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Subject: GF/PK/PXL versions of iptex, dvipr available
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Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 18:23:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 16 18:23:09 1987
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On the Unix TeX distribution tape is included something called
`ctex'.  This is not Pat Monardo's translation (and perhaps mine
should be renamed to avoid confusion) but instead contains three
major programs, a driver for the Imagen series of printers, a driver
for the Versatec V80, and a dvi page selection program for use with
any other DVI-to-device program.

As distributed, the drivers deal only with PXL files.  I fixed this
some months ago but had been withholding distribution of the new
software for lack of documentation.  Said documentation remains to
be written, but I have decided to make the software available
anyway.  The new code is available for anonymous FTP from host
mimsy.umd.edu.  Retrieve the file `tex/ctex.tar.Z' (be sure to use
binary mode!) and use the uncompress program to create a Unix tar
format archive, or retrieve tex/ctex.tar if you do not have
uncompress.  The older PXL-based software is still available as
`tex/ctex.old.tar'.

The font code is written as a library and provides a base for anyone
writing new drivers.  It runs on a number of Unix systems (4.1BSD,
4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, SunOS 3.0 and 3.2, and System V for 3Bs) and has
been ported to VMS.  It handles GF, PK, PXL, and (after a fashion)
TFM files and can be used to provide SLiTeX invisible fonts in any
size with no storage penalty.  Included in the library are a number
of routines to make scanning DVI files easier as well.

Once again, there is virtually no documentation.  What I have is
included for completeness, but the only sure way to answer a question
is to read the source.  If you write some, please send it to me so
that I may include it in the distribution.