Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bridge2!mdb From: mdb@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Mark D. Baushke) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX by way of anonomous FTP? Message-ID: Date: 15 Jul 89 21:09:40 GMT References: <2947@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Sender: news@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM Distribution: na Organization: 3Com Corp., Mountain View, CA. Lines: 31 In-reply-to: dave@nmtsun.nmt.edu's message of 12 Jul 89 17:52:14 GMT In article <2947@nmtsun.nmt.edu> dave@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Dave Becker) writes: > I know of a few sites offering anonymous FTP service which have copies > of the TeX distribution, but I don't know which version to be looking > for (the most up-to-date, of course, but which is that?). And more > importantly, Which sites have it? I obtained a copy of 2.95 from labrea.stanford.edu:/pub/tex. I understand (from TeXhax v89 #60) that the latest version is 2.99. Where can I get the patches to bring 2.95 up to 2.99? Failing that where get I FTP 2.99? > Also, what other handy TeX-related programs/fonts/etc. should I look > for and where should I look for them? In particular, I'm searching > for good DVI -> Impress translators (yeah, I know, but what can I > do?), DVI -> postscript translators, and dvipage or equivalent (or > better?!?). All of these would ideally use GF or, better yet, PK font > files rather than PXLs. Disk space is (always) tight. The iptex program in ./DVIware/laser-setters/umd-dvi tree uses PK font files and works very well for me as a DVI -> Impress translator. (You can FTP the DVIware tree from labrea.stanford.edu:/pub/tex/DVIware.tar.Z.a[a-e].) > Dave ("Already Found Susan, Now Desperately Seeking TeX") Becker > Internet: dave@nmt.edu CSNET: dave@nmtsun UUCP: ...!nmtsun!dave Looking to find the latest and greatest version of TeX. -- Mark D. Baushke UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!mdb Internet: mdb@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM