[yandytex] Re: Switch from Y&Y to ...?

[D. P. Story]

I don't see any advantage in changing from YandY to MiKTeX. The 
dvipreview is far superior to Yap, incorporating new fonts is 
tirival, the dvipsone is fast and produces excellent ps. 

One nice feature of MiKTeX is this automatic download of new 
packages, or updating of packages. It would be nice to have that for 
YandY, but I will continue to use YandY.

dps

On 31 Jan 2006 at 10:33, David Marcus wrote:

> 
> >protext is a bundled copy of miktex (designed for ease of
> >installation by the tex "virgin").  there's no reason not to use 
it
> >if you've got the cd (as a tug member): it saves on net bandwidth 
...
> >you'll have to update it, but not download the whole thing.
> 
> I am a tug member, so I have the cd.
> 
> >so back to david's original question.  can i ask a counter-
question:
> >do you feel your y&y is inadequate?
> 
> No.
> 
> >   if so, what is it that you need?
> >
> >if it's just current packages or other macros, you can "just 
update".
> 
> That's what I've been doing.
> 
> >if it's pdftex you're after, you *have* to change: even if 
someone,
> >somewhere, picks up y&y tex, it's going to be a long time before
> >they've plugged the pdftex extensions into it.
> 
> I've been using Adobe Acrobat combined with Y&Y.
> 
> 
> David
> 
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