bctex
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This is a big C version of TeX 3.1415, Metafont 2.71 and companion programs
for Windows NT. They have been derived by applying web2c to the original
programs from Stanford. Metafont contains some assembly code. Before run-
ning them, you need to set some environment variables. Here is a sample
setting:

set TEXINPUTS=d:/usr/tex/inputs         % location of tex,sty,... files
set TEXFONTS=d:/usr/tex/tfm             % location of tfm files
set TEXFORMATS=d:/usr/tex/ntfmt         % location of fmt files
set TEXPOOL=d:/usr/tex/ntfmt            % location of tex.poo
set MFBASES=d:/usr/mf/ntbase            % location of bas files
set MFINPUTS=d:/usr/mf/inputs           % location of mf files
set MFPOOL=d:/usr/mf/ntbase             % location of mf.poo
set BIBINPUTS=d:/usr/tex/inputs         % location of bib files
set EDITOR=emacs +%d %s                 % Editor template

You can also use the environment variable TEXBIB instead of BIBINPUTS for
compatibility with some DOS versions of bibtex. Be sure to generate the
plain format and base with the included files; if you use any other versions,
the results will probably be incorrect. When generating the plain base, I
would suggest that you also include the file "modes.mf" by the command:
                inimf plain;input modes;dump

You will also need TFM, MF, TEX and STY files. All of these can be found
at pip.shsu.edu in the following directories:

TFM files:              /tex-archive/fonts/cm/tfm
Plain MF files:         /tex-archive/fonts/cm/mf
LaTeX MF files          /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex/fonts
LaTeX TEX files:        /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex/general
LaTeX STY files:        /tex-archive/macros/latex/distribs/latex/sty

The EDITOR environment variable points to an editor that will be invoked
when you select the 'e' option from TeX or Metafont. The sequence %d will
be substituted by the line number, and the sequence %s will be substituted
by the file name. Both sequences are optional, but do not specify them more
than once.

The programs truncate filenames to 8+3 characters for compatibility with
all file systems.

Hippocrates Sendoukas
3 Sifnou St., Athens 11254, Greece
