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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt index 393edd8c1a7..3ddaf7545a8 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/base/texpert.txt @@ -1,34 +1,34 @@ LaTeX installation TeX expert information - + 1 June 1997 - - + + SUMMARY ======= - -This document contains information about the LaTeX installation for + +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. + +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, @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. 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. @@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. 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. @@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. 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 @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. 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. + 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. + 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 @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Here is a description of the checks run by ltxcheck. 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. + 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 @@ -159,21 +159,21 @@ 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 + +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 @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ 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 ================= @@ -206,5 +206,5 @@ 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 1995-2006 the LaTeX3 project. All rights reserved --- |