[texhax] protext (miktex) distribution testing?

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

Since you say it's based on MiKTeX, could you please briefly explain why a
present (happy) MiKTeX user should consider spending time examining this
package?  Thanks.

Cordialmente,  Philip G. Ratcliffe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: texhax-bounces at tug.org [mailto:texhax-bounces at tug.org]On Behalf Of
> Karl Berry
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:28 PM
> To: texhax at tug.org
> Subject: [texhax] protext (miktex) distribution testing?
>
>
> Thomas Feuerstack has made a TeX distribution for Windows (only) called
> ProTeXt, based on Christian Schenk's MiKTeX (*not* Web2C).  It has a
> top-level PDF document which guides you through the installation, with
> clickable links.
>
> We plan to include this as one of the software distributions on CD this
> year sent to user group members, etc.  It is all free (libre) software.
>
> If any Windows users would like to test this, you can get the current
> test image from http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/protext.  Any bug reports or
> suggestions are welcome, please email to protext at tug.org.
>
> Thanks,
> karl
>
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