[Macpartners] tex advice

[Albert Willis]

On Dec 27, 2004, at 1:57 PM, Annika Pfluger wrote:

>
>
> Hi Rachel,
>
> I use TeTex (Latex) with TexShop (the interface for using Latex) on my 
> Mac.  First you need to install Fink Commander 
> (http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/) on your Mac. Launch Fink 
> Commander and search for TexTex and run the full installation.  The 
> last step is to install TexShop 
> (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/texshop.html). 
> Launch TexShop and change a couple of the default paths in 
> preferences:
>
> 	- use /sw/bin for the path to pdftex
> 	- use /usr/local/bin for the path to latex
>
> There are a lot of steps, but it should all run pretty easily. Good 
> luck!
>
> Annika

I agree that TexShop is a great way to go. I have a friend who did a 
300 page thesis using TexShop and it worked well.

If you go to http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html, this 
contains all of the information and instructions for installing TexShop 
and TeXLive-teTeX, the Tex engine.

While you can build TeXLive-teTeX from scratch using Fink, it may be 
simpler for you to get Gerben Wierda's I-installer, which downloads, 
installs and configures TeXLive-teTeX for you, including any additional 
options you may need. That's what I've used in the past and recommend 
to folks. The I-installer is available on the page at TexShop, along 
with instructions for what to install, etc. Again, the page is 
http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html.

   -- Al

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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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