[latexrefman-commits] [SCM] latexrefman updated: r857 - trunk

[karl at gnu.org.ua]

Author: karl
Date: 2020-12-15 21:05:35 +0200 (Tue, 15 Dec 2020)
New Revision: 857

Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/latex2e.texi
Log:
textcomp symbols available by default

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog	2020-12-10 17:06:05 UTC (rev 856)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	2020-12-15 19:05:35 UTC (rev 857)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2020-12-15  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
+
+	* latex2e.tex (Text symbols): mention that textcomp is
+	(effectively) loaded by default as of the Feb 2020 release.
+	From ltnews 31, February 2020; suggestion from
+	Pablo Gonzalez L, 28 Nov 2020 21:27:43.
+
 2020-12-10  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
 
 	* latex2e.texi (@TeX{} engines): mention -dev formats.

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-12-10 17:06:05 UTC (rev 856)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	2020-12-15 19:05:35 UTC (rev 857)
@@ -538,6 +538,10 @@
 undergo the same extensive regression testing by the @LaTeX{} team
 before being released.
 
+For more information, see ``The @LaTeX{} release workflow and the
+ at LaTeX{} @code{dev} formats'' by Frank Mittelbach, @cite{TUGboat} 40:2,
+ at url{https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb40-2/tb125mitt-dev.pdf}.
+
 @end ftable
 
 @node @LaTeX{} command syntax
@@ -17302,9 +17306,13 @@
 @cindex symbols, text
 
 @findex textcomp @r{package}
- at LaTeX{} provides commands to generate a number of non-letter symbols in
-running text.  Some of these, especially the more obscure ones, are not
-available in OT1.
+ at cindex TS1 encoding
+ at LaTeX{} provides commands to generate a number of non-letter symbols
+in running text.  Some of these, especially the more obscure ones, are
+not available in OT1.  As of the @LaTeX{} February 2020 release, all
+symbols are available by default; before that, it was necessary to use
+the @code{textcomp} package for some (technically, those in the
+ at code{TS1} font encoding).
 
 @ftable @code
 @item \copyright