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| <h3 class="section" id="Preparing-for-TeX-1">18.9 Preparing for TeX</h3> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Preparing-for-TeX"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-TeX-input-initialization"></a> |
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| <p>TeX needs to find the <samp class="file">texinfo.tex</samp> file that the |
| ‘<samp class="samp">\input texinfo</samp>’ command on the first line reads. The |
| <samp class="file">texinfo.tex</samp> file tells TeX how to handle @-commands; it is |
| included in all standard GNU distributions. The latest version |
| released for general use is available |
| from the usual GNU servers and mirrors: |
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| <pre class="display-preformatted"><a class="uref" href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex">http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo.tex</a> |
| <a class="uref" href="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo.tex">http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo.tex</a> |
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| <p>The latest development version is available from the Texinfo source |
| repository: |
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| <pre class="display-preformatted"><a class="uref" href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/plain/doc/texinfo.tex">http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/plain/doc/texinfo.tex</a> |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-texinfo_002etex_002c-installing"></a> |
| <p><samp class="file">texinfo.tex</samp> is essentially a standalone file, |
| so, if you need or want to try a newer version |
| than came with your system, it nearly always suffices to download it |
| and put it anywhere that TeX will find it. You can replace |
| any existing <samp class="file">texinfo.tex</samp> with a newer version (of course saving |
| the original in case of disaster). |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-epsf_002etex_002c-installing"></a> |
| <p>Also, you should install <samp class="file">epsf.tex</samp>, if it is not already installed |
| from another distribution. More details are at the end of the description |
| of the <code class="code">@image</code> command (see <a class="pxref" href="Images.html">Inserting Images</a>). |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-European-Computer-Modern-fonts-1"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-EC-fonts_002c-installing"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-CM_002dSuper-fonts-1"></a> |
| <p>To use quotation marks other than those used in English, you’ll need |
| to have the European Computer Modern fonts (e.g., <samp class="file">ecrm1000</samp>) and |
| (for PDF output) CM-Super fonts (see <a class="pxref" href="Inserting-Quotation-Marks.html">Inserting Quotation Marks</a>). |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-feymr10"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Euro-font_002c-installing"></a> |
| <p>To use the <code class="code">@euro</code> command, you’ll need the ‘<samp class="samp">feym*</samp>’ fonts |
| (e.g., <samp class="file">feymr10</samp>). See <a class="xref" href="_0040euro.html"><code class="code">@euro</code> (€): Euro Currency Symbol</a>. |
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| <p>All of the above files should be installed by default in a reasonable |
| TeX installation. |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Customizing-of-TeX-for-Texinfo"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Site_002dwide-Texinfo-configuration-file"></a> |
| <p>Optionally, you may create a file <samp class="file">texinfo.cnf</samp> for site configuration. |
| When processing a Texinfo file, TeX looks for this file |
| in its search path, which includes the current directory and standard |
| installation directories. |
| You can use this file for local conventions. For example, if |
| <samp class="file">texinfo.cnf</samp> contains the line |
| ‘<samp class="samp">@afourpaper</samp>’ (see <a class="pxref" href="A4-Paper.html">Printing on A4 Paper</a>), then all Texinfo documents |
| will be processed with that page size in effect. If you have nothing |
| to put in <samp class="file">texinfo.cnf</samp>, you do not need to create it. |
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| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-Environment-variable-TEXINPUTS"></a> |
| <a class="index-entry-id" id="index-TEXINPUTS"></a> |
| <p>You can set the <code class="code">TEXINPUTS</code> environment variable |
| to allow TeX to find <samp class="file">texinfo.cnf</samp>. |
| (This also works for <samp class="file">texinfo.tex</samp> and any other file TeX |
| might read). For example, if you are using a Bourne shell-compatible shell |
| (<code class="code">sh</code>, <code class="code">bash</code>, <code class="code">ksh</code>, …), your <samp class="file">.profile</samp> file |
| could contain the lines: |
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| <pre class="example-preformatted">TEXINPUTS=.:/home/me/mylib: |
| export TEXINPUTS |
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| <p>These settings would cause TeX first to look for an <samp class="file">\input</samp> file |
| in the current directory, indicated by the ‘<samp class="samp">.</samp>’, then in a |
| hypothetical user ‘<samp class="samp">me</samp>’’s <samp class="file">mylib</samp> directory, and finally in |
| the system directories. (A leading, trailing, or doubled ‘<samp class="samp">:</samp>’ |
| indicates searching the system directories at that point.) |
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