  This is teTeX-0.9, a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems.

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  News in release 0.9:
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  - hyperlink-aware versions of xdvi / dvips
  - etex (version 1.1) and pdftex (version 0.11)
  - bluesky cm type1 fonts (just ``dvips -Pcmz ...'' or ``dvips -Pcm ...''
    if the cm fonts are known to your Postscript interpreter)
  - some array sizes grow automatically, some are run-time configurable in
    texmf.cnf
  - each texmf tree can have its own ls-R file
  - updated packages (incomplete): LaTeX2e <1997/06/01>, Catalogue, 
    amslatex, de-tex-faq, fancyhdr, floatflt, fontname, german, graphics,
    koma-script, mfnfss, modes.mf, natbib, psnfss, pstricks, seminar,
    tools, ulem, xypic
  - some new packages (incomplete): ccfonts, hyperref, booktabs, 
    colortbl, comma, exam, overpic, sidecap
  - texinfo-3.11

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  I do not know teTeX yet...
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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

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  Installation:
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A) to install using precompiled binaries, see file INSTALL.bin
B) if you want to compile the binaries yourself, refer to INSTALL.src

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 Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file
 FEATURES:
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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 1997) 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 with kpathsea. 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 and more. All easily accessible by LaTeX.
- METAPOST included
- 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

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 Included packages:
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Programs:
  web2c:       tex, mf, bibtex, gftopk, mp, ...
  etex
  pdftex
  dvi drivers: xdvi, dvips, dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l
  texinfo:     makeinfo, texindex, ...
  scripts:     dvi2fax, dvihp, ps2frag (perl), fontimport, fontexport,
               texconfig, allneeded, allcm, alldc, ...
  others:      makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ...

Macro packages (La)TeX:
  Vmargin a4dutch a4wide a5 a5comb algorithm amsfonts amslatex anysize
  apalike arrow babel bar bbm bbold beton bibgerm blkarray boxedminipage
  btxmac calc caption changebar cite citesort comment curves curvesls
  custom-bib dinbrief doublespace draftcopy dvips eclbip ecltree eepic
  endfloat endnotes eplain euler example fancyhdr fancyheadings float
  floatflt fnpara foiltex footnpag fullpage g-brief geometry german
  gletter graphics greekctr hangcaption here hyphen idxmac index initials
  isolatin1 koma-script labels landscape lastpage latin1jk latin3jk
  letterspace localloc ltxtable mathbbol mathrsfs mflogo mfnfss minitoc
  moreverb mproof multibox multind multirow mylatex natbib nopageno
  ntgclass null ot2cyr parskip path picinpar pictex plain portland program
  psboxit psfig psfrag pslatex psnfss pstricks relsize revtex rotating
  rotfloat scrload seminar setspace shadow shapepar showtags stmaryrd
  subfigure supertabular sz tabls testfont texdraw texinfo texnames
  textcomp textfit textmerg threeparttable tools trees typehtml ulem
  umlaute url version vmargin vpage wasyfont wasysym wrapfig xepsf xypic

Supported fonts:
  avantgar bbm bbold bookman charter cm cmextra concrete courier cyrillic
  euler gothic helvetic latex mathppl mathptm mflogo misc ncntrsbk
  palatino pandora rsfs stmary symbol symbols times utopia wasy xypic
  zapfchan zapfding

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 Supported platforms:
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Binaries are available for:
  ... to be filled in ...


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. 

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 Documentation
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There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (teTeX-FAQ) and
lots of documentation for the included programs and macros.

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 mailing list:
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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

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 Copyright License: GNU GPL Version 2 (or later)
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Please send feedback to the autor:

	Thomas Esser
	Email: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de

	05.08.1997
