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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+README.ETH V. 1.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* The EthTeX Package
+
+ The system comes with ten 5.25" floppy diskettes and it is also available
+ in a number of archive sites through FTP (File Transfer Protocol.)
+ To get it via ftp, you must have an access to a network with an ftp
+ service. If you don't have one, you may get the package from me,
+ but you must cover the expense--material and shipping & handling.
+
+
+* Hardware Requirement
+
+ IBM pc or compatible with 8086, 80286, 80386, or 80486
+ 640MB RAM
+ EGA, or VGA display adapter
+ About 8MB hard disk space
+
+* The System features
+
+ emTeX : TeX, LaTeX, METAFONT, and others stuff.
+ MicroEMACS that includes EthioME for Ethiopic editing.
+ TeXshell
+ eLaTeX--a modified version of LaTeX featuring Amharic commands
+ Ethiopian fonts including source code
+ Installer
+
+* Documents
+
+ All the following documents are included in distribution and can be
+ processed and printed. They are located in "C:\EMTEX\DOC\AMHARIC"
+ directory.
+
+ README.ETH : This file
+ READ1ST.TEX : Introduction and installation guide (Amharic--TeX file)
+ VIEWER.TEX : Users guide for dvi file viewing (Amharic--TeX file)
+ PRTDVR.TEX : Users guide for printing dvi files (Amharic--TeX file)
+ TEXSHELL.TEX : Introductory TeXshell users guide (Amharic--TeX file)
+ ETHIOME.TEX : An Amharic reference manual for ETHIOME (a TeX file)
+
+* Optional
+
+ An Amharic eLaTeX document preparation Guide $xx.xx
+
+
+
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Installing the EthTeX Package
+
+ There are two ways of installing the EthTeX package---automatic
+ installation with an installer program or else manual using
+ PKUNZIP program.
+
+ * With Installer
+
+ The installer will allow you to install a minimum pre-configured system.
+ To do so follow the instruction below:
+
+ 1. It is always a good practice to make a back copy of all original
+ diskettes; therefore, before you install the system, backup the
+ diskettes.
+
+ 2. Insert the diskette labeled "emTeX #1/8" into the floppy disk
+ drive.
+
+ 3. While you are on floppy disk drive type "install" and press
+ <enter>. For example,
+
+ A:\>install <enter>
+
+ then follow the program instruction until it tells you that the
+ installation is complete. Incase, if you want to quit installing
+ just press <Esc>, but the installation part that was done until the
+ time of the "quit" command is given will not be undo.
+
+
+ NOTE: The installer program will not install every component of the
+ package; therefore, it will skip a number diskettes during
+ installation.
+
+
+ * Using PKUNZIP:
+
+ Here, you should be familiar with TeX, LaTeX, and METAFONT in general.
+ You must know what part of the system you want to install.
+
+ README.ENG (Disk #1): Read this file for more information on emTeX.
+
+ README.INS (Disk #7): Read this file for more information on eLaTeX,
+ TeXshell, EthioME, and fonts.
+
+ PKUNZIP.EXE (Disk #1) can be used to decompress the necessary files.
+
+
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Modifying AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
+
+ The installer program knows how to update these files. However, if you
+ have preferred to install the system with PKUNZIP, you should check
+ and make an update to AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS yourself.
+
+ * Defining the environment:
+
+ TeX and METAFONT must know where some part of files are located. There
+ is a file called "set-tex.bat" which will take care of this for you.
+ However, in order to use the system, either you have to run it every time
+ you turn on the machine, or you should make a call from your AUTOEXEC
+ file so that whenever the machine is turned on, it automatically set the
+ environment. To call from AUTOEXEC:
+
+ 1. Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file with your favorite editor
+
+ 2. And, insert "call set-tex" at the end of the file, at least
+ below the "PATH" definition.
+
+ * Setting the PATH:
+
+ If you want to run TeX from other directories other than "c:\emtex"
+ directory, you need to specify the directory in the PATH section of
+ AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You should also includes other related directories
+ to the PATH. Here is what exactly should be added to the path
+
+ c:\emtex;c:\mytex;c:\emacs;c:\emacs\ethiome;
+
+ * Modifying CONFIG.SYS
+
+ This system file among other things specify how many files DOS can open
+ at the same time. At least, number of "files" and "buffers" has to be or
+ above as shown below
+
+ FILES=20
+ BUFFERS=20
+
+ To insure that enough environment space is available, you need also to
+ include at the first line of this file:
+
+ SHELL=command.com /E:1000/P
+
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Getting Started
+
+ There are a number of ways of invoking TeX. The easy one might be to
+ use TeXshell. TeXshell is a menu driven environment to edit, compose,
+ view, and print TeX's documents. TeXshell is set to suit eLaTeX, but
+ you can change this configuration yourself whenever you want.
+
+ It is good to invoke TeXshell in "c:\mytex" directory since this
+ directory serve you to organize your documents. Here is what you
+ should:
+
+ 1. Type "cd c:\mytex"
+
+ 2. Type "texshell sample.tex"
+
+ 3. Now you are in TeXshell environment. Press F4
+
+ 4. You should be now in EthioME mode with "sample.tex". Examine the
+ file, but don't make a change. For more information on EthioME,
+ please retrieve "ETHIOME.TEX", compose it, and print it. It is
+ an Amharic reference manual for EthioME (EthioMicroEmacs.)
+
+ 5. When you finish looking at the "sample.tex", press F10 to exit from
+ EthioME. By this time you are back to TeXshell environment.
+
+ 6. To process "sample.tex", press F6. TeX now reads "sample.tex" and
+ produce a final version of "sample.tex", which is "sample.dvi".
+ This is the file used to view or print. While TeX is working
+ on the document, it displays information on screen telling you what
+ it is really doing. If it encounters an error, it will stop and
+ tell where the error has occurred.
+
+ 7. To view the document that TeX has produced, press F8. This will
+ take you to a previewer. The previewer displays the first page of
+ the document zoomed at higher level. You can reduce the zoom
+ by pressing "-" or increase by pressing "+". For more information,
+ compose and print VIEWER.TEX.
+
+ 8. When you finish viewing the document, press "q", then you are back
+ to TeXshell environment.
+
+ 9. The final act of this process is to print the document on your
+ printer.
+
+ a. Press F9
+
+ b. Press <enter>.
+
+ The driver now sends the document to the printer one
+ page at a time until the entire document is printed.
+
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Abass B. Alamnehe
+P.O. Box 36921
+Houston, TX 77236
+e-mail: abassa@neosoft.com
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+README.INS V. 1.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Installing with PKUNZIP
+
+ If you decide to install the package yourself not using the installer
+ program, besides this file, you should read "README.ENG" located in
+ "Dsik #1". Here, it is described only how you may install eLaTeX,
+ TeXshell, fonts and others.
+
+
+ NOTE: the instruction below assumes your hard disk is being drive C.
+ If your hard disk is labeled other than C, you should substitute
+ C with your own disk drive name.
+
+
+* Installing
+
+ 1. From "Disk 1" copy "pkunzip.exe" into your hard disk, which might
+ be drive C.
+
+ 2. Then from drive C, where "pkunzip.exe" is, unzip all files from
+ "Disk 7, 8" and font files from "Disk 1, 2". Example,
+
+ unzip -o a:\elatex.zip <enter>
+
+ NOTE: the source code for the Ethiopian fonts is ETHIOFNT.ZIP and can
+ be found on "Disk 7". Unless you want to generate the fonts,
+ you don't have to install it, but if you do make sure you unzip
+ it where it belongs.
+
+ 3. You should update AUOTEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS as it is described in
+ README.ETH.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Abass B. Alamnehe
+P.O. Box 36921
+Houston, TX 77236
+e-mail: abassa@neosoft.com
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+