=========================================================================== This is the announce of the teTeX-0.3.4, a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems. =========================================================================== The distribution is available from sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de /pub/comp/tex/teTeX/distrib Direct mirrors are: ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/unix/teTeX/distrib ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/tex/teTeX/distrib The first site is a CTAN site which is mirrored on many other sites in the world. Try finger ctan@ftp.dante.de to find a mirror site near to you. The second site is a well known Linux site which is regularly dumped onto CD-ROMs. So, you might get teTeX on a Linux CD that way (although teTeX origins from Linux, it can be used on other UNIX systems as well). =========================================================================== The most important changes with respect to the 0.3.3 version: =========================================================================== - New items in this release: * support for more common UNIX platforms: Solaris 2.5, AIX 4.X, HP-UX 10.01, NEXTSTEP (NeXT,Intel,HP-PA,SPARC) * sauter fonts * documentation (FAQs, epslatex.ps, catalogue.html) * some LaTeX packages - Updated items: * DC fonts 1.3 patchlevel 2 * LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> with many extra packages * TeXdraw macros * PostScript fonts: now backward compatible to the old dvips setup (virtual fonts for ptmr, phvr, ... added) - Removed items: * stand-alone info reader * myletter LaTeX package (permission withdrawn by author) * xtexsh (needs old Tcl/Tk) * some urw PostScript fonts: antiqua grotesq nimbus =========================================================================== I do not know teTeX yet... =========================================================================== For those who do not know what teTeX is: teTeX is a complete TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems. My main aims when putting things together have been: - create something simple to install, use and maintain - include as much useful documentation as possible - test as much as possible and try to avoid bugs =========================================================================== Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file FEATURES: =========================================================================== Main features of the teTeX distribution: - file organisation TDS (TeX Directory Structure) Standard compliant - very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility) - LaTeX2e (June 1996) together with lots of extra LaTeX packages (most packages mentioned in the LaTeX Companion) - a lot of documentation: more than 130 dvi/ps-files, teTeX manual, FAQs - support for read-only inputs tree (i.e. possibility to use alternate destination for newly created fonts) - ready for a multi platform setup - fast file searching. web2c 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 accessible 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 - mailing list for announcemants: tetex-announce@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), fontimport, fontexport, texconfig, allneeded, allcm, alldc, ... others: makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ... Macro packages (La)TeX: algorithm amsfonts amslatex anysize apalike arrow babel beton bibgerm blkarray boxedminipage btxmac calc caption cite comment custom-bib dinbrief doublespace dvips eepic endfloat eplain euler example fancyhdr fancyheadings float floatflt foiltex fullpage g-brief geometry german gletter graphics greekctr here hyphen idxmac index initials isolatin1 koma-script labels landscape lastpage ltxtable mathrsfs mflogo mfnfss minitoc moreverb natbib nopageno ntgclass null parskip path picinpar pictex plain program psfig psfrag psnfss relsize rotating rotfloat scrload seminar setspace shadow shapepar showtags subfigure supertabular sz testfont texdraw texinfo texnames textcomp textfit textmerg tools typehtml ulem umlaute url version vmargin wasyfont wasysym wrapfig xepsf Supported fonts: avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm mathppl ncntrsbk palatino symbol times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols charter cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy =========================================================================== Supported platforms: =========================================================================== Binaries are available for: alpha-osf2.0 Digital UNIX V2.0 Alpha alpha-osf3.2 Digital UNIX V3.2 Alpha-AXP hppa1.1-hpux10.01 HP-UX 10.01 9000/710 hppa1.1-hpux9.01 HP-UX 9.01 9000/710 i386-bsdi2.0 BSDI 2.0 Intel i386-freebsd2.0.5 FreeBSD 2.0.5 Intel i386-freebsd2.1.0 FreeBSD 2.1.0 Intel i386-netbsd1.0 NetBSD 1.0 Intel i386-netbsd1.1 NetBSD 1.1 Intel i486-linux Linux (ELF) Intel i486-linuxaout Linux (a.out) Intel m68k-linux Linux (ELF) Motorola m68k-linuxoldld Linux (a.out) Motorola mab-nextstep3 NEXTSTEP (NeXT,Intel,HP-PA,SPARC) mips-irix5.2 SGI Irix 5.2 mips-irix5.3 SGI Irix 5.3 mips-ultrix4.4 DEC Ultrix 4.4 rs6000-aix3.2 IBM AIX 3.2 RS6000 rs6000-aix4.1.1 IBM AIX 4.1.1 RS6000 sparc-solaris2.4 SUN Solaris 2.4 Sparc sparc-solaris2.5 SUN Solaris 2.4 Sparc sparc-sunos4.1.3 SUN SunOS 4.1.3 Sparc Binaries for some other platforms are planned to be added in the future. The sources may compile on other UNIX compatible platforms, too. You need GNU make and gcc. I am not sure if lex does work on all systems, but at least flex did alway work. =========================================================================== Documentation =========================================================================== There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (FAQ-teTeX) and lots of documentation for the included programs and macros. =========================================================================== Getting the files + 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 are two mailing-lists for teTeX: Get help from the list server with: echo help | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de To subscribe the teTeX discussion list, do: echo subscribe tetex | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de To subscribe the teTeX announce list, do: echo subscribe tetex-announce | 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 19.07.1996