On Nov 25, 2007 3:25 PM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> 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 Thanks to all. Unfortunately, the TexLive packages in the above repository does not contain any F7 rpms; it has got only F8 ones. Paul
