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diff --git a/graphics/mfpic/install.txt b/graphics/mfpic/install.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8c8df9a5c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/mfpic/install.txt @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +% File: install.txt +% A part of mfpic 1.10 2012/12/03 +% + +This is version 1.10 of mfpic. See README for a list of files and a +brief description of each. + +Generating and installing the files +----------------------------------- + +This sections is unnecessary if you get + http://mirror.ctan.org/install/graphics/mfpic.tds.zip +when it becomes available. Just unzip it in a texmf directory. +Alternatively, you can get the entire graphics/mfpic/ directory from +http://mirror.ctan.org/ and move those files as described below + +-- If you have acquired only mfpic.ins, mfpic.dtx and grafbase.dtx, put + the three in the same temporary directory and change to that + directory. Run latex (or tex) on mfpic.ins, which should produce + these six files: + mfpic.tex grafbase.mf + mfpic.sty grafbase.mp + mfpicdef.tex dvipsnam.mp + +-- If you have an older version of mfpic, remove any old files with the + same names as the above from your TeX directories, or ensure that the + following procedure overwrites them (back them up first, if you wish). + +-- Copy mfpic.tex and mfpicdef.tex where TeX and LaTeX will find them, + and mfpic.sty where LaTeX will find it. On any TDS compliant system + (such as TeXLive, MacTeX and MiKTeX) they can all be put in + $TEXMF/tex/generic/mfpic/ (where $TEXMF indicates a directory serving + as a root of a texmf tree). + +-- Copy grafbase.mp and dvipsnam.mp where MetaPost will find them, for + example $TEXMF/metapost/mfpic/ . + +-- Copy grafbase.mf where Metafont will find it. For example, + $TEXMF/metafont/mfpic/ . + +-- Copy mfpguide.pdf, mfpic-doc.pdf. mfpcard.pdf where documentation is + kept. For example, $TEXMF/doc/generic/mfpic/ . Optionally, copy the + *.tex versions of these, plus mfpdoc.sty, lcheadings.ist and + coil.mps, as well as examples/*.* either to the documentation area or + to the same place as mfpic.tex. Also optional: copy the two .dtx + files and mfpic.ins to the source area + ($TEXMF/source/generic/mfpic/). + +-- If required by your TeX system (most do): update the tex filename + database. + +There is one optional step that may be useful if you plan to make use of +mfpic's support for Metafont (you may skip this if you only wish to use +its MetaPost support): find the file modes.mf on your system. Typically +this will be in $TEXMF/metafont/misc/ . Find, near the end of that file, +a line similar to + + localfont := ljfour; + +Replace, if necessary, the string "ljfour" by one of the modes defined +in that file. At minimum, select one whose resolution (DPI) matches both +your printer and the configuration of your dvi viewer. If you make such +a change, regenerate the mf.base file (fmtutil on MacTeX or TeXLive; +MiKTeX Options in MiKTeX). On some systems this may be named plain.base. + +Read mfpguide.pdf before trying anything further. If you are already +familiar with mfpic (version 0.2.10.9 or later) you can probably get +going right away. + +If you want to read the documented source code for mfpic, run pdflatex +on mfpic.dtx and grafbase.dtx three times each. Then run makeindex for +each: + makeindex -s gind.ist -o mfpic.ind mfpic.idx + makeindex -s gind.ist -o grafbase.ind grafbase.idx +and then pdflatex again. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +If you desire to remake mfpic-doc.pdf, make sure mfpic-doc.tex and +mfpdoc.sty are in the current directory or where LaTeX can find them. +Make sure that coil.mps is also where LaTeX can find it. Edit, if you +like, the paper size option in the \documentclass command in +mfpic-doc.tex. (The document uses Times for the main font family, +LuxiMono for a typewriter font, and CMSS for a sans serif font. Packages +mathptmx amd luximono are required.) Then run + pdflatex mfpic-doc +three times. Make sure lcheadings.ist is where makeindex can find it +and run + makeindex -s lcheadings.ist -o mfpic-doc.ind mfpic-doc.idx +Then + pdflatex mfpic-doc +at least 2 more times. + +You could do something similar for mfpguide.tex: + pdflatex mfpguide + mpost guide.mp + pdflatex mfpguide + pdflatex mfpguide +This relies on the mfpic package itself. + +\sig +Dan Luecking (luecking at uark dot edu) +Department of Mathematical Sciences +University of Arkansas +Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-1201 +U.S.A |