[OS X TeX] TeX on iPad

[R Martinez]

I too vote to keep TeX-iOS mail on this list. As others have pointed out, the traffic is light. I find TeX-iOS mail useful. A new dedicated TeX-iOS (and/or TeX-Android) list would be very lightly populated and not worth the effort.

Raul Martinez

On Dec 5, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> On 06/12/2013, at 8:17 AM, Alan Litchfield wrote:
> 
>> iOS is not OSX and as Victor says, they are very different.
>> 
>> The only connection really is that they are created by the same corporation.
>> 
>> I don't use iPad, I use an Android tablet, so we should probably allow traffic regarding Android too.
>> 
>> Where's the line?
> 
> This thread started with a discussion of some user-interface features 
> on Mac OS X, which led to a kind of comparison to things on an iPad.
> The OP clearly uses both, as I suspect do many others on this list.
> 
> That made it relevant and interesting to some of us.
> 
> 
> If something similar arose with an Android tablet, I see no reason
> to reject the posting. However it is not clear that much useful
> discussion would occur — unless there were others that have this
> combination — and a different forum might be more appropriate.
> But then the poster needs to know what that forum is, and maybe 
> someone here could provide the pointer; in which case this list
> has once again shown its versatility, usefulness and general
> friendliness.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/12/13 9:50 AM, Victor Ivrii wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think that TeX on iPad and MacOSX are rather different animals (I use
>>> both MacTeX and TeXPad on OSX and iOS).
>>> 
>>> There is much bigger difference between TeX on UNIX (including OSX) and iOS
>>> Some people who use iOS do not use OSX and for them this list is alien
>>> We had already protest against posting iPad staff here. Sure if Gary
>>> renames this list, these protests will be unwarranted.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PS Do we need iPad TeX wiki? I can set one
>>> 
>>> -- 
>> Dr Alan Litchfield
>> AlphaByte
>> PO Box 1941
>> Auckland, New Zealand 1140
> 
> I don't see any need for a new list yet.
> But anyone who really wants it is free to do so.
> 
> 
> Time to move on, IMHO.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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