Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-10-03 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Peter Münster wrote: > >> You're right, but I've to protect suse a bit: this was only an issue >> with a >> very new MKIV (new logic how to use TEXINPUTS), and suse could >> really not >>

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-10-03 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Armando Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? > Thomas Schmitz told me OpenSuse (which I 've been using for a year...) is > not that Tex-friendly... You need to say a bit more about your circumstance

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-10-02 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, Sep 17 2008, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > > What's the issue with suse? I'm using it since 1995 without problems. > > Now I'm just adding the minimals to /opt/context to have up to date > > luatex > > and context versions. When I need latex, I use the suse texlive > > distribution. > > C

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-18 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:30 AM, Peter Münster wrote: > You're right, but I've to protect suse a bit: this was only an issue > with a > very new MKIV (new logic how to use TEXINPUTS), and suse could > really not > know about that. TEXINPUTS was quite useful, because every user > could put > his

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, Sep 17 2008, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080320.203129.aec3fb49.en.html You're right, but I've to protect suse a bit: this was only an issue with a very new MKIV (new logic how to use TEXINPUTS), and suse could really not know about that. TEXINP

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-17 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080320.203129.aec3fb49.en.html Argh :-) Setting TEXINPUTS is not at all friendly, that's for sure. Arthur ___ If your question is of interest to others as well

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-17 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Peter Münster wrote: > Hello, > What's the issue with suse? I'm using it since 1995 without problems. > Now I'm just adding the minimals to /opt/context to have up to date > luatex > and context versions. When I need latex, I use the suse texlive > distribution. >

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Sep 15 2008, Armando Martins wrote: > > Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? > Thomas Schmitz told me OpenSuse (which I 've been using for a year...) is > not that Tex-friendly... Hello, What's the issue with suse? I'm using it since 1995 without problems. No

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-15 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 15, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Matija Šuklje wrote: > Dne ponedeljek 15. septembra 2008 je Martin Schröder napisal(a): >> 2008/9/15 Armando Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? >> >> Debian. The maintainer (Norbert Preining) actually visi

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-15 Thread Gour
> "Armando" == Armando Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Armando> Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, Armando> please? I'm quite happy with Archlinux (texlive 2008 entered 'extra' repository few days ago). Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Zagreb, Croatia | GPG key: C6

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-15 Thread Matija Šuklje
Dne ponedeljek 15. septembra 2008 je Martin Schröder napisal(a): > 2008/9/15 Armando Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? > > Debian. The maintainer (Norbert Preining) actually visits TeX > conferences and was in Bohinj. :-) I use Gentoo

Re: [NTG-context] The most Tex friendly distribution?

2008-09-15 Thread Martin Schröder
2008/9/15 Armando Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? Debian. The maintainer (Norbert Preining) actually visits TeX conferences and was in Bohinj. :-) > Thomas Schmitz told me OpenSuse (which I 've been using for a year...) is > not that