Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!hslrswi!pan!jw
From: jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: TeX with System V, LaserJet+ ?
Message-ID: <394@pan.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 88 09:56:56 GMT
Reply-To: jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson)
Organization: Adasoft AG, Solothurn, Switzerland
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Keywords: easy?  hard?  impossible?


We are thinking of bringing up TeX, but I am still a little confused by
what I have read about it.  There are two major issues that I am not yet
clear on.

- How easy/difficult is it to bring up on a stock System V machine, with no
  source license and no Pascal compiler at all?  I've seen WEB-to-C mentioned
  but I don't know what it is.  I get the impression that at least some of
  TeX can now be brought up with just a C compiler - no Pascal - is this
  true?  If so, and if it is only "some", what parts still require Pascal?

- Is there a driver for the HP LaserJet+ printer?  The recent posting about
  this mentioned that the lj+ is not "officially" supported, and the driver
  included in the distribution has some strange quirks.  Are there others
  around?

Thanks for any information on this.

jw	...!mcvax!cernvax!pan!jw