True TrueTEX ``Read Me'' document
(Release Notes and Other
Last-Minute Information)
TRUETEX Release 4.5D - January, 2002
2pc The LATEX document you are reading contains last-minute information regarding the TRUETEX release you have installed. This information supercedes any statements in the TRUETEX User's Guide.

The TRUETEX ``Read Me First'' icon views this document using the TRUETEX previewer. If you are unfamiliar with the previewer and haven't yet read about it in the TRUETEX User's Guide, you should find the basics of using the previewer very easy: just use the scroll bars to move about the page, drag the mouse to zoom in, press Space to zoom out, and use PgDn and PgUp to move to the next or previous page.

You can print this document by selecting File Print in the previewer.

Previewing this document also serves as a basic test of whether the TRUETEX installation succeeded. For example, if any of the fonts on this page appear in blue on your color display (indicating a font substitution), then there was a problem with the installation of the TrueType fonts included with TRUETEX, and you should consult the TRUETEX User's Guide for information on font troubleshooting.

You can get later editions of this document over the Internet to keep up-to-date on the status of TRUETEX upgrades:

http://www.truetex.com

See the table at the end of this document for a summary of new features and corrections implemented in the various TRUETEX releases.

Contents

1  Quick Start
2  The TEX Live CD
3  Public Domain TEX ware
4  Font Reconstitution and Metafiles
5  Windows 2000 Compatibility
6  Universal Modern Fonts
7  Increased Capacities
8  TIFF Image Library Hooks
9  Improved Installation and Un-Install for Windows
10  Enhanced Virtual Font Handling
11  Omega Support
    11.1  Extensions for Omega
    11.2  Accessing Unicode Fonts
    11.3  Sparse Font Optimization and Unicode Virtual Packets
12  Corrected and Updated Metric Export
    12.1  Metric Export Formats Supported
    12.2  Selecting Input and Output Encodings
    12.3  Ligatures Supported
    12.4  Getting Unicode Fonts in Windows
    12.5  Limitations
    12.6  Making 8-Bit TEX Fonts from Unicode Fonts
    12.7  Using Adobe Type Manager (ATM) for Type 1 Fonts with Windows 95
13  Using the Windows Registry
    13.1  Using the Registry for Font Substitution
    13.2  Using the Registry for Preferences
14  Message Window
15  Enhanced Special-Handling in 32-bit Edition
    15.1  Accessing Memory-Mapped Special-Texts
    15.2  Messages from special handlers
16  Font Encoding Maps
17  Initial Window Sizing
18  Long File Names
19  DDE Server
    19.1  DDE Commands Implemented
    19.2  DDE Argument Syntax
    19.3  DDE Service Enabling/Disabling
    19.4  DDE Platform Interoperability
    19.5  Programming a DDE Client
20  Recursive Directory Searching
21  Using Multiple Configuration (.INI) Files
22  Initial Working Directory
23  Quiring
24  Virtual Fonts
25  TEX Font Names
26  '134special Handler Sources
27  TEXWAKEUP Preference for initex3x.exe
28  Programming with the Setup Utility
    28.1  How Setup Organizes Distribution Disks
    28.2  Modifying Setup for Network-Master Installation
    28.3  Setup command-line syntax
    28.4  Other Setup Programming Considerations
    28.5  Examples of Using Setup
29  Other Network Issues
30  Character Composition in Exported Font Metrics
    30.1  Composition Language for Experts
31  COMMDLG.DLL Required
32  Win32s
33  Bugs Corrected
34  TrueTEX Release Summary
35  Regarding Copyrights and Other Legal Matters
    35.1  Copyright Notice
    35.2  TIFF Library Copyright Notice
    35.3  Info-Zip Disclaimer
36  Technical Support


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