# README,v 1.16 1995/05/06 11:38:05 ohl Exp
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    This is feynmf, a combined LaTeX/Metafont package for easy drawing
    of professional quality Feynman diagrams.  feynmf lays out most
    diagrams satisfactorily from the structure of the graph without
    any need for manual intervention.  Nevertheless all the power of
    Metafont is available for more obscure cases.  See the
    documentation for appetizers, examples and more details.

    A preformatted manual (`manual.ps.gz') is provided to wet your
    appetite with numerous examples.

    Anyway, you are invited to share, use, abuse, and improve it, see
    the file COPYING for details.

    Enjoy,
    -Thorsten

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   Installation:

   You need a recent LaTeX (LaTeX2e, as of December 1994 is
   sufficient) to use feynmf,  docstrip.tex to install it and doc.sty
   to typeset the documentation.  If it is not already on your system,
   you can get all this (and much more) from your nearest CTAN host.

   To install, either use the Makefile or use the installation file
   feynmf.ins:

     $ latex feynmf.ins

   then you can typeset the documentation by

     $ latex fmfman.drv
     $ mf '\mode:=laserjet; input fmfsamp1'
     $ mf '\mode:=laserjet; input fmfsamp2'
     $ latex fmfman.drv
     $ makeindex -s gind.ist -o fmfman.ind fmfman.idx
     $ makeindex -s gglo.ist -o fmfman.gls fmfman.glo
     $ latex fmfman.drv

   or by using the Makefile (`make man').  That's it.

   There is another installation file for LaTeX 2.09 compatible
   versions: feynmf209.ins.  This file has to be processed _in addition_
   to feynmf.ins!

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WARNING:

    If LaTeX fails with `Unknown graphics extension: 3', you have a
    slightly out-of-date graphics.sty file (LaTeX will have issued a
    warning in this case).  There has been a change to the user
    interface, which makes it very hard to support both versions.
    Sorry.  I have chosen to support the current one, which will
    hopefully be stable.

    You can work around this by either getting a more recent graphics
    package from CTAN (macros/latex/packages/graphics) or by using
    epsf.sty instead (`\let\includegraphics\epsffile\input epsf.sty').
    [You can also ignore it and get the preformatted manual.  But you
    will not be able to use the MetaPost version in this case.]

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    Comments, bug reports and improvements are welcome at:

        Thorsten.Ohl@Physik.TH-Darmstadt.de
        (aka: ohl@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de)

    New versions can be found in:

        crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/ohl/feynmf

    or at CTAN:

        {ftp.shsu.edu,ftp.tex.ac.uk,ftp.dante.de}:
          ... macros/latex/contrib/supported/feynmf

    There are two mailing lists

        feynmf-announce@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de
        feynmf-bugs@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de

    both are open for subscription.  The former should be very low
    volume and carry only important announcements.  The latter can
    serve as a more general discussion forum.

    To subscribe, send mail to

        majordomo@crunch.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de

    and NOT to the lists itself.  The following commands (on a line in
    the body of the mail, not in the subject) are useful: `subscribe
    feynmf-announce', `unsubscribe feynmf-bugs', `help', etc.

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NEWS for Version 1.0

   o  separate namespace for vertices: prepending double underscores.
      (This is an incompatible change, because arguments of vloc and
      vpath have to be changed in applications.  Sorry!)

   o  color! (for MetaPost only)

   o  `width' option for arcs.

   o  \fmfkeep and \fmfreuse

   o  adapt to up-to-date graphics.sty

   o  find camouflaged .log files on VMS (thanks, Scott!)

   o  fmfchar(*) -> fmfgraph(*) (old names still work as aliases)

   o  fmfsubgraph environment for graphs in graphs

NEWS for Version 0.9beta (Id:feynmf.dtx,v 1.11 1995/04/28 01:20:47)

   o  implemented immediate mode commands

   o  tadpoles (i.e. arcs coming from and going to the same vertex)

   o  zig-zag lines

   o  optional straight galleries for external vertices

   o  prettier MetaPost pictures in the introduction.

NEWS for Version 0.8beta (Id:feynmf.dtx,v 1.10 1995/02/18 16:42:18)

   o  provide compatibility hacks for LaTeX 2.09

   o  plugged string memory hole.

   o  streamline line styles and provide some more.

   o  fix compatibility with AMS-LaTeX

   o  \fmffixed: specify fixed distances between vertices.

NEWS for Version 0.7beta (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.9 1994/10/23 20:27:58)

   o  generalized decorations.

   o  incompatible change in line and vertex options: dist ->
      label.dist, angle -> label.angle, etc.

   o  interfaces are stabilizing, we're moving towards beta now.

NEWS for Version 0.6alpha (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.7 1994/10/22 19:35:00)

   o  export a more consistent set of looping commands to LaTeX.

   o  fix a stupid bug in the new arrow code.

NEWS for Version 0.5alpha (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.6 1994/10/21 00:41:00):

   o  shrinking dimensions.

   o  prettier (?) arrows on curved arcs.

   o  optional argument to the left and right options for pulling in
      and pushing out detours.

NEWS for Version 0.4alpha (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.5 1994/05/28 12:10:04):

   o  MetaPost support.

NEWS for Version 0.3alpha (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.4 1994/05/26 18:36:01):

   o  ensure that a METAFONT output stream is open.

NEWS for Version 0.2alpha (Id: feynmf.dtx,v 1.3 1994/05/20 22:59:38):

   o  fixed compatibility bugs (closing wrong output stream, using
      \fileversion when already invalid).

   o  better RCS version control support.

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