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      1  1.1  christos Id: README,v 1.4 2004/04/11 17:56:45 karl Exp 
      2  1.1  christos texinfo/doc/README
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      4  1.1  christos   Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      5  1.1  christos 
      6  1.1  christos   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
      7  1.1  christos   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
      8  1.1  christos   notice and this notice are preserved.
      9  1.1  christos 
     10  1.1  christos This directory contains documentation on the Texinfo system and the TeX
     11  1.1  christos sources needed to process Texinfo sources.  We recommend using the
     12  1.1  christos texi2dvi included in this distribution to run a Texinfo manual through
     13  1.1  christos TeX to produce a DVI file.
     14  1.1  christos 
     15  1.1  christos The .tex files are not installed automatically because TeX installations
     16  1.1  christos vary so widely.  Installing them in the wrong place would give a false
     17  1.1  christos sense of security.  So, you should simply cp *.tex to the appropriate
     18  1.1  christos place.  If your installation follows the TeX Directory Structure
     19  1.1  christos standard (http://tug.org/tds/), this will be the directory
     20  1.1  christos TEXMF/tex/texinfo/ for texinfo.tex, TEXMF/tex/generic/dvips/ for epsf.tex,
     21  1.1  christos and TEXMF/pdftex/plain/misc for pdfcolor.tex.  If you use the default
     22  1.1  christos installation paths, TEXMF will be /usr/local/share/texmf.  On systems
     23  1.1  christos with TeX preinstalled, as most GNU/Linux distributions offer, TEXMF
     24  1.1  christos will often be something like /usr/share/texmf.
     25  1.1  christos 
     26  1.1  christos It is also possible to put these .tex files in a `local' place instead
     27  1.1  christos of overwriting existing ones, but this is more complicated.  See your TeX
     28  1.1  christos documentation in general and the texmf.cnf file in particular for information.
     29  1.1  christos 
     30  1.1  christos If you add files to your TeX installations, not just replace existing
     31  1.1  christos ones, you very likely have to update your ls-R file; do this with the
     32  1.1  christos mktexlsr command.  In older versions, this was named MakeTeXls-R.
     33  1.1  christos 
     34  1.1  christos You can get the latest texinfo.tex from
     35  1.1  christos ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex (and all GNU mirrors)
     36  1.1  christos ftp://tug.org/tex/texinfo.tex (and all CTAN mirrors)
     37  1.1  christos or on the FSF machines in /home/gd/gnu/doc/texinfo.tex.
     38  1.1  christos If you have problems with the version in this distribution, please check
     39  1.1  christos for a newer version.
     40  1.1  christos 
     41  1.1  christos epsf.tex comes with dvips distributions, and you may already have it
     42  1.1  christos installed.  The version here is functionally identical but slightly
     43  1.1  christos nicer than the one in dvips574.  The changes have been sent to the
     44  1.1  christos epsf.tex maintainer.
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