[OS X TeX] Re: latex2rtf

[Herbert Schulz]

On Apr 28, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

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> On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
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>> On Apr 27, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>> On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Ramón Figueroa-Centeno wrote:
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>>>> Aloha,
>>>> 
>>>> I know remember why I had not posted "Drop LaTeX2RTF" to my website before:
>>>> there is a better alternative, namely "MacLateX2RTF"
>>>> <http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/fischerk/LaTeX2rtf/index.html>.
>>>> 
>>>> Ramón
>>> 
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ummm... you need to install latex2rtf via Fink to use it.
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>> /That/ would be killing a gnat with a sledgehammer :).  LaTeX2RTF compiles cleanly as a UNIX program on OS X, as long as you can use Terminal and have Xcode installed:
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> Howdy,
> 
> I was just quoting what was on the web site. Personally I don't use Fink.
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>> cd /tmp
>> svn co https://latex2rtf.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/latex2rtf latex2rtf
>> cd latex2rtf
>> make && sudo make install
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> 
> I agree that is the way to go (although I downloaded the latest stable release, 2.1.0, at the project).
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>> Using latex2rtf development sources is generally very worthwhile, since releases tend to lag development significantly.  Note that you'll need ghostscript installed for PDF graphics inclusion.
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> I'll keep that in mind.
> 
> I tried the DropScript and displayed maths just didn't show up at all. Maybe I'm expecting way too much and maybe the internal version in the DropScript is quite old.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Just grabbed the latest version from svn and compiled and installed it (as per you instructions --- with the added /trunk). All went well and quickly. Of course you do need the Developer's Tools.

Still can't seem to do anything with displayed maths. I'll have to try it with a bit more non-trival in-line maths too but I suspect that won't work either. I guess I should have expected that.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)