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authorStaszek Wawrykiewicz <staw@gust.org.pl>2007-01-12 05:44:44 +0000
committerStaszek Wawrykiewicz <staw@gust.org.pl>2007-01-12 05:44:44 +0000
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@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ installation sections following, but here is a quick start:
\item The main installation script for Unix and \MacOSX{} is
\texttt{install-tl.sh}.
GNU/Linux users can also try a new GUI installation program:
-\texttt{cd setuptl} and run \texttt{tlpmgui}. Information
+run \texttt{setuptl/tlpmgui}. More information
can be found in section \ref{sec:win-install} on
-p.\pageref{sec:win-install}.
+p.~\pageref{sec:win-install}.
\item The single package installation script is \texttt{install-pkg.sh}.
(After installation on Linux with \texttt{tlpmgui}, you can also try
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ bin & The \TeX{} system programs, arranged by platform. \\
source & The source of all programs, including the main \Webc{}
\TeX{} and \MF{} distributions. These are stored in a
\cmdname{bzip2}-compressed tar archive. \\
+setuptl & Installation programs for Linux and Windows. \\
support & Assorted auxiliary packages and programs. These are
\emph{not} installed automatically. This includes
assorted editors and \TeX\ shells. \\
@@ -243,9 +244,6 @@ texmf-doc & Tree for self-contained pure documentation, arranged by
language. \\
texmf-var & Tree for files automatically generated and stored.
(\texttt{TEXMFSYSVAR} in the next section.) \\
-xemtex & Tree for supporting programs used only in Windows.
- These programs generally come pre-installed on Unix systems, or are
- at least easy to compile. \\
\end{tabular}
\endgroup
@@ -1504,16 +1502,9 @@ pointed out.
easier to use the Ghostscript dll, and find it by using the
Ghostscript registry key than to change the \path|PATH|, which has a
limited length anyway.
-\item[\Webc{}] The engines have a few more options than in Unix
- \Webc{}, and one option with a different behavior:
+\item[\Webc{}] The engines have one more option than in Unix \Webc:
\begin{itemize}
- \item \path|-halt-on-error| stop the compilation at the first error.
- \item \path|-job-time| set the job time to the same timestamp as the
- file given in argument.
-\item \path|-oem| use the DOS codepage for console output.
- \item \path|-output-directory| allow to write all the output files in the
- specified directory.
- \item \path|-time-statistics| print statistics about the job run
+ \item \path|-proctimes| print statistics about the job run
time. It is to be noted that Win9x not being a true multitasking
operating system, it has no reliable timer for short periods, so
the value printed is an approximation. Under NT/2K/XP, the result
@@ -1561,11 +1552,11 @@ o lpt1:
\hspace*{1em} @+ \%\%EndPaperSize
\end{description}
-The current \TL{} distribution implements the procedure of making
-always up-to-date fontmaps files for Dvips and Pdftex. This is done by
-the \cmdname{updmap} program during installation, as well as during any
-font package addition. If you add new packages by hand, edit the file
-\verb+updmap.cfg+ in \path|$TEXMFVAR/web2c|.
+The current \TL{} distribution implements the procedure of making always
+up-to-date fontmaps files for Dvips and Pdftex. This is done by the
+\cmdname{updmap} program during installation.
+If you add new font packages using the installation program or by hand,
+edit the file \verb+updmap.cfg+ in \path|$TEXMFVAR/web2c|.
\subsubsection{PdfTeX}
@@ -1580,11 +1571,17 @@ should read:
\end{alltt}
Save the file and exit the editor.
+\subsubsection{XeTeX}
+Xe\TeX{} for Windows is linked statically with fontconfig 2.4.2.
+A configuration file for fontconfig is \verb+fonts.conf+. For details,
+see the file \verb+fonts.conf+ itself which is in a directory shown by
+the command \cmdname{kpsewhich --var-value=FONTCONFIG_PATH}
+
\subsubsection{GSView}
GSView is now distributed under the Aladdin License, and therefore is no
longer included in \TL{}.
-If you may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open
+You may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open
GSView from the \guiseq{Start} menu, and select \guiseq{Media\arw Letter}.
Also, there are menu settings that are supposed to give you the most
@@ -1697,7 +1694,7 @@ of better memory management, better file system and so on.
You may wonder, ``Why would I need to use a command line prompt when
I have Windows?''
