[OS X TeX] Finally we are grown up

[Claus Gerhardt]

The packages you mentioned can be installed independently, and I  
think MacTex will either install them by default or offer their  
installation as an option.

Claus


On Nov 17, 2006, at 0:50, Alan Munn wrote:

> At 8:24 PM +0100 11/16/06, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
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>> Of course, after your announcement that [Gerben] will quit, I had  
>> a look at the TeXLive home page and discovered that the  
>> installation process TeXlive offered was simple and transparent,  
>> and when finally, a few days later, I actually installed the  
>> original full unix TeXLive version myself, I was surprised by the  
>> ease and smoothness of this installation process without any  
>> patronizing by the software, a quick, efficient, and transparent  
>> process that will allow me in the future to control the tex  
>> versions that I use; installing a new version will no longer cause  
>> an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach, if the new version will  
>> work as smoothly for me as the old one; if there will be problems  
>> a simple Applescript will make the old version the default.
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> One thing that has been bothering me in this whole discussion is  
> whether or not there are extras provided by Gerben via i-Installer  
> that are NOT part of the TeXLive distribution.  Specifically I'm  
> thinking of things like Ghostscript, Imagemagick, FontForge etc.  I  
> assume that these are also going to disappear, yet (like  
> Ghostscript) are important for a working TeX installation.  If this  
> is true, then TeXLive is not the panacea that it is being made out  
> to be in this discussion.
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> Or am I missing something?  When I first started to use TeX I did  
> so using Fink because seemed to be the simplest way to install both  
> TeX and its related utilities.  I've now weaned myself off of Fink  
> and am happy with i-installer and the MikTeX package manager, but I  
> don't relish the thought of having to chase around for every extra  
> component and install it by hand.
>
> Or am I missing something here?
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> Alan
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