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> hm, if one does a bit more than just plain text one needs all kind of <br>> extras anyway (xml, graphics, viewing, etc)<br><br>Well, this is already a bit offtopic, I guess. <br>But,
IMHO, the TeXLive distribution should contain everything needed to
process a *.tex file by the TeX (ConTeXt in particular). <br>By the way, if you run for instance "texmfstart.exe texexec.rb" with no Ruby installed, it simply DOES NOTHING... :-(<br><br>-Richard<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><hr><b>From:</b> Hans Hagen [mailto:pragma@wxs.nl]<br><b>To:</b> David Kastrup [mailto:dak@gnu.org]<br><b>Cc:</b> TeX Live production [mailto:tex-live@tug.org]<br><b>Sent:</b> Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:06:04 +0200<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [tex-live] Ruby interpreter in the TeXLive distribution?<br><br>David Kastrup wrote:<br>
> Hans Hagen <<a href="mailto:pragma@wxs.nl">pragma@wxs.nl</a>> writes:<br>
><br>
> <br>
>> Reinhard Kotucha wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>>> No need to provide these programs for UNIX. But for Windows it's<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>> at least on my linux box, ruby did not get installed by default, so we <br>
>> cannot assume it to be installed<br>
>> <br>
>>> helpful if important programs are on the CD or DVD.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>> ruby and perl for windows can be downloaded from several places and<br>
>> installation is no real problem.<br>
>> <br>
><br>
> Well, but having to install externally downloaded software sort of<br>
> defeats the idea of a live TeX system.<br>
><br>
> <br>
hm, if one does a bit more than just plain text one needs all kind of <br>
extras anyway (xml, graphics, viewing, etc)<br>
<br>
Hans<br>
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