Memoir is a configurable class for typesetting general fiction,
non-fiction and mathematical books. It encompasses the standard book
and report classes and can simulate the article class as well as 
a double spaced typewritten manuscript.

    It provides a variety of predefined page, chapter, and caption styles
together with easy means of creating new ones. There is a reasonably 
intuitive way of specifying page margins, etc., with an option
for printing trimming marks. Documents can use 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt,
14pt or 17pt as the normal font size. 

    NOTE: In order to provide fixes for any problems that may arise
between major releases, you may find a file called mempatch.sty
which contains any current fixes for the memoir class. The class
will automatically include this so DO NOT \usepackage{mempatch}.

   NOTE: Similarly, there may be a file called memmanadd.* which provides
amemdments to the current version of the User Manual.

Changes in version 1.3a of memoir.cls (2002/11/22)
o Fixed nasty figure/table numbering gremlin that couldn't be done by
  the patch file

Changes in version 1.3 of memoir.cls (2002/11/14)
o More flexibility in defining chapter styles, and the appearance of 
  chapter and part listings in the ToC
o \tableofcontents and friends can be used multiple times
o Major extensions for indexing, including multiple indexes
o Major extensions to the trim marks
o Can do N of M page numbering
o Added automatic inclusion of a patch file
o No change to the User Manual, but the Addendum has been revised

Changes in version 0.2a of mem12.clo (2002/08/27)
o Fixed scriptsize bug

Changes in version 1.2 (2002/08/10)
o Incorporated all fixes from memfixb.sty that applied to version 1.1
o Minor changes to *.clo files
o Added 17pt class option
o Boxes that break over pages and/or contain verbatim text
o Several ways of dealing with verbatim text
o Convenient methods for file input and output
o Additional \provide... commands
o User-specified footnote configuration, and footnotes that can include
  verbatim text
o Additional optional argument to \chapter and \chapter* for short
  header texts


Changes in version 1.1 (2002/03/28)
o Incorporated all fixes from memfixa.sty that applied to version 1.0
o Minor change to *.clo files
o Native support for subfigures
o Fixed incompatability with the natbib package
o Additional facilities for verse typesetting
o Experimental marginpar-like extensions
o New edition of the user manual

Changes (2002/03/28)
o Removed memfixa.sty

Changes (2002/01/23)
o Added memfixa.sty to distribution to fix problem if the
        showtrims option and the calc package are used together.

Changes in version 1.0 (2001/11/17)
o First public production release
o Support for tipped in illustrations
o Fine control over chapter pages
o Support for continous page numbering even if switching between
  numbering systems (e.g., roman to arabic)
o Minor change to *.clo files
o Extended Part I of the manual, and more examples in Part II

Changes in version 0.33 (2001/08/31)
o Added controllable chapter spacing in LoF and LoT
o Fixed bug in \appendixpage
o Provided dictionary style headers for the Index (memman.(tex|ist))

Changes in version 0.32 (2001/08/03)
o Further fixes for old versions of the amsmath package

Changes in version 0.31 (2001/07/24)
o Companion chapterstyle typesets correctly on verso pages
o Fixed odd interaction with the amsmaths package

Changes in version 0.3 (2001/07/14)
o Simulation of the article class
o Addition of configurable titles
o Addition of configurable abstract environment
o Improved cooperation with the subfigure package

Changes in version 0.2 (2001/06/03)
o First public beta release
o Major improvements

Changes in version 0.1 (2001/05/20)
o First public experimental alpha release

    The distribution consists of the following files:
README           (this file)
memoir.(dtx|ins) Class source and installation files
mempatch.sty     Patch file
memman.tex       LaTeX source for the user manual
                 (requires the memoir class and the alltt,
                  fixltx2e, layouts, and url packages for 
                  processing)
memman.(ps|pdf)  User manual in PostScript and PDF
memmanadd.pdf    Addendum (in PDF) to the User Manual (if required)
memman.ist       MakeIndex style file for memman.tex

    The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX
Project Public License (LPPL).

    To install the package:
o run: latex memoir.ins (which will generate memoir.cls, 
                         and a set of mem*.clo files)
o run: latex memoir.dtx
       For an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist memoir
o run: latex memoir.dtx
o Print memoir.dvi for a hardcopy of the documented code
o Move memoir.cls, the mem*.clo files and mempatch.sty to locations 
  where LaTeX will find them (typically in a local texmf tree at 
  /tex/latex/memoir) and refresh the file database. 
  See the FAQ on CTAN at help/uk-tex-faq
  or http://www.tug.ac.uk/faq for more information on this.

    To process memman.tex
o Make sure you can use the memoir class and the alltt, fixltx2e,
  layouts and url packages.
o Run (pdf)latex twice on memman.tex
o For an index run: makeindex -s memman.ist memman
o Run (pdf)latex twice more on memman.tex
o Print the manual


2002/11/22
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com