texlive[58013]
commits+siepo at tug.org
commits+siepo at tug.org
Mon Mar 1 17:25:45 CET 2021
Revision: 58013
http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=58013
Author: siepo
Date: 2021-03-01 17:25:45 +0100 (Mon, 01 Mar 2021)
Log Message:
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Updates from Siep
Modified Paths:
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trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
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--- trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex 2021-03-01 11:12:44 UTC (rev 58012)
+++ trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex 2021-03-01 16:25:45 UTC (rev 58013)
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
may still mostly work, but \TL{} will no longer even install on Windows
XP or earlier. \TL{} includes no
64-bit executables for Windows, but the 32-bit executables should
-run on 64-bit systems.
+run on 64-bit systems. But see
+\url{http://www.tug.org/texlive/windows.html} for options to add
+64-bit binaries.
See section~\ref{sec:tl-coll-dists} for alternate solutions
for Windows and \MacOSX.
@@ -84,13 +86,11 @@
\begin{itemize*}
-\item The installation script is named \filename{install-tl}. It
- can operate in a ``gui mode'' given the option \code{-gui}
- (default for Windows and \MacOSX), a text mode given
- \code{-gui=text} (default for everything else). On Unix
- platforms, the former Perl/Tk and wizard modes are still available
- if Perl/Tk is installed; see section~\ref{sec:wininst} for
- Windows.
+\item The installation script is named \filename{install-tl}. On
+ Windows, one should invoke \filename{install-tl-windows} instead.
+ The installer can operate in a ``gui mode'' given the option
+ \code{-gui} (default for Windows and \MacOSX), or a text mode given
+ the option \code{-gui=text} (default for everything else).
\item One of the installed items is the `\TL\ Manager' program,
named \prog{tlmgr}. Like the installer, it can be used in both \GUI{}
@@ -530,10 +530,9 @@
> \Ucom{perl install-tl -gui}
\end{alltt}
-The old \code{wizard} and \code{perltk}/\code{expert} options are still
-available. These require the \dirname{Perl::Tk} module compiled with XFT
-support, which is generally no problem with \GNU/Linux, but often is
-with other systems. For a complete listing of the various options:
+The old \code{wizard} and \code{perltk}/\code{expert} options are
+still available, but now do the same thing as just \code{-gui}. For
+a complete listing of the various options:
\begin{alltt}
> \Ucom{perl install-tl -help}
\end{alltt}
@@ -689,13 +688,9 @@
The Advanced button gives access to most of the options of the text
installer; see figure~\ref{fig:advanced-lnx}.
-\subsubsection{The legacy installers}
+The \texttt{perltk}/\texttt{expert} and \texttt{wizard} \GUI{}
+options now invoke the regular graphical installer.
-The \texttt{perltk}/\texttt{expert} and \texttt{wizard} modes are
-still available for systems with have Perl/Tk installed. These can
-be specified with \texttt{-gui=perltk} and \texttt{-gui=wizard}
-arguments respectively.
-
\subsection{Running the installer}
\label{sec:runinstall}
@@ -838,7 +833,7 @@
\dirname{TEXMFVAR} is the location for storing most cached runtime data
specific to each user. \dirname{TEXMFCACHE} is the variable name used
-for that purpose by Lua\LaTeX and \ConTeXt\ MkIV (see
+for that purpose by Lua\LaTeX\ and \ConTeXt\ MkIV (see
section~\ref{sec:context-mkiv}, \p.\pageref{sec:context-mkiv}); its
default value is \dirname{TEXMFSYSVAR}, or (if that's not writable),
\dirname{TEXMFVAR}.
@@ -913,10 +908,10 @@
independently as needed; see section~\ref{sec:location} and
section~\ref{sec:dvd-install-net-updates}.
\end{description}
-Windows-specific options, as displayed in the advanced Perl/Tk
+Windows-specific options, as displayed in the advanced \GUI{}
interface:
\begin{description}
-\item[adjust PATH setting in registry] This ensures that all
+\item[adjust searchpath] This ensures that all
programs will see the \TL{} binary directory on their search path.
\item[add menu shortcuts] If set, there will be a \TL{} submenu of
@@ -924,7 +919,7 @@
`TeX Live menu' and `No shortcuts'. This option is described in
section \ref{sec:sharedinstall}.
-\item[change file associations] The options are `Only new' (create
+\item[File associations] The options are `Only new' (create
file associations, but do not overwrite existing ones), `All' and
`None'.
@@ -931,8 +926,8 @@
\item[install \TeX{}works front end]
\end{description}
When all the settings are to your liking, you can type `I' in the
-text interface, or press the `Install TeX Live' button in the
-Perl/Tk \GUI, to start the installation process. When it is done,
+text interface, or press the `Install' button in the
+\GUI, to start the installation process. When it is done,
skip to section~\ref{sec:postinstall} to read what else needs to be
done, if anything.
@@ -951,10 +946,8 @@
Tcl/Tk version 8.5 or higher. This is the case on \MacOSX\ and is
distributed with \TL{} on Windows. The legacy options
\texttt{-gui=perltk} and \texttt{-gui=wizard} are still available
- and require the Perl/Tk module
- (\url{https://tug.org/texlive/distro.html#perltk}) compiled with
- XFT support; if Tcl/Tk and Perl/Tk are not available, installation
- continues in text mode.
