On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> Don Simons skryf:
> > I just got a new laptop and tried installing MikTeX, which I recall
> > hearing was supposed to be pretty good. So far, to say the least,
> > I'm highly unimpressed. I expected a windows interface for
> > configuring and running the program. Not only can't I find any such
> > thing, but it seems this is really a set of DOS programs, except that
> > the "setup wizard" did nothing about setting any environment
> > variables or modifying my path. Is this any better than emtex??? As
> > far as ease of installation and use, seems like quite a step backward
> > so far. Am I missing something?
> >
> There is a shareware GUI called texwin or wintex which you can set up
> to call the miktex routines and do everything in the one-finger style
> beloved by Win95 users. But why not configure your laptop to run
> Linux and use TeX from there? That's what I do :-)
While I would indeed support Dirk's proposal, I know it is hard to
switch horses while in full speed. Most mikTeXers I know use as the
driving machine the editor WinEdt http://www.winedt.com
It is shareware, but you can try it out.
MikTeX I know well; it is quite
stable, but it does not have a GUI. When I use Windows, I use it with a
4DOS batch-file script that guides all the necessary operations, e.g.
pre-preprocessing, preprocessing, TeXing, editing of the mtx, pmx and tex
files, previewing, printing, archivating.
On Linux, I use teTeX with a bash-file script that does exactly the
same; therefore I have no difference when writing music in either OS.
WinEdt uses buttons that are told with macros what to do; it is
distributed ready for use with MikTeX.
There is nothing to configure in mikTeX, except that you have to add
the mikTeX path. I like it that it does not do that itself...
I may be wise also to edit
\texmf\miktex\config\miktex.ini to adapt you favourite editor, the
paper size you use and similar things.
But essentially mikTeX is just TeX and nothing else except for the viewer YAP.
Christof
