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Subject: VorTeX availibility (was: addbib for bibtex)
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In-reply-to: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu's message of 21 Aug 90 17:47:48 GMT

In article <4051@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> hf@marvin.e17.Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hannes Faestermann) writes:
Hannes> I use the bbitex-mode in emacs, provided by loading the file
Hannes> bibtex.el. I don't know if this is available with the normal emacs
Hannes> distribution. There maybe another file around named bibtex-mode.el,
Hannes> but I like the first one better. You just type in C-c <letter> and
Hannes> in your bib-file appears a mask. You only have to fill in the
Hannes> information.

>>>>> On 21 Aug 90 17:47:48 GMT, kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) said:
Rich> It sounds like you have the VorTeX macro set installed since the
Rich> bibtex.el stuff isn't part of standard GNU emacs.  I do like them --
Rich> they do a good job of reducing the typing you have to do.  The LaTeX
Rich> and TeX modes are also quite good, and they are well documented.  The
Rich> macros are available for anonymous ftp on a.cs.uiuc.edu in
Rich> pub/TeX/vortex-macros.tar.Z.

Last I heard, the DARPA funded VorTeX project was charging about $600 for a
site license and required signing an extensive legalese document (e.g. you
_can't_ redistribute, no guarantees, no support provided, etc.)  before
they'd ship a tape.  (At last, the disadvantages of an unpopular public
domain package, spotty or no support, combined with the price of a
commercial package. ;-)  What are the current details?


_If_ VorTeX is now redistributable:

Does anyone know of a mail archive server for the VorTeX macros, et al?

Does the graphics interface now work under X11r4?  (Last I heard it was X10
based.)  If so, is it fairly reliable?  (Last I heard it was prone to core
dumps.)

Is $600 for tape duplication just a teeny bit high for a project I've
already funded by paying taxes, or is it just me?  :-)

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