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<TeXmacs|1.0.4.4>
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<tmdoc-title|Welcome to GNU <TeXmacs>>
<section|How to get started>
If you are new to <TeXmacs>, then you might first want to get some
information on how to read the documentation. Click
<hyper-link|here|../../main/start/man-conventions.en.tm> with your mouse in
order to learn more about the conventions which are used throughout the
documentation. You may search for words in the documentation by pressing
<no-break><shortcut|(interactive docgrep-in-doc)>. Another important thing you might want to do is to
<hyper-link|configure|../../main/config/man-configuration.en.tm> <TeXmacs>
so that it will suit your needs best.
<section|Information for general users>
<\itemize>
<item>In the <hyper-link|<menu|Help|Manual>|../../main/man-manual.en.tm>
menu, you find the main documentation about how to use <TeXmacs>. The
manual is quite complete, but not very detailed.
<item>In the <hyper-link|<menu|Help|Reference
guide>|../../main/man-reference.en.tm> menu, you find more detailed
documentation about the <TeXmacs> format, its primitives and environment
variables, and the standard style files.
<item>In the <hyper-link|<menu|Help|Tutorial>|../../tutorial/tut-tutorial.en.tm>
menu, we have started a <TeXmacs> tutorial. The tutorial is mainly
intended for beginners, but the later chapters should also be useful for
more experienced users. Unfortunately, the tutorial is not very complete
yet.
<item>The <hyper-link|<menu|Help|About>|../../about/about.en.tm> menu
contains more information about <TeXmacs>, like information about its
<hyper-link|authors|../../about/authors/authors.en.tm>, how to
<hyper-link|contact us|../../about/authors/contact.en.tm>, and
<hyper-link|changes|../../about/changes/changes.en.tm> in different
versions of the program.
<item>It is always possible to get updated documentation from the web
using <menu|Help|Online help>. Documentation in the form of full books is
also available in <menu|Help|full manuals>. In fact, you may compile such
books yourself from any help page using <menu|Help|full manuals|Compile
book>. This may take a few minutes though.
</itemize>
<section|Contribute to <TeXmacs>>
One great thing about free software is that you may adapt the software to
fit your own needs and share your experiences with others. In fact, this
turns out to be far easier than most people think. Therefore you might wish
to learn more about how to <hyper-link|contribute|../../about/contribute/contribute.en.tm>
to the <TeXmacs> project. You can also make a
<hyper-link|donation|../../about/contribute/material/donations.en.tm> to
us.
If you want to contribute to <TeXmacs>, or if you want to adapt the program
for some particular purpose, then you will find more useful information in
the <hyper-link|<menu|Help|Help us>|../contribute/contribute.en.tm> and
<hyper-link|<menu|Help|Projects>|../projects/projects.en.tm> menus. In
<hyper-link|<menu|Help|Interfacing>|../../devel/plugin/plugin.en.tm> it is
explained how to interface <TeXmacs> with other systems. A part of the
source code has also been documented in <hyper-link|<menu|Help|Source
code>|../../devel/source/source.en.tm>.
<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2002|Joris van der Hoeven>
<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation License".>
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