From 2a7f40fc852571c6670a90e3ce87cea6610c4c29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:43:39 +0000 Subject: --install_mode and --debug, for Staszel git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@3937 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html | 676 +++++++++++---------- Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf | Bin 760427 -> 761103 bytes .../texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/Makefile | 1 + .../texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex | 36 +- 4 files changed, 376 insertions(+), 337 deletions(-) diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html index 7b2014f1985..23d6ec5e275 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ - + @@ -2273,10 +2273,12 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10"><drive letter>:\setuptl\tplmgui.exe (or <drive letter>:\texlive\setuptl\tplmgui.exe if you are installing from the TeX Collection DVD), +class="ec-lmtt-10"> letter>:\texlive\setuptl\tplmgui.exe if you are installing from the TEX Collection DVD), where <drive letter> is the drive letter with the TeX Live CD (or TeX Collection DVD), and then +class="ec-lmtt-10"> letter> is the drive letter with the TEX Live CD (or TeX Collection DVD), and then click OK.

The installation window titled TeX Live installation and maintenance utility should open. It contains @@ -2288,7 +2290,25 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Select systems, Directories and Options. -

In the

By default, tlpmgui tries to detect if TEX is already installed and depending on the result starts +either in fresh installation or maintenance mode. If you have TEX already installed but want to install +the new version nevertheless, you can use tlpmgui –install-mode to force instalation mode; but you +should know what you are doing, as the new TEX Live installation will override the environment +variables and other settings of the existing installation; reverting to your old installation is not +automatically supported. +

Diagnostic information is collected by tlpmgui in a log file which is deleted at the end of the run, +along with any other temporary files. Invoking with –debug displays the names and contents of all +tlpmgui temporary files in a separate window. +

In the Directories section the installation drive (directory) next to the CD/DVD button should be displayed (e.g., F:/ or F:/texlive/ for the DVD), but if it is not, then click the CD/DVD button and select the CD/DVD drive, with the TEX Live CD (or TeX Collection -DVD). -

The directory in which you wish to install the software can be set by clicking the EX Live CD (or TEX Collection +DVD). + +

The directory in which you wish to install the software can be set by clicking the TLroot button. This directory will be set as TLroot environment variable for later usage. -

In the

In the Select a scheme section the desired TEX Live installation scheme should be chosen by clicking the radio button labelled with the installation scheme name (e.g., scheme-gust). Each scheme is accompanied by an Info button which, when clicked, displays a short description of the relevant scheme. -

A scheme is a large set of files targeted at some kind of usage. There are generic schemes for +

A scheme is a large set of files targeted at some kind of usage. There are generic schemes for basic, medium and full installations. The remaining ones are either targeted at certain LUGs - - (i.e., what GUST or GUTenberg propose for their members) or application targeted (e.g., for XML and TEX cooperation). A preselected scheme can be refined. This is done in the @@ -2326,7 +2346,7 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Select button labelled Standard collections, additional collections like Metapost, Omega or documentation in different languages can be selected. -

Wintools collection is selected by default as it contains many small programs, usually absent in Windows, which can be handy, like graphics converters: sam2p, unzip, and wget which is needed for getnonfreefonts (new) utility. -

Next, clicking the

Next, clicking the Select button labelled Language Collections in the Main customization section opens the Language collections window in which the installation language can be chosen by ticking the box next to the language. -

Next, click the

Next, click the Install button in the Install section to start the installation proper process. -

Note: The Perl and Ghostscript are installed only on demand. They should be installed unless they @@ -2359,25 +2379,25 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">PERL5LIB and < class="ec-lmtt-10">GS_LIB environment variables will be set too, as well the path to Ghostscript binaries will be added to the PATH variable. -

The T

The TEX Live system needs some post-processing steps (format files generation, ls-R databases generation, environment variables, etc.). All these operations are done there, some of them can be lengthy. So please wait until you see a statement about the successfully finished installation. -

The shortcut for

The shortcut for tlpmgui (and also dviout, if installed) will be added to the dviout, if installed) will be added to the menu +Start!Programs!TeXLive2007 -menu. -

If it is needed (Win9x/WinME), you will be asked to reboot your computer. -

+class="ec-lmss-10">TeXLive2007. +

If it is needed (Win9x/WinME), you will be asked to reboot your computer. +

6.2 Support packages for Windows

-

To be complete, a T

To be complete, a TEX Live installation needs support packages that are not commonly found on a Windows machine. Many scripts are written using the Perl language. Some important tools require the Ghostscript PostScript interpreter to render or to convert files. A graphic file toolbox is also needed in @@ -2385,7 +2405,7 @@ some cases. Last but not least, a TEX-oriented editor makes it easy to type in your TEX files. -

All these tools are quite easy to find for Windows, but in order to try to make your life even easier, +

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 TEX Live:

-

Perl and Ghostscript are installed upon request; you may explicitly deselect them during installation + + +

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 install the required tools to +

If you don’t want to install this bundle, then you are on your own to install the required tools to complete your TEX Live system. Here is a list of places to get those tools: -

+

Ghostscript
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ - -
Perl
SciTE is available from http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
-

You might want to install other tools that are not +

You might want to install other tools that are not free1 @@ -2498,18 +2518,19 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">GSView is available from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/ or any CTAN site. -

+ + +

7 Maintenance of the installation in Windows

-

If you have TeX Live installed, you can use

If you have TEX Live installed, you can use tlpmgui again for modifying and maintaining your installation. - - -

+

7.1 Adding/removing packages

-

As the

As the tlpmgui shortcut is available in the Start!Add Packages, Remove packages, Manage installation, Remove installation. -

Click the tab labelled

Click the tab labelled Add packages or Remove packages to enter the relevant functionality and then: @@ -2540,11 +2561,11 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Select packages tosection the list of packages to install or remove. -

When adding packages, the list of installed packages is compared to the list of packages +

When adding packages, the list of installed packages is compared to the list of packages available from your CD/DVD. Only packages not already installed are displayed. It is up to you to select which packages you want to install. -

When removing individual packages, only a list of installed packages will be displayed. -

Please note that for both

When removing individual packages, only a list of installed packages will be displayed. +

Please note that for both Add packages and Remove packages the collections are listed first. @@ -2561,18 +2582,20 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Info about the selected item section. To select severa class="ec-lmss-10">Install or Remove button in the Buttons section to perform the appropriate action. -

+

7.2 Configuring and other management tasks

-

The functions available in the tab labelled

The functions available in the tab labelled Manage the installation are helpful in performing actions needed when you want to add support for a language which was not selected during the installation, or add/regenerate a format which was not selected during the installation or was modified after the installation. -

