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diff --git a/systems/vtex/NEWS b/systems/vtex/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..80376303da --- /dev/null +++ b/systems/vtex/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,619 @@ +VTeX/Free -- list of changes +============================ + + + +VTeX/Free 8.44.2 as of 2005-02-11 +--------------------------------- +The incorrect archive file vtex-cbfonts.zip was fixed. +The new version is: + + 8828226 Feb 11 12:08 vtex-cbfonts.zip + +In case you have already installed VTeX 8.44.2 using the +old, incorrect archive file, you will find a number of +subdirectories in the VTeX root directory, which should +not have been created. To remove this mess and make the CB +fonts work as expected, proceed as follows: + +OS/2: +The follwoing directories were wrongly created in the root +directory of the volume (drive) where you have installed +VTeX: + + fonts\tfm + fonts\type1 + vtex\config + tex (empty dir.) + +Please, delete these directories including all of their +contents. (Make sure to remove only \vtex\config, rather +than all of \vtex!) +Download the fixed version of vtex-cbfonts.zip and unpack it +in the root directory of the volume (drive) where you have +installed VTeX. + + +Linux: +The following subdirectories were wrongly created in +/usr/local/vtex: + + fonts/tfm + fonts/type1 + vtex + tex (empty dir.) + +Please, delete these directories including all of their +contents. +Download the fixed version of vtex-cbfonts.zip and unpack it +in /usr/local/vtex. + + + +VTeX/Free 8.44.2 (2005-02-08) +----------------------------- + +* compiler v8.44a (OS/2) and v8.46a (Linux) + +* The shell scripts to execute VTeX do no longer force all + fonts to be processed through GeX, i.e., the option -ox2p + has been changed to -ox2 + +* UTF-8 input fixed + +* By default, the macro packages of the AMS-Fonts collection + access a number of fonts which do not exist in Type1 + format. To circumvent this problem, VTeX/Free until + version 8.44 came with patched font definition files, + which did not use the missing fonts. For the sake of + compatibility with other TeX distributions, these patches + have been abandoned with v8.44a. Instead, the missing + fonts are faked internally. (This is the same solution as + applied, for instance, in the TeXLive system.) As an + unfortunate side-effect, however, the packages amsonts, + amssymb, eucal and eufrak must be loaded with the option + [psamsfonts] now, if you need to make sure that the AMS + and Euler fonts can be scaled to arbitrary sizes. + +* Latest versions of (hopefully) all hyphenation patterns, + macro packages and fonts. Notice particularly PSNFSS 9.2 + (including Palatino smallcaps and oldstyle figures), + Ibycus 4.5, Fourier 1.4 and the 2004 edition of PS-Tricks. + +* New: Greek CM fonts (aka CB fonts), Ibycus-Babel + interface, chess.sty, etex.sty + + + +VTeX/Free 8.44/8.46 (2004-07-02) +-------------------------------- +* improved installation instructions for VTeX/Linux, + file readme-linux.eng + (thanks to Wolfgang Riedel) + + + +VTeX/Free 8.44/8.46 +------------------- + +* VTeX compiler v 8.44 (OS/2), 8.46 (Linux), providing + various bug fixes and basic MM font support + +* Latest LaTeX2e as of March 2004 + +* Additional LaTeX packages: + KOMA-Script collection; mathdots.sty, upquote.sty, + eso-pic.sty, relsize.sty, everysel.sty, everyshi.sty + multitoc.sty, ragged2e.sty, pict2e.sty + +* Additional hyphenation patterns: basque, catalan, + hungarian, irish, latin + +* Additional fonts: + Fourier ("Utopia Math"); CJHebrew fonts and package; + ES-Int font and package + +* Additional distribution file vtex-koma-zip; distribution + file vtex-texmf.zip has been split into vtex-texmf.zip and + vtex.texmf2.zip. + +* VTeX/Free is distributed immediately from CTAN now. + Do NOT attempt to download from ftp.uni-erlagen.de any more! + + + +VTeX/free 8.23c +--------------- + +VTeX compiler v8.23c: + +* eTeX extensions +* PDF graphics inclusion +* improved handling of EPS graphics, + particularly from Win drivers +* fixed GeX plugins + +Solaris port has been given up. + +LaTeX: + +* new package manfnt.sty +* fixed pstricks.con to avoid clash + with fancybox package +* Euler-VM 3.0 +* hyperref 6.74h +* PSNFSS 9.0c +* updated seminar.con and prosper.cls to match the /Win distrib +* ArabTeX 3.10h + +Fonts: + +* improved URW NimbusSans with fixed \ss +* fixed bug re. Times Bold Italic font not loading under + certain