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From: nboogaar@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Martin v.d. Boogaard)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX and the CONVEX....
Keywords: TeX, help!
Message-ID: <1338@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl>
Date: 24 Jul 90 17:03:20 GMT
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Organization: University of Utrecht, Dept. of Physics
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In <870@airgun.wg.waii.com> lampshir@airgun.wg.waii.com (gregory b. lampshire) writes:

>Sorry about posting this to the newsgroup, but I am in a bind.

That's what newsgroups are for, isn't it?

>I am trying to install TeX82 on a CONVEX and am having
>a bear of a time.  I have built web2c and am running convert
>on the web programs in the TeXware directory, attempting to
>build tangle.  However, no matter what I do, I get a syntax
>error.  First off, how do I use web2c?

We got web2c and the associated tar.Z files from the Clarkson archive.
They can be used to build TeX, BibTeX, Metafont and a lot more.
Makefiles are included in the archives. One of the README files contains
the remark that, on the Convex, the -O optimization option for cc `breaks
web2c'. So, remove the -O option from the overall Makefile, type `make', and
go and have lunch.

Good luck!

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