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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex index c7d14ed60cb..0fcc34bf659 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-texsys.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.16 2013/04/16 22:40:06 rf10 Exp rf10 $ +% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.17 2013/07/24 21:50:56 rf10 Exp $ \section{\TeX{} Systems} @@ -55,27 +55,12 @@ 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} +\LastEdit{2013-07-18} \Question[Q-syswin32]{(Modern) Windows systems} @@ -247,12 +232,6 @@ 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 \acro{CTAN}, but is almost certainly not the latest (it is more than 10 years old). Whether a version is even available for @@ -270,7 +249,6 @@ 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} @@ -278,10 +256,8 @@ to Knuth's original environment. Sources are available by anonymous \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} +\LastEdit{2013-07-18} \Question[Q-editors]{\TeX{}-friendly editors and shells} @@ -440,19 +416,6 @@ also have email, and normal telephone and fax support. Web: \URL{http://www.pctex.com/} \end{quote} Source: Personal \TeX{} Inc web site, December 2004 -\item[\acro{PC}; V\TeX{}] \acro{DVI}, \acro{PDF} and \acro{HTML} - backends, Visual Tools and Type 1 fonts - \begin{quote} - MicroPress Inc\\ - 68-30 Harrow Street\\ - Forest Hills, \acro{NY} 11375\\ - \acro{USA}\\[.25\baselineskip] - Tel: +1 718-575-1816\\ - Fax: +1 718-575-8038\\ - Email: \mailto{support@micropress-inc.com}\\ - Web: \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/} - \end{quote} - Source: Mail from MicroPress, Inc., July 1999 \item[\acro{PC}; Scientific Word] Scientific Word and Scientific Workplace offer a mechanism for near-\WYSIWYG{} input of \LaTeX{} documents; they ship with True\TeX{} from Kinch (see above). Queries within the \acro{UK} |