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Subject: typesetting on a lisp machine
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In article <41503@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> edward@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Edward Wang) writes:
> Does anyone know whether Symbolics machines have their
> own typesetting programs?  If so, what are they like
> (quick comparison with TeX, Scribe, or whatever would be nice)?
> Are they in Lisp?
> 
> Thanks.

Besides Scribe and Concordia, a complete LaTeX system is also available.
It includes macro package for markup, a Pascal runtime to make dvi, a
graphic system to make sketches, previewer to see what is going on and
printer drivers for postscript beasts.  It is free from MIT AI lab.

Leslie A. Walko