On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:18:33AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Dear Debian users, > > I am wondering which Debian TeX packages to use, TeXLive or teTeX. I > have been using teTeX, and it has been all right. However, some parts > seem to be outdated, such as ConTeXt (which I use), and this results > in some missing features. Here's the detail: > > <shell> > % texexec --version > TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > > texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 > tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) > context : ver: 2005.01.31 > cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2007.1.31 mes: english > > total run time : 1 seconds > </shell> > > So, do you think it would be all right to switch to the "context" > package available with TeXLive in Debian, and is the LaTeX support > etc. also identical to that with teTeX? > > Thanks. > If I get the gist right of the discussion on -devel about a few months ago, texlive is the future in Debian. Norbert Preining introduced texlive and recently added context, so he'd be the guy to ask. Other than that, file a bug report for it. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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