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<TITLE> The xtem_TeXMenu Project </TITLE>
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<H1> The Homepage of xtem_TeXMenu Version 7 </H1>

<STRONG> Authors:  G&uuml;nther Lamprecht, Wolfhardt Lotz, Roland Weibezahn </STRONG>
<P>

<TABLE>
 <TR>
  <TD VALIGN=TOP>
    <UL>
     <LI> <A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu_eng.html">
							<B> English </B></A></LI>
     <LI> <A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu_ger.html">
							<B> German/deutsch </B></A></LI>
    </UL>
  </TD>
  <TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=75%>
    (look also for an <A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenus_eng.html"
    ><B>overall view and links to all available xtem versions</B></A>)
  </TD>
 </TR>
</TABLE>


<H2> Contents </H2>

<UL>
  <LI><A HREF="#whatis">What is xtem_TeXMenu</A>
  <LI><A HREF="#version">xtem version 7 compared with previous version 6</A>
  <LI><A HREF="#howtoget">How to get xtem_TeXMenu</A>
</UL>


<H2><A NAME="whatis">What is xtem_TeXMenu</A></H2>

xtem provides for a simple and comfortable <B>graphical user interface</B> (GUI) 
to control the following <B>TeX/LaTeX</B> facilities:
<UL>
 <LI> file and directory selection, directory creation </LI>
 <LI> editor (vi, emacs, ...)  including additional windows for the
	LaTeX-syntax (using hypertext) and examples </LI>
 <LI> TeX, LaTeX, ... </LI>
 <LI> previewer (ghostview, xdvi, TkDvi, ...) </LI>
 <LI> printing (including comfortable printer selection, ...) </LI>
 <LI> syntax and spelling check </LI>
 <LI> makeindex </LI>
 <LI> bibtex </LI>
 <LI> additional programs as required </LI>
 <LI> Online help is available for all the buttons and windows by simple mouse click. </LI>
 <LI> English or German language by choice, other languages may easily be adapted </LI>
 <LI> ... </LI>
</UL>

The following <B> descriptions </B> (select by choice) give you more detailed information:
<UL>
 <LI><A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7eng_mini.dvi"
     >English description (.dvi, without pictures,     ~ 30 KB)</A></LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7eng.ps.gz"
     >English description (Postscript: .ps.gz, with pictures,  ~ 250 KB)</A></LI>
 <LI><A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7ger_mini.dvi"
     >German description  (.dvi, without pictures,     ~ 30 KB)</A></LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7ger.ps.gz"
     >German description  (Postscript: .ps.gz, with pictures,  ~ 250 KB)</A></LI>
</UL>


xtem is written for Unix platforms and has been tested on many systems.
It requires 
<A HREF="http://www.scriptics.com/">Tcl, the appropriate Tk</A>
and <A HREF="http://www.neosoft.com/tclx/">TclX</A>. 
This version runs with        Tcl/Tk/TclX             
(Tcl8.2, Tcl8.1, Tcl8.0 and Tcl7.6).
<P>
There exist 
<A HREF="http://www.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenus_eng.html"
><B>more versions of xtem_TeXMenu</B></A> 
running with other versions of Tcl/Tk/TclX             
<P>
The configuration has to be done by the local TeX-Administrator 
by adapting configuration files ("open lists").
<P>
xtem is <B>not</B> a TeX system, i.e. you need an additional TeX-package for Unix such as
<A HREF="http://www.tug.org/teTeX/">teTeX</A>
or another TeX-package, e.g. from 
<A HREF="http://www.tug.org/texlive.html">TeX Live</A>.



