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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-06 17:35:47 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-06 17:35:47 +0000
commit5d2fccb2fdaad325dbf614ecc643f6d5edf71364 (patch)
treedc398f04502f53aa4e2088e0ee3bbf058ac59aee
parent3e696b8bf8ba374e56f3e9faf752a7e0c62ed48a (diff)
still more doc
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9299 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rwxr-xr-xMaster/install-tl33
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index e1a02fb35b2..039558c5fce 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -1253,17 +1253,17 @@ install-tl.bat [OPTION] ...
=item B<-gui>
Tries to load the GUI installer using Perl/Tk. If Perl/Tk is not
-available continue with the text mode installer.
+available, continues with the text mode installer.
=item B<-no-gui>
-Forces to load the text mode installer.
+Forces loading the text mode installer.
=item B<-lang> I<2-letter lang code>
(only for GUI installer) tries to start the installer translated into
the language specified by the 2-letter language code. Currently supported
-languages are English (en, default), German (de), French (fr), Dutch (nl)
+languages: English (en, default), German (de), French (fr), Dutch (nl),
Polish (pl) and Slovenian (sl).
=item B<-media> I<[CD|DVD|NET]>
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ Overrides the autodetection of the media.
=item B<-profile> I<profile>
-Preloads a TeX Live profile for equal installations on different systems.
+Preloads a TeX Live profile for repeated installations on different systems.
=item B<-url> I<url>
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ Overrides the default URL for network installs. Must start with either
C<ftp://> or C<http://>, as it is passed to wget). Trailing C</>
characters and/or a trailing C</tlpkg> component are ignored. For
example, you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like:
+
-url http://ctan.example.org/tex-archive/texlive/tlnet/2008
(Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path
@@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@ Overrides the default settings for diskarchive. Should be used with care.
=item B<-no-cls>
(only for text mode installer) do not clear the screen when entering
-a new menu. For debugging purposes.
+a new menu, for debugging purposes.
=item B<-print-arch>
@@ -1307,23 +1308,31 @@ Print the detected arch-os combination and exit.
=item B<-portable>
-Starts the installer for portable use. See below for details.
+Start the installer for portable use---but use the C<tl-portable>
+scripts instead of this option. See below for details.
+
+=item B<-q>
-=item B<-q>, B<-qq>
+Omit normal informational messages.
-B<-q> disables output to the terminal, while B<-qq> also disables output
-to the logfile.
+=item B<--help>, B<-help>, B<-?>
-=item B<-help>, B<-h>, B<-?>
+Display this help and exit.
-print a help message.
+=item B<--version>, B<-version>
+
+Output version information and exit.
=back
+As usual, all options can be specified with either C<-> or C<-->, and
+arguments can be be separated from their options by either a space or C<=>.
+
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The TeX Live installer works across all supported platforms and allows
-to install TeX Live from various media including the network.
+to install TeX Live from various media, including the network. See
+L<http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html> for more.
=head1 PORTABLE USE