tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Joey Mingrone
Hello, I've been told that LaTeX is probably the best solution for creating scientific papers with math fonts, so I'm trying to get a working installation. My first attempt was to install the latex2e-2003.12_1 port, which installed the tex-3.14159_3 port as a dependency. This seemed to work,

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0300 Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a guide for getting all this set up, or can some kind soul suggest a installation method that works well for them? Install from the TeX Live CD and you get the latest software (FreeBSD support is included). --

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Glyn Millington
Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been told that LaTeX is probably the best solution for creating scientific papers with math fonts, so I'm trying to get a working installation. A noble ambition! fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:59 +0100, Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the tex port and it seems teTex is no longer being updated. Alas the news about teTeX is true.

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:45:18PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0300 Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a guide for getting all this set up, or can some kind soul suggest a installation method that works well for them? Install from the TeX

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 07:17:26PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:59 +0100, Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the tex port and it seems teTex is

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Polytropon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:59 +0100, Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the tex port and it seems teTex is no longer being

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread N. Raghavendra
At 2008-07-30T13:00:00-03:00, Joey Mingrone wrote: My first attempt was to install the latex2e-2003.12_1 port, which installed the tex-3.14159_3 port as a dependency. This seemed to work, but there were some things referenced in the documentation that seemed to be missing. For example, the

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Daniel Molina Wegener
Joey Mingrone escribió: Hello, I've been told that LaTeX is probably the best solution for creating scientific papers with math fonts, so I'm trying to get a working installation. My first attempt was to install the latex2e-2003.12_1 port, which installed the tex-3.14159_3 port as a

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Daniel Molina Wegener
Polytropon escribió: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:59 +0100, Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the tex port and it seems teTex is no longer being updated.

Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help

2008-07-30 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Polytropon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:05:59 +0100, Glyn Millington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Mingrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port conflicts with the tex port