The following actions can be performed: +

The following actions can be performed:

-

Note: you can close the Edit… window with the

Note: you can close the Edit… window with the Cancel or Done button; the latter will start rebuilding the format files (or the fontmap files if you have edited updmap.cfg), followed by a ls-R database files refresh. -

For more information about the configuration see section 

For more information about the configuration see section 7.8, p. 38. -

+

7.3 Uninstalling TEX Live

-

The tab labelled

The tab labelled Remove the TeX Live installation opens a window which contains functionality not worth describing and we do not know who would need it and what it is for…:-) -

Anyway, if you have the

Anyway, if you have the texmf-local directory for your local additions, the removal procedure will not wipe it out or delete things in it. However, it will be done only if you select it explicitly. The setuptl directory containing tlpmgui and related files will not be deleted. You will have to do some manual cleanup to actually remove them. -

+

7.4 Adding your own packages to the installation

-

First, whatever changes you make,

First, whatever changes you make, do not forget to rebuild the ls-R database files. Otherwise, your new files will not be found. You can do this either via the tlpmgui run and selection of the @@ -2619,13 +2641,13 @@ appropriate action from the Manage the installation tab, or manually running the mktexlsr command. -

If you want to add files that are not provided by the T

If you want to add files that are not provided by the TEX Live distribution, it is recommended to put them in the $TEXMFLOCAL directory. This way, you will be safe against upgrades of the TEX Live software. -

The directory pointed to by

The directory pointed to by $TEXMFLOCAL is initially empty. If, for example, you want to add the support file for the Maple symbolic computation program, you will have to put the style files in: @@ -2634,11 +2656,11 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">c:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local\tex\latex\maple\
and the documentation files in:
c:\TeXLive2007\texmf-local\doc\latex\maple\ -

+

7.5 Running tlmp.exe from the command line

-

The

The tlpm.exe program which is used as engine by tlpmgui has a number of other useful options. You can get the list by running: @@ -2653,13 +2675,13 @@ class="verbatim">

-

-

More information and examples of use can be found in

+

More information and examples of use can be found in tlpm.readme. -

+

7.6 Network installation

-

Kpathsea knows about UNC names, so you can use them to get your TEXMF tree from the network. +

Kpathsea knows about UNC names, so you can use them to get your TEXMF tree from the network. But there is better than this. All the support files and configuration files, everything except the files in the bin/win32 are shareable with a teT$TEXMFMAIN to the class="ec-lmtt-10">texmf tree that will be accessed remotely. Set $TEXMFVAR to be a local directory which will hold local configuration files and on-the-fly generated files. -

+

7.7 What’s different in Windows?

-

The Windows version of Web2C has some specific features that should be pointed out. -

+

The Windows version of Web2C has some specific features that should be pointed out. +

kpsecheck
README files). fortunately, Kpathsea never looks for these files. For this reason, you can combine the -multiple-occurrences with 2 other options for including or excluding any filename that match some pattern (you can request for several patterns). -

The

The kpsecheck command will also report the status of shared memory: in use or not used. That might be useful to know because if the status reported is ‘in use’, that means one or several processes are working, and the effect of any mktexlsr command will be delayed until the next time where no Kpathsea linked process will be running. -

Last, this same command will report about the location it thinks Ghostscript can be found. +

Last, this same command will report about the location it thinks Ghostscript can be found. Under Win32, for many programs, it is easier to use the Ghostscript dll, and find it by using the Ghostscript registry key than to change the PATH, which has a limited length anyway. @@ -2725,17 +2747,17 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">-proctimes print statistics about the job run t class="ec-lmtt-10">time command is not usually available to Windows users.

-

+

7.8 Personal configurations

-

+

7.8.1 Dvips
-

The configuration file for dvips can be found in +

The configuration file for dvips can be found in
C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\dvips\config\config.ps
You may open it with any editor and change some parameters: -

+

fonts
-

+

paper
@. Move the appropriate lines so that this section beg
  @+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
  @+ letter
  @+ %%EndPaperSize
-

The current T

The current TEX Live distribution implements the procedure of making always up-to-date fontmaps files for Dvips and Pdftex. This is done by the updmap program during installation. If you add new font packages using the installation program or by hand, edit the file updmap.cfg in $TEXMFVAR/web2c. -

+

7.8.2 PdfTeX
-

If you use the program pdflatex to write PDF format directly, and you are using US letter-size paper, +

If you use the program pdflatex to write PDF format directly, and you are using US letter-size paper, edit the file C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-var\tex\generic\config\pdftexconfig.tex and change ‘\pdfpagewidth’ and ‘\pdfpageheight’. These entries should read:

-

+

\pdfpagewidth=8.5 true true in
Save the file and exit the editor. -

+

7.8.3 XeTEX
-

XeT

XeTEX for Windows is linked statically with fontconfig 2.4.2. A configuration file for fontconfig is fonts.conf. For details, see the file fonts.conf itself which is in a director class="ec-lmtt-10">kpsewhich –var-value=FONTCONFIG_PATH. -

+

7.8.4 GSView
-

GSView is now distributed under the Aladdin License, and therefore is no longer included in T

GSView is now distributed under the Aladdin License, and therefore is no longer included in TEX Live. -

You may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open GSView from the

You may want to change the page size to US letter size. If so, open GSView from the Start menu, and select Media!Letter. -

Also, there are menu settings that are supposed to give you the most readable screen image. On +

Also, there are menu settings that are supposed to give you the most readable screen image. On Media!Display Settings, set both Text Alpha and Graphics Alpha to 4 bits. -

Note that the installation process has set all

Note that the installation process has set all .ps and .eps files to automatically open with GSView. -

For printing instructions, see section 

For printing instructions, see section 7.10 below. -

+

7.9 Testing

-

For generic verification procedures, see section 

For generic verification procedures, see section 4.2 (p. 29). This section describes Windows-specific tests. -

Open the file

Open the file sample2e.tex in your editor (Xemacs, WinShell), found in C:\TeXLive2007\texmf-dist\tex\latex\base. The LATEX source should appear on the screen. @@ -2868,19 +2890,19 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Command!View DVI menu (XEmacs) or Preview (dviout) icon (WinShell). -

At first, when you preview files with

At first, when you preview files with 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. -

Hint for the future: If a LATEX run stops because LATEX cannot find a file, you can press Ctrl-z to quit. -

+

7.10 Printing

-

It is possible to print from

It is possible to print from 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 @@ -2888,7 +2910,7 @@ them. The advantage is that you can use features like embedding BMP or WMF image also need to make sure that the printer parameters are correctly set, else you will get scaled printing (printing at 600dpi on a 300dpi printer will give you only one quadrant of your page). -

