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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/eplain/INSTALL b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/eplain/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dcd705281b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/eplain/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Installation +************ + +Your TeX installation should already contain a version of Eplain +(`eplain.tex') in its main `texmf' tree (usually under +`/usr/share/texmf/tex/eplain/' on Unix systems). To install a newer +version of Eplain, put the new `eplain.tex' (included in Eplain +distributions) in the `tex/eplain/' subdirectory of your local `texmf' +tree. The newer version you install in the local tree should override +the older one in the main tree. + + The location of the local `texmf' tree obviously depends on your +operating system and TeX installation. On Unix systems the usual +location is `/usr/local/share/texmf/'. If you don't have write +permissions for `/usr/local/share/texmf/', many installations read the +`texmf' tree in the user's home directory; `eplain.tex' then should go +under `~/texmf/tex/eplain/'. For more information about TeX directory +structure, please see +`http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds'. + + If you prefer to install `eplain.tex' in a non-standard place, set +an environment variable (`TEXINPUTS' for the Web2C port of TeX to Unix) +to tell TeX how to find it. + + If you want, you can also create a format (`.fmt') file for Eplain, +which will eliminate the time spent reading the macro source file with +`\input'. You do this by issuing a sequence of Unix commands something +like this: + + prompt$ touch eplain.aux + prompt$ initex + This is TeX, ... + **&plain eplain + (eplain.tex) + *\dump + ... MESSAGES ... + +You must make sure that `eplain.aux' exists _before_ you run `initex'; +otherwise, warning messages about undefined labels will never be issued. + + You then have to install the resulting `eplain.fmt' in your local +`texmf' tree or set an environment variable to tell TeX how to find it. +For the Web2C port of TeX to Unix, format files are usually installed +under `/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/' or `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/'; the +environment variable is `TEXFORMATS'. + |