TeX is a computer typesetting language, designed and implemented by
Donald Knuth, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University.
While the system is in the public domain, please note that "TeX", the
TeX logo, and the TeX lion are trademarks of the American Mathematical
Society.  The source code is also copyright (c) Donald Knuth.  To keep
TeX as standard and portable as possible, permission to use the TeX
source code is granted only if absolutely no changes are made to it.
Likewise, permission to use the "TeX" logo is granted only to describe
systems that pass the "TRIP" acceptance test supplied with TeX.

The main user documentation is "The TeXbook" by Donald Knuth,
published by Addison-Wesley (ISBN 0-201-13448-9).  (Look for the
phrase "second printing" on the copyright page.)  The source files for
The TeXbook are part of our tape distribution.  The TeXbook is
copyrighted, and is intended to be used only for reference, and to
provide examples of how to use TeX.  In particular, YOU MUST NOT
REPRODUCE THE TeXBOOK IN ANY WAY.  (If you have an old manual ("TeX
and Metafont, New Directions in Typesetting") you should put it away
where you'll never see it, since there are literally hundreds of
differences from the old TeX78 system that it describes.  There were
various pre-prints of The TeXbook, which should be tossed out, too.)

The TeX system is available in source form from our officially
designated tape distributors.  For generic ASCII or EBCDIC tapes,
Tops-20 tapes, Vax/VMS tapes, VM/CMS tapes, and MVS tapes, contact
Maria Code, 1371 Sydney Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, USA (phone
408-735-8006 10AM to 2:30PM).  A complete distribution tape, plus all
hardcopy documentation, costs less than US$200.  For Berkeley Vax/Unix
tapes, contact Richard Furuta, Department of Computer Science, FR-35,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Everyone is encouraged to join the TeX Users Group.  Information on
membership is available from TUG, P.O. Box 9506, Providence, RI 02940,
USA (phone 401-272-9500).  TUG members receive issues of the Users
Group bulletin, called TUGboat, which reports on all sorts of
TeX-related news, including notices about who has installed TeX on
what kind of system.  Yearly dues are about $30.  Before making a big
effort to bring TeX up on a computer system for which we don't
currently have a distribution tape, it is a good idea to talk to other
folks in TUG with the same type system, to see if it's already been
done.  We invite everyone to submit items for publication in TUGboat.
TUG also runs occasional user group meetings, and TeX classes, as
announced in TUGboat.

There is also a computer mailing list called TeXHAX maintained at
Stanford.  It is intended to be a forum for announcements and
discussions of TeX-related matters.  Recipients include people on all
of the following networks: ARPAnet, CSnet, BITnet, MAILnet, UUCP.  If
you wish to be added, you can send a note to:
	TeXhax-request%su-score.arpa
if you know how to route a message there, or send a letter to me,
David Fuchs, TeX Project, Computer Science Department, Stanford
University, Stanford CA 94305, USA, and be sure to give your complete
network address.

Prof. Knuth offers a reward to the first finder of any bug in TeX, or
any mistake in the TeXbook.  Users may wish to consult "TeXbook Errata"
printed by the users group (and also found on distribution tapes) to
see if any TeXbook errors they find have already been accounted for.
Address any such matters to The TeX Project, at the address below.

We will have no sympathy for people having troubles with TeX because
they did not get an official distribution tape, or because they did
not join TUG and missed out on the announcement of an important bug
fix or documentation error.

As of April 1985, we are distributing TeX version 1.3.  The main
reason for sending out new tapes is updates in LaTeX and BibTeX.

The following section of this document is a list of all the files on a
generic distribution tape, along with a short description of what they
contain.  The second file on each generic distribution tape, called
TEXTAP.CMD, gives the actual order of all of the files on the tape.

The final section is a note on character sets, which you'll want to
check if you don't trust your network or tape drive.


Overall documentation

-READ-.ME		The file you are now reading
TEXTAP.CMD		Shows the order of these files on distribution tapes
HISTORY.TXT		A history of TeX releases

The WEB system

TANGLE.WEB		Tangle version 2.6
TANGLE.PAS		Use this file to bootstrap and test TANGLE
TANGLE.CHANGES		Changes used to create TANGLE.PAS from TANGLE.WEB
WEAVE.WEB		Weave version 2.7
POOLTYPE.TEX		Weave run on POOLTYPE.WEB should produces this file
WEBMAC.TEX		Header file used by all TeX files produced by Weave
WEBMAN.TEX		WEB user's manual

