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Subject: NTeX 2.1.0
Hi folks!
This is to announce NTeX 2.1.0 which is available under
http://darfnix.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/tex/ntex/
or directly by ftp as
ftp://darfnix.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/tex/ntex/ntex/
since the 29th of February '96. It should soon be available on
sunsite.unc.edu and its mirrors in /pub/Linux/apps/tex/ntex and from
CTAN - ftp.dante.de (Germany), ftp.shsu.edu (Texas, USA),
ftp.tex.ac.uk (England) - in /tex-archive/systems/unix/linux/ntex.
Also have a look at the script get_ntex in the NTeX root directory
to simplify getting NTeX.
The main differences between 2.0 and 2.1 are additional support for
non-Linux systems, a new package format and lots of bug fixes and
updates. The details are in the CHANGES file.
If you are upgrading from NTeX 2.0.X, get the contents of the ntex
subdirectory and the packages you want to install/upgrade. If you run
InstallNTeX from the ntex subdirectory it will automatically upgrade
your installation to 2.1.0. Read the file INSTALL for more details.
Please note that the package format has changed between 2.0 and 2.1,
so you can't install any of the packages which come with 2.1 with
InstallNTeX from 2.0.X and vice versa!
NTeX is a very complete TeX distribution for Linux. The distribution
is grouped in package sets. For the basic installation you only need
the files in the ntex and the base subdirectory. For further details
about the packages read the file `INDEX' in the main directory. The
installation information and some hints are in `INSTALL'. And of
course you should have a look at `README.NTeX'. NTeX 2.1.0 is compiled
under ELF (libc 5.3.9) and should also run on other UNIX systems
(install as on Linux including the source packages and recompile or
check out the systems subdirectory for binary archives for other
architectures, you need the GNU tools, especially GNU tar and cpio for
installation!).
There is also a WWW page for NTeX providing information on patches,
updates, fixes, etc:
http://www.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de:/mathB/lst3/langbein/ntex.html
There are still a few bugs left, read the file BUGS for details. Currently
I don't have the time to fix them. I hope that this will change soon.
TeX is a software system that was originally written by Donald Knuth
to typeset texts. LaTeX is a set of macros for TeX written to simplify
typesetting with TeX. There are a lot of other macros and style files,
etc. which were designed for the same purpose. The NTeX distribution
also include Metafont, a program which allows the user to design
fonts. I tried to include a lot of macros and fonts into the NTeX
distribution which could be installed for your needs. Also the basic
configuration of TeX, etc. can be done with shell scripts and/or
during installation time. The purpose of NTeX is to provide a
distribution for TeX and the fronts, macros which could be easily
installed and configured.
NTeX consists of 6 package sets:
Base: TeX, MetaFont, gsftopk, XDvi, DviPS, DviLJ, BiBTeX, AUCTeX,
TeXInfo, MakeIndex, GloTeX, IdXTeX, XFig, TransFig, a few
additional tools, the formats Plain, LaTeX2e, AMSTeX, AMSLaTeX,
the CM and DC fonts, PostScript fonts
Extras: MetaPost, TeX--XeT, XLaTeX, XTem, XTeXShell, TiB, BibBview,
BibTool, the formats ETeX, PLFTeX, LaTeX2.09, MTeX, MusicTeX
and Xy-Pic and some extra macro packages
Languages: German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Polish, Russian, Swedish,
Turkish, Arabic, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean (NOT the
complete HLaTeX!), African (FC Fonts), Tamil, Telugu, Syriac,
Georgian, Osmanian, Bashkirian, Eiad, Shavian, Hieroglyphs,
Cherokee, Cypriote, Ogham, Runes, Futhorc, Klingon, Tengwar
and Ugaritic
Japanese: JTeX, JLaTeX2e, Wadalab fonts
Fonts: BBM, BBold, Blackletter, Brushscr, Calligra, CMB, CM Bright,
CM Fraktur, CM Old English, CM Typewriter, Cun, DoubleStroke,
Halftone, HGE, Logos, various mathematical symbol fonts, CM
Outlined, OCR, Pandora, CM Pica, Punk, APL, Barcodes, BBDing,
Capital Baseball, Dancer, Dingbat, Duerer, Elvish, Futhark,
GIS, Go, Goblin, Gothic, Hands, Karta, Knot, LA, LAMS, magical
and astrological symbols, Malvern, Phonetic, Ransom, Recycle,
Script, Sueterlin, TWCal, VA, Visible Speech and WNRI
Sources: All the sources for the binaries and for the LaTeX2e packages
Systems: Binary archives for other platforms.
For error reports, suggestions and comments contact me. I will try to
fix all the bugs. For details on bug reports, help requests and the
NTeX mailing list read the file `INSTALL' and `README.NTeX'.
Frank C. Langbein,
langbein@mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de