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From: davidli@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Paschall-Zimbel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Form Doc's
Message-ID: <17468@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>
Date: 6 Dec 89 03:46:06 GMT
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In article <473eecf4.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
>Hey, it doesn't seem like many folks like the TeX docs to form.

Might be because they didn't have any idea what to do with the .DVI file.
Of course, if you're receiving comp.sys.atari.st, then it's fairly likely
that you have access to a .DVI driver AND a laser printer, like I did.

The docs are quite beautiful when printed on a laser printer.  So, at
least ONE person liked the documentation.

>Must be some form of Elitest mentatlity to post docs to a program
>in a format that 99% of the people don't use.

Must be some form of Elitist mentality to DEMAND documentation to a program
be put up in a manner convenient to _them_.  The program didn't _HAVE_ to
be posted in the first place.  Would you have been happier if that was
the case?  If not, I'd suggest you take your 'Elitist' mentality and go
somewhere else.

>Hey, if you are good enough you will have TeX, right? :-)

For the information of All Concerned.  You do not need the entire TeX
release to process a .DVI file.  You need a .DVI driver (at our humble
little site I have access to a DVItoPostScript and a DVItoLN03 driver),
the requisite fonts and a printer.  Heck, you could even use the
DVItoEpson driver that's available via ftp.

Most everyone who has access to network news has access to TeX, if they
really wanted to take the time to find out...

-- David Paschall-Zimbel