Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!russell From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: latex for pc? Message-ID: <1991May5.223546.15034@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 5 May 91 22:35:46 GMT References: <12925@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <3526@d75.UUCP> Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 25 woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) writes: >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. >You don't understand. LaTeX is a macro package for TeX, so get sbTeX >or DOSTeX and then get the latex.tex file and create a dumped TeX >macro package, as the sbTeX document describes... (latex macros can be >got off any UNIX system with TeX or probably from >labrea.stanford.edu). Ronald is right. I would just add that emtex -- which is available from ymir.claremont.edu is my choice of the PD TeX/LaTeX implemntations. The big advantage it has over other implementations is that it comes with everything you need, including a good screen previewer and printer drivers. There is also an implementation of dvips on MSDOS that has been tweaked to use some of emtex's special features. -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.