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<tr><td>ExTeX</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.extex.org/ extex.org]</td><td>merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state)</td></tr> | <tr><td>ExTeX</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.extex.org/ extex.org]</td><td>merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state)</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Aleph</td><td>"all"?</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/aleph/ CTAN]</td><td>Omega/eTeX merge (former eOmega) by Giuseppe Bilotta (beta state)</td></tr> | <tr><td>Aleph</td><td>"all"?</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/aleph/ CTAN]</td><td>Omega/eTeX merge (former eOmega) by Giuseppe Bilotta (beta state)</td></tr> | ||
− | <tr><td>XeTeX</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=xetex sil.org]</td><td>uses Mac special features; bidirectional typesetting; supported by ConTeXt since [[Context 2004.10.7]]</td></tr> | + | <tr><td>[[XeTeX]]</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=xetex sil.org]</td><td>uses Mac special features; bidirectional typesetting; supported by ConTeXt since [[Context 2004.10.7]]</td></tr> |
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Revision as of 00:23, 26 November 2004
< Installation hints | Linux Installation >
Historically there were a lot of different TeX distributions. Nowadays there are only a few wide spread. We mention only those that are free and support ConTeXt:
Name | OS | Homepage | Remarks |
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TeX Live | a lot | tug.org/texlive | web2c, based on teTeX and fpTeX |
teTeX | Linux, Unix | tug.org/tetex | web2c |
fpTeX | Win32 | fptex.org | web2c, based on teTeX |
MikTeX | Win | miktex.org | with GUI |
gwTeX | MacOS X | rna.nl | web2c, based on TeX Live, comfortable install and update GUI |
minimal ConTeXt | Win, Lin, Mac | pragma-ade.com | web2c |
- web2c is a common base for TeX distributions, see tug.org/web2c. It uses the kpathsea tool and its ls-R database for file searches.
web2c hints
- use mktexlsr (same as texhash) to rebuild the file database after every install or change!
- Beware, older web2c distributions keep ConTeXt’s (Perl/Ruby) scripts at .../context/perltk, newer at .../scripts/Perl/context! Make sure to delete the older ones!
MikTeX hints
- MikTeX has a "rebuild database" menu entry; use it after every install or change!
- You should enable write18 in miktex.ini (MikTeX's counterpart to texmf.cnf) to get MetaPost support working.
alternative TeX processors
TeX the program writes only DVI output; with ConTeXt we normally use pdfeTeX, a merger of eTeX and pdfTeX – it's nowadays probably the most used TeX processor and part of all(?) distributions. But there are more...
Name | OS | Homepage | Remarks |
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pdf(e)TeX | "all" | pdftex.org | latest version at freshmeat or sarovar |
MetaTeX | POSIX | metatex.org | tries to provide a fast pdfTeX, MetaPost etc. and kpathsea relacement as C libraries (pre-alpha state) |
NTS | Java | CTAN | OO re-implementation of TeX in Java as a base for further enhancements |
ExTeX | Java | extex.org | merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state) |
Aleph | "all"? | CTAN | Omega/eTeX merge (former eOmega) by Giuseppe Bilotta (beta state) |
XeTeX | MacOS X | sil.org | uses Mac special features; bidirectional typesetting; supported by ConTeXt since Context 2004.10.7 |