6 <tmweb-current|Download|Windows><tmweb-title|Installing <TeXmacs> under
7 <name|Windows>|<tmweb-download-links>>
9 In order to install <TeXmacs> under <name|Windows>, you have two options:
12 <item>Try <hlink|<name|Qt>-<TeXmacs>|#install>, our experimental native
13 Windows port of <TeXmacs>, based on <name|Qt>.
15 <item>Use a more <hlink|stable version of <TeXmacs>|cygwin.en.tm>, based
19 Developers may also be interested in <hlink|compiling <name|Qt>-<TeXmacs>
20 from its sources on <name|Windows>|winqt.en.tm>.
22 <section|Installation of <name|Qt>-<TeXmacs>><label|install>
24 In order to install the <name|Qt>-based version of <TeXmacs> on Windows,
28 <item>Download <hlink|<scm|texmacs-installer.exe>|ftp://ftp.texmacs.org/pub/TeXmacs/windows/qt/texmacs-installer.exe>
29 (33Mb). If you don't have ftp access, then you may also
30 <hlink|load|http://www.texmacs.org/Download/ftp/windows/qt/texmacs-installer.exe>
31 this file from the web.
33 <item>Execute the downloaded <verbatim|texmacs-installer.exe> and follow
34 the installation instructions.
36 <item>Click on the <TeXmacs> icon on your desktop in order to launch
43 <item>From version 1.0.7.5 on, <TeXmacs> is completely independent from
44 <TeX>/<LaTeX>. The last remaining dependency on <name|Bib><TeX> has been
45 removed in this version: you may use <verbatim|tm-plain>,
46 <verbatim|tm-alpha>, <abbr|etc.> for your bibliography styles. The native
47 bibliography support is still a bit unstable though; it will be further
48 improved in upcoming versions.
50 <item>If you installed <hlink|<name|Mik><TeX>|http://www.miktex.org/> in
51 addition to <TeXmacs>, then, due to the availability of some additional
52 font templates, certain fonts may be generated automatically. This
53 results in a<nbsp>significant slow-down of <TeXmacs>. Don't panic: the
54 fonts have to be generated only once. Subsequent runs of <TeXmacs> will
57 <item>The current <math|\<beta\>>-version of <name|Qt>-<TeXmacs> for
58 <name|Windows> does not yet support any plug-ins.
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