circumstances, because TFM for raw (not reencoded) + font was missing. + +PS-Tricks: + +* fixed pst-dots.pro to avoid problem with Reader + +Ibycus4: + +* bold Greek font added; +* improved (experimental) version of the macro packages; + +Hyphenation patterns: + +* latest Spanish patterns eshyph.tex 4.0a +* support for Catalan removed + +Documentation: + +* improved VTeX Manual, which describes also + the setup of the VTeX/Free distribution +* eTeX manual + + + +VTeX/Lnx 8.02, VTeX/2 8.11 as of 2003-03-12 +------------------------------------------- + +VTeX Compiler version 8.02 for Linux, v8.11 for OS/2: + +* many bugs and deficiencies fixed +* supports the latest hyperref +* can read gzip-compressed EPS images +* all bitmap image formats are now supported + on both platforms +* space optimization +* precompiled font map files (optional) + +Solaris port is not yet available. + +The file system has been rearranged to comply with TDS 1.0: + +* font mapping files reside in texmf/fonts/map/vtex +* encoding vectors reside in texmf/fonts/enc/dvips + +Documentation: + +* the setup of the /Free distrib is now described + in the VTeX manual texmfdoc/vtex/vtex.pdf; +* more ready made docs for AMS-LaTeX, + see temf/doc/latex/amscls/ and ../amsmath + +LaTeX: + +* latest versions of all packages +* new packages: gensymb, mparhack, esvect, dsfont, framed +* \aliasfont commands moved from preload.cfg to latex.fid; + preload.cfg is no longer required (but still provided as + a dummy file) + +Ibycus4: + +* some VTeX-specific changes, see the file + texmf/doc/generic/ibycus4/README.vtex + +Hyphenation patterns: + +* latest Russian patterns as of 2002-02-13 + +Fonts: + +* URW base fonts are now shipped with VTeX +* new fonts : esvect (for esvect.sty), Doublestroke, + Context Navigation Symbols (contnav.tfm), Adobe Chess +* TIPA fonts updated to version 1.1 + +No longer included: + +* Virtual AE fonts and related macro package: Due to the + availability of EC fonts in Type1 format, they are + generally considered as obsolete now. + +* KOMA-script: It seems -- unfortunately -- to have become + somewhat unstable. Furthermore, the KOMA collection must + not be distributed without the documentation in DVI + format. Distributing the KOMA manuals only in PDF format + is not allowed. I had a long debate with Markus about + this issue, but I could not convince him that DVI makes no + sense with VTeX. I'm not willing to give in and + distribute more than 3 MB of useless files. + +* mathcomp.sty: please, use gensymb.sty instead + + + +VTeX/Free 7.530 as of 2002-03-25 +-------------------------------- + +Updated archive file common/vtex-fonts2.zip (fixed EC +fonts). The version number of the distribution is +unchanged. + +To update the fonts on Linux, unzip the archive in the +directory /usr/local/vtex. On OS/2, unzip the archive in +the root directory of the drive, where you have installed +VTeX/2. + + + +VTeX/Free 7.530 (2002-01-27) +---------------------------- + +VTeX compiler version 7.53: + +* Fixed problem with PostScript mode (unwanted garbage at + end of page); +* inclusion of .avi movies in PDF mode is now supported; +* improved GeX font handling; +* fixed bug with line drawing & rotation; +* GeX memory can be customized. + +New LaTeX packages: + +* KOMA-script bundle; +* Arabtex bundle and related Type 1 fonts + for typesetting Arab and Hebrew. + +Updated macros + +* soul 2.0 +* pdfcrypt 0.6, +* hyperref 6.72b + +New fonts + +* EC/TC fonts in Type1 format +* cmr and cmss TIPA fonts in Type1 format + +Hyphenation patterns + +* Updated hyphenation patterns sihyph23 for Slovene; +* frhyph version 2.11 (French); +* ithyph 4.8d (Italian) +* patterns for Ukrainian added. + +Miscellaneous + +* LaTeX format file will now check \stockheight and + \stockwidth, too, in order to determine media size; + this complies with hyperref 6.72b; +* fixed font map file misc.ali to make BrushScript font + working; +* fixed typos in font map file pdfbase.ali; +* new version of fxeff plugin, which will (hopefully) no + longer cause problems due to potential library mismatch; + this affects Linux only. + +Installation + +* Improved REXX scripts makevlatex and makeplain, see the + comments in the files; this affects OS/2 only; + +Documentation + +* More ready-made PSTricks documentation + + + +VTeX/Free 7.461 (2001-10-29) +---------------------------- + +* VTeX compiler version 7.46a; fixed handling of EPS files + which make strange assmuptions about