mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[Peter Rapčan <address@hidden>]

Hi,

The easiest way is really to use fink / fink commander. Using fink  
commander is as double-click-based as it gets ;). One just searches  
for texmacs in the search window of fink commander, then right-clicks  
the found texmacs package and choses Binary-> Install or Source- 
>install. The binary version is the fastest choice (obviously no  
compiling is needed). However, installation via source gives you a  
newer version (compilation is automatic, so just relax while the  
package compiles). If there are problems (or if one needs the most  
recent version of texmacs), one can choose the unstable tree (Fink  
commander menu -> preferences -> fink tab -> check use unstable  
packages) and then do Source -> install as described above.

There have been some Leopard related problems with fink but I guess  
those have been already worked out (I am not 100% sure on the  
solution). The problems have been with a new fink install on Leopard,  
upgrading from Tiger worked fine).

I also remember someone on this list to be talking about (himself)  
porting texmacs to MacOS X (writing a native aqua gui). Does anyone  
know if this is being done / what is the status? In general, OS X  
support of Texmacs could be a bit better - some things do not work  
perfectly (as an example, Mathematica sessions don't work - last time  
I tried to look at why, I found out there was no math command at any  
place in the PATH (each application is usually in its own folder (that  
is recognized as a single .app package) in Mac OS X). Creating a soft  
link in the PATH to the actual math binary did not help either and I  
never found enough time to dig much deeper...).

Cheers,

Peter.



On Mar 23, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Andrey G. Grozin wrote:

> Forwarding this to the list. Probably, somebody knows how to install  
> TeXmacs on MacOS...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:45:42 +0100
> From: elo douwen <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: about texmacs
>
> hi
>
>
> i am very very very iterested in texmacs
>
> i am a french teacher
>
> i am ready to work a lot, to convert a lot of documents to the  
> texmacs format, in order to convince lots of teachers to use texmacs
>
> if find the idea excellent, i habe been looking for such a program  
> for a long time: total compatibilyt latex, total wyswyg, interaction  
> with formal calculator, with graphics...
>
> but i find a difficulty:
>
> i find very difficult to instal texmacs with finkcommander
>
> i am under mac os X
>
> i wonder if it exists (or if it can be created) a programm that  
> installs automaticaly texmacs
>
> you see, something you just double clic on and you let the mac work  
> and after a while you can start using texmacs
>
> i have followed the whole procedure with finkcommander, i received  
> the help of someone on a forum, thought i did not succeed.
>
> can you help me finding something to install more easely the  
> programm ?
>
> and also, i must say, i think i know a little, very little, in  
> informatics, but lots of colleagues of me they do not know anything;  
> if it was difficult for me it will be impossible for them; i  
> precise, most of teachers work withs windows xp
>
> i hope you can helo me i really want to work with texmacs
>
> y ni ponyima finkcommander
> ya ponyima double clic :-)
>
> private !
>
> tschuss
>
> Vincent