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Download a simple installer

• [ texinst2009.zip ]

If you do not have a suitable program to expand .zip files, get a simple command line application [ unzip.exe ] by InfoZip.

Expand the file texinst2009.zip in the top directory (e.g., c:/w32tex) to install TeX:
If texinst2009.zip is in the directory c:/temp, type on the console as follows:

  c:
  md \w32tex
  cd \w32tex
  unzip c:/temp/texinst2009.zip

Next, download necessary archives in a suitable directory (e.g., c:/temp) and run the installer as follows:

  c:
  cd \w32tex
  texinst2009 c:/temp

The argument of the command texinst2009 is the full path name of the directory in which archives are downloaded. Finally define the PATH variable which is printed on the screen by the command texinst2009.

Minimal installation

Standard installation

Full installation

Sources of W32TeX

• [ w32tex-src.tar.xz ]
  (About 41MB).

Previewer

• [ CTAN/dviware/dviout/ ]
  "dviout" by T. Oshima is an excellent previewer which supports pTeX, jTeX and others.

XeTeX for W32 (0.9995.2)

--- Updated on 2010-02-07 ---

Note that I changed the "progname" of "xdvipdfmx" from "dvipdfm" to "dvipdfmx" on 2008-05-17. So dvipdfmx.cfg should be in $TEXMF/dvipdfmx/config.

• [ xetex-w32.tar.bz2 ]

This is a W32 port of [ XeTeX ] for Linux by Jonathan Kew.

The latest XeTeX for W32 is linked with fontconfig 2.8.0.
Version number of fontconfig is shown by

fc-cache --version

Installation of XeTeX for W32

(1) Get the latest web2c-2009-w32.tar.bz2, web2c-2009-lib.tar.bz2
    and expand them in the root directory of W32TeX. For example,
    cd c:\w32tex
    tar jxvf web2c-2009-w32.tar.bz2
    tar jxvf web2c-2009-lib.tar.bz2
    The command tar.exe is found in the archive texinst2009.zip.
    The latest web2c-2009-w32.tar.bz2 contains new fmtutil.cnf
    and texmf.cnf which support xetex.
    Important variables in texmf.cnf include

    FONTCONFIG_FILE = fonts.conf
    FONTCONFIG_PATH = $TEXMFMAIN/fonts/conf
    FC_CACHEDIR = $TEXMFMAIN/fonts/cache


(2) Expand the xetex for W32 xetex-w32.tar.bz2 in the root
    directory of W32TeX. For example,
    cd c:\w32tex
    tar jxvf xetex-w32.tar.bz2


(3) Edit the section "Find fonts in these directories" in
    the file
    RootDir/share/texmf/fonts/conf/fonts.conf.
    The default content of the section is
  <dir>c:/windows/fonts</dir>
    If that is ok and you do not have additional directories
    for fonts, you need not edit the file fonts.conf.
    If the name of the directory of windows system fonts is
    different from c:/windows/fonts, you must edit the file
    fonts.conf. You can add directories for fonts if you have
    additional fonts. For example:
  <dir>c:/windows/fonts</dir>
  <dir>c:/w32tex/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/dnscreen</dir>
  <dir>c:/w32tex/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/adobe</dir>

    Subdirectories are automatically searched.

(4) Run a command
    fc-cache -v
    on the console. This command creates cache files in
    RootDir/share/texmf/fonts/cache by scanning font files
    in the above directories. Note that this command needs
    a few minutes if there are many large font files.

    Now you can enjoy xetex or xelatex.


    Names of supported fonts will be printed in a file by
    fc-list >namelist.txt
    in utf8 encoding.

Maintenance of XeTeX for W32

    If you have edited the file "fonts.conf", run a command
    fc-cache -v
    on the console.

    If you have added new font files in a directory,
    run a command
    fc-cache -v
    on the console.

How to use XeTeX for W32
on Web2C-based TeX distribution
other than W32TeX

(1) Expand the file xetex-w32.tar.bz2 in a suitable temporary
    directory. Hereafter PKG means xetex-w32.tar.bz2.

(2) Copy all files in PKG/bin into your directory for binaries.

(3) Find the physical place of $TEXMFMAIN by the command
    kpsewhich --var-value TEXMFMAIN

(4) Copy all directories and files under PKG/share/texmf
    into your $TEXMFMAIN.

(5) Add the following lines at suitable places in your
    texmf.cnf:
 
TEXINPUTS.xetex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.xelatex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{xelatex,generic,latex,}//

%
% XeTeX variables
% These are differently defined in the TeX Live.
% Don't change the definition in the TeX Live.
%
FONTCONFIG_FILE = fonts.conf
FONTCONFIG_PATH = $TEXMFMAIN/fonts/conf
FC_CACHEDIR = $TEXMFMAIN/fonts/cache

(6) Add the following line if there is not in your texmf.cnf:

engine = unsetengine

(7) Check values of TEXFORMATS etc. in your texmf.cnf
    and change them as follows:

TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c{/$engine,}
MFBASES = $TEXFORMATS
MPMEMS = $TEXFORMATS

(8) Run mktexlsr if necessary.

Japanese sample of XeTeX output

• [ Japanese in XeTeX ]

XeTeX-DEV for W32 (0.9995.2)

--- revision 968 ---
--- icu 4.2.1 ---
--- fontconfig 2.8.0 ---
--- freetype 2.3.11 ---
--- libpng 1.2.42 ---
--- Updated on 2010-02-07 ---

Note that I changed the "progname" of "xdvipdfmx" from "dvipdfm" to "dvipdfmx" on 2008-05-17. So dvipdfmx.cfg should be in $TEXMF/dvipdfmx/config.

• [ xetex-dev-w32.tar.bz2 ]

This is a W32 port of the latest test version of XeTeX under development by Jonathan Kew. Note that this is not the released XeTeX and features may change.

LuaTeX-DEV for W32

--- rev. 3429 ---
--- libpng 1.2.42 ---
--- Updated on 2009-02-08 ---

• [ luatex-dev-w32.tar.bz2 ]

This is a W32 port of the latest test version of LuaTeX under development by Taco Hoekwater et al. Note that this is not the released LuaTeX and features may change. The location for dll modules is fixed to $BINDIR/lib/lua. A sample module bit.dll of LuaBitOp-1.0.1 is included.

ispell-3.3.02 for W32

• [ ispell-3.3.02-w32.tar.gz ]
  This is ispell-3.3.02 for Win32 compiled by Microsoft VC++. Expand in a suitable temporary directory and read a document README.w32.english.
• [ ispell-3.3.02-w32-src.tar.bz2 ]
  Source of ispell-3.3.02 for Win32.