Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!socrates.umd.edu!fletcher From: fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: TeX3.0 Message-ID: <1991Jun21.132959.2840@socrates.umd.edu> Date: 21 Jun 91 13:29:59 GMT References: <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <1991Jun20.144535.8962@cica.indiana.edu> Organization: University of Maryland, University College Lines: 43 In article hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: >In article <1991Jun20.144535.8962@cica.indiana.edu> solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) writes: > >>> >>> In article <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> plampani@dpls (Patrick >>> Lampani) writes: >>> > Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) . . . >>> > . . .although it did take a bit of playing to patch it for the NeXT. >>> > Besides the speed, I guess it handles much bigger files. >>> > I'd be curious as to other people's opinions when (and if) >>> > they put it on. >>> >>> I'd love to install TeX 3.0. Perhaps someone could post instructions on >>> how to do it---on the NeXT? BTW, while I'm on the subject, I've never been >>> able to get the "sheet size" preferences to work under TeXView 2.0 (v0.95). >>> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? > >The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. >Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger >hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new >improved dvips, and TexView. >If You are using a NeXT printer you may not need the improvements. >Installation is straightforward and instructions are included. >All you need to do is replace the appropriate files, and run initex on >plain, lplain, or whatever your favorite format is (e.g., AMS-LaTeX, >AMSplain), etc. >The new Texview fixes a problem with printing to a non-NeXT printer. > >Let me again congratulate Tom Rokicki for the best TeX around! I'll second that! (The actual TeX with the NeXT is 3.1a) As for the sheet size (in Preferences in TeXview), hit RETURN after entering the length, then click on "Use Preferences" -Charlie > >Greetings, >Hardy > -------****------- >Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California >Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET