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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/epic/epic.readme b/macros/latex/contrib/epic/epic.readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6db9caca3 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/epic/epic.readme @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Following stuff is contained in this package: +1. epic.sty documentstyle option for "Enhancements to Picture + Environment". In its present form, will only work + with LaTeX. +2. misc.sty documentstyle option containing miscalleneous macros. + In particular, one for printing files verbatim. + used by picman.tex; quite useful otherwise. +3. picman.tex manual for epic. +4. picman-fig*.tex manual related files. +5. sqrt.tex appendix to manual. + +Run the manual in the directory as the one where all the files are. To run +it, say "latex picman.tex". + +As is discussed on the first page of the manual, there are two ways +of going about making the macro files acessible to users via the option +mechanism of \documentstyle command: + +1. simplest is to put a copy in the directory where all such things +reside (typically /usr/lib/tex/macros). + +2. keep the files somewhere in your area, and have all the users +declare a shell environment variable TEXINPUTS (typically done in +the ~/.cshrc file); something like: + +setenv TEXINPUTS .:/usr/lilb/tex/macros:/users/yourself/texlib + +Otherwise the files can be explicitly \input with full path name +and the .sty extension: +\input{/..../epic.sty} + +You might wish to move the manual files to a subdirectory "man"; +mkdir man +mv picman* man + +Have fun. +sunil podar |