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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-09-11 01:23:07 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-09-11 01:23:07 +0000
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Welcome to TeX Live
The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system for a
- variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It
+ variety of GNU and Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It
encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing and printing
of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection
of TeX macros and font libraries.
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
description of the top-level directories, and more.
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/*.
+ example, on the DVD) in the [3]texmf/doc/texlive/ hierarchy, in both
+ [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other languages are also
+ available under [6]texmf/doc/texlive.
We also provide a list of [7]links to the available PDF and HTML
documentation for the included packages and programs.
@@ -36,33 +36,43 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
Installation
- 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.
+ The installation script is named install-tl (install-tl.bat on
+ Windows), and it has three operation modes:
- Post-installation package updates and other configurations are now
+ wizard (default on Windows) which asks a bare minimum of questions and
+ installs everything. Can be specified explicitly with
+ install-tl --gui=wizard.
+
+ text (default on everything else) which has full customizatio options.
+ Can be specified explicitly with install-tl --gui=text.
+
+ perltk which is a GUI for text; especially useful for knowledgeable
+ Windows users who don't want the defaults. Can be specified
+ explicitly with install-tl --gui=text, or by running
+ install-tl-advanced.bat on Windows.
+
+ Post-installation package updates and other configurations are
performed with the tlmgr (TeX Live Package Manager) script, which
likewise has both GUI and text modes.
- You can give the command-line option --help to both install-tl and
- tlmgr for an overview. See the documentation links above for (much)
- more information.
+ You can give the command-line option --help to both [9]install-tl and
+ [10]tlmgr for detailed information on both programs. See the
+ documentation links above for (much) more information.
Links
Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not
included in TeX Live:
- * [9]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
+ * [11]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
introductory material.
- * [10]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
+ * [12]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
more.
- * [11]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
+ * [13]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
repository of all things TeX.
- * [12]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
+ * [14]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.
@@ -70,20 +80,22 @@ Welcome to TeX Live
Happy TeXing!
_________________________________________________________________
- [13]TeX Live home page.
+ [15]TeX Live home page.
References
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/
+ 3. file:texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en
+ 4. file:texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
+ 5. file:texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf
+ 6. file:texmf/doc/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/
+ 9. http://tug.org/texlive/install-tl.html
+ 10. http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html
+ 11. http://tug.org/begin.html
+ 12. http://tug.org/interest.html
+ 13. http://tug.org/ctan.html
+ 14. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
+ 15. http://tug.org/texlive/