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+From: "Peter B.C. Barton" <pbb@aero-optics.com>
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+Subject: Re: ArabTeX on the PC
+References: <3DB80D10.31734B8@aero-optics.com> <3DB844A2.9040900@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
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+Professor Lagally,
+
+Your instructions and help are greatly appreciated. You asked to be notified
+if your instructions work - YES they do! For future reference (for other lost
+souls) the MiKTeX database is refreshed by running config.bat found in the
+C:\texmf\miktex\config directory.
+
+Peter Barton
+
+
+
+
+
+Klaus Lagally wrote:
+
+> Peter B.C. Barton wrote:
+> > Professor Lagally,
+> >
+> > I am not a "TeXpert" and have a question regarding ArabTeX compatibility
+> > on the PC. The ArabTeX homepage specifically mentions PCTeX and
+> > emTeX. I was hoping to employ ArabTeX using MiKTeX. I understand
+> > that ArabTeX will run on any standard implementation of TeX/LaTeX but I
+> > am not able to determine if MiKTeX is standard or non-standard. I
+> > would appreciate any words of advice.
+> >
+> > regards,
+> >
+> > Peter Barton
+>
+> MiKTeX is standard, and works well with ArabTeX. As far as I know MiKTeX
+> uses the standard TeX Directory Structure; to install ArabTeX do the
+> following (according to folklore I cannot check):
+>
+> - unpack ARABTEX.ZIP into some temporary directory, keeping the
+> subdirectory structure intact.
+>
+> - locate your LOCAL TeXMF tree (probably C:\localtexmf\) and therein create:
+>
+> -- a subdirectory \tex\latex\arabtex\ for all files within TEXINPUT
+> -- a subdirectory \fonts\tfm\arabtex\ for all files within TFM
+> -- a subdirectory \fonts\source\arabtex\ for all files within MFINPUT
+> -- a subdirectory \fonts\type1\arabtex\ for all files within PSFONTS
+>
+> - move the files to the appropriate places. The file PSFONTS\arabtex.map
+> is used by DVIPS and should possibly go somewhere else, according to
+> your local needs.
+>
+> - call "texhash" or "texconfig" (or whatever the command is) to refresh
+> your TeX file name database.
+>
+> - move the documentation and whatever else is left over to some
+> convenient place.
+>
+> This is all I know about MiKTeX. Since I do not run Windows I cannot
+> check everything; please tell me if it works.
+>
+> Good luck!
+>
+> KL
+> --
+> Prof. Dr. Klaus Lagally | mailto:lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
+> Institut fuer Informatik | Tel. +49-711-7816392 | Zeige mir deine Uhr,
+> Breitwiesenstrasse 20-22 | FAX +49-711-7816370 | und ich sage dir,
+> 70565 Stuttgart, GERMANY | | wie spaet es ist.
+>