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contrib:latex_on_macosx [2007/02/26 02:44] efranconicontrib:latex_on_macosx [2019/01/16 10:03] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   - [[http://www.tug.org/mactex/|The MacTeX Distribution]]: this is the new "standard" for LaTeX on MacOS, it is based on the official TUG TeX Live distribution. Just install the [[ftp://tug.org/tex/mactex/MacTeX.dmg|MacTeX.dmg]] (full TeX Live distribution from TUG, unmodified). When using the install package, there is an extra button at bottom left labeled "Customize"; by clicking it, you can choose what to install: install just the TeX Live distribution, and uncheck anything else. You can install the other stuff independently.   - [[http://www.tug.org/mactex/|The MacTeX Distribution]]: this is the new "standard" for LaTeX on MacOS, it is based on the official TUG TeX Live distribution. Just install the [[ftp://tug.org/tex/mactex/MacTeX.dmg|MacTeX.dmg]] (full TeX Live distribution from TUG, unmodified). When using the install package, there is an extra button at bottom left labeled "Customize"; by clicking it, you can choose what to install: install just the TeX Live distribution, and uncheck anything else. You can install the other stuff independently.
   - You need to install **ghostscript** and **ImageMagick** as well. We suggest **not** to use the above MacTeX to install them, but rather to use [[http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki|MacPorts]].   - You need to install **ghostscript** and **ImageMagick** as well. We suggest **not** to use the above MacTeX to install them, but rather to use [[http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki|MacPorts]].
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 There are other alternatives, like [[http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/|iTeXMac]] or [[http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/|TeXShop]]. There are other alternatives, like [[http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/|iTeXMac]] or [[http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/|TeXShop]].
  
-Apple ''Preview.app'' doesn't reload the PDF file when it changes, which is king of annoying. A good PDF previewer for latex is [[http://pdfview.sourceforge.net/|PDFView]]. You can use [[http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html|TeXniscope]] which works with DVIs as well; but it doesn't seem to play well with intel macs.+Apple ''Preview.app'' doesn't reload the PDF file when it changes, which is kind of annoying. A good PDF previewer for latex is [[http://pdfview.sourceforge.net/|PDFView]]. You can use [[http://www2.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html|TeXniscope]] which works with DVIs as well; but it doesn't seem to play well with intel macs.
  
 Check out [[http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php|LaTeXiT]], handy in combination with Keynote, Powerpoint, or other software in which you want to include latex snippets.   Check out [[http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php|LaTeXiT]], handy in combination with Keynote, Powerpoint, or other software in which you want to include latex snippets.  
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