Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!copper!harlan From: harlan@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Pete Harlan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Oztex questions... Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 91 07:15:39 GMT References: <821@mephisto.edu> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University Lines: 41 harlan@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Pete Harlan) writes: >Concerning Oztex (a public-domain TeX implementation): > >Does it work with the HP DeskWriter printer? >If so, at which ftp address might it be found? I just thought I'd follow up with my results here... The program works beautifully with an HP DeskWriter. Nothing has crashed once, and there have been virtually no problems. It takes between 10 and 15 megs on the hard disk, but the output on the DeskWriter looks better than anything I've printed before. It's enough to convince me that WYSIWYG is over-rated. Where to get it: midway.uchicago.edu You will need a terminal program for your mac that supports MacBinary transfers. OzTeX itself doesn't directly print on a non-postscript printer; rather, there is a separate program, dvim72-mac, for printing .dvi files. The stuffit file oztex.sit contains a version of dvim72-mac that is out of date---it wouldn't print anything. But there is a separate directory that contains the newer version, and that works fine. That directory also includes font files, but you only need them if you want to preview your work in a special mode of OzTeX that is not very good anyway. OzTeX includes preview capability, and LaTeX. All in all, I feel as happy with the program as I would hope to feel with commercial software. (On this note, is there anyone who uses, say, TeXtures who feels that it is better in some way? I've not used a commercial TeX.) Also included at midway is metafont, but I've not run the program yet... Thanks to the people who helped me out in my quest! --Pete harlan@copper.ucs.indiana.edu