From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/82981 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Bill Meahan" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: UWIN? Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 06:58:15 -0400 Message-ID: <000f01ce68ee$1465bcc0$3d313640$@net> References: <000f01ce6898$a7e1e4c0$f7a5ae40$@net> <51BAC8DB.90509@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371207534 27646 80.91.229.3 (14 Jun 2013 10:58:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:58:54 +0000 (UTC) To: "'mailing list for ConTeXt users'" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jun 14 12:58:55 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UnRiZ-0001E7-1Z for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21BB9101F3; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nWfxSROEf0oe; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E024101EA; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84526101EA for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id O6QFxNHG9eoh for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD525101E4 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail16c40.carrierzone.com (mail71c40.carrierzone.com [209.235.156.211]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r5EAwW8f025002 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:34 +0200 X-Authenticated-User: subscribed_lists.meahan.net Original-Received: from LadyGeraldine (d27-96-221-12.nap.wideopenwest.com [96.27.12.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail16c40.carrierzone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r5EAwQ5p016776 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:58:30 +0000 In-Reply-To: <51BAC8DB.90509@wxs.nl> X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac5o0oCVgN7dCtbPRlejs+egOujLmAAGY2Kg Content-Language: en-us X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.0 cv=VfxAyiV9 c=1 sm=1 a=gQI4EhXLwm578WU9SoM/2Q==:17 a=Olzf91-8vUEA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=wBJZxVaMAAAA:8 a=c-FcxiAcuFkA:10 a=Pyq9K9CWowscuQLKlpiwfMBGOR0=:19 a=fvtBJHXWCGWh31Wevb8A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=gQI4EhXLwm578WU9SoM/2Q==:117 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.51BAF756.0172, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.235.156.211; country=US; region=FL; city=Fort Lauderdale; postalcode=33301; latitude=26.1209; longitude=-80.1273; metrocode=528; areacode=954; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.1209,-80.1273&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03JMaWwOK - 748dc6ec9624 - 20130614 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:82981 Archived-At: Hans wrote: >>Just wondering: why are users using unix shells on windows for running tex? does it have advantages? >>Or is the availability of unix commands the main reason? In no particular order: The Unix utilities, richer scripting language, compatibility with existing Unix systems one might need to deal with. Familiarity for those of us who have spent many more years working with Unix than Windows. If you need/want a GUI interface, Windows is great and that's where the applications are, for the most part. If you need/want a command-line environment, Unix is much more capable and powerful than the DOS world of the Windows command line. Something like UWIN or Cygwin allows one to have both. I have no familiarity at all with Macs since using the original Mac Plus to publish a newsletter in the late 1980's so I'm not slighting/disparaging Macs in any way. I won't comment on what I don't know about. 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