  This is teTeX-0.3.4, a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems.

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  The most important changes with respect to the 0.3.3 version:
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- support for more common UNIX platforms: Solaris 2.5, AIX 4.X,
    HP-UX 10.01
- DC fonts 1.3 patchlevel 2
- LaTeX2e <1996/06/01> with many extra packages
- latest versions of programs, macros and fonts
- some changes for TDS (TeX Directory Structure Standard) compliance
- latest setup for PostScript fonts. Now backward compatible to the
  old dvips setup (virtual fonts for ptmr, phvr, ... added)

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  I do not know teTeX yet...
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For those who do not know what teTeX is: teTeX is a complete TeX
distribution for UNIX compatible systems. My main aims when putting
things together have been:

	- create something simple to install, use and maintain
	- include as much useful documentation as possible
	- test as much as possible and try to avoid bugs

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 Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file
 FEATURES:
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Main features of the teTeX distribution:

- file organisation TDS (TeX Directory Structure) Standard compliant
- very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility)
- LaTeX2e (June 1996) together with lots of
  extra LaTeX packages (most packages mentioned in the LaTeX Companion)
- a lot of documentation: more than 130 dvi/ps-files, teTeX manual, FAQs
- support for read-only inputs tree (i.e. possibility to use alternate
  destination for newly created fonts)
- ready for a multi platform setup
- fast file searching. web2c patched to work with kpathsea-2.6. The
  search paths are chosen to give high performance.
- run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends.
- a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, cm,
  dc, oldgerman. All easily accessible 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 set any environment variable as long as you keep
  the original structure of the package.
- mailing list for discussion: tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de
- mailing list for announcemants: tetex-announce@informatik.uni-hannover.de

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

Macro packages (La)TeX:
  algorithm amsfonts amslatex anysize apalike arrow babel beton bibgerm
  blkarray boxedminipage btxmac calc caption cite comment custom-bib
  dinbrief doublespace dvips eepic endfloat eplain euler example fancyhdr
  fancyheadings float floatflt foiltex fullpage g-brief geometry german
  gletter graphics greekctr here hyphen idxmac index initials isolatin1
  koma-script labels landscape lastpage ltxtable mathrsfs mflogo mfnfss
  minitoc moreverb natbib nopageno ntgclass null parskip path picinpar
  pictex plain program psfig psfrag psnfss relsize rotating rotfloat
  scrload seminar setspace shadow shapepar showtags subfigure supertabular
  sz testfont texdraw texinfo texnames textcomp textfit textmerg tools
  typehtml ulem umlaute url version vmargin wasyfont wasysym wrapfig xepsf


Supported fonts:
  avantgar bookman courier helvetic mathptm mathppl ncntrsbk palatino
  symbol times utopia zapfchan zapfding cyrillic euler extracm symbols
  charter cm concrete dc gothic latex mflogo misc pandora wasy

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 Supported platforms:
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Binaries are available for:
  alpha-osf2.0          Digital UNIX V2.0 Alpha
  alpha-osf3.2          Digital UNIX V3.2 Alpha-AXP
  hppa1.1-hpux10.01     HP-UX 10.01 9000/710
  hppa1.1-hpux9.01      HP-UX  9.01 9000/710
  i386-bsdi2.0          BSDI 2.0 Intel
  i386-freebsd2.0.5     FreeBSD 2.0.5 Intel
  i386-freebsd2.1.0     FreeBSD 2.1.0 Intel
  i386-netbsd1.0        NetBSD 1.0 Intel
  i386-netbsd1.1        NetBSD 1.1 Intel
  i486-linux            Linux (ELF) Intel
  i486-linuxaout        Linux (a.out) Intel
  m68k-linux            Linux (ELF) Motorola
  m68k-linuxoldld       Linux (a.out) Motorola
  mips-irix5.2          SGI Irix 5.2
  mips-irix5.3          SGI Irix 5.3
  mips-ultrix4.4        DEC Ultrix 4.4
  rs6000-aix3.2         IBM AIX 3.2   RS6000
  rs6000-aix4.1.1       IBM AIX 4.1.1 RS6000
  sparc-solaris2.4      SUN Solaris 2.4 Sparc
  sparc-solaris2.5      SUN Solaris 2.4 Sparc
  sparc-sunos4.1.3      SUN SunOS 4.1.3 Sparc

Binaries for some other platforms are planned to be added in the future.

The sources may compile on other UNIX compatible platforms, too. You
need GNU make and gcc. I am not sure if lex does work on all systems, but
at least flex did alway work. 

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 Documentation
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There is the teTeX manual (TETEXDOC.dvi) a teTeX FAQ (FAQ-teTeX) and
lots of documentation for the included programs and macros.

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 Getting the files + Installation
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To install teTeX follow the instructions in
  INSTALL.src: if you want to compile the binaries yourself
  INSTALL.bin: if you want to use precompiled binaries.

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 mailing list:
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There are two mailing-lists for teTeX:

Get help from the list server with:
  echo help | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de

To subscribe the teTeX discussion list, do:
  echo subscribe tetex | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de

To subscribe the teTeX announce list, do:
  echo subscribe tetex-announce | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de

Get an archive of the list:
  echo get tetex archive | mail majordomo@informatik.uni-hannover.de

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 Copyright License: GNU GPL Version 2 (or later)
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Please send feedback to the autor:

	Thomas Esser
	Email: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de

	09.07.1996
