Karl Berry submitted an update to the

latex2e-help-texinfo

package.

Version: 2024-05-13
License: other-free

Summary description: Unofficial reference manual covering LaTeX2e

Announcement text:
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An update of the unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual is available.

The easiest way to view the manual is by visiting:
https://latexref.xyz
It is also available in TeX distributions and on CTAN at:
https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo

Notable changes since the last release:

Additions:
* \DocumentMetadata for experimental tagging support.
* \thepage for page number representation.
* \nobreakspace and U+00A0 synonyms for ties.
* The (simple) \slash command.
* \overrightarrow and \overleftarrow.
* List the standard ligatures in LaTeX (ff fi fl ffi ffl `` '' -- --- `! `?).
* Describe LaTeX's special characters (\ @ @ % $ & _ ^ # ~}.
* Briefly mention hilatex and the hitex engine (https://ctan.org/pkg/hitex).
* Briefly describe input encodings and how to handle them.

Changes:
* Update the discussion of fragile commands at \protect; since October 2019,
most commands have been robust. Mention the cprotect package.
* The lengthy list of commands for class and package writers, from
clsguide, now split into sections instead of being one long table.

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There is a separately maintained French translation of this manual:
https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo-fr

There is also a Spanish translation, which has not yet been updated for
this release. We welcome any updates or new translations.

Suggestions, bug reports, all discussion welcome.
Mailing list details: https://lists.tug.org/latexrefman
(in short, email latexrefman@tug.org; you need not subscribe to post)

Contributions of any kind are very welcome. Some ideas:
https://latexref.xyz/dev/writing.html

If you'd like to host a mirror of the manual, whether to have a
convenient local reference or to offer a service to the community:
https://latexref.xyz/dev/mirroring.html

Repository and development information:
https://latexref.xyz/dev/

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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo

The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/info/latex2e-help-texinfo/

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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team
Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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