* TeX terminology
@ 2006-01-01 18:09 Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-02 9:09 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-02 9:51 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2006-01-01 18:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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 ?
* pdflatex is ...
?
* texexec is ...
?
* 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
* BibTeX is ...
?
* TeXCeH is ...
TeX user group
Thanks a lot,
Mojca
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* Re: TeX terminology
2006-01-01 18:09 TeX terminology Mojca Miklavec
@ 2006-01-02 9:09 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-03 20:53 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-02 9:51 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2006-01-02 9:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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* Re: TeX terminology
2006-01-01 18:09 TeX terminology Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-02 9:09 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-01-02 9:51 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-01-02 9:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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)
I would say plain and latex are 'TeX macro packages'. ConTeXt is
more like a 'typesetting system with TeX and MetaPost at it's core'
> * TeX, eTeX, pdf(e)TeX, Aleph, Omega, XeTeX are ...
> ? TeX engines/extensions, an extended version of TeX ?
Variants?
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* Re: TeX terminology
2006-01-02 9:09 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2006-01-03 20:53 ` Mojca Miklavec
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2006-01-03 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Thank you both,
Mojca
Hans Hagen wrote:
> 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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