UK TeX FAQ, v3.15 installed

[Robin Fairbairns]

I've just installed a new version of the UK TeX FAQ as an interactive
entity on the web:

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq

and as sources on CTAN:

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/help/uk-tex-faq/

There are now 396 "questions" answered in the FAQ, but the total
number available is mostly limited by my spare time and energy.

Those with an urge to submit suggestions for questions (preferably
with answers) are urged to do so.

Those who find something in the FAQ plain wrong (or merely confusing)
are equally urged to do so.

Details of such submissions (including an Email address) are to be
found in

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=newans

(which includes an email address in one of its URLs).

Details of changes made are appended below.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team

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Changes in version 3.15

These are changes from 3.14, as at the first submission of the new
version to the web.

New answers:
  Label brkinline: line breaking in in-line maths
  Label errparnum: illegal parameter number error
  Label etex: describe e-TeX as a thing in its own right
  Label fllost: LaTeX "floats lost" error
  Label formbiblabel: jiffy on formatting numeric labels in bibliography
  Label gethelp: basic "getting help" answer
  Label ltxhash: defining latex commands within other commands
  Label maillists*: the "other" (La)TeX mailing lists
  Label srchpdf: searching PDF files with non-ASCII characters
  Label tutorials*: replaces tutorial, with a bunch of links to other answers:
        man-tex: introductory manuals for Plain TeX
        man-latex: introductory manuals for LaTeX
        tutbitslatex: tutorials covering small areas of (mostly) latex
        ref-doc: reference documents
        typo-style: typographic style
  Label varwidcol: variable-width columns in tabulars (using varwidth.sty)

Answers removed:
  Label maillists: replaced by gethelp and maillists*
  Label NTS: the project is no longer (visibly) active, and e-TeX has
             entered the mainstream; see above about e-TeX
  Label tutorials: replaced by tutorials* and its dependents

Revised answers:
  Label [several]: replace references to label NTS
  Label atsigns: rewrite for new companion, use example from there
  Label bold-extras: mention luximono font
  Label breaklinks: cover toc/lof/lot issues, describe where there's no hope
  Label eplain: revised with input from new maintainer
  Label fancyhdr: editorial work
  Label noans: statement of what happens to questions to new faq mail address
  Label nohyph: correct definition of \hyph (!)
  Label overfull: clarify \emergencystretch, discuss microtype package
  Label psfchoice: reinstate Lucida with pointer to upcoming sale site
  Label seccntfmt: mention @ commands
  Label slidecls: mention powerdot
  Label TeXsystems: mention TeXlive Mac distribution
  Label type1T1: editorial work

Presentation:
  A serious problem with question cross-references in the PDF version
  has been mended.

  The tutorials section has been split into more manageable (and hopefully
  useful chunks (see above).

  The address for proposals for FAQ improvement has changed; the steady
  stream of requests for help, to the old address, from people who hadn't
  even read the FAQ, became too much for me.

  I have removed my name and address everywhere it appears in the FAQ;
  this follows the strong perception that I am widely despised on the
  texhax list, and is done in the hope that these people won't be put
  off using the FAQ as a result.

Coming up:
  I have a far more efficient CGI engine for serving answers to the web:
  its output still needs tuning and more testing is needed before release.

  I am investigating mechanisms whereby I can point to the CTAN
  catalogue from FAQ answers.  I feel I can write fuller descriptions
  of individual packages in the catalogue than I can in the FAQ;
  moreover, the catalogue has links to on-line documentation, which
  has always been a problem for FAQ readers.