[OS X TeX] final tex live 2007

[Christian Burk]

Am 22.02.2007 um 14:25 schrieb Bruno Voisin:

> Le 22 févr. 07 à 09:30, Christian Burk a écrit :
>
>> Am 20.02.2007 um 22:11 schrieb Richard Koch:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> The MacTeX TeXLive-2007 package is constructed by installing the  
>>> full TeXLive-2007
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> But in this site, it says that MacTeX contains Gerben Wierda's  
>> extensive TeX distribution, XeTeX, and the following front end  
>> programs : TeXShop, LaTeXiT, BibDesk, Excalibur, and i-Installer.  
>> (vide http://www.tug.org/mactex/)
>> Do I misunderstand something or where could I get the MacTeX  
>> installation with the _full_ TL2007?
>
> Speaking about <http://www.tug.org/~koch/NewPackages.html> (I don't  
> know what's the situation exactly with <http://www.tug.org/mactex/ 
> >, I'm not using it any longer):
>
> - MacTeX_Additions.dmg contains a selection of GUI applications  
> (TeXShop, BibDesk, LaTeXiT, Excalibur, i-Installer), plus the Unix  
> programs used by TeX (essentially GhostScript, ImageMagick,  
> FreeType, installed as i-Packages with the corresponding receipts,  
> so as to allow future update via i-Installer), but not TeX itself.
>
> - TeX itself, available in 4 variants:
>
>   * gwTeX.dmg: Gerben Wierda's subset of TeX Live 2007, identical  
> to what would be installed by the corresponding i-Package in i- 
> Installer.
>
>   * TeXLive-2007.dmg: the full TeX Live 2007, identical to what  
> would be installed from the TeX Live DVD (with a few added bits to  
> avoid the configuration hassle associated with the Unix origins of  
> TeX Live).
>
>   * teTeX.dmg: the deprecated teTeX-based gwTeX i-Package, as used  
> to be available through i-Installer. Forget about it.
>
>   * TeXLiveMTS-2007.dmg: a subset of the TeX Live 2007 DVD,  
> designed to mimick gwTeX. That was an attempt which I think will be  
> discontinued.
>
> Hence the choice is essentially between TeXLive-2007.dmg and  
> gwTeX.dmg.
>
> - Another component, not mentioned at this page, is Herb Schulz's  
> MacTeXtras <http://www.tug.org/mactex/MacTeXtras.dmg> containing  
> for example CocoAspell, TCOBrowser, TeXniscope, and so forth,  
> corresponding to the directory <http://cvs.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/ 
> cvsweb.cgi/Extras/?cvsroot=mactex>.
>
> At the bottom of the page <http://www.tug.org/~koch/ 
> NewPackages.html> you can find an all-in-one archive mactex.tar.gz  
> containing:
>
> 	MacTeX_Additions.dmg
> 	TeXLive-2007.dmg
> 	MacTeXtras.dmg
>
> Personally I have two TeX installs (plus Textures, but that's  
> another story):
>
> - mactex.tar.gz, for maximum compatibility with the TeX setups of  
> colleagues all over the world.
>
> - gwTeX, installed via i-Installer, for maximum reliability and  
> consistency. I prefer to use i-Installer for this, as I install in  
> Expert mode and introduce a number of customizations during the  
> Configure stage. This avoids having to run updmap, mktexlsr and  
> texconfig afterwards from the command line.
>
> Switching between the two distributions via Jérôme Laurens' TeX  
> Distribution system pref panel is a breeze.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Bruno Voisin

Thanks for this excellent answer and the explanation of the different  
versions.

I was hoping that could get an installation with the comfort of:

> Richard Koch:the MacTeX package adjusts both PATH and MAN  
> parameters automatically.

and a full version in one...

Christian
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