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From: elh@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Edward L. Hepler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: UNIX/PC tex, latex, and previewer
Message-ID: <1094@vu-vlsi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 22:11:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: vu-vlsi.1094
Posted: Fri Aug 28 22:11:39 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 06:37:38 EDT
Organization: Villanova Univ. EE Dept.
Lines: 41
Keywords: TeX, LaTeX, UNIX/PC 7300


I have ported the C version of TeX (and of course LaTeX) to my 3b1.

I have also generated a previewer based on Nelson Beebe's dvi drivers
and a texview program posted to the net a while back.  This version of
the previewer uses either the pk, gf, or pxl format fonts and attempts
to substitute something reasonable when a particular font can't be found.
I currently only use the pk format (for obvious disk space reasons).
I have also ported the previewer to a Sun 3, but it needs a bit more 
work before I would consider it usable and friendly.
The user can see approximately half of a page when using the UNIX/PC
version and an entire page when using the SUN version.  Of course
commands exist to move the page around on the screen to view hidden
parts.

I imagine that a few (if not a lot) of those on the net with UNIX/PCs
would like a copy of this.  The problem I have is that the C version
of TeX source, previewer source, etc consumes 7 Meg of disk space 
(uncompressed) while the macros and 5 magnifications of the computer
modern font set (in pk format) takes another 4 Megs.  The executable
of the previewer and virtex take about a half a Meg.  I never got
an undump to work on the UNIX/PC so my call to tex or latex is simply
a shell script that calls virtex and loads the appropriate format file.

I am looking for suggestions on how to get this info into interested
party's hands.  I don't really want to have to handle hundreds of floppies
from people and my only phone line into my machine is also my home voice
line (anyone want to donate another line :-) ).  I think posting the
source and everything else necessary to make it work would be unworkable?.

I'll listen for suggestions for about a week before deciding how to 
proceed.  Please let me know what you think.....

Thanks,

Dr. Ed Hepler
elh@vu-vlsi

PS. Does anyone have a P.D. drawing program (like MacDraft, etc.) which
works on a UNIX/PC?  Has anyone ported any electrical CAD software to
the UNIX/PC?