ANNOUNCE: BaKoMa TeX by Basil Malyshev

[Petr Sojka]

> ftp://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/CTAN/systems/win32/bakoma/dst/announce.txt

> Hello.
> There is first world wide announce of this TeX System for MS Windows.
> This system has been uploaded to 'system/win32/bakoma' directory of CTAN.
>
>                            BaKoMa TeX  2.0
>                            ===============
>                            (December 1998)
>
> 1) What is BaKoMa TeX?
> ----------------------
>
> BaKoMa-TeX is TeX package intended for preparing Electronic Publications.
> The system works under MS-Windows 3.1/9X/NT (with ATM installed).
> The system includes complete extendable GUI (Text editor, DVI Viewer,
> Help system), an updated version of the BaKoMa Fonts Collection,
> TeX processor with friends (BibTeX, MakeIndex, MetaPost, DVIPS, DVICopy),
> standard compliant TDS, and installation program.
> The system supports using scalable fonts (PostScript Type 1 and Type 3
> font formats) and importing PostScript graphics into documents.
> The system supports generation of PDF and printing on any printer
> supported by a driver under MS Windows.
> The system efficiently supports multiple TEXMF trees.
>
> 2) A Details of Important Features
> ----------------------------------
>
>    * DVI Viewer included into the system is high compatible
>      with well known DVIPS driver by Tomas Rokicki.
>      Compatibility isn't limited by special syntax,
>      because the viewer includes PostScript Level 1 interpreter.
>      It shares several PostScript prologs with DVIPS, so that
>      even PostScrpt hacks work with the Viewer.
>    * The Viewer displays, prints (on non PostScript printers)
>      and converts into PDF imported PostScript pictures
>      and PostScript code embedded into DVI files.
>    * The Viewer supports HyperTeX specials.
>      Farthermore, calculation of hyperanchor rectangles is integrated
>      with PostScript engine. So, that hyper rectangles are calculated
>      according to current PostScript transformation.
>      In other words, hyperlinks inside rotated or scaled boxes
>      and hyperlinks typeseted along some path (for example by PSTricks package)
>      generate correct rectangles.
>    * The Viewer supports of using following font formats:
>       + ATM Compatible PostScript Type 1 fonts;
>       + PostScript Type 3 fonts;
>       + TeX PK fonts
>         (via on-the-fly conversion to PostScript Type 3 bitmapped fonts);
>       + TeX Virtual Fonts;
>       + TrueType fonts (for view and print, but not for PDF generation).
>   * The Viewer imports graphics:
>       + Any graphical formats supported by MS Windows Graphical Import Filters.
>         (Filters for BMP, PCX, MSP, GIF, XBM are included in distribution)
>         (This insertion is supported by \special{em:graph ...})
>       + PostScript (level 1)
>         (This insertion supported by \special{PSFile=...}
>         and \special{plotfile ...})
>       + Supports inclusion of MetaPost output.
>         (To handle references into fonts the Viewer automatically uses
>          MetaPost import filter, that is activated for files
>          that has a numerical extension.)
>   * special set of Viewer can be extended by using PostScript language.
>     For example, EM and TPIC specials are defined by such way.
>   * Text Editor supports: syntax highlighting, control bars to insert
>     TeX math symbols, searhcing of TeX errors, project management,
>     processing selected part of document (optionally, to accelerate
>     processing, document prolog can be precompiled), spell checking, etc.
>   * User interface of DVI Viewer and Text Editor can be extended by using
>     PostScript like (PostScript without graphical operators) language.
>   * The system includes universal command line utility (PostLine)
>     that includes PostScript like interpreter extended by operators
>     for manipulations under DVI files. This utility is used to invoke
>     another command line programs and to prepare DVI files (rearrange pages
>     encapsulate color stacks, filter specials, and etc.)
>   * The system includes TeX Name Server (TNS), that caches information
>     about files in TEXMF tree(s).
>     This approach saves RAM, because of large TEXMF trees require a lot
>     of memory, but TNS keeps single copy of such structure.
>     So, TEXMF tree distributed with TeX Live CD requires about 1.5 MB of RAM.
>     This approach, also, accelerates starting the TeX and other programs.
>     TNS efficiently works with several TEXMF trees.
>     To accelerate working with CD-ROM's and NETWORK based TEXMF trees
>     it implements file cache on local disk.
>   * So, searching of files is controlled by TNS. However, the system
>     automatically converts TNS configuration file into TEXMF.CNF file,
>     that configures KPATHSEA programs. In this reason, you can easily integrate
>     into the system any KPATHSEA programs that are missed in the distribution.
>     (There are two locations with compiled KPATHSEA based programs:
>         1. 'CTAN:systems/win32/web2c' (or TeX Live 3 CD)
>         2. 'CTAN:systems/msdos/djgpp')
>   * The system includes incremental installation program.
>     In other words, you needn't to install all available components at first
>     installation, beacause you can run SETUP program at any time and add
>     components that are yet not installed.
>   * The system includes tool to install PostScript fonts supported by
>     CTAN:fonts/psfonts. So, that such fonts as Times, Helvetica, Courier, etc.
>     can be easiely added to the system.
>   * The system includes simple tool to convert line-drawing MetaFont fonts
>     into compact PostScript Type 3 fonts, that can be used by the system.
>
> 3) Hardware and Software Requirements.
> --------------------------------------
>
>   - An IBM PC 386/486/Pentium or compatible computer;
>   - 4 MB RAM minimum, however 8 MB RAM recomended;
>   - MS-DOS 5.0 or higher, MS Windows 3.1(1), ATM 3.0 or higher
>     or MS Windows 95/98, ATM 3.0 or higher
>     or MS Windows NT (V 4.0), ATM 4.0
>   - At least 20 MB available hard disk space
>             (50 MB for complete installation);
>   - Any Windows supported monitor and graphics card
>     (At least, resolution 800 x 600 dots recomended);
>   - Printer with PostScript engine or one supported by
>     a MS Windows driver.
>
>
> Good TeXing.
> Basil K. Malyshev.
>