Printing is faster and more reliable if you run

Printing is faster and more reliable if you run dvips to make a .ps file and then print from GSView. In @@ -2899,7 +2921,7 @@ class="lmsy-10">!Print. A Print window will appear. -

If you are using a PostScript printer,

If you are using a PostScript printer, be sure to select PostScript Printer. This is done in the Print @@ -2909,7 +2931,7 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">Print window. You can then select any of the printers previously installed. If you fail to check the box for PostScript Printer, printing will not work. -

If you will be using your own non-PostScript printer, select

If you will be using your own non-PostScript printer, select Ghostscript device in the Print Method box, then click on the button to the right labelled Device list.) -

+

7.11 Tips and tricks for Win32

-

+

7.11.1 Different flavors of Win32
-

What we call Win32 is not an operating system by itself. It is a large set of functions (around 12,000 in +

What we call Win32 is not an operating system by itself. It is a large set of functions (around 12,000 in the header files of the Microsoft SDK) that you can use to write programs for different operating systems of the Windows family. -

Windows comes in different flavors: +

Windows comes in different flavors:

-

Win9x are able to run 32 bits programs and 16 bits programs concurrently. But the operating +

Win9x are able to run 32 bits programs and 16 bits programs concurrently. But the operating system by itself is not entirely written in 32 bits mode, and does not support memory protection: 16bits applications can overwrite parts of the operating system memory! Some parts of the system like the GDI (Graphical Device Interface) manage limited resources like bitmaps, fonts, pens and so on for the @@ -2957,17 +2979,17 @@ set of all programs that run concurrently. All the bitmaps headers available at time can’t amount for more than 64kB. This explains the performance tool and the fact that you can put your system on his knees by making intensive use of graphic objects for example. -

NT, 2K and XP do not suffer from these limitations, and neither from other Win9x limitations. They +

NT, 2K and XP do not suffer from these limitations, and neither from other Win9x limitations. They are true multitasking environments, with protected memory. They are much more responsive than Win9x because of better memory management, better file system and so on. -

+

7.11.2 Command line prompt
-

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 can be done easily using +

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 can be done easily using only a GUI. Command line gives you programming power — assuming a clever command interpreter. -

But the problem here is more fundamental: T

But the problem here is more fundamental: TEX is a batch tool. Not an interactive one. TEX needs @@ -2976,16 +2998,16 @@ done only by a global processing of the document. It is not (yet) a task that ca interactively. -

This means that you should use T

This means that you should use TEX from a command line. In fact the situation is not so bad. There is an advantage to write command line tools for complex processing: they are better debugged, because they are independent of any GUI problems, and GUI tools can be designed to interface to the command line tools. This is the case for TEX, where you will mostly interact with it through a GUI text editor. -

However, you may need to use the command line prompt in a number of situations. One is when you +

However, you may need to use the command line prompt in a number of situations. One is when you are having difficulties and want to debug your setup. -

+

Win9x
cmd.exe, which is the name of the brand new command interpreter for NT (thus, it is untrue to call this a DOS box!).
-

These locations may change across different Windows versions. -

+

These locations may change across different Windows versions. +

7.11.3 Path separators
-

The Win32 API understands both

The Win32 API understands both / and \ characters as PATH separators. But the command interpreters do not! So whenever a path name is used programmatically, you can use both separators, @@ -3028,14 +3050,14 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">\ as path separator. The reason is compatibility: the command processor used ‘/’ to introduce arguments to commands. -

All this to say: do not be surprised to read path names written using the Unix convention; +

All this to say: do not be surprised to read path names written using the Unix convention; Windows-TEX Live is a port of Web2C, and aims to be compatible across platforms. For this reason, all the configuration files that need to specify path names use the Unix convention. -

+

7.11.4 File systems
-

The worst feature of Win9x with regard to T

The worst feature of Win9x with regard to TEX is probably the so-called FAT file system. TEX uses very many small files, with size around 1–3kB. The FAT file system is old, and predates by decades the @@ -3047,21 +3069,21 @@ class="ec-lmri-10">any file on a huge partition. It means that TEX will use much more disk space than it actually needs. -

The other, more modern, file systems available, FAT32 and NTFS, do not have this drawback. They +

The other, more modern, file systems available, FAT32 and NTFS, do not have this drawback. They manage clusters of 4kB only. (You can lower the limit to 512 bytes on NTFS.) -

+

7.11.5 How to add some directory to your PATH
-

There are pairs of variables and values which behave much like global variables inside your programs. +

There are pairs of variables and values which behave much like global variables inside your programs. The set of those variables is called the environment. Each program is initialized with a copy of the environment when it is run. It can request and change the value of any variable. The changes happen in the copy of the environment, and is not at all propagated to the other running programs. -

Your PATH is a special environment variable used to search for programs you want to run. There is a +

Your PATH is a special environment variable used to search for programs you want to run. There is a different procedure to change it for Win9x, WinME and NT/2K/XP: -

+

Windows 95/98
-

+

Windows ME
Environment Variables among the dialog boxes. Now class="ec-lmtt-10">PATH for all users, you will have to contact your system administrator or be the system administrator yourself — in the latter case you should know what you are doing. -

If there is already a

If there is already a PATH setting for your user account, left click on PATH. In the field Ok, otherwise the changes to PATH won’t apply to your system. Be careful when changing the environment settings.

-

The best way to be sure that a variable has been properly set is to open a console and +

The best way to be sure that a variable has been properly set is to open a console and type: @@ -3144,27 +3166,27 @@ class="verbatim">

-

which should return the corresponding value. -

+

which should return the corresponding value. +

7.11.6 TEX engines
-

If you have a look at the Web2C documentation, you will read that all the various T

If you have a look at the Web2C documentation, you will read that all the various TEX derived programs use the same base engine. For example, tex.exe and latex.exe are exact copies of the same program, but each one will use a different format file, based on its calling name. -

Under Unix, this feature is implemented through

Under Unix, this feature is implemented through symbolic links. It saves up a bit of disk space, because some engines are used with many different format files. -

The Win32 API does not know about file links. So to save up almost the same amount of memory, all +

The Win32 API does not know about file links. So to save up almost the same amount of memory, all the TEX base engines have been put in DLLs (Dynamic Linked Library). This means that you will have the following layout:

-

+

2006-11-23 pdftex.dll. The same trick has been used for the mktex*.exe family of programs which are linked to the mktex.dll library. -

In fact, a generic tool called

In fact, a generic tool called irun.exe is provided to build the equivalent of Unix hard links for executable files only under Win32. -

+

7.12 In case of problems

-

+

7.12.1 What to do if latex does not find your files?
@@ -3256,7 +3278,7 @@ class="verbatim">
-

You can also set the debug level: +

You can also set the debug level:
-

-

Similarly, to redirect stderr to stdout: +

+

Similarly, to redirect stderr to stdout:
-

This way you can capture both stdout and stderr in the same file. +

This way you can capture both stdout and stderr in the same file.

