WhatsInExtras.PDF

What’s In Extras 2017/03/29 1 The Extras Folder The Extras folder1 contains several sub-folders with: ? duplicates of several GUI programs installed by the MacTEX installer for those who already have a TEX distribution; ? alternates to the GUI applications installed by the MacTEX installer; and ? additional software that aE T Xer might find useful. The following sub-sections describe the software contained within them. Table (1), on the next page, contains a complete list of the enclosed software, versions, OS versions, licenses and URLs. Note: Panther and Tiger Only versions of applications are no longer supplied in the Extras folder. They are still listed in Table (1) with a ‘P?’ and/or ‘T?’ in the OS column so that the user has a link to be able to obtain that version of the software if available. Note: Applications that are marked to be useable with El Capitan may need to have some preferences updated to work properly. 1.1 Bibliography Bibliography programs for building and maintaining BibTEX databases. 1.2 Browsers A program to browse symbols used with LATEX. 1.3 Editors Front Ends Alternative Editors, Typesetters and Previewers for TEX. These range from “WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean)” to a Programmer’s Editor with strong LATEX support. 1.4 Equation Editors These allow the user to create beautiful equations, etc., that may be exported for use in other appli- cations; e.g., editors, illustration and presentation software. 1.5 Previewers Separate DVI and PDF previewers for use as external viewers with other editors. 1.6 Scripts Files to integrate some external programmer’s editors with the TEX system. 1.7 Spell Checkers Alternate TEX, LATEX and ConTEXt aware spell checkers. 1.8 Utilities Utilities for managing your MacTEX distribution. 2 In Closing If you find the distribution useful, please consider joining TUG,/join.html , or the TEX User Group best for you, /usergroups.html. If you want