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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/systems/msdos/tx/readme b/systems/msdos/tx/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0318d1ff05 --- /dev/null +++ b/systems/msdos/tx/readme @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +********************************************************************* +This is the "readme" file for tx, version 1, a menuing system for TeX +********************************************************************* + +This is "tx", a very simple menu designed to facilitate the processing of +TeX documents on a pc. A small window appears on the top right of the screen +offering the user the different alternatives about running TeX, viewing or +printing the document, editing it, etc. The menu is completely configurable +by the user. + +INSTALLATION +============ + +(1) Edit the sample configuration file "tx.cnf" with the entries and +commands you want. If you have any doubts as to the syntax of the +configuration file, you may take a look at the explanations in "tx.doc". + +(2) Copy "tx.exe" and your version of "tx.cnf" to a directory in your +search path for executables. For instance, if you are using the latest +emTeX version, this could be "c:\emtex\bin". + +(3) You are all set. Move to a directory where you have (or want to create) +a TeX document and type "tx". Once you are in the menu, you need to specify +(or visually choose) the name of the TeX document. + +License: This program is free. It is licensed to users under the +terms of the GNU General Public License. Read the file "copying" +for details about the licensing agreement. The program uses the +"spawno" library, written by Ralf Brown, to swap out of dos memory +when executing other programs. See the file "spawno.doc" for details. + +You can send any comments about the program to me. I wrote this +program for myself, and am making it publically available just +in case somebody may find it useful. Please note that there will +be no further releases unless some serious bug is found, because +the program as it is now suits all my needs. + +Ricard Torres (torres@upf.es). +Released in April 1995. + +Note: If you want to modify or recompile the source, you will find +it in the directory "src". For instance, you can change the colors, +that are defined in the file "tx.c", or the text of the messages, +which you will find in the file "txdefs.h". The program is written +in c for the Borland compilers. Included is also a makefile for +the djgpp port of gcc. The resulting executable takes up a lot of +dos memory, because it is loaded by the dos extender go32. + +History: +======= +The program has been used by a number of people for a few years. The changes +it has lately undergone are mostly of little relevance, except for the use +it now makes of Ralf Brown's spawn replacement, that frees most of the dos +memory occupied by the program. By now, it should be pretty stable. However, +the version originally distributed in CTAN had a small mistake that +prevented it from reading a working file name from the command line. This +has now been corrected, and the resulting new version (which has some other +merely cosmetic changes) we label as version 1 (hoping it will be the last). |