[tex-k] TeX, eTeX, and Omega

[Martin Schröder]

2011/9/6 Jay F Shachter <jay at m5.chicago.il.us>:
> Where is the tex-live repository, and how do you obtain TeX sources
> from it?

http://www.tug.org/texlive/
http://www.tug.org/texlive/svn/

The sources are on the DVDs, btw.

> Does the current tex-live distribution support bidirectionality?  Or
> does one have to patch it to obtain that functionality?  My
> understanding is that Knuth never supported bidirectionality, even
> though he agreed that it was a good thing.

Yes. Welcome to 2011: We have XeTeX and LuaTeX. And eTeX. :-)
http://www.oneiros.de/tex/papers/presentation-ms-froscon2011-tex2011-en.pdf

Best
   Martin