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diff --git a/doc/user/README b/doc/user/README
index 9b8df78..850b67a 100644
--- a/doc/user/README
+++ b/doc/user/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This directory contains the Lout source files for the User's Guide
to the Lout Document Formatting System. To produce the Guide,
type the command
- lout -r6 all > user.ps
+ lout -r6 all > user.ps
in this directory. The -r6 flag causes Lout to run over the
document six times. This is needed to completely resolve all
@@ -21,18 +21,17 @@ error message output on the last run for A4 size printing:
lout:
: lout -r beginning run 6:
-lout file "str_indx" (from "str" line 16, from "all" line 39):
- 53,1: 0.3c object too high for 0.0c space; will try elsewhere
-lout file "gra_summ" (from "gra" line 44, from "all" line 47):
- 10,1: 24.1c object too high for 23.6c space; @Scale inserted
-lout file "prg_tabs" (from "prg" line 141, from "all" line 49):
+lout file "gra_tick" (from "gra" line 38, from "all" line 46):
+ 234,1: 23.7c object too high for 23.7c space; @Scale inserted
+lout file "gra_summ" (from "gra" line 44, from "all" line 46):
+ 10,1: 25.7c object too high for 23.6c space; @Scale inserted
+lout file "prg_tabs" (from "prg" line 139, from "all" line 48):
66,23: prg2lout 2,1: program text ended within comment
68,35: prg2lout 2,1: program text ended within comment
-The first warning is about a footnote that did not fit onto the
-first available page. The next is about a large table that had to be
-scaled down slightly to fit on the page. The last two warnings point
-to two places where a C program text ended inside a comment, which in
+The first two warnings are about large tables that had to be scaled
+down slightly to fit on the page. The last two warnings point to
+two places where a C program text ended inside a comment, which in
these cases was deliberate. If you set the document in Letter size
paper, you will get a somewhat different set of warning messages.
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ repeated failure to converge, caused by footnotes and floating figures
close to large unbreakable displays.
A copy of the final PostScript output file (A4 paper size) is
-stored at "ftp://ftp.it.usyd.edu.au/jeff/lout/lout-3.36.user.ps.gz".
+stored at "ftp://ftp.it.usyd.edu.au/jeff/lout/lout-3.37.user.ps.gz".
Jeffrey H. Kingston
-27 July 2007
+19 September 2008