[OS X TeX] kind of TeXShop for Windows ?

Tim Brophy timbrophy at mac.com
Thu Nov 4 15:22:04 EST 2004


On 1 Nov 2004, at 16:17, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:53:48PM +0100, Maarten Sneep wrote:
>> On 31 okt 2004, at 21:44, Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
>>
>>> ProTeXt can be found at http://www.tug.org/ftp/texlive/protext/,
>>> is based on MikTeX and is to be included in the next TeX Live as a
>>> separate item.
>>
>> That is still a very limited description. What does it do? Is it the
>> MikTeX package manager, adapted to work on a TeXLive install?
>>
>> Maarten
>
> I just downloaded and tried out proTeXt on a scratch virtual
> Windows. Besides MikTeX, it includes TeXnicCenter, Winedt,
> Ghostscript and GSView, which makes it pretty complete.
> Installation is run from a pdf installation manual.
>
> As I understand, proTeXt is designed to be packaged with the TeX
> Live cd set, but is otherwise completely separate from it. There
> is a second Windows version in TeX Live, fpTeX, which IS
> integrated.
>
> -- 
> Siep Kroonenberg
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I have just downloaded fpTeX and all associated files. I have only used 
Textures and TeXShop before. How do I even begin with fpTeX??
Sorry for being stupid!

Tim Brophy

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