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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlaunch/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlaunch/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..05125cec466 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/tlaunch/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The TeX Live Launcher is an easy way to give Windows users access to +a TeX Live installation on a network as if it were a local +installation. + +Features: + +- On first startup, the launcher does the user configuration which + would otherwise have been done during a local installation. + +- the menu items and buttons within the launcher replace the several + Start menu items normally created during a local installation. + +- Easy customization with an ini file, e.g. incorporating additional + software + +See the manual for placement of tlaunch.exe and tlaunch.ini, and for +customizing the ini file. + +For trying this out on an existing local installation, a script +tlaunchmode is included which can convert a classic installation +into a launcher-based one and back. The manual has a section on this +script which also explains how to install it. |