INSTALL 28.07.1998
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ArabTeX Version 3
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The ArabTeX package is distributed as one of the following
binary files:
arabtex.zip for PC users:
The ArabTeX package in compressed ZIP format.
Unpack with (PK)UNZIP as a directory tree.
arabtex.tar.Z for UNIX users:
The ArabTeX package in compressed tar format.
Unpack as a directory tree.
In addition, there may be an ASCII file "apatch.sty" with last
minute corrections. This is not a difference file; just put it
on the TEXINPUT path.
Depending on the server there may also be the unpacked files.
The binary package, if complete, should contain at least:
Main directory: (ASCII files and subdirectories)
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announce.txt describing the current version
arabtex.htm general information in HTML format
arabtex.gif the ArabTeX logo
changes.txt release history and known bugs
install.txt THIS file
readme.txt general information
doc subdirectory containing some documentation
texinput subdirectory containing the TeX macros
mfinput subdirectory containing the METAFONT sources
tfm subdirectory containing the TFM font files
laser.pk subdirectory containing 300 dpi pixel files
psfonts subdirectory containing T1 Postscript fonts
report subdirectory containing the User Manual
examples subdirectory containing some examples
Subdirectory "texinput": (ASCII files)
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arabtex.tex loader and patches for use with Plain TeX
arabtex.sty LaTeX 2e package, LaTeX 2.09 style option: driver
ascan.sty the following files are loaded automatically,
abidir.sty if required
abjad.sty
aboxes.sty
acmd.sty
aconfig.sty
afonts.sty
afonts0.sty
afonts1.sty
afonts2.sty
alatex.sty
aligs.sty
aoutput.sty
aparse.sty
apatch.sty
arabchrs.sty
arabskel.sty
arabsymb.sty
arabtoks.sty
atrans.sty
awrite.sty
Unash.fd
xarbskel.sty for using the extended font xnsh14
xarbsymb.sty
Uxnsh.fd
arabart.cls for Arabic style LaTeX2e documents
arabbook.cls
arabrep.cls
asize10.clo
asize11.clo
asize12.clo
alists.sty auxiliary files: LaTeX extensions
arabext.sty
asect.sty
atbg.sty
latexext.sty
hebtex.tex Hebrew mode: loader for use with Plain TeX
hebtex.sty style option for processing Hebrew
hebsymb.sty auxiliary files, loaded automatically
hecmd.sty option for use of some HEBREWTEX commands
hefonts.sty
hefonts0.sty
hefonts1.sty
hefonts2.sty
heparse.sty
hescan.sty
hetrans.sty
hewrite.sty
Uheb.fd LaTeX font description file
miscellaneous utility files (usually not required):
aedpatch.sty extensions for EDMAC; loaded if EDMAC is present
arababel.sty for BABEL compatibility
arabwin.sty for reading Arabic Windows code (CP 1256)
asmo449.sty for reading ASMO 449 Code (ISO 9036)
bhs.sty for reading the CCAT bible files
bhslabel.sty for processing labels in the CCAT bible
isiri.sty for reading ISIRI 3342 code
iso88596.sty for reading ISO 8859-6 Code
raw.sty for OCR work
twoblks.sty for synchronized columns
verses.sty for poetry
witbhs.sty a variant of bhs.sty
Subdirectory "report": (ASCII files)
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arabdoc.tex process this file with LaTeX to produce the manual
arabdoc.toc table of contents
arabdoc.lot list of tables
arabdoc.ind index file
arabdoc0.tex included text modules
... ...
arabdoci.tex ...
arabdmac.tex ...
arabimac.tex ...
arabdoc.aux redundant, helps processing
newindex.tex utility (see the header comment of arabdoc.tex)
arabind.tex utility for building the index
Subdirectory "mfinput": (ASCII files)
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nash14.mf METAFONT driver file for font nash14
nash14bf.mf METAFONT driver file for font nash14bf
nash.mf the following files will be loaded automatically:
nashbase.mf
nashchar.mf
nashdia.mf
nashdig.mf
nashlig.mf
nashspec.mf
arabsymb.mf
hclassic.mf Hebrew font by Joel Hoffman
hcaption.mf Hebrew font by Joel Hoffman
hcbase_p.mf
xnsh14.mf driver file for font xnsh14
xnsh14bf.mf driver file for font xnsh14bf
several additional files will be loaded on demand
Subdirectory "tfm": (Binary files)
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nash14.tfm TeX font metrics
nash14bf.tfm
xnsh14.tfm
xnsh14bf.tfm
hclassic.tfm
hcaption.tfm
Subdirectory "laser.pk": (Binary files)
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nash14.300pk bitmaps in PK format at 300 dpi
nash14.329pk \magstephalf
nash14.360pk \magstep 1
nash14.432pk \magstep 2
nash14.518pk \magstep 3
nash14.622pk \magstep 4
nash14.746pk \magstep 5
nash14bf.300k etc.: the same for the font nash14bf
analogous files for the other fonts provided
The font files are customized for a HP Laserjet with 300 dpi
resolution. If that does not suit your needs, recompile the
sources with METAFONT.
On systems using the 8+3 file naming convention you may have to
move the bitmap files to several directories and to rename them
according to local conventions.
Subdirectory "psfonts": (Binary files)
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xnsh14.pfb T1 font
xnsh14bf.pfb T1 font
arabtex.map font description for DVIPS
Subdirectory "doc": (ASCII files)
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arabtex.doc a short introduction (rather old)
arabtex.faq answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
arwindos.tex notes on Windows CP 1256 encoding support
changes2.txt older release history
hebrew.305 details on the Hebrew extension
readme.305 additional details
sindhi.tex notes on various extensions
uighur.tex
malay.tex
Subdirectory "examples": (ASCII and binary files)
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guha.tex a small LaTeX demo
guha.ps the demo output in PostScript format
omar.tex a small demo for Farsi
ligtable.tex a LaTeX demo showing many ligatures
arabtex.ps User Manual in PostScript (some servers only)
some more example files in PS or DVI format
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Prof. Klaus Lagally
Institut fuer Informatik
Universitaet Stuttgart
Breitwiesenstrasse 20-22
D-70565 Stuttgart
GERMANY
lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
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Copyright (c) 1990 - 1998, Klaus Lagally
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