From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] kerTeX install and setup
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 19:48:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110102184810.GA519@polynum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTingnkr8vBWjx+vXb_o_Jq7zUGoiixdacG9PZwzm@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 03:35:57AM -0800, Akshat Kumar wrote:
> Dæmonic soufflés have no rôle in naïve ?vres.
>
> I decided to try kerTeX on Plan 9 earlier today.
> I'm a bit displeased with the installation procedure.
>
> [...]
KerTeX is functional but is in early stages.
Until all is here (this means MetaPost and Bibtex), I will not put
extra time in... the documentation, since the mapping you are displeased
with is set by variables replaced at config time (and that can be
defined differently when calling the rkconfig), and you can provide
an absolutely different mapping by providing a different map.
There is a difference between the macro and the dumps: the dumps are
machine dependent since they are compiled macros. So, by default, they
go in a machine dependent sub-directory. Once more, this can be changed
by user.
These will be addressed (perhaps simply by saying: NO!) but later.
For changing the behavior of TeX, the answer is: TeX shall behave
exactly like documented in the TeXbook (same for METAFONT). If I have
introduced something that is not here, it will go. If it is in the book,
it will stay. The interactive session, is in the book.
Cheers,
--
Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
http://www.kergis.com/
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2011-01-01 11:35 Akshat Kumar
2011-01-01 13:06 ` Akshat Kumar
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