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\section{\TeX{} Systems}
\Question[Q-TeXsystems]{\AllTeX{} for different machines}
-\keywords{windows,macintosh,macos,ms-dos,os/2,unix,linux}
We list here the free or shareware packages;
\htmlignore
-see \Qref{}{Q-commercial} for details of commercial packages.
+\Qref[question]{}{Q-commercial} discusses commercial packages.
\endhtmlignore
\begin{htmlversion}
another question addresses
\Qref{commercial \TeX{} vendors'}{Q-commercial} products.
\end{htmlversion}
-\begin{description}
-\item[Unix] The only current distribution of \TeX{} for Unix systems
- (including \acro{GNU}/Linux and other free Unix-like systems) is
- \texlive{}, which is distributed as part of the % ! line break
- \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD}.
-
- Members of many \TeX{} user groups receive copies of the collection
- (on \acro{DVD}), as part of their membership of the groups.
-
- MacOS/X is also a Unix-based system; however users should refer to
- the information below, under item ``Mac''.
-
- \texlive{} may also be installed ``over the network''; a network
- installer is provided, and once you have a system, a manager
- (\ProgName{tlmgr}) can both keep your installation up-to-date and
- add packages you didn't install at first.
-
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
- \item[texlive installer (Unix)]\CTANref{texlive-unix}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[Linux] GNU/Linux users are supported by \texlive{} (as noted
- above).
-
- A free version of the commercial
- \Qref*{V\TeX{} extended \TeX{} system}{Q-commercial} is available
- for use under Linux, which among other things specialises in direct
- production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input. Sadly, it's no
- longer supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a
- rather ancient Linux kernel.
-
- In addition, the developer of \miktex{} has released a port of the
- \PDFTeX{} executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use
- on Linux; get it via \href{http://miktex.org/unx/}{the \miktex{}
- site}. The \miktex{} package manager, for Linux, is also available
- from the same place.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
- \item[vtex]\CTANref{vtex-linux}
- \item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[\acro{PC}: Windows]
- \miktex{}, by Christian Schenk, is a comprehensive distribution. It has
- its own previewer, \acro{YAP}, which is itself capable of printing,
- though the distribution also includes a port of \ProgName{dvips}.
- The current version is available for file-by-file download (the
- \acro{HTML} files in the directory offer hints on what you need to
- get going). \miktex{} can automatically install packages that it
- ``knows about'', but that aren't in your system (it gets them over
- the network). Furthermore, users may keep their installation
- up-to-date, over the network: the distribution contains a ``package
- manager'', through which the user may select individual packages, or
- request that every extant update be retrieved.
-
- \miktex{} may also be used in a configuration which involves no
- installation at all: its ``portable'' distribution may be unpacked
- on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without making
- any direct use of the hard drive. This is the first ``official''
- release of such a setup, though a similar object has been available
- on the net for some time.
-
- The \miktex{} developers also provide a ready-to-run copy of the
- distribution, on \acro{CD} (for purchase) via the % ! line break
- \href{http://www.miktex.org/cd/}{\miktex{} web site}; otherwise the
- \File{setup} executable is available on \acro{CTAN}, together with
- all the optional packages.
+
+The list is provided in four answers:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item \TeX{} systems for use with
+ \Qref*{Unix and \acro{GNU} Linux systems}{Q-sysunix}
+\item \TeX{} systems for use with % ! line break
+ \Qref*{Modern Windows systems}{Q-syswin32}
+\item \TeX{} systems for use with % ! line break
+ \Qref*{Macintosh systems}{Q-sysmac}
+\item \TeX{} systems for % ! line break
+ \Qref*{Other sorts of systems}{Q-sysother}
+\end{itemize}
+
+\Question[Q-sysunix]{Unix and \acro{GNU} Linux systems}
+
+\begin{quote}
+ Note that \macosx{}, though it is also a Unix-based system, has
+ different options; users should refer to the information in
+ \Qref[question]{Mac systems}{Q-sysmac}.
+\end{quote}
+
+The \TeX{} distribution of choice, for Unix systems (including
+\acro{GNU}/Linux and most other free Unix-like systems) is \texlive{},
+which is distributed as part of the \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD}.
