Thanx for the reply. Will get back to you with MORE questions :D after a few days when my exams get over and after I go over the online tut. Regards, Ashim.
>From: Ajit Ranade Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ashim Kapoor CC: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LaTeX and friends Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:47:47 >+0530 (IST) > >ashim > >firstly, pls send txt mail if possible (i.e. turn off default html >formatting). > >secondly, pls do look up an excellent online tutorial on LaTeX developed >wholly indigenously in trivendrum, by the india tex user group team. this >is at http://www.tug.org.in/tutorials.html > >thirdly, as regards miktex etc- pls remember that TeX is the original >program developed by D.E. Knuth in 1979 or so. this program can run on any >number of platforms. LaTeX, revtex, auctex etc are all add-ons, or macros >which make it easier to use TeX. some people wrongly think of LaTeX as >being totally distinct from TeX. > >miktex, emtex, 4tex, teTeX etc are all implementations of >TeX/LaTeX/revtex/auctex systems. these implementations are all platform >dependent. miktex i believe works on NT/Win2k etc. emtex works on MSDOS and >OS2. 4tex works on NT/Win/MSDOS. these implementations come with compiled >binaries, and if GPL'ed, with source code also. there are also commercial >implementations of TeX/LaTeX etc. some of these are Textures (for Mac) and >Scientific Word (Win), and PCTeX. > >hope this helps. best, akr. > >On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > > > Hello > > there, First of all a million thanks for the > > quick response. What I was wondering was... that > > under this MikTex / EmTex things, the " program " that I type out will > >it be EXACTLY the same the one I type out under LaTex ? Or are there > >SLIGHT differences in jargon of LaTex and MikTex and EmTex liek there > are >slight differences in the jargon of Borland and Turbo C / C++ . > Thanx a bunch, Ashim. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
