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From: dhosek@freke.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Re: Why use TeX if ...
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Date: 7 May 91 06:30:17 GMT
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In article <0094835B.BEE4B7E0@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu>, price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) writes:
> In article <1991May6.180900.1@euler.claremont.edu>, dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) writes:
>>OzTeX is an attempt at making a Mac run TeX like a
>>mainframe so the interface is not quite as nice.
 
> 	Personally, I think that's good.  I use TeX on our VAXen, but I'm 
> using OzTeX on my Mac at home to write my dissertation.  I find that only 
> having to deal with one interface is a good thing.  Also, Textures isn't 
> (or at least *wasn't*) able to produce DVI files that I could transfer 
> directly to my VAX - OzTeX is.

Actually, if I remember correctly (it's been three years since I
did the in-depth evaluation), there was a utility program shipped
as part of Textures which does produce DVI files. The package I
evaluated was a fairly early one (it was still being sold by
Addison-Wesley at that time) so I'm pretty sure this utility is
shipped in _all_ versions of Textures.

-dh