Updating pdfeTeX to a newer version
Antonio Olivares
olivares14031 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 25 15:25:55 UTC 2007
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com>
>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:12:39 AM
>Subject: Re: Updating pdfeTeX to a newer version
>
>George N. White III wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Paul Smith wrote:
>>
>>> How can one update pdfeTeX to a newer version? The package microtype
>>> gives errors because the current F7 version of pdfeTeX is too old.
>>
>> Install TeX Live 2007. TL is designed to be installed in a single
>> directory tree, so it can coexist with your existing tetex -- just
>> change the PATH to include the TL bin directory when you want to use
>> TL.
>>
>> You can't just install the current pdftex (pdfetex is now deprecated
--
>> the "e" functionality is in pdftex) without updating the texmf trees.
>> There have been changes in the way pdftex configuration is handled.
>> Current distributions use pdftex to produce both .dvi and .pdf, so
macros
>> that assume tex--dvi and pdftex->pdf had to be updated.
>>
>> btw -- I find microtype has become essential. Without it, too many
>> paragraphs have hyphens at the end of many lines. Microtype
>> invariable reduces the number of hyphens, and in a long document
>> can save several pages. I don't see any adverse effects on
readability
>> and fewer hyphens is a big plus for readability.
>>
>
>texlive is now being packaged for fedora. I believe you can find the
>not-yet released version and try it.
>
>--
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive
TeXLive 2007 would have been in Fedora had it not been for some licensing issues. I do not know which ones, Rahul knows which ones sorry to put you on the spot. TeTeX which is on Fedora 8 has seen some updates despite "it not being updtated" by JindrichNovy
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JindrichNovy
Regards,
Antonio
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