[tex-live] TECkit

[Zdenek Wagner]

2010/8/11 Jonathan Kew <jfkthame at googlemail.com>:
> On 11 Aug 2010, at 10:08, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> is it any reason why txtconv from TECkit is not compiled and included
>> in TL? I have not noticed myself but one of my friends complained.
>>
>
> Probably because it doesn't really have anything to do with TeX. The TECkit compiler is provided (IIRC) because it is used to create mapping files for use with the xetex font-mapping option, but general text file conversions could be considered out of scope.
>
TECkit compiler is useless for those who just use the map, they add
Mapping=something. The compiler is needed by developers of the maps.
and then it is useful to test the map by txtconv.

> JK



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