% README of the french style files distribution for \AllTeX            29/12/95
%                           Copyright GUTenberg-Bernard Gaulle as in french.doc
%
CAUTION : ALL FILES HAVE CHANGED since the last distribution.

This material was designed to help (La)TeX users to print french documents
i.e. according to french typographic habits.

[The checksum field that appears in allmost files contains a CRC-16 checksum as
the first value, followed by the equivalent of the standard UNIX wc (word
count) utility output of lines, words, and characters.  This is produced by 
Robert Solovay's checksum utility.]

Before installation ask yourself the question: is my TeX engine
installation able to process any 8-bit character (ie a char with
decimal code upper than 127)? If not, may be you don't have:
   either the good fonts (look at the DC for example),
   or the good TeX V3 motor (look also at MlTeX).

The french style directory, as distributed by his author is composed of 
other directories. The main directory hosts the following files and
directories:                    (The number of bytes of this README may differ)
%%>============================================================================
total 1262
lrwxrwxrwx  1 gaulle          6 Aug 18  1993 ALIRE -> README
-rw-------  1 gaulle     238424 Feb  4 11:22 ALIRE.dvi
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle     804068 Feb  4 11:23 ALIRE.ps
-rw-------  1 gaulle      32554 Feb  4 11:30 Changements
-rw-------  1 gaulle       4050 Feb  4 11:31 Copyright
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle      18614 Jan 13 10:42 DROIT.tex
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle      10748 Jul  4  1996 FAQ
-rw-------  1 gaulle       1094 Feb  4 11:31 FTPinfos
-rw-------  1 gaulle       1137 Feb  4 11:31 GUTenberg
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       7378 Jul 16  1996 Makefile.unx
drwxr-xr-x  2 gaulle        512 Feb  4 11:31 MlTeX
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       6532 Jan 24 09:23 README
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       1089 Jul  5  1995 REGISTER
drwxr-xr-x  4 gaulle        512 Jul  6  1995 contrib
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        773 Dec 30 15:05 directex.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 gaulle        512 Feb  4 11:33 doc
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       1265 Jan  9 16:40 emtex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       2959 Dec 17 13:57 frmsgOK
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       2974 Dec 17 13:57 frmsgPB
-rw-------  1 gaulle      63577 Feb  4 11:31 history
drwxr-xr-x  3 gaulle       1024 Feb  4 11:31 initex
drwxr-xr-x  2 gaulle       1024 Feb  4 11:31 inputs
-rw-------  1 gaulle       3888 Feb  4 11:31 kb2lex.tex
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle      14904 Feb  4 10:12 kb7to8.c
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle      11739 Feb  4 10:12 kb8to7.c
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       1246 Apr  5  1996 latexenv
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        685 Dec 30 15:10 microtex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        851 Jan 15 12:40 miktex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        752 Dec 17 15:53 oztex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        713 Dec 17 15:34 pastex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       4061 Feb  4 10:10 pctex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       1336 Jan 13 15:51 tetex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle       1044 Dec 17 15:45 textures.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 gaulle       1024 Feb  4 11:33 tst
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        664 Dec 30 15:15 vtex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        758 Dec 30 15:19 web2ctex.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 gaulle        694 Dec 17 15:47 yandytex.txt
%%<============================================================================
Quick description of contents:

ALIRE         : this file.
ALIRE.dvi     : (in fact: frenchlu.dvi) PRINT IT FIRST, here is the 
                installation procedure to follow --in french. 
ALIRE.ps      : (the same in PostScript)
*.txt         : simple text related to any known TeX engine, few 
                recommandations for installation (sometimes still to write).
Changements   : (in french) list of improvments.
Copyright     : you must read it to know your rights and your duties.
DROIT.tex     : a french doc. about Internet rights & duties (regard. software)
FAQ           : basic Frequently Asked Questions about (All)TeX and french.
FTPinfos      : warning about binary files (for ftp users).
GUTenberg     : just a pointer to the french association of users.
Makefile.unx  : author's Makefile for Unix, to configure.
MlTeX   dir.  : for information about Multi-Lingual TeX.
README        : this file.
REGISTER      : some warnings for you if you don't accept to be registered.
contrib dir.  : you will find other language-styles running friendly
                    with the french style. Look at its README file.
doc directory : the source files to produce the documentation.
frmsgOK       : the message you will send after installation.
frmsgPB       : the message you may send if any pb is encountered.
history       : backgroud changes prior the previous distribution
initex  dir.  : look at its README for the INITEX time material
                   (contains a subdirectory for testing purposes)
inputs  dir.  : here are the files used for input to (All)TeX
kb2lex.tex    : a (La)TeX pgm generating .lex files in order to
                generate 7-bit <==> 8-bit translators. For people
                having no lex pgm, the following is provided (lex output):
kb7to8.c      : a sample C pgm to  translate 7-bit to 8-bit accordingly
                to "my" keyboard.dat (given in directory inputs)
kb8to7.c      : a sample C pgm to  transle 8-bit to 7-bit accordingly
                to "my" keyboard.dat (given in directory inputs)
latexenv      : environnement setting example to configure to your own needs.
tst directory : useful tests for french.sty validation. (torture tests).

YOUR "TO DO" LIST:
=================

1- Print and read ALIRE.dvi or ALIRE.ps (which is in french). This is the users
   guide and the installation guide.
2- Are you willing to create new formats with the french files? If yes, go
   to the initex directory and then come back here.
3- Are you willing to use keyboard.dat? for example to generate 
   7-bit <==> 8-bit translators, so update it in directory inputs, if not
   already done for initex.
4- kb7to8 and kb8to7 generation: look at kb2lex.tex
5- If you are not using the default keyboard encoding, 
   translate f7abbrev.tex to frabbrev.tex via any pgm like kb7to8.
6- Go to the tst directory for validation.
7- If not already done: copy the inputs directory to your usual
   directory TEXINPUT (i.e. for everybody).
8- Drop me the registration message frmsgOK. 

Optionally, look at the contrib directory.
 
I hope you enjoy it,
    
    Bernard GAULLE          
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