Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!dayvb!nieland!ted From: ted@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US (Ted Nieland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: TeX for the Amiga & the DECUS TeX collection. Message-ID: Date: 11 Sep 90 01:42:59 GMT References: <1023@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> Lines: 41 >In article <1023@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo) writes: >G'day, > >there was announcement of a new DECUS TeX collection (in comp.org.decus >I think). Within that announcement was news of some Amiga TeX stuff I'd >like to be able to get. {I don't really know what it is, sorry. :-(} > >Firstly, I think Glenn (sp?) Everhart may have placed these there since >I know that he works for DECUS and is also and Amiga programmer. Glenn >is that the case? > >But the bottom line is that I would like to GET some of this stuff soon >{rather than wait for a DECUS tape to arrive here downunder :-)}. > >So does anyone know if this stuff is available via FTP? > >Are these TeX programs the same ones that were talked about recently (I >think they were supposed to be on `newxanth' and then not there ?) here >in this newsgroup? > >yours truly, >Lou Cavallo. The Amiga TeX Material in the DECUS TeX Collection are the Common TeX version 3.0 Amiga Port that were available on XANTH at one time. Also included are a few DVI drivers and LPE (LaTeX Picture Editor). There is no previewer included at this time, as a public domain previewer has not been announced by anyone yet. I have used a few of the DVI drivers on my Amiga (before I got the RES versions) and they work okay. I didn't try the actual Amiga Port because I have the RES version (which is GREAT). I am using LPE (VERY carefully). All the material is in ZOO archives. I will be sending a copy of the DECUS TeX Collection to Austrailia this week and the DECUS TeX Collection will be available for Anonymous FTP later this month. -- M. Edward (Ted) Nieland DECUS TeX Collection Editor Ted@NIELAND.DAYTON.OH.US (aka uunet!dayvb!nieland!ted)