[Rd] MikTeX will be assumed in R 2.2.0 in Windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

We've made some further changes that enable the scripts to figure out if 
MiKTeX or some more standard latex is being used, so hopefully it should 
work for everyone out-of-the-box.

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> I've just committed some changes to allow R to be built and to use
> MikTeX without needing the Rd.sty files to be installed to localtexmf.
> Unfortunately, the changes are not compatible with other TeX packages,
> so if you're not using MikTeX you'll need to edit a couple of the config
> files (or set an environment variable).
>
> I'd appreciate hearing of any problems during the alpha or beta test period.

Again, please let us know of any problems.  I have tested both MiKTeX and 
fptex, but on a machine that had both installed.

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