[This is dvitools/dvipaste/NOTE
 for users of the Unix TeX distribution.

 October 1992, modified May 1994]


The dvipaste program -- along with the rest of the LAMS-TeX
package of which it is a part -- has been released as public
domain software for inclusion in public archives thanks to
the generosity of Michael Spivak of TeXplorators.

From the "LAMS-TeX Installation Manual":

	Although the "dvipaste" program was written 
	specifically for LAMS-TeX, it can actually
	be used for numerous general TeX purposes,
	in conjunction with an extra macro package
	"dvipaste.tex."  The file "dvipaste.doc"
	describes such usage, which is further 
	illustrated by the files "boxes1.tex," 
	"boxes2.tex," and "join.tex."

You will find dvipaste.doc in this directory.  

The four *.tex files mentioned above have been copied
from the LAMS-TeX material to ./test for the convenience 
of running "make dotest" from this directory.

If you are on a Unix system, first run

	make prepare

This will make and run a program that will determine 
whether your machine is big or little endian, and it will 
copy config.unix.h to config.h.  (MS-DOS users should copy 
config.MS.h to config.h by hand.)

Edit the Makefile, if necessary.  Then,
	make all;
	make dotest;
	preview the three-page file ./test/newjoin.dvi 
		with your previewer; and if all looks well, 
	make install.

The dvipaste program, originally for DOS and Macintosh systems,
was ported to Unix by Pierre MacKay.  Both cc and gcc compile it 
readily.

Special thanks to Andy Fyfe of CalTech for refinements and
corrections to config.unix.h and dvipaste.c.


E-mail: MacKay@CS.Washington.EDU  	
        (Dr. Pierre A. MacKay)	


