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| From | Unknown <dog@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: TeX and Scribus |
| Date | 2016-04-11 05:13 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pan.2016.04.11.15.19.07@gmail.com> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <87y48srvk5.fsf@example.com> <ne2d0g$kor$1@reader1.panix.com> <ne3kdg$bau$1@dont-email.me> <ne48k4$da9$1@reader1.panix.com> <ne4qhk$2jr$1@dont-email.me> |
On Thu, 07 Apr 2016 05:17:40 +0000, Henrik Carlqvist wrote: > On Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:11:49 +0000, JohnF wrote: >> I think I've occasionally seen documentation distributed as (La)TeX >> source, and then you do need (La)TeX to format it more readably. But >> that's about it, I believe. > > Yes, but IMHO even that would be reason enough to include a good enough > latex in Slackware. Even if Slackware did not include any standard > packages which depends upon latex, a Slackware without latex would be > less useful for people downloading, compiling and installing software > themselves. > > Just like Slackware includes compilers for common languages like C and > less common languages like pascal those compilers are not only used by > people using Slackware as their software development platform. Those > compilers are also used by people downloading and installing software > they want installed on their system. > > Some languages like C++ are moving targets and every now and then gets > updated to newer versions with new releases of Slackware. This might be > necessary to install some new software. One day the same might become > true for latex and that day maybe Slackware will have to ship one extra > DVD just for latex, but I don't think that day have come yet. > > regards Henrik Is it such a monster! I'm having big problems the *.html that has maths-formuars, apparently in latex. How do other users solve this problem? == FG
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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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