Short:        ITRANS v5.2 Indian Language Printing
Author:       Avinash Chopde
Uploader:     gohel acm org (Himanshu Gohel)
Type:         text/tex
Version:      5.2 (01.10.1998)
Requires:     ixemul.library v47.3
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

ITRANS v5.2 for the Amiga v1.0, 1 October 1998.

What is ITRANS?
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For complete details visit the home page of the author Avinash Chopde, at:

http://www.aczone.com/itrans/

In short, it is a printing system for Indian language scripts such as Hindi,
Sanskrit and Marathi ("Devanagari"), Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi ("Gurmukhi"),
Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Romanized Sanskrit.

Though it is a printing system, on-line viewing is possible via the fonts
provided.  The input file is processed by the supplied binary "itrans" and the
output can be specified to be either a 

* TeX file for further processing by the LaTeX system, 
* PostScript file for printing or on-line viewing by GS, Post or HWGPost
* HTML file for the web (currently cannot be viewed by any Amiga browser since
  it needs support for the <FONT FACE> tag)


What is in this archive?
-----------------------

This is *not* the complete package; it contains only the Amiga binary
which was ported by me.  You still have to get the original ITRANS package.  

This archive contains:

itrans, itrans.000  - itrans binary (020+ and 000),
itransAM-bin.readme - this file (readme),
SHENV.Amiga         - set up instructions for the Amiga,
Compile.Amiga       - compilation notes in case you wish to rebuild it


Requirements:
------------

The binary was built on a A2000/030, OS 3.1.

You _must_ still get the following packages to be able to install
and use the system:

* from the GeekGadgets site ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com or an Aminet mirror:

  * 'ixemul' library (and ixprefs) v 47.3 (or newer)
  
    /pub/geekgadgets/amiga/m68k/snapshots/current/bin/ixemul-47.3-bin.tgz

      -OR-

    Aminet:  util/libs/ixemul????.lha (replace ???? for your CPU)
             util/libs/ixemul-bin.lha (for ixprefs)

  * 'unzip' utility to unzip the itrans??.zip archives.

    /pub/geekgadgets/amiga/m68k/snapshots/current/bin/unzip-5.12-bin.tgz

      -OR-

    Aminet:  util/arc/UnZip.lha

* from Avinash's web-site or ftp://ftp.aczone.com/pub/itrans/

  Minimum: itrans52.zip, itransfn.zip (program and font files) 
  Optional: itransxt.zip              (extra fonts, includes FV's Devanagari)
  Optional: itransht.zip itransps.zip (HTML and PS documentation)

Optional:

* For processing of the TeX files: a working LaTeX system such as
  Amiweb2c-2.1, or PasTeX 1.4l.

* For on-line viewing of the PostScript files, a viewer such as
  GhostScript, Post or HWGPost.

* If you wish to use the Type 1 or TTF fonts on your Amiga:

  Aminet:util/libs/ttflib.lha (and readme)
  Aminet:util/libs/Type1_5.lha (and readme)


Installation:
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* Unpack and install the itrans52.zip, itransfn.zip and any other archives
* Install the 'itrans' binary in any directory that is in the search path
* Follow the instructions in the SHENV.Amiga file
* Follow instructions in the ITRANS package for usage


Feedback:
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If you use the Amiga version send me (gohel@acm.org) email so I will 
continue to compile and upload to Aminet for future versions of ITRANS.
Also for any problems with the Amiga version, write to gohel@acm.org.

For any issues regarding ITRANS itself, please go to Avinash's web page.

ITRANS is (C) Copyright 1991--1998 Avinash Chopde.  All Rights Reserved.

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