MiKTeX Dojo

It is currently not possible to download packages from the repository. I will fix this in the next few days, say until the end of the month (let's hope). Please remember: I do this in my spare time. Update (Feb 25): Without a warning, my web space provider...

Sad but true: It is not likely that MiKTeX 2.7 works on legacy Windows systems (9x/Me/NT). It seems that the new build system, Visual Studio 2008, does not support legacy targets....

I am planning to make available a beta version of MiKTeX 2.7 in September. This will contain XeTeX 0.996. The 2.7 status page will be updated soon....

I have removed copystart.exe from the MiKTeX 2.6 distribution. copystart.exe was used in MiKTeX 2.5 to start the update wizard. In MiKTeX 2.6, copystart.exe has been replaced with copystart_admin.exe, because under Windows Vista the update wizard should...

MiKTeX 2.6 will offer COM interfaces that make it possible to automate MiKTeX-specific tasks. For example, here is a Perl script that installs a package: use Win32::OLE;my $packageManager = Win32::OLE->new('MiKTeX.PackageManager')  or die "MiKTeX...

MiKTeX 2.5 is not designed to be run on Windows Vista. But Microsoft "added some shims to Windows Vista specifically for the MiKTeX 2.5 installer. They do not resolve all the compatibility problems, but they do resolve the UAP-related issues"....

I have rebuilt all the MiKTeX binaries because new runtime libraries have been released by Microsoft. I thought it would be best to update all binaries at one go....

MiKTeX 2.4 specific packages will be removed from the package repository on December 30, 2006. This has some consequences for MiKTeX 2.4 users: The update wizard will stop working on December 31, 2006. Automatic installation of missing...

I am planning to make available the new MiKTeX CD-R/DVD-R next week. The CD-R will contain a snapshot of the MiKTeX package repository. The DVD-R contains a "live" MiKTeX system....

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2456 (Sep 22, 2006). New packages: cooleconomicextepsfoekfontfonetikanihocr-latexpst-asrpst-jtreescreenplaysplinesxq Updated packages: avantgarbookmanchartercourierduerer-latexednotesfrenchlehelvetichepthesishrlatexhyperreflublacklucalliglucasualluccyrlucidfaxlucoldlucsanslucssttlucttluhandlumathmathdesignmathpazomathtimemsgncntrsbkoberdiekpalatinopandora-latexpsafmpsnfsspsnfssxpst-pdfpstricks-addpunk-latexsymboltex4httimesuk-tex-faqutopiazapfchanzapfding...

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2441 (Sep 7, 2006). New packages: context-bnfcontext-gfsdidotcontext-greekcontext-lettrinecontext-rstepscontext-urwgaramondcontext-urwgothiccoolstrforloopmafrmiktex-bin-2.5miktex-mo-bin-2.5miktex-runtime-bin-2.5miktex-yap-bin-2.5paxpst-asrpst-jtreescreenplayvariations...

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2429. Fixed bugs: [ 1545675 ] \input command path problem[ 1548242 ] Proxy problem in MikTeX 2.5[ 1549614 ] yap: .dvi search path does not include current directory[ 1552080 ] bug when reading first line %& format...

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2420. New packages: dyntreeguitbeamerguitlogo Updated packages: csquotesstruktextextposxytree Removed packages: guitm-bib Fixed bugs: [ 1538939 ] "Letter" paper format listed twice[ 1542344 ] cannot...

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2413. New packages: coollistelseviermunichpapercdcasepst-geopst-vue3dseqsplitsugconfsyntracetitlepage-uni-dortmundvpexyling Updated packages: biblerefboxhandlercrosswordfmtcountgraphicshyperrefl2tabu-englishlabelcasmemoirminitocmovie15pdfpagespst-labopstricks-addsplitindexstellenboscht-anglestextposthuthesisuk-tex-faq...

Here is a list of changes since 2.5.2406 (August 03, 2006). Updated packages: hyperrefkoma-scriptoberdiektex4ht Fixed bugs: [ 1535965 ] bibtex ignores BIBINPUTS[ 1536570 ] Misspelling in formats.ini file[ 1537000 ] ruler exception...

The latest MiKTeX update includes libpng 1.2.12. This version fixes a security problem. Users are encouraged to install the latest MiKTeX update....

This is a new feature in Beta 11: TeX's input/output primitives can now be used for unidirectional interprocess communication by prepending a pipe symbol to the file name. If this feature is enabled, then \input "|command" starts the command...

pdfeTeX becomes the default TeX engine, i.e., running latex.exe will give you this banner: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.5) Please note that latex.exe still produces DVI output....

A new version of the MiKTeX 2.5 Preview Document is avalailable (PDF)....

Yap is on the workbench and I can promise that support for PostScript will be improved significantly. The motto is: Every DVI document that can be viewed with a PostScript viewer (after DVI-to-PostScript) can be viewed with Yap. Take this PSTricks...

The MiKTeX CD-R is available again. It contains a "live" MiKTeX system (as at 2/21/2006). Some not so important packages had to be omitted from the distribution in order to make it fit on the CD-R....

The latest update batch installs a new hyperref.cfg which sets hdvips as the default hyperref driver. See this bug report, for more information....

My apologies to those who still use MiKTeX on Windows 95. When I released some binaries early in January, I didn't realize that it would break Windows 95 compatibility: My new build system cannot produce Windows 95 executables. Only one person has complained....

On miktex.org there is a new table which shows status information about the MiKTeX package repositories....

I have released a new version of the MiKTeX uninstaller (aka "Remove MiKTeX! Wizard"). The new uninstaller makes a more thorough job: removes the MiKTeX bin directory from the PATH environment variable removes all registry settings completely removes...