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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2013-10-05 22:30:55 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2013-10-05 22:30:55 +0000 |
commit | 37e92b4f4e014f851882d2c8e684495e12ebf094 (patch) | |
tree | 66eff2acdd01ba932214008433e431e92366b33b /Master/texmf-dist/doc | |
parent | 7339f8c2554ea56f79258fcee0aac72fd23f184d (diff) |
words about front-ends, another texmf-dist merge, fewer "simply"
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@31844 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex | 53 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index 6fb90adb31c..4499dcdac0d 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ \url{http://tug.org/texlive/} } -\date{May 2013} +\date{October 2013} \maketitle @@ -253,11 +253,10 @@ In addition to the directories above, the installation scripts and the distribution. For documentation, the comprehensive links in the top-level file -\OnCD{doc.html} may be helpful. The documentation for the programs -(manuals, man pages, Info files) is in \dirname{texmf-dist/doc}. The -documentation for \TeX\ packages and formats is in +\OnCD{doc.html} may be helpful. The documentation for nearly everything +(packages, formats, fonts, program manuals, man pages, Info files) is in \dirname{texmf-dist/doc}. You can use the \cmdname{texdoc} program to -find any documentation wherever it is located. +find documentation wherever it is located. This \TL\ documentation itself is in \dirname{texmf-dist/doc/texlive}, available in several languages: @@ -493,13 +492,13 @@ Below, \texttt{>} denotes the shell prompt; user input is The script \filename{install-tl} is a Perl script. The simplest way to start it on a Unix-compatible system is as follows: \begin{alltt} -> \Ucom{cd /path/to/installer} -> \Ucom{perl install-tl} +> \Ucom{perl /path/to/installer/install-tl} \end{alltt} -(Or you can invoke \Ucom{perl /path/to/installer/install-tl}, or -\Ucom{./install-tl} if it stayed executable, etc.; we won't repeat all -these variations.) You may have to enlarge your terminal window so -that it shows the full text installer screen (Figure~\ref{fig:text-main}). +(Or you can invoke \Ucom{/path/to/installer/install-tl} if it stayed +executable, or \texttt{cd} to the directory first, etc.; we won't repeat +all the variations.) You may have to enlarge your terminal window so +that it shows the full text installer screen +(Figure~\ref{fig:text-main}). To install in expert \GUI\ mode (figure~\ref{fig:gui-main}), you'll need the \dirname{Perl::TK} module compiled with \acro{XFT} support, @@ -964,8 +963,7 @@ path are used (even if uncompressed files are available as well). \subsection{Post-install actions} \label{sec:postinstall} -Some post-install may be required. - +Some post-installation may be required. \subsubsection{Environment variables for Unix} \label{sec:env} @@ -1006,7 +1004,7 @@ setenv INFOPATH /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH \end{sverbatim} If you already have settings somewhere in your ``dot'' files, naturally -the \TL\ directories should simply be merged in as appropriate. +the \TL\ directories should be merged in as appropriate. \subsubsection{Environment variables: Global configuration} @@ -1083,7 +1081,7 @@ suitable privileges), proceed as follows: \end{enumerate*} If you do not have sufficient privileges to carry out the steps above, -or if you simply want to make the \TL{} fonts available to one user, +or if you want to make the \TL{} fonts available to only one user, you can do the following: \begin{enumerate*} \item Copy the \filename{texlive-fontconfig.conf} file to @@ -1093,7 +1091,7 @@ you can do the following: You can run \code{fc-list} to see the names of the system fonts. The incantation \code{fc-list : family style file spacing} (all arguments -are literal strings) shows generally interesting information. +are literal strings) shows some generally interesting information. \subsubsection{\ConTeXt{} Mark IV} @@ -1184,13 +1182,22 @@ describing the procedure. \subsection{Testing the installation} \label{sec:test-install} -After installing \TL{} as best you can, you naturally want to test -it out, so you can start creating beautiful documents and\slash or fonts. - -This section gives some basic procedures for testing that the new system -is functional. We give Unix commands here; under \MacOSX{} and Windows, -you're more likely to run the tests through a graphical interface, but -the principles are the same. +After installing \TL{}, you naturally want to test it out, so you can +start creating beautiful documents and\slash or fonts. + +One thing you may immediately be looking for a front-end with which to +edit files. \TL{} installs \TeX{}works (\url{http://tug.org/texworks}) +on Windows, and Mac\TeX\ installs \TeX{}works and TeXshop +(\url{http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop}. On other Unix systems, +it's left up to you to choose an editor. Of course there are many other +choices available, some of which are listed in the next section; see +also \url{http://tug.org/interest.html#editors}. In principle, any +plain text editor will work. + +The rest of this section gives some basic procedures for testing that +the new system is functional. We give Unix commands here; under +\MacOSX{} and Windows, you're more likely to run the tests through a +graphical interface, but the principles are the same. \begin{enumerate} |