[latexrefman-commits] r466 - in /trunk: ChangeLog Makefile NEWS latex2e.texi

[jhefferon at domain.hid]

Author: jhefferon
Date: Tue Oct 27 12:31:20 2015
New Revision: 466

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=466&view=rev
Log:
titlepage

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/Makefile
    trunk/NEWS   (props changed)
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=466&r1=465&r2=466&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Tue Oct 27 12:31:20 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-10-27  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (titlepage)  Add example.
+
 2015-10-25  Jim Hefferon  <jhefferon at domain.hid>
 
 	* Correct errors reported by CTAN, including my lack

Modified: trunk/Makefile
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/Makefile?rev=466&r1=465&r2=466&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/Makefile	(original)
+++ trunk/Makefile	Tue Oct 27 12:31:20 2015
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@
 # 
 dist for CTAN.  Also update NEWS
 # 
 txt_files = ChangeLog Makefile NEWS README aspell.en.pws ltx-help.el 
-distzip = latex2e-help-texinfo.zip
+dist = latex2e-help-texinfo.zip
 #
 dist: en
 	mkdir latex2e-help-texinfo && cd latex2e-help-texinfo && ln -s ../* .
-	zip -q $(distzip) \
+	zip -q $(dist) \
 $(addprefix latex2e-help-texinfo/, $(txt_files) \
                               latex2e.texi $(en_mi_output) latex2e.pdf)
 	rm -rf latex2e-help-texinfo
-	@ls -l $(distzip); unzip -t $(distzip)
+	@ls -l $(dist); unzip -t $(dist)
 
 # A hacky spell check target.
 # Remove \commandnames to reduce exception list, but not {args} or

Propchange: trunk/NEWS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- svn:keywords	(original)
+++ svn:keywords	Tue Oct 27 12:31:20 2015
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Date Author Id
+Id

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=466&r1=465&r2=466&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Tue Oct 27 12:31:20 2015
@@ -686,7 +686,10 @@
 @item titlepage
 @itemx notitlepage
 @cindex title page, separate or run-in
-Specifies whether the title page is separate; default depends on the class.
+Specifies whether there is a separate page for the title information and
+for the abstract also, if there is one.  The default for the
+ at code{report} class is @code{titlepage}, for the other classes it is
+ at code{notitlepage}.
 @end table
 
 The following options are not available with the @code{slides} class.
@@ -4181,18 +4184,41 @@
 
 @example
 \begin at domain.hid@}
- at domain.hid}
+  .. text and spacing ..
 \end at domain.hid@}
 @end example
 
-The @code{titlepage} environment creates a title page, i.e., a page
-with no printed page number or heading.  It also causes the following
-page to be numbered page one.  Formatting the title page is left to
-you.  The @code{\today} command may be useful on title pages
-(@pxref{\today}).
-
-You can use the @code{\maketitle} command (@pxref{\maketitle}) to
-produce a standard title page without a @code{titlepage} environment.
+Create a title page, a page with no printed page number or heading.  The
+following page will be numbered page one.
+
+To instead produce a standard title page without a @code{titlepage}
+environment you can use @code{\maketitle} (@pxref{\maketitle}).
+
+Notice in this example that all formatting, including vertical spacing,
+is left to the author.
+
+ at example
+\begin at domain.hid@}
+\vspace*@{\stretch at domain.hid@}@}
+\begin at domain.hid@}
+  @{\huge\bfseries Thesis \\[1ex] 
+                  title@}                  \\[6.5ex]
+  @{\large\bfseries Author name@}           \\
+  \vspace at domain.hid@}
+  Thesis  submitted to                    \\[5pt]
+  \textit at domain.hid name@}                \\[2cm]
+  in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of \\[2cm]
+  \textsc at domain.hid Doctor of Philosophy@}    \\[2ex]
+  \textsc at domain.hid Mathematics@}             \\[12ex]
+  \vfill
+  Department of Mathematics               \\
+  Address                                 \\
+  \vfill
+  \today
+\end at domain.hid@}
+\vspace at domain.hid@}@}
+\end at domain.hid@}
+ at end example
 
 
 @node verbatim