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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.1 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e7aebb7098a --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.1 @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@ +.TH TEXDOCTK 1 +.SH NAME +texdoctk \- GUI for easier access of TeX package and program documentations +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B texdoctk +-[aq] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.B texdoctk +is a GUI for easier access to a large part of the vast amount +of package and program documentations and tutorials for TeX and its +different derivatives (mainly LaTeX). It is optimized and included in +the teTeX and fpTeX distributions and also available with TeXLive. +.PP +The documentation is grouped into 17 categories; the 18th button of the main +panel is inactive by default and intended for use with local additions (see +section +.B CONFIGURATION +below). +.PP +In the settings window you see a checkbox in the html->ps and text->ps +converter menus for switching on/off output redirect. This is due to the fact +that some converters do not write their output into a file but to stdout by +default, so a redirect is needed, e.g. +.PP +a2ps myfile.txt >myfile.ps +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +.I "\-v" +verbose: enable some viewer messages which are otherwise sent to stderr, +as well as some warning popup windows. This can also be set in a +configuration file. +.TP +.I "\-a" +autoview: autostart viewer if a listbox contains only one item (this will +frequently happen in search results). This can also be set in a configuration +file. +.SH "CONFIGURATION" +.PP +The configuration is controlled by the system default configuration file +($TEXMFMAIN)/texdoctk/texdocrc.defaults, most of whose entries can though be +overridden by the users' own optional ~/.texdocrc files and/or command line +options. +.SS The Settings menu and configuration files +.PP +The Settings menu is used to change the user-definable settings of \fBtexdoctk\fP +for the duration of the program call or as new defaults. The latter case is +the purpose of the Save button, which generates or rewrites the user's own +~/.texdocrc file. The system defaults cannot be edited with the Settings +menu. +.TP +Paths +The TEXMF-type paths on the system are reported, and the user can specify the +name of the subdirectory of $HOMETEXMF, where the personal documentation is +stored. +.TP +General viewer behaviour + +.I Suppress error messages +toggle verbose mode (see option -v); default is off. + +.I Autostart viewer for one-item listboxes +if a listbox contains only one item (see option -a) + +.I Use text viewer for unknown file format +i.e. treat the file as plain text. \fBtexdoctk\fP should recognize the usual file +formats and also relate names like README to plain text, but some docs may have +freely invented names. Default is on; if switched off, trying to view such +files will raise an error. The switch does not influence printing: unrecognized +formats cannot be printed. + +.I Change viewer colours +using either RGB triplets in the format #rrggbb or the standardized names. +.TP +DVI/PostScript/PDF/HTML/Plain text +For text files, \fBtexdoctk\fP provides an own viewer. If this viewer is disabled, +but no alternative viewer is specified, \fBtexdoctk\fP tries to read the content +of the environment variable $PAGER. + +If you want to print the documentations, you will need converters to turn +non-PS files into PostScript. Here are some suggestions: + +\& dvi->ps: +dvips (is part of teTeX) (http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips.html) + +\& pdf->ps: +pdf2ps (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost) or +Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com) + +\& html->ps: html2ps (http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html) + +\& plain text->ps: a2ps (http://www-inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/) + +The html->ps and text->ps converter menus for switching on/off output redirect. +This is due to the fact that some converters do not write their output into a +file but to stdout by default, so a redirect is needed, e.g. +.B a2ps myfile.txt >myfile.ps +.PP +The system-wide configuration file is ($TEXMFMAIN)/texdoctk/texdocrc.defaults +and should only be writable by the administrator of the installation using any +text editor. The optional user configuration file is ~/.texdocrc and can +override all but those system settings which affect the installation as a +whole. The preferred way of changing it is through the Settings menu. +.SS The databases +\fBtexdoctk\fP comes with a default database file ($TEXMFMAIN)/texdoctk/texdoctk.dat +with a special format. It is divided into 17 sections corresponding to the +17 buttons that are active