Hi On 20 July 2016 at 13:55, Michael Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey team, > > I want to open up the discussion of how the TeX IDEs are current > distributed in the science-typesetting metapackage. Currently, two > IDEs are set as recommends: AUCTeX and Lyx. > > It seems opinionated that all typesetting users want emacs installed, > or would use Lyx. This simply opens debate as to why other powerful > IDEs (e.g. TeXStudio) are not also included. > > Rather than devolve into a discussion of which IDE Typesetters prefer, > can we just move all of the major TeX IDEs into suggests? This will > prevent the already cluttered menu after a typesetting install. > Moreover, it means users can decide what IDE they want to use. On a > side note, as a non-emacs user, I find it pretty intolerable that > after installing typesetting, emcas associates itself for virtually > every filetype, such usability issues should be avoided from the > source if possible. > > On a final note, if this does seem reasonable, can we place TeXStudio > into the suggests as well? > > If this route is chosen, please add texmaker and kile as well. Regards, Jan -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^
