Re: New TeXmacs version 2.1.5
Liza Belos <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:53:26 +0100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------XZAP0DqjPi8gkBR02viQXo7D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Jay, Thanks! I added a "Troubleshooting" section with the instructions on the TeXmacs website. Best regards, Liza On 3/18/2026 7:11 PM, Jay Belanger wrote: > > I guess my previous reply wasn't set to the entire list, so let me > again thank Liza for taking care of all this. The new version of > TeXmacs looks like a much nicer package. > >> I found this: https://douglasrumbaugh.com/post/apt-pinning/ > > Thanks! > I had actually tried pinning it, but the reference I used must have > had errors. It works now. > >> To me it seems sensible, but since I don't know how pinning works, I >> don't know if it is correct or not. Perhaps it would be good a recipe >> from the developers or a modification to the TeXmacs repository so >> that apt sees the repository package as newer than the default Ubuntu >> package. > > The apt-cache policy texmacs command was returning (until I fixed > the Pin-Priority for the newer version of TeXmacs to 1000): > [Downloads]> apt-cache policy texmacs > texmacs: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 1:2.1.4+ds-3 > Version table: > 1:2.1.4+ds-3 500 > 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu questing/universe amd64 > Packages > 2.1.5.15315-1~questing 500 > 500 http://ftp.texmacs.org/TeXmacs/tmftp/repos/apt > questing/main amd64 Packages > and apt-get install wanted to install the Ubuntu version. > I guess the "1:" at the beginning of the Ubuntu version number is an > Epoch number (which defaults to 0), where a larger number > automatically means a newer version. Why the Ubuntu version has an > Epoch number of 1 I have no idea. > > Jay -- *Liza Belos* *Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École Polytechnique* *Mail Polytechnique : *[email protected] *Mail CNRS : *[email protected] *Mail Mathrice : *[email protected] *Téléphone : *06 86 43 86 39 *Bureau : *1013 --------------XZAP0DqjPi8gkBR02viQXo7D Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE html> <html data-lt-installed="true"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body style="padding-bottom: 1px;"> <p>Hello Jay,</p> <p>Thanks! I added a "Troubleshooting" section with the instructions on the TeXmacs website.</p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Liza</p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/18/2026 7:11 PM, Jay Belanger wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:prtw54n4ygbozky5rkfi2odyl4sz4mefl22ige5e4d3zqwtdtr@ienxmd225fuf"> <br> I guess my previous reply wasn't set to the entire list, so let me <br> again thank Liza for taking care of all this. The new version of <br> TeXmacs looks like a much nicer package. <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite">I found this: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://douglasrumbaugh.com/post/apt-pinning/">https://douglasrumbaugh.com/post/apt-pinning/</a> <br> </blockquote> <br> Thanks! <br> I had actually tried pinning it, but the reference I used must have <br> had errors. It works now. <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite">To me it seems sensible, but since I don't know how pinning works, I don't know if it is correct or not. Perhaps it would be good a recipe from the developers or a modification to the TeXmacs repository so that apt sees the repository package as newer than the default Ubuntu package. <br> </blockquote> <br> The apt-cache policy texmacs command was returning (until I fixed <br> the Pin-Priority for the newer version of TeXmacs to 1000): <br> [Downloads]> apt-cache policy texmacs <br> texmacs: <br> Installed: (none) <br> Candidate: 1:2.1.4+ds-3 <br> Version table: <br> 1:2.1.4+ds-3 500 <br> 500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu</a> questing/universe amd64 Packages <br> 2.1.5.15315-1~questing 500 <br> 500 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ftp.texmacs.org/TeXmacs/tmftp/repos/apt">http://ftp.texmacs.org/TeXmacs/tmftp/repos/apt</a> questing/main