Mk IV and TeXlive 2008

Mk IV and TeXlive 2008

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hey,

sorry to ask about something which was discussed here and on the wiki -
but I guess I need a clarification.

The wiki says how to prepare Mk IV from TL 2008 to work.  My questions
are:

* from an end-user point of view, is it *really* necessary to have MkIV
  upgraded always to the latest version?  (I don't plan to use XML, I'm
  just a beginning user of ConTeXt; what I would like to use are
  tex-gyre fonts...)

* if yes, how do I upgrade TL2008's MkIV?

It would be much more convenient for me to use TL's ConTeXt - that's why
I ask here...

Greets

-- 
Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)
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Re: Mk IV and TeXlive 2008

[Hans Hagen]

Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> sorry to ask about something which was discussed here and on the wiki -
> but I guess I need a clarification.
> 
> The wiki says how to prepare Mk IV from TL 2008 to work.  My questions
> are:
> 
> * from an end-user point of view, is it *really* necessary to have MkIV
>   upgraded always to the latest version?  (I don't plan to use XML, I'm
>   just a beginning user of ConTeXt; what I would like to use are
>   tex-gyre fonts...)

luatex and mkiv are actively developed while mkii is kind of frozen

> * if yes, how do I upgrade TL2008's MkIV?
> 
> It would be much more convenient for me to use TL's ConTeXt - that's why
> I ask here...

there will be (maybe already is) an update package for tex live

Hans

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Re: Mk IV and TeXlive 2008

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Hey,
>
> sorry to ask about something which was discussed here and on the wiki -
> but I guess I need a clarification.
>
> The wiki says how to prepare Mk IV from TL 2008 to work.  My questions
> are:
>
> * from an end-user point of view, is it *really* necessary to have MkIV
>  upgraded always to the latest version?

Generally no. But if you are using MacTeX, you *really* need to
upgrade at least once.

>  (I don't plan to use XML, I'm
>  just a beginning user of ConTeXt; what I would like to use are
>  tex-gyre fonts...)
>
> * if yes, how do I upgrade TL2008's MkIV?
>
> It would be much more convenient for me to use TL's ConTeXt - that's why
> I ask here...

I added the instructions to
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV#Updating_ConTeXt, though
I think that upgrading instructions belong elsewhere. Feel free to
move them to a more appropriate place.

Mojca
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Re: Mk IV and TeXlive 2008

[Aditya Mahajan]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> sorry to ask about something which was discussed here and on the wiki -
>> but I guess I need a clarification.
>>
>> The wiki says how to prepare Mk IV from TL 2008 to work.  My questions
>> are:
>>
>> * from an end-user point of view, is it *really* necessary to have MkIV
>>   upgraded always to the latest version?  (I don't plan to use XML, I'm
>>   just a beginning user of ConTeXt; what I would like to use are
>>   tex-gyre fonts...)
>
> luatex and mkiv are actively developed while mkii is kind of frozen

However, if you really do not need bleeding edge features right now, you 
can start with mkii. It works fine and can handle tex-gyre fonts very 
easily. Once you get more confortable with context, you can see if you 
decide if you want to upgrage mkiv to get the new features of mkiv.

Aditya
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