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- This is teTeX-0.3.4, a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems.
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- The most important changes with respect to the 0.3.3 version:
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- - New items in this release:
- * support for more common UNIX platforms: Solaris 2.5, AIX 4.X,
- HP-UX 10.01, NEXTSTEP (NeXT,Intel,HP-PA,SPARC)
- * sauter fonts
- * documentation (FAQs, epslatex.ps, catalogue.html)
- * some LaTeX packages
- - Updated items:
- * DC fonts 1.3 patchlevel 2
- * LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> with many extra packages
- * TeXdraw macros
- * PostScript fonts: now backward compatible to the
- old dvips setup (virtual fonts for ptmr, phvr, ... added)
- - Removed items:
- * stand-alone info reader
- * myletter LaTeX package (permission withdrawn by author)
- * xtexsh (needs old Tcl/Tk)
- * some urw PostScript fonts: antiqua grotesq nimbus
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- I do not know teTeX yet...
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- For those who do not know what teTeX is: teTeX is a complete TeX
- distribution for UNIX compatible systems. My main aims when putting
- things together have been:
-
- - create something simple to install, use and maintain
- - include as much useful documentation as possible
- - test as much as possible and try to avoid bugs
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- Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file
- FEATURES:
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-
- Main features of the teTeX distribution:
-
- - file organisation TDS (TeX Directory Structure) Standard compliant
- - very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility)
- - LaTeX2e (June 1996) together with lots of
- extra LaTeX packages (most packages mentioned in the LaTeX Companion)
- - a lot of documentation: more than 130 dvi/ps-files, teTeX manual, FAQs
- - support for read-only inputs tree (i.e. possibility to use alternate
- destination for newly created fonts)
- - ready for a multi platform setup
- - fast file searching. web2c patched to work with kpathsea-2.6. The
- search paths are chosen to give high performance.
- - run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends.
- - a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, cm,
- dc, oldgerman. All easily accessible by LaTeX.
- - the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the
- filesystem (e.g. /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex). You do not
- need to set any environment variable as long as you keep
- the original structure of the package.
- - mailing list for discussion: tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de
- - mailing list for announcemants: tetex-announce@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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- Included packages:
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- Programs:
- web2c: tex, mf, bibtex, gftopk, ...
- dvi drivers: xdvi, dvips, dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l
- texinfo: makeinfo, texindex, ...
- scripts: dvi2fax, dvihp, ps2frag (perl), fontimport, fontexport,
- texconfig, allneeded, allcm, alldc, ...
- others: makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ...
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- Macro packages (La)TeX:
- algorithm amsfonts amslatex anysize apalike arrow babel beton bibgerm
- blkarray boxedminipage btxmac calc caption cite comment custom-bib
- dinbrief doublespace dvips eepic endfloat eplain euler example fancyhdr
- fancyheadings float floatflt foiltex fullpage g-brief geometry german
- gletter graphics greekctr here hyphen idxmac index initials isolatin1
- koma-script labels landscape lastpage ltxtable mathrsfs mflogo mfnfss
- minitoc moreverb natbib nopageno ntgclass null parskip path picinpar
- pictex plain program psfig psfrag psnfss relsize rotating rotfloat
- scrload seminar setspace shadow shapepar showtags subfigure supertabular
- sz testfont texdraw texinfo texnames textcomp textfit textmerg tools
- typehtml ulem umlaute url version vmargin wasyfont wasysym wrapfig xepsf
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- Supported fonts:
- avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm mathppl ncntrsbk palatino
- symbol times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols
- charter cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy
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- Supported platforms:
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-
- Binaries are available for:
- alpha-osf2.0 Digital UNIX V2.0 Alpha
- alpha-osf3.2 Digital UNIX V3.2 Alpha-AXP
- hppa1.1-hpux10.01 HP-UX 10.01 9000/710
- hppa1.1-hpux9.01 HP-UX 9.01 9000/710
- i386-bsdi2.0 BSDI 2.0 Intel
- i386-freebsd2.0.5 FreeBSD 2.0.5 Intel
- i386-freebsd2.1.0 FreeBSD 2.1.0 Intel
- i386-freebsd2.1.0 FreeBSD 2.1.5 Intel
- i386-netbsd1.0 NetBSD 1.0 Intel
- i386-netbsd1.1 NetBSD 1.1 Intel
- i486-linux Linux (ELF) Intel
- i486-linuxaout Linux (a.out) Intel
- m68k-linux Linux (ELF) Motorola
- m68k-linuxoldld Linux (a.out) Motorola
- mab-nextstep3 NEXTSTEP (NeXT,Intel,HP-PA,SPARC)
- mips-irix5.2 SGI Irix 5.2
- mips-irix5.3 SGI Irix 5.3
- mips-ultrix4.4 DEC Ultrix 4.4
- rs6000-aix3.2 IBM AIX 3.2 RS6000
- rs6000-aix4.1.1 IBM AIX 4.1.1 RS6000
- sparc-solaris2.4 SUN Solaris 2.4 Sparc
- sparc-solaris2.5 SUN Solaris 2.5 Sparc
- sparc-sunos4.1.3 SUN SunOS 4.1.3 Sparc
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- Binaries for some other platforms are planned to be added in the future.
-
- The sources may compile on other UNIX compatible platforms, too. You
- need GNU make and gcc. I am not sure if lex does work on all systems, but
- at least flex did alway work.
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- Documentation
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- There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (FAQ-teTeX) and
- lots of documentation for the included programs and macros.
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- Getting the files + Installation
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- To install teTeX follow the instructions in
- INSTALL.src: if you want to compile the binaries yourself
- INSTALL.bin: if you want to use precompiled binaries.
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- mailing list:
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-
- There are two mailing-lists for teTeX:
-
- Get help from the list server with:
- echo help | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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- To subscribe the teTeX discussion list, do:
- echo subscribe tetex | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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- To subscribe the teTeX announce list, do:
- echo subscribe tetex-announce | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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- Get an archive of the list:
- echo get tetex archive | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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- Copyright License: GNU GPL Version 2 (or later)
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-
- Please send feedback to the autor:
-
- Thomas Esser
- Email: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de
-
- 19.07.1996
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