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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex index 8d9fdca03e6..7950f735440 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ 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 +run \texttt{setuptl/tlpmgui}. More information can be found in section \ref{sec:win-install} on -p.\pageref{sec:win-install}. +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 @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ bin & The \TeX{} system programs, arranged by platform. \\ source & The source of all programs, including the main \Webc{} \TeX{} and \MF{} distributions. These are stored in a \cmdname{bzip2}-compressed tar archive. \\ +setuptl & Installation programs for Linux and Windows. \\ support & Assorted auxiliary packages and programs. These are \emph{not} installed automatically. This includes assorted editors and \TeX\ shells. \\ @@ -243,9 +244,6 @@ texmf-doc & Tree for self-contained pure documentation, arranged by language. \\ texmf-var & Tree for files automatically generated and stored. (\texttt{TEXMFSYSVAR} in the next section.) \\ -xemtex & Tree for supporting programs used only in Windows. - These programs generally come pre-installed on Unix systems, or are - at least easy to compile. \\ \end{tabular} \endgroup @@ -1504,16 +1502,9 @@ pointed out. easier to use the Ghostscript dll, and find it by using the Ghostscript registry key than to change the \path|PATH|, which has a limited length anyway. -\item[\Webc{}] The engines have a few more options than in Unix - \Webc{}, and one option with a different behavior: +\item[\Webc{}] The engines have one more option than in Unix \Webc: \begin{itemize} - \item \path|-halt-on-error| stop the compilation at the first error. - \item \path|-job-time| set the job time to the same timestamp as the - file given in argument. -\item \path|-oem| use the DOS codepage for console output. - \item \path|-output-directory| allow to write all the output files in the - specified directory. - \item \path|-time-statistics| print statistics about the job run + \item \path|-proctimes| print statistics about the job run time. It is to be noted that Win9x not being a true multitasking operating system, it has no reliable timer for short periods, so the value printed is an approximation. Under NT/2K/XP, the result @@ -1561,11 +1552,11 @@ o lpt1: \hspace*{1em} @+ \%\%EndPaperSize \end{description} -The current \TL{} distribution implements the procedure of making -always up-to-date fontmaps files for Dvips and Pdftex. This is done by -the \cmdname{updmap} program during installation, as well as during any -font package addition. If you add new packages by hand, edit the file -\verb+updmap.cfg+ in \path|$TEXMFVAR/web2c|. +The current \TL{} distribution implements the procedure of making always +up-to-date fontmaps files for Dvips and Pdftex. This is done by the +\cmdname{updmap} program during installation. +If you add new font packages using the installation program or by hand, +edit the file \verb+updmap.cfg+ in \path|$TEXMFVAR/web2c|. \subsubsection{PdfTeX} @@ -1580,11 +1571,17 @@ should read: \end{alltt} Save the file and exit the editor. +\subsubsection{XeTeX} +Xe\TeX{} for Windows is linked statically with fontconfig 2.4.2. +A configuration file for fontconfig is \verb+fonts.conf+. For details, +see the file \verb+fonts.conf+ itself which is in a directory shown by +the command \cmdname{kpsewhich --var-value=FONTCONFIG_PATH} + \subsubsection{GSView} GSView is now distributed under the Aladdin License, and therefore is no longer included in \TL{}. -If you may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open +You may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open GSView from the \guiseq{Start} menu, and select \guiseq{Media\arw Letter}. Also, there are menu settings that are supposed to give you the most @@ -1697,7 +1694,7 @@ of better memory management, better file system and so on. You may wonder, ``Why would I need to use a command line prompt when I have Windows?'' -Good