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Re: fpTeX and Cygwin
- To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: fpTeX and Cygwin
- From: "Jochen Küpper" <jochen at unc dot edu>
- Date: 01 Mar 2001 19:24:39 -0500
- Organization: University of North Carolina
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>>>>> Jerome BENOIT wrote on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:31:11 +0100:
>> >> I try to use fpTeX within Cygwin. Several programs (including
>> >> kpsewich, dvips) work fine. latex itself, doesn't though:
>>
Jerome> You can build teTeX under Cygwin modulo minor change:
Jerome> all work fine even LaTeX !
>>
>> Well, I try to avoid that for several reasons (incl. compatibility
>> with other machines over here not running cygwin:)
Jerome> I don't understand:
Jerome> 1] only TeX (and its friends) files have to be compatible,
I have a whole bunch of machines that should be as similar as
possible. All are running fpTeX.
Jerome> 2] cygwin is unix-like, so portable: you can use customary
Jerome> tools (as GNUMake,...)
Sure. I actually have a full Cygwin install on one of these machines.
Jerome> Have you try Linux for your slow machine ?
Oh, I'd love to run Linux on here. Unfortunately that is reserved for
Alphas over here:( :))
Greetings,
Jochen
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