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From: mikem+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: previewers for S DECstation
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Date: 6 Mar 90 17:52:05 GMT
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Organization: Academic Computing, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.text.tex: 6-Mar-90 previewers for S
> DECstation John Burke@jhunix.HCF.JH (335)



> Can anyone out there supply a pointer to a TeX previewer for the
> DECstation 3100?  It must run under DECwindows, DEC's version of
> X-windows.  Ideally, it should be one that has been proved to work on
> the 3100, but generic X previewers should also be okay.

The generic xdvi program that comes with X11 R3 is WONDERFUL on the
destation.  It comes up quickly and gives a very good representation of
the output.  I now (rarely) print anything with errors because I can
easily check it using the previewer.

                            Michael M. Meyer
                      Statistics/Academic Computing
                       Carnegie Mellon University.