+ but invoke the same \GUI{} interface; if Tcl/Tk is not available,
+ installation continues in text mode.
\item[-no-gui] Force using the text mode installer.
@@ -1001,11 +994,12 @@
The default network package repository is a \CTAN{} mirror chosen
automatically via \url{http://mirror.ctan.org}.
-If you want to override that, the location value can be a url starting
-with \texttt{ftp:}, \texttt{http:}, or \texttt{file:/}, or a plain
-directory path. (When giving an \texttt{http:}\ or \texttt{ftp:}\
-location, trailing `\texttt{/}' characters and/or a trailing
-`\texttt{/tlpkg}' component are ignored.)
+If you want to override that, the location value can be a url
+starting with \texttt{ftp:}, \texttt{http:}, \texttt{https:}, or
+\texttt{file:/}, or a plain directory path. (When giving an
+\texttt{http:}, \texttt{https:} or \texttt{ftp:}\ location, trailing
+`\texttt{/}' characters and/or a trailing `\texttt{/tlpkg}'
+component are ignored.)
For example, you could choose a particular \CTAN\ mirror with something
like: \url{http://ctan.example.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/},
@@ -1223,20 +1217,20 @@
\subsubsection{Integrating third-party fonts}
-This is unfortunately a messy topic. Forget about it unless you want to
-delve into many details of the \TeX{} installation. Many fonts are
-included in \TL\ already, so take a look if you don't already know
-that what you want isn't there.
+This is unfortunately a messy topic for \TeX\ and pdf\TeX. Forget
+about it unless you want to delve into many details of the \TeX{}
+installation. Many fonts are included in \TL\ already, so take a
+look if you don't already know that what you want isn't there.
-A possible alternative is to use \XeTeX\ or Lua\TeX\ (see
-section~\ref{sec:tex-extensions}), which let you use operating system
-fonts without any installation in \TeX.
-
If you do need to do this, see
\url{https://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html} for our best effort at
describing the procedure.
+Also consider using \XeTeX\ or Lua\TeX\ (see
+section~\ref{sec:tex-extensions}), which let you use operating
+system fonts without any installation in \TeX.
+
\subsection{Testing the installation}
\label{sec:test-install}
@@ -1380,10 +1374,11 @@
\url{https://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html}.
\item \cmdname{Texmaker} is free software, available from
\url{https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker}.
- \item \cmdname{TeXstudio} started out as a fork of \cmdname{Texmaker} with
- additional features; \url{https://texstudio.org/}.
+ \item \cmdname{TeXstudio} started out as a fork of
+ \cmdname{Texmaker} with additional features; available from
+ \url{https://texstudio.org/} and in the pro\TeX{}t distribution.
\item \cmdname{TeXnicCenter} is free software, available from
- \url{https://www.texniccenter.org} and in the pro\TeX{}t distribution.
+ \url{https://www.texniccenter.org}.
\item \cmdname{TeXworks} is free software, available from
\url{https://tug.org/texworks} and installed as part of \TL\ for
Windows (only).
@@ -1753,7 +1748,7 @@
\label{sec:winpermissions}
In later versions of Windows, a distinction is made between regular
-users and administrators, where only the latter have free access to the
+users and administrators, where only the latter have free access to almost the
entire operating system. We have made an effort to make \TL{}
installable without administrative privileges.
@@ -1770,7 +1765,7 @@
A problem may arise if the user is not an administrator and \TeX{}
already exists in the search path. Since the effective search path
consists of the system search path followed by the user search path, the
-new \TL{} would never get precedence. As a safeguard, the installer
+new \TL{} would never get precedence. As a fallback, the installer
creates a shortcut to the command-prompt in which the new \TL{} binary
directory is prepended to the local search path. The new \TL{} will be
always usable from within such a command-prompt. The shortcut for
@@ -3819,7 +3814,7 @@
higher (High~Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina);
\texttt{x86\_64-darwinlegacy} supports 10.6 and newer. Mac\TeX\ is
notarized and command line programs have hardened runtimes, as now
-required by Apple for install packages. BibDesk and TeX Live Utility
+required by Apple for install packages. BibDesk and \TeX\ Live Utility
are not in Mac\TeX\ because they are not notarized, but a
\filename{README} file lists urls where they can be obtained.
@@ -3843,7 +3838,7 @@
General: \begin{itemize}
\item Donald Knuth's changes for his 2021 tuneup of \TeX\ and Metafont are
incorporated
-(\url{https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb42-1/tb130knuth-tuneup21.pdf}). They are
+(\url{https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb42-1/tb130knuth-tuneup21.pdf}. They are
also available on CTAN as the \code{knuth-dist} and \code{knuth-local}
packages. As expected, the fixes are for obscure cases and do not affect
any behavior in practice.
@@ -3922,8 +3917,8 @@
executable code for both ARM and Intel. Both binaries are compiled from
the same source code.
-The additional programs Ghostscript, LaTeXiT, TeX Live Utility, and
-TeXShop are all universal and are signed with a hardened runtime, so all
+The additional programs Ghostscript, \LaTeX{}iT, \TeX{} Live Utility, and
+\TeX{}Shop are all universal and are signed with a hardened runtime, so all
are included in Mac\TeX{} this year.
\code{tlmgr} and infrastructure: \begin{itemize*}
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