diff options
author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
---|---|---|
committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
commit | e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d (patch) | |
tree | 60335e10d2f4354b0674ec22d7b53f0f8abee672 /systems/nts |
Initial commit
Diffstat (limited to 'systems/nts')
-rw-r--r-- | systems/nts/ntsbase-1.0-beta.README | 111 |
1 files changed, 111 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/systems/nts/ntsbase-1.0-beta.README b/systems/nts/ntsbase-1.0-beta.README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a0d043368e --- /dev/null +++ b/systems/nts/ntsbase-1.0-beta.README @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ + NTS - The New Typesetting System + ---------------------------------- + Version 1.00-beta + November 2001 + + +Requirements +============ + +NTS is a Java program compliant to the Java 2 Platform API +Specification. To run NTS you have to install atleast a Java 2 +Runtime Environment. If you want to recompile or extend NTS you have +to install a complete Java 2 Development Kit. + +For Windows systems Perl is needed if you want to use the ``nts'' +wrapper script. + + + +Quick install +============= + +To install NTS get the file ``ntsbase-1.0.zip'' located in directory +systems/nts/ from CTAN and unpack this file at the top-level directory +of your TDS-compliant TeX tree. It will unpack files into the +following directories + + bin/<architecture>/ + texmf/nts/ + texmf/doc/nts/ + texmf/source/nts/ + +Depending on your choice where all the other TeX executables are found +you have to move the files in directory ``bin/<architecture>/'' into +the directory where the other TeX executable are located. + + + +Usage +===== + +Unix +---- + +The shell script ``nts'' in ``bin/<architecture>/'' is a wrapper +around the NTS java program call simplifying the use of NTS. Run +``nts --help'' to get a help summary. Without any options the +script tries to load the NTS format file for plain TeX as default. If +you want to load another format file, either use the --fmt=<format> +switch or create a symbolic link named like the requested format. + +First create one or all of the needed NTS format files, e.g. + + nts --ini plain \\dump % plain + nts --ini cont-en % ConTeXt + nts --ini latex.ltx % LaTeX + +Move the created format files into the ``texmf/nts/'' directory, then +recreate the file name database with ``mktexlsr''. Now you can +compile a document by + + nts yourdocument % plain + nts --fmt=latex yourdocument % LaTeX + nts --fmt=cont-en yourdocument % ConTeXt + +If you create a symbolic link from ``ntslatex'' to the shell script +``nts'' you can format a LaTeX document by + + ntslatex yourdocument % LaTeX + + +Win32 +----- + +The perl script ``nts'' in ``bin/win32/'' is a wrapper around the NTS +java program call simplifying the use of NTS. Run ``nts --help'' to +get a help summary. + + + +Documentation +============= + +Please refer to the files + + texmf/doc/nts/README + for more information about NTS. + + texmf/doc/nts/ntspl.txt + for the copyright and licensing conditions of + NTS. + + texmf/doc/nts/INSTALL + for more detailed installation and usage + information. + + texmf/doc/nts/TODO + for our TODO list. + + + +Sources +======= + +The Java source code of NTS can be found in + + texmf/source/nts/ + + + +Have fun! |