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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 11:04:17 -0500
From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Organization: Spectrum Healthcare Services
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To: pdftex AT tug DOT cs DOT umb DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: pdftex-DJGPP.zip uploaded to CTAN
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Hi,

I have uploaded the DJGPP v.2.01 compiled executables of pdftex to CTAN.

Here's the README file:
==========README==========8<==========8<==========8<==========8<==
This archive conatins DOS executables of PDFTeX compiled with
DJGPP version 2.01.

To install, you need to have installed the DJGPP port of
web2c and friends by Eli Zaretskii.  You can find them on
${CTAN}/systems/msdos/djgpp/ or the DJGPP archive.

You also need the source distribution of PDFTeX, pdftex.tar.gz,
from ${CTAN}/systems/pdftex.

For a quick installation, you need to:
 1. Copy the executables to a directory in your PATH
 2. Copy pdftex.pool to ${TEXMF}/share/web2c
 3. Copy the content of the web2c\libpdf\etc to ${TEXMF}\pdftex
 4. Use the texmf.cnf in this archive as a base, modify your
    texmf.cnf file.  Pay attention to the TEXINPUTS.pdftex
    line and the TEXPSHEADERS line.
 5. Generate the format files with the commands
      pdftex -ini plain \dump
      cp plain.fmt ${TEXMF}\web2c\pdftex.fmt
      pdftex -ini latex.ltx
      cp latex.fmt ${TEXMF}\web2c\pdflatex.fmt
 6. Run MakeTeXls-R to update the path search database.

You'll also need a set of Type 1 fonts.  You can use, for example,
the BaKoMa fonts found at ${CTAN}/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/.

To create interesting PDF files, you'll certainly need the
HyperRef package.  This package has a pdftex option.

                              Happy PDFTeXing

                              Weiqi Gao (weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com)
==========README==========8<==========8<==========8<==========8<==

I will upload a ready to make, and ready to install version of pdftex
to the DJGPP archive when I have sorted everything out.  It'll take a
couple more nights, I'm afraid.

If you have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader and the associated
Netscape plug-in, take a look at (pdftex list people need not to)
  http://www.sluug.org/~weiqigao/example.pdf
for a simple example.  (the site is "Powered by Volunteers", so be
gentle.)

--
Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com