  • Assuming the installation has been done in c:/TeX, check the following values: @@ -3344,11 +3366,11 @@ class="E">EX and friends should work. If it is not the case, you w class="ec-lmtt-10">-debug=n option from kpsewhich, and check back all the values. Try to identify and report the problem.
  • -

    +

    7.12.2 What to do if your setup still does not work as expected?
    -

    Here are several questions to investigate: -

    +

    Here are several questions to investigate: +

    1. Is http://tug.org/texlive/? (Unlikely, but it hurt to check.)
    -

    The T

    The TEX Live software consists of hundreds of programs and tens of thousands of files, all from varying sources. So it is quite difficult to predict all possible causes for problems. Nevertheless, we will do our best to help you. (See section 1.2, p. 5.) -

    +

    8 A user’s guide to Web2C

    -

    Web2C is an integrated collection of T

    Web2C is an integrated collection of TEX-related programs: TEX itself, Metafont, MetaPost, BibTeX, etc. It is the heart of TEX Live. -

    A bit of history: The original implementation was by Tomas Rokicki who, in 1987, developed a first +

    A bit of history: The original implementation was by Tomas Rokicki who, in 1987, developed a first TEX-to-C system based on change files under Unix, which were primarily the original work of Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis. Tim Morgan became the maintainer of the system, and during this period the name changed to Web-to-C. In 1990, Karl Berry took over the work, assisted by dozens of additional contributors, and in 1997 he handed the baton to Olaf Weber. -

    The Web2C system runs on Unix, 32-bit Windows systems, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. +

    The Web2C system runs on Unix, 32-bit Windows systems, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. It uses Knuth’s original sources for TEX and other basic programs written in web and translates them into C source code. The core TEX programs are: -

    +

    bibtex
    -

    Maintaining bibliographies. +

    Maintaining bibliographies.

    dmp
    -

    troff to MPX (MetaPost pictures).

    dvicopy
    -

    Expands virtual font references in DVI files. +

    Expands virtual font references in DVI files.

    dvitomp
    -

    DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures). +

    DVI to MPX (MetaPost pictures).

    dvitype
    -

    DVI to human-readable text. +

    DVI to human-readable text.

    gftodvi
    -

    Generic font proofsheets. +

    Generic font proofsheets.

    gftopk
    -

    Generic to packed fonts. +

    Generic to packed fonts.

    gftype
    -

    GF to human-readable text. +

    GF to human-readable text.

    makempx
    -

    MetaPost label typesetting. +

    MetaPost label typesetting.

    mf
    -

    Creating typeface families. +

    Creating typeface families.

    mft
    -

    Prettyprinting Metafont source. +

    Prettyprinting Metafont source.

    mpost
    -

    Creating technical diagrams. +

    Creating technical diagrams.

    mpto
    -

    MetaPost label extraction. +

    MetaPost label extraction.

    newer
    -

    Compare modification times. +

    Compare modification times.

    patgen
    -

    Creating hyphenation patterns. +

    Creating hyphenation patterns.

    pktogf
    -

    Packed to generic fonts. +

    Packed to generic fonts.

    pktype
    -

    PK to human-readable text. +

    PK to human-readable text.

    pltotf
    -

    Plain text property list to TFM. +

    Plain text property list to TFM.

    pooltype
    -

    Display

    Display web pool files.

    tangle
    -

    web to Pascal.

    tex
    -

    Typesetting. +

    Typesetting.

    tftopl
    -

    TFM to plain text property list. +

    TFM to plain text property list.

    vftovp
    -

    Virtual font to virtual property list. +

    Virtual font to virtual property list.

    vptovf
    -

    Virtual property list to virtual font. +

    Virtual property list to virtual font.

    weave
    -

    web to TEX.

    -

    The precise functions and syntax of these programs are described in the documentation of the individual +

    The precise functions and syntax of these programs are described in the documentation of the individual packages and of Web2C itself. However, knowing a few principles governing the whole family of programs will help you take advantage of your Web2C installation. -

    All programs honor these standard GNU options: +

    All programs honor these standard GNU options:

    --help
    -

    print basic usage summary. +

    print basic usage summary.

    --verbose
    -

    print detailed progress report. +

    print detailed progress report.

    --version
    -

    print version information, then exit.

    -

    For locating files the Web2C programs use the path searching library Kpathsea. This +

    print version information, then exit. +

    For locating files the Web2C programs use the path searching library Kpathsea. This library uses a combination of environment variables and a configuration files to optimize searching the (huge) collection of TEX files. Web2C can look at more than one directory @@ -3568,11 +3590,11 @@ extensions in two distinct trees. To speed up file searches the root of each tre ls-R, containing an entry showing the name and relative pathname for all files under that root. -

    +

    8.1 Kpathsea path searching

    -

    Let us first describe the generic path searching mechanism of the Kpathsea library. -

    We call a

    Let us first describe the generic path searching mechanism of the Kpathsea library. +

    We call a search path a colon- or semicolon-separated list of path elements, which are basically directory names. A search path can come from (a combination of) many sources. To look up a file @@ -3582,23 +3604,23 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">.:/dir’, Kpathsea checks each element of the pat class="ec-lmtt-10">./my-file, then /dir/my-file, returning the first match (or possibly all matches). -

    In order to adapt optimally to all operating systems’ conventions, on non-Unix systems Kpathsea can +

    In order to adapt optimally to all operating systems’ conventions, on non-Unix systems Kpathsea can use filename separators different from colon (‘:’) and slash (‘/’). -

    To check a particular path element

    To check a particular path element p, Kpathsea first checks if a prebuilt database (see “Filename database” on page 57) applies to p, i.e., if the database is in a directory that is a prefix of p. If so, the path specification is matched against the contents of the database. -

    If the database does not exist, or does not apply to this path element, or contains no matches, the +

    If the database does not exist, or does not apply to this path element, or contains no matches, the filesystem is searched (if this was not forbidden by a specification starting with ‘!!’ and if the file being searched for must exist). Kpathsea constructs the list of directories that correspond to this path element, and then checks in each for the file being sought. -

