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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..144db463eb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ + LaTeX installation TeX expert information + + 1 June 1997 + + +SUMMARY +======= + +This document contains information about the LaTeX installation for +TeX experts. In particular it describes: + + * The checks performed by ltxcheck.tex + + * How to print the LaTeX source. + +For more general information, see install.txt. + +For information on configuring LaTeX see cfgguide.tex. + + +THE LTXCHECK.TEX CHECKS +======================= + +Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. + +1) The \@currdir check. + + It is useful for LaTeX to know the syntax for the `current directory + (or folder)', or `default directory', if the operating system has + such a concept. + + For example, file abc.tex in this directory, or folder, is specified + by: + ./abc.tex on Unix and most DOS/OS2 TeX's, + []abc.tex on VMS + :abc.tex on a Macintosh. + The above possibilities will be found automatically during the + installation. However, if none of these syntaxes works on your + system then the internal macro \@currdir will be set to be empty + and ltxcheck will report this. + + If your system does have a notion of a current directory, you can + define \@currdir in the file texsys.cfg. + + You could also report this to the latex-bug address, so that + later releases can automatically cope with your system. + +2) The file name parser check. + \filename@parse may be defined in texsys.cfg if the default + installation does not define a suitable parser. (In fact no widely + used TeX system should need such a re-definition as the standard + installation should correctly define this command for unix, dos, + atari, VMS, and Macintosh, at least.) + Because of differences in directory syntax, most features of this + command can not be checked in a portable way, however ltxcheck does + check that at least {article.cls} is correctly parsed as base name + article and extension cls. + +3) The \input@path check. + + On some systems TeX cannot check whether a file exists before + trying to input it, unless the filename is expressed as a full path + name, including the directory. On these systems LaTeX needs to be + given a list of directories in which to look for files; the + internal macro \input@path holds this information. + + When run, ltxcheck will try to locate the file article.cls. + If it fails to find this file (and you have placed it in the + `standard input directory') then you must define \input@path in + the file texsys.cfg. + + The files texsys.cfg and ltdirchk.dtx contain examples of how to do + this but only you know the directories and syntax that should be used + for your installation. + + We hope to build up a better collection of examples in future + releases of LaTeX, as it is tested on more TeX systems. + +4) TeX version check. + + The next check tests that you are running a recent version of TeX. + If ltxcheck reports that you have TeX2, then you should try to + upgrade TeX (and rebuild LaTeX) as soon as possible. LaTeX may be + used with TeX2, but certain features will be missing and you will + not be able to use the new (8-bit) font families that are now + available. If you must stick with TeX2, please read the extra + information in the file tex2.txt. + + If ltxcheck reports that your TeX version is older than 3.141, you + will see some strange messages during the installation. This is + because earlier versions of TeX printed certain line-breaks in + messages on the terminal as `^^J' rather than starting a new line. + + LaTeX will work round this bug and thus avoid `^^J' appearing in + error messages, but you should upgrade your TeX as soon as + possible, as other bugs have been fixed, not just line breaks in + messages. + + At the present time (1997) the current TeX version is 3.14159. + +5) Fonts check. + + Finally ltxcheck.tex tests to see if it can find a `representative + sample' of the fonts used by LaTeX. + + Fonts that may cause problems are: + a) The circle fonts. These were renamed some years ago from circle* + to lcircle*, although some sites still have them under the old + name. Also the names are longer than 8 letters which may cause + some problems. + b) The `extra Computer Modern' fonts. The American Mathematical + Society has extended the range of sizes available in the + Computer Modern fonts. LaTeX now assumes that these extra cm + fonts are available. + The fonts are available from a CTAN archive, in the directory + tex-archive/macros/latex/fonts or alternatively as part of the + AMS fonts collection, which also includes many useful + mathematical fonts. + c) The `T1 encoded Computer Modern' fonts. This is the ec or dc font + collection. The new (1995) release 1.2 of the dc fonts changed + most of the file names. For this reason the fd files such as + t1cmr.fd cannot be written to work with the dc fonts of different + releases. LaTeX by default unpacks the fd files for the ec + dc fonts. + If you have an older release of the dc fonts and do not wish to + upgrade then you should unpack the necessary fd files by running + LaTeX on the file olddc.ins (dc older than version 1.2) or + newdc.ins (version 1.2 and 1.3). + As the T1 fd files will have been used when making the format, + you must re-run initex latex.ltx to remake the format if you + update the fd files in this way. + Running ltxcheck will produce a ! BAD LaTeX2e system!! error + message if it detects that the `new' fd files are loaded into + the format, but only the old dc fonts are available, and vice + versa. + If the old fonts are detected, and the `old' fd files are loaded + then no error is generated, but a message suggesting that you + upgrade is produced. + The ec fonts are available from a CTAN archive, in the directory + tex-archive/fonts/ec . + + +6) Files check. + + Finally ltxcheck checks that the main TeX input files that LaTeX + will use when running documents (such as the article class file, + fd files, and main packages such as fontenc) are all available. + + +DOCUMENTATION OF THE CODE +========================= + +To typeset a documented code file (a .dtx file) you simply run LaTeX +on it. The file source2e.tex is a master file which produces the +documented code for the whole LaTeX kernel (but not the standard +packages, classes, or compatibility mode). You need to have LaTeX2e +installed before doing this. + +To configure the appearance of this documentation, you can use a +ltxdoc.cfg file. For example, putting the following line into this +file will format the documentation for A4 paper: + + \PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{article} + +The doc package, which is used by the documentation files, writes +index files and change-history files that can be processed by the +program MakeIndex. If this program is part of your TeX installation, +you can get an index and history listing for a documentation file +by running the .idx and .glo files through this program. + +For example, in Unix MakeIndex, you should say: + + makeindex -s gind.ist FILENAME + makeindex -s gglo.ist -o FILENAME.gls FILENAME.glo + +source2e.tex needs a special source2e.ist file (in place of gind.ist). +Running makeindex will produce some warning messages about ignored +style specifiers; these can be safely ignored. + +See the comments at the end of source2e.tex for more information. + + +CONFIGURING LaTeX +================= + +In addition to the system-dependent customisation in texsys.cfg, +various other parts of LaTeX can be configured to suit local needs. +Further details can be found in the document cfgguide.tex. We +recommend that you install the standard system before attempting any +further customisation. + +If you are thinking of making other changes to LaTeX, please read the +document modguide.tex as it describes the precautions you need to take +when making modifications in order to ensure that standard LaTeX +remains a stable, maintainable system. + + +FURTHER INFORMATION +=================== + +You will find further information about various aspects of LaTeX in +the distributed files with names <*>guide.tex. You will need +to install the new version before you can typeset these files. + + +--- Copyright 1995-1997 the LaTeX3 project. All rights reserved --- |