On 12/11/2016 23:50, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> Joseph Wright writes on
> Sat, 12 Nov 2016 21:45:37 +:
>
>>> Both pdfTeX and LuaTeX include a series of primitives that expose a
>>> lower-level pseudo-random number generator (I assume from C: there is
>>> very little actual code in the pdfTeX
On 13/11/2016 13:04, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote:
>> to track the seed). The usefulness of pseudo-random numbers has come up
>> a few times recently, and so we'd like to address this. (Expandable
>> floating point evaluation is pretty handy as an end user!)
>
>
> Can you please elaborate on the u
On 13 November 2016 at 13:58, Apostolos Syropoulos
wrote:
>
>
> Thank you very much for your prompt response. I would say that
> this feature makes the typesetting engine more independent and
> this is definitely a good thing. Also, I think it should be
> implemented using the drand48 function as
>
> A major aim of the original request was to bring the functionality of
> the xetex engine into line with pdftex and luatex to help in
> developing cross engine macro code. So there are arguments for using
> the same code here unless the existing code is really broken and
> luatex/metafont/pdftex
Well… does it have to be either/or, anyhow? Taking Apostolos’ last point, why
not have a switch?
It makes sense to allow for cross-platform compatibility, but there’s no reason
to think that *nobody* would appreciate an improved algorithm….
K
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 10:46, Apostolos Syropoulos
On 13/11/2016 15:49, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
> Well… does it have to be either/or, anyhow? Taking Apostolos’ last point, why
> not have a switch?
>
> It makes sense to allow for cross-platform compatibility, but there’s no
> reason to think that *nobody* would appreciate an improved algorith
Of course. And while the harvest might be greater (not necessarily great as
such), the workers are few….
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 11:28, Joseph Wright
> wrote:
>
> On 13/11/2016 15:49, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
>> Well… does it have to be either/or, anyhow? Taking Apostolos’ last point,
>> why
On 13 November 2016 at 15:46, Apostolos Syropoulos
wrote:
> Let me say that I find this point of view far too conservative. OK METAFONT
> lives in the previous century but luatex and xetex are products of this
> century so they must utilize what is better. Also, the point of introducing
> XeTeX w
On 13 November 2016 at 16:47, Apostolos Syropoulos
wrote:
>>
>> That's true except that as pdftex and luatex have this already and have had
>> for years, in this particular instance it's playing catchup that is
>> being suggested.
>> Not promoting novel functionality.
>>
>
> So just because the de
Dear TeX fans, 13/11/16
it is the first time I post anything on this list: I have used LaTeX for
lectures, slides, conference papers, etc. for many years, I have a complete
reference book, and always found answers in it or on the Web.
This time, I am quite stuck!
Howdy,
Sorry for the top post.
Have you installed MacTeX? It installs a full TeX Live distribution when
includes xe(la)tex.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Christian Boitet
> wrote:
>
> Dear TeX fans,13/11/16
>
> it is the fi
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Christian Boitet
wrote:
> Dear TeX fans, 13/11/16
>
> it is the first time I post anything on this list: I have used LaTeX for
> lectures, slides, conference papers, etc. for many years, I have a complete
> reference book, and always found answers in it or on the
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Christian Boitet
> wrote:
>
> I am using TeXShop (latest version), I reinstalled MacLive, and then
> MacTeX-2016, which are supposed to come with XeTeX. No way.
> The message is always the same. Trying to complie from TeXShop:
>
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xel
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 4:16 PM, George N. White III wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Christian Boitet
> wrote:
> Dear TeX fans,13/11/16
>
> it is the first time I post anything on this list: I have used LaTeX for
> lectures, slides, conferenc
Let me add some remarks to Herb's comments.
The error message you reported mentions /opt/local/bin, etc. MacTeX doesn't
install TeX Live in /opt. Thus you are running into trouble because your
system is looking for TeX in the wrong place.
However, it is entirely possible that MacTeX did the co
G'day, 13/11/16
Vielen Dank Herb für die schnelle Antwort.
Ja zur Frage.
(Ich schrieb "I reinstalled MacLive, and then MacTeX-2016, which are supposed
to come with XeTeX. No way.
The message is always the same...")
Maybe I should try to uninstal
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Christian Boitet
> wrote:
>
> G'day,13/11/16
>
> Vielen Dank Herb für die schnelle Antwort.
>
> Ja zur Frage.
>
> (Ich schrieb "I reinstalled MacLive, and then MacTeX-2016, which are supposed
> to come wi
Howdy,
I'd expect that you TeX Live distribution installed by MacTeX is perfectly
fine. I have no idea how you remove the one installed by MacPorts. Follow Dick
Koch's advice to check the MacTeX installed version. If that is ok following my
advice should fix things.
If the MacTeX version isn'
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 7:53 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'd expect that you TeX Live distribution installed by MacTeX is perfectly
> fine. I have no idea how you remove the one installed by MacPorts. Follow
> Dick Koch's advice to check the MacTeX installed version. If that is ok
> follo
George White makes some very good points.
However, Christian Boitet's original message discussed TeXShop, and TeXShop
never consults the user's $PATH setting. It will be easier if Boitet gets
TeXShop working first, before dealing with the complexities
of shell startup scripts.
The situation in
Good night, 13/11/16
> Le 14 nov. 2016 à 00:46, Richard Koch a écrit :
>
>
>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Christian Boitet
>> wrote:
>>
>> G'day, 13/11/16
>>
>> Vielen Dank Herb für die schnelle Antwo
Howdy,
Who knows where you tried to install XeTeX.
What does
echo $PATH
return? Did you actually try running the commands supplied by Dick Koch.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
> On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Christian Boitet
> wrote:
>
> Good night, 13/11/16
>
>
Dear Joseph,
- \(pdf)uniformdeviate
- \(pdf)normaldeviate
- \(pdf)randomseed
- \(pdf)setrandomseed
(LuaTeX drops the 'pdf' part of the names.)
H. Kitagawa, the author of eptex, has added
\pdfuniformdeviate
\pdfnormaldeviate
\pdfrandomseed
\pdfsetrandomseed
in eptex and euptex (r42506 in TL).
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