jdg@husky.uucp (Jeff Gortatowsky) (08/30/85)
------- <munch> ---------- <munch> -------- <slurp> ------------- This is a summary of the responses I recieved to my inquiry about the TEX formmatting program. My questions were what is it, and where can I obtain it? Much thanks to those credited here for the information. (_O_) Jeff Gortatowsky {allerga,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!husky!jdg Eastman Kodak Company {eagle,astrovax,netword!}sun!sunrise!husky!jdg The comments above are mine and do not reflect light very well, therefore have poor photographic properties and (sh/c)ould not be associated at all with Eastman Kodak or anyone else at/in this relative space and time. (whew!) ------------------------ Replies follow ---------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 85 01:34:49 pdt From: ritcv!rochester!seismo!ihnp4!otto!carl (Carl Shapiro) What TeX is, is Donald Knuth's typesetting program, probably the most sophisticated text formatter in the world today. Once you get to know it you'll never go back to troff, or whatever you use now. It incorporates several real breakthroughs in various aspects of the task. For example, the long-endured hyphenation problem has finally been solved (really!). TeX for Unix is available for $75 from the Unix TeX Site Coordinator: Pierre MacKay Computer Science, FR-35 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 545-2386 UUCP: ihnp4!uw-beaver!uw-june!mackay Date: Wed, 14 Aug 85 09:25:41 edt From: ritcv!rochester!seismo!osu-eddie!verber (Mark Verber) TeX is a document production system that is designed to make *very* pretty output on nice laser printers and phototypesetters. TeX was designed by Donald Knuth for the typesetting of math equations. The information you are most interested in however is how to get a copy of it. TeX is basicly public domain and is distributed for a copying fee of (I think) $200. You can contact Richard Furuta (Furuta@Washington.ARPA) for information on Sun distribution. The tape includes Computer Modern Roman fonts, TeX, LaTeX (scribe like macros), a dvi previewer, and printer drivers for Imagen, QMS, and a bunch of other printers. We have a driver for Xerox 2700 (II) laser printers if you need that. Cheers, Mark Verber, Ohio State University arpa: verber@rutgers csnet: verber@ohio-state uucp: {cbosgd,ihnp4}!osu-eddie!verber Date: Thu, 15 Aug 85 22:22:36 pdt From: sunrise!sun!ucbvax!phr (Paul Rubin) TeX is a freeware typesetting system written by Donald E. Knuth of Stanford University. The Unix distributions are handled by Rick Furuta at the University of Washington. Send mail to unix-tex-request@washington for details (I think they charge something like $75 to ship a tape). Be warned that it is a fair amount of work to bring up and you need a supported typesetter or laser printer (forget line printers and printing terminals). You can also order printed GNU Emacs manuals from the Free Software Foundation for $15 a copy. Mail to wegrzyn@mit-prep for details. I assume you already read net.emacs. paul rubin uc berkeley / free software foundation -- (_O_) Jeff Gortatowsky {allerga,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!husky!jdg Eastman Kodak Company {eagle,astrovax,netword!}sun!sunrise!husky!jdg These comments are mine alone and do not reflect light very well, therefore have poor photographic properties and (sh/c)ould not be associated at all with Eastman Kodak or anyone else at/in this relative space and time.