-Good question. The problem is of very general nature. Not all operations
+Good question! The problem is of very general nature. Not all operations
can be done easily using only a \acro{GUI}. Command line gives you
programming power\Dash assuming a clever command interpreter.
@@ -1723,7 +1720,7 @@ your setup.
\item[Win9x] You can open a command line prompt by looking either for
the \acro{MS-DOS} icon in the \guiseq{Start\arw Programs} menu,
or by choosing \guiseq{Start\arw Run} menu typing in
- \path|command.com| as the progrm name.
+ \path|command.com| as the program name.
\item[NT, 2K, XP] You can open a command line prompt by looking for
\guiseq{Command Prompt} in the \guiseq{Start\arw Accessories} menu.
You can also choose \guiseq{Start\arw Run} and type in
@@ -1744,9 +1741,9 @@ up in the same path name. But on the command line, you must type
processor used \samp{/} to introduce arguments to commands.
All this to say: do not be surprised to read path names written using
-the Unix convention; \fpTeX{} is a port of \Webc, and aims to be compatible
-across platforms. For this reason, all the configuration files that
-need to specify path names use the Unix convention.
+the Unix convention; Windows-\TL{} is a port of \Webc, and aims to be
+compatible across platforms. For this reason, all the configuration files
+that need to specify path names use the Unix convention.
\subsubsection{File systems}
\label{sec:clusters}
@@ -1842,12 +1839,12 @@ the same amount of memory, all the \TeX{} base engines have been put
in DLLs (\emph{Dynamic Linked Library}). This means that you will have
the following layout:
\begin{alltt}
-18/09/2005 14:19 3 584 latex.exe
-18/09/2005 14:19 3 584 pdfetex.exe
-18/09/2005 14:19 524 288 tl90pdfetex.dll
+2006-11-23 07:06 2 560 latex.exe
+2007-01-06 23:54 1 073 664 pdftex.dll
+2006-01-28 08:05 2 560 pdftex.exe
\end{alltt}
and the \path|latex.exe| file is nothing but a rough copy of
-\path|pdfetex.exe| using the same core \path|tl90pdfetex.dll|.
+\path|pdftex.exe| using the same core \path|pdftex.dll|.
The same trick has been used for the \path|mktex*.exe| family of programs
which are linked to the \path|mktex.dll| library.
@@ -1866,7 +1863,7 @@ problem. However, \cmdname{kpsewhich} outputs debug information to
stderr, and the older Windows consoles do not know how to redirect
stderr to a file. (Windows NT and later do support redirections, but
the trick below will work for any console.) For diagnostic purposes you
-can temporarily set an environment variable (in a \acro{DOS} box):
+can temporarily set an environment variable (in a \acro{DOS}/\acro{cmd} box):
\begin{verbatim}
SET KPATHSEA_DEBUG_OUTPUT=err.log
@@ -1898,8 +1895,8 @@ This way you can capture both stdout and stderr in the same file.
\item Check the values from:\\
{\small
\begin{tabular}{ll}
- \texttt{kpsewhich cmr10.tfm} & \path|c:/TeX/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm|\\
- \texttt{kpsewhich latex.fmt}& \path|c:/TeX/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt|
+ \texttt{kpsewhich cmr10.tfm} & \path|c:/TeX/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm|\\
+ \texttt{kpsewhich latex.fmt}& \path|c:/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/latex.fmt|
\end{tabular}
}
\item At this point, if everything is correct, \TeX{} and friends
@@ -2822,7 +2819,7 @@ in \TL{}.
packages in \TL{}, as well as Windows research efforts, the
\texttt{getnonfreefonts} script, and more.
-\item Petr Olsak, who coordinated and checked all the Czech and Slovak
+\item Petr Ol\v{s}ak, who coordinated and checked all the Czech and Slovak
material very carefully.
\item Toshio Oshima, for his \cmdname{dviout} previewer for Windows.
@@ -2855,7 +2852,7 @@ Manfred Lotz (\pkgname{i386-freebsd}),
Norbert Preining (\pkgname{alpha-linux}),
Vladimir Volovich (\pkgname{powerpc-aix}, \pkgname{sparc-linux},
\pkgname{sparc-solaris}),
-Staszek Wawrykiewicz (\pkgname{i386-linux}),
+Karl Berry (\pkgname{i386-linux}),
Olaf Weber (\pkgname{mips-irix}),
Gerben Wierda (\pkgname{i386-darwin}, \pkgname{powerpc-darwin}).