Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:17:43AM +0200, Reinhard Kotucha wrote: >> >> As Thomas said, teTeX is 100% in TeXLive. So why do we need a tetex >> developer group? >> >> TeXLive and teTeX are the same thing. The main reason teTeX is >> discontinued is that it is too much work to maintain the texmf tree >> and that different people are working on the same thing. > > teTeX and TeXLive have very different target groups. teTeX targets > simple configure/make/make install Unix setups. TeXLive is a > ready-to-run media with the ability to copy over unix/windows/mac > binaries to your hard disk or run them from the DVD.
But the teTeX within TeXLive does just the same. The difference will be that the tetex texmf tree will no longer be available separately. For installations tight on space, a "TeXLive minimal" might be desirable at one time. >> Are you subscribed to the texhax mailing list? >> >> "I'm using WinEDT and get the error message '! TeX capacity exceeded'" >> >> They do not even know that they are using TeX! Why would they then complain to texhax? >> Note that the name "TeXLive" still contains Thomas Esser's initials. > > Thanks, now I know what TeX means. Thomas Esser's X11R8. What does > "Live" stand for? Liars invent vunny ecronyms. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
