Also in case you're interested in using the Weather Underground, the weather script uses inspect, a facility that comes out of the tcl package. On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 02:20:08PM +0100, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > oopse, forgot those. tex is a typesetting ssystem as you said. > > this means that you can write documents by inserting commands. a bit like > html etc, but more complicated and with many options. so you only need it if > you want to write latex/tex documents. > > as for tcl, this is a programming langauge essentially. if you're going to > use emacspeak keep it, otherwise you don't need it. > > saqib > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R Haynie" <rhaynie at comcast.net> > To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 2:10 PM > Subject: Text typesetting, TCL, TCL/TK script languages > > > > I am almost through selecting the package groups in Slackware. > > > > saqib has taken me through many of the groups that he could remember off > > the top of his head. (Great so far.) > > > > I have one question though. I just want to try and get this right. > > > > As per my other email, I do not want to install any X system software. > > > > Should I install the following two groups? > > T Text typesetting software. > > TCL, TCL/TK script languages. > > > > Rodney > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup