Actually the monolithic Tex has been done. Its called context. (Every couple of years I try for a few hours to install it under windows but then give up). Somet

Actually the monolithic Tex has been done. Its called context. (Every couple of years I try for a few hours to install it under windows but then give up). Sometimes I manage to install it and then give up because of the introductory texts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConTeXt (but I still believe there is gold at the bottom of this) Edit: woooah. I see there is now an installer for context, since april 2019! https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation here we go again....