INSTALL 17.09.2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ArabTeX Version 3.10 ==================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ArabTeX package is distributed as one of the following binary files: arabtex.zip for PC users: The ArabTeX package in compressed ZIP format. Unpack with (PK)UNZIP as a directory tree. arabtex.tar.Z for UNIX users: The ArabTeX package in compressed tar format. Unpack as a directory tree. In addition, there may be ASCII files "apatch.sty", "hepatch.sty" with last minute corrections. These are not difference files; just put them on the TEXINPUT path. Depending on the server there may also be the unpacked files. The binary package, if complete, should contain at least: Main directory: (ASCII files and subdirectories) --------------- announce.txt describing the current version arabtex.htm general information in HTML format arabtex.gif the ArabTeX logo changes.txt release history and known bugs install.txt THIS file readme.txt general information lppl.txt license information doc subdirectory containing documentation texinput subdirectory containing the TeX macros mfinput subdirectory containing the METAFONT sources tfm subdirectory containing the TFM font files laser.pk subdirectory containing 300 dpi pixel files psfonts subdirectory containing T1 Postscript fonts examples subdirectory containing some examples Subdirectory "texinput": (ASCII files) ---------------------- manifest.txt list of contents . arabtex.sty LaTeX 2e package, LaTeX 2.09 style option: driver arabtex.tex loader and patches for use with Plain TeX hebtex.tex Hebrew mode: loader for use with Plain TeX . about 40 ASCII files containing the ArabTeX macros . miscellaneous utility files (usually not required) Subdirectory "report": (ASCII files) (deleted) --------------------- The old user manual that used to be here has been superseded by a new PDF version "doc/arabdoc.pdf" Subdirectory "mfinput": (ASCII files) --------------------- nash14.mf METAFONT driver file for font nash14 nash14bf.mf METAFONT driver file for font nash14bf nash.mf the following files will be loaded automatically: nashbase.mf nashchar.mf nashdia.mf nashdig.mf nashlig.mf nashspec.mf arabsymb.mf hclassic.mf Hebrew font by Joel Hoffman hcaption.mf Hebrew font by Joel Hoffman hcbase_p.mf xnsh14.mf driver file for font xnsh14 xnsh14bf.mf driver file for font xnsh14bf several additional files will be loaded on demand Subdirectory "tfm": (Binary files) ------------------- hclassic.tfm TeX font metrics hcaption.tfm nash14.tfm TeX font metrics nash14bf.tfm xnsh14.tfm xnsh14bf.tfm yarborn.tfm Subdirectory "laser.pk": (Binary files) ------------------- nash14.300pk bitmaps in PK format at 300 dpi nash14.329pk \magstephalf nash14.360pk \magstep 1 nash14.432pk \magstep 2 nash14.518pk \magstep 3 nash14.622pk \magstep 4 nash14.746pk \magstep 5 nash14bf.300k etc.: the same for the font nash14bf analogous files for the other fonts provided The font files are customized for a HP Laserjet with 300 dpi resolution. If that does not suit your needs, recompile the sources with METAFONT. NOTE: On systems using the 8+3 file naming convention you may have to move the bitmap files to several directories and to rename them according to local conventions. Subdirectory "psfonts": (Binary files) --------------------- arabtex.map font description for DVIPS xnsh14.pfb T1 font xnsh14bf.pfb T1 font Subdirectory "doc": documentation --------------------- arabdoc.pdf user manual (incomplete, in progress) Subdirectory "html": HTML and GIF files --------------------- arabtex.htm documentation in HTML format refer.htm references changes.htm current status chg310.htm some auxiliary files Subdirectory "txt": ASCII documentation --------------------- hebrew.305 details on the Hebrew extension readme.305 additional details arabtex.doc a short introduction (rather old) arabtex.faq answers to some Frequently Asked Questions arwindos.tex notes on Windows CP 1256 encoding support malay.tex sindhi.tex notes on various extensions uighur.tex changes2.txt older release history Subdirectory "patches": (ASCII) sub-versions --------------------- apatch.sty current sub-version hepatch.sty apatch03.10- hepatch3.10- . former sub-versions as applicable Subdirectory "examples": (ASCII and binary files) --------------------- guha.tex a small LaTeX demo guha.dvi the demo output in DVI format guha.ps the demo output in PostScript format omar.tex a small demo for Farsi ligtable.tex a LaTeX demo showing many ligatures . some more example files in PS or DVI format NOTE: Depending on the structure of your TeX installation you may have to move the subdirectories to other places and/or to issue some command to refresh the TeX system. This is strongly dependent on the local configuration; possibly ask some local TeX guru. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Klaus Lagally Institut fuer Informatik Universitaet Stuttgart Breitwiesenstrasse 20-22 D-70565 Stuttgart GERMANY lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1990 - 2001, Klaus Lagally --------------------------------------------------------------------------