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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-08-10 01:34:26 +0000
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@@ -19,48 +19,49 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a
description of the top-level directories, and more.
- English versions of the Guide are in the [3]texmf-doc/doc/english/
- hierarchy, in both [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other
- languages are also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*.
+ English versions of the Guide are in the full distribution (for
+ example, on the DVD) in the [3]texmf-doc/doc/english/ hierarchy, in
+ both [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other languages are
+ also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*.
+
+ We also provide a list of [7]links to the available PDF and HTML
+ documentation for the included packages and programs.
+
+ If you are installing from the Internet, the above links won't work.
+ In that case, please see the documentation on the Internet at [8]the
+ TeX Live web site.
For a list of the most important changes in this year's release, see
the Release history section at the end of the documentation.
Installation
- 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.
+ The installation script is now named install-tl (that's install-tl.bat
+ on Windows), and it 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
+ Post-installation package updates and other configurations are 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 [7]Firefox) 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.
+ You can give the command-line option --help to both install-tl and
+ tlmgr for an overview.
- * [11]TeX Live documentation (html).
- * [12]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
- * The English [13]TeX FAQ ([14]pdf also available).
+ Links
Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not
included in TeX Live:
- * [15]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
+ * [9]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
introductory material.
- * [16]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
+ * [10]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
more.
- * [17]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
+ * [11]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
repository of all things TeX.
- * [18]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
+ * [12]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.
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
Happy TeXing!
_________________________________________________________________
- [19]TeX Live home page.
+ [13]TeX Live home page.
References
@@ -78,16 +79,10 @@ References
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/texlive/
+ 7. file:doc.html
+ 8. http://tug.org/texlive/doc.html
+ 9. http://tug.org/begin.html
+ 10. http://tug.org/interest.html
+ 11. http://tug.org/ctan.html
+ 12. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
+ 13. http://tug.org/texlive/