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From: isaac@goanna.oz (Isaac Balbin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Running a dvi previewer on an X windows terminal
Message-ID: <2247@goanna.oz>
Date: 4 Aug 89 06:09:00 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
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We are looking at a 16" NCD X window, configured with 3 Mb.
We have found that xdvi and texx both seem to die if the file
is more than say 6 pages or even for a short file if you try to
magnify. We are using the normal 300dpi cmr fonts.
Should we be using the 85dpi fonts, or is the thing scaled at the
server end before it gets to the X terminal and so you would expect
no change in the "falling over" rate because the bit maps are shrunk
already?

Does anyone use an X terminal to preview TeX and find the
performance acceptable?

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