[OS X TeX] What's in Mac-TeX 2007 in general?

Aaron Jackson jackson at msrce.howard.edu
Fri Jun 15 13:44:31 EDT 2007


find /usr/local/texlive | open -f

would be better.

On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Robert H. Sloan wrote:

> Two related questions:
> a. Is there a list someplace on the web that has every little thing  
> that's in the the Mac-TeX distribution?
> b. Is there a place to request that this or that be added in the  
> next release?
>
> I'm in about the same situation as the previous writer, but my need  
> is for latex2html.
>
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:00 PM, TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Does Mac-TeX 2007 include latex2rtf?
>> From: "Alan Munn" <amunn at msu.edu>
>> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:52:49 -0400
>>
>>> Hy list
>>> I need to install a new distribution of tex (I used gwtex since now)
>>> because I need to share a document for 'collaborative' editing and
>>> hence to convert it to rtf or txt. I thought about installing the  
>>> Mac
>>> Tex 2007 distribution. But is latex2rtf included? If not, how can I
>>> obtain it (without fink).
>>> Thanks for help.
>>
>> I don't think it installs it, but the MacTeX distribution installs
>> i-installer, which you can use to install latex2rtf.  Remember, gwTeX
>> (and i-installer) isn't dead, it's just that Gerben no longer
>> provides support.  The packages themselves are still updated
>> regularly.  Many of us actually have both distributions running on
>> our machines (overkill, perhaps, but sometimes it comes in handy.)
>>
>> So you have two options: you could continue using Gerben's gwTeX (but
>> update your installation to the version based on TeX Live) or you
>> could install the MacTeX distribution and use the included
>> i-installer to install latex2rtf. (Of course if you interpret the
>> 'or' inclusively you have a third option.)
>>
>> Alan
>>
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>
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