Changeset bde8dd in git

Timestamp:

May 23, 2000, 4:41:24 PM (23 years ago)

Author:

Olaf Bachmann <obachman@…>

Branches:

(u'spielwiese', '0d6b7fcd9813a1ca1ed4220cfa2b104b97a0a003')

Children:

0183d67888ce10093b3e00eb56b66aae4a137e94

Parents:

2fdf64dd7f13c1a7a4b726b10a4c588ed610ffb5

Message:

Windows updates


git-svn-id: file:///usr/local/Singular/svn/trunk@4376 2c84dea3-7e68-4137-9b89-c4e89433aadc

Location:

doc

Files:

• COPYING.texi (modified) (3 diffs)
• INSTALL_win.texi (modified) (2 diffs)
• Makefile.in (modified) (2 diffs)
• NEWS.texi (modified) (2 diffs)
• README_download.texi (modified) (3 diffs)
• README_ftp.texi (modified) (2 diffs)
• general.doc (modified) (previous)
• platform.doc (modified) (previous)

doc/COPYING.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: COPYING.texi,v 1.6 2000-05-05 18:40:33 obachman Exp $
+@comment $Id: COPYING.texi,v 1.7 2000-05-23 14:41:20 obachman Exp $
 @comment this file contains the copyright notice on Singular
 @ifclear VERSION
@@ -66 +66 @@
 @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}.
 
-The following parts of @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: the Gnu Multiple
-Precision Library (GMP), the Multi Protocol library (MP), the Readline library,
-the Factory library, and the libfac library.
+The following parts of @sc{Singular} have their own copyright: the Gnu
+Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the Multi Protocol library (MP), the
+Factory library, the libfac library, and, for the Windows 9X/NT
+distributions the Cygwin DLL and the Cygwin tools (Cygwin) and the
+XEmacs editor (XEmacs).
+
 Their copyrights and licences can be found in the accompanying files
-which are distributed along with these libraries.
+which are distributed along with these packages.
 
 @heading Availability
@@ -81 +84 @@
 @table @asis
 @item GMP
-@copyright{} Free Software Foundation:
-@code{libgmp-2.0.2.tar.gz}
-@* @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu} or its mirrors
-@item readline
-@copyright{} Free Software Foundation:
-@code{libreadline-2.0.tar.gz}
+@copyright{} Free Software Foundation
 @* @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu} or its mirrors
 @item MP
-@copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University:
-@code{MP-1.1.2.tar.gz},
+@copyright{} Gray/Kajler/Wang, Kent State University
 @* @uref{http://SymbolicNet.mcs.kent.edu/areas/protocols/mp.html}
 @item Factory
 @copyright{} Greuel/Stobbe, University of Kaiserslautern:
-@code{factory-1.3b.tar.gz}
 @* Contact @email{factory@@mathematik.uni-kl.de} for details on Factory.
 @item libfac
 @copyright{}  Messollen, University of
 Saarbr@"ucken:
-@code{libfac-0.3.0.tar.gz}
 @* Contact @email{michael@@math.uni-sb.de} for details on libfac.
 @item @sc{Singular} binaries
 @uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/} or via a
 WWW brow@-ser from
-@uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/@-Singular/}
+@uref{http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/ftp/pub/Math/Singular/}
+@item Cygwin 
+@uref{http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/}
+@item Xemacs
+@uref{http://www.xemacs.org}
 @end table
 @end ifset

doc/INSTALL_win.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: INSTALL_win.texi,v 1.1 2000-05-23 11:22:53 obachman Exp $
+@comment $Id: INSTALL_win.texi,v 1.2 2000-05-23 14:41:21 obachman Exp $
 @c FILE:    INSTALL.texi
 @c PURPOSE: Installation instructions for Singular on MSWindows
-@c
+@c          This file is displayed during installation and copied to
+@c          /etc/INSTALL
 
 @ifclear VERSION
@@ -13 +14 @@
 @end ifclear
 
-This file contains installation instructions for Singular on MSWINDOWS.
+To install @sc{Singular} on a PC running Windows 95/98/NT/2K, you need
+to download one of the following three archives:
 
+@table @code
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Compact. exe
+Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed
+tools/DLLs.
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Typical. exe
+Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to
+run ESingular.
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Custom. exe
+Maximal archive to download. Installs Singular, XEmacs, and many Cygwin
+development tools (like gcc, gdb, make, perl, etc).
+@end table
+
+You can obtain these (and other) archives from
+@display
+@uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/Development}. 
+@end display
+
+@ifclear singularmanual
+@strong{Important:} Please see 
+@ifhtml
+@uref{COPYING.html, COPYING}
+@end ifhtml
+@ifnothtml
+the file COPYING contained in the distribution 
+@end ifnothtml
+for license
+information on @sc{Singular}. In particular, notice that we only grant you
+permission to use @sc{Singular} if you have registered yourself as a
+@sc{Singular} user by sending email to @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}
+with the subject line (or, mail body) @code{register}.
+@end ifclear
+
+@heading To install SINGULAR
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+Uninstall Cygwin
+@item 
+Double-click
+@item
+Choosing root
+@item 
+Choosing setup type/components
+@end enumerate
+
+@heading Uninstalling Singular
+
+@heading Troubleshooting
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item For any other troubles: 
+@*Please send an email to @email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}
+and include the header which is displayed by starting up @sc{Singular}
+with the @code{-v} option, and a description of your machine (issue the
+command @code{uname -a} on your shell) in your report.
+@end itemize
+
+
+@heading More information about @sc{Singular}: Comments, Questions, Bug Reports
+More and up-to-date information about @sc{Singular} is always available
+from
+@display
+@uref{http://www.singular.uni-kl.de}.
+@end display
+We very much welcome any comments, questions, and bug reports. Please
+contact us at
+@display
+@email{singular@@mathematik.uni-kl.de}.
+@end display
+
+@ifclear singularmanual
+GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!                         
+Your @sc{Singular} team.
+@end ifclear
+