+
+\texlive{} may also be installed ``over the network''; a network
+installer is provided, and once you have a system (whether network- or
+offline-installed) a manager (\ProgName{tlmgr}) can both keep your
+installation up-to-date and add packages you didn't install at first.
+
+\texlive{} may be run with no installation at all; the web page % ! line break
+\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html}{\texlive{} portable usage}
+describes the options for installing \texlive{} on a memory stick for
+use on another computer, or for using the \texlive{} \acro{DVD} with
+no installation at all.
+
+\tex{}-gpc is a ``back-to-basics'' distribution of \tex{} utilities,
+\emph{only} (unlike \texlive{}, no `tailored' package bundles are
+provided). It is distributed as source, and compiles with \acro{GNU}
+Pascal, thereby coming as close as you're likely to get to Knuth's original
+distribution. It is known to work well, but the omission of \etex{}
+and \pdftex{} will rule it out of many users' choices.
+
+A free version of the commercial % ! line break
+\Qref*{V\TeX{} extended \TeX{} system}{Q-commercial} is available for
+use under Linux. V\TeX{}, among other things, specialises in direct
+production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input. Sadly, it's no longer
+supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a rather
+ancient Linux kernel.
+
+Finally, the developer of \miktex{} has released a port of the
+\PDFTeX{} executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use
+on Linux; get it via % ! line break
+\href{http://miktex.org/unx/}{the \miktex{} site}. The \miktex{}
+package manager (\ProgName{mpm}), for Linux, is also available from
+the same place.
+\begin{ctanrefs}
+\item[tex-gpc]\CTANref{tex-gpc}
+\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
+\item[texlive installer (Unix)]\CTANref{texlive-unix}
+\item[vtex]\CTANref{vtex-linux}
+\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
+\end{ctanrefs}
+
+\Question[Q-syswin32]{(Modern) Windows systems}
+
+Windows users nowadays have a real choice, between two excellent
+distributions, \miktex{} and \texlive{}. \texlive{} on windows has
+only in recent years been a real challenger to the long-established
+\miktex{}, and even now \miktex{} has features that \texlive{} lacks,
+while \texlive{} offers a \Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} implementation,
+which \miktex{} lacks (though it is present in \miktex{} 2.9, in
+beta-release at the time of writing). Both are comprehensive
+distributions, offering all the established \tex{} variants (\tex{},
+\pdftex{}~--- both with \etex{} variants~--- and \xetex{}), together
+with a wide range of support tools.
- \href{http://tug.org/protext/}{Pro\TeX{}t}, part of the \TeX{}
- collection by Thomas Feuerstack, is
- a further option for installing \miktex{}. It bundles a \miktex{}
- setup with some further useful utilities, together with a \acro{PDF}
- file which contains clickable links for the various installation
- steps, along with explanations.
-
- Windows users are also supported directly by the \texlive{}
- distribution; a system is provided on the installation disc of the
- \TeX{} collection. The system may also be installed over the
- network, using an installer application tailored for use with Windows.
-
- \href{http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/xemtex/}{XEm\TeX{}}, by
- Fabrice Popineau (he who created the excellent, but now defunct,
- fp\TeX{} distribution), is an integrated distribution of \TeX{}, \LaTeX{},
- \CONTeXT{}, \ProgName{XEmacs} and friends for Windows. All programs
- have been compiled natively to take the best advantage of the
- Windows environment. Configuration is provided so that the
- resulting set of programs runs out-of-the-box.
-
- The (Japanese) \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} distribution was motivated by
- the needs of Japanese users (Japanese won't fit in a ``simple''
- character set like \acro{ASCII}, but \TeX{} is based on a version of
- \acro{ASCII}). Despite its origins, \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} is said to
- be a good bet for Western users, notably those whose disks are short
- of space: the minimum documented download is as small as
- 95\,MBytes. Investigate the distribution at
- \URL{http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html}
-
- A further (free) option arises from the
- \href{http://www.cygwin.com}{CygWin bundle}, which presents a
- Unix-like environment over the Win32 interface; an X-windows server
- is available. If you run CygWin on your Windows machine, you have
- the option of using \texlive{}, too (you will need the X-server, to
- run \ProgName{xdvi}). Of course, \texlive{} components will look like
- Unix applications (of course, that's presumably what you wanted),
- but \TeX{} under CygWin also reputedly somewhat slower than native
- Win32 implementations such as \miktex{} or XEm\TeX{}. The (now
- obsolete) te\TeX{} distribution is provided as part of the CygWin
- distribution, and but you can build your own copy of \texlive{} from
- the current sources.
