From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: TeX terminology
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:09:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43B8EDDD.1050202@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00601011009g17da1fd2l1c1f332bcfaa6d18@mail.gmail.com>
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Sorry for a questioin that is a bit off-topic.
>
>I'm a bit confused about the TeX terminology. I know what is what, but
>I don't know how all these programs/packages/macros are officially
>called in English.
>
>How would you explain those in an encyclopedy with no more than one sentence?
>
>* plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt are ...
> ? TeX formats ? (but ConTeXt is not just that)
>* TeX, eTeX, pdf(e)TeX, Aleph, Omega, XeTeX are ...
> ? TeX engines/extensions, an extended version of TeX ?
>
>
also languages (tex is language and interpreter)
>* pdflatex is ...
>
>
a shortcut for "run pdftex in pdf mode with latex preloaded"
> ?
>* texexec is ...
> ?
>
>
a wrapper around tex (providing it a commandline of sorts)
>* texutil, texfont are ...
> ? scripts/utilities for [whateverthetask]
>* MikTeX, TeX Live, teTeX are ...
> TeX distributions
>* PPCHTeX, XymTeX, MusicTeX are ...
> ConTeXt module(s) / LaTeX package(s)
>* PicTeX is
> ? TeX drawing environment
>
>
should be at the same level as ppchtex .....
>* BibTeX is ...
> ?
>
>
program/language for handling bibs, output to be supported by the macro
package
>* TeXCeH is ...
> TeX user group
>
>
Hans
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-01 18:09 Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-02 9:09 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2006-01-03 20:53 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-02 9:51 ` Taco Hoekwater
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