ArmTeX 3.141 - Release 2.04 02/03/95 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These directories contain a pre-installed and setup version of ArmTex 3.141, with LaTeX 2.09, 2e and all the trimmings. It is hoped that by supplying these files in this easy to install form many first time users of TeX and LaTeX will succeed in getting started. Where did the files come from? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The files were pulled back from the University of Stuttgart ftp server, and manually unpacked. I then discovered to my horror that not only were there minimal setup instructions, the script they suggested using was broken. They also required David Pillings excellent 'SparkFS' software to be loaded whilst running the software. Fortunately Bryan Scattergood stepped in and spent a merry evening manually rearranging the distribution into the workable state you have now. He therefore deserves the bulk of the credit for this release. LaTeX2e (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new version of LaTeX, LaTeX2e was recently released, and this is (to my knowledge) the first release of it for the Arc. It provides (apparently) lots of new features and has a backwards compatibility mode. I had to recompile initex and virtex to increase the pool size to make this work with LaTeX2e. I had some trouble doing this, and I can give no guarantees that it won't all fall over horribly when you try and do something I have missed - it does however pass all the tests I have run on it. While we can make no guarantees that the setup as given is the best TeX setup possible on the Arc, it does seem to work fairly reliably for us. Hopefully it will be of some use to others too. If you do find any problems with it, then please get in touch (especially if you know how to solve them >8*) ). Some early releases of this distribution had problems with LaTeX2e running out of space. I have now increased the memory available, and juggled some of the variables, so hopefully everything should now work. (Yeah right!) DVIPS (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Included in this release is a new port of dvips 5.55, supplied with source if required. This was ported by David Bryan, who's full address can be found in the !dvips.!ReadMe file, and is designed especially to work with ArmTeX. As well as the dvips Archives, you also need to take the PSFonts archive. MakeIndex (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Again ported by David Bryan, this is the useful MakeIndex utility, again with full source if required. DaTeX (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a nice front end for TeX. For people that are scared of the command line. SemTeX (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is another (nicer?) front end for TeX. Try both and see which one you like. BibTeX (optional) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is BibTeX ripped out of Graham Toals ArMaTuReS TeX distribution. It seems to work OK though thanks to the help of Alun Jones and Dick Alstein. Dick has also provided a nice little WIMP front end for BibTeX that fills the deficiency in DaTeX. archepsf.sty ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This little piece of TeX hackery is used for including the output from Acorns Printer drivers (and Artworks EPS?) in TeX documents. Basically, it is the same as epsf.sty but with the minor mod that it will accept stuff normally found in the Header anywhere in the document. This makes up for the (atend) bits of postscript that conventional epsf.sty doesn't like. What are TeX and LaTeX? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TeX is a professional typesetting program used especially for typesetting technical or mathematical material. Using plain TeX is a bit like trying to mow Wembley Stadium with nail clippers, so Leslie Lamport produced a set of macros for TeX, called LaTeX, that drastically reduce the work required to produce high quality documents. TeX was designed by Knuth for him to write his (still unfinished) epic "The Art of Computer Programming" with, and has since been adopted by (amoung others) the American Mathematical Society. Many technical publications now only accept submissions in TeX or LaTeX format. Many books on TeX and LaTeX are available - amoung the best are "The TeX book" and "The LaTeX book" by Knuth and Lamport respectively. If you stil don't have a clue what I am going on about then don't worry - TeX is probably not for you. How do TeX/LaTeX compare with (say) Impression? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is no comparison - that's not to say that one is better than the other, just that they address totally different needs. Impression (and similar programs) are WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get); you construct a page on the screen exactly as you would see it on the printed page. Creating attractive posters, pamphlets and even books is a relatively simpe task, but technical reports with many inline equations, diagrams and special characters can pose real problems. TeX and LaTeX are different. You write a text file that contains both your text and formatting instructions, along with pointers to illustrations to include, and then submit this to TeX, which 'compiles' you an output file (known as a DVI file). Creating technical or mathematical reports is trivial with TeX as it structures and consistently lays out your document in a given style, but creating posters etc is much harder work. Another big point in TeXs favour is its standardness - TeX implementations exist for a vast number of machines, particularly Unix systems, and so your document source code is trivially portable between many systems. Many people doing 'science' subjects at University will use TeX in one form or another. So how do I use it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First, using your favourite editor, you create a LaTeX or a TeX file, and save this onto disc. TeX and LaTeX files have type &2A7 and &2A8 respectively. Next, just double click these and TeX/LaTeX should do its job. When they finish you should be left with a Log file that describes what went on during compilation, and a DVI output file. To check the output, double click the DVI file and !DVIView should start up and display the DVI file. To print, either take the DVI file to the nearest machine with a DVI printer routine on it, or save the pages out as Draw files from the previewer and print those. Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be prepared - it takes a lot of space. First you unpack DVIview, TeXBase1, TeXBase2, TeXFnts1, TeXFnts2, TeXFnts3, TeXFnts4 and TeXFnts5 into the same directory. This is a fairly minimal working setup. Next, if you want DaTeX (and/or SemTeX), unpack that into the same directory. Next, if you want LaTeX2e, unpack that into the same directory. All this stuff I have tested, and it works as far as I can see. If you want dvips, then unpack this into the same directory. If you want lgrind, then unpack this into the same directory. I haven't tested this at all :-( If you want BibTeX, then unpack this into the same directory. This is the ArMaTuReS BibTeX, but it seems to work OK now. For the would be TeX hackers out there, you can also unpack TeXExtr1 and TeXExtr2 to get some more intersting TeX binaries and other associated files. For the really hardcore out there, the entire source for LaTeX2e can be found in L2eSrc1 and L2eSrc2. Changes from 2.01 -> 2.03 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New DVIview (and TeXFonts upgrade). Included SemTeX in the distribution. Fixed names of Ulasy.fd and Ullasy.fd t avoid warnings in LaTeX2e. Changes from 2.01 -> 2.02 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed problems with MFInputs$Path. Updated Run$Path rather than multiple aliases. Fix dvips to find binaries. Changes from 2 -> 2.01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed problem with dvips assuming !TeX.Bin was in the Run$Path. Fixed problem with LaTeX 2.09/2e exec scripts unsetting BibTeX from path. Credits: ~~~~~~~~ (If I have missed anyone, then sorry - contact me, and I'll put you in) Dick Alstein (BibTeX/!BibTeX) wsinda@win.tue.nl David Arnold (DaTeX) daa93@aber.ac.uk David Bryan (!dvips/!MakeIndex) djb1003@phx.cam.ac.uk Chris Holgate (Fix for !dvips) c.holgate@ic.ac.uk Paul Field (!DVIview) paulf@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Alun Jones (BibTeX/archepsf.sty) Mark J Sinke (Original Port) marks@stack.urc.tue.nl Bryan Scattergood (Making it all work!) jbs@comlab.ox.ac.uk Chris Taylor (Hinted fonts) Graham Toal (BibTeX port) (Both Alun Jones, and Chris Taylor are on email, but I don't have their addresses with me. If people want it, then mail me.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, thats about all I can think of to say at present. Good luck. If you have any trouble with this, then feel free to write to me at: Warm Silence Software, St Catherines College, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ or e-mail me at: Robin.Watts@comlab.ox.ac.uk I am by no means a TeXpert, but I will help if I can. (It should be stressed that this is NOT a Warm Silence Software product, so please don't blame us if it all goes wrong.) Happy TeXing, Robin Watts