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Re: tetex is incomplete! waiting for sponsor



* Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> writes:

> From: Colin Marquardt <colin@marquardt-home.de>
> Subject: Re: tetex is incomplete! waiting for sponsor
> Date: 26 Jul 2000 23:11:20 -0700

>> > Hello. I just submitted a bug on the tetex package, namely that the
>> > 'foils' package is missing. The 'foils' package is rather common and
>> 
>> So that probably means it is not in upstream teTeX. This question
>> would thus be better asked on the teTeX mailing list (you don't mean
>> "foiltex" btw, do you? That one has licensing problems).

> Yes, foiltex has licensing problems so it is useless to
> ask on the teTeX mailing list ;-)

So, is the "foils" package you are referring to really just
"foiltex"? I think I heard about a real foils.

>> For Debian 2.2, it is already too late anyways.

> Yes, so this means Debian 2.2 provides insufficient TeX
> environment for users....

So that would mean that also tetex is providing an insufficient TeX
environment for its users. I cannot really believe that... :-)

Colin



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