Hi Peter, Tim Allen wrote: > On 11/03/10 18:52, Peter Harris wrote: > > I have just used the synaptic package manager to download and > > install texlive-math-extra. It does not appear in the applications > > menu and I can't find a way of starting it. There is a folder in > > /etc called texmf containing a number of folders and files. Can > > anyone help please? > > $apt-file show texlive-math-extra > lists /usr/bin/amstex - does that help?
Perhaps a TeX user can suggest that GUI editor for LaTeX, what's it called? Or it may help if you let us know what you were trying to achieve; there are a few TeX users on the list. (I prefer troff myself.) Ah, it's LyX I'm thinking of. http://www.lyx.org/ Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset

