From e695963a21ed89898dc1da7e23819637654d9a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Chen Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:42:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Warn about long TeX live install on windows --- input/faq-latex.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/input/faq-latex.md b/input/faq-latex.md index 4d4f15d..a1f3ffc 100644 --- a/input/faq-latex.md +++ b/input/faq-latex.md @@ -172,11 +172,23 @@ You can also look at [Napkin source code](https://github.com/vEnhance/napkin/). ### {{ faq("L-10", "Which LaTeX distribution do you recommend?") }} -- Windows: [TeX Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX_Live) +- Windows: + + - [MikTeX](https://miktex.org/) is most common for Windows, + but suffers from a number of issues like shipping outdated components + leading to, e.g. [Asymptote issue](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/663245/76888). + + - [TeX Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX_Live) is better, + but often takes forever to install on Windows for + [reasons unknown to humanity](https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/666988/76888). + - Mac: [MacTeX](https://www.tug.org/mactex/) + - Linux: [TeX Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX_Live), almost certainly available from your package manager - (e.g. `pacman -S texlive-core` or `apt install texlive`) + (e.g. `pacman -S texlive-core` or `apt install texlive`). + Unlike Windows, on Linux this should install in at most a few minutes + if your Internet connection is decent. ### {{ faq("L-11", "Which text editor do you use/recommend?") }}