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README.ETH V. 1.0 January, 1994
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* Introduction
The EthTeX Package is a bundle of many people's work--TeX by Donald Knuth,
emTeX ported to personal computer by Eberhard Mattes, LaTeX by Laslie
Lamport, and many more.
In addition to standard features of TeX, the package provides suitable
environment for the Ethiopian Script users. More than anything else, the
purpose of the package is to open up the world of TeX to the users who until
now lack the means to produce beautiful books or documents with Ethiopian
Script beyond a word processor's scope.
Books, the users may want to explore are:
[1] The TeXbook; Donald Knuth
A principal guide for TeX typesetting system.
[2] LaTeX: A Document Preparation System; Laslie Lamport
A guide for producing books, reports, articles, letters, and so on.
[3] The METAFONTbook; Donald Knuth
A reference manual for designing font with a METAFONT system.
[4] Mestahafe eLaTeX (written in Amharic); Abass Alamnehe
An Amharic guide for producing books, reports, articles, letters,
and so on with Ethiopian script in eLaTeX.
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* 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; and also
it is available from TeX User Group office.
* 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.
eLaTeX--a modified version of LaTeX featuring Amharic commands
Ethiopian fonts
TeXshell
MicroEMACS that includes EthioME for Ethiopic editing.
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)
* The EthTeX Package on floppy diskettes: There are ten minimum high density
diskettes labeled as shown below.
1. emTeX DISK 1 of 8
2. emTeX DISK 2 of 8
3. emTeX DISK 3 of 8
4. emTeX DISK 4 of 8
5. emTeX DISK 5 of 8
6. emTeX DISK 6 of 8
7. eLaTeX DISK 7 of 8
8. EthioME DISK 8 of 8
9. TeXfonts DISK 1 of 2 (for a single specified printer)
10. TeXfonts DISK 2 of 2
* Optional
An Amharic Guide for eLaTeX document preparation Guide for sale.
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* Distribution
The package is available from three sources:
1. Archive site in which the system can be retrieved using a ftp services.
The sites includes:
ftp.shsu.edu [192.92.115.10] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.44.19] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
ftp.dante.de [128.69.1.12] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex
2. It can be ordered directly from TUG (TeX Users Group) office. For more
information write or call the office.
TeX Users Group
P.O. Box 869
Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA
Phone: +1 (805)963-1338
FAX: +1 (805)963-8358
email: tug@tug.org
3. It can be obtained directly from me also. For more information write
or call to:
EthiO Systems
P.O. Box 36921
Houston, TX 77236
Phone: +1 (713)995-4360
email: abassa@neosoft.com
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* 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 DISK 1 of 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.
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* 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
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* 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.
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Abass B. Alamnehe
P.O. Box 36921
Houston, TX 77236
e-mail: abassa@neosoft.com
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