On 8/12/05, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The installation instructions for Texinfo give an "optional" step for a > "TeX" installation, but it doesn't say why you would need it or what > programs might require it. Some kind of additional description should be > there (even if it's nothing more than "if you don't know what it is, you > don't it") to let people know if they should install it.
TeX is a typesetting language. It is kind of like HTML, only it's primary purpose is to make nice book outputs rather than nice web outputs. It has an extension LaTeX which is the absolute best way to write math papers. It may be used in some of the doc gen stuff too, I'm not sure. -Doug -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
