[OS X TeX] Contents of MacTeXtras

[Alan Munn]

I’m in favor of keeping TeXWorks as part of MacTeXtras for all the reasons Joseph outlined. I think the users on this list are a bit biased towards TeXShop, but for those who deal with people on various platforms at the same time, having simple access to a cross-platform IDE is a real plus.

Alan

On May 4, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:

> On 03/05/2014 20:00, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> And that ,exactly, is the question! At this time TeXworks is NOT in the Extras folder. The question is whether I should add it to that folder, and therefore to MacTeXtras, since it will no longer be installed by the MacTeX installer.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
> 
> Based on the other part of the question (Texmaker/TeXstudio), it seems
> that MacTeXtras will continue to contain one or more editors. Given
> that, it would seem odd to me to drop TeXworks entirely in 'one step'
> rather than giving it least one 'intermediate' year in MacTeXtras.
> --
> Joseph Wright
> 
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