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diff --git a/macros/plain/formats/texsis/PC/README.PC b/macros/plain/formats/texsis/PC/README.PC new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..04324c62db --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/plain/formats/texsis/PC/README.PC @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ + TeX for 386/486/586 PC's with Microsoft Windows + + + The following files are available by anonymous ftp from +penguin.phy.bnl.gov:/pub/msdos: + + emtex.zip is a PKZIP file of emTeX, a public domain version of TeX + for 386 or higher PC's running DOS and Microsoft Windows. It has + been slightly modified for BNL: + texsis.bat has been added to run TeXsis; + pprint.bat has been added to print on an HP Laserjet. + texfonts\4allmine.fli has been added. + + notgnu.zip is a PKZIP file of nogGNU Emacs, a version of Emacs for + Microsoft Windows. + + texsis.zip is a PKZIP file of TeXsis 2.16 with the BNL site file and + a .fmt file for emTeX. + +All of these files can be freely distributed. + + + Installation instructions: + + (1) Create a directory c:\emtex and place emtex.zip in it. Unpack +it with the command + pkunzip -d emtex.zip +If you change this or other directory names, you will have to modify several +.bat files. + + (2) Create a directory c:\notgnu and place notgnu.zip in it. Unpack +it with the command + pkunzip -d notgnu.zip + + (3) Create a directory c:\texsis and place texsis.zip in it. Unpack +it with the command + pkunzip -d texsis.zip + + (4) Edit your config.sys file and add or modify the shell command to +allocate at least 2048 bytes of environment space: + shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos /p /e:2048 + + (5) Edit your autoexec.bat file and add the following lines to +initialize TeX: + call c:\emtex\set_tex + set texinput=c:\texsis;%texinput% +These commands must be executed before Windows is started. set_tex adds +c:\emtex to your path. + + (6) Using the Windows Program Manager, add c:\emtex\dviwin and +c:\notgnu\wnot to an existing or new program group. + + (7) Reboot and restart Windows. + + (8) Optionally, run TeXsis on the manual to see that everything is +working: + cd \texsis + texsis manual + + (9) Start dviwin by clicking on its icon. In c:\texsis, try to open +manual.dvi. No fonts will be visible. Under the Options menu, set the font +directory to be c:\emtex\texfonts, and under the Resolution menu, set the +resolution to be 300dpi. The manual should then be readable. Under the File +menu, exit to save these changes. + |