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From: rokicki@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wanted: LaTeX for Amiga
Message-ID: <2660@polya.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 21 Apr 88 17:48:30 GMT
References: <404@ruuinf.UUCP> <9029@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Stanford University
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Keywords: LaTeX Amiga
Summary: Yer right!

In article <9029@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, doug@eris (Doug Merritt) writes:
> This question puzzles me; I'd been expecting someone else to comment
> on this, but since no one else has: I thought LaTeX was just a macro
> package for TeX, and as such would run on *any* TeX implementation,
> including AmigaTex?

You are correct, Doug; LaTeX is just a macro package that sits on
top of TeX, and should run on any implementation of TeX.  Including
AmigaTeX.

Of course, I have encountered some versions of `TeX' that won't load
LaTeX because it is too large . . .

> I *thought* LaTeX was public domain in the first place; if it is,
> try just plain using it with AmigaTeX. Or is the whole problem
> that the original is *not* public domain, and hence you'd need a
> licensed legal "port" to the amiga in order to *legally* use it???
> Naw...

LaTeX is supplied with AmigaTeX.  It (and SliTeX) take up almost two
disks of the distribution; it's large.  But even if it weren't, it is
certainly free redistributable (I'm not so sure about public domain.)
Anyone who can download the LaTeX files can use them on whatever they
choose.

There are a lot of LaTeX users out there that don't understand that
LaTeX is just a macro package on top of TeX.  At least, not until
they get one of those infamous LaTeX errors . . .

> 	Doug Merritt		doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
> 			or	ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug
> 			or	sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt
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