<html><head> <title>ArabTeX Version 3</title></head> <body> <center> <img src="arabtex.gif" alt="ArabTeX logo"> <h1> ArabTeX Version 3 </h1> </center> <hr><!-- ================================================ --> <a href="http://129.69.218.213/arabtex/doc/html/changes.htm"> Last changes: Version 3.11d, October 23, 2003 </a> <hr><!-- ================================================ --> <img src="new1.gif" alt="new"> There is a draft version of the new <a href="http://129.69.218.213/arabtex/doc/arabdoc.pdf"> user manual.</a> <br> Please note that this version is incomplete and still being updated. <p> Should you be an Orientalist, you might want to look at a small list of <a href="http://129.69.218.213/arabtex/doc/html/refer.htm">applications</a>. </p><hr><!-- ================================================ --> The set of files, of which THIS file is supposed to be part of, contains a package extending the capabilities of TeX/LaTeX to generate the arabic writing from an ASCII transliteration for texts in several languages using the arabic script. Several other common encodings are also supported. <p> The package is available in packed form as <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtex.zip"> arabtex.zip</a> <!-- and <a href=ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtds.zip>arabtds.zip</a> --> for PC users and <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtex.tar.z"> arabtex.tar.Z</a> for *N*X users. <br> Depending on the server there may be also the unpacked files, or only these. </p><p> In case of doubt, check for the latest version of "<a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/apatch.sty"> apatch.sty</a>". <br> This file contains last minute corrections that possibly are not yet contained in the packed files. </p><p> The following ASCII files give more detailed information: <table> <!-- <tr><td> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/doc/arabtex.doc"> arabtex.doc </td><td> a short introduction ( rather out of date) </td></tr> --> <tbody><tr><td> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/doc/arabtex.faq"> arabtex.faq</a> </td><td>answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (updated as necessary) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/changes.txt"> changes.txt</a> </td><td>release history, new features, and known bugs (updated as necessary) </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/doc/changes2.txt"> changes2.txt</a> </td><td>release history up to version 3.00 </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/install.txt"> install.txt</a> </td><td>list of available files, and installation notes </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/apatch.sty"> apatch.sty</a> </td><td>last minute corrections; put this file onto the TEXINPUT path; it will patch automatically (updated as necessary). </td></tr> </tbody></table> There are also various additional documentation files. </p><p> <img src="new1.gif" alt="new"> The contents of a subdirectory "REPORT", if still present, are OBSOLETE. Refer to the (draft of the) <a href="http://129.69.218.213/arabtex/doc/arabdoc.pdf"> user manual</a> instead. </p><hr><!-- ================================================ --> There was a prototype, ArabTeX Version 1, which is now OBSOLETE. <br> Version 2 was the first complete release accompanied by a manual, but is no more being maintained. <br> Version 3 is an upward compatible extension of Version 2 with many new features, e.g. the possibility to read input files in the ASMO 449, ISO 8859-6, and UTF-8 Codes, and a host of new commands for better formatting of Arabic text, or catering for historic writing styles. <br> Versions from 3.05 onward contain a package to process Hebrew, and provide long right-to-left insertions. For details, consult the manual. <hr><!-- ================================================ --> <img src="new1.gif" alt="new"> ArabTeX is copyrighted by the author. If you use the system for scientific work please give appropriate credit to the software and the author (e.g. in the colophon of a monograph.) We also appreciate a complimentary copy of any scientific work produced with ArabTeX. <p> <img src="new1.gif" alt="new"> ArabTeX may be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License distributed from CTAN archives in the directory <a href="ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/base/lppl.txt"> macros/latex/base/lppl.txt</a>; either version 1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. </p><hr><!-- ================================================ --> ArabTeX is an experimental system and supposed to change without prior notice. Whoever will use it does so at her/his/its own risk. We cannot take any responsibility on correct function, suitability for whatever purpose, or correct documentation. If you have any complaints or suggestions, please forward them to <a href="mailto:lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de">the author</a>. We shall consider any reasonable suggestion, but we will use our own judgment on changes, and our resources are severely limited. <p> If problems turn up while running ArabTeX, please <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/arabtex.htm"> check first</a> at "ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de" whether there is a new version, or whether there are any new corrections in "<a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex/apatch.sty"> apatch.sty</a>". If the problem goes away with the new version, please inform the server you got ArabTeX from; otherwise <a href="mailto:lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de">send a bug report</a> to the author. </p><hr><!-- ================================================ --> The reference site "<a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/arabtex"> ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de</a>" always holds the current version. <br> We know that the CTAN servers "<a href="ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/">ftp.tex.ac.uk</a>", "<a href="ftp://ftp.dante.de/">ftp.dante.de</a>", "<a href="ftp://ctan.tug.org/">ctan.tug.org</a>" mirror this site and update on a regular schedule. <hr><!-- ================================================ --> An empty E-Mail message to "<a href="mailto:arabtex@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de"> arabtex@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de</a>" will produce a current status report. <hr><!-- ================================================ --> <blockquote> Prof. Klaus Lagally<br> Institut fuer Formale Konzepte der Informatik<br> Universitaet Stuttgart<br> Universitaetsstrasse 20-22<br> D-70569 Stuttgart<br> GERMANY<br> lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de </blockquote> <hr> Copyright (c) 1990 - 2003, <a href="mailto:lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de"> Klaus Lagally </a> <hr> </body></html>