Index of /archives/text/CTAN/fonts/utilities/vplutils

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 Parent Directory                                          -   
 Makefile                             1993-09-24 09:00  2.2K  
 maketext                             1993-09-24 09:00  464   
 makevpl.man                          1993-09-24 09:00  5.0K  
 makevpl.pl                           1993-09-24 09:00   20K  
 parseenc.pl                          1993-09-24 09:00  3.5K  
 parsepl.pl                           1993-09-24 09:00  8.0K  
 paths.pl                             1993-09-24 09:00  1.7K  
 spacevpl.man                         1993-09-24 09:00  1.8K  
 spacevpl.pl                          1993-09-24 09:00   10K  
 README                               1993-09-25 09:00  1.7K  
 encodings/                           1999-10-20 16:22    -   

VPL Utilities			Angus Duggan		25th September 1993

This directory contains the first in a suite of tools to manipulate TeX
property list and virtual property list files. More tools may be added as the
need arises :-) These tools are copyright (C) Angus Duggan 1993, but may be
re-distributed freely and used for any purpose (including distribution as part
of a for-profit product) provided that:

1) The original attribution of the programs is clearly displayed in the product
   and/or documentation, even if the programs are modified and/or renamed as
   part of the product.

2) The original source code of the programs is provided free of charge (except
   for reasonable distribution costs). For a definition of reasonable
   distribution costs, see the Gnu General Public License or Larry Wall's
   Artistic License (provided with the Perl 4 kit). The GPL and Artistic
   License in NO WAY affect this license; they are merely used as examples of
   the spirit in which it is intended.

3) These programs are provided "as-is". No warranty or guarantee of their
   fitness for any particular task is provided. Use of these programs is
   completely at your own risk.

The package contains:

SCRIPTS
	makevpl		Merges PL and VPL files, creating a VPL file.
	spacevpl	Alters the spacing in a PL or VPL file.

FILES
	paths.pl	Perl package for expanding and searching paths
	parsepl.pl	Perl package for parsing PL and VPL files
	parseenc.pl	Perl package for parsing encoding vectors
	encodings/*	Encoding vectors for various TeX and other encodings.

INSTALLATION
	Edit the PERL, PERLLIBDIR, SCRIPTDIR, MANDIR, MANEXT and ENCODINGDIR
macros in the Makefile, and "make install".

BUGS
	None that I know of :-)