xTeX Shell by Gerald Teschl


The present program is a simple TeX interface for the X Window System based on "wish",
respectively Tcl/Tk. 

(1) Getting xTeX Shell

The current version "xtexsh-1.4-2" can be downloaded from

	http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/ftp/xtexsh/
	ftp://ftp.mat.univie.ac.at/pub/teschl/xtexsh/

There is are "tar.gz", "src.rpm" and "i386.rpm" versions available.
Note however, that the program itself is a script, i.e, a plain
text file which is interpreted by wish. Hence it is independent of
the platform you are using (as long as it is some flavor of Unix).

(2) Installation

xTeX Shell requires that you have Tcl7.6/Tk4.0 (see <http://sunscript.sun.com>)
installed on your computer. In particular, it needs "wish" (if "which wish"
finds something, you are in business). You can either install the rpm
version or follow the instructions below.

- Untar the file ("tar -xzf xtexsh.tar.gz"). This results in a directory "xtexsh-1.2"
  containing seven files:
    README..........the present file
    LICENSE.........the GNU GPL
    index.html......html version of README
    xtexsh.png......icon for xtexsh
    xtexsh.1.gz.....manual page for xtexsh
    xtexsh.desktop..desktop file for use with KDE/Gnome
    xtexshrc........configuration file
    xtexsh..........the main tk script
  Check that "xtexsh" is executable (otherwise use "chmod +x xtexsh") and
  make sure the path to "wish" in the first line of the script is correct
  (use "which wish" to find the proper path).
- Now it can be invoked from the command line using
	xtexsh [file.tex]
- You might want to move "xtexsh" to a directory in your search
  PATH (e.g., mv xtexsh /usr/local/bin/) and the manual page to its
  proper location (mv xtexsh.1.gz /usr/local/man/man1/).

For more information choose help from the menu within "xtexsh".


(3) License

Copyright (C) 1997  Gerald Teschl
<Gerald.Teschl@univie.ac.at>
<http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Please see the included file LICENSE for a copy of the GNU
General Public License. If you used the rpm version it should
be in the documentation directory (usually /usr/doc/xtexsh-1.2).
If this file is missing, check out
	http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/copyleft/gpl.html
or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Have fun,
Gerald Teschl
<Gerald.Teschl@univie.ac.at>
<http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/>
<http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/xtexsh/>