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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: latex for pc?
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.101932.1@euler.claremont.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 91 18:19:32 GMT
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In article <12925@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>, millerje@holst.cs.colostate.edu (jeffrey scott miller) writes:
> Does anyone know where I can find LaTeX (not TeX) implemented for MSDOS?
> I looked on a simtel mirror and all they had was sbtex, which is a tex clone,
> not latex.  I would prefer the implementation to have page preview, but that
> isn't absolutely necessary.

LaTeX is merely an add-on macro package to TeX. Any TeX
implementation will allow use of LaTeX. The macro files can be
had from ymir.claremont.edu in [anonymous.tex.inputs.latex].

Similarly, the preview is an extra program and several are
available. Take a look in [anonymous.tex.ibm_pc.previewer] and
[anonymous.tex.ibm_pc.drivers.emtex] on ymir for several driver
programs.

Incidentally, if you get a copy of MF, you can dramatically
reduce the amount of disk space used by TeX's fonts by only
generating those fonts you use. Initially, printing a document
may take a couple of hours as you wait for the fonts to be
created but after a week, nearly every font you use will be
available. I have less than 1M of PK files on my system(!).

There are also several commercial versions of TeX available which
you may want to look into if you prefer to have the option of
support and preprinted manuals. There is a summary of PC versions
of TeX (commercial & PD/SW) on ymir.claremont.edu in
[anonymous.tex.site-info]tex-for-ibm-pc.txt

(Incidentally, for those who care, on my PC I'm using PCTeX Big
386, PCMF, the emTeX HP and screen drivers and the Rokicki DVIPS
program.)

-dh

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