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Re: TeX and Scribus

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Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> writes:

> And if you're working with (La)TeX documents created by others, then
> teTeX just won't do. Plain old TeX documents might still compile,
> but modern LaTeX documents with any complexity beyond the basic
> stuff most likely won't.

I use Slackware and its TeTeX to produce legal and research documents
(mostly using the Memoir style with my own tweaks) and business
letters (using KOMAScript). I can certainly second what Joost says
regarding documents produced by other tex users; sometimes tweaks
have to be made to account for features from newer versions of
those libraries/style files that don't exist yet in tetex.

I disagree, though, that TexLive is necessarily too large
for distribution with Slackware.
TexLive is modular; there are more options
than distributing the whole multi-gigabyte sumo edition.
TexLive also provides the ability to install luatex, xetex,
and context in addition to the usual [pdf]latex.

Would it be against Slackware philosophy to ship a minimal texlive
with its own user-level package manager (tlmgr) enabled and usable?
I mean, Slackware ships CPAN already, which is similar in concept.

--
Peace,
WGG

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TeX and Scribus "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-04-04 08:12 -0700
  Re: TeX and Scribus Martha Adams <mhada@verizon.net> - 2016-04-05 01:42 -0400
    Re: TeX and Scribus Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 07:25 +0000
      Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-05 14:15 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-04-05 21:13 +0000
          Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-05 21:20 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-06 07:14 +0000
          Re: TeX and Scribus Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-06 18:26 +0000
            Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-06 20:47 +0000
            Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-07 00:11 +0000
              Re: TeX and Scribus Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-07 05:17 +0000
                Re: TeX and Scribus Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 05:13 +0000
    Re: TeX and Scribus "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-04-05 07:00 -0700
    Re: TeX and Scribus Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2016-04-05 21:35 -0300
      Re: TeX and Scribus Martha Adams <mhada@verizon.net> - 2016-04-06 21:17 -0400
        Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-07 04:54 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 07:46 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-07 14:10 +0000

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