Re: [tex-live] Proposal for collection reorganization
Norbert Preining wrote:
We would like to propose some changes to the collections.
I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see
this being reviewed.
* charter
move charter from fonts-extra to fonts-recommended
Reason: PSNFSS asks for these fonts
this is a bit puzzling. why does it need charter?
the changes look good to me
* collection-chemistry => collection-science
good!
* various publishers and thesis styles
good!
* Remove collection-pdfetex and move all the files into latex-base or
latexrecommended?
What do we need the collection-pdfetex for? It does *not* contain the
pdfetex binary, but only pdf related stuff:
cmap -- Make PDF files searchable and copyable.
etex -- An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project.
ifmslide -- Presentation slides for screen and printouts.
pdf-trans -- Transformations of TeX boxes for pdfTeX.
pdfcprot -- Activating and setting of character protruding using pdflatex.
pdfpages -- Include PDF documents in LaTeX.
pdfscreen -- Support screen-based document design.
pdfslide -- Presentation slides using pdftex.
pdftexdef -- The pdftexdef package.
pdftricks -- Support for pstricks in pdftex.
pdfwin -- Customizable windows for screen output.
xbmc -- Skeleton package.
bin-pdftools -- Support tools for PDF files.
bin-thumbpdf -- Thumbnails for pdfTeX and dvips/ps2pdf.
eso-pic -- Add picture commands (or backgrounds) to every page.
I think I'd put ifmslide, pdfslide and pdfscreen in latex-extra these
days. and surely pdftricks belongs with pstricks?
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Sebastian Rahtz
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