-
- BaKoMa \TeX{}, by Basil Malyshev, is a comprehensive (shareware)
- distribution, which focuses on support of Acrobat. The distribution
- comes with a bunch of Type~1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa
- \TeX{}, which further the focus.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[bakoma]\CTANref{bakoma-tex}
- \item[miktex]\CTANref{miktex}; % ! line break so only on \CTANref on line
- acquire \CTANref{miktex-setup} (also available from the \miktex{}
- web site), and read installation instructions from % ! line break
- \href{http://www.miktex.org/2.8/setup}{the \miktex{} installation page}
- \item[\nothtml{\bgroup\rmfamily}Portable\nothtml{\egroup} miktex]\CTANref{miktex-portable}
- \item[protext.exe]\CTANref{protext}
- \item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
- \item[texlive installer (Windows)]\CTANref{texlive-windows}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[\acro{PC}: \MSDOS{} or \acro{OS/}2] Em\TeX{}, by Eberhard Mattes,
- includes \LaTeX{}, \BibTeX{}, previewers, and drivers, and is
- available as a series of zip archives. Documentation is
- available in both German and English. Appropriate memory managers
- for using em\TeX{} with 386 (and better) processors and under
- Windows, are included in the distribution. Em\TeX{} will operate
- under Windows, but Windows users are better advised to use a
- distribution tailored for the Windows environment.
-
- A version of em\TeX{}, packaged to use a
- % beware line break
- \Qref*{TDS directory structure}{Q-tds}, is separately available as
- an em\TeX{} `contribution'. Note that neither em\TeX{} itself, nor
- em\TeX{}\acro{TDS}, is maintained. Most users of Microsoft
- operating systems, who want an up-to-date \AllTeX{} system, need to
- migrate to Win32-based systems.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[emtex]\CTANref{emtex}
- \item[emtexTDS]\CTANref{emtextds}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[\acro{PC}: \MSDOS{}] The most recent \MSDOS{} offering is a
- port of the Web2C~7.0 implementation, using the \acro{GNU}
- \ProgName{djgpp} compiler. While this package is more recent than
- em\TeX{}, it still implements a rather old instance of \AllTeX{}.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[djgpp]\CTANref{djgpp}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[\acro{PC}: \acro{OS/}2] Em\TeX{}, by Eberhard Mattes (see
- above), was actually developed under \acro{OS/}2, and lives happily
- in that environment.
-
- \acro{OS/}2 users may also use a free version of the
- commercial \Qref*{V\TeX{}}{Q-commercial}, which specialises
- in direct production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input. (This
- version is, like the Linux version, unfortunately no longer supported.)
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[emtex]\CTANref{emtex}
- \item[emtexTDS]\CTANref{emtextds}
- \item[vtex]\CTANref{vtex-os2}
- \item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[Mac] \href{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/}{Oz\TeX{}}, by Andrew
- Trevorrow, is a shareware version of
- \TeX{} for the Macintosh. A \acro{DVI} previewer and \PS{}
- driver are also included. (Members of \acro{UK}~\acro{TUG} may
- acquire the software without further payment, as part of a
- membership deal.) Oz\TeX{} does not run, natively, under MacOS/X,
- but will run with a sufficiently recent CarbonLib (see
- \URL{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html}).
- Other questions about Oz\TeX{} itself may be directed to
- \mailto{oztex@midway.uchicago.edu}
-
- Another partly shareware program is
- \href{http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html}{CMac\TeX{}} , put together
- by Tom Kiffe. CMac\TeX{} is much closer than Oz\TeX{} to the Unix
- \TeX{} model of things (it uses \ProgName{dvips}, for instance).
- CMac\TeX{} runs natively under includes a port of a version of
- \Qref*{Omega}{Q-omegaleph}.
-
- Both Oz\TeX{} and \acro{CM}ac\TeX{} run on either MacOS/X or on a
- sufficiently recent MacOS with CarbonLib
- (v1.3~for Oz\TeX{}, v1.4~for CMac\TeX{}).
