[R] TeX distribution on Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

Göran Broström wrote:
> I'm looking for a Windows distribution of TeX that works with  R, after a 
> few years' absence from Windows. On Duncan Murdoch's Rtools page fptex is 
> still recommended, but it turns out that fptex is "defunct" as of May 2005,
> see 
> 
> http://www.metz.supelec.fr/~popineau/xemtex-7.html
> 
> So, what is suggested? TUG (tug.org) recommends something called proTeXt,
> which is said to be "based on MiKTeX", for Windows users. Since MikTeX 
> could be used with  R, that sounds like a good alternative.

I use MikTeX, with one or another of the workarounds listed on my page. 
   I've never tried proTeXt; I did a little googling, but I still don't 
see the point of it exactly.

fptex is still available in various repositories, and is likely to keep 
working for quite a long time:  R doesn't demand the latest and greatest 
innovations from TeX/eTeX.

Duncan Murdoch