ajahn@digi.UUCP (Alfredo Jahn) (09/15/89)
Does anyone out there know where I can get a copy of AmigaTeX. This is a port of Knuth's TeX program. I read an article in AmigaPLUS magazine (Aug/Sep '89) about Stanford University using lots of Amigas to run TeX and ARexx. There was no mention on how to get a copy of it. Hope someone can help. Please send E-MAIL to ...attctc!digi!ajahn since I don't spend alot of time reading the net. (for now...) Alfredo Jahn - (214) 855-1317 - Dallas TX
perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) (09/16/89)
In article <221@digi.UUCP> ajahn@digi.UUCP (Alfredo Jahn) writes: >Does anyone out there know where I can get a copy of AmigaTeX. >This is a port of Knuth's TeX program. I read an article in >AmigaPLUS magazine (Aug/Sep '89) about Stanford University >..... AmigaTeX is a product of Radical Eye Software. I don't have the number here off hand but they are listed in various Buyer's Guides. AmigaTeX may well be one of the very best TeX implementations on a personal computer. We have used it for all large document production at ASDG for almost two years. We have found Radical Eye to be very responsive and very supportive. More than once they've gone beyond the call of duty in supporting our needs. AmigaTeX is one of the few Amiga products I would unreservedly endorse as being worth every penny it costs. pk -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ARPA: madnix!perry@cs.wisc.edu {uunet|ncoast}!marque! UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 (what was that about ``giggling teenagers''?)
fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) (09/24/89)
In article <856@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes: >We have found Radical Eye to be very responsive and very supportive. >More than once they've gone beyond the call of duty in supporting our >needs. Amen. Having never used TeX before on even a small project, when I needed to format an entire multi-chapter manual with the usual table of contents, index, etc, Tom was VERY helpful. I had read the TeXBook but was still having some problems. >AmigaTeX is one of the few Amiga products I would unreservedly endorse >as being worth every penny it costs. Ditto! It's amazingly stable and robust for such a large product, and the support is superb. -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA # 1-602-491-0048 asuvax!{nud,mcdphx}!estinc!fnf
pepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bradley Pepers) (09/28/89)
Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP
like WordPerfect be better?
Brad Pepersjohn@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) (09/28/89)
In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bradley Pepers) writes: >Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >like WordPerfect be better? I wouldn't recommend TeX for writing the book, but I would recommend LaTeX! LaTeX has all the power of TeX, but it is much easier to use and understand. LaTeX was written by Leslie Lamport and can be found a some computer stores. Most likely you should goto a college bookstore to look for it. Or you can post a message on Comp.text and ask for more info. You can get LaTeX (and TeX, SliTeX, BibTeX, etc...) from Tom Rockiki of Radical Eye Software, and I'm sorry but I don't have their address. Good luck! John Oh, remember that LaTeX is not WYSIWYG, it is a "Document Preparation System" program. More LaTeX info... "LaTeX: A document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport, ISBN 0-201-15790-X, published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. -- John Stoffel | john@wpi.bitnet | What can you expect of a day WPI, Box 2432 | john@wpi.wpi.edu | that begins with getting up Worcester, MA 01609 | husc6!m2c!wpi!john | in the morning? --Damm the Disclaimers! Full flame ahead!--
ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) (09/29/89)
In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cs-sun-fa.UUCP (Bradley Pepers) writes: > >Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >like WordPerfect be better? > > Brad Pepers You don't way what kind of book. If it contains tables, graphs, charts, mathematics, then it might be worth it to use TeX. If it is pretty much straight text (you did say NOT a manual) then I don't think it would be worth it unless you're already very comfortable with TeX. Certainly it isn't worth it (IMHO) to learn TeX from scratch simply for the purpose of typesetting straight text. I'm speaking as someone who learned LaTeX in order to typeset a thesis with a fair number of cited references, cross-references, tables, figures, and mathematics, (for which it was invaluable); and now that that's over I'm kind of relieved that I can go back to something "simple" like WordPerfect when I have simple (compared to a thesis) writing to do. -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu
fred@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Fred Whiteside) (09/29/89)
In article <19781@unix.cis.pitt.edu> ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes: >In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cs-sun-fa.UUCP (Bradley Pepers) writes: >> >>Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >>like WordPerfect be better? >> >> Brad Pepers > > [...] >Certainly it isn't worth it (IMHO) to learn TeX from scratch simply for >the purpose of typesetting straight text. > >I'm speaking as someone who learned LaTeX in order to typeset a thesis >with a fair number of cited references, cross-references, tables, >figures, and mathematics, (for which it was invaluable); and now that >that's over I'm kind of relieved that I can go back to something >"simple" like WordPerfect when I have simple (compared to a thesis) >writing to do. > >-- >Eric Kennedy >ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu I would like to go on record as having an opinion that is diametrically opposed to Eric's. I learner TeX and LaTeX for precisely the same reasons that he did; to prepare a thesis. I now tend to use LaTeX for {\em all} documents that I prepare, including simple memos. Once one gets used to the quality of the documents prepared using LaTeX and TeX, it is difficult to go back. By all accounts, Tom Rokicki's implementation of TeX and LaTeX for the Amiga is the premiere implementation and well worth purchasing. (I have the demo, but was waiting for some cash flow before purchasing.) I would recommend LaTeX and TeX for your book. Cheers, Fred Whiteside fred@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) (09/29/89)
john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) writes: >You can get LaTeX (and TeX, SliTeX, BibTeX, etc...) from Tom Rockiki >of Radical Eye Software, and I'm sorry but I don't have their address. Tom (and thusly RES) can be reached via E- or Snail mail. 1) rokicki@polya.stanford.edu 2) Radical Eye Software Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 AmigaTeX comes highly recommended if not for what it does (*TeX) then the quality of the product and the support! -Rusty- -- Rusty Haddock o {uunet,att,rutgers}!mimsy.umd.edu!fe2o3!rusty Laurel, Maryland o "IBM sucks silicon!" -- PC Banana Jr, "Bloom County"
ccplumb@rose.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb) (09/29/89)
In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cs-sun-fa.UUCP (Bradley Pepers) writes: >Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >like WordPerfect be better? It does, as others have pointed out, depend on the book. A novel isn't too demanding of the typesetting software. But, as Knuth says, TeX is designed for books. Its utility for smaller things is nice, but many people complain, with some justification, that it's too much hassle to get TeX set up for a page or two. In a longer work, the setup cost is proportionally less, and TeX makes it very easy to fine-tune the layout. The more attention you plan to pay to appearance, the better TeX is, since it gives more control than a word processor. I don't use LaTeX myself, mostly due to laziness: I never could be bothered to figure it out. If I need three-column output at some time, I'll probably learn rather than write my own output routines, but I can't comment on the relative ease of using the two. Plain TeX works fine for me. (Actually, I have this mad dream of rewriting TeX to give it a saner programming language, but that'll happen when the rich uncle I didn't know about becasue I was adopted and never told dies...:-}) -- -Colin