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    From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Wed Jun 10 17:30:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Karl Berry submitted an update to the

    latex2e-help-texinfo

    package.

    Version: 2026-06-09
    License: other-free

    Summary description: Unofficial reference manual covering LaTeX2e

    Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    An update of the unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual is available.

    The easiest way to view the manual is by visiting:
    https://latexref.xyz
    It is also available in TeX distributions and on CTAN at:
    https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo

    Notable changes in this June 2026 release:

    Additions:
    * \labelformat, \Ref, \ref*, \Ref* descriptions added.
    * \ClassNoteNoLine and \PackageNoteNoLine descriptions added.

    Changes:
    * minipage environment description corrected and expanded.
    * tabbing environment description expanded.
    * \spacefactor and related commands' description expanded.
    * Mention the quoting and csquotes packages.
    * The "easyurl" bs-*.html file now named bs-star.html, to kowtow to Windows.

    Distribution:
    * Add the epub output format now supported by makeinfo.
    * No longer generate the Texinfo XML (.xml) output, since makeinfo has
    deprecated it.

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    There is a separately maintained French translation of this manual:
    https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo-fr
    There is also a Spanish translation included in the distribution with
    the English. It has not yet been updated for this release.

    Suggestions, bug reports, new translations, all discussion welcome.
    Mailing list details: https://lists.tug.org/latexrefman
    (in short, email latexrefman@tug.org; you need not subscribe to post)

    Contributions of any kind are very welcome, from small to large. It
    would be great to see the manual expanded to cover more of the LaTeX2e
    commands, not to mention expl3 and other current developments, but the
    current maintainers just cannot devote sufficient time to make that
    happen. Interested volunteers are needed.

    Some background and suggestions for writing material for this manual:
    https://latexref.xyz/dev/writing.html

    If you'd like to host a mirror of the manual, whether to have a
    convenient local reference or to offer a service to the community:
    https://latexref.xyz/dev/mirroring.html

    Repository and development information:
    https://latexref.xyz/dev/

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/latex2e-help-texinfo

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/info/latex2e-help-texinfo

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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