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but someone did, kertex!


> On 18 Feb 2018, at 06:55, Matthew Veety <mveety@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 09:15:25 Steve Simon wrote:
>> why mot have tex(1) manpage which states that rex is not included by defa=
ult
>> but gives a weblink for a recommended  tex package, e.g. kertex, which is=

>> tested on an9.
>>=20
>> this manpage would then be overwritten by the tex installation.
>>=20
>> everyone happy (unlikely)
>>=20
>> -Steve
>=20
> If someone makes a port for some TeX package that does this I would be oka=
y=20
> with it. Knowing that certainly won't happen unless I do it, the reference=
s=20
> really just should be nuked. If a package doesn't ship with 9front it=20
> shouldn't be in they system's manpages.
>=20
> --=20
> Veety