On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 04:42:31PM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote: > 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
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