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From: andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl ( Andre v.d. Vlies)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: dvi2lj update
Keywords: dvi2lj, HP laserjet, dvi, TeX
Message-ID: <1257@maestro.htsa.aha.nl>
Date: 14 Dec 89 08:54:37 GMT
References: <51244@oliveb.olivetti.com> <52319@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Reply-To: andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl ( Andre v.d. Vlies)
Organization: AHA-TMF (Technical Institute), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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In article <52319@oliveb.olivetti.com> nspl@oliveb.UUCP (Jon Zaid) writes:
>
 >Here    is    the    first     update     of     dvi2lj.      See
 ><51244@oliveb.olivetti.com>  of  Nov  22  1989,  comp.text.  As I
 >stated in my original posting I had developed this for local  use
 >here  at  Olivetti,  and  after  seeing  many requests decided to
 >release my sources "as is" to anyone who wants them.  I guess  my
 >first  user  with  a "little-endian" machine was Andre v.d. Vlies
 >(andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl) who with his help  had  discovered  a
 >little  problem  in this regards which I have now fixed.  Porting
 >on VAX BSD 4.3, SCO i386 UNIX and various 680x0 SYS V systems has
 >been done.
 >
 >Fixes also include  the  possibility  to  use  letter-size  paper
 >(sorry  Americans, these programs have never exited Olivetti, and
 >in Europe A4 paper dominates).
 >
 >While debugging,looking at the old sources which I haven't touched
 >in  a  long  time, I noticed that I used one file "lj.h" and some
 >control sequences inspired by Rick Richardson of PC Research.  So
 >I  believe  he  certainly  deserves  credit (his jetroff was very
 >useful before my TeX era began).
 >
 >In any case, the sources are there for whomever  wants  them.   I
 >will  be  leaving  my position here and be off the network by the
 >end of next week, so anyone thats got anything to say let me know
 >soon.
 >
 >The sources can  be  had  by  anonymous  ftp  at:  129.189.192.20
 >(orc.olivetti.com)
 >                pub/tmp/dvi2lj1_11.tar.Z
 >                pub/tmp/lj1_11update.tar.Z
 >
 >where dvi2lj1_11.tar.Z is the whole thing and  lj1_11update.tar.Z
 >is only the files I have changed from release 1.10 to 1.11.  Look
 >at the READMEs and Makefiles.
 >
 >Sorry for any inconviences. I will certainly  be  glad  with  the
 >little time left to listen to any problems.
 >
 >[Note to Rick Richardson: I sent you  a  mail  but  never  got  a
 >reply]
 >
 >[Note to Andre: I also sent you immediately the resolution
 >to the problem but still have got no reply]
[Note to Jon: I DID send you (immediatele) a reply. I think its still on its
way to you]
 >
 >Jon Zaid, Ivrea, Italy (39 125 52 8565)
 >
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