    The “file must exist” condition comes into play with ‘

    The “file must exist” condition comes into play with ‘.vf’ files and input files read by TEX’s \openin @@ -3610,23 +3632,23 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">.vf’ file, it will never be found. Each path element is checked in turn: first the database, then the disk. If a match is found, the search stops and the result is returned. -

    Although the simplest and most common path element is a directory name, Kpathsea supports +

    Although the simplest and most common path element is a directory name, Kpathsea supports additional features in search paths: layered default values, environment variable names, config file values, users’ home directories, and recursive subdirectory searching. Thus, we say that Kpathsea expands a path element, meaning it transforms all the specifications into basic directory name or names. This is described in the following sections in the same order as it takes place. -

    Note that if the filename being searched for is absolute or explicitly relative, i.e., starts with ‘

    Note that if the filename being searched for is absolute or explicitly relative, i.e., starts with ‘/’ or ‘./’ or ‘../’, Kpathsea simply checks if that file exists. -

    +

    8.1.1 Path sources
    -

    A search path can come from many sources. In the order in which Kpathsea uses them: -

    +

    A search path can come from many sources. In the order in which Kpathsea uses them: +

    1. A user-set environment variable, for instance, TEXINPUTS=/c:/d’ (see
    2. The compile-time default.
    -

    You can see each of these values for a given search path by using the debugging options (see “Debugging +

    You can see each of these values for a given search path by using the debugging options (see “Debugging actions” on page 61). -

    +

    8.1.2 Config files
    -

    Kpathsea reads

    Kpathsea reads runtime configuration files named texmf.cnf for search path and other definitions. The search path used to look for these files is named \ at the end of a line acts as a continuation characte

  • Each remaining line has the form:
    -

    +

      texmf.cnf for Unix, MS-DOS and
  • All definitions are read before anything is expanded, so variables can be referenced before they are defined.
  • -

    A configuration file fragment illustrating most of these points is shown below: -

    +

    A configuration file fragment illustrating most of these points is shown below: +

      = .;$TEXMF/{etex,tex}/{eplain,plain,generic;}//
    -

    +

    8.1.3 Path expansion
    -

    Kpathsea recognizes certain special characters and constructions in search paths, similar to those +

    Kpathsea recognizes certain special characters and constructions in search paths, similar to those available in Unix shells. As a general example, the complex path, ~$USER/{foo,bar}//baz, expands to all subdirectories under directories $USER’s home directory that contain a directory class="ec-lmtt-10">baz. These expansions are explained in the sections below.

    8.1.4 Default expansion
    -

    If the highest-priority search path (see “Path sources” on page 

    If the highest-priority search path (see “Path sources” on page 52) contains an extra colon (i.e., leading, trailing, or doubled), Kpathsea inserts at that point the next-highest-priority search path that is defined. @@ -3819,7 +3841,7 @@ If that inserted path has an extra colon, the same happens with the next highest environment variable setting

    -

    +

    > /home/karl: class="ec-lmtt-10">TEXINPUTS value from texmf.cnf of
    -

    +

      .:$TEXMF//tex
    then the final value used for searching will be:
    -

    +

      /home/karl:.:$TEXMF//tex
    -

    Since it would be useless to insert the default value in more than one place, Kpathsea changes only +

    Since it would be useless to insert the default value in more than one place, Kpathsea changes only one extra ‘:’ and leaves any others in place. It checks first for a leading ‘:’, then a trailing ‘:’, then a doubled ‘:’. -

    +

    8.1.5 Brace expansion
    -

    A useful feature is brace expansion, which means that, for instance,

    A useful feature is brace expansion, which means that, for instance, v{a,b}w expands to vaw:vbw. Nesting is allowed. This is used to implement multiple T

    -

    Using this you can then write something like +

    Using this you can then write something like
    -

    which means that, after looking in the current directory, the

    which means that, after looking in the current directory, the $TEXMFHOME/tex, $TEXMFLOCAL/tex, $TEXMF variable in all definitions, one is sure to always search the up-to-date tree first. -

    +

    8.1.6 Subdirectory expansion
    -

    Two or more consecutive slashes in a path element following a directory

    Two or more consecutive slashes in a path element following a directory d is replaced by all subdirectories of d: first those subdirectories directly under d, then the subsubdirectories under those, and so on. At each level, the order in which the directories are searched is unspecified. -

    If you specify any filename components after the ‘

    If you specify any filename components after the ‘//’, only subdirectories with matching components are included. For example, ‘/a//b’ expands into directories /a/1/1/b, and so on, but not /a/b/c or /a/1. -

    Multiple ‘

    Multiple ‘//’ constructs in a path are possible, but ‘//’ at the beginning of a path is ignored. -

    +

    8.1.7 List of special characters and their meaning: a summary
    -

    The following list summarizes the special characters in Kpathsea configuration files. -

    +

    The following list summarizes the special characters in Kpathsea configuration files. +

    :
    -

    Separator in path specification; at the beginning or the end of a path it substitutes the +

    Separator in path specification; at the beginning or the end of a path it substitutes the default path expansion.

    ;
    -

    Separator on non-Unix systems (acts like

    Separator on non-Unix systems (acts like :).

    $
    -

    Variable expansion. +

    Variable expansion.

    ~
    -

    Represents the user’s home directory. +

    Represents the user’s home directory.

    {...}
    -

    Brace expansion. +

    Brace expansion.

    //
    -

    Subdirectory expansion (can occur anywhere in a path, except at its beginning). +

    Subdirectory expansion (can occur anywhere in a path, except at its beginning).

    %
    -

    Start of comment. +

    Start of comment.

    \
    -

    Continuation character (allows multi-line entries). +

    Continuation character (allows multi-line entries).

    !!
    -

    Search

    Search only database to locate file, do not search the disk.

    -

    +

    8.2 Filename databases

    -

    Kpathsea goes to some lengths to minimize disk accesses for searches. Nevertheless, at installations with +

    Kpathsea goes to some lengths to minimize disk accesses for searches. Nevertheless, at installations with enough directories, searching each possible directory for a given file can take an excessively long time (this is especially true if many hundreds of font directories have to be traversed.) Therefore, Kpathsea can use an externally-built plain text “database” file named ls-R that maps files to directories, thus avoiding the need to exhaustively search the disk. -

    A second database file

    A second database file aliases allows you to give additional names to the files listed in ls-R. This can be helpful to confirm to DOS 8.3 filename conventions in source files. -

    +

    8.2.1 The filename database
    -

    As explained above, the name of the main filename database must be

    As explained above, the name of the main filename database must be ls-R. You can put one at the root of each TEX hierarchy in your installation that you wish to be searched (ls-R files along the TEXMFDBS path. -

    The recommended way to create and maintain ‘

    The recommended way to create and maintain ‘ls-R’ is to run the mktexlsr script included with the distribution. It is invoked by the various ‘mktex’… scripts. In principle, this script just runs the command

    -

    +

    cd cron, so that it is automatically updated when the installed files change, such as after installing or updating a LATEX package. -

    If a file is not found in the database, by default Kpathsea goes ahead and searches the disk. If a +

    If a file is not found in the database, by default Kpathsea goes ahead and searches the disk. If a particular path element begins with ‘!!’, however, only the database will be searched for that element, never the disk. -

    +

    8.2.2 kpsewhich: Standalone path searching
    -

    The

    The kpsewhich program exercises path searching independent of any particular application. This can be useful as a sort of find program to locate files in TEX hierarchies (this is used heavily in the distributed ‘mktex’… scripts).

