[tex-live] how to save 20 mbytes

Sebastian Rahtz sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.ox.ac.uk
20 Oct 2002 00:51:40 +0100


On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 22:59, Janusz S. Bień wrote:

> I guess cm-super makes some other font packages redundant, perhaps `ai'
> 

yes, I see what you mean, but I dont think I know enough to
clean that up quickly


> Are the *.tfm files really needed in packages such as eco
> 
>         This is a set of font metric files and virtual fonts for using
>         the ec fonts with oldstyle numerals.
> 
> Anyway the package seems too large relative to its practical value.

its gone now.

> Last but not least, I would not hesitate to remove all the packages
> related to specific journals, such as
> 
>         IEEEtran.cls provides LaTeX formatting for authors of the
>         Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
>         Transactions Journals.

I have just decided to zap all those strange thesis styles for
obscure universities instead.
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