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sillsdev / ptx2pdf

XeTeX based macro package for typesetting USFM formatted (Paratext output) scripture files
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macOS Version? #875

Open flagsoft opened 1 year ago

flagsoft commented 1 year ago

Is there a macOS version? And/or panned? Is it possible?

davidg-sil commented 1 year ago

It should be possible, as far as I know, as the code is cross-platform. But we would need a knowledgable / willing macOS user who could help us develop/test it on that platform. None of us work on PTXprint full time, and none of us have any apple devices, as far as I know.

Is paratext or paratext-lite available on macOS, at all, or are you expecting to run ptxprint based on files produced on another machine (real or virtual)?

PJTraut commented 1 year ago

Most people using Parallels VM...

markpenny commented 1 year ago

One of the use cases I can envisage is NON-Paratext users who simply want to be able to download a bundle of scripture and produce their own nicely formatted PDFs from their text bundle (as demonstrated at EMDC, 2023, where someone can use this tool with no prior knowledge or experience of Paratext).