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+Welcome to XTeXShell, the X-Windows shell for TeX using Tcl/Tk
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Version 0.91 beta (2/21/1994)
+
+
+Compatibility:
+
+ - XTeXShell was written in Tcl/Tk with extensions and will run most
+ probably on all operating systems which support Tcl/TK *and* TclX.
+
+
+Requirements:
+
+ - X-Windows (X11R5)
+ - Tcl/Tk *and* the TclX extensions
+ - XTeXShell makes sense only if you have a working TeX environment
+ with programs like tex, latex, dvips, xfig,... (not all needed).
+
+
+How to install XTeXShell ?
+
+ 1) Choose a parent directory, where XTeXShell should be installed.
+ Usually /usr/local/src is a good choice. Copy the file
+ XTeXShell-0.91.tgz there and unpack with
+
+ tar xzf XTeXShell-0.91.tgz
+
+ tar will create a new directory './XTeXShell-0.91' and will unpack
+ the files to this directory
+
+ 2) Create a link from one of your bin directories to the executable
+ xtexsh
+
+ ln /usr/local/src/XTeXShell-0.91/xtexsh /usr/bin/xtexsh
+
+ 3) If you have installed XTeXShell to a directory other than
+ /usr/local/src/XTeXShell-0.9, you will need to set a path-variable
+ in the file xtexsh:
+
+ - edit 'xtexsh' and set the variable 'xtexsh_path' in the 4th line
+ to the directory you have chosen.
+
+ 4) If your TclX interpreter is in a directory other than
+
+ /usr/X11/bin/wishx
+
+ you must edit the first line of the file xtexsh and insert the correct
+ path.
+
+ 5) Make sure to read the file 'LICENSE'
+
+ 6) That's it. Go ahead and start with 'xtexsh'
+
+
+
+ A) If you update from a previous version of XTeXShell:
+
+ - delete all files of the old XTeX release.
+
+ - remove the link you made to xtex in your directory /usr/bin
+
+ - the names of your private setup files have changed from
+ .xtex.setup to .xtexsh.setup. If you haven't worked with the
+ setup files, that's fine, you don't need to change anything.
+
+ If you have created your own setup files, you can rename
+ them to the new name. However, if you want to use all features
+ of the new version, you should delete the old setup files and
+ generate new setup files (see file README).
+
+
+ B) If you want to use TFC, a text file format converter, compile TFC.CC
+ with a C++ Compiler and make a link to one of your 'bin' directories.
+ On my 486DX Linux System for example:
+
+ g++ -O2 -m486 -o tfc tfc.cc
+ ln tfc /usr/bin/tfc
+
+
+The following 2 items are for experts only:
+
+ C) If you wish to run the script "upd", make sure that
+
+ - The Path to the Tcl-Interpreter "tclsh" is set in the PATH
+ Variable. (That means that you can start "tclsh" from your
+ command prompt)
+
+ - If your Path for "tclsh" is not /usr/bin/tclsh, you need to
+ modify the first line of the file help/convhelp.
+
+ D) If you wish to run the script bitmaps/mkbitmaps, make sure that
+ the g++ (GNU-C++) Compiler is installed. If you have a C++ Compiler
+ other than g++, you need to change the compiler call in this file.
+
+
+Customization:
+
+ If you encounter any problems or want to customize XTeXShell to your
+ environment, try modifying the setup files. Please refer to the section
+ 'setup' in the manual ('xtexshell.tex') to find out how the setup files
+ work.
+
+
+Error reports and flames:
+
+ Please send error reports and your comments (if you like) on this
+ program to
+
+ hofmann@vipmzw.physik.uni-mainz.de
+
+
+How you can help:
+
+ The help pages are far from being complete. Furthermore, some of them
+ are buggy and probably full of grammatical errors (English isn't my
+ native language...). If you find errors, please send my a notice. If
+ you like, please write help pages for missing commands and TeX/LaTeX
+ extensions.
+
+ If you succeed in installing XTeXShell on operating systems other than
+ Linux, please send me a notice.
+
+ Many thanks
+
+
+Future:
+
+ For the next updates, you can expect:
+
+ - complete help pages for LaTeX and help for NFSS and LaTeX2e
+ - help page description converted to HTML.
+ - ???? (what would you like?)
+
+
+ If people like this program, it is planned to develop an IDE for the GNU
+ C/C++ and Pascal compilers. Any volunteers (especially for the help
+ system)?
+