>----- Original Message ---- >From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> >To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/
