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From: hessmann@r2d2.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
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Subject: Re: Problems with PasTex
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In article <16096@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
[...]
>However, the question is on PasTeX.  I just set this up last night, and
>everything works great.  However, English documentation is pretty scarce.
>Is there anyone who has translated the docs - especially the showdvi docs?
>(I could have a friend translate these long documents for me, but I'd rather
>keep the friend)

Yes, Thomas Tavoly has done this (thanks again!). I will
put next week my last beta version of PasTeX to ab20...

This will include:
 - TeX 3.1      (with improved speed and better configuration possibility)
 - ShowDVI      (previewer, V1.07)
 - DVIprint     (printer driver, V1.07)
 - flib         (Font-Library-Manager V1.03)
 - SpecialHost  (program to include IFF pictures in the text)
 - german docs  (for all programs)
 - english docs (for all programs exept for virtex/initex)
 - newest macro files (plain.tex, lplain.tex, ...)


>A couple of questions.  Does flip really save space in fonts, or just save
>the space that would have been used by directory entries?  How does the
>speed compare to other PD TeX's?

Yes flib saves space for directory entries and because of the unused bytes
in the last block of every file (average 256 bytes for every file).

I don't have compared my TeX especially with other PD TeX's. But it is
faster than an old version of Common-TeX. I have compiled it with
LC 5.10a and -O option. And I have 5 critical procedures translated
to assembler. Both, virtex and initex are pure, so that the startup
time is a little bit faster.

>Darin Johnson

	Georg.

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