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| -rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex | 75 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile index 34d50fe364f..1e1132f3824 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile @@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ install: for f in $(instfiles); do \ cmp -s $$f $$instdir/$$f && continue; \ mv -v $$f $$instdir/$$f; \ - done - @echo "Don't forget to svn commit." + done; echo "Now svn commit $$instdir" # don't use these, they don't work. diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex index 5079717ab72..aeae4fd8cb0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex @@ -81,8 +81,15 @@ installation sections following, but here is a quick start: \item The main installation script for Unix and \MacOSX{} is \texttt{install-tl.sh}. +GNU/Linux users can also try a new GUI installation program: +\texttt{cd setuptl} and run \texttt{tlpmgui}. Information +can be found in section \ref{sec:win-install} on +p.\pageref{sec:win-install}. \item The single package installation script is \texttt{install-pkg.sh}. +(After installation on Linux with \texttt{tlpmgui}, you can also try +running \texttt{tlpmgui} again to add or remove individual packages or +collections.) \item The installation program for Windows is \texttt{tlpmgui.exe}. It can be used also for adding or removing the packages. @@ -1077,7 +1084,7 @@ on page~\pageref{Debugging}. \begin{alltt} > \Ucom{xdvi sample2e.dvi} \end{alltt} -(Under Windows, the analogous command is \cmdname{windvi}.) You should +(Under Windows, the analogous command is \cmdname{dviout}.) You should see a new window with a nice document explaining some of the basics of \LaTeX{}. (Well worth reading, by the way if you're new to the system.) You do have to be running under X for \cmdname{xdvi} to work; if you're @@ -1175,12 +1182,10 @@ For those who like to look underneath the hood, \cmdname{tlpmgui} uses as its ``engine'' a command-line Windows program named \cmdname{tlpm}. The Windows \TeX{} system included in \TL{} is based on new binaries -borrowed from the \XEmTeX{} project, formerly known as \fpTeX{} (see -\url{http://www.metz.supelec.fr/~popineau/xemtex-1.html}). -It also includes some older (but still working) tools, notably -a \texttt{dvi} previewer, \textsf{Windvi}, which is similar in usage to -the established Unix \textsf{xdvi}. The documentation can be found in -\OnCD{texmf/doc/html/windvi/windvi.html}. +borrowed from the \acro{W32TEX} distribution, kindly provided by Akira Kakuto. +It also includes some older (but still working) tools made by Fabrice +Popineau, and also a new \texttt{dvi} previewer, \textsf{dviout} by +Toshio Oshima. \TL{} can be installed on systems running Windows 98, \acro{ME}, \acro{NT}, \acro{2K} or \acro{XP}. Older versions of Windows (3.1x) @@ -1275,7 +1280,7 @@ your \TeX{} files. All these tools are quite easy to find for Windows, but in order to try to make your life even easier, we have put such a set of tools on \TL: \begin{itemize*} -\item GNU \cmdname{Ghostscript} 7.07 +\item GNU \cmdname{Ghostscript} 8.54 \item a minimal \cmdname{Perl} 5.8, sufficient to run all the \TL{} Perl scripts. \item win-tools is a set of small programs (bzip2, gzip, jpeg2ps @@ -1286,10 +1291,7 @@ make your life even easier, we have put such a set of tools on \TL: %\TeX{} typesetting. \end{itemize*} -These packages are borrowed from the \XEmTeX{} distribution -(the successor of fp\TeX). - -Perl and Ghostscript are installed by default; you may explicitly +Perl and Ghostscript are installed upon request; you may explicitly deselect them during installation if you already have them. If you don't want to install this bundle, then you are on your own to @@ -1596,35 +1598,6 @@ Note that the installation process has set all \code{.ps} and For printing instructions, see section~\ref{printing} below. -\subsubsection{WinDvi} -\label{sub:windvi} - -The \file{tlpmgui.exe} program takes care of associating the files -with the \file{.dvi} extension with \file{Windvi}, but it doesn't make an icon -on the desktop, so please do it yourself. - -Open \cmdname{windvi} by clicking an icon or from the command line. - -You can set it for US letter-size paper by going to \guiseq{View\arw -Options\arw Papertype} and selecting US (8.5\verb+"+ x 11\verb+"+) (and -then \optname{OK}. Exit \cmdname{windvi}. - -You can change other parameters from there as well, such as the ability -to execute system commands specified by the document (disabled by -default for security reasons). Also, the first time you view any .dvi -file, you may find the magnification too large. Zoom out until you get -an appropriate size. - -All configuration settings for \cmdname{windvi} are stored in a file -named \path|windvi.cnf| file. You can find it by running this command at -the prompt: -\begin{verbatim} -c:\>kpsewhich --expand-var $HOME/windvi.cnf -\end{verbatim} - -Should you have problems with \cmdname{windvi}, please remove the -configuration file and test your problem against a vanilla configuration. - \subsection{Testing} For generic verification procedures, see section~\ref{sec:test-install} @@ -1636,11 +1609,11 @@ found in \path|C:\TeXLive2006\texmf-dist\tex\latex\base|. The \LaTeX\ source should appear on the screen. Process it by clicking on the \guiseq{Command\arw LaTeX} menu (XEmacs) or \LaTeX\ icon on the toolbar (WinShell), then view it by clicking on the \guiseq{Command\arw View DVI} -menu (XEmacs) or Preview (Windvi) icon (WinShell). +menu (XEmacs) or Preview (dviout) icon (WinShell). -At first, when you preview files with Windvi, it will create fonts because -screen fonts were not installed. After a while, you will have created most -of the fonts you use, and you will rarely see the font-creation window. +At first, when you preview files with \cmdname{dviout}, it will create fonts +because screen fonts were not installed. After a while, you will have created +most of the fonts you use, and you will rarely see the font-creation window. \textbf{Hint for the future:} If a \LaTeX\ run stops because \LaTeX\ cannot find a file, you can press Ctrl-z to quit. @@ -1649,13 +1622,13 @@ cannot find a file, you can press Ctrl-z to quit. \subsection{Printing} \label{printing} -It is possible to print from Windvi. In this case, printing will be done -using the Windows unified printer driver. By definition, it is +It is possible to print from \cmdname{dviout}. In this case, printing +will be done using the Windows unified printer driver. By definition, it is compatible with all printers. However, there is some drawback: it can generate some huge spool files, and some (older) versions of Windows just don't like them. The advantage is that you can use features like embedding BMP or WMF images. You also need to make sure that the printer -parameters are correctly set (subsection~\ref{sub:windvi}), else you +parameters are correctly set, else you will get scaled printing (printing at 600\dpi{} on a 300\dpi{} printer will give you only one quadrant of your page). @@ -2839,8 +2812,8 @@ enhancements of \TeX's abilities. \item Pawe{\l} Jackowski, for the Windows installer \cmdname{tlpm}, and Tomasz {\L}uczak, for \cmdname{tlpmgui}. -\item Akira Kakuto, for updated Windows binaries as part of his -\acro{W32TEX} distribution effort +\item Akira Kakuto, for great assistance in incorporating the Windows +binaries from his \acro{W32TEX} distribution (\url{http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/}). \item Jonathan Kew and his employer \acro{SIL}, for the major new @@ -2854,6 +2827,8 @@ packages in \TL{}, as well as Windows research efforts, the \item Petr Olsak, who coordinated and checked all the Czech and Slovak material very carefully. +\item Toshio Oshima, for his \cmdname{dviout} previewer for Windows. + \item Fabrice Popineau, for the original Windows support in \TL{}. \item Norbert Preining, for helping with the \TL{} infrastructure and |