eplain is an extension of plain described in the book X for the Impatient. It adds these features (among others) to plain :
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- left-justified displays
·- double-column output
·- tables of contents
·- \hrule and \vrule with a different default than 0.4pt
·- time of day
·- verbatim file listing
·- generalized footnotes
·- blank and black boxes
·- citations using
The complete eplain distribution is available via anonymous ftp to the Internet host ftp.cs.umb.edu from the file pub/tex/eplain.tar.Z which is linked to another file containing the most recent version of the package. Major archive sites should also have it.