On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 02:24:56AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
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> Olivier Mehani wrote:
> >On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 10:23:46AM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote:
>
> >Are you aware of any no_x11 version?
> >  
> I am not sure I understand your last question. How can you do 
> typesetting without displaying graphics?
> TeXLive does not require X for processing but in order to see your 
> document you need to use xdvi, ghostview or something along those lines. 
> Obviously, I am not suggesting that you  install  X on a  DNS server  in 
> order
> to do typesetting. What I am suggesting is that I would expect that you 
> use a desktop machine running X for typesetting.

I use LaTex to write letters.  I can write a letter from my text-only
VT520, latex it, dvips it, then print the ps all without displaying it.

Or, I need to send a formatted document to a non unix user and the best
common display format is pdf.  So, I make a pdf of my document and email
it to them.  Also no need for displaying or X.

Are there other ports that require X11 for internal use even if you
don't need to display?  If so, perhaps the xbase install set should be
split into xlibs and xbase so that less needs to be installed on a
non-display box for these ports to work.

Doug.