FRANKENSTEIN

		  A Collection of Packages for LaTeX

			     available at

      $CTAN/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/monster/*

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			       abbrevs
			 abbreviation macros
		       (Frankenstein's briefs)

"Abbreviation macros" expand to text and insert the proper following
space depending on context.  These macros can be abbreviations in a
second sense also, expanding to one thing the first time they are used
and another thing on subsequent invocations.  This facilitates the
automatic spelling-out of abbreviations or acronyms at their first
use.  The initial and subsequent expansions of an abbreviation macro
are available at any time via explicit commands.  Abbreviation macros
are grouped into categories; there are hooks applicable to each
category.  Categories can be reset so that subsequent abbreviation
macros in that category behave as if used for the first time again.

A generic facility is also provided for suffixes like 1900\BC and
6:00\PM, which correctly handles following periods.

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			       compsci
		   macros for writing about macros
		     (Frankenstein's conscience)

   Most often this package will be used to supplement the "ltxdoc"
	    class, but it can be used with other classes.

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				titles
			     title macros
		     (Frankenstein's references)

   Various macros for handling the titles of books, journals, etc. that
  handle following spacing and punctuation intelligently.  Especially useful
			  for bibliographic databases.

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				 lips
			    text ellipses
			(Frankenstein's lips)

    \lips is better for text ellipses than \dots, by the standard
		  of the _Chicago Manual of Style_.

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			       moredefs
			more defining commands
			(Frankenstein's brain)

A delightful collection of defining, expansion, and debugging commands
	 that make elegant programming in LaTeX fun and easy.

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				slemph
			   slanted emphasis
			(Frankenstein's gait)

       This package provides the commands \itswitch, \slswitch,
		  \textitswitch, and \textslswitch.

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			     DISTRIBUTION

All files are released under the conditions of the GNU General Public
 License.  I am willing to specially license this code; please simply
		    contact me with your proposal.

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			      Matt Swift
			    <swift@bu.edu>