This file is part of the multicol package.
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\def\filedate{92/06/26}

Copyright (C) 1989-1992 by Frank Mittelbach.  All rights reserved.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

You are not allowed to change this readme file.

For distribution of unchanged and changed versions see file readme.mz.


This is the multicol package that contains the multicol.sty option for
producing multi-column output with standard LaTeX. To generate
executable files from this package you need the utility programs
docstrip and doc.sty which are contained in the doc package mz0.

You should get the following files:


  multicol.doc     `multicolumn' style for LaTeX, you have to run this
                   through the docstrip.tex program to produce the
                   corresponding style file.

  readme.mz        File that describes distribution restrictions and
                   gives a short overview about other distributions from
                   Mainz.

  readme.mz1       This file.

  install.mz1      This is the installation script that will produce
                   the executable files in this package and the driver
		   files for the documentation.



To produce the executable files please run install.mz1 through LaTeX or
TeX, i.e., say

   latex install.mz1

or whatever is necessary to run process a file with LaTeX on your
system.  This will generate all necessary files. If you already have
older versions of the files, the script will ask whether or not you
want to overwrite those versions. Note, that the script calls
docstrip.tex internally which is distributed in the doc package (MZ0).

This script will produce the following files:

  multicol.sty	The multicol style option for LaTeX.
  multicol.drv	The driver file for producing the documentation.


To produce the documentation run the corresponding driver files
through LaTeX.  You are allowed to change the driver files to get a
special layout, etc.  To get an index and history listing run the idx
and glo files through the program MAKEINDEX.  MAKEINDEX should be part
of every LaTeX installation.

Please note that you need to specify a style file for MAKEINDEX:

   gind.ist   for the index file   (result should be named *.ind)
   gglo.ist   for the history file (result should be named *.gls)

Sample invocation for Unix:

   makeindex -s gind.ist multicol
   makeindex -s gglo.ist -o multicol.gls multicol.glo

The \fileversion and \filedate lines below are generated so that you can
easily check differences from your version by using diff etc.

        multicol.bug:    \filedate{92/08/17}
        multicol.doc:    \fileversion{v1.4m}
        multicol.doc:    \filedate{92/09/04}
        readme.mz:       \filedate{92/07/07}
        readme.mz1:      \filedate{92/06/26}