doc/Makefile.in

@@ -2 +2 @@
 ### 
 ### Makefile for Singular documentation 
-### $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.66 2000-05-23 12:59:53 obachman Exp $
+### $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.67 2000-05-23 14:41:21 obachman Exp $
 #####################################################################
 SHELL=/bin/sh
@@ -217 +217 @@
         cp COPYING COPYING.html ${FTP_DIR}
         cp INSTALL_unix INSTALL_unix.html ${FTP_DIR}
+        cp INSTALL_win INSTALL_win.html ${FTP_DIR}
         cp README_ftp.html ${FTP_DIR}/README.html
         cp README_ftp ${FTP_DIR}/README

doc/NEWS.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: NEWS.texi,v 1.12 2000-04-27 10:07:19 obachman Exp $
+@comment $Id: NEWS.texi,v 1.13 2000-05-23 14:41:22 obachman Exp $
 @comment this file contains the News about Singular versions
 @comment Unix
@@ -41 +41 @@
 @heading General Changes
 @table @asis
+@item @strong{Windows distribution}
+created with Installshield, includes Cygwin, Singular, and (optionally)
+XEmacs, distributed as various self-extracting archives.
 @item @nref{Emacs user interface}
 the recommended interface for using @sc{Singular}

doc/README_download.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: README_download.texi,v 1.4 1999-12-15 14:07:20 obachman Exp $
+@comment $Id: README_download.texi,v 1.5 2000-05-23 14:41:22 obachman Exp $
 @c FILE: README_download.texi
 @c PURPOSE: downloading instructions, to be includeded in manual and README_ftp
@@ -35 +35 @@
 @tab PC's running under Linux with @code{libc} version 5 (if you are not 
 sure which @code{libc} version you have, run @code{ldd /bin/ls}).
+@item @code{ix86-Win}
+@tab PC's running Windows 95/98/NT/2K which have Cygwin version 1.0 (or
+higher) already installed. Unless you are familiar with Cygwin, we
+recommend that you download one of the self-extracting archives as
+described below.
 @item @code{HPUX-9}
 @tab HP workstations running under HPUX version 9
@@ -71 +76 @@
 @item 
 After unpacking, see the created file
-@code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/INSTALL} for details on how to finish
-the installation.
+@code{Singular/@value{VERSION}/INSTALL} (which is also located at
+@uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_unix.html}
+for details on how to finish the installation.
 @end enumerate
 
-@heading To download @sc{Singular} for Windows 95/98/NT
+@heading To download @sc{Singular} for Windows 95/98/NT/2K
 
-TBC
+@enumerate
+@item
+Download one of the following self-extracting archives:
+@table @code
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Compact. exe
+Minimal archive to download. Installs Singular and minimal set of needed
+tools/DLLs.
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Typical. exe
+Typical archive to download. Installs Singular and the XEmacs editor to
+run ESingular.
+@item Singular-@value{VERSION}-Custom. exe
+Maximal archive to download. Installs Singular, XEmacs, and many Cygwin
+development tools (like gcc, gdb, make, perl, etc).
+@end table
+
+@item 
+Double-click (or, execute), the self-extracting archives, and
+@strong{carefully} follow the instructions given there.
+
+@item
+In case of problems, see the created file 
+@code{etc/INSTALL.txt} (which is also located at
+@uref{ftp://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/pub/Math/Singular/INSTALL_win.html}
+for details on how to finish the installation.
+@end enumerate
 
 @heading To download @sc{Singular} for the Macintosh

doc/README_ftp.texi

@@ -1 +1 @@
 @comment -*-texinfo-*-
-@comment $Id: README_ftp.texi,v 1.8 2000-03-31 11:09:03 obachman Exp $
+@comment $Id: README_ftp.texi,v 1.9 2000-05-23 14:41:22 obachman Exp $
 @c FILE: README_download.texi
 @c PURPOSE: This should reside as README file in the main directory of the
@@ -23 +23 @@
 The new @sc{Singular} version @value{VERSION} which can be downloaded from
 this directory is an alpha-release of the upcoming
-new release version 2-0 (should be there at the beginning of
+new release version 2-0 (should be there in the middle of
 2000). 
 
-So far, there are only version for Linux, HPUX, and SunOS. There is
-@strong{no} Windows port, yet.
+So far, there are only version for Linux, HPUX, SunOS, and Windows.
 
 @macro nref{name,url}