TkTeX README TkTeX is a Tk-based interface to the UN*X tools related to TeX, such as editors, previewers, printing programs, etc. It requires Tcl 7.4/Tk 4.0 or later, or TclX (TkTeX uses some form of the 'fileevent' command). It works best with Tcl 7.5/Tk 4.1 or later, or TclX, because with these versions non-blocking input/output is available. It currently works only under Unix. Using TkTeX, you can select a TeX file to work on, and then by clicking on buttons and menus, edit the file (or \included'ed files), run tex/latex on the selected file (and interact with it, to fix errors, abort the run, etc.), view or print the file, and so forth. The underlying philosophy of the program is that it doesn't try to do anything other than provide a "launching pad" for all of the existing TeX-related tools. Specifically, it does not provide an editor, or a previewer, or any such; it runs programs that already exist on your system, such as emacs and xdvi, which you specify in a configuration file that is read at startup. In theory, this will also make it easier to keep up with changing TeX-related tools. Currently the only DVI printing program that is supported is 'dvips'. To install TkTeX, read the file "Install". Documentation is in the form of two DVI files, tktex-gen.dvi and tktex-vars.dvi. The first is the general documentation, and explains the second. These files can be previewed and printed with any DVI file processing program (xdvi, dvips, etc.), and can also be previewed from within tktex. The LaTeX2e source for these files is also provided; you will probably want to get rid of the 'eurodate' and 'fullpage' package references, and you need the 'moreverb' package, if you want to process the files directly. Please send me comments, bug reports, etc., to the address below, and also comments about the documentation. If you do use TkTeX, please drop me a line regardless, and I will put you on a mailing list so that you can be notified of updates. I would especially like to hear from you if you download TkTeX, and then decide not to use it (in particular, I'd like to know why you decide not to use it). The most current stable (i.e., non-beta) version will be available at the usual archive site (ftp.neosoft.com, as of this writing). The most current version (alpha or beta) that I think is safe for the outside world will be available at ftp.iu-math.indiana.edu. For the most current information about TkTeX, visit the TkTeX web page, indicated below. Thanks for trying TkTeX! Norman Danner ndanner@indiana.edu Home Page: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/ndanner/home.html TkTeX Home Page: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/ndanner/tktex.html $Id: README,v 1.5 1997/07/07 01:40:07 ndanger Exp $