- % beware line wrap
-
- From its 2005 release, the \Qref*{\texlive{} disc set}{Q-CD}
- includes Mac\TeX{}. Details (and a downloadable distribution set)
- may be found on the % ! line break
- \href{http://tug.org/mactex}{\acro{TUG} web site}; the distribution
- is also on \acro{CTAN}.
-
-\begin{narrowversion} % really, non-hyper version
- A useful resource for Mac users is to be found at
- \URL{http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/}; it has a news and `help'
- section, as well as details of systems and tools.
-\end{narrowversion}
-\begin{wideversion}
- A useful
- \href{http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/}{resource for Mac users}
- has a news and `help' section, as well as details of systems and
- tools.
-\end{wideversion}
- The Mac\TeX{}-on-OSX mailing list is a useful resource for users;
- mail \mailto{MacOSX-TeX-on@email.esm.psu.edu} to subscribe.
+Both \miktex{} and \texlive{} offer management tools, including the
+means of keeping an installation ``up-to-date'', by reinstalling
+packages that have been updated on \acro{CTAN} (the delay between a
+package update appearing, and it being available to the distribution
+users) can be as short as a day (and is never very long).
+
+\miktex{}, by Christian Schenk, is the longer-established of the pair,
+and has a large audience of satisfied users; \texlive{} is the
+dominant distribution in use in the world of Unix-like systems, and so
+its Windows version may be expected to appeal to those who use both
+Unix-like and Windows systems. The latest release of \miktex{}~---
+version 2.9, still in beta release at the time of writing~--- requires
+Windows~XP, or later; it does not work on Windows~2000 or earlier.
+
+Both distributions may be used in a configuration which involves no
+installation at all. \miktex{}'s ``portable'' distribution may be
+unpacked on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without
+making any direct use of the hard drive. The web page % ! line break
+\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html}{\texlive{} portable usage}
+describes the options for installing \texlive{} on a memory stick, or
+for using the \texlive{} \acro{DVD} with no installation at all.
+
+Both \miktex{} and \texlive{} may be downloaded and installed, package
+by package, over the net. This is a mammoth undertaking, only to be
+undertaken by those with a good network connection (and a patient
+disposition!).
+
+A ready-to-run copy of the \miktex{} distribution,
+on \acro{DVD} may be bought via the % ! line break
+\href{http://www.miktex.org/cd/}{\miktex{} web site}. \miktex{} may
+also be installed using Pro\TeX{}t, on the % ! line break
+\Qref*{\TeX{} Collection \acro{DVD}}{Q-CD}.
+
+The \Qref*{\TeX{} Collection \acro{DVD}}{Q-CD} also provides an
+offline installer for \texlive{}.
+
+\href{http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/xemtex/}{XEm\TeX{}}, by
+Fabrice Popineau (he who created the excellent, but now defunct,
+fp\TeX{} distribution), is another integrated distribution of \tex{},
+\latex{}, \CONTeXT{}, \ProgName{XEmacs} and other friends for Windows.
+All programs have been compiled natively to take the best advantage of
+the Windows environment. Configuration is provided so that the
+resulting set of programs runs out-of-the-box, but the distribution is
+not actively promoted.
+
+% this isn't right, but i'm not sure how to deal with it...
+%
+%% The (Japanese) \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} distribution was motivated by
+%% the needs of Japanese users (Japanese won't fit in a ``simple''
+%% character set like \acro{ASCII}, but \TeX{} is based on a version of
+%% \acro{ASCII}). Despite its origins, \acro{W}32\acro{TEX} is said to
+%% be a good bet for Western users, notably those whose disks are short
+%% of space: the minimum documented download is as small as
+%% 95\,MBytes. Investigate the distribution at
+%% \URL{http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html}
+%
+% the url is now http://w32tex.org/current/
+
+A further (free) option is available thanks to the
+\href{http://www.cygwin.com}{CygWin bundle}, which presents a
+Unix-like environment in Windows systems (and also provides an
+X-windows server). The (now obsolete) te\TeX{} distribution is
+provided as part of the CygWin distribution, but there is a CygWin
+build of \texlive{} so you can have a current \tex{} system. \TeX{}
+under CygWin is reputedly somewhat slower than native Win32
+implementations such as \miktex{}, and of course the \tex{}
+applications behave like Unix-system applications.
