From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 8 05:28:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA11664 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:28:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA11658; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 05:28:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA09311; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 14:28:08 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA17261; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 14:28:07 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981108142807.12458@follo.net> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 14:28:07 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Sean Kelly , nik@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TeX problems; Doc. Proj. needs you! References: <19981107211415.05931@nothing-going-on.org> <36452F94.36F5A2E1@plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <36452F94.36F5A2E1@plutotech.com>; from Sean Kelly on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 10:43:48PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 10:43:48PM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote: > > * Download and install print/teTeX-beta from the ports system (you want > > a version which identifies itself as 0.9-YYMMDD). It's large, ~30MB of > > required distfiles. > > What's the difference between teTeX and regular TeX? I've never heard > of teTeX until you mentioned it, and the ports description isn't > terribly helpful. teTeX is a distribution of TeX. A lot of people hate it, but it seems there are some that like it (I've not encountered an actual example of these 'someones' yet, but I see it profilerating everywhere, so they should exist...) Another alternative would be the University of Oslo distribution; it is supposed to be good. (Warning: The author is an acquaintance of mine, so my local landscape is likely to be tainted). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message