<H2><A NAME="version">xtem version 7 compared with previous version 6:</A></H2>

Besides adapting xtem to new Tcl versions we have done error corrections
and added new features:
<UL>
  <LI>  the installation procedure was splitted into two parts: the basic
	installation (running in batch), and the setting file modification
	(comfortable menu)</LI>
  <LI>  mkcommand.vst normally will be adapted to new Tcl version automatically, </LI>
  <LI>  the main file list in the file selection menu can be reduced 
	to display only TeX files having a <tt>\documentclass</tt> 
	or <tt>\documentstyle</tt> command, </LI>
  <LI>  hyphenations can be removed from the displayed list by mouse click, 
	removed hyphenations will not be added to the list of already
	checked hyphenations, </LI>
  <LI>  the list of checked hyphenations can be sortetd alphabetically, </LI>
  <LI>  logfile-analyze is followed by makeindex-analyze now, </LI>
  <LI>  printers in the printer selection menu can now be sorted alphabetically 
	(see new variable <tt>prtlistsort</tt> in setting file install.vst), </LI>
  <LI>  URL links in LaTeX syntax help to the local teTeX TeX/LaTeX documentation
	(if avalilable) and to TUG-TeX-FAQ's, </LI>
  <LI>  TeX-autostart (at the moment when edit file or main file is
 	modified) is available as new option (new variables: <tt>texautostrt</tt> 
	and <tt>texautostrtv</tt> in file install.vst). </LI>
</UL>
The setting files from older versions of xtem are mostly compatible
(mkcommand.vst will be automatically updated), 
thus switching from the older version (xtem v.6) to the new release will be done easily.


<H2><A NAME="howtoget">How to get xtem_TeXMenu:</A></H2>

The file <B> xtem_texmenu.<I>n</I>.<I>nn</I>.tar.gz </B> 
includes all the xtem material necessary for installation, you can get it 
from the CTAN servers (in directory  /pub/tex/support/xtem_texmenu you will always find
the current distribution, i.e. neither beta test versions nor older versions), 
or directly from us under the terms of the 
<A HREF="http://org.gnu.de/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License (GPL)</A>:
<UL>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu.7.03.tar.gz"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu.tar.gz</A>
		--- the source, etc. (~ 1.3 MB), 
                    which is in fact a link to distribution 
                    <B> xtem_texmenu.7.03.tar.gz </B></LI>
<!--                                 ^^^^    current version -->
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7eng.ps.gz"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7eng.ps.gz</A>
		--- the English description (with pictures) (~ 250 KB) </LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7ger.ps.gz"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/xtem_texmenu_7ger.ps.gz</A>
		--- the German description (with pictures) (~ 250 KB) </LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/xtem.v7/</A>
		--- the xtem directory </LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tcl/"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tcl/</A>
		--- the Tcl/Tk/TclX directory on our ftp server 
                    (sources, binaries for Linux)</LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/texchk.tar.gz"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/texchk.tar.gz</A>
		--- a (La)TeX syntax checker which can be used in xtem</LI>
 <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/dvidvi-1.1.tar.gz"
     >ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/pub/tex/dvidvi-1.1.tar.gz</A>
		--- a program used in xtem sometimes for printing a5booklets etc.</LI>
</UL>

If you want to subscribe announcements of further versions, send an e-mail to:
<A HREF="mailto:weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de">weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de</A>
with (in body):
<P>
<TT>subscribe xtem announcing </TT><I>your-mail-ddress</I><TT> </TT><I>your-name</I>
<BR>
<TT>end</TT>

<P>
Bug reports and suggestions are also welcome at the same address.
If you like (or don't like) this program, *please* drop me a line.
I would like to hear how the program works (or doesn't work) for you.
I won't know what new features to add if I don't get any feedback. Thanks!

<P>
There is also a list to discuss suggestions concerning the development of xtem;
you can subscribe this list by sending an e-mail to:
<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@iwd.uni-bremen.de">majordomo@iwd.uni-bremen.de</A>
with (in body):
<P>
<TT>subscribe xtem-list</TT>
<BR>
<TT>end</TT>

<P>
Happy and comfortable TeXing.

<HR>
<DL>
  <DT> <I> Address: </I>  
	<DD> Dr. Roland Weibezahn
  <DT>    
	<DD> Universit&auml;t Bremen,  IWD
	<DD> Postfach 330 440, D 28334 Bremen, Germany 
  <DT>  
	<DD> <I> e-mail: </I> 
               <A HREF="mailto:weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de">weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de</A>

  <DT>  
	<DD> <I> Phone:  </I> +49 - 421 - 218 - 3532
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