    -

    +

    > option start with either ‘-’ or ‘--’, and any unambiguous abbreviation is accepted. -

    Kpathsea looks up each non-option argument on the command line as a filename, and returns the +

    Kpathsea looks up each non-option argument on the command line as a filename, and returns the first file found. There is no option to return all the files with a particular name (you can run the Unix ‘find’ utility for that). -

    The more important options are described next. -

    +

    The more important options are described next. +

    --dpi=num
    -

    Set the resolution to

    Set the resolution to num; this only affects ‘gf’ and ‘pk’ lookups. ‘dvips. Default is 600. class="ec-lmtt-10">--format=name

    -

    +


    Set the format for lookup to name. By default, the format is guessed from the filename. For formats which do not have an associated unambiguous suffix, such as MetaPost support files @@ -4103,7 +4125,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">kpsewhich --help for a list. class="ec-lmtt-10">--mode=string

    -

    +


    Set the mode name to string; this only affects ‘gf’ and ‘pk’ lookups. No default: any mode --must-exist

    -

    +


    Do everything possible to find the files, notably including searching the disk. By default, only the ls-R database is checked, in the interest of efficiency. @@ -4122,7 +4144,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">ls-R database is checked, in the interest of efficienc class="ec-lmtt-10">--path=string

    -

    +


    Search along the path string (colon-separated as usual), instead of guessing the search path from the filename. ‘name

    -

    +


    Set the program name to name. This can affect the search paths via the .kpsewhich. class="ec-lmtt-10">--show-path=name

    -

    +


    shows the path used for file lookups of file type name. Either a filename extension (.pk, --format’ option. class="ec-lmtt-10">--debug=num

    -

    +


    sets the debugging options to num.

    -

    +

    8.2.3 Examples of use
    -

    Let us now have a look at Kpathsea in action. Here’s a straightforward search: +

    Let us now have a look at Kpathsea in action. Here’s a straightforward search:

    -

    +

    > texmf-distTEX Live directory. Similarly, all of the following are found without problems thanks to their unambiguous suffix.
    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/beebe/tugboat.bib
    -

    That last is a BibTeX bibliography database for

    That last is a BibTeX bibliography database for TUGBoat articles.

    -

    +

    > .pk’ files in TEX Live — the Type 1 variants are used by default.
    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/wsuipa/wsuipa10.600pk
    -

    For these fonts (a phonetic alphabet from the University of Washington) we had to generate ‘

    For these fonts (a phonetic alphabet from the University of Washington) we had to generate ‘.pk’ files, and since the default Metafont mode on our installation is ljfour with a base resolution of 600dpi (dots per inch), this instantiation is returned.

    -

    +

    > xdvi would go off and actually build the required .pk files using the script mktexpk. -

    Next we turn our attention to

    Next we turn our attention to dvips’s header and configuration files. We first look at one of the commonly used files, the general prolog tex.pro for Tdvips config) for the file config.ps.

    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map
    -

    We now take a closer look at the URW Times PostScript support files. The prefix for these in the +

    We now take a closer look at the URW Times PostScript support files. The prefix for these in the standard font naming scheme is ‘utm’. The first file we look at is the configuration file, which contains the name of the map file:

    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/dvips/psnfss/config.utm
    The contents of that file is
    -

    +

      p +utm.map
    which points to the file utm.map, which we want to locate next.
    -

    +

    >  /usr/local/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/times/utm.map
    This map file defines the file names of the Type 1 PostScript fonts in the URW collection. Its contents look like (we only show part of the lines):
    -

    +

    utmb8r  <utmr8a.pfb class="ec-lmtt-10">utmr8a.pfb and find its position in the texmf directory tree with a search for Type 1 font files:
    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmr8a.pfb
    -

    It should be evident from these examples how you can easily locate the whereabouts of a given file. +

    It should be evident from these examples how you can easily locate the whereabouts of a given file. This is especially important if you suspect that the wrong version of a file is picked up somehow, since kpsewhich will show you the first file encountered. -

    +

    8.2.4 Debugging actions
    -

    Sometimes it is necessary to investigate how a program resolves file references. To make this practical, +

    Sometimes it is necessary to investigate how a program resolves file references. To make this practical, Kpathsea offers various levels of debugging output: -

    +

     1
    -

    stat calls (disk lookups). When running with an up-to-date ls-R database this should almost give no output. @@ -4461,46 +4483,46 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">ls-R database this should  2

    -

    References to hash tables (such as

    References to hash tables (such as ls-R databases, map files, configuration files).

     4
    -

    File open and close operations. +

    File open and close operations.

     8
    -

    General path information for file types searched by Kpathsea. This is useful to find out where +

    General path information for file types searched by Kpathsea. This is useful to find out where a particular path for the file was defined.

    16
    -

    Directory list for each path element (only relevant for searches on disk). +

    Directory list for each path element (only relevant for searches on disk).

    32
    -

    File searches.

    -

    A value of

    File searches. +

    A value of -1 will set all the above options; in practice, this is usually the most convenient. -

    Similarly, with the

    Similarly, with the dvips program, by setting a combination of debug switches, one can follow in detail where files are being picked up from. Alternatively, when a file is not found, the debug trace shows in which directories the program looks for the given file, so that one can get an indication what the problem is. -

    Generally speaking, as most programs call the Kpathsea library internally, one can select a debug +

    Generally speaking, as most programs call the Kpathsea library internally, one can select a debug option by using the KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment variable, and setting it to (a combination of) values as described in the above list. -

    (Note for Windows users: it is not easy to redirect all messages to a file in this system. For diagnostic +

    (Note for Windows users: it is not easy to redirect all messages to a file in this system. For diagnostic purposes you can temporarily SET KPATHSEA_DEBUG_OUTPUT=err.log). -

    Let us consider, as an example, a small LAT

    Let us consider, as an example, a small LATEX source file, hello-world.tex, which contains the following input. @@ -4521,13 +4543,13 @@ class="verbatim">

    -

    This little file only uses the font

    This little file only uses the font cmr10, so let us look at how dvips prepares the PostScript file (we want to use the Type 1 version of the Computer Modern fonts, hence the option -Pcms).

