CTAN Update: nicetext

[CTAN Announcements]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 Uwe Lück submitted an update to the

  nicetext

package.

Summary description: `makedoc' + `niceverb' - an alternative documentation system for LaTeX
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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The `nicetext' bundle offers "minimal" markup syntax for 
restricted kinds of text: There should not be much more 
characters typed than printed! -- mainly: quick 
documentation of (smaller) LaTeX packages -- achieved by 
active characters and preprocessing similar to 
`docstrip' ("opposite direction" however, incl. some txt 
to TeX).

New with release 0.3:

* `substr.tex' should typeset LaTeX quality 
documentation from next available (on your install) 
substry.sty's ASCII/UTF-8 input (works with me) -- first 
application of `niceverb''s "auto mode" and 
`makedoc.sty' to a third-party package!
  
* `makedoc' simplified: single 

      \MakeInputJobDoc[<in>][<out>]{<header>}{<parser>} 
      
  generates a documentation file from the package file 
and typesets it immediately (kind of \DocInput 
equivalent) -- see `Using makedoc the simplest way' in 
`makedoc.pdf'
  
* `|...|' from `niceverb' typesets an inline frame box 
for setting-off a command description, modifiable by 
hooks (e.g., \colorbox)
  
* `niceverb' syntax works in page headers, PDF 
bookmarks, and `hyperref' labels and otherwise much 
better than before, dis-/re-enableable featurewise as 
well as altogether
  
* documentation extended, lists of script commands 
  
* configurable txt to TeX functionality or other 
replacements like ASCII-arrows to arrow commands or 
inserting \index entries (setting up expandable 
replacement chains slightly more comfortable) -- try 
with templates and dialogue
   
* `fifinddo' works with character codes > 127, improved 
setup

* `makedoc' requires the `moreverb' package.

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   http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicetext/
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   http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=nicetext
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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf