elh@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Edward L. Hepler) (08/29/87)
I have ported the C version of TeX (and of course LaTeX) to my 3b1. I have also generated a previewer based on Nelson Beebe's dvi drivers and a texview program posted to the net a while back. This version of the previewer uses either the pk, gf, or pxl format fonts and attempts to substitute something reasonable when a particular font can't be found. I currently only use the pk format (for obvious disk space reasons). I have also ported the previewer to a Sun 3, but it needs a bit more work before I would consider it usable and friendly. The user can see approximately half of a page when using the UNIX/PC version and an entire page when using the SUN version. Of course commands exist to move the page around on the screen to view hidden parts. I imagine that a few (if not a lot) of those on the net with UNIX/PCs would like a copy of this. The problem I have is that the C version of TeX source, previewer source, etc consumes 7 Meg of disk space (uncompressed) while the macros and 5 magnifications of the computer modern font set (in pk format) takes another 4 Megs. The executable of the previewer and virtex take about a half a Meg. I never got an undump to work on the UNIX/PC so my call to tex or latex is simply a shell script that calls virtex and loads the appropriate format file. I am looking for suggestions on how to get this info into interested party's hands. I don't really want to have to handle hundreds of floppies from people and my only phone line into my machine is also my home voice line (anyone want to donate another line :-) ). I think posting the source and everything else necessary to make it work would be unworkable?. I'll listen for suggestions for about a week before deciding how to proceed. Please let me know what you think..... Thanks, Dr. Ed Hepler elh@vu-vlsi PS. Does anyone have a P.D. drawing program (like MacDraft, etc.) which works on a UNIX/PC? Has anyone ported any electrical CAD software to the UNIX/PC?
dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) (09/06/87)
In article <1094@vu-vlsi.UUCP>, elh@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Edward L. Hepler) writes: > > I have ported the C version of TeX (and of course LaTeX) to my 3b1. > > I imagine that a few (if not a lot) of those on the net with UNIX/PCs > would like a copy of this. The problem I have is that the C version > of TeX source, previewer source, etc consumes 7 Meg of disk space > (uncompressed) while the macros and 5 magnifications of the computer > modern font set (in pk format) takes another 4 Megs. The executable > of the previewer and virtex take about a half a Meg. I never got > an undump to work on the UNIX/PC so my call to tex or latex is simply > a shell script that calls virtex and loads the appropriate format file. > Gack! Yes I am certainly one of those that would dearly love to have a copy of such an animal. Unfortunately, distributing 11 meg of stuff is a bit problematic. uucping it at 2400 baud would take roughly 13 hrs. Distributing on the net I have to say then is most definitely out. Floppies are really the only practical way to distribute that I know of. I can certainly understand, however, not wanting to get in the floppy duplication and distribution business especially for something of this size. Certainly it wouldn't be outrageous to charge time and trouble for such duplication but I can also understand not wanting to get involved in such a boring enterprise. I'll be interested in hearing what you decide to do (even if it is just sit on the stuff). David Albrecht