files in the SLS TeX dirs (t1,t2,t3) Note: only disk t1 is really essential NOTE NOTE: if u have trouble with xdvi, make sure ur using the one in this package (ie /usr/TeX/bin/xdvi) and not another one (say /usr/X386/bin/xdvi). the xdvi in texbin.tpz doesnt have the fontopen bug (source is in the /pub/linux/packages/TeX dir). I compiled the binaries with gcc-2.3.3, 4.3 libs (xdvi and mf require the 3.0 X libs) the defaults for the TeX environmentals are: BIBINPUTS ".:/usr/TeX/lib/tex/bib" /* bib file */ BSTINPUTS TEXINPUTS /* bib style file */ GFFONTS TEXFONTS /* GF font */ MFBASES "/usr/TeX/lib/mf/bases" /* base file */ MFINPUTS ".:/usr/TeX/src/TeX+MF/typefaces//:/usr/TeX/lib/mf/macros//" MFPOOL "/usr/TeX/lib/mf" /* mf.pool */ PKFONTS TEXFONTS /* PK font */ TEXFONTS "/usr/TeX/lib/tex/fonts//:." /* TFM font */ TEXFORMATS "/usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats" /* format file */ TEXINPUTS ".:/usr/TeX/lib/tex/macros//:/usr/TeX/lib/tex/inputs//" TEXPOOL "/usr/TeX/lib/tex" /* tex.pool */ VFFONTS TEXFONTS /* VFM font */ Note: paths ending in // will have their subdirectories searched also. BUG: the binaries don't acknowledge settings of the above environmentals! If you don't like the defaults, get the source (in the /pub/linux/packages/TeX dir at tsx-11.mit.edu, and elsewhere) and set them as you please. files: t1: total 1128 570345 Feb 15 15:48 texbin.tpz essential binaries 60112 Jan 18 16:16 texdoc.tpz gentle.tex 387771 Jan 27 15:02 texlib.tpz tex & mf source (for docs and fonts) 97487 Jan 17 01:36 textfm.tpz font metrics t2: total 946 81576 Feb 23 16:15 auc-tex.tpz 23907 Jan 17 01:34 cprint.tpz 52360 Jan 17 01:35 dekmf.tpz 62028 Feb 17 10:51 dviljsrc.tpz 406429 Jan 17 01:35 dvips.tpz 23092 Feb 17 10:48 texmanpg.tpz 289825 Feb 15 16:01 texmisc.tpz misc binaries (not essential) t3: 101645 Jan 17 01:35 infosrc.tpz 384472 Jan 17 01:36 latex.tpz 651946 Jan 17 01:34 texpk.tpz 300dpi fonts for Canon engine printers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- home site: tsx-11.mit.edu, subdirs of pub/linux/packages/SLS source home: tsx-11.mit.edu, /pub/linux/packages/TeX/ (texweb and web2c) maintainer: tdunbar@vtaix.cc.vt.edu most (but not all) of /pub/linux/packages/TeX has been relocated as above. Updates, new files, etc will continue to be posted to pub/linux/packages/TeX first. files with wide appeal may be moved into the SLS subdirs. thomas for mf graphic support, in your .Xdefaults file, add: mf*height: 480 mf*width: 640 or whatever you want (to change the default origin position, edit plain.mf and make a new format) Printer support: texbin.tpz contains a laserjet driver (source: ftp.wu-wien.ac.at pub/src/Typeset/dvi2xx) for PostScript, Rokicki's dvips is best (ftp labrea.stanford.edu or neon.stanford.edu for source and support files) - for ur convenience, i've included dvilj package and dvips package. TeX archive sites: labrea.stanford.edu Knuth's home site ftp.cs.umb.edu Karl Berry's home site (eplain, web2c) ymir.claremont.edu large TeX archive in US rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de home site for new LaTeX styles of Mittelbach and Schoepf REFERENCES: Gentle.tex.Z good intro to Plain TeX (included texdoc.tpz ) Knuth's The TeXbook/The MetaFontbook are std. refs, there are also many good introductions and comprehensive textbooks around, look in your library or bookstore (I recommend ``TeX for the Impatient'') comp.text.tex is the usenet group for TeX. A FAQ and site list is avail at: cs.nyu.edu in dir ~ftp/pub/tex i'll try to answer questions about TeX and MetaFont, both as typesetting utilities and as programming languages in their own right. i encourage you to look at tabledoc.dvi, pictures.dvi and newssamp.dvi as examples of the (plain) tex macro packages stables.tex, mfpic.tex, and newsletr.tex, respectively. -- thomas (tdunbar@vtaix.cc.vt.edu)