Thank you both, Mojca
Hans Hagen wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Sorry for a questioin that is a bit off-topic. > > > >I'm a bit confused about the TeX terminology. I know what is what, but > >I don't know how all these programs/packages/macros are officially > >called in English. > > > >How would you explain those in an encyclopedy with no more than one sentence? > > > >* plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt are ... > > ? TeX formats ? (but ConTeXt is not just that) > >* TeX, eTeX, pdf(e)TeX, Aleph, Omega, XeTeX are ... > > ? TeX engines/extensions, an extended version of TeX ? > > > > > also languages (tex is language and interpreter) > > >* pdflatex is ... > > > > > a shortcut for "run pdftex in pdf mode with latex preloaded" > > > ? > >* texexec is ... > > ? > > > > > a wrapper around tex (providing it a commandline of sorts) > > >* texutil, texfont are ... > > ? scripts/utilities for [whateverthetask] > >* MikTeX, TeX Live, teTeX are ... > > TeX distributions > >* PPCHTeX, XymTeX, MusicTeX are ... > > ConTeXt module(s) / LaTeX package(s) > >* PicTeX is > > ? TeX drawing environment > > > > > should be at the same level as ppchtex ..... > > >* BibTeX is ... > > ? > > > > > program/language for handling bibs, output to be supported by the macro > package > > >* TeXCeH is ... > > TeX user group > > > > > > Hans
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