the current clippath. + +* fixed vtexps.pro: \includegraphics clip option would fail + in PostScript mide without GeX + + + +VTeX/Free 7.460 (2001-10-22) +---------------------------- + +* VTeX compiler version 7.46. Many fixes, particularly wrt/ + handling of PostScript images; increased stack size + +* Linux: main configuration file resides in the /etc + directory now and is named "vtex.ini", as on OS/2. + +* Linux: No more need to specify the full path, when + executing VTeX, Bibtex or Makeindex. + +* OS/2: VTeX/2 comes with an installation program now. + +* GeX is now enabled in the shell scripts vlatexp and + vplainp (PostScript mode) + +* fixed vlatexp shell script to set the default BoundingBox + to A4 + +* Additional fonts and related macro packages: + Ibycus 4, + TIPA, + Euler-VM math fonts, + St-Mary-Road math symbols, + BrushScriptX + +* Additional LaTeX macro packages: + fixmath.sty, upgreek.sty, icomma.sty, ifvtex.sty, + ifpdf.sty, pdfcrypt.sty, float.sty + +* LaTeX (incl. tools, graphics and Cyrillic bundles) as of + "June 2001", hyperref 6.71q, minor fixes to Babel + +* Updated macro packages: + url.sty 1.5, draftcopy 2.15, changebar 3.4d, pdfscreen + with minor fixes (will no longer mess up the desktop), + foilTeX v2.1.3.c (fixed landscape foils in PostScript + mode), mflogo 2.0 + +* PSTricks: latest version as on CTAN; full documentation + is now supplied; pst-fill module fixed wrt/ VTeX + +* Prosper: improved prosper.cls (AVK, 2001-10-15) to fully + support VTeX PDF/PS modes + +* FX Plugin and related macro package for font effects + +* New Russian hyphenation patterns as of August 7, 2001. + We load the Russian-only patterns now, as opposed to the + Russian-English ones; this seems to be more appropriate + with Babel. Code templates to select the font encoding + for Russian (default: T2A) are now part of hyphen.cfg. + +* patched .fd files for OT2/cmr so as to use the wncyr + fonts. Rationale: OT2/cmr fonts are not supplied with + VTeX/Free; actually, they do not exist in Type1 format. + NB: using wncyr for OT2/cmr was LaTeX's default behavior, + before the Cyrillic bundle was introduced. + +* Many more .enc files; texnansi.enc renamed to ly1.enc. + +* New shell scripts `makevlatex' and `makevplain' to create + the LaTeX and plain formats, using new wrapper files + texmf/vtex/config/latex.fid and ./plain.fid. + +* Changed preload.cfg: + We read the default preload.ltx, instead of keeping a copy + of its code in our file. Thus, we won't lose any future + changes to preload.ltx. + +* \aliasfont commands for the XYpic fonts were moved from + preload.cfg to xypic.sty, so that they are executed on + demand only (i.e., they are no longer part of the LaTeX + format). NB: \aliasfont's are _not_ required, when XYpic + is used with plain TeX. + +* Bibtex and Makeindex programs renamed (again) to "vbibtex" + and "vmakeindex" with both OS/2 and Linux; large-capacity + Bibtex (OS/2 only, for the time being) + +* Font tools: pl2tf, tf2pl, vp2vf, vf2vp. (Note the + non-standard names, which will not clash with emTeX or + teTeX.) + + + +VTeX/Free 7.33 (2001-06-21) +--------------------------- + +* VTeX compiler v7.33d: PDF security options and xpdf + source specials are supported now. Some minor bug fixes + affect particularly the Linux port. + + Note that only the binaries archives, i.e. vtexlnx.zip and + vtex2.zip have changed! + + + +VTeX/Free 7.32 (2001-06-10) +--------------------------- + +* VTeX compiler v7.32: + + - CFF suppport leads to dramatically smaller PDF output. + - Many fixes re. font handling and EPS inclusion. + - PDF output will circumvent AR5 bugs. + - PNG, PCX and TARGA bitmap formats are supported with + OS/2 now. (However, no TIFF yet.) + +* Bibtex and Makeindex with recursive searching (OS/2 only, + for the time being). + +* LaTeX2e as of June 2000, Babel 3.7, hyperref 6.71e, latest + AMS-LaTeX, fancybox 1.3, PSNFSS 8.2 incl. mathpazo.sty (!) + +* Many interesting LaTeX packages, which were not available + for VTeX so far: draftcopy, changebar, pdfscreen, psfig + (for legacy documents), axodraw, Prosper. + +* dinbrief.cls (a goodie for our German customers, since + letter.cls is of no practical use for them :-) + +* Further new LaTeX packages: fancyhdr, supertabular, + mathcomp, lastpage, comment, truncate, + +* Certain files of the pstricks and psfrag bundles, which + are required for use with dvips, are included now + +* Updated hyphenation patterns and improved pattern loading + file: + + - New German patterns Rev.31. + - French patterns v2.9. + - Dutch patterns replaced by new `1996' version. + - Danish, Spanish and Portuguese patterns replaced by the + versions, which are `officially' recommended by the + particular TeX user groups. + +* Seminar and Prosper are now distributed as a ZIP file of + their own, which is independent from the rest of the + distribution. + +* Rearranged font map files, see also the decription in the + file texmf/doc/vtex/font-setup.txt: + + - euler,ali, hoekwater,ali, eurofont.ali, charter.ali and + utopia,ali have been merged into one single file named + misc.ali. + + - ifmath.ali tmmath.ali and hvmath.ali (excl. the records + for the Times and Helvetica text fonts!) have been + merged into one single file named micropress.ali. + + - The records for all Times and Helvetica text fonts have + been moved into map files of their own. Several + variants of these map files are provided, so that one + can easily configure, whether these fonts are to be + downloaded or not, and which version (URW, Adobe, + MicroPress) to chose. + +* The MarVoSym symbol font and the related macro package + marvosym.sty have been added. + +* Use of the LY1 font encoding is supported. + +* All of the AMS Cyrillic fonts in Type1 format are provided + now. + +* Fixed Type1 fonts: cmbsy5, cmbsy7, cmmib5, cmmib7. + +* The Type1 fonts for XYpic have been added. + +* Metrics and macros for the Concrete fonts have been added. + +* fancybox.sty moved from the Seminar directory to + tex/latex/misc + +* Improved LaTeX Local Guide + +* Installation instructions and LaTeX are no longer + distributed in German, because maintaining two version + requires too much work. (I'm sorry; after all, VTeX + comes for free :-) + +* The on-line documentation for PSTricks and Seminar is no + longer included, because it needs too much space and is + outdated, anyway. The packages are described in the + "LaTeX Graphics Companion", and the obsolete documentation + can still be downloaded from CTAN. + + + +VTeX/Free v7.10F (2000-08-27) +----------------------------- + +* VTeX compiler v7.10F with bug fixes and + enhanced hypertext facilities + +* Bibtex and Makeindex are included now + +* latest AMS-LaTeX (July 2000), hyperref (v6.70p1), + geometry (v2.3 with VTeX support) + +* plain TeX 3.1415926 + +* color & graphics support (miniltx) for plain TeX + +* enhanced LaTeX Local Guide + + + +VTeX/Free v7.00 (2000-05-12) +---------------------------- + +* PostScript mode is officially supported now + +* many bug fixes, particularly wrt/ EPS inclusion, font + handling and PostScript mode + +* inclusion of animated GIF's + +* memory for hyphenation patterns can grow dynamically now + +* new font setup, which is easier to configure and enables + easy installation of additional fonts. Ghostscript and + the related fonts are required now. + +* Latest LaTeX, Tools, Babel, hyperref etc. + +* PSNFSS 8.1 final release; all obliqued fonts are supported + via \aliasfont now + +* new packages: FoilTeX 2.1.3b with "landscape" support for + VTeX; soul.sty, geometry.sty + +* "Cyrillic" bundle and Russian hyphenation patterns added + (however, no cyrillic fonts yet) + +* the Charter and Utopia Type1 fonts are included. + +* added hyphenation patterns for British English + +* added metrics and style file for the CM-Bright fonts + +* more LaTeX documentation incl. a preliminary "Local Guide" + texmf/doc/vtex/local.eng & local.ger + +* VTeX documentation (vtex.pdf, gex.pdf, forms.pdf, + animgif.pdf) is now installed in texmf/doc/vtex + + + +VTeX/Free v6.68 (1999-12-12) +---------------------------- + +* TeX compiler is much faster now, primarily due to + directory caching. + +* GeX will support additional PS Level II features, e.g. + LZW compression. + +* Support for PDF Page Labels has been added. + +* Long file name support (-8 option) is now the default + behaviour with the OS/2 version. + +* The VTeX/Free system is now prepared for easy installation + of various additional PostScript fonts. + +* Use of the XYpic package with VTeX/Free is now fully + supported. + +* Use of the amsfonts and amssyb packages is now fully + supported; missing AMS fonts are internally emulated; no + more need to load the AMS styles with the [psamsfonts] + option. + +* Bug fixes, affecting the VTeX program as well as the use + of various packages with VTeX (seminar, XYpic, PSTricks) + +* Hyperref v6.67g + +* PSNFSS 8.1(b2) with minor fixes. + + +-- finis + |