From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: texhax@tug.org
Subject: Re: Choosing TeX um ... stuff
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:00:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE45075.5040004@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin0Ys19vOC2tvcaK+1_5wbsZEMfmz+_jw1+U9Cu@mail.gmail.com>
On 17-11-2010 10:23, Peter Davis wrote:
> 1. by format (plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, others?)
there are others but they're sort of obsolete
> 2. by implementation (web2c, pdfTeX/pdfLaTeX, LuaTeX, others?)
see remarks by Mojca: engines (etex, pdftex, xetex, luatex),
implementation (web2c, etc), pdflatex is just a format
> 3. by distribution (MikTeX, TeXLive, MacTeX, others?)
>
> 2. True or False: plain TeX and LaTeX(2e) are warhorses ... been
> around for decades, quirks well known, lots of documentation, etc.
the latex kernel yes, styles and extensions is another matter
> 3. True or False: ConTeXt is newer, with a lot of built-in features, but
> still changing quite a bit from build to build.
depends on what you use ... you're not a demanding power user in terms
of typeserting and the basic mechanism are ok (mkii does not change at
all, while mkiv is developed in sync with luatex)
Hans
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-17 21:23 Peter Davis
2010-11-17 21:38 ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-11-17 21:51 ` Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
2010-11-17 22:06 ` Paul Isambert
2010-11-18 8:24 ` [texhax] " Hans Hagen
2010-11-18 8:35 ` luigi scarso
2010-11-18 10:56 ` Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
2010-11-17 22:00 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2010-11-18 1:29 ` Peter Davis
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