AmiWeb2c 2.0 entry

twg-tds@tug.cs.umb.edu twg-tds@tug.cs.umb.edu
Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:38:23 +0100 (MET)


Now that development of Web2c 7.0 and AmiWeb2c 2.0 has been completed
successfully, a revised description of the Amiga-specific stuff in the
TDS documentation is due.

Please apply the patch coming with this e-mail to 'tds.tex'.

The new version of the AmiWeb2c subsubsection matches the directory
structure applied for the "TeX Live CD" distribution, i.e., only two
directories "bin/amiweb2c/" and "share/texmf/amiweb2c" are used.
Although updated versions of AmiWeb2c may be released in the future
this concept for the overall installation will be preserved.

Thanks,

-- Andreas@Prokon.OR.RWTH-Aachen.De

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  with the current directory (e.g., `\path|.|').  Allowing users to
  include the parent directory (e.g., `\path|..|') is also helpful.
  
! \subsubsection{AmiWeb2C 2.0}
  
! (Email \email|scherer@physik.rwth-aachen.de| to contact the maintainer of
! this implementation.)
  
! The natural choice for the root \abbr{TDS} directory on the Amiga is
! \path|TeXMF:|, either the name of a hard disk partition or an assignment
! to a specific location on your disk.  In addition to Kpathsea's
! \path|//| notation you may start recursive path search with
! \replaceable{DEVICE}\path|:/|, e.g., \path|TeXMF:/|.
! 
! Binaries coming with the AmiWeb2C distribution are assumed to be
! installed in the \abbr{TDS} hierarchy at \path|TeXMF:bin/web2c/| to
! distinguish them from \abbr{DVI} drivers from other sources.  (For
! example, Pas\TeX{}'s \application{ShowDVI} and \application{DVIprint}
! drivers should be installed at \path|TeXMF:bin/pastex/|.  The respective
! configuration files can be placed in \path|TeXMF:pastex/config/| and the
! assignment \path|TeX:| should point to \path|TeXMF:pastex/|.)
! 
! All implementation-dependent \TeX{} system files are stored in
! \path|TeXMF:web2c/| extending the form used by Web2c~7.0:
! 
! \begin{tdsSummary}
!   TeXMF:            \abbr{TDS} root (also \path|ls-R| and \path|MakeTeXls-R|)
!   . web2c/          configuration file \path|texmf.cnf|
!   . . bases/        \MF{} bases, separated by name, e.g.,
!   . . . plain/      the ``plain'' base
!   . . formats/      \TeX{} formats, separated by name, e.g.,
!   . . . e-plain/    the plain format for ``extended \TeX{}''
!   . . . latex/      the \LaTeX{} format
!   . . . plain/      the plain \TeX{} format
!   . . mems/         \MP{} memory files, separated by name, e.g.,
!   . . . mfplain/    the ``plain mem'' extended for \MF{} input
!   . . . plain/      the ``plain'' memory file
!   . . pool/         pool files for \TeX{}, \MF{}, and \MP{}
!   . . rexx/         \path|MakeMPX.rexx|, \path|CallMF|
! \end{tdsSummary}
  
  Documentation files in AmigaGuide format should be stored at
! \path|TeXMF:doc/guide/| similar to \path|TeXMF:doc/info/|.
  
  
  \subsubsection{Public \abbr{DECUS} \TeX{}}
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  with the current directory (e.g., `\path|.|').  Allowing users to
  include the parent directory (e.g., `\path|..|') is also helpful.
  
! \subsubsection{AmiWeb2c 2.0}
  
! (Email \email|scherer@physik.rwth-aachen.de| to contact the maintainer
! of this implementation.)
  
! AmiWeb2c 2.0 is compatible with Web2c 7.0 to the greatest possible
! extent, so only the very few differences are described in this
! section.  Detailed information about the basic concepts is given in
! the section for Web2c 7.0 below.
! 
! Thanks to the \verb|$SELFAUTO| mechanism of Kpathsea 3.0 no specific
! location for the installation of AmiWeb2c is required as long as the
! general structure of the distribution is preserved.
! 
! In addition to Kpathsea's \verb|//| notation recursive path search may
! also be started by \replaceable{DEVICE}\path|:/|, e.g., \path|TeXMF:/|
! will scan this specific device completely.
! 
! Binaries coming with the AmiWeb2c distribution are installed in the
! directory \path|bin/amiweb2c/| outside the common \abbr{TDS} tree
! \path|share/texmf/|.  In addition to the set of AmiWeb2c binaries
! you will find two subdirectories \path|local/| and \path|pastex/|
! with auxiliary programs.
! 
! A stripped version of the Pas\TeX\ system (used by kind permission of
! Georg He{\ss}mann) is coming with AmiWeb2c, pre-installed in its own
! \path|share/texmf/amiweb2c/pastex/| directory.  If you want to use
! Pas\TeX\ you have to \verb|assign| the name \path|TeX:| to this place.
  
  Documentation files in AmigaGuide format should be stored at
! \path|doc/guide/| similar to \path|doc/info/|.
  
  
  \subsubsection{Public \abbr{DECUS} \TeX{}}