    -

    +

    > dvips Reference Manual, texmf/doc/html/dvips/dvips_toc.html). The output (slightly rearranged) appears in Figure 1. -


    Finding the font file

    dvips starts by locating its working files. First, texmf.cnf is found, which gives the definitions of the search paths for the other files, then the file database dvips command). This file contains the list of the map which define the relation between the TEX, PostScript and file system names of the fonts.

    -

    +

    > psfonts.map, which is always loaded (it contains declarations for commonly used PostScript fonts; see the last part of Section 8.2.3 for more details about PostScript map file handling). -

    At this point

    At this point dvips identifies itself to the user:

    -

    +

    This is (www.radicaleye.com)
    Then it goes on to look for the prolog file texc.pro:
    -

    +


    kdebug:start search(file=texc.pro, => /usr/local/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
    -

    After having found the file in question,

    After having found the file in question, dvips outputs date and time, and informs us that it will generate the file hello-world.ps, then that it needs the font file cmr10, and that the latter is declared as “resident” (no bitmaps needed):

    -

    +


    TeX outputcmr10.pfb of the font is located and included in the o file (see last line).
    -

    +


    kdebug:start search(file=cmr10.tfm,<cmr10.pfb>[1]

    8.3 Runtime options

    -

    Another useful feature of Web2C is its possibility to control a number of memory parameters +

    Another useful feature of Web2C is its possibility to control a number of memory parameters (in particular, array sizes) via the runtime file texmf.cnf read by Kpathsea. The memory settings can be found in Part 3 of that file in the TEX Live distribution. The more important are: -

    +

    main_memory
    -

    Total words of memory available, for T

    Total words of memory available, for TEX, Metafont and MetaPost. You must make a new format file for each different setting. For instance, you could generate a “huge” version of Ttexmf.cnf. extra_mem_bot

    -

    Extra space for “large” T

    Extra space for “large” TEX data structures: boxes, glue, breakpoints, etc. Especially useful if you use PI CTEX. @@ -4952,28 +4974,28 @@ class="E">EX. font_mem_size

    -

    Number of words for font information available for T

    Number of words for font information available for TEX. This is more or less the total size of all TFM files read.

    hash_extra
    -

    Additional space for the hash table of control sequence names. Approximately 10,000 control +

    Additional space for the hash table of control sequence names. Approximately 10,000 control sequences can be stored in the main hash table; if you have a large book with numerous cross-references, this might not be enough. The default value of hash_extra is 50000.

    -

    Of course, this facility is no substitute for truly dynamic arrays and memory allocation, but since these +

    Of course, this facility is no substitute for truly dynamic arrays and memory allocation, but since these are extremely difficult to implement in the present TEX source, these runtime parameters provide a practical compromise allowing some flexibility. -

    +

    9 Acknowledgements

    -

    T

    TEX Live is a joint effort by virtually all of the TEX user groups. This edition of TEX Live was @@ -5065,7 +5087,7 @@ class="E">EX Live, and coordinator of the many

  • Graham Williams, on whose work the catalogue of packages depends.
  • -

    Builders of the binaries: Tigran Aivazian and Hartmut Henkel (

    Builders of the binaries: Tigran Aivazian and Hartmut Henkel (x86_64-linux), Akira Kakuto and Fabrice Popineau (win32), Manfred Lotz (mips-irix), Gerben Wierda (i386-darwin, powerpc-darwin). -

    Documentation and translation updates: Karl Berry (English), Daniel Flipo & Fabrice Popineau +

    Documentation and translation updates: Karl Berry (English), Daniel Flipo & Fabrice Popineau (French), Günter Partosch & Hartmut Henkel (German), Petr Sojka & Jan Busa (Czech/Slovak), Boris Veytsman (Russian), Staszek Wawrykiewicz (Polish). -

    Of course the most important acknowledgement must go to Donald Knuth, first for inventing T

    Of course the most important acknowledgement must go to Donald Knuth, first for inventing TEX, and then for giving it to the world. -

    +

    10 Release history

    -

    +

    10.1 Past

    -

    Discussion began in late 1993 when the Dutch T

    Discussion began in late 1993 when the Dutch TEX Users Group was starting work on its 4AllTEX CD for MS-DOS users, and it was hoped at that time to issue a single, rational, CD for all systems. This was @@ -5116,7 +5138,7 @@ class="E">EX CD showed that Unix users would benefit from a similarly easy system, and this is the other main strand of TEX Live. -

    We first undertook to make a new Unix-based TDS CD in the autumn of 1995, and quickly identified +

    We first undertook to make a new Unix-based TDS CD in the autumn of 1995, and quickly identified Thomas Esser’s teTEX as the ideal setup, as it already had multi-platform support and was built with portability across file systems in mind. Thomas agreed to help, and work began seriously at the start of @@ -5136,7 +5158,7 @@ almost all of its features. The 4th edition followed the same pattern, using a n teTEX, and a new release of Web2C (7.3). The system now included a complete Windows setup. -

    For the 5th edition (March 2000) many parts of the CD were revised and checked, updating hundreds +

    For the 5th edition (March 2000) many parts of the CD were revised and checked, updating hundreds of packages. Package details were stored in XML files. But the major change for TEX Live 5 was that all non-free software was removed. Everything in Thttp://www.debian.org/intro/free); we have done our best to check the license conditions of all packages, but we would very much appreciate hearing of any mistakes. -

    The 6th edition (July 2001) had much more material updated. The major change was a new install +

    The 6th edition (July 2001) had much more material updated. The major change was a new install concept: the user could select a more exact set of needed collections. Language-related collections were completely reorganized, so selecting any of them installs not only macros, fonts, etc., but also prepares an appropriate language.dat. -

    The 7th edition of 2002 had the notable addition of Mac OS X support, and the usual myriad of +

    The 7th edition of 2002 had the notable addition of Mac OS X support, and the usual myriad of updates to all sorts of packages and programs. An important goal was integration of the source back with teTEX, to correct the drift apart in versions 5 and 6. -

    +

    10.1.1 2003
    -

    In 2003, with the continuing flood of updates and additions, we found that T

    In 2003, with the continuing flood of updates and additions, we found that TEX Live had grown so large it could no longer be contained on a single CD, so we split it into three different distributions (see section texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx. (Future releases by the year: TEX Live 2003. -

    +

    10.1.2 2004
    -

    2004 saw many changes: +

    2004 saw many changes:

    • If you have locally-installed fonts which use their own .map or (much less likely) .enc support files, you may need to move those support files. -

      .map files are now searched for in subdirectories of fonts/map only (in each texmf tree), @@ -5235,7 +5257,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">fonts/enc only, along the ENCFONTS path. updmap will attempt to warn about problematic files. -

      For methods of handling this and other information, please see

      For methods of handling this and other information, please see http://tug.org/texlive/mapenc.html.

