Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!ox.com!emv From: stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [tex...] Re: Where are "texsun" and "texx"? Message-ID: <1991Jan9.014611.11210@ox.com> Date: 9 Jan 91 01:46:11 GMT References: <2783DB48.24C4@deneva.sdd.trw.com> <1991Jan8.202751.1966@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Reply-To: stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) Followup-To: comp.text.tex,comp.windows.x Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA Lines: 28 Approved: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) X-Original-Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.windows.x Archive-name: tex/preview/xdvi/1991-01-08 Archive: expo.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib/xdvi.shar.Z [18.30.0.212] Original-posting-by: stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) Original-subject: Re: Where are "texsun" and "texx"? Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) In article , fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes: |> Hmm. xtex does not use pk or gf fonts. Instead, you transform the |> 85dpi fonts into native X fonts (bdf format). There a script to do |> that. When you have the X fonts, you store them somewhere and use xset |> to tell the X server where to look, i.e.: |> When you have done as above, xtex provides a good quality as any other |> previewer I know of, and as a bonus it *fast*. I'm surprised nobody in this thread has mentioned xdvi. we also have xtex, but IMHO the necessity of maintaining a second set of fonts just for xtex is a real inconvenience, especially if you have a lot of non-standard local fonts being used with TeX. xdvi uses pk fonts directly, and as far as I can tell without any penalty in display quality and speed. I doesn't have any fancy widget interface but a lot of functionality activated by simple one-key command, which makes it very efficient to use. [xdvi is available from expo.lcs.mit.edu in directory contrib.] -- Andreas Stolcke stolcke@icsi.berkeley.edu International Computer Science Institute stolcke@ucbicsi.bitnet 1957 Center St., Suite 600, Berkeley, CA 94704 (415) 642-4274 ext. 126