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<H1> The Homepage of xtem_TeXMenu Version 8 </H1>

<STRONG> Authors:  G&uuml;nther Lamprecht, Wolfhard Lotz, Roland Weibezahn </STRONG>
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    <UL>
     <LI> <A HREF="xtem_texmenu_eng.html"><B> English </B></A></LI>
     <LI> <A HREF="xtem_texmenu_ger.html"><B> German/deutsch </B></A></LI>
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<H2> Contents </H2>

<UL>
  <LI><A HREF="#whatis">What is xtem_TeXMenu</A>
  <LI><A HREF="#version">xtem version 8 compared with previous version 7</A>
  <LI><A HREF="#howtoget">How to get xtem_TeXMenu</A>
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<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> description </B> gives you more detailed information:
<UL>
 <LI><A HREF="xtem_texmenu_eng.pdf"> English description (PDF)</A></LI>
 <LI><A HREF="xtem_texmenu_ger.pdf"> German description (PDF)</A></LI>
</UL>


xtem is written for Unix platforms and has been tested on many systems.
It requires 
<A HREF="http://www.tcl.tk/">Tcl and the appropriate Tk</A>.
This version runs with        Tcl/Tk             
(Tcl8.3, Tcl8.2, Tcl8.1 and Tcl8.0).
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The configuration has to be done by the local TeX-Administrator 
by adapting configuration files ("open lists").
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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 8 compared with previous version 7:</A></H2>

Besides adapting xtem to new Tcl versions we have done error corrections
and added new features, some of them are:
<UL>
  <LI> TclX commands replaced by corresponding (new) Tcl commands </LI>
  <LI> TclX no longer needed! </LI>
  <LI> select boxes in setting menus now are expandable </LI>
  <LI> mkcommand.7 deleted (=obsolete), mkcommand.6 modified 
       from TclX commands to pure Tcl commands </LI>
  <LI> modifications of logfile analyze; LaTeX warnings can now be displayed </LI>
  <LI> editor options can now be modified in editor setting menu </LI>
  <LI> modifications of display of hyphen_show </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.7) to the new release will be done easily.


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

File <B><A HREF="xtem_texmenu.8.26.tar.gz"> xtem_texmenu.8.26.tar.gz</A></B> 
includes all the xtem material necessary for installation, you can get it 
from the CTAN servers in directory  pub/tex/support/xtem_texmenu
under the terms of the 
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU General Public License (GPL)</A>

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Happy and comfortable TeXing.

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