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And I just discovered if you try to open a .tex file under Mac OS X , it opens it in an application called TeXshop which consists of a simple text editor (with syntax highlighting) with an interface to PDFTeX and a PDF viewer, which is all you really need from a TeX GUI.

BTW, pace TBG, TeX is not a programming language, it's a markup language. Anyone who can use HTML tags should be able to use TeX.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:26:57 PM EST
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TeX is Turing complete, though, unlike HTML...

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by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue May 6th, 2008 at 07:37:55 PM EST
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That's why HTML had to be augmented with JavaScript :-)

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 06:56:06 AM EST
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Somebody must have installed this for you. My Mac OS X (several different versions) came without it, and I had to install TeX myself. The default when I click on a TeX file is to open it in TextEdit.

As for your second comment, I doubt anybody who can use HTML will be able to figure out how to use \expandafter... You comment applies more to LaTeX, than to TeX itself.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 07:04:48 AM EST
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It must have come with the MacTeX distribution I installed.

One of the problems I often encounter is that I am not aware of all the programs that a given package will install.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 7th, 2008 at 07:16:19 AM EST
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