On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:55, you wrote:
> which brings to mind the question - what is the difference between tetex
> and latex?

teTeX is a Tex 'distribution' which is specifially intended for use under 
Linux. The major author is one Tomas Esser, consequently the 'te' prefix.
LaTeX is a set of macros which make TeX considerably easier to use.
The major author of this is one Leslie Lamport. ditto the prefix.

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:03:36 +1200
>
> Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:42, you wrote:
> > > Incidentally, if anyone can point me to a latex ebuild for gentoo,
> > > or a way to search for one, I'd appreciate it ;-) They don't seem to
> > > have it.
> >
> > Umm really???
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ emerge -s tetex
> > Searching...
> > [ Results for search key : tetex ]
> > [ Applications found : 1 ]
> >
> > *  app-text/tetex
> >       Latest version available: 1.0.7-r12
> >       Latest version installed: 1.0.7-r12
> >       Size of downloaded files: 42,811 kB
> >       Homepage:    http://tug.org/teTeX/
> >       Description: a complete TeX distribution
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ pwd
> > /usr/portage/app-text/tetex
> > bash-2.05b$ ls -l
> > total 32
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         7190 Jul 12 08:35 ChangeLog
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1097 Jul 20 10:56 Manifest
> > drwxr-xr-x    2 portage  portage      4096 Jul 23 09:05 files
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4890 Apr 13 11:48
> > tetex-1.0.7-r12.ebuild -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4536 Jul 20
> > 10:55 tetex-2.0.2.ebuild
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely etc.,
> > Christopher Sawtell

-- 
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell

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