Companion programs

POOLTYPE.WEB		Pooltype version 2.0: Prints out Tangled pool files
TFTOPL.WEB		TFtoPL version 2.4: Converts TFM format font info to PL
PLTOTF.WEB		PLtoTF version 2.1: Converts PL format font info to TFM
DVITYPE.WEB		DVItype version 2.8: Prints out DVI files

TeX

TEX.WEB			TeX version 1.3!
TEX82.BUG		Explains all changes made to TeX since version 0
TEX82.DIF		Tells what's new in TeX (compared to old TeX78)
STORY.TEX		Lesson from The TeXbook
DUMMY.PL		An empty font (see Appendix D of The TeXbook)

The Plain TeX macros

PLAIN.TEX		The basic macro package for TeX
HYPHEN.TEX		Hyphenation patterns, used by PLAIN.TEX
WAITS.TEX		Helps spot old \cs names from TeX78
SAMPLE.TEX		Small TeX job to show font layout
BASIC.TEX		Catches old TeX78 jobs that "\input basic"

The "TRIP" test suite for TeX

TRIP.TEX		Test suite for TeX
TRIP.TFM		Used by TRIP test suite.  Also tests PLtoTF & TFtoPL
TRIP.PL			Matches TRIP.TFM, use to check PLtoTF and TFtoPL
TRIPIN.LOG		This file is output by INITeX while running TRIP
TRIP.FOT		A `photo' of TeX's output to the terminal during TRIP
TRIP.LOG		This file is output by TeX while running TRIP
TRIPOS.TEX		This file is output during TRIP.TEX
TRIP.TYP		Output from DVItype on TRIP.DVI
TRIPMAN.TEX		TeX source of the TRIP manual

Computer Modern font metric files

AM*.TFM			Latest Computer Modern fonts for use with TeX

LaTeX macros and documentation

LATEX.INS		LaTeX installation instructions
LATEX.BUG		History of LaTeX bugs
LATEX.TEX		LaTeX macro package
LFONTS.TEX
LPLAIN.TEX

LABLST.TEX		Support files
TRYFONTS.TEX

SLITEX.TEX		Version for Slides
SFONTS.TEX
SLIDES.TEX
SPLAIN.TEX

ACM.DOC/STY		LaTeX style files
ART10.DOC/STY
ART11.DOC/STY
ART12.DOC/STY
ARTICLE.DOC/STY
FLEQN.DOC/STY
LETTER.DOC/STY
LEQNO.DOC/STY
REP10.DOC/STY
REP11.DOC/STY
REP12.DOC/STY
REPORT.DOC/STY
SLIDES.DOC/STY
TITLEPAGE.DOC/STY
TWOCOLUMN.DOC/STY

TMANUAL.TEX		LaTeX manual main driver file
TMANUAL.BBL		LaTeX manual bibliography data
TMANUAL.IND		LaTeX manual index data
TMANUAL0.TEX		LaTeX manual introduction
TMANUAL1.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 1
TMANUAL2.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 2
TMANUAL3.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 3
TMANUAL4.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 4
TMANUAL5.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 5
TMANUAL6.TEX		LaTeX manual Chapter 6
TMANUALA.TEX		LaTeX manual Appendix
LERRATA.TEX		LaTeX manual Errata
LETTER.TEX		LaTeX Letter Style documentation

LASY[5-10].TFM		LaTeX symbol fonts
LINE10.TFM		Line fonts
LINEW10.TFM
CIRCLE10.TFM		Circle fonts
CIRCLEW10.TFM

SAMPLE.TEX		Sample input
SAMPLE.BST

BibTeX stuff

BIBTEX.INS		BibTeX installation instructions
BIBTEX.WEB		BibTeX version 0.98d
BTXDOC.TEX		BibTeX documentation
BTXDOC.BIB		Bibliography file for BibTeX documentation

BTXBST.DOC		Bibliography style documenation
PLAIN.BST		Sorted numbers (default) bibliography style
UNSRT.BST		Unsorted numbers bibliography style
ABBRV.BST		Sorted numbers with abbreviations bibliography style
ALPHA.BST		Sorted short alphabetics bibliography style

CLBIBA.STY		Closed bibliography style for articles
CLBIBR.STY		Closed bibliography style for reports
OPBIBA.STY		Open bibliography style for articles
OPBIBR.STY		Open bibliography style for reports

AmSTeX macros and documentation

AMSTEX.TEX		AmSTeX macro package
AMSPPT.STY		AMS Pre-print style for AmSTeX
AMSTEX.DOC		Documentation for AmSTeX
AMSPPT.DOC		Documentation for AmSPPT
AMSMAN.TEX		AmSTeX manual
AMSMAN.HDR		Used by AmSTeX manual
AMSMAN.ERRATA		Known errata in AmSTeX manual

The TeXbook

TEXMAN.TEX		The TeX user's manual--``The TeXbook''
MANMAC.TEX		Macros for TEXMAN
ERRATA.TEX		Known errata for The TeXbook, second printing.
ERRATA.ONE		Known errata for The TeXbook, first printing.

