[OS X TeX] current math fonts for TeX

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:33 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 26.01.2008 um 18:33 schrieb André Bellaïche:
>
>> The LaTex companion has done a good job in this regard. But more  
>> is needed. Consider the "survey" file you have indicated to David  
>> Oliver. Even if I had an alphabetical listing showing the title  
>> "survey", I would not be curious about the content. But don't you  
>> agree with me?
>
>
> I don't agree completely. The kind of TeX makes it necessary to  
> have a brain working in sponge mode: recording (at least trying to  
> do so) everything, it could be useful in some future, even or  
> because it is not connected with the current problem one has. And  
> since TeX is not delivered from one big company it is not  
> sufficient to rely on some big volume, you need to research  
> constantly. (I am trying to understand how using UTF-8 with  
> standard LaTeX might work, seeing that one dead option and two  
> alive options exist giving not much help. Exchanging XeTeX with  
> LaTeX is the topic, being able to do some PDF trickery, which is  
> much to often based on pdfTeX.) Another option would be what the  
> German TUG (dante) journal (Die TeXnische Komödie) is offering:  
> reviews of newly to CTAN submitted LaTeX packages. Again, your  
> brain needs to work in some sort of sponge mode ...

Failing that, as mine does, I have a special folder in Mail where I  
put "(at least trying to do so) everything, [if] it could be useful  
in some future, even or because it is not connected with the current  
problem one has."

Grateful regards
--schremmer