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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/amstex/base/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/amstex/base/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d5ff970dd43 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/amstex/base/README @@ -0,0 +1,270 @@ +READ.ME for AMS-TeX version 2.2 2001/08/29 + +AMS-TeX is a macro package that works with the TeX typesetting program. +A working TeX system is a prerequisite for using any of the components +of AMS-TeX. [TeX is not an AMS product; see the AMS TeX Resources page +(http://www.ams.org/tex/tex-resources.html) for information if you +do not already have TeX.] + +Obtain a printed copy of the full installation instructions: + - Process amstinst.tex with Plain TeX, or + - Print the amstinst.ps file provided. +Read the instructions; they are much more complete than the summary +provided here. + +The instructions assume that your TeX system is arranged according to +the recommended TeX Directory Structure (TDS). Check the documentation +for your TeX system to find out if it uses the TDS. A copy of the TDS +report can be found at CTAN either as an online document + .../tds/standard/tds +or as a printable pdf file + .../tds/standard/tds/tds.pdf +Items on CTAN can usually be found through the CTAN Catalogue: + http://www.ctan.org/search + + +FILES IN THE AMS-TeX DISTRIBUTION + +A complete list of the files contained in the distribution is included +in the installation instructions (amstinst). + +There are two basic methods of obtaining the files needed for AMS-TeX: + - Retrieve one of the AMS-TeX bundles from the AMS FTP server + ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/ + or the AMS web site + http://www.ams.org/tex/amstex.html + - Retrieve the individual files from one of the AMS servers or from CTAN + .../macros/amstex/ +Install these files as described in the installation instructions +(amstinst); a summary appears below, under INSTALLING AMS-TeX. + +Also, AMS-TeX will call for AMSFonts. Check the tfm-files subdirectory + TEXMF/fonts/tfm/ams/ +to see whether it is already populated (most TeX distributions now +include the AMSFonts). If not, retrieve the .tfm files for AMSFonts 2.2 +and install them into your system tfm-files subdirectory. + +These .tfm files can be retrieved in several ways: + - as a bundle from the AMSFonts page on the AMS web site at + http://www.ams.org/tex/amsfonts.html + - as a tfm.tar file in the /pub/tex directory at the AMS FTP site, + ftp://ftp.ams.org + - as individual .tfm files from the /pub/tex/amsfonts/tfm subdirectory + at the AMS FTP site or from CTAN in .../fonts/amsfonts/tfm +(Note: set the file type to binary in FTP when transferring .tfm files.) +Even if you do not use any symbols from the AMSFonts, you will need at +least the .tfm files to use amsppt.sty and to TeX the accompanying +documentation for AMS-TeX. + +The following documentation files will be useful in installing and using +AMS-TeX. + +amstinst.tex - Installation instructions, comprising Appendices B and C +amstinst.ps of amsguide, provided as both TeX source and ready-to-print + PostScript. +amsguide.tex - The AMS-TeX User's Guide, provided as both TeX source and +amsguide.ps a ready-to-print PostScript file. When you have completed + the installation of AMS-TeX 2.2, process the .tex file using + AMS-TeX 2.2 and print the resulting .dvi file. The output + will be a brief guide to using AMS-TeX 2.2, supplementing + The Joy of TeX. +joyerr.tex - The TeX input file for a document listing errata to + The Joy of TeX prior to AMS-TeX 2.0. It also should be + run through TeX using AMS-TeX 2.2. +joyerr2.tex - The TeX input file for a document listing errata to the + second edition of The Joy of TeX, for AMS-TeX 2.1 and up. + Process with AMS-TeX 2.2 as for the other .tex files. +amsppt.doc - Technical documentation for amsppt.sty, including an update + history. +amsppt.faq - Frequently asked questions and answers regarding AMS-TeX + and amsppt.sty. + + +INSTALLING AMS-TeX 2.2 ON YOUR SYSTEM -- A BRIEF OVERVIEW + +Backup any existing AMS-TeX files before installing a new release. + +Read the instructions in amstinst; they are more complete than these notes. + +If you have retrieved a bundled distribution and unbundled it with the +appropriate tool, the files will be placed into the following subdirectories: + + TEXMF/doc/ams/amstex + TEXMF/source/amstex + TEXMF/tex/amstex/base + TEXMF/tex/plain/amsfonts + +If you have retrieved individual files, you will need to place them into +subdirectories as described in amstinst.ps. + +AMS-TeX will call for the AMSFonts 2.2 .tfm files. Check for their +presence on your system and, if necessary, retrieve them and place them +in the proper location as described above. + +Remember that most TDS sytems operate using a filename list or database, +which must be updated when new files are added; consult your TeX system +documentation for update instructions. + +Run amstex.ini through INITEX (the version of TeX which has no format +preloaded, distributed with your implementation of TeX). It will produce +a format file which will function as a preloaded version of AMS-TeX. +Place this format file in the directory where your implementation of +TeX looks for format files (see your system documentation), refresh the +filename database, and you are ready to use AMS-TeX 2.2. + +If you habitually use the AMSPPT documentstyle, you may prefer to +include it in the format file you create. This can be done by editing +the file amstex.ini, using any text editor, and uncommenting the line +that reads "\documentstyle{amsppt}". Before creating the format file, +read Appendix C from the installation instructions. + +We recommend that, as a first test of your installation, you run the +file amsguide.tex through TeX, and print out the output. This will +provide further information about using AMS-TeX. + +======================================================================== +Highlights of the differences between versions 2.1 and 2.2: + +AMSTEX.TEX +---------- + +---Removed