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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-08-21 23:57:09 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-08-21 23:57:09 +0000
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%% readme.txt
-%% for mathsPIC (version 1.00)
+%% for mathsPIC (version 1.13)
Name:- mathsPIC (Perl version)
-Authors:- A. Syropoulos and R.W.D. Nickalls
-Affiliation:- see manual
-Date:- February 2005
+Authors:- A. Syropoulos (asyropoulos@yahoo.com)
+ and R.W.D. Nickalls (dick@nickalls.org)
+Date:- April 26, 2010
(1) INTRODUCTION
-----------------
@@ -31,24 +31,23 @@ MathsPIC was originally an MS-DOS program (September 1999). mathsPIC was impleme
------------------
The following files are included in the mathsPIC package.
-readme.txt % this file
-mathspic.pl % mathsPIC program (perl)
+
+grabtexdata.pl % Perl program used in Chapter 8 (Accessing TeX parameters)
+HELP.TXT % text version of the Unix manpage
+mathspic113.pl % mathsPIC program version 1.13 (perl)
mathspic.sty % style option
mathspic.1 % unix/Linux manpage file
-HELP.TXT % text version of the Unix manpage
-mathspic.sh % an example BASH file for running the program
-MATHSPIC.BAT % an example batch file (MS-Windows)
-mathsPICa4.pdf % manual (PDF) in A4 size
-mathsPICa4.ps % manual (PostScript) in A4 size
-mathsPICa5.pdf % manual (PDF) in A5 size
-mathsPICa5.ps % manual (PostScript) in A5 size
-drawcube.pl % perl program described in the manual
-drawcurvedarrow.pl % perl program described in the manual
-grabtexdata.tex % tex file (see manual) for accessing texfile data
+mathspic.sh % example BASH file for running the program
+MATHSPIC.BAT % example batch file (MS-Windows)
+mathsPICmanual.pdf % manual
+mathsPICmanual.zip % manual--all the LaTeX and figure files
+mathsPICfigures.zip % all the .m and .pl files described in the manual
mathspic.lib % example library file of macros
-sourcecode.pdf/.html % perl source code
-sourcecode.nw % perl source code (noweb)
-figures.tgz % compressed file of all figure files in manual
+README.txt % this file
+sourcecode.pdf % source code
+sourcecode.html % source code
+sourcecode.nw % source code (noweb)
+
(5) INSTALLATION (Unix/Linux)
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ figures.tgz % compressed file of all figure files in manual
Four files need to be placed in specific locations as follows
(see also USAGE regarding the BASH script file)
-(a) mathsPIC program (mathspic.pl)
+(a) mathsPIC program (mathspic113.pl)
This needs to be placed where your shell can find it
(typically: /usr/local/bin)
@@ -72,18 +71,20 @@ This needs to be placed with the other style options
place this file in the /man1/ directory
(typically: /usr/share/man/man1/)
-Actually, there is no need to install the shell script. Instead one
-can just copy the file mathspic.pl to a directory where his/her shell
-can find it and to rename it mathspic. Then one just need to make
-executable the file mathspic (e.g., by issuing the command
-chmod 755 mathspic).
+An alternative to using the shell script (BASH file) is simply to make the
+perl script file (mathspic.pl) `executable', as follows:
+Just copy the file mathspic.pl to a directory where the shell
+can find it (typically /usr/local/bin) and then
+ (1) rename the file --> mathspic.
+ (2) make the file `executable' (e.g., by issuing the command <chmod 755 mathspic> ).
+
(6) USAGE (see manual for full details)
----------------------------------------
In Unix/Linux one way of running mathsPIC is to type the following at the command-line (options are shown in square brackets). Note this requires both the perl program (mathspic.pl) and the input file to be in the same directory.
Syntax:
- perl mathspic.pl [-b] [-c] [-h] infile [-o outfile]
+ perl mathspic113.pl [-b] [-c] [-h] infile [-o outfile]
Options:
-b enables bell/sound if errors are detected
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ Options:
However, it is generally much more convenient to run mathsPIC via a batch file, since we can then run mathsPIC from any directory.
-For example (Unix/Linux) rename the example BASH file <mathspic.sh> to <mathspic>. Now change the user permissions to make it a read/write/executable file. Finally, copy the file to a place where your shell will find it, typically the directory /usr/local/bin/. Now you will be able to run mathsPIC from the command-line in any directory using the command:-
+For example (Unix/Linux) rename the example BASH file <mathspic.sh> to <mathspic>. Now change the user permissions to make it a read/write/executable file ($ chmod 755 mathspic). Finally, copy the file to a place where your shell will find it, typically the directory /usr/local/bin/. Now you will be able to run mathsPIC from the command-line in any directory using the command:-
mathspic [-b] [-c] [-h] infile [-o outfile]