+
+BaKoMa \TeX{}, by Basil Malyshev, is a comprehensive (shareware)
+distribution, which focuses on support of Acrobat. The distribution
+comes with a bunch of Type~1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa
+\TeX{}, which further the focus.
\begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[cmactex]\CTANref{cmactex}
- \item[mactex]\CTANref{mactex}
- \item[oztex]\CTANref{oztex}
+\item[bakoma]\CTANref{bakoma-tex}
+\item[miktex]\CTANref{miktex}; % ! line break so only one \CTANref on line
+ acquire \CTANref{miktex-setup} (also available from the \miktex{}
+ web site), and read installation instructions from % ! line break
+ \href{http://www.miktex.org/2.8/setup}{the \miktex{} installation page}
+\item[\nothtml{\bgroup\rmfamily}Portable\nothtml{\egroup} miktex]\CTANref{miktex-portable}
+\item[protext.exe]\CTANref{protext}
+\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
+\item[texlive installer (Windows)]\CTANref{texlive-windows}
+\end{ctanrefs}
+
+\Question[Q-sysmac]{Macintosh systems}
+
+The \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD} \acro{DVD} includes Mac\TeX{},
+which is a Mac-tailored version of \texlive{}; details may be found on
+the \href{http://tug.org/mactex}{\acro{TUG} web site}. If you don't
+have the disc, you can download the distribution from \acro{CTAN} (but
+note that it's pretty big). Mac\TeX{} is an instance of \texlive{},
+and has a Mac-tailored graphical \texlive{} manager, so that you can
+keep your distribution up-to-date.
+
+\href{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/}{Oz\TeX{}}, by Andrew Trevorrow,
+is a shareware version of \TeX{} for the Macintosh. A \acro{DVI}
+previewer and \PS{} driver are also included.
+Oz\TeX{} is a Carbon app, so will run under \macosx{} (see
+\url{http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html} for details), but it
+is \emph{not} a current version: it doesn't even offer \pdftex{}. A
+mailing list is provided by \acro{TUG}: sign up via
+\url{http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/oztex}
+
+Another partly shareware program is
+\href{http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html}{CMac\TeX{}}, put together by
+Tom Kiffe. CMac\TeX{} is much closer than Oz\TeX{} to the Unix \TeX{}
+model of things (it uses \ProgName{dvips}, for instance). CMac\TeX{}
+runs natively under \macosx{}; it includes a port of a version of
+\Qref*{Omega}{Q-omegaleph}.
+
+\begin{flatversion}
+ A wiki for Mac users is to be found at
+ \URL{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/}
+\end{flatversion}
+\begin{hyperversion}
+ Further information may be available in the % ! line break
+ \href{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/}{MacTeX wiki}.
+\end{hyperversion}
+The Mac\TeX{}-on-OS~X mailing list is another useful resource for
+users; subscribe via the
+\href{http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=TeX_on_Mac_OS_X_mailing_list}{list home page}
+\begin{ctanrefs}
+\item[cmactex]\CTANref{cmactex}
+\item[mactex]\CTANref{mactex}
+\item[oztex]\CTANref{oztex}
+\end{ctanrefs}
+
+\Question[Q-sysother]{Other systems' \tex{} availability}
+
+For \acro{PC}s, running \MSDOS{} or \acro{OS/}2, Em\TeX{} (by Eberhard
+Mattes) offers \LaTeX{}, \BibTeX{}, previewers, and drivers. It is
+available as a series of zip archives, with documentation in both
+German and English. Appropriate memory managers for using em\TeX{}
+with 386 (and better) processors and under pre-'9x Windows, are
+included in the distribution. (Em\TeX{} \emph{can} be made to operate
+under Windows, but even back when it was ``current'', such use wasn't
+very actively encouraged.
+
+A version of em\TeX{}, packaged to use a % ! line break
+\Qref*{TDS directory structure}{Q-tds}, is separately available as an
+em\TeX{} `contribution'. Note that neither em\TeX{} itself, nor
+em\TeX{}-\acro{TDS}, is maintained. Users of Microsoft operating
+systems, who want an up-to-date \AllTeX{} system, need Win32-based
+systems.