Literate Programming paper (about WEB)

WEB.TEX			Knuth's `Literate Programming' paper
PRIMES.WEB		Used in `Literate Programming' paper
PRIMES.CONTENTS		Used in `Literate Programming' paper
PRIMES.TEX		Used in `Literate Programming' paper

Tops20-specific files

TOPS20.DOC		Documentation for TOPS20-CHANGES files
TANGLE.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for Tangle on Tops-20
WEAVE.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for Weave on Tops-20
PLTOTF.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for PLtoTF on Tops-20
TFTOPL.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for TFtoPL on Tops-20
DVITYPE.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for DVItype on Tops-20
TEX.TOPS20-CHANGES	Change file for TeX on Tops-20

Vax/VMS-specific files

VMS.DOC			Documentation for VMS-CHANGES files
POOLTYPE.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for PoolType on Vax/VMS
TANGLE.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for Tangle on Vax/VMS
WEAVE.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for Weave on Vax/VMS
PLTOTF.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for PLtoTF on Vax/VMS
TFTOPL.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for TFtoPL on Vax/VMS
DVITYPE.VMS-CHANGES	Change file for DVItype on Vax/VMS
TEX.VMS-CHANGES		Change file for TeX on Vax/VMS

IBM VM/CMS-specific files

CMS.DOC			Documentation for CMS-CHANGES files
TANGLE.CMSPAS		TANGLE in IBM Pascal/VS, used to bootstrap
POOLTYPE.CMS-CHANGES	Change file for PoolType on VM/CMS
TANGLE.CMS-CHANGES	Change file for Tangle on VM/CMS
WEAVE.CMS-CHANGES	Change file for Weave on VM/CMS
PLTOTF.CMS-CHANGES	Change file for PLtoTF on VM/CMS
TFTOPL.CMS-CHANGES	Change file for TFtoPL on VM/CMS
TEX.CMS-CHANGES		Change file for TeX on VM/CMS

IBM MVS-specific files

MVS.DOC			Documentation for MVS-CHANGES files
TEX.MVS-CHANGES		Change file for TeX on MVS

Ancillary programs, not yet installed on all systems

UNDBE.PAS		Program to translate distribution tape binary format
PATGEN.WEB		Hyphenation pattern generater
PROFILE.WEB		Pretty-printer and program profiler

The beginning of the new Metafont

MF.WEB			Preliminary Metafont
PLAIN.MF		Plain Metafont macros
SYNTAX.TEX		What there is of a user manual
GFTYPE.WEB		Prints out GF files
GFTOPXL.WEB		Converts GF files to PXL format
GFTODVI.WEB		Converts GF files to DVI format for proofing
GRAY.MF			Source for GRAY font used by GFtoDVI
FONT1.MF		Sample font for new MF
FONT1BASE.MF		Used by sample font
TRAP.MF			Test suite for MF
TRAPIN.LOG		This file is output by INIMF while running TRAP
TRAP.FOT		A `photo' of MF's output to the terminal during TRAP
TRAP.LOG		This file is output by MF while running TRAP
TRAP.TYP		Output from GFtype on TRAP.GF
TRAP.PL			Matches TRAP.TFM
TRAP.TEX		The source of the TRAP manual

Finally, here is some stuff to help you check how well characters got
translated to your character set.

First, the uppercase alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Now lower case: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Digits zero through nine: 0123456789
Now punctuation:
! exclamation point
" double quotes
# hash mark
$ dollar sign
% percent sign
& ampersand
' right single quote
( left paren
) right paren
* asterisk
+ plus sign
, comma
- minus sign
. period
/ slash (forward or right slash)
: colon
; semicolon
< less-than sign
= equal sign
> greater-than sign
? question mark
@ at-sign
[ left square bracket
\ left slash (backslash)
] right square bracket
^ caret or up-arrow
_ underline or leftarrow
` left single quote
{ left curly bracket
| vertical bar
} right curly bracket
~ tilde


There is a space between these parens ( ).
There is a tab between these parens (	).
There is a form-feed between these parens ().
The next two lines have 80 characters in them.  The line after that is blank.
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

The End.

	-David Fuchs, July 1984

	Stanford University
	Computer Science Dept.
	TeX Project
	Stanford, CA 94305

	Phone 415-497-1646