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Dear Debian users,

I am wondering which Debian TeX packages to use, TeXLive or teTeX. I
have been using teTeX, and it has been all right. However, some parts
seem to be outdated, such as ConTeXt (which I use), and this results
in some missing features. Here's the detail:

% texexec --version
TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.01.31
cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2007.1.31 mes: english

total run time : 1 seconds

So, do you think it would be all right to switch to the "context"
package available with TeXLive in Debian, and is the LaTeX support
etc. also identical to that with teTeX?

Thanks.

Kumar
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Which TeX distribution to use?

Submitted by Kevin Mark on Sun, 2007-02-04 01:00.

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 09:18:33AM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> Dear Debian users,
>
> I am wondering which Debian TeX packages to use, TeXLive or teTeX. I
> have been using teTeX, and it has been all right. However, some parts
> seem to be outdated, such as ConTeXt (which I use), and this results
> in some missing features. Here's the detail:
>
>
> % texexec --version
> TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
>
> texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
> texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
> tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
> context : ver: 2005.01.31
> cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2007.1.31 mes: english
>
> total run time : 1 seconds
>
>
> So, do you think it would be all right to switch to the "context"
> package available with TeXLive in Debian, and is the LaTeX support
> etc. also identical to that with teTeX?
>
> Thanks.
>
If I get the gist right of the discussion on -devel about a few months ago,
texlive is the future in Debian. Norbert Preining introduced texlive and
recently added context, so he'd be the guy to ask. Other than that, file
a bug report for it.
Cheers,
Kev
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Which TeX distribution to use?

Submitted by Russell L. Harris on Sun, 2007-02-04 02:00.

* Kumar Appaiah [070203 21:56]:
>
> I am wondering which Debian TeX packages to use, TeXLive or teTeX. I
> have been using teTeX, and it has been all right. However, some parts
> seem to be outdated, such as ConTeXt (which I use)...

Thomas Esser, the man who put together the TeTeX package ("Te" =
Thomas Esser) has decided to pass on the baton, and no longer is
maintaining TeTeX. Esser has endorsed TeXLive. You can search with
Google for his announcement.

All TeTeX users are indebted to Esser for his faithful work over the
years, apart from which the average Linux user hardly would be able to
get all the packages which comprise TeX and LaTeX running properly
together as a system.

RLH

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