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Subject: status of TeX (for randy hyde)
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Date: 8 May 91 03:49:20 GMT
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in a recent post, randy hyde asked about the status of TeX. well, as far as
i know i'm the only one working on it. to date, the following programs are
complete:
	TeX v3.14
	Tangle v4.2
	Weave v4.2
	PLtoTF v3.2
	TFtoPL v3.2

all of this conversion is taking place on a Sun with gcc. i am using dave
gillespie's p2c pascal to C translator to do the conversion. everything has
gone smoothly (and better since v1.20 of p2c has been released). i am not
doing the work on my GS because i need UNIX shell scrips to help in the
conversion process. i was going to wait until i had finished all the TeX
software before trying to compile under orca/c.

however, if anyone is interested (just to be interested), i am willing
to download TeX and compile it under orca/c and see if it passes the "official"
TeX trip test (this test verifies if TeX is indeed *TeX*). i think i will
have no problems.

NOTE: i have compiled TeX on the GS before (long ago) and the executable
was 1+ megabytes in size. of course this was without optimizations on. this
is a *big* problem for you small memory folks, especially considering TeX
requires more memory for it's data (i feel sorry for you pictex folks who
have minimal memory).

let me know if you want me to try it out and i'll let you know what the
results are.

when everything is done here on the Sun, i don't plan on just compiling TeX
and then releasing it. i hope to have a graphic-based TeX system with
preview, metafont-viewing of fonts, text editor, TeX utilities, etc. in this
system. this will take time but i think in the end it will be worth it.

albert chin