[protext] [mbarr at math.mcgill.ca: [texhax] MikTeX]

[Karl Berry]

Hi Thomas, maybe we could make the wording more explicit in the protext
doc that if you have an existing editor, you don't need to change?  I
haven't reviewed the text about it ...

(Michael says miktex, but he means protext.)

k


Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:56:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Barr <mbarr at math.mcgill.ca>
To: texhax at tug.org
Subject: [texhax] MikTeX

I have a brand new computer and am about to install TeX on it.  I put the 
MikTeX CD (from TUG) in and am reading the instructions.  It seems to 
imply that WinEdt or one other editor is required to run MikTeX.  I have 
no intention of installing a version of TeX that does not permit to work 
in my usual way, using my usual editor.  

Let me describe that way.  First, although it is a windows machine, I work
always from the command line.  When I load my editor, I type t filename
unless it is the same file I worked on previously, in which case t alone
suffices.  Then I am ready to tex it, I type, from the command line l or p
(the latter in the rare case that for some reason I am using plain) and 
after that, v which loads the viewer.  Meantime, the filename is stored in 
an environment variable from which all these batch files get their input 
file names.

What version of TeX should I be installing?  Should I go back to the 2003 
version that I have on my old machine?

I would appreciate replies directly to me as I get only the digest, 
usually once a day.

Michael Barr

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