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		     FarsiTeX Distribution Guide


WELCOME TO FarsiTeX!

FarsiTeX is a typesetting system based on Donald Knuth's TeX. It accepts
almost all commands of TeX and LaTeX version 2.09 in multi-lingual
Persian/Latin modes and produces the device independent output, *.dvi,
which can be processed by many available device drivers.

FarsiTeX is a DOS-based system which uses Public TeX as its typesetting
engine. Other utilities are  taken from emTeX. (PubliC TeX Copyright (C)
1988,92 by the Toad and the Earthworm. emTeX is Copyright (C) by
Eberhard Mattes.)

This is the beta version of FarsiTeX. Although, it has been extensively
used for many years prior to this release, we don't claim or guarantee
that it is free of any bug. After receiving the bug reports, we will
release its stable version.


FarsiTeX system is described in:

  A Guide to FarsiTeX, by Mohammad Ghodsi and Roozbeh Pournader,
  Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology,
  1997	(in Persian)

The PostScript version of this manual is available with this release.
However, the LaTeX2.09 book should be considered as the main reference
manual for FarsiTeX (Leslie Lamport, LaTeX: A document Preparation
System, Addison-Weseley, 1985.) So, if you are already familiar with
LaTeX, you can easily start using FarsiTeX.


FARSITEX HOME
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The latest version of FarsiTeX is always made available on the Novell
server of Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of
Technology. FarsiTeX users should regularly check this site and update
their installations. FarsiTeX is also available on Internet on
IPM ftp server (ftp://peik.nic.ir/pub/persian/farsitex)
and on ftp://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/TEX/FarsiTeX.


COPYRIGHT
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FarsiTeX is  Copyright (C) 1996 by Dr. Mohammad Ghodsi and FarsiTeX
Project Group. All right is reserved.

This system is a product of the research carried out in Computer
Engineering department of Sharif University of Technology which has been
supported by Vice Minister on Education of Ministry of Culture and
Higher Education, Vice Chancellor on Research of Sharif University of
Technology.


This implementation is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any
later version.


--- Mohammad Ghodsi (ghodsi@rose.ipm.ac.ir) -----------------------
--- Copyright 1996, FarsiTeX Project Group. All rights reserved ---