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- Main features of the teTeX distribution:
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- - 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 and more. All easily accessible by LaTeX.
- - METAPOST included
- - 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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