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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:35:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Thomas Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: teTeX 1.0 released
Well, I thought that you might be interested in the following announce.
I have just made the upload, so none of the mirrors will have teTeX-1.0
now (but that will change in the following days).
Only sources at the moment; no binaries and install procedure. That will
be added at a later time (but soon).
Thomas
===========================================================================
teTeX 1.0
===========================================================================
This is the announce of teTeX-1.0, a TeX distribution for UNIX systems
(support for win32 systems will be added, too).
This release is now called 1.0, because all extensions of previous
versions (e.g. make TeX use ls-R etc.) have become official part of the
web2c and kpathsea distribution and no longer require special patches.
Additionally, temporary hacks which required GNU utils (GNU make, gcc,
flex) could be removed and replaced by portable solutions.
Compared to previous versions, this release has many advantages for
perparing documents for the web, due to improved/added programs. pdf
files with hyperlinks and thumbnails can be created either by using
dvips and ps2pdf/distiller or more directly by using pdftex. Postscript
with resolution-independant fonts can be generated due to the included
postscript type 1 fonts.
At the moment, only the sources are available. At a later time, I
will add:
- an install program which allows to select sub-packages
- binaries for various UNIX platforms
If you prefer the simple script driven installation, just wait until
this is released.
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News in release 1.0:
===========================================================================
- updated programs: web2c 7.3.1, xdvik 22.05-k, dvips(k) 5.86, dviljk 2.6p2,
texinfo 3.12. xdvik and dvipsk are now hypertex aware. The new
kpathsea library allows to have a ls-R file in each texmf tree. TeX
and friends now support true 8bit reading/writing by means of the
TCX extension. Some arrays which had a fixed size in TeX+friends now
increase dynamically, others can read their size from a config file
(which means that they can be enlarged without recompilation).
- added programs: pdftex 0.13d, e-TeX 2.1, Omega 1.8
- ConTeXt added
- Postscript type 1 font versions: Computer Modern, AMS fonts, 35 base
laserwriter fonts, Polish and Cyrillic variants of CM and others
- much improved index file for the documentation tree (newhelpindex.html)
- metrics for Y&Y's commercial mathtime and lucida bright fonts are
included, which greatly simplifies using these fonts
===========================================================================
Main features of teTeX:
===========================================================================
- Main program packages: web2c, pdfTeX, e-TeX, Omega, xdvi, dvips, dvilj,
ps2pk, makeinfo, texinfo, texconfig
- TDS (TeX Directory Structure) compliant large support tree
with fonts / macros
- run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends
- very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility)
- documentation for all packages included
- automatic font generation with 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
- ready for producing resolution independent (bitmap free) postscript or
pdf documents
- 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 lists
for discussion: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for announcements: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Getting teTeX-1.0:
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The primary site is in Germany:
ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/comp/tex/teTeX/1.0
Mirror sites:
ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib
ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib
ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib
ftp://lh116.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/teTeX/1.0/distrib
ftp://ftp.duke.edu/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/tex/ctan/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib
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The files:
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sources of the programs (required):
==> sources/teTeX-src-1.0.tar.gz
support tree with fonts / macros (required):
==> sources/teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz
sources for parts of the texmf tarball (optional):
==> sources/teTeX-texmfsrc-1.0.tar.gz
The installation instructions are included in the teTeX-src-1.0.tar.gz
archive as files INSTALL (complete instructions) and QuickInstall
(short version).
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Documentation:
===========================================================================
The teTeX-texmf-1.0.tar.gz archive contains a large directory tree
which contains a lot of documentation about teTeX and the packages
it includes. For a start, please look at
doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.{ps,pdf,dvi}
and
doc/index.html
Have fun!
June, 1999. Thomas Esser
