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Re: TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!)

From Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.text.tex, alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject Re: TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!)
Date 2016-04-11 08:54 +0000
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Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> But trying to strip down TeXLive would probably only end up in a number 
> of threads in places like this where people also request feature ABC and 
> XYZ from TeXLive which now is missing.

They could simply use tlmgr (TeXLive Manager) to install those packages.

> I mean, if I understand you right, 
> the whole point in replacing teTeX with TeXLive would be because TeXLive 
> has features that teTeX is missing.

Not features. Updates. Those updates might be new features, yes, but
they don't have to be. They may simply be improved functionality and bug
fixes. They may also include changes that break backward compatibility.
Which is another reason (apart from new features) why not all modern
LaTeX documents will compile with teTeX.

> Then why would you want a TeXLive 
> with missing features?

Because there are many features that most people don't need.

> I am sure that you would be able to pick the most 
> important features for you, but there are many different users out there 
> and different users have different tastes when it comes to what is 
> important.

I think a reasonable subset can be created that will satisfy most
people's needs. BasicTeX seems to fit the bill.


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Joost Kremers                                   joostkremers@fastmail.fm
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Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes! jfine2358@gmail.com - 2016-04-07 02:36 -0700
  Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes! JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-07 22:26 +0000
    Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes! Peter Flynn <peter@silmaril.ie> - 2016-04-07 23:46 +0100
      TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!) JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-08 23:12 +0000
        Re: TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!) Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-11 05:03 +0000
          Re: TeXLive on Slackware John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2016-04-11 07:11 +0000
            Re: TeXLive on Slackware Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 08:59 +0000
              Re: TeXLive on Slackware jfbu <jfREMOVEbu@free.fr> - 2016-04-11 11:41 +0200
                Re: TeXLive on Slackware JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-13 02:20 +0000
            Re: TeXLive on Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-11 21:07 +0000
          Re: TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!) Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 08:54 +0000
            Re: TeXLive on Slackware (was: Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes!) Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-11 21:12 +0000
              Re: TeXLive on Slackware Qun-Ying <zhu.qunying@gmail.com> - 2016-04-13 11:13 -0700
                Re: TeXLive on Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-13 18:39 +0000
      Re: Thank you, Eberhard Mattes! Dan Luecking <LookInSig@uark.edu> - 2016-04-13 12:52 -0500

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