WinShell for Windows 95 / NT 4.0

Version 1.3 - 12/02/1998

(c) Ingo de Boer, 1998

this software is for free!
be free to copy and distribute!

contact me for credits or bugs:
idb@ibt.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de


What is WinShell:
=================

WinShell ist a graphical user interface for easy working
with TeX. It is NOT a TeX-System. You need an additional
TeX-package for DOS/Windows:

ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/msdos/ or
ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/ (recommended)

To make it even better you may use the ghostviewer:

ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/support/ghostscript/aladdin/ and
ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/support/ghostscript/rjl/

If you don't like the DVI-Viewer from the packages:

ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/tex/dviware/dviwin/


What is new:
============

- userdata - storage:
    Windows NT4.0 in the Profiles-directory
    Windows 95    in the WinShell-directory

  existing userdata should be moved to the appropriate directory
  and renamed as followed:

    WinShell.ini
    WinShell.macros
    UserTools.bmp     ->  WinShellTools.bmp
    UserMacros.bmp    ->  WinShellMacros.bmp
    Commands.txt      ->  WinShell.commands
    Environments.txt  ->  WinShell.environments

- better Syntax-Highlighting

  Commands and Environments can be definied in

    WinShell.commands
    WinShell.environments

- differentiation between Main-TeX-Document and current TeX-Document

- toggle wrap mode


Features:
=========

- MDI Application: multiple documents
- a window to show the log-file
- userdefined Programs
- configure ToolBars (Symbols, userdef. Programs, Macros)
- define Macros
- Syntax-Highlighting
- choose font
- Unix-files can be read. 
- Command-Line-Arguments: You may open Winshell with

    winshell -m main_tex_file -c current_tex_file -l current_line

If i forgot to mention any features and someone finds them
in my program: please send a mail ;)


Installation:
=============

Copy the files from the zip-archive to any directory


Your first start:
=================

shouldn't make any problems. The toolbars for the little
helpers are tied to the menubar. They can be moved around
and you can show or hide them. This condition will be saved
when regularly leaving the program and be restored at the
next program start.

The rest you'll find in 'Help index - Getting started'.


What else:
==========

There is an english Latex2e-help included taken from
the mikTeX-package.


happy teXing...