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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdraw/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdraw/README index 370b91dea05..67403b05bbf 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdraw/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/texdraw/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This file describes the contents of the distribution for TeXdraw. +TeXdraw distribution -$Id: README,v 2.0a 2019/03/28 texdraw-V2R0a $ +$Id: README 2.8 2019/04/18 TeXdraw-v2r3 $ The TeXdraw package consists of a set of macro definitions for the TeX typesetting program. These macros allow the user to produce PostScript @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from <within> TeX, using TeX fonts for labelling the drawing. Basic drawing features include: (1) moves, lines and arrow vectors - - selectable gray level, line width pattern, arrowhead size and type + - selectable gray level, line width, pattern, arrowhead size and type (2) circles, ellipses, arcs, and Bezier curves (3) general fill command to fill a region defined by lines and Bezier curves (selectable gray level) @@ -30,25 +30,18 @@ The extensibility features include, (2) local segment scaling (3) saving and restoring positions using symbolic positions -Version 2.0a was rleased in March 2019; the only substantive -modification was to change the license to CC-BY (any version). -Also, an Info direntry is created by texdraw.texi, and -minor changes were made to this README and other documentation files. -For the distribution: -- A PDF version of the manual was added. -- the Texinfo source files (texindex.c, texi2dvi, etc.) were removed, as -they are readily available elsewhere and cannot be kept up to date here. +The distribution as a compressed tar file is available from: + http://www-mmsp.ECE.McGill.CA/MMSP/Documents/Software ===== -Peter Kabal peter dot kabal at mcgill dot ca -Department of Electrical Engineering +Peter Kabal peter.kabal@McGill.CA +Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering McGill University Montreal, Quebec - ===== The distribution consists of the TeXdraw macros themselves, files with -auxiliary macros, and the TeXdraw manual (Texinfo format). +auxiliary macros, and the TeXdraw manual (PosScript/PDF). Distribution Contents: ---------------------- @@ -63,64 +56,26 @@ TeXdraw macros (main directory): txdtools.tex - TeXdraw toolbox for extending TeXdraw txdps.tex - TeXdraw macros for accessing PostScript macros blockdiagram.tex - Block diagram macros for TeXdraw + +TeXdraw examples (directory examples/): txdexamp.tex - plain TeX code for the examples in the manual txdexamp.latex - LaTeX2e code for the examples in the manual TeXdraw documentation (directory manual/): - texdraw.pdf - PDF version of the manual texdraw.ps - PostScript version of the manual + texdraw.pdf - PDF version of the manual texdraw.texi - Texinfo source file for the TeXdraw manual =============================================== -The following notes on setup are for Unix systems. - Initial Tests: -(1) Print the PostScript version of the manual ("texdraw.ps") to see the - capabilities of TeXdraw. (Or PDF.) +(1) View the PostScript or pdf version of the manual ("texdraw.ps" or + "texdraw.pdf") to see the capabilities of TeXdraw. (2) Try TeX'ing the examples file. Assuming plain TeX is invoked with the command "tex" and LaTeX2e is invoked with the command "latex" % tex txdexamp ... or ... % latex texdexamp.latex -(3) Printing the examples using the appropriate printer driver program (only - dvips can be used with the plain TeX version of the examples), +(3) Printing the examples using the appropriate printer driver program + (only dvips can be used with the plain TeX version of the examples), % dvips txdexamp - -===== -Permanent Setup: - -(1) Private copy of TeXdraw. - Move the TeXdraw sources files ("texdraw.sty", texdraw.tex", - "txdtools.tex" and "txdps.tex") to an appropriate directory. If you are - keeping private versions of the files, consider using the directory - ~mylogin/tex . With many versions of TeX, including this directory in - the TeX input path variable (the environment variable TEXINPUTS) allows - you to refer to the files in TeX without specifying the full pathname. - With the C shell, a line in the ".login" file sets the environment - variable TEXINPUTS - % setenv TEXINPUTS ".:$HOME/tex:". - The last part of the path string should terminate with a colon to have - the default directory of TeX files available. -(2) Public copy of TeXdraw. - Move the TeXdraw source files ("texdraw.sty", "texdraw.tex", - "txdtools.tex" and "txdps.tex") to a directory that TeX searches by - default. If installed from a distribution, this should be - handled by the package manager. - -===== -Creating a TeXdraw manual from the sources: -(1) Make sure "texdraw.tex", "txdtools.tex" and "texinfo.tex" will be found - by TeX. -(2) To create the manual, you have to TeX the manual twice - the second - time to access the sorted indices and the cross-references. The - program "texindex" sorts the indices. (The distribution includes pre- - sorted indices that can be used). Or the three steps can be replaced by - an invocation of the script "texi2dvi". - % tex texdraw.texinfo - % texindex texdraw - % tex texdraw.texinfo -(3) If you have the printer driver program dvips, a PostScript version of the - manual is created as follows. - % dvips texdraw -o texdraw.ps -(4) The targets in manual/Makefile handle this. |