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| README.1ST |
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| Eigen PD Software 16 Jan 1992 |
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| *** IMPORTANT *** |
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| For all those impatient people who just want to get the |
| thing running without wading through mounds of documentation, |
| READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY, IF NO OTHERS! The only people who |
| have trouble setting up emTeX are those who think they know |
| what they are doing (usually because they have used TeX before) |
| and just blunder ahead. Do yourself a favour. Setting up will |
| take half an hour if you read this file, several days if you |
| don't. |
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1 DOCUMENTATION
The file README.ENG (in the ENGDOC Zip file on this disk) is the
complete introduction to the emTeX system and is well worth a read.
The distribution set here is slightly different to that quoted in
README.ENG, since this is a 360k distribution set to ensure
compatiblity with everyone.
As well as README.ENG, emTeX comes with mounds of documentation which
can be daunting for a new user. This README.1ST file is not part of
the emTeX package, but is supplied by Eigen PD Software as a quick
guide to getting emTeX up and running.
2 INSTALLATION
It is assumed that you are installing from floppy drive A: to hard
disk C:. If any of your drives are different, then just make the
appropriate substitutions where necessary.
2.1 Un-zipping
All the files are in the ZIP archive format, so your first job is to
unload the PKUNZIP un-ZIPper program. To do this, copy the PKZ110.EXE
file to a suitable location on your hard disk and run it. This will
self-extract into the complete PKZIP suite of programs. PKUNZIP.EXE
is the program you need, so copy this into a subdirectory that is
accessed by your PATH command. Please note that the PKZIP package
is shareware. Read the documentation for license conditions and
respect the authors' wishes.
Now you need to un-ZIP the actual files. To do this, insert each
emTeX disk into drive A: and type:
pkunzip -d -o a:*
Make sure you are in the root directory, otherwise the necessary
subdirectories will be created from your current one. If you have
enough hard disk space available, you can speed up this process
by first creating a junk directory (say C:\JUNK) and copying all
the ZIP files into this. Next log onto your root directory and unzip
all the lot in one go. This will probably take about 15 minutes.
The command is:
pkunzip -d -o c:\junk\*
2.2 Editing
Next make sure that SET-TEX.BAT is run from your autoexec.bat file.
You will probably run out of environment space when SET-TEX is run,
so add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS:
shell=c:\command.com /p /e:512
This sets up the command processor to have 512 bytes of environment
space, and is enough for emTeX. if you need more for any reason,
then just adjust the figure to suit.
If you are not installing the complete emTeX suite, say just the
DVI driver package, you will need to add the environment variables
manually into autoexec.bat. The required lines are:
SET TEXINPUT=C:\EMTEX\TEXINPUT
SET TFM=C:\EMTEX\TFM
SET TEXFMT=C:\EMTEX\TEXFMTS
SET BTEXFMT=C:\EMTEX\BTEXFMTS
SET TEXTFM=C:\EMTEX\TFM
SET MFINPUT=C:\EMTEX\MFINPUT
SET MFBAS=C:\EMTEX\MFBASES
SET BMFBAS=C:\EMTEX\BMFBASES
SET MFJOB=C:\EMTEX\MFJOB
SET BIBINPUT=C:\EMTEX\BIBINPUT
SET DVIDRVINPUT=C:\MYTEX;C:\EMTEX\DOC
-------> SET DVIDRVFONTS=C:\newfonts
SET DVIDRVGRAPH=C:\MYTEX;C:\EMTEX\DOC\GR$r
It is likely that the line DVIDRVFONTS will need changing. CHECK THIS
OTHERWISE THE DRIVERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ANY FONTS. The PATH
should also be set to include the C:\EMTEX subdirectory, which contains
all the programs and batch files for running emTeX.
You should now be able to run emTeX. If you wish to use the DVI
screen driver (DVISCR - use the V command) with any fonts other than
the LaserJet ones, you will need to edit the V.BAT file. Replace the
reference to "LJ.CNF" to "FX.CNF" (for Epson 240*216 fonts) or
whatever is appropriate. This configuration file will also need
editing to tell it not to expect font libraries (.FLI files), but to
find the fonts in the appropriate PXL directories. To do this, remove
the line containing the 'font-library-path' command, i.e. remove the
line that starts "\pl=..."
In addition you may need to tell the drivers that the fonts are held
in the PXLnnnn (e.g. PXL1500) directory format, rather than the more
usual DPInnn (e.g. DPI300). To do this, just make sure that any
lines in the .CNF files that refer to "$rdpi" are changed to "pxl$s".
If this doesn't make much sense to you, it is because you haven't yet
read the DVI driver documents, where this is all explained in full.
3 FONTS
If you obtained fonts with the emTeX package, then they should now be
installed and ready to use. If however you obtained the package
without fonts, you will need to regenerate them using METAFONT. The
author of emTeX (Eberhard Mattes) has kindly supplied a program
called MFJOB which automates the batch production of the fonts. If
you can't tie up your machine for several days while it generates
the fonts, you can get them pre-compiled from Eigen PD Software.
4 PROBLEMS ?
If you have obtained emTeX from Eigen PD Software then you can call
us if you have any installation problems. The best time to ring is
between 6 and 8 pm on weekdays. Any other time will generally get
our answering machine. Please don't leave a message asking us to
call back, as we don't have the funds to support this sort of service.
5 ADVERT
If you have obtained emTeX from a source other than Eigen PD Software,
then please give us a call for our free catalogue. We can supply
fonts for emTeX, all the TeX books, plus loads of other software
goodies related to TeX.
Eigen PD Software
PO Box 722
SWINDON
SN2 2HE
United Kingdom
Tel: (0793) 611270