On 24.3.2001 18:26 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just read through the 5 posts to this list which mentioned MacOS X, and
> I would like to know whether the binary packages available for this OS
> from the teTeX and the TeXShop homepages are the same.
As far as I can see, the binary version available through teTeX homepage
(powerpc-rhapsody.tar.gz) is older than the version available through
TeXShop page.
> If that is not the case, what criterium should I base my choice on?
Probably the age of distribution. It seems to me that the version on teTeX
pages is 1.0, and TeXShop pages have 1.0.7. Newer version probably works
better, at least in generating PDF, which you will be doing a lot in MacOS
X.
> In addition, can you tell me whether I should expect any problems while
> making the transition from teTeX on Linux to teTeX on MacOS X? E.g., will
> I be able to use the same hyphenation tables?
Only problems I had in transition were because of different character sets
used by Linux and MacOS X. Linux uses Latin1 and Apple in its infinite
wisdom decided to use MacRoman in MacOS X. After character set conversion
(Cyclone 1.4.1 does the trick nicely) and changing
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} to \usepackage[applemac]{inputenc}
it mostly works. Some problems with bibliography still remain, but I guess
that's my own fault. The same hyphenation tables should be okay.
--
Jari Lehtonen
Senior analyst, unix and network services
University of Turku, Finland
