NTeX Release 2.3.2
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NTeX is a TeX distribution for various Linux systems.

There is an installation and maintenance guide available in the NTeX
distribution directory. Get one of the ntex-guide* files. It is
availabe in PostScript and ASCII and provides detailed information
about installing NTeX, etc.

A quick installation description can also be found in the file
INSTALL. But you have to consult ntex-guide for the details.

The file INDEX provides a detailed INDEX to the packages available for
NTeX. The changes of NTeX are documented in the file CHANGES. The
known bugs are in BUGS. The Linux lsm file provides some additional
information.  You might also be interested in the annoucement in the
files NTeX.announce*

If you have serious problems, comments, suggestions or bug reports
contact me. Please read the latest version of the file BUGS
first. Fixes or more information an certain bugs are always welcome.
I will try my best to answer your mail and/or remove the bugs. If you
have own programs, macros, fonts, etc. or you are using something like
this which you would like to contribute to this distribution, get in
contact with me. Please note that the time I can send for NTeX is
limited. So before you send me a mail, please check all other
information resources that are available to you. My main job is still
studying maths and I do not intend to change this (unless I get my
diploma). Please send bug reports to

   ntex-bug@poolb.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

or to the NTeX mailing list (see below). Please don't bother the
authors of the programs since I changed quite a lot. For help write to

   ntex-help@poolb.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

or to the NTeX mailing list. Please note that I do not have the time
to answer general questions about TeX. The above addresses are only
for problems specific to NTeX.

There is also a mailing list for NTeX. It is `semi-moderated', so only
members can directly post to the list. Mails from non-members will
first be send to me for approvement. Yet everyone who wants to
susbscribe to the list is welcome. To subscribe to the list send an
e-mail with the body

   subscribe your@email.address

to

   ntex-request@poolb.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

To unsubscribe send an e-mail with the body

   unsubscribe your@email.address

to the same address. If you want to send some mail to the list, send
it to

   ntex@poolb.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

For more information about this list's listserver send a mail with the
body `HELP' to listserv@poolb.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de. The
list is intended for discussion of NTeX, bug reports, help requests
and announcements of new releases, fixes, new or changed packages,
etc. (only the mails about new releases will also be send to the
newsgroup comp.os.linux.announce).

The URL of the NTeX WWW home page is

   http://www.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/mathB/lst3/langbein/ntex.html

I'll try to provide information about new releases, bug fixes, etc.
there.  If you have some problem with NTeX and access to the WWW have
a look at this page first.

THE NTeX DISTRIBUTION IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS DISTRIBUTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.


Frank Langbein