Re: use of Jade TeX backend?

[Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > Would you please be so kind and summarize what packages/programs
 > JadeTeX depends on?
 > 
 > hyperref
 > hytex?
 > fonts?
 > dvihps?
jadetex assumes the following LaTeX packages are available:
 hyperref
 fancyhdr
 textcomp
 graphics 
 color
which are all readily available in the CTAN TeX archives

the hyperref package manages the hyperlinking within the document, so
that PDF output contains live links. hyperref can be configured to use
dvips with its -z option, plain dvips (generating pdfmarks), dviwindo,
pdftex and dvipdf. If you just want printed output, put a line
 \ExecuteOptions{nolinks}
into a file called hyperref.cfg on your TeX path

you do not need any special TeX or dvips

fonts:

jadetex only knows about a small number of font familiies at present,
i am afraid. the TeX Computer Modern, the standard PostScript 35,
Lucida, iso-serif etc. You are assumed to have the metric files, of
course

hope this helps
Sebastian

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