\RequirePackage{xspace}
\IfFileExists{relsize.sty}%
  {\RequirePackage{relsize}}%
  {\providecommand\textsmaller[1]{{\small##1}}}
%
\IfFileExists{url.sty}%
  {\RequirePackage{url}%
   \let\Newsgroup\url}%
  {}
\@ifundefined{Newsgroup}{%
  \def\Newsgroup|#1|{\texttt{#1}}%
  }{}
%
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}
%
\providecommand\acro[1]{\textsmaller{#1}\@}
\providecommand\Dash{\nobreak\thinspace---\thinspace}
\providecommand\dash{\nobreak\thinspace--\thinspace}
\providecommand\tub{\textsl{TUGboat}}
\providecommand\BV{\emph{Baskerville}}
\providecommand\uktug{\textsc{uk}\acro{TUG}}
\providecommand\LaTeXo{\LaTeX\,2.09}
\providecommand\CDROM{\acro{CD}-\acro{ROM}}
\providecommand\FAQ{\acro{FAQ}}
%
% Create the Article environment (if it doesn't already exist) on the
% ground 
\@ifundefined{Article}{%
  \newenvironment{Article}{\maketitle}{}%
  \let\BV@@title\title
  \renewcommand\title[2][]{\BV@@title{#2}}}%
  {}
%
% commands to typeset commands
%
% just the cs name
\@ifundefined{cs}{%
  \DeclareRobustCommand\cs[1]{%
    \texttt{%
      \expandafter\string\csname#1\endcsname}}%
  }{}
%
% a command with its formal parameters
\@ifundefined{cmd}{%
  \DeclareRobustCommand\cmd{%
    \begingroup
    \ttfamily\selectfont
    \makeatletter
    \BV@cmd@arg
    }
  \newcommand\BV@cmd@arg[1]{%
    \string#1%
    \futurelet\@tempa\BV@cmd@a
    }
  \def\BV@cmd@a{%
    \ifx\@tempa\bgroup
      \expandafter\BV@cmd@marg
    \else
      \ifx\@tempa[% ]
        \expandafter\BV@cmd@oarg
      \else
        \expandafter\endgroup
      \fi
    \fi
    }
  \def\BV@cmd@marg#1{%
    \char`\{%
    {%
      \rmfamily\itshape\selectfont
      #1%
      }%
    \char`\}
    \futurelet\@tempa\BV@cmd@a
    }
  \def\BV@cmd@oarg[#1]{%
    \char`\[%
    {%
      \rmfamily\itshape\selectfont
      #1%
      }%
    \char`\]%
    \futurelet\@tempa\BV@cmd@a
    }
  }% \cmd undefined
  {}
%
% define a poor-man's version of the \meta used in doc.sty.  Perhaps
% some day we'll need the full McCoy...
\providecommand\meta[1]{%
  \ensuremath{\langle}\emph{#1}\ensuremath{\rangle}}