- From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
- To: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] about texmacs (fwd)
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:24:39 +0100
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:10:43PM +0100, Peter Rap??an wrote:
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The easiest way is really to use fink / fink commander. Using fink
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commander is as double-click-based as it gets ;). One just searches
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for texmacs in the search window of fink commander, then right-clicks
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the found texmacs package and choses Binary-> Install or Source-
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>install. The binary version is the fastest choice (obviously no
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compiling is needed). However, installation via source gives you a
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newer version (compilation is automatic, so just relax while the
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package compiles). If there are problems (or if one needs the most
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recent version of texmacs), one can choose the unstable tree (Fink
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commander menu -> preferences -> fink tab -> check use unstable
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packages) and then do Source -> install as described above.
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There have been some Leopard related problems with fink but I guess
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those have been already worked out (I am not 100% sure on the
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solution). The problems have been with a new fink install on Leopard,
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upgrading from Tiger worked fine).
Just to complement: I also used to install TeXmacs using Fink,
but experienced many problems on my new laptop with Leopard.
I finally ended up installing darwinports, which is quite similar
spirit to Fink, and TeXmacs installed out of the box (port install texmacs).
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I also remember someone on this list to be talking about (himself)
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porting texmacs to MacOS X (writing a native aqua gui). Does anyone
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know if this is being done / what is the status? In general, OS X
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support of Texmacs could be a bit better - some things do not work
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perfectly (as an example, Mathematica sessions don't work - last time
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I tried to look at why, I found out there was no math command at any
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place in the PATH (each application is usually in its own folder (that
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is recognized as a single .app package) in Mac OS X). Creating a soft
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link in the PATH to the actual math binary did not help either and I
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never found enough time to dig much deeper...).
We are definitely working on a more native version for Mac,
as well as an application bundle. However, we are very busy with
many other things, and the main responsable (Massimiliano Gubinelli)
is expecting a second baby very soon, so...
Best wishes, Joris
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