+
+For \acro{PC}s, running \MSDOS{}, a further option is a port of the
+Web2C~7.0 implementation, using the \acro{GNU} \ProgName{djgpp}
+compiler. While this package is more recent than em\TeX{}, it
+nevertheless also offers a rather old instance of \AllTeX{}.
+
+For \acro{PC}s running \acro{OS/}2, users also have the option of the
+free version of the commercial \Qref*{V\TeX{}}{Q-commercial}, which
+specialises in direct production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input.
+(This version is, like the Linux version, unfortunately no longer
+supported.)
+
+For \acro{VAX} systems running Open\acro{VMS}, a \TeX{} distribution
+is available, but it seems unlikely that the version on \acro{CTAN} is
+the latest available.
+
+For the Atari \acro{ST} and \acro{TT}, \acro{CS}-\TeX{} is available
+from \acro{CTAN}; it's offered as a set of \acro{ZOO} archives.
+
+Amiga users have the option of a full implementations of \TeX{} 3.1
+(Pas\TeX{}) and \MF{} 2.7.
+
+It's less likely that hobbyists would be running \acro{TOPS}-20
+machines, but since \TeX{} was originally written on a \acro{DEC}-10
+under \acro{WAITS}, the \acro{TOPS}-20 port is another near approach
+to Knuth's original environment. Sources are available by anonymous
+\texttt{ftp} from \url{ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/pub/web}
+ \checked{RF}{2010/04/19}
+\begin{ctanrefs}
+\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Atari TeX]\CTANref{atari-cstex}
+\item[djgpp]\CTANref{djgpp}
+\item[emtex]\CTANref{emtex}
+\item[emtexTDS]\CTANref{emtextds}
+\item[OpenVMS]\CTANref{OpenVMSTeX}
+\item[PasTeX]\CTANref{amiga}
+\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}for Linux]\CTANref{vtex-linux}
+\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}for OS/2]\CTANref{vtex-os2}
+\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
\end{ctanrefs}
-\item[Open\acro{VMS}] \TeX{} for Open\acro{VMS} is available, though
- it seems unlikely that the version on \acro{CTAN} is the latest
- available.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[OpenVMS]\CTANref{OpenVMSTeX}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[Atari] \TeX{} for the Atari \acro{ST} is available from \acro{CTAN}.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[Atari TeX]\CTANref{atari}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[Amiga] Full implementations of \TeX{} 3.1 (Pas\TeX{}) and \MF{}
- 2.7 are available.
- \begin{ctanrefs}
- \item[PasTeX]\CTANref{amiga}
- \end{ctanrefs}
-\item[\acro{TOPS}-20] \TeX{} was originally written on a \acro{DEC}-10
- under \acro{WAITS},
- and so was easily ported to \acro{TOPS}-20. A distribution that runs on
- \acro{TOPS}-20 is available via anonymous \texttt{ftp} from
- \FTP{ftp.math.utah.edu} in \path{pub/tex/pub/web}
- \checked{RF}{2001/03/01}
-\end{description}
\Question[Q-editors]{\TeX{}-friendly editors and shells}
@@ -320,9 +345,9 @@ personal selection:
editor) is the shareware \ProgName{Alpha} which is
extensible enough to let you perform almost any \TeX{}-related job. It
works well with Oz\TeX{}. From release 2.2.0 (at least), Textures
- works with MacOS~X.
+ works with \macosx{}.
- For MacOS~X users, the free tool of choice appears to be
+ For \macosx{} users, the free tool of choice appears to be
\href{http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html}{\texshop{}}, which
combines an editor and a shell with a coherent philosophy of dealing
with \AllTeX{} in the OS~X environment. TeXShop is distributed as
@@ -466,7 +491,7 @@ also have email, and normal telephone and fax support.
\end{quote}
Source: Mail from Christopher Mabb, August 2007
\item[Macintosh; Textures] ``A \TeX{} system `for the rest of
- us'\,''. A beta release of Textures for MacOS/X is
+ us'\,''. A beta release of Textures for \macosx{} is
available~--- see \URL{http://www.bluesky.com/news/news_frames.html}
(Blue Sky also gives away a \MF{} implementation and some