texlive[74895] Build/source/texk/web2c/man: latex man pages updates

[commits+karl at tug.org]

Revision: 74895
          https://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=74895
Author:   karl
Date:     2025-04-09 18:32:40 +0200 (Wed, 09 Apr 2025)
Log Message:
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latex man pages updates

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog
    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex-dev.man
    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex.man

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog	2025-04-09 16:18:35 UTC (rev 74894)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ChangeLog	2025-04-09 16:32:40 UTC (rev 74895)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025-04-09  Karl Berry  <karl at freefriends.org>
+
+	* latex.man: add [ first-line ]; update LaTeX Companion to 3rd edition.
+	* latex-dev.man: wording.
+
 2025-03-07  Karl Berry  <karl at tug.org>
 
 	* TL'25 release.

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex-dev.man
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex-dev.man	2025-04-09 16:18:35 UTC (rev 74894)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex-dev.man	2025-04-09 16:32:40 UTC (rev 74895)
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-.TH LATEX-DEV 1 "17 November 2019" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH LATEX-DEV 1 "9 April 2025" "Web2C @VERSION@"
 .SH NAME
 latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev, platex-dev, uplatex-dev \- release candidate LaTeX testing
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B latex-dev
+.RI [ options ]
 .RI [ first-line ]
 .\"=====================================================================
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-These -dev executables are intended for testing upcoming LaTeX2e kernel
-changes. They correspond to new formats which have been tested by the
+These -dev executables can be used to test upcoming LaTeX releases.
+They correspond to new formats which have been tested by the
 LaTeX team for stability and usability. Thus, they are not arbitrary
 development snapshots; more like release candidates.
 .PP
-Wider testing by knowledgeable users is desired, indeed, is the main
-purpose for these executables to exist. Simply replacing the regular
-engine (e.g., pdflatex) with the -dev engine name (pdflatex-dev) is all
-that should be needed.
+Testing by as many users as possible is desired; indeed, that's the main
+reason for these executables to exist. Simply replacing the regular
+engine (e.g., pdflatex) with the -dev engine name (pdflatex-dev) in your
+invocations is all that should be needed. No changes to source documents
+should be required.
 .PP
 The lualatex-dev format is based on luahbtex, the luatex variant with
 harfbuzz enabled for glyph shaping.

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex.man
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex.man	2025-04-09 16:18:35 UTC (rev 74894)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/latex.man	2025-04-09 16:32:40 UTC (rev 74895)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH LATEX 1 "30 April 2018" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH LATEX 1 "9 April 2025" "Web2C @VERSION@"
 .\"=====================================================================
 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
 .if n .ds TX TeX
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed \- structured text formatting and typesetting
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B latex
+.RI [ options ]
 .RI [ first-line ]
 .\"=====================================================================
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,12 +77,11 @@
 .IR "\*(LX \- A Document Preparation System" ,
 Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 020115790X.
 .PP
-Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle,
-and Chris Rowley, 
-.IR "LaTeX Companion" ,
-Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0201362996 (2nd edition).
+Frank Mittelbach with Ulrike Fischer,
+.IR "LaTeX Companion"
+Addison-Wesley, 2024, ISBN 0-13-811578-8 (3rd edition).
 .PP
-The \*(LX home page is http://latex-project.org.
+The \*(LX home page is https://latex-project.org.
 .br
 A list of some \*(LX tutorials is at
 http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=man-latex.