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

[Richard Steenis]

Is there any possibility that Y&Y will be acquired by someone else 
and maintained?
If so, does anyone know the possible time frame?

Thanks,
Richard



At 09:41 AM 1/31/2006, D. P. Story wrote:
>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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>
>
>
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