4allTeX version 4: what's new?

A short list of some significant changes since version 3

• In stead of one texuser.set you now get an OS-specific file: texuser.dos, texuser.w31, texuser.w95 or texuser.nt.
  Likewise you get: 4texdos.bat, 4texw31.bat, 4texw95.bat or 4texnt.bat to startup.
• 4TEX can now "start" programma's in Windows95/NT concurrently.
• When quiting 4TEX you have the option to automatically "kill" Windows programs that were started.
• 4TEX no longer supports computers with CPUs lower than 80386. Therefore, all TeX format files are available only in "big" and "huge".
• Some "features" were stripped to gain performance: "loadhi" is not supported any more; no more mouse support in menus; no lowered 4 and E; "mark" and "release" are not needed anymore.
• The spell-checker now also supports South African and the new Dutch spelling.
• Improved support for a larger set of editors, both console-based and pure Windows. Around 20 shareware and freeware editors are now shipped with 4TEX.
• The new 4DOS version 6.00 is now used.
• Chinese LaTeX (CJK) with Big5 encoding is now fully supported.
• Specifying "null" as main TeX file now implies interactive TeX: the "TeX prompt".
• Devirtualizing is now part of the output menu. If running on a Win32 platform dvicopy from the Web2c implementation is used (faster and more reliable).
• New DVI-viewers under Windows: GSview and DVIwin.
• TSE editors 2.5, 2.8 and Jr. 4.0 are now recognized and fully supported with macros.
• Documentation in HTML format can be viewed by DOSlynx, Arachne, Opera, Netscape, Internet Explorer or any other browser you prefer.
• The Metapost menu is much improved. All graphics can be viewed now.
• The installation script is extended and improved a lot.
• Through Ghostscript (5.03) 4TeX can now produce PDF!
• The free AMS versions of the CM and AMS fonts in Type 1 now replace the older BaKoMa fonts.
• 4TeX now supports conversion from anyTeX to HTML through TeX4ht. The HTML version of the 4TeX manual was produced that way.
• The ConTeXt format (Hans Hagen, Pragma) is fully supported (English, Dutch and German interfaces are available).
• Gnuplot is now incorporated as a utility program.
• Other new utilities: LaTeXmac (insert "difficult" symbols, math and LaTeX environment directly into your editor); LaTeX 2e Help file; LaTeXcad (for making LaTeX drawings); PageDraw (making drawing in EPS format).
• All 35 standard PostScript fonts are now supported on all printer types.
• All directories on both CD-ROMS contain "index.htm" from which your WWW browser can access all of the CD-ROM.
• If you use Web2c (from any platform) you can use the LS-R file in the emTeX directory to get fast access to any file on the CD-ROM.
• The CD-ROMS are ISO-9660 compliant, with Joliet extensions. Users of Windows 95 or Windows NT will be able to see "long file names".