From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Dec 4 03:49:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id DAA24005 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 03:49:03 -0800 Received: from subnet.sub.net (root@subnet.sub.net [192.101.75.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id DAA23947 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 03:48:35 -0800 Received: from netland.UUCP (root@localhost) by subnet.sub.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id MAA15807; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 12:47:29 +0100 Received: (from br@localhost) by stiller.netland.sub.de (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA00373; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 12:46:03 GMT From: Bernd Rosauer Message-Id: <199512041246.MAA00373@stiller.netland.sub.de> Subject: teTeX distribution To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 12:46:03 +0100 (MET) Cc: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de (Thomas Esser) Reply-To: br@netland.sub.de (Bernd Rosauer) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4987 Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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. --- This is version 0.3.3 of teTeX, a TeX distribution for UNIX. =========================================================================== 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 =========================================================================== Included packages: =========================================================================== 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 =========================================================================== Documentation =========================================================================== There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (FAQ-teTeX) and lots of documentation for the included programs and macros. =========================================================================== 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. =========================================================================== 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 =========================================================================== 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