copyright notice and restriction from message printed on + terminal and in log for every run. + +AMSPPT.STY +---------- +(See the user's guide (amsguide.tex) and amsppt.doc, section 20, for +full details.) + +---\subjclass was updated to use \subjclassyear as the date for the +Mathematics Subject Classification scheme. (NOTE: THIS CHANGE IS NOT +BACKWARD COMPATIBLE. EXISTING DOCUMENT FILES NEED NOT BE MODIFIED BUT +THE OUTPUT WILL BE DIFFERENT IF CLASSIFICATION WAS OLDER THAN 1991.) + +======================================================================== +Highlights of the differences between versions 2.0 and 2.1: + +AMSTEX.TEX +---------- +---Improvements to the mechanisms for loading various fonts in +the AMSFonts package. For example, \loadeusm now defines a +\eusm command that can be used like \roman or \bold. + +---Revamped \printoptions command. + +---Some internal cleanup to reduce memory usage in some of TeX's +memory categories (notably hash size). + +---Informational messages appear on screen identifying the +modules within amstex.tex during the creation of a format file. + +AMSPPT.STY +---------- +(See the user's guide (amsguide.tex) and amsppt.doc, sections 18 and 19, +for full details.) + +---\curraddr was added, for giving the current address of an author, +if different from the address given in \address. + +---\rom was added, for preventing unwanted italicization of certain +things, such as parentheses or numbers, in theorems and other italic +passages. \rom automatically inserts italic corrections. + +---The implementation of \nofrills was completely changed, to provide +better error messages for a missing or misspelled \endkeywords or +similar end command when reading a delimited argument. + +---Multiple \thanks commands in the top matter will now produce +multiple acknowledgment footnotes instead of discarding all but the +last one. + +---A period is no longer added automatically at the end of a +\thanks. (NOTE: THIS CHANGE IS NOT BACKWARD COMPATIBLE---DOCUMENT +FILES WILL HAVE TO BE MODIFIED.) + +---\subjclassyear was added to specify the year of the Mathematics +Subject Classification scheme. Only 1991 and 2000 are recognized, +defaulting to 1991 to maintain some backward compatibility. + +---\widestnumber\item now works as claimed in the User's Guide. + +---The missing \par in the internal command \penaltyandskip@ was added. + +---Additional checks were added for runaway \proclaim, \definition, +\ref, \roster, etc. The internal macro \runaway@ was changed to make +its usage more consistent and robust; in the process its name was +changed to \add@missing (and as the name suggests, it now tries to +recover by adding the missing \end... command). + +---As with amstex.tex, informational messages were added identifying the +modules within amsppt.sty. + +---The bibliography macros were substantially modified to correct +another longstanding bug: line breaks after explicit hyphens, +mathbins, and mathrels were inhibited. This also involved changing the +\ref-specific version of \nofrills. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY (WITH +VERSION 2.0) IS NOT COMPLETE WITH RESPECT TO \nofrills IN THE +BIBLIOGRAPHY MACROS. \nofrills NOW SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY +AFTER THE NAME OF THE FIELD TO WHICH IT APPLIES, E.G., \transl\nofrills, +OR \paper\nofrills. This is more consistent with the usage of \nofrills +outside of the references section. \nofrills will cause all the "frills", +such as the parentheses around years in journal article citations, or +words like "eds." or "vol." that are supplied automatically, to be +omitted for the given field. In addition, it will suppress the +automatic punctuation at the end of the field, if any. + +---A \refstyle command was added to allow users to specify one of the +three different reference styles most commonly used in AMS publications: +letter labels in square brackets; unnumbered; and numbered (denoted A, +B, and C, respectively). The syntax is "\refstyle{A}" (immediately after +the \documentstyle command). Style C, numbered with arabic numerals, is +the default selected by amsppt.sty. The \refstyle command ensures +proper correspondence between the formatting of cites in the main text +and the formatting of the references section. Also, \key can now be used +for all reference labels, and the \no command is redundant (though still +supported, for backward compatibility). + +---\miscnote was added, and used in the implementation of \toappear, +so that \toappear and \finalinfo would not be mutually exclusive. +\miscnote might also be used for things like "preprint" or +"submitted". Unlike \finalinfo, \miscnote automatically adds +parentheses. + +---\procinfo was added, to give place and date where the meeting +took place, for a proceedings volume reference. + +---\eds or \ed information will now be used in place of an author's +name, if \by is absent. This would be for collections or proceedings +volumes that are cited as a whole, instead of citing a single paper +within the volume. + +AMSTEX.INI +---------- +File to make format file creation more convenient. See the +user's guide and/or installation notes above. + +AMSPPT1.TEX +----------- +Compatibility file to allow processing of AMS-TeX 1.1 and earlier +documents under AMS-TeX 2.0+. See the user's guide. + + +(NOTE: Author packages for use with AMS-TeX are available from the AMS +web site at http://www.ams.org/tex/author-info.html, or by FTP from +ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/author-info/packages. All packages are compatible +with AMS-TeX 2.2. If you have previously received an AMS-TeX author +package for use with an earlier version of AMS-TeX, for best results you +should retrieve an upgraded copy from the AMS server.) + +======================================================================== + +Questions or comments can be directed to: + +Technical Support +American Mathematical Society +201 Charles Street +P.O. Box 6248 +Providence, RI 02940 USA + (800) 321-4AMS (321-4267) ext. 4080 (U.S. and Canada) + (401) 455-4080 +Email: tech-support@ams.org |