fptex-0.4 beta1

[Jose Luis Olivares V.]

Fabrice:

Thanks for all this. Will all the things you mention be included in the
TeXLive 5 CD? Do you know when we TUG members should expect to receive the
CD? The TUG website is outdated, and I have no access to newsgroups.

José Olivares

On 13 Jul 2000, Fabrice Popineau wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Now that TeXLive 5 is done, it is time for me to package
> fptex-0.4. This is almost ready. However, it is huge.
> 
> You need :
> ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/tex/win32-beta/fptex-0.4-beta1/
> 
> under which you will find :
> 
> TeXSetup.exe		The setup program
> tpm/			The packages description files
> zip/			The level 1 and level 2 packages of TeXLive
> setupw32/		Updates for older win9x systems and dlls, 
> 			plus supplementary free packages (netpbm,
> 			emacs, pfe, winshell, texshell)
> 
> It is almost 100Mb. You can ommit 15Mb from setupw32/emacs206.zip if
> you want. In fact you can ommit many things and download only
> TeXSetup.exe and the tpm/ directory. Missing things should be
> downloaded from the net or the program will silently fail to install
> them.
> 
> The level 3 packages of the TeXLive are available from the texsetup
> program provided you have an active internet connection and my web
> site is up !
> 
> More on this after the week end: I hope to be able to put up new web
> pages to describe the installation process.
> 
> I do not intend to change the zip files, but only fix bugs in the
> setup program, so if you take the pain to download the zip files,
> it won't be lost.
> 
> The easiest way to down load this is probably using wget (or getrigth
> or whatever gui tool) :
> 
> c:\>wget -t 0 -r -m -nH -np --cut-dirs=3 ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/tex/win32-beta/fptex-0.4-beta1
> 
> wget.exe is available from
> ftp://ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/tex/win32-beta/wget.exe
> 
> A newer version of the installer might be able to check if there is a
> more recent version of some package and offer to download it.
> 
> Please report as much as you can about success or failure. There is an
> extensive log file generated by texsetup. In case  you want to send it
> to me, please zip it before !
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> -- 
> Fabrice Popineau
> 
>