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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-15 17:16:38 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-15 17:16:38 +0000
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@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection
of TeX macros and font libraries.
- The distribution also includes extensive general documentation about
- TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying the included software
- packages.
+ The distribution includes extensive general documentation about TeX,
+ as well as the documentation for the included software packages.
For licensing information, please see the top-level [1]LICENSE.TL and
[2]LICENSE.CTAN text files.
@@ -25,79 +24,43 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
languages are also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*.
For a list of the most important changes in this year's release, see
- the "Release history" section at the end of the documentation.
+ the Release history section at the end of the documentation.
Installation
- Space limitations of CD-ROM format have forced us to divide TeX Live
- into several distributions. You can tell which one you're in by
- looking for a 00type.TL file in this top-level directory.
-
- live
- A complete system on DVD; it is too large for CD. You can run
- programs directly from the mounted DVD; see the documentation
- for details. Or you can install to disk by executing the script
- install-tl.sh in the texlive directory under Unix, including
- MacOSX (GNU/Linux users can also try
- setuptl/tlpmgui-i386-linux). A Windows installer named
- tlpmgui.exe is also available, in the setuptl directory.
-
- The live DVD also contains other distributions: proTeXt (see
- below); MacTeX, for MacOSX; and a snapshot of CTAN. Each of
- these are completely independent from TeX Live, with different
- licensing conditions.
-
- inst(allable)
- A complete system on CD, for installing on Unix (including
- MacOSX) or Windows; in order to make it fit, we had to compress
- everything we could. Therefore, it is not possible to run TeX
- directly from the installable CD; you have to install it to
- disk (hence its name). Do this by running ./install-tl.sh on
- Unix or MacOSX, or setuptl/tlpmgui-i386-linux (GNU/Linux GUI
- install), or setuptl/tlpmgui.exe on Windows.
-
- protext
- The proTeXt distribution for Windows is an enhancement of
- MiKTeX: it adds a few extra tools, and simplifies installation
- considerably. It is completely independent of TeX Live, and has
- its own installation instructions. It can be run live or
- installed to disk. proTeXt is provided on the live DVD, and
- (for some user groups) its own CD.
-
- Naturally, each user group chooses what to distribute, at its own
- discretion. (TUG is sending all three discs above to its members.)
-
- CD format details: For Unix and Mac, the CD's use the Rock Ridge
- extensions to the standard ISO-9660 format. For Windows, Microsoft
- Joliet extensions are used. In any case, you should see the full names
- after mounting. If you see truncated names, you cannot run programs
- directly. If you have plenty of bandwidth and know how to burn discs,
- the [7]ISO images are available online. The [8]contents are also
- available for browsing.
+ The installation script is now named install-tl, and has both GUI
+ (default on Windows) and text (default on everything else) operation
+ modes. You can force one or the other with the options -gui and
+ -no-gui, respectively.
+
+ Post-installation package updates and other configuration is now
+ performed with the tlmgr (TeX Live Package Manager) script, which
+ likewise has both GUI and text modes.
Documentation
Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system
is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a
- browser (such as [9]Mozilla, the free version of Netscape) for HTML
- documents, and a PDF reader (such as [10]gv or [11]xpdf, both free
- alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
- * [12]TeX Live documentation (html).
- * [13]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
- * TeX FAQ's in the distribution: [14]Czech/Slovak, [15]English
- (pdf), [16]French, [17]German,
-
- Finally, some related web pages, for your reference. These are not
+ browser (such as [7]Mozilla) for HTML documents, and a PDF reader
+ (such as [8]gv or [9]xpdf or [10]Sumatra PDF (all free alternatives to
+ Acrobat) for PDF documents.
+
+ * [11]TeX Live documentation (html).
+ * [12]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
+ * The English [13]TeX FAQ ([14]pdf also available).
+
+ Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not
included in TeX Live:
- * [18]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
+
+ * [15]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
introductory material.
- * [19]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
+ * [16]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
more.
- * [20]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
+ * [17]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
repository of all things TeX.
- * [21]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
+ * [18]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
around the world, with contact information. We strongly encourage
you to join the user group of your choice, to support TeX Live and
other TeX activities.
@@ -105,29 +68,26 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
Happy TeXing!
_________________________________________________________________
- [22]TeX Live home page.
+ [19]TeX Live home page.
References
- 1. LICENSE.TL
- 2. LICENSE.CTAN
- 3. texmf-doc/doc/english
- 4. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
- 5. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf
- 6. texmf-doc/doc/
- 7. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Images/
- 8. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/
- 9. http://www.mozilla.org/
- 10. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
- 11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
- 12. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
- 13. doc.html
- 14. texmf-doc/doc/czechslovak/cstug/csfaq/
- 15. texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
- 16. texmf-doc/doc/french/FAQ-fr/
- 17. texmf-doc/doc/german/FAQ-ge/
- 18. http://tug.org/begin.html
- 19. http://tug.org/interest.html
- 20. http://tug.org/ctan.html
- 21. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
- 22. http://tug.org/tex-live/
+ 1. file:LICENSE.TL
+ 2. file:LICENSE.CTAN
+ 3. file:texmf-doc/doc/english
+ 4. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
+ 5. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf
+ 6. file:texmf-doc/doc/
+ 7. http://www.mozilla.org/
+ 8. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
+ 9. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
+ 10. http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/
+ 11. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
+ 12. file:doc.html
+ 13. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/
+ 14. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
+ 15. http://tug.org/begin.html
+ 16. http://tug.org/interest.html
+ 17. http://tug.org/ctan.html
+ 18. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
+ 19. http://tug.org/tex-live/