[R] TeX distribution on Windows

[Göran Broström]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:55:26PM -0400, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 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.

It's just MiKTeX with a few extras, like WinEdt, ghostscript, etc. As far 
as I understand, MikTeX itself is untouched.

> 
> 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.

Right. But maybe you should change the broken link to www.fptex.org.

Göran