[tex-live] tl doc formats

[Axel Kielhorn]

Am 09.09.2006 um 14:07 schrieb Morten Høgholm:

> On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:58:14 +0200, Axel Kielhorn <A.Kielhorn at web.de> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 09.09.2006 um 12:41 schrieb Morten Høgholm:
>>
>>> On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:26:43 +0200, Axel Kielhorn <A.Kielhorn at web.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> IIRC there are no DVI-Viewers for MacOS. There is xdvi, but you need
>>>> to
>>>> install the X11 system to use it. Viewing PDF is supported by the 
>>>> OS.
>>>
>>> TeXniscope.
>>
>> Can't find it on the Texlive 2005 inst CD, is this DVD only?
>
> I don't think it is included in TeX Live but that wasn't the question, 
> was it? It is freely available from 
> <http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html>.

That was exactly the question. To quote David Kastrup:

> TeXlive contains DVI viewers.  It does not contain PDF viewers.  So I
> really don't understand how you gather that the users will be able to
> view PDF without problems, but not DVI, if what they have is a TeXlive
> DVD.

Thanks for the link nevertheless.

The next question is:
Why is TeXniscope not on CTAN?

Axel