[OS X TeX] questions: xy-pic

[Ross Moore]

Hello Richard,

On 23/06/2004, at 1:22 PM, Richard Seguin wrote:

> I've downloaded both xy35mac and xy-3.7. Is there any particular 
> reason that I should be looking at xy35mac despite the earlier version 
> number?

You should not need either of these.
A unix install of  Xy-pic  should already be in place on your system,
assuming you have installed  teTeX  either via  gwTeX  or from TeXLive.

To test this hypothesis, just do:   kpsewhich xy.sty
in a terminal, or just go ahead and try   \usepackage[all]{xy}
in your LaTeX source.



> The second question betrays my lack of detailed knowledge of the UNIX 
> underpinnings of OS X. The installation instructions mention 
> installation on UNIX by using the command ./support/install-tds 
> <texmf> or the command  make TEXMF=<texmf> install. I am inclined to 
> doubt that this works on OS X. Am I correct?

Yes, that would be correct, if you are installing from scratch.
But I doubt that it's needed anymore.

>
> All this because AMS LaTeX can not create simple triangular 
> commutative diagrams, a glaring limitation. I hope that in the future 
> this capability is part of the standard distribution.

Xy-pic has been a part of teTeX and TeXLive for many years now.


Hope this helps,

	Ross


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