[OS X TeX] Moving to OS X finally
Alexandru Scorpan
ascorpan at math.ufl.edu
Wed Sep 29 22:02:38 CEST 2004
>> These are simple questions. After 5 years I'm being upgraded to a new
>> computer with System OSX. Presently I use OzTeX with Alpha as my
>> editor. Would it be best to stick with OzTeX or is there something
>> better for OSX?
On OS X you have ports of standard unix distributions of TeX, with nice
front-ends like TeXShop or iTeXMac. That seems to be where it's at on
OS X. I used to OzTeX myself a while ago, and switched to TeXShop
quite happily. One advantage is that you use essentially the same
underlying machinery as linux or solaris, and thus there is a lot more
development and a lot more people to help. Another advantage is that,
since pdf is native in OS X, these front-ends happily use pdftex and
pdflatex instead of tex and latex, and thus the output is pdf instead
of dvi, ready to share with the world.
-- Alex
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