On 16/05/2012 05:38, C Y wrote: > I have compiled xetex from the latest Git sources on sourceforge, and the > build appears to have been successful. > > Does the sourceforge Git repo of xetex produce a working (albeit minimal) TeX > once compilation is complete? (It didn't seem to in my quick test, but it's > quite possible I didn't do something right environment wise...) If not, is > there documentation anywhere of what constitutes the minimal set of files > that will allow an average LaTeX document to be typeset? > > My interest is in building a "Minimalist" subset of TeX in situations where a > system installation isn't present, but I've not had much luck locating > documentation describing what constitutes a minimal-yet-functional subset of > the TeX Live distribution. Has anybody documented such a subset? > > Thanks, > CY
TeX is more than one program, so it's not as simple as grabbing 'source for the binary <name>TeX' and compiling it. For a minimal compilable set up, maybe take a look at KerTeX: http://www.kergis.com/en/kertex.html -- Joseph Wright -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
