From 5d2fccb2fdaad325dbf614ecc643f6d5edf71364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:35:47 +0000 Subject: still more doc git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9299 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/install-tl | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/install-tl') diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl index e1a02fb35b2..039558c5fce 100755 --- a/Master/install-tl +++ b/Master/install-tl @@ -1253,17 +1253,17 @@ install-tl.bat [OPTION] ... =item B<-gui> Tries to load the GUI installer using Perl/Tk. If Perl/Tk is not -available continue with the text mode installer. +available, continues with the text mode installer. =item B<-no-gui> -Forces to load the text mode installer. +Forces loading the text mode installer. =item B<-lang> I<2-letter lang code> (only for GUI installer) tries to start the installer translated into the language specified by the 2-letter language code. Currently supported -languages are English (en, default), German (de), French (fr), Dutch (nl) +languages: English (en, default), German (de), French (fr), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl) and Slovenian (sl). =item B<-media> I<[CD|DVD|NET]> @@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ Overrides the autodetection of the media. =item B<-profile> I -Preloads a TeX Live profile for equal installations on different systems. +Preloads a TeX Live profile for repeated installations on different systems. =item B<-url> I @@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ Overrides the default URL for network installs. Must start with either C or C, as it is passed to wget). Trailing C characters and/or a trailing C component are ignored. For example, you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like: + -url http://ctan.example.org/tex-archive/texlive/tlnet/2008 (Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path @@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@ Overrides the default settings for diskarchive. Should be used with care. =item B<-no-cls> (only for text mode installer) do not clear the screen when entering -a new menu. For debugging purposes. +a new menu, for debugging purposes. =item B<-print-arch> @@ -1307,23 +1308,31 @@ Print the detected arch-os combination and exit. =item B<-portable> -Starts the installer for portable use. See below for details. +Start the installer for portable use---but use the C +scripts instead of this option. See below for details. + +=item B<-q> -=item B<-q>, B<-qq> +Omit normal informational messages. -B<-q> disables output to the terminal, while B<-qq> also disables output -to the logfile. +=item B<--help>, B<-help>, B<-?> -=item B<-help>, B<-h>, B<-?> +Display this help and exit. -print a help message. +=item B<--version>, B<-version> + +Output version information and exit. =back +As usual, all options can be specified with either C<-> or C<-->, and +arguments can be be separated from their options by either a space or C<=>. + =head1 DESCRIPTION The TeX Live installer works across all supported platforms and allows -to install TeX Live from various media including the network. +to install TeX Live from various media, including the network. See +L for more. =head1 PORTABLE USE -- cgit v1.2.3