xtem(l) Version: 8 xtem(l)
June 1, 2000
NAME
xtem - TeX menu for the X Window System
SYNTAX
xtem [ -l language ] [ texfilename[.suffix] ]
DESCRIPTION
xtem is an X11 program that makes it easy to use TeX (incl. editing,
previewing, printer selection, printing, spell checking etc.) with a
minimum of unix knowledge and no knowledge of the specific
installation. Syntax help to the LaTeX commands (including complete
examples) are presented during editing. xtem runs on workstations
(and X-terminals) running the X Window System and Tcl/Tk. The user
may easily select and save his preferences (such as editor, previewer
etc.).
DOCUMENTATION
Besides this manual page there exists an introductional description (a
postscript file which may be copied from the SOURCE given below). For
the implementator a README is included in the xtem package. The most
important documentation is the online documentation, which is given in
the form of context sensitive helps.
OPTIONS
-l language Where language is the language which is used in xtem
(buttons, help texts etc.). At the moment the following
languages are available: English and German, i.e.
language may get one of the values: english, german or
deutsch (=german). The default value depends on the
local implementation.
FONTS
Font settings are first taken from file
.../xtem/locals_language/install.vst (or from the file specified by
the environment variable XTEMINSTALL). After this .Xdefaults (or any
other file specified by the environment variable XTEMXDEFAULTS) is
scanned for xtem font specifications. By this some or all fonts
specified in /install.vst can be overwritten. In the following we
give examples for font specifications in .Xdefaults (for details see
the "xtem Installation and Maintenance Guide" and the unix program
xfontsel for a lookup for fonts installed at your platform):
xtem*font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem*Text.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-17-*-
100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem*font.error.font: -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--*-120-
*-*-*-*-*-*
xtem*Listbox.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-120-
*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*Listbox.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-
120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*Radiobutton.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--
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*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*selected.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-
120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem*font.errortag.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
14-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.erroredit*Text.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
17-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.normal.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.tag.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.bold.font: -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal-
*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.boldlrge.font: -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-
normal-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.teletype.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-17-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.telelrge.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-20-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.telesmll.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-14-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.italic.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-i-
normal-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
or - if you have excellent eyes and a small screen:
xtem*font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem*Text.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-11-*-
100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem*font.error.font: -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--*-80-*-*-*-*-*-*
xtem*Listbox.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-80-
*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*Listbox.font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-
80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*Radiobutton.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--
*-80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.printpresel*selected.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-
80-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem*font.errortag.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
11-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.erroredit*Text.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-
11-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.normal.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.tag.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-
normal-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.bold.font: -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal-
*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.boldlrge.font: -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-
normal-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.teletype.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-14-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
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xtem.syntaxhelp.telelrge.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-17-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.telesmll.font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-
sans-11-*-100-100-m-*-iso8859-1
xtem.syntaxhelp.italic.font: -*-new century schoolbook-medium-i-
normal-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
In a similar way you can set colors:
xtem*background: black
xtem*foreground: white
xtem*activeBackground: green
xtem*activeForeground: sienna
xtem*disabledForeground: yellow
xtem*highlightColor: red
xtem*highlightBackground: DarkGreen
xtem*insertBackground: MidnightBlue
xtem*selectBackground: azure
xtem*selectColor: cyan
xtem*selectForeground: blue
xtem*troughColor: magenta
xtem.erroredit.error.background: green
xtem.erroredit.error.foreground: yellow
Yet we doubt that you like these odd settings --- they are for
demonstration of the effects only. And these setting are not used for
a second call of xtem (in parallel to an existing xtem menu); for such
parallel existing menus you have (at the moment) to add additional
sets using xtem1, xtem2, ... instead of xtem.
ENVIRONMENTS
HOME this environment variable, specifying the home
directory, must be specified for xtem.
XTEMVSTDIR by this environment variable a directory can be
specified which is scanned for setting files to
override the local installation common setting
files.
XTEMINSTALL by this environment variable a file may be specified
which overrides the local installation specific file
install.vst
XTEMXDEFAULTS by this environment variable an alternative file to
.Xdefaults can be specified which is scanned for the
xtem font settings.
XTEMPATH by this environment variable a directory may be
specified which overrides the local installation
path for the xtem installation. The default value is
set in the shell script xtem.
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XTEMDEFLANG by this environment variable you can specifiy a
defalut language which overrides the local
installation default language.
FILES
$HOME/.xtem_language.vst
the user's common preferences.
./texfilename_language.vst
the user's preferences related to a specific .tex or
.ltx file.
./.lastxtem if present, from this file the default texfilename
name is extracted.
.../xtem/*/*/* xtem programs, setting files, help files etc.
SOURCES
xtem may be copied by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de:/pub/tex/xtem/
http://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu.html
AUTHORS
Guenther Lamprecht, Wolfhard Lotz, Roland Weibezahn
e-mail: weibezahn@iwd.uni-bremen.de
www: http://ftp.iwd.uni-bremen.de/xtem/xtem_texmenu.html
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