Sorry to interrupt the language discussion, but the code for `patch level 1' of the 1996/12/01 release has just been placed on ctan. If you have the December release then you just need obtain the following files. macros/latex/packages/graphics/graphics.ins macros/latex/packages/tools/tabularx.dtx macros/latex/base/doc.dtx macros/latex/base/patches.txt macros/latex/base/ltpatch.ltx macros/latex/unpacked/doc.sty The relevant details from patches.txt are contained below. David Changes to the kernel in LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> patch level 1 ----------------------------------------------------------- (1997/02/21) %%% internal/2402 %%% Missing % in \g@addto@macro %%% latex/2404 %%% Reset space factor codes in the output routine. %%% The default settings are based on the values set at \begin{document} %%% unless they are set by defining \normalsfcodes in a class file %%% or package. %%% This bug was inherited from LaTeX2.09 (in fact from plain TeX). %%% latex/2414 %%% Prior to the 1996/12/01 release a \noindent immediately after an %%% \item would `remove' a horizontal space of length \parindent. %%% This could have surprising effects in cases where \itemindent %%% was not equal to \parindent. %%% %%% In the December release this code was rationalised to use %%% the `\lastbox' mechanism as used after section headings. %%% A result of this was that \noindent had no effect at all %%% after \item. %%% %%% This was probably reasonable in explicit lists but it also %%% meant \noindent had no effect in contexts such as %%% \begin{abstract}\noindent... %%% in the standard classes that use the list environment `internally'. %%% %%% This patch restores the behaviour of \noindent in abstract, and %%% more generally always removes the \itemindent spacing from the %%% current item if used after \item, thus it should work as expected %%% even if \parindent and \itemindent are not equal. %%% %%% This area is still under investigation, and this may not be the %%% `final' version that will be incorporated in the next full release. Changes to non-kernel files in LaTeX <1996/06/01> -------------------------------------------------- This section details files that have changed in the `base', `tools', `graphics' and `mfnfss' distributions. Updates to the `babel' `psnfss' and `amslatex' distributions will be announced separately, if necessary. To activate the non-kernel updates you have to retrieve the .dtx files and unpack them with their corresponding .ins files or alternatively (for the files in `base') you may obtain the unpacked files from ctan archives. base/doc.dtx Missing % in \GetFileInfo (latex 2404) tools/tabularx.dtx Improved documentation and message in case table is too large to fit to the requested width. graphics/graphics.ins Add generation of dvipdf.def file. graphics/240