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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man index cad9084f70c..1345102956a 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH ALEPH 1 "5 April 2009" "Web2C @VERSION@" +.TH ALEPH 1 "1 February 2010" "Web2C @VERSION@" .\"===================================================================== .if n .ds MF Metafont .if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .if n .ds AY AmSLaTeX .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME -aleph \- extended unicode TeX +aleph \- extended Unicode TeX .SH SYNOPSIS .B aleph .RI [ options ] @@ -45,24 +45,13 @@ it is usually better to use the option instead. .PP Aleph is a version of the \*(TX program modified for multilingual -typesetting. It uses unicode, and has additional primitives for +typesetting. It uses Unicode, and has additional primitives for (among other things) bidirectional typesetting. .PP -The -.B inialeph -and -.B viraleph -commands are Aleph's analogues to the -.B initex -and -.B virtex -commands. In this installation, they are symlinks to the -.B aleph -executable. -.PP Aleph's command line options are similar to those of \*(TX. .PP -Aleph is experimental software. +Aleph is no longer being actively developed; see LuaTeX for current +activity. .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS Run aleph --help to see the complete list of options; this is not @@ -204,7 +193,10 @@ Aleph attempts to create .I /tmp/paper.log (and .IR /tmp/paper.dvi , -if any output is produced.) +if any output is produced.) TEXMFOUTPUT is also checked for input +files, as \*(TX often generates files that need to be subsequently +read; for input, no suffixes (such as ``.tex'') are added by default, +the input name is simply checked as given. .TP TEXINPUTS Search path for @@ -212,11 +204,11 @@ Search path for and .I \eopenin files. -This should probably start with ``.'', so +This should start with ``.'', so that user files are found before system files. An empty path component will be replaced with the paths defined in the .I texmf.cnf -file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the +file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/user/tex:" to prepend the current direcory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path. .TP TEXEDIT |