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ARKTEX is a dialect of TeX78 that includes an extensive TeX macro package
for producing a variety of documents.  This consists of the following:

ARKTEX.TEX[TEX,SYS]	this file references the latest working version of
			the macro package
MACROS.TEX[TEX,ARK]	contains the top level for the TEX macro package.
*.TEX[TEX,ARK]		contains other files referenced by MACROS.TEX[TEX,ARK].
ARKTEX.DMP[1,3]		is a version of TEX that has many fonts preloaded.

Some sparse comments appear with the macros.

To use, say:
.R ARKTEX
\input <your TEX file>

This works just like regular TeX78, except that instead of saying \input basic
in your TEX file, you include the following.

\input arktex

You may specify other options following this to get a different style of
document, such as \useninepoint (to have the document print in nine point
type), \usebasicformat (to use the page styles in basic.tex[tex,sys]).

Footnotes, deferred displays, and deferred notes are all supported by all
styles and formats in ARKTEX.  More styles and formats may be added as time
permits.

To get on the mailing list of changes to these macros, mail to ARK.

There are no plans to produce an ARKTEX for TeX82.  Rather, we suggest using
LaTeX (see HELP LATEX).