[lug] MikTeX Update Wizard Failure

[Ed Hill]

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 13:14, The Matt wrote:
> Folks, I'm hoping you can help me with this.  I recently upgraded from
> Qwest's Intel USB modem to the Actiontec (so I could use Linux).  But,
> in doing so, I broke a few programs in Windows.  Some, like Kazaa, I
> really don't care about, but I also broke MikTeX, and that annoys me. 
> Well, not MikTeX, but it's Update Wizard.


Hi Matt,

If you're using (or even thinking of using) Linux then you should switch
to tetex which comes with nearly every Linux distribution.  Tetex is a
*wonderful* package of LaTeX and related utilities:

  tetex-1.0.7-57.1
  tetex-fonts-1.0.7-57
  tetex-afm-1.0.7-57
  tetex-dvips-1.0.7-57.1
  tetex-xdvi-1.0.7-57
  tetex-latex-1.0.7-57

and it works remarkably well with such TeX environments/packages such as
AMS-TeX and auctex.  Also, if you use Emacs as your editor, it will
*automatically* help you with LaTeX syntax hi-lighting, environments,
errors, etc.  The Emacs LaTeX-mode is essentially an "IDE for LaTeX".

You can get LaTeX examples from my site at:

  http://cesep.mines.edu/~edhill/LaTeX_examples/

and feel free to ask me for help with configuring tetex (as root, run
"texconfig" and just follow the menus), configuring Emacs for LaTeX
(I've attached my .emacs config file), and related questions.

Ed


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;; Red Hat Linux default .emacs initialization file

;; Are we running XEmacs or Emacs?
(defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version))

;; Set up the keyboard so the delete key on both the regular keyboard
;; and the keypad delete the character under the cursor and to the right
;; under X, instead of the default, backspace behavior.
(global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char)
(global-set-key [kp-delete] 'delete-char)

;; Turn on font-lock mode for Emacs
;;(cond ((not running-xemacs)
;;	(global-font-lock-mode t)
;;))

;; Always end a file with a newline
(setq require-final-newline t)

;; Stop at the end of the file, not just add lines
(setq next-line-add-newlines nil)

;; Enable wheelmouse support by default
(require 'mwheel)


;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; EH3
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

;; allow highlighted text to be deleted, like most text editors
    (delete-selection-mode t)

;; force emacs to scroll only one line at the bottom of the page
    (setq scroll-step 1)


;; load AUC-TeX
;;  Get AUC-TeX from the auctex.tar.gz package that I've been dragging
;;  around for years in ~/local/src/
;;
    (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" load-path))
    (require 'tex-mik)
    (require 'tex-site)
    (setq tex-default-mode 'latex-mode)
    (require 'font-latex)


;; customize outline minor mode so it won't interfere
;; with AUC-Tex
;;
;;    (setq outline-minor-mode-prefix "\C-o")


;; load line-number-mode
;;
   (setq line-number-mode t)
   (setq column-number-mode t)

(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil)


;; custom set variables
;;
;; c-default-style  was "stroustrup" "linux"
(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(c-default-style "linux")
 '(case-fold-search t)
 '(current-language-environment "English")
 '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
 '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
 '(transient-mark-mode t))


;; PHP mode
;; (load-library "php-mode-101")

;; Fill-length:  [goto column then:]  C-u C-x f
;;
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