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<title>ArabTeX Version 3</title></head>
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<img src="arabtex.gif" alt="ArabTeX logo">
<h1> ArabTeX Version 3 </h1>
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<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>
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<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a short introduction ( rather out of date)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>
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