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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-menu-text.pl b/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-menu-text.pl index 63598dc056b..f9659c2c70e 100755 --- a/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-menu-text.pl +++ b/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-menu-text.pl @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ sub html2text { s/<p>.*//gi; # paragraphs s/<\/ul>.*//gi; # unsorted lists s/<\/ol>.*//gi; # ordered lists - s/&emdash;/--/gi; # emdash + s/—/--/gi; # mdash s/</</gi; s/>/>/gi; # < and > if (/<h1>(.*?)<\/h1>/i) { push @text, " " x $h1_indent. "$1\n"; diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-tl.html b/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-tl.html index ea8dcc92d09..947e0df4145 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-tl.html +++ b/Master/tlpkg/installer/install-tl.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <title>The TeX Live installer</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> -<!-- **** Still from TL-2007, needs to be updated **** --> +<!-- $Id: --> <h1>The TeX Live installer</h1> This is the installation program of the TeX Live distribution. <p> @@ -16,47 +16,51 @@ and then do <tt><I></tt> (start installation). To select a menu item (a letter or a number marked with brackets) just enter the corresponding letter or number and press return (the letters are case insensitive except when collections -are being selected). Do not enter the -angle brackets <tt><></tt> themselves. +are being selected). Do not enter the angle brackets <tt><></tt> themselves. <p> We will now consider each menu item in more detail: <h2>The binary systems menu (<tt><B></tt>)</h2> -The systems menu allows you to select and deselect -the binary packages for various different platforms. +The systems menu allows you to select and deselect the binary +packages for various different platforms. You cannot install Unix +binaries on Windows but vice versa. <h2>The schemes menu (<tt><C></tt>)</h2> -You can choose from a number of different installation -schemes for TeX Live. Selecting one of these selects -some collections in the Collections and Languages lists. -which you can subsequently modify. +You can choose from a number of different installation schemes +for TeX Live. Selecting one of these selects some collections +in the Collections and Languages lists which you can subsequently +modify. <h2>The collections menu (<tt><C></tt>)</h2> The collections menu allows you to select and deselect standard -collections. Each collection &emdash; TeX macro files, Metafont font -families, and so on &emdash; consists of several packages. +collections. Each collection — TeX macro files, Metafont font +families, and so on — consists of several packages. +<p> +More than one collection can be selected/deselected at the same time. <h2>The language collections menu (<tt><L></tt>)</h2> The language collections menu allows you to select and deselect language support collections. Each collection consists of several packages, which provide features like hyphenation files and fonts. +<p> +More than one collection can be selected/deselected at the same time. <h2>The directories menu (<tt><D></tt>)</h2> The TeX Live distribution will be installed in a single directory tree -(<tt>TEXDIR</tt>). You may choose any directory you like -since there are no absolute paths compiled into the binaries. Instead, -the Kpathsea library selfdir feature ensures that all -paths are relative to the location of the binaries. +(<tt>TEXDIR</tt>). You may choose any directory you like since there are +no absolute paths compiled into the binaries. Instead, the Kpathsea +library selfdir feature ensures that all paths are relative to the +plocation of the binaries. <p> The platform independent files are stored in a directory tree in -<tt>TEXDIR/texmf</tt>. There is also an extra directory for performing -administrative tasks like change of configuration and languages. This -is where all format files are stored. It defaults to <tt>TEXDIR/texmf-var</tt>. +<tt>TEXDIR/texmf</tt>. There are also extra directories for performing +administrative tasks like change of configuration and languages. They +default to <tt>TEXDIR/texmf-var</tt> and <tt>TEXDIR/texmf-config</tt>. <p> This system allows you to mount your <tt>TEXDIR/texmf</tt> tree read-only. @@ -64,14 +68,28 @@ This system allows you to mount your <tt>TEXDIR/texmf</tt> tree read-only. The options are not applicable to all installations. Set them as appropriate for yours. -<h3>alternate fonts directory</h3> -You can choose an alternate directory for automatically generated fonts; -the default is <tt>TEXMFSYSVAR/fonts</tt> +<h3>use letter size instead of a4 by default</h3> + +You can choose letter as the default paper size for some programs. + +<h3>create all format files</h3> + +If this option is set, format files are created for system-wide use +by the installer. Otherwise they are will be created automatically +when needed. <p> -One disadvantage may be that new fonts are not shared. I.e., if you -set this to /tmp, and users on two different machines need the same -font, it will be built twice, once on each machine. +In the latter case format files are stored in user's directory trees +and in some cases have to be re-created when new packages are +installed. + +<h3>install doc or source trees</h3> + +Normally all packages are installed with the source and documentation, +but these are not needed to actually run the software. If you +are installing a system for other people, it would be unfriendly to +select these options; if you know what you are doing and need a +minimal disk footprint, go ahead <h3>symlinks in standard directories (UNIX only)</h3> @@ -90,23 +108,14 @@ not shared, you need to create the symbolic links on each client, too If you do not use the <i>symlinks</i> option, you probably need to set up your search paths (<tt>PATH</tt>, <tt>MANPATH</tt>, <tt>INFOPATH</tt>). -<h3>do not install doc or source trees</h3> - -These options are not recommended, but you can use them to save space. -Normally all packages are installed with the source and/or documentation, -but these are not needed to actually run the software. If you -are installing a system for other people, it would be unfriendly to -select these options; if you know what you are doing and need a -minimal disk footprint, go ahead - <h2>Install for running from DVD (<tt><V></tt>)</h2> -This option starts up a minimal setup which allows TeX Live -to be run out directly from the DVD. For running live, our first -command will be <tt><d></tt> and then the subcommand <tt><1></tt> -to set directories. Even in this case, we must choose a directory on -the local disk to place files that the TeX system itself generates, such -as fonts and formats, and also to provide a place for updated -configuration files, if need be. +This option sets up a minimal setup which allows TeX Live to +be run directly from the DVD. +<p> +A few directories on the hard disk have to be created for files +created by the TeX system itsef and for modified configuration files. +Please change <tt>TEXDIRW</tt> first in the directories menu <tt><D></tt>. + </body> </html> |