Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!otter.hpl.hp.com!hpltoad!ghiggins!gjh From: gjh@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Graham Higgins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TeX for ST Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 20:54:15 GMT References: <5557@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Sender: news@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Usenet News Administrator) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK. Lines: 67 In-Reply-To: marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au's message of 6 Nov 90 04:09:12 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ghiggins.hpl.hp.com ++ Which files from atari.archive do I need for TeX, for a 1meg 1040ST with TOS ++ 1.O? And what is "undump" and what is "virtex", and how can I get ++ documentation that tells me what they are? Thanks. Forget it unless you have an HD. If so, read on ... you need *ALL* the files satisfying StTeX*.zoo, there *are* readmes with them. Essentially, you need the bin stuff in a directory on your path, the tfm (format) in \fonts and the tmac (macros) in \macros. There're some environment variables which need to be set (TEXFONTS, TEXINPUTS, etc) they're also mentioned in the readme. The files in StTeXbin.zoo are : 365 27% 266 27 Oct 89 01:23:44 CONTENTS 4181 40% 2517 27 Oct 89 01:15:46 README 192535 30% 135148 30 Sep 89 04:11:36 bvirtex.ttp 10617 36% 6845 14 Oct 88 02:29:04 index.ttp 210524 31% 145589 24 Sep 89 01:54:08 initex.ttp 712680 53% 336136 29 Sep 89 02:45:46 latex.ttp 18014 27% 13183 25 Sep 89 15:03:12 undump.ttp 191712 30% 135079 29 Sep 89 02:45:56 virtex.ttp -------- --- -------- --------- -------- 1340628 42% 774763 8 files Destructions for undumping are : - to undump a preloaded version of LaTeX or TeX undump LaTeX virtex.ttp &lplain ....... * ^\ <== hit the quit character here. for the Gnu C Library it is Control-\ (which means hold down the control key and type the character '\' simultaneously). This will undump a virtex pre-loaded with lplain.fmt, called LaTeX. Please NOTE: the second argument to `undump' must be the *FULL PATHNAME TO VIRTEX.TTP INCLUDING THE EXTENTION*. you'll need lplain.fmt (for LaTeX) or plain.fmt (for TeX) which are in the StTeXmac.zoo file. Just follow the destructions ... undump latex.ttp e:\texbin\virtex.ttp &lplain ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 1^ 2^ 3^ 4^ 1. Go on, call it latex.ttp, just for fun 2. Do as the man says, give it a full, specific pathname 3. No, the ampersand ( & ) isn't a typo it's needed by virtex 4. make sure that lplain.fmt (or plain.fmt) is in the current directory. You should then see a message from "Common TeX" and, eventually, an asterisk prompt. When you see the asterisk, hit control backslash and it will zark it out (fatal signal, quitting), but it *will leave behind* an executable file, called whatever you gave as the first argument to undump (1, above). If you want a preview of how the tex-ed stuff will print, get hold of one (or more) of the previewers (I like showdvi, there're others). Have fun.