Changelog

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• about: Update information about URL to the faq as the original tex.ac.uk domain is no longer valid.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• Q-hypertex: Extremely out-of-date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