amd64 Packages <br> and apt-get install wanted to install the Ubuntu version. <br> I guess the "1:" at the beginning of the Ubuntu version number is an <br> Epoch number (which defaults to 0), where a larger number <br> automatically means a newer version. Why the Ubuntu version has an <br> Epoch number of 1 I have no idea. <br> <br> Jay <br> </blockquote> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:small; color: #01426A;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <svg version="1.1" id="Calque_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="55.276px" height="55.276px" viewBox="184.629 85.914 55.276 55.276" enable-background="new 184.629 85.914 55.276 55.276" xml:space="preserve"> <g> <radialGradient id="SVGID_1_" cx="1981.3169" cy="-1309.801" r="212.8125" gradientTransform="matrix(0.1616 0 0 -0.1616 -101.4548 -104.4775)" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"> <stop offset="0" style="stop-color:#456587"></stop> <stop offset="0.2555" style="stop-color:#2C4F73"></stop> <stop offset="0.5931" style="stop-color:#0C395D"></stop> <stop offset="0.8524" style="stop-color:#002D50"></stop> <stop offset="1" style="stop-color:#00294B"></stop> </radialGradient> <path fill="url(#SVGID_1_)" d="M211.401,86.369c-0.49-0.029-0.978-0.046-1.46-0.046c-6.745-0.008-12.854,2.863-18.176,8.556 c-4.84,5.171-6.467,9.336-6.451,14.361c0.008,2.688,0.485,5.625,1.191,9.097c1.328,6.526,5.201,12.824,10.629,17.285 c4.153,3.412,8.786,5.158,13.67,5.19c2.529,0.016,5.125-0.426,7.759-1.334c8.499-2.933,16.631-11.332,19.771-20.423 c0.994-2.876,1.477-5.678,1.469-8.342c-0.025-6.513-3.002-12.221-8.685-16.302C224.22,89.456,217.588,86.752,211.401,86.369z"></path> <g> <path fill="#FFFFFF" d="M201.699,113.656h-1.869l-0.003,0.054c-0.016,0.364-0.231,3.542-3.076,3.542 c-2.542,0-3.833-2.278-3.835-6.771c0.002-4.492,1.293-6.771,3.835-6.771c2.893,0,3.068,3.396,3.076,3.542l0.003,0.054h1.869 c0.172,0,0.339-0.069,0.46-0.193c0.116-0.119,0.175-0.272,0.167-0.432c-0.038-0.881-0.49-5.279-5.6-5.279 c-4.129,0-6.312,3.139-6.312,9.075c0,5.947,2.182,9.094,6.312,9.094c4.916,0,5.527-4.017,5.6-5.247 c0.011-0.17-0.046-0.335-0.164-0.458C202.041,113.726,201.872,113.656,201.699,113.656z"></path> <path fill="#62C4DD" d="M230.739,109.397L230.739,109.397l-1.607-0.7c-1.549-0.679-2.096-1.341-2.096-2.529 c0-1.549,1.131-2.588,2.816-2.588c0.997,0,1.813,0.204,2.813,1.22l0.054,0.057l0.859-0.786c0.499-0.461,0.353-0.879,0.146-1.146 c-0.838-0.988-2.182-1.529-3.79-1.529c-3.097,0-5.347,2.02-5.347,4.805c0,2.737,1.725,3.882,3.588,4.712l1.643,0.732 c1.652,0.74,2.438,1.371,2.438,2.96c0,2.166-1.958,2.745-3.114,2.745c-0.994,0-2.104-0.213-3.464-1.754l-0.054-0.062l-0.895,0.786 c-0.461,0.404-0.463,0.752-0.016,1.328c1.23,1.584,3.038,1.915,4.336,1.915c2.807,0,5.652-1.724,5.652-5.021 C234.702,111.687,233.118,110.421,230.739,109.397z"></path> <path fill="#62C4DD" d="M214.866,106.59c0-2.804-2.274-5.18-5.078-5.18c-1.32,0-2.521,0.504-3.424,1.328v-0.964h-1.688 c-0.509,0-0.703,0.331-0.703,0.714v16.366c0,0.46,0.28,0.705,0.695,0.705h1.689v-12.87c0-1.691,1.371-3.063,3.063-3.063 s3.063,1.371,3.063,3.063v12.873h1.678c0.466,0,0.706-0.259,0.706-0.703C214.866,118.86,214.866,106.607,214.866,106.59z"></path> <path fill="#FFFFFF" d="M224.554,102.634c0.089-0.111,0.143-0.248,0.143-0.399c0-0.282-0.183-0.517-0.437-0.604 c-0.487-0.164-1.01-0.253-1.551-0.253c-1.32,0-2.521,0.504-3.424,1.328v-0.964h-1.689c-0.509,0-0.703,0.331-0.703,0.714v16.363 c0,0.46,0.283,0.705,0.698,0.705h1.688v-12.869c0-1.692,1.371-3.063,3.063-3.063c0.442,0,0.862,0.098,1.242,0.265l0.975-1.226 L224.554,102.634z"></path> </g> </g> </svg> </td> <td style="padding-left: 10px;"> <b>Liza Belos</b><br> <b>Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École Polytechnique</b><br> <br> <b>Mail Polytechnique : </b><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a><br> <b>Mail CNRS : </b><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a><br> <b>Mail Mathrice : </b><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a><br> <b>Téléphone : </b>06 86 43 86 39<br> <b>Bureau : </b>1013 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> <lt-container></lt-container> </html> --------------XZAP0DqjPi8gkBR02viQXo7D--