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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/win32/winshell/Install.txt b/systems/win32/winshell/Install.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ddce169869 --- /dev/null +++ b/systems/win32/winshell/Install.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +WinShell Installation + +Following these 3 steps [plus 2 optional] will lead to a working +LATEX environment. + +-> LATEX package + A LATEX package is required. There are two common ones: + MiKTeX: http://www.miktex.org/ + TeXLive: http://www.texlive.org/ + These packages can also be found at the different TEX communities: + ftp://ftp.dante.de/ Germany + ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/ England + ftp://ctan.tug.org/ USA + The LATEX packages are located at: /pub/tex/systems/win32/ + +-> PDF viewer + A PDF viewer has to be installed to view .pdf documents. There are + several possibilities, e.g. with Foxit Reader, GSViewer, Adobe + Reader or Sumatra PDF: + Sumatra PDF: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ + Foxit Reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php + GSView: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html + Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/ + Sumatra PDF supports SyncTeX which allows forward and inverse + search in .pdf documents. + +-> PostScript viewer [optional] + A PostScript viewer is optional and not necessary if the focus is + on creating .pdf documents. + To view the PostScript files install PostScript and the GSviewer: + http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html + +-> WinShell + WinShell comes as a zip file and as a complete setup program. Only ONE + is needed! + Zip file: Extract the zip file to the directory of your choice and + start WinShell.exe + Setup program: The setup program copies all the WinShell files to a + specific directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\WinShell. + Registry entries are made for the .tex and the .wsp files. + + When WinShell starts for the first time, the following files will be + created in a directory depending on the OS (Operating System) version + you are running: + WinShellMacros.bmp + WinShellUserTools.bmp + WinShell.ini + WinShell.macros + WinShellDict.txt + WinShell.bibtex_fields + WinShell.bibtex_types + By default, WinShell tries to find the executable files by searching + the registry. The LATEX binary path should be added to the environment + variable PATH in the autoexec.bat (depending on the OS version). + That is why WinShell should be installed in the last stage of the LATEX + installation procedure. + +-> SpellChecker [optional] + For spell checking download a dictionary from + http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Dictionaries + and copy it to the Dictionaries folder in the WinShell folder, + e.g. C:\Program Files\WinShell\Dictionaries + |