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@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ see the end of the document, section~\ref{sec:history}
\GNU/Linux, \MacOSX, and Cygwin. The included sources can be compiled
on platforms for which we do not provide binaries.
-As to Windows: only Windows 2000 and later are
-supported. Windows~9\textit{x}, \acro{ME} and \acro{NT} have been
-dropped. Because of this change, Windows requires much less special
-treatment compared to the Unix systems. There are no special 64-bit
+As to Windows: Windows \acro{XP} and later are supported. Windows~2000
+will probably still mostly work. There are no special 64-bit
executables for Windows, but the 32-bit executables should run on 64-bit
systems.
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ using them:
\item [\TeX{} Catalogue] If you are looking for a specific package,
font, program, etc., the \TeX{} Catalogue is the place to look. It is a
huge collection of all \TeX{}-related items. See
-\url{http://www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/}.
+\url{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/}.
\item [\TeX{} Web Resources] The web page
\url{http://tug.org/interest.html} has many \TeX{}-related links, in
@@ -172,6 +170,10 @@ search, for example on \url{http://google.com}, never hurts.
\emph{please} read this \acro{FAQ} entry, to maximize
your chances of getting a useful answer:
\url{http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=askquestion}.
+Also worth mentioning are the \LaTeX{} Community site at
+\url{http://www.latex-community.org/} and its forum
+\url{http://www.latex-community.org/forum/}, and
+\TeX\ StackExchange at \url{http://tex.stackexchange.com/}.
\item [\TL{} support] If you want to report a bug or have
suggestions or comments on the \TL{} distribution, installation, or
@@ -514,7 +516,7 @@ that it shows the full text installer screen (Figure~\ref{fig:text-main}).
To install in expert \GUI\ mode (figure~\ref{fig:gui-main}), you'll
need the \dirname{Perl/TK} module compiled with \acro{XFT} support,
-which is generally the case with \GNU/Linux, but not necessarily other
+which is generally the case with \GNU/Linux, but not necessarily with other
systems. Given that, you can run:
\begin{alltt}
> \Ucom{perl install-tl -gui}
@@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ More info on each:
generated in people's private \dirname{TEXMFVAR} tree as they are
needed. In that location, they will not be updated automatically if
(say) binaries or hyphenation patterns are updated in the
- installation, and thus could end up with incompatible format files.
+ installation, and thus you could end up with incompatible format files.
\item[install font/macro \ldots\ tree:] These options allow you to omit
downloading/installing the documentation and source files present in
@@ -898,8 +900,7 @@ to introduce option names. These are the most common ones:
installation continues in text mode.
\item[-no-gui] Force using the text mode installer, even under
- Windows; you'll need this if you want a `from \DVD' installation,
- since that is not available in \GUI{} mode.
+ Windows.
\item[-lang {\sl LL}] Specify the installer interface
language as its standard two-letter code \textsl{\acro{LL}}. Currently
@@ -929,7 +930,8 @@ to introduce option names. These are the most common ones:
option will use what you've got, as-is, and do only the necessary
post-install. Be warned that the file \filename{tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb}
may be overwritten; saving it is your responsibility. Also, package
- removal has to be done manually. This option cannot be toggled via the
+ removal has to be done manually. Do not use this unless you know
+ what you are doing. This option cannot be toggled via the
installer interface.
\item[-portable] Install for portable use on, e.g., a \USB{} stick.
@@ -1053,7 +1055,7 @@ your search path (as described in the previous section):
> \Ucom{tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet}
\end{alltt}
-This tells C<tlmgr> to use a nearby \CTAN\ mirror for future updates.
+This tells \cmdname{tlmgr} to use a nearby \CTAN\ mirror for future updates.
If there are problems with the automatic mirror selection, you can
specify a particular \CTAN\ mirror from the list at
@@ -1298,11 +1300,13 @@ Links for some other tools you may consider installing:
\item \cmdname{Emacs with Auc\TeX} for Windows is available in
the directory \path{tlpkg/support} on the \TL \DVD; its home
page is \url{http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex}.
- \item \cmdname{LEd} is available from \url{http://www.ctan.org/support/LEd}.
+ \item \cmdname{LEd} is available from \url{http://mirror.ctan.org/support/LEd}.
\item \cmdname{SciTE} is available from
\url{http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html}.
\item \cmdname{Texmaker} is free software, available from
\url{http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/}.
+ \item \cmdname{TexMakerX} \url{http://texmakerx.sourceforge.net/}
+ is a fork of \cmdname{Texmaker} with additional features
\item \cmdname{TeXnicCenter} is free software, available from
\url{http://www.texniccenter.org} and in the pro\TeX{}t distribution.
\item \cmdname{TeXworks} is free software, available from
@@ -1359,24 +1363,27 @@ in the same zip file. See the web page for more information.
\label{sec:portable-tl}
The \code{-portable} installer option creates a completely
-self-contained TeX Live installation under a common root and forgoes
-system integration. You can create such an installation directly on a
-\USB{} stick or copy it to a \USB{} stick afterwards.
+self-contained \TL{} installation under a common root and forgoes system
+integration. You can create such an installation directly on a \USB{}
+stick, or copy it to a \USB{} stick afterwards.
-To actually run using this portable installation, you need to add the
+To run \TeX\ using this portable installation, you need to add the
appropriate binary directory to the search path during your terminal
-session, as usual. For Windows, you can double-click
+session, as usual. On Windows, you can double-click
\filename{tl-tray-menu} at the root of the installation to choose
-between a few common tasks:
+between a few common tasks, as shown in this screenshot:
-\begin{verbatim}
-...
