Subject: teTeX-0.3.3 (including December 1995 supplement) package available
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/24/1996 00:44:51
I'm pleased to announce that, thanks to the prodding of 
Bernd Rosauer <br@netland.sub.de>, I've put together a packaging of
teTeX-0.3.3 (including December 1995 supplement) in
	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/binaries/NetBSD-1.1/i386
The package is in two parts: one generic, and one with binaries for
i386.  If you are interested in building a package for another NetBSD
platform, let me know.  The base sources are available at any CTAN
(comprehensive TeX archive network) FTP site.

==John Kohl

teTeX is a complete TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems.

It features:

  * TeX 3.14159, Metafont 2.718, LaTeX2e Rel. 04 <1995/12/01> PL#1,
    dvipsk 5.58f, xdvik 18f using kpathsea 2.6, and DC Fonts 1.2;
  * file organisation according to upcoming TeX Directory Standard;
  * easy to install with install.sh (not needed for this port!);
  * easy to customize with `texconfig' utility;
  * lots of extra LaTeX packages (most of them mentioned in the
    LaTeX Companion);
  * much documentation: more than 100 dvi-files plus teTeX manual, 
    teTeX FAQ and TeX FAQ;
  * support for read-only inputs tree (it is thus possible to use 
    an alternate destination for newly created fonts);
  * ready for multi platform setup;
  * fast file searching: web2c was patched to work with kpathsea-2.6
    so that the search paths are chosen to give high performance;
  * run-time configuration files for DVI drivers as well as TeX &
    friends;
  * a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, 
    cm, dc, oldgerman -- all easily accessable by LaTeX;
  * the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the filesystem
    (e.g., /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex); you do not need to specify any 
    environment variable as long as you keep the original structure of 
    the package;
  * mailing list for discussion: tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de.


teTeX includes the following programs:

    web2c:       tex, mf, bibtex, gftopk, ...
    dvi drivers: xdvi, dvips, dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l
    texinfo:     info, makeinfo, texindex, ...
    scripts:     dvi2fax, dvihp, ps2frag (perl), xtexsh (tclX-7.3),
                 fontimport, fontexport, texconfig, allneeded, allcm,
                 alldc, ...
    others:      makeindex, kpsetool, gsftopk, ps2pk, afm2tfm, ...


teTeX contains the following (La)TeX macros:

    amsfonts amslatex amstex babel dinbrief eepic eplain eplain
    fancyheadings foiltex g-brief graphics koma-script labels mflogo
    mfnfss minitoc myletter ntgclass pictex psfrag psnfss seminar
    supertabular texinfo textmerg tools umlaute wasysym

    + lots of one-file packages (e.g., calc.sty, rotating.sty, etc.)


teTeX supports the following fonts:

  avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm ncntrsbk palatino symbol
  times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols charter
  cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy antiqua grotesq
  nimbus


Thanks to Thomas Esser for the great efforts he has put into
establishing this fine distribution of TeX & friends, and thanks,
too, for his aid in this port.

Enjoy!

--
Bernd Rosauer
br@netland.sub.de