OVERVIEW -------- Package xlop proposes two main features. First, xlop prints operations (displayed or running), that is, user write only operands. Second, xlop is able to deal with unlimited numbers, in fact, limitations are due to TeX memory. This features include basic arithmetic operations, input/ouput, numeric variables, tests, and some high level operation (without operations which imply infinite processing such roots, exponential, trigonometric functions, etc.). DISTRIBUTION ------------ License ------- All the source files have the license type lppl Contents -------- Distribution consists of files: * README (the file you are reading) * LISEZ.MOI (same in french) * XLOP03 indicates what features the next version should be provide * history.txt relates project history * manual.sty package file to compile documentation * xlop-doc-fr.tex and xlop-doc-fr.pdf source and pdf of french user's manual of xlop * xlop-doc.tex and xlop-doc.pdf source and pdf of english user's manual of xlop * xlop.tex xlop code * xlop.sty allow the use of xlop as LaTeX package Installation ------------ xlop can be used under TeX or LaTeX. Thus, TDS recommendations are that the best place to put the file xlop.tex is [texmf]/tex/generic/xlop/ and that the best place to put xlop xlop.sty is [texmf]/tex/latex/xlop/ For documentation files (README, history.txt, manual.sty, and fr-user.*), best place should be [texmf]/doc/generic/xlop/. You have just to run texhash command (or mktexlsr, or ...) to refresh your texmf base and all should work fine. BUGS AND TROUBLES ----------------------------- If you detect some bug, whatever its seriousness (that could be just spurious spaces), try to illustre this error with an example as short as possible. Particularly, don't use unecessary package. Sent your code with a short explanation at: Jean-Come.Charpentier@wanadoo.fr If you wish for some feature in a future version, ask to the author. To help my antispam soft, could you please write 'xlop' in the message subject?