by default. Each section begins with a line + +@\fIsection_name\fP + +where +.I section_name +is the text as it appears in the button. This title is +followed by the descriptive entries for each documentation, which have this +format: + +\fIpackage-label\fP;Short description for listbox (opt. \fIpackage-name\fP);path in doc directory;optional keywords + +(without breaking the line!). Comments (initiated with a #) and empty lines +are ignored by the program. The second field is the text displayed in the +selection listboxes of \fBtexdoctk\fP, and you will usually want to mention the name +of the package in parens along with it; the first field is a \fBunique\fP label +for the package for internal use of the program which will usually be chosen +identical to the package name, but can be different if there is more than one +documentation file coming with a package. +.PP +The administrator will probably install additional packages in the local texmf +tree. The corresponding documentation can be made accessible by an additional +database $TEXMFLOCAL/texdoctk/texdoctk-local.dat. Furthermore, individual +users possibly install additional packages in an texmf subdirectory of their +$HOME, for which they can make an individual database themselves as +$TEXMFHOME/texdoctk/texdoctk-pers.dat. After creating such files, texhash +must be executed. +.PP +Both types of databases must have the same structure as the system database, +although they need (and should) not include all its sections if there are no +additional entries. For example, if the the package +.I foo +is added to the local tree such that its documentation file is +($TEXMFLOCAL)/doc/latex/foo/foo.dvi and it is decided that it fits best into +the existing category Graphics, texdoctk-local.dat would look like this: + +@Graphics +.br +foo;Create bells and whistles (foo);latex/foo/foo.dvi;decoration + +The entry for +.I foo +will then be appended to the list of entries in the Graphics category. The 18th +button can be activated in the same way, but using a new category name; +possible entries at the beginning of the database which have not been assigned +to a category will be assigned to the default Miscellaneous, making the 18th +button active with that label. Note that you cannot have more than 18 +categories; if there are more, only the one defined last will appear and be +used. +.PP +If the documentation is included in the .sty file instead of a proper +documentation file, the optional keywords should start with +-?- directly after the semicolon, where ? is 0, 1, 2 or 3; these are flags +which indicate in which part of the .sty the instructions are placed and +should help \fBtexdoctk\fP to extract the documentation from the style and present +it without the code, which would normally be of little use. +.TP +0 +no specific place, scattered between the code +.TP +1 +at end, behind \\endinput; some .sty files have well-organized documentation +behind the end of the actual code, where TeX doesn't see it upon compilation +.TP +2 +at beginning, terminated by %%%%%%; in some other cases, some usage information +is at the beginning of the .sty as a comment terminated by a line full of % +.TP +3 +as 2, but with a blank line as termination +.PP +See the system database for plenty of examples. + +.SH "FILES" +.PP +\& $TEXMFMAIN/texdoctk/texdocrc.defaults +system-wide configuration file +.PP +\& ~/.texdocrc +(optional) personal configuration file; can also be created with the Settings menu +.PP +\& $TEXMFMAIN/texdoctk/texdoctk.dat +default database file for documentation files of the distribution +.PP +\& $TEXMFLOCAL/texdoctk/texdoctk-local.dat +(optional) local database file for documentation files +.PP +\& $TEXMFHOME/texdoctk/texdoctk-pers.dat +(optional) personal database file of individual users for documentation files +.SH BUGS +Widget placement in topic toplevels becomes ugly when the toplevel is stretched +or shrunk. +.PP +The font in the frame labels of the Settings menu are not forced to the default +font; this will become visible e.g. at hi-res screens, where the label font is +not scaled up. +.PP +Netscape and Mozilla error output will be written to stderr even if the quiet +mode was set. +.SH AUTHOR +.B texdoctk +was written by Thomas Ruedas <tr@geol.ku.dk>. +.PP +This manual page was originally written by Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> for +the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is now maintained +by Thomas Ruedas. + +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Thomas Ruedas +.br +This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO +warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.man1.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.man1.pdf Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c6386c55ee4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/texdoctk.man1.pdf |