On May 15, 2012, at 11:38 PM, 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
Howdy, If you happen to be on a Mac there is a BasicTeX installer that is a small subset of TeX Live. Take a look at <http://www.tug.org/mactex/2011/morepackages.html>. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