question. The problem is of very general nature. Not all operations +Good question! The problem is of very general nature. Not all operations can be done easily using only a \acro{GUI}. Command line gives you programming power\Dash assuming a clever command interpreter. @@ -1723,7 +1720,7 @@ your setup. \item[Win9x] You can open a command line prompt by looking either for the \acro{MS-DOS} icon in the \guiseq{Start\arw Programs} menu, or by choosing \guiseq{Start\arw Run} menu typing in - \path|command.com| as the progrm name. + \path|command.com| as the program name. \item[NT, 2K, XP] You can open a command line prompt by looking for \guiseq{Command Prompt} in the \guiseq{Start\arw Accessories} menu. You can also choose \guiseq{Start\arw Run} and type in @@ -1744,9 +1741,9 @@ up in the same path name. But on the command line, you must type processor used \samp{/} to introduce arguments to commands. All this to say: do not be surprised to read path names written using -the Unix convention; \fpTeX{} is a port of \Webc, and aims to be compatible -across platforms. For this reason, all the configuration files that -need to specify path names use the Unix convention. +the Unix convention; Windows-\TL{} is a port of \Webc, and aims to be +compatible across platforms. For this reason, all the configuration files +that need to specify path names use the Unix convention. \subsubsection{File systems} \label{sec:clusters} @@ -1842,12 +1839,12 @@ the same amount of memory, all the \TeX{} base engines have been put in DLLs (\emph{Dynamic Linked Library}). This means that you will have the following layout: \begin{alltt} -18/09/2005 14:19 3 584 latex.exe -18/09/2005 14:19 3 584 pdfetex.exe -18/09/2005 14:19 524 288 tl90pdfetex.dll +2006-11-23 07:06 2 560 latex.exe +2007-01-06 23:54 1 073 664 pdftex.dll +2006-01-28 08:05 2 560 pdftex.exe \end{alltt} and the \path|latex.exe| file is nothing but a rough copy of -\path|pdfetex.exe| using the same core \path|tl90pdfetex.dll|. +\path|pdftex.exe| using the same core \path|pdftex.dll|. The same trick has been used for the \path|mktex*.exe| family of programs which are linked to the \path|mktex.dll| library. @@ -1866,7 +1863,7 @@ problem. However, \cmdname{kpsewhich} outputs debug information to stderr, and the older Windows consoles do not know how to redirect stderr to a file. (Windows NT and later do support redirections, but the trick below will work for any console.) For diagnostic purposes you -can temporarily set an environment variable (in a \acro{DOS} box): +can temporarily set an environment variable (in a \acro{DOS}/\acro{cmd} box): \begin{verbatim} SET KPATHSEA_DEBUG_OUTPUT=err.log @@ -1898,8 +1895,8 @@ This way you can capture both stdout and stderr in the same file. \item Check the values from:\\ {\small \begin{tabular}{ll} - \texttt{kpsewhich cmr10.tfm} & \path|c:/TeX/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm|\\ - \texttt{kpsewhich latex.fmt}& \path|c:/TeX/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt| + \texttt{kpsewhich cmr10.tfm} & \path|c:/TeX/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm|\\ + \texttt{kpsewhich latex.fmt}& \path|c:/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/latex.fmt| \end{tabular} } \item At this point, if everything is correct, \TeX{} and friends @@ -2822,7 +2819,7 @@ in \TL{}. packages in \TL{}, as well as Windows research efforts, the \texttt{getnonfreefonts} script, and more. -\item Petr Olsak, who coordinated and checked all the Czech and Slovak +\item Petr Ol\v{s}ak, who coordinated and checked all the Czech and Slovak material very carefully. \item Toshio Oshima, for his \cmdname{dviout} previewer for Windows. @@ -2855,7 +2852,7 @@ Manfred Lotz (\pkgname{i386-freebsd}), Norbert Preining (\pkgname{alpha-linux}), Vladimir Volovich (\pkgname{powerpc-aix}, \pkgname{sparc-linux}, \pkgname{sparc-solaris}), -Staszek Wawrykiewicz (\pkgname{i386-linux}), +Karl Berry (\pkgname{i386-linux}), Olaf Weber (\pkgname{mips-irix}), Gerben Wierda (\pkgname{i386-darwin}, \pkgname{powerpc-darwin}). |