use curresnt URL for the FAQ.

2021-12-27

Changed

  • Q-repeat-set: Correction in the example of code for dowith.

2021-11-28

Changed

  • Q-uploads: Update contact address; delete an unclear and obsolete paragraph; add details about the pressing steps after upload.

2021-08-18

Changed

  • Q-nohyph: Add mention to \babelhyphenation.

2021-07-11

Changed

  • Q-algorithms: Typo in a family name. Correction about program documentation.
  • Q-tocloft: Correction of punctuation.
  • Q-typo-style: Added the PrintWiki.
  • Q-spell: Removed VMS material. Added URLs.

2021-05-05

Changed

  • Q-fmtconv: Update the information on converters from other formats to LaTeX and from LaTeX to other formats, merging the information which was contained on Wilfried Hennings' FAQ pages (https://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/index.html). Those pages are now removed.

2021-04-18

Added

  • Q-prevlig: New question.

Renammed

  • Q-texcad to Q-texdraw: Added other drawing packages.

Changed

  • Q-erroradvice: Added link.
  • Q-spell: Removed information about VMS and MS-DOS programs. Added Antidote as a LaTeX-aware spell checker.
  • Q-recovertex: Links added.
  • Q-time.md: Added datetime2.
  • Q-typo-style: Added two documents.
  • Q-uploads: Added details about version identifiers.
  • Q-useMF: Correction of typos.
  • Q-whereFAQ: Correction of links.
  • Q-xspace: Correction of punctuation.

2021-04-01

Added

  • Q-arraytab: New question
  • Q-rule: New question

Changed

  • Q-whereFAQ: Update to the status of non-English FAQs
  • various pages: small corrections to problems discovered while translating the FAQ into French.

2020-05-18

Changed

  • Q-typo-style: Removed links to expired material

2019-12-05

Changed

  • Q-clsvpkg: for issue #21

2019-09-28

Removed

  • Q-hypertex: Extremely out-of-date

2018-07-07

Changed

  • Q-eqnarray and other pages: update "AMSLaTeX" references to amsmath package or amsmath bundle.

2018-06-27

Changed

  • Q-context: Update context links and description as suggested by @ousia PR #10

2018-06-09

Changed

  • Q-2colfltorder: double column float order was fixed in 2015 release
  • Q-2colfloat: double column float order was fixed in 2015 release

2018-06-06

Changed

  • Q-capbibtex: Prefer protecting entire words, not just letters

2018-06-01

Changed

  • Q-alternatives: Add entries for Lout and [TNG]roff.
  • Q-addtoreset: chngcntr now incorporated into the format
  • Q-run-fn-nos: chngcntr now incorporated into the format

2018-05-30

Changed

  • Q-isdef: Describe new 2016 behavior of \@ifundefined

2018-05-28

Changed

  • Q-MP: Mention LuaTeX integration of MetaPost.
  • Q-archives: Germany is now the only CTAN hub.

2018-05-27

Changed

  • Q-AMSpkg: Re-write contributed by Barbara Beeton
  • Q-catalogue: Heavily revised
  • Q-latex2e: Update development section in light of latexrelease approach
  • Q-noroom: Reword as LaTeX now use e-TeX extended register allocation
  • Q-notWYSIWYG: Reorder and update links
  • Q-readtex: Minor clean-up
  • Q-TeXfuture: Update projects section to link to other FAQ
  • Q-tmupfl: Minor rewording
  • Q-unicode: Minor addition to mention UTF-8 default in current LaTeX.
  • Q-noroom: reword as all LaTeX formats now use e-TeX extended register allocation.

Removed

  • Q-HPdrivers: Redirect to Q-drivers
  • Q-lollipop: Not widely used
  • Q-FAQ-ouparmd merged with FAQ-parmoderr (which had same title)
  • Q-FAQ-optclash merged with FAQ-optionclash (which had same title)
  • Q-FAQ-usepictex redirected to FAQ-noroom (both obsolete with etex allocation)

2018-05-26

Changed

  • Q-context: Minor (copy)edits and fixes
  • Q-texthings: Minor (copy)edits and fixes

2018-05-25

Added

  • Q-xetex-luatex: New combination question based on Q-xetex and Q-luatex
  • Q-t1enc drop this (redirect to Q-why-inp-font)
  • Q-why-inp-font: Update this (after 2018 release changes)

Changed

  • Q-LaTeX2HTML: Update with more recent converters such as LaTeXML and lwarp.
  • Q-mathml: Update to better describe current usage.

Removed

  • Q-luatex: Incorporated into Q-xetex-luatex
  • Q-xetex: Incorporated into Q-xetex-luatex

2018-05-24

Added

  • Q-alternatives: New description of some non-TeX systems
  • Q-enginedev: Summarise key engine developments, both current and historical

Changed

  • Q-biblatex: Revise to reflect current status
  • Q-bug: Karl Berry now collects TeX bugs
  • Q-etex: Detail moved to Q-enginedev
  • Q-LaTeX3: Revised to reflect new GitHub-based workflow and website changes
  • Q-luatex: Detail moved to Q-enginedev, user text rewritten
  • Q-pdftex: Detail moved to Q-enginedev
  • Q-whatpdftex: Renamed to Q-pdftex
  • Q-WYGexpts: Revised to be less Emacs-specific
  • Q-xetex: Detail moved to Q-enginedev, user text rewritten

Removed

  • Q-ant: Incorporated into Q-alternatives
  • Q-extex: Incorporated into Q-enginedev
  • Q-omegaleph: Incorporated into Q-enginedev

2018-05-23

Changed

  • Q-latexbug: Updated to reflect new GitHub issuer tracker
  • Q-newans: Updated to point to GitHub for contributions

2018-05-22

Changed

  • Source converted to Markdown
  • Hosting moved to GitHub Pages
  • New management organisation
  • Q-noans: Updated to point to GitHub for suggestions