[OS X TeX] TexShop w/ minimal LaTeX installation for dummies?
Will Robertson
will at mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
Thu May 6 20:54:41 EDT 2004
Ralph Pöllath wrote:
> Would it be possible to produce a version of TexShop containing a
> minimal LaTeX installation in its application bundle?
>
Another program that I heard about recently actually does this just for
(I believe) ConTeXt's PDF tools. I'm at work, so I can't remember
exactly which program that was, though...
> That would make it extremely easy for first-time LaTeX users (coming
> from MS Word, e.g.) to get an impression of what LaTeX feels like. Of
> course, this would be suited for exploration only - those who would like
> to continue using LaTeX shoud use i-Installer to install the real thing
> (think Knoppix).
>
One of the problems is deciding exactly what gets included and who
maintains it. Personally, I'd include only pdflatex and keep only the
most used packages, but I haven't looked into the situation enough to
know how much that would bloat TeXShop by.
You certainly don't want TeXShop to increase in size five-fold just to
help out new users. I think with the progress Gerben's made recently
with i-Installer, it's simple enough to install TeX anyway.
Will
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