Re: [NTG-context] [texhax] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-18 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Peter Davis wrote: I've been on the periphery of TeX for years, as a casual user of LaTeX and also as an implementer of publishing software. However, I'm afraid I haven't kept in as close touch as I'd like, and now I find myself trying to absorb a lot in a short time. I'm trying to choose

Re: [NTG-context] [texhax] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-18 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Paul Isambert wrote: And plain TeX doesn't have a lot of documentation. Anyway there isn't much to document. Basically using plain TeX means you need a very good knowledge of the engine, and you'll write tons of macros (in a way there are no plain TeX users, only users of personal

Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] Announcing TLContrib

2010-10-10 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Thank you for the clarification, Taco. As far as the phrase to use this site as a TeX Live repository, point the TeX Live package manager to http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/201; is concerned, perhaps as a partial TLR, or perhaps as an adjunct TLR. Less important : point X at is more idiomatic than

Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] Announcing TLContrib

2010-10-09 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
One comment, two questions Taco : C1: Great idea; this project has my wholehearted support. Q1: When you write In short, anything that cannot be on TeX Live but can still legally be distributed over the Internet can have a place on TLContrib., does this not open a hole rather wider than you