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diff --git a/print/teTeX/pkg-descr b/print/teTeX/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..34eaf6408d70 --- /dev/null +++ b/print/teTeX/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +teTeX is a complete TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems. + +It features: + + * TeX 3.14159, Metafont 2.718, LaTeX2e Rel. 04 <1995/12/01> PL#1, + dvipsk 5.58f, xdvik 18f using kpathsea 2.6, and DC Fonts 1.2; + * file organisation according to upcoming TeX Directory Standard; + * easy to install with install.sh (not needed for this port!); + * easy to customize with `texconfig' utility; + * lots of extra LaTeX packages (most of them mentioned in the + LaTeX Companion); + * much documentation: more than 100 dvi-files plus teTeX manual, + teTeX FAQ and TeX FAQ; + * support for read-only inputs tree (it is thus possible to use + an alternate destination for newly created fonts); + * ready for multi platform setup; + * fast file searching: web2c was patched to work with kpathsea-2.6 + so that the search paths are chosen to give high performance; + * run-time configuration files for DVI drivers as well as TeX & + friends; + * a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, + cm, dc, oldgerman -- all easily accessable by LaTeX; + * the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the filesystem + (e.g., /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex); you do not need to specify any + environment variable as long as you keep the original structure of + the package; + * mailing list for discussion: tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de. + + +teTeX includes the following programs: + + web2c: tex, mf, bibtex, gftopk, ... + dvi drivers: xdvi, dvips, dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l + texinfo: info, makeinfo, texindex, ... + scripts: dvi2fax, dvihp, ps2frag (perl), xtexsh (tclX-7.3), + fontimport, fontexport, texconfig, allneeded, allcm, + alldc, ... + others: makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ... + + +teTeX contains the following (La)TeX macros: + + amsfonts amslatex amstex babel dinbrief eepic eplain eplain + fancyheadings foiltex g-brief graphics koma-script labels mflogo + mfnfss minitoc myletter ntgclass pictex psfrag psnfss seminar + supertabular texinfo textmerg tools umlaute wasysym + + + lots of one-file packages (e.g., calc.sty, rotating.sty, etc.) + + +teTeX supports the following fonts: + + avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm ncntrsbk palatino symbol + times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols charter + cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy antiqua grotesq + nimbus + + +Thanks to Thomas Esser for the great efforts he has put into +establishing this fine distribution of TeX & friends, and thanks, +too, for his aid in this port. + +Enjoy! + +-- +Bernd Rosauer +br@netland.sub.de |