[latexrefman-commits] [SCM] latexrefman updated: r813 - trunk

[karl at gnu.org.ua]

Author: karl
Date: 2020-06-10 20:42:14 +0300 (Wed, 10 Jun 2020)
New Revision: 813

Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/latex2e.texi
Log:
plain rather than Plain TeX

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog	2020-06-10 16:24:47 UTC (rev 812)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	2020-06-10 17:42:14 UTC (rev 813)
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2020-06-10  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
 
+	* latex2e.texi: consistently use "plain" not "Plain".
+
 	* latex2e.texi (displaymath): reword details about not using $$.
 	More index entries.
 

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-06-10 16:24:47 UTC (rev 812)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-06-10 17:42:14 UTC (rev 813)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @c $Id$
 @comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
 @setfilename latex2e.info
- at set UPDATED March 2020
+ at set UPDATED June 2020
 @include common.texi
 @settitle @LaTeX{}2e unofficial reference manual (@value{UPDATED})
 @comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 @c xx commands, though some are internal and shouldn't be included.
 @c xx classes.dtx et al. define additional commands.
 @c xx See also http://ctan.org/pkg/macros2e.
+ at c 
+ at c xx All the special characters should be definitively described.
 
 @copying
 This document is an unofficial reference manual for @LaTeX{}, a
@@ -5933,16 +5935,17 @@
 @table @code
 @item c
 (synonym @code{m}) Default.  Positions the @code{minipage} so its
-vertical center lines up with the center of the adjacent text line (what
-Plain @TeX{} calls @code{\vcenter}).
+vertical center lines up with the center of the adjacent text line.
 
 @item t
+ at findex \vtop @r{plain @TeX{}}
 Match the top line in the @code{minipage} with the baseline of the
-surrounding text (Plain @TeX{}'s @code{\vtop}.
+surrounding text (plain @TeX{}'s @code{\vtop}.
 
 @item b
+ at findex \vbox @r{plain @TeX{}}
 Match the bottom line in the @code{minipage} with the baseline of the
-surrounding text (Plain @TeX{}'s @code{\vbox}.
+surrounding text (plain @TeX{}'s @code{\vbox}.
 @end table
 
 To see the effects of these, contrast running this
@@ -9940,7 +9943,7 @@
 
 Both commands cause @LaTeX{} to ignore spaces after the end of the
 command up until the first non-space character.  The first is a command
-from Plain @TeX{}, and the second is @LaTeX{}-specific.
+from plain @TeX{}, and the second is @LaTeX{}-specific.
 
 The @code{ignorespaces} is often used when defining commands via
 @code{\newcommand}, or @code{\newenvironment}, or @code{\def}.  The
@@ -10343,14 +10346,20 @@
 A @dfn{length} is a measure of distance.  Many @LaTeX{} commands take a
 length as an argument.
 
+ at cindex rigid lengths
+ at cindex rubber lengths
+ at cindex dimen @r{plain @TeX{}}
+ at cindex skip @r{plain @TeX{}}
+ at cindex glue @r{plain @TeX{}}
 Lengths come in two types.  A @dfn{rigid length} such as @code{10pt}
-does not contain a @code{plus} or @code{minus} component.  (Plain @TeX{}
-calls this a @dfn{dimen}.)  A @dfn{rubber length} (what Plain @TeX{}
-calls a @dfn{skip}) such as as with @code{1cm plus0.05cm minus0.01cm}
-can contain either or both of those components.  In that rubber length,
-the @code{1cm} is the @dfn{natural length} while the other two, the
- at code{plus} and @code{minus} components, allow @TeX{} to stretch or
-shrink the length to optimize placement.
+does not contain a @code{plus} or @code{minus} component.  (Plain
+ at TeX{} calls this a @dfn{dimen}.)  A @dfn{rubber length} (what plain
+ at TeX{} calls a @dfn{skip} or @dfn{glue}) such as as with @code{1cm
+plus0.05cm minus0.01cm} can contain either or both of those
+components.  In that rubber length, the @code{1cm} is the @dfn{natural
+length} while the other two, the @code{plus} and @code{minus}
+components, allow @TeX{} to stretch or shrink the length to optimize
+placement.
 
 The illustrations below use these two commands.
 
@@ -14466,7 +14475,7 @@
 space between sentences (or spaces following a question mark,
 exclamation point, comma, or colon) more than the space between words
 that are in the middle of a sentence.  Declaring @code{\frenchspacing}
-(the command is from Plain @TeX{}) switches to the tradition that all
+(the command is from plain @TeX{}) switches to the tradition that all
 spaces are treated equally.