April 1994
Intermediate to advanced
522 pages
9h 12m
English
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Chapter 15. TeX on the Macintosh
For the most part, using TeX on the Macintosh is like using TeX on any other system. Certainly, the TeX documents that you edit are the same, and the output (on paper) is the same as the output from any other version of TeX.
However, because they are immersed in a consistent graphical environment, Macintosh tools have a substantially different appearance from their non-graphical counterparts.[128]
There are four implementations of TeX available for the Macintosh. Of these four, one is commercial, two are shareware, and one is (mostly) free. The following sections present an overview of each implementation, in alphabetical order.
CMacTeX
The CMacTeX package includes the most recent versions of TeX and MetaFont and all of the standard tools. A port of \dvips\index{dvips!for Macintosh} is also included, as well as a DVI previewer and a PrintPS tool for printing PostScript files directly to a LaserWriter printer over AppleTalk.
Each utility is a straightforward port of its unix counterpart. Command-line options have been replaced by standard Mac dialog boxes and menus where appropriate. TeX has been extended to include a built-in editor, although it is not necessary to use that editor if you have another favorite.
By design, CMacTeX is a very modular package. This makes it easy to substitute different tools, or different ports of the same tools, where it is advantageous to do so. For example, you can use MacGS (a Macintosh version of Ghostscript) as ...
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