Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 12:46:03 +0100 (MET) From: Bernd Rosauer <br@netland.sub.de> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de (Thomas Esser) Subject: teTeX distribution Message-ID: <199512041246.MAA00373@stiller.netland.sub.de>
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Hi Folks,
I ported Thomas Esser's teTeX 0.3.3 distribution (read: TeX and friends for
UNIX-like platforms) to FreeBSD 2.0.5 (as well as to NetBSD 1.0 and BSD/OS
2.0). Now, Thomas and I wonder whether you, the FreeBSD people, are
interested in including this port (or one for your 2.1.0 release) into your
ported software collection. If so, could you please tell us how we should
proceed in this matter?
The teTeX distribution is based on Karl Berry's web2c, kpathsea, dvipsk,
xdvik etc. (Since release 0.3.3 teTeX is no longer Linux-only.) It comes
with 68 precompiled binaries for each platform (e.g., Sparc/Solaris, DEC
Alpha/OSF, etc.) and a rich texmf tree of macros and fonts and lots of
manuals. For more information on the teTeX distribution consult the
attached README file. In addition, you can find the whole distribution at
your favorite CTAN site under "/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/distrib/".
Greetings, Bernd.
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This is version 0.3.3 of teTeX, a TeX distribution for UNIX.
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Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file
FEATURES:
===========================================================================
Main features of the teTeX distribution:
- file organisation orientated at the upcoming TDS (TeX Directory Standard)
- very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility)
- LaTeX2e (June 1995) patch level 3 together with lots of
extra LaTeX packages (most packages mentioned in the LaTeX Companion)
- much documentation: more than 100 dvi-files, teTeX manual, teTeX FAQ and
TeX FAQ
- support for read-only inputs tree (i.e. possible to use alternate
destination for newly created fonts)
- ready for a multi platform setup
- fast file searching. web2c was patched to work with kpathsea-2.6. The
search paths are chosen to give high performance.
- run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends.
- a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, cm,
dc, oldgerman. All easily accessable by LaTeX.
- the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the
filesystem (e.g. /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex). You do not
need to set any environment variable as long as you keep
the original structure of the package.
- mailing list for discussion: tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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Included packages:
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Programs:
web2c: tex, mf, bibtex, gftopk, ...
dvi drivers: xdvi, dvips, dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l
texinfo: info, makeinfo, texindex, ...
scripts: dvi2fax, dvihp, ps2frag (perl), xtexsh (tclX-7.3),
fontimport, fontexport, texconfig, allneeded, allcm,
alldc, ...
others: makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ...
Macro packages (La)TeX:
amsfonts amslatex amstex babel dinbrief eepic eplain eplain
fancyheadings foiltex g-brief graphics koma-script labels mflogo
mfnfss minitoc myletter ntgclass pictex psfrag psnfss seminar
supertabular texinfo textmerg tools umlaute wasysym
+lots of one-file packages (e.g. calc.sty, rotating.sty, ...)
Supported fonts:
avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm ncntrsbk palatino symbol
times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols charter
cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy antiqua grotesq
nimbus
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Documentation
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There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (FAQ-teTeX) and
lots of documentation for the included programs and macros.
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Installation
===========================================================================
To install teTeX follow the instructions in
INSTALL.src: if you want to compile the binaries yourself
INSTALL.bin: if you want to use precompiled binaries.
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mailing list:
===========================================================================
There exists a mailing-list for teTeX (tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de).
Get help with:
echo help | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
To subscribe the tetex list, do:
echo subscribe tetex | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
Get an archive of the list:
echo get tetex archive | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de
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Copyright License: GNU GPL Version 2 (or later)
===========================================================================
Please send feedback to the autor:
Thomas Esser
Email: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de
07.08.1995
--
Bernd Rosauer
br@netland.sub.de
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