Mk IV and TeXlive 2008
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)
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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
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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Aditya Mahajan -
Hans Hagen -
Marcin Borkowski -
Mojca Miklavec