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==Distributions and Tools==
 
==Distributions and Tools==
  
* [http://www.rna.nl/tex.html gwTeX] via [http://www.rna.nl/ii.html iInstaller], auto-updatable distribution
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The first stop for just about every ConTeXt user on the Mac should be [http://www.rna.nl/tex.html gwTeX] via [http://www.rna.nl/ii.html iInstaller], which is an auto-updatable (re-)distribution. This installs everything necessary for a basic TeX foundation. The i-Installer also includes a ConTeXt updater package, for handling new releases.
* [[XeTeX]], aTeX processor that uses special typography features of OS X (available via iInstaller).
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* [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html TeXshop], TeX editor and PDF viewer
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Beyond this, there may be other tools that interest you:
* [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/ iTeXMac], TeX editor and PDF viewer
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* [[XeTeX]], is an alternative TeX engine that uses special typography features of OS X (available via iInstaller).
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* [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html TeXshop], a simple, elegant TeX editor and PDF viewer.
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* [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/ iTeXMac], a more fully featured, but sometimes more complex, TeX editor and PDF viewer
  
 
==Installation==
 
==Installation==

Revision as of 14:20, 28 June 2005

< Installation hints | TeX Distributions >

Welcome to the Macintosh! Nowadays it's not a big difference how to use TeX on MacOS or any other Unix.

Distributions and Tools

The first stop for just about every ConTeXt user on the Mac should be gwTeX via iInstaller, which is an auto-updatable (re-)distribution. This installs everything necessary for a basic TeX foundation. The i-Installer also includes a ConTeXt updater package, for handling new releases.

Beyond this, there may be other tools that interest you:

  • XeTeX, is an alternative TeX engine that uses special typography features of OS X (available via iInstaller).
  • TeXshop, a simple, elegant TeX editor and PDF viewer.
  • iTeXMac, a more fully featured, but sometimes more complex, TeX editor and PDF viewer

Installation

  • If you have a broad bandwith internet connection, use Gerben Wierda's iInstaller to install the latest TeXlive tree and (afterwards) the latest ConTeXt beta.
  • You can also buy a TeXlive DVD.

MacOS 9 (Classic)

Unfortunately it's not possible to use ConTeXt on MacOS Classic. You can get as far as creating the ConTeXt formats with one of the Classical Distributions, but ConTeXt's Perl scripts won't work with MacPerl (I tried hard...). Perhaps the problems could be solved, but who'll put a lot of effort in a deprecated system?

So everything else on this page refers to MacOS X.

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