-1 TeX Live command prompt
-2 Managing the installation
-3 TeXworks
-Q Quit
-...
-\end{verbatim}
+\medskip
+% Package Manager (tlmgr)
+% Editor (texworks)
+% Command Prompt
+% Custom Script
+% Exit
+\tlpng{tray-menu}{4cm}
+\smallskip
+
+\noindent You can use the `Custom Script' entry to add items of your
+own. By default, it pops up a message explaining how to create one.
\htmlanchor{tlisoinstall}
@@ -1404,8 +1411,8 @@ Desktop \GNU/Linux/Unix systems, including \MacOSX, are able to mount an
\ISO. Apart from that, nothing changes compared to a normal hard disk
installation, see section \ref{sec:env}.
-When preparing such an \ISO\ installation, it is best not to omit the
-subdirectory for the release year, but instead to have
+When preparing such an \ISO\ installation, it is best to omit the
+subdirectory for the release year, and have
\filename{texmf-local} at the same level as the other trees
(\filename{texmf}, \filename{texmf-dist}, etc.). You can do this with
the normal directory options in the installer.
@@ -1476,8 +1483,6 @@ include:
\item changing installation options such as paper size and source
location (see section~\ref{sec:location}).
\end{itemize*}
-\textit{Warning:} \prog{tlmgr} has not been designed for or tested
-with portable installations (section~\ref{sec:portable-tl}).
\subsection{\cmdname{tlmgr} GUI mode}
\prog{tlmgr} can be started in \GUI{} mode (figure~\ref{fig:tlmgr-gui}) with
@@ -1563,11 +1568,6 @@ Last and most important, for full documentation see
\section{Notes on Windows}
\label{sec:windows}
-\TL\ has a single installer which runs on both Windows and Unix. This
-was only possible by dropping support for older Windows versions, so
-\TL\ can now be installed only on Windows 2000 and later.
-
-
\subsection{Windows-specific features}
\label{sec:winfeatures}
@@ -1576,11 +1576,16 @@ Under Windows, the installer does some extra things:
\item[Menus and shortcuts.] A new `\TL{}' submenu of the
Start menu is installed, which contains entries for some \GUI{}
programs (\prog{tlmgr}, \prog{texdoctk}, the PS\_View (\prog{psv})
- PostScript previewer) and some documentation. PS\_View also gets a
- shortcut on the desktop as a drag-and-drop target for PostScript
- files.
-\item[Automatic setting of environment variables.] No manual
- configuration steps are required.
+ PostScript previewer) and some documentation.
+\item[File associations.] If enabled, \prog{TeXworks}, \prog{Dviout}
+ and \prog{PS\_view} become either the default program for
+ their respective filetypes, or get an entry in the `Open with'
+ right-click menus of those filetypes.
+\item[Bitmap to eps converter.] Various bitmapped formats get an
+ entry \cmdname{bitmap2eps} in their `Open with' right-click
+ menu. Bitmap2eps is a simple script which lets \cmdname{sam2p} or
+ \cmdname{bmeps} do the real work.
+\item[Automatic path adjustment.] No manual configuration steps are required.
\item[Uninstaller.] The installer creates an entry under `Add/Remove
Programs' for \TL. The uninstall tab of the \TeX\ Live Manager \GUI\
refers to this.
@@ -1588,7 +1593,7 @@ Under Windows, the installer does some extra things:
\subsection{Additional software included on Windows}
-To be complete, a \TL installation needs support packages that are not
+To be complete, a \TL{} installation needs support packages that are not
commonly found on a Windows machine. \TL{} provides the missing
pieces:
\begin{description}
@@ -1640,9 +1645,9 @@ pieces:
\label{sec:winhome}
The Windows counterpart of a Unix home directory is the
-\verb|%USERPROFILE%| directory. Under Windows \acro{XP} and Windows 2000, this
+\verb|%USERPROFILE%| directory. Under Windows \acro{XP}, this
is usually \verb|C:\Documents and Settings\<username>|, and under
-Windows Vista \verb|C:\Users\<username>|. In the
+Windows Vista and Windows~7 it is \verb|C:\Users\<username>|. In the
\filename{texmf.cnf} file, and \KPS{} in general, \verb|~| will expand
appropriately on both Windows and Unix.
@@ -1694,7 +1699,7 @@ be always usable from within such a command-prompt. The shortcut for
\TeX{}works, if installed, also prepends \TL{} to the search path, so it
should also be immune to this path problem.
-For Vista there is another twist: even if you are logged in as
+For Vista and Windows~7 there is another twist: even if you are logged in as
administrator, you need to explicitly ask for administrator
privileges. In fact, there is not much point in logging in as
administrator. Instead, right-clicking on the program or shortcut
@@ -2950,7 +2955,7 @@ of fonts, with the assent and advice of the author (Claudio Beccari).
The excised fonts are the invisible, outline, and transparency ones,
which are relatively rarely used, and we needed the space. The full set
is of course available from \acro{CTAN}
-(\url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/greek/cb}).
+(\url{http://mirror.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/greek/cb}).
\item \cmdname{oxdvi} has been removed; just use \cmdname{xdvi}.
@@ -3058,7 +3063,7 @@ lines to determine what format to run; it is the pure Knuthian \TeX.
Of course the year also saw (the usual) hundreds of other updates to
packages and programs. As usual, please check \acro{CTAN}
-(\url{http://www.ctan.org}) for updates.
+(\url{http://mirror.ctan.org}) for updates.
Internally, the source tree is now stored in Subversion, with a standard
web interface for viewing the tree, as linked from our home page.