~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The EthTeX Package V 1.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 03/16/94 This is the first release of the EthTeX Package, a bundle of many people's work--TeX by Donald Knuth, emTeX ported to personal computer by Eberhard Mattes, LaTeX by Laslie Lamport, Ethiopian fonts, and many more. In addition to the standard features of TeX, the package provides a suitable environment for the Ethiopian Script users. More than anything else, the purpose of the package is to open up the world of TeX to the users who until now lack the means to produce beautiful books or documents with Ethiopian Script beyond a word processor's scope. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The EthTeX Package The system comes with ten 5.25" floppy diskettes and it will be available also in a number of archive sites through FTP (File Transfer Protocol.) services. If you don't have access to ftp service, you may get the package from TeX Users Group or from me, but you must cover the expenses---material and shipping & handling. * Hardware Requirement IBM pc or compatible with 8086, 80286, 80386, or 80486 640MB RAM EGA, or VGA display adapter About 8MB hard disk space * The System features emTeX : TeX, LaTeX, METAFONT, and others stuff. eLaTeX--a modified version of LaTeX featuring Amharic commands Modified styles files to suit Ethiopian document typesetting Ethiopian fonts (including METAFONT sources) TeXshell EthioME that includes MicroEMACS for Ethiopian Script editing. Installer * Documents All the following documents are included in distribution except the book _Mestahafe eLaTeX_ and can be processed and printed. They are located in "C:\EMTEX\DOC\AMHARIC" directory. README.ETH : Introduction and installation guide READ1ST.TEX : Introduction and installation guide (Amharic--TeX file) VIEWER.TEX : Users guide for dvi file viewing (Amharic--TeX file) PRTDVR.TEX : Users guide for printing dvi files (Amharic--TeX file) TEXSHELL.TEX : Introductory TeXshell users guide (Amharic--TeX file) ETHIOME.TEX : An Amharic reference manual for ETHIOME (a TeX file) Mestahafe eLaTeX (written in Amharic): An Amharic guide for producing books, reports, articles, letters, and so on with Ethiopian script in eLaTeX. * The EthTeX Package on floppy diskettes: There are ten minimum high density diskettes labeled as shown below. 1. emTeX DISK 1 of 8 2. emTeX DISK 2 of 8 3. emTeX DISK 3 of 8 4. emTeX DISK 4 of 8 5. emTeX DISK 5 of 8 6. emTeX DISK 6 of 8 7. eLaTeX DISK 7 of 8 8. EthioME DISK 8 of 8 9. TeXfonts DISK 1 of 2 (for a single specified printer) 10. TeXfonts DISK 2 of 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Distribution The package is available from three sources: 1. Archive site in which the system can be retrieved using a ftp services. The sites includes: (Note: this may not be ready by the time of this announcement.) ftp.shsu.edu [192.92.115.10] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex ftp.tex.ac.uk [134.151.44.19] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex ftp.dante.de [128.69.1.12] tex-archive/languages/ethiopia/ethtex 2. It can be ordered directly from TUG (TeX Users Group) office. For more information write or call the office. TeX Users Group P.O. Box 869 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA Phone: +1 (805)963-1338 FAX: +1 (805)963-8358 email: tug@tug.org 3. It can be obtained directly from me also. For more information write or call to: EthiO Systems P.O. Box 36921 Houston, TX 77236 Phone: +1 (713)995-4360 email: abassa@neosoft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abass B. Alamnehe P.O. Box 36921 Houston, TX 77236 e-mail: abassa@neosoft.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~