    • @@ -5316,7 +5338,7 @@ class="E">EX features (texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/). -

      It also means it’s

      It also means it’s more important than ever to use the ifpdf package (works with both plain and LAT

    -

    See the Web2C manual for more:

    See the Web2C manual for more: texmf/doc/web2c.

  • encTmips-irix, the MIPSpro 7.4 runtimes are
  • -

    +

    10.1.3 2005
    -

    2005 saw the usual huge number of updates to packages and programs. The infrastructure stayed +

    2005 saw the usual huge number of updates to packages and programs. The infrastructure stayed relatively stable from 2004, but inevitably there were some changes there as well:

    • New scripts
    -

    +

  • The new program dvipdfmx is included for translation of DVI to PDF; this is an actively @@ -5543,10 +5565,10 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">TEXMFSYSVAR, respectively. There is also TEXMFVAR, which is by default user-specific. See the first point above.
  • -

    +

    10.2 Present

    -

    In 2006–2007, the major new addition to T

    In 2006–2007, the major new addition to TEX Live was the XeTEX program, available as the xetex and @@ -5554,13 +5576,13 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">xetex and class="ec-lmtt-10">xelatex programs; see http://scripts.sil.org/xetex. -

    MetaPost also received a notable update, with more planned for the future (

    MetaPost also received a notable update, with more planned for the future (http://tug.org/metapost/articles), likewise pdfTEX (http://tug.org/applications/pdftex) -

    The T

    The TEX .fmt (high-speed format) and the similar files for MetaPost and Metafont are now stored in subdirectories of tex or pdftex or xetex. This change should be invisible in normal use. -

    The (plain)

    The (plain) tex program no longer reads %& first lines to determine what format to run; it is the pure Knuthian TEX. (LATEX and everything else do still read %& lines). -

    The installation scripts now accept various environment variables to allow for non-interactive +

    The installation scripts now accept various environment variables to allow for non-interactive installation; see section 3.2.1. -

    Of course the year also saw (the usual) hundreds of other updates to packages and programs. As +

    Of course the year also saw (the usual) hundreds of other updates to packages and programs. As usual, please check CTAN (http://www.ctan.org) for updates. -

    Internally, the source tree is now stored in Subversion, with a standard web interface for viewing the +

    Internally, the source tree is now stored in Subversion, with a standard web interface for viewing the tree, as linked from our home page. Although not visible in the final distribution, we expect this will provide a stable development foundation for future years. -

    Finally, in May 2006 Thomas Esser announced that he would no longer be updating teT

    Finally, in May 2006 Thomas Esser announced that he would no longer be updating teTEX (http://tug.org/tetex). As a result, there was been a surge of interest in TEX environment for everyone. -

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    Please send corrections, suggestions, and offers of help to: +

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    1Not free, that is, in the sense of freedom to modify and redistribute, following free software guidelines. This does :\setuptl\tplmgui.exe| (or \verb|:\texlive\setuptl\tplmgui.exe| if you are -installing from the TeX Collection DVD), where \verb|| -is the drive letter with the TeX Live CD (or TeX Collection DVD), and -then click OK. +installing from the \TeX\ Collection \acro{DVD}), where \verb|| +is the drive letter with the \TeX\ Live \acro{CD} (or TeX Collection +\acro{DVD}), and then click \acro{OK}. The installation window titled \guiseq{TeX Live installation and maintenance utility} should open. It contains the following sections: \guiseq{Main customization}, \guiseq{Install}, \guiseq{Select a scheme}, \guiseq{Select systems}, \guiseq{Directories} and \guiseq{Options}. -In the \guiseq{Directories} section the installation drive (directory) next -to the \guiseq{CD/DVD} button should be displayed (e.g., \texttt{F:/} or \texttt{F:/texlive/} for the DVD), but -if it is not, then click the \guiseq{CD/DVD} button and select the \acro{CD/DVD} -drive, with the \TL{} CD (or TeX Collection DVD). +By default, \cmdname{tlpmgui} tries to detect if \TeX{} is already +installed and depending on the result starts either in fresh +installation or maintenance mode. If you have \TeX{} already installed +but want to install the new version nevertheless, you can use +\texttt{tlpmgui~--install-mode} to force instalation mode; but you +should know what you are doing, as the new \TL{} installation will +override the environment variables and other settings of the existing +installation; reverting to your old installation is not automatically +supported. + +Diagnostic information is collected by \cmdname{tlpmgui} in a log file +which is deleted at the end of the run, along with any other temporary +files. Invoking with \texttt{--debug} displays the names and contents +of all \cmdname{tlpmgui} temporary files in a separate window. + +In the \guiseq{Directories} section the installation drive (directory) +next to the \guiseq{CD/DVD} button should be displayed (e.g., +\texttt{F:/} or \texttt{F:/texlive/} for the \acro{DVD}), but if it is not, +then click the \guiseq{CD/DVD} button and select the \acro{CD/DVD} +drive, with the \TL{} \acro{CD} (or \TeX\ Collection \acro{DVD}). The directory in which you wish to install the software can be set by clicking the \guiseq{TLroot} button. This directory will be set as @@ -1276,7 +1292,7 @@ these operations are done there, some of them can be lengthy. So please wait until you see a statement about the successfully finished installation. The shortcut for \cmdname{tlpmgui} (and also \cmdname{dviout}, if installed) -will be added to the \guiseq{Start\arw Programs\arw TeXLive2007} menu. +will be added to the menu \guiseq{Start\arw Programs\arw TeXLive2007}. If it is needed (Win9x/WinME), you will be asked to reboot your computer. @@ -1347,7 +1363,7 @@ conveniently view PS/PDF files. \cmdname{GSView} is available from \section{Maintenance of the installation in Windows} -If you have TeX Live installed, you can use \cmdname{tlpmgui} again +If you have \TeX\ Live installed, you can use \cmdname{tlpmgui} again for modifying and maintaining your installation. \subsection{Adding/removing packages} -- cgit v1.2.3