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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2014-06-18 23:14:29 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2014-06-18 23:14:29 +0000 |
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FAQ-en (10jun14)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex index f07eef697a8..8cdd9ccc5ba 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-getit.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Id: faq-getit.tex,v 1.10 2012/03/31 09:22:17 rf10 Exp rf10 $ +% $Id: faq-getit.tex,v 1.11 2014/01/22 17:29:03 rf10 Exp $ \section{Acquiring the Software} @@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ But how to find the files? Modern distributions (\texlive{} and \miktex{}, at least) provide the means to update your system ``over the net''. This is the minimum effort route to getting a new file: `simply' find which of the -distributions `packages' holds the file in question, and ask the -distribution to update it. The mechanisms are different (the two +distribution's `packages' holds the file in question, and ask the +distribution to update itself. The mechanisms are different (the two distributions exhibit the signs of evolutionary divergence in their different niches), but neither is difficult~--- see % ! line break ``\Qref*{using \miktex{} for installing}{Q-inst-miktex*}'' and % ! line break @@ -212,30 +212,32 @@ Some sources, such as these \acro{FAQ} answers, provide links to files: so if you've learnt about a package here, you should be able to retrieve it without too much fuss. -Otherwise, the \acro{CTAN} sites provide searching facilities, via the -web: at Dante with \URL{http://dante.ctan.org/search.html}, at -Cambridge with \URL{http://www.tex.ac.uk/search.html}. +Otherwise, \acro{CTAN} provides a full-text search, at its +\href{http://www.ctan.org/}{`central database'} site, as well as +topic- and author-based indexes and a link to browse the archive +itself. -Two search mechanisms are offered: the simpler search, locating files -by name, simply scans a list of files (\File{FILES.byname}~--- see -below) and returns a list of matches, arranged neatly as a series of -links to directories and to individual files. +% Two search mechanisms are offered: the simpler search, locating files +% by name, simply scans a list of files (\File{FILES.byname}~--- see +% below) and returns a list of matches, arranged neatly as a series of +% links to directories and to individual files. -The more sophisticated search looks at the contents of each catalogue -entry, and returns a list of catalogue entries that mention the -keywords you ask for. +% The more sophisticated search looks at the contents of each catalogue +% entry, and returns a list of catalogue entries that mention the +% keywords you ask for. An alternative way to scan the catalogue is to use the catalogue's % ! line break \href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html}{``by topic'' index}; -this lists a series of topics, and \AllTeX{} projects that are worth -considering if you're working on matters related to the topic. +this is an older mechanism than the topic-based search (above), but is +well presented (even though its data has not been updated for some time). In fact, \ProgName{Google}, and other search engines, can be useful tools. Enter your search keywords, and you may pick up a package that -the author hasn't bothered to submit to \acro{CTAN}. If you're using -\ProgName{Google}, you can restrict your search to \acro{CTAN} by -entering +the author hasn't bothered to submit to \acro{CTAN}. + +A user of \ProgName{Google} can restrict the search to +\acro{CTAN} by entering \begin{quote} \texttt{site:ctan.org tex-archive \meta{search term(s)}} \end{quote} @@ -249,11 +251,12 @@ file searches use. This file, \File{FILES.byname}, presents a unified listing of the archive (omitting directory names and cross-links). Its companion \File{FILES.last07days} is also useful, to keep an eye on the changes on the archive. Since these files are -updated only once a day, a nightly automatic download (perhaps using +updated only once a day, a nightly automatic download (using \ProgName{rsync}) makes good sense. \begin{ctanrefs} \item[FILES.byname]\CTANref{f-byname} \item[FILES.last07days]\CTANref{f-last7} +\LastEdit{2014-03-19} \end{ctanrefs} \Question[Q-findfont]{Finding new fonts} @@ -262,14 +265,15 @@ Nowadays, new fonts are seldom developed by industrious people using \mf{}, but if such do appear, they will nowadays be distributed in the same way as any other part of \alltex{} collections. (An historical review of Metafont fonts available is held on \acro{CTAN} -as ``\mf{} font list''.) Nowadays, most new fonts that appear are -only available in some scalable outline form, and a large proportion -is distributed under commercial terms. +as ``\mf{} font list''.) -Such fonts often make their way to the free distributions (at least -\texlive{} and \miktex{}) if their licensing is such that the -distributions can accept them. Commercial fonts do not get to -distributions, though support for some of them is held by \acro{CTAN}. +Nowadays, most new fonts that appear are only available in some +scalable outline form, and a large proportion is distributed under +commercial terms. Such fonts will only make their way to the free +distributions (at least \texlive{} and \miktex{}) if their licensing +is such that the distributions can accept them. Commercial fonts +(those you have to pay for) do not get to distributions, though +support for some of them is held by \acro{CTAN}. Arranging for a new font to be usable by \alltex{} is very different, depending on which type of font it is, and which \tex{}-alike engine @@ -278,13 +282,22 @@ you are using; roughly speaking: \item MetaFont fonts will work without much fuss (provided their sources are in the correct place in the installation's tree); \tex{}-with-\ProgName{dvips}, and \pdftex{} are ``happy'' with them. + While a new font will need `generating' (by running \mf{}, etc.), + distributions are set up to do that ``on the fly'' and to save the + results (for next time). \item Adobe Type 1 fonts can be made to work, after \extension{tfm} and (usually) \extension{vf} files have been created from their - metric (\extension{afm}) files. -\item TrueType fonts can be made to work with \pdftex{}, using the - techniques discussed in ANSWER TO BE WRITTEN + metric (\extension{afm}) files; \extension{map} files also need to + be created. Such fonts will work with \pdftex{}, and with the + (`vanilla')\alltex{} and \ProgName{dvips} combination. +\item TrueType fonts can be made to work with \pdftex{}~--- see +% ! line break +\href{http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm}{Using TrueType fonts with \tex{}\dots{}} + (a rather dated document, dicsussing use with \miktex{}~1.11). \item TrueType and OpenType fonts are the usual sort used by \xetex{} - and \luatex{}; they ``just work'' with those engines. + and \luatex{}; while straightforward use is pretty easy, one is + well-advised to use a package such as \Package{fontspec} to gain + access to the full range of a font's capabilities. \end{itemize} The answer ``\Qref*{choice of scalable fonts}{Q-psfchoice}'' discusses @@ -292,9 +305,10 @@ fonts that are configured for general (both textual and mathematical) use with \AllTeX{}. The list of such fonts is sufficiently short that they \emph{can} all be discussed in one answer. \begin{ctanrefs} +\item[fontspec.sty]\CTANref{fontspec} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}\MF{} font list]\CTANref{mf-list} \end{ctanrefs} -\LastEdit{2012-03-27} +\LastEdit{2014-01-21} \Question[Q-CD]{The \TeX{} collection} |